Liu Lan, who came out of the changed clothes, felt like a different person, and even Li Xiangjun looked at her intently.

"Sister Liu Lan still looks good in these clothes, but she is very angry when she wears a military uniform." Wang Qiang said with a smile on the side.

"You little brat, what do you know? Alas, I don't know how Apricot is doing now? You kid can't forget her. Liu Lan glared at Wang Qiang and said with a smile.

Liu Lan glanced at Li Xiangjun and said, "You have been locked up in the palace for so long, why don't you go out with us to relax, it's just that the clothes in your palace are not suitable to go out, go, I'll find you a set of clothes to change into." Xiao Wang, you also changed your clothes and went to be our bodyguards. ”

As he spoke, he pulled Li Xiangjun and headed towards the backyard, but Li Xiangjun didn't even have time to say a word, so he had to go with her.

When Li Xiangjun changed her clothes and came out, everyone's eyes lit up, seeing that she was standing with Liu Lan, she was not equal, but Li Xiangjun lacked Liu Lan's confident temperament.

After inquiring with Steward Li about where there were many shops, Liu Lan went out and walked towards the Mengshi car, and wanted to drive to the street, but when she arrived at the car, she found that the car key was on Luo Jian's body, and she was so angry that she slapped the car door.

Steward Li followed behind and said, "Miss Liu, there is a carriage in the house." ”

"Hey, don't you tell me sooner, I'm going to walk." Liu Lan hadn't been in a carriage yet, so she was immediately interested.

Waiting for Steward Li to call the carriage, Liu Lan saw that it was the kind of small carriage used by large families, which was very exquisite, but it could only seat two or three people, looking at Wang Qiang, he didn't care, Li Xiangjun was a little inconvenient in the car.

Shopkeeper Liu saw it, and hurriedly stepped forward and said, "Miss Liu, the little one hired a carriage and is still waiting outside the house." ”

When everyone heard this, they hurried out of the Guogong Mansion, and heard Steward Li say that the business of the shop in front of the flower archway was good, and Liu Lan asked the driver to go directly to the flower archway.

After the carriage was parked, Liu led Liu Lan and Li Xiangjun to start asking about the shops one by one, and Wang Qiang and Zhao Quan took two guards to follow while shopping from behind.

People come and go on the street of Huapailou, it is very lively, Liu Lan and the three of them saw a big cloth shop in front, but there were few customers at the door, obviously the business was not very good, Liu Lan suddenly became interested, pulled Li Xiangjun and went in, and the shopkeeper Liu quickly followed from behind.

Wang Qiang saw a few people enter the store, impatiently entered the store to see, and chatted with Liu Quan and a few people leaning against the tree on the side of the street.

When I entered the store, the store was not small, but the store was very deserted, there was not a single customer, and there were only a few guys lying listlessly on the counter in the huge store.

Shopkeeper Liu was about to step forward to inquire about the situation, when a young man dressed as a noble son walked out from behind the counter, followed by a few entourages.

After the young noble son came out, his eyes turned directly around Liu Lan and Li Xiangjun, and saw that there was no one else behind them.

"Yo, where did such a beautiful little lady come from? What's the price in my store? The noble prince asked lightly.

Shopkeeper Liu saw it, and hurriedly stepped forward to fight the noble son and was about to speak, but was pushed by the noble son casually, and almost fell on his head.

"The two little ladies want to buy cloth? Don't worry, go with me for a few drinks and have fun first, Young Master Ben is happy, you can take the cloth in this store. As he spoke, the noble prince walked over to Liu Lan and the others.

Li Xiangjun was so frightened that she shrank behind Liu Lan, but Liu Lan was not afraid and said, "Who are you?" What do you want? ”

"My son-in-law is the young master of the Baoguo Mansion, and it is your blessing that the young master takes a fancy to you." A dog-legged follower stretched out his head and said.

"Bao Guogong? Is it Zhu Guobi's family? "Liu Lan is no stranger to this Zhu Guobi, some time ago, Luo Jian didn't talk about him about the ore.

"Who are you? Grandpa Guo's name is also what you can say? Dogleg stepped forward and said.

"As long as you talk too much, it's not early at this time, just go drink and have fun." Zhu Gongzi knocked the dog's head with the folding fan in his hand, and walked towards Liu Lan and the others.

