Chapter 4 Chapter 4 The Great Swordsman Dilutes the Empress Dowager's Nose Bath

Li Lianying and other eunuchs hurried out of the palace gate when they saw the Empress Dowager asking questions, while Zhang San hurriedly hid behind.At this time, I saw a martial artist striding over like a shooting star, and shouted loudly: "I am the one who laughed." Li Lianying said: "So it's Coach Li." This person is none other than Li Ruidong, the martial arts teacher of the Qing palace guards.Li Ruidong was ugly, with his nose turned up, but his two small eyes were wet. Cixi asked: "Why are you laughing?" Li Ruidong said: "The servant laughs at Lafayette learning martial arts when he is over 60 years old."

Cixi showed displeasure on her face: "What? Is there also age for learning martial arts?" Li Ruidong said: "It is said that in the Spring and Autumn Period, Wen Jiang of Qi State was still learning martial arts at the age of eighty, Empress Lu of the Western Han Dynasty was practicing Qigong at the age of fifty, Ji Saihua of the Northern Song Dynasty practiced walking piles at the age of ninety, and Lafayette was only in his sixties. It's too late!" Cixi lay reclining on the apricot-yellow brocade mattress, with her eyes slightly closed, she asked unhappily, "Then why is the teacher laughing?"

Li Ruidong said: "I laugh at Lafayette, who manages a lot of affairs every day. He is busy with government affairs. Where can he have time to learn martial arts?" Cixi snorted and said: "What kind of mind are you! Get back!" Li Ruidong backed away. Cixi turned to Yin Fu and said: "Boss Yin has made great contributions to writing books, come here, bring chestnut noodles and small corn buns, and reward Boss Yin!" "Cha!", a eunuch agreed and retreated. Zhang San, who was on the top of the hall, felt a flutter in his heart, and thought to himself: Li Zhen with this nose is called Ling, and he spotted me at a glance.Thinking, back out of the room.At this time, I saw the little eunuch slowly coming with a plate of chestnut noodles.Zhang San thought: Why don't I play tricks on him.So he sneaked up behind the little eunuch, performed lightness kung fu, and hid behind the little eunuch.The little eunuch suddenly felt itching in his right ear while he was walking, so he quickly scratched it with his right hand, and then felt his left ear itching, and scratched it with his right hand again, scratching it back and forth, and looked down, and saw that the Brahma-faced cornbread had disappeared. It has already been filled in Zhang San's stomach.The little eunuch was so scared that he saw a ghost, so he hurried to the imperial guard room to look for Li Ruidong.After listening to the little eunuch's narration, Li Ruidong knew that it was Zhang San who did it, so he smiled secretly, so he changed into a eunuch's uniform, and asked the little eunuch to bring another plate of corn bread with chestnut noodles from the imperial dining room, took it himself, and waved it towards him. Changchun Palace came, and let the little eunuch follow behind.

But Zhang San hid behind the pillars near the Changchun Palace, and saw a fat eunuch coming with a plate of chestnut noodles, and laughed secretly in his heart, and went to tease him again.Unexpectedly, just as he stretched out his right hand to scratch the fat eunuch's right ear, he pinched his wrist with his hand.Seeing that the situation is not good, Zhang San was about to draw his left hand to strike, but Li Ruidong laughed and said, "Why does Mr. Zhang need to enter the palace?" I'm really wronged by you for doing this little cornbread job!" Li Ruidong called the little eunuch behind him to put the cornbout in, held Zhang San's hand and said, "How did you get here, this is a dragon's pond and a tiger's lair! "Zhang San smiled disapprovingly: "What? The chestnut noodles don't let me break the fast! I want to find Mr. Yin." He told the story of Liang Zhenpu's misfortune.Li Ruidong said: "I will tell Master Yin to handle this matter, you should go back quickly!" Zhang San said: "Then I will leave this matter to Master Li." Saying his goodbyes, he left.

Zhang San walked through the imperial garden, when he suddenly heard several long shouts: "Lafayette is back to the palace!" Feeling chilly, he suddenly thought: The Queen Mother played power, imprisoned and destroyed so many heroes, and caused so many tragedies of blood and tears!In the killing of Caishikou, Tan Sitong and other six gentlemen blood Liang Shijing.Emperor Guangxu reformed the law, worked hard to become stronger, the whole world looked up to him, and revival was in sight, but he was constrained by such an old and conservative woman!It was such a lewd woman who used the huge sum of money for building the naval fleet to repair the Summer Palace, harming the country and the people, causing foreigners to approach with iron hoofs, and signing treaties of treason that humiliated and humiliated the country.It is such an old bone that supports the dark canopy of the Qing Dynasty, and how many martial arts heroes have been slaughtered!Thinking of this, Zhang Sanyi slapped his thigh and thought to himself: No, I can't go back yet, I want to tease this old woman!

