Chapter 43 Forty-third turn around and look like a red cloud, long towards the sun, the heart follows the green grass and faces the wind

Kangxi came out of the Compassionate Palace.Wei Xiaobao followed back to the Hall of Mental Cultivation and waited outside the hall for the transmission.After a long time, seeing Ajichi, the commander of the Qianfeng Battalion, come out of the hall, Wei Xiaobao thought to himself: "The emperor must mobilize the Qianfeng Battalion, and step up strict precautions against assassins." Then the eunuch sent Wei Xiaobao to see him.Kangxi dismissed the guards and eunuchs and ordered him to close the palace door. Kangxi frowned, and paced up and down the hall, obviously having a problem in his heart, and the Health Committee would not let it go.Seeing this, Wei Xiaobao was worried.The little emperor grew older and more powerful, every time Wei Xiaobao saw him, he always felt that his intimacy decreased and his fear increased, and he was no longer as unscrupulous as when they were fighting each other.

After a while, Kangxi said: "Xiao Guizi, there is one thing that I don't know how to do." Wei Xiaobao said: "The emperor is smart and wise, Zhuge Liang is willing to bow down, and the idea he came up with must be high." Kangxi said: " This time, even Zhuge Liang can't do anything about it. You have three great achievements, and I didn't reward you for any of them. The capture of Mao Dongzhu is the first one. The surrender of the two armies of Mongolia and Simon is the second one. Just now Sending people to kill the rebels and saving the queen mother is the third thing. You are young and have already been made an earl, so I can never make you king!" Having said this, he laughed out loud.

Wei Xiaobao realized that the emperor was joking with him, and said happily: "These few things are all thanks to the Queen Mother and the emperor's great blessing, and all the credit belongs to the emperor himself. It's a pity that the emperor can't make him an official, otherwise, the emperor should be promoted three times in a row. yes." Kangxi laughed again, and said: "Although the emperor can't promote his own official position, since ancient times, I don't know how many emperors like to add titles to themselves. If there is any celebration, if you win a small battle, you can add a few titles. Although it is said that the courtiers respectfully invite him, it is not the emperor who puts gold on his face. It is quite ridiculous for a really good emperor to call himself such a compliment, not to mention that many tyrants and foolish emperors are also a series of saints, benevolent, civil, military, constitutional, wise and so on. The more the emperor Confused, the longer the title, the shameless. Are there any sages and sages in ancient times who are stronger than Yao, Shun and Yutang? But Yao is Yao, and Shun is Shun. Later generations admire them, and at most they can only be called Great Shun and Great Yu. If the emperor had three points of self-knowledge, he wouldn't have added a few crosses to his title."

Wei Xiaobao said: "It turns out that Niaosheng Fish Soup doesn't add his title. The emperor is Niaosheng Fish Soup, so naturally he doesn't add it. But according to the servants, after defeating Wu Sangui, if the Emperor doesn't add a few titles, the scenery will be fine. It would be too much of a disadvantage." Kangxi laughed and said: "What's the disadvantage?" Wei Xiaobao said: "After defeating Wu Sangui, the emperor awarded the meritorious officials and rewarded the three armies. Everyone wants to be promoted and get rich. Not only can the emperor himself not be promoted, but he wants to open up the warehouse. Huang Chengcheng's gold, Wouldn't it be a big waste of money to move out boxes of vain money?" Kangxi laughed and said, "You are just ignorant and useless. Wipe away Wu Ni, the world will be peaceful, and the people will live and work in peace and contentment. That is your master's promotion. Get rich." Wei Xiaobao said, "So that's how it is."

Kangxi said: "But after defeating Wu Ni, the ministers must be honored. These flattering kings can't help me to share my worries when they have something to do. Once they are done, they will come to pick up the ready-made cheap and flatter me." Wei Xiaobao Said: "The emperor has a foresight in everything. We watched quietly at that time. Those officials who asked the emperor to give him a title, whoever is the king of flattery." Kangxi laughed: "Yes! At that time, I kicked the **** dog Ass." The monarchs and ministers laughed at each other. Sure enough, as Kangxi expected, after Wu Sangui was leveled, the ministers took honorary titles, sang meritorious deeds, and flattered everyone.Kangxi issued an edict: "Although the thieves have been pacified and the wounds have not recovered, the monarchs and ministers should improve the province, sympathize with the soldiers and support the people, promulgate morality, and be honest and honest, so as to achieve peace. It's really shameful to ask for favors and rewards." This was already very serious, but the officials didn't realize it, thinking that Kangxi was just pretending to decline, and asked for the honorary title again.Kangxi issued an edict: "I have been studying since I was a child, and I feel that the ancients have always acted in the same way, so I take it as a warning. I am afraid that a few tasks will be neglected, and there will be few restraints. I will eat clothes and eat food, and the Qi cold is hot and hot. I dare not spare time." Occasionally, there is a breach of harmony, and I will try to hear it. In the middle of the night, it is advisable to play a few newspapers and stand up in clothes. There is no merit to record. If you return to my honorary title, Garr and other official ranks, you will be ashamed, what honor is there?" The officials flattered and slapped the horse's feet, and they were ashamed, so they dared not invite again.This is something to do later, press no table.

Kangxi laughed and said: "The emperor himself has a lot of titles. It's not unusual. There was an Emperor Zhengde in the Ming Dynasty. That's strange." Wei Xiaobao said: "This emperor, I have seen him several times." Kangxi wondered: "How many times have you seen him? Are you dreaming?" Wei Xiaobao said: "No. I met him on the stage. There is a play called "Meilong Town". Emperor Zhengde traveled to the south of the Yangtze River. I saw a girl selling wine, Li Feng, she was beautiful, so I flirted with her." Kangxi laughed and said: "Emperor Zhengde likes to travel in modest clothes. There may be something about Sister Li Feng. This emperor does not add his own title, but likes to designate himself an official. He named himself 'Governor, Military Affairs, Mighty General, Chief Military Officer'" When encountering any troubles, he issued an edict: "The northern bandits violated the frontier, and the special governor of military affairs, the mighty general, and the commander-in-chief Zhu Shou led the six armies to march." Zhu Shou was his name. After a battle, in fact It was a defeat, but he said it was a victory, he made great contributions, and issued an imperial decree to make himself the Duke of Zhen Guo and increase his salary by five thousand shi."

Wei Xiaobao laughed loudly, and said: "This man is not the emperor, but he is the Duke of Zhen, he is really stupid." Kangxi smiled and said: "At that time, the ministers all objected, saying that if you were to be the Duke of Zhen, you would have to follow the three generations of your ancestors. It doesn't matter if the emperor himself calls the Duke of Zhen, the three generations of the emperor's ancestors are all emperors, and they will definitely not be demoted. Emperor Zhengde Ignore it, and decided to be the Duke of Zhen Guo. Later, he said that he had made great contributions and named himself a grand teacher. Fortunately, he died early, otherwise the official title would become bigger and bigger. Later, he had to usurp his own position and simply become the emperor. "Wei Xiaobao didn't dare to say anything when he heard the word "usurp the throne", he only laughed a few times.

