The new version of Lu Ding Ji

Chapter 2
The next day Wei Xiaobao bid farewell to his master, and left for Beijing with Chen Jinnan and others.

Chen Jinnan said: "Xiaobao, Gui Erxia and his wife are going to assassinate the emperor. They have promised to discuss with everyone before making a conclusion. After you arrive in Beijing, you can't inform the emperor so that he can be prepared."

Wei Xiaobao had this intention at first, but he explained it to his master, and hurriedly said: "Naturally. The Tartars have taken over our Han country, and I am an official in the court, and I was ordered by you, master, how can I really go to He?" Chen Jinnan said: "That's it, if you are insincere, and you have done something that I have sorry everyone, I will be the first to forgive you." Wei Xiaobao said: "Master, please be careful." He said in his heart: "Relax 120 Nine hearts! I'm a little worried." I took Shuang'er, Xu Tianchuan and others to meet Zhang Yong, Zhao Liangdong and others, and then returned to Beijing after detaining Mao Dongzhu.

As soon as he returned to the Copper Hat Alley, he immediately wanted to see Kangxi, thinking: "The little emperor is my good friend, how could he die in the hands of these three turtles? Yes, I will go to the palace to assign guards and be on guard." , closely guarded. I promised Master that I will not tell the emperor. The man keeps his word, so he will not say anything, but he can still prevent the three turtles from succeeding." Just as he was about to go out, Chen Jinnan had brought Gu Zhizhong and Ma Chao Xing arrives.Wei Xiaobao groaned secretly, thinking: "Why did you come here so fast?" He had to force himself and hold a banquet to receive him.Soon the heroes of the Heaven and Earth Society will arrive in batches.Followed by Mu Jiansheng and Liu Dahong, the iron-backed Canglong, Wu Lishen, the head-shaking lion, and Su Gang, a holy layman, and a group of people also came.Everyone in Mu Wangfu was in Beijing as early as, and they came to the meeting after receiving the news.

After they finished drinking and eating, they waited for a long time before the three returned home.Wei Xiaobao ordered another banquet to be held, Erniang Gui said indifferently: "We have eaten." Gui Zhong looked around, saw the grandeur of the mansion, and said, "Little baby, the appearance of your house is similar to that of King Pingxi's Wuhua Palace. It's not far behind. You're not lying, Wu Sangui is indeed your uncle."

Wei Xiaobao said: "Yes, Wu Sangui is yours..." Speaking of the word "the", he suddenly stopped, thinking that the master must be angry if this sentence is easy to get over, so he immediately changed his words: "The three of you have already used After dinner, please go to the east hall for tea."

Everyone came to the east hall, offered tea and snacks, and Wei Xiaobao dispatched servants.Chen Jinnan sent more than ten members of the congregation out to guard around the hall and the roof, and then closed the door and barred it to discuss important matters.Chen Jinnan was introduced by Gui's couple and everyone in Prince Mu's residence, but he didn't mention Wu Liuqi.Although the Gui family has retired for a long time, Liu Dahong, Wu Lishen and others still admire and respect them very much.

Gui Erniang went straight in, and said: "Wu Sangui attacked Hunan and Sichuan after raising his troops, and his troops were as powerful as a broken bamboo. Although Wu Sangui surrendered to the Tartars and ruined the world, it was a heinous crime, but he is a Han after all. In my opinion, we are going to enter the palace to assassinate the Tartar emperor, so that the Tartars will be leaderless and chaotic. What do you think?"

Mu Jiansheng said: "Of course the Tartar Emperor should be killed, but wouldn't he be doing Wu Sangui, a traitor, a big favor by doing this?"

Gui Erniang said: "Wu Sangui killed Prince Mu back then, so Young Master Mu would not let him go. But the distinction between Manchu and Han is the most important thing. Let's kill all the tartars first, and then we will deal with Wu Sangui slowly."

Liu Dahong said: "If Wu Sangui wins with an army, he will be the emperor himself, and it will not be easy to move him. According to the younger generation, let the Tartars and Wu Sangui fight each other first, and fight to the death. Let's make a profit later. So this junior thinks it is inappropriate to assassinate the Tartar emperor." Although he has a full chin and white beard, but the Gui family has been famous for a long time, he calls himself a junior; Mu Wangfu's feud with Wu Sangui is as deep as sea, and he must be seen to be destroyed first, so he will be happy .

Gui Erniang said: "Wu Sangui is fighting under the banner of Xingming to seek captives, and he wants to assist the third prince Zhu to ascend the throne. Here is a piece of Wu Sangui's call to arms, everyone please read." He took a large sheet of paper from his side and spread it on the table .

Chen Jinnan immediately recited:
"Originally guarding Shanhaiguan, the commander-in-chief of Shanhaiguan, now under the decree of the president, the general of the world's water and land, and the general Wu of Xingming to fight against captives, to call on the civil and military officials, soldiers, and people of the world to know: this town is deeply advocating the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, and the town of Shanhaiguan... "

Chen Jinnan knew that most of the heroes were illiterate, so he read a few sentences, explained a few sentences, explained the first paragraph, and then read on. The following is how Li Zicheng broke Beijing, Chongzhen died. In order to avenge his father, he had to borrow from the Qing Dynasty. The soldiers broke the bandits, and then said:
"Fortunately, Qukui gave the head, and Fang wanted to choose a heir, inherit the great rule, seal the vassal and cede the land, in order to reward the chieftain. I didn't want to cunning and betray the alliance, take advantage of my internal emptiness, and dominate Yanjing. Steal my first imperial weapon, change I wear Chinese clothes; I know the wrong thing to say when a tiger goes into a wolf, and don’t hold back the wrong thing to put out the fire.”

Gui Erniang said: "He later realized that it was a mistake to borrow troops from Manchuria, but unfortunately it was too late." Liu Dahong snorted and said, "This traitor speaks nicely, but it's all lies." Gui Erniang said: " President Chen, please read on."

Chen Jinnan said: "Yes!" He continued to read:
"This town stabs the heart and vomits blood, regrets and regrets, but the general returns to the north, sweeps up the smell, and meets the third prince of the former emperor. The prince was just three years old, and the butt was stabbed as a record. Blood forbearance, bide farewell to the time, select generals to train soldiers, and restore the secret map, so far, it has been 30 years!"

Liu Dahong couldn't bear it any longer when he heard this, and said, "Fart! Fart! This wolf-hearted traitor, if he really had half a heart to revive the Ming Dynasty, why did he kill Emperor Yongli and Prince Yongli? We all know, how can we deny it?"

Seeing Liu Dahong's frowning appearance, all the heroes admired his loyalty. They all thought that Wu Sangui strangled Emperor Yongli and his son in Kunming 12 years ago, and their determination was indisputable.

Gui Erniang said: "Brother Liu is right. Wu Sangui is definitely not a loyal minister. Even a three-year-old child knows this. We are going to assassinate the emperor of the Tartars in order to fight against the Qing Dynasty and restore the Ming Dynasty, not to help Wu Sangui become emperor."

Chen Jinnan said: "I have finished reading this call-to-action, and everyone can discuss it in the future." He read:
"Here, the captive chieftain has no way, treacherous and evil, and the Confucianism of morality, all the subordinates; the generation of the fighting man, who lives in a dignified position..."

After reading this sentence, he smiled at Wei Xiaobao and said, "Xiaobao, this sentence refers to you." Wei Xiaobao listened to Master recite the article, only felt the cadence, but it was pleasant to hear, and suddenly heard that Wu Sangui's article mentioned I couldn't help being surprised and delighted, and hurriedly asked: "Master, what did he say about me? This guy must not speak well of me." Chen Jinnan said: "He said that he is a good person with knowledge and morality, and he is only a small official with sesame seeds and green beans. Guys with no ability have become high-ranking officials. Isn't this about you?"

Wei Xiaobao said: "What about him? His official position is bigger than mine, isn't it more useless than me?"

Everyone laughed and said: "That's right! There is no higher official position in the Tartar court than Prince Pingxi."

The last paragraph of the call-to-action is: "The mountains and rivers are sad, and the women cry; as a result, the comet falls, and the sky is angry above; the landslides and the earth is cracked, and the earth is resentful. The town looks up and down, and it is sincerely attacking the violent to save the people and responding to the sky. The day of man. On the first month of the new year's day in the year of Jiayin, the prince will be honored, the heaven and the earth will be worshipped, and the great treasure will be honored. Jianyuan Zhouzi." After reading it, Chen Jinnan explained it again.

Among the crowd, except for Chen Jinnan and Mu Jiansheng, who had never read any books, they all felt that this statement seemed to be well-spoken, but there was always something wrong, but they couldn't tell.

Mu Jiansheng pondered for a moment, then said: "Master Chen, since he honored the Third Prince Zhu as a great treasure, why didn't he restore the name of Ming Dynasty, but changed the name of the country to Zhou? This is really a big flaw. What's more, Zhu San The prince or something, I don’t know if it’s true or not, and no one has heard of it. Suddenly, he came out out of nowhere. Most likely Wu Sangui found an ignorant child and said it was the third prince Zhu, appealing to the hearts of the people. , is actually treating him as a puppet." Everyone nodded in agreement.

Gui Erniang said: "Wu Sangui regards the third prince Zhu as a puppet, of course there is absolutely no doubt. Whether this person is real or not, there is no big difference. But the third prince Zhu is not a child. The first emperor died for 30 years, just like the third prince Zhu It's true, at least thirty years old."

Wei Xiaobao said: "There are also ignorant little ones in their thirties, hehe!" As he spoke, he glanced at Gui Zhong.

Several people in the crowd couldn't help laughing.Gui Erniang raised her eyebrows, she was about to go into a fit, but after thinking about it, Wei Xiaobao's words were true, her precious son lived to be in his thirties, and he was still an ignorant child, she couldn't help sighing softly .

