Liu Mingchuan watched a group of squires come out of the yamen as if they were dead, and asked, "My lord, are they willing to hand over the silver?" ”

Li Hongzhang said enviously: "This is where this person is powerful, who has never done kidnapping and extortion, I thought it was appalling that the teacher could extort tens of thousands of taels of silver, but I didn't expect this guerrilla master to be so powerful!" ”

"Now that the national crisis is at hand, they still want to stay out of it? What wishful thinking! Liu Bingzhang remembered that everyone was sneered at by the local squires in Anhui, and couldn't help laughing.

Li Hongzhang took the lead and said, "Let's visit again, Liu Bei can take care of the thatched house, and I Li Hongzhang can do the same." ”

Zhou Di looked at Li Hongzhang and others guarding the gate of the county government, and whispered to everyone: "I know these people, and the leader is a student of Zeng Guofan, named Li Hongzhang, who is a jinshi, it seems that this blackmail was really instigated by Zeng Guofan, and it can't be wrong." ”

Li Guoguo sighed: "Except for Zeng Guofan, who else is so bold and self-respecting as a thief, hum!" Let's contact the township party first, and drive Jiang Zhongyuan, the dog thief, away! ”

"Brother Li is right, Jiang Zhongyuan is reckless, as a parent official, he will only scavenge oil and water, we Jiangxi people must unite together and drive him away!"

"Drive Jiang Zhongyuan away and change to a literati!"

A group of squires instantly became righteous and awe-inspiring, as if they were asking for the people's lives.

Hu Mengjun took the greeting note and handed it to Li Yunzhong and said, "General, the scholar came again yesterday, you can't see it." ”

Li Yunzhong casually put the prayer post on the table: "Let him come in, it's quite an interesting person." ”

Li Hongzhang walked in with Liu Mingchuan and a few people, and bowed his hand and said, "Shaoquan took the liberty to visit." And please don't be surprised by the general. ”

Li Yunzhong returned the salute: "Brother Shaoquan said and laughed, everyone sits." Brother Shaoquan came to visit me because he could afford me. How could I be unhappy, I wonder who these strong men are? ”

Li Hongzhang introduced: "This is Liu Mingchuan, the third in the province, a person from Xixiang, Anhui, the sixth in the family, quite brave, and famous for his good temperament. ”

Liu Mingchuan touched the pockmarks on his face and said with a smile: "Everyone calls me 'Liu Liumazi', the general is at will." When I was young, I sold illicit salt, and I killed the local tyrants in the countryside because of injustice, and thanks to Lord Li's promotion, I was able to make meritorious service and atone for my sins. ”

Liu Mingchuan! Celebrity, Li Yunzhong already has the heart to solicit, and smiled at Liu Mingchuan and nodded.

Li Hongzhang continued to point at Wu Changqing and said: "This is Wu Changqing, the word Xiaoxuan, a native of Lujiang, Anhui, and his father Wu Tingxiang held a group exercise. Repeatedly hit the short hair, Xiao Xuan freely read the military books, which can be described as both civil and military. ”

Another celebrity, Wu Changqing! Yuan Shikai's Bole. It's just that his father has repeatedly defeated the Han army, why don't I know how to do it, eighty percent of it is to put gold on his face.

"These two will be great!" Li Yunzhong pointed at Wu Changqing and Liu Mingchuan and boasted.

"This is Liu Bingzhang. is also a native of Lujiang, Anhui Province, and he was selected three years ago. It has the style of a Confucian general. After Li Hongzhang introduced the last person, he waited for Li Yunzhong's reaction.

Li Yunzhong quietly read the worship post again: Li Hongzhang! His name is Li Hongzhang! No wonder the famous generals of the Huai Army gathered around him in the future.

"I don't know where Brother Shaoquan is?"

