Xiang Yan felt quite uneasy and couldn't sleep. After enduring it for a long time, he finally couldn't help but ask Wei Xiaobao: "Xiaobao, how sure are you that we can persuade the emperor to snatch Chen Yuanyuan into the palace?" Wei Xiaobao asked in return: "No matter how sure you are, you still have other options. Are you leaving?" Xiang Yan muttered, "Well... maybe you can offer the Sutra of Forty-Two Chapters and see if you can be forgiven?"
Wei Xiaobao said: "The Queen Mother once sent people from the Shenlong Sect to hunt us down. And from the tone of Mr. Lu and Fat Toutuo, it seems that the Queen Mother is from the Shenlong Sect, but she didn't hand over the scriptures. What if she told you that the scriptures had just arrived? Her hands were stolen, or she was accidentally burned by a servant. What are you going to do? She is the Queen Mother after all, and she insists on not handing her over, what can you do to her? "
"The Queen Mother must hate you very much, right? If she makes a condition with Mr. Lu and Fat Toutuo and kills you, she will hand over the scriptures. Do you think Mr. Lu and Fat Toutuo will kill you in exchange for the scriptures? Take a step back and say , even if she took out the scriptures without mentioning any conditions, can you really be forgiven and get the antidote? The Queen Mother should have a share of the credit for finding the scriptures, plus the antidote from Mr. Lu and Fat Toutuo, and Your antidote, can one scripture really get so much credit?"
Xiang Yan thought about it and realized that this was also the case, and said: "Yes, after they handed over the scriptures, they probably wouldn't mention my name. Instead, they would just say that they found the scriptures. If I want to survive, the only way is to find the emperor." . What do you think I should tell the emperor?" Wei Xiaobao said: "You exaggerated the strength of the Shenlong Sect tenfold, and other things such as the Shenlong Sect poisoning you, sending you to arrest Chen Yuanyuan, and sending people to monitor you. be honest."
Xiang Yan was startled and asked: "Tell the whole truth?" Wei Xiaobao said: "The emperor is very smart. You may not be able to deceive him if you tell lies. It will be bad if he finds out when the time comes. Don't lie when you shouldn't lie, so as not to Export all the winners." Xiang Yan said hesitantly: "If I tell the truth, will the emperor send someone to arrest Chen Yuanyuan? He won't kill me directly, right?"
Wei Xiaobao said: "Don't think too much. Whether the emperor kills you or not depends on how much he wants Wu Sangui to die. To the emperor, you are just a nobody. He doesn't mind whether you live or die. At the beginning, he didn't Did he let the assassins from Prince Mu's palace go? If letting you live can make Wu Sangui die, I guess he won't mind letting you live."
Xiang Yan asked doubtfully: "What does my life and death have to do with Wu Sangui? Why do you think that the emperor would not kill me if he wanted Wu Sangui to die? He would also send people to arrest Chen Yuanyuan and enter the palace?" Wei Xiaobao said: "Wu Sangui is the King of Pingxi after all. , there is no proof, the emperor would not directly order Wu Sangui to be killed! But in the past, Li Zicheng snatched Chen Yuanyuan, and Wu Sangui defected to the Qing Dynasty. If the Shenlong Sect snatched Chen Yuanyuan, would Wu Sangui confront the Shenlong Sect? ? If the Shenlong Sect assassinates Wu Sangui, will it solve a problem for the emperor? But you need to exaggerate the strength of the Shenlong Sect to make the emperor believe that the Shenlong Sect has the strength to assassinate Wu Sangui. "
Xiang Yan was overjoyed and said: "That's right. If the emperor wants to kill Wu Sangui, the best way is to let the Shenlong Sect assassinate him. And if you want the Shenlong Sect to assassinate Wu Sangui, you need me to guide the two sides to confront each other. In this case, the Emperor He would not kill me, but would send someone to capture Chen Yuanyuan and ask me to hand him over to the Dragon Cult to guide the two sides to fight. By the way, Xiaobao, how likely do you think the emperor is to kill Wu Sangui?"
Wei Xiaobao said: "Do you still remember that the emperor sent us to blackmail Wu Yingxiong? The emperor knew clearly that the assassin was from Prince Mu's palace, but he still asked us to frighten and blackmail Wu Yingxiong. No matter how you look at it, the emperor doesn't seem to trust Wu Sangui very much. Now We got Yuan Yifang's testimony again. I think we should have a 50-60% chance of persuading the emperor to get rid of Wu Sangui!" Xiang Yan nodded and said: "Well, if there is a 50-60% chance, we can take a gamble. ” Then I fell asleep with peace of mind.
The next day, Wei Xiaobao and Xiang Yan took Yuan Yifang back to the capital with 300 people. Zhang Kangnian said: "Lord Tong, according to the rules of the Qing Dynasty: Any general who goes on an expedition is not allowed to return without an imperial edict. Although our army is only ten or twenty miles away from the capital, you'd better not go back to the palace to report to the emperor personally. . It is better for my subordinates and Father-in-law Xiang to escort the prisoner back, and the Lord Commander will wait here."
Wei Xiaobao's face sank and he said: "I'm not going to fight, so how can there be so many rules? You want to escort the prisoner? Do you want to take credit from me?" Zhang Kangnian was shocked and said hurriedly: "It's unjust! Mr. Dutong, I belong to I have no such intention." Wei Xiaobao's face softened slightly and he said: "Xiaoyan and I will take the prisoner to see the emperor. You guys stay here first and go to Shaolin together when we come back." No one dared to say anything this time. Acknowledged.
Wei Xiaobao and Xiang Yan came to the palace, presented their memorials, and waited for Kangxi's call. After a while, Duolong led people out of the palace and laughed and said: "Brother Wei, Xiang Gonggong, the emperor has an order for you to hand over the prisoner to us. You can just go and submit a letter to the emperor."
