There is a building complex covering an area of nearly 100 acres in the north of Nanjing, here is an official residence in Nanjing City, living are some middle-level military officials in Beijing, such as the commander of the five cities in Beijing, the commander of the Nanjing Beijing Battalion, the general soldier, composed of more than 100 courtyards of different sizes, although each place is not magnificent and magnificent, but it is also very spacious, the smallest can live more than a dozen people, the largest can live thirty or forty people, all of them are places where the imperial court places officials, it is a public asset, and they do not need to pay for renting a house. It's already pretty good.

At night, a carriage stopped at the side door of one of the official houses, a tall thin man in a black cloak came out of the carriage, the cloak was erected high, covering his face, he walked in a hurry, walked into the front of the official house, only to see that the door was hung on the commander of the soldiers and horses in the south of the city, who was the commander of the soldiers and horses in the south of the city, Chen Hongfan, Chen Hongfan is a native of Liaodong, in the early years was Xiong Wencan's subordinate, this person also once saved Zhang Xianzhong, who was beheaded for crimes in the army, when Ma Shiying was in power, he sent people to the north to negotiate peace, It was this Chen Hongfan who took the initiative to invite Ying to go, and later the deputy envoy Ma Shaoyu, who followed him, was detained and finally died of depression, but it was Chen Hongfan who survived and fled back to Nanjing, and now he is sitting in the position of the commander of the soldiers and horses in the south of the city, which is quite satisfactory.

The cloaked man knocked on the door lock of Chen Hongfan's side door, and the door was immediately opened, and it could be seen that someone had been guarding there, and the person who came walked straight into the courtyard, turned around and ordered the two entourages to say a few words, and went directly into the back hall, it can be seen that Chen Hongfan knew that this person was coming, and specially made arrangements, and no one saw it all the way, after entering the room, the cloaked man put down his cloak, and the soft candlelight illuminated his pale face, which turned out to be the Manchu minister Leng Seng Ji.

This is the first time Leng Seng Ji came to see Chen Hongfan, they already have a hidden relationship, after the Qing army entered the customs, Chen Hongfan secretly contacted the Qing court, intending to belong, at that time Leng Seng Ji was responsible for the affairs of the southern secret agent, between Chen Hongfan's identity at the time, so let him stand by, and then I didn't expect a series of changes, Chen Hongfan was also demoted, and he couldn't play much of a role, but this time it was different, Leng Seng Ji came to Nanjing in person, in order to do a big thing, he was Dolgon's confidant, Dolgon fell, If he can't do something, he won't have a foothold in the court, so he took such a risk, and activated the traitor Chen Hongfan, who has been refrigerated for many years.

For the arrival of the cold monk machine, Chen Hongfan is not surprised, the current situation of the Qing court is clear, the Qing court needs to use his strength to find out the news of the Ming court, and Chen Hongfan also needs to seek the benefits of farming from the cold monk machine, so that after he returns to his hometown soon, he can have a rich old age, the Qing court has always been very generous in these aspects, Chen Hongfan is very clear, this is a good thing for both sides, everyone is happy to see it, and at the same time he surrendered to the Manchu Qing, this handle is still in the hands of the other party, He must also bow down to them, otherwise once he is stabbed, according to Cao Bianjiao's character, it will be good if he is not cut by a thousand knives, and he will have no choice.

Chen Hongfan knelt down on his knees and respectfully bowed to Leng Seng Ji, "Slave Chen Hongfan greets Mr. Leng." ”

Leng Seng Ji looked at Chen Hongfan, who was originally reading under the lamp, suddenly got up and made a big salute, he also hurriedly smiled and waved his hand and said: "Lord Chen doesn't have to be so polite, please hurry up, you and I are old friends, why bother, I took the liberty to come this time, but also out of helplessness, my secret agents in Jiangnan have suffered a lot of losses over the years, and their strength is already weak, and now they are even more powerless in many things, so they need the help of old acquaintances like Lord Chen!" ”

