On the surface, there is really no problem with this, but after careful tasting, the timing of the dealer's move is too strange. It seems that Wei Xiaobao's arrival was anticipated in advance. If we carefully explore the original novel, we will find many clues, and all this seems to be related to the forces behind the bookmaker. Let's take a closer look at the mysterious power behind the dealer.
First of all, before revealing this mysterious power, we need to determine the specific location of the banker's haunted house. Perhaps many readers will ask: Needless to say, this problem naturally lies in Huzhou. Zhuang Tingzhen of the banker is from Huzhou. But is this really the case? Because after the Ming case broke out, all people related to the banker were sent to Beijing to be executed, while women were sent to Ningguta. In other words, a large group of widows of Ming history cases, including Shuang'er, should all be in Ningguta. Why do you collectively appear in the haunted house of the dealer?
Obviously, they were saved, and the person who saved them was called He Tieshou. Yes, it is the leader of the ruling party in Sword with Royal Blood. Later, she took Yuan Chengzhi as her teacher and went into exile with her, which was also reflected in Shuang'er's memory. It says: Fortunately, I met a savior on the road, killed my poor understanding, rescued dozens of our women and settled here. Here comes the problem. Where is the "here" in Shuang'er's memory of "settling here"?
First of all, there is no doubt that this banker's haunted house must be between Huzhou and Heilongjiang, because the banker's original residence is in Huzhou and Ningguta is in Heilongjiang. Judging from the map trend, the banker was rescued by He Tieshou in the process of being escorted. Secondly, Wei Xiaobao and his party had just left Beijing to take shelter from the rain when they accidentally broke into the haunted house. There are two destinations for their party: one is Shijiazhuang where Mu Jianping, Fang Yi and others are going, and the other is Shanxi. Wei Xiaobao went to Wutai Mountain in Shanxi on the orders of Kangxi.
In the description of the novel, Wei Xiaobao has separated from two women, but due to the sudden arrival of Liu Yizhou, they delayed each other for a while, so they met with heavy rain and had to get together again to take shelter. So from this perspective, this shelter, that is, the banker's haunted house, should be at the fork in the road leading to Shijiazhuang and Shanxi.
We might as well imagine that after we leave Beijing, whether we go to Shijiazhuang or Shanxi, we must pass through Hebei, and once we want to separate, this means that Mu Jianbing, Fang Yi and others have reached the border of Hebei. Therefore, it can be concluded that this banker's haunted house should be on the top of a mountain in Hebei near Beijing. In fact, it is also reflected in the detailed description of the original work.
Among them, it was written: Seven people were heading west along the main road, and Fang Yi and Mu Jianbing were not cured, so they could not leave quickly. It rained harder and harder, and there was not even a farmer along the way. After a while, seven people were all wet. Obviously, going west mentioned in this passage is telling us that their party must pass through the border of Hebei.
The second question needs to be discussed here: Why did He Tieshou suddenly appear in Hebei? He Tieshou should follow Yuan Chengzhi to overseas islands to enjoy peace. Why did he suddenly return to the Central Plains and happened to meet the banker? Obviously, there is a purpose behind this. According to the original description, He He Tieshou's return to the Central Plains was mainly due to his orders to do an important event, which wrote: After Ming Taizu's death, she went overseas, and came to the Central Plains at the orders of her mentor that year, inadvertently saving a group of widows such as the third wife of the banker and teaching them some martial arts.
So what is this thing? Why didn't Yuan Chengzhi come and only sent He Tieshou? As you can see, Yuan Chengzhi himself can't show up, or it's inconvenient to show up, so he asked He Tieshou to do it himself. In other words, what is Yuan Chengzhi afraid of? There are actually two things. First of all, he is afraid to meet A Jiu, because he loves him too much and doesn't know how to face it. Second, I am afraid of seeing the land ruled by Manchu or Li Zicheng. And what does he want He Tieshou to do?
First, he was afraid to meet A Jiu, but he was anxious to know the news of A Jiu, so he sent He Tieshou to inquire about the news of A Jiu. Second, he always pays attention to the situation in the Central Plains, hoping to drive away the Manchu one day. Once, Yuan Chengzhi tried, whether it was his feelings for A Jiu or the assassination of Dourgen. But he failed and gave up. Many years later, he looked at the old people around him on the Pacific island and felt a sense of sadness. Yes! Although you have the best martial arts in the world, you can't achieve great things. It is a waste of life.
