Su Shun is the current cabinet bachelor, and he also has the deputy commander of the Eight Banners, the commander of the Blue Flag Guard, Luan Yiwei and other errands, although the official position is not high, but he is a close minister of the Son of Heaven. Rong Lu and Cheng En hurriedly cleaned up their appearance, washed away the blood stains on their faces, but their faces were blue and swollen, and after changing into court clothes, the two followed Su Shun to the southeast corner of the Forbidden City, where Luan Yiwei was stationed.

When I arrived at a dark room where Luan Yiwei was stationed, I saw that there were already more than a dozen people sitting inside, and most of them were imperial guards, first-class guards, and second-class guards, and there were only two third-class guards, Rong Lu and Cheng En.

Seeing Su Shun come in, all the guards got up and saluted, Su Shun returned the salute, smiled and beckoned everyone to sit down, all the guards sat down next to the pestle, and after listening to the messenger wrapping clothes to serve tea to everyone, they covered the door and went out.

After Su Shun took a sip of tea, the smile on his face was put away, and he said lightly: "The gentlemen here are all the best among our people, and after the honor, they are loyal to the Qing Dynasty and the emperor. Now that the imperial court is in an eventful season, it is time for us to work hard to repay the service, and I have chosen you here today to rebuild the Shangyu reserve place. ”

At first, all the guards also heard Su Shun talk about the reconstruction of the Shangyu spare place, which is also called the sticky pole place, which was originally a team of people who specialized in sticking cicadas to catch dragonflies and fishing. When Emperor Yongzheng was still the prince, there were some tall trees in the mansion near Xinqiao in the northeast of Beijing, and in the early autumn of midsummer, there were cicadas in the lush branches and leaves. In the forty-eighth year of Kangxi, Yinzhen was promoted from "Dorobelle" to "Prince Heshuoyong", and the competition for the throne among Kangxi's many princes also reached a white-hot stage. Yinzhen has no quarrel with the world on the surface, but secretly formulates a strategy and stepped up the pace of competing for the reserve. He recruited martial arts masters in the rivers and lakes, trained the team of family Ding, and recruited capable people to join in the name of the sticky rod, and since then the sticky rod has become a tool for Yongzheng to spy on intelligence and eradicate dissidents, and the legendary blood droplets are mostly from here.

After Yongzheng ascended the throne, in order to consolidate the throne and reward his henchmen, he set up the Shangyu Reserve Office under the Ministry of Internal Affairs, and officially changed the name of the sticky pole office to the Shangyu Reserve Office, and continued to spy on intelligence and eliminate dissidents for him. The head of the Shangyu Reserve Office is named the sticky guard, and he is served by a great spy with meritorious service. Most of them are old people from the Qing Shizong Domain, and their officials are in high positions and have great power. The general member of the sticky rod is named Sticky Pole Bai Tang, and is filled by a small spy. On the surface, Shangyu's reserve place is a place to serve the royal family to play, but in fact it is a spy organization. It is not difficult to deduce that Yongzheng compared all enemies to fish, cicadas, and small animals like dragonflies to cast nets to catch and control. However, during the Qianlong period, in order to eliminate the bad relics left by his father, Qianlong changed the headquarters of Shangyu Reserve Office Lama Temple to Lama Temple, and Shangyu Reserve Office was gradually abolished, and it was not established in the following dynasties.

At this time, Xianfeng suddenly asked Sushun to rebuild the Shangyu spare place, what was the intention? Could it be that Xianfeng was afraid that someone would seek to seize the throne and want to use secret agents? Thinking of this, all the guards were pounding in their hearts.

Su Shun continued: "Since this official has picked all the masters, everyone should put their minds away, although the lowest of the guards here are all third-class guards, and the youngest is also a military attache of the capital department, not to mention that the first-class guards are the position of generals." I Su Lao Liu told you that the official position may not be obvious in the Shangyu reserve, but it is a major event to share the worries of the emperor, and it is also a close minister of the Son of Heaven, so I can only endure loneliness, and I dare to guarantee that your official position will not be under me after a few years! ”

When all the guards heard this, they were all overjoyed, and most of the military attachés who were released at the moment were to lead the troops to fight with the long-haired thieves in the south, which was a life-long job, far less than the errand of this Shangyu spare place. It was only with Su Shun's voice that it fell, and everyone applauded.

