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Chapter 10 The tenth round of smoke and fire blazing away heroic hero powder greasy fat fragrance restraint supreme

After the heroes had a full meal, they went back to their rooms to rest.At the right time of You, the little boss came to report that the tunnel had been dug into the Admiral's Mansion, and the big stone in front blocked the way, and the digging had turned to go down, and it was necessary to go around the big stone and dig in again.Chen Jialuo and Xu Tianhong assigned personnel, who would attack the left, who would attack the right, who would respond, and who would be cut off, and they would make proper arrangements one by one.At three o'clock in the unitary hour, the little boss reported again that he had dug up the iron plate. He was afraid that he would be alarmed inside, so he stopped digging for the time being.Chen Jialuo said: "Wait another hour, and do it after dark."

Everyone was itching to wait for this hour.Luo Bing was fidgeting, and Zhang Jin was walking up and down the hall, muttering curses.The Chang brothers took a set of dominoes and played Pai Gow with Yang Chengxie and Wei Chunhua. Yang Wei was absent-minded and gave the Chang brothers a big win.Zhou Qi took the Ningbi sword and looked carefully, found some old pure steel swords, cut them off with one sword, and broke them in one hand, it was really sharp.Xu Tianhong smiled and watched from the side.Ma Shanjun couldn't stop taking out a fat gold watch from his pocket to check the time.Zhao Banshan and Lu Feiqing sat in a corner and talked about the situation in detail.Wu Chen played chess with Zhou Zhongying, Wu Chen couldn't hold his breath, his chess strength was low, and he lost game after game.Chen Jialuo took a copy of Lu Fangweng's collection and groaned.Shi Shuangying looked at the sky with both eyes, motionless.

Finally, after an hour, Ma Shanjun said: "The time has come!" All the heroes jumped up and walked out of the gate in batches.Everyone disguised themselves, hid their weapons, and gathered in a private house outside the admiral's mansion one after another.The occupants of this house have already moved out. Seeing the heroes coming, Jiang Sigen said in a low voice: "The Qing soldiers are patrolling very tightly in this area. If you lose it, you have to get it softly!" Holding an iron paddle, he guarded the entrance of the tunnel.The heroes filed in, and the tunnel was dug very deep. The terrain of Hangzhou is low and wet, and the water in the tunnel was ankle deep.

Seven or eight small leaders held torches and waited with shovels in their hands. Seeing the chief steward waiting to arrive, they said in a low voice, "The iron plate is ahead!" Chen Jialuo said, "Let's do it!" Soon, the stone beside the iron plate was pried away, and after digging for a while, a large iron plate was lifted down, and there was a corridor in front of it.Wei Chunhua rushed in first, and the heroes followed. The little leader held a torch and illuminated the road from the side. The heroes rushed into the corridor and went straight to the inner room. At the end of the corridor, the iron gate was drooping.Wei Chunhua hurriedly pressed the mechanism of the gossip map, but there was no movement at the iron gate, and the mechanism seemed to have failed.Xu Tianhong had a thought, and hurriedly said: "Eighth and Ninth Brothers, hurry up and guard the exit of the dungeon, in case the Tartars have other tricks." Yang Chengxie and Wei Chunhua responded.Several small leaders pried open the stones beside the iron gate, and everyone worked together to lift a large iron gate out.There was an iron chain connected to the boulder on the iron gate, Luo Bing raised the Ningbi sword to cut off the iron chain, and rushed in first.Entering the room, there was only a bitter cry, the room was empty, and there was no trace of Wen Tailai.

Luo Bing was disappointed again and again, but at this moment he couldn't bear it anymore, sat down on the ground, and burst into tears.Zhou Qi wanted to comfort her, but Zhou Zhongying said in a low voice, "It's good to let her cry." Chen Jialuo saw that there was no way out in the room, so he took the Ningbi sword and stabbed the small door through which Zhang Zhaozhong escaped last time.The door was made of iron and steel, with a few cracks cut out, and there was a huge stone behind the door.Xu Tianhong said: "Li Kexiu is afraid that we will rob him, so he has probably imprisoned the fourth brother elsewhere." Chen Jialuo said: "Go to the admiral's mansion, today I have to find the fourth brother no matter what."

Everyone rushed to the entrance of the dungeon, only to see Yang Chengxie waving an iron whip, trying to resist the siege of the Qing soldiers.Wei Chunhua was not there, he wanted to rush forward to fight the enemy.With a loud cry, Wu Chen got out of the dungeon, swiped his long sword, and the two Qing soldiers stepped forward to punish him.The crowd followed and rushed out, only to see six or seven generals of the Qing army fighting fiercely around Wei Chunhua.Lu Feiqing thought to herself: "I have a friendship with Li Kexiu after all, so it's inconvenient to show up." She tore off the lower skirt of her robe and covered her face, only her eyes were exposed.As soon as he packed up, the Qing soldiers retreated one after another under the fierce attack of the heroes, Wei Chunhua and others shouted to catch up.

Xu Tianhong jumped on the wall to look around, and saw officers and soldiers guarding the admiral's mansion everywhere.Suddenly, there was a sound of clappers, which was very close. It was thought that the generals of the Qing army had already dispatched troops to defend against the enemy.Xu Tianhong carefully looked at the arrangement of soldiers and generals everywhere, and saw a lonely two-story building in the south, surrounded by five or six hundred officers and soldiers guarding layer by layer.This building is the same, but there are so many people defending it, Wen Tailai is probably among them.He jumped off the wall, swung his single-handed iron crutch, and shouted: "Brothers, follow me!" He took the lead and rushed south.

Sure enough, the closer the building was, the more people were fighting.During the melee, Ma Shanjun and Zhao Banshan led dozens of small leaders with high martial arts skills to enter the mansion over the wall.Although there are many officers and soldiers in the Qing army, how can they stop the Honghuahui people, all of whom are strong in martial arts?After a while, the heroes were approaching the building. Zhang Jin's short-handled mace "Oolong Sweeps the Floor", with a short body, rushed forward first, and rushed into the house.A person at the door wields a big gun, and Zhang Jin can't get in for a while.At this time, Wei Chunhua, Luo Bing, Yang Chengxie, Shi Shuangying and others were already fighting against the best fighters among the officers and soldiers, and the fight was very fierce under the light of torches.The martial arts skills of a group of officers and soldiers defending the building were not low.

Wuchen said to Zhao Banshan: "Third brother, let's go up and have a look!" Zhao Banshan said: "Okay." The move "Horse face picks the heart", the long sword arrives late, causing the swordsman to scream, and the steel knife falls to the ground.Zhao Banshan buckled the hidden weapon and knocked down two Qing soldiers in the blink of an eye.The two rushed into the inner hall.Zhou Zhongying, Luo Bing and others followed in. Lu Feiqing saw that Zhang Jin's opponent was very strong in martial arts, Zhang Jin used the short to attack the long, and couldn't take advantage, so he grabbed him to the left and stabbed the man's left neck with the long sword "Heavenly Laiyun".The man reversed the barrel of the gun and smashed it down hard. He had a long weapon and was very powerful. This time he was about to smash the sword into the air.Lu Feiqing retracted her long sword, raised her left arm with luck, and with a bang, the big gun flew several feet, causing the gun's tiger's mouth to shatter. She was so frightened that she jumped out obliquely, couldn't stand still, and fell down.

