Wen Xiang said that the imperial court needed time to set up a blockade, which was not an excuse.

In order to prevent the Yi soldiers from attacking the capital, the left and right wings of the Beijing Division, Chahar, Miyun, Rehe, Heilongjiang, Jilin, the Mongolian Zhelimu League, the Zhaowuda League, Shengjing, and Xuanhua Town of Zhili were urgently transferred to Tongzhou, Nanyuan and Shanhaiguan to prevent blockage, and it would take two months to complete the arrangement at the earliest.

In Han Xiufeng's opinion, now that he knows how powerful Xiyi is, it will be a good thing to quickly dispatch troops, but even if all those soldiers can be transferred, whether they can prevent and block Xiyi is another matter.

And the Manchu Dynasty civil and military, especially those of Han Zhan Kedao, although they feel that Xiyi is not easy to deal with, but it is not impossible to deal with, they are full of confidence in Seng Lingqin, and they all think that as long as the monk king goes out, the Xiyi who just captured the Dagukou Fort will be exterminated like the long hair of the northern prisoner Zhili.

Han Xiufeng didn't want to explain, and there was no way to explain this kind of thing, so he simply asked Wan Shixuan and Temulun to take a few Haihu to pick up the soldiers who were transferred from Jingying and Miyun to Nanyuan, and help the grain officer sent by Prince Hui, the minister of the defense king of the same regiment, arrange the food, drink and Lazar of the more than 4,000 soldiers, while he and Rong Lu, Yongxiang, and Wang Hedong led the Eight Banners Vest Gate Army and the River Camp soldiers stationed in Nanyuan to hide far away.

Time flew by, and five days passed in a blink of an eye, and the eighth letter was sent by the sublime messenger.

Han Xiufeng was too lazy to look at it, as if he hadn't heard the report, he still half leaned on the Taishi chair and looked at the soldiers who were practicing on the school field.

Rong Lu motioned for Xiao Shandong to go back first, opened the letter and looked at it, and then said in a low voice: "Dishan said that Miss Yu'er and Father Baoer had arrived, and said that the people in Tianjin were excited, and the gentry and people felt that they could defeat the Cantonese bandits three years ago, but the Xiyi and the Cantonese bandits were almost as powerful, and I strongly asked the governor to lead the regiment to train and help the officers and soldiers to fight against the foreigners."

A few Diao people even entangled a group of salt lords and pirates, rushed into the post house and kidnapped the English consulate from the post house to Gui Liang's accommodation. He was worried about the safety of Miss Yu'er and Father Bauer, so he didn't dare to let Miss Yu'er and Father Bauer enter the city, and directly sent someone to send Miss Yu'er and Father Bauer to the foreigners. ”

"Did he see Jain?" Han Xiufeng turned around and asked.

"See." Rong Lu glanced at the letter and said with a bitter face: "Dishan said that Lao Zhongtang stayed in the Wind God Temple, and Gui Liang, Tan Tingxiang, Hua Shana and others also went when they set up wine to catch the wind for Lao Zhongtang. During the banquet, Gui Liang and Tan Tingxiang complimented each other, saying that Lao Zhongtang had a good relationship with foreigners, and that Lao Zhongtang would definitely get twice the result with half the effort if he went out in person.

The old hall was overjoyed by their compliments, and the next day, that is, early the morning before yesterday, he went to visit the salt merchant mansion where the Xiyi envoys stayed with the national letter. The consuls of Mi and Russia did not say anything, and the English consul official Li Guo was the most tricky, and even took out the old folds that they copied from the yamen of the Guangzhou Taiwan system, and sneered at them. ”

"What's old?"

"It is the excerpts and correspondence of Lao Zhongtang when he was ordered to go to Guangdong to handle razing affairs, which are full of words such as 'Yi people can only be tempted, so they use good words to coax', and Li Guoyu decided that Lao Zhongtang was not sincere, and did not talk to Lao Zhongtang. Then I went to meet Gui Liang and told him about the meeting from beginning to end. said that the British and his old man did not agree very well, and it was difficult to serve, so he had to still rely on Zhongtang (Gui Liang). ”

"It's expected, even if there are no old folds, foreigners won't talk to him." Han Xiufeng thought for a while, and then asked, "What did Gui Liang say?" ”

Gui Liang said that according to this situation, the old Zhongtang was there, and it was difficult for the British to give in. Lao Zhongtang begged Gui Liang to help him with the excerpt of the road, and asked him to return to Beijing to smooth his feelings. Gui Liang agreed, and asked his friends to help him prepare the fold in person. Lao Zhongtang was very grateful, and as soon as he returned to the Fengshen Temple, he ordered his family to pack their luggage, urge Qifu Ma, and prepare to return home. ”

Rong Lu put away the letter, and continued: "Without the emperor's will, his old man can't just go back to Beijing like this, Dishan hurriedly sent someone to chase after him, but he didn't catch up in a hurry." So hurry up and send someone to give us a heads-up. ”

Han Xiufeng was taken aback, sat up and said: "If you go back to Beijing without a will, the emperor will be furious if he knows it, and he will lose his head, Lao Zhongtang is an old fool!" ”

At this juncture, the emperor knew that he would not spare him. Brother Zhixing, why don't I hurry up and go to Tongzhou to see if I can intercept Lao Zhongtang. ”

"What's the use of intercepting it?"

