Chapter 223: Dark Clouds Weigh Down the City

Dong Wuxing was already stubborn and self-serving, and he had nothing to spare, because the rear army was the worst equipped, and he was dissatisfied with the front army and the right army, and even he had a grudge against Han Rong, the main general who supported the right army. Since the secret communication with Duanwang, his behavior has become more and more unbridled, and he does not take other people seriously. Although he was in the palace, he was unconscious, so he still gave orders in his camp, and when he gave the order, he would kill people.

Duanwang knew that his Tiger God Camp was in name only, and there was an empty shelf, but it was a golden bow and jade arrow, embarrassed by the actual battle, and deliberately encircled Dong Wuxing. He was not annoyed by his behavior, but smiled and said, "Five stars, and slowly, you listen to me first." ”

"What, Lord Wang, do you still want to beg for Zhao Guanhou?"

"Ahem, what kind of favor did I ask for him, this bastard thing, even my big order dares to be returned, sooner or later he will be done! However, it can't be done now, at least not in Beijing. I have already answered Uncle Qing, and there is also a message in the palace, and he is not allowed to be touched within three days. ”

Dong Wuxing didn't care much about King Qing, but he couldn't help but care about the words in the palace, he hesitated and asked, "In the palace, speak for him?" A second-class product, can you talk to the palace? ”

"It's Pi Nili who speaks, but what he said is not all his own meaning, as for who else means, I don't need to say more, right?"

Even Dong Wuxing was taken aback by the hidden meaning behind these words, and poured two sips of wine in a row, "Lord Wang, it's not going to happen, right?" Isn't this a dark red top, and it can still alarm Galeries Lafayette? If that's the case, it's not good to move him. But...... But I can't swallow this breath of humility. His soldiers ruined my business on the road, and as soon as they entered Beijing, they grabbed land with me, and they held so many good guns in their hands, but they refused to give them to us. All the belongings in my hands are just a battalion of fast guns, and his soldiers are all fast guns, this is not favoritism. If I had those good guns, I wouldn't have to take a mat. ”

The armed guard rear army is the most inferior in the armed guard system, the rifle contains a large number of arquebuses and some smoothbore guns, the guns are more than ten years old, and the maintenance is also illegal, most of them are unbearable to use, and they mainly rely on the ghost head knife when facing the enemy. There were only earthen cannons, not a single new type of artillery. Zhao Guanhou's four battalion soldiers, although the main equipment is Shandong's homemade rifled guns, but in Dong Wuxing's opinion, it is already excellent equipment, so he naturally looks blushing.

King Duan originally promised him that after the troops entered Beijing, they would be allocated from the guns of the Tiger God Battalion and the Shenji Battalion to redress the rear army. didn't want the Queen Mother to prevent him from killing foreigners, so she issued an edict to disarm all his fast guns and hand them over to the Wuwei Chinese Army. The two battalions of Tiger God and Shenji, the current firearms situation is not much better than that of the rear army, Dong Wuxing also has a complaining mood when he says this.

Zhuang Wang Chengxun is a fanatic believer of the Flying Tiger Regiment, with the respect of the king, but he is dressed like the Flying Tiger Regiment, he only recognizes a second senior brother, and he has to kneel and kowtow when he sees the senior brother. But he didn't think it was strange, but felt glorious. At the moment, he said:

"Five stars, I don't think I can blame the second brother for this, the palace has spoken, who of us dares not to listen. But your anger may not be able to come out, your military advisor Li Laizhong is not the old master of the Flying Tiger Regiment. You discuss with him and ask him to make a method, so that the Golden Armor God General will take off Zhao Guanhou's head. ”

Dong Wuxing smiled, "What the prince said is that he just picked his head, and he can't be in the capital, otherwise wouldn't it make it difficult for Duan Wangye?" When he leaves Beijing, let's clean him up. ”

