The master pinched his chin, and his eyes flickered for a while before he said: "Of course, the Queen Mother is tempting the Lord, but this matter should not only be aimed at the Lord, maybe it is the Queen's idle chess, and the Lords should pay more attention to what it means for the Queen Mother to attack Bai Daolong......"

Liu Tongxun pondered for a moment, and said in horror: "The Holy Dao is really going to do it immediately!?" ”

Bai Daolong...... How to put it, there is no sense of existence, and the resume of thirty years is extremely concise. Kangxi was the chief soldier of Shaozhou, Yongzheng was the deputy commander of Hangzhou, and Qianlong was the commander of the newly established Xuzhou Banner Battalion.

can really mention this person, let alone Liu Tongxun himself, Liu Tongxun believes that even the Empress Dowager Cichun is afraid of him, this is a very interesting character.

When Shengdao started in Guangdong in his early years, Bai Daolong led the Shaozhou general army and met with him. Then he was transferred to the deputy capital of Hangzhou, and the holy road was split into the south of the Yangtze River with the dragon gate, and Bai Daolong was guarding the Jinshanwei next to him. After Jiangnan returned to the UK, the Empress Dowager Cichun entrusted her with heavy responsibilities and led the flag camp to guard the gate of Xuzhou.

From a big point of view, Bai Daolong's person is a dog skin plaster, wherever the Yinghua forces push, he will stick it wherever he goes, loyal and uncomplaining.

On closer inspection, things are very different.

The Holy Dao began from the grass, and it is said that when he was just a mixed river dragon, the relationship with Bai Daolong was extraordinary. Then he raised troops and called the king of heaven, whether Kangxi was to cover his face or to paralyze the holy way, anyway, he used Bai Daolong as a pawn to stabilize the holy way. After Yongzheng ascended the throne, Bai Daolong faded out of sight, but he was still squatting in the south of the Yangtze River, Yongzheng was not afraid of communicating with Yinghua through the Dragon Gate, and it should also have the intention of staying as the back hand of the way to peace between the north and the south. After Cichun took the stage, he adopted the strategy of suppressing the position and promoting the position, and regarded this person as the Nantianmen of the Qing Dynasty. But he was only given a low position as the commander of Xuzhou.

Thirty years of wind and rain, Bai Daolong is simply a tumbler, and there is a slang rumor in the north that someone is the cock that Nanban inserted into the Qing Dynasty...... I can't tell if the above doesn't dare to touch this person, or if they don't want to touch this person. In the early years, this was about the Empress Dowager Cichun, who was not even a concubine. In the past few years, it has been Bai Daolong.

Liu Tongxun understood the Empress Dowager Cichun's thoughts about Bai Daolong, just as the reason why the Empress Dowager Cichun ascended to the throne was actually because of the righteousness of being able to communicate between the north and the south, and the reason why Bai Daolong was able to become a tumbler was because of his friendship with the Holy Dao. That's it. Empress Dowager Cichun and Bai Daolong have the same "origin".

After figuring out this layer, now that the Empress Dowager Cichun wants to move Bai Daolong, it will be like cutting off her lower body, and she has a decisive heart. And the reason for forcing Cichun to make this decision can only be that the Holy Dao is about to go on a northern expedition.

The master sighed: "Hu Lu has no luck for a hundred years...... Even the children of Jinan Mansion will say this, my lord, this is the general trend. How do adults deal with themselves? ”

Liu Tongxun's eyes flickered: "A few days ago, the court postponed the spring calculation of the household department, and also allowed the provincial tariffs to be deferred and released. With the Han people in the north, they sacrificed their lives to repay the kindness of the Qing Dynasty. Bai Daolong's matter, I'm afraid it's not a temptation, but a show of grace, hehe......"

The smile just rose, but sank again, Liu Tongxun said bitterly: "Deal with yourself? I don't want to step on a wreck and go into the water. I don't want to jump ship and tarnish my name, be a monk for a day, let's go! ”

He raised his voice and greeted the master: "Come with me for a drink!" ”

The dawn of the morning. At the gate of the Grand Canal, Banzha Town, Qinghe County, Huai'an Prefecture, a group of official ships with white flags stopped in front of the gate, and a large number of red-clothed people on the shore held muskets, and the muzzles of the guns were pointed at the official ships, and the atmosphere was very solemn.

In the middle of the flotilla sat in a large boat. Bai Daolong, who had a bloated body and a three-layered chin, had long since lost the fierce aura of thirty years ago. He was half-lying on the limp floor. Two maidservants, one on the left and one on the right, were serving him to eat, and another maid had her head buried between his legs, moving up and down, not knowing what she was doing.

