Chapter 5 Chapter 5 Concubine Zhen in Dongnuan Pavilion refers to the gathering of heroes in Jinyuanshun Escort Bureau

Li Ruidong led Zhang San and Wang Wu to push open the door of the pavilion, only to see a beautiful imperial concubine sitting on the couch playing the guqin.Although her hairpin has been removed, there is still a bright red gem bead flower on her sideburns, setting off the two emerald earrings inlaid with jasper on her ears.It looks more red, tender and green, and extremely gorgeous.On the fair face, there are a pair of slightly frowning eyebrows and a pair of affectionate autumn eyes.She is Emperor Guangxu's favorite concubine Zhenfei.Concubine Zhen was shocked when she saw Li Ruidong leading two strange men in, and hurriedly put down the guqin.Li Ruidong said: "These two are my friends, one is the drunkard Zhang San, the other is the great swordsman Wang Wu, they are both martial arts heroes, Mr. Wang Wu is Mr. Tan Sitong's good friend before his death, they assassinated Lafayette, and are now being hunted down... ..."

At this time, there was a lot of people outside, and the torches were blazing. Concubine Zhen pondered for a while, and said: "Follow me quickly." Then she led the two of them to a well behind the pavilion, Concubine Zhen said: "This is a dry well that has not been used all year round. There is a secret passage in it, which can lead to coal mines. Shan, after you get to Meishan, try to escape..." Wang Wu and Zhang San couldn't help but jump off, and crawled ten feet along the wall of the well, and they saw a two-foot-long hole.Drilling into the hole, it was pitch black, only the sound of wet water droplets.The two just chose the road and walked for about a mile. They saw a faint light above them. When they pushed aside the weeds, it was also a well. The bottom was unfathomable and there was the sound of trickling water.The two climbed up the well wall, and only after they got up did they realize that they had reached the foot of Meishan Mountain.It turned out that Emperor Guangxu sent someone to dig secretly when Cixi was recuperating in the Summer Palace to prevent accidents. Yuan Shikai didn't expect Yuan Shikai to inform, and Cixi came so suddenly that it was of no use. Fives.

Zhang San and Wang Wu saw that there were no guards nearby, so they went eastward.Coal Mountain was originally called Jingshan, and it was called Longevity Mountain in the Ming Dynasty. It was not renamed Jingshan until the Qing Dynasty. It is said that coal was once piled under the mountain, so it is also called Coal Mountain.As far back as the middle of the 13th century, it was once the imperial garden of the emperor of the Yuan Dynasty, with a golden palace and flower pavilions, and four lands and eight hectares.The emperors of the Yuan Dynasty once cultivated and planted crops here, and equipped with water mills to draw water from the North Sea to water the flowers and trees.According to legend, the four constellations of Qinglong, Baihu, Suzaku, and Xuanwu each have their own parts. To the north of the Qing Palace is the seat of Xuanwu, and there must be a mountain. Ming Chengzu Zhu Di ordered people to pile up the dregs excavated from the moat of the Forbidden City to become the "Diamond" of the palace. Zhenshan".And put it on the top of the axis running through the city, named "Long Live".Emperor Shunzhi of the Qing Dynasty renamed it Jingshan; Emperor Qianlong built five pavilions on the mountain, Wanchun, Zhoushang, Fulan, Guanmiao, and Jifang, making Jingshan perfect.

When Zhang San and Wang Wu came to the east wall, they saw a few guards with knives and halberds standing at the east gate. They climbed up the courtyard wall quietly, and then came down quietly to the street. When the two came to the Yuanshun Escort Agency run by Da Dao Wang Wu, they saw that the candles were brightly lit in the Escort Agency, and there were thirty or forty people in the courtyard.It turned out that the bodyguards were sweating for Wang Wu when they heard that the head of the bodyguard, Wang Wu, entered the palace late at night to assassinate him.At this time, Wang Wu's wife, Wang Zhangshi, squeezed out from the crowd, looked her husband up and down, and asked anxiously, "What's the matter?"

Wang Wu smiled wryly and shook his head.One of Wang Wu's disciples said, "It's good that Master is not hurt." Wang Zhangshi looked at Zhang San suspiciously: "Who is this big brother? It's a good face!" Wang Wu pointed to Zhang San and said, "Thanks to his help this time, he is the famous 'drunk man' Mr. Zhang in Beijing." Among the bodyguards, there were some who recognized Zhang San, and none who recognized Zhang San. Those who didn't know Zhang San wanted to see clearly, and those who knew Zhang San didn't see clearly because they just stretched their necks anyway.

