Chapter 23 Chapter 23 Resisting Lust, Hong Xuanjiao Assassinates the King of the East

Prince Yi's Mansion was originally the private garden of Marquis Jingni in the early Qing Dynasty, so the layout of the houses is not as rigid and dreary as the governors of Liangjiang, Hefan, and Nie. It is the residence of the female relatives.Yiwang Mansion has two spans and five entrances, with a garden attached to it. The middle road is the main house, and the east road is a small courtyard and quiet path, which are separated by white walls and flower windows.At this time, Tianjing was first established, and all kinds of wastes were revived, and the Tianwang Mansion had started to expand.The Eastern Prince's Mansion is drafting the establishment of six official positions in each royal mansion, which is the weirdest official system in history.There is no Prime Minister of Zhongshu under Tianwang, and there are no six bureaus and nine officials. All memorials from officials inside and outside Beijing have to pass through the East King's Mansion, and most of them are handled by Dongwang Zuoming.The central government decides major policies, changes in the official system and military system, and promotion, rewards and punishments of personnel are all "take orders" from the king of the east, and the king of heaven must approve them. Wang, that is too naive.There are six ministers in each palace, and the powers and responsibilities are vague and chaotic, but they deliberately make the king of heaven a puppet.In this way, personnel are indispensable. According to the plan of several confidants in the East Palace, in the future, there will be more than 3,000 staff in the East Palace, and about 2,000 people in each of the North and Wing Palaces. The new site of Wangfu has been chosen.Dong Wang's General's Mansion is extremely spacious, and there was no need to build a new mansion at first, but Dong Wang was afraid that the shells from the demon army would hit the mansion, so he ordered his subordinates to find a new site for him to build a mansion, so Tianjing City had another scene of large-scale construction.When King Yi came back from the North Palace, the guard at the door reported, "The Queen Mother of the West has been here for a while, and she is waiting for His Royal Highness to return to the mansion."

Da Kai didn't know why Xuanjiao was looking for him, usually she came here to enjoy the scenery and chat in the Dongkua courtyard, so she walked from the corridor to the Dongkua courtyard, there was a maid waiting in the corridor, and she knelt down and said: "Ms. Wang is here with Aunt Wang. The Spring and Autumn Pavilion is waiting for His Highness!" The Spring and Autumn Pavilion is in the last Moon Cave Gate. It was originally named Mengxiang Pavilion, but it was renamed after King Yi moved in. It is a two-story nanmu building. The upstairs is Dakai’s study, and the downstairs is Yanjian’s relatives and friends. living room.During the capture of Nanjing, the governor of Liangjiang in the Qing Dynasty and many senior officials died, and the treasured ancient and modern books were scattered outside, and many of them entered Dakai's study.Hong Xiuquan, the heavenly king who hated the Confucian Four Books and Five Classics and Confucius because he failed the imperial examination, issued an edict announcing the search and banning of the burning of the evil books of Confucius and Mencius. All beheaded." This action can be compared with Qin Shihuang's burning of books and burying Confucian scholars, but the times are different, Xiuquan only burns books, and scholars who have never dug pits to bury their tongues alive are considered civilized.For a while, the people in Tianjing were in panic. Who would dare to openly collect books? They either took the risk of hiding them in a secret room, or carried loads of loads to the Tianchao Book Search Office to burn. At that time, someone wrote a poem in private: Carrying a burden, walking through the toilet, throwing it away, throwing it away is not as good as burning it, burning it is not as good as pouring it with water. The reader will be cut, the receiver will be cut, the buyer and the seller will be cut together, the law of the book will be violated, the past used to support the intestines is now broken "He also wrote: "If you dare to call Confucius and Mencius a monster, all the classics and historical articles will be burned." There are also many good books that were presented by the search office to Kaiwang's mansion.Afterwards, the commotion became so disgraceful that the whole country could have no books. Dakai and Changhui advised Xiuquan and Xiuqing to correct them, and then changed the burning of books to deletion of books, and set up a book deletion office. As the old saying goes, "Confucius" was changed to "Kong Mou" and the ancient books were randomly deleted and changed, making them nondescript, not embarrassing, and ending the game hastily, which was very disappointing.

