"It's dangerous!"

Still leaving the small teahouse where he was gathering with Wu Chaoyue and others, Hong Renji found that his underwear was soaked with sweat, and he also breathed a long sigh of relief, and said secretly: "Thank you for the blessing of Heavenly Father, I thought I was going to die just now." ”

For Hong Renji, the situation just now is indeed thrilling to the extreme, as long as Wu Chaoyue's imagination is a little richer, or as long as Rong Hong, who knows Hong Renji's roots, can't hold his breath a little longer, then Hong Renji will be 100% dead! 100% will die a miserable death! With the kinship between Hong Renji and Hong Xiuquan, and the urine of the Manchu court, it is absolutely strange not to chop Hong Renji with hundreds or thousands of knives!

By the way, as long as Wu Chaoyue's expression was slightly abnormal just now, or even as long as there was a slight suspicion in his eyes, Hong Renji would have to be scared to pee his pants on the spot!

Fortunately, Hong Renji did not dare to delay on the foreign wharf full of Qing troops, and hurried back to the relatively safe concession, and what he was thinking about in his heart was no longer how to abduct the rare talent Rong Hong to Nanjing to Hong Xiuquan, but how to leave Shanghai as soon as possible.

The more panicked he became, the more hellish he became, when the boundary stone of the concession was already in sight, a man suddenly caught up and grabbed Hong Renji, and without saying a word, he slapped Hong Renji in the face, and yelled: "Dog, return my purse!" ”

"Who? Who took your purse? Hong Renji was completely stunned.

With a snap, the man slapped Hong Renji in the face again, "Dog's!" Still pretending to be in front of Lao Tzu? You bumped into me just now, and my purse is gone, who took it instead of you? Give me back my purse! Give me back my purse! ”

During the quarrel, of course, the side was immediately surrounded by passers-by watching the excitement, and a few Qing soldiers also ran over to understand the situation, and the man immediately shouted at those Qing soldiers: "Master Jun, please give the little one the master, this thief hit me just now, my purse is gone, there are five silver dollars in my purse, two are Wu Dayang, three are Yingyang, and it is the capital of my business!" ”

Of course, five silver yuan is not a small amount for a few low-level Qing soldiers, and they feel that they have a advantage to take advantage of, so those Qing soldiers immediately rushed forward to search for Hong Renji's body, but there were people next to him with sharp eyes, pointing to the feet of the lost owner and saying: "The purse is under your feet, under your feet." ”

Everyone looked down and saw that there was indeed a dusty purse under the feet of the lost owner, and the lost owner quickly picked it up and opened it, showing five silver yuan and said: "A few military masters, big guys, you see, is this the purse I lost?" This thief stole my purse, and when I found out, I quickly threw it away, please call the shots for me! ”

Hong Renji shouted loudly, swore that he didn't steal the purse, and the onlookers spit on Hong Renji's petty theft, but some people persuaded: "Big brother, forget if you find the purse, don't make trouble." ”

"No way!" The lost owner jumped three feet high, and said angrily: "I lost eight pieces of silver last time and didn't find it, so I was scolded by my daughter-in-law for more than half a year, and this time I caught the thief, I must send him to the official!" ”

After that, the owner also took out two silver yuan and handed them to the Qing soldiers, saying: "A few military masters, please help me twist this little thief to see the official, these two pieces of silver are counted as I will invite you to drink!" ”

White silver and good deeds, of course, those Qing soldiers couldn't ask for it, without saying a word, they held down Hong Renji and dragged him to the city, Hong Renji shouted injustice but to no avail, was dragged to the city gate and handed over to the Shanghai county officials there, and then those officials asked a little about the situation, and directly escorted Hong Renji into the city, tied into the county government and handed over to the Shanghai County Cheng who is currently temporarily in charge of county affairs.

The next thing is very simple, ask the owner about what happened, and the county immediately ordered Hong Renji to be put in prison to wait for the fate, Hong Renji shouted injustice, and said that he was Wu Chaoyue's guest, but it was useless, and he was still dragged into the prison and locked in a single room. During this period, because of too much noise and some resistance, Hong Renji was not less beaten by the Shanghai officials.

When Hong Renji was taken into prison, of course, the owner who lost his purse also returned to Wu Chaoyue's home, and whispered to Wu Dadao that the matter had been completed, Wu Dawei nodded, and gave the lost owner a few silver dollars, and then ran to Wu Chaoyue to report the situation, and finally asked Wu Chaoyue: "Young Master Sun, what should I do next?" ”

"Say hello to the Shanghai County Government, no one is allowed to let him go without my order, and no one is allowed to meet him." Wu Chaoyue instructed: "Other things, wait until I think about it." ”

Hong Renji was secretly arrested very smoothly, but how to deal with Hong Renji made Wu beyond very difficult, exposing Hong Renji's identity and handing it over to the Manchu Qing court, although it can make a small achievement, but doing so is likely to implicate Rong Hong, and compared to the vast majority of Chinese in this era, Hong Renji is also a rare Western scholar, so it may not be too a pity to hand it over to the Manchu court.

