Chapter 20 Chapter Twenty

After Qianlong took Princess Xiangxiang from Chen Jialuo, he felt restless. Gradually, the sky became brighter, and he saw the sun rising from the east.On this day, he didn't go to see all the officials. He sat up and fell asleep all day long. He sent several groups of guards out to inquire about news. Until the sky was completely dark and the moon rose from the palace wall, none of the guards returned. He was very anxious in Baoyue Tower, so he could only think about the best, staring blankly at the "Han Palace Spring Dawn Picture" on the wall, and suddenly thought: "Since this girl likes him, she must also like Han clothes. Later When they returned to the palace, he must have persuaded her to obey me. Why don't I surprise her by wearing a Han costume?" So he ordered the eunuch to take Ming's clothes.But in the deep palace, where did the clothes of the wise come from?Still a young eunuch who was smart, rushed to the theater troupe to get a set of costumes, and served him to wear them.Qianlong was overjoyed, he looked in the mirror, and felt that he was very romantic and unrestrained, when he suddenly saw a few white hairs on his sideburns, he hurriedly ordered the little eunuch to use small pliers to clamp it.

Just as he lowered his head to let the little eunuch pinch his hair, he suddenly heard the sound of light footsteps behind him, and an eunuch shouted in a low voice: "The Empress Dowager has arrived!" Qianlong was startled, raised his head, and the Empress Dowager appeared in the mirror. , I saw that her face was ashen, full of anger.Qianlong hurriedly turned around and said, "Isn't the Queen Mother still resting?" He helped her to sit on the kang.The queen mother waved her hand, and all the eunuchs retreated. After a while, the Empress Dowager said in a deep voice: "The servants said that you are not feeling well today. You did not go to court or eat. I see you are here!" Qianlong said: "My son is better now. It's just that eating greasy food is a bit uncomfortable. Refreshing, it’s nothing, I dare not disturb the Queen Mother.” The Queen Mother snorted, and said, “Is it the greasy meat from eating Huizi, or the greasy Han people?” Qianlong was surprised, and replied: “I think it’s because I ate roasted rice yesterday. Mutton." The queen mother said: "That's our Manchurian cuisine, um, you're tired of being a Manchurian."

Qianlong dared not answer.The queen mother asked again: "Where is that Huizi woman?" Qianlong said: "She has a bad temper, and my son was taken out to be disciplined." What's the use of teaching? Who do you want to teach her?" Qianlong saw that her questioning became more and more urgent, so he could only say, "It's an old head of the guard, surnamed Bai." The Empress Dowager raised her head, remained silent for a long time, sneered a few times, and said grimly: "You are over forty years old now, what do you want your mother to do?" Qianlong was shocked, and hurriedly said: "The Empress Dowager, please do not get angry My son has done it before, please let the queen mother teach you." The queen mother said: "You are the emperor and the lord of the world, you can do whatever you like, and you can tell whatever lies you like." Qianlong knew that the queen mother had many eyes and ears, so most of this matter had been concealed. However, she said in a low voice: "The one who enlightened that woman was a scholar my son met in the south of the Yangtze River. This talent is very good..." The queen mother said sharply: "Is it from the Chen family in Haining?"

Qianlong lowered his head, how could he dare to make a sound.The queen mother said: "No wonder you are wearing Han clothes! Why don't you kill me?" When she said this, her voice was already stern.Qianlong was taken aback, knelt down on both knees, kowtowed repeatedly, and said, "If my son is unfilial, he will be punished by heaven and earth!" The queen mother flicked her sleeves and went downstairs.Qianlong hurriedly followed, and after walking a few steps, he remembered that he was wearing a bright man's clothes, which was not decent for others to see, so he changed it in a hurry. When he asked the eunuchs, he knew that the queen mother was in the side hall of the Wuying Hall, so he hurried up. Stepping into the hall, he said: "The queen mother calms down, there is something wrong with my son, please teach the queen mother."

The queen mother asked coldly: "Why did you call that Chen into the palace for several days? What did you do in Haining?" Qianlong bowed his head and remained silent.The queen mother shouted sharply: "Do you really want to restore the Han family's clothes? Are you going to drive us Manchus to extinction?" Qianlong said tremblingly: "Don't listen to the villain's nonsense, queen mother, how can my son have such intentions?" The queen mother said: "The surname is Chen How are you going to deal with him?" Qianlong said: "He has a lot of followers, and he has many outlaws with high martial arts skills under his command. The reason why my son has been perfunctory with him is to find a good opportunity to catch them all, so as not to cut the weeds and not eradicate the roots. It will eventually become a future trouble." The Empress Dowager's face paled when she heard this, and asked, "Is this true?"

Hearing what the Empress Dowager said, Qianlong knew that he had given up his chances, let alone had no choice. He became ruthless and decided to kill all the heroes of the Red Flower Society with one blow. A smile appeared on the gloomy face of the Empress Dowager, and she said: "Okay, this will not break the legacy of the ancestors." After a pause, she said: "Hey, come with me." Standing up, she walked towards the Hall of Martial Arts main hall.Qianlong had no choice but to follow. The queen mother approached the gate of the palace, the eunuch yelled, and the gate of the palace opened wide.I saw bright lights and candles in the hall, deacons and eunuchs lined up in two rows, eight princes knelt down to receive them, the Empress Dowager and Qianlong went to the hall and sat down on the two chairs.When Qianlong looked down, he saw that the eight princes were all royal nobles, with Prince Zhuang Yunlu at the head, Prince Lu, Prince Yi, Prince Guo, Prince Cheng, Prince He, Prince Yu, and Prince Shen. They are all close relatives of the royal family.Qianlong was in a state of mind, wondering what the Queen Mother was up to.The queen mother said slowly: "Originally, our eight banners and three banners were led by the master himself, but the master was still young when he took over the throne, so when the late emperor passed away, he ordered the eight banners to be divided into eight members of the clan. The use of troops, the last emperor's will has not been followed. Right now, thanks to the blessing of the ancestors, now in Shengming, back to Xinjiang has been flattened, from today on, the Eight Banners will belong to the eight of you, you must work hard to repay the emperor's kindness." The eight people kowtowed to thank each other.

Qianlong thought to himself: "So she is still worried, and wants to disperse my military power." The queen mother said, "Please assign it to the emperor." .Seeing that she has made careful arrangements, if I refuse, she must have other countermeasures.” So the Eight Banners of Zhenghuang, Xianghuang, Zhengbai, Xiangbai, Zhenghong, Xianghong, Zhenglan, and Xianglan were assigned to the eight banners. Wang commanded. The eight princes wondered secretly, thinking: According to the founding regulations of this dynasty, the three banners of Zhenghuang, Xianghuang and Zhengbai will be called the upper three banners by the emperor himself, and the remaining five banners will be called the lower five banners.Each banner is commanded by Manchuria.At this time, the empress dowager assigned the Eight Kings to lead, but it was greatly inconsistent with the ancestors' rules, and it was clearly intended to weaken the emperor's power.Seeing the empress dowager's stern order, she dared not refuse, so she kowtowed to thank her, and some thought: "Tomorrow, it's better to return the military power at the top, so as not to cause death."

