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There is a water villa at the west foot of Yushan Mountain in Changshu, Jiangsu, the pavilions and pavilions in the village are close to the mountains and rivers, everywhere is elegant, the flowers and trees of the four seasons are Fusu, like the dwelling place of immortals.

This mountain villa is famous in the whole of Jiangnan, in addition to its elegant construction, but also because it is inhabited by a leader of the Donglin Party - Qian Qianyi.

Qian Qianyi was a Jinshi in the thirty-eighth year of Wanli (1610), during which he was an official, his political achievements were mediocre, and the reason why he became famous was because of his outstanding literary talent, and he was regarded as one of the three masters of Jiang Zuo;

And because he had participated in the activities of the Donglin Party against Wei Zhongxian's eunuch party, he was also regarded as one of the leaders of the Donglin Party, and now although he has been dismissed, he still has great influence. There is an endless stream of Shilin characters who usually come to visit and study in Fushui Villa.

At this moment, among the people who are studying in the Banye Hall of Fushui Villa, there are two famous figures in later generations, one is Zheng Sen, who was later renamed Zheng Chenggong;

The other is Gu Jiang, who came back to visit the teacher and was here to be around. said that Gu Jiang everyone may not know who he is, after the death of the Ming Dynasty, he was determined to resist the Qing Dynasty, because he admired the character of Wen Tianxiang's student Wang Yanwu, so he changed his name to Yanwu. I believe the name Gu Yanwu is very familiar to everyone.

In the first year of Chongzhen, because of the competition with Wen Tiren for the quota in the cabinet, he bribed the eunuch Cao Huachun, and begged Cao Huachun to kill him to expose his greedy and lawless fellow countryman Zhang Hanru, and he was dismissed after defeat.

When Beijing fell, as the leader of Donglin, he used his concubine Liu Ru to "entertain" Ruan Dacheng, a eunuch who was reused by Emperor Hongguang, and obtained the position of Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites.

Duoduo, the prince of Manchu Yu, led his army to the south of the Yangtze River and ordered the head to be shaved, and everyone was raging. Qian Qianyi suddenly said: "The scalp is very itchy. "Rise. Everyone thought he was getting up and grateheading. After a while, I saw him shaved his head and walked in with his hair braided. Under his leadership, many people shaved their hair and changed their clothes, and opened the gates of Nanjing to welcome the Manchu army of Duoduo.

Qian Qianyi's temperament is not as good as even the lowest kiln sister. All kinds of ugliness make him nauseous, but among his students, there are really a few good bamboo shoots, like Zheng Sen and Gu Jiang are good, Gu Jiang is Chinese New Year's Eve one year old today, and Zheng Sen is only twenty years old, both of whom are in the prime of their spirits.

But at this moment, although he was in the same half-field hall, Gu Jiang looked down on Zheng Sen a little, not only because Zheng Sen was far inferior to him in terms of knowledge. What's more, because of Zheng Sen's background, let's see what kind of people Zheng Sen's family is, his father Zheng Zhilong is a giant in the East China Sea, and his mother Tian Chuan is a native of Dongyangyi.

And the Gu family is a Jiangdong wang family, and his adoptive mother Wang has been awarded by Yue Fei, Wen Tianxiang, and Fang Xiaoru since she was a child, and Gu Jiang is upright by nature, disdainful of hypocrisy, and her attitude towards Zheng Sen is naturally very cold, although she is under the same roof. It's okay, but I've never been too lazy to deal with Zheng Sen.

But Zheng Sen didn't care about Gu Jiang's attitude, and always treated this knowledgeable senior brother very respectfully, and humbly asked him for advice when he had the opportunity.

That night, only Zheng Sen and Gu Jiang were still studying under the lamp in the Banye Hall. Gu Jiang was holding a copy of "University" and pondering alone, the lights in the hall were bright, the north wind outside the hall was blowing through the lakes and mountains, and there was a faint sound of an elegant piano in the wind. Gu Jiang knew that this was his teacher and his concubine Liu playing the piano on a cold night, and the sound of the piano was empty and far away, and it was unforgettable to listen to. There was enough tea time before it faded.

At this time, Gu Jiang raised his head and accidentally caught a glimpse of a piece of letterhead sandwiched in the book Zheng Sen was holding, and he was thinking hard about it. And the handwriting on the letterhead Gu Jiang felt very familiar, he couldn't help but sigh lightly, and then got up and grabbed the letterhead.

