"Wronged! Your Majesty, the slave is wronged! Weng Wotu, who had been kneeling on the Jinshui Bridge for more than an hour, didn't even see a single hair of Kangxi, and a group of wolf-like guards appeared in front of him. Weng Wotu, who knew the rules of the palace, knew that his limit had come, but Weng Wotu was not willing to be beheaded for no reason, and struggled and shouted frantically: "Your Majesty! The minions are wronged! The minion only asks to see you, tell the grievances face to face, and then cut the minion with a thousand knives! Otherwise, the minions will not be blinded! ”

"Your Majesty! The slave will tell you your grievances to your face! Weng Wotu's voice was sad and majestic, and the sound pierced the sky, but unfortunately the distance between Jinshui Bridge and the upper study was not only ordinary, but Kangxi was in the clouds and rain with Kong Sizhen Wushan at this moment, and he didn't hear Weng Wotu's shouting of grievances. Weng Wotu's struggles and shouts were nothing but a rain of punches, kicks, and beatings from the imperial guards. Especially Li Xu, whose brother-in-law Cao Yin died on the trip to Jiangnan, was even more angry, slapped Weng Wotu in the face, and scolded: "Fuck! What is it called? Do you count that onion and that garlic? is also worthy of meeting the emperor? ”

"Phew!" Weng Wotu, who was about to be dragged out of the noon gate, knew that he would not be spared, so he simply spit out a mouthful of bloody phlegm on Li Xu's face, and scolded: "Dog minion, are you that onion and that garlic?" Lao Tzu joined the army at the age of fourteen, never flinched in more than 30 battles, a knife and a blood in exchange for the title of fame and knighthood, the soldiers brought by the Han people are all heroes and heroes, if it were not for Lao Tzu never bribed the officials, and never patted the sycophants of the clan uncle, Lao Tzu's military exploits and military merits can at least be exchanged for a general soldier! A hundred times stronger than you wagging tails and begging dog minions! ”

"! It hurts! Brothers, call me! The bloody sputum spit out by Weng Wotu hit Li Xu's eyeball, which is one of the most vulnerable parts of the human body, and a mouthful of phlegm also hit Li Xu to kill the pig and scream, asking his companion to avenge himself. The guards next to him, such as Wolf Tan, Su Lun and Zhang Yuxiang, rushed up, pulled braids and whiskers at Weng Wotu, whose hands were tightly tied behind his back, punched and kicked, twisted his flesh and shoulders, and beat Weng Wotu until his mouth and nose were bleeding and his body was bruised. But the brave and extraordinary Weng Wotu was not to be outdone, gritted his teeth and endured the beating and torture waiting for the opportunity, and when the opportunity came, Weng Wotu suddenly flew out and kicked hard under the wolf Tan's crotch, kicking the wolf Tan out of three or four zhang away, covering the crotch and rolling only a few times, and even screaming before he could make a painful faint - later after the imperial doctor's diagnosis and treatment, he found that the wolf Tan's scrotum was kicked into the lower abdomen by Weng Wotu's kick.

"Hahahaha, I heard that your man's thing was crushed by Wu Sangui's son, it's useless to keep it anyway, Lao Tzu will help you solve it completely." Weng Wotu was very proud of his blow, and laughed. And Li Xu, Su Lun and Zhang Yuxiang and other friends of Wolf Tan were almost mad, or yelling for people to rescue Wolf Tan, or beating and tortured Weng Wotu even with his hands, although Weng Wotu's brave martial arts are far better than these embroidered pillows that have not been on the battlefield, but because of the binding of his hands and the lack of strength he has been tortured these days, he was knocked unconscious in a moment. But Rao is like this, there are still seven or eight imperial guards who were still kicked and kicked down by Weng Wotu, and they were so embarrassed.