Kangxi said: "Emperor Zhengde did a lot of stupid things, causing the people to suffer. Although he is not good, half of it was taught by eunuchs and courtiers." Wei Xiaobao said: "Yes, yes. Bad emperors love to use bad eunuchs And treacherous ministers, good emperors use good eunuchs and loyal ministers." Kangxi shook his head slightly and said: "That's not the case. There are also bad eunuchs and treacherous ministers around good emperors, but if the emperor is not confused, he can be fooled for a while. , and finally was able to expose the insidiousness and cunning of the treacherous officials."

Wei Xiaobao said: "Yes, yes." His heart couldn't help beating wildly. Kangxi asked: "What's the name of that bitch's adulterer Mao Dongzhu?" Wei Xiaobao said: "His name is Thin Toutuo, what is his real name, I don't know the servant." Kangxi said: "He is so fat, like It's a meat ball, why is it called Thin Toutuo?" Wei Xiaobao said: "I heard that he was tall and thin at first, but after taking the poison from the leader of Shenlong Sect, he shrank into a ball and became a short and fat man." Kangxi said again Question: "How do you know that he and Mao Dongzhu hid in Concubine Shen's sedan chair and coerced the Queen Mother to send them out of the palace?"

Wei Xiaobao thought in a flash: "The emperor first said that I sent people to kill the rebels and saved the empress dowager, and I contributed a lot. Now he said that the two of them hid in the empress dowager's sedan chair and forced the empress dowager to send them out of the palace. Then the three of them will go home The emperor doesn't know about the assassination. However, no matter if the three of them have escaped, captured alive, or beaten to death, they can't be concealed. What should I say?" Seeing that he was hesitant to answer, Kangxi asked: "Why? Is there anything taboo?" Wei Xiaobao said: "No, no! This slave is wondering why these two rebels are sitting in the princess' sedan chair. After thinking about it, I still can't figure it out, so I still need to ask the emperor to enlighten me." Kangxi said: "Let me ask you first, how do you know that the person sitting in the sedan chair is not a concubine, so you ordered the guards to attack the imperial sedan chair?"

Wei Xiaobao thought to himself: "It turns out that the emperor thought that the guards in the palace killed Thin Toutuo and Mao Dongzhu. This matter will be exposed after all, so I'll just say it." Then he said: "The slave deserves death, the emperor forgives the crime." Said and knelt down. Kangxi frowned and said, "What's the matter?" Wei Xiaobao said, "According to the emperor's decree, the servant escorted the rebellious Mao Dongzhu to the Palace of Compassion. After passing through the imperial garden, suddenly there was a loud noise behind the rockery, and three people dressed in the clothes of guards and eunuchs jumped out. The people came and grabbed the servants and asked me to bring them to find the emperor. The martial arts of these three people are extremely high, and the fingers of the servants were almost broken by them." As he spoke, he raised his left hand, and sure enough, all five fingers were bruised swollen. Kangxi said: "What are they looking for me for?" Wei Xiaobao said: "These three people must be assassins sent by Wu Sangui, even if the slave is crushed to death by them, he will definitely not bring them to commit crimes, just... no, It's not a coincidence, it's just a coincidence. It happened that the queen mother and the imperial concubine arrived. The three assassins were confused, thinking that the emperor's holy car was sitting in the imperial concubine's sedan chair, so they rushed out to attack. This is the great blessing of the empress dowager and the emperor. It turned out to be the traitor who killed the traitor. I don’t know if the three assassins were killed by the guards or captured, the slave will go to find out the answer." Kangxi said: "The three assassins may not be foolish, most of them are directed by you, right? You think that instead of the assassins attacking me, it is better to kill the concubine. As long as they make a move, there will be chaos in the palace, and I will not be hurt." Now, your little life is saved, isn't it?" Wei Xiaobao told Kangxi what was on his mind, knowing that he couldn't deny it, so he kowtowed repeatedly. Kangxi said: "You instructed the assassin to harm the concubine. You should be beheaded. Finally, you still have such a three-point loyalty to me..." Wei Xiaobao hurriedly said: "It's not three points, it's ten points, one hundred points , one thousand points, ten thousand points of loyalty and love." Kangxi smiled and said: "Not necessarily?" Wei Xiaobao said: "I see, I see, I see it!" Kangxi stretched out his foot and kicked him lightly on the forehead, and said with a smile: "Damn it, just stand up." Wei Xiaobao was so frightened that his head was sweating, kowtowed and stood up.Kangxi smiled and said: "You have made three great achievements. I couldn't think of a way to reward you at first, but now I think of it. You point out assassins, commit murders, and have the heart of disobedience, but I will not punish you. Make atonement for your crimes. Let's do it." Wei Xiaobao said: "Excellent, excellent. It's like the emperor pushes the Pai Gow. The slaves win in the front, and the emperor wins in the second. Everyone is talking straight. The emperor won't take my money, and he won't compensate me." He thought: " If you don’t get promoted, you won’t get promoted. Can you still make me a mighty general and Duke of the state? Even if you make me a grand master, it’s nothing special. Back then, when Tang Bohu ordered Qiuxiang, Hua Taishi’s two sons Hua Da and Hua Er were Stupid. The two sons of Mrs. Wei, Wei Da and Wei Er, are also in such a mess, what a disaster." Kangxi said: "This short and fat thief is really treacherous in his heart. After you catch his friend, it is difficult to get back. He expected that you would definitely send him to the palace and hand it over to the Queen Mother, so he took the risk and broke into the Palace of Compassion and Ning Go, make trouble, and threaten the Empress Dowager. At this time, the number of guards in the palace has increased several times, and the guards are heavily guarded. He can no longer take advantage of others and escape over the wall like last time. He only hopes to sit in the sedan chair of Concubine Shen. The empress dowager will accompany you to the gate of the palace, and you can both escape. He never expected that, by a strange coincidence, you would instruct an assassin to attack the empress dowager's sedan chair and kill the two traitors." Wei Xiaobao suddenly realized, and said: "So that's how it is. The empress dowager and the emperor are so blessed, it's not bad at all." He thought: "No wonder when I sent the old bitch, the empress dowager had an unlucky face, as if I owed her three hundred It seems that ten thousand taels of silver are not returned. It turned out that Thin Toutuo had already been hiding in the bedroom at that time, mostly on the bed. Thin Toutuo lived in the Palace of Compassion and Ning for many days, and he was familiar with the way, and he slept in this big bed for an unknown number of nights. Well, it's a good thing he came up with this trick. I don't know how long he has been waiting in the empress dowager's bedroom? It may have been several days. Oh, no! Thin Toutuo and the empress dowager, a man and a woman, are hiding in the room. After a few days, I don’t know what kind of tricks have been done? The monk’s hat on the head of the old emperor of Mount Wutai is probably a little green.” Kangxi couldn't guess the dirty thoughts in his heart, and said with a smile: "The queen mother and I are very lucky, and your blessing is not small." Wei Xiaobao said: "Slaves are not blessed in the first place, but after following the emperor for a long time, they have gained some of the emperor's blessings." Kangxi laughed loudly, and