Chapter 25 Chapter 25: Wu Fei flees to the emperor's son with a white head and crows at Gong'e with pink powder on his back
Wei Xiaobao was being lifted and walked quickly, as if flying through the clouds and fog. Big trees passed by him, and he felt that he was running higher and higher, and he felt unspeakable fear in his heart: "This thief can't kill me with a single sword, it must be very big. Convinced. He wants to use another method, let's see if I, a bald little thief, will die if I am thrown from the peak." As expected, the monk in white suddenly let go and threw Wei Xiaobao down.
Wei Xiaobao yelled, followed his vest and landed on the ground, but it turned out that he just fell to the ground.The white-clothed monk looked at him coldly, and said: "I heard that the Shaolin sect has a magic art for protecting the body, which is invulnerable to swords and guns. I never thought that you, a young monk, can do it." Wei Xiaobao was slightly surprised when he heard the man's clear and soft voice, When I looked at the face, I saw a snow-white oval face, with curved eyebrows and worried phoenix eyes. She was actually a very beautiful woman, about thirty years old, but her head was shaved and there was a scar on her top. is a nun.
Wei Xiaobao was overjoyed: "Nuns are better at talking than monks." He hurriedly wanted to sit up, but felt a severe pain in his chest, but just now he stabbed her with a sword. It was too strong, and it caused him extreme pain. With an "ah yo", he fell over again.
The nun said coldly: "I don't know what is so great about Shaolin magic skills, it turns out it's nothing more than that."
Wei Xiaobao said: "To tell you the truth, the thirty-six Shaolin monks in the Daxiong Hall of Qingliang Temple, some are the heads of the Bodhidharma Academy, some of them are the heads of the Prajna Hall... ouch... ouch...the eighteen famous arhats of the Shaolin School are all there. Inside, all of them are top-ranking masters of the Shaolin School. Thirty-six of them are no match for your master alone... ouch..." After a pause, he continued: "If I had known this, I would have Not going to Shaolin Temple anymore, ouch...to worship Shitai as a teacher, it will be a hundred times higher."
A smile appeared on the stern face of the nun in white, and he asked, "What's your name? How many years have you studied in Shaolin Temple?"
Wei Xiaobao thought: "She assassinated the emperor and said that she wanted to avenge the emperor of the Ming Dynasty. Naturally, she turned against the Qing Dynasty and revived the Ming Dynasty. I just don't know whether she is a friend or an enemy with the Tiandihui, or it's better not to reveal it for now." Then he said: "I am Yangzhou An orphan from a poor family, his father was killed by Tartar soldiers, and he was sent to the palace as a young eunuch, called Xiao Guizi. Later..."
The white-clothed nun pondered: "Little eunuch Xiao Guizi? I seem to have heard your name. There was a treacherous official in the Tartar court, who was killed by a little eunuch. Who killed it?" Wei Xiaobao heard "Ao Bai "Bai" added the word "big treacherous minister" to his name, and hurriedly said: "Yes... I killed it." The nun in white was suspicious, and said: "You really killed it? That Oboi is very skilled in martial arts, and he is known as the first man in Manchuria." A warrior, how did you kill him?"
Wei Xiaobao sat up slowly, and talked about the process of capturing Oboi, how the little emperor ordered the attack, how he stabbed Oboi unexpectedly, how he threw incense ash into his eyes, and how he stabbed him on the back in the prison cell .He has said this matter several times, and every time he said it more, he would add more seasonings such as oil, salt, sauce and vinegar.
The nun in white listened quietly, sighed, and said to herself: "If that's true, the widows of the Zhuang family will really thank you." Wei Xiaobao said happily: "Your old man is talking about the third young lady of the Zhuang family? She thank you earlier Passed me, and gave me a girl called Shuang'er, she must be dying of anxiety at this time, she..." The nun in white asked: "How do you know the man from the Zhuang family?" Wei Xiaobao said truthfully. , and finally said: "If your old man doesn't believe it, you can ask Shuang'er to ask." The nun in white said: "You know the third young lady and Shuang'er, that's it. Why do you become a monk again?"
Wei Xiaobao thought that the matter of the old emperor's renunciation should be concealed, so he said: "The little emperor sent me to be his substitute to become a monk at Shaolin Temple, and later sent me to Qingliang Temple. I have learned very little martial arts from the Shaolin sect, in fact, even if I learn more For decades, I have learned all the Wei Tuo palm, Prajna palm, Nianhua grasping hand, etc., but it is useless in front of your old man."
The white-clothed nun's face suddenly darkened, and she said solemnly: "Since you are a Han, why do you accept a thief as your father and risk your life to protect the emperor? You are really a born slave!"
Wei Xiaobao felt chills in his heart, this sentence is really difficult to answer, at that time when the nun in white was assassinating Kangxi, he stood up to cover him in desperation, but he never thought of currying favor with the emperor, he only felt that Kangxi was the closest person in the world to him, like a relative Just like my brother, no one can kill him no matter what.
The nun in white said coldly: "The Manchurian Tartars came to snatch our world. They are not the worst villains. The worst are the Han people who work for tigers. They only want their own prosperity and wealth, and they can do anything." It hit Wei Xiaobao's face, and he said slowly: "I'll throw you off this mountain. Is your magical body protection still working?"
Wei Xiaobao said loudly: "Of course it doesn't work. In fact, there is no need to throw me down the mountain, just lightly slap my head, and my head will be broken into seventeen or eight pieces immediately."
The white-clothed nun said, "Then what good is there for you to curry favor with the Tartar Emperor?"
Wei Xiaobao said in a loud voice: "I'm not flattering him. The little emperor is my friend. He...he said that he would never pay more money and cherish the common people. We men in the Jianghu must be loyal and cherish the common people." In fact, he loved Kangxi There is indeed a sense of loyalty, cherishing the common people, but never dreaming about it, life and death are at stake, so I have to hold out this big hat to resist for a while.
A moment of hesitation flashed across the face of the nun in white, and he asked: "He said that he would never add a tax and cherish the common people?" Wei Xiaobao hurriedly said: "Yes, yes. I don't know if I have said it hundreds of times. He said that the Tartars After the emperor entered the customs, he massacred the common people. It should not have been done. The 10 days in Yangzhou and the three bets in Jiading are simply the work of animals. He was uneasy, so...so he wanted to go to Mount Wutai to burn incense and worship Buddha, and he ordered that he be excused. Three years of money and food in Yangzhou and Jiading." The nun in white nodded.Wei Xiaobao continued: "Oboi, a treacherous minister, killed many good people. The little emperor forbade him to do so, but he refused to listen. The little emperor was furious, so he asked me to kill him. Good teacher, if you kill the little emperor, the court will The Queen Mother is in charge of major affairs in the village. This old bitch is very bad. Once she takes power, she will play Yangzhou Ten Days and Jiading Three Gambling. If you want to kill the Tartars, you should kill the Queen Mother, the old bitch it is good."
The nun in white glared at him, and said: "Don't speak vulgar and rude words in front of me." Wei Xiaobao said: "Yes, yes! In front of your old man, for the next seventy or eighty years, I will never say anything Half a vulgar word."
The nun in white looked up at the white clouds in the sky, ignored him, and after a while, asked: "What's wrong with the Queen Mother?" Wei Xiaobao thought to himself: "The bad things the Queen Mother did have nothing to do with this teacher, I have to make up nonsense Put some crimes on her head." Said: "The Queen Mother said that now the world is under the Qing Dynasty, and the tombs of the seventeenth and eighth emperors of the Ming Dynasty should be dug up to see what treasures are in the graves, and she also said that the world's surname is Zhu. The Han people don’t really want it, so they should kill every family, lest they come and take back the Qing Dynasty..."
The nun in white was furious, she slapped the stone with her right hand, and the stone chips flew all over the place, she said sharply: "This woman is so vicious!"
Wei Xiaobao said: "Isn't it? I advised the little emperor that such things must never be done."
The nun in white snorted, and said: "What knowledge do you have, what reason can you explain, so that the little emperor will believe your words?"
Wei Xiaobao said: "My reasoning is quite profound. I said, Your Majesty, a person is always going to die. Of course you Manchus are in power in the world of heaven, but do you know whether the king of Yama in the underworld is a Han or a Manchu? Those judges, little ghosts, Bull head, horse face, black impermanence, white impermanence, are they Han Chinese or Manchurians? They are all Han Chinese. You bully Han people in Yangjian, even if you live to be a hundred years old, one day, you will be very bad. The little emperor said , Xiao Guizi, thank you for reminding me. So the little emperor didn't listen to a word of the empress dowager's bad ideas, but instead said that he would award the silver taels and overhaul the tomb of the Ming emperor, from Grandpa Hongwu to Emperor Chongzhen. By the way, What about King Fu, King Lu, King Tang, and King Gui? I can’t even remember the many emperors.”
The nun in white suddenly had red eyes, and she shed tears. Tears rolled down from her clothes and dripped on the grass. After a while, she stretched out her sleeves to wipe away the tears and said, "If this is the case, you will not only However, on the contrary, I have made great contributions, if I...if the tombs of the emperors of the Ming Dynasty are called this...the wicked woman was dug up..." At this point, my voice choked up, and I couldn't continue.She stood up and walked up a cliff.
Wei Xiaobao yelled: "Master, you...you must not...you must not commit suicide." As he spoke, he ran over to pull her left arm.In this moment, he already had a good impression of this beautiful nun, he only felt that she was elegant, elegant, gentle and kind, and she was not as good as any woman he had seen in his life.With a pull, only one sleeve was pulled, Wei Xiaobao was stunned, only to realize that she had lost her left arm.
The nun in white turned around and said, "Nonsense! Why did I commit suicide?" Wei Xiaobao said, "I'm very sad to see you, and I'm afraid you won't be able to think about it for a while." The nun in white said, "It's as if I committed suicide. You return to the emperor's side, and you will be rich and powerful from now on. Isn't that good?" Wei Xiaobao said: "No, no! I have no choice but to be a little eunuch. The Tartar soldiers killed my father. How can I accept the thief as...as that father?" The nun in white nodded and said: "You still have a conscience." He took out a dozen or so taels of silver from his side, reached out to him, and said, "I'll make money for you. You can go back to your hometown in Yangzhou."
Wei Xiaobao thought to himself: "I reward people with silver, not two hundred taels, but also a hundred taels, why do you care about this little money from you? This teacher is too soft-hearted, I will simply ask her to please her." He refused to accept the money, and suddenly fell on the ground. On the ground, hugged her leg, and burst into tears.
The nun in white frowned and said: "What are you doing? Get up, get up." Wei Xiaobao said: "I...I don't want money." The nun in white said: "Then why are you crying?" Wei Xiaobao said: "I have neither father nor mother, and I have never been loved by anyone. Me, teacher, you...you are just like my mother. I often think that it would be nice to have...a mother who loves me well." The nun in white blushed and spat softly: "Nonsense I am a monk..." Wei Xiaobao said: "Yes, yes!" Standing up, his face was covered with tears, crying as soon as he said it was one of his unique skills.
The nun in white pondered, "I'm going to Beijing, so I'll take you on the road together. But you're a little monk..."
Wei Xiaobao thought to himself: Going back to Beijing would be the best, he hurriedly said: "I am a fake little monk, after going down the mountain and changing clothes, I am no longer a little monk."
The nun in white nodded, let alone said anything, and came down the peak together.Encountering a steep and difficult place, the white-clothed nun grabbed his collar and jumped over lightly and deftly.Wei Xiaobao was full of praise, and said that Shaolin martial arts are famous all over the world, but they are not even close to hers, and the white-clothed nun seemed to ignore them.When Wei Xiaobao said it seven or eight times, the white-clothed nun said: "Shaolin martial arts have their own unique features, children's frogs in the well can't be trusted to talk about it. As far as your invulnerable body protection is concerned, I don't know it."
