Chapter 52: The Culprit Appears

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The place where Mu Wangfu proposed to exchange hostages was very unexpected by Liu Xuanchu and Yao Qisheng, the two old foxes, it turned out to be Wu Yuanming in the Spring Festival Courtyard of Goolan Hutong where Mu Lima was talking that day! In the Ming Dynasty, the Mu Wangfu was reduced to the point of relying on brothels to hide their tracks, which made the two old foxes who still had the Han family sigh. However, the two old foxes also understood one thing - why Mu Wangfu received the information of Hui'er and Wu Yuanming in Mulima so quickly, and at the same time, it also made Liu Xuanchu regret his decision even more.

"Wouldn't it be too eye-catching if it's in a brothel?" Huangfu Baozhu frowned and asked: "Anyway, the people of Mu Wangfu are also registered thieves in the imperial court, we caught Mu Tianbo's daughter and did not hand it over to the imperial court, but exchanged it for the prince, if this matter is known by the people of the imperial court, the prince will have a handle in the hands of the imperial court." ”

"This is not easy, bring more people to go, as long as you change your family's family back, you can ......." Speaking of which, Yao Qisheng made a killing gesture. Liu Xuanchu shook his head and said: "It's not so easy, since Mu Wangfu dares to set up the place of exchanging hostages in Yingchun Pavilion, there must be a backup move, it is important to save the son, we still don't want to make extraneous branches." In this way, you go out to let off steam, and say that the prince has been rescued, and the prince will reward you for your meritorious rescue efforts, and will charter the Yingchun Pavilion for you to be happy for a day, so that we can justifiably take the soldiers to the Yingchun Pavilion. ”

"Also, in the house, I also let out the wind that the prince has been rescued." Yao Qisheng added. Because Wu Yingxiong's previous nest was incompetent, his home was almost the same as the temple fair, and the servants and maids had eyeliner and secret agents in all aspects, and every move could lead to the news being revealed, although Wu Yuanming began to replace the servants after returning to Wu Yingxiong's body, it was too short and not all of them were replaced with reliable people, so Yao Qisheng had to be careful.

"The last general obeys!" Huangfu Baozhu agreed, and immediately went down to arrange various matters. In less than an hour, the news that Wu Yingxiong, who had been captured by the assassins, had been rescued immediately spread throughout Beijing's nine cities, and the forces of all sides were surprised by the efficiency of Wu Sangui's guards, and they all went to Wu Yingxiong's house to investigate the truth under the sign of condolences. It's a pity that when the fastest of them arrived at Wu Yingxiong's house, Mu Meng and several other assassins from Mu Wangfu had already been packed into sacks and stuffed into Wu Yingxiong's special carriage, and Liu Xuanchu, Yao Qisheng, two foxes and Huangfu Baozhu personally led 300 soldiers of Wu Sangui's guards, and rushed to Goolan Hutong to collectively prostitute themselves, which also created a record for the highest number of collective prostitutes in Beijing.

When they arrived at the Yingchun Pavilion located in the middle of Goolan Hutong, Huangfu Baozhu gave an order, and 200 of the 300 soldiers immediately rushed out to surround Yingchun Pavilion, and the remaining 100 soldiers carried Mu Meng and other assassins out of the sack and rushed to Yingchun Pavilion with Yao Qisheng, Liu Xuanchu and Huangfu Baozhu. The murderous team not only scared the happy prostitutes in the brothel, but also scared the smiling ** and dancing girls on the railings into a mess.

"Where's the bustard? Call her out! Huangfu Baozhu took the lead and rushed to the front and shouted. After a while, a middle-aged woman with heavy makeup came out of the back hall tremblingly, trembling and asked Huangfu Baozhu: "Master Jun, my Yingchun Pavilion is in the regular courtyard of Shuntian Mansion, and I don't have the intention of forcing good people to be prostitutes, I don't know what the military master is doing here with so many people?" ”

"Less nonsense, have you forced Liang to be a prostitute?" Huangfu Baozhu scolded vulgarly, and waved his hand again, eight sturdy soldiers had already brought two boxes full of silver and put them in front of the old bustard, Huangfu Baozhu shouted: "Old bustard, your luck is coming, our prince is going to pack your yard to reward the guards today, is this silver enough?" At that time, ten taels of silver was enough for a family of five to live with enough food and clothing for a year, and two large boxes of silver were already a huge amount of money, so the emperor was so arrogant.