asked, "Then Gui Xinshu is nicknamed 'Shenquan Wudi', so is his martial arts really good?" When Kangxi asked this question amidst loud laughter, a thunderbolt sounded in Wei Xiaobao's ears, his body swayed, he felt his legs were filled with vinegar, sore and soft, and said: "This ……This……" Kangxi sneered and said, "Father Heaven and Mother Earth, turn against the Qing Dynasty and restore the Ming Dynasty! Master Wei Xiang, how courageous you are!" Wei Xiaobao felt dizzy, and his mind was in a mess. His first thought was to reach for the dagger from his boot, but he immediately remembered: "He knows everything! Since he asked this question, it was a flop compared to me. His martial art is higher than mine, I can stab him with a sword and he won't die. Even if I can kill him, I will definitely not kill him!" Without any hesitation, he immediately knelt down and shouted: "Xiao Guizi surrender, please forgive me, Xiao Xuanzi!" The words "Little Xuanzi" came to his ears, and all kinds of things about playing with him in the martial arts contest in the past filled Kangxi's heart, he couldn't help but sighed, and said: "You...you have been hiding it from me." Wei Xiaobao kowtowed and said: "Although this slave is in Tiandihui, he is loyal to the emperor and has never done anything wrong to the emperor." Kangxi said solemnly: "If you have the slightest objection, how can you live until today?" Hearing that his tone was a little loose, Wei Xiaobao hurriedly kowtowed again and said, "The emperor's bird raw fish soup is better than Zhuge Zhiliang. The slave is loyal to the master, just like Guan Yun's master." Kangxi couldn't help laughing, and cursed in his heart: "Fuck, what is Zhuge Zhiliang, Guan Yunzhi?" But at this critical moment, if he pretended to use words, the clown made jokes, climbed up the pole, and never I couldn't stop subduing him, and shouted: "You come to me from the beginning to the end, one by one! As long as there is half a lie, I will immediately chop you into dog meat sauce!" Speaking of the last four words, a smile could not help but appear on the corner of the mouth. Wei Xiaobao was crawling on the ground, he couldn't see that his expression had calmed down, but hearing the seriousness of his voice, he hurriedly kowtowed and said: "Yes, yes. The emperor already knows everything, how dare this servant keep the slightest secret?" How will we get to Prince Kang's mansion now? He killed Oboi and was taken captive by the Tiandi Club, how he worshiped Chen Jinnan as his teacher, how he was forced to join the club and became the incense master of the Qingmu Hall, and so on. He told the truth one by one, and finally told how he met the three Guijia people, and how he lost to Guijia in a roll of dice. Zhong, how to draw a secret melody, how to be captured by Gui Erniang in the Garden of Compassion, how to guide three people to attack the concubine's luan sedan in order to get the emperor to police, etc. As for the theft of forty-two chapters, etc. I don't mention it.He has said such a long speech, but there are few lies and many truths, which is the first time in his life that he has solved the problem. Kangxi kept asking about the situation of Tiandihui, and Wei Xiaobao also reported the truth.Kangxi listened for a while, nodded, and said: "Five people share a poem, and no one knows about Hong Ying." Wei Xiaobao was startled: "The emperor even knows the incision of the brothers in my association." Then read: : "Since then, all the brothers have been passed on, and later when they met and reunited." Kangxi said: "When I first entered Hongmen to marry brothers, I swore to show my sincerity on the same day." " Kangxi said: "The brothers in front of the Zhongyi Hall are here, and there will be millions of soldiers in the city." Wei Xiaobao read: "Come to the Fude Temple and vow to fight against the Qing Dynasty and restore the Ming Dynasty, I, Hong Ying." According to the rules of Tiandihui, once he finished reading these two lines of poems, Kangxi only smiled slightly when he announced his name, stated his affiliation, and his position in the meeting.Wei Xiaobao said happily: "So the emperor is also a brother of our society. I don't know what kind of hall it is? A few sticks of incense were burned..." Speaking of this, he immediately realized that he was completely confused. He was the emperor of the Qing Dynasty, how could he come to "reverse the Qing Dynasty and restore the Ming Dynasty?" "?Lian said: "Slap you silly boy, hit you silly boy!" Patted loudly, and lightly slapped himself twice on the mouth. Kangxi stood up, walked up and down the hall, and said: "You are an official in Manchuria, and you eat Lumi from the Qing Dynasty, but you have the idea of ​​​​anti-Qing and Ming Dynasty in your heart. If you are not thinking of you With a little meritorious work, you will have a hundred heads, and you have already cut them off." Wei Xiaobao said: "Yes, yes! The emperor is generous, and this servant's head is preserved today. This servant will withdraw immediately, and the world will The incense master will not do anything. From now on, he will never oppose the Qing Dynasty and restore the Ming Dynasty. He will specifically oppose the Ming Dynasty and restore the Qing Dynasty." Kangxi secretly laughed, and cursed: "My Qing Dynasty has not perished, so why do you want to restore it? You are full of nonsense. !" Wei Xiaobao hurriedly said: "Yes, yes! This slave has guaranteed my lordship for thousands of years. Whatever the emperor wants me to do, I will do, and what the emperor wants me to do, this slave will do." Kangxi said in a low and deep voice, word by word: "Okay! I want you to fight against heaven and earth!" Wei Xiaobao said: "Yes, yes!" He secretly groaned in his heart, his face couldn't help showing distress. Kangxi said: "You are full of flattering words, saying that you are loyal to me, I don't know if it is true or not." Wei Xiaobao hurriedly said: "It's all real gold, it's all real gold, there's nothing more real." Kangxi said: "I'll check you carefully. , at least you haven’t done any treasonable evil to me. If you listen to my order, this time you will pick up the world, cut the weeds and root out the roots, and kill all the rebels, then you will forgive your deception if you make atonement You are guilty of a great crime, maybe I will reward you with something. If you are still cunning and deceitful, double-faced, hehe, can't I kill Wei Xiangzhu of the Tiandihui?" Wei Xiaobao was so frightened that his whole body was in cold sweat, he said repeatedly: "Yes, yes. The emperor wants to kill a slave, but it's like crushing an ant to death. But... but the emperor is bird raw fish soup, and he doesn't kill loyal ministers." Kangxi snorted He said, "What kind of loyal minister are you? You are a traitorous minister with a white face." Wei Xiaobao said: "Your Majesty's lesson: A servant has kept some things from the emperor, so there are some things. But it is definitely not a traitorous minister. Dong Zhuo, Cao Cao, I am determined not to do it." Kangxi said: "Okay! Even if you are not a white-faced treacherous minister, you are a white-nosed clown." Wei Xiaobao was relieved when the emperor assigned him such a role, and hurriedly said: "A clown is just a clown, like... like Shi Qian and Zhu Guangzu, they can also make meritorious service to the emperor." Kangxi smiled slightly, and said: "Hmph, you always insist on calling yourself a good person, so let's go, gather your troops, and go to the Tiandihui, Muwangfu, and Gui Xinshu as rebels. I brought it here. If one is lost, one hand will be cut off, and if four are lost, one hand and one foot will be chopped off. If five are lost, then what will be cut off from you?" Wei Xiaobao said: "This ...This...slave has no choice but to be a real eunuch." Kangxi couldn't help laughing, and cursed: "Damn it, you'll make wishful thinking." Wei Xiaobao said with a sad face: "The emperor cut off both my hands. With two legs, the slave probably won’t be able to