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Sure enough, as Liu Xuanchu said, three days later, on September 19, Wu Sangui met Feng Xiang again on Wuhua Mountain, agreed that Feng Xiang would enter Beijing to see His Majesty as usual, and explained the current situation to Feng Xiang, and asked Feng Xiang to make a detour to Guangdong on the way to Beijing to persuade Shang Kexi's father and son, so that Shang Kexi's father and son asked for a salary increase to the Manchu court, so as to reduce the pressure on Wu Sangui's side, and add an important bargaining chip to Wu Sangui's negotiation with the imperial court on military salaries. Wu Sangui was overjoyed when he heard this, first praised Feng Xiang's loyalty, promised to give Feng Xiang a few empty benefits, and handed Feng Xiang fifty catties of golden sand as activity funds, so he sent Liu Xuanchu and Wu Yingqi to personally send Feng Xiang down the mountain.

On September 20, according to Wu Sangui's order, Feng Xiang set off directly from the city of Kunming and made a detour to Guangdong to meet another old man, Shang Kexi's father and son. At the time of parting, Liu Xuanchu, who came to see him off in person, in addition to repeatedly telling Feng Xiang to be careful, also gave Feng Xiang a pass document issued by Wu Sangui himself, and also sent 20 palace guards to protect Feng Xiang and accompany him. At the same time, Liu Xuanchu also directly told Feng Xiang in secret, "In addition to protecting you, these twenty palace guards also have a task to monitor you. But you can also rest assured, as long as you are loyal to the prince and have a promising teacher to speak for you in the palace, they will not dare to make things difficult for you casually. Feng Xiang solemnly agreed, and said goodbye to Liu Xuanchu in tears.

From Kunming to Guangzhou must pass through Guangxi, and Wu Sangui, who controls Yunnan and Guizhou alone, is completely different, the situation in Guangxi, which is also a nominal vassal, is much more complicated, the first is that the old Han annihilation Kong Youde has been crushed by the Han mob Li Dingguo in Guilin, and none of his wife and son have run away, but there is a legendary daughter Kong Sizhen who is not clear with the Tartar Emperor Shunzhi to survive, but because she is a young woman, she is unable to control Guangxi at all. Subsequently, Kong Youde's veteran general Lian Guoan forced Li Dingguo out of Guangxi for meritorious service, and was named the governor of Guangxi by the Manchu court. But at the beginning of the sixth year of Kangxi, which Feng Xiang had crossed over, Lian Guoan begged for a man because of old age, and the gang of jackals and hungry tigers under the veteran Han Annihilation Kong Youde suddenly became ready to move again.

Kong Youde's gang of jackals and tigers are eyeing Kong Youde's fiefdom Guangxi control, and among them, there are four forces that are qualified to inherit and have the strength to inherit Kong Youde's political legacy, namely Kong Youde's subordinates are second only to the veteran Ma Xiong of Lian Guoan, Kong Youde's veteran Dai Liangchen and Wang Yongnian's two brothers, the third son of Lian Guoan, who is quite popular with the military, and finally Kong Sizhen's husband Sun Yanling and Sun Yanling's brother Sun Yanji, who are eligible to inherit Kong Youde's political legacy. At the same time, no one was sure of victory, so they fought openly and secretly, and turned Guangxi into a miasma of smoke and chaos. But what the first three forces did not expect was that the current rulers of the Manchu court had such high political wisdom that they actually broke the routine and issued an order to let Kong Youde's only daughter, Kong Sizhen, control the fiefdom of Guangxi. Sun Yanling, who has been married to Kong Sizhen since childhood, happily rushed to Yanjing to take his wife back as his master, and then dreamed of taking over power from his wife and becoming the nameless king of Guangxi. But it's a pity that Kong Sizhen, who grew up beside the old witch of Xiaozhuang and is loyal to the Qing court, will let Sun Yanling get his wish?

In view of these complicated situations in Guangxi, after Liu Xuanchu pointed out that he realized his own shortcomings and shouldered the responsibility, Feng Xiang acted much more cautiously, in order to avoid unnecessary trouble, Feng Xiang and his entourage arrived in Luoping County, which borders Yunnan and Guangxi, Feng Xiang immediately ordered the 20 accompanying Pingxi palace guards to change into civilian clothes, and they pretended to be drug dealers, and entered Guangxi with several truckloads of drugs such as gastrodia and eucommia. For this order, Erlang and Kong Fanlin, the head of the guard team of the Pingxi Palace, were greatly puzzled, and Kong Fanlin, who had a good attitude, asked Feng Xiang carefully: "Lord Lu, we don't have to do this, right?" Lord Lu, you are an official for the first time, and you definitely don't know that the customs clearance document issued by the prince can pass through the world, basically except for the Ouchi Palace, no matter what level you get, no one will dare to stop you. ”

"Brother Kong misunderstood, I'm not afraid that the official document opened by the prince will not work." Feng Xiang shook his head and patiently explained: "This time, I went to Guangdong to run an errand for the prince under the sign of entering Beijing, and it stands to reason that I should take the road of Guizhou and Hunan when I enter Beijing, and then get on a boat in Hunan to go south from the Yangtze River, and finally turn into the canal and go straight to Yanjing." In this way, if I use my public identity to enter Guangxi, I will definitely attract the suspicion of the local government and miss the prince's major affairs. So for the sake of prudence, it's better for us to pretend to be businessmen. Kong Fanlin and the other guards felt that Feng Xiang's words were reasonable, so they did so.

