Chapter 11 The Eleventh Chapter Erosion sighs the palace heroes are short of breath

Yang Kun said: "Brother, be careful how you deal with it." Zhuo Yihang said: "Thank you for your care." Following the eunuch, he walked through the long corridor and entered the Hall of Mental Cultivation, where he saw the emperor leaning on the bed with a smile on his face, Zhuo Yihang prostrated himself in worship, Chang Luo said: "Excuse me. I'll give you a seat." The inner eunuch brought a chair, Zhuo Yihang sat sideways and looked at the emperor, he saw that his face was glowing red, and he had no sick appearance. Emperor Guangzong) has been ill for a long time, even if it is really a panacea, it is difficult to cure the disease.Now after taking a red pill, his face is actually flushed, if it wasn't for the reflection of the light, or the red pill was made with a very overbearing medicine, it can temporarily stimulate the effect, but it will eventually cause serious harm.Zhuo Yihang was secretly worried, but he didn't dare to speak out.

Chang Luo said: "I knew you were coming yesterday, but the illness has not gone, so I can't call you. Fortunately, Li Kezhuo took two red pills, which really cured the illness, otherwise I would not have seen you today. What do you think of my complexion?" Zhuo Yihang was very proud of his words, he didn't dare to say it directly, so he could only say: "Your Majesty is as blessed as heaven, and your complexion is very good. But after a long illness, you need to cherish it." Chang Luo drank a cup of deer blood, and said again: "Shi Hao has already told me about you. The two imperial envoys of Li Zhou have also returned to Beijing safely. They are very grateful to you." Zhuo Yihang said: "The plot against the two The imperial envoys are only afraid that the powerful will support them." The eunuch serving the emperor gave him a sideways glance, and Zhuo Yihang said, "Long live the first recovery, I shouldn't have said these words to worry the emperor..." Chang Luo's face darkened, The inner supervisor said: "Go to Cuihua Palace and ask Li Xuan to come." The inner supervisor lowered his hands and retreated.Chang Luo said with a smile: "Mr. Zhuo is far-sighted and insightful, I just want to rely on Mr.'s help." Zhuo Yihang's heart moved, only to hear the emperor continue: "Aren't you suspicious of Wei Zhongxian?" Zhuo Yihang said: "Your Excellency Commoner, don't dare to talk about government affairs, but the eunuch paid by the factory guard, I'm afraid the Tai Ah will hold back, and the eunuch's disaster must be prevented." Chang Luo said: "Originally, I wanted to thoroughly investigate the matter of you being framed, but only After hating him to the extreme, he lingered on the sick bed." Zhuo Yihang said: "Personal injustice is nothing, the country's major affairs are important." Chang Luo said: "That's why I invite you to come. Wei Zhongxian is actually not loyal or virtuous, so I don't know why. It's just that he is in charge of the East Factory, and all the guards in the palace are under his control, so they can't act hastily. After I recover from illness and come to court, I will try again." Zhuo Yihang was silent.The emperor suddenly said, "Mr. Zhuo, are you willing to stay in the palace?"

Zhuo Yihang said: "I'm not yet full of filial obedience, so I dare not serve Mingjun." Chang Luo said with a smile: "I don't want you to be an official, how about you teach the prince in the palace for me? You Xiao is seventeen years old this year, or Stubborn and ignorant of human affairs." Zhuo Yihang remembered his grandfather's last words, and was about to resign.Chang Luo had already picked up the pen, and wrote the imperial decree on the small tea table in front of the bed, using the jade seal, Zhuo Yihang was inconvenient to stop him, he was in a hurry, Chang Luo handed over the imperial edict, and said: "You can report to the Ministry of Internal Affairs tomorrow. Ask them to arrange a residence for you." Zhuo Yihang took the edict, first knelt down to thank you, and then said: "I still dare not accept the edict." Chang Luo asked in surprise: "What embarrassment do you have?" While speaking, there was a sudden "Ouch", and the guards outside rushed in one after another. Chang Luo moaned, "It's none of his business, call Li Kezhuo!" Red tendons appeared on his face, and he fell slumped on the bed.

Zhuo Yihang guessed well, the red pill that Chang Luo took for the first time was Xiaohuandan from Shaolin Temple, but the second time it was a counterfeit medicine.It turned out that Hu Mai and Meng Fei were both Li Kezhuo's disciples. Hu Mai had a rough knowledge of martial arts, while Meng Fei was a charlatan who specialized in counterfeit medicine. The two blackmailed in Shaolin Temple and cheated two small pills, one of which was released by Hu Mai on the spot. He swallowed it, but did not swallow it, spat it out afterwards, and handed it to Meng Fei for testing. Meng Fei pretended to be smart, guessed the ingredients of Xiaohuan Dan, and made a few pills.Li Kezhuo dedicated it to the emperor as a treasure, which finally led to the "Hongwan" case in Ming history.

Zhuo Yihang saw that Chang Luo was in great pain, beads of sweat dripping down like soybeans, he was in a hurry, when he suddenly heard the sound of chasing and chasing outside the Hall of Mental Cultivation, the chief guard jumped out and shouted: "Who dares to disturb the holy drive!" Besides, Yue Mingke woke up leisurely, and found that she was actually in a magnificent room, sitting quietly for a while, regaining her sanity for a while, having doubts and dreams.Suddenly, in the Jianchang treasure mirror hanging on the opposite wall, I saw that I had changed into a set of pajamas, and suddenly remembered that I had a sword with me when I came out. Looking around, not only did my original clothes disappear, but even the sword disappeared. gone.It must be known that Yue Mingke's saber is one of the two precious swords forged by his master in Tianshan Mountain, it is a sacred weapon, if it suddenly disappears, how can he not be surprised.Hastily got up to search, just got out of bed, the big mirror on the opposite wall suddenly slowly moved away, wisps of faint fragrance permeated the room, behind the mirror was a secret door, a beautiful woman came out gently, giggling Said: "Are you awake?"

