scourge the qing dynasty

Chapter 390
"Blackmail! Blackmail! This is shameless blackmail! Blackmail! Breaking promises! Relying on the strong to bully the weak! Lu Yifeng, I, Liu Guoxuan, really misjudged you! Misjudged you!"

Roaring and roaring like thunder, Liu Guoxuan, the admiral of the North Army of Taiwan's Zheng Army, jumped up, crumpled Fatty Lu's Da Zhou Guoshu into a ball, and fell viciously back to the feet of Fatty's army envoy Chen Renjie, beside He You, Jiang Sheng, Lin Zheng Jun generals such as Sheng and Qiu Hui were also full of anger, with their hands on their waist knives, and some people had already drawn their knives out of their sheaths. As soon as Liu Guoxuan gave an order, they could immediately chop up this hateful fat army envoy Chen Renjie with a head and mouse eyes. Bolognese!

Facing Liu Guoxuan's hysterical roar, and seeing the murderous generals of Zheng Jun with their swords in their hands, Chen Renjie, who was born under Xie Dong's sect, had no fear, and looked directly at Liu Guoxuan's angry eyes with a smile. It's like sitting under the stage watching Huadan sing, with a hint of disdain and contempt in her smile.

Liu Guoxuan sounded like he was yelling, and asked the general Zheng Jun present to chop up this fat army envoy with a nasty smile into dumpling stuffing, but he had already said the order several times, but Liu Guoxuan swallowed the order again.

Liu Guoxuan didn't have the face to issue this order. As an ally, the Fatty Army promised a lot of money, and gave the Taiwan Army the city of Hangzhou, which is known as the paradise on earth, with both hands. Promise, later the Qing army and Geng Jingzhong besieged Hangzhou City, and the Fatty Army did not hesitate to rescue him, showing the utmost benevolence and righteousness.

Still as an ally, when the Fatty Army was flanked by the Qing Army, Geng Jingzhong Army, Hongmao Navy and Luocha soldiers, Zheng Jing's army unilaterally tore up the alliance and severed the alliance with the Fatty Army; When the nearby Huzhou Fatty Army was besieged by the Qing army and Geng Jingzhong's army, Zheng Jing's army not only did not come to rescue, even if it was verbal support, but also took the initiative to give way to the Qing army and Geng Jingzhong's backup food and grass. They were sent to the Huzhou battlefield in a steady stream, helping the Qing army and Geng Jingzhong in disguise to kill Huzhou soldiers and civilians of the fat army.

With such a stark contrast, Liu Guoxuan would not be able to issue this killing order as long as he had a little face and only the last bit of conscience left.So after gritted his teeth for a long time with his chest heaving violently, Liu Guoxuan finally swallowed his anger and said coldly to Chen Renjie: "Go back and tell Lu Yifeng that Hangzhou is my land of Ming Dynasty, and the Yanping Palace in Taiwan is also a subject of Ming Dynasty, as long as we The officers and men of the Yanping Prince's Mansion are still alive, so he will never get Hangzhou City again!"

"Hangzhou is the land of our Han people!" Chen Renjie answered very decisively, and said loudly: "Hangzhou is on the way of our Dazhou army going south to conquer the Qing Qing barbarians and Geng Jingzhong's rebels. , To recover China, we must take it back to open the way! General Liu Guoxuan, if you persist in your obsession and insist on refusing, our Great Zhou army will not hesitate to fight!"

"Want to fight? Okay! Come on!" Liu Guoxuan's general Jiang Sheng couldn't bear it anymore, and roared loudly: "Since Lu Yifeng wants to fight, we welcome you at the Yanping Palace! If you want to fight, come, those who dare not fight are the grandsons of turtles! "

"This general, what you said is so true, the one who dare not fight is the son of a bitch!" Chen Renjie said with a sneer, "General Yang Yingyuan of the Great Zhou has already led [-] Great Zhou troops from Jiaxing. They have already arrived at Shimen County, which is on the border of Hangzhou Prefecture, and are stationed at the city of Hangzhou at any time! Those who dare not fight are indeed Guisunzi!"

"I'll cut you off first, you son of a bitch!" Jiang Sheng yelled and pulled out his waist knife, rushed forward and grabbed Chen Renjie's collar to chop him off. He had already drawn out his knife and rushed to Chen Renjie's side.

