Chapter Seventy-Six: Trust I
"Shizi, I'm dying of hunger, let's go." As the sky became darker and darker, Zhu Fangdan's urging frequency became higher and higher. Wu Yuanming didn't bother to pay attention to this world's number one miracle doctor with many problems, but carefully depicted the terrain sketch, until he finished the last stroke, and then nodded after checking it again: "Okay, let's go." β
"Thankfully, we can finally eat. Let's not go back to the inn just yet, just eat something outside and go back. The hungry Zhu Fangdan proposed. Wu Yuanming nodded in agreement, but did not let Zhu Fangdan go to the nearest restaurant, but turned left and right along the way he came, and slipped in front of a restaurant he passed by on the way, without waiting for Wu Yuanming to ask, a person leaned out of the window on the second floor of the restaurant, beckoned to Wu Yuanming: "Here, come up." β
"Li Xihua? Why is he here? Zhu Fangdan recognized the identity of that person, and couldn't help but be stunned. Wu Yuanming replied in a low voice: "Of course, it is a pre-agreed location, I passed by here today, and left a secret signal for the joint." Don't talk, go up first and talk about it. went up to the second floor and entered the private room where Li Xihua was, Li Xihua first carefully closed the door of the private room, and then asked Wu Yuanming with a face: "Why did you come now?" I've been waiting here for almost an hour, and you're idle? Even I wasn't sure if I was being watched by the Tartars right now. β
"It's okay, with your martial arts and abilities, if someone follows you, you can't find out?" Wu Yuanming replied with a hippie smile. Without waiting for Wu Yuanming to speak, Li Xihua preemptively asked, "Uncle Wu, where is Miss Wang?" Why didn't she come? β
"She didn't come, but she asked you to tell you a few words, one is to thank you for the sacrifice you have made for the Jiangnan literati, the second is to take care of yourself and pay attention to safety, and the third is to ask me to give this thing to you." Wu Yuanming took out a pair of earrings from his arms and handed them to Li Xihua. The earrings were originally cheap goods that Wu Yuanming bought by the way when he was buying jewelry to please Mu Meng - he originally wanted to block Li Yuliang's mouth, but now he took them out to make Li Xihua happy. Li Xihua, who didn't know the inside story, snatched the earrings, pressed them on his chest excitedly, his expression seemed to be unable to breathe, and he said affectionately after a while: "Miss Wang, your deep affection for Xiaosheng will definitely be remembered by Xiaosheng." No matter what the price is paid, Xiaosheng must help you save the innocent literati who are about to fall into the trap. β
"After you talk this nonsense to my niece's face, you can tell me quickly that the results of your actions in the past few days have you broken into the inside of the Tartar?" Wu Yuanming asked Li Xihua angrily. Li Xihua cherished the pair of cheap earrings and hid them closely, and then told how he broke into Wei Dongting and Wu Ciyou and others, when Wu Yuanming heard Li Xihua say that Wu Ciyou and Wei Dongting went to visit Maoshan, he couldn't help but be surprised, for fear that Wei Dongting and Wu Ciyou would meet Yao Qisheng and his party, but Wu Yuanming considered that it was impossible not to be vigilant with the treachery of the old fox's father-in-law, so he didn't worry too much. Li Xihua said again: "After returning from Maoshan that day, Zhao Tang, the deputy general of Jiangning, gave me the rank of military attache from the sixth grade, and rewarded me with three hundred taels of silver. Fortunately, that Zhao Tang wanted to entrap me and work hard for him, and helped me fulfill a lot of lies, so Su Malagu and Wu Ciyou didn't have too many doubts about me. β
"Then did they ask you to pretend to be the third prince of Zhu?" Wu Yuanming hurriedly asked. Li Xihua shrugged his shoulders, "That dumb Wu Ciyou is too cunning and suspicious, originally Wei Dongting and Su Malagu wanted to talk about this matter in front of me several times, but every time they were stopped by that Wu Ciyou, it seems that he is not very relieved of me and refuses to fully believe me." Last night, Wei Dongting also sent someone to send me four beauties, but I refused. β
"Confused, the Tartar uses beauty tricks on you to test whether you are an easy drunken person, you should take advantage of it yourself - if you change me, I will definitely want those four beauties." Zhu Fangdan beat his chest and said. Wu Yuanming also said: "Doctor Zhu is right this time, if you don't accept the woman and gold and silver that Tartar gave you, Tartar will doubt you even more, and you will buy two maids to return to Zhan Yuan in a while, if Tartar asks you why you didn't accept women yesterday, but today you want to buy women yourself, you say that you only like Huanghua girls, such women are intimate, and Tartars will not suspect you." β
"Yes, you can, but Uncle Wu, don't tell Miss Wang about this, I'm afraid she will be angry with me." Li Xihua replied awkwardly. Wu Yuanming muttered again: "Today is already the fifteenth day of September, and there are only two days left before the Tartars are ready to start the eighteenth day of September, and within these two days, you must win the trust of the Tartars, so that they can let you dress up the third prince of Zhu, and you can also get the detailed arrangements of the Tartars' plan, so that we can arrange the action." β
