Chapter 42 Excited to hear the news

Since Zhu Tong insisted on taking away Min Siguan immediately, although Ruan Dacheng felt that it was too hasty, he had no choice but to let him do it himself.So, after half a day, Min Siguan, who was confused by the master's sudden decision, was coaxed and forced into the small sedan chair.At this time, Xu Qingjun also expressed his intention to leave, and Ruan Dacheng got up and sent them out of the gate. Walking in the dimly-lit courtyard again, he had calmed down a little. Now, Ruan Dacheng looked coldly at Zhu Tong who was walking briskly ahead, and a feeling of being coerced, so not very happy, began to rippling in his heart. stand up.Yes, if he hadn't been in the unfortunate situation of "the dragon is trapped in shallow water, the tiger falls into the sun", if it hadn't been for Ma Shiying's fear of the head and tail, and his words don't count, how could he--two dignified scholars, a long-standing talent in the Langmiao Temple, get the important prize? Give your own future to a free-for-all king and grandson like Zhu Tong, let alone let him get what he wants!Indeed, if it was back then, Zhu Tong would have been the only one who would pay tribute and ask him to entrust him, and there was absolutely no reason for him, Ruan Dacheng, to subsidize his capital.But the current situation is that he, Old Ruan, is not even comparable to Zhu Tong!At least, Zhu Tong still dared to boast that he could persuade Ma Shiying, but he, who had always regarded himself as Ma Shiying's life-and-death friend, could only hit a snag with his old friend. "Well, since that's the case, it's okay for me to blackmail you once! There is a saying that a man can bend and stretch, and he can exhale and raise his eyebrows for the Ming Dynasty, avenge his revenge, and I will kowtow and kneel to you right now, and I will do it anyway! Don't you see? When Han Xin was humiliated and Wu Zixu begged for food in Wu City, they all achieved great success in the end!"

After comforting himself in this way, Ruan Dacheng became cheerful again, and with new and eager expectations, he kept sending the guests to the gate. "Mr. Yuan, please go back, my younger generation will leave now!" Zhu Tong and Xu Qingjun turned around together, clasped their hands and said. Ruan Dacheng nodded: "Okay, okay, then I won't send it away!" After a pause, he looked at the satisfied Zhu Tong hesitantly, and planned to say a few more words, so that the other party would not only be obsessed with Min Siguan's beauty , I forgot about my business as soon as I turned around.However, before he could speak, an excited call suddenly came from under the steps:

"Hey, Mr. Yuan, Mr. Yuan! There is a happy event, a great happy event!" Ruan Dacheng was stunned for a moment, then turned around, only to realize that at some point, a sedan chair had arrived at the door.Relying on the light of the lantern under the gate, he recognized the gentleman who just got out of the sedan chair. It turned out to be Ma Shiying's brother-in-law Yang Wencong. "Ah, Mr. Long..." He muttered, he clearly felt that he wanted to ask something, but he didn't say it out of his mouth. Xu Qingjun has already picked it up: "What, is there a happy event? Mr. Long, what is the happy event? Has Mr. Yuan recovered?"

Yang Wencong responded vaguely, then held the hem of the straight jacket with both hands, and ran up the steps in three steps at a time.Seeing Mr. Haohao's agitated and excited look, Ruan Dacheng's heart couldn't help beating wildly.In fact, among the many friends, probably only this nice man would feel so excited about his recovery, and would take the trouble to tell the story. Finally, Yang Wencong climbed the steps.At this moment, his small sparkling eyes became brighter, and the ecstasy that filled his round face became more intense.He even forgot to salute everyone and said loudly:

"Do you know? The intruders were defeated and escaped from Beijing! It was Wu Sangui who beat them away! Haha, Shenjing has been restored! There is hope for Ming Dynasty ZTE, hope! Hahahaha!" If what Yang Wencong said was not this, but some other irrelevant "good news", then Ruan Dacheng, who was full of hope for recovery, and even Xu Qingjun, might be greatly disappointed.However, the news coming out of Mr. Hao Hao at this moment is something that no one even dreamed about, just like more than a month ago, no one even dreamed that Beijing would fall.So for a while, Ruan Dacheng temporarily forgot about his own business, just stared blankly at the other party, a little unable to believe his ears.

