After Wu Chaoyue's reply was sent to Yang Xiuqing through the channel of Daye Iron Works, Yang Xiuqing, who was being beaten by Wu Chaoyue's lackeys, of course did not believe Wu Chaoyue's explanation and promise, and yelled at Hong Renji, who came to report the news, "Is the little demon who is lying to you?" What do you say about expelling the Tartars and recovering China, why haven't you raised troops to oppose the Qing Dynasty until now? Still beating us up? ”

Hong Renji, the only one in the old Hong family who was appointed by Yang Xiuqing, was speechless, and could only reply by feeling: "Long live the East King, please calm your anger, as far as Xiaohou can see, Wu Chaoyue's intention to join hands with us to fight against the Qing Dynasty should be true, otherwise, he would not have done everything possible to help us in secret so many times." Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo”

"He sent troops to Jiangxi this time, maybe it was really as he said, he wanted to give an explanation to the Manchu court, deceive the Manchu court to further trust him, and also wanted to put his wife and grandfather Yang Wending in the position of governor of Jiangxi, indirectly control Jiangxi and enhance his power ......."

"I don't believe it!"

Yang Xiuqing rudely interrupted Hong Renji and snorted: "I want this king to take the initiative to give up the hinterland of Jiangxi and retreat to the northeast of Jiangxi, and what else to say to help me drive Lai Guiying and Shi Zhenji back to facilitate control, phew!" Well said! What if this king gave him the hinterland of Jiangxi, and he used the excuse of giving an explanation to the Qing demon to attack Hukou Pengze? This king is going to continue to give it to him?! ”

"Long live the East King." Hou Qianfang on the side persuaded: "Wu Chaoyue's words are actually quite reasonable, our front in Jiangxi is indeed a little too long, Lai Guiying and Shi Zhenji also have to take precautions, and it is not impossible to negotiate with him on the initiative to give him the hinterland of Jiangxi." Xia Guan suggested that as long as Wu Chaoyue agreed to secretly conclude a written covenant with us, and set up black and white as evidence, we could promise to give him the hinterland of Jiangxi. ”

Yang Xiuqing nodded when he heard this, and hurriedly instructed Hong Renji: "Okay, you go and contact Wu Chaoyue, as long as he signs a secret covenant with us in black and white, and promises to join forces with us to oppose the Qing Dynasty, this king will give him the hinterland of Jiangxi!" ”

Hong Renji smiled bitterly when he heard this, and said: "Long live the East King, Xiaohou can go to replace this request, but Xiaohou has to ask for guilt first, and Wu Chaoyue is probably unlikely to agree to this request." That kid is so treacherous that to put the secret covenant in our hands is tantamount to putting the lives of his nine clans in our hands, and with his character, there is very little chance of agreeing. ”

"Beyond the little demon just can't trust this king?" Yang Xiuqing asked angrily.

Hong Renji was extremely embarrassed, and only after a while did he reply respectfully: "Long live the King of Huidong, of course he can trust you beyond the little demon, but he, like you, has to beware of the other party's sudden attack and being stabbed in the back." ”

Yang Xiuqing was speechless, and knew that no matter whether Wu Chaoyue's plan to join forces with him against the Qing Dynasty was true or false, he really didn't dare to leave such a black and white covenant - after all, this was not only related to Wu Chaoyue's life, but also to the lives of Wu Chaoyue's nine clans.

At this moment, a guard suddenly came up from outside the hall, knelt down on Yang Xiuqing's knees and said: "Long live the East King, the Winter Palace is the prime minister Zeng Lichang sent an envoy to meet with a book, and the messenger also said, I hope that Long live the East King You can personally meet him, he has confidential matters to report to you." ”

"Nope!" Yang Xiuqing, who was upset, refused, and ordered: "Take him to see Yang Runqing, what do you have to say to Yang Runqing." ”

When the guard was about to make a promise, Hou Qianfang next to him bowed his hand to Yang Xiuqing and said: "Long live the East King, Prime Minister Zeng has always been loyal, the previous His Royal Highness the East King ordered him to reinforce Jiangxi from Zhejiang West, this time he sent an envoy to meet, presumably to give a clear answer, and the envoy proposed to meet you...... the lower official believes that if he refuses categorically, he is afraid that it will only hurt Prime Minister Zeng's heart." ”

Yang Xiuqing can barely be regarded as a person who can learn a lesson, knowing that Hou Qianfang persuaded him so that he didn't want to let himself chill the heart of a foreign general, and he also knew that if he was as arrogant and arrogant as before, the Tianjing Incident would repeat itself sooner or later. At that moment, Yang Xiuqing nodded, changed his tone and ordered the summons, and took a deep breath, pretending to be a kind smile against his will.