"But that Wu Ciyou is so treacherous, he is always suspicious of me, and he refuses to fully believe me in anything, what can I do?" Li Xihua said helplessly. Wu Yuanming pondered for a moment, and suddenly asked, "Just now you said that Aunt Su Mala's nose has been broken, so did she invite a famous doctor for treatment?" Zhu Fangdan and Wu Yuanming next to him have been together for a long time, and they are already very familiar with Wu Yuanming's personality - it can be said that as soon as Wu Yuanming cocked his tail, Zhu Fangdan could know whether Wu Yuanming was ready to defecate or urinate. So Zhu Fangdan immediately screamed: "Childe, don't you want me to go undercover, right?" I don't have martial arts, that Wu Ciyou knows me again, he must want me Why did I leave him in Gaoyou, if I don't answer, then I'm not dead? β
"Don't worry, I don't want you to go undercover, I just want you to prepare a few elixirs for treating fractures and trauma, and let Li Xihua go and sacrifice them to Aunt Su Mala in exchange for the trust of the Tartars." Wu Yuanming said disdainfully: "Besides, I don't worry about letting you go undercover, Tartar will give you a few beauties at will, and you can sell all your pants." Zhu Fangdan breathed a sigh of relief and said lightly: "This is easy, the bridge of the nose is cartilage, and it is difficult to cure ordinary Langzhong after it is broken. As he spoke, Zhu Fangdan opened the medicine box he was carrying and pulled out a thin white porcelain bottle from it.
"Great, then Wu Ciyou listens to Aunt Su Mala's words very much, if Aunt Su Mala nods, I will definitely be able to gain the trust of the Tartars." Li Xihua was overjoyed, and hurriedly took out the bottle of elixir from Zhu Fangdan and picked it up. After thinking about it, Wu Yuanming commanded: "Tonight, you will give the medicine to Aunt Su Mala, and say something that you want to be promoted to become wealthy, especially if you want to be an errand boy by the side of the Emperor of the Tartars, and you want Aunt Su Mala to offer flattery, I believe she will trust you completely." If it doesn't work, I will arrange for people to assassinate Wu Ciyou, and if you kill the assassin and rescue Wu Ciyou, he won't believe it or succeed. β
"Kill the Assassins you sent in exchange for the trust of the Tartars? It's poisonous! Wu Yuanming said it lightly, but Li Xihua and Zhu Fangdan wiped a cold sweat in their hearts - and the golden knife in a distant place sneezed twice in a row, and a chill rushed up from the back of the back. Wu Yuanming explained to Li Xihua the contact information in the future and the countermeasures in the face of various possible emergencies, and then led Zhu Fangdan back to the inn.
Let's not say that Li Xihua went to win the trust of Wu Ciyou and others according to Wu Yuanming's instructions, just said that Wu Yuanming and Zhu Fangdan went straight back to the inn after leaving the restaurant, and when they arrived at the door of the inn, the golden knife that was frozen by the well water and had a blue face and a white mouth had been waiting at the door for a long time, and as soon as they met, they expressed their merit to Wu Yuanming: "Shizi, the villain acted according to your orders, spent a lot of effort and countless hardships, and was almost drowned in the well for this, but finally found the person you are looking for." β
"Really? Are you sure? Are you sure you didn't bring in the Tartars' spies? After the lesson of the incident at the dock, Wu Yuanming has maintained a skeptical attitude towards the words of the golden knife. Jin Dao felt aggrieved, and swore to the sky: "The villain swears to the sky, the person who comes is definitely the Heaven and Earth Society, if it is a Tartar spy, let the prince chop the villain to feed the wild dogs!" At this time, Mu Meng also came out of the inn, and after hearing the oath of the golden knife, Mu Meng said to Wu Yuanming with a smile: "The golden knife didn't lie to you, the person who came is a person from the Heaven and Earth Society, you and I both know each other, go in and meet her." β
"Mengmeng, this is the jade earrings I bought for you, do you like it?" Wu Yuanming saw that Mu Meng's smile was not good, and he didn't know that he had offended her there, so he hurriedly took out the jewelry he bought today, handed it to Mu Meng and flattered: "It's a pity that these earrings are not beautiful enough, at least a thousand times more beautiful, in order to be worthy of my cute flower and moon appearance." Mu Meng smiled even more yin, took the earrings in a big way, and urged: "Come in, don't let people wait." β
"Mengmeng, what's wrong with you? I found out how murderous you are? Wu Yuanming's sixth sense told him that Mu Meng had a very strong murderous aura, and he couldn't help but be a little frightened. And Mu Meng had lost the patience to entangle with Wu Yuanming, grabbed Wu Yuanming's ears very roughly, and dragged him inside, "Let me in!" Today I want you to tell me honestly, what did you do to my Xin Mei? If you don't make it clear, I'm not done with you! β
