On the morning of 19 November, three horse-drawn carriages were galloping on the Anxiang County Road, followed by a group of horses. Look at the bumpy momentum of the carriage, the pedestrians on the road shook their heads while avoiding, is this really Guangdong, no matter how good the Dongguan carriage is, it can't bear such a toss.

The carriage drove into a racecourse outside the county [1], and three officials got down from the car, two from the second rank and one from the first grade. The one from the second rank was carried out of the carriage by two servants, and the one from the first rank was carried down by four people, not because of the difference between dignity and inferiority, but that the one from the first rank seemed to have hit his head and was completely pulled out of the carriage horizontally.

One from the second grade didn't care about his physical condition at all, and hurriedly shouted: "Ma Jianbo came out to see me"

Before the carriage arrived, there were several pairs of eyes staring straight outside, not only flashing with cold light, but also oozing mottled blood.

A head poked out of a room: "Exiantai? Come in and talk."

It was Ortai, the governor of Hubei, who roared, and he didn't care about talking to Ma Jianbo, so he limped into a dilapidated house with only half of the roof, and asked, "Is this serious?" ”

Ma Jianbo's eyes were bloodshot, and his eyelids were as black as a white bear[2], and he had not closed his eyes for more than three days from the 16th to the present.

He said in a hoarse voice: "Of course it's true, Nanban chased all the way, and I didn't dare to stop in Gulou Town." When I arrived in Huarong County, I sent someone to report to you urgently, and on the other hand, I called the local green camp guards. But I didn't think that the news would leak out immediately, not only attracted the Nanban, but also the thieves tried to rob people and lost that I still have credible people in Huarong Racecourse, and I divided a few suspicious soldiers, and finally got rid of the pursuers, but ...... Exiantai, why did you come so quickly? ”

Then he gritted his teeth and clenched his fists: "Nanban is really hateful here, this is already under the rule of my court, Nanban went straight to it, like entering a no-man's land, it is full of eyeliner, and I am in danger everywhere...... Xiantai? ”

He said to himself, and after a while, he realized that Ortai was silent, and when he looked up, he was startled. At this time, the morning light was shining through, and it was reflected on Ortai's face, and he could clearly see that the other party's face was as white as paper, without any blood.

Ortai seemed to stop breathing for a long time, and then he came back to his soul and asked quietly, "You...... Didn't embarrass her, did you? Quite a few words"

Speaking of this, he was angry, Ma Jianbo said in his heart that he had neither the courage, nor the strength, nor the time, in the past three days, he followed a few subordinates, and he didn't dare to stop at all.

Ortai let out a long breath and grinned, that smile made Ma Jianbo think that he was in a trance, or his eyes were dazzled, so what was a smile? It's worse than crying......

Ortai's voice was also worse than crying: "Ma Junmen, you have made a miraculous achievement, now it's time to rest, this person will be supervised by Ben Fu." ”

Ma Jianbo was waiting for this sentence, he already felt that he couldn't hold it anymore, so he turned his head and ordered his subordinates: "Invite Aunt Pan into the carriage......"

At this moment, another person crashed into the room and exclaimed, "You really caught Aunt Pan?" You...... Do you know you've got into trouble? ”

Ortai shouted: "Nian Yungong"

This person is Nian Xiyao, the governor of Hunan, why is he so angry? Why did Ortai drink him?

After three days, he had been chased like a frightened bird, and when he saw Bo, he felt that there were enemies everywhere, so he subconsciously took the case, held the knife in his hand, and shouted angrily: "How do you say this? ”

Seeing that the details had been leaked, Ortai said hatefully: "What do you say? Didn't you ask why we came so quickly? The day after you captured Aunt Pan, the Nanban army drove to the city of Changde, and it is estimated that Yuezhou is almost the same, if I don't wait for the opportunity to see it quickly, one general, two governors, will fall into the hands of Nanban on the same day."

Nian Xiyao was even more angry and scolded: "Are you still stuffed with yellow mud in your brain?" Aunt Pan, are you going to catch it too? Although I am also a new officer, I know that the woman can't be tainted with that is a plague god..."..., the word "plague god" is in line with what happened to Ma Jianbo in the past three days, and the fear of her subordinates, but it does not match his evaluation of his trip.

