starling is not a bird

In the early summer of the 34th year of Kangxi, the weather was fine and the glazed tiles of the Forbidden City shone bright yellow under the blue sky, which made one feel dizzy.

The eighth elder brother who rarely asks for a cheap errand from the household department is riding on the horse, holding the rein loosely. Anyway, there are seven or eight guards around him. Let's see all the flowers in Chang'an.The pavilions in front of me overlap with those in memory, and the sense of familiarity is surprising.

I remember that at this time, I had just escaped from the chaos of the San Francisco, and the national power had not yet recovered. Although the eyes were full of depression from time to time, it was true that there was no such prosperity in the future. I thought that I dedicated the wheat to the eldest brother, and my original intention was to solve the military rations. The supply problem, who knows, has contributed to Huang Ama's determination to send troops. Even though he is sure that this year will be a good year, the eighth brother is still worried about whether this reluctant action will change?

Eighth Brother, who was thinking about it immediately, didn't notice that the guards around him became vigilant. He still thought about his own thoughts. Elder brother is guarding behind him, and the gilt saber around his waist is half out of its sheath.Only then did Eighth Brother come to his senses, he couldn't see anything behind the backs of the guards, and when he wanted to get closer, someone stretched out his hand to stop him: "Baye, please stay back, there seems to be commotion in front, don't Startled your mount, wait for the slaves to protect you and change the road!"

The blue feather on the top of the speaker is neither a common pearl nor a gorgeous enamel, but a piece of ordinary white jade. The eighth elder brother looked at him carefully. The man in front of him was only about 30 or [-] years old. Shu Lang, looks very familiar but can't remember the name.The guard saw that the eighth elder brother was starting to be dazed, so he naturally knew what was going on, pursed his lips, and immediately slapped him: "Ba Ye doesn't remember the slave, does he? The slave is the Nalan family's Kui Xu!"

It was as if a thunderbolt had split Eighth Brother's brain!Kui narration?Big brother's uncle Mingzhu's son?Nalan Xingde's younger brother?The person who follows himself all his life?His eyes seemed to be welded on the other person's face. Brother Ba tried hard to find the lines he was familiar with back then on this young face. Yes, those were his eyes and nose. Why didn't he remember it right away?

Kui Xu watched the prince across from him staring at him without blinking!Even if he was young and mature, he couldn't help being a little embarrassed, coughed lightly, and seeing that Brother Ba hadn't said anything yet, the guards behind him started shouting: "The ones in front are blocking, Kui Xu, you take Minghui and Mingcheng to protect Ba Ye Return to the inner city from the side!"

Before he had time to say anything more, the guards behind had already rushed over and pulled the eighth elder brother by the bridle and retreated into the alley behind. The mount under him began to gallop, and he quickly restrained his mind and concentrated on controlling the horse.

There were bursts of hoofbeats passing by on the bluestone board, and he didn't care about the vendors and pedestrians on the side of the road. After all, the eighth elder brother was small and weak, but he had exhausted all his strength by pulling the reins tightly to prevent himself from falling, so he could only watch in regret. Colorful fruits rolled all over the ground, and a few people went around and rushed into the alley of the residential house. The guards who opened the way in front of them knocked down the obstacles above their heads with their swords. The fabric is flying all over the sky in front of my eyes, almost forgetting that I am running away, so I will stop to enjoy it.

He never thought that this alley turned out to be a dead end, so the few people had no choice but to tighten the reins, intending to get back on their horses and run out, but the mob behind had already found the entrance of the alley, and dozens of people blocked the entrance of the alley.The guards hurriedly blocked the eighth elder brother behind him, Kui Xu drew out his waist knife, pointed directly at the slowly approaching crowd, and said loudly: "Who is coming? How can the emperor's feet allow you to gather a crowd to riot and not retreat?" ? Or let your blood splatter here!"

A trace of panic flashed across the face of the leading man in Tsing Yi, but a voice immediately came out from the crowd behind: "Damn it, I can't live anymore anyway, I'm so poor that I pawn a pair of ripped trousers, and I'm so poor. What the fuck are you guys talking about?"

"That's right, that's right, this world wasn't brought down by the old men for the emperor. Now the people of Aixinjueluo's family are living comfortably in the Forbidden City with their beauties in their arms, and the old men are lying in this lifeless life." Shou! It's better to go all out, maybe you won't be able to get someone to sit in the country?" As soon as the voice on the other side fell, someone behind him echoed.

It’s not good for Kui Xu to yell. Looking at the posture in front of him, it’s rare to be good today. It’s possible for a few of us to rush out in a fit of pique, but the prince is with him. If a strand of hair is injured, it's because the protector is weak, so it's difficult to deal with.

Minghui leaned her horse's head next to the eighth elder brother's horse head, said softly offended, and hugged the eighth elder brother into her arms from the air, holding the rein with one hand and wrapping around the eighth elder brother's waist with the other, Mingcheng Pulling the reins of the eighth prince's red horse, he was ready to stab it with a knife, let the horse go to disperse the crowd, and this side can take the opportunity to break out of the encirclement.

