Sending Baozhu into the palace late at night, Xiao Maozi not only knew, but he also accompanied Wu Yingxiong to eat wine in the Efu Mansion, waiting for the emperor Baozhu to come back. Since Wu Yingxiong personally visited the west of the Drum Tower, Yang Qilong sent Xiao Maozi to be responsible for liaison with Wu Yingxiong. This is exactly what Xiao Maozi and Wu Yingxiong couldn't ask for, so they hit it off.

As soon as he heard that the emperor had entered the palace, Xiao Maozi's face changed color. Wu Yingxiong saw that he was so unworldly, stroked his shoulder and smiled: "You have still seen the world, and you were scared of such a trivial matter?" Feel relieved! His ability is not under the Hu Gong Mountain you said, even if he can't steal something, he will never be able to do anything! ”

Xiao Maozi heard that it was not a stabbing act, although his heart was slightly relaxed, but he was still nervous, unable to sit still, unstable, and wanted to go away for fear that Wu Yingxiong would be suspicious; Accompanied by the spirit of strong fighting, I am afraid that I will show my feet in a trance. After eating a few glasses of wine, he deduced that if he ate more, he would love itching and foaming. Although Wu Yingxiong is a traitor, how can this be a double person, but he has really been deceived by him.

When Baozhu returned to the house, it was already two moments old, Wu Yingxiong was still drinking alone in a state of confusion, and Xiao Maozi was sleepy because he couldn't stay up, so he sat aside and squinted his eyes "fishing". Hearing the sound in the courtyard, the two of them were startled at the same time. Wu Yingxiong stood up, stepped out of the outer hall in three steps and two steps, and collided with the pillar covered in ice and snow. Xiao Maozi saw that there was no murderous aura on the face of the pillar and no blood on his body, and the stone in his heart fell to the ground. He found a seat and wrung a hot towel again, and was busy looking for dry clothes for him to change, and as soon as Baozhu wiped his face, he handed a cup of hot rice wine to his hand. Wu Yingxiong couldn't help laughing and said, "You monkey cub is really good at stammering people!" ”

"We're meant to be waiting!" Xiao Maozi was busy pouring wine for the two of them, and said with a smile, "How can you be an errand without these two moments!" ”

"The son of the world has been waiting for a long time!" After a few glasses of hot wine, Baozhu's mental and physical strength improved, and he said with a smile, "I almost didn't send my life there, and the Qianqing Palace was guarded like an iron bucket, so I couldn't do it at all!" ”

Wu Yingxiong was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly said: "If you can't do it, don't do it, and think of other ways - it's just that you've been there for too long, which makes people suspense!" Xiao Maozi also said: "I know all the people there, they are very powerful!" Wei Dongting and wolf scarred at them, all of them were reincarnated as night owls! If you can come back safely, you have to recite 3,000 voices of Nam Mu Amitabha! ”

"Joke!" Bao Zhu's heart was beating in his heart, and he said with a tense face, "If I am willing to come back empty-handed, why is it delayed until this hour?" As he spoke, he took out the arrow from his personal body and handed it to Wu Yingxiong, "This is the blessing of the son, God told the son to return smoothly!" ”

Wu Yingxiong's eyes shone with joy, just like a hungry cat pounced on a silver carp that jumped to the shore, snatched the arrow violently, took it to the lamp to examine it carefully, stroked it repeatedly, and suddenly burst out with a voice that seemed to cry but not laugh: "Really, really!" Hahaha...... Really—" He smiled, but suddenly stopped, turned around and asked Baozhu: "Didn't you say that the Qianqing Palace can't be used?" It's—"

"This is obtained in the Temple of Cultivating the Heart." Bao Zhu took the ginseng soup and replied with a smile, "People say that the emperor is diligent in government, I saw it with my own eyes tonight, after the third watch, when he went to Yikun Palace, I went in and touched it......"

Wu Yingxiong played with the arrow, turned his face absentmindedly and asked Xiao Maozi again: "Didn't you say that this object is in the Qianqing Palace?" ”

"Could it be that the place has changed?" Xiao Maozi was surprised, "Why didn't He Guizhu tell me - where did he take it out?" ”

"Touching it in the dark, it seems to be in a small box," Bao Zhu pondered Wu Yingxiong's thoughts, and asked again, "What, it's not suitable?" ”

"I see!" Xiao Maozi suddenly clapped his hands and smiled, "It's really the son of the world!" This one was handed back by Kong Sizhen, and I am afraid that I forgot it, and I didn't even remember the file. ”

"That's not enough." Wu Yingxiong stared at the light for a while, breathed a sigh of relief, chewed slowly with a chopstick dish, and said, "Yang Qilong, they want to frame me, why can't I treat others in the same way?" ”

"Kill the Emperor!" Huangfu Baozhu and Xiao Maozi exclaimed at the same time.

