Hearing that the Taiping army left Guilin and went to Quanzhou, Sai Shoufu was sure that the Taiping army would not come back in a short time, so he rushed to Guilin.

He walked relatively slowly on the road, and when he arrived at the city gate of Guilin, it was already evening, and then at this moment the city gate was closed, and Sai Shoufu ate a closed door.

"Report to Lord Shoufu, the doorman said that Guilin is still under martial law, and the door will not be opened at this moment!" The attendant reported to Sai Shousuke.

"Didn't you tell them I was coming?" Sai Shoufu was a little annoyed, he was already cautious, and he couldn't imagine that the governor of Guilin was more timid than himself, and he was still practicing martial law at this time.

"Yes, but they still won't open it, saying that no one will open the gates." The attendant replied.

Sai Shoufu was a little annoyed, if you don't open the city gate, will I sleep at the city gate at night? He said angrily: "Take my official seal and let their governor Zou Minghe come to see me at the city gate." ”

After a while, Governor Zou came to the city wall.

Sai Shoufu's sharp eyes saw him first, and shouted: "Lord Zou, why are you so careful, even I can't enter the city?" ”

Governor Zou followed the sound and looked, under the torch, Sai Shoufu was standing outside the sedan chair looking at himself. He hurriedly said politely: "The bandits are fierce, the lower officials are not to prevent the bandits from defrauding the city, and now Guilin is under martial law at night, and the city gate must not be opened." ”

"Lord Zou, take a good look, does the old man look like a bandit? Don't open the gates yet, let's go in! Sai Shousuke said a little angrily.

"This city gate really can't be opened, there have been bandits pretending to be officials and soldiers to defraud the city, the lesson of the past and the future of the teacher, please come back tomorrow morning." Governor Zou still refused to open the door.

Sai Shoufu's beard is crooked, where to rest at night in this wilderness? It just doesn't make sense! He was about to go berserk. Governor Zou suddenly opened his mouth, "If Lord Shoufu insists on entering the city, I can let them put the ladder down, and the adults can enter the city from the ladder." ”

Saishana didn't expect Governor Zou to play this hand, but at this time there was no other way, so he had to climb up the city wall from the ladder in a huff, which was regarded as entering the city.

This made Sai Shoufu sweep the floor, and the more he thought about it, the more angry he became, but this Guilin was Zou Minghe's territory, and he was helpless. I had to use the official's method to solve it, and immediately after settling down, I put pen to paper and reported to Xianfeng, and fiercely participated in Zou Minghe's crime of being as timid as a mouse and fearing the enemy like a tiger, and I wrote thousands of words and felt uneasy, and by the way, I also participated in Xiang Rong's excuse to shirk his illness and stay in Guilin not to pursue the Taiping army.

The excerpt of the first assistant of the competition has not yet arrived in the capital, and the "Hong Daquan" who asked the court for merit has arrived in the capital.

This incident made the civil and military officials very curious, and they all said that the bandits in Guangxi were powerful, and they had not seen it with their own eyes, and they heard that this person was the younger brother of the bandit leader Hong Xiuquan, the pseudo-king of Tiande. Everyone wanted to come and see a strange thing, and the unlucky Saishana finally showed his face in the court.

In Qiankun Palace, Xianfeng is convening several ministers of the Military Aircraft Department to discuss how to deal with this Hong Daquan.

Prince Zheng Duanhua is the best at figuring out Xianfeng's thoughts, the emperor has spent so much money, if he doesn't execute this Hong Daquan in public, I'm afraid he won't be reconciled. After thinking about it, he preemptively said: "It has been a long time since bandits harassed Guangxi, and it is a heinous crime to deceive and coerce the people to confront the imperial court with a cult. This Hong Daquan not only wants to be killed, but also wants to be executed in front of the people of the world at the entrance of the vegetable market in the capital, so that those thieves can see that this is their fate. ”

Duanhua's words were impassioned, and immediately won the approval of several other military ministers.

Prince Yi Zaiyuan was relatively calm and put forward different suggestions: "At present, the bandits are still powerful, and killing this Hong Daquan will not solve the problem." If I can recruit this person and let him divide and disintegrate the bandits, it will be of great use to me to eliminate this gang of anti-thieves as soon as possible, and also let those bandits take a look, follow the court and have officials to do, have money to spend, and set an example. In this way, more bandits will surrender to the imperial court in the future. ”

Zaiyuan's words are also very reasonable, the most important thing at present is to eliminate the bandits as soon as possible, killing them is certainly relieving, and keeping them seems to have a greater effect. The minister who was in favor of Duanhua just now seems to have changed his attitude. Those who insist on killing and those who insist on recruiting are on par.

Xianfeng's head is also a little big, deep down in his heart he wants to slaughter this Hong Daquan, the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom has made him, the emperor, unpeaceful since he succeeded to the throne, and he can't solve the hatred in his heart if he doesn't kill. But reason also told him that recruiting security is the best policy, judging from the previous experience of pacifying the thieves, dividing them and using bandits to govern bandits often has a particularly high success rate.

"You go down first, and let me think again." Xianfeng couldn't make up his mind for the time being, and waved his hand.

The ministers of military aircraft bowed down and retired, and walked out of the Qianqing Palace.

"Su Shun, why are you back again?" After Xianfeng saw Su Shun withdraw from the hall, he walked in again and said curiously.

"All the ministers were here just now, and the ministers had some things that were not easy to say." Su Shun hurriedly replied.

"Oh? Are you the main killer or the main recruit? "Xianfeng is interested.

"The ministers are urging Ling Chi to execute this thief." Su Shun is a serious way.

"Oh? Isn't it more beneficial to recruit security to exterminate the bandits as soon as possible? Xianfeng deliberately retorted.

"This advocates the execution of this thief because this guy is an imposter at all." Su Shun said solemnly.

"What! What did you say? Is he an impostor? Xianfeng stood up in surprise.

"Emperor Qiqi, I don't hide it, and the minister didn't doubt the identity of this Hong Daquan at the beginning. It was the squire Zeng Guofan who specially reminded the minister, so the minister suspected this, the minister just sent someone to investigate the genealogy of the bandit leader Hong Xiuquan, he only has two brothers, one is called Hong Renfa, the other is called Hong Renda, and there is no brother named Hong Daquan at all. This Hong Daquan should be an imposter, no doubt. Su Shun said it clearly, he has conclusive evidence.

"Cézanne! What a bold man, he actually made a fake to deceive me. This Hong Daquan will be handed over to you for trial, and it must be verified. In addition, the decree was sent down, and Sai Shang'a was asked to return to Beijing to complain, but he did not exterminate the bandits for more than a year, and he spent so much money on me, to see how he explained to me. Xianfeng slapped the dragon chair and said angrily.

"The emperor is angry, this matter can only be handled in secret, it is really exposed, and it will also damage the face of the court. Let's dispose of him as a real Hong Daquan. As for whether Cezanne is suspected of bullying the king, the minister estimates that he doesn't dare, most likely because this thief deliberately lied in order to survive. The minister proposed that the matter be considered by Zeng Guofan and the minister. "Saishana is the head of a hundred officials, and he has been an official for many years, and his roots are deep, although Su Shun is now deeply trusted by the emperor, he doesn't want to offend Saishana because of this matter. In addition, Zeng Guofan gave himself such a news, and in return, he also took this opportunity to raise him.

"Just do what you want." Xianfengbai was happy, and after a long time, it turned out to be a fake, which was very disappointing.