Zhang Jin turned around and took over the second enemy of Shuangdou Wei Chunhua.Wei Chunhua lost an opponent, so he lifted his spirits, hooked the "jade belt apron" with two hooks, and hugged the enemy left and right.The man used a pair of double knives, and logically "take off his robe to give way", the two knives are upside down, divided into left and right.Wei Chunhua suddenly made a dangerous move, put his double hooks together in front of his chest, and threw himself on his body. This move was fast and ruthless, and the sword blade of the double hooked guard pierced the enemy's chest.The man screamed wildly, seeing that he was dying.

Everyone was fighting fiercely downstairs, the number of enemies became less and less, suddenly Wuchen shouted with a cut: "Fourth brother is here, we have succeeded!"Zhou Qi didn't understand that safflower can cut, so she turned her head and said to Xu Tianhong: "Hey, what did the Taoist priest say?" Xu Tianhong said: "The fourth brother is up there, rescued!" Zhou Qixi said: "That's great! Let's Go up and see Fourth Master." Xu Tianhong said: "Go up, I'll stay here." Zhou Qi rushed into the house, and the guards had already been wiped out by Wu Chen and others.She rushed upstairs and saw the crowd surrounding a big iron cage, Chen Jialuo was chopping the iron bars of the cage with Ningbi Sword.When Zhou Qi looked closer, she couldn't help being furious. It turned out that there was another small iron cage inside the iron cage. Wen Tailai was sitting in the small cage, with his hands and feet shackled, like a ferocious animal being imprisoned.At this time, Chen Jialuo had already cut off two bars of the iron cage outside, and Zhang Jin pulled hard to pull down the iron bars.Luo Bing was slender, just enough to get in, took the sword, and went to cut the chains on the small iron cage.All the heroes were all smiling, thinking that today the Qing soldiers will come with thousands of troops, and they will stick to the building, and rescue Wen Tailai first. The Chang brothers and Xu Tianhong led the leaders of the Red Flower Society to guard downstairs.Suddenly they heard the sound of horns, and the officers and soldiers of the Qing army retreated more than ten feet away. When they retreated, they were orderly, standing in rows and forming a formation.Chang Bozhi yelled: "The Tartars are going to shoot arrows, everyone retreat into the building." Everyone retreated as promised, and the Chang brothers broke up to protect.Unexpectedly, the soldiers of the Qing Dynasty did not shoot arrows, but someone shouted: "Safflower will be headed by Chen, listen to me." Chen Jialuo heard it from upstairs, and when he approached the window, he saw Li Kexiu standing on a big rock, shouting: "I want to talk to the head of the Chen family." Chen Jialuo said: "I am here, what can Li Junmen teach?" Li Kexiu said "Hurry up and go downstairs, otherwise everyone will die." Chen Jialuo smiled and said, "Those who are afraid of death will not come. I'm sorry today, but we have to take Fourth Master Wen with us." Li Kexiu shouted: "You Don't be obsessed with your obsessions. Set fire!" He gave an order, Zeng Tunan led the soldiers, pushed out a large amount of firewood from behind the team, poured oil on the firewood, and lit the torch, the building instantly burned into a ring of fire, encircling the heroes. Seeing the dangerous situation, Chen Jialuo was also startled, his face remained calm, and he turned his head and said, "Everyone, work together, quickly cut down the railings of the iron cage." It doesn't look too clever!" Behind Li Kexiu came a person, pointing his halberd and cursing: "When you are about to die, why don't you kneel down and beg for mercy? Do you know what is buried downstairs?" It was clearly seen in the firelight, the person speaking was Fan Zhongen, the imperial guard, who was still standing beside him. Watching Chu Yuan wait for a few guards, thinking that the emperor heard the police and sent them to assist. Chen Jialuo pondered for a while, only to hear Xu Tianhong yelling with his incision: "No, this is full of gunpowder." Chen Jialuo remembered that when he rushed into the building, he saw that the downstairs seemed to be a warehouse with barrels full of goods. It was gunpowder?At a glance, he saw that there were wooden barrels all around on the upper floor. He snatched it up and smashed it down with his palm. One wooden barrel shattered in his hand, black powder flew everywhere, and the smell of nitrate filled his nose, but what was it not gunpowder?With a chill in his heart, he thought to himself: "Could it be that Honghuahui will be smashed to pieces here today?" Turning around, he saw that the iron lock of the small iron cage had been opened, and Luo Bing had helped Wen Tailai out. Chen Jialuo shouted: "Fourth sister-in-law, third brother, you protect fourth brother, everyone follow me." After finishing speaking, he went downstairs first.Zhang Jin bowed his body and carried Wen Tailai on his back. Luo Bing, Zhao Banshan, Lu Feiqing, Zhou Zhongying and others protected him and followed downstairs.As soon as they arrived at the door, they saw arrows like locusts outside the door. Wei Chunhua and the Chang brothers rushed a few times but retreated. Li Kexiu shouted: "There are explosives buried under your feet, and the medicine thread is here with me." He raised the torch and waved it, and shouted: "I will give you some medicine thread, and you will all be turned into fly ash, put Wen Tailai down quickly." Chen Jialuo had seen the gunpowder in the house, and knew what he said was true, but because Wen Tailai was a criminal, he was jealous and dared not ignite the gunpowder, otherwise he would have wiped them all out.Chen Jialuo made a decisive decision and shouted: "Put down fourth brother, let's get out!" With a wave of his long sword, he rushed out side by side with Wei Chunhua and Chang's brothers. Zhang Jin ran with his head down, not listening to Chen Jialuo's words.Zhao Banshan said: "Let go of the fourth brother, the situation is extremely dangerous, let's go, don't kill the fourth brother instead." Seeing Zhang Jin put Wen Tailai at the door, Luo Bing was still hesitating, so he stretched out his left hand to grab her arm, Wujian rushed out.Li Kexiu saw that Wen Tailai had already put down in the flames, so she waved her right hand to stop the arrow, fearing that she might accidentally injure him. The heroes retreated from the building and gathered in the corner.Chen Jialuo said: "Brother Chang, eighth brother, ninth brother, and tenth brother, you take the lead and go to disperse the Tartars. Seventh brother, try to break the medicine thread. Daochang, third brother, once they succeed, let's rush to rescue them Fourth brother." The Chang brothers and Xu Tianhong left in response. Li Kexiu was about to order people to guard Wen Tailai, when suddenly the Chang brothers and others came up to kill them, and hurriedly divided up their troops to defend against the enemy.The imperial guards Fan Zhongen, Zhu Zuyin, Chu Yuan, Rui Dalin and others stepped up to block them. Lu Feiqing saw the way out first.Bending down, he rushed towards Li Kexiu like an arrow.All the soldiers shouted in unison and raised their swords and guns to stop them.Lu Feiqing didn't confront the enemy, he dodged to the left and dodged to the right, swift as a bird and slippery as a fish, in an instant he had bypassed seven or eight of his own soldiers and was in front of Li Kexiu.Li Yuanzhi was wearing men's clothing, standing beside his father, suddenly saw a masked stranger approaching, and shouted coquettishly: "What is it!" Lu Feiqing didn't say a word, and slipped under the sword shortly.When Li Kexiu saw the strange guest coming, she kicked "Kuixing Kick Dou" and kicked him in the face.Lu Feiqing's left leg stumbled, and she had slipped behind Li Kexiu. She stretched out her palm to support his back, and spat out the force of her palm, throwing his fat body straight out.Li Yuanzhi was shocked, and he turned his sword back to stab.Lu Feiqing dodged to dodge, and the sword made an empty move. Li Kexiu fell to the ground, Zeng Tunan rushed to rescue him, and Yang Chengxie rushed to arrest him, both of them rushed towards him.Gradually approaching, Zeng Tunan raised his iron gun "the poisonous dragon came out of the hole" and stabbed at Yang Chengxie, wanting to drive him away and rescue his boss.Yang Chengxie turned sideways to avoid the gun, and kept stepping.He was obese and was running fast. An "iron tower" collided violently with Zeng Tunan, and with a bang, he flew backwards.At this time Li Kexiu had already got up, but Lu Feiqing came even faster, rushing like a gust of wind. Li Yuanzhi cared about his flesh and blood, pulled up his body and rushed