Chapter 31 The 31st round of Luodian First Army's Deep Barrier Dianchi Lake Boiling Waves in a Thousand Hectares
After dinner, Wei Xiaobao waited for half an hour before walking into Princess Jianning's room.
The princess had been waiting anxiously, and said angrily, "Why did you come so late?" Wei Xiaobao said angrily, "Your father-in-law stopped me from speaking, and I argued with him for a long time. If it wasn't for Chian Ji Look at you, I am still arguing with him at this time." The princess said: "What did he say?" Wei Xiaobao said: "He said that the emperor always suspected that he was a traitor, and he felt very uncomfortable. I said that if the emperor is suspicious, how can he Let the princess marry your son? He said that the emperor must not like you and intends to harm you."
The princess was furious, she reached out her hand and slapped the table hard, and shouted: "This old turtle is talking nonsense, I'll go and tear off his beard. Tell him to come and see me quickly."
Wei Xiaobao was also full of anger, and scolded: "His grandma, I was going to fight him hard at that time. I said: The emperor likes princesses the most. Princesses are beautiful and smart. How can your son be worthy of him? I He also said: How dare you say such things, the princess is not married, and we will go back to Beijing immediately tomorrow. There are countless people in the world vying to marry her for a talent like the princess. There is a word in my heart that I didn't say. I really want to tell the old turtle: I, Wei Xiaobao, wish I could marry the princess."
The princess immediately smiled and said, "Yes, yes! Why don't you tell him? Xiaobao, we're going back to Beijing tomorrow. I'll go tell the emperor's brother that I must marry you."
Wei Xiaobao shook his head and said: "The old turtle softened immediately when he saw that I was angry, and said that he was talking nonsense just now, but it was just a joke, it must not be taken seriously, and it must not be passed into the ears of the princess. I said, my surname is Wei. The princess is the most loyal, and never dared to lie to the emperor and the princess with a single word."
The princess put her arms around his neck, kissed him lightly on the cheek, and said, "I knew you were very loyal to me."
Wei Xiaobao also kissed her, and said: "The old tortoise panicked, almost knelt down and begged me, and gave me two more Rakshasa muskets, asking me to cover him with all my strength." He took out the muskets and loaded them. Gunpowder and iron bombs, let the princess launch into the garden.
The princess fired according to the law, and when she saw a loud bang from the musket, she broke a big branch, stuck out her tongue, and said, "It's amazing!"
Wei Xiaobao said: "You want one, I want one, two muskets are a pair." The princess sighed: "Two muskets, one female and one male, sleep side by side in this wooden box, how affectionate they are? Once separated , the two sons are lonely and very desolate. I don't want it, you should keep it together." When he said this, he thought that the emperor's will cannot be changed after all, and that he wanted to marry Wei Xiaobao, after all, it was just a lie.
Wei Xiaobao hugged her to comfort her, and whispered some frivolous words in her ear.The princess couldn't help blushing when she heard the strong love, giggling and laughing.Wei Xiaobao undressed her, pulled the brocade quilt to cover her naked body, thinking: "Why don't the traitor's subordinates set fire to it? It's best if they rush here to search, and if they find the princess naked, the princess can turn her face attack."
He sat on the edge of the bed, gently stroked the princess's face, and pricked up his ears to listen to the movement outside the house.The princess murmured, and said softly, "I...I'm going to sleep now. You...you..."
Hearing that the first watch had started in the garden, Wei Xiaobao was waiting impatiently, when suddenly the sound of gongs rang, more than a dozen people shouted: "It's water, it's water!" The princess sat up in surprise, hugging her Holding Wei Xiaobao's neck, he asked in a trembling voice: "Water?" Wei Xiaobao said angrily, "Damn it, it must be the old turtle who set fire to burn you and me to silence him, so as not to leak his nonsense today." Panicked, he asked, "Then...then what should I do?"
Wei Xiaobao said: "Don't be afraid. Wei Xiaobao is utterly loyal, even if his life is in danger, he still wants to protect the safety of my dear princess." He broke free from her embrace lightly, walked to the door of the room, if anyone came rushing, he would be the first Get out of the princess bedroom.
But I heard people's voices, shouting from all around: "Go water! Go water! Hurry up and protect the princess." Wei Xiaobao looked out the window and saw more than ten people walking quickly from the garden, thinking: "The big traitors! The subordinates came very quickly. They have already entered Anfu Garden, lying in the hidden place, and showed up as soon as they heard the fire alarm." Turning back to the princess, he said: "Princess, there is no big fire, you don't have to be afraid. Old turtle It's to catch rape."
The princess tremblingly said: "Catch... What are you catching?" Wei Xiaobao said: "He must be suspicious that you are friendly with me, and wants to catch the adulterer." He opened the door of the room and said, "You don't need to get up when you are lying on the bed, I will stand It's outside the door. If there is a fire burning, I will carry you and run away." The princess was very grateful and said, "Xiaobao, you...you treat me so well."
Wei Xiaobao stood outside the door, and said loudly: "It is important for everyone to protect the princess." Amidst the shouts, the guards of Pingxi Palace's family rushed to him, shouting: "Master Wei, there is a fire in the garden, and the prince has already kissed you." Come to protect the princess." I saw two rows of lanterns on the northeast corner, embracing a group of people.After a while, he came to the front, and the first person was Wu Yingxiong.
Wei Xiaobao thought to himself: "In order to search for that Mongolian bearded man, the little traitor went out to lead the team himself. It can be seen that he attaches great importance to the bearded man. It must be true that he colluded with Mongolia and the Raksha country to rebel." Only Wu Yingxiong shouted "Is Your Royal Highness safe?" A guard shouted: "Master Wei is already guarding here." Wu Yingxiong said: "That's great! Lord Wei, this is hard work for you, brothers are very grateful." Wei Xiaobao He thought to himself: "Why am I working so hard? I hug the princess and make out, is it so hard? Are you grateful to me for this? You don't have to be polite."
Then the imperial bodyguards and Xiaoqi battalion commanders under Wei Xiaobao's command also arrived one after another.Everyone jumped up from the bed in the middle of the night, their clothes were disheveled, some were barefoot, some were shirtless, and they looked very embarrassed. When they heard the fire alarm, they thought: "If the princess is burned to death, it will be a serious crime of beheading." .” So he came here in a hurry.
Wei Xiaobao ordered all the guards and soldiers to guard the surrounding area.Zhang Kangnian pulled his sleeve, Wei Xiaobao walked away a few steps.Zhang Kangnian said in a low voice: "Deputy Chief Wei, this matter is deceitful." Wei Xiaobao said: "What?" Zhang Kangnian said: "When the fire alarm came, the Pingxi Prince's family would jump over the wall and come in from all directions. It was obvious that they had been prepared for a long time. They said big Called for firefighting, but searched in every room, it is useless for our brothers to stop us by cursing, several people have already fought with them." Wei Xiaobao nodded and said: "Wu Sangui suspects that we are plotting against him, I think he is going to rebel!" Zhang Kangnian was taken aback, looked at Wu Yingxiong, and said in a low voice, "Really?" Wei Xiaobao said, "Let them search, don't stop them." Zhang Kangnian nodded, and quietly sent an order to the officers and soldiers from Beijing.
At this time, the southwest and southeast corners of the garden could faintly see fires, and a dozen water dragons were already watering, but the water heads shot into the sky, and the gleaming white water jets looked like giant fountains.
Wei Xiaobao walked up to Wu Yingxiong, and said: "My lord, you are really admirable, Zhuge Liang and Liu Bowen were not as capable as you." Wu Yingxiong was startled, and said: "Master Wei made fun of you." Wei Xiaobao said: " It is not a joke. You must have figured out that at the second watch tonight, there will be a fire in the Anfu Garden, and the princess will be burned to death. .As soon as the fire started, everyone jumped in to put out the fire. Haha, good skills, good skills.”
Wu Yingxiong blushed, and said: "It's not that I expected it beforehand, it's just a coincidence. Tonight my brother-in-law Xia Guoxiang invited guests, my brother came back from having a drink, and led the guard's family to pass by here, just in time there was a fire in the garden."
Wei Xiaobao nodded and said: "That's right. I heard that Mr. Shu said: 'Zhuge is only cautious in his life'. I said that the little prince is better than Zhuge Liang, which is not bad at all. The little prince went to drink at his brother-in-law's house and brought a water dragon with him. Team, it really is very beneficial, isn't it used here?"
Wu Yingxiong knew that he had seen through his arrangement, his face flushed again, and he said embarrassingly: "At this time, the wind is high and things are dry, and it is easy to catch fire, it's better to be careful, this is called being prepared." Wei Xiaobao said: "Exactly. It's a pity that the little prince still hasn't seen one thing." Wu Yingxiong said: "I want to ask for advice." Wei Xiaobao said: "Next time the little prince goes to drink at his brother-in-law's house, it's best to bring a team of masons and carpenters to prepare bricks, tiles and timber. lime, iron nails." Wu Yingxiong asked: "But I don't know what it is for?" Wei Xiaobao said: "If your brother-in-law's house catches fire, the water dragon team just sprays water into the sky and refuses to put out the fire, your brother-in-law's house will inevitably burn down Baidi. The little prince can immediately order the plasterer to rebuild the tall building for your brother-in-law. This is called being prepared."
Wu Yingxiong laughed a few times, and said to the guard beside him: "Master Wei found out that the water dragon team is not doing well, go and arrest the captain and deputy captain, and turn around and interrupt their dog legs." The guard was ordered to leave.
Wei Xiaobao asked: "My lord, after you break the dog legs of the water dragon team's chief and deputy captains, what will you promote them to?" Said: "I don't understand either. I thought, hey, the little prince has to build two more big prisons and send these two chief and deputy captains whose legs were broken to be wardens."
Wu Yingxiong's face changed color, and he thought: "You are so powerful, you know that Lu Yifeng is the warden of Heikanzi Prison." He pretended not to understand what he meant, and said with a smile: "Master Wei really knows how to say It's a joke, no wonder the emperor likes you so much." Made up his mind: "I'll order someone to kill Lu Yifeng later, and give this kid a death sentence."
Not long after, the generals and guards of Pingxi Palace reported back one after another. The fire did not spread, but gradually died down.Wei Xiaobao listened carefully to everyone's words, he didn't notice any secret words, but he saw that Wu Yingxiong always had a slightly unhappy face every time he heard a report from someone, obviously he knew that Han Tiemo had not been found yet, so he didn't know what secret code they used.Pay attention to the expressions of the generals, but there is nothing to see.Suddenly, a family general came to report again, saying that the fire suddenly turned bigger and seemed to spread to this side. It is best to ask the princess to drive to avoid alarm.Wu Yingxiong nodded.
Wei Xiaobao stood aside, seemingly not paying attention, but in fact he was paying attention to his expression and behavior, he saw Wu Yingxiong with downcast eyes, shooting at the general's right leg.Wei Xiaobao followed his gaze, and saw that the family put their right thumb and index finger in a circle, sticking to their knees.Wei Xiaobao came to a sudden realization: "So the two fingers formed a circle, which means that Han Tiemo has not been found. There is no secret signal in the words."
Wu Yingxiong said: "Master Wei, since the fire is coming this way, let's ask the princess to move away. If Her Royal Highness is frightened, it will be a crime worthy of death."
Wei Xiaobao knew that Hantemao would not be found anywhere in Prince Pingxi's mansion, only the princess's bedroom was left unsearched in the garden, they didn't do it, they kept searching, even the princess' bedroom was searched, he couldn't help feeling angry, and for a while With a childlike innocence, he raised his right hand, clasped his thumb and forefinger in a circle, and shook it in front of Wu Yingxiong's face.
