The leader of the Taiping Army special team sent by Yang Xiuqing is called Wang Zhengshan, a native of Yongzhou, Hunan, born in the mountains, although he did not participate in the Jintian Uprising, he was also the first Hunan soldier to join the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, and because of this, Wang Zhengshan was once very resistant to Yang Xiuqing sending himself to disguise himself as an ordinary person to sneak to Shanghai. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 The same is true of the twelve good players carefully selected by Yang Xiuqing and arranged for Wang Zhengshan, all of whom are not very willing to accept this task.

The reason for the reluctance to accept this task is not that Wang Zhengshan and others are greedy for life and afraid of death, since he joined the Taiping Army in Yongzhou, Wang Zhengshan has never taken his life to heart, and the reason for the resistance is that Yang Xiuqing, for the sake of safety, personally ordered Wang Zhengshan and others to shave off their sideburns. -- Manchu men with braids did not have sideburns, and sideburns were the most difficult hair to grow on people's bodies, and the length of the sideburns of the Taiping soldiers who cut off the braids and grew their hair directly represented the length of time they had joined the Taiping Army, and it was also the pride of almost all the old brothers of the Taiping Army.

In the end, it was only after learning that the real purpose of his group going to Shanghai this time was to capture Wu Chaoyue's only son, Wang Zhengshan and others, who hated the little demon and hated it so much, happily took the order and made a heavy oath in front of Yang Xiuqing - even if all the team members were sacrificed, they must also capture the son of the little demon, and Ling Chi would avenge Wei Changhui and other Taiping soldiers who sacrificed their lives!

"Remember! Except for Lu Shunde, no one must be allowed to know that the son of the transcendent demon is currently in Shanghai! If the Qing Demon knew about it, he would definitely do everything possible to find that little evil seed before you! ”

With Yang Xiuqing's secret order and careful advice, Wang Zhengshan, Xu Yao, Ye Lotus and a group of 15 people set off by boat the next day, first to Zhenjiang by water, and then to the south of the canal to Suzhou, and the southern Jiangsu area has been controlled by the Taiping Army except Shanghai, Wang Zhengshan and his party all the way unimpeded, not even need a boat, directly rushed to Qingpu City, where the main force of the Songjiang Taiping Army is located, and got in touch with Lu Shunde, the commander of the Songjiang Taiping Army.

Knowing that there was an opportunity to capture Wu Chaoyue's only son hidden in the people of Shanghai, Lu Shunde, who was loyal to the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, was of course also ecstatic, and immediately said that he would help Wang Zhengshan and others to do this at all costs, not only immediately helped Wang Zhengshan and others to shave their hair and change clothes, disguised themselves as ordinary people, and arranged the route and contact information to sneak to Shanghai, but also told Wang Zhengshan and others all the details that the Taiping Army had previously planted in the Shanghai concession and several Qing army insiders that had been won over. And arranged an army specially responsible for receiving Wang Zhengshan and others early on.

Then, with the help of the Songjiang Taiping Army, Wang Zhengshan and others, who disguised themselves as fleeing people, easily touched the suburbs of Shanghai, but it was also at this time that Wang Zhengshan and others, who were full of self-confidence, were very dumbfounded to find that Shanghai, including the suburbs, was already overcrowded, and there were crowds of people everywhere, and the density of the population was unprecedented. And to find Zhou Xiuying's mother and son, who have never seen before, among so many people and refugees, is tantamount to looking for a needle in a haystack, and it is as difficult as climbing to the sky.

Xu Yao, who was originally confident, was also a little dumbfounded, and when he confessed in front of Yang Xiuqing, Xu Yao deliberately concealed an important detail - that is, when he met Zhou Xiuying in Shanghai more than three months ago, Zhou Xiuying was buying vegetables from farmers from other towns who wholesale vegetables, so Xu Yao had long concluded that Zhou Xiuying was probably hiding in the Shanghai Concession as a vegetable vendor.

Xu Yao's deliberate concealment of the purpose was of course to grab this great credit, and to personally arrest his sweetheart Zhou Xiuying, but what Xu Yao never expected was that the British in the public concession would suddenly use patrol houses to expel a large number of refugees from the concession, and no longer allow Chinese to enter and leave the concession at will, which not only added great difficulty for Xu Yao to enter the concession to find Zhou Xiuying's mother and son, but also whether Zhou Xiuying's mother and son are still in the concession has also become a problem.

