"What? Brother Shikai, you want it."
"Sister Xiaotu, don't worry. Even if your uncle really becomes the emperor in the future, his daughter Xiaofu (Nianjiao) can only be a concubine. My eldest wife will always be a concubine!"
"Brother Shikai, what are you talking about? Do you think I'm worried that little girl will steal my position as my head wife?"
"Then what are you worried about?"
"I, my brother Shikai, why are you so confused? You want to force brother Shilin to death, and you will still be the Duke of the Wu family in the future? Brother Shilin is the grandson of the Wu family."
"Sister Tu is right, master, you must save the descendants of the Wu family!"
In Wang Zhongxiao's dormitory in Dafu Lane, Wang Zhongxiao, who was about to go to bed, told him everything about his plan to force Wu Shilin to death and then take Wu Yingxiong's most beautiful daughter, Wu Xiaoji, as his concubine. His two wives, Wu Xiaotuo and Yang Xiaohuan.
As a result, Wu Xiaotuo quit at that time, and even Yang Xiaohuan, who had always been particularly obedient to Wang Zhongxiao, raised objections.
However, they were not opposed to Wang Zhongxiao snatching Wu Xiaojie back to be his concubine, but they were worried that Wang Zhongxiao would no longer be able to be the Duke of the Wu Dynasty after forcing Wu Shilin to death.
Wang Zhongxiao could only sigh in response to the reasons given by the two wives for "not killing Wu Shilin."
After sighing, he looked around again, then took their beautiful hands and whispered: "Xiaotu, Xiaohuan, don't worry. If you can be the Duke of the Wu family, you can be the Duke of Wu. It doesn't mean that you can't be the Duke of Wu." There’s no way out.”
"Brother Shikai," Wu Xiaotuo looked at her husband, worry evident on her fairy-like face, "Do you want to be a dog to the Manchus forever?"
"Being a dog to the Manchus all the time? How is that possible?" Wang Zhong smiled filially, "Xiao Tu, don't you understand my thoughts? I want to fight against the Qing Dynasty and restore the Ming Dynasty!"
"Recovered?" Wu Xiaotuo frowned, "Are you serious?"
Yang Xiaohuan also frowned along with Wu Xiaotuo, "Brother Shikai, I'm afraid Daming's strength has been exhausted, and he may not be able to recover in the future."
"What about non-Qing, non-Wu, and non-Ming?" Wang Zhongxiao asked.
"It's not Qing, it's not Wu, it's not Ming. Do you, Shikai, also want to be the emperor?" Wu Xiaotuo asked blankly.
"I can't do it?" Wang Zhongxiao said with a smile, "Would you rather be the emperor? He will be the one with strong soldiers and horses! Although today when it comes to strong soldiers and horses, the King of the West ranks first, but as long as his husband can go to Guangdong, he will be in Guangdong in less than three years. You can manage a situation.
Don’t underestimate the territory of Guangdong and Guangxi. In terms of human, material and financial resources, Guangdong and Guangxi have more resources than Yunnan, Guizhou, Sichuan, Shaanxi and Gansu! Moreover, my family in Guangdong and Guangxi has the advantage of delaying the title of king. Maybe the King of the West is Liu Futong, and I am Zhu Yuanzhang! "
This is the first time that Wang Zhongxiao has told others that he has the ambition to dominate the world!
Wu Xiaotuo and Yang Xiaohuan were stunned by their husband's words.
There was silence in the dormitory. A man and two women were sitting side by side on the bed, holding hands, and no one spoke. This scene was really strange.
I don't know how long it took before I heard Wang Zhongxiao cough, break the silence, and speak: "Xiao Tu, Xiao Huan, if I become the emperor, what will you two do?"
Wu Xiaotuo raised his eyebrows, and his "fairy face" showed a bit of domineering, "Of course I, Wu Xiaotuo, will follow the chicken when I marry a chicken, and a dog when I marry a dog. When I marry you, the emperor, I will be a queen!"
Yang Xiaohuan chuckled: "Sister, let's be Empress Wu, so let me be Concubine Yang!"
Wang Zhongxiao laughed twice, and then whispered: "It's settled, it's getting late, let's take a rest together!"
"Wait a minute." Wu Xiaotuo looked at her husband and reminded, "But my grandfather and my uncle, you still have to give me an explanation, so that the two sides won't fall out at the beginning."
Wang Zhongxiao nodded and said: "There is already an arrangement. I have arranged for Dalei (Wang Leiyong) to sneak into Shihu Alley to meet Princess Jianning with the sign on the stick! The eldest son is in a miserable life, and I am powerless. But Second Young Master Wu can still be saved."
