"Whew, finally and they're holding on for now." Seeing through the crack in the window that the enemy outside the courtyard stopped attacking, and set up a formation thirty zhang away to surround the small courtyard, Wu Yuanming, who knew that he had won time for negotiation, finally breathed a sigh of relief, and then shifted his gaze to the bed. At this moment, Kangxi and Kong Sizhen on the bed were still naked, seeing Wu Yuanming's mocking gaze looking at him, Kangxi blushed rarely, and said in a hoarse voice: "Wu Yingxiong, if you have anything to say, I will talk about it later, first take my clothes and dress them for me - just hide them on the top of the mosquito net." ”

"Damn, do you think I want to see your disgusting little hemp skin?" Wu Yuanming scolded secretly, and was about to ask the guards to bring clothes to Kangxi, but Yao Qisheng suddenly spoke, and said gloomily: "Long live, please forgive Weichen and others for not complying with the order, Kong Sizhen is the concubine of the East Palace of the former emperor Shunzhi who was personally appointed by the Empress Dowager, and she is the emperor's genuine mother. According to the laws of the Qing Dynasty, if such a ** is exposed, it should be reported to the local government, and the male and female prisoners of the ** case can be tied together and paraded naked in the streets. ”

was reminded by Yao Qisheng like this, Wu Yuanming immediately frowned, and said in his heart that he had forgotten this stubble, which was a big handle of Kangxi. And Kangxi was so angry that he smoked, "Yao Qisheng, you are so bold!" At the same time, Kangxi secretly complained in his heart - if Wu Yingxiong and Yao Qisheng went crazy and really tied Kangxi and Kong Sizhen together to parade through the street - even as long as Kangxi and Kong Sizhen were pushed to the window, so that the army outside could see the ugliness of Kangxi and Kong Sizhen, then without Kangxi's nemesis, Xiaozhuang himself would depose Kangxi and set up another emperor - I really can't afford to lose this person! And Yao Qisheng saw this, and ordered with a wave of his hand: "Wrap them together with a sheet and tie them up from the outside of the sheet!" ”

"Let go of me, let go of me." Kangxi, who was held down and tied by Wu Sangui's guards, struggled and shouted in fright like a little girl who was about to be **, "Wu Yingxiong, Yao Qisheng, you dare to lead troops to besiege my guards and kill the king!" You still dare to pretend to preach the holy decree, how many heads do you have? Let me go, I can consider sparing your lives! Let go of my ....... Unlike the frightened Kangxi, Kong Sizhen did not have the slightest fear, but just let Wu Sangui's guards tie her and Kangxi in a sheet, and even when Wu Sangui's guards took the opportunity to rub oil on her, she didn't have any resistance, just kept listening to the voices outside the room and judging the reaction of the army outside.

After the guards tied Kangxi and Kong Sizhen together like rice dumplings, Yao Qisheng bowed to Wu Yuanming, Wu Yuanming understood, and said to Kangxi: "Your Majesty, we Mingren don't say dark words, whether you believe me or not, I led troops to besiege your guards this time, in fact, it was a complete accident." I came to this Shangu shop because your people pretended to be me to deceive Hui'er, I came here to arrest Wu Ciyou and prepare to exchange Hui'er with you, you are hiding in this Shangu shop, I really didn't know anything beforehand - otherwise I wouldn't be surrounded by your army. ”

"Humph!" Kangxi was suspicious of Wu Yingxiong's words, and snorted coldly and was noncommittal. Wu Yuanming said to Kangxi again: "Your Majesty, now your throne and life are in the hands of Weichen, and both jade and beauty are in the emperor's thoughts, how about our monarchs and ministers do a business?" ”

If another emperor is threatened by his courtiers like this, he will be furious and refuse, but Kangxi, who has a cold personality, is not such a reckless person, and he has been under the obscenity of Ao Bai all these years, Kangxi has become accustomed to making deals with his subordinates. After thinking for a while, Kangxi asked Wu Yuanming coldly, "Say, what deal do you want to make with me?" ”

