Chapter 43 The 43rd Return to the City to Destroy the Emperor

The copper pot drained, and the iron horse swayed.Wu Ciyou was lying on the bed, tossing and turning, unable to fall asleep.After coming to Beijing for several years, those thrilling and mysterious changes kept flashing in my mind.He was excited for a while, nervous for a while, relieved for a while, and sighed and wept uncontrollably for a while.What he thinks about the most is Long Er, this strange student, his suspicious identity, his extraordinary temperament, his temper of asking questions to the end of everything, his deep envy of evil but concealing it, and his relationship with him. Age does not match the personality, all this is a mystery that is difficult to guess and solve.And that Wanniang who appeared as a maid is even more puzzling.Sometimes she lowers her eyebrows and looks pleasing to her eyes, sometimes she is confident and arrogant, sometimes she seems affectionate, and sometimes she rejects others, especially her graceful figure, and her eyes that are full of gods, are always dangling in front of Wu Ciyou.Sometimes, it seems that when I come close, I can hear her silvery laughter, witty and straightforward words, and see her face that seems to be smiling and angry, but it disappears immediately, and only the sight in front of me is left. Sleepless loneliness... In the dimness, Wu Ciyou seemed to hear someone calling himself—ah!It's Zhu'er, what is he calling?

"Second Master, Second Master, did you hear that? Get up and open the door, Mr. Suo and Master Long are here!" "Ah!" Wu Ciyou was startled, and only then did he understand.It turned out that I didn't know when, but I fell asleep in a daze.He hurriedly rubbed his eyes and sat up, looking out the window, it was already high in the sun, hearing the voices that Suo'etu and Long'er had also arrived at the door, he jumped up and opened the door.Standing in front of him was indeed Long Er who he had been thinking about day and night for more than half a month. Kangxi stepped into the door with a smile, and made a long bow: "Long'er hasn't seen you for a long time, and I'm really thinking about it!" Then he wanted to bow down.Wu Ciyou hurriedly stopped him, crossed his shoulders to look at it, and said with a smile, "You look the same every day, and you've become more energetic after taking off your clothes!" Looking back, Suo'etu and Wei Dongting also stood aside smiling; The follower carried a gift box in his hand and followed behind Wei Dongting; Wan Niang stood beside her holding a handkerchief.Everyone has seen Li before entering the house.

"I heard from Wanniang that my husband has been in good health for the past few days. I don't know if he's better?" Suo'etu smiled all over his face, and while ordering someone to open the gift box, take out the gift and put it on the table, he said, "After hearing about it, my mother put the gift on the table." I had a good training, saying that I hired such a good gentleman, and it didn’t do him any good except to scare him, so I hurried to take a look-it’s strange to say, these days, there are a lot of accidents in our family. I feel really ashamed to come to see Mr. Gu!"

"Master Suo is busy with state affairs and family affairs, and he keeps sending people to deliver things. Why bother, Your Excellency!" Wu Ciyou said, then got up and came to the table to look at the gifts: a jade ruyi carved with flowers and beads, A branch of old wild ginseng wrapped in red silk mulberry paper, several bottles of aged wine and a stone inkstone. Wu Ciyou only glanced at the other gifts, but he picked up this stone inkstone and looked at it carefully, loving it: "Master Suo and Long Er know my heart very well. Please thank Mrs. Tai for me. The late student is just a little Not feeling well, but Mrs. Lao is so worried about it, she feels panicked instead."

Wei Dongting took the opportunity to come to see the seat, and casually said to Wu Ciyou: "Sir, Mr. Xiong Cilu asked me to bring a letter to greet you. He has official business today, so he can't come." "Oh, what do you say? They are all so polite. I also admire Mr. Xiong's character and knowledge very much!" Kangxi originally thought that Xiong Ci respected Confucianism and Taoism, while Wu Ciyou emphasized practical miscellaneous learning, and the two were inconsistent.Unexpectedly, Wu Ciyou praised Xiong Cilu in this way, so he said, "It's a pity! Mr. Xiong is just a Taoist!"

