Chapter 45: Wu Yingxiong ran to Luheyi at night, Xiao Maozi was scared to death
Since Xiao Maozi disappeared on the sixth day of the twelfth lunar month, people thought something had happened to him. In fact, that was not the case at all. He had followed Yang Qilong to Luheyi, and Wu Yingxiong had also moved to the Jade Emperor Temple. Yang Qilong sent people to protect him.
In order to let Xiao Maozi harm Prince Zhu, Wu Yingxiong did not report it.
After Yang Qilong's people gathered in Luheyi, Yang Qilong strictly ordered his followers not to go out without permission, otherwise they would be killed. After several all-night meetings, Xiao Maozi already knew all the secrets of this mysterious congregation and was eager to meet Kangxi.
, but cannot leave the nest even a step.
On the 23rd of the twelfth lunar month, Yang Qilong held a banquet in the main hall behind the courtyard of Luheyi Er, and summoned the heads of the provincial halls and the counselors, generals, commanders, and admirals around him to discuss matters. After three drinks, Yang Qilong's face was red, and he stood up excitedly.
He smiled and said: "Everyone, I have good news for you. Wu Sangui has already taken action! Geng Jingzhong has captured Fan Chengmo, the governor of Fujian, and Shang Zhixin has detained his father Shang Kexi. They are jointly calling for clarification with the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi. At this moment,
The world south of the Xiangjiang River is no longer full of Tatars!"
The people at the banquet immediately became agitated. Some were whispering to each other, some were talking and laughing happily, some were holding wine glasses and meditating, and some were just smiling with their mouths pursed. The atmosphere was very lively and lively.
"We have decided to start an uprising," Yang Qilong said*, "There are a few things that I want to inform everyone, and some things that need to be discussed. I would like to ask Mr. Li, the military advisor, to talk about it first." Li Zhuyuan and Yang Qilong were sitting next to each other, and slowly
He stood up, looked around at everyone, and said: "The name of the country is still the Ming Dynasty; Zhu Cijiong, the third prince of the late Emperor Chongzhen Xueyin, is the master!"
People couldn't help but be surprised, why did Zhu Cijiong appear again?
Li Zhu bowed to Yang Qilong and said: "No wonder everyone doesn't know about this: Zhu Cijiong is our young master. After the Jiashen Incident, he changed his name to Yang Qilong as part of Tao Hui's plan. It has been thirty years since then. The uprising is announced today.
, you should clear your name!”
Only then did everyone realize that there were many twists and turns in the matter.
"The name of the year - Guangde, this is the first day of the new year in the spring of Jiayin!" He paused and then said, "When there is an uprising, it is called "raising fire" - from the inner court, Dafo Temple, Miaoying Temple, Wen Tianxiang Temple
, Confucius Temple, Jingshan East, Drum Tower, Bell Tower, Li Zhuowu's Tomb, Big Bell Temple, Reclining Buddha Temple, Lanmian Hutong and Zhengang Pagoda, there are thirteen places. At midnight, cannons and fires are set off, and the whole city mobilizes to attack Ouchi!"
Everyone's eyes were burning with burning fire, and even Xiao Maozi's eyes were bright when he heard it.
"We have made 20,000 red hats," Yang Qilong said. "Fifty-seven eunuchs in the palace have already had their hair braided. When the time comes, they will all have their hair braided and tucked into the hats."
"Why are we wearing red?" someone asked, "We avenged the late emperor, so we should wear white clothes and white armor!"
"The Manchus invaded China with barbarians from the north, and named the country Qing. The five elements correspond to 'water'," Li Zhu said calmly, "our Ming Dynasty, with its scorching sun and moon, advocated the 'virtue of fire'——
This is called using fire to overcome water!"
Fire can dry up water, but a strong fire is not afraid of wet wood. Everyone knows this.
"Let's start working tomorrow!" A mustachioed Xiang Hall leader suddenly stood up, smoothed his sleeves and said loudly. Xiaomaozi was most concerned about this and listened quietly, for fear of missing a word. After the mustache said, someone responded,
Some people felt that it was too hasty and were afraid of not being prepared in time, so the main hall was noisy for a while. Xiao Maozi cleared his throat with a cough, stood up and asked loudly: "Young Master! When will we start?"
"This is what we need to discuss with everyone." Yang Qilong said with a smile, "Tomorrow seems too rushed. We have been preparing for several years, so we can't be too hasty."
