Chapter 37 The Thirty-seventh Chapter Capturing Thieves and Chieftains

Crooked Tiger is a man from the underworld, and he is the best at setting fires. He listened to Nemo's order, and he took seven or eight people with him. From the front shop to the back shop, everything that could be ignited was destroyed. He is on fire.The fire crackled and spit out dark red flames, making his water red, occasionally burning bamboo joints in the thick smoke, with a bang, sparks rushed straight, and shot out two or three feet high.Pieces of ash hovered like crows above the flames, flying up and down.The common people in the vicinity, knowing that the "military forces" have been passed here, and seeing the martial law, have long hid far away. Who would dare to come to the rescue!

The blazing flame seemed to be burning He Guizhu's heart. He remembered how many people and merchants he had received in the Yuepeng shop in the city!This young master Wu who had no airs of a master had invited his friends to have banquets and poems here many times, but he was banned overnight.After finally relying on Master Suo's support, he opened this Shangu store here, and seeing that the situation had just come to fruition, he was completely burned down by this fire!He felt that his throat was dry and his chest was swollen, and he wanted to cry but couldn't.Holding the stone in his hand, he watched in a daze as the fire devoured his property, his hard work.Seeing him like this, Wu Ciyou also felt sad, so he came over and stroked his shoulder to comfort him, "Zhu'er, I got you into trouble. Don't be sad, the capital city is not where we live. After this matter is over, you can come back with me." Go to the south and ask the old man to install another property for you in Nanjing."

When He Guizhu heard this, the two lines burst into tears.He was afraid that Wu Ciyou would be sad, so he wiped away his tears and forced a smile: "It's nothing, if you don't go to the old one, you won't come to the new one. The second master is blessed, there is great wealth and honor to come! Thanks to your blessing, Zhu'er may We can open a bigger store!" While the two were talking, Murima woke up from a coma on the stone.He only felt that his body was tied up tightly, he struggled twice and remained motionless, he raised his face and looked, there was a forest of soldiers on the other side of the pond, but there was no movement.Then he scolded: "Ner, you little beast! Why don't you attack?"

Namo was also crying on the other side.He brought hundreds of soldiers to attack such a small inn, but he couldn't make fun of it, and even lost a general to the other party. He didn't know whether it was life or death, how would he explain to his uncle when he went back now?Hearing that Murima had woken up, he felt a little relieved, and replied across the bank with a crying voice: "Third Uncle! Please bear with it for a while, don't worry! After a while, the raft will be built to rescue you, and these rabbits will be rescued." Take out all your heart and soul to serve you wine to scare you!"

Seeing his uncle and nephew talking across the river, the stubborn donkey came over and kicked Murima on the waist and scolded: "Do you know how Liu Jinbiao's eyes are blind? That's what the master used these two fingers to dig out! "As he said, he picked up the knife and gestured under Murima's neck, "If you call again, I will take out your heart and liver to sacrifice to my master!" Murima closed her eyes and did not answer. Mu Zixu came over and took the strong donkey's hand and said, "Brother, this is the meat on the chopping board, why are you angry with him? This is not the time to fight, let's go over there and discuss an idea." He called He Zhu Taking a knife and sitting next to Murima to guard, Wu Ciyou and his brothers sat on the ground around the rockery, planning the next step to deal with the enemy.

The three of them sat in silence for a moment, and the stubborn donkey said, "Oh, I don't know if the fourth child has gone out yet? I'm thinking, if he gets out alive, Brother Wei and the others should be here by now." Mu Zixu was also gloomy. He said with a straight face: "I'm afraid that Oboi and the others will hand in hand with eldest brother in the city, and it will be troublesome. Otherwise, even if the fourth brother can't deliver the letter, he will come. Just now Can’t you see the fire they set off in the city?” Wu Ciyou stepped in and said, “Their commander is in our hands now, so I hope they don’t dare to attack by force!” Qiang Donkey smiled wryly: “Mr. Wu, What if they break vases and catch mice?" Wu Ciyou laughed and said, "Are we so valuable?"

