After Azi and Baozhu committed suicide inexplicably, Wu Yingxiong found out Xiao Maozi's true identity again. It was like a bucket of ice water poured down his head, and his whole body was cold. Night after night of insomnia, his eye sockets were deep.
His eyes sunk in, and the circles under his eyes turned black and blue. He was originally expecting Xiao Maozi to be sent to him by Yang Qilong, but when a message came from Wang Zhenbang, Xiao Maozi ran in a hurry in the Forbidden City to report the news.
, he realized that both he and Yang Qilong had been deceived by this boy. He became more and more suspicious and did not trust anyone. He even did not bother to deduce things that he had mastered such as the Zhouyi gossip. Who knew which one it was?
Fake saints specialize in deceiving weird people like him! He hates Kangxi, Yang Qilong, Baozhu, Xiaomaozi... He even hates Wu Sangui - you were king in Mount Wuhua, but you brought me here.
, Ghosts are not like ghosts, and people are not like humans. The ancients said, "The father is kind and the son is filial." What kind of a loving father is this?
Wu Yingxiong sat alone in the deep corner of Haochun Pavilion and meditated, playing with the golden arrow in his hand. He knew that it might not be reliable, but he still couldn't bear to destroy it because Wang Zhenbang said that the imperial court was still using it to dispatch troops.
Going to Yunnan has to go through five thousand miles of dangerous mountains and rivers, which is no small feat! He raised his head to look at the banner Wu Sangui wrote for him, and suddenly a fire arose in his heart. Doesn't this mean I'm being told to endure it? Should I endure it until I die!
Wu Yingxiong jumped up angrily, and reached out to pull the banner on the wall, but suddenly stopped. There was the sound of boots outside, and Lang Tingshu opened the curtain and came in.
"What's the matter?" Wu Yingxiong retracted his hand, his face was still as gentle as ever, with a simple and honest smile, "Did you receive a letter from the prince?" Because Huangfu Baozhu's death was unclear, Wu Yingxiong became more suspicious of Lang Tingshu, Lenovo
After Kangxi came last time, Mr. Lang seemed to have lost his soul for several days, and felt even more untrustworthy. He even skipped the errand of writing family letters.
Lang Tingshu smiled, bent down and took out a thin letter from the leaf of his boot and handed it over, saying: "A letter from Zhu Fuxiang and Liu Tiecheng of Baodugu."
"Tingshu," Wu Yingxiong opened the letter and asked, "The prince has not written for a while. What do you think is a sign?" After saying this, he asked Lang Tingshu to sit down across from him, took the letter, glanced at it casually, and then threw it aside.
, laughed and said: "This Zhu Fuxiang is a born bastard. How much business does he have? Just don't write me a letter. If you write a letter, it will cost you 10,000 yuan! It's like I, Mr. Wu, owe him!"
Lang Tingshu's black eyes were fixed on Wu Yingxiong. He was originally a poor scholar in the capital. Because Wu Yingxiong helped him, he worked as a clerk in the Ministry of Internal Affairs and was later invited to be a housekeeper in the government. Although he had an appointment with Baozhu
He wanted to convert to Kangxi together, but he always felt a little regretful in his conscience. He knew clearly that this letter was from Zhu Fuxiang asking for salary from Wu Yingxiong, but Wu Yingxiong was pretending to him like this. On the contrary, he felt much more at ease, so he smiled calmly and said: "Who called
Are you his big boss? If he wants it, then he has the ability to make it happen. Let me say something unlucky. What’s the use of having a prince like this? He has gold, mountains and silver seas. It’s better to send him away.
It's a favor!" As he said that, seeing Wu Yingxiong nodding frequently, he came closer and said: "Just now, my brother-in-law asked about the prince's lack of letters for a long time. I think there is something fishy in it!"
"Oh?" Wu Yingxiong's eyelids twitched, "Please tell me directly!"