"Damn, Lao Tzu castrated this king first." Li Xu, whose calf was almost kicked off by Weng Wotu, became more and more angry the more he thought about it, and ordered the other guards to press the unconscious Weng Wotu to the ground with his legs apart, and when he raised his foot, he stepped on Weng Wotu's legs fiercely. But as soon as his feet moved, he was stopped by Wei Dongting, who arrived in a hurry, Wei Dongting frowned after asking what was going on: "Confused, Weng Wotu is also a person with a yellow flag, you torture him like this, and the old man with the yellow flag will be in trouble if he knows." Moreover, the emperor has already issued an order to push him out of the noon gate and behead him, if you torture him to death here at Jinshui Bridge, the emperor will blame him, can you afford to take responsibility? ”

Li Xu, Su Lun and others were trained by Wei Dongting to be submissive, and they had to give up their plan to castrate Weng Wotu. Wei Dongting frowned again and said: "Okay, once wake him up with cold water on the execution ground, and then inform the executioner, let them choose a blunt knife to do it, use less force when attacking, cut seventeen or eight knives and then cut off his neck." Li Xu and the others laughed together, praising Wei Dongting's clever plan. Wei Dongting smiled again: "Let's go on an errand, and go home to pack my luggage after I get off duty." Tomorrow I will go down to Jiangnan to do the emperor's errand, the emperor asked me to bring more good hands from the palace, I reported the names of a few of you, and our brothers went to Jiangnan to make a fortune together. ”

"Wow." Li Xu and the others cheered together, the palace guards with knives went to other provinces to do the most abundant oil and water, and the local officials were all filial piety of silver beauties, and this time they went to Jiangnan, which was rich and beautiful, and these guards were even more profitable. After cheering, Li Xu and the others hurriedly dragged Weng Wotu out of the noon gate and dragged him to the execution platform, and instructed the executioner who was waiting impatiently there to torture Weng Wotu a lot, and then he woke Weng Wotu with water.

"By order, Wupinhe defends Weng Wo to try to govern the army, dereliction of duty and defeat, and beheaded according to the law!" Li Xu triumphantly finished reading the will to dispose of Weng Wotu, and shouted to the executioner who was already on the execution platform: "Do it! The executioner nodded and quickly raised the snowy broadsword, while Li Xu, Su Lun and other imperial guards laughed in unison......

"Keep people under the knife!" At this moment, a fast horse galloped from a distance, and immediately the man shouted, "Keep people under the sword!" Keep people under the knife! While shouting, the man had already urged his horse to rush to the court, and the imperial guards and soldiers guarding the court did not dare to slack off, and hurriedly raised their swords and guns to stop in front of his horse, beware of someone robbing the court to save the prisoner. But after seeing the color of the man's clothes, the guards and soldiers hurriedly knelt down together and said respectfully, "I've seen the prince." It turned out that the person immediately turned out to be a Manchu prince wearing a flat yellow nine-dragon robe and three eastern pearls on his head.

"Keep people under the knife!" The prince turned over and dismounted, and shouted to the executioner on the torture platform, "Slow down, until this king goes to see the emperor." ”

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Probably because the harem has recruited two new beautiful concubines, Kangxi seems to be a little lacking in energy, just two pillars of incense time in Kong Sizhen's Taoyuan Cave leaked sperm, and Kong Sizhen is far from satisfied, a pair of delicate jade legs rubbed on Kangxi's waist, and asked in a coquettish voice: "Your Majesty, do you want to enter a bowl of deer blood?" Kangxi shook his head, playing with the pair of swollen purple grapes on Kong Sizhen's chest, and said with a little dissatisfaction: "Your clothed servant Dai Liangchen is really a fool, I want you to let him make more trouble for Wu Sangui, but the strength of one of his battalions was beaten by Wu Sangui's men and horses in that Jian Pass for forty miles, and even the military grain depot was taken by Wu Sangui's army, is it embarrassing?" ”

"The emperor forgives me, Dai Liangchen led the troops very much, but he is absolutely loyal to the emperor, and he still has to monitor Ma Xiong and Wang Yongning, so he really can't spare more troops to go to the border." Kong Sizhen replied softly. Kangxi sucked a few mouthfuls on Kong Sizhen's tender breasts and asked, "How about I send you back to Guangxi?" With your means, the soldiers and horses of Guangxi will be captured, and the two wall grasses of Ma Xiong and Wang Yongning can be used if they can be used, and if they can't be used, you will send them for me. ”

