The Eleventh Chapter Weidongting River Embankment Punishment of the West, Emperor Kangxi County Yawei
Several government officials, upon hearing Zhu Fuxiang's order, rushed towards Kangxi with ropes in hand.
Emperor Kangxi grew up in a deep palace. Although he encountered dangers many times, except for Ao Bai who waved his arms and fists at him in front of the throne, he never encountered another person who dared to be rude in front of him.
."The emperor's wrath, the world is shocked, the blood is flowing..." This paragraph of book Wu Ciyou said flashed through Kangxi's mind like lightning. He subconsciously touched his waist, and then realized that he didn't bring it with him at all.
What is the "Emperor's Sword"? He quickly turned around, glared at Wei Dongting who was standing aside and his eyes were red with anger, raised his hand and slapped him in the face: "The Lord humiliates the minister to death, do you understand? Do you want me to do it myself?"
Take action?"
Wei Dongting received this slap and woke up suddenly. He quickly jumped up from the diagonal stab and grabbed the rope with his hands. He held his hands in the middle of the rope and danced like a soft whip with the sound of the wind. The faces of the two front servants were already wet.
After a while, he yelled "Mom", covered his eyes and rolled to the side. One of them was kicked in the heart by Wei Dongting, and a mouthful of blood spurted out with a "wow" sound...Zhu Fuxiang saw that the situation was not good, so he turned around and
As he burrowed into the crowd of noisy people, Wei Dongting grabbed him back, lifted him up to his chest, raised his arms and struck him left and right, hitting him so hard that stars appeared before his eyes and the sky was spinning. Zhu Fuxiang still moaned incomprehensibly.
He shouted: "Okay, okay! Beat... well done!" Wei Dongting was afraid that he would say ugly words again, so he slapped him hard one after another.
Yang Fu was stunned and stood aside with a pale face. When he woke up, he hurriedly came over to persuade him. Kangxi still couldn't understand his hatred and stamped his feet and shouted: "Little Wei Zi, you have no other ability except slapping your mouth."
Yet?"
This was the easiest thing for Wei Dongting - he whipped Zhu Fuxiang forward, followed by a chain kick, hitting him in the chest. Zhu Fuxiang didn't even grunt, and fell down, his mouth dripping.
A bright red blood foam came out.
The imperial official was beaten to death on the spot! The government officials were stunned, Yang Fu was stunned, and hundreds of civil servants were stunned. They stood like wood carvings and clay sculptures, looking at Kangxi on the river embankment, whose face turned pale with anger.
"Things are getting big! What should I do... what should I do? This, this..." Yang Fu woke up with a start and circled around Zhu Fuxiang. He squatted down again, shaking his hands to feel his pulse, snorting, rolling his eyelids, and looking.
Tongren murmured something in his mouth. The civil servants were in a commotion, and then they started shouting like crazy:
"My master who kills people, if you are a good man, don't leave!"
"A good man does what a good man does!"
Several women nearby screamed in a high-pitched voice: "Damn it, you are going to die for getting into this trouble!" Amidst the shouting, dozens of able-bodied civil servants holding poles had already blocked Kangxi's retreat, forming a human wall.
The crowd got closer and closer, and they came forward. Seeing that the crowd was furious and unable to contain it, Wei Dongting jumped back and stood in front of Kangxi. With his sword in hand, he shouted: "If you have something to say, whoever dares to come up will kill him!"
"
There is something very wrong with this statement. It is called "speaking with something to say". Hundreds of people yelled, yelled, cursed, and made a mess. It was a mess and you couldn't hear a word clearly. Kangxi "
The pleasure of "eliminating harm for the people" was completely swept away by this roar like a tide. He knew in his heart that people did not hate him, but were afraid of injuring the young county magistrate, but no matter how he waved or shouted "Quiet"
, but no one could hear clearly. The surging crowd held pickaxes, shovels, and drill poles, pushing forward and back, surrounding him and Wei Dongting at the core. He was really a little scared. At this moment, a cloud of yellow dust was flying in the north.
A team of green battalion cavalry came galloping in with their swords and guns raised. Several elderly people chanted Buddha's name and said: "Okay, okay! The army is here!"
The noisy crowd suddenly fell silent, and the civil servants surrounding Kangxi silently made way for a passage.
The leader of the team was a guerrilla with eight soldiers. He walked through the silent corridor with his waist knife, leaned over to examine Zhu Daotai lying on the ground, and said, "The man is not dead." The two masters stepped forward.