Thinking of this, Zhang San went back again, followed the sound, secretly followed Cixi's personal eunuch to Cixi's bedroom, and climbed to the roof of the palace with the trick of "swallow drilling into the cloud". The night was getting darker, and the thick black clouds, like a huge black rock, pressed down on the sky above the Qing Palace, covering all the stars and the delicate moon.At this time, the Qing palace was completely silent, and there was no sound.The exhausted Cixi was depressed and reclined on the sapphire couch in a daze. She drank a cup of almond tofu, wiped her mouth with incense sticks, and rinsed her mouth with fragrant tea.She lives in an atmosphere of infinite reverence and flattery, and her power is supreme. Her golden words can make a person rich and powerful, and can also make a person's head fall. She seems to have tasted all the pleasures in the world. The more she is like this, the more she feels Annoyance and pain.People are a kind of happiness in the pursuit, but the pursuit will be empty.The greater her power, the greater her enjoyment, and the greater her fear.She was afraid of losing power, afraid of death, afraid of being alone.During the day, this feeling was all diluted by the countless words of Ah Geng, but it became more and more intensified in the dead of night.She hated foreigners, hated the emperor, hated reformers, also hated those old ministers who held different political views, and even more hated the boxers who were getting more and more fledgling. She didn't know who to hand over this country. The future feels uncertain.At this time, a few wails of birds came from the other side of the coal mountain, adding to her infinite desolation and fear.She felt that it seemed to be the wailing of the dead soul of Emperor Chongzhen.She took a snuff bottle inlaid with gold, jade and enamel from the maid beside her, stretched out the inch-long nail on the little finger of her right hand, picked out a handful of snuff, put it in front of the tip of her nose, and took a sniff , and handed it over to the old maid.Cixi suddenly felt an uncomfortable feeling in her body. During the day, surrounded by those eunuchs and maids, amidst those flattering words of "longevity and boundless", she felt that the eunuchs and maids breathed out a stench, so many The stench of people surrounded her, permeated her body, and penetrated into her five internal organs. She wanted to take a bath to wash off the stench and dirt all over her body.

"Come on!" Cixi shouted. "Cha!" Li Lianying flashed in. "I'm going to take a shower." "twitter!" After a while, two eunuchs brought in a large silver wooden basin, which was covered with a thick silver skin, bright and bright.The basin is filled with half a basin of hot water.The eunuchs brought towels decorated with golden dragons.Empress Dowager Cixi stood up and sat down on a low table with the support of two court ladies. She took off her bright yellow plain embroidered red phoenix Chaoyang gown, and her underwear decorated with emerald-colored phoenix patterns, and her upper body was naked.

Zhang San stared blankly from the room. He thought that what he saw must be Cixi's shriveled skin. How could he know that even though Cixi was over 60 years old, she still had a beautiful figure, and her flesh was surprisingly fresh and tender, as white as jade, Silky and silky, the two tender breasts are like two exquisite glass pomegranates.Body skin like this is usually only found in young girls, how could it appear on an old woman. The four court ladies stand apart on four sides, one standing in front of Cixi, one behind, one on the left and one on the right.They skillfully each picked up a white towel embroidered with yellow dragons, soaked it in the bathtub, wrung it out vigorously, spread it on their palms, and rubbed it with rose soap vigorously, and wiped Cixi's chest, back, ribs and buttocks respectively.After Cixi's body and arms were completely wiped with soap, the four maids discarded the towels in their hands together, took out another towel, soaked it in the bathtub, and wrung it dry to wipe off the soap and dirt on Cixi's body.After three times of wiping, the four maids took a jar of warm winter flower dew and applied it on Cixi's body, and then took the pajamas to help her put it on.Then Cixi took off the purple underpants with yellow florals, and the pink underpants decorated with golden dragons, until she was bare to her toes, exposing her lower body.Zhang San was embarrassed to read on.There was only a black shadow, as if someone had jumped from the roof of the palace. He was so surprised that he also jumped down.

Cixi took a shower and put on her pajama pants.The pajamas and pajama pants are light gray, with golden dragons embroidered on the chest and back, large peony flowers embroidered on the sleeves and trousers, red flowers and green leaves, and a large peony flower embroidered on the shoulder , the branches and leaves cross and go down, all the way to the cuff.Barefoot, Empress Dowager Cixi came to the imperial couch with the help of a maid. Cixi was resting on the imperial couch, when she suddenly heard a "whoosh", she turned her head to look... A dart passed by her ear and was nailed to the wall.She yelled: "There are assassins!" She lay down on the couch exhausted.Several personal guards standing outside the palace rushed out with weapons each to check.But I saw a strong man heading north with a big knife in his hand. "Catch the assassin!" All the guards yelled and rushed away.The shout alarmed the eunuch Qiu, who was in command of the Qing Palace. Holding a meteor hammer, he led all the imperial guards to chase after hearing the sound.

