In Chang'an City, where the cold wind is howling and everything is silent, the former residence of Li Guangbi in Guanglu Fang near Fanglin Gate in the imperial city of Ouchi. Just as it was a feast full of friends and cheering one after another, singing and singing.

Under the light of the silver candles and lanterns that seem like daytime, groups of pots, plates, pots and utensils, dressed in cool and thin clothes, exposing their arms and shoulders, like tireless bees and butterflies, walk through the hall full of guests of different shapes and shapes.

The exclusive music class from the former Ouchi First Power Eun Tian Lingzi Mansion played the cheerful and high-spirited "Magpie Dengzhi" here, thinking that it was from the top courtesan peony lady in Pingkang Beili, and the light singing voice that seemed to go around the beam.

In the past, the Imperial Household Province was dedicated to rewarding ministers with the names of dragon paste wine, bone changing mash, Lan Shengchun and other names, which were also like streams and springs here, and were constantly poured on the Penglai Mountain Sculpture that was more than a foot high in the middle of the banquet court, and gathered in the huge jade-colored sea pool thousands of times.

Then, the maid scooped out the wine syrup along the texture mechanism on the wall carving of the sea pool, and then placed it in the warm furnace water tray next to the guests' seats.

As the host of the banquet here, Guang Luqing, Tejin, and Cui Miao, the Shou Situ and Tongping Zhangshi, also looked and searched proudly, and the mood and looks on the faces of all kinds of guests; While secretly figuring out the meaning and intentions of the previous Huang Chao summons.

Could it be that the Yellow King deliberately introduced the choice he privately recommended to balance and divide the quality of this group of envoys who served as the prison army? However, this is not an easy thing to do, although many people regard it as a way to make money and a place for fat and beauty, and are willing to repay him well.

You must know that in the past half a year after entering Chang'an, he has newly married more than ten concubines, all of whom are daughters of famous families in Beijing; Among them are sisters and sisters-in-law, and even a pair of aunts and cousins; And now there are people who are pregnant, which makes him even happier.

In addition, those wealthy merchants, big families and noble families in Beijing, in order to ask him for shelter and care, also secretly gave many well-tuned/trained singers and housekeepers; And it is filled with dozens of courtyards and halls.

Therefore, now the sum of these unnamed servants and maidservants under his name is enough to follow the story of King Zhao and King Qi in the Kaiyuan period, and do the deeds of "human furnace" and "meat screen".

In contrast, his separated and missing family members in his hometown in Beizhou, as well as his eldest daughter who was married far away, all seem to be very far away. Of course, he still occasionally misses this only adult daughter. Because she also represents a channel for communication and information to the south;

Although the current Yellow King has obtained the throne he wished, he still faces many internal and external problems and difficulties. In contrast, the land in the southwest controlled by the cheap son-in-law is wild and remote, but it is also the pattern of separating Jinghu Lake and Liangling into a climate.

Even if he can't openly communicate with the old rebels like Fei Chuangu and Gai Hong because of his identity and position, and seek all kinds of conveniences and benefits from it; However, in the name of caring for his daughter, he can also send and install people there to find out the news, and even make people privately trade goods to make a profit.

In fact, even the head of the ministers who has always been at odds with the "Monk Zhou", the Shangshu Ling Shangrang, who is in charge of the political affairs hall; It was inevitable that he would make his old department Ge Cun's relationship with him, and organize several caravans of different names during the period of Shangluo Dao.

Not to mention Empress Cao's side, who openly corresponded with her as her mother's family; And directly in Guangfu, Tanzhou, Jiangling has a number of mansions, stores and other ready-made businesses, otherwise the appearance of all kinds of southern products and utensils in the Ouchi is the result of conjuring out of thin air.

Because of the continuous financial resources and material supplies in the south, Empress Cao, who was born as a courtesan in Yunzhou, was able to use the means of favor in Da Nei to quickly support and gather a large number of former servants and palace people in the name of Lizheng Palace; And then Liu Guifei was the head of the self-contained Wanchun Palace, and there was no temper to the squeeze.

In fact, in addition to the kinship faction headed by the eight sons of the Yellow Gate who really can't let go of their faces and figures; Including the cronies of the Yellow King, Meng Kai, who had a fire and hatred in Guangfu at the beginning, most of the righteous generals had inextricable interests with him.

Therefore, as one of the five phases of the political affairs hall, although he has the responsibility of secretly supervising the government and the opposition and collecting internal and external information and news, he has no way to make a great deal of condemnation and investigate and touch most of the people and things involved in this line.

While he was thinking about it, he saw someone raise a glass and offer a toast (toast) and said:

"I only wish the prime minister good luck and eternal fame."

However, it is the left concubine among the invited guests, and it can be regarded as one of the most important existences among the guests. Cui Miao couldn't help but raise his glass in return and smiled:

"But I have good luck, I hope that Zuo Shuzi has a bright future."

Because, don't look at this Yan is really just a Zuo concubine of Zuo Chunfang in the East Palace, but he is one of the old people from the Huangwang Township Party among the former subordinate officials of the General's Mansion. Therefore, he was also secretly appointed as one of the first batch of envoys to supervise the army without the need for the imperial examination selection this time. ”

"I'm going to do something in the Eastern Capital, I don't know if the minister can teach me."

Yan Shi is also a pleading voice on the snake stick.

