I have to admit that Sun Tingling, who has become a mountain of green hats, is indeed as mediocre and incompetent as in history, after robbing the prison in Yangzhou and escaping on the warship, the first thing he did was to fall asleep, and even Chen Jinnan, Gu Yanwu and others parted ways with Wu Yuanming's team, he only found out after waking up the next day. Knowing that the people he had worked so hard to save left in a bad mood, Sun Tingling couldn't help but scold, "Damn, aren't a few old guys just famous and have read books for a few years?" Is he so ignorant of lifting? Lao Tzu also counted on taking one or two of them back to Guangxi to decorate the façade of Lao Tzu's shogunate. ”

"Brother Tingling, the Tao is not the same, let's leave them alone. Anyway, a few of them are determined to fight against the Tartar court, as long as they can do Jiangnan and continue to make trouble, it will not be in vain for us to rescue them. Wu Yuanming looked at the clear surging river and casually comforted Sun Tingling. Sun Tingling scolded a few more words of ignorance and asked Wu Yuanming, "Shizi, where is our ship?" ”

"Just after Shijia Bridge, walk dozens of miles further into the Yangtze River." Wu Yuanming replied, and asked Sun Tingling: "Brother Tingling, after entering the Yangtze River, the south bank is Zhenjiang, and we have three ways to go, one is to continue south along the canal, one is to go to sea along the Yangtze River, and the other is to go up to Jiangning against the current. I'm going to Jiangning, would you like to go with me? ”

"I'm not going to Jiangning! Jiangning is Zhu Guozhi's territory, I have a grudge against him, I can't go! Sun Tingling was taken aback, and hurriedly refused Wu Yuanming's invitation, "Besides, I have been away from Guangxi for a while, and I should go back, otherwise I will be told by the Yanguan Yushi that I leave without authorization, and I will have to go around without eating." Wu Yuanming had expected that Sun Tingling would not dare to go to Jiangning, so he nodded and said: "It's okay, Brother Tingling can do it as much as he can after he goes back, the first is to encircle the middle and lower-level generals in the Guangxi army, and when the time is ripe, he will launch a mutiny to kill Dai Liangchen, Wang Yongning and Ma Xiong, and completely control the army in Guangxi." ”

"But you need silver to win people's hearts, and I have so much money in my hand?" Sun Tingling asked Wu Yuanming with a hippie smile. Wu Yuanming smiled, took out a pre-written letter and handed it to Sun Tingling, and said with a smile: "This is a letter I wrote to my father, you will send your henchmen to the king of Pingxi when you go to Guangxi, and show the king of Pingxi that your intention to surrender to the Pingxi royal mansion will naturally provide you with the funds needed for the operation, and will also send strategists and manpower to assist you." ”

The letter was not sealed, Sun Tingling knew that this was Wu Yuanming's consciousness that he asked him to see, so he unceremoniously took out the letterhead to check, only to see Wu Yuanming blowing his Sun Tingling to the sky on the letter to Wu Sangui, and explained Sun Tingling's defection to the Pingxi Palace, and asked Wu Sangui to provide help within his ability to assist Sun Tingling in controlling Guangxi, and finally used the positive seal of the prince of Pingxi. Sun Tingling couldn't help but be overjoyed, knowing that Wu Yuanming was full of sincerity in helping him - otherwise Sun Tingling could bring down Wu Sangui with this letter alone, and he was busy thanking Wu Yuanming again and again.

The next day, when the boat arrived at the Yangtze River, Sun Tingling led his entourage to leave south in a boat, and happily made preparations for his domination of Guangxi. The boat that Wu Yuanming and the others were on temporarily docked at the Zhenjiang wharf, and Wu Yuanming wrote a letter to his father Wu Sangui to describe the situation these days, suggesting that Wu Sangui and Sun Tingling cooperate to control Guangxi, and hand it over to the two veterans of the Pingxi Royal Mansion together with the bag of pill-packed propellants, so that they could rush to Yunnan to deliver the letter first.

