scourge the qing dynasty

Chapter 312
"Great, if I dedicate my traitor and his letter to General Laita, my grievances will definitely be cleared, and General Laita and the Qing court will definitely trust and reuse me again!"

This despicable thought flashed through Yao Qisheng's mind, but before he got excited, he sank down quickly, because Yao Qisheng knew that he was too optimistic, who framed him now, how did he frame him, and what happened I have framed myself to that point, so far I don't know anything about it, even if this will betray the treacherous prefect Wu Qi, who is headed by Laita, even if I don't suspect that I am abandoning him. I am afraid that the pawn may not immediately restart himself, but he will definitely torture him carefully and interrogate him slowly. When he has completely proved his innocence, he no longer knows what year and month it will be.

"Father, what should I do?" Yao Yi tugged at the corner of Yao Qisheng's clothes, cleverly asked ambiguously, and even gave Yao Qisheng a sneaky wink. It was obvious that Yao Qisheng, the son of a hardcore traitor, was also planning to betray Wu Qi.

Yao Qisheng didn't answer, but was nervous and quickly calculated the pros and cons. If he betrayed Wu Qi now, he might be able to regain the trust of the Qing court immediately, or it might take time; Huzhou is short-sighted, and it is absolutely impossible to accept his suggestion of abandoning Huzhou and retreating to Hangzhou. Huzhou, which has no hope of holding on for a long time, is still doomed to be breached by Wu's rebel army. Miserably, with Lu Yifeng's treacherous, vicious and ruthless dog thief, he can definitely do the thing of digging out his father and son's hearts and sacrifices to rape Wu Qi!It is very dangerous to betray Wu Qi, a traitor, so it is better...

"Master Yao, do you refuse to believe Wu Qi?" Seeing Yao Qisheng's silence for a long time, the idiot Wu Qi thought that Yao Qisheng still refused to believe her, so she simply took out a dagger from her sleeve, stretched out her left index finger, Gritting her teeth, she said, "If Lord Yao refuses to believe in Wu Qi's sincerity anyway, Wu Qi is willing to give up her will!"

Saying that, Wu Qi was really foolishly wielding the dagger to cut off her own finger, and Yao Qisheng finally made up his mind and quickly grabbed Wu Qi's right hand, but the dagger still cut on the finger, cutting a deep cut, and sprinkled a little blood on it. It is full of Wu Qi's letter dedicated to the city.Yao Qisheng secretly scolded a hard-core rebel, and then said hypocritically: "Master Wu, you must not do this. Yao Qisheng understands your heart anyway. Please rest assured, Master Wu. When Yao returns to the Dazhou military camp, he will definitely ask Lu The general expresses your sincerity anyway, and thank you for your rescue."

"In that case, I would like to thank Master Yao." Wu Qi was overjoyed, and quickly thanked him: "Master Yao, please tell General Lu that the local township braves are all recruited by subordinate officials. Xiaguan's wife and brother, as long as General Lu starts to attack the city, Xiaguan and his wife and brother will immediately find a way to open the city gate and welcome the general's army into the city!"

"Damn, this traitor is so bad, it seems that he has been holding back for a day or two." Yao Qisheng cursed inwardly, but said with a smile on his mouth: "Wu Zhifu has really thoughtful arrangements, and when the work is done, I believe you will be able to do so." The general will definitely reward you heavily, and will definitely report to the Great Zhou Prince to add officials to the prefect of Wu."

"Wu Qi doesn't ask for a reward, but only asks that my Da Zhou army can expel Manchu as soon as possible, and revive our Daming country." Wu Qi replied excitedly, then quickly turned around and brought two sets of clothes from the corner of the room, and said: "Master Yao, Yao Young master, please feel wronged, first change into the clothes of the officials, the officials have already arranged the way for you to leave the city, you can leave the city at any time."

"How to get out of the city?" Yao Yi hurriedly asked.

"The Tongzhi yamen of Huzhou Prefecture is in Wuzhen. I just sent a batch of military rations to Wuzhen some time ago, and I haven't had time to ship them away." Using this excuse, he asked Lai Tamangou for a warrant to leave the city, and planned to send several messengers out of the city overnight to Wuzhen, ordering Huzhou Tongzhi to ship the general grain to Jiaxing or Hangzhou as soon as possible, so as not to fall into the hands of the Zhou army. In fact, I plan to send a few confidantes out of the city to contact the general and hand over the letter to the city. Lai Taman believed it was true, so he really gave me this warrant. After a while, I will let Liu Hailang take the warrant to take you out of the city by the east gate. Surely no problem."

