Seeing that the Taiping army was building a fort on the side of Jinghai Temple, and seeing that the Taiping army outside the Shence Gate only dug a trench to protect the camp in front of the camp, Lu Jianying and Xianghou and other extremely smart Jiangning bigwigs immediately thought that there was no need to worry about the sky, and there was no need to adjust the deployment of the defenders, let alone build an inner city and dig a deep trench in the area of Yifengmen.

Only Qi Suzao who is sick and goes to the city is not very relieved, and Zhang Jigeng also said that he is unwilling to give up, but there is no way, the Taiping army has vigorously strengthened the monitoring of the thirteen gates of Jiangning, especially on the side of Shence Gate, and then sending scouts to Lian Yong out of the city to reconnoiter is purely in vain, and if he can't get the evidence that the Taiping army is just a bluff in Shence Gate, Zhang Jigeng can't persuade Lu Jianying and Xianghou and others to adjust Jiangning's defense. There was no way to persuade Lu Jianying and others to transfer Wu Junlian Yong, the only reliable Wu Jun who fought in Jiangning City, to Yifengmen, which was already in danger, to garrison.

Zhang Jigeng, a loyal minister of the Qing Dynasty, was anxious and helpless, and Wu Chaoyue, a rebellious minister and thief, was naturally happy in his heart, not only did he no longer have to worry about fighting to the death with the Taiping army to the end to cheapen the Manchu Eight Banners, but he also began to hope that the Taiping army would enter Yifengmen as soon as possible, and then kill the city as in history, and kill the chickens and dogs inside.

There is also a disadvantage of secretly helping the Taiping Army, that is, it frightened Wu Chaoyue's only Manchurian friend Hui Zheng, who had already promised to send his daughter to Wu Chaoyue's protection, was afraid of the danger on the side of Shence Gate, and proposed to think about it for a few more days, Wu Chaoyue persuaded Hui Zheng to see that Hui Zheng did not listen, so he did not insist, but reminded Hui Zheng to make arrangements as soon as possible. Otherwise, you will only regret it. - The reason why Wu Chaoyue didn't particularly insist was of course that Yehenara Wanzhen was not very beautiful, if this Wanzhen could have the appearance of Feng Wanzhen in the capital. Or if he can catch up with Wu Chaoyue and inadvertently pick up the beauty of the little widow Li Fu, then Wu Chaoyue will definitely stick to the end.

I thought of the beautiful little widow Li Fu. Wu Chaoyue, who had only met Li Fu once for more than two days, realized that he was a little too cold about this poor little widow, and immediately had the idea of visiting Li Fu again. But it's a pity that on the same morning, there has been a constant sound of artillery on the side of Jubaomen and Chaoyangmen, I don't know if the Qing army is indiscriminately firing artillery and wasting gunpowder, or the Taiping army is attacking those two cities, Wu Chaoyue is not embarrassed to leave his post without permission, but he plans to visit Li Fushi when he has time, and by the way, he will have a good relationship with her.

That's a bad thing. When it was almost noon, a Wu Jun Lian Yong suddenly hurried up to the Shence Gate, saluted Wu Chaoyue and said: "Mr. Lian, it's not good, something happened to our station, some Jiangning people came to our station to make trouble, and the Deng sentry officer who stayed behind called me to ask you to go back quickly." ”

"The people of Jiangning came to our station to make trouble?" Wu Chaoyue almost thought that he had misheard, and once again misunderstood the dogs under his command, and asked, "Why did the people of Jiangning come to our station to make trouble?" Could it be that there is any practice of courage to bully the people of Jiangning? ”

"It's not." Lian Yong, who came to report the news, shook his head. looked at Geng Huan, Zhang Jigeng and the others who looked curious next to them, and finally leaned into Wu Chaoyue's ear and whispered: "It was Mr. Lian who you picked up the little widow to have an accident, she went to the street to buy vegetables, and her family saw her and wanted to arrest her." She ran back to our station, and her family went to our station to make trouble, and said that they would go to the government to sue you. ”

Wu Chaoyue listened to the bitter complaint. In desperation, he had no choice but to hurriedly accuse Geng Hua and Zhang Jigeng and return to the station to deal with this emergency. The result was not bad, and the sound of the cannons on the side of Jubaomen and Chaoyangmen, which had long since faded out, just stopped the cannons. Geng Huan didn't even think about it, so he waved his hand and let Wu Chaoyue go down the city. Wu Chaoyue thanked him, and when he hurried back to the garrison of the self-army with a team of personal soldiers, he saw from a distance that the people had gathered outside the nunnery where the self-army was stationed, and the crying voice of the woman could be faintly seen.

