Chapter 17 Seventeenth Conference

Although Kangxi was in a coma and they were not allowed to guard him, how could Wei Dongting rest assured.He secretly followed Yujia, passed through Qianqing Gate, and saw that Kangxi had entered Yongxiang safely, then he turned out of Meridian Gate and rode his horse to Suo'etu Mansion. Suo'etu hadn't come back yet, but the person at the door was obviously waiting with a lamp on. Seeing Wei Dongting's late-night visit, he was surprised.Geshha Zhao Fengchun, the leader at the door, rushed out to meet him and said with a smile: "Master Wei is so excited, he's still here at this time! My lord has gone out and hasn't come back yet!" Wei Dongting laughed and said, "I'll wait if I don't come back." Saying that, Then go inside.

Zhao Fengchun muttered: + My lord might not come back tonight. "Wei Dongting laughed secretly, while taking off his oil coat and shaking the water, he said: "It may not come back, so who are you waiting for?" " Zhao Fengchun was questioned and had nothing to say, so he hurriedly said with a smile: "Since your lord wants to wait, please come to this room, change your wet clothes, and prepare water and wine for a chat, so as to pass the night. " Wei Dongting had no choice but to follow him into the west gate room. As soon as he changed into dry clothes, he heard movement outside the gate. Zhao Fengchun saw him listening with his ears sideways, and said with a smile, "I'm back right there! Come here, warm the wine!" Tu told the door: "I want to have a long talk with Mr. Xiong tonight, except for Wei Jun's gate, I won't see anyone else!"

Wei Dongting smiled and said to Zhao Fengchun: "It's hard to hide it! Tonight's banquet in the back hall includes my name." Zhao Fengchun smiled embarrassedly: "I don't know, please forgive me." Suo'etu, Xiong Cilu, and Wei Dongting sat in front of the sumptuous banquet, and started a secret discussion while eating wine casually. Suo'etu put his hand on the wine glass, and said in a low voice: "Aobai relies on his merits to deceive the emperor and kills ministers. He has ulterior motives! The Holy One comforts him in every possible way, and hopes that he will change from evil to good and never repent. The heavy responsibility of treachery." The two of Xiong Wei hurriedly replied in a low voice: "Only my lord's order is to obey!"

Wei Dongting took a sip of his wine and asked, "Why didn't your sage issue a decree to announce his unpardonable crimes and to punish him?" Xiong Cilu pondered, "It won't work. Oboi is powerful and powerful at this time. Inside and outside Yi's belly is as dense as a net, and even the soldiers in the southern command often have his disciples and old officials. If he refuses to obey the edict and cause trouble, the consequences will be unimaginable... What's more worrying—" said Until then, I don't speak.Suo'etu hurriedly said: "Dong Yuan, since we are interested in military and national affairs, we should meet each other with sincerity, and we must not have any scruples."

Xiong Cilu stood up, dipped his finger in the wine, scratched the three characters "Wu, Geng, Shang" on the table, erased them with another wave, and asked, "Brother, I don't know if you agree with my humble opinion?" Suo Etu nodded repeatedly, but Wei Dongting didn't take it seriously: "This concern seems too far away, you must know that although King Pingxi and Oboi colluded with each other, they actually have different ambitions. To capture Oboi and go to a political enemy, I'm afraid it's just that he can't wait of it!" Xiong Cilu thought to himself, this is reasonable, but how can we get rid of Oboi without causing uneasiness in all parties?After thinking about it for a long time, he couldn't figure it out, so he said with a smile: "At that time, Guan Hanqing had a small order saying: "Kun Ya, Mian Xia, Qu will be married as a dowry after killing him. The scale is all grown-up families, not under the matchmaker. Smile to greet people, talk back, It’s really like the flower of Jieyu. If we win her, we’ll overturn the grape trellis...’” After speaking, the three of them laughed in unison, and the atmosphere immediately relaxed a lot.

