Chapter Thirty-Nine: Meeting
Wei Xiaobao stood up and walked outside the house. After walking a few steps, seeing that Xiang Yan was still sitting still, he said, "Xiao Yan, the emperor asked us to find out the news of the assassins, let's go to the streets!" Xiang Yan stood up and walked towards Wei Xiaobao. The little county lord asked nervously, "Brother Bao, Brother Yan, do you want to inquire about my brother's news?" Fang Yi also looked nervous. Wei Xiaobao said: "Good girl, don't worry, let's just go out and make a show, and we won't betray the news of the little grandfather."
Xiang Yan followed Wei Xiaobao to the outside of the palace. Xiang Yan said: "Xiaobao, don't we already know that the assassin is from Mu Wangfu?" What else to look for? Wei Xiaobao said: "The emperor not only let us find out the identity of the assassins, but also let us find their whereabouts." Xiang Yan smiled: "You don't really plan to betray Mu Wangfu, do you?" Wei Xiaobao also smiled: "How come? If I betray King Mu's Mansion, the little county lord and Miss Fang are still not in a hurry with me? It's just that the emperor asked us to find out the whereabouts of Mu Wangfu, and we always stayed in the palace and couldn't explain, so we had to go out and have a perfunctory look. ”
After leaving the palace, the two turned around on the street a few times, bought a lot of snacks and snacks, and came to a teahouse to listen to the storyteller. After a while, Wei Xiaobao suddenly said: "Xiaoyan, I'll go to a nearby casino to play two, do you want to go." Xiang Yan said: "You go, I will listen to the book here." Wei Xiaobao said: "Okay, I'll come to you when the time comes."
At dusk, Wei Xiaobao returned to the teahouse and asked Xiang Yan to go back to the palace together. The two returned to the palace to the upper study. Kangxi is reviewing the folds. As soon as he saw the two of them, he put down his pen and asked, "Did you hear any news?" Wei Xiaobao said: "The emperor is like a god, it's not bad, the master of the rebellion is really the Mu family in Yunnan." Kangxi said happily: "Is this really the case? That's great. Look at Doron's face, he still doesn't want to be hearted! What did you hear? ”
Wei Xiaobao said: "These three assassins were originally determined to be Wu Sangui's subordinates. The chief steward beat them to death, and they refused to change their words. Kangxi said: "Duolong's martial arts are good, but he is a reckless man." Wei Xiaobao said: "The slave was ordered by the emperor to use sweat medicine to charm the guards and lead the assassin out of the palace. The three thieves were not suspicious at all. Kangxi asked again, "What happened to the three assassins?"
Wei Xiaobao said: "Xiao Yan and I led them out of the palace, and the three of them told us their real names. It turned out that the old one was called 'shaking head lion' Wu Lishen, and two small ones, one was named Ao Biao and the other was Liu Yizhou. They thanked us so much that they finally deceived the minions, telling us that the person they secretly presided over was a young man, and these thieves called him the little grandfather, the son of Mu Tianbo. Kangxi said: "Have you found out their whereabouts?"
Wei Xiaobao said: "No." This Wu Lishen was very cautious and refused to take us to their foothold. However, the two servants pretended to admire the little grandfather very much, and Wu Lishen agreed to introduce the little grandfather for us. Kangxi asked again: "Do you think their little grandfather will come to see you?" Wei Xiaobao said categorically: "Yes, everyone in the world knows that the emperor trusts the two servants very much. If the little grandfather can persuade the two servants to be undercover agents for Mu Wangfu, Mu Wangfu can get a lot of benefits. Kangxi nodded and said, "Reasonable." When the little grandfather of Muwangfu is looking for you, you will take the opportunity to find out where they are in the capital. Wei Xiaobao and Xiang Yan responded in unison: "Yes." Kowtow and retire.
The next day, Xiang Yan went to the teahouse again to listen to Mr. Storyteller tell the story. Suddenly, Wu Lishen came to Xiang Yan and said in a low voice: "Father-in-law, please take a step to speak." Xiang Yan followed Wu Lishen to a secluded place, pushed the door in, and saw two people standing in the room. One of them was a young man of twenty-five or sixteen, with a slightly dark face, tall and thin body, and his eyebrows were somewhat similar to those of the little county lord. The other was a tall, red-faced old man. The old man's white beard was sparse, he was over seventy years old, full of energy, and his eyes were bright.
Wu Lishen said to Xiang Yan about the young man: "Father-in-law Xiang, this is our little grandfather." The young man was very kind and said, "In the sound of the sword, thank you father-in-law for saving a few of our companions." Xiang Yan accompanies the emperor every day, and it is not the same thing for the prince, Baylor, Shangshu, and generals to meet from time to time. As the saying goes: "Dwelling in its qi, nourishing its body". Although Mu Jiansheng is famous, it is not as big as Prince Kang.
He arched his hand at the moment and said, "The little grandfather is polite." I can't do big things with the heroes of Muwangfu, and I can only help a little later. Mu Jian said: "Father-in-law, you said that there is a chance to oppose the Qing Dynasty and restore sight, I don't know what opportunity it is?" Xiang Yan nodded and said, "Yes." I heard a rumor among the emperor, and I heard that the old emperor did not die, but went to Wutai Mountain to become a monk. Mu Jiansheng, Wu Lishen and the old man were all shocked, and Mu Jiansheng said: "Father-in-law, do you mean that Shunzhi is a monk in Wutai Mountain?"
Xiang Yan said: "Hmm. I heard that it was because the old emperor favored another concubine and snubbed the current queen mother. The queen mother was angry, so she sent someone to kill the concubine. The old emperor was sad, so he went to Wutai Mountain to become a monk. He smiled again and said: "Wu Sangui brought the Tartar into the customs because of Chen Yuanyuan, and the old emperor ran away to be a monk because his concubine was killed, and the old emperor and Wu Sangui had a fight."