Chapter Ninety-Five: Yang Qilong's Ambition

Suspiciously entered the study, Yang Qilong, who had not seen him for many days, was talking to Yao Qisheng in the study, because he was Wu Yuanming's elder, Yao Qisheng naturally didn't have to get up to greet him after Wu Yuanming came in, but Yang Qilong, who was about the same age as Wu Yuanming, refused to get up, and calmly dusted off his body, stilted his legs and leaned back slightly, the momentum was as if a superior was meeting a subordinate.

"Sample, pretending to be a dragon and a phoenix grandson is still pretending to be a brute elephant." Wu Yuanming scolded secretly, and didn't bother to bother with this fake third prince Zhu, sat opposite Yang Qilong with his big crossed legs, first grabbed the teapot on the table and poured it vulgarly into the teapot mouth, and then put down the teapot and wiped the tea that overflowed the corners of his mouth and said: "Mr. Yang, I haven't seen you for a long time, last time I was in Dongxing Building, I don't know why Mr. Yang didn't appreciate the light - I prepared a silver ticket of 50,000 taels of silver for Mr. Yang." ”

"Hmph, Shizi, don't play Zhu Mou." Yang Qilong sneered: "After saying goodbye to the prince last time, Kangxi's thirteen yamen suddenly knew the name Yang Qilong, and also knew that Yang Qilong was the chief incense master of Zhong Sanlang's incense club - is this a coincidence?" If it weren't for the fact that Zhu also had a few eyeliners in the Thirteen Yamen, and he recklessly arrived at the Dongxing Tower, which was surrounded by thousands of Tartar troops on the three floors of the three floors downstairs, would Zhu still be able to come back alive? ”

"Mr. Yang's identity exposed? Or was it exposed after leaving my house? Wu Yuanming was taken aback, carefully recalled the scene that day, and felt that Kangxi and Kong Sizhen went to Dongxing Building that day, and it seemed that they were going to Yang Qilong. Thinking of this, Wu Yuanming couldn't help but have a feeling that he couldn't wash it away even if he jumped into the Yellow River, and said with a wry smile: "So, Mr. Yang suspects that Mr. Yang betrayed Mr. Yang to the imperial court?" Then why did Mr. Yang come to the door at night? Could it be that he came to settle accounts with Wu Mouqiu? ”

"Don't hide it from the world, Zhu was suspicious of the world at first." Because he has been pretending to be the third prince of Zhu for a long time, he even thinks that he is the third prince of Zhu, so Yang Qilong called himself 'Zhu' and said coldly: "For this reason, Zhu spent a lot of effort to investigate this matter, and it was not until this afternoon that the results were found out, and the result made Zhu breathe a sigh of relief, it turned out that the prince was really innocent, and the person who betrayed Zhu was a personal soldier in the prince's mansion." In the future, please discipline your subordinates more and stop doing things that harm others and yourself. ”

"The man who betrayed you is my family's own soldier?" Wu Yuanming will be suspicious of Yang Qilong's words, although all the family members of the pro-soldiers left by his father are detained in Yunnan, and most of them can be believed, but it is not excluded that there will be any scum among them - especially in the face of Kong Sizhen's **, normal men may make mistakes. At this time, the old fox Yao Qisheng interjected: "Child, my father thinks that Mr. Yang is reasonable, and our family does not dare to guarantee safety. ”

Wu Yuanming nodded, and said in his heart that although this hurt the self-esteem of the soldiers, it was better to be cautious when he was ready to escape from Beijing. Wu Yuanming asked again: "Since Mr. Yang knows that Mr. Wu is innocent, what is the matter with Mr. Yang coming to Mr. Wu tonight?" Do you want to ask for the money that Wu promised to Mr. Yang? Or is there something else? ”

"Of course you want the money." Boss Yang Qilong replied unceremoniously, and said: "In addition to the matter of silver, Zhu also wants to ask Shizi, when does Shizi plan to escape from Beijing?" ”