"Hey——Long Er, what you said is not entirely correct. Master Xiong is just being too honest. I heard that Master Xiong talked to him about the Tao Te Ching for most of the day when Pingxi King Wu Sangui came to Beijing last year. This is a bit pedantic. People like Wu Sangui and Oboi hold the surly spirit of the earth, and practice the evil ways of the world. What kind of benevolence, justice, morality, and karma should you talk about with such people. Isn’t it playing the piano to a cow? Ha..." Seeing that Wu Ciyou was in high spirits today, his eyebrows were beaming, and the suspicion and depression that had been caused by not seeing Longer for the past few days were swept away, and Wei Dongting was also very happy.said laughingly:

"If you are now counseling the government with the emperor, you may lose your life if you say these words!" Wu Ciyou said with a smile: "Where to go to the mountain to sing which folk songs, if I am a counselor to the emperor, I can't let Oboi dominate the government and the opposition." , Wu Sangui supports his own self-respect. If these two wild horses are allowed to continue to behave indiscriminately, once they join forces and cause chaos, the situation will be difficult to deal with. Now one is recharging his energy in Yunnan, watching the tiger for a long time, and the other is tyrannical and violent in Beijing. Decide on a strategy to get rid of them as early as possible. — Cough! What are you talking about, talking about government affairs in ordinary clothes, scratching the itch, and making people laugh in vain!"

Aobai and Wu Sangui often exchanged letters, and Kangxi knew about it a long time ago, so he didn't think too much about their "combination".Now that I heard Wu Ciyou's discussion, I couldn't help feeling extremely anxious.But Wu Ciyou couldn't see it, so he had to put on a smile and jokingly said: "Mr. is a commoner, and Long Er is a student of the commoner! We are talking about the Three Kingdoms, so we don't need to worry about the ancients, but since Mr. said this, I I would like to ask, will they join forces? In your opinion, how should we formulate a strategy to deal with them?"

Wu Ciyou glanced at Suo'etu, and said with a smile: "Master Suo, you are an important minister of the court, do you think they will get along?" "Not for the time being." Suo'etu thought of Wu Sangui's huge army and congeniality with Geng Jingzhong and Shang Kexi, he couldn't help but gasp, and pondered, "But it's hard to say after a long time. , not a good thing!" Wu Ciyou went on to say: "Yes. Master Suo's words are very true. This person first betrayed Qianming, and then Li Zicheng, and there will be a third rebellious bone in the back of his head. Now, the most urgent thing is not to let them join forces, and take one by one. The way to fall."

Kangxi asked anxiously: "In my opinion, how can we make them unable to get together?" "Since ancient times, one must first settle down in order to fight against the outside world. Oboi controls the government and spy on the divine weapon. If he does not get rid of it for a day, the emperor will have no peace for a day. But if he wants to get rid of Oboi, he must stabilize Wu Sangui so that he does not make him suspicious and fearful. Don't let him do the big plan to get rid of traitors. Fortunately, the current emperor is quite smart, and he didn't rush to disturb the San Francisco. However, if we go one step further, give Wu Sangui a little sweetness, for example, since he recruited his son-in-law, Simply add an official title to let their father and son feel relieved and calm down. When Oboi, the Qing emperor, and the government are on the right track, and then concentrate on dealing with Wu Sangui and the others, that will be another situation... Cough, I What's the matter today, in front of Lord Suo and Lord Wei, why are you talking about government affairs endlessly?"

