. The two lingered in the carriage for a long time. Ding Yunyi was about to enter the city, so he reluctantly got out of the carriage.
Unfortunately, the space in the carriage was too small, and the two of them did not dare to move too much. Apart from Ding Yunyi taking some advantage in words and hands, there was nothing more substantial for the time being.
After entering the city, they found an inn to stay, but unfortunately several women stayed in a room and whispered, leaving Ding Yunyi no chance to make a move.
But Ding Yunyi doesn't care. This has already happened between him and Liu Rushi. Is he still afraid that he won't have a chance after returning to Hangzhou?
Being alone in the room was boring, and I originally wanted to talk to Xu Yuqing, but I thought that the couple had already gone to bed, and it would not be good to disturb them so late.
When I was bored, someone suddenly knocked on the window a few times outside, and then a voice came: "Ding Yunyi, come out."
Why is this voice so familiar?
Ding Yunyi hurriedly opened the door and went out, but saw that the figure had already arrived in the distance, waved to him, and then quickly disappeared into the night.
Ding Yunyi hurried back to the house to get the dragon tooth, and ran towards the place where the black shadow disappeared.
After running out of the inn for a long time, there was no one around and the moonlight was hazy. Ding Yunyi was confused when he suddenly saw the man appearing not far away again.
Ding Yunyi held the dragon tooth and walked towards the man, concentrating on it.
When he walked behind the man, the man suddenly turned around and slashed at Ding Yunyi with a knife.
Ding Yunyi was well prepared, and Long Ya blocked the blow and blocked the blow. But the man's killing method was fierce, and he slashed at Ding Yunyi with one blow after another.
He was stabbed several times in succession. Ding Yunyi did not dare to neglect at all, and fought hard to resolve it. Just as he was preparing to counterattack, the man suddenly stepped back and said with a smile: "Ding Huben, good swordsmanship!"
Ding Yunyi looked at people's faces under the moonlight and blurted out: "Brother!"
The boss of Sixteen Miles Penghu: Hong Tiaoyuan!
"Third brother!" As he shouted, Lao Ji also appeared.
"Big brother. Second brother!" Ding Yunyi had forgotten how long it had been since he had seen them. Ever since Hong Tiaoyuan was transferred to Tongan garrison, Ding Yunyi had not seen them again. Once he went to Tongan to look for them, but he heard that they had been transferred to Tongan.
I left, but I never expected that we would meet in this small county town.
Hong Tiaoyuan and Lao Ji were also happy to see their third brother again. How many days had they not stood face to face like this?
After he was overjoyed, Ding Yunyi was thinking about Hong Tiaoyuan's swordsmanship and how fierce and ferocious the swordsmanship was. How could he still be the timid and timid Hong Tiaoyuan that he was when he was in Penghu?
He is the leader of the Eight Tigers of Jinyiwei - the fierce tigers coming out of the mountains and the floods - Hong Sanfeng!
Cruel and murderous, Jin Yiwei directs everything - Hong Sanfeng!
When you meet gods, kill gods. When you meet Buddhas, kill Buddhas!
Ding Yunyi suddenly understood that as soon as these swords were fired, it was obvious that Hong Tiaoyuan no longer had to hide anything. He was Hong Sanfeng, the murderous Hong Sanfeng back then!
"Let's go." Lao Ji said with a smile: "Don't stand here. The watch will come out later and they will think that we are gangsters." Third brother, we rented a room next door. Let's go.
Let's go have a drink there."
When they arrived at the house they rented temporarily, the door was closed. Lao Ji knocked on the door lightly a few times. The door opened, and a head poked out from inside. When he saw Lao Ji, he opened the door: "Command, Qian Hu."
Ding Yunyi was shocked. Hearing the title, they all belonged to Jinyiwei. Hong Tiaoyuan was now the commander, and Lao Ji was also the Qianhu.
When I entered the door, I saw a huge round ball. It was night, and there were several men with knives watching everything around them vigilantly.
Hong Tiaoyuan's style is really quite impressive.
After entering the house where he lived, Lao Ji went to get wine and food. Ding Yunyi asked the question in his heart: "Is the eldest brother in Jinyiwei now?"
Hong Tiaoyuan nodded: "Third brother, at this time, I don't have to hide anything from you. I was originally a Jinyiwei. Later, because of some things, I went to Penghu to hide my name and became a general manager. It's a pity that I was born into a Jinyiwei.
Man, this is Jin Yiwei's fault. After arriving in Tong'an, the news got out for some reason, and they found me again."
"Congratulations to the eldest brother for returning to the Jinyi Guard." In fact, Ding Yunyi had known these things for a long time, but he just pretended not to know: "What position does the eldest brother have in the Jinyi Guard now?"