survive, and the head on the neck, it’s almost the same whether it’s chopped off or not.” I thought: “He even knows about Prince Mu’s residence, so he’s really well-informed.” Kangxi reached into his sleeve, took out a piece of paper, and read: "Chen Jinnan, chief steward of Tiandihui, Wei Xiaobao, incense master of Qingmu Hall, Li Lishi, Xu Tianchuan, Taoist Xuanzhen, Qian Laoben, Gao Yanchao, Fengjizhong, etc. ;Mu Jiansheng, Liu Dahong, Wu Lishen, etc. from the Mu family, the three assassins who entered the palace were Gui Xinshu, Gui Erniang, and Gui Zhong. One, two, three, four, five... a total of forty-three There are forty-two rebels, excluding yourself for the time being." Wei Xiaobao knelt down again, kowtowed twice, and said: "Your Majesty, although these people said they wanted to turn back the Qing Dynasty and restore the Ming Dynasty, they failed to turn back the success. Let me tell them that the Emperor knows astronomy, and the next Knowing geography, the past and the future, everything. The emperor said that the Great Qing Dynasty lasted for thousands of years, which must be true. It is impossible to fight against the Qing Dynasty, so everyone should break up." Kangxi reached out and slapped the table heavily, and said sharply, "Are you determined to disobey orders and refuse to catch the traitor?" Wei Xiaobao thought to himself: "A hero in the Jianghu, loyalty is the most important thing. If I capture Master and the others, the emperor will definitely cut off their heads. In this way, Wei Xiaobao betrayed his friends and became Wu Sangui. Alas, who was not good at that time Pretending to be Xiao Guizi. Xiao Guizi, Xiao Guizi, isn’t he Wu Sangui’s youngest son? I, the Earl, don’t do it anymore, I’ll find a way to tell Master and all of them to escape, you fucking rotten ducks.” Seeing that he didn't answer, Kangxi became even angrier, and shouted, "What's the matter? Don't you know that you have committed a serious crime? I gave you a good opportunity to reform and make amends, but you are still bargaining with me?" Wei Xiaobao said: "Your Majesty, they are coming to harm you, I will try my best to stop them, the slave is showing loyalty to you. The emperor wants to take them, but the slave is caught in the middle, it is difficult to be a human being, so I have to ask you for mercy, that is also showing loyalty." Kangxi said angrily: "Your heart is for the rebels. You don't know what is good or what is wrong, and you have no respect for the emperor, and you still talk about loyalty?" After a pause, he said: "You saved my life, you saved my father, you saved Empress Dowager, if I kill you today, you will definitely be dissatisfied in your heart, and you will say that I have no loyalty to you, will you?" At this point, Wei Xiaobao simply braced himself and said: "Yes. The emperor promised before, slave Even if I did something wrong, the emperor will spare my life. Long live Lord Jinkou, you can’t go back on what you say.” Kangxi said: “Okay, you have far-sightedness, and you have laid down this pawn long ago, hmph, your heart Executionable." Wei Xiaobao didn't understand the meaning of the words "his heart can be punished", he guessed it was definitely not a good word, since he knew Kangxi, he had never seen him lose his temper so much, he thought: "My head, that's why I cut off my head. It's more than half of the time. The little emperor's temper, it is useless to plead with him, you can only reason with him." Said: "Your Majesty, I have worshiped you as a teacher, and you promised to accept me as an apprentice. Then Chen Jinnan is also me. If I want to harm you, I am deceiving my master and destroying my ancestors. If I go to harm that master, I am also deceiving my master and destroying my ancestors. Besides... besides, it is of course common for the emperor to cut off the heads of his slaves. The head, however, is a bit out of order." Kangxi thought to himself: "The joke about accepting him as an apprentice was indeed said at the time. This kid is arrogant and lawless, and he actually compares me with the bandit prime minister of the Tiandihui. It's really nonsense..." Just thinking of this, suddenly Distant voices of people could be heard in the distance, ping-ping-pong-pong, and the sound of weapons clashing. Wei Xiaobao jumped up and said: "There seems to be an assassin. Master, please sit still and let the disciple stand in front of you." Kangxi snorted and thought to himself: "This kid is wrong in every possible way. After all, he has a heart of loyalty to me." He said: "You can never call me master again. You don't abide by the rules of our school. My master I will fire you." He couldn't help being a little funny. Only the sound of footsteps was heard, and several people rushed to the gate of the hall and stopped still.After Wei Xiaobao ran to the gate of the palace, he immediately picked up the bolt and locked it, this is a matter of life and death, his hands and feet are unparalleled, he shouted: "Who is it?" Someone outside shouted: "Qizou the emperor: three assassins broke into the palace, the guards of the inner class have surrounded them, and they will be captured soon." Wei Xiaobao thought: "The three returning home can't escape at last." He shouted: "The emperor knows. Immediately add a hundred guards to escort the front and back of the Hall of Mental Cultivation, and thirty people must stand on the roof." The leader of the guards outside the hall obeyed the order and left. Kangxi thought to himself: "He is very thoughtful. That day when I was in danger at Mount Wutai, the nun in white fell from the roof. It was really difficult to guard against. Fortunately, this kid blocked the sword in front of me regardless of his own safety." After a while, the yelling gradually subsided, but soon the clash of weapons sounded again.Kangxi frowned and said, "I can't even hold three assassins. What if three hundred or three thousand come?" Wei Xiaobao said, "Your Majesty, don't worry. People like Gui Xinshu, There are very few in the world, no more than four or five at most." After a while, only the sound of footsteps and the sound of swords and swords were heard, and the extra guards of the inner class came outside the hall; and the sound of roof tiles around the roof of the hall was heard, and the tall guards jumped onto the top of the hall, and all The guards knew that the emperor was in the hall, so they guarded the eaves and corners of the hall. They dared not go to the roof, otherwise they would stand on the emperor's head, which would be a great disrespect. Kangxi knew that around the Hall of Mental Cultivation alone, there were at least four to five hundred guards guarding it, and he was determined to be safe, so he ignored the assassin and said, "Look at what this is?" He took out another piece of paper from his sleeve, Spread on the table. Wei Xiaobao took a closer look and saw a picture, in the middle was a big house, with a flagpole and stone lions in front of the house, a bit like his own earl's mansion; there were more than a dozen cannons lined up around the house, all pointing at the big house.When I looked carefully, the house looked more and more like my own house. Kangxi said: "Do you recognize this room?" Wei Xiaobao said: "It's a bit like a slave's kennel." Kangxi said: "As long as you recognize it." Pointing to the four characters on the forehead in the picture, he asked: "This Do you recognize the four characters 'Uncle Zhongyong's Mansion'?" Wei Xiaobao heard that it was indeed his own room, and he couldn't help breaking out in a cold sweat.There are so many cannons lined up around my residence, so naturally something is not good.He once saw two foreign devils, Tang Ruowang and Nan Huairen, fire a cannon. When the cannon was fired, it exploded with a bang, and the flames shot up into the sky, and mud and rocks splashed more than ten feet high. Even if he was wearing a hundred pieces of body protection Baoyi, that was also bombed into dog meat, thinking of the power of