Since Xiao Maozi disappeared on the sixth day of the lunar month, people thought that something had happened to him, but in fact, it was not like that. He had followed Yang Qilong to Luheyi, and Wu Yingxiong had already moved to the Jade Emperor Temple, and Yang Qilong sent people to protect him. Wu Yingxiong did not report it in order to let Xiao Maozi harm the third prince of Zhu.

After Yang Qilong's personnel were concentrated in Luheyi, Yang Qilong strictly ordered his subordinates not to go out without authorization, otherwise they would be killed. After several all-night meetings, Xiao Maozi already knew all the secrets of this mysterious congregation, and was anxious to meet Kangxi, but he couldn't leave the nest even a step.

On the twenty-third day of the lunar month, Yang Qilong held a banquet in the main hall after entering the second courtyard of Luheyi, and convened the provincial hall masters and the strategists, generals, commanders, and admirals around him to discuss matters. After three rounds of drinking, Yang Qilong's face was full of red light, he stood up excitedly, and said with a smile: "Rank, tell everyone a good letter." Wu Sangui has already done it! Geng Jingzhong has taken Fan Chengmo, the governor of Fujian, and Shang Zhixin has detained his father Shang Kexi, and the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi has joined forces to clear up, at this moment, the south of the Xiangjiang River is no longer the world full of Tartars! ”

The people at the banquet immediately became a sensation, some whispered to each other, some laughed happily, some pondered with wine glasses, and some just smiled with their lips pursed, and the atmosphere was very warm and lively.

"We have decided to start an incident," Yang Qilong said in a ** voice, "There are a few things to inform you, and some things still need to be discussed, please ask Mr. Li, the military advisor, to talk about it first." Li Zhuyuan and Yang Qilong sat side by side, then slowly got up, looked around at everyone, and said: "The country name is still the Ming Dynasty; Emperor Chongzhen, the third prince of the blood Yin, Zhu Cijiong, is the main one! ”

People can't help but be surprised, why did there be a Zhu Cijiong again?

Li Zhu bowed to Yang Qilong and said: "No wonder everyone doesn't know about this matter: Zhu Cijiong is our young master, after the Jiashen incident, he changed his name to Yang Qilong, and it has been thirty years now. ”

Only then did the people realize that there were so many twists and turns in the matter.

"The name of the year - Guangde, on the New Year's Day of Jiayinchun, this is Zhengshuo!" He paused for a moment, and then said, "When the incident started, it was called to raise a fire - from the inner court, the Big Buddha Temple, the Miaoying Temple, the Wentianxiang Temple, the Confucian Temple, Jingshan Mountain, the Drum Tower, the Bell Tower, the Tomb of Li Zhuowu, the Great Bell Temple, the Reclining Buddha Temple, the Rotten Face Hutong and the Zhengang Tower, there were thirteen places, and the cannons were set off in the middle of the night, and the whole city moved together to attack Da Nei!" ”

Everyone's eyes were burning with scorching fire, and Xiao Maozi could also hear it.

"We have made 20,000 red hats," Yang Qilong said, "The fifty-seven eunuchs in the Ouchi have already been issued, and when the time comes, the hair will be braided and tucked in the hats." ”

"Why is it red?" Someone asked, "We should use white clothes and white armor to avenge the first emperor!" ”

"The Manchus attacked China with the northern barbarians, and the country was named Qing, and the five elements should be 'water'," Li Zhu said unhurriedly, "We are the scorching sun and moon in the Ming Dynasty, and we advocate 'fire virtue' - this is called using fire to overcome water!" ”

Fire can boil dry water, and fire is not afraid of wet firewood, everyone knows this truth.

"We'll do it tomorrow!" The bearded incense hall master suddenly got up, rolled up his sleeves and said loudly. Xiao Maozi was most concerned about this, and listened quietly on the side, for fear of missing a word. As soon as the mustache said, some people responded, and some people felt that they were too hasty, afraid that they would not be able to prepare, and for a while there was a lot of commotion in the main hall. Xiao Maozi coughed and cleared his throat, stood up and asked loudly, "Young master!" When will I do it? ”

"That's what we're going to talk to." Yang Qilong smiled, "Tomorrow seems to be in a hurry, we have been preparing for a few years, and we can't be too hasty." ”

