The mountains and rivers are picturesque, so beautiful that people will not want to return, the mountains are full of mountain flowers, the surrounding mountains carved by nature are beautiful, and the hot summer in the south has nothing to do with this place, because the four seasons here are only spring.

On the side of the official road, a flag with the word "tea" fluttering in front of a small shop flutters in the wind, providing a resting place for people to come and go.

"The guest officer has tea, the best Pu'er tea!" The shopkeeper in a black short coat shouted and served the steaming tea.

The shopkeeper walked to Deng Hong's table, and saw that although this person looked mediocre, he was dressed in good clothes, wearing brown silk clothes and a melon skin hat, and thought that this person must be a rich merchant, so he asked, "What does this guest officer want?" There are good Pu'er tea, all kinds of desserts, candied fruits, and a la carte, chicken, duck and fish, as well as good mountain delicacies. ”

Deng Hong said: "Let's have some tea, then a bamboo tube of rice, a plate of steamed bacon, and a plate of side dishes." ”

After eating, Deng Hong got up and said goodbye. Just as he was about to leave, the shopkeeper stopped him: "This guest officer is coming to Kunming for the first time, right?" ”

"It's not the first time, I studied business with my father since I was a child, and I've been to Kunming many times." Deng Hong replied.

"The guest officer hasn't been to Kunming for several years, right? The current business in Kunming is not good! The people were driven out of the city, and the city was inhabited by the king of Pingxi and the lords of the Eight Banners, as well as those who were officials who lived in the city. The shopkeeper pretended to be kind and reminded that he was actually testing Deng Hong's reaction.

Deng Hong said with a smile: "To do business is to do business with those high-ranking officials and nobles, and what to do with the poor." With that, he left the shop.

Seeing the back of Deng Hong's departure, the shopkeeper called a guy and whispered in his ear: "This person has a suspicious appearance, I'm afraid it is a subtle work of the pseudo-Ming remnants to win over the king of Pingxi!" You call a few people to follow him! ”

It turned out that the Qing court had never trusted Wu Sangui very much. Otherwise, he would not have put Hong Chengchou and Ai Xing'a by Wu Sangui's side at the beginning, and later placed Zhao Liangdong, Wang Fuchen and others to monitor him. However, Wu Sangui only wanted to be the king of Pingxi, so he didn't let the Qing court grasp the handle, and finally killed Yongli to show loyalty to the Qing court. Even so, the Qing court was still not at ease with Wu Sangui, and asked Wu Sangui to reduce his troops again and again. Wu Sangui also agreed again and again. But the Qing court had to make inch, and when Kangxi was in power, he simply wanted to cut down the domain, which forced Wu Sangui to rebel.

At this time, Li Dingguo had already retreated to Burma, and the Qing court still felt that Wu Sangui's "suppression of bandits" was ineffective, so it sent Wang Fuchen to "assist" Wu Sangui, asking Wu Sangui to send troops into Burma to wipe out the remnants of Li Dingguo and never suffer in the future.

But Deng Hong is not a simple character, just now the shopkeeper said a few words to him. The second little boy in this shop looks a little obscene, will he be so kind? He already had a keen sense that this shop was likely to be opened by the Qing court. As soon as he left the shop, he noticed that there was a tail following him.

It is getting closer and closer to Kunming City, and sure enough, as Dian Xiaoer said, many houses have been built outside Kunming, some shops have been moved outside the city, and almost all the Han people in the city have been driven out. Lived outside the city. Presumably in Kunming City at this time, in addition to the garrison and dignitaries. Ordinary Han Chinese are not allowed to enter at will.

Walking on the street outside the city, Deng Hong pretended to be tired, stopped in front of a small stall, bought a steaming bun, and glanced behind with the corner of his eye, and sure enough, he found a blue-gray short coat. The sneaky-looking guy also stopped, facing a stall and pretending to ask for a price.

Although there are also rudders of the Heaven and Earth Society in Yunnan, it is easy to get rid of the tail behind, but if the person sent to follow him is killed, the Qing court will definitely suspect him! So Deng Hong tried to shake off the tail behind him.

Deng Hong walked outside a tea shop according to the address Chen Jinnan gave before departure. After matching the code, he first pretended to buy a bag of tea, and then lowered his voice and said to the shopkeeper: "There is a tail in the back." Then he raised his voice and said, "How to go to Wanhualou?" ”

"Guest officer, go out here, turn right, walk through two intersections, and then turn left and walk two hundred steps." The shop is small and two-way.

Deng Hong walked out of the tea shop, only to see the Qing army spy outside with his back to him, pretending to look at things on a small stall opposite the tea shop.

found that Deng Hong walked out of the tea shop and walked north, and the Qing army spies followed him again. I saw the figure in brown silk clothes in front of me walk into a jewelry store again, look inside for a long time, and then walk out and enter another store. The Qing army spies followed not far away, and when they saw Deng Hong turn into a small alley, the Qing army spies up their pace and followed in, following closely the man in brown silk clothes in front.

