Chapter 28 The twenty-eighth chapter expresses the loyalty and righteousness, explains the fight against the tiger, and sends out the poisoned people who have betrayed slaves

In the middle of the night, when Kangxi was discussing matters with several ministers, Wei Dongting, who was guarding outside the hall, suddenly noticed a figure jumping down from the room, and landed on the snow quietly, lying there motionless.Wei Dongting yelled: "Bold lunatic, dare to enter the palace to assassinate, come here, take the assassin!" The guards outside the door drew out their swords with a "shua".The stubborn donkey jumped to the courtyard, ready to fight.But Lang Tan and Mu Zixu jumped up, climbed up the steps and sealed the gate of the palace, shouting: "Your Majesty, don't panic, there are slaves waiting for escort!" The dozen or so guards guarding the gate of Chuihua gate slammed the gate of the courtyard with a bang. Shut down.Then he entered with a sharp knife, tightly guarding the Hall of Mental Cultivation, and stared closely at the assassin lying in the snow.Since the founding of the Qing Dynasty, this was the first time that an assassin entered the palace to assassinate.The guards were nervous, and the six monarchs and ministers in the hall were also stunned by the movement outside.Kangxi's heart was beating wildly, and it took him a long time to calm down.Leave the imperial case and walk outside the hall.Xiong Cilu and others hurried forward to stop him: "Your Majesty, take care of the holy body and don't take risks!"

"Go away! I started my business with martial arts in the Qing Dynasty. My ancestors galloped among millions of troops without fear. I am in the deep palace, surrounded by guards, don't you dare to see this little assassin?" He said Pushing away the crowd, strode out of the palace gate. The assassin lying on the ground saw Kangxi coming, kowtowed repeatedly, and shouted: "Long live!" Wei Dongting and Zhou Peigong's hearts moved: "Ah, why is it him? Lianxi also recognized it, and he asked in surprise: " Oh, it's Bao Zhu.What, are you here to assassinate me?The palace is deep and the walls are high, the guards are like a forest, and it is snowing heavily, you are so light-hearted! "

Wei Dongting and all the guards were even more nervous when they saw the emperor came out and the assassin showed his face again. They lined up a wall in front of Kangxi.But Huangfu Baozhu heard Kangxi's words, but suddenly burst into tears. While crying, he took out the sharp knife in his arms, the dart in his sleeve, and the dagger hook, and threw them on the snow: "Your Majesty, Huangfu Baozhu is in vain!" He is a man of seven feet, he has eyes but no pearls, and does not know the sage, but he mistakenly voted for a traitor, and did something that harmed the country and the people, and he is ashamed of his face." As he spoke, he picked up the knife and put it under his neck: "Today, The sinner is willing to sprinkle his blood on the holy bow to atone for his sins."

"Slow!" Kangxi yelled, "I still have something to say, you won't be too late to die after listening." Huangfu Baozhu raised his head.Looking at Kangxi with wide eyes, everyone in the hall held their breath and listened quietly, "You claim to be a seven-foot man, a fierce husband, you have the ambition to serve the country, but you also know that you have voted for a hero. Why don't you change your course and make up for your mistakes, but Is it the true qualities of a man to insist on acting like a woman in makeup and an ordinary man?" Huangfu Baozhu burst into tears, kowtowed repeatedly and choked up, saying: "The emperor's lesson, the guilty minister will remember it in his heart, and he has the sympathy to explain it to the emperor. Wei Junmen, please come here and tie the guilty minister, so that he can enter the palace and plead guilty." Wei Dongting Just as he was about to go over to make a move, he heard Kangxi yell: "Tiger Minister, step down." Then he walked down the steps, supported Huangfu Baozhu with both hands, and drove him into the hall.However, as soon as he entered the gate of the palace, Huangfu Baozhu broke free from Kangxi, fell on the ground, kowtowed and bled, and wailed loudly, unable to pull himself up again.