"Enough, enough! Enough is enough! The old bustard saw that the two boxes of silver were seven or eight thousand taels, and his charming face immediately smiled extremely charmingly, and said in a loud voice: "Thank you for taking care of the small courtyard, I don't know if the prince is the son of the prince's family?" There are just two Qing people in the small courtyard, I wonder if the prince is interested? The small courtyard can give the prince a preferential ....... ”

"What do you do with so much?" Huangfu Baozhu Tiger roared, frightened the old bustard, and then remembered that there was a law in the Qing Dynasty that incumbent officials were not allowed to stay with prostitutes and prostitutes-although it was almost useless, but the old bustard still quickly covered his mouth, knowing that he was speechless. Huangfu Baozhu shouted: "Drive out all the irrelevant people in this courtyard, there are more than 300 Lao Tzu, did you greet the girl in the courtyard?" ”

"Yes, yes." The old bustard agreed, and hurriedly commanded the turtle slaves in the courtyard to drive away the other guests, although it is easy to introduce disputes when they go out to drive the guests, but these guests saw that the people who came to the private courtyard were all Qiu Ba who rolled meat on the knife head, and they all dared to say half a word, and they all obediently rolled out of the brothel. It was only in a room on the second floor that there was a cry of dissent, "What shit? The old men took out the silver to charter the house, why did they drive the old men away? ”

"That's them." Yao Qisheng stepped forward and whispered. Huangfu Baozhu nodded, beckoned and was the first to rush up to the second floor, more than twenty guards surrounded Yao Qisheng and Liu Xuanchu and followed upstairs, followed by Wu Sangui's guards carrying a few sacks. Although the bustard, turtle slave and ** in the Yingchun Pavilion feel strange, the first thing to eat is to observe their words and looks, although they see it, no one speaks, as if they haven't seen anything.

Pushing away the turtle slave who nodded and asked the guests to go out at the door, Huangfu Baozhu strode into the room, and the Wu Sangui guards behind had already surrounded the room, beware of others from breaking in. The two windows of this room are all facing the street, and the opposite side is full of towers lined with goulan tiles, extending in all directions, which is indeed a convenient place for people in the rivers and lakes to hide and retreat. There was no ** in the room, only three young men in green clothes and cotton jackets, and when they saw Huangfu Baozhu coming in, the youngest and handsome of the three men immediately asked, "Did you bring it?" ”

Huangfu Baozhu didn't say a word, and with a wave of his hand, Wu Sangui's guards immediately took out six sacks and opened them, revealing Mu Meng and several other Mu Wangfu assassins who were tied up and gagged. Seeing that Mu Meng and the others were safe and sound, the handsome young man finally breathed a sigh of relief, and hurriedly comforted: "Don't be afraid, sister Meng, there is a brother here." ”

"You're Mu Shenbao?" Huangfu Baozhu shouted: "What about my family? Where are the people? ”

Mu Shenbao also didn't say a word, just put his hand on the windowsill and knocked a few times, and the two people immediately rushed into the room above the windowsill, one of them was carrying a huge white cloth on his back, and his pocket was untied, and Wu Yuanming, who had been missing for a night, and Wu Yuanming, who was also tied and gagged, appeared in front of Huangfu Baozhu. Huangfu Baozhu was overjoyed and said: "Don't be afraid, the prince will save you in the future." After speaking, Huangfu Baozhu turned to Mu Shenbao and shouted: "The hostages are all here, then let's start exchanging." ”

"Wait." Mu Shenbao shouted: "You people take advantage of many people, except for you, everyone else of you will go downstairs and we will exchange." Huangfu Baozhu hesitated slightly, but considering that this brothel was surrounded by the people he brought, and Mu Shenbao's only sister was also in his hands, he was not afraid of Mu Shenbao's tricks, and the only thing Huangfu Baozhu was worried about was whether he could wipe out Mu Wangfu, the old enemy of Wu Sangui's family.