Wang Zhang said: "Hey, I dare say that Mr. Zhang is here. Come on, sit in the house, and your stomach is wandering. I'll make noodles for you!" Then he went to the kitchen. Wang Wu shouted: "Don't forget to get some wine for Mr. Zhang!" Wang Wu asked the bodyguards to go back to rest, and then invited Zhang San to the main room, and the two of them crossed their legs and chattered.At this time, Wang Zhang came in with two steaming bowls of noodles: "Brother, eat it while you're at it!" Zhang San lowered his head and saw that the bowl was so big that it was half a foot long.Wang Zhangshi wiped the sweat from his forehead and said, "I'll boil two more jugs of wine for you!" As he spoke, he knocked on the door and went out again.

Drunken and full, Zhang San didn't go back to Majiabao, but fell asleep on the kang in the west room of Wang Wu's house.When he woke up, it was the evening of the second day, he got off the kang and walked out the door.Er Xi, Wang Wu's disciple, was leaning on a bamboo chair and playing with iron eggs. Seeing that Zhang San had woken up, he stood up and said, "Master Zhang, Master asked me to serve you." "Where's your master?" Zhang San asked. "He went out at noon." Zhang San stretched himself and walked out the door.This Yuanshun Escort Bureau is located on Xibanbi Street, Dongzhushikou. A plaque with the word "Yuanshunhao" in gold letters on a black background hangs high above the door, and red silk is draped over the plaque in the form of flowers. There is a dart flag in the upper right corner of the door, and the flagpole is more than ten meters long. High, the apricot-yellow dart flag is embroidered with four big black characters of "Yuan Shun Escort Bureau".

At this time, Er Xi also came out, he patted his head and said: "Master Zhang, we have heard that your finger-hanging skill is very good, can you open my eyes?" Zhang San smiled and said: "Your master's martial arts Not under me." Erxi said: "Each village has its own skills, and I want to learn your kung fu." A few bodyguards wandering around the door also surrounded them, and they came together and said: "Mr. Zhang , let’s open our eyes.” Zhang San said: “Okay, then I’ll do the trick.” As he spoke, he tucked the long cigarette pouch around his waist, took off his jacket, spit, rubbed it on his palms, and raised his head. Looking at the flagpole of the "Yuanshun Escort Bureau", he stood on his head, jumped under the flagpole, fell down, climbed up the flagpole to the top, then grabbed the head of the flagpole with both hands, and hung his whole body in the air... There was a burst of applause from below.Everyone shouted: "It's really wonderful!" Zhang San climbed down on his head again, and when he climbed to a height of five meters, he "turned over with a kite" and landed on the ground smoothly, with no breath and no change in his face.Er Xi asked: "Master Zhang, what kind of skill is this?" Zhang San put on a jacket and lit a cigarette: "Boy, this is called 'pull the flag with the wind'." Er Xi asked again: "This skill How do you practice?" Zhang San beat the soot: "This kind of skill is in the fingers and waist. You nail a wooden peg on the high part of the wall, which is thicker. Stand under the wall every day, jump up and hold the wooden peg with your fingers. , to hang the body. Every few days, use a knife to cut off a piece of the wooden prong until it is the thinnest, and you can still hold it with your hands, hang the body, and the wooden prong will not break. This skill has been mastered?" As he said that, Zhang San patted Er Xi's shoulder heavily.

The two walked into the courtyard again, Zhang San pointed to the plaque on the east side of the gate and asked: "Who gave this plaque of 'De Rong Chang Hua'?" Er Xi said: "Master has been in the rivers and lakes for many years, and he has made friends all over the world. Hero, met heroes from all over the world, and established several rules for Yuanshun Escort Bureau: First, escorting Yinliang is mostly an important escort car, and the master walks the escort by himself, and the master calls the escort; when running the escort, the master mostly resolves conflicts with wit, Even if he encounters a tyrannical person, he still wins with martial arts, and strives to make the opponent convinced without blood staining. Therefore, the master is called a chivalrous man in the Jianghu. Warm hospitality, gifts of money, and donations to those in need. The third is to give cold clothes in winter and single clothes in summer, and during festivals, they set up horse-drawn carriages and donate to poor people. This plaque of "Derong Changing" was given by the people nearby." Erxi pointed to a plaque on the opposite side and said: "This plaque of 'Yizhongjiejie' was given by Jianghu heroes Ma Sanbao, Hu Zhidun and others. The two plaques of 'Shangwu' and 'Relief for the Poor' hanging over there are also the same. sent by the people."