"The emperor is gracious, and the slaves and maids are only willing to serve the emperor forever, and they are not willing to return to Guangxi." Kong Sizhen was so frightened that she hurriedly hugged Kangxi and rubbed and begged for mercy - for Kong Sizhen, returning to Guangxi meant that she was going to officially marry Sun Tingling, and then she would never be able to get back the position of the imperial concubine of the East Palace, let alone the queen of the main palace and even emulate Lu Hou Wu Zetian. In order to make Kangxi change his mind, Kong Sizhen choked up with tears streaming down her face: "Your Majesty, the slave maid only wants to stay by your side, and the slave maid does not ask for any status, but only wants to give birth to one or two dragon sons for the emperor." ”

"Then Rong Zhen will think about it again." In fact, Kangxi was also very reluctant to be proficient in all kinds of bed skills Kong Sizhen - much stronger than the harem concubines, and soon relented and took back his life, Kong Sizhen was overjoyed and hurriedly went to Kangxi's crotch and took the initiative to serve this nine-year-old boy with his tongue. Kangxi likes Kong Sizhen to serve like this the most, and he was closing his eyes to enjoy it, but outside the door came the voice of Zhang Wanqiang, the chief eunuch of the Sixth Palace, who was sincerely frightened, "Your Majesty, the imperial guards escorted the criminal minister Weng Wotu to the noon gate to ask for beheading, and when he was about to start, someone suddenly shouted, 'Keep people under the knife', and stopped the executioner who was about to kill Weng Wotu." ”

"Weng Wotu is a capital crime condemned by my relatives, who is so bold? Dare to shout to keep people under the knife? Kangxi asked angrily. Zhang Wanqiang replied: "Back to the emperor, it is Prince An's grandfather Yue Le." After the prince stopped the executioner, he handed a sign to the upper study, saying that he had something important to face Emperor Chen. ”

"Yue Le? Why did he save Weng Wotu? "Kangxi said, why did my cousin come to participate? It turned out that Yue Le, the prince of An, was the fourth son of Abatai, the seventh son of Nurhachi, and his seniority should be Kangxi's cousin, with outstanding military merits and proficient in government affairs, and he was a rare military and political all-rounder in the Aixin Jueluo family, and because of this, Yue Le was jointly suspected by Shunzhi and Kangxi, and he was never entrusted with important tasks, so that he could live and study at home. Yue Le is calm, and he never complains about this, he just reads calligraphy, paintings, and plays abacus every day, just because he always plays with an abacus when he has nothing to do, and he has won the title of an abacus prince - by the way, this Yue Le is also the only person that Wu Yuanming is afraid of several princes in the Manchu Dynasty.

"Si Gege, you are in charge of the Thirteen Yamen, do you know what is the special relationship between Yue Le and Weng Wotu?" Kangxi turned to Kong Sizhen and asked. Kong Sizhen stopped her activities under Kangxi's crotch, licked her lips and replied in wonder: "Back to the emperor, as far as the slave maid knows, Prince An has no contact with Weng Wotu on weekdays?" And the slave remembered that in the ninth year of Shunzhi, Weng Wotu once killed Prince An's favorite war horse, and also hit Prince An in front of him, for which Weng Wotu was almost hacked to death by Prince An's subordinates, but Weng Wotu was Aobai's nephew, probably because he was protected by Aobai, and then the matter was over. ”

"Heh, there is such a thing, then why did Yue Le save Weng Wotu?" Kangxi became more and more curious, and said: "Chuan Yuele came in, and Mingzhu, let him come in too." ”

In a moment, Kangxi and Kong Sizhen got dressed, Kangxi regained the majesty of the young and old son of heaven, and Kong Sizhen also stood aside like a lady with a very strict demeanor, with a dignified expression. And Yue Le and Mingzhu also went outside the door, and after being announced by Kangxi, Yue Le, who had gray braids and a face with a national character, first bowed down with Mingzhu, "Slave Yue Le (Mingzhu), long live the emperor." ”