Su Shun said with a gloomy face: "But if you have to endure it in the past few years, you must know that there is no good end for sticky pole Bai Tang to quit halfway." ”

The guards looked at each other, silent, and some wanted to say if they could leave now, but when they saw Su Shun's gloomy and evil face, they swallowed back the words when they came to their mouths.

Su Shun also said: "You also know that since the emperor ascended the throne, there have been endless rebels and thieves in various places, what heaven and earth society, Tianli Sect, God worship religion, and there are many restless boxing gyms and martial arts associations among the people. Therefore, the emperor wants to rebuild the Shangyu reserve place, what we have to do is to share the worries of the saint, spy on the anti-thief intelligence, divide the anti-thieves in various places, spread rumors, assassinate, win over, persuade to surrender, in short, we must do everything possible to disintegrate the chaotic parties and anti-thieves in various places! ”

The faces of the guards changed slightly, these things are easy to say, but not so easy to do.

Su Shun continued: "Gentlemen, don't worry, the Holy Lord has allowed us to mobilize the troops of the local government to act, and the cost required is also directly from the inside, and the people in the market and rivers and lakes rebelled for the sake of wealth and nobility, and it is not difficult to divide, disintegrate, and co-opt, and exterminate Zuihou." In short, this official will be in the middle, everyone will work hard to do errands, don't let people look down on our Manchu elite! ”

The guards knew that there was no turning back when they opened their bows, so they had to agree to come down. Following Su Shun took out the regulations of the spare place, explained it to everyone in detail, arranged for everyone to live in the palace that night, and sent people to start the secret training of the guards for several months.

Rong Lu doesn't care, being able to be on duty in the spare place in Shangyu is also an ordinary slave in his opinion, there is no difference. But Su Shun didn't know if he had ulterior motives, so he and Chengen were arranged to live in the same room.

After washing up at night, Cheng En rubbed the wound medicine himself, looked at Rong Lu angrily and said: "You are a disaster star, I hooked the master and me, this errand is much more dangerous than leading soldiers to kill Changmao." ”

Rong Lu lay on the gum and said lightly: "Fifty years of life, the world is so big, how can there be an immortal?" Isn't it a death to die early and die late? Maybe you'll be famous in the future, and you'll thank me. ”

Cheng En saw his naïve look, angry and funny, only he and himself are familiar with him here, and the others are all high-level guards, and they don't care much about themselves, Cheng En has to think about repairing with Rong Lu, so as not to be bullied by others, and threw the medicine bottle in his hand at the moment, and said angrily: "Accept your noble words, wipe it first, and the two of us will have a hard time in the future." ”

Rong Lu was slightly stunned, but he still picked up the medicine bottle and wiped it, secretly laughing at Cheng En's face and becoming faster.

Beginning on the second day, the guards began training, starting with physical training, followed by how to spy on intelligence, how to assassinate, how to divide the enemy, and so on. Everyone did not expect that in the future, the Shangyu Reserve Office would fight with Bai Zetang of the Taiping Army, and they met on an invisible front, and the two sides were almost the same when they were established, but since the day they were established, the two sides have become mortal enemies of Fang Xiu to the death.

Then bad news came from the south of the Yangtze River one after another, the Taiping army conquered Wuchang, known as more than 100,000 people, and could go east or north along the river at any time. The atmosphere in the court was extremely tense, and the training was leisurely, and Rong Lu saw the princes and nobles and ministers in the palace coming and going frequently, and everyone was sad, as if they had died of their own mother.

Rong Lu also heard some news in the palace, in the face of the Taiping army's aggressive offensive, the fall of Wuchang such a provincial capital, Xianfeng could not bear it and finally deposed Xu Guangjin, the governor of Huguang was sent to Xinjiang to farm. Also assigned were Xiang Rong and Hechun, two defeated people, but it seemed that the will was only out of the capital, Xianfeng changed his mind again, let the two be demoted and retained, and still led the soldiers and horses left by Xu Guangjin to pursue the Taiping army.