It was also in Wu Chaoyue's consideration to exchange something with Hong Renji to the Taiping Army, but after careful consideration, Wu Chaoyue quickly dispelled this idea, first of all, it was easy to leak the rumors, and once it was known by the Manchu court, the trouble would not be too small; The second is that Hong Renji's current status in the Taiping Army is not important, if the Taiping Army is asked to exchange Suzhou City for Hong Renji, even if Hong Xiuquan agrees, Yang Xiuqing, the real helmsman of the Taiping Army, will definitely not agree.

The use of Hong Renji's military plan to the Taiping was also quickly denied by Wu Chaoyue, and it was used to use the plan against Zeng Lichang and Chen Shibao, whether those lords knew Hong Renji was still a big question, let alone believe Hong Renji's words immediately; It is very promising to drive a wedge between Hong Xiuquan and Yang Xiuqing, but it is obviously not in Wu Chaoyue's current interests to do so. So after thinking about it, Wu Chaoyue couldn't figure out how to cook Hong Renji, like chicken ribs, there was no meat to eat, and it was a pity to lose it.

Originally, Wu Chaoyue had another choice, that is, to secretly detain Hong Renji in his hands, and then play this card to play it when he has the opportunity in the future - anyway, it wouldn't cost a lot of money to feed Hong Renji two prison meals a day. But there was no way, only one night later, Rong Hong ran to Wu Chaoyue to report that Hong Renji was missing, and asked Wu Chaoyue to help find Hong Renji's whereabouts, and also said that some priests in the concession were also looking for Hong Renji everywhere, inquiring about Hong Renji's whereabouts everywhere, and preparing to report to the county office.

Father Yang was so frightened that the Manchu officials couldn't scare Wu Chaoyue, but if the matter was too big and Hong Renji's true identity was revealed, Rong Hong, who didn't report it, was destined to be implicated. So after casually sending Rong Hong away, Wu Chaoyue quickly made up his mind and decided to let Hong Renji go, but in order to squeeze out the usable value of Hong Renji's chicken ribs to the maximum, Wu Chaoyue decided to play some small tricks............

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Locked in a cell with sewage flowing and stinking to the sky, Hong Renji was of course worse than death, washing his face with tears, constantly shouting grievances, kowtowing and begging, but the jailers who had been greeted by him above ignored him, making Hong Renji suffer a lot in prison, and fed mosquitoes and fleas for another night.

However, just when Hong Renji was basically desperate, the fierce jailer suddenly opened the prison door, slipped Hong Renji out and took him out of the prison gate directly, in front of the prison gate, Wu Chaoyue's personal soldier captain Wu Dadao was also there to greet him with a smile and said: "Mr. Shui forgive me, we just learned about your situation and whereabouts, and let you suffer." Where it is rude, I also hope that Mr. Water will be thousands of seas. ”

"There, there. Thanks to the rescue of Brother Wu, the little one is already grateful, so what do you dare to say? ”

Hong Renji really didn't dare to say anything, Wu Da Da laughed, and quickly invited Hong Renji into the carriage he brought, and let the carriage drive back to Wu's mansion directly, and invited Hong Renji to a small living room in the side courtyard, Wu Chaoyue was of course already sitting and waiting in the living room, and there was a table of good wine and food in front of him.

Then, of course, it was each other's hypocrisy and politeness, and after these rushes, Hong Renji, who couldn't eat in prison, immediately threw himself on the wine table and munched on the case, while Wu Chaoyue didn't even touch the chopsticks in front of him, smiling and just admiring Hong Renji's ugly eating appearance. Then, very suddenly, Wu Chaoyue said loudly, "Hong Renji! ”

Ping Pong sounded twice, and the chopsticks in Hong Renji's hand fell to the ground, looking at Wu Chaoyue stunned, and there was a burst of pain between his legs. But fortunately, Wu Chaoyue quickly smiled again and said, "Mr. Shui, you and Hong Renji have both been baptized by Father Han Shanwen, do you know him?" ”

Hong Renji, who was almost not scared to death, breathed a sigh of relief, nodded quickly, and then hurriedly said: "Knowing is knowing, but I only met him a few times in the church, and I am not familiar with him, not familiar at all." ”

"Oh, I see." Wu Chaoyue nodded, picked up the soup spoon again, personally scooped a spoonful of tofu soup and put it in Hong Renji's bowl, and said with a smile: "Come, Mr. Shui, try my cook's skills." ”

Hong Renji hurriedly thanked him, ate the tofu soup that Wu Chaoyue scooped to him, and praised him incorrectly, "Good craftsmanship, it tastes really good." ”

"How does that compare to the ladder tofu flower in Mr. Shui's hometown?" Wu Chaoyue asked casually.