forward, the long sword "White Rainbow Piercing the Sun", pierced straight to the back of the strange man.Lu Feiqing heard the sharp sound of the golden blade behind her, and without stopping, grabbed Li Kexiu's left arm and ran straight into the fire circle.The officers and soldiers of the Qing army screamed loudly, but the fire was so intense that no one dared to enter the fire circle to rescue them.Wei Chunhua waved his double hooks, and had already caught Li Yuanzhi. Seeing that Lu Feiqing dragged Li Kexiu into the dangerous place, all the heroes of the Red Flower Society understood what he meant. Zhang Jin jumped into the fire circle first, and Jiang Sigen followed.Chen Jialuo said: "Enough people! Don't go in again." Everyone approached the fire circle. Seeing the commander in chief in danger, the officers and soldiers of the Qing army also forgot to fight with the crowd of the Red Flower Society, they were all worried and looked at the five people in the circle of fire.Zeng Tunan got up and stood beside the medicine line with a commander in chief of the army. Seeing that the commander was held hostage by the enemy, he was in panic when he suddenly saw a man snatch the torch between his hands and light the medicine line.Zeng Tunan was startled, when he looked at the man, it was Fan Zhongen, the imperial guard.This person fell into the water in the West Lake a few days ago, made a fool of himself and was humiliated in front of the emperor, and held a deep hatred. Seeing that Wen Tailai was about to be rescued, he couldn't control Li Kexiu's life, so he immediately lit the medicine thread. But seeing a ray of sparks burning to the ground, it was very fast. As soon as it burns through the fire circle, it will be a catastrophe. Not only Wen Tailai, Li Kexiu, Lu Feiqing, Zhang, and Jiang will be blown to ashes, but there is so much gunpowder piled up in the building. , this explosion is inevitable for everyone.The officers and soldiers of the Qing army were in chaos immediately, and fled backward one after another. Amidst the disturbing sound, a person was suddenly seen rushing towards the circle of fire.The man was wearing a blue gown, his face was also covered with a piece of blue silk, only two eye holes were exposed, he was holding a single whip in his hand, and he was running extremely fast.He fiddled with the medicine thread with a single whip, but saw that the medicine thread was still burning forward.Seeing the dangerous situation, Chen Jialuo, Xu Tianhong and others rushed out one after another regardless of their own safety, trying to break the medicine thread.All this is instantaneous.Seeing that the medicine thread could not be interrupted, the masked man suddenly threw himself on the medicine thread with his clothes on, only to see flames rising around him, his clothes were on fire, the medicine thread was cut off, and he couldn't burn it anymore. Just so slowly, Zhang Jin and Jiang Sigen had already carried Wen Tailai out of the ring of fire.All three were on fire.The Chang brothers caught up with them and shouted: "Roll! Roll!" Zhang Jin and Jiang Sigen put down Wen Tailai and rolled him back and forth first.After rolling a few times, the fire on Wen Tailai's clothes went out, and Luo Bing has already rushed to take care of him.Zhang Jin and Jiang Sigen also rolled and extinguished the flames on their bodies. Both Chang's heroes rushed into the ring of fire and dragged out the masked man who had fainted on the ground.When these three people came out, their bodies were also on fire, and when they had to put out the fire, every part of the masked man's clothes, hands, and feet were scorched. Seeing that Wen Tailai was out of danger, Lu Feiqing put Li Kexiu on his shoulders, took a sharp breath, "Swallows copy water three times", and flew out of the fire circle like a big bird.Although he has a lot of people on his body, but his lightness kung fu is excellent, and he suffered the least number of fire injuries.Chen Jialuo shouted: "You've got it, retreat, retreat!" Wuchen swung his long sword and opened the way first.The Chang brothers carried the masked man, Zhang Jin and Jiang Sigen carried Wen Tailai, and Lu Feiqing carried Li Kexiu on their backs, and they all rushed out with him.Seeing his father being taken captive, Li Yuanzhi felt very anxious, raised his sword and chased after him, but was entangled by Wei Chunhua's double hooks, unable to escape, he almost got hit by a hook. The officers and soldiers of the Qing army chased after them shouting, but everyone had tasted the methods of the Red Flower Society and dared not approach too closely.The eight imperial guards were ordered to help guard Wen Tailai, but the principal culprit escaped. It was a crime of beheading, so why not hurry?Fan Zhongen brought up the judge's double pens, and chased after him desperately.When Chen Jialuo saw him light the medicine thread just now, he thought to himself that this person had a vicious heart and couldn't tolerate him.He handed the Ningbi sword to Zhao Banshan and said: "Third brother, after you are broken by everyone, I will deal with this guy." He took out the pearl rope from his bosom.Ma Dating handed over his hook sword shield.Chen Jialuo praised: "Good brother, it's hard for you to be thoughtful." It turned out that Chen Jialuo's sword, shield and pearls were carried by Xinyan, and when Xinyan was injured, Ma Dating took over the task. Chen Jialuo raised his right hand, and the five pearl cables pointed towards Fan Zhongen.Even though Fan Zhongen is a judge pen, he is naturally good at acupuncture points. He saw a steel ball on the head of each of his beads flying in a circle, aiming at the acupuncture points. He was surprised, and heard Zhu Zuyin shout: "Brother Fan , this bastard's rope is powerful, be careful." Ma Dating was furious when he heard him insult the chief helmsman, so he raised a three-section stick and threw it at the head.Zhu Zuyin turned his head to avoid it, and returned the knife. Here Fan Zhongen jumps and jumps, and Chen Jialuo splits a few tricks, and between the tricks, he is in danger, while fighting, he secretly screams, he just wants to get away, but his whole body is already wrapped by the bead rope, how can he escape?Chen Jialuo didn't want to delay any longer, swung his right hand horizontally, and the beads came down randomly with "a thousand threads".Fan Zhongen didn't know which way he was going to fight, so he put his pens together and threw himself into his arms.The martial arts say "one inch is short, one inch is dangerous", the judge's pen is a short weapon, he was trying to win with a dangerous move, he thought that the opponent would retreat and he could escape, suddenly he saw the opponent's shield coming up to meet him, and the shield was pierced brightly. With nine sharp swords.Fan Zhongen was taken aback, and was too late to stop. He aimed his pens at the sword and shield, and leaned back with his strength.Chen Jialuo's sword and shield were slightly sideways, and he slid the pens away. The bead rope swung around his legs, and he threw it out violently. Fan Zhongen couldn't help but threw himself into the fire circle. Chen Jialuo didn't stop moving, the bead rope swept across, Zhu Zuyin was hit on the back by the steel ball, and screamed, Ma Dating slapped his three-section stick, hitting his shin bone.Ma Dating resented him for hurting others, and used all his strength in this blow, breaking both his legs and tibias. At this time, most of the heroes had gone out of the wall, and Zhao Banshan was defeated by the three guards of the Qing palace.Chen Jialuo waved his hands and shouted: "Get back!" Wei Chunhua attacked Li Yuanzhi three times with double hooks.Wei Chunhua turned to the right and punched a Qing soldier in the face. His mouth was swollen and his nose was twisted.Amidst the screams of the Qing soldiers, all the heroes of the Red Flower Society retreated. Rui Dalin, Chu Yuan and other guards were about to lead the Qing soldiers to chase after them, when suddenly black smoke rose, fire flashed, there was a deafening bang, smoke filled the eyes, bricks and stones flew around, and the officers, soldiers and guards hurriedly lay down.There is a lot of gunpowder in the building, and there are explosions one after another. Although the soldiers are far away from the building, they see bricks, stones and broken wood flying in the air, and no one dares to get up. Even so, dozens of people have been bricked Wood was beaten badly.Fan Zhongen was in the center of the fire ring, and his body was completely blown up.When the explosion sounded, the soldiers and guards got up, and the heroes of the Red Flower Society had already disappeared without a trace.Everyone got on their horses and chased after them, and searched around.
