The new east gate of Dihua City in the Jiangsu and Zhejiang Hall, these years have disappeared the prosperity of the previous years, the Jiangsu and Zhejiang Hall has been abandoned before the year of Gengzi, but now the Jiangsu and Zhejiang Hall is said to be the merchants are not there, but it has shown a new look, although the gate of the Jiangsu and Zhejiang Hall is still hanging, but from the Xin Chou year, in Dihua City, people call this place "Grandpa's Mansion".

The grandfather's mansion is naturally a grandfather, and the exiled officials of the Qing Dynasty are either Xinjiang Province or Ningguta, and among the officials exiled to Xinjiang Province, the most prominent identity is the Manchu Qing Dynasty Auxiliary State Gong Zailan.

In the year of Gengzi, the Eight-Nation Alliance invaded Yanjing City. Empress Dowager Cixi said that Guangxu and his subordinates fled westward and loved Xinjueluo? Zailan followed him. After the peace with the coalition forces, the coalition forces designated Aixin Jueluo? Zailan is one of the "first disasters". The Qing court was forced to take the title and punish it severely, and it was convicted of beheading and waiting for prison. In order to remember the emperor's flesh and blood, Tegarn was sent to Xinjiang Province and imprisoned forever.

Zailan was exiled to Dihua, the provincial capital of Xinjiang Province, but instead of imprisoning him, the government gave him preferential treatment, placing him in the Jiangsu and Zhejiang Guild Hall in the new east gate, and the provincial finance paid eight cadres and two silver for living expenses every year, and also sent many servants for his instructions. Known as Grandpa Lan, the residence is the Grandpa's Mansion, the decoration, utensils, and room fees in the house are paid by the government, and he is still pampered, and soon after arriving in Dihua, he married the 17-year-old niece of Lu Fuwei Miaoling in Suilai County as a concubine, known as "Grandpa and Mrs."

Love Xin Jueluo? Zai Lan as a prisoner, accepted a new concubine, the governor Yamen allocated special funds in the Lu family to build a mansion, built such a grandfather's mansion, but that grandfather's mansion, this Lan grandfather does not often go, compared to Suilai, he still likes to be in Dihua, this place is at least the provincial capital, there is Suilai kind of small county can be compared, not to mention that the eating and drinking style of this Dihua is not inferior to the mainland, the provincial government officials take turns to feast, Grandpa Lan naturally must come to every banquet, with his imperial status, located on the side of the governor, as if he is a guest, Enjoying the welcome of officials big and small, patting horses, and rewarding money after watching the play, it made him feel like he was still in the capital.

This will be outside the Grandpa's Mansion, more than a dozen horses of different colors are parked on the street outside the Grandpa's Mansion, and there are guards with loaded guns on horseback, which is sent by the Governor Yamen to guard on the surface, and in fact to protect the queen, these horses were originally because they were good at riding horses for recreation, so they selected forty horses according to their coat colors in Dihua, and galloped for their own entertainment every day, and the groom and horse material naturally had to be paid by the government.

His guards were on horseback, and Zailan walked out of the gate with square steps, and as soon as the man came down the steps, the groom leading the horse hurriedly knelt under the stirrups and filled the stool for getting on the horse.

"Grandpa, please get on the horse!"

"Yo, Aguza, get up, get up!"

As soon as he saw it, Zailan hurriedly stepped forward and helped the horseman up.

"Nowadays, there is no grandfather who is not grandfather, my flag man is not a rider!"

There is still a lot of dominance in the past, and some are just a kind of humility, and they have been reversed from the capital...... Wrong! It should be after the recovery, Zai Lan is cautious about living a life, to the old lady, he is grateful in his heart, and he also hates, she was the one who wanted to beat the foreigners, and she was the one who wanted to negotiate peace, but in the end it was himself who topped the tank, this head was not off, but it was exiled in the place where the bird did not in Dihua, and it was not a big deal.

What's more, the Qing Dynasty has long since died, and naturally Zailan did not have the idea of being a loyal minister of the Qing Dynasty and martyrdom for the Qing Dynasty, but in the past month, he has been running back and forth in order to keep his head.

"All prisoners in the flag!"

The Dihua newspaper mentioned the attitude of the Nanjing Ministry of Justice towards the banner people, what is a prisoner of war, that is, to serve hard labor, into a prisoner of war camp, he Zailan does not want to enter any hard labor camp, but Nanjing's attitude towards Duan Fang and others, and let him figure out some ways, if he can keep himself by knowing things, maybe he can enjoy the idleness of a ruling axe like Duan Fang.

