Chapter 29 The twenty-ninth round of fishing for Jinao emperor to reward loyal servants and swallow incense bait

Ever since Xiao Maozi was relegated to the imperial tea house as an errand, the errand of delivering tea and pouring water to the Hall of Mental Cultivation has always been taken by Huang Sicun.Xiao Maozi knew very well in his heart that Huang Sicun was a double agent, he was linked to both Wu Yingxiong and the third prince Zhu, and he recently received a secret order to "poison Kangxi to death".However, I don't know when he is going to strike, let alone how he will strike, so I can only pay attention everywhere and be on guard all the time.In the afternoon of that day, Huang Sicun came to the imperial teahouse to fetch water, chatted with Xiao Maozi, and checked the teapots on the ground one by one.He looked around, dawdled, complained a few words from time to time, and was picky. This one was too full, that one was too shallow, this pot was hot, and that pot was cold.Xiao Maozi was clear in his heart: "Well, here we come! I have to give this kid a chance to strike."

"I said fourth brother, you are always lucky and favored by the master and Zhang Gonggong. Gulou West Street, shopkeeper Yang praises you; Shihu Alley, Wu forehead loves you. Hey! Unlucky brother, make a fuss Go, I'm still a low-level slave who burns fire, how can I compare with you, but don't act cheap and behave in front of me. I'm in charge of your bottom line. Hurry up, when the fourth brother is promoted to the eunuch of the sixth palace , It’s not too late to have a seizure again, brother. My job is to boil water, and I’ve done the job when the water boils. If the master thinks it’s hot, it’s because you sent it too early; if the master thinks it’s cold, it’s because you sent it too late. What's the matter with me."

"Yo ho, okay, little boy, I really have you. Fourth brother, I said a few words to you, and I provoke you, who is one-sided and right-handed. If you look at my bottom, what will I do if I don't take your bottom? " "That's good, you go to the master to sue, I hope the master will pass me up! Huh, if you knock me down, you can be promoted, right? Go, go, take your water! , don’t forget to sue me when you go to the emperor, and say that the little boy is going to rebel." Then he pretended to be angry and turned his face away.Although he couldn't see his eyes, his ears were closed.Hearing Huang Sicun messing around behind him for a while, he left cursing.Xiao Maozi then turned around, wiped two handfuls of ashes on the stovetop, smacked his head and face, and followed quietly.However, when he came to the gate of the Hall of Mental Cultivation, he was stopped by the guard on duty, the donkey:

"Stop, where are you going?" Xiao Maozi was stunned: Ah, yes, now my status is different, a fireman in an imperial tea room can't just meet the emperor casually.Seeing that Huang Sicun was about to reach the gate of the hall, he was anxious, and quickly explained with a smile: "Hey, Mr. Jiang, it's such a serious matter. I have something urgent, no, it's something urgent, I want to play the Emperor Ming, please let me in!" Unexpectedly, the stubborn donkey is serious, and he doesn't buy this account: "Hey, it's fresh! The six ministers, the governors of all provinces, all have imminent memorials, and our imperial teahouse also has imminent urgency. Is it because the tea leaves are used up, or there is no coal to burn? Or, the stove went out, and the chimney fell down. I said, little boy, what's wrong with you? Busy, does he even have to worry about these things of yours? Get out of here, it's not for the sake of friendship in the past, he must give you a stick."

While listening to Stubborn Donkey's half-serious, half-taunting, half-joking reprimand, Xiao Maozi kept his eyes fixed on Huang Sicun's back.Huang Sicun also saw Xiao Maozi, but he thought that Xiao Maozi followed because of those few words just now, so he didn't care at all: Don't be afraid, boy, I won't sue you, just wait and see Let's have fun.While thinking, he kept walking towards the Hall of Mental Cultivation.Xiao Maozi saw that Huang Sicun's foot had already stepped into the gate of the palace, and now he was very anxious. He stopped arguing with the stubborn donkey and was about to rush in, but he was caught by the stubborn donkey by the collar and shot again. It was pulled back, and then the arm was twisted again. The little Maozi jumped and jumped, tore and bit, but how could he move.Xiao Maozi became anxious, ignored everything, raised his voice and shouted: "Master, come out quickly, it's terrible, Huangsi Village is going to rebel! Stubborn donkey, you bastard, you delayed the important event, I even You are brought in too! Come on, hurry up and catch Huangsi Village!"

