Chapter 1 Entering the rivers and lakes for the first time
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"The water originates from nothing in the world, and the white jade pot gushes out of the flat ground; The valley is weak for a long time, and the drought is not afraid that the East China Sea will be dry. The clouds and mist are evaporating and the flowers are not injected, and the waves are shaking Daming Lake; When the spring water is dusty, the ice and snow are full of clarity and loneliness...... Zhao Mengfu. Good poetry, good poetry, really good poetry! ”
Next to the Baotu Spring, where three springs are gushing and gushing endlessly, a handsome and elegant young man stands in the pavilion for visitors to rest, looking at the poems on the pavilion pillars and shaking his head and reciting, from time to time he also sends out bursts of admiration like a literati and ink writer, and exclaims with a thumbs up: "It is worthy of Zhao Mengfu, and the beautiful scenery of Baotu Spring is described vividly and vividly in just a few sentences." I think among the many poets of the Ming Dynasty, he Zhao Mengfu can be ranked in the top ten...... Ouch! Ouch! ”
Before the young man's words were finished, a thin old man on his left slapped him on the back of the head, and a pretty girl on his right who was holding a big bag of Jinan's famous snack Quancheng with both hands, gnawed on without any ladylike temperament, and had bright eyes and pink face, stepped on his instep with one foot, and the young man screamed in pain, "Father-in-law, Hui'er, why did you suddenly hit me?" The dry old man and the girl did not answer, but slapped and kicked again, and scolded in unison: "Fool! Stop being embarrassed! ”
"Am I embarrassed there?" The young man's seemingly intelligent and elegant face showed an idiot, and he was stupid not knowing where he was wrong. Fortunately, an ugly young man with chicken breasts and hunchback sprang out behind him, and explained to him: "Brother Wu, you are mistaken, Zhao Mengfu is a native of the late Song Dynasty and early Yuan Dynasty, or the eleventh generation grandson of Zhao Kuangyin, Taizu of the Song Dynasty, and he is most famous for calligraphy, you say that he is a poet of the Ming Dynasty, and he will make jokes." ”
"Hahahaha......." As soon as the ugly young man's voice fell, the tourists who heard it next to him were already laughing and leaning back. The young man was embarrassed for a while, and muttered, "I'll just say, how can a poet of the Ming Dynasty write such a good poem?" That is, the Great Song Dynasty, which did not kill literati, could have such good poets and calligraphers. ”
Speaking of which, everyone should have guessed that this vassal and elegant young man is our Pingxi King's eldest son Wu Yingxiong - now his name is Wu Yuanming, and the pretty maid who grabbed a big bun with both hands and gnawed on her saliva is naturally Hesheri Zhaohui, the deposed queen who eloped with Wu Yuanming - now known as He (He) Hui; As for the shriveled old man and the ugly boy, they were Wu Yuanming's godfathers who were always called Huazi Yao Qisheng and Yao Qisheng's proud disciple Shi Shilun. The old name Huazi and Wu Yuanming met in Zhengding Mansion twelve days ago, accompanied by not only the two hundred guards and the three brothers of the Wu family who Wu Sangui stayed in Beijing, but also Shi Shilun who insisted on following Yao Qisheng to study the world.
Subsequently, Wu Yuanming and Yao Qisheng disguised themselves as merchants who sold furs to Jiangnan, and took Hui'er, Shi Shilun, the three Wu brothers and ten carefully selected guards, and a group of 17 people rushed to Jiangnan via Jinan, while the other Wu Sangui guards continued to return to Yunnan with the ashes of 'Wu Yingxiong' and 'Zhaohui' to divert the attention of the Qing court. When Wu Yuanming and his entourage traveled to Jinan, it was late June of the eighth year of Kangxi, and Hui'er and Shi Shilun were clamoring to see the world-famous Baotu Spring......
