Chapter 22 The 22nd Candle Shadow Shakes the Red Yunzhen Climbs the Great Sword and the Light Startles the Dream Woman Enters the Deep Palace
Gan Fengchi tried to comfort her, but Lu Siniang said sadly, "If the master is here, she will be even more sad." The one-armed nun was the princess of Emperor Chongzhen in the late Ming Dynasty. Gan Fengchi was speechless when he thought of his master.
Around noon, the road to the mausoleum was full of dust, and more than a dozen galloping horses came galloping. Gan and Lu hid behind a big tree. After a while, those people had arrived in front of the tomb palace "Jisi Palace" in Changling. Resting, Lu Siniang looked around, and she saw Tang Xiaolan among the guards, and she was very respectful to Yunti's appearance.Gan Fengchi said: "How?" Lu Siniang was silent, and after a while she asked, "Is there any way to get him to speak?" Gan Fengchi said: "Difficult, difficult!" After thinking for a while, he suddenly said: "You brought him Is there a hidden weapon?" Lu Siniang said: "Yes." Gan Fengchi said: "You will assassinate Yunti later. Show yourself up deliberately for Tang Xiaolan to see, how about him?" Lv Siniang said with a smile: "If I hit with one blow, I will really kill Yunti Yu, didn’t you help Yunzhen a lot! Although it is the same for us Han people when a Manchu prince ascends the throne, I hate Yunzhen the most. I prefer to see Yunzhen ascend the throne, whichever is the lesser of two evils.” Gan Fengchi smiled and said: "Who doesn't hate Yunzhen? I told you to assassinate Yunzhen, but I didn't mean that you must stab him to death. It's enough to hang some color on him. Let's see how Tang Xiaolan treats you? After you die, you can lead the guards to chase you. They will definitely not catch you. If Tang Xiaolan helps Yunzhen and opposes you, I will kill him." Lu Siniang was shocked, but Gan Fengchi said firmly, and the matter was not important. Important, it is inconvenient to object.I hope Tang Xiaolan is not really attached to the Qing court.
Yunti waited for a while to rest, and took the hounds out of the Changling cemetery. The hunting ground was to the west of Changling, just passing by the foot of the mountain where Gan and Lu were ambushing. On the side, Gan Fengchi pursed his mouth, signaling for her to let go, Lu Siniang flew forward quickly, raised her right hand, and with a whining sound, the three small daggers hit Yunyu in three directions!
At this very moment, Tang Xiaolan flicked out the dragon sword and knocked down the dagger in the middle. Yunyu, who had been in battle for a long time and had extraordinary skills, Huo Di nodded with a "phoenix" and also dodged the dagger on the left. Another guard clamped his fingers together, clamped the dagger on the right, and swung it with his backhand, shouting: "There is an assassin!"
Tang Xiaolan suddenly saw a young girl rushing forward. Although he changed his appearance, he already knew it was Lu Siniang. He was taken aback for a while, and all the guards rushed forward one after another. Yun Yu said, "Take her down!" The sword rushed away.
Gan Fengchi was furious when he saw Tang Xiaolan working very hard to rescue Yunti.The guards chased Lv Siniang to the south of the mountain, but Tang Xiaolan started a bit late and fell behind.Without hesitation, Gan Fengchi raised his hand and shot six flying knives with lightning, all of which flew towards Tang Xiaolan's vital points!
When Gan Fengchi raised his flying knives, he heard the sound of the slingshot, and Gan Fengchi's six flying knives were knocked down in mid-air!Gan Fengchi was taken aback!He heard two more bombs swishing past his head.Gan Fengchi suddenly thought of a person, turned around and chased after him, a slender figure on the top of the mountain in the north, like a strange bird soaring, suddenly reached the foot of the mountain, Gan Fengchi used the skill of "eight steps to catch cicadas", and followed the person in front closely, within a moment, he was already Over two hills.
Gan Fengchi shouted: "Senior Yang, why are you playing with each other?" The thin old man in front stopped suddenly, turned around, with long beard fluttering, and said with a smile: "Hero Gan, I almost broke a big deal for you!" Yang Zhongying.Gan Fengchi was stunned, thinking that he was deeply affectionate and eager to love his disciples, so he couldn't help asking: "Do you dare to come here for Tang Xiaolan, senior?" Yang Zhongying said: "Exactly." Leader, chivalry is touching, do you want to cover up traitors too?" Yang Zhongying laughed and said, "This time it's my turn to intercede on my behalf, Xiaolan has great difficulties and secrets, he is definitely not seeking glory and selling friends The person!" Gan Fengchi was stunned again, these words were exactly what he said for Tang Xiaolan and persuaded Yang Zhongying before, and he was not moved at the moment, and clasped his fists and said: "Since the old man said the same, then Gan is reckless." Gan Fengchi and Yang Zhongying, one from the south and the other from the north, are both martial arts leaders who convince others with chivalry and virtue. So before Yang Zhongying heard what Gan Fengchi said, he cleared up his misunderstanding of Tang Xiaolan. Now Gan Fengchi also believed that Tang Xiaolan was not bad guy.
