Chapter 734: Chen Yuanyuan
Li Guodong returned to his residence in Nancheng. His residence in Tianjin Wei was originally Yang Weihan's mansion. This was a three-entry courtyard. The outer hall was the central army hall of the Huai Army and the backyard was Li Guodong's mansion. In such a large courtyard, only Li Guodong and two little girls collected from refugees lived. The two girls temporarily acted as maids and were responsible for sweeping and cleaning the floor in the yard.
As soon as I got home and sat down, I heard that Wu Xiang was visiting him.
"Wu Xiang? Isn't it Wu Sangui's father? Let him come in." Li Guodong said.
After a while, Wu Xiang was taken into the mansion by the guards, followed by a woman in white clothes and white skirts, covered with veils, and two maids behind her.
Although the woman was covered with a veil, she could still see her beauty. When Li Guodong saw this woman, he was shocked: Isn’t this Chen Yuanyuan?
I had seen Chen Yuanyuan halfway before. Although Chen Yuanyuan was very beautiful and more beautiful than Princess Kunxing, Chen Yuanyuan's face was haggard at that time. Although Princess Kunxing was in trouble, she had a royal temperament, so Li Guodong didn't pay much attention to Chen Yuanyuan at that time.
"Wu Junmen, are you?" Li Guodong asked.
"Your Majesty, you are a nobleman in the court, but there are so few people in the mansion." Wu Xiang said with a smile. When he came in, he saw everything in the mansion.
Although Wu Xiang's son Wu Sangui was a despicable traitor, when Wu Xiang came to the door, he didn't hit the smiley person. Li Guodong still warmly greeted him to sit down in the inner hall and asked the maid to make tea.
"Master, I brought back the best Longjing. The maid in your mansion cannot make such good tea. Let Miss Chen's two maids go and do it." Wu Xiang said.
Li Guodong nodded without objection.
The two maids were busy, cleaning tea sets and charcoal to boil water. After a while, the tea tray was brought up. When the two maids walked forward, Li Guodong looked at them and saw that the two maids were also very beautiful, of course they were not as beautiful as Chen Yuanyuan.
Chen Yuanyuan took off her veil and revealed her stunning face. She said to Li Guodong Yingying: "My uncle is lucky and Jin An, I dare to play a song for Mr. Bo, and I would like to ask Mr. Bo to give me some advice."
After saying that, Chen Yuanyuan asked the maid to bring a stool for a tea table. Another maid put the piano on the coffee table. Chen Yuanyuan sat on the stool, staring coldly at the front, and stroked the cold and snow-white fingers, and the strings moved, like a jade bead leaping, and the sound of the piano was flying like a natural sound.
Li Guodong looked at Chen Yuanyuan carefully and saw that this woman was indeed unparalleled in beauty. Neither Princess Kunxing nor Liu Rushi were as beautiful as hers. Even the queen Zhang Yan was a little less than Chen Yuanyuan. However, Liu Rushi had a resolute temperament and exuded a heroic spirit; and the princess had a royal temperament, not to mention Zhang Yan, who was the queen of the mother in the world. In contrast, although Chen Yuanyuan was beautiful, she was as plain as water and had no special temperament. Even Hai Lanzhu had a beloved wildness.
But to be honest, Chen Yuanyuan is much more charming than the women Li Guodong has ever seen, and he really has a natural charm.
"I wonder what happened to Wu Junmen visiting the humble house?" Li Guodong asked.
"There are too few subordinates in the uncle's mansion. I will send you two maids, a singer, to serve him." Wu Xiang said with a smile on his beard.
Li Guodong was shocked: Wu Xiang planned to give Chen Yuanyuan to himself? He showed his diligence for nothing, either a traitor or a thief. What kind of conspiracy did he send Chen Yuanyuan out? In fact, even if he took Chen Yuanyuan with a smile, Wu Sangui would not be able to fight for himself. The so-called angrily storm for the beauty is an excuse. In real history, Chen Yuanyuan was robbed by Liu Zongmin, but Chen Yuanyuan was not a wife, but just a concubine. The status of the concubine was very low and was not even regarded as a human being. It was just an item that could be taken out for someone or shared with his good brothers. If he was taken away, it would not be considered a green man.
In fact, Wu Sangui had already had sex with the Qing Dynasty, and Liu Zongmin happened to give Wu Sangui an excuse. As a result, Wu Sangui led the Qing army into the pass. Li Zicheng was furious and then cracked Wu Xiang and then destroyed Wu Sangui.