This time it was a disaster.The inner courtyard of the palace is solemn and quiet, especially the Hall of Mental Cultivation, which is the place where Emperor Kangxi reviewed memorials, dealt with secrets, read books, and rested.The eunuchs and maids even have to worry about their toes when they walk. If they accidentally touch the noise and startle the holy car, and they are catching up with the emperor's displeasure, they may get hit by a board or lose their head. When and who dares to make a big noise here , Spoiling and making trouble.A group of guards and eunuchs rushed over immediately, some pulling, some persuading, and some about to do something, trying to shut Xiao Maozi's mouth quickly.But Xiao Maozi seemed to be crazy, he pulled more and more, he yelled more fiercely, and fought with everyone desperately to break in, making this place a mess.

At this moment, suddenly there was an angry shout at the entrance of the Hall of Mental Cultivation: "Stop it all, bring this damned slave here!" Everyone looked up and saw La Aunt Su Ma standing there with an angry face.Behind her is the current Emperor Kangxi, who also has a look of anger.It turned out that Kangxi had a little leisure today, so he sent someone to invite Aunt Su Ma, and was doing some arithmetic problems.Because of the difficulty, Lianxi felt a little anxious, but was disturbed by the noise outside.Seeing that Kangxi was angry, Aunt Su Ma said: "These slaves are becoming more and more outrageous. The master is relieved, and the slaves will send them off." Then she walked out. Kangxi couldn't sit still, and she wanted to take this opportunity today , rectified, and followed.At this moment, seeing Xiao Maozi's torn clothes are torn, his face is black, red, and purple, tears and snot and blood are flowing down together, knowing that something is wrong, he asked calmly: "Little Maozi, what happened to you?" Are you crazy, dare to act wild here!"

Xiao Maozi fell to his knees under the steps with a thump: "My good master, how dare the slaves dare to be presumptuous here, it is really because of this Huangsi village, he, he is uneasy and kind, he wants to harm the master!" The moment Huang Sicun came out from Aunt Su Ma, his face was ashen with fright, and his legs were shaking. Hearing Xiao Maozi's words, he was even more panicked, and quickly knelt down and said, "Master, don't believe what he said. Just now The two of us quarreled, he was talking nonsense..." Before he finished speaking, Wei Dongting came over and kicked him hard: "Presumptuous! Master didn't let you talk!"

Kangxi already understood in his heart: "Little Maozi, please speak carefully, what is going on?" "Long live back, Huangsi village put poison in the tea sent to the master!" "Huh? Huangsi Village, is there such a thing?" "Long live, the slave is wronged! It's not like the slave is ignorant of the rules in the palace. This tea has to be tested with a silver spoon first. If the master doesn't believe it, just ask someone to test it." Kangxi was contemplating, but Aunt Su Ma said: "Amituofo! You have to tie the bell to untie it. Why do you want others to try it? Wouldn't it be better for you to try it yourself?"

Huang Sicun didn't dare to speak anymore, Kangxi glanced at Wei Dongting like lightning, Wei Dongting understood, and yelled: "Turn him!" Two guards immediately stepped forward and pried Huang Sicun's mouth open.As soon as Xiao Maozi jumped up, he picked up the small pot and poured it down.Huang Sicun gulped down his stomach.Several young eunuchs hastily moved chairs for the emperor and Aunt Su Ma.The guards surrounded Huangsi Village tightly, waiting for the situation to change.Is anyone still worried about Xiao Maozi?In case Huangsi Village does not die, how will this matter be settled?

