Changzhou Mansion is similar to other state capitals in the south of the Yangtze River, and the owners of the three changes are all open and surrendered, and the bustling street market has even become accustomed to the soldiers coming in and out.

Restaurants, shops, brothels... It's open as usual, and it's bustling.

Hou Xuanyan strolled through the streets of Changzhou, as if he was in a different world, and suddenly had a feeling that he had traveled to a peaceful and prosperous world. Until the front of the mansion, a team of soldiers and horses with bloody knives slowly entered the city.

Yan Yingyuan jumped off the horse, and was about to salute when he was pulled by Hou Xuanyan, and said in his ear: "The people of Changzhou are afraid that they have different intentions, so they will immediately divide their troops to occupy the official office, the treasury, and the granary. ”

Yan Yingyuan knew his old neighbor too well, and as early as when Jiangyin was defending the city, he made a song for the soldiers to sing. Among them, there is a sentence: Changzhou people have dedicated their daughters and mothers. It shows how much he hates these soft bones.

"Rest assured, they have always been cowardly, even if they have a thief's heart, they may not have a thief's courage."

Hou Xuanyan chuckled lightly and said: "That didn't touch their life, and now I have stretched out my hand to their way to make a fortune, and it is hard to guarantee that they will not jump off the wall in a hurry." ”

Jiangyin, where Yan Yingyuan is located, is also affiliated with Changzhou Mansion and is extremely familiar with this area. He turned around and arranged for his soldiers and horses to go everywhere to take over Changzhou, and then followed Hou Xuanyan as he walked and said: "Commander, there is a canal in Changzhou that goes straight to Suzhou, connecting Suzhou, Wuxi, and Changzhou into a line. In the end, the general thought that we should immediately occupy the river, clear the bandits along the way, and transport soldiers, horses, money, and food are very convenient. ”

Hou Xuanyan nodded and said: "You are responsible for this matter, the Suzhou ship king has just been raided by me, and his property belongs to the Gu family, I will write a letter now, and you will send someone to take it to the Gu family, so that they can fully cooperate with you." ”

In the Changzhou Mansion, several soldiers stood at the door with guns, and a group of officials with pigtails sat in the courtyard. They were all arrested late at night or early in the morning, so they were all wearing household clothes and did not wear official uniforms.

Hou Xuanyan saw that their faces were miserable, squatting there at a loss, and half of the hatred in his heart was gone.

Yan Yingyuan observed his words, and when he saw that he was soft-hearted, he hurriedly said: "My lord, these people are all sent by the Tartars from other places, and they are all second-class thieves who have been cleared for a long time. Many of them followed Duoduo to participate in the Yangzhou Massacre, and they didn't know how many evil deeds they had done all the way south. ”

Hou Xuanyan thought about it, this is indeed the truth, there are only hundreds of thousands of Manchu Tartars, if there are no these accomplices and traitors, no matter how chaotic the Central Plains is, they will not be able to do anything.

"Escorted to the entrance of the vegetable market and beheaded for public display. Let the people of Changzhou who have been comfortable for a long time see the blood, and remind them that it is the autumn of survival. ”

When the puppet officials who were still squatting on the ground heard this, they were so frightened that they knelt on the ground and begged for mercy and kowtowed like pounding garlic.

Hou Xuanyan just had a little compassion, but it didn't mean that he had the kindness of a woman, so he didn't look at it when he turned around. The Suzhou soldiers, who had been guarding for a long time, dragged them to beat and scold, and escorted them out of the yamen.

The patriarchs of the major families are in Wang Changshun's mansion at the moment, listening to the little guys in the mansion talking about this beheading conference.

After listening to this, Wang Changshun, the richest man in Changzhou, squinted his eyes and said to himself: "This kid has such a black hand, I heard that he is in Suzhou, treats people generously, and once pardoned several family patriarchs who sacrificed the city." Why did you get to our Changzhou and become a butcher? ”

Wu Jiyuan held most of the storefronts in Changzhou in his hands, and said in a deep voice: "It is said that at that time, this surnamed Hou was alone, and he had no soldiers or money in his hands, where did he dare to do it." Later, this guy fell in love with Gu Youde's old fox, and only then did he gain a firm foothold in Suzhou. Now he sits on half of the state capital of Nanzhili, the whole territory of Zhejiang, and he has strong soldiers and horses in his hands, which is revealing his true nature. I think if we don't do it again, sooner or later we will end up with those Qing Dynasty officials at the entrance of the vegetable market. ”

Wang Changshun nodded and said, "You must act confidentially, none of you should act rashly, in case you annoy him, we can't compete with him now." ”

Wu Jiyuan lowered his head, leaned in the middle, and said softly: "I have raised a group of dead soldiers, and they are loyal, so I will send them to split up tonight and go to Jinling to get in touch with Lord Hong." These people are willing to die for me, and they will not confess to me if they are caught. ”

Wang Changshun knows his details, and he also knows that his dead soldiers are indeed not exaggerated, they are all brainwashed loyal dogs.

He nodded and said, "Remember to tread carefully. ”

At the same time, a group of black-clothed and black-armored men and horses appeared outside the city of Changzhou, about 100 people.

Headed by the Taoist priest Hong Yixun of Jiading Tianyiguan, seeing that Changzhou Mansion was in front of him, Hong Yixun ordered: "On the big and small roads in Changzhou, install brothers." The others followed me into the city to meet the governor. ”

The man in black behind him disappeared into the night outside Changzhou City in a blink of an eye, as if he had never appeared.

In the Changzhou Mansion, Hou Xuanyan was next to the map, discussing with Yan Yingyuan, Xia Wanchun, and Zhang Mingzhen how to arrange the Changzhou defense line. Hong Yixun was brought in by his own soldiers, and Hou Xuanyan glanced up at him and motioned for him to wait for a while.

After about a stick of incense, a few people raised their bodies, and Hou Xuanyan said: "That's it, Master Zhang quickly return to Songjiang, remember to build more boats." Not only along the river, but also to build the sea. If you really can't make it, you can buy it from Zheng Zhilong, and he will ask him for as much as he wants. This man is a pragmatic pirate leader, and if he gives enough money, he can sell his wife to us. Haha"

Zhang Mingzhen hated Zheng Zhilong to the core, hated him for being selfish and misleading the country and the people, if this time the Zheng family's warship went straight to Yangzhou and took Jinling, the general trend of the world would have undergone earth-shaking changes. After listening to Hou Xuan's vicious ridicule, Zhang Mingzhen was not displeased, but also joked: "It is said that in Zheng Zhilong's mansion, there are all kinds of wives of barbarians in various countries, black and white, if he sells his wife, it is estimated that he can also make a fortune." ”

Yan Yingyuan also rarely smiled, and said, "Since that's the case, let's act according to our plans." The commander, the last general is going to arrange the defense of Changzhou, so he will retire first. ”

Zhang Mingzhen said: "Let's go together, the military situation is important, I will lead the soldiers to walk at night again." ”

Hou Xuanyan and Xia Wanchun sent them out of the yamen, and when they came back, they punched Hong Yiyun and scolded: "Why did you come? ”

Hong Yixun grinned and said, "Send more than 100 people to Suzhou Mansion and more than 100 people to Hangzhou." After arranging these two places, I dared to go. ”

Hou Xuanyan put his arm around his shoulders and said, "Yes, you will be my eyes and ears in the future, the world is chaotic and changeable, we have to guard against it." ”

Hong Yiyun's shoulders collapsed, and he asked shyly: "Big brother, why did you let me come to Changzhou?" ”

"Follow me to kill."