It is not difficult for Wu Yuanming to teach the third generation of Mu Wangfu, who do not know the height of the sky, but there is another branch - will Ah Shan, whose son was killed, turn a blind eye and let Wu Yuanming, a person who has a great relationship with his son's killing, leave Hangzhou? Wu Yuanming analyzed the various actions that Ah Shan might take, and found that if he was Ah Shan, the best way to capture the enemy who killed his son was to send someone to follow and monitor him. Because Liu Haozi's killing of Sehe was only a manslaughter, and killing himself was the goal, and if Liu Haozi did not die or was not captured for a day, it would not rule out the possibility that Liu Haozi would continue to come to him to settle accounts, so as long as Ahsan kept an eye on himself, he had hope of catching the murderer Sekh - which also brought a lot of inconvenience to Wu Yuanming's plan of action.

In order to verify his guess, Wu Yuanming deliberately found an excuse to take Wu Lu and Zhu Fangdan around the street, as expected, Wu Yuanming really found that there was more than a group of people behind him, in addition to two half-sized men pretending to be beggars, there were also seven or eight adult men, although they were dressed in civilian clothes, their steps and standing posture intentionally or unintentionally revealed that they had received military training. Seeing this scene, Wu Yuanming, who knew it in his heart, did not delay any longer, and went to the medicine hall with Zhu Fangdan to buy some medicines and other things and then took the car back to the second sister's house, those people were still reluctant to follow, until Wu Yuanming's carriage entered Wu Mei's mansion and scattered and hidden.

Back at the second sister's house, Wu Yuanming met the Hangzhou prefect who came to investigate the assassination of the county lord of Pingxi, and after being scolded by Wu Mei, the unlucky Hangzhou prefect trembled and said that he must have caught the murderer, avenged the lord of Pingxi Wang, and hurriedly said goodbye and left. Wu Yuanming stopped him, "Lord Prefect, please stay, I still have something to say." The prefect of Hangzhou knew that Wu Yuanming was a nobleman from the Pingxi Palace, so he hurriedly said: "Lord Wu, do you have any other advice?" ”

"Lord Prefect, have you ever heard that Jiangnan is extremely unquiet during this time, and there are major events in Luoma Lake, Suqian, Gaoyou and Yangzhou one after another?" Wu Yuanming asked the Hangzhou prefect. The prefect of Hangzhou nodded, "I heard that the slander of the imperial court clearly stated that the Heaven and Earth Society thieves were killed and dispersed by the official army in Hejian Mansion, fled to Luoma Lake and fought a few battles with the official army, and then robbed the prison in Yangzhou, and the south of the Yangtze River shook!" Alas, what a mess. "The prefect of Hangzhou had a sad face, and said in his heart that then the son of the general of Hangzhou was killed in my jurisdiction, and the lord of Pingxi was assassinated.

"Then the prefect, have you noticed a strange phenomenon? Do these unrest seem to have a pattern? If you figure out these rules, you might be able to catch those thieves. Wu Yuanming asked again. The prefect of Hangzhou had some brains, first for a while, and then carefully calculated, slapped his thigh and said: "What Lord Wu pointed out is that the turmoil in the south of the Yangtze River is along the canal from north to south, and wherever the turmoil occurs is the city through which the canal passes!" Speaking of this, the prefect of Hangzhou patted his head and said: "I understand, the thieves who created turmoil are going south, and they are either still in Hangzhou City, or they have already gone south." ”

"The rebels who cause turmoil are right in front of you." Wu Yuanming first replied in his heart, and then said to the Hangzhou prefect insidiously: "Lord Prefect, I think so too, but I think that the pursuit of anti-thieves in Hangzhou City is tight, and it is unlikely that they will remain in Hangzhou City. The prefect of Hangzhou nodded again and again, and said gratefully: "Thank you Lord Wu for your guidance, if the thieves flee south, they will pass through Xiaoshan by land or water, and the lower officials will send more people to Xiaoshan to investigate." ”

"Thank you, Lord Wu, the next official will go and dispatch people." There is hope for the black yarn hat to be kept, and the prefect of Hangzhou is busy trying to run errands. Wu Yuanming sneered and called all the scum of the rivers and lakes that the second sister's family had bought in front of him, and selected two people who were about the same size as Liu Haozi and Hong Dashan - it was a coincidence that the scum of the rivers and lakes who he admitted to having robbed in Jiangxi last night was also picked out by Wu Yuanming because he was about the same size as Liu Haozi's burly figure, and Wu Yuanming also asked his name, only then did he learn that he was called Jindao.

