The next day, Tong Tuchang took the two brothers Zhao Da and Zhao and left Houguan Town early to rush to Fuzhou City, and today he was going to meet with the people of Hongmen.

When he came to the gate of the city, Tong Tuchang didn't get off the horse, but just raised the waist card in his hand, and the soldiers guarding the door immediately respectfully let the three of them into the city.

came to Hou Zhen's shop in Nancheng, Hou Zhen waited here early, and saw Tong Tuchang coming forward to welcome him into the house.

"Lord Tong, you're here, I've made all the arrangements over there. I'll see you at Zhao's old store in a while! ”

Tong Tuchang nodded, indicating that he knew.

"One more thing, yesterday afternoon, the governor Yamen came to look for Lord Tong. Said that Tong Guonai has something important to see you over there. ”

Tong Tuchang frowned when he heard Tong Guonai want to see him, he forgot about him for half a month, and no news was passed on, it seems that Tong Guonai couldn't help it.

"Okay, I'll go to the governor's yamen after I meet with the people from Hongmen."

Hou Zhen asked, "My lord, now that the city is too complicated and there are too many people on all sides, what should we do next?" ”

Tong Tuchang sighed and said: "I don't know, when I left Guangzhou, I thought that the matter in Fujian was very simple, but now I find out that there are too many things involved, and we can only take one step at a time!" ”

The two talked for a while and there was nothing to do, Tong Tuchang looked at the sky and said, "Don't think about anything else, Hou Qianhu will send someone to take me to meet!" ”

Hou Zhen hurriedly came out to find a guy to lead Tong Tuchang and the three of them to the Zhao family's old store.

The old store of the Zhao family is really an old store, so old that there are no doors and windows. It turned out that the location of Hongmenyue was a street food stall where coolies and bangbang eat.

Tong Tuchang looked at the coolies who were squatting on the ground and holding a large porcelain bowl to eat, and scolded: "These water rats, how can they find such a place to meet?" ”

Zhao Da on the side said in a low voice: "My lord, this place is mixed with fish and dragons, extending in all directions, if there is something, it is easy for the other party to escape, it seems that the people of Hongmen are also veterans!" ”

Hearing Zhao Da say this, Tong Tuchang found that this old Zhao family's store was built at the corner of the street, opposite the densely populated Shuiguan Wharf, and it was too simple to escape.

When Tong Tuchang was observing the terrain, a black and thin man stood up on the side, wearing a gray and white shirt, a hat on his head, and no shoes on his bare feet.

This man came to Tong Tuchang and asked, "This one, but looking for someone?" ”

Tong Tuchang looked at him and said, "Yes, I'm looking for Li Yuanbai." ”

"Then please come with me!" After the man finished speaking, he led the way in front and walked into a small alley on the side.

Entering the depths of the alley, four or five big men suddenly came out of the surroundings, Zhao Da Zhao Er was afraid of danger, and hurriedly stood in front of Tong Tuchang.

The man who led the way said: "Three, if you want to see our incense master, please be wronged!" With that, he took out three black cloth hoods.

It turned out that he was afraid that he would remember the way, Tong Tuchang sneered: "Sneaky, it's not a big husband's behavior!" Come, cover us, and let you see the courage of the king! ”

The man stepped forward to put on masks for Tong Tuchang and the others, and then walked through the alley with one for each of them.

Probably these guys took a long detour and walked around Nancheng for half an hour before entering a small courtyard. Tong Tuchang felt someone help him sit down, his eyes lit up, and the hood was lifted.

Tong Tuchang got used to it for a while and saw that it was in a room. The room was not large, there were three people sitting in the room, and two people were standing at the door. Zhao Da and Zhao Er, they were not in the house.

Tong Tuchang looked at the person sitting in the room, and his physical appearance was exactly the person Wang Xian described, probably Li Yuanbai, the incense master of Hongmen.

