Section IV

The Chinese and Western soldiers went crazy, poured into the nest, and used the whole Nanning as a utility room, looking for people in it. Although the city of Nanning is large, there are 20,000 Chinese and Western soldiers, and there are many people. In the early days, there were still people from the Yamen of the Forbidden Army, but although the number of guards was numerous, they could manage these soldiers who rolled down from the battlefield of life and death. There were also conflicts between the two sides, and after the Yawei suffered several losses, he dared to come forward, so he had to go up and let the commander give Xie Chuan a headache.

When Xie Chuan got the news, his beard turned white with worry. Nanning Fu went through the turmoil, and he took stability as the first priority, and as the commander of the forbidden army, he had a real responsibility, and he couldn't shirk it. But he really had to manage the wolf-like Chinese and Western soldiers, but he was powerless, so he had no choice but to go to the Queen Mother, hoping that the Queen Mother could suppress Wu Ming.

When Xie Chuan hurried towards the imperial palace, Yang Yizaiming, the general of Jingyuan, led the iron horse all the way and galloped across the streets of Nanning. And Wu Ming was in the dark, searching everywhere with a group of guards. Although Zhu Yuqing helped, after screening, there were more than 20 hiding places, and in desperation, he had to find them slowly. Although it is a secret stronghold, each stronghold is the same as the restaurant where Steward Hu stays, with a glamorous identity for protection, and in the eyes of outsiders, it is a private residence. For a whole morning, Zhenxi Hou changed his usual low-key behavior, personally led people to smash five shops, scattered three markets, and destroyed a bathhouse and a green building.

It seems to be a smashing and robbery, but Wu Ming is very measured, and he doesn't really know how these people are, he really wants to confirm that they are innocent, and the Governor's Mansion still has compensation, so although ten families were smashed, the people's grievances are not very big.

According to the information provided by Zhu Yuqing, the eleventh is a gambling house. It's called Yinlai Gambling House, and the gambling house is the same as the Qinglou, and it is also a night business. In the evening, although the gambling house is full of people, but in the morning, the gambling stick that stayed up all night has already fallen asleep, so now it is deserted, only two courtyards stand outside the gate, and there is no match chatting. The Prime Minister's Mansion was destroyed, and the soldiers on the streets were in a hurry, such a major event naturally could not be hidden from the common people, and everyone knew that the sky had changed last night. The Queen Mother punished the prime minister, as for how, it is worth scrutinizing. One to ten, ten to hundred, there are various versions, which are becoming more and more outrageous. The discussion between the two nursing homes was naturally from last night, and one of them said, "Scared, have you heard?" The prime minister intended to rebel, led the troops to the imperial palace, was cast by the queen mother, a night of heavy snow, frozen heaven and earth, the prime minister could not resist, suffered heavy losses, and then was corrected on the spot. ”

The other person glanced at him and said with disdain: "Li Laosan, if you don't know, don't talk nonsense, pick up half of it and run, do you know the truth?" ”

Li Laosan looked humble, and said in a low voice: "Brother Mao, is there anything else you haven't done, let's hear it, let my brother relieve his boredom." ”

Brother Mao got his compliment, looked proud, and said lightly: "I can't talk about the inside story, it's just that the distant brother of my eighth aunt's brother-in-law happened to have a drink at the Hou family in Zhenxi last night, and he got a little bit of the real situation." ”

Li Laosan was in good spirits, Brother Mao usually likes to brag, and the distant brother of his eighth aunt's brother-in-law, Li Laosan also heard him mention it, and it is said that he is a wealthy gentleman and has a generous shot. Last night, the concubine of Zhenxi Hou was known to the whole city, and ordinary people naturally couldn't get an invitation, but the distant brother of Brother Mao's eighth aunt's brother-in-law was so rich, he gave a big gift, and he could also smash out an invitation. Seeing is believing, hearing is false, and the news you get is true. Thinking of this, his tone was more humble, and he smiled flatteringly: "Brother Mao, you say, brother, listen." ”

Brother Mao was very satisfied with his respect, his chin was facing the sky, and he closed his eyes and said: "Li Laosan, you don't know, the real situation is that the prime minister is dissatisfied with the left and right hugs of Zhenxi Hou, and took advantage of his unpreparedness to get married, sent someone to rob his concubine, and prepared to take advantage of the beast ~ desire, Zhenxi Hou was furious, and personally ordered 20,000 troops to kill Ben Xiangfu, and the two sides fought to the death, and finally the prime minister was defeated and died of exhaustion. ”

Li Laosan's eyes widened, as if he didn't believe it: "My God, the prime minister won't be so bad, right?" You must know that his daughter is still in the big house of Zhenxi Hou, and she actually robbed a woman with her son-in-law? Gee. ”

Brother Mao lowered his voice and said mysteriously: "Lao Li, I'll spread this to your ears, don't say it." ”

Li Laosan nodded busily and promised: "Don't worry, Brother Mao, am I the kind of person with a loud voice?" ”

Brother Mao nodded, still said in a low voice: "It is said that the concubine of Zhenxi Hou Xinna looks like a fairy, and she used to be a maid of the Prime Minister's Mansion. ”

Li Laosan's eyes widened: "There is such a thing." ”

Brother Mao sighed, with a face full of vicissitudes: "Who said it wasn't, alas, these officials, fighting for money, land, and women, have ever taken care of the lives of our people." Troubled water......"

