Without Ashan's troublesome guy in Hangzhou City, Hangzhou City's guard on the people entering and leaving the city gate was immediately relaxed, and when Wu Yuanming and Wu Mei's family left Hangzhou with a huge convoy of horses, the city gate officials in front of the city gate did not even check a carriage and sent the respectful Wu Mei family out of the city - maybe everyone in Hangzhou City wished that the notorious Wang Yongyuan and his wife would get out of Hangzhou earlier and go to Yunnan to harm the people there. But that's okay, Liu Haozi and Hong Dashan, who killed the officials of the Sipin Imperial Court, only made up a little, mixed in the team of Wang Yongyuan and his wife, and swaggered out of Hangzhou City, and went straight to Daijiazhuang by the West Lake with Wu Yuanming and others. The huge real estate of Wang Yongyuan and his wife in Hangzhou was handed over to Wang Yongyuan's cousin to take care of on his behalf, although this would definitely be filled by his cousin, but for the sake of his own life, Wang Yongyuan and his wife couldn't take care of it so much.

Originally, Wang Yongyuan and his wife did not want to come to such a small place as Daijiazhuang, but after hearing that Dai Zi's family had more than 1,000 acres of fertile land, and after Dai Zi's family left, they wanted to put these fields and real estate in the names of Wang Yongyuan and his wife, so they asked Wang Yongyuan's cousin to help take care of them, and second, they took advantage of this to pay less land tax and grain tax (Note 1). Wang Yongyuan and his wife immediately changed their attitude, saying that as well-informed eunuchs, they should go to the hometown of their brother and daughter-in-law - by the way, they should discuss the matter of taking over the Dai family's property.

When they arrived at Zhuangkou, Dai Zi and Dai Yan had been waiting in Zhuangkou for a long time with Dai's mother, and when they saw Wu Yuanming, Dai Yan, who was dizzy, replied shyly and gave Wu Yuanming a look, and then bowed to his mother, Wu Yuanming was relatively slow in this regard, and he didn't understand Dai Yan's intentions. Instead, Wu Mei held Wu Yuanming down, kicked Wu Yuanming's knee, and scolded: "Stupid brother, don't you want to see your mother-in-law?" Wu Yuanming woke up from his dream as before, and was busy kowtowing to Dai's mother, "The son-in-law meets his mother-in-law." ”

"No need to be polite, please get up." The Dai family is a scholarly family, and Dai's mother is also very reasonable, and seeing that Wu Yuanming was born very handsome, and his family background is impeccable, his attitude towards Wu Yuanming is extremely kind. But Wu Yuanming was just about to get up, but Wang Ying'er ran up and bowed to Dai's mother Yingying with a red face, "Ying'er meets her mother-in-law, mother-in-law Wan'an." Dai's mother was very satisfied with Wu Yuanming's son-in-law, but she was at a loss for Wang Ying'er's daughter-in-law, and hesitated: "Miss Wang, your uncle is my son-in-law, and you call me mother-in-law, this is ...... Is this appropriate? ”

"Don't pay attention to these things, my brother and I are not born to the same mother, so it's okay to call them separately." Wu Yuanming repeatedly emphasized to Wu Mei the importance of Dai Zi to Wu Sangui's great cause, Wu Mei, who had a very bad personality but was very good to the Wu family, could only turn a blind eye to her daughter's marriage, and even ignored the chaotic generation. Wu Mei, who is the lord of Pingxi Wang, doesn't care anymore, and Dai's mother, who was born in a commoner, can't say anything anymore, so she can only acquiesce in her son's relationship with Wang Ying'er, fortunately, although Wang Ying'er has a brutal personality, she is very good at doing superficial work, and after a while, she will use sweet words to coax Dai's mother to be happy, and completely forget about the chaotic relationship between her son and daughter in the future.