As soon as this mark was hit, Wu Yingxiong was taken aback, and the expressions of all his generals also changed drastically.Wu Yingxiong asked in a trembling voice: "Wei... Lord Wei..., what... what does this mean?" Wei Xiaobao laughed and said, "Don't you understand the meaning of this mark?" Wu Yingxiong collected himself and said, "This Mark, this mark, um, I understand, this is copper coins, Lord Wei said that only silver and copper coins are required for the princess to move." Wei Xiaobao thought to himself: "The brains of the little traitor are really quick." He smiled at the moment no answer.Wu Yingxiong smiled and said: "As for the matter of copper coins and silver, we are brothers, so naturally everything can be discussed."
Wei Xiaobao said: "My lord is so generous, I would like to thank you on behalf of all my brothers. My lord, you can handle the matter of asking the princess to move by yourself." He smiled and said: "You are a husband and wife, everything is easy to discuss. In the middle of the night, it’s inconvenient for the young general to break into the princess’s room.” I thought, “I’ll let you go and find out for yourself if that Mongolian beard is hiding in the room.”
Wu Yingxiong hesitated for a moment, nodded, pushed open the door, walked into the outer hall, and said loudly outside the door: "My minister Wu Yingxiong is here to supervise and lead people to fight the fire to protect the princess. Now the fire is spreading to this side, please move the princess away." Drive, take precautions." After a while, there was only a soft "hmm" from the room.Wu Yingxiong thought to himself: "Although you and I are not married, I am the son-in-law, and my status has been determined earlier. Now that the matter is urgent, it is not considered too polite for me to come into your room. If you don't investigate this matter clearly, it will be wrong after all. Other than me, no one else can enter your room." Immediately, he pushed open the door and walked in.
Wei Xiaobao and more than a hundred imperial guards, generals of the Xiaoqi Battalion, and generals of the Pingxi Palace were all waiting outside the house.After a long time, there was still no movement in the room. After a while, everyone looked at me and I looked at you, with smiles on their faces and mouths, and everyone was thinking about the same thing: "This unmarried couple has never met before, suddenly they are in the princess Meeting in the boudoir must be very fragrant. I don't know what the two of them are going to say? Will the little prince hold the princess in his arms and hug her? Kiss her?" Only Wei Xiaobao was jealous, Although Wu Yingxiong knew that Wu Yingxiong was searching for Han Tiemo, he might not be in the mood to make out with the princess at the moment, but the princess is a slut who can do anything, so it's hard to say whether she will go to make out with Wu Yingxiong on her own. Suddenly, the princess screamed: "Bold and rude! You...you...you can't do this, get out." Everyone outside the room looked at each other and laughed, thinking: "The little prince can't help but do it." The princess shouted again: "You...you can't, you can't take off my clothes, get out, oh, help, help! This man raped me! He raped me. Help, help!" Everyone couldn't help laughing, they all felt that Wu Yingxiong was too impatient and bold, even though the princess was his wife after all, how could he act recklessly before he was married?Several generals finally laughed out loud.The imperial guards all looked at Wei Xiaobao, waiting for him to act with winks, whether he wanted to protect the princess or not, thinking in their hearts: "Wu Yingxiong's rape of the princess is rude, but it is a private matter between their husband and wife after all. We are slaves who intervene recklessly. Definitely making fun of yourself." But Wei Xiaobao's heart was beating wildly: "This little traitor is a shrewd man, why is he acting so nonsense? Could it be that he...does he really want to harm the princess?" Immediately he shouted loudly: "Little prince, please come out quickly, don't offend the princess .” The princess suddenly yelled: "Help!" The voice was extremely shrill.Wei Xiaobao was taken aback, waved his hand, and shouted: "Something serious has happened." He rushed into the room.Several imperial guards and generals from the palace followed in. The door of the bedroom was open, the princess was huddled in the corner of the bed, covered with a brocade quilt, a pair of snow-white thighs were exposed outside the quilt, her arms were bare, obviously naked.Wu Yingxiong was lying naked on the ground, motionless, with blood all over his lower body, holding a short knife in his hand.Everyone was stunned when they saw this situation.Wang's family went to check Wu Yingxiong's life and death, checked his breath, he was still breathing, his heart was still beating, but he passed out. The princess cried out: "This man... this man is rude to me... who is he? Lord Wei, quickly arrest him and kill him." Wei Xiaobao said: "He is the concubine Wu Yingxiong." The princess cried : "No, no. He stripped me naked, undressed himself, he raped me... This villain, kill him soon." All the imperial guards were angry. They were sent by the emperor to protect the princess. The princess is the younger sister of the royal family, but she is so insulted by Wu Yingxiong. Everyone can say that they are dereliction of duty.The generals of the Wangfu family all looked embarrassed and felt ashamed in their hearts.Some of them are smart and capable, and their thoughts have reached this point. If they can find Hantema in the princess's room, or they can bite the princess back, at least there is some room for arguing. Now they pretend to be in a hurry to rescue Wu Yingxiong, but their eyesight Shooting everywhere, even the bottom of the bed can be seen, but where is the trace of Hantema? All of a sudden, a member of the royal family shouted: "My son... His lower body... lower body..." Wu Yingxiong's lower body was dripping with blood, and everyone had seen it. At first, he thought it was because he was rude to the princess. When they heard the man yelling, they all looked at his lower body, only to see blood still gushing out, obviously injured.All the generals panicked, and the one who was carrying the knife wound medicine hurriedly took it out and applied it to him. Wei Xiaobao shouted: "Wu Yingxiong was disrespectful to the princess and committed a serious crime of disrespect. He will be imprisoned first, and the emperor will punish him." All the guards agreed in unison, and stepped forward to pull him up. The generals of the Wang's family heard and saw with their own eyes that Wu Yingxiong was indeed rude to the princess, and it is impossible to deny it. Hearing what Wei Xiaobao said, they could only cry inwardly: "Oops, Oops!" No one dared to resist at all.A family general bowed and said: "Master Wei is merciful. Your son is injured, please allow him to return to the manor for treatment. Our prince must be very grateful. The son is indeed very wrong, and please be lenient, Princess Wei. In charge." Wei Xiaobao straightened his face and said: "We don't dare to lie to the Emperor for such a serious crime, who can bear it? If you have something to say, go outside and say, what is it like for everyone to crowd in the princess' bedroom? There are no such rules ?” The generals of the family said repeatedly, helped Wu Yingxiong to withdraw, and all the guards also withdrew, leaving only the princess and Wei Xiaobao. The princess suddenly smiled and waved to Wei Xiaobao.Wei Xiaobao walked to the bed, the princess put her arms around his shoulders, and whispered in his ear: "I castrated him." Wei Xiaobao was shocked, and asked: "You...what are you?" The princess blew into his ear , laughed in a low voice: "I pointed a musket at him, forced him to take off his clothes, then hit him hard on the head with the butt of the gun, knocked him unconscious, and cut off his nasty things. From now on , he can only be my eunuch, not my husband." Wei Xiaobao was amused and surprised at the same time, and said: "You have made a fool of yourself, you have caused a lot of trouble." The princess said: "What's the trouble? I'm all for you. Even if I marry him, it's just a fake couple. In short, I won't let you wear a cuckold and be a turtle." Wei Xiaobao's thoughts changed sharply, but this matter was too unexpected, and he didn't know how to deal with it.The princess said again: "Rape and rudeness are fake. But I yelled loudly, and you all heard it outside, didn't you?" Wei Xiaobao nodded.The princess smiled and said: "In this case, why should we be afraid of him? Even if Wu Sangui is angry, he still knows that his son is not good." Wei Xiaobao sighed and said: "If he cuts you to death, what should we do?" The princess said: "How could they be cut to death? Of the thousands of eunuchs in our palace, which one was cut to death?" Wei Xiaobao said: "Okay, you insist firmly that he raped you and forced you with a knife. You resisted desperately and stretched out your hand to push him. He took the knife in his hand, took off his clothes again, just pushed and waved, cut himself go." The princess buried her head in the brocade quilt, giggled, and said in a low voice: "That's right, that's it, he cut it himself." Wei Xiaobao went back outside the room, and told the guards in a low voice about Wu Yingxiong's self-castration during the princess's resistance and Wu Yingxiong's self-castration during the struggle.Everyone was startled and laughed, saying that Wu Yingxiong was so cowardly that he suffered retribution.Several generals from Wu Yingxiong's family stayed to listen to the news, and after overhearing, they all felt ashamed. When such a big event happened in Anfu Garden, the Wang's family would immediately put out the fire and report to Wu Sangui, and at the same time send a message to the doctor to treat Wu Yingxiong's injury.The imperial guards immediately spread the word about the reason for Wu Yingxiong's injury, and even the generals of the palace's family all said that it was all because of the son's rudeness to the princess.Everyone couldn't help adding more oil and sauce, some said that they heard how the son forcibly took off the princess's clothes; some said how the son held a short knife and forcibly threatened.As for how the son was castrated, everyone said it vividly, how the son put a knife on the princess's