"Shhh Wu Yingxiong looked left and right, and said softly, "This is Ah Zi's business, I have made arrangements, I'm not like these stupid donkeys!" ”

"What are you going to do?" Huangfu Baozhu couldn't help but ask.

Wu Yingxiong only smiled, didn't answer, turned his face and asked Xiao Maozi, "Are you still burning the fire in the tea room?" ”

"Hmm." Xiao Maozi only cared about picking up vegetables, and replied without raising his head, but he was thinking about the meaning of Wu Yingxiong's question.

"It's bitter, isn't it?"

"They're all here." Xiao Maozi said, his eyes were a little red, and he remembered his mother. Since he was beaten, he has only gone back to see it twice, and the old man is afraid that he will have another accident, so he has already cut off meat and fasting, and his hair is all white.

"Do you want to go back to the Heart Cultivation Palace?" Wu Yingxiong asked suddenly.

"It doesn't matter if you want to or not." Xiao Maozi was stunned, put down his chopsticks and asked, "It's really strange to ask, who wants to be Yang Paifeng all the time?" ”

Wu Yingxiong nodded confidently and said firmly: "I can ask you to return to the Heart Cultivation Palace, but you can't half-believe me Wu Yingxiong, half-believe Zhong Sanlang, Zhong Sanlang is a deception made up by them, and I am the one who can make your family rich for generations!" There was a cold light in his eyes, and even the palms of Baozhu were oozing cold sweat, and he didn't know what tricks he was playing.

"Is there any way to get Xiao Maozi back to the Heart Cultivation Palace?" Bao Zhu asked. Wu Yingxiong smiled mysteriously and said: "I heard that Yang Qilong has secretly ordered Huang Sicun to poison Kangxi, which can not only force the prince to raise troops, but also borrow a knife to kill me-hmph, it's really not bad to think!" You only stared at the surnamed Huang, and when the time came, you will reveal his bottom in person, this credit is not enough for you to return to the Heart Palace? ”

"Oh my God!" Xiao Maozi's lips turned white in shock, this news is too amazing! But he immediately turned around and said, "If I expose him, the third prince will know, and he won't peel off my little fur alive!" ”

Wu Yingxiong sneered and said, "He dares!" He has me over there, he dares to kill my people arrogantly, I call him to roll the soup and splash mice, and die in a litter - Yang Qilong is a scoundrel of the Beijing Division, how high means and how much ability is there? ”

"That's—" Bao Zhu swallowed back with just one word.

"Are you asking Huang Sicun? I was already pulled over by Li Zhu and them! Wu Yingxiong's face was expressionless, "Miss him and me, and give his family a pension when the time comes." As he spoke, he yawned, looked out the window and said, "It's almost dawn—I didn't even call Lang Tingshu tonight." Since the emperor came back to the emperor, I have looked at him in a trance and a little unrelenting - I want to see this person again. ”

The season is gradually getting warmer, and the tender grass on the palace walls and in the cracks of the bricks turns from yellow to green. Kangxi had quietly planted half of the rice fields in the spring of last year, and he originally wanted to ripen after the autumn, so he summoned all the civil and military officials to take a look, and then promoted it in the county government north of the Yellow River that can open paddy fields. This year, he let the queen raise a large number of seedlings early, and it was time to plant the seedlings, so he went to the paddy field behind Jingshan alone and planted it, and ordered the eunuch to take care of it carefully, and then returned to the palace.

