After the victory, the Luoma Lake flagship was full of joy, and in addition to the sweaty boat control oars, the boat chisels led by Liu Haozi were frozen under the water and did not spend more effort. Because of the excellent command, the loss of personnel was less than ten people, but the Qing army's five large ships and nine clippers were killed, and the Qing army was killed and drowned at least more than 400 people. So when the battle was over and almost returned to the dock on Guba Island, Wu Yuanming was almost thrown into the air by the excited Llama Lake bandits, and he was full of praise for his performance.

There are also discordant episodes, from the beginning of the battle to the end of the battle and then to the return to the Guam Island dock for such a long time, the Zheng family sisters who have just turned their faces with Wu Yuanming have not said a word out loud, even when their master Chen Jinnan appeared, they both kept whispering, and there were fights and pulls from time to time. When he was about to return to the dock, Zheng Xue, who was far superior to her sister in martial arts and strength, finally pressed Zheng Xin on the bulkhead, and searched out Wu Yuanming's gold medal that was almost pierced by a feather arrow from Zheng Xin's arms.

"Sister, pay me back." Taking Zheng Xue's hair, Zheng Xin snatched the gold medal back and quickly stuffed it into his arms, and said in a panic: "Sister, don't tell anyone about this gold medal, you also saw the determination of that stinky thief to kill the tartar, don't harm his life." ”

"He is Wu Sangui's son? The prince of Pingxi? Zheng Xue lowered her voice and tried to calm herself, and asked Zheng Xin. Zheng Xin shook his head and replied in a low voice: "No, Wu Sangui's son Wu Yingxiong is dead, he is just one of Wu Yingxiong's generals, and he is ready to escort this gold medal back to Yunnan." Speaking of this, Zheng Xin forgot the hot and painful slap marks on his face, and said: "I saw that his conscience was still clear, so I snatched his gold medal in my hand and forced him to stay by my side to see if the master could let him abandon the darkness and turn to the light." ”

"I'm afraid that you want him to stay with you forever is the main purpose, right?" Zheng Xue muttered in her heart to her sister who had no ambition, and muttered: "Since he has such an important gold medal, it seems that his status in the Pingxi Royal Mansion is definitely not low, we can't hide this matter from the master, as soon as we meet, we have to report to the master immediately, and ask the master to decide." ”

"What will the master do? Will they kill him indiscriminately? Zheng Xin asked nervously. Zheng Xue glanced at Sister Bai again, and said softly: "Is the master such an unreasonable person?" As long as he really kills the Tartars, even if he is Wu Sangui's son, the master will not kill people casually. I guess the master will fight him to see if he can stop the precipice? ”

"That's good." The huge stone in Zheng Xin's heart fell to the ground, and the relieved appearance made Zheng Xue couldn't help but glare at her again, and scolded in a low voice: "Stupid sister with no ambition, she was shouting and shouting to kill just now, and now she is reluctant to die." ”

At this time, the wharf of Guamba Island was already in sight, and from a distance, the wharf was bustling with people, and it was obvious that except for those who participated in last night's battle and were still resting in Llama Lake, everyone on Sekiba Island came to the wharf to greet them. When the ship docked, Wu Yuanming was pushed to the front by the elated water bandits, and asked him to get off the boat first to accept congratulations, Wu Yuanming did not postpone it, and was the first to step off the boat and greet Chen Jinnan and Gu Yanwu and others who were standing in the wind and rain.

"Wu Yingying, we already know about the battle just now. Heroes are both civil and military, winning more with less, and using soldiers like gods, we admire them to the fullest. Gu Yanwu was the first to come forward to greet Wu Yuanming, and Gu Yanwu was probably overjoyed - he actually bowed to Wu Yuanming four times, hugged his fists and bowed four times. And Wu Yuanming also had great respect for him, and he returned the salute with the strange etiquette that Yao Qisheng taught him, first standing on Gu Yanwu's left side with a straight chest and receiving four bows, and then bowing twice to reply. Probably because Wu Yuanming's etiquette is still very decent, as soon as his etiquette came out, Gu Yanwu, Huang Zongxi and Lu Liuliang immediately showed strange smiles, while Chen Jinnan was silent, but his eyes wandered, as if he was thoughtful.