Suo'etu complained: "When is this, you still have the heart to make fun of it." Wei Dongting hurriedly said: "Although it's a joke, it's also the truth. We're just discussing how to 'get him' and not 'pour the grape trellis' .” A word made everyone fall into deep thought again. After a long while, Wei Dongting got up and took two steps, "In my humble opinion, there seems to be three strategies." Suo'etu's eyes lit up, he leaned back on the chair and said, "I would like to hear more about it." "One," Wei Dongting said: "Choose chivalrous martyrs, cover them up and kill them when they are unaware. If the matter is successful, the emperor will issue a decree to declare their crimes. If the matter fails, I will be responsible. This is the best policy."

Suo'etu shook his head and said: "Oboi possesses unique skills and strong martial arts; his followers are like a cloud, and his guards are tight. Moreover, it is difficult for us to recruit many warriors in a short time. If it fails, it will be even more difficult to succeed by rebirth. This is dangerous. Let’s go.” Xiong Cilu said, “Please talk about the middle policy.” "Master Suo bought wine to celebrate his mother's birthday, invited her into the mansion, and poisoned him with poisoned wine!" Suo'etu frowned and said: "Brother also thought about this strategy. But Oboi has always been cunning and suspicious. Brother, I hold my own birthday, and I will not invite you to the banquet twice. If he is willing to come, that would be great." Xiong Cilu said with a smile : "Why don't you tell me the next strategy?"

Wei Dongting said: "The Holy Majesty will choose a festival, and have a grand banquet for all the ministers in the palace. When he enters the court for the banquet, he will suddenly issue an edict, and the guards in front of the palace will cover it up and carry it out - just one knife!" , "Who dares to object if you don't believe me!" Suo'etu patted the table and replied: "One of the guards in front of the palace, his confidant Kun Duo, if he turns his back on him, the saint may be in danger!" Xiong Cilu puffed out a puff of smoke and said, "This is also impossible."

None of the three strategies can be used, Wei Dongting was very disappointed, sat down blankly, suddenly his heart moved, and said: "I can't help but the Holy Majesty issued an order, which of the two dares to throw the cup as an order, Wei Dongting is willing to risk his life to punish this country's traitor!" "This is called Hongmen Banquet, which is interesting." Suo'etu smiled and said, "Brother is willing to be the one who throws the cup." As soon as the words fell, Xiong Cilu waved his hands again and again and said, "No way! This is called beheading without asking, Killing the ministers without permission. The courtiers will inevitably talk about the Holy Majesty, and they will also 'pour the grape trellis'."

Wei Dongting felt very useless, and asked coldly: "Then according to your opinion?" Xiong Cilu picked up the shark's fin on the table and put it into his mouth, chewed it slowly, and said after a while, "Although Oboi has the heart of Sima Zhao, there are very few facts about his rebellion. Saying that it will definitely mess up the court plan, this will lose a lot-we still have to find a way to work hard on the word "take", to verify the facts, to issue an edict, and to clarify the canonical punishment is the perfect strategy." This is indeed the old saying of seeking the country.Suo'etu couldn't help but nodded, thought for a while, and asked Wei Dongting: "Tiger Minister, the Holy Majesty wants to get rid of Oboi, this is a decision; what does Oboi think about the Holy Majesty now? Knowing oneself but not knowing the enemy is not the whole story. The way to win!" Wei Dongting replied: "Oboi regards the Holy One as an ignorant child, and he must have the desire to usurp and murder."