the bombardment, he couldn't help but tremble. Kangxi said slowly: "Tonight, you Tiandihui, Yunnan Mujia, Huashan faction surnamed Gui, and Wangwu faction's disciple Situ He will gather at your house. My twelve cannons, At this moment, it has been set up in the houses around your house, and the shells and gunpowder have been loaded long ago. You only need to open the window to expose the muzzle and a little gunpowder thread. I am afraid that no rebel can escape with their lives. He escaped without dying, and the soldiers and horses of the vanguard battalion surrounded outside couldn't eat or do anything. Did you see the commander of the vanguard battalion, Ajichi, just now? The Xiaoqi Battalion under your command is not harmonious, maybe they will let you go?" Wei Xiaobao said in a trembling voice: "The emperor has taken care of everything, and now he is telling this slave that he is sparing his life. The little meritorious work that this slave had done before, has been completely wiped out, and there is nothing left. gone." Kangxi smiled slightly, and said: "It's good if you understand. It's like when we two played Pai Gow. You won a lot of money first, but you lost it all to me in one bet. What you won before, you spit it out all at once." , Since then, there has been no winning or losing. If we want to play again, we have to start from the beginning." Wei Xiaobao heaved a sigh of relief and said: "I really want to thank the emperor Long En. From now on, this slave will only concentrate on serving the emperor, not to mention Tiandihui, even if he is the incense master of Tianjiuhui, this slave will not do it anymore." He was secretly anxious: "Master They have made an appointment to meet in my room tonight, how can I tell them not to go?" He said again: "The emperor ordered me to capture these traitors, it was just to test the heart of the slave, in fact, the emperor has already made a clever plan , what is within, what is thousands of miles away." Only someone outside the palace gate said loudly: "Return to the emperor: the rebels got it!" Kangxi's face was happy, and he shouted: "Bring it in!" Wei Xiaobao said: "Yes!" Turning around, he pulled the latch and opened the palace door. Dozens of guards embraced the three of them and came in, shouting together: "Kowtow to the emperor, kneel!" Dozens of guards knelt down in unison. Gui Xinshu, Gui Erniang, and Gui Zhong were covered in blood and wounds everywhere, but stood upright.All three of them were tied up with thick ropes, and there were two guards beside them. The foreman of the guards shouted: "Kneel! Kneel!" Where did the three return home pay attention.There was only a rattling sound from the hall, and blood dripped from the bodies of the three returning home and the injured guard.Gui Erniang glared at Wei Xiaobao angrily, and shouted: "Little traitor, you...you stinky thief!" Wei Xiaobao couldn't help feeling sad when he saw the miserable situation of the three of them, and let her insult him without answering. Kangxi nodded, and said: "Go to Xin Shu with the invincible magic fist, but he turned out to be such a bad old man! How many of our people were killed or injured?" The head guard said: "Return to the emperor: the rebels are extremely ferocious, and the thirty guards who died in the line of duty There are many people, about forty people were injured." Kangxi said "Hey", waved his hands, and secretly praised in his heart: "Amazing!" The head guard ordered his subordinates to take the three out. Suddenly Gui Xin Shu yelled, mobilized his internal strength, and bumped his right shoulder against the guard beside him.The guard yelled "Ah", flew out, hit his head against the wall, and died instantly.Gui Xinshu grabbed the rope tied to Gui Zhong's body, stretched it, pulled it, and slapped it, the rope broke decisively, grabbed his body, and shouted: "Hurry up, child, mother and I will come later." Gui Zhong flew out from the gate of the hall.At this moment, Gui and his wife both jumped up and rushed towards Kangxi. Wei Xiaobao saw the accident and survived, in shock, he rushed up and hugged Kangxi, rolled under the table, turned his back outward, protecting Kangxi.There were only two pats, and then several guards rushed over to help Kangxi and Wei Xiaobao.When he looked at Gui's couple, he saw that they were both lying in a pool of blood, with seven or eight swords stuck in their backs, and they seemed to be dead. After Gui Xin Shuli killed dozens of guards, he was seriously injured, and finally mobilized his inner strength, broke the bondage on his son, and immediately rushed towards Kangxi.Gui Erniang understood her husband's intentions. Firstly, she only hoped that the death blow would hurt the life of the Tartar Emperor, and secondly, so that her son could escape in the chaos.The hands and feet of the two were tightly bound by ropes, and they could no longer break free, so they jumped up together and charged towards Kangxi.But when the two of them were fighting hard, they had run out of fuel and were both in the air, and they spurted blood wildly, couldn't hold on anymore, and fell to the ground.Even if the guards stopped hacking, the two of them would have died long ago. Kangxi calmed down a bit, frowned and said, "Pull it out, pull it out." The guards agreed in unison, and were about to carry out the bodies of the two, suddenly a figure flickered at the entrance of the hall, and a person rushed in, with extraordinary speed, he threw himself on the corpses of Gui's couple, and shouted: "Mom, Dad!" return bell.Several guards were about to go down with their swords, but Gui Zhong didn't know how to dodge, all the weapons hit him, and he gasped, "Mom, you...what if you don't stay with me? I don't know the way..." He coughed twice, bowed his head and died. He stayed with his mother all his life, and his mother arranged and took care of everything. At this moment, he was at a loss when he left his parents. Although he escaped from the Hall of Mental Cultivation, he still came back to cling to his parents. Duo Long, the head guard, rushed into the hall, knelt down and said, "Return to the emperor: the assassins in the palace have all... all... been wiped out..." Seeing that the hall was covered with blood, he was terrified, and kowtowed: "The assassins are shocked. Shengjia, slave... the slave deserves to die!" Kangxi just hugged and rolled Wei Xiaobao like this, although it was very embarrassing and degrading to his dignity, but this person risked his life to protect him, his loyalty to the emperor was undoubted, and he said to Duolong: "There are still people outside who want to assassinate Wei Xiaobao, you have to protect him well He must not leave the palace even an inch, let alone let him leave the palace. Tomorrow morning, I will listen to other orders." Duo Long hurriedly replied: "Yes, yes. This slave will protect Wei Dutong with all his heart." Wei Xiaobao secretly groaned: "The emperor wants to shoot tonight Hongtiandihui, afraid that I would tip off the news, ordered Duolong to watch over me." Kangxi walked to the gate of the hall, and thought again: "Xiao Guizi is very cunning, Duolong is no match for him." Turning his head, he said, "Duolong, send more people to follow Wei Xiaobao closely, and don't let him talk to others. , and you can’t let him deliver anything out of the palace. All in all, the situation is dangerous, so you just treat him as a criminal.” Duo Long replied: “Yes, yes. The emperor treats his subjects with great care.” He only said that the emperor cherished it Wei Xiaobao, don't let the assassin have a chance to harm him.Wei Xiaobao said: "Your Majesty's kindness, even if a slave is smashed to pieces, it's hard to repay him." He knew that the Emperor said this in order to save his own face, and he would still be useful in the future. Kangxi smiled slightly, and said: "You won another bet. Let's play again from tomorrow. You must hold your golden rice bowl firmly, don't break it!" Said and walked out of the palace gate.
