Tang Mu fell into a great contradiction, as his nephew said, this time it was really a rare opportunity, but now there were still a few hours away from the time set by Li Zhaoji, Tang Mu gritted his teeth and said: "Lao Tzu can have today, all because of this boldness."

Be bold, not only when facing the enemy, but also when disobeying orders. The big shopkeeper gave me the right to arbitrarily make decisions on the spot, and entrusted my net worth and life in this matter, how can I risk the life of the big shopkeeper and the future of the trading company for a few hours? ”

Zhao Changshui hurriedly said: "Uncle, you're right, in my opinion, this matter is first and foremost a secret, not a suitable time, a few more hours, a few less hours, it doesn't matter." ”

Tang Mu nodded and blew the whistle, and after a while, more than 20 good hands surrounded him, and Tang Mu said, "Dress up and act according to the plan." ”

Pick up the stars.

King Lu drank a lot of wine, and was teased by the thin horse in his arms, so he was about to get up and say goodbye, and when he changed places to fight, suddenly there was a noisy sound outside, he opened the window, and saw dozens of fishermen outside pouring onto the dock, Du Guangshao's several healthy servants went up to stop the idle people from approaching, and were directly pushed off the dock by those fishermen.

"Oh, there's a madman coming to make trouble." King Lu threw down the woman in his arms and crawled back to the banquet hall, he shouted, Du Guangshao immediately got up and held him up: "Lord, rest assured, this is Huai'an, there is a place."

Who will not give me Du Guangshao's face, even if he doesn't give me face, he should give silver face. ”

At this time, there were a few wails outside, Tang Mu had already brought people in, and the four guards stood at the hatch door, drawing their swords to block them, and they also drank wine, so they stumbled a little.

Someone knocked on the door outside, blocked by the guards, the corridor was narrow, and there were many people outside who couldn't form a joint force, so it was difficult to break through for a while.

Du Guangshao walked to the back of the door and shouted: "Brother who is outside, I am Du Guangshao, since you are working in Huai'an, you should have heard my name, and retreat, I will let the steward send two hundred taels of silver." It's enough for you to spend a while, the mountains are high and the rivers are long, and you will inevitably deal with each other in the future, and when you meet again, you will have some thoughts. ”

But no one answered outside, suddenly, the window above the door was opened, everyone looked up, but no one came in, just when everyone was relieved, a handful of lime was sprinkled in, the guards and Du Guangshao were all covered with white ash, and the confused people screamed.

Immediately afterwards, there was the sound of axe chopping, Tang Mu rushed in with people, and Zhao Changshui had already led people to capture the others.

As soon as Tang Mu came in, he saw four guards with knives, and couldn't help but say, there was a burst of sticks when he went up, knocking these guards down on the spot, and someone immediately tied them up with ropes. Tang Mu took a step forward, looked at a fat man in the center, and said: "Du Guangshao, your good luck has come to an end, Lao Tzu is from the Yangzhou Cao Gang, you colluded with the stolen officials of the imperial court and robbed Lao Tzu's goods, it's time to return it." ”

As he spoke, he stepped forward and grabbed the fat man by the collar and pulled it up, and the fat man trembled, the chopsticks in his hand fell off, he was full of Henan accent, and said: "I'm not Du Guangshao, he ...... He is, don't kill me, don't kill me. ”

"Fuck." Tang Mu followed the fat man's fingers and looked at a fat man whose face was covered with lime, and said in his heart that the two of them were almost in a similar posture, and they actually admitted their mistake for a while.

With a curse in his mouth, Tang Mu put down the fat man in his hand, and said in his heart, he is also the one who scared the Ming prince.

At this time, Zhao Changshui had already tied up everyone on the boat and arranged for someone to leave the dock on the boat.

"Chief, this man claims to be a eunuch, and he was sent by some prison army to serve." Zhao Changshui escorted a eunuch in front of Tang Mu.

Tang Mu pulled out a knife, directly cut the neck of the eunuch, and said: "What we are doing is a rebellious business, the people of the court, whether they are dog officials or eunuchs, will all be killed, damn it, we are all people who have been officials, killing one more is not too much, letting one go is a dead end." Let's ask if there are any people from the imperial court. ”

This is a play deliberately performed by Tang Mu and Zhao Changshui, just so that the vassal kings present will not reveal their identities.