After beating Wu Yuanming twice, Hui'er's little girl stuffed Quancheng's famous vegetable and meat buns into her mouth in two bites, and said vaguely while chewing rudely: "It's so fragrant, it's so fragrant, I can't imagine that the vegetable and meat buns are more delicious than pure meat." Brother Wu, go buy two more for me. Wu Yuanming could only stick out his tongue to express his surprise at the little girl's strong appetite, and said with a sad face: "Hui'er, it's not that the eldest brother is reluctant to give up those coppers, it's just that this bun is filled with two or two sides, you have already eaten four, if you eat it again, can your spleen and stomach stand it?" Besides, it's almost time to Shen now, and you're going to have dinner in a while, don't you have some appetite to eat Jinan's famous dishes such as milk soup and sweet and sour Yellow River carp? ”
"That'...... Okay, I'll save some appetite, but you'll have to buy me some spiced donkey meat. The little girl's appetite is really amazing, she can't be idle at all, Wu Yuanming has no choice but to let Wu Xi go to the stall to buy snacks for the little girl. Yao Qisheng pulled Wu Yuanming aside to a no-man's land, and asked Wu Yuanming in a low voice: "Child, if my father-in-law is not mistaken, the county magistrate of Licheng County near Jinan seems to be a western election official, right?" ”
Wu Yuanming carefully searched Wu Yingxiong's memory, and replied hesitantly: "It seems to be a Western election official, it seems to be called ...... Called Wang ...... King...... Fragrance! Yes, his name is Wang Fen, and it seems that he is still a master who was originally used by Du Hui, a general under my father Wang, who was sent out by my father to serve as an official. ”
Yao Qisheng frowned, gritted his teeth and said: "Even the master who has been used by the subordinates has been sent, it can be seen that the shortage of literati under your father is already very serious, but your father also pays too much attention to the immediate interests, and only cares about sending intimate literati out, he doesn't want to think about how many reliable literati he needs to govern the place in the future?" Will these people be able to go back in a pinch? Hmph, the court gave your father the right to choose the west, which is also a poisonous plan to hollow out your father's strength. ”
Wu Yuanming's heart tightened, and he suddenly remembered one of the reasons for the failure of his father Wu Sangui in history - political talents were all sent out before, and a large number of newly occupied prefectures and counties when the army was raised was unexpectedly unexpectedly unsent! Wu Yuanming hurriedly said: "I will write to my father, suggesting that he stop the western election and pay attention to accepting Luo Wenren." "Having said that, Wu Yuanming doesn't have much hope for this matter, his father Wu Sangui's reputation is too 'good' - but Wu Yuanming is also worried in vain, because he has an impulsive and noisy personality, and Yao Qisheng, who is worried that he will break a big deal, has not yet told Wu Yuanming about the third prince of Zhu.
"You don't have to worry about this, Jiangnan literati are gathered, talented and learned people are everywhere, and your father-in-law will arrange it for you - your father-in-law is just worried about Yungui's current government and people's customs." Yao Qisheng said very easily: "And I asked if the Licheng County Order was the official of the Western Election, not for anything else, but it has been almost a month since the fall of Aobai, and presumably the court report (Note 1) that punished his party has been sent to the place, and my father-in-law wants to see how the Tartar court deals with Aobai." Originally, your father also had an intelligence network in Beijing, but his father-in-law was worried about leaking your affairs, and just after Baoding when he left Beijing, his father-in-law cut off contact with them, so he could only ask the Western Election Officer for help. ”
"It's easy." Wu Yuanming agreed with a mouthful: "My father once gave me a gold medal representing the Pingxi Palace, which was specially used to contact the Western Election Officials, and I asked Wu Lu and them to take the gold medal to Lixian County to find Wang Fen, and take a copy of the Di Bao to take it." ”
"I can't call your name, I heard that Wang Shirong is often sent by your father to contact the Western Election Officials in various places, so use his reputation." Yao Qisheng instructed again: "Let Wu Lu be sure to rush back before tomorrow morning, it's not early, we will rest in Jinan for a night today, and wait for the report from the palace tomorrow morning before we leave." Wu Yuanming agreed, and hurriedly called Wu Lu to ask for an order, and Wu Lu hurried away with two guards after receiving the order.
