On the morning of the first day of September, Wang Yongyuan's family and the Dai family moved to Yunnan together, and Dai Yan also went to Yunnan with her mother, first, to take care of her mother on the road, and second, Wu Yuanming really couldn't bear to let this well-behaved and obedient little girl accompany her in the rivers and lakes - Dai Yan is the only obedient and sensible among Wu Yuanming's wives. Of course, Dai Yan was reluctant to leave Wu Yuanming, but Dai Yan also knew that Wu Yuanming was thinking about her safety, and finally agreed to Wu Yuanming's request with tears.

drove away his wife, but his brother-in-law Dai Zi was brought by Wu Yuanming, because Wu Yuanming also needed him to improve the repeating musket for his own use at any time - who dares to guarantee that Wu Yuanming will encounter any accidents in the rest of the time? However, this brings another problem, Wu Yuanming's troublesome nephew Queen Ying'er insisted on walking with Dai Zi, and Wu Yuanming did not agree with Wang Ying'er and did not let Dai Zi go, so Wu Yuanming had no choice but to agree to his niece's request, and persuaded his brother-in-law and sister to let Wang Ying'er follow him to have a long experience, and Wang Yongyuan and his wife, who hoped to have a good relationship with the next king of Pingxi, readily agreed. At the same time, Wu Yuanming, who has some ability to understand people, asked for the scum golden knife of the second sister's family again, and Wu Mei also agreed.

Farewell, sent away the second sister's family and the mother and daughter of the Dai family, Wu Yuanming let him go into the backyard of the Dai family to visit the thirty-two third-generation disciples of Muwangfu, and as soon as he entered the backyard, Bai Xinsong, who was tied to a big willow tree, shouted, "Dog traitor, shameless villain, let go of me, let go of me!" The other three generations of disciples of Mu Wangfu also scolded one after another, scolding Wu Yuanming or something, of course, scolding Wu Yuanming for being a traitor, a lackey, a traitor, and a despicable and shameless person.

"Shameless villain?" Wu Yuanming grinned, slapped the golden knife and said to Bai Xinsong: "Golden knife, since this girl scolds us for being a shameless villain, then we will shamelessly show her." Go, rip off this girl's clothes. Liu Haozi and Hong Dashan behind Wu Yuanming were shocked, and hurriedly stopped: "No, she is the descendant of Old Man Mu, you can't insult her like this." Wu Yuanming replied in a low voice: "It's okay, I explained it first, just to scare her and let her know that the rivers and lakes are sinister." ”

"Stinky thief, don't come here, don't come here! If you dare to touch a single hair of me, I want your life! Bai Xinsong was frightened by Wu Yuanming's words, and struggled to shout, but her shouting obviously had no effect on the golden knife, and the magic hand stretched out by the golden knife with a lewd smile still stretched out to her skirt. Bai Xinsong was completely panicked at this moment, and hurriedly begged for mercy: "Wu Gongzi, I will scold you in the future, you can spare me." Wu Yuanming waved his hand, first let the thug golden knife stop the salty pig hand, and then reprimanded Bai Xinsong: "Stinky girl, in the future, when you go to the rivers and lakes, you can clean it up, first, you can cause less trouble, second, pay attention to your own cultivation, and third, don't discredit your ancestors!" ”

"These words are useful to you too!" Wu Yuanming pointed to the other three generations of disciples of Mu Wangfu and reprimanded: "Your ancestors and fathers are all heroes who stand up to the sky, as the descendants of heroes, you must pay more attention to what you act and speak on the rivers and lakes, don't let your ancestors who sacrificed their lives for the country have a dull face, and die under the nine springs!" It's okay to poison tartars, traitors, and lackeys with arsenic, but there were so many innocent people present last night, and you can poison them, if they are poisoned by you, what will happen to their wives and children? Where is your conscience? If this thing spreads, won't all the signboards of your Mu Wangfu be smashed?! ”

"You say, 'Are you worthy of your fathers?' Even if you succeed in taking revenge and killing so many innocent people, do you have the face to kowtow to your ancestors' spiritual thrones and say that you have avenged them? Wu Yuanming's voice was not very loud, but every sentence hit the hearts of the three generations of disciples of Mu Wangfu, and it was said that these half-grown children who had been patriotic by Liu Dahong Zhongjun since childhood were all flushed, and they couldn't wait to find a crack in the ground to get into. However, there were also those who were not convinced, and a half-sized man with a pointed forehead shouted: "Who doesn't accidentally injure an innocent person by killing a Tartar and killing a traitor?" I don't believe that there are no innocent people in this world who have not hurt innocent people when they fight Tartars and traitors. ”