Gan Fengchi was about to ask the reason in detail, Yang Zhongying said with a smile: "Junior Sister Ling is here too." Gan Fengchi looked up and saw Lu Siniang jumping from the opposite mountain, and came to her in a moment, and said with a smile: "The guards brought me a bag After a few rounds, I'm afraid I'm still in the valley suspicious of ghosts and running around here and there!" Then he said: "I saw Senior Yang leading senior brother here at the top of the mountain in front, I think you have already talked with Xiaolan? "Gan Fengchi shook his head, Yang Zhongying said: "There is no need to talk to him, there is an extraordinary person who lives in a nearby village, he would like to talk to you." Yang Zhongying so admired?Lu Siniang said, "Which chivalrous man is he?" Yang Zhongying said, "Of course you know him when you see him." He led the two of them into the valley, and gradually saw rural huts scattered with hills. Yang Zhongying stopped outside a hut Stepping up, I only heard someone inside chant: "The world is in chaos and goes south, and the Qing Dynasty alone returns to the north. White hair grows in other lands, and green hills are seen in the old country. The dawn moon passes the remnant barrier, and the stars are in the old pass. Cold birds and decaying grass, With a sad face everywhere."
Lu Siniang exclaimed ecstatically, "It turns out that Uncle Zeng is here." He knocked on the door hurriedly, the sound of poetry inside stopped, and when the door opened, a gray and plain old country man came out, but although he was dressed as a farmer, he couldn't hide his eyes The light of purpose.The old man glanced at Lu Siniang, and said with a smile: "I recognize you little girl even after burning the ashes, this person must be your brother Jiangnan Gan Daxia." Gan Fengchi cupped his fists and said, "Is this old Mr. Putan Zeng? The old man laughed and said: "We have been famous for a long time, so we never expected to meet here today."
It turned out that the old man's name was Zeng Jing, and he was from Putan, Hunan. His moral writings were always respected by the world. In order to respect him, others only called him "Mr. Putan" instead of his name.More than 30 years ago, he was still an ordinary scholar. Although his articles were well done, there was nothing special about them.Later, when he went to Yongxing Mansion to take the exam, he saw Lu Liuliang commented on the defense of Yi and Xia, and the feudal political system in Jingtian. If you have passed the stereotyped essay, you should no longer take the exam.He also sent his disciple Zhang Xi (named Jingqing, a native of Hengzhou, Hunan. He was also a famous Confucian in the Qing Dynasty.) to Lu Liuliang's home to look for books. At that time, Lu Liuliang was dead. The suicide note was given to him.
After Zeng Jing got Lv Liuliang's suicide note, she also inherited Lv Liuliang's will and took it as her responsibility to fill up the crowd.Although he was not a student taught by Lu Liuliang himself, he truly inherited Lu Liuliang's mantle.Zeng Jing later went to Lu's house in Zhejiang to study Lu Liuliang's theory with Lu Baozhong (the father of Lu Siniang), Lu Yizhong, Yan Hongkui and others.So Lu Siniang had known him since childhood.
Lu Siniang asked, "When did Uncle Zeng come to Beijing?" Zeng Jing smiled and said, "Three days before you came." Lu Siniang said, "You know our whereabouts?" Class friends, how can you not know? But I haven't found out where you live, or else I would have gone to see you first, so there is no need to ask Mr. Yang to lure you here." Gan Fengchi said: " We are here today, and Mr. Zeng also knows." Zeng Jing said: "I planned to send Tang Xiaolan to Yunyu's mansion, so I naturally had to pay attention to him. Yesterday I heard about Xiaolan from Mr. Gan, so I knew you I will definitely be waiting for him today."
Lu Siniang asked: "Why did Uncle Zeng arrange Xiaolan in the Yunyu Mansion?" Zeng Jing took a sip of strong tea and said, "Manchuria has entered the customs for seven or eighty years, and its foundation has been stabilized. We want to gather righteous people and raise the banner of righteousness. I am afraid it will be very difficult to officially launch an attack and overthrow the Qing court. So I want to start from two aspects, one is to instigate the rebellion of the Han generals in the Qing army, and the other is to try to make them kill each other." Disapprovingly, I thought: How can the great cause of restoring the country be accomplished because of people?It is important to instigate rebellion, but it cannot be relied on as the main force in the end.But Zeng Jing is a famous Confucian of the generation, Gan Fengchi met him for the first time, although he didn't agree with his strategy, it was inconvenient to argue with him immediately.
Lu Siniang interrupted and said, "Uncle means to ask Tang Xiaolan to incite Yunzhen and Yunzhen to fight against each other, so that they can kill each other." Zeng Jing said: "Exactly. They fight, no matter who wins or loses, it will hurt the vitality of Manchuria. Their vitality One point lost is one point of strength gained." Immediately he told about his and Yang Zhongying's coming from the north.
It turned out that Zeng Jing had traveled all over the world for years, made friends with righteous men, and was an old acquaintance with Yang Zhongying.He went to Yang's house three months ago and heard about Tang Xiaolan's complicated life experience, so he thought it could be used.So hurry up and come to Beijing with him.When I arrived in the capital, I knew that Kangxi was seriously ill, and I thought it was an excellent time.That's why Tang Xiaolan was asked to show off his skills deliberately and sneak into Yunyu's mansion.
Zeng Jing said: "There is one thing you don't know yet. It's been half a month since Yunti came back, and he hasn't seen Kangxi yet." Lu Siniang said in surprise, "Is that so? Kangxi loves him the most, why don't you let him into the palace to meet." Zeng Jing said: "Didn't Yunzhen play tricks on it and ask Longkodo and others to seal the palace gate for him?" Lu Siniang said, "Kangxi is very talented, and he is not a friendly person, and now the palace is controlled by Yunzhen's party. Presumably he is already sick and blind." Zeng Jing said: "I think the same is true. So if you want to stir up internal strife among them, you must do it urgently."
