After a detour through the lower pass, the Xiwang Brigade came to Yaofangmen, north of Nanjing. The Nanjing City Wall is a city wall built in the capital city of Nanjing in the early years of the Ming Dynasty, and there were four palaces, an imperial city, an inner city and an outer Guo at that time. The inner city wall is adjacent to Zhongshan in the east, according to the stone in the west, Qinhuai in the south, and Houhu in the north, with a circumference of more than 70 miles. When Nanjing City was first built, there were four city walls, which were Outer Guo (Outer City), Inner City (Beijing), Imperial City and Palace City from the outside to the inside. Yaofang Gate is one of the eighteen city gates in Waiguo. There are thirteen city gates in the inner city, and the outer Guo city gate is called "thirteen inside, eighteen outside".

Outside the Yaofang Gate, there are already more than 100 officials of the Great and Small Heavenly Kingdom led by Qin Rigang, Hu Yihuang and others, and thousands of Tianjing defense troops and tens of thousands of people are waiting here, the whole Yaofang Gate is covered with red and hung colors, the streets are sprinkled and cleaned, and the gongs and drums are blowing and beating, which seems to be very lively.

Xiao Yungui was slightly surprised that Qin Rigang and Hu Yihuang jointly led the officials to greet him, you must know that you are the king of the west, and there are two people under it, the king of the north and the king of the wings, even if the king of heaven and the king of the east do not come to greet them, these two people should come to greet them according to the edict. Although Qin Rigang was also named the king of Yan at this time, and Hu Yihuang was the protector of the country, the weight of the two was far less than that of the two kings of the north and the wing.

Jumping off the horse, after Qin Rigang and other hundred officials stepped forward to salute, Qin Rigang stepped forward and bowed and said: "His Royal Highness the King of the West forgives the sin, His Royal Highness the King of the North and His Royal Highness the King of the Wings have already arranged to come here to greet the King of the West, but today the Heavenly Father has gone down to the court several times in one day, and the King of the North and the King of the Wings are all serving in the East Palace, so they can't come." ”

Xiao Yungui sighed, since the capital of Tianjing, the number of times the Heavenly Father went down to earth in a few months has only been a few times, why did Yang Xiuqing sacrifice the Heavenly Father to come down to the earth when he arrived in Nanjing today? Or go down to earth several times in one day? Yang Xiuqing's move was clearly deliberate, and he used his Heavenly Father to send down to the king of the north and the king of the wings not to go out of the city to greet him. Obviously, he wants to give himself a dismount.

Xiao Yungui's face was unwavering, and he asked quietly, "What is the will of Heavenly Father Emperor God?" ”

Qin Rigang replied: "The Heavenly Father has not said that at the end of the Mao Dynasty, the Heavenly Father issued an edict for the first time to ask the female Chengxuan Yang eldest sister of the East Palace and the female prime minister and other officials to summon the Northern King, the Wing King, the Yan King, and the Marquis and the main officials, whether inside or outside the court, all must gather together, and there is a holy decree to order. Subsequently, the King of the North, the King of Wings, and the King of Yan were ordered to enter the meeting, and the Heavenly Father came to the earth again and passed down the decree: the heroes of the ages shall not be removed, and the book of the whole battle will be circulated. Zuo Tianhou Chen Chengying's interpretation of the will is a book that has been passed down through the ages of the Heavenly Father's order. Don't dismiss it lightly. Then the Father of Heaven came down to earth again, and discussed with the princes, princes, prime ministers, and others that all ancient books should not be completely degraded as demon books. When he was young, the Heavenly Father came to earth again, and ordered the female official to move the couch outside the second gate of the east hall to re-inquire whether Chen Zongyang had arrived? All the officials are gathered. Only Chen Cheng is far away in Xiaguan, and the moment has not yet arrived. The Heavenly Father ordered the attendants of the East Temple to go to the lock. ”

When Qin Rigang spoke. His eyes showed fear. Obviously, he is a little afraid of the Heavenly Father's descent to earth, Xiao Yungui also knows that this Heavenly Father is very powerful, and he may not know who will be unlucky, and the Heavenly Father ordered someone to lock up Chen Zongyang, I don't know who it will be next time?

