Martial Arts World Assassin

Chapter 164 Returning to Beijing
Several people were discussing impersonation in the temple.

Huang Sixi's ears suddenly moved and he heard shouting coming from the foot of the mountain.

Several people immediately moved to the temple gate, looked outside, and found a group of Qing soldiers holding torches gathered at the foot of the mountain.

Jiunan and Fei Hongjin couldn't help but frown, thinking that the Qing troops came at a really bad time, which would affect Huang Sixi's disguise plan.

Fu Qingzhu felt that it was too dangerous to continue staying in the small temple, so he suggested: "The Tartars have already started climbing the mountain. It is too late for us to disguise ourselves now. Should we evacuate first?"

Huang Sixi did not agree. There were four monks in the temple, and if they wanted to evacuate, they had to be taken with them. However, the foot of the mountain had been surrounded by torches and Qing soldiers all around. It would be easy for Huang Sixi to break through, but it was not possible for others.

Huang Sixi decided to stay and deal with the Qing troops.

He asked Mao Huanlian who was standing beside him, "You just said that you can imitate a man's voice?"

Mao Huanlian immediately cleared her throat and changed to Huang Sixi's tone: "As long as I hear a man talking, I can imitate him. I can even imitate you, hero!"

He was very confident in his speech.

Huang Sixi heard her eloquence and said, "Now start imitating Wei Xiaobao and shout down the mountain!"

She was stunned: "I have no problem imitating Wei Xiaobao's voice, but what should I say?"

Huang Sixi beckoned her to stand beside him, then leaned over and whispered: "I'll teach you."

Huang Sixi conveyed the message word by word.

After hearing this, Mao Huanlian gathered all his inner strength and shouted, "Who is down the mountain?"

At this moment, there were dozens of Qing soldiers climbing up the mountain steps. They stopped when they heard the voice of "Wei Xiaobao".

The middle-aged general in the lead replied, "Sir Wei, I am Chaerzhu!"

Mao Huanlian didn't have to worry about it herself, Huang Sixi immediately prepared a speech for her.

She immediately asked, "Brother Cha, you should know that I am ordered to do my job in the temple and cannot be disturbed by outsiders. What do you want to do by bringing so many brothers up the mountain?"

"Please forgive me, Lord Wei! The prince did tell me not to disturb you while you are practicing in the mountains, but I really have no choice!"

Chaerzhu first apologized, and then explained: "Just now, an assassin tried to kill the prince, and we failed to protect him. The prince and the princess were all kidnapped by the assassin, and I don't know where they escaped to! I have heard from the prince many times that Lord Wei is extremely wise and familiar with the terrain of Mount Wutai. I beg Lord Wei to give me some advice on how to find the prince and the princess?"

Chaerzhu was the commander-in-chief of the vanguard camp and was under the jurisdiction of Dogdo. After Dogdo disappeared, he became the supreme commander of the vanguard camp.

But he really didn't want to take this position. After all, Dogedo was a prince conferred by the emperor. Although he was also an Eight Banners noble, his status was lower than Dogedo's. If he couldn't save Dogedo, he would definitely lose his life.

Just now, he was confused by Huang Sixi and wandered around Mount Wutai, but he could not find any trace of Dogduo and Nalan Minghui. Just when he was worried, he suddenly remembered Wei Xiaobao.

He knew that Wei Xiaobao was extremely clever and probably had a way to find the prince and princess. Even if he failed to find them in the end, Wei Xiaobao was a popular figure around the emperor. If he could ask for a favor from Wei Xiaobao and then say a few good words to the emperor, he might be given a lighter sentence.

After listening to his explanation.

Huang Sixi already knew his identity and intentions.

Mao Huanlian said, "The assassins are all from the martial arts world, and we need to use martial arts methods to deal with them. My nephew Chengguan is the head of the Prajna Hall of Shaolin Temple. He has a wide network of contacts in the martial arts world. I will send him out to look for the prince and princess. I will find them no matter what! But Brother Cha..."

Mao Huanlian suddenly raised her voice and changed it to a reproachful tone: "Since the prince has already instructed you not to disturb my meditation, why did you send soldiers to surround my temple? And you even lit so many torches! If there are other assassins nearby, wouldn't it be a target for them to point out and attract them to assassinate?"