"When will I escape from Beijing?" Wu Yuanming glanced at Yang Qilong vigilantly, and didn't understand why this fake third prince Zhu suddenly asked about this matter, so he tentatively said: "Wu doesn't know what Mr. Yang means by asking this?" Wu lives in this Beijing city, eats delicacies from the mountains and seas, wears silk and satin, takes a green sedan chair in and out, and lives a fairy-like peaceful life, why did Wu escape from Beijing? ”

"Cousin, don't kid yourself." Yang Qilong suddenly changed his name to Wu Yuanming, and giggled and said: "For the sake of Miss Zhaohui, cousin, you led troops to besiege the emperor's guards, and almost turned Beijing City upside down. If Aobai suddenly falls, cousin, aren't you afraid that the Tartar Emperor will settle accounts with your cousin Qiuhou? ”

"Mr. Yang's words are wrong, Ao Zhongtang has just been named a prince by the emperor, the holy family is long, and he has a heavy army governor in the world, how can he suddenly fall?" Yao Qisheng interjected again. Yang Qilong smiled and replied casually: "It is true that most of the generals of the Tartar army are Aobai, but most of these people are stationed all over the country and cannot be united, but most of the troops stationed in Beijing are in the hands of Kangxi. Although there is a Fengtai garrison that is a hardcore henchman of Aobai, it is a pity that Aobai self-destroyed the Great Wall and replaced the commander of the Fengtai garrison, and shifted his attention to me, the head of Zhong Sanlang Xianghui. At this moment, Kangxi's new intelligence commander Kong Sizhen slept ...... the bed of Liu Quting, a general of the Fengtai garrison. ”

When he said this, Yang Qilong suddenly found that he was being tricked out by Yao Qisheng, and he secretly regretted it and hurriedly stopped. Wu Yuanming heard the problem in Yang Qilong's words, and couldn't help laughing: "I understand, it turned out that Mr. Yang's Zhong Sanlang incense will be targeted by Aobai, and all kinds of activities in the incense meeting are restricted, in order to divert the attention of the imperial court, so I came to incite Wu to escape from Beijing and let Wu attract the attention of the imperial court." As a proton, Wu escaped, and the court must be worried about his father's rebellion, so the court only stared at Wu's father and son and had no energy to pay attention to Mr. Yang's Zhong Saburo Xianghui, so Mr. Yang could take the opportunity to profit from the chaos. ”

"Yes, Mr. Yang's abacus is really good." Yao Qisheng twisted his gray beard and added with a smile: "Proton fled Beijing without authorization, and King Pingxi has no choice if he wants to rebel. ”

"Yes and what? In the final analysis, it's all your fault! After the intention was seen through by Wu Yuanming and Yao Qisheng, Yang Qilong was annoyed and said angrily: "Your subordinates have become traitors, and they have revealed my affairs to the imperial court, and that little ghost Kangxi took the opportunity to set up a treacherous plan, under the pretext that I encircled the refugees, and coaxed that old fool to distract Zhong Sanlangxiang who chased and beat me!" At noon today, the Tongzhou branch of the Zhong Sanlang Xianghui was copied by the people of Aobai, and many Xianghui people were arrested on the spot, and a lot of weapons were copied! In this way, Aobai's blow to my Zhong Sanlang Xiang will be even more fierce, and it is estimated that in less than three days, the notice of wanting me Yang Qilong will be plastered all over the five northern provinces! If it weren't for something wrong with you, would I have gotten to this point? ”

"And such a thing?" Wu Yuanming was stunned, and said in his heart that if it was really a problem in my personal army, then I would make Yang Qilong suffer, but in this way, the situation in the north will inevitably have new variables, and if it is guided, it may also be a good thing for my family. Yao Qisheng snickered in his stomach, and asked in surprise: "Isn't Mr. Yang's Zhong San Langxiang Club claiming to have millions of people?" In addition to the army of the three feudatories, the green battalion of the Eight Banners directly of the imperial court is only more than 900,000, and it is still distributed all over the country, why didn't Mr. Yang directly launch the incense sect to merge with the imperial court? In this way, at least the north is at your fingertips. ”

