Through the conversation with Li Xiongfei, Wu Yuanming understood all kinds of things that happened in the imperial court, Aobai, rivers and lakes, his own family and the three feudatories during this time, first of all, Aobai's side, because Wu Yuanming's appearance changed the trajectory of history, and Aobai's fate also changed completely differently - unfortunately, it became more miserable! Kangxi's henchman Prince Kang Jieshu and Shangshu Mingzhu of the Criminal Department were responsible for the trial of Aobai, listing the 37 killable crimes of Aobai, Kangxi Zhubi approved the royal approval, and escorted Aobai and Aobai's son Namufu to the entrance of the vegetable market to cut off his head, and Aobai's wife Rong killed herself. In addition to Ji Shi and others, who had been bought by Kangxi in advance, all the henchmen of Aobai in Beijing were killed, and the Aobai party that was all in the ascendant in Beijing was uprooted. However, the cunning Kangxi did not move to worship the party's officials and generals in other places, but gave all the rewards and promotions, which greatly stabilized those provincial officials who were trembling and afraid of being implicated by Aobai - of course, Kangxi would replace them with his confidants sooner or later.

After the fall of Aobai, Beijing's power apparatus was reshuffled, and Wu Sangui's real ally in Beijing was stripped of his first-class public title and real power, but most of the officials of the party were unharmed, and it seems that Lao Ji still has a chance to make a comeback. And Kangxi's henchmen were all promoted, Mingzhu finally sat on the throne of the military department he coveted, Suo Etu had no official promotion because he had entered the upper study, and his position remained unchanged and he only received a lot of material rewards; Wei Dongting was promoted to the head of the imperial guard, and it was only a matter of time before the governor or governor was released; Tu Hai succeeded Wu Liuyi as the commander of Jiumen, and Wu Liuyi was sent to Guangdong to be promoted to the governor to help Shang Kexi, who had a bad relationship with Wu Sangui, and to monitor Geng Jingzhong and Shang Kexi's eldest son Shang Zhixin, who was very close to Wu Sangui. The others have their own rewards, so I won't list them one by one. But what made Wu Yuanming breathe a sigh of relief was that among the several iron hat kings in the Manchu Dynasty, the only one that gave Wu Yuanming a headache was that the abacus prince Prince An Yue Le was not reused by Kangxi, and was still at home to support his old age and leisure - how Wu Yuanming hoped that he would always be idle like this or be ill.

On the rivers and lakes, in order to gain time to eliminate the sequelae of the fall of Aobai and delay the pace of Wu Sangui's rebellion, Kangxi took all kinds of unscrupulous actions against the Western Election Officials. He also used some of the soft-boned literati who had defected to the Qing court to carry out verbal and written criticism of the Western Election Officials, spread rumors and bad things about the Western Election Officials, and incited the people to be hostile to the Western Election Officials with the Jianghu forces, making the already disputable Western Election Officials even more notorious among the people, and also implicating the reputation of Wu Sangui, the boss of the Western Election Officials, as evidenced by this turtle killing meeting.

From the current point of view, Kangxi's hand of cleaning up the western election officials is undoubtedly very effective, not to mention the difficulty of the western election officials at all levels among the people, not to mention the emergence of traitors, Wu Sangui's secret transportation network in the Central Plains has also been greatly damaged, and it is difficult to smuggle horses and grain in Yunnan and Guizhou to the southwest as before, making the price of grain and horses in Yunnan and Guizhou soaring; It is also difficult for Wu Sangui's privately minted coins in Yunnan to flow into the Central Plains - coins that cannot be exchanged for materials are equivalent to a pile of scrap copper; Elephant ivory, rhino horn, jadeite, medicinal herbs and other southwestern specialties that could be profiteering in the past could only be transported openly because of the destruction of the underground network, and the profits were greatly reduced after being heavily taxed by the Qing court, resulting in serious damage to the economy of Yunnan and Guizhou, and disrupting the pace of Wu Sangui's military war. Xia Guoxiang sent Li Xiong to fly to the Central Plains this time, in addition to inquiring about the situation of the turtle killing conference, another purpose was to secretly contact the western election officials at all levels and try to reorganize the underground network.

