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Chapter 1442. Big fight (2).

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    <!¡ª¡ª> ¡­¡­ ¡­¡­ The next day, at 3:30 in the morning.  In early summer, it is just before dawn.  Although the Nanjing government is still under martial law and arresting people throughout the city, although the "United Boat Company" is still organizing people from all walks of life to gather in protest, and although Nanjing is destined to be chaotic today, because it is still early, the forces of all parties have not yet launched their operations.  action, so the streets of Nanjing at this time are relatively calm for the time being, unlike yesterday where there were scenes of military-civilian confrontations everywhere.  Taking advantage of this brief moment of calm, Tang Cheng and Ding Wenbo quickly left the Fallen Alley in Nanjing and rushed towards Huo Zhengyuan's temporary residence.  Tang Chengnai is the direct grandson of Tang Zhen, the former Minister of Household Affairs in Nanjing, and Ding Wenbo is the youngest son of Ding Qingming, the former minister of the Ministry of Punishment in Nanjing. More than half a year ago, they were the playboys that everyone envied, but now they can only live in the Lane of the Fallen People.  Living in poverty.  The so-called "fallen people's lane" is where the lowly people in Nanjing gather to live. It is also the place with the most difficult conditions and the worst environment in Nanjing. All the houses are dilapidated, and all the streets are dirty and smelly. People nearby  It is also a mixed bag, and is often bullied and harassed by rogues. It is also located in a low-lying area of ????Nanjing. During the rainy season, rivers often backflow.  Before yesterday, every time Tang Cheng walked in and out of Fallen Alley, his heart would be filled with unspeakable hatred and deep resentment.  He resented the imperial court's ruthless management of Nanjing's officialdom, which caused the Tang family to be reduced from a noble official family to a humble family without warning. He resented the prince and grand master Wang Baoren for ruthlessly betraying his grandfather, the former Nanjing Minister of Household Affairs Tang Zhen.  The Tang family was almost defenseless in the face of the imperial rectification. He even resented his grandfather Tang Zhen for not being prepared for Wang Baoren, a ruthless and unjust villain, so he was easily found by the imperial center.  The Tang family's various crimes also implicated him in all kinds of humiliation after becoming a pariah!  In short, because of his desperate situation, Tang Cheng has turned into a sinister person. He has begun to resent everyone in this world and wishes he could die together with this world!  But at this moment, when Tang Cheng left Fallen Alley, his heart was full of excitement. This was naturally because Huo Zhengyuan gave him the opportunity and hope to escape from his lowly status and change his identity.  After leaving Huo Zhengyuan's temporary residence yesterday, Tang Chengcheng began to follow Huo Zhengyuan's instructions and traveled around to make contacts. He also stayed up all night last night and contacted servants and beggars who were in a similar situation to his own, and who lived in fishing boats and could not go ashore for the rest of their lives.  The fishermen with nine surnames, as well as those Nanjing craftsmen households who were only in a slightly better situation, promised that as long as they worked for Huo Zhengyuan in the next few days, Huo Zhengyuan would help them change their registration and household, allowing them to have the status of ordinary people.  The result was naturally extremely smooth.  For these servants, beggars, fishermen with nine surnames, and craftsmen, the temptation to change their registration and household is fatal. Even if they need to take huge risks, even if they only have a glimmer of opportunity, they are absolutely unwilling to miss it.  Therefore, when Tang Cheng contacted them, he immediately received a fierce response from them. Everyone swore on the spot that they were willing to go to the mountains of swords and seas of fire for Huo Zhengyuan, even if it cost them their own lives. They only asked Huo Zhengyuan to do it for him.  It would be great if their family members and their descendants could be restored to their status as good citizens.  Tang Cheng was not surprised by this result. He knew very well the desperate situation and true thoughts of these people.  Now, Tang Chengcheng wanted to report the progress of his mission to Huo Zhengyuan as soon as possible, hoping that he could leave a good impression on Huo Zhengyuan as capable and reliable.  Ever since he came into contact with Huo Zhengyuan, Tang Cheng had more ambitions in his heart. He not only hoped that he could take the opportunity to escape from his lowly status, but also wanted to take the opportunity to climb into Huo Zhengyuan's network, get Huo Zhengyuan's important use, and restore his former master.  