Jiayu Village of Red Mansions

People looked out of the pavilion, and saw a young man galloping towards him on horseback, jumped off the horse neatly, and said, "Fortunately, I was able to catch up, but I was late."

When Yucun saw the person coming, he smiled, cupped his hands and said, "Your Highness the Thirteenth!"

After tying the horse to a post on one side, the thirteenth prince glanced at the scar on the right side of Yucun's face, his heart felt like being stabbed by a sharp knife, and there was a trace of pain in his eyes.

Yucun noticed that the thirteenth prince was staring at the scar on his right cheek, and couldn't help turning his face away slightly.

Seeing that Yucun was uncomfortable, the thirteenth prince quickly looked away, untied the wine gourd from his waist, and directly took a sip and said to Yucun: "I see that this soldier has already lined up, so I won't tell you any more. , come, I will offer you a pot, you can go at ease, one day I will find you and have a good fight!"

Yucun smiled when he heard the words, took the jug from the hands of the thirteenth prince and hung it in the air, the clear liquor flew across the air and fell into the mouth of Yucun, until the continuous trickle turned into intermittent wine beads, and he drank the last drop , and then said to the thirteenth prince: "How is it? Are you satisfied?"

The thirteenth prince laughed loudly with his hands clasped, "Satisfied, Yucun is a happy person."

He patted Yucun on the shoulder again, and stuffed something like a ball of paper and a small bottle into Yucun's sleeve when no one was looking, and said, "Take care all the way!"

Four hundred soldiers were ready to go, Yucun waved his sleeves and turned around, regretting that I was going, Yangliu Yiyi...

Prince Yong's Mansion.

Knowing that today is the day when Yucun left Beijing, Shui Zhan knelt in front of the Buddhist altar in the Buddhist hall, chanting sutras while holding a Buddhist bead, his heart felt like being cut inch by inch with a knife, and the pain was stained inch by inch, and was stopped by Wu Sidao's benefit analysis In the mansion, I couldn't go out, so I had no choice but to send someone early in the morning to stop Shui Mu who was about to leave for Yucun, explain it carefully, and stuffed him with a letter to Yucun and a bottle. The wound medicine, this is the release.

At about [-] o'clock, the door of the Buddhist hall was kicked open with a "kuang--", and Shui Mu rushed in. Seeing that Shui Zhan was reciting sutras with his eyes closed, he immediately threw the whip in his hand and said:

"You still have the mind to chant scriptures here!"

"Presumptuous! Is this the place for you to play tricks!" Shui Zhan opened his eyes and shouted.

"Fourth brother! Do you know what Yucun has become now!" Shui Mu couldn't help shouting, pointing to the Buddha statue in the altar and saying: "It, what's the use of you reciting scriptures to it all day long!"

Wu Sidao rushed over after hearing the news, heard Shui Mu's roar, and persuaded him: "Your Highness Thirteenth, the prince has no other choice."

"Are you forced? Are you so forced that you don't even dare to take a look?" Shui Mu said with a choked voice, "When Yucun was insulted by the prince, you didn't dare to show up, and you dragged the fifth sister to top the tank. Fortunately, Yucun didn't really show up. What happened, you didn't dare to show up when Yucun was almost killed by the emperor, you just hid in this palace, now Yucun is gone, and went to Hebei to defend against Galdan, you don't even know if you can come back, You don't even dare to go out to see him off! You coward! Fourth brother, since you can't even keep the one you love, don't blame my brother for being rude!"

"Shui Mu! What do you mean!" Shui Zhan stood up from the altar and shouted to his brother who was speaking rudely.

"What's wrong! Can you marry Yucun back or what? Is it just you who don't care about it and don't let my brother care less about me!" Shui Mu yelled at Shui Zhan.

"Pa—" Shui Zhan couldn't help but slapped Shui Mu on the face, and said, "Think carefully, what nonsense are you telling me!"

Shui Mu was stunned by Shui Zhan's slap, and only then realized what he had said.

"Hi! What are these things!" Shui Mu sat down on the floor in frustration, scratched her hair angrily and said nothing.

Shui Zhan glanced at his younger brother who was sitting on the ground, then knelt down in front of the altar again, closed his eyes and recited scriptures silently.Shui Zhan vowed secretly in his heart that he would return everything that Yucun suffered today!

Now that the crown prince has taken the lead in arrears, the task of recovering the debts owed by the household department will naturally not be entrusted to the crown prince. Mu assists from the side.

After receiving the imperial decree, the two brothers deliberately forgot all the previous unhappiness, buried their heads in the household department, and checked it upside down for ten days. Finally, they found out the amount owed by the officials and sorted it out carefully. Clearly, record it according to the official position of the department.