"What did you say? Was, was beaten away? Who, who was beaten away?" Xu Qingjun stammered. "Who else, of course it's the intruder!" Yang Wencong's tone was very sure, and he waved his hand, "Hey, this is not a place to talk, go in and talk, go in and talk!" "Old Yuan, my little brother won't go in." When Ruan Dacheng turned around involuntarily, planning to follow Yang Wencong to the door, he suddenly heard Zhu Tong say beside him. "Hey, I haven't finished talking yet, why is my brother leaving? This is a great joy!" Yang Wencong asked strangely.

Zhu Tong made a gesture of indifference: "Isn't it just that the intruder was beaten away! Since I know about it, I'm done. Right now, I have something to do, so I have to leave quickly. The rest, Mr. Yuan and Mr. Yuan Listen, Brother Xu, it's over!" He said while winking at Ruan Dacheng. Ruan Dacheng was stunned for a moment, then suddenly came to his senses. "Oh, yes, yes," he quickly chimed in, "Young Master has something important to do right now, so you don't need to force yourself!" He made a concession gesture and asked with interest: "Brother just said that the thief was beaten away, what's going on?"

"Oh, that's right." Yang Wencong nodded and said.Maybe Zhu Tong's hasty departure made him a little disappointed, Mr. Haohao calmed down a little, "I just went to visit Liu Chengyi because I heard about the civil and military conflicts in the court this morning, and wanted to find out the truth. Who knows what happened to Liu In the mansion, Zhao Xincheng, Tang Lingbi, Li Dujian and Tian Weiqin are already here, but they are not talking about the early court affairs, but are talking about Shi Daolin's urgent delivery of a Tang newspaper from Jiangbei today, which is called May 20th On the 7th, I got a report from Huaifu Huang Jiarui and a letter from a gentleman from Qingzhou. They all said that since the intruders stole Shenjing, Wu Sangui, the general soldier of Shanhaiguan, resented the vengeance of the king and his father, and firmly refused to lure the intruders to surrender, and kept secrets outside the pass. He contacted the Qing Dynasty and borrowed Eastern soldiers. On April 19th, he switched on and off to meet the enemy. He fought fiercely with the bandits for a day and a night, and smashed them. The bandits' corpses were more than 80 miles away, and the abandoned luggage was too heavy. They fled back to Beijing The trespassers were heartbroken, and our soldiers were about to arrive, and it was difficult to defend them, so they hastily claimed the title of emperor on the 29th, and burned the palace the next night, abandoned the city and fled. Now Wu Sangui has recovered Shenjing, and together with him Eastern soldiers are chasing westward. It seems that after such a disastrous defeat, the intruders have become frightened birds, and they will be wiped out in a short time!"

When he first heard that Beijing had been liberated, Ruan Dacheng was still very skeptical, but now that Yang Wencong's statement was well-founded, he believed it a little bit.As for Xu Qingjun, he already let out an "ah" and became very excited. "I think at the beginning," he said with twinkling eyes, his big and white face showing surprise, "that intruder was so rampant that even Jiangnan was about to be murdered by him. I didn't expect that it took only a month to steal Shenjing. Yu, it's over, it's weird and weird!" Yang Wencong waved his hand vigorously: "Why is this so strange? What is Shenjing? It is the palace of Emperor Fengtian Chengyun; what are those bandits? They are just a group of evildoers who came out of the ground! He wreaks havoc, or But if he succeeds for a while, if he actually enters the capital of the gods and steals the artifact, then he has violated the rules of heaven and will be angered by the heavens. Therefore, the heavens will order him to be defeated immediately!"

