Chapter 33 The 30th Grand Princess Shi Wei of the Ancestral System Sends Assassins Man Yushi to Provoke

Prince En touched this nail and knew that the interior had been arranged, even if he forced himself to go in, it would be too bad, so he had to go back to the mansion again.After hearing that Xiang Zicheng had returned to Beijing, he went all the way to his house to ask the wise man for advice.Xiang Zicheng shook his head and said: "This matter is difficult to handle. I have already found out that the emperor probably passed away, and the elder brother of Xiao Qiye was succeeded. Both palaces have decrees, and this matter can no longer be resisted, so we have to Let's think about it slowly." Hearing this, King En was very frustrated, and said angrily, "We're going to give him a life-and-death rob, are we afraid we won't succeed?" Xiang Zicheng said repeatedly, "No way, no way. Life The first thing you need to do is to have soldiers. Now that all the six Beiyang towns I have trained are stationed in other counties, how can I mobilize them for a while? Besides, the people in these six towns are currently under the control of Tie Muxian, and the important people in them are also They have changed a lot, and they may not be willing to listen to my command. Besides, Tie Muxian and I have a deep rift. If the news leaks out, he will come to a handsome soldier, and even my teacher and I will be a bit dangerous. This matter must be done. No. Besides, there is another level of concern. If we are not careful, our lives will be in danger. It is really a heart disease." King En hurriedly asked what danger was there, and Xiang Zicheng pointed out a point When people came, the old treacherous king had been frightened for a long time.Do you know who this person is?It turned out to be the general Shanfu described in the eleventh and twelve chapters.This person has been promoted to the deputy envoy of the military counselor and the commander of the Imperial Forest Army. He has 20,000 bannermen under his command. He is the first person with strength.Xiang Zicheng held him out, and King En was so frightened that he was speechless.Zicheng sighed: "It's our fault that we acted too late. It was unsuccessful to focus on power. As long as there is a will from the emperor, we will be justified and no one will be able to fight for it. And this will, There is no need for the emperor to come from his own heart, nor does he need to write it himself. As long as the master is in front of him and watches him swallow this breath, any tricks can be performed. It just so happens that the two of us are sent on foreign missions. This play was completely sung by others. When they were assigned to the school that day, the disciples knew that it was a bad thing. Who would dare to resist the order? Now we have to wait for another chance, and don’t show signs of it. We At this time, I should be extra obedient, so as not to attract suspicion and cause disaster." King En was reasonable when he heard this, so he had to agree in a dejected manner.

Immediately afterwards, the eunuch on duty at the Military Aircraft Department came to inform, saying that all the officials in the capital should go to the court room to serve at the early morning of the fifth watch without delay.Zicheng knew in his heart, knowing that it was the new king's arrival, how dare he be negligent, and hurriedly urged King En to go with him.The two got into the carriage and went to the court room of the Palace of Preserving Harmony to serve them.At this time, the imperial edict of enthronement of the new monarch had already been hung high, and when he was young, the whip was struck three times, and all civil and military personnel stood in line.Zaifeng carried the little emperor to the court, it was strange to say that Puyi just rolled and cried, and refused to sit on the throne.Although Zaifeng coaxed him in every possible way, he still didn't stop.I had no choice but to perform the grand ceremony of attending the court hastily.There is only Xiangzi City in it. Seeing this situation, I feel very uncomfortable.You are full of people, and the children who have not retreated from the breasts will stand high and proclaim themselves emperors. My Xiangzi City is full of anger, how can I kneel down like you, a yellow-mouthed child?With this thought in his mind, those two legs unconsciously stood upright without kneeling.When Zaifeng saw it, he was furious, so he wanted to send a decree to send guards to arrest him.Li Deyong next to him gave him a wink, and Zaifeng didn't dare to move.When the court was over, he carried Puyi to the harem. Zaifeng asked Li Deyong: "Just now Xiang Zicheng committed a serious crime of deceiving the emperor. I want to punish him at that time. Why did you stop me with your eyes? What do you mean?" Li Deyong He bent his knees and replied: "Your Majesty, Shengming, is this a rash act? When Xiangzi City was in Beiyang, he practiced the army of the six towns. How many troubles did Lafayette spend on that day before he removed his military power and transferred him to the Come to Beijing. After all, the people in his six towns are under the control of the Ministry of the Army, but the people who lead the troops are still all his old troops. Besides, they are stationed in the Kinki area, and they will arrive at night. The prince will kill him, if he will The Six Towns changed drastically, and they attacked Beijing at that time, but who was called to resist? That's why the slaves dared to stop the prince." Zaifeng heard this, woke up like a dream, nodded and praised: "Director Li, you really are You are quick-witted, no wonder Lafayette favors and trusts you in Japan. You are a person with experience." At this time, Zhuang Zhishan was beside him, and he took it for granted.Then he urged Zaifeng to take out the gold box, and he worked hard to open the lock.Inside was an envelope, which was sealed very firmly, and on the envelope it was written: "Unveiled before the queen".They didn't dare to be negligent, so they took this box and went to find the Empress Dowager.At this time, the empress has already been respected as the empress dowager, so the writer of the novel is also called the empress dowager.The two people entered the palace and asked Zhang Delu to go up and play.But Delu waved his hands to the two of them, saying that there is a funeral in the palace, and the queen mother is afraid that she will not have time to see you two at this time.After hearing this, the two were shocked and said, "Why is there still a funeral in the palace?" Delu hurriedly reported everything in a low voice.