At this moment, Huang Sicun covered his stomach and rolled on the ground. Everyone was surprised, and saw that his face changed from red to yellow, from yellow to white, from white to blue, and his whole face was distorted. Disfigured.Wei Dongting stepped forward and asked, "Honestly, who told you to do it?" "Ping...Pingxi...Wang" Huang Sicun had just said three words before falling to the ground and dying after spitting out a mouthful of blood. Kangxi was furious: "It is said that the people from the Punishment Department came and skinned Huangsi Village for cramps and fed the corpse to the dogs. Lang Tan took people to ransack his house, beheaded all the men, and sent the women to Heilongjiang as slaves!" "Tie!" Lang Tan was about to execute it after a thousand blows, but was stopped by Lagu Su Ma.She walked up to Kangxi and said in a low voice: "Master, the mother of Huangsi Village is Huanggu's nanny, and Huanggu's consort is Wu Yingxiong. This matter involves San Francisco, please think twice, master." Kangxi's hands were trembling, his lips were trembling, and his whole body was trembling: "It involves San Francisco! Hmph, what else does the emperor have to do!" He wanted not to listen to La Aunt Su Ma's advice, but then he changed his mind and made the plan to withdraw the feudal clan. It's still a very delicate moment, so it's better to bear with it for a while than to make a small loss.He could only sigh and said, "Oh, report a sudden illness and die, Zhang Wanqiang!" "The slave is here!" "The people in the imperial tea room and the imperial dining room must be carefully checked one by one, and all unreliable ones should be replaced. The dining water of the empress dowager, the empress dowager, the empress and I must be more careful! Xiao Maozi returns to the Hall of Mental Cultivation to serve .” "tie!" An uproar died down.Xiao Maozi returned to the long-lost Hall of Mental Cultivation according to "Wu's son-in-law's plan".Returning from the smoky tea stove to the dazzling golden palace, he seems to be in a dream, everything is familiar, but everything seems a little strange.The next day, Kangxi issued an edict to promote Zhang Wanqiang to be the eunuch of Liugongdu.Xiao Maozi has become the one and only leader of the Hall of Mental Cultivation again. In addition to the highest reward a eunuch can get, the sixth-rank Lanling Dingzi, he also got an enviable yellow mandarin jacket. He is really full of ambition.When Kangxi asked Xiao Maozi in detail about the situation of the Wu and Zhou mansions in the inner hall, he couldn't help laughing loudly: "Okay, good! If you are not an eunuch, I really want to let you be the governor of Yunnan and Guizhou, and use poison to fight poison to cure Wu Sangui! However, if they want to poison me, you should let me know in advance." "Master, firstly, you can't figure out when he will make a move. It's not good if you miss it; secondly, you must first understand the master, so the slave will not be able to get this yellow mandarin jacket!" What a clever ghost.Go back and tell your mother, just say what I say, and ask your second nephew to adopt this house to you, and reward Juren first. " These words are worth more than gold, and Xiao Maozi, who is no longer short of money, beamed with joy. But he only laughed for half a month, and then he ran into something that he couldn't laugh at. This evening, while riding home on horseback, Jiao Shan, the "King of Shoulders" of Zhong Sanlang Xiangtang, suddenly appeared at the intersection: "Little Maozi, come down!" .” "Yo! It's Uncle Jiao!" Xiao Maozi rolled off the saddle, pulled the slow rope and hit him a thousand times. An ominous premonition came to his heart, and he forced himself to smile and asked, "Uncle Jiao, have you had dinner?" "Let's talk less and come with me." "Where are you going!" "The young master is calling you!" "Hmm..." Xiao Maozi sipped his toothpaste and made up his mind, "Oh, why is it so urgent, let's go, go to our house for a drink, and then go to see the young master together, can't you?" "Forget it, the young master is waiting!" Xiao Maozi couldn't help feeling cold.As he walked, he secretly looked at Jiao Shan, thinking about how to get past this level, and tried to test his tone by chatting nonsense.But Jiao Shan ignored him with a gloomy face. After entering Gulou West Street, it was already dark, and as soon as he stepped into the main hall of the Zhou Mansion, Xiao Maozi couldn't help taking a deep breath: the hall was lit with bright candles, as if it were daytime.The "Third Prince Zhu" sitting on the top was ashen-faced. Li Zhu, Zhou Quanbin, Zhu Shangxian, Shi Guobin, and Wang Zhenbang, the superintendent of the Wenhua Palace, all had flushed faces, frowned and stared, staring at him. With a little hair on his face, he didn't say a word, it was gloomy and ferocious.It took a long time for Xiao Maozi to regain his composure, and he smiled and went forward to say hello: "Little Maozi pays my respects to the young master!" "Do you know what is calling you here?" "I know—either to receive death or to receive reward!" As soon