"Running away from the city? Was it on Lu Jianying's order to protect Lu Jianying and kill the bandits to organize reinforcements? In the process of breaking through, there were countless long-haired bandits killed and injured, and with the help of Guangtai Dao Huizheng, he killed Wei Changhui, the long-haired puppet king of the north? Lu Jianying was killed by a stray bullet, but he still protected Lu Jianying's body and killed the bandits? ”

"Is this possible? This Wu Chaoyue, is he too daring to blow some of it? ”

Like Lin Kui, after reading Wu Chaoyue's report, Emperor Xianfeng was also full of doubts, and he couldn't believe that this was too unbelievable. Qi Liaozao, who presented the recital, was quite confident, and said: "Long live, Weichen thinks that there may not be no such possibility, first of all, the first point is that Wu Chaoyue did escort the body of Lu Zhitai back to Shanghai, and arranged a funeral for Lu Zhitai in Shanghai, which is enough to prove that Wu Chaoyue was indeed with Lu Zhitai when he broke through, and it also indirectly proves that Wu Chaoyue was ordered to escort Lu Zhitai to break through, not to escape from the battle. ”

Emperor Xianfeng nodded, quite agreeing with Qi Liaozao's judgment, and at the same time, although Emperor Xianfeng did not love his East Palace Master Lu Jianying very much, but the Heavenly and Earth Monarch was the most important ethical norm for feudal rulers, so Wu Chaoyue's successful breakthrough in protecting Lu Jianying's body may not matter to others, but it is a great credit to Emperor Xianfeng that must be rewarded.

Seeing that Emperor Xianfeng was shaken, Seng Lingqin, who had been promoted to counselor, was a little anxious, and hurriedly said: "Long live, Wu Chaoyue successfully escorted Lu Zhitai's body to successfully break through, and he really contributed a lot of credit, but since Lu Zhitai is dead, whether Wu Chaoyue was really ordered to escort Lu Zhitai to break through and ask for help, there is no one to testify." Of course, Wu Chaoyue can say whatever he wants. What else killed and injured many bandits and killed the puppet king Wei Changhui in the process of breaking through the siege, these are even more exaggerated. If Wu Chaoyue really has such ability, then how could Jiang Ning fall? So the minions think. We must not believe Wu Chaoyue's one-sided words, and we must beware of his lies and false achievements. ”

Listening to the words of Monk Greenqin's eggs, Emperor Xianfeng, whose ears were soft, were a little shaken, and Qi Liaozao glanced at Monk Greenqin first, and then reminded: "Long live, Wu Chaoyue's recital also mentions Guangtai Dao Huizheng, Hui Daren broke through with Wu Chaoyue, naturally knows what happened before and after, long live only need to give an order to let Hui Daren report truthfully." Isn't it all the truth? ”

Emperor Xianfeng hurriedly glanced at the song again, and saw that it was indeed mentioned that Guangning Dao Huizheng was also involved, so he was ready to accept Qi Liaozao's suggestion, but Monk Lingqin was determined to embarrass Wu Chaoyue, and admonished: "Long live, the slave thinks that this Guangtai Dao is not credible, he is stationed in Wuhu, and was ordered to stick to the Wuhu defense line with Chen Shengyuan, the chief soldier of the water division, but he sat back and watched Chen Shengyuan's entire army annihilated. Leaving Daozhi Wuhu City to flee for his life alone, losing the city and land, and escaping from the battle, in order to exonerate himself, he will naturally do his best to help Wu Chaoyue and deceive the reward. So the minions think. This statement of Hui Zheng is also not credible, and if the emperor wants to find out the truth, he can only send another minister to the south to verify. ”

Qi Liaozao was amused when he heard it. The heart said that your monk Lingqin probably doesn't know who this Huizheng's daughter is, and if you want to find death, I won't stop you. Therefore, Qi Liaozao did not speak, but just waited for Emperor Xianfeng's reply. However, to Qi Liaozao's surprise, what happened. Because there are too many old fathers-in-law, Emperor Xianfeng also didn't think that this Hui Zheng was his person, not only did he not speak for the old man, but also nodded and said: "What Monk Aiqing said is extremely true, this Hui Zheng is already guilty, his statement cannot be believed, and this matter must be checked by another officer." ”