The Princess Mansion in Shihu Hutong has always been under the supervision of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. However, the Ministry of Internal Affairs did not take this seriously. The "agents" sent to monitor Wu Yingxiong and Princess Jianning were all undercover.
Not only are they unprofessional, but they have not been replaced for a long time, unless they get old or pass away. These "agents" have been with the two "good people" Wu Yingxiong and Princess Jianning for twenty years, and they have long been cooked.
Therefore, after Wu Yingxiong followed Yue Le and left Beijing, the pro-troops sent by the Niangan Department and the Guard Department "circulated" the Shihuhu Mansion. No nobles in the mansion are allowed to enter or exit, and servants must be subject to interrogation when entering or exiting.
However, it was easy for Wang Leiyong to enter the house in Shihu Hutong with the stick sign. There was no need to make up any excuses. What was the point of going in first and setting foot on the house before ransacking the house? Where are the beauties and where are the treasures? Can't you find out clearly?
Wu Xiaotuo sighed: "You saved a son for my uncle, which is an explanation. It's just a pain for the princess."
Beijing, Shihu Hutong, Heshuo Jianning Princess Mansion.
At first glance, the scene here looks like a dilapidated building, as if the lights are about to go out!
Inside and outside the courtyard, worshipers from the Ministry of Internal Affairs and worshipers from the sticking pole came and went, shouting and drinking. Cries, curses, and the sound of rummaging through boxes and smashing things came from all over the yard.
The coated servants sent by the Ministry of Internal Affairs to the Princess Mansion in Shihu Hutong were gathered outside the main courtyard gate. They were watched by the soldiers who were guarding the army. They stood dejectedly, not daring to move, and occasionally looking at each other. When they met, they all looked frightened.
Occasionally, a woman's cry could be heard in the yard, followed by miserable crying.
Wang Zhongxiao, who had been dismissed from the post of Commander-in-Chief of Qujing, put on the yellow mandarin jacket of a bodyguard and stood in front of the corridor holding a riding whip. With a livid face, he watched Wu Yingxiong's wives, concubines, and children being pulled out from all over the house one by one. Except for Wu Shifan, who was not caught, and the eldest son Wu Shilin, who was under separate custody, they were all gathered in this courtyard.
There were also a group of well-dressed officials standing beside him, including the former governor of Shaanxi Jia Hanfu, the former governor of water transportation Cai Shiying, the son of Hong Chengchou Hong Shiming, the former governor of Jiangsu Zhu Guozhi, the former governor of Guangdong and Guangxi Jin Guangzu, the former Fujian Navy Admiral Shi Lang, the former Gansu Admiral Zhang Yong, Zhao Liangdong, the former commander-in-chief of Datong, first-class male Li Lan, the son of Li Guoying, the former governor of Sichuan and Shaanxi, and so on.
These are masters who have either retired or are standing aside, and all of them have expressions that are hard to describe.
They were all well-intentioned and reminded that they had been tricked into impeaching Wu Yingxiong, and now they were sent by the pock-marked Emperor to accept the test - they raided Wu Yingxiong's home, divided up Wu Yingxiong's wife and daughter, and forced Wu Yingxiong's son to death.
In fact, confiscating Wu Yingxiong's home and carving up Wu Yingxiong's young wife and daughter was really not a big deal. They couldn't have slept with Princess Jianning anyway. The Qing Dynasty still wanted to lose face.
As for Wu Yingxiong's other concubines, they actually have no status. The concubines who were really favored were all taken to Yunnan by Wu Yingxiong, and those who stayed in Beijing were not liked by Wu Yingxiong.
And even if you are a favored little wife, unless you are a concubine like Yang Xiaohuan who is married in the name of your main wife and sister, she is a slightly stronger existence than a maid.
As for giving Wu Yingxiong's daughters to be concubines, that would be easier. At worst, they could be made wives in the future, so what's the point!
But the nature of forcing Wu Yingxiong's son to death, especially his legitimate son, is completely different!
Even if Wu Yingxiong cannot become the emperor in the future and Wu Yingqi becomes the emperor, it is impossible to spare the sinner who forced the Wu family's heir to death (he can lead his men to do this, but others cannot), otherwise the Wu family dynasty Where is the majesty?
Therefore, these people who came to Shihu Hutong with Wang Zhongxiao to confiscate their homes today are unlikely to surrender to Wu in the future. They had all contributed to forcing the "grandson" of the Wu family to death. Wouldn't they be courting death if they went to surrender to Wu again? Even if Wu Sangui doesn't kill them for the time being, when the world is all owned by Wu Shi and Wu Yingxiong comes to power, it won't be a piece of cake to find some reason to kill them?