"It's just that I heard that the intruder was extremely cunning. Several rounds of raids in the past failed to wipe him out, and he finally made the March 19th change. I wonder if he will make a comeback this time?" Xu Qingjun was obviously a little bit worried. "A comeback? I don't think it will!" Yang Wencong seemed quite confident, "You must know that he has been rampant for many years, and finally managed to steal Shenjing. If he still has the power to make a comeback, at least he will resist for a while. If you don't see the wind, run away!"

Xu Qingjun nodded, and suddenly said with great emotion: "Unexpectedly, how many powerful officials and generals failed to stop the bandits, but in the end, Wu Sangui made this great achievement. It's strange, strange!" Yang Wencong blinked his eyes, obviously a little surprised that Playboy actually said such "knowledgeable" words.He let out a "huh" and said: "If we talk about Wu Sangui, this time he has made an incomparable contribution. However, when Brother Shicai was in Liu Chengyi's residence, everyone still remembered a strange thing - Gai broke into the thief and abandoned the city. The day of departure was April 30th. That day was the time when the officials in Liudu welcomed Jinshang at Longjiang Pass. It seemed that the coincidence of the days was by no means a coincidence. In fact, Jinshang was the true Son of Heaven and had his own The gods bless you, so once you inherit the great lineage, the bandits will immediately collapse and cannot gain a foothold!" "That's how it is! But the hypocrites in Donglin and Fushe insisted on supporting King Lu and rejecting Jinshang. Fortunately, I didn't listen to him, otherwise, I would have become a big sinner who wronged the country and had no king! " While Xu and Yang were talking vigorously, Ruan Dacheng, who was walking beside him, didn't speak again.Undoubtedly, he was also quite excited to learn that Li Zicheng's peasant army had been driven out of Beijing.Because the strong presence of the Peasant Army in Beijing is an extremely serious threat not only to the Ming Dynasty regime in the south of the Yangtze River, but also to Ruan Dacheng himself.In fact, no matter how you say it, the rogues are rogues after all, a group of lawless and ignorant pariahs who have no reason to speak of.Although Ruan Dacheng would surrender to them without any hesitation when he was really cornered, since he has no job or official position so far, he might be hired first.However, it will take a lot of effort again, because he can be said to have nothing to do with the other party, far from having as many friends as there are now, and he has already invested a lot of money.Therefore, the failure of the Peasant Army really made him feel that a huge rock in his heart had fallen to the ground, and he felt that his wealth and life were guaranteed again.Perhaps because of this, the eagerness to recover "capital" and gain power and status has become more intense.In contrast, Ma Shiying's dilly-dallying, indifferent attitude made Ruan Dacheng feel even more impatient and indignant. Now, the host and the guest have come to the lobby and saluted again, and the host and guest sat down. "The defeat of the thieves today is of course the fate of today." Inspired by Yang Wencong's previous words and wanting to show off his cleverness, Xu Qingjun said excitedly as he took a cup of tea from his servant, " But it is also Mr. Ma Ge's good fortune. The news was not too late, but it was only after he and Shi Daolin had exchanged positions that it spread to Liudu. In the future, when the bandits are wiped out, this famous official of ZTE and the Prime Minister of Taiping will not be able to take it all in his head. Son, the old horse caught them all!" Originally, Ruan Dacheng just squinted his eyes, silently staring at the dancing flame on the tall candlestick, as if alone.However, Xu Qingjun's enthusiastic praise for Ma Shiying made him feel like being pricked by a needle, and he couldn't help turning his head abruptly, retorting bitterly: "What ZTE famous official, Prime Minister of Taiping! Is it his turn? Don't daydream!" "Oh?" Yang and Xu were taken aback by this sentence, and looked at him together involuntarily. "You don't even think about it. I sent Shi Daolin to Huaiyang to supervise the teacher. The original intention was to use the thief to fetter him, so that he could do his best to the outside world and not focus on the inside. Because of this, he lost his support in the Middle East Forest. But now the intruder Once the thief is defeated, not only will he not be able to fetter him, but he will be able to take advantage of the