"Man Gou is hunting our father and son all over the city, can we really get out of the city?" Yao Qisheng asked worriedly.

"Absolutely not a problem." Wu Qi replied with a smile: "Tonight the person on duty at the east gate is Huzhou Chief Qian Xu Wei. He has a lot of friendship with me. Seeing that I sent people out of the city, he will definitely not make things difficult for him."

Yao Qisheng stopped talking, and gave his son a wink, and changed into the clothes of the yamen servants of the prefect of Huzhou together. Wu Qi called Liu Hailang in again, asked him to change into the clothes of the yamen servants, and then gave him the pagoda The warrant to leave the city was issued, allowing him to lead Yao Qisheng and his son out of the city through the east gate.After a while, after the preparations were completed, Wu Qi asked Liu Hailang to bring three horses, and finally sent Yao Qisheng and his son out of the back door of the magistrate's yamen, and said goodbye to Yao Qisheng and his son three times.

With Liu Hailang, the leader of the local snake leading the way, and the clothes of the yamen servants and the cover of night, Yao Qisheng and others easily escaped the Qing army's search and arrest, and soon came to the east gate of Huzhou. As Wu Qi said, when they saw Liu After the Lai Tower warrant shown by Hai Lang explained the reason for leaving the city, Huzhou Qianzong Xu Wei, who was on duty at the east gate, ordered the lock to be unlocked without saying a word, opened the city gate a small crack, and let Liu Hailang, Yao Qisheng and his son leave the city.At this time, Yao Yi quietly pulled Yao Qisheng's sleeve and asked in a low voice, "Father, do you want to reveal your identity?"

"Don't talk." Yao Qisheng replied in a low voice: "Be safe and don't be impatient, I have my own plans for my father." Yao Yi didn't dare to make decisions without authorization, so she just kept her mouth shut and followed Yao Qisheng and Liu Hailang out of the city gate.

Finally out of Huzhou City, which was heavily guarded by the Qing army, Yao Qisheng and his son breathed a sigh of relief. As soon as they reached the dark place, riding Liu Hailang to lead the way, Yao Yi hurriedly leaned into Yao Qisheng's ear and asked in a low voice: "Father! , shall we kill the traitor in front and report back to the city? Or kill him and return to our hometown in Shaoxing overnight?"

"Neither of them." Yao Qisheng replied in a low voice: "Let's go to Wugou camp to present a book for the traitor Wu Qi."

"What?!" Yao Yi almost didn't cry out, and quickly lowered her voice and asked in surprise, "Father, are you crazy? We entered the Wugou camp, and Wugou will spare us?"

"With this letter from Wu Qi's rebel, Lu Yifeng's dog thief will never kill us." Yao Qisheng sneered in a low voice and said: "It will definitely give us father and son some benefits, and give us an official position."

"Father, are you planning to surrender Wu Gou?" Yao Yi was even more shocked, and whispered: "Father, you are loyal to the Qing court, how could you have such an idea?"

"Let's take one step at a time." Yao Qisheng said in a low voice what he planned in his mind, "My father has lost the trust of General Laita, and was framed by an adulterer for no reason. Now he will die if he stays in Huzhou City, and he will die if he returns to his hometown in Shaoxing. , it’s better to pretend to surrender Wu Gou for the time being, to keep your useful body first, and then make other plans in the future. After entering Wu Gou’s camp, don’t talk nonsense, being a father makes sense.”

"But..." Yao Yi wanted to say something else.But Liu Hailang in front turned around and greeted: "Master Yao, Mr. Yao, please stay close. The moon is too dark tonight, so don't get lost. When we reach the small road ahead, we will turn around and head south, bypassing Huzhou City to Lashan."

"Okay, thank you Liu Zhuangshi for your reminder." Yao Qisheng thanked him first, and then whispered into Yao Yi's ear: "Stop talking, let's do this first, surrender Wu Dog today, and we won't go back to Qing anyway in another day? After all, Yao Qisheng flattered and followed Liu Hailang, Yao Yi had no choice but to keep her mouth shut, and flattered her father and Liu Hailang.

Yao Qisheng, father and son, and Liu Hailang planned to sneak up to Fatty's barracks before revealing their identities and surrendering. They underestimated the Fatty Army scouts that Kong Fanlin trained for Fatty Lu. They had just left the city for more than two miles when the three of them were arrested. Surrounded by the patrol scout squad of the Fat Man Army.Fortunately, when Yao Qisheng explained that they were surrendering on behalf of Wu Qi, the prefect of Huzhou, the fat army scouts immediately confiscated their weapons politely, and then led them to the gate of the fat army's camp. He also explained the purpose of coming to the camp gate officer for Yao Qisheng and others, and soldiers from the Fatty Army rushed to the Central Army to report to Fatty Lu.