"You two come with me, and the others go and rest." Wu Yuanming waved his hand to let the others disperse, called the golden knife and another scum of the rivers and lakes to a single room, and placed two silver tickets of two hundred taels of silver in front of them. The two scum of the rivers and lakes immediately smiled, and asked Wu Yuanming in a loud voice: "Uncle, you are honest and too polite, if you have anything to tell the little one to do it, why should you reward it so much?" Saying kind words, the eyes of the two scum of the rivers and lakes were staring at the two silver tickets, looking salivating.

"You're welcome, as long as you do the things I explained well, there will be three hundred taels per person afterwards." Wu Yuanming said with a smile. The two scum of the rivers and lakes who only had ten taels of silver a month were overjoyed, and hurriedly nodded and asked: "Uncle, please command, even if you go to the soup and go to the soup and go to the oil pot, the villains will not look back." ”

"Good. Actually, it's not difficult, as long as you do it with your heart. Wu Yuanming pointed at Zhu Fangdan and said: "After a while, the two of you will go out of the city with him, and after you get to the suburbs, he will give you two a little makeup, and then the two of you will ride a fast horse to Xiaoshan, and use your makeup appearance to do a few cases in Xiaoshan casually, murder, arson, and robbery ** are all up to you, the key is that your appearance after makeup must be seen clearly, and it would be better if you were seen clearly by the officials and officials." After doing these things, you can flee south, and when you get to a place where no one is around, you can wash off your makeup and rush back to Hangzhou overnight. ”

"Uncle, what do you mean, let's dress up as someone else and go to Xiaoshan to commit crimes? I wonder who my uncle is going to make us make? The golden knife was quite scheming, and asked Wu Yuanming questions. Wu Yuanming didn't hide it from him, and said calmly: "My son plans to let you disguise yourself as the two assassins who killed Seh, so that you can divert the attention of Hangzhou General Ashan. ”

"Uncle spares his life." The two scum were startled, and quickly knelt down and kowtowed, and the golden knife said in fear: "Uncle, don't you want to kill the villains?" Those two assassins killed the only son of General Ahsan, and if we were to be seen by General Ahsan in their disguises, we would have killed the two assassins. ”

"Idiot." Wu Yuanming said angrily: "Do I want you to meet Ah Shan?" As long as the two of you do a few random cases in Xiaoshan and let the government know that the Assassins have fled to the south, you will be considered to have completed your mission. When the time comes, you wash off the makeup on your face, and Ahsan and his army won't recognize you even if they see you, and you're still in danger of fart? The golden knife and the other scum thought about it carefully, and then nodded and agreed to Wu Yuanming's arrangement. Wu Yuanming threatened again: "This matter is done, when I return to Yunnan, I can still let the two of you be officials and have a good time; But if it is a mess, or it is a rumor...... Hum! ”

"Uncle rest assured, the villain understands." The golden knife was very well-behaved, and said with a smile on his face: "The villains still expect to be an official and majestic, so dare to leak the uncle's major affairs to outsiders?" Wu Yuanming nodded secretly, and said in his heart that this guy was very eyebrow-eyed, and he didn't even ask me why he did these things, let alone ask me what my relationship was with those assassins, he was a manufacturable material.

