In Lintao Mansion, Gansu Province, the Yue family can be called famous, after all, there is a layer of aura of Wumu's descendants on the head, plus it has always been a military family, with a profound heritage, especially when it comes to Yue Shenglong's generation, it is the official to the governor of Sichuan, and the family is like cooking oil on fire, thriving.

But for the Yue family, the descendants of Wu Mu are halos, and they are also a memorial arch pressed on them.

Because of this, Yue Zhongqi chose to abandon his pen and follow Rong back then, because on his body, he has always placed high hopes on his family, and he is not allowed to resist, and the accumulation of those resources is also in the hope that there will be another Yue Wumu.

However, this scene fell in Yue Lingfeng's eyes, and it was naturally the result of the family's eccentricity. But what Yue Lingfeng wouldn't have thought was that the pressure in Yue Zhongqi's heart was not less than his.

In Yue Zhongqi's heart, winning glory for the Yue family has become a mission. The descendants of Wu Mu must not fall into the prestige of their ancestors, so in the future, they must also become the new Yue Wu Mu in order to continue the prestige of the Yue family.

Now that someone has pierced his heart, Yue Zhongqi is a little annoyed, his wrist is slightly forced, and the long sword pierces the shopkeeper's chest for half a minute, and blood flows down from the wound, like a blooming red flower, appearing on the white clothes.

"Hmph, I'm not ashamed. I have only had occasional setbacks in the Qing Dynasty now, and I can make a comeback after a while, how dare you so-called Chu rebels come to persuade me to surrender? ”

Looking at Yue Zhongqi with a murderous face, the shopkeeper was silent, and said coldly: "General Yue is loyal, but what is the Qing Dynasty like now, the general should know better than me in his heart, Hugh said otherwise, the current Anqing City is a completely lonely city, does the general really want to be trapped here like this?" ”

Yue Zhongqi's face was as usual, he just snorted lightly, he shook his wrist and put the long sword back, only to see the shopkeeper suddenly slumped on the chair, blood gradually overflowed from the wound, he covered the wound with his hand, snorted, but a layer of cold sweat appeared on his face.

Seeing the appearance of the shopkeeper, Yue Zhongqi began to pace slowly, his face was a little unpredictable, not because the shopkeeper's words touched his heart, but because he was unwilling to die in Anqing City.

Once a person dies, everything is a hundred, especially he Yue Zhongqi, although he is now a little famous, but after all, he is only thirty-six years old, which is the most critical juncture in life, and it is unknown to take a step forward through the ages, but if he dies like this, I am afraid that there will only be a few strokes in the history books, if this is the case, it will be even more uncomfortable than killing him.

Everyone has their own inherent shortcomings, some people are greedy for money, some people are lustful and lewd, and some people regard the so-called reputation as more important than anything else, Kangxi is willing to negotiate peace with the Fu Han Army for the reputation of the Holy Monarch, and Yue Zhongqi is even more so for his own reputation and for the eternal Yue family.

The shopkeeper didn't speak, just watched coldly, and ate happily with a mouthful of beef and wine.

Yue Zhongqi's face was a little confused, he glanced at the shopkeeper, then put the long sword in his hand on the table, and said casually: "If I take refuge in the Fu Han army, what benefits can your army give me?" ”

When the shopkeeper heard this, his heartbeat was a little faster, if he could really say that Yue Zhongqi would come to surrender today, it would be a great achievement, and he hurriedly said: "If the general comes to surrender, the Yue family will not lose the position of the prince in the future, and the general's thoughts and thoughts can also be realized." ”

"Hmm." After listening to this, Yue Zhongqi just nodded and said nothing else.

The shopkeeper was extremely cunning, and he instantly understood that this was because the other party was afraid that the price was not enough, and he had the heart to promise to be crowned king, but how could he, a small person in charge of the military intelligence department, have such power? If he said it rashly, Yue Zhongqi wouldn't believe it, so he bowed.

"If the general has any requirements, please give me instructions."

Yue Zhongqi grasped the initiative at this time, but he was a little impatient, and said with a smile: "Your envoy came this time, if he returned empty-handed, it would inevitably seem that my master was not authentic. The two of us might as well learn from that businessman today and make a deal. ”

"Oh? What to buy and sell? The general might as well speak out. ”

"First of all, I have to make sure that what your army wants should be Anqing City. As long as it's not my Yue's head, then we can talk about it. Yue Zhongqi had a smile on the corner of his mouth, and his face became very kind.