"If you don't have faith, you just have faith!" Lang Tingshu said solemnly, "A drastic change is about to happen. We should make plans to return south quickly!"
No letter is belief in itself! When Wu Yingxiong heard this suddenly, he felt like he was enlightened, and his face suddenly changed color. After thinking for a long time, Wu Yingxiong became excited. He stood up with a giggle, took out a bottle of wine and said: "We haven't talked for a long time. It's rare.
You spoke thoroughly today! Come on, let's have a drink and talk at the same time, okay?" As soon as he finished speaking, someone behind him hurriedly said: "Your Majesty, you are still in the mood to have a drink. If you don't leave now, it will be worse.
When?"
"Oh! It's Zhenbang!" Wu Yingxiong was surprised at first. Seeing that it was Wang Zhenbang, he smiled quickly and said, "Please take a seat, it's really delicious. Could it be that you smell the aroma of wine? Is there any news?"
"Your Majesty, you can really be said to be 'Taishan collapsed before but remained unchanged'!" Wang Zhenbang sat down with his arms on the back of his chair and said unhurriedly, "Your Majesty has already raised his troops! All the key passes in Yunnan and Guizhou provinces have been sealed.
No one is allowed in and no one is allowed to leave! In the past few days, Long Live Lord has also moved to Tongzhou to handle affairs. The garrison commander has been replaced by Shangguan Liang, and the Tongzhou magistrate has also been replaced by Yang Fu. The eunuchs can't even find out a word of information!"
"How do you know this?" Wu Yingxiong was shocked and stood up suddenly. Lang Tingshu thought about it and said, "Of course it was Zhong Sanlang Xiangtang who got the news."
Wang Zhenbang said hurriedly: "Thirty-six strategies are best to leave! Your Majesty, if it's too late, you won't be able to leave!" Wu Yingxiong sighed heavily and said: "I expected Zhu Fuxiang and others to come to pick me up, but he didn't.
He is just wandering around in Shandong, seeking personal revenge, attacking the Yanzhou Prefecture, and looking for Wu Ciyou!" He looked around with absent-minded eyes, "Now that you are trapped in the capital, where are you going?"
"It's far away, but it's so close!" Lang Tingshu said, thinking in his mind, "Why don't you go find the third prince Zhu now? Let him sneak out of the capital first!" Wu Yingxiong shook his head after hearing this, and said with a wry smile: "How did you know?
The reason for this? Yang Qilong is a person not easy to mess with!"
Wang Zhenbang didn't know that Wu Yingxiong was just putting on a show for Lang Tingshu. Seeing Wu Yingxiong say this, he laughed and said, "Are you afraid that Xiao Maozi will leak out? It doesn't matter, Jiao Shan and Zhu Shangxian both suspected him. Yesterday they called him to Luhe Post and announced a response.
, no one is allowed to take a step away..."
"If it's not for him, he is nothing!" Wu Yingxiong interrupted Wang Zhenbang, "It's Yang who has ill intentions towards me!" Lang Tingshu lost contact with the court because Baozhu was dead, and he was eager to get away, biting
He thought for a moment and said, "I don't expect the person surnamed Zhu to kill you easily. The imperial court regards the crown prince as a rare commodity, let alone them?" Wu Yingxiong was startled, then suddenly smiled and said: "Ah! I didn't expect this.
Layer, I’m so anxious that I’m even confused!”
Wang Zhenbang laughed loudly and said: "People are impatient and foolish! Let me tell you another piece of good news. The Shaanxi government launched a mutiny and killed Moro. In response to the prince, they raised the flag and rebelled!"
"Ah!" Wu Yingxiong's face shone with light, "Is this true...really? I can save half the distance - is this reliable? This is no joke!" Wang Zhenbang said: "Of course it is true.
!Varger was detained in Tongguan and fled back in a hurry. He was brought to Tongzhou to face the saint later today!" Wu Yingxiong's eyes were burning, shining like two fireballs. After a long time, they dimmed again. He stood up, stretched his body, and smiled.
