The struggle of the eight blessings of rebirth

Chapter 201 Ready to stand in line

When the time came to mid-December, Yinzhen went to Beijing.With the wind and snow, and with a proud aura, he returned in a mighty manner with dozens of personal guards.When he went out, he was just married, a fledgling teenager, and when he came back, he had already been a young general who had guarded a side for several years.

Yinzhen, who had just returned not long ago, was not visiting Concubine De at the Yonghe Palace in the Forbidden City, nor was he reuniting with his wife and children in his own Baylor Mansion, nor was he reporting work at Changchun Garden, but at the Prince's Mansion of Lianjun.Yes, he brought some treasures that were said to be a tribute from the chieftain to the door to connect with each other.At that time, Yinhu hadn't got off work yet, and Minzhi heard that Shisi came to the door in person, and felt like being struck by lightning: You don't go back home, you don't enter the palace, and the first thing you do when you return to Beijing is to give gifts?If I want to send you off, I should send it to Zhijun Wang's family first!

Minzhi didn't know that Yinzhen did this on purpose. He stayed in Baoding for such a long time and didn't go to Beijing. On the surface, he was hanging around outside, drinking, chatting and playing Tai Chi with officials.Secretly, he frantically collected all kinds of information and analyzed the situation in the capital.Because Xichuan, where he lives, is too far away. Although there are carrier pigeons, compared to other people, his information is still relatively closed.

I heard before that Huang Amasi passed out due to heatstroke during his tour. It is said that it lasted for a long time, and he felt itchy. It had been a month since the news got to him, and the day lily was cold. Only then did he realize that Huang Amaxi Ma is getting old, and it is not a good choice to go out and station at this time. He was so itchy that he left military affairs after receiving the order at the end of October, and rushed back with his own soldiers non-stop.

He has been out of Beijing for a few years, even if it is the New Year, foreign generals who have not received an edict are not eligible to return to Beijing.He didn't care about these things before, how could he give up so easily when he finally had the opportunity to save his character?Military exploits!He knows that his martial arts is not as good as that of the fourth brother and the starling, and at least one of martial arts can compete. In his eyes, the eldest brother is just a free springboard and an outdated mentor.

Mingzhu and Suo'etu have been fighting for so long, and Huang Ama has long been tired of it. In his opinion, the reason why the prince is standing still is that the empress of benevolence and filial piety, Yu Enshang, and the princes need a shield. It is not reliable at all. Fight yourself, show your face!
Yinzhen thinks very simply, who is the most powerful among the brothers, but who is the least qualified to be a competitor?Undoubtedly it was Yinhu, guarding the granary and the treasury, but because of his bad background, he was not even qualified to fight. Huang Ama raised him, and it was obvious that he was a backup for others. Whoever could get his support would be It is equivalent to adding two more boosters to the rocket, and the effect is awesome!
And he has an inherent advantage. Huang Ama didn't put him on the side of the fourth brother and the prince, but asked the eldest brother to teach him military knowledge. One is Concubine Hui's adopted son, their relationship is much more harmonious than the relationship between Yinxiang and the fourth brother, Yinxiang is just a baby who has not been weaned, and the fourth brother has a tail!
Yinzhen thought bitterly, obviously everyone is Erniang's son, but his status is higher than mine, just because you were born a few years earlier than me, do you have the right to put on a bad face and train me every day?Erniang is unwilling to get close to you even if she loves Yinxiang, you deserve it!So what about the adopted son of the queen, what else can you do besides carrying shoes for the prince!You're just an abandoned baby whose father doesn't love his mother and doesn't love him. I'm my mother's son!

It can be said that the Kangxi people divided the four and fourteen into groups, which indirectly exacerbated the conflict between the two brothers.Fourteen is like a spoiled rich second generation, and it's okay for Kangxi to close his eyes. The first thing he did when he returned to Beijing was to go to Yinhu's door.

Of course, Yinhu is busy in the yamen of the Ministry of Internal Affairs right now, and is not at home at all. When Minzhi heard that Shisi had arrived, he immediately thought that when Prince Yu passed away, this kid cried as sadly as his dead mother It looks like the locust disaster in Shandong that year, when Yinhu set up a porridge shed, he ran to serve porridge for the victims regardless of his status as a prince.This kid has a strong desire to show off, and he doesn't have the lovable and loyal dog traits of Shisan.You can't deal with it casually.