Hong Tiaoyuan smiled and said: "First I performed meritorious service and became a member of a thousand households. Now my official position has been restored and I have become a commanding officer again."
"Congratulations, brother, congratulations, brother." Ding Yunyi thought in his mind that this commanding officer can be regarded as a senior official of the fourth rank.
Lao Ji brought the food and wine into the house, and the three brothers sat around and drank a few drinks. Lao Ji couldn't stop boasting: "I knew that my third brother was a talent when I was in Penghu. You see, it's only been a few years."
, not only became the Fujian Commander-in-Chief, but also were knighted, this is also the glory of our brothers."
Hong Tiaoyuan asked there: "Brothers, are you okay?"
Ding Yunyi's expression was a little gloomy: "Everything else is fine, except that we lost a few of Zhao Guangyi and others during the attack on Taiwan, and later lost several brothers in repeated battles. Now our Penghu Sixteenth Army, including the three of us,
There are nine people left..."
"No one will die in a war." Hong Tiaoyuan sighed.
Although he didn't know why Hong Tiaoyuan and Lao Ji appeared here, Ding Yunyi did not ask.
Seeing that the atmosphere was a bit solemn, Lao Ji hurriedly said: "Third brother, we were working in Nanjing at first. You are very popular in Nanjing. We have all seen it."
Ding Yunyi was shocked: "Since the eldest brother and the second brother are both in Nanjing, why don't we come out to meet each other?"
Hong Tiaoyuan said, half jokingly and half seriously: "You are now the dignified Uncle Wu Lie, the commander-in-chief of Fujian, and your status is different from ours. We dare not meet you in front of so many people."
After hearing this, Ding Yunyi said extremely seriously: "In my heart, no matter what I become, you will always be my eldest brother or second brother."
"Xiang Wen, there are some things I said to Lao Ji when you left Nanjing that day. I didn't want to ask you at first. But now that you and I have met here, I don't want to say it out loud." Hong Tiaoyuan said slowly:
"Are you happy in Taiwan?"
This meaningless question left Ding Yunyi stunned. "Are you happy in Taiwan?" What does it mean?
Hong Tiaoyuan asked and answered himself: "I think you are happy. You have the power to control the military and political affairs of Taiwan and Penghu. No one can restrict you. Not Zhang Kentang, nor Zheng Zhilong. Yours
The Huben guards have plenty of food, your merchant fleet trades with various places, and the wealth is abundant. You also have so many lovely wives and concubines, I think you will always be happy."
Ding Yunyi was secretly concerned. Although Hong Tiaoyuan was far away from Taiwan and Penghu, he knew the situation in both places very clearly.
Hong Tiaoyuan sighed softly: "Third brother, the imperial treasury is tight and money is needed everywhere. The emperor has been worried about this all day long. Since you trust the emperor, aren't you willing to use it to relieve the emperor and the court's worries?
"
Ding Yunyi calmed down and said, "Where did brother hear that I have a lot of money? Yes, the income from trade is a lot, but our expenses in Taiwan and Penghu are also huge. I think brother has also heard about the fact that I took in a large number of victims from various places.
All that money flowing out is nothing but money, don’t give it to the court, even I am having a very difficult time now."
Hong Tiaoyuan had long known that he would not tell the truth, so he smiled lightly: "That's fine, but why did you bribe Lu Qicheng, the supervisor sent by the emperor to your Hu Ben Guards?"
Ding Yunyi's eyes gradually narrowed: "Brother, are you also sending someone to spy on me?"
"I don't need to monitor you." Hong Tiaoyuan smiled slightly: "Don't forget. I also came from Penghu. If I want to know about you, it's just a matter of effort."
He looked at Ding Yunyi and said: "Third brother, you have monopolized power in Tai and Peng, covering the sky with one hand. In order to deal with Zheng Zhilong back then, you worked hard and cautiously. Could it be that now that you have the power, are you the same as Zheng Zhilong? Do you think you are really
Can you do everything flawlessly? Third brother, you can't cover this day by yourself!"
Ding Yunyi calmed down and said slowly: "Yes, I can't cover the sky alone, but I don't have to cover anything. I, Ding Yunyi, work upright, worthy of the emperor, and worthy of the people of Taipei and Peng. Brother, you have been away from Taipei for a long time.
You don't understand many things very well. Today's Penghu is no longer the Penghu of the past, and today's Taiwan is no longer the Taiwan of the past. What I have to do is how to protect it and how to protect my brothers!"