"Let me say it first - today was originally the best day." Xiao Maozi said loudly, "It's a pity that we missed this small year - we have to choose an auspicious day for this important event of beheading and spilling blood - the twenty-fourth, sweeping the house,
It’s so smoky, it’s not good!”
He counted down on his fingers day by day, trying to push the days back as far as possible: "Twenty-five, grind tofu and spin in circles, how can it be done? Twenty-six, cut the flesh, even if it's bloody."
The original number was twenty-six, but when Xiao Maozi said it, some people immediately felt that their flesh and blood were flying, which was not auspicious. Yang Qilong was afraid that he would continue to talk about it, so he said: "Then twenty-seven!"
"Twenty-seven, kill the stove chicken." Xiao Maozi pulled his finger down again, "It's good, the military advisor just said that we are 'fire', the stove fire, everyone knows this; the golden rooster crows, we kill it
Is that okay?" He spoke with spittle flying around, and the people listening looked at each other. Jiao Shan, who had always doubted him, darkened his face. But Zhu Shangxian turned pale with anger. Xiao Maozi said again: "Twenty-eight, what the hell?
My face and hair look quite big, but they are weak inside. It would be unlucky to pinch a dead knot." At this point, he breathed a sigh of relief and felt that he had done his best with his "knowledge", so he smiled and said:
"Twenty-nine, drink rice wine, the wine will make the hero brave, everyone get up and work, I think this is the best day!"
Yang Qilong suddenly became suspicious and glanced at Li Zhu. Li Zhu had already felt that something was wrong. He was proficient in Qimen Dunjia and the principles of the Five Elements. He had never heard such nonsense like him. He was also full of doubts, but he was very deep.
, I thought that if this kid was a spy, even if the date was set later, it would be in vain if he couldn't deliver the letter, so he tried to play hard to get, and said: "What Xiao Maozi said is very clear-cut and makes sense. Since it has been postponed, we will simply take care of it."
Be prepared. Although the 29th is a good day, it is not as good as the New Year. We are taking advantage of the first day of the Lunar New Year to celebrate the New Year unprepared. We will organize a big event, boil dumplings in water, and ask Kang Laosan to eat enough! "
Everyone burst into laughter. Xiao Maozi smiled warmly on his face, but sneered in his heart: "You can act like a ghost and eat my foot-washing water!" While they were drinking and enjoying themselves, they suddenly heard a report from outside: "Wu Yingxiong is here.
Come on!" As he spoke, Wu Yingxiong walked in calmly. Lang Tingshu, who was following behind, seemed a little uneasy and glanced at Xiao Maozi.
"Oh, the eldest prince!" Yang Qilong said with a smile, "Is it better to live over there at the Jade Emperor Temple? If it's not comfortable, there is a house in Hongguoyuan, how about moving there? I'm just wronging you and not being able to be free. It's better than living there.
Isn’t the house in Shihu Hutong better? Now that I’m here, I don’t know if I can give you any advice?”
Wu Yingxiong ignored his sarcasm and said with a slight smile: "To tell you the truth, I just found out today that my house in Shihu Hutong has been confiscated by Kangxi, and I don't feel at ease! This is an emergency, and we should be sincere to each other.
See you, I came here to thank you for your protection!"
"Yeah?"
"Of course it's also for my own good." Wu Yingxiong said coldly, "I believe that the third prince is not an ignorant person. Whether we can compete in the world is a matter of the future. If I don't cut out a nail for you today, there will be no future.
A fight between you and me!”
After hearing this, Yang Qilong changed his expression solemnly and said: "I said this quickly and thoroughly. It's ginger that's spicy. Of course we can put our affairs aside - where are the nails?"
"Take a look at this first! This is what my father sent to me and your people gave it to me. It can't be fake, right?" Wu Yingxiong took out two pieces of paper from his arms. Yang Qilong took them and looked at them.
, one was Wu Sangui's declaration to demand clarification, and the other was Wu Sangui's letter to the third prince Zhu Cijiong. He frowned and read it carefully, and was very happy: Wu Sangui finally recognized his identity as the prince, and couldn't help but stand up and shout: "I
The restoration of the Ming Dynasty is in sight! Ping Xibo has fully cooperated with me!"
Everyone immediately cheered again.
"Qian Xixin!" Wu Yingxiong suddenly looked at Xiao Maozi with lightning eyes and called out his real name, "Come here!"