The shopkeeper's face moved, pretending not to understand, and said in a low voice: "Please also ask the general to show me." ”

Yue Zhongqi pressed the sword with one hand and supported the table with the other, leaned forward and leaned in front of the shopkeeper, with a smile on his face, but his eyes were extremely cold.

"If you want Anqing City, I can give it to you, but you have to let me withdraw all the soldiers in the city."

"No, I can't. Whether you give Anqing City or not, we will take it, and you understand that if you really fight, these green battalions of yours won't be able to last long. ”

"I'll take a step back, Anqing City will be sealed to you, the soldiers in the city, I will only take the Eight Banners and the Yue family, and the green camp will be left to you."

As soon as the words fell, Yue Zhongqi had already clenched the long sword in his hand and looked at the shopkeeper aggressively.

Obviously, if the shopkeeper does not agree now, Yue Zhongqi will completely give up the negotiation, but directly kill people to meet the enemy, and die for the country to fulfill his loyalty.

The shopkeeper let go of the hand that had been tightly covering his chest, closed his eyes slightly and thought for a while, and after a long time, he sighed faintly: "I can't be the master of this business by myself, I have to ask the big boss to do it." ”

Yue Zhongqi glanced at the shopkeeper deeply, but nodded. As long as there is room for negotiation, he will not let it go easily, after all, who doesn't want to live? As for the shopkeeper, Yue Zhongqi does not have to kill, no matter how important this person is, but in the overall situation, he is just a chess piece, and it doesn't matter whether he kills or not.

The shopkeeper who got the promise soon swaggered out of the city, and now there are many eyeliners around him, he doesn't want to go through those dark roads, and when the time comes, he will lose a lot of money if he leaks the news in vain.

"Lord Qiqi, the shopkeeper has left the city...."

Yue Hai, who had never shown up, appeared in front of Yue Zhongqi at some point, quite cautiously.

Yue Zhongqi sat at the table, holding the long sword in his hand, closed his eyes slightly, and said faintly: "From this conversation, I can be sure that the emperor should have an accident, at least this matter is not so simple......

"Then do you want me to take someone to investigate.....

"No need, this time we are really doing this deal with Chu Rei, no matter what it is for, do you understand?" Yue Zhongqi's words were as light as coming from the horizon.

Yue Hai prostrate on the ground, put his forehead on the ground, and said nervously: "No matter what the adult does, the slave swears to follow the adult, go up the knife mountain, go down to the sea of fire, and never give up." ”

Yue Zhongqi sighed faintly, looked down at the sword given to him by his old father, and then his face became firm.

"My Yue's family will not fall, and my Yue-Zhongqi will not fall."

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The shopkeeper returned to the camp of the Fu Han Army, and soon reported Yue Zhongqi's meaning to Ning Yu as it was, and even the wound on his chest was examined.

After listening to this report, Ning Yu's face was slightly gloomy.

"Yue Zhongqi is a character...... I really want to kill him this time. ”

At this time, Cheng Ming, Dong Ce, Qian Ying, Xu Mingyuan, Yu Zhijing and others had already gathered together, and they originally planned to start arranging a combat meeting for the attack on Anqing, but they unexpectedly heard such a news.

Cheng Ming smiled lightly, "This Yue Zhongqi is indeed a good decision, and now that he has such a move, it is really tempting." The Metropolitan Governor, humbly, thought that if he could really take Anqing without blood, he might as well let Yue Zhongqi go. ”

Qian Ying's expression was quite solemn, and he said worriedly: "When I was in the imperial court, I had already heard of Yue Zhongqi's name, but now I have been fighting with him for a long time under Anqing City, and I know that this person must not be underestimated, if Yue Zhongqi is let go this time, I am afraid it will be difficult to have such a good opportunity next time." ”

Ning Yu nodded slightly, of course he understood this, he would not take it seriously as an ordinary person, if Yue Zhongqi insisted on Anqing City like this, he would die and die, but now he made such a fuss, but he was stumped.

The reason is very simple, for the current Fu Han army, it has only been a short time after the last battle, many soldiers have become extremely tired, and the materials have not been completely replenished. It was precisely because of this consideration that Ning Yu felt a little jealous.

Xu Mingyuan was not qualified to participate in such a confidential meeting before, and now, as the commander of the Fifth Garrison Division, he also wants to show himself in front of Ning Yu at the moment.

"Metropolitan Governor, at the moment we may be blinded by the name Yue Zhongqi, in fact, I think that Yue Zhongqi is not important, no matter how talented he is, it is impossible to go against the general trend, as long as our army successfully takes Anqing, we can determine the strategic advantage in advance, and then take Jiangnan, even if there are a hundred Yue Zhongqi, it will not be able to change the general trend of the world."