The eighth elder brother still couldn't figure out the situation for a while, but felt that Minghui's heart was beating very fast behind him, and he could hear his heavy breathing very clearly above his head.

Looking back, he asked in a low voice: "What's the situation? Could it be that there is a rebellious party in the capital?" It is only the middle of Kangxi, the crown prince has not yet shown signs of decline, and the whole world is considered clean, who is so bold?

"Returning to the master, these are the soldiers of the Eight Banners after the San Francisco rebellion was quelled. They just messed around with their family property and messed around all day long when they couldn't get by. Seeing that they were making trouble at the commander of the infantry, they were just thinking about money. Why should the master take those nonsense words seriously?"

A few people were still hesitating, not knowing which one would take the lead, the crowd rushed over with sticks in their hands, and unexpectedly, Kui Xu who was at the head had already been beaten several times, Mingcheng couldn't help being furious: "You bastard, how dare you do that to me?" Man, do you want to live?"

As soon as these words came out, the eighth elder brother knew that it was not good, and the commotion in the crowd was even bigger: "It's a crime to be left and right, and we can only show our reputation by killing a few!"

"Starve to kill according to the Buddhist law, and kill according to the law of the country, it is better for everyone to be finished together!"

As he said that, he took out the knife and gun hidden in his bosom. Ming Cheng and Kui Xu had a hard time resisting from left to right. Ming Hui had to fight the enemy with one hand, which was quite embarrassing. The eighth elder brother didn't have a waist knife, only a dagger in his boot, so he took it out , took a knife to the red horse's buttocks at himself, the horse couldn't bear the pain, and with a long hiss, it went straight forward. Also kill a way.

A few people didn't care about the weapons that greeted them, they just rushed forward blindly, finally reached the official road, and saw teams of guards all over the city arresting people, Kui Xu put down a stone in his heart, and saw It's the brothers calling for help!

Kui Xu turned his head and yelled at Minghui and the others, but saw bricks and rocks flying out of the alley towards them, and it was too late to avoid them, and the bricks hit the horse he was riding straight.

The horse under Kui had raised its front hooves and neighed, and he held the rein tightly, but the horse was startled in pain, and Kui couldn't bear it for a while, and his hands loosened. There is no way, so I have to grit my teeth and wait for the landing.At the critical moment, Kui who fell off his horse was grabbed by his belt by both hands. When he knelt on his knees and opened his eyes, he found that it was the eighth elder brother in Minghui's arms who bent down and grabbed his belt, saving himself. He fell to the ground, and before he could thank him, Brother Eight snatched the waist knife from his hand.

The eighth elder brother got on his horse, turned his waist knife, and swung it wildly at the heads of the chasing mob. The dull sound was mixed in the chaos, but it was not obvious.

After only a few dozen swings, four or five people were chopped down. Eighth Brother's hands were already a little sore. The waist knife was made of fine steel with a heavy back. Although his arms were struggling, Eighth Brother still chopped down seven or eight people. .The guards from behind had rushed over, skillfully knocked down the people one by one, tied them up and tied them to the pillars.

Over there, Minghui had already taken the waist knife from the eighth elder brother and returned it to Kui Xu. He wanted to hug the eighth elder brother down, but the eighth elder brother pushed him away: "I will go down by myself!" I jumped down lightly and skillfully, and someone has already come to greet you.The eighth elder brother helped the Tongzheng envoy who was kneeling on the ground, it turned out to be an old friend!

The envoy kneeling on the ground is none other than Li Guangdi, who was falsely accused of being demoted from the head of the academy to the envoy six years ago. Although the eighth elder brother was already numb in his hands and waist, he still quickly used his brains. His character was lacking, but he was also a capable official. Later, he also suffered from his high reputation, and the famous minister of his life did not die well, which is a pity for his talent.

The eighth elder brother straightened his clothes, accepted his gift seriously, and then said a few soothing words, then turned to look at the guards in distress, and said: "Since you have caught the prisoner, Mr. Li, you definitely don't mind." Let's take a look at the situation, shall we?"

Li Guangdi stood by the side, his heart pounding. When he was in the limelight, he was arrogant and arrogant, and his clansmen followed suit to bully others. A book of imperial history: "The Li family in Hutou has ten thousand people, and they have the heart of a king!" Dropped four levels in a row, fell from the clouds to the ground, and fell so hard.

Last year the third prince took Chen Menglei as his disciple, and Li Guangdi was even more desperate. He naturally knew that his friends were slightly better than him in terms of talent, learning, character and character.

The San Francisco rebellion was originally a great contribution to me, but after the battle was over, what followed was not just the end of the war?Those Eight Banners soldiers were poor and helpless, and the imperial court had no money to appease them. Such changes have become more and more frequent in the past two years. It's a big deal for the censor to refer to his own book again.It was even worse today, the prince was blocked in the alley, how should I explain it?