Naturally, only Wei Xiaobao understood Kangxi's two sentences.Just then he hugged Kangxi to escort him, and he counted himself as a meritorious service.After killing master Chen Jinnan and others tonight, he will no longer have anything to do with heaven and earth, and the emperor will use him again.The words "Gong Zhong Ti Guo" were engraved on that golden rice bowl. The emperor wanted to be loyal to him and not have any second thoughts. Wei Xiaobao thought of the tragic situation of his master and the brothers in the Tiandihui, how could he feel at ease even if he was promoted to a noble again?He thought to himself: "If you don't value loyalty, what is it if you don't count as a tortoise bastard?" Thinking: "The Emperor's news is so well-informed, which bastard told him? I saw the Emperor for the first time this morning. He was very kind to me and said that he would send me to win the battle. I am King Pingxi. At that time, the emperor must not have known about Wei Xiangzhu of the Heaven and Earth Council. When he learned the news, I was the one who sent the old bitch to the Queen Mother. Who was the thief who tipped off the news? Hmph, probably是沐王府的人，要不然是王屋派司徒鹤的手下。否则我偷盗四十二章经，在神龙教做白龙使这些事，皇上又怎么不知道？” 多隆见他愁眉苦脸，神情恍惚，拍拍他肩膀，笑道：“韦兄弟，皇上这般宠爱你，真不知你前世是几生修来的？朝里不论哪一位亲王、贝勒、将军、大臣，皇上从来不曾派御前侍卫保护过他。大家都说，韦都统不到二十岁，就会封公封王了。你不用担心，只要不出宫门一步，反贼就有千军万马，也伤不到你一根寒毛。” 韦小宝只有苦笑，说道：“皇上恩德，天高地厚。咱们做奴才的，自该尽心竭力，报答皇上的恩典。”眼见数十名侍卫站在前后左右，要给天地会兄弟传个信，那真是千难万难，心想：“甚么封王封公，老子是不想了。宁可小皇帝在我屁股上踢一脚，大喝一声：'滚你妈的臭鸭蛋！从此不许你再见我的面。'这般保护，可真的保了我的老命啦。” 多隆道：“韦兄弟，皇上吩咐你不可随便走动，是到你从前的屋子去歇歇呢，还是去侍卫班房，大伙儿陪你耍几手？”他知跟韦小宝掷骰子、推牌九，最能投其所好。 韦小宝突然心念一动，说道：“太后吩咐我有一件要紧事情，须得立即办妥，请多大哥一起去罢。”多隆脸有难色，道：“太后交下来的差使，当然立刻得办，不过……不过……皇上严旨，要韦兄弟千万不要出宫……”韦小宝笑道：“这是在宫里办的事儿，多大哥不必担心。”多隆当即放心，笑道：“只要不出宫门，那便百无禁忌。” 韦小宝吩咐侍卫，将慎太妃的鸾轿立刻抬到神武门之西的火烧场去，说道：“有谁打开了轿帘，太后吩咐立刻砍了脑袋。” 刺客袭击太妃鸾轿之事，多隆和众侍卫均已知悉，虽不明其中真相，却均知是太后的一件隐事，一直惴惴不安，听韦小宝说要抬去火烧场焚化，那是去了一个天大的祸胎，各人心头都放下了一块大石。当下多隆随着韦小宝，押了鸾轿去火烧场，一路之上，轿中兀自滴出血来。至于轿中死人是谁，自然无人敢多问半句。到得火烧场，苏拉杂役堆起柴枝，围在鸾轿四周烧了起来。 韦小宝捡根木条，拿焦炭画了只雀儿，双手拱了木条，对着轿子喃喃祝告：“瘦头陀、老婊子，你们在世上做不成夫妻，到阴世去做千年万年的夫妻罢。杀死你们的归家三位，这当儿也已死了。你们前脚走，他们后脚跟来。倘若在奈何桥上、望乡台边碰到，大伙儿亲近亲近罢。”多隆等见他嘴唇微动，料想是祝告死者阴魂早得超生，只见他搬起几块石子，堆成一个小堆，将木条插入，便如是一炷香相似，那料到是他和陶红英通传消息的记号？ 眼见轿子和尸体都烧成了焦炭，韦小宝回到自己从前的住处，早有奉承他的太监过来打扫干净，送上酒菜点心。 韦小宝给了赏钱，和多隆及侍卫用了些，说道：“多大哥，你们各位请随便宽坐。兄弟昨晚整晚给皇上办事，实在倦得很了。”多隆道：“兄弟不用客气，快请去睡，做哥哥的给你保驾。”韦小宝道：“那真是一千个、一万个不敢当。多大哥，你想要皇上赏你甚么？你跟我说了，兄弟记在心里，见到皇上高兴之时，帮你求求，只怕有八分能成。”多隆大喜，道：“韦兄弟肯代我求皇上，那还有不成的吗？” 韦小宝道：“多大哥的事，便是兄弟自己的事，那有不出力之理？”多隆笑道：“做哥哥的在京里当差，有些儿腻了，就是想到外省去调剂调剂。”韦小宝一拍大腿，笑道：“大哥说得不差，在北京城里，高过咱们的王公大官可不知有多少，实在显不出威风，只要一出京，那可自由自在得很了。就是要几两银子使使，只须这么咳嗽一声，人家立刻就乖乖的双手捧了上来。”