No one can answer Wu Ciyou's words.If Kangxi is also on the island, it is certain that they will attack the island even if they give up Murima.But at this time, the other party is still not sure whether the emperor is also surrounded on the island, and it is hard to say whether he is willing to lose Murima for Wu Ciyou and a few guards.Wu Ciyou didn't know the truth, but Mu Zixu was clear in his heart, but he was the leader right now, so he couldn't say anything depressing, so he said with a smile: "Mr. is right! If he really wants to use a raft to attack, we will kill the horse! Isn’t horse liver poisonous? Let’s eat his heart raw!” The stubborn donkey also laughed and said, “Although Mr. has seen the world, he probably has never eaten a human heart! Mr. You don’t know, dig out the human heart and soak it in cold water Let’s eat it, it’s crispy!” He said this intentionally to Murima and the group of people on the other side.Murima, who was separated by rocks, could hear it clearly.Thinking of the tragedy of cutting out his heart, he was so frightened that he closed his eyes and shed two drops of dirty tears.

At this moment, only a few "swish" sounds from the other side were heard, and the water splashed Lao Gao—the soldiers removed wood from nearby vacant houses and tied up rafts, and let the water come down! The situation suddenly became tense.This Chixin Island rockery is only four to five feet square, and there are only two people who know martial arts on it.But Wu Ciyou and He Guizhu have no power to restrain themselves, not only can't protect themselves, but also need others to take care of them.Four or five rafts attack the center of the pool from different directions at the same time.

At this time, it was already dark, and bright torches were lit on the other side.Namo raised his eyebrows and laughed wildly: "Wu's surname is He! Even if you put on wings today, you won't be able to fly! Be obedient and let Master Mu go, I will protect you from death!" "Namo boy!" The stubborn donkey laughed and said, "As long as you are willing to part with your third uncle, I don't care about that!" He picked up an arrow from the ground and stabbed it into Muli Ma's buttocks, and shouted in a low voice: "Tell them to retreat!" Then he pressed Han Sensen's blade against his neck, "As long as I strangle like this..."

At this moment, Murima was frightened out of her wits, and shouted loudly: "Don't...don't..." I don't know whether it is to ask the donkey not to kill him, or to tell the soldiers who have already boarded the raft not to attack Chixin Island.Seeing this, the soldiers on the raft turned hesitantly to Nemo on the shore, waiting for his order. Namo hurriedly found pen and ink, wrote an urgent letter, and sent someone to fly back to Ao Mansion, asking for instructions on the next step.Everyone on the island, seeing that the enemy had stopped attacking, also sat down to rest, and they were all thinking about one thing in their hearts: Can Hao Laosi deliver the letter, and when will Wei Dongting's rescuers come?

They didn't know that Wei Dongting could no longer come.They didn't even expect that Hu Gongshan was galloping towards the Shangu shop of Baiyun Temple with whip and horse. More than a mile away from Baiyun Temple, I saw from a distance that the surrounding walls of the Shangu store had been knocked down.Although the sound of fighting was not heard, one could clearly see the forest of weapons shining coldly.While hesitating, two soldiers hiding behind the tree suddenly jumped into the middle of the road and shouted: "Bao, who is it? The bandits are being suppressed ahead, and no one will be allowed to pass without the order of Ao Zhongtang..." Fuck you! " Hu Gongshan raised his hand, and the two iron sticks shot out, and the two men fell to the ground and died. Hu Gongshan dismounted his horse and kicked the two corpses into the roadside ditch one by one. He tied the reins to the On the willow tree beside the road, I got off the loess official road alone, hidden in the holly bushes, and slowly approached the Shangu shop. After half a mile, I suddenly saw a horse coming towards me. When I looked closely, one of them was wearing a red tassel on his head. Ghoshha, with a big hat and a pheasant mending suit, was galloping on horseback without thinking. Hu Gongshan leaped obliquely from the tree, and reached the middle of the road with one stride.The horse was suddenly frightened, couldn't hold back its feet, raised its front hooves high, turned a milling circle on the spot, and just now stood firm with a whimper.Thanks to Geshha's excellent riding skills, he swayed on the horse and was not thrown off.He took a closer look and saw a sick man who was less than five feet tall, thin and yellow, blocking the road. He was furious and cursed in Manchu or Mongolian.Hu Gongshan couldn't understand: "What did you