Everyone talked for a while, and Lu Siniang asked Yang Zhongying, "Where's your daughter?" Yang Zhongying said, "I'm afraid she will cause trouble, so I dare not let her come with you. She and Xiaolan are engaged." Lu Siniang repeatedly said "Congratulations", in her heart But he thought to himself: Tang Xiaolan has always hated her, so maybe there will be a change in this marriage?I was quite disturbed, but I didn't dare to say it.
Zeng Jing smiled and said, "Niece Ying, are you afraid that your wedding will come soon? Before I went to Mr. Yang's home, I met Zai Kuan at Xianxia Ridge. He can go out for a walk." Lu Siniang's face was flushed, and her heart Very happy.Zeng Jing said: "I sat in his study and robbed him of a poem." Lu Siniang couldn't help asking: "Why did you rob him?" Zeng Jing laughed loudly and said: "You will know it after reading it. "Take out a piece of paper, it is indeed Shen Zaikuan's handwriting, and it says:
The dream is deep and deep, traveling thousands of miles across the Guanshan Mountains, looking for old times.
The depth of memory is vivid on paper.When Lu Siniang saw it, she was both happy and ashamed.I thought to myself: Once things here are over, I should go back and see him.
Tang Xiaolan suddenly saw Lu Siniang and Gan Fengchi that day, and was startled. He was afraid that Yunti would see his flaws. Later, Gan Fengchi was lured away by Yang Zhongying, and he followed the crowd to several hills, and did not come back until Lu Siniang was gone. .Yunyu was sullen, and said: "You two little assassins, you can't catch them, what do you need?" All the guards dared not make a sound.Yunti said to Tang Xiaolan again: "You still have some ability, who is that person who used the slingshot to secretly help you?"
Tang Xiaolan was happy that nothing had happened, but when she returned to the imperial palace, Yunti suddenly pointed at him and shouted, "Take this kid down!" The guards on both sides rushed forward, Tang Xiaolan didn't resist, and let them be captured without any resistance.Yunyu said: "You kid is hiding treachery, and you are clearly with the assassin. Don't you think I don't know?" But you can't rest in peace." Yunyu said: "When you were chasing that female thief, why did you fall behind the guards?" Tang Xiaolan said: "I suffered a little injury, although it was not serious, but I was shocked at the time, so I started late. "Exposing the wrist, there was indeed a knife mark about three inches long. It turned out that when Tang Xiaolan was teasing Lu Siniang with the flying knife, he deliberately hung up the blade so that when the flying knife fell to the ground, it brushed against his wrist.Yunyu's complexion softened a little, and he shouted: "Why didn't you say it earlier?" Tang Xiaolan said: "A slight injury, I dare not boast about it." Yunyu's complexion became better, and he said: "Then, you are very loyal to me " Tang Xiaolan said: "The emperor's lesson is clear." Yunti's eyes were piercing, and his eyes swept Tang Xiaolan's face back and forth, Tang Xiaolan remembered Zeng Jing's advice to be "bold and careful", and stood upright without moving his expression.After a while, Yunti said: "Okay, then I blamed you. Left and right, untie him." Tang Xiaolan bowed his head to thank him, and Yunti suddenly said kindly: "You are really loyal, and you will be promoted to the guards tomorrow. One of them is unified."
Tang Xiaolan didn't sleep well that night, thinking that the fourteenth prince is so shrewd, I'm afraid his suspicion will not be easily dispelled.Sure enough, the next night, Yunti sent someone to call him into the secret room alone.
Tang Xiaolan felt anxious, only to hear Yunti say: "You can do something for me." Tang Xiaolan said: "Listen to the emperor's order." Yunti said: "This matter is very easy to do." He took out a piece of paper rope and a medicine bottle, and continued: "You kill a prisoner for me. After you strangle him with this rope, pour his body with potion. This is Ouchi's secret medicine. After pouring it, his body Turned into blood. The prisoner is imprisoned upstairs in the third room of the East Courtyard of the Imperial Mansion. You go!"
Tang Xiaolan was terrified when he heard this, and took the rope medicine bottle, Yunti asked again: "Have you brought the sword?" Tang Xiaolan said: "Yes." Yunti said: "After you hang him, cut off his middle finger and come back. see me."
Tang Xiaolan was ordered to go, and pushed away the cell, only to hear a person groaning in the darkness.Tang Xiaolan hurriedly closed the door and lit the flint, only to see a man with disheveled hair and unkempt face, huddled in the corner of the room, and moaned: "Okay, you kill me! I am a righteous man, and I will not be humiliated to the death. Look at you bulldogs!" , how long will it last?"