"First, return Hui'er who deceived you to me!" Wu Yuanming was a little conscientious this time, and the first thing that came to mind was Hui'er's little girl, because Hui'er didn't return overnight, Wu Yuanming had already prepared for the worst, "The emperor can rest assured, no matter what the emperor did to Hui'er last night, as long as she can return to Weichen safely, Weichen will not worry about the emperor." ”

"Hui'er is not in my hands, and the person I sent to pick her up yesterday is also missing." Kangxi replied with a gloomy face, Kangxi said in his heart that if Hui'er and I spent the night, would I still be seduced by a ** like Kong Sizhen to go to bed? Wu Yuanming was willing to believe there, and said angrily: "Your Majesty, I have already said that even if the emperor has tarnished Hui'er's innocence, as long as she can return to my side, I will not care about what happened last night with the emperor, and I will take care of Hui'er for the rest of my life!" Therefore, the emperor should stop having any more ideas of killing people and destroying their mouths. ”

"Brother Shi, the emperor didn't lie to you." Kong Sizhen timidly interjected: "Brother Mingjian, the person who arranged for someone to pick up Miss Zhaohui last night was Xiaomei, and the letter that deceived Miss Zhaohui was also forged by Xiaomei, but the three people who went to pick up Miss Zhaohui did not come back. Xiaomei sent someone to investigate, two of the three people were killed and thrown into the Yongding River, and Miss Zhaohui and another messenger named Zhou Jianliang of the Thirteen Yamen disappeared mysteriously, and no trace was found. If the brother still doesn't believe it, you can go to the letter on the dresser, which is the reward of the Thirteen Yamen to the little sister. ”

Wu Yuanming and Yao Qisheng looked at the dresser that Kong Sizhen said, and sure enough, they saw a letter that had been opened, which was obviously not a temporary forgery. Kangxi also said: "At the beginning, I suspected that it was you, Wu Yingxiong, who received the news and kidnapped Hui'er halfway, so I called Li Yuliang, who was in charge of monitoring you, to interrogate you to see if you had acted last night." But now it seems that I and you have misunderstood each other, and Hui'er should have been kidnapped by a third party. ”

"! So who kidnapped Hui'er? Wu Yuanming was completely dumbfounded, the reason why he led his troops to besiege the Shangu store was to arrest Wu Ciyou and Kangxi to exchange Hui'er, and was ready to learn from his father's Chong Guan to be angry, but now Wu Ciyou was caught, and the main owners Kangxi and Kong Sizhen were also caught, but they suddenly found that Hui'er was not in Kangxi's hands, and the matter was still troubled to this point. For a while, Wu Yuanming didn't know what to do. However, Yao Qisheng was calmer, waved his hand to Wu Yuanming and said, "Child, Miss Zhaohui's matter will be talked about slowly, and now we will deal with the current matter first." ”

"Thank you father-in-law for reminding me." Wu Yuanming thought about it, it was more important than anything else to save his life first, so he said to Kangxi: "Your Majesty, since Hui'er is not in your hands, then your subordinates want to ask the emperor for a small favor, please ask the emperor to let his subordinates help find Hui'er, and let your subordinates know if there is any news." ”

"That's fine, after all, I also want to get Hui'er back." Kangxi said coldly: "However, whether you Wu Yingxiong can survive to that time is still a question." ”

"As long as the emperor can live to that time, his subordinates will definitely be able to." Wu Yuanming sneered and said: "Your Majesty, before Weichen's father and son attacked the store, they fought a signboard that captured Wu Ciyou and escorted the emperor, and prepared enough steps for the emperor. Therefore, Weichen wants to ask the emperor to promulgate three holy decrees, the first is to commend the protection of Weichen's father and son, and what reward the emperor gives to Weichen's father and son, then the emperor will do it; The second holy decree is to ask the emperor to execute Wu Ciyou Ling Chi for the crime of treason and assassination - the rescue and escort drama between our monarchs and ministers, but there is still a lack of an assassin's role, isn't it? As for this third holy decree, Weichen Wu Yingxiong has a meritorious role in saving the driver, how can the emperor give Weichen a grace to return to Yunnan Province, right? ”

