Chapter 12 Chapter Twelve

Hongbo was under siege, a white-faced scholar squeezed out from the crowd, stopped Meng Mu and others, and said: "I will pay." Everyone had to stop, and the scholar took out some silver taels from his pocket and handed it to Meng Mu, leading Chen Hongbo. come out.The scholar said: "I am Song Yu from the poet country. I met you at the poetry meeting. Let's go, I will treat you to a drink." Hong Bo was so grateful, he followed Song Yu out of the crowd, came to a restaurant, and sat down on a quiet seat on the second floor.Song Yu called for food and wine, Hong Bo had just finished eating the buns and was full, so he could only socialize on the sidelines.

During the discussion, Hong Bo told Song Yu about finding Luo Xiaozhi, and Song Yu said, "The girl Luo Xiaozhi you are looking for, isn't she the one in white clothes and white face?" Hong Bo should be, and Song Yu said: "The day before yesterday, there was a lady who passed by this country of strong women. The people of the country saw her with both talents and looks, and rushed to her, insisting that she be the king. Could it be that girl is Miss Luo?" Just as I was talking, I heard the sound of golden drums. A mighty and orderly procession came from the east of the market. A pair of majestic and beautiful female horsemen passed by with swords, followed by a team of female officials in white clothes and crowns. Xiangche, sitting in the car is a beautiful girl with a serene attitude and a dignified and beautiful appearance. She is wearing a gold and silver corolla, and the tight transparent gauze further highlights her figure and figure. There is a sword hanging from the jade belt around the waist.Behind her are two girls on horseback holding precious fans, followed by a group of female riders on horseback with bows.

Song Yu pointed to the woman and said, "This is the empress who was snatched, she just came back from hunting in Shanglin Garden." Hong Bo looked at the woman carefully, and hurriedly shouted: "No! No!" At this moment, there was a sound of "嗖", and a sharp arrow flew out from the window below the restaurant and hit the empress on the forehead. The empress screamed, vomited blood, and fainted to the ground. There was a sudden chaos, female guards surrounded the restaurant one after another, Song Yu hurriedly shouted: "No, there are assassins!" Turning around, she ran downstairs.

Hong Bo was terrified and didn't know what to do. After a while, a group of female guards swarmed up, and one of the female officials said: "This scholar is strange, he must be an assassin. Sisters, don't tie him up yet." Poor Hong Bo was tied up tightly by the palace guards, and was carried away to the Ganoderma lucidum Palace by everyone.After entering the palace, Hong Bo was full of aggrieved, urgent and righteous hatred.After a while, the palace guard led him to a jasper palace, where the empress was sitting on the seat, with civil and military guards standing on both sides, armed with swords and axes.The Queen asked: "Where are you from? How did you get here?" Hong Bo hurriedly told the story of the future, and the Queen heard that she was very happy, so she hurriedly went down the stairs to untie Hong Bo and said, "I see that your majesty has a head injury. , why is everything safe now." The white lady laughed and said, "It was just stabbing the tassel, I had an idea, bit my lip, and lay down pretending to be dead." Hong Bo was amazed when he heard this.

In the evening, the White Snake invited someone to bring a great gift, and invited Hong Bo to be the queen. Hong Bo was startled when he heard this, and thought: "If you don't mention it, even Miss Luo is sorry; but it's not easy to offend the White Snake. Think about it." After much deliberation, come up with a plan.In the middle of the night, Chen Hongbo suddenly became unconscious, and ran out of the palace insanely, calling for wind and rain all the way.The white lady heard that she was frowning, and hurriedly asked the prime minister, Jiuying, to watch it. That Jiuying was a loyal minister, and she originally wanted to dissuade the queen from marrying Hong Bo, but seeing Hong Bo's sudden madness, she knew she was deceitful, so she simply resorted to tricks and called the maid to marry Hong Bo. Crazy cures madness, drags Hong Bo to the latrine.The court ladies laughed and made fun of him.The white lady believed it when she heard it, so I will not mention the matter of the queen for the time being.

At noon that day, Hong Bo saw that there were no maids coming, he thought they must have gone to eat, he thought: Thank God, I can finally take a breath, I hope these aunts and grandmas drink less broth. At this moment, the door opened with a "squeak", and a slender maid came in. Hong Bo thought: It's unlucky, another one came.The maid came to him and called out softly: "Mr. Chen, I'm here to save you!" Hong Bo took a closer look, and found that this lady looked familiar, but he couldn't remember where he saw her before. He was wondering, when he heard the maid call again. Said: "I'm Song Yu, I'm here to save you, get out quickly!"