"Please." Chen Renjie took the initiative to stretch out his neck, sneered at Zheng Jun's generals whose foreheads were already throbbing with blue veins, and said provocatively: "Generals, please do so if you have the guts. Has there ever been a generation who is greedy for life and afraid of death? Just a while ago, Master Li Ji of our Great Zhou was killed by Emperor Mangou himself in the Xiba Camp, and Chen Renjie would like to use Master Li as a role model!"

Chen Renjie accepted death so calmly, Zheng Jun's generals hesitated, but Chen Renjie shouted: "Do it! Those who dare not kill are the grandsons! You have done too many shameless things, and you care about doing it once more?! "

All the generals in Zheng Jun were almost furious, but Liu Guoxuan roared with a livid face: "Get off me, I will kill you if you touch a hair of Mr. Chen! Get down! Come on, give these bastards to death!" I pull it away!"

Liu Guoxuan's personal soldiers stepped forward to stop them according to the order, Zheng Jun's generals had no choice but to withdraw their knives and back away, standing back to their original positions, Liu Guoxuan heaved a sigh of relief, then bowed his hands to Chen Renjie, and said helplessly: "Master Chen , Your subordinate is rude, please forgive me. But Liu Guoxuan really cannot agree to the request made by your army, please go back, if Lord Lu insists on using force, Liu Guoxuan has no choice but to accompany him to the end."

"General Liu, please think carefully about it." Chen Renjie said lightly while arranging his clothes, "Lord Lu is definitely not joking. The Taizu of the Great Zhou Emperor Gao ordered Tuogu to send troops to suppress the rebellion and eradicate the power of the Great Zhou Dynasty. Zhuangtu, your army, Geng Jingzhong, the rebels, and the remnants of Mangou in Zhejiang, but Chen Bing is on the southern border of our army. In this case, our army has only one choice, and that is to defeat the enemy on the southern front as soon as possible and free up our hands to conquer Guo Zhuang is a rebel, so when we talk about attacking Hangzhou, we will never just talk about it without practicing it."

Of course Liu Guoxuan knew that Fatty Lu was definitely not joking, because just before meeting Chen Renjie, Liu Guoxuan had already received a scout report that Fatty's army's [-] troops were indeed stationed in Shimen, the north gate of Hangzhou, and they also carried a large number of attacking troops. They may send troops to attack Hangzhou at any time, and bully and abuse Hangzhou Zheng Jun, who has almost run out of food and grass.After hesitating for a while, Liu Guoxuan could only slow down his tone, and said in a deliberative tone: "Is this okay? We can lend the way to your army, and we can form an alliance with your army again to jointly wipe out the Geng Jingzhong rebels and Full of dog remnants."

"I'm sorry." Chen Renjie replied very simply, "Forgive me for your blunt words, as far as your army's credit is concerned, our army no longer dares to trust your army. Our Lord Lu loves the people like his own son, and we really dare not take the lives of the soldiers and civilians in the hinterland of the south of the Yangtze River. joke."

Liu Guoxuan had nothing to say, but secretly complained that Zheng Jing was short-sighted, ungrateful and sorry for the fat army, so that his Hangzhou army could not hold its head up in front of the fat army.However, Chen Renjie said again: "General Liu, Prince Lu has another sentence for you to bring to you. He only decided to use [-] shi for the sake of Zheng Chenggong's face, so he decided to exchange [-] shi for military rations back to Hangzhou, and to share with you Yanping Palace. Form an alliance again, and attack Geng Jingzhong and the rebels from the north and the south. Otherwise, our Lord Lu has another choice, which is to form an alliance with Geng Jingzhong. I'm going to make a trip to Nanjing."

Liu Guoxuan was even more silent, knowing that Chen Renjie's words might be a bit exaggerated, but they were absolutely true!Now the main force of Zheng Jun in Taiwan is attacking the territory of Geng Jingzhong's base camp in Fujian, expanding wantonly, and rushing back to the base camp to rescue Geng Jingzhong. He must have dreamed of turning enemies into friends with the Fatty Army and forming an alliance against Zheng Jun!If this covenant is really reached, then Zheng Jun will have only one end, and go back to the end of fishing on the island of Taiwan.

