Brocade tears

"What exactly do you want?" Meng Kuang asked in a deep voice, protecting Sui'er behind him.

Li Laosan let out two chattering giggles, and said, "Where is the information I want? Zhang Yunxiu's whereabouts, you didn't find out?"

"Tang Fu'an, Zhang Jing, and Fang Ming are dead, Wang Daoming has fled, King Lu has gone mad and has been sent back to Beijing, and no one knows Zhang Yunxiu's whereabouts. Where can I find out?" Meng Kuang asked.

"Hmph, you know revenge all over your head, and your brother didn't even get close to the scene. You brothers and sisters, after so many years, you have not succeeded enough to fail." Li Laosan didn't seem surprised by this result at all. That's it.

Meng Kuang was enraged by what Li Laosan said, and he said angrily, "Shut up, you faked your death back then and made my father and brother a target, and now you still say that my second brother and I are useless, how shameless!"

"The news that your father and brother sent Li Sui'er away was accidentally leaked by your elder brother. It was your elder brother who ruined my big business and even killed your father. You stupid girl who doesn't know anything so far, so don't tell me again." I'm talking nonsense here." Li Laosan said with a gloomy face.

"What did you say? Don't talk nonsense, use words to fool me." Meng Kuang was taken aback. How could the eldest brother leak the news, and to whom?

"Do you still remember the family that your elder brother was engaged to? The surname is Wang, and the girl's elder brother is also your elder brother's colleague. Your elder brother told the girl of the Wang family that he was going to Liaodong two days before departure. Then The girl was very sad, and she told her brother the news. Who knew that the speaker had no intention, but the listener had intentions, so Jin Yiwei, surnamed Wang, reported the matter to the chief of Jin Yiwei, who he belonged to at the time, and Meng Xu, as Jin Yiwei, left without authorization. Beijing was not allowed, and this matter was quickly reported to the Nanya Inspection Office. You know, the Nanya Inspection Office is responsible for internal personnel inspections, and the deputy thousand households of the Nanya Inspection Office at that time was Wang Daoming."

Meng Kuang was trembling all over, did this happen?She can't take it.

Li Laosan's tone was still cold: "I am also very surprised by the death of your father and brother. Because of this incident, I have paid the price for nearly ten years, and I have not achieved the goal of the past. I came to look for you today. You are arguing, and you don’t intend to talk about the past. The past is over, and people always look forward. I’m here to discuss cooperation with you. Our goal is the same, to find the picture of thousands of beasts and flowers , sooner rather than later."

Meng Kuang was still in the shock just now, and didn't answer for a while.Sui'er hid behind Meng Kuang and responded aloud:

"Ming people don't say dark words, Li Laosan, what happened back then, what are you planning, can you speak clearly? Otherwise, how should we trust you?"

"I came here to explain all this, but you guys are too hostile to me and won't listen to me. Let's not just stand in the yard all the time, can we go in and find a place to sit and talk about it? It's a long time to say it, I'm old and my waist and legs are not good." Li Laosan said jokingly.

Sui'er gently pulled the back of La Mengkuang's clothes. Meng Kuang took a deep breath, restrained his mind and controlled his emotions, and said coldly:

"Come in." As she spoke, she kept on guard all the time, so that Li Laosan would not leave her sight.Li Laosan walked into the house slowly, and sat down on a dusty chair casually. Meng Kuang and Sui Er sat on a stool separated from him by a table. The illuminated lantern emitted a dim yellow light, illuminating Li Laosan's terrifying face.

After he sat down, he pointed to the scar on his face and asked:

"Do you know how I got this scar?"

Without waiting for Meng Kuang and Sui Er to react, he explained: "I am from Cantonese. I was originally a fisherman on the coast. I have studied in private schools for several years and am literate. In the 43rd year of Jiajing, I was 27 years old. My wife and children were killed by Japanese pirates. My face was also slashed by a Japanese sword, and I lost one eye. I narrowly escaped death and saved my life. At that time, the Japanese invasion in Guangdong was serious, and the imperial court recruited soldiers everywhere. It didn’t matter whether I was blind in one eye or not, as long as my limbs were healthy and I could see. The following year, in the 44th year of Jiajing, I joined the army and was assigned to Yu Dayou to kill the enemy. After joining the army, I participated in the South Australia Campaign and followed Yu Dayou to fight in the south. Mr. Yu favored me and taught me to read and practice Shaolin stick and sword. Fa, read a lot of military books. In the third year of Wanli, Yu Gong was old and wanted to retire, so he dismissed and arranged for some of his elite subordinates to follow up their official careers. I was recommended by Yu Gong, went north to the capital, entered Jinyiwei, and was soon assigned to a prison. In the seventh year of Wanli , Yu Gong refused to resign many times, and died of illness while in office.

I can't help myself, I went to war with Mr. Yu and learned the sea warfare method, but the imperial court didn't use me and arranged for me to go to prison.He was also extremely harsh on Duke Yu. When he was sick and weak in his later years, he was never allowed to retire from office. He dragged his sick body to take care of the southern sea area.It was not until he was dragged to death that he added a posthumous title, but he didn't know how painful his death was.

Presumably your second brother has told you about the existence of the 'New Party'. My contact person is Zhang Juzheng himself. He said that he hopes that I can keep in touch with him by letter. If necessary, he hopes that I can make a contribution to the cause of reform in the future. force.Yu Gong was also a part of the early preparations for the new party, hoping to carry out military restructuring through the operation of the new party in the court.I inherited the behest of Mr. Yu and started to work for Zhang Juzheng. I have always hoped to get rid of the backward military system, break the shackles of the guards, and establish a more reasonable military fund-raising system, and even a tax system.