neck, how the princess struggled to block it, how he pushed the son's arm, swiped the knife, and it was so bad. All kinds of situations seemed to be witnessed generally.The speaker was frothy, talking and comparing; the audience was stunned and nodded. Half an hour later, Wu Sangui received an urgent report, and the flying cavalry arrived, and immediately kowtowed outside the princess's house to apologize, angrily saying: "The crime deserves death!" Wei Xiaobao stood at the side, looking worried, and said: "My lord, please get up, the young general will let you in to check on the princess." Wu Sangui took out a handful of emeralds and pearls from his bosom, stuffed them in his hand, and said: "Brother Wei, Xiao Wang came here in a hurry without a silver ticket. Please share these jewels with the guard brothers. In front of the princess, please Kind words please." Wei Xiaobao put the jewels back into his hands, and said: "Your Majesty, Wang An, the young general will do his best as long as he can afford it, and he will not receive the reward from the Majesty for the time being. This matter is really too big, I don't know what the princess means. Alas, this This princess is arrogant, she is a virtuous and pampered young girl, even the empress dowager and the emperor let her be three points, the prince is... really too bold." Wu Sangui said: "Yes, yes. Brother Wei is here The princess can talk to me, please do please." Wei Xiaobao nodded, with a solemn expression, walked to the door of the princess's house, and said loudly: "Princess Qi: Prince Pingxi came to apologize personally, please think of him as a veteran minister with meritorious service, please forgive him leniently." Wu Sangui said in a low voice: "Yes, yes! The old minister kowtows here, and I ask the princess to be lenient." After a while, there was no response from the princess's room, Wei Xiaobao said it again, and suddenly there was a bang, like a stool fell to the ground.Wei Xiaobao and Wu Sangui looked at each other in surprise.Only a court lady yelled: "Princess, princess, you must not seek short-sightedness!" Wu Sangui was so frightened that his face turned pale, and he thought: "If the princess commits suicide, even though everything is not ready yet, I will have to raise my troops immediately. How can I bear the crime of forcing the princess to death?" But I heard several palace maids in the room crying loudly.A court lady hurried out and cried: "Wei... Lord Wei, Your Royal Highness hangs herself from the beam, you... you come and save... save..." Wei Xiaobao hesitated and said, "It's not convenient for us slaves to enter the princess' bedroom." Wu Sangui gently pushed his vest, said: "The matter is urgent, the most important thing is to save the princess quickly." Turning to the general, he said: "Quickly send it to the doctor." Then he pushed Wei Xiaobao on the back. Wei Xiaobao rushed into the room, and saw the princess lying on the bed, surrounded by seven or eight maids crying.Wei Xiaobao said: "I have internal strength, I saved the living princess." All the maids stepped aside.Seeing the princess's eyes closed tightly, breathing low, there was a red mark on her head and neck, a piece of rope was hanging from the beam, another piece was placed on the bedside, and a stool was overturned on the ground, Wei Xiaobao secretly smiled inwardly: "Well done! This Princess Sao is not just a fool." He rushed to the side of the bed, stretched out his fingers and pinched her upper lip hard. The princess hummed, slowly opened her eyes, and said weakly: "I...I don't want to live anymore." Wei Xiaobao said: "Princess, you are a body of ten thousand gold, so be careful about everything. King Pingxi kowtowed outside to plead guilty." The princess cried: "You...you tell him to kill this bad guy quickly." Wei Xiaobao blocked it with his body Catching the eyes of all the court ladies, he reached into the quilt and squeezed her waist.The princess wanted to laugh, and forced herself to hold back, stretched out her fingernails and poked his arm fiercely, crying loudly: "I don't want to live anymore, I...how should I behave in the future?" Wu Sangui vaguely heard the crying of the princess outside the house, and knowing that she had attempted suicide, he couldn't help heaving a sigh of relief, and then heard her crying "How should I behave in the future", thinking: "It's really no wonder she Annoyed. It doesn’t matter if the young couple use guns or knives, other places are not easy to cut, but it’s unlucky that the knife just cut there. Even if Ying Xiong is cured in the future, the princess will be a widow for the rest of her life. The only thing I can do is to cover it up and don’t make it public. go out." After a while, Wei Xiaobao came out from the room, shaking his head.Wu Sangui hurriedly took a step forward, and asked in a low voice: "What did the princess say?" Wei Xiaobao said: "The man has been saved. It's just that the princess has a strong temper, and she won't listen to anything she says. Waiting on the princess, don't leave for half a step. My lord, I am worried that she will take poison." Wu Sangui's expression changed, and he nodded, "Yes, yes. You have to be careful about this." Wei Xiaobao said in a low voice: "My lord, if something happens to the princess, the young general was sent by the emperor to protect the princess, and this little life is definitely lost. At that time, my lord, you have to arrange a way out for me." "Wu Sangui hesitated and asked: "What is the way out?" Wei Xiaobao said: "I can't say this now, I just hope that the princess is safe and well, and everyone is well. But her life is hers, and she is really going to die, so stop her Three or four days, not ten days and a half months. The young general has a lot of selfishness, and only hopes that the princess will marry into your palace as soon as possible, so the young general will lose more than half of his ties." Wu Sangui was overjoyed and said: "Then let's arrange the wedding as soon as possible. This is caused by children's mischief. Brother Wei did his best to maintain it. Xiao Wang is already very grateful. We must not add to the burden on Brother Wei's shoulders." Lowering his voice, he asked, "I just don't know if the princess will... Will you marry me?" I thought: "My son has become a useless person. I only hope that the princess is young and has little knowledge of men and women. She may not Knowing where the cut is, and marrying in a foolish way, the deal is done, there is nothing to say, maybe she thought that all men in the world are like this." Wei Xiaobao said in a low voice: "Princess is young, so she doesn't understand such things. She is a noble person, so she can't say it." Wu Sangui was overjoyed, and thought: "Heroes see the same thing." Then he changed his mind: "Fuck, what kind of hero is this kid, and he can be compared to me?" He said: "Yes, yes. That's how we do it. What happened just now We are not daring to hide the truth from the emperor. However, the Lord Long Live is extremely busy with many affairs and worries about state affairs. We are slaves who are loyal to the emperor and patriotic, so we cannot let the emperor worry about it. The queen mother and the emperor love the princess. I’m afraid I’m going to be unhappy. Brother Wei, the key to being an official is to report good news and not bad news.” Wei Xiaobao patted his chest, flicked his hat again, and said with emotion: "From now on, the young general will depend entirely on the cultivation and promotion of the lord, this matter should be his life, and he will handle it according to the orders of the lord." Wu Sangui thanked repeatedly.Wei Xiaobao said: "But what happened tonight, I saw a lot of people, if someone leaked it, it has nothing to do with the young general." Wu Sangui said: "That's natural." He was already planning in his mind, how to deploy a soldier and horse, pretend to be robbers, go to Guangxi to lay an ambush, and when Wei Xiaobao and his party return to Beijing, they will be killed all at once.Guangxi is under the jurisdiction of Sun Yanqing, his wife Kong Sizhen is the daughter of Kong Youde, King of Dingnan, the Empress Dowager accepted her as her goddaughter and conferred the title of Heshuogege, the imperial court was very favoured.Let Kong Sizhen bear the crime of poor governance and thieves killing officials. Although Wei Xiaobao was clever, he was not as cunning as Wu Sangui, seeing that he was thinking, he only said that he was still worried about the matter being leaked to the outside world, and said with a smile: "My lord, don't worry, the young general will try his best to restrain his subordinates, ordering them not to talk carelessly." Wu Sangui said: "Brother Wei did me a great favor today, that is not rewarded with gold, silver and jewels. However, Brother Wei has a lot of officers and soldiers under his command. To keep their mouths shut, Xiao Wang has to do his best and send someone later. send over." Wei Xiaobao said: "Thank you very much. I just don't know how your son's injury is, let's go and have a look and hope the injury is not serious." Wu Sangui went to visit with him.The doctor frowned and said: "Your Majesty's life is fine, but...but..." Wu Sangui nodded and said, "It's good that my life is fine." Afraid that Wei Xiaobao would detain his son, he ordered his family to immediately send his son back home to recuperate, and trip him personally Stayed with Wei Xiaobao, in case there was a change of mind, until Wu Yingxiong left Anfu Garden, and then left. Wei Xiaobao thought to himself: "After the little traitor wakes up, he will definitely explain the truth, but what's the use of that? Who would believe that a princess with golden branches and jade leaves will castrate her husband for no reason? Even the big traitor himself will definitely not believe it, and most of them will still I will severely scold my son." Then he thought: "After the princess gets married, when she returns to Beijing, she will have to work hard on A Ke along the way." Back at the residence, Xu Tianchuan, Xuanzhen and others had already heard the news, and they all clapped their hands and cheered.Wei Xiaobao didn't explain the truth to them, but when he asked about the brothel, the heroes said that everything went well according to plan.Wei Xiaobao thought to himself: This big event happened tonight, if I send troops back to Beijing immediately, the big traitor will doubt whether I will report to the emperor, or send this Mongolian bearded man out after the matter is settled.