After a fun tour in Baotu Spring, Wu Yuanming was dragged by the little girl to the Daming Lake in Jinan Mansion to enjoy the beautiful scenery and food, although Wu Yuanming was bitter on the surface, he really loved this little girl in his heart, and he had no regrets to play with her, and it was not until the evening that he went to a small inn outside Jinan with everyone to rest - Jinan is not far from Beijing, and Wu Yuanming, who has a ghost in his heart, dares to live in the city to give people a turtle in an urn? However, what gave Wu Yuanming a headache was that there was only one woman in his team, and the little girl didn't dare to sleep alone, so it was Wu Yuanming's responsibility to take care of the little girl at night...... Bitter!
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There was nothing to say that night, but just after the time passed, Wu Yuanming and the little girl's room heard the sound of hurried footsteps, Wu Yuanming was very vigilant when he slept, and immediately turned over and sat up and asked, "Who is it?" Fortunately, the voice outside the room Wu Yuanming was very familiar - it turned out to be Wu Lu, who was sent by Wu Yuanming to Licheng County to find the West Election Official, Wu Lu gasped outside the door and said, "Young Master, it's me, something happened." ”
Wu Yuanming hurriedly opened the door to let Wu Lu in, and asked in a low voice, "What's wrong?" Wu Lu also replied in a low voice: "Today, the slave went to Licheng County to find the county commander Wang Fen, but I didn't expect that less than an hour before the slave entered the county, Wang Fen was assassinated in the yamen and was seriously injured, lying on the hospital bed dying, I am afraid that his life is in danger, the slave did not dare to see him, and came back to you directly." ”
"Why? He has done a lot of evil, has he offended any strange people? Wu Yuanming asked in surprise. Wu Lu gasped and replied: "That's not it, the slave inquired, Wang Fen's reputation among the people of Licheng is not bad, he was assassinated this time, it seems that he caught an important person in the Heaven and Earth Society, and the Heaven and Earth Society is our Wu family's rival, so he was poisoned, when he was assassinated, the Licheng County Prison was also robbed by the Heaven and Earth Society." ”
"Heaven and Earth Meeting?!" Wu Yuanming gasped, and said in his heart that although he would definitely bump into the people of the Heaven and Earth Society when he went to Jiangnan this time, he didn't expect to deal with them so early. Wu Yuanming hurriedly asked, "Have you heard about any important people in the Heaven and Earth Society?" Have the prisoners been robbed? ”
"The person caught seems to be Fang Dahong, the hall master of the Hongshun Hall of the Heaven and Earth Society, I heard that Wang Fen played a trick in the prison, so he was not robbed." Wu Lu replied recalling. Wu Yuanming was taken aback again, and said in a speech: "Wang Fen was able to catch the hall master of the Heaven and Earth Society Hongshun Hall with a county order, how did this kid catch it?" ”
Wu Lu shrugged his shoulders, saying that he didn't know, at this time, Yao Qisheng heard the voice and came over with his clothes and palms, and Wu Yuanming hurriedly led him into the room and sat down. After Wu Lu explained the general situation to Yao Qisheng, Wu Yuanming asked Yao Qisheng in a low voice: "Father-in-law, what do you think the child should do now?" Do you want to leave it alone and continue to go south? Or do you want to find out and then make a decision? ”
Yao Qisheng twisted the mouse whiskers and groaned for a long time, and then looked at the little girl sleeping on the bed, and saw that she covered her head with a quilt and didn't know whether she was really sleeping or fake sleeping, in short, she was motionless. Wu Yuanming understood and shouted in a low voice: "Hui'er, Hui'er, have you slept?" The little girl was still motionless, but a low voice came from the quilt, "Brother Wu, Hui'er has decided to be your person, you say, as long as it has nothing to do with my Ama and Eniang, Hui'er won't hear anything." ”
