March of the twenty-ninth year of Daoguang.

Pingnan County, county government.

The county magistrate Ni Tao and the master were discussing the official document sent by the Xunzhou government, which mentioned that the worship of God was demagogic in the territory of Xunzhou Prefecture, and the counties should strictly control it, and if they found any wrongdoing, they should be eliminated immediately.

The master couldn't help but sigh in his heart: It's really an eventful autumn, there hasn't been a drop of rain for several months, there is a big drought in Guangxi, and there is a foreign religion again.

The county magistrate Ni Tao complained to the master; "I regret that I shouldn't let the foreign religion become bigger, now there are people who believe in foreign religion everywhere, and even the prefecture and city have heard that they are restless, and I have heard that they always go to the mountains in groups, and they go for four or five days. This is not only a bad plot, but also a rebellion! Originally, I was going to be promoted to Jiangnan next month, and I didn't want to have much trouble, so I left the affairs of the foreign religion to the next magistrate, who knew that I would receive this official letter now. Master, what do you say? ”

The master habitually touched the three-inch beard on his chin, his eyes rolled wildly, he couldn't think of any good ideas for a while, and secretly complained: Why didn't you call me when you received foreign teaching money, now that something has happened, I'm afraid it's for me to carry this black pot, let's be the guest and the host, you can't hurt me like this!

As a staff member, he couldn't help but answer, so the master had to say perfunctorily, "Then if you haven't received the official letter, everything will be the same." ”

Zhixian shook his head, "No, if the foreign religion wants to rebel in the future, then I will not be affected." ”

Master: "It's better to set up a Hongmen banquet and invite the leaders of the foreign religion to the county government for a gathering, and the reason is to say that the county governor is grateful to them for educating the people." Prepare poisoned wine in the middle of the feast and wipe them out? ”

The county magistrate shook his head and denied, "Don't say whether they dare to come or not, if they are really killed, and other sectarians come to ask for people, won't Pingnan County be in chaos, and then you and I will not be able to protect our heads." It's better to catch some people for the time being and perfunctory for a month. ”

When the master heard that he didn't let himself be a substitute for the dead ghost, he suddenly came to a spirit: "My lord Mingjian, it's best not for us to do it, not often recently, landlords come to sue the foreign religion is always against them, just let them start, after catching people, immediately put them in prison, delay time, and negotiate with the foreign religion, by then the adult has been promoted, whether to kill or stay and let the next magistrate decide, so that you can collect money and not cause trouble, wouldn't it be the best of both worlds." ”

The county commander smiled, and hurriedly promised, "Just do what the master says, if things go well, your share of the silver is indispensable." ”

Huazhou Shanren Village, Hu Yihuang's home.

Li Yunzhong has been dying of sorrow recently, and he has not been able to keep up with the changes, and a major drought has begun in Guangxi and Hunan again, and this year's harvest is definitely gone, and the common people are unwilling to wait for death at home, and they are heading towards the southern part of Guangxi, where the drought is relatively light and not far away. Seeing that the food in the holy treasury is getting less and less, it can't hold on for a few days. Stop calling people immediately. Li Yunzhong didn't expect that he would encounter such a thing one day, and the believers who sent it to the door didn't want it.

Before the rebellion was ready, less than 1,000 weapons were built, and more than 3,000 people were trained as the main force of the uprising. They can't eat now, and they can only walk in the queue every day.

Hu Yihuang said: "I went to Batong to persuade my eldest brother and asked him to ask for food." ”

All the brothers know that the relationship between Hu Yihuang and the Hu family is not good, Hu Yihuang's father is called Hu Chen, he occupies a large number of mountain farms and fields, and the 480,000 catties of grain rent that he "creates" by hand, people describe Hu Chen's income from money lending is: "Open the gate every day, at least one hundred or dozens of taels of silver will arrive." Hu Chen also personally prepared several blue brick houses, which were inherited by his three young sons. Hu Yihuang was not yet ten years old at the time. Later, when the family was separated, his brother bullied Hu Yihuang when he was young, and the inheritance he was given the least, Hu Yihuang ran to live in a deserted mountain village in a fit of rage, in order to show that he did not have contact with the Hu family.

