In the afternoon, Qin Yin suddenly came to Tianbo Mansion, and when he saw Zhong Lei, he said: "Chief Administrator, my subordinates had a nightmare last night, dreaming that the soldiers and horses of the two rivers surrounded my Tianbo Mansion, saying that they wanted to kill my young master, and their subordinates were shocked, so they woke up. Alas, my subordinates thought all night, thinking that with the emperor here, who would dare to kill my young master. But this dream is really strange, I am afraid that there is really something in the house, so my subordinates hurried over to take a look, and 7,800 soldiers and horses are on standby seven miles north of Pukou City. Boss, are your subordinates doing foolish things? ”

When Zhong Lei heard this, he shook his head and sighed for a while, and then told all the hexagrams of the master in the morning, and then said: "General Qin, my master is a master of divination today. He said that there will be a catastrophe in the young master within the month, and you dreamed that the soldiers and horses of the two rivers surrounded Tianbo Mansion to kill my young master, and Guan Ziqing said that someone in the palace asked Zhang Yan to pay close attention to the movements of my Tianbo Mansion the day before my wedding, so these three things collided together, and there must be no fake. Hurry up and let the soldiers and horses return to the station, so as not to make Liangjiang suspicious. After finishing the matter, you can go back to Tianbo Mansion and listen to what my master has to say tomorrow, and then make a decision. However, it is important to let Yangzhou Shi Xiongmin prepare early. I'll also send a message to Yang Biao and Guan Ziqing. ”

After Qin Yin left, Zhong Lei called Wang Bao, Zhao Hu, Lei Long, Jiao Yi, Feng Guo, Feng Guang, Hu Yanxue, Shen Zhongyue, Li Ai, and apprentices Nian Bo, Qian Gui, and Deng Jia to the backyard of Jiangnan Restaurant, let Chuansheng and others serve a table of delicacies, and then waved at him and said: "When those tables of diners eat, don't enter again, close the restaurant, and wait for yourself to go home." Close for three or five days, and then open for business. ”

Leaving a good business and not doing it, but wanting to close the door to thank customers, the boatman felt that it was strange, but he didn't dare to ask more, so he nodded and agreed.

Zhong Lei said to everyone: "General Qin has been here." ”

He pointed to the wine jar and asked the apprentice to pour wine for everyone, and then picked up the chopsticks and said, "What a good table of delicacies, don't be stupid, eat quickly, it's not good to be hungry." ”

This can confuse everyone, thinking that your boss was still crying and mourning just now, how did he become like he was okay in the blink of an eye, Zhao Hu said: "Third child, your nervous face must be sick." ”

After Zhong Lei ate a few chopsticks of food in succession, he smiled and said, "I just said, General Qin has been here." He said that he had a strange dream last night, dreaming that the soldiers and horses of Liangjiang suddenly surrounded my Tianbo Mansion, saying that they were going to kill my young master, and he woke up in shock. Let's think about it, with the Long Live Lord here, who dares to kill my young master, is this dream a little strange? Think about it again, my master said that there will be a great disaster in the young master within the month. And Guan Ziqing said that someone in the palace asked Zhang Yan to pay attention to my Tianbo Mansion. Then this dream was also bumped into each other. Also, if someone really wants to kill my young master, then the closest soldiers and horses to Pukou City are Liangjiang. I have such an answer, this anger is also smooth, people are refreshed again, naturally I want to eat and drink to fill my stomach, and by the way, I will discuss countermeasures with you. ”

Let's think about it, this dream is really like this, this dream is said to be bumped together, what must be the connection, this disaster may be in the Liangjiang soldiers and horses, Shen Zhongyue said: "Uncle Zhong, you have also seen my Tiger Xiao Battalion, but there is still a shortage of more than 400 war horses." Hmph, if the soldiers and horses of these two rivers don't surround my Tianbo Mansion, if they really come, Li Ai and I will take the tiger camp to rush and kill, and they will be terrified. ”

Zhong Lei smiled and said to Lei Long: "Zhongyue, this girl is really not simple, and she has trained the Tiger Xiao Camp very majesticly. When you have time, you all go and see. ”

Lei Long nodded and said, "It's really a coincidence, a batch of good horses just came the day before yesterday, about five or six hundred, and they have returned to the horse farm." In the middle of the month, since you are short of horses in the tiger camp, then you can go to the horse farm tomorrow to get it. ”

Shen Zhongyue listened to it and said, "Uncle Xie Lei." ”

Then he got up and said, "Uncle Zhong, taking the horse is more important than eating and drinking, so I will go to the horse farm to get the horse." ”

After finishing speaking, he snatched Li Ai's chopsticks, dragged him away.