With a wave of the queen mother's hand, Chi Xuan stepped forward and knelt down holding a plate, a piece of yellow silk was spread on the plate, and an iron box was placed on it.The queen mother picked up the iron box, opened the lid, and took out a small scroll.Qianlong looked sideways, and saw that outside the scroll was the word "Yongzheng" written by Yongzheng himself, and a line of words beside it said: "The country has changed, and the princes of the Eight Banners will open it together." Qianlong's face changed drastically, thinking that his father The emperor has long guarded against the leakage of secrets in the future. If he dares to change the rules of his ancestors, or even oppose the Manchu and Han Dynasty, the imperial edict will definitely order the Prince of the Eight Banners to abolish him and establish a new king.He immediately calmed down and said: "The late emperor had far-reaching plans, and he has seen it for generations. As long as the son is as good as the first emperor, the queen mother will not have to worry about her son."

The queen mother handed the iron box to Prince Zhuang, locked it herself, and said, "You send the late emperor's edict to the Suicheng Hall of Lama Temple, put it behind the main plaque, and send a hundred soldiers to guard it day and night." After a pause, he said again: "Even if there is an imperial decree today, you can't leave a step." After receiving the decree, Prince Zhuang sent the edict to Lama Temple.The Lama Temple is located in the Andingmen of Bingbei, Beijing. It was originally the Baylor Mansion when Yongzheng was not on the throne.After Yongzheng's death, Qianlong commemorated his father and expanded it into a Lama Temple.

After finishing the arrangement, the queen mother felt relieved, yawned, and sighed: "This is the foundation of all generations, you have to watch it carefully!" Qianlong sent the Empress Dowager out of the palace and hurriedly called the guards to inquire.Bai Zhen reported: "Mr. Chen has already sent my lady back to the palace, and my lady is waiting at Baoyue Tower." Qianlong was overjoyed, hurried out of the hall, walked to the door, turned around and asked: "What's the matter on the way?" Bai Zhen said: "Slave I have met many minds from the Red Flower Society, but thanks to Mr. Chen stopping them, nothing happened."

When Qianlong arrived at Baoyue Tower, he saw Princess Xiangxiang sitting facing the wall, and said happily, "Is the Great Wall fun?" Princess Xiangxiang ignored it.Qianlong thought to himself: "I'll ask you after I arrange the big things." He went to the next room and ordered Fukang'an to enter the palace. Not long after, Fukang'an arrived in a hurry.Qianlong ordered him to lead the sergeants of the Xiaoqi battalion to ambush in various halls of Lama Temple. After a long time of secret instructions, Fukang'an led the decree to go.Qianlong also ordered Bai Zhen to lead the bodyguards to ambush inside and outside the Lama Temple, the arrangement has been made, and said: "Tomorrow night I will give a banquet in the main hall of Lama Temple, you invite Mr. Chen, all the brains and party members of the Red Flower Society to come and accept the banquet. "After hearing this, Bai Zhen knew that he was going to wipe out the Red Flower Club. He thought that there must be a big fight, kowtowed his head and was about to walk out, when Qianlong suddenly said: "Wait a minute!" Bai Zhen turned his head , Qianlong said: "Call the Lama Lama Hu Yinke!" When Hu Yinke came in to meet him, Qianlong asked, "How long have you been in Beijing?" Hu Yinke said, "I have served the emperor for twenty-one years." Qianlong said, "Do you want to go back to Tibet?" Huh?" Hu Yinke kowtowed and did not answer.Qianlong said again: "There are only two living Buddhas in Tibet, the Dalai Lama and the Panchen Lama. The one in Qinghai is not counted. Why is there no third one?" He said, "If I make you the third Living Buddha and manage a place, no one will dare to disobey the order, right?" Report." Qianlong said: "Now I ask you to do one thing. You go back and summon your trusted lamas, and prepare something to light the fire with nitrate, sulfur, oil and firewood. When he sends you a message," he pointed to Bai Zhen and said : "You set fire to the palace, starting from the main hall of Lama Temple and Suicheng Hall." Hu Yinke was taken aback, kowtowed and said: "This is the former emperor's residence, there are many relics of the former emperor, I dare not..." Qianlong said sharply: "Do you dare to disobey the order?" Said: "Chen...Chen...Chen follow the order." Qianlong said: "As long as there is any news about this matter, I will kill all 800 lamas in Lama Temple." After a while, he said gently: " There are flag soldiers guarding the Suicheng Hall, so be careful, you can burn all these soldiers inside together. After this is done, you will be the third Living Buddha. Go!" With a wave of his hand, Hu Yinke was startled again Congratulations again, thank you En and Bai Zhen withdrew together. Qianlong finished the arrangement, thought to himself that this kills two birds with one stone, wiped out the power of the Red Flower Society and the Empress Dowager, and would be able to be the Emperor of Taiping in peace. When I got up, I was playing a piece of "Shiming Five Lanes". After playing a few lines, the sound of the piano was clanging and clanging, and the sound of the piano was full of killing and cutting sounds. Halfway through the playing, there was a clang, and the seventh string suddenly broke.Qianlong was taken aback, laughed loudly, got up from pushing the piano, and walked to the inner room. Princess Xiangxiang leaned against the window and looked at the moon. Hearing the sound of footsteps and a flash of cold light, Princess Xiangxiang drew out her dagger again. Qianlong frowned, sat down far away, and said: "Young Master Chen and you went to the Great Wall, did you ask you to assassinate me?" Princess Xiangxiang said: "He is persuading me to follow you." Qianlong said: "You don't listen. His words?" Princess Xiangxiang said: "I always listen to what he says." Qianlong was both happy and jealous, and said: "Then why are you carrying a sword? Give me the sword!" Princess Xiangxiang said: "No, After you become a good emperor." Qianlong thought to himself: "So you want to coerce me like this." Suddenly, anger, jealousy, lust, resentment, mixed feelings, forced a smile: "I am a good emperor now. .” Princess Xiangxiang said: "Hmph, just now I heard you play the piano, you want to kill people, you want to kill many people, you...you are extremely evil." When he came out, he had an idea, and said: "Yes, I want to kill someone. I caught your Mr. Chen just now. You obey me, and I see for your sake, you can let him go. If you don't, hehe, you I know that I will kill a lot of people." Princess Xiangxiang was shocked, and said in a low voice: "You want to kill your own brother?" Qianlong said with a livid face, "He told you everything?" Princess Xiangxiang said: " I don't believe you can catch him. He is much more capable than you." Qianlong said: "Capable? Hmph, even if you haven't caught him today, what about tomorrow?" Princess Xiangxiang was silent and muttered to herself. Qianlong said again: "I advise you to give up your heart. Whether I am a good emperor or an evil emperor, you will never see him again." Princess Xiangxiang said anxiously: "You promised him to be an emperor, Why do you go back on your word?" Qianlong sternly said, "I can do whatever I like, who can control me?" He was coerced by the Empress Dowager just now, full of anger, and he couldn't help showing it. In an instant, Princess Xiangxiang felt as if someone had punched her hard in the chest, thinking: "So the emperor lied to him, so I am ashamed of this, why should I come back?" The moment of remorse reached the extreme, and she almost fainted. Qianlong saw that her face suddenly turned pale, and regretted that she had been too rough just now, and said: "As long as you serve me well, I will not make things difficult for him, and I will do it for him as a high-ranking official, so that he will be rich and prosperous forever." Princess Xiangxiang had never been deceived so badly in her life. She had only seen the emperor's ferocity at first, but only now did she realize that the villain can be so treacherous, and thought: "The emperor is so bad, she must find a way to harm him." Him. Although he is more capable than the emperor, he didn't know that his brother would deliberately harm him. I must let him know so that he won't fall into the emperor's trap. But how do I inform him?" Qianlong saw She frowned in thought, and her childish face had a dignified demeanor, amidst the peerless beauties, she was even more magnificent, and she couldn't help but feel dumbfounded. Princess Xiangxiang thought: "The palace is full of the emperor's subordinates, who can send me a letter? It's urgent, that's the only way to do it." Said: "Then you promise not to harm him?" Qianlong was overjoyed and said casually: "No harm to him." He, don't harm him!" Princess Xiangxiang hated him when she saw that his words were not half-sincere, a simple girl lived in the palace for many days and had already learned how to deal with enemies, so she said calmly: "I Tomorrow morning, I have to go to the Muslim chapel and pray to the true God before I can follow you." Qianlong was overjoyed, and said with a smile: "Okay, I can't wait any longer tomorrow." Then he said: "There is also a Muslim chapel in the palace, I specially set it up for you. Yes. In a few more days, when everything is ready, you won't have to go out of the palace to go to worship in the future."