say?" Geshha cursed again in Chinese, "You thief, are you looking for death?"Hu Gongshan stood in the middle of the road in a daze, with his face upturned, he took the whip abruptly, without leaving even a white mark on his face.Nageshha was taken aback, raised his whip a second time, but didn't dare to drop it, and said in surprise, "You, are you a human or a ghost?" "Don't waste your time, come down!" Hu Gongshan raised five fingers together and slashed at the lower part of the horse's front legs. The horse's four hooves cramped suddenly, and the horse and man fell to the ground.Before Geshha got up, Hu Gongshan took a step forward, put his foot on his back and said with a smile: "What can you do with this little skill? What happened ahead? Where are you going on horseback?"speak! " Ghoshha was covered in dirt and struggled twice on the ground.He felt that the pedaling force was not too heavy, but he could only struggle. Knowing that this man was very skilled in martial arts, he could only get down on the ground and said out of breath, "Master, don't step down. I say... just say it." After he stammered for a long time, Hu Gongshan finally figured out that there were more than 500 people surrounding the store.The people in the store have been trapped on Chixin Island and captured Murima alive.Namo sent him back to report to Aobai. Hu Gongshan was both sad and happy when he heard this.What worries him is: Oboi's big move this time must be to make a quick decision, if he doesn't rescue quickly, the people on Chixin Island will be in danger, but now Wei Dongting has been detained, and he is riding alone, and he can't rescue him; happy Yes: Murima fell into his hands and could be used as a hostage. Hu Gongshan was hesitating, but Geshha under his feet came to a frog jumping pond, jumped up, and ran towards the roadside bushes.With sharp eyes and quick hands, Hu Gongshan reached out to grab his right foot with a stride, dragged him back, and asked sharply, "Are you Han or Manchu?" "I..." The man didn't know the meaning of his question, he hesitated and said, "I'm a Han Chinese!" "Nonsense!" Hu Gongshan said, "You still speak Manchu just now!" "I'm...really Han Chinese!" Geshha was pinched until his ankle bone hurt to the marrow, "Speaking Manchu... people will be afraid of me... Hu Gongshan was furious immediately, grabbed Geshha and cursed: "My boy, you still want to escape if you fall into my hands, well, I will teach you how to do it, don't you want to learn how a frog jumps into a pond, even if you accidentally hit a tree Go!" After speaking, he lifted Nagoshha over his head and threw it out vigorously. Nagoshha hit the root of a big tree beside the road, his brain burst and died. Now that we have found out the situation, there is no need to take any more risks.Hu Gongshan patted the dust on his body, and found the text of Nemo's letter on the body of the dead Ghoshha.Turning around and returning to his horse, he saw a disheveled man untying the horse's reins from the willow tree.He shouted: "What a thief!" He jumped forward.Grab that person.At first glance, it turned out to be an acquaintance, the "boy juice" of the Shangu shop, Hao Laosi, the fifth-class guard in front of the imperial court: "Ah? It's your brother! How did you make it look like this?" The fourth child also recognized Hu Gongshan: "Master Hu! Why are you here?" Hu Gongshan smiled and said: "Why, if you are allowed to come, I am not allowed to come. What are you doing?" "Oh! I've recited it all. I lost money yesterday and drank all night..." Hu Gongshan giggled and said: "Who else is more ghostly than me. I know everything. You are looking for Wei Dongting to move troops, but it didn't work?" Looking at Hu Gongshan in front of him, the fourth brother made some calculations: "Although this person can't stop dealing with him on weekdays, what does he mean by appearing here now? Hao Laosi was in doubt, staring at him, not knowing how to answer his question." Sentence to the bottom of the sentence. After a while, he said: "How do you know that I am going to rescue the soldiers? Hu Gongshan patted him on the shoulder and said with a smile: "To tell the truth, this is like a brother!"Well, in that case, I will help you. When Mr. Hao heard this, he knelt down on the ground with a puff, and cried, "If brother Hu can save my two elder brothers, I, Hao, will never forget it!" Hu Gongshan laughed and said, "Forget it!"I know you are very clever and good at acting. Not only are your two elder brothers here, but also Wu Ciyou, the emperor's teacher, right? " Hao Laosi got up and laughed, "It seems that in front of you, a real person, you can't tell a little bit of lies. But what good way do you have right now?" Hu Gongshan said: "I have already found out that Murima was caught by Shi Longbiao on the island. It doesn't matter if they are a few of them. Let's