momentum to go to the north. He only needs to chase the north for a while, and he will easily achieve great achievements. Is it not my fault? Well, I am afraid that we will not be able to restrain him if we indulge our desires!" Hearing what he said, Yang and Xu couldn't help but choked when they looked at me and you.After a while, Yang Wencong managed to say: "Even though he has meritorious deeds, but Ma Yaocao is in the middle..." Ruan Dacheng sneered: "Brother has been idle for several years, have you forgotten the rules in the cabinet? Although Shi Daolin is on guard now, according to the example of first-in-comer, Gao Yanwen is the first assistant. Although he is not Donglin In fact, everything is out of the same nostrils as Donglin. The younger brother is not afraid of the two of you telling Ma Yaocao - when the time comes, the mediation will have to be accounted for by Lao Gao first! Let's talk There is also Jiang Juzhi in the pavilion, this hard and smelly old man, who will also share his contribution. In addition, the official department is in the hands of Zhang Jinming and Lu Yanruo. Donglin to fiddle with? I expect them to be fair and upright, so what's the difference with a tiger seeking skin!" "But, there is also the emperor, the emperor is ours!" Xu Qingjun, who was irritated and anxious, shouted at the top of his voice. Ruan Dacheng smiled wryly: "Brother, don't mention the emperor. When you mention it, it is even more worrying! You didn't see that during the previous discussion to welcome him, Shi Daolin was desperately looking for the prince. This time he went out to guard, and he insisted on asking the emperor to issue an order to search for him. Prince, why is he so concerned? It’s just that he wants to be a rare commodity, and the danger is now. If the robbers collapse this time, the prince will have to escape the snare, and be visited by his neighbor Shi Dao, then, hehe..." He didn't go on, but the meaning was very clear - because although King Fu had already become the emperor, he had the nature of expediency after all.If Shi Kefa finds the prince during the Northern Expedition, then the legal status of King Fu will be shaken, and maybe he will give up the throne in the end.If that happens, not only will this group of people now have nothing to boast about, but it may even lead to unforeseen disasters.So hearing this, both Yang and Xu couldn't sit still. "Then, according to Yuan Yuan's opinion, what should be done?" Xu Qingjun stammered. Ruan Dacheng glanced at him, and he felt a kind of malicious joy in his heart because he finally taught this ignorant playboy a lesson.And when he thought that Xu Qingjun or Yang Wencong would definitely convey his forward-looking and penetrating views to Ma Shiying and other people in the circle, which would definitely cause shock and tension among them, the joy in his heart turned into complacency. up. "Hmph, do you want me to teach you what to do? It's not that easy!" He thought resentfully, and then turned his gaze back to the dancing candle flame.After a while, he said slowly: "Is there a way? It's not that there is no way. But Ruan is now in the opposition. Youdao is not in his position and does not plan his politics, so it's better not to say it!" "If you're not in your position, you don't plan for your own government?" Yang Wencong's eyes widened, as if he was a little surprised.Afterwards, he shook his head and reproached dissatisfiedly, "Mr. Yuan, why are you still saying this! Didn't Ma Yaocao already recommend you to the Shushu? Even though it was sent back to the cabinet for drafting, it still has to wait a day or two." , but you can’t be so fussy about it!” When Yang Wencong said this, he obviously thought that Ruan Dacheng already knew about it, but Ruan Dacheng was suddenly confused: "What, what did you say? Ma Yaocao has already recommended me?" He asked in astonishment, suspecting that he might have heard it wrong. "Eh, you don't know? Didn't Brother Zhu tell you?" Yang Wencong was even more surprised. "Little Zhu? He, he..." "Hey, I learned about this at Ma Yaocao with him just now. Since I had to go to Liu Chengyi's house, I specially asked Xiao Zhu to come and inform brother first. Why, he actually forgot?" Because I didn't expect that The escaped king and grandson were so unbearable to be entrusted with, and naturally out of anger, Mr. Haohao frowned. However, after the initial astonishment passed, Ruan Dacheng realized what was going on: "No wonder that guy dared to swear at me, that's why!" The surging ecstasy immediately lifted him up high, so that with a wave of his hand, the thought was driven away without a trace.