Chapter 52: The wanted warrant turned out to be "Draw a circle and curse you"

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The next day, Feng Shaoguang got up early in the morning, called Zeng Guanlan, and came to the courtyard gate where Zuo Zongtang's family was settled. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

"Mr. Ji Gao, Feng came to visit early in the morning, and there was a lot of disturbance!" Feng Shaoguang entered the courtyard and saw a middle-aged man in his forties, and recognized this as Zuo Zongtang at a glance! Dressed in ordinary clothes, like an ordinary farmer, except for the money rattail on his head, which spoils the look a bit.

"I don't know that the Holy King has traveled thousands of miles, and Xingshi has mobilized everyone to invite a certain family from Zuo to come here, what advice do you have?" Zuo Zongtang didn't say hello, but asked directly.

"Feng is here to save Mr. Ji Gao!" When Feng Shaoguang said this, he blushed a little, and kidnapped all the other people's families, just to save him, so a fool would believe it?

"Oh, then Zuo Mou should listen carefully, how the Holy King saved Zuo!" Sure enough, Zuo Zongtang responded with a sneer.

"Mr. Ji Gao doesn't know, you are wanted by the Qing court! Of course, Feng is also to blame for this matter! I have heard for a long time that Mr. Ji Gao is talented and well-known in Hunan Province, and when Feng wrote an article, he used Mr. Ji Gao's name to increase the weight of the article. Feng Shaoguang said with a smile, but he felt that he seemed to be getting a little more and more shameless.

After speaking, he made a gesture with his hand, and Zeng Guanlan and the guards next to him opened two blank papers, one of which was a copy of the "Fengtian Discussion of Hu Xubu Quartet", and at the end of the text, the names of Zuo Zongtang, Peng Yulin and others were signed.

The other is a wanted notice, which reads: "....... is now wanted to arrest the anti-thieves Zuo Zongtang, Peng Yulin, Liu Changyou, Jiang Zhongjun, Jiang Zhongshu, and others." ”

"Oh, the Holy King's good intentions, good means! In this way, it is to cut off the road of Zuo's court as an official. ”

Zuo Zongtang sneered, but he suddenly changed his words and said with a smile, "But another, wanted?" Haha, Holy King, you forged a fake wanted document, and you personally staged this play, the purpose of which was to say that it was to save me, so you brought my whole family to Daozhou? I think that's more than that! Why don't you ask the Holy King to be straightforward, what is the purpose of doing so much? Zuo Zongtang seems to be reluctant to go around in circles with Feng Shaoguang.

"Mr. Ji Gao speaks cheerfully! Then Feng will not do those embarrassing methods, let's put it bluntly, please invite Mr. and his family to come here, it is to value Mr. 'Today's talent', worry about the country and the people, and want to invite Mr. out of the mountain, assist my Taiping Holy Army, and benefit the people in the world! Feng Shaoguang said.

"The women and children of a certain family on the left are in the hands of the Holy King; was framed to participate in the writing of this anti-Qing essay, is there still a choice? Zuo Zongtang smiled bitterly.

"Where Mr. Ji Gao is, you can at least choose to agree today or tomorrow." Feng Shaoguang laughed, talking to smart people is to save trouble! From the very beginning, the Holy Army forcibly arrested Zuo Zongtang's family, and Zuo Zongtang did not escape, nor did he resist or commit suicide, which shows that he was psychologically prepared to join the Taiping Holy Army.

"The Holy King made fun of it!" Zuo Zongtang smiled bitterly again, he more or less took out some words from Liu Shengbang, knowing how much the Taiping Holy King Feng Shaoguang attached importance to him, he knew in his heart that he had already been targeted by the Holy King.

With his strength, he can't resist, since this is the case, even if it is for his family or for himself, he can only choose this way. Perhaps when he was twenty years old, he would resist desperately and emulate the Confucian advocacy of loyalty to his father, but now that he is forty years old, he will naturally choose to cooperate with the study of practical scriptures.