Yue Mingke asked: "Who are you? Why did you steal my sword?" The beautiful woman laughed and said: "Sword? What kind of sword is worth making a fuss about? I have a lot of treasures here, how much do you want?" Opening a drawer casually, I saw precious qi and pearls shining brightly.It is full of coral gems, emerald pearls.The beautiful woman thought that Yue Mingke must be surprised, but Yue Mingke said: "No matter how much these things are ten times more, they can't compare to my sword!" The beautiful woman smiled contemptuously, and said: "What is a sword? You like swords, I have plenty of them here! You Just listen to me obediently, you can have whatever you want?" Yue Mingke said: "Who are you?" The beautiful woman laughed again: "Do you see this place is like a place in the world?" Yue Mingke bit her tongue lightly, feeling a faint pain, Knowing that it was not a dream, she said, "Could it be that you are here in Guanghan Immortal Mansion?"

Yue Mingke's mind fluttered, she felt that this fragrance was very strange, when she inhaled it through her nostrils, her soul became intoxicated, her face turned red with embarrassment, her ears became hot and her blood pulsed.Yue Mingke thought to himself: "Could it be that I met a demon and came to test my concentration?" Sitting cross-legged, he began to use his skills again.The beautiful woman leaned against Yue Mingke's body and poked his eyelids with her fingers, but Yue Mingke just ignored her.The beautiful woman smiled and said: "You are not a monk, why do you meditate?" Yue Mingke still ignored her.The beautiful woman laughed again and said: "I heard that there is an eminent monk whose eyes are not fascinated by the five colors and ears are not confused by the five sounds. If you dare not open your eyes, how can you be an eminent monk!" Thinking: "Although I have never heard of Mahayana Buddhism, Elder Jingming said that I have quite a root of wisdom, and he once passed on the mantra of my mind to see my nature. I want to try my concentration." Opening his eyes suddenly, Look at the nose with the eyes, watch the heart with the nose, gather the qi in the dantian, and practice the way of breathing.Seeing him as if nothing had happened, the beautiful woman was also quite strange, she simply moved her body up and blew at him, Yue Mingke tried out the kung fu of "staining clothes eighteen falls", and with a flick of her breath, the beautiful woman "Aiyo " With a sound, he fell off the bed and scolded coquettishly, "What sorcery do you use?"

Yue Mingke tried the kung fu of "staining clothes and eighteen falls", and found out that the beautiful woman didn't understand martial arts at all, and unconsciously said: "Ah, so you are not a demon!" The beautiful woman said angrily: "You are a demon!" Suddenly he smiled back, and said: "Are you a candidate to go to Beijing to take the martial arts examination?" Yue Mingke thought about it, and suddenly said: "You said you have many swords, please borrow one to have a look." The beautiful woman He hesitated for a while, then smiled and said: "I'm sorry you don't dare to kill me. I will let you open your eyes." He pressed on the wall and opened a secret door. It was a closet with a dozen swords hanging inside. At a glance, Yue Mingke saw that his Dragon Sword was not included.I could only hear the beautiful woman say: "Any sword here is better than yours, are you convinced?" Yue Mingke jumped up suddenly, took out a sword from the closet, saw the cold light shining, The air was so cold that the beautiful woman said humanely: "How? Is it better than your sword? Hurry up and hang it back!"

Yue Mingke was taken aback. This sword had an ancient shape and a copper-coloured hilt. Maybe it wasn't a thousand-year-old sword?Looking carefully at the two words "Longquan" engraved on the hilt, I suddenly remembered that Master once talked about ancient and modern swords. , Longquan, Tianhong, Juque, Chungou, Zhanlu and other swords are still far behind." Yue Mingke asked about the whereabouts of these eight ancient swords at that time, and the master said: "I heard that Longquan, Juque, and Zhanlu are three swords. The sword has flowed into the palace since the Tang Dynasty, but the whereabouts of the other five are unknown." In this way, is this place actually forbidden in the palace?It is said in the history of barnyard officials and wild that the princesses of the Tang Dynasty liked to take beautiful men into the palace to enjoy themselves. Could it be that this kind of history of palace filth is reappearing today?As he was thinking about it, he suddenly heard someone knocking on the wall a few times, the sound was urgent.The beautiful woman said humanely: "Hang up the sword!" Yue Mingke pointed at the sword and shouted suddenly: "Who are you? Come from the truth!" The beautiful woman's face changed color, she pressed her hand, the closet disappeared, Yue Mingke approached step by step, The beautiful woman leaned against the wall, and the secret door opened, and two people jumped out, and the beautiful woman also escaped from the secret door!

The two people who jumped out from the double wall held weapons in their hands, and one of them was the man in yellow who sprayed himself with misty smoke.Yue Mingke was furious and stabbed with his sword. The man raised his hand and shot three bullets, which exploded by themselves as soon as they came out, emitting thick smoke.Yue Mingke had been on guard for a long time, held his breath and never breathed, the sword in his hand was trembling, and stabbed the man's throat with a sword, suddenly remembered, if this place is a forbidden garden, this person is a palace guard, the handle of the sword retracted, the man on the right As soon as the clang came, Yue Mingke snatched his weapon with his backhand, kicked the door open with a "bang", and went out.