Xiong Cilu was filled with emotions, and waited for Kangxi to sit down on the dragon bed, and went to Baozhu to persuade him: "Mr. Huangfu, you have to think carefully about what the emperor said just now. Although you sacrificed your life for righteousness today, but the culprit is all there, and the root of the world's troubles has not been eliminated. If you let go, you will not be considered loyal!" "Your Excellency is right." Bao Zhu tremblingly said.What happened tonight, he always felt as if he was in a nightmare, and he just woke up now.He knows that death is certainly not worth it, worthless, but if you don't die.How could he go out to meet Wu Sangui alive?

Kangxi seemed to have guessed what he was thinking, and said with a smile: "Don't you want to love Wu Sangui's kindness, his hypocrisy can only buy the hearts of brave people, and people with real morals will not be deceived forever. He is just a walking dead who can only buy people's hearts with money, beauty, and small favors! The day before yesterday at Wu Yingxiong's place, when I saw you, I felt sorry for you." Bao Zhu heard these words, every sentence was sincere, more cordial and warm than what Kangxi said eagerly when he just drew a knife and killed himself.There was a burst of sour and sweet heat in Bao Zhu's heart.He stopped his tears and confessed the purpose of his trip.

Wu Yingxiong sent him to break into the Forbidden Palace at night, not to assassinate Kangxi, but to steal the gold medal sword.Now, Wu Yingxiong already has the silver medal from Third Prince Zhu in his hand, and with this thing, the journey back to Yunnan can be unimpeded.But Wu Yingxiong never dreamed that Huangfu Baozhu, who had rescued Wu Sangui from the tiger's mouth, would have a huge change in his state of mind and thoughts at this moment from when he left Wuhua Mountain.Ever since Anqing and Gunzhou got along with Wu Ciyou twice, Baozhu has already realized that there is something wrong with him.A well-behaved scholar like Wu Ciyou, who is also a Han Chinese, has endured all kinds of tortures and sufferings, but still wholeheartedly loyal to Kangxi. Why is this?At the beginning, he always used Wu Ciyou as the emperor's teacher to comfort himself, but along the way, not only scholars, but also mountain woodcutters, farmers and merchants, all praised Kangxi's benevolent government, and his benefactor Wu Sangui was like shit. ignore.Baozhu was even more puzzled: did his bird stand on a branch by mistake?On that day, the emperor was lucky to drive Wu Yingxiong's Fuxie, and Huangfu Baozhu met Kangxi.Baozhu was deeply moved by the young emperor's intelligence, magnanimity, calmness, foresight and charm.

Tonight, according to the information provided by Huang Jing from the Ministry of Internal Affairs, he first arrived at the Qianqing Palace, but the lights were brightly lit and the security was heavily guarded. On the roof of the corner of the hall, I peeked at it for more than an hour.There are also rumors about how Kangxi worked hard day and night.But when I saw him today, I couldn't help Baozhu not being moved.Especially when he heard Kangxi's words about exempting taxes and allowing the people to survive the famine, he was even more moved. Where can he find such a good emperor?

He lay on the roof and thought a lot.When Wu Sangui was in Wuhua Mountain, when the wine was hot, he poured a large plate of Zhuyu and a box full of gold and silver on the ground, and let the kabuki and guards fight for it, but he and his concubine applauded and laughed. This behavior is comparable to that of Kangxi. Get up, not even pigs and dogs!Baozhu really regrets that he is a bandit, and he still considers himself a national soldier. Compared to the inside and outside of the palace, in the long wind and snow, in the vast winter night, he feels even more ashamed to assist the ministers and guards who protect the emperor.So, he jumped into the yard resolutely, wanting to show his heart in front of the emperor, and died.