"What a smart and sensible little girl." Wu Yuanming and Yao Qisheng praised in their hearts at the same time. Only then did Yao Qisheng whisper to Wu Yuanming: "Child, what do you think of the Heaven and Earth Society?" They are not only against the Qing Dynasty and the restoration of the Ming Dynasty, but also against your Wu family, and they are simply not in harmony with your family! Do you think they should be wooed? Or do you want to wipe them all out? ”
"All the anti-Qing forces in the world are the objects of my unity!" Wu Yuanming replied categorically. Yao Qisheng was very satisfied with Wu Yuanming's answer, nodded and said: "Very good, the enemy of the enemy is a friend, and anyone who achieves great things is a broad-minded hero, if he only cares about personal grievances, it is the way to self-destruction." ”
"Father-in-law, what do you mean, let me think of a way to entrap that hall master of Hong Shuntang?" Wu Yuanming asked tentatively. Yao Qisheng shook his head and said in a deep voice: "It's not enough to just entrap one hall master, heaven and earth will spread all over the north and south of the river, and the underground forces are very huge, even if you subdue one of them, you can't subdue all of them." If you want to take this huge force for your own use, you must first find a way to contact Chen Jinnan, the chief helmsman of the Heaven and Earth Society! According to the father-in-law, Chen Jinnan's behavior is completely different from that of Yang Qilong of the Zhong Saburo Xianghui, and he is also a rare hero, if you can contact him and subdue this person, it will be of great help to you to overthrow Kangxi. ”
As soon as Yao Qisheng's words fell, a low cheer came from the little girl's bed, "Overthrow Kang Xiaomazi?" Brother Wu, I raise my hands to support you! Immediately afterwards, the little girl jumped up from the bed wearing only a set of undershirts, ran over barefoot and sat in Wu Yuanming's arms, hugged Wu Yuanming's neck and shook it: "Brother Wu, I also want to help you overthrow Kang Xiaomazi and the Aixin Jueluo family, they don't have a good person in the Aixin Jueluo family." But you have to find a way to rescue my Eniang and Ama from Beijing, so that I don't have to worry about the future. ”
"Don't worry, I'll find a way to rescue you Ama and Eniang when the time comes." Wu Yuanming touched the little girl's hair, lovingly draped his coat on her, and then turned to Yao Qisheng and asked: "Father-in-law, Chen Jinnan has always seen the head but not the tail of the dragon, and the child has only heard of his name and has no way to contact him?" ”
"Being caught by Licheng County and the hall master of Hongshun Hall, isn't that your way? As the hall master of one of the ten halls of the Heaven and Earth Society, he has a high status, so he naturally has a way to contact Chen Jinnan. Yao Qisheng asked Wu Yuanming with a smile. Wu Yuanming frowned and said: "Although the words are good, but most of the people in the Heaven and Earth Society are hard-boned, even if we let Wang Fen release that Hongshun Hall Master, I am afraid that it will not be so easy for Wang Fen to feel our affection and introduce Chen Jinnan for us." After all, Heaven and Earth will not share the sky with our Wu family, and it is too difficult to win his trust. ”
"With the reputation of your Wu family, it is difficult to win the trust of the Heaven and Earth Society." Yao Qisheng said gloomily: "But if you rescue that Fang Dahong under the banner of other anti-Qing and Ming restoration forces, I am afraid that he will not be grateful to you and lead you to Chen Jinnan?" It's not that the father-in-law boasts, as long as you see Chen Jinnan's face, the father-in-law has a way to let Chen Jinnan be used by you. Speaking of this, Yao Qisheng subconsciously touched the thing hidden in his waist and abdomen......
"Under the banner of other anti-Qing forces?" Wu Yuanming touched his bare chin, suddenly his eyes lit up, and he said with a wicked smile: "Yes, if the child pretends to be someone from Mu Wangfu to rescue Fang Dahong, then he doesn't need the child to speak, he will cry and shout and beg me to meet Chen Jinnan." ”
"Hehe, urgently." At the same time, the smug smirk of Yao Qisheng and Wu Yuanming's father and son sounded in the room, and the little girl Hui'er shouted happily, "The person pretending to be Mu Wangfu robbed the prison?" It must be fun, I want to go too, Brother Wu and I are pretending to be brothers and sisters, and we will definitely be able to fool that Fang Dahong. ”