Fortunately for the Taiping Army special team, the foreigners and the Qing army did not completely prohibit ordinary people from entering the concession area, and with a large amount of operation funds allocated by Yang Xiuqing in their hands, Xu Yao and others, who disguised themselves as small landlords in Taicang, still bought the opportunity to enter the concession with silver relatively smoothly. And after finally entering the concession, Xu Yao finally told the truth to Ye Hehua, Wang Zhengshan and others, and said the important situation that Zhou Xiuying was likely to make a living by selling vegetables in the concession, and then immediately separated from Ye Hehuabing and searched the large and small vegetable farms in the concession one by one, looking for the whereabouts of Zhou Xiuying's mother and son.

The needle-in-a-haystack search was destined to be useless, running all over the large and small vegetable farms in the concession, and even the mobile vendors were not spared, Xu Yao and Ye Lotus still found nothing. At the same time, after getting in touch with the Taiping Army who had infiltrated Shanghai before, Xu Yao and others confirmed a very helpless news - when the foreigners expelled a large number of refugees from the concession, they did destroy many vegetable farms that specialized in doing business for the poor people, and the vegetable farm where Zhou Xiuying's mother and son made a living was probably one of them.

"It's over, it seems likely that our luck is very good, Zhou Xiuying's traitor may have been kicked out of the rental industry by foreigners, if we want to find her, we can only try our luck outside."

"Looking for it outside the concession? You want our lives? Don't you know how many refugees there are outside the concession? More than a dozen people are looking for a woman among hundreds of thousands of people, and I am afraid that they will not be able to find it if they find gray hair, right? ”

When discussing the next plan of action in a low voice, the Taiping Army who had infiltrated the concession before reported another important situation, saying: "Ladies and gentlemen, if you must find that vegetable vendor, maybe there is still a chance?" Recently, there have been rumors in the concession that foreign businessmen have jointly petitioned for the foreign consul to reopen the concession and allow refugees from outside to live in the concession again. ”

"Foreigners are crazy? One moment to drive the refugees out, and the other time to let the refugees live in again, why do you toss so blindly? Wang Zhengshan asked suspiciously.

"Because of the wages of the workers." He replied: "In the past, when there were many people in the concession, foreigners could keep the price to the lowest no matter what they hired workers, but now there are fewer people in the concession, and the people who can stay in the concession have more or less silver, so the wages have risen, and after there are fewer people in the concession, the business has also been affected a lot, and the foreigners and businessmen will not do it, so they will unite to petition to let the people outside live again." ”

Wang Zhengshan, Xu Yao and others were overjoyed when they heard this, and immediately gave up the stupid method of looking for a needle in a haystack outside the concession, and decided to continue to stay in the concession.

The news of the Taiping Army's detailed work was very accurate, because the commercial interests were affected, and the foreign merchants of various countries in the concession did find the British consul in Shanghai to protest and demand that Pruss withdraw the ban on no longer accepting refugees. However, Pruce could not save face with his compatriots and accepted a little bribe, so he quickly changed his mind and contacted the consuls of various countries to negotiate the reopening of the concession and obtained a pass, allowing Chinese refugees to enter and exit the concession and settle freely, and at the same time demanded that the Qing army in Shanghai no longer blockade the concession. (It is no exaggeration to say that there have been such repetitions in the Shanghai Concession in history.) ）

"Blind toss!"

After receiving the notice from Pruth, the old comprador Wu muttered, and had to come to He Guiqing and Xue Huan and other Liangjiang bigwigs to report the situation, fortunately, He Guiqing and Xue Huan and others were also very troubled by the overcrowding outside Shanghai, and immediately let the Qing army lift the blockade of the concession, and the surging crowd suddenly poured into the concession again, and the sensitive Zhou Xiuying's mother and son were of course among them.

It was very unfortunate for Wang Zhengshan, Xu Yao and others that after returning to the concession, Zhou Xiuying relied on her good skills in making fish and vegetables, and was very lucky to find a job in a Chinese restaurant in the concession, and also took her son to live directly in the back kitchen of this restaurant.

Zhou Xiuying also has bad luck, because her appearance is too standard, and her son unfortunately inherited Wu Chaoyue's unique dry and thin appearance, Xu Yao and others finally found a neighbor of Zhou Xiuying in the vegetable market where Zhou Xiuying once made a living, and knew some important information about Zhou Xiuying.

"Authentic Qingpu accent? Twenty-three or four-year-old, very Peugeot-looking, and with a son about four years old? What you're talking about, it shouldn't be Wu Xiuying and Wu's sister-in-law, right? Her son's name is Wu Nianyue, that sister-in-law Wu? ”

"Yes, yes, it's her, this aunt, we're looking for Wu Xiuying!" Xu Yao nodded vigorously, his heart was ecstatic and very pantothenic, "Why do you want to take the surname Wu?" also named your son Wu Nianyue, you miss that ugly pig transcendence demon so much? ”

"Speaking of Sister-in-law Wu, she is a stubborn person, she is obviously so beautiful, there is a way to make money, but she just doesn't do it, a rich man from other places wants to buy her back as a concubine, and promises to let her and her son eat and drink spicy food every day, she doesn't agree, she would rather pull her son to eat bran by herself than do anything sorry for her man......