"The water is a little worse, and the terraced tofu flower is ...... with mountain spring water."

Hong Renji couldn't say it anymore after only half of his words, he looked at Wu Chaoyue with a pale face, and his head was completely blank, and he said secretly: "Oops! Hit the trick! ”

The axe hand in Hong Renji's imagination did not appear, and Wu Chaoyue didn't seem to hear the flaws in Hong Renji's words, so he just nodded and said: "No wonder, I have always felt that compared with the authentic ladder tofu flower, the tofu flower in Shanghai tastes a little wrong, but I have never understood what is wrong, it turns out to be a problem with water quality." ”

Hong Renji didn't dare to say anything, but Wu Chaoyue smiled and looked at his frightened expression, urging: "Mr. Shui, continue to please, you're welcome, you must eat well at my house." ”

Tremblingly, he glanced at Wu Chaoyue, and seeing that there was no malice in Wu Chaoyue's smile, Hong Renji wiped his sweat and said cautiously: "Lord Wu, the student is in urgent need of urination, and I want to go to the thatched house." ”

Wu Chaoyue smiled and said please, next to Wu Daji had already come over to show Hong Renji the way to the toilet, during which Hong Renji of course also had the idea of escaping, but Wu Dada and the two heavily armed Wu Chaoyue soldiers had been staring at the side and couldn't find a chance, and thought that even if he ran out of Wu's mansion, he couldn't escape from Shanghai City, Hong Renji still dispelled the idea of escaping by himself, obediently put the water to avoid being really scared by Wu Chaoyue to pee his crotch, and returned to Wu Chaoyue with the determination to see death as home.

Fortunately for Hong Renji, Wu Chaoyue didn't test him and intimidate him again, but after he was full of wine and food and put down his chopsticks, Wu Chaoyue asked with a smile: "Mr. Shui, I heard that you plan to go to Jiangning with some priests to preach, is there such a thing?" ”

Hong Renji's face turned a little pale again, fortunately, he was already a little used to Wu Chaoyue's sudden attack, Hong Renji finally didn't show too many flaws this time, just shook his head and said: "It's no such thing, Jiangning is a place with long hair, and the students are the people of the Qing Dynasty, and they don't share the sky with long hair, so where can they go?" ”

"Really?" Wu Chaoyue smiled, and suddenly said: "Bring a message for me to the third child of your relative's family - live in peace, it is good for everyone." You can also let the sworn brother of the third child of your relative's family know. ”

"Lord Wu, what do you mean by that?"

Hong Renji was confused, but Wu Chaoyue refused to answer, but directly ordered the eviction of the guests and sent his own soldiers to protect Hong Renji's return to the concession. As a result, on the way back to the concession, Hong Renji finally woke up a little, and said secretly: "The third brother of a relative? Isn't the third in my relative's family ......? ”

"Beyond the little demon, have you seen through my identity? How could you let me bring such a headless sentence? What kind of medicine is sold in his gourd? ”

When Hong Renji was worried and couldn't figure it out, Wu Chaoyue was of course sneering proudly, knowing that as long as Hong Renji successfully brought this sentence to Hong Xiuquan and Yang Xiuqing, Hong Xiuquan might not dare to say it, but Yang Xiuqing would definitely understand what he meant immediately. However, sneering and sneering, Wu Chaoyue jumped up violently, slapped his forehead and screamed in remorse, "Confused!" How did I forget that he had other uses? ”

"Young Master Sun, what else is he used for?" Wu Dadao next to him asked curiously.

Wu Chaoyue shook his head and didn't answer, and he couldn't answer, because Wu Chaoyue suddenly thought of why he hadn't considered using Hong Renji to replace Zhou Xiuying as an intermediary and convey his secret intention to join forces with Yang Xiuqing? In this way, at least Zhou Xiuying can take countless risks, and she doesn't have to worry about Yang Xiuqing taking her lover Zhou Xiuying hostage and using it to blackmail herself!

"Maybe it's still too late, hurry up and find a way to contact Xiuying Baby, let her just tell Yang Xiuqing about Zhang Jigeng, and find a way to let Yang Xiuqing know that I leaked it, but don't go to Nanjing in person!"

