"Mr. Fan?" Ah Gui was stunned when he heard this, and he didn't think much about replying: "Wait a while, I'll talk to the Hun family!" He turned around and said hello to Ah Bi, and then followed the young man to the literary hall, leading to Fan Wencheng's usual house, the young man asked Ah Gui to wait outside, and went to the house to spread the word himself, and after a while, he walked out, stretched out his hand to lift the door curtain, and said with a smile: "Mr. Fan, please!" “

Ah Gui nodded, entered the room, and saw Fan Wencheng sitting at the desk, holding a copy of "Hanshu" in his hand, as if he had seen half of it, and hurriedly bowed down and bowed: "See Mr. Fan!" ”

"Get up, please!" Fan Wencheng stood up and stretched out his hand to help Ah Gui up, although he was serving Huang Taiji as a minister, he was born with a burly body, grown hands and feet, and looked like a martial artist from the outside. Ah Gui didn't dare to be rude, but he still bowed twice, and only stood up after bowing all the time. Fan Wencheng nodded with satisfaction and pointed to the chair on the side: "Ah Gui Ezhen, sit down and talk!" ”

"Despicable overstep!" Ah Gui sat down on half of his buttocks, carefully examined the other party's face, and guessed the purpose of the other party's call for him this time.

"Ah Gui, I heard that my current wife met in Dalinghe City, and she is still a lady, I don't know if it's true or not?"

Ah Gui was stunned by Fan Wencheng's question, which was completely unexpected by him, and he nodded subconsciously: "Exactly, how did Mr. Fan know?" “

"The Great Khan has an important mission for you to do, so I naturally need to know about your situation before that!" Fan Wencheng asked, "So you didn't have a marriage before that?" ”

Hearing Fan Wencheng's question, Ah Gui couldn't help but hesitate, before he was captured, he heard that those captive soldiers with families on the side of the Ming army were either taken to the mines for mining or sold to the Mongols as slaves, so he lied and said that he was a bachelor, and his daughter-in-law was still looking for him in Dalinghe City. Fan Wencheng asked here, and he had to grit his teeth and stand up.

"Yes, the villain has been poor since he was a child, where can he have the money to marry!"

"So you're a blessing in disguise!" Fan Wencheng suddenly laughed. Ah Gui couldn't see the other party's intentions, so he nodded and said, "What Mr. said is right, if it weren't for the siege, how could Ah Bi marry me!" His last words were sincere.

"But how did I hear someone say that you already have a wife and concubine, all of them are on the side of the Ming Kingdom, and you still have children!" Speaking of this, a cruel smile appeared on Fan Wencheng's face: "I don't know which of the two of you is true and who is false?" ”

"This-" was suddenly exposed by someone who had exposed his old bottom, Ah Gui's mind suddenly went blank, he subconsciously knelt on the ground, and said in a trembling voice: "Mr. Fan spare his life, Mr. Fan spare his life!" ”

Fan Wencheng was very satisfied with Ah Gui's reaction, in fact, Ah Gui's matter can be big or small, and he has also heard that Ah Gui's wife from Da Linghe City has a special color, plus this person is quite good in the Hou Jin army, in the case that Hou Jin has always occupied an overwhelming military advantage over the Ming Kingdom, he does not think that Ah Gui is very likely to abandon everything he has and flee back to the Ming Kingdom. But what he wants Ah Gui to do next is very dangerous, if he doesn't hold the other party's handle, I'm afraid that it will not be easy to drive, and he still knows the truth that it is better to make a mistake.

"Get up!" Fan Wencheng smiled and helped Ah Gui up: "You and I are also old acquaintances, this matter is a big deal." It's also small to say small, Ah Gui Ezhen, do you understand? ”

At this time, Ah Gui had slowly recovered from Fang Cai's panic, and he realized that Fan Wencheng had only discovered his lies about marriage and heirs, but he had not yet debunked those things in the Jokhang Temple, otherwise it would not have been this little battle a long time ago. Fan Wencheng held this handle of himself for only one purpose, that is, to force himself to do something very dangerous, thinking of this, he pretended to be shocked: "Mr. Fan, if you have anything to say, as long as you can do it, you must not refuse!" “

"Good!" Fan Wencheng patted Ah Gui's shoulder: "With Ah Gui's words, let him blow those things away, you tell me the name and address of your wife and concubine, and I will have them brought to reunite with you in a few days!" ”

"Thank you, Mr. Fan!"

