The old bustard of Lichun Courtyard boasted that even if he encountered an emergency situation in which Sun Tingling's father and mother suddenly hung up, he would let him stay willingly, this Lichun Courtyard proprietress who had a leg with Yao Qisheng did do what she said, the two most beautiful and the best girls in bed were sent over, and they were licked and rubbed down overnight, and the **** Sun Tingling was really reluctant to leave with a bamboo stick spanking, pestering the old bustard of Lichun Courtyard to redeem the two girls, and he must take the two girls back to Guangxi to continue to enjoy. It made the old bustard of Lichun Courtyard angry and funny, so he had to pat Sun Tingling on the shoulder with a champa and said coquettishly: "General, what are you anxious about? Aren't you leaving tonight? You must redeem my two girls, and talk about it when you go back to Guangxi. ”

"Yes, I still want to play in Yangzhou for a few days, these two girls, you keep them for General Ben tonight, and General Ben will come to your Lichun Courtyard again tonight." Sun Tingling said in a big way. The old bustard of Lichun Courtyard was afraid that he would lose his trust and miss the big thing of his good friend Yao Qisheng, so he smiled and patted Sun Tingling again, "Then it's decided, tonight I will prepare another Qingqier for the general**, if the general doesn't break his promise, I will give that chick to other guests after the first shift." ”

"Yo, Qingqi'er? All right! Sun Tingling was overjoyed, and said with a lewd smile: "Mom, don't worry, even if General Ben broke his leg by the carriage just after he went out, he will arrive on time for the first shift tonight." ”

"Phew! It's really unlucky for you eight masters to talk, early in the morning. The old bustard of the Lichun Courtyard snorted a few times in disgust, and said with a smile: "Okay, I'll leave a room for the general, and then prepare a table of good Su dishes, so that Qingqi'er and the girls can wait for the general in the room." ”

After playing with the old bustard of the Lichun Courtyard who still has the charm for a while, Sun Tingling took more than 20 entourages to wander around the streets, visit this world-famous rich city and taste Jiangnan food, from the poor countryside of Guangxi to the rich and prosperous Yangzhou, it is like coming from the thatched house to the Jinluan Palace, Sun Tingling brought the entourage is one by one, and the earth buns enter the city to make a fuss about what they see, screaming and praising endlessly. Sun Tingling, who had no woman to vent his frustration, gradually became depressed, and he continued to sigh all the way, and after entering the restaurant, the most famous crab roe soup dumplings in Yangzhou were placed in front of him, and he couldn't even eat a few.

"General, Sigege is probably really in a hurry, so he suddenly returned to Beijing, and the general should not believe those rumors." Sun Tingling's henchman Sun Yuanhua, who came with him, saw Sun Tingling's thoughts, so he cautiously comforted Sun Tingling. Sun Tingling didn't say a word with a straight face, just looked at the bustling boats in the canal outside the window in a daze, and said to himself for a long time: "I hope so, I hope she didn't deliberately avoid me." Speaking of this, Sun Tingling took a glass of wine and drank it all, and said with a forced smile: "Yuanhua, you are right, what kind of person is General Ben, how can he believe those nonsense chewing tongues?" Sizhen has a strict family education, and he will definitely guard me like a jade, haha...... Hahaha. ”

Sun Tingling's smile seemed to be cheerful, but anyone could hear the bitter taste in his laughter, Sun Tingling brought those entourages who were drinking and boxing to shut up, for fear of touching Sun Tingling's moldy head, and Sun Tingling smiled bitterly for a while, then turned his eyes to look at the boats in the canal, and couldn't help but think of the rumors that came to his ears. Sun Tingling heard those rumors more than a month ago, when he received a report from the imperial court and learned the news of the fall of Aobai and the assassination of Wu Yingxiong. But the people sent to Beijing didn't even see Kong Sizhen's side, but they heard that Kong Sizhen and most of the powerful people in the DPRK and China had a leg and Kong Sizhen had to change at least five men a day, etc., as a normal man, Sun Tingling naturally couldn't stand his fiancée Kong Sizhen sewing so many green hats for him outside, and did everything possible to inquire about the news of Kong Sizhen's business trip to the south, so he hurriedly took his entourage north to look for his wife, and prepared to ask Kong Sizhen for clarification in person. Who would have thought that Kong Sizhen's nose was much more intelligent than his Sun Tingling, and it didn't take long for the news that he quietly went north and was ready to ask Kong Sizhen Xingshi for his guilt to reach Kong Sizhen's ears, and the weak-hearted Kong Sizhen hurriedly took Zhou Peigong back to Beijing on a business trip, not giving Sun Tingling the opportunity to meet her.