Wei Xiaobao was impulsive, and said: "My body protection magical skill is fake." He unbuttoned his coat, exposed his vest, and said, "This vest is invulnerable." With such force, even the steel wire was torn off, but the vest didn't move at all.She smiled slightly and said: "So that's the case. I was surprised that even if the Shaolin school's internal strength is really good, at your young age, you will definitely not be able to practice this level." Unraveling a doubt in her heart, she was very happy and said with a smile : "You child, you speak honestly."
Wei Xiaobao secretly laughed, in his whole life, someone praised him for being honest, it was really rare, he said: "I am not very honest with others, but I tell the truth to my teacher, I don't know why, most likely it is me Think of you as me...my mother..." The nun in white said, "Don't say that again, it's very ugly."
Wei Xiaobao said: "Yes, yes." He said in his heart: "You poked me on my chest, and it still hurts. I've called you mother several times, so it's straight forward." When he called someone mother, he just cursed As a bitch, complacently, she glanced at the white-clothed nun again, and seeing her noble and noble appearance, she couldn't help but respect her, and regretted calling her "Mom" a few times.
He glanced at the nun in white again, but saw that her eyes were filled with tears, and she was about to cry, feeling strange in his heart.
Naturally he didn't know, the nun in white was thinking in his heart: "I should have thought of this vest a long time ago. He...he...doesn't he also have such a vest?"
The nun in white and him went down the mountain from the north, turned and headed east.When he arrived in a town, Wei Xiaobao went to buy clothes and dressed up like a young man.When he pretended to be a lama and escorted Shunzhi away from Qingliang Temple, naturally he never left the hundreds of thousands of taels of silver notes.Along the way, I ordered the store to provide exquisite vegetarian dishes, and the white-clothed nuns served me very attentively. The nun in white is very good at distinguishing between good and bad dishes, as if she came from a wealthy family, completely different from those Shaolin monks.Although she doesn't intend to be picky, but if the dishes are exquisite, she will eat more chopsticks.Wei Xiaobao has a lot of silver, as long as he can buy it in the market, he can buy as much as ginseng, bird's nest, poria cocos, white fungus, and money mushroom.When he was in charge of the imperial kitchen for a long time, the queen mother and the emperor had to eat vegetarian food every Buddha's birthday, Guanyin's birthday or praying for the new year. He was also very good at ordering vegetarian dishes.Sometimes the chef in the inn doesn't know how to cook, so he asks him to go to the kitchen to give some advice, and the cooking is almost like the imperial meal. The nun in white is taciturn, and often does not say a word all day long.Since Wei Xiaobao respected her, he didn't dare to talk nonsense.Not a day later when he arrived in Beijing, Wei Xiaobao went to a big inn and gave him ten taels of silver as soon as he entered.Although the shopkeeper of the inn felt that the nun's stay in the inn was a bit awkward, but this noble young man was generous and generous, so he received him hospitablely.The nun in white seemed to take everything for granted and never asked. After lunch, the nun in white said: "I'm going to Meishan to have a look." Wei Xiaobao said: "To Meishan? That's the place where Emperor Chongzhen died, we have to kowtow a few times." The coal mountain is on the side of the palace, and it will be there in a while.When they came to the mountain, Wei Xiaobao pointed to a big tree and said, "Emperor Chongzhen hanged himself on this tree." The nun in white stretched out her hand to caress the tree, her arms trembled uncontrollably, tears rolled down her cheeks, and suddenly she burst into tears and fell to the ground. Seeing her crying sadly, Wei Xiaobao thought: "Could it be that she recognizes Emperor Chongzhen?" His mind moved: "Could it be that she is also a maid in the Ming Palace just like Aunt Tao, maybe she is also Emperor Chongzhen's concubine. No, the age is not right. Now, she seems to be younger than the old bitch, and she won't be Chongzhen's concubine." She was crying so sadly that she could barely turn her breath, and she couldn't help but shed tears, knelt down on the ground, and turned to the The tree bowed a few times. The nun in white cried for a long time, stood up, hugged the tree trunk, suddenly trembled all over, passed out, and slowly slumped down.Wei Xiaobao was taken aback, he hurriedly supported him, and shouted: "Master, Master, wake up quickly." After a while, the white-clothed nun woke up leisurely, regained his composure, and said: "Let's go to the palace to have a look." Wei Xiaobao said: "Okay, let's go back to the inn first. I'll go get a set of eunuch's clothes, and the mistress will change them." Come on, I will take you into the palace." The nun in white said angrily: "How can I wear the clothes of a Tartar eunuch?" Wei Xiaobao said: "Yes, yes. Then...then... yes, the teacher pretends to be a lama Lamas often go in and out of the palace." The nun in white said: "I don't pretend to be a lama either. If I rush into the palace like this, who can stop me?" Wei Xiaobao said: "Yes, sorry those guards can't stop the teacher. But... this will inevitably lead to massacres. The teacher only cares about killing people, so she can't just watch things quietly." He really didn't want to forcefully break into the palace like this with the nun in white. The white-clothed nun nodded: "That's true, tonight it's convenient to break into the palace while it's dark. You wait for me in the inn to avoid any danger." Wei Xiaobao said: "No, no, I'll go with you. You I don’t worry about entering the palace alone. I can get acquainted in the palace, the place is familiar, and the people are familiar. Wherever you want to see, I will take you there.” The nun in white didn’t say a word, she was in a daze.
At the second watch, the nun in white and Wei Xiaobao left the inn and came outside the palace wall.Wei Xiaobao said: "Let's go around to the northeast corner, the palace wall over there is relatively low, inside is the residence of Sula's servants, there are no guards to patrol." The white-clothed nun followed his directions, came to the side of the North Thirteenth Row, grabbed Grabbing Wei Xiaobao's waist, he lightly jumped into the palace. Wei Xiaobao said in a low voice: "This used to be the Hall of Longevity and Longevity, Master, where do you want to see?" Pass through, bypass a long corridor, pass through the Xuanqiong Palace, Jingyang Palace, and Zhongcui Palace to the Imperial Garden. Although the nun in white was in the dark, she still walked very quickly, beating corners and corners without the slightest hesitation, and hid in the corner of the house or behind the woods when encountering guards and watchmen patrolling.Wei Xiaobao was amazed: "How is she so familiar with the situation in the palace? She must have lived in the palace before." Follow her through the Imperial Garden, continue westward, exit the Kunning Gate, and come outside the Kunning Palace.The white-clothed nun hesitated for a moment, and asked: "Does the empress live here?" Wei Xiaobao said: "The emperor is not yet married, and there is no empress. The empress dowager lived here before, but now she has moved to the Palace of Compassion and Peace. Now the Palace of Kunning No one lives there." The nun in white said, "Let's go and have a look." When he came outside Kunning Palace, he stretched out his hand to press on the pane, and with a slight force, the window latch cracked softly, and it was broken, and he opened the window and jumped out. go in.Wei Xiaobao followed and climbed in. Kunning Palace is the empress's bedroom, Wei Xiaobao has never been here, this bedroom has been unoccupied for a long time, and there is a smell of dust and mildew in the nostrils.The moonlight shone through the window paper, and the nun in white was vaguely seen sitting on the edge of the bed, motionless.After a while, rustling sounds could be heard, but it was her tears streaming down the front of her clothes. Wei Xiaobao thought to himself: "Yes, she is probably the same as Aunt Tao, she used to be a maid in the palace and served the former queen." She looked up at the roof beams and said in a low voice: "Queen Zhou, that's... that's right. He committed suicide here." Wei Xiaobao replied: "Yes." Without any doubt in his heart, he asked in a low voice: "Master, do you want to see my aunt?" The white-clothed nun asked curiously: "Your aunt? Who is she?" Wei Xiaobao said: "My aunt's surname is Tao, her name is Tao Hongying..." The white-clothed nun exclaimed softly: "Hongying?" Wei Xiaobao said: "Yes, maybe You know her. My aunt used to serve the eldest princess of Emperor Chongzhen." The nun in white said: "Okay, okay. Where is she? Hurry... Hurry up and ask her to come to see me." She was always calm and composed, even though she assassinated Kangxi in Qingliang Temple that day, even though she acted quickly, she still did not lose her composure, but At this moment, the voice actually appeared very anxious. Wei Xiaobao said: "I can't call tonight." The white-clothed Ni Lian asked: "Why? Why?" Wei Xiaobao said: "My aunt is loyal to Daming, she once assassinated the Queen Mother of the Tartars, but unfortunately she didn't die, so she had to hide in the palace She won't be able to meet until tomorrow night after she sees my secret sign." The nun in white said: "Very well, this girl Hongying has integrity. What are you doing as a secret sign?" Wei Xiaobao said: "I made an appointment with my aunt. I Put a pile of stones on the fire, stick a stick of wood, and she will know." The nun in white said: "Let's go as a signal." He jumped out of the window, took Wei Xiaobao's hand, walked out of Longfu Gate, passed Yongshou Palace, Tiyuan Hall, Baohua Hall, and went north to the fire scene.Wei Xiaobao picked up a stick of charcoal, drew a sparrow on a piece of wood, made a pile with rocks, and inserted the stick into the pile of stones.The nun in white suddenly said: "Someone is coming!" The fire site is the place where waste is burned in the palace. Someone came suddenly in the middle of the night, which is unusual.Wei Xiaobao pulled the white-clothed nun's hand and hid behind a big earthen vat, only heard the sound of footsteps, one of them rushed over, stood still and looked around, saw the wooden stick that Wei Xiaobao had inserted, slightly startled, He walked over and pulled it up.As soon as the person turned around, the moonlight shone on his face, Wei Xiaobao saw that it was Tao Hongying, he was overjoyed and called out: "Gu Gu, I'm here." He came out from behind the vat. Tao Hongying rushed forward, hugged him, and said happily: "My good boy, you are finally here. Every night, I come here to have a look, I just hope to see your mark soon." Wei Xiaobao said: "Auntie , there is someone who wants to see you." Tao Hongying was slightly surprised, let go of him, and asked, "Who is it?" The nun in white stood up straight and said in a low voice, "Hongying, you...do you still recognize me?" Tao Hongying didn't expect that there was someone else behind the crock pot, so she was startled, took three steps back, touched her waist with her right hand, drew the short sword in her hand, and said, "It's... who is it?" The nun in white sighed and said "So you don't recognize me anymore." Tao Hongying said, "I...I can't see your face, you...you are..." The nun in white turned her body slightly, letting the moonlight shine on half of her face, and whispered: "Your appearance has also changed a lot." Tao Hongying tremblingly said: "You are...you are..." All of a sudden, she threw down the dagger and called, "Princess, is it you? I...I..." She rushed over to hug the nun's leg in white, and fell on the ground , sobbing: "Princess, I can see you again today, I... I will die immediately, and I... also like it very much." When Wei Xiaobao heard the word "princess", Wei Xiaobao's shock was not trivial, but then he remembered the past that Tao Hongying had said before: she was a maid in the palace of the first court, and she had been serving the eldest princess. After Li Chuang invaded Beijing, Chongzhen raised The sword wanted to kill the eldest princess, and cut off her arm. Tao Hongying fainted in the confusion, and when she woke up, the emperor and princess were gone.Wei Xiaobao glanced at the nun in white, and thought: "She is missing an arm, so familiar with the situation in the palace, and crying in the Kunning Palace, I should have thought of it a long time ago. How could she be so noble with her appearance?" Maid? I didn’t realize until this time, what a fool.” Only the white-clothed nun said: "These days, have you been