It turned out that because the emperor's last edict contained the words of inheriting Emperor Mu Zongyi, after Emperor Mu Zongyi died, the queen also died.His concubine is only one named Concubine Yu, who is still alive.Seeing the words "inheriting Mu Zong" in the will, she stepped forward, saying that she should bear the responsibility of protecting the holy bow, and she insisted on honoring herself as the empress dowager, and asked the Ministry of Internal Affairs to prepare all the ceremonies.Poor Empress Dowager, who is cowardly and thick, sees this rude behavior, but dare not stop it.Concubine Jin couldn't see it anymore, and argued to her: "The two palaces are the only ones, why are you messing around like this? Empress Dowager is the honorary title given to his mother by the emperor, so there is no reason for her own arrogance, aren't you fooling around! Besides! The country has state laws, and the family has family laws. Now the empress dowager is the king, and the empress dowager is the lord of the palace. If you are so rude in front of the empress dowager, you are deceiving the emperor. Can you bear the crime of deceiving the emperor? Concubine Jin talked eloquently, thinking that her words were strict and righteous, and she could be overwhelmed.Unexpectedly, Concubine Yu slapped her in the face and scolded: "You bastard, who told you to be talkative? Take a look in the mirror yourself, are you worthy of talking! Since Emperor Si is the successor of Mu Zong, we It's Mu Zongzhengfei, his aunt. I don't call you Empress Dowager, who dares to call you Empress Dowager?" Concubine Jin was beaten by her, how could she give up?Then he rushed over to fight her desperately.The two got into a mess, and the eunuch Gong'e hurriedly came over to persuade them, how could they get away?

Just at the moment when it was difficult to separate, a savior happened to come, who do you think this savior is?It turned out to be Princess Rongshou.Princess Rongshou was originally the daughter of Prince Gong, and Empress Dowager Cixi succeeded her as her own daughter.When the queen mother was alive, she was named Princess Heshuo, and when she was about to die, she was promoted to Princess Gulun because of the princess's attentive service.In the Qing system, Princess Heshuo was the same size as the prince.If you add the word Gu Lun, you will be equal to the prince, and you can take an apricot-yellow sedan chair when you go out.Regardless of princes or ministers, when they see Princess Gu Lun, they have to act with great courtesy.There are two royal sticks in front of her sedan chair, and killing people can be beaten for nothing.This is an inhumane system in the autocratic era. From this we can see that Princess Gu Lun's power is not small.Moreover, the Manchus have a special custom. If there is a big event in the family, the aunt is in charge of the house, and the aunt will do what she wants.For the matters of the mother's family, she can exercise full power.This time Princess Rongshou was too diligent in serving the Empress Dowager because of her illness. Seeing that the Empress Dowager died, she found a quiet room in the palace to rest.When she was in the middle of her midday dream, she was suddenly awakened by the eunuch beside her.The eldest princess rubbed her eyes, and blurted out cursing: "You bastard, don't you know how many nights I've been up? It's so easy to take a rest, what do you ask me to do?" What about Grandpa Jing? (Note: According to the rules of the Qing Dynasty, the aunts and grandmothers in the house are all called according to their ranking. The princess and the prince are the same, so they are called the master directly.) Now the concubine Yu and the concubine Jin are fighting, The Empress Dowager can't control it either, if I don't make peace, I'm afraid I'll kill someone." Hearing this, the eldest princess didn't dare to be negligent, she hurried out, sat on the shoulders of the two, and went straight to the Palace of Compassion.At this moment, Concubine Yu and Concubine Jin were still arguing endlessly, seeing the Eldest Princess coming in, Concubine Jin dared not speak, and Concubine Yu was still relentless.The empress dowager rushed up to meet her, grabbed the princess's clothes, and burst into tears.The princess backed away in fright and said what happened to the queen mother?Who dares to bully you?I will not follow him.The empress dowager was crying, recounting the situation just now.The princess said: "My sister-in-law, you are too honest. Is it okay for a partial concubine to play tricks like this?" Then she turned around and asked Concubine Yu sharply, "Do you dare to make a funeral? " Concubine Yu is now acting as the empress dowager, and she doesn't care about the eldest princess, so she sneered and replied: "You don't care whether I have a funeral or not, this is our housework. Your aunt who is out of the house There is no need to talk too much." The eldest princess was very angry, and said with a smile: "Hey! Do you think I can't take care of it? I want to take care of it and show you." Then Li Deyong said: "You go to Xuanzong Please come out with the third edict from Emperor Cheng's decree treasury, and prepare an incense table to enshrine here, and then we can talk about it later." I had to hurry, and everyone didn't know what medicine she was going to sell in the gourd.After a short time, the will has been obtained.Here, Li Deyong arranged the incense table early, and immediately opened the will, hung it high, framed it with yellow silk around it, and clamped a piece of will in the middle.At this time, the empress dowager led a group of people, all of whom fell down in front of the decree seat.Princess Rongshou asked them to look up to see what was written on it.Everyone looked up, and it turned out to be a few simple words: When inheriting the throne, if any concubine does not obey the edict, fights for status, or disturbs the funeral ceremony, she will be beaten to death with a royal stick immediately.When Concubine Yu saw this decree, she was so frightened that her face turned pale and she was sweating profusely.Princess Rongshou helped the Empress Dowager up and asked her to deliver the decree and execute it according to the edict.Concubine Yu cried and kowtowed repeatedly, and kept kowtowing to the Empress Dowager, begging to spare her life, and would not dare to speak more in the future.Originally, the Empress Dowager was a kind woman, how could she beat someone to death?At this time, he was hindered by the will, so he didn't dare to say no to fighting.Also, the eunuch beside Concubine Jin was resentful that Concubine Yu had bullied her master for no reason, and had already brought out the imperial stick viciously, waiting for the Empress Dowager's decree to torture her by hand.At this time, Concubine Yu couldn't think about life and death, so she met Concubine Jin and said, "Sister, let's have a sister-in-law. Although Sister Yu was confused for a while and offended you, don't you just watch me beat me to death?" I am here to make amends to you, please beg the Empress Dowager to forgive me." Concubine Jin was also a virtuous woman, but seeing Concubine Yu being so pitiful now, how could she just do nothing?So he knelt in front of the queen mother and begged for her mercy.The queen mother didn't dare to make decisions herself, she just watched the eldest princess with her eyes.The eldest princess' intention was to intimidate Concubine Yu, not necessarily to kill her, but now seeing the empress dowager looking at her, she took advantage of the wind to close the boat.First, she asked Concubine Yu sternly, "Are you going to fight for fame or not in the future? Do you dare to quarrel at funerals?" Concubine Yu cried, "Madam, I don't dare to fight anymore, please intercede for me Go ahead." Seeing her submissiveness, the Eldest Princess said to the Empress Dowager: "Since Concubine Yu knows that she has repented, please forgive her sins." The Empress Dowager said to Concubine Yu just after hearing the princess's words: "Get up, forgive you You are not guilty, and you are not allowed to mess around in the future." Concubine Yu thanked Concubine Jin and the Eldest Princess, and then went back to her palace with shame and shame.