"This is Lord Li Xiang, right? I didn't expect your Zheng family to be sneaky husband, what about my two brothers? ”

Tong Tuchang was looking at Li Yuanbai at the same time Li Yuanbai was also observing Tong Tuchang, Li Yuanbai scolded in his heart: These gangs of rogues really don't seem to have any talents, and such a roe deer can also be entrusted with important tasks?

However, seeing Tong Tuchang like this, Li Yuanbai was relieved, and the rest of Li Chuang's troops are now wandering around, and Tong Tuchang's appearance can go to take refuge, and those who are decent have gone to the Manchu Dynasty to become officials. If Tong Tuchang is as tall and handsome as Ma Mingyuan, Li Yuanbai will definitely not be able to trust Tong Tuchang easily.

Li Yuanbai heard Tong Tuchang speak, and said with a smile: "This brother, your two friends are in another yard, don't worry, they are safe." ”

After Li Yuanbai finished speaking, he stood up and asked, "Dare to ask this brother's name?" What is the position of the thirteen families in Kuidong? ”

Tong Tuchang dared to say his real name, there were few people with the surname Tong, and the governor of Fujian was surnamed Tong, so it was easy to be suspicious to be honest.

"My surname is Dong Mingchang, a native of Wuchang, Huguang, and currently serves as the military advisor under the account of the Marquis of Dashun Sanyuan!"

"It turned out to be Dong Junshi, I don't know what you are doing all the way to Fujian in Sichuan?"

Tong Tuchang frowned and said, "Where our Dashun army goes has nothing to do with your Zheng family, right?" If your Zheng family loses Fujian, won't others be allowed to come? ”

The other people in the room heard Tong Tuchang's speech not good, and they all scolded: "Big brother, this guy has such a stinky mouth!" ”

"Yes, big brother, what do you have to say to them, kill these gangsters!"

Tong Tuchang heard the other side scolding himself for being a rogue and knew that the other party was a temptation, and if he didn't react well, he might be unlucky immediately.

Tong Tuchang jumped up from the chair and scolded: "Who are you scolding, water rat?" You're not as good as us, and you still look down on us when you lose all the mouse nests? Grandpa came today to give you face, since you said so, grandpa is gone! Tong Tuchang was about to go out after speaking.

Li Yuanbai was relieved when he saw Tong Tuchang's reaction so fierce, and hurriedly stepped forward to grab Tong Tuchang.

"Brother Dong, it's my people who can't speak, I'll apologize to you!"

After Li Yuanbai finished speaking, he shouted to the two people behind him: "Don't apologize to Dong Junshi yet!" ”

"Dong Junshi, I'm sorry, I'm sorry for you!"

Tong Tuchang still had to inquire about the news, how could he really leave like this, and when he saw this, he borrowed the donkey from the slope and sat down angrily.

Seeing Tong Tuchang sitting down, Li Yuanbai said: "Master Dong, how is the situation of your Dashun Army now!" ”

Tong Tuchang didn't know the situation of those gangsters, but Jinyiwei had the details of the thirteen Kuidong families in his hands.

Tong Tuchang sighed and said, "Master Li Xiang, the situation is not good. After King Chuang was killed in the battle of Jiugong Mountain, more than 200,000 of us settled in eastern Sichuan under the leadership of Sanyuan Marquis, Mianhou, Guangshanbo and others. When I left last year, the team was still in the Maoli Mountains of Huguang, and I don't know how it is now. ”

"Master Dong, what did your Hou Ye send you to Fujian for?"

Tong Tuchang said: "Hou Ye sent me to contact Li Chengdong, now he is in Fujian, if he can return to Dashun, and then fight Jiangxi Huguang with a few Hou Ye, and reproduce the glory of my Dashun army!" ”

Listening to Tong Tuchang blowing the conch here, Li Yuanbai scolded in his heart: These gangs of rogues can really blow, and they still attack Huguang and Jiangxi? It is estimated that you can talk about whether you can protect yourself, and there are more than 200,000 people who can fight a good sound, and there are 50,000 or 60,000 people who can fight.

