Wang Pu in the late Ming Dynasty

On the grassland, under the night, the ground was covered with moonlight egg yellow and old withered grass color, which was particularly quiet. The second brother led everyone to walk through it. Their horses' hooves were wrapped in cloth, and they dared not ride, but they still made noises when they were led, which attracted the rats and insects in the grass. Saint Zhang Xiuying had not woken up yet. Her guardians took turns to carry her soft on a stretcher and fell behind the team. In the middle of the team, four people carried a man. His face vaguely resembled the missing scout Han Chengyu of the God Armor Camp. At this moment, his face was as pale as gold paper, and his life or death was unknown.

The winter grassland was biting and cold, and wolves rarely walked at night, but there was an especially strange lonely female wolf nearby. It was carrying a foreign object on its back. It was closer to see that it was a girl. That was Zhuqueer, a member of the Ming Dynasty.

Zhu Que'er was still dissatisfied. She didn't know what medicine the wolf had taken wrong or why it went crazy. It dragged her out of the cave and brought her here to blow the north wind. This was not wind at all, but a cold knife cutting meat. She was so cold that her teeth chattered and said angrily, "Evil dog, you will die. You will freeze me to death."

But she saw the group of people in the night and knew where they came from. She had been in the White Lotus Sect for a long time, and was given to the left and right servants by the saint. She was very familiar with the figures of the women in the second half of the group, and she could recognize them even in the dim night.

"Oh no, the saint in the sect is going to run away." Zhu Que'er had no grudges against the saint, but she was a member of the Ming royal family, and instinctively wanted to help the Ming Tianbing Shenjia Battalion.

Zhu Que'er said to the female wolf: "So you want to avenge your benefactor. Okay, let's follow behind secretly and leave a mark."

The female wolf only hummed, not knowing whether she understood.

Zhu Que'er thought about it, then picked up a pile of stones on the ground and made an arrow shape, pointing to the saint's group. After that, she did the same thing every other time in a conspicuous place. As the sky gradually brightened, the scouts of the Ming army came and went, and they found these marks, chased them one by one, and finally found Zhu Que'er and the saint's group.

The female wolf ran away, and Zhu Que'er didn't hold on firmly, so she fell off the wolf's back. When she turned around, the officers and soldiers of the Divine Armor Camp caught up with her, picked her up, and laid her horizontally on the horse's back. Just now, everyone saw this girl riding a wolf from a distance, and they were very surprised. Now they surrounded her and asked in a flurry.

"Little girl, you are not a god, are you?"

"What god? Can a god fall flat on his face? She has been with this wolf since she was a child. Her family has this wolf. That's right. That's it."

"You are the one who is flattering me. Don't be so rude to me. I am a member of the Ming Dynasty. My last name is Zhu." Zhu Que'er was immediately annoyed and struggled on the horse's back.

"You are bragging. You can brag as much as you want. You are still a member of the Ming Dynasty. I am still a prince of the Ming Dynasty." Everyone laughed and didn't believe what the girl said at all.

Zhu Que'er was stunned. She had never seen an official army that dared to slander the royal family like this. Were they not the official army of the Ming Dynasty, but hers?Is this a mistake? Turning around, they saw a bloody man on a stretcher. It was Han Chengyu, the missing scout of the God Armor Camp. He was seriously injured at the moment. He looked at Zhuqueer and nodded, but couldn't speak.

"Han, Han." Zhuqueer pointed at Han Chengyu, but forgot his name. She thought about it several times in her mind, but it was still blank and she couldn't call out the name.

"She recognized Han Chengyu, yes, maybe it was these stone signs she left behind." Everyone remembered that this kid might be the one who led them here.

"Of course it's me, but how are you going to deal with me? Send me to the south, and the court will reward you." Zhuqueer pleaded.

"Hehe. You little kid does know a little bit, but it's a pity that we are not soldiers of the court."

"Hey, stop talking nonsense." Someone immediately stopped the people in front. The Divine Armor Camp had become a vassal state. Everyone knew about this, but Wang Pu was not close to the court, and he did not seem to be rebelling. Everyone could not figure out what this general with military merit was thinking, so they did not dare to say anything taboo. Especially today, they met this strange girl who claimed to be a member of the royal family. If they let the cat out of the bag, they might get into trouble.

The fire guns of the Divine Armor Camp were really powerful. The Saint's group of followers were shot to death in Xu Yu. Only the second brother and the Saint Zhang Xiuying were alive. They were hugging each other and trembling. The sharp firearms of the Ming army scared them both.