The heroes of the Red Flower Society rescued Wen Tailai, and when they left the city, they were relieved to see no one chasing him.After another journey, we have reached the riverside, where more than a dozen Shaoxing rowing boats are lined up.Ma Shanjun came up to congratulate him, and all the heroes boarded the boat happily.Lu Feiqing whispered to Chen Jialuo: "Li Kexiu and I have an old relationship. Fourth Master Wen has been rescued, let's let him go back." Chen Jialuo said: "Your respect." The little boss untied Li Kexiu and put him on the shore . Chen Jialuo shouted: "Let's start the boat, let's go to Jiaxing first!" Zhexi River Port has thousands of branches and many twists and turns, and the boat has already turned four or five turns when rowing for miles.Chen Jialuo said: "Let's go west to Yuqian and escort the fourth brother to Tianmu Mountain to recover from his injuries. Let Li Kexiu chase him to Jiaxing!" The heroes laughed, the accumulation of months has been wiped away. At this time it was dawn, Luo Bing had already wiped Wen Tailai's body clean, and the shackles had been cut off with the Ningbi sword. Seeing that he was in a deep sleep, no one bothered to disturb him. Xu Tianhong said: "Chief helmsman, the masked man who rescued the fourth brother was seriously injured, should we untie the cloth on his face and see?" All the heroes were curious, not knowing who this person was.Zhou Zhongying said: "Since he covered his face with a cloth, it seems that he doesn't want people to see his face, so let's not expose it." Xin Yan's body injury was already healed, so he used white soy sauce to smear the masked man on the burnt area. Seeing that his whole body was full of fire bubbles, the pain was so painful that he couldn't sleep peacefully, so he couldn't stop screaming.Xin Yan was startled, afraid that he was going to die, so she rushed to report.Chen Jialuo and others jumped over the boat and were worried when they saw that he was seriously injured.The masked man was in a coma, scratching with both hands, suddenly grabbed the mask with his left hand and tore it off.Everyone shouted in unison: "Fourteenth brother!" That man was actually Yu Yutong, a scholar of the Golden Flute.I saw his face was red, swollen and charred, with numerous blisters, and his handsome face was burnt out of shape.The heroes were both surprised and regretted.Luo Bing took a damp cloth, gently wiped off the dirt and gunpowder on his face, and painted it with white soy sauce with chicken feathers.There is an indescribable feeling in my heart, knowing that he is very infatuated with him, and this sacrifice of life to save Wen Tailai is also related to this infatuation.However, my heart belongs to him, and I only have the feeling of alliance and righteousness for him, and have no other intentions.He was rude outside Tiedan Zhuang that night, and later he felt very angry when he thought about it, but this time he risked his life to save his husband, so this infatuation is not mean lust after all.Seeing him injured like this, his life is probably in danger, even if he does not die, a handsome young man will be ugly from now on, and this infatuation for him will never be repaid.I couldn't help thinking ups and downs, and I was lost in a daze. When the ship arrived in Yuhang, Ma Shanjun hurriedly sent for a doctor.The doctor looked at Wen Tailai's injury, and said: "This man suffered from a traumatic injury, his muscles and bones are strong, and he will be fine after a few months of treatment." Pointing to Yu Yu, he said, "This man's burn injury is severe, be careful of the fire." Poison attacking the heart. I opened a prescription for dispersing fire and detoxification, eat a couple of recipes." The implication is that I am not sure. The doctor bid farewell to the shore, and after a while, Wen Tailai opened his eyes and saw everyone, and asked in a daze, "Why are you all here?" Luo Bing wept with joy, and shouted, "Brother, you are out, you are out!" Wen Tailai nodded slightly, I closed my eyes again. After hearing the doctor's words, the heroes knew that he was fine, and they were all worried about Yu Yutong.Zhang Jin said: "The fourteenth brother is also a real ghost, and he sneaked into the admiral's mansion." Chang Hezhi said: "It was he who pointed out the way to the dungeon last time. My brother didn't know, so he slapped him." Chang Bozhi said: "He rescued Li Kexiu again. I don't know what that means?" Everyone talked about it, and it was hard to understand.