in the palace?" Tao Hongying whimpered: "Yes." The white-clothed nun said: "The child said that you once assassinated the Tartar empress dowager, that's fine. But... ...But it's hard for you." Speaking of this, tears can't help but trickle down.Tao Hongying said: "The princess is a body of ten thousand gold, so don't delay here. The slaves will send the princess out of the palace immediately." The nun in white sighed, and said: "I am no longer a princess." Tao Hongying said: "No, no, In the heart of this servant girl, you will always be a princess, my eldest princess." The nun in white smiled sadly.Under the moonlight, tears glistened on her cheeks, making this smile even more desolate.She said slowly: "Is there anyone living in Ningshou Palace right now? I want to go and have a look." Tao Hongying said: "Ningshou Palace... is now... the residence of Princess Jianning of the Tartars. But this For a few days, the Tartar emperor, queen mother, and princess were not in the palace, and I don’t know where they went. There are only a few court ladies and eunuchs left in Ningshou Palace. Wait for the servants to kill them, and invite the princess to go.” Ningshou Palace is the princess’s bedroom. , which is the former residence of Princess Changping of the Ming Dynasty. The nun in white said: "Then there is no need to kill people, let's go and have a look." Tao Hongying said: "Yes." She didn't know that Princess Changping possessed extraordinary martial arts, but Wei Xiaobao brought her into the palace .She met her old master for the first time, and she was full of excitement. Not to mention that the princess was just going to see the old residence, even the Daoshan oil pot, she jumped first without thinking. At that moment, the three of them went out of the Xitie Gate to the north, turned to the east, passed the Shunzhen Gate, passed through the North Five Institutes and the tea storehouse, and came to the outside of Ningshou Palace. Tao Hongying said in a low voice: "Wait for the servants to go in and get rid of the maids and eunuchs." The nun in white said: "No need." She stretched out her hand to push the door, and the latch broke with a soft sound, the palace door opened, and the nun in white walked in.Although the dynasties have changed, the rules in the palace have not changed much. Ningshou Palace is the former residence of the nun in white. She knows where the eunuchs and maids live. Sleeping hall.Tao Hongying was both surprised and delighted, and said: "Princess, I didn't expect you to be so good at martial arts!" The nun in white sat on the edge of the bed, recalling the past more than 20 years ago. He once drew a portrait of a person here, and once shared the bed with this person.Now the whole world is occupied by Tartars, and this bedroom of mine is also occupied by the princess of Tartars, who is far away thousands of miles away, and in this life, it will be difficult to see each other again... (according to : For the matter of Princess Changping of the Ming Dynasty, please refer to my work.) Tao Hongying and Wei Xiaobao stood by, silent.After a while, the nun in white sighed softly, and said softly, "Light the candle." Tao Hongying said, "Yes." After lighting the candle, she saw swords, leather whips and the like on the walls, tables and chairs. The weapon is like a warrior's room, not like a princess' bedroom with golden branches and jade leaves. The nun in white said: "It turns out that this princess is naturally good at martial arts." Wei Xiaobao said: "This Tartar princess has a very strange temper. Not only does she like to beat people, but she also likes to be beaten by others, but her martial arts are mediocre, even worse than mine." He glanced at the bed and remembered that day when he hid under the princess's quilt. , caught by the queen mother, if it wasn't for the five dragon token that fell out, she would have been a little eunuch in the underworld and the princess serving King Yama at this moment. The nun in white said softly: "She lost all my pictures and books?" Tao Hongying said: "Yes. This girl from the state can't even read a few words. What kind of books do she know?" The white-clothed nun raised her left hand, raised her sleeve slightly, and the candle went out immediately, and said, "You go out of the palace with me." Tao Hongying said: "Yes." Then said: "Princess, you are so skillful, if you can catch the Tartar Queen Mother and force her to hand over those scriptures, you can break the Tartar's dragon vein." The nun in white asked: "What scriptures? The dragon veins of the Tartars?" Tao Hongying briefly described the origin of the eight "Forty-two Chapters".The nun in white listened silently, pondered for a while, and said: "If there is such a big secret hidden in these eight scriptures, it would be great if it can break the dragon's veins of the Tartars. Wait until the Empress Dowager Tartars returns to the palace. , let's come again." The three of them left the Ningshou Palace, and still left the palace through the city wall on the north side of the thirteenth row, and returned to the inn to rest.Tao Hongying lived in the same room as the nun in white. After more than 20 years, she had to sleep in the same room with her old master again tonight. She was overjoyed. How could she sleep again this night? But Wei Xiaobao thought: "I have five scriptures in my hand, one is with the emperor, but I don't know where the other two are. This princess teacher wants to force the old bitch to hand over the scriptures, but she can't hand them over, just a few words , urged Princess Shitai to kill her, and pulled out the thorn in the eyes of the emperor and me."
For the next few days, the nun in white and Tao Hongying stayed at the inn, Wei Xiaobao went out every day to inquire if the emperor had returned to the palace.On the morning of the seventh day, when Prince Kang, Suo'etu, Duolong and others led a large number of imperial guards and escorted several large sedan chairs into the palace, they knew that the emperor had returned.Sure enough, not long after, a group of princes Baylor and ministers from various ministries entered the palace one after another, and they went to pay respects to Sheng'an.Wei Xiaobao went back to the inn to inform. The nun in white said: "Very good, I will go to the palace tonight. The Emperor Tartar has returned, the guards in the palace must be several times tighter than last time, you two are waiting for me in the inn." Wei Xiaobao said: " Princess Mistress, I will go with you." Tao Hongying also said: "I want to follow the princess. I and this child are familiar with the terrain of the palace, so there will be no danger." Since she reunited with her old master, she would never say anything again One step away from her.The nun in white nodded in agreement. That night, the three of them entered the palace from the same road and arrived outside the Palace of Compassion and Ning where the Empress Dowager lived.All around was very quiet, the nun in white led the three of them to the back of the palace, grabbed Wei Xiaobao's waist and jumped over the wall, landing silently.When Tao Hongying jumped down, the nun in white put her left sleeve on her waist, and she fell to the ground without making a sound.Wei Xiaobao pointed to the side window of the Empress Dowager's bedroom, gestured to indicate that the Empress Dowager lived there, and led the two of them into the backyard.That was the residence of the maids of the Compassionate Ning Palace.I saw a faint yellow light from the windows of only three rooms.The nun in white looked inward through the window of a room, and saw more than a dozen court ladies sitting side by side on the stool, each of them lowered their heads and eyebrows, as if they were in meditation.She gently opened the curtain and walked into the Queen Mother's bedroom.Wei Xiaobao and Tao Hongying followed in. Four red candles were shining brightly on the table, and there was no one in the room.Tao Hongying said in a low voice: "The servant girl once scratched through three boxes, and searched all the drawers. Before seeing any scriptures, the Queen Mother Tartar and that fake court lady came in... Ah, someone is here!" Pulling her sleeves, she hurriedly hid behind the bed.The nun in white nodded, and hid behind the bed with Tao Hongying. I only heard a woman's voice outside the room saying: "Mom, I have done this with you, what will you reward me?" It was Princess Jianning.The queen mother said: "Mom sent you to do some small things, and you have to ask for rewards. It's really outrageous!" The two of them walked into the room while talking. Princess Jianning said: "Oh, is this a trivial matter? If the emperor's brother finds out and finds out that I took it, he will be very angry." The queen mother sat down and said: "What's the big deal about a Buddhist scripture? We I went to Mount Wutai to pray for the blessing of the Bodhisattva. After returning to the palace, I still have to chant sutras and chant the Buddha. The Bodhisattva likes it." The princess said: "Since it's no big deal, then I'll tell the emperor's brother that you sent me to take it." I wrote this "Forty-two Chapter Sutra" and used it to recite scriptures and chant Buddha, praying to the Bodhisattva to bless his country and people, and the emperor's brother, long live, long live, long live." Wei Xiaobao said happily in his heart: "Wonderful, so you sent the princess to steal the scriptures." After thinking about it, he felt unlucky, if he hadn't come with the nun in white this time, the scriptures would have fallen into his hands, now But no hope. The Queen Mother said: "Go and talk. The Emperor Tathagata asked me, but I don't know about it. Is it possible for a child to speak nonsense?" Princess Jianning called out: "Ah, Mom, do you want to blame me?" The scriptures are clearly here." The queen mother sneered and said: "That's easy, I just throw it in the stove and burn it." The princess smiled and said: "Forget it, forget it, I can't say no to you. You are stingy Mom, you don't want to reward me, but you are here to bully my daughter." The Empress Dowager said: "You have everything, what do you want me to reward?" The princess said: "I have everything, but one thing is missing." The queen mother said: "What is missing?" The princess said: "I'm missing a little eunuch who will play with me." Eunuchs, there are hundreds of little eunuchs in the palace, whichever one you like to play with you, you can only miss one, and you don’t think there are too few?” The princess said: “No, those little eunuchs are so stupid, they are not fun. I want the emperor’s brother That little Guizi next to me..." Wei Xiaobao's heart was shocked: "This damn girl still remembers me. It's not easy to play this job with her. If you are not careful, you will end my old life." Only the princess continued: "I asked the emperor brother , He said he sent Xiaoguizi out of Beijing to do business. But he hasn’t come back for so long. Mom, go and tell the emperor to give me Xiaoguizi.” Wei Xiaobao cursed secretly in his stomach: "Ghost girl, I can imagine that I fell into your hands. If I didn't get seventeen or eight big wounds on my whole body every day, I would take your surname. Oh, what is the princess's surname? The emperor has the same surname, but what is the surname of the little emperor? I am really confused, I don’t know.” The queen mother said: "The emperor sent Xiao Guizi to do something. Do you know where he went? What are you going to do?" Princess Jianning said: "I know that. I heard from the guards that Xiao Guizi is on Mount Wutai." The queen mother let out an "ah" and exclaimed softly, saying: "He... is on Mount Wutai? Why didn't we see him this time?" The princess said: "I only heard about it from the guards after I returned to the palace. , but I don’t know what the emperor’s elder brother sent him to Mount Wutai for. I heard from the guards that the emperor’s elder brother has been promoted to his official position again.” The queen mother hummed, pondered for a while, and said: “Okay, when he returns to the palace, I will tell the emperor. "The voice was cold, as if he was not thinking, and said: "It's getting late, you go back to sleep." The princess said: "Mom, I won't go back, I want to sleep with you." The queen mother said: "It's not a baby, why don't you go back to your own room?" The princess said: "My house is haunted, I'm afraid!" The queen mother said Said: "Nonsense, what is haunted?" The princess said: "Mom, it's true. The eunuchs and maids in my palace said that in the past few nights, everyone was fascinated by ghosts and slept until the next day. I only woke up at noon, and everyone had nightmares." The queen mother said: "How can such a thing happen, don't listen to the nonsense of the servants. We are not in the palace, and the servants are afraid and suspicious. Go back quickly." The princess dared not Besides, I asked Ann to quit.
