Emperor Kangxi: The First Rule of the Palace

Chapter 54
Although Liu Jinbiao had been on duty for a short time, he knew that these two things were the tokens used by the emperor to promote and depose the great officials in the frontiers and control the troops of the Qin kings from all walks of life. He was startled, and hurriedly knelt down and said, "Slave Liu Jinbiao bows to the master!" As soon as the words were uttered, the guards at the Xihua gate dropped their weapons and knelt down.The common people on both sides watching the battle looked at each other, and an old man sang: "Long live God has arrived, why don't you all kneel down!" Although the common people lived in the capital for a long time, they rarely saw such a scene. Out of awe, and secondly, fresh and curious, Hei Yaya knelt down on the ground upon hearing a reminder, "Long live the Lord!" "Long live the emperor!" He yelled indiscriminately.

Kangxi glanced at Aunt Su Ma in the car, intending to go out to meet her.Aunt Su Ma quickly shook her head and waved her hands.Kangxi laughed softly and said, "Aunt Sun once said that 'people's hearts are made of flesh', how could there be so many assassins coming to seek me out!" Then he bowed and got out of the car, picked up an old man and said: "Old man, you are getting old, please get up - what are you doing around here?"

The old man didn't expect such a young emperor to be so humble and respectful, he came to hold his hand in person, he was at a loss as to what to do, and stammered: "Long live... Xiaomin has nothing to do to watch the fun—here, here..."

Liu Jinbiao calmed down at this moment, and said, "My slave is telling my master, Long Live, that Wei Dongting, the guard of Qianqing Palace, broke into the palace gate without permission, and was caught by this slave..."

Kangxi had already seen Wei Dongting tied up, and hated Liu Jinbiao so much that his teeth itch. He was about to explode, but suddenly held back, and said with a smile: "What's your name, how many years have you been working here?"

Liu Jinbiao rolled his one eye and replied, "Slave Liu Jinbiao has only been working here for more than a month."

"Oh!" Kangxi said with a smile: "It's no wonder you don't know that this Wei Dongting was sent by me to the palace to work, and he left in a hurry without a license. Gu Nian is also my guard for the first time, so he is exempted from punishment." Let's go." Then he said to Zhang Wanqiang: "This man is serious in his work, and he will give you ten taels of gold. You can take him to get it later." Zhang Wanqiang hurriedly said, "I obey the decree!" Wei Dongting untied, Wei Dongting didn't care about what to say, he knelt down and said in a low voice: "Thank you, slave." Seeing Kangxi's swift and decisive handling, the common people shouted in unison, "Long live!"

Kangxi got into the car and was about to lift the curtain to go in, but stopped and said, "Xiao Weizi, wait for me to return to the palace—Xiong Cilu, you go to the House of Internal Affairs to get some money, and everyone who sees me today will give you two taels of silver ” While speaking, the car was already moving, and with the sound of horseshoes, the car had already entered the Xihua Gate.

After Hu Gongshan broke up with Cuigu, he rushed to Wei Dongting's residence, but he was in vain.The old man told him: "Master Wei has just entered the palace, you are always waiting at the Xihua gate, maybe you can find him." Hu Gongshan turned back and ran towards the Xihua gate, and it was indeed Wei Dongting who was captured.

At this time, if he wanted to advance but could not, and if he wanted to retreat, he could not bear it, Hu Gongshan was in a dilemma.After thinking about it for a while, I decided to go to Baiyun to watch the situation before making a decision.

Hu Gongshan hurried back to the imperial hospital and reported to the hall official, saying that it was the young master Xiong Cilu who had a convulsion, and his wife sent someone to ride a fast horse to ask for treatment.

There were a lot of horses in the stables at the back of the imperial hospital, and he didn't choose good or bad. He pulled out one and turned it over to ride on it. With a light flick of the whip, the horse galloped away like the wind.

After walking about half a mile, I met Xiong Cilu coming towards Xihuamen in a car.Behind the housekeeper followed a large group of servants, all dressed in plain clothes, they stopped their horses and cupped their hands and said, "Master Xiong, please stop for a moment! I have something important to tell you!"

Xiong Cilu leaned out from the car, saw that it was Hu Gongshan, and said with a smile, "Quick and frightened, slow doctor, what's the matter to rush the imperial doctor into such a state?"

"It's not time to be joking!" Hu Gongshan said, "Wei Dongting was seized and detained at Xihua Gate, you should go and have a look!"

