In the second half of the year, Zheng Chenggong made great progress in the southern Fujian battlefield, but there was still an undercurrent surging in Guangdong.

Leaving Furong Villa, Chen Kai and his entourage went on the same road as Guizhuang, and only parted after arriving in Suzhou. During this period, Guizhuang intended to follow Chen Kai south, but Chen Kai hoped that he could continue to lurk here, collect intelligence for the Ming army, and wait for the day when the dawn of dawn would shine on the earth.

In Suzhou, Chen Kai did not make any stops, and by mid-August, he was already outside Hangzhou. This time, he decided to make a trip into town. Maybe spend a few days in the city.

There is a way to have heaven above, Suzhou and Hangzhou below, and the two cities of Suzhou and Hangzhou, known as the beauty. Not as economic as Suzhou, Hangzhou, as the capital of Zhejiang Province, is also a place where businessmen gather and handicrafts are extremely developed. In the Ming Dynasty, Hangzhou was also a giant city with a population of one million, and its influence was extraordinary.

"The evening market in Beicheng is like a forest, and it has been passed down to this day.

The green ramie is shaken by the wind and the moon shadow, and the fire of the sarongs shines on the green yin.

Behind the building, the drinking companions swim together, and the people on the lake are drunk. ”

As the terminus of the Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal, Hangzhou has its own unique charm of canal culture. Beiguan Night Market is one of the ten scenic spots in Qiantang. According to the "West Lake Chronicle", the grand occasion of the Beiguan Night Market is recorded, "Covering the place where the water and land converge, businessmen gathered." Every sunset in the mountain, then the sails are unloaded, the department store is on the market, so the city is not in the middle of the day and often until the night, and outside the city, there is no prohibition of Jinwu, the bonfire candles shine like the day, all those who return from the West Lake, more gather here, bustling, people are mixed, do not reduce the Lantern Festival light market. ”

This is outside the Wulin Gate, and the canal has since arrived close to Hangzhou City. Chen Kai and his entourage took the boat, here is considered to have reached the destination, they got off the boat, but it was daytime, listening to the tea shop Xiao Er said, the Qing army in Hangzhou recently made a big move, strict curfew, the city and outside the control is extremely strict, the scenery of the Beiguan night market, Chen Kai and these outsiders are not visible for the time being, but in the daytime, there is also a view of the red road, which is enough to make the trip worthwhile.

Along the way, there are mostly dilapidated scenes like Guangxinfu, Nanchang, Jiujiang, and Changzhou, and as prosperous as Hangzhou, but Chen Kai feels like he is in a different time and space. In Guangdong and Fujian all these years, Chen Kai has indeed never seen such a place that has hardly been disturbed by war.

It is said that Hangzhou was not massacred, but it is thanks to the "Lu Buddha" who was highly respected by the sages of Donglin, who was promoted to the prison state in Hangzhou after the fall of Nanjing, but chose to surrender to the Qing army. However, even if His Royal Highness King Lu is so "aware of current affairs", he will not be able to escape the butcher's knife of the Qing court, just casually find a reason, and be beheaded together with Emperor Hongguang and the captured Ming court clan. In this way, the experience of "Lu Buddha" in Hangzhou can probably be regarded as "I don't go to hell, who goes to hell".

"Amitabha, the poor monk will take the first step."

"There is Master Laodao."

This time he came to Hangzhou, Chen Kai had relevant plans. After entering the city, Daozong had already gone to step on the point, and Kuang Lu was still looking for one of his "old friends", with the help of the energy of the snakes on the ground, this time, Chen Kai did not plan to be too low-key, he was ready to fish out of this giant city that had fallen for many years, and fish out a person who was still controlled by the Qing court.

Daozong and Kuang Lu have already set off one after another, the former is okay, just according to Chen Kai's arrangement, first find a temple to place an order, act according to the plan and wait for follow-up instructions. However, Kuang Lu, not long after leaving the area controlled by the Ming army in Jiangxi, became more and more depressed, looking at the eastern periphery of Nanchang on Poyang Lake, entering the city to explore and return when he was in Changshu, chatting with Guizhuang on the way south to Suzhou, until he arrived in Hangzhou, he was still so depressed.

Due to the battle in Zhoushan, the Qing army launched a large-scale attack, and the inventory of Hangzhou City will inevitably be extremely strict. Chen Kai didn't plan to concentrate too much, so he simply let Daozong and Kuang Lu enter the city from Wulin Gate and Genshan Gate respectively, and after a few hours, he took the rest of the people to disguise themselves as merchants and men to enter the city from Wulin Gate.

Daozong and Kuang Lu, a monk and a Confucian scholar, entered the city gate without much effort. Judging from the news that came back, the inventory is indeed very strict. However, one of the two didn't need weapons, and the other didn't know how to use weapons, and the Qing army guarding the door was not too embarrassed, so they let them in.

"Our guys, whatever, we're going to hide outside the city first."

"Please rest assured when you join the army, once you are exposed, you will be bare-handed, and we will also fight for the army."

"It's really exposed, and you can't escape."