The people discussed for a long time, some advocated that Kangxi should be false, first get rid of Wu Sangui, and then try to restore the country;There are many discussions, and it is difficult to reach a conclusion.After talking about it, everyone looked at Chen Jinnan, everyone knew that he was resourceful and must have great ideas.

Chen Jinnan said: "We put the world first. If Kangxi is killed at this moment, Wu Sangui's momentum will certainly be boosted, but Taiwan's Prince Zheng can also cross the sea and march westward, marching into Fujian and Zhejiang, and attacking Jiangsu directly. With such a flanking attack, the Tartars will definitely collapse. At that time, if Wu Sangui wanted to be emperor himself, Prince Zheng's military strength, together with Prince Mu's Mansion, Tiandihui and heroes from all walks of life, would be able to hold him back."

Su Gang said coldly: "Chen Zong Tuozhu's words are not intended for Prince Zheng of Taiwan?" Chen Jinnan said awe-inspiringly: "The name of Prince Zheng's loyalty is famous in the world, brother Su, can't you believe it?" Su Gang Said: "Chen Zongruo is loyal, brave and chivalrous, and everyone admires him. But beside Prince Zheng, there are quite a few treacherous and despicable villains."

Wei Xiaobao couldn't help but said: "That's not bad. For example, Feng Xifan of 'One Sword Without Blood' and Prince Zheng's youngest son Zheng Kesong are not good people." Chen Jinnan was slightly surprised when he heard that he didn't agree with him, but Thinking that his words were not false, he couldn't help sighing.

Gui Erniang said: "Getting rid of the Tartars is a first-class matter. As for who will be the emperor, we don't care. The anti-Qing must be opposed. If there is no return to the Ming, we might as well discuss it slowly. Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty Emperor, it is not a good thing."

Chen Jinnan and the heroes of the Mu Palace had always been loyal to Zhu Ming, and when they heard what they said, their faces changed color.

Mu Jiansheng said: "If we don't support Zhu's descendants to restore them, why don't we support Wu Sangui, a big traitor?"

Gui Zhong suddenly said: "Wu Sangui is a very nice man, he gave me a white tiger skin to make a robe, have you seen it?" He opened the lower part of the leather robe, revealing the white tiger skin, very proud .

Gui Erniang said: "Kids, don't talk nonsense here."

Su Gang sneered, "In the eyes of Young Master Gui, a leather robe is more important than our Han country."

Gui Erniang said angrily: "Son, take off the leather robe!" Gui Zhong said in amazement, "What are you doing?" Gui Xinshu stretched out his hand and pulled out the long sword from his son's waist. The tip of the long sword in the tree's hand flitted across his son's front, back, shoulders, and arms.Everyone was shocked, and they all jumped up from their chairs, only saying that Gui Xinshu had killed his son, but saw that the fur robe that Gui Zhong was wearing had been torn into seventeen or eight pieces, and fell around his body, revealing a whole body of silk cotton. Jacket pants.Gui Xinshu's sword strikes were extremely accurate, cutting the leather robe, but not the silk jacket and trousers.

When the heroes waited to see clearly, they all applauded.

Gui Zhong was so frightened that he coughed repeatedly, almost crying, and said, "Father, cough cough... cough cough... dad, cough cough... I... "..." Gui Xinshu waved his hand, put his long sword into its sheath, then took off his padded robe, put it on his son, and said, "Put it on!" Gui Erniang picked up the pieces of white tiger skin from the ground and threw them into the burning robe. In the burning stove, the flames were suddenly bright, and there was a scorching smell, and the white tiger skin gradually burned to ashes.Wei Xiaobao repeatedly said: "It's a pity, it's a pity."

Gui Xinshu said: "Let's go!" He took his son's hand and walked towards the hall door.Chen Jinnan said: "The Second Hero Gui is planning to do great things, and we will follow his advice." Gui Xinshu said: "Don't dare to do it! No need!" As he spoke, he walked towards the hall door.

Wei Xiaobao knew that they were going to attack immediately, and it was too late to tell the emperor, he thought he had to use a tactic to stop him, and said loudly: "There are not ten thousand rooms in the imperial palace, but five thousand rooms, you know the emperor of the Tartars live there?"

Gui Xinshu was stunned for a moment, felt that this statement was very reasonable, turned around and asked, "Do you know?"

Wei Xiaobao shook his head and said: "No one knows. The Tartar Emperor was afraid of being assassinated, so he changed his place to sleep every night. Sometimes he slept in Changchun Palace, sometimes in Jingyang Palace, sometimes in Xianfu Palace, Yanxi Palace, and maybe again. In Lijingxuan, Yuhua Pavilion, and Yuqing Palace." He said the names of seven or eight palaces in one breath, and Gui Xinshu frowned.Wei Xiaobao said again: "Even if it is the emperor's personal eunuchs and guards, I don't know where he sleeps tonight." Gui Xinshu said: "Then how can we find the emperor?"

Wei Xiaobao said: "When the emperor goes to court, all civil and military officials will see him. As soon as he enters the palace, only he will come to look for you, and others will never find him." In fact, this is not the case, Kangxi did not often change his sleeping place, But Gui Xinshu and his wife are reckless commoners, how do they know the rules of the inner courtyard of the palace?Hearing Wei Xiaobao's nonsense, he thought that the emperor strictly guarded against assassins, that's how it should be, so he couldn't help hesitating.

Seeing Gui Xinshu's troubled face, Wei Xiaobao felt complacent, and asked, "Master Gui, do you know how many concubines the emperor has?" Gui Xinshu snorted and stared silently.Wei Xiaobao said: "The storyteller said that the emperor has three palaces and six courtyards, and the beauties in the harem... there are 3000 beautiful people. The Tartar emperor didn't have so many wives, not even 350, but there were eight or nine hundred. He Today I sleep with the 630th concubine, and tomorrow I sleep with the [-]th concubine. Even if it is the emperor's concubine, I don't know where the emperor will stay tonight. I don't know if the emperor will come or not after waiting for three or four years. "

Chen Jinnan said: "Xiaobao, you have been in the palace for a long time, you must know how to find the emperor." Wei Xiaobao said: "It's easy to find during the day, but at night you can't find anything." Disguised, led by you, sneaked into the palace to do things. Didn't you bring brother Qian and Angkor into the palace before?" He pointed at Qian Laoben and Wu Lishen.

Wei Xiaobao said: "Brother Qian has only been to the imperial kitchen. As soon as Angkor and the others entered the palace, they were discovered by the guards... the guards found out that they were still far away from seeing the emperor. Well. Big Brother Qian and Second Brother Angkor, do you two agree?" Both Qian and Wu nodded.The two of them had been in the palace, and they both knew that finding the emperor's location in the palace was indeed like finding a needle in a haystack.

Wei Xiaobao said: "My disciple has a way." Chen Jinnan asked: "What way?" Wei Xiaobao said: "When my disciple goes to see the emperor tomorrow, he must say that Wu Sangui rebelled, how to send troops to fight, my disciple urged him to come out and watch the cannon demonstration .As long as he leaves the palace gate, it will be much easier to strike. Whether the assassination is successful or not, we can put oil on the soles of our feet and escape, and there will be less danger."

Gui Erniang sneered and said: "The emperor just listens to you, little baby? He won't come out of the palace for three years, should we just wait for him for three years? You push back and forth, but you just refuse to lead him to do things."

Mu Jiansheng said: "Brothers have also done the matter of entering the palace to assassinate the emperor. I am ashamed to say that several brothers died in our Mu Palace. Sister She and a Junior Sister Fang, as well as Uncle Wu and two Junior Brothers , were all trapped in the palace, and encountered several accidents, fortunately Meng Wei Xiang rescued him with righteousness, and then escaped from danger. It's not that we are timid and afraid of death, this matter is really not easy to succeed."

Gui Erniang looked at Wei Xiaobao coldly, and said: "You can save them from danger?" Wu Lishen hurriedly said: "Although this Wei Xiangzhu is young, he is very kind, witty and clever. Brother's life is worthless." It's all up to him to save you." Gui Erniang said: "If Mu Wangfu can't do it, it doesn't mean Gui can't do it either."

Liu Dahong stood up eagerly, and said: "The Gui family and his wife are invincible in their magical fists, of course they are a hundred times better than our little Mu Palace. Now please drive and set off, we will wait here for a good news."

A brother from Hong Shuntang of the Tiandihui said: "Master Wei Xiang, you'd better go into the palace together. When you return home, the three heroes are caught by the guards of the Tartars. You should try to save them." He returned angrily. The three members of the family killed Wu Liuqi, even though they were in front of the chief helmsman, they couldn't help but sneer a few words.

Wei Xiaobao cursed secretly in his heart: "You three turtles, you went into the palace and got caught, even if you kill my head, you won't come to save me." He laughed and said, "Why are the three heroes back home being caught by the guards? The guards in the palace There are more than 8000 guards, and Young Master Gui only needs to cough a few times to kill all of these 8000 guards." Many people in Tiandihui and Muwangfu's crowd laughed out loud.

Gui Zhong laughed and said, "Is there really such a thing? That's very interesting. Are they afraid to listen to me cough... cough cough? cough cough... cough cough... "The Gui family was furious, one of them clinging to one of his son's arms, and the three of them went out side by side.

Chen Jinnan said: "Gui Erxia, please calm down. Brother has something to worry about."

Gui Erniang knew that Chen Jinnan was resourceful, so she turned around and waited for him to continue.Chen Jinnan said: "Guy Erxiaxian and his wife are highly skilled in martial arts, and they are invincible in this world. But going deep into a dangerous place, we are outnumbered after all. Let's discuss a surefire strategy..."

Gui Erniang said: "I think Mr. Chen really has some great ideas, hum!" Turning around, he walked towards the hall door.