"There is one more thing." Chen Renjie observed his words, and threatened again: "There is also our prince Lu's brother-in-law, Prince Fude of the Great Zhou, Shang Zhixin, Prince Shang, and he is also very happy to form an alliance with his brother-in-law, Prince Lu, to take back Chaozhou and Jiaying, which are controlled by your army. As for Huizhou, the heir of King Yue of our Great Zhou Dynasty is the nephew of Prince Shang!"

Liu Guoxuan's body shook, and his heart was even more timid - if Fatty Lu, Geng Jingzhong and Shang Zhixin formed an alliance to deal with Zheng Jun, Zheng Jun's death would be even worse.Frightened, Liu Guoxuan hesitated for a long time, and finally said: "I can't make the decision, I can only ask Prince Yanping for instructions."

"Our army will give your army 20 days." Chen Renjie said calmly: "Today, on the seventh day of September, our army will stand still for 20 days. Before September 27, if your army does not give a satisfactory answer to our army, then I'm sorry, Lord Lu immediately Sign the alliance agreement with Geng Jingzhong, and our army will immediately go south to attack Hangzhou!"

Liu Guoxuan nodded helplessly, and said: "The [-] shi army rations that your army promised to compensate, can you give a little more? Also, Lord Lu promised to draw the boundary of Fujian Province with our army, can you guarantee that you will keep your word?"

"Fifteen thousand shi army rations, this is the final limit of our army." Chen Renjie said slowly: "As for the credit of our Lord Lu—General Liu, if our Lord Lu is a man who breaks his promise and loses weight, then how can your army have it?" Have the slightest chance to set foot in this strong city of Hangzhou?"

"Okay!" Having made up his mind, Liu Guoxuan also answered very simply, "I will definitely give your army an answer within 20 days, but it's still the same sentence, whether it succeeds or not, I can't make the decision!"

"The little envoy will leave first. Good news for General Jinghou." Chen Renjie bowed his hands and said goodbye. After walking a few steps, Chen Renjie turned around and said, "General Liu, the little envoy has a few words for me. I don't know what the general would like." Do you hear me?"

"Master Chen, please speak directly if you have something to say." Liu Guoxuan replied.

"General Liu, the envoy has seen the current situation in Hangzhou with his own eyes this time." Chen Renjie's expression was very sincere, "The former Hangzhou paradise may only be described as Hangzhou hell now, and the price of food among the people has risen When it comes to three liang of silver, the shops are closed, the people are disheveled, and people are starving to death everywhere. It will be winter soon, and the situation will only get worse. Therefore, as a Han Chinese, I beg you, I hope You can think carefully for the sake of the Han compatriots in Hangzhou."

Liu Guoxuan turned his eyes away and said in a low voice after a while: "I will try my best to persuade Prince Yanping."

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He picked up Fatty Lu's national letter that had been crumpled by himself, and wrote an autographed letter to Zheng Jing to explain the situation. Liu Guoxuan sent a fast boat to send the two letters out of Hangzhou City on the same day, and sent them by sea day and night. Zheng Jing is currently located in Quanzhou Prefecture, Fujian Province.At the same time, the Fatty Army, which said it could do it, also accelerated the pace of preparations. Not only did Yang Yingyuan's [-] troops stationed in Shimen County not leave, but a large number of military supplies were also sent to Jiaxing City through the Beijing-Hangzhou Canal in an endless stream.

At the same time, the fat army's Nanjing, Yangzhou, and Taiping Prefecture corps also began large-scale military mobilization, flooding in from all directions, gathering towards the southern cities of Huizhou, Huzhou, and Jiaxing!There is also the huge navy of the Fatty Army, led by Li Guodong, the captain of the Fatty Navy, for the first time out of the mouth of the Huangpu River, bypassing the cape of the Songjiang River and stationed at Haiyan Port in Jiaxing Prefecture, directly threatening the Hangzhou waterway and the Qing army. Controlled Shaoxing and Ningbo prefectures!
After receiving this information, Zheng Jun in Hangzhou, who had already been warned, was terrified. Geng Jingzhong's army and the remnants of the Qing army in Zhejiang, who had not received the warning, were even more frightened. The remnants of the Qing army led by Tian Fengji all retreated to Shaoxing. Then they withdrew from Huzhou Mansion across the board and returned to the south of Dusongguan. While sending envoys to negotiate with the Fatty Army to find out who the main force of the Fatty Army was coming for, they tried to re-establish an alliance with the Fatty Army and obtain a guarantee of non-aggression from Fatty Lu. The main force was transferred back to Fujian to expel the aggressive main force of Zheng Jun there.Fatty Lu, on the other hand, made false promises with Geng Jingzhong's emissary, neither refusing nor agreeing, while patiently waiting for Zheng Jing's reply, and constantly dispatching troops to the southern front, assuming a fierce posture of overwhelming others.

