Hearing Tong Tuchang say this, Tong Guonai was very worried, he was originally at a disadvantage against Li Chengdong, but now Li Chengdong and the Zheng family are mixed together, and he is even more threatening.

"Do you see clearly? Is it really someone from the Zheng family? ”

Tong Tuchang nodded again and again, and said: "Xiaguan pretended to be Li Chengdong's relatives and had contact with them, and they said that they were from Hongmen, and Zheng Chenggong was controlled by Zheng Chenggong of the Zhangzhou and Quanzhou generations. The one who leads is still a incense master, called Li Yuanbai. ”

Hearing that Hongmen's son Tong Guonai no longer suspects that this mysterious organization has just appeared less than a year ago, I heard that it was formed by Zheng Chenggong, with the purpose of "opposing the Qing Dynasty and restoring the Ming Dynasty", these guys are very capable of doing things in Fujian, and they assassinated a county commander in less than half a year, and rebelled in two county towns, but they were unsuccessful.

"Do you know where they landed?"

"Of course I do! It's in Saltwater Alley in the South City! ”

"Okay, you immediately take a hundred governors and yamen guards and go and arrest them all! If you resist, kill on the spot! ”

After receiving the order, Tong Tuchang hurriedly went out to lead people to arrest the people of Hongmen.

Zhao Da Zhao Er at the door was drinking tea and chatting in the tea shed, and there were many officials who came to the governor's yamen every day, and their entourage and followers could not enter the yamen, only waiting in the tea shed at the door.

Zhao Dazheng bragged to a county coachman, saying how awesome he was, and how good his family and governor were. Of course, the other party is just a pleasure, and no one took what he said seriously.

Just when Zhao Da was blowing loudly, the governor Yamen rushed out a group of guards, led by his own lord Tong Tuchang.

Tong Tuchang remembered Hongmen's stronghold, so he only came out to find Zhao Da.

"Zhao Da, come with me! Go and catch the prisoner! ”

When Zhao Da heard Tong Tuchang calling himself, he didn't dare to slack off, so he pulled Zhao Er out of the tea shed and rode on a horse and roared away.

The chauffeur in the tea shed looked stupid, but I didn't expect that this guy was really not bragging, the guards of the governor's yamen had to listen to the command of his family, and it seemed that the relationship with the governor was not far away.

A hundred people galloping in the city on horseback had a great impact, and Tong Tuchang was afraid of scaring away the people of Hongmen, so after entering the southern city, he let a hundred people dismount and walk, and quietly approached Saltwater Lane.

Under the leadership of Zhao Da, these guards went to the saltwater alley next to the Nancheng Gate, which was inhabited by coolies because of its proximity to the Nancheng Water Pass. It was already past noon, and some coolies who had eaten enough and had nothing to do were squatting at the corner of the street to bask in the sun.

A coolie at the mouth of the alley saw a large group of officers and soldiers coming across the street, and knew that it was not good, so he quickly stood up and went in to inform Li Yuanbai to run away.

But Tong Tuchang saw it at a glance and saw that the man was the one who led the way in the Zhao family's old store.

"General, the one who stood up was the spy, don't let him run!"

When the commander of the team heard Tong Tuchang say this, he hurriedly took a bow and shot an arrow, hitting the man's vest, and the man screamed and fell to the ground, looking like he couldn't live.

Tong Tuchang looked at the commander beside him and said, "The general is so handsome!" ”

"Hehe, there, let Mr. see it, this is a small scene, and his subordinates are all hit when they ride a hundred steps away on a horse!"

This commander is the person of the Han Army Banner, and he is the coat of Tong Guonai, who has fought with the Tong family for half his life, compared with the melee of hundreds of thousands of troops outside the Guan, this kind of thing is really a small scene.

"General, the third courtyard from this alley is the stronghold of Hongmen, these guys are very powerful, tell the brothers not to be soft!" Tong Tuchang was afraid that these guys would catch Li Yuanbai alive, so don't spoil his big thing in front of Governor Tong Guonai.

There were also two dark piles dressed as coolies at the gate of the courtyard, and when they saw a large number of officers and soldiers rushing in at the mouth of the alley, they knew that it was not good, and one of them shouted: "The idea is here,!" ”

Although the alarm was issued, it was already too late, there were less than twenty people in Hongmen here, and there were more than 100 opponents of the official army, not to mention that the governor's guards were all elite soldiers, and they might not be able to catch up with Bayala of the Eight Banners of Manchuria, but there was still no problem with these people in the rivers and lakes.

The Qing army rushed into the courtyard to settle the battle in a short time, and Tong Tuchang, who was outside the door, heard that there was no sound of fighting inside, so he dared to go in to see what was going on.

There were dead people in the courtyard inside, most of them were Hongmen people wearing various costumes, and only five people wearing Qing military uniforms died. After passing through the front yard to the second-floor courtyard, Tong Tuchang saw Li Yuanbai at the door. The guy was shot by an arrow in the chest and fell to the ground still dead.

Li Yuanbai didn't expect the Qing army to come so quickly, he was caught off guard, and he was hit by an arrow. Originally, he thought that something was wrong, but he didn't expect to see Tong Tuchang coming in.

Li Yuanbai instantly knew that it was this guy who betrayed him, pointed at Tong Tuchang with his finger, and scolded: "It turned out that you traitor betrayed us!" ”

Tong Yangjia walked up to Li Yuanbai and squatted down to check his injuries. The bow and arrow were caught in the ribs and did not hit the vital point. Tong Tuchang saw that the Qing soldiers were blocked by himself, and he couldn't see Li Yuanbai on the ground. Tong Tuchang gritted his teeth and thought: Only if you die can you save your life.