"Auntie, where is Wu Xiuying now? I'm her relative, and I'm going to find her. ”

Xu Yao interrupted Zhou Xiuying's neighbor very sourly, and handed a piece of silver yuan to the vegetable seller aunt as a thank you and a bought. However, it was a pity that although the vegetable seller happily accepted Xu Yao's silver yuan and was grateful, she said: "This lord, it's not that I don't want to tell you where Sister-in-law Wu is now, it's that I really don't know." I only know that when the foreigners patrolled me away, her vegetable stall and straw shed were also smashed, and I vaguely saw her crying with her son in her arms, and I never saw her again. This time, the foreigners let us come back, and there was no shadow of her, and her stall was also occupied by others, so it is estimated that she has either left Shanghai or gone to do something else. ”

It is impossible for Zhou Xiuying to leave Shanghai! Xu Yao, who is very smart about this, is completely sure, firstly, because Zhou Xiuying's special identity is destined to be safer only in the concession, and secondly, because with Zhou Xiuying's appearance, leaving Shanghai with a four-year-old child to go to other places is equivalent to a sheep's mouth, and safety cannot be guaranteed at all, only by staying in Shanghai, which is barely safe, Zhou Xiuying may also ensure the safety of her and her son.

At this moment, Xu Yao, who is also a local, also played a huge role in the process of finding Zhou Xiuying, and when he already knew Zhou Xiuying's pseudonym, Xu Yao quickly persuaded Wang Zhengshan to take out a lot of money to contact and buy the gang head snakes in the concession, so that they could help find Zhou Xiuying's whereabouts............

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The young Wu Nianyue was guarding the door of the kitchen, secretly smelling the fragrance from the kitchen, while looking at his mother who was working longingly, and the fat carp quickly took off its scales in Zhou Xiuying's much rougher hands, cleaned and processed, and gradually turned into a squirrel shape under the skilled knife work, Zhou Xiuying couldn't help but think of someone's words to herself on the dock............

"Buy! I'll buy them all! I bought food for the brothers of the Twin Blades, and I bought as many as I could! ”

Thinking of these words, Zhou Xiuying's pretty face stained with sweat and fish blood couldn't help but show a warm smile, and murmured softly, "Rich man, nouveau riche, what can you do if you are rich?" Your own son, can't even afford to eat a fish? ”

Sure enough, when the carp was put into the pot and the fragrance was quickly overflowing, Wu Nianyue really raised his nose and sniffed vigorously, and his dirty little fingers couldn't help but put it in his mouth and suck it, with a face full of wanting to eat but not daring to speak. Zhou Xiuying was distressed when she saw it, so she said: "Nian Yue, be good, stand aside, don't get in the way of others coming in and out, and when my mother receives her salary, I will buy you steamed buns to eat." ”

"Mother, I want to eat meat buns, I only ate them once last year." Wu Nianyue said pitifully.

Zhou Xiuying's nose was pantothenic, and she scolded with a forced smile: "Okay, but only buy one, slander cat." ”

When Wu Nianyue cheered loudly, Aunt Su's voice came from outside the kitchen, "Nianyue, the leftovers are down, there is a chicken butt." Hurry, or you won't have your share. ”

Hearing this, Wu Nianyue, who had just turned four, immediately rushed over like a little monkey, while Zhou Xiuying wiped a handful of tears, and then hurriedly put the squirrel fish that had been made on the plate. At this time, Aunt Su, who informed Wu Nianyue to grab the leftovers, walked in and said to Zhou Xiuying in a low voice: "Sister-in-law Wu, did you provoke someone?" ”

"Who did I mess with? Who did I mess with? Zhou Xiuying asked suspiciously.

"Just now, a few people who seem to be hooligans came to our store to inquire about you." Aunt Su lowered her voice and said, "Later, those hooligans went to the kitchen door to sneakily look at it for a long time, and then left, Sister-in-law Wu, you have to be careful." ”

After all, it was a person who had led the soldiers, Zhou Xiuying's face changed slightly on the spot, and she quickly thanked Aunt Su for her kind reminder, and then found an excuse to go out and went to the lobby to observe, but what shocked Zhou Xiuying was that in front of the lobby, there was indeed a hooligan-like person guarding it, and when Zhou Xiuying came out, the person quickly shrank and hid out of the door.

