Martial Arts World Assassin

Chapter 163 Impersonation
This time Fu Qingzhu came to Mount Wutai, he wanted to find an opportunity to assassinate Dogedo.

Dogduo served as the Governor-General of Liangjiang in Jiangnan. He once suppressed the anti-Qing rebels and was deeply hated by people in the martial arts world.

Who would have thought that a few days ago when he was inquiring about the situation in Qingliang Temple, he passed by this small temple and accidentally discovered a shocking secret.

He revealed: "I have seen the Tartar Emperor Shunzhi in my early years and I recognize his appearance. I have discovered that the abbot of this temple looks very similar to Shunzhi..."

Don't wait for him to finish speaking.

Jiunan couldn't help interrupting: "Shunzhi was stabbed to death more than ten years ago. Your old hero Shan was also an eyewitness at the time. It's impossible for this old Tartar to still be alive!"

Jiunan found it a little hard to accept. Back then, the heroes from Central Plains joined forces to assassinate the person. Could it be that the person they killed was just a scapegoat?

Huang Sixi thought, he must be a scapegoat.

Shunzhi's father and a group of uncles were all killed by Huang Sixi's assassination. It would be strange if Shunzhi did not find a scapegoat.

Fei Hongjin lived in seclusion outside the Great Wall and didn't care much about Shunzhi's life or death. Her mind was all on Huang Sixi. Earlier, Huang Sixi insisted on returning to Qingliang Temple to capture the Tartar nobleman. He should have known that this nobleman was Shunzhi.

Fei Hongjin couldn't help but think to himself, so many heroes in the Central Plains were deceived by the Tartars, but Brother Huang saw through their true colors at a glance. Earlier, Master Zhuang mistook Brother Huang for the Dragon Subduing Hero, could this be true?

She was preoccupied with her own thoughts and didn't even listen to what Fu Qingzhu was saying.

But Fu Qingzhu sighed, "When I first met the abbot, I didn't believe that he was Shunzhi. But I have been looking for my brother Mao Xian's wife for many years. She was abducted by Shunzhi. If I come across any clue, I will not give up the investigation."

Fu Qingzhu also knew that this matter was too bizarre. He originally wanted to capture the monk and directly torture him to find out his identity.

But this time, Dogduo rushed to Mount Wutai just for Shunzhi. The small temple where Shunzhi lived was guarded by layers of Qing soldiers. Even if Fu Qingzhu could forcibly kidnap Shunzhi by force, he would not be able to escape the pursuit and interception of the Qing soldiers afterwards.

Since Fu Qingzhu had Mao Huanlian with him, he didn't dare to take any risk.

It was not until tonight that Xiandu sent a master to assassinate Dogduo and lead all the Qing soldiers away. Only then did Fu Qingzhu finally wait for the opportunity to capture Shunzhi.

Fu Qingzhu felt that with his martial arts prowess, even if he failed to capture the enemy, he would never be captured alive. However, he underestimated his opponent's cunning.

"Originally, there were only three monks in this small temple. The oldest one was Master Yulin, the monk who looked like Shunzhi was named Xingchi, and the last rough monk was named Xingdian. In name, he and Xingchi were brothers.

After entering the temple, I captured Xingchi on the spot, but was intercepted by Master Yulin and Monk Xingdian. I was worried that they would attract the Qing soldiers, so I used two palm strikes to force them back and take Xingchi away directly. However, Master Yulin did not know martial arts, and after being hit by my palm strike, he passed away on the spot! "

Fu Qingzhu is an old-school knight. He will not kill anyone unless it is absolutely necessary, especially a weakling who is powerless.

When he saw Master Yulin being beaten to death, he immediately softened his heart and was unwilling to use force against the Dian Xing monk. This led to the Dian Xing monk not giving in and keeping him in the small temple, making it impossible for him to escape.

Fu Qingzhu continued, "I exchanged a few moves with the monk Xing Dian, and suddenly the young monk came with Master Chengguan, the head of the Prajna Hall of Shaolin Temple. Master Chengguan is older than me and has practiced Yi Jin Jing for many years. His internal strength is quite good. He and the monk Xing Dian teamed up to attack me, and I was having a hard time!"

At that time, Fu Qingzhu was holding Xingchi in his hand. He could not defeat Chengguan and Xingdian with one hand. He was considering whether to let go of Xingchi first. Suddenly, the young monk played a trick on him and injured his eyes with lime.