"Yes, the Ding Huben of today is not the Ding Yunyi of the past." Hong Tiaoyuan felt a little lonely: "At that time, although you were impulsive and aggressive, everything you did was aboveboard. What a pity, what a pity...
....”
He said "what a pity" several times, and then suddenly said: "What about this time? You just pacified the Central Plains, but there was news that the Taixi fleet invaded Taiwan again and the Huben Guards Navy was defeated. You have to worry about your conscience.
Did you say this happened?"
"Yes, and no." Ding Yunyi said calmly: "The Central Plains is not a place where I can stay. My eldest brother only sees how I am. That day when I was bloody in Yingzhou and there were no reinforcements, how could eldest brother just look at me?
Can’t you? If I stay in the Central Plains, sooner or later I will die without a burial place!”
"Ding Yunyi!" Hong Tiaoyuan was a little angry: "Aren't you afraid that I will report all these things to the emperor?"
"Brother, to be honest, I'm not afraid." Ding Yunyi smiled: "Since I dare to do it, I have never been afraid. I can bear any crime for Taiwan."
Seeing that the atmosphere was a bit stalemate, Lao Ji hurriedly said: "Drink, drink, you and I haven't seen each other for so long, why should we hurt the harmony over these things?"
A smile suddenly appeared on Hong Tiaoyuan's face: "Yes, drinking, why do we have to quarrel over this and let outsiders know whether we are laughing at you or my brother."
The three men raised their glasses and drank. Sure enough, they never mentioned the matter again, as if nothing had happened just now.
"The eldest brother and the second brother came to this small county town for something important, right?" Ding Yunyi asked smoothly.
Hong Tiaoyuan nodded: "Yes, there is indeed something to be done. King Fu sent us here."
King Fu? Ding Yunyi was startled, and then thought of the fat man Zhu Changxun he had met in Henan. He quickly said: "Since it was sent by King Fu, brother, don't tell me what happened."
Hong Tiaoyuan lowered his voice: "You and I, my own brothers, have nothing to hide. King Fu sent us this time to kill one person. No, to kill a whole village...
.”
Ding Yunyi was shocked. Who had offended King Fu and wanted to have his village massacred?
When asked about the doubts in his heart, Hong Tiaoyuan obviously hesitated: "Well... the people in this village have formed alliances with bandits and are trying to rebel, so King Erfu sent us to secretly kill them!"
This is a lie at first sight. Not to mention that people all the way to the south of the Yangtze River would inexplicably make friends with bandits and rebel. Even if this happened, what would the rebellion in the south of the Yangtze have to do with Prince Fu who was far away in Henan?
Is he really so full that he mobilizes the royal guards to kill people? Taking a step back and asking, what do the local officials do for food?
But he didn't point it out, he just said "oh".
Hong Tiaoyuan knew that his statement could not be believed by others: "Third brother, there are still some things involved, which are related to the secrets of the palace, so you should not ask any more questions."
Ding Yunyi nodded, this is the truth.
After Hong Tiaoyuan said this, he suddenly said: "Third brother, are you interested in helping us?" Then he shook his head: "No, no, you are Wu Liebo now, how can we ask you to come out?"
Ding Yunyi knew that Hong Tiaoyuan was irritating him, but while thinking about his brotherly relationship with Hong Tiaoyuan, he also felt curious about what kind of villagers would offend King Fu and have the village massacred.
What's even more strange is that Hong Tiaoyuan obviously wants to ask for help. With the power of Jin Yiwei, is there anything that they can't handle?
Now that his curiosity was aroused, Ding Yunyi said with a smile: "What did the elder brother say? Even if Ding Yunyi became a marquis one day, he is still the third younger brother of the elder brother. Since the elder brother has orders, the third younger brother will obey everything!"
Hong Tiaoyuan was overjoyed: "That's the best thing. Third brother, we are going to start tomorrow. You go back and talk to your concubines first. You have to spend some time here. I will wait here tomorrow morning."
Third brother is here!"
Ding Yunyi agreed, drank the wine in his glass and stood up to say goodbye.
After sending him out, Hong Tiaoyuan breathed a sigh of relief: "Ding Xiangwen is extremely brave. With his help this time, our affairs can be completed and we can go back to deliver our mission to King Fu."
Lao Ji couldn't bear to say, "Lao Hong, it's not appropriate to kill all the people in a village for such a small thing, isn't it?"
Hong Tiaoyuan sighed helplessly: "Don't I know that this is too cruel? But that is King Fu's order. Even the emperor is obedient to King Fu's words, let alone you and me? Don't forget it.
Now, our family is still in King Fu's hands."
Lao Ji gave a bitter smile, looked at the dark night outside, and said nothing more. (This website...your support is my greatest motivation.)