"Don't come here, this sister is from the Patriotic Mansion." When Li Xiangjun saw it, he mustered up the courage to step forward and say to Zhu Gongzi.

"Yo, it's still in the Weiguo Mansion, no, I know you, you are Li Xiangjun." Zhu Gongzi stared at Li Xiangjun carefully.

"Didn't you enter the palace? How to get here? You must have escaped without permission, do you think I won't recognize you after changing my clothes? Come on, take it for me! ”

Shopkeeper Liu saw that the situation was not right, and ran out of the store to find Wang Qiang and a few people.

When Wang Qiang and the three of them came in, they saw that the two entourages dressed had already grabbed Li Xiangjun with both hands.

"Let her go! What do you want to do? Wang Qiang was furious when he saw it, and stepped forward to save Li Xiangjun.

Zhu Gongzi stepped forward and stopped Wang Qiang, "Who are you?" We are arresting the palace maids who are escaping in the palace, do you dare to stop them? ”

"Your mother is the palace maid who escaped from the palace! Let him go, or you're welcome! Wang Qiang didn't pay attention to him at all, and as soon as he stepped forward and pushed Zhu Gongzi, he wanted to go over to save people.

This time he didn't push Zhu Gongzi away, this Zhu Gongzi is obviously also a practitioner, and as soon as his arm blocked, he punched Wang Qiang with his backhand.

Wang Qiang saw that he had met an opponent, so he didn't retreat but advanced, and kicked towards Zhu Gongzi, and the two suddenly became a mess, and a guy saw that he was fighting and secretly got out of the back door.

Zhao Quan saw that Wang Qiang was not left behind, so he went around and kicked away the dog leg who was grabbing Li Xiangjun, and rescued Li Xiangjun and handed it over to Liu Lan.

Zhu Gongzi was obviously not Wang Qiang's opponent, and after a few rounds, he was already out of breath, and he was punched by Wang Qiang in the face, and his nose was blue and his face was swollen.

This guy was still unconvinced, and he had to step forward to fight, but he was kicked to the ground by Wang Qiang, lying on the ground and humming, and he couldn't get up again.

Liu Lan and the others were about to walk out of the cloth shop, when they heard a burst of people shouting and neighing outside, and there were already many people outside.

Zhao Quan saw that the situation was not right, and while calling a guard to let him quickly sneak out of the back door to call someone, he took off the cloth bag on his back.

Liu Lan also felt that something was wrong, so she took out a small pistol from the small bag and handed it to Wang Qiang, and beckoned to her, "You all calm down, don't shoot casually." ”

When they came out of the store, several people were taken aback, and it turned out to be the Ming army outside, and I was afraid that there were more than 100 people.

A general on a horse saw several people coming out, and shouted on the horse: "Who are you?" Hurry up and let my son-in-law go! ”

"We are from the Weiguo Mansion, and your son-in-law is in the store." Zhao Quan stepped forward and replied.

When the general heard that it was the Weiguo Mansion, he didn't dare to be careless, so he let two of his subordinates into the store, and after a while, he helped Zhu Gongzi, who had a blue nose and swollen face, out.

"Adjutant General Ma, don't let them go, they dare to beat me!" When Zhu Gongzi saw that his people were coming, he immediately became in good spirits, ran to the general in a few steps, pointed at him and said.

"Young Master, they are from the Weiguo Mansion, do you see this?" Vice General Ma looked at Zhu Gongzi with some hesitation.

"Don't you know that my father is also a national prince? I don't care who they are, this woman has escaped from the palace, and she must be caught! Zhu Gongzi shouted, unwilling to let Wang Qiang go at all.

While Adjutant General Ma hesitated, Zhu Gongzi had already rushed forward and snatched a knife from a soldier's hand and rushed towards Wang Qiang and the others.

Wang Qiang lifted the pistol and fired a shot into the sky, shouting: "Stop, if you don't stop, you're welcome!" ”

Zhao Quan had already taken out a rifle from the cloth bag, loaded it with an uproar, and aimed it at the soldiers in front of him.

