Sending Kangxi and his party away, Wu Yingxiong looked at his watch, it was already the end of the Shen Dynasty, and hurried back to Haochun Xuan, so that Baozhu and Lang Tingshu would rest first, and he wanted to write to his father quickly.

The letter was written very long, and even the pun dialogues when playing against Zhou Peigong were written word for word. At the end he wrote:

…… Kangxi is insidious and cunning, and no one can match the emperors of the ages. If the king does not withdraw the domain, the disaster will be very simple at present; If the king withdraws the domain, the disaster will be deepened in the future. The hope of the subjects of the world, the safety of the nine clans of Wumen, is tied to the king's thoughts, Fu Wang pondered again and again, and made a wise decision, then the Han family is very fortunate!

It wasn't until the time of the lamp that this secret letter was written, and Wu Yingxiong carefully sealed it with fire paint. The next day, he went to the Internal Affairs Office to receive gastrodia, and sent his henchman Ding directly to Yunnan. Everything stopped, and Wu Yingxiong called Baozhu and Lang Tingshu to have dinner at Haochun Xuan.

The three of them were all preoccupied, and Baozhu was even a little annoyed, so he stopped eating after two bites with his head stuffy, got up and said with a smile: "If the prince has nothing else to do, I'll go back to the room." Lang Tingshu also stood up and prepared to retire.

"Don't be discouraged, the situation is changing right now!" Wu Yingxiong's voice was a little hoarse, his gloomy eyes stared at the flickering candlelight, and he said word by word, "If this domain was easy to withdraw, it would have been withdrawn a long time ago!" After Shi Cong and their secret discussion in Guangdong, the three kings separately asked for the withdrawal of the domain, and they must make a big deal! Wang Shirong arrived in Shaanxi first, and he had already said that he had moved more than 20 generals under Ma Harrier, and as soon as the fight started, he immediately wanted him to look good. Now that Sun Yanling has become a puppet, others don't know him, but I know best. Don't look at him stammering Kong Sizhen like a dog, he is actually a donkey who loves face, he can't be convinced! Wang Shirong went there again to fan a fire, and if it didn't burn, it had to be burned. Kong Sizhen, a little bedbug, can stand up to the bed? We have to cheer up, the big drama is about to begin! ”

This is a bit wrong for Bao Zhu, and his mood is very complicated. After pondering for a long time, Baozhu Fang said: "Shizi, you are still cautious in Beijing, there is no need to say these words, whatever you command, I will do." ”

"You are worthy of being the prince's henchman, you are really loyal!" Wu Yingxiong's eyes flashed sharply, "However, now you can't be in the house, you have to think of leaving this Longtan Tiger's Den!" I can't be with Yang Qilong anymore, I have to pull them over for my use, otherwise, with a few of us, we will be taken if we can't get out of Zhili! He looked up at the banner in the hall, and framed ten teacups in rice paper, although the writing was unruly, it was the true recipe of life given to him by his father:

Proud, unhappy, frustrated, unhappy

Wu Yingxiong closed his eyes and leaned back on the chair, as if he was gathering his courage and wisdom, Gege sneered for a long time, and said: "Zhou Quanbin is a villain, he can't be a lifetime if he got cheap last time, he can come to me as an uninvited guest, of course I can also go to his house to wade through this muddy water!" ”

Lang Tingshu was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly said: "Go now?" A little too rushed, right? ”

"Not in a hurry!" Wu Yingxiong thought about it, and stood up with a "snap" on the back of the chair, "I've thought about it for a long time, but I lack a dragon and tiger banquet to protect it, and with the pillar, it's complete!" As he spoke, he turned around and poured three large wines, handed Baozhu and Lang Tingshu a glass each, and said, "It's done!" ”

Xiao Maozi brought two new pieces of information about Wu Sangui's withdrawal and the emperor's going to Wu Yingxiong's Mansion to play chess, and went to Zhou's Mansion on Gulou West Street to report to Li Zhu. As soon as he entered the Zhong Sanlang Club, Yang Qilong immediately saw that this little Maozi had the conditions that Wang Zhenbang, Huang Sicun and Ah San were difficult to achieve, he was young, had a big hand, had many acquaintances, was clever and well-informed. Judging from Huang Jing's words, Kangxi still has the meaning of using Xiao Maozi. After several tests, the first time he saw Xiao Maozi, Yang Qilong rewarded him with two hundred taels of gold cakes, and instructed Li Zhu that Xiao Maozi's line was not promoted by Wang Zhenbang, he and Li Zhu personally mastered it, and Huang Jing did their own thing, and did not collude with each other. Therefore, Xiao Maozi soon became a celebrity.