Xiao Maozi stood up and walked hesitantly and anxiously. His legs could not help but tremble a little, and his face changed color. All eyes were focused on him.
"There is the third prince above, I, Wu Yingxiong, below, Wang Zhenbang, Ah San, and all the great Ming Zhongliangs here. There is the spirit of Lord Chongzhen in the sky, and the soul of Huang Sicun below - let me ask you, are you the third prince?
Are they my people or Kangxi's people?"
Although Xiao Maozi was very smart, he could not help but panic under this volley of cannon-like attacks. But he was Xiao Maozi after all, and he had been through troubled waters a lot. He knew that he could no longer tell lies, so he wanted to die harder.
He gritted his teeth and said: "I am the one who lives long live Kangxi, you can bite my hair!"
People couldn't believe their ears. Although Li Zhu, Zhu Shangxian and others had suspicions for a long time, they were still a little surprised once they were confirmed. Yang Qilong's face immediately turned pale.
"Very - good, you have the guts!" Wu Yingxiong sneered, "I didn't know you could have such courage!"
"You already knew." Xiao Maozi pulled up a chair and sat down with a raised face, "Why didn't you expose it earlier? Are you a bit of a mother-in-law, or do you want me to harm other people? Isn't that right?
"
This is a very vicious provocation and a very powerful counterattack. But it has no effect on Yang Qilong at this time. Wu Yingxiong sneered and said: "We have already made it clear just now, and we will discuss our matters later. There is no need for you to provoke!
You are too smart!"
"Drag him out!" Yang Qilong waved his hand.
"Slow down!" Xiao Maozi screamed. He was very afraid of being tortured, so he quoted a saying that Xiong Cilu often said: "Since ancient times, you can't be a doctor with torture!"
Wang Zhenbang originally hated Xiao Maozi very much. Seeing him fall to this point in a blink of an eye, he felt very satisfied. He came over with a smile and said: "Xiao Maozi, do you remember how Huang Sicun died? I'll change it for you. How about he was buried in the ground?
Sample?"
"Buried alive!" Xiao Maozi shuddered, "That's too suffocating!" Everyone wanted to laugh after hearing this, but they couldn't. Yang Qilong usually loved Xiao Maozi, but when he saw his naive and ignorant look, he sighed.
Said: "Wang Zhenbang takes him to the back and prepares another seat so that he can do it after he gets drunk!"
This was the easiest thing to accept at this time. Xiao Maozi was afraid that something might change, so he walked back. Yang Qilong and Li Zhu both felt a little dizzy.
"Go back and eat your bar! Can a cooked duck fly?" Wang Zhenbang ordered the five or six executioners in the backyard to carry a table, and then said to the two guards in red who were escorting Xiao Maozi,
"Young Master has ordered you not to talk nonsense about what happened just now. Do you understand?" After saying that, he opened the door and came in. He said to Xiao Maozi who was sitting silently in front of the table: "I can only eat less wine with you.
At least let’s get to know each other, I won’t make it difficult for you, just get drunk as much as you want and send you on your way, my errand is over.”
Xiao Maozi's face turned gray. At this time, he was also full of emotion. He used to strive to be strong and stand out, but now it 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 and die.
It was so silent that not only Kangxi didn't know, but even the people digging the hole outside didn't know who was buried! He wanted to cry but had no tears. He pondered for a long time, poured a glass of wine and drank it himself, and laughed in a low voice: "My surname is Wu.
It's so awesome, I just didn't expect my little kid to lose so quickly and miserably! It's so strange, the bastard jumped over the pond and even fell to the bottom!"
"You can scold me if you want!" Wang Zhenbang didn't care. "Although we each have our own masters, we are finally destined to be together. I'm here to see you off, so you won't be lonely."
Xiao Maozi managed to calm down, picked up the wine bottle on the table and played with it for a while, poured out two glasses of wine, pushed one to Wang Zhenbang with shaking hands and said: "I didn't expect you to be the one to send me off, I am a good friend, come on, do it!"
"You're good enough at reasoning." Wang Zhenbang drank with a grin, "You haven't been prosperous enough in the past few years? You are also the head of the waiter and the eunuch in charge of Yangxin Palace. At such a young age, you can stomp your feet in the Forbidden City.