It turned out that during the night battle at the Yellow River Ferry that day, Li Yuanzhi was separated from the group in the rebellious army. He saw a large cart in a hurry, jumped into the cart, drove the mules and left.Several Qing soldiers came to stop them, but she swung their swords to drive them away.She ran blindly regardless of whether it was south, east, north, or west, and at dawn she saw that she was far away from the army, so she got out of the car to rest.Lifting the veil of the car, a person was lying in the car, it was Yu Yutong, a brother of our sect who had met twice on the way.Seeing that he was groggy, as if he was seriously ill, he gently lifted the corner of the quilt, and saw that there were many bandages on his body, so he realized that the injury was not serious.Heartbroken Liliu, he pondered for a long time, then drove off again, and arrived at Wenguang Town along the main road. She is a lady from an official family, and she is used to being grand. She chose the largest mansion in the town and knocked on the door to stay there.Seeing that she was in a different way, Tang Liu pretended to be courteous to entertain her. Later, he found out that she was a woman disguised as a man, so he conspired with the doctor Cao Sipeng, but unexpectedly, Zhou Qi stabbed her to death in the house of the prostitute Xiao Meigui. At that time, Yu Yutong regained his senses, heard that the head of the household was killed, and guessed that the government would investigate the case, he would be implicated, so he hurriedly left with Li Yuanzhi.Li Yuanzhi was going to Hangzhou to reunite with his parents, Yu Yutong wanted Wen Tailai to be captured and went to Hangzhou, so he happened to be on the same road.He was seriously injured and traveled a long distance. Li Yuanzhi took care of him carefully, with a savage and mischievous temper, he couldn't bear to break out on him, so he even cleaned up everything.Seeing his troubled expression and depressed mood, he only thought that he was weak after injury, so he comforted him warmly. When he went to Hangzhou to meet his parents, Li Yuanzhi said that Yu Yutong was injured by robbers in order to save her.Li Kexiu and his wife were very grateful, and placed him in the admiral's mansion, and invited famous doctors to treat him.Seeing that he has a handsome personality, both civil and military skills, and saved his daughter's life, he was recruited as his son-in-law only after his injury recovered, but how could he know that this person is actually a famous character in the Red Flower Society. In the past few months, Li Yuanzhi has been happy and sad, and his heart has turned a lot.Knowing that this young man is his father's enemy, but his heart is cocoa, affectionate, and a strand of softness has long been firmly tied to him.On the Ganliang Road that day, this senior brother Xiaoyuyedian, talking and laughing to fend off the enemy, flattening the desert, playing the flute to block the road, such a chic and happy appearance, I can't help blushing and sighing when I think of it. After he recovered from his injuries, the heroes of the Red Flower Society came to attack the Admiral's Mansion several days ago.That day Yu Yutong rescued Li Kexiu, Li Yuanzhi was secretly happy, he only knew that he was on his side, but in the end he went to rescue Wen Tailai and left with the crowd of Honghuahui. Blisters burned all over Yu Yutong's body, and the pain was unbearable, when he was in a daze, he suddenly heard a woman's voice shouting: "You are getting more and more out of words, why did you come up with the idea to ask the chief rudder to go to a brothel to make fun of?" The voice of Miss Zhuang Zhou who is so bold.After a while, Wu Chen shouted again: "Let's all go back to Hangzhou and go to the brothel together, what are we afraid of?" Yu Yutong was very surprised: "The Taoist priest is a monk, why should he go to the brothel?" Under the serious injury, it was hard to think too much, and then passed out again.
Seeing that Chu Yuan and other imperial guards hurried back to plead guilty, Qianlong reported that Honghuahui would be in prison and Wen Tailai had been rescued, he was shocked and angry.But since the wanted criminal has escaped from prison, punishing the guards will not help.Seeing everyone's disfigured faces and scars, they knew that they had fought hard without asking, but they said softly, "I see, I don't blame you for this matter." Chu Yuan and the others thought that they would be punished this time, but the emperor was so considerate, and couldn't help but feel grateful .Soon Li Kexiu also came. Seeing that he was wounded, Qianlong decreed that he should be dismissed and stay in the post, so that he could atone for his crimes in the future.Li Kexiu was overjoyed and kowtowed to thank her. After Li Kexiu withdrew, Qianlong thought of Wen Tailai's escape, and wondered whether his secrets about his life would be leaked. Hearing Wen Tailai's tone, it seemed that he didn't know about this confidential