When Cui Miao heard this, his heart suddenly moved

"You can know that Zhu Zhuangwu, but the young handsome figure that the king values is because of his brother, and he has a lot of connections with the south."

- I'm the dividing line -

And in the south, on the land of Jinghu Lake.

"For the sake of the saints, continue to learn, and open the peace of eternity"

For a time, all the public places under the rule of the Taiping Army were full of this kind of honorable recitation. Especially those who are from poor families or literati, they are eager to hang on their mouths all the time, thinking that they are self-motivated and encouraging to others.

And when he heard this "Taiping Four Wishes" and "Taiping Righteousness", Wang Renshou, who was preaching in Langzhou, did not speak for a long time, but felt that it was very unpleasant to have mixed feelings in his heart.

Although at the beginning, he was also excited because of the righteousness of the Great Dao, and it was difficult for him to be excited. But once I reminisced about it, it turned into inexplicable panic and indescribable despair.

And among the old eunuchs and scholars who were in the process of being supervised and reformed on the spot, there began to diffuse a sense and atmosphere like mourning. There are many private lamentations:

"Micro-words, micro-words, this is micro-words."

"Since I said this, I'm afraid that the world will really change color."

"Why is it so righteous that it should be among these traitors?"

"He misinterpreted the essence of Buddhism and did not sufficient, and stretched out his magic hand to the way of the sages."

"This demon monk is really hard to fill, and it is not enough to envelop those poor people, this is still to compete with those scholars who have mastered the scriptures and righteousness, and compete for the hearts of the vast number of scholars in the world, and distinguish between righteousness and reason."

In this way, as a young scholar who thinks he is, he certainly agrees with the truth and righteousness in this; But as a child of the royal family of Qixian County, who has been supported by his family since he was a child, he can't help but be deeply worried about his family's future.

Wang Renshou, who was riding on the back of a donkey, was just as he was wandering with contradictions and thoughts when he heard a voice shouting.

"Brother Renshou, but I found you."

But it was an old acquaintance of the alias Old Yellow Sheep, and I saw him sweating profusely chasing after him and greeting loudly.

"There has just been a notice from above, and the newly established Taiping Society headed by Mr. Jiangdong (Luo Yin) will select a group of people to assist in copying and correcting books, with special emphasis on candidates with grassroots propaganda work experience. Q: Are you interested in trying it? ”

"But that Luo Zhao, who is known as Jiangdong poet, Mr. Luo."

Wang Renshou couldn't help but stop and said in surprise.

"It's him, you know, he's also the senior brother who was specially invited by the Governor to help out of the mountain."

The old yellow sheep said mysteriously with a mysterious face.

"This... This.. What is the situation and the situation? ”

Wang Renshou couldn't help but get messy in the wind, how could the "Zhou Demon Monk", who is known as the Buddhist monk, have a senior brother with a scholarly background; Could it really be the origin of the mysterious inheritance of a certain "Guiguzi" and the like?

In Jiangling City, Zhou Huai'an was a little embarrassed by the recent battle report and situation analysis in front of the newly laid sand table model.

However, the battle situation in Yuzhou in the upper reaches of the Xiajiang Road has changed again. The Western Expedition Army, which had been transported and replenished by a new round of transportation, took advantage of the rain and the enemy army was not attacked again, and broke through the official and military defense line against the mountain at the mouth of the gorge.

It turned out that the Xichuan Army, which was supposed to be stationed in Chengba County, and the main general Gao Renhou, had already retreated without a fight, and had led the troops to withdraw for several days. Therefore, now Ba County, Bishan, Jiangjin, Yongchuan, and Wanshou in Yuzhou have been taken one after another, and they have arrived at the Hejiang Estuary at the junction of Luzhou.

However, after continuing to penetrate deep into the territory of Luzhou, it was ambushed by the combined forces of Wuduyi, Naximan, and Changningman, which had gathered locally; Lost several battles in a row and lost a lot of baggage, and was besieged; Only the remnants of the car formation were consolidated to resist and wait for reinforcements.

If it had not been for the fact that the battlefield was close to the river, and it was supported and pinned down by the fleet of steamers that had heard the news, and the bombardment and dispersal of firearms had frightened away several barbarian troops who had been deployed in front of them, and they had been given to fight and retreat, I was afraid that this vanguard force would have run out of ammunition and food and would have been destroyed.

In Jinzhou on the northern front, Erlang, who was in charge of quelling the rebellion, spent more than a month with Zhong Yi to clear the sporadic local anti-rebellion forces; Then the rebels trapped in the state city were mobilized, and then in the decisive battle with the heavy stacked Hengkou Town as bait, they were defeated and annihilated in one fell swoop.

In the end, more than 4,000 were beheaded and half of the prisoners were taken here, and the rebellion in Jinzhou disappeared; and also joined the other rebel forces gathered in the locality, and pursued them all the way north along the valley of the Baishui River, and killed them in Yangzhou to the west of Jinzhou.

The latest news is that they have surrounded the Xixiang of Yangzhou Prefecture, which has been seriously damaged in strength, and hopes to get follow-up support, and for the Shanxi soldiers and horses who may come, they will do the thing of besieging the city and sending reinforcements.

As a result, Zhou Huaian suddenly found that his armed forces were somewhat insufficient. As a result, it has achieved corresponding victories and advantages on both fronts, but there is no more spare power to further expand it.