Zhou Kui and Gong Yonggu were anxious, as if they were afraid that Zhu Ping'an would take the opportunity to escape, so they couldn't help but say something, so they pulled Zhu Ping'an into the carriage, waved at Wang Jinfa and the blind man who were watching not far away, and told them to follow closely, and then drove towards Zhou Kui's courtyard in Xichengfang without stopping.

Zhou Kui is famous, and he regards wealth as his life, as long as it is stained with silver, he runs faster than anyone else. As for Gong Yonggu, Zhu Ping'an is willing to make friends, this person is open-minded and heroic, without any horses, and he is even more enthusiastic. The most important reason is that in real history, in addition to his deep love with Princess Le'an and his wife, which can be called a good story, when Li Zicheng attacked Beijing, he led the whole family and the country to martyrdom, and he can definitely be regarded as a loyal martyr of the Ming Dynasty. For this alone, Zhu Ping'an has great respect for him.

Zhu Ping'an sighed and pointed to the official robe on his body, "Uncle, you have to allow the official to go back to the house and change his clothes!" ”

Zhou Kui glared, "Ping An boy, don't you look down on the old man." Can't you even take out a few clothes from the old man's house? ”

Zhu Ping'an had to nod helplessly, this week Kui is stingy by nature, but his family is indeed a rich country, and he is not known how many times more lenient than Emperor Chongzhen, who is now trapped in the Forbidden City. Mo said that it was a few clothes, I am afraid that the clothes he prepared in this house are enough to open a ready-to-wear store.

At this time, it was already afternoon, and when he arrived at Zhou Kui's house, his family came up to greet him, waiting for the three of them to bathe and change clothes, and Zhu Ping'an took advantage of this time to get some lunch to fill his stomach first, otherwise, drinking on an empty stomach would definitely be the end of last night.

After bathing, change into the clothes prepared by the next person and feel refreshed. Zhu Chunchen, the Duke of Chengguo who had just met, also rushed to Zhou Kui's courtyard, and it seemed that he was also the guest of honor tonight.

The title of Duke Chengguo began in the Yongle period, and it is the second largest honor in the Ming Dynasty after the Duke of England. Today's British Gongzhang Zhiji is weak and has been stranded in Nanjing all the year round, but his physical condition has deteriorated extremely recently, so Emperor Chongzhen specially ordered him to come to Jingshi Tai Hospital for diagnosis and treatment, but it can be seen that it is a year and a half of things. Therefore, today's nobles in the capital are all looking forward to the Chengguo Mansion.

Chengguo Gong Zhu Chunchen is only in his forties, and he has long lost the military general spirit of his ancestor Zhu Neng, and his whole body is bloated, like the Buddha enshrined in the temple. He was able to speak well, and as soon as he entered the door, he was full of witty words, which made everyone laugh constantly.

In the blink of an eye, it was already the beginning of the lights outside, Zhou Kui looked at the hour, couldn't help frowning, and muttered: "Why hasn't it arrived yet?" ”

"Uncle invited any other distinguished guests?" Zhu Ping'an and the others all asked.

As he spoke, the family members outside had already announced in a loud voice, "Uncle Yu, General Wu Sangui, the general of Ningyuan, has arrived!" ”

Zhu Ping'an was stunned, but he didn't expect Zhou Kui to invite Wu Sangui, but what kind of idea was this? As we all know, not only in Julu but also in Beijing, Wu Sangui has already formed a grudge with Zhu Ping'an, and each other's subordinates have also provoked several incidents in Beijing.

Zhou Kui seemed to see Zhu Ping'an's displeasure, and deliberately leaned in front of Zhu Ping'an before going out and explained: "Ping'an, don't think too much." This Wu Sangui lives outside the Guan, it is deep-rooted in Liaodong, the wealthy families outside the Guanxi are respected by the ancestral family and the Wu family, we do business in Shandong, the sea ship to Liaodong is a convenient channel, and there are also foreign antlers, ginseng and other things to Shandong, which is flat land will rise several times. The old man is also for the sake of business, and he has made friends with him, and I know that you have some festivals with him, but you can always not push out the gold and silver in your hand, and you must always be harmonious and make money, you say, right? ”

As soon as Zhou Kui said this, Zhu Ping'an didn't say anything else, only to obey his uncle's orders. Zhou Kui smiled and greeted him under the corridor.