The sky was red and the clouds were scattered. People were passing by like shuttles and the roads were full of cars and horses. In Taiyuan, Shanxi, Wang Pu did not dare to stop for a moment. After entering the city, he rode his horse to the building of the Mongolian Colonial Company. From a distance, he saw a group of people surrounding the gate. When they saw Wang Pu and others riding horses behind him, they knew that this was an official and gave way. Wang Pu was wondering when he saw two beauties wearing high heels, short skirts and bare legs standing on the left and right inside the gate. Wow, Wang Yan used all the later costumes designed by Wang Pu to show the storefront without reservation. Wouldn't it be shocking to wear such clothes in ancient times? He thought about it carefully. He did mention it in front of Wang Yan before, saying that this dress was eye-catching, capable and knowledgeable, and suitable for women's work clothes. Chairman Wang Yan is becoming more and more like a strong woman.

The Mongolian Colonial Company is now Wang Pu's most profitable industry, so Wang Yan must be in charge. He was led by a fashionable woman to the inner hall, but he saw Qian Qianyi. This old man is now a busy man, and he is also the chairman of several guilds. Seeing his slightly smoky face, he obviously calculates money all day long, but he can't see the slightest copper smell and vulgarity. He is still immortal and looks like a scholar, which makes people admire him. Wang Pu can't help but be very jealous. This man's affinity is a natural gift, and others can't learn it. Before he went forward to greet, he saw a fat man in a python robe sitting on the sofa. Wang Pu didn't recognize this person, but from the clothes, he must be a prince of the Zhu family.

The prince also looked at the person and smiled, "Is this brother Wang Shouxin?"

"It's me." Wang Pu bowed, but saw that his fat hand reached under the skirt of a fashionable woman next to him and was rubbing vigorously. Wang Pu was secretly dissatisfied,These royal family members really have no morals at all, and are more ridiculous and shameful than the dandy young masters.

"What a pity, tsk, it's a beardless one, I don't like you very much." The fat man said the offensive words indifferently.

Wang Pu frowned secretly. According to the system of the Ming Dynasty, royal family members were not allowed to leave their fiefdoms without permission, so this prince was either the Prince of Jin or the Prince of Zhou. While he was thinking about it, fortunately Qian Qianyi was a spiritual person and introduced him in time: "Brother Wang Pu, this is an extraordinary person, His Royal Highness the Emperor's uncle Prince Fu."

"Huh, what's wrong?" Wang Pu was shocked. Because of the Jingnan Campaign, the Ming Dynasty had very strict restrictions on the princes. If the prince left his fiefdom without permission, it would be a serious crime enough to be stripped of his title and imprisoned.

"Hehe, everyone says that the prince is good, but he can't go far away. But how can a nephew control his uncle? If I go out, how can he hinder me?" Prince Fu obviously had been resentful of his inability to go far away for a long time. At this moment, his face was frosted. Although he was fat and wealthy, his face was gloomy and quite ferocious. Wang Pu had seen many bandit leaders, and those who killed and ate people on a daily basis rarely had such a cold temperament.

Tyrant, Wang Pu thought, fortunately this guy is not the emperor, he should be worse than Chongzhen, and there is no harm without comparison.

While thinking, Qian Qianyi smiled and said, "The prince was given the emperor's consideration and was allowed to come to Ciyun Temple in Tianzhen County, Shanxi to burn incense and pray for his mother, the empress dowager. He passed by us on the way. I will be the host and treat him to a few days of food and drink." He actually exposed Prince Fu's lies on the spot. He didn't run away by himself, and he still needed the emperor's nod and approval.

Even though his big talk was exposed in front of others, Prince Fu did not get angry. Wang Pu was surprised. It seemed that Qian Qianyi and Prince Fu had a good relationship and they were like-minded.

"Ah, it was delayed after all. Who would believe that your place was good? I am a prince and have lived in many palaces, but I have never seen so many glass chandeliers on them. Good things, you give me a few, five, no, ten." Prince Fu looked at the glass chandelier on the ceiling and sighed. The chandelier was nothing in the later generations, but in this era, pure glass was added with various minerals to make various watery and translucent textures, and then candles were put in it to light it. This dazzling thing was really intimidating. If it were not for the fact that the craftsmanship and materials were very cheap, people would think it was a rare treasure. At least the display was upheld, and the merchants who came and went could not help but respect it.

Wang Pu didn't like this guy, so he avoided the topic and said, "The Eastern Tartars are invading. I am preparing to lead my troops to Liaodong. Don't stay in Shanxi. When I transfer the troops, the enemy army will come out of the mountains to wreak havoc in other places. I don't know where they will go. Don't run into them by chance."

Hearing this, Qian Qianyi and Prince Fu both took a breath of cold air. Qian Qianyi said, "The enemy army was frustrated, and the Eastern Tartars came. This is not a good thing."

"That's right, sir, you have a good idea. They are going to pull us back and forth and trap us in front and back." Wang Pu nodded. Qian Qianyi is indeed a smart man. He spoke the truth.

"What should we do? Is there a way to resolve it?"