"Master Dong, dare to ask how you got in touch with Li Chengdong?"

"Hey! Li Chengdong met me a few times, but he was not very enthusiastic about it anyway. ”

Needless to say, you are thousands of miles away in Huguang, and now you don't have anything to do, it's strange that Li Chengdong can agree.

Li Yuanbai asked: "Dong Junshi, if you can't do it with Li Chengdong, what do you think about joining forces with our Zheng family?" ”

Tong Tuchang was stunned, he didn't expect the Zheng family to be very big, they all ran to Kinmen Island to stay, and they had to unite the thirteen Kuidong families thousands of miles away?

"Hey, hey! Lord Li Xiang, you say that we are rogues, but you are not much better than us now, right? I heard that hundreds of thousands of you are staying on several islands off the coast of Kinmen, and you are not having a good time, right? ”

Li Yuanbai's old face turned red, and what Tong Tuchang said was not bad at all. Now the Zheng family is completely empty, the mainland is occupied by the Manchus, and the trade routes in Nanyang are intercepted by the Shenwu regime in Guangdong. If it weren't for the Manchu Qing Dynasty now having to deal with the two Southern Ming regimes of Yongli and Shenwu on the main road, they would have already taken action to destroy Zheng Chenggong.

It was precisely because of the difficult days that Zheng Chenggong sent his men to Fuzhou, intending to contact Li Chengdong and dreaming of retaking Fujian again.

Although Zheng Chenggong is the head snake in Fujian, he has nothing to do with Li Chengdong, he has no daughter to take the wife's route, nor does he have the family route of the Dashun Army. After Li Yuanbai came to Fuzhou, he found that he couldn't talk to Li Chengdong at all, so after knowing that Wang Xian was a member of the Dashun Army, he enthusiastically posted it, ready to use Wang Xian's way to catch up with Li Chengdong.

Hearing Tong Tuchang ridicule himself, Li Yuanbai smiled and said: "Master Dong, we are not the same as you. Although we are alone on the outer islands now, we have someone behind us to help! ”

Could it be that they have taken refuge in Emperor Shenwu? No, why didn't I get the news?

Tong Tuchang felt that he had encountered important information, and hurriedly asked, "Lord Li Xiang, have you taken refuge in the Shenwu regime in Guangdong?" ”

Hearing Tong Tuchang mention Guangdong, Li Yuanbai scolded: "Don't mention that bastard King Chu, he is a remote clan, and he dares to call himself the emperor, that is, he is now focusing on the great cause of opposing the Qing Dynasty, otherwise my prince would have raised a large army to crusade against him." ”

Tong Tuchang pouted in his heart when he heard Li Yuanbai say this, you just blow it!

"Not Emperor Shenwu? Could it be the Emperor Yongli? ”

"Of course, Emperor Yongli is the bloodline of Emperor Wanli, and he is the best candidate for the emperor. Our prince Yanping has already declared himself a minister in May and sworn allegiance to Emperor Yongli! ”

Tong Tuchang secretly said in his heart that it was not good, Zheng Chenggong became a person of Yongli, and he suffered from the enemy on his side. Although Zheng Chenggong's strength is average, the toad is on the surface of his feet, and he does not bite people. If Zheng Chenggong makes a mistake in the coastal area, his side is really a little in a hurry.

Li Yuanbai saw Tong Tuchang pondering, and thought that he had listened to it, and then said: "Dong Junshi, this is still secondary, and the most important news has not been said yet?" ”

"Anything else? Please tell Master Li Xiang to hear it! ”

"Hehe, there is also news from Guangxi, more than 400,000 troops in the Great Western Army, under the leadership of Sun Kewang and Li Dingguo, will return to my Emperor Yongli of the Ming Dynasty!"