Those two people didn't expect that he had just woken up and his martial arts were still so powerful, they were startled for a while, clapped their hands hurriedly and called for help.As soon as Yue Mingke came out of the room, seven or eight guards surrounded him. Yue Mingke didn't want to hurt anyone, so he swept his horizontal sword around, but heard a sound of breaking gold and jade, and seven or eight weapons were cut off. The power of the Longquan sword is indeed great Amazing!Someone yelled: "You kid stole the sword in the palace. It would be a death penalty if you broke out. Why don't you give up the sword and surrender, we can let you go out secretly." , Desperate to die, but also to find out the matter, made up his mind, the sword in his hand danced in another whirlwind, forcing the guards to go two feet away, and jumped onto the roof. The imperial palaces and palaces are all covered with yellow glazed tiles, Yue Mingke flew straight up, feeling slippery, looking around, he saw palaces and palaces row upon row.Yue Mingke had some doubts before, but now he knew that it was definitely the imperial palace, he had mixed feelings for a moment, he didn't expect the corruption in the palace to be so bad, and he fought hard with Xiong Jinglue at the border, I'm afraid it would be useless. Those guards who had their weapons cut off saw that Yue Mingke was very powerful, so they didn't dare to chase after them. They just yelled loudly from below. Yue Mingke believed that the Huabiao at the front door ran wildly. Zhuo Jue, with a slight tap of his toes, he immediately flew up, like a purple swallow skimming the waves, without any stagnation! But the imperial palace is huge, there are more than a thousand halls, just as he skimmed over a few roof tiles, there was a shout from below, and a person jumped up, unexpectedly it was Ying Xiuyang!Yue Mingke thought to himself: That's all, that's all!Such a traitor actually sneaked into the palace, is there anything to do with state affairs?Ying Xiuyang shouted: "There are assassins!" Yue Mingke said angrily: "Well, you traitor, I'll arrest you first and go to the emperor!" With a move of "Tornado Explosion", the green light grew about ten feet in a flash , Ying Xiuyang rolled the dust fly, the sword light passed by, and the tail of the dust had been cut off. This is because he avoided the move quickly, otherwise even his wrist would have been cut off. Yue Mingke's sword was like the drums of a dragon's gate, one move was not closed, and the second move continued. The speed of the sword was indescribable. Ying Xiuyang was no match for him, and he was extremely angry. He has used ten moves, and has almost been stabbed by him several times.At this time, the guards from all over the palace rushed over after hearing the news, and the sound of people's voices and footsteps rang together.Yue Mingke said angrily: "I'll kill you!" With a swipe of the sword, the blue light flew swiftly, engulfing Ying Xiuyang, and with a few swipes, he hit the killer! Ying Xiuyang dodges left and right, suddenly feels a chill in the top of his head, his hair has been shaved off, he is so frightened that he is frightened, his fly is empty, and he jumps up desperately, Yue Mingke shouted: "You still want to escape!" Pointing his toes, Jumping three feet from the roof tiles out of thin air, his lightness kung fu is much better than Ying Xiuyang's. With this jump, he even passed over the top of Ying Xiuyang's head. With a sudden flip, the long sword stabbed down, Ying Xiuyang's body was suspended in the air, and it was impossible to escape. , I only felt the air-conditioning, and the sword's edge had reached the top of my head! Yue Mingke swung his wrist and stabbed down, just as Ying Xiuyang was about to die, suddenly a white shadow flew across the horizon, before his figure arrived, the palm force came first, with a whistling sound, vigorous and swift, Yue Mingke's sword tip fell Shocked to the side, Ying Xiuyang tucked his arms into his sleeves, and the sword cut a section of his cuff, and finally escaped with his life. Yue Mingke pulled a sword flower and fell back onto the roof of the tile, the people who rescued Xiuyang had already arrived, they moved their palms like a wind, and made a few whistling sounds, forcing Yue Mingke to retreat three steps in a row.Yue Mingke was taken aback, never thought that the guards in the palace would have such skill!When I looked closely, the man was wearing a mask, which was hideous and terrifying.In the light of the sword, he reached out to grab his wrist.Yue Mingke hastily flicked the edge of his sword, and stepped diagonally to attack his empty door, the man sliced ​​obliquely with his left palm and slashed horizontally with his right palm, he turned attack against attack without giving way at all.The two exchanged a few moves, all of which were extremely dangerous moves, Yue Mingke suddenly felt that this person's palm technique seemed to have been seen there before, just so slightly distracted, he was almost hit by that person's horizontal palm. At this time, the experts in the palace came rushing in all directions, Ying Xiuyang shouted: "The assassin is here!" The masked weirdo suddenly gave a false palm, jumped to the ground, and hid in the flowers and trees.After a while, guards from all over the palace jumped onto the tiles one after another. Yue Mingke