Seeing him smiling and going downstairs, Princess Xiangxiang found a pen and paper, and wrote a letter to Chen Jialuo in palindrome, warning him that the emperor had the intention of harming him, and that all his hopes of rejuvenating the Han Dynasty were illusory. escape from the palace.After finishing writing, she wrapped the letter with a piece of white paper, and wrote a palindrome on the white paper: "Please send it to Chen Jialuo, the leader of the Red Flower Society." She wanted to return everyone's respect for her father and sister, He also admires himself very much, as long as he waits for the opportunity to hand it over to any Muslim in the chapel, everyone will try to deliver it. After she wrote the letter, she felt relieved, thinking that the emperor's betrayal of the alliance would give her a chance to reunite with her lover, and Chen Jialuo could do anything to save herself from the palace. It was so sweet that after a long day of fatigue, I leaned on the bed and fell asleep. , He heard the ringing of the bell in the palace dimly, opened his eyes, it was already twilight, and hurriedly got up to wash up.The maids serving her knew that she didn't allow others to get close to her, so they just watched from the side, and seeing her glowing, they were all happy for her.Princess Xiangxiang hid the letter in her sleeve and came downstairs.The eunuch carrying the palanquin was already waiting downstairs, and the guards surrounded her and sent her to the gate of the West Chang'an Street Mosque. Princess Xiangxiang got off the sedan chair and saw the dome of the Islamic chapel, feeling both joy and sadness in her heart. She bowed her head and walked into the church, only to see a person on the left and right walking side by side with her.She raised her head and saw that there were two Hui people, she was overjoyed, she was about to hand over the letter that was strung together on her hand, when she met the eyes of the person on the right, she couldn't help hesitating, and slowly withdrew her hand.Although that person is dressed as a Huiren, his face and expression are not like those of her clan, and when he looks at the person on the left, there seems to be something different.She asked in a low voice: "Are you sent by the emperor to watch over me?" She said Huiyu, and the two of them really didn't understand, so they nodded casually. She was disappointed for a while, turned around, and saw eight palace guards in Huiren costumes followed behind her, and the real Huiren were separated far away.She quickly approached the patriarch of the temple, and said, "Please send this letter anyway." The patriarch was stunned, and Princess Xiangxiang stuffed the letter into his hand.Suddenly a guard rushed forward, snatched the letter from the headmaster, and pushed it hard on his chest.The dean staggered and almost fell.Everyone looked at each other in astonishment, not knowing what happened. The dean angrily said: "What are you doing?" The guard whispered in his ear: "Don't meddle in other business! We are servants in the palace." The dean was shocked and dared not say anything, so he led everyone to bow down worship. Princess Xiangxiang also knelt down, burst into tears, and felt extremely miserable. At this moment, there was only one thought left: "How to warn him and tell him to be on guard? Even if I want to die, I have to let him know to be on guard." "Just want me to die!" This thought flashed through my mind like lightning: "If I die here, the news will spread, and he will know. Yes, there is no other way!" But immediately thought of the "Koran" "Chapter 4: "You shall not commit suicide. Allah is merciful to you. Whoever commits this prohibition because of excess and injustice, I will cast him into the pit of fire." Muhammad's words were like thunder in her ears It sounded like: "Those who commit suicide will fall into the fiery pit forever and cannot escape." She is not afraid of death, and believes that after death, she can ascend to paradise and will be with her beloved forever in the future. It is said in the "Koran": " They shall have a pure spouse in Paradise, where they shall dwell forever." But if they commit suicide, it is endless suffering! Thinking of this, I couldn't help shivering, I felt that my whole body was terribly cold, but the audience murmured and chanted sutras, and the patriarch was talking loudly about the eternity and joy in Paradise, and about the misery of souls falling into the fiery pit.For a religious person, there is nothing more terrible than the eternal loss of the soul, but she has no other way.Love trumps worst fears.She said in a low voice, "Holy and holy Allah, it's not that I don't believe that you will have mercy on me, but there is no other way for him to escape danger except by using the blood on my body." Dagger, scratched the words "Unbelievable Emperor" on the bricks under his body, and softly called twice: "Brother!" and pierced the dagger into the purest and most beautiful chest in the world.