Da Kai stepped into the Spring and Autumn Pavilion, and seeing Xuan Jiao suddenly wearing a black embroidered cardigan dress again, his words were excited and his expression was abnormal, while Chun E kept persuading her with tears in his eyes, Da Kai said in surprise: "Sister Xuan, what are you doing here?" Waiting for me? What happened at home?" Xuanjiao said tragically, "I'm here to say goodbye to you, and it depends on the Ming Dynasty!" Da Kai said in amazement: "Seventh brother will decide for you what happened!" Chun'e said angrily, "Fourth brother has bad intentions and wants to plot against sister Xuan."

"Really?" Da Kai asked in surprise. "That's right!" Xuan Jiao gritted her teeth and said, "That Yang Xiuqing has a human face and a beast's heart. Before he entered Nanjing City, he already had more than a dozen concubines. When he entered the city, he took them and kidnapped them. There were as many as thirty or forty concubines. In the name of equality between men and women, The women's examination was held, and the female number one scholar Fu Shanxiang and the second place Tanhua were imprisoned in the mansion and became concubines. It is said that pearls and colorful gemstones were strung together to form a luminous pearl tent that even the emperor had never had. On Fu Shanxiang's bed, to please her. Many people say that there are treasures piled up everywhere in the East Prince's Mansion, and the ones he doesn't want are sent to the Heavenly King, the North Prince's Mansion and you. This person has completely changed, and he only wants to go to evil. The day before yesterday, I sent a Xuanguan to the West Prince's Mansion and invited me to visit the East Prince's Mansion. I know that the East Prince's Mansion cannot be visited. Men go in and are beaten with sticks, and women go in to be raped. No one can escape. I He refused, but he kept pestering him endlessly, again and again, and finally showed his fierce face today, the Chengxuan official said: "If the Queen Mother of the West refuses to show her face, the Heavenly Father will personally summon the Queen Mother to the East Palace." Knowing that you can't escape this test, you promise to go tomorrow afternoon."

Dakai cried out in grief and indignation: "No, you can't go, just stay with me and stay with my sister Chun, and I will take care of the majestic court at the fourth brother's side. Fighting the country, can't we even keep our own sisters? After the fourth brother entered the city, he degenerated very badly. He only knows how to enjoy lust, fight for power, and insults all sworn brothers as slaves, and bullies you on the head of Princess Xi Don't be afraid, I will definitely protect you!" Xuanjiao said: "Seventh brother, don't fall out with fourth brother, you still can't beat him now. The rise and fall of the celestial dynasty depends on you. After we lose the South King and West King, we must never lose you again. That way, The general surnamed Yang is even more rampant. This person is the great evil of our celestial dynasty, the king of heaven surrenders, and all officials obey orders, let me stand up and eliminate this scourge!" Xuan Jiao pulled out a gleaming dagger from his waist and said : "When I entered the East Palace, I saw the opportunity to use this dagger to kill Yang Xiuqing. Even if the soldiers of the East Palace cut me into a mess, as long as I killed Yang Xiuqing to eliminate the evil for the heaven, I would die with a smile on my face. Tomorrow, I will plan to get rid of this great evil, if the assassination fails, I will commit suicide and I will never be humiliated!"

Chun'e hugged Xuanjiao and cried bitterly, "Sister Xuan, I can't bear to watch you take risks in the tiger's mouth, so you should hide with us and don't go." Xuan Jiao stroked Chun'e's face, wiped away her tears, and comforted her: "Sister Chun, don't cry, you don't even cry! I am the most suitable person to assassinate Yang Xiuqing today. , there is no concern, and no one will be implicated for me. We have fought for the revolutionary ideal of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom so far, and seeing that our ideal is about to be ruined by this person, why not give up our lives to save the country? How can we hesitate?"

Da Kai stomped his feet sadly and said: "Unexpectedly, after our Celestial Dynasty established its capital in Nanjing, many people were drunk, greedy for pleasure, and corrupted step by step. The spirit of fighting hard and wholeheartedly for the revolution during the Jintian Uprising has greatly declined. If this continues, isn’t it going to follow the old path of Li Chuang’s failure after entering the capital at the end of the Ming Dynasty? I can’t get used to it, I really can’t get used to it, but who can I tell? He is a fierce lion that wakes up the world with an earth-shattering roar, and a savior who initiated the anti-Qing revolution. But now he has become a tame sheep in the hands of the Eastern King. It's hard to say whether the anti-Qing cause will be successful in the end, but he closed the door and only cared about his own enjoyment, allowing the Eastern King to act recklessly. No wonder the Southern King was so pessimistic before the battle at Luoyidu. He had already seen through the second brother and the fourth brother. I thought he was too pessimistic at the time, but now I am also pessimistic. Sister Xuan, although you are brave and admirable, you should think of a surefire strategy. The Dongwang Mansion is heavily guarded. Dongwang will meet you When there are other people, there are personal guards around him, how can you allow you to draw your dagger and get close to him?"

