"Hui'er ——!" When the blood on Hui'er's shoulders burst out, Wu Yuanming's eyes also turned a blood-like red, almost at the same time, Wu Yuanming pulled out the musket hidden in his waist and pulled the trigger to Li Yuliang, who was in a stalemate with Mu Meng - this is not the arquebus that Wu Yuanming used before, but the world's first plate-based flintlock musket invented in France only a few years ago (Note 1) - When Wu Sangui left Beijing, Wu Yuanming secretly asked Wu Sangui to import some flintlock muskets from France so that they could be imitated in Yunnan. Because Yunnan has no access to the sea, and Wu Yingxiong's sister Wu Mei and brother-in-law Wang Yongyuan live in Hangzhou, which is connected to the open sea and has developed commerce and trade, Wu Sangui handed over this task to his daughter and son-in-law, so that they could get samples at all costs. I don't want Wu Sangui's luck to be very good, when he sent the word, there happened to be a French merchant ship docked at the Hangzhou dock, and there happened to be some flintlock muskets on board, so Wu Mei bought seventeen at the cost of gold three times heavier than the muskets, left two for self-defense, and sent ten to Yunnan, and the other five to Wu Yuanming, a good brother.

"Bang!" The thunderous loud sound echoed, and after the smoke passed, half of Li Yuliang's body was also stained with blood - although Li Yuliang didn't see whether Wu Yuanming lit the fuse, but she had suffered a big loss from Wu Yuanming's musket, and when she saw Wu Yuanming take out the musket, she didn't think about subconsciously dodging - so the lead shot from the flintlock musket only hit her right ribs, although her ribs were broken twice, but she didn't die. And Wu Yuanming, who was red-eyed, did not give up, and turned around to grab the muskets on Wu Shou and Wu Xi, Li Yuliang saw that the situation was not good, and quickly covered his wounds and crawled into the crowd, and escaped under the cover of the crowd.

"Get out of the way! Move! If you don't dodge, I'll kill you! Wu Yuanming roared with a blue face, holding a flintlock musket in each hand and waving it wildly, staring at Li Yuliang who was scurrying left and right in the crowd, but it was a pity that Li Yuliang had been with Wu Ciyou these days, and he had learned some tact, and every time he hid in the densest place in the crowd, using the bodies of ordinary people as a cover, Wu Yuanming chased Xu Yuan, but he couldn't find a chance to shoot again. The people at the temple fair had already been frightened by the loud sound of the flintlock muskets, crying and shouting and running around, inadvertently blocking the gun for Li Yuliang, which increased the difficulty of Wu Yuanming's pursuit, and could only watch Li Yuliang flee farther and farther away, gradually disappearing into the crowd.

The house leak happened to rain overnight, and at this moment, Mu Meng's anxious shout came from behind Wu Yuanming, "Brother Wu, come back quickly, the sword is poisonous!" Your sister has to be sent to Lang Zhong right away! Otherwise, your life will be in danger! ”

"Ahh Wu Yuanming was so frightened by Mu Meng's words that he had to give up chasing Li Yuliang, stumbled back to the little girl, and knelt down on his knees to check. As Mu Meng said, the little girl's wound was already black blood, a little face more delicate than flowers was covered with a layer of blue ash, breathing fast and weak, it was fate, Mu Meng squeezed the black blood from the wound for the little girl, and said nervously: "Brother Wu, the poison of your sister's wound has to be squeezed out first, otherwise I am afraid that I will not be able to see Langzhong." ”

"What else is squeezing? I'll suck it! Wu Yuanming yelled and pushed Mu Meng away, and leaned into the little girl's wound and sucked the poisonous blood, Mu Meng hurriedly shouted: "No, you can't suck it with your mouth, you can only wash the wound with strong tea, this is the poison of the scissors tree!" See blood seal your throat! If you have an ulcer or a small wound in your mouth, you will be poisoned yourself. But Wu Yuanming couldn't hear Mu Meng's kind reminder at the moment, he just kept sucking on the poisonous blood, even if he accidentally swallowed it......

Wu Yuanming's efforts were not in vain, as Wu Yuanming began to feel dizzy and his eyes were foggy and crumbling, the gray on the little girl's face dissipated a lot, her breathing became a lot thicker, and she could even open her eyes and whisper, "Brother Wu, I'm helping you give birth to ......." It's a pity that the little girl's true confession has become playing the piano to the cow or playing the flute to the dog, and Wu Yuanming, whose face is also covered with a layer of blue ash, tilted his head, and also fell to the ground, fainting without knowing anyone......

