Kunning Palace, before Deng Haonan went south to suppress the bandits, he first went to the queen Zhang Yan to say goodbye, and borrowed the golden hairpin she was wearing on her head by the way.

"Shall you not go?"

Zhang Yan Kao was on Deng Haonan's shoulder, and the two snuggled in front of the couch.

Knowing that after she left, she must have been very scared, and Deng Haonan had to comfort her.

"Don't worry! I've got it all arranged! ”

Deng Haonan thought about it and told her some things.

"The main officers of the Miyagi Forbidden Army are all their own people, if there is a change in the inner court, the guards of the East Factory will protect your safety!" Deng Haonan added: "You have to show weakness to the others now, let Concubine Cheng and Concubine Rong fight on their own, while you watch the fire from the other side, so that you can recuperate, and wait for me to come back and clean them up together!" ”

Zhang Yan said: "Now those ministers are even against my words, how can you clean them up!" ”

"Don't worry!" Deng Haonan said very confidently: "I have arranged everything!" ”

Zhang Yan saw that Deng Haonan was very confident, so she didn't ask any more questions. Except for Deng Haonan, she has no one to trust.

The two talked for a long time, and Deng Haonan told him again before leaving.

Returning to the Liaoguo Mansion, Deng Haonan handed over the gold waist card he was carrying to his wife Wanshu.

"Take this one! Don't lose it! ”

Wanshu asked, "What is this for me?" ”

Deng Haonan said with a smile: "I left Beizhili this time, and there will be great changes in the capital, so I secretly stationed 20,000 troops in the Nanyuan Royal Hunting Ground, and only myself and this token can be mobilized!" Considering your safety, I will keep this for you, and you can mobilize them if necessary, don't lose it! ”

Wanshu, Yan Siyu and Tan Wanqing were all shocked when they heard this, Deng Haonan actually secretly stationed 20,000 troops under the noses of the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty, which was a major crime of rebellion.

Wanshu said with a worried face: "Hasn't the government already strengthened its defenses?" ”

Wanshu refers to the 500 guards left behind in the mansion, which are the troops left by Deng Haonan to protect his family.

"With them to protect us, we should be fine! Don't let people know that Xianggong has arranged another 20,000 horses in Nanyuan, that is a big crime of rebellion! ”

Deng Haonan smiled, knowing what she meant. At the moment, Deng Haonan doesn't want to be charged with rebellion, which is a very severe blow to his reputation.

"This ambush is not aimed at the imperial court!" Deng Haonan explained: "Once the east and west palaces of the capital are in turmoil, it is estimated that there will be thieves who will take the opportunity to peep into Gyeonggi. There is a forbidden army in the capital, so there should be no problem. I'm also just in case, if the forbidden army in the capital can't stop them, then you will mobilize this army. ”

"Are there thieves around here?"

The third girl was suddenly shocked and looked at Deng Haonan, who didn't explain much.

"It may appear!"

Deng Haonan had no choice but to say this, he couldn't tell them that Huang Taiji was about to enter the customs! Although that is a historical thing, Huang Taiji may not be in the mood to knock at the moment, but Deng Haonan needs to keep a hand, just in case. Historical records record that Huang Taiji failed to take Beijing when he entered the customs, but he also tossed Gyeonggi enough, plundered hundreds of thousands of people, and looted countless people. Deng Haonan needs to be prepared.

Tan Wanqing suddenly said: "The thief army you said refers to the Tartars!" ”

"How do you know?" Deng Haonan was very surprised.

Tan Wan was innocent of him, and said: "You have always wanted to sit in the position of the governor of Zhili, but those ministers do not agree. So you ordered the Liaodong army to open a defensive line and let the Tartars enter the pass, so that the Tartar army is coming to the city, and these babbling ministers must be in a hurry, and then you come forward again, they will not obediently give you this governor of Zhili! ”

Deng Haonan was stunned, he never thought that Tan Wanqing would have such insight skills.

was really right by her, Deng Haonan did think so. It's just that Deng Haonan will not let the Liaodong Army take the initiative to let the enemy enter the pass, but with the advantage of the traverser, he knows that Huang Taiji will break through the Great Wall in the north of Jizhou Town. Once Huang Taiji entered the customs, the government and the opposition were shaken, and Huang Liji's old guys couldn't get rid of Huang Taiji at all, so they could only give Deng Haonan the position of the governor of Zhili and ask Deng Haonan to help them settle the enemy.

"I didn't expect me to marry a female Zhuge back!"