Liu Dahong and Wu Lishen suddenly rushed over and blocked the door.Liu Dahong said: "You two want to help Wu Sangui, our Mu Palace will absolutely not allow it." Gui Erniang said: "What? Do you want to do it?" Liu Dahong said: "You two can kill my senior brother first, and then come out of this door Go and help Wu Sangui." Gui Erniang said: "Who says we are helping Wu Sangui?" Liu Dahong said: "Although the two of you have no intention of helping Wu Thief, if this happens, Wu Thief will become very powerful. Can't stop him anymore."

Gui Xinshu whispered: "Get out of the way!" and took a step.Liu Dahong opened his arms and blocked the door.Gui Xinshu reached forward with his left hand and grabbed his chest.Liu Dahong stretched out his hands to block, and with a slap, his palms intersected, Liu Dahong shook his body twice, and his face immediately turned pale.Gui Xinshu said: "I only used [-]% of my strength."

Wu Lishen shook his head and said, "You might as well use [-]% of your strength to kill all my brothers and sisters."

Gui Zhong said: "Ten out of ten out of ten." He retracted and stretched out his hands.Wu Li stretched out his arms to meet him.Gui Zhong retracted his hands again, and Wu Lishen was completely blank.When Gui Zhong was about to retract his arms, his hands were as fast as lightning, and he had already grasped the vital points on his chest.Chen Jinnan rushed forward and persuaded: "We are all good friends, don't use force."

Wei Xiaobao said: "Everyone is fighting endlessly, it's not the end after all. Let's roll the dice and try our luck. If the old man wins, not only will we not prevent the three from entering the palace, but the younger generation will also discuss the situation in the palace. Let me know the details." Gui Erniang said: "What if you win?" Wei Xiaobao said: "Then let's put this matter on hold. After Wu Sangui dies, we will attack the emperor."

Gui Erniang thought to herself: "If one of my own people starts to do it first, most of the Mu family will report to the Tartars. This matter will be difficult in the end, so it's better to listen to him." She asked her husband, "Second brother, what do you think? Gui Xinshu said to Wei Xiaobao: "You can't rely on losing."

Wei Xiaobao laughed and said: "Once a man speaks out, a dead horse is hard to chase. The little Tartar Emperor is not my father, why should I protect him? It's just that if you win, you will be a hero, and if you lose, you will be a bachelor. No matter who wins, who loses , it doesn't hurt the peace."

Chen Jinnan felt that his last sentence was quite reasonable, and said: "This matter involves a lot. It is really hard to predict whether it will be a disaster or a blessing for my restoration. The ancients divination and doubt, let's roll the dice, which is also a general meaning. Let’s not argue, just act according to God’s will.”

Gui Erniang said: "My child, let go of your hand." Gui Zhong said: "I won't let you go." Gui Erniang said: "This little brother wants to play dice with you." Gui Zhong was overjoyed and let go immediately , Let go of the acupuncture points on Wu Lishen's chest.Wu Lishen's chest was sore and unbearable, and he couldn't breathe freely, so he couldn't help shaking his head.

Wei Xiaobao said: "Master Gui, please take out the dice and use yours." Gui Zhong said: "Dice? I don't have one, do you have one?" Wei Xiaobao said: "I don't either, that one has dice on him " Everyone shook their heads slowly, thinking: "It's not a bad gambler, so whoever brings dice?" Gui Erniang said: "There is no dice, let's guess the copper coins." Wei Xiaobao said: "Or Rolling the dice is fair. The real thing is the real thing, and the old man is not deceitful. I am a child, and the second master is an old man, so it is necessary to roll the dice. There is always someone among the soldiers. I will ask." He pulled the latch and opened the door to go out of the hall.

He went out of the east hall and walked into the hall, and took out six dice from the bag. This is the magic weapon he carried with him, but if he took it out of his arms on the spot, Gui and his wife would be suspicious, so they sat in the hall for a while , returned to the East Hall, smiled and said: "The dice has been found."

Gui Erniang said: "How to win or lose?" Wei Xiaobao said: "I don't know anything about throwing dice. Young Master Gui, how do you say how to bet?" Gui Zhong picked up two dice and said: "I will tell you Match the head." When the finger flicked, there were two chi chis, two dice flew up, and the two candles were extinguished, followed by two pops, the two dice embedded into the board wall.

All the heroes praised: "Good work!"

Wei Xiaobao said: "I've seen people throw dice, it's the size of the pip, not the skill of hidden weapons." Gui Erniang said: "Yes! You two each throw one, whoever rolls the bigger pip wins Wei Xiaobao thought to himself: "Just one hand, maybe he is really lucky and rolled a 36 all at once." He said: "Well, let's each toss three hands, two wins is the winner." The more times you play, the happier you are, and said: "Let's each toss three hundred times, and whoever wins two hundred times will be considered the winner." Gui Erniang said: "If there is such a trouble, each toss three times is enough."

Xu Tianchuan dug out the two dice embedded in the board wall and put them on the table.Wei Xiaobao said: "Master Gui, you roll first." Gui Zhong picked up the dice, and was about to throw it down with a smile, Gui Erniang said: "Wait a minute!" Turning around, he asked Liu Dahong and Mu Jiansheng: "This betting match is like ours. If you win, does the Mu Palace count?"

Liu Dahong and Gui Xinshu met palms just now, his chest was full of energy and blood, at this moment he still hadn't calmed down, thinking that the other party said that he only used [-]% of his strength, this person is a hero of the predecessors, he has nothing to say, he really wants to go to the palace to assassinate, How can the Mu Palace alone stop him?Then nodded.Mu Jiansheng said: "It's God's will, it all depends on the two of you rolling dice."

Gui Erniang said: "Okay!" Xiang Guizhong said: "Throw it! The bigger the idea, the better."

Gui Zhong looked at the six dice carefully and said, "The most is six, the least is two, and there is a big dimple."

Gui Erniang said: "The big concave hole is one point." Gui Zhong said: "It's weird, but four points are red." With a wave of his right palm, there was a sound of snap, and the six dice were embedded in the table, and the upwards It's all six o'clock.It turned out that he had placed the dice in his palm, and all six dice were one-point down, and after this throw, naturally all six points were upward.

Everyone was surprised and amused.This consumptive ghost seems to be very weak, but his inner strength is so deep, but who in the world can throw dice like this?

Gui Erniang said: "Baby, it's not like this." She stretched out her palm and slapped the table, all six dice jumped up.The crowd cheered in unison.Gui Erniang picked up the dice, rolled it casually, and said: "When the dice is rolled, it will be what time. You can't do it yourself."

Gui Zhong said: "So that's how it is." Following his mother's example, he picked up the dice and tossed it lightly on the table. When the dice rolled, it was twenty points in total.The odds of winning are slightly higher when six dice are rolled for twenty.

Wei Xiaobao picked up the dice, flipped it a few times with his little finger, secretly tricked him, and shouted: "Take it all!" He threw it out, five dice rolled out seventeen points, and the last one kept rolling, cheating according to him In this way, the dice must be rolled to six points, and at 23 points, you will win the first one.Unexpectedly, the dice was about to roll over, and suddenly fell into a small hole on the table, which was exactly what Gui Zhong just rolled out with the dice.The dice trembled slightly and couldn't roll anymore, but it was one point in the sky, and at eighteen points, I lost.

Wei Xiaobao said: "There are holes on the table, it doesn't count." Picking up the dice, he wanted to roll it again.Chen Jinnan shook his head and said: "It's God's will, I lost the first one." Wei Xiaobao thought to himself: "There are two more, I must win you." He handed the dice to Gui Zhong.

Gui Zhong won the first hand, very proud of himself, with a light toss, but only nine points.Everyone in the Mu family couldn't help cheering when they saw that they were doomed.Wei Xiaobao walked to the other corner of the square table, away from the six small holes on the table, and threw it, four sixes, two fives, 34s, any two dice also won.Victory without surprise or danger.

Each side wins one game, and the third game will determine the final winner.Gui Zhong rolled the six dice for a long time and got 31 points. The odds of winning are very high.Everyone in the Mu family had worried looks on their faces, and they really needed a lot of luck to win these 31 points.

But Wei Xiaobao was not worried, he thought to himself: "I'll follow the method just now, and just throw 34 to win you." The little finger moved secretly in the palm, fixed the position of the dice, and rolled it out gently.

But seeing six dice roll on the table one by one, six, five, five, six, and four rolls are big, and there are already 22 points.The fifth grain turned another 28 o'clock and came out, a total of [-] o'clock.The last dice kept rolling.If it is three points, the game is a draw, and the toss must be made again; if one or two points is lost, four, five, or six points is a win.The odds of winning are [-]%.

Wei Xiaobao thought to himself: "Even if it's a tie at three points, you may not have such good luck if you roll it again." The dice kept spinning, and seeing that it was about to settle at six, he shouted: "Okay!" Suddenly the dice turned over and turned around again.

He was taken aback, and shouted: "There is a ghost!" Glancing at him, he saw Gui Xinshu blowing slightly on the dice, and at this moment, the dice stopped spinning, the big concave hole turned upside down, it was a point.Everyone shouted in unison.

Wei Xiaobao was surprised and annoyed, he had seen countless people who cheated in throwing dice, but this was the first time he met someone who played dice by blowing air, and he had never heard of it before.This old man's internal energy is extremely strong, he gathers energy to form a thread, not only he blows the dice from 31 to [-], even Gui Caizhong rolled it to [-], it is not all due to luck, it is his father who blows the air to help.He blushed and said loudly, "Master Gui, you...you...huh, huh, huh!" He pursed his lips and blew air.

Gui Xinshu said: "29 points, you lose!" He reached out to pick up the sixth dice, pinched it between his thumb and middle finger, and with a click, the dice shattered, and a little mercury flowed out, scattered on the table, and instantly turned into Thousands of fine round beads, rolling around.Gui Zhong clapped his hands and said, "It's fun, it's fun! What is this thing? It's like water, and it's like silver."