Here the empress dowager took the princess's hand and went to rest in the inner hall.Immediately after Zhang Delu played back and forth, King Jin Zaifeng had important matters with Zhuangzhishan and had to play the empress dowager face to face.The queen mother passed the decree and summoned her in the inner hall.When they were young, the two of them came up, first paid the emperor and ministers a big gift, and then told the empress dowager what the empress dowager had left in the gold box.He also said that the ministers did not dare to read it privately, so they handed over the letter to Zhang Delu for imperial review.The queen mother ordered to bring it up for me to see, Zhang Delu held it up respectfully.The queen mother stood up to pick it up, put the gold box aside gently, took out an envelope inside, opened it with her hands, and pulled out a piece of paper.Seeing that there are several last decrees written on it, it was written by the Empress Dowager herself.The first one is to appoint Zaifeng as the regent to oversee the country's affairs.The second way is to send Zhuang Zhishan as the auxiliary minister.The third way is to order Prince En to withdraw from the military aircraft, so that the Prince will rest.The fourth queen mother looked at it, cut it off by hand, put it in her bosom, and refused to publish it.Just asked Zhang Delu to watch these three wills with the two of them.When Zaifeng saw him, he kowtowed and thanked him first: "This responsibility is too great, and I really don't dare to take it. It is better to ask the queen mother to teach the government behind the curtain, and I will do my best to help everything." Zhuang Zhishan also kowtowed and resigned as the assistant minister.The Empress Dowager said: "This is the last decree of the Empress Dowager, you must not violate it. I really don't have the talent to listen to the government behind the curtain. And the late emperor passed away. I am mourning, and I really can't use up this great energy. You go down Draft the decree, let's do it like this." Seeing the empress dowager's refusal, Zaifeng had no choice but to agree.Only Zhuang Zhishan refused to admit it to the death, saying that since King Chun was in charge, there was no need to send ministers to assist the government, and the old ministers would have to do their best to serve the virtue of chastity if they survived for a day.This name of assisting the government is absolutely unacceptable. If the empress dowager refuses to show mercy, the veteran will resign and return home immediately.Seeing that he was so persistent, the Empress Dowager allowed the decree to be temporarily pressed, and asked how to deal with the three decrees.At this moment, Zhuang Zhishan refused to speak, and only looked at Zaifeng.Zaifeng was originally a timid and ignorant person. He was always afraid of King En when he was in the military aircraft department. Now that his son became the emperor, he was a little guilty and timid. He was afraid that King En would plot something, so how dare he suddenly Offend him in no time?I had no choice but to kowtow to the queen mother, saying that the country is unfortunate now, and the two palaces are in harmony.Domestic and foreign affairs are really important.Although King En's intentions were wrong, he never proved it.Now that he is in the process of employing people, he has finally served the veteran minister for many years. Can the queen mother give special favor and temporarily refrain from dismissal, so as to see the effect?The minister had a foolish view and dared not be independent, so he asked the Queen Mother to order him.Zaifeng's words were clearly pleading for King En, and the Queen Mother couldn't be too forceful, so she nodded and said, "Since you said so, let him continue to work as usual for the time being. You have to tell him to be loyal and support Baobao." Young master, if there is any trouble in the future, I will not forgive him lightly." Zaifeng thanked, and the two slowly retreated, drafted an order at the military plane, and announced it today.Immediately, there was a lot of excitement in Beijing, and everyone knew that there was a regent in the court.Everyone talked about it one after another, some said it was good, and some said it was bad.