After listening to Huangfu's words, Kangxi was silent for a long time.He loves Bao Zhu's martial arts, and he loves his straightforwardness and sincerity even more.He was thinking, how should he be used for a person like Huangfu Baozhu?Staying by your side will obviously make Wu Sangui suspicious; let him go back, he is in Cao Ying and his heart is in Han, if he shows his flaws, he will be killed.Huangfu Baozhu seemed to understand what Kangxi meant, and said, "If the emperor can rest assured, I still want to go back to Wu Yingxiong." "Huh? That's dangerous, you know?"

"I know. But, Baozhu has no merit, so how can he serve the Ming Lord? Seeing what Wu Yingxiong means, there is another move. It is better for the emperor to have someone in front of him. I heard that many of the eunuchs are from Zhong Sanlang Xiangtang In the congregation, some of them have contacts with Wu Yingxiong. The emperor must be careful when he drinks, eats, and moves!" Kangxi shivered in his heart, this was what he was most concerned about, and it was also the reason why he sent Xiao Maozi in: "Well, it's rare that General Baozhu is so loyal, so I will follow your advice. But after going back, I feel that Don't force yourself to do embarrassing things; don't report things that are not necessary. If there is something urgent, go to Wei Dongting." After finishing speaking, he turned and went into the West Pavilion, and took out a gold medal arrow from a golden lacquer box.He laughed and said, "Didn't you come to steal this thing? You can't go back empty-handed—take it!" "Thank you, long live!" Seeing Kangxi treating each other so sincerely, Baozhu burst into tears, took the command arrow with both hands, kowtowed his head and got up, and bowed together, "So, the guilty minister is gone!" Turning around and leaving the hall, twisting his body, a The swallow pierced through the clouds and disappeared into the snowy night without a sound.This incomparable lightness made everyone dumbfounded. "Zhang Wanqiang!" Kangxi shouted loudly. "The slave is here!" "Is Huang Jing here?" "He's on leave." "Strictly guard! The eunuchs and palace officials who are present tonight have all confessed, and anyone who dares to leak it will be killed immediately!" 'tie--" Xiao Maozi not only knew about Wu Yingxiong's sending Baozhu into the palace late at night, but he also accompanied Wu Yingxiong for a drink at the eunuch's mansion, waiting for Huangfu Baozhu to come back.Since Wu Yingxiong visited Gulou West Street in person, Yang Qilong sent Xiao Maozi to be in charge of contacting Wu Yingxiong.This is exactly what Xiao Maozi and Wu Yingxiong both dreamed of, so they hit it off immediately. As soon as he heard that Huangfu Baozhu had entered the palace, Xiao Maozi's face turned pale with fright.Seeing that he was so careless, Wu Yingxiong stroked his shoulder and said with a giggle, "It's a good thing you've seen the world, you'll be scared out of your wits by such a trivial matter, don't worry! His abilities are not inferior to that of Hu Gongshan you mentioned." Even if nothing can be stolen, nothing will happen!" Xiao Maozi heard that it was not an assassination, and although he felt a little relieved, he was still uneasy.He couldn't sit still, couldn't stand still.He wanted to go away, but he was afraid that Wu Yingxiong would become suspicious, so he forced himself to accompany him, but he was also afraid that he would show his feet in a trance.After he drank a few glasses of wine, he reasoned that he was too drunk, and sat aside to doze off.Although Wu Yingxiong is treacherous, but he is a double-talented person, so he was really deceived by him. It was already midnight when Bao Zhu returned to the mansion.Wu Yingxiong was still drinking alone in a state of anxiety.Xiao Maozi sat aside and squinted his eyes, pretending to sleep.Hearing movement in the courtyard, both of them were startled at the same time.Wu Yingxiong stood up, stepped out of the outer hall in two steps, and bumped into Bao Zhu who was covered in ice and snow.Xiao Maozi saw that there was no murderous look on Baozhu's face and no blood on his body, the stone in his heart fell to the ground.He looked for a seat again, twisted a hot towel again, and was busy looking for dry