Crossing another street, suddenly there was a sound of quarrel in the street ahead. I saw that in a stall, two young people were fighting with red faces, and neither of them would give in. Suddenly, the man in green jumped up and punched the man in gray. In addition, the young man did not relent, blocked the punch, and punched the man in Tsing Yi to the ground with a backhand.

"There's a fight!" Immediately a great crowd gathered around,

From the room behind the stall, a group of strong men rushed out and surrounded the man in gray.

The man in gray did not show weakness: "Don't think you have any of you! Lao Tzu also has people! After speaking, there was a whistle, and immediately more than a dozen strong men walked here.

Seeing this posture, the man in Tsing Yi did not make a move, and the two sides were confronted.

The crowd gathered more and more, and there were still people in the crowd fanning the flames: "Fight! Hurry up and fight! ”

Suddenly, there was a "boom" in the circle, and the people on both sides were in a mess. The surrounding onlookers retreated, and the streets were suddenly in chaos. The Qing scout was also driven by the surging crowd, pushing and shoving, unable to move an inch.

When a group of officials arrived and dispersed the two groups of people who were fighting, the Qing scout would never see Deng Hong's shadow again.

At this time, Deng Hong had already gotten rid of the Qing army scouts, and when he entered a small alley, there was another man who was wearing exactly the same clothes as him and was about the same size as him, and the Qing army scouts were with the wrong person.

At that time, the city of Kunming was not big, and the family of King Pingxi lived in the city. After the generals of the Pingxi Wang's staff, the Eight Banners and the civil and military officials at all levels in Yunnan, it was impossible for even the soldiers and horses of the Pingxi King's own headquarters to live, so there were still many soldiers and horses of the Pingxi King's headquarters stationed outside the city. As for the soldiers and horses of the non-Pingxi king's headquarters, for example, Zhao Liangdong's army, the army of the new Wang Fuchen. There are also Ma Bao, Ma Weixing, Qi Sansheng and other former Southern Ming troops who surrendered not long ago, all of which were stationed outside the city and were not allowed to enter the city at will, because Wu Sangui was afraid that other people's troops would squeeze out his own territory, so he strictly restricted foreign troops from entering the city.

Liu Xuanchu, whom Deng Hong was looking for, lived in Kunming City, but it was difficult for him to enter the city. There must be a reason to enter the city, such as knowing a certain dignitary. Generally, people who do business can do it outside the city, and there is no need to enter the city, unless it is some royal palace. Only the old acquaintances of the mansions of dignitaries and the soldiers of the Pingxi Wangfu can enter.

However, there will be an inside line in heaven and earth: a member of the Heaven and Earth Society who often sends food to Liu's mansion got the news that Liu Xuanchu was going to visit Dianchi Lake in three days. In fact, Nan Ming and Liu Xuanchu secretly corresponded and had their own contact information. Nanming also had many contacts with Liu Xuanchu, Wu Sangui had not strangled Yongli at that time, and secretly had contacts with Nanming's people. It was only later that Ai Xing Ah stared closely, and Wu Sangui also wanted to show loyalty to the Qing court, so he completely turned his face.

Two days later, on the shore of Dianchi Lake. The flower squares in the lake are dense like clouds, and there is a piece of silk bamboo and the sound of laughter everywhere. In the middle, there are guessing orders, singing songs and drinking, and it is really a sheng song everywhere, and it is level. On the shore of the lake, a middle-aged Confucian student of medium height, wearing a long shirt, slightly braided hair, and a face full of vicissitudes, looked like he was about forty years old, accompanied by the soldiers of the Pingxi Palace. Play by the lake. This Confucian student is Wu Sangui's number one military advisor Liu Xuanchu.

Liu Xuanchu and his entourage wandered for a while, and a flower shop shook out, and a green-shirted woman in the flower shop held a pipa in her arms and lightly opened her red lips, playing and singing "Yu Beauty" by Li Yu of the Southern Tang Dynasty. The mournful singing echoed on the surface of the lake, and when the sentence "The old country is unbearable to look back at the moonlight" came to Liu Xuanchu's ears, he couldn't help but feel a sour heart.

After the woman finished playing the song, it was another song "Harmony Rhyme"

Bow your eyebrows and go north to the tears of Concubine Ming, cry blood and fly south to look at the emperor's soul.

The flesh and bones are withered and I am the only one, and the description is exhausted.

The song is tragic, and the words are bloody. When the "Heroes of the River Eternal Hate" came, Liu Xuanchu felt that his heart was dripping blood.

Liu Xuanchu knew that this ship was the person who contacted him over there, and the songs of these Southern Tang Dynasty queens were the contact code. So he turned back to the guards and said, "Wait on the shore, and the old man will come up and see." ”

The captain of the Qing army guard arched his hand: "Tsk!" ”

The flower shop leaned on the shore, and Liu Xuanchu boarded the flower shop.

The figure behind the lady's screen flashed, and a woman with a pipa Han costume walked out, the woman was about fifteen or sixteen years old, with a pale green dress, beautiful long hair casually draped, and a red face like a budding bud. The woman walked up to Liu Xuanchu and said a blessing: "The concubine has seen an adult, and the adult is blessed!" ”

"Keep singing! Sing whatever you are good at. Liu Xuanchu said.

