Kangxi straightened his clothes, first saluted the ancestors and gods, and then kowtowed to the old man. After the ceremony, Kangxi turned around and shouted, "Wei Dongting! ”

"The minions are here!" Wei Dongting jumped up, took a step forward and fell to the ground.

"Have you done your errand?"

"Long live the slave Qijuan: Wu Liuyi, the commander of the Nine Gates, will lead his troops into the palace at the end of the day, guard the three palaces of Tai, Zhong, Baohe and Jin, and wait for my lord's order!"

"Good!" Kangxi was very excited, his eyes shone in the candlelight, and he said loudly: "Wolf Look, you are the chief guard of Yuqing Palace, and your identity is the same as Wei Dongting and others." Get on your knees! ”

"Wow!" The wolf whispered in reply, kneeling and taking a step forward.

"Heroes!" Kangxi said loudly, "'Heaven listens to its own people, and heaven sees itself as the people', thieves worship dictatorships and bully masters, kill ministers without permission, encircle people's land, and ruin the lives of people, their hearts are treacherous, and their crimes are unforgivable!" ”

Speaking of this, Kangxi's face turned red, he looked back at the Empress Dowager, and then said: "Today's society is dying, and there is a risk of being usurped by thieves. Every time I think of this, I feel like I am burning in the five hearts, the food is unpleasant, I can't sleep at the table, I push the pillow in the middle of the night, and I go around the room to worry. I am determined to entrust the spirit of my ancestors in the sky and capture the thief. The heroes are all loyal ministers of the Qing Dynasty, and I hope to work hard to defend my dynasty and appease my society! ”

When the twenty guards kneeling below heard this, they were already enthusiastic and excited, and replied in unison: "Minister, obey the holy decree!" ”

"Holy Lord!" Wei Dongting walked a few steps on his knees and said, "Worship and bully the king, and have the intention of rebellion!" Since ancient times, loyal ministers and martyrs, the lord is worried about the humiliation of the ministers, and the lord humiliates the ministers to death. How dare the ministers sacrifice their lives and share a day with the national thieves! The Lord please send down the holy oracle, although the ministers go to the soup and the fire, they will never look back! ”

After a generous speech, dozens of people were so excited that they burst into tears, and the atmosphere in the solemn hall immediately looked tragic and tense. Kangxi turned around and saluted the Empress Dowager and said, "Please be merciful to the Empress Dowager!" ”

"The army of King Rehe Qin is 300,000, and it will be there every day. Rest assured! The Empress Dowager was calm and authentic. She exaggerated her strength tenfold at once, and everyone listened to it with great excitement. Suddenly, she raised her tone, "My wife is sitting in front of the ancestors' spirits, watching the old thief hanging from the country!" ”

"Ao Bai is very cunning," the Empress Dowager continued, "and everyone must do their best to meet the enemy. ”

"Don't worry, all the strong men," Kangxi stood by the sword, his face full of murderous aura, "If there is an accident, I respect my mother like my mother, and treat my wife like my sister!" ”

"Long live thanks!" All the guards bowed their heads together and whispered, "I am willing to die forward!" ”

"Bring the wine!" Kangxi shouted.

As soon as the words fell, an old eunuch in Fengxian Hall held a huge bowl in both hands, holding more than 20 catties of wine. Kangxi pulled out his sword and wiped it lightly on his left hand, and the blood flowed into the bowl like an infusion. Wei Dongting and the guards kowtowed, and each of them cut their middle fingers, dripping blood into the bowl.

Kangxi took the big bowl, first drank a little on the ground, raised the bowl and took a sip, then handed it to Wei Dongting, and everyone else also drank it one by one. After drinking, he returned the empty bowl to Kangxi.