"How will Lu Yifeng's dog thief receive me, an unknown person? I have Wu Qi's rebellious letter in my hand. It is impossible for Lu Yifeng's dog thief to kill me, even if he doesn't immediately believe what Wu Qi's rebellious letter said. , and will never take me under the knife and put everyone in danger, the key is to see how he treats me. If he is really talented and insightful, then he should give me a chance to study my talents and abilities; If he is just a local bandit leader fishing in troubled waters, or just like feeding bones to a dog, give me a small official position and let me fend for myself; At most, just give me a nominal title or a little money by the way, and then never care about my life..."

While waiting for Fatty Lu to summon him, Yao Qisheng, who was in a state of turmoil, couldn't help thinking about the old story of himself recommending himself in front of the Lai Tower. General, led the army to the south to suppress the rebellion. Knowing that the opportunity was rare, he scattered all his family resources and organized hundreds of village braves. He rushed from his hometown in Shaoxing to Hangzhou to speculate and recommend himself. After waiting in Hangzhou for a few days, Yao Qisheng finally got the chance to meet Laita After some conversation, relying on his previous qualifications as a magistrate in Xiangshan, Guangdong, his status as a bannerman, and the hundreds of township soldiers he brought with him, Laita rewarded him with the false title of magistrate of Zhuji. Relying on the military exploits of suppressing Zishan, he was promoted to Daoist affairs by leapfrogging.But now the scene is repeating itself, Yao Qisheng once again came to Fatty Army's gate to surrender and beg for an official, whether he will have the luck to meet Bole, Yao Qisheng himself is not sure what to say.

"Father, someone is here." Yao Yi's soft reminder brought Yao Qisheng back from the memories of the past.When Yao Qisheng looked up, he saw a group of torches coming out from the depths of the barracks. He didn't know if it was Fatty Lu who sent him to meet his team. Who came to greet me, an unknown pawn? Ordinary generals, or civil servants? It is actually easy for him to break through Huzhou now. It doesn’t matter to him whether the rebel Wu Qi surrenders the city or not. I'm afraid he won't pay much attention to the thief's letter to the city, right?"

"Where's Mr. Yao? Where's Mr. Yao?" Amid the shouts of excitement, a fat man in pajamas rushed over like flying. He was of medium build and his facial features were not ugly, but his eyes were small. Yao Qisheng and his son also clearly saw that the fat man ran here barefoot, obviously just got up from the bed.Yao Qisheng and his son couldn't help being puzzled, "Who is this fat man?"

"I've seen the great general!" came the voice that stunned Yao Qisheng and his son, and the Wu army soldiers in front of the door suddenly stood at attention and saluted the fat man neatly.But the fat man ignored him, just rushed to the door quickly, looked up and down Yao Qisheng and his son and Liu Hailang with the light of the torch, and suddenly bowed his hands to Yao Qisheng and said with a smile: "If Lu Yifeng guessed correctly, this This gentleman is imposing, must be Mr. Yao Qisheng Yao who repaid the huge sum of money for his predecessor and saved people from danger in Xiangshan, Guangdong?"

"He is Lu Yifeng's dog thief who is famous all over the world? He came to meet me in person?" Yao Qisheng's shock was not trivial, he knelt down on one knee like a conditioned reflex, and said with cupped fists: "Sinner Yao Qisheng, I have seen General Lu, the great general of Zhou Zhengdong!"

"Mr. Yao, please hurry up." Fatty Lu quickly helped Yao Qisheng, and said with a smile, "Mr. Yao, please don't be polite. If you don't mind, Mr. Yao can directly call my name Lu Yifeng, or call me Lu Sanhao."

"Sinners don't dare." Yao Qisheng hurriedly saluted again modestly, but Fatty Lu grabbed his wrist and laughed loudly: "Mr. I will host a banquet in the tent, and this general will personally welcome Mr. Yao to clean up the dust tonight."

Fatty Lu's personal soldier agreed, and hurried back to make preparations. Yao Qisheng thanked him humbly, but Fatty Lu pulled him away without saying a word, and smiled as he walked: "Mr. Sit down and rest in the tent... Ah Choo! Mr. Yao’s name is like thunder, everyone in the world knows it, everyone knows it, and Lu has also admired him for a long time. Today, Mr. Yao did not give up and voted. It is really lucky for Lu’s life."