"Master!" "Chief Helmsman Chen!" Liu Haozi, Zheng Xin, Hong Dashan and others in the back were not as troublesome as Wu Yuanming, they ran directly to Chen Jinnan and shouted, Chen Jinnan had a sick face and could only answer with a smile. When Zheng Xin was so excited that she hugged her master, Chen Jinnan actually opened his mouth and spit out a mouthful of black blood, Zheng Xin and Zheng Xue were both taken aback, and shouted together: "Master, are you poisoned?" Is it serious? Liu Haozi even shouted: "Chief Helmsman Chen, your poison is okay, right?" We're all counting on you for the rest of the day. ”

"It's okay, it's not serious, it will be detoxified in a few days." Chen Jinnan smiled and shook his head, but his spirit was very sluggish. Next to him, a heaven and earth incense lord hated and said: "The Tartar is too despicable, he actually set up an ambush in the Confucian Temple in Qufu in advance, our chief helmsman is a scholar, passing by Qufu naturally wants to go to the Confucian Temple to incense, and they poisoned the tea in the Confucian Temple, the chief helmsman did not expect that they would do this shameless deed in the Confucian Temple, the holy land of scholars, and they fell on their way." ”

"It's a mute scholar and a woman, right?" Wu Yuanming asked gloomily, although Zhou Peigong and Wu Ciyou could expect that Chen Jinnan would go to the Confucius Temple to worship no matter what danger when he passed through Qufu, but Zhou Peigong was good at winning the hearts of the people, and he couldn't do such a thing - that would anger the world's readers; Only a super villain like Wu Ciyou would not hesitate to do such a thing - of course, Wu Yuanming would not frown. The Lord of Heaven and Earth Hui nodded and replied: "That's right, we found out later that it was a mute scholar and a woman disguised as a scholar who poisoned her. ”

"Chief Helmsman Chen, rest assured, this revenge, Wu Yuanming will definitely avenge you!" Wu Yuanming gritted his teeth and said. At this time, Zheng Xin came to the spirit again, and immediately hummed to Wu Yuanming: "Phew! With your appearance, you can also avenge my master? How old are you? ”

"Miss Xin, don't be rude to Wu Yingying." Chen Jinnan shouted to Zheng Xin. Zheng Xin was still a little scared of his master, glared at Wu Yuanming and retreated to Chen Jinnan's side, and then leaned into Chen Jinnan's ear and muttered, I don't know if he was suing Wu Yuanming for his tricks. At this time, Liu Haozi, who was very excited, shouted: "Don't stand in the rain, let's go to the hall and talk slowly." Three masters, hurry up and arrange a banquet, welcome the chief helmsman Chen who is the first in the world of martial arts, and also celebrate the achievements of Brother Wu! ”

"Howler!" A burst of cheers erupted in the Luoma Lake team, and they happily hugged Wu Yuanming, Chen Jinnan and others towards the island. And Zheng Xin also ended the secret conversation with Chen Jinnan - of course, he told Chen Jinnan about Wu Yuanming's gold medal, but Chen Jinnan was silent about it, but said to Zheng Xin: "You didn't shake this matter out, you did it right, continue to keep it secret, and wait until the teacher talks with him." As for the gold medal, you can return it to him if you hold it uselessly. ”

"Give him back? He wants to be beautiful! Zheng Xin jumped three feet high, and said in his heart that he had no conscience, so he might have quietly thrown himself down and ran. But at this time, a new thing happened that made Zheng Xin so angry that he smoked - Wu Yuanming was surrounded by everyone and walked not much distance, and a girl with a delicate face suddenly flashed in the team of the Heaven and Earth Society, rushing to Wu Yuanming and staring at Wu Yuanming's face in a daze, her lips trembling and looking extremely excited-this girl is of course Wu Yuanming's old friend Mu Meng in Mu Wangfu. And Wu Yuanming was also dumbfounded, for fear that Mu Meng would call his name.