"Flat, give a seat." Kangxi waved his hand. Mingzhu stood up and sat down on the horse brought by the eunuch, while Yue Le knelt on the ground motionless, and said in a deep voice: "Thank you, the emperor, but the slave does not dare to accept the favor, the slave only asks for the guarantee of the prince's title, and asks the emperor to spare the life of the offending official Weng Wotu." ”

"Prince An, that Weng Wotu is not related to you, neither your relative nor your old department, why are you interceding for him?" Kangxi asked curiously. Yue Le kowtowed and replied: "Back to the emperor, that Weng Wotu is indeed not related to the minion, but the slave knows that Weng Wotu is a rare tiger general, brave and strategic, well-governed, and proficient in land and water warfare, is the most scarce cadre in my Qing Dynasty, I hope that the emperor will spare him for a while, and allow him to make meritorious contributions." ”

"How to govern the army?" Kangxi sneered: "But what the Ministry of War reported to me was that he Weng Wotu connived at his subordinates in Xuzhou in June this year to merge with friendly troops, killed more than a dozen friendly generals, and later connived at his criminal subordinates to escape, can this also be regarded as a good way to govern the army?" ”

"Dare to ask the emperor, has the military department reported to the emperor the reason for the merger between the Weng Wotu army and friendly troops?" Yue Le asked in a deep voice. Although Kangxi didn't like Yue Le's tone and attitude, he still turned to Shangshu Mingzhu of the Ministry of War and asked, "Mingzhu, what was the cause of that fire?" ”

"Go back to the emperor......." Mingzhu squirmed for a long time before replying: "It was at night, when a sentry under General Chani patrolled through the banks of the Yellow River, there happened to be a small boat that was docked for maintenance because the boat was in the water, and there was a couple and a daughter on the boat...... Just played with the mother and daughter. ”

"In this way, Weng Wotu's army also passed through there, because he saw that the mother and daughter were beautiful and wanted to participate, and then they were jealous and fought." Kangxi suddenly realized, but Kangxi knew very well the virtues of the troops under him, so he made a clever analysis. Who knew that Mingzhu replied with a bitter face: "Back to the emperor, it's not like this, at that time, after Weng Wotu's team passed there and found out about something, the team went up to stop the Chani army from committing murder, just because Weng Wotu led the team with a captain, and General Chani was a sentry commander, so General Chani's sentry team not only did not listen to them, but also first beat the squad leader of the Weng Wotu army, and the squad leader was forced to defend himself, and later ...... Then it caught fire. ”

"I still have such an army in the Qing Dynasty?" Kangxi almost couldn't believe his ears, if there was a group of Qing troops who did it because they wanted to participate in friendly ** women were refused, then Kangxi believed it, but now it is said that there is a Qing army not only did not participate in the evil deeds of friendly troops, but took the initiative to prevent friendly troops from doing evil, then Kangxi didn't believe it. Kangxi asked again: "There is only one squad of ten people on the side of the Weng Wotu army, there is a sentry of eighty people on the side of the Chani army, and more than a dozen of the Chani army have died, so the losses of his Weng Wotu army should be greater, right?" ”

"Three of them were injured." Mingzhu peeked at Kangxi's face and replied cautiously: "Later, after Weng Wotu learned about the punishment given to him by the Ministry of War, he knew that those ten people couldn't escape for their lives, so he secretly let them all go. ”

"Bastard! In order to stop friendly troops and be forced to defend themselves, the Weng Wotu army also defeated several times the opponent with fewer victories, why should the army with such good military discipline and strong combat effectiveness be punished? Mingzhu, at that time, you were already a secretary of the military department, did you come up with such a bastard's treatment method? Kangxi asked angrily. Mingzhu was so frightened that she fell to her knees, and replied sweatingly: "The slave deserves to die, the slave deserves to die, because Weng Wotu ...... Weng Wo Tu ...... Last name Gualja...... So....... "Mingzhu is really wronged, at that time, Aobai fell, Kangxi instructed him to weaken the military power of Aobai's henchmen, and Weng Wotu was surnamed an unlucky Guerjia, so Mingzhu made that punishment decision.

