Chapter 55: Triangle of Bitter Love

"He himself has no enmity with me." The woman changed the subject, her expression became cold, "It's just that Manqing and I have a sworn hatred. He is Kangxi's right-hand man. He accepts bribes and takes power on weekdays. If you kill someone, you will bring it upon yourself."

The woman secretly added a sentence in her heart, receiving someone's invitation, this is probably the last time she will help 'him' before leaving. After that, the two will live apart, and it is estimated that they will never see each other again.

"A young and beautiful woman who has an unshakable enmity with the Manchu Qing?" Song Qingshu kept filtering the characters in the original novel in his mind, and suddenly a flash of inspiration flashed in his heart, and he bowed slightly, "Is the girl Miss Ajiu, the former Princess Changping of the Ming Dynasty?"

Zhu Ainao frowned and looked at Song Qingshu warily: "Who are you, and why do you know my identity?"

Song Qingshu glanced at the beauty in front of him faintly, his eyes full of pity. Ah Jiu was an extremely tragic character in the original work. Born in the family of the last emperor, the country was ruined and his family was destroyed. His arms were cut off by his biological father. He loved Yuan Chengzhi wholeheartedly. Unfortunately, he had already made a marriage alliance with Xia Qingqing. Snow Valley waited for him for ten years.

Everyone knows the ending. For ten years, whether it was because of Xia Qingqing or not, Yuan Chengzhi never went to find her...

Zhu Ya'ao felt Song Qingshu's eyes full of emotion when he looked at her. She felt extremely uncomfortable for a moment and coughed lightly.

Song Qingshu came back to his senses, and smiled awkwardly: "Miss Ajiu, don't be suspicious. I have always been familiar with martial arts anecdotes, so I can guess your identity."

"Haven't you asked your Excellency Gao's name?" Auntie Zhu felt that the other party knew everything about her background, but she didn't know anything about him, so she couldn't help asking.

"I'm Song Qingshu," Song Qingshu saluted slightly, and asked out the doubts in his heart, "It's true that Miss Ajiu and the Qing Dynasty have national hatred and family hatred, but now she is risking the war between the Song and Qing Dynasties and assassinating her in the territory of the Song Dynasty. The Qing envoy, I wonder if there are any difficulties?"

Aimee Zhu heard that he was dissatisfied with his behavior in his words, and thought he was a citizen of the Song Kingdom, so she couldn't help explaining: "Mr. Inadvertently found out that Wei Xiaobao's mission this time was secondary, and the main purpose was actually to deal with the Shandong Golden Snake Camp. I was worried... worried that the last banner against the Manchu Qing would also fall, so I planned to assassinate Wei Xiaobao, and draw my salary from the bottom... "

"Miss Ajiu is probably for Yuan Chengzhi, the leader of the Golden Snake Battalion." Song Qingshu looked at her with a half-smile, but his heart was full of embarrassment. Although he had never met Xia Qingqing, he expected that his talent and beauty would not be as good as Ah Jiu's. , How much determination did Yuan Chengzhi have to make to finally give up Ah Jiu... But this is unfortunate for Ah Jiu, but it is great luck for other men.

Having his daughter's thoughts broken by him, Ah Jiu felt a little embarrassed at the same time as she was shy. After all, she was a loser in the relationship between her and Yuan Chengzhi and Xia Qingqing.

"I've tried my best, and the rest is up to Brother Yuan." Auntie Zhu smiled sadly, raised her head and said to Song Qingshu, "Thank you, Mr. Song, for your mercy today. Ah Jiu has something important to do and needs to get there as soon as possible. Farewell to the Western Region, see you later."

"There will be a period later..." Song Qingshu didn't know any reason to keep her, but watched her graceful figure slowly disappearing into the night sky reluctantly.

All the way back to Yuhua Pavilion in a daze, Wei Xiaobao saw that Song Qingshu had come back alone, knowing that the assassin hadn't caught him, but he didn't show his dissatisfaction at all. , is Brother Song injured anywhere?"

Song Qingshu casually prevaricated: "I'm sorry, Brother Wei, I made a mistake and didn't catch the assassin."

Wei Xiaobao looked strange, thinking that your martial arts skills were obviously better than that woman's and you wouldn't be so unfaithful as to let her run away secretly.

Noticing Wei Xiaobao's expression, Song Qingshu knew that he had a slick heart, and ordinary lies might not be able to deceive him, so he could only half-truth and half-truth said: "I have already restrained that assassin, but it's a pity that the black-clothed masked general jumped out suddenly The assassin left. The man here has superb internal strength, and his swordsmanship is weird and brilliant. By the way, judging by his martial arts skills and weapons, he should be the well-known "Golden Snake King" Yuan Chengzhi in the Jianghu."

"Yuan Chengzhi?" Wei Xiaobao sucked in a breath of cold air. He had already believed it eight percent in his heart, thinking to himself that he had secretly dealt with the Golden Snake Camp under the secret order of the little emperor during his trip. Could it be that the news leaked out?

"Then how does Yuan Chengzhi's martial arts compare to Brother Song?" This is the question that Wei Xiaobao is most concerned about. The reason why Kangxi and him are so eager to recruit masters in the world is to deal with Yuan Chengzhi, who is a master of martial arts.

"What, are Brother Wei going to deal with Yuan Chengzhi?" Song Qingshu was not in a hurry to answer, but looked at him curiously.

Wei Xiaobao thought that he would have to rely on him to deal with Yuan Chengzhi anyway, and sooner or later he would know about it, so he led Song Qingshu into the house and whispered Kangxi's secret order to him.

