After several days, there was no bad news about the Emperor of the Apocalypse, and Wu Shigong was already about to breathe a sigh of relief. But one night, when the father-in-law Xue Lian was having dinner with the whole family, he happily said to his family: A minister dedicated a "elixir" to Emperor Tianqi, and after Emperor Tianqi took it, his spirit improved greatly, and his body seemed to recover immediately.

After listening to his father-in-law Xue Lian's words, Wu Shigong's heart "chuckled" again. When Wu Shigong was in his previous life, although his education level was not high, he had heard too many stories about the ancient emperors, as long as they ate the "elixir", they would immediately fart. The most famous is Qin Shi Huang. It seems that the situation of the Emperor of the Apocalypse is indeed not good, and he may not have much time in the world.

And Wu Shigong didn't dare to mention these ideas to his father-in-law Xue Lian. Don't say whether your father-in-law Xue Lian will believe his words. is to say this kind of crow's mouth himself, it is simply the act of cursing the Emperor of the Apocalypse. That's going to cost you a head.

However, Wu Shigong didn't know that in fact, his father-in-law Xue Lian also had the same anxiety. After all, the "Red Pill Case" of Emperor Tianqi's father did not last a few years. Xue Lian just forced himself to laugh so as not to worry his family.

After dinner, Wu Shigong and Xue Yufei returned to their small courtyard, and saw that their son Xue Chenglin was full of milk and looked like he was sleeping contentedly.

In fact, we already know that Wu Shigong's ideology and code of conduct basically come from the identity of the underworld boss in his previous life. And any social group, especially a social group like the triad that is organized on a voluntary basis, has very high requirements for its own leaders. The underworld not only requires their boss to have strong earning ability and high leadership skills, but they also require their boss to have high moral standards.

This may sound ironic. Will the boss of the underworld still have morality? Actually, that's for sure. It's hard for you to imagine that if a certain boss abuses his parents and beats his wife and children at home, even if he can make money and be extremely vicious, will anyone follow him? In fact, we can see from the classic work about the mafia - "The Godfather", the godfather worships every week, never goes out to play with women, and loves his family very much. And in reality, many underworld bosses are indeed like this.

And the same is true of Wu Shigong. He actually divides the people around him into two kinds. One is an outsider, just like the two brothers of the Yang family, who just spit on Wu Shigong's men, and he killed them without hesitation. There is not even a word of nonsense, which seems very cruel.

The other is your own people. Xiang Shumo ran away when Wu Shigong was in danger, and Wu Shigong laughed at it; Xue Qiang was rude to him, and Wu Shigong went back slightly; Li Xin repeatedly offended him, and Wu Shigong was also very tolerant. This means that Wu Shigong has regarded Li Xin as his own.

Of course, the reason why Li Xin is a beautiful little girl is not small. Men are always more generous to beautiful women. What if you try it with an ugly man? If that man couldn't take out five hundred taels of silver at that time, maybe Wu Shigong would have sunk his sack into the river a long time ago.

Therefore, whether Wu Shigong will do something that violates the bottom line of law and morality is one thing; But what he did, Wu Shigong also understood in his heart whether it was a good thing or a bad thing. In other words, Wu Shigong is also able to distinguish between right and wrong.

And what Wu Shigong wants to do now is definitely a torment for Wu Shigong's soul. Wu Shigong was ready to abandon his wife and children and run away alone in the worst-case scenario, that is, when the Xue family was killed and the clan was wiped out.

This is also another characteristic of Wu Shigong as an underworld boss: he is very calm, and even a little cold.

For Wu Shigong, who has been a man of two lives, he finally has a warm family now; finally had a wife who loved him deeply; finally had Xue Chenglin's son. But when the new emperor wants to destroy the Xue family, the Xue family will face the force of the entire state apparatus. At that time, not to mention Wu Shigong, even the entire Xue family did not have the slightest ability to resist. And in the face of this situation, the only thing Wu Shigong can do is to run away alone.

For the first time, Wu Shigong had a sense of powerlessness that his fate could not be in his own hands. Because, in the face of the entire state apparatus, even Wu Shigong's chances of success in escaping alone will be very slim, let alone with his family. Even if you take Xue Chenglin, a baby, to escape, the possibility of success will be greatly reduced.

But did you just abandon them? How could Wu Shigong's heart not be colic in desperation? In his heart, Wu Shigong could only secretly pray: It is best that day does not come. However, Wu Shigong still has to do the necessary preparations.

First of all, Wu Shigong ignored Zhu Yun's strangeness and rebuttal, and asked Zhu Yun to immediately take back all the silver that was taken out to put the seal money, and save it in the money bank to exchange it for silver tickets. Moreover, Wu Shigong was changed to the kind of money that pays at sight and does not recognize the vote, which also makes Wu Shigong lose some handling fees. However, at this time, Wu Shigong couldn't care about these losses.

Then, Wu Shigong asked the gambling house to deposit the silver every day, and only left the minimum amount for the gambling house to turnover. The rest were all deposited in the bank and exchanged for silver bills.