Zhang Suimou persuaded Hu Yihuang, "That's just a drop in the bucket, I saw a group of homeless people on the way here, they surrounded some high-ranking families to ask for food, we can also find a way from these landlords' houses, they must have a lot of grain in stock."

The deliberations have been decided, and it has been decided to go their separate ways.

Hu Yihuang insisted on asking his brother for food and left first.

Li Yunzhong, Meng Rising, Zhang Suimou and the three of them each brought some people to coerce large households to pay grain.

Zhang Weikun and Lin Daji stayed to deal with chores.

Li Yunzhong took 30 people and rushed to Anhuai Town in the north of the county seat, the hungry people on the road heard that they were asking for food from the big households, and they all followed, and when they arrived at Anhuai Town, the number of people surged to four or five hundred, so a large group of people under the leadership of Li Yunzhong surrounded the big families in the town from house to house, and each family threw out a few bags of grain from the wall more or less, but the Zhu family in the town did not pull out a dime, Li Yunzhong threatened outside for a long time, and there was no answer inside.

Inside the courtyard of the Zhu family.

An old man in his sixties, dressed in silk clothes and with a dragon head and a cane, stood in the room, and next to him stood several men, women, and children. I only heard the old man's angry voice, and his right hand struck the ground with his cane, and said loudly: "Food does not fall from the sky, give it once, and give it to them, and don't give a grain of food to those poor ghosts." After speaking, he turned to look at a young man in his twenties and asked, "When will the soldiers brought by your brother-in-law arrive, the county order has already said, and these people who take the lead in making trouble will be arrested and put in prison." ”

The young man replied, "There are too many homeless people outside, can you use my brother-in-law's group training?" ”

The old lady closed her eyes and thought for a while, and said to the housekeeper standing outside, "You go and tell the leaders of the homeless people outside, I will invite them to come in and discuss how much food to give, as long as the homeless people outside are not agitated, there will be no trouble." ”

At this time, someone came in and announced: My uncle has taken the officers and soldiers to the back door.

Li Yunzhong, who was outside, heard that he was invited to discuss food in the courtyard, and he did not suspect him, he did this kind of thing several times, but he went in to bargain.

As soon as Li Yunzhong entered the courtyard of the Zhu family, he saw that the courtyard was full of officers and soldiers, and he said that he was going to suffer, and just as he was about to turn around, a knife was put around his neck and tied up.

A middle-aged man in an official uniform asked a person next to him, "He is really the leader of the God Worship Sect." ”

The man looked at Li Yunzhong carefully and made sure that "it's him"

Li Yunzhong sighed: How come there is a leading party in every era.

It turned out that the man dressed in the government was the son-in-law of Mrs. Zhu, Zhang Fugui, a bandit, nicknamed 'Big Head Sheep', was recruited by the government, and was rewarded with an errand for group training, specifically for the landlords and gentry to oppress the Hakka people, and sometimes participated in the uprising of the extermination party with the green camp. This time, I was just leading troops to relieve the siege at home, but I didn't expect to catch Li Yunzhong, a big fish.

Zhu Fugui thought to himself: The county has just decided to arrest a few leaders of the God Worship Sect, and he will send them to the county magistrate, and there will be no rewards!

didn't want to waste time, so his subordinates forcibly dispersed the homeless people outside the door, so he escorted Li Yunzhong to the direction of the county seat. County office

The county commander Ni Tao waved his hand to the two officials who wanted to forcibly make Li Yunzhong kneel, looked at Li Yunzhong who refused to kneel, and asked softly, "Who are you and why are you preaching foreign religion under my rule." ”

Li Yunzhong was worried for a long time, for fear that he would be chopped off with a knife, and he was thinking of a way to get out, and when he heard the county order talk about foreign religion, Li Yunzhong remembered that the officials of the Qing Dynasty seemed to be very afraid of foreigners.

With a little confidence, he learned Wei Xiaobao's life-saving tricks, and laughed hard.