Xiao Yungui nodded, clasped his fists and saluted to the sky: "Heavenly Father, his old man is really well-intentioned, and he has worked tirelessly to mention me and other boys." We can't disparage all ancient books as demon books, this is indeed what we did wrong, and the Heavenly Father is right. Then Xiao Yungui pretended to turn around and said to Hong Yun'er: "Xuanjiao, you are in charge of the edict in southern Jiangsu. The Father's will should be kept in mind, and all the books collected by the edict should be carefully discerned, and they should not be all demonic books. ”

Since the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom started its army, the Heavenly King Hong Xiuquan classified the books of Confucianism, Buddhism and Taoism as demon books, and ordered the edict to be collected and destroyed. Yang Xiuqing is still very discerning, knowing that doing so is tantamount to destroying the cultural foundation of China for thousands of years, and after many ineffective exhortations, he sacrificed the trick of Heavenly Father to come down to earth to remind the hundred officials of the Heavenly Kingdom that not all books are demon books.

In fact, the edict of the West Palace does not have the will of the king of the bird to destroy the book at all, although the edict of the West Palace in charge of Hong Yun'er is also collecting all kinds of books among the people, but Hong Yuner ordered the officials of the edict to collect them properly, from Changsha to Nanjing, and then to Wuxi, the edict of the West Palace has collected millions of books, but fortunately, it is the pioneer of the West Palace, and the books in the city along the way are all brought by Hong Yun'er, otherwise if Hong Xiuquan and others arrive first, many good books will be destroyed, and this catastrophe in the cultural world is no less than burning books and pit Confucianism. At present, the collection of books in the West Hall has exceeded 3 million volumes, all of which are properly managed by Fu Shanxiang in Wuxi, which can be regarded as preserving a lot of cultural essence for the cultural circles of Jiangnan.

Although Hong Yun'er and others also worked hard to collect, the time for the west hall to go down the river was in a hurry, and many books were confiscated, and these books were burned after being collected by the subsequent Hong Xiu Quanming Edict. The classics of each family were burned too much, which naturally caused dissatisfaction among the people, and Yang Xiuqing saw that the opposition was too loud, so he asked his father to go down to admonish. Xiao Yungui thought about it, Hong Xiuquan, the sect leader, only Heavenly Father could control him.

After listening to Xiao Yungui's words, Hong Yun'er also understood what he meant, and immediately smiled slightly and said, "Obey the order of the King of the West." Now that there is the Father's decree, it is even more justified for the West Temple to protect the classics.

Xiao Yungui asked again, "Does that day the father have any other will?" ”

Qin Rigang continued: "After ordering someone to lock up Chen Zongyang, the Wing King said that the King of the West is triumphant today, and he and the King of the North should come to pick up his brother, and the Heavenly Father ordered me and the Marquis of the Protector to lead a hundred officials to come and pick up the King of the West to listen to the will. ”

Xiao Yungui hummed and said, "Then what are you waiting for?" Let's rush to the East Palace. At that moment, Xiao Yungui and Hong Yun'er took Tang Erniu and three hundred West Hall guards to the East Palace, and a group of captured Qing generals were handed over from Qianjiang to the front of the palace.

Although Xiao Yungui and Hong Yun'er are both fighting in southern Jiangsu, Tianjing's Xiwangfu is not deserted, Xiao Chaogui's biological father Jiang family, adoptive father Xiao family, Hong Xuanjiao's biological father Huang Weizheng and hundreds of other families and young West King Xiao Youhe and other hundreds of children live in Xiwangfu. A few days ago, Zuo Zongtang sent a lot of secret agents in the West Palace and Li Zuoche to bring more than 1,000 guards back to Tianjing, and they were also stationed near the left side of the West Palace, and there were still many people in the West Palace in Tianjing.

Qin Rigang and other hundred officials surrounded Xiao Yungui, Hong Yun'er and others to the second gate of the East Palace, along the way Xiao Yungui asked about Chen Zongyang, Qin Rigang whispered to Xiao Yungui about some of the rumors he heard.

Since the establishment of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom, it has always been preached that all people in the world are brothers and sisters, so the Heavenly King and the Eastern King do not need eunuchs in their palaces, they think that they should castrate people to use. This was a loss for the idea of equality in the world, which was an aspect of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom's openness over the Manchu Qing Dynasty. But the problem also comes, since there are no eunuchs, but to take care of the kings of heaven and the kings of the east who are the queens or female dependents, it will always be inconvenient to use men, so more female officials are used in the palaces. There are many female officials in the Tianwang Mansion and the East Wangfu, such as female Chengxuan, female prime ministers, and female Zhangchaoyi. According to the regulations, the king of the east issued an order to handle affairs, directly communicated to the female officials, and then the female officials went out of the palace to publicize the male officials' instructions.