"It's important to save the world, and we'll talk about the rest later." Liu Xuanchu commanded in a low voice, and took the lead in leading Wu Sangui's soldiers downstairs, Yao Qisheng also knew that whether he could eliminate Mu Wangfu now was only secondary, and he did not object. After Wu Sangui's people on the second floor were left with only Huangfu Baozhu, Mu Shenbao felt a little more relaxed, nodded and said: "Very good, you leave my sister and go downstairs, wait for half a pillar of incense, you can come up to pick up your son." ”

"You think beautifully! I don't believe you! "Huangfu Baozhu dared to easily return the hostages he had finally captured to Mu Wangfu, and he didn't dare to let Wu Yuanming get out of his sight. Liu Tianyou, who was next to Mu Shenbao, said angrily: "Who is our little grandfather? Is it the one who does not keep his word? ”

"Mu Wangfu's golden signboard on the rivers and lakes is really good." Huangfu Baozhu said angrily: "But the grudge between the Wu family and the Mu family is not shared, and Huangfu Baozhu is really not at ease." ”

"Well, except for my sister, you let everyone else go first." Mu Shenbao said helplessly: "Then I count one, two, three, I will throw Wu Yingxiong to you, and you will throw my sister to me." ”

"Yes." Huangfu Baozhu knew that the hostages in his hands were not any weighty except for Mu Meng, and with the wave of his hands, the hemp ropes of the five Mu Wangfu servants broke off like fans, and as soon as the five of them were free, they immediately ran to Mu Shenbao's side. Mu Shenbao saw that Huangfu Baozhu was happy, but he didn't play any more tricks, and stretched out his hand to lift Wu Yuanming and said: "One! When Huangfu Baozhu also mentioned Mu Meng, Mu Shenbao said again: "Two! ”

"Three!" When Mu Shenbao counted to three in his mouth, he immediately threw Wu Yuanming out of his hand, and Huangfu Baozhu did not miss the appointment, and at the same time threw out Mu Meng, and then grabbed Wu Yuanming who flew in front of him, and Mu Shenbao also personally caught his sister, and the exchange of hostages was completed. After the cloth ball in Mu Meng's small mouth was pulled out, he immediately cried: "Brother, I'm sorry for you, I'm sorry for the ancestors of our Mu family. And Wu Yuanming was not as noble as Mu Meng, as soon as the rags in his mouth were torn off, he immediately shouted: "God bless, I, Wu Yingxiong, have finally been saved!" ”

"Cute girl, don't cry, let's go." Mu Shenbao took the opportunity of Huangfu Baozhu to protect Wu Yuanming, and ordered to pick up his sister and jump out of the window first......

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"Catch the thieves in the Mu Palace!" At the same moment when Mu Shenbao jumped out of the window with Mu Meng in his arms, the roof opposite the windowsill suddenly shouted murder, and at the same time, countless arrows were fired, forcing Mu Shenbao and Mu Meng back to the room. Huangfu Baozhu hurriedly used his body to cover Wu Yuanming, and at the same time wondered in his heart - the street battle feather arrows are not very useful, and he didn't bring many archers this time? Didn't you put the guards on the opposite platform?

"Huangfu Baozhu, you shameless villain! You said that you were not allowed to pursue for an hour after the exchange of hostages, but you did not do what you said and set up an ambush! Mu Shenbao was hit by an arrow when he jumped out, and the pain made him roar madly at the Huangfu Baozhu. Huangfu Baozhu said angrily: "The surname is Mu, you have a clean mouth, this ambush was not arranged by me!" ”

"You didn't set it up?" Mu Shenbao was stunned, but the situation no longer allowed him to think, the wooden wall of the wooden building did not play a role in blocking the strong bow and hard crossbow shot from the opposite side, and the wooden wall was quickly shot into a thousand holes, and at the same time, Huangfu Baozhu and Mu Shenbao also saw clearly who the archer in ambush on the opposite side was - it was actually a warrior of the good fighting battalion led by Wei Dongting! At this time, a short old man stood out among the warriors, but it was Hu Gongshan who betrayed Wu Sangui's family, Hu Gongshan snatched a hard bow, and an arrow shot at the Huangfu Baozhu, the arrow was like the wind, and it was in front of the Huangfu Baozhu in the blink of an eye.

"Whew! Call! Call! Hu Gongshan was shot with three arrows in a row, Huangfu Baozhu was helpless, so he had to fight to take an arrow to carry Wu Yuanming to his back and jump downstairs, Rao is so, Huangfu Baozhu's lower abdomen or another arrow, containing Hu Gongshan's deep internal force, the feather arrow penetrated Huangfu Baozhu's skin that was stronger than gold and iron, and deeply sank into Huangfu Baozhu's lower abdomen, and the blood suddenly stained Huangfu Baozhu's clothes. Even the invulnerable Huangfu Baozhu couldn't resist it, let alone the rest of the Mu Wangfu, they all rushed out of the room and jumped into the hall full of Wu Sangui's guards. But the few people from Mu Wang's Mansion who had just been released by Huangfu Baozhu were shot alive in the room because of poor blood and inflexible movements, and only Mu Meng jumped down from the hall under the protection of Mu Shenbao's sacrifice and escaped a catastrophe.