Xuanjiao said sadly: "Yang's summoning me is different from meeting others. If he wants to do something shameful, he must order his personal guards to retreat, leaving only the two of us, so that he can vent his lust and take advantage of him. Wouldn't it be easy to pull out the dagger and slit his throat when he wanted to hug him?" "No, you're too naive." Da Kai said, "Xiuqing used to be a bodyguard, she was able to punch a few times, she was also contaminated with some bad habits in the world, and she lacked the decent temperament of a revolutionary who is selfless, selfless, upright and upright. If you are a lonely woman, you can still resist a few times. As long as your first two knives do not hit the vital point, and he yells, the guards rush in, and your plan to kill the harm will fail. At that time, he turned his face .Your life is gone, why bother to startle the snake, ruin yourself easily, and make your relatives feel sorry for you?"

Xuan Jiao said: "I've thought about this too. Of course I won't draw out the knife rashly. If the assassination fails, I will protect myself skillfully. When the time comes, I will adapt accordingly. In case all my plans fail And died in Dongwang Mansion, don't feel sorry for me, you can tell Second Brother how I died in Dongwang Mansion, and when you have the opportunity to denounce Yang Xiuqing in the future, you will avenge me." After Xuanjiao finished speaking, she finally couldn't hold back the tears of grief and indignation, hugged Chun'e, sighed and sobbed.

At this time, the king of the East, Yang Xiuqing, was proud of the victories of the Northern Expedition and the Western Expedition. The attack of the Qing army outside Nanjing was repulsed, and his eyes turned to the north and the west.The Northern Expeditionary Army of Lin Fengxiang, Li Kaifang, and Ji Wenyuan landed in Pukou on the sixth day of April, broke through the blockade of the Qing army, passed through Chuzhou, Fengyang, and Bozhou, and returned to Beijing with victories. It is said that it was already in early May. On the 7th, the city of Guidefu in Henan was conquered.According to reconnaissance, the Qing army in Shandong and Hebei was empty, and Liujiakou, forty miles north of Shangqiu, Guidefu City, was the ferry of the Yellow River. Once they crossed the Yellow River, they could go straight to Beijing.Hu Yihuang and Lai Hanying, the Western Expeditionary Army, also occupied Anqing on the fourth day of May, and approached the city of Nanchang on May 18th. The source of food can be abundant, and Wuchang can be captured, then the entire middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River will be under the control of the Taiping Army, and the isolation of Tianjing will be completely broken.The military victory made him full of ambition, and people said that he was full of warmth and lust.As soon as Xiuqing's tense nerves relaxed, she went to have fun among the concubines again. When she got tired of playing, she missed Xuanjiao again. The more difficult a woman was, the more eager he was to get it. No, even at the expense of her reputation, she threatened Xuanjiao to submit by using the Heavenly Father's descending to earth. Fortunately, Xuanjiao knew what she was interested in and agreed to meet him in Dongwang's mansion. On the door, the Xuanguan reported: "Xiwang Niang is here!"