The heroes of the Red Flower Society were discussing matters in the hall today, Jiang Sigen had just returned from Guangdong, and was talking with everyone about the current situation of the heroes from all over the south, when it was reported that Bai Zhen came to pay their respects, and Chen Jialuo received him alone.Bai Zhen conveyed the emperor's will, saying that a banquet will be held at Lama Temple that night, and he ordered all the incense masters of the Red Flower Society to attend the banquet together. The emperor personally attended the banquet. Because he was afraid that the empress dowager and the relatives of Manchuria would have doubts, he specially met outside the palace.Chen Jialuo took the order to thank him, thinking that Kasili must have been reluctant to obey the emperor, so he became more enthusiastic about the great cause of rejuvenating the Han Dynasty, and he couldn't express his joy and sadness in his heart. After bidding farewell to Bai Zhen, he told the heroes.Everyone was extremely excited when they heard that the emperor kept the covenant and was about to establish an incomparable miracle.Wu Chen, Lu Feiqing, Zhao Banshan, Wen Tailai, Chang's Shuangxia, etc. had suffered a lot from Manchu officials, and they were skeptical of Qianlong's words, but now they saw that everything was going well, and they all said that the emperor was a Han, and he was a Han. The brother of the chief rudder is indeed very different.It's just that in order to restore the great cause, Chen Jialuo gave up his affection for Princess Xiangxiang, and felt sorry for him. Chen Jialuo was afraid that his heart would be hurt by himself, and everyone's enthusiasm would be chilled, so he tried his best to talk about world affairs with the heroes, and then talked about martial arts.Wuchen said: "Chief lord, you have learned exquisite martial arts in the Hui Department this time, how about showing some of your hands to everyone?" I haven’t figured it out yet. I think if you can add the rhythm of music, it may be more elegant.” Comrade Xiang Yu Yu said, “Fourteenth brother, please play the flute.” Comrade Yu Yu said, “Okay!” Li Yuanzhi ran into the inner room with a smile, and took out the golden flute.Luo Bing said with a smile: "Okay, put away other people's treasures too." Li Yuanzhi blushed and remained silent. Ever since Li Yuanzhi was hit by Zhang Zhao and broke her left arm, Yu Yutong took good care of her along the way, from pity to love, from emotion to affection, this is a sincere treat for each other.Li Yuanzhi's obsession with deep love finally has a happy ending, which is of great comfort to her heart. The two talked about the scene of their first meeting in the inn on Ganliang Road that day. Li Yunzhi said that he envied him using the golden flute to tell the tolerance, and complained that the master refused to teach her acupoint acupuncture.Yu Yutong said with a smile: "Although Martial Uncle Lu is old, it's not convenient for you to give pointers to him, and he can't let you touch him. I can't recognize the acupoints, how can I teach you? When we become husband and wife in the future, I will teach you." Li Yuanzhi He smiled and said: "Then I blamed Master." Yu Yutong laughed and said, "It's fine if I teach you acupuncture point kung fu, but you have to kowtow to worship Master." Li Yuanzhi smiled and said: "Bah, what do you think?" From then on, Yu Yutong taught her the basic skills of using the flute to hit acupuncture points.Li Yuanzhi ordered the two truncated flutes to be inlaid at the gold shop, and he borrowed the flute to practice. Chen Jialuo danced his palms to the sound of the flute, and all the heroes gathered around to watch.Wu Chen said with a smile: "Chief Steward, you actually defeated Zhang Zhaozhong with this palm technique, how about I use the sword to challenge you?"Chen Jialuo said: "Okay, come on!" He patted his shoulder with a wave of his palm.Wu Chen thrust his sword obliquely, ignoring Chen Jialuo's palm, and directly attacked the opponent's waist.Chen Jialuo walked around sideways, and the sound of the flute hit his back.Wuchen doesn't even look back, he reverses the tip of the sword, and stabs backwards, the timing of the position is all just right, it is the unique move of "Looking Homeward and Looking Back" in the Soul Chasing Sword.Chen Jialuo turned his body slightly, and turned his palm to grab his wrist.Wuchen knew that the sword would definitely miss, but he didn't expect him to counterattack so quickly, he stepped forward, took three steps forward, his wrist trembled, and the long sword was handed out again.Watching the heroes, applaud in unison.Although the two were proving their martial arts, they did not give in at all. They moved diagonally with one sword and flew with both palms, striking extremely compactly. When the fight was in full swing, suddenly there was a long and desolate singing sound from outside the alley.The heroes didn't care, but they heard the song getting closer and closer, it seemed like thousands of people sang in unison, it was so sad that it made people cry. Xinyan was in the desert for a long time, knowing that it was a mourning song sung by Hui people, she became curious and ran out to inquire about it. After a while, she came back from the outside with a gray face and staggering steps. She approached Chen Jialuo and called out tremblingly: "Master !" Wuchen retracted his sword and jumped away.Chen Jialuo turned around and asked: "What?" Xin Yan said: "Xiang... Xiang... Princess Xiangxiang is dead!" All the heroes changed their colors.Chen Jialuo felt his eyes go dark, and fell down on his knees.Wuchen hurriedly threw his sword to the ground and reached out to grab his arm. Luo Bing hurriedly asked: "How did he die?" Xin Yan said: "I asked a Huiren elder brother, and he said that Princess Xiangxiang committed suicide with a sword while praying in the Muslim chapel." What do people sing?" Xinyan said: "They said that the empress dowager did not allow her body to enter the palace and handed it to the mosque. They buried her just now, and when they came back, everyone sang and mourned." Everyone scolded the emperor for his cruelty and forced her to die. Such a kind and pure girl died.Luo Bing felt sad for a while, and shed tears.Chen Jialuo didn't say a word.Everyone guarded against his heartbreak, and was about to comfort him, when Chen Jialuo suddenly said, "Master, I haven't finished learning the palm technique, let's do it again." Walking slowly to the center of the arena, everyone couldn't help but be amazed. Wu Chen thought: "It's good to let him be distracted to avoid grief." So he picked up the sword, and the two fought again.Seeing Chen Jialuo's elegant gait and exquisite palm technique, the heroes seemed not to be moved by the news just now, and they chatted with each other.Li Yuan was whispering in Yu Yutong's ear: "A man has no conscience. For the sake of national affairs, he doesn't care at all if his beloved dies." Yu Yutong was playing the flute, thinking: "The chief rudder can bear it. , if it were me, I'm afraid I would go crazy on the spot." Wu Chen thought about the great changes that Chen Jialuo had suffered, so he couldn't calm down and dared not make any more dangerous moves.Originally, the two were rivals in chess, and their skills were equal, but Wu Chen had scruples, so he slowed down his two moves and was at a disadvantage.In the shadow of Jian Guang's palm, Wu Chen couldn't help but retreat, he didn't dare to make a quick stab, he was a little late to withdraw the sword, the three fingers of Chen Jialuo's left hand had already touched his wrist, the two of them jumped away at the same time.Wuchen shouted: "Okay, okay, wonderful!" Chen Jialuo smiled and said: "The Taoist priest intends to give in." Suddenly he opened his mouth and spewed out two mouthfuls of blood.All the heroes lost their colors and rushed forward to help each other.Chen Jialuo smiled sadly and said: "It doesn't matter!" Leaning on Xin Yan's shoulder, he went into the inner hall.