Kangxi stood in front of the hall, letting the gentle spring breeze blow, he looked up at the swallows murmuring under the eaves - this pet bird in the world, whether it is in the thatched hut in the countryside or in the splendid palace, no one will hurt it, how comfortable! After standing for a while, feeling a little tired, Kangxi was about to return to the hall, but when he saw Huang Jing respectfully standing under the Danqi, he smiled and said: "Huang Jing, where is Zhang Wanqiang?" ”

"Back to the master," Huang Jing smiled respectfully, "Lafayette went to the Dajue Temple to burn incense, and forgot what was there—ask him to help find it!" ”

"Oh." Kangxi replied lightly, and suddenly smiled again, "Last time, you said that there are a few interesting places, how about taking me out for a walk?" Huang Jing listened and hurriedly said: "This, don't the slaves dare - Gonggong Zhang has already taken a picture and said that it is Lafayette's will-" Before he finished speaking, Kangxi intercepted and said: "This is my idea, and it wasn't you who instigated me to go, what are you afraid of?" Zhang Wanqiang is still in charge of me? Called-" He wanted to say that his name was Xiao Weizi, but after thinking about it, he changed his words, "Tell Mu Zixu and the donkey to follow, let's go out for a walk." Huang Jing agreed to go. Kangxi and his entourage all changed into micro-clothes, but they didn't go to Xihua Gate, and quietly slipped out through the side door of Shenwu Gate.

The streets of Beijing are very lively, and the more and more wine shops and teahouses are being built, each one is more beautiful than the other. There are two lines on one street, what silk and satin shops, flower and yarn shops, old shops, jade jewelry shops, study utensils shops, flower and fruit shops, blacksmith shops, bamboo and wood furniture shops, wine and rice workshops, leathersmith shops, needlework and embroidery shops, fresh fish and seafood shops...... There are all kinds of dazzling, and there is nothing you want. Kangxi watched while walking in the flow of people, and his heart was very ironing: all this was given by him, he was among them, and none of them knew that he was "today"!

After walking around the downtown in the west of the city, they came to the Qianmen area again. Here is another pattern, full of theaters, guild halls, and restaurants. In front of the theater, there is a huge pink plaque, in addition to the posters such as a certain corner string and a certain play, some are also inscribed with bamboo branch words written by famous people of Doufang. These words aroused Kangxi's interest:

On a certain day, a certain garden performed a certain class, and the red and yellow strips were posted to clear customs

Kangxi couldn't help laughing: "It's so vulgar and interesting, but the word 'so-and-so' is used very intoxicatingly." Then he looked at the next one, but it was:

Jinzhan post printed thousands of copies, Zhejiang Shao Township word Luqing Hall

When I looked up, I saw a plaque hanging horizontally on the lintel, with three big gold characters written "Luqing Hall". Kangxi smiled: "I don't believe it, his family's drama is only for Shaoxing people to watch!" So saying, he went in. Huang Jing hurriedly smiled: "The master didn't see clearly, he doesn't act here, he is specially called the church." If you want to listen, go to Liuheju, eat, play and play, then you can have fun! ”

"Let's go, let's see!" Kangxi waved his fan and said with great interest.

Liuheju is very large, it is a hotel, next to the theater, and the theater on one side is called Yanqingtang, and it is okay; The other side is called Qingyun Hall, the façade is big, and there are many people. Kangxi crowded into the crowd to watch the play card, which read: "Ziyun girl plays "Piano Pick". The words of the bamboo branch on the top are even more pronounced:

Every taste comes up to boast endlessly, but I don't know that it is still Qingyuntang!

After seeing it, they squeezed out, and the three of them were already waiting in front of the door of Liuheju. Kangxi didn't speak, and stepped in with a flick of his sleeves.

"What do you want from the guest officer?" There are a lot of people on the miscellaneous seats downstairs, and a guy is busy sweating profusely, and he greeted him with a smile and asked, "If you don't think it's noisy, there is a well-spaced private seat upstairs, quiet and elegant, and it is convenient to drink and eat food, order plays, listen to singing, and watch juggling......"

Kangxi was a little dazed, he didn't understand any of this. Huang Jing replied: "Our lord is a noble person, and what you say is not suitable." In the big house at the back, we ordered the main hall and put on a table of eight treasures of seafood. You go to Qingyun Hall again, the play of the Ziyun girl is over, ask her to come over and sing! ”

"It's good to say," the shopkeeper saw this posture and knew that he was a rich man, and said with a smile, "Miss Ziyun's twenty taels of silver have to be sent over first, she is becoming popular, and there are many people calling, but I am afraid that she may not be able to come!" Huang Jing couldn't help laughing, pulled the guy aside, handed him twenty taels of silver, and whispered: "You went over and whispered to Ziyun that it was Lao Huang who called her, maybe this silver has rewarded you!" The fellow went happily.