Let the pro-soldiers open the way to separate the crowd, and when they got to the field, Wu Chaoyue saw Li Fu sitting in the door and crying at first sight, Deng Siyuan, who stayed in the camp, led a group of Wu soldiers to practice Yong to guard the gate, and outside the door, there was a middle-aged woman patting her thigh and pointing at Li Fu's and scolding, foul language continued, "Slut!" Little slut! Our Li family found your daughter-in-law, it is really bad luck for eighteen lifetimes! Kill my poor son, who is not honestly widowed at home, and runs here to seduce men, you shameless little slut! Come out! You shameless little slut, get out of the old lady right away! ”

In addition to this shrew, there are many men and women who are also pointing at Li Fu and insulting, but they are afraid of the bayonet in Wu Jun Lianyong's hand, otherwise they must have rushed in and pulled Li Fu out, Deng Siyuan and other Wu Jun Lianyong were hindered by military law, and did not dare to shoot indiscriminately, but just guarded the gate to protect Li Fu's, and the scene was deadlocked. Seeing this scene, Wu Chaoyue, who knew Li Fu's poor background, was of course furious, and without saying a word, he pulled out his revolver and shot it into the sky, which frightened the scene into chaos, and then Wu Chaoyue rushed up, raised his hand and slapped the shrew first, kicked her to the ground, and then shouted at Deng Siyuan and others: "What are you doing?" Besiege the barracks, hit me! If there are resistors, shoot immediately! I'm responsible for killing people! ”

If it weren't for the mass discipline that Wu Chaoyue repeatedly emphasized, Deng Siyuan and other Wu Jun Lian Yong would have shot a long time ago, and since Wu Chaoyue had opened his mouth, Deng Siyuan and the others, who had long been holding back the fire in their stomachs, were no longer polite, and immediately picked up the musket and smashed it with the butt, smashing the shrew's companion to the point of crying wolf, and running away, Wu Chaoyue kicked the shrew in the face again, and then strode forward and picked up Li Fushi to comfort, "It's okay, I'm here, it's okay." ”

Comfort was useless, Li Fu covered his face and cried even more sadly, and the shrew whose nose had been kicked and bleeding was also rolling on the ground, crying like a pig, "Killed!" Killed! The little slut's wild man has killed someone! Oh God! Justice! The little slut's adulterer killed her mother-in-law! ”

A good man is afraid of Lai Han, but unfortunately Wu Chaoyue is not a good man - he is an outlaw who rules Lai Han! Raising his hand and shooting again, he hit the shrew's side, first frightening her crying, and then Wu Chaoyue shouted: "Get out of Lao Tzu immediately!" Otherwise, Lao Tzu will treat you as a crime of storming the barracks, and you will be killed with one shot first! ”

Seeing Wu Chaoyue's brutality in shooting at every turn, the shrew didn't dare to continue rolling. Just quickly got up and ran away, hiding behind a few men and crying. "Who are you? I'm here to arrest my daughter-in-law who doesn't keep my morals, what's the matter with you? ”

Wu Chaoyue didn't bother to pay attention to this shrew. Unexpectedly, at this time, a team of Lian Yong rushed in from outside the crowd, led by no one else, it was Zou Minghe, the head of the Jiangning Preparation and Defense Bureau, who had a grudge against Wu Chaoyue, dressed in silk and satin, and shouted arrogantly, "What's wrong?" Who shoots here? Why shoot? ”

As if seeing a savior, the shrew immediately rushed up and knelt down on Zou Minghe's knees, pointing at Wu Chaoyue and Li Fu. While crying like a pig: "Master Zou, Master Zou, you have to be the master of the people's wife!" The little slut killed my son, and came here to hook up with the wild man, and her wild man beat me with a gun and kicked me, you see the nose of the woman is bleeding! Master Zou, Lord Qingtian, you have to be the master of the people's women! ”

knew that Zou Minghe would definitely take the opportunity to retaliate. The result was not as expected by Wu Chaoyue, and he probably understood what happened, Zou Minghe immediately showed joy on his face, and said to Wu Chaoyue with a smile: "Wu is in charge." This matter really embarrassed the old man, this Mrs. Li is not only a common person in Jiangning City, but also the Preparatory and Prevention Bureau raised money this time. Her family also donated a lot of money and food, and now she says that you kidnapped her widowed daughter-in-law. And said you shot her ......rudely. ”

"Less nonsense!" Wu Chaoyue unceremoniously interrupted Zou Minghe's fake sneer, and said with a sneer: "I was rude to her. I also fired a warning shot, but she made trouble outside my camp gate first, and I didn't shoot her, she was already dead! Mr. Zou Lian, if you want to call the shots for her, I won't be afraid to sue you! ”