"I see." Kangxi quickly guessed the reason why Mingzhu reversed black and white to make the punishment, because the real mastermind behind this incident was Kangxi himself, so Kangxi couldn't find a way to go down the step for a while. Kong Sizhen is also a shrewd person, and immediately interjected to Kangxi to step down, Kong Sizhen threw a wink at the burly Yue Le, and asked in a coquettish voice: "Lord, please allow the slave maid to interject a word, it is rumored that Weng Wotu once killed the prince's love horse, and later confronted the prince in person, is this also wronged the prince?" ”

"Yes, he was wronged that time." Yue Le said in a deep voice: "When the king led the army through Shandong, one day when he camped next to the army of General Weng Wotu, because it happened to be ripe at that time, the king ordered the army not to trample on the wheat field, and the violator had twenty sticks, but the king had no way to govern the army, and there were many violators under his subordinates, and the law was not responsible, and the king had nothing to do, and even the king's horseman led the king's horse to graze in the wheat field. I don't want General Wengwotu to issue this order to his subordinates - and his army basically did this, because there were many conflicts between the field and the king's army, and the king's beloved horse was bumped into by the general Wengwotu when he was grazing in the field, and the general Wengwotu cut off my war horse for the Ming army, and later the general Wengwotu quarreled with the king face to face, asking the king to bring twenty military sticks to follow suit. But for the sake of face, the king did not agree, but reprimanded General Weng Wotu. Speaking of this, Yue Le shook his head with a guilty face and sighed: "Now that I think about it, this king is really sorry for him." ”

"I still have such a general in the Qing Dynasty? And such an army? The more Kangxi listened, the more wrong it became, but he didn't point at Yue Le's nose and scold Yue Le for lying and bullying the king, but Mingzhu quietly wiped his sweat, because he really couldn't find the words to refute Yue Le. After a little calculation, Kangxi asked Yue Le again: "Prince An, even if what you said is true, that Weng Wotu is indeed a good ruler of the army, but he suffered a crushing defeat in Suqian, resulting in the destruction of all the warships, how can this be explained?" ”

"Back to the emperor, the servant carefully studied the war report of the military department, and learned about the local terrain of Suqian, and found that the defeat of Suqian actually had little to do with General Weng Wotu." Yue Le took out a hand-drawn sketch from his bosom and spread it in front of him, pointed to the sketch and explained: "Your Majesty, please see, the troop layout of the Suqian River Defense Battalion is actually quite unreasonable, the land camp and the dock are separated by several miles, resulting in a slow rescue of each other in the event of a sneak attack. This river defense arrangement was the original garrison arrangement, Weng Wotu did not take office for a long time, and the first thing to grasp was military discipline and military regulations, and it was too late to cancel the relocation of the land battalion to the dock, which led to the destruction of each by the water thieves, so this mistake should not be borne by Weng Wotu. ”

Yue Le glanced at Kangxi's face before continuing: "In addition, there are several reasons, one is that the water thieves attacked at night and occupied the initiative on the battlefield; Second, Weng Wotu's army was drained of half of its strength before the war for no reason, resulting in a great reduction in combat effectiveness; The third is that the water thieves have strong combat effectiveness and proper command, this group of water thieves skillfully used the favorable conditions such as sneak attacks, upstream, wind direction, musket rotation, army organization and sniper tactics of our army generals to fight, which is really extraordinary, and the water thieves also have strong individual combat effectiveness of the gangsters to help, Weng Wotu in order to retain his strength is not allowed to retreat, although he is still defeated. It's a pity that all the skilled sailors and sailors retained by General Wengwotu were killed by General Chani before the battle, which led to the later defeat of Llama Lake. If General Chani can bring those soldiers who have been training on the water for many years into Llama Lake, I believe that the mobility and flexibility of our warships can be raised to a higher level. ”

"Retain strength? To put it nicely, it's not that he is greedy for life and afraid of death, if it weren't for his defeat and the thieves burned the boat, would General Chani be so passive later? Mingzhu interjected unconvinced. Yue Le glanced back at Mingzhu and replied lightly: "Lord Ming, Suqian is located at the junction of the canal and the Yellow River, and water transportation is developed. Wouldn't it be more ingenious for General Weng Wotu not to use forcible expropriation at all, but to borrow ships from nearby shipyards and merchants on credit, and to repay them with the spoils of war after the war or to exempt them from river tariffs? Is it more conducive to winning the support of the people? ”

