Han Xiufeng's excerpt was very vague, saying that the materials purchased from Shanghai had also arrived, and the preparations for various projects in Nanyuan were too large, and the food in Beijing was expensive, so he asked the Heying and the Majiamen army stationed in Nanyuan to take turns to go to Gu'an.

Xianfeng realized that the foreign guns had arrived, and realized that Han Xiufeng was worried that if he didn't release the guns in Nanyuan, it would cause a riot, but compared to the big movement of the guns, he felt that what Han Xiufeng was really worried about was food. Because there is too much food in Beijing this year, several imperial historians said that many people had starved to death, and they asked the imperial court to release grain to open a porridge field, and they didn't want to think that if the imperial court really had food, the soldiers stationed in Nanyuan, Tongzhou and other places would not only have one meal a day!

Thinking of this, Xianfeng's mood was extremely solemn, and he was silent for a long time before he raised his head and said: "Wronged, pass on Wenxiang." ”

The big head who was dozing outside the hall eased his senses and hurriedly responded: "The minister obeys the order, and the minister will go and call Lord Wen!" ”

Xianfeng thought that this rammer had finally learned to call himself a minister, but this "minister" came out of his mouth, and he felt strange when he heard it, it was better to be like "me" one by one like before.

The big head didn't know what the emperor was thinking, so he ran to the duty room of the military aircraft department in one breath, and took Wen Xiang, who was reading the Huguang report, out of the main hall.

Wen Xiang knew that because of the Kechang case, the emperor was in a bad mood these days, and after respectfully inviting Sheng'an, he lowered his head and didn't dare to gnaw.

Xianfeng motioned to the big head to hand him the fold, picked up the teacup and said lightly: "This is the fold that Han Si just put on, I am accurate, Aiqing took a closer look, and hurriedly drafted the decree after reading it." ”

"The slave obeys, and the slave takes a look first."

Wen Xiangzai carefully read the fold, closed it and handed it back to the big head, and said cautiously: "Your Majesty, it is understandable to order the soldiers of the river battalion to return to Gu'an, but just order the commander of Nanyuan, the defense, the Xiao cavalry school and the horse vest gate army under their command to go to Gu'an, and the slaves think it is inappropriate." ”

"What's wrong?" Xianfeng asked unhappily.

"Your Majesty, the slave thinks that the teacher is unknown."

Xianfeng was very clear about the transfer of the Eight Banners Majiamen Army stationed in Nanyuan to Gu'an, and Yu Gong learned that the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the Ministry of War, the Infantry Army, the Yamen and even the Minister of Patrol Wang, who was in charge of the defense of Gyeonggi; Yu privately, I learned that the eight banners would be the yamen, after all, the banner people could not leave the capital for forty miles without permission.

But Han Xiufeng asked the Eight Banners Vest Gate Army stationed in Nanyuan to go to Gu'an, which was neither a public matter nor a private matter, Xianfeng didn't know and couldn't explain it, so he simply said coldly: "I can't even do this little thing, what's the use of me asking you to be the Minister of Military Aircraft?" ”

Wen Xiang was startled, and hurriedly said: "The emperor is angry, the slave should die, and the slave will go back to draft the decree." ”

"Kneel down, I'm going to hand it over to the big head."

"Huh."

Sending Wenxiang away, the more Xianfeng thought about it, the more angry he became, and said hatefully: "Pedantic! ”

Datou realized that this matter was related to the fourth brother, and couldn't help asking: "Your Majesty, what's wrong with my fourth brother, did he make you unhappy, he must not mean it, he is really a loyal minister......"

"It has nothing to do with your fourth brother, I know that he is a loyal minister."

"Lord Wen is also a loyal minister, Your Majesty, you have a lot, don't be like him."

"Well, they are all loyal ministers, but I see that you are becoming more and more like a traitor, and you have learned to intercede for others!"

The big head was so frightened that he couldn't give up, his legs were weak, and he knelt down with a puff: "Your Majesty, wronged, the conscience of heaven and earth, I am the most loyal, how can I be a traitor......"

"Okay, okay, I know you're a loyal servant, okay." Xianfeng glared at him with hatred.

After being by the emperor's side for so long, the big head knew that the emperor was not really angry, and even knew that the emperor liked to talk to him when he was unhappy, racked his brains and thought about it, and couldn't help but get up and say: "Your Majesty, I know a traitor, that person is very bad, don't be deceived by him!" ”

Thinking that this was the first time the big head had sued, Xianfeng subconsciously asked, "Who?" ”

"Li Zhaoshou!"

Li Zhaoshou ...... Li Zhaoshou, big head, do you mean the long-haired general who won the Bao Song? ”

"Yes, yes, that's him!" How could the big head miss this opportunity to show off, and said with a fluttering eyebrow: "A few days ago, I heard that Lord Shengbao recruited a thief named Li Zhaoshou, I felt that this name sounded familiar, I thought about it for a few days and finally remembered it, but I felt that it was not necessarily the same person, because there are many people with the same name and surname in the world, and I know that there are several of them just Lord Chonglun." ”

"Those Chonglun are just the same name and not the same surname, don't talk about Li Zhaoshou."