These two pieces of news immediately caused a sensation in the Zhou Mansion. Jiao Shan, Zhu Shangxian, Zhang Da, Chen Jizhi and Shi Guobin were all whispering, estimating the imminent change in the situation. Huang Sicun felt that Xiao Maozi was separated from him, so he felt that his face was a little dull, and when he looked back at Wang Zhenbang, he didn't seem to have any mustard, and smoked a long pipe of dry tobacco one after another.

Yang Qilong had already heard what people had said inside, and when he walked out of the hall, he saw everyone talking about the details around Xiao Maozi. Xiao Maozi seemed to have become the central figure, with a light on his face, sitting on the wooden footsteps and talking with his eyebrows fluttering, and spitting stars splashing everywhere. Seeing Yang Qilong come out, Li Zhu jumped up from the chair and said loudly: "The young master is here, bow down!" When more than a dozen people heard this, they all turned around and knelt down, and called softly:

"Chitose!"

Yang Qilong ignored it, walked straight to Xiao Maozi, and asked with a pleasant face: "This is all a confidential matter—how do you know it—get up, sit and talk casually, and in the future, as long as we don't invite God and don't hold an incense hall meeting, we won't make this rule." ”

"Back to the young master's words!" Xiao Maozi quickly got up and said, "The slave has a lot of friends!" The message to the court in Yunnan was from He Guizhu, who had recently held the seal; I went to Wu Mansion to listen to a bare-ass friend who was a slave in the Efu Mansion when he was a child! For Kangxi, he could neither call him "Emperor, long live", nor did he want to depreciate it, so he gave him the name "inside".

Yang Qilong sat back in the chair, opened the folding fan and looked at it, turned his face and asked Jiao Shan with a smile: "Brother Jiao, what do you think of these two things?" ”

"Two things are one thing." Jiao Shan's complexion was dark, and he was not smiling, it was difficult to see his expression, and when he heard Yang Qilong ask him, he replied without hesitation, "The imperial court is afraid of using troops, and it is not to be outdone, and it wants to end the three feudatories peacefully." ”

"I think Kangxi wants to touch Wu Yingxiong's bottom, but he is not sure!" The one who spoke was "Ge Lao" Zhang Da, although he was old, his voice was very loud and his voice was very brittle.

Yang Qilong blinked, what he was most worried about was "the end of the peace". There is no chaos, Zhong Saburo's million congregation is a rabble, what use can it be? After pondering for a while, he asked his military advisor Li Zhu with his eyes.

"What the two of them said makes sense, of course the imperial court is not willing to raise an army casually, and it is not impossible to make a little temptation." Li Zhu glanced at everyone with a deep gaze, "The most important thing now is not to guess what they are thinking, but to see what they are doing-Brother Jizhi might as well talk about the situation everywhere, and everyone will understand after thinking about it." ”

Chen Jizhi is the "governor" of the third prince of Zhu, and the information of all parties is summarized by him, and when he heard Li Zhu point to himself, he cleared his throat and said: "Now the imperial court is training troops in Rehe, Liaodong, and Inner Mongolia, with a total number of about 350,000, which is very energetic. spent another 100,000 domestic dollars to invite a Westerner, Zhang Chengdu, to make a red-clothed cannon, and Kangxi went to see it in person. The passages from Qinghai and Inner Mongolia to Senei were all set up with checkpoints, and local officials were not allowed to levy horses indiscriminately, but the imperial court itself collected twice as many horses as in previous years. Mi Sihan is working harder to collect grain, and this year is about 30% more than in previous years...... Wu Sangui's side is more difficult, but the preparation for war is more fierce, horses are recruited from the Tibetan side, and the number of soldiers has increased by thirteen Zuo......" He was very familiar with the situation, and he spoke for half an hour before he said a rough idea, and at the end he said, "These are all letters sent by the masters of the Xiangtang Hall in various places, and I have seen it with my own eyes, of course, it is very reliable." ”

"The tip of the needle is against the wheat, this is the current situation." After hearing this, Li Zhu smiled and said, "Geng Jingzhong, please withdraw the domain, yes; Shang Kexi, please withdraw the domain, yes; Add an article to let Shang Zhixin inherit the king, but it is not allowed; Wu Sangui's recital was complaining, but it was still accurate - this is courage and courage, and I can't help but admire this little man Tartar! Wu Sangui also believes that he is a Han Chinese, and there are many generals, in my humble opinion, this battle is decided. ”