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"Kid, kid." "My miserable daughter." "Son, sir." "Brother Wu, you must hold on." "Engong, don't worry, I will definitely save your life." All kinds of voices vaguely echoed in Wu Yuanming's ears, but Wu Yuanming's eyelids were heavier than Mount Tai, and he couldn't open anything, so he could only be groggy in the dark, or sleep or wake up. I don't know how long it took, Wu Yuanming was finally able to barely open his eyes, and the first thing that caught his eye was Yao Qisheng's thin and obscene old face.

"Father-in-law." Wu Yuanming moved his lips, but unfortunately his chapped lips were all unconscious monosyllables, and he only felt that his throat was as dry and painful as a fire. Yao Qisheng hurriedly picked up a bowl of thin rice soup, personally scooped it up with a spoon and fed it to Wu Yuanming's mouth, fed it to Wu Yuanming in one mouthful, and slowly drank a small half bowl of rice soup, Wu Yuanming recovered some of his spirits, and said in a low voice: "Father-in-law, how is Hui'er?" How long have I been unconscious? ”

"You've been in a coma for two days and two nights." Yao Qisheng sat on the side of Wu Yuanming's bed and said with a smile: "As for that little girl, although she is still in a coma, her life has been saved. ”

"That's good." Smelling that the little girl was fine, Wu Yuanming finally breathed a sigh of relief, and tilted his head to the side weakly, but suddenly saw that there was another person in the room, and it seemed to be Lang Zhongzhou of the Rejuvenation Hall in a vague way. Wu Yuanming said vaguely: "Zhou Langzhong, did you save me?" ”

"Engong, the person who saved you is the young lady from Yunnan, and the villain is just a fighter." Zhou Huichun walked to Wu Yuanming's bedside and arched his hand: "Engong, your enemy is extremely ruthless, and he actually smeared the sap of the scissor tree that is only produced in Yunnan, Hainan and Guangxi on the murder weapon (Note 1), that kind of poison is bloody and seals the throat, and it is extremely vicious!" If it weren't for the young lady in Yunnan who happened to know this poison, washed your wounds with strong tea in time, and put some special drugs on you to detoxify, otherwise you and Master Suo's young lady wouldn't have been able to hold up the villain to rush to treat you - it was just the villain who had just found it, otherwise it wasn't Zhou Huichun boasting, and there was no second person in the world who could unravel the poison of the scissors tree. ”

I don't know why, Zhou Huichun's attitude towards Wu Yuanming was unusually respectful, and there was some excitement in the respect, Wu Yuanming didn't pay attention when he was half asleep, but said gratefully: "No matter what, I still want to thank you." **, Wu Yuanming turned to Yao Qisheng again and asked, "Father-in-law, where is Mu Meng?" There she is? I want to thank her in person. ”

Yao Qisheng knew that his godson liked Mu Meng very much, and replied with a smile: "She lives in our house now, but you can't see her yet." As for the reason, the stepfather will tell you later. Speaking of this, Yao Qisheng turned to Zhou Huichun and said, "Zhou Langzhong, you have worked hard for the past two days, you go home first to say hello, and then come over to serve." In the middle, someone may ask you about the condition of our son, remember what I just said to you, the fate of our Han people is already in your mind. ”

Zhou Huichun bowed his hand respectfully, and replied: "Mr. Yao, don't worry, let's not say that the son of the world is the life-saving father of the villain, for the sake of our Han people, the Tartar is to cut me alive, and I Zhou Huichun will never betray the son!" After that, Zhou Huichun excitedly bowed his hand to Wu Yuanming, and slowly withdrew from Wu Yuanming's study with his back to the door, leaving only Yao Qisheng and Wu Yuanming's father and son in the study.

"Son, if it's inconvenient for you to speak, don't open your mouth, just listen to your father-in-law." Yao Qisheng's expression was very proud, and he knocked on Erlang's leg and said slowly: "Originally, my father-in-law asked you and Zhaohui to go to the temple fair for a walk, eat some snacks on the street, and then when you come back, you will use the medicine sent by Zhou Huichun to pretend to be sick, pretend to have an unclean diet and suffer from typhoid fever, and then the condition worsens and both die, and you fake your death to escape from Beijing." It was a feasible plan, but it was too coincidental to arouse suspicion, and it wasn't seamless – but now it's different. ”

"Li Yuliang assassinated you in front of everyone, accidentally injured Zhaohui who was with you, and used a weapon coated with poison, which seems hateful, but it actually helped you a lot." Yao Qisheng smiled more and more proudly, as if it was not his godson and future daughter-in-law who were poisoned, and shook his head and said: "In this way, Kangxi and Ao Bai will no longer suspect that you are pretending to be sick, even if you and Zhaohui's little girl die of poison in the future, it is reasonable." ”