Tong Tuchang grabbed the arrow shaft and stabbed it hard, the arrow pierced the heart, and Li Yuanbai returned to that world with his hands and feet.

Seeing Li Yuanbai lose his breath, Tong Tuchang took out Zhu Hongsan's holy decree to canonize Li Chengdong from his arms and quietly stuffed it into Li Yuanbai's arms.

After finishing the incident, Tong Tuchang pretended to search for the dead body, and suddenly found a yellow cloth scroll, Tong Tuchang shouted: "General, there is a discovery!" ”

The commander was leading people to search the house, and when he heard the ghost cry of Tong Tuchang outside the door, he hurried out.

"General, look, I just found it on the Hongmen rebel!"

When the Commander saw that it was a bright yellow cloth scroll, he knew that something was important. Although he could not read, the bright yellow color was only used by the royal family. This thing, together with the letters found in the house, should be finalized.

The commander left ten people to guard the scene, waited for the local county order to collect the body, and rushed back to the governor's yamen with the others and Tong Tuchang.

Governor Tong Guonai looked at Zhu Hongsan's holy decree with a gloomy face, and Tong Tuchang asked knowingly, "My lord, what is written on it?" ”

Tong Guonai handed over the holy decree to Tong Tuchang and said: "Look at it, Guangdong Nanming canonized Li Chengdong as the king of the county, and let him lead the rebellion!" ”

Tong Tuchang pretended to be taken aback and asked, "Lord Governor, what can I do about this?" If something happens to Fujian, then I will lose half of Jiangnan in the Qing Dynasty! ”

Tong Guonai didn't know the importance of the matter in his heart, so Fujian must not lose.

"Uncle Clan, you have made a great contribution this time, what do you have to say!"

"My lord, I think this matter would rather be believed than credible, it is better to call Li Chengdong to kill him now!"

Tong Guonai shook his head and said, "No, he still has 50,000 horses under his command, if he rashly kills him, his subordinates will inevitably cause trouble." ”

"My lord, Li Chengdong's subordinates should not be monolithic, I heard that his general Luo Chengyao will not obey him, it is better for us to start from Luo Chengyao, win over, and use him to control Li Chengdong's army!"

What Tong Tuchang said coincided with Tong Guonai, in fact, Tong Guonai was also in contact with Luo Chengyao in the past few days, and he was noncommittal about the olive branch he stretched out. But there shouldn't be any problem now, with the Holy Intention of Guangdong canonizing Li Chengdong, plus the promise to Luo Chengyao's high-ranking officials, Luo Chengyao's guy who has milk is his mother will definitely agree.

Tong Guonai looked at Tong Tuchang in front of him, he didn't tell him the truth before, he didn't believe him, but now he should be able to believe him after passing through Hongmen.

"Uncle clan, in fact, I have had contact with Luo Chengyao, there is no problem on his side, let's discuss what to do with Li Chengdong!"

It turned out that Luo Chengyao was Erwuzai, Tong Tuchang scolded in his heart, completely forgetting that he also wanted to be Erwuzai in the morning.

"My lord, do you think this will work, every day Li Chengdong has to go to the barracks, tomorrow we will ambush him on his route out of the city, try to kill him in the city, and then notify Luo Chengyao in the barracks to take over the army, how about this strategy, my lord?"

Tong Guonai nodded again and again, this strategy is very good.

"This plan is good, it's almost dark now, and I'm going to do it tomorrow morning, so don't go out of the city and go home, let's live in the governor's yamen tonight!"

Tong Tuchang knew that this was Tong Guonai, who was not at ease with himself, and had to look at himself before he started. But if he didn't spread the news, Li Chengdong had only a dead end.

Tong Tuchang's brain turned quickly and thought of a way.

"My lord, I just came to Houguan Town outside the city, and I was going to stock up tonight, since my lord asked me to live in Yamen, can I let my coachman go back to report the news, and let the shopkeeper Hou wait for me to go back and take inventory?"

Tong Guonai also investigated Tong Tuchang this month, but he didn't find anything. Ten miles outside the city, in Houguan Town, there is a staff member named Hou Zhen, who runs a grocery store in the city, selling snow sugar and salt from Guangdong. The supply of goods is very stable, and it was in operation when the Qing Dynasty did not enter the customs, and it has nothing to do with Li Chengdong.

Needless to say, Jinyiwei is a spy organization that has gone through more than 200 years, and a set of rules have been formed for lurking, hiding, and transmitting intelligence, and Hou Zhen has been lurking here in Fuzhou for more than ten years, and it can be discovered by two knives like the Manchu Qing Dynasty.

Tong Guonai heard Tong Tuchang say this, and said with a smile: "Uncle Clan is really a fan of money, this matter has become a clan uncle is Wupin Zhizhou, so there is still such a little money missing!" ”

"Adults don't know, this bit of family business is all accumulated by the lower officials little by little, and I am really reluctant to throw it away!"

Tong Tuchang saw that Li Chengdong agreed, and called the guards standing at the door.

"This general, please go out and find a Zhao Da coachman at the tea shop at the door, tell him that I won't go home tonight, and let the shopkeeper wait for me to go back tomorrow afternoon and then take stock!" Trouble General! ”

The escort looked at Tong Guonai sitting in the room, and when he saw Tong Guonai, he nodded before going out to find Zhao Da.

Watching the escort go out, Tong Tuchang secretly said in his heart: His Majesty the Emperor bless Wang Xian's gang to understand, bless Li Chengdong to not be killed by Tong Guonai, and bless me Tong Tuchang to be promoted to become rich.