matter, but he seemed to have a lot to say in his expression.He said that there were two important pieces of evidence kept outside, which seemed to be mostly authentic, but he didn't know what they were.It is absolutely true that I am a Han Chinese. If this matter is leaked, what should I do? He paced back and forth in the room, hesitant, anxious and irritable.I thought to myself that as the lord of ten thousand chariots, I couldn't beat a group of reckless gangsters, how could I have any face?This privacy related to important events of life has fallen into the hands of the other party. Could it be possible to be held hostage by him for life?The more he thought about it, the angrier he became, he lifted a large celadon vase on the desk, and dropped it violently to the ground, with a ping-pong sound, it shattered into dozens of pieces. All the guards and eunuchs could hear clearly from outside, knowing that the emperor was losing his temper, no one dared to enter unless summoned.Everyone stood tremblingly, not even daring to hum.Several imperial guards turned pale with fright, fearing that the emperor would suddenly blame him again. Qianlong spent most of the day in a state of turmoil, when suddenly he heard the melodious sound of silk and bamboo outside, approaching from far away, passing by the gate of Fushu, and then gradually going away.After a while, another silk and bamboo band passed by.He is the Taiping Emperor, and he is very happy. Hearing the lingering music, he couldn't help being moved, and shouted: "Come on!" A bachelor's degree attendant came in, it was the newly favored He Shen.This person is good at serving his wishes, and Qianlong has rewarded him for several days.All the attendants heard the emperor's call and hurriedly pushed him in.Qianlong said: "What are silk and bamboos doing outside? You go and ask." He Shen responded, and after a while, he came back and told: "I went out and asked, and I heard that today all the famous prostitutes in Hangzhou are on the West Lake. At the party, what should we order for the number one scholar in the country, and what about the second place, the best, and the best of the best." Qianlong laughed and scolded: "It's really unreasonable to make fun of the national talent ceremony!" Seeing the smile on the emperor's face, Heshen took a step closer and said in a low voice, "I heard that the Four Gorges of Qiantang are also going." Qianlong said, "What are the Four Gorges of Qiantang?" , said that they are the four most famous singers. Everyone on the street is guessing who will order the number one scholar of Huaguo this year?" Qianlong said with a smile: "I will order the number one scholar of the country. Who will order the number one scholar of Huaguo? Can there be an emperor of the Flower Kingdom?" He Shen said: "I heard that every famous prostitute sits on a flower boat, and the gold, silver, banknotes, and precious jewelry that the benefactors paid for them are displayed on the boat. See whose flower boat is the most luxurious, and who The head-wrapping funds received are the most abundant, and the rankings will be determined by the romantic and famous people in Hangzhou." Qianlong was very moved, and asked: "When will they do this thing?" He Shen said: "Soon, if it gets darker, and the lanterns on the flower boat are all lit up, we will come to choose the oiran! Your Majesty, if you are interested How about going to have a look?" Qianlong said with a smile, "I'm afraid I'll be criticized by people. If the queen mother finds out that I'm going to order some Huaguo champions, I'm afraid she will talk, haha!" He Shen said: "The emperor dressed as an ordinary person Same, look at the excitement, no one will know about it." Qianlong said: "That's fine, tell everyone not to show off, let's watch it quietly and come back." He Shen hurriedly waited for Qianlong to change into a lake crepe gown and fine gauze mandarin jacket, dressing up like a gentleman.He wore ordinary scholar's clothes, brought Bai Zhen and other dozens of guards who had changed into casual clothes, and headed for the West Lake. When the group came to the lake, they were greeted by guards in a cruise ship.At this time, there are singing and singing everywhere in the lake, the palace lanterns are lit, and there are endless prosperous scenes and beautiful scenery.I saw more than twenty flower boats coming and going slowly on the water, and the boats were covered with gauze tents and silk lanterns.When Qianlong ordered a boat to take a closer look, he saw that the lamps were densely pierced with pinholes and stories of characters, some were Zhang Sheng's surprise, and some were Liniang visiting the garden.Some boats are made of flowers, plants, insects and fish tied with silk, and oil lamps are lit in the middle. The lanterns rotate slowly due to the heat. The design is exquisite and ingenious.Qianlong secretly admired that the romance in the south of the Yangtze River is beyond the reach of the north.Hundreds of cruise ships shuttle back and