"Brother Liu, Second Brother Hong, you are in trouble! Come on! This person is the only son of Hangzhou General Ahsan, and Ahsan will not let you go! Liu Haozi slaughtered Sehe with a knife, but Wu Yuanming was frightened and hurriedly reminded Liu Haozi and Hong Dashan to run. And the Qing soldiers brought by Seh were first stunned by Liu Haozi's quick knife, and after hearing Wu Yuanming's shout, they also reacted, screaming or rushing up to surround Liu Haozi and Hong Dashan, or running back to greet their companions, "Catch the assassin!" Catch the assassins! "Come on! General Sekh was killed by the Han barbarians! "Catch the thief!"

"Big boss, you're in trouble, run!" Hong Dashan also saw that the situation was not good, and hurriedly grabbed a knife to force away the Qing soldiers who pounced, and ran away as soon as he pulled up Liu Haozi, dancing the steel knife while running to force passers-by to give way, "Get out of the way!" Get out of the way! Don't get out of the way and deserve to be hacked! The Qing soldiers behind were naturally in hot pursuit, and then hundreds of cavalry rushed out of the inner city of Hangzhou, screaming and chasing after them. Wu Yuanming also struggled to stand up and pulled Wang Ying'er to hide on the side of the street to avoid being trampled by the Qing cavalry.

"Uncle, you're bleeding from your chest, go find Lang Zhong!" Wang Ying'er is still very concerned about Wu Yuanming's uncle, and pulls Wu Yuanming to find Lang Chinese medicine for treatment. Wu Yuanming's concern for Liu Haozi, who was very righteous, wanted to refuse, but the injury on his chest did not allow Wu Yuanming to run fiercely, and the death of Sehe would definitely have something to do with Wu Yuanming - at least he had to be asked for a confession, and Wu Yuanming had no choice but to take advantage of the chaos and slip away, covering his chest and Wang Ying'er to find Lang Zhong to treat his injuries, but fortunately, the Qing soldiers' attention was all on the pursuit of the murderers Liu Haozi and Hong Dashan, and no one noticed that Wu Yuanming and Wang Ying'er left.

Although Wu Yuanming brought the elixir of Panax notoginseng powder to treat external injuries, the wound left by Liu Haozi on Wu Yuanming's chest was too long, and it took more than half an hour for the wound to completely stop bleeding and scab after applying the medicine. Wu Yuanming knew that Lang Zhong's words were out of good intentions, but the current situation did not allow Wu Yuanming to continue to stay here - Ah Shan, whose only son was killed, would definitely send someone to arrest Wu Yuanming and Wang Ying'er for questioning, during which Wu Yuanming would not know that if he refused, there would be an accident; Only when he fled back to the Pingxi Wangjun Lord's Mansion did Ah Shan dare not use violent means. After thinking about it, Wu Yuanming spent money to ask Lang Zhong to buy two sets of ordinary people's clothes for himself and Wang Ying'er, and after changing his clothes and making up a little makeup, he left the medicine hall and fled back to the second sister's house to hide.

As Wu Yuanming expected, at this moment, the city of Hangzhou is already under martial law, and Qing soldiers with weapons can be seen everywhere searching along the streets, and Qing soldiers can be heard shouting everywhere, "Did you find it?" Did you find that hemp seed? And all the men with pockmarked faces were dragged to the corner of the street to be severely interrogated by the Qing soldiers. Seeing this scene, Wu Yuanming was both relieved and even more nervous, the relaxed reason was that Liu Haozi and they must not have been caught, and the nervous thing was that Liu Haozi and they must not have escaped from Hangzhou City, Ashan's son was killed, and the soldiers must have been ordered to close the city gate.

"Uncle, there is a path here, let's go this way." Wang Ying'er was also afraid of being arrested by the Qing soldiers for questioning, relying on the ghosts in Hangzhou City all day long to know the streets and alleys well, pulling Wu Yuanming to drill the alleys to take shortcuts, climb low walls and sneak around the road to his house, having said that, Wu Yuanming and Wang Ying'er were still bumped into several times by the Qing soldiers who searched for the murderer from house to house, fortunately, Wu Yuanming and Wang Ying'er were dressed in ordinary people's clothes, and their appearance was not at all similar to the murderer, and the Qing soldiers who were anxious to search for the murderer did not pay attention to the pair of uncles and nephews.