两人相对大笑。 韦小宝回到房中，斜倚在床上，心想：“多大哥得了皇上旨意，看得我好紧，我要出宫去给师父报讯，那决计办不到。待会陶姑姑到来，自可请她去传信，就怕她来得太晚，倘若她半夜三更才来相会，那边大炮已经轰了出去，这便如何是好？”出了一会，寻思：“眼下只有想个法子，派些侍卫去打草惊蛇。” 计较已定，合眼睡了一个多时辰，醒来时见日影稍斜，已过未时，走出房去，问多隆道：“多大哥，你可知那批要向我下手的反贼，是甚么来头？”多隆道：“这可不知道了。”韦小宝道：“一批是天地会的，一批是沐王府的。”多隆伸了伸舌头，道：“这两伙反贼都很厉害，怪不得皇上这么担心。”韦小宝道：“我想在宫里躲得了一日，躲不得一世。今天虽有多大哥保护，但反贼不除，总是后患无穷。”多隆道：“皇上明日召见，必有妙策，韦兄弟倒也不必担心”。 韦小宝道：“是。不瞒大哥说，兄弟家里，有几个如花如玉的小妞儿，兄弟很是喜爱。看来今晚反贼会到我家里行刺，他们害不到兄弟，多半要将这几个小妞儿杀了，那……那是可惜得很。” 多隆笑着点了点头，想起那日韦小宝要自己装模装样的跟郑克塽为难，便是为了一个小美人儿，这个小兄弟风流好色，年纪虽小，家中定已收罗了不少美貌姬妾，便道：“这个容易，我便派人到兄弟府上去保护。” 韦小宝大喜，拱手称谢，说道：“兄弟家里的小妞儿，我最宠爱的共有三人，一个叫双儿，一个叫曾柔，还有一个叫……叫剑屏（心想若是说出沐剑屏这个“沐”字来，只怕引起疑心），相貌都是挺不错的，兄弟实在放心不下。请大哥这就派人去保护，跟她们说，今晚有天地会和沐家刺客到来，要她们赶快躲了出来。最好大哥多派些人去，守在兄弟家里，刺客到来，正好一古脑儿抓他奶奶的。哪一位兄弟出了力的，自当重重酬谢。” 多隆一拍胸膛，笑道：“这件事容易办。是韦伯爵府上的事，哪一个不拚命向前？”当即吩咐侍卫领班，命他出去派人。众侍卫都知韦小宝出手豪阔，平时没事，也往往千儿八百的打赏，这一次去保护他的宠姬爱妾，那更是厚厚的赏赐了，当下尽皆欣然奉命，轮不到的不免唉声叹气，抱怨运气欠佳。 韦小宝心下稍慰，暗想：“双儿她们听了众侍卫的言语，说是宫里派人来保护，等候捉拿天地会和沐王府的刺客，自会通知我师父他们躲避。但若我师父他们倒躲开了，双儿、曾姑娘、小郡主三个却给大炮轰死，那可糟糕！不过大队御前侍卫在我屋里，外面的炮手一定不会胡乱开炮。” 转念又想：“要是炮手奉了皇帝严旨，不管三七廿一，到时非开炮不可，那又如何？”小郡主和曾柔也还罢了，双儿对自己情深义重，那是心头第一等要紧人，决不能让她送了性命。只是事在两难，如要侍卫将双儿她们先接了出来，便没人留下给师父和众兄弟传讯；只救双儿，不救师父，重色轻友，那又是乌龟王八蛋了。一时绕室徬徨，苦无妙策。 过了大半个时辰，率队去忠勇伯府的侍卫领班回来禀报：他们还没走近伯爵府，便给前锋营的官兵挡住，带队的前锋参领说道，他们奉旨保护伯爵府，不用众位侍卫大人费心了。众侍卫要进府保护内眷，前锋营说甚么也不让过去，说道皇上一切已有安排。到后来连前锋营的阿统领也亲自过来阻拦，众侍卫拗不过，只得回来。 韦小宝一听，心中只连珠价叫苦。多隆笑道：“兄弟，皇上待你当真周到，竟派了前锋营去保护你的小美人儿，那你还担心甚么？哈哈，哈哈！” 韦小宝只得跟着干笑几声，心想：“小皇帝甚么甚么之中，甚么千里之外，这一番我师父他们可真是大祸临头了。前锋营定是奉了严旨，在我伯爵府四处把守，见到寻常百姓，就放他们进府，以便晚上一起轰死，若是文武官员，便拦住了不许进去。” 又想：“我突然发出'含沙射影'暗器，要结果多大哥的性命不难，可是这许多侍卫，又怎能一个个尽数杀了？可惜我身边的蒙汗药，在庄家一下子都使完了。”眼见日头越来越低，他便如热锅上的蚂蚁一般，全身发烫，拉了一泡尿又是一泡，却想不出半点主意。 过得一个多时辰，天色渐渐黑下来，韦小宝推窗向外看去，只见七八名侍卫在窗外踱来踱去，守卫严密之极。他东张西望，那里有陶红英的影子？长叹一声，颓然倒在床上，心想这当儿只怕已有不少朋友进了伯爵府，多耽搁得一刻，众兄弟便向阴世路走近了一步。 一瞥眼间，见到屋角落里的那只大水缸，那是海大富遗下来的。当日自己全靠了这只水缸，才杀了瑞栋，心想：“我何不把多大哥骗进房来。发暗器杀了他，再在房中放起火来，混乱之中便可逃出。多大哥待我十分不错，平白无端的伤他性命，实在对他不住。可是义气有大有小，我师父他们几十条性命，总比他一条性命要紧些。”想了一会，心意已决，取火刀、火石打了火，点着了蜡烛，心想：“帐子着火最快，一杀了多大哥，便烧帐子。” 正在这时，听得多隆在外房叫道：“韦兄弟，酒饭送了来啦，出来喝酒。”韦小宝道：“咱哥俩在房里吃罢！”多隆道：“好！”吩咐送酒菜的太监提了饭盒子进来。 那太监是个十六七岁少年，进房后向韦小宝请了安，打开饭盒子，取出酒饭。韦小宝脑中灵光一闪，想起了个主意，说道：“你在这里侍候喝酒。”那小太监十分欢喜，素知韦伯爵从前是御膳房的头儿，对下人十分宽厚，侍候他吃喝定有好处，喜孜孜的摆设碗筷。 多隆跟着走进房来，笑道：“兄弟，你早不在宫里当差了，皇上却不撤了你这间屋子。就算是亲王贝勒，皇上也不会这么优待。”韦小宝道：“倒不是皇上优待，皇上要管多少天下大事，哪来理会这等不相干的小事？说实在的，兄弟再在这里住，可十分不合规矩。” 多隆笑道：“别人不合规矩，你兄弟却不打紧。”他知宫里的总督太监要讨好韦小宝，谁也不会另行派人来住这间屋子，宫里屋子有的是，海大富这间住屋又不是甚么好地方，接管御膳房的太监自然另有住处。韦小宝笑道：“大哥不提，兄弟倒也忘了，明日该得通知总管太监，把这间屋子缴回。咱们做外臣的再住在宫里，给外面御史大人知道了，参上一本，可不是味儿。”多隆道：“皇上喜欢你，谁又管得了？” 韦小宝道：“请坐。请坐。这间屋子也没甚么好，只是兄弟住得惯了，反而觉得外面的伯爵府没这里舒服。”慢慢走到他身后，拔了匕首在手，笑道：“这八碗菜，都是兄弟爱吃的，膳房里倒还记得，大哥试试这碗蟹粉狮子头怎样？”多隆道：“兄弟爱吃的菜，定是最好……”一句话没说完，突觉左边后心一凉，伏在桌上便不动了。 