The time was fixed to the night of the third day of the ninth lunar month, Wei Dongting and his entourage from the Jiangnan Grain and Salary Special Office were stationed in the Zhan Garden prepared for them by Ma Leji, the governor of Liangjiang. Next to the Zhan Garden is the world-famous ten-mile bead curtain Qinhuai River, along the river on both sides of the wine shops, teahouses and shops are lined up, places of interest and historic sites are scattered, it is really the first beautiful scenery in Jiangning.

Because the northern transportation of Jiangnan grain and salary is related to the national fortune of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, Kangxi attached great importance to this urging of food and salary, not only let Wei Dongting take his henchmen and guards to go out, but also let those Northeast martial arts masters who were bought with a lot of money accompany him, among which the Shengjing Eight Bears in the Northeast are the strongest and most ruthless. In addition, Wei Dongting also had an extremely mysterious figure in his team, even when the hundred officials came to the dock to greet him, he did not show up, and hid in a luxury carriage protected by heavy soldiers, after entering the Zhan Garden, the first thing Wei Dongting did was to pick out the best room for that person to live in, and sent a large number of soldiers to guard and protect. Wu Ciyou was inexplicable, almost suspecting that Kangxi had also arrived in Jiangnan, and asked Wei Dongting with a pen: "Little Weizi, who is that person?" Why don't you come out and meet with the officials? ”

"Because that person only wants to meet with Mr. Wu alone." Wei Dongting replied to Wu Ciyou with a mysterious smile. Wu Ciyou was stunned at first, and then immediately guessed who the person was, and immediately his lips trembled with excitement, and tears almost flowed from his eyes. Wei Dongting pushed Wu Ciyou towards the door of the room again, and said with a smile: "Don't go in yet?" She went south to Jiangnan for you, and it took eight days to rush from Beijing to Jiangnan, and she didn't stop for a moment on the road, although she walked through the canal, but it was hard enough. ”

Wu Ciyou excitedly thanked Wei Dongting, ran to the door quickly but slowly pushed the door open, the door opened, and the windy and misty Aunt Su Mala was already sitting at the table, and smiled at Wu Ciyou with tears: "Mr. Wu, I haven't seen you for four months, don't you come?" Wu Ciyou couldn't speak, he could only run quickly in front of Aunt Su Mala, grabbed Aunt Su Mala's hand and burst into tears, Aunt Su Mala was also crying with pear blossoms and rain, and Wu Ciyou looked at each other affectionately, speechless for a long time......

I don't know how long it took for Wu Ciyou and Su Malagu to get rid of the joy and sadness of reuniting after a long absence, and sat side by side at the table hand in hand. While preparing the pen, ink, paper and inkstone for Wu Ciyou to use for the conversation, Su Malagu said to Wu Ciyou straight to the point: "Mr. Wu, I came to Jiangnan this time, in addition to wanting to meet you, I also brought the message from the ancestor of the Empress Dowager. The old ancestor was extremely dissatisfied with the progress of your task of going south to collect talents for the emperor, and it has been almost four months, and you have not been able to find another talent useful to my Great Qing Kingdom except for recommending a Zhou Peigong and a Li Guangdi to the emperor. ”

Wu Ciyou was very embarrassed, and replied: "Wan Niang, it's not that I don't do my best, there is a reason, Jiangnan is a place where literati gather, and I have experienced turmoil and massacres such as Yangzhou Ten Days and Jiading Three Massacres, and the folk Confucianism is extremely resistant to my Qing Dynasty. The only thing to be thankful for is that these literati not only hate our Qing Dynasty, but also hate Wu Sangui, Geng Jingzhong and other dog thieves, who are not used by them, and have little contact with each other, lacking the strength to condense into a group. ”

"That being said, these people are a big nuisance after all." Su Malagu frowned and said: "It was originally the best way to clean up these people by means of the text prison, but now Wu Sangui's anti-image is becoming more and more obvious, and the Empress Dowager's ancestor is worried that the matter of Daxing text prison will be used by Wu Sangui, so he can't use this trick for the time being." Therefore, the Empress Dowager's ancestors hope that you will use your brains more to find a way to kill the backbone and arrogance of these literati, and don't let these literati make trouble when the emperor uses troops against Wu Sangui. ”