Of course, Tian Fengji, Geng Jingzhong, and Liu Guoxuan also considered joining forces to deal with the threat from the Fat Army, but the fundamental conflict of interests made it impossible for them to work together. After joining forces, Zheng Jing will definitely ask Geng Jingzhong to admit his actual interests in Fujian, that is, to ask Geng Jingzhong to admit that the land in Fujian Province captured by Zheng Jing is legally owned by Zheng Jing, which Geng Jingzhong will definitely not agree to.There are also Zheng Jing and Tian Fengji. Zheng Jing has always claimed himself under the banner of anti-Qing and Ming Dynasty. Naturally, it is impossible to cooperate with Tian Fengji, who represents the Qing army in Zhejiang. Even verbal cooperation is impossible, let alone openly join forces on the battlefield. up.Even Geng Jingzhong and Tian Fengji, who are most likely to join forces, must be wary of each other on the battlefield. They only want to preserve their strength and prevent the other party from defecting, and it is absolutely impossible to cooperate closely and sincerely.

So there is no other way, the poor Geng Jingzhong, Geng Geng, Liu Guoxuan, General Liu, and the even more pitiful Governor Tian Fengyoshida, the only thing they can do is to secretly pray for God's blessing, and let that goddamned Fatty Lu go south this time. The other two came here, not to make trouble for themselves.

"Damn it! I knew this day would come. Eight years ago, I really should have chopped off that fat dog who was a villain!" Prince Geng yelled at the letter requesting an alliance that had once again disappeared.

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"Fuck you, Lu Yifeng! Thief! A traitor who is a villain!"

At the same time, Yanping County King Zheng Jing and Lord Zheng were also yelling at him. On September [-]th, when he received Fatty Lu's letter of credence from Liu Guoxuan, Lord Zheng threw his teacup over the table and yelled at him on the spot. Pointing at the nose of Chen Yonghua, the chief envoy of Dongning, he cursed and vented his anger, "Eight years ago, why didn't you kill this dog thief Lu Yifeng in Putian Shaolin Temple? Why did you kill this dog thief who is a villain? To live to this day, to show off in front of this king, to bully others?"

"My lord, do you know what's going on today as a lowly official eight years ago?" Chen Yonghua secretly smiled wryly, but he didn't dare to say a word, he just lowered his head obediently.

"My lord, fight with Lu Yifeng as a dog thief!" Zheng Jing's confidants Chen Shengwu, Zheng Bin, Wang Fanxi, and Liu Yan all yelled, "The land of Central Plains is the state of our parents in the Yanping Palace, and it is also the land of our Ming Taizu. Don’t give up a foot or an inch to others! Let Liu Guoxuan stick to Hangzhou City, and then send reinforcements from the sea to go north, and fight Lu Yifeng’s dog thief to the end!"

"Fight with Lu Yifeng's dog thief!" Several Zheng Jun generals also yelled, "Go to Nanjing! Burn the Yue Palace! Skin Lu Yifeng's dog thief! Stretch his tendons! Burn his ashes too Into the toilet!"

"I can't promise it! I can't promise it!" Some people shouted, "Hangzhou is the nail for our Taiwanese army to wedge into Jiangnan. As long as Hangzhou is in our hands, we can enter Jiangnan at any time! Send Hangzhou out, and then think about it in Jiangnan." Gaining a foothold is as difficult as climbing the sky!"

"My lord, I have a plan to break the Lu Yifeng dog thief!" Another wise man suggested: "Please send an envoy to the north to negotiate with Geng Jingzhong, the dog thief, and join hands to fight the Lu Yifeng dog thief!"