Wu Sangui and his person, whether in history or face-to-face understanding, Zhu Ping'an is a little disdainful of this person. His cunning and fickle, speculative and camping skills are unparalleled in the world, this Yang Sichang has just lost power, and he hung up Zhou Kui's door, which is estimated to be the meaning of the wealthy family in Liaodong. Yang Sichang left the capital, and the clear-eyed people had already figured out some flavors based on the unusual appearance of these days, and it was estimated that it was better to figure out that Zhou Kui and Queen Zhou were also on the line, than hanging themselves on a tree with Tian Hongyu and Yang Sichang.

The elite of Guanning Iron Cavalry is famous all over the world, but it has always been cowered in the city, and finally became the pawn of the Qing army who entered the pass, chasing the dead and chasing the north, and the rest of the Southern Ming and Dashun armies were wiped out cleanly. As for the later rebellion of the three feudatories, the rebellion against the Qing Dynasty again was fundamentally Wu Sangui's jealousy of Kangxi's Xiao Mazi's strategy of cutting the domain, and refused to hand over the territory and soldiers and horses, which caused the war of interests. In the final analysis, this man is the biggest speculator in this historical period.

The sound of footsteps, Wu Sangui, who was dressed in a green robe, handed the robe to the guards, strode up the steps, and saluted Zhou Kui and the others.

Wu Sangui greeted Zhou Kui with a smile, but at a glance he saw Zhu Chunchen, Gong Yonggu, Zhu Ping'an and others in the hall, and as soon as his eyes fell on Zhu Ping'an's body, the smile on his face was stagnant.

Wu Sangui also didn't expect to meet Zhu Ping'an here in Zhou Kui. In fact, the Guanwai clan also has eyeliner in the court, but compared with the Jingshi, its influence is very different from that of other central factions, and the many information collected is that Yang Sichang is about to leave the center of the imperial court, and Zhou Yanru is about to enter the cabinet again, and he will be of great use when he sees it. And Zhou Kui is now congratulating Zhou Yanru on sitting in the same boat.

Therefore, Wu Sangui did not ask his father and uncle who were far away from the customs, but decisively chose to hook up with Zhou Kui first. Although Yang Sichang took a lot of care of Wu Sangui, who was the righteous son of Gao Qiqian, Wu Sangui had no intention of continuing to sit on a boat that already had a sinking trend. At such a moment, the decisive choice to close the door and silence the traces is enough to prove that no matter how strong the political alliance is, without the support of interests, it will collapse in an instant.

Frankly speaking, Wu Sangui has no good impression of Zhu Ping'an, even if he has become the youngest chief military officer in the Ming Dynasty, compared to Zhu Ping'an, his own merits are really nothing. Especially this person is flying and domineering, I don't know if he has humiliated himself in one scene, including his house slaves, and even dared to step on his own throw. I heard that this person was also born as a house slave, so it is no wonder that he is so ignorant of the heavens and the earth. It's just such a person, and he is not bad with himself, which makes Wu Sangui feel like a fish in his throat.

Wu Sangui followed Zhou Kui into the flower hall, and after greeting Gong Yonggu and Zhu Chunchen, he walked in front of Zhu Ping'an. Zhou Kui hurriedly said: "I heard that there was a misunderstanding between the general and Ping'an before, and it is rare to gather together today, both of them are young heroes of the imperial court. ”

Wu Sangui smiled faintly and touched the scars on his face, "Uncle said that he laughed, General Zhu is now the minister of the imperial court, and I, Wu Sangui, am just a martial artist outside the gate." These two scars on the face were left in the army to save my father, and the other one was given by Lord Zhu ......! ”

Wu Sangui looked at Zhou Kui's somewhat surprised expression, and then changed to a smile, "However, since the uncle said this, the young general will obey his fate!" ”

The words unabashedly revealed his hatred for Zhu Ping'an, but he gave Zhou Kui steps and face, which can be described as extremely thoughtful, which not only satisfied Zhou Kui, but also made Zhu Ping'an unhappy.

