Lin Gao Qiming

Chapter 2143
In the old days, he wouldn't have dared to use this brain at all: Xiong Wencan and him were far apart, not to mention seeing him in person, even meeting his shackles and the second master didn't know how much money it would cost.But right now, Xiong Wencan has completely lost Guangdong, and now he can only "go to the doctor in a hurry" besides "sit and wait to die".It is bound to be more polite and virtuous.

But this person was hard to find.Gou Xunli was originally just a "village sage" in a small remote county. At best, he could only be called a brother and brother with the "Five Giants of Chengguan Town" in this county. After leaving the county, he was not so "sage".When the Gou family was at its most powerful, the master of the prefect of Qiongzhou was regarded as the most powerful political figure they made friends with.

Gou Xunli had a deep understanding of his own insignificance when they fled to Guangzhou and searched everywhere to file a complaint.On the ground in Guangdong, except for Li Siya, who later took the initiative to recruit him, he had no connections worth mentioning at all.

Fortunately, the opportunity will come soon.On weekdays, for the sake of safety and convenience for robbery, many spies were stationed inside and outside Wuzhou City. These people secretly linked up with the bandits and constantly passed on various news to the cottage.After the Kun bandits broke through the city, Gou and Hu felt sick, and even sent many people to the city to contact the four townships and the "spot detectives". Look for the lost personnel who can secretly contact the government, and use it as your guide.

One of them was a detective, who used to be a "white body" government servant working in the county government office.After the Australian entered the city, he heard the news, so he hid at home - anyway, there is no roster of white yamen servants, as long as they don't go to the yamen to do errands, they are regarded as divorced.

Because of his job in the yamen, this person was once assigned to stand outside the governor's yamen, so he met Yi Haoran a few times and knew his details.The day before, he went to the street to do errands, but he saw Yi Haoran who was working as an "intellectual guest" in front of a funeral home.

The yamen servant originally wanted to take the opportunity to extort some money from Yi Haoran, but when he met the bandits who came down the mountain looking for a "guide", he told them the news.

When Gou Xunli got the news, it was like a treasure.Because according to Zuo Tan: Yi Haoran once led Xiong Wencan's servants - from this, it can be seen that he must be a master who is highly valued in Xiong Wencan's shogunate. He will not be reported by him.Immediately, he took the risk of changing his appearance and came to Wuzhou to contact him in person.

He said things like "the nobleman of Lingao County", "defeated to the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi", "in He Zhenmu", etc., all of which are self-promotion, and it is also to let Master Yi relieve his vigilance.

Sure enough, after he said these few words, Yi Haoran's eyes became less wary.He whispered: "Since that's the case, why are the strong men here?"

Gou Xunli also said in a low voice: "Sir, do you just forget that this is the land of the Ming Dynasty, and you want to live in peace and become a citizen of the Song Dynasty?"

Yi Haoran took a deep look at him: "Don't dare to forget!" He said a few perfunctory words with the people around him, and then said: "Where are you going?"

"It's inconvenient for me to live in the city for a long time—the thieves want to check the household registration," Gou Xunli quickly looked around, and said in a low voice, "I will go to the Longmu Temple in the north of the city tomorrow at noon to offer incense. Sir, you can go there and wait for me."

Gou Xunli didn't dare to fully trust this Master Yi, and when we met outside the city, he could send someone to the scene ahead of time to check if there was an ambush, in case the master suddenly wanted to use his head as a meeting gift.

That night, Yi Haoran thought over and over again, and decided to take the route of Gou Xunli.Now that the funeral for Jiang Qiuchan's family has been basically finished, he has no reason to continue living here.And he has nowhere to go in Wuzhou—not only that, if he said that he would go to Teng County now, the road would not be smooth, and even if the bandits did not block the road, he would not be able to save his life if he encountered robbers.

Gou Xunli's origin is certainly suspicious, but he is a down-and-out teacher, a half-old man, neither a handsome man nor a beautiful woman, nor a rich family, Gou Xunli will not plan to deceive himself, if it is a trap of a gangster, he is nothing Important people, let alone people in the city, why bother to kill or catch urban thieves?

No matter what this "strong dog" plans, it will not do any harm to him.The worst thing is to lose your life.On the other hand, if this Gou Xunli really has some ingenious plan to turn the tide, it might not be a bad thing—anyway, the situation between Xiong Wencan and the Guangdong Ming Army has become extremely bad.

Thinking about this, he quietly went to see Qiuchan.

"My niece and son-in-law's important affairs have already been done, so it's inconvenient for me to stay here again—it's harmful to your reputation." Yi Haoran carefully considered his words, "Tomorrow I'll go out to look for a house, so I'll move out now."