"I'll start with it - it was the best today." Xiao Maozi said loudly, "It's a pity that we missed this little year - we want to choose an auspicious day to do this big thing of cutting off heads and spilling blood-twenty-four, sweeping the house, it's smoky, it's not good!" ”

He raised his fingers and counted down day by day, trying to drag the days back as much as possible: "Twenty-five, grinding tofu, dry and turning in circles, how to do it?" Twenty-six, to cut the flesh, bloody will not do. ”

The original twenty-six, let Xiao Maozi say this, some people immediately felt flesh and blood, not very lucky. Yang Qilong was afraid that he would continue to talk about it, so he said: "Then twenty-seven!" ”

"Twenty-seven, kill the chicken." Xiao Maozi pulled his fingers down again, "It's not bad, what the military advisor said, we are 'fire', stove fire, everyone knows this; He said with spat all over the place, and the people who listened looked at each other. Jiao Shan, who had always doubted him, had a dark face. Zhu Shangxian was so angry that his face turned pale. Xiao Maozi said again: "Twenty-eight, put the face and hair, it looks very big, but the inside is empty, and it is unlucky to pinch a dead pimple." At this point, he breathed a sigh of relief, and felt that he had used his "knowledge" to do his best, so he smiled and said: "Twenty-nine, pour rice wine, wine helps heroes to be brave, everyone get up and do it, I think this day is the best!" ”

Yang Qilong suddenly became suspicious and glanced at Li Zhu. Li Zhu had already felt that the smell was wrong, he was proficient in Qimen Dunjia, the principle of the five elements, he had never heard such nonsense like him, and he also suspected that he was full of Dou, but he was very deep in the city, and he expected that if this kid was a spy, even if he set the day late, it would be in vain if he couldn't send the letter, so he wanted to capture him, and said: "Xiao Maozi's words are very open-minded and reasonable. It has been postponed, we simply prepare well, although the twenty-ninth day is good, it is not as good as the New Year, we take the first day of the New Year to be unprepared, make a big move, boil dumplings in clear water, and let Kang Laosan eat enough! ”

The crowd burst into laughter. Xiao Maozi laughed hotly on his face, but he sneered in his heart: "Let you be like a ghost, eat the master's footwashing water!" While eating and drinking happily, I suddenly saw a report outside: "Wu Yingxiong is here!" As he spoke, Wu Yingxiong had already paced square steps and came in calmly. Lang Tingshu, who was following behind, seemed a little unsettled and glanced at Xiao Maozi.

"Oh, Great Prince!" Yang Qilong smiled, "Is it okay to live over there in the Jade Emperor Temple?" If not, there is still a house in the red orchard, how about moving there? It's just that I've wronged you, and I'm not free, it's better than your Shihu Hutong house, right? At this time, I don't know what advice I have? ”

Wu Yingxiong didn't pay attention to his sarcasm, and said with a slight smile: "To tell you the truth, today I only learned that my Shihu Hutong house has been copied by Kangxi, and my heart is not very steady!" This is an extraordinary time, and we should sincerely see each other, and thank you for your protection! ”

"Really?"

"Of course, it's also good for me." Wu Yingxiong said coldly, "I believe that the third prince is not a person who does not learn and does not know how to do it. If I don't cut off a nail for you today, there will be no future struggle between you and me! ”

Yang Qilong said solemnly when he heard this: "This is said refreshingly and thoroughly, it is ginger that is three points spicy, of course our business can be put aside - where is the nail?" ”

"Look at this first! This is from my father, and your people sent it to me, it can't be fake, right? Wu Yingxiong stumbled out two pieces of paper from his arms. When Yang Qilong took it, one was Wu Sangui's proclamation to seek clarity, and the other was Wu Sangui's letter to the third prince Zhu Cijiong. He frowned and looked carefully, and was very happy in his heart: Wu Sangui finally admitted his identity as the crown prince, and couldn't help but get up and shout: "My Daming Sheji is in sight!" Pinciebo has worked with me! ”

The crowd immediately cheered again.

"Qian Xixin!" Wu Yingxiong's eyes suddenly shot at Xiao Maozi like electricity, and shouted with his real name, "Come here!" ”

Xiao Maozi stood up and walked hesitantly, his legs couldn't help but tremble a little, and his face changed color. All eyes were on him.

