When the Louvre meets the Forbidden City

After the old-fashioned young Master Wei went down the cliff, he came to the chasing soldiers in a dignified manner, and ordered Shi Lang, the admiral of the Fujian Navy, to take a step forward with a cold face.

Shi Lang has been busy at sea these days, and he hasn't had time to hear the news that Wei Dutong has teamed up with the Heaven and Earth Society to rebel and escaped from Beijing, so he is a little confused about his way.

Seeing Wei Xiaobao striding down again, followed by Zhao Liangdong, Wang Jinbao and other military officers of the court, these were either the generals or generals, and Shi Lang recognized them all, so he was even more confused about the situation. Emerged from the ranks of the rebels.

Thinking that he was almost bombarded by his own artillery just now, including people and boats, his mood would definitely not be much better, so he was careful to deal with it.

Respectfully invited Wei Xiaobao to the side, bowed his knees and asked An to go down, and then said, "Master Wei, why are you here with the son of Prince Yanping of Taiwan?"

Wei Xiaobao glared at him coldly, "I have obeyed the emperor's secret decree. I have sneaked into the Tiandihui to go to Taiwan Island with their chief helmsman Chen Jinnan to find out the actual strength of Yanping County King's troops. By the way, I will arrange a few internal agents. You ruined a big deal!"

"Ah? This... I just found out the whereabouts of the second son of Yanping County King, and wanted to capture him. With him in hand, in the future, when we fight with Yanping County King, they will be wary... but I didn't expect... it would happen." ..." Shi Lang said, dripping with cold sweat, "It will ruin the emperor's secret arrangement..."

"Now San Francisco is in rebellion, the most important thing for the court is to put down San Francisco, and the last thing the emperor wants to do is to provoke the Zheng family of Taiwan at this time, but you dare to act without authorization... Huh! Fortunately, people from Tiandihui and I came to rescue Get off Zheng Keshuang, otherwise, whether you kill him or capture him, it will be a big trouble!"

"Yes, he acted recklessly in a humble position." Shi Lang raised his hand to wipe the cold sweat from his forehead.

"Well, let me think of a remedy for you."

"Thank you, my lord, please tell me, my lord."

"Come over here."

"Yes!"

Wei Xiaobao felt very satisfied when he saw Shi Lang lowered a burly figure, bent over and leaned in front of him, and he didn't like others being taller than him!

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Beijing, Forbidden City.

Emperor Kangxi stared angrily at the [-]-mile expedited secret report on the imperial case in front of him.

The secret report said that Shi Lang, the admiral of the Fujian Navy, sent troops to escort Wei Xiaobao and his family to Beijing in the near future.

This kid actually flinched halfway before even going to Taiwan Island, and came back with a pick!

He also brought his family members with him. It is estimated that there must be a large number of family members, otherwise he would not have specially mentioned a sum in the secret performance, but he would have enjoyed it!

It can be seen that this official will become more and more afraid of death and excuses when he grows up. He was sent to Wutai Mountain and Shenlong Island before. I have never seen him be so perfunctory and lazy.And her courage is getting bigger and bigger, and she dares to come back swaggeringly if the errands are not done well!

Secretly thought that if you can't give a legitimate reason when you come back, I will not be polite!

As for whether this rudeness is to hit the board or cut off the head, it depends on the specific situation.

I silently add a sentence in my heart: It is best not to give me a reason to chop off your head!

After all, it's not easy to find such a presumptuous guy who dares to talk and laugh at him, and even dares to hold his hand and kiss him.

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On the way back to Beijing.

Wei Xiaobao was also very dissatisfied with the fact that he had to bring women in the team every time he traveled, and the more he brought more, all of them were aimed at him.

The reason is the same as before, his interest in women is still not restored, he has no physical yearning, those women are just a few fifteen or sixteen-year-old children to him, and he wants him to be an old man of five or sixty years old Coaxing the little girl every day, and coaxing five or six times a day, this is really too difficult, if you don't get bored to death, you will be exhausted to death!

It stands to reason that among the women, Mrs. Hong, Su Quan, is not considered a young girl. She is in her twenties, a beautiful and delicate young woman with extraordinary vision, and her martial arts are not worse than Shuang Er. It is okay to chat with her. .