The county order's face gradually became difficult to look at, "Presumptuous, Diao Min dared to roar in court, come to someone, pull down and hit the thirty boards." ”

"Wait, your lord, you're in trouble." When Li Yunzhong heard that he was going to be spanked, he remembered that the official was afraid of foreigners, not himself, so he hurriedly shouted first.

"Hmph...... Diao Min, why do you say why I am in trouble, I can't say it, so I hit the eighty boards. ”

"My lord, since you know that I believe in foreign religion, you should understand the support of the foreigners behind me, and I won't tell you that every half a month, the foreign adults will come to meet with me and listen to my report. In order to bluff the county order, Li Yunzhong made up nonsense.

"Hmph, foreigners will make a big fight for your two devils." The county commander asked with confidence. He suddenly remembered that the governor of Liangguang had indeed issued an order that foreigners could preach freely and that the local government should not obstruct them. In case there really is a foreigner to make trouble .......

Li Yunzhong suddenly came out of his mouth a few words of English, and everyone in the hall was confused.

The master next to the county order suddenly said: "This is what the foreigner said. ”

Li Yunzhong glanced at the master and said, "I didn't expect the master to understand the language of foreigners, yes, what I just said is what Lord Yangda taught me." ”

The master nodded at the county order, and the county commander whispered, "Even if he really has the support of foreigners behind him, if I let him go, wouldn't it be a reputation for being afraid of foreigners?"

In fact, before the Second Opium War, the officials of the Qing Dynasty were not afraid of foreigners, but did not want to deal with foreigners. It is good to get along with foreigners, and if you don't handle it well, you offend them, like Lin Zexu and others, not only will their official positions be lost, but they will also be exiled. At that time, one way to deal with foreigners in officialdom was: turn a blind eye and listen to it.

The master thought for a while and said, "Why don't you take him into custody for the time being, and let Shangguan deal with Xunzhou Mansion tomorrow?" ”

The county commander nodded wonderfully, he estimated that the order had come down from the ministry, and he was not afraid of offending the top boss, and the foreigners would come to ask for someone when the time came, and he only needed to push the prefect's head and it would be over.

"Come on, put the prisoner in a big prison, and take him to Xunzhou tomorrow to be beheaded." The county magistrate was determined not to let gossip about the fear of foreigners, and made a decision 'instead' of the prefect, and he didn't care whether the prefect was 'beheaded' or not.

Li Yunzhong was frightened by the word beheading, and before he could recover his senses, he was taken to the prison on the right side of the county office.

Li Yunzhong stupidly asked the jailer who was at the door of the prison: "Big brother, what does it mean to be beheaded?"

"Beheading, of course, beheading." The jailer locked the cell door, tugged at the lock, and left.

"No, I just crossed over, and I suffered so much, and I was going to be beheaded before I could enjoy the blessings?" Li Yunzhong lost his mind and whispered.

"Sir, you've been caught in that way." At this time, a man in his fifties next to him looked at Li Yunzhong and asked.

"Are you, huh? Aren't you the two little beggars in Swantown? Li Yunzhong didn't recognize him, until he recognized the two thirteen or fourteen-year-old children who were locked up with him, who were hanging behind the old beggar Qian Duo all day long.

The man replied: "My name is Zeng Shuiyuan, and in Siwang Town, Mr. asked me to be the company commander." ”

"Yes, it's you, the one with a lot of strength." Li Yunzhong saw that his arms were thicker than his thighs, and his bronzed muscles seemed to be about to protrude from his skin.

"My name is gold", "I call it silver," the two children said one after the other.

"Vulgar, who gave you the name." Li Yunzhong said with a smile.

"Grandpa took it." The two children didn't understand how such a nice name could become vulgar.

"If you say this, you will be laughed at, I think about it, you must be able to write and martial arts when you grow up, you are called Huang Jinwen, and you are called Bai Yinwu." Li Yunzhong said to the two children.

I want to be beheaded tomorrow, how can I still have the heart to name it, but I am not afraid of beheading at all. Shaking his head, he lay on the ground and closed his eyes.

When everyone saw Li Yunzhong lying on the ground resting, they didn't dare to disturb him and continued to start.

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