"Wu Yingxiong, do you regard me as the emperor of the Han Dynasty? I want to let you go back to Yunnan, unless your father Wu Sangui comes to Beijing as a hostage! Kangxi was furious and shouted hatefully. Yao Qisheng felt that Wu Yuanming's request was a bit naïve, but in view of the current situation, he pursed his lips and refused to speak. Wu Yuanming didn't give an inch, and sneered: "Hasn't the emperor been playing the role of Emperor Han Xian all these years?" Besides, if there is no Weichen making trouble for the emperor behind his back, wouldn't the emperor be able to solve Ao Xiangye faster and better? ”

"You dream, I will never agree to your conditions!" Kangxi roared and refused Wu Yuanming's conditions, because Kangxi knew that once this sinister and vicious Wu Yingxiong was released back to Yunnan, it would be tantamount to letting the tiger return to the mountain, making Wu Sangui like a tiger. Wu Yuanming sneered: "Your Majesty, what's the use of you keeping Weichen in Beijing?" To put it mildly, since ancient times, rebels, parents, wives and children can all be thrown aside, if Weichen's father really raised troops in Yunnan, even if the emperor kills Weichen, what use can it be? ”

"Even if you say that the sky is broken, I won't let you go back." Kangxi also drilled the tip of the bull's horns and resolutely refused to agree to Wu Yuanming's conditions. And Wu Yuanming thought that if he didn't seize this opportunity to blackmail Kangxi to let him go back to Yunnan, it would be more difficult to escape in the future, not to mention, he was afraid that he would be retaliated by Kangxi, so Wu Yuanming choked and pulled out his waist knife and threatened: "Your Majesty, if you refuse to agree to Weichen's conditions, then don't blame Weichen for studying Jingke!" ”

"You dare!" Kangxi also let go, and threatened Wu Yuanming in turn: "Even if you Wu Yingxiong kill me now, the army outside will not let you Wu Yingxiong go!" I'd rather burn your jade than be blackmailed by you, a chaotic thief! Of course, Wu Yuanming also knew that he would not be able to run away even if he killed Kangxi, but the current situation could not allow Wu Yuanming to make concessions, so he could only continue to threaten Kangxi to let him go back to Yunnan, but Kangxi said that he would not agree to anything, and the negotiations between the monarch and the ministers fell into an impasse. At this time, there was an unexpected situation outside the Shangu store......

"Report to the world, another army is coming from the southwest!" The guards who stood guard on the roof with binoculars (Note 1) shouted: "Look at the dust they have brought up, the number must be about 20,000, which is more than the total number of the first six armies!" ”

"Another 20,000 troops?" Wu Yuanming scratched his head, and said in his heart that if there are too many lice, it is not itchy, anyway, the encirclement of 10,000 troops can't run away, and the encirclement of 30,000 troops can't run away. But this thought only flickered in his heart, and he exclaimed: "The army from the southwest? Not an army from the city of Beijing? Whose army is it? ”

"The Fengtai garrison controlled by Aobai!" Kangxi and Yao Qisheng were much more sensitive to the coup than Wu Yuanming, and immediately guessed the identity of the new army and exclaimed in unison. Kangxi said in a trembling voice: "Not good! Zamule, the commander of the Fengtai garrison, is Aobai's own henchman, and Aobai is going to take a risk! ”

"Yes, this is a great opportunity for Aobai! It's a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity! Yao Qisheng also twisted his gray beard and said: "Take advantage of the fact that the emperor and the empress dowager are together with you, Wu Yingxiong, and the heads of the garrisons in Beijing City, and use superior forces to make dumplings for you, not only can you immediately succeed in plotting the throne, but also plant the charge of killing the monarch on your Wu Sangui family, and even more incite the Manchu Eight Banners to hate the enemy, and suppress or deter the Wu Sangui family's immediate uprising!" Counting birds with one stone, if you always call Hanako and Aobai to get along in different places, you are reluctant to let go of this opportunity! ”

"! Worship this old boy is so ruthless! Being analyzed by Yao Qisheng like this, Wu Yuanming immediately turned around in a hurry. Kangxi also panicked, and roared: "Wu Yingxiong, it's all a good thing you did, the old ancestor of the Empress Dowager has been staying at home in the Forbidden City all these years, just because her old man wants to control the Eight Banners stationed in the inner city to deter Aobai, and now that you have forced the old ancestor out, the old thief will have no constraints!" Wu Yingxiong, you ...... You deserve death! ”