However, Yunnan is not completely without good news, Wu Yuanming put forward several suggestions to Wu Sangui have been effective, corn, potatoes, sweet potatoes and other new varieties of grain in Yunnan and Guizhou are growing gratifyingly, the yield per mu far exceeds wheat and rice, Wu Sangui has decided to expand the planting of new varieties of grain in the coming year, it is estimated that in two years, Yunnan and Guizhou should be able to achieve grain self-sufficiency. In addition, the iron mine in Ningyuan Mansion has also been put into production, and the iron output can be compared with the output of the entire Jiangnan, which completely solves the worries of Wu Sangui's army about the lack of weapons. In addition, Long Jizhao, the Tusi of Ma Naiying, who had been making trouble for Wu Sangui in Yungui, was also beheaded by Wu Sangui's general Ma Bao in Qujing Mansion, and as soon as Long Jizhao died, the Tudi Tusi, who had been unwilling to pay money and grain to Wu Sangui, also began to loosen, at least they did not dare to openly attack Wu Sangui's army again; The only trouble is that Long Jizhao's wife Qinghua fled to the Central Plains with Long Jizhao's children, and there is a legend that she is going to Beijing to knock on the drum to sue the emperor, Wu Sangui has issued a chase and kill order, and the family must be wiped out. However, what made Wu Yuanming most happy was the successful imitation of the flintlock musket in Yunnan, although the production was still very low and could not be equipped for the army, but it was also a good momentum - at least it proved that Yungui had the technology to make muskets and the steel needed to produce guns.

When Li Xiongfei finally introduced the general situation to Wu Yuanming, it was already more than half of the hour, and the sun had already risen, but Liu Haozi, the Zheng family sisters and Li Xiongfei, who had fought all night, brought those soldiers were still sleeping on the grass, especially the little girl Zheng Xin's sleeping elephant was even more cute, lying in her sister's arms, saliva flowed onto her sister's clothes, and Wu Yuanming couldn't help but think of the scene when she slept in her arms overnight in those days, and couldn't help but smile sweetly.

"Shizi, the last general is really tired, the last general will rest for a while, and I hope the prince will forgive." Li Xiongfei yawned and apologized to Wu Yuanming. Wu Yuanming hurriedly replied: "Okay, you can rest assured, this place is already far away from Hejian Mansion, and the Tartars can't catch up." I'm really sorry, you worked hard in the middle of the night last night to protect me, a son who doesn't know martial arts, and you have to introduce the situation in the second half of the night, thank you. ”

"The prince is too outward, and the last general will not dare to be." Li Xiongfei hugged his fist gratefully, fell asleep on the grass, and snored loudly in the blink of an eye, which showed that his tiredness had reached the limit. And Wu Yuanming was not very tired because he didn't spend the effort to fight, although he didn't sleep all night, he could still support it, and when he went to the stream next to the woods to wash off the makeup on his face with clean water, Wu Yuanming was already sleepy. At this time, Wu Yuanming suddenly picked up the gold medal that was withheld by Zheng Xin's little girl, and hurriedly touched the side of the Zheng family sisters, preparing to steal back the gold medal that proved his identity.

Under the morning sun, the two pretty faces of the Zheng sisters sleeping soundly became more delicate, like flowers, which made Wu Yuanming, who had not touched a woman for a long time, excited, but Wu Yuanming clearly knew that the sisters were not peony peonies, but two thorny roses. So Wu Yuanming forcibly suppressed the urge to kiss the sisters, slowly reached out and grabbed Zheng Xin's clothes, gently pulled up the corners of her chest, and put his hand into Zheng Xin's arms with the girl's fragrance......

Just as Wu Yuanming was about to succeed, Zheng Xue's cold voice came into Wu Yuanming's ears, "If you dare to touch my sister, you will die!" Wu Yuanming was shocked, and quickly withdrew the salty pig claws that seemed to be molesting the girl, and when he looked up, he saw Zheng Xuejiao's face full of anger, and he was glaring at him viciously. However, when Zheng Xue saw Wu Yuanming's face with makeup washed away, her heart also moved, and she said that this bastard is really handsome, no wonder her sister likes him so much.

