Chapter 40 The 40th Chapter Wang Shirong Switched to Shangzhixin Kong Sizhen and Forgive Sun Yanling

Wang Shirong was playing the flute sullenly, when he suddenly heard someone outside the window saying, "Brother Shirong, what's wrong with playing this tune so bleakly?" Wang Shirong was taken aback, and quickly asked, "Is it accurate outside?" The door slammed lightly, and a person came in holding a candle—wearing a yellow dragon robe and a seven-beam crown on his head—it was actually Shang Kexi's son Shang Zhixin who came to visit at night. "Ah?! My lord!" "What prince! Tonight you are Mr. Wang, and I am Shang Zhixin, and I would like to get along as friends!" Shang Zhixin said, and sat down across from him with a smile on his face.

Wang Shirong said in surprise, "My lord, this is..." "Sigh! Sir, I have admired your talent for a long time, but I don't have a plane tree at home. It is difficult to recruit Fenghuang. You understand the current situation of the battle better than I do. I am here to seek advice from Mr. Yu!" "Oh, my lord, why do you dare to use the word 'asking for advice' in late life?" "Hey, Mr. Wang, I know, you can't trust me. It's no wonder you—just because it's hard to lead soldiers here, I have to cheat people and get a bad reputation. I can't blame people for being suspicious of me, in my heart It's also very bitter!" Shang Zhixin said while pulling out a roll of paper from his sleeve, "Mr. Wang, look at this."

Wang Shirong took it in doubt, and turned on the candle. As soon as he saw it, he exclaimed, "Ah, this is Chao—" "Silence! Mr. Wang, this is the imperial court's order! To be honest, I amended the imperial court three months ago and asked to surrender. This imperial decree was transferred from Fu Honglie more than half a month ago." The two stopped talking, and looked at each other, trying to figure out what the other was thinking.Wang Shirong returned the imperial edict to Shang Zhixin: "My lord, in this way, Wu Shicong has been placed under house arrest in Guangdong for the lord, and I, Wang, have no choice but to let the lord do what he wants."

"Where!" Shang Zhixin laughed loudly, "How do you compare with Wu Shicong, a gangster like Wu Shicong? If I imprison you, it's just a matter of saying a word, why bother to visit in person——you know the current situation very well. Geng Jingzhong has already Surrendering to the imperial court, Wang Fuchen is desperately going west, refusing to look east. Sun Yanling is controlled by Fu Honglie and me, and can do nothing. Such a situation makes it difficult for me to move. If I help Hunan, Sun Yanling will definitely come to grab the territory of Guangdong; While Sangui was fighting with the imperial court in Hunan, he was also plotting against me. The general trend of the world is like this, Mr. Pan will teach me!"

Wang Shirong's heart was pounding when he heard it, and he said hesitantly: "Since the prince has surrendered, what else can I say?" "Sigh! Sir, I still can't trust me, Shang! Right now, Kangxi and Wu Sangui are slapped in the face in Yuezhou, and they are in a state of mutual injury. Although Fujian Geng Jingzhong didn't really surrender to the Qing, but he has no soldiers, and it is in vain! Three places Horses and men, but I am the only one who has not suffered any damage. Uh——Since ancient times, good birds choose trees to live in, and good ministers choose masters to serve. Sir, do you have any intentions?"

Wang Shirong's eyes jumped: Huh?This Shang Zhixin has a reputation for being fierce, and since he went to Wuhua Mountain to conspire with Wu Sangui, he has been regarded as a treacherous person.Unexpectedly, he still keeps this hand, what a talent!Could it be that his fame and career should be achieved by this person? Thinking of this, Wang Shirong said unhurriedly, what the prince said was not entirely correct.Although you are not injured right now, you are not able to form a single thread, and it is difficult to use one hand alone.The west is subject to Fu Honglie and Sun Yanling, and the east is subject to Jieshu.As soon as the Yueyang War is over, Wu Sangui won, and you will be punished for not helping; Kangxi won, and you will be punished for not being a minister.At that time, although the prince has a strong army, how can he protect himself? "

"Oh!? Mr. Wang, please continue." "Suppose, instead of just waiting and watching with nothing to do, instead of taking advantage of the invincible situation between the imperial court and Wu Sangui, join hands with Wang Fuchen and wait for the battle of Yuezhou to come to an end, the two of you act at the same time. , attacking from north to south,..." Wang Shirong clasped his hands together. When Shang Zhixin heard this, he woke up like a dream, and hurriedly left the table to pay respects: "Sir, I really have you, and Shang is here to thank you. It's just that Ma Yaozi has never had anything to do with me, who is willing to say goodbye for me?"