"Catch the anti-thief ——! of the Mu Palace" Around the Yingchun Pavilion, countless warriors from the forward battalion and the Shanpu battalion emerged from there, holding high swords and guns and shouting and rushing into the Yingchun Pavilion, and the Wu Sangui guards distributed outside saw that the situation was not good, and hurriedly rushed into the Yingchun Pavilion to protect Wu Yuanming and Liu Xuanchu and others. It's just that the forward battalion and the Shanpu battalion came prepared, and they were far above Wu Sangui's guards in terms of numbers and equipment, and they had a complete advantage in the situation. It's just that this unfortunate and poor Yingchun Pavilion was so crowded that it couldn't even insert a needle.

"How did the people from the Shanpu Battalion and the Forward Battalion come? How did Hu Gongshan come here? What does it mean that they surround us? Seeing that Huangfu Baozhu was seriously injured, Wu Yuanming was angry and worried, and shouted angrily. Liu Xuanchu hurriedly replied: "Don't worry, the prince is here, they are here to find Mu Wangfu to kill people, you will be fine." ”

"Looking for us to kill people? Why? Mu Shenbao pressed the back that was bleeding from the arrow, and was surprised. Liu Xuanchu was not so polite to Mu Shenbao, and replied coldly: "Why? Hu Gongshan wants to use your traitors from Mu Wangfu to kill my family with your hands, but now that you have exchanged hostages with us and have lost their use value, Hu Gongshan will bring the Shanpu Battalion and the Forward Battalion to kill you, and by the way, use your blood to dye his top red. ”

"! It's Hu Gongshan, the dog traitor, again! "Wu Yuanming's talent for playing intrigue and trickery is definitely not under Liu Xuanchu, yesterday at Mulima's house, Wu Yuanming deceived Li Yuliang into making a fool of himself in this Yingchun Pavilion, at that time Wu Yuanming wondered why Li Yuliang had been gone for a long time, and why Hui'er's little girl sneaked out of the house was known by Mu Wangfu, and it was also a place where Wu Yuanming was puzzled. Now as soon as Hu Gongshan appeared, all Wu Yuanming's doubts were easily solved - Li Yuliang had not returned for a long time, it must have been that vicious girl who not only found Wu Ciyou's hypocrite in Yingchun Pavilion, but also went to find her more hypocritical brother Hu Gongshan, Hu Gongshan set up a poison plan after learning that he and Hui'er were in Mulima's house, and sent the news to Mu Wangfu through some channel, which is why Mu Wangfu set up an ambush. And Mu Wangfu's hatred for his own Wu family is far better than that of Hui'er's innocent little girl, Li Yuliang deliberately broke his identity in the assassination, Mu Wangfu naturally turned the spearhead to himself, if it wasn't for his whimsical move to pretend to be a ghost, he would definitely have been killed by Hu Gongshan and Li Yuliang by borrowing Mu Wangfu's hand.

"Who is Hu Gongshan? Does he have a grudge against our Mu Wangfu? Unlike Wu Yuanming, Mu Shenbao is a big fat sheep in the conspiracy field, and he was naturally baffled by Liu Xuanchu and Wu Yuanming's words. Wu Yuanming grinned and replied: "Hu Gongshan has no enmity with you, but he has an enmity with me, so he borrowed your hand to deal with me, our Wu family and your Mu family, this time they were all played by him." ”

"You say that there is a traitor in our Mu Wangfu, who is the traitor?" The rope on Mu Meng's body was untied, so he could only struggle to think about Wu Yuanming and asked. Wu Yuanming took pity on her with the same illness, and while asking his father's guards to untie himself and Mu Meng, he replied: "Whoever tells you the news that I and the Queen of the Tartars are at Mulima's house is a traitor!" Mu Shenbao and Mu Meng glanced at each other, and at the same time whispered: "Bai Lingsong! Having said that, Mu Meng refused to fully believe Wu Yuanming's words, and reprimanded angrily: "You don't talk nonsense, Fourth Brother Bai is loyal to our Mu Wangfu, how can he betray?" ”

"Believe it or not." Wu Yuanming, who had to get rid of his freedom, replied angrily while personally holding down the wound of Huangfu Baozhu. As soon as Wu Yuanming's voice fell, there was a commotion in the impassable hall, and the dense crowd made way for it, Hu Gongshan, Tong Guowei and Wei Dongting walked into the center of the crowd with a smile, and the expressions of the three of them were all triumphant, which formed a sharp contrast with the angry Wu Yuanming.