Duanwang agreed: "That's it, there is a west watch in the capital, we can't move, and when we get out of Beijing, it will be our world." Five-star, as long as you destroy the embassy and slaughter all the foreigners, everything will be easy for us. But if this thing has to be done quickly, in case the one in the palace changes his mind and has to negotiate with foreigners, we will waste all our efforts and waste our efforts. ”

Dong Wuxing nodded with a smile, "Don't worry, Wuxing is still the same sentence, I don't have any other skills, I just can kill foreigners!" My military advisor has already gone to plan a major event, and as long as this thing is done, the one in the palace will never change his mind. ”

He whispered in Duanwang's ear, and Duanwangle patted his thigh, "Okay!" This Li Laizhong is really a living Zhuge Liang! With a master like him, we are not afraid of big things. Tell me, what official he wants to be, I'll protect him! As long as this thing is done, this king will not be able to benefit him. Come, drink, Zhao Guanhou is nothing compared to this! ”

Shaanxi Lane, Rouge Hutong, Fengyi class.

The fighting and noise in the capital made the Qingyin small class with a lot of cars and horses in the past become deserted. Fortunately, the people of the Flying Tiger Regiment did not come here to wreak havoc, and this land of fireworks can be regarded as a pure land at least for now. Because the Beijing officials are worried about their safety, the big merchants dare not go out at will, and there are a lot fewer people here, but there are always some guests who are not afraid of death, and they take advantage of this day to come here for recreation, and they can barely maintain their expenses.

Yang Cuiyu plucked the pipa in her hand, plucked the strings behind the curtain cage, sang tactfully, and sang tunes. In the room, a table of wine and food is extremely rich, and two guests are there to push glasses and change glasses, and the wine is strong.

One of them was in his forties, dressed in a silk shirt, dressed like a squire, and the other was a man in his thirties, with a long and jade body, quite handsome appearance, and a very bookish atmosphere between his eyebrows. If there are acquaintances here, they can recognize that the older one is Dong Wuxing's military advisor Li Laizhong, and the younger man is Wang Jixun, who is responsible for the translation of telegrams by Han Rong's side.

He was born as a student of the Beiyang Telegraph Class in Jinmen, and donated to the county. Although the grade is not high, he is in charge of telegraph translation by Han Rong's side, and he has extremely heavy authority and is also a confidant. Its sex likes fish and astringency, and he loves to linger in the place of smoke, and in the Qing Building, Wang Siye is also a very famous benefactor.

Originally, his identity was not qualified to take Yang Cuiyu, but because officials rarely go out recently, they are all thinking about fleeing, Fengyi's class is not as strong as before, and his income has plummeted. There is no cinnabar, red clay is precious, Wang Siye can go to Cuiyu to sit here, drink a few sips of tea, say a few words, and even listen to a tune, eat a table banquet. Looking at Shu after getting Long, Wang Siye is no longer satisfied with just listening to the music and singing, and wants to go further and ask for the identity of a guest who enters the curtain. However, King Xiang has a dream, and the goddess has no heart, no matter how hard he tries to please, he just can't stay overnight, and he can't get close.

But Yang Cuiyu is clever in his means, and he obviously hates him in his heart, but he fishes him for money, which makes Wang Jixun always feel that he can achieve his wish in one more step, so he spends money here at any cost. For example, Li Laizhong's banquet today, dozens of taels of expenses were spent on Fengyi's class.

At this time, both of them had three points of drinking, Li Laizhong looked into the curtain, shook his head, and said in a low voice: "Fourth master, I don't understand, what's the big deal about this?" Women, aren't they all like that, even if they are immortals, they blow out the lamp. You clean her up, get her in order, and you're done. Otherwise, I'll have a few brothers come and arrest her......"