The Empress Dowager sat at the table, resting her chest on one hand, staring at the candlelight in a daze. After a long time, when she turned her head, she suddenly saw two figures on the wall, trembling slightly with the candle flame.She still said her eyes were dazzled, but when she took a closer look, it really was two shadows.One is his own, and the other shadow is juxtaposed with his own shadow.This shock was no small matter, thinking of the lives he had killed in the past, he couldn't help but feel chills all over his body, even though he was skilled in martial arts, he didn't dare to look back. After a while, I remembered: "Ghosts don't have shadows, and those with shadows are not ghosts." But when I listened with bated breath, there was no sound of breathing from another person beside me. Looking at the two shadows on the wall, he almost fainted.Suddenly, hearing light breathing from behind the bed, I was overjoyed and turned my head. I saw a nun in white sitting across the table across the table, staring at me with a pair of wonderful eyes, with a delicate appearance and a dull expression, I couldn't tell whether it was a human or a ghost for a while.The queen mother trembled: "You... who are you? Why... why are you here?" 白衣尼不答，过了片刻，冷冷的道：“你是谁？为什么在这里。” 太后听到她说话，惊惧稍减，说道：“这里是皇宫内院，你……你好大胆？”白衣尼冷冷的道：“不错，这里是皇宫内院，你是什么东西？大胆来到此处？”太后怒道：“我是皇太后，你是何方妖人？” 白衣尼伸出右手，按在太后面前那部《四十二章经》上，慢慢拿过。太后喝道：“放手！”呼的一掌，向她面门击去。白衣尼右手翻起，和她对了一掌。太后身子一晃，离椅而起，低声喝道：“好啊，原来是个武林高手。”既知对方是人非鬼，惧意尽去，扑上来呼呼呼呼连击四掌。白衣尼坐在椅上，并不起立，先将经书在怀中一揣，举掌将她攻来的四招一一化解了。太后见她取去经书，惊怒交集，催动掌力，霎时间又连攻了七八招。白衣尼一一化解，始终不加还击。太后伸手在右腿上一摸，手中已多了一柄寒光闪闪的短刃。 韦小宝凝神看去，见太后手中所握的是一柄白金点钢蛾眉刺，当日杀海大富用的便是此物。她兵刃在手，气势一振，接连向白衣尼戳去，只听得风声呼呼，掌劈刺戳，寝宫中一条条白光急闪。韦小宝低声道：“我出去喝住她，别伤了师太。”陶红英一把拉住，低声道：“不用！” 但见白衣尼仍稳坐椅上，右手食指东一点，西一戳，将太后凌厉的攻势一一化解。太后倏进倏退，忽而跃起，忽而伏低，迅速之极，掌风将四枝蜡烛的火焰逼得向后倾斜，突然间房中一暗，四枝烛火熄了两枝，更拆数招，余下两枝也都熄了。 黑暗中只听得掌风之声更响，夹着太后重浊的喘息之声。忽听白衣尼冷冷的道：“你身为皇太后，这些武功是哪里学来的？”太后不答，仍是竭力进攻，突然拍拍拍拍四下清脆之声，显是太后脸上给打中了四下耳光，跟着她“啊”的一声叫，声音中充满着愤怒与惊惧，腾的一响，登时房中更无声音。 黑暗中火光一闪，白衣尼手中已持着一条点燃了的火折，太后却直挺挺的跪在她身前，一动也不动。韦小宝大喜，心想：“今日非杀了老婊子不可。” 只见白衣尼将火折轻轻向上一掷，火折飞起数尺，左手衣袖挥出，那火折为袖风所送，缓缓飞向烛火，竟将四枝烛火逐一点燃，便如有一只无形的手在空中拿住一般。白衣尼衣袖向里一招，一股吸力将火折吸了回来，伸右手接过，轻轻吹熄了，放入怀中。只将韦小宝瞧得目瞪口呆，佩服得五体投地。 太后被点中穴道，跪在地下，一张脸忽而紫胀，忽而惨白，低声怒道：“你快把我杀了，这等折磨人，不是高人所为。”白衣尼道：“你一身蛇岛武功，这可奇了。一个深宫中的贵人，怎会和神龙教拉上了关系？” 韦小宝暗暗咋舌，心想这位师太无事不知，以后向她撒谎，可要加倍留神。 太后道：“我不知神龙教是什么。我这些微末功夫，是宫里一个太监教的。”白衣尼道：“太监？宫里的太监，怎会跟神龙教有关？他叫什么名字？”太后道：“他叫海大富，早已死了。”韦小宝肚里大笑，心道：“老婊子胡说八道之至。倘若她知道我躲在这里，可不敢撒这漫天大谎了。” 白衣尼沉吟道：“海大富？没听见过这一号人物。你刚才向我连拍七掌，掌力阴沉，那是什么掌法？”太后道：“我师父说，这是武当派功夫，叫作……叫作柔云掌。”白衣尼摇头道：“不是，这是'化骨绵掌'。武当派名门正派，怎能有这等阴毒的功夫？”太后道：“师太说得是。那是我师父说的，我……我可不知道。”她见白衣尼武功精深，见闻广博，心中越来越敬畏，言语中便也越加客气。 白衣尼道：“你用这路掌法，伤过多少人？”太后道：“我……晚辈生长深宫，习武只是为了强身，从来没伤过一个人。”韦小宝心想：“不要脸，大吹法螺，不用本钱。”只听她又道：“师太明鉴，晚辈有人保护，一生之中，从来没跟人动过手，今晚遇上师太，那是第一次。晚辈所学的武功，原来半点也没有用。”白衣尼微微一笑，道：“你的武功，也算挺不差的了。” 太后道：“晚辈是井底之蛙，今日若不见到师太的绝世神功，岂知天地之大。”白衣尼唔了一声，问道：“那太监海大富几时死的？是谁杀了他的？”太后道：“他……他逝世多年，是年老病死的。”白衣尼道：“你自身虽未作恶，但你们满洲鞑子占我大明江山，逼死我大明天子。你是第一个鞑子皇帝的妻子，第二个鞑子皇帝的母亲，却也容你不得。” 太后大惊，颤声道：“师……师太，当今皇帝并不是晚辈生的。他的亲生母亲是孝康皇后，早已死了。”白衣尼点头道：“原来如此。可是你身为顺治之妻，他残杀我千千万万汉人百姓，何以你未有一言相劝？”太后道：“师太明鉴，先帝只宠那狐媚子董鄂妃，晚辈当年要见先帝一面也难，实是无从劝起。”白衣尼沉吟片刻，道：“你说的话也不无道理。今日我不来杀你……”太后道：“多谢师太不杀之恩，晚辈今后必定日日诵经念佛。那……那部佛经，请师太赐还了罢。” 白衣尼道：“这部《四十二章经》，你要来何用？”太后道：“晚辈虔心礼佛，今后有生之年，日日晚晚都要念经。”白衣尼道：“《四十二章经》是十分寻常的经书，不论哪一所庙宇寺院之中，都有十部八部，何以你非要这部不可？”太后道：“师太有所不知。这部经书是先帝当年日夕诵读的，晚辈不忘旧情，对经如对先帝。”白衣尼道：“那就不是了。诵经礼佛之时，须当心中一片空明，不可有丝毫情缘牵缠。你一面念经，一面想着死去的丈夫，复有何用？”太后道：“多谢师太指点。只是……只是晚辈愚鲁，解脱不开。” 白衣尼双眼中突然神光一现，问道：“到底这部经书之中，有什么古怪，你给我从实说来。”太后道：“实在……实在是晚辈一片痴心。先帝虽然待晚辈不好，可是我始终忘不了他，每日见到这部经书，也可稍慰思念之苦。” 白衣尼叹道：“你既执迷不悟，不肯实说，那也由得你。”左手衣袖挥动，袖尖在她身上一拂，被点的穴道登时解了。太后道：“多谢师太慈悲！”磕了个头，站起身来。 白衣尼道：“我也没什么慈悲。你那'化骨绵掌'打中在别人身上之后，那便如何？” 太后道：“那太监没跟我说过，只说这路掌法很是了得，天下没几人能抵挡得住。” 白衣尼道：“嗯，适才你向我拍了七掌，我也并没抵挡，只是将你七掌'化骨绵掌'的掌力，尽数送了回去，从何处来，回何处去。这掌力自你身上而出，回到你的身上。这恶业是你自作，自作自受，须怪旁人不得。” 太后不由得魂飞天外。她自然深知这“化骨绵掌”的厉害，身中这掌力之后，全身骨骸酥化，寸寸断绝，终于遍体如绵，欲抬一根小指头也不可得。当年她以此掌力拍死董鄂妃姊妹、董鄂妃的儿子荣亲王，三人临死时的惨状，自己亲眼目睹。这白衣尼武功如此了得，而将敌人掌力逼回敌身，亦为武学中所常有，此言自非虚假，这等如有人将七掌“化骨绵掌”拍在自己身上。适才出手，唯恐不狠，实是竭尽了平生之力，只一掌便已禁受不起，何况连拍七掌？霎时间惊惧到了极处，跪倒在地，叫道：“求师太救命。” 白衣尼叹了口气道：“业由自作，须当自解，旁人可无能为力。”太后磕头道：“还望师太慈悲，指点一条明路。”白衣尼道：“你事事隐瞒，不肯吐实。明路好端端的就摆在你眼前，自己偏不愿走，又怨得谁来？我纵有慈悲之心，也对我们汉人同胞施去。你是鞑子满奴，和我有深仇大恨，今日不亲手取你性命，已是慈悲之极了。”说着站起身来。 太后知道时机稍纵即逝，此人一走，自己数日间便死得惨不堪言，董鄂妃姊妹临死时痛楚万状、辗转床第的情景，霎时之间都现在眼前，不由得全身发颤，叫道：“师……师太，我不是鞑子，我是，我是……”白衣尼问道：“你是什么？”太后道：“我是，我是……汉人。”白衣尼冷笑道：“到这当儿还在满口胡言。鞑子皇后哪有由汉人充任之理？”太后道：“我不是胡言。当今皇帝的亲生母亲佟佳氏，她父亲佟图赖是汉军旗的，就是汉人。”白衣尼道：“她是母以子贵，听说本来只是妃子，并不是皇后。她从来没做过皇后，儿子做了皇帝之后，才追封她为皇太后。” 太后俯首道：“是。”见白衣尼举步欲行，急道：“师太，我真的是汉人，我……我恨死了鞑子。”白衣尼道：“那是什么缘故？”太后道：“这是一个天大的秘密，我……我原是不该说的，不过……不过……”白衣尼道：“既是不该说，也就不用说了。” 太后这当儿当真是火烧眉毛，只顾眼下，其余一切都顾不得了，一咬牙，说道：“我这太后是假的，我……我不是太后！” 此言一出，白衣尼固然一愕，躲在床后的韦小宝更是大吃一惊。 白衣尼缓缓坐入椅中，问道：“怎么是假的？”太后道：“我父母为鞑子所害，我恨死了鞑子，我被逼入宫做宫女，服侍皇后，后来……后来，我假冒了皇后。” 韦小宝越听越奇，心道：“这老婊子撒谎的胆子当真不小，这等怪话也敢说。乖乖龙的东，老婊子还没入我白龙门，已学全了掌门使小白龙的吹牛功夫。我入宫假冒小太监，难道她也是当真入宫假冒皇后？” 只听太后又道：“真太后是满洲人，姓博尔济吉特，是科尔沁贝勒的女儿。晚辈的父亲姓毛，是浙江杭州的汉人，便是大明大将军毛文龙。晚辈名叫毛东珠。”白衣尼一怔，问道：“你是毛文龙的女儿？当年镇守皮岛的毛文龙？”太后道：“正是，我爹爹和鞑子连年交战，后来给袁崇焕大帅所杀。其实……其实那是由于鞑子的反间计。”白衣尼哦了一声，道：“这倒是一件奇闻了。你怎能冒充皇后，这许多年竟会不给发觉？” 太后道：“晚辈服侍皇后多年，她的说话声调、举止神态，给我学得维肖维妙。我这副面貌，也是假的。”说着走到妆台之侧，拿起一块锦帕，在金盒中浸湿了，在脸上用力擦洗数下，又在双颊上撕下两块人皮一般的物事来，登时相貌大变，本来胖胖的一张圆脸，忽然变成了瘦削的瓜子脸，眼眶下面也凹了进去。 白衣尼“啊”的一声，甚感惊异，说道：“你的相貌果然大大不同了。”沉吟片刻，道：“可是要假冒皇后，毕竟不是易事。难道你贴身的宫女会认不出？连你丈夫也认不出？”太后道：“我丈夫？先帝只宠爱狐媚子董鄂妃一人，这些年来，他从来没在皇后这里住过一晚。真皇后他一眼都不瞧，假皇后他自然也不瞧。”这几句话语气甚是苦涩，又道：“别说我化装得甚像，就算全然不像，他……他……哼，他也怎会知道？” 白衣尼微微点头，又问：“那么服侍皇后的太监宫女，难道也都认不出来？”太后道：“晚辈一制住皇后，便让她将慈宁宫的太监宫女尽数换了新人，我极少出外，偶尔不得不出去，宫里规矩，太监宫女们也不敢正面瞧我，就算远远偷瞧一眼，又怎分辨得出真假？” 白衣尼忽然想起一事，说道：“不对。你说老皇帝从不睬你，可是……可是你却生下了一个公主。”太后道：“这个女儿，不是皇帝生的。他父亲是个汉人，有时偷偷来到宫里和我相会，便假扮了宫女。这人……他不久之前不幸……不幸病死了。” 陶红英捏了捏韦小宝的手掌，两人均想：“假扮宫女的男子倒确是有的，只不过不是病死而已。”韦小宝又想：“怪不得公主如此野蛮胡闹，原来是那个假宫女生的杂种。老皇爷慈祥温和，生的女儿决不会这个样子。” 白衣尼心想：“你忽然怀孕生女，老皇帝倘若没跟你同房，怎会不起疑心？”只是这种居室之私，她处女出家，问不出口，寻思：“这人既然处心积虑的假冒皇后，一觉怀孕，总有法子遮掩，那也不必细查。”摇摇头，说道：“你的话总是不尽不实。” 太后急道：“前辈，连这等十分可耻之事，我也照实说了，余事更加不敢隐瞒。”白衣尼道：“如此说来，那真太后是给你杀了。你手上沾的血腥却也不少。”太后道：“晚辈诵经拜佛，虽对鞑子心怀深仇，却不敢胡乱杀人。真太后还好端端的活着。” 这句话令床前床后三人都大出意料之外。白衣尼道：“她还活着？你不怕泄漏秘密？” 太后走到一张大挂毡之前，拉动毡旁的羊毛衫子，挂毡慢慢卷了上去，露出两扇柜门。太后从怀里摸出一枚黄金钥匙，开了柜上暗锁，打开柜门，只见柜内横卧着一个女人，身上盖着锦被。白衣尼轻轻一声惊呼，问道：“她……她便是真太后？” 太后道：“前辈请瞧她的相貌。”说着手持烛台，将烛光照在那女子的脸上。白衣尼见那女子容色十分憔悴，更无半点血色，但相貌确与太后除去脸上化装之前甚为相似。 那女子微微将眼睁开，随即闭住，低声道：“我不说，你……你快快将我杀了。” 太后道：“我从来不杀人，怎会杀你？”说着关上柜门，放下挂毡。 白衣尼道：“你将她关在这里，已关了许多年？”太后道：“是。”白衣尼道：“你逼问她什么事？