, talking with each other, telling the story of how the "robbers" beat the observing adults severely. Some other people carried Zhu Fuxiang down. Several soldiers came over early without waiting for orders and guarded Kangxi and Wei Dongting with their swords.
"Shangguan Guerrilla, are you here to get me?" Wei Dongting suddenly said coldly. Because of the silence, the words were spoken clearly and clearly, "I was the one who dealt with this corrupt official!"
"Wei Junmen!" Shangguan Youyi trembled in shock, threw his knife at his feet, and hit Qian'er: "Why didn't Junmen return to Beijing? People in Zhu Daotai's Mansion reported that it was bandits who attacked Daotai and gathered a crowd.
Conspiracy of rebellion is a lowly job..."
"Don't talk about these useless things!" Wei Dongting stopped him, "Take care of the affairs here clearly, and write a letter to the Ministry of officials together with Gu'an County, and we will be done with the name!" Because he did not get permission, he never dared to speak openly.
Expose the identity of Kangxi behind him.
Kangxi walked calmly down the river embankment, ignoring the Shangguan guerrillas. He only patted Yang Fu on the shoulder and said, "You were a Jinshi in the sixth year of Kangxi's reign, right? At that time, you were the youngest one in the Baohe Palace Examination, and you seemed to be the second grader.
Fourteen people, right? It’s only been three years and you don’t recognize me anymore?”
"My bow?" These two words seemed to have a thousand pounds of force, and the young magistrate was a little breathless, and his face became as pale as paper. Shangguan Guerba also seemed to be stupid, with his mouth wide open and unable to close.
Come. After a long time, Yang Fu asked in a trembling voice: "Are you Long Live the Lord?"
"I came here on a small trip," Kangxi breathed a sigh of relief, "The slave named Zhu was too rude to me, so I ordered the guards to torture him."
It has been three years since Yang Fu resigned. Three years ago, two hundred foreign scholars knelt on Danchi to listen to the "Holy Instructions". How could they dare to raise their heads and look at Long Yan? After hesitating for a long time, he actually asked: "I'm sorry for being bold, but I don't know."
Do you have any credentials?"
"I have long seen that you are as bold as a fight!" Kangxi laughed and said, "I don't blame you, this is the way it should be!" After saying that, he took out a jade seal as big as a walnut from his arms and handed it to Yang Fu.
Yang Fu held it in his hand and looked at it carefully. There was a golden dragon on the top as a seal button, and the seal characters on the bottom were the four words "Master of Ti Yuan". It was indeed the imperial treasure that Kangxi carried with him. Yang Fu had no more suspicion at this time, and plopped
With a cry, he fell to his knees on the ground, held up the jade seal with both hands, burst into tears, and shouted loudly: "Long live my Lord!" Shangguan Guerrilla, all the soldiers and civil servants also knelt down in a black crowd, shouting: "Long live,
Long live!"
"You are all my good people, go back and make a good living, and there will be no need to work on the river! The weather is so cold and the people are forced to go down to the river to control the water. Why doesn't the governor of Zhili take part in the work according to the truth? Get up!"
He helped Yang Fu stand up and said, "Yang Fu, I order you to be appointed governor of Baoding. The matters here will be handled by the Shangguan appointees for the time being."
Suddenly, an old man came forward, knelt down and begged: "Long live the Lord, since he knows that our Gu'an County Magistrate is a good official, he should stay and protect our people - it is not easy to meet such a good official!"
"This is to promote him!" Kangxi said with a smile, "How about I send another good official to Gu'an?"
This question made people look at each other in confusion. The middle-aged woman selling wine took the opportunity to pour a bowl full of hot yellow rice wine, held it to Kangxi with both hands, and said: "It's a cold day, long live the Lord with a bowl of wine to warm your body."
!" Kangxi didn't hesitate, picked it up and drank it all, wiped his mouth and praised loudly: "Good wine!"
"Long live Lord said that wine is good, it's the honor of us Gu'an people!" The woman took the empty bowl without leaving it, and said loudly with a smile, "Long live Lord just said that he would appoint another good official to Gu'an. This is not true.
That's fine, but it seems too troublesome. Why not send that good official to Baoding and leave Mr. Yang here with us - whether he gets promoted or not, that's not a long-lived man's word?"
"Okay, okay! You are worthy of a royal censor!" Kangxi's face shone with joy, "I will obey you! How about Yang Fang's five-grade salary, an additional title, and staying in Gu'an? What do you think?
