Huai'an Mansion, Lichun Courtyard.

Most of the properties of the White Lotus Sect are brothels.

For one thing, brothels are a lucrative business, and they need money to do everything.

Second, there are many dignitaries and dignitaries who enter and exit Fireworks Willow Lane, and they can not only make friends with court officials, but also find out the news, which can be described as killing multiple birds with one stone.

Lichun Courtyard is the rudder of the White Lotus Sect in Huai'an Mansion, and it has always been in charge of Yang Xiong.

He thought that it would be easier for 100,000 people to get together and do something.

Unexpectedly, a month has passed, let alone a rebellion, and there has been no small friction.

In front of him, there were more than a dozen kneeling people, bowing their heads and not daring to speak.

"What are you doing with the Holy Sect Master, such a trivial matter, and you haven't done it yet?"

The leader of the man was called Zhang San, and he said helplessly at this time: "Yang Protector is angry, and his subordinates are trying their best to spread rumors every day, looking for opportunities to fan the people to make trouble, but it is ......."

"But what?"

Yang Xiong listened to his quibbles, and his anger became even stronger.

"I don't believe it, but will the foolish people see through your schemes? Or is it that the officials are innocent, have not deducted food and wages, and have not oppressed the people? ”

"Back to the Protector of the Dharma, according to the investigation of his subordinates, it is true that some officials have unclean hands and feet, and this is to blame...... The subordinates tried their best to spread the rumors, but the people ignored them, and they talked about the Keju competition every day after tea and dinner, and the subordinates were really ...... Can't figure it out......"

"What...... Race? ”

Yang Xiong looked confused, didn't he repair the river embankment, how could there be a competition?

"It was after Yu Qian came, he issued an edict to hold a Keju competition every ten days, and also set up a silver reward, the first place was two hundred taels of silver, and now the people are studying the Keju competition every day in addition to working, and their subordinates have tried all kinds of methods, but these people have always been indifferent......"

Zhang San is also helpless, he still can't figure it out, why is this......

After Yang Xiong listened, he was stunned for a long time, and then asked: "I don't believe it, can those people be able to bow down?" ”

Although Keju is an entertainment game, it is only popular in high society, and ordinary people can't eat enough every day, so how can they have time to play football?

"You're right, there are really not many people who can bow, but, I like to watch the excitement a lot, most of them don't know how to kick, but they like to watch, by the way, there are people who have set up a hall in private, a copper coin and a gambling ticket, you can earn some lottery if you win, and you can enjoy losing it, and it's very lively!"

Yang Xiong was silent for a moment, and after a while, he said: "No matter what, you can't wait, you go down and find someone to be a stone man!" ”

"Stone Man ......"

Zhang San was a little puzzled, but he reacted immediately and said excitedly: "Is it engraved with one eye of the stone man, instigating the Yellow River to oppose the world?" ”

"You don't have to be so deliberate, just make it into an eye!"

"Yang Protector's plan is very clever, his subordinates are going to prepare!"

"In the past few days, I have found a few people to have some conflicts with the officials in charge of governing the river, and after three days, I will dig out the stone man!"

"Yes!"

Yang Xiong said with a gloomy face: "If you don't succeed this time, you can jump into the river by yourself!" ”

Everyone, you look at me, I look at you, one by one, they are silent, and they dare not come out.

…………

On the banks of the Qinhuai River, the wind blows the willow bank, which is cool and pleasant.

Zhu Qizhen poured himself a drink, which was very comfortable.

In front of him, the thin woman sang a little song and played a lute at one time, almost using all her might.

What puzzled her was that this son was generous and directly chartered the flower boat for a month, but he didn't do anything every day, just drinking and listening to music.

In just three days, she has already sung all the tunes she will play, and there is really no new program.

In desperation, I had to sing what I had sung before, and I sang it again.

The other party did not have the slightest displeasure, as if they didn't care what they did.

At this time, Zhu Qizhen picked up the wine jug, but found that it was empty.

The woman hurriedly said, "Childe, please wait a while, the boatman has already gone to buy wine." ”

Zhu Qizhen raised his head and said, "It's okay, I see that you have been singing for a long time, let's eat something!" ”

The woman smiled and said, "The slave family has already eaten." ”

"You just ate half a loaf of bread, aren't you hungry?"

The woman shook her head and said, "The slave family has a small amount of food since childhood, and they can't eat too much. ”

Zhu Qizhen sighed, this is a small amount of food, and he is obviously hungry.

At this time, Fan Zhong came to the inner cabin and said, "Master, Yuan Gongzi is here!" ”

Zhu Qizhen nodded and said, "Let you come in, that ...... Girl, I'm sorry for you to sit outside for a while, and I'll talk to my friends about something. ”

"The slave family is waiting outside, if you need it, you can command it at any time."