"Oh," the big head didn't dare to talk nonsense anymore, and hurriedly got back to business, and said colorfully: "Didn't I take a day off to go to Nanyuan the day before yesterday, just because of this matter, I went to find Wang Qianli Wang, but I didn't expect that Master Wang said that the Li Zhaoshou who recruited Lord Shengbao was the Li Zhaoshou I knew!" ”

"You recognize?" Xianfeng asked curiously.

"Your Majesty, I don't know it, but I have competed with him, when my fourth brother was doing a patrol in Hai'an, he received the news that a group of salt lords who killed people and goods were going to pass from Hai'an, so he led me and a group of villagers to investigate, but I didn't expect his turtle son to be bold, seeing that we dared to do it, and injured many of us, but they didn't please it, and the dozens of boats of illegal salt were all seized by us, and most of his subordinates were killed and injured, but unfortunately let him run away."

The big head only brags, not lies.

Xianfeng felt that his words should not be false, and muttered: "It turns out that this Li Zhaoshou used to be a salt lord. ”

"It's not just the salt barons, on the night of the encirclement and suppression of them, we only knew that they were smugglers, and we didn't know who his surname was, until the interrogation of his subordinates, we knew that he killed people and oversold goods on the canal, and he had a lot of lives on his back, and many local governments were wanted by him."

The big head paused, and then said: "He has a subordinate named Xun Liu, who used to traffic in illicit salt and passed through Hai'an, and saw someone's daughter washing clothes by the river, so he actually gave that girl to ...... It was ruined, the girl had no face to live, and later hanged herself. If it weren't for my fourth brother, this case would not have been solved by now. ”

"Big head, I know that you are worried that I will be deceived by others, but in fact, I am like a mirror in my heart, how can I not know that the one who casts long hair will not be a good person." Xianfeng sighed secretly, and continued: "The reason why I am so kind to Shengbao is because that Li Zhaoshou not only dedicated three cities, but also led more than 30,000 long-haired people to surrender. If you don't allow it, do you think about how many officers and soldiers will die and how much food will it cost to recover those three cities? ”

"Your Majesty, I understand this truth, but that Li Zhaoshou really can't believe it, in the words of Master Wang, he is a repeated...... Repeat what the villain! ”

"Capricious?"

"The emperor is wise, he is capricious!"

The big head was really worried that the emperor would be deceived, and said eagerly: "After he escaped from Hai'an, he didn't go to Changmao, but gathered a group of private lords on the canal to throw bandits, and wanted to attack a county town in Anhui. Seeing that the situation was not good, he led the remnants of the defeated army to surrender to He Daotai.

My fourth brother was shocked when he heard the news, and hurriedly wrote to Master Shi and Guo Peilin Guo, asking them to quickly remind He Daotai and ask He Daotai to beware of Li Zhaoshou's turtle son. I don't know if He Daotai confiscated the letter from Lord Guo and Master Shi, anyway, it didn't take long for me to hear that Li Zhaoshou's turtle son actually turned his face and killed He Daotai, and took He Daotai's head to Changmao to ask for merit and reward, and became a long-haired official! ”

Seeing the emperor's thoughtful appearance, the big head said anxiously: "Your Majesty, I just wanted to remind you, it can be seen that you have been so busy in the past two days, and you haven't found a chance, so I didn't tell you until now." I swear to God, what I just said is not half a lie, that turtle son surnamed Li really can't believe it, I am worried that Katsuho-sama will also be harmed by him. ”

"Got it, you go to the military aircraft again and send Peng Yunzhang to see me."

"The minister obeys the order, and the minister will go."

……

Xianfeng summoned Peng Yunzhang, the foreman of the military aircraft, to the Qinzheng Palace for questioning, and confirmed that He Guizhen, a jinshi in the eighteenth year of Daoguang, was indeed killed by Li Zhaoshou, the long-haired general who had just recruited Shengbao, and immediately ordered Peng Yunzhang to draft a decree: The Mongolian capital with the yellow flag won the victory and won the decree to surrender Li Zhaoshou.

Han Xiufeng received the news five days later, but compared with the capricious villain Li Zhaoshou Surrender, he was more concerned about the emperor's several edicts on the case.

In the edict issued by the emperor, he repeatedly emphasized that "it should be read in detail and repeatedly examined" and "the circumstances provided should be examined in detail." It can be seen that in the matter of thoroughly investigating the case, the emperor is in charge of the cadres, and Prince Duanhua Zheng, Prince Yi Zaiyuan, and Chen Fuen, the secretary of the military department, are just on orders, and they really have nothing to do with Su Shun.