There is a Manchu censor named Longhua, whose name is Zichun.He was originally the most proud shogunate of Minister Tie Muxian of the Ministry of War. He was shown in the eighth book. wonderful.Since returning from a business trip with Tie Muxian, he has become more trusting, and within three years of his departure, he was promoted to the imperial censor.Originally, Man Yushi was never valued among Beijing officials.Because the censors of the Han Dynasty are all from the first-class family background, and they must be well-written before they can be recommended for promotion to the censor.Only when the staff is full, but they don't ask about learning and handwriting, whoever comes from a pen post style will become a subordinate at one turn, and become a censor after another turn.Although he has the name of a censor, in fact he doesn't recognize many ligatures.Sometimes I also want to get a seal, so I find a group of friends who are studying to write for him, and I feel very honored to get a comment of "I know".Sometimes what is said is too inhuman, and the original will be kept in the original, and it will not even be copied. This is a long-standing custom.This time Long Zichun became the censor, but he tried his best to cheer up and wanted to wash away the stains of Manren.He also participated in a few times as a member of the frontier officials one after another, so he has a very good reputation in Beijing.This time, he lobbied Tie Muxian to mobilize the imperial guards as soon as possible to prevent accidents.And instructed the nine admirals to patrol day and night.Fortunately, the crown prince succeeded to the throne without surprise, which can be regarded as the good fortune of the people of Beijing.When the title of Jian Guo Regent was announced, Long Hua was shocked when he saw it, and hurried to look for Tie Muxian.When we met, we didn't have time to talk about other matters, so we suddenly asked: "Who is the mastermind of the decree of the supervisor and regent?" Tie Muxian said: "Of course it is the decree of the Empress Dowager, can someone else take charge of this important matter? "Zichun sighed and said: "It's over, it's over! The three-hundred-year-old patriarchal society in the Manchu Qing Dynasty will be closed from then on." Tie Muxian asked in surprise, "What do you say?" Zichun said: "Old man Sir, don't you understand? When I entered the customs, I relied on the power of the regent Dorgon. At that time, the regent had monopolized the power and ran amok. If he hadn't died early, something might have happened. Therefore, throughout the dynasties , although there is a young master, there is no longer a regent. In the Tongzhi era, Prince Gong was as talented as the emperor's uncle. His own father, after all, is young and has little talent, how can he become the regent? The regent is not enough, and the word "Jianguo" should be added. In the future, he will be in charge of the court. How can he subdue everything? His two brothers Zai Xun , Zai Tao is full of cunning and evil, and usually deceives his brother to be honest. Now that his brother has become the emperor in disguise, how can they let it go? In the future, there will be troubles in one country and three princes, and the power will fall. Can there be a good result? Besides, he was born late According to the calculus of prophecy and weft, the Qing Dynasty began with a regency and ended with a regency. There is no escape. Now if there is an omen, why is it not scary to say it?" Tie Muxian also said in horror: "According to what you say , but is there any way to solve it?"

Zichun pondered for a while, then said in a low voice: "There is a way, but it's up to people to plan and make things happen. Back then, Taizong knew that Wu Zhao was a trouble, and he tried to get rid of her, and then turned her upside down. Now If you can manage to get rid of him, it will be regarded as eliminating a curse for Manchu. I am afraid that if you tie a dog to its tail and bite yourself instead, it will be troublesome." Tie Muxian said: " You don't have to worry about the future, just focus on the present. Who is the root cause of this disaster? Why don't you tell me and discuss it." Zichun said: "This man also told the old man in his late life that he used to be the governor of Zhili. Now it is the Xiangzi City of the minister of military aircraft. This man walks like a dragon and walks like a tiger. He is neither a minister nor a minister, but also has great ambitions and always has a reckless heart. In the past, Zhangde read exercises, and his wings have been formed. Later, thanks to the Empress Dowager Cixi, he controlled You Fang, transfer him away from Beiyang, and take all military power back to the Ministry of Army. Doesn't he look like a child? If he is kept in the court, the power of the court will be transferred to him in less than three or two years. It will not be easy to cut him off at that time. Besides, the day before yesterday Today in the court, all civil and military officials in the court kneel and salute. He is the only one who stands still. The attitude of Wujun has been completely exposed. If you tolerate it any longer, it will be too late. The old man now holds all the military power to fight for the country. Right at this moment. Killing him early will eliminate a major trouble for Man Man, or it may be able to save his bad luck. It is unknown." Zichun said something to make Tie Muxian's words come alive, and asked him what method he would use, Zichun thought. After thinking about it, I said that now there are two schemes, open and dark, and the open scheme is only a little later than the dark scheme.Tie Muxian said: "Speed ​​is the best thing for this matter, first tell me how the secret plan will be carried out." Zichun said: "The secret plan is to send an assassin to assassinate him, and the great harm can be eliminated without anyone noticing. If you use a clear plan, you must play the decree of the Ming Regent, and use the method of killing Chao Cuo in the Han Dynasty by surprise, and carry him to Dongshi. Immediate execution, forgive him. If there is a new funeral in the two palaces, he will kill the ministers, which will easily cause misunderstandings in the whole country; the strength of his old troops is still not small in the two near areas, if there is a sudden change, the capital will have to be bloody. Who can afford this?" Tie Mu Xiandao: "It's better to use secret tricks, but where can I find this assassin?" Zichun said: "The old man has been in power for a long time, can't he even find such a talent?" Tiemu Xian smiled and said: "You are dumb again, I don't want to stab people, so why don't you still search for Huang Tianba? Besides, with the prevalence of guns, this kind of talent is useless, and naturally it is even more difficult to search. You are in the right place." Someone, you might as well recommend it to me, and I'll give you a big reward after it's done." Zichun said: "There is one person, maybe he is willing to do it or not." Tie Muxian said: "If you want someone, don't worry about it." He refused to do it. As the saying goes, "Money can pass through the gods", we promised him a lot of money, and if he was willing to be an official, I would assign him to the Imperial Guard and be a battalion commander. Afraid that he won't enter the shell?" Zichun said: "That's reasonable, I'll go talk to him first after Wansheng. If I agree, I'll take him in again." Tie Muxian asked his name again, Zichun said: " Let's not talk about this for the time being, if the news leaks out, it will be useless." He bid farewell to Tie Muxian and left.