This person turned out to be Song Yu, how did he get here?Hong Bo burst into joy, and Song Yu pulled him up with both hands. Song Yu took out a dagger from his waist, broke the rope, took out a court lady's attire from a small package, and said to him, "Quick, change it!" At the sound of footsteps, Song Yu suddenly left Hong Bo behind, holding a dagger and hiding behind the door.The door opened, and a little maid rushed in in a panic.Song Yu's eyes were quick and his hands were quick, and the palace lady was killed with a single strike, and the two dragged the body into the pit.

Song Yu said: "It's not too late, let's go!" After saying that, he pulled Hong Bo and ran towards the gate of the rear palace.The palace guards at the gate were chatting, and one of them said: "This lunatic is also strange, why did he go crazy overnight? I think there is a ghost in it." The other said: "My queen wants to learn from the daughter of the king, and she also wants to recruit Lin. Sir, but Prime Minister Nine strongly opposed it. People in Lie Nu country are all female generation. How to let men participate in politics? Ban Jieyu, the general of Shangfan, wanted to find a queen for the queen. The prime minister strongly opposed it. In the country of women, a beautiful man is a thing of subjugation.”

Taking advantage of their lively chat, Song Yu and Hong Bo walked out of the palace gate pretending to be nonchalant; when they arrived at the west gate, Song Yu and Hong Bo took off their women's clothes and came to a three-way intersection.Song Yu said: "The assassin has been caught at Mother Meng's house, and the steamed stuffed bun shop has been closed and ransacked, so I feel relieved for you. Who would have heard that the White Snake recruited you to be the queen, and later heard that you were crazy, I think Jin Chan escaped her shell The plan was done by Sun Bin. I knew you were trapped in the palace toilet, so I went to the market and bought two sets of palace maid costumes to rescue you. Now it seems that there is no danger. I will go back to the country of Shi Ha, and you will go back to the country of Red Mansions Bar!"

The two said goodbye. When Chen Hongbo returned to the Red Mansion Country, it was already late at night, only the sound of sighs in the Yihong Courtyard of the Grand View Garden, and the faint cry of a woman. Chen Hongbo couldn't help being puzzled, and bravely walked in. "Mr. Chen is back." Xue Baoqin called softly, and Lin Daiyu, Xue Baochai, Shi Xiangyun, Su Xiaoxiao, Fan Juanjuan, Jia Jiasanchun and others all came forward to welcome him. Everyone went up to say hello to Hong Bo. After Hong Bo recounted his two-day experience, he suddenly realized that Shisanmei, Jia Baoyu and others were missing. stand up.

