Section 43 The clouds are back, and the coup d'état is on the horizon

Jinzhou Hall, Qingniwakou, is a small port in the coastal area of Fengtianfu where commerce and trade are more prosperous, although it cannot berth large merchant ships, but small and medium-sized merchant ships are coming and going, and the waterway port to Yangzhou is also here. At this moment, Zheng Kezang and his entourage settled in an inn in the port market, waiting for the merchant ships to be arranged in the wind first, and set sail back to Yangzhou three days later.

Everyone dressed up as a caravan who wanted to go to sea to do business, and lived in the inn for more than two days, because they didn't want to attract too much attention, they didn't charter the entire inn, but only a fairly spacious courtyard, and rarely went out on weekdays. Wei Xiaobao is not an idle person, he only nests in the courtyard for less than a day, and he feels uncomfortable. However, if he really asked him to go out for a walk and find some pastime, even if Zheng Kezang agreed, he would not dare, for fear that he would be discovered by the people of the Shenlong Sect and then captured on Shenlong Island, which would really be a loss of life. However, Wei Xiaobao still had a trick, gathered everyone in Aokitang, and actually opened a gambling game in the inn, and the gambling was in full swing. Because he was afraid that Zheng Kezang would not like it, Wei Xiaobao's gambling game was not opened in the courtyard, but a spacious private room was opened in the front yard.

This gambling game is noisy and noisy, which naturally attracts the attention of guests, enters the house to watch, and even participates in it in person. Wei Xiaobao and others gambled, and it was inevitable that they were a little carried away, and those who came did not refuse, and the gambling game became bigger and bigger. At some point, a peculiar-looking Humpty Dumpty joined the game. I saw that he was short and fat, his whole body was like a ball of meat, his clothes were very luxurious, his robes and horse coats were all brocade, and his facial features were crowded together, as if he was stiffly crumpled together. The Humpty Dumpty man was holding two dominoes in his hand, his big eyes narrowed into a line, and he was looking at the cards with all his body.

"Aha......" Humpty Dumpty suddenly screamed, slapped a pair of dominoes in his hand on the table with a "snap", and laughed: "Wonderful, wonderful!" This time you don't lose to the Tao you jump feet? Wei Xiaobao was startled by the strange scream, and looked up unhappily, it didn't matter if he didn't look at it, he was even more frightened after seeing it, and exclaimed: "Thin head, my mother......" The figure quickly dodged backwards. It's a pity that Wei Xiaobao is fast, but Humpty Dumpty is even faster than him, he grabbed his chest, lifted it, shook it for a while, and said with a strange smile: "Today's Lao Tzu is really lucky, this year's leopard fetus I Ching Pill is available, and I am ...... White Dragon Envoy, the sect leader is very concerned about you, come with me. Wei Xiaobao shook him like this, and the bones of his whole body were "gurgling", sore, weak, and unable to speak.

"Let it go!" A group of Aokitang's good hands swooped forward, wanting to take Wei Xiaobao back, but they were stopped by two figures, it was Fat Toutuo and Lu Gaoxuan, who came with Slender Toutuo. Everyone fought in the private room, although there were only two people in the fat head Tuo and Lu Gaoxuan, but their martial arts were obviously higher than the people in the Aoki Hall in the hall, and for a while, they did have the upper hand. This is also because the masters of Aoki Hall, such as Fengji, Xuanzhen Daoren and others, will not be fooling around with Wei Xiaobao, and they are not there at the moment.

In the private room, the table collapsed, dominoes flew everywhere, and the rest of the gamblers fled. "Stop it!" The thin head shouted violently: "If you dare to do it again, Lao Tzu will kill him." When the people in Aokido heard this, they hurriedly withdrew their hands and retreated, but they still surrounded the three of them in the middle. Slender Toutuo still held Wei Xiaobao high in his right hand, and strode towards the door under the escort of Fat Toutuo and Lu Gaoxuan. Wei Xiaobao was in the hands of the other party, and the people in Aokitang didn't dare to force each other too much, so they could only be forced to retreat step by step, watching the three of them take Wei Xiaobao as a hostage, step by step, and walk out of the private room.

"Ugly eight monsters, let go of Lord Wei Xiang......" As soon as the three of them stepped out of the private room, several figures besieged from all directions, and they were the masters of the Heaven and Earth Society, such as Fengji, Xuanzhen Daoren, and Xu Tianchuan. Fat Toutuo and Lu Gaoxuan hurriedly stepped forward to meet the enemy and fought in one place. In the hall, tables, chairs and benches flew around, and everyone was fighting heartily. It's a pity that this time Fat Tou Tuo and Lu Gaoxuan can no longer have the upper hand, they are only one of the people in the wind who is known as the first master of Aoki Hall, and their martial arts are still above Slender Tou Tuo and Lu Gaoxuan, and they are better than Fat Tou Tuo, plus the Xuanzhen Taoist who is not weak in martial arts, etc., Slender Tou Tuo and Lu Gaoxuan were soon forced into a corner, and they fell into the wind, and they would be defeated and captured at any time.