When Wang Ying'er poured ecstasy soup on Dai's mother, Dai Yan quietly walked to Wu Yuanming's side and said shyly: "Your niece has a really sweet mouth and can speak, but I don't have that ability." Wu Yuanming smiled and said in a low voice: "It's a pity that that girl is a donkey egg with a bright surface, and her mouth is sweet, but her temper and personality are far behind." Dai Yan thought that Wu Yuanming was talking dirty, and was about to be coquettish, but suddenly saw Bai Xinsong, a pretty girl who was following Wu Yuanming, and was going to change to Hui'er or Zheng Xin, the two little tigresses saw that Wu Yuanming was not going to make trouble immediately with such a beautiful maid, but Dai Yan, who had a gentle personality, waved to Bai Xinsong generously: "I heard that you were bought by the county lord to serve my husband, you are so beautiful, you should care more about your master in the future, we will not treat you badly." ”

"The sky has no eyes, how can such a beautiful and gentle girl marry such a scoundrel?" Bai Xinsong also had a good impression of Dai Yan, and regretted that Dai Yan was busy saluting Dai Yan when she met someone who was unladylike, "The slave has seen Mrs., please say hello to Mrs. In order not to make the mother and daughter of the Dai family frightened, Wu Yuanming did not let Wu Lu tell Dai Yan Bai Xinsong's true identity, so Dai Yan was unwary of Bai Xinsong, and liked Bai Xinsong's same temperament as her - Dai Yan didn't dare to provoke Wang Ying'er, who had a temper similar to Zheng Xin'er, and took Bai Xinsong's hand and talked affectionately, and soon got closer to Bai Xinsong. At this time, Wu Mei, who was anxious to annex the Dai family's land, took the initiative to speak, "Mother-in-law, it's getting dark, and it's not a way for us to stand outside the village, let's go into your house and talk." ”

"The county lord is right, the women of the people are too bad at entertaining people." Dai's mother said apologetically: "Please come in, everyone please come in, the women have already asked people to prepare a banquet, and the county lord must not be considered a rough food in the countryside." Also, the luggage of the women's family has been packed up, and they are ready to go to Yunnan with the county lord tomorrow, but the tea forest of the women's family cannot be taken away, and the woman wants to put all the real estate in the name of the county lord to save some taxes and silver, and ask the county lord to help with this ....... "It's a trivial matter, who doesn't my mother's help help?"

Dai's mother and Wu Mei chattered and talked about homely things while entering the village with other people, Wu Yuanming took the opportunity of Bai Xinsong being pulled by Dai Yan to speak, and leaned next to Dai Zi and asked in a low voice: "Brother-in-law, how are things prepared?" Did you notice any unusual movements? Dai Zi replied in a low voice: "Everything is ready, my family is short of manpower, and I called some young people from the old tenant family to help." In addition, after noon today, a group of half-grown children came to the nearby lake, and they stayed at the lake under the pretext of fishing, which should be the group of people you said. ”

"If only it didn't alarm them, they should start preparing now." Wu Yuanming squinted and peeked left and right, and soon found that the two and a half children were constantly looking this way in the distance, and Bai Xinsong had also been combing his long hair with his hands, as if he was sending a secret signal to them......

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It was getting dark, and Wu Mei got her wish to transfer more than 1,000 acres of land of the Dai family to her name, and the gentle Dai mother had not yet let Wu Mei make a commission contract - this means that Wu Mei can swallow all the Dai family's property at any time, Wu Mei and Wang Yongyuan are even more overjoyed, and they are busy sitting at the table with Dai Mu and others to prepare for dinner. And Wu Mei brought a lot of family members and dart board guys, these people naturally couldn't eat in the Dai family's living room, so they could only arrange to sit in the courtyard, and Wu Yuanming and other leaders sat in the living room.

After three rounds of drinking, Bai Xinsong, who had been serving Wu Yuanming and Dai Yan, suddenly said a few words in Dai Yan's ear with a red face, Dai Yan chuckled and nodded in agreement, Bai Xinsong slipped out of the living room lightly, Wu Yuanming first made a look for Wu Lu to follow her, and then asked Dai Yan: "Why did Xin'er go out?" Dai Yan smiled: "She said that she was also hungry and wanted to go out to eat a bowl of rice and then come in to serve." Wu Yuanming sneered quietly in his heart, knowing that Bai Xinsong must have taken the opportunity of touching rice to put some medicine into the big steamer containing rice. However, Wu Yuanming was also worried that these little ghosts who didn't know the severity were poisoning the people outside, so he called Zhu Fangdan to the front, attached it to his ear and whispered a few words, and Zhu Fangdan took the order and left.