When it was time to light the lanterns the next day, he brought a burly man with him to see Tie Muxian.The two of them understood each other, so Tie Muxian let them go to a secret room in the back garden, and kept away all the family members on the left and right, and then asked Long Zichun, the strong man whose surname was Gao.Zichun hurriedly introduced: "His surname is Bai and his name is Lang. He is from Henan. He used to be the village owner of Jigong Mountain in Henan. Later, because of disagreements with Wang Tianchong, he completely gave up the village to him. I wanted to do another career in Beijing. Because I had no other place to apply for, I went to Tianqiao to visit friends. I saw him practicing various martial arts in his late life, which was very different from ordinary style craftsmen, so he invited him to his home from time to time and asked him to teach him a few sets. Fist stick. But I am happy that Mr. Bai is not hesitating to teach, and the benefits of late life are many. I mentioned that matter to the old man a few days ago, and late life thought that there is no one other than Mr. Bai who can take on this important task. So when I got home, I Invite him here, and persuade him again and again. Mr. Bai refused at first, saying that he was from the same hometown as Xiang, so how could he harm his hometown? For the background history of Bai Lang and Wang Tianchong, please refer to Chapters 15, 16, and 173 of this book for details.) Later, Wansheng took the responsibility of righteousness and said that serving the imperial court is the duty of our subjects, and Mr. Bai agreed. So Wansheng specially came with him to have an audience with the minister, so that we can meet face to face." Hearing this, Tie Muxian expressed a respectful attitude, and bowed deeply to Bai Lang, calling him a righteous man. "If you are willing to help the imperial court and make a great achievement, in the future, brothers will try their best to brag about it in front of the prince regent and protect him. In two or three years, they will not have to worry about becoming a military officer." Whatever order your lord has, the sinners will do their best to serve you, even if you die.Tie Muxian helped him up with his own hands, held him down and sat on the seat, and tried his best to drink rice soup for a while.Later he asked him when he could carry out this important event, Bai Lang said in a low voice: "Your Excellency, don't worry, within three days the criminals will come back with their leader Xiang." Tie Muxian was overjoyed, and immediately ordered wine , personally congratulated Bai Lang.At the time of parting, he offered another fifty taels of gold, less for the cost of clothes and shoes.Bai Lang insisted on not accepting it, Zichun said: "You are dishonest if you do this." Tie Muxian also tried to force each other again and again, Bai Lang had to accept it, and went back to Zichun's home, and the two planned the formalities.Bai Lang said: "Tonight at the third watch, I'll go to find out where he must live, and I can do it tomorrow night." Zichun also agreed with this proposal, and at the second watch of the night, Bai Lang changed Dressed in nocturnal clothes, with two pistols and a short knife, he used his skill of flying over the eaves and walls, first stepping into the neighbor's room of Xiang's house, and peeping up and down the house.You can't look at it, but you can't help but take a breath.What is your reason?It turns out that there are one or two people lying on each room of Xiang's house.Bai Lang wondered, where did this person come from?Are they all assassins?Then I thought about it, absolutely not.It must be someone from Xiangzi City Guards, it seems that it is not easy to do it.If I want to go there rashly, I won't even see Xiang, and I may be in some danger.It is necessary to find out which house he lives in first, and then take the risk, so as to have a destination.Otherwise, wouldn't it be a random collision.Thinking of this, he hurried back to Zichun's house, jumped down lightly from the room, and played three times outside Zichun's study door.This was the secret signal for the two of them, Zichun hurriedly opened the door of the study, let Bai Lang in, and asked in a low voice: "Have you ever found out?" Bai Lang just shook his head and said, "It's very rare." Busy Tell Zichun what he saw just now.Zichun said: "This matter looks very tricky." Bai Lang asked him if he had any other brilliant ideas, Zichun thought for a while, and suddenly smiled: "Yes, yes! This matter will have to wait for three or five days. I have one concern. In Lao Xiang's house, the family rules are very strict, and the servants are not allowed to go to the inner house without any business. Among them, there is only one old family member, who is most favored by him. His surname is Xie and his name is Xie Dafu. The benefactor who saved his life, so Lao Xiang treats him differently from other family members." The reader wants to ask about this period of history, and the person who listens to the novel will recount it for him.

It turned out that when Xiangzicheng was first released to Zhejiang Daotai, he did not take office.When summoned, Zuo Duo was very pleased with the purpose.The Empress Dowager West said that he was worthy of great use, and just happened to catch up with Li Fuxiang who specialized in secret security, so the Empress Dowager sent him to the capital of North Korea to handle all negotiations, obviously he was an imperial envoy.Because at that time, North Korea was still a vassal state of China in name, and according to international law, it did not have the right to independence.This should be placed in the European and American states. Of course, everything must be restrained, and a governor or supervisor should be stationed in his capital to take charge of all foreign affairs and internal affairs.Even if China's government is still lenient, and it does not want to interfere in the internal affairs of the subordinate country, it must never give up the power of the mother country lightly when negotiating with foreign countries.Because if the dependent state wants to be able to freely foreign countries, the countries will mistakenly recognize it as an independent country. When major problems arise in the future, it will be difficult for the mother country to speak out for justice and protect everything.Unexpectedly, the ministers of military aircraft at this time are all full of wine bags and rice bags, and they don't know what public international law is.I always feel that it is better to save one thing than to do more, but as usual, I will make offerings every three years, and I will get some gifts from North Korea. When the king dies, I will send imperial envoys to seal the king, and get a little more money. This goal will be considered fully achieved.As for the internal affairs and foreign affairs of his country, he generally adopts the principle of non-intervention.Later, because North Korea and Japan were close neighbors, they had many negotiations with each other, and Japan often questioned Beijing because the Qing Dynasty was its mother country.The ministers felt that it was too troublesome, so they wanted to send an official to North Korea to talk directly to Japan, so as not to trouble the central government again.Just in time to summon Xiang Zicheng, the queen mother praised him for his adaptability, and all the military planes took advantage of the situation to recommend him and sent him to North Korea to handle all the transfers.The queen mother immediately agreed.On the second day, a decree was issued, Xiang Zicheng rewarded the second rank Ding Dai, and was stationed in North Korea to handle all matters.Xiangzi City had a Taoist priest, and Pingdi became an imperial envoy, so he was naturally overjoyed.Immediately afterwards, please train out of Beijing, and take your family to take up the post.His entourage included translator Tang Shaoyi, copywriters Yang Dewu and Liu Changqing, and accountant Xiang Naikuan.