Zheng Sen was startled, and he was about to get up and take it back, but he heard Gu Jiang ask urgently: "Tell me quickly, where did you get this letter?" ”

Gu Jiang's reaction surprised Zheng Sen, he hesitated a little and replied truthfully: "A few months ago, suddenly a stranger sent this letter and told me not to show it, I opened the letter and found that there was no signature, I didn't care at the time, I put it in the book, I occasionally read it tonight, but I feel that this letter hides a mystery, the younger brother watched Brother Gu's reaction, could it be that he had seen this letter?" ”

Not only have I seen it, the same handwriting, the same content, Gu Jiang also received such a letter a few months ago, he glanced at Zheng Sen with burning eyes, nodded and said, "What mystery do you see?" ”

"This letter is clearly predicting the general trend of the world, and the first two or three sentences have been confirmed, such as this sentence 'reported before the court, martyred Tongguan', which should refer to the death of Inspector Sun in Tongguan in October, but the latter few sentences, the younger brother has thought about it for a long time, and it is still like watching flowers in the fog, Brother Gu has seen it, with Brother Gu's knowledge, it must not be difficult to understand the mystery, and I hope that Brother Gu will give you some advice."

The last few sentences that Zheng Sen said are: Alone on the coal mountain, sad and sad. On the 10th of Yangzhou, he drove to the river. The scalp was very itchy, and Jinling fell. Hold 100,000 and restore my clothes. swept Liuhe, and the destiny of heaven returned to Qin.

Gu Jiang was already familiar with this, but to be honest, he only vaguely guessed some clues, what these words specifically meant, he was also covered by clouds and mountains.

For example, it is easy to understand the meaning of 'going to the coal mountain alone', but it is easy to guess about 'driving to the river', but I don't know how to explain it for the 'Ten Days in Yangzhou', and what is even more puzzling is how 'Jinling descended' and 'the scalp is very itchy' can be linked together.

There are also the sentences of 'recovering my clothes', 'sweeping Liuhe', and 'the destiny of heaven returning to Qin', which are also very puzzling, and Fang is not the beginning of Taizu's uprising when Meng Yuan entered the Central Plains, even when Taizu was playing, it was also the restoration of 'China', not 'Yiguan', there is a difference between the two. Moreover, now is not the time of the Spring and Autumn Period and the Warring States Period, what is the destiny of heaven returning to Qin?

These prophecies are difficult to understand, but judging from the first two or three sentences that have been confirmed, the latter sentences should not be fabricated out of thin air, and each sentence must have its deep meaning, which is actually a lot of thought.

"I don't know." Gu Jiang groaned for a while and replied truthfully. At this moment, in addition to being curious about who this book came from, he was even more curious that that person Weishenme would reveal these things to himself and Zheng Sen at the same time, what was the purpose of this person, and how did he deduce this?

Zheng Sen was a little disappointed, after all, these prophecies are related to the general trend of the world, so important, and the previous ones have been confirmed, who can ignore them? After taking the letterhead, he asked, "When did Brother Gu receive a similar letter?" Did the messenger leave anything else? ”

"There is nothing else, the person who sent the letter only said that he would know if he read the letter, and I didn't care too much about it at the beginning, just who deliberately teased me."

The two of them originally wanted to discuss it in detail, but suddenly there was a strange noise outside, and then they went to the courtyard in the village and shouted that there were thieves entering the village, and there were shouts and fights everywhere in the night.

Zheng Sen is even more unambiguous, he is not a weak scholar who is powerless, because of his special family background, he has been practicing martial arts since he was a child, and he is very good at martial arts.

The two of them rushed out of the Banye Hall one after another, but saw that the entire Fushui Villa had become a mess, hundreds of masked people either kicked the door, or climbed over the wall, surging in, the number of people in the village was too small, and they were facing the pursuit of many masked people.

Zheng Lin originally came out of the robber's den, and he didn't feel afraid of this kind of scene after seeing too much, and he was confident that his martial arts were not weak, so he rushed forward with a knife, and the knife was like practice, and in the blink of an eye, he slashed a masked man to the ground. "Who's the rat? Dare to come to the Water Villa to spread the wild"

Before Zheng Sen's words were finished, a powerful arrow whistled towards him, Zheng Sen's right foot fell suddenly, his body spun, narrowly avoided this arrow, and just when he wanted to pounce again, he suddenly heard someone on the opposite side deliberately shouting in a dumb voice: "Zheng Sen, just a few times of yours, don't come out and be embarrassed." ”

Zheng Lin followed the prestige, and couldn't help but gasp, only to see that under the swaying firelight, twenty or thirty big bows were already arrows on the string, Zhang was like a full moon, and Leng Sensen's arrows pointed at him together, if he fought with knives and guns, he might still have the strength to fight, but with his skills, in the face of the salvo of twenty-three archers, there was only one way to die.

Then the other party continued: "We are here to seek wealth, as long as we lay down our weapons and obey the control for the time being, I guarantee that your lives will be safe, if you try to resist, then I am sorry." ”.

(To be continued......)