只因她坚决不说，这才得以活到今日。她一说了出来，你立即便将她杀了，是不是？”太后道：“不，不。晚辈知道佛门首戒杀生，平时常常吃素，决不会伤她性命。” 白衣尼哼了一声，道：“你当我是三岁孩童，不明白你的心思？这人关在这里，时时刻刻都有危险，你不杀她，必有重大图谋。倘若她在柜内叫嚷起来，岂不立时败露机关？” 太后道：“她不敢叫的，我对她说，这事要是败露，我首先杀了老皇帝。后来老皇帝死了，我就说要杀小皇帝。这鞑子女人对两个皇帝忠心耿耿，决不肯让他们受到伤害。”白衣尼道：“你到底逼问她什么话？她不肯说，你干么不以皇帝的性命相胁？”太后道：“她说我倘若害了皇帝，她立即绝食自尽。她所以不绝食，只因我答应不加害皇帝。” 白衣尼寻思：真假太后一个以绝食自尽相胁，一个以加害皇帝相胁，各有所忌，相持多年，形成僵局。按理说，真太后如此危险的人物，便一刻也留不得，杀了之后，尚须将尸骨化灰，不留半丝痕迹，居然仍让她活在宫中，自是因为她尚有一件重要秘密，始终不肯吐露之故，而秘密之重大，也就可想而知。问道：“我问你的那句话，你总是东拉西扯，回避不答，你到底逼问她说什么秘密？” 太后道：“是，是。这是关涉鞑子气运盛衰的一个大秘密。鞑子龙兴辽东，占了我大明天下，自是因为他们祖宗的风水奇佳。晚辈得知辽东长白山中，有一道爱新觉罗氏的龙脉，只须将这道龙脉掘断了，我们非但能光复汉家山河，鞑子还得尽数覆灭于关内。” 白衣尼点点头，心想这话倒与陶红英所说无甚差别，问道：“这道龙脉在哪里？” 太后道：“这就是那个大秘密了。先帝临死之时，小皇帝还小，不懂事，先帝最宠爱的董鄂妃又先他而死，因此他将这个大秘密跟皇后说了，要她等小皇帝年长，才跟他说知。那时晚辈是服侍皇后的宫女，偷听到先帝和皇后的说话，却未能听得全。我只想查明了这件大事，邀集一批有志之士，去长白山掘断龙脉，我大明天下就可重光了。” 白衣尼沉吟道：“风水龙脉之事，事属虚无缥缈，殊难入信。我大明失却天下，是因历朝施政不善，苛待百姓，以致官逼民反。这些道理，直到近年来我周游四方，这才明白。” 太后道：“是，师太洞明事理，自非晚辈所及。不过为了光复我汉家山河，那风水龙脉之事，也是宁可信其有，不可信其无。若能掘了龙脉，最糟也不过对鞑子一无所损，倘若此事当真灵验，岂不是能拯救普天下千千万万百姓于水深火热之中？” 白衣尼矍然动容，点头道：“你说得是。到底是否具有灵效，事不可知，就算无益，也是绝无所损。只须将此事宣示天下，鞑子君臣是深信龙脉之事的，他们心中先自馁了，咱们图谋复国，大伙儿又多了一层信心。你逼问这真太后的，就是这个秘密？” 太后道：“正是。但这贱人知道此事关连她子孙基业，宁死不肯吐露，不论晚辈如何软骗硬吓，这些年来出尽了法子，她始终宁死不说。” 白衣尼从怀中取出那部《四十二章经》，道：“你是要问她，其余那几部经书是在何处？”太后吓了一跳，倒退两步，颤声道：“你……你已知道了？”白衣尼道：“那个大秘密，便藏在这经书之中，你已得了几部？”太后道：“师太法力神通，无所不知，晚辈不敢隐瞒。本来我已得了三部，第一部是先帝赐给董鄂妃的，她死之后，就在晚辈这里了。另外两部，是从奸臣鳌拜家里抄出来的。可是一天晚上有人入宫行刺，在我胸口刺了一刀，将这三部经书都盗去了。师太请看。”说着解开外衣、内衣和肚兜，露出胸口一个极大伤疤。 韦小宝一颗心怦怦大跳：“再查问下去，恐怕师太要疑心到我头上来了。” 只听白衣尼道：“我知道行刺你的是谁，可是这人并没取去那三部经书。”她想这三部经书若为陶红英取去，她决不会隐瞒不说。太后失惊道：“这刺客没盗经书？那么三本经书是谁偷了去，这……这可真奇了。”白衣尼道：“说与不说，也全由得你。”太后道：“师太恨鞑子入骨，又是法力神通，这大秘密若能交在您手里，由您老人家主持大局，去掘了鞑子的龙脉，正是求之不得，晚辈如何会再隐瞒？再说，须得八部经书一齐到手
The nun in white and him went down the mountain from the north, turned and headed east.When he arrived in a town, Wei Xiaobao went to buy clothes and dressed up like a young man.When he pretended to be a lama and escorted Shunzhi away from Qingliang Temple, naturally he never left the hundreds of thousands of taels of silver notes.Along the way, I ordered the store to provide exquisite vegetarian dishes, and the white-clothed nuns served me very attentively. The nun in white is very good at distinguishing between good and bad dishes, as if she came from a wealthy family, completely different from those Shaolin monks.Although she doesn't intend to be picky, but if the dishes are exquisite, she will eat more chopsticks.Wei Xiaobao has a lot of silver, as long as he can buy it in the market, he can buy as much as ginseng, bird's nest, poria cocos, white fungus, and money mushroom.When he was in charge of the imperial kitchen for a long time, the queen mother and the emperor had to eat vegetarian food every Buddha's birthday, Guanyin's birthday or praying for the new year. He was also very good at ordering vegetarian dishes.Sometimes the chef in the inn doesn't know how to cook, so he asks him to go to the kitchen to give some advice, and the cooking is almost like the imperial meal. The nun in white is taciturn, and often does not say a word all day long.Since Wei Xiaobao respected her, he didn't dare to talk nonsense.Not a day later when he arrived in Beijing, Wei Xiaobao went to a big inn and gave him ten taels of silver as soon as he entered.Although the shopkeeper of the inn felt that the nun's stay in the inn was a bit awkward, but this noble young man was generous and generous, so he received him hospitablely.The nun in white seemed to take everything for granted and never asked. After lunch, the nun in white said: "I'm going to Meishan to have a look." Wei Xiaobao said: "To Meishan? That's the place where Emperor Chongzhen died, we have to kowtow a few times." The coal mountain is on the side of the palace, and it will be there in a while.When they came to the mountain, Wei Xiaobao pointed to a big tree and said, "Emperor Chongzhen hanged himself on this tree." The nun in white stretched out her hand to caress the tree, her arms trembled uncontrollably, tears rolled down her cheeks, and suddenly she burst into tears and fell to the ground. Seeing her crying sadly, Wei Xiaobao thought: "Could it be that she recognizes Emperor Chongzhen?" His mind moved: "Could it be that she is also a maid in the Ming Palace just like Aunt Tao, maybe she is also Emperor Chongzhen's concubine. No, the age is not right. Now, she seems to be younger than the old bitch, and she won't be Chongzhen's concubine." She was crying so sadly that she could barely turn her breath, and she couldn't help but shed tears, knelt down on the ground, and turned to the The tree bowed a few times. The nun in white cried for a long time, stood up, hugged the tree trunk, suddenly trembled all over, passed out, and slowly slumped down.Wei Xiaobao was taken aback, he hurriedly supported him, and shouted: "Master, Master, wake up quickly." After a while, the white-clothed nun woke up leisurely, regained his composure, and said: "Let's go to the palace to have a look." Wei Xiaobao said: "Okay, let's go back to the inn first. I'll go get a set of eunuch's clothes, and the mistress will change them." Come on, I will take you into the palace." The nun in white said angrily: "How can I wear the clothes of a Tartar eunuch?" Wei Xiaobao said: "Yes, yes. Then...then... yes, the teacher pretends to be a lama Lamas often go in and out of the palace." The nun in white said: "I don't pretend to be a lama either. If I rush into the palace like this, who can stop me?" Wei Xiaobao said: "Yes, sorry those guards can't stop the teacher. But... this will inevitably lead to massacres. The teacher only cares about killing people, so she can't just watch things quietly." He really didn't want to forcefully break into the palace like this with the nun in white. The white-clothed nun nodded: "That's true, tonight it's convenient to break into the palace while it's dark. You wait for me in the inn to avoid any danger." Wei Xiaobao said: "No, no, I'll go with you. You I don’t worry about entering the palace alone. I can get acquainted in the palace, the place is familiar, and the people are familiar. Wherever you want to see, I will take you there.” The nun in white didn’t say a word, she was in a daze.