What kind of number of books forgot to enter his head, not to mention the feelings they didn't read first.

"Thank you, thank you, grandpa!"

Although these grandfathers are always like this, Agu Zayi is still a little uncomfortable.

On his own horse, Zai Lan took the horse and walked in the direction of the governor's yamen, compared to the mainland, this province is still calm, although some counties have been electrified, set up the "Chinese flag", but this Dihua city is still the world of the Qing Dynasty.

When the horse arrived at the governor's yamen, the officials outside the door hurriedly beat a thousand when the horse did not stop.

"Say hello to grandpa!"

"Excuse me, there will be no grandfather in the future!"

Although he wanted to rely on the people in his heart, he involuntarily showed some habits that he had developed after living for more than 50 years.

"Is Master Pan here?"

"The Governor is signing the house! The little one will give you a report to your grandfather! ”

As he spoke, the official ran into the governor's yamen quickly, and Zailan entered the governor's yamen under the escort of several guards, and when he was about to walk to the big signing room, more than a dozen officials wearing red tops walked out, but they did not kneel to ask for peace, but beat thousands, after all, although this Lan in front of him is a clan, but now he is also a prisoner.

"Greetings, Grandpa Lan!"

At the same time, the governor Pan Xiaosu was the main governor of the Zhu Dynasty, which was regarded as a request for peace, and his expression was still as respectful as in the past, and then he respectfully welcomed Zai Lan into the escort room and made it on the left side of the first seat.

"Grandpa, in the past few days, things have been busy and I haven't been able to invite grandpa, so it's no wonder that I invite grandpa! This grandfather is here, don't come back! ”

Pan Xiaosu confessed first, with a smile on his face.

"Old Pan! You're so kind! ”

Zailan sighed, he was still so grateful to Pan Xiaosu in his heart, in the autumn of the 28th year of Guangxu, Pan Xiaosu was promoted from the political envoy of Xinjiang Province to the governor, first advocated eating and protecting the society, that is, starting from the governor, in turn, the political envoy, the envoy and the officials of Dihuafu County took turns to feast. Except for the death anniversary stipulated by the imperial court, there is almost no banquet, and there is a drama at every banquet, and this guest is him Zailan.

"Today, I'm not here to eat your feast!"

Zai Lan said, and at the same time looked around, the political envoy next to him, the envoy and others hurriedly retreated, how could they not understand the rules of this officialdom.

"Lao Pan, this Great Qing Kingdom is over!"

Zailan's words made Pan Xiaosu's heart tremble, he knew what this grandfather was doing recently, but the grandfather could say this, but he couldn't say it, Pan Xiaosu had been thinking about his future for more than a month.

"Beat the flag man into the customs, this Han Manchu family has been around for two hundred and sixty years, the court is irremediable, and it is not surprising that it is over, Lao Pan, you treat me well, I understand that I am here today, I want to make you rich!"

"Please also make it clear!"

Hearing this, Pan Xiaosu glanced at Zai Lan's neck for no reason, could it be that Zai Lan wanted to give his head to himself? Not to mention, he really thought about it, but what is the use of this outdated grandfather's head?

In the past, he scolded this grandfather, because this grandfather was also a clan no matter what, and the relationship in the capital could not be compared with a foreign official like himself, so he naturally wanted to get the grandfather's appreciation by currying favor with the grandfather, so that he had a chance to advance.

Now, the emperor has committed suicide, and the queen mother is being tried for one crime after another in Nanjing, I am afraid that it will not be two months, and when the trial of the crime is over, she will be escorted to the vegetable market to correct the law, and he is not as concerned about this grandfather as he was in the past, if his head is really useful, maybe Pan Xiaosu would have been cut off.

Zai Lan drank tea and glanced at Pan Xiaosu, this kid must have thought about his head.

"Shaanxi and Sichuan have been recovered one after another, this Yunnan's Li Jingxi has already had a heart of change, and the governor of the Liberation Army into Guizhou Lin Shaonian did not resist, but obeyed the province, and was appointed as the governor of Guizhou Province, the trend of the world has been decided, Lao Pan, you have to make plans early!"

"Grandpa means ......"

"Gansu's Shengyun can't be long, and within ten days, the Guangfu army will enter Lanzhou, whether it is surrendered or defended, but it can't help him, Lao Pan, there are words in ancient times, and those who know the times are Junjie, not to mention that you are Han!"

