Nanning sat on the round bench with half of his body, Li Zonggui saw Xirong coming over with a basin of water, and hurriedly stepped forward to take it and said with a smile: "Give it to me!" Saying that, he took the basin and went down a few steps to the bottom of the steps, put the basin on the ground, bent down and washed it with water, straightened up with water, took the handkerchief handed by the light moon and wiped his head and face, turned to the corridor and sat down, holding a cup in one hand and a pot in the other, drinking while pouring, drinking four or five cups of herbal tea in a row, before he breathed a long sigh of relief, Li Xiaoqi smiled and watched Li Zonggui wash his face and drink tea, Nanning drank tea, looked at Li Xiaoqi, thought about it, swallowed back the words to his mouth, and was not in a hurry at this moment.

Li Zonggui turned his head to look at Nanning, who smiled and signaled to him: "Fourth master, let's talk." Li Zonggui politely owed slightly, turned his head to look at Li Xiaoqi and said with a smile: "Yangzhou has been defeated, and the prince ordered me to come back with Nanning to pick you up quickly." ”

"Knocked down? Well, wait a minute. Li Xiaoqi raised his hand to stop Li Zonggui's words, turned his head to look at Danyue and ordered: "Hurry up and let people prepare to leave, this is to rush to Yangzhou, pass the word to the foreign government, according to the arrangement yesterday, hurry up and prepare to leave, the sooner the better!" Danyue agreed, and hurriedly rushed out to dispatch the placement.

Li Xiaoqi turned his head to look at Li Zonggui and Nanning and said, "In a while, what has happened to Yangzhou City?" How is Bichu State? ”

"Good!" Li Zonggui said with a smile: "Let's grab the vanguard with Zhang Cannon, I didn't rob that kid, and we lined up for the second round of siege, who knew that Zhang Cannon led people to sneak up to the city wall, just watched the fight, our team only climbed halfway, and it was shouted that Yangzhou Guard Tang Jisheng had surrendered, and the city gate was also opened. Li Xiaoqi blinked, stunned when he listened, Nanning hurriedly smiled and added: "That's the case, that day also coincided, just when Tang Jisheng was patrolling the city, Zhang Dacang was a violent and rude person, and shouted at Tang Jisheng: Annoyed the lord to slaughter the city, but I didn't expect Tang Jisheng to order someone to stop, saying that as long as the lord kept Yangzhou safe, he would surrender." Li Xiaoqi looked at Nanning in surprise, Nanning opened his mouth, glanced at Li Zonggui, licked his lips and said in a low voice: "It's just that •••••• didn't pay attention for a while, Tang Jisheng jumped off the city wall and died." Li Zonggui choked on a sip of tea and coughed anxiously, "Who said that?" Why haven't I heard about this? ”

"Master ordered to silence your mouth." Nanning replied to Li Zonggui's words, turned his head to look at Li Xiaoqi with a solemn face, and said in a low voice: "The master let Tang Jisheng's body be buried, and a few Yangzhou defenders who watched Tang Jisheng throw himself into the city and die also looked first, the master said, let the girl come over quickly, this matter is ••••••" Li Xiaoqi sighed lightly and stood up, looked at Li Zonggui and Nanning and said: "Hurry up, let's ride over first, Nanning has worked hard, Brother Guizi, I can't rest, I have to work hard." ”

"What a hard work! It's been a long time, let's go, Xiao Xiao in the car? Can you stand riding a horse? Li Zonggui stood up, stretched out his hand and picked up his helmet and said with a smile, Li Xiaoqi nodded at him: "Yes, it's better to ride a horse in a hurry, and you will die in a car, and also, Brother Guizi, Tang Ji's life and death cannot be mentioned for the time being." ”

"I know!" Li Zonggui smiled and responded, Li Xiaoqi beckoned Haitang and Qingcheng, went out together, and under the guards of the regiment, they got on their horses and galloped towards Yangzhou.

Yangzhou is not far from Chuzhou, just in the evening, Li Xiaoqi and his party rushed into Yangzhou City, Yangzhou City except for the streets are empty, and nothing else can be seen that it has just changed hands after the war.

Beiqing received Li Xiaoqi and others at the gate of the city, led everyone through the streets and alleys, and ran all the way to a densely populated house to restrain the horse, Li Xiaoqi got off the horse in front of the gate, held his waist, stood at the door, while looking around, while moving his legs and feet that were painful and numb, Beiqing threw the reins to the small servants who came over, and stepped forward to explain with a smile: "This is the other courtyard of the Wu family of Taiping Mansion in Yangzhou, which has been empty, and the master ordered to buy it, and the Wu family steward who stayed behind took the silver, and has been driven out of Yangzhou Mansion by the master." Li Xiaoqi raised his eyebrows, shook his head with a smile, turned around and said a few words to Li Zonggui, and said a few words with a smile: "•••••• the fried lungs in Yangzhou City are no worse than Taiping Mansion, and I will let people buy some for Brother Erhuai when I go back." Li Zonggui smiled and nodded, took a few steps back, got on the horse and waved his hand to Li Xiaoqi, turned his horse's head, and ran back to the camp outside the city. Li Xiaoqi waved his hand, looked at Li Zonggui's corner and couldn't see it, before turning around and slowly moving into the house.