After Liu Xuanchu boarded the boat, the boatman swung the oars lightly, and the flower shop left the shore and slowly rowed towards the center of the lake.

In the flower shop, there is also a personable boy sitting at the table. Liu Xuanchu glanced at this son, and saw that he was dignified, wearing a purple robe and a melon skin hat. Liu Xuanchu secretly said in his heart: If it weren't for the ugly tartar clothes and the money rat tail, if he was wearing Han clothes and a square scarf, this son would be too perfect!

Liu Xuanchu was not a person who was determined to do things for the Qing court, in fact, he still had a lot of feelings for the Ming Dynasty. It's just that under the fence, he has to endure it. In real history, in the end, it was Liu Xuanchu who instigated Wu Sangui to oppose the Qing Dynasty and tried his best to give advice to Wu Sangui. It's a pity that Wu Sangui couldn't listen to him at a critical moment.

The flower shop was rowed until the center of the lake, and Man'er stopped playing, so the boy stood up and saluted Liu Xuanchu: "Deng Hong, who was born late, has seen Mr., may I ask what this gentleman is called?" ”

"The old man's surname is Liu, his name is Maoyao, and his name is Xuanchu, Deng Gongzi can call me Mr. Liu." Liu Xuanchu smiled and shook his fan.

Deng Hong pretended to be surprised, and hurriedly knelt on the ground: "Junior, knock to see Lord Liu!" Lord Liu, Wan An! ”

"Excuse me, Deng Gongzi, please get up quickly!" Liu Xuanchu personally picked up Deng Hong, looked at it carefully, and praised, "Deng Gongzi is really a talent!" ”

"Lord Liu has won the prize!"

Liu Xuanchu shook his fan, shook his head and said: "The old man observed that Deng Gongzi was born as a martial arts practitioner, presumably Deng Gongzi must be strong in martial arts, right?" But I also learned from the literati, came to visit the mountains and rivers, and listened to the songs in the flower shop, which is really Yaxing! ”

"Lord Liu really has good eyesight!" Deng Hong exclaimed, "I did learn a little bit of three-legged cat kung fu in my later life, but I don't have enough to worry about." ”

"Deng Gongzi, sit down and listen to the song, the old man is in high spirits today, how about you and I have a few drinks?" Liu Xuanchu said with a smile, "Today's expenses, the old man is out." ”

The two sat down, and Liu Xuanchu asked Man'er to continue playing and singing.

Deng Hong poured wine for Liu Xuanchu, picked up the wine glass and said, "A glass of late birth to the adult!" ”

Liu Xuanchu took the wine glass and drank it all, the two enjoyed the beautiful scenery of Dianchi Lake, listened to Man'er playing and singing, and chatted casually at first. Liu Xuanchu suddenly asked: "Deng Gongzi deliberately arranged to see the old man today?" ”

Deng Hong already knew that many people in Nanming had met Wu Sangui through Liu Xuanchu, and if he wanted to persuade Wu Sangui, he had to start with Liu Xuanchu, so he replied truthfully: "Lord Liu has good eyesight!" Wansheng just wants to see Mr. Liu today. ”

Liu Xuanchu stroked his beard and said with a smile: "The old man knows that you are from over there!" Deliberately lured the old man out, right? Aren't you afraid that the old man will send you to the king of Pingxi to receive a reward? No, in order to avoid suspicion for King Pingxi, if you want to send it, you will also be sent to Lord Aixing, the general of Dingxi, and the banner man will deal with you. ”

Deng Hong said: "It is said that Lord Liu cherishes his homeland, if Lord Liu really sends the evening to receive the reward, it can only be blamed on our Lord Wang for seeing the wrong person!" ”

"Your Lord Wang? Which Lord is it? Which side are you on? Hearing that it was not the King of Jin, nor was it from the east of Sichuan, Liu Xuanchu couldn't help but pause.

"We are from Qiongzhou Mansion, and we are the Lord Wang Junmen who captured Gao Jinku." Deng Hong replied.

"It's him!" Liu Xuanchu's eyes were shining, and he stared at Deng Hong's pupils for a long time before he sighed, "This Wang Junmen is also a talent!" Good at naval warfare, first destroy Qiongzhou, and then destroy Guangdong naval division! It's amazing! It's really impressive! ”

"It was our Wang Junmen who asked the younger generation to come, Wang Junmen hopes that the prince of Pingxi can start from the overall situation and not rush to kill everything. The younger generation thinks, the prince of Pingxi should also know the truth of cooking the bird with the bow and hiding the rabbit and the dead dog, right? If you kill the King of Jin, I'm afraid that the next thing the Tartar court will have to deal with is you. Deng Hong arched his hand.

Liu Xuanchu snorted coldly: "The matter of being loyal to the king of the king, how can you raise your own respect!" If you come for friends, the old man welcomes it; If you want to be a lobbyist, please go back! If you insist on going your own way, don't blame the old man for turning his face and being ruthless! (To be continued.) )

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