Yang Qilong was speechless, he himself knew better than anyone else that his so-called millions of sectarians included the old and weak women and children who could not go to the battlefield, and even the remaining young and strong men were just a group of rabble, not to mention that there were not so many weapons and equipment for the army, even if the weapons were sufficient, they were soft-footed shrimp on the battlefield without formal military training - there were not more wars than people. And it is too late to train the army, and it is absolutely impossible to train the army privately in the north, plus it is now targeted by the imperial court, and if you don't make any moves, you have to wait to be uprooted by the imperial court. Therefore, Yang Qilong started Wu Sangui's idea in desperation, and only by instigating Wu Sangui to raise troops immediately could he Yang Qilong have the opportunity to fish in troubled waters.

"Shizi, we don't talk darkly." After being silent for a while, Yang Qilong decided to have a showdown with Wu Yuanming, waved the steel fan and said: "Yes, Zhu's current situation is indeed not good, if he doesn't take action, Zhu's Zhong Sanlang Xiang will be uprooted by the imperial court sooner or later." But Shizi, although you are okay for a while, but it won't be long before the situation is even worse than Zhu, Zhu has just said, Kangxi's little ghost is stepping up the encirclement and differentiation of Aobai's henchmen in the past few days, according to the information I have, Kong Sizhen's ability to seduce and win over men is indeed not covered, at least one-third of the middle and lower-level officers of the Fengtai garrison have fallen to Kangxi, just wait for the two staff leaders in the Fengtai garrison to go to Kong Sizhen's bed for a night tour, Aobai's army outside Beijing is basically finished. At the same time, the Eight Banners cavalry, which was stationed in Rehe and only listened to the orders of the Empress Dowager, had recently moved, and tens of thousands of troops in the Rehe garrison had disappeared. Although it was claimed that the army had gone to the Outer Khing'an Mountains to fight Lao Maozi. But according to our secret investigation, there is an additional military camp in the dense forest north of Badaling, and the supply of this military camp is not allocated through the military department, but is secretly supplied by the two imperial villages of Rehe and Chengde, who are their targets, you should know better than Zhu, right? ”

"Mr. Yang's intelligence network is really powerful, Wu admires it." Wu Yuanming replied with a smashing mouth. In history, before Kangxi made his move to Aobai, Xiaozhuang did secretly mobilize the Rehe Eight Banners to support Kangxi, but he didn't expect Xiaozhuang's means to be so powerful, and he unknowingly ambushed a large number of troops under Aobai's nose. However, Yang Qilong's intelligence network can know this, which is not simple. Yao Qisheng quietly pondered in his stomach, wondering whether he should inform Ao Bai of the news.

"Judging from all aspects, it is not long before the fall of that old fool in Aobai, so it will be too late for you to escape." Yang Qilong continued with a serious expression: "Although the prince is now closely monitored by the imperial court, Zhu can guarantee that as long as the prince is willing to escape from this Beijing city, Zhu can arrange and protect the prince and keep the prince safe and sound to return to Yunnan." ”

"Mr. Yang's kindness, Wu Mou got it." Wu Yuanming asked without yin or yang: "But what is Mr. Yang so enthusiastic about helping Wu?" Could it be that Mr. Yang is the living Lei Feng of the Qing Dynasty...... Frankly, what does Mr. Yang want Mr. Wu to do for Mr.? ”

"I hope the prince will persuade the king of Pingxi to raise an army against the Qing Dynasty." Yang Qilong saw the disdain on Wu Yuanming's face, so he said very frankly: "As long as the prince who is a hostage returns to Yunnan, the king of Pingxi will have to do it even if he doesn't want to oppose the Qing Dynasty. As long as we are fast enough to act before Aobai and Kangxi decide the victory and defeat and the Manchu civil strife is over, then we have at least a seventy percent chance of victory. ”