On this day, Shui Zhan summoned all officials in the household department who owed money in the household department except princes and princes, and asked Xuan paper to clearly write the names, official positions, and amount of debt owed officials. , posted it on the shelf, stood on the steps with the imperial decree in hand, cleared his throat, and said:

"Presumably everyone knows what the king is calling you here today. This king has received an errand and ordered to investigate the debts owed by the household department. This is especially true in the imperial court! This king believes that the big guys have read poetry and books, and they must understand things better than the common people. Now that the treasury is being borrowed by you and that, it is almost empty! The Yellow River can’t afford money, but you can Go to the salt merchants to collect some, there is a severe drought in Shaanxi, and there are granaries to store grain, but the peace and prosperity brought about by my Huangxiao’s hard work, the treasury was originally full, why do I have to move around like this! It’s you so-called imperial courts Dongliang! Some people may think that everyone has borrowed money, and if others don’t pay me back, it’s not wronged, so I’ll tell you today! No matter who it is this time, no matter how much they borrowed, they have to pay back the money! Pay it back, and pay it back within the time limit!"

After hearing Shui Zhan's words, the ministers whispered to each other, discussing whether what Shui Zhan said would really be implemented.

Shui Zhan looked at the ministers who were whispering to each other below, and shouted: "Quiet! How decent!"

For a moment, there was no sound in the audience, Shui Zhan ordered someone to lift up the shelf with the details of the arrears, and pointed to it: "This is what the king found out, the details of everyone's arrears, all of you will come over and take a closer look later." Look, if there is any discrepancy, you can ask the king to make a correction, but the debt must be paid off!"

After finishing speaking, Shui Zhan snorted coldly and looked at the ministers who were once again in a mess below, and flung his sleeves away.

No.20 four times

With a loud whistle, the army set off. Amidst the sound of orderly footsteps outside the carriage, the carriage gradually moved away from the capital, and Shui Zhan did not come in the end.Sitting alone in the carriage, Yucun took out from his sleeve what Shui Mu secretly gave him just now, a ball of paper and a small porcelain bottle.

Playing with the paper ball and the small porcelain vase between his fingers, Yucun certainly wouldn't naively think that these things were really given to him by the thirteenth prince. What's the use of giving these things if they haven't come?Putting the two things back and forth in the palm of his hand, Yucun stared at it for a long time, until the paper ball was smashed into half by Yucun, Yucun smiled and came to the conclusion that the porcelain vase in his hand without a trace of pattern was not as good as the one given to him by the Holy Majesty The blue and white porcelain medicine bottle with peony pattern is beautiful.

As if he had figured it out, Yucun casually threw the things in his hands into the wooden box that he carried on the carriage, and sighed in his heart, although the two bottles contained different things, they were both the same poison to him, since this The bottle is not something that must be used from the royal gift, it is better to keep it out of sight. The scar on the face was left by Yucun himself, so it is possible that he has to work hard to remove it?

When Yucun went out this time, he didn't bring a single piece of clothing that Shui Zhan had prepared for him. He put on the cloth robe he still wore when he was a human being, and he was still naked and free from worries.Due to the need to take care of the speed of the march, the carriage moved very slowly. Yucun opened the curtain of the carriage, and the sergeants beside him were a little listless because they were leaving their homeland for Saibei.

Looking at such low morale, Yucun frowned, opened the curtain, and said:

"Xi Shun'er, stop the car."

Xi Shun'er tightened the reins, he voluntarily followed Yucun to Hebei, and after following Yucun for several years, he has sincerely regarded Yucun as his master.

The carriage stopped immediately, Yucun jumped off the carriage, turned to the back of the carriage by himself, untied the reins of the horse tied to the back of the carriage, tucked the hem of the robe into his belt, jumped on the horse neatly, and turned his head to Xishun Son said:

"Xi Shun'er, drive the carriage well, it's boring in the carriage, I'll talk to Mr. Wang."

After finishing speaking, he lightly patted the horse's belly with his foot, and Yucun trotted to the front of the team, riding beside Wang Bazong, who was leading the battle, and said hello:

"Wang Boss, Yucun is being polite."

The king turned his head and saw that it was Yucun, and said heartily: "So it's Lord Jia, we warriors don't like these vain rituals, why did we get off the carriage, it's a hot day, be careful of heat stroke!"

Wang Bazong didn't despise Yucun at all in his words, but Yucun's ears felt inexplicably uncomfortable. It seemed that in the eyes of these warriors, civil servants and scholars should be kept behind and protected.

"Haha, Mr. Wang, this statement is wrong. Women and children should sit in the carriage, and men should ride horses!" Yucun patted the horse's mane, and the horse shook its head and snorted.

"Oh?" Mr. Wang looked Yucun up and down, and said, "Master Jia, Mr. Wang is a rough man who can't speak. It's a pity that you look like a big girl and tanned. of."

"Wang Boss, are you underestimating me? How about this? I saw that it was almost noon, and the soldiers were all tired. Why don't we camp here to rest? How about we two brothers?" Yucun pretended to be dissatisfied. .

"Haha, okay, it just so happens that this march is boring, so let's have some fun, and the brothers are all happy." Wang said.