Wei Xiaobao saw that he had dismantled the drawbacks of filling the dice with mercury, so he could no longer argue with him about blowing air. He pretended to be surprised and said, "So there is mercury in the dice. Old man, you have taught the younger generation to be good. The dice are It is made of ox bones. I only know that mercury is produced from ox bones. In the past, it was made of silver mixed with water. The ox can plow the fields and make mercury, which is amazing, amazing!"

Gui Erniang ignored his nonsense and said, "Everyone have nothing more to say? Brother Wei, please tell me the situation in the palace in detail."

Wei Xiaobao looked at his master.Chen Jinnan nodded and said, "It's God's will, you should tell the two seniors honestly."

He knew that this apprentice was very cunning, so he added the word "honestly".

Wei Xiaobao had a second thought, and he had an idea, and said: "Since you lost, you can't afford to bet on the debt. It's nothing for a man to steal and cheat, but you have to pay back the bet. There are too many rooms in the palace, and it's impossible to say that." I don’t understand. I’m going to draw a picture. Brother Xu and Brother Qian, please accompany the guests, and I’ll go draw a picture.” He bowed his hands to everyone, turned around and left the hall, and walked into the study.

This Earl's Mansion was a gift from Prince Kang, the study room is full of books, and there are several pens and inkstones on the table. Wei Xiaobao is afraid that gambling will ruin his luck, and the word "shou" has the same pronunciation. This "losing room" usually does not step in even half a step. of.At this time, I came to sit down in front of the case and drank: "Mo Mo!" Someone had already come up to wait on him.

The earl never writes with a pen, and the relative was filled with admiration and admiration in his heart. Immediately, he cheered up and poured water into the ancient purple stone inkstone of Panlong that Wang Xizhi used back then, and took an ingot of Chu Suiliang's leftover pine smoke ink from the Tang Dynasty. With wrists in place and fingers in place, holding your breath and concentrating your breath, you rubbed an inkstone with thick ink, then took out a Huzhou silver-inlaid mottled bamboo best-quality Yanghao brush made by Zhao Mengfu from the pen holder, and spread out a golden flower and jade plate made by Emperor Huizong of Song Dynasty He lit a furnace of borneol musk that Mrs. Wei burned when she was writing, and waited for the earl to wave a pen.This shelf will be displayed, there are different teachings:

Zhong Wang Ou Chu Yan Liu Zhao

All ashamed than Wei Xiaobao

Wei Xiaobao's palm formed the shape of a tiger's claw, and using his grasping force, he grabbed the pen holder and dipped it in the ink. Suddenly, there was a soft bang, and a large drop of ink fell from the pen tip and landed on the paper. Defiled a piece of Jinhuayuban paper.

The relative thought to himself: "It turns out that the Earl is not writing, but learning to paint with Liang Kai's splashed ink." He saw that he drew a straight line on the left side of the ink dot, and drew a curved tree trunk, and then tapped lightly on the left side of the trunk. It is not only like Li Sixun's ax cracking in the Northern School, but also like Mojie in the Southern School.

This entourage often waits in the study room, and he still has a few taels of ink in his stomach. While he was admiring, he suddenly heard the earl say: "Is my 'little' character well written?" The entourage was startled. Only then did I realize that the Earl had written a "small" character, and he quickly praised it, saying: "My lord's calligraphy, the strokes are from right to left, unique and unique, a genius like heaven."

Wei Xiaobao said: "Go tell Admiral Zhang to come in." The entourage agreed to go out, thinking: "I don't know what the next word will be written by the Earl." But he guessed ten thousand times, but he still couldn't guess it right.

It turned out that Wei Xiaobao drew a circle under the word "small".Under the circle, draw a horizontal line that looks like hard wood and a pole, and then draw an earthworm to pass through the pole.This earthworm wears a pole, which is a word for "zi".The string of three characters is Kangxi's name "Xiaoxuanzi". I can't write the word "Xuan", so draw a circle instead.

Thinking back then when he was a monk in Qingliang Temple, Kangxi had drawn pictures to preach the decree, Wei Xiaobao admired morality, respectfully followed the holy practice, today the situation is urgent, so he drew pictures and played them.After writing Xiaoxuanzi's name, draw another sword, and the tip of the sword pierces the circle.This knife is not like a knife, and the sword is not like a sword, but he is sweating from the painting. Just after finishing the painting, Zhang Yong has arrived.

Wei Xiaobao folded the golden flower and jade paper, put it in an envelope, sealed it tightly, handed it to Zhang Yong, and said in a low voice: "Admiral Zhang, this important memorial, you send it to the palace immediately to present to the emperor. You just need to say yes The guards and eunuchs will inform you of my secret report immediately."

Zhang Yong agreed, took it with both hands, and was about to put it into his arms, when two soldiers outside the study shouted and asked in unison: "Who is it?" The couple and Gui Zhong.Seeing the memorial in Zhang Yong's hand, Gui Erniang snatched it between her hands, and asked Wei Xiaobao sharply, "Are you going to inform the Emperor of Tartar?" Wei Xiaobao was stunned, and said: "No...not... "No..." Gui Erniang tore open the envelope, pulled out the paper, saw the strange figure on the paper, and said in astonishment, "Look!" She handed it to Gui Xinshu, and asked Wei Xiaobao, "What is this?" What is it?"

Wei Xiaobao said: "I told him to go to the kitchen and do...do...make that glutinous rice dumpling, treat the guests to eat, ask for small dumpling or big dumpling, and engrave flowers on the dumpling. He... He can't figure it out, so I'll draw it for him." Both Gui Xinshu and Gui Erniang nodded, their expressions calmed down, and the drawing on the paper was indeed carved on the small dumpling with a knife , not to inform the emperor.

Wei Xiaobao waved to Zhang Yong: "Go, go!" Zhang Yong turned and left the study.Wei Xiaobao said: "We need to make more preparations, send more people, and do it quickly! Everyone needs to eat right away, this is a matter of life and death, and there cannot be a moment's delay."

Zhang Yong agreed again at the door.

Gui Erniang said: "Don't worry about the snacks. Brother Wei, where is the map of the palace you drew?" Wei Xiaobao took a piece of jade paper, spread it on the table, handed the brush to Gui Erniang, and said, "I It's not good to paint and paint, let me tell you, please come and paint." Gui Erniang took the brush, sat down, and said: "Okay, you go ahead."

Wei Xiaobao thought that there was no need to hide this, so starting from the Meridian Gate, headed north to Jinshui Bridge, turned west, passed Hongyi Pavilion, passed the three halls of Taihe, Zhonghe, and Baohe, and passed Longzongmen to the Imperial Dining Room , this is the place where Wei Xiaobao was born; from here to the east, pass through Qianqing Gate to Qianqing Palace, Jiaotai Palace, Kunning Palace, Yuhuayuan, Qin'an Palace; from the Imperial Dining Room to the north are Nanku, Yangxindian, Yongshou Palace, Yikun Palace, Tihe Palace, Chuxiu Palace, Lijingxuan, Shufangzhai, Chonghua Palace.From here to the south are Xianfu Palace, Changchun Palace, Tiyuan Hall, and Taiji Hall; to the west are Yuhua Pavilion, Baohua Hall, Shouan Palace, and Yinghua Hall; Ning Palace, Ci Ning Garden, Wuying Hall; exit Wuying Gate, cross the bridge to the east, pass Xihe Gate, and return to Meridian Gate, which is the western half of the Forbidden City.

Gui's and his wife heard him talk for a long time, but only the west half of the palace, the palace attic has been forgotten, they couldn't help but gasped.Gui Erniang wrote down the names of the palaces and gates one by one.Wei Xiaobao also told about the gates of the palaces in the eastern half, thankfully he has a good memory, he is very familiar with it when he usually travels around the palace.

Gui Erniang wrote for a long time before she finished writing the directions of the 48 places in the nine halls of the palace.She put down her pen and breathed a sigh of relief, and said with a smile: "It's hard for Brother Wei to remember so clearly, thank you very much." She listened to Wei Xiaobao's description of the names and directions of each palace gate, and it was like a treasure, without any suffocation. She expected it to be true. He wants to fabricate and fabricate, and he has no such ability.

Wei Xiaobao smiled and said: "This is the head that Young Master Gui won by throwing the dice, you don't need to thank me." He added: "The emperor's imperial guards usually wait in the Luanyu Guard area next to Donghua Gate, but right now they are fighting with Wu Sangui , the emperor of the Tartars must be on strict guard, and I think there are guards everywhere in the 48 places in the Forbidden City." I thought: "Let me put a word first, so that Xiaoxuanzi will not send additional guards after receiving my secret report. The tortoise suspects that I have tipped off the news." Gui Erniang said: "That's natural." Wei Xiaobao said: "Although there are many guards in the palace, there are no great masters, so there are just too many people. Manchurians are very good at archery. But the three of them are of course Don't take it to heart." Gui Erniang said: "Thank you for your advice. Let's leave it alone."

Wei Xiaobao said: "The three of you have eaten the dumplings, so you will have the strength to do things." Walking to the door, he said loudly: "Come here, bring some refreshments." The servant outside the door agreed loudly.Gui Erniang said: "No need." Holding her son's hand, she and Gui Xinshu walked out of the study.The couple both thought: "You probably did something wrong in this flower-carved dumpling. Why do you need to carve the flower dumpling? You have been fooled once, but you can't do it a second time." The three of them stayed in Wei Xiaobao's residence from beginning to end. , Didn't even take half a sip of tea.

Wei Xiaobao sent him to the door, and said goodbye, "The younger generation is looking forward to the good news, and listening to the good news."

Gui Xinshu stretched out his hand and slapped the stone lion's head at the gate, stone chips flew all over the place, he sneered, and walked away.

Wei Xiaobao was stunned for a while, thinking: "If this slap hits me on the head, it will taste very bad. He is warning me not to spoil their affairs, otherwise it will be just this slap." He stretched out his hand and slapped the lion's head. Palm, "ah", jumped up, the palm really hurt.The top of the stone lion's head was originally very smooth, but with Gui Xinshu's palm, many pieces of stone were broken away, and it has become sharp and jagged.Wei Xiaobao raised his hand, looked under the lantern, fortunately there was no blood from the stabbing.