"What's more, Yue Zhongqi made a deal with us this time, and when the time comes, when he returns to the Qing Dynasty, we can release this news, and when the time comes, with those hundreds of Eight Banner soldiers to testify, even if Yue Zhongqi doesn't die, I'm afraid he will lose trust and no longer have an impact on my army."

These words made everyone have a new understanding of this guy who is usually silent. The big guy only knew that this Xu Mingyuan was the first Qing army general to defect to the Han Army, but he didn't expect that his strategic thinking was so good, which made people underestimate it.

Ning Yu smiled slightly, and praised it: "Hahahaha, what General Xu said is reasonable, but it's just a little Yue Zhongqi, it's not worth paying so much attention to, and besides, my Fu Han Army has a talent like General Xu, and it's enough to deal with Yue Zhongqi." ”

He knew that as a general, he had been diligent and diligent in the Fu Han Army, concentrating on his work, and rarely speaking, which won Ning Yu's appreciation and promoted him to the position of commander of the garrison division. It is precisely because of this that Xu Mingyuan dared to express his opinions and won the appreciation of everyone.

"Since that's the case, promise Yue Zhongqi that we will do this deal with him!"

On March 18, the 61st year of Kangxi, Yue Zhongqi took hundreds of family members and hundreds of Eight Banner soldiers and directly took a boat all the way east and withdrew to the south of the Yangtze River. It's just that when he left Anqing, he didn't look back at Anqing at all, and the more than 10,000 green battalion soldiers inside had been left behind by him.

After the Ning Yu soldiers took Anqing without blood, they could be regarded as completely holding this Yangtze River hub in their hands, and with Anqing, the Anhui part south of the Yangtze River, such as Chizhou Mansion and Huizhou Mansion, was at their fingertips, and there was no room for resistance.

Of course, in addition to Anqing City, there are more than 10,000 green battalions left here, these green battalions were originally very complicated, most of them were routs who fled back from the Jiujiang front, and now they can't really run, all of them were packaged and sold to Ning Yu by Yue Zhongqi.

If it was placed before, Ning Yu had no choice, and it was possible to replenish some soldiers from it, but now it is different from the past, and Ning Yu is not willing to ask for this group of soldiers anymore, so he arranged a regiment of the Sixth Division of the garrison to escort them back to Wuchang along the way, and in the future, they will also be sent to the mine for transformation.

At the same time, without Li Fu by his side, Ning Yu soon felt the distress he had not felt for a long time, a large number of official documents and official seals were piled up in his line, waiting for him to deal with them one by one, in addition, there was a large group of local squire representatives to meet to calm the local people's hearts, so they were busy for a long time every day, and they didn't even have a trace of free time.

Because of this, Ning Yu quickly sent someone to Wuchang again, on the one hand, to find an opportunity to find his father to report the good news and ask for money, and on the other hand, to let Li Fu come back to work quickly, otherwise if he goes on like this every day, he Ning Dagongzi is afraid that he will be tired and lose his appearance.

In fact, in Wuchang City at this time, a series of victories on the battlefield have already warmed people's hearts, they no longer have to worry about the Qing army coming to attack, and they don't have to worry about the safety of their own lives being affected, they have become accustomed to living under the Fu Han army, and even like this kind of life.

The reason for such a change is actually very simple, that is, at the strong request of Ning Zhongyuan, all miscellaneous factions except taxes have been abolished, and even forced labor can be replaced with money - this kind of move does not seem to be big, but in fact, it has greatly reduced the burden on the lives of ordinary people.

But don't underestimate this burden, in fact, in today's Qing Dynasty, the taxes demanded from the people are not particularly heavy strictly speaking, but after there are miscellaneous factions, it is completely different, and it can almost completely crush a low-level family, and there are almost countless people who have nothing to do with their families.

Originally, it was common to sell people and buy people at the foot of Wuchang City, like the Eagle Battalion, the capital of Ning Yu's start, but they were all bought from the hands of the great monks, but now it is different, without these miscellaneous factions and endless servitude, although many of them are still on the verge of starvation, they can survive after all.

As long as people can live, they will have hope, and if they have hope, they will never let people change this hope, even if the king of heaven and Lao Tzu comes, it will be done correctly.

Therefore, when they heard that the Fu Han army was leading Ning Yu to victory after victory, the excitement in people's hearts was actually no less than Ning Yu himself, they were afraid that this kind of life would be broken, and they were also afraid that the happiness in front of them would be disillusioned.

But in the palace of the king of Chu at this time, the atmosphere was a little awkward.