Li Xiaoqi just turned into the second door, Su Zicheng was dressed in a moon-white ripe robe, and he didn't wear a belt, and strode out with a folding fan, Li Xiaoqi saw the salute, looked up at Su Zicheng and was about to speak, Su Zicheng said with a festive and relaxed face: "Yangzhou Zhizhou Shi Yu has also descended!" This time we're all relaxed! ”

"Well," Li Xiaoqi breathed a sigh of relief, looked at Su Zicheng and asked, "What about Tang Jisheng's corpse?" Sent back to the Tang family? Su Zicheng pressed his eyebrows with a folding fan, and said helplessly with a face full of annoyance: "Not yet, Dongping went to the Tang family to see, an old and weak woman and child, I heard that his wife is extremely strong, in case •••••• dies again, you don't know, I am most afraid of this way of death, when my uncle had a big temper, he whipped a royal history in public, and the imperial history was a well-known Qing official, and he was also a fierce man, and he was killed in public, and his uncle lost the hearts of the people because of this matter, so he let his mother •••••• Alas, you are here, let's discuss it first, There has to be a foolproof solution. Li Xiaoqi exhaled and asked, "Are you buried?" ”

"Well, let people find a good Nanmu coffin." Su Zicheng also replied with a sigh, Li Xiaoqi paused and said: "This matter can't be delayed, on such a day, you have to send him home quickly, this funeral can't be delayed any longer, and it will be even more difficult to say tomorrow ••••••!" Su Zicheng raised his hand and rubbed his eyebrows, Li Xiaoqi didn't say much, and pressed his temples with two fingers. The two faced each other for a moment of distress, Li Xiaoqi sighed, looked at Su Zicheng and discussed: "Call Shi Yu over to discuss together, he and Tang Jisheng have always been good friends, it is better to discuss this matter with him." Su Zicheng nodded hurriedly, looked at Li Xiaoqi and said with a smile: "You go to bathe and change clothes first, Shi Yu's yamen is a little far away, come over for a while." Li Xiaoqi agreed, took begonias and green oranges, and followed her mother-in-law into her yard.

Li Xiaoqi changed into clean white clothes and gray skirts and came out, Shi Yu had already rushed over, and the officials who came from Chuzhou Mansion also rushed to the mansion with sweaty clothes, Li Xiaoqi simply ordered everyone and Shi Yu to introduce them one by one, and then ordered everyone to go down and rest.

Shi Yu is about forty years old, gentle and elegant, dressed simply, looking like a teacher, but at this time, he only looked at Li Xiaoqi in a daze, Li Xiaoqi met his gaze and smiled: "My surname is Li, Xingwu, Lord Shi calls me Xiaowu." ”

"It turned out to be the fifth master." Shi Yu smiled bitterly and took a long breath, Li Xiaoqi took a deep breath, turned his head and glanced at Su Zicheng, Su Zicheng nodded and signaled her to say, Li Xiaoqi turned around and looked at Shi Yu, and said bluntly: "Lord Shi, there is something that has to be dealt with quickly, Lord Tang, you have died in your post." Shi Yuyuan glared at Li Xiaoyi, and hurriedly turned his head to look at Su Zicheng, Su Zicheng sighed and nodded, Li Xiaoqi didn't wait for Shi Yu to speak, and then said: "The prince has already pretended to bury Lord Tang's corpse first, I heard that Lord Tang's family is in Yangzhou, and Mrs. is not in good health, so the prince did not dare to report this bad news suddenly••••••. ”

Shi Yu let out a long sigh of great sadness, stumbled back a few steps, was mixed with the chair and sat down on the armchair, looked at Su Zicheng, and then looked at Li Xiaoyi, and muttered in pain: "Why •••••• this, didn't you say it•••••• said it••••••" Shi Yu raised his hand and covered his face tightly, tears poured out from between his fingers, Li Xiaoqi looked at him silently, and cried by him for a while, before he persuaded in a low voice: "People can't be resurrected after death, Lord Tang, please mourn, the most important thing now is Lord Tang's family, The meaning of the prince is that firstly, he has to send Lord Tang back quickly, so that his family can see him for the last time, and secondly, he must take care of Lord Tang's children and family no matter what. Shi Yu choked and nodded: "Lord Tang and Mrs. Tang have a very good relationship, Mrs. Gu has a strong temperament, but the child is small, and Lord Tang's youngest son is only nine years old this year." ”

Li Xiaoqi secretly breathed a sigh of relief, looked up at the already dark sky outside, looked at Su Zicheng and discussed in a low voice: "Don't alarm too many people, Lord Shi and I will accompany the prince to the Tang Mansion to have a look?" Su Zicheng nodded hurriedly, Li Xiaoqi turned his head to look at Shi Yu inquiringly, Shi Yu wiped his face with tears, and hurriedly stood up and said: "The Tang Mansion is not far from here, turn two streets." Li Xiaoqi let out an 'um' sound, looked at Shi Yu and asked in a low voice, "I heard that Mrs. Gu has a noble character and excellent learning?" ”

"Yes! Mrs. Gu was born in a scholarly family, and she has always been clean and self-conscious, and she is very respected by Lord Tang. Shi Yu hurriedly replied, Li Xiaoqi said 'um', turned his head, and looked at Su Zicheng thoughtfully.

If you turn another corner, you can see the Tang Mansion, Li Xiaoqi stopped his steps, pulled Su Zicheng, and said in a low voice: "Lord Wang, if you are wronged, you will carry the coffin for Lord Tang and send it to the mansion." Su Zicheng raised his eyebrows high, looked at Li Xiaoqi with a stunned face, Li Xiaoqi met his gaze calmly, Su Zicheng swallowed his saliva, looked back at the dark coffin and muttered: "It's dark this day, who will you show it?" ”

"Just show it to Mrs. Gu, there is another one in front, and then lift it when it is dark, so that the prince is sincere, not a fake for others to see." Li Xiaoqi said in a low voice.