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81众人依计把冯锡范捕到，蒙起头在韦小宝府中乱打。想起监斩茅十八的事，韦小宝突地计上心头，当即叫了亲兵队长进来，密密嘱咐一番，赏了他一千两银子，另外一千两银子命他分给办事的其余亲兵。队长含笑而去。
They arrested Feng Xifan according to the plan, and began to fight in Wei Xiaobao’s mansion. Remembering the matter of beheading Mao 18, Wei Xiaobao suddenly had a plan. He immediately called the captain of the personal soldiers to come in and secretly ordered him to give him a thousand taels of silver, and another thousand taels of silver ordered him to give it to the rest of the personal soldiers. The captain left with a smile.
82宫里传出旨来，命韦小宝速去监斩。茅十八亦押到，仍大骂不止。到了菜市口法场，茅十八被推到后案前，由宫中侍卫头领会同韦小宝验明正身，推入旁边席棚候斩。
82 An order came from the palace and ordered Wei Xiaobao to go to the prison immediately. Mao Shiba was also arrested, but still scolded. At the Caishikou Dharmapala, Mao Shiba was pushed to the front of the back table. The head of the palace guard and Wei Xiaobao identified his body, and pushed into the next tent to be beheaded.
83哪知外面砰砰砰连放三炮，喝声“时辰已到!”亲兵小队长便在棚中将茅十八一掌打昏，拖入夹层中，由夹层中架出昏迷的冯锡范，拖拉到刑场，也不放他跪下，刽子手的鬼头刀顿时将脑袋切下。
However, there were three rounds of gunfire outside, and they shouted, “The time has come!” The head of the close soldier team knocked Mao Shiba Yizhang unconscious in the shed, dragged him into the mezzanine, and pulled Feng Xifan out of the mezzanine, and dragged him to the execution ground without letting him kneel down. The executioner’s ghost knife immediately cut off his head.
84亲兵小队将发披满面的首级用托盘托了，面部朝天，远远举起。韦小宝立时抽抽泣泣，其他官员哪顾验明首级，只顾慰藉韦小宝，一挥手，让拿开。随后，众官员同上殿覆旨。康熙见韦小宝双目红肿，以为他难过，并不怀疑。
The 84 soldiers’ team held the head with the hair covered in the face on a tray, facing the sky and lifting it far away. Wei Xiaobao immediately sobbed, and other officials, regardless of identifying the first level, just comforted Wei Xiaobao, waved his hand and let him go. Subsequently, the officials replied to the edict at the same hall. Kangxi saw that Wei Xiaobao’s eyes were red and swollen. He thought he was sad and did not doubt it.
85待人散场静，亲兵们将茅十八抱入紧靠席棚的韦小宝座车，塞住了他的嘴巴，马不停蹄地送往扬州，过了黄河才跟他说明真相，又送了他三千两银子。茅十八死里逃生，又觉韦小宝拼了性命救他，自不会张扬。
When the scene was quiet, the soldiers took Mao Shiba into Wei Xiaobao’s car next to the mat, blocked his mouth, and rushed to Yangzhou. After crossing the Yellow River, they explained the truth to him, and gave him another 3000 liang of silver. Mao Shiba narrowly escaped death, and felt that Wei Xiaobao had spared his life to save him, and would not make a public statement.
86韦小宝记挂着天地会的兄弟，心想皇帝的手段越来越厉害，自己在公爵府享福，青木堂的众兄弟可别让皇帝给一网打尽，须得商量个计策，于是扮着个富家公子模样，要双儿扮作亲随，二人来到天桥。
Wei Xiaobao remembered the brothers of the Heavenly and Earthly Society, and thought that the emperor’s means were becoming more and more powerful. He enjoyed his fortune in the Duke’s Mansion. The brothers of the Green Wood Hall should not let the emperor catch all of them. They had to discuss a plan. So he dressed up as a rich young man and asked his sons to dress up as his own followers. The two came to the overpass.
87在人丛中混了半个时辰，便见徐天川背个药箱在走。韦小宝赶上去低声叫道:“徐大哥。”徐天川见是他，怒容满面，大步而去。韦小宝远远跟着，见他在一家大门上打了几下，开门的却是樊纲，便与双儿挤了进去。
After half an hour in the crowd, Xu Tianchuan was walking with a medicine box. Wei Xiaobao rushed up and shouted in a low voice, “Brother Xu.” When Xu Tianchuan saw him, his face was full of anger and he strode away. Wei Xiaobao followed at a distance. Seeing that he had hit a few times at the door of a house, Fan Gang opened the door and squeezed in with Shuanger.
88来到大厅，只见李力世、祁清彪、玄贞道人、高彦超、钱老本一干人都在，韦小宝拱手道:“众位哥哥，大家都好。”玄贞道人刷地一声拔出腰间佩剑，抢上一步，左手抓住他的衣襟。
When he came to the hall, he saw Li Lishi, Qi Qingbiao, Taoist Xuanzhen, Gao Yanchao, and Qian Laoben all in the hall. Wei Xiaobao arched his hand and said, “Hello, everyone.” Taoist Xuanzhen pulled out his sword from his waist, grabbed a step, and grabbed his lapel with his left hand.
89双儿眼见危急，从怀里取出罗刹短铳，向着屋顶砰的一声，放了一枪，趁屋中顿时烟雾弥漫，随即抓住韦小宝后领，用力一扯，把他夺了过来。
Seeing the danger, Shuang’er took out the short rockshar blunderbuss from his arms, banged at the roof, and fired a gun. While the smoke was suddenly filled in the room, he immediately grabbed Wei Xiaobao’s back collar, pulled hard, and grabbed him.
90双儿抓着韦小宝跃向屋角，挡在他身前，以短铳对着众人，喝道“你们讲不讲理?”玄贞道人红了双眼，叫声“大伙儿上”，提剑便欲抢上。钱老本伸手拉住:“让双儿把话说完。”双儿便把陈近南被杀以来情况细讲一遍。
Shuang’er grabbed Wei Xiaobao and leaped to the corner of the house, stood in front of him, pointed a short gun at the crowd and shouted, “Are you unreasonable. Qian Laoben held out his hand and said, “Let Shuanger finish.” Shuanger told Chen Jinnan in detail since he was killed.