After a busy night, the heroes were about to withdraw when suddenly Zhao Qixian, the imperial guard, hurried outside the door and said, "Report to the supervisor: King Pingxi was assassinated!" Wei Xiaobao was taken aback, and hurriedly asked: "Is the assassin dead? Who is the assassin?" He didn't want Zhao Qixian to see the heroes of the Tian Di Hui gathering in his room late at night, so he immediately walked outside the door and asked: "Big man...big...Pingxi Is the king dead?" Zhao Qixian said: "He didn't die, I heard that he was only slightly injured. The assassin caught him on the spot, so...it turned out to be the maid beside the princess." Wei Xiaobao was surprised again, and asked: "The maid next to the princess? Which one? Maid? Why do you want to assassinate King Pingxi?" Zhao Qixian said: "I don't know the details. When one of my subordinates gets the news of King Pingxi's assassination, I will come and report it immediately." Wei Xiaobao said: "Go and find out the report." Zhao Qixian agreed, and just turned around and took a few steps, he saw Zhang Kangnian walking quickly, and said: "Report to the chief minister: the maid who assassinated King Pingxi is named Wang Ke'er." Wei Xiaobao shook his body and said in a trembling voice: "She What is she... for?" Wang Ke'er is A Ke's pseudonym, which is formed by taking apart the word "ke". Zhang Kangnian said: "Prince Pingxi has brought her back to the mansion, saying that he wants to interrogate her personally, who instigated it." When Wei Xiaobao heard that his sweetheart was arrested, his mind was in chaos and he couldn't think of any more ideas.Zhang Kangnian said: "Everyone said, who is in charge of her? This Wang Ke'er is a sixteen or seventeen-year-old girl. She must be loyal to the princess. Seeing the princess humiliated and committing suicide, she felt unhappy, so she wanted to vent her anger for the princess. .” In the darkness, Wei Xiaobao suddenly saw a ray of light, and hurriedly said: "Yes, yes, it must be so. What kind of grudge does such a beautiful girl have against King Pingxi? Even if we want to assassinate King Pingxi, we will definitely not send a little girl." Zhao Qixian and Zhang Kangnian looked at each other, thinking: "Deputy Manager Wei's speech is a little messed up, how could we send someone to assassinate King Pingxi?" Zhang Kangnian said: "If you want to come, King Pingxi won't be suspicious of others. This matter is publicized Come on, no one is good. He probably sent someone to quietly kill this court lady, and that's it." Wei Xiaobao tremblingly said: "I can't be killed, I can't be killed! If he is killed, I will fight with him desperately, with this old turtle A traitor goes in with a white knife, and goes out with a red knife." Zhao and Zhang looked at each other again, and they became suspicious: "Could it be that Deputy Chief Wei was angry at the princess's humiliation and sent this court lady to assassinate her?" The two stood with their hands down, not daring to speak. Wei Xiaobao said: "Then what should we do? Then what should we do?" When Zhang Kangnian saw that he seemed to be out of control and anxious, he comforted him and said, "Deputy Manager Wei, this matter is really going to make a fuss, report it to the emperor, and investigate the culprit. That's Wu Sangui and his son's fault. Rape the princess, what's more? Wu Sangui is not dead, even if he finds out the instigator, there is nothing he can do if we deny him to death." Wei Xiaobao shook his head and smiled wryly, and said, "It's true, I didn't instigate her. We brothers, do we still need to hide it?" Zhao Qixian and Zhang Kangnian were immediately relieved, and at the same time heaved a long sigh of relief.Zhao Qixian said: "Then it's easy to handle. Let's sleep with our heads covered and pretend to be ignorant, that's all." Wei Xiaobao said: "No way. Two big brothers, please take a hard trip and take my name card to King Pingxi, saying that Wang Ke'er offended the prince, which is very wrong, I am very angry, but this is the princess's personal maid Please, my lord, bring this girl to you, and I will report to the princess, beat me hard, and vent my anger on my lord." Zhao and Zhang agreed to go, but they both felt it was unnecessary, so Wu Sangui quietly killed the maid. , God does not know, people do not know, everyone is safe and sound. Wei Xiaobao hurriedly came to Jiu Nan's room, pushed the door open and walked in, saw her sitting on the bed, just finished doing the exercise, said: "Master, do you know about sister...about sister...?" Jiu Nan asked "What's the matter? You're in such a panic." Wei Gebao said, "Master... senior sister...she went to assassinate the big traitor, but... was caught." Jiu Nan's eyes flashed, and he asked Said: "Have you stabbed to death?" Wei Xiaobao said: "No. But... but the senior sister was caught by him." Jiu Nan snorted, with a look of disappointment on his face, and said coldly: "It's useless." Wei Xiaobao felt a little strange, and thought: "She is your apprentice, she was captured by the big traitor, but you don't care about it." After thinking about it, he suddenly understood, and said: "Master, you have a way to rescue your senior sister. Isn't it?" Jiu Nan glared at him, shook his head and said, "No, it's useless!" Along the way, Wei Xiaobao saw that Master treated this senior sister indifferently, and didn't love him very much, far less than himself , but Master doesn't like her, but I, Wei Xiaobao, like her terribly, and said anxiously: "If the big traitor wants to kill her, I'm afraid he has already beat her to death, saying that he wants... to find out who instigated it." 九难冷冷的道：“是我指使的。大汉奸有本事，让他来拿我便了。” 九难指使徒儿去行刺吴三桂，韦小宝听了倒毫不诧异。她是前明崇祯皇帝的公主，大明江山送在吴三桂手里，对此人自然恨之切骨，而她自己，也就曾在五台山上行刺过康熙。可是阿珂武功平平，吴三桂身边高手卫士极多，就算行刺得手，也是难以脱逃，师父指使她去办这件事，岂非明明要她去送命？韦小宝心中疑团甚多，却也不敢直言相询，说道：“师姊决不会招出师父来的。”九难道：“是吗？”说着闭上了眼。 韦小宝不敢再问，走出房外。料想赵张两人向吴三桂要人，不会这么快就能回来，在厅上踱来踱去，眼见天色渐明，接连差了三批侍卫去打探消息，一直不见回报。到后来实在忍不住了，点了一队骁骑营军士，亲自率领了，向平西王府行去，开到离王府三里处的法慧寺中扎下，又差侍卫飞马去探。 过了一顿饭时分，只听得蹄声急促，张康年快马驰来，向韦小宝禀报：“属下和赵齐贤奉副总管之命去见平西王。王爷一直没接见。赵齐贤还在王府门房中相候。”韦小宝又急又怒，顿足骂道：“他妈的，吴三桂好大架子！”张康年道：“他是威镇一方的王爷，天下除了皇上，便是他大。他不见我们小小侍卫，那也是平常得紧。”韦小宝怒道：“我亲自去见他，你们都跟我来！” 韦小宝回头吩咐一名骁骑营的佐领：“把我们的队伍都调过来，在吴三桂这狗窝子外候命。”那佐领接令而去。 张康年等众人听了，均有惊惧之色，瞧韦小宝气急败坏的模样，简直便是要跟吴三桂火併；可是平西王麾下兵马众多，从北京护送公主来滇的只两千多官兵，若是动手，只怕不到半个时辰，就给杀得干干净净。张康年道：“韦副总管，你是钦差大臣，奉了皇上之命来到昆明，有甚么事跟他好好商量，平西王不能不卖你的面子。以属下之见，不妨慢慢的来。” 韦小宝怒道：“他妈的，吴三桂甚么东西？咱们倘若慢慢的来，他把我老……把那王可儿杀了，谁能救得活她？” 张康年见他疾言厉色，不敢再说，心想：“杀一个宫女，又有甚么大不了？她又不是你亲妹子，用得着这么大动阵仗？” 韦小宝连叫：“带马，带马！”翻身上马，纵马疾驰，来到平西王府前。 王府的门公侍卫见是钦差大臣，忙迎入大厅，快步入内禀报。
夏国相和马宝两名总兵双双出迎。夏国相是吴三桂的女婿，位居十总兵之首，向韦小宝行过礼后，说道：“韦爵爷，王爷被遇刺的讯息，想来你已得知了。王爷受伤不轻，不能亲自迎接，还请恕罪。” 韦小宝吃了一惊，道：“王爷受了伤？不是说没受伤吗？”夏国相脸有忧色，低声道：“王爷胸口给刺客刺了一剑，伤口有三四寸深……”韦小宝失惊道：“啊哟，这可糟了。”夏国相皱起眉头，说道：“王爷这番能……能不能脱险，眼前还难说得很。我们怕动摇了人心，因此没泄漏，只说并没受伤。韦爵爷是自己人，自然不能相瞒。”韦小宝道：“我去探望王爷。”夏马二人对望一眼。夏国相道：“小人带路。” 来到吴三桂的卧房，夏国相道：“岳父，韦爵爷探您老人家来啦。”听得吴三桂在帐中呻吟了几声，并不答应。夏国相揭起帐子，只见吴三桂皱眉咬牙，正自强忍痛苦，床褥被盖上都溅满了鲜血，胸口绑上了绷带，带中还在不断渗出血水。床边站着两名大夫，都是愁眉深锁。 韦小宝没料到吴三桂受伤如此沉重，原来的满腔怒气，刹那间化为乌有，不由得大为耽心。吴三桂是死是活，他本也不放在心上，但此人倘若伤重而死，要救阿珂是更加难了，低声问道：“王爷，你伤口痛得厉害么？” 吴三桂“嗬嗬”的叫了几声，双目瞪视，全无光采。夏国相又道：“岳父，是韦爵爷来探望你老人家。”吴三桂“哎唷，哎唷”的叫将起来，说道：“我……我不成啦。你们……你们快去把应熊……应熊这小畜生杀了，都……都是他害……害死我的……”夏国相不敢答应，轻轻放下了帐子，和韦小宝走出房外。 夏国相一出房门，便双手遮面，哭道：“韦爵爷，王爷……王爷是不成的了。他老人家一生为国尽忠，却落得如此下场，当真……当真是皇天不佑善人了。” 韦小宝心道：“为国尽个屁忠！皇天不佑大汉奸，那是天经地义。”说道：“夏总兵，我看王爷虽然伤重，却一定死不了。”夏国相道：“谢天谢地，但愿如爵爷金口。却不知何以见得？”韦小宝道：“我会看相。王爷的相，贵不可言。他将来做的官儿，比今日还要大上百倍。这一次决不会死的。” 吴三桂贵为亲王，云贵两省军民政务全由他一人统辖，爵位已至顶峰，官职也已到了极点。韦小宝说他将来做的官儿比今日还要大上百倍，除了做皇帝之外，还有甚么官比平西王大上百倍？夏国相一听，脸色大变，说道：“皇恩浩荡，我们王爷的爵禄已到极顶，再升是不能升了。只盼如韦爵爷金口，他老人家能逢凶化吉，遇难呈祥。” 韦小宝见了他的神色，心想：“吴三桂要造反，你十九早已知道了，否则为甚么我一说他要高升百倍，你就吓成这个样子？我索性再吓他一吓。”说道：“夏总兵尽管放心，我看你的相，那也是贵不可言，日后还得请你多多提拔，多多栽培。” 夏国相请了个安，恭恭敬敬的道：“钦差大人言重了。大人奖勉有加，小将自当忠君报国，不敢负了钦差大人的期许。” 韦小宝笑道：“嘿嘿，好好的干！你们世子做了额驸，便官封少保，兼太子太保。就是当年岳飞岳爷爷，朱仙镇大破金兵，杀得金兀术屁滚尿流，也不过是官封少保。一做公主的丈夫，就能有这般好处。夏总兵，好好的干！”一面说，一面向外走出。 夏国相吓得手心中全是冷汗，心道：“听这小子的说话，竟是指明我岳父要做皇帝。难道……难道这事竟走漏了风声？还是这小子不知天高地厚，满口胡说八道？” 韦小宝走到回廊之中，站定了脚步，问道：“行刺王爷的刺客，可逮到了？到底是甚么人？是谁指使的？是前明余孽？还是沐王府的人？” 夏国相道：“刺客是个女子，名叫王可儿，有人胡说……说她是公主身边的宫女。小将就是不信，多半是冒充。钦差大人明见，小将拜服之至，这人只怕是沐家派来的。” 韦小宝蓦地一惊，暗叫：“不好！他们不敢得罪公主，诬指阿珂是沐王府的人，便能胡乱处死了。这可糟糕之极。”说道：“王可儿？公主有个贴身宫女，就叫王可儿。公主喜欢她得紧，片刻不能离身。这女子可是十七八岁年纪，身材苗条，容貌十分美丽的？” 夏国相微一迟疑，说道：“小将一心挂念王爷的伤势，没去留意刺客。这女子若不是冒充宫女，便是名同人不同。钦差大人请想，这位姓王的宫女既然深得公主宠爱，平素受公主教导，定然知书识礼，温柔和顺，那有行刺王爷之理？这决计不是。” 他越是坚称刺客绝非公主的宫女，韦小宝越是心惊，颤声问道：“你们已……已杀了她么？”夏国相道：“那倒没有，要等王爷痊愈，亲自详加审问，查明背后指使之人。”韦小宝心中略宽，说道：“你带我去瞧瞧这个刺客，是真宫女还是假宫女，我一看便知。”夏国相道：“这可不敢劳动钦差大人的大驾。这刺客决计不是公主身边的宫女，外面谣言很多，大人不必理会。” 韦小宝脸色一沉，道：“王爷遇刺，伤势很重，倘若有甚么三长两短，两短三长，那可谁也脱不了干系。本人回到北京，皇上自然要仔仔细细的问上一番，刺客是甚么人？何人指使？我如不亲眼瞧个清清楚楚，皇上问起来，又怎么往上回？难道你叫我胡说一通吗？这欺君之罪，我自然担当不起。夏总兵，嘿嘿，只怕你也担当不起哪。” 他一抬出皇帝的大帽子来，夏国相再也不敢违抗，连声答应：“是，是。”却不移步。 韦小宝脸色不愉，说道：“夏总兵老是推三阻四，这中间到底有甚么古怪？你想要掉枪花，摆圈套，却也不妨拿出来瞧瞧，看我姓韦的是否对付得了。”他因心上人被擒，眼见凶多吉少，焦急之下，说话竟不留丝毫余地，官场中的虚伪面目，全都撕下来了。 夏国相急道：“小将怎敢向钦差大人掉枪花？不过……不过这中间实在有个难处。”韦小宝冷冷的道：“是吗？”夏国相道：“不瞒钦差大人说，我们王爷向来御下很严，小将是他老人家女婿，王爷对待小将加倍严厉，以防下属背后说他老人家不公。” 韦小宝微微一笑，说道：“你这女婿，是不好做得很了。王爷的王妃听说叫做陈圆圆，乃是天下第一美人。我大清得这江山，跟陈王妃很有些关系。你丈母娘既有羞花闭月之貌，你老婆大人自然也有沉鱼落雁之容了。你这个女婿做得过，做得过之至，只要多见丈母娘几次，给丈人打几次屁股，那也稀松平常……”夏国相道：“小将的妻室……”韦小宝说得高兴，又道：“常言道得好，丈母看女婿，馋唾滴滴涕。我瞧你哪，丈母娘这么美貌，这句话要反过来说了。女婿看丈母，馋唾吞落肚。哈哈，哈哈。” 夏国相神色尴尬，心想：“这小子胡说八道，说话便似个市井流氓，哪里有半分大官的样子？”说道：“小将的妻室不是陈王妃所生。” 韦小宝叹道：“可惜，可惜，你运气不好。”脸色一沉，说道：“我要去审问刺客，你却尽来跟我东拉西扯，直扯到你丈母娘身上，嘿嘿，真是奇哉怪也。” 夏国相越来越怒，脸上仍是一副恭谨神色，说道：“钦差大人要去审问刺客，那是再好不过，钦差大人问一句，胜过我们问一百句、一千句。就只怕王爷……王爷……”韦小宝怒道：“王爷怎么了？他不许我审问刺客么？”夏国相忙道：“不是，不是。钦差大人不可误会。大人去瞧瞧刺客，查明这女子的来历，我们王爷只有感激，决无拦阻之理。小将斗胆，有一句话，请大人别见怪。”韦小宝顿足道：“唉，你这人说话吞吞吐吐，没半点大丈夫气概，定是平日在老婆床前跪得多了。快说，快说！” 夏国相心中骂道：“你姓韦的十八代祖宗，个个都是畜生。”说道：“就只怕那刺客万一就是公主身边的宫女，大人一见之下，便提了去，王爷要起人来，小将交不出，那……那可糟糕之极了。”韦小宝心道：“你这家伙当真狡猾得紧。把话儿说在前头，要我答应不提刺客。你奶奶的，这刺客是我亲亲老婆，岂容你们欺侮？”笑道：“你说过刺客决非公主的宫女，那又何必担心？”夏国相道：“那是小将的揣测，究竟如何，实在也不明白。”韦小宝道：“你是不许我把刺客提走？” 夏国相道：“不敢。钦差大人请在厅上稍行宽坐，待小将去禀明王爷，以后的事，自有王爷跟钦差大人两位作主。就算王爷生气，也怪不到小将头上。” 韦小宝心道：“原来你是怕给岳父打屁股，不肯担干系。”嘿嘿一笑，说道：“好，你去禀告罢。我跟你说，不管王爷是睡着还是醒着，你给我即刻回来。你王爷身子要紧，我们公主的死活，却也不是小事。公主殿下给你世子欺侮之后，这会儿不知怎样了，我可得赶着回去瞧瞧。”他生怕吴三桂昏迷未醒，夏国相就此守在床边，再也不出来了。 夏国相躬身道：“决计不敢误了钦差大人的事。” 韦小宝哼了一声，冷笑道：“这是你们的事，可不是我的事。” 夏国相进去之后，毕竟还是过了好一会这才出来，韦小宝已等得十分不耐，连连跺脚。夏国相道：“王爷仍未十分清醒。小将怕钦差大人等得心焦，匆匆禀告之后，来不及等候王爷的谕示，这就来侍候大人去审问刺客。钦差大人请。”
