Chapter 5 The fifth round of Jin Ge Yunqi's expulsion meeting, the jade box and books left in the imagination
When Wei Xiaobao saw the emperor, even though he looked like a monster, he would never cry out, but when he saw that it was Xiao Xuanzi, he was really surprised, he cried out, knowing that something bad was going to happen, he turned around immediately, and wanted to leave the room and run for his life , but his mind turned: "Little Xuanzi's martial arts are better than mine, and this Oboi is even more powerful. I can't escape no matter what I say." With an idea, he thought: "Our treasure is bet! If you kill and pay, it is This is a dice." Leaping forward, standing in front of the emperor, he shouted to Oboi: "Oboi, what are you doing? Do you dare to be rude to the emperor? If you want to beat people and kill people, you have to pass my test first." .”
Oboi has experienced hundreds of battles, and his meritorious service is great, so he didn't pay much attention to the young emperor Kangxi.Kangxi (Note: Kangxi was originally the year name, but it is customary in popular novels to call him Kangxi instead of Xuanye) ridiculed him for wanting to kill Sukesaha out of selfishness, which is exposing his painful sores.This man was originally a warrior who charged into battle, and when he was furious, he clenched his fist and stepped forward to argue with Kangxi, but he had no intention of making trouble. Suddenly, he saw a little eunuch rushing out from behind the bookshelf, standing in front of the emperor, scolding himself, he couldn't help but Surprised, he remembered how a courtier could threaten the emperor with a fist, hurriedly backed up a few steps, and shouted: "What nonsense are you talking about? I have something to report to the emperor, who dares to be rude to the emperor?" Step, stand with hands down.
The little Xuanzi who competes with Wei Xiaobao every day is the current Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty.His real name was Xuan Ye, seeing that Wei Xiaobao didn't recognize him, he asked what his name was, with a childlike innocence, he casually said "Little Xuanzi".Inheriting the habits of the Manchurians, he loves wrestling, but only practicing wrestling, he has to wrestle and fall, bend his neck and bend his waist.Although the guards taught him how to wrestle, who would dare to be so rude to the emperor?Who dares to pull his faucet hard and strangle his neck?When he was overwhelmed, he had no choice but to put on a show, the emperor swept his legs, fell on the ground, twisted his hands, knelt down and surrendered, and tried to fight back with one and a half moves, but he stopped when he touched the edge of his clothes.Kangxi repeatedly told him to fight for real, but none of the guards had the guts to do so, at most they acted like a little bit.Playing chess with the emperor, you can pretend to fight hard and fight hard until the last moment when you lose (it is said that the Empress Dowager Cixi played chess with a certain eunuch at the end of the Qing Dynasty. It’s a horse.” Cixi was angry at his rude words, and immediately ordered someone to drag him out and beat him to death with clubs.) In this wrestling scene, it is impossible to pretend, even if you must lose in the end, who will fight in the middle? Dare to grab the emperor and beat him up?
Kangxi was very interested in wrestling skills. He saw all the guards compete with each other brilliantly, and when he was his own opponent, he was trembling and angry. Like a dead man who doesn't fight back after being beaten.You can do whatever you want to be an emperor, but it is extremely difficult to find a real opponent in the martial arts competition. Sometimes I really want to go out of the palace in low clothes, go to fight with ordinary people, and see how my martial arts are, but it is too much to do so. Danger, after all, is just a whimsy that occasionally arises in the heart of the young emperor.
This day they met Wei Xiaobao and had a competition, Wei Xiaobao tried his best but still lost.Kangxi was overjoyed, this fight was the happiest in his life.Wei Xiaobao asked him to compete again the next day, it was exactly what he liked.From then on, the two fought each other every day, and Kangxi never revealed his identity. During the competition, he never allowed other eunuchs to approach, so as not to reveal the secret. As long as the little eunuch knew that his opponent was the emperor, he would have no interest in fighting up.
There are more than a thousand eunuchs in the palace, and there are many eunuchs who have never seen the emperor. But when you enter the palace, you must first learn the rules of the palace, the difference between high and low grades and clothes, and see Kangxi wearing the emperor's clothes. He didn't know him, and there was only one impostor, Wei Xiaobao.As far as Kangxi was concerned, this foolish little eunuch was hard to buy, and it was really rare and precious.
After that, Kangxi's martial arts gradually improved, and Wei Xiaobao was able to keep up. The two fought back and forth, and they were always evenly matched, while Wei Xiaobao was slightly inferior.In this way, Kangxi had to work hard to avoid defeat.He is a very strong and competitive person, the more he improves in practice, the more interested he becomes, and the favorable impression towards Wei Xiaobao also increases greatly.
On this day, Oboi came to the upper study room to announce that he wanted to kill Suksaha. Kangxi already knew that Oboi had a grudge against Suksaha because of the land exchange between the inlaid yellow flag and the white flag, and today he was determined to kill Suksaha Ha, it was due to personal grievances, so he refused to play for a long time.Unexpectedly, Oboi was domineering and domineering, he showed the martial spirit in a fit of rage, he rolled his sleeves and clenched his fists, as if he wanted to strike.Oboi was tall and hideous, Kangxi couldn't help being surprised when he saw him coming up in a threatening manner, and all the guards were waiting outside the upper study room, unable to call him in time, not to mention most of the guards were Oboi's confidantes, they were very unreliable, so they ignored him Just in time, Wei Xiaobao jumped out.Kangxi was overjoyed and thought to himself: "If Xiaoguizi and I work together, we can fight Aobai." Seeing Aobai retreating, he felt even more relieved.
Wei Xiaobao couldn't help exclaiming in surprise, leaking his possessions, so he had to take a risk, took a gamble, rushed out and shouted at Oboi, unexpectedly after a drink, Oboi backed down, couldn't help being overjoyed, and shouted: "Kill or not!" Suke Saha, it is up to the emperor to make up his mind. You are rude to the emperor and want to beat someone with your fist, aren't you afraid of beheading and ransacking your house?"
This sentence just reached Aobai's heart, he broke out in cold sweat immediately, knowing that Shi Caixing was too reckless, he immediately said to Kangxi: "Your Majesty, don't listen to this little eunuch's nonsense, this slave is a great loyal minister. "
When Kangxi first came to Dazheng, he was very afraid of Oboi, seeing that he was about to give in, he thought he couldn't break face with him at this moment, so he said: "Xiao Guizi, you stand aside." Wei Xiaobao bowed and said: "Yes!" Step back to the desk.
Kangxi said: "Ao Shaobao, I know you are a great loyal minister. You are used to fighting in battle, so you are not as gentle as a scholar, so I don't blame you." Aobai was overjoyed and hurriedly said: "Yes, yes." Kangxi He said: "The matter of Sukesaha is handled by you. You are a loyal minister and he is a traitorous minister, so I will reward the loyal and punish the treacherous." Obai liked it even more, and said: "The emperor now understands the truth. From now on, slaves will always serve the emperor loyally." Kangxi said: "Very good, very good. I will report to the Empress Dowager Ming that she will go to court tomorrow, and there will be many rewards." Obai said happily: "Thank you, Your Majesty." Kangxi said: " Is there anything else?" Obai said, "No more. This servant will retire."
Kangxi nodded, and Oboi backed out with a smile all over his face.
When Kangxi waited for him to leave the room, he immediately jumped out of the chair and said with a smile, "Xiao Guizi, you have discovered this secret." Wei Xiaobao said: "Your Majesty, I... this really deserves to be damned. I never knew you were the Emperor, so it's very bold to touch you." Kangxi sighed, and said: "Oh, after you know it, you don't dare to fight with me again, it will be very boring." Wei Xiaobao smiled and said: "As long as you don't feel strange, I will still fight with you in the future, that's okay " Kangxi was overjoyed, and said: "Okay, it's settled, if you don't really fight, you are not a good man." He stretched out his hand.Firstly Wei Xiaobao didn't know the rules of the court, and secondly he was a lazy person who was not afraid of anything, so he immediately reached out to shake hands with him, and said with a smile: "If you don't really fight from now on, you won't be a good man." The two held hands tightly, haha laugh. Since the crown prince was born, he was doomed to be an emperor in the future. His upbringing and teaching since he was a child was completely different from ordinary people. Every move he made was watched by everyone, and he really had no freedom.Prisoners can speak freely in the prison, and can always act freely in the cell, but the restraint the crown prince suffers is a hundred times more severe than that of the prisoner.The teachers and guards who were in charge of teaching, and the eunuchs and maids who took care of daily life, fearing that something might happen to the prince, were trembling all day long, as if they were facing an abyss, like walking on thin ice.As long as the prince's words and deeds are half casual, the master will advise him earnestly, lest he will offend the emperor.The prince wanted to wear one less piece of clothing, and the court ladies and eunuchs felt like a catastrophe was imminent, for fear that the prince would catch a cold.A person who has been under such strict supervision day and night from childhood to adulthood really lacks the joy of life.One of the reasons why there were so many foolish and tyrants in the dynasties was that as soon as the emperor gained freedom of action, he immediately vented the pent-up anger accumulated over the years. The various actions made people feel unbelievable, and most of them were just venting too much. Kangxi had also been under strict supervision since he was a child. It was not until he was in charge that he had to tell the maids and eunuchs to stay away from time to time and not to follow around.But in front of his mother and all the ministers, he still followed the rules and pretended to be a young and old man. When he met all the court ladies and eunuchs, he always put on the emperor's airs and dared not be casual. In his life, he didn't even laugh a few times. But it is human nature for young people to love to play and make trouble, even emperors and beggars are no different.In ordinary people's homes, any boy can scream, jump, fight, and make trouble with his playmates every day, but this young emperor has to make do with the situation in order to have this "blessed fate".Only when he was with Wei Xiaobao, he could be unrestrained, put aside the airs of the emperor, and indulge in wrestling, it was a joy he had never experienced in his life, these days, he often wrestled and played with Wei Xiaobao in his sleep. He took Wei Xiaobao's hand and said: "When there are people, you call me the emperor, and when there are no one, we are still the same as before." Wei Xiaobao smiled: "That would be the best. I never dreamed that you are the emperor I also thought that the emperor was an old man with a white beard." Kangxi thought to himself: "When the father died, he was only 24 years old, and he was not an old man with a white beard. Why don't you know anything?" He asked, "Did Mr. Hai never tell you about me? Wei Xiaobao shook his head and said, "No. He just taught me Kung Fu. Your Majesty, who taught you Kung Fu?" Kangxi laughed and said, "We said that when there is no one, it is still the same as before. Why do you call me the Emperor?" Already?" Wei Xiaobao smiled and said, "Yes, I'm a little flustered." Kangxi sighed, and said: "I expected that after you know that I am the emperor, you will never fight with me like before." Wei Xiaobao smiled and said: "I will definitely fight as before, I'm afraid it will not be easy Hey, Xiao Xuanzi, who taught you your martial arts?" Kangxi said: "I can't tell you. Why are you asking?" Wei Xiaobao said: "Oboi thinks he is good at martial arts, so he tortured you It looks like he wants to hit someone. I think your master is very skilled in martial arts, so let's ask your master to deal with him." Kangxi smiled slightly, shook his head and said, "No way, how can my master do such a thing?" Wei Xiaobao said: "It's a pity that my master Hai Laogong is blind, otherwise if you invite him to fight Oboi, you will probably win him too. Ah, yes, tomorrow we will join hands and fight him, what do you think? This Although Oboi is the number one warrior in Manchuria, if we stand shoulder to shoulder, we may not lose to him." Kangxi was overjoyed.Shouted: "Wonderful, wonderful!" But then he realized that this matter is definitely difficult, shook his head, and sighed: "The emperor fights with the ministers, that's out of the question." Wei Xiaobao said: "It's good that you are not the emperor. Already!" Kangxi nodded, for a moment, he was envious of Wei Xiaobao, a little eunuch who could do whatever he liked, even though he was in the palace, he was at ease.Thinking of Oboi's furious, menacing and striding forward just now, he can't help but feel lingering fear, thinking: "This man is so rude to me, he must kill whoever he wants to kill, and he doesn't take me in the slightest Li. Is he the emperor or am I the emperor? It’s just that he is in charge of the guards in the central palace, and the soldiers of the Eight Banners are also assigned to him. I will kill him according to the decree. I will kill him. I have to change the head of the bodyguards first, then withdraw his military power, then remove him from the position of auxiliary minister, and finally push him out of the Meridian Gate and behead him for public display, so as to vent my hatred." But after thinking about it again, this strategy is also wrong, as soon as the chief guard is changed, Oboi will know that he is going to deal with him, this person has great power, if he strikes first, he will suffer disaster, so he can only keep calm for now , I will talk about it when I think of a proper way. He didn't want to appear to have no idea in front of Wei Xiaobao, he said: "You go back to Mr. Hai right now, learn your skills hard, we will still compete there tomorrow." Wei Xiaobao replied: "Yes." Kangxi said again: " When you see me and Oboi, you are not allowed to mention it to anyone." Wei Xiaobao said: "Yes. There is no one else here, I will leave as soon as I want, and I will not kowtow to you." Kangxi laughed, waved his hand and said: "No need It’s gone. Tomorrow is still a dead date, see you soon.”