life.  The cheap experience of more than half a year has caused a black hole in the depths of Tang Cheng's heart that eager to devour everything, which requires a lot of wealth, power, and venting to fill them slightly.  With this mood, Tang Cheng walked forward quickly and turned to Ding Wenbo and asked: "How is the progress of the task assigned to you by Academician Huo? You must go all out and never miss this opportunity."  This is an opportunity!¡± Ding Wenbo nodded lightly and said: ¡°It went relatively smoothly. Academician Huo gave me a large sum of money yesterday and asked me to find a way to restore my former family connections. Hehe you also know this kind of connections.  What is the relationship like? If we encounter trouble, they will avoid us and even add insult to injury. But if we have benefits here and it is still profitable for them, then they will too.  Licking my face, I quickly changed my attitude and greeted you again &nbs!p; ?Yesterday I selected a few family members who would be useful in the future and gave them generous gifts. In name, I just hoped that they could take care of me a little in the future and did not make any more requests. But they saw that I took out a large amount of money.  After receiving the money, he immediately became much more cordial. Although it was just a pretense, the contact was restored and he could contact them again at any time to collect information and build bridges for Academician Huo!  " After hearing this, Tang Cheng nodded with satisfaction and said coldly: "Whether it's false or not, as long as you can take advantage of them at any time!  We have completed the instructions given to Grand Scholar Huo so quickly, which will surely make Grand Scholar Huo look at us with a high regard!  Whether we people will eat food and drink spicy food or eat shit and drink urine next depends on these few days!  " Different from Tang Cheng's powerful motivation arising from the resentment in his heart, Ding Wenbo was still a little hesitant and scrupulous at this time. After he glanced at Tang Cheng's cold and solemn expression that seemed paranoid and determined, he couldn't help but question: "Although  Bachelor Huo has made a promise to us, but this matter I still feel it is unreliable!  ¡°Brother, do you still remember why our family was severely punished by the court and reduced to a lowly status?  The main crime was conspiracy to assassinate important officials of the imperial court!  And this important official of the imperial court refers to Zhao Junchen, the temple patron of Academician Huo!  Although we all know in our hearts that the assassination of Zhao Junchen had absolutely nothing to do with the Nanjing Sixth Department and that we were framed, the central government insisted on imputing this crime to us, and we had no chance to argue! ??????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????????? That Zhao Cabinet Minister would really be willing to put things past the past and help us get rid of our humble status and restore our status as good citizens?  Could it be thatthat Academician Huo just wanted to use us and drive us to die from the very beginning?  What should we do if he breaks his promise and regrets it later, or if we all survive his scheme and lose everything in vain?  " Tang Cheng turned to look at Ding Wenbo with some disdain and said coldly: "Do you think we are still qualified to consider these things?  It is better to be used by others or to escape death, than to have no use value and no chance to change the fate, and can only survive in the world in a muddle-headed manner!  For me, I would rather be used to death than" While speaking, Tang Cheng and Ding Wenbo had already rushed to the vicinity of Huo Zhengyuan's temporary residence. But in the middle of speaking, Tang Cheng suddenly felt overwhelmed  Feeling alert, he immediately shut up and turned around, looking behind him. Then, Tang Chengcheng saw two coolie-like men approaching him and Ding Wenbo. When he saw these two men, Tang Chengcheng saw them.  Suddenly he frowned and thought to himself: "Looking at the clothes of these two people, they seem to be members of the Liang Gang The Liang Gang has always been Zhou Shangjing's lackeys, and has always arranged personnel to secretly monitor the temporary residence of Academician Huo.  , and this is already near the temporary residence of Academician Huo, so it is not surprising that members of the Liang Gang appear here!  However, judging from the posture of these two people, it seems that they want to contact and talk with me, but I don¡¯t know what the purpose is Oh, yes, Academician Huo sent people to rent all the nearby courtyards yesterday, so that these people can  The members of the Liang Gang were unable to successfully complete the surveillance mission, so these two people probably want to get information about Academician Huo from us, so I must deal with it carefully and not expose any flaws" Thinking of this, Tang Cheng immediately said  He stopped and bowed to the two people from the Liang Gang with a humble expression. Although most of the people from the Liang Gang were just coolie sailors, after Tang Cheng was reduced to a lowly status, his status was even lower. In order to avoid more trouble.  , still have to be careful to please them. On the other side, Ding Wenbo had the same idea as Tang Cheng. He also stopped and looked humble, waiting patiently for the two grain gang members to inquire about information from him.  Cheng and Ding Wenbo both lowered their gazes, not daring to look directly at each other, and tried their best to show their obedience. However, they did not wait for the other party to ask.  "After walking quickly in front of them, one of them suddenly got angry, took out a short stick from behind, and hit them directly on the head, immediately knocking Tang Cheng and Ding Wenbo unconscious, while the other  He took out two pairs of sacks, stuffed Tang and Ding into the sacks with quick hands and feet, and then quickly left here with Tang and Ding on their shoulders. * Tang Cheng and Ding Wenbo never expected that.  The two people they saw dressed as Liang Gang had never thought of using normal means to find out information from them from the beginning. Moreover, these two people were not members of the Liang Gang at all, but "Chaofeng" who was disguising his identity.  "Dead soldiers. According to Jiang Xiao's order, these two "Chaofeng" dead soldiers need to take action to kidnap and control several humble servants who are working for Huo Zhengyuan, and become "Chaofeng".The organization's spy provided Jiang Xiao with information about Huo Zhengyuan.  So, the "Chaofeng" dead men focused on Tang Cheng and Ding Wenbo.  In fact, it is not an accident that Tang Cheng and Ding Wenbo were targeted by the "Chaofeng" dead soldiers, but it was something that was destined to happen.  Tang Cheng was eager to show off his abilities to Huo Zhengyuan, so he dragged Ding Wenbo to Huo Zhengyuan's temporary residence before dawn.  After the two "Chaofeng" dead soldiers arrived near Huo Zhengyuan's temporary residence, they first saw Tang Cheng and Ding Wenbo.  Tang Cheng and Ding Wenbo both had low status, so even the "Chaofeng" dead men were full of contempt for them and had no intention of carefully screening them. After meeting Tang Cheng and Ding Wenbo, they  Seeing that it was getting dark, he immediately decided to choose the two of them as control targets.  After all, the status of Jiji is too low. Even if Tang and Ding are unwilling to become the informants of the "Chaofeng" organization, the "Chaofeng" dead soldiers can kill and silence them at will without worrying about anyone tracking down these two people.  The truth behind Jianji's death will be when the "Chaofeng" dead warrior will re-select his target.  As a result, Tang Cheng and Ding Wenbo were kidnapped by the "Chaofeng" dead man before they had time to report the progress of the mission to Huo Zhengyuan.  * About half an hour later, a basin of cold water was poured on the heads of Tang Cheng and Ding Wenbo, finally allowing Tang and Ding to wake up leisurely.  Tang Cheng¡¯s mind was dazed for a while, and then he finally recalled his experience of being kidnapped. He was shocked at the moment, but finally woke up completely, and he quickly propped himself up and looked up to observe the surrounding environment.  Then, Tang Chengcheng found that he was in a awning boat. The two men dressed as grain gangs who had kidnapped them before were standing at the bow and stern of the boat, seemingly responsible for guarding them.  And Ding Wenbo was right next to him, his expression and reaction were exactly the same as his own, and he was also nervously observing the surrounding environment.  At the same time, both Tang Cheng and Ding Wenbo were not bound. It seemed that their kidnappers were extremely confident and did not worry about their chances of escaping.  In the boat canopy, in addition to Tang Cheng and Ding Wenbo, there was also a stout man wearing the clothes of a grain gang leader and wearing a mask. He was sitting in front of them, observing them carefully with cold eyes.  The reaction of the two.  And this stocky man wearing a mask is Jiang Xiao.  Tang Cheng didn¡¯t know that the bandit leader that Huo Zhengyuan wanted to arrest was sitting in front of him. At this time, he thought that someone from the Liang Gang had kidnapped him.  Although he resented the grain gang's rough methods, Tang Cheng naturally did not dare to show it at this time. Instead, he immediately knelt down and kowtowed, as if he had no dignity, and said in a trembling voice: "Hero, spare your life! Hero, spare your life! I hope this hero knows."  , my companions and I are just two scoundrels who are willing to be humiliated. Not only do we have no money and power, but we are also of low status. If a hero is tied up, we will not be able to squeeze out any profit at all. It will only bring bad luck to the hero. If we expect the hero to show his noble hand, we should treat it as such.  