The news that Wang Qiang was injured and unconscious quickly spread, and immediately caused a sensation in the government and the opposition. Hong Chengchou posted notices everywhere asking for medical advice and medicine, explaining the reason for Wang Qiang's injury, and everyone was convinced that Wang Qiang was plotted by the Qing court, and they all regretted and scolded the Manchus, and Wang Qiang's reputation as a hero who resisted the Qing Dynasty was even more famous. People from all over the Northeast love Wang Qiang, have come to Tacheng to visit and condole, Zhao Mansion is full of people every day, all kinds of rare herbs, supplements are piled up in a room. Famous local doctors from all walks of life were also invited to come here, regardless of what kind of disease they were seeing, they all gathered here to consider the condition, and various medical prescriptions were prescribed. Chongzhen received Hong Chengchou's recital, and was a little puzzled at first, suspecting what tricks Wang Qiang was playing, and then Zhou Ting and the officials who passed the decree returned to Beijing and reported the details of the matter to him in person.

The doctor asked a lot, and he took countless medicines and prescriptions, but Wang Qiang was still unconscious, and there was no change in his pulse, but his injured arm was gradually recovering. In the end, together with more than a dozen famous doctors, including the imperial doctor, they consulted together and reached a unanimous opinion that Wang Qiang's brain was damaged and there was no hope of recovery, so he could only take medicine to recuperate and wait for a miracle to happen, so the doctors gave up their efforts and left Zhao's mansion. Chongzhen got the report of the imperial doctor, felt very sad, scolded the imperial doctor for being incompetent, rewarded Wang Qiang with 10,000 taels of silver, and asked Hong Chengchou to send someone to take care of Wang Qiang, so he put aside his hand and was busy with the affairs of the northwest.

Wang Qiang's plan to deceive the world was hidden, but he couldn't hide two people, one of them was Huang Taiji, after hearing the news that Wang Qiang was injured and unconscious, he only smiled bitterly, and secretly admired this little eunuch's tricks, he did this, so that his plan to kill him by Chongzhen's hand was completely invalid, and he also buckled this basin on his head, so that everyone in the world knew that Wang Qiang and the Qing Dynasty were incompatible, and they all accused the Manchu Qing of being despicable and shameless, and secretly hurting people.

The other one can't hide is Cai Ling'er, she and Wang Qiang have been married for many years, and they know their husbands very well, and she was also anxious for a while when she heard the news of Wang Qiang's injury, but then she thought about it: "My husband is so smart, how can he be so easy to be calculated, he lives in the big house, and he has been a fake eunuch for a few years, and he can not leak a drop of water, isn't it a piece of cake to pretend to be a patient, eighty percent is tired of being fiddled with by Chongzhen, and playing the trick of the golden cicada shelling." But after all, she didn't have a bottom in her heart, and she didn't dare to slack off, so she immediately instructed her family to pack up the gold and silver, and set off to the northeast to visit with a team of maids, mothers-in-law, housekeepers, and servants. Because their group was in a carriage, they moved slowly, and they walked for more than a month before they arrived in Tacheng, at this time Wang Qiang's condition had been decided, the doctor had left, and the house was much cleaner.

On this day, Cai Ling'er and his entourage arrived at the Tacheng Military Academy, and greeted Zhang Xiaodong, Gu Yanwu and others, said a few words, and after understanding some of the situation, she walked into the inner room alone and closed the door, and she came out in less than a quarter of an hour, and everyone was worried that she would not be able to withstand the blow, but she looked calm, although there were tears on her cheeks, but there was no particularly sad expression, but Lan Ting's gaze was a little weird.

As soon as she came out, she gave instructions to her entourage and family, and immediately instructed the housekeeper to buy a few courtyards connected together at a high price in Tacheng, and opened up and changed them into mansions; He also commanded that an inn should be chartered, and that the maids and servants who had been brought with him be temporarily accommodated; then asked the servants to set up a table of Bazhen noodles from outside, saying that they would invite Zhang Xiaodong, Gu Yanwu and others to dinner in the evening, and thank them for their hard work in taking care of Wang Qiang during this time; She also instructed Xiao Shanzi to take over the team of Ming soldiers outside to be responsible for the security guards here. She also instructed Gu Yanwu, saying that despite Wang Qiang's appearance, this school would continue to be run, and she would naturally pay for it.

Seeing that CRBT was so capable and cool, everyone was relieved, and finally had the backbone, and all related matters naturally asked CRBT to decide. Lan Ting had no choice but to take a back seat and give up the position of taking care of Wang Qiang to Cai Ling'er.

