Wu Sangui was shocked when he heard that Li Guozhen took the initiative to visit.
Because Li Guozhen had been in Shanhaiguan for nearly ten days. In addition to being very active in the first two days and going to the army to reward the soldiers in the name of angels many times, he had been hanging out with Xia He, Dong Mei and others in the house. He never came out of the door, and Wu Sangui didn't use the power he had prepared for him.
Wu Sangui originally thought that Li Guozhen wanted to use this to confuse him so that he could act secretly, so he asked the Anyu camp to be on tight alert.
Unexpectedly, not only did Li Guozhen play and sing day and night, but his personal guards and servants also went in and out of the fireworks place all day long to have fun without any intention of investigating.
Wu Sangui was suspicious, so he asked Chen Yuanyuan's personal maid Chunlan to spy. Unexpectedly, after three drinks, Li Guozhen actually revealed Chongzhen's plan.
After Wu Sangui thought about it carefully, he felt that what Li Guozhen said should be the truth, so he ignored it except to let everyone take care of him.
At this moment, he saw Li Guozhen coming to the door. After thinking for a while, he asked someone to take him to the living room.
Wu Sangui then called Wu Zhi and asked him to instruct Wu Guogui and others to inspect the military camp. After that, he changed into regular clothes and slowly walked towards the living room.
When he came to the living room, Li Guozhen was holding a cup of fragrant tea and tasting it with relish. After seeing him, he blurted out: "Zhendong Hou, why did you come so fast?"
Seeing that Li Guozhen could not keep his temper, Wu Sangui felt a burst of contempt in his heart, and then he forced a smile and said: "I am late to change my clothes, please don't blame me, Marquis Weibei!"
When Li Guozhen heard this, he was a little surprised and said: "Zhendong Hou, why did you say this? I don't blame you..."
He said, paused, took another sip of tea, and then smiled and said: "Zhendong Hou, you misunderstood. I just tasted this tea and felt that it was endless aftertaste. I was about to drink one more cup. You Come on, I won’t be able to drink anymore!”
After hearing Li Guozhen's explanation, Wu Sangui couldn't help but frowned, and then smiled and said: "Marquis Weibei is joking. If you really like it, I will ask my servants to send some to my house for you to taste!"
Li Guozhen was overjoyed and said: "Okay, okay, the Marquis of Zhendong is really happy. I am worthy of my visit!"
After saying this, he said goodbye to Wu Sangui.
Wu Sangui said with some surprise: "Marquis Weibei, you just do it for this tea..."
"Hahaha, the Marquis of Zhendong is laughing. What I love most in my life is tea. Last night I heard Chunlan talk about the fragrant tea in the house. I was scratching like a cat all night. I finally stayed up until dawn, so I hurriedly ..."
Li Guozhen also seemed to feel a little embarrassed, and hurriedly explained before Wu Sangui finished speaking.
After hearing his story, Wu Sangui became suspicious.
But Li Guozhen was in a hurry to leave after getting the tea, so he had to send it away.
Later, Wu Sangui called the servant who had been serving Li Guozhen in the living room and asked Li Guozhen in detail about his every move in the hall at that time.
After careful consideration, he felt that there was nothing suspicious, so he called Chunlan over again and asked about what happened last night.
Seeing Wu Sangui's abrupt question, Chunlan explained the matter in general with a coy expression.
Seeing that her words were vague and she didn't mention tea and other things, Wu Sangui asked for details with a dissatisfied look on her face.
Chunlan had no choice but to tell her what happened last night in detail with a red face. m.
This time, Chunlan did mention the tea thing, but it was just casually. If Wu Sangui hadn't deliberately asked, even Chunlan wouldn't have remembered it.
Wu Sangui asked Chunlan several times, and when he saw that she was consistent in what she said, so she was not lying, he let her leave.
Just when he was puzzled, he suddenly discovered that the picture of Liaodong scenery originally hanging in the living room had been replaced by a picture of a tiger descending the mountain.
He was shocked when he saw the picture, and summoned the person in charge and scolded him.
The person in charge was still confused at first, but later he vaguely understood that it was about the pictures, and he couldn't help feeling a little aggrieved.
But he also knew that Wu Sangui didn't like arguments the most, and he wanted to wait until Wu Sangui was angry before explaining.
However, seeing that Wu Sangui became more and more angry the more he talked about it, and fearing that he would suffer unreasonable disaster, he took the risk to tell the story.
It turned out that this painting was sent by a scholar yesterday. The person in charge at that time wanted to put it into the warehouse, but Chen Yuanyuan happened to see it.
Chen Yuanyuan told him that the painting was an authentic work by Wu Daozi and asked him to hang it in the living room as a surprise to Wu Sangui.
After listening to the steward's story, Wu Sangui remembered that when he was traveling with Chen Yuanyuan a few days ago, he accidentally saw the picture of a tiger descending the mountain in the bookstore.
In fact, he didn't like painting, but the tiger's kingly spirit moved him deeply.
Later, I heard Chen Yuanyuan say that this was an authentic work by Wu Daozi, so I wanted to buy it.
Unexpectedly, the scholar selling the paintings said they were exhibits and refused to sell them.
When Wu Yi saw this, he immediately revealed Wu Sangui's identity.
Although the scholar was surprised, he still did not change his words.
Wu Sangui saw that the scholar was well-groomed, and thought that the personnel in Shanhaiguan were complicated recently, and he had just been promoted to Marquis, which might affect his official reputation, so he did not force it...
"The scholar clearly refused to sell it at that time, so why did he send it over yesterday? Is it just for today?"
Just when Wu Sangui was deep in thought, Wu Yi walked in, first looked at the picture of the tiger descending the mountain, and then said proudly: "Master, do you think this picture is good?"
When Wu Sangui heard this, he guessed that it was Wu Yi's head and tail, and said with some displeasure: "Did you buy this painting?"
Wu Yi shook his head and said: "What are you buying, old man... I just went to his home to visit his mother, and he obediently..."
"Send the painting to me immediately... put it away, and then go get fifty military sticks."
"Also, go and find out the identity of the scholar. If something goes wrong, I will peel off your skin..."
After Wu Sangui reprimanded Wu Yi loudly, he asked someone to prepare his horse and hurried to Li Guozhen's residence.
When the concierge saw his arrival, he warmly invited him in without announcing his arrival.
"Just to test it out, the picture of Liaodong scenery that was hanging in his living room is now replaced by a picture of a tiger descending the mountain. The meaning is already obvious."
"You and I should seize the time and have a good time. When Wu Sangui raises his army, he will sacrifice our heads to the flag, and we will have no chance to enjoy it by then!"
Wu Sangui just walked into the courtyard when he heard Li Guozhen's angry voice.
"Sir, please keep your voice down, Wu Sangui's eyes and ears are all in this mansion!"
"And are you overthinking it? You have deliberately leaked the information about An Guogong before. Wu Sangui wouldn't do such a stupid thing, right?"
At this time, a voice whispered comfort.
"Foolish thing? That's not necessarily the case. Although your Majesty has recovered Shandong, the south of the Yangtze River is not at peace, and the outcome is still unknown."
"Furthermore, Wu Sangui's maternal family has all joined the Jurchens, and his Wu family also has a lot of land outside the customs. If he had joined the Jurchens, he might be even more prosperous than he is now..."
When Wu Sangui heard Li Guozhen's words, his heart sank.
Some people died, but not completely...