Like a gutter rat wandering in the side alley and path for nearly an hour, the high eaves carved ridge of the Pingxi Wangjun Lord's Mansion was already far away, Wu Yuanming was secretly happy in his heart, and said in his heart that he entered the second sister's house, even if he was a member of the imperial court, he would not dare to enter the second sister's house to arrest himself with a hundred guts. But at this moment, two bloody people swished around the corner of the alley, which frightened Wu Yuanming and hurriedly stopped in front of his niece, but after seeing the person clearly, Wu Yuanming couldn't help but say happily: "Brother Liu, Second Brother Hong, are you all right?" ”

"Damn, dog traitor! I'm all like this, will I be okay? Liu Haozi covered his right shoulder with half a broken arrow inserted into it, and replied angrily. He and Hong Dashan were both covered in blood and their clothes were tattered, and it was obvious that they had fled here after more than one vicious fight. Wu Yuanming hurriedly changed his words and said: "Brother Liu, Second Brother Hong, you are all injured, come with me, I will find a place to treat your injuries." ”

"Phew! Dog traitor! Lao Tzu will not beg you even if his blood is dripping! Liu Haozi was jealous and hateful, not only would he rather die than accept Wu Yuanming's rescue, but also scolded Wu Yuanming despite Hong Dashan's persuasion, if it wasn't for the arrow in his right shoulder and the steel knife was lost, I was afraid that Liu Haozi would have to pick up a knife to cut Wu Yuanming, a real little traitor. Wang Ying'er beside Wu Yuanming is not good at stubble, and immediately replied: "Stinky pockmarked dog pockmark, my uncle kindly asked you to go to my house for treatment, if you don't go, forget it, why do you want to hurt people?" ”

"Uncle, don't pay attention to this stinky pockmark, let's go." The more Wang Ying'er scolded, the more angry she became, and she pulled Wu Yuanming up and walked forward. Wu Yuanming grabbed his niece again, and said to Liu Haozi and Hong Dashan: "Brother Liu, Second Brother Hong, now that the city gate has been closed, the Tartar soldiers are arresting you all over the city, you are injured again, and you will be caught sooner or later if you wander outside." If you kill that Seh is the only son of the Hangzhou general Ashan, if it falls into his hands, you don't want to live, even if you can keep a whole corpse, it is a luxury. Now the only way is to follow us to hide in the Pingxi Wangjun Lord's Mansion, where the Tartar soldiers will never dare to go in and search, you first heal your injuries and then find a way to leave Hangzhou. ”

"Whew!" Liu Haozi spat out a mouthful of phlegm and was about to refuse again, but the shouts of Qing soldiers came from afar, "Blood!" Assassin's blood! "Follow the blood!" Wu Yuanming and Hong Dashan were in a hurry, and hurriedly persuaded Liu Haozi again: "Brother Liu, don't hesitate, Tartar will be here soon." "Big boss, stay in the green mountains, don't be afraid of no firewood!" Let's take refuge in the place surnamed Wu first, stop the bleeding and heal the wounds. Liu Haozi wanted to play some temper, but the footsteps of the Qing soldiers were getting closer and closer, getting louder and louder, and the form was extremely critical, Liu Haozi had no choice but to stomp his feet and grit his teeth, and let Wu Yuanming pull him straight to the Pingxi Wang County Lord's Mansion......