"Brother Liu." Wu Yuanming just wanted to call Liu Haozi to come out to speak, but the grumpy Liu Haozi couldn't hold back and rushed up, kicked the pointed forehead that was tied to the ground three feet away, pointed at his nose and scolded: "Fuck! Lao Tzu told you that since Lao Tzu followed Uncle Hei Qi to fight Tartars at the age of eleven, he has never injured an innocent person, and even Chen Jinnan, the chief helmsman of the Heaven and Earth Society, had to give me a thumbs up and shout hello! Damn, is it reasonable to poison so many innocent people? If it weren't for the sake of Little Master Mu's face, Lao Tzu would have slashed you with one sword! ”

"I think you should have heard of it, this is Liu Yingying, who fought against the Tartars in Luoma Lake some time ago, your little grandfather Mu is a good friend with him, and he has fought side by side with him to fight against the Tartars, and he is your elder." Wu Yuanming pointed to Liu Haozi and introduced. The news of Liu Haozi and the Heaven and Earth Association joining forces to fight the Qing army has long been spread all over Jiangnan, and all the anti-Qing forces in Jiangnan have admired Liu Haozi, and the three generations of disciples of Mu Wangfu present have also heard of his name, and many Mu Wangfu disciples have shouted, "It turns out that you are Uncle Liu Haozi, Grandpa Liu often praises you in front of us." ”

"The old hero of the iron-backed Canglong Willow often praises me?" Liu Haozi loves to be flattered and praised the most, and immediately grinned. A third-generation disciple of Mu Wangfu replied: "I often boast, Grandpa Liu said that the Heaven and Earth Society and our people from Mu Wangfu were chased and killed by the Tartars, and no one in the entire Hebei and Henan dared to help us and the Heaven and Earth Society, so you accepted us and the Heaven and Earth Society regardless of the danger, and the righteousness was thin and cloudy!" It's a rare big hero! ”

"Old Hero Liu is too praised, I dare to be a hero." Liu Haozi's mouth was smiling from ear to ear, but Bai Xinsong interjected: "Don't be fooled, who knows if he is an impostor?" ”

"Am I impostoring?" Liu Haozi's nose was almost crooked, and he pulled out a dagger from the shoetube and shouted, "See? This dagger is one of the weapons that Liu Yingying carried with his old man when he entered Burma to do war, and later gave it to your little grandfather Mu Shenbao, and Mu Xiaogong transferred it to me, I have always taken it with me, and when I saw this dagger, I was like seeing his old man! ”

"It's really Grandpa Liu's weapon." Several Mu Wangfu disciples shouted. At this time, the three generations of disciples of Mu Wangfu no longer doubted it, and the people whose feet were not tied all struggled to bow down and said: "I have seen Uncle Liu, Grandpa Liu once explained that he wants us to perform a junior salute for you." ”

"All up, all please." Liu Haozi laughed happily and hurriedly went to support those Mu Wangfu disciples who bowed down, but the next words of a Mu Wangfu disciple made Liu Haozi lie on the spot, "Uncle Liu, don't you hate Tartars and traitors the most?" Then how do you stay with Wu Sangui's lackeys? And catch us all? Bai Xinsong also shouted: "Yes, Uncle Liu, the hooligan stinky scoundrel next to you is Wu Sangui's lackey, why don't you kill him with one sword?" ”

"It's ......." Liu Haozi was stunned for a long time before muttering: "He, a traitor lackey, is a little nervous, not only does he not help the Tartars do evil, but also helps us fight the Tartars, so I temporarily put his head on his neck, and when he does something sorry for our Han people, I will cut him off with another knife." Speaking of this, Liu Haozi pointed at Wu Yuanming and added, "Speaking of which, this nervous traitor lackey has a good relationship with your Mu Wangfu, and he also kissed Mu Meng, the little county lord of your Mu Wangfu, in front of many people." ”

"Dog thief, dare to insult and despise our county lord! I'm fighting with you! Liu Haozi's words caused a big disaster, and all the disciples of Mu Wangfu who were able to move at the scene jumped up to fight with Wu Yuanming, Liu Haozi hurriedly explained: "Don't get me wrong, your little county lord voluntarily kissed him, and he also admitted that it was his wife in public. ”