After entering Tianjing. Chen Zongyang and Xie Manmei were successively transferred to the Dongwang Mansion to do business, and they also served as Xuanxuan in the Dongwang Mansion. It would have been an honor and blessing to be able to serve in the East Palace, but as Lao Tzu said, blessings and misfortunes lurk. It has always been like a tiger, if it is not handled properly. Glory can easily lead to humiliation. Blessings can also invite evil. What's more, working beside the domineering and moody Yang Xiuqing, the relationship between honor and disgrace, blessing and disaster can be transposed at any time, which makes it even more cautious and cautious.

Disaster is coming, Chen Zongyang and Xie Manmei are both young and strong. During the energetic period, the couple traveled for several years, lived separately, and rarely met. Thinking about it for a long time is reasonable. At first, on the battlefield of life and death, this lovesickness can still be diluted a little, but later the husband and wife are both in the East Palace, and there are more opportunities to meet, and the thoughts of men and women arise spontaneously. So whenever Xie Manmei had the opportunity to go out to preach, she always wanted to enter the side house where Chen Zongyang lived. When the husband and wife met, under the fire of dry firewood, the two didn't care about any heavenly commandments, and the two sides secretly crossed Chen Cang and secretly had a private agreement.

Hearing this, Xiao Yungui felt the same way, he could understand Comrade Chen Zongyang's hard work very well, and he couldn't help but sympathize with him from the bottom of his heart.

As the saying goes: "If you go up the mountain, you will meet the tiger". Chen Zongyang and Xie Manmei's several husband and wife trysts, after all, the paper can't contain the fire, and some people in the Dongwang Mansion began to know about it. As a result, rumors began to circulate in the Dongwang Mansion about the private relationship between Chen Zongyang and his wife.

Coincidentally, another important minister of the Celestial Empire also rumored that he had an affair with his wife, and this person was Lu Xianba. Lu Xianba is one of the few scholars among the old brothers, familiar with the Four Books and Five Classics, and has been serving as a bookkeeper by Hong Xiuquan's side since joining the club, engaged in word processing errands. After setting the capital Tianjing, Lu Xianba was favored by Yang Xiuqing and transferred to the East Wangfu as a bookkeeper.

Although he is a marquis, Lu Xianba is still not qualified to live an open and honest life as a husband and wife. If you want to have the privilege of enjoying this special treatment, unless you become a king, you can only have spring dreams to masturbate. Lu Xianba's wife Hu Jiumei was the commander of the Splendid Battalion at the beginning, and later she was also transferred to the Dongwang Mansion as a female official.

The peachy news of Lu Xianba and Chen Zongyang soon spread in Tianjing City, becoming a household name and known all over the city. After coming and going, this matter reached Yang Xiuqing's ears, and Qin Rigang also heard about it, so he deduced that this time he locked Chen Zongyang for this matter.

At the end, Qin Rigang sighed and said: "At the beginning of the army, men and women were divided into camps, which was for the needs of the war, and it was understandable, at that time, the Heavenly Father promised the brothers and sisters that when they stayed in the small heaven, they could reunite with their husbands and wives, but I didn't expect that it had been more than half a year since I arrived in Tianjing, a small paradise, and this ban was still not lifted." As a joke, the little brother is fortunate to have also been crowned the king, otherwise I am afraid that he will not be able to escape this heavenly rule. ”

Xiao Yungui couldn't help but smile and looked at Qin Rigang, this person is also a bachelor, Qin Rigang fought a few battles under his command in the past, and he was his own general when Yong'an broke through, when chatting together, this kid was very envious of the king of the West to live with his wife, I heard that after he arrived in Tianjing, he also secretly cooperated with his wife a few times, but fortunately, he was later crowned the king, and no one mentioned it. Lu Xianba and Chen Zongyang This time this matter is terrible, the two are not princes, rumors are flying all over the world, and when something happens, Yang Xiuqing will definitely kill the chickens and make an example.

Xiao Yungui couldn't help but ponder, it stands to reason that Lu Xianba and Chen Zongyang are both meritorious old brothers, and they are still serving in the Dongwang Mansion, even if Yang Xiuqing doesn't entrap them, it must not be such a simple matter to invite the Heavenly Father to come down to lock up Chen Zongyang to punish the crime with such fanfare, Yang Xiuqing did this just to warn the hundred officials that the Heavenly Father is still exercising the power of life and death, and furthermore, he is warning Hong Xiuquan and himself who has just returned to Beijing. (To be continued......)