Kangxi was about to speak, when he suddenly saw Suo Etu hurriedly going up to the hall with a sword, bowing down and playing: "Long live!" Wu Liuyi had already led the soldiers into the palace under the banner of Tai Bitu. ”

"Good!" Kangxi threw the big bowl in his hand to the ground and smashed the bowl to pieces. He stepped on the chair with one foot, his left hand to protect his knees, and his right hand pressed his sword, and shouted with a wide eye: "I have a special order: Wei Dongting, a first-class guard in front of the emperor, has full authority to receive the order, and capture the power to worship the traitor." Everyone will be punished for the chaos and thieves, and those who resist the will will be killed! ”

"Wow!" The guards knelt down and repeated loudly: "If there is a person who resists the order, it will be killed!" ”

The Qianqing Palace is still in a calm atmosphere. Since the early years of Shunzhi, this is the place where the emperor summoned ministers to discuss and deal with court affairs. At this time, Ao Bai was sitting on a chair in the middle of the hall, looking at the four words "Zhengda Guangming" in the imperial pen of Emperor Shunzhi, and was a little uneasy. He imagined what he would look like if he sat on the couch above, and what kind of mood he would feel...... "Lord Shunzhi on Wutai Mountain knows about this, what should he do?" Bamburshan stood aside, his face blue and red for a while, and he could see that his heart was also extremely unsettled.

Ao Bai looked up at the gilded bell in the corner of the hall, it was the right moment, it was still early before the court meeting, so he paced to the Danqi and asked Mulima: "Nothing unusual, right?" ”

"Nope." Mulima was a little nervous and in a daze, and when he saw Ao Bai talking to him, he relaxed a little, "As soon as the guard on duty at night came, he told him that Grandpa Kupilon had returned to Beijing from Wuhu, and he had ordered him to come down last night, and the Holy Lord would summon you here first, and then drive to the Wenhua Hall to see Kubilong, and ask him about Wuhu's grain transfer." ”

"You should also send someone to the Wenhua Hall to see what Curb is doing."

"Yes." Mulima bowed in agreement and immediately turned to send someone.

"Come back," Ao Bai added, "Yuqing Palace should also go and see." ”

"I've been there myself." Mulima said, "There is only one Hesun Dianchen on duty, and the other guards will not come without an edict." ”

Hearing this news, Ao Bai, Bamburshan and Ji Shi were suddenly relieved, glanced at each other, and each secretly breathed a sigh of relief. Suddenly, he saw that the guards who went to the Wenhua Hall had returned, and said, "There are only Master Curator and Master Xiong Cilu waiting for the court's order. ”

"What are they doing?"

"The two of them are idle, you are playing blind chess with your eyes closed."

"These two elders are very comfortable." Ao Bai couldn't help but smile.

The hour marched slowly in an anxious and terrifying wait. The "click" of the large table clock in the corner of the hall rang unhurriedly, making people feel restless when they listened. Suddenly, after a while, the big table clock "jingle" and "jingle" struck seven times. At this time, it was the time of the card, and it was already the time for the emperor to come to court. The latch of the hanging flower door at the mouth of Yongxiang "clattered" to the ground, and the heart that was tight was beating again.

Kangxi's eight-person Luan Yu slowly came out of the Yuehua gatehouse, and the eunuch in front of him shouted: "Long live the master!" Hearing this, in addition to the guards, Ao Bai and the other three immediately walked down the danqi and knelt down in their robes.

But the strange thing is that Luan Yu did not stop in front of the Qianqing Gate, and kept carrying it to the Jingyun Gate. Ao Bai was shocked, got up and grabbed a eunuch who was walking behind, and asked hurriedly: "Isn't the emperor in the Qianqing Palace?" ”

"Yes." The eunuch replied very happily, "The eunuch will stay for a while, and the emperor will go to Yuqing Palace to practice Buku before coming, this is the old rule for many days." And he went.

Nemo also rushed to explain: "Taishi, he has often been like this in the past few months, it is quieter over there, and it is also close to the Qianqing Palace......