After another moment, Wu Lu first came back from outside and whispered in Wu Yuanming's ear: "Shizi, that ghost girl took advantage of the opportunity to add rice and stirred some medicine into the rice of several steamers. Then Zhu Fangdan came in from the outside again, nervously attached to Wu Yuanming's ear and whispered: "Shizi, it's not good, that ghost girl has arsenic in the meal!" Wu Yuanming hurriedly got up in a rage and hurriedly walked out of the hall with Wu Lu.

When Wu Yuanming left the hall, Jin Shan, the scum of the rivers and lakes who had made a great contribution to Wu Yuanming last night, was adding food next to a steamer, and Wu Yuanming hurriedly shouted: "Jin Shan, wait a while." Jin Shan turned his head and smiled at Wu Yuanming: "Uncle, what are your orders?" Wu Yuanming quickly stepped forward and pressed Jin Shan's hand, and whispered in his ear: "Don't make a noise, someone has poisoned the rice!" That Jin Shan was a little anxious, although he was shocked, he didn't scream, but asked Wu Yuanming tremblingly: "Uncle, I have eaten some rice just now, have I been poisoned?" ”

"The poison was just placed, so it should be fine." Wu Yuanming comforted him, and then pouted at Bai Xinsong, who was secretly looking over here, and said in a low voice: "The poison was given by that ghost girl, you fill the rice and pretend to go over to talk to her, distract her, and then we will take her down." That Jin Shan was very clever, busy filling up the rice, and walked over to Bai Xinsong, who was pretending to eat, with rice, and greeted: "Bai girl, I don't know if I have the honor to eat with you?" ”

"You may be seated." Bai Xinsong gave up her position, let Jin Shan sit next to her, and asked Jin Shan tentatively, "Brother Jin, what did my son-in-law say to you just now?" Jin Shan smiled evilly: "What else can you say?" It's not for me to be optimistic about you, don't let this beautiful girl you just bought take the opportunity to slip away. Bai Xin breathed a sigh of relief and said shyly: "Childe is really, he doesn't believe in the slave family so much." But at this moment, Wu Yuanming's evil laughter sounded in Bai Xinsong's ears at close range, "If you want me to believe it, it's okay, as long as you sleep with me tonight, I won't be afraid of you running away in the future." ”

"Oh, how did that scoundrel sneak behind me?" Bai Xinsong was shocked, and when he was about to turn his head, he was hit by a hard object on his back, and Wu Yuanming shouted in a low voice: "Don't move, otherwise I'll let you taste the taste of the musket." Bai Xinsong was also very clever, and sure enough, he stopped his next move, Wu Yuanming was secretly happy, and whispered in Bai Xinsong's ear: "Stand up slowly, follow me, and make a move to kill you." ”

Bai Xinsong got up slowly as he said, but when Wu Yuanming was just a little relaxed, Bai Xinsong suddenly knocked down Wu Yuanming's musket with an elbow, turned around and smashed the rice bowl in his hand on Wu Yuanming's face, and then ran away. But before she could run two steps, there was a sudden 'suddenly' sound in the back of her head, and a hard object smashed on her head, Bai Xinsong only felt a sharp pain in her head, and when she looked back with difficulty, she saw Jin Shan holding the bench and smiled proudly: "White girl, I forgot to tell you that I used to specialize in beating people in Jiangxi." Before the words fell, Bai Xinsong had already fainted in front of him.

"Don't panic, we're kidding." Wu Yuanming wiped the rice grains on his face, pointed to the dark night sky outside the courtyard, and made a quiet gesture to the dart heads and runners of the Wu Dai family and the dart bureau who were attracted by the fight, and at the same time, Wu Lu and Zhu Fangdan also whispered to the people around them: "There is an enemy ambush outside the courtyard, don't alarm them." The dart head and the executioner hired by Wu Mei were all old Jianghu, and they immediately understood Wu Yuanming's intentions, and hurriedly comforted the people around them, so that they would not alarm the enemy who was ambushing outside.