Wu Yuanming pinched his chin and didn't speak, Wu Yuanming didn't think about the plan of rebelling before the end of the Kangao dispute, and he had also discussed it privately with Liu Xuanchu and Yao Qisheng, but the two old foxes both pointed out that this plan was impossible to succeed, not to mention other unfavorable factors for the time being, just the fact that Yungui could not produce grain and be self-sufficient was enough to kill the neck of Wu Sangui's army! Liu Xuanchu also secretly told Wu Yuanming behind his back - because of the weather, the two provinces of Yunnan and Guizhou have failed to harvest year after year, coupled with population growth, Yungui's grain storage is not even enough for the army to fight for two months! Therefore, Wu Sangui did everything possible to ask the imperial court for more military salaries and take the initiative to disarm, in order to import rice and rice from Annam, Siam and other countries and accumulate grain in the tuntian, while the land in Yunnan and Guizhou provinces was barren and there was not much grain production and there was no outlet to the sea, and Guangxi was controlled by the old generals of Kong Sizhen's family.

"Shizi, think about it, what a great opportunity." Yang Qilong has another set of intrigues and tricks, but militarily he is a complete layman, and Wu Sangui actually said stupid words about the abundance of food, and incited: "The king of Pingxi has controlled Yungui for many years, the soldiers are full of food, the advisers are like rain, and the fierce generals are like clouds. But with Zhu's echo, it's different, as long as I, the third prince of Zhu, fights out, the army of the former Ming people will inevitably respond in droves, hundreds of millions of Han people will be attached to the people, and the thirteen provinces will rise in flames, plus the Manchu civil strife has an opportunity to take advantage of, are you afraid of cleaning up these millions of Manchu Tartars? ”

"So, son, you better hurry back to Yunnan, the king of Pingxi is old and is waiting for you to go back to succeed to the throne." What Yang Qilong hopes most now is that Wu Yingxiong will flee back to Yunnan immediately - to divert his attention for himself, and threatened: "If it's too late, wait for Kangxi and Aobai to decide the victory, not to mention the loss of the fighter, I'm afraid that the prince will be killed." ”

If Yang Qilong had come to Wu Yuanming a day earlier to incite Wu Yuanming to escape, then Wu Yuanming might still consider his proposal, but now Wu Yuanming has already figured out a way not to force his father to rebel and escape from Beijing safely, so Wu Yuanming shook his head and refused after a little thought: "Mr. Yang's kindness Wu Yingxiong has received it, but my father and Wu are loyal to the court and have no intention of rebelling. Therefore, Wu can only be grateful for Mr. Yang's kindness, but he can't accept it. ”

"Shizi, do you really plan to stay in Beijing to accompany Ao Bai to die?" Yang Qilong's wishful thinking of immediately forcing Wu Sangui to oppose was disrupted by Wu Yuanming, and he couldn't help but become angry again. Wu Yuanming resolutely shook his head and refused: "Don't dare to deceive Mr. Yang, the day before yesterday in the Shangu shop outside Beijing, Wu Mou and the emperor have sworn to the sky not to lose each other, the emperor Chrysostom Yuyan, Wu believes him!" Saying that, Wu Yuanming picked up a box from the bookcase, took out a Citibank Silver Ticket of 50,000 taels of silver, handed it to Yang Qilong and said: "Mr. Yang, this 50,000 taels of silver was promised to you by Wu, whether Mr. took it to recruit troops or buy horses, or subsidized it for personal use, Wu never asked, and it can be regarded as Wu Mou's apology to Mr. Yang - who told my traitors to reveal Mr. Yang's identity." ”

"Hehe, the prince really has a good calculation." Yang Qilong laughed angrily, "This 50,000 taels of silver, is it called Huazi?" Or do you want to arm Zhong Saburo Xianghui for Zhu, let Zhu make trouble for Kangxi in the north, and make time for King Pingxi to prepare? ”

"Whatever Mr. Yang thinks." Wu Yuanming shrugged his shoulders, and said in his heart that 50,000 taels of silver is not a small amount, if you don't want it, just pull it down. Yang Qilong was furious and then sneered, took out a small cloth bag from his arms and put it in front of Wu Yuanming, and sneered: "Shizi, if this person wants to escape from Beijing with you, I don't know if you can be tempted?" ”