Mingzhu was speechless, and Kangxi's face was gloomy, and he snorted coldly: "Exempt from river transportation duties? Take the tax money from the Ministry of Internal Affairs to do favors? After Kangxi said this, Yue Lecai suddenly remembered that the river transport tariff was to be handed over to the Ministry of Internal Affairs for Kangxi as pocket money, and he couldn't help but regret saying this more. But not only did he not admit that Kangxi was indeed the top figure in the Manchu Qing Dynasty, but his expression of dissatisfaction with Weng Wotu's approach disappeared in an instant, and he nodded and said: "Prince Yi'an said so, this Weng Wotu is indeed a manufacturable material. It's okay, for Prince An's sake, spare him from dying. ”

Yue Le was overjoyed, kowtowed, and said: "Thank you for your kindness, the slave is brave, I heard that there is a vacancy in the Eight Banners Naval Division of Dongting Lake, and the slave wants to recommend Weng Wotu to serve in this position, and let him assist the Eight Banners Naval Division to build warships and train the naval army for great use." Mingzhu was anxious when he heard this, building a warship was rich in oil and water, he had already sold his position, if Weng Wotu took over this position, he would have to spit out the silver in his hand. So Mingzhu immediately objected: "Lord Wang, is this inappropriate?" Weng Wotu turned out to be only the fifth grade, and Dusi was the fourth grade, and he would not kill his head but be promoted two levels in a row, which is unreasonable anyway, right? ”

Yue Le also knew that the official reason of Shengweng Wotu was unreasonable, but now that Wu Sangui's anti-image had been revealed, Yue Le concluded that it was not difficult to reach Hunan with the ability of Wu Sangui's army, and there was no naval army in Wu Sangui's army, and Dongting Lake and the Yangtze River were the first choice to drag Wu Sangui's army to death. So Yue Le said stubbornly: "Your Majesty, this king guarantees with the title of prince, Weng Wotu will definitely be able to do this position." ”

Kangxi didn't answer Yue Le's plea, and a pair of eyes on his hemp face just rolled around, sometimes staring at Yue Le, sometimes turning to the roof, thoughtful. After a long time, Kangxi asked Yue Le in a gloomy voice: "Prince An, why do you know so much about army generals and bandits?" Even a small fourth-rank officer in the army is vacant, you can know it well? What's going on? ”

"Oops, I'm trying to give first aid, and I'm too sharp and jealous." Yue Le secretly complained in his heart, knowing that Kangxi's precautions against him had increased a lot - who called Yue Le also surnamed Aixin Jueluo? Is it still so capable of commanding troops to fight? (Note 1) After a moment of hesitation, Yue Le replied with a sweaty head: "The slave is guilty, because the slave has led the army for many years, and there are many old friends in the military department and the army, so ...... The slave is guilty, please ask the emperor to deal with it. ”

"Prince Ann doesn't have to be nervous." Kangxi smiled generously: "It's normal for people to contact the old ministry for such a trivial matter?" It's just that although Weng Wotu was exempted from the death penalty, the living crime could not be escaped, I decided to temporarily detain him in Dali Temple, and then deal with it after the trial was clear. After that, Kangxi waved his hand to Yue Le and said, "Prince An, you go to pardon Weng Wotu on my behalf, I am very busy, and I will have the opportunity to summon you to the palace in the future." ”

"Oh no, the emperor's suspicion of me is getting bigger and bigger." Yue Le complained bitterly in his heart, but Weng Wotu had been rescued Yue Le did not regret it, kowtowed and thanked him: "Thank you, Lord Longen, the slave has retired." ”

After Yue Le went out, Kangxi immediately glared at Shang Shumingzhu of the Ministry of War and Kong Sizhen, the commander of the Thirteen Yamen, with angry eyes, and the two of them knelt down in sweat and replied respectively: "The slave is guilty, and the slave will go to find out who leaked the military information to Prince An, and if he finds out, he will be transferred out of the military department." "The slave and maid are guilty, and the slave will send someone to strengthen the surveillance of Prince An, and he must find out that he has a connection with those army generals." Kangxi snorted with satisfaction, "I'm not suspicious of Prince An, it's just that my Qing court has just experienced the Aobai Rebellion, and I really can't afford to make any mess." Prince An, it's better to continue to study behind closed doors. ”