When he arrived in North Korea, he took out his status as an imperial envoy and tried to interfere in everything.Xiang Zicheng was originally an odd man born in the world, and his subordinates were also young and handsome. When they came to North Korea, they wanted to imitate the way European and American powers treat their subjects. All foreign negotiations are subject to his approval. cannot be considered valid.At this time, North Korea is divided into old and new parties, and most of the new party are traitors, who secretly liaised with Japan and sold North Korea's sovereign land.Although the old party is a group of veterans, because the king's concubine Duan Min supports the new party, no matter what, they can't hold back that group of people, so they can only swallow their anger and wait for the time to move.Just when he was furious and helpless, Xiangzi City arrived just in time.Everyone saw that the imperial envoy was shrewd and capable, and had a lot of achievements, so they wanted to praise him and resist against the Japanese people.Xiangzicheng also took advantage of the wind to make boats, so as to expand its own power, so it entangled with the old-fashioned people in North Korea, used the flag of the Qing Dynasty to overwhelm Concubine Min, and made things difficult for the Japanese everywhere.At this time, the Japanese envoy to North Korea, named Shinichiro Takesumi, was Xiangzicheng's opponent.Later, when the army started, Xiangzi City had already prepared, and the Japanese were defeated in the first battle.Fortunately, there was no major harm to each other, and the matter was negotiated in a daze.How do you know that the Japanese are reckless and refuse to give up.Later, they deliberately provoked and talked with Xiangzicheng, but they still fought.At this time, the military officer sent by Japan named Oshima Jiekei invaded the North Korean capital by surprise. Although Xiangzicheng was surprised, he mobilized hundreds of troops to fight against the Japanese.How can a few hundred people in the area be able to fight against the Japanese soldiers, and they have been killed completely.Xiang Zicheng still refused to give up, holding a breech-loading fast gun in his hand, with many bullets around his waist, while he was retreating, he was shooting forward at the same time.Xiang Zicheng's marksmanship was very good, and his bullets were not in vain. He killed many Japanese soldiers in a blink of an eye.Perseveringly, they fought more and more, until Xiangzicheng was forced into a very narrow alley.Zicheng thought, he deserved to die this time, but since he had three points of energy, he wanted to survive from death, and he still held his gun in the alley and shot out.The Japanese soldiers outside the alley fought back fiercely.It's really strange to say that the bullet seems to have eyes, but it refuses to fly to Xiangzicheng's side.After ten minutes of stalemate, the bullets around Zicheng were almost exhausted.During the breath of life, suddenly one person led dozens of guards and came from the side.Zicheng saw that it was his family who thanked Dafu, so he raised his throat and shouted Dafu.Dafu followed the sound and saw his master standing in the alley, holding a gun in his hand, like a demon, fighting for his life there.Dafu rushed over with a stride, got into the alley, pulled Zicheng hard, and said anxiously: "My fourth young master, can this place stand?" He casually pushed Zicheng into a small door in the alley, and he kicked He stood where Zicheng had just stood.Stranger to say, when Dafu was standing here, the bullets seemed to immediately declare that I was not responsible for protection. One shot hit the shoulder, the other wounded the leg bone, and fell on the spot with a plop.Originally, the Japanese soldiers were afraid that Xiangzicheng's marksmanship would be accurate, and they were all far away, so they didn't dare to surround them.The two of them changed shifts, and the Japanese soldiers didn't see it very clearly.When they knocked down Xie Dafu, they still believed that Zicheng had been shot, and immediately ran over, tied up Dafu, picked him up and left, thinking that Zicheng had been captured.Unexpectedly, this Xiangzicheng got into the board door, and just met his North Korean comrade named Kim Jong-kyun, who immediately hid him in the cellar, secretly sent him away from the Korean capital at night, and drove to France. The ship went back to Shanghai.Here Oshima Jiegui heard that Xiangzicheng was captured, and when he lifted it up to have a look, it happened not.I had to send troops to search again for the second time, and found all the households in Zhengjun's house and alleys. Where is there any shadow?Had no choice but to admit bad luck and sent Dafu to the hospital for treatment of gunshot wounds.Later, a peace treaty was made, and Dafu was still sent back to China.Because Xiang Zicheng devoted himself to protecting his master and almost lost his life for himself, he treated him differently and called him Brother Xie instead of his name.When he was training at Xiaozhan, he kept Dafu as a garrison. Later, he was re-elected to seal the border, and he kept Dafu until he was a registered soldier, and he was rewarded with a head and a top hat.Repaying kindness with gratitude is also what should be done.Wuru Dafu dislikes being an official by nature, so he still acts as a housekeeper in Zicheng House.Zicheng appointed him as the leader of the military patrol.During his tenure as governor of Zhili, he also made some money.Already over sixty years old, the spirit is still strong.Later, when it was used in Zicheng, he went to Beijing and assigned him to manage the porter and inspect the servants in the house.Everyone in the family knows that he is the patriarch's benefactor, who wouldn't curry favor with him?They all call him Uncle Xie.This time Longhua sent Bai Lang to assassinate him, but Bai Lang couldn't do it because his house was very heavily guarded, so when he came back to discuss with Long Hua, Long Hua remembered Xie Dafu, attached Bai Lang's ear, and taught him such and such.Bai Lang nodded and said: "Sure enough, it's a good plan, but it will be a little later." Long Hua said: "But it doesn't matter if it's a few days late for success."