Tang Xiaolan was taken aback. Hearing the tone, this person was actually a fellow of her own.He stepped forward and shouted: "You death row prisoner, today is the time for your death. Do you have any last words to leave?" The man opened his eyes, and suddenly asked: "Are you a barbarian or a Han?" Tang Xiaolan said: "You don't care. I am a Hu and a Han." The man said: "It seems that you are a Han, why are you a Hulu eagle dog?" Tang Xiaolan took out the rope, wondering whether to kill him or save him?If you kill him, how can you bear it?If he is not killed, the important task entrusted by Zeng Jing will definitely be missed.Just as he was hesitating, the man suddenly said: "Let me ask you another question, what time is it?" Tang Xiaolan said: "It's almost midnight." The man said: "There is a very capable person who made an appointment to rescue me at midnight. You go with us." Tang Xiaolan's thoughts were raging, and he approached two steps, and the man said again: "If you kill me, you will be a big sinner forever." Tang Xiaolan thought suddenly, and suddenly sneered: "I only know Baylor's life , I will send you to heaven today." The man said angrily, "I am the leader of the Northwest Rebel Army. If you kill me, my brothers will not spare you!" Tang Xiaolan shouted, "Shut up!" He lifted him up, He took out the rope with his left hand and put it around his neck.
The man shouted: "Second brother, come!" There was a cry from outside the window, the iron branches snapped, and a man flew in in the dark, holding a long sword with a cold light in his hand. Tang Xiaolan's figure flashed, and the man shouted: "Quickly let go!" My big brother!" Tang Xiaolan shouted: "There is an assassin!" After avoiding two moves, the Youlong Sword was already in his hand, and in an instant, the man made five moves in a row, and Tang Xiaolan also returned four swords.
The man shouted while beating: "You are loyal to Manchuria Baylor with this skill, and you are not ashamed?" In the light, I saw that man wearing a black mask, he was hideous and terrifying!Tang Xiaolan repeatedly used the "Mu Wang Shenjun" and "Queen Mother Green Bird" two moves in the Chasing Wind Sword, stabbing his lower body with one sword, and then straight up with a flick of the sword, piercing his face. Difficult, but it is the most vicious trick in Chasing Wind Sword.That man was extremely skillful. With a wave of the Ping sword, it turned in a half-circle, and the wind of the sword shook, and it actually sealed Tang Xiaolan's Youlong sword out of the outer door!
Tang Xiaolan was taken aback, Youlongjian leaned forward, untied the enemy's attack, twisted the handle of the sword, and cut the blade horizontally, the masked man blocked it with a horizontal sword, and the blade was missing a bit in the flying sparks, praised: "Good sword !" Tang Xiaolan took advantage of the situation and lashed out, suddenly felt that the tip of the sword was sucked by something, the tip of the sword fell into the air, and the man stabbed his lower abdomen with his sword.Tang Xiaolan shook his shoulders and flicked sideways, the man seemed to be merciful, and shouted: "Abandon the darkness and turn to the light, I will spare you!" Tang Xiaolan scolded: "Rebel, eat me with a sword." , Sword flowers are like waves, thousands of points, sprinkled straight down.The masked man seemed very enraged, with a flick of his long sword, he stabbed straight at him under the shroud of the precious light of Youlongjian!
When Tang Xiaolan met a strong enemy for the first time, he cheered up and used the exquisite moves of Tianshan swordsmanship as much as possible.The masked man's swordsmanship is far less exquisite than his, but his skill is extremely high. With only a few techniques of sticking, twisting, hitting, and stabbing, he eliminated Tang Xiaolan's offensive one by one. After fighting for half an hour, Tang Xiaolan mastered the Tianshan swordsmanship The seventy-two ways of chasing the wind sword in the middle have all been used, and he has no choice but to switch to the Xumi sword technique of attacking and defending. , Tang Xiaolan's sword couldn't help turning around with him, turning twice, and with a whoosh, he let go and flew away!
The masked man laughed loudly, at this moment, the dark room suddenly shone brightly, and saw the fourteenth prince standing in the room with a smile on his face, beckoning: "You are indeed loyal to me, come here!" Jiao's "death prisoner" also jumped up, and the shackles on his body were untied at some point.
Tang Xiaolan wiped off her brow of cold sweat, and said in her heart: "It's so dangerous!" At first, Tang Xiaolan didn't expect that Yunzhen would use this insidious method to test him, and she almost fell into a trap, and wanted to let the "death prisoner" go.Fortunately, he was smart enough, just when he was about to release the "prisoner", he suddenly saw the flaws, and when the masked man came, more flaws were exposed, so Tang Xiaolan followed suit and used all his strength to deal with him, It showed his loyalty to Yunyu.
Guess what flaws Tang Xiaolan saw?First, since the prisoner is an extremely important death row prisoner, he should be beaten so badly that he cannot move, or his acupuncture points should be sealed, or there should be a master guarding him.But none of these three.The prisoner is only wearing ordinary shackles, and those with high internal strength can break free.Second, the prisoner deliberately flaunted the importance of his identity, revealing in front of the "executioner" that he was the "leader of the Northwest Rebel Army", which was very suspicious.Third, if what the prisoner said is true, then as a newcomer to the imperial palace, Tang Xiaolan can rest assured that he can handle this matter alone.Fourth, after the masked assassin came, he did not save his friend first, but fought with him, which was too unreasonable.If it is really a chivalrous way in the world, and the person saved is such an important person, there is no one who will abandon the person he saved and persuade the enemy to surrender first.Fifth, when the assassin persuaded Tang Xiaolan, he told him not to be a servant of the Manchurian "Baylor".Sixth, almost an hour after the assassin came, Tang Xiaolan shouted again, there are many masters in the palace, but no one is helping.This is clearly a trap set by Yun Yu.These six flaws were revealed one by one from the time Tang Xiaolan stepped into the "prison room" until Yunyu appeared, but even so, if it is not for a shrewd person, they would not be able to see it.