韦小宝点点头，跟着他走向内进，穿过了几条回廊，来到花园之中。只见园中数十名家将手执兵刃，来回巡逻，戒备森严。 夏国相引着他走到一座大假山前，向一名武官出示一支金批令箭，说道：“奉王爷谕，侍候钦差大人前来审讯刺客。”那武官验了令箭，躬身道：“钦差大人请，总兵大人请。”侧身让在一旁。夏国相道：“小将带路。”从假山石洞中走了进去。 韦小宝跟着入内，走不几步，便见到一扇大铁门，门旁有两名家将把守。原来这假山是地牢的入口。一连过了三道铁门，渐行渐低，来到一间小室之前。室前装着粗大铁栅，栅后一个少女席地而坐，双手捧头，正在低声饮泣。墙上装有几盏油灯，发出淡淡黄光。 韦小宝快步而前，双手握住了铁栅，凝目注视着那少女。 夏国相喝道：“站起来，钦差大人有话问你。” 那少女回过头来，灯光照到她脸上。韦小宝和她四目交投，都是“啊”的一声惊呼。那少女立即站起，手脚上的铁链发出呛呛啷啷声响，说道：“怎……怎么你在这里？”两人都是惊奇之极。 韦小宝万万想不到，这少女并非阿珂，而是沐王府的小郡主沐剑屏。 他定了定神，转头问夏国相：“为甚么将她关在这里？”夏国相道：“大人识得刺客？她……她果然是服侍公主的宫女吗？”脸色之诧异，实不下于韦小宝与沐剑屏。韦小宝道：“她……她是行刺吴……行刺王爷的剑客？”夏国相道：“是啊，这女子胆大之极，干这等犯上作乱之事，到底是谁人主使，还请大人详加审问。” 韦小宝稍觉放心：“原来大家都误会了，行刺吴三桂的不是阿珂，却是沐家的小郡主。她父亲被吴三桂害死，她出手行刺，为父亲报仇，自然毫不希奇。”又问夏国相：“她自己说名叫王可儿？是公主身边的宫女？” 夏国相道：“我们抓到了之后，问她姓名来历，主使之人，她甚么也不肯说。但有人认得她是宫女王可儿。不知是也不是，要请大人见示。” 韦小宝思忖：“小郡主被擒，我自当设法相救。她也是我的老婆，做人不可偏心。”说道：“她自然是公主身边的宫女，公主是十分喜欢她的。”说着向沐剑屏眨了眨眼睛，说道：“你干么来行刺平西王？不要小命了吗？到底是谁主使？快快招来，免得皮肉受苦。” 沐剑屏慨然道：“吴三桂这大汉奸，认贼作父，把大明江山奉送给了鞑子，凡是汉人，哪一个不想取他性命？我只可惜没能杀了这奸贼。”韦小宝假意怒道：“小小丫头，这等无法无天。你在宫里耽了这么久，竟一点规矩也不懂。胆敢说这种大逆不道的话？你不怕杀头吗？”沐剑屏道：“你在宫里耽得比我久得多，你又知道甚么规矩？我怕杀头，也不来昆明杀吴三桂这大汉奸了。”韦小宝走上一步，喝道：“快快招来，到底是谁指使你来行刺？同党还有何人？”一面说，一面右手拇指向身后指了几指，要小郡主诬攀夏国相。他身子挡住了手指，夏国相站在他后面，见不到他手势和挤眉弄眼的神情。 沐剑屏会意，伸手指着夏国相，大声道：“我的同党就是他，是他指使我的。”夏国相大怒，喝道：“胡说八道！”沐剑屏道：“你还想赖？你叫我行刺吴三桂。你说吴三桂这人坏极了，大家都恨死了他。你说……你说刺死了吴三桂后，你就可以……可以……”她不知夏国相是甚么身份，又不善说谎，一时接不下去。 韦小宝道：“他就可以升官发财，从此没人打他骂他？” 沐剑屏大声道：“对啦，他说吴三桂常常打他骂他，待他很凶，他心里气得很，早就想亲手杀了吴三桂，就是……就是没胆子。”夏国相连声喝骂，沐剑屏全不理会。 韦小宝喝道：“你说话可得小心些。你知道这将军是谁？他是平西王的女婿夏国相夏总兵，平西王虽然有时打他骂他，那都是为了他好。”说着在胸前竖起大拇指，赞她说得好。 沐剑屏道：“这夏总兵对我说，一杀了吴三桂，他自己就可做平西王。他说不论行刺成不成功，他都会放我出去，不让我吃半点苦头。可是他却关了我在这里。夏总兵，我听你吩咐，干了大事，你甚么时候放我出去？” 夏国相怒极，心想：“你这臭丫头本来又不认得我，全是这小子说的。这混帐小子，为了要救你，拿老子来开玩笑。你二人原来相识，可真万万料想不到。”喝道：“你再胡言乱语，我打得你皮开肉绽，死去活来。” 沐剑屏一惊，便不敢再说，心想韦小宝倘若相救不得，这武官定会狠狠对付自己。 韦小宝道：“你心里有甚么话，不妨都说出来。这位夏总兵是我的好朋友，倘若真是他指使你行刺平西王，你老老实实跟我说，我也不会泄露出去。”说着又连使眼色。 沐剑屏道：“他……他要打死我的，我不敢说了。” 韦小宝道：“如此说来，这话是真的了。”说着叹了口气，退后几步，摇了摇头。 夏国相道：“大人明鉴，反贼诬攀长官，事所常有，自然是当不得真的。” 韦小宝沉吟道：“话是不错。不过平西王平时对夏总兵很严，夏总兵心下恼恨，想杀了岳父老头儿，这些话，只怕她一个小小女孩儿凭空也捏造不出。待平西王伤愈之后，我要好好劝他，免得你们丈人和女婿势成……势成那个水甚么，火甚么的。” 先前夏国相听得沐剑屏诬攀，虽然恼怒，倒也不怎么在意，自己一生功名富贵，全由平西王所赐，没人相信自己会有不轨图谋，但韦小宝若去跟平西王说及此事，岳父定然以为自己心中怀恨，竟对外人口出怨言；岳父近年来脾气暴躁，御下极严，一听了这番话，只怕立有不测之祸，忙道：“王爷对待小将仁至义尽，便当是亲生儿子一般，小将心中感激万分。钦差大人千万不可跟王爷说这等话。” 韦小宝见他着急，微微一笑，说道：“人无伤虎意，虎有害人心。恩将仇报的事情，世上原是有的。平西王待我不错，我定要劝他好好提防，免得遭了自己人的毒手。平西王兵强马壮，身边有无数武功高手防卫，外人要害他，如何能够成功？可是内贼难防，自己人下毒手，只怕就躲不过了。” 夏国相越听越是心惊，明知韦小宝的话无中生有，用意纯在搭救这少
Wei Xiaobao and more than a hundred imperial guards, generals of the Xiaoqi Battalion, and generals of the Pingxi Palace were all waiting outside the house.After a long time, there was still no movement in the room. After a while, everyone looked at me and I looked at you, with smiles on their faces and mouths, and everyone was thinking about the same thing: "This unmarried couple has never met before, suddenly they are in the princess Meeting in the boudoir must be very fragrant. I don't know what the two of them are going to say? Will the little prince hold the princess in his arms and hug her? Kiss her?" Only Wei Xiaobao was jealous, Although Wu Yingxiong knew that Wu Yingxiong was searching for Han Tiemo, he might not be in the mood to make out with the princess at the moment, but the princess is a slut who can do anything, so it's hard to say whether she will go to make out with Wu Yingxiong on her own. Suddenly, the princess screamed: "Bold and rude! You...you...you can't do this, get out." Everyone outside the room looked at each other and laughed, thinking: "The little prince can't help but do it." The princess shouted again: "You...you can't, you can't take off my clothes, get out, oh, help, help! This man raped me! He raped me. Help, help!" Everyone couldn't help laughing, they all felt that Wu Yingxiong was too impatient and bold, even though the princess was his wife after all, how could he act recklessly before he was married?Several generals finally laughed out loud.The imperial guards all looked at Wei Xiaobao, waiting for him to act with winks, whether he wanted to protect the princess or not, thinking in their hearts: "Wu Yingxiong's rape of the princess is rude, but it is a private matter between their husband and wife after all. We are slaves who intervene recklessly. Definitely making fun of yourself." But Wei Xiaobao's heart was beating wildly: "This little traitor is a shrewd man, why is he acting so nonsense? Could it be that he...does he really want to harm the princess?" Immediately he shouted loudly: "Little prince, please come out quickly, don't offend the princess .” The princess suddenly yelled: "Help!" The voice was extremely shrill.Wei Xiaobao was taken aback, waved his hand, and shouted: "Something serious has happened." He rushed into the room.Several imperial guards and generals from the palace followed in. The door of the bedroom was open, the princess was huddled in the corner of the bed, covered with a brocade quilt, a pair of snow-white thighs were exposed outside the quilt, her arms were bare, obviously naked.Wu Yingxiong was lying naked on the ground, motionless, with blood all over his lower body, holding a short knife in his hand.Everyone was stunned when they saw this situation.Wang's family went to check Wu Yingxiong's life and death, checked his breath, he was still breathing, his heart was still beating, but he passed out. The princess cried out: "This man... this man is rude to me... who is he? Lord Wei, quickly arrest him and kill him." Wei Xiaobao said: "He is the concubine Wu Yingxiong." The princess cried : "No, no. He stripped me naked, undressed himself, he raped me... This villain, kill him soon." All the imperial guards were angry. They were sent by the emperor to protect the princess. The princess is the younger sister of the royal family, but she is so insulted by Wu Yingxiong. Everyone can say that they are dereliction of duty.The generals of the Wangfu family all looked embarrassed and felt ashamed in their hearts.Some of them are smart and capable, and their thoughts have reached this point. If they can find Hantema in the princess's room, or they can bite the princess back, at least there is some room for arguing. Now they pretend to be in a hurry to rescue Wu Yingxiong, but their eyesight Shooting everywhere, even the bottom of the bed can be seen, but where is the trace of Hantema? All of a sudden, a member of the royal family shouted: "My son... His lower body... lower body..." Wu Yingxiong's lower body was dripping with blood, and everyone had seen it. At first, he thought it was because he was rude to the princess. When they heard the man yelling, they all looked at his lower body, only to see blood still gushing out, obviously injured.All the generals panicked, and the one who was carrying the knife wound medicine hurriedly took it out and applied it to him. Wei Xiaobao shouted: "Wu Yingxiong was disrespectful to the princess and committed a serious crime of disrespect. He will be imprisoned first, and the emperor will punish him." All the guards agreed in unison, and stepped forward to pull him up. The generals of the Wang's family heard and saw with their own eyes that Wu Yingxiong was indeed rude to the princess, and it is impossible to deny it. Hearing what Wei Xiaobao said, they could only cry inwardly: "Oops, Oops!" No one dared to resist at all.A family general bowed and said: "Master Wei is merciful. Your son is injured, please allow him to return to the manor for treatment. Our prince must be very grateful. The son is indeed very wrong, and please be lenient, Princess Wei. In charge." Wei Xiaobao straightened his face and said: "We don't dare to lie to the Emperor for such a serious crime, who can bear it? If you have something to say, go outside and say, what is it like for everyone to crowd in the princess' bedroom? There are no such rules ?” The generals of the family said repeatedly, helped Wu Yingxiong to withdraw, and all the guards also withdrew, leaving only the princess and Wei Xiaobao. The princess suddenly smiled and waved to Wei Xiaobao.Wei Xiaobao walked to the bed, the princess put her arms around his shoulders, and whispered in his ear: "I castrated him." Wei Xiaobao was shocked, and asked: "You...what are you?" The princess blew into his ear , laughed in a low voice: "I pointed a musket at him, forced him to take off his clothes, then hit him hard on the head with the butt of the gun, knocked him unconscious, and cut off his nasty things. From now on , he can only be my eunuch, not my husband." Wei Xiaobao was amused and surprised at the same time, and said: "You have made a fool of yourself, you have caused a lot of trouble." The princess said: "What's the trouble? I'm all for you. Even if I marry him, it's just a fake couple. In short, I won't let you wear a cuckold and be a turtle." Wei Xiaobao's thoughts changed sharply, but this matter was too unexpected, and he didn't know how to deal with it.The princess said again: "Rape and rudeness are fake. But I yelled loudly, and you all heard it outside, didn't you?" Wei Xiaobao nodded.The princess smiled and said: "In this case, why should we be afraid of him? Even if Wu Sangui is angry, he still knows that his son is not good." Wei Xiaobao sighed and said: "If he cuts you to death, what should we do?" The princess said: "How could they be cut to death? Of the thousands of eunuchs in our palace, which one was cut to death?" Wei Xiaobao said: "Okay, you insist firmly that he raped you and forced you with a knife. You resisted desperately and stretched out your hand to push him. He took the knife in his hand, took off his clothes again, just pushed and waved, cut himself go." The princess buried her head in the brocade quilt, giggled, and said in a low voice: "That's right, that's it, he cut it himself." Wei Xiaobao went back outside the room, and told the guards in a low voice about Wu Yingxiong's self-castration during the princess's resistance and Wu Yingxiong's self-castration during the struggle.Everyone was startled and laughed, saying that Wu Yingxiong was so cowardly that he suffered retribution.Several generals from Wu Yingxiong's family stayed to listen to the news, and after overhearing, they all felt ashamed. When such a big event happened in Anfu Garden, the Wang's family would immediately put out the fire and report to Wu Sangui, and at the same time send a message to the doctor to treat Wu Yingxiong's injury.The imperial guards immediately spread the word about the reason for Wu Yingxiong's injury, and even the generals of the palace's family all said that it was all because of the son's rudeness to the princess.Everyone couldn't help adding more oil and sauce, some said that they heard how the son forcibly took off the princess's clothes; some said how the son held a short knife and forcibly threatened.As for how the son was castrated, everyone said it vividly, how the son put a knife on the princess's neck, how the princess struggled to block it, how he pushed the son's arm, swiped the knife, and it