But this is not entirely a bad thing. Because Kangxi would not let them force Wu Shilin and Wu Shifan to death to get a big vote for no reason. This shows that the young emperor Kangxi is ready to reuse them or their nephews and brothers.
They will not be able to surrender to Wu in the future, but high-ranking officials have to do it now. If the Qing Dynasty cannot be completed in the end, or if the Qing Dynasty is replaced by someone other than the old Wu family, then they will make a profit.
So this transaction is not necessarily a loss.
Of course, they can't help but do this business that is not necessarily a loss, otherwise they will die immediately!
Niangan Chufeng, who was responsible for searching homes and searching people, walked quickly to Wang Zhongxiao and others from all directions, and then reported the results of the search.
"Wu Shifan was not found!"
"Wu Shifan is not in the house!"
"Wu Shifan must have run away."
"I didn't see Wu Shifan."
There was indeed something unexpected during today's inspection! Wu Yingxiong's eldest son Wu Shilin, his three daughters and two young sons were all caught. Only the fourteen-year-old concubine Wu Shifan was missing.
Yes, that beautiful boy Wu Shifan is missing!
When Wang Zhongxiao heard this, he snorted coldly, walked up to the group of weeping wives, concubines, and children of Wu Yingxiong, and shouted loudly: "Tell me, where has Wu Shifan gone?"
Princess Jianning snorted and stood in front of a group of children, puffing out her chest and scolding with tears: "How can you talk like a dog slave?"
Wang Zhongxiao raised his hand to Princess Jianning: "Gege, I am a dog slave, but I am not Wu Sangui's slave, but Aixinjueluo's slave. I am here to take someone from your house today!"
As he spoke, he strode around behind Princess Jianning, and like an eagle catching a chick, he picked out a tall and beautiful "beautiful girl" in a flag dress who was thirteen or fourteen years old from the crowd.
Princess Jianning shouted quickly: "You surnamed Wang, don't touch Xiao Geng!"
"Xiaofan?" Wang Zhongxiao smiled, "Hehe, you look pretty. Don't be afraid, little sister. I'm asking you, are you Wu Shifan's sister?"
The "beautiful girl" was so frightened that she collapsed to the ground, trembling and unable to speak. She just covered her mouth and cried loudly, but she still nodded.
"Then is he at the house?"
"Woo." The "beautiful girl" shook her head.
"That means he ran away?" Wang Zhongxiao frowned.
The "beautiful girl" nodded.
"Then do you know when he ran away?"
"Beautiful Girl" shook her head.
"Don't know? Just don't tell me!" Wang Zhongxiao picked up his riding crop and was about to whip him, but before he could hit him, someone around him couldn't stand it.
"Stop!" With this shout, a thick and dark young man wearing a lion patchwork suit and a coral-topped official hat had already stood between Wang Zhongxiao and the "beautiful girl".
This stocky young man’s name is Li Lan, and he is the son of the former Sichuan Governor Li Guoying. Li Guoying is really good at naming names!
And the name is quite appropriate. This Li Lan is quite ugly, thick and black, with pimples on his face, and a pair of triangular eyes looking furtively at the "beautiful girl"
Isn't this Lord Li interested in me? Wang Zhongxiao quickly put away his whip and said to Li Langgong: "Sir, your Majesty, the daughters of Wu Yingxiong's concubines are all going to be slaves in Xin Zhe's treasury, but now the state is in a tight situation, so we are allowed to I spent a lot of money to redeem him and take him home to use. I have taken a liking to this Wu Xiaoji!"
Li Lan snorted, slapped his chest and said, "Wang, do you think your family is the only one with money? I also have plenty of money. I'll pay double the amount you pay!"
As he spoke, he turned back to "Wu Xiaoji" and smiled: "Xiaoji, don't be afraid, I will take care of you!"
Wang Zhongxiao was also a little speechless. Who is this Li Lan? Did he think he was fighting for the husbandman in Bada Hutong?
However, Wang Zhongxiao would not compete with this boy for wealth in Princess Jianning's mansion, so he said to Li Lan: "Master Li, let's do this. Let Wu Xiaoran choose for himself!"
"Okay!" Li Lan was quite confident. He turned to "Wu Xiaoxian" and said, "Little sister, you choose me. Although I am ugly, I can love people. Wang Datou is a little devil! Beat the little one He doesn't learn well and likes to hit people. He just wanted to hit you. If you follow him, you will be beaten every day!
This is not nonsense. I heard a disciple from his martial arts school, Jingwu Sect, say that Yang Xiaohuan, the senior sister of Jingwu Sect, was often beaten after he occupied her! "
"Don't say these are useless!" Wang Zhongxiao glared at that Li Lan, and then waved to that "Wu Xiaoji", "Come here, come here, go home with me!"