go to Aozhong Hall together and exchange this Murima for the safety of Mingzhu and Chixin Island." Let's try again, what is the brotherhood of this Ao Zhongtang?" The two of them were walking forward when they were talking, when they suddenly saw a group of cavalry in the distance, about a hundred of them, running along the official road, trampling yellow dust billowing.Hao Laosi said: "Oboi must have sent reinforcements again!" Hu Gongshan didn't say a word, just stared blankly.After a long while, he laughed dumbly and said, "The coming general is none other than Lingxiong Wei Dongting!" When Hao Lao Si looked carefully, he said happily, "It's really good, but you said just now that he was detained at the Xihua Gate, how can he get off like that? Hurry up!" Hu Gongshan frowned and said, "There are more than five hundred people surrounding the store, if he brings these hundred people here, what can he do?" Why did Wei Dongting come here?Wasn't he locked up?Yes, he broke into the Xihua Gate and was detained by Liu Jinbiao because he was eager to save Kangxi.He escaped so quickly, and it was still thanks to Kangxi's rescue. Cuigu blocked the car and blocked Emperor Kangxi from halfway. In the car, Lagu Su Ma revealed her daughter's true face, and said that she had come to stop the driver specially because she had taken Hu Gongshan's note.Aunt Su Ma heard this, and said kindly: "Good sister! No matter what kind of person you are, if you stop the car today, it will save my life - I don't need to hide it from you, this is the imperial driver of today's emperor. Long live Lord Kangxi. I am his maid, named Wanniang... It is inconvenient to salute in the car, so I thank you on behalf of the master!" To Cui Gu, La Aunt Su Ma's affectionate and earnest words were expected.But she never thought that there would be such a maid who understands human affairs beside the emperor!Another glance at Kangxi, who was sitting sideways, was nodding and smiling at him.Cuigu was a little timid at first, but now that she saw that the king of ten thousand chariots was so kind, her shyness and timidity disappeared, and she boldly said: "I have a kindness and enmity that cannot be repaid, so I risked my life to stop the holy chariot." .” "Who is Qing and who is kind?" Kangxi asked with great interest. "Master Pearl." When Kangxi heard this, he turned his face to look at Lagu Su Ma, and happened to meet his eyes, and asked again: "Mingzhu is my close minister, where is he now? I am looking for his whereabouts!" "He's in Aobai Zhongtang's residence!" Cui Gu said coldly. "Oh!" Kangxi was taken aback, and quickly calmed down and smiled, "I remember, I sent him." Hearing what Kangxi said, Su Ma Lagu and Cuigu were both surprised, and looked at Kangxi at the same time .Cui Gu then asked: "Did the emperor send him to sit on the tiger bench?" "What?" Kangxi almost jumped from his seat because of the shaking of the chariot and horses, or because of the surprise in his heart.Aunt Su Ma turned around and asked Aunt Cui, "Sister, how do you know?" Seeing the West Bianmen from a distance, Aunt Su Ma realized that it was inappropriate to bring the woman in the car into the palace. It is even more serious that the empress dowager knew that the room could not be recorded.After thinking about it for a while, I finally asked, "Where does sister live, we will send you back." "No need." Cui Gu sighed, "I'll get off right here—stop!" She suddenly shouted loudly.Zhang Wanqiang didn't know what was going on in the car, so he pulled the copper brake lever and the car stopped with a "crack".Cuigu didn't wait for Kangxi's master and servant to speak, jumped out quickly, quickly put the melon skin hat on her head, and tucked her forehead and sideburn hair into the hat, just like a young servant, bowed to Kangxi's master and servant and said : "Farewell!" After speaking, he turned and left. "Slow down!" Kangxi leaned out of the car and said, "You only mentioned your benefactor just now, who is the other enemy?" "It doesn't matter if you don't talk about it." Cui Gu said seriously, "It's useless to talk about it." Kangxi guessed it must be Oboi, he shook his head and smiled, "You don't take me too seriously, how can it be useless to say it?" "Okay, this servant has the guts to say it!" Cui Gu replied boldly, "It's Hong Chengchou! Is the emperor willing to kill him to thank me?" "What are you reluctant to do?" Kangxi hesitated for a moment, then laughed again, "It's a pity that he has been dead for two years, and you are still using him as an enemy." After saying this, Cui Gu seemed to be hit hard by someone, and she backed away. One step later, he asked tremblingly, "Is this true?" Kangxi laughed and said: "This person is clearly unfaithful, and after death, he has little favor, no wonder you don't know. I am the emperor, can I still lie to you?" Cuigu's