was so bad. All kinds of situations seemed to be witnessed generally.The speaker was frothy, talking and comparing; the audience was stunned and nodded. Half an hour later, Wu Sangui received an urgent report, and the flying cavalry arrived, and immediately kowtowed outside the princess's house to apologize, angrily saying: "The crime deserves death!" Wei Xiaobao stood at the side, looking worried, and said: "My lord, please get up, the young general will let you in to check on the princess." Wu Sangui took out a handful of emeralds and pearls from his bosom, stuffed them in his hand, and said: "Brother Wei, Xiao Wang came here in a hurry without a silver ticket. Please share these jewels with the guard brothers. In front of the princess, please Kind words please." Wei Xiaobao put the jewels back into his hands, and said: "Your Majesty, Wang An, the young general will do his best as long as he can afford it, and he will not receive the reward from the Majesty for the time being. This matter is really too big, I don't know what the princess means. Alas, this This princess is arrogant, she is a virtuous and pampered young girl, even the empress dowager and the emperor let her be three points, the prince is... really too bold." Wu Sangui said: "Yes, yes. Brother Wei is here The princess can talk to me, please do please." Wei Xiaobao nodded, with a solemn expression, walked to the door of the princess's house, and said loudly: "Princess Qi: Prince Pingxi came to apologize personally, please think of him as a veteran minister with meritorious service, please forgive him leniently." Wu Sangui said in a low voice: "Yes, yes! The old minister kowtows here, and I ask the princess to be lenient." After a while, there was no response from the princess's room, Wei Xiaobao said it again, and suddenly there was a bang, like a stool fell to the ground.Wei Xiaobao and Wu Sangui looked at each other in surprise.Only a court lady yelled: "Princess, princess, you must not seek short-sightedness!" Wu Sangui was so frightened that his face turned pale, and he thought: "If the princess commits suicide, even though everything is not ready yet, I will have to raise my troops immediately. How can I bear the crime of forcing the princess to death?" But I heard several palace maids in the room crying loudly.A court lady hurried out and cried: "Wei... Lord Wei, Your Royal Highness hangs herself from the beam, you... you come and save... save..." Wei Xiaobao hesitated and said, "It's not convenient for us slaves to enter the princess' bedroom." Wu Sangui gently pushed his vest, said: "The matter is urgent, the most important thing is to save the princess quickly." Turning to the general, he said: "Quickly send it to the doctor." Then he pushed Wei Xiaobao on the back. Wei Xiaobao rushed into the room, and saw the princess lying on the bed, surrounded by seven or eight maids crying.Wei Xiaobao said: "I have internal strength, I saved the living princess." All the maids stepped aside.Seeing the princess's eyes closed tightly, breathing low, there was a red mark on her head and neck, a piece of rope was hanging from the beam, another piece was placed on the bedside, and a stool was overturned on the ground, Wei Xiaobao secretly smiled inwardly: "Well done! This Princess Sao is not just a fool." He rushed to the side of the bed, stretched out his fingers and pinched her upper lip hard. The princess hummed, slowly opened her eyes, and said weakly: "I...I don't want to live anymore." Wei Xiaobao said: "Princess, you are a body of ten thousand gold, so be careful about everything. King Pingxi kowtowed outside to plead guilty." The princess cried: "You...you tell him to kill this bad guy quickly." Wei Xiaobao blocked it with his body Catching the eyes of all the court ladies, he reached into the quilt and squeezed her waist.The princess wanted to laugh, and forced herself to hold back, stretched out her fingernails and poked his arm fiercely, crying loudly: "I don't want to live anymore, I...how should I behave in the future?" Wu Sangui vaguely heard the crying of the princess outside the house, and knowing that she had attempted suicide, he couldn't help heaving a sigh of relief, and then heard her crying "How should I behave in the future", thinking: "It's really no wonder she Annoyed. It doesn’t matter if the young couple use guns or knives, other places are not easy to cut, but it’s unlucky that the knife just cut there. Even if Ying Xiong is cured in the future, the princess will be a widow for the rest of her life. The only thing I can do is to cover it up and don’t make it public. go out." After a while, Wei Xiaobao came out from the room, shaking his head.Wu Sangui hurriedly took a step forward, and asked in a low voice: "What did the princess say?" Wei Xiaobao said: "The man has been saved. It's just that the princess has a strong temper, and she won't listen to anything she says. Waiting on the princess, don't leave for half a step. My lord, I am worried that she will take poison." Wu Sangui's expression changed, and he nodded, "Yes, yes. You have to be careful about this." Wei Xiaobao said in a low voice: "My lord, if something happens to the princess, the young general was sent by the emperor to protect the princess, and this little life is definitely lost. At that time, my lord, you have to arrange a way out for me." "Wu Sangui hesitated and asked: "What is the way out?" Wei Xiaobao said: "I can't say this now, I just hope that the princess is safe and well, and everyone is well. But her life is hers, and she is really going to die, so stop her Three or four days, not ten days and a half months. The young general has a lot of selfishness, and only hopes that the princess will marry into your palace as soon as possible, so the young general will lose more than half of his ties." Wu Sangui was overjoyed and said: "Then let's arrange the wedding as soon as possible. This is caused by children's mischief. Brother Wei did his best to maintain it. Xiao Wang is already very grateful. We must not add to the burden on Brother Wei's shoulders." Lowering his voice, he asked, "I just don't know if the princess will... Will you marry me?" I thought: "My son has become a useless person. I only hope that the princess is young and has little knowledge of men and women. She may not Knowing where the cut is, and marrying in a foolish way, the deal is done, there is nothing to say, maybe she thought that all men in the world are like this." Wei Xiaobao said in a low voice: "Princess is young, so she doesn't understand such things. She is a noble person, so she can't say it." Wu Sangui was overjoyed, and thought: "Heroes see the same thing." Then he changed his mind: "Fuck, what kind of hero is this kid, and he can be compared to me?" He said: "Yes, yes. That's how we do it. What happened just now We are not daring to hide the truth from the emperor. However, the Lord Long Live is extremely busy with many affairs and worries about state affairs. We are slaves who are loyal to the emperor and patriotic, so we cannot let the emperor worry about it. The queen mother and the emperor love the princess. I’m afraid I’m going to be unhappy. Brother Wei, the key to being an official is to report good news and not bad news.” Wei Xiaobao patted his chest, flicked his hat again, and said with emotion: "From now on, the young general will depend entirely on the cultivation and promotion of the lord, this matter should be his life, and he will handle it according to the orders of the lord." Wu Sangui thanked repeatedly.Wei Xiaobao said: "But what happened tonight, I saw a lot of people, if someone leaked it, it has nothing to do with the young general." Wu Sangui said: "That's natural." He was already planning in his mind, how to deploy a soldier and horse, pretend to be robbers, go to Guangxi to lay an ambush, and when Wei Xiaobao and his party return to Beijing, they will be killed all at once.Guangxi is under the jurisdiction of Sun Yanqing, his wife Kong Sizhen is the daughter of Kong Youde, King of Dingnan, the Empress Dowager accepted her as her goddaughter and conferred the title of Heshuogege, the imperial court was very favoured.Let Kong Sizhen bear the crime of poor governance and thieves killing officials. Although Wei Xiaobao was clever, he was not as cunning as Wu Sangui, seeing that he was thinking, he only said that he was still worried about the matter being leaked to the outside world, and said with a smile: "My lord, don't worry, the young general will try his best to restrain his subordinates, ordering them not to talk carelessly." Wu Sangui said: "Brother Wei did me a great favor today, that is not rewarded with gold, silver and jewels. However, Brother Wei has a lot of officers and soldiers under his command. To keep their mouths shut, Xiao Wang has to do his best and send someone later. send over." Wei Xiaobao said: "Thank you very much. I just don't know how your son's injury is, let's go and have a look and hope the injury is not serious." Wu Sangui went to visit with him.The doctor frowned and said: "Your Majesty's life is fine, but...but..." Wu Sangui nodded and said, "It's good that my life is fine." Afraid that Wei Xiaobao would detain his son, he ordered his family to immediately send his son back home to recuperate, and trip him personally Stayed with Wei Xiaobao, in case there was a change of mind, until Wu Yingxiong left Anfu Garden, and then left. Wei Xiaobao thought to himself: "After the little traitor wakes up, he will definitely explain the truth, but what's the use of that? Who would believe that a princess with golden branches and jade leaves will castrate her husband for no reason? Even the big traitor himself will definitely not believe it, and most of them will still I will severely scold my son." Then he thought: "After the princess gets married, when she returns to Beijing, she will have to work hard on A Ke along the way." Back at the residence, Xu Tianchuan, Xuanzhen and others had already heard the news, and they all clapped their hands and cheered.Wei Xiaobao didn't explain the truth to them, but when he asked about the brothel, the heroes said that everything went well according to plan.Wei Xiaobao thought to himself: This big event happened tonight, if I send troops back to Beijing immediately, the big traitor will doubt whether I will report to the emperor, or send this Mongolian bearded man out after the matter is settled.