In fact, he still had a chance to escape after he became blind, because Chengguan and Xingdian only wanted to rescue Xingchi and were not willing to fight him to the death.

But after the young monk spread the lime, he immediately led his warrior monks to besiege Mao Huanlian. After capturing Mao Huanlian, he forced Fu Qingzhu to abandon his sword.

Before Fu Qingzhu and Mao Huanlian were captured, Shunzhi's identity was never confirmed.

After the master and disciple were captured, Xing Chi saw that Mao Huanlian looked exactly like Dong Xiaowan in the past, so he took the initiative to reveal his identity. Xing Chi was Shunzhi.

Jiunan was furious when she heard this: "Just now, Xiandu sent righteous men to assassinate Dogduo in Qingliang Temple, and it was the monk Chengguang from Shaolin Temple's Damoyuan who stopped them. If we hadn't arrived in time, the assassination would have failed. Now there is another Chengguan from Prajna Hall. Have all the monks from Shaolin Temple surrendered to the Tartars?"

Fu Qingzhu did not seem indignant.

After all, he was an old man over 70 years old, so he was more tolerant: "The Tartars occupied the Central Plains. In order to win the hearts of the people, they deliberately conferred titles on the monks of Shaolin Temple and forced them to obey the emperor's orders. If they don't obey, their sect will be destroyed, and if they obey, they will become traitors to the Han Dynasty. They are all monks who just want to chant sutras in peace. It's understandable that they compromise for a while!"

Jiunan disagreed: "The heroes of Xiandu Sect would rather be destroyed than compromise with the Tartars."

Fu Qingzhu was quite moved when he heard this. His senior brother Shan Sinan attempted to assassinate Emperor Shunzhi, which led to the raiding of the Wuji Sect's headquarters. He had to live in seclusion in the mountains for three to five years before he dared to come out and travel the world.

However, his senior brother was a general from the lineage of Prince Lu of the Ming court, and it was his duty to fight against the Qing dynasty. He himself had never joined any forces and had always been a free spirit.

Fu Qingzhu was also quite pessimistic about the current situation in the Central Plains: "Alas, Shaolin Temple is just a martial arts temple. They are not very dangerous after surrendering to the Qing Dynasty. In recent years, scholars from the Central Plains have served in the Qing court and are willing to serve the Tartars. This is helping the Tartars to consolidate their rule. There is no hope for them to overthrow the Qing Dynasty and restore the Ming Dynasty!"

Jiunan couldn't help but feel sad, she couldn't refute Fu Qingzhu's assertion.

But her expression relaxed again and she turned to look at Huang Sixi. Earlier, Zhuang Yuemei had determined that Huang Sixi was the Dragon Subduing Hero. If the Dragon Subduing Hero raised his arms and called on all the righteous men in the world to rebel against the Qing Dynasty, with his prestige, he would surely be able to turn the tide, destroy the Qing Dynasty and save the situation in the Central Plains.

Huang Sixi would indeed not back down; overthrowing the Qing dynasty was his only course of action.

However, since the Chongzhen period, the Central Plains has suffered from war for more than 30 years. Once the war breaks out again, it is inevitable that there will be heavy casualties.

Huang Sixi will try his best to plan a way to destroy the Qing Dynasty without going into war.

In this way, the vitality of the Central Plains can be preserved to the greatest extent.

And the breakthrough of this method lies in Shunzhi.

Thinking of this, Huang Sixi signaled to Fu Qingzhu: "Mr. Fu, the people you just mentioned, Xingchi, Xingdian, Chengguan, and the little monk, have all been captured. Mr. Fu, please identify which one of them is Shunzhi!"

Fu Qingzhu's eye injury had not healed yet, and he could not see anything now, so he said, "Lian'er also knows their identities, let Lian'er serve on my behalf."

At this moment, Mao Huanlian had already gotten out of bed. She went forward to support Fu Qingzhu, and followed Huang Sixi to the living room.

Jiunan lit a candle and gave it to Mao Huanlian to identify the person.

Mao Huanlian first pointed out the fat monk on the left: "This is the monk Xing Dian. He is nominally the junior apprentice of the Tartar emperor, but in fact he is the guard who protects the Tartar emperor."

Xing Dian was pressed on the mute point and could not speak, so he glared at him. He had followed Shunzhi for decades and only thought about being loyal to his master and didn't care about anything else.