"Bai Xinsong? That little girl is here too? Wu Yuanming, who was terrified, screamed miserably. Mu Meng sneered: "Here, she told me everything, I didn't expect you to dare to hide so many things from me, and dare to do those things to my sister, you are really getting bolder and bolder." Wu Yuanming was so frightened that he struggled to beg for mercy: "Mengmeng, you spare me, I did this for a reason, you listen to my explanation?" β
"Touching my sister and almost stripping her naked, is there a reason for that?" Mu Meng almost didn't pull Wu Yuanming's ears off, and shouted with her eyebrows upside down: "Go!" Come into your room and give you some face outside! Wu Yuanming knew that he would definitely be beaten up when he entered his room, and he wanted to do Mu Meng's work outside first, but unfortunately his ears were grabbed by Mu Meng and it was difficult to struggle, and Mu Meng was pulled to the door, and the worst was still behind - Wu Yuanming clearly saw that on both sides of his door, Zheng Xue, who was carrying a sword, and Bai Xinsong, who was smiling with a wicked face, were already standing on both sides of the door left and right - the murderous aura on his body was stronger than Mu Meng......
"Wu Gongzi, please come here." Seeing that Wu Yuanming was about to be slipped into the room by Mu Mengti, Kong Yuan's voice comparable to that of heaven came, and Kong Yuan, who was still covered with a veil, stood at the corner of the corridor at some point, stretched out his slender hand and greeted Wu Yuanming: "Wu Gongzi, my brother has something I want to discuss with you, please come with me." Wu Yuanming was pleasantly surprised, and was busy struggling to rush over, but Mu Meng, who was angry, refused to let Wu Yuanming go, and grabbed Wu Yuanming tightly and asked Kong Yuan: "Miss Kong, can you wait?" I can let him pass by saying a few words to him in the room? β
"Miss Mu, I'm really sorry, the little girl's brother wants to discuss with Wu Gongzi about changing an inn to stay, my mother is not used to living in this inn, and my brother wants to change an inn, so I ask Wu Gongzi if he is willing to change places with us?" Kong Yuan didn't give an inch, and said with a threatening tone. Mu Meng also knew that if she wanted to avoid being harassed by the Qing soldiers in Jiangning City, she had to borrow the golden signboard of the Confucian Mansion to cover, so she had no choice but to let go of Wu Yuanming with hatred, "It's cheap, be polite to Miss Kong, go and go back quickly." β
Wu Yuanming was like being amnestied, and hurriedly ran to Kong Yuan's side, Zheng Xue and Bai Xinsong in the room were puzzled, and hurriedly poked their heads out of the room to check the situation, when they saw Wu Yuanming leaving with a girl with a noble temperament and a good figure, Bai Xinsong was immediately stunned, "Did that young lady eat leopard gall?" How dare she walk with such a scoundrel, she is not afraid of being bullied? Zheng Xue was furious, "Good boy, you dare to hook up with other women behind my sister's back, see how I clean him up!" Fortunately, Mu Meng came forward to explain: "Don't get me wrong, that bastard still respects this young lady very much, and besides, this Miss Kong has a special identity, and that bastard doesn't dare to ......mess with her." β
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"Miss Kong, if you hadn't saved me today, I would have been eaten alive by those tigresses, I thank you, you saved my life." Seeing that there was no door left and right, Wu Yuanming thanked Kong Yuan in a cold sweat, and asked Kong Yuan again: "Miss Kong, is your mother used to living here?" Ready to change there, I'm going to arrange? β
"Who said that my mother is not used to living here? My mother likes to plant those chrysanthemums and peonies in the yard, and she is full of praise. Kong Yuan replied with a slight smile under the veil. Wu Yuanming was stunned, then understood, and said in surprise: "Miss Kong, so you just deceived those tigresses, just to save me from their clutches?" Kong Yuan smiled but didn't answer, nodded slightly, Wu Yuanming first paused, and then turned his head and walked back. This time, Kong Yuan froze, and only stopped Wu Yuanming after a while, "Wu Gongzi, why are you going back again, aren't you afraid of being bullied by those tigresses?" β
"I'm looking for them to get down to business, and besides, they won't really kill me." Wu Yuanming replied casually. Kong Yuan's weak body trembled slightly, and then said softly: "Wu Gongzi, I want to go to Ganjia Lane in Jiangning to copy the stone carvings of the Southern Dynasty, can you accompany me to visit?" β
"Miss Kong, I'm really sorry, I really have something to do, let's talk about it when I have a chance later." Wu Yuanming replied with great difficulty. Wu Yuanming is telling the truth, although if he finds Zheng Xue, he will definitely be able to find Chen Jinnan, and Chen Jinnan is relatively easy to speak, but it will take a lot of effort to gain the trust of the Heaven and Earth Society and the people of Mu Wangfu, so that they can cooperate with their actions - Wu Yuanming has not yet come up with any good way to convince those old stubborn and elm pimples.