"The slave recommends the young secretary of Honglu Temple, Mu Yin." Monk Greenqin couldn't wait to say: "Master Mu is fair, and he once walked on the military plane, and is familiar with military and political affairs, if he goes south to check this matter, he will definitely be impartial, verify the truth, and give justice to my Qing soldiers." ”

Emperor Xianfeng, who knew that Mu Yin had a conflict with the ancestors of the Wu family, frowned a little, turned to Qi Liaozao and asked, "Qi Aiqing, the monk king recommended Mu Yin as the Qin to check this fact, what do you think?" ”

"Wechen has no opinion."

Qi Liaozao's answer made Seng Lingqin very surprised and secretly happy, but what Seng Greenqin never expected was that when Emperor Xianfeng finally accepted his recommendation and ordered Mu Yin to be the messenger, Qi Liaozao smiled secretly in his heart: "Monk Wangye, if you like to dig a pit and bury yourself, you can dig it as much as you want, and if you like to push Mu Yin to death, I will also fulfill you, Mu Yin's kid aimed at the old man's position when he was in the military aircraft, and you pit him to death, so that he has no future, which is also in line with the old man's intentions." ”

In this way, when it was impossible to confirm who Wu Chaoyue and Fuzhu Hong'a told the truth, Emperor Xianfeng decided to reactivate Mu Yin, the former minister of military aircraft who had been put into the cold palace, and let Mu Yin serve as the minister of military aircraft to go to Jiangnan to check the truth of the incident. In this regard, Qi Liaozao, who was confident, was secretly happy, and the Manchu and Mongolian ministers led by Monk Greenqin and Lin Kui were also all smiling, and they couldn't wait to draft the text at the same time, Monk Greenqin also sent someone to bring a sentence to Mu Yin, "When you arrive in Jiangnan, you must get ironclad evidence of Wu Chaoyue's false report." In the capital, this king will support you! ”

Monk Greenqin and Lin Kui and others were really happy too early, the afternoon Shen time was about to pass, Monk Greenqin was preparing to go home to rest, and Emperor Xianfeng was also preparing to leave the Yangxin Palace to return to the harem to rest, when someone outside the palace suddenly came to report, saying that Mu Yin handed over a sign to ask for a meeting, and also said that there was a matter of going south to check Wu Chaoyue's false report to report to Emperor Xianfeng in person. Although Emperor Xianfeng felt strange, he still accepted the suggestion of the monk Lingqin and ordered him to summon him, and then soon, Qianmu Zhongtang, who had not been able to enter the Yang Xin Hall for a long time, was led in.

"Slave Mu Yin, long live my emperor, long live the emperor, long live the emperor."

After a setback, Mu Yin obviously learned a lot, and after entering the Yang Xin Palace, he didn't peek around like before, but just bowed respectfully to Emperor Xianfeng. Emperor Xianfeng didn't bother to let him calm down, but asked casually: "Mu Yin, why did you hand over the sign to ask to see?" ”

"Long live, the slave is bold, and he is here to resign. The emperor ordered that the servants serve as ministers of the Qin Mission, and went south to check whether the Songjiang regimental training handled the matter of Wu surpassing Wu's affairs, and the servants did not dare to receive the order. Dare to beg the emperor to retract the order and send someone else to check the matter. ”

Mu Yin's kowtow answer surprised both Emperor Xianfeng and Monk Greenqin. Saying nothing, he didn't expect Mu Yin to be so uncompromising, and Monk Greenqin couldn't help but rush to say, "Mu Yin." You are so bold, the emperor's holy decree, do you dare to disobey it? ”

"Monk and prince, it's not that the lower officials are resisting the order, it's that the lower officials don't have the courage to accept this messenger." Mu Yin replied with a sad face.

"Mu Yin, what are you afraid of?" Emperor Xianfeng asked suspiciously.