forth, carrying high-ranking Xunfang tourists and sons of good deeds.Everyone gave pointers and comments, and commented on the fineness and pros and cons of each flower boat installation. Suddenly hearing the sound of gongs and drums, all the boats breathed in unison.Firework meteors shot into the sky one by one, shining brightly, and then fell into the lake with a chirping sound.At first, there were some auspicious fireworks such as "Yongqing Shengping", "Guotai Minan", "Emperor Wannian", etc. Qianlong was very happy to see them, and then came "Florals Compete for Beauty", "Clusters of Orioles" and so on. Merry title. After the fireworks are set off, silk and bamboo are played again, and a "Xiqianying" sign is blown, suddenly the curtains of all the flower boats are drawn up at the same time, and there is a beautifully dressed girl sitting in each boat.Everywhere on the lake, there are thunderous sounds. The waiter took out wine and fruit dishes and served the emperor to drink and enjoy the flowers.The cruise ship slides slowly on the lake, passing the various boats. At this time, it is like walking on the mountain vagina, and the eyes are dizzying.Qianlong's harem has three thousand flowers and daisies, and I don't know how many beauties I have seen, but at this time, the color of the lights, the colors of the water, and the sound of the oars, there is a different scene, and I don't feel drunk. The cruise boat draws close to the "Qiantang Four Gorgeous" boat, and the four flower boats are different from each other.The first one looks like a lotus picking boat, surrounded by lotus lanterns, red lotus and white lotus root, fields of lotus leaves, and the singer in the boat is named Bian Wenlian.There are two pavilions on the second boat, which are luxurious and rich. The pavilions are surrounded by pearls and emeralds, and four big characters are written: "Jade Li Pavilion". It turned out that the singer in the boat was named Li Shuangting.The third boat is set up to look like Guanghan Palace. Toads, Jade Rabbits and Guihua Wu Gang are tied with paper silk beside the boat. Wu Chanjuan, a singer in the boat, is dressed in an ancient costume and holds a round fan, pretending to be Chang'e in the moon. Qianlong looked at one and cheered.When the cruise ship rolls to the fourth flower boat, I can see that the boat is full of real trees and flowers, the branches are horizontal and slanting, the flowers and leaves are dense and dense, elegant and natural, just like a famous ink painting landscape.The prostitutes in the boat are all dressed in white, looking across the water, they look like Luoshen Lingbo, floating in the air, but only her back can be seen.Qianlong couldn't help himself, and chanted the "Reward Jane" folded prose: "Hey, why don't you turn around?" The prostitute heard someone chanting, turned around and smiled.Qianlong's heart fluttered, and it turned out that this girl was Yu Ruyi whom he had seen on the lake a few days ago. Suddenly I heard the babble of the warbler, and Bian Wenlian on the lotus picking boat over there sang a song.At the end of the song, amidst the cheers, the audience gave rewards one after another, and ingots, big and small, were piled up on the table in the middle of the boat.Then Li Shuangting hugged the pipa gently and played a set of "Moonlight Night on the Spring River".Wu Chanjuan played the flute, and Qianlong heard her playing the song "Riding the Dragon for Good Guests", and ordered Heshen to reward her with ten taels of gold. When all the boats gathered around the Yuruyi flower boat, she opened her red lips and white teeth. Amidst the sound of the flute, she sang: "Wang Pingkang, east of Fengcheng, thousands of green poplars. Purple silk reins all the way, leading tourists Lang, whose family has both breasts and swallows? After the spring waves, the blue smoke dyes the windows; leaning against the sunny sky, the red apricot peeks at the wall, and a long board bridge. I am free to give pointers, and the teahouse and wine boat are busy selling flowers. I passed through all the deep alleys , insert a branch of dew willow delicate yellow." At that time, autumn is getting deeper and there is a slight coolness on the lake. Yu Ruyi's singing is lingering and melodious, and the wind in the song warms the fragrance of flowers, making people drunk without drinking.乾隆叹道:“真是才子之笔,江南风物,尽入曲里。”他知这是中的“访翠”一曲,是康熙年间孔尚任所作,写侯方域访名妓李香君的故事。玉如意唱这曲时眼波流转,不住向他打量。乾隆大悦,知她唱这曲是自拟李香君,而把他比作才子侯方域了。 他最爱卖弄才学。这次南来,到处吟诗题字,唐突胜景,作践山水。众臣工恭颂句句锦绣,篇篇珠玑,诗盖李杜,字压钟王,那也不算稀奇。眼下自己微服出游,竟然见赏于名妓。美人垂青,自不由帝皇尊荣,而全凭自身真材实料,她定是看中我有宋玉般情,潘安般貌,子建般才。当年红拂巨眼识李靖,梁红玉风尘中识韩世忠,亦不过如是,可见凡属名妓,必然识货。若不重报,何以酬知己之青眼?立命和珅赏赐黄金五十两。沉吟半晌,成诗两句:“才诗或让苏和白,佳曲应超李与王。” 杭州素称繁华,这一年一度的选花盛会,当地好事之徒都全力以赴。远至苏、松、太、常、嘉、湖各属的闲人雅士,这天也都群集杭州,或卖弄风雅,或炫耀豪阔,是以顷刻之间,缠头纷掷,各歌女花舫上彩品堆积,尤以钱塘四艳为多。时近子夜,选花会会首起始检点彩品。这有如金榜唱名一般,不但众歌女焦急,湖上游客也都甚是关心。 乾隆对和珅低声说了几句话。和珅点头答应,乘小船赶回抚署,过了一会儿,捧了一个包裹回来。 彩品检点已毕,各船齐集会首坐船四周,听他公布甲乙次第。只听得会首叫道:“现下彩品以李双亭李姑娘最多!”此言一出,各船轰动,有人鼓掌叫好,也有人低低咒骂。只听一人喊道:“慢来,我赠卞文莲姑娘黄金一百两。”当即捧过金子。又有一个豪客叫道:“我赠吴婵娟姑娘翡翠镯一双,明珠十颗。”