After Wang Jingyuan's trouble, Miss Jiang no longer had the intention of praying for blessings in the New Year, but fortunately, she was still a reasonable lady and did not want to embarrass this eccentric young beggar.

The young lady spoke, and the head of the soldier did not dare to disobey, but ordered: "You check whether he has any weapons, and then let him go." "Before the words are over, a few small soldiers are going to search their bodies, Jing Yuan is willing. Seeing that he didn't want to be searched, the soldier was suspicious, and called a few people to pick up Jing Yuan's broken quilt. Jing Yuan was no more than a rival with so many people, and less than half of the quilt was dragged down. Sure enough, just as Jing Yuan thought, both the soldiers and the young lady were surprised, and they all looked at this strangely dressed beggar in surprise, and at that moment the whole world focused on Jing Yuan.

The red down jacket and the dark blue denim, how can this be understood by the ancients who have never seen the world. Just when everyone was stunned, someone shouted: "He cut off his braids!" "The key points were discovered. All of a sudden, the soldiers blew up the pot, some called short-haired, some called the chaotic party, and suddenly a word that was enough to divide the bodies of Jingyuan's five horses was finally shouted.

"Long hair! He's a spy sent by Longhair! All of a sudden, the soldiers woke up as if they had suddenly come to an enlightenment. There are those who shout to kill, those who shout to protect the lady, and even those who directly raise spears to assassinate.

Jing Yuan tried his best to defend: "It's not long hair, I'm not long hair!" ”

"Miss Protect will go first, and the rest will capture him alive!" A rather majestic voice shouted, Jing Yuan looked, a Qing Dynasty official wearing auspicious clothes and wearing a warm head entered the Yingjiang Pavilion surrounded by a group of monks and guards. Jing Yuan took a closer look, the brocade chicken supplement, the coral top, from the dress of the second-grade master, coupled with the panicked Miss Jiang hurriedly hid behind it, this person should be Jiang Wenqing, the governor of Anhui,

The guards detained Jing Yuan to the ground, he knew that it was not good, if he was found to be a spy, he would be executed by Ling Chi. Busy said: "Lord Governor! Wronged! The villain is not from the Qing Dynasty! ”

"The whole world is not the king's land, and the shore of the land is not the king's minister, you are in my Qing Dynasty, how can you not be from the Qing Dynasty."

"My lord, I am a Malay-Chinese, under the jurisdiction of the British, and I followed the British priests to the mainland a few days ago." At this time, many Chinese had come to the Malay area to make a living, and Jing Yuan could only use this lie after thinking about it, but he didn't expect to rely on foreigners to survive.

"Malay-Chinese? This official listens to you in Anhui dialect, how can you say that you are not from Anhui. "Jiang Wenqing, as a second-class member, still has a little knowledge of Nanyang.

"Your Excellency! The villain is dressed in a suit, not a product of the Qing Dynasty, and the villain's hair ornament is not a hair growth, which is by no means the same as the long-haired thief, this is the hair ornament changed by the Han people in Malay, Xingdao and other regions in order to adapt to the colony! Ask the adults to see it! Jing Yuan is right, how can he say that he is short hair, this is obviously the outfit of a foreigner.

"Dad, my daughter has also heard that Yangyi has short hair, maybe he is really a foreigner." Miss Jiang came out of nowhere and said a good word to Jing Yuan, and Jing Yuan didn't know how many times he thanked her. Governor Jiang was also a little shaken when he heard this.

"Since you said that you came with a foreign priest, what about the foreign priest?" As a high-ranking official of the Qing Dynasty, Jiang Wenqing has naturally seen foreigners and has a little understanding of foreigners. Since the Qingying War, the Qing Dynasty had a deep understanding of foreigners, and some bureaucrats tried to get close to foreigners. Jiang Wenqing has a bit of such a tendency, the person he admires most in his life is Lin Zexu, once upon a time he also had the idea of banning smoking to save the people, so he has also read Lord Lin's Sizhou Chronicles, and has a preliminary understanding of the Western world, but in line with his consistent contempt and disgust for foreigners, he is still quite angry about the slave in front of him who cut off his braids and wears a dress.

Jing Yuan didn't know what this high-ranking governor wanted to do with him, he could only try his best to lie and make the governor believe that he had no braids and was excusable, and he didn't want to hang up before his debut. So he said: "My lord, I fell down the river on the boat that returned to Shanghai from Jiujiang with the foreign priests, and the river was turbulent at that time, and the foreign priests couldn't save me, so I stayed in Anqing!" ”

After all, ten years ago, the Qing Dynasty signed a five-port trade charter with the British, and there was a saying that it had consular jurisdiction, and it was also informed in the newspaper of the governor's yamen. If this person is a foreigner, he is really difficult to handle, and he has to pretend to be confused now. I only heard him say: "As a Han Chinese, but committed to Yangyi, the official will beat you up for 20 boards and send you to a prison cell, when will a foreign priest come to redeem him and then release him!" ”

was going to be beaten on the twenty boards, Jing Yuan knew that it was uncomfortable, and hurriedly shouted: "My lord is wronged!" The villain is really not a Qing person. ”

"Dog minion, forget your ancestors, plus twenty boards!" If it weren't for the fear of getting into trouble, Jiang Wenqing really wanted to kill this fake foreigner.

Jing Yuan was dragged to the gate of Yingjiang Temple by several soldiers, and the two soldiers found two big sticks from nowhere, and slapped them on Jing Yuan's ass alternately. A soldier leader asked Jing Yuan if he had any silver, but this happened to be true, and several soldiers crackled again. After receiving forty boards, Jing Yuan only had half a life left, and he couldn't help cursing in his mouth, from Emperor Xianfeng to the executing soldiers, all of them were cursed. In the end, Jing Yuan fainted and died, and was dragged away by the soldiers in a daze.

