Ping An Biography

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"Dang, Dang" after the bamboo clapper was knocked twice, the sound of bamboo silk came out, and a graceful and elegant figure appeared on the white canvas, holding a fan, and the singing sounded soon.It really is Gu Chunhan's voice, no matter how clear and sweet the world is, the voice is full of affection.It's a pity that the musicians who play the music seem to be very unfamiliar, which affects the listening, and it's nothing more than a good singing voice to make up for it.

A woman by the side of the table stepped forward, walked up to Yu Qian, put down two cups, and filled them up.She picked up a cup and said softly: "I respect Miss Gu on Futai."

"My lord..." The strong man at the side intervened immediately, winked and shook his head.

The woman smiled lightly and said: "You are afraid that the wine will be poisonous in your feelings. Why don't you drink it for Master Yu? Didn't you say that a scholar dies for a confidant?" In fact, the mask on her face was always smiling, and the painting on the mask The mouth is curved, and the sides are turned up. [

Without saying a word, the strong man reached out to pick up the wine cup and poured it with his head raised.Yu Qian frowned, the woman in front of him was really spoiling the scenery.

Fortunately, the shadow behind the white curtain slowly moved to the side, and Gu Chunhan came out from behind.Yu Qian forgot the unhappiness just now, and turned to look at the provocative gentle gesture.

She is wearing a plain dress, her eyes are moving and looking bright, the best thing is that every move when she moves, seems to be full of elegance; it is also like a beauty who has walked out of the Book of Songs, untouched by the smoke of the world, like frost and white dew. The beauty on the water side.

Gu Chunhan slowly unfolded the fan in his hand, his eyes glistened, and just as he was singing to the depths of the song, the erhu also played continuously like weeping. "It turns out that the heart of spring does not fly away..." Hearing these words, Yu Qian saw her plain hands gently pinching the sleeves of that hand, and the paper fan covered half of her face, as if she was still holding a pipa to half cover her face Like a little shy, there is a smile in his eyes, if there is a turmoil in his heart.

In this situation, not to mention late autumn, even in the middle of winter, the garden will be full of spring breeze and flowers will bloom.

Gu Chunhan looked sideways at the bamboo building affectionately, and saw a total of five men armed with weapons fell down almost at the same time, and several masked men with short swords rushed out from the bottom of the bamboo building. Drag the body under the house.

After a while, one of her songs was finished, and the lingering sound trembled slightly in the room.Yu Qian sat without moving, as if he was still thinking about it.

"Master Yu seems to be very afraid that Madam will know that you have come to my place." Gu Chunhan said softly.

Yu Qian came back to his senses, and said calmly: "I and Ms. Gu are just bosom friends. If Madam doesn't understand, I can do anything." Although he is a very high-ranking person, he still understands the rules of the Nanjing Fengyuehui. Treat famous prostitutes with courtesy, so claiming to be my servant does not appear to be a vulgar man.

"Hey..." Gu Chunhan sighed softly, "My lord Yu is talented and good-looking. He should be the ideal husband of women in the world, but unexpectedly he has nothing to do with his wife. You want to know how to deal with women who are good at it? Is it?"

Yu Qian shook his head.

Gu Chunhan stretched out his white sleeves to cover his mouth, and said with a light smile, "There are two ways. One is to be talented and beautiful, and you have to spend your time. How can an ordinary woman resist it? The other is to have true feelings." To be honest, the so-called heart-for-heart exchange is simple, but it is even more difficult. Mr. Yu seems to be unable to do it all. You are not a smooth-talking disciple, you are a gentleman, and you can't put women in your heart, even if you I once put it in my heart, you only have the world in your heart. Am I right, right?"

"I'm ashamed." Yu Qian said awkwardly.

Not long after, the strong man beside Yu Qian had an intuition that something was wrong, so he ran to the side to have a look, and suddenly lost his face and said: "Where are our people, our..." After he realized something, he glared at Gu Chunhan: "Futai , this bitch is an assassin!" Then he greeted his companions, "Get it for me!"

Yu Qian was also stunned.

At this moment, two attendants "shua shua" pulled out their waist knives from their scabbards. They were wearing civilian clothes, but the weapons they used were common in the army.Two strong men rushed straight at the weak Gu Chunhan, but she didn't move and didn't panic.

