After leaving Jinhua City, the angry Huang Zongxi did not return to his hometown in Yuyao, but chose to go all the way north to visit Qian Qianyi, the general backstage of the gentry in Jiangsu and Zhejiang who are now running to resist the Qing Dynasty. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Qian Qianyi was not only the leader of these anti-Qing gentry, but also one of the biggest supporters of the Ming army in Zhejiang in the Qing occupied areas. Huang Zongxi's first thing was to inform Qian Qianyi of everything that had happened in Zhejiang, and his bigger plan was to try to gain his support - if he could form an anti-Qing army led by scholars, then he could prove to Chen Wen that there were many loyal and righteous people among the scholars, and there were not only scum.

Just like Hong Chengchou, who rekindled his fighting spirit, Huang Zongxi is also full of passion for struggle at the moment, with the means of internal fisting, and he is also very familiar with the roads to Jiangsu and Zhejiang over the years, and he has experienced a lot, and can deal with various situations, even if he doesn't have these, at this moment he is also full of the belief that he will make a career to show Chen Wen, so he embarked on the road to the north.

Huang Zongxi came and went in a hurry, which had no impact on the side of the Ming Army in Zhejiang, and it was not even a topic of conversation after tea and dinner.

In today's Jinhua Mansion, hydraulic workshops are all over the banks of the Dongyang River, and all raw materials such as steel, cloth, leather, tendons, and wood enter the workshop, but when they come out, they have become the goods or machinery needed by the Ming Army in Zhejiang; The measurement of acres of land is still being carried out, and even the few boycotts will be immediately suppressed; The new barracks are in full swing, training strong men into recruits who have mastered basic combat capabilities to supplement the various units......

The occupied area of the Ming army in Zhejiang is now thriving, and more hope is being born almost every day, but the former ten miles of Qinhuai and the land of the Six Dynasties seem to have changed its name and have not yet adapted to it, and it has lost the prosperity of the Ming Dynasty.

has nothing to do, Bai Jinghe is like a scholar living in this Jiangning City, and he always has to visit this ancient capital of the Six Dynasties in addition to studying. Of course, it is inevitable to attract attention, and it is still inconvenient to go to Xiaoling.

Today he went to the place is relatively close, just south of the Tongyuan bookstore, but the Yuhuatai of Lixu, the "Yuhua said" four characters is one of the 48 scenes of Jinling in the Ming Dynasty. Although the Yunguang Master who preached the scriptures has been dead for thousands of years, Yuhuatai itself is also a beautiful place, and it is a suitable place to play in spring and autumn.

It's not that he hasn't been to Yuhuatai before, but that tranquility is what he needs now, so he revisited the place today.

When I came back from Yuhuatai, I happened to pass by Da Bao'en Temple, but outside this famous temple, there were more and more poor people who planted grass labels and sold themselves, and he even had the idea of buying a few back. But he is not an idler, but lurking here, so it is naturally not good to bring those outsiders back to Tongyuan Bookstore.

Back at the bookstore, the cook had already prepared the meal. After eating, and making sure that there was no one else, the shopkeeper went into the study.

"Owner, the news spread has already taken effect, and today I heard two scholars in the store say that now that Governor Wang has probably become the laughing stock of the whole Jiangning."

"If they like to laugh, let them laugh, the Lord doesn't care, let's do whatever we do." As he spoke, Bai Jinghe smiled, and then said to the shopkeeper: "There is still more than half a month before the scheduled day, it seems that tomorrow I will go to watch the smoke and rain first." ”

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Mochou smoke and rain refers to the Mochou Lake, the first of the forty-eight views of Jinling, and there is a copy of the "Jinling Yayou Edition" that was popular in Nanjing as early as the Ming Dynasty, which was mentioned there:

"Mochou Lake, outside the Sanshan Gate, there is Lu Mochou's home, hence the name. Now the king and grandson of Zhongshan are pavilions, and they are placed in the flowers and bamboos, and they overlook the first floor of the lake, and the regulation is cool. Zhongshan is horizontal, with the peaks outside the river, and the mountain light and the lake light are connected; A pavilion in the center of the lake, the boat sends wine, in order to show the wind of the past generations. ”

Weeping willows on the embankment of Mochou Lake, begonias interspersed, the lake ripples, the blue waves shine on people, Shengqi Building, Yujin Hall, River Appreciation Hall, Baoyue Building, Guanghua Pavilion, Winding Path Corridor and other grand scenery are hidden in the green shade of mountain stones, pine and bamboo, flowers and trees, it can be said that it is beautiful, it is the most worthy place to go to enjoy in Nanjing City in the Ming Dynasty.