But firstly, Su Quan is also pregnant with Wei Xiaobao's child, which makes it difficult for him to think about it; secondly, Su Quan will treat him like a young boy instead, and seems to like Wei Xiaobao's glib and vulgar way more The look of a philistine.

Even if this Wei Xiaobao tried his best to pretend now, he would never be able to put on such an effect, so when Su Quan and him were together, they would feel that they were not very speculative.

Wei Xiaobao did the math, he now has six women beside him, Shuang'er, Zeng Rou, Xiaojunzhu, Su Quan, Fang Yi, and A Ke. The princess, a total of seven women, three children! !

He already has seven women and three children by his side!Whenever Wei Xiaobao thought about this fact, he would feel as if there was a dark cloud covering him!

And the prospects are worrisome, the husband is not good in that area, and he has to raise seven young and beautiful women at home beyond his means. It will be a matter of time before the women cheat on him.That is to say, in a short time, he will inevitably be covered by green clouds!

For the first time in his life, he realized that a beautiful young woman and children could be a huge burden, and it bothered him.

The only thing to be thankful for is that Su Quan brought the news that Master Hong and several rebellious subordinates of the Dragon Sect died together, and Wei Xiaobao's safety has not been threatened since then.

He is a family-oriented person who attaches great importance to his family, sometimes even to the point of favoritism, and even has true feelings for his adopted son and daughter, so even if he doesn't like it, he can't leave these women behind. Bring them all first.

It's just that I feel very depressed when I wear it, which is inevitable.

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On the day he arrived in Beijing, he was hastily called into the palace by His Majesty. When he saw him, he scolded him, "Xiao Guizi, you dared to come back to Beijing by yourself without completing your errands. You are so daring. I haven't scolded you yet, you Let me show you a long face first!!"

Kangxi said, pointing at Wei Xiaobao who was about to step forward, "Stop, stop there and don't come any more, at least come and do your hand-kissing ceremony again, it's useless if you flatter me today, just stay here and answer .”

"Forgive me, Your Majesty. I didn't do it on purpose. I looked depressed because I was very worried about something recently."

"Worry? Dare to take the errand I assigned you as a trifle, and leave your post without authorization. This crime is more than enough for me to kill you. You should really worry. Tell me, why did you suddenly come back to the capital by yourself? Let me do it for you I have left all the errands behind! If you dare to talk nonsense and deceive me, I will immediately chop you into dog meat!"

Wei Xiaobao frowned, couldn't hold it back, and remonstrated, "Your Majesty, please be careful with your words, what your Majesty said just now was a bit too vulgar, and it will damage the noble image of the monarch of your country."

Kangxi was so angry that he stared straight at his eyes, thinking that no one would dare to accuse me of vulgarity even if I swear at the court!

Besides, taking a ten thousand step back, even if you really wanted to accuse me of speaking indecently, it would definitely not be your turn, a guy who has always been known for his rough speech and illiterate words!

As soon as he patted the case, he shouted, "Wei Xiaobao! You are so courageous!"

Wei Xiaobao was not moved by his anger, but explained very calmly, "Your Majesty, please don't be angry. What I said just now was a bit too straightforward, but I was telling the truth, because I like the straightforward and not the hypocritical one by nature." set."

"Are you still straightforward? Don't you like hypocrisy? Xiao Guizi, you really know how to put gold on your face!" Kangxi insulted him.

For a moment, Wei Xiaobao didn't understand what it meant to put gold on his face, and asked, "Gold? Is it gold?"

"Yes."

Gold, a precious metal, is a symbol of wealth in every country, so it should be inferred that gold is not a bad thing, so Wei Xiaobao decided to take a generous and tolerant attitude towards the obvious irony in the tone of the young man in front of him.

"Your Majesty, there is an old saying in China that is very good. It means... It should mean that although the medicine is very bitter, it can cure the disease after taking it. Honest and loyal advice may sound uncomfortable to the ears, but..."

"It's called 'good medicine is good for the disease, and good advice is good for the ear'. You are uneducated, and you can't say it. You have the nerve to criticize my indecent words."

"Ugh!"