The ringtones are generous, the housekeeper is also very capable, and soon bought a few yards in the east of the city, opened up, and converted into a large mansion, half a month later, the ringtones led a large family to move over, she saw Zhang Xiaodong busy outside all day long, Lan Ting was bored and lonely and pitiful, and it was inconvenient for a girl's family to live in a military school, so he let Lan Ting move over to live together, Zhang Xiaodong knew that Lan Ting and Cai Linger had a close relationship, so he was naturally relieved.

The newly built Zhao Mansion has a total of four entrances, the courtyard wall is tall and thick, and the door of each courtyard is guarded by a family member, and it is even more heavily guarded at night. Wang Qiang and Cai Ling'er live in the third entrance, because Wang Qiang needs to recuperate, so only Lan Ting and Xiaoshanzi can enter and exit this courtyard freely, and idle people are not allowed to enter, and even the daily meals are sent in by Lan Ting.

Late that night, it was pitch black, and I couldn't see my fingers, and the sky was cloudy, and the north wind was howling and rolling up the dust on the ground and hitting people's faces, and it seemed that a snowstorm was coming. In the middle of the night, a small door in the backyard of Zhao's mansion suddenly opened, and a group of four mermaids entered the yard, and it was Xiao Shanzi who started the way, Xiao Shanzi led the other three people all the way through the backyard silently, and then passed through a door into the courtyard where Wang Qiang lived, the house was still lit with lights, quietly, Wang Qiang was still lying on the kang with his eyes closed, the splint on his arm had gone, but it was still wrapped in bandages, and Cai Ling'er sat on the spring bench next to him in a daze. The fire was burning in the house, warm, and the cold wind calling outside the window was reflected, as if they were two worlds.

Xiao Shanzi took the three people to the door and whispered, "Madam, the guests are here." ”

"Oh, please come in." Inside, the ringtones said in surprise.

Xiao Shanzi opened the curtain of the door and took the other three people into the house, one of the three was familiar with the ringtone, it was Li Gang, the military advisor of the former SAR militia group, and the other two were two monks, one of them was over seventy years old, long thin and withered, under a pair of long shou eyebrows was a pair of fine and introverted small eyes, the eyes were very soft, and the other monk was in his forties, tall and burly, with a wide forehead and wide mouth, thick eyebrows and big eyes, and a burden on his back, which obviously contained a blade. These two monks are the Fakong monk and his apprentice Zhizhi mentioned by Li Gang in his letter to Wang Qiang. This intelligence was a fierce general under Yuan Chonghuan at the beginning, and his original name was Leng Feng.

It turned out that after Li Gang heard the news that Wang Qiang was injured and could not be treated, he was anxious, he remembered his comrade-in-arms Leng Feng who was a monk in Enji Temple on Putuo Mountain, it is said that his master Fakong monk is a monk who has attained the Tao, with profound internal strength, benevolent heart, and quite a medical Tao, so he found a reason to Wu Sangui to leave, and rushed to Putuo Mountain to tell Wang Qiang's matter to the monk Fakong, the monk also admired Wang Qiang is a national hero who is loyal to the country, and readily agreed, and took Leng Feng and Li Gang on the road on the road on the same day and hurried to Tacheng. Li Gang is a careful person, he estimates that there will be Qing army and Dongchang spies in Tacheng to monitor Wang Qiang, considering their identity and the special relationship with Wang Qiang, so the three of them put on makeup, first lived in a hotel, and then asked someone to send a letter to Cai Ling'er, telling him where he lived, Cai Ling'er knew that he was Wang Qiang's confidant, so he sent Xiao Shanzi to take advantage of the night to take Li Gang and a few of them to the house.

Li Gang introduced Cai Ling'er and Fakong to each other, and several people sat down with each other, and Cai Ling'er personally made tea for the three of them.

Li Gang said: "Madam, I heard about Lord Wang's condition, and even the imperial doctor is helpless, I don't know what the situation is recently? ”

Cai Ling'er said helplessly: "That's not all, feed medicine every day to recuperate, you can't die and you can't live, so you can stay up slowly." Alas! ”

Li Gang pointed at Fakong and said, "This Fakong Zen Master has profound Taoism, so I invited him here to see if it is possible to save Lord Wang." ”

"Hey, this doctor can't cure it, I've taken a basket of this medicine, and I haven't seen it well, but I don't care much if I don't see it." Cai Ling'er said lightly, as if she was not in a hurry to let Fakong treat Wang Qiang, Li Gang and the others were surprised.