It turned out that the thirteenth sister returned to the Red Chamber in a hurry at noon that day, and told Baoyu what had happened. Everyone was happy and worried. The happy thing was that Luo Xiaozhi had disappeared, but the worry was that Nan Xia Zhan Xiongfei was so powerful that no one was there. Can win.Just as I was talking about the two men in white clothes I met on the Thirteenth Sister Road, it turned out that these two were regular visitors to Jia's house, one was Liu Xianglian, a Jianghu swordsman, and the other was Third Sister You who disguised herself as a man. Everyone was overjoyed and introduced each other. Baoyu told the ins and outs of the matter. When Liu Xianglian and Long Sanjie heard this, their eyebrows stood on end. I can do anything." Everyone agreed, so that night, Liu Xianglian, You Sanjie, Shi Sanmei, and Su Xiaoxiao dressed up lightly, and Jia Baoyu also wore a Qinghong sword, and insisted on going on the road.Daiyu, Baochai, etc. couldn't persuade them, even the older Qin Keqing and Li Wan, so they had to let him go. They just told everyone to take care of him before they could rest assured. A group of people took advantage of the night to come to Jiuxiangyuan; Thirteenth sister took them to Huang's restaurant, but there was no one there.When they came to the stone house where Luo Xiaozhi was imprisoned, they saw that there was no one there either. Su Xiaoxiao: "Perhaps Luo Xiaozhi was taken inside, let's go inside and look for it." Everyone agreed, so they erased it inside, passed through several restaurants, and saw a faint light in front of them. They approached and saw a big restaurant with a big vermilion lacquered door closed tightly. Vice couplet: The left head of the couplet: life must be drunk The right head of the couplet: Can a drop reach Jiuquan The frontal link is: Drunk singing The lights were dimly lit, and a drunk man moaned faintly from inside.Third Sister You said: "Why don't we climb up to the room from the back and see what happened." So they walked around the courtyard wall to the back, Liu Xianglian caught a glimpse of the courtyard, Lu Buwei, Zhan Xiongfei, "Half the Sky", Huang Mapo and others were already drunk, and several singing girls were holding pipas and playing a tune. Liu Xianglian ordered Su Xiaoxiao to stay under the outer wall as a response, and he took Jia Baoyu and You Sanjie to the back. At this time, a family member came to "Half the Sky" with a lantern and said: "Master, that girl Looking for something to eat." "Half the Sky" squinted his eyes and said: "There is no food! Let her make do with the night!" The Huang Maple laughed and said, "Old man, let's feed her, I will kill her tomorrow!" Lu Buwei said with a smile: "Etiquette is the first priority. You might as well get her some leftovers for dinner, which is considered benevolence and righteousness." "Half the Sky" said: "It's better for you to be more thoughtful, okay, let's get her some leftovers!" As he spoke, he glanced at the singer who sang the song, and the singer went on singing: The family walked back with two plates of leftovers, and Liu Xianglian and others followed him to the back.I saw a person hanging under the big pagoda tree. After Jia Baoyu caught up and saw it, he was shocked and said, "This is Luo Xiaozhi?" As soon as he finished speaking, there was a puff, and Liu Xianglian and Jia Baoyu fell to the ground. The thirteenth sister saw it clearly, and shouted: "There is a cable!" and jumped over. At this time, Zhan Xiongfei in the front yard had already heard a "kite turn over" from "Half the Sky", picked up the whistle stick, and shouted: "There is a thief in the room! Get the thief!" Zhan Xiongfei drew out his sword, jumped onto the room, and was about to Meet the thirteenth sister.Seeing that she couldn't escape, the thirteenth sister had no choice but to fight.The two of you come and go, a good fight. You come and go, it's like a dragon playing in the water, like a phoenix flying beads.One in green clothes and green coat was once a swordsman who made trouble in Jingdong, and the other in red clothes and coat was a heroine who used to be generous and donate money.The sun, the moon, and the people are quiet, the light of the sword and the shadow of the sword are even more dazzling, and the flying swords are good for fighting!One with a mouthful of blue rainbow, who wants to convert a righteous girl to become a sage in Baoding; a double-handled flying rainbow, who wants to kill a prostitute and rescue a wandering girl as a baby! After playing like this for about fifty rounds, the thirteenth sister gradually felt that her strength was exhausted, and she was about to slip away when she was caught by "Half the Sky". "Yo", hit Thirteenth Sister's left arm, and Thirteenth Sister turned over and fell to the wall. Lu Buwei yelled: "Take me!" All the big men danced their sticks and jumped over the wall.When he was about to tie up the injured Thirteenth Sister, a person jumped out from the stabbing and shouted: "Look at the hammer!" It turned out to be Liu Xianglian. When Zhan Xiongfei saw it, he flew down in a "swipe" and went straight to that person; that Liu Xianglian didn't show any weakness, and rotated the nine-turn meteor hammer, knocking down seven or eight minions in a row.Zhan Xiongfei was very upset when he saw it, and he used the unique skill of Nan Xia, wrapped the hammer chain with a sword in one hand, and secretly took out a dart from his waist with the other hand, only heard a few "ding dong", Liu Xianglian's hammer chain was entangled by the sword , Zhanxiong flew a dart and hit Liu Xianglian on the left shoulder.He fell down with an "oops" and fell unconscious. Everyone rushed up and tied him up.When Su Xiaoxiao saw Baoyu in the corner of the building here, Xianglian was captured, and Miss You was also shot by a dart and captured alive. She didn't care much, and ran away for her life. After listening to Su Xiaoxiao's narration, Chen Hongbo couldn't help but sighed deeply. He felt sorry for the poet friends of the Plum Blossom Society. Xianglian, Shisanmei and others, how do I get over this? I don't want to die, I just go to that 'half the sky' and ask for my life, and I will die happily!" After saying that, she pulled out from Su Xiaoxiao's waist. The sword is about to rush out.Fan Juanjuan and Xue Baochai hugged him hastily, and persuaded him: "Don't rush this matter. As the saying goes, there must be a way for a car to reach the door, and there must be a capable man behind a capable man! Even though Zhan Xiongfei is powerful, is there no one who can defeat him? Is it? I just heard you talk about the country of Lie Nu, and I suddenly thought of a plan, I don’t know if it’s feasible?” Everyone hurriedly asked what to do, Xue Baochai smiled and said slowly.