Shaking." He teased with all his heart, "It's a pity that you and the emperor staged a bitter trick that year. I was ill and couldn't catch up with the fun. Now that I think about it, it's more interesting than going to the theater!" As he said this, he drank a cup of himself proudly.
Xiao Maozi suddenly became excited. He was so excited that he dropped the chopsticks in his hand. He leaned over to pick them up, grabbed a handful of old house soil and put it into his arms. He suddenly remembered that this fat and tall man suffered from heartache.
What's wrong with him! He pondered and made up his mind: Why not scare him if it doesn't work? Let's ride a dead horse in front of a living horse! Then he frowned and said: "What you said makes sense. Although I am young, it is worth dying - first
The world is bigger than what you have seen!”
"Well," this was the truth. Wang Zhenbang nodded and said, "What else?"
"Although I have suffered a little, I enjoy more blessings than you!" Xiao Maozi gradually became more active, and he accompanied Wang Zhenbang to have another drink with a calm expression, "One more thing, my mother has a good fortune in the evening, and now she has gold and silver, you
Where is your mother?"
This was knowingly asking. Wang Zhenbang’s wife was a widow and died of suffering before she was thirty. Xiao Maozi still buried people like this before he died. Wang Zhenbang couldn’t help but feel angry, but suddenly he thought it was wrong, so he laughed and said: “It’s true to wear gold and silver.
, whether it’s good luck in the future or not, we have to wait and see again. You don’t like it, the third prince is in charge of the world——”
"You think if you kill me, Xiao Maozi, you can ride a donkey across the river," Xiao Maozi said vulgarly, "don't you?"
"how to say?"
"Let's take advantage of the victory (kidney) and move forward!" Xiao Maozi took a mouthful of vegetables and chewed, "Actually, this is a dream to marry a wife! Long live Emperor Kangxi - did you know - he is awesome!"
"Okay," Wang Zhenbang decided not to be angry with him, "Pfft", he drank a glass of wine and said, "This counts as you being better than me. Is there anything else?"
"I have killed more people than you." Xiao Maozi seemed a little disappointed when he saw that he refused to be angry, "Brother Wang, do you want to hear these things?"
"Of course." Wang Zhenbang said happily, "Just say it, I'm listening. I've only heard of some things before, but I really don't know the inside story!"
Xiao Maozi let out a long sigh and said: "Although the situation was helpless, it really hurt one's moral character - the first one was Ge Chuha. Back then he wanted to harm Master Sumala Lagu, so he asked me to hit him. They said I was the one who killed him.
In fact, no one knows about him. He drank my tea first and then beat me after he died - I am not relieved! Master Su is my benefactor!"
This is believable. Xiao Maozi beat a fierce general like Ge Chuha to pieces. Wang Zhenbang had never believed it. Now that he knew the whole story, he couldn't help but nod his head. Xiao Maozi glanced at him and then said:
"At that time, Aunt Sumala ran into my house, and Ge Chuha followed behind her. She was about to do it in front of me in broad daylight. I stopped her and said with a smile: 'You have to be a little bit smart to do this kind of thing.
To add to the fun, the deer penis and ginseng antler tea that came from Jilin a few days ago is the best!'
"After saying that, I went under the stove and took out a bag of rat poison - imported from Yunnan - shaking my hands, I randomly put some tea leaves and sugar on it and gave it to him... Damn it! You didn't see him looking like he was dying... His lips were purple and black.
, His face was black and blue, his nose and eyes were bleeding..." Xiao Maozi described and calmly recounted the fictional horror scene, "The beast even kicked me before he died, and my ribs hurt for three months!"
"The second one is called Hao Laosi. You may not recognize him. He is Wei Dongting's brother." Xiao Maozi didn't even look at Wang Zhenbang, as if he was deep in memories, "It was also very miserable."
Wang Zhenbang really didn't know about this, so he couldn't help but ask: "Why do you want to harm him?"
"This time we are acting on orders - Hao Laosi secretly colluded with Ao Zhongtang and asked Lord Long live to find out. To see Mr. Wei's face, he was rewarded with a whole body. Wan live asked me to do this." Xiao Maozi said on his face.
Expressionless, he fabricated, "This time it was arsenic. He was drunk and died quickly. It was not painful at all. We were friends after all!"
Wang Zhenbang was already feeling frightened in his heart. He forced himself to calm down and said with a smile: "You are loyal!" He continued to listen to Xiao Maozi: "The third one is called Xi'er, and you don't even know. He used to be an errand in the Yangxin Hall.