It was too late, but sooner or later, a long sword suddenly appeared in the hand of the paper-masked woman on the side of the stage, her skirt was raised, and she rushed in front of Gu Chunhan.I saw the sword swinging and the wind making a slight noise. The blood on the necks of the two men rushed out without even screaming, and they fell on the floor like sacks one after another.Facing each other a few times, their knives didn't even touch the woman's sword.

"Li San, mule!" The remaining strong man shouted out in a panic.

"It's useless for you to shout your throat." The woman who just killed someone laughed, the tip of the sword in her hand was still dripping blood, and the other hand tore off the paper mask on her face, only a butterfly appeared on her face Face pattern, who is it not Peach Blossom Fairy? [

At this time, those musicians also picked up weapons from the wall and surrounded them. Sure enough, they were not real musicians. Could it be that they made Yu Qian feel too unfamiliar when they played music.Peach Blossom Fairy looked at the strong man beside her and said, "You still have time to jump."

When she reminded her like this, the strong and strong man didn't dare to jump. "My lord..." The strong man took two steps toward Yu Qian.

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At this time, Peach Blossom Fairy was pressing her every step of the way, and the blood from the sword dripped into a line on the floor.A look of fear appeared on the man's face. These people had all gone to battle and killed people, but they were frightened by a woman in this small building.

Peach Blossom Fairy walked over calmly, without any hesitation, and suddenly raised her sword to attack.The man raised the knife and reacted very quickly, and with a "dang", he blocked Peach Blossom Fairy's stabbing attack, and the force of swinging the knife was so strong that Peach Blossom Fairy's body was shaken away.However, her figure was very light and flexible, and she simply used her strength to jump to the side, her white clothes flew up, and there was a soft "呲", and the sword's edge had already struck out suddenly.

Her movements were not slow or hurried, probably because the loose dress seemed to be flowing, which made the originally fast movements seem to be a little slow.But the sword is extremely fast, and the opponent doesn't know how she strikes, and the coldness of the tip of the sword is approaching; many times of experience in killing has made the strong man instinctively defend, and it was only a hair's breadth, when the blade pierced him The blade had just touched the body of the sword when he touched his neck, it was obviously too late.

As the sword edge was sent forward, the sharp edge brushed against the blade, and sparks flashed out with a "here", making a tooth-piercing sound.

"Boom!" The man fell down, still alive, his limbs throbbing with blood.Peach Blossom Fairy took out a white towel, wiped the edge of the sword, and threw it on the ground.

The killing time was extremely short, almost in the blink of an eyelid, three more corpses were already on the ground.

Yu Qian sat without moving. He didn't mean to run away in a hurry, nor did he mean to resist. He was just a literati.Up to now, he can still sit comfortably and calmly, but the expression on his face seems to be a bit painful.

For some reason, he thought of Lao Xu, the leader of the rebel army who was deceived by the spy, and sighed: "I thought Miss Fang was different from ordinary women... Zhang Ning sent you here?"

"I'm too lazy to talk nonsense with him. Officials are not like that. They are full of benevolence, righteousness and morality, full of male robbers and female prostitutes!" Peach Blossom Fairy scolded, "Come here, tie him up and take him away. If there is any accident, he will kill you with a sword!"

"Wait." Gu Chunhan turned his head and whispered to Peach Blossom Fairy, "He is really a gentleman, don't believe me, I have known him for many years, I know it."

Yu Qian sneered: "Are you still ashamed to say that you have known each other for many years, and you used this method to stab your friend in the back?"

Gu Chunhan said: "I don't want to treat my friends like this, besides, I respect adults, but doing so can help Ping An, so I agreed."

Peach Blossom Fairy said: "To tell you the truth, Ping An didn't instruct us, it was Madam Yao who planned it long ago, and we just arranged it according to Madam Yao's instructions. This thing went smoothly, since Madam Jiyu came to Changde, Every step of the way, the details are within Mrs. Yao's expectations...Don't say anything wrong with us, are the methods you use just and aboveboard? What happened to the Qiao Niang that the adults and Jin Yiwei went to meet today? How could a widow that Lord Xu knew had any relationship with Jin Yiwei?"

