In the Southern Ming official army of the Hongguang Dynasty, Huang Degong's army is the most capable of fighting, so the combat effectiveness of Tian Xiong's department is also very strong, and in recent years, Zhu Yihai, the king of Lu, has been beaten all over the ground to find teeth, but his men are only a few thousand people, and the troops are not too many, mainly stationed in the coastal areas near Hangzhou, to prevent Zhu Yihai, who fled to Zhoushan Island, to counterattack the mainland.

In the past two months, the Ming army has been inspiring troops and horses, and it is obvious that they are going to launch a large-scale offensive, Tian Xiong ran to Nanjing to hold a meeting, and today he happened to be with Ma Guozhu, so he followed him to Zhangfu Taoyuan.

After the play on the stage was over, Liu Jingting came up to tell the story, the first paragraph of Wu Song fighting the tiger, and the second paragraph of Lu Zhishen uprooting the weeping willows, all won the applause of the house, and a paragraph of Hangzhou commentary "The Biography of Jigong" was added to the scene, the content was witty and festive, which attracted continuous laughter from the audience.

"It's better to go to Hangzhou for Qian Lao, Ben will personally choose a good house, and he will never treat you badly!" Tian Xiong was arrogant and triumphant in front of Qian Qianyi.

Tracing back to the origin, he and Qian Qianyi are old acquaintances, and there is some mustard between the two.

During the Hongguang Dynasty, Tian Xiong was Huang Degong's subordinate, and Huang Degong and other four towns in the south of the Yangtze River all belonged to Ma Shiying's party, and they fought to the death with the Donglin Party, so of course Tian Xiong and Qian Qianyi would not be good friends...... But at that time, Tian Xiong was just an ordinary general, and Qian Qianyi was the current boss of the Donglin Party, and the two were not on the same level at all, and there was no direct conflict.

Thirty years in Hedong, thirty years in Hexi, Qian Qianyi seems to be getting more and more mixed now, but Tian Xiong is shaking, he came to Taoyuan today, and he is second to watching the play and listening to the commentary. The main purpose is to watch Qian Qianyi's jokes and look for a sense of psychological superiority.

"There is a ...... from Suzhou and Hangzhou" Qian Qianyi frowned, and was about to sneer at him. Someone behind him suddenly howled and cried, his voice was hoarse, obviously a big man, but he was crying and whimpering, and it was unspeakably strange and ugly.

Ma Guozhu and Tian Xiong's faces changed, but Qian Qianyi seemed to be accustomed to it.

"The second idiot is crazy again, forgive me."

"Second idiot, but your disciple Feng Ban?" Ma Guozhu nodded: "This is an idiot." is also a wonderful person, only such a temperamental person can write such a good poem. How could the official blame him. ”

Everyone turned around together, their eyes focused on Feng Ban, and saw that he was sitting on a chair crying, and he didn't look at this side. Beneath the caftan showed two hairy bare legs. Obviously not wearing pants.

"Huh, what's wrong? What a system this becomes! Tian Xiong was furious.

"Ah—don't blame him. Feng Ban is a proud disciple of Mu Gong, and his poetry is a leader in Jiangnan, and he is a little crazy when he usually acts. Okay, I'll leave if I still have official business. ”

Ma Guozhu got up and walked out, Tian Xiong glared at Feng Ban fiercely, and followed. Behind him, Feng Ban's cry was heard.

"Shame on the old man! Shame on the old man! ”

Out of the Tao Garden, Tian Xiong was still snorting angrily.

"Feng Ban is clearly sarcastic. Why was the governor in a hurry to leave, but he was not captured? ”

"It's just a buzzing fly, it's easy to slap him to death, but it's inevitable to get dirty." Ma Guozhu said coldly: "The imperial court has suffered several defeats recently, the hearts of the people in Jiangnan are unstable, and there are many crazy people like Feng Ban, and some things can only be endured for a while." After the regent pacifies Shanxi, he will transfer the Eight Banners to the south to defeat the puppet Ming soldiers and horses, and then it will not be too late to clean up these crazy creatures one by one......"