"You don't have to thank me, you earned it yourself!" Fan Wencheng said with a smile: "For loyal and capable courtiers, the Great Khan is very generous. Don't worry, as long as this mission is done well, these things will be covered by me! “

"I wonder what kind of messenger it is?"

"Kill two people!" Fan Wencheng sneered: "Liu Cheng, Lu Boqi!" ”

"What?" Ah Gui almost fell out of his chair, but his performance was expected by Fan Wencheng. He grabbed Ah Gui's arm and said in a low voice: "Don't worry, I already have a specific plan, as long as you listen to my arrangement, you will be at least seventy percent sure!" ”

"Fan Wencheng, aren't you kidding, let a spy of the Ming State assassinate the Ningxia general and governor of the Ming State?" For a while, Ah Gui almost couldn't cry or laugh in his heart, why did both Mingguo and Dajin take a fancy to him, could it be that he has some characteristics in his body that are suitable for these unsightly messengers? Fan Wencheng looked at Ah Gui's appearance and thought that the other party was scared, so he said in a deep voice: "Ah Gui, as the saying goes, wealth is sought in danger, I know that this matter is very dangerous, but what have you experienced over the years that is not an escape from death?" In the end, don't all of them succeed in escaping danger and reaping great benefits? You are not the kind of person who will be on the bed for the rest of his life, as long as it is done this time, the Great Khan will promote you to be the leader, or not, your wife and children can also be prosperous and rich, and you will have no worries in your life, where to go, think about it yourself, right? ”

Fan Wencheng's empty pie is not small, but it is a pity that in his opinion, whether Ah Gui succeeds or fails, most of the end will be cut into meat sauce, only to let his wife and children have no worries about food and clothing, and wealth needs to be implemented in his old age. Seeing the other party's half-demented and half-stupid look, Fan Wencheng was also very patient, after all, it was a matter of life and death, and it was normal for him to not be able to make up his mind for a while, anyway, he was pinching the other party's handle at hand, and he was not afraid that the other party would not agree, but he didn't know that Ah Gui was already Liu Cheng's spy, and there was nothing difficult to make a decision.

"Mr. Fan!" After a long while, Ah Gui said in a low voice: "If I can't come back from this trip, my family is small-?" ”

Fan Wencheng said: "You can rest assured about this, if there is a case, there is absolutely no problem with the small family, if you can't believe me, I can let the Great Khan promise you personally!" ”

"That's it!" Ah Gui gritted his teeth, looking determined: "The Great Khan treats me well, so I will give up this life, just to ensure the health of my family!" ”

"Good!" Fan Wencheng stood up with a smile: "You go back and rest for two days first, I have arranged the things to stay here, and I will give you the news!" ”

After half a cup of tea, Ah Gui walked out of the door of the Wen Pavilion, and Fan Wencheng rarely sent it to the door, which made the sergeant on duty widen his eyes in surprise, when had he ever seen Mr. Fan so respectful to a nobody? When Ah Gui walked away, the smile on Fan Wencheng's face quickly disappeared, and he turned to the servant behind him and ordered, "You find a few people, keep an eye on this guy for me!" ”

"Yes, sir!"

On the way home, Gui's heart was full of mixed feelings. Sensitively, he had already sensed the imminent gaze around him, and he knew that this should be sent by Fan Wencheng to keep an eye on him, so as not to run away. But at this time, he was not afraid in his heart, but hid a special excitement. When he returned home, he ignored the strange looks of his neighbors and pushed the door into the house.

"You're back!" Ah Bi was holding the child, and when she saw Ah Gui entering the door, she hurriedly stepped forward, and said in a low voice: "The matter last night has been dealt with, you can send five hangs of money to Lizheng and say a few more good words!" ”

"Hmm!" Ah Gui nodded, but did not move, he looked at the child and said in a low voice: "Ah Bi, I'm afraid that we will be separated for a long time." ”

"Separated? How so? Abi asked in surprise, "Is something wrong?" ”

"Hmm!" Ah Gui told Fang Fang about the things that he had just done in Fan Wencheng's house, and said in a low voice: "This matter can't be pushed away, I have already agreed, no matter what the consequences are, I'm afraid we won't be able to see each other for a long time!" ”