Yang Qilong listened, lowered his head and thought about it, and asked Zhu Shangxian beside him: "How is the situation in the palace?" Zhu Shangxian was extremely fine, and only whispered a few words sideways. Xiao Maozi listened attentively, but he didn't hear a word, and he was afraid that everyone would see it, so he had to pretend to be absent-minded and draw the Tao on the ground with his fingers. After a long time, I heard Yang Qilong nod and said: "It's enough to make people, don't make people anymore, I always feel that Kangxi has noticed us." Xiao Maozi trembled when he heard this, and drew a rash on the ground.

"Wu Sangui is a soft bone," Li Zhu said again when he saw that everyone was conspiring, "If the imperial court uses both grace and power, both soft and hard, Wu Sangui may soften." So we can't sit and wait, we have to create some chaos on behalf of Wu, and if he refuses to go to Liangshan, we have to force him to go up. ”

Jiao Shan nodded and said, "These words of the military advisor are very reasonable. We can worry about Wu Yingxiong's heart, in the palace, or poison, or coax, only say that the people in Yunnan did it, in this way, Wu Sangui can't pull it if he wants to. ”

Wang Zhenbang's heart was pounding when he listened, and he was very worried that such an errand would fall on him. was about to find a way to avoid it, but Xiao Maozi suddenly said loudly: "This kind of thing is done in the palace, there is no way!" You are not eunuchs, you don't know how powerful it is: no, Wang Zhenbang and Huang Sicun are here, ask them who dares to do it? The people in front of the emperor are all better than ghosts! I want to make a mystery again, saying that someone else did it - this thing, you don't want to look for me, whoever doesn't want to live will do it! ”

"Uninvited guests have been listening to you for a long time!" Someone outside the door laughed and said, "You blatantly want to frame my father and son!" My father was a loyal minister of the Qing Dynasty, and he asked to withdraw the feudal domain, and he was willing, who forced him to come? Our Wu family and the princes have no grievances in the past life, no enmity in this life, and they have not dug up your ancestral grave, why are they so vicious? As he spoke, the two men entered one after the other. The first few steps in front of him stepped to the middle, pulled over a chair, sat beside Yang Qilong with his legs up, blew the coals with a "horn", took a deep breath of smoke, spit out a puff of thick fog, and scanned the people in the hall mockingly.

No one was afraid that someone would break into the door at this time, laughing loudly, and they didn't know how they broke into the heavily guarded Zhou family compound. When everyone looked up, it was Wu Yingxiong, who was as short and stocky as a dwarf, he was full of shrewd and strong spirits, and he didn't drag the mud and water at all; Looking at Wu Yingxiong and Yang Qilong's back, Huangfu Baozhu stood upright with his sword, and viciously watched Yang Qilong, majestic like a protector of the Dharma. Everyone couldn't help but be stunned.

"Friends are just chatting about the situation with nothing to do!" Zhou Quanbin is the owner of this house, seeing that the atmosphere is awkward and tense, he is busy entertaining: "Why should Lord Efu take it seriously - watch tea!" ”

"I'm also gossiping." Wu Yingxiong took a sip of tea, pursed his lips and grinned, "But in front of me, I'm a whimsical and loner, I don't want others to worry about it, and I never want to accept it on behalf of others—jokes, I'm so easy to be bullied?" ”

"It's not going to be easy." Chen Jizhi said with a gloomy face, "The king of Pingxi returned to Liaodong, if he can cultivate filial piety for the rest of his life, he can be regarded as the ancestor of the Wu family; If the king of Pingxi resists the decree and does not withdraw the domain, a rope will be locked in Beijing, and he will be imprisoned, which will be a catastrophe; If the king of Pingxi dares to rebel, the first one in the court will take the head of the next item! ”

"Won't it?" Wu Yingxiong burst out laughing, "The emperor came to me today, maybe after the removal of the domain, I can still get an iron hat crown to wear!" ”

Everyone was stunned for a moment, not knowing what to say. Xiao Maozi's intelligence didn't mention this at all.