Although Wei Xiaobao didn't steal the "Forty-Two Chapters", but he found that the person who competed with him every day turned out to be the emperor, he was very excited.Fortunately, Mr. Hai is blind, so he couldn't see any difference in his expression, but he felt that he was very talkative today, and he didn't know what happy things happened, so he tried a few words.Wei Xiaobao was very vigilant, not revealing anything. The next day Wei Xiaobao went to compete with Kangxi, he wanted to fight in the usual way, but since he knew that he was the emperor, even though he defended himself tightly, his counterattacks were naturally weak.Kangxi understood his intentions, and did not use all his strength when attacking, thinking that the opponent had scruples, so if he attacked with all his strength, it would be ineffective to win.After only fighting for a moment, Wei Xiaobao had already lost two rounds. Kangxi sighed, and asked, "Xiao Guizi, what did you do in my study yesterday?" Wei Xiaobao said, "Wen Youdao had a fever yesterday and couldn't get up. His brother asked me to help clean up the study. I I'm not used to it, my hands and feet are slow, I don't want to meet you." He said it seriously, not only did not change his face, but he almost believed it himself. Kangxi said: "After you know that I am the emperor, we can no longer really fight."Wei Xiaobao said: "I also don't think it's very exciting to fight today." Kangxi suddenly thought of it and said, "I have a way. Since we can't fight anymore, I can only watch you fight with others. It's good to have fun. Come on. , you come with me to change clothes, let's go to the cloth warehouse." Wei Xiaobao said: "Where is the cloth warehouse? Is it a warehouse for cloth?" Kangxi smiled and said: "No. The cloth warehouse is a place where warriors practice martial arts and wrestle. "Wei Xiaobao clapped his hands and laughed, "That's great!" Kangxi went back to change clothes, Wei Xiaobao followed behind.As soon as Kangxi changed his robes, the sixteen eunuchs hugged each other and went to the cloth storeroom to watch the warriors wrestle, they looked solemn and stopped joking with Wei Xiaobao. Seeing the emperor approaching, all the warriors fought with each other with all their might.Kangxi looked at it for a while, called a big fat warrior over, and said: "There is a little eunuch next to me who has also learned a little wrestling. You can teach him a few moves." Turning to Wei Xiaobao, he said: "You learn from him. . " As he spoke, his left eye narrowed.Both of them have already seen that although this warrior is tall and big, he is clumsy, it seems that he is not Wei Xiaobao's opponent. After the two left the arena, they wrestled for a few turns, Wei Xiaobao resorted to a stance of "Pushing the boat with the current", trying to push the warrior out.Unexpectedly, the warrior was too heavy, no matter what he said, he would not fall down.The warrior leader turned his back and winked.The big fat warrior understood, pretended to be staggering, and fell to the ground, unable to get up for a while.All the warriors and eunuchs cheered in unison. Kangxi liked it very much, and ordered the eunuch to reward Wei Xiaobao with a piece of silver, thinking to himself: "This little Guizi's martial arts is not as good as mine, if he can overthrow this big fat guy, I can do it too." The Honorable Yu Wancheng couldn't do anything at all, so he sighed and said to the eunuch, "You go and choose thirty young eunuchs, all of whom are fourteen or fifteen years old, and tell them to come here every day to practice kung fu. Those who learn quickly, like this little Guizi, will be rewarded." The eunuch smiled and agreed, thinking that the emperor is a child at heart, and wants to make some new things.
When Wei Xiaobao returned to the house, Old Man Hai asked about the process of today's martial arts competition with Xiaoxuanzi.Wei Xiaobao spoke vividly and vividly, it seemed that there was a big battle, and the two sides fought extremely fiercely.But after Mr. Hai asked carefully, he immediately found the flaw, and asked with a sullen face: "What's the matter with Xiaoxuanzi? Did you get sick today?" Wei Xiaobao said: "No, but he is not in good spirits." Mr. Hai snorted , Said: "From the beginning to the end, tell me every move and every move." Wei Xiaobao knew that he hadn't kept it from him, so he had to tell the truth in detail. Mr. Hai raised his head, and said slowly: "You can obviously turn his head to the left with this move, but you want to pick him up, so you lose. It's not that you don't know how, but you are deliberately letting him , what is the reason?" Wei Xiaobao smiled and said: "I didn't let him on purpose. It's just that he played politely, so I was merciful. I have become good friends with him, so naturally we can't fight too much." Thinking that he and the emperor are "good friends ", I couldn't help being very proud. Hai Laogong said: "You became good friends with him? Hmph, but your style of play is not to show mercy, but to dare not touch him. You finally...you finally know?" Wei Xiaobao was startled, and said in a trembling voice: "Know...know what?" Mr. Hai said, "Did he say it himself, or did you guess it?" Wei Xiaobao said, "What are you talking about! I don't understand." Hai The husband sternly said, "Tell me the truth! Cough...cough...how do you know Xiao Xuanzi's identity?" He reached out and grabbed his left wrist. Wei Xiaobao immediately felt pain to the marrow, the bones in his hand were crackling, as if he was about to break, he shouted: "Surrender, surrender!" Hai Laogong said: "How do you know?" His hands strengthened instead.Wei Xiaobao called out: "Hey, hey, you...you...do you understand the rules? I've already asked you to surrender, but you still don't want to let go?" Mr. Hai said, "If I ask you a question, you should answer it properly." Wei Xiaobao said: "Okay, if you already know who Xiao Xuanzi is, I'll tell you the reason. Otherwise, you'll crush me to death, and I won't tell." Hai Laogong said: "What's so strange about that? Little Xuanzi is the emperor, I already knew it when I first taught you the 'Great Capture Hand'." He let go of his hand. Wei Xiaobao happily said: "So you already knew about it, but it was hard to keep it from me. Then it doesn't matter if I tell you." So he told about the incident of bumping into Kangxi and Oboi in the upper study room yesterday, and talked about today's meeting in the cloth warehouse He knocked down a big fat samurai in the middle of the battle, and his eyebrows were beaming again.Mr. Hai listened very carefully and kept interjecting to ask questions. After Wei Xiaobao finished speaking, he said again: "The emperor ordered me not to tell you. If you leak it out, both of us will be beheaded." Mr. Hai said coldly: "The emperor is good friends with you, so I won't kill you." You will only kill me." Wei Xiaobao said triumphantly: "It's good that you know." Mr. Hai pondered for a while, and said: "The emperor wants thirty young eunuchs to practice martial arts together. What is that for? Most likely he just wants to fight with you, and he is not satisfied with fighting with you. He wants to find some young eunuchs to be beaten by him." Standing up , circled a dozen circles in the room, and said, "Xiao Guizi, do you want to please the emperor?" Wei Xiaobao said: "He is my good friend, making him happy is also the principle of being a friend." Hai Laogong said sharply: "I have a word, you should keep it in your heart. From now on, the emperor will say that he is friends with you, and you will not accept it no matter what. What are you, can you really be friends with the emperor? He is still an old man today. Children, how can you take it seriously when you talk about being happy? If you talk nonsense, be careful of the head on your neck. " Wei Xiaobao also thought that such words should not be spoken casually, but Mr. Jing Hai woke up a little bit when he spoke so harshly, stuck out his tongue, and said, "I won't say anything about killing my head in the future. But after the head falls to the ground, can I still open my mouth to speak?" , I'm afraid the older ones are a little particular about this." Old Man Hai snorted and said, "Do you want to learn superior martial arts?" Wei Xiaobao happily said: "You are willing to teach me superior martial arts, that's what I wish for. Father-in-law, you are so good at martial arts, wouldn't it be a pity that you don't accept a disciple to pass it down?" Hai Laogong said: "There are many treacherous and treacherous people in the world, and they are honest and honest. There are few. What's the point of taking in a bad disciple and letting him murder Master?" Wei Xiaobao's mind moved: "I blinded him, is there some reason in his mind? This matter is life-threatening, we must investigate it clearly and clearly." But seeing that his expression was dull, there was no sign of anger, Then he said: "Yes, if you are trustworthy and loyal to you, it is not easy to find. I am afraid that I am the only one in this world. Eunuch, what do you think I am going to the study? I am taking a risk." The danger of beheading, I want to steal the "Forty-two Chapters" to you. It's just that there are thousands of books in the emperor's study, and I don't know how to read..." Old Man Hai interjected, "Well, you're not very literate!" Wei Xiaobao's heart skipped a beat: "Ah, that's not good! I don't know if Xiaoguizi can read a lot. If he can read a lot, I'd be showing off." He hurriedly said: "I searched and searched, and I also searched for it. I don’t want to read the "Forty-two Chapters". But it doesn’t matter, I can go to the study room from time to time, and I can always teach this book to become a sheep that steals the sheep, and Ye Di steals the peaches." Mr. Hai said: "It's good that you haven't forgotten." Wei Xiaobao said: "How could I forget? Your father-in-law treats me really well. If I don't find a way to repay you well, I will really be in vain in this life." Mr. Hai He murmured: "Well, if I don't think of a way to repay you well, I will really be in vain for the rest of my life." Wei Xiaobao heard these two words coldly, and couldn't help but get hairs on his back, peeping at his face, But there was no clue to be found, thinking: "The old tortoise is very powerful. He knew that Xiao Xuanzi was the emperor, but he didn't reveal the slightest bit. I have to be careful, if he knows that I blinded his eyes Well, if I, Wei Xiaobao, can still keep this pair of eyeballs, then God must have lost the eyeballs." The two faced each other silently.Wei Xiaobao moved half a step towards the door, as soon as he saw that Mr. Hai's expression was slightly unkind, he immediately rushed out, determined to escape from the palace and never come back. But I heard Mr. Hai say: "You will never be able to wrestle with the emperor with the big grabbing hand. If you continue to learn this kung fu, it will be a method of dividing muscles and bones. How can you use it on the emperor if you take off people's joints and break people's muscles and bones?" Body?" Wei Xiaobao said: "Yes!" Hai Laogong said: "I will teach you a kung fu from today, it is called 'Great Mercy and Great Compassion Qianye Shou'." Wei Xiaobao said: "The name is strange, I have only heard of Great Mercy and Great Compassion, Save suffering, Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva." Mr. Hai asked, "Have you seen Avalokitesvara with Thousand Hands?" Wei Xiaobao said, "Avalokitesvara with Thousand Hands? I have seen that Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva has many hands. Each hand holds different things, some are water bottles, There are some branches, baskets and bells, which are very interesting." Hai Laogong said, "Did you see them in the Yangzhou temple?" Wei Xiaobao said: "In the Yangzhou Temple?" This shock was really serious, he rushed to the door with one stride, and wanted to grab the door and get out. Hai Laogong said: "Avalokitesvara with Thousand Hands? The only temple in Yangzhou in the world has it. You have never been to a temple in Yangzhou. How can you see Avalokitesvara with Thousand Hands?" There is only the Thousand-Handed Avalokitesvara in the temple, and you are almost scared to pee." He hurriedly said, "How could I have been to Yangzhou? Where is Yangzhou? I heard about the Thousand-handed Avalokitesvara, but I have never seen it before." I want to brag a few words in front of your old man, with a high air, but I don’t know that you are well-informed, and you have pierced my cowhide in one fell swoop.” Hai Laogong sighed: “It’s hard to pierce your slippery cowhide. It's really not easy." Wei Xiaobao said: "Easy, easy. I told a lie, and in less than half an hour, I pierced the diorama for you old man." Mr. Hai hummed, and asked, "Are you cold? Why don't you put on more clothes?" Wei Xiaobao said, "I'm not cold." Mr. Hai said, "Why is your voice trembling?" Wei Xiaobao said, "Just now There's a cold wind blowing, now it's all right." Hai Laogong said: "It's windy by the door, don't stand at the door." Wei Xiaobao said: "Yes, yes!" After taking a few steps, he still dare not go to Hai Laogong's side. Hai Laogong said: "This 'Great Mercy and Great Compassion Qianye Hand' is a Buddhist kung fu, it can restrain opponents without killing others, it is the most benevolent kung fu in the world." Wei Xiaobao happily said: "This kung fu is not Knowing how to kill and hurt others, and fighting with the emperor, that would be the best thing." Hai Laogong said: "However, this kung fu is very difficult to learn, there are many moves, but it is not easy to remember them all." Wei Xiaobao smiled and said: "Since there are many moves, it doesn't matter if you don't remember them all, for most of them are forgotten, there are still quite a few left." Mr. Hai said: "Hmph, lazy boy, you have been thinking of being lazy before you learn kung fu. You don't want to learn high-quality kung fu in your whole life." Wei Xiaobao said: "Yes, yes. You have to learn how powerful you are. Martial arts, my whole life is of course an old cat with salted fish on its nose, sniffing fish, sniffing fish (don’t think about it).” I thought: “Even if you practice martial arts exactly like you, in the end people will still be blinded, you old tortoise. happy?" Hai Laogong said: "Come here." Wei Xiaobao said: "Yes!" After walking a few steps, he was still a few feet away from Hai Laogong.Hai Laogong said: "Are you afraid that I will eat you?" Wei Xiaobao smiled and said: "My meat is sour and not very tasty." Hai Laogong raised his left hand and shot out suddenly.Wei Xiaobao was startled, he dodged to the right, suddenly he patted twice on the back, he was hit by Old Man Hai, he immediately fell to his knees and couldn't move, he was terrified: "This is too bad, he...he wants to Take my life." Hai Laogong said: "This is the first move of the 'Great Mercy and Great Compassion Qianye Hand', called 'Nanhai Lifo'. You have already hit two acupuncture points on your back, but acupuncture is very difficult to practice. With the above-mentioned internal strength as the foundation, if you compete with the emperor, can you really hit his acupoints and make him kneel in front of you? You just need to memorize the technique and put on a show, and that's it." As he spoke, he stretched out his hands on the two sides of his vest. Press on the acupuncture points.Wei Xiaobao's hands and feet were able to move immediately, his mind was settled, he stood up slowly, and thought: "It turns out that the old tortoise taught me kung fu, but it scared me out of my body, I don't know if I have returned to my body now." That day Mr. Hai only taught three moves, and said: "The first day is particularly difficult, if you put your heart into it, you can learn a few more moves."