"Long live back, the slave is afraid that he will not be able to report it truthfully." Mu Yin's answer made Emperor Xianfeng and Monk Lingqin dumbfounded again, and after kowtowing heavily, Mu Yin said with a sad face: "Long live." If the slave finds out that he lied about his exploits, he is not truthfully reported to be a bully, and if he is truthfully reported, it will hurt the face of the court and shake the country, so the slave is in a dilemma and can only resign. ”

Monk Grinqin almost thought he had misheard. Emperor Xianfeng over there also opened his mouth, and it took a while to come back to his senses and ask: "Mu Yin, do you think that Fuzhu Hong'a is lying about his merits?" ”

"It hasn't been checked yet, and the minions don't dare to make such a conclusion." Mu Yin kowtowed and replied, "But the slave dares to use the top of the flower antelope to guarantee." Songjiang regimental training to handle Wu Chaoyue Wu's main affairs will never lie and deceive the king, and deceive the reward! ”

Monk Lingqin and Emperor Xianfeng were stunned again, and Mu Yin, who was already desperate, kowtowed again. Said respectfully: "Hurrah, the slave knows that you will definitely think that the minion's words are too unbelievable." But what the slave said was true, and the slave did have an old grudge with Master Wu. But it's really because the slave has Master Wu for the holiday, and the slave has put a lot of effort into understanding Master Wu's personality, and the more he understands Master Wu, the more ashamed the slave is, and the more he regrets what he did at the beginning! ”

"Master Wu is frank, loyal and patriotic, honest and upright, and can definitely be regarded as a model of loyalty and filial piety for my courtiers!"

With the bottom in his heart, Mu Yin naturally would not be stingy to put on a high hat for Wu Chaoyue, and said with a sigh of relief: "And what is even more rare is that Wu is also both civil and military, and can fight well, Qingpu fought a battle, and broke four thousand thieves with two hundred practice bravery, and the score was no different from the report." Bandits are rampant, my Qing Dynasty soldiers and horses have been defeated repeatedly, will have no will to fight, soldiers do not need to die, on the occasion of the lord worrying about the humiliation of the ministers, Wu presided forward, led five hundred Lian Yong resolutely rushed to Jiangning to help the war, with hundreds of Lian Yong once again broke thousands of bandits, for my Qing Dynasty to fight the only victory since the loss of Wuchang! Linked to Master Wu's frankness, integrity and selflessness, the slave can assert that Master Wu's retribution must be correct, and the puppet North King Wei Changhui must be killed by Master Wu and Master Guangtai Daohui! The so-called Master Wu's escape from the battle is nothing more than nothing! ”

When Mu Yin was gushing to Wu Chaoyue and saying good things, Monk Lingqin gouged out his ears several times to check whether he had heard it wrong, and the more Emperor Xianfeng listened, the more dumbfounded he became, until Mu Yin finished boasting, and after a lot of time, Emperor Xianfeng asked with doubts: "Mu Yin, you believe in Wu Chaoyue so much?" ”

Gritting his teeth and heart, Mu Yin kowtowed again, and replied categorically: "Long live, the slave is willing to guarantee his life, if Master Wu falsely reports his merits, the slave begs to be beheaded!" ”

Monk Greenqin was even more dumbfounded, but Emperor Xianfeng was completely shaken, and after thinking about it for a while, Emperor Xianfeng said: "Okay, you are in charge of the affairs of the Qin, and you will discuss it tomorrow morning, and you will also come to participate in tomorrow's morning." ”

"Long live Xie, the slave obeys." Mu Yin was overjoyed, and quickly kowtowed to thank him, and then glanced at the eunuch palace maid in the Heart Cultivation Palace, and said in his heart: "Please, you must bring my words to that person's ears, otherwise, Lao Tzu will offend Monk Grinqin in vain today." ”

Because of the need to hand over the envoy in the palace, when Monk Greenqin went on a mission, the ungrateful white-eyed wolf Mu Yin had already run home to avoid Monk Greenqin's anger, and Monk Greenqin's anger could not be vented, so he could only say viciously in his heart: "Okay! Mu Yin, you white-eyed wolf is waiting for this king! Wait until tomorrow morning, and see how this king cleans you up! ”

Of course, if Monk Lingqin could know what was happening in the harem of Emperor Xianfeng at this moment, then he would never think about how to take revenge on the ungrateful Mu Yin - at the same time, after ending the busy government affairs, when Emperor Xianfeng habitually went straight to the residence of a favorite concubine, the favorite concubine who was most favored by Emperor Xianfeng was tearful, crying with pear blossoms and rain............