"My lord, don't worry too much, Wang is willing to take on this important task." "Thank you Mr. Wang!" Shang Zhixin bowed to the ground again. "Slow down, lord, after I go, don't be idle, you have to find a way to pull out the two nails of Fu Honglie and Sun Yanling! In this way, once the battle in Yuezhou is in sight, you will have no worries when you send troops .” "Well, Mr. Wang's words are reasonable, but Sun Yanling is very cunning, and Fu Honglie is stubborn. How can we pull them out?" "Ha..., my lord, you only see that Sun Yanling is fighting for territory with you, and he is afraid of the court and you. In fact, there is another important reason why he does not move. There is no food. Fu Honglie is also short of food. As long as you Use this magic weapon to lure them, and keep them both hooked. Fu Honglie is my sworn brother. I will write a letter for you and stay here. If you try to get Wu Shicong to go to their place, it will definitely succeed! I will set off immediately, Drive the horse kite back to the east!"

"Okay! Mr. Wang, Xiao Wang is waiting for the good news here!" Sun Yanling's situation was much more serious than Wang Shirong estimated. Since Geng Jingzhong's defeat, Wu Sangui didn't care about him at all. The title of Linjiang King.Due to the shortage of food and pay, the soldiers slipped away, escaped, and mutinied from time to time.After four years of stalemate, not only was Fu Honglie unable to advance northward, Fu Honglie's 7,000 army Ma Jing approached Guilin in a grand manner, and stationed only 60 miles away from Guilin.At this time, Guilin City is besieged on all sides.

In desperation, Sun Yanling decided to brazenly beg Kong Sizhen, asking the emperor to allow him to surrender anyway. Kong Sizhen moved to Baiyi nunnery in the north of the city after the mutiny in Guilin, led Dai Liangchen and other coated slaves, planted a two-acre vegetable garden behind the nunnery, and lived a leisurely pastoral life. It is a paradise in Guilin city. It was already noon when Sun Yanling rode alone to Baiyi Nunnery.When the gatekeeper saw that he was coming, he neither dared to report nor dared not to report, so he had to hide far away.As Sun Yanling walked in, he looked left and right: but he saw that the courtyard was well maintained without even a single weed, and the plum trees planted along the wall were lush and verdant.Sun Yanling spared the main hall and came to the backyard. While hesitating, he heard Kong Sizhen shouting from the courtyard: "Mei Xiang, put down the bamboo curtain on the back window, there are so many flies in the ground, they fly in and make people sleepless! "