"That's so wonderful," Li Zhu suddenly laughed, "but I don't know why the Iron Hat Prince came to visit at night, why did he come here to sit down with me?" ”

Wu Yingxiong knew that this person was not easy to deal with, leaned over, leaned on the coffee table and said with a smile: "Gong Li, who said that what you said is unreasonable?" I have a lot of things to discuss with you, and if the king of Pingxi rebels—"

"Pinxiber!" Yang Qilong nodded arrogantly and corrected loudly, "Ping Xibo can't raise a 'volunteer soldier' by himself!" He was originally my Ming courtier, do you want to set up a new dynasty on your own? If this is the case, the end must be like the endgame of the game against Zhou Peigong today! ”

Wu Yingxiong also didn't expect the information of this group of people to be so fast and accurate, the fire coal that had just been blown almost burned his hands, and he blew it out with a "poof", and Ding Ding Shen Fang smiled again: "Of course my father will not set up a new dynasty on his own, but whether the master of the new dynasty is you or not, it is difficult to say!" His stilted legs shook rapidly.

"I am the third prince of the Ming Dynasty, and I have jade and gold medals as proof." Yang Qilong moved uneasily and sneered, "Who dares to come and fight with me?" ”

Wu Yingxiong leaned back and said lightly: "I know that, you are indeed the third prince of Zhu - I never said that you can't be the master of the new dynasty." He smiled incomprehensibly.

"It's not a matter of controversy right now." Yang Qilong's expression was a little unnatural, and he hesitated and said, "Fighting for this dragon chair for the benefit of one surname and one self, there is no one who will not be ruined." It's just that the people of the world are looking forward to the restoration of the Ming Dynasty, like the hope of the great drought, how dare we love our lives? ”

"That's right." Wu Yingxiong said coldly, "My father wants to borrow the Daming Dragon Banner, and the 'third prince' wants to borrow my father's strength, all to relieve the suffering of the people." In all fairness, Qin lost his deer, and the world chased him, who knows who will kill the deer? The most important thing today is to work together in the same boat, go hand in hand, and work together to achieve great things. In the future, when the ugliness is gone, and the family closes the door and talks again, it is a good thing to discuss. ”

"In the same boat? What's the point of being in the same boat and not having the same mind? "Elder Zhang" suddenly smiled beside him, "The third prince has millions of people under his eyes, why do you need to borrow the strength of others?" The dragon son and the dragon species, the phoenix and the phoenix grandson, have their own God to help people, Wu Gongzi can't help but be amorous, right? ”

"Huh?" Wu Yingxiong didn't expect this bad old man to jump out, looked Zhang "Ge Lao" up and down with a side face, and said with a smile, "There is a kind of dragon and phoenix, what is the background of the foot?" Such a good voice, so familiar! - Is it a sedan chair bearer, or a wonton roasted wheat? - Have you ever heard an ancient poem? - The peach is on the well, the plum tree is next to the peach, the insect comes to gnaw the peach root, and the plum tree is stiff on behalf of the peach - this is in the same boat! The king of Pingxi has a tacit understanding with Mr. Yang, so he specially ordered me and the tiger general Huangfu Baozhu to come here to raise a big plan with you, not that you can't wrap zongzi without your broken lotus leaf! My father commanded millions of troops and was based on thousands of miles, so what was the difficulty of finding ten or eight third princes of Zhu? There are countless people surnamed Zhu in the world, and they can all be the third prince, why do you have to have a 'Zhongshan wolf' who harmed Mr. Dongguo? He laughed.

Shoulder-to-shoulder Wang Jiaoshan listened to this, leaned back on the chair with a blue face and said quietly: "It's too underestimating people, right?" Fool us and have no one here? On top is the Tianhuang noble, the third prince has Tianxian in his mouth, holds a jade in his hand, the military advisor Li Zhugong is a generation of wise men, Governor Chen Jizhi is brave and good at fighting, Shi Guobin is an expert in governing the army, and Zhang Ge is good at raising financial resources - where do we have to rely on the disloyal and unfilial rotten goods in Yunnan? ”

Wu Yingxiong listened, sneered, and replied: "I, the king of Pingxi, sit in a big county, have heavy troops, and have been in the southwest for more than 20 years. Wu Shipan is shrewd, Xia Guoxiang is proficient in Qimen, Liu Xuanchu is unpredictable, Wang Shirong and Zhang Liang are reincarnated! Baozhu, Benchen, and Ma Bao are all capable of fighting and have the courage to pull out the mountain and carry the top - which is like you here: shoulder-to-shoulder Wang Jiaoshan speaks and deceives people, Pavilion Lao Zhang is confused and stupid, Zhu Shangxian is a straw bag general, Shi Guobin is a sycophant admiral, Chen Jizhi is a drunkard in Qinglou - which one said that it depends on you? ”

