Chapter Thirty-Seven: Before the Cannon Rings (Part I)
Dai Yan, who was shy, swaggered out of the Gaoyou County Office, the east was already gray and white, and there was an endless stream of traders and passers-by doing business on the street, Wu Yuanming looked around, and sure enough, he saw Li Xiongfei and Zheng Xin and others standing at the corner of the street looking around. At the same time, Zheng Xin and others also saw Wu Yuanming and Dai Yan, and when they mentioned the heart of their throats, they put it back in their stomachs, but because there was Ren Weichu who sent out the door behind Wu Yuanming, a few people did not catch up.
"Okay, my son's servant has already come to pick me up, you go back first, I'll be back in a while." Wu Yuanming waved his hand to Ren Weichu and said. Because Wu Yuanming did not refuse to be monitored, and the gold medal of the Pingxi Palace, which could not be forged, was not very suspicious, Ren Weichu didn't doubt it much, but just made a look to make the two henchmen optimistic about Wu Yuanming, so he said goodbye and returned to the yadao: "Since this is the case, please go and come back quickly, and the next official will go to act for official business first, and wait for the good news of the prince." β
"Go, go, just go and order a new set of official uniforms and white pheasant patches, so as not to be caught off guard when you get it." Wu Yuanming waved his hand and said. Ren Weichu was overjoyed, and he bowed three times with a thousand thanks, and saw that Li Xiongfei and Zheng Xin and others over there were dumbfounded, I don't know what kind of magic Wu Yuanming used, and he could let Ren Weichu personally send him and Dai Yan out of the yamen, and his attitude was so respectful. However, Li Xiongfei and the others were quite smart, because there were still two people staring at Wu Yuanming, so they just saluted Wu Yuanming but didn't speak, and followed Wu Yuan to get into the temporarily hired carriage and went straight back to the inn where he lived.
When he arrived at the lobby of the inn, Wu Yuanming gave a look to the three Wu Sangui veterans who were at the door of the inn, and said to the two Ren Weichu who were holding cannonballs: "You give me the things, and then wait below, and I will come down after I finish explaining." The two henchmen of Ren Weichu dared to let Wu Yuanming out of sight, and when they were about to resist, the three veterans of Wu Sangui's army had already held them down affectionately, and a fine veteran smiled: "What's the hurry?" Let's take a few drinks down there and come down when our son-in-law finishes explaining. The two subordinates still wanted to resist, but the hands of the three strong soldiers in Wu Sangui's army were like iron tongs, pressing them on the bench and unable to move, Wu Yuanming took the opportunity to get rid of them and Li Xiongfei and others and go upstairs.
"Brother Wu, what happened? How do you have two tails around you? As soon as he entered the room and sat down, Zheng Xin couldn't wait to ask Wu Yuanming, "How did you rescue Sister Daiyan?" Why did she walk with a limp? Could it be that she was tortured by the dog officer? β
"Stinky girl, so keen to observe?" Wu Yuanming scolded secretly in his heart, and quickly told him how he had coaxed Ren Weichu last night - of course, Wu Yuanming didn't say anything about his dewy marriage with Dai Yan, only that Dai Yan was injured so much, Dai Yan, who was sitting on the edge of the bed, was shy, and did not point out Wu Yuanming's lies, but only glared at Wu Yuanming a few times with hatred and sobbed softly. At the end, Wu Yuanming told Li Yuliang and Gu Yanwu and others about it, Li Xiongfei and Zheng Xin were both taken aback, and exclaimed in a low voice: "Mr. Gu Yanwu, aren't they Brother Liu and they are together?" How did they get caught by the Tartars? Zheng Xin was even more worried, and asked again: "Then what happened to my master and my sister?" Are they in danger? β
"How do I know that?" Wu Yuanming frowned and said, "It seems that after we left the Luoma Lake team, something big happened in the Luoma Lake team!" We have to find a way to rescue them first, and ask them for details before we know, but to save them, we definitely don't have enough manpower and strength at the moment, at least we have to go to Yangzhou to find my father-in-law and them, and the forces will come together to hope for rescue - of course, if we can solve Wu Ciyou, Li Yuliang and the big traitors and big lackeys who escorted them in advance, it will be more convenient for us to go to Yangzhou to do it. β
"And Nan Huairen, Wu ...... Appearance...... If you want to avenge me, it's that despicable and shameless foreign devil who has harmed me like this. Dai Yan said fiercely, but she didn't know how to call Wu Yuanming in terms of title - of course, it also made the sensitive Zheng Xin suspicious for a while. Wu Yuanming nodded, took out the hollow cannonball and said: "Nan Huairen, that foreign devil is Kang Xiaomazi's loyal lackey, and he got Kang Xiaomazi the world's most advanced artillery, which is very dangerous, we have to find a way to destroy that cannon and kill Nan Huairen, and then take that long-shot musket back, don't let that foreign devil spread abroad, let the foreign devil improve and use it to beat us." I've already thought of an idea, I should be able to kill the new cannon and the two dog officials Nan Huairen and Ren Weichu, and after I leave, you ....... β