"Brother, wake up! Brother! "I'm still angry, hurry up and search" I vaguely felt that there were seven or eight people around me, and some of them were searching. Wouldn't you, dare to throw me into a thief's den? Jing Yuan didn't dare to open his eyes. I only felt that the hands of the two people reached into their left and right pockets respectively, and after searching the trouser pockets, the person next to me asked anxiously: "Is there any?" ”

The one on the left stirred a few times inside, but didn't catch anything, and sighed: "There's nothing to eat, it's all searched." "I was looking for food! Why are you so hungry?

And the right side still didn't give up, searched again, still no, and scolded angrily: "Where did this guy come from, what kind of strange clothes he was wearing, and he didn't bring more food when he went out." ”

Jing Yuan was aggrieved, who said that you must bring food when you go out! I thought that this group of "beggars" would spare him, but I didn't expect another voice to say: "Will it be hidden in the clothes?" ”

As soon as the guy on the right heard this, he immediately touched it with his hand, Jing Yuan secretly screamed that it was not good, and sure enough, this guy touched something, and said excitedly: "Lao Lu, you are really experienced!" ”

"What to eat?" Everyone asked in unison.

"He has a square, hard box inside, and it seems to have food in it." Jing Yuan remembered that this guy actually took the cigarette box he kept as a souvenir as food.

Yuan Hongmo was ready to dig it out after speaking, but he didn't find the mouth of the bag after touching it for a long time, it turned out that the pocket inside Jingyuan's jacket had a zipper, how could this Qing Dynasty person know about this thing, of course he couldn't find the mouth of the bag. Just when Jing Yuan was proud, he didn't expect this guy to want to take off his clothes.

"Old Yuan, you can't do this." That old Lu persuaded.

"Then I'll wake him up!" This Yuan Hongmo still didn't give up, and shouted Jingyuan after speaking.

Jing Yuan knew that he couldn't pretend, so he pretended to be awake, and in a hazy way, he saw seven or eight big men surrounded by one side, and a big man with a full face and beard appeared in front of him, and said in surprise: "Where is this?" ”

"This is the prison of the Priest!" The bearded man replied.

Originally thought that he was thrown into a beggar's den, but he didn't expect to be put in a prison, Jing Yuan looked around, and saw that this room of less than ten square meters was crowded with eight prisoners, including himself.

At this time, the old prisoner who commanded the bearded man to search his pockets introduced himself: "The old man's name is Lu Yaoling, and he is from Dingyuan Huangpeiqiao. ”

"Dingyuan Lu Yaoling!" During the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, there was a Lu Yaoling in Dingyuan, Anhui Province, who rebelled and called himself "King Suitian", and was later suppressed by Zhou Tianjue, and he himself was also heroic. Jing Yuan looked at the old man carefully, medium stature, a little rickety, although he was about fifty years old, his eyes were like torches, which made people dare not have a trace of contempt. According to the memories of Jingyuan's later generations, Lu Yaoling did sit in Anqing Prison, and later the Taiping Army came to rescue him, and after he returned to his hometown, he set up an anti-flag to respond to the Taiping Army, which should be him.

"Little brother knows me?"

"No, I don't know." How dare Jing Yuan tell him that he is from a hundred years later and can predict the future, wouldn't he be killed by them as a monster.

I saw him pointing to the bearded man and introduced: "This is called Yuan Hongmo, a native of Feixi, Hefei." That is Xie Zhenke, a native of Hefei. ”

This Yuan Hongmo is a bearded man, his thick eyebrows and big eyes, Kong Wu is powerful, he knows that he is a difficult guy at a glance, but I have never heard of his name, I think he is a little person who is not famous. That Xie Zhenke is the person who searched Jingyuan's left pocket, short and concise, Jingyuan has a little impression, it seems that he was released with Lu Yaoling, and he also rebelled after returning to his hometown. Jing Yuan didn't expect to meet two anti-Qing figures, but fortunately, history records that they were all rescued by the Taiping Army, so wouldn't he be saved too.

"Why do you talk so much nonsense! Boy, get out of the way if you have anything to eat. Yuan Hongmo shouted impatiently.

Jing Yuan saw that this Yuan Hongmo was so insistent, and he was afraid of causing trouble, so he had to take out all the things in his pocket, which led those young prisoners over again. I really didn't expect these people to be so hungry, everyone stared at Jing Yuan with wide eyes and looked at Jing Yuan as if he was about to rush over.

I saw Jing Yuan take out a square carton from his arms, and there was only an extremely delicate small bottle in it, and there was nothing to eat. Everyone showed a look of disappointment, and Yuan Hongmo also said sullenly: "Take it back, it's also a poor ghost." ”

However, Lu Yaoling asked, "Little brother, what is your surname?" How do you wear this outfit? ”

After making sure that there were no jailers staring, Jing Yuan learned the tone of the ancients and said: "A certain name is Wang Jingyuan, a native of Lu'an Prefecture, as for this dress!" Jing Yuan thought about it for a long time and didn't know how to explain it.

Seeing that he refused to speak, Yuan Hongmo deliberately said loudly: "It seems that the little brother doesn't trust us!" ”

Xie Zhenke also urged: "Little brother, we are all characters with heads and faces, and we won't do that dirty thing." ”

Jing Yuan saw that he had come to this point, knowing that these were the bosses of the prison, how dare he offend, and in a hurry, he thought of a high move. I saw him say quite cautiously: "I am the Taiping Army!" ”