clothes for Bao Zhu to change.Just as Baozhu wiped his face, another cup of hot rice wine was handed to him, Wu Yingxiong couldn't help laughing and said, "You monkey boy is really good at currying favor with people!" "Slaves are supposed to serve people!" Xiao Maozi laughed as he was busy pouring wine for the two of them, "How can I be an errand now!" After a few cups of hot wine, Baozhu's mental and physical strength improved: "The prince has been waiting for a long time, ho! He almost didn't die there, and the Qianqing Palace is guarded like an iron bucket, there is no way to do anything!" Wu Yingxiong was startled and said hurriedly: "If you can't do it, don't do it, think of another way - it's just that you've been there for too long, it makes people worry!" Xiao Maozi also said: "I know all the people there. , It’s amazing! Wei Dongting, Lang Tan and the others are all reborn as night owls! If the general can come back safely, he must recite three thousand times Namo Amitabha!” "Joke! If I'm willing to come back empty-handed, why did I delay until this hour?" Bao Zhu took out the command arrow from his closet and handed it to Wu Yingxiong. There was joy in Wu Yingxiong's eyes, he reached out and snatched the command arrow, and took it under the lamp to examine it carefully.Touching repeatedly, a voice that seemed to be crying and laughing suddenly broke out: "Really, really! Hahaha... Really—well, Bao Zhu, didn't you say that the Qianqing Palace could not be captured? This is—" "I got it in the Hall of Mental Cultivation. People say that the emperor is diligent, and I saw it with my own eyes tonight. After the third watch, when he went to Kunning Palace, I went in and touched it..." Wu Yingxiong was playing with the gold medal arrow, but his eyes were glued to the light, and he said to himself: "It's not enough just to have this thing, and Yang Qilong and the others have to be forced to turn back. If you don't mess up, you can't get out. Hmm—— —They want to plant the blame on me, why can't I treat him in the same way as others?" Hearing his words, Huangfu Baozhu and Xiao Maozi couldn't help thinking of one thing: "Is he going to kill the emperor too?" Their hearts couldn't help beating wildly.Wu Yingxiong's eyes suddenly lit up, he stared at Xiao Maozi and asked, "Little Maozi, are you still lighting the fire in the tea room?" "yes" "Is it bitter?" "Well, I can't tell. Anyway, I've done this job before, but it's just too hard to get information." Well, do you want to go back to the Hall of Mental Cultivation? "My son-in-law, you're asking such a strange question. It's not the same if you think about it or not. If you want to be in the army, who would be willing to be Yang Paifeng?" "Good boy, what a clever mouth you are. I'll give you a chance to make meritorious service. What are you willing to do if I ask you to go back to the Hall of Mental Cultivation?" "If you still don't want to, the son-in-law ordered you to come down, and the slave will follow suit." "Okay. I've got the news that Yang Qilong secretly ordered Huang Sicun to wait for him to throw poison, kill the emperor, and then put the blame on us. Hmph, his plan is on my head. You are inside, staring at Huang Sicun. Wait. As long as he makes a move, he will be exposed immediately. With this credit, are you afraid that you will not be able to return to the Hall of Mental Cultivation?" "Oh, my son-in-law, please spare this servant. I wouldn't dare to do this job even if I was beaten to death. If I expose the bottom of Huangsi village, the third prince Zhu will have to take my skin off!" "Hmph, he dares. As long as you kill him, he is the third prince of Zhu. Before they can skin you, the court should skin him. This dog slave of Huangsi Village, you openly voted for me, secretly. I voted for Yang Qilong again, and I can't spare him. Little Maozi, let me tell you, if you don't listen to me, he will be a role model! Do you understand?" "Oh, my son-in-law, I sincerely rely on you old man, what kind of climate can Yang Qilong become, how can he compare with Prince Pingxi? It's just, just, this slave is a little scared..." "With me here. What are you afraid of?" "Yes, this servant has made a note, and this servant must handle this mission well."