Xiong Ci clapped his palms and said with a smile: "Here! The second half of this sentence is nonsense, but the first half is very useful." The two were surprised by one sentence, and Suo'etu laughed and said: "Old Master, please clarify." "Oboi thinks very highly of himself, this is his fatality." Xiong Cilu said: "He regards my main force as ignorant, boy, why not use his tricks, pretending to show his ignorance, taking advantage of his unpreparedness, concealing it and holding on to it, and paying a judge Clarify the crime and punish the crime with the law." Wei Dongting's eyes sparkled, and he asked, "How should we proceed?" Xiong Cilufang was about to answer, but Suo'etu suddenly put his hands together excitedly and said: "Yes! Can the Huchen secretly select young children to play with the emperor, such as Buku or something. Obai must Unprepared, take advantage of the time when he is alone, or on the road, or in the palace—" He snapped his hands, "Are you afraid that he will fly?" "Well, good. This plan is very good." Xiong Cilu nodded and smiled. "However, there are a few things that need to be taken care of. First, there are too many personnel in the palace, and we must not make any noise. The three of us must also swear together; second, choose personnel carefully, rather than indiscriminately; third, plan carefully. Once the time is right, Then catch them as quickly as possible. Once things change, the three of us will be slaughtered together, and we will never complain." He finished speaking one by one while pointing his fingers, his gaze fixed on Suo. Ertu asked, "What do adults think?" After hearing this, Suo'etu was very excited, his eyes sparkled, he stood up suddenly, picked up three wooden chopsticks from the table, distributed one to each person, straightened his clothes, and knelt down.Seeing his solemnity, Xiong and Wei also knelt behind him, but they heard Suo'etu swear: "Your ministers respectfully follow the secret order of the sage, discuss big plans together, wipe out traitors, and help the Qing Dynasty. chopsticks!" After finishing speaking, he broke the chopsticks with a "click", dipped the broken chopsticks in candle oil and set them on fire.Wei and Xiong also made an oath in accordance with the law.The three of them stared blankly at the chopsticks on the ground burning to ashes before slowly standing up. Namo left Kangxi that night.My heart was still beating wildly.Wandering in the rain with his waist knife in his hand, he repeatedly recalled the scene at that time: Did Kangxi see when I pulled out the waist knife? " The cold rain drenched his whole body, his clothes stuck to his flesh, and he shivered when a gust of wind blew by, "What if he sees it and pretends not to see it?" He hurriedly walked towards Jing Yunmen.Murima had been waiting for him there, and when he saw him coming, she asked angrily, "Where did you go to lift up the corpse? What did you hear?" Namo only breathed a sigh of relief, shook his head and said, "It's raining too much. There is thunder...it seems to say that the kid surnamed Wei has made meritorious service and was promoted to a third-class guard." Murima rolled her eyes and asked again, "Who is there?" "I can't see clearly," Namo shook his head and said, "I saw two people, one is Mr. Xiong Cilu, and the other is hiding behind the shadow of the candle, in a daze." Murima said: "You just stay here Come on, if you don’t believe they don’t come here! I’ll go and report to Zhongtang.” Namo promised "yes" in his mouth, and when Murima left, he took everyone to a few rooms in the east of Qianqingmen to hide from the rain.He is not tired, nor is he afraid of the cold, one is angry, and the other is that he is really afraid of seeing those two ministers just now—when he was about to assassinate Kangxi just now, he saw Xiong Cilu and Wei Dongting coming out, so he was quick to get wise. He took off the oil coat and put it on for Kangxi.Under the lightning, Wei Dongting's posture is still swaying in front of his eyes.He was really afraid to see them again. About an hour later, the rain subsided a little, Murima came to call him: "Let's go, Zhongtang is waiting for an answer at home!" Namo said: "They haven't passed yet." Murima said impatiently : "No need to wait. Zhongtang already knows who it is!" Back at the Ao Mansion, Aobai, Bumbleshan, Jishi, Sebende, Ge Chuha, Taibitu, Asiha and others were sitting in the back flower hall, some drinking tea with teacups in their hands, some holding teacups. The pipe was smoking, and the hall was filled with clouds