"Miss Zheng, don't get me wrong, I just want to ......." Wu Yuanming's face, which could still charm a few girls from good families, barely squeezed out a smile, and muttered to Zheng Xue, who was breathing fire in his eyes. Zheng Xue asked coldly, "What do you want to do?" ”

"I ...... I think....... Wu Yuanming just wanted to say that he would get his gold medal back, but he was afraid that he would remind Zheng Xue to also go to see the gold medal, so he simply changed his mouth and pretended to be squinting, "I want to see if Xin Xin's chest is injured, Miss Zheng, don't think about it." ”

"You!" Zheng Xue was so angry by Wu Yuanming's words that she almost slapped her, but considering that waking up others would be detrimental to her sister's reputation, she gently put Zheng Xin, who was sleeping in her arms, on the grass. stood up and whispered to Wu Yuanming: "If you don't want to die, come with me, I have something to say to you." Wu Yuanming was afraid that she would not dare to go to her, but Zheng Xue didn't care so much, grabbed Wu Yuanming's throat with one hand, and grabbed Wu Yuanming's back clothes with the other, and slipped Wu Yuanming into the depths of the woods like an eagle catching a chicken, and found a secluded place to throw Wu Yuanming down.

"What do you want to do?" Wu Yuanming lay on the ground and clutched the clothes on his chest, screaming like a yellow flower girl who was about to be **. Zheng Xue's already cold face sank, clenched her fists and whispered: "Be quiet, if you wake up my sister, I will stab you to death with a sword." Wu Yuanming realized that she didn't mean to kill herself, so she nodded hurriedly and shut up, and said in a low voice: "Miss Zheng, as long as you don't kill me, you can do whatever you want." ”

"Good, count yourself smart." Zheng Xue said in a cold whisper: "Listen, as long as you promise me one thing, I can promise not to kill you." Zheng Xue thought about it and added, "And the hatred you pointed at me with a gun that day, I can also forget it." ”

"So easy to talk to? It smells of pubic hair. Wu Yuanming suddenly remembered that Zheng Xin had said last night that Zheng Xue already had a family with her mother-in-law, and then remembered that the little girl Zhaohui was unwilling to marry Kang Xiaomazi at the beginning, and begged her to help her escape from marriage - the Taiwanese version of the future queen's escape story gradually formed in Wu Yuanming's mind! Thinking of this, Wu Yuanming couldn't help but look at Zheng Xue carefully, because the first two meetings were only at night, so Wu Yuanming didn't take a closer look at Zheng Xue until this moment, and found that this girl was simply an enlarged version of Zheng Xin, not to mention the beauty of her facial features, what is even more rare is that the skin of this eighteen or nine-year-old girl is not even lower than her sister, just like a baby's skin, she can't find any flaws, and it is not an exaggeration to describe it as a deception of snow and frost. And this mature girl can't find any immaturity in her sister, and the **** figure makes Wu Yuanming salivate. The only regret is that since the first meeting, Zheng Xue has always had a cold expression on her face, and Wu Yuanming has never seen her smile.

"What are you looking at?" Zheng Xue found that Wu Yuanming was staring at her and didn't speak, and her cold pretty face immediately showed anger, and she took out her sword and pointed it at Wu Yuanming's eyebrows, and said angrily: "If you look at it again, I will stab you to death with a sword!" ”

Wu Yuanming was startled, quickly turned his head away from looking at her, and replied repeatedly: "Yes, yes, I don't look at it." Miss Zheng, if you have any orders, please feel free to say it. Having said that, Wu Yuanming made up his mind in his heart that if Zheng Xue also begged Hui'er to help her escape from marriage like Hui'er's little girl, then he would definitely help her get rid of the entanglement of her ugly fiancé - of course, provided that Wu Yuanming replaced Zheng Xue's fiancé.

"Hmph." Zheng Xue snorted coldly and withdrew the sword, and said coldly to Wu Yuanming: "Listen, as long as you leave my sister and don't pester her in the future, I can forgive you." Remember, toads can never eat swan meat! ”

"I'm pestering her?" Wu Yuanming was so angry that he jumped three feet high, and shouted, "I'm pestering your sister? It's your sister who is entangled, right? When I was in Licheng, she pestered me to send her to the river, and when I got to the river, she pestered me again, asking me and her to meet your master, and you also saw the situation at that time, was she pestering me? Or am I pestering her? Toad wants to eat swan meat? Even if I were a toad, she would be an ugly duckling at best! ”

Zheng Xue recalled it carefully, and found that it was indeed her sister who pegged Wu Yuanming that night, and Wu Yuanming did everything possible to be with his sister at that time, so he believed Wu Yuanming's words a little, and nodded: "Okay, even if it's really like you said, it's my sister who is pestering you." But you must promise me that you are not allowed to beat my sister's idea, and after a while my sister will wake up, we will go our separate ways, and if she asks to go with you, or ask you to go with us, you will not agree! ”