In the face of these words of the godfather, who didn't know whether it was a curse or a curse, Wu Yuanming couldn't cry or laugh, and said in his heart, how did I recognize such a 'good' godfather? And Yao Qisheng just said in a big way: "So, I decided to revise your plan to escape from Beijing, I have already instructed Zhou Huichun to announce to the public that you are very poisonous, and you are still in a coma, maybe you will kick your legs to see Hades that day." At the same time, I also said hello to Suo Etu, saying that in order to facilitate treatment and rescue, Miss Zhaohui was also taken to our house for treatment - she lived in the east wing of our house, and asked Zhou Huichun to add a few flavors to the medicine used by Zhaohui, so that she would continue to be unconscious, so as not to reveal flaws. As for you, you honestly lie in bed while recuperating from your injuries, while continuing to pretend to be unconscious, deceiving the spies and imperial doctors sent by Kangxi and Aobai to 'care' about you, and are ready to leave Beijing by pretending to be dead at any time. ”

"That'...... So when are we going to play dead and leave Beijing? Wu Yuanming asked strugglingly. A trace of vicious light flashed in Yao Qisheng's eyes, and he smiled: "It won't be long, when Kangxi is about to attack Aobai, it will be the best time for you to leave Beijing." Also, I have sent your father's guards to the enclosure refugees to secretly search for refugees who are similar to your appearance and figure - there must be a corpse to pretend to be dead, and Zhaohui's stand-in, I have already found it, when the time comes, let's send the corpses of you and Zhaohui's stand-in to Zuojiazhuang Huaren Field, forge ashes with fire, and then transport the ashes back to Yunnan for burial, the plan is seamless. ”

Wu Yuanming thought about it for a while, and felt that Yao Qisheng's move was really good, so he nodded with difficulty and said: "The child is unable to move, and this matter will be all bothered by the father-in-law, and after the child escapes from Beijing safely, the child will kowtow to the father-in-law to thank him." ”

"Between our father and son, why should we be so polite?" Yao Qisheng stroked Wu Yuanming's forehead, and said with a rare gentleness: "I always called Huazi no children and no daughters, I thought that this life would be a life of loneliness and old age, and there will be no one who will die in the future." I didn't expect to meet you, a child, who didn't think that the old Hanako was low, and when the old Hanako was the most depressed, the dead-faced old man called Hanako as his father, and the old Hanako was also like his own father, filial piety and thoughtfulness. It's always called Hanako, even if it's hard-hearted, I want to treat you like my own son. Speaking of this, Yao Qisheng's cloudy old eyes were already flashing with tears.

"Father-in-law......." Hearing Yao Qisheng's heartfelt expressions of true feelings, Wu Yuanming also had tears in his eyes, and he choked up and couldn't speak anymore after just screaming, and tears were already rolling down his cheeks. Yao Qisheng wiped away Wu Yuanming's tears with tears, and said with a smile: "Remember, the fewer people who know about this matter, the better, so my father-in-law asked Zhou Huichun to drug the little girl to continue to be unconscious, and that Mu Meng from Mu Wangfu, I didn't tell her the news that your injury is no longer a problem, I'm afraid that they can't hold their breath when they are young and leak the news." So when Mu Meng came in to visit the patient, you must not be moved by her tears and inadvertently leaked the news. ”

"The child understands." Wu Yuanming nodded vigorously in agreement. At the same time, a bad thought rose in Wu Yuanming's heart - it was not bad to take this opportunity to see Mu Meng's true feelings for him......

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As Yao Qisheng expected, after Zhou Huichun, who treated Wu Yuanming's injuries and poisons, left Shihu Hutong, where Wu Yingxiong's mansion was located, he was dragged up to a restaurant by two strangers as soon as he walked on the street, and pulled into a private room in the restaurant. Seeing Zhou Huichun coming in, Kong Sizhen immediately smiled and said, "Zhou Langzhong is good, the slave family has asked Zhou Langzhong for peace." ”

"Who are you? Why are you dragging me here? Zhou Huichun is an upright and old-fashioned person, and he is very disgusted with women like Kong Sizhen who like to be coquettish, and said very unceremoniously: "If you have anything to say, just say it, I still have something to do and am in a hurry to go home." ”

