The plot of The Deer and the Cauldron will naturally not change much.
Wei Xiaobao rescued a down-and-out hero named Mao Shiba with his courage. Mao Shiba was grateful for Xiaobao's help and took him to the capital Beijing because of his constant pestering.
And many players who happened to be staying around Lichunyuan like Zhou Yi also seized the opportunity and followed the two to the capital. As the triggers of so many large-scale plot missions, they often fought to the death before they even began, just like the last Dongming incident, where the three major gangs in the south all fought each other!
However, this time's mission of The Deer and the Cauldron was uncharacteristically different. Perhaps it was because the martial arts in The Deer and the Cauldron in Jin Yong's book were too low, and those with slightly higher martial arts skills were unwilling to waste time on it. Or perhaps it was because most of the players of this mission were hooligans entrenched in the streets of Yangzhou. They saw each other every day and were having a great time.
Such a grand occasion amused Mao Shiba, and he even recruited many disciples while on the road, and publicly taught his unique martial arts skill "Five Tigers Breaking the Door Knife"... ... ...
On Yongxing Temple Street in the west of Beijing, there is a small inn called "Yuepeng Inn". There are more than a dozen guest rooms in the backyard of this inn, which are specially used for candidates to stay when they come to Beijing to take the exam. It is still early before the exam, so business is very slow. There are four eight-person tables in the three storefronts on the street; there is a private room to the north for guests to eat; a long counter to the east of the storefront also sells wine, meat and miscellaneous groceries.
Everyone found a table and ordered some food and drinks. Everyone was really hungry after traveling all the way. As soon as the food came, they started to eat. While eating, they suddenly saw two people walking in from outside the hotel, one old and one young. The old one was about sixty years old, and the young one was only eleven or twelve years old. The two were wearing gorgeous "civil servant uniforms". At a glance, they could recognize their identities - eunuchs!
There is no need to think that it must be the eunuch Hai Dafu and his personal eunuch Xiao Guizi! When they saw the two of them coming in, all the players ignored the food on the table and looked forward to it.
"What's wrong? Is the food not to your taste?" the silly Mao Shiba asked doubtfully.
As soon as Mao Shiba finished speaking, footsteps sounded at the door of the store, and seven big men walked in. In the cold weather, they were all shirtless, wearing cowhide pants, with braids on top of their heads, and their bodies were greasy and shiny, as if they were covered with grease from head to legs. The seven men were all muscular, with black hair on their chests. When they stretched out their hands, their palms were huge and their fingers were thick. The seven men sat at two tables and shouted loudly: "Hurry up and bring the wine, beef and fat chicken, the sooner the better!"
The waiter in the store ran over and put down the chopsticks, and asked, "Sir, what would you like to eat?" A big man said angrily, "Are you deaf?" Another big man suddenly reached out and grabbed the waiter's waist, turned his arm and lifted him up. The waiter was so scared that he screamed. The seven big men laughed, and the big man threw the waiter out of the store, and he fell to the ground with a bang. The waiter screamed, "Oh my God, it hurts so much!" The big men laughed in unison again.
A few smart players got interested when they heard this, so they jumped on the stools and shouted, "Big guys, bullying the waiter is not heroic, if you have the guts, challenge me in a one-on-one fight."
When the big men saw someone jumping up to challenge them, they were immediately furious. One of them shouted, "You little bastard, I can deal with you with just one finger. You'd better go home and drink your milk obediently, haha." After that, he and the other big men laughed.
The player felt a little embarrassed when he saw that he was being laughed at by the NPC. He shouted loudly and used the martial arts of Taizu Changquan to attack one of the big men immediately.
The big man was eager to try when he saw someone coming to challenge him. He jumped up from the stool and dodged the player's fist with his backhand. He also grabbed the player's waist and threw the player far away with a quick step.
When the players saw this, they were all stunned. They didn't expect that a little Kubu in the plot mission had such martial arts! Zhou Yi snorted indifferently, took a big step forward, and said, "I'm here to learn from you!"
Seeing that Zhou Yi was so ignorant of the current situation, Nakubu was very displeased that Zhou Yi dared to challenge him after he had just shown off his unique skills, and he quickly pounced on Zhou Yi.
Seeing this man flying towards him, Zhou Yi sneered. Kubu's wrestling skills were indeed powerful, but it was a pity that he had no internal strength at all and relied entirely on brute force. If it were him, he would have used his Jiuxiao true Qi to finish this man off immediately.
