Chapter 72: Intermission (Part II)
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Why did the ancient times choose to cut down the heinous felons at three o'clock in the afternoon? Because the ancients believed that the yang energy was the most abundant at the time of three o'clock in the afternoon, and the ghost belonged to the yin, if you started at this time, the yin energy would dissipate immediately, and the deceased could not even do the ghost, which was the highest state of opening the knife and beheading. And the Yang Qi in front of the noon gate in the Forbidden City is also the strongest, no matter when you kill someone, it is difficult to do it, but most of the ministers who are eligible to be pushed out of the noon gate are the ministers of the DPRK and the central government, and the common people generally do not have this blessing. But unfortunately, Wu Yuanming, as the prince of Pingxi, the minister of Yipinsan, the prince and the prince and the young guard, and the head of the Shuo Forehead, was beheaded at the noon gate, which is enough qualifications.
"Kneel down!" The two imperial guards slipped Wu Yuanming out of the noon gate like an eagle catching a chicken, and knelt on the water-milled green bricks in front of the noon gate, until this moment, Wu Yuanming began to regret that he was too stubborn just now - after all, this is the Forbidden City, not Dad's Wuhua Mountain, openly contempt for the emperor's authority in the Forbidden City, the Manchu Qing Dynasty is currently Ao Bai and Dolgon have done this, and their authority and power are comparable to those two predecessors. But there is no regret medicine in the world, Wu Yuanming has already done something that should be killed, and now he can only wait for someone to rescue.
"The surname is Wu, you also have today?" Wei Dongting, who was in charge of supervising Wu Yuanming, came over with a group of sneering imperial guards, Wei Dongting gritted his teeth and whispered to Wu Yuanming: "The surname is Wu, the sky net is magnificent, negligent but not leaky!" Do you remember my cousin Shi Jianmei? There is also Shi Long Biao Shi Daxia, his old man's heroic spirit can watch you in the sky and wait for you in the underworld! But I really admire you, even if you are rude, you dare to seduce the future queen! Don't worry, there are a lot of adults, and you will definitely let the executioner give you a good time, so that you don't suffer piecemeal. β
"Lord Wei's words are wrong." Cao Yin, another imperial guard who had a grudge against Wu Yuanming, interjected, and while stroking the scar that was beaten by the three Wu Lu brothers in Dashilar that day, Cao Yin smiled at Wu Yuanming and said: "Lord Wei, if the emperor ordered Wu Shizi to be executed by Ling Chi, then if Lord Wei gives Wu Shizi pleasure, isn't Lord Wei disobeying the order?" β
"Yes, yes, what Brother Cao said is very true." Wei Dongting nodded like a chicken pecking rice, and then smiled at Wu Yuanming: "Shizi, you hurry up and pray to the heavens, ask the heavens to bless the emperor just to cut off your head, not to chop you up alive." After that, Wei Dongting and his gang laughed wildly, and their triumphant appearance seemed as if Wu Yuanming had died in front of them.
"Lord Wei, you and I are officials in the same dynasty, Wu is dying, can I ask you for one thing?" Wu Yuanming asked Wei Dongting dejectedly, with an expression that seemed to have accepted his fate to explain the future. Wei Dongting's handsome face was full of hideousness, and he replied with a cruel smile: "Let's hear it, do you want me to arrange a good set for you?" Or is there something I want to bring to your family and ask them to arrange for your beloved funeral? β
"Neither." Wu Yuanming shook his head and seemed to be very depressed and said: "Wu begged Master Wei to bring a message to Miss Shi Jianmei, telling her to take the gold, silver and jewelry I gave her and go away, if she wants, she can remarry at will - but you must not follow you again, otherwise with your virtue, there is a good chance that she will be used to set up a beauty scheme, and she will be ravaged by other men." β
"Bastard!" Wei Dongting was poked by Wu Yuanming to the scar in his heart, and he was immediately angry, and most of the imperial guards next to him were Wei Dongting's sworn friends, and they also knew the triangular relationship between Wei Dongting, Shi Jianmei and Wu Yingxiong, in order to please Wei Dongting, they all raised their fists and made a gesture to fight. But Wei Dongting is not Wu Yuanming, who has a stubborn personality and only knows how to advance and retreat, and the prison officer beats the criminal official who is about to be killed in public, which is not big or small, and it is also a crime. Therefore, Wei Dongting held back his anger and pulled the guards who were eager to break Wu Yuanming's body into pieces, and said coldly: "Let him talk about it, the holy decree will come in a while, and there will be a time for him to cry." With that, Wei Dongting turned around and walked towards the prison platform.