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"Son! O my son! Why did you just go there? Tell Ama to send a white-haired person to a black-haired person, how can you be worthy of your dead mother? In the Hangzhou General's Mansion in the inner city of Hangzhou, Ahsan, who was fully armored, knelt on the ground, lying on the headless corpse of his only son, Sehe, crying to death, crying to the sky and grabbing the ground—it looked like a big bear lying on the body of another headless bear and gnawing on it. While crying, Ah Shan also turned back from time to time and roared hoarsely to the Qing generals and Hangzhou officials kneeling behind, "Has my son's head been found?" Has the murderer been caught? ”

"Back to the general, General Seh's noble head has still not been found." A five-grade thousand households lay on the ground and replied tremblingly. Furious, Ahsan picked up a candlestick that was placed next to his son's body and threw it over, shouting, "Ruin! A bunch of rubbish! Why can't I find my son's head? Did it fly? Got bought? ”

"Taken by a dog." The Qing army kneeling behind replied in unison in their hearts, but Seh's head has been gnawed beyond recognition by hungry dogs on the street, and now if it is handed over to Ah Shan, wouldn't that be a tease for General Ah Shan to use a knife to kill people? However, after Ah Shan temporarily gave up chasing the whereabouts of his son's head, he turned his attention to the pursuit of the murderer, and asked the general: "What about the murderer?" Has the murderer been found? ”

"General Hui, we found traces of the murderers twice on Qingbo Street and Nanxing Street, but those two murderers were extremely brave, and they escaped twice after killing and injuring many soldiers of our army, and they are still being pursued." A leader replied sweating profusely. Seeing that Ah Shan, whose face was pale, showed signs of going crazy and beating people again, Na Zuo Ling hurriedly added: "But those two murderers were seriously injured, and several gates of Hangzhou City were also closed, as long as we find them again, we can be sure that we will capture them all alive." ”

"Did Wu Sangui's granddaughter and the Han barbarian from Yunnan find it?" Ah Shan's anger was suppressed slightly, and then he remembered to ask about the whereabouts of Wu Yuanming and Wang Ying'er. began to answer the thousand households replied: "General Hui, at that time, our people were in a hurry to catch the murderer, and the granddaughter of the king of Pingxi and the Han barbarian took the opportunity to slip away, and the Han barbarian was also cut by the murderer, and he should have gone to treat his injuries." However, I heard from the soldiers present that the two murderers were going to kill the barbarian, and General Sekh happened to catch up and was killed by the two murderers. ”

"Dog brute!" Ah Shanqiu's beard was furious, and the copper bell's eyes widened more than three times, looking like a brother who wanted to eat human flesh raw. Since Wu Yuanming appeared in front of Ah Shan, Ah Shan has never encountered anything pleasant, first his son's family affair failed, and then his son's rival Dai Zi was rescued, and then his baby son's head was lost, and all this is related to Wu Yuanming, how can you not hate Wu Yuanming? At this moment, a seven-rank leader came in and shouted, "General, General A, the assassin has been found!" ”

"Did you catch it?" Ah Shan temporarily put aside his hatred for Wu Yuanming and asked with great joy. The boss shook his head again and again, and Ahsan couldn't help but be furious again, "Since you have found traces of assassins, why don't you arrest them?" Did you let them run again? ”

"General Hui, here's the thing." The general gasped and replied: "The minions didn't actually see the two assassins, but only found the bloodstains they left on the ground, and the minions chased along the bloodstains all the way, and found that the bloodstains actually entered the back door of the Pingxi Wangjun Lord's Mansion, and the minions in that place did not dare to break in, so they had to surround the Pingxi Wangjun Lord's Mansion while coming back to report and ask the general to decide." ”

"The assassin entered the Pingxi County Lord's Mansion? Are you mistaken? Ah Shan could hardly believe his ears, and said in his heart that the reputation of Wang Yongyuan and Wu Mei in Hangzhou was worse than that of the Manchus, so would they still contain Han assassins? And the general nodded firmly: "General Hui, the minions are absolutely not mistaken, the blood stains of the assassin have indeed entered the back door of the Pingxi Wang County Lord's Mansion!" It's just that that place is so special that no one dares to enter and search without your order. ”

"Could it be that the Assassins snuck in?" After killing Ah Shan, he would not believe that Wang Yongyuan and his wife, who had a more bad reputation among the Han people than themselves, would take in the Han assassins, and could only explain that the assassins had secretly escaped into the house of Wang Yongyuan and his wife. After a little consideration, Ah Shan ordered: "Go, wait for Ben to personally go to Wang Yongyuan and Wu Mei, and ask them to allow you to enter the mansion to search." ”