and mist. Seeing his uncle and nephew coming in, they exchanged glances with each other, but it was still Oboi who spoke first: "It's raining so heavily, the emperor summoned Wei, what did he say?" Murima looked back at Nemo.Namo was flustered, and paused for a while before replying: "It's nothing serious, it seems that because of his meritorious service in driving, he was promoted to a second-class guard..." Obai felt a little surprised, so he followed up: "What else did they say?" Namo shook his head and said: + I can't hear clearly, it doesn't look like it's a big deal. Aobai nodded and said, "Well, you guys should sit down too." " Bumbleshan shook his head with his hookah in his hand and said, "This must have something to do with Zhongtang." He smiled, glanced at the people in the room, and continued, "Let's try to figure it out. It's dark and there's no sun, call the bear Cilu and Suo'etu summoned a coat-coated slave, and the youngest really took great pains." When the word "Old Three" was uttered, everyone in the seat turned pale, even Oboi felt very uncomfortable.Nemo was horrified, but breathed a sigh of relief. He assassinated Kangxi in front of the Wenhua Palace tonight, but he didn't get Aobai's approval. as a result of.Now that Bumbleshan said "the third child", he understood that this was only going to happen sooner or later.While being relieved, he felt strange, this Bumbleshan himself was a member of the royal family, what good would he do if the emperor was gone, why bother to get involved in this life-threatening matter? Seeing that there was no response from the crowd, Bumble-Shan began to talk presumptuously: "Since ancient times, there have been three ways to cause danger, and the middle hall is ready for it. If you don't make plans early..." "Brother," Ji Shi put down the snuff bottle, leaned over and said, "Please tell me the details." Seeing that Oboi was silent and listening attentively, Bumble continued: "Those who have achieved the greatest merits will not be rewarded—it's not that they don't want to be rewarded, because they have nothing to reward, so they have to die; In fact, as long as the heart is at peace, there is no danger. The subject is strong and the master is weak, and it is rare to be compatible; it is ominous for someone who has more authority than others—it is taboo by nature, and the authority exceeds the master, and the master will get rid of you. " Taibitu, who was sitting next to him, secretly admired: "This old man has read a few books, and he has something in his stomach." But he was also frightened by his words and jumped a few times, and blurted out: "Is there no way to save him?" Law?" "Yes," Bumble said with a sneer, "discharge the military power, dissipate the remaining wealth, resign from the official title, and return to the hometown, so you can keep yourself a rich man." "This can only last for a while," Ji Shi shook his head and said, "In less than a year or so, some great master will rise up and list you for several crimes. If you don't die, you will be exiled to Uliasutai!" "According to you two," Oboi said with a sneer, "Brothers have to sit and wait for death!" Bumble said conveniently: "If you sit, you will die, if you don't sit, you will not die." Obai said, "Okay! How about the method of 'not sitting'?" Bumbleshan came to the table, picked up a pen and wrote a word in the palm of his hand, clasped his hands together and said: "Brother has a good prescription, please write it yourself, everyone will stretch out your hands to read." Aobai got up first to take the pen, swiped it in the palm of his left hand without thinking, sat down sullenly, and then several people wrote in turn.When it was Taibitu's turn, he first wrote a word on the palm of his left hand tremblingly. After thinking about it, he wrote a word +yin on the palm of his right hand with his left hand pen before putting down the pen. The nine people gathered together under the lamp and stretched out their hands, but they saw the word "kill" all over them, they couldn't help but looked at each other and smiled, Ao Baidun felt refreshed, and ordered loudly: "Put the wine!" Bumbleshan hurriedly said: + Many people were shocked!Why don't you ask your opera troupe to sing, and we just drink tea and discuss business. " This is really a unique meeting. Outside the West Flower Hall, there is heavy rain, thunder and lightning cut through the night sky from time to time, and the sound of pipa and crisp singing on the waterside pavilion on the other side are really special.From time to