Li Guodong said slowly calmly: "Wu Junmen, you will not receive any reward without any merits. Miss Chen seems to be Mr. Wu's concubine, right? How could Li take away love with him?"
Wu Xiang said: "Mr. I am loyal to serving the country, but I just want to go to Shanhaiguan and resist Jiannu with my son. It's a pity that Your Majesty refuses to let anyone go. I hope Mr. I can say a few good words in front of His Majesty, and let Mohaiguan go to Shanhaiguan."
Want to run away? Li Guodong sneered in his heart. Wu Xiang must not let him go. He must take him to Jiangnan to restrain Wu Sangui. Although Li Guodong knew that a hero like Wu Sangui would definitely not consider his father's affection, it would be better to have one more bargaining chip in his hand than not having one.
"The Wu army gate has Jiannu in the north and thieves in the south. Why should Mr. Wu guard Shanhaiguan to the death? It is better to go south and follow Li to escort His Majesty to visit Jiangnan. When you arrive in Jiangnan, your Wu family will be able to be granted the title of Duke and Marquis." Li Guodong said.
"Jiannu wants to be king of me!" In the distant Shanhaiguan, Wu Sangui opened Dorgon's letter.
It’s a pity that Wu Xiang didn’t know that the Qing Dynasty wanted to be king of his son. He said, “Mr. It’s good to be a prince, but the family business of the Mo General is in the capital. If he goes to the south, the Mo General will have nothing except the little money he has on his back. I hope Mr. can say a few good words before His Holiness.”
"If Your Majesty does not let go, I will be powerless. Your Majesty also advises Mr. Wu to go south." Li Guodong replied.
It was impossible for Wu Sangui to go south. Wu Xiang also said that their family business was in the north. Although they brought a lot of money to escape from the capital, in this era, rich people like Wu Xiang only occupied a small part of the family business, and most of the industries were fields, shops, IOUs, etc. The fields and shops could not be taken away. If IOUs went to the south, they became waste paper. Who could take the IOUs back to the north to collect debts?
Seeing Wu Xiang's face showing a dismay, Li Guodong comforted: "Wu Junmen, money is something outside of your body. When you go to the south, Li will definitely help you get more industries. As long as we have a knife in our hands, we are still afraid that we will not be able to get the fields or shops? As for Mr. Wu, my uncle will send someone to Shanhaiguan. If he wants to go south, Li will send a boat to pick him up."
"Then I will say goodbye first." Seeing that I could not convince Li Guodong, Wu Xiang had to stand up and say goodbye.
"Wu Junmen, wait, Miss Chen and two maids?" Li Guodong stood up.
Wu Xiang said: "Brother, they will give it to you. I will go to Jiangnan in the end. I still need more care from Wuwei Bo."
After hearing what Wu Xiang said, Li Guodong did not refuse. It would be better to keep Chen Yuanyuan here for the time being than to be with Wu Xiang. Anyway, Chongzhen would not let Wu Xiang go to Shanhaiguan, so Wu Xiang could only follow him south. At that time, Wu Sangui would surrender to the Qing Dynasty. If Emperor Chongzhen was angry and killed Wu Xiang's entire family, if Chen Yuanyuan was still in the Wu Mansion at that time, he would inevitably end up being sent to the Jiaofangsi.
Forget it, it would be a good thing to accept Chen Yuanyuan for a while.
"It's getting late, let's go and rest. Tomorrow morning, I will go on a mission to camp. Qiuju and Dongmei will take three girls to rest and arrange a few clean empty rooms for them." Li Guodong asked the maid to take Chen Yuanyuan and two maids to rest.
"Brother," Chen Yuanyuan shouted in a delicate voice, "Since I have already entered Bother's Mansion, let me serve Bother."
"Miss Chen, go and rest. Li also needs to consider how to deal with the giant gangster Li Zicheng. In addition, when Wu Sangui goes south, I will naturally return you to Zhao." Li Guodong replied. However, he knew very well that Wu Sangui would never give up the conditions for the Qing Dynasty to be the king for a concubine and follow the emperor to become a prince.
What's more, many of the officers and soldiers under Wu Sangui were already ready to move and wanted to surrender to the Qing Dynasty. Because in the Ming Dynasty, there was no status and no money. When they went to the Qing Dynasty, they looked at the soldiers under the command of Sanshun King, and their lives were getting better and better.
Chapter completed!