Kangxi walked into the main hall and took a look, it was very elegantly arranged, bonsai flowers, mirror platforms, self-striking bells, bookshelves, and kang couches were all complete, and a picture of Erqiao's military book was hung in the middle hall, and the banner next to it read:

He is 3,000 years old

Coming and going in the world

Kangxi couldn't help but exclaim: "Okay! The donkey was a rough man, just looking around curiously, but Mu Zixu was very delicate, and he didn't look like a serious place, so he smiled and said: "Lao Huang, why does this place look like a courtyard?" As he spoke, he saw that the table had been laid out, and the dishes were served one after another.

Huang Jing hurriedly smiled: "This is exactly the trick of the shopkeeper and businessman, how could the courtyard come here?" ”

"Looks like you're a regular here!" Kangxi sat comfortably and calmly, and while talking, he looked at the eight treasures on the table: shark fin, white fungus, anchovies, wide belly, civets, hash ants, fish lips, skirts, a phoenix fluttering nest in the middle, a peacock open screen cold dish, and then a bowl of cherry rabbit meat and sea cucumber soup.

"Who among the eunuchs in the palace doesn't go to the restaurant?" Huang Jing smiled, "If the master doesn't like it, the slave will change it." As he was talking, a silver bell-like laughter sounded outside: "Where are the distinguished guests, what kind of wind has blown to Liuheju?" As he spoke, he lifted the curtain and walked in lightly.

It was Ziyun who came in. When Kangxi saw the visitor, his eyes lit up suddenly: he saw that she was dressed in a light red armor, a piece of apricot yellow embroidered silk in the butterfly buckle, two pan branches and plums were lightly embroidered on the half-height moon-white collar, and the lower body was a long skirt like a newly dyed pond lotus, with pleats, her eyebrows and apricot eyes were smiling, and she squatted at the door with a pipa in her arms, and said softly: "Ladies and gentlemen, auspicious!" Kangxi was stunned for a while before he remembered to reply, and said, "Get up!" He felt that the emperor's taste was too heavy, so he hurriedly said gently: "Please come and sit on my side—you three should sit too!" ”

"You just have to eat and drink," Ziyun pursed her lips and smiled, "The slave is just a play, let's sing music to refresh you!" When he peeked at Kangxi, he was wearing a blue lake silk tuanhua robe, a sauce-colored satin Wolong bag hanging from his waist, a red velvet hat on his head, and a pair of foundation double-beam boots under his feet. Kangxi made her feel uncomfortable, so he smiled and said, "If there is any good song, play it for me to listen to." Ziyun smiled and gently stretched her five fingers, and the pipa sounded clearly. first played a "pre-banquet music", and then the main song was "Farewell My Concubine", the music was sometimes like a cracked stone piercing the clouds, sometimes like flowing water low back, sometimes like a thousand horses galloping, sometimes like a quiet throat and crying. Kangxi couldn't swallow a mouthful of delicacies in the face of delicacies, but just drank and listened to music one cup from left to right.

"It's so sad." After playing "Farewell My Concubine", Ziyun smiled, "Let's sing a homely cheer!" As he spoke, he waved the five strings in his hand, looked at the autumn waves, and sang in a shallow voice:

Every year the palace wall flowers, the years of Guangling willows, how many wanderers are strange? What is the road of fame and fame, I have exhausted the spring love, and there is only this left, but I still have to find the marquis for thousands of miles...... How deep is the clouds of the vulture ridge, at the end of Caoxi Road, where to find old friends - it is better to return to the hometown with high-rise buildings, you can get red makeup and wine, and you have to write in spring and autumn!

Before the song was finished, Kangxi was already drunk, and waved his hand and said, "Sing - good!" I-That's good! Huang Jing, you-you three out, out, I-I want to be alone, alone with ......"

"Master, it's not possible!" The donkey twisted his eyebrows and said coldly, "Mrs. Tai and the master's grandmother ask the master to go back quickly, the head of the Xiong family and the Wei family are here, and there are important things waiting for you!" ”

The good deeds of the day were sent clean by this strong donkey with improper facial features and incomplete tones.

Kangxi rested in the Heart Cultivation Hall this night, still worried about Ziyun in his heart, called Huang Jing over in the middle of the night, and whispered: "Arrange a place for Ziyun to go and be quiet, understand?" ”