Monk Fakong folded his hands, proclaimed the Buddha's name, and said: "Amitabha, as Mrs. said, although the old man is rough in medical science, he is not sure, but Lord Wang is a famous general who resisted the Qing Dynasty, and the old man is willing to try a little, I don't know if the donor can agree." ”

Cai Ling'er smiled and said, "Then there is Master Lao." ”

"Amitabha." Fakong walked to Wang Qiang's side, sat on the stool, put his hand on Wang Qiang's wrist, and stayed quietly for a while, his brows were slightly furrowed at first, and then gradually stretched, smiling, letting go of his hand and walking back to his seat, his eyebrows lowered, and he was silent.

Seeing this, Li Gang asked with concern: "Master, how is Lord Wang's condition, does the master have a way to save him?" ”

Fakong still smiled and said nothing.

Leng Feng said anxiously: "Master, how is Lord Wang's condition?" ”

Fakong Shou raised his eyebrows slightly, glanced at Leng Feng and said: "Buddha Yun: The body and mind are silent and there is no thought, you can't say it, you can't say it!" Intelligence, your meditation is still poor. ”

Leng Feng hurriedly lowered his head and said, "Amitabha, what the master taught is that the disciple's heart is not quiet, and he has an urgent thought. ”

Cai Ling'er couldn't understand what they were saying, so she smiled and said, "Since the master has taken the pulse, is there a way to relieve my husband's illness?" ”

"Hehe, the donor has already held the pearl of wisdom, it is very difficult to get rid of it, why do you need to say too much, please rest assured that Lord Wang, the old man is an outsider, he doesn't ask about mundane things, and the old man has taken his leave." Fakong said as he got up to leave.

At this time, Wang Qiang, who was lying on the kang, suddenly opened his eyes and spoke: "The master stays, Wang Qiang has made amends to the master here." When he spoke, Li Gang and Leng Feng were taken aback, but Fakong and Cai Ling'er were calm and not surprised at all.

Li Gang rushed to Wang Qiang and said excitedly: "Lord Wang, you have woken up!" What are you ------" He suddenly came to his senses, guessed Wang Qiang's intentions, and happily continued: "I understand, Lord Wang's move is really clever, and he even deceived his own people, so I followed this rush in vain." His voice was a little choked.

Wang Qiang stretched out his right hand and grabbed Li Gang's hand and said: "I said Lao Li, don't blame me, didn't I force this, the vinegar jar on the top was overturned, and the tartar added another fire, otherwise, my little life is not guaranteed." He pointed to Fakong and Leng Feng and said, "These two should be the two eminent monks you told me." ”

"Exactly, this is the Master of Fakong, this is the Master of Intelligence." Li Gang introduced Wang Qiang to him.

Fakong had already sat down again at this time, looking at Wang Qiang with a smile, Leng Feng heard the conversation between Li Gang and Wang Qiang, and after a little thought, he had already understood the reason why Wang Qiang pretended to be unconscious.

Wang Qiang sat up, rushed to Fakong and Leng Feng and said: "There are two masters, I don't know who came just now, so I deceived the masters, and I made amends to the two." But I heard this, Master Fakong seemed to have seen that I was pretending just now, could there be some flaws? ”

"Hehe, there are naturally flaws, but ordinary people can't tell them. I put the pulse of the adult, watch your breath, obviously not a person who has been in a coma for a long time, I use internal force to press the meridians on your wrist, and you also resist, I naturally know in my heart. Fakong explained. He continued: "Although I am an outsider, I also know the deep meaning of my lord's actions, and I admire it in my heart, and I dare not make amends. ”

Leng Feng interjected and said: "I understand, this is all forced by the dog emperor, otherwise I am afraid that the adult will be the second Yuan Inspector, hum!" He was angry and made another mistake, and quickly lowered his head and silently recited the Buddha's name.

Li Gang asked: "Your Excellency has temporarily gotten rid of the imperial court this time, I don't know what your plans are in the future?" ”

Wang Qiang saw that Fakong was a high-ranking monk who had attained Taoism, and Leng Feng was obviously dissatisfied with Chongzhen like Li Gang, so he lost his guard and said slowly: "Two masters, Lao Li, don't hide it from you, my adventure this time is not only to protect myself, but more importantly, to get out of the emperor's sight and hurry up to prepare for the Qing Dynasty." I went to the Manchu Qing this time and found that the Qing army was extremely strong, and it had ambitions to chase the Central Plains and annex my Ming Dynasty. They are now deliberately withdrawing their troops and ceding out of Liaoxi, in fact, in order to paralyze the imperial court, let the imperial court draw troops to fight in the northwest, so that our Han people can kill each other, so as to profit from it, as soon as the world is in chaos, they will march into the Central Plains and seize the Ming Dynasty. ”