"You all stop Lao Tzu, otherwise ......" Slender Toutuo looked very anxious, and just wanted to repeat his old tricks, taking Wei Xiaobao as a hostage, but before he finished speaking, a whole solid wooden Eight Immortals table smashed his head and face towards him, if he was hit, even if Slender Toutuo's martial arts were good, it would be enough for him. I really thought that Lao Tzu wouldn't dare to kill this little slippery head......" Thin Tou Tuo was furious, moved the high Wei Xiaobao forward, blocked him in front of him, and made a human shield. "Oh my mother......" Wei Xiaobao screamed in shock, his eyes closed in fright. All of this was in Zheng Kezang's calculations, and the thin head who was blocked from sight did not notice it, and he never expected that Zheng Kezang was hiding under the flying table of the Eight Immortals. However, only Zheng Kezang, who has achieved great lightness, can do this.

Closer, the Eight Immortals Table was getting closer and closer, and Wei Xiaobao almost clearly felt that a strong wind was blowing in his face. Then, Wei Xiaobao only heard a muffled snort and the crisp sound of "click" bones breaking next to his ears, and felt that he hesitated and flew out, although he fell to the ground and fell to the bottom, he didn't suffer any serious injuries. Wei Xiaobao hurriedly opened his eyes, but saw that the thin head Tuo was holding his wrist, his face was pale, full of beads of sweat the size of beans, and in front of him, it was Zheng Kezang with an expressionless face, condescending.

It turned out that just when the Eight Immortals Table was about to smash on Wei Xiaobao's body, Zheng Kezang rushed out from behind the table like lightning, and shot out two feet in a row, like thunder, fast as lightning, one kick the Eight Immortals Table away, and the other kicked the arm that Slender Toutuo was holding Wei Xiaobao on the spot, and at the same time reached out and grabbed Wei Xiaobao and threw him away. Speaking of which, with Zheng Kezang's martial arts, of course, he can better save Wei Xiaobao and save him from some flesh and skin suffering, but Zheng Kezang is really angry that he has nothing to do, so this is what happened today's unprovoked exposure, I want to teach him a lesson and let him have a memory. As for the thin head, although he broke an arm, he was not without the strength to fight again, so why didn't he resist? You must know that although the martial arts of Slender Toutuo are not superb, his eyesight is excellent, and he can see the gap between himself and Zheng Kezang at a glance, so he will not do those useless skills, so as not to follow in the same footsteps with his other arm.

Not long after, another battle situation also had a result, naturally Fat Toutuo and Lu Gaoxuan were captured by Fengjizhong, Xuanzhen Daoren and others. Zheng Kezang ordered in a deep voice: "Tie up this fat man to me too." "The people in the Aoki Hall stepped forward and tied up the thin head who had no intention of resisting." Brother Zheng ......" Wei Xiaobao came over with grinning teeth, looking like he had suffered a great grievance. "You......" Seeing this, Zheng Kezang's anger disappeared by half, and he glared at Wei Xiaobao fiercely, then he no longer paid attention to him, but instructed Fengji and Qian Laoben: "I originally planned not to make a big deal as much as possible, so as not to cause unnecessary trouble, but now it seems impossible." In the middle of the day, old money, the two of you immediately went to the owner of the ship, and said that I had chartered the entire merchant ship, and the price was doubled, but it had to set sail overnight. "Yes." In the middle of the wind, he and Qian Laojian went for their lives.

Next, everyone returned to the courtyard, packed their bags, and after Fengji and Qian Laoben returned, they didn't delay for a while, escorted the three of them, hurried to the dock, and stared at the merchant ship. Fortunately, everything went smoothly, and there were no other twists and turns, and the merchant ship left the port safely, heading towards Yangzhou, riding the wind and waves.

Two days later, the merchant ship on which Zheng Kezang and his entourage were traveling safely sailed into the port of Yangzhou. The road was very calm, not even too much wind and waves, even the boatman laughed and said that this was the smoothest time for him to sail for more than ten days. However, when the merchant ships entered the port, the arrival of the Eagle Guard 5, the dark eagle battalion pacification envoy Sun Lei, who had never appeared in the eyes of everyone, disrupted Zheng Kezang's original plan to rush back to Nanjing as soon as possible.