When Ah Shan led the 3,000 Eight Banners Qing soldiers to the Pingxi Wang County Lord's Mansion, Wu Mei's family had been surrounded by thousands of Eight Banner soldiers and green battalions, and the gate of Wu Mei's Mansion was still open, but the county lord's mansion who used to be a Weifu in front of the door had all become soft-footed shrimp, and they were all hiding in the gatehouse and looking out in fear, not knowing what was going on. Seeing this scene, Ah Shan couldn't help but wonder even more in his heart, saying that Wang Yongyuan and his wife really didn't know that the assassin had entered their house? However, Ah Shan did not take the liberty of going directly to the mansion to search for the assassin, but first went around to the back door of the county lord's mansion and personally checked the bloodstains left by the assassin after entering the mansion.

"General, look, this is the blood stains left by the assassins." Ah Shan, who had been guarding the back door of Wu Mei Mansion, pointed to the blood stains on the ground and said. Ah Shan looked closely, and sure enough, he saw a row of dotted blood stains on the ground, and every few steps there were drops of blood that had turned dark red, all the way into the back door of the county lord's mansion. Ah Shan nodded and asked, "You guys are staying here, did you notice any unusual movement later?" The lieutenant shook his head and said, "No, no one comes out of here, and no one goes in." ”

"Continue to be vigilant and beware of the Assassins escaping. Wait for General Ben to personally visit the county lord of Pingxi, and ask her to allow you to enter and search. Ahsan commanded. But without waiting for his lieutenant to agree, the back door of the county lord of Pingxi was pushed open with a squeak, and Wang Ying'er, whose eyes were red from crying, led a few maids to appear in front of the door, Wang Ying'er choked up and said to Ah Shan: "Uncle A, what's wrong?" How did your army surround my house? ”

"Miss Wang, why are you crying like this?" Ah Shan asked Wang Ying'er vigilantly. Wang Ying'er wiped a handful of tears - the champa sprinkled with ginger juice was wiped on her eyes, and Wang Ying'er's big tearful eyes suddenly shed a lot of tears, and she choked up: "General A, my uncle was seriously injured by the assassins, and Brother Seh died, I'm afraid...... My mom and dad aren't at home, so I don't know what to do. After that, Wang Ying'er actually cried loudly, and her grief-stricken appearance was even more miserable than Ah Shan, who had died of her only son. made Ah Shan, who had already been distracted by anger, think of his son's tragic death again, and couldn't help but tears rolled in his eyes.

"Your mom and dad aren't at home? Where did it go? Ah Shan tried to keep himself from crying in public, and forced himself to endure his grief and asked Wang Ying'er. Wang Ying'er sobbed and replied, "They all went out of the city to collect rent, and they won't return to the city until the evening." Ah Shan also knew that the stingy Wang Yongyuan and his wife were afraid of the housekeeper's corrupt habits, and he had no doubts about Wang Ying'er, but pointed to the blood stains on the ground and said: "Ying'er niece, this is the reason why this general brought the army to your house, these bloodstains may have been left by the assassins, and the two assassins who killed your brother Seh may have quietly hid in your house." ”

"The assassins hid in my house?" Wang Ying'er was so frightened that she hurriedly looked around, and shouted: "Uncle A, let your people come in and arrest the assassins, don't let the assassins come to kill my uncle again." ”

"Okay, Uncle will help you catch the assassin." Ah Shan, who was ready to spend some words to persuade Wang Yongyuan and his wife, did not expect that he would be able to enter the Pingxi Wang County Lord's Mansion so easily to search for the enemy who killed his son, and he was overjoyed and just wanted to order the army to do it. Wang Ying'er suddenly patted her chest again and said, "I'm scared to death, Uncle A, I remember, this bloodstain is not the assassin's, it was left by my uncle." My uncle was also slashed by the Assassins, and I carried him through this back door, and the blood was shed from my uncle's body. ”