"you……"

Peach Blossom Fairy proudly said: "Don't think that only Jin Yiwei can find clues."

"What reason am I talking to the woman! Tell me more, and give me a good time!" Yu Qian said coldly.

"Tie it up, put a sock on his mouth!" Peach Blossom Fairy ordered.Immediately, several people surrounded them with ropes, and Yu Qian said anxiously: "Scholars can be killed, but not humiliated!" Peach Blossom Fairy said with a smile: "So what if I insult you, go and send troops to kill me!"

Yu Qian had no power to resist at this time, he could only be tied up, his mouth was stuffed with dirty black socks, his eyes were wide open and he was very angry.

Gu Chunhan said: "It's not too late. Let's leave the city before it gets dark. Governor Yu is an important person. If he doesn't return at night and there is no news, he will definitely attract the attention of the government. Is there any problem with the secret passage dug in Nancheng?"

A young man behind said: "Looking back at what the girl said, we have people guarding us. But there is a moat outside, so we had to dig to the edge of the wall to prevent the water from the moat from pouring into the secret passage. It is not dark, and once we leave the city, we may be blocked by the wall. The guards see." [

Gu Chunhan said: "If you leave a few people less, you won't be so conspicuous. The rest stay in Changde and try to hide. Ping An will lead the army to fight back. You will all have credit for it."

"We are members of the evil sect, and we are not interested in military achievements, but if you want to speak well in front of Mrs. Yao, that's fine." Someone beside him laughed easily.

Gu Chunhan looked around and said: "Lock the door, let's go."

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Chenzhou Prefecture.Zhang Ning is actively preparing for the war, and often personally goes to the workshop of the Weapons Bureau to supervise the manufacture of firearms.At this juncture, he also encountered the problem of women.

That day, Zhang Ning and others were attacked on the road. In desperation, Zhang Ning ran away with Yao Ji, and separated from Zhou Zhouniang and others.After finally escaping from danger, Zhou Zhouniang seemed to think that he only cared about his mother, but left them completely ignored; of course, Zhou Erniang didn't say it directly, but occasionally she could see that meaning.Of course she wouldn't say it clearly, and it didn't make sense to say it, because according to the logic at this time, of course filial piety should come first.

If it was true, Zhang Ning could still explain the situation at the time: Yao Ji can't ride a horse, but you can ride a horse, that's the only way to do it, and they were separated by accident, not because they wanted to leave them alone.

In short, the mother and wife fell into the water at the same time, so who should you save first?After hundreds of years, it will be solved, and Zhang Ning can do nothing.He could only sigh many times in front of Tuesday's mother: Fortunately, you were not caught safely, and the outcome will be fine.

One day when he came back from work in the evening, he saw Chunmei waiting at the door of his house, and said to him, "Mrs. Yao, please come over, please come with me."

Chunmei didn't enter the courtyard, but took Zhang Ning around from the street outside to the back door of the mansion.Zhang Ning was puzzled, but Chunmei was someone close to Yao Ji, so she must have come here for something.

When the group reached the back door of the courtyard, they saw Yao Ji and other people waiting inside.Zhang Ning looked beside her, suddenly surprised and delighted, only to see Gu Chunhan and Fang Ling looking at him with smiles.

Yao Ji said in front of them: "The two women are sincere to Ping'an. I can testify that you have to treat them well in the future."

Zhang Ning hurriedly bowed and said: "I would like to obey my mother's order." He straightened his waist and said happily: "It's good to be back, it's good to be back... When we left Changde, there were so many things, it's just that I didn't pay attention to the inner palace for a while. people."

The two of them bowed their knees and made a blessing, and they didn't speak, just smiled.

Yao Ji said, "I want to surprise you."

"They are back, it is indeed a big surprise." Zhang Ning said.But Yao Ji said: "There is an even bigger surprise. You come in with me." After speaking, she took Zhang Ning to a house that was not used on weekdays by the courtyard wall.

There were already two women in white clothes and many men in green clothes with swords guarding the door.When Zhang Ning and others walked to the door, an attendant opened the door. Zhang Ning looked inside and was stunned.

There was a desk inside, and a person was sitting on the chair behind the desk, with his hands tied behind the back of the chair, and there were two guards beside him.Zhang Ning recognized it immediately, that person was Yu Qian!