Even if you know that if you join the rebel team, you will be killed in the future, and if you don't join, I believe that this holy king who has spent so much money to 'invite' himself here will definitely make himself have no future. What's more, Zuo Zongtang has some physiognomy skills, and from the moment he saw the Holy King, he was ready to gamble. He is already forty years old, and if he doesn't gamble anymore, he won't even have the opportunity to block. Three times in a row, he failed to enter the Jinshi, the Manchu court did not give him a chance, and now this misty face of the holy king gave him a chance, of course he had to seize it, as an official, and the talent in his chest, in order to be used by the world and benefit the people.

"Holy King, Zong Tang was rude before, please forgive your sins!" Since he had decided to assist Feng Shaoguang, Zuo Zongtang no longer hesitated, and immediately paid homage as a subordinate.

"Haha, Ji Gao, Jusheng Zhuge Kongming! By the way, how can Ji Gao tell at a glance that the wanted document I arranged is fake? Zuo Zongtang's surrender made Feng Shaoguang feel at ease, and he even made jokes.

"Holy King, although Zong Tang is not an official, he also knows that the official name of the wanted document of the Qing Demon Mansion is not called 'wanted document', but the word 'reward' is generally written directly, and the word "reward" is circled in red! Moreover, there is also a reply from the local criminal magistrate at the back. The so-called wanted is mainly in the reward, and if there is no reward, there is no wanted effect. ”

"I see!" Feng Shaoguang understood. Like the letters of later generations, the two words on the letterhead are not "wanted" but "reward", and the strange thing is that the word "reward" must be drawn with a red pen, could it be that the source of "draw a circle to curse you" is here?

The two chatted a few more words, and Feng Shaoguang proposed to visit Zuo Zongtang's family. was forcibly taken to Daozhou by the Holy Army, including Zuo Zongtang's wife Zhou, a concubine Zhang, and two sons and a daughter. originally had four daughters, but except for the second daughter Zuo Xiaoqi, who suffered from polio since she was a child and stayed at home without marriage, the other three daughters were all married, so they were not considered members of the Zuo family.

After visiting the Zuo family, Feng Shaoguang said goodbye and left. Military affairs, let's talk about it later, Feng Shaoguang is not in a hurry, everything, wait for two days to issue an official photo, and then talk about the name.

When I came to the small courtyard where Peng Yulin lived next to me, the amazing thing was that I saw the old lady sitting in the courtyard with a refreshing expression, which was completely different from the weak and weak appearance lying at the head of the bed yesterday!

Seeing Feng Shaoguang and others coming in, the old lady smiled and said, "Mr. came to find my son Yulin, right?" Mr. came to me, Yulin had already talked to the concubine last night, Mr. rest assured, I have scolded my son and woken him up, and now he is willing to serve Mr. around. ”

Early in the morning, hearing such good news, Feng Shaoguang couldn't believe his ears.

"Thank you, old lady! I will treat Xueqin like a brother, and I will not lose each other! Feng Shaoguang hurriedly made a guarantee.

The words of the two alarmed the house, Peng Yulin walked out, and when he saw Feng Shaoguang, he went straight over to salute his subordinates: "Meet the Holy King." Yulin is willing to follow the Holy King, drive out the Tartars, and revive my Han family. ”

"No wonder the Holy King was surprised! Yulin was also amazed at how much he had changed! The reason why I decided to join the Holy Army was to thank the Holy King for his kindness. My mother's illness, after taking the medicine that the Holy King said yesterday, it improved overnight, and it was difficult for Yulin to repay this kind of kindness, so why care about the opinions of others? The second is that my mother's angry scolding last night woke me up, Yulin, as a Han Chinese, has obeyed the Manchu Tartars as the monarch's father for so many years, and I am really ashamed to be in it! Seeing Feng Shaoguang's surprise, Peng Yulin explained.

Feng Shaoguang hurriedly helped Peng Yulin up and said with a smile: "Xueqin, you and I will be like brothers from now on." own brothers, there is no need to be polite. With your help, Yunshan has no worries since then! ”