众人灯光下见翡翠镯精光碧绿,明珠又大又圆,价值又远在黄金百两之上,都倒吸一口凉气,看来今年的状元非这位湖上嫦娥莫属了。 会首等了片刻,见无人再加,正要宣称吴婵娟是本年状元,忽然和珅叫道:“我们老爷有一包东西赠给玉如意姑娘!”将包裹递了过去。 那会首四十来岁年纪,面目清秀,唇有微须,下人把包裹捧到他面前,一看竟是三卷书画。那人侧头对左边一位老者道:“樊榭先生,这位竟是雅人,不知送的是什么精品?”命下人展开书画。 乾隆对和珅道:“你去问问,会首船中的是些什么人?”和珅去问了一会儿,回来禀道:“会首是杭州才子袁枚袁子才,另外的也都是江南名士。”乾隆笑道:“早听说袁枚爱胡闹,果然不错。” 第一卷卷轴一展开,袁枚和众人都是一惊,原来是祝允明所书的李义山两首无题诗。袁枚称他为“樊榭先生”的那人名叫厉鹗,也是杭州人。厉鹗诗词俱佳,词名尤著,审音守律,辞藻绝胜,为当时词坛祭酒,见是祝允明书法,连叫:“这就名贵得很了。”杭州诗人赵翼心急,忙去打开第二个卷轴来看,见是唐寅所画的一幅簪花仕女图,上面还盖着“乾隆御览之宝”的朱印。袁枚心知有异,忙问旁边两人道:“沈年兄、蒋大哥,你们瞧这送书画之人是什么来头?” 他称为“沈年兄”的沈德潜,别字归愚,是乾隆年间的大诗人,与袁枚同是乾隆四年的进士。只是一个早达,一个晚遇,袁枚中进士时才二十四岁,而沈德潜却已六十多岁了,是以人称“江南老名士”。那姓蒋的名叫士铨,别字心余,是戏曲巨子。他与袁枚、赵翼三人合称“江左三大家”。这两人一看,沉吟不语。 沈德潜老成持重,说道:“咱们过去会会如何?”船上右边坐着两人也是袁枚邀来的名士,一是滑稽诙谐的纪晓岚,一是诗画三绝的郑板桥。纪晓岚笑道:“咱们一过去,倒让旁人讥为不公了。这两卷书画如此珍贵,自然是玉如意得状元了。”郑板桥道:“第三卷又是什么宝物,不妨也瞧瞧。” 众人把那卷轴打开,见是一幅书法,写的是:“西湖清且涟漪,扁舟时荡晴晖。处处青山独住,翩翩白鹤迎归。昔年曾到孤山,苍滕古木高寒。想见先生风致,画图留与人看。”笔致甚为秀拔,却无图章落款,只题着“临赵孟頫书”五字。 郑板桥道:“微有秀气,笔力不足!”沈德潜低声道:“这是今上御笔。”大家吓了一跳,再也不敢多说。袁子才大声宣布:“检点彩品已毕,状元玉如意,榜眼吴婵娟,探花卞文莲。”湖上彩声四起。 袁枚等见了这三卷书画,知道致送的人不是宗室贵族,便是巨绅显宦,可是看那艘船却也不见有何异处,夜色之中,船上乘客面目难辨。大家怕这风流韵事为御史检告,本来要赋诗联句以纪盛,现下也都不敢了,悄悄地上岸而散。
乾隆正要回去,忽听玉如意在船中又唱起曲来,但听歌声柔媚入骨,不由得心痒难搔,对和珅道:“你去叫这妞儿过来。”和珅应了,正要过去,乾隆又道:“你莫说我是谁!”和道:“是,奴才知道。”游船划近玉如意花舫,和珅跨过船去。过了片刻,拿回一张纸笺,递给乾隆道:“她写了这个东西,说:'请交给你家老爷。'”乾隆接来灯下一看,见笺上写了一诗:“暖翠楼前粉黛香,六朝风致说平康。踏青归去春犹浅,明日重来花满床。”字迹殊劣,笺上却是香气浓郁,触鼻心旌欲摇。 乾隆笑道:“我今日已来,何必明日重来?”抬头看时,玉如意的花舫已摇开了。他贵为帝皇,后宫妃嫔千方百计求他一幸,尚不可得,几时受过女人的推搪?可是说也奇怪,对方愈是若即若离,推三阻四,他反觉十分新鲜,愈是要得之而后快,忙传下圣旨:“叫舟子快划,追上去!” 众侍卫见皇帝发急,再不趁机尽忠报国,更待何时?当即纷提船板,奋力划水。众侍卫或外功了得,或内力深厚,此时“忠”字当头,戮力王事,劲运双臂,船板激水,实为毕生功力之所聚。有分教:立竿见影,桨落船飞,迅速追上玉如意的花舫。 乾隆悄立船头,心逐前舟,但见满湖灯火渐灭,箫管和曲子声却兀自未息,前面花舫中隐隐传出一声声若有若无的低笑柔语。乾隆醺醺欲醉,忽然想起两句诗来:“侍儿扶起娇无力,始是新承恩泽时。” 两船渐近,花舫窗门开处,一团东西向乾隆掷来。白振一惊,暗叫:“不好!”左手一招“降龙伏虎”,右手一招“擒狮搏象”,这是他“金钩铁掌”大擒拿手中的成名绝技,阵上夺枪,夜战接镖,手到拿来,百不失一。但见他身如渊渟岳峙,掌似电闪雷震,果是武学大宗匠的风范,出手更不落空。众侍卫一见无不暗暗喝彩。没料想触手柔软,原来不是暗器,忙递给皇帝。 乾隆接过一看,见是一块红色汗巾,四角交互打了结,打开一看,包着一片糖藕,一枚百合。一喻佳偶,一示好合。乾隆才高六斗,诗成八步,虽比当年曹子建少了两斗,多了一步,却又如何不解得这风流含意?那汗巾又滑又香,拿在手里,不禁神摇心荡。 不一会,花舫靠岸,火光中只见玉如意登上一辆小马车,回过头来,向乾隆嫣然微笑,慢慢放下了车帷。马车旁本有两人高执火把等候,这时抛去火把,在黑暗中隐没。和珅大叫:“喂,等一下,慢走!”那马车并不理会,蹄声得得,缓缓向南而去。和珅叫道:“快找车。”但深夜湖边,却哪里去找车。 白振低声嘱咐了几句,瑞大林施展轻功,“七步追魂”、“八步赶蟾”,不一刻已越过马车,回过身来喝命车夫慢走。不久褚圆竟找到一辆车来,自是把坐车乘客赶出而强夺来的。乾隆上了车,褚圆亲自御车,众侍卫和内侍跟随车后。前面马车缓缓行走,褚圆抖擞精神,驾车紧跟。当年造父驾八骏而载周穆王巡游天下,想来亦不过是这等威风。 白振见车子走向城中繁华之区,知道没事,放下了心。料想今日皇上定要在这歌女家中过夜,但日前曾见她与红花会的人物在一起,怕有阴谋诡计,不可不防,忙命瑞大林去加调人手,赶来保护。 玉如意的车子走过几条大街,转入一条深巷,停在一对黑漆双门之前,一名男子下车拍门。乾隆也走下车来。只听得呀的一声,黑漆双门打开,走出一个老妈子来,掀起车帷,说道:“小姐回来了,恭喜你啦!”玉如意走下车来,见乾隆站在一旁,忙过去请安,笑道:“啊哟,东方老爷来啦。刚才真多谢你赏赐。快请进去喝盅茶儿。”乾隆一笑进门。 褚圆抢在前面,眼观六路,耳听八方,手按剑柄,既防刺客行凶犯驾,又防嫖客争风喝醋。敌踪若现,自当施展“达摩剑法”,杀他个落花流水,片甲不回。好在他已改用铁链系裤,再也不怕无尘长剑削断裤带了。 进门是个院子,扑鼻一阵花香,庭中树影婆娑,种着两株桂花,桂花开得正盛。乾隆随着玉如意走入一间小厢房,红烛高烧,陈设倒也颇为雅致。白振在厢房中巡视一周,细查床底床后都无奸人潜伏,背脊在墙上一靠,反手伸指几弹,察知并无复壁暗门,这才放心退出。女仆上来摆下酒肴。乾隆见八个碟子中盛着肴肉、醉鸡、皮蛋、酱瓜等宵夜小菜,比之宫中大鱼大肉,另有一番清雅风味。这时白振等都在屋外巡视,房中只有和珅侍候,乾隆将手一摆,命他出房。 女仆筛了两杯酒,乃是陈年女贞绍酒,稠稠的醇香异常。玉如意先喝了一杯,媚笑道:“东方老爷,今儿怎么谢你才好?”乾隆也举杯饮尽,笑道:“你先唱个曲儿吧,怎么谢法,待会儿咱们慢慢商量。” 玉如意取过琵琶,轻拢慢捻,弹了起来,一开口“并刀如水,吴盐胜雪”,唱的是周美成的一曲《少年游》。 乾隆一听大悦。心想当年宋徽宗道君皇帝夜幸名妓李师师,两人吃了徽宗带来的橙子,李师师留他过夜,悄悄道:“外面这样冷,又三更天啦,霜浓马滑,都没什么人在走啦,不如不回去吧。”哪知给躲在隔房的大词人周美成听见了,把这些话谱入新词。徽宗虽然后来被金人掳去,但风流蕴藉,丹青蔚为一代宗师,是古来皇帝中极有才情之人。论才情我二人差相仿佛,福泽自不可同日而语,当下连叫:“不去啦,不去啦!” 皇帝在房里兴高采烈地喝酒听曲,白振等人在外面却忙得不亦乐乎。这时革职留任、戴罪图功的浙江水陆提督李可秀统率兵丁赶到,将巷子团团围住,他手下的总兵、副将、参将、游击,把巷子每一家人家搜了个遍,就只剩下玉如意这堂子没抄。白振带领了侍卫在屋顶巡逻,四周弓箭手、铁甲军围得密密层层。古往今来,嫖院之人何止千万,却要算乾隆这次嫖得最为规模宏大,当真是好威风,好煞气,于日后“十全武功”,不遑多让焉。后人有一首为证,词曰: 众侍卫官兵忙碌半夜,直到天亮,幸得平安无事,鸡犬不惊。到太阳上升,和珅悄悄走到玉如意房外,从窗缝里一张,见床前放着乾隆的靴子和一双绣花小鞋,帐子低垂,寂无人声,伸了伸舌头,退了出来。哪知从卯时等到辰时,又等到巳时,始终不见皇上起身,不由得着急起来,在窗外低呼:“老爷,要吃早点了吗?”连叫数声,帐中声息俱无。 和珅暗暗吃惊,转身去推房门,里面闩住了推不开。他提高声音连叫两声:“老爷!”房里无人答应。和珅急了,却又不敢打门,忙出去和李可秀及白振商量。李可秀道:“咱们叫老鸨去敲门,送早点进去,皇上不会怪罪。”白振道:“李军门此计大妙。” 三人去找老鸨,哪知妓院中人竟然一个不见。三人大惊,情知不妙,忙去拍玉如意房门,越敲越重,里面仍然毫无声息。李可秀急道:“推进去吧!”白振双掌抵门,微一用力,喀喇一声,门闩已断。 和珅首先进去,轻轻揭开帐子,床上被褥零乱,哪里有乾隆和玉如意的踪影?登时惊得晕了过去。白振忙叫进众侍卫,在院子里里外外搜了一个遍,连每只箱子每只抽屉都打开来细细瞧了,可是连半点线索也无。众人又害怕又惊奇,整夜防守得如此严密,连一只麻雀飞出去也逃不过众人眼睛,怎么皇帝竟会失踪?白振又再检查各处墙壁,看有无复门机关,敲打了半天,丝毫不见有可疑之处。不久御林军统领福康安和浙江巡抚都接到密报赶到。众人聚在妓院之中,手足无措,魂不附体,面如土色,呆若木鸡。 正是:皇上不知何处去,此地空余象牙床。
那晚乾隆听玉如意唱了一会曲,喝了几杯酒,已有点把持不定。玉如意媚笑道:“服侍老爷安息吧?”乾隆微笑点头。玉如意替他宽去衣服鞋袜,扶到床上睡下,盖上了被,轻笑道:“我出去一会儿,就回来陪你。”乾隆但觉枕上被间甜香幽幽,颇涉遐思,正迷迷糊糊间,听得床前微响,笑道:“你这刁钻古怪的妮子,还不快来!” 帐子揭开,伸进一个头来,烛光下只见那人满脸麻皮,圆睁怪眼,腮边浓髯,有如刺猬一般,与玉如意的花容月貌大不相同。乾隆还道眼花,揉了揉眼睛,那人已把一柄明晃晃的匕首指在他喉边,低喝:“丢他妈,你契弟皇帝,一出声,老子就是一刀。” 乾隆这一急当真非同小可,霎时间欲念全消,宛如一桶雪水,从顶门上直灌下来。那人更不打话,摸出块手帕塞在他嘴里,用床上被头把他一卷,便像个铺盖卷儿般提了出去。 乾隆无法叫喊,动弹不得,睁眼一片黑暗。只觉被人抬着,一步一步向下走去,鼻中闻到一股泥土的霉臭潮湿之气。走了一会,又觉向上升起,登时省悟:原来这批人是从地道中进来的,因此侍卫官兵竟没能拦住。刚明白此节,只觉身子震动,车轮声起,已给人放入马车,既不知大逆谋叛者何人,又不知要把自己带到何处? 车行良久,道路不平,震动加剧,似已出城,到了郊外。再走好半天,车子停住,乾隆感到给人抬了出来,愈抬愈高,似乎漫无止境。心中十分害怕,全身发抖,在被窝中几乎要哭了出来。惶急之际,忽动诗兴,口占两句,诗云:“疑为因玉召,忽上峤之高。” 被人抬着一步一步地向上,似是在攀援一座高峰,最后突然一顿,给人放在地下。他不敢言语,静以待变,过了半晌竟没人前来理睬。将裹在身上的被子稍稍推开,侧目外望,黑漆漆的什么也看不见,只听得远处似有波涛之声,凝神静听,又听得风卷万松,夹着清越悠长的铜铃之声。风势越来越大,一阵阵怒啸而过,似觉所处之地有点摇晃,更是害怕。推开被头,想站起来看看,刚一动,黑暗中一个低沉的声音喝道:“要性命的就别动。”敢情监视着他的人守候已久,乾隆吓得不敢动弹。 如此挨了良久,心头思绪潮涌。风声渐止,天色微明,乾隆看出所处之所是一间小室,但爬得这么高,难道这是高山之巅的一所房屋?正在胡思乱想,忽听得一阵唏里呼噜之声,细细听去,原来是监守者正在吃面,听声音是两个人,大口咀嚼,吃得十分香甜。他折腾了一夜,这时已感饥饿,面香一阵阵传来,不觉食欲大起。 过了一会儿,两人面吃完了,一个人走过来,将满满一碗虾仁鳝糊面放在他头边地下,相距约有五尺,碗中插了一双筷子。乾隆寻思:“这是给我吃的么?”不过这两人既不说,肚中虽饿,也不便开口动问。只听一人道:“这碗面给你吃,里面可没毒药。”乾隆大喜,坐起身来正要去拿,忽然身上一阵微凉,忙又睡倒,缩进被里。原来昨夜玉如意服侍他安睡之时,已帮他将上下
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