was very surprised, this masked guest's martial arts were not as high as that of "Yinfeng Poisonous Sand Palm" Jin Duyi, in a one-on-one match, even if he might not be defeated, it would be very difficult for him to gain the upper hand, if he was in the palace Guard, why did he slip away quietly when his companion came. As soon as the masked man left, although there were many guards in the palace, there was no one with strong martial arts. Yue Mingke had high lightness kung fu and a sword. , shout loudly.During the scuffle, Ying Xiuyang also slipped away quietly. Besides, Zhuo Yihang heard the sound of shouting and fighting outside in the Hall of Mental Cultivation, looked out of the window, and suddenly saw that it was Yue Mingke who was being chased by the guards!Surprised, he had no time to think, and jumped out hastily. The chief guard serving the emperor was drawing his sword to block him, when he saw Zhuo Yihang rushing out, he was startled, Zhuo Yihang had already dragged Yue Mingke into the Hall of Mental Cultivation, Both knelt down before the emperor. Chang Luo was startled, broke out in cold sweat, pointed at Yue Mingke and said, "You, you, what are you doing with your sword?" Zhuo Yihang hurriedly said, "He is Xiong Jinglue's envoy, and I would like to protect him with my life." !" Yue Mingke put his sword back into its sheath, and said: "Your Majesty, there has been an evil and evil spirit in the palace, please allow me to report it carefully." Chang Luo broke out in a cold sweat, but his sanity was slightly clear, Xiong Tingbi was utterly loyal, he knew it all along, waved his hand and called Said: "Cheng Kun, tell those slaves to go back!" Cheng Kun was the name of the head of the guard, and he was honest and loyal. He knew that there were different factions in the palace, and that Dongchang had its own family.Hearing that the "assassin" was Xiong Jinglue, he was half relieved, and then he heard the emperor's order, and replied: "Your servant obeys." Hang Dao stood at the door, and all the guards who came after him were sent back by him! Besides, Yue Mingke was drunk by the emperor, so he regained his composure, held up the Longquan sword and said: "My lord, please see if this is something in the palace?" Chang Luo took a look and asked, "How did you get it?" Yue Mingke knelt In front of the couch, he told about the "adventurous encounter", just about meeting the beautiful woman, Chang Luo said: "Is he wearing a coiled dragon bun and has a round face?" Yue Mingke said: "Exactly." Chang Luo Shouted: "I'm so mad!" Fainted, Zhuo Yihang hurriedly stepped forward to rub him, Cheng Kun also turned around, after a while, Chang Luoyou woke up, and said: "You all step back, this time Don't talk nonsense. Cheng Kun, quickly call Fang Congzhe and Li Xuanshi here." Zhuo Yihang squeezed his sweat, and walked out with Yue Mingke, and saw a group of maids walking out of Qianqing Palace in the distance. They didn't dare to stay, and hurried back to the body Inside Ren Pavilion.Hou Xuan's officials saw that there was suddenly one more person, with dozens of pairs of eyes, all looking at Yue Mingke.Yang Kun quietly asked: "What's wrong with the emperor!" Zhuo Yihang didn't dare to answer, just shook his head, after a while, there was a faint cry, and the inner eunuch came out and said: "You all go away, the emperor won't see you today you guys." Out of the Meridian Gate, Yue Mingke said: "It seems that the emperor is afraid that it will be difficult." Zhuo Yihang said: "The fate of the Ming Dynasty has to be paid to God." Yue Mingke said: "Although the emperor is not a sage, he still knows the general principles. He is just an ignorant child, with powerful ministers outside, traitors and eunuchs inside, and adultery and desolation in the palace, I am afraid that the world will perish before the Manchus enter the pass." Seeing that they were talking about the emperor, Yang Kun said wantonly Wuji hurriedly started talking.Yue Mingke asked Zhuo Yihang's address, and said, "I'll see you tomorrow." The two bid farewell. Unexpectedly, the news of the emperor's death spread from the palace on the second day, and all the officials mourned, needless to say.The crown prince ascended the throne from the school, changed Yuan Tianqi, and there was chaos in the palace. Li Kezhuo took the red pill and killed the emperor. He is silver taels.The officials were in an uproar when they heard the news, and a group of officials who were not afraid of death, such as Sun Shenxing, Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites, Wang Anshun, the Yushi, and Hui Shiyang in the middle of the matter, discussed and submitted a memorial to him, saying that Fang Congzhe was charged with killing the king.This matter has been going on for a long time, and then Fang Congzhe finally relied on the power of Wei Zhongxian to suppress the "Hongwan case" that shocked the world. Let's say that Yue Mingke went back to Yang Lian's house that day, told Tie Shan Shan about the matter, and was deeply moved.Tie Shanshan laughed and said: "Only you idiots who take the world as their own responsibility and support such a corrupt dynasty are not as good as wild cranes and idle clouds, who enjoy fighting for justice in the rivers and lakes." Yue Mingke frowned and said: "Do you think I'm just helping the Zhu family?" Tie Shanshan smiled and said, "I know you