"Wu Lu, Zhu Fangdan, the two of you tell them what to do, and by the way, check if there are any poisoned people." Wu Yuanming gave an order to Wu Lu and Zhu Fangdan, and then carried Bai Xinsong, who had passed out in a coma, into a side room of the Dai family with Jin Shan, and Liu Haozi and Hong Dashan, who also knew the inside story, also followed. Wu Yuanming first asked Jin Shan to tie Bai Xinsong to a Taishi chair, and then splashed Bai Xinsong with cold water to wake him up, and sneered and asked Bai Xinsong, who was crying out in pain: "Stinky girl, you want to poison so many people with arsenic, aren't you afraid of losing your reputation in Muwangfu?" ”

"Do you know that I am from Mu Wangfu?" Bai Xinsong, who was still in a daze, first took a beat, and then explained: "Originally, I was going to use sweat medicine, but our people didn't know how to get sweat medicine, so we couldn't use arsenic." Besides, I'm poisoning a traitor lackey, and it's nothing to spread it. Speaking of this, the groggy Bai Xinsong realized that something was wrong, and struggled to shout: "Stinky scoundrel, why did you tie me up?" What do you want to do? Let me go! ”

"Don't scream, or I'll strip you naked at once." Wu Yuanming made a gesture of wanting to strip Bai Xinsong's clothes, which frightened Bai Xinsong and quickly shut up. Wu Yuanming asked again: "Your name is Bai Xinsong, Bai Hansong and Bai Lingsong are your eldest brother and second brother, right?" Bai Xinsong asked in surprise: "Do you know my two elder brothers?" Wu Yuanming smiled and said: "I don't just know your eldest brother and second brother, your sister Mu Meng is still my wife." Bai Xinsong said angrily: "Nonsense, how could my cute sister fall in love with a scoundrel and stinky hooligan like you?" ”

"You'll find out if it's nonsense." Wu Yuanming smiled and said, "Let's say, if your plan goes well and you poison the people outside with arsenic, how do you use to notify your companions outside and let them come in and kill my second sister's family?" ”

"You're trying to trick our people in?" Bai Xinsong was taken aback, and immediately understood Wu Yuanming's intentions, and said angrily: "Stinky scoundrel, you don't want Aunt Ben to betray her companions." After that, Bai Xinsong opened her mouth and was about to scream, Wu Yuanming hurriedly covered her mouth, and at the same time touched Bai Xinsong's body, and Liu Haozi next to him said dissatisfiedly: "Dog traitor, what are you doing?" Bullying the juniors of Old Man Mu? ”

"This girl wants to have no figure, she wants to have no face, I bully her, so am I not asking for a loss?" Wu Yuanming replied casually angrily - so angry that Bai Xinsong's eyes bulged out, and Wu Yuanming explained: "If I guessed correctly, if she wants to notify the outside without alarming the people in the living room, using fireworks is the most convenient way...... I guessed correctly. Stinky girl, you brought this on yourself, and you actually tied fireworks to your thighs. As he spoke, Wu Yuanming pulled out a thumb-thick firework from Bai Xinsong's skirt. And Bai Xinsong was touched by Wu Yuanming in the most secret part of her body, and she fainted in anger and shame.

"Stinky girl, this is your cruel punishment." Wu Yuanming stuffed his snot-blowing handkerchief into Bai Xinsong's mouth, beckoned and said, "Go out, get ready to meet those little devils who don't know the height of the sky." Jin Shan wanted to stay to guard Bai Xinsong, but Wu Yuanming immediately kicked him on the ass, "You kid don't come here, you raped a little widow in Xiaoshan, and Lao Tzu hasn't settled accounts with you yet." ”