At the second watch, the nun in white and Wei Xiaobao left the inn and came outside the palace wall.Wei Xiaobao said: "Let's go around to the northeast corner, the palace wall over there is relatively low, inside is the residence of Sula's servants, there are no guards to patrol." The white-clothed nun followed his directions, came to the side of the North Thirteenth Row, grabbed Grabbing Wei Xiaobao's waist, he lightly jumped into the palace. Wei Xiaobao said in a low voice: "This used to be the Hall of Longevity and Longevity, Master, where do you want to see?" Pass through, bypass a long corridor, pass through the Xuanqiong Palace, Jingyang Palace, and Zhongcui Palace to the Imperial Garden. Although the nun in white was in the dark, she still walked very quickly, beating corners and corners without the slightest hesitation, and hid in the corner of the house or behind the woods when encountering guards and watchmen patrolling.Wei Xiaobao was amazed: "How is she so familiar with the situation in the palace? She must have lived in the palace before." Follow her through the Imperial Garden, continue westward, exit the Kunning Gate, and come outside the Kunning Palace.The white-clothed nun hesitated for a moment, and asked: "Does the empress live here?" Wei Xiaobao said: "The emperor is not yet married, and there is no empress. The empress dowager lived here before, but now she has moved to the Palace of Compassion and Peace. Now the Palace of Kunning No one lives there." The nun in white said, "Let's go and have a look." When he came outside Kunning Palace, he stretched out his hand to press on the pane, and with a slight force, the window latch cracked softly, and it was broken, and he opened the window and jumped out. go in.Wei Xiaobao followed and climbed in. Kunning Palace is the empress's bedroom, Wei Xiaobao has never been here, this bedroom has been unoccupied for a long time, and there is a smell of dust and mildew in the nostrils.The moonlight shone through the window paper, and the nun in white was vaguely seen sitting on the edge of the bed, motionless.After a while, rustling sounds could be heard, but it was her tears streaming down the front of her clothes. Wei Xiaobao thought to himself: "Yes, she is probably the same as Aunt Tao, she used to be a maid in the palace and served the former queen." She looked up at the roof beams and said in a low voice: "Queen Zhou, that's... that's right. He committed suicide here." Wei Xiaobao replied: "Yes." Without any doubt in his heart, he asked in a low voice: "Master, do you want to see my aunt?" The white-clothed nun asked curiously: "Your aunt? Who is she?" Wei Xiaobao said: "My aunt's surname is Tao, her name is Tao Hongying..." The white-clothed nun exclaimed softly: "Hongying?" Wei Xiaobao said: "Yes, maybe You know her. My aunt used to serve the eldest princess of Emperor Chongzhen." The nun in white said: "Okay, okay. Where is she? Hurry... Hurry up and ask her to come to see me." She was always calm and composed, even though she assassinated Kangxi in Qingliang Temple that day, even though she acted quickly, she still did not lose her composure, but At this moment, the voice actually appeared very anxious. Wei Xiaobao said: "I can't call tonight." The white-clothed Ni Lian asked: "Why? Why?" Wei Xiaobao said: "My aunt is loyal to Daming, she once assassinated the Queen Mother of the Tartars, but unfortunately she didn't die, so she had to hide in the palace She won't be able to meet until tomorrow night after she sees my secret sign." The nun in white said: "Very well, this girl Hongying has integrity. What are you doing as a secret sign?" Wei Xiaobao said: "I made an appointment with my aunt. I Put a pile of stones on the fire, stick a stick of wood, and she will know." The nun in white said: "Let's go as a signal." He jumped out of the window, took Wei Xiaobao's hand, walked out of Longfu Gate, passed Yongshou Palace, Tiyuan Hall, Baohua Hall, and went north to the fire scene.Wei Xiaobao picked up a stick of charcoal, drew a sparrow on a piece of wood, made a pile with rocks, and inserted the stick into the pile of stones.The nun in white suddenly said: "Someone is coming!" The fire site is the place where waste is burned in the palace. Someone came suddenly in the middle of the night, which is unusual.Wei Xiaobao pulled the white-clothed nun's hand and hid behind a big earthen vat, only heard the sound of footsteps, one of them rushed over, stood still and looked around, saw the wooden stick that Wei Xiaobao had inserted, slightly startled, He walked over and pulled it up.As soon as the person turned around, the moonlight shone on his face, Wei Xiaobao saw that it was Tao Hongying, he was overjoyed and called out: "Gu Gu, I'm here." He came out from behind the vat. Tao Hongying rushed forward, hugged him, and said happily: "My good boy, you are finally here. Every night, I come here to have a look, I just hope to see your mark soon." Wei Xiaobao said: "Auntie , there is someone who wants to see you." Tao Hongying was slightly surprised, let go of him, and asked, "Who is it?" The nun in white stood up straight and said in a low voice, "Hongying, you...do you still recognize me?" Tao Hongying didn't expect that there was someone else behind the crock pot, so she was startled, took three steps back, touched her waist with her right hand, drew the short sword in her hand, and said, "It's... who is it?" The nun in white sighed and said "So you don't recognize me anymore." Tao Hongying said, "I...I can't see your face, you...you are..." The nun in white turned her body slightly, letting the moonlight shine on half of her face, and whispered: "Your appearance has also changed a lot." Tao Hongying tremblingly said: "You are...you are..." All of a sudden, she threw down the dagger and called, "Princess, is it you? I...I..." She rushed over to hug the nun's leg in white, and fell on the ground , sobbing: "Princess, I can see you again today, I... I will die immediately, and I... also like it very much." When Wei Xiaobao heard the word "princess", Wei Xiaobao's shock was not trivial, but then he remembered the past that Tao Hongying had said before: she was a maid in the palace of the first court, and she had been serving the eldest princess. After Li Chuang invaded Beijing, Chongzhen raised The sword wanted to kill the eldest princess, and cut off her arm. Tao Hongying fainted in the confusion, and when she woke up, the emperor and princess were gone.Wei Xiaobao glanced at the nun in white, and thought: "She is missing an arm, so familiar with the situation in the palace, and crying in the Kunning Palace, I should have thought of it a long time ago. How could she be so noble with her appearance?" Maid? I didn’t realize until this time, what a fool.” Only the white-clothed nun said: "These days, have you been in the palace?" Tao Hongying whimpered: "Yes." The white-clothed nun said: "The child said that you once assassinated the Tartar empress dowager, that's fine. But... ...But it's hard for you." Speaking of this, tears can't help but trickle down.Tao Hongying said: "The princess is a body of ten thousand gold, so don't delay here. The slaves will send the princess out of the palace immediately." The nun in white sighed, and said: "I am no longer a princess." Tao Hongying said: "No, no, In the heart of this servant girl, you will always be a princess, my eldest princess." The nun in white smiled sadly.Under the moonlight, tears glistened on her cheeks, making this smile even more desolate.She said slowly: "Is there anyone living in Ningshou Palace right now? I want to go and have a look." Tao Hongying said: "Ningshou Palace... is now... the residence of Princess Jianning of the Tartars. But this For a few days, the Tartar emperor, queen mother, and princess were not in the palace, and I don’t know where they went. There are only a few court ladies and eunuchs left in Ningshou Palace. Wait for the servants to kill them, and invite the princess to go.” Ningshou Palace is the princess’s bedroom. , which is the former residence of Princess Changping of the Ming Dynasty. The nun in white said: "Then there is no need to kill people, let's go and have a look." Tao Hongying said: "Yes." She didn't know that Princess Changping possessed extraordinary martial arts, but Wei Xiaobao brought her into the palace .She met her old master for the first time, and she was full of excitement. Not to mention that the princess was just going to see the old residence, even the Daoshan oil pot, she jumped first without thinking. At that moment, the three of them went out of the Xitie Gate to the north, turned to the east, passed the Shunzhen Gate, passed through the North Five Institutes and the tea storehouse, and came to the outside of Ningshou Palace. Tao Hongying said in a low voice: "Wait for the servants to go in and get rid of the maids and eunuchs." The nun in white said: "No need." She stretched out her hand to push the door, and the latch broke with a soft sound, the palace door opened, and the nun in white walked in.Although the dynasties have changed, the rules in the palace have not changed much. Ningshou Palace is the former residence of the nun in white. She knows where the eunuchs and maids live. Sleeping hall.Tao Hongying was both surprised and delighted, and said: "Princess, I didn't expect you to be so good at martial arts!" The nun in white sat on the edge of the bed, recalling the past more than 20 years ago. He once drew a portrait of a person here, and once shared the bed with this person.Now the whole world is occupied by Tartars, and this bedroom of mine is also occupied by the princess of Tartars, who is far away thousands of miles away, and in this life, it will be difficult to see each other again... (according to : For the matter of Princess Changping of the Ming Dynasty, please refer to my work.) Tao Hongying and Wei Xiaobao stood by, silent.After a while, the nun in white sighed softly, and said softly, "Light the candle." Tao Hongying said, "Yes." After lighting the candle, she saw swords, leather whips and the like on the walls, tables and chairs. The weapon is like a warrior's room, not like a princess' bedroom with golden branches and jade leaves. The nun in white said: "It turns out that this princess is naturally good at martial arts." Wei Xiaobao said: "This Tartar princess has a very strange temper. Not only does she like to beat people, but she also likes to be beaten by others, but her martial arts are mediocre, even worse than mine." He glanced at the bed and remembered that day when he hid under the princess's quilt. , caught by the queen mother, if it wasn't for the five dragon token that fell out, she would have been a little eunuch in the underworld and the princess serving King Yama at this moment. The nun in white said softly: "She lost all my pictures and books?" Tao Hongying said: "Yes. This girl from the state can't even read a few words. What kind of books do she know?" The white-clothed nun raised her left hand, raised her sleeve slightly, and the candle went out immediately, and said, "You go out of the palace with me." Tao Hongying said: "Yes." Then said: "Princess, you are so skillful, if you can catch the Tartar Queen Mother and force her to hand over those scriptures, you can break the Tartar's dragon vein." The nun in white asked: "What scriptures? The dragon veins of the Tartars?" Tao Hongying briefly described the origin of the eight "Forty-two Chapters".The nun in white listened silently, pondered for a while, and said: "If there is such a big secret hidden in these eight scriptures, it would be great if it can break the dragon's veins of the Tartars. Wait until the Empress Dowager Tartars returns to the palace. , let's come again." The three of them left the Ningshou Palace, and still left the palace through the city wall on the north side of the thirteenth row, and returned to the inn to rest.Tao Hongying lived in the same room as the nun in white. After more than 20 years, she had to sleep in the same room with her old master again tonight. She was overjoyed. How could she sleep again this night? But Wei Xiaobao thought: "I have five scriptures in my hand, one is with the emperor, but I don't know where the other two are. This princess teacher wants to force the old bitch to hand over the scriptures, but she can't hand them over, just a few words , urged Princess Shitai to kill her, and pulled out the thorn in the eyes of the emperor and me."