Sure enough, the vassal kings were frightened and trembled, and then, in addition to Du Guangshao and the vassal kings, the rest of the boat girls, thin horses and the like were all gathered together, Tang Mu said to them: "Lao Tzu is the Yangzhou Cao Gang, today is to arrest Du Guangshao, you are the same as me, you are all poor people, it is not difficult for you."

Go back and bring a message to Du Guangshao's son, asking him to prepare 30,000 taels of silver and come to Yangzhou to redeem people. Set a date for you, just May 1st, and then I will send someone to the Huai'an Hall to look for you. ”

King Lu lay on the ground and said, "The strong man has a personal enmity with Du Guangshao and has nothing to do with us, what if you let us go?" ”

Tang Mu smiled: "Seeing that you are full of brains, you must be a rich and noble family, and you must be Du Guangshao's friend." So be it, one thousand taels.

You also spread the word on your behalf, and let their families bring money for ransom. ”

As he spoke, the boat docked, and Tang Mu's men kicked them into the water, and then the boat continued to sail downstream, disappearing into the willow forests on both sides of the canal.

Shanhaiguan.

On this day, Wu Sangui and Li Zhaoji were having lunch, Wu Sangui saw that Li Zhaoji looked sad, and said with a smile: "Mr. Li, but the appointed time is approaching, and you are a little uneasy." ”

Li Zhaoji smiled: "In the end, all the lives of the family are pinned on this matter, it's unsafe, it's really uneasy." ”

Wu Sangui waved his hand: "It's okay, it's okay." Even if your plan doesn't succeed, Ben Bo has one less option, and there are still Li Chuang and the Manchus to choose from.

As long as my husband advances and retreats with me, he will enjoy glory and wealth with me in that future. ”

Li Zhaoji squeezed out some smiles, not wanting to judge.

He knew that between Li Zicheng and Dolgon, Wu Sangui would most likely choose Dolgon, but Li Zhaoji didn't want to shave his hair, even if it was only temporary, he would be regarded as a shame for his life. At this time, he only thought that if Tang Mu failed, or did not complete the task on time, he must persuade Wu Sangui to join Li Zicheng.

Anyway, he is not a Ming person, he is not a traitor of the Ming Dynasty, if he is a traitor, he can't get over this hurdle in his heart, he doesn't want to be a chrysanthemum drill.

Just when Li Zhaoji was secretly praying in his heart, Xia Guoxiang took a person into the room, Wu Sangui saw the person, immediately got up, and said: "Mr. Li, you are back, oops, but I have been worried for a long time, I don't want to eat, for fear that the thief will be brutal and harm you." ”

The new Mr. Li, named Li Yousong, was a local gentry in western Liaoning, and he handled the matter of going to the capital to contact Li Chuang.

Xia Guoxiang said: "Uncle, Mr. Li is fortunate not to be dishonored." ”

Li Yousong shook his head slightly: "Uncle, students can't talk about being lucky and not dishonoring, this time I went to the capital, and I did see Li Ziyuan himself, but I can also be a mouthpiece." ”

"Come on, come on, sir, sit down, come and serve tea." After Wu Sangui arranged for Li Yousong to sit down, he asked his own soldiers to bring tea.

After Li Yousong took a sip of tea and eased his breath a little, Wu Sangui asked, "Sir, what conditions did Li Zicheng offer?" ”

Li Yousong's face was full of difficulty, and he said: "Li Zicheng said that if Liao Town is attached, I am willing to make you a marquis." ”

Wu Sangui nodded slightly, looked at Li Zhaoji with a smile, and his heart was guessed by Li Zhaoji, Li Zicheng is indeed a generous person, who can tolerate all the enemies who belong to him, but he is also a stingy person, even the generals under his command are only marquis, and this marquis is naturally his top character.

"Okay, what about the rest? Don't be in a hurry, sir, take your time. Wu Sangui said with a smile.

Since everyone can only be a marquis, then becoming a marquis is also the highest in Dashun, and the level of the title is also a name, and the key depends on the actual interests.