Not seen for several years, Yu Qian's appearance has hardly changed, he is indeed more mature.Because the clothes and hair are a bit messy, of course it also affects the appearance.Zhang Ning looked back at Yao Ji, feeling agitated, "This...this is Governor Yu..."

Yao Ji smiled and nodded: "I seldom interfere with your business, but it's not that I don't understand what's in your heart. Yu Qian has always been the person you are always on guard against. This person should be extremely talented, but he is against you. We don't have to defeat him in an open and honest manner, is it possible to catch him in this way?"

Zhang Ning tried his best to maintain a good expression, nodded slightly, and said, "The concubine mother has indeed given me a big gift." He pondered for a while, then looked back at Peach Blossom Fairy and the others, and said, "It turns out that Gu Chunhan and Peach Blossom Fairy stayed behind. In Changde, it was deliberately arranged by my concubine."

Yao Ji was noncommittal, just said: "You must have something to say to Governor Yu, we will go back first, if you are free after your work, come to my place for dinner."

Zhang Ning salutes again.Yao Ji turned around and left with a group of people.

The attendant in the room moved a chair over, and Zhang Ning sat down in front of the table, facing Yu Qian.After a while, he sighed: "It's been a few years since we left the capital, how time flies! I thought we would meet face to face again in this life, and I don't want to meet again today."

Yu Qian was also calm, and he didn't show any stubbornness as if he was dying. He immediately spoke, his voice was a little hoarse: "You and I have changed a lot, and our paths have diverged, and we don't know what to say when we meet again. Now, the right way is to drink a thousand cups with a bosom friend, to talk less and not speculate more than half a sentence."

"No." Zhang Ning shook his head, then turned his head and said, "Go and make a cup of tea for Minister Yu. In the future, when you treat him, first of all, don't let him go, but treat him as kindly as possible, and don't humiliate him." he."

"Yes." The servant bowed.

Zhang Ning was indeed smarter than before. Hearing Yu Qian's hoarse voice, he called for tea.He went on to say: "No, even though you and I have become enemies, I feel that because of this, I understand each other better. Do you know why? For a qualified opponent, if you want to defeat him, you have to understand him."

Zhang Ning was very polite, and even treated each other with courtesy, but at this time his feelings for Qian were not so simple, nor did he have so many good feelings.When you are plotted to death by one person many times, and there are some insidious methods in it, and you even almost lost your wife... Zhang Ning feels that he is not so noble and kind.Not only that, but what about the lives of Lao Xu and Changde's defenders?Lao Xu has been with Zhang Ning for many years, and Zhang Ning has much more friendship with Lao Xu; those soldiers who died in battle are also working for Zhang Ning.

In addition to these, Zhang Ning also has a somewhat complicated psychology.In fact, he has a kind of pride and competitiveness in his heart, and he will always be ashamed and angry if he is always poorly planned when fighting with others; even chess players can get angry, let alone fighting in matters of life and death.

After all, Yu Qian is also a literati who passed the imperial examination, and he has no experience hundreds of years later. Is my IQ really not as good as his?

However, Zhang Ning finally held back his desire for revenge, and after a moment of silence, he said: "Conspiracy and conspiracy, you and I have done a few tricks. You sent secret agents inside us, and then used sneak attacks, which is also a conspiracy, but you It didn’t work; this time I admit that it was a conspiracy to catch you. Do you admit that you have already lost?”

"Success or failure, what is there to care about?" Yu Qian said flatly.

Zhang Ning's tone was slightly cold: "Master Yu is completely defeated in my hands now, and there is no way to go. We are all educated people, I don't want to use some disrespectful methods against you, so you can say it yourself: the officers and soldiers are right. Chenzhou's strategy."

Yu Qian suddenly smiled: "Brother Pingan just said that he defeated me, so I need to talk about tactics? Could it be that I have already been caught under your account, and you are still not sure about the strategy I left behind?"

Zhang Ning's face turned pale when he heard this, and a wave of anger arose in his heart.

Zhang Ning took a deep breath to calm his breathing, and said coldly: "Master Yu is also a well-informed person, you should know that there are many ways to ask a person to confess. Are you really going to force me to do that?"

Yu Qian said, "It's not just torture."

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