"The relationship between Lord Donkey and Sigege is extraordinarily close." Unconsciously, Zhu Guozhi's sneering words sounded in Sun Tingling's heart again, and Sun Tingling was so angry that he slapped the table fiercely, startling everyone next to him. Sun Tingling gritted his teeth and said: "Let's go, go to the dock, Lao Tzu will ask the donkey in person, he and ...... How intimate is the relationship? With that, Sun Tingling got up and left with a blushing face, and the people he brought hurriedly followed.

Hundreds of Jiangsu civil and military officials and many salt merchants, including the governor of Jiangsu, the admiral, the political envoy and the prefect of Yangzhou, gathered at the wharf to wait for the donkey and others to escort the fleet of prisoners - this is not because of how high the official of the donkey is, but because the donkey is a close guard next to Kangxi, and he casually says a few bad words about the Jiangsu officials in Kangxi, and these foreign officials have to walk around without eating. As the so-called king of Hades is better than a little ghost, these foreign officials can only respectfully compare their fathers and filial piety to the guards from the capital in order to have a stronger head on their necks. Seeing that Zhu Guozhi was also in the ranks of officials, Sun Tingling was angry and did not go to greet these officials, so he took his entourage to find a teahouse near the dock and sat down, waiting for the arrival of the fleet of donkeys and others.

After noon, a fleet of ships gradually sailed north of the canal, starting with a hundred-man ship waving the banner of Qincha and the flag of evasion, and driving the central route in the canal that was not wide, so that the civilian and merchant ships avoided it one after another, and leaned on the shore to give way to the route, so as not to provoke this arrogant fleet. But even so, there was still a small boat that had no time to dodge and was knocked over by the hundred-man boat, and the boatman and the two passengers on the boat all fell into the water, struggling and shouting for help in the water, but the big boat broke out into laughter. After another moment, the fleet docked at the pier dedicated to the Shangguan Mansion, Zhu Guozhi hurriedly led a large group of officials to meet him, Zhu Guozhi smiled and his face trembled, and asked the Qing soldiers who got off the boat first: "What about the donkey?" Where is the donkey, where is his old man? ”

"Our adults are hurt." The Qing soldiers pointed back, and it happened that four Qing soldiers carried a sedan chair out of the cabin, and half of the donkey with bandages on his face was lying on the sedan chair, looking sick, Zhu Guozhi was taken aback, and hurriedly ran onto the boat on the gangplank, and shouted to the donkey in a fuss: "Lord donkey, my lord, why is your old man injured?" Zhu Guozhi, the lowly governor of Jiangsu, has come to greet your old man. ”

"Lord Donkey, what's wrong with your old man?" "My lord, are you seriously injured? Wait for the subordinate to carry you off the boat in person. "The governor took the lead in patting the horses, and the officials below dared to slack off, scrambling to run on the boat to pat the donkeys, these people are not for promotion, Jiangsu Province has been the richest province in China since ancient times, as long as they can stay here for one or two more terms, they are already very satisfied, and to do this, they must have someone to support the court and someone to speak in front of the emperor. And the donkey is Kangxi's henchman and guard, so he is naturally the target of this group of pug-like officials. Because of the large number of officials crowded in a hurry, the gangplank of the boat could not withstand the trampling of so many people at the same time and broke suddenly, and more than a dozen officials fell into the water at the same time, but these officials were still shouting while splashing in the water, "Lord Donkey, are you okay old man?" Please wait for the lowly to change into clothes and then carry your old man! ”

"Damn, a group of sycophants, if you want to change it to that official in Guangxi, I dare to do this, Lao Tzu cut off his head with a knife." Sun Tingling saw the ugliness of the group of officials in the distance, and couldn't help but be angry and funny. Next to him, Sun Yuanhua echoed: "Yes, these officials are really embarrassed by the face of the court...... General, no, why did two more sedan chairs come down from the ship? There is a foreigner on a sedan chair? Sun Tingling fixed his eyes and saw that in addition to the small sedan chair where the donkey was lying, there were also two small sedan chairs carrying a foreigner and a scholar respectively, Sun Tingling was surprised: "That foreigner seems to be Nan Huairen, he bought a new red-coated cannon in Guangzhou and shipped it to Beijing, obviously walking in front of us, why did he return to Yangzhou from the north?" Who is that scholar? ”