complexion turned pale immediately, she stood on the ground and swayed for a while, managed to stand still, looked up to the sky and said with a miserable smile: "Haha...dead, dead!" .A pair of eyes stared at Kangxi's car going away, and he kept muttering to himself: "You...you go!" Then he also walked forward with staggering steps. Leaving Cuigu standing there dumbfounded, Kangxi's car sped along outside the lonely city of Beijing.Seeing that Kangxi's face was getting darker and gloomy, Aunt Su Ma thought that he was planning to kill, so she tried to persuade her: "She is a meritorious person, although her words are a little offensive, she can still be forgiven." "How do you know her? You don't know her heart!" Kangxi glanced at her and said thoughtfully, "It's God's will. If Hong Chengchou is not dead, I really want to get rid of him!" If La Aunt Su Ma hadn't heard these words with her own ears, it would be unthinkable that the words would come from the mouth of the emperor.Hong Chengchou entered the customs from the dragon, although he made great contributions, he has always been cautious.He was sorry to Qian Ming, but he was not at fault for Qing Shi.The Empress Dowager often said: "Without Hong Chengchou and Wu Sangui, there would be no Qing Dynasty!" Even if the Empress Dowager praised her so highly, how could Emperor Kangxi, as a filial son and virtuous grandson, be willing to disobey Yizhi, avenge a lonely woman, and kill a minister with outstanding merits? ?After staying for a while, Aunt Su Ma asked, "This is the master's important matter, and the slave dare not intervene. But Hong Chengchou has always been a minister who has made contributions to our Qing Dynasty. How could the emperor be willing to kill him?" Kangxi sneered: "If all the courtiers learn from Hong Chengchou, what's the point of being an emperor?" With just this one sentence, Kangxi stopped abruptly, and Kangxi stopped talking, and looked at the loess road in front of him calmly.The black-gray West Bianmen is gloomy, and howling in the northwest wind gives people a feeling of depression.A few sergeants stood guard at the door lifelessly, shivering from the cold.A gust of wind came in, Kangxi shuddered, and told Zhang Wanqiang: "Go back to the palace later today, and turn north again!" Zhang Wanqiang agreed with a "Zha!" He skillfully whipped the whip, and the carriage made a sharp turn and turned north.At this moment, he suddenly heard the sound of hooves behind the car, and he galloped out from the west gate and chased after him.Zhang Wanqiang caught a glimpse and was taken aback. He didn't dare to be careless, so he quickly stood up and shouted: "Drive!" and urged the horse to run wildly. But the solo rider behind had already overtaken and came ahead of him.A man rolled off his horse and grabbed onto the chariot.When Kangxi looked at it calmly, it was Xiong Cilu.He was dressed in court robes, the red tassels on his big hat were messed up, and he didn't even bring a single entourage with him. He was out of breath and sweaty.Kangxi hastily raised the sedan chair curtain and asked with a serious face: "What's the matter of panic? Don't forget that you are the Minister of State!" "Your Majesty taught me a lesson!" Xiong Cilu approached the car shaft, wiped the sweat off his brow with his hands, and said, "My Majesty, Wei Dongting has been imprisoned at the Xihua Gate!" "What?" Kangxi was furious, and he jumped up and was about to stand up. He was hit by the roof of the car above him, and then realized that he was on the car, "Why, is this going to rebel? What else, come on !" Xiong Ci put his hands on the shaft and knocked his forehead on the shaft three times as a salute to the emperor. He hastily told the story of the incident that happened in front of Xihua Gate. It turned out that after Nemo ordered Liu Jinbiao to detain Wei Dongting, he rushed to the Shangu store by himself.This kid Liu Jinbiao hated Wei Dongting so much that he really wanted to kill him with his own hands to express his grievances.However, he is not stupid and knows that this matter cannot be done recklessly.According to the law, if a servant breaks into the Forbidden Palace without following the special edict, he should be sent to the Ministry of Internal Affairs for punishment.But Liu Jinbiao thought about it, it would be more appropriate to send it to the Ministry of Internal Affairs than to hand it over to the Patrol Yamen.Ge Chuha, the leader of the patrol yamen, is a member of Obai, and he is also a friend of himself.As long as Wei Dongting is sent to Ge Chuha's place according to the mistake of "rushing and disturbing the defense", and sent to prison, he can be hacked overnight!So, he ordered someone to carry Wei Dongting from Xihua Gate to the Patrol Yamen.Unexpectedly, as soon as he brought him out, he bumped into Xiong Cilu, a cabinet scholar.This Xiongcilu