When he returned to the east hall, he saw Chen Jinnan and others drinking.He told Master that he had told Gui and his wife the details of the Forbidden City and sent the three of them out just now.Chen Jinnan nodded and sighed, "Even if the Gui family can assassinate the Tartar emperor, they probably won't be able to come back."

The heroes drank in silence, each thinking about his own thoughts. Occasionally someone said a word or two, but no one else spoke.After more than half an hour, someone outside the door said: "My lord, Admiral Zhang has something to see." Wei Xiaobao was overjoyed, and said: "It's late at night, there is something important. You just say I'm asleep, I have something to do tomorrow Let's talk." The man replied: "Yes." Chen Jinnan said in a low voice: "Maybe there is news from the palace, you go and ask." Wei Xiaobao agreed, and came to the hall, and saw Zhao Liangdong, Wang Jinbao, and Sun Sike standing in the hall Going up, looking terrified, but Zhang Yong was not seen.

Wei Xiaobao was stunned, and asked in a low voice: "Where is Admiral Zhang?" Wang Jinxian said: "My lord, something happened to Admiral Zhang, he passed out outside the gate of the mansion, and he has been carried to the side room over there." Wei Xiaobao was shocked and asked : "Why... how did you faint?"

After rushing into the wing room, Zhang Yong's eyes were closed tightly, his face was pale, and his chest was heaving and falling.Wei Xiaobao called out: "Admiral Zhang, what's wrong with you?" Zhang Yong slowly opened his eyes, and said, "Big..." He rolled his eyes and passed out again.Wei Xiaobao hastily stretched his hand into his arms, touched his memorial and took out the paper, he could not help but secretly groan because it was his "writing like a cloud" that is both excellent in calligraphy and painting.

Sun Sike said: "The soldiers on night watch just now came to report that an officer fainted on the roadside hundreds of steps outside the gate of the mansion. Someone went over and saw that it was Admiral Zhang, so he brought it back. Admiral Zhang knocked out his head His blood has frozen, and it seems that he has fainted for a long time."

Wei Xiaobao pondered: "He has been in a coma for a long time, and the memorial has not been sent out, so he must have been murdered as soon as he left the mansion. Could it be that these three turtles sent people to ambush outside the mansion gate, fearing that I would send someone to inform the emperor, so they told Admiral Zhang Let's do it?" My heart was extremely anxious.

At this time Zhang Yong woke up leisurely again.Wang Jinbao hastily lifted the flagon and let him drink a few sips of shochu. Sun Sike and Zhao Liangdong rubbed the shochu on his palms respectively.Zhang Yong cheered up a little, and said: "Damn the lowly job, walk out of the house... not yet... a few hundred steps, suddenly the chest... the chest hurts like a knife, and then... ······································································································································································································································································································ am With support, he was about to stand up.

Wei Xiaobao hurriedly said: "Brother Zhang, please lie down and rest. It's the same if you ask the three of them to handle this matter." He handed the memorial to Wang Jinbao, and ordered him, Zhao Liangdong and Sun Sike to rush to the palace to present it with the guards. Anxiously: "The three of us have gone home for more than half an hour. I'm afraid that Xiaoxuanzi's life will be lost, so we have no choice but to act as a living horse doctor." Wang Jinbao and the other three were ordered to leave.

Zhang Yong said: "The old man in the study room... that old man's martial arts is really good. When I walked out of the study room, he was on my back... on my back...cough cough... ·····I pushed it lightly, but I didn't feel anything at the time, but I knew I had suffered an internal injury, and as soon as I left the house, it immediately... immediately broke out... I missed the important event of the adults... "..."

Only then did Wei Xiaobao suddenly realize that even though Gui Xinshu saw that the memorial was not a whistleblower, he still became suspicious and secretly used heavy hands to make Zhang Yong unable to do anything. Seeing his ashamed expression, he hurriedly said: "Brother Zhang, rest at ease and rest. I can't blame you for this at all. Damn it, this old tortoise plotted against you, we can't finish it." After a few more words of comfort, he ordered his followers to cook ginseng soup quickly and call the doctor for diagnosis and treatment.

He returned to the East Hall and said: "It's not news from the palace. Admiral Zhang was seriously injured by Second Lord Gui, I'm afraid his life will be lost." Everyone was shocked, and quickly asked: "How did you hurt Admiral Zhang?" Wei Xiaobao Shaking his head, he said: "Admiral Zhang was patrolling outside the mansion, and when he saw the three of them leaving the mansion, he went up to inquire, and it was a slap to return to the second master." Everyone nodded, thinking: "How can an ordinary military officer stand up to the invincible fist of the gods?" A little finger?"

Wei Xiaobao regretted it very much: "If we had known that Admiral Zhang would be murdered, and the memorial could not have been sent to Xiao Xuanzi first, then the situation in the palace could never be explained so clearly, there should be a big commotion in the south, east, and west. Laozi moved mountains and seas for him, moved Huangji Palace to Shouan Palace, Chonghua Palace to Wenhua Palace, and let three turtles run around in the palace, crawling dizzily."

The crowd sat and waited, and they heard the beeping beeping, and four watches were called outside the hall.After a while, suddenly a group of dogs barked loudly in the alley in the distance. Everyone put their hands on the handles of their knives, stood up, and listened attentively. The group of dogs barked for a while, and then gradually fell silent again.

After a long time, in the silence, a rooster crowed faintly, and then the rooster crowed all around, and the window panes were faintly white.Wei Xiaobao said: "It's dawn, I'll go to the palace to inquire about it." Chen Jinnan said: "If the return home couple and father and son unfortunately miss, you must find a way to save them. What happened to Wu Liuqi was caused by a misunderstanding, so they must not be blamed. You must know the righteousness of the family. Personal friendship is less important. Their insults to us should not be taken to heart."

Wei Xiaobao said: "Master ordered, this disciple will understand. It's just that... if they have already killed the little emperor, even if I do my best, I will not be able to save them." Thinking of the little emperor at this moment Most likely he had been stabbed to death by the three returning home, he couldn't help but feel sad, immediately shed tears, choked up and said: "It's a pity that Brother Angkor..." took the opportunity to cry out.

Mu Jiansheng said: "Regardless of the success or failure of the Gui family's going, there will definitely be great chaos in Beijing today. Brother has many friends outside, so we have to rush out to make arrangements. We want everyone to disperse and avoid it. Let's wait until the limelight passes."

Chen Jinnan said: "Exactly. There are quite a few brothers in our society scattered around the city. Let's go separately to inform all the friends in the rivers and lakes that you know, everyone has to be careful, so as not to suffer disaster. Tonight at the beginning of Youzheng At this moment, we are still gathering here to discuss what to do in the future." Everyone agreed.Immediately send four brothers from the Tiandihui to go out to investigate, and after they report that there is nothing unusual in the vicinity, they leave the mansion one after another.

Wei Xiaobao was about to go out when Sun Sike came back and reported that the memorial had been handed over to the guards at the palace gate, when the commander of the guards heard that it was the secret memorial from the deputy chief, Master Wei, he took it and immediately rushed in to present it.The three of them waited outside the palace gate until five drums, but the belt still hadn't come out.Now Wang Jinbao and Zhao Liangdong are still waiting outside the palace gate, because he was afraid that Mr. Wei would be worried, he came back first to report.Wei Xiaobao said: "Okay, you will take care of Admiral Zhang." Worried, he ordered his own soldiers to escort the fake Empress Mao Dongzhu, sit in a small sedan chair, and enter the palace to see her.

When they came to the palace gate, there was no sound around, more than a dozen palace gate guards came forward to say hello, and they all said with a smile: "The deputy chief has worked hard, this place in Yangzhou is so much fun." Wei Xiaobao felt a little relieved, thinking "If there is a big commotion in the palace, they will not be in the mood to tell me about Yangzhou or something." Smiling and nodding, he asked, "Is everyone all right these days?" A guard said: "Trust me." Good luck to the deputy chief, the whole place is safe, only Wu Sangui rebelled, but the emperor is very busy, and in the middle of the night, the ministers are often sent to the palace to discuss matters." Wei Xiaobao felt relieved again.

Another guard said with a smile: "As soon as the vice-president returns to Beijing and helps the emperor deal with important matters, the emperor will be free." Wei Xiaobao smiled and said: "You don't need to flatter me. The things I brought back from Yangzhou are good brothers. Everyone has a share, and no one can be short." All the guards were overjoyed, and they all greeted An and thanked him.

Wei Xiaobao pointed to the sedan chair and said: "That's the prisoner ordered by the Empress Dowager and the Emperor to be arrested, take a look." The attendant opened the curtain of the sedan chair and let the guards at the palace gate search it.The guards stretched their hands into the sedan chair as usual, checked that there were no murder weapons and other prohibited items, and said with a smile: "The deputy chief executive has done a lot this time, and we can get promoted again."

Wei Xiaobao came into the palace, asked the guards inside the Qianqing Gate, and found out that the emperor summoned the ministers to discuss matters in the Hall of Mental Cultivation, from last night to this moment, he still hasn't left the court.Wei Xiaobao was overjoyed when he heard it, and thought to himself: "It turns out that the emperor has been busy all night and didn't sleep. When he summoned the ministers, he naturally put up a lot of security around him. Thousands of lanterns were brightly lit around the Hall of Mental Cultivation, and the three tortoises who came home went home again." How do you get close to the emperor? If Xiaoxuanzi went to bed early and went to bed with black lights and black flames, I am afraid that last night would have been terrible. It can be seen that he is the emperor, and he is really blessed. Fortunately, this old boy Wu Sangui won the battle and the emperor won the battle. I was anxious and discussed matters overnight."