"Persuade him to hurry back to Tianjin!"

"People have come back, what is the difference between going back and going back?" Han Xiufeng pondered for a moment, and then said: "What's more, Bochuan reminded him, and Dishan also reminded him in Tianjin, but he couldn't listen to it if he was stubborn. Now go to Tongzhou to intercept it, not to mention that it may not be able to intercept it, even if it is intercepted, it will not help, and it will be implicated if it is not good. ”

"Then what should I do, I can't see death without help." Rong Lu couldn't help asking.

"Everything has to be done according to our ability, and this is not something we can save if we want to. At this point, only one can be guaranteed and counted as one. ”

"Brother Zhixing, do you mean Qingxian?"

"Lock him up, and no one will see him." Han Xiufeng weighed it and continued, "Send two more people into the city to bring his daughter-in-law and his three sons." ”

"And then?" Rong Lu asked.

"Then arrange an errand for their father and son to help with the camp affairs, and quickly send their family to Gubeikou."

"What if he doesn't want to go?"

"Then arrange a few people to kidnap their family and send them to Gubeikou, find a place to lock them up in Gubeikou, eat and drink well, and they can't go back to Beijing without my warrant!"

"Okay, I'll do it."

……

Just when Rong Lu sent someone to easily deceive Qingxian's wife and concubine and three sons to Nanyuan, and then arranged for someone to send their family to Gubeikou overnight, he rushed to Tongzhou at noon, and received an edict from the military aircraft department in Tongzhou, and was ordered to "stay in Tianjin and do it at your own discretion". Not only did he not listen to his family's dissuasion, but he swaggered back to Beijing like no one, and even sent a letter to the monk Lingqin who was far away in Tianjin, saying that he would arrive in Tianjin in three or five days.

Wen Xiang, who also received the news, had a big head, and hurriedly sent someone to Qifu to inquire and confirm that Qiying had arrived home, and it was inconvenient to come to the door in person to persuade Qiying to ask for a crime or hurry back to Tianjin.

As a result, he had just arrived on the front foot, and before he had time to discuss countermeasures with Han Xiufeng, Rong Lu, who had made a special trip into the city to inquire about the news, came back.

"Brother Bochuan, when did you come here, how can you come here?"

"Leave me alone, let's talk about what news I've found first."

Rong Lu glanced at Han Xiufeng, who was sitting thoughtfully on the teacup, and said helplessly: "According to a friend who was on an errand under Prince Hui, after Monk Greenqin received the letter from Qingxian and Amma, he immediately sent someone to give the letter to Prince Hui overnight. Prince Hui was furious, and said, "The situation is unpredictable, the officer did not have a clue, and dared to use words to unload his shoulders, which is really an unforgivable crime", and ordered his friends to write an excerpt to ask the emperor to order the monk Greenqin, and after the arrest of Qiying to the camp, he will correct the law in front of the army! ”

Prince Hui is now the minister in charge of the defense of Gyeonggi, and he is in charge of the army and the people, and he is truly in power!

Thinking that Prince Hui handed over this excerpt, there was a chance that Qiying's life would be difficult to protect, Wen Xiang couldn't help but turn around and ask, "Zhixing, what should I do now?" ”

"Brother Bochuan, even you, the Minister of Military Aircraft, can't do anything, what else can I do as a Fengchen Yuanqing who sits on a cold bench?" Han Xiufeng asked rhetorically.

"Then you can't see death and not save it!"

"How can you save it?"

Wen Xiang was asked, and he didn't know what to say for a while.

Han Xiufeng let out a long sigh and said solemnly: "According to what Zhonghua said, Prince Hui didn't know that Qiying had arrived home, but this news couldn't be hidden for long. In short, whether Qiying can pass this hurdle will soon be known, and by tomorrow morning at the latest, there should be a will. ”

"Can you help me plead with the emperor before the emperor makes an order, and say that he is old and confused?"

"To intercede at this time?"

Wen Xiang was asked again, after all, it was not as usual now, the civil and military forces of the Manchu Dynasty were excited, and they were going to the excerpts to ask for the crime of Tan Tingxiang, the governor of Zhili. If he knew that Qi Ying's errand was not only not completed, but also returned to Beijing to resist the decree, he would definitely flock to the excerpts and ask for Qi Yingming to be punished.

Thinking that the emperor had long been unpleasant to Qi Ying, Wen Xiang realized that no one could save Qi Ying now, so he could only ask in a low voice: "If Lao Zhongtang is arrested and asked, will Qingxian be implicated?" ”

"It's up to you, brother," Han Xiufeng stared at him and said meaningfully: "Zhonghua and I have already sent their family to Gubeikou, so that he and his three sons can serve in Gubeikou, which is similar to being assigned to the army." ”

"Got it, I'll speak when it's time to speak."

"Then hurry back, don't always run to me in the future, people are terrible, you are not afraid of me, I am afraid!"

"Okay, okay, I'll go back, and I won't bother you again in the future."

"Don't come if you have something!" Han Xiufeng didn't want him to be kicked out of the military aircraft department when he finally entered the duty center, so he thought about it and reminded: "Brother Bochuan, don't forget that you are the minister of military aircraft, if even you can't do it, Zhonghua and I can't do it." ”

"Yes, Brother Bochuan, we will all point to you in the future, you have to be cautious, you can't lose the errand of the Military Aircraft Department." Rong Lu also said with deep understanding.