Siheyuan: Starting from Saving Qin Huai Ru

"The survivors outside the city of Yangzhou cry, and half of the survivors have no siblings. After ten years of greed and lingering, there are only a few huts to shelter from the cold. The soldiers suddenly said that they would go south, and thousands of horses galloped like torrential rain. The poor children were trampled to death in the eastern suburbs, and the west Girls like flowers are kidnapped from the suburbs. Girls weep and mothers weep, it’s hard to have a blind date, dust is flying inside and outside the city.”

"The sound of drums and horns makes one's soul feel like dying. Who can go to see the soldiers in charge. The order was to raise horses for twenty days, and the officials went out to stop the cold and shuddered. How long did it boil when they entered, and nine of the ten families were burned. At that time, the grass and dead trees were all dead. Withered, flesh and blood and home are gone now. The white hair returns and sits on the ground, and there are nesting birds in the middle of the night."

When the lights came on, the entire Mingyufang was full of obscene words and obscene voices.

There is only one room with a unique style. There is a middle-aged woman who sells singing with a sad face, singing a ditty brought by a guest, with tears in her eyes.

On weekdays, I forcefully smile, greet and see off, but at this moment there is really nothing, only sorrow and sorrow.

Opposite the middle-aged woman is a young beardless Taoist priest with fair skin, handsome and elegant.If he was not wearing a Taoist robe, but a literati gown, even if he claimed to be a Juren, it would still be believed.

The Taoist priest didn't know why, but he was accompanied by two helpers; these two helpers were neither bookboys nor Taoist boys, but they were strong and strong, and looked not to be provoked.

The two held packages in their hands and stood on one side.

It seemed strange for Taoist priests to come to such a place of fireworks; it was equally strange to bring two people to listen to the music, and sleepless women did not entertain guests.

The strangest thing is that he made up his own lyrics, and it is also very strange for a prostitute to sing.

The content of the words is clearly about the massacre in Yangzhou more than 20 years ago.

Back then, Yangzhou didn’t even resist much. The Manchus gathered in the city for a few days, fired a few cannonballs, and demanded surrender, but Shi Kefa did not surrender. When the Manchus gathered, the attack on the city officially began, but it took only a day or so for Yangzhou to fall apart. city.

No matter which point of view, Yangzhou should not be slaughtered. The resistance was not very heroic, and it did not cause casualties or troubles to the Manchus. It was just gathering troops under the city of Yangzhou.

However, even so, after the city of Yangzhou was broken, it was still slaughtered to nothing.

To put it simply, it wasn't even caused by Shi Kefa's non-surrender, or he vented for no reason.

Because of this, it looks like a beast.

Even the ancient army slaughtered when they resisted fiercely and harbored hatred. At least there was a reason for it.Yangzhou was just an excuse for resistance by the Manchus. In fact, the city was destroyed in one day of attack, and there was no real effective resistance for a long time.

For the common people, word of mouth about military affairs is always extraordinarily mysterious and easily distorted; nowadays, most of them are rumored about how Shi Kefa led Yangzhou to be unyielding, how the army and the people worked together to fight against the Manchu Qing. Chen Yuqian...

Not to mention these things, just say that this middle-aged prostitute sang this miserable little song, because she was from near Yangzhou, and her relatives were killed in Yangzhou more than 20 years ago, so she was very touched, and she burst into tears.

After singing a song, Haikun, who was wearing Taoist robes, clapped his hands slightly: "Okay, the girl sang well..."

The woman hurriedly wiped away her tears, saluted and said blessings: "It's still your poems, sir, the literary talent is so brilliant, it makes people cry."

"Still singing?" Hai Kun asked with a smile.

The woman nodded quickly, took the string and fiddled again, and said: "If the master asks me to sing it again, I will sing it again."

As soon as he sang, a rough voice came from the next door: "Fuck you! Everyone else is here to have fun, why don't you have a fucking funeral?"

"What the hell are you singing! It's unpleasant to hear!"

When this sentence came out, Haikun and his two helpers Zhao Xiaolong and Liu Shengcai showed no surprise at all.

Ever since Zhao Xiaolong redeemed Wei Chunhua and brought Wei Xiaobao out of the Lichun Courtyard by the way, Wei Chunhua's mother and son met a wealthy "big guy" and lived a very comfortable life. To frame Zhao Xiaolong, a rich man.

Liu Shengcai and Hai Kun rest in the private room of Lichun Courtyard every day, and are quite familiar with Lichun Courtyard.

They already knew who was coming next door today.

It was Mao Shiba who escaped from prison in Yangzhou.

At this moment, Mao Shiba had already been injured because of his escape from prison, and he came to Lichun Courtyard just to avoid people's eyes and eyes, and to recuperate his injuries.

I planned to wait for the private salt dealer Qing Gang to make trouble, and then get to know Mao Shiba. By the way, I will get involved with the Tiandihui, so that it will be easier to get involved, gather anti-Qing forces, and it will be easier to achieve my goal.