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The crying person is not only the favorite concubine of Emperor Xianfeng, the next morning, when the monk Greenqin stared at the white-eyed wolf Mu Yin with a fierce gaze, he went up to the Jinluan Hall to participate in the morning dynasty with hundreds of civil and military officials. Before everyone could speak, Qi Liaozao, the always steady chief military minister, had already come out of the ranks and knelt down. He crawled in front of Emperor Xianfeng and cried to death. The officials were surprised, and Emperor Xianfeng was also confused. Xiang Qi Liaozao asked, "Qi Aiqing, what's wrong?" Why are you crying so sadly? ”

"Hooray." Qi Liaozao cried bitterly and said: "Wechen's family sent bad news last night, Wechen's sixth brother, Jiangsu political envoy Qi Suzao, died of overwork and violent illness on the first day of Jiangning City!" ”

Emperor Xianfeng was silent, and he had long seen Qi Liaozao, a monk who was not pleasing to the eyes of the Han people, but said: "Qi Zhongtang, it is really painful for my brother to die violently. But this is the early dynasty, you cried in public like this in the early dynasty, delaying the court meeting, is it a bit too much? ”

"Monk king, the lower official is not crying for the death of his brother." Qi Liaozao wiped his tears and said: "Xia Guan is crying bitterly, he failed to let his deceased brother finish writing his deathbed testament, and he can't let the emperor know the real reason why Jiang Ning was attacked by bandits!" ”

Crying, Qi Liaozao took out another piece of music from his sleeve, and said with tears in his eyes: "Your Majesty." This is the testament written by the sixth brother of Weichen before his death, and it has not been written yet, and there is still the blood of the sixth brother of Weichen on it, please take a look at it. ”

What makes Qi Liaozao a little strange is. After Qi Suzao's unfinished testament was presented to Emperor Xianfeng, although Emperor Xianfeng's expression was furious several times, he finally held back each time. Finally. Emperor Xianfeng also handed the fold to the eunuch next to him and instructed: "Read it out." Let all the officials listen to it, before Jiangning City was attacked by bandits. What the hell is going on! ”

The eunuch obeyed the order, took Qi Suzao's part of the testament and read it, "Weichen Jiangsu political envoy Qi Suzao, long live the emperor with a hundred respects, the minister is clumsy, he is deeply gracious, and he does not dare to claim that he is in pain when the situation is difficult. There is no regret in the death of the minister, but there are a few things today, if the minister conceals it, he is ashamed to ...... the king's court. ”

“…… Zou Minghe is mediocre and arrogant, still inheriting the old state, only relying on a piece of paper to govern in case of trouble, never bowing in person, the rich are stingy, and the poor are stingy. The preparation and defense bureau has practiced more than 10,000 bravery, but it has nothing to make up for in the city defense, but has repeatedly harassed the people, and the people have complained ....... ”

“…… Titai Fuzhu Hong'a, there is no way to dispatch, and only 200 green battalion soldiers are led into the city; Cowardly and fearful of war, every time a bandit attacks the city, they all retreat into their homes, and they dare not go to the city after repeated urgings; There is no way to reward and punish, Wu Chaoyue injured Lin Fengxiang, a heavy bandit general, the facts are there, and he still conspired with Xianghou to erase Wu Chaoyue's military exploits, so that those who have made meritorious contributions will not be rewarded, and those who have done so will not be punished, and the people's hearts will be discouraged, and the army will ......be frustrated. ”