Jiao Yi sighed: "I think that Zhongzhu has captured a lot of cities, and the Tiger Xiao Battalion in Zhongyue is the elite of my Tianbo Mansion, but it's a pity that Shen Fang died, otherwise how proud he should be, ** has produced such a pair of good sons and daughters." ”

After saying that, there was another sigh, and then he drank freely and ate meat in large pieces.

At this time, Qin Yin arrived, took a seat and took a bowl of wine handed by Nian Bo, took a sip and said, "Boss, be prepared." In order to prevent alarms, I asked the headquarters to load the grain and grass into the cart after returning home, and the horses did not unload the saddles, the guns did not leave their hands, and they slept with their clothes. The subordinates have sent people to the dynasty, Shi Xiongmin, so that they are ready to lead the troops to Pukou City to protect the lord at any time. ”

Zhong Lei said "yes" loudly

, Lei Long nodded and smiled: "Although there are not many soldiers and horses in Tianbo Mansion, the generals are loyal and brave, as long as they pay close attention to the movements of the soldiers and horses in the two rivers, they will be able to ensure that my young master is worry-free." ”

Jiao Yi waved his hand and said, "Come on, drink." Drink. When everyone was full of food and drink, they went to the Tiger Xiao camp in Zhongyue to see if there was anything missing. ”

In the evening, the master and servant in the house saw that a group of family members suddenly brightened, some talked and laughed, all of them lost the kind of worry at lunch, knowing that the chief manager must have a good plan to make the young master free of disaster, so he naturally ate wildly, like a tiger wolf, the laughter is still the same, and all the sorrows are left out of the clouds.

Tianxiao also broke the precedent, and after dinner, he asked the slave maid to pass the message to the guards of the door, and when the Yue family sedan came, he said that Biyu would stay in the Yunxiao Hall in the next few days, and when he would go home, let the Yue family sedan go back alone.

Biyu was naturally happy to hear it, and slept with the little prince in the evening, and there was laughter on the third watch.

The next morning, the white-shirted old Taoist came to tell the apprentice and the others, saying that he had watched the stars last night, and that the dragon chair of the Jinluan Palace was about to change hands within the month, so he asked Tianbo Mansion to keep quiet and make preparations as soon as possible.

Seeing that his beloved disciple nodded, he said goodbye to his master, the little prince, and left Pukou City, wandering around without mentioning it.

After sending off the master, Zhong Lei hurriedly sent Nian Bo to the coast of Zhoushan to find out the whereabouts of Bai Zizong's sailors, sent Qian Gui to the capital to investigate the movements in the palace, sent Deng Jia to send a secret letter to Yang Biao and Guan Ziqing, and then asked Feng Guo to pay close attention to the movements of the two rivers, and sent the careful military men in the palace to send a message to Qin Yin, Wang Dynasty, Hu Yanren, Wang Changzu, and Shi Xiongmin to prepare in advance in case of unexpected changes.

Then he told Hu Yanxue to strictly guard the city gate, interrogate the people in the past, and the two wharves of the government and the people, and not allow the guests on the boat to go ashore, and beware of the capital or the two rivers from being mixed in.

Let the people of the palace buy large ships everywhere, secretly prepare grain and grass, build weapons, look for horses, and transport all the gold and silver into the ships to be guarded by heavy soldiers at night.

In the end, let the soldiers and horses of Tianbo Mansion be ready to enter the battlefield at any time, and asked Yue Xiaoxuan to do his best to turn the treasures and porcelain vases of Tianbo Mansion into gold, silver or grain.

At this time, no matter whether it is the master and servant or the military man in Tianbo Mansion, everyone is very nervous, but I am afraid that something will suddenly happen to the young master, and I am afraid it will be a big disaster.

Although the Longqing Sailor often has news that the Sailor has expanded to nearly 50,000, and a lot of gold and silver treasures have been plundered, which pirates are being attacked, how many people can be recruited to fill the Sailor, and how much gold and silver can be obtained.

Feng Lina also has frequent good news, today he said how many cities he has captured, and tomorrow he will say how many territories he has plundered, and he has occupied more than 20 cities, with 100 generals and more than 200,000 soldiers and horses.