The two walked towards the courtyard, the Yuanshun Escort Bureau was very neat and tidy, with gray tiled buildings and bricks all over the floor, the two walked through the outer cabinet room, bathed in the chapel, the stables, the inner cabinet room, the dart storage room, and the bodyguard's residence.When passing by the backyard, I heard a woman calling softly: "Are you Mr. Zhang?" Zhang San looked back, and saw a beautiful girl, graceful and graceful.Zhang San was a little surprised, and said, "Why are you looking for me?" The woman said, "I am Yu Yunniang, who was rescued by you and Lord Liang. , Mr. Liang’s case is quite tricky. One is that he killed too many people, and the other is that Zhao Liu’s family sent a lot of silver taels to the top. The Ministry of Criminal Justice wanted to sentence Master Liang to death. But I don’t care too much.” Zhang San asked: “Is Li Guotai at home?” Yu Yunniang said: “He just went out to find a way out again, Master Yin said that he will go to the house of Wang Jinting, the Minister of Criminal Affairs with you in the morning, and said that Mr. Wang is an upright person Official, he will send a car to pick you up from the Yellow Tavern tomorrow morning, and we were looking for you everywhere just now, Lord Yin said that you were with Wang Wuye last night, and it was probably here that I found you."

At this time, a middle-aged strong man came out from the courtyard, with white cloth wrapped around his head, wearing an apricot-yellow gown, holding a Xiang fan in his hand, with thick eyebrows and big eyes shining on his thin face.When Yu Yunniang saw him, she took his hand affectionately and said, "Father, he is Mr. Liang's good friend Mr. Zhang, my savior." It turns out that this strong man is Ningxia Yinpingquan master Yu Jiwen, he came to Beijing Yuanshun Escort Bureau to find his friend Dao Wang Wu a month ago.When Wang Wu returned to Beijing to see Yu Jiwen, he was naturally very happy. The two talked endlessly and expressed their ambitions. At this time, Wang Wu contacted the heroes of the world. Yesterday, Yu Yunniang came down to the Yuanshun Escort with her buddies from the Yellow Tavern, and finally saw Yu Jiwen. Yu Jiwen invited Zhang San to sit in the backyard room, and asked his daughter to take the hot pot. Several people cooked the mutton and chatted while cooking, and the words were very speculative.Erxi found several jars of Shanxi Fenjiu, and Zhang San and Yu Jiwen were both very drunk after a while. Zhang San drank a catty and a half of Fenjiu, sprinkled it to cheer people up, and the words popped out like fried beans.Zhang Sandao: "Brother Yu, let's guess a wine riddle?" Yu Jiwen yawned: "Guess a few famous characters!" Zhang San raised his wine glass and swiped a few times: "You say five first, I guess, then I say five more, you guess!" Yu Jiwen burped: "Okay, listen, there are details in the rough." Zhang San said without hesitation: "Zhang Fei!" Yu Jiwen laughed loudly: "No, I should hit your forehead." "What's wrong, isn't Zhang Fei rough and fine? He shouted on the Changban, and Cao Bing was so scared..." As he said, he held up his wine glass and spun around twice, singing "Ganlu Temple" Qiao Xuangong's Peking Opera a cappella. Yu Jiwen smiled and said: "It's Lu Zhishen, this is the real answer. Listen again, the cold comes and the summer goes..." Zhang San replied: "Shi Qian!" Yu Jiwen nodded, and said again: "Loneliness has no master." Zhang San bowed his head and thought for a while, then said: "What kind of words are you talking about, I don't understand." Yu Ji Wendao: "This is a sentence by Lu You. The name of the word is Bu Suanzi, and the name of the word is Yongmei. The answer to the riddle is Hua Zifang. Let me say one more thing. Thousands of rivers and thousands of mountains are full of flowers." "scented tea." "Guilin's landscape is the best in the world." Zhang San scratched his scalp: "Guilin, um, I haven't been there." Yu Jiwen raised his eyebrows: "Let me tell you, Shi Xiu. The mountains in Guilin are extremely beautiful." Yu Yunniang said from the side: "Guilin's mountains and waters are also beautiful, it should be the best in the world!" Zhang San snorted: "In the future, I will definitely go to Guilin to have a look. It is said that there is heaven above, and Suzhou and Hangzhou below. Why is Guilin's landscape the best in the world? Hmph, you're done talking, it's my turn." Yu Jiwen said, "I'll keep my ears quiet and listen." Zhang San tugged at the front of his clothes: "On the half of spring and autumn, the sun and the moon shine together." "Thunderbolt Qin Ming." "Love the woods." "Wei