Feng Xiang's caution seems to have played some role, from Luo Ping all the way east to the Guangxi army directly controlled by the Bada River Township, Feng Xiang and his entourage planned to abandon the car and take a boat to the Nanpan River to join the Pearl River, and then from the Pearl River waterway to Guangzhou, but when they arrived at the wharf of the Nanpan River, Feng Xiang and his party immediately found that something was wrong. On such a relatively remote small wharf, there are hundreds of Guangxi Qing soldiers stationed, closely searching every pedestrian - you know, in such a remote place, there are usually only a few hundred travelers and merchants who come and go every day, and so many troops are stationed to inspect and manage, and it is impossible to feed so many garrisons with the taxes received every day.

"Huh? Strange, what's wrong? How can there be so many Guangxi troops? Kong Fanlin, the head of the guard team of Pingxi Palace, said in surprise: "I also came here last time, there is not a single garrison on the pier here in Bada River, and it is not until the Qingyuan Mansion downstream that the Guangxi army sets up a card for inspection, why has it changed this time?" ”

"Yes, in such a place, there is no danger to defend and no food to hold, judging from the teacher's book, there is no value in investing too many troops to garrison?" Feng Xiang is more confused than Kong Fanlin. But Erlang next to him said nonchalantly: "Young master, General Kong, I take care of how many troops he has stationed, and we haven't done anything against the king's law, just get on the boat and go to us." ”

"That's right." Feng Xiang and Kong Fanlin nodded together. Although Feng Xiang and his entourage changed their names and rushed to Guangdong, they did not violate the law at all, even if they were seen to be flawed, they could also be excused for being afraid of robbery by bandits and thieves on the road, so they had to go to Yanjing to see His Majesty in a low-key manner. So after thinking about this, Feng Xiang beckoned, and ordered: "Keep going, get on the boat at the dock, and leave them alone." ”

"Stop, what are you doing?" Feng Xiang's team had just arrived at the dock, and before they had time to hire a boat, someone next to them was lazily asking, and at the same time, a team of Guangxi Qing soldiers stopped Feng Xiang's team, and without saying a word, they searched on the vehicle of Feng Xiang's team. It was not until this moment that Feng Xiang understood the difference between Wu Sangui's army and the ordinary Qing demon army, on the Yunnan side, Wu Sangui's army was almost harshly disciplined, although he also fished for oil and water when searching for merchants' goods, but between walking and standing and gestures, the demeanor of a first-class sergeant was still fully displayed - otherwise, Wu Sangui would rebel with 17,000 Yungui troops, and Kangxi would not have poured the strength of the whole country and mobilized millions of troops to compete with Wu Sangui. Those Qing soldiers in Guangxi, one by one, wore crooked hats and exposed their chests, hummed obscene tunes in their mouths, and kept stuffing valuable gastrodia into their arms in their hands, and their style was definitely a fight with the urban management of later generations.

"Fortunately, thanks to the golden sand given to me by Wu Sangui's old Han Annihilation, I let Erlang and Kong Fanlin separate them in advance and carry them on their backs, otherwise they would have cheapened these Han annihilators." Seeing the virtue of the Qing soldiers in Guangxi, Feng Xiang was both disdainful and happy. Over there, Xiao Erlang stepped forward to answer under Feng Xiang's order, and nodded to the general manager of the Guangxi Qing Army: "Military master, we are all merchants who sell medicinal materials, transport some Tianma eucommia to Guangdong, please check it casually, we don't dare to carry prohibited things, just ask the military masters to hurry up a little, there is no way to load the ship when it gets dark." As he spoke, Xiao Erlang also stuffed a tael of silver into the boss's hand.