Sun Lei, one of the first batch of Eagle Guard members trained by Zheng Kezang's novices, is one of the five most outstanding among them. At the beginning, No. 1 to No. 4 were all sent to the Central Plains and all parties lurked. No. 1, lurking in the Qing court, and No. 2, lurking at Wu Sangui, these two have not yet been activated by Zheng Kezang; No. 3 Zhao Di and No. 4 Qian Liang lurked in Geng Jingzhong and Shang Kexi respectively, and played a vital role in Zheng Kezang's capture of FJ and GD provinces; As for the No. 5 Sun Lei, although he was not sent to the Central Plains and was left in Taiwan to be in charge of the Dark Eagle Battalion, he was still incognito, and was arranged by Zheng Kezang to secretly lurk beside Mrs. Dong. After so many years, Sun Lei has done things steadily, and has done several "big things" for Mrs. Dong, which has won her trust and respect. Now, Sun Lei came to see him without permission, and something big must have happened.

Zheng Kezang retreated left and right, and only he and Sun Lei were left in the cabin. Sun Lei bowed down and said respectfully: "Jinyi Guard, the Dark Eagle Battalion calms Sun Lei, see the prince." Zheng Kezang frowned slightly, and said with a wry smile: "Sun Lei, Sun Lei, you were trained by me back then, I should have been very happy to see you, but why can't I be happy now?" Alright, no need to be polite, get up. After Sun Lei got up, he said: "After so many years, that person still hasn't let go, and finally can't help but do it?" "Yes!" Sun Lei replied calmly, but very concisely, as Zheng Kezang's most trusted confidant, of course he understood Zheng Kezang's mood at the moment, but he didn't know how to persuade him.

"Hey......" Zheng Kezang sighed and asked, "What did the princess say?" Sun Lei replied: "The commander asked his subordinates to bring a message to the prince, saying that since the prince is willing to disappear, he might as well disappear for a while, and when the net is closed in seven days, it will not be too late to return." Zheng Kezang smiled bitterly, and naturally heard Chen Yan'er's resentment, blaming him for not knowing how to cherish himself and doing some risky things.

Zheng Kezang coughed lightly twice in a slightly embarrassed way to relieve the embarrassment, and then asked, "Sun Lei, tell me, what's going on with this falling to the ground?" Sun Lei received the order and hurriedly told the cause and effect of the matter. Through Sun Lei's narration, Zheng Kezang learned that the cause of the incident was really due to the fact that he went to BJ alone to rescue Shi Lang.

Originally, the news of Zheng Kezang's departure from Beijing did not attract the attention of Mrs. Dong. But Kangxi bombarded the lord's mansion again, and sent a large force to search and arrest Zheng Kezang and his party, etc., the news has been in an uproar, and almost the whole world knows about it, how can he hide it from Mrs. Dong. Not only that, Mrs. Dong also knew after many inquiries that Zheng Kezang went to BJ this time to rescue and recruit Shi Lang, and she had already succeeded. And from Zheng Kezang's move to risk himself, it is not difficult to see that Zheng Kezang wants to reuse Shi Lang. This made Mrs. Dong angry and worried. You must know that it was her side that forced Shi Lang to defect, and afterwards she tried her best to encourage Zheng Jing to behead the family members who Shi Lang didn't have time to take away, although in the end it didn't succeed because of Zheng Kezang's obstruction, but it was hard to guarantee that Shi Lang didn't hate and hate them. If Shi Lang gains the power again, their situation will probably be even more difficult......

And then, for a long time, Zheng Kezang and his party were silent, not only the Qing court could not find their traces, but even Nanjing did not know whether they were alive or dead, Chen Yan'er, Chen Jinnan, Liu Guoxuan and others were all anxious, and from time to time they would show a look of not giving up. Although Mrs. Dong would not be naïve enough to think that Zheng Kezang would die so easily and never return to Nanjing, as long as he continued to delay his return, Chen Yan'er and others would be anxious because they were worried about his safety, and their energy would inevitably decline somewhat, which also gave Mrs. Dong, and even her side, a good opportunity to launch a coup d'état. Once the coup is successful, even if Zheng Kezang returns, it will be useless.

Do what you want, Mrs. Dong is also a decisive strong woman. In the next half a month, she began to arrange everything in full swing, first sending a message to Zheng Keshuang and Feng Xifan to Nanjing as soon as possible, and then actively connecting with her own interest groups to lobby the neutral party. You must know that Mrs. Dong is deeply rooted in the Great Zheng Dynasty, even with the ability of Eagle Guard, Zheng Kezang can't clearly grasp it to this day, and what hidden forces she has when she falls to the ground. And after more than half a month of planning and preparation, not to mention, many people were really hooked up by Mrs. Dong, and even did it extremely secretively, even Chen Yan'er and others didn't notice it. Of course, this is also because Chen Yaner and others are too worried about Zheng Kezang's safety, and they put most of their energy, including Jinyiwei, into finding the whereabouts of Zheng Kezang and his party, which is inevitably a little chaotic.

It's a pity that Mrs. Dong doesn't know that she has a pair of eyes in the dark and always watches her every move.