time, everyone in the room was attracted by the soft melody: ...Thanks to San Yisheng for setting up the fireworks plan, Present a banshee baby who prospered the Zhou Dynasty and destroyed the Shang Dynasty. Mosquito Dragon broke the golden shackles in an instant, He dared to shake his head and tail into the haze... Ji Shi crossed Erlang's legs and slapped his eyes. Hearing this, he couldn't help sighing: "Although this tune is vulgar, it's very true—Jiaolong broke the golden shackles, good!" "It's very appropriate," Bumble said with a nod. "It's a pity that it's impossible to make a 'firework plan' now." Murima chuckled and said, "The third child is only fourteen, I'm afraid he still doesn't understand Fengyue." Ao Bai glared at him: "What else do you know besides Fengfengyue?" Murima blushed and dared not speak.Seeing the embarrassment on his face, Bumble said, "Don't listen to the show, let's discuss serious matters." Ji Shi coughed and said with a smile: "Mr. Ban just discussed the 'Three Dangers'. My brother was a little creepy. Since I see the same thing, please tell me how to proceed!" Bumble said kindly: " Nothing more than the three words 'waste, poison, and Zen'. Murima thought for a while, then laughed and said: "Aren't waste and Zen the same thing? " "It's not just different?" Bumble said with a smile: "The difference is simply too far. After 'abolishing' and 'poison', the Aixinjueluo family will still be established; 'Zen' means abdication. At that time, Ao Gong You have to come out and clean up the mess." Obai hurriedly got up and bowed to all the guests in the seat, and said: "It is true that today's sage is blind and ignorant. It is my honor to have my own surname. I foolishly thought that the word 'Zen' could be exempted from discussion. Besides, how could Obai accept the emperor's grace?" Ji Shi said in a loud voice: "Heaven and God will not take it, but you will be blamed! You can't play women's benevolence in the middle hall, and miss the common people in the world!" Fresh, from a humble background, it's better for us to recommend one person as the master." Seeing that he was putting on airs and imitating the Three Kingdoms mechanically, Bumble was amused secretly: "Chen Sheng is the king. Zeng Yun said: 'Emperors and generals, would you rather have a kind?" In the current situation of the middle hall, if you retreat, you will not live, but if you advance, you will succeed. There is no choice In addition, Kuang Zhongtang is in charge of the court, and heaven and man return, so why have so many doubts!" ​​After a generous speech, everyone's spirits trembled, and Oboi was fascinated by it. As soon as Murima thought of Aobai Bao, at least she could become a county king, she felt hot all over, rolled up her sleeves, and said first: "Okay!" But seeing that Aobai remained calm, she dared not continue talking up. Obai didn't say a word, which was regarded as acquiescing, and the next question was how to "Zen".Only then did people realize that Bumbleshan had indeed planned for a long time and had a plan in mind, and they all admired his scheming. Bumbleshan nodded at Taibitu and said with a smile: "That's all, no matter what method you use, as long as it succeeds, as far as the moment is concerned, I think there are three things that need to be done urgently." Aobai hurriedly said: "Please tell me." "First," Bumble narrowed his eyes, stretched out his hand and lowered his index finger, "There are three letters to be edited in the middle hall, and they are sent separately to Wu Sangui, Geng Jingzhong, Shang Kexi, and Weilu who are dissatisfied with the court. "He slowly lowered his middle finger: "Secondly, the patrol yamen is in charge of the guarding power outside the Forbidden Palace, and Wu Liuyi, the admiral of the nine gates, must send someone suitable to bribe him. Good! Thirdly—" He bent his thumb again, "The Qianqing Palace is an important place for the youngest to handle military and government affairs, and the guards and servants must send the most reliable people there." Ji Shikan smiled and said: "It can be said that the fortune is perfect! With these three rules, no matter what the big thing is, do it slowly, the power is in your hands, and the chances of victory are certain." "As for how to proceed with the 'major matter', it needs to be discussed again. It is difficult to finish talking tonight." Bumble said and looked at Oboi.Obai understood, so he pushed open all the windows towards the water in front of the hall, and rolled up the long bamboo curtain with his own hands.