got a letter from Hu Gongshan, and came here with a robe and his own soldiers. Seeing that Liu Jinbiao was leading Wei Dongting forward, he shouted: "Stop!" It was less than a month since Liu Jinbiao got this job, and many ministers of the ministry did not know each other.When he saw Xiong Cilu leading a brigade of soldiers, with coral red tops and crane mending clothes, swaying and swaying, he was very majestic, but he didn't know what it was, so he felt a little timid, and hurriedly stepped forward to greet him: "My lord, this is The thief we just caught!" "Bah!" I said something just now, but Wei Dongting spit on his face and scolded: "You are the thief! Mr. Xiong, don't talk too much with this bastard. You go and talk to Sun Dianchen, he can cure this thing, and Zhao Bingzheng can do it too." !" Xiong Cilu thought about it, and immediately ordered the housekeeper: "You stay here, don't let them take Master Wei away. I will come out as soon as I go in." After speaking, he walked inside.At this time, Liu Jinbiao had already figured out the general idea, knowing that this senior official must not be on the same side as Bumbleshan, so his tone changed, and he stretched out his hand to stop him: "Have you ever received an edict, my lord?" "I don't see you?" Xiong Cilu said, "I'm going to see Zhao Bingzheng, the Minister of Internal Affairs." Liu Jinbiao's one-eyed eyes flashed, and he moved his body to block the way with a smile on his face, "My lord, if the court official is not here, you can avoid this trip!" Xiong Cilu was furious.He shouted, "Why, are you going to rebel?" "Hey!" Liu Jinbiao sneered, "If you are not allowed to enter, it is considered a rebellion? Let me tell you, I am a dog, and no one knows it except the master. If you want to break in, I will naturally detain you!" He likes to watch the bustle, and the passers-by heard the noise of people here, wondering what happened to Xihua Gate, a red-capped official and a blue-lingzi guard came over and argued there, and gradually a large group of people gathered around, dumbfounded. Just stare blankly. Xiong Cilu knew that Kangxi was going to Baiyun Guanshangu shop, so he was worried, so he led his servants to accompany him.On the way to court, I met Hu Gongshan and heard the news that Wei Dongting had been detained, so I went back alone and changed into court clothes to come to rescue him.At first I thought it was just a misunderstanding, and it would be settled by talking about it, but I didn't want to be involved in it at this moment, so I realized that the matter was not simple.He pondered for a moment, changed his mind, and said, "Okay, be careful in your duties, it's up to you! But wait for a while, I'll find someone who can handle this matter, and then I'll deal with it?" Finished, Without waiting for Liu Jinbiao's answer, he went back to the car and untied a horse, jumped on it and galloped westward. Here Liu Jinbiao gave a "bah" and shouted loudly: "Take the one surnamed Wei, let's go!" They had just walked a few steps, and the housekeeper Xiong Cilu led dozens of people to stand in a row and blocked them aggressively. crossing. The butler crossed his hands in front of his chest: he laughed and said, "Brother, why worry, you have to save some face for my master, the master has already ordered, so why not wait a little longer?" Liu Jinbiao shouted loudly: "What kind of donkey is your master! I am the emperor's servant!" As he said, he wanted to rush forward together.Seeing him like this, the housekeeper straightened his face and said: "Just now you said that you belong to the dog, but you still don't know that I belong to the old dog! You have only been working for a few days? A blue-top sesame official, Yongding River Your bastard is worth more than you, so you dare to look down on my lord!" As he spoke, he crossed his arms and blocked the way. Liu Jinbiao was furious immediately, grabbed the steward's left arm with one hand, and slammed towards him with the other.Although the butler was not very capable, he was very slippery, he made a false move with his right palm, and even swept it towards his face.If this palm hits the face, it would be really embarrassing!Liu Jinbiao hastily withdrew his arms and kicked him off, the butler took advantage of the situation and hurriedly retreated a few steps.The two sides stared at each other.At this time, there were more and more common people watching the excitement, the inner three floors and the outer three floors were surrounded by an airtight, and the people behind were still rushing forward, stretching their necks to see what happened. Liu Jinbiao stretched his hand into the entrance and let out a whistle, and the guards at the Xihua gate dispersed with a "wow" and forced them forward.The butler also shouted loudly: "Wait for my lord, if you are sensible, or you will be rude!" He drew a dagger