However, now, Mochou Lake is still the same, but the garden by the lake has long been a pavilion collapsed, the hall collapsed, and it was a dilapidated scene. There is no other reason, in the Ming and Qing dynasties, the descendants of Xu Da, the king of Zhongshan, fell from the dynasty to the old ministers of the previous dynasty, and they are still too busy to take care of themselves, how can they have any thoughts and financial resources to continue to take care of the gardens left by their ancestors.

It's just that the Mochou Lake that Bai Jinghe plans to visit is actually somewhat related to him, that is, the place where Wang Jiang was placed under house arrest in Nanjing is not far from there, near Sanshanmen.

Early the next morning, Bai Jinghe went out and went to Mochou Lake. However, at this time, Wang Jiang was not at home, but in the yamen of the governor of Jiangnan and Jiangxi.

"Sinner Wang Jiang, meet the boss of the army."

Wang Jiang came here to meet Ma Guozhu, the governor of Jiangnan and Jiangxi.

"Mr. Wang, please get up, the official said earlier that Mr. Wang was also the governor, so there is no need for so much courtesy."

Unexpectedly, hearing this, Wang Jiang, who was already about to get up, fell to the ground again. "Sinners who resist the king's teacher really don't dare to be, they really don't dare to be."

For this Wang Jiang, in fact, Ma Guozhu can be said to love and hate, his ability to manage money is obvious to all, and he has been attached to the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and even wrote a letter to Chen Wen to persuade him to surrender, which could have been used. However, Chen Wen's department became stronger and stronger the more they fought, and now it is a big disaster for the Manchu Qing Dynasty. In this way, they didn't dare to use Wang Jiang, for fear that he would come up with some moths. But now, he is more or less less worthy of the former governor of Zhejiang.

Signaling the servant to help him up, Ma Guozhu sat upright on the Taishi chair, and waited for Wang Jiang to get up and sit down on the half of his ass before continuing to talk to him.

"Mr. Wang is here, when will you teach me?"

"Don't dare, sinners just want to serve the Qing Dynasty so that they can wash away their sins."

Under house arrest in the mansion, Wang Jiang had to apply to the housekeeper one day in advance before even going out, and his freedom was greatly restricted. Because of this, it is not the first time that Ma Guozhu has proposed to work for the Manchu Qing Dynasty.

Whether Wang Jiang is used or not has nothing to do with ability, it depends more on Chen Wen. In the previous days, Chen Wen became stronger and stronger, which was indeed very tricky, and even Ma Guozhu, who was originally a little dissatisfied with the appointment of Hong Chengchou as the Southeast Economic Strategy, was secretly rejoicing for nearly half a year.

The stronger Chen Wen is, the more unusable Wang Jiang becomes, which is normal, but a few months ago, he got the news that Chen Wenzhu killed a group of scholars who participated in the Manchu imperial examination, but Ma Guozhu wavered a little about the appointment of Wang Jiang.

In Ma Guozhu's view, Chen Wen's move was to completely push those scholars who were already willing to serve the Manchus to their side, which was a rare trick. The gentry in the southeast are powerful, even the Manchu Qing Dynasty does not dare to move lightly, Chen Wen, a military general with only six prefecture territory, and no more than tens of thousands of soldiers, dare to attack the gentry, and its defeat can be seen.

Not long ago, it was rumored that his mother had died, and Chen Wen did not attend the funeral, but it was the funeral organized by the civil officials of the Dalanshan family who Wang Jiang had promoted before, which shows that the contradiction between the two has been deep. What surprised Ma Guozhu even more was that there was news that Wang Jiang's wife had actually remarried someone else, which showed the attitude of the Ming Army's Zhejiang civil and military forces towards this person.

What's more, Chen Wenqi is also said to be an extremely harsh person, and it is estimated that people like Wang Jiang may not be better off in the hands of the Ming army than on the side of the Manchu Qing Dynasty.

As a result, it seems that this person has completely severed the relationship with the Zhejiang Ming Army, especially according to the housekeeper's report, this person was either drunk after getting the news, or *** even applied to the housekeeper to go out to find flowers and ask willows. The mother bereaved this way not long after her death, and her morality was so corrupt, and it was a world of difference from Wang Yi, who would rather die than give in, and it was really despised.