Chen Jialuo went back to her room and slept for more than an hour, remembering that she would meet with the emperor tonight and had many important things to do, how could she not take care of herself like this, but when she thought of Princess Xiangxiang's tragic death, she couldn't help but feel heartbroken.She thought again: "Kasili had clearly agreed to obey him, why did she suddenly commit suicide again? Could it be that she couldn't let go of her love for me after all the deliberation? She knew that this matter was no small matter, and if nothing happened, she would definitely not commit suicide today. Don't have any hidden secrets." After thinking for a while, he couldn't decide, so he took out the Muslim clothes he brought from Huibu and put them on. It was exactly what he wore when he first met Princess Xiangxiang by the bank of the frozen lake. Mo painted his cheeks black, and said to Xinyan: "I'll be back after I go out for a while." Xinyan was about to stop him, knowing it was useless, but he was always worried and followed quietly.Chen Jialuo knew that he was loyal, so he let him. The street was noisy with people and cars and horses, but Chen Jialuo could see the bleakness in his eyes.He came to the mosque on West Chang'an Avenue, walked straight in, walked to the lobby, fell down on the ground, and silently prayed: "Kasili, you are waiting for me in heaven. I promise you to convert to Islam, and I will never let you wait in vain. "Looking up, I suddenly saw words engraved vaguely on the blue bricks underground half a zhang ahead. Looking carefully, it was a palindrome scratched on the bricks with the tip of a knife: "Don't trust the emperor". It has a bright red color.Chen Jialuo was startled, looked down and saw a dark spot on the brick, suddenly thought: "Could this be Kasili's blood?" Quan Yong, lying on the ground and crying. After crying for a while, someone suddenly patted him on the shoulder twice, he was taken aback, and immediately jumped up, raised his left palm slightly to face the enemy, he was surprised and happy at the first glance, but then he shed tears again.The man was wearing a man's attire, but his eyebrows were slightly frowned, and his starry eyes were shining. It was Huo Qingtong in the green feather yellow shirt.It turned out that she just came to Beijing today with Tianshan Shuangying, trying to save her sister, but she met a Hui from the same ethnic group, and was shocked to hear that her sister was dead, so she hurried to the mosque to pray for her, and saw a Hui who fell to the ground and cried loudly. Si Li's name, so I patted him on the shoulder to ask, but met Chen Jialuo. Just as they were about to discuss the reasons for their separation, Chen Jialuo suddenly saw two Qing Palace guards walking in, hurriedly pulled Huo Qingtong's sleeves, and fell side by side to the ground.The two guards walked up to Chen Jialuo and shouted: "Get up!" The two had no choice but to stand up, looking out of the window, only to hear the clinking sound, the two guards pried up the brick with the writing on it with a shovel, took out the mosque, and mounted the horse and go. Huo Qingtong asked: "What is that?" Chen Jialuo said with tears: "If I am one step late, Kasili sacrificed her life, and the warning written in blood will not be seen." Huo Qingtong asked: "What warning? "Chen Jialuo said: "There are many eyes and ears here, we'd better lie down on the ground and tell you again." Huo Qingtong was sad and resentful at the same time, and said angrily: "How can you be so foolish that you would trust the emperor?" Chen Jialuo was ashamed and said: "I only know that he is a Han Chinese and my own brother." Huo Qingtong Qingtong said: "So what about the Han people? Don't the Han people do bad things? As the emperor, what kind of brotherhood is there?" Chen Jialuo choked up and said: "It was I who harmed Kasili! I...I wish I could die with her immediately go." Huo Qingtong felt that blaming him was too heavy, thinking that he was already very sad, so he comforted him softly: "You are here to save the common people, but it's no wonder." After a while, he asked: "Tonight's Lama Temple banquet Do you still want to go?" Chen Jialuo gritted his teeth and said, "The emperor is going to the banquet too, so I will assassinate him to avenge Kasili." Huo Qingtong said: "Yes, I will also avenge my father, brother, and my countless compatriots. " Chen Jialuo asked: "How did you escape when the Qing soldiers attacked at night?" Huo Qingtong said: "I was very ill at that time, and the Qing soldiers attacked suddenly. Fortunately, a group of my guards fought hard and rescued me. Master." Chen Jialuo sighed: "Kasili once told me that even if we go to the end of the sky, we will still find you." Huo Qingtong couldn't help crying like rain. The two walked out of the chapel, and Xin Yan came up to greet him. He was very happy to see Huo Qingtong, and said, "Girl, I've been thinking about you, how are you?" In the past, some small grievances against Xin Yan were still taken to heart, and she said softly: "You are also good, you have grown taller!" Xin Yan was very relieved to see that she no longer took offense at her. The three returned to Shuangliuzi Hutong, where Tianshan Shuangying and the heroes were talking loudly.With tears in his eyes, Chen Jialuo told the bloody words he saw in the mosque.Chen Zhengde slapped the table and said in a loud voice: "Is what I said wrong? Of course the emperor wants to harm us. This girl must have obtained a certain breath in the palace, so she gave up her life to tell you." Everyone said yes, Guan Mingmei wept and said: "Our two elders have no sons or daughters. We wanted to adopt their sisters as goddaughters, but who knew..." Chen Zhengde sighed: "Although this girl does not know martial arts, she is very chivalrous. It is rare. Rare!" Everyone was sad. Chen Jialuo said: "When we go to the Lama Temple to have a banquet, long weapons cannot be brought in. Everyone prepares short weapons and concealed weapons. Among the wine, meat and food, there is no fear that there will be poisonous drugs, so you must not touch your lips in the slightest." The heroes agreed. .Chen Jialuo said: "If you don't kill the emperor tonight, you won't be able to relieve the hatred in your heart, but you must first plan your retreat." Chen Zhengde said: "You can't live in the Central Plains anymore. Everyone, go back to the Ministry." It's a bit hard to give up, but the emperor is treacherous and dangerous, and everyone hates it. They are determined to kill this beast and go away to a foreign land, but they can't care about it. Chen Jialuo ordered Wen Tailai to lead Yang Chengxie, Wei Chunhua, Shi Shuangying, and Jiang Sigen to ambush in the Deshengmen and Fuchengmen areas. At that time, he killed the city gate guards and took everyone out to the west of the city. Horses, bows and arrows, etc. were brought to meet outside the Lama Temple; Yu Yutong was also ordered to immediately notify the leader of the Honghua Society in Beijing, and to all the congregations of the Honghua Society in all provinces. To prevent officers and soldiers from capturing them. After finishing the assignment, he said to Tianshan Shuangying and Lu Feiqing: "How to kill the culprit and the chief culprit, I ask the three old seniors to suggest." Chen Zhengde said: "That's not easy? I'll go up and grab his neck and twist it, look at him Is it over?" Lu Feiqing laughed and said, "Since he intends to harm us, he must have a lot of guards around him, and his defense must be thorough. Brother Zhengde twisted his neck, of course he is finished, but I'm afraid he won't be able to twist his neck." Wu Chen Said: "It's still the third brother who hurt him with a hidden weapon." Tianshan Shuangying had seen Zhao Banshan's magical skills in Liuhe Pagoda Seven, and was very heartbroken about his hidden weapon kung fu, and agreed first at the moment. Zhao Banshan took out the three poisonous terriers that Long Jun had sent out that day from the hidden weapon, and said with a smile, "As long as one hits one, it will be enough for him!" I shivered.Chen Jialuo said: "I'm afraid that the one surnamed Long is still in the palace, and there is an antidote." Zhao Banshan said: "It's okay, I'll soak it in Hedinghong and Peacock Gizzard again. He can solve one kind, but can't solve the second one." Two kinds." Lu Feiqing said to Luo Bing: "Your throwing knife and my golden needle should also be soaked in poison." Luo Bing nodded and said: "We fired dozens of hidden weapons together, no matter how many guards he has, he can always hit him a few times pieces." Chen Jialuo saw the people soaking hidden weapons in the poison jar on the charcoal stove, and thought of the emperor and himself being born of the same mother, he couldn't bear it, but then he thought of his viciousness, and was furious, drew out his dagger, and also poisoned him. Boiled in the jar for a while.