"Lord Wei, will the emperor really order to kill this Wu Yingxiong? What if the emperor is like last time...... Are we not happy in vain? Cao Yin caught up with Wei Dongting and asked in a low voice. Cao Yin said this not just to flatter Kangxi's big celebrity Wei Dongting, but Kangxi was beaten by Wu Yingxiong in Dashilar that day, which Cao Yin saw with his own eyes, and afterwards Kangxi wanted to kill Wu Yingxiong but was stopped by Xiaozhuang, Wu Ciyou instructed Donkey and others to assassinate and was also scolded by Xiaozhuang, and Shengsheng killed Wu Yingxiong's plan to continue to pursue and kill. In Cao Yin's opinion, since Wu Yingxiong is okay if he beats Kangxi, then don't think about touching him at all. Wei Dongting is Kangxi's number one confidant, so why don't he know this truth, and after a little thought, he asked Cao Yin: "Brother Cao, what do you say should be done?" β
Cao Yin smiled gloomily and said in a low voice: "Lord Wei, if someone suddenly comes to rob the Dharma field, then Lord Wei will break this Wu Yingxiong's body into ten thousand pieces, and when he arrives at the court, he can prevaricate and say that it is forced by the situation, and no one can blame you." Wei Dongting pinched his bare chin and groaned, "But, who will come to rob the Dharma Field?" Wu Sangui's family gained notoriety among the Han Chinese. Even if you find someone to pretend to be a thief who robs the law field, it's not easy to find a substitute for the dead ghost? β
"No need to find a substitute for the dead." Cao Yin smiled in a low voice and said, "Lord Wei, isn't your cousin Shi Jianmei hated Wu Yingxiong to the core?" The relationship between her and Wu Yingxiong is put there again, if she comes to rob the Dharma field, it means that when it comes to the sky, when it comes to Wu Sangui, others will only think that Miss Shi robbed the Dharma field in order to save her husband. Hearing Shi Jianmei's name, Wei Dongting was unhappy at first, but after careful consideration, Wei Dongting felt that Cao Yin's method was still feasible......
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Time flies, in the blink of an eye, it is already two o'clock, and the time for the reopening of the court stipulated by Kangxi has long passed, but Kangxi was passed into the Cining Palace by the Empress Dowager of Xiaozhuang and has not come out, and the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty can only continue to wait in the two side halls on the left and right of the Taihe Palace, waiting for Kangxi's recall. Of course, many well-intentioned people among the hundreds of officials are moving around, whispering in groups of three or two, or discussing how likely it is that Kangxi will kill Wu Yingxiong, or discussing whether he should intercede with Kangxi for Wu Yingxiong, but more people are gloating, discussing what funeral gifts to give at Wu Yingxiong's funeral.