If such a person is said, there will be any defense in his heart and the righteousness of the monarch and minister, but Ma Guozhu will never believe it.

It's just that whether to appoint or not, it is not up to him to have the final say, because Wang Jiang is related to Chen Wen, any disposal must go through the imperial court, and he is still not qualified as the governor of Jiangnan and Jiangxi, and there is no need to take too much responsibility for this.

"Mr. Wang, this matter is a matter of this from the official to the court and tell the emperor about Mr. Wang's fist heart."

"Sinners, thank you for the kindness of the army boss."

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Out of the governor's yamen, the two entourages still followed behind, but Wang Jiang was no longer as trembling as before, and seemed to have Ma Guozhu's guarantee, and he was more calm.

"That person is the former civilian officer of the rebel Chen Wen?"

"Hehe, it's that guy, I heard that he even made people wear a green hat."

"Hey, there's still something new."

"I heard that the traitor Chen Wen cut off his robe and broke his righteousness, if you want me to say, you deserve it, the old lady is gone, but she drinks all day long, and she spends all day drinking, these people, if you change Lao Tzu, you don't have the face to recognize him as a friend."

The gossip on the side of the road reached his ears, but Wang Jiang was indifferent, still looking left and right, as if he wanted to take advantage of the time he came out to see more of the colors outside, completely looking like he was full of desire for freedom after being under house arrest for a long time.

"Follow this master, our brothers can stand it enough."

"Who's to say it isn't."

The two attendants who were in charge of monitoring him whispered on the road, but when they returned to the house that Ma Guozhu had assigned to Wang Jiang, they still told the butler Ma Guozhu's meaning as it was. not only recognized Wang Jiang's attitude towards the Manchu Qing Dynasty, but also relaxed the restrictions and allowed him to go out to look for flowers and willows.

This was their job, but their conscientiousness gave Wang Jiang more freedom in the days to come. Of course, they have to follow when they go out to drink flower wine, or even spend the night, and they can't let such a "high-ranking official" get out of the eyes of the yamen of the governor's palace.

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Half a month later, Wang Jiang went out to drink flower wine with his two entourages as always, and naturally he would inevitably spend the night.

When Wang Jiang was captured, he took a small army to recruit the Ming army from Taizhou to go to Jinhua together, and the baggage and other belongings had already been loaded and transported away by Wu Dengke and Li Ruixin, so when he was captured by Wang Sheng, he had no money on him.

However, in the past few years, he has descended to the Manchu Qing Dynasty very early, plus Chen Wen is still there, and the civil officials of the Dalanshan family also occupy the upper layer of the pyramid in the official yamen of the Ming Army in Zhejiang, and the Manchu Qing will naturally not treat him lightly. The monthly salary and the rewards of the New Year's Festival have never been less, and as the Ming army in Zhejiang became stronger and stronger, the rewards were more and more, just like Zheng Zhilong, who was under house arrest in Beijing, when the Manchus valued their influence, they would never be stingy with money.

However, in the past few years, Wang Jiang's freedom of action has been very low, and how much can he spend when he goes out for a walk once a month or two, but it is just right to squander it in this gentle township today.

"Seventy taels!"

"Eighty taels!"

Today happens to be the day when Wang Jiang has been going to a brothel recently, and this little lady Wang Jiang has been looking at it for many days, so she naturally wants to taste this fresh child today. It's just that he is not the only one who is interested in the Qingqi man here, and the fat businessman at the east end of the lobby seems to be the same.

"One hundred and fifty taels!"

"Two hundred taels!"

The fat and wealthy merchant raised the combed silver by fifty taels in one breath, and the lobby was quiet.

"Hey, it's two hundred taels."

"It's just, it's a rare spending."

After a blink of an eye, the sound of chattering sounded, but Wang Jiang, who was still bidding with him before, wanted to open his mouth several times, but closed his mouth several times, back and forth, and his face became more and more unpleasant.

After a long time, seeing that Wang Jiang's side was no longer increasing, the old bustard asked the rich merchant and the Qing man to lead upstairs. However, she more or less knew the details of Wang Jiang, and knew that this was a master who was not easy to offend, so she leaned over and said that she would arrange a few popular girls for Wang Jiang to choose first, so that she could take this gold master.

Unexpectedly, seeing that the Qing man accompanied the rich merchant upstairs, Wang Jiang threw off his sleeves instead, and walked out with the two servants angrily, completely ignoring the old bustard's kind words.