"There are the three princes above, I Wu Yingxiong at the bottom, Wang Zhenbang and Ah San on the left and right, as well as all the Ming Zhongliang here. There is the spirit of Lord Chongzhen in the sky, and the soul of Huangsi Village in the ground - let me ask you, are you the third prince's person, my person, or Kangxi's person? ”

Although Xiao Maozi is very clever, under the attack of this row of cannons, he can't help but panic. But after all, he is a little hairyman, and he has waded a lot in troubled waters, and he knows that he can't lie anymore, so he wants to die hard, and he gritted his teeth and said: "Ye is a person who is long live Kangxi, you bite my hair!" ”

People can't believe their ears. Although Li Zhu, Zhu Shangxian and others had long been suspicious, once it was confirmed, they couldn't help but be a little surprised. Yang Qilong's face immediately turned pale.

"Very-well, there's a kind!" Wu Yingxiong sneered, "I don't think you can have such a spirit!" ”

"You already knew." Xiao Maozi dragged a chair and sat down with his face raised, "Why didn't you reveal it earlier?" Are you a bit of a mother-in-law, or do you still want to call me a trick on other people, isn't that so? ”

This is a very vicious provocation and a very powerful counterattack. But Yang Qilong at this time no longer worked. Wu Yingxiong sneered and said: "We have already made it clear, we will talk about our affairs later, and you don't need to provoke it at all!" You're too smart! ”

"Drag it out!" Yang Qilong waved his hand.

"Slow!" Xiao Maozi screamed, he was very afraid of being tortured, so he quoted a sentence that Xiong Cixu often said: "Since ancient times, you can't punish doctors!" ”

Wang Zhenbang originally hated Xiao Maozi very much, but when he saw that he had fallen to this point in a blink of an eye, he felt very comfortable, and came over with a smile and said, "Little Maozi, do you remember how Huang Sicun died?" I'll give you a different look, how about burying it? ”

"Buried alive!" Xiao Maozi shuddered, "That's too breathless!" The crowd wanted to laugh, but they couldn't. Yang Qilong usually loves Xiao Maozi, and when he saw his stubborn and ignorant appearance, he sighed and said: "Wang Zhenbang will take him to the back, prepare another table, and let him get drunk before doing it!" ”

This is the easiest to accept at this time, Xiao Maozi was afraid of change, and walked back with his feet. Yang Qilong and Li Zhu both felt a little dizzy.

"Go back to your bar! Can a boiled duck still fly? Wang Zhenbang ordered the five or six executioners in the backyard to carry over a table, and then said to the two red-clothed guards who escorted Xiao Maozi, "The young master ordered, don't talk nonsense about the matter of Fang Cai, do you know?" After speaking, he pushed the door in, and said to Xiao Maozi, who was sitting silently in front of the table: "I can only accompany you to eat less wine, so that we can get to know each other, I am not difficult for you, you get drunk to your heart's content, send you on the road, my mission is finished." ”

Xiao Maozi's face is gray. At this time, he was also full of emotion, he had always been strong in the past to win and get ahead, but now he has turned into a pool of ice water. Life is like this, after playing with fire all his life, he will be burned by fire later, and he will die silently, not only Kangxi doesn't know, but even the people who dig the pit outside don't know who is buried! He wanted to cry without tears, pondered for a long time, poured a glass of wine and drank it himself, and laughed in a low voice: "Even if the surname Wu is powerful, I just don't want my little Maozi to lose so quickly, so miserable!" It's really strange, Wang Ba turned over the pool, and even the bottom of the pool fell down! ”

"If you want to scold you, scold it!" Wang Zhenbang didn't care, "Although each is its own master, we finally have a fate, I will see you off, and you are not lonely." ”

Xiao Maozi barely settled down, picked up the wine jug on the table and fiddled with it for a while, poured out two glasses of wine, and pushed a glass to Wang Zhenbang with shaking hands and said: "I didn't expect you to send me to the end, enough friends, come, do it!" ”

"You're good enough." Wang Zhenbang drank with a cruel smile, "You haven't been prosperous enough in the past few years?" is the head of the teahouse again, and the chief eunuch of the Heart Cultivation Palace, at such an age, the Forbidden City has to shake when he stomps his feet. He teased to his heart's content, "It's a pity that you and the emperor staged a bitter trick that year, and I didn't catch up with the excitement when I was sick, but now I think about it more interesting than watching a play!" As he spoke, he smugly drank himself.