"Stinky beauty!" Tan Wanqing glanced at Deng Haonan angrily, and said coquettishly: "Did you marry me?" I was deceived by you! ”

“……”

Deng Haonan rolled his eyes, and secretly said in his heart that you sent it to the door yourself. He smiled bitterly: "When did I lie to you?" ”

Tan Wanqing glanced at the golden waist card in Wanshu's hand, and said unpleasantly: "You also said that the gold medal is useless, you can mobilize thousands of troops, you actually lied to me that it is useless!" ”

Deng Haonan realized that this little girl was annoyed with him.

"This-" Deng Haonan smiled brightly: "At that time, how could I dare to believe that you really only went to save people?" If you leave with the token, or go to the Liaodong Governor's Mansion to make trouble, then there will be a big mess in the world? ”

Tan Wanqing listened to Deng Haonan's explanation, and most of the unhappiness in her heart disappeared. Suddenly, Tan Wanqing remembered something, so she said coquettishly: "I don't care, you coax me!" ”

“……”

Deng Haonan rolled his eyes, and Wanshu and Siyu couldn't help but snicker.

Helpless, Deng Haonan had to do everything he could to coax her, but unexpectedly fell in love with her.

"What? You're going south with me? ”

Deng Haonan suddenly shook his head and said, "No, I'm going south to suppress bandits, that's to fight, how can I take a woman there?" ”

"You don't lie to me!" Tan Wanqing said angrily: "Wanshu has told me everything, you don't need you to fight, you are going to Nanzhili to dig treasures!" ”

“……”

Deng Haonan looked at Wanshu, who stuck out her tongue cutely.

Hey!

Deng Haonan was completely defeated, and Tan Wanqing bought Wanshu so quickly.

"If I hadn't looked for this treasure, I wouldn't have met you!" Tan Wanqing said very resolutely: "I have to go and see what the treasure looks like!" ”

It seems that she knows everything, since Wanshu has accepted her and treats her as her own family, then Deng Haonan has no choice but to try her luck and bet that Tan Wanqing has given up the affairs of the rivers and lakes and is his wife with peace of mind.

Yan Siyu also wanted to go, but was left by Deng Haonan to take care of Wanshu. Although Deng Haonan planned to return to Wanshu before giving birth, sometimes if he was delayed by important matters and couldn't go back, then there must be someone who could talk to give orders in the house.

Deng Haonan raised troops to the south to suppress bandits, known as an army of 200,000. The Liaodong Bank allocated 1 million taels of silver for the war expenses, but this account was recorded in the account of the household department, and all the household departments borrowed money from the Liaodong Bank.

Deng Haonan left Beijing, Huang Liji and others wanted to send it, looking at their hypocritical smiles, Deng Haonan smiled secretly in his heart, there is a time when you cry.

However, Wang Qia, the secretary of the military department, was confused, he fell to Deng Haonan's camp, but now the queen of the main palace is showing weakness, and the east and west palaces are raising their heads, but Deng Haonan has also withdrawn from the whirlpool of power struggles in the capital, which makes him a little overwhelmed.

Deng Haonan can't say too much to Wang Qia, this guy's mouth can't hold the door, and if he can't get it right, he will shake it out and let others know. But it is also necessary to give him confidence and hope. So Deng Haonan had no choice but to pat his chest and sue him, and put down the rebellion of the White Lotus Sect within a month.

Sure enough, Wang Qia's heart settled down. A month to quell the rebellion, then return to Beijing before the queen gives birth, the overall situation is still controllable.

But Huang Liji and the others didn't believe it, because they had secretly done tricks in the south, and the officials of their party had to delay Deng Haonan for half a year, so that he would have no time to return to Beijing to participate in the cooperation.

The six ministers were smiling at each other, and they were all calculating each other in their hearts.

Deng Haonan led the main force south to suppress the bandits, and everyone in the world knew about it, Deng Haonan hoped so, and even more hoped that Huang Taiji would also know. Huang Liji and the others also hoped so, because only in this way did Deng Haonan not dare to give up halfway, and he had to completely exterminate the White Lotus Sect before he could return to the capital division, otherwise his reputation would be ruined.

Yang Sichang was recalled to the Beijing Division, and the only remaining 30,000 Ming troops returned to Nanzhili for rectification. Deng Haonan took the ship Black Pearl to the south, and on the other side, the Liaodong Governor's Mansion also sent troops to secretly set off according to the established plan.

Deng Haonan walked very slowly, mainly to cover people's eyes and ears, so that the White Lotus Sect rebels miscalculated, and created opportunities for the real main force of the Liaodong Army.

When arriving at the mouth of the Yangtze River in Yangzhou, Deng Haonan stopped at Tongzhou Mansion and took Tan Wanqing off the boat, while the Black Pearl was still sailing to Nanjing.