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arranged the steps to transfer the tiger from the mountain, and sent Wu Lu to Daijiazhuang to organize preparations, Wu Yuanming, who was full of lust, went to Bai Xinsong's room and teased the little girl, which made the little girl red-faced, rubbed her whole body soft, and almost pulled out a knife and worked hard with Wu Yuanming. Wu Yuanming took out a beautiful golden hairpin he had just bought and handed it to Bai Xinsong, and said with a wicked smile: "Xin'er, this is specially bought and given to you by this son, dress up more beautifully in the future, and this son will also have face." "All girls like beautiful jewelry, and Bai Xinsong is no exception, and she was afraid of arousing Wu Yuanming's suspicion, so she accepted Wu Yuanming's gift with a red face - her anger towards Wu Yuanming disappeared.

"It's beautiful." Wu Yuanming stared at Bai Xinsong's slightly dark but youthful and beautiful face, and said with a wicked smile: "Dress up well, I'm afraid it's even more beautiful than my cute wife." Bai Xin was relieved and said suspiciously: "Mengmeng? Who is she? Wu Yuanming smiled even more cheaply, "It is one of your son-in-law's wives, she is beautiful and gentle, and her full name is Mu Meng." Bai Xinsong was furious when she heard this, and blurted out and scolded: "Nonsense! How could Sister Meng marry a scoundrel like you? ”

"Do you know my cute wife?" Wu Yuanming asked pretending to be surprised. Bai Xinsong remembered his undercover identity at this time, and hurriedly changed his words: "No, I don't know, it should be the same name and surname." ”

"Really? I think so. In order not to make the relationship with the third generation of Mu Wangfu too stiff, Wu Yuanming had to do some foreshadowing, and said deliberately: "But I think you will have a chance to meet her soon, she should go to Jiangning with his brother in the past few days, and I will also take you to Jiangning, you should be able to meet there." ”

"Is it really that coincidental?" Bai Xinsong was even more surprised, because she and the third generation of Mu Wangfu were also preparing to go to Jiangning - to meet with Mu Shenbao and Mu Meng's brothers and sisters who had already arrived there, and go to the Ming Tomb to worship. Taking the opportunity of Bai Xinsong**, Wu Yuanming, who rarely takes the initiative to tease girls, quickly kissed her on the cherry lips again, and said with a smile: "Good life serves this son, and the kind of South China Sea pearl necklace that this son once gave to his cute wife can also reward you with a string." ”

Contrary to Wu Yuanming's expectations, Bai Xinsong, who was insulted by Wu Yuanming again, did not get angry this time, but pleaded with Wu Yuanming with a red face: "Son, the slave and maid sold themselves to bury their father to your house, and the matter of burying my father is to ask the owner of the coffin shop to do it, the slave and maid want to take a leave of absence from you, go to the coffin shop to ask about my father's burial, and come back in an hour at most." Bai Xinsong was afraid that Wu Yuanming would be suspicious, so he added: "The son can send someone to go with the slave and maid, and the slave and maid will never dare to run away without permission." ”

"You go alone." Wu Yuanming knew that Bai Xinsong wanted to go out to ventilate and report the news, so he waved his hand generously and said, "You are a penniless little girl, can you run there?" Ben Gongzi believes that you ......, but. As he spoke, Wu Yuanming smiled evilly and put his face to Bai Xinsong's lips, Bai Xinsong understood, so he had to resign himself to kissing Wu Yuanming's face again, and then left with a red face.

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Bai Xinsong was really trustworthy, and returned to Wu's house in the evening after only going for less than an hour, so that Wu Mei, who had been complaining that Wu Yuanming was too casual and believing in people, shut up, and boasted that it was her younger brother's handsome and beautiful appearance that attracted Bai Xinsong, who had a chance to escape, obediently came back to serve the marquis. Bai Xinsong had just entered the door with his front foot, and Zhu Fangdan also rushed back to Wu Mei's Mansion from outside the city and made a hand gesture to Wu Yuanming that went smoothly. However, because Wang Yongyuan and Wu Mei's father had too much family business, they were going to bring back the gold, silver, soft and all kinds of things back to Yunnan, and they didn't completely count and pack them for a day, so they could only wait for two days to continue to do it, and everyone slept peacefully.