The next day Bai Lang pretended to be a patient and came to Xiangzi City Gate, asking to see Uncle Xie by name.The concierge saw his look and his clothes were in tatters, who would care about him?There was a servant named Fu named Fu Xi, who was especially powerful. He stared and scolded: "Blind bastard, what kind of soul did you come here to bump into? Is this concierge the place where you came in? Don't you take it?" Take a look in the mirror, what is worthy of finding us, Mr. Xie. Mr. Xie is still the elder brother of Gong Bao, and it is not easy for many governors and officials to see him. How can you be worthy of seeing him?" Bai Lang endured this for no reason. Dun Qiangbai, according to his nature of being a robber, immediately drew out the knife and swiped Fu Xi twice, all the evil spirits in his chest could not be purged.Unexpectedly, this visit was entrusted by others, and it was a matter of loyalty, so I had to be patient, knelt down towards Fu Xi, and said pleadingly: "Second Master, I dare not seek his old man if I have nothing to do. Because we are close My fellow countryman, who came to Beijing to seek work, was short of money, and was sick in the store. I was sick for half a month, and the store forced me to ask for money. If I didn’t give the money, they would drive me out. At this time, I had no relatives. Where should I go to recuperate? Can this little life be buried in the city of Beijing? After thinking about it, there is no way out, only Mr. Xie in this house, we are close fellows, or if you take pity on me, maybe he will save my little life. The second master has accumulated some negative merits and deeds, and return it for me. As the saying goes, 'Saving a life is better than building a seven-level pagoda', I kowtow to you here." Hearing what he said was pitiful, Fu Xi scolded One sentence: "Where is this bad luck, I will keep pestering you endlessly! Let me tell you for you, it is hard to say whether you will see or not." After saying that, he went to find Xie Dafu.大福因为年老无子，很好行一点小慈善。听说是他近同乡流落在北京，便生了恻隐之心，吩咐傅喜将他带进来自己询问。白朗见了他，跪伏在地，哭诉一切。大福见他生得相貌端正，说话也不俗，着实地爱惜他，慨然拿出二十两银子来，叫他把店账还清，搬到宅里来，做自己随身伺候的小厮。多少人想谋这个差使，全谋不到手，平白无人收留的苦孩子，却一步登天，做了谢大爷贴身的童仆。宅里几十个使唤小子全是又妒又羡，看得眼红。白朗却格外小心，一面将谢大福伺候得舒舒贴贴，一面又拉拢同伴人。比他年纪大的，便管人叫大叔；同他年岁相仿的，便管人叫大哥。又不时地打酒买菜请这一班人，所以过了几天，大家全渐渐同他亲近起来。他便有意无意，探听项宫保每日住宿在什么地方。 有两个跑上房的小厮，一个叫得喜，一个叫得贵，便笑着告诉他说：“宫保现在共有十三房姨太太。这十三房姨太太分住在十三个院中，这十三个院子全通连着。宫保想到哪院里去，全可自由前往。这十三个院子锁门的钥匙，全在他一个人手中。他晚间不拘住在哪院，那十三个门，却全是他自己锁。他有两盏灯，一盏是红珠子灯，一盏是绿珠子灯。怎么叫红珠子灯呢？是用珍珠串成的一个挂灯，里面安着一支红电灯，将灯开了，把珠子全映成红色，所以叫做红珠子灯。那绿珠子灯是用绿电灯映的，变成绿色，所以叫做绿珠子灯。比如今天晚上想要住在哪一房姨太太屋里，便差丫鬟先将那红珠子灯送过去，挂在那个院子的门上。那一房姨太太便知道今天晚上宫保前来，连忙预备酒食夜宴之物。到底他也未必准来，因为他于红灯之外，还要悬挂绿灯。红灯好比是正，绿灯却算是副。他不定到哪一处去，也许两处全去，也有时两处全不去，他有时两处去过之后，他又宿在别的院里。连我们这贴近伺候的人也说不清。并且一到掌灯时分，他从办公室中出来，到他的休息室去。