He said: "I originally wanted to keep Xiao Maozi to harm Yang Qilong, but Zhu Fuxiang and I took advantage of the chaos and ran away. This move failed! Tingshu, please take care of it and burn the documents between me and the prince immediately. At the third watch, we will close the door.
We are all going to Luheyi, and we will help this Zhongshan wolf for a while!"
After a night of fierce fighting, Zhu Fuxiang, a bandit who had crossed the river, did not get any advantage. At dawn, he heard that Jinan and Yanzhou Prefecture had mobilized a large number of troops to march towards Qufu, so they had to order the withdrawal of troops. Wu Ciyou and Li Yunniang escaped in the chaos.
, waded through the bitterly cold Surabaya at dawn and headed west to Ningyang.
Winter comes in October, and the cold canal water lies silently in front of the two wandering people. The biting river wind blows on the water surface, withered reed bushes and Parmao swaying in the white water, and there is no one upstream and downstream. Wu Ciyou
Staring at the stars for a while, he suddenly laughed and said: "If Grandma Zhang hadn't lured them away, there would have been a catastrophe tonight. At this time, I was in shock, so I came to poetry and recited a limerick for you to soothe my hungry stomach!"
After that, he chanted softly:
Linjiang's vast waves have no end, and it's hard to cry in silence without feeling sad.
The flute and reed are playing in the air, but the smoke and water cover the cold continent!
Yun Niang listened for a long time without saying a word, and then she said for a long time: "Where are we going now?"
"Go to Beijing and look for Long'er!"
It was understandable to go to Beijing and seek refuge with Kangxi, but Yun Niang felt a pang of misery in her heart: following this free and honest man to the ends of the earth, she felt at ease, even if they were brothers and sisters, she always had nothing to lose.
Him. But if he goes to Beijing, Kangxi and Aunt Sumala will take him away. She and he may become strangers. Even if they are not, how can she have the courage to deal with it? She glanced at Wu Ciyou resentfully,
Pressing the cold sword in her waist, she whispered: "This is how it should be, and it has to be this way...Isn't that a awning boat coming?" She rolled her hands into a trumpet and shouted: "Original, come here.
—We’re going to take a boat!”
After entering the cabin and sitting on the soft cabin seats, the two of them realized how cold it was outside and how precious the fireworks in the world were. Perhaps they felt that they were too close, so Wu Ciyou quietly moved his body, only to see the stern man leaning in.
: "What do you call me, and where are you going?"
"Oh, she is my sister, let's go to Beijing."
"My ship arrives at Dinggu."
"You can also go to Dinggu." Yun Niang said, "We will get off the ship when we arrive in Tianjin."
The boatman looked at the two of them and said with an apologetic smile: "Sir, please forgive me for being rude. My brothers are not ugly after settling the accounts. The boat price is fifteen strings. Please reward me first so that I can pay for the trouble all the way." After saying that, he looked at Wu Ciyou.
, Wu Ciyou had a wry smile on his face.
"It's not a big deal, just go ahead and sail the boat!" Yun Niang said, "How can I save you?" The boatman smiled coldly and said, "Girl, this is the boatman's rule - of course I don't mean you two; I can bear it.
I have been on the boat for half my life, and all I said when I got on the boat was what you said. I dropped a few coins somewhere, patted my butt and left, leaving my whole family to drink the northwest wind?"
When Wu Ciyou heard this, his face was green and red, and he didn't know what to say. The boatman became more and more convinced that they had no money, so he got out of the cabin and put the pole on the board and said: "Come up, you two, I'll wait here and get the money."
Come take a boat ride.”
Yun Niang was immediately furious. She suddenly opened the curtain and rushed out. She pointed at the boatman and cursed: "What a fart on your mother! Do you think we are defaulters?"
"I don't dare," the boatman, who was also very stubborn, replied stiffly, "you have to pay the money, how can I dare to say that you are defaulting on the bill?"