"Really? It's good if you don't have anything to carry. "The handful of silver, who was always worried about it, said in his heart that after waiting for a few days in this ghost place where birds don't, he finally got a decent benefit. In a good mood, the boss roared, "Okay, no need to check the goods, check the people, let them get on the boat." The Qing soldiers over there followed the order, and really gave up the action of inspecting the goods, and the general instructed Xiao Erlang again: "Tell your people to tear off their hats and hats, master, we are tracking down the key criminals, if there are no important criminals in your caravan, we will not embarrass you." ”

Erlang agreed, and after running back to report to Feng Xiang, Feng Xiang didn't pay much attention to it, and asked the family and the guards to temporarily tear off the hat that shaded the sun, and pass in front of the general manager in turn to get on the boat, and the general chief took out a small picture portrait and looked at Feng Xiang's team carefully. But fortunately, the general manager still had some words, when Xiao Erlang and Kong Fanlin and other family guards pushed the medicine cart in front of him, the general walked casually and waved his hand to let go, but when Feng Xiang passed in front of the general manager, the general manager's eyes suddenly lit up, and he hurriedly shouted: "Stop." ”

"What are you kidding? Am I like a wanted man? Feng Xiang wondered in his heart, but he still stood still. Xiao Erlang hurriedly came back, nodded and said: "Master Jun, you must have made a mistake, he is our young master and our shopkeeper, not a crime." ”

Saying that, Xiao Erlang also stepped forward to look at the portrait on the wanted notice, wanting to find out the difference between the portrait and Feng Xiang's appearance and let Feng Xiang pass, but he never thought that the wanted person would quickly fold the wanted notice, waved to Feng Xiang and said, "You go, I read it wrong." ”

"What the hell are you doing?" was almost regarded as a wanted criminal and easily passed, Feng Xiang was very dissatisfied, but there was no trouble, Feng Xiang was too lazy to go out of business, led Xiao Erlang and other family members to the dock, hired two cargo ships to load and set off. But when he got on the boat and set off, Feng Xiang, who was looking out in the cabin, felt that something was wrong, and the Qing soldiers who were still closely searching the merchants and people on the dock just now actually stopped the inspection, and the soldiers scattered all over the dock also began to assemble, looking like they were going to collect the team and return to the camp.

"Something isn't right." Feng Xiang frowned. Next to him, Xiao Erlang asked curiously, "Young Master, what's wrong?" ”

"Erlang, did you see it?" Feng Xiang pointed to the dock and said: "The army on the dock was originally very strict, but as soon as we got on the boat, those soldiers began to gather and assemble, what does this mean?" ”

"What does it represent?" Jiro asked stupidly. Feng Xiang was furious, and a burst of chestnuts was rewarded to Erlang's head, and he scolded in a low voice: "Idiot! How would I have such a stupid family like you? As soon as we got on board, this army was closed, does this not mean that this army is likely coming at us? ”

"Coming at us? Why? Erlang covered his head and asked in surprise, "We didn't do anything?" Why are they coming at us? ”

"How do I know?" Feng Xiang asked angrily, and then carefully recalled the situation just now, Feng Xiang felt that the situation was not right-the commander of the Guangxi army just now, why didn't he let Xiao Erlang see the portrait on the wanted notice? Who is on the wanted poster? Also, why did the general stop himself, and why did he let himself pass the test easily? Recalling this, Feng Xiang remembered a little more, although the general manager put himself directly on the boat, but when he got on the boat, he inadvertently glanced back, and the general manager seemed to be looking at himself, and when he found that he turned around, he immediately turned his face away, very much as if he had been observing himself.

If it were replaced by the previous Feng Xiang, Feng Xiang would definitely not take these small problems to heart, but after getting Liu Xuanchu's guidance in Kunming City, Feng Xiang had already realized the weakness of his surname and was determined to work hard to correct it. So after thinking for a while, after looking at the simple map of Guangxi brought by Kong Fanlin and other guards for a while, Feng Xiang made up his mind and discussed with Erlang, Kong Fanlin and others: "In this way, let's be careful, our ship will probably be able to reach Jiuzhou tonight, and then I will take five or six people to get off the boat, take the land route of Baise to Guangdong, and the rest of the people will continue to take the waterway, and then meet in Deqing in Guangdong." ”

"Lord Lu, do you need to be so troublesome?" Kong Fanlin said suspiciously: "No matter what, we are all the people of the King of Pingxi, although the brothers of Guangxi Yuxuan, Ma Xiong, Dai Liangchen and Sun Yanling are not the subordinates of the prince, they can be regarded as the prince's colleagues, will it be unfavorable to us?" ”

Feng Xiang was also a little hesitant, but all kinds of doubts he had just discovered had always lingered in Feng Xiang's heart, so after thinking about it for a moment, Feng Xiang said in a low voice: "Maybe it's not necessary, and the people here in Guangxi may not dare to be unfavorable to the prince's people." However, when he left Kunming, Mr. Liu Xuanchu once told the lower officials that the current situation in Guangxi was complicated, and the four forces of Ma Xiong, Yu Xuan, Dai Liangchen and Sun Yanling had already fought in the dark in the open and secretly in order to compete for the actual control of Guangxi, and it was difficult to guarantee that no one among them would have the idea of currying favor with the prince. We have the heavy responsibility of connecting with the prince and the king of Pingnan on our shoulders, and we can't afford to make the slightest mistake, and what happened on the dock just now is so strange, so I think it's better to be troublesome than careful. ”