"This servant thanks the emperor, long live my emperor.”Hong Tian Xiao pretended to be overjoyed and hurriedly knelt down to thank him.
"Yes." Kang Xi nodded in satisfaction and gave Liu Yan a look, indicating for her to leave first. After Liu Yan left, Kang Xi quickly walked to Hong Tian Xiao and personally bowed to pull him up. He held Hong Tian Xiao's hand with both hands and sighed," If you had come to my side a few years earlier, I would not have to endure that Ao Bai's cowardice…"
After saying that, Kang Xi suddenly thought that if it was a few years ago, not to mention Liu Feiying had not finished his apprenticeship, even he was only ten years old. How could he know the value of talent? Thinking of this, Kang Xi couldn't help but secretly laugh. He hurriedly stopped talking and didn't continue.
"Liu Feiying, you used to be in Jianghu. Do you know how good Ao Bai's martial arts are?”Kang Xi had already treated Hong Tian Xiao as his confidant.
"Your Majesty, this servant has never seen Ao Bai fight, but I have heard some friends in the martial world talk about it. As a result of Oboi's land enclosure movement, many Han people lost their land and their families were destroyed. Therefore, some martial arts experts had also petitioned for the people to go to Oboi's residence to assassinate them, but they had returned in defeat every time. According to the survivors, not only was Oboi highly skilled in martial arts, but he had also raised many scum among the martial arts experts in his residence, and the defense was extremely tight.”Hong Tian Xiao didn't focus on Ao Bai's martial arts, but gave a simple introduction of the situation in Ao Bai's residence.
"There are many martial arts masters in the Ao Bai Residence?”Kang Xi was obviously hearing this news for the first time. He was secretly shocked and thought,"Could it be that Oboi has already harbored a rebellious heart? Fortunately, I've taken Liu Feiying in. Otherwise, if he had fallen into Oboi's hands, wouldn't I have been in danger?" Kang Xi's heart still felt a chill when he thought of that terrifying finger.
"However, please rest assured, Your Majesty. I don't care about those scum of the martial arts world in the Oboi Residence. As long as I'm here, even if they all dare to enter the palace to assassinate the Emperor, I can definitely protect the Emperor.”Hong Tian Xiao pretended not to know how to speak and spouted nonsense. Then, he suddenly pretended to come to a realization." This servant deserves to die, this servant deserves to die. How could this servant say such disgraceful words?”
"You don't have to blame yourself. Oboi has so many kung fu masters under his wing, it's hard to guarantee that he doesn't have any other intentions. Perhaps the previous assassinations in the palace really had something to do with Oboi.”Kang Xi's eyes flashed." Liu Feiying, do you have a way to get rid of those martial arts masters in the Oboi Residence?"”
Although Hong Tian Xiao had already patted his chest to ensure Kang Xi's safety, as an Emperor, he naturally couldn't place his safety in the hands of a servant. Moreover, he had just joined the Emperor's side.
"Yes, Your Majesty, I think it's better to investigate the true background of Ao Bai and his men first, then we can deal with them.”Hong Tian Xiao couldn't help but sigh at the little Emperor's appetite.
"Alright, I'll give you a month's time. You must find out their background clearly. Remember, this matter must be carried out in secret.”Kang Xi slammed his palm on the table, a glint flashing in his eyes.
Although the Divine Dragon Island was far away in Liaodong, Hong Antong had set up intelligence points all over the country ten years ago. Hong Antong's original intention was to search for the whereabouts of the '42 Chapters of the Classic'. He did not expect that these intelligence stations would later make great contributions to Hong Tianxiao's overthrow of the Qing Dynasty.
A month passed quickly.
Hong Tian Xiao finally figured out Ao Bai's background through the information network of the Divine Dragon Island.