"Uncle has no relatives and no reason in Wuzhou. The war is in chaos. Where can I rent a house to settle down?" Qiuchan has relied on Yi Haoran to run around and take care of the situation these days. "Master Yi" is very grateful: You must know that orphans and widows like her, without relatives to support the scene, are the targets of bullying and blackmail in society.Often after a funeral is done, the family is bankrupt before the bones are cold.

Although he knew that "Hao Ran"'s departure would be good for him and for the ruined family, but the fear of orphans and widows who had no one to rely on and getting along with him day and night these days had no effect on his character and crisis. The bold and fearless favor at the time made her unwilling to let him just leave.

But it's really unreasonable for him to live like this.Qiuchan thought for a while and said: "Cousin, don't worry, now is the season of war and chaos, and cousin is a stranger, and no one will be willing to rent out the house for a while—it's better to find a job here and settle down—or Teaching a private school or being an accountant, that is, if you have a job, you will have a place to live."

Yi Haoran said: "The words are good, but where to find work in a hurry."

"Cousin, don't worry. My natal family is in business locally and has quite a lot of contacts. Tomorrow, I will ask my relatives from my natal family to find out for my cousin."

Yi Haoran naturally obeyed orders rather than being respectful.The next day, he left the city as promised.

This was the first time he went out of the city after the war, and he lamented the desolation after the war outside the city.However, the order outside the city has largely been restored. There are gangster soldiers leading a group of "tuanmen" equipped with spears and swords on patrol and standing guard, giving people a sense of stability.The ruins on the street are being cleared by teams of laborers. On the river bank south of the Longmu Temple, all kinds of collected materials are piled up like a mountain, and many ships are moored.It is about repairing the pontoon bridge on the Guijiang River.The shops are all open. Although the business is low, there is finally a little vitality after the catastrophe.

Suddenly, a siren sounded from far away, and when I looked up to see the thick smoke billowing on the West River, there was another group of boats, tail-to-tail, slowly heading here—this must be the warship of the Kun bandits.Yi Haoran suddenly felt that he was really an idiot. Xiong Wencan, who was sitting on an army of tens of thousands, was beaten to pieces in Wuzhou, and ended up fleeing in a hurry. He was a scholar, but he was going to "discuss the state affairs" with a green forest hero. .Could it be that his hundred and ten green forest heroes can turn things around?
Thinking of this, he couldn't help feeling secretly sad.I just feel that the future is bleak and gloomy, and I am just carrying snow to fill rivers and cooking sand for food.

As I was feeling sad, I suddenly heard a voice saying: "Your team has a total of 76 workers in the morning. Where did you get the [-] workers? You can see that they are clearly signed..."

This voice is very familiar, Yi Haoran followed the reputation, but saw a man who looked like a scholar talking to several foremen in a thatched shed by the roadside, he looked carefully, it was not Chang Qingyun who it was!
While being surprised, Chang Qingyun suddenly raised his head, judging from his instantly frozen expression, he must have recognized himself!
Chang Qingyun was stunned, and immediately said: "... If you don't believe me, I will show you..." After saying that, he gave Yi Haoran a "go away" wink.

Yi Haoran nodded slightly, not daring to linger any longer, and hurriedly walked towards the Dragon Mother Temple.

On the way, he hesitated for a while whether to go to the Dragon Mother Temple to meet Xun Li again, but then he thought that although Chang Qingyun had been captured by the Kun thief, he seemed to be treated favorably and was not driven to build the city.He recognized him but didn't report it on the spot, he still signaled himself to leave quickly, it seems that a ray of conscience is still in his heart.

Affected by seeing Chang Qingyun and him "captive and unyielding" again, Yi Haoran's mood improved somewhat.He walked like flying, and said in his heart:
"As for this strong man Xun, no matter how capable he is, he can serve the country wholeheartedly. Whether it's trying to turn the tide, or using the mantis' arms as a car, I have to try again!"

At the same time when Yi Haoran secretly met Gou Xunli at the Dragon Mother Temple, the fleet from the Xijiang River docked at the North Guibei Wharf outside Dayun Gate.As soon as the gangplank was set up, groups of soldiers in brand new gray uniforms stepped down from the ship.

Probably because of being on the boat for too long, the queue was sparse and not neat, and the soldiers also looked sluggish.Qian Duo was on the pier, shaking his head as he watched this group of people—he had already been notified that it was the Wuzhou Brigade of the National Army who arrived today.He has been waiting for this brigade for a long time. After all, only relying on his 100 people and hundreds of militiamen, Wuzhou's defense is really too weak.

But the team in front of us: new clothes, new guns, obviously new people.Judging from their military appearance, it is not guaranteed that most of them were expanded on the spot in Guangdong-many of them still held standard spears.

It is too difficult for the Senate to expand enough National Army from the "native land". Therefore, in the construction of the National Army, the main force is to use the original National Army as the backbone of the army and recruit the expanded old guards in Guangdong. Soldiers and various Ming troops surrendered.

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