"Master Ji, what should we do next? Bao Wu Yingxiong? Or do you want to ask the emperor to behead him? The Minister of the Interior, Sihan, quietly approached Suppilon and asked in a low voice. At the same time, several of Kupilon's cronies and henchmen in the court, such as Mai Qitai, Kepu and Abatai, also came over, and also asked what Kupilon meant by Wu Yingxiong's beheading. In fact, Curb Pilon is in a more hesitant mood than them at the moment, try to protect Wu Yingxiong, in case Kangxi is determined to kill Wu Yingxiong, then Curb Pilon is tantamount to disobeying the holy will; If you don't save Wu Yingxiong, you don't have to offend Kangxi-but you offended Wu Sangui to your grandmother's house, and Ao Bai took the wind and rain in the court, and Chao Cuo's bloody lesson is not an example of curbing Pilon (Note 1). After thinking about it, he still couldn't make a decision, so he had to whisper to a few henchmen: "No one is allowed to speak, so as not to provoke the fire, wait until I think about it, and then follow me." β
"Xiangye, Xiangye Ao has come over." While he was discussing with his henchmen, his nephew Kopp suddenly saw Ao Bai and Bambulshan coming this way, and hurriedly reminded him. Thinking with his thumbs, he could guess that Ao Bai wanted to pull himself into the water, and wanted to curb Bilong and Ao Bai to unify their positions on whether Kangxi killed Wu Yingxiong, but they didn't dare to mess around with Ao Bai with a hundred guts of Ji Bilong, so Ji Bilong hurriedly ordered: "A few of you entangle them, and I will go to Cining Palace to find out the tone of the Empress Dowager." Before the words fell, Curb Pilon had already left his legs and walked out of the side hall, while Koppo and Xihan and the others greeted Ao Bai and Bambur to talk about Silas's politeness, giving Curb Pilon time to avoid these two scourges.
Rushing all the way out of the side hall, seeing that Ao Bai and Bambulshan did not follow, Ji Bi Long finally breathed a sigh of relief, and was about to take the road of Long Zongmen to enter Cining Palace, but a vaguely familiar voice entered Ji Bi Long's ears, "Ji Zhongtang, can you take a step to speak?" Ji Bilong looked back in surprise, but saw that the old soldier brought by Wu Yingxiong had followed out of the side hall at some point, and was smiling at himself behind him.
"Who are you?" The more he looked at the old soldier, the more he looked at it, the more he felt that the old soldier's body shape was very familiar, and the old soldier giggled and said in a low voice: "What? Even old friends have forgotten? The old soldier's tone of voice this time was different from before, so that Curb Pilon immediately recalled the identity of the old soldier, and only in an instant, Curb Billon's wrinkled old face immediately became paler than a dead man, and his voice trembled in surprise, "Yes...... It's you? You enter ...... Unexpectedly...... Actually entered Beijing? β
"Giggles, I miss my old friends, let's come to Beijing to have a look." The old soldier laughed in a low voice, lowered his voice and said, "Ji Zhongtang, you are really righteous." In the battle of Tiemen Pass back then, if it wasn't for the old man returning to the division to help, I am afraid that Zhongtang would not be able to survive today, right? Unexpectedly, now that Lord Ji has been promoted to the middle hall, he is actually forcing the child hard, and he still wants to die and not save him? β
"I ...... I was forced to be helpless. He had always had a weak personality, and he replied in a cold sweat: "Besides, your son's character is too stubborn, he doesn't worship the king, and he dares to attack the future queen, and I can't save him." At that moment, a thought suddenly rose in Suppilon's heart - what would happen if he broke the identity of the old soldier in public?
"My son has my blood in his body, and the old man doesn't blame him for doing anything for the sake of a woman." The old soldier saw through Curb Pilon's thoughts, and giggled and said, "Curb Zhongtang, are you interested in exposing the identity of the old man?" If the old man enters Beijing alone, he has not made any preparations, if the imperial court takes the old man down, maybe the Yungui garrison and Geng Jingzhong and Shang Kexi will be captured, and maybe Ao Zhongtang will also be frightened by killing chickens and monkeys, and obediently listen to the words of the imperial court. β
"Don't dare, don't dare." The cold sweat on his forehead flowed down like a spring, and he knew that once the identity of this old army was exposed, it would inevitably cause a storm, making the already chaotic situation in Beijing even more chaotic and complicated, and the consequences would be unimaginableβand he didn't believe that this old army would really venture into Beijing without making any arrangements. And there is a more crucial point, so that Suppilon does not dare to expose the province of the old army......