have a reason to help the emperor against foreign invasion, don't you? In fact, if you want to resist the Tartars, why do you have to be a man?" emperor!" Yue Mingke was taken aback and thought: I thought this girl was totally ignorant, but she also had some reason.No more words now.Tie Shanshan said: "I don't want to see that Zhuo Yihang, don't say I'm here." Yue Mingke said: "Why?" Tie Shanshan and Wang Zhaoxi had a marriage dispute before, Tie Shanshan knew that Zhuo Yihang and Wang Zhaoxi had a very close friendship, and expected him to know about it, so she didn't want to see him. On the second day, Yue Mingke went to Yang Kun's home according to the appointment, and Yang Kun had already gone to discuss with his colleagues about joining Fang Congzhe.Zhuo Yihang met Yue Mingke alone.Yue Mingke said: "Unexpectedly, Emperor Taichang will die so soon, and no one will care about the scandal in the palace." Zhuo Yihang sighed, and Yue Mingke said: "This trip back to Beijing, I have seen many things, and I am also a little disheartened It's just that after the new king ascends the throne, Wei Zhongxian and Fang Congzhe must be in power. They have always been against Xiong Jinglue. If it wasn't for the old handsome, I really want to become a monk." Zhuo Yihang said: "Let's stay for a few days Let's see how it goes?" Yue Mingke said: "The government is unbearable, and I don't want to deal with it anymore. It's just that I have to go to the palace tonight." Zhuo Yihang said: "Why do you want to take such a big risk?" Yue Mingke said "My Dragon Sword is lost in the palace, I must go and check it out." Zhuo Yihang thought about it, and said, "How about I go with you?" If you have not reached the peak, if you are in danger, you may not be able to escape.He said: "It's inconvenient to visit the palace at night if there are too many people. My brother is very kind, and my younger brother appreciates it." Zhuo Yihang thought for a long time without saying a word, then suddenly said: "How about I go to see my uncle with you? "Yue Mingke said: "Which Taoist priest?" Zhuo Yihang said: "Fourth Master Uncle, Taoist Baishi." .” Taoist Baishi's father and daughter lived in the home of martial artist Liu Ximing, more than ten miles away from Yang Kun's home.When Zhuo Yihang and Yue Mingke arrived at Liu's house, they knocked on the door for a long time before someone opened it.The person who opened the door was not from the Liu family, but He Ehua, Zhuo Yihang was slightly taken aback.I thought to myself: Where did the people from the Liu family go, why do you want a guest to open the door? He Ehua also had a look of astonishment on his face, and stared at Zhuo Yihang with watery eyes, as if he had something to say but couldn't, Zhuo Yihang lowered his head, Yue Mingke saw it in his eyes, and secretly smiled. He Ehua took the two of them to the west guest room, knocked on the door and shouted: "Father, brother Zhuo and his friends are here to see you." Taoist Baishi opened the door, was startled for a moment, and said, "Which one is it?" , So it's Yue Yingxiong!" Yue Mingke was puzzled, not knowing how Taoist Baishi knew him.Zhuo Yihang laughed at the side and said: "Brother Yue picked up books from Shaolin, and even broke through the night of five passes, and my uncle is also in Shaolin Temple." Baishi said: "Your sword is very good!" Yue Mingke said: "Wudang swordsmanship is the best in the world Dubu, please ask the Taoist priest for advice." Taoist Baishi said coldly: "Yue Yingxiong is too modest, the waves behind the Yangtze River push the waves ahead, and Wudang's swordsmanship is far behind." Elder Jingming admired Yue Mingke's Tianshan swordsmanship too much, and felt unhappy.Zhuo Yihang never expected his uncle to be so jealous, he felt that his uncle's attitude was abnormal, and Yue Mingke was even more embarrassed. Baishi said: "Yue Yingxiong, please sit down for a while, the poor have some trivial matters, I need to talk to my nephew." He took Zhuo Yihang's hand and walked into the inner room.Yue Mingke said: "Please go ahead." Sitting in the living room, it was very boring.I can't figure out why Taoist Baishi is so indifferent to himself. Zhuo Yihang was even more puzzled, he followed Taoist Baishi into the inner room, and asked slightly annoyed: "Then Yue Mingke is a chivalrous man of today, and he is very close to his disciple, why does my uncle treat him coldly?" Taoist Baishi said: "Since he is a chivalrous man today, he will definitely not stick to formalities. I have something to tell you, what's the point of letting him sit down for a while!" Taoist Baishi's words were quite forceful, but Zhuo Yihang lived in The junior, but it was inconvenient to refute, so he had to respectfully ask: "What orders does Master have?" Taoist Baishi rested for a while, and said slowly: "Emperor Taichang is dead now, and your affairs have been clarified, you should follow me back to the mountain!" Zhuo Yihang said: "This... this, how long do you want to stay here? Day." Baishi said, "Why?" Zhuo Yihang muttered, "This disciple has a date with Brother Yue. His sword was lost in the palace, and the inside story is very strange!" Zhuo Yihang told about Yue Mingke's adventures in the palace, Taoist Baishi frowned and said: "There is such a thing!" Zhuo Yihang said: "When a country is about to perish, there must be evildoers. My disciple has