"Smack!" slapped heavily on Kang Mazi's handwritten warrant ordering Kong Sizhen to send someone to kill Wu Yingxiong, Wu Lao Han was completely crazy, jumped up and slapped the table, and roared with blood-red eyes, "Kangxi Xiaoer, the old man and you are incompatible!" If you don't repay this blood revenge, the old man swears not to be a man! Swear not to be a man! ”

Kneeling on one knee in front of Wu Lao Han Jian, Hu Guozhu, Wang Shirong and Lu Fatzi and several other hardcore lackeys of Wu Lao Han Jian didn't even dare to take a breath of air, and in the secret room of the temporary trip of Pingxi Palace, only Wu Lao Han's crazy roar echoed, "Kangxi Xiao Mazi!" Little thief! Did the old man kill your mother, or did he kill your grandmother? is so shameless and despicable, killing the old man's beloved son who has been captured? It's a shame that you still have the face to redeem your prince Baylor, and you still have the face to blame the old thief! You still have the face to hand over the whole family to the old man! The first shameless and despicable person in the world is you, Kangxi Xiaomazi——! ”

"Kangxi Xiaoer, the old man wants to cut you with a thousand knives and crush your bones and ashes! Dig up the hearts and livers of your whole family alive, and sacrifice the spirit of the old man and his son in the sky——! Ahem, ahem, ahem, ......! ”

Wu Laohan is already an old man over sixty years old, although his body has always been healthy, but suddenly his emotions fluctuated so violently, coupled with the dry air in the cold winter wax moon, he couldn't help but bend down and cough violently, coughing so much that he couldn't breathe, his face was gray and white, and he almost couldn't catch it in one breath and kicked his legs on the spot. Frightened, Hu Guozhu hurriedly got up from the ground, pounced on Wu Laohan and rubbed his chest on his back, and even said that his father-in-law was angry and took care of his golden body, but also frightened Lu Fatzi hurriedly turned around and ordered Wu Laohan's personal guard: "Quick, go to someone quickly, and invite my master Zhu Fangdan." ”

"Order!" The guard guarding the door of the secret room agreed, and was about to turn around and go out, but Wu Laohan waved his hand, coughed and ordered: "No need, the old man can't die yet." ”

"Father-in-law, let's ask Doctor Zhu to come and show you." Hu Guozhu kindly persuaded: "Father-in-law, you are so old, even if you are not sick, please ask Doctor Zhu to check it out, and you can prevent it." ”

"There's no need to say it!" Wu Lao Han suddenly raised his voice, pushed Hu Guozhu straight up, gritted his teeth and said: "Before avenging the old man's beloved son, the old man will never close his eyes!" You say, is the old man now directly playing the banner of revenge for his son, or directly playing the banner of opposing the Qing Dynasty and restoring the Ming Dynasty? ”

"Lord Wang, please calm down." Wu Lao Han suddenly became so brave and determined, and suddenly frightened Wang Shirong and Hu Guozhu, Wang Shirong hurriedly said: "Lord Wang, the blood feud of the prince, of course we have to avenge!" But now is not the time, our troops, horses, money, food, and weapons are far from enough, and we have no chance of winning in a hurry. In the student's opinion, this matter can only be discussed in the long run...... ”

"It's not your son who died, of course you can think about it in the long run!" Wu Laohan Zhan Tie blushed and roared with red eyes, "The one who was killed was the old man's son, the eldest son of the old man, and the most promising and reliable son of the old man!" Not your son, not your son! ”

Since Wang Shirong joined Wu Laohan, it was really the first time to see Wu Laohanjian so angry, and it was the first time he was so angry and roaring at himself, he was suddenly so frightened that he sweated like pulp, his forehead was on the ground, and he didn't dare to say anything again; Hu Guozhu's expression was even more embarrassed, he wanted to persuade but didn't dare to persuade him, and Lu Fatzi was also in great difficulty, he opposed the hasty start of the army, but he couldn't find anything to persuade Wu Laohan to annihilate. However, after the end of the year, Fat Lu is still Fat Lu, after rolling his eyes, he immediately stood up and said loudly: "Grandfather is reasonable, the hatred of killing the son is not shared, how can you stop here?" According to his grandson-in-law's opinion, his grandfather should immediately order troops, directly play the banner of revenge for his son, kill Yanjing, and capture Aixin Jueluo's whole family Ling Chi alive! Avenge the Son of the World! ”

