Yang Jing downed the wine in his glass and looked at the stage carefully.
It really was Liu Ru!
She was exactly the same as the woman in the portrait of Qin Huai's Eight Beauties that he had seen in modern times!
But how did she end up here?
And he was dancing here…Belly dance?
This didn't fit her feminine image!
Why wasn't this Scholar Liu, who was famous for his talent, discussing poetry and painting with his husband, who was over fifty years old, in the Ying Tian Prefecture? Why had he come to the brothel of the Hui Prefecture?
In the 14th year of Chongzhen, Liu Ru married the leader of the Donglin Party, Qian Qianyi, who was over 50 years old.
Qian Qianyi was very fond of Liu Ru. He built a magnificent "Crimson Cloud Pavilion" and "Red Bean Pavilion" on Yu Mountain for her to hide her beauty.
It is said that the two lived together in the Crimson Cloud Tower, reading poetry and poetry very happy.
As Qian Qianyi's little wife in the attic, Yang Jing couldn't figure out why she was once again in the dust.
With the question in his heart, Yang Jing waited for Liu Rushi to finish her dance and entered the next segment with her.
In the private room of the Warm Spring Pavilion.
Yang Jing looked at this famous prostitute from Qin Huai who had already changed out of her hot dance outfit.
He saw that this woman was dressed in luxurious clothes and was sitting on a low stool in front of him. She had an elegant temperament when she raised her hands and feet.
Her clear eyes were wide open, and her expression was neither servile nor overbearing. She was very different from those vulgar girls who were ready to pounce on Yang Jing the moment they saw him. She was elegant and carefree.
Yang Jing could not help but sigh inwardly when he saw that his appearance and temperament were extraordinary.
This woman was indeed worthy of being the head of the Eight Beauties of Qin Huai. Her elegance was indeed well-deserved.
He looked at Liu Rushi and smiled. He picked up the wine pot and poured himself a glass of wine, then handed it to Liu Rushi.
"Did Qian Qianyi come with you?”
Liu Ru saw that Yang Jing was so straightforward and revealed her identity.
Although she had never thought of hiding her identity, she was still a little surprised at this moment.
"How did Lord Yang know?"
Yang Jing smiled but didn't say anything. He couldn't possibly tell Liu Ru that it was because he had seen her portrait in the future.
Seeing that Yang Jing had no intention of answering her question, Liu Ru cleverly chose not to dwell on this question.
She didn't beat around the bush with Yang Jing." Qian Qianyi is currently in Ningguo Manor.”
Ningguo Manor?
After occupying the Hui Prefecture, Yang Jing was only two prefectures away from the military and political center of Nan Zhi Li.
And the closest to the Hui Prefecture was the Ningguo Prefecture.
After hearing what she said, Yang Jing understood that the Donglin Party had made their move.
Liu Ru looked at Yang Jing and said,""The Donglin Party led by Qian Qianyi knows that the Darming Dynasty is already an arrow at the end of its flight, so they want to choose a new master to join before the world is in chaos.”
This was within Yang Jing's expectations. Other than a few stubborn people who vowed to follow the Ming Dynasty, most of the others were villains who were used to changing the situation and would not rise early without benefits.
Thinking of the Manchu Tartars invading the surrounding villages in the Hui Prefecture, Yang Jing had an idea.
"So they chose to join the Qing Dynasty?”
Liu Ru nodded at Yang Jing's question, then shook her head.
"Not only that, but they also made two preparations.”
Yang Jing understood." They even contacted Li Zicheng privately.”
It was the style of the Donglin Party to prepare for both eventualities.
Yang Jing could guess what was going to happen next.
The Donglin Party wanted to surrender to the Qing Dynasty and borrow troops to attack Yang Jing.
However, the Manchu Eight Banners Army was all outside Shanhaiguan, and Li Zicheng's troops were guarding the north. It was basically impossible for them to send troops to the south to eliminate Yang Jing.
Moreover, they didn't have any powerful ships like Yang Jing's Zheng He's Treasure Ship or Fu Ship.
Their ships could carry a small number of people across the sea, but it was unrealistic to bring tens of thousands of Eight Banners Army.
He could only give them time to slowly recover.
Therefore, they came up with a compromise, letting the Donglin Party in the south pretend to cooperate with Li Zicheng, using the entire South Zhili as bait to lure Li Zicheng to send troops to help the Ningguo Prefecture soldiers attack Yang Jing.
Once Li Zicheng sent troops to attack Yang Jing, regardless of whether he failed or not, his military strength would be greatly reduced.
At that time, the Manchu Qing would send troops to eliminate Li Zicheng and directly occupy South Zhili, fighting against the capital of the Ming Dynasty in the north.
After stabilizing the south, they would send troops to take down the northern territory of Great Ming.
Thinking of this, Yang Jing couldn't help but sigh. The Qing Dynasty's wishful thinking was really loud.
"Li Zicheng agreed to send troops?"
Liu Ru nodded." The Donglin Party has said that as long as Li Zicheng can grant them a high position and a generous salary after he becomes the emperor, they will directly give up Nan Zhili.”
"Li Zicheng was short-sighted. He didn't expect the Donglin Party to collude with the Manqing Wild Boar Skin in private, so he agreed very straightforwardly.”
"Li Zicheng's 200,000 Great Shun soldiers are already on their way.”
What Liu Ru said was basically the same as what Yang Jing was thinking, but there was one thing he wanted to clarify.
Yang Jing poured himself a glass of wine and took a sip. He stared at Liu Ru for a moment, but he couldn't see any emotion other than calmness on her face.
"What do you want?"
For Liu Ru to tell Yang Jing such a secret, she must have some ulterior motive.
Liu Ru seemed to have known that Yang Jing would ask her this question. Her eyes suddenly became very firm.
"I want a person's life!"
Yang Jing glanced at her." Whose life?"”
"Qian Qianyi!" Liu Ru said firmly.”
"My relationship with this dog thief is not like the rumors outside. In fact, Qian Qianyi doesn't treat me well.”
"At that time, he risked the world's condemnation to marry me, not because he liked me and coveted my beauty.”
"He only saw that I was literate and would be liked by the heroes of the world, so he raised me at home so that I could be used for other purposes in the future.”
"The reason why he doted on me so much was to hide it from others.”
"To be honest with you, the reason why I became a prostitute again was entirely the idea of Qian Qianyi.”
"After he colluded with the Manchu Qing Dynasty, he contacted Li Zicheng and the others.”
"Li Zicheng promised that he would send 200,000 troops to support you before you attack the Ningguo Manor.”
"And the Hui Prefecture has been well governed by you. Not a single piece of news can be leaked. Qian Qianyi was not sure how many troops you had under you, and he did not know if he should send troops from other prefectures to support you, so he thought of a way.”
"Send a woman to set up an intelligence network in the brothels of the Hui Prefecture to collect information on the strength of the Hui Prefecture.”
"You know, this brothel has always been a gathering place for information from all walks of life. As long as we send spies here to ambush, we will get useful information sooner or later.”
"But he was worried about leaving this matter to someone else, so I, who had been locked up by him for a long time, came in handy.”
"He sent someone to send me to the Warm Spring Pavilion and established an intelligence network with me as the center. At the same time, he planted many spies in the Hui Prefecture.”
"He wants to take this opportunity to wipe out all your troops in one fell swoop!”
Yang Jing frowned slightly.
The Donglin Party's actions were even more aggressive than he had imagined.
It seemed that they could not delay any longer. They had to send troops to take down the Ningguo Manor immediately!
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