"General, please let the lowly official inquire first." Sun Yuanhua volunteered to inquire about the news, and with Sun Tingling's consent, Sun Yuanhua took a detour to the dock and blended into the crowd of salt merchants to meet him to inquire about the news. After a while, Sun Yuanhua made a detour and ran back to Sun Tingling's side, and reported to Sun Tingling: "General, inquire clearly, that foreigner is indeed Nan Huairen, he and the donkey met in Gaoyou County, north of Yangzhou, the cannon exploded during the test cannon, he and the donkey, and a scholar surnamed Wu were all injured, although the person did not die but the injury was serious in Gaoyou could not be cured, so they had to go to Yangzhou to find a good Langzhong for treatment, and those sycophant salt merchants were recommending Langzhong to them." ”

"Haha, retribution." As soon as Sun Tingling heard the music, he openly clapped his hands and said that he was happy. At this time, Zhu Guozhi and the others had already left the dock with the donkey and Nan Huairen and others and walked towards this side, and there were five hundred Qing soldiers escorting the prisoner car of Gu Yanwu and others, and the momentum was really immense. When the donkey and the others walked to the side, Sun Tingling, who had hesitated repeatedly, finally couldn't hold it back, and rushed out from the side of the road to greet the donkey, but as soon as he moved, the Qing soldiers who maintained the order had already held him down, and the officials who were patting the sycophants shouted, "Catch the assassin, catch the assassin!" Someone is going to assassinate Lord Chincha! ”

"It's not an assassin, it's the Guangxi general Sun Tingling." Zhu Guozhi recognized Sun Tingling, came out of the sedan chair to stop the Qing soldiers who were crowding up, and leaned around the ears of the donkey and muttered with a dark smile for a long time, and the strong donkey, who had also been on Kong Sizhen's bed, immediately laughed strangely, and said to the Qing soldiers who blocked Sun Tingling: "Let him go, please come over with General Sun." After getting free, Sun Tingling hurriedly ran over, cheekily bowed to the donkey, and said, "Sun Tingling, the general of Guangxi, has seen Lord Gong." ”

"You are Sun Tingling?" The donkey lay on the sedan chair and didn't let Sun Tingling get up, knocked on Erlang's leg and said in a big way: "Your intention Lord Zhu has already told me, but Sigege is in a hurry to return to the capital in advance, and the emperor used six hundred li to expedite me to replace Sigege as a messenger to go south, so your trip is in vain." Ha ha...... Hehe. ”

"Lord Qiang, Sigege's return to Beijing is already known to the officials, and they are preparing to return to Guangxi to take office, but it's just ...... It's just that....... Sun Tingling swallowed for a long time, and finally said head-on: "It's just that Xiaguan hasn't seen Sigege's face for more than four years since Kangxi's four years, and he doesn't know how Sigege's body is now?" How are you doing in the capital? Is there any loneliness? I heard that Lord Qiang worked with Sigege, so Xia Guan wanted to inquire with Lord Qiang. ”

It is also Sun Tingling's luck, if he asks others these words, others will have to save him a little face, but when he meets this strong donkey, he is a reckless man born of a horse thief, and he has Kangxi's favor and even more, he is even more unscrupulous when he speaks. The donkey didn't care that it was on the dock street, and said directly with a laugh: "Don't worry, rest assured, how can Sigege be lonely?" She has hundreds of men under her command, all as strong as bulls...... Hahahaha...... Do you think Sigege will still be lonely? It's just that you, General Sun, are going to be lonely. ”

"Hahaha......!" The street burst into laughter, Sun Tingling's face was pale, and he subconsciously touched the steel knife on his waist, but he touched it empty, Sun Tingling looked back in surprise, but saw a Qing soldier wearing a good camp uniform was playing with his steel knife. Seeing his surprise, the donkey smiled again: "The general is strange, isn't he? But this thing is not surprising, we are good at fighting the camp to protect the emperor, and if the civil and military officials want to meet the Lord Banzai, they must first leave the sword and weapon in our hands. ”

"Fuck!" Sun Tingling turned his head with a blushing face, unwilling to look at the arrogant ugly face of the donkey. The donkey didn't give up, and laughed loudly: "Okay, master, I still have to take the Qin prisoner to death row with Master Zhu, and I have to go to Dingyang Tower to drink at night, so I won't accompany General Sun." If the general has anything to do, he can come to me tomorrow, and I brought a gift from Beijing this time - a melon skin hat, green! Hahahaha——! ”