"My name is like a thunderbolt?" Yao Qisheng was a little confused, thinking that I, Yao Qisheng, a county magistrate who was dismissed from office, can have such a great name?If you really want to compare your reputation with Lu Yifeng, a thief, I don't even seem worthy of carrying your shoes, right?And the surrounding fatty soldiers also looked at each other in blank dismay, thinking that no one in the world knows, no one knows?How have we never heard of it?
While talking and laughing affectionately, Fatty Lu dragged Yao Qisheng all the way into the Chinese army tent, and arranged for Yao Qisheng and his son to sit down with Liu Hailang.Fatty Lu first made a complaint and went to the back tent to change his clothes, and then he brought out an extremely ugly scholar and a scholar with a lewd face, and introduced to Yao Qisheng with a smile: "Mr. Yao, let me introduce you, this This is Mr. Wang Shaobo, and this is Mr. Zhu Fangdan, both of whom are Lu's confidantes."

"It turned out to be the well-known Mr. Shaobo and Dr. Zhu, the student Yao Qisheng, please greet the two gentlemen." Yao Qisheng hurriedly stood up and saluted, and said respectfully: "Mr. Shaobo was at the head of Bajiang City, fighting off thousands of enemies alone. Dajun, Zhu's genius doctor with great medical skills, is known as a lecher... Huo Hua Tuo, students have admired him for a long time."

"Mr. Yao has won the award." Wang Shaobo and Zhu Fangdan hurriedly humbled, but they were all baffled in their hearts. They couldn't understand why Fatty Lu valued Yao Qisheng, a nobody like Yao Qisheng, and forced them to come to the big tent as companions.

At this time, Xiao Erlang had already commanded his own soldiers to set up a banquet. Fatty Lu, who was shaking his fat face with a smile, hurriedly called Yao Qisheng and others to the table, poured wine for Yao Qisheng and others, and respected each other. Although Yao Qisheng and his son had no Gui Jiang was sincere, but he also felt flattered, so he quickly thanked Fatty Lu for having a drink.Fortunately, Fatty Lu has a very light drinker, and after drinking two cups with Yao Qisheng, he turned to the main topic. When asked about the intention of Yao Qisheng and others, Yao Qisheng quickly took out a letter written by Wu Qi, explaining that he was sending a book for Wu Qi. City, and convey Wu Qi's various languages ​​on her behalf.

"Master Wu really deserves to be an anti-Qing famous family, and he really did not disgrace the family." After reading Wu Qi's autographed letter, Fatty Lu was very happy, and immediately turned to Xiao Erlang and said: "Erlang, give me the Chongzhen Mr. The emperor's handwritten scroll is ready, and tomorrow I will just wait for Master Wu Qi to return, and immediately give it to Master Wu as a token of my gratitude and respect."

Xiao Erlang agreed, turned around and explained, Fatty Lu turned his gaze to Yao Qisheng again, and said with a smile: "Mr. Yao, what about you? Although you and Mr. Wu are colleagues, you have been separated by thousands of miles and have never met each other. Why do you want to do this this time?" Abandoning the high-ranking officials and generous salary of the full dog court, and taking the risk of sending books for Master Wu."

Yao Qisheng hesitated for a moment, considering that the matter has come to this point, Fatty Lu will definitely know the truth about his rebellion after breaking through Huzhou, so he gritted his teeth and said honestly: "Don't blame the general, Yao Qisheng was really framed by a traitor, and I don't know who it is." Made a fake book and sent it to Lai Taman Gou by any means. Then Master Wu Qi misunderstood the true identity of the sinner, so..."

After finally waiting for Yao Qisheng to tell the truth about the situation, Fatty Lu thought about it for a while, and quickly understood the various coincidences and blunders. At that moment, Fatty Lu applauded and laughed loudly: "I see, Mr. Yao, Lu Yifeng wants to ask you I'm sorry, that fake letter was ordered by Lu Yifeng, written by Shaobo himself, signed and sealed by Lu Yifeng, and sent to Lai Tamangou. The soldier who sent the letter was also paid by Lu Yifeng with a lot of money , let him send it to Lai Tamangou on purpose."

"What? It's you?" Yao Qisheng jumped up and exclaimed, "General, why did you do this? Why did you use all means to deal with Yao Qisheng, a nobody?"

"Mr. Yao, there is an opponent in chess. Behind Lu Yifeng's waist, there is such a talented and powerful man as Mr. Yao. How can Lu Yifeng sleep peacefully?" Fatty Lu patted the back of Yao Qisheng's hand, smiling brazenly Said: "For a capable person like Mr. Yao, if Lu Yifeng can't be used, how can he not get rid of him as soon as possible and make peace? But fortunately, God blessed him, and a prefect of Wu was killed halfway, and Mr. Yao was sent to the hospital by accident. In front of Lu Yifeng, Lu Yifeng has Mr. Yao's arm."