This will be said to be a little heart-warming Pan Xiaosu, but he cast his eyes on Zailan, is it possible that he is testing himself by saying this? No, he has no soldiers and no power, so why should he test himself? Or want to use your own head to return the favor.

"Lao Pan, I'm not afraid of your jokes!"

Seeing Pan Xiaosu's eyes, Zai Lan pretended not to see it and sighed.

"I'm an auxiliary prince who has been fighting since the year of Xin Chou, in the past few years, the big guy has raised love, and the grandfather and grandfather shouted, this will make me want to be a flat head with my own family, and I will be content, Lao Pan, you treat me well, although this ruling has conquered the capital, but no one in this royal family has stood up to shout for the ruling power, although my grandfather is not, but no matter what, he is also a member of the clan, Lao Pan, it is also necessary to come to govern!"

"Grandpa, what do you mean ......?"

Pan Xiaosu couldn't help but be moved by Zai Lan's words, the ruling party has always used Duan Fang to expose the darkness of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, but Duan Fang is just a full person, but Zai Lan in front of him is different, he is a clan, if this matter of buckling the pot is said by his mouth.

"No, I drafted a telegram myself, Lao Pan, take a look, come and polish it, if it works, send it out!"

With a "bang", a large table of steaming delicacies was completely overturned, and many people's clothes were dripping with juice. Although the weather was dry and dreary, everyone was silent, and they didn't even dare to say anything about the atmosphere, and no one dared to clean up the broken wine bottles and tea bowls on the ground, so they let these sundries scatter in the flower hall of the yamen.

Shengyun, who was sitting in the first seat, trembled involuntarily, and his face gradually turned from the angry red just now to gray.

"Zailan, I'm your ancestors for eighteen generations!"

Xu is very angry, Sheng Yun forgot that this Zailan ancestor has been counted for eighteen generations, that is not Nurhachi, but this will be annoyed and angry, where can he still remember this.

Xinjiang Provincial Governor Pan Xiaosu and Zailan telegraphed the whole country to respond to the recovery, and Zailan even experienced the ten major sins of the Manchu Qing Dynasty as a clan, and pleaded himself guilty, "The sins of the ancestors, Zailan is a thousand knives and it is difficult to redeem" is willing to bind himself to Nanjing to accept the court trial, he has seen it without waist, and Duanfang is the culprit, but he is so shameless as Zailan, Shengyun has lived for half his life, but he has really never seen it.

In the past two months, Shengyun has successively transferred back teams from Qinghai and Ningxia, plus 300,000 defense troops and horse teams in Gansu, and the Gunpowder Bureau has stepped up the production of guns, ammunition and foreign medicines.

Originally, he even thought about sending someone to Xinjiang Province to invite Zailan to succeed him as the emperor, and for this reason, he negotiated with the Russian consul in Lanzhou many times to ask the Russian consul to allow him to come to Lanzhou.

"Taizu's face has been lost by this Zailan!"

Seungyoon continued to scold, and the fire in his heart grew bigger and bigger!

Just when everyone looked at each other and saw that the Governor was Nurhachi, suddenly the butler walked in at the door and walked quickly to Shengyun and said in a low voice.

"Master, something's wrong."

"What's the matter!"

An angry Shengyun yelled, and the butler whispered in his ear.

"Master, someone in Xi'an has escaped, there is something urgent."

The housekeeper's words were full of anxiety and uneasiness, and Shengyun's heart sank, and he stood up and took a figure-eight step, and walked to the back hall, talking as he walked.

"Let someone come to the study."

When he came to the study and sat down, after a while the butler brought a man, who took three steps and two steps into the study, fell to his knees and cried.

"Your Excellency!"

Sheng Yun fixed his eyes and saw that this person was unkempt, the clothes on his body could not be seen in their original colors, but he was wearing a pair of official boots on his feet, he quickly signaled the housekeeper to close the door, prohibiting idle people from disturbing, and then asked calmly.

"Who are you? What's the big deal? ”

"My lord, I'm Qingna of Xi'an Zhenghuangqi! Xi'an, Xi'an's flag people...... It's all over! ”

Sheng Yun looked at it, it wasn't Qing Na, but it turned out to be a big fat man, but now he has become a thin man, no wonder he can't recognize it.

Hearing him say this sentence, Shengyun, who had never wanted to believe in Xi'an, only felt a mouthful of fishy sweet things rising in his throat, and he pressed it hard and said in a trembling voice.