In the Tao Garden, juggling began to be performed on the stage, and I don't know when, the two monks under the flower stand have disappeared.

They came to the backyard, in a small house in the middle of nowhere, and a monk was waiting.

Zhang Zhengchen introduced in the center: "This is Master Yuanzhao, and his common name before becoming a monk is Guizhuang. ”

Jiang Cai was stunned for a moment, and then said happily: "You are Gui Zuoming of Kunshan's resistance to the Qing Dynasty?" Why did you become a monk too? Oh, needless to say, we're all the same......"

When Jiangnan fell, many anti-Qingzhi soldiers became monks after the defeat, on the one hand, to avoid trouble, and on the other hand, they did not want to shave their heads and keep braids...... Guizhuang is a child of the family, show talent and fame, and Gu Yanwu is a close friend, Shunzhi raised troops in Kunshan to resist the Qing Dynasty in the second year, and died in the rivers and lakes after the defeat, many people thought that he had died a long time ago, but he did not expect to suddenly appear in Taoyuan.

In the small room, the three bald heads complement each other, no one can say that they are fake monks, but none of them are sincere to the Buddha.

Although Zhang Zhengchen and Jiang Cai have been ordained, they do not have the consciousness of being monks, they usually do not recite scriptures, and they do not worship Buddha, and the tone of their speech is still the same as that of ordinary people.

"After the defeat of Kunshan, the people in the city were slaughtered by the Tartars more than 40,000 people, and the poor monks escaped by luck and had to escape into the empty gate, and they had no fixed place to live in these years, wandering all over the ......"

The anti-Qing struggle in Kunshan was also caused by the shaving order, Guizhuang and Gu Yanwu were the backbone of it, and the Qing army launched a bloody massacre after breaking the city, and only one-tenth of the people in the city survived.

"I'm pretty much the same, I haven't had a good life in the past few years. The monks in the temple knew who I was, and they were afraid of getting into trouble, so they took a big broom and drove me out......"

Jiang Cai was a Jinshi of Chongzhen for four years, and after stepping into the officialdom, he was appointed as the official in charge of the Ministry of Rites, that is, the official in charge of the Ministry of Rites. Yanguan is originally a professional troll, as long as the scolding is not too ugly, the emperor will not care about you, but Jiang Cai is too dedicated, he has been an official for more than five months, and he has been squirting more than 30 times, and what he sees is sprayed, which completely exceeds the scope of his own responsibilities, and scolds Emperor Chongzhen for nothing.

Under the anger of Emperor Chongzhen, he sent Jinyi Wei to arrest Jiang Cai and put him in prison, and he was not released until the seventeenth year of Chongzhen, so that he was exempted from capital crime and sent to Xuanzhou. Before he could go to the place, Beijing was captured by Li Zicheng, and then the news came that Emperor Chongzhen committed suicide in the coal mountain, Jiang Cai wept a lot, and since then he has called himself a "veteran of Xuanzhou".

Zhang Zhengchen showed a wry smile: "It seems that my luck is the best, I have been in my hometown of Shaoxing for the past few years, and I have not hid in Tibet like you." Alas, the Zheshan camp was defeated in the hands of Tian Xiong back then, but I didn't expect to see this traitor again today......"

Zhang Zhengchen and Jiang Cai were Jinshi in the same year, and successively served under Emperor Hongguang and Zhu Yihai, King of Lu, and formed the Zheshan Battalion to hold Wuhu, and after being defeated by Tian Xiong, he became a monk.

They are all anti-Qing righteous people with great hearts, and after chatting for a while, the topic turned to the current shape.

