Chapter Thirty-Nine: Jiangxi Anyway (I)
When Zheng Chenggong went to Haicheng to visit the soldiers, a major event occurred in Jiangxi, and his opinion affected the entire situation in China.
In 1648, on the evening of the 26th day of the first lunar month, Nanchang, Jiangxi.
Dong Xuecheng, the inspector of the imperial history, took a few old classmates to the drunken flower building to find fun.
As soon as I walked in, the old bustard girl in the drunken flower building greeted me with a strong aroma, and said coquettishly: "Oh, I said why the magpie can't stop calling today, it turns out that the adults are here." I haven't been here for a few days, and I thought the adults had forgotten about my daughters. ”
The old bustard was nearly forty years old, but his skin was still white and tender, and his face was smeared with a thin layer of gouache, and he could not see the slightest sign of decay.
The charming face looked at Dong Xuecheng resentfully, as if she was coquettish to him and seemed to blame him for being indifferent.
Dong Xuecheng stretched out his hand and rubbed the old bustard's face, and said, "How could you forget the flower girl, aren't you here today." ”
When the old bustard heard this, he immediately turned his sorrow into joy, and drank with laughter: "Daughters, Master Dong is here, why don't you hurry down and wait." ”
Not long after, a group of Yanyan glamorous women walked downstairs, surrounded Dong Xuecheng, and said in a coquettish voice: "Lord Dong, you are finally here!" ”
"I didn't come for so many days, and I thought you liked the new and hated the old, and hated us!"
"I hate it, I haven't come for so long, so it's annoying for the slave family to wait!"
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Dong Xuecheng hugged left and right and said at the same time: "Why don't you see Luru?" ”
Lu Ru is a girl with a good posture selected by the flower girl, trained since childhood, and proficient in piano and flag calligraphy and painting. Such talented women are the most loved by those who are famous and noble.
When Dong Xuecheng was invited to a banquet in the Drunken Flower Building one day, he saw Lu Ru, and when he saw the Seven Souls, he lost his three spirits, and he came to the Drunken Flower Building for several days.
Dong Xuecheng is a scholar by himself, and he disdains to do things such as burning pianos and cooking cranes, and forcibly buying and selling. In order to please Lu Ru, she went to Zuihualou for several days to fight against her poetry.
In the pretense that after being able to use her talent to get through her, he spent money to redeem her and leave a good story.
Those guests who went to the drunken flower building knew that Lu Ru was the heart of Dong Xuecheng, who was the patrol of the imperial history, how dare they touch her.
Lu Ru has been in the drunken flower building for more than half a year, and she has not combed herself, so she is a clean person.
Dong Xuecheng just settled the tigress in the family a few days ago, and he was ready to redeem himself for Luru in the next few days.
Now that he didn't see Lu Ru, Dong Xuecheng was anxious.
Hua Niang's face changed when she heard this, and then she said with a forced smile: "Yo, Master Dong, there are so many daughters on my side, you only miss Luru, but it will make my other daughters sad!" ”
When the other singers heard this, they hurriedly touched Dong Xuecheng's cheek with their tender hands and said, "Yes, my lord, I am so affectionate." In the past, I still boasted a good mouthful of the slave family, but now I forgot about it! ”
"Yes, my lord, you haven't come to me for a few days to see the moon."
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How could such an open-minded trick confuse Dong Xuecheng, who has worked hard in the officialdom for many years. He glared at Hua Niang angrily and drank: "I ask you, where is Luru." Don't tell the truth, Lao Tzu sent someone to seal your shop! ”
Hua Niang was frightened when she heard this, and said with a sad face: "My lord, General Wang Deren, the deputy commander-in-chief, took a fancy to Luru and bought her to be a singer." ”
Wang Deren, the word is good, a native of Mizhi, Shaanxi, was originally the old department of King Li Zicheng. After Li Zicheng was killed, he surrendered to the Qing army, the British prince Azig. In 1646, he accompanied Jin Shengheng to conquer Jiangxi and was crowned as the deputy chief soldier of Jiangxi.