"Husband, this is a good thing!" The wife was much calmer than Ah Gui imagined, and Ah Bi came to a conclusion after a little thought: "You can ask that living Buddha to say to the outside that you have attempted assassination and have been executed, and my children and I will be very safe here, and after a while, no one will care about us, and then send someone to pick us up and reunite with you, it is better than being scared all day long here!" “

Ah Gui thought for a while, nodded and said, "Yes, it's better than being scared all day long, but it just hurts you!" ”

"Don't say that, compared to the other sisters in Dalinghe City, Abi is already the lucky one to be able to meet you, husband!" Speaking of this, Ah Bi took a pair of scissors, cut off the tail of his braid, and cut a small section of the child's hair in his arms, put it into the sachet hanging from his waist, and stuffed it into Ah Gui's hand: "Don't forget me and the child!" ”

"Well, I'll definitely want to reunite with you as soon as possible!"

Outside the city of Ningxia, tents.

"Roar!"

"Come on, fetch water!"

The curtain of the tent was lifted, and several slave girls walked in, ignoring the body of the Chechen Taiji ****, and then helped him change his clothes before retreating. Chechen Taiji, who had just finished venting, only felt that his body was full of energy, and while he tied the saber to the belt around his waist, he asked his subordinates next to the door: "What's the matter, my brother-in-law hasn't arrived in Ningxia City yet?" ”

"Tell Taiji, Mr. Zhao replied yesterday that Mr. Liu should be back in the next two days!"

"Hmm!" Chechen Taiji walked to the bronze mirror next to the table and groomed his beard in front of the mirror: "As soon as he comes back, tell me immediately!" ”

"Yes, Taiji!"

Just after the defeat of the Kazakhs, Chechen Taiji had just received from his father Batur his own 3,000 Zungar troops and all the Kazakh tribes he could capture, but the divided pastureland had not yet been determined, and the pastureland that Chechen Taiji wanted to get was the territory that had just conquered the Great Yuzi Khan, compared to the homeland of the Zungar people, this land crisscrossed by rivers and fertile land was much richer, but first he had to be able to defeat the Kazakh counterattack.

As an envoy of Batur Taiji, in addition to ostensibly giving a dowry to his sister Min Min Beji and attending the wedding as a representative of his mother's family, Chechen Taiji had a more important task, that is, to ask Liu Cheng to give greater assistance in firearms, such as building a workshop on the territory of the Dzungar people that could make bird guns. The recent victory over the Kazakhs has silenced all who are still skeptical of the superiority of the bow and arrow, as evidenced by the corpses of the Kazakh knights who have been reduced to the food of wild wolves on the battlefield. The more than 3,000 Dzungar Bird Men hiding behind the camel city repelled the onslaught of enemy iron cavalry several times their own, which was not seen in the past, which shows that even in the steppe, victory belongs to those who can have more firearms.

Therefore, when Batur Taiji immediately ordered to intensify the marriage between his daughter and Liu Cheng after the victory, and came up with such a rich dowry, Chechen Taiji was the first to jump out to express his support. He knew very well what his father was doing with so many troops, livestock, and especially horses and camels for war. Another reason for Chechen Taiji was that he wanted to take the opportunity to establish a good personal relationship with his future brother-in-law, so that when his father died, he would have a strong foreign support in the race for the throne of the Great Khan.

"Taiji!"

"What's the matter?" Chechen Taiji raised his head and stared at the subordinate who had disturbed his thoughts with some annoyance.

"General Liu is back, and he is already in the General Soldier's Mansion!"

"What!" Chechen Taiji stood up in surprise and joy: "Prepare the horse quickly, let's enter the city immediately!" ”

The general soldier's mansion, which had been quiet for a long time, was full of people, people came and went, running around, and the servants were cleaning everywhere like a fire burning their buttocks, under the supervision of the steward. Everyone knew that General Liu had returned from the Beijing Division, and they were all busy arranging the scene, preparing to welcome the arrival of the master. But what everyone didn't know was that more than an hour ago, Liu Chengcheng had returned here to discuss something with a few of his closest subordinates and colleagues.

"Lord Commander, this is the accounts of the past few months since you left, please take an inventory!" Zhao Wende picked up a thick account book and handed it over, but Liu Cheng pushed it back: "Jiansheng, you can report it roughly first, and I'll take a closer look at the details when I'm quiet alone!" (To be continued.) )