"Ass, I'll fuck you!" No matter how good Sun Tingling's temper is, he can't bear such an insult, and he pounces with his bare hands and wants to fight with the donkey. But as soon as his body moved, he was grabbed by two Qing soldiers on his shoulders and pressed to the ground to reward him with an old fist. The donkey, Zhu Guozhi and others ignored him, and after laughing for a while, the donkey beckoned a sentry officer, and whispered in his ear: "I will be beaten to death in a while, don't be afraid of his official position, it's all fake, Guangxi's military power is actually in the hands of Dai Liangchen, a house slave in Sigege, and he is an empty general, and he killed the master and I carried it." ”

After that, the strong donkey waved his hand and walked away with Zhu Guozhi and others, leaving Sun Tingling laughed at by the people on the street in the same place, and there was also a sentry Qing soldiers who continued to surround Sun Tingling, and after the team of the strong donkey and Zhu Guozhi and others went away, the Qing soldiers who got the hint of the strong donkey immediately punched and kicked Sun Tingling, causing Sun Tingling's nose to be blue and swollen, and he rolled all over the street. And Sun Yuanhua and other entourages brought by Sun Tingling were outnumbered, and no one dared to come over to persuade and rescue, all of them hid in the teahouse and did not dare to go out.

"Damn, isn't he just a famous and powerless general? Do you dare to shout with our donkey uncle? Look for death! "Damn, all the soldiers and horses in Guangxi are in the hands of Dai Liangchen, what are you?" Those Qing soldiers who had been instructed by the donkey were beating and scolding, and their fists and feet rained down on the head of Sun Tingling, who was crying wolf. When the Qing soldiers were fighting vigorously, a dry and thin old man tiptoed over and bowed his hand to the Qing soldier sentry who led the team: "Master Jun, it's almost over, this gentleman has been beaten badly enough by you, spare him." ”

"Damn, the stinky old man still wants to be nosy? What the hell are you? Get out of the way! The sentinel shouted to the old man. The old man grinned and didn't speak, he directly took out five silver tickets of one hundred taels from his waist and stuffed them into the hands of the Qing soldier sentry, and the Qing soldier sentry also smiled and stuffed the silver tickets into his arms, beckoning: "Okay, okay, for the sake of this old gentleman's face, spare this stinky boy." With that, the sentry officer led the Qing army away.

"General Sun, you're not hurt, are you?" The old man picked up Sun Tingling and asked Sun Tingling with a smile. Sun Tingling, who was bleeding from his mouth and nose, glanced at the dry old man suspiciously, and asked in surprise, "Aren't you the Mr. Yao who was in Lichun Courtyard last night?" Yao Qisheng smiled and said, "Yes, it's Yao." At this time, Sun Tingling's entourage saw that the Qing army had gone away, so they poured out of the teahouse to pat Sun Tingling's ass, so angry that Sun Tingling slapped each of them and scolded: "Mom, when Lao Tzu was beaten just now, why didn't you see anyone?" ”

"The general is angry, he is angry, the old man saw it just now, they were stopped in the teahouse, so there is no way to come and save you." Yao Qisheng pulled Sun Tingling and comforted. Sun Yuanhua and the others had the steps to go downstairs, and after being grateful to Yao Qisheng, they hurriedly lied: "General, there were all people in front of the teahouse just now, and we really couldn't squeeze in." Sun Tingling snorted coldly, and then thanked Yao Qisheng, "Thank you Mr. Yao for saving me, otherwise my life today would be in the hands of those dogs." The grace of saving his life, Sun Tingling is unforgettable. ”

"The general is too polite, it's a trivial matter, and it's not enough to worry about." Yao Qisheng walked to the side of the street with Sun Tingling in his arms, and was polite to Sun Tingling. Sun Tingling, who was very grateful, offered to thank Yao Qisheng with silver, Yao Qisheng refused with a smile: "No, no, general, you and my righteous son are world friends, in fact, they are a family, if Yao accepts your silver, it will be a family talking two families." ”

"Sir's righteous son and I are world friends? Who is Mr. Yoshiko? Sun Tingling was taken aback and hurriedly asked. Yao Qisheng smiled and said: "It's inconvenient to say here, the general will know if I go with me, there is a miracle doctor by my son's side, you have a small injury, keep the medicine until the disease is removed." Sun Tingling was even more surprised, and saw that Yao Qisheng had no malicious intent, so he followed Yao Qisheng into a carriage and followed Yao Qisheng to see his world friend in the dark. After getting off the bus at the place, Sun Tingling couldn't help but be surprised again, and said in surprise: "Isn't this Lichun Courtyard?" I stayed here last night. ”