Dong Xuecheng was shocked when he heard this: "You dare to sell her, you don't know that she is going to be decided by Lao Tzu!" ”
Seeing Dong Xuecheng's angry appearance, Hua Niang trembled and said, "My lord, General Wang sent a few soldiers to buy Luru, how dare the little one refuse!" ”
Dong Xuecheng immediately scolded angrily when he heard it: "Wang Zamao is too deceitful!" ”
Lu Ru was snatched away, Dong Xuecheng was in no mood to continue visiting the brothel at all, and led people to kill Wang Deren's mansion.
When he came to Wang Deren's mansion, without waiting for the doorman's announcement, Dong Xuecheng broke in.
A few days after Wang Deren bought Luru, he was watching her sing in fascination.
Suddenly heard a commotion outside the court, and was interrupted by the joy of listening, Wang Deren suddenly became angry and drank: "That little rabbit is making noise, disturbing Lao Tzu's interest!" ”
"It's Lao Tzu!"
Dong Xuecheng stepped into the courtyard with the voice, and when he saw Lu Ru, he immediately drank: "Wang Zamao, you are so bold!" ”
Wang Zamao is Wang Deren's nickname when he followed King Li Zicheng, and since he defected to the Manchu Qing Dynasty as a deputy commander-in-chief, no one dared to shout this name in front of him.
Wang Deren suddenly became angry when he heard this, and immediately ignored the deputy chief soldier under the jurisdiction of the imperial history, and casually arched his hand and said: "Lord Dong, I don't know what happened to come to the door today?" ”
Dong Xuecheng glared at him angrily and said, "You, Wang Zamao, don't you know that Luru is the old man's woman?" You dare to buy her to be a singer in your house, obviously you want to insult the old man. Hurry up and send her to my house, otherwise the old man will definitely not give up! ”
Wang Deren was shocked when he heard Dong Xuecheng say that Lu Ru was his woman.
At first, he thought that Lu Ru was just a lowly singer, and when he passed by the drunken flower building that day, he accidentally saw her appearance and was greedy for her beauty. I sent my own soldiers to Zuihualou and bought her for 5,000 taels of silver.
He didn't expect that Lu Ru would be Dong Xuecheng's woman, if he had known that he wouldn't have fallen out with the patrol for a singer.
Seeing that Wang Deren was silent, Dong Xuecheng was angry, Wang Deren was obviously watching the old man's joke.
Dong Xuecheng drank angrily: "Wang Zamao, you are just a barbarian. Don't say it's a singer, it's your wife, and the old man wants her to sleep with Lao Tzu. You'll have to send it to me, too. ”
Wang Deren, who had been held hostage by Dong Xuecheng, heard that Dong Xuecheng dared to humiliate himself in public, and the anger that had been accumulated all this time also exploded.
Wang Deren stood up with his sword and shouted: "My king has been a thief for 20 years, but he also knows the difference between men and women. ”
Rushing up with a sword, Dong Xuecheng was stabbed to death with a sword, and after killing people, he was still angry, and the sword chopped him into seven or eight pieces.
When the anger subsided, Wang Deren looked at the mass of flesh and blood, and then realized that he had killed the Inspector Yushi.
On behalf of the emperor, the imperial history of the patrol is called "the imperial history of the patrol", commonly known as the "eight palace patrols".
Although the rank of the patrol press is not high, it is a seventh-grade official. However, they exercised the power of supervision on behalf of the emperor, and were able to "supervise the big with the small" and "supervise the respectful with the lowly".
Inspectors generally ignore other matters and are exclusively responsible for supervision. The power is very great, and he has the right to "judge big things and make decisions on small things".
Killing the patrol press is already regarded as a rebellion!
Wang Deren lowered his face and looked coldly at the few scribes who accompanied Dong Xuecheng.
When the scribes saw Wang Deren's fierce gaze, they immediately knelt down and kowtowed and begged for mercy.
Wang Deren was not interested in listening to the noise of these people at all now, and with a wave of his hand, he asked a few personal soldiers to escort them all down, and the personal soldiers would come back bloody before the pro-soldiers.
Wang Deren thought for a while, and ran to meet Jin Shengheng with the sword that was still stained with blood.