"Come on, my good emperor." Wu Yuanming replied angrily: "If it weren't for your constant calculation of my Hui'er, and sending someone to deceive my Hui'er and want to cuckold me, would I have led troops to arrest Wu Ciyou?" Will they inadvertently catch you and cause the Empress Dowager to leave the city? In a hurry, Wu Yuanming even said what was in his heart, "He Wu Ciyou is a hypocrite, if it weren't for Hui'er, would it matter if he lived or died?" With him giving you a bad idea to deal with Aobai, it's easier for me to hide behind my back! So at the end of the day, it's all your own doing! ”

"Hui'er is my queen!" Kangxi was also anxious, and said angrily: "If it weren't for you inserting a bar, in four months at most, Hui'er would be the queen of my main palace!" It was because you inserted this lever that Hui'er changed her mind that I was forced to do such a thing, so the responsibility is still yours! ”

"Hui'er doesn't like you at all!" Wu Yuanming and Kangxi, the two political and emotional enemies, shirked each other's responsibilities like cockfighting, and quarreled with a red face and a thick neck. Yao Qisheng shook his head and sighed, and just as he wanted to persuade him, the sound of the guards came from outside the courtyard, "Yu Shizi, the Empress Dowager walked into the thirty zhang with a eunuch and asked to negotiate with the assassin in person. ”

"Ancestor!" Kangxi was excited, like a person who fell into the water grabbed the last straw, and hurriedly ordered: "Quick, quickly invite the ancestor in." "It's a pity that the soldiers who came out of Wu Sangui** have always been the lords who only know the king's orders but don't know the holy decrees, Kangxi's orders are similar to farting in their ears, and no one reacts. Instead, Yao Qisheng said to Wu Yuanming: "Child, let her in quickly, the Empress Dowager has also understood the current situation, and she will personally negotiate with you and discuss countermeasures." Wu Yuanming nodded and ordered, "Let the two of them come in." ”

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In front of everyone's eyes, Xiaozhuang, who was wearing gold fake nails more than three inches long, was held by Li Yin, the chief eunuch of Cining Palace, and walked quickly into the compound of the Shangu store, Wu Ciyou, Su Malagu and others, who were tied to the pillars of the house, saw Xiaozhuang come in, Su Malagu cried and shouted: "Ancestor, why did you come in person?" Wu Yingxiong is crazy, what if he is not good for you? You are the Optimus Pillar of our Great Qing Kingdom, if you are in danger again, our Great Qing Kingdom will be doomed! Wu Ciyou twisted his body frantically with blood spurting from his mouth, but unfortunately his tongue tendon had been broken by Wu Sangui's guards, and his mouth could only make some unconscious whimpering.

Xiaozhuang stopped, calmly looked at Wu Ciyou and Su Malagu, pointed to Wu Ciyou and quoted evidence to Li and said: "Xiao Lizi, Qin committed Wu Ciyou for plotting against him, vainly trying to kill the king, and he deserved to die, so he was sent away." Xiaozhuang's words not only surprised Wu Ciyou, Su Malagu and Wu Sangui's guards, but also made Wu Yuanming, who was peeping on the second floor, stunned, only Yao Qisheng, who was also peeking at the situation downstairs on the second floor, understood Xiaozhuang's intentions, and couldn't help but secretly make this old woman's killing decisiveness.

"Pierce." Without waiting for Wu Ciyou to cry out for injustice, Li Yinzhen, the chief eunuch of Cining Palace, had already bowed down and agreed, and when he got up again, Li Yinzheng had an extra steel cone in his right hand that was seven inches long, the thickness of his little finger, and the swaying steel, and everyone didn't even see how Li Yinzhen acted, Li Yinzhen's body was already standing in front of Wu Ciyou two zhang away like a ghost, and raised his hand with a cone, and the extremely sharp steel cone was deeply ** Wu Ciyou's heart, the steel cone ran through the front chest to the back, and the blood immediately stained the front and back plackets of Wu Ciyou's upper body. Wu Ciyou just screamed hysterically and silently, and his head tilted and he didn't move.