Zhou Kui breathed a sigh of relief, these two people are two important links in his own plan to make a fortune, both are indispensable, Zhou Kui doesn't care whether they are sincere or not, as long as they are harmonious on the surface, they don't delay their fortune.

Zhou Kui looked at Zhu Ping'an with joy.

Zhu Ping'an looked at the two scars on Wu Sangui's face, one was lighter in color, which seemed to have been left years ago, and the other was bright in color and blood-stained, which was clearly the lesson left by Cao Wugui when he forced Ji Ze to raise a diving army to rescue the giant deer.

The two scars are on one cheek, one to the left and the other to the right, as if a big "X" was engraved on Wu Sangui's face, which is very similar to the symbols in a surreal action movie in later generations.

It's just more and more like it, Zhu Ping'an didn't hold back, and he laughed out loud with a poof.

Wu Sangui's face immediately changed, "Zhu Ping'an, are you making fun of this official?" Don't forget, this scar is a good thing done by your house slave, and the official hasn't settled accounts with you yet, and you ......! ”

Zhou Kui's face suddenly changed.

Unexpectedly, Zhu Ping'an waved his hand again and again, "General Wu misunderstood, this official saw that these two scars were intertwined, and suddenly remembered a record, which had a lot to do with the shape of this Yang, and he was excited for a while, and he couldn't help himself, and asked General Wu not to be surprised!" ”

"Record?" Don't talk about Wu Sangui, even Zhou Kui, Zhu Chunchen, and Gong Yonggu were stunned, they never expected Zhu Ping'an to be involved in this. Among the three, only Gong Yonggu inadvertently saw the cunning light in Zhu Ping'an's eyes flash, and immediately knew that Zhu Ping'an was entertaining Wu Sangui.

Gong Yonggu and Wang Mengbi went to the Jize army together to announce the decree, but they had seen Gao Qiqian and Wu Sangui's father and son, and they also suffered a lot of wretchedness.

"Zhu Ping'an, if you don't say a ugly thing today, this official will not give up with you!" Wu Sangui gritted his teeth and said.

Zhu Ping'an cleared his throat, "This official is fortunate to have seen the fragments of the "Classic of Mountains and Seas" compiled by Liu Xin in the late Western Han Dynasty in the hands of a Yunyoudao person in the Zhongdu ......! ”

Gong Yonggu on the side suddenly took the opportunity to exclaim, his acting skills were realistic, "General Zhu has actually seen the fragments of the Western Han Dynasty's "Classic of Mountains and Seas", it is rumored that it has long disappeared from the world, and the general can actually see it with his own eyes, what a luck!" ”

Among Wu Sangui, Zhou Kui, and Zhu Chunchen, two were military attachés, and one was illiterate, so he could only look at Zhu Ping'an and Gong Yonggu's "excited exchange" as if they didn't understand.

It is written, in the far west, there is a country called Meimeijian. There were wild werewolves, with such marks on their bodies, and their hands were as sharp as knives, and they were later recruited by the Meijian court and became a generation of famous generals, known as 'Wolverine'! ”

"Isn't that the divine beast recorded in the "Classic of Mountains and Seas" made by Guo Pu of the Two Jin Dynasty - Lu Wu?" Gong Yong is just right, "According to legend, his tiger body and human head, two pairs of sharp claws are indestructible, and it seems that there are such marks on his body!" To say that General Wu's two scars are natural, could it be a sign from God, to make General Wu one of my famous generals of the Ming Dynasty? ”

Zhu Ping'an exclaimed in his heart, "It's tacit enough, it's really talented!" Secretly gave Gong Yonggu a thumbs up.

Wu Sangui and the other three looked at each other, even if Wu Sangui was angry, he couldn't get out at this time. R1152