It's just that Mao Shiba couldn't bear it so much, he couldn't help it after listening to some sad ditties.

"Go and invite the good guy next door, and I'll explain it to him."

Hai Kun said.

Zhao Xiaolong got up and went, his attitude was polite enough, after Mao Shiba sneered a few words, seeing that he was not angry, but still invited himself to explain the whole story, he vented his anger too.

"Forget it, forget it, you guys just stop singing that frustrating ditty, it will make me very unhappy!"

"Your Excellency is also a hero. My master kindly invites you and explains clearly. Don't you dare?" Zhao Xiaolong said.

When Mao Shiba heard this, he was furious.

He was a man with a violent temper, straight to the point, and could not be provoked.

After hearing this, he took the white cloth wrapped around the wound and went to the next door.

Seeing a young Taoist priest, a helper, and a middle-aged prostitute, Mao Shiba was taken aback.

"You are the master who listens to that ditty?" Mao Shiba stared at Haikun and asked, "You are young, what's the use of listening to this kind of sad music? It makes people feel uncomfortable!"

Hai Kun smiled and explained the content of the ditty to Mao Shiba.

When Mao Shiba heard that it was more than 20 years ago that the Manchus committed murder in Yangzhou, his face changed drastically, and he solemnly apologized to Haikun, asking for his name.

"My name is Hai Kun, and this is my name."

"As for the Taoist robe, it's just a cover-up because I don't want to shave my head according to the Manqing's will."

"What's your name?"

Mao Shiba said: "My name is Mao Shiba, and I was arrested by the Qing Dynasty and taken to the prison in Yangzhou."

"Because I had an agreement with my friends in Jianghu, I have to fight tomorrow, and I don't want to miss the appointment, so I escaped from the prison, and I am going to rest here today, and go to the appointment tomorrow."

"Brother Mao's injury..." Hai Kun asked.

"Hey, they are all chased by the government's dogs. The old wounds have not healed, and new wounds have been added!" Mao Shiba said nonchalantly.

"Then how do you go to challenge tomorrow?" Haikun asked again.

"As long as I'm alive, it's fine to go to the appointment and challenge."

Mao Shiba was forthright and bold, with the spirit of an ancient chivalrous hero, he actually disregarded life and death.

He is also one of the few heroes in the entire story of "The Deer and Ding Tale" who ignores life and death, and a true chivalrous man.

Look at Mu Wangfu and Tiandihui, there are traitors appearing frequently, Shenlong Sect is almost all duplicitous villains, the whole rivers and lakes have no leaders, and there are frequent internal strife, there are really very few people like Mao Shiba who promise so much money and don't hesitate to live and die.

Although Mao Shiba's martial arts is low, he is only about the same as Jia Laoliu of Tiandihui, but compared with the selfish people in Qingmu Hall, Mao Shiba can be called a very sincere "knight".

With a wave of his hand, he told the middle-aged woman to step down, buy food and drinks, and entertain Mao Shiba.

Mao Shiba was very happy, and asked Haikun about the inheritance of martial arts, and the origin of it.

Haikun laughed and said, "I don't have any martial arts, it's just that I'm born with relatively strong strength."

"It's just with an anti-Qing mind."

Mao Shiba was overjoyed: "I, Mao Shiba, are just like you, with the same anti-Qing thoughts!"

"Brother Hai, I offer you a toast!"

The two drank two glasses of wine, and there was a sudden noise outside.

It turned out that a group of people from the rivers and lakes came and broke into Mingyufang.

They called themselves the Green Gang, blocked the entrances and exits of Mingyufang Street, and searched for a Tiandihui, Jia Laoliu, from yard to yard.

Because Jia Laoliu was drinking in a tavern next to the Slender West Lake this afternoon, he scolded the Qing Gang for being just sneaky businessmen, and he didn't dare to do big things against the Qing Dynasty.

The green gang who bought illegal salt were scolded and broke their defenses - I can't beat the Manchus, and I can't beat you?
Not only did he fail to prove that he was a hero, so he tried to rebel against him, but he came to Mingyufang to find Jia Laoliu aggressively, so that this troublesome Lao Liu would know that he knew the power of the Green Gang.

Mao Shiba patted the table and stood up, cursing: "These private salt dealers are even more worthless! The Tiandihui are all great heroes who opposed the Qing Dynasty and restored the Ming Dynasty. How can their dog mouths be worthy of mentioning such heroes?"

Haikun smiled and said, "Brother Mao, don't be impatient, it's up to me to solve this matter."

He got up and led Zhao Xiaolong, Liu Shengcai, and Mao Shiba out of the house, and stood on the second floor of Lichun Courtyard, watching several Qinggang people yelling non-stop, insulting Tiandihui Jia Laoliu, and calling him a shrinking turtle.

There is one thing to say, Jia Laoliu is indeed not a thing.

Drunk and scolding the Green Gang, causing trouble for Tiandihui, and then taking money to Mingyufang to sleep with the girl.