Wei Xiaobao felt that it might not be easy to adopt a generous and tolerant attitude towards the young man in front of him. The main trouble was that he would keep provoking this young man.

It was as if Kangxi had heard the muttering in Wei Xiaobao's stomach, and immediately practiced the phrase 'non-stop provocation'.

Immediately afterwards, he taught, "Xiao Guizi, stop talking nonsense, don't think that you can get away with it? Dare I say that I am vulgar! I don't care about your own virtues. The reason why I talk like this Isn’t it because I can talk to you, lest I speak too profoundly and you can’t understand! I ask you, why did you come back by yourself before you even went to Taiwan?”

Wei Xiaobao could only reason patiently, "Your Majesty, I didn't talk nonsense, and I didn't try to fool you. There is a reason why I came back early."

"Oh, tell me about it." Kangxi didn't expect him to be able to hold on. He kept his face unchanged after talking in a low voice for a long time, and his anger disappeared a lot. He secretly thought that there might be some reason for this.

"It's because of an unexpected major change on the way. In fact, I have already arrived at Longwan with the chief helmsman of the Tiandihui, and was preparing to go to Taiwan by sea. Unexpectedly, I met Shi Lang, the admiral of the Fujian Navy, while sailing at sea. Bombard the boat of Zheng Keshuang, the second son of Zheng Jing, the king of Yanping County in Taiwan.

The situation was very urgent!As a minister, he had no choice but to come forward to persuade Shi Lang to retreat, and saved the second son of Yanping County Prince.

It's just that I was able to persuade Shi Lang to withdraw his troops in the face of danger. Although it is a good thing for Zheng Keshuang and the entire Yanping Palace, I am also afraid that the members of the Zheng family will suspect it after arriving in Taiwan. I am afraid that it will be dangerous to be alone in Taiwan. It seems that the subordinates of the Prince of Yanping have been squeezed out by Mrs. Dong and the Second Young Master's faction recently, so they may not be able to protect me, so I can only give up halfway and return to the capital first. "

Kangxi lowered his face, "Shi Lang is really messing around! Now all the military and financial resources of the imperial court are being used to deal with Wu Sangui, Shang Kexi has a few rebels, and he dared to take the initiative to provoke Zheng Jing at this time! Fortunately, you stopped him, otherwise he would have a shot Bombing Zheng Jing's son to death, Zheng Jing hastily dispatched troops to Fujian, how can I spare time to allocate food, salaries and arms to Shi Lang to fight the war!"

"Yes."

Kangxi continued to put on a stern face, "But you are also greedy for life and afraid of death, such a small danger that has not yet been seen scared you back! It's the crime of running away!"

Wei Xiaobao is not greedy for life and afraid of death.

How could someone who had spent his entire life as a soldier, war and politics as his career be afraid of this? He just didn't want to deceive his master Chen Jinnan anymore.

After this period of contact, Chen Jinnan's character and character are very respectable to him. Even if the two people have different political views, they will eventually belong to different camps, then Wei Xiaobao is more willing to choose to meet on the battlefield openly.

After a while, he will find a way to send a letter to Chen Jinnan, expressing his position clearly.

In fact, this matter should have been done a long time ago, but because it was too difficult to operate, it was delayed until he returned to Kyoto. —He can't write!This is really a blemish on this young body that makes him extremely speechless!

The respect for Chen Jinnan is of course not necessary to say to Kangxi, "Your Majesty, I am not afraid, but feel that I should save my life as much as possible to do the most meaningful things."

"Hey," Kangxi curled his lips when he heard that, "Then may I ask Wei Dutong what he thinks he can do after leaving your life behind, which is more important than taking down the Zheng family in Taiwan?"

"Your Majesty came up with another plan. You can also take down the Zheng family in Taiwan, but it will take a few more years. This coincides with your Majesty's arrangement to destroy San Francisco first and then Taiwan, so it shouldn't be considered that I have not done a good job. .As for the more important things that I can do..." It's really hard to say for the time being.

Hearing his arrogance, Kangxi became a little impatient. Kangxi has always been pragmatic, and he likes to say that one is down-to-earth, and he doesn't like exaggeration. He interrupted with a frown, "You don't have to quibble! Do you really think I can't do anything about you?" Sen Ran He said, "Xiao Guizi, do you know why you, a vulgar boy who can't read a lot of words, can rise up every step of the way and occupy a high position in the court?"