Wei Xiaobao didn't go to gamble the next day, and at noon, he went to wait for Kangxi in the small room of the competition, knowing that the cakes on the table were for the emperor, so he didn't dare to eat them again.After waiting for more than half an hour, Kangxi never came.Wei Xiaobao thought to himself: "That's right, he's not interested in fighting with me, so he won't come to play." So he went straight to the study.The guards outside the study door saw Kangxi taking Wei Xiaobao to the cloth warehouse yesterday, they had a very friendly expression, knowing that he was the emperor's favored little eunuch, they did not stop him. Wei Xiaobao walked into the study, and saw Kangxi kicking a leather stool, kicking again and again, with an angry expression on his face, he kept yelling: "Kick you to death, kick you to death!" Wei Xiaobao thought to himself: "He is here Do you want to practice kicking kung fu?" Not daring to step forward to disturb him, he quietly stood aside with his hands down. Kangxi kicked for a while, looked up to see Wei Xiaobao, smiled, and said: "I'm bored, come and play with me." Wei Xiaobao said: "Yes. Mr. Hai taught me a new kung fu called 'Great Mercy and Great Compassion Qianye Shou', which is much more powerful than the Great Grappling Hand he taught before. He said that after I learn it, you must You can't beat me." Kangxi said: "What kind of kung fu is that, show me." Wei Xiaobao said: "Okay! I'm going to hit you now!" Pulling out his moves, his palms flew up, "South China Sea worshiping Buddha", "Golden Jade Rubble", and "Human Breath", a total of three moves, the moves were swift, on Kangxi's vest and shoulders , left chest, right leg, and throat, and pat them lightly with your fingers.This "Great Mercy and Great Compassion Qianye Hand" has strange changes, and is quite different from the "Great Capture Hand".Kangxi was caught off guard, and he couldn't even escape.Wei Xiaobao's attack was very light, so naturally he didn't hurt him.In fact, although Wei Xiaobao has no internal strength, his physical strength is also extremely weak, even if it is a real fight, it doesn't matter if you hit him a few times.But such five hits in a row, after all, is unprecedented.Kangxi let out a "huh" and said joyfully, "This kung fu is very wonderful. Come back tomorrow, and I will also ask the master to teach you the best kung fu, and compare it with you." Wei Xiaobao said: "Very good, very good!" He returned to his residence and told Kangxi what he had said.Hai Laogong said: "I don't know what kind of kung fu his master taught, today you learn a few more Qianye Shou." This day Wei Xiaobao learned six more moves, which are "Looking at the Shadow in the Mirror", "Catching the Moon in the Water", "Catching the Moon in the Water". Floating clouds come and go", "Blisters come and go", "Bright in dreams", "Empty after sleep".These six moves are all vague and unpredictable moves, there are many imaginary moves and few real moves. Mr. Hai just asked Wei Xiaobao to memorize the moves, but he didn't explain the subtleties of the moves, and even whether the postures are correct or not. Mr. Hai couldn't see whether the position was right or not, and he didn't care about it.Wei Xiaobao saw that he was teaching casually, he was secretly happy, and said in his heart: "If you teach so-so, I will learn it vaguely, and the two of you will be fine if you just muddle along. If you want to be serious, I don't care. I have time to play with you in my spare time." The next day when Wei Xiaobao came to the imperial study, he saw four guards changed outside the door. While hesitating, one of the guards smiled and said: "Are you Gui Gonggong? The emperor ordered you to go in immediately." Wei Xiaobao was startled, and thought to himself "What Eunuch Gui?" But then he understood: "Eunuch Gui is Lao Tzu, this guard knows that I am the emperor's confidant, so he is more polite to me." He nodded with a smile and said: "It's a pleasure to meet, it's a pleasure to meet you, four Your surname?" The four guards told him their names.Wei Xiaobao said a few words politely.The guard surnamed Zhang smiled and said: "You can go in quickly, the emperor has asked you several times." Wei Xiaobao walked into the study.Kangxi jumped up from his chair, and said with a smile: "My master taught you how to break the three moves yesterday, let's try it now." Wei Xiaobao said: "Since your master said that you can break it, you can break it naturally, and you can do it naturally. No need to try." Kangxi said: "I must try it! You go to our martial arts competition hall quietly first, don't let others know, I will come later." Wei Xiaobao agreed, and went to that small room. Kangxi was a beginner in learning new tricks, and he was very impatient, and he came here in a short time.As soon as the two started to fight, Kangxi used ingenious techniques to dismantle all the three moves that Wei Xiaobao had learned on the first day, and even slapped Wei Xiaobao on the back shoulder. Wei Xiaobao saw that his moves were very clever, and he admired him too, and asked: "What is the name of your kung fu?" Kangxi said: "It's 'Bagua Youlongzhang'. My master said, your 'Great Mercy and Great Compassion Thousands of Swords' Ye Shou's moves are too many, it's troublesome to remember. Our 'Bagua Youlongzhang' only has eight, eight, sixty-four moves, but it changes repeatedly, and it can rival your Qianye Shou." Wei Xiaobao said: "Then what Is one skill better?" Kangxi said: "I also asked. The master said that both of them are superior palm techniques, and it is hard to say which one is better. Whoever has deep kung fu and uses it skillfully will win. " Wei Xiaobao said: "I learned another six moves yesterday, you should try it." Immediately use the six moves yesterday, although the second and third moves are completely forgotten, the fifth move is not used right at all.Kangxi still gave him seven or eight shots in a row, nodded and said: "Your six tricks are very clever, I'm going to learn the method of dismantling." Wei Xiaobao returned to his residence, and told Mr. Hai about Kangxi learning to practice "Bagua Youlongzhang".Mr. Hai nodded, and said: "My Shaolin school's Qianye Shou, the Wudang school's eight-diagram swimming dragon palm is the only one that can defeat it. His master's words are right. The two palms have their own advantages. Who can learn them well?" Okay, whoever is good." Wei Xiaobao said: "He is the emperor, how can I overtake him? Of course we should let him learn better." He refused to practice hard, so he arranged the situation first. Mr. Hai said: "You are too bad if you are too old, the emperor will not be interested in practicing with you." Wei Xiaobao said: "As the saying goes: A wise master will produce excellent disciples, and a strong general will have no weak soldiers. You are a wise master and a strong general. The people you teach will not be too bad. You old Wang'an, take it easy!" Mr. Hai shook his head and said, "Don't brag, the food on the table is getting cold, you Go drink that bowl of soup first!" Wei Xiaobao said: "I serve your old man to drink soup." Hai Laogong said: "I don't drink soup, I will cough after drinking soup." Don't cough." In the following months, Kangxi and Wei Xiaobao each learned moves and competed daily.The two of them didn't really fight, without the heart of fighting each other with all their strength, the fun of fighting would be greatly reduced. After all, the moves they learned were quite complicated, and dismantling them would change in many ways, but that's all. Wenbi is more like playing chess than fighting.Kangxi knew that Wei Xiaobao would never dare to kick his ass hard, so he was embarrassed to punch him hard on the head. Wei Xiaobao learned martial arts only to compete with the emperor, he didn't pay attention to it, he learned the latter and forgot the former.Kangxi's master obviously taught quite sloppily.The progress of the two was very slow, and the interest in the competition was also greatly reduced.It was several days later that Kangxi broke up with Wei Xiaobao. During these days, apart from fighting with Wei Xiaobao, Kangxi often took him to study with him.皇宫中侍卫太监，都知尚膳监的小太监小桂子眼下是皇上跟前第一个红人，大家见到他时都不敢直呼“小桂子”，都是桂公公长，桂公公短的，叫得又恭敬又亲热。 韦小宝要讨好海老公，每日出入上书房，总想将那部《四十二章经》偷出来给他，可是寻来寻去，始终不见。