A cup of tits entered, the body suddenly shivered a few times, and the maid below was about to move her head, Bai Daolong pressed it with both hands, and shrugged it a few more times, before he exhaled a long breath, and a milk stain was pulled out from the corner of his mouth.

Comfortable......

Although Bai Daolong is old, his interest has not diminished, and he is even more excited in the morning. If he hadn't been on the run, he would have killed a plate with a real knife again, instead of having an early meal in a hurry like he is now.

But it was just a little hasty, Bai Daolong was not as embarrassed and frightened as a lost dog at this time, he had been waiting for this day for a long time.

Since last year, the voice of the Southern and Northern Expeditions has been getting louder and louder, and after the New Year, many signs have become more and more obvious. At this time, Ru Xi suddenly asked him to go back to Beijing to report on his work, and he could understand with his knees that the woman was going to clean him up.

In the past 30 years, Bai Daolong's mental journey has completely followed the general trend of the north and the south. In the early years, when the Holy Dao Incident occurred, he was terrified, for fear that Kangxi would rectify him. Until the Yongzheng era, he was trembling.

But after the Yongzheng era ended, the north and the south changed places, and he began to raise his eyebrows. When the Qing Dynasty still possessed Jiangnan, he guarded Jinshanwei and did business with the south. After losing Jiangnan, he squatted in Xuzhou again, called guarding the gate of Xuzhou, which was actually to maintain the "friendship" between the north and the south. With Yinghua here, no one dared to touch him, who let Bai Daolong have an unusual friendship with the Holy Dao in his early years.

The heart is getting higher and higher year by year, and the family business is also thriving year by year, but Bai Daolong also understands that there will be changes in the future, and only by crossing this threshold can he Bai Daolong, and even his Bai family really stabilize.

Which one has changed? It is to leave the north and enter the south.

Since Yinghua restored Jiangnan, Bai Daolong has no thoughts about his identity as a flag person, no matter whether the flag is full of Menghan, whether he can live a good life is the most important thing. Of course, he didn't seriously think about Nantou before, his good life was won by relying on this identity that can cross the north and south, and he couldn't easily jump off the wall until the last moment.

Now that Ru Xi has made a decision for him, hesitation and even melancholy are fleeting, replaced by a complete relief, and he Bai Daolong and his family of more than 200 people have gone into the sea.

Although Bai Daolong is the commander of Xuzhou, the military affairs are all under the control of the deputy capital, and there is no way to take the troops to the south, but with his identity, Bai Daolong believes that even if the Holy Dao Emperor has not dealt with him for many years, he will put on a welcoming posture and give him generous treatment.

Although the south is discussing a Manchurian disposal order and clamoring for the liquidation of Manchurian crimes, this is just a face-to-face article. He, Bai Daolong, is not only an old friend of the Holy Dao Emperor. Or take the initiative to Nantou, how can it be difficult for him?

Emperor Shengdao is a good person who misses his old feelings, and his old subordinate Zhou Ning made a big mistake a few years ago, but he was still treated kindly. And his old friend Zhong Shangwei has been in correspondence with him, and recently he wrote that he had opened up a new industry in Tianzhu. lives quite nourishingly, not to mention him Bai Daolong?

Sometimes Bai Daolong was thinking that the Holy Dao Emperor could succeed at least because of himself. When he was in Yingde, he didn't cover it. Can there be Li Sanjiang, can there be Li Tianwang?

Therefore, he took his family and cronies, drove the boat to the canal lock, and informed the local Anglo-Chinese defenders that Bai Daolong, the capital of Xuzhou in the Qing Dynasty, had come to vote, and then he tasted the freedom of the sky and the sea, and waited for the local Anglo-Chinese officials to greet him.

It's been half an hour since the early one. At the beginning of the sun, not only did no one come to pick it up, but there was also a quarrel ahead, which attracted the housekeeper to ask, only to know that the red clothes had to hand over the gun and search the boat.

Baidao Long Nantou. Not only did he bring a family of young and old, but also dozens of armed guards, and there were countless gold and silver treasures on board. Hearing this, my mood suddenly turned bad.

It is right to turn over the gun and search the ship, and Bai Daolong also understands, but he thinks of the gold and silver on the ship. And he resisted. And this thought pushed him to change his mind and climb up to his relationship with the Holy Dao Emperor.

"Even the little soldiers dare to embarrass me, they really don't know who I am Bai Daolong!?"