"The old ancestor really had a foresight and thought of going with Xiaosheng." Wu Ciyou nodded like a chicken pecking rice, and wrote: "Actually, I had already taken this into account when I left Beijing, so I had to visit the places of interest and historical sites frequented by literati everywhere I went on the way south, leaving some anti-poems that lured those anti-Qing literati to take the bait, and tricked them into coming to Jiangning to ......." Wu Ciyou quickly wrote down his plan on the paper, and Aunt Su Mala couldn't help but be overjoyed when she saw it, laughing so much that she was trembling, and praised repeatedly: "It is worthy of Mr. Wu, he can come up with such a clever plan, and now those anti-thief literati who don't know the times have to throw themselves into the net - and the ones who take the bait must be the elite of the anti-thief literati!" Killing them for the crime of treason can not only block the mouths of the people of the world, but also play the role of killing chickens and setting an example for monkeys. ”

I have to admit that Aunt Su Mala, who doesn't like to take a bath, is indeed a rare beauty, and her smile is really rippling when she laughs, and her smile that is more gorgeous than flowers makes Wu Ciyou very moved, and she can't help but lean into Aunt Su Mala's lips and kiss her affectionately, and then she writes: "But my plan needs the cooperation of the army, Jiangnan Admiral Zhang Yunyi is in a high position, I can't command him, and I have to ask Wanniang to help me deal with this matter." ”

"This is easy, Xiao Weizi also has a secret decree written by the saint on this trip, if necessary, you can let the officials of Jiangnan obey his command, you let Xiao Weizi hand over the secret decree to Zhang Yunyi to see, he will naturally obey your arrangement." Su Malagu said lightly: "But in this way, your credit will be divided into Xiao Weizi and Zhang Yunyi, and the emperor will also give them some rewards for you." ”

"It's enough for me to have you by my side, and I don't want to be rewarded for any merit." Wu Ciyou wrote excitedly on the paper. Su Mala smiled and slowly approached Wu Ciyou's mouth, and her lips gradually approached. But at this moment, Wu Ciyou and Su Malagu heard the crisp sound of tiles breaking on the roof at the same time, and at the same time, the guards in the courtyard also shouted: "There are assassins!" There are assassins on the roof! In order to escape to the protection of the guards as soon as possible, Su Malagu, who was fast-paced, pulled Wu Ciyou and did not let Wu Ciyou block her escape path. And Wu Ciyou, who had more strength, grabbed Su Malagu and was the first to escape from the room in front of Su Malagu. As soon as they left the room, Wu Ciyou and Su Malagu immediately surrounded more than 20 guards and raised shields to protect the top of their heads. And the eight bears of Shengjing, who rushed to hear the news, had already jumped on the roof and exchanged hands with the assassin on the roof.

The assassin on the roof of the house has very high martial arts and light skills, and he is moving around in Fangliang Mountain as if he is walking on the ground, but he is facing the eight masters who were bought by Kangxi with a lot of money, Shengjing Eight Bears are all superb in martial arts, their fists and feet are calm and powerful, and their strength is far better than that of the thin assassin, and they are not afraid of the assassin's body as light as Feiyan, but they are just a hard bang with one palm and one fist, and they are clumsy and clever, and they are surrounded by more fights and fewer punches, forcing the assassin to fight with them with strength, only a few fights, The assassin was knocked off the roof by Dong Tianyu, the big bear among the eight bears in Shengjing, with his lower abdomen, and fell into the already brightly lit courtyard. It wasn't until this moment that Su Malagu and Wu Ciyou both saw the assassin's face clearly, and Su Malagu couldn't help but exclaim: "Sister Yun Niang, why are you?" ”

"Gross." Li Yuliang spat out a mouthful of blood, and the long sword swung away to force away the surging Qing soldiers, but the Shengjing Eight Bears had already jumped from the house again, and the big bear Dong Tianyu struck Li Yuliang's sword with both palms, and with just a casual twist, the sword forged from stainless steel was broken into several pieces. The rest of the seven bears took the opportunity to attack, and the seven pairs of flesh palms bombarded Li Yuliang's whole body, and Su Malagu, who knew that Li Yuliang still had use value, hurriedly shouted: "Stop, don't hurt her." Hearing this, the Shengjing Eight Bears took a step back, but still surrounded Li Yuliang tightly.