In the original book, Mao Shiba came out to help him withstand the pressure at this time. He, Jia Laoliu, did not show up from the beginning to the end, and later admitted in the capital that he was indeed in Mingyufang. He knew about Mao Shiba's help. I was afraid that I would be hacked to death by the Qing Gang.

When they came to the capital to elect the incense master of Qingmu Hall, they also elected his brother-in-law Guan Anji.

It can be seen from this that what is the faction in Qingmu Hall and what is the selfishness of Jia Laoliu.

Drinking and sleeping girls cause troubles, hide for a while when things happen, and come out when nothing happens to push brother-in-law to be the incense master.

Such a person is not worthy to be compared with Mao Shiba, let alone be worshiped by Mao Shiba.

"Friends of the Green Gang, it's not good to yell at Mingyufang here."

"You are looking for Jia Laoliu of the Tiandihui, how about this, I will be a middleman, please sit down with Jia Laoliu and talk, and make a show."

"It's best if we can reach an agreement. If we can't agree, it's not too late to call and kill."

"At least you don't have to harass others to do business!"

An old man from the Green Gang said: "Who are you? Why do you want to be this middleman?"

"I'm just a Taoist against the Qing Dynasty. Is your Excellency the leader of the Qing Gang's incident in Mingyufang today?" Haikun asked.

The old man said: "Old man Lishizhang Mi Bin is now the elder of the Green Gang."

"Today's matter, I was the one who came. If Jia Lao Liu is not captured, how can we go back and explain to the leader?"

Haikun smiled, went downstairs, and met the old man face to face.

After a trance, Haikun thought to himself: Although people in the Jianghu are strong and strong, they are still simple-minded, and the mind control is also successful.

I don't know if those with internal power are so easy to control.

Thinking about it, it should be a little difficult.

After all, internal force is a kind of power that comes from the inside out and has already transcended the mundane. It is completely different from the ordinary quacks who polish their strength and moves.

Although people like Mi Bin, the elder of the Green Gang, can fight, five or six officers and soldiers with spears in hand can deal with them. Facing the imperial army, these quack habits are not only useless but harmful.

"Elder Mi might as well listen to me, please invite the leader to come to the Lichun Courtyard, let's have a good drink and talk tonight, and try our best to settle the matter with Hemeimei."

Hai Kun said with a smile.

Mi Bin's face was slightly shaken, and he turned his head and said to his subordinates, "Go and invite the gang leader."

The subordinate then took the order to ask the helper.

"There are also friends from the Tiandihui, you can also come out today, let's talk together!" Haikun said again.

Jia Laoliu walked out as if nothing had happened, with a kiss mark on his cheek.

In addition to him, there are two members of the Tiandihui Honghuatang, one surnamed Wang and the other surnamed Wu.

The two Tiandihui members of Honghuatang happened to have an appointment with Mao Shiba for a duel tomorrow.

I didn't expect to sleep with the girl tonight...

This reminds Haikun of what Chen Jinnan said to Wei Xiaobao in the movie The Deer and Ding Ji: Anti-Qing and Fuming is just a slogan, money and women are the goals, and you can't tell the truth to fools.

The three Jia Laoliu are not stupid at all.

During the day, he talks about opposing the Qing Dynasty and restoring the Ming Dynasty, and diss other Jianghu forces in his mouth, which will cause trouble for the world.

Make money and women at night.

Mao Shiba was careless, when he saw Jia, Laoliu and the other three, he narrowed his eyes with a smile, and stepped forward to compliment and admire the three heroes of the Tiandihui.

He also said that if he knew that he was challenging the heroes of the Honghuatang of the Tiandihui, he would rather die than do such stupid things!
Facing the Qinggang and Tiandihui, Mao Shiba inadvertently pushed and stepped on them, the angry faces of the Qinggang members turned green, and Jia Laoliu shook their heads triumphantly.

For Haikun, apart from Mao Shiba's sincerity and chivalry, there are no good people at all.

Lichun Courtyard has prepared a large guest room, inviting Haikun, Mao Shiba, Qingbang, Jia Laoliu and others to take their seats.

Zhao Xiaolong and Liu Shengcai took out pistols, put them in their waists, and stood on both sides of Haikun as guards.

Qingbang, Jia Laoliu and others inevitably asked about Haikun's martial arts, Jianghu's nickname, and its origins.

Haikun said with a smile: "Where I come from, all my friends will know in the future. You can't fake this thing, right?"

Not long after, Gao Huhu, the leader of the Green Gang, came.

Immediately, he and Haikun "like friends at first sight", and quickly became easy to talk to.

The gang leader Gao Huhu and the elder Mi Bin both listened to Haikun's advice, and turned the big thing into a small one, so the matter would naturally go away.

Jia Laoliu stepped forward and apologized verbally, which was considered to take everyone's face into consideration.

Under the auspices of Haikun, a conflict was resolved invisibly.