这日康熙和韦小宝练过武后，脸色郑重，低声道：“小桂子，咱们明天要办一件大事，你早些到书房来等我。”韦小宝应道：“是。”他知道皇帝不爱多说话，他不说是什么事，自己就不能多问。 次日一早，他便到上书房侍候。康熙低声道：“我要你办一件事，你有没有胆子？”韦小宝道：“你叫我办事，我还怕什么？”康熙道：“这件事非同小可，办得不妥，你我俱有性命之忧。”韦小宝微微一惊，说道：“最多我有性命之忧。你是皇帝，谁敢害你？再说，你照看着我，我说什么也不能有性命之忧。”心想须得把话说在前头，我韦小宝如有性命之忧，唯你皇帝是问，你可不能置之不理。 康熙道：“鳌拜这厮横蛮无礼，心有异谋，今日咱们要拿了他，你敢不敢？” 韦小宝在宫中已久，除了练武和陪伴康熙之外，极少玩耍，近几个月来海老公不许自己再去跟温氏兄弟他们赌钱，只有偶尔偷偷去赌上一手，而跟康熙比武，更是越来越没劲，正感气闷，听得要拿鳌拜，不由得大喜，忙道：“妙极，妙极！我早说咱二人合力斗他一斗。就算他是满洲第一勇士，你我武功都已练得差不多了，决不怕他。” 康熙摇头道：“我是皇帝，不能亲自动手。鳌拜这厮身兼领内侍卫大臣，宫中侍卫都是他的亲信心腹。他一知我要拿他，多半就会造反。众侍卫同时动手，你我固然性命不保，连太皇太后、皇太后也会遭难。因此这件事当真危险得紧。” 韦小宝一拍胸膛，说道：“那么我到宫外等他，乘他不备，一刀刺死了他。要是刺他不死，他也不知是你的意思。” 康熙道：“这人武功十分了得，你年纪还小，不是他对手。何况在宫门之外，他卫士众多，你难以近身，就算真的刺死了他，只怕你也会给他的卫士们杀了。我倒另有个计较。”韦小宝道：“是。”康熙道：“待会他要到我这里来奏事，我先传些小太监来在这里等着。你见我手中的茶盏跌落，便扑上去扭住他。十几名小太监同时拥上，拉手拉脚，让他施展不出武功。倘若你还是不成，我只好上来帮忙。” 韦小宝喜道：“此计妙极，你有刀子没有？这件事可不能弄糟，要是拿他不住，我便一刀将他杀了。”他在杀了小桂子之初，靴筒中带得有匕首，后来得知小玄子便是皇帝，和康熙对拆掌法，时常纵跃窜跳，生怕匕首从靴中跌了出来，除了当值的带刀侍卫，在宫中带刀那可是杀头的罪名，就此不敢随身再带了。 康熙点了点头，拉开书桌抽屉，取出两把黄金为柄的匕首，一把交给了韦小宝，一把插入自己靴筒。韦小宝也将匕首插入靴筒，只觉血脉贲张，全身皆热，呼呼喘气，说道：“好家伙，咱们干他的！” 康熙道：“你去传十二名小太监来。”韦小宝答应了，出去呼传。这些小太监在布库房中练习扑击已有数月，虽然没什么武功，但拉手扳脚的本事却都已不差。康熙向十二名小太监道：“你们练了好几个月，也不知有没有长进。待会有个大官儿进来，这人是咱们朝里的扑击好手，我让他试试你们的功夫。你们一见我将茶盏摔在地下，便即一拥而上，冷不防的十二个打他一个。要是能将他按倒在地，令他动弹不得，我重重有赏。”说着拉开书桌的抽屉，取出十二只五十两的元宝，道：“赢得了他，每人一只元宝，倘若输了，十二个人一齐斩首。这等懒惰无用的家伙，留着干什么？”最后这两句话说得声色俱厉。 十二名小太监一齐跪下，说道：“奴才们自当奋力为皇上办事。” 康熙笑道：“那又是什么办事了？我只是考考你们，且瞧谁学得用心，谁在贪懒。” 韦小宝暗暗佩服：“他在小太监面前也不露半点口风，以防这些小鬼沉不住气，在鳌拜面前露出了马脚。” 众小太监起身后，康熙从桌上拿起一本书，翻开来看。韦小宝听他低声吟哦，居然声不颤、手不抖，面临大事，镇定如恒，自己手心中却是一阵冷汗，又是一阵发热，心下暗骂：“韦小宝你这小王八蛋，这一下你可给小玄子比下去啦。你武功不及他，定力也不及他。”转念又想：“他是皇帝，自然胆子该比我大些。那也没什么了不起。倘若我做皇帝，当然胜过他了。”但内心隐隐又觉得未免难以自圆其说。 过了好半晌，门外靴声响起，一名侍卫叫道：“鳌少保见驾，皇上万福金安。”康熙道：“鳌少保进来罢！”鳌拜掀起门帷，走了进来，跪下磕头。 康熙笑道：“鳌少保，你来得正好，我这十几名小太监在练摔交。听说你是我满洲勇士中武功第一，你来指点他们几招如何？”鳌拜微笑道：“皇上有兴，臣自当效力。” 康熙笑道：“小桂子，你吩咐外面侍卫们下去休息，不听传呼，不用进来伺候。”说着笑了笑，向鳌拜扮个鬼脸，鳌拜哈哈一笑。韦小宝走出去吩咐。 康熙低声道：“鳌少保，你劝我别读汉人的书，我想你的话很对，咱们还是在书房里摔交玩儿的好，不过别让人听到了。要是给皇太后知道了，可又要逼我读书啦。”鳌拜大喜，连声道：“对，对，对！皇上这主意挺高明，汉人的书本儿，读了有什么用？” 韦小宝回进书房，道：“侍卫们多谢皇上恩典，都退下去啦。” 康熙笑道：“好，咱们玩咱们的。小监们，十二个人分成六对，打来瞧瞧。” 十二名小太监卷袖束带，分成六对，扑击起来。 鳌拜笑吟吟的观看，见这些小太监武功平平，笑着摇了摇头。康熙拿起茶盏喝了一口，笑道：“鳌少保，小孩儿们本事还使得吗？”鳌拜笑道：“将就着瞧瞧，也过得去！”康熙笑道：“跟你鳌少保比，那自然不成！”身子微侧，手一松，呛啷一声，茶盏掉在地下，呼叫出声：“啊哟！” 鳌拜一怔，说道：“皇上……”两个字刚出口，身后十二名小太监已一齐扑了上来，扳手攀臂，抱腰扯腿，同时进攻。康熙哈哈大笑，说道：“鳌少保留神。”鳌拜只道少年皇帝指使小太监试他功夫，微微一笑，双臂分掠，四名小太监跌了出去。他还不敢使力太过，生怕伤了众小监，左腿轻扫，又扫倒了两名，随即哈哈大笑。余下众小监记着皇上“若是输了，十二个人一齐斩首”的话，出尽了吃奶的力气，牢牢抱住他腰腿。 韦小宝早已闪在他身后，看准了他太阳穴，狠命一掌。鳌拜只感头脑一阵晕眩，心下微感恼怒：“这些小监儿好生无礼。”左臂倏地扫出，将三个小太监猛推出去，转过身来，胸口又吃了韦小宝一拳。韦小宝这两下偷袭，手法算得甚快，但他全无力道，打中的虽是鳌拜的要害之处，却无效用。鳌拜见偷袭自己之人竟是皇帝贴身的小太监，隐隐觉得有些不妙，但毕竟不信皇帝是要这些小孩儿来擒拿自己，左掌一伸，往韦小宝右肩按了下去。 韦小宝使一招“觉后空空”，左掌在鳌拜面前晃了两下。鳌拜一低头，砰的一声，胸口已吃了一腿。韦小宝却“啊”的一声叫了出来，原来这一腿踢在他胸口，便如踢中了一堵墙壁一般，自己脚上反是一阵剧痛。鳌拜见他连使杀着，又惊又怒，混斗之际，也不及去想皇帝是何用意，只想推开众小监的纠缠，先将韦小宝收拾了下来。可是众小监抱腰的抱腰，拉腿的拉腿，摔脱了几名，余下的又扑将上来。 康熙拍手笑道：“鳌少保，只怕你要输了。” 鳌拜奋拳正要往韦小宝头顶打落，听得康熙这么说，心道：“原是跟我闹着玩的，怎能跟小孩子们一般见识？”手臂一偏，劲力稍收，拍的一声响，这拳打在韦小宝右肩，只使了一成力。但他力大无穷，当年战阵中与明军交锋，双手抓起明军官兵四下乱掷，来去如风，当者披靡。韦小宝只马马虎虎的学过几个月武功，又是个小孩，虽有众小监相助，却如何奈得了他？这一拳打将下来，韦小宝一个踉跄，向前摔倒，顺势左肘撞出，正撞在鳌拜腰眼之中。鳌拜笑骂：“你这小娃娃，倒狡猾得很！”右手在韦小宝背上轻轻一推。韦小宝扑地倒了，站起身来，手中已多了一柄匕首，猱向鳌拜扑去。 鳌拜蓦地见到他手中多了一柄明晃晃的刀子，呆了一呆，叫道：“你……你干什么？”韦小宝笑道：“我用刀子，你空手，咱们斗斗！”鳌拜喝道：“快放开刀子，皇上跟前，不得动凶器。”韦小宝笑道：“好，放下就放下！”俯身将匕首往靴筒中插去。这时仍有七八个小太监扭住了鳌拜，韦小宝突然向前一跌，似乎立足不住，身子撞向鳌拜，挺刀戳出，想戳他肚子，不料鳌拜应变敏捷，迅速异常的一缩，这一刀刺中了他大腿。鳌拜一声怒吼，双手甩脱三名小太监，扠住了韦小宝的脖子。 康熙见韦小宝与众小太监抢夺不下鳌拜，势道不对，绕到鳌拜背后，拔出匕首，一刀插入了他背心。 鳌拜猛觉背心上微痛，立即背肌一收，康熙这一刀便刺得偏了，未中要害。鳌拜顺手掷开韦小宝，犹如旋风般转过身来，眼前一个少年，正是皇帝。 鳌拜一呆，康熙跃开两步。鳌拜大叫一声，终于明白皇帝要取自己性命，挥拳便向康熙打来。康熙侧身避过。鳌拜抓住两名小监，将他们脑袋对脑袋的一撞，二人登时头骨破裂。他跟着左手一拳，直打进一名小监的胸膛，右脚连踢，将四名小监踢得撞上墙壁，一个个筋折骨断，哼也没哼一声，便已死去，接着左足踹在一名抱住他右腿的小监肚上，那小监立时肚破肠裂。他霎时之间连杀八人，余下四名小监都吓得呆了，不知如何是好。 韦小宝手挺匕首，向他扑去。鳌拜左拳直击而出。韦小宝只感一股劲风扑面而至，气也喘不过来，挥匕首向他手臂插落。鳌拜手臂微斜，避过匕首，随即挥拳击出，打中韦小宝左肩。韦小宝身子飞出，掠过书桌，一交摔在香炉上，登时炉灰飞扬。 康熙始终十分沉着，使开“八卦游龙掌”和鳌拜游斗，但康熙在这路掌法上的造诣颇为有限，更遇到了鳌拜这等天生神勇的猛将，实在并无多大用处。鳌拜被他打中两掌，毫不在乎，左脚踢出，正中康熙右腿。康熙站立不定，向前伏倒。鳌拜吼声如雷，大呼：“大伙儿一起死了罢！”双拳往他头顶擂落。康熙和韦小宝扭打日久，斗室中应变的身法甚是熟练迅捷，眼见鳌拜拳到，当即一个打滚，滚到了书桌底下。 鳌拜左腿飞起，踢开书桌，右腿连环，又待往康熙身上踢去，突然间尘灰飞扬，双眼中都是细灰。鳌拜哇哇大叫，双手往眼中乱揉，右腿在身前飞快踢出，生恐敌人乘机来攻。 原来韦小宝见事势紧急，从香炉中抓起两把炉灰，向鳌拜撒去。香灰甚细，一落入鳌拜双眼，立时散开。鳌拜蓦地里左臂上一痛，却是韦小宝投掷匕首，刺不中他胸口要害，却插入了他手臂。这时书房中桌翻凳倒，乱成一团，韦小宝见鳌拜背后有张椅子，正是皇帝平时所坐的龙椅，当即奋力端起青铜香炉，跳上龙椅，对准了鳌拜后脑，奋力砸落。 这香炉是唐代之物，少说也有三十来斤重，鳌拜目不见物，难以闪避，砰的一声响，正中头顶。鳌拜身子一晃，摔倒在地，晕了过去。香炉破裂，鳌拜居然头骨不碎。 康熙大喜，叫道：“小桂子，真有你的。”他早已备下牛筋和绳索，忙在倒翻了的书桌抽屉中取将出来，和韦小宝两人合力，把鳌拜手足都绑住了。韦小宝已吓得全身都是冷汗，手足发抖，抽绳索也使不出力气，和康熙两人你瞧瞧我，我瞧瞧你，都是喜悦不胜。 鳌拜不多时便即醒转，大叫：“我是忠臣，我无罪！这般阴谋害我，我死也不服。” 韦小宝喝道：“你造反！带了刀子来到上书房，罪该万死。”鳌拜叫道：“我没带刀子！”韦小宝喝道：“你身上明明不是带着两把刀子？背上一把，手臂上一把，还敢说没带刀？”韦小宝强辞夺理，鳌拜怎辩得他过？何况鳌拜头顶给铜香炉重重一砸，背上和臂上分别插了一刀，虽非致命，却也受伤不轻，情急之下，只是气急败坏的大叫大嚷。 康熙见十二名小太监中死剩四人，说道：“你们都亲眼瞧见了，鳌拜这厮犯上作乱，竟想杀我。”四个小监惊魂未定，脸如土色，有一人连称：“是，是！”其余三人却一句话也说不出来。康熙道：“你们出去，宣我旨意，召康亲王杰书和索额图二人进来。刚才的事，一句话也不许提起，若有泄漏风声，小心你们的脑袋。”四名小监答应了出去。 鳌拜兀自大叫：“冤枉，冤枉！皇上亲手杀我顾命大臣，先帝得知，必不饶你！” 康熙脸色沉了下来，道：“想个法儿，叫他不能胡说！” 韦小宝应道：“是！”走过去伸出左手，捏住了鳌拜的鼻子。鳌拜张口透气，韦小宝右手拔下他臂上的匕首，往他口中乱刺数下，在地下抓起两把香灰，硬塞在他嘴里。鳌拜喉头荷荷几声，几乎呼吸停闭，哪里还说得出话来？韦小宝又拔下他背上的匕首，将一双匕首并排插在书桌上，自己守在鳌拜身旁，倘若见他稍有异动，立即便拔匕首戳他几刀。 康熙眼见大事已定，心下甚喜，见到鳌拜雄壮的身躯和满脸血污的狰狞神情，不由得暗自惊惧，又觉适才之举实在太过鲁莽，只道自己和小桂子学了这许久武艺，两人合力，再加上十二名练过摔交的小太监，定可收拾得了鳌拜，哪知道遇上真正的勇士，几名小孩子毫无用处，而自己和小桂子的武艺，只怕也并不怎么高明，若不是小桂子使计，此刻自己已被鳌拜杀了。这厮一不做、二不休，多半还会去加害太皇太后和皇太后。朝中大臣和宫中侍卫都是他的亲信，这厮倘若另立幼君，无人敢问他的罪。想到此处，不由得打了个寒噤。
等了好一会，四名小监宣召康亲王和索额图进来。二人一进上书房，眼见死尸狼藉，遍地血污，这一惊实是非同小可，立即跪下连连磕头，齐声道：“皇上万福金安。” 康熙道：“鳌拜大逆不道，携刀入宫，胆敢向朕行凶。幸好祖宗保祐，尚膳监小监小桂子会同众监，力拒凶逆，将其擒住。如何善后，你们瞧着办罢。” 康亲王和索额图向来和鳌拜不睦，受其排挤已久，陡见宫中生此大变，又惊又喜，再向皇帝请安，自陈疏于防范，罪过重大，幸得皇帝洪福齐天，百神呵护，鳌拜凶谋得以不逞。 康熙道：“行刺之事，你们不必向外人提起，以免太皇太后和皇太后受惊，传了出去，反惹汉官和百姓们笑话。鳌拜这厮罪大恶极，就无今日之事，也早已罪不容诛。” 康亲王和索额图都磕头道：“是，是！”心下都暗暗怀疑：“鳌拜这厮天生神勇，是我满洲第一勇士，真要行刺皇上，怎能为几名小太监所擒？这中间定然另有别情。”好在二人巴不得重重处分鳌拜，有什么内情不必多问，何况皇帝这么说，又有谁胆敢多问一句？ 康亲王道：“启奏皇上：鳌拜这厮党羽甚多，须得一网成擒，以防另有他变。让索大人在这里护驾，不可有半步离开圣驾。奴才去下传旨意，将鳌拜的党羽都抓了起来。圣意以为如何？”康熙点头道：“很好！”康亲王退了出去。 索额图细细打量小桂子，说道：“小公公，你今日护驾之功，可当真不小啊。” 小桂子道：“那是皇上的福气，咱们做奴才的有什么功劳？” 康熙见韦小宝并不居功，对适才这番激斗更只字不提，甚感喜欢，暗想自己亲自出手，在鳌拜背上插了一刀，此事如果传了出去，颇失为人君的风度。又想：“小桂子今天的功劳大得无以复加，可说是救了我的性命。可惜他是个太监，不论我怎么提拔，也总是个太监。祖宗定下严规，不许太监干政，看来只有多赏他些银子了。” 康亲王办事十分迅速，过不多时，已领了几名亲信的王公大臣齐来请安，回禀说鳌拜的羽党已大部成擒，宫中原有侍卫均已奉旨出宫，不留一人，请皇上另派领内侍卫大臣，另选亲信侍卫护驾。康熙甚喜，说道：“办得很妥当！” 几名亲王、贝勒、文武大臣见到上书房中八名小太监被鳌拜打得脑盖碎裂、肠穿骨断的惨状，无不惊骇，齐声痛骂鳌拜大逆不道。当下刑部尚书亲自将鳌拜押了下去收禁。王公大臣们说了许多恭颂圣安的话，便要退出去商议，如何定鳌拜之罪。 康亲王杰书禀承康熙之意，嘱咐众人道：“皇上仁孝，不欲杀戮太众，惊动了太皇太后和皇太后，因此鳌拜大逆不道之事，不必暴之于朝，只须将他平素把持政事、横蛮不法的罪状，一桩桩的列出来便是。”王公大臣齐声称颂圣德。 行刺皇帝，非同小可，鳌拜固然要凌迟处死，连他全族老幼妇孺，以及同党的家人、族人，无一能够幸免，这一件大案办下来，牵累一广，少说也要死数千之众。康熙虽恨鳌拜跋扈，却也不愿乱加罪名于他头上，更不愿累及无辜。 康熙亲政时日已经不短，但一切大小政务，向来都由鳌拜处决，朝中官员一直只听鳌拜的话办事，今日拿了鳌拜，见王公大臣的神色忽然不同，对自己恭顺敬畏得多。康熙直到此刻，方知为君之乐，又向韦小宝瞧了一眼，见他缩在一角，一言不发，心想：“这小子不多说话，乖觉得很。” 众大臣退出去后，索额图道：“皇上，上书房须得好好打扫，是否请皇上移驾，到寝宫休息？”康熙点点头，由康亲王和索额图伴向寝宫。韦小宝不知是否该当跟去，正踌躇间，康熙向他点了点头，道：“你跟我来。”
康亲王和索额图在寝宫外数百步处便已告辞。皇宫的内院，除了后妃公主、太监宫女之外，外臣向来不得涉足。 韦小宝跟着康熙进内，本来料想皇帝的寝宫定是金碧辉煌，到处镶满了翡翠白玉，墙壁上的夜明珠少说也有二三千颗，晚上不用点灯。哪知进了寝宫，也不过是一间寻常屋子，只被褥枕头之物都是黄绸所制、绣以龙凤花纹而已，一见之下，大失所望，心道：“比我们扬州丽春院中的房间，可也神气不了多少。” 康熙喝了宫女端上来的一碗参汤，吁了口长气，说道：“小桂子，跟我去见皇太后。” 其时康熙尚未大婚，寝宫和皇太后所居慈宁宫相距不远。到得皇太后的寝宫，康熙自行入内，命韦小宝在门外相候。 韦小宝等了良久，无聊起来，心想：“我学了海老公教的'大慈大悲千叶手'，皇上学了'八卦游龙掌'，可是今儿跟鳌拜打架，什么千叶手、游龙掌全不管用，还是靠我小白龙韦小宝出到撒香灰、砸香炉的下三滥手段，这才大功告成。那些武功再学下去也没什么好玩了，在皇宫中老是假装太监，向小玄子磕头，也气闷得很。鳌拜已
When Kangxi waited for him to leave the room, he immediately jumped out of the chair and said with a smile, "Xiao Guizi, you have discovered this secret." Wei Xiaobao said: "Your Majesty, I... this really deserves to be damned. I never knew you were the Emperor, so it's very bold to touch you." Kangxi sighed, and said: "Oh, after you know it, you don't dare to fight with me again, it will be very boring." Wei Xiaobao smiled and said: "As long as you don't feel strange, I will still fight with you in the future, that's okay " Kangxi was overjoyed, and said: "Okay, it's settled, if you don't really fight, you are not a good man." He stretched out his hand.Firstly Wei Xiaobao didn't know the rules of the court, and secondly he was a lazy person who was not afraid of anything, so he immediately reached out to shake hands with him, and said with a smile: "If you don't really fight from now on, you won't be a good man." The two held hands tightly, haha laugh. Since the crown prince was born, he was doomed to be an emperor in the future. His upbringing and teaching since he was a child was completely different from ordinary people. Every move he made was watched by everyone, and he really had no freedom.Prisoners can speak freely in the prison, and can always act freely in the cell, but the restraint the crown prince suffers is a hundred times more severe than that of the prisoner.The teachers and guards who were in charge of teaching, and the eunuchs and maids who took care of daily life, fearing that something might happen to the prince, were trembling all day long, as if they were facing an abyss, like walking on thin ice.As long as the prince's words and deeds are half casual, the master will advise him earnestly, lest he will offend the emperor.The prince wanted to wear one less piece of clothing, and the court ladies and eunuchs felt like a catastrophe was imminent, for fear that the prince would catch a cold.A person who has been under such strict supervision day and night from childhood to adulthood really lacks the joy of life.One of the reasons why there were so many foolish and tyrants in the dynasties was that as soon as the emperor gained freedom of action, he immediately vented the pent-up anger