"You...... You...... How...... Not. Wu Yuanming, who thought he was dead, appeared in front of him again, and Mu Meng was excited to tell the truth. Wu Yuanming hugged Mu Meng in a hurry, leaned forward and kissed Mu Meng's cherry lips in public - of course, to block Mu Meng's mouth, but Mu Meng was first startled and then blushed with shame, but refused to struggle out of Wu Yuanming's arms. The others were in a daze for a while, and then burst into cheers, "Brother Wu (brother), what a blessing!" Gu Yanwu and the others also knew that Mu Meng was Mu Ying's identity, and they were even more surprised by this. Only Zheng Xue's expression on her face was even colder, Zheng Xin almost fainted on Chen Jinnan, but Li Xiongfei scratched his head, and said in his heart that our son is really not a picky eater, and even the daughter of the big enemy who does not share the sky dares to attack.

After Mu Meng calmed down, Wu Yuanming let go of her lips, leaned into her ear and whispered: "Mengmeng, don't tell my true identity, if there is anything we have to talk about in private." Mu Meng nodded shyly, glanced at Wu Yuanming again, and said softly: "Fortunately, my brother and they haven't arrived here yet, otherwise he would have killed you." Knowing that Mu Shenbao and his entourage had not yet arrived on the island, Wu Yuanming breathed a sigh of relief, and pulled Mu Meng, who was ashamed, to introduce to Liu Haozi and Hong Dashan and others: "Brother Liu, Second Brother Hong, this is my wife who has not passed the door, Mu Meng's ** of Mu Wangfu and Old Man Mu. Mengmeng, I've met the two big brothers, without their help, we may not have the opportunity to meet. Mu Meng was even more shy, but she was still deeply blessed to Liu Haozi and Hong Dashan.

"Brother Wu, it's so good, you can actually marry the daughter of Old Master Mu!" Liu Haozi admired Mu Tianbo who sacrificed his life for the country, and for the first time, he did not accuse Wu Yuanming of being lustful. But Liu Haozi still didn't understand one thing, so he pointed to Zheng Xin, who was eavesdropping on the side, and said loudly: "However, Brother Wu, how many wives do you have?" Last time you were at the house of the old traitor Fan Yingde, you also said that the little girl was your wife, why do you say that the daughter of the old hero Mu is your wife? ”

"What?" Mu Meng was shocked by Liu Haozi, who was unabashed, and subconsciously went to look at Zheng Xin, of course Zheng Xin glared at her viciously, and the hostile eyes of the two girls collided in the air, and immediately splashed out of the stars and invisible sparks. And Wu Yuanming's answer hit Zheng Xin hard, Wu Yuanming replied with a smile: "At that time, in order to escort the apprentice of Chief Helmsman Chen to find the Heaven and Earth Society, in order to facilitate his actions, he had to pretend to be a husband and wife to deceive people, but in fact, I have nothing to do with her. I deceived Brother Liu at that time, I am very sorry, but don't blame Big Brother. ”

"I see, it's okay, it's okay, what else is there to be sorry for our brothers?" Liu Haozi nodded and replied grinningly. Mu Meng breathed a sigh of relief and smiled at Zheng Xinyan, looking very proud. Zheng Xin was so angry that her eyes were round, her fists were clenched, if it weren't for Chen Jinnan, who was her only awe, to stop her with her eyes, this girl was only afraid that she would pounce on Wu Yuanming and tear it to pieces, and then devour it alive. Rao was like this, Zheng Xin still bit his lip with hatred, and blood dripped down his white chin to the placket. But Wu Yuanming didn't even look at her, and just walked hand in hand with Mu Meng to the meeting hall.