"Master, where are we going?" Since he could come out to look for flowers and ask willows, Wang Jiang had to stay in a brothel every night, and today is this hour, but coming out of there can't help but make people feel surprised.

"A flower is stuck in the cow dung, ruined the fun, go home!"

Wang Jiang's face was full of unhappiness, but he could also see that the two of them were angry and funny. However, since Wang Jiang has regained a certain amount of freedom, coupled with Ma Guozhu's promise to write to the court for him, it may be that Wang Jiang may get an official position at any time, and the attitude of these two entourages has also changed a lot.

"Master, redeem the little one's mouth, that fat man seems to be so much, you can add a little bit of that Qingqi person and it will be the turn of that poor man."

"That's true, that guy is just a swollen face and a fat man, and there won't be much more." There is no shortage of silver, but it is not without reason that he did not continue to increase the price. "I think that when I went to Hangzhou to participate in the township test, at that time, a small famous red card was only three hundred taels. This Qing man, his appearance and talent are just average, and the most famous thing in this life should be today's two hundred taels of silver. Isn't that stupid? ”

"That's what the lord said."

The brothel he stepped out of was not far from the house where Wang Jiang was under house arrest, near Mochou Lake. Wang Jiang never takes a sedan chair here on weekdays, but always walks. In this way, one master and two servants walked back in the night. Until he approached Sanshanmen, he arrived at the place after crossing a street and passing two alleys, and seemed to be blown by the cool breeze at night, Wang Jiang, who had already drunk some wine, suddenly felt a little nauseous, covered his mouth and ran to a dim alley not far away.

Seeing that Wang Jiang was about to vomit, the two entourages hurriedly followed, one was to wait on the side, but also to prevent any accidents.

Running to the mouth of the alley, Wang Jiang leaned on the wall with one hand, opening his mouth to vomit. It's just that the amount of spit out seems to be much less than they imagined, and it seems to be more like accumulating a mouthful of saliva and spitting it on the ground.

Before they could realize that something was wrong, two dark shadows flashed behind them. In an instant, the two black shadows made the same movement, the left hand covered the mouth of the attendant, and the right hand slashed through the neck with a sharp knife that dissolved the wrist.

It's just that between the rabbits and the falcons, Wang Jiang has been dragged into the courtyard. At the same time, a gate not deep in the alley quietly opened, and several men rushed out. And as soon as those men rushed out, they immediately entered the role, some were responsible for looking at the wind, some were responsible for carrying the corpses, and some simply copied the guys to clean up the blood stains on the ground, which seemed orderly.

"Governor Wang."

"General White."

"Please hurry up and change your clothes."

"Okay."

With that team of murderers was Bai Jinghe, the intelligence leader of the Zhejiang Ming Army in Nanjing, and this was the operation he organized to rescue Wang Jiang after completing it according to Chen Wen's plan.

Taking advantage of the news of Wang Jiang's mother's death and his wife's remarriage, through the previous secret connection, the two cooperated very tacitly, and soon paralyzed Ma Guozhu and those who monitored Wang Jiang. And the "green hat" who remarried his wife before he divorced his wife and drank and had fun before his mother's funeral, looking for flowers and willows, especially after comparing with Wang Yi, who was also called the "two kings", everyone who knew Wang Jiang had a contemptuous opinion of him, and the contempt brought by contempt further paralyzed all the enemies of this rescue operation.

At this moment, the two entourages had turned into two corpses, and were carried into this uninhabited house where Fang Yazi was listed for sale, Wang Jiang immediately began to change his clothes, and an intelligence officer also took out the prepared fat powder to help him change his image, so that he could leave the city at dawn. It's just that when Wang Jiang saw the two corpses, the two detainees who had been with him for many years became dead people, and fear struck, so that the movements of his hands slowed down a little.

Knowing that there could not be the slightest mistake in this matter, Wang Jiang hurriedly closed his eyes and turned his mind to other things, so as not to think crankily again.

"General Bai, how to get out of the city, I already know. It's just that I'm so surprised that you're so sure that Ma Guozhu will relax the restrictions of house arrest. If he still imprisons me there, what are you going to do? ”

Where Wang Jiang was under house arrest, the housekeepers, entourage, and servants in the house were all sent by the yamen of the governor of Jiangnan and Jiangxi, not only Wang Jiang would be followed when he went out, but every morning the housekeeper would go to the governor's yamen to ask Wang Jiang for peace, and report what Wang Jiang had done yesterday to one of Ma Guozhu's staff, and the control was very strict.