Xiao Maozi suddenly became excited, so excited that the chopsticks in his hand fell to the ground, and while leaning over to pick them up, he grabbed a handful of old house soil and put it in his arms. He suddenly remembered that this fat and tall man had a distressed problem! He groaned and made a decision: Why not scare him? Dead horses ride in front of live horses! Then he frowned and said, "What you said is reasonable. I'm young, but it's worth it to die—it's bigger than the world you've seen! ”

"Hmm," this is the truth, Wang Zhenbang nodded, "what else?" ”

"Although I have suffered a little sin, I have enjoyed more happiness than you!" Xiao Maozi's mood gradually became active, and he accompanied Wang Zhenbang to have another cup with a calm expression, "There is one more, my mother has a good night, and now she is inserted in gold and silver, what about your mother?" ”

This is knowingly asked, Wang Zhenbang's old wife was widowed, and she died of torment before the age of thirty. Xiao Maozi buried people like this before he died, Wang Zhenbang couldn't help but get angry for a while, and suddenly wanted to make a mistake, so he smiled and said: "It's true to insert gold and silver, and I have to see if it's late or not." You can't look at it, the third prince sits in the world-"

"You think that if you kill my little hair, you will be able to ride a donkey across the river," said the little hairy man vulgarly, "isn't it?" ”

"How?"

"Take advantage of the victory (kidney) to move forward!" Xiao Maozi took a bite of the dish and chewed, "Actually, this is a dream to marry a daughter-in-law!" Long live Kangxi—you know—awesome! ”

"Okay," Wang Zhenbang decided not to be angry with him, "poof" smiled and drank a cup of self-drink, "This is also better than me." Anything else? ”

"I've killed more people than you." Xiao Maozi seemed a little disappointed when he saw that he refused to get angry, "Brother Wang, do you want to hear about these things?" ”

"Of course." Wang Zhenbang said happily, "You just have to say, I listen, some of them have only heard about it beforehand, and they really don't know the inside story!" ”

Xiao Maozi sighed and said: "Although it is helpless, it is really hurtful to Yin Virtue - the first one is Ge Chuha, when he wanted to spoil Master Su Malagu and made me bump into him." They all said that I beat him to death, but in fact, no one knew that he drank my tea first, and then beat him again when he died—I was angry! Master Su is my benefactor! ”

This is credible, a fierce general like Ge Chuha, Xiao Maozi beat him to the core, Wang Zhenbang has always been unbelievable, and when he knew the reason, he couldn't help but nod again and again. Xiao Maozi glanced at him, and continued:

"At that time, Aunt Su Mala ran into my house in front of her, and Ge Chuha followed with her hind feet, and she was going to do that in front of me in the middle of the day. I stopped and said with a smile: "To do this kind of thing, you have to have something to add to the fun, and the deer whip ginseng tea from Jilin Gonggong a few days ago is the best!" ’

With that, I went to the stove and found a packet of rat poison from Yunnan, shaking my hands and indiscriminately placing some tea and sugar for him...... Mom! You didn't see him dying like that...... His lips are purple, his face is blue, and his nose and eyes are bloody......" Xiao Maozi described, calmly recounting the fictional horror scene, "The beast kicked me before he died, and my ribs hurt for three months!" ”

"The second one is called Hao Laosi, you may not recognize it. It is Wei Dongting's brother. Xiao Maozi didn't look at Wang Zhenbang, as if he had fallen into a deep memory, "It's also very miserable." ”

Wang Zhenbang really didn't know about this, so he couldn't help but ask: "Why do you want to hurt him?" ”

"This time I acted on orders - Hao Laosi secretly colluded with Ao Zhongtang, so that Long Live Lord found out, looked at Lord Wei's face, and rewarded him with a corpse, which made Long Live ask me to do it." Xiao Maozi had no expression on his face, and fabricated, "This time I used arsenic, he was drunk, he died quickly, and he was not bitter at all, everyone was friends together!" ”