Ji Yunfei, who was uncomfortable in the city and came to Nanyuan to relax, sighed lightly: "I didn't find out the inconsistency between the Pingling Zhu scroll and the ink scroll, but found out that Li Heling, the head of the military department, corrected the prison for Luo Hongyi, the head of the criminal department of his fellow township, and sent a note to the same examiner Pu An, and Pu An asked Bai Zhongtang's family Jin Xiang to ask Bai Zhongtang to interpret Luo Hong's matter. ”

"Handing over slips?" Han Xiufeng asked subconsciously.

"Cut the paper as a strip, hand it to the examiner, and agree on the words used in a certain part of the poem, so that it can be recorded." Ji Yunfei put down the teacup, and continued: "Generally, it is the beginning or end of a certain paragraph, using specific words, such as 'husband', 'also' and other imaginary words, in order to prevent coincidence, it is usually ordered three or four places, and the examiner takes the note when reading the paper and compares it carefully, even if the test paper is re-transcribed, even if the test paper is named, you also know who the test paper with secret marks is, which is foolproof." ”

"Bai Zhongtang doesn't know, does Bai Zhongtang have ...... Did you receive any money from Luo Hongyi? Han Xiufeng couldn't help asking.

"According to Wu Fuxiang, it has been ascertained that Luo Hongyi visited Li Heling several times before the exam, and Li Heling followed the words, agreeing to use 'Yefu' at the end of the first article, 'That's it' at the end of the second article, 'Don't you hesitate' at the end of the third article, and 'Di Ze' at the end of the poem, and promised that 'if you can divide the room, you can pay attention to it' his article. Later, he handed the note to Urayasu and begged him to take care of it.

As a coincidence, after Pu Yasu entered the house, he saw that there was a test paper in the middle dish paper that matched the strips, and the writing was still clear, so he wrote the words "Qi Sheng Yan is appropriate, Meng Yi is especially good" and recommended it. Later, after filling in the draft list, check the bottom of the grass, and the official mistakenly returned Luo Hongyi's test paper to the room as a middle test paper, and Bai Zhongtang found out that he was going to order his family Jin Xiang to remove it.

Pu An and Jin Xiang have known each other for many years, so they ran to Jin Xiang, saying that there was only such a copy of the Chinese dish scroll in his room, and instructed Jin Xiang to implore Bai Zhongtang to take it and not to remove it. Bai Zhongtang was difficult to refuse, so he took Luo Hong and removed the volume of Liu Chengzhong in the tenth room to be taken. ”

Han Xiufeng muttered: "According to what you say, if Bai Zhongtang doesn't find out, it will be fine?" ”

"There are so many ifs." Ji Yunfei sighed and said with a wry smile: "You must not believe what happened after that, after leaving the house, Luo Hongyi went to Li Heling's house to ask for advice on the etiquette of meeting the teacher, and Li Heling asked for a reward of five hundred taels of silver on the grounds of helping him hand a slip and tie some joints." Luo Hongyi was reluctant to give the five hundred taels because he had not mentioned the silver beforehand.

Li Heling pestered him for a long time, he finally agreed, and after two days, he sent it to Li Heling's house, but Li Heling didn't think it was in good condition and confiscated it. Luo Hongyi had to go back to raise money again and ask his fellow villager Long Zhaolin to deliver it on his behalf. After Li Heling accepted the silver, he lied to Pu An that Luo Hongyi had sent four hundred taels, Pu An confiscated it at first, and later because his brother donated the official, he went to borrow silver from Li Heling, Li Heling said that his silver was stored here and could be used at any time, and Pu An took three hundred taels one after another. ”

"I even dare to accept this silver, it's really insulting to spread it!" Han Xiufeng sighed lightly, thought about it and asked, "What about Bai Zhongtang?" ”

According to Wu Fuxiang, Pu An went to visit Bai Zhongtang's house and sent 16 taels of silver and 8 taels of door bags. and instructed Luo Hongyi to pay a few taels more for the door bag when he went to visit the master, because Bai Zhongtang's family Jin Xiang had helped. Therefore, when Luo Hongyi went to visit Bai Zhongtang, he sent twelve taels of silver and six taels of door bags. ”

Ji Yunfei took a sip of tea, and said: "After the scene, the scholar respects the examiner's honor, or the door bag when he asks to meet, it has always been like this, it is not a big deal, but it is not a trivial matter to be involved in the fraud case." Because Jin Xiang had already followed Bai Zhongtang's nephew to distribute Zhong Ying, the prefect of Gansu, on the way out of Beijing, the emperor had ordered the military aircraft department to send a message to Zeng Wangyan, the governor of Shaanxi, and he immediately punished the local officials to intercept him along the way, and quickly escorted him to Beijing for interrogation, so as not to escape. ”

"The emperor is working hard, otherwise he wouldn't have ordered Prince Zheng and others to investigate like this."

"So Bai Zhongtang was unlucky, and he happened to bump into it."