Not all the idiots in the Yanping palace were like that. For example, the Taiwan Zuowuwei Xue Jinsi and Chen Yonghua who were as famous as Liu Guoxuan, and the official chief secretary Chen Junyin, all kept silent and refused to follow these ignorant idiots.And Zheng Jing himself is not stupid, he calmed down from the high anger, and Zheng Jing also began to consider the terrible consequences of the war with the fat army, and calculated the outcome of the war after the war.

The more you think, the more guilty you become. The main force of the Zheng army has already entered the Fujian battlefield, and the number of troops that can be transferred to the Hangzhou battlefield is less than 2. The grain, grass, and supplies that can be sent to Hangzhou are pitifully small, even if you don’t consider sea transportation. Without taking into account the sea blockade by the Geng Army in northern Fujian and the Qing Army in Ningbo, just feeding the more than [-] troops sent to Hangzhou before and after is enough to completely bankrupt Taiwan's poor economy!What's more, Liu Guoxuan also reported in his letter that the people in Hangzhou had run out of food, and the food and grass of the defenders could only last for less than two months-this was still under the non-combat consumption situation of only eating two meals a day.

Taking a ten thousand step back, even if the logistics and food can be guaranteed, it is idiotic for more than 2 Zheng Jun to block the main force of the Fat Army. Contests on land are all courting death. Whether it is the quality of soldiers or weapons and equipment, Zheng Jun is not only one or two grades behind Fatty's Army-this point, no matter how arrogant Zheng Jing is, no matter how tough his mouth is, he admits it in his heart.

After hesitating for a long time, Zheng Jing finally turned his attention to Chen Yonghua, and asked: "Military Master, in your opinion, if this king proposes to form an alliance with Geng Jingzhong to resist Lu, will Geng Jingzhong agree?"

"Geng Jingzhong will definitely agree." Chen Yonghua's answer first made Zheng Jing happy, but the next words made Zheng Jing depressed again, "But Geng Jingzhong will definitely take the opportunity to put forward conditions and ask the prince to return Xinghua, Tingzhou and Shaowu. Mansion, maybe you will ask the prince to hand over Longyan and Yongchun Prefecture."

"And Geng Jingzhong is more unreliable than anyone else." Zuo Wuwei General Xue Jinsi finally spoke, and said in a deep voice: "Even if the prince agrees to Geng Jingzhong's request and returns these state capitals, Geng Jingzhong will turn his face at any time and run to the court again." Lu Yifeng sued for peace, took the opportunity to return to Fujian, and recaptured Zhangzhou and Quanzhou—before Geng Jingzhong reneged on his promise and became fat, and he formed an alliance with us and prevented our army from landing on the mainland, which is a lesson of blood."

"Your Majesty, we were the ones who were sorry for Lu Yifeng first. At the critical moment, we did not want to save him. It is reasonable for Lu Yifeng to turn against us." Chen Junyin, who has a good view of the overall situation, said: "Now Wu Sangui's army is in civil strife, the main force of the Manchurian army is destroyed, and Emperor Kangxi We were also hacked, the bandits have no leader, chaos is imminent, and the most powerful person in the world is already Lu Yifeng. In this case, we should not feud with Lu Yifeng anymore, we should take advantage of Lu Yifeng's affection for us If there is an opportunity, we will renew the covenant with him and join forces to fight against Qing Dynasty and Xingming Dynasty.”

"If you re-allocate with Lu Yifeng's dog thief, you have to hand over the city of Hangzhou!" Chen Shengwu, one of the main persons responsible for Geng Zheng's rebellion in history, yelled, "That's Hangzhou! There is heaven above, and Hangzhou below. !"

"Hangzhou was originally given to us by Lu Yifeng." Chen Junyin said coldly: "Lu Yifeng was kind to us and fulfilled the basic obligations of an ally. We did not cherish this ally and betrayed him at a critical moment."

"That's because the old thief Wu Sangui seeks to usurp the throne and usurp the world, so we have to break our alliance with the thief Lu Yifeng!" Zheng Bin quibbled.

"Betrayal is betrayal, especially at this critical moment, anyone would be angry." Chen Junyin sighed, and said: "What's more, Lu Yifeng at that time did not change his banner from beginning to end, and did not give up the banner of anti-Qing and Ming Dynasty. If you argue with him, you won't be able to tell him apart."

Zheng Bin was speechless, and after a while he shouted: "In short, Hangzhou must not be handed over!"