At three o'clock in Shen's time, all the people packed up, had a full meal, and waited for the banquet.Guan Mingmei, Luo Bing, Huo Qingtong, and Li Yuanzhi disguised themselves as men.Not long after, Bai Zhen led four guards to invite him.The heroes each wore brocade robes and rode to the Lama Temple.Seeing that everyone was empty-handed and without weapons, Bai Zhen sighed secretly. He wanted to warn Chen Jialuo secretly, but after much deliberation, he never dared. After dismounting outside the palace gate, Bai Zhen led everyone into the palace.His Highness Sui Cheng had set up three feasts, and Bai Zhensu asked the heroes to sit down separately.The seat in the middle was Chen Jialuo, the seat on the left was Chen Zhengde, and the seat on the right was Lu Feiqing.There is a single seat in the center under the Buddha statue, and a big chair facing outside is covered with brocade and yellow silk, which is obviously the emperor's throne.Lu Feiqing, Zhao Banshan and the others were secretly considering how to cast a hidden weapon on the throne when they do it later. The dishes were served one after another, and everyone waited for the arrival of the emperor.过了一会儿，脚步声响，殿外走进两名太监，陈家洛等认得是迟玄和武铭夫两人。太监后面跟着一名戴红顶子拖花翎的大官，原来是前任浙江水陆提督李可秀，不知何时已调到京里来了。李沅芷握住身旁余鱼同的手，险些叫出声来。迟玄叫道：“圣旨到！”李可秀、白振等当即跪倒。陈家洛等也只得跟着跪下。 迟玄展开敕书，宣读道：“奉天承运皇帝诏曰：国家推恩而求才，臣民奋励以图功。尔陈家洛等公忠体国，宜锡荣命，爰赐陈家洛进士及第，余人着礼部兵部另议，优加录用。赐宴雍和宫。直隶古北口提督李可秀陪宴。钦此。”跟着喝道：“谢恩！” 群雄听了心中一凉，原来皇帝奸滑，竟是不来的了。 李可秀走近陈家洛身边，作了一揖，道：“恭喜，恭喜，陈兄得皇上如此恩宠，真是异数。”陈家洛谦逊了几句。李沅芷和余鱼同一起过来，李沅芷叫了一声：“爹！”李可秀一惊，回头见是失踪近年、自己日思夜想的独生女儿，这时仍穿男装，真是喜从天降，拉住了她手，眼中湿润，颤声道：“沅儿，沅儿，你好么？”李沅芷道：“爹……”可是话却说不下去了。李可秀道：“来，你跟我同席！”拉她到偏席上去。李沅芷和余鱼同知他是爱护女儿，防她受到损伤。两人互相使了个眼色，分别就坐。 迟玄和武铭夫两人走到中间席上，对陈家洛道：“哥儿，将来你做了大官，可别忘了咱俩啊！”陈家洛道：“还要请两位公公多加照应。”迟玄手一招，叫道：“来呀！”两名小太监托了一只盘子过来，盘中盛着一把酒壶和几只酒杯。迟玄提起酒壶，在两只杯中斟满了酒，自已先喝一杯，说道：“我敬你一杯！”放下空杯，双手捧着另一杯酒递给陈家洛。 群雄注目凝视，均想：“皇帝没来，咱们如先动手，打草惊蛇，再要杀他就不容易。这杯酒虽是从同一把酒壶里斟出，但安知他们不从中使了手脚，瞧总舵主喝是不喝？” 陈家洛早在留神细看，存心寻隙，破绽就易发觉，果见酒壶柄上左右各有一个小孔。迟玄斟第一杯酒时大拇指捺住左边小孔，斟第二杯酒时，拇指似乎漫不经意地一滑，捺住了右边小孔。陈家洛心中了然，知道酒壶从中分为两隔，捺住左边小孔时，左边一隔中的酒流不出来，斟出来的是盛在右边一隔中的酒，捺住右边小孔则刚刚相反。迟玄捧过来的这杯从右隔中斟出，自是毒酒，心想：“哥哥你好狠毒，你存心害我，怕我防备，先赐我一个进士，叫我全心信你共举大事。若非喀丝丽以鲜血向我示警，这杯毒酒是喝定的了。” 他拱手道谢，举杯作势要饮。迟玄和武铭夫见大功告成，喜上眉梢。陈家洛忽将酒杯放下，提起酒壶另斟一杯，斟酒时捺住右边小孔，杯底一翻，一口干了，把原先那杯酒送到武铭夫前面，说道：“武公公也喝一杯！”武铭夫和迟玄两人见他识破机关，不觉变色。陈家洛又捺住左边小孔，斟了一杯毒酒，说道：“我回敬迟公公一杯！” 迟玄飞起右足，将陈家洛手中酒杯踢去，大声喝道：“拿下了！”大殿前后左右，登时涌出数百名手执兵刃的御前侍卫和御林军来。 陈家洛笑道：“两位公公酒景不高，不喝就是，何必动怒？”武铭夫喝道：“奉圣旨：红花会叛逆作乱，图谋不轨，立即拿问，拒捕者格杀不论。” 陈家洛手一挥，常氏双侠已纵到迟武二人背后，各伸右掌，拿住了两人的项颈。这一下出其不意，两人武功虽高，待要抵敌，已然周身麻木，动弹不得。陈家洛又斟一杯毒酒，笑道：“这真是敬酒不吃吃罚酒了。”骆冰和章进各拿一杯，给迟武两人灌了下去。众侍卫与御林军见迟武被擒，只是呐喊，不敢十分逼近。 红花会群雄早从衣底取出兵刃，无尘身上只藏一柄短剑，使用不便，纵入侍卫人群之中，夹手夺了一柄剑来，连杀三人，当先直入后殿，群雄跟着冲入。 