原来韦小宝已对准他后心，一匕首刺了进去。 这一刀无声无息，那小太监丝毫不觉，仍在斟酒。韦小宝走到他背后，又是轻轻一匕首将他刺死，立即转身，在门后上了闩，快手快脚除下衣帽鞋袜，只剩内衣裤和护身背心，改穿上小太监的衣帽，将自己的衣帽都穿戴在那小太监身上。两人高矮相若，衣衫倒也合身。然后将小太监的尸身抱到椅边坐下，提起匕首，在小太监的脸上一阵乱剁，将五官剁得稀烂。 他手中忙碌，心里说道：“多大哥，你是鞑子，我天地会靠杀鞑子吃饭，不杀你不行。今日伤你性命，实在对不住之至。好在你总免不了要死的。我今晚逃走，皇上明日定要砍你的脑袋，你也不过早死了半日，不算十分吃亏。何况我杀了你，你是因公殉职。但如皇上砍你的头，你势必要被抄家，老婆儿女都要受累，不如早死半日，换得家里的抚恤赠荫。打起算盘来算一算，你实在是占了大大的便宜啦。”但多隆平素对自己着实不错，迫不得已的杀了他，心中终究十分难受，忍不住流下泪来。 拭了拭眼泪，转身瞧那小监，心道：“你这位小兄弟，身上穿了黄马褂，可有多神气。你本来便投胎十世，也挨不上黄马褂的半分边儿，头上这顶伯爵大人的顶帽，单是那一颗红宝石，便够你使上七八世的了，嘿嘿，你升官发财，可交上大运啦。我韦小宝当年冒充小桂子，从此飞黄腾达，做了大官。你今日冒充韦小宝，今后是不是能飞黄腾达，那得瞧你的本事了。”又想：“我先前冒充小太监，今日让一个小太监冒充回去，欠下的债，还得一清一爽，干干净净。小玄子啊小玄子，我可没对你不起。” 整理一下自身的衣帽，见已无破绽，大声说道：“小娃儿，你这就出去罢，这里不用你侍候了。这五两银子，给你买糖吃。”跟着含含糊糊的说了声：“多谢伯爵大人。”又提高嗓子说道：“我跟多总管在这里喝酒谈心，谁也不许来打扰了！” 太监在宫里本来只服侍皇帝、皇后、妃嫔、皇子和公主，但有职司的大太监要小太监服侍，却也向来如此。韦小宝虽已不做太监，他从前却是宫中声威赫赫、大红大紫的太监，要一名小太监侍候再打赏银子，实在平常不过。门外众侍卫听了，谁也不加理会，只见房门开处，那小太监提了饭盒出来，低着头，回身带上了门。 韦小宝提了食盒，低头走向门口。见众侍卫正在搬饭斟酒，谁也没有留意，韦小宝暗暗欢喜，心想：“众侍卫至少要一个时辰之后，才会发见房里两人已经死了，只道韦伯爵和多总管都被刺客刺死，这一下可得吓他们个屁滚尿流。” 跨出大门，忽见数名太监宫女提着灯笼前导，抬了一乘轿子到来。这乘轿子以野鸡尾毛为饰，称为“翟轿”。领先的太监喝道：“公主驾到。” 韦小宝大吃一惊：“公主迟不到，早不到，却在这当儿到来，一进屋去，立即见到我韦小宝给人杀死了。宫中还不吵得天翻地覆？要出去可千难万难了。”一时手足无措，只见轿子停下，建宁公主从轿里跨了出来，叫道：“小桂子在里面罢？” 韦小宝硬起头皮，走上前去，低声说道：“公主，韦爵爷喝醉了，奴才领公主进去。”灯笼不甚明亮，公主没认出他来，眼见众侍卫一齐从屋中出来迎接，心想：“怎么这许多人？”皱起了眉头，左手一摆，道：“大家在外面侍候。”踏步进屋。韦小宝跟了进去。 他一进屋子，反手便带上了门。公主道：“你也出去。”韦小宝道：“是，韦伯爵在内房。”公主快步过去，推开房门，只见“韦小宝”和多隆二人伏在桌上，显是喝得大醉，秀眉一蹙，喝道：“还不快出去？”韦小宝低声笑道：“我如出去，便烧不成藤甲兵了。” 公主一惊，回过头来，烛光下赫然见到韦小宝站在身后，不由得又惊又喜，“啊”的一声，叫了出来，道：“你……你干甚么？”韦小宝低声道：“别作声！”公主瞧瞧他，又瞧伏在桌上的“韦小宝”，低声问道：“捣甚么鬼？”韦小宝拉着她进房，又关上了房门，低声道：“大事不妙，皇上要杀我！”公主道：“皇帝哥哥已杀了额驸，怎么连你也要杀？他……他……他如杀了你，我跟他拚命。” 韦小宝伸出双臂，一把抱住了她，在她面颊上吻了一下，说道：“咱们快逃出宫去。皇上知道了我跟你的事，要砍我脑袋。”公主给他一抱一吻，登时全身酸软，昵声道：“皇帝哥哥杀了额驸，我只道便可嫁给你了，怎么……怎么又弄出这等事来？他怎会知道的？”韦小宝道：“定是你露了口风，是不是？”公主脸上一红，道：“我没有。我只问过几次，你甚么时候回来。”韦小宝道：“那还不是吗？那也不打紧，反正咱俩这夫妻是做定了。这就快逃出宫去罢。” 公主迟疑道：“我明儿去求求皇帝哥哥，他不会杀你的。他杀了额驸，跟我说很对我不住，答应另外给我找一个好额驸。他向来很喜欢你的……”说到这里，只觉房中的血腥气越来越浓，嗅了两下，问道：“甚么……”突然间胸口一阵烦恶，哇的一声，扶着椅背大吐起来，喉头不住作呕，却只吐出了些清水。 韦小宝轻轻拍她背脊，轻轻安慰：“怎么？吃坏了东西？好一些没有？”公主又呕了两下，忽地反过手掌，拍的一声。重重打了他一个耳光，骂道：“我吃坏了东西？都是你不好，都是你不好！”双拳在他胸口不住捶打。 公主向来横蛮，此时突然发作，韦小宝也不以为奇，但眼前事势紧迫，多耽搁得一刻，跟大炮齐轰的时候便近了一刻，实不能跟她无谓纠缠，说道：“好，好，都是我不好。” 公主扭住他耳朵，喝道：“你跟我去见皇帝哥哥，咱俩马上要拜堂做夫妻。”韦小宝大急，求道：“拜堂做夫妻的事，包在我身上，可是一见皇上，你的老公就变成没脑袋的额驸了。咱们快快逃出宫去要紧。”公主重重一拉，韦小宝耳朵吃痛，忍不住叫了一声。公主骂道：“你没脑袋，打甚么紧？你这小鬼，你本来就是没脑子的。我肚子里的小小桂子却怎么办？”说到这里，哇的一声，哭了出来。 韦小宝大吃一惊，问道：“甚……甚么……小小桂子？” 公主飞起一脚，正中他小腹，哭道：“我肚子里有了你的臭小小桂子，都是你不好。咱们若不马上做夫妻，我肚子……我肚子一天天大起来……皇上知道吴应熊是太监，不成的，我……我可不能做人了。” 韦小宝脸色惨白，正在这千钧一发的紧急当口，偏生又遇上了这桩尴尬事，忙道：“咱们如不赶快出宫，小小桂子就没爹爹了。逃了出去之后，咱们立刻拜堂成亲，你生下小小桂子来，那……那可不是皇上的外甥？皇上做了便宜舅舅，他成了我的大舅子，总不好意思杀了妹夫罢？”公主道：“有甚么不好意思？吴应熊是他妹夫，他还不是一