Mu Jiansheng laughed a few times in agreement, and then asked: "Eunuch Gui wants us to go to Wutai Mountain to assassinate the old emperor?" Xiang Yan sighed in his heart and said: "If this news is leaked to the young emperor, he cannot remain indifferent. Ignore it! Even if he doesn't take the old emperor into the palace, he still has to go to Mount Wutai to visit his father from time to time to show his filial piety! Didn't Prince Mu break into the palace a few days ago and prepare to assassinate the young emperor? The palace was heavily guarded. It is very difficult to assassinate the little emperor. But if the little emperor leaves the palace, then the tiger has descended from the mountain, and it will be much easier to kill him."
Mu Jiansheng nodded and said: "Yes, it is easier to assassinate the young emperor in Mount Wutai than in the palace." There was a look of worry on his face. Xiang Yan saw that Mu Jiansheng's expression was wrong, and he wondered in his mind whether Prince Mu's mansion had suffered too many losses in the palace and was now not strong enough? He said hurriedly: "Actually, there is another advantage to killing the little emperor. The little emperor cannot go to Mount Wutai to meet the old emperor alone. He must bring a group of important officials with him. Those important officials did not protect the emperor. , let the emperor die of assassination, there will definitely be no good fruits to be eaten when the new emperor ascends the throne. And the empress dowager assassinated the old emperor's favorite concubine out of jealousy and forced the old emperor away. I am afraid that the new emperor will not be able to tolerate her. "
Mu Jiansheng laughed and said: "Eunuch Xiang is right. The first thing the new emperor will do after he ascends the throne is to purge the empress dowager who forced the old emperor away and those ministers who failed to protect the young emperor. There will definitely be civil strife in the Tatar court." Xiang Yan shook his head and said: "There is not enough civil strife, we need civil war. Now the little emperor has not established a prince, and the few princes are too young to stabilize the situation. If we can provoke various princes to compete for the throne and cause civil war, the Ming Dynasty will have its chance."
In order to join the Tiandihui, Xiangyan thought hard and came up with two ideas as a way to join the world. But Xiang Yan had never met anyone from the Heaven and Earth Society except Wei Xiaobao, so he dedicated one of them to Prince Mu's Mansion.
Mu Jiansheng also became excited and said: "Congratulations to Eunuch Xiang. Now that the Tatars are powerful, it is not easy to expel the Tatars. Only if they fight themselves and cause internal chaos can they be completely defeated. By the way, Eunuch Xiang, you know Is the old Tatar emperor somewhere in Mount Wutai?" Xiang Yan felt ashamed and said, "I don't know." He then hurriedly said, "Actually, it doesn't matter whether the old emperor is in Mount Wutai or not, as long as the little emperor believes that he is there."
Xiang Yan thought dejectedly: "Well, if I had known that one day I would ascend to the world of "The Deer and the Cauldron", I would have memorized all the punctuation marks of "The Deer and the Cauldron" when I was alive. But who could have imagined that I would be where I am today? ? I can remember that Shunzhi was in Mount Wutai, which is pretty good. As for where he was in Mount Wutai, I really can’t remember."
Mu Jiansheng nodded and said, "My father-in-law is right." After saying that, he hurriedly said goodbye to Xiangyan. Xiang Yan was stunned, feeling quite uncomfortable: "They didn't take a fancy to me? Didn't they invite me to join Mu Prince's Palace? Fortunately, Mao Shiba agreed to accept me as his apprentice, otherwise I wouldn't have anywhere to stay after leaving the palace."
The next day, Kangxi suddenly said to Wei Xiaobao and Xiang Yan: "Xiao Guizi, Xiao Xiangzi, I heard a rumor that my father is not dead, but became a monk in Mount Wutai. You two go to Mount Wutai to verify this. The truth of the rumors." Xiang Yan was so frightened that his legs became weak. He struggled back to his residence, picked up the teapot and poured himself tea. His hands were shaking and he poured all the tea on the table.
Wei Xiaobao took the teapot, poured a cup of tea, handed it to Xiang Yan, and asked, "Xiaoyan, what's wrong with you?" Xiang Yan drank the tea in one gulp and said in tears, "Xiaobao, I'm going to die." Wei Xiaobao was shocked. , asked: "What happened?" Fang Yi and the little princess also looked at Xiang Yan with worried faces.
Xiang Yan said: "The young master came to see me yesterday. I told him that the old emperor was a monk in Mount Wutai, but today the young emperor asked us to go to Mount Wutai to check the news about the old emperor." Fang Yi was shocked and said: "You are Are you saying there is a spy in Prince Mu's palace?" Wei Xiaobao said: "You don't have to worry too much, maybe the emperor got the news from other places! Otherwise, why didn't the emperor arrest Xiao Yan?" Xiang Yan and Fang Yi's faces still looked ugly.
Wei Xiaobao said to Xiang Yan: "Anyway, Brother Mao has agreed to accept you as his disciple, and he will take you back to Taizhou to become his disciple in the next few days. It just so happens that the emperor asked us to go to Mount Wutai to find out the news about the old emperor. You should take this opportunity to go back to Taizhou with Brother Mao." Come on! As long as you go to Taizhou, you don't have to worry about anything." Xiang Yan nodded and said "Yeah".
Wei Xiaobao said to Fang Yi again: "Miss Fang, the emperor sent me to Wutai Mountain to find out the whereabouts of the old emperor. Xiaoyan is also going to Taizhou to take refuge with Brother Mao. I'm afraid you won't be able to recover here. How is your injury now? You can leave the palace. "?" Fang Yi said: "My injury has healed a lot and I can leave the palace. If brother Xiang is betrayed, then there are probably spies in Prince Mu's palace. I have to remind the young master to pay attention to the inside and not stay here for a long time. ." Wei Xiaobao said: "Okay, I'll take you out of the palace now. Xiaoyan, you also pack up, and we'll go find Brother Mao right away."