Sun Yanling heard that there was something in these words, so she didn't think much about it at this time, took a few steps, bowed to the ground, and said with a smile: "Princess, I...see you here...these days are busy, and I haven't been here for a long time. Konger. At first glance, I really dare not admit it, you are more energetic than before..." "Dai Liangchen!" Kong Sizhen was wearing commoner clothes, and was pulling out the cooked long beans one by one from the basket, hanging them on the rope, and calling back, "hurry up and tidy up the hooks on the well rope. Don’t you know what to do if the bucket is always carried into the well?” "Princess." Sun Yanling called again with a salivating smile, but seeing no response, she hurriedly helped her move the baskets and ropes. Kong Sizhen suddenly cried out in shock: "Hey! Isn't this the Linjiang King of Wu Sangua Da Zhou's family? Why don't you have some free time today? What's the point of going to the women's house?" Knowing that there must be such taunts, Sun Yanling smiled awkwardly and said, "Where is the king of Linjiang, Yanling has come to greet you!" Then he made a bow to Kong Sizhen, and "clack" came from the depths of the green shade. " laughing, when Sun Yanling hurriedly looked back, but there was no one in sight. "Well, aren't you the King of Linjiang?" Kong Sizhen's brows were raised upright, his bright eyes widened, and he took a step closer and asked, "Why are you wearing this dress? Where did the braid go? He also said he was a prince, but now he is no longer a prince, could he be the emperor? How fast you have risen!" "I...I...!" Sun Yanling stuttered for a long time, and forced a smile, "Princess, stop mocking me. I made a mistake and didn't listen to your good words. Now I feel regretful. I beg the princess to replace me. Think of a way..." Kong Sizhen glanced at him coldly, without saying a word, sat on the stone pier, combed her hair, and said after a while: "Woman, what can I do if you have long hair and short knowledge? Besides, you are a prince now, and you are right now. It’s the time when the spring breeze is in full swing, why did you ‘make the wrong idea’ and ‘broke your guts’ again? You came here pitifully and told me these things, what exactly do you mean?” Sun Yanling's heart broke, and he knelt down: "Princess, the current situation is very difficult. There is a deep valley in front of you, and there are hungry wolves in the back. I beg you to remember our relationship as a husband and wife. Come to Beijing to deal with me in front of the Holy One. Yanling will never die." Forget your kindness!" As he spoke, he thought of the predicament he was in, like a raging wave and a lonely boat.Looking around, unaccompanied, tears were pouring out, "Princess, to tell you the truth, I don't even have the place to cry now... Shang Zhixin's hundred thousand elite soldiers are watching the tiger, Fu Honglie is close at hand, the soldiers don't want to cry!" Fighting...lack of food and wages... ten stops and four stops..." He covered his face with his hands and tried to restrain himself, but tears still flowed from his fingers... Seeing him like this, Kong Sizhen felt soft-hearted when he remembered the past: "Huh! How did you persuade you in the past? You didn't listen! You were instigated to go crazy, and you wanted to rebel against the prince! This will be done, and the prince will do it! Why are you pestering me? Why didn't you think about the relationship between husband and wife when you killed the monkey?" He wiped away his tears. Hearing this, Sun Yanling felt something was wrong, got up quickly and bowed, took out a small bag from his bosom and held it to Kong Sizhen tremblingly, sobbing and said: "If you want to return to the princess, I really didn't kill the green monkey. He After killing me four times in a row, everyone was annoyed, and surrounded him with knives and hacked him... Although I went the wrong way, the conscience of heaven and earth never dared to forget the princess for a moment. This is... a testimony." Kong Sizhen took the paper bag silently, opened it and saw that it contained a gold hairpin.It was given to Sun Yanling by myself three months after they got married. I didn't expect that this friend still kept it well.Thinking of Sun Yanling's love and obedience in the past, he didn't feel moved: "Oh, you don't have to be like this, it's just that I'm too soft-hearted, and I still have to worry about this for you! It's just that what you committed was a crime of treason, even if I go to sue Mrs. The empress dowager and the emperor may not be able to..." "Princess, the Empress Dowager treats you like her own daughter. You will never refuse to beg her. As long as you are willing to go, even if the imperial court refuses to show mercy, I will have no complaints when I die..." "Alright, that's the only way to go. But if you don't make some contributions, it will be difficult for me to speak in front of the emperor. There is nothing he can do to block the empress dowager with the law of the country. "Then, what can I do?" "Follow me!" Kong Sizhen lifted the curtain and entered the room. Sun Yanling followed in, and seeing Sun Sizhen go to the front of the veil and lightly flipped the mechanism, the one-foot-high Magnetic Guanyin statue slowly moved away, and there was a small stone trough under the seat.Kong Sizhen took out an iron ruyi from the inside, handed it to Sun Yanling, and said, "This is Fu Zhongcheng's token. After I leave, you take it yourself, and contact Master Fu quickly, so that you can fight together. A word of Shang Zhixin, and it will be easy to talk in the future..." Sun Yanling hurriedly took it and smiled through tears: "I never thought you would have this item here, princess?" "Hmph, I'm a bodyguard of the imperial court. I haven't dismissed my post. Naturally, I have to do things for the imperial court. At present, you have no food in the army, and Mr. Fu is also short of food. Why don't you ask the governor sent by Wu Sangui? If you have food, you can If you fight with