"No ......!" Wu Yuanming, who couldn't ask for it, just wanted to answer no question, but suddenly his eyes turned and he said that if you don't knock on the bamboo now, when will you wait? Wu Yuanming stopped what he was about to say, pretended to be regretful, shook his head and said, "It's a pity, your sister is so beautiful, although she is still young, she will grow up after all." Zheng Xue's eyes widened, and he clenched his sword again, Wu Yuanming hurriedly said: "But it's not that it's not negotiable, if you promise me a condition, I'll promise you." ”

"On what terms?" Zheng Xuehu glanced at Wu Yuanming, who was smiling evilly, suspiciously, gritted his teeth and said, "You say come and listen, but if you dare to propose something shameless, don't blame me for being ruthless with my sword!" ”

"Definitely not shameless." Wu Yuanming smiled evilly and waved his hand, staring at Zheng Xue's face as cold as ice and snow and said: "That's the case, we've known each other for two days, but I haven't seen you laugh yet, anyway, we will break up and never see each other again, as long as you laugh once to show me, I will promise you not to be with your sister again." This condition is not shameless, is it? ”

"Let me laugh once? What's so nice about me laughing? Zheng Xue never dreamed that Wu Yuanming would make such a strange request, and her cold face was full of doubts. Wu Yuanming smiled evilly: "It's good-looking, it must be good-looking, so I want to see you laugh once before breaking up with you." ”

Zheng Xue stared at Wu Yuanming for a long time, and found that there was no other malice on Wu Yuanming's face except for a curious evil smile, so he sighed and said softly: "Can you change the condition?" I haven't laughed or cried in seven years, and I've forgotten how to laugh and cry in so many years. ”

Wu Yuanming shook his head and asked, "I haven't laughed or cried for seven years?" Could it be that something happened seven years ago that made you unable to cry or laugh? Zheng Xue was silent and didn't answer, so Wu Yuanming asked curiously: "Miss Zheng, as long as you tell me the reason, I don't need you to laugh, and I promise not to be with your sister again." Zheng Xue was still silent, and the expression on her cold face changed slightly, even gloomy. Wu Yuanming was even more curious, so he said again: "Miss Zheng, if it's sad, if you say it, you may be much more relaxed." Anyway, the two of us will never have a chance to meet in the future, and you don't have to be afraid that I will poke your heart scar again, don't worry. ”

"Will it be easier to say it?" Zheng Xue looked miserable, shook her head lightly and said, "It's useless, it won't be easy." Wu Yuanming was disappointed for a while, and when he saw Zheng Xue's miserable appearance, he couldn't bear to ask again, and just wanted to give up, Zheng Xue suddenly said in a low voice: "Seven years ago, when I was eleven years old, my brother married me to a man, a man I had never met, in exchange for his family's grain, weapons, and ships, in exchange for a secret alliance with his family. I cry, I laugh, but what's the use? So I stopped crying, and I stopped laughing....... ”

Speaking of this, Zheng Xue's beautiful eyes were already full of tears, and she smiled miserably: "Fortunately, that man is a big official of the Tartars, because the Tartars and the Dutch red-haired devils colluded to win down Kinmen and Xiamen, and cut off the connection between my family and that man's family, so that man still doesn't dare to marry me publicly." However, my brother refused to ruin the marriage, because my family and his family still had to maintain close contact, and I ...... It's the bond that connects you. ”

"Seven years ago, your brother and your uncle competed for the throne? Could it be that your father is the great hero Zheng Chenggong? Your brother is Zheng Jing, the king of Yanping County? Wu Yuanming exclaimed. Wu Yuanming remembered that seven years ago - that is, in 1662 AD, Zheng Chenggong unfortunately died of illness in Taiwan, Zheng Chenggong's younger brother Zheng Xi took the opportunity to seize the throne, Zheng Jing, who was stationed in Xiamen in Kinmen, raised troops to return to Taiwan to fight for the throne, although Zheng Jing finally defeated Zheng Zheng to regain the throne, but the Qing court took advantage of the civil strife in Taiwan to collude with the Dutch to capture Kinmen Xiamen, all kinds of things are connected, Wu Yuanming guessed the identity of the Zheng sisters.