Soon, a young man with a gun scar on his face was led into Yang Xiuqing's Silver Dragon Palace, knelt down on his knees and kowtowed very respectfully, and said respectfully: "The last general of the Winter Palace and Prime Minister Zeng Lichang under the command of the brigade commander Xu Yao, long live the East King, long live the East King, long live the East King, long live the East King." ”

The first impression of Xu Yao, who was quite handsome, was good, so Yang Xiuqing also slowed down his voice, and told Xu Yao to get up and give him a seat. However, it is a pity that in the letter, Zeng Lichang obediently expressed his loyalty to Yang Xiuqing, expressed his willingness to accept the command of the East Wang, and resolutely supported Yang Xiuqing's core leadership position, but he politely rejected Yang Xiuqing's request for him to go west to reinforce the Jiangxi battlefield, on the grounds that Zeng Lichang's troops were fighting continuously in Zhejiang, the army was very tired, and there were Qing troops and landlord regiments on the way to the west to block it, Zeng Lichang was not sure that he could break through the blockade and enter Jiangxi.

Seeing that Yang Xiuqing's expression was not good after reading the letter, Xu Yao hurriedly kowtowed and said: "Long live the East King, we mainly suffered too many casualties when attacking Longyou, the army was injured, and there is not much food, grass and ammunition in Longyou City, our supply is too difficult, and there are still heavy garrisons of the Qing Demon on the side of Quzhou Mansion, and our army wants to forcibly break through the westward advance, but it is really not enough." Therefore, Prime Minister Zeng implored the East King to be merciful to the soldiers, let us slow down and make adequate preparations, and then march into Jiangxi to reinforce the friendly forces of the Heavenly Kingdom. ”

If it was changed to the usual, Xu Yao dared to say such a thing in front of Yang Xiuqing, Yang Xiuqing would definitely have someone drag him down and beat a hundred military sticks immediately, but it was also Xu Yao's good fate, and he caught up with Yang Xiuqing's time to change his past, so Yang Xiuqing was furious in his heart, and he forcibly suppressed his anger, and reluctantly squeezed out a little smile, and said: "Prime Minister Zeng is hard, since your situation is difficult, then the king will think about it again, and then give you Prime Minister Zeng an answer." ”

When Xu Yao heard the joy, he hurriedly kowtowed to Yang Xiuqing to thank him, and then when Yang Xiuqing was about to order the guards to take Xu Yao down to rest, Xu Yao kowtowed again and said cautiously: "Long live the East King, there is another confidential matter, and the general must report to you." ”

"Say it."

Yang Xiuqing casually ordered, but after Xu Yao's report on the military situation was spoken, Yang Xiuqing suddenly jumped up from the silver dragon chair - Xu Yao actually played: "Long live the king of Yudong, the last general knows the whereabouts of the son of the little demon, and he can arrest his son for you!" ”

"Beyond the son of the little demon?!"

Yang Xiuqing, Hou Qianfang, Hong Renji and others screamed together, and then Hong Renji couldn't help but add, "Beyond the little demon is just two daughters, what son is here?" ”

"It's an illegitimate child." Xu Yao kowtowed and replied, "The last general inadvertently learned that the little demon beyond had a lover outside, and that lover gave birth to a son for him. The last general also knows that the transcendence demon is the only son in the family, and if we can catch the illegitimate son of the transcendence demon, not only can we get out of the evil breath, but we can also do a lot of things with his son. ”

Yang Xiuqing was dumbfounded, and hurriedly asked, "Where is the bastard son of the Transcendence Little Demon?" Also, why didn't the Transcendence Goblin bring his illegitimate son home? With his status, isn't it strange to bring an illegitimate child home? ”

Xu Yao didn't answer, but just peeked left and right carefully, for fear of leaking the news of this important news, until Yang Xiuqing said that the people here were reliable, Xu Yao kowtowed and replied: "Long live the King of the East, the last general dared to speculate, and there are two reasons why the little demon did not bring his illegitimate son home, one is that he may not know that he already has a son, and the other is that he may not dare to recognize this son." ”

"Why?" Yang Xiuqing hurriedly asked.

"Because the biological mother of this illegitimate child is the general of our heavenly kingdom." Xu Yao smiled a little hideously, "That woman is not only a person from our Heavenly Kingdom, but she was already wanted by the Manchu Imperial Court before joining the Heavenly Kingdom, and there are still cases in her body, once this matter is exposed, Beyond the Little Demon will inevitably be implicated." ”

"What's that woman's name?" Yang Xiuqing hurriedly asked again.