Yunyu hid in the double wall, and could see Tang Xiaolan's every move clearly.It turned out that the "prison room" was actually a secret place in the imperial palace, and there was a tunnel leading directly to the outside.Yunyu came from the tunnel.
Tang Xiaolan suddenly saw Yunti appearing, feigning panic, and took a stride to cover between Yunti and the masked man.Yunti said: "He is not an assassin. General Che takes off his mask, and you two meet." The masked man took off his mask in response. It turned out to be the first swordsman in Yunti's army to ward off evil.This chariot is a Bannerman whose swordsmanship has won the Changbai Mountain Wind and Thunder swordsmanship, and Fang Jinming, the commander of the Guards, is also known as the second treasure in the army.And because Che Bixie is a bannerman, he is especially favored by Yunti.
Tang Xiaolan said "offended", and said again: "Fortunately, Mr. Che is just trying to test. If it is really an assassin, my life is already over. I am not good at learning, so I am really scared." Che Bixie was praised by him, and he laughed. : "In terms of swordsmanship, you are much better than me. In a few years, when your skill gradually increases, I will not be your opponent."
Yunti was very happy, and said to Tang Xiaolan, "Bring that medicine bottle." Tang Xiaolan took it out from her bosom, but luckily it didn't break, Yunti uncorked the bottle, took a big gulp, and handed it to Tang Xiaolan Said: "You guys are tired from beating, let's have a sip each." Tang Xiaolan only felt the smell of the wine when he drank it, and it turned out to be an excellent wine.Che Bixie half-bent, took the wine and drank it, and then the guard pretending to be a "death rower" also drank it.It turns out that giving wine like this, starting with the commander in chief, and each taking a sip in turn, is a "honour" in the Manchurian army, and only meritorious soldiers can receive such a toast from the commander.
After Yunyu drank the wine, his face suddenly changed, and he said to Tang Xiaolan: "You have a unique skill, why did you recommend yourself? Where did you work before?" Take the liberty, the villain has something to say." Yunyu said: "They are all my confidantes, but you can say so."
Tang Xiaolan untied the piece of Chinese jade that Kangxi gave him from his belt, handed it to Yunti, and said, "Baile must have seen it before." But it was in the hands of this person.Tang Xiaolan said: "The villain was originally the emperor's personal bodyguard. He entered the imperial palace because of top-secret matters." Yunyu let out a cry, and said secretly: So it turns out that he has a lot of background.Staring at Tang Xiaolan with both eyes, he suddenly asked: "When did you enter the palace?" Tang Xiaolan said: "I only entered the palace last year." Yunyu said: "So that's the case. I was in Qinghai last year, no wonder I haven't seen it. Have you What confidential matter do you want to tell me?"
Tang Xiaolan said: "The emperor has long chosen Baylor to succeed him. Does Baylor know?" Although Yunti knew that his father loved him the most, he did not dare to hope too much for the matter of inheriting the great treasure because there were thirteen elder brothers. , so when I first heard the news, I couldn't help being both happy and surprised.Tang Xiaolan continued: "The Fourth Emperor is the most anxious to find a position, of course Baylor knows about it." Yunti rolled her eyes, Tang Xiaolan said anxiously: "I dare not divorce Baylor's blood relatives, but—" Yunti cut off "But it's true, isn't it?" Tang Xiaolan knelt down and kowtowed, Yunyu sneered and said, "I knew that Yunzhen was up to no good!" Tang Xiaolan raised her head and said, "If Baylor didn't plan for him earlier, I'm afraid A cooked duck will fly away!"
Yunyu rolled his eyes, and said again: "What do you mean?" Tang Xiaolan said: "It has been half a month since the emperor recuperated, and it will be ten days since Baylor came back. Why does the emperor never summon Baylor?" Yunyu clapped the table and said: "Could it be that there are traitors playing tricks on it?" Tang Xiaolan said: "Uncle Long Kedo, General Ertai, and University scholar Zhang Tingyu, these three are all part of Sibeile's party." Yunyu said: "I also heard that now Except for a few imperial doctors and a few close court ladies, these three people are in front of the father. This matter is really worrying. What do you think?" Tang Xiaolan said: "We must try to see the emperor. "Yunti said: "How can we see it if we haven't received the edict?" Tang Xiaolan said: "When necessary, we will break in. And Baylor has a large army in his hand. If he arranges it as soon as possible—" Yunti's complexion changed suddenly, and he said: "I I understand your loyalty. Don't talk nonsense, just retreat."
In fact, Yunzhen has already made arrangements, and he also knows that Yunzhen has the most capable warriors, and he is afraid of being plotted against, so he stationed the army outside the city, under the control of his confidant General Boktu, and asked him if he was detained or other accidents, use the army to deal with Yunzhen.
Not to mention the arrangement on Yunti's side.In addition, Emperor Kangxi has always been in good health and has been on the throne for 61 years. In October of this year, he also "drives lucky" in Nanyuan to hold a hunt, galloping horses and shooting deer, which is quite brave.Unexpectedly, after hunting, he suddenly fell ill. Generally, the elderly who are in good health and seldom get sick, once they get sick, it is difficult to treat them, so they were sick for less than a few days.It is very heavy.Kangxi moved to the Li Palace in Changchun Garden to recuperate from his illness. At the beginning, he was still struggling to take care of state affairs, but later it became more and more unbearable. That's why the uncle Longkodo and the academician Zhang Tingyu took charge of the government.