Li Yousong spread out his hands and said, "Uncle, there are no other terms." ”

"It's gone!" Wu Sangui exclaimed: "How come, I have 50,000 soldiers and horses in Liao Town, and 200,000 in my family, how to settle them?" 50,000 people, no less than 2 million military salaries a year, when will it be paid, how much will it be given, and there will be official salaries, why is it gone? ”

Li Yousong's face was full of helplessness: "It's really gone, Li Zicheng promised to be a marquis." Moreover, Li Zicheng has already sent Tang Tong to take over the defense of Shanhaiguan, and it will be there in about two days after tomorrow. ”

"Before an agreement is reached, we will take over Shanhaiguan, and it is too deceitful! Do you think that I, Wu Sangui, am a random sludge? Wu Sangui stood up angrily and roared angrily.

Xia Guoxiang hurriedly asked: "By the way, Mr. Li, the uncle asked you to send the money, rice and cloth to the house, and the master received it, how is the state of the master, can he be humiliated by the thief?" ”

When Wu Sangui heard that he was going to talk about his family's situation, he was not angry, and immediately listened.

Li Yousong said: "Alas, the goods brought by the students were robbed by thieves who don't know which camp as soon as they entered the city. The students were not allowed to enter the uncle's mansion at all, so they didn't know what the situation of the Wu family was, but ....... The students thought that Master Wu's condition must be bad. ”

"Why is this presumptuous?" Wu Sangui asked.

Li Yousong said helplessly: "Now the capital is chasing stolen goods and helping salaries, and the impact is very wide, and the Wu family may not be spared." ”

"What is stolen goods and wages?" Wu Sangui was puzzled.

Li Zhaoji smiled and explained: "That is Li Chuang's method of collecting money and food to support the army. Ping Xibo may not know that the reason why the people of the Ming Dynasty supported Li Chuang was because Li Chuang shouted the slogan and did not pay grain for three years.

But Li Chuang has hundreds of thousands of people under his command, and he doesn't pay food taxes, so how can he raise an army? Therefore, he thought of this way of recovering stolen goods and helping to pay money, which was to use violence against the privileged classes of the Ming Dynasty, such as officials, gentry, nobles, and eunuchs, and force these people to hand over the wealth they had accumulated over the years.

Now that the Wu family is also noble, it should be among them. ”

Wu Sangui listened, although he felt that what Li Zhaoji said was reasonable, but he didn't believe that Li Zicheng would attack his family, especially if he hadn't returned yet.

But when he looked at Li Yousong, the Confucian nodded slightly, and said: "What this gentleman said is basically true, now the noble officials in the capital have been blackmailed, many people have been abused to death, and the thieves have made thousands of sticks to deal with the nobles in the capital.

Students, students also heard one more thing........ But I don't know if it's true or not. ”

"What are you doing with your babbling, speak quickly." Wu Sangui was already impatient and grabbed Li Yousong's hand.

Li Yousong said: "When the students were in the capital, they heard some thieves talk about it, saying that Liu Zongmin, the Marquis of Ru, saw the beauty of his uncle's concubine Chen and had robbed it. ”

Li Zhaoji said lightly: "You are talking about Chen Yuanyuan, Li has also heard a little about this matter." ”

"Damn it!" When Wu Sangui heard the news, his eyes were split, he pulled out his knife, and the frightened Li Yousong retreated again and again, while Wu Sangui slashed at the dining table with a knife, and even the table and food were chopped in pieces, and he shouted: "Prisoner my father, take my family property, and rob my wife and concubine." The hatred of killing his father and taking his wife, how can a husband endure it.

Lao Tzu and Li Zicheng are incompatible! ”

Xia Guoxiang immediately said: "Uncle, I will immediately check the soldiers and horses, Tang Tong is here, kill him personally on his back first, and let Li Zicheng know how powerful we are." ”

"I'll do this myself, you immediately ride east and go to Shenyang, I want to unite with the East and exterminate the thieves!" Wu Sangui said.

Li Zhaoji reminded on the side: "Ping Xibo, now is not the time to make a decision." ”

"Don't persuade me, if not, I'll deal with you together. You'd better think of Shen Youlong, I'll solve Tang Tong, and then solve the Ming army on Juehua Island. No one can stop me, no one can stop me! Wu Sangui was already furious and looked crazy.

"Report ........" Suddenly, the voice of the pro-soldier sounded outside.

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