He said so much in one breath, except for Yang Qilong and Li Zhu, the rest of the people were almost ruined, and everyone was angry. Xiao Maozi almost laughed out loud - he had always regarded Wu Yingxiong as a "stupid turtle" before, this stupid turtle was so capable of hurting people, he was surprised to see that everyone was embarrassed, and he felt funny - and he was afraid that people would see it, so he turned his face away. Wang Zhenbang has always had a heart disease, and when he saw the thunder and lightning on both sides, his face became pale.

"Why be rash?" Li Zhuge smiled, got up and shook his head, "What Ying Xiong said just now makes sense: now that everyone is in difficulty, they have to part ways, and it is also a matter of the future, and now it is necessary to be profited by the fisherman to fight for this superiority." It is still necessary to work together, work together, and be sincere, and the gold and stone are open! ”

"Mr. Li understands righteousness!" Wu Yingxiong bowed and said in return. He is not here to quarrel today, as a "hostage", he cannot fly back to Yunnan with wings, and must rely on the protection of the huge underground forces of the third prince of Zhu. So he can't really turn his face, but if he doesn't give the other party a little color, this group of people won't give in. Wu Yingxiong said a lot of fiercely, and when he saw that Li Zhu gave the steps, he rolled on the ground and changed his smile, and said in a changed tone: "To be honest, the prince and the third prince are all heroes of the world. If you don't be a cheap prince, how dare someone Wu hurt people? ”

Seeing that the atmosphere was relaxed, Yang Qilong shook his fan and asked, "Mr. Wu, what is Ling Zun's mind?" ”

"No letter yet." Wu Yingxiong said with a smile, "But don't worry, my father will never be restrained." ”

"As far as you can see, what should we do in front of you?"

"I approve of you creating chaos, and planting false accusations is not the best policy." Wu Yingxiong's eyes flashed with a cold light, "What can't be done!" It is necessary to step up secret contact, assemble north of the Yellow River, and disturb the Beijing Division, so that the imperial court will have no time to look south, and my father can calmly prepare, and the southern volunteers will work together, and the north and south will respond to each other, and the princes will join forces in the Central Plains - huh? He smiled and clasped his hands together.

Li Zhu's heart was bright, this Wu Yingxiong was most anxious to flee south, so he came up with such an idea, but thinking that this was his own business, he had to do his own thing. Thinking about it, he blinked slyly and smiled, "So- what are you going to do?" ”

"You have created a mess, this is a major event to restore the Han industry, what is the life and death of Wu!" Wu Yingxiong said with a smile. He remembered the power of Shandong Baoqinggu, Zhu Fuxiang and Liu Tiecheng, as long as Gyeonggi was in chaos, he would be able to sneak up and come to meet him immediately.

Li Zhu sneered in his heart, but said in his mouth: "Since we are working together, we are also people of faith, how can we let Gongzi go to the trouble alone?" You're out of Beijing, and you're on us! ”

"I'm afraid that your lords will not keep your word!" Wu Yingxiong was also sneering in his heart.

This man is so honest in appearance, and so treacherous in his heart! Li Zhu's eyes jumped: He must not be allowed to return to Yunnan, he must be eliminated!

Yang Qilong suddenly laughed and said, "People say that Cao Cao is suspicious, and I think Mr. is no less than Cao Apu-" He said, took out a silver medal from his arms, solemnly handed it to Wu Yingxiong, and said, "This is one of the twelve letter cards I will have, give you one!" Take it, the Zhong Saburo congregation everywhere will protect you, and there is this invincible tiger general with his bodyguards, are you afraid that you won't be able to get out safely? ”

"Zhu Jun really has the bearing of a dragon species!" Wu Yingxiong laughed and got up, and also took out a silver medal from his arms to exchange it for Yang Qilong, and said, "No, I have already imitated one side." Otherwise, where can I break into your secret room tonight? You take this fake one, and the twelve sides become thirteen, hahaha......" and turned to Baozhu and said, "How?" I mean, it's worth it, right? After that, he took the pillar and left.

Yang Qilong watched them go out, put the fake silver medal on the table with a "bang", and sneered and squeezed out a sentence from between his teeth: "Order, all the letter cards will be invalid and remade, and all will be contacted in code for the time being." ”