"Zhenjiang Meat! Hairy crabs! Crab roe soup dumplings! As soon as Wu Yuanming let the two veterans get off the boat and leave, Hui'er and Zheng Xin shouted in Wu Yuanming's ears in unison, both of them looking salivating. Wu Yuanming shook his head with a wry smile and refused: "Hui'er, Xinxin, we just stopped in Zhenjiang and left, we don't have time to delay in this place, let's have a chance to eat these things again in the future." ”

"No, I've wanted to eat these famous Zhenjiang dishes for a long time." Hui'er and Zheng Xin squeezed into Wu Yuanming's arms left and right, hugged Wu Yuanming's neck and waist and sprinkled coquettishly, from time to time you push each other, I punched you, and looked at each other unpleasantly. At this time, Yao Qisheng interjected again: "Child, Zhenjiang's Jinshan, Jiaoshan and Beigu Mountain are all famous, you can take them to play near Zhenjiang, today is only August 22, we just need to rush to Jiangning before September 18, there is still plenty of time, we can go all the way to the mountains and rivers." ”

"Why rush to Jiangning before September 18?" Wu Yuanming was very surprised by the time Yao Qisheng asked, and Shi Shilun on the side interjected: "Brother Wu, September 18 is the birthday of Zhu Yuanzhang, the Taizu of the Ming Dynasty, and the teacher should ask you to kowtow in front of Zhu Yuanzhang's Ming Tomb on that day." However, Shi Shilun was also a little puzzled, and asked Yao Qisheng worriedly: "Teacher, most of the literati in Jiangnan have the previous dynasty in their hearts, and there must be a lot of old and young relics of the former dynasty who went to worship in front of the Ming Xiaoling Mausoleum that day, and the Tatar government will definitely strengthen the surveillance of the Ming Xiaoling Mausoleum on that day, will it be too dangerous to appear there rashly as Brother Wu?" ”

"The more people, the better, that's what I want, but no matter how dangerous it is, I have to go." Yao Qisheng replied solemnly, and said with a smile: "If I guess correctly, Chen Jinnan and Gu Yanwu will definitely go to the Ming Tomb to worship in front of the Ming Tomb that day." Wu Yuanming was puzzled by Yao Qisheng's arrangement, but he guessed that Yao Qisheng must have a deep meaning in doing this, so he nodded and agreed to Yao Qisheng's request. But Dai Yan objected, "Brother Wu, I have been delayed on the road for a long time, if I don't rush back to my hometown, my mother and brother will definitely be anxious, worried that something has happened to me." I didn't go back to my hometown until September 18, and I couldn't wait. ”

Wu Yuanming was embarrassed for a while, and persuaded: "Yan'er, wait a little longer, when I finish my work, we will send you home together." Dai Yan shook her head and whispered: "Brother Wu, compare your heart to your heart, I am a girl, if you are my eldest brother, I have been adrift on the rivers and lakes for a long time and will not go home, can you not be in a hurry?" The old servant of Dai Yan's family, Fu Bo, also said: "Yes, Wu Gongzi, if you just wait for another day or two, it doesn't matter, and if you wait for more than 20 days to return to Hangzhou, then it will be too long." It's about to be the day of rent collection, and the grain fields and tea fields at home need to be taken care of, but our lord is now in Mongolia, and it is inconvenient for the lady to come forward, and the young master also tinkers with some strange things all day long and ignores the affairs of the family, and the old slave must rush back to help the lady and the young master rush back to deal with these things. ”

"Brother Wu, you and I should go to Hangzhou to see my mother, our affairs can't be delayed." Dai Yan pleaded with Wu Yuanming. On the one hand, the godfather was going to Jiangning, and on the other hand, his future wife was going back to Hangzhou, Wu Yuanming couldn't help but feel a big headache, and after a little calculation, Wu Yuanming asked: "Then how much time does it take to get from here to Hangzhou?" The old servant Fubo replied: "If there is no delay on the road, you can reach Hangzhou in about six or seven days along the canal." ”

"Six or seven days, that's still time." Wu Yuanming breathed a sigh of relief, turned to Yao Qisheng and said, "Father-in-law, if this is not the case, you and Li Xiongfei will take Hui'er and Xin Xin to Jiangning City for a tour of the mountains and rivers, and Miss Dai and I will go to Hangzhou to meet her mother and brother first, and then I will rush to Jiangning to meet you before September 18?" "Wu Yuanming's move is really helpless, because Wu Yuanming doesn't know what Dai Zi's attitude is towards his 'famous' father, if it's just ordinary hatred, it's just easy to talk in front of Dai Yan. If Dai Zi is like those people in the Heaven and Earth Society, then if he does not share Dai Tian with Wu Sangui, then Wu Yuanming will have to spend effort and effort to subdue Dai Zi. So Wu Yuanming proposed to send Dai Yan home first, just to leave a good impression on the Dai family.