Little pretty boy, people say that he and Mr. Ming are friends with each other." Xiao Maozi became more and more fluent, "With this idea and power, he often picks up bad things in front of Long Live Lord. That's all.
, he actually wanted to do good things to my rookie Mo Ju, and I was rude to him, using the kind of poison that Bumble was good at practicing." Wang Zhenbang suddenly shivered all over, and whispered in surprise: "
Sunday’s Soul-Chasing and Life-Destroying Pills!”
"Yes, you know how difficult it is." Xiao Maozi said angrily, "I want to take away even a vegetable farmer. It's so unethical. I'm really angry - I went to see if it was dead. Oh, it's just like a normal dead person! The color hasn't changed, which is disappointing.
Very good!"
"Oh..." Wang Zhenbang said in one breath.
"The fourth one that saves trouble, as you know, is Huang Sicun." Xiao Maozi said with a smile, "There is nothing we can do about it. Wu E's son-in-law doesn't want him to live, and he also wants me to show my face and perform meritorious service in front of Long Live Lord.
I took medicine. By now I was more knowledgeable, so I added some ingredients to him, and he had an attack in half an hour. Poor Huang Sicun thought he was drinking the same kind as Mr. Ban!" At this point, Xiao Maozi's eyes dimmed.
.
"It's over, you can't hurt anyone anymore!" Wang Zhenbang felt relieved as he was stressed, "The pit outside will bury you in a while, and you will rot in it! Drink quickly!"
"Tell them to dig bigger," Xiao Maozi said with a strange smile, "otherwise it will be too crowded when they bury it..."
"what do you mean?"
"It's not interesting." Xiao Maozi stretched out his hand and took out the dirt from the old house, polished it, shook it and sprinkled it on the ground, and said with a sad smile, "In my line of work, you have to take some with you morning and night. When the food and wine were served just now, you didn't come in. I
I just put it in... I don’t want to go alone, it would be so lonely!”
"You mean..."
"I said you and I took the same medicine, but who would have thought that you would be more greedy than me?"
"You...you..." Wang Zhenbang's color changed suddenly, and he stood up suddenly. His face turned as red as pig liver, and his facial features were distorted into human shapes. Suddenly, his heart felt like it had been cut out by a knife. His heavy body staggered, but
He pointed at Xiao Maozi, but couldn't say a word.
Xiao Maozi bit the tip of his tongue and let the blood flow out from the corner of his mouth, but he pointed at Wang Zhenbang and smiled: "You have an attack, you can't survive... My good friend, this is the relationship between life and death... You have heartache to begin with.
You are one step ahead of me... It doesn't matter, death is like a lamp going out, it will be over in a while, it will be over in a while..."
Wang Zhenbang was so frightened that his eyes were bleeding. He leaned on the back of the chair and stared at Xiao Maozi, feeling that the world, the house, and the banquet were all spinning. Xiao Maozi did not expect that he was so vulnerable, and continued to "comfort" with a painful expression.
": "At least there are still people who know that you are dead. I don't even know anyone..." Wang Zhenbang could no longer hear a word. His eyes, nose, and corners of his mouth were all twisted. His muscles twitched violently several times, and his pupils were dilated.
Xiao Maozi was also scared to death by him at this time. He really couldn't understand: How could a few words scare people like this?
A living person and a dead person stared at each other like this for a long time. Only then did Xiao Maozi think of running away. He suddenly had the courage to drink a large glass of wine, walked around Wang Zhenbang's stiff body and quietly opened the door and went out. At this time, the stars had changed, and several people
The digger was still digging into the frozen soil, so he walked over and said, "It's a cold day. Now that the digging is done, go in and have two cups of wine to warm yourself up..." After saying that, he tiptoed with his weak legs and feet, and arrived.
He took a horse out of the stable and sat on it. He calmed down, put on the bridle and slowly headed out. After exiting the second door, all problems were gone. Unexpectedly, just as he turned the corner of the room, he met Zhu Shangxian coming to relieve himself and shouted:
:
"Who is riding a horse in the yard? Come down, are you drunk and crazy?"
Xiao Maozi didn't wait for him to see clearly, but with a whip in his face, he flew out of the two doors. Before the pilgrims chatting at the gate could figure out what was going on, he had disappeared into the dark night. (To be completed.)