Finally, there was a henchman lackey who agreed with his opinion, Wu Lao Han Zhan inevitably showed joy, and Hu Guozhu and Wang Shirong over there were frightened, for fear that Wu Lao Han would do something stupid under the instigation of Lu Fatzi, create a big disaster, and bury the good situation single-handedly. Hu Guozhu, who didn't dare to speak to Wu Laohan, finally caught the cause of the attack, and immediately pointed at Lu Fatzi and yelled: "Fart!" Immediately kill Xiang Yan Jingsheng and capture Ai Xinjueluo's family? Where are our soldiers and horses? Where did the warships that crossed the river come from? Where is the food, grass, and military salaries? Where are our weapons and firearms? ”

"What's not there?" Lu Fatzi retorted loudly: "There are no weapons and firearms, we have southwest soldiers who have the same hatred for the enemy, each of them can be one as ten, and each of them can be one as a hundred!" Even if there is no firearm support, you can still kill all the dogs all over the field, and the blood will flow like a river! There are no warships to cross the river, we can use civilian boats, we can use boats (small boats), we can use bamboo rafts, and we can still cross the river! Our athletes from Pingxi Wangfu work together to annihilate the Mangou Sailor as easily! ”

Lu Fatzi said it so easily, Hu Guozhu's nose was almost crooked, and under the angry laughter, Hu Guozhu pointed at Lu Fatzi's nose and shouted: "What about our military salary, grain and grass?" You conjure it up for us? ”

"Full of dogs will give it to us!" Fat Lu replied loudly: "Mangou has signed a peace agreement with us, promising to pay us 35 million taels of silver and 5 million stone military rations, and we get this batch of grain and grass military salaries, which is enough to fight Yanjing City!" ”

"Okay, even if you don't think about logistics? So do we get this batch of grain and grass and military salaries now? Hu Guozhu asked loudly.

"This ......." Fat Lu was stunned for a moment, and replied: "Then we can go down the river, feed the war with war, plunder grain on the spot all the way, take Jiangnan first, and then go on a northern expedition!" ”

"Then you also ask your father-in-law to immediately raise troops and directly enter the capital to avenge the son?" Hu Guozhu asked angrily, "When did you become so stupid?" Don't even understand the most basic things? If you talk nonsense again, Lao Tzu will now take over your military power, remove your official position, and drive you back to Dali, Yunnan to farm! ”

Lu Fatzi lowered his head with shame on his face and stopped talking, but Hu Guozhu was still angry, pointing at Lu Fatzi and scolding: "You are still pinned on by us, and your father-in-law has personally said that he will leave you to his children and grandchildren as the pillars of the sky, so you will say these stupid things to repay us?" Immediately raise troops to enter the capital and capture the Mangou Emperor alive, such a stupid thing is up to you? Lao Tzu simply doubted, did you come up with those ideas and strategies you put forward before? You get out of here, ...... now. ”

Hu Guozhu scolded, but one hand suddenly pressed him, Hu Guozhu looked back in surprise, but saw that it was Wu Laohan who was still angry just now who stopped him from continuing to insult Lu Fatzi. Wu Laohan shook his head, and said with a dejected expression: "Guozhu, don't go to another peak, you haven't seen it yet, he is changing his way to persuade the old man to calm down?" ”

was reminded by Wu Laohanjian, Hu Guozhu suddenly woke up, and found that he had instilled the most correct and calmest judgment into Wu Laohan's mind in response to Lu Fatzi's nonsense, so that Wu Laohanjian, who was angry, had calmed down again. Surprised, Hu Guozhu inevitably glanced at Fat Lu with admiration and gratitude, nodded slightly, and thanked Fat Lu with his eyes. Fat Lu smiled lightly, and said in his heart: "Don't thank me, I also learned from Vasilev, when Stalin's old stubborn squall impulse, Vasilev also used this trick every time to level Stalin's old stubbornness." ”

"In the end, it's still a peak, it's only you, and you can calm down the old man at this time." Wu Laohan sighed, sat back in his place powerlessly with the support of Hu Guozhu, picked up Kang Mazi's handwritten warrant and looked at it carefully for a long time, gritted his teeth for a long time, and then asked hoarsely: "Say, how should the old man deal with this matter?" ”

"Father-in-law, although this warrant is just a fluttering piece of paper, it is a priceless treasure for us." Hu Guozhu looked hideous, and said with a cruel smile: "As long as my father-in-law makes this warrant public, the prestige of the Mangou Emperor will immediately disappear, not to mention the Han people, even the backbone of the core of the army on the Mangou side, the backbone of the Eight Banners, will definitely have a great demoralization and completely lose confidence in the Mangou Emperor." At the same time, the initiative is also completely vested in our army, and we can do it whenever we want, and the division is famous and the world is blameless. ”