Another person rubbed his head, hummed and chirped into the house, and as soon as he opened his mouth, he heard that it was Jingzhou General Guntai, "Hi yo...... I said Lao Ma, when you came to Huguang, I told you with the elderly, don't act rashly, if you want to move, you only want to move that Li Shi. You also reported before that you were eyeing Li Shi, how did you get this woman back? ”

For a moment, Ma Jianbo wanted to swing his knife and slash over, most of these three guys were pretended to be from the Southern Barbarians

Seeing that his face was full of hideousness, Ortai couldn't pretend anymore, and scolded: "Do you really think that if you catch her, you can blackmail Li Shi?" What happened to Li Xi back then? The reason is that Guan Yuanzhong took her into Guangzhou."

Ortai is also second-hand news, and it was sold to him by Yongzheng, as the real perpetrator of the "Guangzhou Incident" that year, Yongzheng naturally will not confess his crimes. Anyway, Guan Yuanzhong is dead, just put the basin on his head. It doesn't matter whether Ortai is a true believer or a fake believer, just let Yongzheng and others think that he Ortai believes it.

Guntai added: "Why did you lose the Battle of Changsha last year?" Isn't it just because Yanxin's strange army was defeated in Hengzhou? Why did Yanxin lose in Hengzhou? ”

Nian Xiyao seemed to be holding a mouth: "Because this woman is in Hengzhou"

The three of them looked at Ma Jianbo at the same time, just like looking at a stupid donkey that was humming and barking, Ortai concluded: "This is a plague god that even the emperor can't avoid, and you still arrested her?" ”

Nian Xiyao almost beat his chest: "You don't want to think about it, she has been in Hunan for almost a year, if you really want to move her, it is your turn to make a move?" As soon as I came to Hunan, the local state and county officials talked to me, saying that Aunt Pan, who was wandering around Changsha, should not have an accident, how are you...... You're so ......."

The momentum of the three of them was strong, and Ma Jianbo was also shocked for a while, and subconsciously defended: "This ...... It was an unexpected ......."

Then he came to his senses, and felt that these three people were simply unreasonable, and his face suddenly turned pale: "I worked hard with me to rob the lifeline of Li Shi, and also cut the lifeblood of all the adults?" ”

Ortai gritted his teeth and said: "If you slash Li Shi with a knife, you will be the hero of the Qing Dynasty, but if you arrest Aunt Pan, you will be a sinner of the Qing Dynasty."

Nian Xiyao shuddered and said: "Hurry up and let it go, otherwise we will wait for the responsibility of losing the land, and it will come in an instant."

He is naturally the most afraid, because he, the governor of Hunan, only has the three mansions in hand, and as soon as the Southern Barbarian army moves, the three mansions will be gone. In the Kangxi years, thinking of his younger brother Nian Qianyao's affection, it is estimated that there is still a way to live, but it can fall into the hands of Yongzheng, this is a master who can force the Taoist to death just by forcing a deficit, and he didn't end well.

Ma Jianbo's eyes burst into light: "Let it go?" You guys...... That's how you are loyal to the court? ”

Guntai said: "What if you don't let it go?" Although I don't know why Li Xi didn't come over for a long time, but when you were caught, why did you have to hit it, was you beheaded by Li Shi, or was you beheaded by the emperor? ”

Hearing that Ma Jianbo's tone was wrong, Ortai snorted coldly: "The overall situation of the imperial court is important, and it is difficult for Huguang and even Zhili to gather an army at the moment, once Li Yan decides to go north, who will bear this responsibility?" ”

At this time, in Ma Jianbo's eyes, these three people had been bought by Nanban at all, and he said disdainfully: "Since I caught it, naturally I will carry it."

Thinking that Pan Jinling had already gotten into the carriage, Ortai didn't bother to say much to him: "Since the person has given it to me, it is not up to you to let it go, and someone will ...... it."

With a bang, Ma Jianbo actually broke through the earthen wall, rushed outside the house, and shouted: "Protect this carriage, let's go"

The three of them were stunned, and then they heard Ma Jianbo continue: "I don't believe it, except for you, no one dares to share worries with the court"..., until the carriage went away, the three of them woke up, but they came with their subordinates all the way to the stars and the moon, how could they still have half the strength to chase.

Nian Xiyao muttered: "I should have told him the truth a long time ago, the three of us all had a servant's head on the desk, and there was a letter pressed, saying that Aunt Pan didn't go back unharmed, and our heads were lost......"