Li Hongzhang's face was ashamed. Said: "Shaoquan is stupid, last month with the Ministry of Rites Lang Lu was ordered to Anhui to set up a group training, but the pace is difficult, the effect is very little, I heard that the teacher's group training is booming, so temporarily committed to the Hunan army, as a staff member, learn experience, he will inevitably return to Anhui one day." ”

Li Yunzhong said secretly: I'm afraid you won't be able to go back, and in another month or two. Li Desheng is about to attack northern Anhui, and then the whole territory of Anhui will be recovered, and what will happen to you Li Hongzhang!

"Brother Shaoquan has great ambitions, Li admires him, I don't know what Brother Shaoquan thinks of this Han army?"

Li Hongzhang had already inquired clearly, this guerrilla lord was going to Zhejiang to fight with Shorthair, and said in a surprising voice: "The general may not know the way, Hangzhou has been broken by Shorthair seven days ago, Admiral Zhang Guoliang was martyred bravely, tens of thousands of troops were annihilated, Lord Qincha and Chun were surrounded in Jinhua, three times a day, and sent more than a dozen letters asking for help to Lord Zeng, which can be described as precarious." ”

Li Yunzhong still cooperated and shouted: "What! Hangzhou has fallen! So what do I do? Do you want to go to Zhejiang? "Hangzhou is what I fought!

Li Hongzhang said with a smile: "Zhejiang's defeat has been decided, and it will not help the general to go, but to give his life in vain, it is better to consider another way out." ”

"Another way? Brother Shaoquan has a good plan? Li is grateful! "Why hasn't this Zhong Lin come back, if Li Hongzhang is allowed to slip away from him alive, it will be a big loss.

Li Hongzhang saw that things were going on as he thought, and he couldn't help but be excited: "Li is not talented, and he is willing to advance and retreat with the general, what does the general think?" ”

It turned out that he wanted to co-opt Lao Tzu, and Li Yunzhong glanced at Hu Mengjun.

Hu Mengjun had already heard Li Hongzhang's purpose, and sneered: "You are only a six-grade petty official, how can you let my general take refuge in you, if you want to take refuge, you will also take refuge in my general!" ”

Liu Mingchuan had the intention of insulting his own adult, and said angrily: "My family is a Hanlin editor, and he will be the prime minister in the future, how can he take refuge in your general." ”

When Li Yunzhong saw Zhong Lin coming back, he immediately motioned to him to come closer, and whispered, "You go and transfer all the team members who are still equipped with foreign guns." ”

Zhong Lin looked back at Li Hongzhang and the others, and nodded in understanding.

Li Hongzhang looked at Li Yunzhong's face carefully, and really didn't understand what Li Yunzhong's idea was! The promise went straight to the point: "Brother Li is talented, he is really the person that Shaoquan dreams of, if Brother Li does not dislike it, there will be a bite of Shaoquan to eat in the future, and he will never starve Brother Li, and please Brother Li think twice." ”

Li Yunzhong also smiled: "Your name is Li Hongzhang, I am very interested in you, it is better for you to take refuge in me, as long as you serve me, I will never treat you badly, immediately worship you as a waiter, this is a three-grade official position!" ”

Listening to Li Yunzhong's crazy words, Li Hongzhang suddenly had an ominous premonition, and immediately got up and said: "Since the words are not speculative, Shaoquan will leave first!" ”

Li Yunzhong got up and said with a smile: "Did I, Li Yunzhong, see Brother Shaoquan once, did Shaoquan leave me like this?" ”

Li Hongzhang said calmly, "Brother Li has any advice, I am busy with official business, I am afraid that I don't have time to chat with Brother Li here, so I will leave." ”

"If you're here, don't go! Shaoquan should stay with me obediently. ”

With Li Yunzhong's words, two rows of foreign guns ran into the house in a neat formation, looking at Li Hongzhang and the others with a fierce attitude.

Wu Changqing stammered, "General, what do you mean by this?" If you have something to say, why is that? ”

Li Hongzhang listened to the name 'Li Yunzhong' that he thought about day and night, his face turned gray in an instant, and he couldn't believe his ears, like a thunderbolt on a sunny day, and as if he was splashed from head to foot by a touch of cold water.