We'll have to wait. Aobai's tight nerves relaxed a little, so he paced up to Bamburshan and asked, "Isn't it a little strange?" ”

"I can't see it." Bamburshan's face was pale. His nerves were already tense to the verge of collapse at the touch of a button, so he had to comfort Ao Bai and said: "It's really not good, when Tai Bitu's soldiers arrive, just do it!" ”

Seeing that Aobai's face was hesitant, Bamble hurriedly said: "Let's just say that Wei Dongting in the palace is coercing the king to make trouble......" Before he could finish speaking, he saw Zhang Wanqiang striding over from Jingyunmen and covered it. Zhang Wanqiang stood in front of the Qianqing Gate, bowed down and said with a smile: "Long live the Lord Ao, please worship Grandpa Yuqing Palace to speak." ”

"Didn't you say that you were summoned in the Qianqing Palace?" Ao Bai asked anxiously, "Why did you change it to Yuqing Palace again?" ”

"The summons are still in the Qianqing Palace, but a few Baylors and Beizi have not yet arrived, and the long-lived lord means to invite the grandfather to Yuqing Palace to rejoice, and then come over together."

"Got it, I'll be there later." Ao Bai was full of suspicions, and said to Zhang Wanqiang, "Please stay for a while." Zhang Wanqiang said "yes" and bowed back.

Bambulshan bit his lip and didn't answer immediately, and his heart was also uncertain, and he said after a long time: "Let's go." ”

"No!" Mu Lima leaned over and said, "No one in the Qianqing Palace takes care of it!" Besides, if you go, you will be blocked back when you walk to the palace gate! ”

Ji Shi also said: "It's all gone, what if he comes here again?" ”

"He's not in Yuqing Palace, who can be sure?" Mu Lima said coldly, "I just took advantage of the public opinion, and no one has opened the curtain to see!" ”

This is indeed a problem, the huge Forbidden City, more than 10,000 houses, hiding in one place at random, it is difficult to find. Eat indiscriminately. Once you hit the air, your own position will be messed up first. - Ao Bai gritted his teeth and thought for a long time, and said: "That's all, Brother Mu and Ge Chuha follow me to Yuqing Palace." The dozens of guards in the Qianqing Palace are all my people, and here Master Ban, Brother Ji Shi, and Nemo'er are also quite reasonable. ”

"Then let's do it!" Bamble said kindly, "You three don't go all the way, Ao Gong is in front, after you two break off, you don't need to save anything, just come back and report the news!" ”

Ao Bai flicked his sleeves and left the Qianqing Gate proudly. Mulima and Ge Chuha waited a little farther away for him, followed him with their swords, and the forbidden troops guarding Jingyun Gate were all Ge Chuha's subordinates, and when they saw them coming, they sent them out one by one.

Seeing that Ao Bai was far away, Bamburshan and Jishi exchanged glances. Bamburshan suddenly lifted his spirits, stepped on the Danqi, and shouted: "Come! ”

Dozens of guards in the Qianqing Palace heard this, and they knelt down on one knee with a "chirp", and the thunderous response dazzled a Nemo, I don't know what this scholar wants to do, and why he has such a great appeal, even the iron beggars who peeped in the Baohe Hall were also surprised.

In surprise, he heard Bambul shout loudly: "Take down the rebel guard Nemo and me!" Several guards chirped and pounced without hesitation. Nemo was tied up in a daze.

"This ...... It's ......"

"You've read too." Bamble smiled and said, "Qin loses his deer, and those who are talented and quick will get first!" With that little ability, can you rule the world? ”

"So you're ......" Nemo was so shocked that he opened his mouth and his face was like ashes. He couldn't have imagined that Bamburshan still had a plan, hollowed out Aobai's strength, and had other plans! But at this point it was too late to say anything. As soon as he was struggling, several forbidden soldiers stuffed a handful of hemp walnuts into his mouth and led him to the upper study.