Zhou Yi deliberately created a flaw, allowing the man to rush over and hug Zhou Yi. When he was about to exert his strength, he found that a surge of huge force suddenly burst out from his arms, immediately numb his arms. Knowing that the opportunity was not to be missed, Zhou Yi quickly slapped the man away with a Mountain-shaking Iron Palm!
"What a trick! You are so capable at such a young age. You will have great potential in the future. Ahem!" The old eunuch next to him suddenly spoke up.
Zhou Yi was delighted, and immediately walked up to the old eunuch, clasped his fists like the people in the martial arts world and said, "Thank you for the praise, eunuch. I don't deserve it."
"Oh, you look like you know me, ahem!"
Zhou Yi's eyes rolled when he heard this, and an idea suddenly flashed in his mind. Zhou Yi took out the seal given by Dugu Feng from his arms, quietly handed it to Hai Dafu, and whispered: "Eunuch, I am a disciple of the Dugu family. I heard that there is a fake queen mother in the palace who wants to murder my Dugu family's Concubine Jing. I came to the capital to enter the palace to meet the queen. I wonder if you can introduce me to her?"
"What did you say? Cough cough!" Hai Dafu was shocked when he heard this and grabbed Zhou Yi's arm. Zhou Yi felt like an iron hoop where his arm was grabbed, and a stinging sensation made Zhou Yi groan in pain.
After a long while, Hai Dafu came back to his senses. He glanced at Zhou Yi and then loosened his hand. Zhou Yi quickly moved his arms and cursed in his heart: Damn, this damn eunuch, he grabbed me so cruelly.
"You friends, are you from that family's Buku?" Eunuch Hai turned around and asked the big men.
"My Lord, we are all from Prince Zheng's Mansion."
"What happened today must not be spread out. I'd like to trouble you to find a sedan chair to take this person to my residence in the Imperial Kitchen. Tell them that this is the person Mr. Hai wants." The big men looked at each other and agreed in unison.
Zhou Yi glanced at Mao Shiba who had already stood up and was ready to attack, and quickly said, "Brother Mao, don't worry about me. You know my ability. This eunuch just has something to ask me. You can go first!"
“This…” Mao Shiba hesitated for a moment, but finally nodded and left with a group of players.
Several Bu Ku carried the sedan chair all the way to the palace. Zhou Yi sat in the sedan chair and thought about how to deal with the old fox Hai Dafu at night.
On the way into the palace, as long as he mentioned Eunuch Hai's name, basically no one would ask any questions. In this way, Zhou Yi was smoothly sent to the residence of Hai Dafu, the Shangshenjian.
"Eunuch Hai, the person you requested has been delivered."
"Ahem, thank you all. I'll just say that I, Hai Dafu, pay my respects to the prince."
"I dare not. Then we will leave."
"Come out and follow me into the house." Hai Dafu said to the sedan chair.
Zhou Yi walked out of the sedan chair and followed Hai Dafu into the room. There were few things in the room, only a table and a chair, with a teapot and teacups on the table. Hai Dafu sat in the chair, half sitting and half lying, with sunken cheeks and half-opened eyes. It was dark at this time. There were two copper candlesticks on the wall, each with a candle lit. The flame flickered on Hai Dafu's sallow face. And the whole room was filled with the smell of medicine.
"Tell me, what evidence do you, the Dugu clan, have to say that the Queen Mother is fake?" Hai Dafu asked, "You should know that slandering the Queen Mother is a capital crime!" As he spoke, a fierce aura suddenly emanated from Hai Dafu's decaying body, which was truly terrifying!
Zhou Yi knew that this was just the eunuch's bluffing, so he smiled and said, "If Eunuch Hai really didn't believe what I said, I'm afraid I wouldn't be here! As for the evidence! May I ask Eunuch Hai, what was the cause of Concubine Dong E's death?"
Hai Dafu was shocked when he heard this, "You also know such a confidential matter, how did your Dugu clan know it?" After saying this, he looked at Zhou Yi coldly.
Zhou Yi walked slowly up to Hai Dafu and said, "Our Dugu family has been famous for generations for being relatives of the emperor, so we naturally have to pay extra attention to our daughter. Eunuch Hai, I dare to conclude that the woman in the harem now is definitely not the real queen mother, but the murderer who killed Concubine Dong E with the bone-dissolving palm!"
"And now this woman is going to use her old tricks again to murder my Dugu family's Concubine Jing again, so I beg Eunuch Hai to lend me a hand and kill this evil woman!" (To be continued)