"Nope! I won't let you go! Hui'er immediately objected, pulled the corner of Wu Yuanming's clothes and said with tears in her eyes: "Brother Wu, it's not been a few days since we got back together, I don't want to be separated from you anymore." Zheng Xin was also reluctant to part with Wu Yuanming, so he also took Wu Yuanming's hand and said, "Brother Wu, I don't want to be separated from you for a day, don't go." Wu Yuanming touched the little faces of the two little girls and said with a smile: "Don't cry, I have important things to do when I go to Hangzhou, and besides, I will only go for ten days and rush back, you don't need to worry so much." ”

"Then I'll go with you." Hui'er and Zheng Xin saw that Wu Yuanming had made up their minds, so they proposed to go to Hangzhou with Wu Yuanming. Wu Yuanming went to Hangzhou to get officially engaged to Dai Yan - by the way, he took his brother-in-law Dai Zi, who dared to bring these two jealous little girls over to stir up the situation, so he naturally refused on the grounds that it was too hard to rush in a hurry. At this time, Yao Qisheng also considered various steps, so he nodded and agreed: "It's okay, you can send Miss Dai to Hangzhou, but you must rush back before September 18." Ming Xiaoling is located on the west side of Maoshan in the suburbs of Jiangning, there is a Taoist temple on Maoshan Mountain is a Taoist holy place, we are waiting for you in that courtyard. ”

"Shizi, let the last general protect you." Li Xiongfei was worried about Wu Yuanming's safety, and also proposed to go to Hangzhou with Wu Yuanming. Wu Yuanming shook his head again and said: "No need, I will just keep a low profile this time, there will be no danger, just take Wu Lu alone, and there are cunning traitors such as Zhu Guozhi and Wu Ciyou in Jiangning City, you still protect my father-in-law and they go to Jiangning." ”

"Shizi, is it okay to take me to Hangzhou? The beauties of Hangzhou are famous all over the world. Zhu Fangdan's eyes lit up, and he asked Wu Yuanming with a smile. Wu Yuanming wanted to refuse, but he really didn't feel at ease to let Zhu Fangdan, a big pervert, be with his beloved beautiful sister Hui'er, so he nodded and agreed to Zhu Fangdan's request. After the decision was made, Wu Yuanming took Wu Lu and Zhu Fangdan to separate from Yao Qisheng, Hui'er and others again, and hired another boat to rush to Hangzhou with Dai Yan to meet his future mother-in-law and brother-in-law. Although Hui'er and Zheng Xin were extremely reluctant to part with Wu Yuanming, they still obediently stayed by Yao Qisheng's side under Wu Yuanming's repeated threats and coaxing, and wept and separated from Wu Yuanming.

"Brother Wu, you must go and come back quickly!" Waving his hand to watch Wu Yuanming, Dai Yan and the others leave the ship, when the boat disappeared out of sight, Hui'er, who had not been reunited with Wu Yuanming for a few days, finally cried, this time Zheng Xin did not take the opportunity to make fun of Hui'er as usual, and she was also tearful and could cry at any time. And Yao Qisheng comforted them for a while and then instructed his protégé Shi Shilun: "Shilun, get ready, let's go to a place where there are many literati and ink writers in the future, and specially chant poems with them." ”

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Let's not mention that Yao Qisheng took his proud disciple Shi Shilun mysteriously and slowly traveled westward to chant poetry all the way, just say that Wu Yuanming, Dai Yan and others rushed to Hangzhou day and night by canal, in order to facilitate speaking in front of Dai Zi, Wu Yuanming treated Dai Yan better than ever along the way, coaxing Dai Yan, who was not deeply involved in the world, to bloom, and his attachment to Wu Yuanming deepened. Although Dai Yan's appearance and temperament are not as good as those of Hui'er and Zheng Xin, the two princes, she is also the only small jasper in Wu Yuanming's back room. Of course, Wu Yuanming, who is a normal man, has to coax Dai Yan to bed a few more times on the road - the ill-intentioned Wu Yuanming thinks so, if Dai Yan's belly is bigger, Dai Zi will have to admit that Wu Yuanming is his brother-in-law.

Approaching September, the north wind gradually rose, taking advantage of the tailwind to hurry up, Wu Yuanming and others arrived at the Hangzhou wharf at noon on August 28, and Dai Yan, who returned to her hometown, was not in the mood to play in Hangzhou with Wu Yuanming, but pulled Wu Yuanming to hire a carriage and went straight to his hometown by the Qiantang River outside the city. Wu Yuanming is nothing, but Zhu Fangdan complained because he couldn't appreciate the beauties in Hangzhou, but after seeing those Jiangnan girls who went out of the city outside the city, Zhu Fangdan quickly put his dissatisfaction aside, and poked his head out of the carriage from time to time and shouted, "Girl, your face is blue, it seems that there is a hidden disease in your body, and you are using rough medical skills - known as a miracle doctor, please let you diagnose and treat one or two." It's a pity that Zhu Fangdan's appearance is really a little sorry, not only did he not catch a beautiful girl, but he scared those young girls into screaming and running for their lives.