"Miss Yunniang, I heard that you said goodbye to Mr. Wu in Yangzhou, for what? Why did you suddenly appear now and eavesdrop on my conversation with Mr. Wu? Su Malagu pulled Wu Ciyou closer to Li Yuliang and asked Li Yuliang with a smile. Li Yuliang subconsciously glanced at Wu Ciyou, and then quickly retracted it, recovering his stubborn and arrogant expression. Su Mala Aunt and Wu Ciyou are so smart, they immediately guessed the reason, Su Mala Gu smiled again: "Yun Niang is really in love with Mr. Wu, although she has left, she still can't help but come back to see Mr. Wu, right?" ”

A hint of blush flashed on Li Yuliang's thin face, and his head lowered slightly, Su Malagu saw that Li Yuliang was stunned, and knew that the opportunity to re-envelop this Li Yuliang, who was good at light skills and easy appearance, had come, so she pushed away Shengjing Baxiong and walked in front of Li Yuliang, pulled Wu Ciyou between himself and Li Yuliang, and smiled at Li Yuliang: "Yun Niang, I don't want to ask why you left Mr. Wu, I just want to ask you now, are you willing to return to Mr. Wu?" Continue to protect Mr. Wu? ”

Li Yuliang didn't answer, but lowered his head deeper, his gaze wandering. Su Malagu said softly again: "Yun Niang, I already know your heart for Mr. Wu, I was selfish before, and I was always reluctant to give Mr. Wu to you." But since you protected Mr. Wu from traveling through the rivers and lakes, I suddenly figured out that only a chivalrous woman with high martial arts like you can protect Mr. Wu and prevent those thieves from hurting Mr. Wu. Yun Niang, if you want, I can follow the example of Empress E, one of your Han people, and serve Mr. Wu with you. ”

As she spoke, Aunt Su Mala took the initiative to stretch out her little hand and stretched out in front of Li Yuliang to make an inviting gesture, while Li Yuliang stared at Aunt Su Mala's hand and hesitated for a long time, and finally slowly stretched out his hand tremblingly, and held it tightly with Aunt Su's hand......

"Scattered, all scattered." Seeing that Li Yuliang had returned to Wu Ciyou's arms, Wei Dongting, who rushed to hear the letter, breathed a sigh of relief, and drove the guards and Qing soldiers to withdraw from the siege with a smile. And Wu Ciyou and Su Malagu secretly glanced at each other, the corners of their mouths showed a smug smile, and Su Malagu took Li Yuliang's hand and smiled: "Sister Yunniang, from today onwards, you will be my sister." The two sisters and I quickly went into the room and sat down to talk. ”

"Hmm." Li Yuliang snorted lightly with his nose and agreed, and let Su Malagu pull her away, but when he was about to walk to the door, Li Yuliang suddenly broke free of Su Malagu's hand, slapped Su Malagu all over the face, ran to the wall in three steps and two steps, jumped on the wall. Wu Ciyou was in a hurry, suffering from a strange scream that he couldn't speak, and waved his arms wildly at Li Yuliang. And Li Yuliang jumped on the wall but was not in a hurry to escape, but turned around and sneered at Wu Ciyou, Su Malagu and the others: "Wu Ciyou, Su Malagu, you two despicable villains, do you think I will be fooled again?" ”

"Miss Li, what do you mean by that? Aunt Su Ma saved you, why did you still beat her? Miss Li, we are old friends, come down quickly, have something to say. Wei Dongting, who had not yet left, was in a hurry and hurriedly shouted loudly. Li Yuliang smiled even colder, "Help me? Do you still want to use my martial arts to do those unsightly things for Wu Ciyou, right? ”

"Wu Ciyou!" Li Yuliang stared at Wu Ciyou, his beautiful eyes were full of cold light, and he said word by word: "You let me help you kill Chen Jinnan, it's okay!" You let me help you deal with Wu Sangui, it's okay! You want me to assassinate the leaders of all walks of life who oppose the Qing Dynasty and restore the Ming Dynasty, you can! Because once these people provoke the scourge of war, it will be a misery, no matter what your own purpose is, but in order to let the people of the world no longer suffer from the war, I can promise you! But you set up a plot to kill those innocent literati and kill those scholars who have their family and country in their hearts, you can't do it! ”

"Uh-huh." If Wu Ciyou can speak, then he can flicker the birds in the trees, but unfortunately he can't speak now, and he can only be in a hurry. And Li Yuliang saw Shengjing Eight Bears turn their heads and kill back, and jumped off the wall with a long laugh, "Wu Ciyou, Su Malagu, wait, your opponent is still alive, and your retribution is still to come." Before the words stopped, Li Yuliang's thin figure had disappeared into the night......

