Jinan City, Admiral's Office.

Zuo Guigui is sending a message to the public, these days, he has also been under great pressure from the imperial court, the imperial court has issued two holy decrees in a row, and tomorrow will mobilize a large army to rush south to aid Zeng Guofan, and the words are very urgent.

Zuo Guigui also knows very well that the current Hunan army is no longer comparable to the peak state between two or three years, and the successive layoffs and the arrogance and extravagance after breaking Tianjing have dealt too much blow to the combat strength of the Hunan army, and this Shi Dakai can even be said to be the most admired general of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom by Lord Futai, whether it is courage or vision, it is far above the same level, and the entire Qing Dynasty can match Shi Dakai's figures, it cannot be said that there are none, but there are only a handful, at least now the offensive and defensive situation is changing, whether it is Zeng Guofan, or Li Hongzhang, Zuo Zongtang is already at a complete disadvantage.

Fighting on your own? The anger received by the soldiers has not yet been vented, Guo Ye's departure from the United States has hit the soldiers too hard, which one is not full of complaints? And this is Guo Ye's henchman, once he loses before the war, how will he explain to adults in the future? Don't say how strong you are, even if you have two hits, you may not be able to compare to Shi Dakai!

But don't you fight? This is by no means the way of a courtier, after all, he is still a courtier of the Qing Dynasty, whether it is the two palaces or Prince Gong, he is not thin on himself, and the state affairs are difficult, isn't it the time for him to be a courtier to devote himself to state affairs?

Zuo Guigui didn't know how long he could hold on, he had already rejected two holy decrees one after another, and he believed that the third holy decree would not take long to be issued, and then he would face even more pressure!

Just when Zuo Guigui was worried, the family general Zuo Yu staggered in and rushed in, and said urgently: "Lord Admiral, Lord Admiral, no, something happened." Something is wrong! ”

Zuo Guigui frowned, when did Zuo Yu become so unstable?

"Zuo Yu, what are you panicking about, the sky can't come down, something is wrong!"

Zuo Guigui shouted.

Zuo Yu stammered: "My lord, someone from the house just sent a letter." I want you to hurry back home, the little boy has been kidnapped by thieves! ”

Zuo Guigui's head buzzed, his son was kidnapped? , who is so bold! In broad daylight, it was so presumptuous!

I'm such a baby bump!

"What do you all eat? I can't even look at a person! Rubbish! ”

Zuo Yu hurriedly said: "My lord, it's too late to say anything now, hurry back home!" The old lady is going crazy now! ”

Zuo Guigui didn't care about anything else, stood up and walked outside, and stepped on his mount. Ran back to his house in a whirlwind.

The entire Zuofu has been in a mess, several generals still have blood stains on their bodies, and there are a few people next to them who have just been rescued and are in a daze, obviously they were attacked by someone!

Zuo Guigui was furious, but he was the dignified governor of Shandong, but he couldn't even look down on his own son and let the bandits rob him. This shame is a loss to the family!

"Zuo Kun! What the hell is going on? ”

Zuo Kun is the leader of the Zuofu guards, and now Zuo Kun has the heart to commit suicide. Seeing Zuo Guigui yelling at him, he hurriedly ran over.

"Lord Admiral, damn your humble position! The little one couldn't have imagined that there would be such a bold thief, who dared to climb over the wall and enter the Zuofu in broad daylight, and directly attacked the subordinates and robbed the little boy! ”

"Nonsense. If people can make you think of it, then who are you robbing? What clues are left? ”

Zuo Kun smiled bitterly: "The other party has made full preparations, and he is very skilled, and the dragon sees the head but does not see the end......"

"Fart!"

Zuo Guigui was furious and scolded: "A bunch of fools! What dragon? At most, it's just some powerful bandits! There are so many of you who can't even leave a few bandits? ”

Zuo Kun said abruptly: "My lord." They weren't just a few people, but a dozen of them, every one of them was better than me, not to mention the people below......"

Zuo Guigui's heart was shocked, there were more than a dozen people, and all of them were skilled! He knows Zuo Kun's skills, he is a playmate who has followed him since he was a child, and he has been taught all his skills, usually seven or eight soldiers can't get into his body, which can make him bow down, but he can only say that he is being targeted!

"Zuo Kun, take my greeting post to the prefect of Jinan, just say what I mean, give him five days, I want to see my son come back alive, otherwise, Lao Tzu will feed him more dogs!"

Zuo Guigui is really anxious, he is such a precious son, he must not have an accident, once something happens, the old lady has to fight with herself!

Feeling this, he was still a little uneasy, and Zuo Guigui continued: "Immediately give an order to Zhang Youcai, the chief soldier of Jinan Town, dispatch officers and soldiers, and find Lao Tzu, you must find out this bandit for Lao Tzu, even if you dig three feet into the ground, you must find it out!" ”

Just when Zuo Guigui was furious, a subordinate hurriedly ran in and said, "My lord, there is a child in front of the door to deliver a letter......

Zuo Guigui shouted: "Bring it to me!" ”

The subordinate hurriedly handed over the letter, two very simple sentences: If you want to ransom the son, within three days, prepare 800,000 taels of silver, and go to Songren Mountain in the south of the city alone, and do not wait for the expiration! ”

800,000 taels!

Zuo Guigui smiled angrily, don't talk about yourself, in the entire Shandong Province, who can take out 800,000 taels of silver in three days? Yes! There is only one one, Lord Futai, and only Lord Guo Ye has such wealth!

As for himself, in three days, he can take out 80,000 taels of silver, that is, he will burn high incense!

However, now that the knife is on his neck, Zuo Guigui can't take care of it much, so he will make up the money first, and then talk about the rest!

Zuo Guigui snorted coldly and said: "Zuo Yu, immediately take the greeting post to Qilu Bank, and ask Mr. Rong Hong to come to the house for a while, just say that I have something urgent to find him, and also, go and invite Master Guo Bochen together!" ”

Zuo Yu hurriedly ran down with the prayer post.

Whether it is Rong Hong or Guo Songtao, they all belong to Guo Ye's party with Zuo Guigui, several people help each other and maintain the stability of the political situation in Shandong.

Guo Songtao and Rong Hong heard that Zuo Precious Gongzi had been kidnapped, and they were all shocked, so they hurriedly put down the affairs in their hands and rushed to Zuo Mansion from their own offices.

"Guanting! I heard that Ling Gongzi was kidnapped by thieves? What's going on now? ”

The two of them saw Zuo Guigui and hurriedly asked.

Zuo Guigui snorted angrily, handed the letter to Guo Songtao's hand, and said: "Brother Bochen, Mr. Rong, this time you may need two people to help, the other party wants me to take out 800,000 taels of silver, I am very ashamed, I can take out 10,000 taels at home, and I will burn high incense." These people have a lot of appetites! ”

(To be continued.) )