Guntai looked in the direction in which the carriage was galloping away, and said stupidly, "Where is the idiot going?" ”

Ortai clenched his fists and trembled all over. He was very angry, angry that Xiyao had ruined his business, originally he was gentle and appeased, and he could smoothly transfer Aunt Pan to his hands, and send it back directly, which would eliminate a catastrophe. At the same time, he was also angry, that guy was afraid that he had been chased and completely demented, and he didn't even have a sense of the overall situation. But at the same time he was more afraid, and he knew the answer to Guntai's question.

Hearing Ortai spit out the word "Wuchang", Nian Xiyao and Guntai were almost spread on the ground, and exclaimed in unison: "Zhang Boxing? ”

Then they grabbed Ortai like a life-saving straw, "Brother E, only you are the mainstay this time"

Ortai gasped for a while before he resolutely brushed his sleeves and said, "That's it, I'll go to meet Li Xi in person, at least take out both us and the imperial court." Guntai hurried to Wuchang, suppressed Zhang Boxing, and asked him not to mess around. The three of you and I must immediately make a secret break and let the emperor decide, and this matter must not be delayed."

Guntai's mind was too bright at the moment, and he said in surprise: "Brother E, do you still need to die?" ”

Ortai glared at him angrily: "I'm a dead man"

This dead man is not another dead man, it means that if you go and do nothing, you will be finished. Two days later, he was skinned into a white sheep in the military tent by the Miluo River, searched from top to bottom, from the inside to the outside, and did not even let go of the chrysanthemums.

But he still didn't see Li Shi, he thought that the young man who appeared with very light steps was Li Shi, but the other party said: "The emperor has a decree, if he doesn't send Aunt Pan back unharmed, even if the Yongzheng Pseudo Emperor sends him as a hostage, he won't give anything." ”

Then the young man seemed to ask, and then seemed to sigh: "It seems that it really has nothing to do with you, but ...... Ma Jianbo, an idiot to this extent, how did he become the governor of Huguang? ”

Ortai smiled bitterly: "There are many idiots, in comparison, your head ...... The emperor should beware of Zhang Boxing's idiot. ”

The young man nodded: "Listening to this, it seems that you still know the current affairs." ”

After asking about Pan Jinling's condition, the young man left, and Ortai was reduced to a prisoner. Although Li Xi did not take him as a hostage, Ortai thought that he should still be able to get involved with the hostages and dissipate Li Shi's anger a little. Speaking of which, he is no different from Ma Jianbo, both of them are dedicated to the country and the emperor. But the essence of people is the same, even if he is an idiot, he knows how to eat, drink and Lazar, in contrast, he not only knows current affairs, but also knows how to do things, and is a normal person.

The tents by the Miluo River are still increasing, and in the big tent of the Chinese army, Shang Jun is pleading guilty to Li Xian: "That Ma Jianbo and his subordinates pretended to be Shaanxi-Gansu horse merchants to get in, because there is a shortage of horses in the country, so the mouth in Hunan is a little wide, and there has been no movement for more than a year, so the subordinates are slacking off...... No matter what His Majesty does, the ministers have no complaints."

Li Xi was much calmer than a few days ago, and he waved his hand: "Now is not the time to talk about this, first solve the problem in front of you...... What did you find? ”

The latter sentence is asking Luo Tangyuan, who has just entered the tent, Shang Jun is from Jiangxi, Luo Tangyuan is from Sichuan, they are all running in the starry night, their eyes are red, but they are in high spirits. On the one hand, he felt derelict in his duties, and on the other hand, he was aroused by Li Xi's condensed coercion. ..., Luo Tangyuan shook his head: "Ortai's coming here only proves that His Majesty's inference is correct, that Ma Jianbo is indeed an idiot"

Li Xian sneered: "An idiot, his ability is better than that of a black cat, if the Tartars are all such idiots, my country, I'm afraid it would have been destroyed long ago."

After a few days of comprehensive situation, Li Xi has roughly bottomed up, and his heart is a little calm. The guards chased all the way to the north shore of Dongting Lake, and the local Qing court officials and green camps learned of the incident, and they were helping to "arrest" Ma Jianbo, either openly or secretly. The Qing court officials in Huguang and Guangzhou, even if they don't know the past, as long as their minds are a little normal, they should know not to cause trouble, not to mention that Pan Jinling is not officially married to him, and has nothing to do with him in terms of status. From their point of view, there is no way to blackmail him.