"Auntie, do you want to pay this time?"
"In reply to your words," the boatman's face turned red with anger, "I have four brothers and father, but I don't have an aunt!" Before she could finish her words, Li Yunniang raised her hand and struck the boatman with a "pop" sound, which made the boatman stagger.
He cursed in his mouth: "Boiled glutinous rice balls in a meat pot - bastard! I'll let you recognize one right now!" The boatman also knew a little bit about boxing, and was provoked to a great rage by Yun Niang. Seeing that Wu Ciyou was weak and Yun Niang was a prostitute, he expected
She didn't know the nature of the water, so she hit her head with the oar, trying to drive Yun Niang into the water. Yun Niang paid no attention to him, so she only used one hand to block him, but the oar couldn't hit her.
Wu Ciyou heard the two of them arguing inside. He felt that he was wrong at first and just sighed. At this time, he heard that the two of them were making moves outside, so he went out to explain. Unexpectedly, as soon as he went out, he was hit on the shoulder by Yun Niang's oar.
, "Ouch" and fell down on the deck.
Yun Niang had no intention of causing trouble, but when she saw Wu Ciyou being beaten for no reason, she stroked her shoulders and endured the pain. The anger she was holding in her chest ignited. She took a step forward gently, grabbed the oar with her hands, and swept it across her waist.
The boatman yelled and was beaten so high that he flew up into the air and fell into the river with a "plop".
"You beast, are you acting wild?" Yun Niang sneered, and she started to paddle and set off. When she saw Wu Ciyou standing on the bow of the boat, watching blankly, she said, "Don't worry, I won't drown him, the water is not bad!"
"How many times have I told you," Wu Ciyou said with a frown, "No killing or committing crimes, let alone what happened today is unreasonable for us!"
Yun Niang was stunned for a moment, then she laughed and said: "That's true. This person is really indispensable." After saying that, she turned the bow of the boat and rowed over. When she saw the man standing in the water and trying to escape, she laughed and cursed: "
Come up! We are not thieves, why are we running away? If you don’t look at my eldest brother’s face, how can my aunt be willing to spare you?”
The boatman grabbed the side of the boat and climbed up like a water chicken, and kowtowed to Wu Ciyou like he was pounding garlic: "Thank you, Master..."
"Boss of the ship," Wu Ciyou helped him up with both hands and said, "To tell you the truth, we don't have any money on us. We will try to find a way to pay you double at the front." The man Nuonuo said repeatedly, glanced at Li Yunniang, and went to the back cabin.
After changing into dry clothes, I obediently went to paddle.
The ship started, and the lone lamp in the cabin was like a bean, illuminating the two wandering people. They both lowered their heads and thought about their thoughts. After a while, Yun Niang suddenly asked: "Brother, what are you thinking about right now?"
"I was thinking," Wu Ciyou sighed, "we have no relatives in Tianjin, how can we get these fifteen coins?" Yun Niang covered her mouth and giggled, "Thank you for becoming the emperor's teacher, talking about it
It makes sense to govern the world! Have you ever heard someone say, 'There must be a road for a car to reach the mountain, and a straight line for a boat to the bridge'? I have a relative in Tianjin Wei who asked him to send us there and paid him back the expense, so we can walk on foot.
If we go to Beijing, we won't have him calling us bastards!" Wu Ciyou was relieved.
From then on, the boatman was really afraid of Yun Niang. He would go away when asked and stop when asked. The boat was fully equipped with rice, fuel, salt, and fish from the river from time to time to serve Wu Ciyou.
After traveling for more than ten days, they arrived in Tianjin. As soon as the ship docked that night, Yun Niang got off the ship and told the boatman: "Please wait patiently. I will lend you money so that you don't have to worry about it all the time!"
When Wu Ciyou heard this, he was worried that she was going to commit another case again. When he got up in a panic and wanted to give some instructions, Yun Niang had already smiled and left.