"Divine Doctor Zhu, can't you be more restrained? You want a woman, when you return to Yunnan, I will pick a few of the most beautiful maids to serve you. Wu Yuanming said angrily. Who knew that Zhu Fangdan shook his head like a rattle, "It's not proper, it's inappropriate, the girls in Yunnan are as beautiful as the girls in Jiangnan?" Besides, the more women the merrier, wouldn't it be better if I could pursue a few beautiful girls in Hangzhou? Wu Yuanming shook his head and sighed, suddenly remembered something and warned Zhu Fangdan: "Divine Doctor Zhu, I can warn you, when you arrive at Miss Dai's house in a while, no matter how beautiful the ladies in Miss Dai's family are, you are not allowed to use your set of words to tease them!" Otherwise, I don't care if they slap you with ear scrapers! ”

"Yes, yes, especially my mother, if you dare to be rude to her, I will give you a taste of a repeating musket." After being reminded by Wu Yuanming, Dai Yan also hurriedly said to Zhu Fangdan. Zhu Fangdan had already seen Wu Yuanming test firing the two repeating muskets on the road, and he was afraid and hurriedly agreed, "Yes, yes, Miss Dai, don't worry, I dare to be rude to Miss's mother—I just don't know if Miss Dai has a cousin or cousin, can you introduce me to me?" ”

"This guy is finished." Wu Yuanming and Dai Yan lamented together.

Talking and laughing, the carriage of Wu Yuanming and others has arrived at the village where Dai Yan's family is located on the bank of the Qiantang River, which is a typical village in the south of the Yangtze River, with blue bricks and fine tiles, small bridges and flowing water, and willows and willows, the scenery is really beautiful, and Dai Yan's family is also the largest rich family in this village. The closer she got to her home, the more excited and nervous Dai Yan became, excited to see her long-lost relatives, and nervous because she was afraid that her mother and eldest brother would not agree to her family affairs, especially her parents had always hoped that she would recruit her son-in-law to take care of the family business - don't expect Dai Zi, the firearms maniac, to be interested in managing the family's property, but Wu Yuanming's identity would never allow him to be the Dai family's son-in-law, so Dai Yan was nervous and worried, and the palm of Wu Yuanming's little hand became wet and slippery. Wu Yuanming keenly noticed the changes in Dai Yan, so he comforted softly: "Don't be afraid, I believe that your mother is not an unreasonable person, and I will definitely be able to persuade her to allow you to go with me." ”

"Hmm." Dai Yan snorted softly and leaned gently on Wu Yuanming's shoulder. But at this time, the carriage happened to turn the village road, and Dai Yan immediately sat up straight in surprise, pointed to the gate of a compound full of villagers in front and exclaimed, "Why are there so many people at my doorstep?" Is something wrong with my family? Wu Yuanming was also taken aback, and hurriedly ordered the carriage to stop, pulled Dai Yan to jump out of the carriage and ran over directly.

When he arrived at the gate of Dai Yan's house, Wu Yuanming first heard the sad crying of a woman from the courtyard, and at the same time, the onlookers also recognized Dai Yan, and many people shouted to get out of the way, "Miss Dai is back, Miss Dai, something happened to your brother!" Get on in. Wu Yuanming and Dai Yan were so frightened that their legs were weak, and they both ran into the yard, and the ground of the compound was quite messy, full of smashed flower pots and furniture, and a dignified and beautiful **** was being held by two maids in the courtyard crying to death, Dai Yan rushed forward and shouted to the ****: "Mother, I'm back, what's going on at home?" Where's the brother? Where did he go? ”

"Yan'er, you're finally back." Dai's mother was overjoyed when she saw her beloved daughter returning home, and after holding her daughter's hand, she cried again, "Yan'er, your brother had an accident, and your brother was arrested by the official mission of Hangzhou Mansion this morning." Oh my God, your father is far away in Mongolia, what should we do if you call us two women? ”

"Brother was arrested by an official mission?" Dai Yan was startled, and suddenly remembered the Qing court's ban on prohibiting people from possessing firearms, and hurriedly asked, "Mother, is my brother's firearms made known by the government?" That's why the government took my brother away? ”