received the kindness of the country, and saw such a thing I always feel sad." Baishi said: "Then you want to help Yue Mingke, and visit the palace with him at night to find out the matter." Zhuo Yihang said: "Exactly!" Taoist Baishi said suddenly: "My own affairs are all I can’t take care of it, I have to take care of others!” Suddenly untied his clothes and said, “Look!” Taoist Baishi bared his chest, and there was a reddish handprint on his chest!Zhuo Yixian said in amazement: "Uncle, have you been plotted against?" Taoist Baishi nodded, and said: "So I want to discuss with you, should we go back to the mountain? Or stay here?" Zhuo Yihang said: "This is the technique of the Yinfeng poisonous sand palm old monster Jin, you have met him!" Baishi said: "If it is the old monster Jin, I'm afraid I won't be able to save my life to see you. This person's skill is stronger than Jin It’s a little less strange.” Taoist Baishi clapped his hands together, and continued: "Yesterday at dusk, I went for a walk on the overpass alone. There was a group of martial arts sellers who walked steel wires and performed horse skills. They had some real kung fu. I was fascinated by it when suddenly A bully-looking man with thick eyebrows and big eyes came in to collect the money. The old man who played tricks bowed and bowed, very pitiful, and begged him: "I haven't sold the market all day today. You are always holding your hands high. Please be more lenient." Then The bully yelled and yelled, but he didn't allow it. I saw the injustice, so I entered the arena to stop the bully. With a little hand, he fell on all fours, and walked away with his tail between his legs like a dog. Old man Ji thanked me so much, it was already dusk, and this incident happened again, and the spectators had dispersed. Then the old man invited me to his tent to have a glass of light wine. Unexpectedly If there is him, let him go. Who would have thought that this old man is a master of Yinfeng Poisonous Sand Palm! When he handed over the wine, he suddenly hit me on the chest!" Zhuo Yihang "Ouch" With a sound, Baishi laughed and said: "But he can't take advantage of it. I slapped him and gave him two fingers. I hit his Yu Qi point. No matter how good his martial arts are, he will be disabled!" Zhuo Yihang said: "In this way, old monster Jin must have come to the capital!" Taoist Baishi continued: "The old man who sold skills escaped from the tent, and before he left, he shouted: "Baishi thief said, if you don't return to the mountain within three days, someone will respect you!" I'm afraid he still has accomplices, Go back to Liu's house in a hurry. Unexpectedly, Liu's house is also in chaos." Zhuo Yihang said: "No wonder no one from Liu's family opened the door when I came today." Baishi said: "Master Liu invited helpers." Zhuo Yihang said: "What's the matter Wushi Liu is highly respected and respected in Beijing, and he is very popular among people. Could it be that some people seek revenge from him?" Baishi said: "Just when I was in trouble, some uninvited guests came to Liu's house, and they were very aggressive. They are not allowed to keep me. Live in his house. It turns out that these people have no enmity with him, but they are here for me." Zhuo Yihang said: "It's strange, we don't interfere with Old Monster Jin, and Wudang Wudang's five elders are more famous It's known all over the world, why do they want to fight against the uncle!" Baishi said: "I don't know what their intentions are. So I will discuss with you, should we go back to the mountain, or stay here to pick up their troubles? "Zhuo Yihang said: "Ordinarily, if you don't want to burden Senior Liu, then of course it's better to go back to the mountain. But now that Martial Master Liu has gone out to invite someone to help you punch, then we can't just walk away." Baishi said: " Come on! Your meaning is exactly the same as mine. Then during these three days, you don't have to go back to Yang's house. Just stay here and see what those people dare to do?" Zhuo Yihang said: "Brother Yue's swordsmanship is exquisite , Martial arts are strong, why don't we join forces with him? Help him first, and then invite him to help you?" Taoist Baishi's complexion changed suddenly, and he said sharply: "Yihang, you are the future head of my sect. The rules of this sect are you Don't you know?" Zhuo Yihang panicked and said: "I don't know which rule my disciple has violated?" Taoist Baishi thought for a while, then suddenly burst out laughing, and said: "I can't blame you. You have only been a teacher for two years, and your master also I don’t really stick to this rule, I think he didn’t tell you.” Zhuo Yihang asked in surprise, “What kind of rule is it?” Baishi said, “This rule is not the teaching of our sect’s ancestors, but for the past twenty years, everyone has been Like this. You know that in the past twenty-three years, my sect has flourished for a while, and my fellow sects have spread all over the country, so I have always fought against other sects and never needed help! Over time, it has become a custom. All Wudang sect members will ask for help Fist is ashamed, and it gradually became an unwritten rule." Zhuo Yihang said: "Then Master Liu asks people to help with fists, doesn't Master Master not want their help?" Baishi smiled and said: "This is different. He is not Wudang sect People, he asked