"Lord Wei, calm down! I was inconsiderate!"

Chaerzhu quickly turned his head, waved his hand and shouted: "Quick, quick, let the brothers retreat to the camp. From now on, without my order, you are not allowed to approach Lord Wei's temple!"

Dozens of his colleagues behind him responded in unison and immediately went to the foot of the mountain to gather the Qing troops.

After a while, the dense torches gradually moved away from the temple and lined up to the foot of Qingliang Mountain a few miles away.

Chaerzhu was the last one to leave: "Master Wei, if you have any instructions, just come and let me know. I will stay at the foot of Qingliang Mountain and be there whenever you call!"

"Go ahead! When the prince and princess have news, I will naturally send someone to find you!"

Mao Huanlian couldn't help but heaved a sigh of relief when he saw Chaerzhu walking away with the torch in his hand. He patted his chest and said, "Finally, he didn't hear any flaws!"

Then he looked at Huang Sixi and said, "What do you think of my imitation, hero?"

Huang Sixi smiled at her: "Very good!"

She was greatly encouraged by the praise and quickly added, "Since my imitation is so good, there is no need to save that little villain Wei Xiaobao, right?"

In the whole counterfeit plan, the role of "Wei Xiaobao" is to act as a matchmaker, and it is necessary for "Wei Xiaobao" to introduce Kangxi to "Shunzhi".

However, after meeting Charzhu, Huang Sixi had another better plan in mind. He could let "Dogduo" and "Nalan Minghui" act as matchmakers. This couple were members of the Qing royal family and were sent to Mount Wutai by Kangxi. They all knew Shunzhi's identity. When Kangxi arrived at Mount Wutai, he would definitely summon this couple to meet him first.

Currently Fei Hongjin is impersonating 'Dogduo' and Jiunan is impersonating 'Nalan Minghui'. They are all women and are not suitable to deal with Kangxi. Huang Sixi plans to do it himself.

He pretended to be "Dogduo" and when Kangxi arrived at Mount Wutai, he went to meet Kangxi in person. As long as he could get close to Kangxi, no matter how Kangxi reacted, he would never be able to escape his capture.

This is safer than him pretending to be Shunzhi and sitting in a small temple waiting for Kangxi.

If necessary in the future, he could disguise himself as Shunzhi at any time, and it would not affect his control over the Qing court.

He had a plan in mind and immediately started to implement it, rearranging their disguise targets.

I was busy until the next morning.

The disguise operation was finally successful.

Huang Sixi transformed himself into "Dogduo" and Fei Hongjin pretended to be "Nalan Minghui".

Mao Huanlian succeeded in impersonating Wei Xiaobao, while Jiunan disguised herself as Shunzhi.

After Fu Qingzhu's eye injury was cured by Huang Sixi, he shaved his hair and was disguised by Huang Sixi as Shunzhi's personal bodyguard, the Dian Monk.

Wait until everything is ready.

Huang Sixi asked Fu Qingzhu to go down the mountain and go to the Qing army camp at the foot of Qingliang Mountain to notify Charzhu to come and meet him.

When Chaerzhu arrived at the temple, he saw that Huang Sixi's face was covered with blood and wounds, and his head was even wrapped with several bandages. Chaerzhu did not question it at all, but knelt on the ground in fear, saying: "I am incompetent, I hope the prince will forgive me!" Huang Sixi did not stop him until he broke his forehead, then he said: "Thanks to Master Chengguan's life-saving rescue, the prince was able to escape danger, but I was also seriously injured. The prince will heal in the temple and will not return to the camp in the next few days. If the emperor leads the troops to come, you come and inform him immediately!"

"Yes! I obey your order!"

Chaerzhu left the temple on his knees, feeling extremely terrified from beginning to end.

When he walked away, Fei Hongjin pointed at his back and said with a smile: "When these bannermen meet their master, they dare not even raise their heads, so even if there are flaws in our disguise, they will not notice it."