So he would suddenly send He Tieshou to the Central Plains in that year, with the main purpose of cultivating anti-Qing forces. When the time is right, he will come back with a group of old people. When He Tieshou appeared in Hebei, he was actually actively looking for anti-Qing forces that could be cultivated, and the banker's widow became the best logistical support force.
In addition, from the experiences of Wei Xiaobao and Zhang Laosan in The Banker, it can be concluded that the banker's haunted house is actually a secret base. Otherwise, why can dozens of people live here but hide it as if it doesn't exist? Obviously, this house was specially planned when it was first built. There should be a secret room or a hidden room in this haunted house, where everyone usually lives, and it is obviously very useful to establish such a secret base somewhere near Beijing in Hebei. He Tieshou usually goes to Beijing for information, so he can deliver the news quickly here, which is not easy to be noticed.
The third question, why did the dealer give Shuang'er to Wei Xiaobao? Before discussing this issue, we can actually analyze another issue. Since He Tieshou was so kind to the bookmakers, he not only provided them with accommodation, but also taught them superb martial arts. Why not go directly to Beijing to help them kill Ao Bai and avenge them? Why not bring the informer Wu Zhirong? Actually, He Tieshou doesn't need to do this at all. She has been in the Central Plains for many years and has made a skillful judgment on the situation in Beijing. Her purpose is to cultivate anti-Qing forces, and then wait for the arrival of Yuan Chengzhi. So there is absolutely no need for her to take risks for the bookmaker.
In this way, He Tieshou quietly dormant, until many years later, she found a new training object-Wei Xiaobao, Wei Xiaobao is the red man around Kangxi, and his story of killing Ao Bai in his early years has already spread all over the country, and He Tieshou naturally knows this, so a secret plan began.
In order to make Wei Xiaobao feel good about himself, He Tieshou did two things: first, he gave Shuang'er to Wei Xiaobao; second, he taught Wei Xiaobao by innuendo, so that they could establish a mentoring relationship. Therefore, Shuang'er should be just a tool person, and she doesn't know the secret. As for the third wife of the haunted house, she knows a little.
Because it is clearly mentioned in the original text that she knows Wei Xiaobao's deeds very well, including information such as Wei Xiaobao is false eunuch and she is the head of the Aoki Hall of the Heaven and Earth Society. However, bankers' housewives have lived in haunted houses for a long time. How did she get this information? Obviously, all this was revealed to her by He Tieshou.
In addition, there is another key point to pay special attention to when sending people to Shuang'er, that is, the time is too strange. He Tieshou wasn't here when the dealer made this. How could she not be here? In fact, she's right there. She has been hiding in the dark, observing all this from beginning to end, but never showed up. Because the news that Wei Xiaobao went to the haunted house to take shelter from the rain was revealed by her, long before that, she set an eyeliner in Beijing and followed her all the way here. After confirming that Wei Xiaobao and her party were sheltering from the rain in the haunted house, she negotiated the plan with three wealthy families of bankers.
It was a clever plan for them to give Shuang'er to Wei Xiaobao. Since then, Wei Xiaobao has formed an indissoluble bond with bankers. No matter what the banker does in the future, Wei Xiaobao will not stop him, but will provide convenience, and maybe he will become an important force of anti-Qing forces. As for He Tieshou, she didn't show up until the time was right. The purpose of her move is naturally to further strengthen the relationship between them, and she even taught Wei Xiaobao by innuendo. So we have reason to believe that He Tieshou just wants to win over Wei Xiaobao.
In fact, in the dealer's haunted house, except Wei Xiaobao, wood blade Ping, Fang Yi and others were taken away by the people of the Dragon Gang, but the dealer's third wife was not worried at all, but comforted Wei Xiaobao. It says: since I promised to ask questions, I didn't dare not answer them at first, but when the benefactor knew it, he was afraid that there would be all kinds of harm and no benefit. Those friends of the benefactor should try not to hurt them and meet him again in the future.
If the banker's three giants are just an ordinary widow, why can she confidently guarantee the safety of Mu Jianbing and Fang Yi to Wei Xiaobao? It is not difficult to see that there is a mysterious force behind the banker, and this force is actually an anti-Qing force headed by Yuan Chengzhi and He Tieshou.