Chapter 778: First Arrival in Kunming (1)

After many days of exhibition, Bing'er's benevolence class finally arrived at the last stop of their expected itinerary: Kunming City in Yunnan. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info

Compared with the capital, the customs here naturally have other characteristics; First of all, the climate here, almost all year round is spring, neither hot nor cold, neither wet nor dry, green mountains and green waters, birds singing and fragrant flowers. Bing'er is very happy with the external environment: it is a place where many ethnic groups gather, and the variety of languages, customs, and costumes makes people feel colorful. It is also the place where the hidden dragon and the crouching tiger are hidden, the place where the martial arts elite and the literary giants gather, and at the same time, it is also the place where the emperor is far away. The people seem to be speaking more freely than the people in the capital. Bing'er heard a lot of discussions in the restaurant tea shop, and the most discussed was Wu Sangui, the king of Pingxi. What Bing'er wants to know is also about Wu's situation, but just relying on street talk and discussion cannot be regarded as a secret report to the emperor, and detailed and accurate evidence must be obtained. When Kangxi Weifu left the palace, he had a secret conversation with Bing'er and told him to understand the specific situation of Wu Sangui. I have long heard that he has a rebellion, wants to establish himself as an emperor, and wants to oppose the Qing Dynasty and restore the Ming Dynasty. But after all, I heard that many officials in Yunnan sent a letter to the emperor, asking the emperor to send troops to take back the rule of the vassal kings in Yunnan, so that Yunnan really belonged to the territory of the Qing Dynasty. These are Kangxi's major events, but the capital is 5,000 miles away from Yunnan, can Wu Sangui be convicted just by a piece of paper? If Wu Sangui hadn't opened the gate of Shanhaiguan and let the Qing army in, maybe Li Zicheng would still be lonely and widowed in the Jinluan Palace. Wu Sangui's contribution to the Qing Dynasty is indeed great. However, in recent years, this vassal king does not seem to be very peaceful, and always gives the court problems, and often opens his mouth to ask for hundreds of thousands or millions of taels of silver, saying that it is used to stabilize the surrounding countries. The current Kangxi is not really pro-government, and the cost of silver is all up to Aobai. He was also complaining that the treasury was empty. But Wu Sangui agreed to as much money as he wanted, Kangxi wondered if Ao Bai was colluding with Wu Sangui? It would be too dangerous to do that! Wu Sangui is the head of the three major vassal kings, Pingnan King Shang Kexi, Jingnan King Geng Jingzhong, are the only Wu Sangui horse leader, if they unite, plus the power of Aobai, then the Qing Dynasty will have to explain. Therefore, Kangxi must have absolutely accurate information that he can trust, so that he can truly grasp Wu Sangui's movements and determine whether to withdraw the feudal domain. If you have to defeat the forces of Aobai, you can start to clean up Wu Sangui! It is hoped that Bing'er will closely observe Wu Sangui's movements in Yunnan. Put back the carrier pigeon at any time to report to Kangxi. Of all this, only Bing'er and Xue'er knew the root of it best, and Su Wenjuan didn't say anything, for fear that she would worry. This kind of thing is the most dangerous, who would have thought that teenagers should have such a great responsibility.

Wu Sangui is a leading figure in this place in Yunnan, sitting on one side, he wants the wind to be windy and rainy, he doesn't look down on Kangxi, the little emperor, and he doesn't care if someone makes a small report to the emperor to request the withdrawal of the domain, the mountain is high and the emperor is far away, can Kangxi come and see it in person? Even if he came in person, he couldn't see what he wanted to see. Therefore, in addition to practicing soldiers and horses every day, the sheng song orchestra is very comfortable, at least it is more comfortable than Kangxi, Kangxi is also subject to the anger of Aobai, and everyone in Yunnan has to be angry with Wu Sangui.

Wu Sangui's Xiping Wangfu is very majestic and magnificent, and it is not lost to the Forbidden City at all in terms of momentum. It stands like a majestic mountain peak on Wuhua Mountain. Wuhua Mountain is located in the north of Kunming, with an altitude of more than 1,900 meters, and is the highest peak in Kunming. It is connected to Luofeng Mountain in the north, Zuquan Mountain in the east, and Cuihu Mountain in the west. "Looking down from the mountain, the streets are criss-crossed, and the old and new buildings are lined up with people and cars, like colorful rivers; Looking up into the distance, the towers and towers of the city, the splendid countryside, the majestic West Mountain, the beautiful Dianchi Lake, are vivid; At night, the lights are dazzling and colorful......