The woman got up and made a blessing salute, then walked out of the cabin with Qinglian steps, and saluted Yuan Bin again.

Yuan Bin was a little inexplicable, and when he learned that the emperor did not enter the city, but hid in the flower boat, he was very puzzled.

However, men can understand it......

It's just that the emperor came out to stay in prostitution, and spreading it may damage his reputation, but this matter must be quiet, and the news must not be leaked.

He walked into the cabin and was about to salute, but saw Zhu Qizhen wave his hand and glance at Fan Zhong again.

Fan Zhong understood, walked out of the cabin, and stayed at the door of the cabin.

Zhu Qizhen gestured at him, meaning to be careful that the partition wall has ears, and then asked in a low voice, "How is the situation now?" ”

Yuan Bin also lowered his voice and replied: "The White Lotus Sect can't sit still anymore, they can't help but fan the people's rebellion, so they made a one-eyed stone man overnight and buried it on the embankment. ”

Zhu Qizhen couldn't help but be stunned, stone man, one eye, the White Lotus Church plays!

When the Yuan Dynasty was overthrown, it was by relying on the one-eyed stone man when he built the Yellow River.

This also shows that these people are really poor in donkey skills.

"How did Yu Qian do it?"

Yuan Bin smiled mysteriously and said, "Lord Yu sent someone to quietly dig out the stone man and throw it into the river!" ”

"Haha!"

Zhu Qizhen couldn't help laughing, Yu Qian's approach was also simple, the props carefully prepared by others were thrown away, what kind of acting will he take when the time comes?

"By the way, do you have any clues over there from Shi Heng?"

"Yes!"

Yuan Bin took out a letter from his body and handed it over.

After Zhu Qizhen opened it, he looked at it carefully under the oil lamp, and then burned it with his hand.

"Have you arrived with three thousand battalions?"

"The minister received the news from Rui Guogong that the three thousand battalions have been assembled and can move at any time."

"Good!" Zhu Qizhen nodded, and asked again, "Let's talk about it, how are you going to fight this battle?" ”

Yuan Bin thought for a while and said: "According to Shi Heng's tip, the Japanese have gathered more than 20,000 people, and the White Lotus Sect has long been lurking in Nanjing City, the specific number is unknown, it is estimated that there are thousands of people, about a thousand people have entered the city, and the others are also gathered on the outskirts of Nanjing, waiting for an opportunity to move. What's more, they also dragged some officials into the water, and most of the list that the minister showed the emperor last time was suspicious. ”

"These people are scheming, they must be fully prepared, according to the minister's speculation, by the time the Japanese invaders land, Nanjing's city guards should have already mixed in with their people, and when the time comes, open the city gate from the inside and let the Japanese invade the city."

"Let's just plan and let Shi Heng's vanguard enter the city, and the main force of the Japanese in the back will land on the shore, and the three thousand battalions will guard the seaside, and when all the Japanese invaders come ashore, launch a surprise attack from the rear and cut off their back road!"

At this time, Zhu Qizhen asked: "Have you discussed with Li Zhen, 3,000 people fight 20,000, can 3,000 battalions be confident?" ”

"Please rest assured, the minister has seen the 15-type rifles equipped with the 3,000 battalions, and Rui Guogong said, don't say 20,000, it is 100,000, 200,000, as long as the ammunition is sufficient, it is not a problem!"

Zhu Qizhen smiled knowingly and said, "Look at what he can, if Wang Gongchang develops the sixteenth type, he won't go to heaven?" ”

"Sixteen Styles...... What is it? ”

Zhu Qizhen also said casually, according to the current technology, the 15th type is already the limit, and the 16th type design he left for Li Shulin is smokeless gunpowder and copper-shelled bullets, and the reloading firing rifle is a modern rifle in the true sense, but whether it can be successfully developed depends on luck.

"Let's not talk about this yet!"

Zhu Qizhen waved his hand and continued: "It's good to hand over the three thousand camps, what about the White Lotus Sect in the city?" ”

Yuan Bin replied: "The minister has already sent someone to secretly monitor all the suspected officials in the city, just wait for the gunfire outside to sound out, and immediately control it, so that the White Lotus Sect will not get the response of the Japanese outside the city, nor can it get the support of the officials in the city, so it will become a lone army, and it only needs to block the whole city, close the door and fight the dogs, and it is only a matter of time before it is completely eliminated." ”

Zhu Qizhen went through Yuan Bin's thoughts in detail and felt very satisfied.