After entering the hall, Wu Yuanming took the initiative to sit in the fifth guest seat, and asked Chen Jinnan to sit in the chief, Gu Yanwu and others to sit in the last three seats, Chen Jinnan and others couldn't refuse, so they had to sit down according to Wu Yuanming's request, Mu Meng sat next to Wu Yuanming happily, and glared at Zheng Xin who was standing behind Chen Jinnan proudly, so angry that the little girl almost didn't grab the wine bowl and smashed it. After each sat down, the banquet has been arranged, although Chen Jinnan can only replace the wine with tea in the poison, but the atmosphere in the banquet is still very lively, full of joy, or to express admiration to Chen Jinnan, or to congratulate Wu Yuanming on the two big victories, in short, Wu Yuanming and Chen Jinnan have become the most popular characters in the banquet. And Chen Jinnan is indeed very leader-like, his speech and demeanor are very decent, and he does not give people the impression of arrogance at all, while Wu Yuanming is absent-minded, speaking upside down, and seems to be preoccupied.

"Luoma Lake heroes, as well as Wu Yingying and Li Yingying." Chen Jinnan raised the teacup and said loudly: "Because of Fan Yingde's old thief rebellion, this turtle killing conference ended in a very unfortunate failure, and my heaven and earth will also be chased and killed by the Tartar army for thousands of miles, fortunately, the heroes of Luoma Lake took in, Wu Yingying and Li Yingying rescued each other, so that my heaven and earth will have a foothold, Chen Jinnan is grateful, but he can't take it as a cup, he can only pay tribute to each other with a cup of tea, and talk about gratitude." ”

"Mr. Chen's helmsman is too polite." Everyone raised their glasses, and Wu Yuanming, who was thinking about his thoughts, was also reminded by Mu Meng, and clinked glasses with Chen Jinnan with everyone and drank the wine in one go. But Chen Jinnan's injuries were extremely serious, and he coughed after only drinking a cup of tea, his expression was extremely painful, Wu Yuanming reluctantly smiled: "Chief Helmsman Chen takes care of his body, and strives to resolve the toxicity as soon as possible. ”

"Nope." Chen Jinnan shook his head and said: "Chen Jinnan is injured, his body and spirit are not enough to lead the army, Wu Yingying, you have won many victories, twice won more with less, and won the hearts of the army." We are fighting against the Tartar army, it is better to be led by you, Chen Jinnan is only willing to be a pawn under Wu Yingying. Everyone found out that Chen Jinnan's injuries were indeed very serious, and such a body would definitely not be able to lead the army, so they echoed one after another: "Chief Helmsman Chen is right, his injuries have not recovered, and in the future, we will fight or withdraw, or it is better for Wu Yingying to lead." ”

"Nope." Wu Yuanming shook his head resolutely, and said in a slur manner: "Actually, our wine is not only for Chief Helmsman Chen to wash the dust, but also for Wu's farewell wine, Wu Yuanming has decided that as soon as the banquet is dispersed, he will leave Luoma Lake with his cousin Li Xiongfei, and the next thing is all up to Chief Helmsman Chen and everyone here." ”

"What? Are you leaving? Why go? There was an uproar in the audience, and they all questioned the reason for Wu Yuanming's departure. Wu Yuanming made an excuse and said: "In the first battle of Licheng, Wu was separated from his father-in-law and younger sister, and he originally agreed to meet in Yangzhou, but all kinds of things were delayed, and the time has been delayed for a long time, Wu Yuanming was afraid that his father-in-law and younger sister would worry, and he was also worried about their safety, so he wanted to leave here early and go to Yangzhou to find them." ”

"No, Brother Wu, you can't go." Liu Haozi jumped up in a hurry and shouted: "Brother Wu, you also said that the Tartar army will still come to suppress here, Chief Chen Helmsman is injured and can't lead the army, whether we can stop the Tartar army, we all count on you alone." If you go again, who will let us win more with less and repel the army of the Tartars? Even if you want to go to Yangzhou to find your father-in-law, you have to wait until we kill the Tartars, and then the eldest brother will personally protect you. ”

"Brother Liu, don't worry, Second Brother Hong and Lord Cai Xiang are both veterans of the battlefield, it is enough for them to lead the army, and it won't make a difference for me to stay here." The reason why Wu Yuanming insisted on leaving was not because he was angry with Zheng Xin, but because Mu Meng told Wu Yuanming that Mu Shenbao and they would rush to Luoma Lake in a few days, Wu Yuanming could block Mu Meng's mouth, but he couldn't stop Mu Shenbao's mouth, and there were many old friends among the enemies, and if he was not careful, his identity would be exposed, which would put Wu Yuanming in a dilemma, which was the reason why Wu Yuanming insisted on leaving here.