The palace of the king of Xiping was built according to the mountain, so it looks very majestic and magnificent. Kunming is like spring in all seasons, the cloud trees on the mountain are verdant, the green bamboos are green, and the Pingxi Royal Mansion is set off more layered and mountainous, and the weather is thousands. It used to be the palace of the Yongli Emperor of the former Ming Dynasty, and like the mountain city of Chongqing, it is a winding staircase, which seems to have thousands of layers of endless layers, stretching out to the distant vast sky. People can see the dragon tower and phoenix que, the red wall of green tiles from a long distance, giving people the feeling that it is more magnificent than the Potala Palace in Tibet, and more splendid than the Forbidden City. Wu Sangui has been entrenched here for 30 years, and the common people living in the Yunnan-Guizhou region feel that Wu Sangui is their emperor. Among all the vassal kings and princes of the Qing Dynasty, Wu Sangui was the largest, not only had a vassal palace that was more magnificent than the Forbidden City, but also various ministries and divisions set up according to the imperial court system, and also built a large area of neatly arranged and sturdy stone houses in the back mountain -- the feudal treasury, which in addition to a mountain of gold, silver, jewelry, grain and cloth, and a large number of weapons that could equip thousands of troops and horses.

On this day, Wu Shicong, the young prince of Pingxi Palace, that is, Wu Sangui's grandson, a playboy, hurriedly returned to the mansion and happily told his grandfather: "Old man, do you know? There is a benevolent class from Jinan Mansion in the north, which is a juggling team, acrobatics, singing and dancing, martial arts, and drama, all of which are first-class! That little class master is only a teenager, and he has a unique skill called transfiguration, have you heard of it? ”

Seeing the appearance of Aisun Meifei's dancing, Wu Sangui was also infected, and asked with great interest: "Isn't it the magic trick performed by the big nose in the West?" ”

"The meaning is almost the same, but the realm is very different! The transformation technique of the people's benevolence class is a big scene! It's not like those big noses that turn goldfish into carp, and women into men. People have turned cats into tigers, roosters into phoenixes, small snakes into dragons, and ......"

"Okay, okay, you can take a sip of tea and then talk about it, look at the urgency." Wu Sangui, who has often been full of fierce eyes recently, looks particularly soft at this time, and has a lovely smile: "What you said is true? That grandfather has to invite them to the house to perform, feast their eyes. ”

"That's natural, can Shi Cong still deceive his grandfather? I'll tell you the truth, my grandson has already seen one, it's so enjoyable! Especially the chick who danced the Hu Xuan Dance, she is more beautiful than the fairy and more beautiful than Chen Yuanyuan...... I'm sorry grandpa, the grandson didn't mean it......"

"Okay, you put grandpa to death, go, invite the juggling team of what tiger turns cat, grandpa also see what kind of beauty you fancy is like?" Wu Sangui immediately understood what his grandson meant, where is the ability to transform, and he clearly took a fancy to one of the actresses.

"Yes, grandson, I'm going to please!"

When Wu Shicong's invitation was sent to Bing'er by the guards in Pingxi's palace, Bing'er was a little surprised. Performances are a regular thing, and the wives, young ladies, and young grandmothers of large families don't want to go out, so they invite the troupe to the house. But what kind of character is Wu Sangui? Vassal King! A vassal king is not the same as a prince. The vassal king has a heavy army in his hands and divides one side, so the power is great! They just came to Kunming to perform a show and they posted an invitation post, too fast, right? I didn't say anything but I could go, Wang Fu Bing'er had been there, even if she stayed in the palace for several years, there was no problem with etiquette. Isn't it just a show? It's not a Hongmen banquet, nothing to be afraid of? Bing'er is trying to break into this Longtan tiger's den.

In the afternoon of the next day, I entered the palace at the same time, and came to the main hall that symbolized the majesty of the vassal king, and the Tongming Hall was heavily guarded.

A large platform high above, behind a large thick case is a large chair covered with tiger skin. Wu Sangui, who had gray hair and a gray beard, sat on it very imposingly, the corners of his mouth pressed down hard, his eyes squinted, and he looked very majestic. There are a cloud of guards behind him. Bing'er and the others knelt down to see the king of Pingxi and saluted according to etiquette: "Zhao Renyi, the head of the benevolent and righteous class, and others see the king of Pingxi, the prince is a thousand years old, a thousand years old, a thousand years old!" ”

"All right, get up." Wu Sangui's voice was calm, but there was murderous aura in the calm.

"Thank you, Lord Wang!" Bing'er waited to stand up. Stand on the side of the aisle. Wu Sangui nodded slightly, and said in his heart: "This little class master also knows how to be polite, not bad." Then he said to his grandson, "Let's start." ”

Wu Shicong waved his hand, and all the guards and personal soldiers lined up neatly and stood in a phalanx, guarding Wu Sangui and surrounding Bing'er's benevolence and righteousness class. Uncle Zhou and Shi Tong are a little nervous, after all, they have never entered the palace and have not seen the formation of halberds, and this is the Pingxi Palace, known as the "Yama Palace". But Bing'er is not afraid, he has lived in the Forbidden City for several years, and it is common to see the emperor, so he will be afraid of a prince? Knowing that Wu Sangui is bluffing, is it like this to watch a show? He told everyone before the performance, we can act how we want, don't be afraid of him, they are putting on a score, not necessarily how wonderful the performance is, just don't make mistakes. ”

After hearing Bing'er's encouragement, "I'll help you, don't be afraid", Shi Qing's heart was much more stable. Start the show step by step. At the beginning, Wu Sangui laughed. "Monkey King"'s riding skills are really good, and he immediately got off the horse and was so busy that Wu Sangui was dazzled. In the applause of the masters of the palace, Shi Qing got off the field, and his whole body was soaked with sweat.