"It's not a big deal, the slave family and Wu Yingxiong are world friends, I heard that Brother Wu was assassinated and poisoned, so I asked Zhou Langzhong for treatment." Kong Sizhen pushed the silver in front of Zhou Huichun, and asked charmingly: "So the slave family wants to ask Zhou Langzhong about what happened to Brother Wu's injury?" Is there a danger to life? A little meaning, no respect. ”

Zhou Huichun wanted to refuse, but when he thought of what Yao Qisheng said to him, he grabbed the two silver ingots pretended to be greedy, and said in a loud voice: "So much silver, is it really all for me?" After getting Kong Sizhen's affirmative reply, Zhou Huichun replied: "The son of the world is a poison that seals his throat with blood, not to mention the villain, even if Hua Tuo is reincarnated and Bian Que is resurrected, it can't be cured, all the villain can do is to let him delay for a few more days, but it is estimated that it will not be delayed for a few days." ”

Kong Sizhen closed her Danfeng eyes and was silent for a moment, then opened her eyes and stared at Zhou Huichun's eyes and asked, "Zhou Langzhong, I heard that Wu Yingxiong once saved the life of your only son, should you feel Wu Yingxiong's affection and deliberately help him lie?" ”

"This young lady, it is true that the son of the world saved my son's life, but it is also a fact that he was poisoned and died." Zhou Huichun said in a deep voice: "If Miss doesn't believe in Zhou Huichun, and she is not at ease with Zhou Huichun's medical skills, you can ask another famous doctor to treat the son." But the poison in the body of the prince, the prince really has no way to cure it. ”

"Zhou Langzhong, it's not that the slave family doesn't believe in your medical skills." Kong Sizhen put her plump breasts on Zhou Huichun's arm, rubbed and said in a flattering voice: "The slave family just doesn't believe that Yao Qisheng, that old man is called Huazi is better than a ghost, maybe he gave Zhou Langzhong some benefits, and let Zhou Langzhong help Wu Yingxiong deceive people." Speaking of this, Kong Sizhen put her plump lips to Zhou Huichun's ear and said, "Zhou Langzhong, is the slave family beautiful?" If the slave waiter goes to Wushan for one night and gives you another five hundred taels of silver, I wonder if it can compare to the benefits that Yao Qisheng gave you? If it is not enough, although Zhou Langzhong speaks, you don't have to be polite. ”

"This young lady, please be more solemn, Zhou Huichun is upright, not the kind of person you think." Zhou Huichun pushed away Kong Sizhen, who was already all attached to his body, and said angrily: "Miss is just to give Zhou Huichun a golden mountain, but the poison in Wu Yingxiong's body Zhou Huichun can't be solved!" If Miss has nothing else to do, then Zhou Huichun will leave. After that, Zhou Huichun strode out of the private room, hurriedly went downstairs and left, and began to kidnap him The two wanted to stop but were stopped by Kong Sizhen, Kong Sizhen said expressionlessly: "Ao Bai will definitely ask him to interrogate, if the result has not been asked, let's find a way before it is too late." ”

Speaking of this, Kong Sizhen called one of the two men to his front and whispered in his ear: "You go and inform the donkey of the camp and ask him to bring some people to ......." After the man left, Kong Sizhen took the other man's hand up, and said with a smile: "Yesterday, you did a very good job in investigating the matter of Ao Bai giving Wu Liuyi 100,000 taels of silver, and you are a little free now, so you will give you the reward that should be given." The man had already been fascinated by Kong Sizhen's charm, and he was overjoyed when he heard the words, and he didn't care that this was in the restaurant, and he couldn't wait to take Kong Sizhen into his arms when he closed the door of the private room......

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Exactly as Yao Qisheng and Kong Sizhen expected, Zhou Huichun's journey home was not easy, and when he was about to return home, he was suddenly dragged into a carriage by several people and pulled all the way to Aobai's house. Like Kong Sizhen, Ao Bai and his think tank Ban Bushan also lured Zhou Huichun with money and beauty, and when Zhou Huichun insisted that Wu Yingxiong's poison could not be resolved, Ao Bai and Ban Bushan even tortured him, but Zhou Huichun, who was given bad medicine by Yao Qisheng and hated Tartar to the core, gritted his teeth and never changed his words, and finally survived the catastrophe, so that Ao Bai and Bambulshan both believed the news that Wu Yingxiong was poisoned and would die, and Zhou Huichun was also threatened not to talk nonsense and drove out of Ao Bai Mansion.