Longer, come on, let's talk about books.Kangxi felt funny in his heart: "What books are you talking about? These are the words I want to hear." He gave Suo'etu a look, and Suo'etu understood, "Ah, sir has just recovered, so don't bother too much. Too much Madam told me that Long Er's homework will not be too late in a few days, fortunately, the future will last forever." Wu Ciyou is a straightforward person. Seeing that they insisted on leaving, he did not force them to stay: "Since Mr. Suo said so, it is better to obey orders than to be respectful. Please pay your respects to Mrs. Tai." Wei Dongting took a step forward, lifted the door curtain, sent Kangxi and others out, then turned around and stopped Wu Ciyou: "Sir, please stay, and Dongting will see off the guests on behalf of Mr. When he came to the front yard, Kangxi asked Wei Dongting in a low voice: "Xiao Weizi, have you sent the secret edict to Wu Liuyi?" "Don't worry, your majesty, everything has been properly arranged, and Wu Liuyi asked me to act on behalf of the Holy Majesty," he would never lose the favor of the Holy Majesty. " At this moment, Wu Liuyi was sitting in the signing room of the Yamen of the Admiral's Mansion of the Nine Gates, rejecting the servants. He had to think about it alone. I have memorized it verbatim, but I am still reluctant to put it away, and I am still chewing on it word by word.He admired the well-written edict—not because of its good writing, but because of its profound and thoughtful meaning.He believed that this must have been instructed by capable people.Now that I have no room for maneuver, when it comes to the final decision, I have to be more careful.Because Oboi often sent people from Bumbleshan and Jishi to take care of it.Taibitu, the immediate boss, is also part of Aobai's party.This is a crucial step in your life, you must not make a mistake! "Come on!" Wu Liuyi called out suddenly, a long follower came in respectfully, slapped Qian'er neatly, and stepped back half a step to serve the servant. "Go, invite Mr. He to come!" It was less than a bag of cigarettes after the messenger went, when he heard Mr. He laughing outside the door: "Dong Weng lost the Shuanglu fight last night, and I still want to get it back today." .Wu Liuyi hurriedly smiled and got up to give up his seat and said, "Zhiming, Tie Beggar is about to play a big game of Go with you, we must not lose." "Yeah, this game of chess has to be played by you and me," He Zhiming said, blinking his eyes slyly. He Zhiming has a short stature, with two small eyes embedded in his face like black beans, and he turns around when he speaks, with a vigorous look on his face.Among the Qing Ke invited by Wu Liuyi, he is the most useful one, and he has followed Wu Liuyi since he was a general.The two narrowly escaped death together several times.Therefore, although there is a distinction between guest and host, they are actually closer than family members. This "Go" joke has an anecdote about the two of them.He Zhiming is good at Go, but Wu Liuyi is bad.The two of them teamed up and once ran against the master and apprentice of Wang Shoutai, the national champion of Jinling, and they killed each other until they surrendered.Now mentioning "Double Kill Chess", He Zhiming laughed loudly: "Okay, good! Follow the way of killing last time, keep it and win! But who is the opponent?" "Oboi, the Chief Minister of the Assistant Government!" Wu Liuyi said in a hoarse voice, leaning forward, "How about it, it won't be unsatisfactory, right?" He Zhiming was laughing heartily, when he heard the words, he stopped abruptly, lifted his robe and sat down: "Dong Weng, you have been playing chess with him for nearly twenty years, did you just start today?" "Yes. But if you talk about today's move, in Go, it can be regarded as a life-and-death calamity in the middle game, and in Xiangjiao! It's a killer!" Wu Liuyi's face trembled, and his eyes shot fiercely.Although He Zhiming had known him for many years, he still felt shuddering.After being silent for a while, He Zhiming suddenly raised his head, his black bean eyes gleamed brightly: "Understood, how to kill him?" "Your Majesty wants me to be his killer copper," Wu Liuyi said, "This is a huge game of chess, you have to help me out. We can't lose to others!" He Zhiming straightened his body excitedly and said: " how could be!" "Let's go, Hongdingzi has you." Wu Liuyi leaned back on the chair, stretched his body and said, "If you can't walk well, then we'll be 'dingzihong' together!" After finishing speaking, he stared at the shed board and said nothing.He Zhiming said while thinking: "A few days ago, the censor impeached the patrol yamen for negligence of duty. I'm afraid that vacancy will come out. This is like a plate set out by Ao Zhongtang. If you say this today, you must have faith. .” "The surname Ao moved Jinshan here now, and I can't follow him!" He was already at odds with Aobai, and Wei Dongting hinted several times in front of Zha Yihuang: Seven scriptures to rescue Zha