At the end, Kangxi added casually, "Si Gege, in addition to Prince Cha'an's connection with the old department, his contact with the generals and leading officials of the old department should also be checked by the way." Kong Sizhen replied in a flattering voice: "The slave understands that Weng Wotu's surname is Guerjia, and Prince An worked so hard to save him...... The slave knew it in her heart. ”

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After reaching the noon gate to convey Kangxi's will and pardoning Weng Wotu, Yue Le did not say a word to Weng Wotu, so he directly got on the horse and left the noon gate under the angry eyes of Li Xu, Su Yuan, Zhang Yuxiang and others, and rode his horse slowly home. Although Yue Le had already found that there was a tail behind him, Yue Le didn't care about it, he just kept sighing on the horse, looking preoccupied, and muttered to himself from time to time: "Your Majesty, what should the slave do?" Can you trust the loyalty of your minions? ”

Feeling heavy to go home, Yue Le unconsciously walked to the vicinity of the West Street of the Drum Tower, this area is very crowded and prosperous, Yue Le in order to avoid the horse frightened people and dismount on foot, but he has not yet stepped up, there is a sudden dull drum sound in his ears, Yue Le fixed his eyes and couldn't help but be surprised, it turned out that the drum sound was actually from the Dengwen Drum Hall located in the Drum Tower - this drum is not extraordinary, but since the Jin Dynasty Emperor Wu set up the system of the people to face the monarch and redress grievances, Even if you are an ordinary person, as long as you beat this drum, you can directly meet the emperor to complain about your grievances! But the price is also very heavy, if the people are not appealing to the king, if they are not the three major events of military affairs, great greed and evil, and strange injustice, it is a capital crime! Even if it is these three major events, the people's lawsuit will be won, and the person who beats the drum afterwards will have to be exiled for 3,000 miles, and the conditions are so harsh! By the way, the rule that the person who beats the drum is exiled for 3,000 miles was only set in the Qing Dynasty, and if it is replaced by Zhu Yuanzhang, you will still be rewarded if you win.

"Who is beating the drum?" Curious, Yue Le couldn't help but lean over to see what it was, and the outside of the Dengwen Drum Hall was already full of passers-by who were watching the excitement, Yue Le was dressed in a prince's costume and the people gave way, Yue Le walked directly into the Dengwen Drum Hall, and saw clearly that the drums were two women, one man and one three, one of whom was only fifteen or six years old, the handsome man and the beautiful woman, and they should look like brothers and sisters; And the other is a ****, who should be the mother of the brother and sister. Yue Le curiously asked the official of the Criminal Department who was guarding the Dengwen Drum Hall, "Where are they from?" For what to beat the drums? ”

"Back to the prince, they are the wives and children of Long Jizhao, the Tusi of Manaiying, Guizhou." The official replied: "Long Ji Zhao Tusi was killed by Ma Bao, the general of Wu Sangui, the king of Pingxi, so the three of them, mother, son, brother and sister came to Beijing to sue the emperor, hoping that the emperor would avenge their grievances." ”

"Long Jizhao's wife and children?" Yue Le's eyes lit up, and he said in his heart that this is a good opportunity, if it is used properly, it is completely possible to let the Tusi of Yunnan and Guizhou provinces rise up to make trouble for Wu Sangui, at that time, Wu Sangui didn't want to rebel, just let the Tusi rebel in Yunnan and Guizhou provinces be enough for him to drink a pot!

Note 1: Kangxi was very wary of Yue Le, at the beginning of the rebellion of the three feudatories, the Qing army was defeated in successive battles, Kangxi was forced to use Yue Le as the commander of the army, and after Yue Le dragged across the Dongting Lake area and defeated Wu Sangui's main force in each of them, Kangxi immediately cut Yue Le's military power and transferred him back to Beijing to live idlely.