For the next few days, the nun in white and Tao Hongying stayed at the inn, Wei Xiaobao went out every day to inquire if the emperor had returned to the palace.On the morning of the seventh day, when Prince Kang, Suo'etu, Duolong and others led a large number of imperial guards and escorted several large sedan chairs into the palace, they knew that the emperor had returned.Sure enough, not long after, a group of princes Baylor and ministers from various ministries entered the palace one after another, and they went to pay respects to Sheng'an.Wei Xiaobao went back to the inn to inform. The nun in white said: "Very good, I will go to the palace tonight. The Emperor Tartar has returned, the guards in the palace must be several times tighter than last time, you two are waiting for me in the inn." Wei Xiaobao said: " Princess Mistress, I will go with you." Tao Hongying also said: "I want to follow the princess. I and this child are familiar with the terrain of the palace, so there will be no danger." Since she reunited with her old master, she would never say anything again One step away from her.The nun in white nodded in agreement. That night, the three of them entered the palace from the same road and arrived outside the Palace of Compassion and Ning where the Empress Dowager lived.All around was very quiet, the nun in white led the three of them to the back of the palace, grabbed Wei Xiaobao's waist and jumped over the wall, landing silently.When Tao Hongying jumped down, the nun in white put her left sleeve on her waist, and she fell to the ground without making a sound.Wei Xiaobao pointed to the side window of the Empress Dowager's bedroom, gestured to indicate that the Empress Dowager lived there, and led the two of them into the backyard.That was the residence of the maids of the Compassionate Ning Palace.I saw a faint yellow light from the windows of only three rooms.The nun in white looked inward through the window of a room, and saw more than a dozen court ladies sitting side by side on the stool, each of them lowered their heads and eyebrows, as if they were in meditation.She gently opened the curtain and walked into the Queen Mother's bedroom.Wei Xiaobao and Tao Hongying followed in. Four red candles were shining brightly on the table, and there was no one in the room.Tao Hongying said in a low voice: "The servant girl once scratched through three boxes, and searched all the drawers. Before seeing any scriptures, the Queen Mother Tartar and that fake court lady came in... Ah, someone is here!" Pulling her sleeves, she hurriedly hid behind the bed.The nun in white nodded, and hid behind the bed with Tao Hongying. I only heard a woman's voice outside the room saying: "Mom, I have done this with you, what will you reward me?" It was Princess Jianning.The queen mother said: "Mom sent you to do some small things, and you have to ask for rewards. It's really outrageous!" The two of them walked into the room while talking. Princess Jianning said: "Oh, is this a trivial matter? If the emperor's brother finds out and finds out that I took it, he will be very angry." The queen mother sat down and said: "What's the big deal about a Buddhist scripture? We I went to Mount Wutai to pray for the blessing of the Bodhisattva. After returning to the palace, I still have to chant sutras and chant the Buddha. The Bodhisattva likes it." The princess said: "Since it's no big deal, then I'll tell the emperor's brother that you sent me to take it." I wrote this "Forty-two Chapter Sutra" and used it to recite scriptures and chant Buddha, praying to the Bodhisattva to bless his country and people, and the emperor's brother, long live, long live, long live." Wei Xiaobao said happily in his heart: "Wonderful, so you sent the princess to steal the scriptures." After thinking about it, he felt unlucky, if he hadn't come with the nun in white this time, the scriptures would have fallen into his hands, now But no hope. The Queen Mother said: "Go and talk. The Emperor Tathagata asked me, but I don't know about it. Is it possible for a child to speak nonsense?" Princess Jianning called out: "Ah, Mom, do you want to blame me?" The scriptures are clearly here." The queen mother sneered and said: "That's easy, I just throw it in the stove and burn it." The princess smiled and said: "Forget it, forget it, I can't say no to you. You are stingy Mom, you don't want to reward me, but you are here to bully my daughter." The Empress Dowager said: "You have everything, what do you want me to reward?" The princess said: "I have everything, but one thing is missing." The queen mother said: "What is missing?" The princess said: "I'm missing a little eunuch who will play with me." Eunuchs, there are hundreds of little eunuchs in the palace, whichever one you like to play with you, you can only miss one, and you don’t think there are too few?” The princess said: “No, those little eunuchs are so stupid, they are not fun. I want the emperor’s brother That little Guizi next to me..." Wei Xiaobao's heart was shocked: "This damn girl still remembers me. It's not easy to play this job with her. If you are not careful, you will end my old life." Only the princess continued: "I asked the emperor brother , He said he sent Xiaoguizi out of Beijing to do business. But he hasn’t come back for so long. Mom, go and tell the emperor to give me Xiaoguizi.” Wei Xiaobao cursed secretly in his stomach: "Ghost girl, I can imagine that I fell into your hands. If I didn't get seventeen or eight big wounds on my whole body every day, I would take your surname. Oh, what is the princess's surname? The emperor has the same surname, but what is the surname of the little emperor? I am really confused, I don’t know.” The queen mother said: "The emperor sent Xiao Guizi to do something. Do you know where he went? What are you going to do?" Princess Jianning said: "I know that. I heard from the guards that Xiao Guizi is on Mount Wutai." The queen mother let out an "ah" and exclaimed softly, saying: "He... is on Mount Wutai? Why didn't we see him this time?" The princess said: "I only heard about it from the guards after I returned to the palace. , but I don’t know what the emperor’s elder brother sent him to Mount Wutai for. I heard from the guards that the emperor’s elder brother has been promoted to his official position again.” The queen mother hummed, pondered for a while, and said: “Okay, when he returns to the palace, I will tell the emperor. "The voice was cold, as if he was not thinking, and said: "It's getting late, you go back to sleep." The princess said: "Mom, I won't go back, I want to sleep with you." The queen mother said: "It's not a baby, why don't you go back to your own room?" The princess said: "My house is haunted, I'm afraid!" The queen mother said Said: "Nonsense, what is haunted?" The princess said: "Mom, it's true. The eunuchs and maids in my palace said that in the past few nights, everyone was fascinated by ghosts and slept until the next day. I only woke up at noon, and everyone had nightmares." The queen mother said: "How can such a thing happen, don't listen to the nonsense of the servants. We are not in the palace, and the servants are afraid and suspicious. Go back quickly." The princess dared not Besides, I asked Ann to quit.