Money, in the final analysis, is still money. The biggest problem of Guochao lies in its finances.And our Holy Majesty has gone crazy with money-gathering, all the tax revenue has gone into his private treasury, and most of the rest has been swallowed by the royal relatives. How much money can he spit out for reforming the military system and training the army?The imperial court is crying for poverty every year, and the people are burdened with heavy tax debts and can't breathe.What kind of mining tax is being implemented now? Those tax collectors are doing harm to one side, and they are really going further and further away.

After the examination method and the one-whip method were implemented, I really saw hope.But the hope is too short. When the news of Zhang Juzheng's sudden death came, I was really blinded.Before he died, he also told me that he had made the latest map of Ming Dynasty, which included all the treasures of the entire Ming Dynasty. As long as the chains of protection between officials and officials were broken, corresponding measures should be formulated in corresponding areas, and corrected bit by bit. Squeeze out the wealth swallowed by the giant whale.He said that the wealth of Ming Dynasty could not disappear out of thin air, but was swallowed up by gluttons entrenched in various places. As long as we can find a way to make them spit it out, the shortcomings of my Ming Dynasty can be eradicated, and the reform of the military system is no longer a luxury.

Zhang Juzheng was liquidated, and your father escorted his family members from Jiangling to Beijing. I asked your father about the existence of Li Sui'er, and I knew in my heart that this little girl mastered the most critical process of drawing the painting of thousands of beasts and flowers. The real finished painting of beasts and flowers has disappeared, but as long as she is there, I still have the hope of making a copy of the painting of thousands of beasts and flowers.So I told your father of my plan, I hope he will help me rescue Li Sui'er from prison, I want to send him to Liaodong, to Li Chengliang's sphere of influence for asylum, and then slowly plan.I have always had correspondence with Li Chengliang, and he and Zhang Juzheng also had good friends in the past. Due to the long-term arrears of military pay, he also has a strong need to reform the military system.

Your father is really a man with family and country feelings. He was also a man who suffered from Japanese invasion and his family died. This is why I can get along well with him.I was almost going to introduce him to the new party, but unfortunately your father..."

Li Laosan paused, glanced at Meng Kuang and Sui Er who had been listening quietly and calmly not far away, and then continued:

"At that time, the situation in Beijing was complicated. Because of the liquidation of Zhang Juzheng, all the dignitaries in Beijing were in danger, and because of the prison robbery, the security forces of the entire capital were mobilized to investigate everywhere. We hid Li Sui'er. In your family, I have been trying to find opportunities to send her out. I know in my heart that I, as the prison manager, have a duty to do so. In order to escape, I have to feign death, so as to attract all the focus of the investigation. On me, let your father get away. Before I even had time to discuss with your father, I was already targeted by the people from Nanya.

In order to fake death, I specifically killed a prisoner with a scar on his face like mine.This prisoner is the shadow stand-in that I have always prepared for myself. Jin Yiwei has to find a way out for himself, and what I have to do is to be beheaded. I always have a strong sense of crisis. and retreat plan.Later, by chance, I found such a person who looked very similar to me. He was a homeless refugee. I took him to prison and took care of his food. He was kept in prison by me all the time. , I created the exact same scar on his face as mine.

I drugged his meal that night, stunned him, took him home, and hung him in my room.So far I got away, and your father wanted to meet us at the place we agreed on the next morning, but he found me dead and returned home very smartly.And judged that someone would search your home soon, and arranged a series of plans to make your home escape Wang Daoming's search.But although Wang Daoming never found out anything from your home, he never let go of his surveillance of your home.He has always suspected that your father has a ghost, and your whole family is on his suspicion list.

I had been hiding in the city at that time, and I didn't dare to contact your father immediately.After waiting for a long time, I finally looked for an opportunity to contact your father after the intensity of the search in Nan Ya was reduced.During this period, your father kept Li Sui'er hidden at home and did not send him away rashly. His judgment was right, because he would be targeted if he sent Li Sui'er one step out of Meng's house.The stalkers stared at the Meng family for three months before they finally withdrew.Your father knew that someone was watching outside his house, so he stayed outside and did not go home. He also suspected that my death was suspended, so he kept creating opportunities for me to contact him.

On the fifteenth day of the twelfth lunar month, the city gate was changed. It was an excellent time. I told your father that I would leave the city one day earlier and wait for them at Baili Pavilion in the northern suburbs of the capital.He needs to grasp the timing of the defense change and bring Li Sui'er out of the city, and we will escort her all the way to Liaodong.It is difficult for your father to complete this matter alone, and he needs the help of your elder brother.So your father told your elder brother everything without reservation, but it is a pity that your elder brother is still too young to leak the news to his fiancée.

I waited hard for your father and brother in Bailiting for three days, but I knew something was wrong when I didn't see them coming.I took the risk to go back to Beijing and secretly inquired about the news, only to find out that your father and brother are dead and Li Sui'er is missing.I searched many times in the capital, and it took nearly half a year before I finally got the news that Li Sui'er was sent to the palace by Fang Ming through Chu Yidao, my eyeliner in Beisi.I know that it is almost impossible to let Li Sui'er come out again, so I have to give up Li Sui'er and find another way.And the only clue I have left is Zhang Yunxiu who has long been missing.

As a last resort, I embarked on the road to find Zhang Yunxiu. "