Yao Qisheng and his son were stunned together. After a while, Yao Qisheng asked hesitantly: "General, so you believe that Yao Qisheng has returned to Zhou anyway? Don't you think Yao Qisheng has another heart?"

"Of course Mr. Yao didn't sincerely vote." Fatty Lu spoke surprisingly, and said with a smile: "When Mr. Wu mistook Mr. Yao as an undercover agent for Lu Yifeng, I believe that Mr. Yao must have gone through a fierce battle between heaven and man in his heart. Mangou discriminates against the Han people, is mean and ungrateful, suspicious and jealous, worried that even if he betrays the prefect of Wu in exchange for innocence, Mangou will find it difficult to reuse Mr. Yao, so you, Mr. Yao, came to our army with the intention of giving it a try I want to see if Lu Yifeng is really knowledgeable and tolerant, and then decide to stay—anyway, Mr. Yao, you have Master Wu’s letter of sincerity in your hand, as long as Lu Yifeng doesn’t have a headache, he will never Take your knife and block the way for descendants to surrender."

Yao Qisheng is also considered to be extremely talented and profound in the city, but after hearing Fatty Lu's confession to the extreme, he couldn't help but open his mouth so that he could stuff two eggs in, looked at Fatty Lu in disbelief, and said He didn't expect that Fatty Lu would analyze what was in his heart clearly, and it was not bad at all.Fatty Lu laughed inwardly, "Scared? I'm afraid there is no one in this world who understands you, a hardcore traitor, better than me."

After being tongue-tied for a long time, Yao Qisheng finally came back to his senses, and asked in a deep voice: "General, you already know the sinner's thoughts and purpose, so why do you still treat the sinner with such hospitality?"

"It's very simple, because I believe that I can make good use of you." Fatty Lu said confidently: "Mr. Yao, you are a dragon and phoenix among men, a hero with great ambitions in the world, and you may have a chance to stand out in Mangou's side. There is an opportunity to show your ambitions, but you have unfortunately met me, and all of this may no longer exist. So even if you don't sincerely vote, you will soon find that only under my command can you Get more opportunities to show your strengths, and get better opportunities to realize your life wishes!"

Speaking of this, Fatty Lu looked at Yao Qisheng, who had a cloudy expression, and said with a smile: "If Mr. Yao doesn't dislike it, how about being wronged for a while and staying with Lu Yifeng for the staff? Although Shao Bo and Zhu Miracle are capable, they are not Not omnipotent, many things require Lu Yifeng to do everything himself, if Mr. Yao can join Lu Yifeng's shogunate, he will definitely be able to share a lot of affairs for Lu."

Yao Qisheng hesitated for a moment, and after a long time, he suddenly strode over to the soldiers in the tent next to him, and pulled out a soldier's waist knife, which scared Xiao Erlang and others to quickly pull out the waist knife, but Yao Qisheng just returned the knife and cut off the braid on his head , fell to the ground with all his strength, and threw the waist knife back to the soldier, then knelt down on both knees in front of Fatty Lu, clasped his fists and said: "The general treats XX as a national soldier, and XX should repay him as a national soldier."

"Okay!" Fatty Lu was overjoyed, he quickly stood up and helped Yao Qisheng, and laughed loudly: "I got Mr. Yao, just like Gao Zu got Han Xin, and Tai Zu got Liu Ji, it's a big deal!"

He talked with Yao Qisheng and his son for a long time. When the sky was getting dark, the banquet had just ended. Fatty Lu asked his soldiers to take Yao Qisheng and others down to change clothes and rest. Yao Qisheng and others thanked him and left.It was also at this time that Wang Shaobo reminded Fatty Lu: "Boss, Yao Qisheng is good at speculating, and he was foolish and loyal before. If he is poor, he may not be reliable."

"It doesn't matter, let's use it first. If he really has a different heart, I can kill him." Fatty Lu replied bluntly: "But now, whether he really surrenders or not, I must use him again, otherwise, there will be more in the future." Who dares to vote for me? Han Gaozu can make Han Xin the king of Qi, Zhu Yuanzhang can accept the surrender of the Mongolian butcher, and even Huang Taiji Mangou can make Zu Dashou rebel and surrender. Since I have the ambition of the world, I must have the world As much as he is, we will have to meet and meet a lot of people like him in the future.”

(End of this chapter)