accumulated over the years. The various actions made people feel unbelievable, and most of them were just venting too much. Kangxi had also been under strict supervision since he was a child. It was not until he was in charge that he had to tell the maids and eunuchs to stay away from time to time and not to follow around.But in front of his mother and all the ministers, he still followed the rules and pretended to be a young and old man. When he met all the court ladies and eunuchs, he always put on the emperor's airs and dared not be casual. In his life, he didn't even laugh a few times. But it is human nature for young people to love to play and make trouble, even emperors and beggars are no different.In ordinary people's homes, any boy can scream, jump, fight, and make trouble with his playmates every day, but this young emperor has to make do with the situation in order to have this "blessed fate".Only when he was with Wei Xiaobao, he could be unrestrained, put aside the airs of the emperor, and indulge in wrestling, it was a joy he had never experienced in his life, these days, he often wrestled and played with Wei Xiaobao in his sleep. He took Wei Xiaobao's hand and said: "When there are people, you call me the emperor, and when there are no one, we are still the same as before." Wei Xiaobao smiled: "That would be the best. I never dreamed that you are the emperor I also thought that the emperor was an old man with a white beard." Kangxi thought to himself: "When the father died, he was only 24 years old, and he was not an old man with a white beard. Why don't you know anything?" He asked, "Did Mr. Hai never tell you about me? Wei Xiaobao shook his head and said, "No. He just taught me Kung Fu. Your Majesty, who taught you Kung Fu?" Kangxi laughed and said, "We said that when there is no one, it is still the same as before. Why do you call me the Emperor?" Already?" Wei Xiaobao smiled and said, "Yes, I'm a little flustered." Kangxi sighed, and said: "I expected that after you know that I am the emperor, you will never fight with me like before." Wei Xiaobao smiled and said: "I will definitely fight as before, I'm afraid it will not be easy Hey, Xiao Xuanzi, who taught you your martial arts?" Kangxi said: "I can't tell you. Why are you asking?" Wei Xiaobao said: "Oboi thinks he is good at martial arts, so he tortured you It looks like he wants to hit someone. I think your master is very skilled in martial arts, so let's ask your master to deal with him." Kangxi smiled slightly, shook his head and said, "No way, how can my master do such a thing?" Wei Xiaobao said: "It's a pity that my master Hai Laogong is blind, otherwise if you invite him to fight Oboi, you will probably win him too. Ah, yes, tomorrow we will join hands and fight him, what do you think? This Although Oboi is the number one warrior in Manchuria, if we stand shoulder to shoulder, we may not lose to him." Kangxi was overjoyed.Shouted: "Wonderful, wonderful!" But then he realized that this matter is definitely difficult, shook his head, and sighed: "The emperor fights with the ministers, that's out of the question." Wei Xiaobao said: "It's good that you are not the emperor. Already!" Kangxi nodded, for a moment, he was envious of Wei Xiaobao, a little eunuch who could do whatever he liked, even though he was in the palace, he was at ease.Thinking of Oboi's furious, menacing and striding forward just now, he can't help but feel lingering fear, thinking: "This man is so rude to me, he must kill whoever he wants to kill, and he doesn't take me in the slightest Li. Is he the emperor or am I the emperor? It’s just that he is in charge of the guards in the central palace, and the soldiers of the Eight Banners are also assigned to him. I will kill him according to the decree. I will kill him. I have to change the head of the bodyguards first, then withdraw his military power, then remove him from the position of auxiliary minister, and finally push him out of the Meridian Gate and behead him for public display, so as to vent my hatred." But after thinking about it again, this strategy is also wrong, as soon as the chief guard is changed, Oboi will know that he is going to deal with him, this person has great power, if he strikes first, he will suffer disaster, so he can only keep calm for now , I will talk about it when I think of a proper way. He didn't want to appear to have no idea in front of Wei Xiaobao, he said: "You go back to Mr. Hai right now, learn your skills hard, we will still compete there tomorrow." Wei Xiaobao replied: "Yes." Kangxi said again: " When you see me and Oboi, you are not allowed to mention it to anyone." Wei Xiaobao said: "Yes. There is no one else here, I will leave as soon as I want, and I will not kowtow to you." Kangxi laughed, waved his hand and said: "No need It’s gone. Tomorrow is still a dead date, see you soon.”
Although Wei Xiaobao didn't steal the "Forty-Two Chapters", but he found that the person who competed with him every day turned out to be the emperor, he was very excited.Fortunately, Mr. Hai is blind, so he couldn't see any difference in his expression, but he felt that he was very talkative today, and he didn't know what happy things happened, so he tried a few words.Wei Xiaobao was very vigilant, not revealing anything. The next day Wei Xiaobao went to compete with Kangxi, he wanted to fight in the usual way, but since he knew that he was the emperor, even though he defended himself tightly, his counterattacks were naturally weak.Kangxi understood his intentions, and did not use all his strength when attacking, thinking that the opponent had scruples, so if he attacked with all his strength, it would be ineffective to win.After only fighting for a moment, Wei Xiaobao had already lost two rounds. Kangxi sighed, and asked, "Xiao Guizi, what did you do in my study yesterday?" Wei Xiaobao said, "Wen Youdao had a fever yesterday and couldn't get up. His brother asked me to help clean up the study. I I'm not used to it, my hands and feet are slow, I don't want to meet you." He said it seriously, not only did not change his face, but he almost believed it himself. Kangxi said: "After you know that I am the emperor, we can no longer really fight."Wei Xiaobao said: "I also don't think it's very exciting to fight today." Kangxi suddenly thought of it and said, "I have a way. Since we can't fight anymore, I can only watch you fight with others. It's good to have fun. Come on. , you come with me to change clothes, let's go to the cloth warehouse." Wei Xiaobao said: "Where is the cloth warehouse? Is it a warehouse for cloth?" Kangxi smiled and said: "No. The cloth warehouse is a place where warriors practice martial arts and wrestle. "Wei Xiaobao clapped his hands and laughed, "That's great!" Kangxi went back to change clothes, Wei Xiaobao followed behind.As soon as Kangxi changed his robes, the sixteen eunuchs hugged each other and went to the cloth storeroom to watch the warriors wrestle, they looked solemn and stopped joking with Wei Xiaobao. Seeing the emperor approaching, all the warriors fought with each other with all their might.Kangxi looked at it for a while, called a big fat warrior over, and said: "There is a little eunuch next to me who has also learned a little wrestling. You can teach him a few moves." Turning to Wei Xiaobao, he said: "You learn from him. . " As he spoke, his left eye narrowed.Both of them have already seen that although this warrior is tall and big, he is clumsy, it seems that he is not Wei Xiaobao's opponent. After the two left the arena, they wrestled for a few turns, Wei Xiaobao resorted to a stance of "Pushing the boat with the current", trying to push the warrior out.Unexpectedly, the warrior was too heavy, no matter what he said, he would not fall down.The warrior leader turned his back and winked.The big fat warrior understood, pretended to be staggering, and fell to the ground, unable to get up for a while.All the warriors and eunuchs cheered in unison. Kangxi liked it very much, and ordered the eunuch to reward Wei Xiaobao with a piece of silver, thinking to himself: "This little Guizi's martial arts is not as good as mine, if he can overthrow this big fat guy, I can do it too." The Honorable Yu Wancheng couldn't do anything at all, so he sighed and said to the eunuch, "You go and choose thirty young eunuchs, all of whom are fourteen or fifteen years old, and tell them to come here every day to practice kung fu. Those who learn quickly, like this little Guizi, will be rewarded." The eunuch smiled and agreed, thinking that the emperor is a child at heart, and wants to make some new things.