"I won't do it!" After Wu Yuanming told the plan, Zheng Xin jumped up with a flushed face and said, "Stinky thief, you want me to go to the beauty trick again, and you also use the beauty trick on such a disgusting person." β
"Since you don't do it, forget it, I still plan to rush to Yangzhou as soon as this matter is over, and ask my father-in-law to marry me for you, since you don't want to, then let's delay it again." Wu Yuanming sighed, squinted at Zheng Xin and said. Zheng Xin was first overjoyed when he heard this, and then said with a red face: "Phew, who wants to marry you?" I won't marry you if you ask me...... However, the foreign devils bought new artillery for the Tartars, and sooner or later this artillery will be used by the Tartars to fight us in Taiwan, for the sake of Taiwan's fathers, villagers, and ordinary people, I will take another risk. β
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Quickly laid out the plan, and explained the countermeasures in case of accidents, Wu Yuanming then went downstairs with some makeup tools, and the two subordinates of Ren Weichu downstairs had been waiting restlessly, for fear that Wu Yuanming would not return, seeing Wu Yuanming appear, the two of them invariably breathed a sigh of relief, and both greeted him and saluted: "I've seen Wu Gongzi." Wu Yuanming smiled and let the two of them flatten, and each threw a silver ticket of fifty taels of silver - anyway, the silver ticket was paid by Ren Weichu to Wu Yuanming, and then he took the two veterans and the two Ren Weichu's henchmen to Gaoyou County again.
As soon as Wu Yuanming's front foot left, Li Xiongfei and Zheng Xin and others were busy, Li Xiongfei first went around to check whether there was any eyeliner, and after making sure that no one was watching, Li Xiongfei and Zheng Xin sent Dai Yan and others to the dock, placed Dai Yan and more than a dozen servants of her family on the boat they chartered when they came, and told the boatman to wait at the designated place - fortunately, Dai Yan just cried silently along the way, and did not confide in Zheng Xin, the little vinegar jar. Without these drags, Li Xiongfei and Zheng Xin rushed to the vicinity of the post house where Nan Huairen, Li Yuliang and others were staying, preparing to implement the plan arranged by Wu Yuanming.
"The stinky thief has only seen the miracle doctor once, how can he be judged to be a womanizer? If that miracle doctor surnamed Zhu is not lustful, won't our plan be a complete failure? When he arrived at the scene, Zheng Xin found that Wu Yuanming's plan was a little wishful thinking, and couldn't help but ask Li Xiongfei questions. Li Xiongfei was also a little skeptical, but still replied: "Since my cousin said that the surname Zhu is lustful, there must be a reason for him, we just act according to the plan, we really can't succeed, and we have nothing to lose." β
"Let's hope so, let's try it first." The more Zheng Xin thought about it, the more he felt that Dai Yan's speech and demeanor today and her attitude towards Wu Yuanming were more strange, and she just wanted to do things well as soon as possible to interrogate Wu Yuanming. After a little preparation, Zheng Xin covered his lower abdomen and walked slowly to the post house with a stern expression, and Li Xiongfei took another veteran to hold her left and right, just like a gentle brother sending his lovely but sick sister to seek medical treatment in Lang, when he arrived at the door of the post house, Zheng Xin squatted on the ground and shouted, "It hurts me, it hurts me." β
"Sister, bear with me, my brother will take you to see Lang Zhong in a while." Li Xiongfei anxiously persuaded Zheng Xin to insist, Zheng Xin sat on the ground in pain and shouted, "It hurts, I can't go." It hurts me! After learning that Zheng Xin was Li Xiongfei's sister, everyone suggested that "your brother is really, my sister is like this, my sister hurts like this, why don't you carry her back to Langzhong?" "Yes, you're her brother, are you still afraid of gossip from others?" "I'm afraid I'm suffering from a sudden illness, I have to find Lang Zhong quickly, don't miss your sister." All kinds of kind suggestions were varied, Zheng Xin rolled on the ground, Li Xiongfei and the veteran couldn't pull her, "It hurts!" It hurts! β
"Dodge, dodge, what's wrong?" Just when Li Xiongfei was anxious and helpless, three people walked out of the post house, pushed away the crowd of onlookers and walked in, Li Xiongfei and Zheng Xin peeked and saw that the three were a slender woman with a beautiful appearance and two middle-aged scholars, one handsome and one ugly, the handsome scholar was elegant and dignified, and his appearance and demeanor were very pleasing to women; The ugly scholar was born with a lewd appearance, a black face and a short beard, a nose facing the sky, and a pair of mung bean eyes that looked uncomfortable; The appearance and demeanor of the three people are very similar to the descriptions of Li Yuliang, Wu Ciyou and Zhu Fangdan described by Wu Yuanming, and they are supposed to be them. Zheng Xin was secretly happy in his heart, so he covered his lower abdomen and screamed even more.