Kangxi was an extremely strong man. He conquered the north and south throughout his life, governed rivers and compiled books, and made great achievements in politics, education and martial arts. Unexpectedly, in his later years, more than a dozen sons fought openly and secretly, and Kangxi was helpless.So after one illness, she was very troubled, and she didn't want to see her family members. Therefore, not only Yunzhen, but also Yunzhen tried every means to ask to see her, and they could only kowtow to "Sheng'an" outside.Yunti and Tang Xiaolan's suspicion of "treacherous people making troubles" is actually only half correct.However, Yunzhen relied on Long Kedo, Ertai, Zhang Tingyu and others as his eyes and ears, and bribed Kangxi's close court ladies and eunuchs, so he knew Kangxi's every move, every word and every word like the back of his hand.
On this day——January 13th, the sixty-first year of Kangxi——Kangxi was so sick that he was in a daze. After eating a bowl of ginseng soup, his mind regained consciousness. It's just like a passing cloud, although there are many sons, what they are fighting for is just a throne, and there is no sincere father-son relationship.Thinking about it this way, I just feel very "lonely", and I can't help but think of my childhood friend Nalan Rongruolai. It is a pity that Nalan was short-lived, and he died at the age of thirty-one. Talk with one person.
Seeing that the emperor was leaning over and about to get up, the inner eunuch came to greet him.Kangxi said: "In the middle of the bookshelf, there is a fan. You can bring that fan for me." The eunuch was very surprised. It is already the middle of winter, what do you need a fan for?But the sage ordered, dare not disobey.Kangxi took the fan and let out a long sigh.
At this moment, he thought of the expedition with Nalan Rongruo more than forty years ago. It was near Tulufan at that time. It was hot during the day and bitterly cold at night. Point out the mountains and rivers, and talk about the rise and fall of the world.Nalan once advised himself not to rely solely on martial arts, and he laughed at him as a scholar. Now it seems that the northwest has been fighting for years, and all ethnic groups have always refused to accept it. Nalan's words are not unreasonable.At that time, Nalan wrote a fan for him. He didn't like those words, so he kept them on the bookshelf.
Kangxi opened the fan amidst the turmoil of thoughts, and read the words on it:
Kangxi carefully chewed the sentences such as "the present and ancient rivers and mountains have no fixed evidence" and "who can speak of the desolation everywhere", and felt that the sadness came from it and could not be cut off.Longkodo and Ertai were accompanying them, seeing that the emperor saw the gods, how could he expect that this Emperor Kangxi, who had enjoyed the throne for so long, enjoyed such a high age, rich and prosperous, reached the extreme, before he died, his mood was It was so lonely and desolate.
Long Kedo approached the imperial couch lightly, and said: "The emperor's spirit has just recovered, so don't worry about it." Kangxi smiled sadly, waved his hand and said, "Quickly send Fourteen Baylor Yunyu here!" Ready to tell the funeral.
The princes were impatient to seek a position. In the past two days, they heard that Kangxi was seriously ill. They rushed to Changchun Garden early in the morning, and did not go back to take a rest until late at night. They came back very early the next day, and everyone held "the swan is coming" In my heart, I braved the cold winter wind and waited outside the garden.When the brothers met, they just greeted each other coldly. Everyone was jealous and didn't talk to each other.
All the princes were waiting anxiously, when they suddenly saw Longkoduo running out, they surrounded him in a panic.Long Keduo shouted: "There is a decree from the sage, the princes do not need to enter the garden when they come to the garden, but only call the four princes to see them!" Yunzhen was overjoyed, jumped forward, and dragged Long Keduo into the garden.
All the princes were astonished and disappointed, the ninth prince Yunyu was the most arrogant, he was the first to throw his arms and shouted: "Leave him alone, let's all go in!" All the princes responded in unison, bringing their entourage, and rushed in, the guards guarding the garden dared not stop them.Tang Xiaolan and Che Bixie were the attendants of the Fourteenth Prince Yunti, and they also rushed into the garden with the crowd.
After Emperor Kangxi summoned Yunti, his sanity gradually became blurred again, and he suddenly seemed to be on Wutai Mountain in a hazy state. An old monk glared at him, and it was his father, Emperor Shunzhi. He couldn't help being frightened and screamed: " Father, spare me!" Ertai stepped forward and shook him and said: "The emperor woke up, and Fourteen Baylor is here!" Emperor Kangxi turned around in a cold sweat, and suddenly asked: "What is this place?" Ertai said: "Changchun Garden!" Kangxi said: "You lied to me, this is Mount Wutai!"Kangxi turned around again, and suddenly shouted: "You beat that old monk out quickly! Quickly! Don't let him in!"