这休息室紧挨着十三院，内中只有丫鬟女仆奔走执役，其余男仆一个也不准进去。如不经他手谕传唤擅自进去，便立时活活打死。所以我们不要说足迹不能进十三院，就是宫保的休息室，我们始终也未曾踏进一步。”白朗听到这里，不觉吐了吐舌头，笑道：“好厉害啊，难道他那屋子到底就没有一个男人进去过吗？”得贵道：“只有一个人能进去，就是你伺候的主人谢大爷，是能够自由出入的。到底他老人家非经呼唤，也不肯进去。其余只有四五两位少爷，可以自由出入。因为四五两位少爷是宫保最欢喜的，其余的少爷小姐还不能那样随便呢。”白朗听了这一套话，心中很犯踌躇，暗想这件事真有点不易为力了。我们连门口全进不去，哪里寻得着路径？再说他那休息室前住着四五十个技勇队，终日终夜有四个人持抢把门，想暗暗溜进去，也万万作做不到。听说他那看门护驾的人全是些飞檐走壁负有绝技的各路英雄，是关外张统领荐了来的。说来也真怪，这些胡子马贼到了项宫保跟前，喝了他一顿米汤，便老老实实、服服帖帖的，情愿给他效死，决不再有一点贰心。你说这件事怪不怪呢？看来只好多候几日，再等机会吧，急了是不成功的。白朗遂暗暗将这意思诉与龙华，龙华无可奈何，唯有嘱咐他随时留意。也是活该项子城后来尚有许多大事业，专等他做去，所以老天爷在默默之中便把这关系生命的问题借着一件事给他化解得云消雾散。 原来此时北仓地方驻着一镇军队，镇统段吉祥是项子城一手提拔的人物。虽然改归陆军部节制，其实精神上仍然是他的人。他这一镇陆军训练得十分整齐，所以陆军部派他驻在京奉铁路沿线，为稽查进京的行旅。因为这时候革命党的风声很大，外边传言都说孙文派人到北京来，专刺杀满人中的王大臣。铁木贤得了这个消息，本就害怕，后来又出了江西徐天麒的故事，他益发小心起来，便派段吉祥率领这一镇人，驻在京奉沿线，每一个车站上全驻有一连人。火车到了，便分头上去盘查，越是南方口音的人，尤其查得厉害，如遇着形迹可疑的，便架到营盘去，连行李衣服全要搜查遍了。查不出什么来，准其取保放出。若查出一点痕迹来，也许解送陆军部，也许在营中枪毙了，外边连影儿全不知道。后来被项子城知道了，便暗暗地给了段吉祥一封信，说人命关系至重，以后再获着形迹可疑的人，不得私自处分，须送到北京来，也不必送陆军部，可一直送到我的私宅，由我讯问后，斟酌办理。段吉祥接到这一封信，自然遵命而行，到底项宫保是什么意思，连他也猜不透。 恰赶上白朗要行刺的这几天，段吉祥忽然解来两个人，另外备了一封密信，由差人一同送到项宅。项宫保下了朝，差人将信呈上，子城拆开看了看，便吩咐道：“我知道了，你们急速回营销差，不准在京逗留，两个人可交与谢总管看守。”随又将谢大福叫过来，吩咐将解来的二人暂带到你屋中，要用好酒好饭供养着，不准慢待了他们。等二更以后，我自己讯问。大福答应下来，差人也随着出去。当日夜间，项宫保传出谕来，在休息室中审问那两个人，所有站班的护兵差役，全要远远退去，不准窥看，室中只留谢大福一人。众家人听了，谁敢不遵，全老早地就散开了。这些人昼夜听差，本来也是很辛苦的，好容易盼着上面有这传谕，乐得三个一群，五个一伙，各寻地方去消遣，谁还肯守在这里。此时却欢喜了白朗，他自己一想，这真是千载难得的机会，若不乘此时下手，更待何时？眼看着谢大福领这两个人到休息室去了，他便将大衣脱下，换了短装，腰中掖好手枪，带一柄短刀，暗暗溜到后院。恰赶上静悄悄的，并无一人。他便施展夜行术，纵身至休息室檐头，将身子横贴檐下窗上，用手把住横楣，拿舌头将窗纸舐破，用目向里窥看。只见休息室中燃着极光亮的电灯，屋内收拾得十分阔绰，也不必细表。再看项宫保，反穿着一件老羊皮袄，巍然坐在上面。按说他身为宫保，什么狐裘倭刀猞猁穿不得，单要穿一件羊皮袄，还要反穿着，毛儿冲外，这是什么道理呢？看官要知道，此时两宫大丧，尚未逾月，按前清的体制，无论内外大小臣工，只准穿羊皮，不准穿直毛。在百日以内，还得要反穿着，好表示是戴孝的意思。项宫保又是总办大行皇太后丧礼的大臣，所以这些礼节，更须遵守。闲言慢表，却说白朗凝神细看，见这位项宫保果然有威可畏，坐在上面，仿佛老虎一般。他那两只眼睛，精光四射，威棱逼人，以白朗那样杀人不眨眼的魔王，看了全有点心悸。此时谢大福已将那两个人领到项宫保面前，大福在旁边说道：“跪下，跪下吧！”那二人仿佛没听见一般，依然挺立不跪。只见项宫保把脸一沉，蓦地问道：“你二人图为不轨，今日见了本帅，为何不跪。”内中一个长身玉立的少年冷笑道：“你这给满奴做奴的奴才，自己也不知羞惭，专能残杀同胞，蹂躏汉族，我恨不能飞剑斩汝之头，还说什么跪与不跪！”白朗听他这话，心中代捏一把汗，暗想这位宫保岂能挨他的骂？当时必要发脾气，亲手杀他也说不定。哪知天上事竟有出人意外的，这位项宫保挨了他一顿骂，不但不生气，脸上的颜色反倒比从前和霁了许多。只听他低声问道：“本来也难怪你们革命，满清这种昏暴，较从前更加甚了，防我们汉族，比防贼还要厉害十倍。最可恨的是一班亲贵，恨不得将我们汉族杀尽，好保全他那万世一系的皇位。别看我项子城为大员，我却不是满人的走狗，时时刻刻，想着光复汉族。只因同志太少，不敢冒昧，所以隐忍待时。就以你二位说吧，若非我暗暗知照段吉祥，遇着革命党人不要自由发落，也不准送陆军部，必须暗暗解到我的宅中，你们的性命早就没有了。”说罢又长叹了一口气。此时那长身的少年随口问道：“宫保这话可当真吗？”项宫保笑道：“岂有此理，我项某是汉族的好男儿，岂肯忠于一家一姓？当日扬州十日，嘉定屠城，他们满人杀我们汉族不如猪狗，稍有人心的人，岂能忘怀？不过你我所处地位不同，你们可以直接革命，我却只能间接革命，彼此的宗旨一样，手段各殊。我如今看你二位气度与常人不同，知道必是革命巨子，所以才剖肝沥胆，对你们说这话。其实连我的手下旧部，我暂时全瞒着他们。唯有我这老家人谢大福，是我的患难兄弟，所以我不肯瞒他。今天特意同你二位接谈，一者是要破除革命党的疑忌，知道我项子城并不是满人的鹰犬；二者将来有了机会，请你们自管放手去做，我能帮忙的地方必然竭力帮忙。今天趁着夜色朦胧，我赠你们五百银子，送你们逃出我的宅去。你们可要相机而行。这北京城中，军警众多，居住不易，你们还是绕道南下，再候机会的为是。”那两人听了这话，不觉五体投地，说我们并不是谢你的私恩，乃是代表汉族同胞向你致谢。项子城亲手扶他们起来，取了五百两银票，塞在他们怀内。自己同谢大幅领二人出了休息室。到一个旁门，亲手将锁开开，放他二人出去，然后才慢慢地退转休息室中。才走至桌前，不觉大吃一惊，哎呀了一声，倒退了有好几步。If you ask what surprised you, let's see the next chapter to break it down.