"That's right, my son has already arrived first, and he is waiting for you in the room where you stayed yesterday." Yao Qisheng smiled and asked Sun Tingling's servants to wait outside, and then pulled the confused Sun Tingling into the side door of Lichun Courtyard, which had not yet opened for business, and pulled him into the room where Sun Tingling slept last night. Wu Yuanming and Li Xiongfei, who arrived first, had already set up a banquet in the room and waited, but there was only one Shi Shilun who was picked up from the school today - Yao Qisheng didn't want his proud disciple Shi Shilun to learn badly in Lichun Courtyard. As soon as Sun Tingling entered the door, Wu Yuanming got up affectionately and greeted: "Brother Tingling, I've been waiting for you for a long time, do it here and do it here." ”

"Are you ......?" Sun Tingling and Wu Yingxiong only met once when Kangxi entered Beijing to report on work in the fourth year, and naturally they couldn't remember it clearly at a glance, but they just felt that Wu Yuanming was a little familiar. Wu Yuanming smiled and pulled Sun Tingling to the seat and sat down, and filled Sun Tingling with a glass of wine, raised his glass and smiled: "Brother Tingling, I remember that I am one year older than you, it should be no problem to call you brother, right?" Come on, the authentic eighteen-year-old daughter is red, and the foolish brother used eighty taels of silver to buy a jar and dry this cup. ”

"!" Sun Tingling was confused and had a glass of daughter red with Wu Yuanming, and when he put down the wine glass, he couldn't wait to ask Wu Yuanming: "This brother, Sun thinks you are a little familiar, I don't know where I met you?" Also, What is the brother's honorific name? ”

"On the third day of the fifth month of the fourth year of Kangxi, Brother Tingling and I met in the mansion of the Geng Xinghe brothers in Beijing." Wu Yuanming smiled and took out the gold medal of the prince of Pingxi and gently placed it in front of Sun Tingling. Sun Tingling only glanced at it and exclaimed, "Wu Yingxiong? I remembered, you are Wu Yingxiong, the prince of Pingxi, and you were drunk by me once that day in Geng Xinghe Mansion! Then Sun Tingling jumped up violently, pointed at Wu Yuanming and exclaimed, "Are you a human or a ghost?" The court's slander said that you had been poisoned and died! ”

"If I, the hostage, hadn't pretended to be poisoned and died, how could I leave Beijing with a swagger? How can you raise a glass and drink with Brother Tingling in this Yangzhou Lichun Courtyard? Wu Yuanming played with the amber jade cup in his hand and asked Sun Tingling with a smile. After talking with Yao Qisheng and others all night last night, Wu Yuanming had already planned every step to rescue Gu Yanwu and others, but what identity to persuade Sun Tingling to participate in the action made Wu Yuanming hesitate for a long time, whether it was pretending to be Wu Sanmei's son or letting Yao Qisheng and Li Xiongfei come forward to contact Sun Tingling, the identity was obviously not enough, and the identity was not convincing enough. And in the end, the person who suggested that Wu Yuanming use his real identity to meet Sun Tingling turned out to be Shilun, who was only more than ten years old, Shi Shilun thought that dealing with a wall grass like Sun Tingling, without overwhelming strength, could not make him really work hard, instead of hiding it, it was better to speak frankly, which was more convenient. After repeated calculations, Wu Yuanming felt that Shi Shilun's words were feasible, so today's meeting took place.

"Playing dead?" Sun Tingling was stunned for a long time, and then suddenly came to his senses, trembling and asked in a low voice, "Uncle Wu has decided?" He was about to raise troops to do it, so Brother Wu, you escaped from Beijing? ”

"It's only a matter of time before my father does it, but not now." Wu Yuanming smiled and poured Sun Tingling a full glass of wine, held the wine glass and asked with a smile: "General Sun, are you going to do it with my father?" After the deed is completed, an iron hat king is steady. ”

Sun Tingling first shook it, then slammed the wine glass on the ground, and roared angrily: "Wu Yingxiong, who are you and Sun Tingling?" I, Sun Tingling, as a loyal minister of the Qing Dynasty, how can I be in the same league with a chaotic minister and thief like you? ”