After a busy night, the heroes were about to withdraw when suddenly Zhao Qixian, the imperial guard, hurried outside the door and said, "Report to the supervisor: King Pingxi was assassinated!" Wei Xiaobao was taken aback, and hurriedly asked: "Is the assassin dead? Who is the assassin?" He didn't want Zhao Qixian to see the heroes of the Tian Di Hui gathering in his room late at night, so he immediately walked outside the door and asked: "Big man...big...Pingxi Is the king dead?" Zhao Qixian said: "He didn't die, I heard that he was only slightly injured. The assassin caught him on the spot, so...it turned out to be the maid beside the princess." Wei Xiaobao was surprised again, and asked: "The maid next to the princess? Which one? Maid? Why do you want to assassinate King Pingxi?" Zhao Qixian said: "I don't know the details. When one of my subordinates gets the news of King Pingxi's assassination, I will come and report it immediately." Wei Xiaobao said: "Go and find out the report." Zhao Qixian agreed, and just turned around and took a few steps, he saw Zhang Kangnian walking quickly, and said: "Report to the chief minister: the maid who assassinated King Pingxi is named Wang Ke'er." Wei Xiaobao shook his body and said in a trembling voice: "She What is she... for?" Wang Ke'er is A Ke's pseudonym, which is formed by taking apart the word "ke". Zhang Kangnian said: "Prince Pingxi has brought her back to the mansion, saying that he wants to interrogate her personally, who instigated it." When Wei Xiaobao heard that his sweetheart was arrested, his mind was in chaos and he couldn't think of any more ideas.Zhang Kangnian said: "Everyone said, who is in charge of her? This Wang Ke'er is a sixteen or seventeen-year-old girl. She must be loyal to the princess. Seeing the princess humiliated and committing suicide, she felt unhappy, so she wanted to vent her anger for the princess. .” In the darkness, Wei Xiaobao suddenly saw a ray of light, and hurriedly said: "Yes, yes, it must be so. What kind of grudge does such a beautiful girl have against King Pingxi? Even if we want to assassinate King Pingxi, we will definitely not send a little girl." Zhao Qixian and Zhang Kangnian looked at each other, thinking: "Deputy Manager Wei's speech is a little messed up, how could we send someone to assassinate King Pingxi?" Zhang Kangnian said: "If you want to come, King Pingxi won't be suspicious of others. This matter is publicized Come on, no one is good. He probably sent someone to quietly kill this court lady, and that's it." Wei Xiaobao tremblingly said: "I can't be killed, I can't be killed! If he is killed, I will fight with him desperately, with this old turtle A traitor goes in with a white knife, and goes out with a red knife." Zhao and Zhang looked at each other again, and they became suspicious: "Could it be that Deputy Chief Wei was angry at the princess's humiliation and sent this court lady to assassinate her?" The two stood with their hands down, not daring to speak. Wei Xiaobao said: "Then what should we do? Then what should we do?" When Zhang Kangnian saw that he seemed to be out of control and anxious, he comforted him and said, "Deputy Manager Wei, this matter is really going to make a fuss, report it to the emperor, and investigate the culprit. That's Wu Sangui and his son's fault. Rape the princess, what's more? Wu Sangui is not dead, even if he finds out the instigator, there is nothing he can do if we deny him to death." Wei Xiaobao shook his head and smiled wryly, and said, "It's true, I didn't instigate her. We brothers, do we still need to hide it?" Zhao Qixian and Zhang Kangnian were immediately relieved, and at the same time heaved a long sigh of relief.Zhao Qixian said: "Then it's easy to handle. Let's sleep with our heads covered and pretend to be ignorant, that's all." Wei Xiaobao said: "No way. Two big brothers, please take a hard trip and take my name card to King Pingxi, saying that Wang Ke'er offended the prince, which is very wrong, I am very angry, but this is the princess's personal maid Please, my lord, bring this girl to you, and I will report to the princess, beat me hard, and vent my anger on my lord." Zhao and Zhang agreed to go, but they both felt it was unnecessary, so Wu Sangui quietly killed the maid. , God does not know, people do not know, everyone is safe and sound. Wei Xiaobao hurriedly came to Jiu Nan's room, pushed the door open and walked in, saw her sitting on the bed, just finished doing the exercise, said: "Master, do you know about sister...about sister...?" Jiu Nan asked "What's the matter? You're in such a panic." Wei Gebao said, "Master... senior sister...she went to assassinate the big traitor, but... was caught." Jiu Nan's eyes flashed, and he asked Said: "Have you stabbed to death?" Wei Xiaobao said: "No. But... but the senior sister was caught by him." Jiu Nan snorted, with a look of disappointment on his face, and said coldly: "It's useless." Wei Xiaobao felt a little strange, and thought: "She is your apprentice, she was captured by the big traitor, but you don't care about it." After thinking about it, he suddenly understood, and said: "Master, you have a way to rescue your senior sister. Isn't it?" Jiu Nan glared at him, shook his head and said, "No, it's useless!" Along the way, Wei Xiaobao saw that Master treated this senior sister indifferently, and didn't love him very much, far less than himself , but Master doesn't like her, but I, Wei Xiaobao, like her terribly, and said anxiously: "If the big traitor wants to kill her, I'm afraid he has already beat her to death, saying that he wants... to find out who instigated it." 九难冷冷的道：“是我指使的。大汉奸有本事，让他来拿我便了。” 九难指使徒儿去行刺吴三桂，韦小宝听了倒毫不诧异。她是前明崇祯皇帝的公主，大明江山送在吴三桂手里，对此人自然恨之切骨，而她自己，也就曾在五台山上行刺过康熙。可是阿珂武功平平，吴三桂身边高手卫士极多，就算行刺得手，也是难以脱逃，师父指使她去办这件事，岂非明明要她去送命？韦小宝心中疑团甚多，却也不敢直言相询，说道：“师姊决不会招出师父来的。”九难道：“是吗？”说着闭上了眼。 韦小宝不敢再问，走出房外。料想赵张两人向吴三桂要人，不会这么快就能回来，在厅上踱来踱去，眼见天色渐明，接连差了三批侍卫去打探消息，一直不见回报。到后来实在忍不住了，点了一队骁骑营军士，亲自率领了，向平西王府行去，开到离王府三里处的法慧寺中扎下，又差侍卫飞马去探。 过了一顿饭时分，只听得蹄声急促，张康年快马驰来，向韦小宝禀报：“属下和赵齐贤奉副总管之命去见平西王。王爷一直没接见。赵齐贤还在王府门房中相候。”韦小宝又急又怒，顿足骂道：“他妈的，吴三桂好大架子！”张康年道：“他是威镇一方的王爷，天下除了皇上，便是他大。他不见我们小小侍卫，那也是平常得紧。”韦小宝怒道：“我亲自去见他，你们都跟我来！” 韦小宝回头吩咐一名骁骑营的佐领：“把我们的队伍都调过来，在吴三桂这狗窝子外候命。”那佐领接令而去。 张康年等众人听了，均有惊惧之色，瞧韦小宝气急败坏的模样，简直便是要跟吴三桂火併；可是平西王麾下兵马众多，从北京护送公主来滇的只两千多官兵，若是动手，只怕不到半个时辰，就给杀得干干净净。张康年道：“韦副总管，你是钦差大臣，奉了皇上之命来到昆明，有甚么事跟他好好商量，平西王不能不卖你的面子。以属下之见，不妨慢慢的来。” 韦小宝怒道：“他妈的，吴三桂甚么东西？咱们倘若慢慢的来，他把我老……把那王可儿杀了，谁能救得活她？” 张康年见他疾言厉色，不敢再说，心想：“杀一个宫女，又有甚么大不了？她又不是你亲妹子，用得着这么大动阵仗？” 韦小宝连叫：“带马，带马！”翻身上马，纵马疾驰，来到平西王府前。 王府的门公侍卫见是钦差大臣，忙迎入大厅，快步入内禀报。