Hearing the gunshot, Deputy General Ma's face suddenly changed, and when he saw the rifle in Zhao Quan's hand, he was so frightened that he hurriedly jumped off the horse and shouted: "Childe, come back quickly!" ”

The gunfire made Zhu Gongzi stop, staring at Wang Qiang fiercely, shouting and shouting: "It's useless if he hits this firecracker, everyone hurry up and catch them!" "I didn't dare to rush up anymore.

Deputy General Ma rushed to Zhu Gongzi's side and whispered a few words in his ear, Zhu Gongzi's face also changed, and he slowly retreated behind the soldiers.

After retreating behind the soldiers, Zhu Gongzi began to shout again, "Quickly arrest them all, I want that kind of firecracker, whoever grabs the reward of 1,000 taels of silver!" ”

Hearing the thousand taels of silver, the soldiers below suddenly became in a commotion, and a few people were eager to step forward, and then turned their heads to look at Adjutant General Ma.

Seeing that Deputy General Ma did not give the order, Zhu Gongzi suddenly became anxious and shouted outside: "The surname Ma, if you don't snatch the fire gun for me, don't do it to your deputy general!" ”

In desperation, Deputy General Ma was about to order the soldiers to come forward to arrest people, when he heard a rapid sound of horses' hooves from behind, Wang Qiang looked up and saw that thirty or forty fierce cavalry were galloping over from outside Xi'anmen Street, and the first person was Wang Sicheng.

Wang Sicheng pulled the reins in his left hand and held a rifle in his right hand, and when he came closer, he shouted loudly: "Get out of the way!" ”

The cavalryman who followed behind picked up the whip in his hand and whipped it at the soldier who was blocking the road.

The foot soldiers scattered to both sides, Wang Sicheng turned over and dismounted in front of the store, and shouted at Wang Qiang: "Captain, Miss Liu, are you okay?" ”

"We're fine, you're just in time, let's go." Wang Qiang saw that Wang Sicheng had brought someone to arrive, and he immediately felt relieved.

Zhu Gongzi shrank behind the soldiers, and no longer dared to shout, just looked at Wang Qiang and the others with vicious eyes.

Wang Qiang and Zhao Quan escorted Liu Lan and the others to the outside, and when Wang Qiang walked in front of Deputy General Ma, he stabbed him in the chest with a pistol and said: "If you have the ability to fight Tartars, don't follow this kind of playboy, it will end badly!" ”

Deputy General Ma didn't dare to move, and when he heard Wang Qiang's words, he opened his mouth to say something but didn't say it.

By the time Luo Jian arrived after receiving the news, the place had already ended.

When he returned to the house, Luo Jian inquired about the situation carefully, and learned that he was the son of Zhu Guobi, the Duke of Baoguo, and he didn't pay too much attention to it, anyway, he had already offended him before, and it didn't matter if he offended again.

Early the next morning, Luo Jian sent a prayer post to Ma Shiying's mansion, preparing to go to Ma Shiying in the morning to discuss the matter of the water master.

Before leaving after breakfast, Ruan Dacheng sent an invitation, saying that Luo Jian and a few people would be invited to his mansion for a banquet in the evening.

Before leaving, Luo Jian called Zhao Quan over and asked him to inquire about the route and road conditions in Jiangyin, and after speaking, he took Wang Sicheng to Ma Shiying's mansion.

After the two of them had a cold chat, Luo Jian asked Wang Sicheng to bring a map and spread it on the table to analyze the situation for Ma Shiying.

After Luo Jian analyzed the enemy situation and our situation in detail, Ma Shiying also felt the seriousness of the problem.

"Wei Guogong, I also know that the current situation is tight, but now in addition to the Yangzhou Army, where is there a team that can take the initiative to attack?" Ma Shiying said with a long sigh.

"Ma Gebu, now I want to fight a battle and solve Zuo Menggeng's troops, so that we have a lot of strategic room for maneuver." Luo Jian said bluntly.

"Oh, okay, what support does Wei Guogong need from the imperial court? I wonder how many men you're going to use? ”

Ma Shiying heard it, this is a good thing, Ma Shiying hates Zuo Liangyu's team the most, it was they who attacked Nanjing under the slogan of "Qing Jun's side", but they were defeated by Huang Degong, and now the left has descended to the Manchu Dynasty, and it has to be destroyed quickly.

"We need the support of the water master!" Luo Jian said very simply.

Hearing Luo Jian's words, Ma Shiying fell silent and fell into thought.

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