Moreover, you came to the door suddenly without an appointment in advance, do you think you are a little nine and a little ten?rude!Thinking of this, Minzhi said to the housekeeper who came to report: "Go and tell the fourteenth master that our father is not here. If there is anything or something, please go to the Ministry of Internal Affairs to find him." A few minutes later, the housekeeper came again He is still holding a wooden box: "Fu Jin, the Fourteenth Master said, this is a little thing for the third elder brother."

Minzhi stared at the box: "For San'er... a small thing? I signaled Qiu Ju to pick it up. After the housekeeper went down, Minzhi ordered to open the box, and she was stunned to find a seven-inch-high ivory bone tower inside!" Moreover, the shape of this pagoda is not the seven-level pagoda of Zen Buddhism, but the shape of the white pagoda with a big belly and a sharp top. It is not the product of the Central Plains craftsmen at first glance.

Jiong, could it be that her family has become the poorest one now, and all the brothers are richer than Yinhu, so they can just give away an ivory white pagoda that is priceless at first glance?Even the fourteenth soldier who was a soldier has become so rich, and his family has to count the materials for making clothes, so he dare not waste it. What kind of life is this, it's too cheating.And what did Fourteen say?Give this thing to Hongyan?How can a doll who has just turned one year know how to appreciate this thing!
Holding up the ivory tower with both hands, Minzhi was about to appreciate it carefully before rewrapping it and handing it over to Yinhu for handling. Unexpectedly, there was a strange sense of heaviness after she got it.Boldly shaking it, there was no sound, and carefully checked the whole body up and down, and finally found a depression at the bottom of the tower. The little finger pointed it up, and the depression turned out to be a wax seal.

Minzhi's heart beat a little faster. There is no secret in this little tower. Fourteen, what's the intention of sending this thing here?The style of this thing looks like a Buddhist utensil of the Lamaism. It must have been some extra money he made by taking advantage of the war, or maybe it was stolen goods from bribes.This kind of thing was sent to Yinhu, it was Hong Guoguo's frame!
Quickly put the ivory tower in the box as usual, took the box and went to the study, put the box on the table in the study, closed the door, went back to the main room and waited for Yinhu to come back.Yinzhen's behavior is too strange, actually pick a time when Yinhu is not around, come to the door in person, put down such a valuable thing and leave?
In the evening, when Yinhu came back, Minzhi couldn't wait to drag him to the study, who knows, Yinhu just glanced at the ivory bone tower, and said: "So this kid has been here before, this thing is for Xiaosan? Huh, Fortunately, he figured it out." Minzhi stared wide-eyed: "You, you already knew he was back?" "Yinhu didn't reply, just picked up the bone tower, put the bottom on the candle flame, after a while the wax melted, Yinhu quickly held it with his hands.

Minzhi was curious: "How do you know there is something in it?" "Because he went to the eldest brother's house yesterday and gave Hiroya a bone pagoda, which is exactly the same as this one." Hu put the tower close to the table, and as soon as she let go, Minzhi saw two cotton balls rolled out of it.

Immediately more embarrassing: "What is this?" Yinhu suddenly threw out the cotton ball: "Look for yourself." The cotton ball fell into Minzhi's palm, and Minzhi looked down, and it was clearly something wrapped in cotton. Cotton, a thumb-knuckle-sized pearl was exposed, and she stuttered: "This, such a big one? This, this is... the sea pearl?" Yinhu sat in the chair, looking at his wife's stunned expression , suddenly felt a little funny: "Yes, Shisi went to Xichuan this time and paid a lot of good things from the bandits."

"So, this, this is stolen goods?" It turned out that Yinzhen was a generous gift of others, and made money from the war. "I heard that the ivory was given by the chieftain of a certain tribe in Tibet, and the pearl was picked up from a bandit den he captured." Yinhu explained carefully: "When he came, he gave the emperor Mama, the concubine Demu, the imperial concubine, A big brother even gave me a bone-cutting tower like this, just because of the size, he thinks highly of me."

Seeing that there was a trace of irony in his smile, Minzhi couldn't help but heaved a sigh of relief, and there was a smile on his face: "I was scared to death. I thought it was something big. It turns out that everyone has a share. Then I Don't worry, this bead looks good, save it for Han Yin's makeup in the future."

Yinhu took her hand and hugged her to her lap: "Why don't you keep it for yourself?" Minzhi was stunned: "What do I want it for, it can't be eaten or worn." Yinhu just put his chin on the On her shoulder, after hearing her argument, she immediately sprayed: "You woman, since you know that this bead is rare, you still think it can't be eaten and worn? Is your mind full of grass?"