When he came to the Hall of Mental Cultivation, he stood quietly and waited.Although he was favored by Kangxi, the emperor dared not go in without authorization when he was discussing military affairs with princes and ministers.

After waiting for more than half an hour, the guards of the inner class opened the door of the hall, and saw Prince Kang Jieshu, Mingzhu, Suo'etu and others coming out one by one.When all the ministers saw Wei Xiaobao, they all smiled and cupped their hands, and no one dared to speak.The eunuch informed him to go in, and Kangxi saw him immediately.

Wei Xiaobao went to the hall and kowtowed, stood up, seeing Kangxi sitting on the throne, he was refreshed.Wei Xiaobao was overjoyed for a while, and said: "Your Majesty, this servant is very happy to see you..." He took care of his worries all night, and seeing that Kangxi was fine, he couldn't help but burst into tears.Kangxi smiled and asked: "Why are you crying so well?" Wei Xiaobao said: "The servant is crying with joy."

Seeing his true feelings, Kangxi smiled and said: "Very good, very good! This old boy Wu Sangui is really rebellious. He has won several battles, and I only know that I saw that he was afraid and dared not kill his son. Damn it, I Wu Yingxiong's head was beheaded yesterday."

Wei Xiaobao was taken aback, said "ah", and said: "The emperor has killed Wu Yingxiong?"

Kangxi said: "Isn't it? All the ministers advised me not to kill Wu Yingxiong. They said that if the king's teacher is unfavorable, he can make peace with Wu Sangui, allowing him not to cut down the vassal, and stay in Yunnan forever. They also said that if Wu Yingxiong is killed, Wu Sangui will be killed." Unscrupulous, more vicious. Pooh! Cowards."

Wei Xiaobao said: "The emperor is a hero. The slaves watched the drama "The Meeting of Heroes". Zhou Yu and Lu Su said to Sun Quan, we are ministers who surrender to Cao Cao, and if we surrender, there are still high-ranking officials, but the lord cannot surrender. We are also ordinary today, their princes Ministers can make peace with Wu Sangui, but the emperor absolutely cannot."

Kangxi was overjoyed, he patted the table, got down from his seat, and said, "Xiao Guizi, if you had come one day earlier and explained this truth to the ministers, they wouldn't dare to persuade me to make peace. Hmph, They surrendered to Wu Sangui, and they are still General Shangshu, so what will they suffer?" Thinking that although Wei Xiaobao is ignorant, he is not like all the ministers who have selfish intentions and only think about themselves, so he took him by the hand and walked to a big table before the table.There is a large map on the table.

Kangxi pointed to the map and said: "I have sent people to lead the elite soldiers to guard Changde from Jingzhou and Yuezhou from Wuchang. Advance and suppress. Just now I sent Mo Luo, Shangshu of the Ministry of Criminal Affairs, to be a strategist and stationed in Xi'an. Even if Wu Sangui wins Yunnan, Guizhou and Sichuan, and invades Hunan, we will not be afraid of him."

Wei Xiaobao said: "Your Majesty, please also send a servant to lead the troops to kill this old boy Wu Sangui!"

Kangxi smiled, shook his head and said: "The marching and fighting is not a joke. You can stay with me in the palace. Besides, the people sent out this time are all Manchurian generals and soldiers. They don't accept your order." Wei Xiaobao said: "Yes." He thought to himself: "Wu Sangui wants the Han people in the world to rise up and fight Tartars. I am a fake Tartar, so the Emperor will not trust me."

Kangxi guessed his intentions, and said: "You are loyal to me, it's not that I can't trust you. Xiao Guizi, Wu Sangui's soldiers are very powerful, and within three to five years, or even seven or eight years, they can't beat him. In the past few years, we have to win battles. In this great war, we will win after losing. Do you prefer to lose or win?" Wei Xiaobao said: "Of course we like to win. Throw away your helmet and armor, and run away, the taste is not good!"

Kangxi smiled and said: "You are loyal to me, and I can't let you suffer. Let others fight the three-year-old defeat on your head. When Wu Ni was exhausted and the overall situation was settled, I Then send you to fight Yunnan and capture this old boy with your own hands. Do you know what was promised in my rebellion edict?"

Wei Xiaobao was overjoyed, and said: "The emperor's kindness is truly magnanimous." Kangxi smiled and said: "I will announce to the world that if I agree, whoever catches Wu Sangui, whatever official Wu Sangui is, I will make him an official. Xiao Guizi, this It depends on your good fortune. Damn, do you look like Prince Pingxi with your virtue? Haha, haha!" Turning his head to look at him for a moment, he said with a smile: "Now you are like a monkey boy, Not at all, six or seven years have passed, you will be in your twenties, and you will be a prince at that time, I'm afraid it will be a bit off-putting, haha."

Wei Xiaobao smiled and said: "Prince Pingxi is a high official, I am afraid that slaves do not have this blessing. However, if the emperor sent me to be a general and lead troops to Yunnan to capture Wu Sangui, the general is majestic and majestic, and the slave holds eight snake spears in his hand. , Shouted loudly: "Wu Sangui, come here to give you a name!" It's really beautiful. Thank God, Wu Sangui didn't die too early, the slaves will push him here with their own hands, and kneel here to kowtow to the emperor."

Kangxi smiled and said: "Very good, very good!" Then he said seriously: "Xiao Guizi, the battles we have faced in the past few years have been very difficult. It doesn't matter if you lose the battle, but you must not lose it. It must be The talent of a general is the ability to hold on despite defeat. You are a blessed general, not a brave general, a famous general, and even less a general. Alas, it is a pity that there are no generals in the imperial court."

Wei Xiaobao said: "The emperor himself is a general. The emperor has determined that we must lose in the first few years, so even if we lose, there will be no chaos. It's like playing poker gow, the emperor is the banker, and the head pays him seven sets and eight sets. , I don’t care at all. We have a lot of capital, and Taishan Shi dares to act, and we can hold our breath. If we lose money, we only think it is a loan to him. After we arrive, we will match the cards, the person cards, the land cards, and the sky cards. , Supreme Treasure, a pair of good cards will kill the generals, eat all you can kill, only kill Wu Sangui, an old boy, and lose completely, with empty hands, the bottom of the bag is turned upside down, and the cards are turned out. ten."

Kangxi laughed heartily, thinking: "There is no general in the imperial court, and I myself am a general. This sentence is not bad. "Although defeat is not chaotic, I can hold my breath." Except for myself, there is no one in the imperial court. Generals and ministers can do it." Taking Wei Xiaobao's secret note from the imperial case, he said: "You said someone is going to assassinate, and you want me to be careful?"

Wei Xiaobao said: "Exactly. At that time, the situation was urgent, and the servant was under surveillance. He couldn't ask the master to write the memorial, so he had to draw this picture. The emperor is very smart, and he can understand it at a glance. The assassin just watched. I don’t know what it is. Long live Lord Hongfu Qitian, rebelling against the rebels, it’s useless.” Kangxi said: “What kind of rebels are you?”

Wei Xiaobao said: "Wu Sangui sent you to the capital." Kangxi nodded and said: "Wu Ni joined the army, so I added three times the number of guards. I received your memorial last night, and I added more guards from the internal squad."

Wei Xiaobao said: "The assassins sent by Wu Ni this time are really powerful in martial arts. Although the Holy Son of Heaven is protected by a hundred gods, we must be more careful so that the emperor won't be frightened." Suddenly remembered something, and said: "Your Majesty, my slave has one thing The baby vest, wearing it on the body, is invulnerable to swords and guns. The servant took it off and asked the emperor to put it on." Then he unbuttoned the robe.Kangxi smiled slightly, and asked, "It was copied from Aobai's house, wasn't it?"

Wei Xiaobao was taken aback, although he was very thick-skinned, unexpectedly at this moment his face was flushed, he knelt down and said: "Damn you slave, you can't hide anything from the emperor."

Kangxi laughed and said: "This gold silk vest was obtained in the former Ming Palace. At that time, Oboi made a lot of meritorious deeds and charged into battle. He suffered a lot of injuries from swords, spears and stones, so the King Regent gave it to him. At that time I sent you to ransack Oboi's house, but this vest is not on the list." Wei Xiaobao could only grin, with an embarrassed look on his face.Kangxi smiled and said: "You want to take it off for me today, which shows that you have a heart of loyalty. But I am in a deep palace with thousands of guards, and even assassins can't get close to me. I don't need this vest. You Doing business for me outside, I often encounter dangers, this vest is considered to be my gift to you today. From now on, you will not be called a thief." Wei Xiaobao knelt down to thank him again, already breaking out in a cold sweat, thinking : "I stole the "42 Chapters", the emperor should not know."

Kangxi said: "Xiao Guizi, I know that you are loyal to me. But you have to behave in a proper manner. If the vest you are wearing is also copied from your home in the future, it will be concealed and swallowed up by others. , That's not a good idea." Wei Xiaobao said: "Yes, yes. I dare not." Sweat dripped from his forehead, he kowtowed a few more times, and then he stood up.

Kangxi said: "For the matter of Yangzhou, I will come back later." He yawned and stayed up all night, after all, he was a little tired.Wei Xiaobao said: "Yes. Thanks to the Empress Dowager and the Emperor's blessing, the servants have arrested that heinous old bitch." Kangxi heard it and shouted: "Bring it in, bring it in quickly."

Wei Xiaobao went out and called four guards, dragged Mao Dongzhu into the hall, and knelt in front of Kangxi.

Kangxi walked up to her and shouted: "Raise your head." Mao Dongzhu hesitated for a moment, raised his head, and stared at Kangxi.