He said that he was thirsty, took a cup beside the bed and drank saliva to moisten his throat, and then said: "But now the emperor wants to stabilize the country, and he can't see through the treacherous plans of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and the emperor is stubborn and self-serving, he can't listen to his advice, he can't tolerate capable ministers, the court is empty, the food is not enough, sooner or later the Qing court will succeed, and then thousands of Li people are afraid that they will be slaughtered by the Manchurians." Therefore, I want to secretly cultivate talents, start to organize and train the army, and once the Qing army invades, I will rise up to meet it, so as to save the people from fire and water. ”

"Amitabha!" Fakong proclaimed the Buddha's name, his eyes were shining, and he looked at Wang Qiang solemnly and said: "The donor has the heart of helping the world, which is the great compassion that my Buddha said, the Dharma is boundless, and the donor is a person who is destined. ”

Li Gang clasped his palms together and said excitedly: "Okay! Since the adults have this heart, I, Li Gang, are also willing to follow the work of dogs and horses. However, with the current situation of adults, it may be difficult to openly organize and train the army, and once it is discovered by the imperial court, it will be charged with rebellion. ”

Wang Qiang said confidently: "It's okay. Now the emperor has issued a decree to allow the local gentry to organize their own militia regiments to assist the officials and soldiers in maintaining law and order and defending against bandits. We can buy land in various places, build farms, recruit troops and horses, and hoard armaments in the name of organizing and training militias. If the Qing army does not invade, it will be enough, and once it invades, we will rise up and resist it. In addition, I want to run this military academy well, focusing on military training, and train a group of backbone cadres to be sent to the militia groups in various places to lead the troops in training. ”

Wisdom listened, and said with his head bowed: "Amitabha! ”

Wang Qiang then said to Li Gang: "Lao Li, you currently have an army in your hands, so you have to hold your troops and firmly control this team, just train the troops well, and use them sooner or later." In addition, the soldiers under your command are mainly from our old militia group, you choose some reliable and capable people, find an excuse to fire them, and secretly transfer them to the Tacheng Military Academy for training, so that they can serve as the backbone of our anti-Qing army in the future. ”

Li Gang nodded in agreement.

Wang Qiang continued: "In addition, many of our trainees are also economic talents, and I want to train them for a period of time, so that they can rely on farms in various places to make a living and operate, and raise food and salary for our military training and army building." Also, I will arrange for someone to tell Lao Shang and Lao Tian about this matter, and the two of them can be trusted. Let Lao Shang also select some people from the militia to come to the military academy for training, and let Lao Tian think of some ways to raise military supplies, such as fine iron, gunpowder, bows and arrows, and at the same time find opportunities to purchase some muskets and artillery through overseas trade. ”

"This matter is very important, involving the lives of thousands of Li people, so the incident must be secret, except for a few of us, and Xiaoshanzi knows, other people, including those instructors and cadets of the military academy, should not be found out for the time being, and these people will have to be investigated in many ways, and if the time is not right, they must not reveal the truth."

"During this time, I was hiding in the house, scheduling in the middle, and contacting you through Xiaoshanzi on all matters, and when I announced my awakening, that is, when we really got into trouble!"

Wang Qiang has been thinking about this matter repeatedly while lying in bed these days, so now when he talks about it, he talks endlessly, and his head is the way. When Li Gang and the others heard this, they all felt that it was feasible, and they all admired Wang Qiang's thoughtfulness and long-term vision.

Monk Fakong has been smiling and listening, and when he saw that Wang Qiang finished speaking, he said with a smile: "Amitabha, the benefactor of the world has already understood the general trend of the world and made arrangements. The old man is an outsider, and he can't show his head, so it's better to accompany the adults in the house, ask the donor for some fasting, and take the time to exchange some martial arts experience with the donor, I don't know what the donor thinks? ”

This Fakong wanted to teach Wang Qiang martial arts, and thought that it was impossible for Wang Qiang to become a monk and worship under his door, so he changed his words, but everyone also understood it. Wang Qiang said happily: "That's great, the master is a master outside the party, and I wish to worship you as a teacher." As he spoke, he struggled to go down to the ground and kowtow to Fakong.

"Eh, the donor doesn't have to be like this, you have a great responsibility in the world, practice some kung fu just to protect yourself, but you don't have to fight like people in the rivers and lakes, we make friends with friends, we don't have to talk about what master and apprenticeship, wisdom also has to be with your peers, you don't have to care about the difference between generations, I want to do big things, don't care about those rules and customs." Fakong said solemnly.

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It had snowed heavily outside, and the roof tiles were soon dyed white, but the hearts of everyone inside the house were as hot as a fire, and a kind of ardent anticipation rose in the hearts of everyone. Cai Ling'er fell asleep on the table at some point, with a smile on the corners of her eyebrows and eyes, as if she was dreaming about something.