夏国相和马宝两名总兵双双出迎。夏国相是吴三桂的女婿，位居十总兵之首，向韦小宝行过礼后，说道：“韦爵爷，王爷被遇刺的讯息，想来你已得知了。王爷受伤不轻，不能亲自迎接，还请恕罪。” 韦小宝吃了一惊，道：“王爷受了伤？不是说没受伤吗？”夏国相脸有忧色，低声道：“王爷胸口给刺客刺了一剑，伤口有三四寸深……”韦小宝失惊道：“啊哟，这可糟了。”夏国相皱起眉头，说道：“王爷这番能……能不能脱险，眼前还难说得很。我们怕动摇了人心，因此没泄漏，只说并没受伤。韦爵爷是自己人，自然不能相瞒。”韦小宝道：“我去探望王爷。”夏马二人对望一眼。夏国相道：“小人带路。” 来到吴三桂的卧房，夏国相道：“岳父，韦爵爷探您老人家来啦。”听得吴三桂在帐中呻吟了几声，并不答应。夏国相揭起帐子，只见吴三桂皱眉咬牙，正自强忍痛苦，床褥被盖上都溅满了鲜血，胸口绑上了绷带，带中还在不断渗出血水。床边站着两名大夫，都是愁眉深锁。 韦小宝没料到吴三桂受伤如此沉重，原来的满腔怒气，刹那间化为乌有，不由得大为耽心。吴三桂是死是活，他本也不放在心上，但此人倘若伤重而死，要救阿珂是更加难了，低声问道：“王爷，你伤口痛得厉害么？” 吴三桂“嗬嗬”的叫了几声，双目瞪视，全无光采。夏国相又道：“岳父，是韦爵爷来探望你老人家。”吴三桂“哎唷，哎唷”的叫将起来，说道：“我……我不成啦。你们……你们快去把应熊……应熊这小畜生杀了，都……都是他害……害死我的……”夏国相不敢答应，轻轻放下了帐子，和韦小宝走出房外。 夏国相一出房门，便双手遮面，哭道：“韦爵爷，王爷……王爷是不成的了。他老人家一生为国尽忠，却落得如此下场，当真……当真是皇天不佑善人了。” 韦小宝心道：“为国尽个屁忠！皇天不佑大汉奸，那是天经地义。”说道：“夏总兵，我看王爷虽然伤重，却一定死不了。”夏国相道：“谢天谢地，但愿如爵爷金口。却不知何以见得？”韦小宝道：“我会看相。王爷的相，贵不可言。他将来做的官儿，比今日还要大上百倍。这一次决不会死的。” 吴三桂贵为亲王，云贵两省军民政务全由他一人统辖，爵位已至顶峰，官职也已到了极点。韦小宝说他将来做的官儿比今日还要大上百倍，除了做皇帝之外，还有甚么官比平西王大上百倍？夏国相一听，脸色大变，说道：“皇恩浩荡，我们王爷的爵禄已到极顶，再升是不能升了。只盼如韦爵爷金口，他老人家能逢凶化吉，遇难呈祥。” 韦小宝见了他的神色，心想：“吴三桂要造反，你十九早已知道了，否则为甚么我一说他要高升百倍，你就吓成这个样子？我索性再吓他一吓。”说道：“夏总兵尽管放心，我看你的相，那也是贵不可言，日后还得请你多多提拔，多多栽培。” 夏国相请了个安，恭恭敬敬的道：“钦差大人言重了。大人奖勉有加，小将自当忠君报国，不敢负了钦差大人的期许。” 韦小宝笑道：“嘿嘿，好好的干！你们世子做了额驸，便官封少保，兼太子太保。就是当年岳飞岳爷爷，朱仙镇大破金兵，杀得金兀术屁滚尿流，也不过是官封少保。一做公主的丈夫，就能有这般好处。夏总兵，好好的干！”一面说，一面向外走出。 夏国相吓得手心中全是冷汗，心道：“听这小子的说话，竟是指明我岳父要做皇帝。难道……难道这事竟走漏了风声？还是这小子不知天高地厚，满口胡说八道？” 韦小宝走到回廊之中，站定了脚步，问道：“行刺王爷的刺客，可逮到了？到底是甚么人？是谁指使的？是前明余孽？还是沐王府的人？” 夏国相道：“刺客是个女子，名叫王可儿，有人胡说……说她是公主身边的宫女。小将就是不信，多半是冒充。钦差大人明见，小将拜服之至，这人只怕是沐家派来的。” 韦小宝蓦地一惊，暗叫：“不好！他们不敢得罪公主，诬指阿珂是沐王府的人，便能胡乱处死了。这可糟糕之极。”说道：“王可儿？公主有个贴身宫女，就叫王可儿。公主喜欢她得紧，片刻不能离身。这女子可是十七八岁年纪，身材苗条，容貌十分美丽的？” 夏国相微一迟疑，说道：“小将一心挂念王爷的伤势，没去留意刺客。这女子若不是冒充宫女，便是名同人不同。钦差大人请想，这位姓王的宫女既然深得公主宠爱，平素受公主教导，定然知书识礼，温柔和顺，那有行刺王爷之理？这决计不是。” 他越是坚称刺客绝非公主的宫女，韦小宝越是心惊，颤声问道：“你们已……已杀了她么？”夏国相道：“那倒没有，要等王爷痊愈，亲自详加审问，查明背后指使之人。”韦小宝心中略宽，说道：“你带我去瞧瞧这个刺客，是真宫女还是假宫女，我一看便知。”夏国相道：“这可不敢劳动钦差大人的大驾。这刺客决计不是公主身边的宫女，外面谣言很多，大人不必理会。” 韦小宝脸色一沉，道：“王爷遇刺，伤势很重，倘若有甚么三长两短，两短三长，那可谁也脱不了干系。本人回到北京，皇上自然要仔仔细细的问上一番，刺客是甚么人？何人指使？我如不亲眼瞧个清清楚楚，皇上问起来，又怎么往上回？难道你叫我胡说一通吗？这欺君之罪，我自然担当不起。夏总兵，嘿嘿，只怕你也担当不起哪。” 他一抬出皇帝的大帽子来，夏国相再也不敢违抗，连声答应：“是，是。”却不移步。 韦小宝脸色不愉，说道：“夏总兵老是推三阻四，这中间到底有甚么古怪？你想要掉枪花，摆圈套，却也不妨拿出来瞧瞧，看我姓韦的是否对付得了。”他因心上人被擒，眼见凶多吉少，焦急之下，说话竟不留丝毫余地，官场中的虚伪面目，全都撕下来了。 夏国相急道：“小将怎敢向钦差大人掉枪花？不过……不过这中间实在有个难处。”韦小宝冷冷的道：“是吗？”夏国相道：“不瞒钦差大人说，我们王爷向来御下很严，小将是他老人家女婿，王爷对待小将加倍严厉，以防下属背后说他老人家不公。” 韦小宝微微一笑，说道：“你这女婿，是不好做得很了。王爷的王妃听说叫做陈圆圆，乃是天下第一美人。我大清得这江山，跟陈王妃很有些关系。你丈母娘既有羞花闭月之貌，你老婆大人自然也有沉鱼落雁之容了。你这个女婿做得过，做得过之至，只要多见丈母娘几次，给丈人打几次屁股，那也稀松平常……”夏国相道：“小将的妻室……”韦小宝说得高兴，又道：“常言道得好，丈母看女婿，馋唾滴滴涕。我瞧你哪，丈母娘这么美貌，这句话要反过来说了。女婿看丈母，馋唾吞落肚。哈哈，哈哈。” 夏国相神色尴尬，心想：“这小子胡说八道，说话便似个市井流氓，哪里有半分大官的样子？”说道：“小将的妻室不是陈王妃所生。” 韦小宝叹道：“可惜，可惜，你运气不好。”脸色一沉，说道：“我要去审问刺客，你却尽来跟我东拉西扯，直扯到你丈母娘身上，嘿嘿，真是奇哉怪也。” 夏国相越来越怒，脸上仍是一副恭谨神色，说道：“钦差大人要去审问刺客，那是再好不过，钦差大人问一句，胜过我们问一百句、一千句。就只怕王爷……王爷……”韦小宝怒道：“王爷怎么了？他不许我审问刺客么？”夏国相忙道：“不是，不是。钦差大人不可误会。大人去瞧瞧刺客，查明这女子的来历，我们王爷只有感激，决无拦阻之理。小将斗胆，有一句话，请大人别见怪。”韦小宝顿足道：“唉，你这人说话吞吞吐吐，没半点大丈夫气概，定是平日在老婆床前跪得多了。快说，快说！” 夏国相心中骂道：“你姓韦的十八代祖宗，个个都是畜生。”说道：“就只怕那刺客万一就是公主身边的宫女，大人一见之下，便提了去，王爷要起人来，小将交不出，那……那可糟糕之极了。”韦小宝心道：“你这家伙当真狡猾得紧。把话儿说在前头，要我答应不提刺客。你奶奶的，这刺客是我亲亲老婆，岂容你们欺侮？”笑道：“你说过刺客决非公主的宫女，那又何必担心？”夏国相道：“那是小将的揣测，究竟如何，实在也不明白。”韦小宝道：“你是不许我把刺客提走？” 夏国相道：“不敢。钦差大人请在厅上稍行宽坐，待小将去禀明王爷，以后的事，自有王爷跟钦差大人两位作主。就算王爷生气，也怪不到小将头上。” 韦小宝心道：“原来你是怕给岳父打屁股，不肯担干系。”嘿嘿一笑，说道：“好，你去禀告罢。我跟你说，不管王爷是睡着还是醒着，你给我即刻回来。你王爷身子要紧，我们公主的死活，却也不是小事。公主殿下给你世子欺侮之后，这会儿不知怎样了，我可得赶着回去瞧瞧。”他生怕吴三桂昏迷未醒，夏国相就此守在床边，再也不出来了。 夏国相躬身道：“决计不敢误了钦差大人的事。” 韦小宝哼了一声，冷笑道：“这是你们的事，可不是我的事。” 夏国相进去之后，毕竟还是过了好一会这才出来，韦小宝已等得十分不耐，连连跺脚。夏国相道：“王爷仍未十分清醒。小将怕钦差大人等得心焦，匆匆禀告之后，来不及等候王爷的谕示，这就来侍候大人去审问刺客。钦差大人请。”
韦小宝点点头，跟着他走向内进，穿过了几条回廊，来到花园之中。只见园中数十名家将手执兵刃，来回巡逻，戒备森严。 夏国相引着他走到一座大假山前，向一名武官出示一支金批令箭，说道：“奉王爷谕，侍候钦差大人前来审讯刺客。”那武官验了令箭，躬身道：“钦差大人请，总兵大人请。”侧身让在一旁。夏国相道：“小将带路。”从假山石洞中走了进去。 韦小宝跟着入内，走不几步，便见到一扇大铁门，门旁有两名家将把守。原来这假山是地牢的入口。一连过了三道铁门，渐行渐低，来到一间小室之前。室前装着粗大铁栅，栅后一个少女席地而坐，双手捧头，正在低声饮泣。墙上装有几盏油灯，发出淡淡黄光。 韦小宝快步而前，双手握住了铁栅，凝目注视着那少女。 夏国相喝道：“站起来，钦差大人有话问你。” 那少女回过头来，灯光照到她脸上。韦小宝和她四目交投，都是“啊”的一声惊呼。那少女立即站起，手脚上的铁链发出呛呛啷啷声响，说道：“怎……怎么你在这里？”两人都是惊奇之极。 韦小宝万万想不到，这少女并非阿珂，而是沐王府的小郡主沐剑屏。 他定了定神，转头问夏国相：“为甚么将她关在这里？”夏国相道：“大人识得刺客？她……她果然是服侍公主的宫女吗？”脸色之诧异，实不下于韦小宝与沐剑屏。韦小宝道：“她……她是行刺吴……行刺王爷的剑客？”夏国相道：“是啊，这女子胆大之极，干这等犯上作乱之事，到底是谁人主使，还请大人详加审问。” 韦小宝稍觉放心：“原来大家都误会了，行刺吴三桂的不是阿珂，却是沐家的小郡主。她父亲被吴三桂害死，她出手行刺，为父亲报仇，自然毫不希奇。”又问夏国相：“她自己说名叫王可儿？是公主身边的宫女？” 夏国相道：“我们抓到了之后，问她姓名来历，主使之人，她甚么也不肯说。但有人认得她是宫女王可儿。不知是也不是，要请大人见示。” 韦小宝思忖：“小郡主被擒，我自当设法相救。她也是我的老婆，做人不可偏心。”说道：“她自然是公主身边的宫女，公主是十分喜欢她的。”说着向沐剑屏眨了眨眼睛，说道：“你干么来行刺平西王？不要小命了吗？到底是谁主使？快快招来，免得皮肉受苦。” 沐剑屏慨然道：“吴三桂这大汉奸，认贼作父，把大明江山奉送给了鞑子，凡是汉人，哪一个不想取他性命？我只可惜没能杀了这奸贼。”韦小宝假意怒道：“小小丫头，这等无法无天。你在宫里耽了这么久，竟一点规矩也不懂。胆敢说这种大逆不道的话？你不怕杀头吗？”沐剑屏道：“你在宫里耽得比我久得多，你又知道甚么规矩？我怕杀头，也不来昆明杀吴三桂这大汉奸了。”韦小宝走上一步，喝道：“快快招来，到底是谁指使你来行刺？同党还有何人？”一面说，一面右手拇指向身后指了几指，要小郡主诬攀夏国相。他身子挡住了手指，夏国相站在他后面，见不到他手势和挤眉弄眼的神情。 沐剑屏会意，伸手指着夏国相，大声道：“我的同党就是他，是他指使我的。”夏国相大怒，喝道：“胡说八道！”沐剑屏道：“你还想赖？你叫我行刺吴三桂。你说吴三桂这人坏极了，大家都恨死了他。你说……你说刺死了吴三桂后，你就可以……可以……”她不知夏国相是甚么身份，又不善说谎，一时接不下去。 韦小宝道：“他就可以升官发财，从此没人打他骂他？” 沐剑屏大声道：“对啦，他说吴三桂常常打他骂他，待他很凶，他心里气得很，早就想亲手杀了吴三桂，就是……就是没胆子。”夏国相连声喝骂，沐剑屏全不理会。 韦小宝喝道：“你说话可得小心些。你知道这将军是谁？他是平西王的女婿夏国相夏总兵，平西王虽然有时打他骂他，那都是为了他好。”说着在胸前竖起大拇指，赞她说得好。 沐剑屏道：“这夏总兵对我说，一杀了吴三桂，他自己就可做平西王。他说不论行刺成不成功，他都会放我出去，不让我吃半点苦头。可是他却关了我在这里。夏总兵，我听你吩咐，干了大事，你甚么时候放我出去？” 夏国相怒极，心想：“你这臭丫头本来又不认得我，全是这小子说的。这混帐小子，为了要救你，拿老子来开玩笑。你二人原来相识，可真万万料想不到。”喝道：“你再胡言乱语，我打得你皮开肉绽，死去活来。” 沐剑屏一惊，便不敢再说，心想韦小宝倘若相救不得，这武官定会狠狠对付自己。 韦小宝道：“你心里有甚么话，不妨都说出来。这位夏总兵是我的好朋友，倘若真是他指使你行刺平西王，你老老实实跟我说，我也不会泄露出去。”说着又连使眼色。 沐剑屏道：“他……他要打死我的，我不敢说了。” 韦小宝道：“如此说来，这话是真的了。”说着叹了口气，退后几步，摇了摇头。 夏国相道：“大人明鉴，反贼诬攀长官，事所常有，自然是当不得真的。” 韦小宝沉吟道：“话是不错。不过平西王平时对夏总兵很严，夏总兵心下恼恨，想杀了岳父老头儿，这些话，只怕她一个小小女孩儿凭空也捏造不出。待平西王伤愈之后，我要好好劝他，免得你们丈人和女婿势成……势成那个水甚么，火甚么的。” 先前夏国相听得沐剑屏诬攀，虽然恼怒，倒也不怎么在意，自己一生功名富贵，全由平西王所赐，没人相信自己会有不轨图谋，但韦小宝若去跟平西王说及此事，岳父定然以为自己心中怀恨，竟对外人口出怨言；岳父近年来脾气暴躁，御下极严，一听了这番话，只怕立有不测之祸，忙道：“王爷对待小将仁至义尽，便当是亲生儿子一般，小将心中感激万分。钦差大人千万不可跟王爷说这等话。” 韦小宝见他着急，微微一笑，说道：“人无伤虎意，虎有害人心。恩将仇报的事情，世上原是有的。平西王待我不错，我定要劝他好好提防，免得遭了自己人的毒手。平西王兵强马壮，身边有无数武功高手防卫，外人要害他，如何能够成功？可是内贼难防，自己人下毒手，只怕就躲不过了。” 夏国相越听越是心惊，明知韦小宝的话无中生有，用意纯在搭救这少