"If we don't hand it in, can we hold it?" Xue Jinsi said with a sneer: "How powerful are the firearms of Lu Yifeng's army? Hasn't Mr. Zheng heard of it? Let's not say that Hangzhou has no food and grass to hold on for a long time, even if it is food and grass. Sufficient, the strength of Hangzhou City is comparable to that of Wuchang City, Jiujiang City and Jingzhou City that Lu Yifeng personally conquered? What's more, Hangzhou City was originally conquered by Lu Yifeng himself, and it only took one day!"

"What's more, once we go to war with Lu Yifeng, Geng Jingzhong will definitely propose an alliance with Lu Yifeng." Chen Junyin reminded: "At that time, if Geng Jingzhong's dog thief trades a few Zhejiang prefectures in exchange for an alliance with Lu Yifeng, Lu Yifeng will definitely Promise, Geng Jingzhong, who has no worries about the future, can free up the main force and return to Fujian to fight with us. In addition, Shang Zhixin, who has relatives with Geng Jingzhong and Lu Yifeng, took advantage of the fire to rob us, and our Yanping Palace is even more dangerous gone."

Thinking of the situation of being attacked and besieged by Fatty Lu, Geng Jingzhong and Monk Zhixin, Zheng Jing couldn't help but change his face. No matter how ignorant the fat faction such as Chen Shengwu, Zheng Bin, Wang Fanxi and Liu Yan were, they were suddenly speechless. Chen Junyin, Xue Jinsi and other pro-fat factions remained silent, waiting patiently for Zheng Jing to make up his mind.

There was a silent silence for a long time, Zheng Jing still couldn't make up his mind, and he was even more reluctant to hand over the city of Hangzhou, the nail that had been inserted into the south of the Yangtze River with great difficulty, hesitating.Finally, Xue Jinsi lost his composure, and said, "My lord, please agree to Lu Yifeng's conditions. This is our only choice at present. Only in this way can we gain a firm foothold on the mainland, recruit troops and buy horses to strengthen our strength, and wait for the opportunity to enter the whole country." But if we don't agree, without Lu Yifeng's action, it will be very difficult for us to resist just Geng Jingzhong's dog thief returning to the teacher's south!"

Zheng Jing's body shook, and he began to waver. Seeing that Zheng Jing was tempted, Liu Yan, the sycophant over there, quickly echoed: "My lord, what General Xue, Military Master Chen, and Master Chen said is reasonable, and the general has also figured it out. Since Hangzhou is destined to be unable to defend Don't worry, it's better to give Lu Yifeng the dog thief as a favor, not only to ease his anger, but also to re-alliance with him, and jointly attack our biggest enemy, Geng Jingzhong, the dog thief. The thieves got another batch of food, weapons, and military pay to ease our urgent needs."

"That's the only way." Chen Shengwu also took the opportunity to flag down the wind, and echoed: "Fortunately, Lu Yifeng's dog thief's appetite is only Zhejiang, and he agreed to draw the border with Fujian Province with us. It is also a good deal to exchange one Hangzhou for the whole province of Fujian. .”

"Lu Yifeng..." Zheng Jing finally spoke, hesitantly said: "Can you fulfill your promise and not have Fujian's idea?"

"Please rest assured, my lord, there is absolutely no problem with this." Most of the civil and military officials of Zheng Jun present shouted, "Lu Yifeng is a despicable and shameless dog thief, but he still speaks well. Last time in Hangzhou City, Just an example."

Zheng Jing closed his mouth again, and after a long time, Zheng Jing finally made up his mind, gritted his teeth and said, "Okay then, return Hangzhou to Lu Yifeng's dog thief! Chen Shengwu, you take my king's order to Hangzhou and let Liu Guoxuan hand it over to you!" Go out of Hangzhou City, return to Fujian by sea, bring back as much as possible, and re-sign a covenant with Lu Yifeng's dog thief to jointly attack Geng Jingzhong's dog thief! Also, try to get more food, grass, and military pay from Lu Yifeng's dog thief Come back with firearms!"

"I will follow orders." Chen Shengwu cautiously agreed.

Although he decided to agree to the humiliating conditions proposed by Fatty Lu, Zheng Jing, who was still angry, kicked on the table that had been overturned, looked up to the sky and sighed: "Huangliang Yimeng! Huangliang Yimeng——!"

(End of this chapter)