"How do you know that my brother is the king of Yanping? Aren't you Wu Sangui's person? How do you call my father a hero? Do you want to betray Wu Sangui? Zheng Xue was shocked, and hurriedly asked Wu Yuanming. Wu Yuanming shook his head and replied: "I can't betray the King of Pingxi, and I don't want to rebel, I really admire the surname of the country, so I call him a big hero." As for who your brother is, I guessed it. Wu Yuanming added, "By the way, Fujian, the territory of the King of Jingnan, is the closest to your Taiwan, and only his family can secretly support your family's grain, grass and ships, and your brother will marry you to the people of the Jingnan Wang family, right?" And who is betrothed to his house? Geng Jingzhong? Geng Jingzhong's younger brother Geng Xingyu? ”

"Neither." Zheng Xue shook her head, pursed her lips and said in a voice that Wu Yuanming could barely hear: "It's Geng Jimao." ”

"What? Geng Jimao? Geng Jingzhong's father Geng Jimao? That Geng Jimao, who was in his sixties, was so sick that he couldn't walk, lying on a hospital bed waiting to die, and even the throne was passed to Geng Jingzhong in advance? Wu Yuanming almost couldn't believe his ears, and asked Zheng Xue in a loud voice. Zheng Xue didn't answer, turned her face away and lowered her head, but there were already tears on her face. Wu Yuanming's blood surged and he was impulsive again, stepped forward and pressed his hands on Zheng Xue's thin shoulders, and said in a deep voice: "Miss Zheng, don't sacrifice your youth for a political marriage, don't marry that bad old man who can't live for two years!" Don't go back to Taiwan, you come with me! I promise that Geng Jingzhong's family will not dare to trouble you! ”

Wu Yuanming is not bragging, Wu Sangui is the strongest among the three feudatories, Wu Yuanming really took Zheng Xue to Yunnan, as long as Wu Sangui nodded and agreed, Geng Jingzhong's family did not dare to say a word of nonsense. Zheng Xue refused to believe Wu Yuanming's words, gently pushed Wu Yuanming's hands away, and said in a low voice: "Don't say stupid things, I know that your master, King Pingxi, is far stronger than King Jingnan, but you are just an ordinary person in Pingxi Palace, and you can't influence Wu Sangui and let Wu Sangui intervene." Don't sympathize with me, I've already decided, anyway, Geng Jimao won't live for a few years, just wait for him to die, I will cut out my family, the ancient Buddha green lantern, and live this life. ”

"Don't worry, I'll be able to convince me...... Our King Pingxi interfered in this matter, believe me. Wu Yuanming grabbed Zheng Xue's tender hands, which were colder than ice, stared into Zheng Xue's eyes, and said to Zheng Xue sincerely. Zheng Xue also stared at Wu Yuanming's eyes, as if judging whether Wu Yuanming was telling the truth or a lie, after a long time, Zheng Xue's lips moved slightly, and then shook her head again, and said in a low voice: "Don't lie to me, I know, you saw that I was born a little beautiful, and when you saw it, you wanted to deceive me into obeying you, and then abandon me after you succeeded, but I won't be fooled." Besides, our Zheng family and Wu Sangui swear not to be separated, even if you can really convince Wu Sangui, I can't accept Wu Sangui's help. ”

"You stupid girl, do you really want your good youth to be wasted?" Wu Yuanming shouted angrily. Zheng Xue shook her head again, not knowing whether to admit or deny. Wu Yuanming was even more angry, clenched Zheng Xue's hands and said in a deep voice: "Miss Zheng, I want to help you because you are the daughter of the great hero Zheng Chenggong, the sister of Xin Xin, and you don't have any intentions. If you believe me, you will follow me, and I will vouch with my head that I will help you get out of this miserable fate! I don't expect anything in return! ”

Zheng Xue stared at Wu Yuanming for a long time, her eyes were complicated, and she suddenly smiled again, she really smiled like a begonia blooming, the glow was rippling, and it was extremely moving, even Wu Yuanming, who had always claimed that a woman could be satisfied with the quilt, was stupid. Zheng Xuejiao said with a smile: "You are really good at changing the topic, originally I wanted you to leave my sister, but you turned left and right, and it turned out that you persuaded me to go with you?" You're really unreliable. ”

Speaking of this, Zheng Xue broke free of Wu Yuanming's hands, turned her head and walked slowly towards the road, and said in a low voice: "Thank you for your kindness, although I don't know if you are making me happy, or if you said these words to beat my idea, but I still thank you, but unfortunately I can't accept it." When my sister woke up, I took her to meet the master. Speaking of this, Zheng Xue paused and said in a lower voice: "Thank you." ”