The drums started ringing again, and Wu Ciyou sat in the boat and waited anxiously for Yun Niang. The lights on the upper reaches of the canal were like stars, the water was gurgling, and singing and music could be heard from time to time on the bank. Although it was not as charming as the prosperous Jinling of the Six Dynasties and Qinhuai, it was quite charming.
Scenery. Wu Ciyou thought blankly: "We are going to Beijing again. What is waiting there? Is it Qianqing Palace, Yuepengdian? Or... Shanguju? How should we deal with this infatuated woman next to us?"
"As the water rippled, Wu Ciyou gradually fell into a trance.
About midnight, Yun Niang came back. As soon as she entered the cabin, she smiled and said, "Brother, it's a good sleep, but I got lucky!" Wu Ciyou rubbed his eyes and saw that Yun Niang's clothes were not messy and there was no blood on her body. He felt half relieved and asked
"But have you borrowed the money?" "Is there anything else I can borrow?" Yun Niang said with a smile, "If my relatives weren't stingy, I would have come back long ago!" As she said that, she took off a green satin bag on her back and
He turned on the light. Wu Ciyou couldn't help being shocked when he saw it: it turned out to be six big ingots of horseshoe gold! That Zhouzi also woke up at this time. He had never dreamed of so much gold since he came out of his mother's womb. It was so bright that it shone brightly.
Her eyes were dazzled. Yun Niang picked up one and threw it to Zhouzi, and said with a smile: "Is that paddle of yours worth it?"
The boatman never expected that Yun Niang would be so quick and generous in her actions. He kowtowed three times and said, "The villain has eyes but cannot see gold and jade! My aunt has rewarded me so much, which is enough to keep the villain's family for half a lifetime!" Wu Ciyou laughed and said:
"You borrowed three hundred taels of gold at once, and you said he was stingy. Your appetite is so scary - I thought you were committing a crime!"
"If you don't commit a crime, who is willing to lend me money?" Yun Niang said with a smile. She looked up and saw Wu Ciyou's sullen face, and said hurriedly, "This Tianjin Road is so evil that the fire cost has been increased to six yuan! - I have crippled four of them.
Keeper of the treasury, leave a note - this is ill-gotten wealth!" When the boatman heard this, he realized that this powerful woman was actually a gangster, and his face turned pale with fear.
"He is a corrupt official. If the law of the country exists, I can impeach him! What's the benefit of being so messy? I don't need the money!" Wu Ciyou said decisively. Yun Niang's forthright and forthright, informal character is very suitable for Wu Ciyou's temperament, but
She grew up in the mountains in troubled times. She regarded human life as nothing, and had no "kingly law" in her heart. Wu Ciyou could not tolerate it. Wu Ciyou had scolded her last time in Yanzhou Prefecture, and he told her many times in the Zhang family that human life was of the utmost importance.
It is a serious truth, but she still has old habits that are hard to change! Thinking of his anger, Wu Ciyou stamped his feet and said: "You are like this, you are not even worthy of carrying Aunt Sumala's shoes, ugh!"
Yun Niang's face suddenly turned as white as snow. She has been a top-notch person all her life. She always speaks out when she wants to speak, goes when she wants to do it, beats when she wants to be beaten, and kills when she wants to be killed. Following Wu Ciyou in the past few years, she has endured many hardships and hardships.
She went through all kinds of hardships to take care of him and protect him, but in the end, Wu Ciyou actually said that she was "not even worthy to carry Lady Sumala's shoes"! Yun Niang's whole body was trembling, and shame, hatred, sorrow, and resentment all came to her heart. After a while, Fang finally
Gritting her teeth and trembling, she said: "Well said...I will carry someone's shoes..." She suddenly raised her voice, raised her head and said proudly: "Mr. Wu! You are tired, I am tired, we should break up.
You are an innocent person, but you are about to enter the court and become a high official. I am still a down-and-out swordsman, how can I compare with Sister Su?" She smiled miserably, "Life is just like this... I ask myself that I have no regard for the world.