people to help, although I have something to do with them, but those people came for his face, I don't need to accept their favor." Zhuo Yihang said in his heart: This is really a strange rule, if I do it door, the first thing to do is to abolish this article.In the martial arts, chivalry should be the first, blindly arrogant and arrogant, after all, it is not the style of a martial arts leader.It is reasonable for chivalrous people to help each other. Baishi continued: "When I send my disciples to fight with other sects, I never invite anyone to help me. But if there are relatives and friends who know about it and come out to help me, that's okay. It's just that we can't invite them ourselves." Zhuo Yihang said: "Since that's the case, then it's not easy for me to talk to Brother Yue." Baishi said, "It's natural, so I didn't want to talk to you in front of him just now. I have more than ten disciples in Beijing, and we will meet today Ambush around the Liu family one after another!" Besides, Yue Mingke sat in the living room for a long time, when Taoist Baishi and Zhuo Yihang came out, Yue Mingke felt unhappy, leaned over and said, "I've been bothering you for a long time." Baishi said, "Yihang, sit with brother Yue for a while." It was obviously a hint to see off guests.Yue Mingke got up in embarrassment, Baishi said: "I heard from Yihang that brother Yue lives in Yang's house, and I will pay a visit to Yihang another day." Yue Mingke said with a bow, "I dare not be too much trouble for you, junior." He turned and walked out of Liu's house.Zhuo Yihang sent him out of the door, and said quietly: "If my brother has not left Beijing in three days, I must come here to talk." Yue Mingke was stunned for a moment, thinking: it is very common to make an appointment, why do you have to do it so quietly Say.Just about to ask a question, Zhuo Yihang bowed to the ground and said loudly: "I'm sorry to see you off soon." Before Yue Mingke could say a word, Zhuo Yihang closed the door. Yue Mingke went back to Yang's house in a groaning mood, slept for the whole afternoon, recharged his energy, woke up at night, after eating, he heard the sound of drums and drums, went to the second watch, changed into night clothes, and said to Tie Shanshan: " You are at home, you have to be more careful and vigilant, I may not come back until after dawn. If you don’t see me back after dawn, you can go to Liu Wushi’s house in the north of the city and tell Zhuo Yihang about it.” Tie Shanshan chuckled and said: "You're getting more and more girlish. I'm not a child. I want you to give me silly orders? I'm not as stupid as you. Such a big person will be robbed by thieves." Yue Mingke scolded with a smile With a "nonsense", he waved his hand to say goodbye to her, left the Yang family, and went straight to the Forbidden City. Autumn nights are windy and cold, the sky is high and the moon is dark, which is a good time for nocturnal people to come and go.Although there were guards patrolling the Forbidden City, Yue Mingke's lightness kung fu was excellent, he really had the ability to cross the water with Dengping, and was able to fly catkins without making a sound. The size of the imperial palace is huge, and the palace is full of clouds. Yue Mingke was lying in the dark place, thinking about the place he passed the day before yesterday, when he suddenly heard footsteps passing by, it turned out to be two guards in black.One of them said: "Sect Master Wei recruited each other late at night, I don't know why?" The other said: "You are Cheng Kun's good friend. I heard that Cheng Kun has been arrested by Sect Master Wei. Sect Master Wei called you, so I think it has something to do with it." The man snorted and said: "That kid Cheng Kun is too ignorant, I can't save him." Yue Mingke's heart skipped a beat, and he knew that the "Wei Zongzhu" they were talking about was Wei Zhongxian, and Cheng Kun was the squad leader of the late Emperor Chang Luo's bodyguard.I thought to myself: Although Cheng Kun is a guard in the palace, he is still a loyal and upright person. Why did Wei Zhongxian want to arrest him first when the late emperor died, no matter how important he was?I thought again: I am going to find Wei Zhongxian, why not follow these two into the palace to have a look. Relying on his superb lightness kung fu, Yue Mingke secretly stalked behind the two of them.Listening to their talk, I know that these two are Wei Zhongxian's confidantes, and I also know that since yesterday, the West Factory has also been under Wei Zhongxian's management.Only Jinyiwei has its own system and is in the hands of Weilong Chengye, the school of the inner court. Yue Mingke followed the two guards and walked for a long way, and came to a temple with a round umbrella roof. The two guards knocked on the door and entered. Inside was a fat and white eunuch, sitting in the middle, and four guards lined up on the left and right. Yue Mingke guessed that the eunuch among them must be Wei Zhongxian, his heart became angry, and he inserted his finger into the hidden weapon pocket, but thinking that the imperial court has its own laws, if I kill him secretly, Xiong Jinglue will definitely blame him.Forced to hold back.Those two guards knocked on the door and entered, and greeted Wei Zhongxian.Only Wei Zhongxian said: "Wang Cheng and Dong Fang, you are here? Do you know that Cheng Kun