Next is the acrobatic performance, Zhou Xuan's skill lion dance, the performance is lively, Wu Sangui can't help nodding. Bing'er put Xue'er's Hu Xuan Dance as far back as possible, she had long heard that Wu Shicong was a big pervert, and when she saw Xue'er, she inevitably thought about it, and made some preparations in advance.

Finally, Cher is on the field. The musicians played the tune of the Hu Xuan Dance, and Cher danced briskly. Bing'er was observing the expressions of Wu's father and son, Wu Sangui was very sophisticated, and he had no hue, so Wu Shicong couldn't hold it back, and he couldn't sit on the stool at all. Loudly applauded, he didn't say that dancing well was applauding Cher's beauty. Wu Sangui coughed and reminded his grandson not to lose his temper, Xiao Wu quickly sat down, he was very afraid of his grandfather.

Bing'er arrived at the temporary dressing room, whispered to Ku Mei and Shi Dan for a while, and held Qing'er in her arms: It's time for her to play next, Qing'er is going to turn into a dragon. Bing'er wanted to end the performance as soon as possible, so she combined the dragon and the tiger, anyway, these things were performed upside down.

Xue'er was gone, Wu Shicong immediately found an excuse to follow, and accosted Xue'er without saying anything. Bing'er knows that he doesn't dare to take action now, Lao Wu is very interested in watching the play, and Xiao Wu can't let his grandfather leave Xue'er in public, what's the matter with the face of the palace, and the trick behind the scenes, now it's time to probe the wind, throw stones and ask for directions, to see if the little beauty is easy to take the bait. So I followed to the backstage, how Bing'er should act, I didn't worry, I concentrated. This is probably very difficult for others to do.

Wu Shicong followed to the backstage and greeted Xue'er with a smile: "What do you call Miss?" ”

Xue'er had already seen him just now, but she still pretended not to know, and her attitude was neither humble nor arrogant: "Childe is ......"

"Wu Shicong, King Pingxi is my grandfather."

"It's Wu Gongzi, it's rude." Cher symbolically squatted.

"You're welcome, you're welcome, Miss's acting is really beautiful! Wu admires it so much! Another day, I will invite the young lady to my personal mansion to perform. ”

"Wu Gongzi, we have to listen to the deployment of the class master, although he is my husband, I am also an actor under him."

Just a "husband" hit Wu Shicong quite hard. Because of Wu Sangui's power, when his grandsons all grew their eyeballs to the top of their heads. He's an extraordinarily big hooligan who plays with women. But he has a standard for playing women: she must be a virgin girl, not used by others, and it is boring to lose flowers and willows. It's so disappointing that this beautiful girl has already married! But this woman is so beautiful, just the right amount of beauty, the more you look at it, the better it looks! That noble, reserved, elegant, dignified, is simply a goddess, but how can she already get married? It's still the daughter-in-law of the little class master!

The voice of applause at the front desk became a wave, and Xue'er reminded Wu Shicong: "Doesn't the son look at the dragon and tiger fighting?" ”

"Oh, good! Here it goes! Wu Shicong was kicked out by Xue'er, and by the time he remembered that he was the master here, the person had already come out. It's strange if someone else doesn't beat him with a full face! But how could he be willing to fight the little beauty. I was depressed for two minutes, and I forgot to be angry when I muttered in my heart "I don't know like a woman". It stands to reason that Xue'er's father, Prince Rui, is the emperor's own brother, and he is the authentic bloodline of Aixin Jueluo, Xue'er is an authentic royal Gege, Wu Sangui is a king with a different surname, or a Han Chinese, according to the qualification ranking, it should be far behind the prince, so it is understandable for Xue'er to drive Wu Shicong out. But Wu Sangui is different, he is the emperor of the earth with heavy troops and real power, the emperor of the earth is better than the real emperor, maybe when he is happy, he will break away from the control of the Qing Dynasty and establish a small country by himself to be a king or emperor or something. But Wu Sangui has not done this for the time being, one is not ripe and the time is not enough, and the other may be that if he establishes his own country, he will not be able to ask Emperor Kangxi for silver. Another important reason is that if he establishes himself as emperor, he is the rebel force of the imperial court, and the imperial court can send troops to attack him. There must be ambitions to become the emperor by himself, the mountains and rivers here are victorious, the products are abundant, the food is not exhausted, and there are dangers to defend. But Wu Sangui still has to take care of his reputation: he just returned to the imperial court yesterday, and today he rebelled against the imperial court, isn't this a villain who turns his hands into clouds and covers his hands into rain?

Although the prince Wu Yingxiong married Princess Jianning and became a manchurian concubine, he was actually a personal pledge in Beijing, and Wu Sangui could not act rashly for the sake of his son's life. However, Wu Sangui sent a lot of spies to spy on the intelligence of the imperial court, and every day the movements of the Jingshi were sent back to Yunnan by fast horses. Kangxi often scolded Wu Sangui, an "old horseman", who "stretched out his hand in the coffin - to die for money", but for the time being, he and the other two vassal kings could not remove the feudal town.