The Admiralty mobilized 60 warships, large and small, to blockade the waters of the Yangtze River and Poyang Lake to prevent the White Lotus rebels from crossing the Yangtze River and moving north.

The 2nd Cavalry Division, the 2nd Cavalry Artillery Division, and the 1st Marine Division landed at Xiaguan in Nanjing, and made a defensive posture on the whole line to confuse the rebels' sight.

Huang Dahai commanded the garrison army and coast guard of the Taiwan Prefecture, with a total strength of more than 60,000 troops of the navy and army, and secretly landed from Zhangzhou Mansion and Tingzhou Mansion in Fujian Province, and launched a surprise attack on Jiangxi Gannan Prefecture, in response to the headquarters of Hong Zhanzu, the governor of Jiangxi, and relieved the siege of Jingdezhen.

The 1st, 2nd, and 3rd Lancer Divisions and the 3rd Cavalry Artillery Division, the main forces of the Liaodong Army, secretly landed in Guangdong, secretly assembled in Nanxiong Mansion, and launched an attack on Longnanfu, the old nest of the White Lotus Sect, with the intention of forcing the rebels to retreat from the cottage to the city of Pingyuanfu, so that the Liaodong Army could find the main force of the rebels Armageddon.

The Liaodong Army was well deployed, and while the military operations were being carried out, psychological warfare was also launched. The Military Intelligence Bureau spread leaflets and rumors everywhere, stirring up discord between Xu Hongru and Liu Erhei and Yan Bing, and in less than three days, it spread throughout Jiangxi, making it look like the real thing, making the people of the White Lotus Sect panic, and the military operations were suspended.

Here, Deng Haonan and Tan Wanqing, escorted by Ding Daniu and others, boarded a frigate on Chongming Island. Feng Shaoyan and the security bureau personnel arrived first and were waiting on the island.

It wasn't until Deng Haonan landed on Chongming Island that he sighed at the magic of nature.

Chongming Island in the Ming Dynasty was only one-twentieth the size of Chongming Island in later generations, and Deng Haonan took a circle at the mouth of the Yangtze River before landing on the island. In the Ming Dynasty, the mouth of the Yangtze River was unusually wide, more than twice as wide as the current Yangtze River estuary.

The river in the north of Chongming Island is the widest, and it can no longer be called a river, and the locals call it Baishuiyang. In later generations, Baishuiyang has been filled with sediment and turned into today's two cities, Qidong and Haimen, which can be seen in its wide range. The south side of Chongming Island is narrower than the north side, and it is called Suzhou Ocean. Suzhou Zhouyang was silted up by the Yangtze River relatively slowly, not as exaggerated as the north, and only accumulated the Chuansha and Nanhui in today's Shanghai in a few hundred years.

There is only one Chongming sand on Chongming Island, to be exact, a family surnamed Ma. Not much, only seven people.

Originally, the imperial court left a hundred households in the Chongming Sha to guard, with the abolition of the imperial court's armaments, the loss of personnel in the Sha Institute, to the eighth year of the Apocalypse, there was only one family on the island.

This family surnamed Ma is a military family, and has been guarding Chongming Shasu for generations. A few days ago, a large number of strangers suddenly came and blocked the nearby river, which scared the family stupidly.

Listening to the reports of the security bureau commissioners Cui Zhonghua and Feng Shaoyan, Deng Haonan and Tan Wanqing couldn't help laughing.

"That's it! Don't scare people! Deng Haonan smiled and said: "After we leave, give them some silver and send them away!" ”

"Yes! Adults, please! Cui Zhonghua pointed out the way to Deng Haonan and Tan Wanqing, and led them into Chongming Shasu to rest.

While walking, Deng Haonan asked, "Did you find any clues?" ”

Feng Shaoyan shook his head and said, "This Chongming Island is not big, except for a sand station and a wharf, there is nothing else. We went to Changsha and Nansha again, and there was nothing there? ”

Deng Haonan's expression was gloomy, could it be that he really made a mistake in judgment?

The sand is so broken that it has become the family's own residence. Lao Ma's family stayed aside honestly, and when they saw Deng Haonan and his party coming in, they all stood up in a hurry, just protecting their children, with a frightened face.

The parent is Ma Sande, who is about fifty years old, probably because of the wind and sun, and the whole person looks like a seventy-year-old man. But the spirit seems to be good.

Tan Wanqing saw that a few children were pitiful, so she told the maid to take some pastries and sweets and share them with them.

Ma Sande and his wife hurriedly thanked him.

Seeing a few children eating beautifully, Ma Sande was very happy. For them, the military households, to be able to eat a piece of pastry or candy, it is simply happier than the New Year.