“…… Jiang Ning is not without loyal ministers and good generals, and Zhang Jigeng, the gentry of the Preparation and Defense Bureau, is resourceful and scheming, and sees through the tricks of the bandits, but Lu, Xiang, Fu and others do not listen, causing Changmao to detonate a mine and blow up the ...... of the Yifengmen city wall. ”

“…… Songjiang regiment practice Wu transcendence, can be described as the Great Wall of Jiangning! With the strength of 500 bravery, contain 80,000 bandits, win every battle, and kill thousands of enemies! The bandits hated him to the core, and repeatedly attacked the Shence Gate, but the thirteen gates of Jiangning, only the Shence Gate was as stable as Mount Tai ....... ”

Thinking of this, the eunuch stopped, and said cautiously: "Ladies and gentlemen, Lord Qi's testament is no longer written. ”

The Jinluan Hall was silent, and the civil and military officials were all holding their breath, only the cold voice of Emperor Xianfeng echoed in the hall, "Did you hear it?" My Jiangning City is so broken, and my Jiangshan Sheji was shaken by Fuzhu Hong'a and them like this, because he still has the face to boast, it was his subordinates who killed the bandit puppet king Wei Changhui ....... ”

Speaking of this, Emperor Xianfeng slapped the dragon case and roared wildly: "If he Fuzhu Hong'a has this ability, my Jiangning City will still be counterattacked?!" ”

"Wait for a capital offense!"

The civil and military officials hurriedly knelt down together and kowtowed to ask for guilt, but Emperor Xianfeng continued to roar angrily: "Spread the decree to Zhenjiang, immediately take down Fuzhu Hong'a and Zou Minghe, and behead them on the spot!" The first level is sent to the towns to set an example! ”

The hundred officials hurriedly kowtowed, but the monk Greenqin was not afraid of death, raised his head and said cautiously: "Your Majesty, this is all Qi Suzao's one-sided words, do you want to verify it again?" ”

"Shut up!" Emperor Xianfeng slapped the dragon case heavily and roared: "You still want to exonerate Fuzhu Hong'a, don't you?" I can't afford to lose this face! Don't think that I don't know, he is blessed with Zhu Hong's jealousy and ability, and he obliterates and conceals Wu Aiqing's first merit in defeating the long-haired bandits in Taiping Mansion! In Jiangning City, he teamed up with Zou Minghe to instruct the folk women to falsely accuse Wu Aiqing, in a vain attempt to force Lu Jianying to destroy the Great Wall, and unjustly kill Wu Chaoyue, the only one who dared to fight head-on with the long hair in the Jiangning War! ”

"The Jiangning War, except for Wu Aiqing. No civil and military official dared to lead the army into battle! He is blessed with Zhu Hong, and there is a war in the north city to run to the south city! There is a war in the south city and run to the north city! Wei Changhui, the puppet king of the north. It was Guangtai Daohui who tricked him into showing up, and Wu Aiqing shot him with one shot! He was blessed with Zhu Hong'a, and he still had the face to say that he killed him. The credit goes to him! If he wants to have this ability, why can't he be like Wu Aiqing and Hui Aiqing, protect Lu Jianying and kill tens of thousands of long-haired encirclements and interceptions? He also killed the long-haired bandits like a mountain of corpses, and thousands of people died?! ”

Monk Lingqin's face turned like earth, and he began to wonder in his heart - how did Emperor Xianfeng, who couldn't leave the palace an inch, know these things? The white-eyed wolf Mu Yin was relieved, quietly breathed a sigh of relief, and said secretly in his heart: "Fortunately, I still remember that this Hui Zheng is the biological father of Lan Guiren!" Damn, this little bastard took this line and inserted it directly into the emperor's pillow. In the future, I am afraid that there is not much hope for the official to take revenge. But fortunately, this official is a right bet, so why do you have to gain something, right? ”