Bai Daolong felt very embarrassed and decided to maintain his dignity.

"Let their officials come to me!"

Bai Daolong's orders were conveyed by the housekeeper to the red-clothed officers on the scene. To emphasize the mood of the master, the butler's chin is raised high.

"Listen to your accent...... It's also a flag person, why are you so short-sighted? Military orders? Isn't the military order from above? Our lord is ...... with the above."

The housekeeper pointed to the sky: "The relationship at the top is extraordinary, and now I take the initiative to vote, what a happy event it is, what a basket has happened." Can you afford such a little lieutenant? ”

When the red-clothed lieutenant with four silver stars on his shoulders heard this, his face suddenly became complicated. He frowned and said, "We were banner people before...... In this way, let Lord Bai wait first, and then I will ask Shangguan. ”

The housekeeper casually asked, "Who are you Shangguan?" What grade? Why is it so big, and you don't come to pick up my master in person? ”

The officer said: "Zhang Tongzhi has no right to negotiate, he is waiting for Wu Bingbei, and I ask Lord Bai to wait for ......."

In the office room behind the gate, a middle-aged officer with thick eyebrows and sideburns and an imposing appearance was holding his arms in contemplation, and saw that his epaulette was embroidered with a golden dragon medal, which was a brigadier general. The Lieutenant hurried, and after the butler had spoken, his brow furrowed sharply, and his eyes erupted with burning rage.

With a snap, a slap fell heavily on the captain's face, and a roar followed: "You still think you are a flag man!?" Are you going to lose the reputation of your brothers who fought in the Western Regions!? ”

The brigadier general pointed in the direction of the gate, and his face was full of hideousness: "What Bai Daolong, bullshit!" If you don't respect orders, you are the enemy who is attacking! What do you guys do!? If he is disobedient, he will not teach them to be obedient with a bayonet, with a bullet!? His mouth opened and closed, as if he was about to bite the other party: "Do you know that you are wrong!?" ”

Du Wei's face was swollen, and he gritted his teeth and said, "Yes!" Knowing your mistakes at work! I'll do it! ”

As soon as the lieutenant turned around, the brigadier general said: "Forget it, you can't control the field, I'll go!" ”

After a long time, at dawn, a red-clad official appeared in the office, and the guards at the door saluted with guns.

The official asked, "What about Zhang Guangsi?" Shouldn't he be waiting for me in the office? ”

The guard said: "Report to Wu Bingbei, the people who came did not respect the order, and the control went to deal with it." ”

Wu Jingzi, Jiangsu Bingbei Dao, frowned, and a sense of uneasiness rose in his heart.

In front of the gate, Zhang Guangsi, the commander of the 39th Division of the Anglo-Chinese Army, carried his hands behind his back, and looked at the housekeeper coldly, the other party's eyes were full of disdain, which made Zhang Guangsi's anger in his heart almost burst his chest.

As the former deputy general under Yue Zhongqi, Zhang Guangsi and the commander voted for Yinghua together, and were incorporated into the Shengjie Army to go to the Western Regions, all the way to Kashgar, and won the rank of brigadier general. After the Western Regions army was dismantled, he was the first to return to the interior, commanding a battalion of the 39th Division to garrison the canal gate in Qinghe County, Huai'an Prefecture.

Zhang Guangsi is different from the former coach Yue Zhongqi, who has not experienced so much mental suffering. He only felt that the martial artist was a knife, and he was a treasure knife, if he continued to be held by the Manchu Qing Dynasty's dying man, it would be a pearl covered in dust, held by the powerful Yinghua. in order to gallop happily.

Although this wish has been fulfilled, the conquest of the Western Regions is the happiest time he has had in the past fifty years, and he has stepped into the threshold of the general with one foot. But when he returned to the mainland, he had to re-identify himself. The rising anti-Manchurian trend in the country made him wake up to the fact that he was born in the Han Army Xianghongqi. It also hindered him from truly integrating into the country.

Although the banner people of the Han army have a precedent of the 16th Praetorian Guard, the Chinese people do not regard it as equal to the Manchus, and still regard it as an acceptable compatriot, but it is the 16th Praetorian Guard Division. The thirty-ninth division he led. The officers and soldiers were also banner men, and the members came from the Sichuan and Shaanxi-Gansu banner battalions. In the eyes of the 16th Praetorian Guard Division, the 39th Division, which did not receive the title of "Praetorian Guard", is still a banner division, which is not the same thing as the 16th Praetorian Guard Division, which has been reborn. Gui Zhen, who has been promoted to deputy military affairs of the General Headquarters, has emphasized on various occasions that the 39th Division is a "banner division", and the implication is obvious: the 39th Division wants to be recognized, and he Zhang Guangsi wants to truly integrate into Yinghua. You have to pay more.