When Wei Xiaobao returned to the house, Old Man Hai asked about the process of today's martial arts competition with Xiaoxuanzi.Wei Xiaobao spoke vividly and vividly, it seemed that there was a big battle, and the two sides fought extremely fiercely.But after Mr. Hai asked carefully, he immediately found the flaw, and asked with a sullen face: "What's the matter with Xiaoxuanzi? Did you get sick today?" Wei Xiaobao said: "No, but he is not in good spirits." Mr. Hai snorted , Said: "From the beginning to the end, tell me every move and every move." Wei Xiaobao knew that he hadn't kept it from him, so he had to tell the truth in detail. Mr. Hai raised his head, and said slowly: "You can obviously turn his head to the left with this move, but you want to pick him up, so you lose. It's not that you don't know how, but you are deliberately letting him , what is the reason?" Wei Xiaobao smiled and said: "I didn't let him on purpose. It's just that he played politely, so I was merciful. I have become good friends with him, so naturally we can't fight too much." Thinking that he and the emperor are "good friends ", I couldn't help being very proud. Hai Laogong said: "You became good friends with him? Hmph, but your style of play is not to show mercy, but to dare not touch him. You finally...you finally know?" Wei Xiaobao was startled, and said in a trembling voice: "Know...know what?" Mr. Hai said, "Did he say it himself, or did you guess it?" Wei Xiaobao said, "What are you talking about! I don't understand." Hai The husband sternly said, "Tell me the truth! Cough...cough...how do you know Xiao Xuanzi's identity?" He reached out and grabbed his left wrist. Wei Xiaobao immediately felt pain to the marrow, the bones in his hand were crackling, as if he was about to break, he shouted: "Surrender, surrender!" Hai Laogong said: "How do you know?" His hands strengthened instead.Wei Xiaobao called out: "Hey, hey, you...you...do you understand the rules? I've already asked you to surrender, but you still don't want to let go?" Mr. Hai said, "If I ask you a question, you should answer it properly." Wei Xiaobao said: "Okay, if you already know who Xiao Xuanzi is, I'll tell you the reason. Otherwise, you'll crush me to death, and I won't tell." Hai Laogong said: "What's so strange about that? Little Xuanzi is the emperor, I already knew it when I first taught you the 'Great Capture Hand'." He let go of his hand. Wei Xiaobao happily said: "So you already knew about it, but it was hard to keep it from me. Then it doesn't matter if I tell you." So he told about the incident of bumping into Kangxi and Oboi in the upper study room yesterday, and talked about today's meeting in the cloth warehouse He knocked down a big fat samurai in the middle of the battle, and his eyebrows were beaming again.Mr. Hai listened very carefully and kept interjecting to ask questions. After Wei Xiaobao finished speaking, he said again: "The emperor ordered me not to tell you. If you leak it out, both of us will be beheaded." Mr. Hai said coldly: "The emperor is good friends with you, so I won't kill you." You will only kill me." Wei Xiaobao said triumphantly: "It's good that you know." Mr. Hai pondered for a while, and said: "The emperor wants thirty young eunuchs to practice martial arts together. What is that for? Most likely he just wants to fight with you, and he is not satisfied with fighting with you. He wants to find some young eunuchs to be beaten by him." Standing up , circled a dozen circles in the room, and said, "Xiao Guizi, do you want to please the emperor?" Wei Xiaobao said: "He is my good friend, making him happy is also the principle of being a friend." Hai Laogong said sharply: "I have a word, you should keep it in your heart. From now on, the emperor will say that he is friends with you, and you will not accept it no matter what. What are you, can you really be friends with the emperor? He is still an old man today. Children, how can you take it seriously when you talk about being happy? If you talk nonsense, be careful of the head on your neck. " Wei Xiaobao also thought that such words should not be spoken casually, but Mr. Jing Hai woke up a little bit when he spoke so harshly, stuck out his tongue, and said, "I won't say anything about killing my head in the future. But after the head falls to the ground, can I still open my mouth to speak?" , I'm afraid the older ones are a little particular about this." Old Man Hai snorted and said, "Do you want to learn superior martial arts?" Wei Xiaobao happily said: "You are willing to teach me superior martial arts, that's what I wish for. Father-in-law, you are so good at martial arts, wouldn't it be a pity that you don't accept a disciple to pass it down?" Hai Laogong said: "There are many treacherous and treacherous people in the world, and they are honest and honest. There are few. What's the point of taking in a bad disciple and letting him murder Master?" Wei Xiaobao's mind moved: "I blinded him, is there some reason in his mind? This matter is life-threatening, we must investigate it clearly and clearly." But seeing that his expression was dull, there was no sign of anger, Then he said: "Yes, if you are trustworthy and loyal to you, it is not easy to find. I am afraid that I am the only one in this world. Eunuch, what do you think I am going to the study? I am taking a risk." The danger of beheading, I want to steal the "Forty-two Chapters" to you. It's just that there are thousands of books in the emperor's study, and I don't know how to read..." Old Man Hai interjected, "Well, you're not very literate!" Wei Xiaobao's heart skipped a beat: "Ah, that's not good! I don't know if Xiaoguizi can read a lot. If he can read a lot, I'd be showing off." He hurriedly said: "I searched and searched, and I also searched for it. I don’t want to read the "Forty-two Chapters". But it doesn’t matter, I can go to the study room from time to time, and I can always teach this book to become a sheep that steals the sheep, and Ye Di steals the peaches." Mr. Hai said: "It's good that you haven't forgotten." Wei Xiaobao said: "How could I forget? Your father-in-law treats me really well. If I don't find a way to repay you well, I will really be in vain in this life." Mr. Hai He murmured: "Well, if I don't think of a way to repay you well, I will really be in vain for the rest of my life." Wei Xiaobao heard these two words coldly, and couldn't help but get hairs on his back, peeping at his face, But there was no clue to be found, thinking: "The old tortoise is very powerful. He knew that Xiao Xuanzi was the emperor, but he didn't reveal the slightest bit. I have to be careful, if he knows that I blinded his eyes Well, if I, Wei Xiaobao, can still keep this pair of eyeballs, then God must have lost the eyeballs." The two faced each other silently.Wei Xiaobao moved half a step towards the door, as soon as he saw that Mr. Hai's expression was slightly unkind, he immediately rushed out, determined to escape from the palace and never come back. But I heard Mr. Hai say: "You will never be able to wrestle with the emperor with the big grabbing hand. If you continue to learn this kung fu, it will be a method of dividing muscles and bones. How can you use it on the emperor if you take off people's joints and break people's muscles and bones?" Body?" Wei Xiaobao said: "Yes!" Hai Laogong said: "I will teach you a kung fu from today, it is called 'Great Mercy and Great Compassion Qianye Shou'." Wei Xiaobao said: "The name is strange, I have only heard of Great Mercy and Great Compassion, Save suffering, Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva." Mr. Hai asked, "Have you seen Avalokitesvara with Thousand Hands?" Wei Xiaobao said, "Avalokitesvara with Thousand Hands? I have seen that Avalokitesvara Bodhisattva has many hands. Each hand holds different things, some are water bottles, There are some branches, baskets and bells, which are very interesting." Hai Laogong said, "Did you see them in the Yangzhou temple?" Wei Xiaobao said: "In the Yangzhou Temple?" This shock was really serious, he rushed to the door with one stride, and wanted to grab the door and get out. Hai Laogong said: "Avalokitesvara with Thousand Hands? The only temple in Yangzhou in the world has it. You have never been to a temple in Yangzhou. How can you see Avalokitesvara with Thousand Hands?" There is only the Thousand-Handed Avalokitesvara in the temple, and you are almost scared to pee." He hurriedly said, "How could I have been to Yangzhou? Where is Yangzhou? I heard about the Thousand-handed Avalokitesvara, but I have never seen it before." I want to brag a few words in front of your old man, with a high air, but I don’t know that you are well-informed, and you have pierced my cowhide in one fell swoop.” Hai Laogong sighed: “It’s hard to pierce your slippery cowhide. It's really not easy." Wei Xiaobao said: "Easy, easy. I told a lie, and in less than half an hour, I pierced the diorama for you old man." Mr. Hai hummed, and asked, "Are you cold? Why don't you put on more clothes?" Wei Xiaobao said, "I'm not cold." Mr. Hai said, "Why is your voice trembling?" Wei Xiaobao said, "Just now There's a cold wind blowing, now it's all right." Hai Laogong said: "It's windy by the door, don't stand at the door." Wei Xiaobao said: "Yes, yes!" After taking a few steps, he still dare not go to Hai Laogong's side. Hai Laogong said: "This 'Great Mercy and Great Compassion Qianye Hand' is a Buddhist kung fu, it can restrain opponents without killing others, it is the most benevolent kung fu in the world." Wei Xiaobao happily said: "This kung fu is not Knowing how to kill and hurt others, and fighting with the emperor, that would be the best thing." Hai Laogong said: "However, this kung fu is very difficult to learn, there are many moves, but it is not easy to remember them all." Wei Xiaobao smiled and said: "Since there are many moves, it doesn't matter if you don't remember them all, for most of them are forgotten, there are still quite a few left." Mr. Hai said: "Hmph, lazy boy, you have been thinking of being lazy before you learn kung fu. You don't want to learn high-quality kung fu in your whole life." Wei Xiaobao said: "Yes, yes. You have to learn how powerful you are. Martial arts, my whole life is of course an old cat with salted fish on its nose, sniffing fish, sniffing fish (don’t think about it).” I thought: “Even if you practice martial arts exactly like you, in the end people will still be blinded, you old tortoise. happy?" Hai Laogong said: "Come here." Wei Xiaobao said: "Yes!" After walking a few steps, he was still a few feet away from Hai Laogong.Hai Laogong said: "Are you afraid that I will eat you?" Wei Xiaobao smiled and said: "My meat is sour and not very tasty." Hai Laogong raised his left hand and shot out suddenly.Wei Xiaobao was startled, he dodged to the right, suddenly he patted twice on the back, he was hit by Old Man Hai, he immediately fell to his knees and couldn't move, he was terrified: "This is too bad, he...he wants to Take my life." Hai Laogong said: "This is the first move of the 'Great Mercy and Great Compassion Qianye Hand', called 'Nanhai Lifo'. You have already hit two acupuncture points on your back, but acupuncture is very difficult to practice. With the above-mentioned internal strength as the foundation, if you compete with the emperor, can you really hit his acupoints and make him kneel in front of you? You just need to memorize the technique and put on a show, and that's it." As he spoke, he stretched out his hands on the two sides of his vest. Press on the acupuncture points.Wei Xiaobao's hands and feet were able to move immediately, his mind was settled, he stood up slowly, and thought: "It turns out that the old tortoise taught me kung fu, but it scared me out of my body, I don't know if I have returned to my body now." That day Mr. Hai only taught three moves, and said: "The first day is particularly difficult, if you put your heart into it, you can learn a few more moves."