"Sister, if you bear with me, my brother will carry you to see Langzhong." Li Xiongfei pretended to pull Zheng Xin to carry her. The ugly scholar over there, Zhu Fangdan, had already seen Zheng Xin's stunning appearance, and his mung bean eyes couldn't help but light up, and he pushed Li Xiongfei away and shouted: "Get out of the way, what else are you looking for?" The world's first miracle doctor is here, do you still need to find Lang Zhong? (Note: 1)
"The world's first miracle doctor?" Li Xiongfei turned his head to look at Zhu Fangdan, who was born with crooked melons and cracked dates, and pretended to be suspicious. Li Yuliang next to him said: "This little brother, don't look at this Mr. Zhu, who has thief eyebrows and rat eyes, and may be arrested and questioned by the officials investigating the case at any time when he walks on the street, but he is indeed the world's first divine doctor Zhu Fangdan, let him give your sister a diagnosis and treatment - just you have to watch him carefully." β
"Really? Then ask the divine doctor to treat my sister's illness, as long as my sister's illness can be cured, the villain must have a heavy gift to thank her. Li Xiongfei said suspiciously. Zhu Fangdan said politely: "You're polite, how can the doctor's parents be greedy for heavy gifts in returnβI just don't know if your sister has a mother-in-law?" While speaking, Zhu Fangdan quickly grabbed Zheng Xin's white and tender little hand, first secretly praised that it was really tender and smooth, and then gave Zheng Xin a pulse. Zheng Xin forcibly suppressed the urge to kick the pervert doctor to death, and quickly clamped his arm, Zheng Xin's armpit hid a wooden ball half a fist in advance, and the wooden ball pressed the artery under a clamp, and the pulse on the wrist stopped immediately, so frightened that Zhu Fangdan shouted repeatedly, "What a serious illness, such a serious illness!" Danger, danger! β
"Damn, at this level, he is also called the world's first miracle doctor? What a brag that you don't have to pay taxes! Li Xiongfei cursed secretly in his heart, but his face was extremely anxious, and he asked, "Divine doctor, how serious is my sister's illness?" Is there a danger to life? β
"Of course it's life-threatening." Zhu Fangdan said with a serious face: "You quickly carry this girl into the post station to my room, wait for me to protect her heart with acupuncture, and then apply a panacea to hope for a cure, otherwise her life will not be saved!" β
"Acupuncture? Mr. Zhu, is this girl's illness really so serious? Is acupuncture really needed? Li Yuliang has been dealing with Zhu Fangdan for a long time, and he is very suspicious of Zhu Fangdan's intentions. Zhu Fangdan shouted very aggrievedly, "Miss Yunniang, you misunderstood me too much, you can touch it yourself, this girl's pulse comes and goes, isn't it an emergency?" Li Yuliang suspiciously touched Zheng Xin's pulse, and found that her pulse really came and went, and had to admit that what Zhu Fangdan said was true, nodded and said: "It is indeed very sick, saving people's lives and even making a seventh-level floating slaughter, then please ask Mr. Zhu to quickly heal this girl, Mr. Wu and I will go to the dock to wait for the official ship first, and after Mr. Zhu cures this girl, please go to the dock yourself." β
"Quick, quick, carry this girl into the room." Zhu Fangdan has a very doctor's demeanor, while massaging the acupoints of Zheng Xin's lower abdomen and limbs, he commanded Li Xiongfei and the veteran to carry Zheng Xin into the post house, without even looking at Li Yuliang and Wu Ciyou who went to the dock. After entering the room, Zhu Fangdan immediately closed the door, took out the silver needle and instructed Li Xiongfei: "Quick, quick, your sister is very sick, quickly remove her coat, she can only wear a belly pocket on her upper body, and wait for me to relieve her pain with acupuncture." β
Li Xiongfei and the veterans of Wu Sangui's army looked at each other, and said in their hearts that they had stripped off this little tigress's clothes, so why would it be strange if she didn't fight with us? But our great miracle doctor Zhu Fangdan doesn't care about these in line with the principle of saving lives and helping the wounded, holding a silver needle in one hand and untying Zheng Xin's clothes with the other, Zheng Xin can't help it anymore, and pushes away Zhu Fangdan's hand that Zhu Fangdan has massaged on her body I don't know how many times, and slapped Zhu Fangdan in the face again, scolding: "You, a fake miracle doctor pervert, dare to take advantage of the old lady?" β
"Shhββ!h Li Xiongfei saw Zheng Xin's whereabouts, and in order to prevent Zhu Fangdan from screaming and shouting, he quickly took out a short sword from his sleeve and put it on Zhu Fangdan's neck. Who knew that Zhu Fangdan was not afraid at all, but smiled evilly: "Girl, you came to the door to take advantage of me, if you don't pretend to be sick and deceive me, how can I have a chance to kiss Fangze?" β