"Very good, Ji Zhongtang deserves to be a smart person." In the old army's words, Dao broke the heavenly opportunity that Bilong did not dare to reveal his identity, "Lord Ji, if the Holy Lord overthrows Ao Zhongtang and cleans up the old man, then who will be the next target?" At that time, the only remaining auxiliary minister, Ji Zhongtang, are you planning to emulate Han Xin and Xu Da? Or do you plan to follow Fan Li's example and sail on the West Lake? β
"Old fox!" The old soldier's true mind was seen through by the old army, and he couldn't help but curse in his heart. Indeed, Curb Pilon has been vacillating between Ao Bai and Kangxi over the years, in addition to the fear of Ao Bai's power, the deeper reason is that Curb Pilon is afraid of losing the rights and status of the auxiliary minister, and he is even more afraid that Kangxi will die to himself after he is in power - in history, after Kangxi overthrew Aobai, Curb Pilon was the first official to be stripped of his title and authority. Therefore, for Kubilong, he is actually a grasshopper tied to a straw with Ao Bai and even Wu Sangui, as long as the court continues to be divided, he can be alone and continue to control power. And the treacherous old army saw through this, so he dared to reveal his true identity in front of Curb Pilon.
The old soldier saw that he had not spoken for a long time, and had guessed the true thoughts of him, so he smiled at him: "Lord Suppression, are you interested in making a deal with the old man?" A mutually beneficial deal. Curb Pilon's eyes wandered, and in an instant, dozens of thoughts had already turned in his heart, but after thinking about it, Curb Pilon's selfish psychology still prevailed after all......
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At the same time, in the Cining Palace, Kangxi broke out for the first time since he ascended the throne and his grandmother, the Empress Dowager Xiaozhuang, and the center of the quarrel was naturally whether to kill Wu Yingxiong or not. Kangxi knelt in Cining Palace regardless of Suo Etu, and shouted angrily to Xiaozhuang: "Ancestor, grandson must kill Wu Yingxiong this time, so don't stop me." β
"It's easy for you to kill Wu Yingxiong, but what about the consequences?" Xiaozhuang asked his grandson with a gloomy face, "What if Wu Sangui raises troops to rebel?" Who do you use to quell the rebellion? Worship? Give him the opportunity to take control of the power of the world? As long as Ao Bai replaces the Admiral of Jiumen and the generals of the Fengtai and Miyun garrisons, our orphans and widows will wait to be killed! β
"Grandson leads the army to recruit himself!" Kangxi roared angrily: "Wu Sangui only has more than 50,000 troops and 10,000 green battalions, and our Qing Dynasty has more than 90,000 troops in Sichuan. β
"Innocent!" Xiaozhuang said unceremoniously: "Grandson, you are not too young, don't say such childish things!" Wu Sangui's army is not much, but his army is the elite of a hundred battles, although the population of Yunnan and Guizhou provinces is not much, but it is easy to expand the army two or three times in a short time, the army in Sichuan is not enough for Wu Sangui to plug his teeth, do not use half of the national army, don't want to suppress Wu Sangui's rebellion! Even if you are allowed to use the army of the whole country, but the transportation of Yunnan and Guizhou is blocked, the operation of the army is inconvenient, and the transportation of grain and grass for backup is even more difficult. There is also Geng Jingzhong and Monk Kexi, will they watch Wu Sangui being broken by the imperial court? And there is still a worship in the imperial court, you and him have reached the point of hand-to-hand combat, will he let go of this opportunity to join Wu Sanguili? β
"Ao Bai is a Manchurian, he shouldn't let the Han people be powerful in my Qing land!" Kangxi is still very hard-mouthed. Xiaozhuang laughed angrily, shook his head and said, "Grandson, why are you going back more and more?" In front of the throne, what is the national affection of the Manchus? Outside must first be inside, first worship and then the three feudatories, this is our national policy of loving the Xinjueluo family! One wrong step and no turning back! β