"What the hell is going on, take your time."

Qing Na cried while telling the situation in Xi'an.

"Old...... There are few, but there are only a few hundred people who can survive......"

Qingna cried and kowtowed vigorously.

"My lord, now there is only one loyal minister left in our Great Qing Kingdom, and you have to avenge the more than 20,000 people in Xi'an!"

"How did you get out?"

Suppressing the anger and sadness in his heart, Seungyun asked.

"Little ...... The little one...... On that day, taking advantage of the unpreparedness of the rebels, he slid down the city wall, and ...... So he escaped for his life. ”

Qing Na squeaked.

"Qingna, you go down first, so that you can rest. We must avenge this revenge. ”

Sent away Qingna, Shengyun got up and took two steps, and suddenly a mouthful of blood spurted out, spraying the calligraphy and paintings on the wall dotted, like Lamei open, he couldn't help crying.

"thief!"

In the barracks outside Lanzhou City, the sound of horses' hooves echoed in the school field, and as the cavalry on horseback cut off the wheat straw heads on the stump, a burst of cheers suddenly sounded around the school field, "My lord, you see that this elite military horse team looks good, right?" ”

Ma Anliang, who was wearing official clothes, accompanied Shengyun and said proudly, a month ago, the governor promoted him to form an elite army, and set up a 200,000 infantry horse team to Hezhou, Ningxia, and Qinghai.

"An Liang, the morale of the brothers is enough!"

Sheng Yun nodded, before fighting Zuo Shuai's expedition to the west, the Hezhou soldiers were brave and brave, and they were by no means comparable to the Han soldiers and banner soldiers, and this was the reason why he exhausted the treasury and even forced the merchants to form this elite army, but now the world is rebellious, this army is unstable, the Han army is unreliable, and the flag soldiers are insufficient, and the only thing that can be held is this elite army.

"An Liang, the Ma family was favored by the imperial court, and An Liang Gengzi entered Beijing to protect the frame when the country was in trouble, and was appreciated by the queen mother and the first emperor, and was ...... by the high position of the general army."

From the governor's words, Ma Anliang heard the meaning of the adult, he came to probe his own tone today, now the emperor is dead, the queen mother is captured, the lord of the grand Qing country is exhausted, even the clan has descended to Nanjing, he ...... "Anliang, if it wasn't for Zuo Shuai's appreciation, I'm afraid that the Ma family in Hezhou would also be like Bai Yanhu and the like, fleeing into Russia, living under the protection of outsiders, how can it be so expensive today?" ”

As Seung-yoon spoke, his eyes were fixed on Ma Anliang.

"This Chen rebels want to destroy the banner people, all because of the clan feud, during the Tongzhi period, your grandfather and his old man raised troops from Monigou in Hezhou, killed not 300,000 but 250,000 people, Lu Hongtao, Zhang Guozhi can be surrendered, they are Han, after surrendering, they can hand over the military power, or for officials or businessmen, Anliang, what can you do? After Chen Shun started up with a clan feud, how could he tolerate you in the Han gentry in Gansu Province! Lu Hongtao has a lot of complaints about my reuse, there are some things, you haven't forgotten, and they haven't forgotten either! When they ask Yu Nanjing to kill you, what should you do? ”

A few simple words, only Ma Anliang said with a cold sweat on his back, they haven't forgotten, how can they forget, what are the two generations of the Ma family carefully serving the court for over the years? Isn't it to protect the Ma family in Hezhou, if it is...... The reason why he hesitated was precisely because Nanjing started as a nation.

"An Liang, the Qing Kingdom treats you well, and the governor treats you well, the Guangfu army is only a few hundred thousand, but the elite army also has as many as 250,000, if you go south, who wins or loses, it is still a number of five or five......"

Sheng Yun saw the elite army trained in the principal, how could he not know the thoughts in Ma Anliang's heart after decades of wandering in the officialdom, and today he came to this military camp alone to collect this Ma Anliang's heart.

"If you say that you have surrendered, the governor has no choice, but please spare the life of the banner man in the city, the governor only has 3,000 banner soldiers in his hands, if you want to take the head of the governor, you can take ......"

"My lord, I don't dare to ...... my humble position"

Ma Anliang, who was anxiously kneeling on the ground, said while kowtowing, and then he looked up at Shengchong again, clasping his hands into fists.

"My Ma family is favored by the imperial court, and the lord is loyal to the court to the death, and An Liang voluntarily saddles the horse and follows the adult!"

(To be continued)