"What is this?" Wu Yuanming suspiciously opened the cloth bag, and after just one glance, his face changed color, and he exclaimed: "The pearl necklace I gave Hui'er!" Then Wu Yuanming stood up and roared at Yang Qilong in a low voice: "Okay, I wonder why I can't find Hui'er, it turns out that she is in your hands!" Tell me, what did you do to her? ”

"Don't blame the good people, Miss Zhaohui sent it to the door by herself." Yang Qilong smiled strangely: "Actually, the prince should be grateful to Zhu, if it wasn't for Zhu to save Miss Zhaohui, Miss Zhaohui would have fallen into the hands of the Tartar Emperor who swore to the sky with the prince that night." Miss Zhaohui is indeed very beautiful and moving, so beautiful that even the not very lustful Zhu is very excited, not to mention the Tartar Emperor who wants to drink raw deer blood and aphrodisiac every day. ”

"What do you want?" Wu Yuanming asked in a deep voice with anger in a strong voice. Yang Qilong smiled, knocked on Erlang's leg and said slowly: "I don't want to do anything, as long as the prince of the world, you will flee back to Yunnan immediately, persuade the king of Pingxi to recognize my identity as Zhu Cijiong, and then give the prince's Citi silver account in Beijing and all the silver in the treasury to Zhu Cijiong, and Miss Zhaohui will naturally return to the side of the prince." ”

"You're dreaming!" Wu Yuanming yelled: "Come on, take this Yang Qilong for me!" ”

"Order!" Almost at the same moment, six Wu Sangui guards jumped down from the beam of the study at the same time, and the six steel knives immediately hit Yang Qilong's neck. Yang Qilong didn't resist either, and said with a smile: "The prince doesn't have to worry, Zhu has already said hello to his subordinates before going out, as long as Zhu doesn't return home before the fourth watch, then at least hundreds of men will become Miss Zhaohui's husband - everyone wants to taste the beauty of almost becoming the queen of the Tartars." ”

"Despicable villain!" Wu Yuanming was so angry that he smoked, and Yang Qilong replied with a smile: "Zhu learned this trick from the prince, didn't the prince also use this trick to deal with Wei Dongting's fiancΓ©e?" ”

This time, Wu Yuanming was speechless - retribution, gritted his teeth and chewed his lips for a long time, and then Wu Yuanming held back a very reluctant sentence, "Yang Qilong, do you think I will force my father to rebel for a milky little girl?" ”

"The family of the prince has a family history, what can't be done for the sake of the woman he loves?" Yang Qilong replied with a smile. Wu Yuanming was speechless, and said in his heart that it was retribution, he used this trick to block the mouths of countless people, and now he has become someone else's mouth with this trick. At this time, Yao Qisheng, who had not spoken, suddenly coughed, and without waiting for Wu Yuanming to speak, Yang Qilong preemptively smiled and said: "Shizi, your father-in-law has already sent you a secret message to ask you to agree to Zhu's conditions, what do you mean?" ”

"Damn it, you even know the code between me and my father-in-law." Wu Yuanming gritted his teeth against Yang Qilong, but he was helpless against him. Seeing that the treacherous godfather issued a secret message to ask him to agree, after hesitating for a moment, Wu Yuanming finally nodded and said, "Okay, I promise you." ”

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"I'll give you two days to prepare, and after two days, I'll send someone to you to arrange an escape plan and take over the Citibank Silver. If you're not afraid of anything that will happen to your Hui'er, you can send someone to follow my whereabouts. After throwing down a sentence, Yang Qilong got on the sedan chair and was carried away by four entourage. Yao Qisheng, who sent him out with Wu Yuanming, looked at the back of Yang Qilong and his party leaving, and sneered, and said in his heart: "This guy is about to be cornered, and he actually came up with the idea of forcing Wu Sangui to rebel - it is also thanks to him that he came up with this idea." As long as you push him again, don't be afraid that he won't hand over the things! ”