Wei Xiaobao didn't go to gamble the next day, and at noon, he went to wait for Kangxi in the small room of the competition, knowing that the cakes on the table were for the emperor, so he didn't dare to eat them again.After waiting for more than half an hour, Kangxi never came.Wei Xiaobao thought to himself: "That's right, he's not interested in fighting with me, so he won't come to play." So he went straight to the study.The guards outside the study door saw Kangxi taking Wei Xiaobao to the cloth warehouse yesterday, they had a very friendly expression, knowing that he was the emperor's favored little eunuch, they did not stop him. Wei Xiaobao walked into the study, and saw Kangxi kicking a leather stool, kicking again and again, with an angry expression on his face, he kept yelling: "Kick you to death, kick you to death!" Wei Xiaobao thought to himself: "He is here Do you want to practice kicking kung fu?" Not daring to step forward to disturb him, he quietly stood aside with his hands down. Kangxi kicked for a while, looked up to see Wei Xiaobao, smiled, and said: "I'm bored, come and play with me." Wei Xiaobao said: "Yes. Mr. Hai taught me a new kung fu called 'Great Mercy and Great Compassion Qianye Shou', which is much more powerful than the Great Grappling Hand he taught before. He said that after I learn it, you must You can't beat me." Kangxi said: "What kind of kung fu is that, show me." Wei Xiaobao said: "Okay! I'm going to hit you now!" Pulling out his moves, his palms flew up, "South China Sea worshiping Buddha", "Golden Jade Rubble", and "Human Breath", a total of three moves, the moves were swift, on Kangxi's vest and shoulders , left chest, right leg, and throat, and pat them lightly with your fingers.This "Great Mercy and Great Compassion Qianye Hand" has strange changes, and is quite different from the "Great Capture Hand".Kangxi was caught off guard, and he couldn't even escape.Wei Xiaobao's attack was very light, so naturally he didn't hurt him.In fact, although Wei Xiaobao has no internal strength, his physical strength is also extremely weak, even if it is a real fight, it doesn't matter if you hit him a few times.But such five hits in a row, after all, is unprecedented.Kangxi let out a "huh" and said joyfully, "This kung fu is very wonderful. Come back tomorrow, and I will also ask the master to teach you the best kung fu, and compare it with you." Wei Xiaobao said: "Very good, very good!" He returned to his residence and told Kangxi what he had said.Hai Laogong said: "I don't know what kind of kung fu his master taught, today you learn a few more Qianye Shou." This day Wei Xiaobao learned six more moves, which are "Looking at the Shadow in the Mirror", "Catching the Moon in the Water", "Catching the Moon in the Water". Floating clouds come and go", "Blisters come and go", "Bright in dreams", "Empty after sleep".These six moves are all vague and unpredictable moves, there are many imaginary moves and few real moves. Mr. Hai just asked Wei Xiaobao to memorize the moves, but he didn't explain the subtleties of the moves, and even whether the postures are correct or not. Mr. Hai couldn't see whether the position was right or not, and he didn't care about it.Wei Xiaobao saw that he was teaching casually, he was secretly happy, and said in his heart: "If you teach so-so, I will learn it vaguely, and the two of you will be fine if you just muddle along. If you want to be serious, I don't care. I have time to play with you in my spare time." The next day when Wei Xiaobao came to the imperial study, he saw four guards changed outside the door. While hesitating, one of the guards smiled and said: "Are you Gui Gonggong? The emperor ordered you to go in immediately." Wei Xiaobao was startled, and thought to himself "What Eunuch Gui?" But then he understood: "Eunuch Gui is Lao Tzu, this guard knows that I am the emperor's confidant, so he is more polite to me." He nodded with a smile and said: "It's a pleasure to meet, it's a pleasure to meet you, four Your surname?" The four guards told him their names.Wei Xiaobao said a few words politely.The guard surnamed Zhang smiled and said: "You can go in quickly, the emperor has asked you several times." Wei Xiaobao walked into the study.Kangxi jumped up from his chair, and said with a smile: "My master taught you how to break the three moves yesterday, let's try it now." Wei Xiaobao said: "Since your master said that you can break it, you can break it naturally, and you can do it naturally. No need to try." Kangxi said: "I must try it! You go to our martial arts competition hall quietly first, don't let others know, I will come later." Wei Xiaobao agreed, and went to that small room. Kangxi was a beginner in learning new tricks, and he was very impatient, and he came here in a short time.As soon as the two started to fight, Kangxi used ingenious techniques to dismantle all the three moves that Wei Xiaobao had learned on the first day, and even slapped Wei Xiaobao on the back shoulder. Wei Xiaobao saw that his moves were very clever, and he admired him too, and asked: "What is the name of your kung fu?" Kangxi said: "It's 'Bagua Youlongzhang'. My master said, your 'Great Mercy and Great Compassion Thousands of Swords' Ye Shou's moves are too many, it's troublesome to remember. Our 'Bagua Youlongzhang' only has eight, eight, sixty-four moves, but it changes repeatedly, and it can rival your Qianye Shou." Wei Xiaobao said: "Then what Is one skill better?" Kangxi said: "I also asked. The master said that both of them are superior palm techniques, and it is hard to say which one is better. Whoever has deep kung fu and uses it skillfully will win. " Wei Xiaobao said: "I learned another six moves yesterday, you should try it." Immediately use the six moves yesterday, although the second and third moves are completely forgotten, the fifth move is not used right at all.Kangxi still gave him seven or eight shots in a row, nodded and said: "Your six tricks are very clever, I'm going to learn the method of dismantling." Wei Xiaobao returned to his residence, and told Mr. Hai about Kangxi learning to practice "Bagua Youlongzhang".Mr. Hai nodded, and said: "My Shaolin school's Qianye Shou, the Wudang school's eight-diagram swimming dragon palm is the only one that can defeat it. His master's words are right. The two palms have their own advantages. Who can learn them well?" Okay, whoever is good." Wei Xiaobao said: "He is the emperor, how can I overtake him? Of course we should let him learn better." He refused to practice hard, so he arranged the situation first. Mr. Hai said: "You are too bad if you are too old, the emperor will not be interested in practicing with you." Wei Xiaobao said: "As the saying goes: A wise master will produce excellent disciples, and a strong general will have no weak soldiers. You are a wise master and a strong general. The people you teach will not be too bad. You old Wang'an, take it easy!" Mr. Hai shook his head and said, "Don't brag, the food on the table is getting cold, you Go drink that bowl of soup first!" Wei Xiaobao said: "I serve your old man to drink soup." Hai Laogong said: "I don't drink soup, I will cough after drinking soup." Don't cough." In the following months, Kangxi and Wei Xiaobao each learned moves and competed daily.The two of them didn't really fight, without the heart of fighting each other with all their strength, the fun of fighting would be greatly reduced. After all, the moves they learned were quite complicated, and dismantling them would change in many ways, but that's all. Wenbi is more like playing chess than fighting.Kangxi knew that Wei Xiaobao would never dare to kick his ass hard, so he was embarrassed to punch him hard on the head. Wei Xiaobao learned martial arts only to compete with the emperor, he didn't pay attention to it, he learned the latter and forgot the former.Kangxi's master obviously taught quite sloppily.The progress of the two was very slow, and the interest in the competition was also greatly reduced.It was several days later that Kangxi broke up with Wei Xiaobao. During these days, apart from fighting with Wei Xiaobao, Kangxi often took him to study with him.皇宫中侍卫太监，都知尚膳监的小太监小桂子眼下是皇上跟前第一个红人，大家见到他时都不敢直呼“小桂子”，都是桂公公长，桂公公短的，叫得又恭敬又亲热。 韦小宝要讨好海老公，每日出入上书房，总想将那部《四十二章经》偷出来给他，可是寻来寻去，始终不见。