Wu Shigong went to Yang Goudan again, and ordered another thirty firecrackers, and Yang Goudan reminded Wu Shigong: It may take several months to make these firecrackers. Because, the ten handguns and five firearms that Wu Shigong asked for last time took Yang Goudan two and a half months.

Wu Shigong said to Yang Goudan: As long as Yang Goudan does it as soon as possible. But the quality of the firecracker must be guaranteed.

Then, through Xue Yong's connections, Wu Shigong purchased 200 catties of gunpowder in the store and sent it to the Zhuangzi outside the capital, where the gambling house guards were trained.

Although Xue Yong purchased gunpowder according to Wu Shigong's order, he also raised the question in his heart to his uncle: Uncle wants gunpowder, just let Hou Ye transfer some in the Beijing camp, what about Weishenme to spend silver?

Wu Shigong did not answer Xue Yong's question. Wu Shigong thought to himself: In this sensitive period now, asking his father-in-law Xue Lian to transfer some gunpowder from the Beijing camp is not an act of looking for death? As long as someone reports to the new emperor, what consequences will there be for the Xue family, and they will even know if they think about it with their butts.

As for Wu Shigong's purchase of guns and gunpowder, it was not a big problem. Because as long as the new emperor is reasonable, he knows that such a small amount of firearms and gunpowder will definitely not be prepared for rebellion. Besides, if there is a rebellion, those guns and gunpowder should also be transported into the capital, not to the Zhuangzi outside the city.

Of course, if the new emperor is unreasonable and bent on destroying the Xue family. Even if he didn't have these guns and gunpowder, he would have found other reasons.

In fact, Wu Shigong did all this not to rebel or escape, he was just suspicious.

One day afterward, under the cover of Xue Yong, Wu Shigong went out alone after putting on makeup, and borrowed a remote house in the east of the capital. Weishenme in Dongcheng? Because it's definitely not going to work in the South Side. And Xicheng is a Guixun district, and there are many people who know Wu Shigong, so it's not good. There is a Guozijian in Beicheng, and some of Wu Shigong's old classmates are also many, but it still doesn't work. That's only the East Side.

There was a well in the house, and Wu Shigong purchased grain and cured meat, enough for one person for three months. Wu Shigong hid another hundred taels of gold and one hundred taels of silver in the house. Two handguns, gunpowder and a number of bullets. In addition, there are two daggers. Wu Shigong forged a document for a foreign talent according to his own talent documents. And he bought a lot of books in the house, and put them in a mess.

Wu Shigong's idea is: If there is a chance to escape at that time, he will hide in this house first and close the door. If a visiting official comes, he will pretend to be a nerd who has gone to the capital to study and studied hard behind closed doors. Anyway, just make the Wu Shigong who was crossed, the appearance of a nerd. When the wind is quiet, he will fly away with this showman's paperwork. Because in the Ming Dynasty, civilians went out to be guided, and only Xiucai could not need a road guide, and he could walk everywhere with the identity of Xiucai.

Now, all the preparations have been completed. Wu Shigong can only pray to the heavens, and the moment when these things will never come.

zuihou, Wu Shigong called Shumo over, asked him to go to the fat powder shop and handed Zhao Ruya eight hundred taels of silver, and asked Shumo to send a message to Zhao Ruya: Wu Shigong will not go to Zhao Ruya in the near future.

After receiving the silver and hearing the words of Shumo. Because, Wu Shigong didn't come during this time, and Zhao Ruya, who was already feeling a little nervous, immediately became a little desperate. As soon as Shumo left, she immediately cried sadly.

Li Xin, who was on the side, saw Zhao Ruya crying sadly, and could only sigh helplessly. Li Xin is from a political family, so her political sensitivity is also relatively high. In addition, the people of the capital already had some traditions of talking about the palace compound and court affairs. Therefore, combined with these rumors of the people and Wu Shigong's identity, Li Xin has already guessed Wu Shigong's thoughts. Wu Shigong wanted not to bring any unnecessary trouble to Zhao Ruya's mother and daughter in case of political turmoil.

When Li Xin told Zhao Ruya Wu Shigong's thoughts, Zhao Ruya immediately burst into tears and laughed. When Wu Shigong was mentioned, Zhao Ruya still showed a fascinated look on her face.

Looking at Zhao Ruya's nymphomaniac appearance, Li Xin could only sigh helplessly again. Li Xin has already received a letter from her hometown Changzhou, her third uncle, who is also the current patriarch of the Li family. In the letter, the third uncle told Li Xin that he had set up a family affair for Li Xin in his hometown in Changzhou, and Li Xin married and became his wife. If it is convenient for Li Xin, it is okay to rush back to her hometown in Changzhou now. If Li Xin is inconvenient, then before the Chinese New Year, the Li family will send someone to the capital to pick up Li Xin back to his hometown.

Li Xin has also lived in the fat powder shop for almost a year. Feeling, although Wu Shigong is a person in the family of the enemy who killed his father, he treats Zhao Ruya's mother and daughter very well. And he's a good person. Zhao Ruya finally has a home.

Li Xin thought about her future again, and could only hope that she would marry a better husband.