"Your uncle's blood?" Ah Shan said, is it really such a coincidence? Wang Ying'er said very happily: "Uncle A, you will know when you come in, my uncle is treating his injuries in the room." Wang Ying'er added: "But for the sake of safety, I would like to ask Uncle A, you to let the army come in and search, and don't let the assassins sneak in." But I have a lot of delicate and precious things in my house, so you have to take care of your men and don't let them break the things I like. ”

"No problem." Ah Shan's suspicions dispelled, but for the sake of safety, Ah Shan still decided to search the county lord's mansion as planned, and at the same time, in order to prevent Wu Sangui from making trouble in the future, Ah Shan turned his head and ordered the generals: "Go in and search for the murderer, be careful not to break the things in the county lord's mother's house, and fucking clean up your hands and feet, who the fuck if you take valuable objects with your hands, Lao Tzu cut off his two hands!" ”

"Uncle, please come with me, and I will take you to my uncle." Wang Ying'er sobbed and led Ah Shan into the back door, and the Qing troops behind entered in turn and searched closely in the palace of the county lord of Pingxi. And Wang Ying'er didn't pay attention to them, and led Wang Ying'er's own boudoir to the back garden of the county lord's mansion, Ah Shan has been in the Central Plains for a long time, and he knows some Han rules, so he couldn't help but be surprised: "Ying'er niece, you actually let your uncle recuperate in your boudoir?" ”

"My uncle loves me very much, and of course I have to take care of him myself. Besides, he is my uncle, and no one dares to gossip. Wang Ying'er replied with a low sob. Ah Shan nodded yes, and as Wang Ying'er went directly into her boudoir, as soon as he entered the room, Ah Shan saw Wu Yuanming, who made him gnash his teeth, lying on the bed covered in blood**, **'s chest was still wrapped in a white cloth oozing blood, Wang Ying'er pointed at Wu Yuanming and said: "Uncle A, look, the blood at the back door is my uncle's body." And although Ah Shan had seen the wound on Wu Yuanming's body earlier, he still didn't feel at ease and went up to touch Wu Yuanming's wound, Wu Yuanming immediately screamed like a pig, Wang Ying'er said urgently: "Uncle A, my uncle is seriously injured, you are lighter." ”

"It seems that the blood at the back door is really this barbarian." Ahsan was disappointed for a while, and said in his heart that it seemed that the two assassins really didn't hide in this mansion. Ah Shan asked Wu Yuanming again: "Mr. Wu, I heard that the two assassins who killed my son first wanted to kill you, and you still know them, you know what their situation is, even if you come here, General Ben can also arrest the murderer and eliminate the trouble for you." ”

"Those two are water bandits in Llama Lake." Wu Yuanming ** said: "One is called Liu Mazi, the other is called Hong Dashan, they are all robbers who kill people and oversell goods, and they also collude with those anti-thieves of the Heaven and Earth Society, and Zheng Rebellion of Taiwan, our Pingxi Wangfu and the Heaven and Earth Society do not share the sky, so they have formed a grudge in some things, the last time the court killed them in Luoma Lake, I didn't expect the two of them to escape to Hangzhou, and I happened to meet, so the next thing happened." ”

The collusion between the Luoma Lake bandits and the Heaven and Earth Society Ah Shan had already learned from the imperial court's slander report, but Li Xiongfei lured Chani's army to Guanchang Island and ambushed him because Li Xiongfei and Zheng Xin both fled and there was no evidence, in order not to force Wu Sangui to rebel, so Kangxi did not publicly announce this matter in the slander. So Ah Shan didn't doubt Wu Yuanming's words, but just asked, "Then do you know where they fled?" Or what nest do they have near Hangzhou? ”

"It's ......, it's not very convenient." Wu Yuanming looked like he wanted to stop talking, and Ah Shan hurriedly asked again, "Mr. Wu, if you have anything to say, General Ben is only to avenge his son, and he will never announce your words to the public." Wu Yuanming beckoned Ah Shan to put his ear to his mouth, and said in a low voice: "This matter is the secret of my Pingxi Palace, the general must not tell outsiders, the lower official learned in the secret visit that the thieves in Luoma Lake are not only connected with the Heaven and Earth Society, Taiwan's Zheng Wei, and the people who are still happy with the King of Pingnan also secretly come outside, these two thieves fled all the way south from Luoma Lake to Hangzhou, and they want to escape to Guangdong. ”