"Seems like you're really coming for me? What are these hooligans trying to do? ”

Sweat appeared on Zhou Xiuying's smooth forehead, and in a hurry, Zhou Xiuying hurriedly ran to the courtyard wall of the back door, jumped to a high place and looked out, but what made Zhou Xiuying even more frightened was that outside the courtyard wall of the back door, there was indeed a hooligan-like person guarding it! A thought immediately flashed in Zhou Xiuying's heart, "You can't stay in this place." ”

Having come to this conclusion, Zhou Xiuying did not hesitate, and immediately rushed to the place where the water was stored, picked up Wu Nianyue, who was beaten and cried by other children, opened the back door and rushed out directly. As a result, Aunt Su and other kitchen workers were of course surprised and shouted, and the hooligan guarding the back door immediately stopped Zhou Xiuying and asked, "Stop!" Go there! ”

The answer to the hooligan was a kick that Zhou Xiuying suddenly jumped up and swept out, and after kicking the hooligan over, Zhou Xiuying ran as fast as she cogged Wu Nian, and shouted while running, "Help!" Help me! Grab the kids! Someone is going to rob my baby! ”

It's a pity that although Zhou Xiuying's shouting successfully attracted the attention of many people, when Zhou Xiuying rushed to the alley with Wu Nianyue in her arms, she was extremely shocked to see that Xu Yaozheng rushed over with a group of people!

Forced to be helpless, Zhou Xiuying could only turn around and flee back into the alley, but at this moment, not only was the hooligan who was kicked down already stood up and blocked the way again, but another hooligan who was guarding outside the lobby door also rushed into the alley through the hotel, showing his axe to block Zhou Xiuying's way.

While regretting forgetting to bring a kitchen knife, Zhou Xiuying was very decisive and asked the two scoundrels with a smiling face: "Catch me, how much silver can you get?" I'll give you tenfold! ”

"What?" The two hooligans were shocked.

"See?" Zhou Xiuying lit up Wu Nianyue, who was crying, and said quickly: "His grandfather is Wu Jianzhang Wu Daotai, who is the richest Wu Jianzhang Wu Daotai in Shanghai now, let me go, take me and the child to see Wu Jianzhang Wu Daotai, you can ask for as much silver as you want!" ”

Of course, the two hooligans didn't believe it, and taking advantage of the two hooligans to shake slightly, Zhou Xiuying had already kicked the axe in the hooligan's hand again, and rushed directly with Wu Nianyue in her arms, the two hooligans moved a little slowly, just tore off a piece of Zhou Xiuying's clothes, and Zhou Xiuying once again luckily broke through their blockade.

"Help! Help me! ”

It was also Zhou Xiuying's luck, when she rushed to the other end of the alley, there happened to be several patrol patrols of the concession passing by, Zhou Xiuying saw a savior, and hurriedly shouted: "Catch the master!" Catch the master! Help me! Someone is going to rob my son, rob my son! ”

A few patrols were worthy of the salaries given to them by the Ministry of Industry, and when they heard Zhou Xiuying's shout, they ran over to check the situation, and when they saw Xu Yao and others who had chased closer, the patrols also stopped and interrogated, Xu Yao was very smart and immediately took out a bag of silver dollars and handed it to the patrols, and after the patrolmen took it, they pretended not to see it and left directly. However, it is a pity for Xu Yao, Zhou Xiuying, who is also alert and smart, has already run away with Wu Nian in her arms.

"The woman snatched the child! Get her! Get her! ”

During the shouting of a rake, Xu Yao led people to chase after him, but the two hooligans before rushed over, grabbed Xu Yao and stretched out his hand, and said: "Yinzi, say okay, if you find her, give thirty silver yuan immediately." ”

As soon as he touched his pocket, Xu Yao remembered that he had already given the silver to the patrol, so he shook his hand and said, "I owe it first, anyway, your boss knows me, and I won't miss you." ”

After that, Xu Yao led people to chase Zhou Xiuying again, and the two hooligans stayed in place with a full stomach full of anger, scolding: "Jiading is deflated! After the boss's hand, it would be nice to be able to give us three silver dollars. ”

"Hey, fourth, what you said just now is that girl really fake? She is holding that child, is she the great-grandson of Mrs. Shuang? ”

"How is that possible? How could the great-grandson of the old lady be in the hands of that girl? ”

"What if it's true? If it's true, let's tell the news to Old Lady Shuang, not to mention thirty silver yuan, three hundred silver yuan, and three thousand silver yuan have hope! Haven't you heard that the old lady Shuang is now the grandson of the governor of Hubei, and his grandson has not yet given him a great-grandson? ”

"Why don't we try our luck?" (To be continued.) )