李可秀拉着女儿的手，叫道：“在我身边！”他一面和白振两人分别传令，督率侍卫们拦截，一面拉着女儿，防她混乱中受伤。余鱼同见状，长叹一声，心想：“我与她爹爹势成水火，她终究非我之偶！”一阵难受，挥笛冲人。 李沅芷右手使劲一挣，李可秀拉不住，当即被她挣脱。李沅芷叫道：“爹爹保重，女儿去了！”反身跃起，纵入人丛。李可秀大出意外，急叫：“沅芷，沅芷，回来！”她早已冲入后殿，只见余鱼同挥笛正与五六名侍卫恶战，形同拼命。李沅芷叫道：“师哥，我来了！”余鱼同一听，心头大喜，精神倍长，刷刷刷数笛一轮急攻，李沅芷仗剑上前助战，将众侍卫杀退。两人携手跟着骆冰，向前直冲。 这时火光烛天，人声嘈杂，陈家洛等已冲到绥成殿外，游目四顾，甚是惊异。只见数十名喇嘛正和一群清兵恶战，眼见众喇嘛抵敌不住，白振却督率了侍卫相助喇嘛，把众清兵赶入火势正旺的殿中。陈家洛怎知乾隆与太后之间的勾心斗角，心想这事古怪之极，但良机莫失，忙传令命群雄越墙出宫。 李可秀与白振已得乾隆密旨，要将红花会会众与绥成殿中的旗兵一网打尽，但二人一个念着女儿，一个想起陈家洛的救命之恩，都对红花会放宽了一步，只是协力对付守殿的旗兵。过不多时，旗兵全被杀光烧死。绥成殿中大火熊熊，将雍正的遗诏烧成灰烬。 群雄跃出宫墙，不禁倒抽一口凉气，只见雍和宫外无数官兵，都是弓上弦，刀出鞘，数千根火把高举，数百盏孔明灯晃来晃去，射出道道黄光。陈家洛心想：“他布置得也真周密，唯恐毒药毒不死我们！”转眼之间，无尘与陈正德已杀人御林军队伍。四下里箭如飞蝗，齐向群雄射来。霍青桐大叫：“大家冲啊！”群雄互相紧紧靠拢，随着无尘与陈正德冲杀。但清兵愈杀愈多，冲出了一层，外面又围上一层。 无尘剑光霍霍，当者披靡，力杀十余名御林军，突出了重围，等了一阵，见余人并未随出，心中忧急，又翻身杀人，只见七八名侍卫围着章进酣斗。章进全身血污，杀得如痴如狂。无尘叫道：“十弟莫慌，我来了！”刷刷刷三剑，三名侍卫咽喉中剑。余人发一声喊，退了开去，无尘道：“十弟，没事么？”忽然呼的一声，章进挥棒向他碰来。无尘吃了一惊，侧身让过。章进连声狂吼，叫道：“众位哥哥都给你们害了，我不要活了！”狼牙棒着地横扫。无尘叫道：“十弟，十弟，是我呀！”章进双目瞪视，突然撇下狼牙棒，叫道：“二哥啊，我不成了！”无尘在火光下见他胸前、肩头、臂上都是伤口，处处流血，自己只有单臂，无法相扶，咬牙道：“你伏在我背上，搂住我！”蹲下身子，章进依言抱着他头颈。无尘只觉一股股热血从道袍里直流进去，当下奋起神威，提剑往人多处杀去。 剑锋到处，清兵纷纷让道，忽见前面官兵接二连三地跃在空中，显是被人提着抛掷出来的，无尘心想：“除四弟外，别人无此功力，莫非城门有变？”仗剑冲去，果见文泰来、骆冰、余鱼同、李沅芷四人正与众侍卫恶战。无尘叫道：“总舵主他们呢？”余鱼同道：“不见啊，咱们到那边去找！”无尘心中一宽，心想章进受伤甚重，是以胡言呓语，未必大伙都已死伤。文泰来刀砍掌劈，杀开了一条血弄堂，四人随后赶去。 无尘奔到文泰来身旁，叫道：“城门门怎样？”文泰来道：“那边没事。我不放心，过来瞧瞧！”无尘道：“来得正好！”他虽然负了章进，仍是一剑便杀一人，长剑起处，清军兵将无人能避。 突然李沅芷高声叫道：“总舵主！”只见陈家洛从火光中掠过，东蹿西晃，似乎在寻人。陆菲青从西首杀出，叫道：“大伙退向宫墙！”遥见远处火光中一根翠羽不住晃动。陆菲青道：“总舵主，你领大伙退到墙边，我去接她出来！”说着手挥长剑，往霍青桐那边杀去。陈家洛与文泰来当先开路，又退回到墙边。 无尘叫道：“十弟，下来吧！”章进只是不动，骆冰去扶他时，只觉他身子僵硬，原来已经气绝。骆冰伏尸大哭。文泰来正在抵敌众侍卫，接应赵半山、常氏双侠等过来，听得骆冰哭声，不由得洒了几点英雄之泪，怒气上冲，挥刀连毙三敌。 群雄逐渐聚拢，这时陆菲青和霍青桐已会合在一起，人丛中只见那根翠羽慢慢移来，但到相隔数十步时，再也无法走近。常氏双侠夺了两杆长枪，冲去接了过来。霍青桐脸色苍白，一身黄衫上点点斑斑尽是鲜血，她虽穿男装，却在帽上插了一根翠色羽毛。陈家洛叫道：“咱们再冲，这次可千万别失散了。”话声方毕，雍和宫内嗖嗖数声，连射了几枝箭出来。原来李可秀和白振手下人众杀尽了绥成殿中守殿的旗兵后，蜂拥而至。红花会这一来前后受敌，处境更是险恶。 正危急间，正面御林军忽然纷纷退避，火光中数十名黄衣僧人冲了进来，当先一人白须飘动，金刀横砍直斩，威不可当，正是铁胆周仲英。群雄大喜，只听周仲英叫道：“各位快跟我来！”文泰来抱起章进尸身，随着众人冲出。只见天镜禅师率着大苦、大癫、大痴、元痛、元悲、元伤等少林僧人，正与御林军接战。 霍青桐见众人杀敌甚多，但不论冲向何处，敌兵必定跟着围上，抬头四望，果见鼓楼屋顶上站着十多人，内中四人手提红灯分站四方，群雄杀奔西方，西方那人高举红灯，杀奔东方，东方便有红灯举起。霍青桐对陈家洛道：“打灭那几盏红灯便好办了！”赵半山听了，从地下捡起一张弓，拾了几枝箭，弓弦响处，四灯熄灭。 群雄喝一声彩。清兵不见了灯号，登时乱将起来。霍青桐又道：“屋顶上诸人之中，必有主将在内，咱们擒贼先擒王！”众人知她在回部运筹帷幄，曾歼灭兆惠四万多名精兵，真是女中孙吴，说话必有见地。无尘叫道：“四弟、五弟、六弟，咱们四个去！”文泰来和常氏双侠齐齐答应。四人有如四头猛虎，直扑出去，御林军哪里拦阻得住？ 陈家洛与天镜禅师等跟着杀出，眼见就要冲出重围，突然喊声大振，李可秀和白振率领亲兵侍卫围了上来。一阵混战，又将群雄裹在垓心。李沅芷、骆冰以及七八名少林僧人都受了伤。 无尘等冲到墙边，跃上鼓楼，早有七个人过来阻拦。这些人竟是武功极好的高手，常氏双侠合敌三人，一时未分胜败。无尘与文泰来都是以一对二，在屋顶攻拒进退，打得十分激烈。无尘心中焦躁，想道：“怎么这里竟有这许多硬爪子？” 只见屋角上众人拥卫之中，一名头戴红顶子的官员手执佩刀令旗，正在指挥督战。无尘叫道：“这些鹰爪都交给我！”左一剑“心伤血污池”直刺敌人胸膛，右一剑“胆裂余何桥”径斩对手双足。这两人或缩身，或纵跃，无尘长剑已指向缠着文泰来的两名侍卫，“千刃刀山”斜戳左股，“万斛油锅”横削右腰，招招快极狠极。 文泰来缓出手来，向那红顶子大官直冲过去。左右卫士见他来势闪猛，早有四人挺刀阻截。