We two are nothing, please let us go! Don¡¯t worry, hero. As the two of us, we have no ability to retaliate against you. We don¡¯t dare to hold grudges, we will only be grateful for your kindness!¡±  Ding Wenbo's reaction was a little slow, but he immediately imitated Tang Cheng and knelt down to beg for mercy.  On the other side, after Jiang Xiao saw Tang Cheng's behavior, he felt a trace of interest in his heart and said slowly: "You said you two are just two ordinary untouchables? Why don't I look like that? I have someone in the court.  It is clearly stipulated that low-ranking people are not allowed to study and take scientific examinations, but the way you talk and behave does not look like illiterate people." Tang Cheng lowered his head and sobbed: "You are a good man, you have a sharp eye, we are indeed not ordinary low-ranking people.  The villain's name is Tang Cheng, and his grandfather is Tang Zhen, the former Minister of Household Affairs of Nanjing! You must have heard that the central government has repeatedly cracked down on Nanjing's officialdom in recent years, and also said that the Six Ministries of Nanjing had ulterior motives and hired assassins to assassinate Zhao Ge, an important minister of the imperial court.  Then countless charges were filed, and all Nanjing officials were severely punished. The villain was also implicated and was demoted to a lowly status by the government The person next to the villain is named Ding Wenbo, and he is the son of the former Minister of Criminal Affairs of Nanjing.  The situation is exactly the same as that of the villain" After Jiang Xiao nodded slightly thoughtfully, he asked again: "It turns out that it was after the officialdom I have also heard about your situation, it is indeed a bit pitiful As far as I know  , you are now being lent to Huo Zhengyuan by the Nanjing Rites Bureau Yamen?" Tang Cheng still did not dare to raise his head and replied: "That's right! That great scholar Huo wants to hold a large banquet, so he needs a group of people who know etiquette.  , servants who have seen the world, Xiaoren and others just meet such requirements, so they were assigned by the Nanjing Ministry of Rites to be the servants of Huo University" Speaking of this, the seemingly humble and timid Tang Cheng, a ray of light suddenly flashed in his eyes, and he added: "I hope the hero knows that the current situation of the villain and his companions is really miserable! The court backer of the great scholar Huo is Zhao Junchen and Zhao Ge  Old! I just mentioned that the reason why the Nanjing officialdom was purged by the central government was because the central government believed that officials from the Six Ministries of Nanjing hired assassins to assassinate Zhao cabinet ministers, and our group of people were assigned to Huo University by the Nanjing Ministry of Revenue.  , that great scholar Huo soon learned of our origins. In order to vent his anger on Zhao Gechen, he found various reasons to torture and humiliate us So, I hope that you, hero, will be merciful and have a little mercy on us poor people.  We must be released from here as soon as possible. If that great scholar Huo hasn¡¯t seen us rushing to his temporary residence to obey his orders, he will definitely punish us severely, and maybe beat us to death" Finished  , Tang Cheng was already kowtowing and pleading, and his image was extremely pitiful.  Although Tang Cheng did not know the true identities of Jiang Xiao and his "Chaofeng" soldiers and mistakenly thought that they were from the Liang Gang, he still accurately deduced Jiang Xiao's true intentions and believed that Jiang Xiao sent someone to kidnap him.  He and Ding Wenbo wanted to conquer the two of them and become informants and take the opportunity to find out information about Huo Zhengyuan.  On the surface, Tang Cheng's words were to beg Jiang Xiao to release him, and to use his miserable situation to arouse Jiang Xiao's sympathy, but in fact, he was hinting at something to Jiang Xiao - he, Tang Cheng  He has an old grudge with Huo Zhengyuan, harbors a hidden grudge in his heart, and also has the motive to take revenge on Huo Zhengyuan.  In short, Tang Chengcheng wanted to make Jiang Xiao mistakenly believe that with just a few tricks, Tang Cheng could be bribed to become an informant, and Tang Cheng could be used to collect intelligence information on Huo Zhengyuan.  Tang Cheng reacted very quickly and came up with such a plan in a short time. If his plan succeeded, not only would he be able to escape smoothly, but he would also be able to use counterintuitive tactics to provide Jiang Xiao with various false information,  Misleading Jiang Xiao's judgment.  Tang Cheng¡¯s performance is also extremely realistic. If he had met an ordinary person, Tang Cheng¡¯s plan might have succeeded.  But unfortunately, the opponent Tang Cheng encountered this time was Jiang Xiao. ?¡­?¡­?¡­?¡­?<!¡ª¡ª>
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