In the family of Shang Kexi, the king of Pingnan, Shang Kexi's eldest son Shang Zhixin has the best relationship with Wu Sangui's family, but Shang Kexi has always been at odds with Wu Sangui. And Ah Shan was really skeptical of Wu Yuanming's words, and asked Wu Yuanming in a low voice: "In that case, why didn't King Pingxi report to the imperial court?" Let the imperial court also be wary? ”

"There's no evidence." Wu Yuanming replied in a low voice: "General Ashan, you are an official person, you should also know what the crime of falsely accusing your colleagues without evidence is there, no matter how powerful our prince is, he is only a monk of the same level, so naturally he does not dare to report to the imperial court without having evidence." Wu Yuanming added: "General Ashan, if you catch those two thieves, please be sure to torture them about the real evidence of their dealings with King Pingnan, our prince and Shang Kexi have never dealt with it, if you bring down Shang Kexi's old thing, our prince will definitely reward you heavily." ”

"Ben will do his best." Ahsan agreed casually. At this time, the adjutant general who led the troops to search the county lord's mansion in Pingxi reported to the door: "General, the last general has led people to search inside and outside the county lord's mansion, and no trace of the assassin has been found, and no traces of blood have been found. ”

"Did you search the cellar? Is there a rockery in the garden? Without waiting for Ah Shan to speak, Wang Ying'er preemptively asked: "You have to search carefully, if you let those assassins hide in my house and hurt me, my grandfather will definitely not be able to spare you, and you will not be able to bear a few heads." The lieutenant replied, "Miss Wang, don't worry, we have carefully searched several places you mentioned, and the assassin is definitely not in your house." Wang Ying'er didn't give up, and asked again: "Do you promise?" Those assassins are all vicious gangsters, and if they hide tightly and you don't find them, Miss Ben will be in danger. ”

"Miss Wang, don't worry, the last will vouch for the head, those two assassins are definitely not hiding in your house." The lieutenant replied helplessly. Seeing that his confidant lieutenant general assured that he would no longer be suspicious, and was anxious to arrest the enemy who killed his son, Ah Shan said goodbye to Wu Yuanming and Wang Ying'er, and left the Pingxi Wangjun Lord's Mansion with the Qing army to search for the murderer in other places.

After repeatedly making sure that Ah Shan and the Qing army had left the county lord's mansion, Wu Yuanming struggled to get up from the bed. He and Wang Ying'er drove away all the maids in the room, and then knocked on the floor under the bed a few times, and said in a low voice: "Brother Liu, Second Brother Hong, the Tartar has left, you can come out." The floor was lifted, and Hong Dashan and Liu Haozi, who were covered in blood, came out in turn, Hong Dashan thanked Wu Yuanming and Wang Ying'er, although Liu Haozi still refused to talk to Wu Yuanming, but he didn't scold when he first met, and his face slowed down a lot.

"Brother Wu, Miss Wang, I really don't know how to thank you. If it weren't for your help, we would both be dead today. Hong Dashan said gratefully. Wang Ying'er pursed her lips and said angrily: "Thank you, no need, as long as you don't take revenge in the future, just scold my uncle a few words, he is my own uncle, scolding him is tantamount to scolding me." ”

"Ying'er, don't be rude." Wu Yuanming first put on an elder stand to teach his niece a lesson, and then asked Wang Ying'er curiously: "Ying'er, the matter is urgent just now, Uncle didn't have time to ask you, you are a young lady's girl's house, how can there be a Tibetan hole under the bed in the boudoir?" ”

"It's not for that stupid Dai Zi." Wang Ying'er said angrily: "In the past, every time he came to see me in the middle of the night, he had to leave before dawn, and he could be discovered by my father and mother at any time, so in order to let him stay by my side for a while, and in order to prevent him from being discovered by my family, I spent money to buy off the family and let them dig a Tibetan hole under my bed when my father and mother were not at home." Hmph, Brother Dai Zi didn't use it once, but it was cheaper for others. ”