Jiang Cai analyzed: "King Lu is newly defeated, and it is difficult to recover his vitality in two or three years, and now it is the Longwu court of the Tang Dynasty that can be called the mainstay, especially the Chu army. Alas, it's a pity that they lost a battle in Nanchang, that Tan Tai is worthy of being a famous general of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and my Ming soldiers and horses were defeated by the Eight Banners after all. ”

Guizhuang and Zhang Zhengchen glanced at each other, and then said with a smile: "Amitabha! The battle of Nanchang actually has another inside story, if Tan Tai wins, why should he return to Jiujiang? ”

Jiang Cai was stunned: "Did Tan Tai lose?" No way? Everywhere it is said that he won a great battle and beheaded 100,000, have the Tartars also learned to deceive people? ”

Gui Zhuang said with a smile: "Yes, after the Tartars entered the customs, they didn't learn, but they learned the trick of the Ming Dynasty officials and soldiers, Tan Tai beheaded 10,000, but beheading 100,000 was bragging, he himself lost 20,000 or 30,000 horses, and the Chu army won this battle after all......."

He explained carefully, and the more Jiang Cai listened, the more excited he became, and finally slapped the table and shouted: "Tartar has always been known for his strict military discipline, but now he also lies about his military exploits, covers his ears and steals the bell, I think it will be a good time in a few days!" Hahaha, this is really happy, do you have any wine, I want to have a drink, congratulations for Chu Jun! For Tan Taehe! ”

"Replace the bar with tea, and we still have important things to discuss." Guizhuang picked up the teacup, drank it all like wine, and then said: "After the Chu army wins this battle, it will take advantage of the victory to conquer Nanzhili and Zhejiang in the future, and the imperial court will also send a large army to attack Fujian, and the recovery of Jiangnan is just around the corner......"

Jiang Cai suddenly frowned: "Why do you know so clearly about these major military events?" ”

Gui Zhuang said: "Amitabha, the poor monk also listened to the words of a layman. ”

Jiang Cai asked: "Who said that?" Is the message reliable? ”

Gui Zhuang replied: "This person's name is Gu Jiang, and after the southern capital fell into the Qing army, he changed his name to Gu Yanwu. ”

Jiang Cai suddenly straightened up, and his eyes glared at the boss: "Gu Tinglin?" Is he in Nanjing? ”

Zhang Zhengchen took over the conversation and replied: "Gu Tinglin is not only in Nanjing, but also lives in Taoyuan......

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The back house of the pottery garden, the partial hall.

There was a lingering smell of flowers wafting in the room, and the servants and servants had long been far away, and the two sat opposite each other in front of the window, both dressed as scribes, and were talking secretly.

On the right-hand guest seat, Gu Yanwu is sitting precariously, and on the left-hand main seat, it is Liu Ruyi, who is dressed in men's clothes, with a plump and beautiful appearance, and a faint sassy and heroic posture, and the women do not let the eyebrows be shaved.

"The soldiers and horses of the imperial court are going on this expedition to the east, and all the grain and straw must be raised locally in the south of the Yangtze River, and the meaning of the saint is to ask the shepherd to preside over the overall situation in secret, whether this matter can be successful, Mrs. Quangong will try her best to maneuver in it." Gu Yanwu said as he observed Liu Ruye's expression, secretly curious in his heart.

He felt very strange, Wang Kefan repeatedly told before leaving that Qian Qianyi was cowardly and scheming, and he might not be willing to take too much risk for the Eastern Crusade, and if he wanted to move him, he must first persuade Liu Ruyi to take the lady's route to ensure success.

Is that really the case? Gu Yanwu couldn't believe it.

Of course he had heard of Liu Ruyi's name, and he knew that this was a strange woman who understood righteousness, but could she be in charge of Qian Qianyi?

"Mr. Tinglin, please rest assured, I will definitely handle this matter." Liu Ru agreed very happily.

"This is not a trivial matter, it is related to the life and death of tens of thousands of soldiers, and even the luck of the country, Madame, don't ......" Gu Yanwu felt very unsteady.

"I promised you, and I will do it." Liu Ruye's tone was still so calm. (To be continued......)