At this time, Yunzhen and Longkodo had already rushed in.Ertai knelt down and said: "Your Majesty, the Fourteenth Prince is here!" Kangxi woke up leisurely, and Yunzhen knelt in front of the bed.Kangxi stretched out his hand to touch his face, and suddenly shouted: "You, you, you are not Yunzhen!" Yunzhen said: "I am following the imperial edict of my father!" Kangxi suddenly looked back and said angrily: "Okay, I'm not dead yet, so you all lie to me!" Picking up a string of jade rosary beads, throwing them at Yunzhen's face!Longkodo lost his voice in shock.At this time, there was a lot of voices outside the door, Yun Zhen gritted his teeth, and suddenly threw himself on the bed.Kangxi screamed, couldn't turn around in one breath, and died!Kangxi murdered his father on Wutai Mountain (see my book for details), and now he also died at the hands of his son.
The princes led their entourage and rushed inside, and a group of imperial forest troops outside the imperial room blocked the way. It turned out that Longkodo also worried that the princes would not obey orders, so he arranged it in advance.Tang Xiaolan pushed Yunti, and said quietly: "Baile should make a decisive decision!" Yunti shouted: "We greet the emperor, who dares to stop us?" Shaking feet!
At this moment, a scream came from the inner room, and the princes were suffocated, and a figure suddenly flew up, flew over the heads of the imperial guards in the front row, and jumped in through the window.
The fourth prince Yunzhen strangled his father to death, let go of his hands, and fell to the front of the bed.Long Kedo said: "Congratulations, Your Majesty, the event has been decided!" Seeing a black shadow suddenly flying in from the window, Ertai shouted: "Who are you?" With a punch, Ertai fell to the ground.Kneeling in front of the imperial couch, raised his head to look, suddenly knelt down and cried, "I'm late!"
This person is Tang Xiaolan. Before Kangxi was alive, he refused to recognize his father, but now he is dead!The affection between father and son, after all, is out of nature, and he kneels unconsciously.Yunzhen regained her sanity, jumped up quickly, and pointed at Tang Xiaolan's "Jianjing Point" with a parallel finger. Tang Xiaolan immediately fell to the ground, her mouth was still open, and tears were still dripping down her face.It is said that Tang Xiaolan's martial arts are already higher than the fourth prince's at this time, but at this time, how can he be on guard?
Long Keduo said: "Your Majesty, don't worry." He pulled Yun Zhen out of the room—although Yun Zhen was not a great treasure, he had already changed his name to "Emperor".Yunzhen collected himself, raised his sleeves and wiped his eyes, and burst into tears immediately!
At this time, all the princes were making noise, they suddenly heard the sound of crying, and they were all vying to be the first. The Imperial Forest Army raised their swords and guns, just for the sake of momentum.Seeing them rushing in, they all moved away.Long Keduo shouted: "The emperor is in charge of the honored guests. The country cannot be without a king for a day, and the people cannot be without a master for a day. This minister is entrusted by the late emperor. Please come to Zhengda Guangming Hall to listen to this minister's suicide note! "As expected, the princes became quiet. The emperor was dead, and no one wanted to go inside to see him. A swarm of bees rushed to Zhengda Guangming Hall to wait for the order.
Longkodo handed Tang Xiaolan over to the Imperial Forest Army and brought him into the inner court for custody first, and asked on the spot: "Which emperor's entourage is this person?" All the princes rushed into the palace, and no one paid attention.Yunyu resented Tang Xiaolan's recklessness in his heart, and he dared not speak out for fear of making a big mistake.I thought: I will kill him after I ascend the throne.