"Long live King Qiyudong, I don't know if you still remember the woman Zhou Xiuying? She once came to see you on the orders of Prime Minister Zeng, but for some unknown reason, she actually disappeared on the road. ”

Of course, Yang Xiuqing still remembers Zhou Xiuying clearly, not only does she remember that Zhou Xiuying's small and beautiful female soldier Ye Lotus has also been admitted by Yang Xiuqing to the East Wangfu as a female palace, and has been infected by the lustful Yang Xiuqing. So Yang Xiuqing nodded to indicate that he remembered, and hurriedly sent someone to pass the leaf lotus to meet him.

Next, Xu Yao, of course, reported the ins and outs of the matter to Yang Xiuqing, saying that he had secretly sneaked to Shanghai more than three months ago on the order of Zeng Lichang, and made detailed contact with the Taiping army that had been lurking in the Shanghai concession, trying to buy weapons and ammunition from foreigners and try to send them to the front line in Zhejiang for the Taiping army. As a result, after the matter was done, when Xu Yao left Shanghai by boat, he inadvertently saw Zhou Xiuying on the dock in Shanghai, Xu Yao, who had always loved Zhou Xiuying, hurriedly came over and recognized Zhou Xiuying, never thought that Zhou Xiuying picked up a boy and ran to the concession, when Xu Yao stepped forward to stop her, Zhou Xiuying threatened that if Xu Yao stopped her, she would tell the Qing demon next to her, revealing Xu Yao's identity as a Taiping Army, Xu Yao did not dare to mess around for fear of being arrested by the Qing soldiers, so he could only watch Zhou Xiuying escape into the concession.

"It turns out that the girl is in the Shanghai Concession." Yang Xiuqing gritted her teeth, and asked Xu Yao suspiciously: "How can you be sure that the child Zhou Xiuying is holding is a species that surpasses the little demon?" ”

"Long live the King of the East of the Mountains, that little boy is dry and thin, and he looks exactly like the little demon who surpasses it." Xu Yao replied respectfully: "The last general has seen the transcendence demon, and he is deeply impressed by him, and the last general also knows that Zhou Xiuying and the transcendence demon have always had a personal relationship. So when he saw the little boy, the last general immediately suspected that the little evil seed was the son of the little demon, and asked Zhou Xiuying face to face, but Zhou Xiuying just refused to answer and did not deny it. ”

"Long live Dongwang, Sister Zhou, she once had a blind date with the Transcendence Demon, although it didn't work out, but the lotus can see that Sister Zhou still has the Transcendence Demon in her heart. And when Sister Zhou met secretly with the Transcendence Demon twice in the concession, they were alone for a long time, and Lotus still clearly remembered that after Sister Zhou met the Transcendence Demon for the first time, the sheets in the hotel had traces of rearrangement, and Sister Zhou's hair was also a little messy. ”

After listening to Xu Yao and Ye Hehua's corroborating confessions, and knowing that Zhou Xiuying's son was about four years old, Yang Xiuqing was basically sure that the little boy was probably his eldest nephew. Then, of course, Yang Xiuqing, who was in ecstasy, immediately decided to send someone to sneak to the Shanghai Concession to find Zhou Xiuying and his eldest nephew, and at any cost to bring the only son of his good brother Wu Chaoyue to Nanjing to raise and train him, and also use this nephew to squeeze out Yang Xiuqing's coveted oil and water from Wu Chaoyue - forcing Wu Chaoyue to make trouble! Or directly borrow the sword of the Manchu court and take out Wu Chaoyue, a dangerous enemy!

Knowing Yang Xiuqing's decision, Xu Yao of course immediately recommended himself and asked to go to Shanghai again to try to arrest Zhou Xiuying's mother and son, Yang Xiuqing agreed, in addition to immediately arranging for a team of henchmen to lead a team of good men to take Xu Yao to Shanghai to arrest people, he also sent out the woman Ye Lotus he had touched, so that two people in the Taiping Army special team could recognize Zhou Xiuying.