In the final analysis, it is the idiot who sees the uncle

Shang Jun said: "It's normal for this person to come from my Yinghua, but he is from a Tartar, so he is an idiot." ”

Luo Tang said from afar: "Ortai said that Zhang Boxing may be more idiot than Ma Jianbo. ”

Shang Jun seemed to be specifically raising Li Shi's confidence: "The news should also arrive in Beijing, no matter how idiotic Zhang Boxing is, he won't be so idiotic that he won't even listen to their emperor's words, right?" Quite a few words"

Ma Jianbo, this person's name has an indissoluble relationship with Zhang Boxing......

Knowing that Pan Jinling was safe and sound, Li Xi breathed a sigh of relief and turned his attention to Zhang Boxing. This person is a Qing official and has a great reputation, but the Qing official of Tatar Qing ...... It is estimated that there is a clear one, but there is a loyal monarch as one, but there are no stinky and hard bones like Hai Rui, or they were strangled as early as the embryonic stage.

So...... It should be reassuring, Li Xi thought so, now it depends on whether Yong Laosi's hands and feet are fast enough, at this critical moment, whether he can be as decisive as when he seized the throne in the past.

Beijing City, Chuxiu Palace, the door to enter the courtyard has been demolished, and a palace grandmother spits in the courtyard: "Long live the Lord who said that he will not move out today, be careful to serve with a whip"

Ru Xi's voice came from the yard: "Mama can stay for a day or two, this wind is blowing today, Mama is also affected, Xiao Lizi, go and send Mama some hand warmers." ”

The little eunuch cowered and rubbed over, holding a smile and handing something to the grandmother, who waved her hand and slapped it away: "Are you ...... Li Lianying, right? A lot of words long live the name given by the lord for everyone to remember, you are the dog of the Nanban in Litong, you and your master, you have not been tied to the pillar together, and you have been twisted, it is long live the lord to open the grace of heaven, and flash your dog's paws...... Mr. Wang, don't you mean you...... Ouch, long live the ......"

The grandmother was shouting non-stop, someone on the side patted her shoulder, still scolding, turned her head to look, but it was the chief eunuch Wang Yicheng, and then looked out, and suddenly bent on the ground like shrimp and kowtowed.

"It's not that the slave doesn't work hard, the little slave just refuses to move, for fear of killing and violating the will of the Lord Banzai......"

Ru Xi was not demoted to a palace maid, but became a "promise", but she was only a palace maid, and she could no longer live in this small courtyard. The grandmother came to urge, and when she saw Yongzheng coming, she thought it was her dereliction of duty, and she was so frightened that her soul was not possessed.

"Don't Luo, who said that Chun Niangniang would move?"

Wang Yicheng said angrily, Yongzheng behind him didn't speak, he had a cold face, he had always had a cold face, but at this time, he felt that it was more infiltrating than this cold wind in winter.

"Not a long live ......"

"Long live the Lord who said it? That's all you dog minions."

Mama hadn't woken up yet, so she responded casually, but was kicked in the stomach by Wang Yicheng, and suddenly rolled several times.

Yongzheng entered the courtyard, but he didn't see Ru Xi come out of the house, looking at Xiao Lizi who was kneeling on the ground and trembling, he suddenly pulled the corners of his mouth, revealing a smile that was more ugly than crying.

"Little Lizi, I've thought about it again, you still have to change your name......"

Ru Xi suddenly spoke up, and his words were calm, as if he had expected Yongzheng to come: "The emperor's golden words, how can you change them casually?" ”

Yongzheng said with some embarrassment: "But ......"

Ru Xi appeared in front of the door and said deeply: "The emperor really has a heart, add a grass to his ligature, and raise a slut." ”

Yongzheng nodded: "Well, not bad......"

Li Lianying, no, Li Lianying was flattered and cried and kowtowed.

Ru Xi Yingyong Zheng entered the house, and after a long while, the grandmother outside the yard gasped, and suddenly pulled out her legs and ran out, shouting while running: "Which dog slaves?" Even Chun Niangniang's yard door dared to be demolished impatiently? ”……，