So whether it is to meet the sailors from the river to the sea, or to retreat to the southwest of the Ming Dynasty, Tianbo Mansion has a place to go, and it will not let people chase and fight fiercely, and fall into a desperate situation that will not be overcome.

But in case Bofu is suddenly attacked by the soldiers and horses of the two rivers one day, although there are many soldiers and horses in Longqing, it is also far water that cannot save the near fire, what will be the situation at that time.

Although there are still 13,000 soldiers in the four battalions left in Pukou City, there are still 2,500 tiger battalions and 700 soldiers in the house.

But compared with the 120,000 soldiers and horses of Liangjiang, this disparity in strength is too great.

Moreover, once the Ming army besieges Pukou City, Huizhou, Ningguo, Fengyang, Luzhou, Hangzhou, and Shaoxing, more than 50,000 soldiers and horses will arrive, so how can this battle be fought?

It's a dead end.

Guan Lu, the leader of the Mulan Army, who has expanded his sisters to 2,400, is Guan Ziqing's sister, who was born to be a general, and is very good at guns, and has been familiar with military books since she was a child, and can also be called a female general in Tianbo Mansion.

Since she had a hexagram and a dream that collided together, the first thing she thought of was the soldiers and horses of the two rivers around Pukou City, and boldly imagined that if the situation was unfavorable to Tianbo Mansion, the most likely place to leave Jiangnan was the waterway.

But at the same time, she also thought that if Zhang Yan sank a ship somewhere in the river to prevent Tianbo Mansion from entering the sea, and then put 30,000 ambush soldiers on both sides of the shipwreck, then it would be a catastrophe for Tianbo Mansion.

For this reason, she took the three deputy generals Zhang Feng and Sun Yan, and Zhao Fen changed into fishermen's clothes, and did not bring personal soldiers, boarded a small boat, and walked two back and forth along the river.

After careful investigation, the ship came ashore at a place called Sanwankou and said: "Sisters, if I were Zhang Yan, I would choose to sink the ship here, and one is enough." Each of you will take five hundred sisters to stay here, and do nothing else, but fight the shipwreck, and make sure that the river is clear. ”

Xiao Xuan is a smart person, seeing that the movement of Tianbo Mansion is so big, he knows that something big must happen, so he quickly travels to Xi'an, finds his brother-in-law at the main altar of the Heavenly Demon Society, and talks about the matter of Tianbo Mansion with his own speculation, Long Xiao said: "In this way, this thing is indeed a little strange." Tianbo Mansion is so moving, it must be to avoid disaster, otherwise why sell rare toys, the little prince is not short of silver flowers, could it be that Emperor Muzong wants to kill him? Otherwise, in the world today, who dares to touch the little prince. ”

He sent his brothers to return the hall master who had just dispersed to the elite of the Heavenly Demon Society back to the main altar hall to discuss matters.

Fortunately, hundreds of good hands of the Heavenly Demon Society were in Xi'an City to watch the lanterns, and after listening to the message from the brothers, they hurriedly returned to the main altar, and as soon as the people sat down, they heard the Supreme laugh a few times and said: "Brothers, Xiaoxuan He just sent a message, saying that Tianbo Mansion has signs of fleeing to avoid disaster, and is sorting out the fine, selling the property, moving the warehouse and loading the ship, and gathering soldiers and horses." I guess that it must be that the current emperor Mu Zong already knows that the little prince has tens of thousands of sailors, hundreds of generals, and hundreds of thousands of troops, and wants to kill him to prevent future troubles. Otherwise, why would Tianbo Mansion be so quiet. Therefore he summoned all his brothers together to discuss this matter. ”

Zhong Ying Claw said, "Venerable, my subordinates have also heard some rumors, but they don't know whether they are true or not. Some people say that the warships along the coast under the banner of Longqing are all sailors of Tianbo Province, specializing in pirates, robbing gold and silver treasures, and then used to recruit troops and raise troops. I heard that there were seventy or eighty warships alone. ”

Shi Yi said: "Venerable, when it comes to the banner of Longqing, there is also news from his subordinates, but it is not a water master, but a strongman who occupies the mountain as the king. They also fought under the banner of Longqing, both on Huashan and Qiping Mountain, and there were a large number of them, and they were very strong. ”

Then the flame princess also said: "This is strange, why is there a Longqing flag everywhere." Venerable, my apprentice came back a few days ago and said that his hometown had been occupied by soldiers and horses under the banner of Longqing. In short, it is said that these Longqing soldiers and horses are very powerful, and they have occupied more than a dozen cities in the southwest. ”