Here Ban and Ji looked at each other and smiled. Ji Shi suddenly realized, and said loudly: "We are almost out of calculation! ”

"How?"

"The four gates of Longzong, Jingyun, Rijing, and Yuehua should be sealed immediately, and all palace people should be forbidden, so that you and I can sit here and watch the tiger fight!"

"That's right!" Bamburshan immediately ordered, "Act according to the words of Lord Jishi, if anyone leaves the palace without authorization, take it down immediately, and then send it out after the matter is over!" As he spoke, he added, "Don't alarm the Queen Mother!" Dozens of guards bowed down and immediately went their separate ways.

There was an accident at Qianqingmen, and Ao Bai didn't know at all. Out of the Jingyun Gate to the north is Yuqing Palace, he just stepped into the Hanging Flower Gate, he saw Sun Dianchen greeted him with a smile on his face, and said: "Master Tai is here!" The emperor is a little anxious to wait, so he will come and take a look! ”

"I'm not here!" Ao Bai said as he walked straight in. Later, Mulima and Ge Chuha arrived, and saw that Ao Bai had already entered the palace from a distance, the two glanced at each other, and they were about to go in, but they were stopped by Sun Dianchen with a smile.

"Where are you going?"

"Please see the saint when you enter the palace."

"Done! Bring the sign. ”

The two of them were stunned at one sentence, which brand they wanted at this time, and they had never heard that the guards on duty saw that the emperor still had rules for asking for brands! Sun Dianchen saw that the two of them were stunned, and said with a raised face: "The emperor summoned Ao Bai Grandpa alone today, and he didn't say that he would see you two, please wait!" After speaking, he didn't wait for an answer, turned around and closed the door of the front palace with a "bang", and there was a sound of door shackles, and then he heard Sun Dianchen sneering and "clicking" on the ground, and the tap and tap went by himself.

"Fooled!" The two of them exclaimed, pounced on the door and shook the door hard, pitiful like a dragonfly shaking a tree, where did it move!

Ge Chuha was so angry that he went crazy, Zhang Huang looked around, and saw Su Malagu standing outside the Fengxian Hall from a distance, and couldn't help but feel evil to the side of the guts, and shouted: "Take this thief first!" "Rush straight to the past. Mulima also hurriedly drew his sword and followed closely.

Su Malagu originally stayed in Fengxian Hall to protect the Empress Dowager, but she waited for a long time, and she was so anxious that she couldn't hold back. The Empress Dowager was also very anxious, so she ordered her to come out to report the news. At this time, seeing that the two of them were red-eyed and approaching with swords, they immediately panicked, and if they retreated to the palace, they were afraid of endangering the empress dowager. Su Malagu had no choice but to flee in a panic and flee to the southeast. As soon as he took a few dozen steps, he was already grabbed by Ge Chuha, his arm was twisted backwards, and he couldn't move. For a while, the three of them were all beating wildly, and no one said a word.

Ge Chu laughed cruelly, and he was about to kill someone when he swung his sword. Mulima hurriedly stretched out his hand to stop and motioned for him to take the person to a secluded place to do so. Ge Chuha nodded in understanding, and carried Su Malagu to the imperial tea room. Over there, Mu Lima was anxious to go back to the Qianqing Palace to report the news, and said "Go to the Qianqing Palace after the end", and then rushed to Jingyun Gate.

Only a hundred and ten steps away from Jingyun Gate, Mulima ran as fast as he could. As soon as he arrived at the door, he exclaimed: "Lord Ban, hurry up and reinforce Yuqing Palace!" Before the words fell, Jingyunmen was also slammed shut! Mu Lima was frightened, anxious, angry and strange, his hands slammed the auxiliary ring on the Jingyun door, and shouted "open the door", but there was no response, but he heard the forbidden soldiers guarding the door eating and laughing, he knew that something was wrong, so he turned back to look for Ge Chuha.