Fei Hongjin had a head full of white hair, which she covered with a bandage. She felt that even if she didn't cover it up, Chalzhu wouldn't dare to ask too many questions.

Huang Sixi also felt that this was true.

He said to them, "There is still one day before Kangxi arrives. During this time, I will train you on how to interact with the Tartar nobles!"

Huang Sixi originally thought that Kangxi would arrive at Mount Wutai during the day tomorrow.

Unexpectedly, at midnight that day, Chaerzhu climbed the mountain to report that Kangxi had led his army to the foot of Qingliang Mountain, and asked Dogduo, Nalan Minghui and Wei Xiaobao to go and welcome him immediately.

Accompanying Charzhu were more than a hundred imperial guards, who were responsible for setting up sentry posts and preparing for the emperor to move to the small temple.

Huang Sixi had expected this situation. He and Fei Hongjin followed Chaerzhu to see Kangxi. Mao Huanlian stood at the temple gate and said to the head of the guards, "I, Wei Xiaobao, have a heavy responsibility and dare not leave without permission. I will wait here for you!"

The head of the imperial guards was surprised and said, "Deputy Chief Wei, as subjects, we should go and pay our respects to the emperor first. We cannot wait for the emperor to come and see you."

Mao Huanlian imitated Wei Xiaobao's frivolous tone, spread his hands, and said with a smile: "There is no other way. I have the emperor's order. I have no choice but to break the rules this time!"

"Wei Xiaobao" was ordered by the emperor to protect the old Emperor Shunzhi, so naturally he had to act loyal to his master and willing to die for him in order to leave a good impression on Kangxi.

Mao Huanlian had been trained by Huang Sixi long ago. She pulled out a dagger, leaned against the temple gate, and held the dagger across her chest, protecting Shunzhi in the temple, with the spirit of "one man guarding the pass, ten thousand men cannot enter".

Seeing this, the head of the guards stopped trying to persuade them and took Huang Sixi and Fei Hongjin to see Kangxi.

After a while, Kangxi arrived outside the temple gate under the guidance of Huang Sixi.

As early as when Kangxi was two or three years old, Shunzhi became a monk and lived in seclusion in Mount Wutai. Kangxi had never seen his father since he was a child. This was the first time they met, and he was inevitably excited.

Just now, when Kangxi saw Huang Sixi and Fei Hongjin, he didn't say anything else, but just urged Huang Sixi and Fei Hongjin to go up the mountain immediately to meet the old emperor.

At this moment, when he arrived outside the temple, Kangxi's moved face trembled.

Mao Huanlian saw from afar that Huang Sixi and Fei Hongjin were standing beside a young man in a blue robe, and kept extending their hands to lead the way: "Your Majesty, please come this way. The mountain road is uneven, Your Majesty, please be careful!"

Mao Huanlian knew that the young man in blue robe was the Tartar Emperor Kangxi, so she put away her dagger, stepped forward and kowtowed: "Your Majesty is delighted! The old... the old master is in the meditation room in the temple, waiting to see the emperor!"

Kangxi was about to step in.

At this time, an imperial guard jumped out from behind Kangxi and reminded him in a low voice: "Your Majesty, let me check it first. It won't be too late for Your Majesty to enter the temple later!"

Kangxi hesitated for a moment. He didn't need to be so cautious when meeting his father, but considering the rampant assassins and his own life, he said in a sad and anxious tone, "Okay, Master Yan, go in and check. When you see the old emperor, remember not to disturb him. Leave immediately and report to me!"

Master Yan's full name is Yan Zhongtian. He has served as an imperial guard in the palace for twenty years. He once protected Shunzhi in his early years. Kangxi brought Yan Zhongtian with him so that he could identify the authenticity of Shunzhi's identity.

With Kangxi's approval, Yan Zhongtian immediately pushed open the temple door, and the living room came into view. Yan Zhongtian first checked the bedroom on the right, and found it was empty.

He entered the Zen room on the left again, and saw Jiunan and Fu Qingzhu, disguised as "Shunzhi" and "Xingdian", sitting cross-legged on the cushions, chanting scriptures with their palms erect.

After Yan Zhongtian confirmed that there was no danger in the temple, he returned to the temple gate and invited Kangxi to come in and meet Jiunan.