The guards forced the burly man to the front of a hall. The burly man had piercing eyes, was dressed in black night clothes, and held a cold sword in his hand.The guards shouted: "Kill him!" Without saying a word, the strong man swung his sword and killed two guards in a row.The eunuch Qiu asked: "Who are you? How dare you enter the palace late at night to assassinate the Queen Mother?!" The strong man raised his eyebrows and replied: "I avenged Mr. Tan and asked you to be a ghost under the sword!" Pounce on food", the eunuch Chaoqiu chopped it down.The eunuch Qiu brandished the meteor hammer, clanging loudly, not to mention showing weakness.

The eunuch Qiu fought the strong man for more than 30 bouts, neither the winner nor the loser, feeling a little irritable in his heart, he immediately ordered: "Call the Poison Anger Camp!" There are more than 300 people in the crossbow battalion, all of them are god crossbowmen, the head of the crossbow is coated with huge poison, and they die instantly when they touch their bodies, it is very powerful.The soldiers of the poisonous crossbow battalion pulled their crossbows and waited quietly. The eunuch Qiu moved aside with a move of "stealing the wind and changing the shadow", and then shouted loudly: "Let go!" The strong man was about to jump, but his body was gently supported He got up, floated up to the roof of the palace, fired all the poisonous crossbows, and never touched him at all.Just as he was wondering, he heard someone beside him giggling and saying: "Brother Zibin, hehe, so you also came to peek at Lafayette taking a bath!" The visitor said angrily, "You 'drunk' Zhang San, when is it? Still making such a joke!" This brawny man is none other than Wang Zibin, the "Fifth Swordsman".Wang Wu is eight years older than Zhang Sansan, and he is also a well-known hero in the capital.Wang Wu is from the Hui nationality. His style name is Zhengyi and his name is Zibin. He once worshiped "Shuangdao Li" Li Fenggang as his teacher.Later, Wang Wu learned single-sword from Shanxi Dong Yishi, and got his sword skills. He was brave and invincible, and he was also called "Wang Wu of Great Sword". In 1878, Wang Wu came to the capital and bought a few houses in Xibanbi Street, Dongzhu Shikou. In the second year, he founded the "Yuan Shun" Escort Agency. In the Escort Bureau, the house has also expanded to twenty-four inner and outer courtyards, with more than fifty escorts.Due to the extensive acquaintance of the Escort, Wang Wu soon met Tan Jixun, the second-rank official of the Ministry of Rites. At that time, Wang's family lived in Xiangchang Hutong, and Tan's family lived in Lanman Hutong.Tan Jixun's son, Tan Sitong Zeng Liang, was seriously ill with diphtheria and was finally cured, but his body was weak. Tan Jixun sent his son to Wang Wu to practice martial arts to strengthen his body. The relationship between master and apprentice is very close.After Tan Jixun left Beijing to serve as governor of Hubei, Tan Sitong bid farewell to Wang Wu and traveled south with his father.Later, Tan Sitong publicized the reform and was released from Beijing by Emperor Guangxu, and was granted the rank of fourth-rank military machine Zhang Jing.After Tan Sitong arrived in Beijing, he had a close relationship with Wang Wu, and his friendship deepened. Wang Wu also sympathized with and supported the reform.The Reform Movement of 1898 failed. After Wang Wu learned that Tan Sitong and other six gentlemen had been arrested, he called all heroes to organize a rescue, but failed.When Tan Sitong was killed, Wang Wu was heartbroken and vowed to avenge him.Not long ago, Wang Wuqin sent Tan Sitong's hearse, and transported Tan's body back to Jiyang, Hunan Province for burial.Tonight, Wang Wu sneaked into the Forbidden City secretly, and has been following Cixi, waiting for an opportunity to plot an assassination. The dart just now was sent by Wang Wu. Zhang San pulled Wang Wu back to the harem, pursued by soldiers, swords and swords flickering.As he was walking, he saw a figure flashing in front of him.Wang Wu swung his knife and was about to chop, but Zhang San shouted urgently: "It's the nose plum!" Wang Wu took a closer look at the man with a missing nose and turned upside down, and his face was ugly, but his eyes were bright, so he couldn't help shouting: "Sure enough, it's 'Xiao Mengchang' !" Why is "Nose Li" called "Xiao Mengchang"?It turned out that Li Ruidong was not only loyal, loyal, martial arts, but also proficient in medicine. He often treated his neighbors for free.He has a strong family and is very good at giving.He took in all the down-and-out martial arts people who went to him, and there were often dozens of diners at home, so he was also called "Xiao Mengchang" in the world, comparable to Mengchang Jun of Qi State in the Warring States Period. Li Ruidong said: "Two heroes, come with me!" As he said, he dragged the two of them to a place, where they saw a colorful pavilion, Qiong Pavilion of fairy grass, strange rocks and swaying bamboo shadows, Strange flowers abound, and the words "Dongnuan Pavilion" are written on it, and the sound of zither comes from the pavilion.