With this in mind, when the northern flag man was arrogant in front of him, Zhang Guangsi was naturally furious.

The housekeeper squinted, thinking that he was very relaxed and said: "They are all banner people, why bother with each other." When my lord enters the country, there will be a lot of time to take care of in the future...... Yes! ”

The last exclamation was the cold muzzle of the short gun poking at his neck.

Zhang Guangsi's forehead was bruised, and he said word by word: "If you don't respect the order, you won't be killed!" ”

He tilted his head, and the lieutenant behind him shouted: "Queue up—raise your gun—aim!" ”

There was a bang. Hundreds of red-clothed people lined up and pointed steadily at the flotilla on the river. The instinctive reactions accumulated on the battlefield of blood and fire, and the duties and regulations of guarding the canal locks. So that they did not have the slightest suspicion of the order of the officer, not only the muzzle of the gun was pointed at the ship's escort, but the safety of the musket was also opened.

The housekeeper's body suddenly softened, but his mouth was still hard: "Don't come to this set!" You should know who my lord is! What happened, beware of your emperor Long Yan's fury, all of you will fall to the ground! ”

Zhang Guangsi's heart was also flickering. The tumbler Bai Daolong is indeed a big man, and he really can't move...... Wait a minute. Why can't you move?

A thought swelled rapidly, controlling all of Zhang Guangsi's thoughts. If he wants to clear his identity as a flag man, he can not only rely on dedication, but also on attitude......

This thought came so violently that it almost devoured all reason, Zhang Guangsi protected the last shred of reason, and said fiercely: "Give you another chance, surrender your guns and get off the boat, and accept the search!" Otherwise......"

A lazy voice came from the ornate boat in the middle of the fleet: "What are you still doing?" Yo ho, you actually raised a gun at me!? I'm here to vote for your emperor, but I'm not here to be your prisoner, and you're too bold, aren't you? ”

It was Bai Daolong, who waited impatiently, and went out of the cabin to see the situation, but saw that the fleet was being pointed at by the red clothes with a gun, and he couldn't hold back his anger anymore. Even if the Holy Dao Emperor treats him poorly, how can he give him the official body of a second- or third-grade official, you little red clothes are so short-sighted?

"You have guns, and I have them!"

Bai Daolong waved his hand casually, he never thought that there would be any conflict at the moment, he just wanted to fight for this breath, and he must not make it as if he was tying his hands and kneeling to beg for mercy like now.

The guards on the ship were all fed with Bai Daolong's silver, and even many guards felt that when their master Nantou, they could also change into red clothes, and there were a few silver stars to wear, and they lost their awe of these red clothes in front of them. Bai Daolong waved his hand, and the guards also raised their muskets faithfully.

On the shore, Zhang Guangsi's eyes narrowed into a slit, and he shouted in his heart, and then suddenly shouted: "Shoot!" ”

Disheveled......

First, a gunshot rang out, Zhang Guangsi's short gun opened, and a quarter-caliber bullet sprayed out of the chamber, rotating and tearing the housekeeper's jaw, piercing straight up from the hyoid bone, stirring up the brain, and shooting out with a small half of the skull, spraying a cloud of red and white slurry from the boss.

The butler's eyes rolled instantly, the heat above his broken head was just revealed, and a burst of guns rang out almost simultaneously.

Pierced through his fat thick body by at least three bullets, Bai Daolong first leaned back, his face frozen on a surprised and inexplicable expression, and then he planted forward, and with a pop, splashing a splash mixed with blood on the surface of the water.

Zhang Guangsi shouted like crazy: "Fire!" Fire! Not a single one to stay! ”

Wu Jingzi, who had rushed outside the gate, suddenly stopped, dumbfounded and in disbelief.

On February 13, the 24th year of the Holy Road, the Grand Canal Qinghe Banzha Town. The sudden sound of gunfire shattered the tranquility of the morning, and the nearby people not only did not panic, but were all happy, cheering and saying: "The Northern Expedition is over!" ”

On the outskirts of Zhangde Mansion in Henan, a man dressed as a peasant walked urgently through the forest. Dozens of people were chasing behind, accompanied by the barking of dogs.