"No, we don't have the ability, Brother Wu, you use soldiers like gods, this battle is still better for you to lead, we just need to be a general under you." Hong Dashan and others knew Wu Yuanming's hardships, and they were all very enthusiastic to keep Wu Yuanming. The Zheng family sisters all misunderstood that Wu Yuanming was angry with them, and they all stared at Wu Yuanming with a blue face, and their beautiful eyes were about to erupt into flames. Even Li Xiongfei, Wu Yuanming's descendant, didn't understand the real reason why Wu Yuanming suddenly proposed to leave, but Wu Sangui's military regulations were extremely strict, and Li Xiongfei could only follow Wu Yuanming silently. Only Mu Meng understood the reason, but she was not sure to persuade her brother not to reveal Wu Yuanming's identity, and she couldn't help but be in a dilemma.

"I appreciate your kindness, but I have made up my mind, and I must go." Wu Yuanming lowered his head and didn't dare to look forward to the enthusiastic gaze of everyone, and said resolutely. Liu Haozi next to him was in a hurry, slapped the table and shouted, "Brother Wu, can't you stay?" As long as you are willing, I can immediately give you the main position of Luoma Lake, and in the future, you can take us to fight hard in Luoma Lake, or turn to Hongze Lake, we will all take your horse as the head! If you insist on leaving, then I will look down on you, because I think you are afraid that you will lose your life if you can't fight the Tartars, so you are greedy for life and afraid of death and run for your life! ”

"If I stay, you'll look down on me even more." Wu Yuanming lowered his head and muttered, Wu Yuanming's voice was very soft, only Mu Meng, who was sitting next to him, heard it, and Mu Meng, who understood the reason, felt sad in his heart, and lowered his head in frustration. At this time, Zheng Xin mustered up the courage to walk to Wu Yuanming's side, and said with a straight face: "I know I was wrong, I shouldn't have scratched your face indiscriminately, I apologize to you." Don't be angry with me, stay here, my master is injured, and there is no one else who can lead the army to fight the Tartars except you. ”

"Wu Yuanming, my sister has apologized to you, if you still have a little heart, don't leave here for a little thing." Zheng Xue also walked over to Wu Yuanming with a straight face and said. The people in the hall suddenly realized, and said in their hearts that this was the case, but Brother Wu was a little narrow-minded. Wu Yuanming guessed everyone's psychology, and hurriedly shook his head and explained: "You are wrong, I am not angry with you, I want to leave here for other reasons." ”

"What is the reason for that? Brother Wu, you tell your brother that if anyone is disrespectful to you, your brother will cut him with a knife! Liu Haozi asked anxiously. Wu Yuanming still shook his head, unable to explain his distress to everyone, Wu Yuanming's attitude made everyone even more anxious, almost everyone left the table and gathered around Wu Yuanming, either questioning, or persuading, or pleading, and even the impatient Jianghu heroes scolded, although the people who scolded Wu Yuanming were quickly beaten by the angry Liu Haozi all over the ground looking for teeth. But Wu Yuanming, who was in a dilemma, sat there motionless, not knowing what to do......

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Wu Yuanming was not the only one in a dilemma, when Kong Sizhen and others fled to Suqian in embarrassment, the green smoke of the fleet moored at the Suqian wharf had already dissipated, and the Xuzhou general soldier Chani, who came from Xuzhou Mansion overnight with 6,000 Qing troops, had already hung Weng Wotu, the reserve of Suqian River Defense City, on a tree and personally whipped it. This Chani surname Aixin Jueluo clan, is the fourth son of the Yangzhou Massacre main murderer Aixin Jueluo Duoduo, inherited his father's brutal and murderous temper, this time he was ordered to Luoma Lake to suppress bandits, Chani originally wanted to kill in Luoma Lake, stained the blue top on his head with blood, and plundered a few folk girls to supplement the back room, I don't want the army to arrive, but the necessary grain and grass and ships for the bandits were lost by Weng Wotu, Chani was furious, naturally he would not treat Weng Wotu who was already discordant, even Weng Wotu's two hundred defeated soldiers, They were all bound and pressed to their knees.