Seeing her pale face, Kangxi suddenly felt sad: "This woman killed my biological mother, made my father sad to become a monk, and made me a fatherless and motherless person. She also imprisoned the queen mother for several years and tortured her. There are no more sinful people in the world than this, but...but... I lost my mother when I was young, and she has always raised me. Over the years, she has treated me very kindly, just It's like my own mother. In the deep palace, the only ones who really treat me well are this woman in front of me, and this cunning and mischievous little Guizi." Deep down in his heart, he felt faintly: "If she didn't kill Concubine Dong E and Concubine Dong's son, Prince Rong, with his father's deep love for Concubine Dong E, the position must be passed on to Prince Rong. Not only will I not be able to be the emperor, I may even be in danger of my life. In this way, this woman can still be said to be worthy of me. It worked."

A few years ago, when Kangxi was young, he only felt that the greatest hatred in the world was the loss of his father and mother. But these years, he has been in charge of political affairs, and he knows that if someone takes the position, everything will be over. In his heart, he has already felt that the emperor The imperial power is more important than the love of parents, but of course this thought cannot be said out loud, even if you think about it in your heart, it is still a serious sin.

Mao Dongzhu saw that his face was changing, sighed, and said slowly: "Wu Sangui rebelled, the emperor should not be too anxious, always take care of yourself. Do you still eat the Poria cocos and bird's nest soup every morning?" Kangxi was in a trance , Hearing her question, she answered casually: "Yes, I eat it every day." Mao Dongzhu said: "I have committed too many crimes, so you... kill me with your own hands."

Kangxi felt sad for a while, shook his head, and said to Wei Xiaobao: "Take her to the Palace of Compassion and Ning to meet the Empress Dowager, and say that I ask the Empress Dowager to ask her to forgive her." Wei Xiaobao bent his right knee, and replied: "Cha!" Kangxi waved his hand , said: "You go." Wei Xiaobao took out the two memorials of Geerdan and Sangjie from his bosom, took two steps, presented them to Kangxi, and said: "The emperor is very happy. The two armies of Tibet and Mongolia, They have turned their backs on Wu Sangui and are determined to do their best for the emperor."

Kangxi dispatched troops for several days, and was deeply worried about the Mongolian and Tibetan troops responding to Wu Sangui. Hearing what Wei Xiaobao said, he couldn't help being surprised and said, "Is there such a thing?" First escorted Mao Dongzhu out of the hall, and asked Wei Xiaobao, "How did you accomplish these two great achievements? Damn it, you are really a lucky general." At that time, Tibet and Mongolia had quite strong troops. Kangxi knew that Sang Jie and Ge Erdan were secretly colluding with Wu Sangui, and had already deployed heavy troops to prepare for it. Now, he saw that the words in the two memorials were submissive and sincere, and they became a powerful aid in the crusade against Wu Sangui. Why not teach him to be elated?It's just that this happened so suddenly that I didn't believe it was true for a while.

Wei Xiaobao knew that every time the little emperor said "fuck" to himself, he would be overjoyed, and said with a smile: "Thanks to the emperor's blessing, the slaves have made obeisance to them. Lama Sangjie is the elder brother. Galdan The prince is the second elder brother, and the slave is the third younger brother." Kangxi laughed and said, "You really have great powers. They helped me beat Wu Sangui, what benefits did you promise to give them?"

Wei Xiaobao laughed and said: "Your majesty is wise, they know that this worship is an act of pretence and cannot be taken seriously, and they are wholeheartedly asking for reward from the emperor. Sang Jie wants to be a Living Buddha, besides Dalai Living Buddha and Panchen Living Buddha, he also wants to ask His Majesty for mercy, and then Reward him with a living Buddha Sangjie. But Prince Geerdan wants to do something to 'make the whole thing better', this slave doesn't understand."

Kangxi laughed loudly, and said: "Is the whole thing good? Ah, yes, he wants to be Junggar Khan. These two things are not difficult, and they don't cost the court anything. When the time comes, write an imperial edict, stamp an imperial treasure, and send Just be an imperial envoy and read it out. You can tell your eldest brother and second brother that as long as you really work hard, I will agree to what they think. Don’t be double-faced. What you say is one thing, and what you do is another thing If you see the wind, use the rudder, see which side has the upper hand in the battle, and help that side."

Wei Xiaobao said: "Your Majesty is right. These two brothers of mine are not very good-natured. Your Majesty can't believe it all, and you have to be on guard. Your Majesty said that if we are going to lose the battle in the first few years, then we will be defeated." In case the two of them not only don't help the dealer, but instead beat the dealer, they will bet on Tianmen." I wanted to keep my words in mind, so as not to worry too much about the relationship.Kangxi nodded and said: "That's true. But we are not afraid, as long as they dare to fight, Tianmen, Zuo Qinglong, and Right White Tiger will take them all!" Wei Xiaobao laughed heartily. Row. (Note: Later, Ge Erdan and Sang Jie rebelled separately, and they were put down by Kangxi respectively. Ge Erdan died in Kangxi 36 years, and Sang Jie died in Kangxi 44 years.)
Wei Xiaobao bet on Mao Dongzhu and came to the Palace of Compassion and Ning to meet the Empress Dowager.The eunuch issued a decree, ordering Wei Xiaobao to bring the imperial convicts to meet him.Wei Xiaobao thought to himself: "I used to be a eunuch, so I could go in and out of the Empress Dowager's dormitory. Now that I'm a minister, why do you still ask me to go into the dormitory? I think the Empress Dowager was very happy when she heard that she had caught the old bitch, and forgot that I was no longer Eunuchs." So four eunuchs escorted Mao Dongzhu and went in together.

I saw that the sleeping hall was dark and gloomy, still the same as when the fake empress dowager lived that day.The Empress Dowager sat on the edge of the bed with the bed curtain hanging behind her.Wei Xiaobao knelt down and kowtowed, respectfully paying homage to Sheng An.

The queen mother glanced at Mao Dongzhu, nodded, and said: "You have caught the criminal, well, you go out!"

Wei Xiaobao kowtowed and resigned, leaving Mao Dongzhu in the bedroom.When he came out of the Compassionate Ning Palace, he was very dissatisfied: "I caught the old bitch and made a great contribution, but the Queen Mother seemed not happy at all, and didn't even have a word of praise. His grandma, who lives in Compassionate Ning Gong, whoever is the bastard, whether it is the real queen mother or the fake queen mother, they are all old bitches."

Cursing inwardly, he walked through the stone path of the Cining Garden and passed by the side of a rockery.Suddenly the figure flickered, three people came out from behind the rockery, one of them stretched out his hand, grabbed Wei Xiaobao's left hand, and said with a smile, "Hello!" It is clear that the old eunuch is Gui Erniang.

This shock was really no small matter, looking at the two people beside her, it was Gui Xinshu and Gui Zhong, both of them were dressed in the uniforms of the inner class guards, Wei Xiaobao secretly complained: "The three of you are hiding here." Gui Erniang caught her, her body was sore and numb, she knew that as long as Gui Xinshu slapped her gently, her head would be shattered into pieces. I guess my head would not have the stone lion head outside the Earl's Mansion So hard, he smiled bitterly and said: "Hi, old man!" He planned to escape.

Gui Erniang said in a low voice: "You tell them not to move here, I have something to say." Wei Xiaobao didn't dare to disobey, turned his head and said to the guards who followed behind him: "You wait here." Gui Erniang pulled Holding his hand, he walked forward a dozen steps, and said in a low voice, "Take us to the emperor quickly."

Wei Xiaobao said: "You three came last night, why haven't you found the emperor yet?" Gui Erniang said, "Ask a few eunuchs and guards, and they all say that the emperor is summoning his ministers and they haven't slept all night. We can't do anything Get closer, but I can't make a move." Wei Xiaobao said: "Just now I wanted to see the emperor, to find out how the three of you are doing. But the emperor has already fallen asleep, so I can't see you. The three of you have changed your attire, It's really nothing better, let's go out of the palace now." Gui Erniang said: "If the matter is not done, why go out of the palace?" Wei Xiaobao said: "You can't do it during the day, if the three of you are interested, you might as well Let's play again tonight." Gui Erniang said: "It's so easy to come in. If nothing major happens, I will never go out. He is sleeping there, take us there quickly." Wei Xiaobao said: "I don't know where he sleeps, we have to find him A eunuch asked."

Gui Erniang said: "You are not allowed to talk to anyone! You just said to ask to see the emperor, how could you not know where he is sleeping? Hmph, it is not so easy to play tricks in front of my old lady." He clenched his fingers as he spoke.Wei Xiaobao only felt the bone-piercing pain, his five fingers seemed to be broken, he couldn't help snorting.

Gui Xinshu stretched out his hand, touched the top of his head lightly, and said, "Very good!"

Wei Xiaobao knew that he couldn't resist, so he had a thought: "I'll take them to the Palace of Compassion and Ning, and shout a lot, the little emperor will be on guard when he hears the news. If they kill the queen mother, it's none of my business." " Then he said: "Just now I went to the Palace of Compassion and Ning, the Emperor is paying his respects to the Empress Dowager, let's go and have a look."

Gui Erniang saw that he had indeed come out of the Palace of Compassion and Ning just now, she was not lying, and said: "Since the three of us have entered the palace, we don't want to get out alive. As long as you have the slightest movement, I have to ask you to accompany me." Little life. The four of us will go to see the King of Hades together, and the road will not be lonely. My child likes you as a companion." Wei Xiaobao smiled wryly: "It's okay if you want to be a companion, let's relax in this imperial garden Come on! I don’t think we need to go to that road of the underworld.” Gui Erniang said, “Do you prefer to see the King of Hades, or the Emperor of the Tartars? These two guys, today you have always decided to go to one of them. One."

Wei Xiaobao sighed: "Then let's go see the emperor. Let's talk about it first. Once you see the emperor, you three will do it yourself. I can't help you." Gui Erniang said: "Who wants your help? As long as you bring When we see the emperor, we will let you go immediately. What happens next has nothing to do with you." Wei Xiaobao said, "Okay! That's it."