Of course, Kangxi knew that what Xiaozhuang said was correct, but Kangxi still refused to give in, and said through gritted teeth: "Although the words are good, but as the king of a country, should I let that Wu Yingxiong ride on my head to and pee?" He Wu Yingxiong didn't bow down to me, but also attacked my queen Zhaohui and put a big green hat on me, can I swallow this breath? β
"With power and status, are you afraid that there will be no beautiful women?" Xiaozhuang's voice was extremely cold, "As long as you consolidate the throne, don't say that one beauty is thousands of beauties, and you won't be recruited immediately?" As he spoke, Xiaozhuang glanced at Suo Etu, who was kneeling on the ground and was extremely embarrassed, and said in a dark voice: "Suo Etu, don't worry, didn't your deceased brother Kabula also have a daughter?" You passed that daughter to your knees, and the mourning family made her queen. β
"Empress Dowager Xie." Suo Etu breathed a sigh of relief, because Kangxi was full of pockmarks and ugly appearance, and Kangxi was not very careful in his private life, so Hui'er didn't like Kangxi very much, and tried every means not to marry into the palace, which Suo Etu knew. Although for the sake of the family's glory and wealth, Suo Etu can only push his daughter to Kangxi, but Suo Etu still has some guilt in his heart, and now that such a thing has happened, and if Hui'er is married into the palace, the fate of the little girl can be imagined. But now that the niece is married into the palace, the situation is completely different, the daughter does not have to marry someone she doesn't like, and the glory and wealth of the family can be preserved, which is simply the best of both worlds.
"No!" Kangxi has always been lustful, and he is willing to give up the beautiful and lovely Hui'er to other men - even if he marries Hui'er and sleeps a few times casually, he can be put in the cold palace. Kangxi made up his mind, and shouted with a stiff neck: "Ancestor, I must make Zhaohui the queen, and I will never give Zhaohui to others." Besides, if I and Zhaohui already have a great gift of Najib (Note 2), and if Zhaohui is given to Wu Yingxiong, how can I see the subjects of the world? β
"It's easy." Xiaozhuang, who is also treacherous and slippery, is waiting for Kangxi's words, Xiaozhuang smiled and said: "Grandson, since you like Zhaohui so much, if grandmother makes Zhaohui willing to be your queen, are you willing to pardon Wu Yingxiong's capital crime?" β
"That little girl will marry me willingly?" Kangxi also understands that Hui'er hates herself, but Hui'er is indeed very beautiful and cute, Kangxi has long coveted her, if she can make that little girl willing to throw herself into her arms, Kangxi is very tempted. After carefully considering the various consequences and weighing the pros and cons, Kangxi gritted his teeth and said: "Okay, as long as Zhaohui voluntarily marries me and forgets that Wu Yingxiong forever, I can pardon that Wu Yingxiong today." β
"Then it's settled." Xiaozhuang said lightly to Kangxi and Suo Etu: "Zhaohui is kneeling outside Shoukang Palace now, grandson, you go to Shoukang Palace and wait for her." Suo Etu, you go and tell your daughter that if she wants to save Wu Yingxiong, she will enter Shoukang Palace alone. Speaking of this, Xiaozhuang paused for a moment, and said without changing his face: "Zhaohui has held a Najib gift with the emperor, and it will be reissued after the levy, the notice period and the personal welcome, let them round the house first, and break Zhaohui's ghost thoughts." β
Note 1: Chao Cuo, a native of the period of Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty, caused the rebellion of the Seven Kings by instigating Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty to cut the domain, and in order to appease the rebellious vassal king, Emperor Jing of the Han Dynasty unloaded the mill and killed the donkey and killed Chao Cuo.
Note 2: The emperor must go through six procedures to marry the queen, namely Nacai, asking the name, Najib, Najib, Nazheng, announcing the date and greeting the six rites, Najib is the third ceremony, that is, Qin Tianjian uses the birthday of the emperor and the empress to tell fortunes, if it is a good omen, ask the matchmaker to bring gifts to the engagement. Of course, in a political marriage, even if it is calculated that the murderer and the birthday are mutually beneficial, Qin Tianjian will also report it as a good fortune.