It turned out that Ao Bai was the eldest senior brother of the famous Golden Top Sect in Jianghu. The current leader of the Golden Top Sect was Ao Bai's junior brother. The Golden Top Sect was located in Liaodong. It was a very mysterious sect. It was both good and evil. Its disciples did not often walk in Jianghu. The disciples of the Golden Top Sect were very skilled in martial arts. When their martial arts were practiced to a high level, their faces would be covered in oil, but there was not a single hair on their heads. Moreover, they could not be afraid of ordinary swords.
Ao Bai was the number one expert in the Golden Top Sect. However, he was greedy for power and resolutely gave up the position of the Golden Top Sect Master to join the army. Relying on his unique skills, he made outstanding military achievements and was appreciated by Huang Taiji, Dorgon, and Emperor Shunzhi. In the end, he became the Four Great Ministers of the Kangxi Dynasty.
Although Ao Bai was only a martial artist, he had experienced many years of officialdom and his ambition had grown. As early as fifteen years ago, Ao Bai had personally returned to the Golden Top Sect and ordered his second junior brother, the current sect master of the Golden Top Sect, Master Ji Hong, to recruit disciples for his future use.
The rule of the Golden Top Sect had always been that the position of sect master was passed on to the elder. Master Ji Hong was able to become the sect master of the Golden Top Sect because of Ao Bai's initiative and humility. Therefore, Master Ji Hong had always been grateful to Ao Bai. Moreover, Ao Bai was already the most valued general of Duo Er Gun at that time, so Master Ji Hong did not dare to offend him. He followed Ao Bai's instructions.
This decision was incredible and changed the fate of the Golden Top Sect. The Golden Top Sect had always been strict in their selection of disciples, so the disciples of the Golden Top Sect had always been very few. There were less than ten disciples in Ao Bai's generation, but all of them were highly skilled in martial arts. Once Master Ji Hong relaxed the criteria for selecting disciples, the number of disciples in the Golden Top Sect increased by dozens of times in the past fifteen years. The total number of disciples in the Golden Top Sect was as many as 500. Of course, there was no lack of experts among them, but compared to the total number of 500, it was pitifully small.
After Kangxi ascended the throne, Oboi's ambition grew. He had the idea of deposing Kangxi and becoming the emperor himself. If it weren't for the power of Soni, Oboi would have succeeded long ago. Now that Soni was seriously ill, he was afraid that he would not live long. Yabilong had sided with him, leaving only the brave but tactless Suksaha. Oboi's arrogance was even more exuberant.
The previous assassinations in the palace were indeed ordered by Oboi. If Oboi wanted to ascend the throne, the first thing he had to do was to control Kangxi and monopolize power. After a period of time, he would order Kangxi to give up the throne. Although Kang Xi was young, he was not easy to control. Moreover, Kang Xi was also very dissatisfied with Oboi's autocracy. As he grew older, Kang Xi became more and more dissatisfied with Oboi. This made Oboi think of assassinating Kang Xi. Once Kangxi died and had no children, Oboi could take the opportunity to establish a young emperor and monopolize power. However, the assassination attempts did not go too smoothly. Firstly, there were many guards in the palace. Secondly, there were several eunuchs (Hai Dafu) and maids (Deng Bingchun, Liu Yan) who were not weak in martial arts. Therefore, Oboi did not succeed.
In the original book, Kang Xi did not know about Oboi's martial arts, so he risked using twelve eunuchs to kill him. At that time, Oboi did not expect the Emperor to have the intention to kill him, so he did not have any wariness. He thought Kang Xi was playing with him, so Wei Xiaobao took the opportunity to stab Oboi in the thigh. Then Kang Xi stabbed Oboi in the back, Wei Xiaobao sprinkled ashes into Oboi's eyes, and smashed the incense burner weighing more than 30 catties on Oboi's head. Even if a 50-pound or 100-pound incense burner hit his head, Ao Bai would not care. After all, the Golden Top School practiced the best martial arts in the head. However, Ao Bai was already seriously injured at that time, so he was knocked unconscious by the incense burner. That was how Kang Xi managed to capture him. Even so, the incense burner broke, but Ao Bai's skull was not broken at all.
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