"Hey, you know we're faking illness to lie to you?" Li Xiongfei and Zheng Xin were shocked, and there was a faint feeling that they were the ones who were wronged. Zhu Fangdan's nose turned over to the sky, and he snorted disdainfully: "Pressing the armpit with something can make the pulse come and go, I knew this little skill when I was five years old." β
"Then why are you deliberately pretending to be fooled?" Zheng Xin asked. Zhu Fangdan smiled but didn't answer, but his eyes kept rolling on Zheng Xin's pretty face and bright figure. Zheng Xin, Li Xiongfei and others immediately realized that Li Xiongfei and the veteran couldn't cry or laugh, and said in their hearts that there are still people in the world who are so lustful, no wonder the folk immortals are so easy to get started. Zheng Xin blushed, slapped Zhu Fangdan in the face again, and said angrily: "You obsessed old thief, in order to take advantage of the old lady, you deliberately pretended to be fooled!" β
"The main thing is that you are too beautiful, girl, everyone has a love for beauty." Zhu Fangdan said with a smile on his face: "But when the villain gave the girl a pulse just now, I found that the girl's liver veins were a little weak, presumably because she usually lost her temper and hurt her liver." I have a special massage technique that can nourish the liver and protect the organs, can the girl be interested in learning? β
"I don't learn!" Zheng Xin blushed and roared. Zhu Fangdan was very regretful, shook his head and said: "Since the girl doesn't want to learn, forget it, I still have to go to the dock to pick up people, and there will be a period later." After that, Zhu Fangdan raised his leg to leave, Li Xiongfei hurriedly grabbed him, "Mr. Zhu walks slowly, we design and you get along alone, there is one thing to ask you, I hope you can do us a favor." β
"No." Despite the addition of the sword, Zhu Fangdan was still not afraid, and said unashamedly: "I'm sorry, I don't have time." Miss Yun Niang has promised me that as long as I help Mr. Wu heal his tongue, she will let me kiss it, Mr. Wu's tongue tendon has been connected by me, and I will be able to ...... another one after the wound heals in a few days. Speaking of this, Zhu Fangdan's face showed a look of intoxication, "You can kiss the fragrance of Yunniang girl, she is so beautiful." β
"Li Yuliang? Would she like you to kiss it? Li Xiongfei also heard Wu Yuanming talk about Li Yuliang, and he was quite sympathetic to this chivalrous woman who was blinded by love, and couldn't help but sigh in his heart. Here Zhu Fangdan proposed to leave again, and Li Xiongfei said to Zhu Fangdan with an idea: "Doctor Zhu, as long as you help us with this, I promise to find a girl who is more beautiful than Li Yuliang for you to kiss...... Like what. Li Xiong flew to Zheng Xin and pointed at him, and Zheng Xin immediately puffed out his eyes and shouted, "Do you want to find death?" β
"Don't get me wrong, I mean your sister." Li Xiongfei changed his words - although Zheng Xue's tigress index is far above that of her sister, she is not here at the moment, and it doesn't matter how Li Xiongfei talks nonsense. Zhu Fangdan looked at Zheng Xin, whose face was more delicate than flowers, and said in despair: "Her sister? My sister is so beautiful at such a young age, so isn't her sister even more beautiful than her? β
"Of course it's prettier than her, as long as you promise to help us, I promise to ask her sister to kiss you." Li Xiongfei tempted. Zhu Fangdan's mung bean eyes rolled wildly, noncommittal, Li Xiongfei was worried that he still didn't agree at first, but who knew that Zhu Fangdan suddenly stretched out two fingers and said, "Twice!" As long as you let this girl's sister kiss me twice, you can tell me to do anything!" β
"Thank you Doctor Zhu for your help, it's actually not that difficult." Li Xiongfei unwrapped the package from the veteran soldier who came with him, took out the hollow cannonball that had been filled with gunpowder in the middle, and said with a smile: "When Nan Huairen's artillery team sets off in a while, as long as Mr. covers us and replaces this cannonball." β
Note 1: Zhu Fangdan, a famous doctor during the Kangxi period, was the first person in the world to discover that the "brain" is the center of thought, rather than the "heart" recognized by traditional medicine, and wrote medical masterpieces such as "The Secret Record of the Middle Quality", and many discoveries beyond Western medicine, so he offended Kangxi, who loved Western science very much, and Kangxi was killed by Kangxi himself in the twenty-first year, and the "Secret Record of the Middle Quality" was all burned and banned, and it has now been lost.