Xiuqing was overjoyed, and hurriedly said: "Please meet Xi Wangniang in the inner flower hall!" Xiuqing straightened her clothes, stroked a few short beards on her chin, specially groomed this morning to please Xuanjiao, and now took a look in the mirror, although he was only thirty-three years old, already dark and old, he Sigh, this is irreparable.He hurriedly went to the corridor of the inner flower hall to wait, which was a gift he had never had before.After a while, I heard a burst of laughter: "This general's mansion is so magnificent!" Seeing Xuanjiao's pretty face, she came in with four maids like a gust of wind, and said, "Fourth brother, you are so at ease!" Xiuqing was so overjoyed that she was overwhelmed with joy, her usual stern face had already been put away, and she even jokingly said with a smile: "Although the mansion is big, it is too deserted!" Xuanjiao snorted, and said, "I don't have enough hearts, I forgot the hard life on Zijing Mountain, and there are so many beautiful girls accompanying me, do I still feel deserted?" "Oh, you still don't know my heart?" Xuan Jiao smiled and said nothing.Xiuqing waved her hand. "Today, it's rare for us brothers and sisters to meet and talk about family affairs, and the servants of the two houses have avoided it." So the soldiers of the East King withdrew from the middle gate, and the maids of the West Palace also went to the east corridor to wait for Wang Niang to return to the mansion. Xiuqing invited Xuanjiao into the inner flower hall, closed the door, and said with a smile: "My good girl, you really miss fourth brother." Facing the window in the flower hall is a huge couch surrounded by ivory screens on three sides, rosewood wood inlaid with treasures, and covered with yellow satin and brocade mattresses, which can be used for receiving guests and sitting or lying down.In the hall, there is a mahogany marble round table, several jade round drum stools, various rare antiques captured on display on the elevated coffee tables at the four corners, and a holy image of Brother Jesus hanging on the wall.Xuan Jiao stepped into the flower hall and caught a glimpse of the couch by the south window, and understood Xiuqing's intention to meet her here, she quickly moved away, moved to the other side of the round table and stood still, sneered: "Fourth brother is so unscrupulous, Chaogui The bones are still cold, why do you miss me?" Xiuqing said with a smile: "There are no outsiders here, let's talk about it openly. I like you, and you have been widowed for a long time. Why don't you give me what you have and give you what you don't have, and live in my mansion dignifiedly. I will dispose of my original wife. Now, let me make you the Eastern Princess, enjoy the endless glory, the endless majesty, wouldn't both of you be happy. Sister, you just follow me." "What if I don't comply?" Xuan Jiao sneered again. "You will obey, you will obey!" Xiuqing approached the round table step by step, and laughed loudly: "Xuanjiao, Xuanjiao, there are guards guarding every door in my house. Once you come to the mansion, don't even think about it." Then get away and go back. We are the old brothers and sisters of the Jintian Uprising, no more than the girls who were captured later. If you don’t follow me, I will tie her up with a rope to force her to obey, or else she will be whipped. In the end, I still have to be at the mercy of my heart. For you , I won’t use these means, let’s be a husband and wife consensually.” Xuan Jiao didn't back down, and waited for Xiuqing to come over to attack, but said perfunctorily: "What kind of consensual wish, it's just your own wild imagination. No matter what, I won't listen to your mercy. What kind of person am I, Hong Xuanjiao, don't you know?" clear?" Xiuqing salivated and approached again: "Oh, Xuanjiao, we worship God and believe in foreign religions, so we can't help the widow to remarry, why are you so determined to be a widow for the fifth younger brother? Why don't you want to be happy when you are young? Forget it, forget it Don't let the fourth brother be anxious, let it be a good thing first!" After all, he took a step forward, hugged Xuan Jiao, and wanted to undress her, and sat down on the ivory couch in the flower hall to satisfy his greed.Xuan Jiao took the opportunity to pull out the dagger from her waist, and shouted: "Yang Xiuqing, look at the knife!" At this time, if Xuan Jiao had quietly inserted the dagger into Xiu Qing's heart from behind, the nine thousand year old Eastern King would surely die under the peony flowers, and be a romantic ghost in a daze.It's a pity that Xuanjiao's long-standing anger was expressed at this moment like a volcanic eruption in a loud drink. With this drink, the knife in his hand was suspended in the air for a moment, and Yang Xiuqing, who was so intoxicated by lust, suddenly Waking up with a start, she instinctively let go of her hugging hands, moved back, waved her hands and said, "Xuan Jiao, don't, don't play tricks, you have something to say. Whatever conditions you want, you can worship first and get married later, just don't Those who play with knives and guns scare people to death!" This Yang Xiuqing was used to raping the captive folk women, when she met some fierce women, she hid her sharp scissors to defend herself, at that critical moment, she once poked Xiuqing's skin and bled, and suffered a lot.Seeing Xuan Jiao pull out the dagger today, I thought she was forced to pull out the knife in self-defense too hastily, but never thought that it was a deliberate assassination.Xuanjiao lost the opportunity to assassinate, feeling frustrated, seeing that Xiuqing was in a daze