"The student is bold, please ask the prince to leave the whole family behind." Wang Shirong arched his hand and said: "It turns out that Ao Bai did not participate in the killing of our son, but the Emperor Mangou planted the blame on his head, such a evil act, heaven and man are intolerable, if the prince leaves the whole family of Ao Bai, then the truth will be revealed, and then by the way, reward them with a little official position, they can immediately occupy the moral upper hand, even if it is full of dogs, they have to admire the prince's fairness and selflessness, and there are endless advantages for our army to divide the enemy and surrender the enemy." ”

"So, you're all against the old man doing it now?" Wu Laohan asked in a deep voice.

"Father-in-law, the eldest husband can bend and stretch, take a step back and open the sky, and endure for the time being, which will be of great benefit to us." Hu Guozhu said in a deep voice: "Now that the Mangou Imperial Court has promised to pay 35 million taels of silver for military salaries and 5 million stone of grain for grain and grass, if we immediately make this ironclad evidence public, it will only make this vital military salary and grain go down the drain. ”

"General Kongo has a point." Wang Shirong echoed: "At that time, we will show this ironclad evidence and suddenly attack, which can not only kill Mangou by surprise, but also make the world blameless, and can also deal a heavy blow to the prestige of the Mangou Emperor, so that it will fall into internal chaos, and our army will take the opportunity to attack the city and conquer the Central Plains." ”

Wu Laohanjian nodded slightly, and when he turned his gaze to Lu Fatzi, Lu Fatzi nodded slightly, indicating that he completely agreed with Hu Guozhu and Wang Shirong's opinions, and Wu Laohanjian then clapped his head and said: "Then so be it, don't publish this ironclad evidence for the time being, and wait until the time is ripe." Yifeng, you also conveyed this king's decree to Kong Sizhen, telling her that this king was very grateful to her for this thing and asked her to stay, and this king still treats her as a daughter. ”

"It's a pity to go back to my grandfather." Lu Fatzi replied dejectedly: "The grandson-in-law originally told Sigege this, but Sigege is now like a dead heart, and he feels that he will never have the opportunity to see people again, so he will wander the world, find a remote place to cut his hair and become a nun, and go to the ancient Buddha with the green lantern forever." She also said that she was sorry for her grandfather, your old man, and only begged her grandfather for your sake, and not to send someone to look for her in the future, and not to let her come out again and suffer the ridicule of the world. ”

Wu Laohan was silent, and only after a while did he sigh and say: "Poor child, originally, Gu still wanted to find a good son-in-law for her in the Pingxi Palace, but it was a pity that she ....... Alas, let the past not be said, let her go, since she begged the king not to seek her, then you also remember, in the future, when our army is finished, forget this child forever, and pardon her...... Everything that came before it. ”

"Obey the will of the prince." Hu Guozhu, Wang Shirong and Lu Fatzi saluted together and agreed loudly.

"Get up." Wu Laohan waved his hand, and said with a slightly hesitant expression: "There is one more thing, after today's military parade is over, after you all went to do business, Xia Guoxiang suddenly found the old man and persuaded the old man to make some appropriate concessions to Wang Xu to ensure that the military salary money and food can be obtained in his hands, and at the same time collect the popularity of the people in the world, and also expressed his worries, saying that Mangou will definitely not be able to take out so much military salary and food in the short term, and Mangou will be in a hurry, once the peace treaty is torn up, this military salary and food will be in vain." The old man thinks that what he said is quite reasonable, what do you think? ”

Hu Guozhu, Lu Fatzi and Wang Shirong glanced at each other, and they all nodded slightly, knowing that the time to come had finally come. At that moment, Hu Guozhu asked cautiously: "Dare to ask your father-in-law, besides your brother-in-law, who else proposed this in front of your father-in-law?" ”

"Ma Bao, Ying Qi." Wu Laohan replied casually: "After the prime minister left, Ma Bao and Ying Qi came to see the old man together, and they both expressed their worries about the military salaries and grain for the coming year, saying that although we took the three southwestern provinces within half a year and expanded the army to more than 200,000, the newly occupied provinces were dilapidated and withered, and it was difficult to bear such a huge amount of money and grain expenditures. ”

"And grandfather, what do you think?" Fat Lu asked tentatively.