He was sighing, Li Laosan's eyes were getting bigger and bigger, and he pointed behind him and said, "Brother Mao, are you chewing the root of your tongue, you were known by Zhenxi Hou, and people came to the door." ”

"What?"

As soon as he said it, Brother Mao was still a little foggy, and when he saw Li Laosan looking behind him with a frightened face, he hurriedly turned his head, and when he saw it, he was also frightened. Wu Ming was riding on a tall horse, galloping with a large group of guards at a murderous gallop.

Lost his wife and children, so what do you care about being low-key, Wu Ming is now anxious, and he is looking for people in Nanning. Even if the common people didn't know him, the governor always knew him, and with the gray uniform and the sheathed sword, his identity was clear at a glance. Brother Mao's back exploded, and he was already sweating white, and he secretly said in his heart: "Is it really chewing the root of the tongue to attract this evil god?" That's not good. ”

There are some six gods without masters, Zhenxi Hou has led a large group of people to the front, a group of people turned over and dismounted, and a beautiful young woman with blond hair and blue eyes shouted first: "Go in and sue your boss, hand over Sister He, otherwise it will be directly crushed to the ground." ”

There are three-room ladies in the west of the town, and all of them have scary backgrounds, which is also something that ordinary people talk about. Esther had a strange face, and stood beside Wu Ming, her identity was already about to come out, and there was no doubt that she was the third lady? And the one who can be called Sister He by the third lady is naturally He Yi, the daughter of He Xiaotian, the governor of the Northwest. Thinking of this, his eyes went dark, and he almost fainted on the spot. But he was scolding in his heart, Boss Cao, Boss Cao, you usually don't care about your color, and no one cares if you marry eleven concubines, but you are so bold that you actually hit Mrs. Zhenxi Hou with your idea? A lesson from the past, the prime minister was killed by him in a rage, do you still dare to commit a crime against the wind?

The thought turned in his heart, and his mouth was even more flustered: "Hou, Hou, Madam, you wait, I'll call the boss." ”

Esther observed her words, and was sure that there was a problem with this family, so she said to Wu Ming: "Brother Amin, it is estimated that Sister He is hidden in this house." ”

Wu Ming was stunned: "How can you see it." ”

Esther forked a pair of plain hands to her slender waist and snorted coquettishly: "This kid has a thief's eyebrows, when I asked him just now, his eyes turned quickly, and he must have a ghost in his heart." ”

……

When Detective Esther was deliberating on the matter, Brother Mao had already rushed into the backyard, and he was shouting from afar: "Boss, boss, something is wrong, Zhenxi Hou has brought someone to kill him." ”

Boss Cao is a middle-aged man with a big belly, and the guys in the store don't know the relationship between Yinlai Gambling House and the prime minister, but he understands it very well in his heart. Early this morning, he got the news of the prime minister's death, and he was scared half to death. was packing up in the backyard and preparing to evacuate, when he heard Brother Mao shouting, he was even more fart, and hurriedly rushed out and said: "Hurry, hurry, hurry, hurry up everyone, someone has smashed the field, and I have to resist it desperately." ”

With his appearance, Brother Mao became more and more determined, and said secretly: "Damn, you old boy steals fishy, and you kill Lao Tzu, and there is no door." ”

was a little stunned, Boss Cao had already said sharply: "What are you still doing in a daze, go and inform people, do you want to eat dry rice?" ”

Seeing that Brother Mao responded, "Yes." Then he rushed out with a smoke, Boss Cao wiped the sweat on his head, and he couldn't even care about packing up his things, so he slipped out of the back door.

Brother Mao rushed to the outer wing room and yelled: "Someone has smashed the field." ”

The Yinlai gambling house is not large, but it has more than 10 thugs in the nursing home to maintain order. It is said that it is a nursing home, but in fact, most of them are some local gangsters, and they have nothing to do here to eat. I really met thousands of evil households, such as bad accounts, they are local snakes, and they can naturally come forward to settle down. As for the troublemakers who kick the field, most of them are also some gangsters, and that's more of a word, dry. But because of the relationship between the prime minister, there are almost no people who come here to make trouble, so everyone vaguely knows that there are people behind Boss Cao, and they are even more arrogant. Brother Mao only roared, and when the sleeping gangster heard that someone was making trouble, he was not surprised or rejoiced, and the time had come for him to earn his heart. Get up as soon as you get up, the guy and rush out.

Brother Mao smacked his tongue, like Boss Cao, and slipped away.

