Wu Yingxiong was the son of Wu Sangui, the king of Pingxi, and it was under the leadership of Wu Sangui that the Manchu Qing Dynasty entered the customs, and the Ming Dynasty was also overthrown, so Wu Sangui was a veritable traitor. The Manchu Qing government also praised Wu Sangui for this act. He was made the town of Yunnan and was given the title of King of Pingxi. Jin Yong also added the character of Wu Sangui to the wuxia novel Lu Dingji.
Although Wu Sangui was made the King of Pingxi, his ambitions had never been consumed, and the Kangxi Emperor was also wary of him. Since Wei Xiaobao captured Aobai, Wu Sangui was also impressed by Kangxi, and he also wanted to know what characters were around Kangxi to assist him. Therefore, he sent Wu Yingxiong to Beijing to dedicate, and at the same time spied on the figures around Kangxi.
At this time, Wei Xiaobao had become a big red man in front of the Kangxi Emperor, so he was also favored by ministers and eunuchs. Prince Fu was one of them, and he invited Wei Xiaobao to his palace as a guest. At the same time, he also hosted Wu Yingxiong, who had just arrived in the capital. In order to prevent his son from being assassinated, the King of Pingxi specially sent 16 masters to accompany him.
Prince Fu's mansion also recruited masters in the jianghu to test the strength of the Pingxi palace. King Fuqing also called out 16 masters to compete with them, and Wei Xiaobao was also coaxing on the side. In the end, one of Prince Fu's masters held the same weapon, which was described in the original work: The sixteen martial masters saw that the other side did not move, and they all had to show off their means before Prince Kang's guests, and each of them performed the most skillful and ingenious tricks on the blade, slashing and stabbing obliquely, slashing and slashing, the blade reflected the candlelight, and the sixteen weapons danced, and in the whistling of the wind, they formed a light curtain, surrounding the sixteen retinues in the heart. The civil servants kept saying, "Be careful, be careful!" "The martial arts soldiers saw that each move of these blades was handed to the other side, often only a few inches apart, do not use more than half a point of strength, immediately sent the other party's life, all of them were shocked."
Prince Fu did this for two main purposes. The first was to test Wu Yingxiong's strength, and in addition, he also gave them a chance to show them the strength of Prince Fu's palace. However, Wu Yingxiong's masters remained motionless and allowed to attack, and in the end, Prince Fu's men only symbolically cut off their hats in order to save the face of Wu Yingxiong and Prince Fu. Why would Wu Yingxiong's men rather be hacked to death than shoot? There are several main reasons.
First of all, they had received instructions from Wu Sangui, the king of Pingxi, that if Wu Yingxiong was not in danger, they must not take action. Second, in order to save face on both sides. If Wu Yingxiong's people had won, first of all, they would have punched Prince Fu in the face, and at the same time, this behavior was also very inappropriate, originally Kangxi had been wary of Wu Sangui, and now that the next person dared to openly take a shot in the palace, he would naturally fall into a handle. If Prince Fu's men lost, it would not have swept away the face of the Pingxi Royal Palace. In the end, he will be executed by the King of Pingxi. Combining the above factors, even if Wei Xiaobao took the initiative to provoke Wu Yingxiong's subordinate masters, they would rather die than fight back.