"What a quick move! Has this eunuch practiced the Sunflower Treasure Book? Wu Yuanming was frightened by Li's ghostly movements, and quickly opened the window and poked his head out and shouted: "Old Ancestor, please come up alone, your personal eunuch, just let him stay below." ”

Xiaozhuang smiled faintly, waved his hand and said, "Little Lizi, you stay below." He turned to Wu Yuanming again and said, "Shizi, the old man is old and his legs and feet are not good, let your people carry the old man upstairs." Wu Yuanming waved his hand and made a look, and immediately came over with two personal soldiers hiding daggers, carefully guarding against carrying Xiaozhuang to the second floor on the left and right, and until he entered the room where Wu Yuanming and Kangxi and the others were, when they passed by Wei Dongting and Li Yuliang, Xiaozhuang just glanced at them and didn't say anything else.

"Ancestor ......!" Seeing that the only reliance on Xiaozhuang came, Kangxi could no longer control the fear in his heart, and cried on the spot - no matter how treacherous he was, after all, he was also a sixteen-and-a-half-year-old child, and the depth of dependence on Xiaozhuang was not something ordinary people could imagine. Xiaozhuang slowly walked to Kangxi's side and sat down, waving his hand to stop Wu Yuanming, Yao Qisheng and others from kneeling and saluting, while wiping his tears for Kangxi, and said lightly to Wu Yuanming: "Wu Yingxiong, have you made enough trouble?" Now we love the Xinjue Luo family and your Wu family, but you have been forced into a desperate situation, at most"

"Ancestor, this is all a misunderstanding, and Weichen also caught the emperor unintentionally." Wu Yuanming is still full of admiration for Xiaozhuang, and quickly told the cause and effect of the matter, and finally Wu Yuanming said: "Please ancestor Mingjian, Wechen doesn't want to kill the king, as long as the emperor pardons all the crimes of Wechen, and then let Wechen return to his hometown and province, and when Wechen finds Hui'er, Wechen will leave Beijing immediately." ”

"What are you guilty of?" Xiaozhuang smiled faintly, "Qin prisoner Wu Ciyou teamed up with the Jianghu bandit Li Yuliang to kill the king, and held it hostage, you Wu Yingxiong led the troops to rescue, killed the Qin prisoner Wu Ciyou on the spot, saved the emperor under the sword, and the merit is in Sheji, and it is appropriate to reward a four-clawed dragon coat and eat the prince of the county." In addition, Wu Sangui was given a bright yellow dragon coat to show his appreciation. Wu Ciyou killed the corpse for public display, and Li Yuliang sent Ningguta as a slave, so that's it. Xiaozhuang turned to Kong Sizhen again and said, "From now on, remove the surveillance of Wu Yingxiong's Mansion, understand?" Kong Sizhen nodded hurriedly yes.

Xiaozhuang's concession and Quyi sought perfection in exchange for Wu Yuanming's inch, Wu Yuanming salivated and said: "Thank you for the reward of the ancestors, can the ancestors approve the excerpt of the Weichen returning to his hometown and province?" Xiaozhuang sighed, turned to Yao Qisheng and asked, "Yao Qisheng, I heard that Wu Yingxiong forcibly put up with you to be a godfather because you have learned and practiced smartly. In this case, Wu Yingxiong's stupid request shouldn't have been your idea for him, right? ”

"Of course not." Yao Qisheng shook his head and said to the stupid Wu Yuanming: "Silly son, even if the Empress Dowager agrees to your request and doesn't trouble you on the road, do you think you can return to Yunnan safely?" Thousands of miles from Beijing to Yunnan, a random group of people on the road slaughtered you, and the first object of your father's suspicion was the Empress Dowager and the Emperor, which is exactly what Aobai, Tiandihui and Taiwan's Zheng family and others are most willing to see. Besides, you have a younger brother who will be happy to see you...... Hey. ”