Wei Xiaobao was carried by the three towards the Palace of Compassion and Tranquility.Gui Zhong was very interested when he saw the peacocks and white cranes in the garden.Wei Xiaobao pointed and talked with him endlessly, hoping to last a good moment.Although Gui Erniang was impatient, she thought that her son would be entangled in suffering all his life, and he would not live in this world for more than an hour, so before he died, she let him relax a little, and couldn't bear to stop his excitement.

From a distance, they saw a group of people coming out of the Palace of Compassion and Ning, carrying two sedan chairs, Gui Erniang took Wei Xiaobao with one hand, and her son with the other, and they walked behind a peony flower bed.Gui Xinshu hid by her side.

The pedestrians gradually approached, and Wei Xiaobao saw that the first person was the eunuch of the respect room, and the two sedan chairs behind were one for the empress dowager and one for the empress dowager. Huang Luo Dasan followed dozens of eunuchs and court ladies, and more than ten internal guards.Originally, the empress dowager did not have any guards to accompany her when she came and went in the palace. It is thought that the emperor sent additional guards after he got his report.With an idea, he said in a low voice: "Be careful! In the sedan chair in front is the Tartar Emperor, and in the sedan chair behind is the Empress Dowager."

Seeing the ostentation of this group of people, Gui's couple came out from the Palace of Compassion and Ning. Naturally, it must be the emperor and the empress dowager. Their hearts beat faster, and they both looked at their son with gentle expressions on their faces.Gui Erniang said in a low voice: "Boy, the emperor is sitting in the sedan chair in front of him. When they approach, listen to me say 'go!' The three of us even take the sedan chair, beat him to pieces!" Gui Zhong laughed. : "Okay, this time it's fun!"

Seeing the two sedan chairs getting closer and closer, Wei Xiaobao's hands were sweating, and he heard the eunuch in the respect room constantly uttering "Eat! Eat! Eat!", making people avoid him.Gui Erniang shouted: "Go!" The three rushed out at the same time.

The three of them were going away very quickly, like a strong wind coming suddenly, only a loud bang was heard, six palms of the three of them hit the first sedan chair.Gui Xinshu and Gui Erniang were afraid that they would not be able to kill the emperor, so they immediately drew out the long swords around their waists, raised the swords in their hands, and stabbed four or five times into the sedan chair in an instant. When each sword was drawn, the blade was dripping with blood. The people in the sedan chair have ten lives, and they are all accounted for.

The attendant guards were shocked, shouted one after another, drew out their weapons and stepped forward to intercept.Gui Erniang shouted: "I got it!" Holding her son with her left hand, she ran northward.Gui Xinshu swung his long sword sharply, and rushed forward to seize the way.Where can the guards stop it?The three of them rushed towards the flower path on the west side of Shoukang Palace.All the maids and eunuchs shouted in shock and became a mess.

The sound of gongs sounded from all directions, thousands of gates in the palace were closed and bolted tightly, and the guards of the inner class and the guards of the palace gate strictly guarded the main passages.Then, outside the palace wall, the officers and soldiers of the Three Banners Guarding Army Battalion, Qianfeng Battalion, and Xiaoqi Battalion all bowed their bows and drew their knives out of their sheaths. They were densely guarded.

Wei Xiaobao saw that the three returning home had assassinated the Empress Dowager, he thought he had succeeded, and ran away, overjoyed, he immediately flashed out from behind the flower bed, and shouted: "Everyone, don't panic, it's important to protect the Empress Dowager!"

All the guards were in a state of chaos, when they suddenly saw Wei Xiaobao appearing in command, they felt certain.Wei Xiaobao shouted: "Everyone surround the Empress Dowager's sedan chair, if any assassin comes, you must do your best to block it!" All the guards responded in unison: "Order!"

Wei Xiaobao snatched a knife from the guards, held it up high, and said loudly: "Today is the time for us to serve our country with all our loyalty and do our best for the Empress Dowager and the Empress Dowager. Even if he comes with [-] assassins, everyone will do as well." Protect the Empress Dowager!" All the guards responded in unison: "Decree!" Seeing that the deputy head of the guards, Lord Earl, is majestic, commanding determinedly, loyal, and seeing death as home, they all admire him from the bottom of their hearts, and they all think: "He is so young! After all, you are superior to others!" More than ten guards surrounded the empress dowager's sedan chair.

Wei Xiaobao shouted to the eunuchs and maids again: "What are you messing around with? Hurry up and form a circle outside to protect the Empress Dowager. If an assassin commits a crime, I will cut off your worthless heads first." The eunuchs and maids thought to themselves Although his head was worthless, he was not very willing to be chopped off randomly, but seeing him wielding a knife, with a majestic expression, no one dared to disobey him, so he had to form a circle outside the guards tremblingly. Scared to shit and pee.

Only then did Wei Xiaobao put down the steel saber, walked up to the Empress Dowager's sedan chair, and said: "The servant Wei Xiaobao came late to save the driver, which has alarmed the Empress Dowager. I wish the Empress Dowager a blessing, the assassin has already retreated." The Empress Dowager said in the sedan chair: "Very soon. it is good!"

Wei Xiaobao stretched out his hand to lift the corner of the sedan chair curtain, saw that the Empress Dowager was pale, but smiled all over her face, nodded repeatedly, and said: "Wei Xiaobao, you are fine, very fine! You saved me again." Wei Xiaobao said: "May the Empress Dowager be blessed, and the servants are happy." Tight." Gently put down the car curtain.

He turned his head and pointed at the two guards, and said: "Go and report to the emperor, the empress dowager is safe, please don't worry about it. You said that the servant Wei Xiaobao respectfully invited the emperor to be safe, and the guards bravely escorted him, the assassin has already retreated." The guard took the order and left.

Suddenly, the Queen Mother called out in a low voice: "Wei Xiaobao!" Wei Xiaobao replied: "Crap! The servant is here." The Queen Mother asked in a low voice: "The two people in the sedan chair in front died?" Wei Xiaobao said: "Two people?" The Queen Mother Said: "Go and have a look, be careful." Wei Xiaobao agreed, wondering in his heart: "Why are there two people? Why are you so careful?" When he walked up to the first sedan chair and lifted the curtain, he couldn't help saying "ah". With a loud cry, he lowered the car curtain and stepped back a few steps. His knees felt so weak that he almost fell to the ground.

The flesh and blood in the sedan chair were bloody, as expected, two people died!There were several sword wounds on both of them, and they were bleeding.One is the fake queen mother Mao Dongzhu, and the other is a short, fat man whose facial features have been beaten to pieces by palm force, but judging by his figure, he is clearly a thin head.The two hugged each other and died.

It is not surprising that Mao Dongzhu died in the sedan chair, she was escorted by Wei Xiaobao to the Palace of Compassion and Ning to present to the Empress Dowager, but where did this Thin Toutuo come from?These two actually sat in the sedan chair of the Empress Dowager, accompanied by the Empress Dowager, but where are they going?

He collected himself, walked to the Empress Dowager's sedan chair, and said in a low voice: "Qi Empress Dowager, those two people are already dead, they died in a mess, they can't die anymore."

The Empress Dowager smiled, and said: "Very good! Let's go back to the Palace of Compassion and Ning. The sedan chair is also carried away, no one else is allowed to open the sedan chair to watch." Wei Xiaobao agreed, and gave the order to go. He helped the Queen Mother's sedan chair to the Palace of Compassion and Ning, opened Car curtain, help the queen mother out.The Empress Dowager smiled at him again, and said: "You are very good!" Wei Xiaobao smiled back and thought, "What can I do? Although the Empress Dowager is not young, she looks quite pretty."

The Empress Dowager beckoned, told him to follow him into the bedroom, ordered the maids and eunuchs to go out, and asked Wei Xiaobao to close the door.

Wei Xiaobao's heart was pounding, he couldn't help blushing, and said in his heart: "Ah, you're so good! The queen mother can't stop praising me, do you want me to be the old emperor's substitute? The fake queen mother has a brother pretending to be a palace maid , there is another short, fat and thin Toutuo who got into her bed. If the Empress Dowager wants me to pretend to be a court lady and get into her bed, what should I do?"

The Empress Dowager sat on the edge of the bed, lost her mind for a while, and said: "This matter is really dangerous, and it is entirely up to you." Wei Xiaobao said: "I have received the great kindness from the Empress Dowager and the Emperor, and I cannot repay it even if I am broken into pieces." The Empress Dowager nodded, Said: "You are very loyal. It is our blessing that the emperor has used you." Wei Xiaobao said: "That is the grace of the empress dowager and the emperor. The servant only knows to be loyal and contribute to the master." He only said in his heart: "The Jade Emperor and Guanyin Bodhisattva bless you , don't tell me to pretend to be a court lady."

The Empress Dowager smiled at him again, only laughing so that Wei Xiaobao's heart shuddered, and she said: "The two rebels you killed, go and burn them together with the sedan chair. Don't leak a word. Those who were present just now The guards and court ladies and eunuchs..." Having said this, he fell silent.Wei Xiaobao said: "The Empress Dowager Sheng'an. The slaves have a way to make them dare not even fart." The Empress Dowager frowned slightly when she heard his vulgar words, and said: "You can handle this matter properly for me. It is for your benefit." Wei Xiaobao greeted him, and said: "I will do it with my heart, if someone leaks the slightest information, the Queen Mother will cut off the head of the servant." The Queen Mother said: "I can rest assured in this way. You go!" Wei Xiaobao was overjoyed and reassured when he heard the words "you go", kowtowed and resigned.

Coming out of the Palace of Compassion and Ning, I saw Kangxi's imperial sedan chair coming towards this side, hundreds of guards surrounded him, the number of guards was several times higher than usual, Wei Xiaobao hid beside the road.Kangxi saw him in the sedan chair and shouted: "Xiao Guizi, you wait here." Wei Xiaobao agreed, knowing that Kangxi was going to pay his respects to the Empress Dowager, he thought hard: "How could the short fat man Thin Toutuo hide in the Empress Dowager's house?" In the sedan chair? Really strange!"

(End of this chapter)