"Should our little county lord admit that he is the wife of this traitor lackey?" The three generations of disciples of Mu Wangfu were all dumbfounded, and looked at Wu Yuanming incredulously. Wu Yuanming laughed dryly and said: "Don't ask me about this matter, when you get to Jiangning, you can ask your county lord yourself." Wu Yuanming turned to Liu Haozi again and said: "Brother Liu, if I am not mistaken, these children should also go to Jiangning to pay homage to the Ming Tomb, so I will ask you to lead them to Jiangning City to meet with Grandpa Mu." Take care of them a little more, they are still young and still need to be honed, don't let them risk any more trouble. ”

"You're not going with us?" Liu Haozi blurted out. Wu Yuanming smiled bitterly: "Brother Liu, I am still a traitor lackey, and these children will not go with me." But I have one more thing to ask you, don't let these children assassinate my second sister and them again, one is to let my second sister go home safely, and the other is that my second sister is now protected by a dart game, and they also have a large number of muskets, without my protection in the open and secret, these children will suffer a big loss. ”

"I do my best." Liu Haozi nodded and said. Wu Yuanming took out the 1,000 taels of silver tickets that Ren Weichu had given him from his body, handed them to Liu Haozi and said: "Brother Liu, I know that you have no money on you, and these children have to spend money on food and accommodation on the road. ”

"Count me as borrowing you, and sooner or later I will pay you back." Liu Haozi hesitated for a long time before taking Wu Yuanming's silver ticket, and said to Wu Yuanming calmly. Wu Yuanming turned around with a smile, took Jin Shan and Wu Lu out of the backyard without saying a word, and left Daijiazhuang by car with Dai Zi, Wang Yinger and Zhu Fangdan, who were waiting in the front hall, and went straight to the canal wharf. And Liu Haozi and Hong Dashan didn't look away until Wu Yuanming's figure disappeared for a long time, and then turned around with a sigh, and cut the ropes for the three disciples of Mu Wangfu one by one to loosen the ties.

"Uncle Liu, who is that traitor lackey? Why did he catch us and not beat or scold, and let us all go? When Liu Haozi untied Bai Xinzi, Bai Xinsong asked Liu Haozi. Liu Haozi hesitated for a long time before saying: "He said that he wanted to protect you and didn't want you to get injured in the fight with his second sister's bodyguard, so he caught all of you, but I think he is insane." ”

"It doesn't matter if he's a psychotic or not." Bai Xinsong remembered what Wu Yuanming had been indecent to him in the past two days, and he hated itchy, gritted his teeth and said hatefully: "One day, I will cut off the head of that scoundrel and stinky hooligan with my own hands and throw it into the dung pit to soak for ten days and ten nights." ”

Liu Haozi was very trustworthy, and sure enough, he stopped the proposal of the three generations of disciples of Mu Wangfu to hunt down and kill Wu Mei's family, and left Daijiazhuang with these half-grown children to leave north, because the investigation along the canal was extremely strict, Liu Haozi, who was still a wanted criminal, did not dare to take the waterway, so he could only take the road of Huzhou by land to Jiangning. On the way, Liu Haozi asked Liu Dahong why he was not with the three generations of disciples of Mu Wangfu, Bai Xinsong and others told the truth, and Liu Haozi learned that Liu Dahong's first trip to the north was related to the Suqian fiasco.

That night, the Luomahu team was killed by the Qing army, Mu Shenbao and Mu Meng brothers and sisters did not know where to go, the news was sent to Liu Dahong, who was going north by the disciples of Mu Wangfu who fled to the south first, Liu Dahong had to take the second generation of disciples to go north to find Mu Shenbao brothers and sisters, these three generations of disciples were not fast, so they could only continue to go north to Jiangning as planned. When passing through Hangzhou, these children heard that Wu Sangui's daughter and son-in-law lived in Hangzhou, so they had the idea of assassinating Wu Mei and his wife, which is what happened later. Liu Haozi and Hong Dashan pinched a cold sweat, and said in their hearts that these children were not skilled in martial arts and inexperienced, and they even dared to assassinate Wu Sangui's daughter in the well-defended Hangzhou City, but fortunately they met that neurotic traitor lackey, otherwise Mu Wangfu would have to break the roots.