However, if you act with your heart throughout your life, it will be considered a worthwhile trip, even if you and I just passed by each other!"
Li Yunniang, who has always been obedient, suddenly announced that she was nobler than Wu Ciyou, and announced that she would break off contact with Wu Ciyou. Wu Ciyou first felt regretful, and realized that he had made a mistake, but after tasting it carefully, he realized that he had never settled with Yunniang in the first place.
Position: "Oh my God! What's wrong with me?" Wu Ciyou's heart burned with a raging fire, burning his internal organs in pain: "My Wu Ciyou is not even as good as a snob!" Wu Ciyou felt dizzy for the first time and staggered a step.
He wanted to go up and grab Yun Niang's sleeves, but stopped, and said in a low voice: "You are very good at blaming me! I...I really don't deserve...to keep you...but after you leave, I also have a warning: The world is like this
There are so many things that you can't control with just your hands... I'm so ashamed and regretful..." As he said this, tears were streaming down his face.
"Brother doesn't like killing people, I know that." Seeing Wu Ciyou being so sad, Yun Niang's heart softened again, and she choked and said: "Those four beasts who are guarding the warehouse are holding down a girl... in
...Whenever I get annoyed..." Wu Ciyou felt more and more ashamed as he listened, and couldn't comfort himself after thinking about it. He sat down with his legs weak and let out a deep sigh. The ship was surrounded by darkness, and this sigh became even more intense.
It looked deep and desolate. Yun Niang raised her tearful face and said, "I know what you are thinking. You want to see your Holy Master cleanly. You might as well throw away these useless things!" She stood up and came over.
, wrapped the remaining five gold ingots again, threw them into the middle of the river, and sank with a "gudong" sound.
The two left the awning boat and walked ashore along the river, but they were silent. It was neither allowed to kill nor to steal Wu Ciyou, but they had an inexplicable penny in their hands. After waking up from the heart-piercing pain, Yun Niang felt a little uncomfortable.
Feeling worried, he hesitated and said: "What should we do? Should we go to Beijing to beg for food? Otherwise, why don't you go visit Tianjin Daofutai and lend him some money?"
"Listen to what you said, his money is so dirty, why should I get involved with him?" Wu Ciyou thought that he had no good idea, lowered his head and thought for a while, and said: "There is nothing wrong with begging. It turns out that Wu Liuyi, the admiral of the Nine Gates in Beijing, is begging for food.
Born, his nickname is 'Iron Beggar'."
"Otherwise, I'll sell my writing." Yun Niang's mood gradually improved, "Isn't your calligraphy very good? This elegant business will definitely suit your taste!" Wu Ciyou hesitated for a moment and said, "It's not a holiday right now, so selling calligraphy
It won't work." This was actually an evasion. He really didn't want to write any words and sell them. When someone bought them back, they found out and said, "The master of Long Live Emperor Kangxi sold them to me"! "Then sell and sing." Yun Niang suddenly smiled,
"You have a bad voice. If you write the lyrics, I will sing the Taoist sentiments, and you will beat the cloud board and beat the rhythm. If you make money, you can buy a piano. That's fine!"
Wu Ciyou was a little surprised and asked in surprise: "What are you doing? Don't you be like that 'you can't make the sky, will it collapse'?" Yun Niang said: "When I was a child in Zhongnan Mountain, everyone there could sing a song.
, I can sing a few lines along with it, as long as you make up the lyrics, that's all. I don't know if the singing is good or not." As he said this, he thought of his own life experience, and then thought of where the Green Monkey had wandered, and his eye circles turned red again.
Wu Ciyou also suddenly felt sour in his heart, and he forced a smile and said: "I heard Cuigu singing at Yuepeng Store in the past, and then I heard Daoqing again in Wulong Town. I thought it was good at the time, but I didn't expect that this day would happen to me."
At this point, clear tears slowly flowed down both cheeks. (To be continued)