I saw it for a long time, but no one came out. Wu Ming is suspicious, could it be that Xiao Ai guessed correctly, is it really this gambling house? Thinking of this, he didn't care about harassing the residents, and waved his big hand: "Let's go, follow me in and have a look." ”

The guards were already eager to try, Wu Ming ordered, and a group of people, led by Luo Xiaochuan, rushed in like wolves. As soon as I entered the door, I was confronted with a brick thrown over. Luo Xiaochuan turned sideways, and he was not surprised. Ten families were smashed in front, but there was no resistance, this time they dared to fight back, it seems that the third lady is right, it must be this one. He shouted: "Beat, beat me to death, let it all go, search out the owner of the gambling house, and ask for the whereabouts of the second lady." ”

The guards were stunned. It seems that Deputy Luo has seen the clues, otherwise he would not be so sure, thinking of what the third lady said, everyone's eyes turned red. robbed our second lady, and dared to fight back? Thinking about it like this, it doesn't matter what the severity is, and rushing in is a burst of slashing.

After a burst of swords and swords, all the thugs who lay down were the casino. Even if they were a little confused when they first got up, after several people died, everyone finally came to their senses. This is here to play the field, and it is clearly here to seek revenge. The thugs were frightened, shouted, dropped their weapons and ran away.

Now that he was sure that there were people hiding in the casino, Wu Ming was no longer soft-hearted, and when he saw the gangsters scattering and fleeing, he hurriedly took people. In the chaos, the table carved by Nanmu was overturned, and the dice were spilled on the ground; The god of wealth inlaid with gold and jade was shattered, and the fragments were scattered everywhere; The screens of the twelve screens were also knocked over, and they were trampled on to pieces, and they had long lost the appearance of screens.

Wu Ming rushed all the way to the innermost courtyard, searched all the dark cabinets and cellars, all the cabinets that might have hidden people, and the carriages preparing to travel were all chopped to pieces, and there was still no shadow of He Yi.

He turned out, his face was sinking like water, and said in a deep voice to Zhu Yuqing, who rushed over: "No." ”

Esther was addicted to it, and said fiercely: "Let's go, I wish my sister to lead the way, and we will go to the next house." ”

As soon as the three of them rushed to the front yard, they heard Xiaozhu shouting: "The Queen Mother has arrived, but you haven't waited for it, what kind of system will it be?" ”

Wu Ming stopped, and saw the Queen Mother under the arch guard of a large group of palace maids and eunuchs, turned in from the outside, and when she saw the chaotic gambling house, the Queen Mother was furious and shouted: "What are you doing, what are you doing?" Wu Ming, are you going to rebel? ”

When the Empress Dowager first took power, she thought that stability was the first priority, and when she heard that Wu Ming was going crazy with his troops in Nanning, she could sit still and ran to stop it in person. She knew Wu Ming a lot, and when she heard Xie Chuan add oil and vinegar, she was just skeptical, but now seeing is believing, there is still half a doubt, and when she saw that the Chinese and Western soldiers were so arrogant, she was so angry that her body began to tremble. Transferring Chinese and Western soldiers into Nanning was originally a clever move by her, but now she has a trace of remorse.

Wu Ming looked at the Queen Mother and said, "The minister is guilty, but the situation is urgent, please let the Queen Mother get out of the way, so as not to hurt the phoenix body." ”

"You're telling me to get out of the way? Also hurt the phoenix body? Hearing Wu Ming's threatening tone, the Queen Mother was a little uneasy, and raised her voice and said, "Do you want to continue to make trouble?" Are you willing to turn the whole Nanning upside down? Yes? ”

Wu Ming sneered: "What does the lady think, what should the minister do?" ”

The Queen Mother shouted awe-inspiringly: "Naturally, we will withdraw our troops immediately, and wait for the palace to deal with it." ”

"I'm sorry, the minister's wife and children are still in the hands of the thief, I can't wait." After a pause, he said again: "Please let the Queen Mother let go, don't get in the way of Weichen." ”

The Queen Mother was half angry, is there any royal law in Wu Ming's eyes? There is no queen mother, and shouted: "This palace just won't let you, you have the ability, you cross over from this palace." ”

As soon as she finished speaking, she heard a "whirring" sound, and a figure flashed overhead. Wu Ming jumped directly over her head.

He rushed outside, then turned over and got on the horse, but the voice came from afar: "Luo Xiaochuan, protect the eldest lady, gather all the guards, and follow me to the next house." The sound of horses' hooves suddenly rose, and a man and a horse had rushed into the distance like a whirlwind.

"This, this, this really doesn't make sense." The Queen Mother looked at Wu Mingyuan's back, and was so angry that she was incoherent.

Esther was originally a royal princess, so she might have half a bit of awe of imperial power. In the same way, one jumped and flew over the head of the Queen Mother. When she arrived at the door, she felt a little rude, and stuck out her tongue at the Queen Mother: "Queen Mother, next time I will greet you and make up for it." ”

After speaking, he shook his long golden hair, twisted his body like a snake, and jumped directly on the horse's back.

As soon as she left, a group of guards couldn't stay still, set up Zhu Yuqing and ran out, Zhu Yuqing had the heart to ask for peace, but it could withstand so many guards, so she could only shout: "Queen Mother, Queen Mother, Niangniang, Niangniang......" and then was hugged into the carriage, but it sounded worse than ridicule.

The Queen Mother looked at the messy gambling house, the good mood of just taking in the power was gone, she only felt at a loss, her eyes were empty, her heart was empty, and finally turned into a hysterical scream.