"I heard that the prince was captured by King Mu's mansion, and the last general will wait for the rescue to be late, and I hope that the prince will forgive his sins!" Tong Guowei pretended to bow to Wu Yuanming. Hu Gongshan shouted to Huangfu Baozhu in surprise: "General Huangfu, what's the matter with your lower abdomen injury?" Isn't your golden bell hood iron cloth shirt inferior to a knife and a gun? Who has the power to shoot you? ”

"Hu Gongshan, you brute and young cat crying mouse, didn't you sneak attack the Huangfu Baozhu just now?" Wu Yuanming was furious and pointed at Hu Gongshan and shouted. Hu Gongshan looked puzzled, spread his hands and said: "Shizi, don't you want to spew blood, just now I have been with Lord Wei Dongting and Master Tong Guowei, so when did you shoot and injure General Huangfu Baozhu?" Our Great Qing Dynasty is a place where law and discipline are taught, and if you don't have evidence, please don't slander Hu. Hu has Lord Wei and Master Tong to testify, and the prince is to sue the emperor, but it is difficult to be afraid."

"You?!" Wu Yuanming has lived for almost thirty years, and it is the first time he has met someone who is even more shameless than himself, and he was so angry with Hu Gongshan that he spoke out for a while. Hu Gongshan took a step back with a smile and let Wei Dongting stand in front of him, Wei Dongting pointed at Mu Shenbao and Mu Meng and said: "Since the prince has no evidence to prove that Imperial Doctor Hu violated the law of the country, then Wei will arrest these thieves from Mu Wangfu, I don't think the prince will shield these thieves who assassinated you, right?" ”

"Shizi, let's go." Liu Xuanchu pulled Wu Yuanming's sleeve and attached it to Wu Yuanming's ear and said: "Anyway, the people of Mu Wangfu will not end well if they fall into the court, don't worry about them." It seems that this Hu Gongshan can't be killed quickly, let's go back and ...... Contact. ”

"Up!" When Liu Xuanchu whispered to Wu Yuanming, Wei Dongting gave an order to arrest people, and dozens of warriors from the Shanpu Battalion each raised their swords and guns to approach the Mushenbao brothers and sisters, Wu Sangui's guards saw that the target of the Shanpu Battalion was not their own, and they did not receive an order, so no one made a blocking move, so they let the Shanpu Battalion pass by. And Mu Shenbao and Mu Meng themselves have been surrounded by water, and it is difficult to fly, and it is known that it is difficult to escape the catastrophe today, and the brother and sister have the same heart and mind, and they are ready to fight to the death......

"Stop!" Seeing that the Mu family brothers and sisters had been surrounded by Wei Dongting's people, Wu Yuanming only felt a rush of blood rushing to the top of his head, ignoring Liu Xuanchu's exclamation, strode in front of the Mu family brothers and sisters, and shouted to the warriors in the camp: "Get out, don't catch them!" ”

"Shizi, these people are all thieves in Muwangfu, are you trying to rebel when you stop us from arresting the thieves?" Tong Guowei asked loudly. Wu Yuanming's voice was louder than him, and he roared: "Who said that they are the thieves of Mu Wangfu?" Do you have proof? They are all good people under the rule of my father, King Wu Sangui, and this son can testify to them! ”

Wu Yuanming's hoarse roar made the Mu family brothers and sisters dumbfounded, and the brothers and sisters never dreamed that the son of the big enemy Wu Sangui would stand up and rescue them, but Wu Yuanming's next words and deeds made their brothers and sisters even more shocked - Wu Yuanming pulled Mu Meng into his arms, hugged Mu Meng and yelled at Wei Dongting and Tong Guowei: "See clearly, this is the concubine of this son in Yunnan, which of you dares to touch a single hair of the concubine of this son, Lao Tzu will play it in the court, see who the court is looking for to settle accounts!" ”