But suddenly a large group of strangers came, and now there is such a big official as Deng Haonan, although he doesn't know who Deng Haonan is, but just looking at the python robe on his body knows that it is not small, but this Ma Sande's heart is even more abrupt.

"Don't know what to call an adult?"

"Bold!"

"Is this what you should ask?"

Several guards immediately drew their knives in half, and Ma Sande suddenly fell to his knees in fright.

"Atonement! The villain is wrong! ”

Deng Haonan waved his hand, and the guards retreated.

"I'll ask you!"

As soon as Deng Haonan spoke, before Ma Sande could react, two guards suddenly stepped forward to pull him over.

"Don't be rude!"

Deng Haonan stopped, the two guards retreated, Ma Sande's legs suddenly became weak, and he knelt on the ground and begged: "The adult spares his life, the villain is a gatekeeper, he really can't afford it, if the adult has something to ask, the villain knows everything he knows." ”

Deng Haonan nodded and motioned for him to get up, but he refused to get up even if he died, so Deng Haonan had no choice but to give up.

"How long have you been guarding here!"

"Back to your lordship!" Ma Sande hurriedly said: "The villain's family has been garrisoned here for generations!" ”

Deng Haonan looked at Cui Zhonghua, who nodded in confirmation, and said: "His ancestor Ma Qiang, originally a descendant of Ma Chengfeng of the Nanjing Wang clan, was assigned to the Chongming Sha garrison because of the violation of the national law, and it is already the sixth generation in Ma Sande's generation!" ”

Ma Sande was a little stunned, he didn't expect the other party to directly find out his ancestor eighteenth generation, and began to mutter.

"What is this horse for?"

Cui Zhonghua replied: "It's the clan of the Three Treasure Eunuchs!" He has followed the eunuch of Sanbao to go abroad many times, and later resigned and returned to his hometown! ”

"The clansmen of the Three Treasure Eunuchs?"

Deng Haonan's expression tightened, and Feng Shaoyan felt that something was wrong at this time.

"It can't be such a coincidence!"

"How did you resign?"

Cui Zhonghua didn't expect Deng Haonan to ask this, he was a little unprepared, and hurriedly called his subordinates to take the record of the eighteenth generation of Ma Sande's ancestors. Fortunately, the Security Bureau is very careful, and in this matter, all the information on the side has been brought.

Soon, Cui Zhonghua brought out Ma Chengfeng's file records.

"In November of the tenth year, Zheng He and other envoys were reinstated to Sumatra. The former pseudo-prince Su Ganra, who plotted to kill the lord and stand on his own, was angry that Zheng He could not give himself, and led his troops to invite the official army. Ma Cheng fought with the wind, pursued and captured his wife. Ma Chengfeng said that he was not as guilty as his wife and children, Zheng He or not, and the tunnel broke up. In July of the thirteenth year, he returned to the court. The emperor is overjoyed, and the soldiers are poor. Ma Chengfeng was at odds with Zheng He, resigned from his hometown, and said that he did not get along with each other. ”

After listening to this, Deng Haonan thought for a long time, and then looked at Ma Sande.

Ma Sande didn't dare to look at Deng Haonan, and hurriedly lowered his head, in a daze. Xindao: Who are these people! It is scary enough to find out the eighteenth generation of the ancestors, and even the words and deeds of the ancestors are recorded one by one!

Feng Shaoyan said suddenly: "My lord, all treasures must have guardians. This treasure of Zheng He should naturally have a guardian, and the guardian must be trustworthy, and Zheng He's people are naturally the best candidates! ”

"What a double play!"

Deng Haonan nodded, noncommittal, and strengthened his judgment a few points.

"Ma Sande!"

"The villain is here!"

"Say it! Where is the entrance to the treasure! ”

Ma Sande was stunned when he heard this, and then replied a little stupidly: "The villain doesn't understand what you mean, adult!" ”

Deng Haonan was speechless.

His subordinates were just about to make a move, but Deng Haonan hurriedly waved his hand to stop him.

"Convince people with virtue!"

Tan Wanqing couldn't help but burst out laughing, and pushed Deng Haonan in disgust.

The subordinates immediately understood, how could they be rough in front of the fourth lady?

Calm!

Deng Haonan asked calmly: "What did your father tell you when he was dying?" If you sue me, I'll give you a hundred taels of silver!" ”

Ma Sande shook his head in fear, saying that he didn't say anything, but a trace of color flashed on his wife Ma's face.

Deng Haonan caught Ma's expression, smiled slightly, and looked at the little girl in her arms, who was still holding her fingers with relish, maybe there was a hint of sweetness on it.

"Is it delicious?"

"Delicious!"

"Do you still want to eat?"

"Yes!"

"Come here, uncle, hug!"

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