Kangxi immediately put on his Manchu clothing and entered the meditation room. He saw Jiunan and Fu Qingzhu sitting in the meditation room. He subconsciously wanted Fu Qingzhu to leave, but Jiunan didn't speak. As a son, he couldn't make the decision, so he shouted to the outside of the door: "Xiao Guizi, come in!"

Kangxi's original intention was to let Mao Huanlian think of a way to drive Fu Qingzhu out of the Zen room so that Kangxi could meet with Jiunan alone.

Unexpectedly, after Mao Huanlian entered the Zen room, he closed the door as soon as he stepped in.

When Kangxi noticed that the door was closed, he became alert and opened his mouth to shout, but Jiunan, Fu Qingzhu and Mao Huanlian in the room attacked together, each of them pressed a point on Kangxi and subdued him on the spot.

At this time, Huang Sixi, Fei Hongjin, Yan Zhongtian, as well as Prince Kang Jieshu, the chief of the various camps that protected the emperor, and Duolong, the chief of the imperial guards, were still talking and laughing outside the door, reminiscing about the past.

Huang Sixi put his hands on Prince Kang and Duolong's shoulders and whispered, "The emperor didn't call anyone but Lord Wei to serve him. It seems that Lord Wei is the emperor's most trusted confidant!"

Duolong smiled flatteringly: "Hehe, Brother Wei followed the emperor to capture and kill Oboi, that was a life-and-death friendship, we can't compare!"

Prince Kang echoed, "Lord Wei is one year younger than the emperor, but he has already started working as the deputy chief of the imperial guards. In a few years, I'm afraid he will be the prime minister. Lord Wei has a bright future. It's not an exaggeration to say that he is the most favored minister of the dynasty!"

A few people chatted outside the door for a while, and suddenly they heard the voice of "Kangxi" coming from inside the door, and they immediately moved forward.

I only heard Kangxi say, "I want to have a long talk with the old emperor tonight, so I'll stay here. Let Prince E, Princess E, and Master Yan stay to serve. Everyone else, please leave the temple and stop making noise!"

Prince Kang and Duolong were both sycophants who were obsessed with gaining higher positions. When they heard Kangxi ask Huang Sixi, Fei Hongjin and Yan Zhongtian to stay, it was obvious that these three people were more important in Kangxi's heart.

They were only jealous and did not think about whether Kangxi's identity was replaced. Naturally, they did not dare to disobey Kangxi's will and left the temple immediately.

They did not dare to go far and led tens of thousands of Qing soldiers to set up camp on the hillside outside the temple.

They didn't know that a carefully planned disguise operation was quietly unfolding.

Huang Sixi and Fei Hongjin have not changed, they are still pretending to be 'Dogduo' and 'Nalan Minghui', Jiunan continues to pretend to be 'Shunzhi'.

However, Mao Huanlian has removed his Wei Xiaobao disguise and started pretending to be 'Kangxi', while Fu Qingzhu has changed his Xingdian appearance and replaced it with the imperial guard 'Yan Zhongtian'.

The next morning, the temple gate opened.

Huang Sixi, Fei Hongjin and Fu Qingzhu surrounded Mao Huanlian and Jiunan and walked out of the temple gate. The Qing soldiers and generals outside the temple immediately gathered around to receive orders.

Mao Huanlian looked around, cleared his throat, and said in the tone of "Kangxi": "I have not seen the old emperor for more than ten years. I cannot bear to be separated again. I have decided to welcome the old emperor back to the capital. You should quickly prepare the sedan chair and escort the old emperor back to the capital!"

Prince Kang and Duolong looked at the emperor carefully and felt that his expression was a little strange, different from usual, but they couldn't tell what was different.

Huang Sixi had been paying attention to the expressions of the two men, thinking that these two Tartars were in high positions and had a lot of contact with Kangxi on a daily basis, so they might be suspicious, but it didn't matter. In the future, if anyone doubted the identities of Kangxi and Shunzhi, Huang Sixi would assassinate him. If he could find an anti-Qing patriot, he would disguise himself and take his place.

(End of this chapter)