Yao Qisheng didn't finish his words, because it was an ancient and modern practice for the vassal king to leave a proton in the capital, if Wu Yingxiong swaggered back to Yunnan, it would be time for Wu Yingqi to come to Beijing as a hostage, would Wu Yingqi be so great as to sacrifice himself for a big brother who had not met for more than ten years - not to mention that Wu Yuanming was the son recognized by the imperial court, and after he returned, where should Wu Yingqi, the de facto son, be placed? Wu Yuanming is not a stupid person, scratching his bare forehead has already understood what Yao Qisheng meant, and said deflatedly: "Since this is the case, then Weichen will withdraw the invitation." ”

"Time is running out, Your Majesty, Wu Yingxiong, the mourning family hopes that you will make an oath in front of the mourning family." Xiaozhuang said calmly: "I swear that the two of you will be reconciled from now on, and you will never attack each other again, and the emperor promises that you will not have any disputes with Wu Yingxiong for Zhaohui's affairs in the future, and you will never find a back account afterwards." Wu Yingxiong, you swear that you will never secretly support Ao Bai again, and never take the initiative to trouble the emperor again. ”

"Damn, it's a delaying tactic again." Wu Yuanming will believe that Kangxi's oath is weird, in history, Kangxi swore to *** and Geng Jingzhong that he would never find a back account, and deceived the two guys into surrendering and pulling Wu Sangui's hind legs, but only a year after the rebellion of the three feudatories was pacified, the two fools were assassinated by Kangxi's assassination, Ling Chi's Ling Chi, none of them had a good end. But now that the Aobai army outside arrived in an instant, there was no way to pretend to believe Kangxi's words, Wu Yuanming had to make a poisonous oath in front of Xiaozhuang that was as poisonous as a five-step snake tooth, promising not to take the initiative to trouble Kangxi in the future. Kangxi was not to be outdone, and the poison of the oath he made was no less than that of the cobra venom gland secretion, and he promised not to settle accounts with Wu Yuanming afterwards. The two monarchs and ministers hugged their heads and cried under the double pressure of Xiaozhuang and Aobai, and they were reconciled.

As soon as the matter between Wu Yuanming and Kangxi was over, Xiaozhuang immediately led Wu Yuanming and Kangxi out of the gate of the Shangu store together, announced Wu Yingxiong's miraculous skills and various awards to the various armies that knelt on the mountain and shouted long live, and showed the corpse of the assassin Wu Ciyou to the army, and made an understanding of this matter. At this moment, although the Fengtai garrison that Aobai quickly transferred was only two or three miles away from Shangudian, Kangxi and Xiaozhuang had already returned to their own army, and in the direction of Beijing City, there were 100,000 troops transferred by Wu Liuyi in a hurry, and Aobai, who had lost his fighter plane, had no choice but to order the Fengtai garrison to return to the original place according to Xiaozhuang's will, and Xiaozhuang and Kangxi were also loyal to their own troops to return to Beijing City, and a huge storm that was enough to affect the political situation was turned invisible.

By the way, when Xiaozhuang went down from the second floor of the Shangu store to the first floor, Yao Qisheng once saw the opportunity to muttered to Xiaozhuang in a low voice, "The Empress Dowager is really good, the chief eunuch next to the Empress Dowager seems to be from the former Chaodong Factory, right?" ”

"Mr. Yao, the mourning family finally understands why Wu Ciyou opposed the emperor's appointment of you as the governor of Sichuan in the first place - he is jealous of you, afraid that you will rob him of his position in front of the emperor." Xiaozhuang replied calmly: "If the Mourning family was present at that time, don't say that the Governor of Sichuan, even the Governor of Liangjiang Mourning will also promise you." Yes, Li cited the evidence that he was from the former Chaodong Factory, and that his cone was pierced through the space between the heart and the lungs (Note 2). ”

Note 1: The telescope was invented in 1608 by Hans Lipolsay, an unknown optician in Middelburg, the Netherlands, and was improved by Galileo in 1609 and flowed into China with commercial activities and diplomatic tribute.

Note 2: There is a finger-wide gap between the human heart and the lungs, and the eunuchs of Dongchang in the Ming Dynasty often used this gap to create a murderous pretense to make it look as if they had been pierced through the heart and died.