Chen Hongfan sat down face to face with Leng Seng Ji, personally poured a cup of tea for Leng Seng Ji, and said with a flattering smile: "I didn't expect Mr. Leng to come to Nanjing, it really made the slave overjoyed. ”

Leng Seng Ji sighed and said: "Tomorrow I will leave Nanjing, go to Xuzhou, Nanjing is a place of right and wrong, not people like me can stay for a long time, stay away from Nanjing to protect themselves, if so, it will not be possible to further explore the news in Nanjing, I am afraid it is not good for my Qing Dynasty, and I heard that the North Korean envoy has officially arrived in Nanjing, to reattach to the Ming Dynasty, I am very worried in my heart, worried that once North Korea and the Ming Dynasty unite, the Ming Dynasty can attack our Qing Dynasty from many directions, I am clear that it is the time to recuperate, if the Ming Dynasty moves troops again, the situation is not optimistic for me, so I must find out these things clearly. ”

Chen Hongfan also walked out of the door, looked around, and after making sure that there was no one, he closed the door again, and then said unhurriedly: "It's okay, in my estimation, North Korea is just a grass on the wall, which side is strong, it will fall to which, although the Qing Dynasty has suffered some trauma, but as long as it is intimidated by force, win over North Korea, and establish diplomacy with them, plus North Korea is already tired, really wait until that day, the two sides will start a war in North Korea, I am afraid that the North Koreans will not be willing, with the iron cavalry of the Qing Dynasty, At that time, why fear a small North Korean country? ”

Leng Seng nodded slowly, and sighed: "Lord Chen is worthy of being an old man above the officialdom, or you have seen it more thoroughly, and you have been taught in the next, having said that, you must not be guarded against, if North Korea is really determined to unite with the Ming Dynasty, we are not good to interfere with force again, so I think that assassinating them on the way back, once the Koreans die on the land of the Ming Dynasty, North Korea will not be so happy to unite with the Ming Dynasty." ”

Chen Hongfan thought for a while and said: "Mr. Leng is really shrewd, but you still underestimate Cao Bianjiao, you must know that this time the North Korean envoy came, he sent a thousand people to escort it, all of them are elite soldiers and horses, now we want to assassinate the North Korean envoy, I'm afraid it won't be so easy, please Mr. Leng act cautiously!" ”

"You can rest assured of this, I will arrange it properly, your task is to find out which way they will take when they return north, when the specific time is, and then the rest of the matter will be handed over to us to deal with, I will have a thank you to send, the Qing Dynasty will not treat their friends badly."

"Mr. Leng, don't worry, this matter will be handed over to the minions, and it will be done for you!"

The Yangtze River flows like a black velvet belt in the night, echoing with the stars in the night sky, several big stars emit bright light, in this mysterious and distant night, so that the cold monk machine fell into infinite melancholy, this time is his chance to turn the tables, only once, if it is not done, it will be difficult for him to return to the Qing Dynasty, that is, to go back, I am afraid that it will be a death! He had no choice but to give it a go.

A personal guard slowly stepped forward and stood beside Leng Seng Ji, and after a long time, he heard Leng Seng Ji sigh: "With the momentum of the Yangtze River, how can I unify the Jiangnan with the Qing Dynasty Iron Cavalry?" ”

The guard glanced at Leng Monk Ji and said with a slight smile: "With the courage of my Great Qing Iron Horse, I will definitely be able to unify the world!" ”

Leng Seng Ji smiled faintly, didn't refute anything, and said: "Now the time has come, what we have to do now is to kill the North Korean envoy in the territory of Daming, cut off the connection between North Korea and Daming, you can arrange the manpower affairs, you must be fine!" ”

The guard was silent for a moment and said, "Master, there is something I don't know whether to say or not."

"If there's anything you can't say, just say it"

"Master, I think you trust that Chen Hongfan so much, isn't it a little ...... He's a complete villain, will he betray us? ”

"Don't worry! He has a handle in our hands, and he does not dare to do so, and this man is greedy for money and profit, and he will serve us with the silver and gold we promise. Leng Seng Ji also said quite confidently, for such a villain, he knows too well, for the sake of interests and his own life, anything can be given up.