Next to Xingdian lay an old monk with white eyebrows. Mao Huanlian continued, "This bald monk is Chengguan from the Prajna Hall of Shaolin Temple. He is already old, but he doesn't stay in Shaolin Temple to eat vegetarian food and chant Buddhist scriptures. He ran all the way to Mount Wutai to work for the Tartars. What a shameless old thief!"

When Chengguan heard Mao Huanlian calling him an old thief, he felt wronged. He thought, who is the Tartar? Who am I working for? I came to Mount Wutai only because of the abbot's order and I have to obey my junior uncle along the way!

Chengguan became a monk at the Shaolin Temple at the age of eight. He practiced martial arts for more than seventy years and never left the temple. He had no understanding of worldly affairs. He would beat anyone his junior uncle told him to beat and do whatever his junior uncle told him to do.

He thought to himself, since Junior Master Uncle is of higher seniority, he should naturally obey him. What's wrong with that?

Unfortunately, his acupoints were also controlled and he was unable to speak. Hearing Mao Huanlian cursing at him, he could only remain stunned.

Mao Huanlian cursed him a few words, then held the candle over him and illuminated the third monk lying on the ground.

"He is the Tartar Emperor Shunzhi!" Mao Huanlian gritted her teeth, showing deep disgust.

Her father was forced to death by the Tartars, and her mother was abducted by the Tartars. As a child, this was not only a deep hatred, but also a great shame and humiliation.

She wished she could cut Shunzhi into pieces, so she kicked him hard in the face.

As a result, before her feet touched the ground, Huang Sixi kicked her and she shrank back.

"He is still useful to me, so we cannot hurt him for now!" Huang Sixi pointed at the fourth monk in the living room and said, "There is another body here, continue to identify it!"

Mao Huanlian was stunned for a moment, then nodded to Huang Sixi: "Well, I'll follow your instructions and spare this old Tartar for now!"

She was not clear about Huang Sixi's identity, but Master Jiunan was the leader of the Iron Sword Sect and obeyed Huang Sixi's orders. Her master also praised Huang Sixi's medical skills, so she concluded that Huang Sixi was a famous hero in the world and gladly obeyed his orders.

She shone a candle on the corpse's face and complained, "This little thief is more vicious than the Tartars! He attacked Master with lime, and used foul language and physical assaults on me. I have never seen such a vile thief in the world!"

She remembered what Huang Sixi had just told her, that it was a corpse that she was to identify.

She immediately squatted down and checked. It was indeed a corpse, without any breath. She was suddenly overjoyed: "It's good that he died. Let's see how you can hurt others in the future!"

She turned around and said to Fu Qingzhu: "Master, the little villain is dead. He used lime to harm you, and now he has killed himself. This is the retribution of heaven!"

Fu Qingzhu sighed lightly: "This little monk's methods are indeed insidious, but he revealed earlier that he stabbed the traitor Aobai to death in the imperial palace in the capital, which can be regarded as giving us Central Plains people a vent for our anger!"

The current Emperor Kangxi of the Qing Dynasty is only a teenager. When Kangxi was still a child, the government of the Qing Dynasty was mainly managed by several ministers with regents. Among these ministers with regents was Oboi. Oboi was bloodthirsty and greedy for bribes, and the people of the Central Plains hated him to the core.

When Fu Qingzhu learned that Oboi died at the hands of the young monk, his negative attitude towards the young monk was much lessened.

When Jiunan heard that the young monk had killed Oboi but was killed by her by mistake, she felt bad: "If I had known that he was the warrior who assassinated Oboi, I would never have shot a hidden weapon at him just now!"

Mao Huanlian hurriedly said, "Master, Master, don't be deceived by this little villain. He was originally a little eunuch in the palace. He fawned on Shunzhi and called him a slave all the time. He really felt honored to be a slave of the Tartars. He assassinated Oboi not for the people of the Central Plains, but just to please the little Tartar emperor!"

"Oh? He is a eunuch in the Qing Palace?"

"Yes, he has a token from the young Tartar emperor. He was sent by the young Tartar emperor to come to Mount Wutai to pay a visit to Shunzhi. In order to conceal his whereabouts, he first became a monk in Shaolin Temple and became the junior apprentice of Shaolin Abbot Huicong. After he became a monk, he moved to Qingliang Temple!"

As Mao Huanlian spoke, she took out a handwritten edict from the corpse's arms and handed it to Jiunan: "Master, you can take a look. These words were revealed to Shunzhi by him himself. I didn't make them up!"

Jiunan took the imperial edict, but without reading it herself, she handed it to Huang Sixi first.