Then he saw "Wu Xiaoji" get up from the ground and walk obediently behind Wang Zhongxiao.
"You" Li Lan stamped his feet, "How do you little girls know how to read faces?"
"Okay, okay!" Mr. Jia Hanfu and Mr. Jia couldn't stand it at this time, so he tried to smooth things over and said, "Aren't we done with all the business? Shikai, what does the emperor's imperial edict say? It's to take Wu Shilin and Wu Shifan. Are you going to Shangfangyuan alone to investigate?"
"Yes, the other young sons and Princess were sent to the palace for confinement. The concubine and her daughter were sent to the Xinzhe Treasury and now one of them escaped!" Wang Zhongxiao nodded, "Mr. Jing'an, what do you think we should do?"
Jia Hanfu spread his hands and said, "What can I do if I run away? Just follow the decree and send those who should be sent to Shangfangyuan, those who should be sent to Xinzhe's Treasury to Xinzhe's Treasury, and those who should be sent to the palace to make the emperor feel humiliated, send them to the palace." .”
Wang Zhongxiao looked at the others again, "What do you think?"
What else? Everyone ran away, including Hong Shiming, Zhu Guozhi, Cai Shiying, Shi Lang, Zhang Yong, Zhao Guodong, and Li Lan, who had no choice but to nod.
Although Wang Zhongxiao is not the highest official among these people today, he is the one who presided over the house raid. Seeing that everyone was unanimous, he wanted to nod his head. Suddenly Wang Jizhen ran over in anger, shouting as he ran: "It's not good. Oh no, Wu Shilin hanged himself! Wu Shilin hanged himself!"
Wang Zhongxiao was also anxious and asked quickly: "Have you hanged yourself?"
Wang Jizhen shouted: "I have died of anger!"
"Son!" Princess Jianning screamed and fainted, and then a bunch of Wu Yingxiong's concubines and children burst into tears. The yard was filled with miserable wind and rain, and a group of evil people at the scene were almost in tears. .
The certificate of nomination is complete!
After forcing the Wu family's descendants to death and dividing the Wu family's heirs among the concubine's daughters, who would dare to cross the border and defect to Wu? You are tantamount to forcing Zhu Biao to death and then surrendering to Zhu Yuanzhang. Are you not seeking death?
Wang Zhongxiao sighed, looked at everyone, and then asked Wang Jizhen: "How is it? Is the person completely dead?"
"It's clear!" Wang Jizhen also had a sad look on his face - just now he and Master Yu were so speechless that they were trying to persuade Wu Shilin to hang himself. They had to let Wu Shilin die a little before letting him go.
"Then, then let's all go and have a look. Let's all go!" Wang Zhongxiao said to the Wu family who were crying like tears, "You should go too. That's your young master too. Please help Gege along with you." ,well."
After hearing what he said, everyone followed Wang Jizhen to the place where Wu Shilin's body was buried - some people went to see their relatives for the last time, and some people went to confirm whether the deceased was Wu Shilin's.
However, Wang Zhongxiao and that "Wu Xiaoji" did not follow them together. Seeing everyone leaving, Wang Zhongxiao turned around and grabbed the arm of "Wu Xiaoji" and walked out. As he walked, he whispered: "Second Young Master , take advantage of now and leave quickly.”
This "Wu Xiaoji" turned out to be a Xibei, but was pretended to be Wu Shifan, Wu Xiaoji's biological brother. This Wu Shifan was born with a female face, and was very beautiful. He looked very similar to his sister Xiaoji. He dressed up and said he was Wu Xiaoji. It can really fool some people.
But Wang Zhongxiao still didn't dare to let him hang around in front of the big guys, so he quickly took him away and then replaced him with the real Wu Xiaoji.
Yes, there are still "real little ones"!
"Zhen Xiaogen" pretended to be a maid of the Wu family. When the house ransacking began, she was controlled by Wang Leiyong and hid in a wing room. Wang Zhongxiao wanted to take Wu Shifan, who was disguised as a woman, out of Shihu Hutong first, put him into one of his carriages, send him out of the city immediately, and let him hide with Yang Qilong first.
Then, Wang Zhongxiao has to go back to find the real Wu Xiaoji. It is impossible for him to let the real Wu Xiaoji go! This is a beauty. Although she cannot compare with Wu Xiaotuo's high-end atmosphere, nor is she as graceful as Yang Xiaohuan, she is still a very outstanding beautiful girl.
Moreover, Wu Xiaotuo agreed to this matter. How could Wang Zhongxiao have the nerve to let down his wife's kindness?
(End of chapter)
