Suzhou City, Gu Mansion.

It is not a trivial matter to shave hair and be easy to wear, and the Han people pay attention to the hair and skin of the body, and they are subject to their parents. Shaving your hair means giving up the pride of being a Han Chinese in your heart and bending your knees to become a slave of a foreign race. For such a thing, it is natural to sacrifice to the ancestors, otherwise in the future, after a hundred years, you will see the ancestors. What should I do if I have a rattail on the back of my head and the ancestors can't recognize it?

On the fourth watch, the people who had been busy all night could finally take a rest. Xiao Hei leaned on the pillar of the courtyard and glanced at the inner courtyard with envy, where the masters had not yet risen.

The inner courtyard is where the ladies of the Gu family live, and if these miscellaneous servants in the outer courtyard dare to set foot on it, they are often beaten to death without asking the reason. Xiao Hei took a hard breath and said in a low voice: "Such a fragrant girl, I can smell it when I stand here, when can I sleep with one in my arms." ”

He hadn't slept all night, and he was so exhausted that he didn't even notice a person walking by him.

"Who do you want to sleep with?"

As soon as Xiao Hei heard this voice, half of his body was cold, and his upper and lower rows of teeth chattered incessantly. "IX. Ninth Master, the little one... Little nonsense, the crime deserves death, begging the ninth master to spare his life. ”

Gu Jiu is the chief housekeeper of the Gu Mansion, and he enjoys the treatment of half a master on weekdays. He was originally the lowliest handyman in the outer court, but he won the favor of his master step by step and became the chief steward. But the subordinates of the Gu Mansion all wanted him to die early, this Gu Jiumei bullied the subordinates, and the subordinates who committed crimes in the Gu Mansion in his hands would be half crippled if they didn't die.

"Don't, you have such big ambitions, you just want to marry our young lady, and you can't be an uncle. If that's the case, do I have to call you Aunt Hei, you can just call me Xiao Jiu. ”

Xiao Hei's legs were weak, and he knew that before the big housekeeper harmed people, he liked to play the most, he touched the ground with his forehead, and on the stone steps of white marble, there was a bang.

"Ninth Master, the villain has sores on his tongue, and the lowly ones should be damned, please have a lot of adults, spare the small ones." Xiao Hei couldn't care about the pain on his forehead, he had seen Gu Jiu's methods of dealing with his subordinates with his own eyes, and he was sure that he couldn't stand it.

Gu Jiu sneered and scolded: "I don't know what is high or low, if it weren't for the recent events, I would have uncovered your skin and pulled out your tongue, so I wouldn't hurry up and go to work." When I'm done worshipping my ancestors, I'm settling accounts with you. ”

Gu Jiu turned around and left, leaving Xiao Hei shivering in the night.

This country guy who was willing to do what he did in the Gu family finally put his heart on the side. That's it, wait for you to settle accounts after the autumn, Lao Tzu wants your life first!

He endured the pain in his forehead and returned to his cabin, where the big brother was still asleep. He hadn't had a good night's sleep since he entered the city, and he had been spreading rumors in the streets. Now it is rumored in Suzhou that the Qing soldiers want to attack the wealthy families in Suzhou, and they will first take the Gu family.

It turned out that Da Zhuang, these Suzhou people, had already been sent into the city to make waves and create rumors with Qian Xuanyan's funds.

"Big Brother, Big Big Brother, wake up." Xiao Hei shouted while shaking, Da Zhuang woke up in a daze, wiped his eyes and asked, "What's wrong?" ”

"You said, I did it with you!"

"Good look, good man, how can you be a slave for the rest of your life."

...

Suzhou Mansion, Tu Guobao will use this place as his temporary residence, he is the governor of Jiangning, and he will not stay in Suzhou for a long time.

Now that the Qing court has no time to look south, the center of gravity is still in the north and the remnants of Li Zicheng, he has to stay here for the time being, waiting for Hong Chengchou to come to control the provinces south of the Yangtze River.

Before dawn, a subordinate came to knock on the door, Tuguo Baorong Ma Bansheng, a military general who surrendered to the Manchu Qing Dynasty in Liaodong. When I heard the knock on the door, I immediately knew that something important was happening, and there was no chaos in this stall.

He got up and shouted before he got dressed, "Come in." ”

His own soldiers did not dare to look at the bed, and on top lay his newly robbed concubine, unclothed.

"My lord, there is a small servant of the Gu family who came to tell the whistle, and the Gu family is dissatisfied with the shaving order, plotting against him, and wants to dedicate the city to the Taihu thieves."

When Tu Guobao heard this, he was completely sleepy, and he broke out in a cold sweat.

The Gu family is a wealthy gentleman in Suzhou, with a big family and a big business, and the relationship between the city is complicated. If the Gu family is in turmoil, Wu Shengzhao is sent out by him again, and it will be difficult for him to resist.

"Thieves dare! No wonder Taihu Wu Yi vigorously hit Wujiang County, and before he could fight, he released the wind to kill the whole family of Wujiang County. It turned out to be a plan to divert the tiger from the mountain, where is that little guy, bring him here, I will personally interrogate him. ”

Putting on a robe casually, Tu Guobao came to the outer hall, and Xiao Hei was waiting in the hall. As soon as he arrived, he immediately knelt on the ground. "The little one has seen the big man of the blue sky."

The pro-soldier said angrily: "Lord Qingtian? That's Jiupin Zhi County. My family is a dignified four-grade member, don't scream if you don't understand! ”

When Tu Guobao saw his appearance, he was even more convinced that such a little guy dared to come to him to spread rumors after eating the bear's heart and leopard's guts.

"Tell me everything you know, if you dare to say half a lie, I will make you worse than dead."

Xiao Hei relied on a breath of blood and resentment towards Gu Jiu to come here to complain. Who knew that it was possible to live better than die, and suddenly panicked. I just remember to tell Da Zhuang to him, like pouring beans into the bamboo tube, and said it in one go.

"Early this morning, the old and young masters of the Gu family gathered in the ancestral hall. The little ones were waiting outside, and they accidentally heard what they said about offering the city, cutting off their heads without shaving their hair, sorry for their ancestors or something. When the little one heard, they were going to make the big man rebel, how mighty the old man was, they didn't measure their own strength, they just asked the big man to read the small news, spare the villain's life. ”

Tu Guobao's face sank like water, and he asked in a cold voice, "What else have you heard?" ”

The little one also heard that Master Gu said that on the tall building in the back garden of the house, two lanterns were hung. When the time is ripe, change it to one, report to the thieves outside the city, and the inside should be combined with the outside. ”

Tu Guobao stood up, walked to the courtyard with his soldiers and looked in the direction of Gufu, and sure enough, there were two lanterns.

In fact, this is the tradition of the Gu family, on the eve of worshipping ancestors, lighting lamps to summon ancestors. The national treasure of the earth came from Liaodong, how did he know that he was deceived by a small guy.

"Gather people, gather troops, and kill with me!"

The pro-soldier looked hesitant, leaned into Tu Guobao's ear, and said: "My lord, just based on the words of a small servant, I will attack the Gu family, do you want to investigate again." ”

Tu Guobao smiled and said, "No need, what if it's fake?" ”

"What do you mean?"

"The Gu family is rich and rivals the country, we came late, Yangzhou didn't catch up. Those bastards are full of fat brains one by one, but our brothers have to guard Suzhou and drink cold water? ”

The soldiers suddenly realized, their faces were happy, and they turned around and went to gather people.