"Chase! Give me chase! Su Malagu covered the corners of her bleeding mouth, and shouted at Shengjing Eight Bears fiercely and frantically: "Be sure to catch that stinky ** for me!" After you catch it, you can play whatever you want, and if you die, I'll light her sky lantern! Wu Ciyou fell into deep thought, and said in his heart that my opponent is still alive? Is my opponent still alive?

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Running out of more than a dozen streets in one breath through the night, Li Yuliang suddenly found that his injuries were much more serious than he imagined, not to mention the unbearable pain in the lower abdomen when he was hit by Dong Tianyu, and the pace of his legs was also greatly affected, and the running speed was far less fast than usual, and it was getting slower and slower. After crossing the two streets again, Li Yuliang's abdomen suddenly surged with a mountain of qi and blood, and a mouthful of blood spurted out from Sakuraguchi, but what was worse was that the footsteps of the Shengjing Eight Bears were getting closer and closer, and it was already a hundred feet away. The sound of hounds can still be faintly heard, and it is obvious that the enemy is chasing after them with their sense of smell.

"Oops, I'm too underestimated, I didn't expect there to be so many masters in Zhan Yuan." Li Yuliang was secretly frightened, and hurriedly dragged her injured body into the alley, trying to get rid of the pursuers by the spider-silk alley road, but her legs became more and more sore, and her pace became slower, not only did she not get rid of the pursuers, but the distance between her and them became closer and closer. In a hurry, Li Yuliang suddenly saw some lights behind the roadside wall, Li Yuliang had an idea, and hurriedly raised the last strength to climb the wall, just as Li Yuliang expected, the wall was indeed a garden with very dense trees and flowers, Li Yuliang was overjoyed, and hurriedly jumped off the garden and hid in the dark and dense flowers.

Li Yuliang was not allowed to take a breath, and the footsteps of the pursuers soon sounded outside the wall, and at the same time, the dog barked even harder, and a chasing soldier said: "Ah Hei found that the smell disappeared, and the stinky ** should have been hidden in this yard." Another pursuer shouted, "Go into the courtyard and search." Li Yuliang was shocked, but at this moment, more than ten people came out of the house next to the garden, and went straight to this side with lanterns, led by an old man with a white beard and a fluttering chest, and shouted to the pursuers who had jumped on the courtyard wall: "Who are you?" Why trespass? ”

"Officials handle cases, don't meddle in things." Dong Tianyu, the big bear who jumped on the courtyard wall, shouted arrogantly. The old man strode under the wall, raised his head and smiled: "Since it is the government handling the case, then please show your waist cards, and we will definitely cooperate." Otherwise, how do we know if you are robbers disguised as officials? "Big Bear Dong Tianyu is a lonely, they are all scum of the rivers and lakes who have been bought by the imperial court, and they have not been rewarded with official positions, so the identity card to prove their identity? He could only reply: "The matter is urgent, there is no time to carry the waist card, we are arresting the assassin who assassinated Lord Qincha, and we will make it up to you later." ”

"Then I'm sorry." The old man shook his head and smiled: "Without the waist card of the official, we can't be sure whether you are good or bad, so we can't let you into the courtyard." ”

"Lao Tzu wants to enter!" Dong Tianyu was furious, and jumped off the wall with his feet glared, but when he was in mid-air and had not yet landed, the old man suddenly stepped forward and split his right palm upward, Dong Tianyu was in mid-air and could not avoid it, so he had to hit it with one palm, and he had to hit the old man hard, only to hear a click, and the big bear Dong Tianyu's right arm was broken, and he involuntarily flew into the air and fell out of the wall. The other seven bears were furious, jumped off the wall together, and pounced on the old man with great momentum, but the old man brought more than ten companions and was not to be outdone, and they also rushed forward with their weapons and fought with the seven bears. Only one of his companions did not participate in the battle, but slipped to the flower bush where Li Yuliang was hiding, and whispered to Li Yuliang: "Can you still move?" Come with me, we'll help you escape. ”

"Thank you." Li Yuliang knew that he had met an extraordinary person, but after thanking him casually, he found that the voice was quite familiar, and when he looked carefully at the person who rescued her, Li Yuliang couldn't help blurting out and asked: "Mu Meng!" How are you? ”