"Lao Tzu called you dereliction of duty, Lao Tzu called you dereliction of duty!" Chani roared and whipped a whip, and although Weng Wo, who was hanging on the flagpole, had been drawn to a bloody pulp all over his body, the blood flowed down the rain to the ground, staining the ground at Weng Wotu's feet, but Weng Wotu did not open his mouth to beg for mercy, but kept pleading: "My lord, there will be no dereliction of duty in the end!" The last general's team was attacked by the enemy, the enemy's combat effectiveness is very tenacious, not ordinary water thieves, we also fought very tenacious, we failed because of lack of preparation! It's a pity that Weng Wotu's defense was exchanged for a heavier whip from Chani, and it didn't take long for the two thumb-thick leather whips to be broken raw, and Weng Wotu fainted from pain several times. Chani threw the broken whip to the ground and stared at Weng Wotu gasping for air.

"General, what about these river guards who escaped from the battle?" Taking advantage of this opportunity, Chani's lieutenant leaned up and asked in a low voice. Chani turned his head and glanced viciously at the group of soldiers of the river defense battalion who were shouting for mercy, and roared: "Except for us, all the Han barbarians have been killed!" Lao Tzu wants to let these barbarians see what the fate of escaping from the battle is! ”

"Wronged!" A burst of crying broke out among the soldiers of the river defense battalion, and the Han soldiers rushed to cry: "General, wronged, we didn't surrender, we retreated only because we were injured!" "My lord, we fought very stubbornly, but the enemy was too strong." "My lord, we have also destroyed a large number of enemies, we are wronged!" Weng Wotu, who was already dying, also raised his head, struggled and shouted: "Chani, I gave the order to retreat, if you want to kill me, don't kill my brother!" ”

"Phew!" Chani slapped Weng Wotu's face full of flowers, and Yin Yin said: "You are a Manchurian, and you are a five-rank official of the imperial court, so I won't kill you, I will hand you over to the military department, and the brothers of the Nalan family will 'entertain' the people of your Guerjia family." As for these barbarians, no matter how many people die, they don't feel distressed. With that, Chani turned to the army and shouted, "What are you doing here?" Slaughter all the Han barbarians! ”

"Wronged!" The cries rang out again, but no matter how they struggled and cried, the butcher's knives in the hands of the Chani soldiers fell mercilessly on their necks, and hot blood sprayed more than a person high, sprinkled on the wet and cold ground, and flowed down the rain into the small ditch and into the river......

"Brothers, I'm sorry for you——!" Weng Wotu screamed frantically, a mouthful of blood spurted out, and his head tilted and he fainted......

"Put this Guerjia dog mongrel into a prisoner car and escort it to the capital and hand it over to the military department!" Chani yelled and hurried back to the makeshift Chinese camp. His lieutenant Gele hurriedly followed up and asked in a low voice: "My lord, now that there are no more warships, can we still fight Llama Lake?" Do you want to let the army go back to Xuzhou to stand by? ”

"Hit! Why not fight? Chani roared. But Chani also knew in his heart that without enough warships in the lake, his army of six thousand would be as if it had no legs, and could not even touch a single hair of the bandits; But to let go of this opportunity to kill and make a fortune, Chani was very unwilling in his heart, and he also fell into a dilemma. However, Chani's luck was obviously much better than Wu Yuanming's, and it didn't take long for him, just when he was in great difficulty to borrow wine to drown his sorrows, the herald sent news that the Qincha Sigekong Sizhen, who was very related to Chani and was ordered to assist Chani in attacking Luoma Lake, had arrived.

"Haha, get her in." Chani laughed and said: "The last time I saw her, she was only eleven years old, but she was already very moving at that time, and now she must be very beautiful and beautiful, Lao Tzu has to catch up with her!" ”