Shang Zhixin, you will have meritorious service! If you can capture Wu Shicong, I think not only will you be spared the death penalty, but you may even be able to keep your official position." "Thank you, princess, for your advice." Sun Yanling smiled brightly, "It's also a coincidence, I just happened to receive a letter from Shang Zhixin yesterday, saying that Wu Shicong was ordered by Wu Sangui to come to Guangxi for inspection..." "Don't play tricks, be careful, this is the only chance!" It was already midnight, and the lights were still on in the upper study room. Emperor Kangxi sat cross-legged on the kang with a cup of Yan tea in his hand, staring at the dark night sky outside the window in a daze.Since the beginning of autumn, as if the Tianhe River has been leaked, in the city of Beijing, the autumn rain has been falling continuously, adding a bit of sadness to those who are in the midst of depression. On the imperial case, there are piles of documents, all of which are battle reports from various places, and occasionally there are memorials about river floods and civil affairs.Since the surrender of Geng Jingzhong, the situation in Guangdong and Guangxi has greatly improved.Wu Sangui's grandson, Wu Shicong, secretly contacted Fu Honglie, preparing for a retreat; Shang Zhixin sent someone to contact Sun Yanling, intending to defect.Although these turn-and-turners are unreliable, it can be seen from them that Wu Sangui's situation is not good and his command is not effective.However, the battle situation in Hunan has not improved significantly.Wu Sangui refused to give an inch in Yuezhou, and continued to send reinforcements from Yunnan and Guizhou.Kangxi was very worried about this protracted battle.He knew that if this battle was won, not only Guangdong and Guangxi would surrender, but Wang Fuchen in Pingliang would surrender without a fight; but if he lost, even Geng Jingzhong would change his mind again.At that time, the situation will take a turn for the worse. Kangxi stood up anxiously, and called out: "Li Dequan." "The servant is here." Following the reply, a eunuch about twenty years old walked in outside the door.With a tall figure, a long face, and two big and sudden eyes, there is an extraordinary shrewdness.With a smile on his face, he looked humble and obedient, but there was absolutely no obnoxious flattery.This person was recently selected by Mingzhu from Baoding and recommended to enter the palace to replace Xiaomaozi.He is very eloquent, and he handles things very well, just like Xiaomaozi, but with some extra tricks.Fighting cocks, chasing dogs, cooking hawks, sticking cicadas, all juggling stuff, they are omnipotent and proficient in everything.What's even more surprising is that he only needs to sleep for one or two hours a day.Therefore, no matter when Kangxi called, he would always answer and knelt in front of him before he could finish speaking.But since Huang Jing, Wang Zhenbang and other spies came out in the palace, Kangxi had to be extra careful in using the eunuchs. Therefore, even though he liked Li Dequan's cleverness, he only gave him a top grade eight. When Kangxi saw him coming in, he asked, "Suo'etu and the others haven't come yet?" "Return to the master! I'm afraid it will be here soon. Tu Hai and Zhou Peigong have already arrived and are waiting outside." "Call them in!" Tuhai and Zhou Peigong outside heard the emperor's words, quickly threw off their horseshoe sleeves, bowed and kowtowed to see them. Kangxi smiled and said, "Since you're here, why don't you come in, is it cold outside?" "It's not cold!" Tuhai Surong replied, "The lord is working hard at night, how dare the servants be cold!" "Well, this is not entirely true. You should sit down first. I have been thinking for the past few days that the battle of Yuezhou cannot be lost, and there must be more troops. I will call you tonight to discuss how to fight next." Tuhai pondered for a moment and said, "Long live, there are no more troops to transfer in the northern provinces. The capital now includes the Shanpu battalion, but there are only more than 5,000 soldiers and horses. It is absolutely impossible to transfer more troops. Now there is a shortage of troops, and even Goshha of the yamen They were temporarily recruited from the civilian population." "Of course we can't make up our minds in places like the capital and Zhili. The Mongolian Horqin tribe has sent 4,000 cavalry, and the Nipur tribe is also willing to send 3,000. Another thousand horses have already been sent to Hunan, and their 7,000 horses have been sent to Hunan. , What do you think? In addition, I would also like to make some accommodation with Dalai V and let him harass Wu Sangui's rear?" Tu Hai calculated the strength of both sides in his heart, and said cautiously: "If the seven thousand cavalry is a fresh force, it's fine, but now they are still in Mongolia, and they will lose their strength if they march for thousands of miles. If Wu Sangui transfers troops from Yunnan and Guizhou, even without In training, we can only compete with him. The Dalai Lama, the slaves thought he was not expected to be counted on. Yesterday, Long Live also said that the Dalai Lama was on the memorial and asked the court to rule against Wu Ni. With such a heart, let him participate in the war I'm afraid it's hard to hope. I think it's the best policy to transfer the troops from Jiangxi and Zhejiang to the east to help Hunan." Kangxi couldn't help being a little annoyed when Tu Hai said that this is not okay, and that is not okay.He looked at Zhou Peigong and asked sternly: "Zhou Peigong, you claim to be a good defeated general and have the power to return to heaven. Why don't you say a word?" His complexion was not good, and he was so frightened that he knelt on one side. "I'm not silent." Zhou Peigong hurriedly kowtowed, "This is a critical moment for the safety of the country. Please allow your Majesty to think about it for a while." "Okay, you should think about it! But I have already made up my mind, I want to personally conquer Yueyang!"