"It wasn't like this at first, but when the official sent into our house to arrest your brother, your brother happened to be fiddling with firearms in the yard, and the official sent your brother away along with the firearms." Dai's mother cried and said: "Those officials beat and scolded your brother, saying that your brother wanted to eat swan meat and secretly hid firearms, which is a big crime to cut off your head. ”

"Mother, why don't you talk about the relationship between our family and Mr. Chen's family? Mr. Chen's officials are much larger than those of the prefect of Hangzhou, so at least he can let his brother not have to suffer. Dai Yan has a very good relationship with her eldest brother Dai Zi, and she is so anxious that she jumps to her feet, and she complains about her mother. Dai's mother covered her face and cried: "I said it, but those officials said that the arrest of my brother was the intention of Lord Ahsan, the general of Hangzhou, and a county horse, and their officials were all the officials of your Brother Chen Shi, so they couldn't be accommodating, and they didn't even dare to accept the money I gave them!" ”

"General Hangzhou? County horses? Dai Yan gasped and choked up: "In addition to my brother who likes to fiddle with firearms, he is usually reluctant to kill even an ant, how can he offend such a big official?" After that, Dai Yan was also so nervous that she cried, and soon cried with her mother into two tearful people. And Wu Yuanming heard some taste, and hurriedly asked Dai's mother: "Auntie, may I ask why Dai Zigongzi got those officials?" The officials began to arrest him, and what crime did they use? ”

"You call me aunt? You are......? Dai's mother's red and swollen eyes looked Wu Yuanming up and down from crying, and it was very strange that Wu Yuanming called her. Dai Yan next to her stopped crying, and introduced to her mother with a red face: "Mother, he is Wu Gongzi I met on the road, and he came to our house to meet you." At the end, Dai Yan said again: "Mother, you tell Wu Gongzi about my brother, he has many acquaintances in the officialdom, and he may be able to help our family." ”

Knowing her daughter Mo Ruomu, Dai's mother saw her daughter's shameful face, and saw that Wu Yuanming was very handsome, and she already understood what her daughter meant. But now is obviously not the time to think about her daughter's marriage, Dai's mother cried and said to Wu Yuanming: "Wu Gongzi, the reason why my child was arrested was also sent into the city to inquire, and I instructed the government to arrest my child that the county master has a young lady, originally wanted to marry to the son of the Hangzhou general Ahsan, but my child somehow met with the young lady of the county lord's mansion by the West Lake last month, probably because of the injustice of the previous life, my child has fallen in love with the young lady of the county lord's mansion at first sight, and he doesn't want to eat. I also tried my best to meet secretly with the lady of the county lord's mansion, and the parents of the lady of the county lord's mansion found out when they had a private meeting the night before, and the matter spread, Lord Ahsan and the county horse were furious, so they asked the prefect of Hangzhou to send someone to arrest my child. I heard that the county horse lord also said that he would kill my child who seduced his daughter in prison! ”

"Yikes! My brother's nerd is also moved? Even went to seduce the young lady of the county lord's mansion? Dai Yan stopped crying and said in surprise. And the more Wu Yuanming listened, the more he felt that something was wrong, and he asked Dai's mother sweating profusely: "Auntie, what is the name of the young lady from the county lord's mansion?" And what are the names of her parents? ”

"The young lady of the county lord's mansion is called Wang Ying'er, her father is called Wang Yongyuan (Note 1), and her mother seems to be called Wu Mei." Dai's mother replied with a sob. And Wu Yuanming sat on the ground very simply, crying and laughing: "Oh my God, there is such a coincidence in the matter? The flood washed away the Dragon King Temple! ”

"The water washed away the Dragon King Temple? What do you mean? Dai Yan was even more confused by Wu Yuanming's words. Wu Yuanming smiled bitterly and beckoned to Dai Yan, and after letting her squat in front of him, he whispered in her ear: "Wu Mei is my second sister, Wang Yongyuan is my second brother-in-law, and as for that Wang Ying'er, it's my niece!" ”

"Ahh How coincidental?! Dai Yan screamed, and then Dai Yan couldn't cry or laugh, and muttered: "Oh no, no one will figure out the relationship between me and my brother this time." ”

Note 1: The person who controlled the military power in Guangxi with Dai Liangchen and Ma Xiong in the previous article should be Wang Yongnian, and the difference of one word, the stupid pure wolf was confused, and he hereby corrects and apologizes.