In a courtyard on the shore of Mochou Lake in Nanjing.

"Sir...... The old man ......" A servant hurried into the room and crouched in front of a middle-aged man. The middle-aged man was playing chess, but his opponent was himself, he was playing with himself, and this person was Liu Kongzhao, the sincerity of the man.

"Why are you so flustered?" Liu Kongzhao's face was like a mirror lake, his eyes were always lingering on the black and white chess game, holding a chess piece in his hand, and he was figuring out where to land.

"Yang Longyou came to ask to see!" The servant hurriedly replied.

Liu Kongzhao's calm face suddenly had a ripple, a trace of surprise flashed in his eyes, and the chess piece he was holding in his hand never fell, and finally put it back into the chess basket. Yang Longyou is Cao Bianjiao's henchman, although Ma Shiying used Yang Longyou at the beginning, but Cao Bianjiao did not deal with Yang Longyou afterwards and took him away, and now he appears in Nanjing City, which makes him very surprised.

After thinking about it, Kuai Liang waved his hand and said, "Please let him in!" After you go down, tell everyone in the house not to leave the house without my permission in the past few days. ”

"Yes, yes, the little one understands." The old servant replied repeatedly, and quickly got up and left.

Liu Kongzhao stood up, he walked out of the door, stood in front of the stairs with his hands in his hands, looked at the outside of the high-walled compound, and repeated two words over and over again: "Okay...... Okay......"

Liu Kongzhao did not go to the door of the mansion to greet him, but stood quietly in front of the hall, waiting with a blank face, and after a while, he saw Yang Longyou walking forward under the guidance of an entourage.

Liu Kongzhao took a deep breath, moved down the steps, and bowed his hand slightly: "I don't know that Brother Yang came to the cold house, and he missed the distance, and I hope to forgive my sins." ”

Yang Longyou returned the salute with a smile, and said with a smile: "The sudden visit disturbed the peace of the lord, please forgive me." But I can't help it, I have to come, I don't know if I am welcomed? ”

"Brother Yang laughed, I can't ask for it! Inside, please. ”

At noon, the whole city of Nanjing returned to calm, but the streets were still deserted, no one dared to venture out at this time, maybe they would be killed by the Qing soldiers patrolling as a chaotic people, these days, the Qing army in Nanjing is still modest, but the thing of burning and looting is not nothing, but thinking of Yangzhou, the people of Nanjing are also happy.

"General Cao Bianjiao has personally led Sichuan, Huguang all over the Qinwang army 300,000 to the east, according to this and less than ten miles away, General Cao's ability to use troops, you are all well aware, you are all old subordinates who have followed me for many years, although after the establishment of the new dynasty, I am no longer in charge of the sailors, but I have a love and righteousness, now the Manchu Tartars into Nanjing, a little looting, all evil, how many people suffer, do you want to be a slave of the Manchu Qing Tartars, or are you willing to fight with me, in response to General Cao, Whatever you choose, I just hope that you can think of your children and grandchildren, and not be poked in the back and cursed as a national thief......"

Nanjing Naval Division, Liu Kongzhao has not been in command for more than a year, but he has been supervising Cao Jiang since the eighth year of Chongzhen, these people are his old subordinates, he believes in these people, so he gathered them together and prepared to respond to Cao Bianjiao to recover Nanjing. At the beginning, he was dissatisfied with Cao Bianjiao's administration, but in the face of the general trend of the country's ruin, he still understood the national righteousness, the country first, knew how to make trade-offs, and knew which was more important, so as soon as Yang Longyou opened his mouth, he agreed with emotion.

After pondering for a long time, Kuai Liang stood up and stared at everyone, several of them looked at each other, and then arched his hand and said: "I am willing to serve the lord and defend the country!" ”

"Good! After the general's soldiers and horses arrived, you will open the water gate, let the general's soldiers and horses enter the city, assist the general's soldiers and horses to seize the gates, and obey the general's dispatch. Be a sinner through the ages! Liu Kongzhao also exhorted with a solemn face.

"Yes!" Everyone replied.

When Liu Kongzhao was acting, Yang Longyou was also deployed according to Cao Bianjiao's prior arrangement, and the people of the Protector Party led the Jinyi Guard to disperse and control important places such as the treasury, waiting for Cao Bianjiao's army to enter the city.

"General Cao Bianjiao, by the emperor's holy decree, led the army to recover Nanjing, drove out the Manchu Tartars, my Ming army siblings, should kill thieves with knives ......"

I don't know where it started, the sound of shouting began to appear on the street, and the people who were bored at home took refuge, and the mystery in their hearts was gradually solved. Cao Bianjiao's name, everyone in Nanjing will not be unfamiliar, in the early years of the Jiashen national disaster, Cao Bianjiao led 20 people from Beijing out of the emperor and Yongwang, and then escorted them to the south to stabilize the situation, Cao Bianjiao's name spread in Nanjing. Cao Bianjiao's name is all too familiar to the people of this city. At that time, Jiangnan was like a paradise, there was no military disaster, the government was clarified, the economy was prosperous as always, Cao Bianjiao was benevolent and benevolent, abolished many harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes, and the people lived peacefully and richly. At that time, how many people left their hometowns with backgrounds, and those who stayed behind not only worried about the cruel clouds of the Qing army all day long, but also separated their wives and families at any time; also had to endure heavy taxes and conscription, all the expenses of the Qing army had to be borne by them, and they also entered the door from time to time to loot, so that everyone deeply missed the beauty of Cao Bianjiao's era.

Many people are in the dark to hear the sound of shouting from the street, some can't hear clearly, they secretly lie on the gatehouse to listen carefully, when they hear clearly, they are also very excited, Cao Bianjiao killed back, giving many people hope, just like this long dark night, suddenly lit up the lamp, reassuring.

In Qian Qianyi's mansion, when Qian Qianyi was worried, he didn't know what official position he could get, he didn't want to stay in the idle department of the Ministry of Rites anymore, there was no oil and water, even if he was a prefect, he was very happy.

"Master, master, it's not good, it's not good......" The steward ran to Qian Qianyi's bedroom door in a panic and knocked on the door vigorously, disturbing Qian Qianyi's dream and making him very upset.

"What's the matter, can't I talk about it tomorrow......"

"Oh no, sir, the general's soldiers and horses have entered the city...... "The steward shouted at the doorman.

"General, which general, didn't Prince Yu enter the city a long time ago?" Qian Qianyi also said casually that Duoduo was a general of the Manchu Dynasty, and Qian Qianyi first thought it was Duoduo.

The steward sighed anxiously: "It's not him, it's the general Cao Bianjiao......"

"What......" Qian Qianyi was also scared into a cold sweat, Cao Bianjiao entered the city, he couldn't believe it, wasn't Cao Bianjiao far away in Sichuan, how did he get to Nanjing quietly, why didn't Duoduo have any precautions, he couldn't figure it out, but he didn't dare to believe that it was true.

"Quick, quick, go to Prince Yu...... Qian Qianyi's first thought was to run to Duoduo for refuge, no matter how bad it is, he can always survive, and if he falls into the hands of Cao Bianjiao, it is better to live than to die.