The matter is not over, in the evening, Zhou Huichun, who was covered in bruises, dragged his tired body back to his house, and as soon as he entered the gate, the first thing that caught his eye was the warrior of the Shanpu Battalion of the Manyao Hall, Zhou Huichun's wife was tied to the pillar, and Zhou Huichun's only son with a broken leg was also pressed on a table, and the leg was not broken and was stuffed under the blade of a snowy guillotine. And Kong Sizhen, who had met Zhou Huichun during the day, flirted with an ugly man with only one arm.

"Zhou Langzhong is back, it's hard work, the family punishment of the Ao Zhongtang family must be uncomfortable." Kong Sizhen's affectionate appearance, as if she was the master of the Rejuvenation Hall, pointed to the ugly man with only one arm and said in a coquettish voice: "Introduce Zhou Langzhong, this master is the deputy commander of the Shanpu Battalion, everyone calls him a donkey, he used to be a horse bandit in the Kanto region, and he is the most ruthless." The donkey also smiled at Zhou Huichun, revealing a mouth full of burnt yellow teeth.

"You...... What exactly do you want to do? Zhou Huichun shouted angrily: "I have already said that the poison in Wu Yingxiong's body is the scissor tree poison that seals his throat with blood, and I can't solve it!" Since you don't believe it, you officials can find a doctor to treat Wu Yingxiong, why are you arresting my son and wife? ”

"The imperial doctor's medical skills are comparable to Zhou Langzhong?" Kong Sizhen took away the big hand that the donkey put on his waist, and said with a smile: "Back then, the ancestor of the Empress Dowager summoned Zhou Langzhong into the palace to serve the marquis, and Zhou Langzhong deceived all the doctors in the hospital by pretending to be sick. ”

Zhou Huichun was furious, stomped his feet and shouted: "The sap of the scissors tree is extremely poisonous, and when you see blood sealing your throat, there is no cure in the world!" If you don't believe it, you can ask any Lang Zhong, if one of them can cure him, I, Zhou Huichun, am willing to sacrifice his head! ”

"Don't worry about Zhou Langzhong, we have already asked other Langzhong, and their reply is the same, the poison of the scissors tree is incurable." The donkey had an ugly face and said with a cruel smile: "But you are different from Zhou Langzhong, you are recognized as the first miracle doctor in the capital, and you may be able to solve the poison that others can't solve." ”

"It's over, Zhou Huichun doesn't have that ability." Zhou Huichun replied angrily. Kong Sizhen smiled charmingly and said coquettishly: "Don't worry, Zhou Langzhong, can you unravel the poison of the scissors tree, we will know soon." As she spoke, Kong Sizhen picked up a porcelain bottle from the counter of the medicine hall, opened it and poured out some of it on the plate—but it was some milky white juice.

"Scissor tree sap!" Zhou Huichun said in a trembling voice: "What do you want to do?" ”

"I don't do anything, I just want to verify whether Zhou Langzhong can detoxify this poison." The donkey took out the steel knife at his waist, gently dipped the tip of the knife in the sap of the scissors tree, pointed to Zhou Huichun's son who was pressed on the table with one leg and said with a cruel smile: "I heard that Zhou Langzhong has been passed down for several generations, just such a son, and one leg was broken, so the donkey wants to use Zhou Langzhong's son's other good leg to do a small experiment." ”

"Brute! You brutes! Zhou Huichun yelled and pounced to save his son, but was immediately held down by the warriors of the Shanpu Battalion brought by the donkey, and could only watch the donkey point the venom-stained steel knife at the only good leg of his only son. The donkey smiled and said: "Zhou Langzhong, you have two choices for a while, one is to detoxify your son - anyway, it is in your medicine hall, and it is convenient to dispense any medicine; Well, you cut off the good leg of your only son and save your son's life - I am already very merciful, no matter what you choose, your son's life can be saved. ”

"Brute ——!!!"

There was a soft "poof", and the steel knife stained with scissors tree sap pierced deeply into the leg of Zhou Huichun's only son......

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Note 1: Scissor tree, also known as poison arrowwood, poison arrowwood, and jiadu, scientific name Antiaristoxicaria Lesch, is the most poisonous plant species in the world. The trunk contains highly toxic white milk, and the milk contains crossbow arrows, blood sealing throat glycosides, lily of the valley toxins, lily of the valley toxin glycosides, ephefen glycosides, moleosides and other toxic substances, such as entering the human body, can cause muscle relaxation, blood coagulation, heart beating slowdown, and finally lead to cardiac arrest and death, so it is called "seeing blood sealing the throat". It is found in Xishuangbanna in Yunnan, southern Guangxi, western Guangdong and Hainan Province in China, and is a rare species under national second-class protection.