from his arms to protect his chest.At this moment, a loud shout was heard from outside the crowd, "Presumptuous, don't be unreasonable!" Everyone was stunned, and when they looked back, they saw Gao Xuan's horses and a vermilion lacquered sedan parked steadily outside the crowd.It was Zhang Wanqiang, the chief eunuch of the Hall of Mental Cultivation, holding a golden arrow in one hand and holding a bright yellow axe in the other. Beside the car stood Xiong Cilu, a scholar of the Wenhua Hall, respectfully and respectfully. Although Liu Jinbiao was on duty not long ago, he knew the weight of the things in Zhang Wanqiang's hands. They were the tokens used by the emperor when he appointed officials in the frontiers and controlled the troops of the kings from all walks of life. As soon as the words came out, the guards at the Xihua Gate put down their weapons and knelt down. Among the ordinary people standing on both sides watching the excitement, an old man said: "Long Live God is here, why don't you all kneel down! "Although the common people have lived in the capital for a long time, they seldom see such a scene. One is out of respect for the people, and the other is fresh curiosity. Hearing a reminder, the black crow knelt on the ground, "Long live! " "Long live the emperor!" "Called indiscriminately. Kangxi glanced at Aunt Su Ma in the car, intending to go out to meet her.Aunt Su Ma quickly shook her head and waved her hands.Kangxi laughed softly and said, "Aunt Sun once said that 'people's hearts are made of flesh' so there are so many assassins who come to murder me!" After saying that, he got out of the car with a bow, picked up an old man and said: " Old man, getting old, please get up—what are you doing standing here?" The old man didn't expect such a young emperor to be so humble and respectful to the elderly, he came to hold his hand in person, panicked and stammered, "Long live... Xiaomin has nothing to do to watch the fun—here, here—" Liu Jinbiao calmed down at this moment, and said, "My slave is telling my master, Long Live, that Wei Dongting, the guard of Qianqing Palace, broke into the palace gate without permission, and was caught by this slave..." Kangxi had already seen the bound Wei Dongting about to explode.Suddenly held back again, smiled and said: "What's your name, how many years have you been working here?" Liu Jinbiao rolled his one eye and replied, "Slave Liu Jinbiao has only been working here for more than a month." "Oh!" Kangxi said with a smile: "It's no wonder you don't know. This Wei Dongting was sent by me to work in the palace, and he left in a hurry without a license. Gu Nian is the first time, and he is also my bodyguard, so he is exempted from punishment." Stop." Then he said to Zhang Wanqiang: "This man is serious in his work, and he will give you ten taels of gold. You can take him to get it later." Zhang Wanqiang hurriedly said, "I obey the decree!" Wei Dongting untied, Wei Dongting didn't care about what to say, he knelt down and said in a low voice: "Thank you, slave." Seeing Kangxi's swift and decisive handling, the common people shouted in unison, "Long live!" Kangxi got into the car and was about to lift the curtain to go in, when he stopped and said, "Xiao Weizi, wait for me to return to the palace—Xiong Cilu, you go to the House of Internal Affairs to get some money, everyone who sees me today will give you two taels of silver ” While speaking, the car was broken, and with the sound of horseshoes, the car had already entered the Xihua Gate. After entering the palace, Kangxi leaned out from the car: "Little Wei, don't dare to lead troops to rescue Mr. Wu!" Wei Dongting agreed, ordered a hundred guards of the inner palace, whipped and galloped out of the palace gate, and galloped towards the Shangu shop.Not far from the city, I saw two people riding on two horses, coming towards each other.When he walked up to him, he saw Hu Gongshan and Hao Laosi.When Hao Laosi saw Wei Dongting coming, he got off his horse and fell to the ground crying loudly: "Brother, good time for you to come! Let's kill thieves together!" Seeing Hao Laosi and Hu Gongshan together, Wei Dongting couldn't help being surprised, got off his horse and helped Hao Laosi: "Talk slowly if you have something to say, what's the situation in the store?" Hearing Mr. Hao's cry, Wei Dongting turned around and bowed to Hu Gongshan again, saying, "Mr. Hu is so troublesome about your matters, I am very grateful." Hu Gongshan hurriedly returned the gift: "Master Wei, there are more than five hundred soldiers in the Weishangu store, and you can't guarantee victory if you only bring these one hundred people. I don't think it's better than this..." After Hu Gongshan said something like this, Wei Dongting thought After a while, he said: "What Mr. Hu said is very true, just follow what you said, let's split up and act!"