Back in the compound, Wu Lu and Zhu Fangdan had already explained the plan to everyone present, and several people who had taken the poison by mistake also took Zhu Fangdan's antidote, and the unaware Wu Mei couple and Dai Mu and others were still talking and chatting in the living room, but Dai Zi carried two repeating muskets made by himself to participate in the operation. Wu Yuanming bowed his hand to the people present and said: "Everyone, the people who will be killed in a while are all loyal martyrs, although they want to kill us, but please for the sake of their elders who sacrificed their lives for the country, don't kill them too seriously for the sake of a momentary anger, just capture them alive." ”

Everyone said yes, according to Wu Yuanming's instructions, lie on the table or lie on the ground and pretend to be dead, Wu Yuanming then searched the fireworks from Bai Xinsong and lit it at the sky, with a soft sound, a small red fireball flew into the air and exploded silently in the sky. Wu Yuanming took another repeating musket, and then sat down at the table to wait, while Dai Zi returned to the living room as Wu Yuanming instructed, ready to appease his mother and Wu Yuanming's second sister's family.

In a moment, a small human head appeared on the courtyard wall, and saw that the people in the courtyard had already fallen horizontally, and the human head quickly shrank back, and after a moment, the courtyard door was rudely slammed open, and twenty or thirty half-sized children and half-grown girls rushed in with weapons, and after they all entered the courtyard, Wu Yuanming stood up and faced the sky is a shuttle, and shouted: "Don't move, whoever moves will kill who!" As soon as the gunshots rang out, the Dai family members who were ambushed outside the compound rushed out of the ambush pushing wheelbarrows, and the cars were covered with sulfur on thatch, and they ignited immediately when they saw the fire, and the courtyard gate immediately turned into a sea of fire, firmly blocking the retreat of the third generation of disciples of Mu Wangfu.

"I'm in ambush, run." One of the third-generation disciples of Mu Wangfu shouted, but before he could speak, the tenants of the Dai family threw a group of burning grass balls into the Mu Wangfu team, and those grass balls were stuffed with smoke such as flame nitrate and sulfur, and a large amount of smoke was produced in the burning, which immediately enveloped the three generations of disciples of Mu Wangfu, choking them to cough and cry, and their eyes could not see. The two families who pretended to be dead in the courtyard, the dart head and the executioner took the opportunity to take out the fishing nets that had been prepared and opened them, and threw them into the smoke one by one. A few of the three generations of disciples of Mu Wangfu who rushed forward were easily tripped by Liu Haozi, Hong Dashan and others and the executioners of the dart bureau because of their blurred vision, and they were easily captured on the ground. It only took less than half a pillar of incense, and a total of thirty-one disciples of the three generations of Mu Wangfu were all captured, and none of them were able to escape from the courtyard of the Dai family.

"What's wrong? What happened? Until this moment, Wang Yongyuan, Wu Mei and his wife and Dai's mother and others found out about the movement in the courtyard, and hurriedly ran to the courtyard to check, and after learning what happened, Wu Mei and Wang Yongyuan and his wife immediately smiled, Wu Mei patted Wu Yuanming's shoulder and said: "Brother, this time you have made a great contribution, all the descendants of our Wu family's great enemy Mu Wangfu have been taken down by you, and when you arrive in Yunnan, your father doesn't know how to praise you." ”

"Brother, kill all these little cubs, and your sister and I won't have to worry about being threatened by them when we go back to Yunnan." Wang Yongyuan shouted majestically. Wu Yuanming shook his head, "Sister, brother-in-law, although I arrested them so that you would not be threatened and hurt by them when you returned to Yunnan, I also arrested them for another purpose, that is, to protect them." Don't worry about this, tomorrow you and my mother-in-law Yunnan, I will take them to Jiangning. ”

Note 1: During the Kangxi period, in order to win over the Han gentry, Kangxi followed the system of the Ming Dynasty officials and gentry not paying grain, and in order to avoid the land tax, which was far higher than the land rent, the commoners often put their land in the name of the gentry officials who were exempt from land tax, so as to evade taxes; And most of the gentry took advantage of this to annex land on a large scale, and did not spend a penny to annex the fields of the commoners, and after the death of Kangxi, this system was abolished by Yongzheng. By the way, this is also the fundamental reason why Kangxi was praised by the literati and Yongzheng was scolded bloody.