文泰来在火光中猛见那官员回过头来，吃了一惊，险些失声叫出：“总舵主！”这官员面貌几乎与陈家洛一模一样，若不是服色完全不同，真难相信竟是两人。他陡然想起，妻子曾说到徐天宏设计取玉瓶、捉拿王维扬之事，总舵主乔扮官员，竟被众人误认为骁骑营统领兼九门提督福康安，那么这人必是福康安无疑。眼下群雄身处危境，如不抓到此人，只怕无法脱难，当下身形一缩，从两柄大刀的刃锋下钻过，径向福康安扑去。 统率御林军兜捕红花会的，正是乾隆第一亲信的福康安。乾隆因火烧雍和宫之事万分机密，是以命他总领其事。但怕他遇到凶险，特选了十六名一等侍卫，专门负责护他一人。众侍卫中又有两人上前阻挡，余人拥着福康安避到另一间屋子顶上。无尘数招之下，已伤了两名侍卫，突然斜奔横走，在众侍卫中穿来插去，这里一剑，那里一脚，片刻间已连施七八下毒招。文泰来再度缓出手来，双足使劲，跃在半空，向福康安头顶猛扑而下。 这时地下骁骑营官兵与众侍卫已见到主帅处境凶险，他身旁虽有十多名高手侍卫保护，兀自拦阻不住这两个怪杰所向无敌的狠扑，又有七八人跃上屋来相助。余人也暂不向红花会余人进迫，都举头凝视屋顶的激斗，突见文泰来飞扑而下，不由得齐声惊呼。 福康安只略识武功，危急之际，也只得举起佩刀仰砍，同时两枝长枪、两柄大刀齐向文泰来身上刺砍。文泰来心想：这一下抓不到，他后援即到，再无机会了。双臂力振，两杆长枪腾在空中，一足踹在左边一名侍卫胸前，右手一拳击中右边一名侍卫面门，大喝一声，两名刚跃上屋顶的侍卫吓得跌了下去。福康安惊得手足都软了，被文泰来一把当胸揪住，举在半空。四下里的清兵不约而同地又是大声惊叫。 这时常氏双侠已打倒三名侍卫，双双跃到，往文泰来身旁一站，取出飞抓，亮光闪闪，舞成径达两丈的一个大圈子，清兵哪敢过来？只见福康安举起令旗，颤声高叫：“大家住手！各营官兵与众侍卫各归本队！” 骁骑营官兵与众侍卫见本帅被擒，都是大惊失色。奉旨卫护福康安的侍卫中有三人不理会常氏双侠飞抓厉害，奋勇冲上。无尘叫道：“五弟、六弟，放这三个鹰爪过来！”双侠一收飞抓两开，只道无尘要亲自取他们性命，哪知无尘长剑直指福康安咽喉，……道：“来吧，来吧！”三名侍卫停步迟疑，互相使个眼色，又都跃开。文泰籴双手微一用力，福康安臂上痛入骨髓，只得高声叫道：“快收兵，退开！”清兵侍卫不敢再战，纷纷归队。 陈家洛叫道：“咱们都上高处！”群雄奔到墙边，一一跃上。赵半山点查人数，除章进伤重毙命外，其余尚有八九人负伤，幸喜都不甚重。 火光中又见孟健雄与徐天宏扶着周绮跃上屋顶。只见她头发散乱，脸如白纸。周仲英骂道：“你怎么也来了？不保重自己身子！”周绮叫道：“我要孩子，孩子，还我孩子来！” 陈家洛见她神志不清，忙乱中不及细问，悲愤之下，用红花会切口传令：“咱们攻进宫去，杀了皇帝给十哥报仇！”群雄轰然叫好，骆冰把这话译给陆菲青、天镜禅师、天山双鹰、霍青桐等人听了，众人举刀响应。天镜禅师道：“少林寺都叫他毁了，老衲今日要大开杀戒！”陈家洛惊问：“怎么，少林寺毁了？”天镜禅师道：“不错，已然烧成白地。天虹师兄护法圆寂了。”陈家洛一阵难受，愈增愤慨。众人拥着福康安，从御林军的刀枪剑戟中走出去，只见走了一层又是一层，围着雍和宫的兵将何止万人。群雄饶是大胆，也不觉心惊，暗想要不是擒住了他们头子，无论如何不能突出重围。 待走出最后一层清兵，见心砚领着红花会的头目，牵了数十匹马远远站着等候。各人纷纷上马，有的一人一骑，有的一骑双乘，纵声高呼，一阵风般向皇宫冲去。 徐天宏跑在陈家洛身旁，叫道：“总舵主，退路预备好了么？”陈家洛道：“九哥他们在城门口接应。你们怎么也刚巧赶到？”徐天宏恨道：“方有德那奸贼，那奸贼！”陈家洛道：“怎么？”徐天宏道：“他和白振奉了皇帝密旨，指挥众侍卫，调兵夜袭少林寺。天虹老禅师不肯出寺，在寺中给烧死了。”原来乾隆查知于万亭出身于南少林，生怕寺中留有自己的身世证据，密嘱办事能干的福建藩台方有德，调兵烧灭南少林寺。徐天宏愤愤地道：“他们还抢了我的儿子去！”陈家洛听见他生了个儿子，想说句“恭喜”，却又缩住。徐天宏道：“天镜师伯率领僧众找这几个奸贼报仇，直追到北京来。咱们去双柳子胡同找你，才知你们在雍和宫。” 这时众人已奔近禁城，御林军人众紧紧跟随。徐天宏转头对天山双鹰道：“要是皇帝得讯躲了起来，深宫中哪里去找，请两位前辈先赶去探明如何？”他想二老最是好胜，适才无尘与文泰来擒拿福康安大显威风，他们夫妇却未显技立功。天山双鹰齐声应道：“好，我们就去！”关明梅随手扯去身上男装衣帽。徐天宏从衣袋里摸出四枚流星火炮，交给陈正德道：“见到皇帝，能杀马上就杀，如他护卫众多，请老前辈放流星为号。”关明梅道：“好！”双鹰跃过宫墙，直往内院而去，身手快捷，直和鹰隼相似。
天山双旖在屋顶上飞奔，只见宫门重重，庭院处处，怎知皇帝躲在何处？关明梅道：“抓个太监来问。”陈正德道：“正是！”两人一跃不地，隐身暗处，侧耳静听，想查到声息，过去抓人，忽听脚步声急，两人直奔而来。陈正德低声道：“这两人有武功。”关明梅道：“不错，跟去瞧瞧。”语声方毕，两个人影已从身边急奔过去。 双鹰悄没声地跟在两人身后，见前面那人身材瘦削，武功甚高，后面那人是个胖子，脚步却沉重得多。前面那人时时停步等他，不住催促：“快，快，咱们要抢在头里给皇上报讯。”双鹰一听大喜，他们去见皇帝，正好带路，暗暗感激后面那胖家伙，要不是他脚步笨重，夫妇俩在后跟蹑势必给前面那人发觉。四人穿庭过户，来到宝月楼前。前面那人道：“你在这里等着。”那大汉应了站住，那瘦子径自上楼去了。 双鹰一打手势，从楼旁攀援而上，直上楼顶，双足钩住楼檐，倒挂下来，见一排长窗，外面是一条画廊，栏杆上新漆的气味混着花香散发出来，窗纸中透出淡淡的烛光。两人纵身落入画廊，只见一个人影从窗纸上映了出来。关明梅用食指沾了唾液，轻轻湿了窗纸，附眼往里一张，果见乾隆坐在椅上，手里摇着折扇，跪在地上禀报的瘦子原来便是白振。 只听白振奏道：“绥成殿已经烧光了，看守的亲兵没一个逃出来。”乾隆喜道：“很好！”白振又叩头道：“奴才该死，红花会的叛徒却擒拿不到。”乾隆惊道：“怎么？”白振道：“太后身边的迟玄与武铭夫两人要敬什么毒酒，泄漏了机关，动起手来。奴才正在管绥成殿的事，给迟武两人放了他们出去。”乾隆“嗯”了一声，低头沉吟。 陈正德指指白振，又指指乾隆，向妻子打手势示意：“我斗那白