Wu Laohan hesitated, and said for a long time: "Kang Mazi Xiao'er and the old man have a grudge against the son, of course the old man doesn't want to make concessions to him, but it's ......." ”

Speaking of this, Wu Laohan paused, and then hesitated and said: "But considering the supply of military salaries, grain and grass in the coming year, the old man will inevitably have some traps. Mangou sits on the prosperous land of the Central Plains, the rich hometown of the south of the Yangtze River, and still can only support five or six hundred thousand troops. In the coming year, he has to support more than 200,000 troops, improve people's livelihood and consolidate the five provinces, and at the same time build weapons and create the most expensive army of sailors. ”

Hu Guozhu, Lu Fatzi, and others were silent, and they also knew that it would be extremely difficult to support such a huge army with the manpower and material resources of the five southwestern provinces and provide a financial foundation for a full-scale war in the future. But fortunately, before this, Hu Guozhu and Lu Fatzi and others had already taken this situation into account, and they had made arrangements for a rainy day, and Wang Shirong came forward and said: "The prince doesn't have to worry, judging from all kinds of signs, the possibility that the Mangou side will not dare to tear up the peace treaty and break the trust in the world is very big, even if there is a case, no one in the Mangou court, including the Mangou Emperor, dares to take the responsibility of ignoring tens of thousands of flag dog captives." ”

"I hope so." Wu Lao Han's face was gloomy, and he pointed at Lu Fatzi again, and ordered: "Yifeng, originally Gu has promised to let you not participate in the second negotiation, but you didn't participate last time and participated, so let's do this for Gu to the end." At noon the day after tomorrow, the king once again negotiated with Wang Xu and his gang on the payment of military salaries and food, and you also participated, so you must give full play to your strengths in being kind and fighting for the lonely reason, and forcing the full dog to fulfill his promise. ”

"Son-in-law obeys." Fat Lu respectfully agreed, but smiled in his heart: "Of course it's okay to participate in the negotiations, but if you offend your own people who have been bought by the dogs, let your baby son do it, Lao Tzu has built up a good reputation in the Yungui army with great difficulty, but you can't be ruined like this." ”

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At the same time, when Wu Lao Han and the hardcore lackeys were discussing how to force the full dog to pay the money and grain as soon as possible, Xiong Cixu's plan to buy the heavy generals of the Wu army was also in full swing, in order to reduce the losses for the Qing court and redeem the captured backbone of the Eight Banners army as soon as possible, the mite Qing court finally inserted into the Wu army The fine inner line was dispatched, contacted everywhere, and spent money to buy the Wu army's civil and military ministers who could influence Wu Lao Han's decision.

Xiong Cixu's results are not bad, and several sons-in-law of Wu Lao Han Jian, except for the most difficult Hu Guozhu, all promised under Xiong Ci Xu's money offensive to promise to persuade Wu Lao Han to make concessions to the Qing court; Several of Wu Lao Han's sons, nephews, and cousins, such as Wu Yingjing, Zu Shushun, Wu Guozhu (general of the Pingxi Palace, not related to Wu Guogui) and Zu Jishan, as well as several important civil and military officials of the Pingxi Palace, such as Ma Bao, Han Daren, Qiu Kesun, Che Wenlong, Zhan Shenghua, and Li Shipei, were also knocked down by the sugar-coated cannonballs of the Qing Dynasty, promising to persuade Wu Lao Hanjian to make concessions.

As the only son of Wu Lao Han Jian, Wu Yingqi not only promised to persuade Wu Lao Han to make concessions on the matter of military salaries, money and food, but also patted his chest and promised that he would definitely urge Wu Lao Han to release the prisoners of the banner people captured by the Wu army as soon as possible, so that these poor Eight Banners masters could go home and reunite with their families as soon as possible.

For Wu Yingqi's categorical promise, Xiong Cilu was naturally overjoyed - as the saying goes, father and son are connected, broken bones and tendons, Wu Yingqi's weight in front of Wu Lao Han is naturally far heavier than Hu Guozhu, Lu Fatzi and Wang Shirong. At the same time, what makes Xiong Cixu even more confident is that judging from the military situation of Wu Jun betrayed by Xia Guoxiang and Han Daren, Wu Jun's current financial situation has reached a rather dangerous edge, if he can't get this money and food, within half a year, Wu Jun's financial resources will be unsustainable, so Xiong Cixu is basically completely full of confidence in victory, and it is already imperative to urge Wu Lao Han to make concessions!