Wang Pu smiled bitterly and shook his head. He has a wayWhat's the use of that? The emperor was giving blind orders and was played by the enemy. The ministers had no choice but to admit that they were unlucky.

Seeing Wang Pu's expression, Qian Qianyi immediately understood and said, "It's time to advise, however."

However, the emperor had just beheaded Zhang Fengyi, the Minister of War. The court newspaper roughly described this incident. The emperor asked Zhang Fengyi for advice, but Zhang was speechless, so the emperor was furious and ordered people to beat him to death. When Wang Pu saw this text in the court newspaper, he guessed Chongzhen's mind. He was probably too scared, so he picked one person from the people around him who could be killed to relieve his fear. However, most of the people he could kill were his favorites and loyal ministers. Killing them would not help, and would only chill the hearts of those close to him. As the saying goes, he hit the loyal ministers who could afford to offend him hard, and was submissive to the flatterers who could not afford to offend him. As expected, the Ming Dynasty was doomed.

"What are you talking about? You are talking about the lamp. Wang Shouxin, you asked my people to do things for you, but you don't give me any benefits. I am your old customer. I spent a lot of money to buy your business, tobacco, carriages, and flying hot air balloons. Look, this Wei Ai Po gold card, your maid gave it to me, but she said it was good for me." Prince Fu showed a gold card and asked anxiously. It seems that he is very fond of the colorful gilded glass chandeliers here.

Wang Pu really hated this fat man. He couldn't help asking, "You are not here for wine, but for my things under the pretext of praying for your grandmother."

Prince Fu was a little embarrassed. He really looked at the things sold by Wang Pu here. All of them were rare and strange. For example, the flying hot air balloon really made him dreamy and like a god. Thinking that Wang Pu might have more novel things here, he couldn't help but feel itchy, so he came here to buy things in person.

"Wang Jiezhi, don't say that. Who is the prince? It's a great honor for our company that he likes your things." Qian Qianyi was afraid that Wang Pu, a soldier, would offend this nobleman by speaking rudely, so he quickly winked and made a face to smooth things over.

"Okay, one lamp, one thousand taels." Wang Pu was in a hurry and didn't bother to pay attention, so he raised a finger and said.

The Prince of Fu was a man with a bad temper. Seeing that Wang Pu neglected him, he said angrily: "Your benefactor is in my hands now. I can kill him with one finger."

"What." Wang Pu was stunned, not understanding who the fat man was talking about.

"Humph, Wang Shouxin still remembers the Mei family in Tongxu County, whose family was destroyed by you." The Prince of Fu sneered.

"I remember asking someone from your Fuwang Mansion to get him out." Last year, Wang Pu was considered a traitor by the government in Tongxu County and suffered a lot, especially his buttocks were cut open, which was a great shame in his life. But after he returned to Yanmen, he asked Wang Yan to find the Mei family members who took him in and treated him. As he was busy, he forgot about the follow-up, but I think Wang Yan will take care of this little thing.

"The servant in my mansion found something strange and told me about it. So I came to you to exchange some things for you, so that it would not be in vain.Once." said Prince Fu.

"So that's it." Wang Pu understood now. This fat guy liked new things, but he was very stingy and didn't want to spend money to buy them. So he kept an eye on them. He accidentally heard that someone from the Divine Armor Camp asked his housekeeper to do something, so he sent someone to Tongxu County to find out the truth. He suspected Wang Pu and believed that Wang Pu would save these benefactors at all costs. He came to Shanxi just to negotiate with Wang Pu and exchange the lives of Wang Pu's benefactors for various new things. After thinking this through, Wang Pu had to keep silent. He didn't want to let people see the clues. After all, the embarrassing incident of the chrysanthemums must not be made public. It is estimated that as long as he doesn't admit it, Prince Fu may not have a sure evidence.

"Then give me these, and give me some gold. Your business has been booming in recent years, and your marches and battles have been smooth. You should have a lot of silver. One million and eight hundred thousand taels of silver is just a small amount of money for you. ”

“Hmph, Wang doesn’t understand what you are saying.” Wang Pu said coldly.

“Why, you don’t care about the life of your benefactor.” Prince Fu raised his eyebrows.

“What benefactor? Where can I find a benefactor?” Wang Pu said coldly: “I have a spy over there, who was mistaken for a rebel by the local county government. The spy came back and said that he was helped when he was in trouble. This is just a small matter. I don’t want to care about it anymore. If you want to kill the so-called benefactor, just kill him. Don’t bother me.”

“Hmph, kid, you pretended to be very good, but I asked Liu Zeqing, and he betrayed you, hehe.” Prince Fu said proudly.

Wang Pu cursed in his heart, Liu Zeqing, this cuckold ruined my business, his face looked sleepy, and he said listlessly: “What kind of person is Liu Zeqing, just a villain, that kind of villain, as long as you give him some benefits, he can say anything. ”

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