"This plan was not formulated by the lower officials, but by the hands of the national princes. If Ma Guozhu hadn't been fooled, then a dozen men in this courtyard would have raided your mansion at this moment and killed all those guys. According to the usual observations and calculations, the butler went to the governor's yamen early in the morning, but it still took some time on the way, and it was still two quarters of an hour before the nearest little elephant door opened. Besides, when the Tartars find out that you are not in the brothel, and then close the city gates, it will take half an hour at the earliest, enough to change your clothes and escape. ”

"I see, Furen's wisdom is really the same as it was back then, or even better than before."

Soon, Wang Jiang finished changing his clothes, and under the disguise of the intelligence officer, Wang Jiang, who usually dresses as a scholar, is already more than ten years old, with slender eyebrows and eyes, and looks more like a bookkeeper, but also echoes the other side of his own temperament, and has no chance to show the side of the Manchu Qing.

"Let's go, there's still a long way to go."

Wang Jiang knew that the route out of the city arranged by Bai Jinghe was not the city gates to the south, but all the way to the east, and it was not very clear whether he would go out from Xianhe Gate and Qilin Gate, or leave from Cangbo Gate and Gaoqiao Gate. Anyway, it is impossible to go out of the city from the south or north gate, because the south is the most strictly searched place of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, and the north direction is actually not safe because Zhang Mingzhen and Zhang Huangyan arrived near Zhenjiang not long ago.

"Oh broke, I forgot to bring something out."

changed his clothes and was about to go on the road, but Wang Jiang suddenly remembered this, which really made Bai Jinghe feel shocked.

"What's it, can you not bring it?"

"It is a book of Analects, a relic of Wanxun. He handed it to me before he sent troops to Siming Lake, saying that if he was unfortunately martyred, he would hand it over to Furen. "It's really not appropriate to go out to the kiln with the Analects.

From the discovery that this Analect had not been brought out, Wang Jiang was full of remorse. Seeing this, Bai Jinghe hurriedly summoned a man with a thief's eyebrows, and ordered softly, then signaled that Wang Jiang did not need to worry.

"There's a dog in that yard, be careful."

Wang Jiang was worried, but Bai Jinghe looked like an old god: "Don't worry, Governor Wang, that guy was originally an old thief who had accumulated years and was just a dog." Let's leave quickly, maybe we will have to wait for a long time when we get to the place. ”

After that, Bai Jinghe took a few people to escort Wang Jiang into a carriage, walked through the streets and alleys, and headed towards Gaoqiaomen. It was a sight to behold, but they took some detours, but when they arrived at a meeting point not far from the Gaoqiao Gate, the thief was already waiting there.

After taking the Analects, Wang Jiang opened it and looked at it, and after making sure that it was the one he wanted, he hurriedly put it close to him, apparently for fear of losing it.

In this way, when the dawn came, a moment after the city gate of Gaoqiao Gate opened, Wang Jiang and the two men dressed as men arranged by Bai Jinghe left this Jiangning City.

According to the usual thinking, once the Manchu government found out that Wang Jiang was missing, it would definitely close the city gate as soon as possible and send people to the south to look for him. Because of Zhang Mingzhen and Zhang Huangyan, the next step will be to the northeast, and finally to the southeast. However, by that time, Wang Jiang had already reached the next contact point, and naturally there would be a more hidden route to Jinhua.

A few days later, the search of the Jiangning Mansion Yamen was fruitless, and Ma Guozhu, the governor of Jiangnan and Jiangxi, had to issue a sea fishing document, but at this time, Wang Jiang had already gone away. If nothing else, tomorrow they will take the waterway along the criss-crossed river into Taihu Lake, and after landing in Jiaxing Mansion to a point of contact in Hangzhou Bay, where they will board a sea ship and enter the territory controlled by the Ming army from Taizhou.

It was dusk, and as expected, they arrived at a nondescript hut where they would rest, and they would board the boat tomorrow from the pick-up point, which was not far away.

After getting out of the carriage, Wang Jiang, who had been nesting in it for a day, first stretched his muscles and bones, breathed fresh air, and the whole person was much more energetic. It's just that before he and the two accompanying intelligence officers entered the hut, they saw a person striding in the distance, and the more they looked at it, the more familiar it became. The man, as if he had done the same, did not stop to inquire, but walked straight along the not very wide road.

Unexpectedly, after a moment, I heard the man exclaim, "Uncle Wang! (To be continued.) )