The Empress Dowager sat at the table, resting her chest on one hand, staring at the candlelight in a daze. After a long time, when she turned her head, she suddenly saw two figures on the wall, trembling slightly with the candle flame.She still said her eyes were dazzled, but when she took a closer look, it really was two shadows.One is his own, and the other shadow is juxtaposed with his own shadow.This shock was no small matter, thinking of the lives he had killed in the past, he couldn't help but feel chills all over his body, even though he was skilled in martial arts, he didn't dare to look back. After a while, I remembered: "Ghosts don't have shadows, and those with shadows are not ghosts." But when I listened with bated breath, there was no sound of breathing from another person beside me. Looking at the two shadows on the wall, he almost fainted.Suddenly, hearing light breathing from behind the bed, I was overjoyed and turned my head. I saw a nun in white sitting across the table across the table, staring at me with a pair of wonderful eyes, with a delicate appearance and a dull expression, I couldn't tell whether it was a human or a ghost for a while.The queen mother trembled: "You... who are you? Why... why are you here?" 白衣尼不答，过了片刻，冷冷的道：“你是谁？为什么在这里。” 太后听到她说话，惊惧稍减，说道：“这里是皇宫内院，你……你好大胆？”白衣尼冷冷的道：“不错，这里是皇宫内院，你是什么东西？大胆来到此处？”太后怒道：“我是皇太后，你是何方妖人？” 白衣尼伸出右手，按在太后面前那部《四十二章经》上，慢慢拿过。太后喝道：“放手！”呼的一掌，向她面门击去。白衣尼右手翻起，和她对了一掌。太后身子一晃，离椅而起，低声喝道：“好啊，原来是个武林高手。”既知对方是人非鬼，惧意尽去，扑上来呼呼呼呼连击四掌。白衣尼坐在椅上，并不起立，先将经书在怀中一揣，举掌将她攻来的四招一一化解了。太后见她取去经书，惊怒交集，催动掌力，霎时间又连攻了七八招。白衣尼一一化解，始终不加还击。太后伸手在右腿上一摸，手中已多了一柄寒光闪闪的短刃。 韦小宝凝神看去，见太后手中所握的是一柄白金点钢蛾眉刺，当日杀海大富用的便是此物。她兵刃在手，气势一振，接连向白衣尼戳去，只听得风声呼呼，掌劈刺戳，寝宫中一条条白光急闪。韦小宝低声道：“我出去喝住她，别伤了师太。”陶红英一把拉住，低声道：“不用！” 但见白衣尼仍稳坐椅上，右手食指东一点，西一戳，将太后凌厉的攻势一一化解。太后倏进倏退，忽而跃起，忽而伏低，迅速之极，掌风将四枝蜡烛的火焰逼得向后倾斜，突然间房中一暗，四枝烛火熄了两枝，更拆数招，余下两枝也都熄了。 黑暗中只听得掌风之声更响，夹着太后重浊的喘息之声。忽听白衣尼冷冷的道：“你身为皇太后，这些武功是哪里学来的？”太后不答，仍是竭力进攻，突然拍拍拍拍四下清脆之声，显是太后脸上给打中了四下耳光，跟着她“啊”的一声叫，声音中充满着愤怒与惊惧，腾的一响，登时房中更无声音。 黑暗中火光一闪，白衣尼手中已持着一条点燃了的火折，太后却直挺挺的跪在她身前，一动也不动。韦小宝大喜，心想：“今日非杀了老婊子不可。” 只见白衣尼将火折轻轻向上一掷，火折飞起数尺，左手衣袖挥出，那火折为袖风所送，缓缓飞向烛火，竟将四枝烛火逐一点燃，便如有一只无形的手在空中拿住一般。白衣尼衣袖向里一招，一股吸力将火折吸了回来，伸右手接过，轻轻吹熄了，放入怀中。只将韦小宝瞧得目瞪口呆，佩服得五体投地。 太后被点中穴道，跪在地下，一张脸忽而紫胀，忽而惨白，低声怒道：“你快把我杀了，这等折磨人，不是高人所为。”白衣尼道：“你一身蛇岛武功，这可奇了。一个深宫中的贵人，怎会和神龙教拉上了关系？” 韦小宝暗暗咋舌，心想这位师太无事不知，以后向她撒谎，可要加倍留神。 太后道：“我不知神龙教是什么。我这些微末功夫，是宫里一个太监教的。”白衣尼道：“太监？宫里的太监，怎会跟神龙教有关？他叫什么名字？”太后道：“他叫海大富，早已死了。”韦小宝肚里大笑，心道：“老婊子胡说八道之至。倘若她知道我躲在这里，可不敢撒这漫天大谎了。” 白衣尼沉吟道：“海大富？没听见过这一号人物。你刚才向我连拍七掌，掌力阴沉，那是什么掌法？”太后道：“我师父说，这是武当派功夫，叫作……叫作柔云掌。”白衣尼摇头道：“不是，这是'化骨绵掌'。武当派名门正派，怎能有这等阴毒的功夫？”太后道：“师太说得是。那是我师父说的，我……我可不知道。”她见白衣尼武功精深，见闻广博，心中越来越敬畏，言语中便也越加客气。 白衣尼道：“你用这路掌法，伤过多少人？”太后道：“我……晚辈生长深宫，习武只是为了强身，从来没伤过一个人。”韦小宝心想：“不要脸，大吹法螺，不用本钱。”只听她又道：“师太明鉴，晚辈有人保护，一生之中，从来没跟人动过手，今晚遇上师太，那是第一次。晚辈所学的武功，原来半点也没有用。”白衣尼微微一笑，道：“你的武功，也算挺不差的了。” 太后道：“晚辈是井底之蛙，今日若不见到师太的绝世神功，岂知天地之大。”白衣尼唔了一声，问道：“那太监海大富几时死的？是谁杀了他的？”太后道：“他……他逝世多年，是年老病死的。”白衣尼道：“你自身虽未作恶，但你们满洲鞑子占我大明江山，逼死我大明天子。你是第一个鞑子皇帝的妻子，第二个鞑子皇帝的母亲，却也容你不得。” 太后大惊，颤声道：“师……师太，当今皇帝并不是晚辈生的。他的亲生母亲是孝康皇后，早已死了。”白衣尼点头道：“原来如此。可是你身为顺治之妻，他残杀我千千万万汉人百姓，何以你未有一言相劝？”太后道：“师太明鉴，先帝只宠那狐媚子董鄂妃，晚辈当年要见先帝一面也难，实是无从劝起。”白衣尼沉吟片刻，道：“你说的话也不无道理。今日我不来杀你……”太后道：“多谢师太不杀之恩，晚辈今后必定日日诵经念佛。那……那部佛经，请师太赐还了罢。” 白衣尼道：“这部《四十二章经》，你要来何用？”太后道：“晚辈虔心礼佛，今后有生之年，日日晚晚都要念经。”白衣尼道：“《四十二章经》是十分寻常的经书，不论哪一所庙宇寺院之中，都有十部八部，何以你非要这部不可？”太后道：“师太有所不知。这部经书是先帝当年日夕诵读的，晚辈不忘旧情，对经如对先帝。”白衣尼道：“那就不是了。诵经礼佛之时，须当心中一片空明，不可有丝毫情缘牵缠。你一面念经，一面想着死去的丈夫，复有何用？”太后道：“多谢师太指点。只是……只是晚辈愚鲁，解脱不开。” 白衣尼双眼中突然神光一现，问道：“到底这部经书之中，有什么古怪，你给我从实说来。”太后道：“实在……实在是晚辈一片痴心。先帝虽然待晚辈不好，可是我始终忘不了他，每日见到这部经书，也可稍慰思念之苦。” 白衣尼叹道：“你既执迷不悟，不肯实说，那也由得你。”左手衣袖挥动，袖尖在她身上一拂，被点的穴道登时解了。太后道：“多谢师太慈悲！”磕了个头，站起身来。 白衣尼道：“我也没什么慈悲。你那'化骨绵掌'打中在别人身上之后，那便如何？” 太后道：“那太监没跟我说过，只说这路掌法很是了得，天下没几人能抵挡得住。” 白衣尼道：“嗯，适才你向我拍了七掌，我也并没抵挡，只是将你七掌'化骨绵掌'的掌力，尽数送了回去，从何处来，回何处去。这掌力自你身上而出，回到你的身上。这恶业是你自作，自作自受，须怪旁人不得。” 太后不由得魂飞天外。她自然深知这“化骨绵掌”的厉害，身中这掌力之后，全身骨骸酥化，寸寸断绝，终于遍体如绵，欲抬一根小指头也不可得。当年她以此掌力拍死董鄂妃姊妹、董鄂妃的儿子荣亲王，三人临死时的惨状，自己亲眼目睹。这白衣尼武功如此了得，而将敌人掌力逼回敌身，亦为武学中所常有，此言自非虚假，这等如有人将七掌“化骨绵掌”拍在自己身上。适才出手，唯恐不狠，实是竭尽了平生之力，只一掌便已禁受不起，何况连拍七掌？霎时间惊惧到了极处，跪倒在地，叫道：“求师太救命。” 白衣尼叹了口气道：“业由自作，须当自解，旁人可无能为力。”太后磕头道：“还望师太慈悲，指点一条明路。”白衣尼道：“你事事隐瞒，不肯吐实。明路好端端的就摆在你眼前，自己偏不愿走，又怨得谁来？我纵有慈悲之心，也对我们汉人同胞施去。你是鞑子满奴，和我有深仇大恨，今日不亲手取你性命，已是慈悲之极了。”说着站起身来。 太后知道时机稍纵即逝，此人一走，自己数日间便死得惨不堪言，董鄂妃姊妹临死时痛楚万状、辗转床第的情景，霎时之间都现在眼前，不由得全身发颤，叫道：“师……师太，我不是鞑子，我是，我是……”白衣尼问道：“你是什么？”太后道：“我是，我是……汉人。”白衣尼冷笑道：“到这当儿还在满口胡言。鞑子皇后哪有由汉人充任之理？”太后道：“我不是胡言。当今皇帝的亲生母亲佟佳氏，她父亲佟图赖是汉军旗的，就是汉人。”白衣尼道：“她是母以子贵，听说本来只是妃子，并不是皇后。她从来没做过皇后，儿子做了皇帝之后，才追封她为皇太后。” 太后俯首道：“是。”见白衣尼举步欲行，急道：“师太，我真的是汉人，我……我恨死了鞑子。”白衣尼道：“那是什么缘故？”太后道：“这是一个天大的秘密，我……我原是不该说的，不过……不过……”白衣尼道：“既是不该说，也就不用说了。” 太后这当儿当真是火烧眉毛，只顾眼下，其余一切都顾不得了，一咬牙，说道：“我这太后是假的，我……我不是太后！” 此言一出，白衣尼固然一愕，躲在床后的韦小宝更是大吃一惊。 白衣尼缓缓坐入椅中，问道：“怎么是假的？”太后道：“我父母为鞑子所害，我恨死了鞑子，我被逼入宫做宫女，服侍皇后，后来……后来，我假冒了皇后。” 韦小宝越听越奇，心道：“这老婊子撒谎的胆子当真不小，这等怪话也敢说。乖乖龙的东，老婊子还没入我白龙门，已学全了掌门使小白龙的吹牛功夫。我入宫假冒小太监，难道她也是当真入宫假冒皇后？” 只听太后又道：“真太后是满洲人，姓博尔济吉特，是科尔沁贝勒的女儿。晚辈的父亲姓毛，是浙江杭州的汉人，便是大明大将军毛文龙。晚辈名叫毛东珠。”白衣尼一怔，问道：“你是毛文龙的女儿？当年镇守皮岛的毛文龙？”太后道：“正是，我爹爹和鞑子连年交战，后来给袁崇焕大帅所杀。其实……其实那是由于鞑子的反间计。”白衣尼哦了一声，道：“这倒是一件奇闻了。你怎能冒充皇后，这许多年竟会不给发觉？” 太后道：“晚辈服侍皇后多年，她的说话声调、举止神态，给我学得维肖维妙。我这副面貌，也是假的。”说着走到妆台之侧，拿起一块锦帕，在金盒中浸湿了，在脸上用力擦洗数下，又在双颊上撕下两块人皮一般的物事来，登时相貌大变，本来胖胖的一张圆脸，忽然变成了瘦削的瓜子脸，眼眶下面也凹了进去。 白衣尼“啊”的一声，甚感惊异，说道：“你的相貌果然大大不同了。”沉吟片刻，道：“可是要假冒皇后，毕竟不是易事。难道你贴身的宫女会认不出？连你丈夫也认不出？”太后道：“我丈夫？先帝只宠爱狐媚子董鄂妃一人，这些年来，他从来没在皇后这里住过一晚。真皇后他一眼都不瞧，假皇后他自然也不瞧。”这几句话语气甚是苦涩，又道：“别说我化装得甚像，就算全然不像，他……他……哼，他也怎会知道？” 白衣尼微微点头，又问：“那么服侍皇后的太监宫女，难道也都认不出来？”太后道：“晚辈一制住皇后，便让她将慈宁宫的太监宫女尽数换了新人，我极少出外，偶尔不得不出去，宫里规矩，太监宫女们也不敢正面瞧我，就算远远偷瞧一眼，又怎分辨得出真假？” 白衣尼忽然想起一事，说道：“不对。你说老皇帝从不睬你，可是……可是你却生下了一个公主。”太后道：“这个女儿，不是皇帝生的。他父亲是个汉人，有时偷偷来到宫里和我相会，便假扮了宫女。这人……他不久之前不幸……不幸病死了。” 陶红英捏了捏韦小宝的手掌，两人均想：“假扮宫女的男子倒确是有的，只不过不是病死而已。”韦小宝又想：“怪不得公主如此野蛮胡闹，原来是那个假宫女生的杂种。老皇爷慈祥温和，生的女儿决不会这个样子。” 白衣尼心想：“你忽然怀孕生女，老皇帝倘若没跟你同房，怎会不起疑心？”只是这种居室之私，她处女出家，问不出口，寻思：“这人既然处心积虑的假冒皇后，一觉怀孕，总有法子遮掩，那也不必细查。”摇摇头，说道：“你的话总是不尽不实。” 太后急道：“前辈，连这等十分可耻之事，我也照实说了，余事更加不敢隐瞒。”白衣尼道：“如此说来，那真太后是给你杀了。你手上沾的血腥却也不少。”太后道：“晚辈诵经拜佛，虽对鞑子心怀深仇，却不敢胡乱杀人。真太后还好端端的活着。” 这句话令床前床后三人都大出意料之外。白衣尼道：“她还活着？你不怕泄漏秘密？” 太后走到一张大挂毡之前，拉动毡旁的羊毛衫子，挂毡慢慢卷了上去，露出两扇柜门。太后从怀里摸出一枚黄金钥匙，开了柜上暗锁，打开柜门，只见柜内横卧着一个女人，身上盖着锦被。白衣尼轻轻一声惊呼，问道：“她……她便是真太后？” 太后道：“前辈请瞧她的相貌。”说着手持烛台，将烛光照在那女子的脸上。白衣尼见那女子容色十分憔悴，更无半点血色，但相貌确与太后除去脸上化装之前甚为相似。 那女子微微将眼睁开，随即闭住，低声道：“我不说，你……你快快将我杀了。” 太后道：“我从来不杀人，怎会杀你？”说着关上柜门，放下挂毡。 白衣尼道：“你将她关在这里，已关了许多年？”太后道：“是。”白衣尼道：“你逼问她什么事？只因她坚决不说，这才得以活到今日。她一说了出来，你立即便将她杀了，是不是？”太后道：“不，不。晚辈知道佛门首戒杀生，平时常常吃素，决不会伤她性命。” 白衣尼哼了一声，道：“你当我是三岁孩童，不明白你的心思？这人关在这里，时时刻刻都有危险，你不杀她，必有重大图谋。倘若她在柜内叫嚷起来，岂不立时败露机关？” 太后道：“她不敢叫的，我对她说，这事要是败露，我首先杀了老皇帝。后来老皇帝死了，我就说要杀小皇帝。这鞑子女人对两个皇帝忠心耿耿，决不肯让他们受到伤害。”白衣尼道：“你到底逼问她什么话？她不肯说，你干么不以皇帝的性命相胁？”太后道：“她说我倘若害了皇帝，她立即绝食自尽。她所以不绝食，只因我答应不加害皇帝。” 白衣尼寻思：真假太后一个以绝食自尽相胁，一个以加害皇帝相胁，各有所忌，相持多年，形成僵局。按理说，真太后如此危险的人物，便一刻也留不得，杀了之后，尚须将尸骨化灰，不留半丝痕迹，居然仍让她活在宫中，自是因为她尚有一件重要秘密，始终不肯吐露之故，而秘密之重大，也就可想而知。问道：“我问你的那句话，你总是东拉西扯，回避不答，你到底逼问她说什么秘密？” 太后道：“是，是。这是关涉鞑子气运盛衰的一个大秘密。鞑子龙兴辽东，占了我大明天下，自是因为他们祖宗的风水奇佳。晚辈得知辽东长白山中，有一道爱新觉罗氏的龙脉，只须将这道龙脉掘断了，我们非但能光复汉家山河，鞑子还得尽数覆灭于关内。” 白衣尼点点头，心想这话倒与陶红英所说无甚差别，问道：“这道龙脉在哪里？” 太后道：“这就是那个大秘密了。先帝临死之时，小皇帝还小，不懂事，先帝最宠爱的董鄂妃又先他而死，因此他将这个大秘密跟皇后说了，要她等小皇帝年长，才跟他说知。那时晚辈是服侍皇后的宫女，偷听到先帝和皇后的说话，却未能听得全。我只想查明了这件大事，邀集一批有志之士，去长白山掘断龙脉，我大明天下就可重光了。” 白衣尼沉吟道：“风水龙脉之事，事属虚无缥缈，殊难入信。我大明失却天下，是因历朝施政不善，苛待百姓，以致官逼民反。这些道理，直到近年来我周游四方，这才明白。” 太后道：“是，师太洞明事理，自非晚辈所及。不过为了光复我汉家山河，那风水龙脉之事，也是宁可信其有，不可信其无。若能掘了龙脉，最糟也不过对鞑子一无所损，倘若此事当真灵验，岂不是能拯救普天下千千万万百姓于水深火热之中？” 白衣尼矍然动容，点头道：“你说得是。到底是否具有灵效，事不可知，就算无益，也是绝无所损。只须将此事宣示天下，鞑子君臣是深信龙脉之事的，他们心中先自馁了，咱们图谋复国，大伙儿又多了一层信心。你逼问这真太后的，就是这个秘密？” 太后道：“正是。但这贱人知道此事关连她子孙基业，宁死不肯吐露，不论晚辈如何软骗硬吓，这些年来出尽了法子，她始终宁死不说。” 白衣尼从怀中取出那部《四十二章经》，道：“你是要问她，其余那几部经书是在何处？”太后吓了一跳，倒退两步，颤声道：“你……你已知道了？”白衣尼道：“那个大秘密，便藏在这经书之中，你已得了几部？”太后道：“师太法力神通，无所不知，晚辈不敢隐瞒。本来我已得了三部，第一部是先帝赐给董鄂妃的，她死之后，就在晚辈这里了。另外两部，是从奸臣鳌拜家里抄出来的。可是一天晚上有人入宫行刺，在我胸口刺了一刀，将这三部经书都盗去了。师太请看。”说着解开外衣、内衣和肚兜，露出胸口一个极大伤疤。 韦小宝一颗心怦怦大跳：“再查问下去，恐怕师太要疑心到我头上来了。” 只听白衣尼道：“我知道行刺你的是谁，可是这人并没取去那三部经书。”她想这三部经书若为陶红英取去，她决不会隐瞒不说。太后失惊道：“这刺客没盗经书？那么三本经书是谁偷了去，这……这可真奇了。”白衣尼道：“说与不说，也全由得你。”太后道：“师太恨鞑子入骨，又是法力神通，这大秘密若能交在您手里，由您老人家主持大局，去掘了鞑子的龙脉，正是求之不得，晚辈如何会再隐瞒？再说，须得八部经书一齐到手