as this sentence came out, not only Yang Qilong was greatly surprised, but even Li Zhu who was sitting next to him was startled, and asked sharply: "What does this mean?" "What's the problem?" Xiao Maozi replied, "If the young master is a wise king, I will receive the reward; if he is a fool, I will lead him to death!" As soon as the words fell, Wang Zhenbang next to him sneered and said: "Don't fight me!" You're blinded, that won't help! Who told you to report on Huangsi Village?" The little boy stared at Wang Zhenbang.I thought, well, let's fight today.Then he said bluntly: "Wu Ezu told me about the poisoning in Huangsi Village and asked me to report it, so I will report it." "So, you are Wu's son-in-law?" Yang Qilong asked suddenly, although his voice was not high-pitched, it carried a murderous look. Xiao Maozi knew that if he said a word wrongly at this time, he would be killed, so he dealt with it more carefully: "Isn't there a sentence in Zhong Sanlang's heavenly scriptures, 'There is no shadow when you come, and there is no shape when you go. Before the Lord, It’s meaningless for me to say who I am, it depends on who I do is good for whom, and I am who. I only follow my heart and act according to the instructions of the heavenly book!” "What is your heart?" "What kind of heart, kind heart. Didn't the third prince say he wanted to be 'planted'? —— Once I reported him, and the higher-ups questioned him, it would have been planted!" Li Zhu giggled, "You are still stubborn, there is something wrong with your words! Let me ask you, how did the young master treat you badly, and what benefits did the surname Wu give you? You worked so hard for him?" Before Xiao Maozi could answer, Yang Qilong slapped the table: "You ruined my big business! Do it according to the hall rules, come on, tie it up and fill it in the old place behind!" Several red-clothed guards guarding the side agreed, viciously Unscrew the little hair tightly and push it out. The little boy jumped up and screamed strangely: "I see that you are all in a daze! What are you up to! Kangxi is dead, and King Pingxi will rebel; Kangxi is alive, and Pingxi King will rebel even more. Killing the Holy Majesty now will not wait for Wu Sangui to rebel!" , we will be finished here first! They will definitely suspect that Huang Si Village was sent here. Hehe! You made a big mistake, and the little guy made it up, and now you are going to kill me?!" Yang Qilong waved his hand to make the guards retreat temporarily.Xiao Maozi's words are equivalent to overturning what everyone agreed on, which is really worth thinking about.Li Zhu kept beating the back of his hand with a fan, and asked thoughtfully, "Why do you think we're done first?" "There are too many people at the moment, so I can't tell. Who knows what some people have in mind?" Xiao Maozi had already made up his mind to turn Wu Yingxiong into a spoil.Anyway, this is the same as the Three Kingdoms, they all want to eat others, and they all want to prevent them from being eaten. Yang Qilong understood that as soon as Kangxi died, Wu Yingxiong would immediately reveal the secret of Gulou West Street.He can escape in chaos.Hey, this kid really did a great job: "Untie it, but you should tell me first!" Xiao Maozi began to cry as he rubbed his arm that was sore by the rope, as if he had been wronged and pleaded guilty: "Young Master, don't complain, did Xiao Maozi know about this first?... I am a temporary I was in a hurry, so I broke into the Hall of Mental Cultivation!" Wang Zhenbang interrupted him and asked: "At that time, I was in Wenhua Palace, why didn't you tell me?" "Hey, okay, Wang Zhenbang, just because of this you are going to step me into the mud today? You are already the head of the Wenhua Palace, and you are not greedy enough to climb up? Do you think I should be in the firewood?" Spend your whole life in the pile, and suffer from the filth of Huangsi Village and you?" Wang Zhenbang was so angry that his face turned yellow, but he had nothing to say. Li Zhu thought over Xiao Maozi's words over and over again, and felt that it was really reasonable, so he said to Yang Qilong: "Young master, it seems that we want to kill Kangxi, and it is not appropriate to put the blame on Wu Yingxiong. Fortunately, Xiao Maozi is clever, so I will hug you." When we came back, he was right, if we framed him, he would frame us too. However, what he wanted was to force us to riot so that he could escape in disorder. We won’t be fooled by him, so don’t rush to act.” "Well, why?" "Wu Yingxiong is trapped in the capital, and he is always in danger of losing his head. His actions are not as free as ours, and his heart is also more anxious than ours. Just wait and see, there will be no movement from Wu Sangui's side. As long as Wu Sangui makes a move, Wu Yingxiong, a fat dog, has to go to our sword case!" "Well, yes, yes, yes, let's keep an eye on him! He doesn't want to be a hostage in Kangxi's hands, so let him be a hostage in my hands, ha..., Xiao Maozi, you have made a contribution to Xiangtang. You are the Messenger of God!" "Thank you, master!"