I’ll give you a bowl of wine for free, so I’ll give you some grace!”
The river beach suddenly burst into cheers and thunderous shouts: "Long live the Holy Ming!"
The original date of returning to Beijing had to be postponed for another day. That night, Kangxi stayed in the study of Yang Fu, the government office of Gu'an County. He felt a little restless. He sat down and got up in the study for a while. He asked for tea, but he couldn't wait.
Not eating; he took out the book from the bookshelf, flipped through a few pages, and put it down again.
Suddenly, he waved to Wei Dongting and said, "Dongting, come to the lamp." Although Wei Dongting was a little confused, he still walked over obediently.
"Let me see." Kangxi looked at Wei Dongting's face and sighed, "I have always treated you with kindness, but today I hit you for no reason!"
Wei Dongting suddenly felt something sour and hot, something like qi but not qi, and something like blood but not blood, rising from his Dantian. He could no longer hold it back, his face immediately turned red, and he knelt down and said: "The Lord has humiliated me and died.
It’s the slave’s fault!”
"If you feel wronged, just cry here!"
"No... no! How can I feel aggrieved?" Wei Dongting said hurriedly, "That Zhu insulted the Lord and offended the power of God with his filthy words. As a bodyguard, how dare I say that I am not guilty?" As he spoke, tears streamed down his face.
fell down.
"I wrongly blamed you. You were afraid that those crazy slaves would hurt me." Kangxi said with a smile, "I shed tears, and you still said you are not wronged!"
"This slave really doesn't feel wronged!" Wei Dongting kowtowed repeatedly and said with a choked voice, "This slave has received such kindness from his master, and his heart is filled with gratitude. Even if he thinks that he has been devastated, it is hard to repay him..."
"You are telling the truth." Kangxi put his arm around Wei Dongting and said, "But I did wrong you in some way - don't you think I've treated you a little less these days?"
Wei Dongting couldn't figure out the meaning of these words. He was so shocked that he trembled and said hurriedly: "I have never thought about this, and my master has never treated me poorly." Kangxi heard his reply and laughed and said: "Are you capable or slick?
?I have been touching you intentionally these past few months!" Wei Dongting said hurriedly: "How dare I lie? Thunder, rain and dew are all your kindness. I'm sorry to say that the master has nothing to alienate the slave; even if he does, the slave should bow in return.
How can you blame yourself and seek to make up for your mistakes? How can you give rise to resentment?"
"It's good of you to be like this," Kangxi sighed, "but after all you don't know what I mean - you are different from Suo'etu and Mingzhu." He paused, "Suo Laosan is now a relative of the emperor, and sometimes does random things, as long as it doesn't matter
In the overall situation, I have to save some face for him; although Mingzhu's talents are good, he is just a fellow Jinshi. What is there to envy?" At this point, he glanced at Wei Dongting, continued to ponder, and said, "I
In fact, I don’t think much of them as I do of you. You asked for orders several times to give up martial arts and study literature, but I didn’t agree. It’s not the right time! You want to be a feudal official. Isn’t that what I said? You want to learn from Fan Chengmo.
, or Zhu Guozhi? You might as well tell me the truth today."
When Wei Dongting heard this, he glanced at Kangxi in confusion, but Kangxi waved his hand. "Zhu Guo ruled outside the country and left Yunnan as governor. What kind of good place is that? It's not much better than a wolf's den! Fan Chengmo went to Fujian, which was Geng Jingzhong's territory. !Do you also want to follow me into the muddy water?"
"The master's holy teachings are very clear, and the slave has a sudden enlightenment——"
"I have planned over and over again, but I have to keep you by my side. You have to bear this loss."
Kangxi's consolation was sincere and reasonable. Wei Dongting was convinced by him, and now he had a clear answer to what he had been worrying about for many days. Ever since his sworn brother Hao Laosi was accused of colluding with Ao Well, after being punished by Kangxi, he had been feeling uneasy. He suspected that Mingzhu was causing trouble, but there was no solid evidence; even if he had, he didn't dare to fall out with Mingzhu. Now he is finally relieved. Wei Dongting couldn't help but think to himself : "The slap today was worth it."
Wei Dongting was deep in thought when he suddenly heard Yang Fu announcing outside the door: "Mu Zixu, the guard of the Qianqing Palace, wants to see you!" Wei Dongting knew that there must be something important to report to Beijing. (To be continued)