Minzhi felt that his pointed chin made his shoulders a little sore, and couldn't help but move her body: "It depends on who sent the beads no matter how good they are. I wanted to say that they should be ground into pearl powder to supplement calcium, but I felt it was a waste." I just thought of saving it for Han Yin." "Pearl powder? You can figure it out, let Xiao Jiu grind a lot of defective products that can't be selected to make a beauty product, you are meddlesome!"

Yinhu's arm was around Minzhi's waist, and she leaned close to her ear while talking.I've been so busy these days, I haven't hugged her like this for a long time.Feeling the lingering heat around the neck, Minzhi's ears began to heat up, followed by half of the neck, Yinhu continued to do the "dyeing" work while admiring it, and she retorted anxiously in her ear: "Pearl powder is originally a nourishing sage." It is written in "Compendium of Materia Medica" that the chemical composition of pearls is calcium carbonate, which will decompose into calcium ions when exposed to acid, which can supplement calcium!"

A certain person is no longer surprised by her strange remarks: "Then, you just said that the beads depend on who sent them... Who sent the beads, so you wouldn't grind them into powder?"

Minzhi tilted her head, trying to avoid Yinhu's snort: "Of course it is a reward from the inner court. The imperial gifts are many treasures and have good effects, but no one dares to touch them." Yinhu's eyes darkened: "The inner court Not necessarily all good things.” Minzhi didn’t notice the difference, and continued on her own: “You work in the Ministry of Internal Affairs now, and all you see are official kilns, tributes, no matter how good things are. Your eyes are full of cabbage. You don’t even know that rice bowls from an official kiln in Liulichang can be sold for sky-high prices, and stored in the palace. Huang Ama smashed a hundred of them a day, and the old man didn’t even bat an eyelid one time."

Yinhu listened, and sighed quietly: "Yes, everyone in the world thinks that tribute is good, but they don't know how many moths there are in it." Minzhi, who knew it later, was finally surprised by Yinhu's sigh: "What's wrong with you? Why are you sighing? Hey, don’t sigh, that Ling Pu is too much, but as a logistics support organization, it’s normal to have enough oil and water. From the field to Huang Ama’s dining table, this is a food chain. How many people do you need to feed after layers of exploitation Well, if everyone tightens their belts like the fourth brother, who is willing to work for the royal family? Don't sigh."

There was a soft laugh in my ear, and Minzhi let out a sigh of relief: "Well, I'm serious, I will sweat for you if you are in charge of the House of Internal Affairs at this point in time. I heard from Brother Jiu that there is It’s a big dye vat, people of any color will be dyed black when they go in, there are so many people, it’s impossible to make mistakes.” The head on the shoulder closed its eyes and rested, and continued to listen to his wife’s speech.

"Well, has Huang Ama made any movement lately? When will you return your son to us? Did the eldest brother go to pay his respects to Concubine Hui? Also, has the second brother of the crown prince really stayed in Yuqing Palace all this time? Huh? Hey, you, you just fell asleep like this!" After a long speech, Minzhi asked a lot of questions but didn't see anything. She turned her head and saw that this guy fell asleep on her shoulder like this. Suddenly angry: "Hey, did you hear me?"

Yinhu opened his eyes and loosened his hands: "I'm hungry, pass on the meal. Let's eat in the study outside." Minzhi jumped up suddenly: "You, you, what time is it now, why didn't you tell me earlier if you didn't eat? Me, I'll get you something to eat." After walking a few steps, Yinhu grabbed her back and said, "It's snowing outside, let the servants do these things, after so many years, why are you still not conscious at all?" ?”

"Conscious?" Minzhi ignored the first half of the sentence, and focused on the second half: "You also said that when I first walked in, I didn't know who it was, for a bowl of fried rice with eggs...Hmph, go away, you My chin hurts me." Minzhi shook her hands and twisted her body, trying to get out of Yinhu's grip, how could Yinhu make her happy?With strength in his hands, he clasped her soft waist in his hands, feeling her whole body embedded in his arms.

Then there was a sigh, and the hot air was sent directly into her ear: "How on earth did I raise you to spoil you like this." "Ah?" The tip of the nose touched.The scorching breath sprayed on her face, making her startled, and her whole body fell back violently.

Little did she know, from her angle, the desk was behind her, Minzhi fell backwards, her back would hit the edge of the desk, half a second later, nothing happened, Minzhi's back bumped into Yinhu's arm , returned to his arms, and she obviously felt the impact just now, and immediately jumped up: "You, what are you doing, show me your arm!"

(End of this chapter)