On November 27, the eleventh year of Kang Mazi in the Qing Dynasty, the decision on the success or failure of Wang Xu's envoy, and also the decision on whether the armistice and peace treaty between the Wu army and the Qing army could be sustained, finally arrived. In order to show the so-called respect for Wu Lao Han Jian, Wang Xu, Xiong Cilu and others came to Wu Lao Han Jian's temporary Xingyuan early to wait, and Ji Bilong, who had been sick in Wuchang City since the signing of the peace treaty, also ignored the wind and snow, and with Wang Xu and others came to Xingyuan Gate, they were ready to show this old face, and they also begged Wu Lao Han Jian to make concessions. and Zhou Peigong, who had been defeated by Lu Fatzi's mouth, was also cheeky to accompany him again, ready to be ashamed, ready to be ashamed, and eager to try.

To the surprise and secret joy of Wang Xu, Ji Bilong and others, not only did they rush to wait in front of Xingyuan Gate in advance, but a large number of civil and military officials of the Wu Army also rushed to wait outside Xingyuan Gate in advance to wait for the summons! After careful inquiry, I learned that it turned out that Wu Lao Han Zhan was because he listened to the advice and persuasion of his second son-in-law Xia Guoxiang, so he decided to let all the important civil and military officials of the Wu army in Wuchang City participate in the meeting, listen to the opinions of the Qing court, and discuss the response-this is tantamount to a great news for Wang Xu and Ji Bilong, who know Wu Lao Han's indecisive surname.

Seeing this scene, Xiong Cixu and Zhou Peigong and other insiders also breathed a sigh of relief, taking the opportunity of a polite salute, Xiong Cixu also hurriedly thanked Xia Guoxiang, and said in a low voice: "Thank you General Right for your success, persuade the prince to let all the civil and military forces of your army participate in this matter, and after the completion of the great success, the lower officials will definitely double their thanks." ”

"It's a trivial matter, why worry about it?" Xia Guoxiang smiled proudly, and reminded in a low voice: "Xiong Zhongtang, what you need to pay attention to are three people, my brother-in-law Hu Guozhu, my father-in-law's henchman Wang Shirong and my niece-in-law Lu Yifeng, these three guys are all stubborn and extreme, and they will not give in to others easily, and they will definitely oppose your demands with all their might." But fortunately, Fang Guangchen and Liu Xuanchu's two old things are not in Wuchang at the moment, otherwise you will be in even more trouble. ”

"Thanks for the reminder." Xiong Cixu hurriedly thanked him, and asked in a low voice: "General Right, then everything will be left to please, after the matter is completed, the lower official will definitely keep his promise and double the things promised to General Xia." ”

"I'll do my best." Xia Guoxiang nodded with a smile, and then whispered to Wu Yingqi Nunu who was not far away: "Go and tell my brother-in-law more, he is now my father-in-law's only son, and it is most effective to speak in front of my father-in-law." ”

Xiong Cixu nodded, and was about to lead Zhou Peigong over to tell Wu Yingqi, but he didn't think that the crowd was tickled, and many civil and military officials of the Wu army greeted him affectionately, "Brother Yifeng, here, why did you arrive so late?" Xiong Cilu and Zhou Peigong hurriedly turned their hateful gazes, and sure enough, Lu Fatzi led Yu Xuan, who was neither male nor female, to ride side by side, and he had already come to the temporary gate.

As in the past, whenever he encounters such a situation, Lu Fatzi, who has been more and more favored by Wu Laohan, behaves more and more with his tail between his legs, and bows and bows to every Wu army civil and military official, and pats his mouth like honey, for fear of attracting everyone's jealousy and dissatisfaction, and fights with every Wu army civil and military official. And Xiong Cixu, Zhou Peigong and others hated it, but they also inevitably secretly admired Lu Fatzi's slick sophistication - he could climb to this position in just a few years, and he could not attract the jealousy and hostility of many colleagues, this ability, there are really few in the world.

It was at this time that something happened that stunned everyone - Wang Xu, the secretary of the Qing Military Department who had been in love with Lu Fatzi, suddenly walked up to Lu Fatzi, and everyone also said that Wang Xu and Lu Fatzi saluted each other, and when Lu Fatzi also hurriedly saluted and bowed, Wang Xu suddenly knelt down on Lu Fatzi's knees and bowed!

"Brother Zizhu, what are you doing here?" Fat Lu was even more startled, and quickly knelt down on his knees, exclaiming: "Brother Zizhu, you can't say anything well, do you want to kill the little brother?" ”

"Brother Sanhao, foolish brother begs you." Wang Xu had tears in his eyes, choked up and pleaded............

(To be continued)