For a long time, the Japanese and White Lotus have been the henchmen of the imperial court, and if they can be completely eliminated in one fell swoop, it will not be in vain that they run all the way out and hide in this small boat all day long.

It's just that he vaguely feels like he's missing something.

Ever since he came out of Jingshi, he had a feeling that the Japanese and White Lotus had suddenly colluded together, and it seemed that they were ...... It was deliberately arranged......

Although no evidence was found, the feeling persisted.

It's as if there is an invisible hand, hiding in the shadows and planning this conspiracy.

Prior to this, although the Japanese invaders landed ashore at every turn to harass the coastal people, they were all small-scale battles, and they would definitely not assemble so vigorously, because they knew very well their own strength, as well as their strengths and weaknesses, and would never go head-to-head with the soldiers and horses of the imperial court.

The White Lotus Sect has always been operating in secret, and their daily work is to deceive the ignorant people to collect money. If you meet officers and soldiers, you will have run away long ago.

But this time, the two forces suddenly formed an alliance, and as soon as they made a move, they were going to attack Nanjing, which was really beyond everyone's expectations.

If it weren't for the clues he got from Song Guxi......

Wait a minute!

Zhu Qizhen suddenly had a flash of inspiration in his mind, Song Gu regretted?

No, no......

All this seems reasonable, but it doesn't make sense.

Why did the White Lotus Sect stab themselves, weren't they afraid of making a big deal out of it?

In broad daylight, the assassination of the king will inevitably cause an uproar, and the consequence will be to make the entire White Lotus Sect fall into passivity.

Taking a step back, even if he was really killed by someone else's arrow, whether it was the succession of King Yu or the crown prince, it would not be beneficial to the White Lotus Sect.

It stands to reason that they should quietly do things when the court is defenseless, and the possibility of success will be greater.

The more Zhu Qizhen thought about it, the more troublesome he became, so he simply didn't think about it, anyway, the soldiers came to block it, and the water came to cover it, and it was over!

…………

Huai'an Mansion, Yellow River embankment.

Zhang San mingled in the crowd, a subtle smile on his face.

Mo Daoshiren has one eye and provokes the Yellow River to rebel against the world.

Today, the history of the fall of the Yuan Dynasty is about to repeat itself!

Zhang San stared closely at the place where the stone figures were buried in advance, and watched the people over there talk about yesterday's game, digging down little by little.

Bang Dang!

I only heard that someone's head was broken, and it seemed that something hard had been dug under the dirt.

At the same time, a stone peeks out of the dirt.

At this moment, Zhang San felt that his heart was in his throat, and he finally ......

Syllable!

He was staring intently at the dirt in front of him when he was slapped on the back of the head.

"If you don't work, what are you looking at?"

Zhang San was a little confused, turned his head to look, and it turned out to be the foreman standing behind him.

He was about to agree, but suddenly he thought that the stone people had come out, and he just took this opportunity to do something.

"Damn, it's such a hot day, and you don't want people to rest?"

Now, I was stunned by the change to the worker's hair, and now the autumn is high and cool, and it looks like winter is about to begin, are you still too hot?

"Look at what, Lao Tzu is gone!"

Zhang San threw down the shovel in his hand and began to shout.

When the foreman saw him making trouble, he was not polite at the moment, and whipped him directly.

"I'll fight with you!"

Zhang San now felt that the movement was not big enough, so he pounced directly on the foreman.

Now everyone saw that there was a disturbance here, and they all gathered around.

Zhang San resisted, but was once again knocked to the ground by the foreman.

At this time, more and more people gathered in the four corners, and the overseers in the distance were also attracted to it.

Now is the time!

Zhang Sanmeng threw himself to the place where the stone man was buried, and shouted, "Look, everyone, what is this?" ”

Everyone was stunned, and the foreman also stopped the whip in his hand, and everyone's eyes were attracted to the stone that Zhang San was holding.

"You...... What are you going to do, put the stone down! ”

The foreman unconsciously took a step back and raised the whip in his hand.

Zhang San looked at the stone in his hand and suddenly fell into deep thought.

It's a beautiful stone, it's round, it's moist, and it seems to have been washed over tens of thousands of years, a bit like in yesterday's Keju competition...... That ball!

That's right, it's not a one-eyed stone man, just a relatively round pebble.

Zhang San reacted, threw away the stone, squatted down, and struggled to plane with his hands.

Seeing his crazy appearance, the foreman did not dare to come forward, and said from a distance: "I advise you not to make senseless resistance, and honestly follow me back to work!" ”

Zhang San was almost crazy, and muttered in his mouth: "What about the stone man, what about the stone man?" ”

The foreman was full of confusion, looked at the whip in his hand, and said secretly, could it be that he was too heavy and beat people stupid?

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