At dawn, the city gate opened, and the two scum of the rivers and lakes who were sent to Xiaoshan by Wu Yuanming came back smoothly, and the golden knife that was very good at beating the stuffy stick behind his back gained a lot, and reported to Wu Yuanming with a smile: "Uncle, the villains did three cases in Xiaoshan last night, robbed two silk shops and a salt shop, Jiangnan is really rich, there are fat sheep in a small place like Xiaoshan, and the two of us got hundreds of taels of silver and two gold leaves." Hehe, I used to play stuffy sticks in Jiangxi, and I worked hard for more than half a year to get 20 taels of silver. ”

"I don't care how much you grabbed, the key is whether the people who were robbed saw your disguise clearly? Did the officials of Xiaoshan County see you? Wu Yuanming asked. Jin Dao gritted his mouth full of big yellow teeth and smiled: "I can definitely see clearly, those shopkeepers and shopkeepers are so soft, we just scared them casually with knives, and they obediently handed over all the silver, and we didn't hurt them." Later, they reported to the officials, and the officials caught up with us and saw us, and then we fled more than ten miles south, throwing off the pursuers before making a detour back to Hangzhou. ”

"Really? Did you lie to me? Wu Yuanming knows the credibility of these scum in the rivers and lakes, and he will be suspicious of the words of the golden knife. Jin Dao said very aggrievedly: "Uncle, we still expect to follow you to Yunnan to be an official, so dare to deceive your old man?" Another scum also nodded and said: "Uncle, we didn't dare to lie to you, the sea capture documents for the two assassins who assassinated General Ashan's son have been sent to Xiaoshanji, and when the officials saw us, they shouted that we were assassins, saying that they had a thousand taels of silver for catching us." ”

At this time, the servant outside the door reported: "Uncle, the prefect of Hangzhou is here again, saying that there is a good news to inform you." Wu Yuanming was overjoyed, knowing that the prefect of Hangzhou must have received an urgent report from Xiaoshanji, and hurriedly instructed Jin Dao: "Very good, you go to rest first, we are going out of the city at noon, don't delay the business." After that, Wu Yuanming rushed to the front hall with the servants, and the prefect of Hangzhou was waiting in the front hall, and when he saw Wu Yuanming's face, he shouted happily: "Lord Wu, you expected it, the two thieves who killed the son of General Ashan really fled to the direction of Shaoxing Mansion, and last night they did four more cases in Xiaoshanji, robbed three shops and raped a little widow, and then fled south." ”

"Damn it, the golden knife!" Wu Yuanming secretly scolded the two scum in his heart, and asked, "Lord Prefect, did you send someone to hunt down those two assassins?" ”

"There is no need for the lower officials to chase after him, Lord Ahsan has already personally led two thousand cavalry to chase after him." The Hangzhou prefect who had cleared up his involvement said with a smile: "Now it's okay, Lord Ahsan will chase it personally, and the lower officials don't have to meddle in this matter, no matter whether they can be chased or not, the lower officials don't have to bear any involvement." I heard that the two thieves mainly wanted to assassinate you, Lord Wu, since they escaped from Hangzhou City, Lord Wu, you can also sit back and relax, so the lower officials hurriedly came to deliver a letter to your old man. ”

Sent away the relieved prefect of Hangzhou, and met Wu Lu, whose eyes were bloodshot, rushed back to the city from Daijiazhuang outside the city, although his expression was exhausted, Wu Lu was also full of joy, "Shizi, Daijiazhuang is all ready, as long as those little ghosts dare to enter Daijiazhuang, they can't run away from any of them." ”

"Did you tell those involved in the operation not to hurt those children?" Wu Yuanming asked uneasily. Wu Lu nodded, "Don't worry, I have repeatedly told them not to hurt people casually." Speaking of this, Wu Lu sighed, "If Mu Wangfu knew that the prince of the world took care of their descendants so much, even if they were hard-hearted, they would be moved." ”

"Mu Shenbao doesn't matter if they are moved or not, as long as Mu Meng is grateful." Wu Yuanming found that his smile was getting cheaper and cheaper, and he also found that he hoped that Bai Xinsong would also be grateful to him......