and didn't see through her motives, so she covered up her mistake and said: "Please come to the garden, why do you move around in broad daylight, don't be shy, what do you think of me, Hong Xuanjiao?" Girl! Come here, don't be afraid, this knife is for my self-defense, not for killing you, don't you want to ask for some conditions? Let me tell you!" Xiuqing timidly said: "I dare not come over, I am afraid of your knife." Xuan Jiao stared and said, "If you don't come, I'm going back." "You can't go back, there are my guards outside the middle gate!" Xuan Jiao jumped to the door quickly, blocking Xiuqing's way to escape, and said coldly: "Although you have many guards, there are only you and me in this room. I have a knife, but you don't have a knife. Although you know A few fists and kicks, we have already competed in Jintian Village, you can't beat me. I won't play with you, send me back obediently, take care of your face, I won't tell anyone, just pretend it never happened It happened. If you don’t want to give up and still want to eat swan meat, you’re welcome, grandma. If you do something, at most, you will die, and you won’t be able to live if I die. Is it worth it for you to think about it yourself?” Seeing Xuan Jiao's murderous look, Xiuqing completely covered up her original beauty, and the sharp blade in her hand shone coldly in front of his eyes. His lust was overwhelmed, and he knew that Xuan Jiao had teased him today.According to his temper, those who follow me will prosper, and those who oppose me will perish. Xuanjiao resists his wishes and must die.In front of him, he was at a disadvantage, shouting to the guards, no one could hear him, and he fought with his blade blind, although he would not be killed by Xuan Jiao, the injury would certainly not be serious.If Xuanjiao desperately slays herself and dies in his East Prince's Mansion, causing a storm all over the city, how can she defend herself to the Heavenly King and the two Kings of Bei and Yi.Originally lustful, Xuan Jiao in his eyes is a stunning beauty, wishing he could swallow it in one gulp.Now that there is no lust, horror is like pouring ice water, and Xuan Jiao's murderous look in her eyes is no different from an evil god. At this time, since she can't be obtained, it is better to send her out of the house as soon as possible, as if she was wet with flour. Embarrassingly embarrassing, the sooner you wash it, the better.He made up his mind, held back his anger and begged: "Good girl, fourth brother is just kidding with you, why do you take it seriously? Put away the knife, I will definitely send you back home." Xuan Jiao smiled and said: "It's easy to put away the knife. You walk ahead of me and send me out of the gate until I get into the sedan chair. This matter is over. During this section of the road, you are not allowed to look around, make gestures to call people, or turn around. , you are not allowed to run away, and the guards are not allowed to come close. If there is a problem, I will draw out my knife and stab you. Honorable Eastern King, even if you are playing a game with my little sister, let’s play this game from beginning to end." Xiuqing had no choice but to smile wryly and said: "Okay, okay, today the old brother collapsed in the hands of the little girl, and I have learned a lot. I recognize that you are a fragrant flower with thorns, and you are Hong Xuanjiao, who is attractive but not easy to mess with." Xuan Jiao laughed and said, "Since you have accepted defeat, then obediently go to the front and lead the way. If you are told to go, go, if you are told to stop, then stop!" So Xiuqing obediently opened the door and left the house, Xuanjiao hid the dagger in her waist, followed her out of the inner flower hall, and called the four maids to come out with her.After leaving the middle gate, personal soldiers came up to guard, Xiuqing waved them to retreat.The soldiers stared wide-eyed in a daze, the Eastern King never likes to see off guests, why did he come out with Xi Wangniang today, saying that he was seeing off the guests, but walking in front of Xiwangniang, saying that he was going on a tour, and he had never prepared a guard of honor The order, the Eastern King's face is stern, and the Western Queen's wife is very angry. I don't know what happened in the mansion today.Xuan Jiao has been "holding" Xiuqing out of the gate of the East Prince's Mansion. Xiuqing stopped, and he thought angrily, he has been played by Xuan Jiao enough today, and he is sent out of the gate. It is time to stop, but Xuan Jiao is still behind him sweetly Said: "Fourth brother, won't you send me to the sedan chair?" Xiuqing had no choice but to step forward again and walked to the side of the yellow silk sedan chair of the West Prince's Mansion parked on the street. There were two hundred guards from the West Palace's Palace standing in front of and behind the sedan chair, waiting for the princess to get on the sedan chair. Jiao is safe.She cared about King Quandong's face, with a mocking smile on her lips, and said, "Fourth brother, please send me away, thank you!" Xiuqing had no choice but to cover her eyes, she cupped her hands and replied, "Xuanmei, get on the sedan chair, see you later!" The maid raised the sedan chair curtain, Xuanjiao leaned into the sedan chair, patted the armrest, the sedan chair curtain was lowered, sixteen porters lifted the sedan chair at the same time, and the maids shouted in unison: "Drive home!" The guards set off, The sedan chair left the East Palace safely.At this time, Xiuqing silently turned back and entered the East Palace, hating Xuanjiao in her heart, but there was nothing she could do.