Zou Minghe knew very well that Wu Chaoyue was completely legal to do this, and it was useless to sue there, so Zou Minghe didn't entangle with Wu Chaoyue on this issue, but continued to smile and said: "What Master Wu said is extremely true, Mrs. Li is making trouble in front of your barracks, you can shoot and warn, but you seem to have forgotten, why is Mrs. Li here to make trouble?" ”

"Give my daughter-in-law back!" With Zou Minghe's support, the shrew also came to her senses, and shouted at Wu Chaoyue: "Return my daughter-in-law, she is a member of my Li family!" My family has her birth date, and there are countless people who can testify that she is my daughter-in-law! ”

"She's your daughter-in-law, I admit it." Wu Chaoyue asked quietly: "But I ask you, what are you going to do with your daughter-in-law's home?" How can I hear your daughter-in-law say that you are going to sell her for silver? ”

"She's from my Li family, what do I want to do with her, you can't care!" The shrew jumped and jumped with her waist crossed, and yelled at Li Fu's again: "Little slut, you get over to the old lady!" Don't think that you have a wild man to protect you, and the old lady can't do anything about you? The old lady told you that today you can go with me, and if you don't go with the old lady, you have to go with the old lady! ”

"Master Wu, I also know that you are kind." Zou Minghe smiled even more happily, and said with a smile: "But there is no way, the woman next to you is the daughter-in-law of this Mrs. Li Mingmei, and she is a member of the Li family, if you don't hand her over, you will violate the law of the country." ”

After that, Zou Minghe added with a smile, "Oh, by the way, now that Changmao is besieging the city, Director Wu is the general who guards the city, but you still refuse to hand it over, it is still a violation of military law." ”

According to the current feudal rules, the shrew can indeed take Li Fu away unconditionally, if Wu Chaoyue refuses to hand over Li Fu, it is not only illegal, but also directly violates military law -- among the officials in Jiangning, there are more than one or two who have a grudge against the little hedgehog Wu Chaoyue. So for a while, Wu Chaoyue really couldn't think of any way to leave Li Fu's family legally, and Li Fu's next to him saw that Wu Chaoyue didn't speak, and said that Wu Chaoyue was ready to back down, so he hurriedly knelt down to Wu Chaoyue, hugged Wu Chaoyue's legs and cried: "Master Wu, the people's daughter begs you, please, don't hand me over to her, if you hand me over to her, I won't be able to live!" ”

"Huh? This little **** is so beautiful? Seeing Li Fu's side face, Zou Minghe's eyes suddenly lit up, and he suddenly became more energetic, and said hypocritically: "Little lady, don't ask for it, it's useless to ask, Director Wu is an official of the imperial court, and he can't take the lead in doing things that violate the law and discipline, and if you beg him, it will only make it more difficult for him." ”

"I won't go with her even if I die!" Li Fu cried, turned his head and pointed at the shrew and cried: "This old poisonous woman, she not only wants to sell me. You also want to sell me to Diancuilou and become a ....... Go be a dirty woman! ”

The crowd was in an uproar, but the shrew's face did not change and her heart did not beat. In turn, he retorted: "So what? You are a member of my Li family, you grew up eating my Li family's food, and you killed my son, what if I sell you into Diancuilou? If you don't want to be a ****, you can, ask your wild man to take out the silver, point to Cuilou for eighty taels, ask him to take one hundred taels of silver, and I will sell you to him! ”

Hear the shrew. Zou Minghe's face next to him immediately changed - because Zou Minghe knew very well that in the current Qing Dynasty, there are really few people who dare to compare with the old Wu family. However, Zou Minghe was also worried in vain, Wu Chaoyue, who was a hedgehog, had never been blackmailed, and he didn't want to be blackmailed by Li Fu's vicious mother-in-law, and at the same time, Wu Chaoyue, who had been thinking in his heart, also came up with a way to clean up this shrew at this time, and suddenly picked up Li Fu's and walked to the door, and at the same time shouted to Lian Yong left and right: "Close the door, who dares to break in." No need to ask for an order, just shoot! ”

Deng Siyuan and the others agreed in unison, immediately closed the door, and then pointed the firing pistol at Zou Minghe and the shrewd and others. See this scenario. Of course, the people who watched the excitement were in an uproar, the shrew was so anxious that she cried and shouted, and Zou Minghe was furious. and soon his face was happy, and he was busy pulling the shrew. said: "Mrs. Li, you don't have to worry. Someone can clean him up! Let's go, I'll take you to the county office, and ask Liu County Commander to make your own decisions! ”

The shrew was overjoyed when she heard this, and hurriedly followed Zou Minghe to Shangyuan County, which governed Jiangning's civil affairs, to complain, but when it came time to get on the sedan chair, Zou Minghe remembered something again, and hurriedly said to the shrew: "Mrs. Li, remember one thing, when you see Liu Xianzun, you must not say that you want to sell your daughter-in-law for silver, you have to say that you want to leave her at home and be widowed, and are ready to ask her for a chastity archway, but she can't bear the loneliness, so she escaped." ”

"Ask that little slut for chastity archway? How much silver does that cost? When the shrew heard this, she was greatly embarrassed.