"Hey, Brother Song, you and I have sworn brothers. The so-called blessings and sorrows are shared, and I will not hide it from you," Wei Xiaobao sighed several times on purpose, with a look from the bottom of his heart, "I helped you on that day. After the emperor eradicated Oboi, I thought that the emperor could sit back and relax, but I didn't know that the emperor was still frowning all day long, once I had the courage to ask him what was the matter with the old man, and only then did I know the emperor's four confidantes."

After Wei Xiaobao finished speaking, he paused and asked deliberately: "Brother Song, do you know what are the four most serious problems for the Emperor?"

"The Manchu and Qing Dynasties are now in a stalemate with Mongolia, and Mongolia should be one of them." Song Qingshu only thought of this one.

"Brother Song is really well-informed," Wei Xiaobao gave a thumbs up, and continued, "But Mongolia is an external problem after all, and the other three are internal problems. One is Wu Sangui, the king of Pingxi who is stationed in Shanhaiguan, and he is capricious. Just like he betrayed the Ming Dynasty, he handed over Shanhaiguan to Mongolia. However, he now has hundreds of thousands of elite troops, including 10,000 Guan Ning cavalry, one of the most elite cavalry units in the world. The emperor can't touch him for a while. "

"The other problem is Hongli, the Prince of Shengjingbao. The previous emperor avoided the throne. He and the current emperor are the most qualified princes to be crowned the Great Treasure. Finally, with the help of the queen mother, the emperor became the real son of heaven, but Prince Bao has always coveted the throne. , and never gave up. He now has hundreds of thousands of Eight Banners soldiers, and his son Fukang'an is also a good warrior. The father and son have been fighting the Mongolian army on the front line of Liaodong for many years, and their prestige in the army is very high. The emperor is afraid that You... you have to knock down the Great Wall, so you can't do anything to him."

"This world is really chaotic. Qianlong and Kangxi actually became brothers, and there was an undercurrent of competition for the throne..." Song Qingshu was so shocked that he was shocked, but he hadn't seen anything unusual during this time? He quickly accepted all this and took over the conversation and said:

"The third trouble must be the Golden Snake Camp in Shandong. Although the Shandong Rebel Army is also powerful under the leadership of Yuan Chengzhi, the emperor certainly did not have the same concerns about Wu Sangui and Hongli, so he chose to deal with him first."

"That's right!" Wei Xiaobao nodded, "The Emperor has been trying to wipe out the Shandong rebels for many years. Unfortunately, as soon as the officers and soldiers arrived, they all retreated into the vast mountains. As soon as the officers and soldiers retreated, they were all like stones in a pit. Popped out."

Wei Xiaobao picked up a cup of tea to moisten his throat and continued: "His grandfather's is really more hateful than Mother Yang of Li Chun Yuan! Yuan Chengzhi even seized the opportunity to severely damage the imperial counter-rebellion army several times, making the rebels arrogant. Even more arrogant. Then the emperor gave up the army encirclement and suppression, and considered using Jianghu methods to deal with Yuan Chengzhi."

"It's a pity that Yuan Chengzhi is also the head of the Huashan sect and the Golden Snake Langjun family. His martial arts skills are rare in the world. That's why Brother Wei and the emperor are so eager to recruit masters from the world." Song Qingshu added.

"Hehe, I can't hide anything from Brother Song," Wei Xiaobao said with a smile, "I wonder what the result was when Brother Song and Yuan Chengzhi fought just now?"

Song Qingshu had never fought against Yuan Chengzhi. He could only evaluate Yuan Chengzhi's martial arts roughly based on the original work and Ah Jiu, and said lightly: "It's a tie." He knew that saying that Yuan Chengzhi's martial arts was higher would make Wei Xiaobao look down on him, saying My martial arts skills were higher, but I couldn't explain the fact that Ah Jiu was rescued, so I had to give a moderate answer in the end.

Wei Xiaobao said with great joy: "Yes, yes, with Brother Song, a master who can rival Yuan Chengzhi, brother, I am enough to submit to Xiao Xuanzi."

Song Qingshu was moved in his heart and took the opportunity to persuade: "Brother Wei, although my martial arts skills are similar to Yuan Chengzhi's, the news that you are going to deal with him has been leaked. On the way back to Beijing, you must pass through Shandong territory, plus the Blood Knife Sect. Those people, as brothers, I am afraid that one fist will not be able to defeat four hands, and they will not be able to protect the safety of brothers."

Wei Xiaobao was startled and looked panic-stricken: "It's over, it's over. This time it's obvious that all the dealers are killing each other. Is it possible to call in the army to escort? But this will definitely scare the snake, and Xiao Xuanzi will definitely be unhappy..."

Seeing that it was almost time, Song Qingshu pretended to hesitate and said, "I have a plan, I don't know if it will work."

"Brother Song, please tell me." Wei Xiaobao's eyes lit up and he looked at him expectantly.

"Brother Wei can let Zhang and Zhao make a big show of escorting the envoys north to attract the enemy's attention, while the two of us go south..."

Before Song Qingshu finished speaking, Wei Xiaobao interrupted him and asked, "Why do you want to go south?" Wei Xiaobao wondered in his mind: Could this pretty boy be hiding something?

With a faint smile, Song Qingshu was not in a hurry and slowly explained: "There is a peerless master in Gusu during this period. If we can persuade him to join the Qing Dynasty, with the two of us by our side, we can go through mountains of swords and seas of fire, let alone the Shandong Golden Snake Camp." ?"

"How does his martial arts compare to Brother Song?" Wei Xiaobao asked half-convinced and half-questioned.

"It's worse than that." Song Qingshu said firmly.

Wei Xiaobao couldn't help but feel something in his heart. If he could find two masters who were as tall as several floors back to the palace, Xiao Xuanzi would definitely be happy with Long Yan. Then he might give me an earl and duke for fun... Thinking of the beauty, Wei Xiaobao couldn't help but laugh. Laughing out loud.