Wang Jixun had a straight face, "Master Li, I don't dare to listen to this." Wang likes flowers, but he is a gentleman among flowers, talking about your love and my wishes, and the moon before the flowers. I can't do the trick of boiling cranes and burning the qin. I pondered, the jade girl is also affectionate to me, but she is a big girl in charge, she can't just let people get close to her, and she has to spend a lot of money to make it happen. At that time, this Fengyi class will not be open for three days, and it will have a big happy event, which is the same as marrying a girl in an ordinary family, and the expenses here will have to be paid by men. ”

Li Lianzhong nodded, "Oh, that's the case, we don't have this in Shaanxi, I don't understand the rules of your capital." If it's about money, it's easy to do. As long as you do what I say, take out the telegram code book and give it to me for one use, 10,000 taels of silver, it will be the fourth master's. Such a girl, even if she has emeralds there, 10,000 silver is always enough, right? ”

"Enough, of course." Wang Jixun raised his head and drank the wine, "Master Li, is 10,000 silver real?" ”

"I have all the silver tickets with me, the fourth master, please accept them." Li Laizhong took out a silver ticket from his sleeve, and saw clearly through the light that it was the 10,000 taels of silver tickets issued by Hengyuan. Wang Jixun took the silver ticket, his hands trembled a little with excitement, and his eyes behind the curtain became extremely hot, as if he would be able to get close to Xiangze in the next moment, and get what he wanted.

Li Laizhong smiled and said, "No hurry." Fourth master, you still have to suffer, write me a note. I hereby received from the Fusang Legation that I have handed over 10,000 taels of silver from Kuping, and if you write so, the silver ticket will naturally be yours. 10,000 taels of silver is not a small amount, and people should also guard against it. You just have to do what I just said, and we will know that I will return this receipt to you after erasing it. ”

The code book mastered by Wang Jixun is an extremely important thing, if such a person receives money from Fusang, he will not be able to escape the charge of communicating with foreign countries, and it will be difficult to keep his head. This is obviously to prevent him from collecting money and not doing things, and playing insurance.

He also knew that if the other party was willing to exchange 10,000 taels of silver for a codebook, he would inevitably forge a telegram with great relevance, and he was afraid that he would have to bear a lot of responsibility in the future. I had the heart to refuse, but I looked at the curtain cage again, and vaguely revealed Yang Cuiyu's slender figure, and couldn't help but think of an ancient adage: "Peony flowers die, and ghosts are also abundant." ”

He gritted his teeth, "Okay, I'll write!" ”

His receipt was written, Yang Cuiyu finished singing the song, walked out and blessed the two of them, and toasted the two of them with a few glasses of wine. I didn't want the latter to avoid it very dexterously, and said with a smile: "Fourth master, what are you doing here?" You are a famous gentleman in the flowers of Sijiu City, what's the matter, this time you have changed sex? ”

"Jade Girl...... I didn't mean that, I ...... I just want to ......"

"Fourth master, what do you think, the slave family also knows it in their hearts. What the slave family thinks in their hearts, you also know, we are hearts, don't you say? I see that you don't have a mouth to follow your legs today, you must have drunk too much wine, hurry home and have a good rest, or tomorrow, you have to delay Zhong Shuai's business, such a big heaviness, Jade can't afford it. Come on, light the lanterns! ”

The rules of clearing the building in the capital, lighting the lantern is to send off guests, Wang Jixun knows that he can't stay today. But seeing the affection in Cuiyu's eyes and the look of concern for herself, she was really worried that she had drunk too much wine, and she couldn't help but have hope in her heart. Sincerely, the golden stone is open! As he went out, he turned back and said, "Jade, ...... tomorrow I'll come back. I've got money, I can redeem you......"

Yang Cuiyu waited for him to leave before shaking her head, with a look of disdain on her face, "Goods!" Looking out the window again, the shadow of another person appeared in front of him, and he whispered "Little Engong...... Guanhou, you must take care. The situation in the capital is so chaotic, when will you come to pick me up? Still is...... You forgot about me? ”

Throughout the night, the inner city was noisy, with shouts of killing and gunfire. Gao Jinzhong's wife cleaned up the softness of the house with tears in her eyes, and wanted to pack some clothes, but was scolded by Gao Jinzhong, so she had to carry the package on her back, take the child, and prepare to flee. At dawn, there were already people outside, but it was sent by Siheng's owner to tell everyone that the car was ready.