Ge Chuha found it, but his head was cracked and died in the doorway, and his head and body were scalded with boiling water everywhere, and the heat was smoking, and the bloody smell was choking! Mulima froze to the ground, his eyes glazed over, as if in a nightmare! He couldn't figure it out: how could Su Malagu, a weak woman, beat a brave general like Ge Chuha?

In the main hall of Yuqing Palace, Ao Bai has been surrounded by twenty masters in the palace, and there are more than forty small guards outside the hall waiting with bows and arrows and swords hanging from their waists, afraid that he will suddenly escape with a plan.

For Kangxi's move, Ao Bai was not unprepared, wearing the gold silk soft armor of Siam's tribute in the robe, six flying knives tied to the soft steel belt, and two iron rulers hidden in the sleeves, which can be regarded as fully armed.

When he first entered the palace, although Ao Bai was frightened, he didn't feel anything unusual, and when he heard the "bang" at the palace gate, he blocked Mu and Ge outside the door, and then he knew that something was wrong. But on second thought, Mulima had already stepped on the plate here, and there were no ambushes. Since you have come here, it is useless to regret and retreat, with you as a Sun Dianchen, what is your ability? He straightened up and walked forward. Ao Bai stood outside the hall and said loudly: "Old minister Ao Bai, long live the order to see you!" Then he stepped forward and fell to his knees.

Ao Bai peeked at it, and it seemed that Kangxi was the only one sitting above, and his heart was half relaxed.

Kangxi saw that he was unusual, kneeling still, sneered in his heart, paused for a moment before speaking: "Aobai, do you know the guilt?" ”

The hall was extremely quiet, and the sound was like a thunderbolt in the clear sky, which shook the drum of Aobaier. He suddenly looked up and saw Kangxi sitting high on the royal chair, holding his sword in his hand, staring at him with burning eyes. After a moment's hesitation, he immediately replied, "What is the sin?" As he spoke, he clapped his hands lightly, stood up calmly, and looked at Kangxi with a provocative face.

"You are guilty of deceiving the king!" Kangxi said loudly, "You form a party for personal gain, are jealous of merit and ability, deceive the monarch, arbitrarily implement government decrees, plot misdeeds, and are heinous!" ”

"What evidence is there?"

"Humph!" Kangxi let out a sneer from his nostrils: "I don't have to return your evidence-come!" Take it with me! ”

As soon as the words fell, five people flashed behind the curtain of the corner of the hall, Wei Dongting, Mu Zixu, Qiang Donkey, Hao Laosi, and Wolf Look, drawing their swords and approaching Ao Bai with angry eyes.

"Hahaha!" Ao Bai looked up to the sky and laughed wildly, "The old man has been in and out of the army since he was a child, and he has experienced more than 70 battles, so how many yellow-haired children do you want to take me?" ”

As soon as the laughter fell, he heard the curtain on the corner of the hall "bang", and more than a dozen guards jumped out with angry swords, and he looked back in surprise, dozens of people outside the hall had lined up and stood in formation. Ao Bai was stunned for a moment, suddenly rolled up his sleeves, raised his eyebrows and shouted: "There are already old husbands outside this palace, which of you dares to come and take me?" ”

"I dare to take you!" The donkey screamed, jumped up with an arrow, and grabbed Aobai's sleeve with his backhand. Ao Bai stretched out his palm and touched it, and immediately felt that this stunned guy had indeed made great progress compared to the previous competition in the Yuehua Gate. The donkey was under force in his palm, and he turned sideways around before he stood still, and pounced again with red eyes.

The wolf snorted and said, "Brother Huchen, protect the saint!" Then he jumped up, and Mu Zixu and Hao Laosi also pressed forward with their own swords. When he saw a lot of people, he didn't dare to be scornful, his hands were crossed, and in the blink of an eye, he took out two bright iron rulers from his sleeves, and danced round in the encirclement of four people, rushing left and right as if entering a no-man's land.