"What?" Xiong Cilu was startled, turned to the driver and said, "Quick, come to Xihuamen!"

Hu Gongshan reined in the reins and said: "How do you manage people with your clothes? It doesn't matter now, it's not too late to go back and change your robes!" After Hu Gongshan finished speaking, he hurriedly rode his horse and headed for Baiyun Temple The direction went.

More than a mile away from Baiyun Temple, I saw from a distance that the surrounding walls of the Shangu store were torn down.Although there was no sound of fighting, one could clearly see forests of gleaming weapons.While hesitating, two soldiers hidden behind the tree suddenly jumped into the middle of the road and shouted: "Hey, who are they? The bandits are being suppressed ahead, and nothing can pass without the order of Ao Zhongtang..." "Fuck you!" Hu Gongshan Smiling and cursing, he raised his hand, and the two iron darts shot out, hitting straight, those two fell to the ground long ago.Hu Gongshan dismounted his horse and kicked the two corpses into the roadside ditch one by one.I tied the reins to the willow tree beside the road, and walked down the loess official road alone, hidden in the holly bushes beside the road, and slowly approached Shangudian.Only half a mile away, I suddenly saw a horse galloping towards me. When I looked closely, I saw a big red tasseled hat on his head and a pheasant patch on his head—it was Geshha, who was galloping on horseback without thinking.

Unexpectedly, Hu Gongshan leaped obliquely from the tree, and reached the middle of the road with only one stride.The horse was suddenly frightened, couldn't hold back its feet, pulled its front hooves high, spun a milling circle on the spot, and just now stood still with a hiss.Thanks to Geshha's excellent riding skills, he swayed on the horse and was not thrown off.When he took a closer look, he saw a thin, yellow, sick man who was less than five feet tall and was lying in the road. He was furious and cursed in Manchu or Mongolian.

"What?" Hu Gongshan didn't understand.

"Thief man, are you trying to die?" Geshha cursed again in Chinese, and slapped him in the face with a whip.Hu Gongshan stood in the middle of the road in a daze, with his face upturned, he took the whip abruptly, without even leaving a white mark on his face.Geshha was shocked, and raised the whip again, but did not dare to drop it, and said in surprise, "You, are you a human or a ghost?"

"Come down!" Hu Gongshan raised five fingers together and slashed at the lower part of the horse's front legs. The horse's four hooves cramped suddenly, and with a "sudden thump", the horse and man fell to the ground.Before Geshha could stand up, Hu Gongshan took a step forward, put his foot on his back and said with a smile: "What is your skill enough for? Tell me, what happened ahead? Where are you going on horseback?"

Geshha's body was covered with dirt, and he struggled twice on the ground. He also felt that the pedaling force was not very heavy, but he couldn't struggle anymore. Knowing that this man's martial arts were strong, he had to lie on his stomach and panting, "Master, don't step down!" , I said... just say it."

After he stammered for a long time, Hu Gongshan finally figured out that there were more than 500 people surrounding the store.The people in the store have been trapped on Chixin Island and captured Murima alive.Namo sent him back to report to Aobai.

Hu Gongshan was both sad and happy when he heard this.He thought: this time Oboi is making a big move, he must think of a quick battle, if he doesn't rescue quickly, the people on Chixin Island will be in danger, but now Wei Dongting is in prison again, riding alone, unable to rescue...fortunately With mulima in his hands, he can be used as a hostage.While hesitating in his heart, Geshha under his feet came to a frog jumping pond, jumped up, and ran towards the bushes beside the road.With sharp eyes and quick hands, Hu Gongshan grabbed his right foot with one stride, dragged him back, and asked sharply, "Are you Han or Manchu?"

"I..." The man didn't know the meaning of his question, he hesitated, "I'm Han Chinese!"

"Nonsense!" Hu Gongshan said, "You still speak Manchu just now!"

"I'm really...really!" Geshha was pinched by him until his ankle bone hurt to the marrow, "Speaking in Manchu... people will be afraid of me..."

Hu Gongshan was furious immediately, grabbed Geshha and held it over his head and cursed: "Aren't you going to learn how a frog jumps into a pond? You accidentally hit a tree!" Then he threw it out with all his strength, and Geshha hit his head on the ground. On the root of a large persimmon tree by the road, his brain burst and died.

Now that we have found out the situation clearly, there is no need to take risks.Hu Gongshan patted the dust off his body, turned around and returned to his horse.But I saw a disheveled man untying the reins of a horse on a willow tree.He shouted: "What a thief!" He jumped up and grabbed the man.When he saw it, he was an acquaintance, the "buddy" of Shangu shop, Hao Lao Si, the fifth-class guard in front of the imperial court, and couldn't help being stunned: "It's your brother! How did you make it look like this?"