Long Xiao nodded and smiled, "That's right." Presumably, Mu Zongxiao'er learned that Tianbo Mansion was recruiting troops, attacking the city and plundering the land, and also built a water division, so he must have a rebellious heart, so he wanted to destroy it as soon as possible to prevent future troubles. Brothers, if there are so many Longqing banners that are really from Tianbo Mansion, the little prince must have a lot of soldiers and horses at this time. In addition, there is plenty of food and grass, if Mu Zongyi has killing thoughts against him, I think this battle will be able to fight for a long time, and then the opportunity for our Heavenly Demon Society to compete for the country will come. Everyone, go back quickly and prepare for the army. I immediately sent a letter to Hawa, asking him to prepare enough food and grass to enter the Wall. Everyone must remember that as long as the Ming army and Longqing soldiers and horses start a war, we will take the opportunity to attack the city and plunder the land to kill the prefect, and first occupy ten or eight cities. Only by letting Mu Zong take care of one thing and losing the other, then the Ming army will not be able to destroy the soldiers and horses of Longqing, nor will they be able to deal with my Heavenly Demon Association brothers. If this time drags on for a long time, then now these thousands of miles of rivers and mountains will definitely show the trend of the Three Kingdoms. At that time, I have a way to get the Tatars to raise an army of 100,000 into the fortress, help me destroy the Ming Dynasty, and reproduce the glory of the Yuan Dynasty. ”

When everyone heard this, they were extremely excited, and they went back to prepare to raise troops without mentioning it.

And Tianbo Mansion was busy for half a month, and in a blink of an eye, it came to the evening of May 27, the sixth year of Longqing, Qian Gui Pegasus rushed back to report to the master, saying that Emperor Muzong died suddenly, and the crown prince Yijun had ascended the throne in Jinluan Hall and became Emperor Shenzong.

Zhong Lei was shocked and shocked when he heard the news, and then recalled the hexagram and dream that hit together, and cold sweat suddenly oozed from his back, expecting that the Empress Dowager Li would never let the young master live like this, so he brought Jiao Yi to say anxiously: "The apprentice just came back, saying that the long live master died suddenly, and the crown prince Yijun has ascended the throne to become the emperor of the Ming Dynasty." That Empress Dowager Li has always hated my young master, and now that her son Yijun has become the emperor, she thinks that this woman will harm my master, what is your best plan?"

Jiao Yi smiled and said: "Brother Zhong, the soldiers will block the water and cover the earth, and the people of Tianbo Mansion are not easy to mess with." If she doesn't turn her face, if she turns her face, my lord will fight against Yijun for the world, and see who will kill the deer. ”

Zhong Lei sighed: "I think so too. But Yijun has now become the emperor of Dashu, and all the soldiers and horses in the world are pinched in his hands. My young master is young, and the soldiers and horses of Tianbo Mansion are all outside, and there are not many available in the city, so how can I meet the enemy and resist the soldiers and horses of the two rivers at that time?"

Jiao Yi thought about it and said: "In my opinion, it is the best policy to avoid the war first." But the world is Yijun's world, where should my young master avoid it?"

At this moment, Nian Bo came back to tell the master, saying that Bai Zizong's sailors were attacking the Zhoushan pirates, but they were short of food, and they were afraid that if they couldn't attack for a long time, the army would be unstable, so let the master think of a perfect plan.

"There you go. ”

After hearing the apprentice's words, Zhong Lei said to Jiao Yi: "If it doesn't work on the ground, we will go into the sea." There are more than 50,000 sailors from Zizong, and even if we enter the sea, the Daming sailors are not afraid to pursue. ”

Jiao Yi thought that this was a good place, so Shen Zhongyue said: "Zhongyue, long live the lord he died suddenly, the crown prince Yijun has become the emperor of the Ming Dynasty, this woman will harm my young master, presumably there will be a fierce battle in Pukou in the near future." You quickly go to the main bookkeeper to pay 500 taels of silver, 100,000 taels of silver tickets, and hurry to Yangzhou Qianjiazhuang to pick up the young master and pick it up. ”

was so anxious, Shen Zhongyue knew that this matter was not trivial, and hurriedly went to pass the order, and then found Li Ai, and told Mu Zong about the sudden death of Mu Zong and Yi Jun's accession to the throne as the Ming Emperor.