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Evil has evil retribution, just when Wu Chaoyue repented of Qingqing's intestines, in Nanjing City, which had been renamed Tianjing, in the Guozong Mansion of Hong Xiuquan's eldest brother Hong Renfa, Zhang Jigeng, who was alias Yeats, was putting a small medicine bag in front of a Lang Zhong named Wu Qingzhi, and said in a low voice: "The matter has been done, my people have recommended you to Yang Xiuqing to treat his eye disease, and Yang Zhi has also agreed." I heard that it was a poison raised by toads fed with arsenic, and it was colorless and tasteless, even if it was a silver needle and a silver bowl, it couldn't be tried. If you have a chance, put it in Yang Wei's medicine bowl. ”

Wu Qingzhi nodded, carefully took the medicine bag and put it away, but Zhang Jigeng refused to rest assured, and advised: "Don't worry, after the matter is completed, there will be chaos inside Changmao, and when the time comes, you will definitely not be in any danger when you take the opportunity to attack the city, and the court will definitely reward you heavily in the future. ”

"Mr. Ye, please rest assured, I will not hesitate to eliminate thieves for the country." Wu Qingzhi, who still doesn't know Zhang Jigeng's real name, nodded, showed a bamboo stick in the medicine box, and said: "I have already applied poison to it, I will be drugged if I have the opportunity, and if I don't have the opportunity to drugged, I will take the opportunity to check Yang Wei's eyes and insert this bamboo stick into his eyes, which can also kill his dog!" ”

When Zhang Jigeng heard the great joy, he hurriedly surrendered his hand to Wu Qingzhi, and when he continued to brainwash Wu Qingzhi, he never thought that the voice of the Hong Mansion came from outside the door, saying that Hong Renfa had something to ask Mr. Yeats to discuss. Zhang Jigeng didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly went out with his subordinates to meet Hong Renfa, but to Zhang Jigeng's surprise, there was also a senior official of the Taiping Army who he had never seen was also at the scene, Hong Renfa also introduced him: "Mr. Ye, this is Zhang Peize Zhang Junshuai of the East Palace, he is the one who wants to see you by name, hurry up and give Zhang Junshuai a salute." ”

After hearing Zhang Peize's name and knowing that he was Yang Xiuqing's confidant, Zhang Jigeng did not dare to slack off, and hurriedly knelt down and saluted Zhang Peize, and Zhang Peize asked with a smile: "You are Mr. Yeats Fa Ye?" ”

Zhang Jigeng nodded hurriedly and said that it was next, Zhang Peize also smiled and nodded, and then suddenly shouted, "Take it!" ”

Before Zhang Jigeng could react, the Taiping soldiers brought by Zhang Peize had already pressed him to the ground, and tied a knot with his hands, Zhang Jigeng's soul was scattered and shouted loudly, and Hong Renfa over there was also furious, and asked Zhang Peize: "Zhang Junshuai, what do you mean by this?" Mr. Ye is my staff, why did you arrest him for no reason? ”

Sneered and showed Yang Xiuqing's token to Hong Renfa, Zhang Peize said: "Guozong forgives the sin, the last general is on order, the heavenly father sent down to warn, saying that this Yeats in your shogunate, his real name is Zhang Jigeng, the word Bingyuan, is the Qing demon lurking in our army, or is it the leader of the friendly army beyond the little demon in the Shence Gate, his hands are stained with the blood of our heavenly soldiers, so the East King was nine thousand years old before he ordered the last general to come and arrest him!" ”

"What?" Hong Renfa was dumbfounded, Zhang Jigeng was even more dumbfounded, he never expected that the Taiping Army would investigate his details so clearly, but Zhang Peize did not hesitate, and immediately asked the people of the Hong Mansion to lead the way and rushed to Zhang Jigeng's residence to search for other evidence.

Then, naturally, the people seized the stolen goods, and the soldiers of the Taiping Army not only searched Zhang Jigeng's residence and found the letters he secretly exchanged with the Qing army generals, but also arrested Wu Qingzhi, who was hiding poison, and also searched out the list of some of Zhang Jigeng's comrades. And after the news reached Yang Xiuqing's face, Yang Xiuqing not only did not feel any joy, but on the contrary, he picked up a whistleblower letter he had just received and watched it repeatedly, puzzled.

"This Songjiang female general named Zhou Xiuying, who is thousands of miles away, how did she know that the Qing demon hidden in Tianjing City was meticulously made? Do you know it so well that you even know where he's hiding and what his real name is? Also, why didn't she report the source of this important piece of information to the king? I just want to be able to meet this king, and I said that there is something more confidential to report to this king? ”

It doesn't matter if he can't figure it out, Yang Xiuqing quickly wrote a letter to Zeng Lichang, asking Zeng Lichang to immediately send someone to escort Zhou Xiuying to Nanjing to meet him, intending to personally learn from Zhou Xiuying about what happened. Then, Yang Xiuqing freed up his hands to personally preside over the arrest of Zhang Jigeng and the party, and the Nanjing intelligence network that Zhang Jigeng and Xiang Rong painstakingly operated was soon smashed under the iron fist of the Taiping soldiers. (To be continued.) )