Wang Zhenbang felt furious in his heart, and forced himself to calm down and smiled: "You are righteous!" He continued to listen to Xiao Maozi and said, "The third one is called Xi'er, you don't know it anymore." He was originally on an errand in the Palace of Raising the Heart, and he was a little white-faced, and people said that he and Master Ming were friends with baked cakes. "The more Xiao Maozi makes up, the more smooth he becomes, "With the power of this idea, he often picks up three nests and four bad water to put me in front of the Long Live Lord." That's it, he still thinks about the good things of my vegetable Moju, so I'm not polite to him, using the kind of poison that Bambur is good at refining. Wang Zhenbang suddenly shuddered, and exclaimed in a low voice: "Sunday Soul Chasing Pill!" ”

"Yes, it's hard for you to know." Xiao Maozi said indignantly, "A vegetable farmer also wants to take it, so unhumane, I'm really angry - I'll look at it if it's, it's the same as an ordinary dead person!" The color hasn't changed, it's a disappointment! ”

"Oh......" Wang Zhenbang breathed a sigh of relief.

"The fourth one is troublesome, you know, it's Huangsi Village." Xiao Maozi said with a smile, "This is a helpless thing, Wu Eyu doesn't want to let him live, and wants me to show my face in front of the Long Live Lord to make meritorious contributions, and order me to use medicine." At this time, I also had a lot of doors, and I added a meal to him, and he had a seizure in half an hour, but poor Huang Sicun thought that the drink was also the kind of class adult! At this point, Xiao Maozi's eyes dimmed.

"At the end of the day, you can't hurt people anymore!" Wang Zhenbang's heart was relieved when he was pressed tightly, "The pit outside will bury you in a while, and you will rot inside!" Drink it up! ”

"Tell them to make it bigger," Xiao Maozi smiled strangely, and said inexplicably, "or it will be ......too crowded when buried in a while."

"You...... What does that mean? ”

"It's not interesting." Xiao Maozi stretched out his hand and took out the soil of the old house to brighten it, and then shook it to the ground, and laughed miserably, "If you do my job, you have to bring some with you sooner or later." As soon as the food and drinks were delivered, I put them in before you came in...... I don't want to go alone, it's so lonely! ”

"You mean ......"

"I said you took the same medicine as me, but who would think you were greedier than me?"

"You...... You ......" Wang Zhenbang's color changed suddenly, he stood up suddenly, his face was swollen like a pig's liver, his facial features were distorted into an inhuman shape, and suddenly, his heart seemed to be cut by a knife, and his heavy body staggered a step, just pointing at Xiao Maozi with his finger, but he couldn't say a word.

Xiao Maozi bit the tip of his tongue, letting the blood flow out of the corners of his mouth, but pointed at Wang Zhenbang and smiled: "You have a seizure, you can't do it...... Good friend, this is the friend of life and death...... You're already suffering from heartache, so you're going to be one step ahead of me...... It doesn't matter, people die like lights go out, a moment passes, a moment passes......"

Wang Zhenbang was so frightened that his eyes were bloodshot, leaning on the back of the chair and staring at Xiao Maozi, only to feel that heaven and earth, houses, and banquets were all spinning upside down. Xiao Maozi didn't expect him to be so vulnerable, and continued to "comfort" with a painful look: "Anyway, someone knows that you are dead, I don't even know anyone......" Wang Zhenbang couldn't hear a word anymore, his eyes, nose, and the corners of his mouth were twisted, his muscles twitched violently a few times, and his pupils were dilated.

Xiao Maozi was also scared out of a stinky sweat by him at this time. He really couldn't figure out how a few words could scare people like this.

A living man and a dead man looked at each other for a long time. Xiao Maozi thought that he should run away. He had the audacity to drink another large glass of wine, bypassing Wang Zhenbang's stiff corpse and quietly opening the door and going out. At this time, the stars were already moving, and a few pits were still digging the frozen soil, so they walked over and said, "It's a cold day, planing, go in and eat two cups ......of wine to warm up," and then tiptoed his weak legs and feet, went to the stable and took out a horse to ride, calmed down, and slowly went out—out of the second door, all the problems were gone. Unexpectedly, as soon as he turned the corner of the house, he met Zhu Shangxian who came over and shouted:

"Who is riding a horse in the yard? Come down, are you drunk? ”

Xiao Maozi didn't wait for him to see clearly, splitting his face was a whip, and flying like a protrusion of the two doors. Before the pilgrims chatting at the gate could figure out what was going on, he had disappeared into the night.