"This..." Wei Xiaobao wanted to say that it was because I have an extraordinary friendship with His Majesty, and you have made several great contributions faithfully, that's why you were promoted to my official position.

However, looking at Kangxi's somewhat darkened face, he still knew the current affairs and did not tell the truth, lest his life, which he wanted to stay and do something meaningful, would be threatened.

He replied cautiously, "It is because of His Majesty's appreciation and love for me."

"Then why do I have to appreciate you and love you so much?"

"This..." Wei Xiaobao searched quickly in his mind, and came to a conclusion, "It's because I like Your Majesty, and Your Majesty also likes me, and we have an unusually intimate relationship."

Kangxi smashed down a memorial on the imperial case, "What nonsense are you talking about!"

Wei Xiaobao really didn't think he was talking nonsense, he remembered that Kangxi liked to fight and play with him since he was a child, and later he told him the most intimate things, killing Oboi, getting rid of the fake queen mother, finding the father who escaped from the world, all with his help Yes, isn't this the closest friend?

Although it is also possible that his understanding of the word 'intimacy' is wrong, this word cannot be used here, Kangxi heard it not pleasant, so he lost his temper.

But looking at the booklet that was hit hard on the shoulder and fell to the foot again, even though he claims to be old, he can already be open-minded and open-minded, and he is not happy that he won't be as knowledgeable as young people.

When encountering such a situation where the other party is relatively strong, does not talk speculatively, and is about to quarrel, the best solution is to quickly divert the other party's attention.

He raised his hand and rubbed his shoulders, and continued speaking from Gu Lianzhu, "According to my observation, the royal family of Yanping County in Taiwan is not harmonious. His mother, Mrs. Dong, has great power, and Mrs. Dong prefers her second grandson, Zheng Keshuang. Let him take over the throne of Yanping County King. Zheng Jing himself valued the eldest son more. Therefore, the officials of Yanping County King were divided into two factions, one faction supported the eldest son, and the other supported the second son. The two factions fought very fiercely. He is more capable, but Mrs. Dong dislikes him very much; and the second son Zheng Keshuang is cowardly and incompetent, but has a black heart and no shame. In order to win the position, even a loyal and capable subordinate like my master wants to kill him. He also has Mrs. Dong's support, so the odds of winning Not small. We tried to secretly help Zheng Keshuang take over the throne of Yanping County King. After waiting patiently for another two years, he will drive away a lot of generals and capable people, and it will not take much effort to fight again. This is called "no Fight to win the enemy'."

Kangxi opened his mouth slightly, stared at him blankly for a while, and then said, "Xiao Guizi, you have grown up, and you still know the phrase 'surrender without fighting'. Although it is still inappropriate to use such an awkward word, it can be used from time to time. It’s not easy to come out of your dog’s mouth.”

Wei Xiaobao controlled himself and resolutely not to be as knowledgeable as young people, he forcibly looked away, not to look at the little emperor who always spoke vulgar words and constantly challenged his endurance, lest he would accidentally make a rude act of glaring at His Majesty.

After taking a few deep breaths, he said to the Chengni inkstone carved with exquisite landscape paintings on the Kangxi imperial case, "This sentence was told to me by my master on the way out of Beijing this time. I think it makes sense, so I said remember."

"Chen Yonghua can be regarded as a capable person if he can teach you, an ignorant kid like this!"

Kangxi seemed to be very interested in his proposal of secretly helping Second Prince Zheng to take over the throne of Yanping County King, "Tell me more about what kind of person Zheng Keshuang is, and how do you plan to help him secretly?"

Suddenly Liu Jinzhong, the chief eunuch beside Kangxi, came in cautiously and reported, "Your Majesty, you let Prince Kang Jieshu, Minister of the Ministry of Household Mi Sihan, Minister of the Ministry of Military Affairs Mingzhu enter the palace to discuss matters, and they are already waiting outside."

Kangxi nodded, "Let them come in." He said to Wei Xiaobao, "I don't have time now, so you can go to the palace at night and talk about Zheng Keshuang in detail. If what you say is really reasonable, I won't hold you accountable for running away."