Qing." “Fried Tofu” "Li Bai." Zhang San admired: "Your brain is not bad. You can stab your head..." Yu Jiwen tilted his head and thought for a while, then said, "I don't know." Before he finished speaking, Yu Yunniang rushed to say, "Dong Haichuan, the master of Bagua." Zhang San nodded with a smile, and said, "Ji bird on the poplar tree." Yu Jiwen thought about it and sighed again.Yu Yunniang giggled and said, "Yang Luchan, the founder of Yang Style Taijiquan." Zhang San sticks out his tongue: "Brother Yu, you girl is really the daughter of Lord Hades, you brat girl! Just now, these two were said by your daughter, hey, it doesn't count! I'll give you two more, or hit two." A martial artist can't hear the jingle of spring water." Yu Jiwen still shook his head.Yu Yunniang said: "Wu Jianquan!" Zhang San said again: "You are not going back to Ningxia, Yu Ji Wen!" Yu Ji Wenyin was already drunk by the time, he staggered to his feet, took a big mouthful, and flew over the table. He pointed to Zhang San and said, "surname Zhang De, you said that I will not go back to Ningxia, hope I die, no, my bones will be buried in Ningxia, I will die in Ningxia!" Yu Yunniang persuaded: "Father, Mr. Zhang is guessing riddles. Look at you, are you the guy who holds the wine? The answer to the riddle is Wang Xiangzhai!" Yu Jiwen slapped his daughter on the mouth, and cursed: "You said my stomach is not a guy who holds wine, what is that, can it be a chamber pot?! Get out of here!" Erxi saw that both Ji Wen and Zhang San were drunk, and immediately called Wang Wu's wife, Wang Zhangshi, and persuaded them to go back to their rooms. But Zhang San lay down on the kang for a while, most of the wine sobered up, and his mind became much clearer. Seeing that there was no one around, he walked out of the room.The moonlight is like water, pouring down like a white waterfall.Seeing candles burning in the courtyard on the left, and figures shaking in front of the window, he thought: Who is still busy there at this late hour, so he came to the courtyard on the left, went to the window, and saw four people sitting in the room, one of them With a bald head, braids wrapped around her head, and a chignon, her complexion is ruddy, her eyebrows are white, her silver bun flutters, her eyes are like lightning, and she has a large knife across her knees, stroking the handle with one hand, and stroking the tip of her beard with the other. , this person is forty-five or six-year-old, and it is Wang Zibin, the "Fifth Sword King".The man on Wang Wu's left is twenty-six or seven years old, with a tall and bright forehead, slightly upward-sloping sword eyebrows, black and white sharp eyes, and a straight and unrestrained face. He is wearing a white gown and holds a Spring and Autumn Sword. , it is Cheng Yanhua, the "glasses course".The man next to Cheng Yanhua was about fifty-two or three years old, tall and tall, with strong muscles and bones, a mass of righteousness, sharp eyes, and a single knife on his back.Zhang San has seen this man before, he is the famous "Single Sword Li" Li Cunyi. Live in the rivers and lakes as a performer.He traveled all over Qi, Lu, Yan, and Jin, looking for famous teachers. In his middle age, he learned Xingyiquan from Hejian martial arts master Liu Qilan for nine years. He is also good at long boxing and short boxing.In the future, he will make a living as a bodyguard.Li Cunyi had just arrived from Tianjin, and he was full of dust.The man next to Li Cunyi was thirty-seven or eighteen years old. He was tall and tall, with a dignified bearing and a rosy face. He was wearing a royal blue gown and had a sword slung across his back.Zhang San also recognizes this person, this person is Sun Lutang, a native of Wanzhou, Zhili, he has been fond of martial arts since he was a child, he once learned Baguazhang from Li Kuiyuan and Cheng Yanhua, and was personally taught by Xingyiquan master Guo Yunshen, he is a rare talent in civil and martial arts nowadays . I just heard Li Cunyi say: "Nowadays the national crisis is at stake, the court is getting more and more corrupt, and foreigners are more rampant; foreigners use churches to expand their territory, oppress the people, rape women, fool the villagers, and shoot innocent people at will. The Boxers and Red Lanterns were rioting in Lidu. The Boxers and Red Lanterns led by Shandong Zhu Hongdeng will soon enter Beijing. They burn churches and severely punish unrighteous priests. It is really gratifying..." While talking, only heard the noise in the courtyard, everyone came to the window to watch, Zhang San thought: Could it be that these people found me...