At the end, Yang Xiuqing also remembered another important matter, and hurriedly instructed Xu Yao and the others: "By the way, after arriving in Shanghai, you can first contact Lu Shunde, who is stationed in Songjiang Mansion, and let him do his best to provide you with all the help." This king remembers that Lu Shunde reported last time, and he has already installed a few inside lines in the Shanghai Qing Demon Army, and he may be able to help you a lot. ”

When Xu Yao and the others agreed, Hong Renji also carefully advised: "When you arrive in Shanghai, in addition to beware of the Qing demons and foreigners patrolling there, you must also beware of Wu Jianzhang, the old immortal. ”

"Don't think that Wu Jianzhang doesn't dare to recognize that great-grandson, so he will stand idly by, as far as I know, that old immortal wants his great-grandson to die. If he knew that he already had a great-grandson, even if he risked his old life, he would definitely keep his great-grandson! ”

Xu Yao nodded with a smile and said secretly: "Still use you fake foreign devil to be verbose?" If I wasn't afraid that Wu Lao Qing Demon would kill me and keep his great-grandson that day, I would be afraid that I would die with Xiuying? Seeing that she gave birth to a son for another man, I didn't want to live at that time! ”

After that, Xu Yao also gently touched the gun scar on his handsome cheek again, and said secretly: "Beyond the little demon, thank you for leaving me this memorial, this time, I will find you to settle the old account with you no matter what!" Even if Xiuying obeys you, I have to pull her back, even if I can't get her heart, I want to get her people! ”

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Hong Renji's advice is a little wrong, Wu Lao comprador wants his great-grandson not to die, but to go crazy! It happened to be during the same time period that Wu Chaoyue sent someone to bring good news to Wu Jianzhang, who was on an isolated island in Shanghai, saying that his wife Yang Yuru was angry and gave birth to another beautiful daughter! As a result, when he heard the good news, Old Comprador Wu cried happily on the spot......

"Why is it a great-granddaughter again? Why is it a great-granddaughter again? The old man wants great-grandchildren! I want great-grandchildren! God, why don't you give your husband a great-grandson? As long as I can have a great-grandson, even if the old man exchanges this old life, I am willing!! ”

What is even more coincidental is that after Wu Lao comprador wept all night for a few days, the new British consul in Shanghai, Pruss, sent someone to get in touch with Wu Lao comprador and negotiated that there were more than 500,000 Chinese refugees in the Shanghai Concession, that they were seriously overcrowded, that public order was degraded to the point of unbearable depravity, and that land and grain were overwhelmed. Therefore, Prussian was determined to arrange a patrol house to expel some refugees from the rental area, and asked the Qing army to provide help to prevent the refugees from being expelled from the rental area.

By the way, Wu Chaoyue's old friend, the former British consul in Shanghai, Ali Guo, has been promoted to the post of British Minister Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary and Consul in Japan.

Since he was a comprador, Wu Jianzhang of course did not hesitate to report to the above about the request put forward by Pruus, and after obtaining the nods of He Guiqing, the governor of Liangjiang, and Xue Huan, the governor of Jiangsu, and other bigwigs, Wu Lao comprador immediately arranged for the Qing army to protect the concession and prevent the Chinese who had been expelled from the rental area from slipping back into the concession. In this regard, some people cautiously asked the old comprador Wu: "Lord Wu, what about the people who were kicked out of the rental world?" Shanghai is surrounded by Long Hair, the people have no concession to stay, and Long Hair takes the opportunity to kill again, what should they do? ”

"The old man can't manage that much."

Old comprador Wu replied helplessly: "The foreigners are not allowed to stay in the concession anymore, He Zhitai and Xue Futai they nodded again, what can the old man do?" Do we dare to offend foreigners at this time? Do you want the old man to be like Ye Mingchen, who was captured by foreigners and starved to death in India? ”

As the saying goes, good is rewarded with good, and evil is rewarded with evil, it's not that there is no retribution, the time has not yet come, and the old comprador Wu who is full of evil definitely never dreamed of it, because of his decision............

"Get out! Get lost! Get lost! This wet market has been cancelled from today, and everyone here is out of the world and will not be allowed to come back! Get lost! Get lost! ”

Amid the wolf-like roar, uniformed patrolmen brandished batons and stormed a vegetable market in the concession where the main customers were poor people, beating and smashing and rampaging the stalls, brutally expelling the vegetable vendors who made a living here and the poor people living in the surrounding area.

A young woman's vegetable stall was also damaged, the stall was smashed to pieces, the cabbage and radish were trampled to pieces, and the low straw hut where the young woman and her son lived behind the vegetable stall was also knocked down and smashed by the patrol, and the young woman and her son in patched cloth clothes were also beaten and expelled by the patrol, and were forced to leave the concession with their pitiful luggage.

The son who was not yet four years old was crying in the arms of the young woman, the young woman was holding the child and moving forward with difficulty in the flow of refugees, the young woman looked at it carefully, but she still couldn't help but have tears of grievance in her eyes, comforting her frightened son, and the young woman's voice was full of choked ......

"Nian Yue, it's my mother who is not good, it's my mother who has burdened you, you could have lived better than any child, but because of your mother's involvement, you can't go back to your home, you can't bear it, it's your mother who hurt you." (To be continued.) )