"What's your name? Li Yunzhong! Which Li Yunzhong? ”

Li Yunzhong replied: "Li in Li Yun, Li Yun in Li Yun, Li Yun in Zhong!" ”

Hu Mengjun seemed to not know Li Yunzhong, and asked as he retreated, "...... you You are the thief Li Yunzhong! Short-haired Han King Li Yunzhong! Then didn't I follow the thief, and I would be the thief! ”

"You'll talk about that later." Li Yunzhong gave Li Hongzhang the most reluctent ultimatum: "I am Li Yunzhong, the lord of the Han Kingdom, Li Hongzhang, do you surrender or not?" ”

Liu Mingchuan said angrily: "You are the king of short-haired Han, why do you want to pretend to be an official of my Qing Dynasty, aren't you afraid of death?" ”

Everything is under control, Li Yunzhong is very confident: "You still think about yourself, yes, the Han Dynasty has captured so many officials, and none of them surrendered immediately, like Chang Dachun and Lu Jianying, after thinking about it for more than half a year, they didn't surrender obediently after the end, which is called knowing the times as Junjie!" ”

Li Hongzhang said angrily: "Nonsense: Lord Chang has already suffered after the fall of Wuchang, and Lord Lu was also martyred when Jiangning fell, how can he fall to the thief!" Don't lie here, I won't be a thief! ”

"Lu Jianying said the same thing at the beginning!"

Li Yunzhong saw that they were stubborn, and he always kept silent, and lost his previous excitement, and ordered: "Take a few of them down and keep them under strict supervision." ”

"Yes!"

Seeing that there were no idlers in the lobby, Hu Mengjun immediately knelt on the ground and said respectfully: "Minister Hu Mengjun pays a visit to the King of Han, may the King of Han live long live!" ”

"Ha Lu Ha...... You little slippery head, why do you want to be a thief? Li Yunzhong looked excited and was quite satisfied with Hu Mengjun's performance.

Hu Mengjun got up, his voice was loud, and replied: "The minister was originally optimistic about the Han Dynasty, but no one recommended him, if he met the King of Han, it was really the will of God to surrender to the Han, how dare the minister go against the sky!" ”

Seeing that Li Yunzhong was happy, Hu Mengjun felt the right time and whispered: "I don't know if King Han can give a small official and a half-job, so that the ministers can do their best and do their best to serve His Highness!" ”

Li Yunzhong scolded with a smile: "Your father is only seven grades, how many products do you want to be?" Do you still want to surpass you? ”

Hu Mengjun took it for granted and said: "If you don't become an official than your father, won't you become the second generation of officials!" My goal is to get the officials who laugh at my dad to slap me and see if they dare to say anything to my dad. ”

Zhong Lin hurriedly ran in, bowed down and said, "Your Highness, Zhao Laoqi and Tang Liang ask to see you!" ”

Zhao Laoqi, Tang Liang? Aren't they in Zhejiang? The nose is quite smart!

Li Yunzhong asked Hu Mengjun to step back, turned around and sat on the chair and said, "Let them come in." ”

Winter has not passed, Zhao Laoqi is only wearing a single coat, layers of fine sweat are precipitated on his face, his stomach is hot and his intestines are scarce, seeing that the king of Han is sitting in the lobby unharmed, crying and worshipping: "The king of Han is unharmed!" God forbid, Wechen thought that he would never see the King of Han again, Wechen should die, a moment of negligence put the King of Han in danger, Wechen should die! ”

Tang Liang saw that the King of Han was safe and sound, and he also stood aside with relief, and explained: "Your Highness Qiqi, the Intelligence Department has received that someone in Jiangxi has defected to the enemy and wants to murder the King of Han, so Lord Zhao will rush to the rescue with the last general, and ask His Highness for forgiveness for the abrupt place!" (To be continued......)