The footsteps of these half-grown children are really not fast, they have not walked out of Hangzhou for a day, just rushed to the bottle kiln set in the north of Hangzhou, it was already dark, Liu Haozi and Hong Dashan couldn't bear to let these hungry and thirsty half-grown children rush overnight, so they found an inn to stay in the market, and called for a lot of food, and took these children to eat in the main hall of the inn. Liu Haozi is very good wine, and as soon as he sat down, he slapped the table and shouted, "Where's the wine?" Lao Hong, why didn't you call me wine? ”

"Big brother, we have something to do and can't drink, you can bear with it." Hong Dashan refused. Liu Haozi complained bitterly, "How can I eat without alcohol?" I'll just drink three bowls, can I drink three bowls? The sad appearance made the three generations of disciples of Mu Wangfu laugh, and Hong Dashan shook his head resolutely, "You can't do a bowl, you can only eat." Liu Haozi also knew that he had a heavy responsibility, so he had no choice but to bury his head in eating. At this time, the pointed forehead that was kicked in the chest by Liu Haozi during the day stood up, and Bai Xinsong next to him asked, "Xiaodao, where are you going without eating?" ”

"Sister Xin, I'll go and make it convenient." The pointed forehead replied. Bai Xinsong, Hong Dashan and others didn't care, so they let him go. Who knew that after the pointed forehead went out, he did not go to the latrine in the backyard, but climbed over the wall and went out of the inn, and slipped to the end of the alley in the night. But he didn't run far before two men in Qing soldier uniforms chased after him, and one of them, a Qing soldier with a goatee, shouted to the pointed forehead: "Little ghost, stop for the master, what are you running around the street in the middle of the night?" ”

"Master Jun, you came just in time, I have a great merit to give you." The pointed forehead couldn't help but be overjoyed when he saw that the person chasing was Qing Bing, and he hurriedly rubbed his chest, which was still in severe pain, and replied. Another Qing soldier asked, "What great merit?" The pointed forehead replied with a wicked smile: "Master Jun, you should have heard about the assassination of the son of the Hangzhou general, right?" The general of Hangzhou had already offered a reward of 5,000 taels of silver for the heads of the two assassins, and the messenger also had 3,000 taels of silver. ”

"I've heard, do you know the whereabouts of those two assassins?" A Qing soldier asked. The pointed forehead rubbed his chest and said, "Of course I know, I was kicked by that pockmarked assassin today, and my chest still hurts terribly." ”

"And where are they?" A Qing soldier asked. The pointed forehead blinked treacherous eyes, and said gloomily: "Master Jun, I can't say it now, you have to take me to meet your general before I can say it." But I will also repay the two military masters, when I get the silver reward, I will honor the two military masters for three hundred taels of silver each. ”

The two Qing soldiers exchanged discussions, and one of them said, "Yes, but we have to search your body before we can take you to the general." The pointed forehead had neither weapons nor silver taels on it, and immediately raised his hands to let the two Qing soldiers search, while the two Qing soldiers searched in front of him, and the other went around to the back of the pointed forehead to grope around, and the pointed forehead urged impatiently: "Master Jun, I sneaked out to report the news, please hurry up, don't let those two assassins escape." ”

"It's coming." Searching for the Qing soldier behind his back, he answered, and suddenly his left hand poked out from behind to cover the mouth of the pointed forehead, and the dagger of his right hand stabbed out, silently ending the small life of the pointed forehead. After making sure that the pointed forehead had lost its breath, the two Qing soldiers carried the body of the pointed forehead to the depths of the alley and quickly disappeared into the night......

Half an hour later, Liu Haozi and Hong Dashan and others waited for the pointed forehead for a long time and did not return, so they had to come out with a lantern to look for it, and soon found the body with the pointed forehead in the alley next to it, and there was a line of blood next to the corpse of the pointed forehead, "This is a traitor, and he intends to betray Er and others, so he killed him, Hangzhou is not a place to stay for a long time, and it is better to leave overnight." The inscription is the words "river drinking friends".

"It was the neurotic who did it." Liu Haozi and Hong Dashan quickly guessed what had happened, but Liu Haozi was still a little strange, "Since he is on the same road with us, why don't you come out to meet us?" ”

"It's not because you scolded and slashed people with a knife as soon as you saw him, he had to secretly protect us and leave Hangzhou." Hong Dashan wiped the blood words and replied angrily. Hong Dashan said: "Brother Wu is right, there have been major events in Hangzhou one after another, and the government is heavily guarded, so we must leave overnight, and it is not too late to rest after leaving the territory of Hangzhou Mansion." ”