"Master Hu!" The fourth child also recognized Hu Gongshan, "Why are you here?"

Hu Gongshan smiled and said, "If you are allowed to come, I am not allowed to come? What are you doing?"

"Oh! I've recited it all. I lost money yesterday and drank all night..."

"Who else is more ghostly than me?" Hu Gongshan giggled, "I know everything. You went to find Wei Dongting to move troops, but you didn't succeed?"

With Hu Gongshan in front of me, although he can't stop dealing with him on weekdays, but what does he mean by appearing here at this moment?Hao Laosi was in doubt, staring at him, not knowing how to answer his profound words.After a long while, he said, "How do you know that I am going to rescue soldiers?"

Hu Gongshan patted him on the shoulder and said with a smile: "To tell the truth, this is like a brother! If so, I will help you out." Hearing this, Mr. Hao fell to his knees with a plop, crying: " If Brother Hu can save my two elder brothers, I, Hao, will never forget it!" "Stop talking nonsense!" Hu Gongshan said with a smile, "I know you are very clever and good at acting, and there are not only your two elder brothers here , and the emperor's teacher Wu Ciyou, right?"

Hao Laosi got up and laughed: "It seems that in front of you, a real person, you can't tell a little bit of lies, but what good strategy do you have now?"

Hu Gongshan said: "I have found out clearly that Murima was captured by Shi Longbiao on the island. It doesn't matter if they are a few of them. Let's go to Aozhong Hall together and exchange Murima for the safety of Mingzhu and Chixin Island. Let's see how this Ao Zhongtang's brotherhood is going to be?" Hao Laosi replied hesitantly, "This... can it be done?" Hu Gongshan only smiled when he heard this.He untied his horse and let Hao Lao Si ride it.Turning back to Ghoshhama, he kicked the horse's stomach lightly and shouted: "Get up!" The horse untied its acupuncture points and obediently stood up.Hu Gongshan rode, let his horse catch up with Hao Laosi.The two walked side by side and walked silently for a while. Suddenly, Hu Gongshan sighed and said: "Fourth brother, your foundation is not bad, and it suits my taste. How about following me into the mountains to learn the Tao?"

"What?" Hao Laosi thought he was joking with himself, so he said, "You think I don't know, the emperor has taken a fancy to you, and sooner or later he will use you a lot!" He looked at Hu Gongshan's gloomy face, and stopped talking down. "You idiot!" Hu Gongshan said, "Do you know that you are so clever that you are playing with fire? When you encounter difficulties, I will come to rescue you. For now, I will only tell you that you are fighting with Mingzhu." It's still not ready!" Hao Laosi wanted to laugh but couldn't, he nodded for a while and said: "You are amazing, I thank you in advance." Just after finishing speaking, he suddenly shouted in surprise: "It's broken, look!"

Hu Gongshan looked up and saw a group of cavalry in the distance, about a hundred of them, rushing along the official road, trampling yellow dust billowing.Hao Laosi said: "Oboi must have sent reinforcements again!" Hu Gongshan didn't say a word, just stared blankly.After a long while, he laughed dumbly and said, "The coming general is none other than Lingxiong Wei Dongting!" When Hao Lao Si looked carefully, he said happily, "It's really good, but you said just now that he was detained at Xihuamen, how can he get off like that? Hurry up!" Hu Gongshan frowned and said, "There are more than five hundred people surrounding the store, if he brings these hundred people here, how much will it help?"

While talking, the team of cavalry was approaching, Hao Laosi got off his horse, fell to the ground and cried loudly: "Brother, good time for you! Let's kill the thief together!"

Seeing Hao Laosi and Hu Gongshan together, Wei Dongting couldn't help being surprised, got off his horse and helped Qidi and said, "Talk slowly if you have something to say, what's the situation in the store?"

Hearing Mr. Hao's cry, Wei Dongting turned around and bowed to Hu Gongshan again, saying, "Mr. Hu has taken so much trouble about your matter, I am very grateful!" Talk about people again.Wei Dongting stroked his chin and pondered for a long time, then smiled and said: "What Mr. Hu saw is very true, you go to see Oboi yourself." After a pause, Wei Dongting and Hu Gongshan discussed "so, so, so and so" for a while before parting ways , each rushed to go.

(End of this chapter)