"Are you stupid? Without this excuse, how can you get your daughter-in-law back? Zou Minghe scolded, and then pointed: "Let's get your daughter-in-law back first, aren't you planning to sell her for eighty taels of silver?" I bought it! ”

The shrew was overjoyed when she heard it, and hurriedly thanked Zou Minghe again and again, and Zou Minghe also got into a sedan chair and rushed to the county office, and the result was also evil retribution. Knowing that Wu Chaoyue also had a holiday with Fuzhu Hong'a, Zou Minghe, who was worried that his weight might not be enough, was inspired again, and hurriedly got off the sedan chair to call Fuzhu Hong'a a thousand goodbyes, and also took the opportunity to tell Fuzhu Hong'a about Wu Chaoyue and the shrew, and Fuzhu Hong'a not only saw Wu Chaoyue unpleasant, but also had an unhappy relationship with Wu Chaoyue because of the weapon, and heard that there was such a good opportunity to rectify Wu Chaoyue, Fuzhu Hong'a was of course overjoyed, not only promised to help, but also shouted: "You don't need to go to the county office, go, This official will go directly to the Liangjiang Governor's Mansion and ask the Liangjiang Governor Lu Zhitai to make the decision for you! ”

Zou Minghe, who was in charge, was even more overjoyed when he heard it, and hurriedly took the shrew and Fuzhu Hong'a all the way to the Liangjiang Governor's Mansion, and Fuzhu Hong'a also directly brought Zou Minghe and the shrew to the lobby, and the result was a lot of help, at this moment Lu Jianying happened to be discussing the military situation with some Jiangning civil and military officials, and Wu Chaoyue's other banner opponent Xianghou also happened to be in the hall, so Fuzhu Hong'a was not polite, and roared as soon as he came to the hall: "It's the opposite!" It's the other way around! Wu surpasses this dog minion, and he dares to be lawless with a little military merit! Lu Zhitai, General Xiang, do you care? ”

is also a member of the first grade, Fuzhu Hong'a naturally no one dares to accuse in the lobby of the Liangjiang Governor's Mansion, Lu Jianying, Xianghou and others are still puzzled to inquire what happened, Fuzhu Hong'a added fuel and vinegar, first exaggerated Wu Chaoyue's robbery of the widow a hundred times, and then pulled the shrew to Lu Jianying and Xianghou and others to cry. Then Xianghou was also happy when he heard it, and immediately jumped up and shouted: "Lu Zhitai, the long-haired siege, Wu Chaoyue still dares to be so lawless, you should be punished!" According to military law, this is a capital crime of killing the head! ”

Lu Jianying was in a dilemma, and he was somewhat reluctant to deal with Wu Chaoyue, who was the most capable in Jiangning City at this time, but this matter was indeed occupied by Fuzhu Hong'a and Zou Minghe and others, and it would definitely not work if they were not investigated. And Qi Suzao, another feudal platform who appreciates Wu Chaoyue, is also very difficult, and after thinking about it, Qi Suzao can only suggest to Lu Jianying: "Lu Zhitai, why don't you send Director Wu to ask first, and see if there is anything hidden in it?" If there is really any special reason, just ask Wu Chaoyue to hand over the little widow, the great enemy is at present, and he can't make a big fuss and destroy the Great Wall of Jiangning. ”

"What Jiangning Great Wall? Just him? Little waste that can't even pull a bow! Xiang Hou shouted like a shrew: "Also, what is the call of making a fuss? Robbing people's daughters, bad people's chastity, regardless of national law and military law, should be punished severely! ”

Unable to resist the persecution of Fuzhu Hong'a and Xianghou and other banner generals, Lu Jianying could only order Wu Chaoyue to be summoned immediately to see him, Xianghou and Fuzhu Hong'a and others were overjoyed when they heard it, and they all made up their minds that they must take this opportunity to kill Wu Chaoyue. Hui Zheng, who was in the hall with the money and grain account book, didn't even dare to open his mouth to intercede for Wu Chaoyue, but just screamed in his heart: "Weiting, you are in big trouble this time, no matter the law and military law, you can't say it!" (To be continued.) )