这日康熙和韦小宝练过武后，脸色郑重，低声道：“小桂子，咱们明天要办一件大事，你早些到书房来等我。”韦小宝应道：“是。”他知道皇帝不爱多说话，他不说是什么事，自己就不能多问。 次日一早，他便到上书房侍候。康熙低声道：“我要你办一件事，你有没有胆子？”韦小宝道：“你叫我办事，我还怕什么？”康熙道：“这件事非同小可，办得不妥，你我俱有性命之忧。”韦小宝微微一惊，说道：“最多我有性命之忧。你是皇帝，谁敢害你？再说，你照看着我，我说什么也不能有性命之忧。”心想须得把话说在前头，我韦小宝如有性命之忧，唯你皇帝是问，你可不能置之不理。 康熙道：“鳌拜这厮横蛮无礼，心有异谋，今日咱们要拿了他，你敢不敢？” 韦小宝在宫中已久，除了练武和陪伴康熙之外，极少玩耍，近几个月来海老公不许自己再去跟温氏兄弟他们赌钱，只有偶尔偷偷去赌上一手，而跟康熙比武，更是越来越没劲，正感气闷，听得要拿鳌拜，不由得大喜，忙道：“妙极，妙极！我早说咱二人合力斗他一斗。就算他是满洲第一勇士，你我武功都已练得差不多了，决不怕他。” 康熙摇头道：“我是皇帝，不能亲自动手。鳌拜这厮身兼领内侍卫大臣，宫中侍卫都是他的亲信心腹。他一知我要拿他，多半就会造反。众侍卫同时动手，你我固然性命不保，连太皇太后、皇太后也会遭难。因此这件事当真危险得紧。” 韦小宝一拍胸膛，说道：“那么我到宫外等他，乘他不备，一刀刺死了他。要是刺他不死，他也不知是你的意思。” 康熙道：“这人武功十分了得，你年纪还小，不是他对手。何况在宫门之外，他卫士众多，你难以近身，就算真的刺死了他，只怕你也会给他的卫士们杀了。我倒另有个计较。”韦小宝道：“是。”康熙道：“待会他要到我这里来奏事，我先传些小太监来在这里等着。你见我手中的茶盏跌落，便扑上去扭住他。十几名小太监同时拥上，拉手拉脚，让他施展不出武功。倘若你还是不成，我只好上来帮忙。” 韦小宝喜道：“此计妙极，你有刀子没有？这件事可不能弄糟，要是拿他不住，我便一刀将他杀了。”他在杀了小桂子之初，靴筒中带得有匕首，后来得知小玄子便是皇帝，和康熙对拆掌法，时常纵跃窜跳，生怕匕首从靴中跌了出来，除了当值的带刀侍卫，在宫中带刀那可是杀头的罪名，就此不敢随身再带了。 康熙点了点头，拉开书桌抽屉，取出两把黄金为柄的匕首，一把交给了韦小宝，一把插入自己靴筒。韦小宝也将匕首插入靴筒，只觉血脉贲张，全身皆热，呼呼喘气，说道：“好家伙，咱们干他的！” 康熙道：“你去传十二名小太监来。”韦小宝答应了，出去呼传。这些小太监在布库房中练习扑击已有数月，虽然没什么武功，但拉手扳脚的本事却都已不差。康熙向十二名小太监道：“你们练了好几个月，也不知有没有长进。待会有个大官儿进来，这人是咱们朝里的扑击好手，我让他试试你们的功夫。你们一见我将茶盏摔在地下，便即一拥而上，冷不防的十二个打他一个。要是能将他按倒在地，令他动弹不得，我重重有赏。”说着拉开书桌的抽屉，取出十二只五十两的元宝，道：“赢得了他，每人一只元宝，倘若输了，十二个人一齐斩首。这等懒惰无用的家伙，留着干什么？”最后这两句话说得声色俱厉。 十二名小太监一齐跪下，说道：“奴才们自当奋力为皇上办事。” 康熙笑道：“那又是什么办事了？我只是考考你们，且瞧谁学得用心，谁在贪懒。” 韦小宝暗暗佩服：“他在小太监面前也不露半点口风，以防这些小鬼沉不住气，在鳌拜面前露出了马脚。” 众小太监起身后，康熙从桌上拿起一本书，翻开来看。韦小宝听他低声吟哦，居然声不颤、手不抖，面临大事，镇定如恒，自己手心中却是一阵冷汗，又是一阵发热，心下暗骂：“韦小宝你这小王八蛋，这一下你可给小玄子比下去啦。你武功不及他，定力也不及他。”转念又想：“他是皇帝，自然胆子该比我大些。那也没什么了不起。倘若我做皇帝，当然胜过他了。”但内心隐隐又觉得未免难以自圆其说。 过了好半晌，门外靴声响起，一名侍卫叫道：“鳌少保见驾，皇上万福金安。”康熙道：“鳌少保进来罢！”鳌拜掀起门帷，走了进来，跪下磕头。 康熙笑道：“鳌少保，你来得正好，我这十几名小太监在练摔交。听说你是我满洲勇士中武功第一，你来指点他们几招如何？”鳌拜微笑道：“皇上有兴，臣自当效力。” 康熙笑道：“小桂子，你吩咐外面侍卫们下去休息，不听传呼，不用进来伺候。”说着笑了笑，向鳌拜扮个鬼脸，鳌拜哈哈一笑。韦小宝走出去吩咐。 康熙低声道：“鳌少保，你劝我别读汉人的书，我想你的话很对，咱们还是在书房里摔交玩儿的好，不过别让人听到了。要是给皇太后知道了，可又要逼我读书啦。”鳌拜大喜，连声道：“对，对，对！皇上这主意挺高明，汉人的书本儿，读了有什么用？” 韦小宝回进书房，道：“侍卫们多谢皇上恩典，都退下去啦。” 康熙笑道：“好，咱们玩咱们的。小监们，十二个人分成六对，打来瞧瞧。” 十二名小太监卷袖束带，分成六对，扑击起来。 鳌拜笑吟吟的观看，见这些小太监武功平平，笑着摇了摇头。康熙拿起茶盏喝了一口，笑道：“鳌少保，小孩儿们本事还使得吗？”鳌拜笑道：“将就着瞧瞧，也过得去！”康熙笑道：“跟你鳌少保比，那自然不成！”身子微侧，手一松，呛啷一声，茶盏掉在地下，呼叫出声：“啊哟！” 鳌拜一怔，说道：“皇上……”两个字刚出口，身后十二名小太监已一齐扑了上来，扳手攀臂，抱腰扯腿，同时进攻。康熙哈哈大笑，说道：“鳌少保留神。”鳌拜只道少年皇帝指使小太监试他功夫，微微一笑，双臂分掠，四名小太监跌了出去。他还不敢使力太过，生怕伤了众小监，左腿轻扫，又扫倒了两名，随即哈哈大笑。余下众小监记着皇上“若是输了，十二个人一齐斩首”的话，出尽了吃奶的力气，牢牢抱住他腰腿。 韦小宝早已闪在他身后，看准了他太阳穴，狠命一掌。鳌拜只感头脑一阵晕眩，心下微感恼怒：“这些小监儿好生无礼。”左臂倏地扫出，将三个小太监猛推出去，转过身来，胸口又吃了韦小宝一拳。韦小宝这两下偷袭，手法算得甚快，但他全无力道，打中的虽是鳌拜的要害之处，却无效用。鳌拜见偷袭自己之人竟是皇帝贴身的小太监，隐隐觉得有些不妙，但毕竟不信皇帝是要这些小孩儿来擒拿自己，左掌一伸，往韦小宝右肩按了下去。 韦小宝使一招“觉后空空”，左掌在鳌拜面前晃了两下。鳌拜一低头，砰的一声，胸口已吃了一腿。韦小宝却“啊”的一声叫了出来，原来这一腿踢在他胸口，便如踢中了一堵墙壁一般，自己脚上反是一阵剧痛。鳌拜见他连使杀着，又惊又怒，混斗之际，也不及去想皇帝是何用意，只想推开众小监的纠缠，先将韦小宝收拾了下来。可是众小监抱腰的抱腰，拉腿的拉腿，摔脱了几名，余下的又扑将上来。 康熙拍手笑道：“鳌少保，只怕你要输了。” 鳌拜奋拳正要往韦小宝头顶打落，听得康熙这么说，心道：“原是跟我闹着玩的，怎能跟小孩子们一般见识？”手臂一偏，劲力稍收，拍的一声响，这拳打在韦小宝右肩，只使了一成力。但他力大无穷，当年战阵中与明军交锋，双手抓起明军官兵四下乱掷，来去如风，当者披靡。韦小宝只马马虎虎的学过几个月武功，又是个小孩，虽有众小监相助，却如何奈得了他？这一拳打将下来，韦小宝一个踉跄，向前摔倒，顺势左肘撞出，正撞在鳌拜腰眼之中。鳌拜笑骂：“你这小娃娃，倒狡猾得很！”右手在韦小宝背上轻轻一推。韦小宝扑地倒了，站起身来，手中已多了一柄匕首，猱向鳌拜扑去。 鳌拜蓦地见到他手中多了一柄明晃晃的刀子，呆了一呆，叫道：“你……你干什么？”韦小宝笑道：“我用刀子，你空手，咱们斗斗！”鳌拜喝道：“快放开刀子，皇上跟前，不得动凶器。”韦小宝笑道：“好，放下就放下！”俯身将匕首往靴筒中插去。这时仍有七八个小太监扭住了鳌拜，韦小宝突然向前一跌，似乎立足不住，身子撞向鳌拜，挺刀戳出，想戳他肚子，不料鳌拜应变敏捷，迅速异常的一缩，这一刀刺中了他大腿。鳌拜一声怒吼，双手甩脱三名小太监，扠住了韦小宝的脖子。 康熙见韦小宝与众小太监抢夺不下鳌拜，势道不对，绕到鳌拜背后，拔出匕首，一刀插入了他背心。 鳌拜猛觉背心上微痛，立即背肌一收，康熙这一刀便刺得偏了，未中要害。鳌拜顺手掷开韦小宝，犹如旋风般转过身来，眼前一个少年，正是皇帝。 鳌拜一呆，康熙跃开两步。鳌拜大叫一声，终于明白皇帝要取自己性命，挥拳便向康熙打来。康熙侧身避过。鳌拜抓住两名小监，将他们脑袋对脑袋的一撞，二人登时头骨破裂。他跟着左手一拳，直打进一名小监的胸膛，右脚连踢，将四名小监踢得撞上墙壁，一个个筋折骨断，哼也没哼一声，便已死去，接着左足踹在一名抱住他右腿的小监肚上，那小监立时肚破肠裂。他霎时之间连杀八人，余下四名小监都吓得呆了，不知如何是好。 韦小宝手挺匕首，向他扑去。鳌拜左拳直击而出。韦小宝只感一股劲风扑面而至，气也喘不过来，挥匕首向他手臂插落。鳌拜手臂微斜，避过匕首，随即挥拳击出，打中韦小宝左肩。韦小宝身子飞出，掠过书桌，一交摔在香炉上，登时炉灰飞扬。 康熙始终十分沉着，使开“八卦游龙掌”和鳌拜游斗，但康熙在这路掌法上的造诣颇为有限，更遇到了鳌拜这等天生神勇的猛将，实在并无多大用处。鳌拜被他打中两掌，毫不在乎，左脚踢出，正中康熙右腿。康熙站立不定，向前伏倒。鳌拜吼声如雷，大呼：“大伙儿一起死了罢！”双拳往他头顶擂落。康熙和韦小宝扭打日久，斗室中应变的身法甚是熟练迅捷，眼见鳌拜拳到，当即一个打滚，滚到了书桌底下。 鳌拜左腿飞起，踢开书桌，右腿连环，又待往康熙身上踢去，突然间尘灰飞扬，双眼中都是细灰。鳌拜哇哇大叫，双手往眼中乱揉，右腿在身前飞快踢出，生恐敌人乘机来攻。 原来韦小宝见事势紧急，从香炉中抓起两把炉灰，向鳌拜撒去。香灰甚细，一落入鳌拜双眼，立时散开。鳌拜蓦地里左臂上一痛，却是韦小宝投掷匕首，刺不中他胸口要害，却插入了他手臂。这时书房中桌翻凳倒，乱成一团，韦小宝见鳌拜背后有张椅子，正是皇帝平时所坐的龙椅，当即奋力端起青铜香炉，跳上龙椅，对准了鳌拜后脑，奋力砸落。 这香炉是唐代之物，少说也有三十来斤重，鳌拜目不见物，难以闪避，砰的一声响，正中头顶。鳌拜身子一晃，摔倒在地，晕了过去。香炉破裂，鳌拜居然头骨不碎。 康熙大喜，叫道：“小桂子，真有你的。”他早已备下牛筋和绳索，忙在倒翻了的书桌抽屉中取将出来，和韦小宝两人合力，把鳌拜手足都绑住了。韦小宝已吓得全身都是冷汗，手足发抖，抽绳索也使不出力气，和康熙两人你瞧瞧我，我瞧瞧你，都是喜悦不胜。 鳌拜不多时便即醒转，大叫：“我是忠臣，我无罪！这般阴谋害我，我死也不服。” 韦小宝喝道：“你造反！带了刀子来到上书房，罪该万死。”鳌拜叫道：“我没带刀子！”韦小宝喝道：“你身上明明不是带着两把刀子？背上一把，手臂上一把，还敢说没带刀？”韦小宝强辞夺理，鳌拜怎辩得他过？何况鳌拜头顶给铜香炉重重一砸，背上和臂上分别插了一刀，虽非致命，却也受伤不轻，情急之下，只是气急败坏的大叫大嚷。 康熙见十二名小太监中死剩四人，说道：“你们都亲眼瞧见了，鳌拜这厮犯上作乱，竟想杀我。”四个小监惊魂未定，脸如土色，有一人连称：“是，是！”其余三人却一句话也说不出来。康熙道：“你们出去，宣我旨意，召康亲王杰书和索额图二人进来。刚才的事，一句话也不许提起，若有泄漏风声，小心你们的脑袋。”四名小监答应了出去。 鳌拜兀自大叫：“冤枉，冤枉！皇上亲手杀我顾命大臣，先帝得知，必不饶你！” 康熙脸色沉了下来，道：“想个法儿，叫他不能胡说！” 韦小宝应道：“是！”走过去伸出左手，捏住了鳌拜的鼻子。鳌拜张口透气，韦小宝右手拔下他臂上的匕首，往他口中乱刺数下，在地下抓起两把香灰，硬塞在他嘴里。鳌拜喉头荷荷几声，几乎呼吸停闭，哪里还说得出话来？韦小宝又拔下他背上的匕首，将一双匕首并排插在书桌上，自己守在鳌拜身旁，倘若见他稍有异动，立即便拔匕首戳他几刀。 康熙眼见大事已定，心下甚喜，见到鳌拜雄壮的身躯和满脸血污的狰狞神情，不由得暗自惊惧，又觉适才之举实在太过鲁莽，只道自己和小桂子学了这许久武艺，两人合力，再加上十二名练过摔交的小太监，定可收拾得了鳌拜，哪知道遇上真正的勇士，几名小孩子毫无用处，而自己和小桂子的武艺，只怕也并不怎么高明，若不是小桂子使计，此刻自己已被鳌拜杀了。这厮一不做、二不休，多半还会去加害太皇太后和皇太后。朝中大臣和宫中侍卫都是他的亲信，这厮倘若另立幼君，无人敢问他的罪。想到此处，不由得打了个寒噤。
等了好一会，四名小监宣召康亲王和索额图进来。二人一进上书房，眼见死尸狼藉，遍地血污，这一惊实是非同小可，立即跪下连连磕头，齐声道：“皇上万福金安。” 康熙道：“鳌拜大逆不道，携刀入宫，胆敢向朕行凶。幸好祖宗保祐，尚膳监小监小桂子会同众监，力拒凶逆，将其擒住。如何善后，你们瞧着办罢。” 康亲王和索额图向来和鳌拜不睦，受其排挤已久，陡见宫中生此大变，又惊又喜，再向皇帝请安，自陈疏于防范，罪过重大，幸得皇帝洪福齐天，百神呵护，鳌拜凶谋得以不逞。 康熙道：“行刺之事，你们不必向外人提起，以免太皇太后和皇太后受惊，传了出去，反惹汉官和百姓们笑话。鳌拜这厮罪大恶极，就无今日之事，也早已罪不容诛。” 康亲王和索额图都磕头道：“是，是！”心下都暗暗怀疑：“鳌拜这厮天生神勇，是我满洲第一勇士，真要行刺皇上，怎能为几名小太监所擒？这中间定然另有别情。”好在二人巴不得重重处分鳌拜，有什么内情不必多问，何况皇帝这么说，又有谁胆敢多问一句？ 康亲王道：“启奏皇上：鳌拜这厮党羽甚多，须得一网成擒，以防另有他变。让索大人在这里护驾，不可有半步离开圣驾。奴才去下传旨意，将鳌拜的党羽都抓了起来。圣意以为如何？”康熙点头道：“很好！”康亲王退了出去。 索额图细细打量小桂子，说道：“小公公，你今日护驾之功，可当真不小啊。” 小桂子道：“那是皇上的福气，咱们做奴才的有什么功劳？” 康熙见韦小宝并不居功，对适才这番激斗更只字不提，甚感喜欢，暗想自己亲自出手，在鳌拜背上插了一刀，此事如果传了出去，颇失为人君的风度。又想：“小桂子今天的功劳大得无以复加，可说是救了我的性命。可惜他是个太监，不论我怎么提拔，也总是个太监。祖宗定下严规，不许太监干政，看来只有多赏他些银子了。” 康亲王办事十分迅速，过不多时，已领了几名亲信的王公大臣齐来请安，回禀说鳌拜的羽党已大部成擒，宫中原有侍卫均已奉旨出宫，不留一人，请皇上另派领内侍卫大臣，另选亲信侍卫护驾。康熙甚喜，说道：“办得很妥当！” 几名亲王、贝勒、文武大臣见到上书房中八名小太监被鳌拜打得脑盖碎裂、肠穿骨断的惨状，无不惊骇，齐声痛骂鳌拜大逆不道。当下刑部尚书亲自将鳌拜押了下去收禁。王公大臣们说了许多恭颂圣安的话，便要退出去商议，如何定鳌拜之罪。 康亲王杰书禀承康熙之意，嘱咐众人道：“皇上仁孝，不欲杀戮太众，惊动了太皇太后和皇太后，因此鳌拜大逆不道之事，不必暴之于朝，只须将他平素把持政事、横蛮不法的罪状，一桩桩的列出来便是。”王公大臣齐声称颂圣德。 行刺皇帝，非同小可，鳌拜固然要凌迟处死，连他全族老幼妇孺，以及同党的家人、族人，无一能够幸免，这一件大案办下来，牵累一广，少说也要死数千之众。康熙虽恨鳌拜跋扈，却也不愿乱加罪名于他头上，更不愿累及无辜。 康熙亲政时日已经不短，但一切大小政务，向来都由鳌拜处决，朝中官员一直只听鳌拜的话办事，今日拿了鳌拜，见王公大臣的神色忽然不同，对自己恭顺敬畏得多。康熙直到此刻，方知为君之乐，又向韦小宝瞧了一眼，见他缩在一角，一言不发，心想：“这小子不多说话，乖觉得很。” 众大臣退出去后，索额图道：“皇上，上书房须得好好打扫，是否请皇上移驾，到寝宫休息？”康熙点点头，由康亲王和索额图伴向寝宫。韦小宝不知是否该当跟去，正踌躇间，康熙向他点了点头，道：“你跟我来。”
康亲王和索额图在寝宫外数百步处便已告辞。皇宫的内院，除了后妃公主、太监宫女之外，外臣向来不得涉足。 韦小宝跟着康熙进内，本来料想皇帝的寝宫定是金碧辉煌，到处镶满了翡翠白玉，墙壁上的夜明珠少说也有二三千颗，晚上不用点灯。哪知进了寝宫，也不过是一间寻常屋子，只被褥枕头之物都是黄绸所制、绣以龙凤花纹而已，一见之下，大失所望，心道：“比我们扬州丽春院中的房间，可也神气不了多少。” 康熙喝了宫女端上来的一碗参汤，吁了口长气，说道：“小桂子，跟我去见皇太后。” 其时康熙尚未大婚，寝宫和皇太后所居慈宁宫相距不远。到得皇太后的寝宫，康熙自行入内，命韦小宝在门外相候。 韦小宝等了良久，无聊起来，心想：“我学了海老公教的'大慈大悲千叶手'，皇上学了'八卦游龙掌'，可是今儿跟鳌拜打架，什么千叶手、游龙掌全不管用，还是靠我小白龙韦小宝出到撒香灰、砸香炉的下三滥手段，这才大功告成。那些武功再学下去也没什么好玩了，在皇宫中老是假装太监，向小玄子磕头，也气闷得很。鳌拜已