Yihuang from prison They were all dismissed by Oboi, and Long Live Lord can't make the decision.This made Wu Liuyi hate the auxiliary minister even more. "When it comes to Jinshan, there is nothing. Here is something for the general to look at." He Zhiming said, bent down and took out a piece of paper from the boot and handed it over.Wu Liuyi took it over and saw that it was a leading bank note of one hundred thousand taels.Looking at Wu Liuyi's suspicious gaze, He Zhiming hurriedly said, "This is a classmate of Wansheng who is under Taibitu's order and sent it here last night." "In what name?" Wu Liuyi sized He Zhiming up and down. "In name?" He Zhiming laughed loudly, "To congratulate the general's young master's 100-day soup cake meeting. He was afraid that the general might not be willing to accept it, so he asked me to do it. I thought they had given away enough black-hearted money. If you don't lose money, you will accept it with a smile." "Okay! If you have it, it would be great to use it!" Wu Liuyi said with satisfaction.He asked again, "What else did he say?" "He also said that Ao Zhongtang would recommend you to be the Minister of War!" "Minister of the Ministry of War? Hahahaha..." Wu Liuyi looked up to the sky and laughed, "One hundred thousand silver plus a second-rank official, in exchange for a dragon, a hundred tigers, a beggar, and your Mr. He's head..." Wu Liuyi picked up He walked back and forth two steps with his hand, "Mr. He, I will show you something too. ——As soon as the incident happens, I can immediately appoint you as the Minister of the Ministry of War!" He said, pulling out a secret edict from his arms and showing it to He Zhiming. He Zhiming took over the edict, repeatedly examined the cinnabar jade seal "Tiyuan Master" on it, gnawed a few words on the edict, and suddenly jumped up and said: "Junmen, with this, things will be fine." done." "So I invite you to come," Wu Liuyi calmed down, "Let's discuss how to proceed." He Zhiming hesitated for a moment, took out the fire lintel and lit the pipe, half lying on the chair, squinting his eyes and thinking hard, the two of them did not speak for half the meal.After a long time, He Zhiming sighed softly, sat up straight, and there was a faint green gleam from the black bean's eyes, "Ah! Although it is a bit ruthless, it hurts the yin, but that's all." "Please tell me the details!" Wu Liuyi sat upright. He didn't smoke, and the two huge steel balls in his hands swiveled non-stop. "Under the tent of the military gate, I guess Oboi must have done something else. The one hundred thousand silver, I know it's useless, but I just use it to buy my lord's contempt." "That's right! He's going to do something big, and now he can only make a promise to a prince. He knows that I won't buy it, so he did this." "What the military sect sees is very true!" He Zhiming laughed, "You just bought it, and in the future he will become emperor, and he will put you on the list by the Qing emperor." As he spoke, he changed the subject, "It's worrying, but the general Li and Huang, the second generals under the tent, as well as deputy generals Zhang and Liu Shoubei, these dozen or so people have always been..." "You don't need to say it," Wu Liu said, "I know it well. I will send them all to Fujian on business immediately, so that they will not be wasteful!" "That won't work!" He Zhiming said, "What kind of person is Oboi? Bumblesan can't be bullied! Now that the time has not come, you can manipulate like this first, so they won't be suspicious? It makes them more prepared... "His grandma's!" Wu Liuyi gritted his teeth and said, "All of them will be buckled up then!" "No! We are the killer copper in this chess game, and the protagonists are Wei. If the detainment is not complete, or is rescued by others, and the iron beggar dies—you and I really want 'Dingzihong' Already!" "Then, what about you?" "Kill!" He Zhiming Heidou's eyes flashed, "The dead can't be messed with - from now on, all the officers under the tent will go to the Yamen to answer their errands, and the two corridors and wing rooms will be vacated for them to live in. This is one!" He stretched out Stretch out two fingers, "Second, a few confidant school lieutenants are densely distributed, Xu is high-ranking, paid a lot of money, bows are stringed, knives are close to the body, and they are ready to respond at any time." Wu Liuyi listened fascinated and couldn't help nodding.He Zhiming stretched out his third finger again and said, "As soon as the incident happens, I will issue a secret decree to order these dozens of people to be captured and beheaded at once! Knock the mountain to shake the tiger, and the rest will not dare to make trouble!" "This--" He Zhiming suddenly raised his voice and laughed: "Junmen called themselves 'Iron Beggars' in vain!"How can you be soft-hearted to do this!In the early years, you killed people like hemp, but now you have turned your heart to be kind? " "That's good!" Wu Liuyi gritted his teeth and said, "That's it!"