Seeing this, Mao Huanlian immediately moved the candle in front of Huang Sixi.

This is an imperial edict written by the young Tartar emperor Kangxi.

The imperial edict was shorter: "I order the deputy chief of the imperial guards to allow Wei Xiaobao, who is wearing a yellow jacket, to go on a business trip to Mount Wutai. Civil and military officials from all provinces are ordered to be dispatched. This is the order!"

"Wei Xiaobao?"

Huang Sixi is very familiar with Lu Ding Gong, but the current "Blooded Jianghu" has already undergone overlapping mutations, and the future direction of the martial arts world has nothing to do with Lu Ding Gong.

He asked Mao Huanlian: "Did Wei Xiaobao ever say that the little Tartar emperor Kangxi would go to Mount Wutai in person?"

Mao Huanlian exclaimed, "It is true! How did you know that Kangxi was going to Mount Wutai?"

Huang Sixi said: "Of course I have known about Kangxi's whereabouts for a long time!"

He thought that since Kangxi was coming soon, it couldn't be better.

As long as the operation goes smoothly this time, he can replace the father and son who hold the highest power in the Qing court.

Fu Qingzhu didn't know what he was planning, so he immediately advised, "My lord, Master Jiunan, the young emperor Kangxi will arrive at Mount Wutai the next day. Dogduo is actually the vanguard battalion sent by Kangxi, and there are also the Cavalry Battalion and the Guard Battalion behind them. This time, there are about 30,000 to 40,000 Qing soldiers protecting Kangxi!"

Fu Qingzhu felt that no matter how high their martial arts skills were, they would definitely not be able to escape from the siege of tens of thousands of Qing soldiers: "It is not advisable to stay in Mount Wutai for long. If we are surrounded by Qing soldiers, we will not be able to leave if we want to!"

Huang Sixi said, "We can't leave! Kangxi has left the palace. This is a rare opportunity. I hope Mr. Fu can stay and help!"

"Sir, are you planning to assassinate Kangxi?"

Fu Qingzhu did not think that the assassination could be successful with the combined efforts of just a few people, but his life was saved by Huang Sixi, so he did not hesitate: "If you really want to kill the king, I will definitely accompany you to the end, but Lian'er..."

He was unwilling to let Huanlian take risks.

Mao Huanlian became excited and said firmly: "I will stay with my master, the hero, Master Jiunan and this sister for life and death. Let alone the 30,000 or 40,000 Qing soldiers, even if there are 300,000 or 400,000, I am not afraid at all!"

Jiunan and Fei Hongjin both looked at her sideways, thinking that this little girl had the spirit of a hero.

Fu Qingzhu was in a very difficult situation.

At this time, Huang Sixi confessed to him: "I asked Mr. Fu to stay not to assassinate him, but to impersonate Shunzhi and then capture Kangxi alive!"

In fact, Huang Sixi did not need Fu Qingzhu's help in fighting. It was just that after entering the capital in the future, he urgently needed manpower to control the palace, so he immediately told him about the disguise operation.

He planned to let Fu Qingzhu impersonate Chengguan. Jiunan herself was a nun who had long ago shaved her head and became a nun. She had no hair, so she could pretend to be Xingdian.

He himself pretended to be Shunzhi.

In this way, the four monks in the small temple could impersonate three of them.

Upon hearing this, Fu Qingzhu reminded him, "What about Wei Xiaobao? He is Kangxi's envoy. When Kangxi arrives at Mount Wutai, if he doesn't meet Wei Xiaobao, how can he introduce Kangxi to Shunzhi?"

Huang Sixi looked at Mao Huanlian and asked, "Miss, are you willing to shave your hair?"

He intends to impersonate Huanlian to impersonate Wei Xiaobao.

Mao Huanlian immediately protected her hair bun, appearing to be extremely fond of it, and stammered, unable to utter the words of agreement.

Huang Sixi pointed at the corpse on the ground and said, "Wei Xiaobao was killed by a shot in the Yuzhen acupoint. He has been dead for a short time, so his life force is not completely cut off. I have a way to save him!"

"Ah! We can't save him!"

Mao Huanlian shouted anxiously: "Master, master, I can pretend to be the little villain! I have followed my master to travel the world since I was a child, often dressed as a man, and I know how to imitate all kinds of men's voices. My height is about the same as the little villain. I... I am willing to shave my hair. Please don't save this little villain. He is already dead, so let him die!"

(End of this chapter)