Emperor Kangxi: Yuyu Chengxiang

Chapter73
Mu Zixu was transferred to Jiangning weaving by order, and set off south the next day, but he didn't go fast. After leaving Beijing, he went east to Tai'an, climbed Mount Tai to watch the sunrise, and then went back to Jinan, where he stayed for a few days at the old Yu Jackie Chan's place. day.Mingzhu and Suo'etu originally suspected that he had a secret decree, but seeing him traveling all the way, they no longer had any doubts.After entering Jiangsu, Mu Zixu was uncharacteristically, he only ate at the station and did not follow others. He changed horses without changing people. He walked around day and night and arrived in Jiangning in just two days.After finishing the delivery on the same day and appointing an official to take charge of the government affairs temporarily, they came to see Wei Dongting in a four-person shoulder car, and it was getting dark at this time.

"Zixu!" Wei Dongting and Mu Zixu were friends of eight worshippers and relatives of their sons and daughters. They always spoke straight to the point. Seeing Mu Zixu's secretive actions and strange expressions, he smiled and said, "What are you doing? See you yesterday." Di Bao, you are still in Zichuan, you arrived today? You didn’t even send a letter—now that you are such a high-ranking official, you are still so reckless!” Mu Zixu laughed and said, “Brother has wronged me this time, I—— He looked at the people on the left and right, sipped tea, and said after a long time, "Brothers have been separated for so many days, and I am thinking about Mrs. Fengsheng and Mrs. Jianmei. Do you think I can be in a hurry?" It's important, so he told his family: "Don't stay here to wait, Master Mu rarely comes. You ask someone to set up a table in the pavilion, make it more delicate, and I want to have a few drinks with my in-laws!"

Seeing that the long entourage had all retreated, Mu Zixu lowered his voice and said: "The emperor is scheduled to tour the south in April next year. Knowing that the situation here is complicated, he ordered my brother to come to clear the way. There is a secret decree here, and you are the one sitting on the flag. I'm here to help!"

"Oh!" Wei Dongting's eyes flashed, he took Kangxi's secret letter, read it carefully, and burned it on a candle.For some reason, his face was a little pale, and he said after a while: "The emperor is indeed born wise and clever! I am very popular in Nanjing, and the officials here don't know you. It is most appropriate to give you the number one lawsuit in this day!" Mu Zixu smiled and said: "It's all up to my elder brother to take care of me, Zixu is still at your disposal. If Ge Li really conspired with the third prince Zhu, I'm afraid that the third master Suo will not escape this calamity - I didn't expect that we would make meritorious deeds in Nanjing again." already!" Wei Dongting was noncommittal, changed the subject, and talked about the situation of his several investigations: "Nanjing built the emperor's palace, one is in Baishadu, one is in Linggu Temple, and the other is in Mochou Lake. The strange thing is They are all very close to the monastery. Linggu Temple is fine. It is reasonable for the emperor to go to Xiaoling to offer sacrifices to Zhu Yuanzhang and serve as a place to stay. Baishadu is so remote, how to protect it? Mochou Lake, with the Qinhuai River and the It is separated from the city, surrounded by rivers on both sides of the southwest, the terrain is so low, in case of accidents or floods, where will the master go? This is very strange..."

Mu Zixu listened quietly to Wei Dongting's introduction, admired Wei Dongting's subtlety and resourcefulness, and felt more and more that Ge Li had ulterior motives. After a long time, Fang said: "I live here with you. It seems that the most suspicious thing is Mochou Lake. It is next to the Pilu Courtyard, it has a good view, many tourists, and looks very peaceful, if I really want to rebel, I will choose this place - I will go to visit tomorrow."

"I've been there a few times." Wei Dongting said thoughtfully, "I also suspected that he was setting up cannons on the top of Chan Mountain, and went to the Jiangnan Artillery Bureau to check whether the red cannons on the existing fort were missing, but I Without a military position, you can't go to the fort to verify it for an excuse, it's the same as not checking it-this Piluyuan Zen Mountain has been closed for many years, if a cannon was really set up there..." Wei Dongting shuddered, "So you have to try to get in. Let’s go to Chan Mountain to have a look—I heard that Master Xingming will pass away again in three days, and there are five of them in total, there must be many pilgrims in the Pilu Courtyard tomorrow, there may be some chances and we don’t know.”

"What chance?" Wei Dongting's wife, Shi Jianmei's laughter came from the study room, and then she opened the curtain and came in, pursing her lips and said with a smile: "I heard that the elder brother left Beijing and came to Jinling, the old lady is so happy. As soon as I came, I just talked about the business—the banquet was already prepared, and the old lady was coming, but I persuaded her, and they were all my relatives, what to do with the ceremony——Mei Xiang, hurry up and clean up the west study , Master Mu lives there!"

Mu Zixu and Wei Dongting both stood up, smiled at each other, and followed Jianmei to the pavilion.