It was getting late at this time, and the Meridian Gate was already closed.In order to read the will, I had to open it.The emperor's relatives, civil and military ministers rushed to hear the news, and the concubines in the palace also went to the side hall to listen quietly.After a pause, all the civil and military personnel of the Manchu Dynasty had arrived, and the 3,000 imperial guards were lined up densely.All the princes crowded into the hall, creating a commotion.Yunyu's heart was pounding, he stretched his neck, and looked at the plaque hanging in the center of the hall that said "Fair and Bright".In this extremely tense atmosphere, someone suddenly pulled him quietly, and Yunyu was startled, only to see that it was his confidant, Fang Jinming, the commander of the Guards.Fang Jinming whispered in his ear: "There has been a change in the army!" Yunyu was taken aback and asked, "Why?" Fang Jinming said: "Nian Gengyao said that he was given the post of Deputy General of Fuyuan because of the imperial edict. , to take care of the army on behalf of Baylor temporarily, and his 10,000 cavalry troops have already set up camp at our garrison." Yunyu was puzzled, Nian Gengyao was just an admiral, although his army was brave and good at fighting, But compared to his own army of 200,000 troops, He Yi beat the stone with an egg, why would he accept him, and hurriedly asked: "Boketu's military power has not been cut, right? Are the officers of the battalions still loyal to me?" Fang Jinming said: "博克图还在。近卫军和其他十二个营将年羹尧的军队包围监视，请贝勒立即回去。”允禵听说博克图无事，心中稍安，道：“只要兵权还在，兵士未变，就不必害怕，你先回去吧。就传我的主意，叫他们设法把年羹尧先扣押起来。”方今明面有难色，众皇子听得允禵和人说话，纷纷嘘声注视，允禵急推他道：“快回去！”方今明无奈，只好在人堆中又挤出去。
纷乱中宣礼的太监击起殿上大钟，叫道：“请遗诏！”一刹那间，乱哄哄的大殿静了下来，跌一根针在地下都听得见响。只见隆科多鄂尔泰张廷玉三人走上殿去，殿上设了香案，三人望空行过了礼，卫士安好扶梯，隆科多爬上去在匾额后将玉匣遗诏巅巍巍的捧了下来。众皇子个个伸长颈子，只见那隆科多站在殿中，高声宣读。读到“传位于——”之时，故意拖长声音，心急的皇子不自觉跨步出去，隆科多咳了一声，接着读道：“四皇子！”顿时阶下哗然大闹！众人都知道康熙皇帝最憎恶四皇子允祯，怎会传位给他。殊不知那遗诏本来是写着“传位十四皇子”的，允祯密派天叶散人和冯琳入去偷看，知道之后，由隆科多献计，在十字之上加了一横，下面加了一钩，变成“于”字，于是本来是“传位十四皇子”的变成“传位于四皇子”了！
哄闹声中，九皇子允禟、十皇子允礻我首先不服，越众叫道：“我不信！”殿上布置好的侍卫拦上前来，允禟、允礻我都是全身武功，又以为那些侍卫也像御林军一样，只是虚张声势，不敢拦他，恃强冲去，就想抢夺遗诏，不料允祯板面喝道：“拿下来！”侍卫中两人骤然扑上，允禟、允礻我同声大喝道：“谁敢拦我？”
允禟允（礻我）懵然不知：那两名卫士却不是普通卫士，而是四皇子预知有今日之事，不但把御林军和殿前侍卫都收买了，而且在前两天就把十几名心腹好手安插进去，这两名卫士乃是韩重山和董巨川，允禟允礻我发怒挥拳，不过几个照面，就给点了穴道，摔到阶下，御林军中四皇子所埋伏的人抢过来将他们缚了，领头高呼“万岁！”三千御林军呼声震天，百官失色。这时全班侍卫下来，把允祯迎上殿去，允祯也就老实不客气地把皇帝的冠服全副披挂起来，在隆科多等党羽簇拥之下，登了宝座。殿下御林军三呼“万岁！”那文武百官，有一大半已给允祯收买，另一小半迫于威势，也只得一个个上来朝见。众皇子呆若木鸡，迫不得已都上前朝拜。
礼成之后，允祯说道：“允禟允礻我扰乱朝堂，犯大不敬罪，着即革去爵位，交宗人府审问！”又道：“先帝遗诏，郡王本无权拆读，但今日既闹了此事，为了昭示大公，特准各亲王拜读。”把遗诏颁下，众皇子抢着传阅，见果然是康熙亲笔，而且果然写得明明白白是：“传位于四皇子”，众人心虽不服，却都不敢说话了。允祯又道：“先帝弥留之际，执意要我继承大宝，并给我玉念珠为凭，我力推辞不获，只好尊父皇遗志，还望各位郡王相助，共治天下。”说着取出康熙掷他的那串玉珠来，故作伤感之状，潸然泪下。允祯知各皇子都还有潜势力存在，所以不能不假意笼络人心。十四皇子气得手足冰冷，首先下朝，众皇子也跟着散了。
允祯当晚就搬入皇宫，在乾清宫居住，漏夜召集心腹，彻夜办公，例如拟订各部大臣名单，调换各省督抚，监视亲王，收揽兵权等等，想以快刀斩乱麻之势，巩固皇位。把几件大事办了下来，已是四更，隆科多等方才退出，允祯又派人去与年羹尧联络，内监奏道：“皇上稍歇一会吧。明早还要上朝呢！”允祯也实在困倦，便道：“若年羹尧派人来，立刻叫他见我。”伏案假寝，朦朦胧胧似见康熙血流满面，正想呼救，忽又见吕四娘提剑杀来，允祯一惊而醒，内监禀道：“宝国禅师在外面求见。”允祯道：“叫他进来！”
了因进来，稽首不跪，说道：“恭喜主公即位。”了因自恃功劳，对允祯仍如平日在皇府之时。允祯暗暗不悦，心想：“这班人将来总要一个个除掉才好，免得他们拿我在江湖上的事情乱说。”但刚刚登位，还有许多事要倚仗他们，因此不露辞色，问道：“国师见朕何事？”了因道：“禀皇上，皇上今日所擒的那名刺客已审出来了。”允祯眉头一皱，心道：“这种小事也拿来麻烦我。”随口问道：“是哪个皇府的卫士？”了因道：“这倒不知，但这人却是藏有先帝遗书，曾自称是大内卫士的唐晓澜。”允祯道：“好，带他进来！”
唐晓澜有甘凤池给他的易容丹，入京之时，已用药变了颜容。但二百多年前的易容丹还比不上现在最好的化装药品，了因等人又是行家，用湿手中在他面上一抹，登时现出原来面目，而今推了进来，允祯一见，哼了一声道：“你为什么老是和我作对？”了因取出康熙以前给唐晓澜的诏书，那是当年唐晓澜为了要见允祯，求康熙写的，后来到了允祯皇府，未曾掏出，恰遇关东四侠前来闹事，所以允祯没有见过。
允祯一看，诏书要允祯好好照顾此人，不禁大为疑惑，喝道：“你是什么来历？”唐晓澜瞪目不答，允祯正想给点苦头他偿，忽然外面一阵喧哗，内监叫道：“宫中起火！”允祯大吃一惊，推门外望，蓦地寒风扑面，侧面翊坤宫的琉璃瓦上，突然跳下一人，运剑如风，刷，刷两剑，直向允祯刺来，这人竟然是在梦中吓破允祯心胆的吕四娘。exactly:
How about knowing the future?Please listen to the breakdown next time.