Along the way, the soldiers were used to protect themselves, and because of the small number of people, most of them were regarded as accompanying the nursing home, which was not very conspicuous. However, when he arrived in Hangzhou this time, the strictness of the investigation was far stricter than all the previous times along the way, Chen Kai did not plan to make trouble, so he simply left only part of the whistle sticks.

After waiting for more than an hour, Chen Kai and his entourage entered the city as promised. Outside the Wulin Gate, the long queue of people waiting to enter the city has already lined up for a long time, Chen Kai and his party have lined up, and there is a team of relatives in front, blowing and beating, so lively.

Chen Kai is not in a hurry, but those kisses are different. The auspicious days and auspicious times are all calculated, and in the houses in the city, the man's relatives are waiting, and it is really anxious to delay like this.

"Look, I told you that I came out earlier, and now I'm behind the line to pick up the kiss, and wait."

Vaguely listening to someone whispering behind him, Chen Kai didn't care too much, just lined up step by step. Just rubbed like this, I don't know how long it took, and finally arrived at the team that picked up the relatives.

"Crying and mourning, what are you blowing, don't you make a fuss?!"

The guards of the martial arts gate stepped forward to scold, and the matchmaker hurriedly beckoned the beating team to stop, and even the groom who was riding on the horse was begged by her to get off the horse, and then came to the group of guards in three steps and two steps.

"You see, they are all locals, the groom is close to the warden of Qiantang County, and the uncle of the bride is also a gentleman, and it is said that the next subject is very promising for high school...... You see that our team is not easy, the auspicious time is coming, please be accommodating. ”

Since two or three years ago, matchmakers don't like to cross this city gate to say goodbye. If it weren't for the fact that this time people inside and outside the city said that they were good, and the groom's family was related to the warden, she was not good at refusing the matchmaker's work, which one was willing to pass the ghost gate, and which one would really not be able to die.

As she spoke, the matchmaker licked her face, approached the guard who took the lead, and with a shake of her hand, a piece of silver was forced into the guard's hand.

The matchmaker was cautious, with a sneer on her face, and squeezed out a few more pleats. It's not like this, the guard took the silver, but he weighed it magnificently, and seemed to be a little dissatisfied, so he simply beckoned a few guards to come to the sedan chair together, pushed away the matchmaker, and tore open the sedan curtain. commented on the bride's figure with a lewd smile, and even threatened to lift the hijab to see what it looked like.

At this moment, the sedan chair was close to the left, and everyone present was stunned, especially the groom and the bride in the sedan chair, and the newlyweds were even more stunned on the spot.

"Sir, please, this girl's hijab can't be lifted. It's not in the cave room, it's not my own man, I really can't be a man, so I can't make a fuss......

Speaking of which, the matchmaker was very experienced, and quickly knelt down in front of the guard. Next, one head after another slammed into the ground, and traces of blood soon appeared on the bluestone slab. However, the guard didn't care at all, and the big lama even took the scabbard to lift the bride's hijab, and said vigorously, "If the little lady is beautiful, I don't mind getting her back to the flag camp to be a child."

As he spoke, the scabbard had reached the corner of the hijab, and the bride was probably frightened, but fortunately, the matchmaker reacted quickly, and hurriedly held the silver and jewelry on her body to the front of the guard. Seeing that the guard had stopped for the time being, but still did not take back the scabbard, the matchmaker hurriedly dragged the bridegroom over, and loudly said that he had silver on him, and he took it all out to pay respect, and even the pair of hands took out the money bag on the bridegroom's waist without heeding.

This is just a blink of an eye, as the bride in the sedan chair screamed, the wife was humiliated in public, and the groom was angry even though his face was angry, but he was immediately gagged by the matchmaker.

"What, this kid doesn't like our flag people?"

According to the Qing court system, the garrison generals, that is, the current Pingnan general Gushan Ezhen and the future Ang Bang Zhangjing, their status is much higher than that of the governor. For example, the governor of Zhejiang, on the first and fifteenth days of each month, has to report to the garrison general, and the gates of Hangzhou are also guarded by banner soldiers.

Whether it is Hangzhou, Xi'an, Nanjing, or the various cities that will be established in the future, the garrison of the Eight Banners has always been extremely arrogant and domineering in the local area. Hangzhou, since 1648 AD, that is, the fifth year of Shunzhi, began to send the Eight Banners Army to garrison, the garrison of the Eight Banners to harass the local people has begun. Today, it's just a small scene.

The flag man guard frowned, and the scabbard came out of the sedan chair, but looking at the posture, it was clear that he was going to draw the sword. Seeing this, the matchmaker hurriedly whispered to the groom the truth that "a good man does not suffer the loss in front of him", and even dragged the groom to kneel down and make a gesture of submission.

Soon, silver, jewelry, and copper coins were gathered from the bridegroom, bride, matchmaker, and send-off procession, and the bannermen were barely pacified. Subsequently, the group of flag soldiers checked the up and down of the family delivery procession, and in the end they found nothing suspicious, but they still dragged away the horse that the groom had just ridden, saying that it was for the groom to increase his memory.

The team that sent off the relatives did not dare to blow and fight, and they passed the Wulin Gate tremblingly, and disappeared at the end of the street as if fleeing. Chen Kai watched this "big show" in a daze, but it was their turn.

"What are you in a daze, look at you grinding, can't you be fine?"