Wei Xiaobao couldn't take off the hat of "fleeing in battle" for a while, deeply felt that this was a rare shame and humiliation in his life, and secretly made up his mind that if Kangxi didn't rehabilitate him tonight, don't blame him for not caring about the loyalty of his friends in the future and taking people to Luding Mountain excavated the legendary treasure that was buried with the Dragon Vein of the Qing Dynasty!

After leaving the palace, he went to the Ministry of War first, and left a message for Mingzhu, telling him that Zhao Liangdong, Wang Jinbao, and Sun Sike who had been seconded had completed their errands, and now they are returning, and Mingzhu asked Mingzhu to resettle them and return to their original posts.

I went to Duolong again, "Brother, I need to trouble you to do me a favor."

Duo Long had an unusual friendship with him, and he responded boldly, "What's the matter, brother just say it."

"After my Earl's Mansion was flattened by the emperor with cannons, I haven't taken care of rebuilding it. Brother, please help me think about where I can temporarily find a house in the capital for me to settle my family."

When Duo Long heard it, "This is a trivial matter, so don't look around, brother, I have a small house in Tianshuijing Hutong that is vacant. I originally planned to put my newly married sixth aunt there, but it turned out that Fujin at home was so vacant." This time I was very talkative, and I took the sixth aunt to the house. I can’t use this house. The house is full of things, and the maids and mothers have everything. It’s absolutely no problem to live temporarily. Brother, if you don’t dislike it, you can Go live first."

Wei Xiaobao thanked, "This is really good, then I will not be polite."

Duo Long patted him, "Why are you being polite to me, let's go, I'll let someone set up a car, and I'll pick you up for you."

Wei Xiaobao smiled wryly, "One carriage is not enough, at least two are needed."

Duolong smiled, "Success, I'll let them set up two spacious carts, brother, you can fit even ten wives."

Picked up Su Quan, A Ke, and the little princess and sent them to settle in the house in Tianshuijing Hutong.Duolong was very enthusiastic and accompanied him all the way. Hearing that Wei Xiaobao would enter the palace at night, he said, "That's just right. I'm on duty today. Let's go together."

When the sun was just a little west, Duo Long ordered someone to prepare meals and bring them up, "Brother, let's eat early so we can enter the palace, don't drink alcohol, let's drink tea, I have a job at night, and you will see the emperor later Can't drink."

The small house is indeed as Duolong said, everything is available, and the attendants also wink. After the two of them have eaten, they send hot water handkerchiefs to rinse their mouths and wipe their faces. After tidying up and about to leave, suddenly there is a maid Come to report, saying that Mrs. Su has something important to tell the adults.

Wei Xiaobao came to the back garden quickly, and saw Su Quan looking at him with a half-smile, a pink face that was rosy, delicate and beautiful, but for some reason it made people feel calm and majestic.

Instinct would be troublesome, calmly asked, "What's the matter?"

Su Quan smiled softly, "It's nothing, just been on the road a few days ago, and the accommodation is inconvenient. Now that I have settled down today, I want to ask my husband, whose room are you going to live in tonight?"

It's hard to answer this question, no one can choose, Wei Xiaobao coughed with his hands behind his back, and said calmly, "Madam, I'm going to enter the palace tonight, I may not be able to come back, you don't need to worry about me, just rest yourself."

Su Quan raised her eyebrows, "Is the emperor's harem a place where you, a man, can live casually?"

"Of course, the palace is very big. I'll be with the guards, or go to the place where the eunuchs live. It's fine. That's it. Big brother is still waiting for me." After finishing speaking, without waiting for Su Quan to answer, she turned her head He just left, striding out of the back garden like someone chasing after him.

Su Quan knew that there were guests in the front hall, so it was difficult to chase them out, so he stomped his feet angrily, "This damn rascal! You're so slippery!"

In the past, he was obviously a lecherous little rascal who would go up to provoke whenever he saw a beautiful woman, but now that there are several beauties around him who are willing to follow him, he is afraid to avoid them.

However, women like himself still can't leave him, the more he hides, the more unwilling he feels.

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Quote from Napoleon: In the battlefield of love, the only secret of victory is to escape.

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