Si Si Heng has been in business for many years and has a wide range of savings, and this time seeing the situation in the capital is critical, he is eager to transfer all his assets. However, there are restrictions on time conditions, and you can't bring too much, although there is now an official money bureau to print banknotes, but the circulation is limited, and the people do not recognize it, and the main thing is silver.

Its financial resources are abundant, and it was hastily transferred overnight, and it also brought more than 500,000 taels of silver with the car, which was enough to open a small-scale semicolon in Shandong. It's just that the silver has to be put on the cart, and the convoy winds and turns, which makes Zhao Guanhou want to vomit blood.

"This convoy is too long, and the road is not safe! And these family members, so many people, when will they be able to get to Jinmen? This is a refugee, not a trip. ”

In the four Hengzhong, Hengli is the main number, and the remaining three are semicolons, and the young owner of the car is very sleek, and hurriedly asked Zhao Guanhou to say goodbye, and handed over a passbook

"Your Excellency, you always take it. This is a small food fee for the family, please accept it with a smile. We are all men, it doesn't matter in Beijing, there are always some old relationships, and we can hide anywhere when the time comes. But my wife and children, don't worry about staying in Beijing, don't you know, last night, I killed people in Zhuangwang's mansion. There are men, women, and children, and it is too dangerous to stay in Kyori now. Our family members, there are still people who believe in foreign religions, and if the Flying Tigers know about this, they will also die. Have mercy and take them to Shandong. We hired the bodyguards of the Li family's dart shop, as well as Wang Wuye's Yuan Shun, which is enough to deal with some thieves. And there were fifty thousand pieces of silver on the chariot as a reward for the brothers. As long as Taiping arrives in Shandong, he will take another 30,000. ”

This time, Siheng also made a bloody investment, and hired people and cars with 80,000 silver, which must be regarded as a sky-high price. Without waiting for Zhao Guanhou to speak, Duan Xiangyan had already stepped forward and said, "Uncle Zhao, don't hesitate about this, nod your head." When so much silver arrives in our Shandong, the godfather must also be happy. ”

Zhao Guanhou saw that Cao Zhongkun and the others had ordinary expressions on their faces, and he knew that everyone was tempted by such a large number, and it was not good for him to say anything more. The officers and soldiers of the four battalions were all transferred by their own commanders, and when they heard that there was a reward of 50,000 yuan, these soldiers did not care about anything else, but only held their rifles tightly, obviously for the sake of money, everyone gave up. Even when Akdan heard the 50,000 silver, he couldn't help but be moved, and hurriedly ordered to mobilize the winged soldiers under his control.

Last night, Wang Wu had already sent a message overnight, and the dart buddies brought their families and got into the carriage, and they were also grateful to Zhao Guanhou. The Li family dart company has a great reputation in Beijing and many friends, and Siheng paid a sum of money to buy a city gate official and several senior brothers of the Flying Tiger Regiment. The brigade was led by Akdan's soldiers, holding high the order of King Duan, calling open the south gate and leaving the city.

Just as this huge convoy left the inner city, the fire in the capital was blazing again, the gunfire was loud, and the general attack of the Flying Tigers on the north and south churches began. In the midst of the raging fire, the Western-style architecture of the South Hall, the collection of calligraphy and paintings, and handmade products such as self-striking bells were reduced to ashes in the flames.

The excited group members looked at the raging fire, laughed proudly, and chased and killed the backward parishioners and priests with knives and guns. With the destruction of Nantang, the Flying Tigers all believed that they would usher in a brilliant victory and bring great changes to the Dajin Kingdom.

Just when everyone cheered happily, a thunder sounded in the air, and the heavy rain that had been brewing for many days came, and the heavy rain pressed down the fire, the rain became heavier and heavier, and the fire became smaller and smaller, leaving only a faint fire, struggling in the pouring rain, seeking a glimmer of life. (To be continued.) )