Wei Dongting's private residence is in the Northeast Huju Pass of the Confucius Temple, not far from Mochou Lake.Early the next morning, Mu Zixu got up and felt the weather was cold, so he changed into a Ning silk jacket and walked all the way to Mochou Lake.

At that time, it was nearly October, the wind was cold and the water was flooding, the clear water along the Qinhuai River was crystal clear, there were row upon row of tea shops by the Mochou Lake, tourists on the shore were like ants, buildings and boats intertwined, the boats were like weaving, and the flute, flute and zither could be heard endlessly. It is a land of golden powder in the Six Dynasties, and it has a very beautiful scenery.Mu Zixu took a closer look step by step. Across the bank, the smog was lingering, and a large area of ​​houses was darkened. Yellow glazed tiles could be seen faintly shining in the cold sun, which made me know that it was the newly built Forbidden Garden Palace—turn to Shengqi along Liudi Upstairs, Mu Zixu saw a few beggars drinking under the stone railing, and suddenly remembered the scene of killing Wei Dongting's dog and eating with Wu Dan and other brothers 20 years ago. It's like a world away.

"The impoverished Taoist is dead!" Suddenly a voice came from behind.When Mu Zixu looked back, he was a disheveled Daoist, sloppy all over his body, bowing and saluting. Mu Zixu knew that he was begging for alms, nodded and smiled, took out half a silver coin from his bosom and handed it over, saying: "Take Go to buy wine and eat——Where does the Taoist live, the sound doesn’t sound like people from this place!” The Taoist smiled and said: “The poor Taoist house is swaying, wandering around, and has become a person with a southern accent. Longevity Buddha!" ​​Then he took the money and walked away.

Mu Zixu couldn't help laughing, and slowly turned to the Shengqi building, only to see a group of people making noise.A fat shopkeeper of an oil shop held a scale in one hand, and twisted a middle-aged man's ear with the other, cursing: "Your mother's wild bastard, you dare to rob things in broad daylight!" Said: "You are not a beast, how can I be a bastard? What did you throw away to seek my bad luck?" The shopkeeper of the oil store pointed with his finger and said: "So many people are witnesses! The pound of oil cake just fried Put it into the kanko, and it will disappear in the blink of an eye, your mother has a copper mouth and an iron belly, and you can swallow it scorching hot, and you won’t be afraid that your ribs will be blown up!" Can't help but burst into laughter.

"What are you laughing at?" The middle-aged man rolled his bright eyeballs, straightened his body and said, "Are you going to make fun of me? Weigh my whole body. If it weighs half a catty, even if I eat it." I gave you pancakes!" The shopkeeper glared and scolded: "Fucking cunt, you're a complete scumbag!" As he said that, he slapped him and left.Unexpectedly, the man didn't dodge his face, he only heard a "pop", and the shopkeeper only heard an "ouch", his wrist was dislocated immediately, he shook his head and raised his eyebrows and kept kneading.The man made a grimace, grabbed the scale, handed it to a bystander, and said, "Brother, this shopkeeper is so useless. Come hold the scale and see how much I weigh!"

As a result, there were more crowds watching, the people in the front stared blankly with salivating faces, the people in the back stretched their necks and tiptoed to hug, the adults shouted, the children shouted, it was really lively.Mu Zixu saw that this person possessed unique skills, he was about to leave, but stopped again.

The lively man took a closer look at the scale in his hand, and saw that there was nothing unusual, so he blushed and said with a smile: "Since you must have a scale, let's do it!" Then he mentioned the scale system.The middle-aged man stepped into the weighing pan with one foot, grabbed a tie rope with each hand, and said, "Pick it up!" The weigher looked at his stature, which seemed to be about one hundred and twenty catties. Vigorously lift it upwards—who knows that even the swing is so light and light, the beam of the scale is raised high, and it only stabilizes after swinging a few times.When everyone stared blankly, it was really less than eight taels!First there was a burst of surprised discussion, and then there was a lot of applause and applause.

The man got off the weighing pan, threw the scale back to the stunned fat shopkeeper, and said with a smile: "Don't worry, I won't take your shop! But you're so frightened that I'm going to invite you to recruit a few Gods of Wealth!" The corner of the robe was lifted up and tucked around the waist, the braids were rolled up around the neck, and when he reached the front of the building, he picked up a dismounting stone with a sound of "啦", held it in one hand, and placed it gently under the south eaves of Shengqi Building, standing He went up, arched his hands, and said: "I am a scholar. When I was young, I visited a master in the mountains. I learned a lot of kung fu. I have made friends with martial arts and never met an opponent. If you are willing to play, you may wish to compete!" Nodding his head, looking around, his expression was quite arrogant.

It was only then that everyone knew that Yu Yishi was a performer. Looking at the dismounting stone, which weighed at least five hundred catties, they were all shocked. Dozens of steel pieces had been thrown away.

(End of this chapter)