Kong Yuan trembled a little again, and didn't say anything anymore, Wu Yuanming said again: "Miss Kong, if it's okay, then I'll leave first." As he spoke, Wu Yuanming raised his legs and walked back, but before he could take three steps, Kong Yuan suddenly trembled and whispered, "Wu Gongzi, do you hate me so much?" If you don't want to play with me, why don't you ever look at me squarely? Do you just look down on me like that? β
"Miss Kong, you?" Wu Yuanming looked back in surprise, but saw that Kong Yuan had already removed the veil and stood in place, and the peerless beauty that made Wu Yuanming's heart beat faster was full of resentment, trembling slightly in the evening breeze and oblique candles, as elegant and quiet as a lan, like wind and rain, like flowers, like illusions, fog, rainbows, and dreams, which made Wu Yuanming almost suspect that he was in a fantasy world. Seeing that Wu Yuanming didn't speak for a long time, Kong Yuan thought that his guess was true, so he couldn't help but sigh and walked back slowly. And Wu Yuanming only recovered from the amazement at this moment, hurriedly caught up, grabbed Kong Yuan's soft and boneless little hand, and was so nervous that he stammered when he spoke, "Kong ...... Miss Kong, don't get me wrong, I'm ...... I'm not unwilling. I really have something important to do, and when I'm done, I'll definitely accompany you to the tour...... You can go anywhere. β
"Really?" Kong Yuan asked nervously. Wu Yuanming nodded firmly, "Really!" I'll definitely take the time to visit the places of interest, so trust me. Kong Yuan smiled and nodded, "Okay, I believe you." As he spoke, Kong Yuan shyly withdrew his hand from Wu Yuanming's hand and said softly: "Wu Gongzi, go and do something big, I'll wait for you." With that, Kong Yuan quickly turned around and ran into his room without looking back.
"What a good girl." Wu Yuanming watched Kong Yuan leave, and it was not until Kong Yuan's figure disappeared that he shook his head with a wry smile and turned around and hurried to his room. But when Wu Yuanming just turned the corridor, he found that Mu Meng, Bai Xinsong and Zheng Xue were talking something around the corner - Mu Meng was very unhappy and said, "Actually, her facial features are not very beautiful, her forehead is too high, and her mouth is a little big, which is far worse than me." Bai Xinsong snorted: "It's just whiter-skinned, older than me, but not as good as me." Zheng Xue also sneered: "Her skin is also white? The face and figure are not good at all. β
"That's a good thing, but who among you can compare to her noble temperament and elegant manners? If any of you three has the face to say that her temperament is better than hers, and her manners are more dignified, I will kowtow to her three times! Wu Yuanming's big truth caused the three girls to raise their eyebrows and raise their eyes, and they rubbed their hands, "Go, enter your room, let's settle the old and new accounts together." β
"Mengmeng, Xue'er, let's talk about the settlement later, let's go to see Mr. Chen first? I have important things to do...... Ouch! Yes! Ouch! Spare your life! Helpββ! β
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At the same time, Li Xihua, who had just bought two young prostitutes from the brothel, also ushered in the biggest test he faced after entering the inside of the Tartars. And Li Xihua was also surprised, almost thinking that his identity had been exposed, but Li Xihua was not very afraid of relying on his martial arts, and calmly asked Mu Zixu: "Master Mu, what do you mean by this?" β
"What do you mean?" Mu Zixu first sneered a few times, and then shouted: "Li Xihua, you anti-thief is so bold, you dare to come here to act as an internal response, spy on the information of my Great Qing Qin's mission, plot against you, your death time has come!" As he spoke, Mu Zixu waved his hand, and three hundred Qing soldiers stepped forward, and three hundred spears and steel knives formed a sea of spears and knives, pointing at the vital points of Li Xihua's whole body.
"Master Mu, you said that I am a thief, what evidence do you have?" Li Xihua was secretly wary in his heart, but his face was impassive and asked calmly. Mu Zixu laughed wildly, "Hahahahaββ! Li Xihua, you probably never dreamed that Mr. Wu had already sent someone to rush to Qixian County, Henan Province with 800 miles, and there was no one named Li Xihua in Qixian County at all, let alone Li Suwen's relatives, and the matter of your impersonation had been exposed. β
"Hahahahaββ!" After laughing wildly for a while, Mu Zixu waved to the Qing soldiers and shouted, "Kill this thief!" β