is here?" The two guards said "Yes", and Wei Zhongxian said again: "Wang Cheng, you have always been Cheng Kun's deputy. The deputy head of the bodyguard? Is that so?" Wang Cheng responded, "Although the slave is Cheng Kun's deputy, she has always been at odds with him." Wei Zhongxian said, "Have you ever quarreled?" Wang Cheng hesitated for a while, then said, "No, But my heart is not at peace." Wei Zhongxian said "Oh", and said again: "Dong Fang, you entered the palace at the same time as Cheng Kun, among the imperial guards, you have the best friendship with him, don't you?" Dong Fang hurriedly knelt down He kowtowed and replied, "The slave only knows about Wei Zongzhu." Wei Zhongxian smiled and said, "Very good!" He gave a few instructions in a low voice, and then took the guards and left through the side door. After a while, the side door opened again, but it was not Wei Zhongxian and his group who came out, but two other guards, escorting Cheng Kun out.Yue Mingke took a look, only two days later, Cheng Kun was already haggard, his hands and feet were in shackles.The guard who escorted him took him into the house, and said with a smile, "Your good friend has released you on bail, go." But he didn't release the shackles for him, and left. Wang Cheng smiled all over his face, helped Chengkun to sit down, and asked courteously, "Did you suffer?" Cheng Kun sneered, but remained silent.Dong Fang said: "Brother, since ancient times, those who know the current affairs are heroes, why do you have to fight against Wei Zhongxian?" Cheng Kun said angrily: "Whoever fights against him, I don't understand why he can't let me go?" Wang Chengdao: " Big Brother, we are taking care of our lives and family, and we will guarantee you to come out. I just ask you to tell the truth." Cheng Kun said: "My little brother is very grateful. What do you want me to tell the truth?" Wang Chengdao: "On the day the late Emperor passed away, you were raising心殿伺俟。那时他正召见卓继廉的孙儿，你可知他们说些什么话！”成坤道：“听不清楚。”董方道：“有没有说及魏宗主？”成坤道：“我在门外。”王成道：“后来那个刺客逃来，皇帝为什么把他放了？”成坤道：“这我更不知道。”董方道：“先帝是不是食了红丸之后不久就病情恶化？这个你总该知道了吧？”成坤道：“先帝第一日食了红丸，精神转好，第二日食了红丸，不久便突发高热，就在养心殿内死去。这个我已对魏忠贤说了。” 王成面色倏变，道：“大哥，我与你同时进宫，二十年知交，而今我以身家性命保你，你若不说实话，不但你休想生着出宫，我们二人也合家性命不保。”成坤道：“知道的我便说，不知道的你叫我说些什么？”董方说道：“大哥，不是魏宗主多疑，他扶助幼主，新掌大权，朝中文武，总有一些与他不和，先帝在日，也很忌他。这卓一航和兵部尚书杨焜是世交，先帝做太子之时，已曾和他相识，难保先帝没有什么遗诏给他？” 成坤道：“杨兵部是好官，若魏宗主一心保卫幼主，杨兵部必不会与魏宗主作对。”王成急道：“那么你是说先帝有什么遗诏给卓一航了？”成坤道：“我没有这么说。”王成又道：“那这事我们以后再查。那刺客关系极其重大，你真的没有听到他对先帝说什么吗？”成坤道：“真的没有！”董方道：“那么他的姓名来历你也不知道吗？”成坤道：“兄弟你为什么这样逼我？”成坤知道岳鸣珂是熊经略的使者，只恐说了出来，魏忠贤会对熊廷弼不利。王成道：“不是逼你，这刺客魏宗主必欲得而甘，你知道了不说，真的要兄弟一家性命都和你同归于尽吗？” 岳鸣珂心想：那宫中的美妇不知是公主还是后妃，但听这口气，必是和魏忠贤结成一气的了。所以魏忠贤才为她这么着急，一定要得自己而甘心。 成坤见王成一再提及他以身家性命担保自己，状似挟恩来胁迫自己，不禁起了疑心，反问道：“你们怎么知道他是刺客？若他是刺客？为什么见了皇上又不动手？”王成道：“你别管这个，你只说他姓甚名谁，什么来历。只要你说，魏宗主使立刻把你开释。说不定将来还要把锦衣卫交你统率。”成坤怒道：“我不希罕。再说我也不知道。那人进了养心殿后，先帝就叫我出去斥退那些追他的侍卫。” 成坤与董方面面相觑。董方说道：“什么你也说不知道。那么有一件事只须你举手之劳的，你愿做么？”成坤道：“要看是什么事。”王成道：“现在外廷有些官儿硬说先帝是给李可灼的红丸害死的，连宰相都受株连，魏宗主要你做证人，说先帝是前天晚上死的，不是在养心殿内吃了红丸不久就死的。”成坤面色大变，忽然颤声说道：“我本来没有怀疑，听你们这么一说，莫非先帝真是方从哲和李可灼害死的么？” 王成急道：“你举手之劳，就可获释。”成坤道：“我平生不打假话。”王成道：“我们的家小老幼都担着关系，你若不肯，他们也都不能活了！”成坤忽地大声喝道：“王成，如今才看出你是小人！什么身家性命担保，鬼才相信你的假话！”王成面色青白，董方道：“狗咬吕洞宾，不识好人心！”突然伸手一戳，闭了他的穴道。王成取出一个布袋，将成坤带着镣铐塞入袋内，笑道：“魏宗主怕明着干掉他，会引起旧侍卫的不安，你看怎样才能把他静悄悄的干掉，让别人不起疑心呢？”董方道：“这倒是个难差使，让我想一想。”想了一阵，忽然说道：“你先把他的镣铐去了。”王成奇道：“为什么？” 董方说道：“反正你已点了他的穴道，脱了他的镣铐，也逃不掉。我们将他偷偷带到煤山，把他缢死树上，就说他自杀而死，岂不甚妙，让他死了也可得个忠烈之名。”王成鼓掌道：“妙哉！”解开布袋，将成坤提出来，把他的镣铐解了，回头对董方道：“行了吧？”董方突然一掌劈下。王成骤出不意，缩肩不及，给他一掌打晕，董方双指一伸，正要替成坤解开穴道，忽然咕咚一声，倒在地上。侧门里窜出一名卫士，冷笑说道：“魏宗主真有先见之明！” 原来董方虽一向与成坤不和，心地却比王成稍好，他一见王成非把成坤置于死地不可，忽然起了不忍之心，亦怕自己将来也会和他一样，因此陡然转念，想把成坤放走，双双逃出宫外。哪知魏忠贤伏有高手在旁，董方刚刚动手，就给他用暗器打了穴道。 岳鸣珂在屋檐上看得骇然。埋伏的卫士走了出来，先把王成救醒，笑道：“倒底是你忠心。”仍把成坤塞入布袋，道：“董方虽然可杀，但他的计策倒真不错。我们就让成坤'自缢'了吧。”提起布袋，和王成一同走出。 两人在御花园里走了一段路，夜已三更，风寒露重，御花园里已是一片寂静，两人走到假山转角，陡然一阵冷风吹来，王成打了一个冷颤，道：“咦，大哥，我有点害怕。”那名卫士道：“怕什么？人还未害死呢，就是有冤鬼也不会现在来找你。”话刚说完，突然一阵冷风从背后吹来，耳边听得有人说道：“找你！”那名卫士未待回头，手腕已给人抓着，胁下的将台穴也给来人用手肘一撞，痛入心脾，却叫不出声，王成也同样给来人依法炮制，那大笑道：“你们要害人，阎罗王却要你们先去报到。”手腕用力，把两人摔入假山洞内。 再说成坤在布袋中忽然被人提了出来，睁眼一看，原来就是前日的“刺客”。岳鸣珂大笑道：“你的穴道已经解了，出宫去吧，不要再当这捞什子的御前侍卫了！”成坤道：“你怎么这样大胆！”远处忽现灯光。成坤道：“岳大哥，你把那王成的衣裳换了，我带你混出宫去。”与岳鸣珂跃入洞内，过了片刻，岳鸣珂换了衣裳，前面的灯笼也不见了。 成坤道：“我们从西华门出去，那边是锦衣卫把守。我有熟人。”岳鸣珂道：“我不出去。”成坤奇道：“你一再进宫来做什么？”岳鸣珂心头一动，说道：“我正有事请教。”将前事再说一遍，问道：“成兄可知道那美妇究竟是什么人么？”成坤叹了口气道：“国之将亡，必有妖孽，想不到这婆娘居然如此无法无天。”岳鸣珂听他口气十分不敬，道：“这人不是公主或妃子吗？”成坤道：“她现在比皇太后还有势力！她是当今圣上的乳娘客氏夫人！” 岳鸣珂奇道：“乳娘？怎么乳娘竟有这样大的权势？”成坤道：“当今圣上是她抚养大的，说也奇怪，圣上自小就离不开她，她又生得年轻美貌，现在已是四十多岁的妇人，看起来还像不到三十岁似的，所以先帝也很宠爱她。”岳鸣珂细味口气，似乎宫闱中还有更不堪闻问的事情，叹了一口气，说道：“怪不得她如此猖獗。”成坤道：“魏忠贤也是靠了巴结她，才渐渐在宫中得势的。魏忠贤自前年掌管了东厂之后，拨了几名亲信卫士到乳娘府听她调遣，渐渐她也有起私人的卫士来了。”岳鸣珂恍然大悟：那两名用迷烟迷翻自己的黄衣汉子，一定是她的卫士替她偷掳男子进宫的了。又问道：“你们也知道她偷掳男子的事吗？”成坤道：“我们还料不到她敢如此，乳娘府的侍卫自成一系，我们也不便去探问。”岳鸣珂问清楚了去乳娘府的路，道：“你在这里等我一会，我去去就来！” 过了一会儿，岳鸣珂循着成坤指点的路线，摸到了乳娘府外，见外面有几条黑影穿梭巡逻，便悄悄的在地上抬起两枚小石，向空一弹，趁着那些卫士分心之际，突然从暗角飞掠入府。岳鸣珂前日曾从这里逃出。门户依稀记得，一路借物障形，轻登巧纵，摸索到中间那座房子，刚从暗黝处长出身来，蓦然听得有人低声喝道：“是小三吗？圣上在里面，你到外面值班去。”岳鸣珂已换了东厂卫士服饰，情知误会，却不说话，待那人走过来时，蓦然伸指一点，点了他的死穴，压在宫前的石鼓底下，飞身攀上屋檐。 屋子里炉香袅袅，红烛高烧，岳鸣珂心想：这倒像个新房。细看时房中已换了布置，靠窗处有一张大理石的长形书桌，桌上堆满奏章，一个十六七岁的少年在那里披阅奏章，东翻一本，西翻一本，样子显得十分淘气。岳鸣珂暗道：“真是荒唐，这皇帝说小不小，说大不大，怎么还离不开乳妈，这样胡闹，把奏章都搬到乳妈房中来了！” 小皇帝翻了几本奏章，伸了个懒腰道：“真麻烦！”他的乳妈客氏坐在一旁，斟了一盏参汤，递给他道：“做皇帝嘛，怎能不看奏章！”小皇帝道：“好些字我都认不得，明天问太傅去。”客氏道：“哎唷，由哥儿（熹宗名朱由校），这会给人笑话的，你拿给我看吧，也许我认得。”小皇帝随手递过一本奏章，那是陕西巡抚报告“匪乱”，请求增兵的奏折，客氏看了道：“王巡抚说，陕西连年大饥，现在已有三十六股盗匪，要你派兵去。”由校慌道：“陕西离这里多远？”客氏说道：“远着呢，哥儿，你不用担心。”由校道：“那些官儿的名字好多，我都记不得，明天问杨兵部去，叫他保一个人去吧。”客氏又笑道：“不行哟哥儿，调兵遣将之事，应该皇帝做主，你要外面的大臣出主意，将来太阿倒持，那就不好啦！”正是： How about knowing the future?Please see the breakdown next time.