If you win the bet, it is naturally a big win, and Emperor Xianfeng quickly issued an order: "Spread the decree, Wu Chaoyue is promoted to the fourth grade, and the name of the military aircraft department is used by the Taoist government, and the one-eyed flower feather is rewarded!" He was allowed to expand the Songjiang regimental training to 3,000 people, and the Jiang Customs withheld 100,000 taels of tax and silver, and handled the regimental training with Wu Chaoyue! Quang Ninh Province Hyeong. Helping Wu Chaoyue kill the puppet king Wei Changhui has merit, and the merits and demerits are offset and the previous crimes will no longer be investigated, and Su Songtai will be reappointed as a soldier to prepare for the road, and continue to help Wu Chaoyue handle the Songjiang group training! ”

"Mu Yin. You don't hold grudges, you are fair, and you are selfless. I'll reward you for still walking back to the military plane! ”

"Monk Greenqin, you are confused. Regardless of the indiscriminate partiality, Fuzhu Hong'a and other criminals will be fined for one year. Don't be a counselor! ”

Hearing Emperor Xianfeng's will, Mu Yin, who won the two-color ball jackpot in a desperate bet, was of course overjoyed, grateful, and kowtowed to Emperor Xianfeng. However, Seng Lingqin was spinning the world one after another, and he didn't understand why Mu Yin would defect? I don't understand why Emperor Xianfeng can still know the specific details of the fall of Jiangning so clearly, thousands of miles away?

In the end, it was under the repeated whispered reminders of the Minister of Military Aircraft Lin Kui that Monk Greenqin finally came back to his senses, but Monk Greenqin still refused to admit defeat, and his arrogant blood boiled even more vigorously, and he involuntarily kowtowed again, and said loudly: "Long live, if it is really as played by Qi Fantai, Wu Chaoyue is brave and good at fighting, it is the Great Wall of Jiangning, and he killed Wei Changhui, the long-haired puppet king of the North, in one fell swoop in the breakout battle!" Then, what the slave hears is not clear, what is investigated is not true, the crime is irrefutable like Akiyama, and the slave is willing to accept the crime! ”

Speaking of this loudly, Monk Lingqin kowtowed again and said loudly again: "However, if this is the case, the slave will impeach Wu Chaoyue for the crime of dereliction of duty and neglect of state affairs!" ”

There was another low uproar in the court, and countless Manchu civil and military officials not only admired the courage of Monk Greenqin, but also sighed at Monk Greenqin's jealousy and hatred - they would rather die than let go of the little comprador Wu Chaoyue, who deserved to die even more! Then, sure enough, Emperor Xianfeng immediately looked angry, and roared: "Monk Greenqin, Wu Aiqing with hundreds of troops, contain tens of thousands of bandits, behead thousands of bandits, kill and wound the bandits Wei Changhui and Lin Fengxiang, and establish a miracle of the world!" Do you still have the face to say that he was negligent? Neglect state affairs?! ”

"Long live it is precisely because of this that the minions must impeach Wu Chaoyue!"

Monk Greenqin also had red eyes, and he kowtowed desperately and said loudly: "Long live, since Wu Chaoyue is so able to fight well and is so brave and invincible, then he is ordered to handle the Songjiang regimental training, under the jurisdiction of one government and six counties, why only handle these five hundred regimental exercises?" If he can have a little bit of the heart of a courtier, be anxious about the urgency of the court, and think about what he thinks, why can't he hold one and a half more such group exercises to solve problems for the court? Worry about long live?! ”

What do you mean by picking bones in eggs? Monk Greenqin's words are called picking bones in eggs! Including Emperor Xianfeng, who was completely devoted to Wu Chaoyue, he couldn't find anything to refute Seng Lingqin's doubts for a while! Responsible for the regimental training of one prefecture and six counties, why can't he hold another regimental training that is slightly more decent? Why is it only possible to fight in the group training? Other group exercises are completely turtle rookies?

Although this question is completely difficult and harsh, it is indeed not easy to answer, so although Emperor Xianfeng didn't say anything on his lips, he still began to feel unhappy in his heart, and said secretly: "This Wu Chaoyue is indeed a bit slack and not conscientious enough. (To be continued.) )