"Catch him! Catch the spies of the Heaven and Earth Society! ”

"Shoot! Watch out for leg punches! ”

The pursuers shouted loudly, and then the shots rang out, and the man in front fell to the ground, rolled a few times, and then was silent.

In the prison of Fucheng. A woman had been stripped of her clothes and drawn in large letters, and the jailer held up a reddish iron bar, and leaned towards the woman's breasts with a sinister smile, and the flesh of the breast, which should have been white and tender, had been cracked and scorched.

The official roared and asked, "Say! Where is Xu Shenggu of the Wenxiang Sect!? Where is the retreat that your heaven and earth will prepare for the dignitaries of the Smelling Fragrance Sect!? ”

Another official shouted sharply: "This is only the fifth punishment!" Don't think that there are only eighteen punishments, but there are thirty-six punishments for women! You don't say. Just to have fun! See how far you can go! ”

The woman babbled and shook her head first, then nodded, and the official was overjoyed: "Stop!" She's willing to say it! ”

The jailer took out the rag from the woman's mouth, and the woman gasped for breath a few times, and then tears slid from the corners of her already dry eyes. Then she closed her eyes and opened her mouth.

"Not good!"

The officials and jailers pounced, but it was too late, and a low grunt was heard, and the corners of the woman's mouth were bleeding, and her head slowly softened.

The interrogating officer pinched the woman's jaw. Half of her tongue fell, and the woman bit her tongue and killed herself.

The official scolded angrily: "Damn it! He snatched the soldering iron and stabbed it into the woman's bloody mouth.

"I don't care about their future. Spread the net and catch it! That Xu Shenggu is in the countryside outside the city! The Queen Mother wants us to clean up the place, and none of these thieves who will cooperate with the inside and outside of the Nanban will be left! ”

The officer turned and commanded a group of subordinates in the rear.

In the countryside outside the city, a group of Mai people rushed into a dilapidated City God Temple, all looking excited.

"Holy aunt! The government is gathering troops. Said to take people in a big way, we're all on the list! ”

"It must be the Anglo-North Expedition! Qinggou is afraid that we should cooperate with the outside world. Poison us! ”

Everyone gathered around a beautiful woman in her early twenties, also dressed in sackcloth, with a quiet expression and a smell of dust.

"Don't panic, everyone retreats according to the path set before, don't harm the innocent people."

Hearing the word "Northern Expedition", the woman known as the Holy Aunt raised her eyebrows, revealing a sense of joy that had been waiting for a long time, but then she calmed down again.

I've been waiting for too long, and I'm finally here, but she is no longer the holy aunt of the Smelling Fragrance Sect, but the sacrifice of the White Lotus Sect of the Heavenly Temple, what she wants to do is to protect the people, if her own existence will threaten the people, she will only choose to leave.

"Holy Aunt, no matter whether we retreat or not, whether the Holy Aunt is not there or not, Qinggou will still harm the villagers!"

"Yes, the brothers in the city have spread the word that there are big officials in the capital, and they want to uproot those of us who are related to the Heavenly Temple, and we can't patronize ourselves."

Hearing these news, Xu Wumei also raised her willow eyebrows, is it the last moment?

"Brother Huang and sister-in-law should also come, listen to their opinions first."

It's not in a hurry, Xu Wumei wants to wait until her informant arrives. In the past few years, it is a couple who have been helping her communicate with the north and the south, the husband is a secret spy of the Heaven and Earth Society, and the wife is a priest of the Heavenly Temple, bringing her the news of the Heavenly Temple.

"Oh no!"

Another rushed in in a panic.

"The people from the government prison have heard that Sister-in-law Huang has been arrested and put in prison and is being interrogated!"

Everyone was in an uproar, Xu Wumei's fists were clenched, and the color of fear flashed, but it dissipated in an instant.

"The Holy Law says that the sword of the enemy country is put on the neck, and we, the common people, do not cry. We have to resist, even if we just open our eyes and look at the enemy, we can't let the enemy enjoy the pleasure of killing, our bodies can't stop the sword soldiers, but our souls can retain their integrity. Loved ones will avenge us, even the ninth generation will not forget. ”

After Xu Wumei finished reading these words in a low voice, her eyes bloomed with blazing brilliance, and she said again: "We can't wait for the army of the Celestial Empire...... But that doesn't mean we're going to be caught! ”

She raised her little fist in the air and shouted, "We—the opposite!" ”

The broken temple fell silent for an instant, and then a roaring cry sounded: "It's the opposite!" ”

This cry was like spring thunder, startling a group of birds and birds outside the broken temple.