Rong Lu was very amused at Xianfeng's change of order, but he also understood that he had no generals available now, and he could only rely on old generals such as Xiang Rong and He Chun. A few days later, Xianfeng issued another decree to reinstate Xiang Rongguan and reappointed him as the minister of the Qincha, commanding the Qing army in Jiangxi to block the Taiping army in Wuchang, and sent Qi Shan as the minister of the Qincha, responsible for the blockade of Jiangbei, and Lu Jianxuan, the governor of Liangjiang, was also responsible for blocking the eastward advance of the Taiping army.

Xianfeng appointed three ministers in one go, it seems that he is really in a hurry, the Taiping army is getting stronger and stronger, almost out of control, even people like Qi Shan who are fast entering the coffin have also been activated, it seems that Xianfeng has really reached the point where there is no way.

After Rong Lu heard that the Taiping army had killed the Manchurians, he once dispelled the idea of going south to join the Taiping army, although the soul in his body was from the later generations, but the body was a full man, and he was not sure if the Taiping army would rise up to kill him. And the current life is quite comfortable, which he has not experienced in his previous life, and in the face of the luxurious aristocratic life, he began to feel a trace of nostalgia in his heart. But if he really wanted to help the Manchus suppress the Han rebels, Rong Lu couldn't ask himself if he couldn't pass the identity of the Han people in his previous life, so he simply didn't help each other and waited for the changes.

Su Shun set up a branch in the Forbidden City for the Shangyu reserve office, and the Yujing Pavilion in Duixiu Mountain in the Imperial Garden was the sentry box for them to watch and see. There are four large black lacquered benches in front of the doorway at the foot of the mountain, and no matter day or night, there are four sticky guards and four sticky sticky Baitang sitting on them. Once Xianfeng assigns the task, the person on duty will quickly send it to the headquarters Luan Yiwei, and then the Luan Yiwei headquarters will issue an order to send someone to handle it.

After dusk that day, it was Rong Lu and Cheng En's turn to be on duty, the two and the other six people went to the Yujing Pavilion Mountain to take shifts, the leading sticky guard was a good gambler, and he bullied Rong Lu and Cheng En, after arriving here, he ordered Rong Lu and Cheng En to be on duty outside the cave, and he took the remaining five people to hide in the cave and gamble on dice.

Rong Lu secretly sighed that the Manchu Qing Dynasty was so corrupt, how could he be undefeated? Cheng En looked indignant, and sat on the stool sulking angrily. No matter what you do in the palace, it depends on how old the shili of the family behind you is, and the leading sticky guard is Zaiyuan's brother-in-law, whether it is Chengen or Ronglu, the shili behind them is not as good as this person.

Rong Lu looked at the afterglow of dusk and smiled, "What's angry?" In fact, you are also considered to be born haode, if you were born in a common people's family, you will be angry more than that. ”

Cheng Ennian clenched his fists and said: "Lao Tzu is just unwilling, Lao Tzu must be a man, and no one can ride on Lao Tzu's head." ”

Rong Lu smiled: "Don't think about it in your life, even if you are stronger than those people inside, zuihou you are still the emperor's slave, this is called a lifetime of slavery,"

Cheng En sighed and said, "I am only above 10,000 people under the emperor." ”

Rong Lu gave a thumbs up and smiled: "The ambition is not small." ”

Cheng En sighed lightly: "In this officialdom and palace, if you have no ambition, you will be trampled on the ground, anyone can step on you, I don't want to be stepped on." ”

Rong Lu chuckled lightly and did not answer, at this moment, he suddenly heard a sound of the piano, the sound of the piano was melodious and long, but the melody was extremely familiar, Rong Lu was shocked, stood up, his heart jumped suddenly, and he exclaimed in a low voice: "This, this is the tune of Haijiao No. 7!" ”