The heavy snow in the capital stopped at the beginning, and the white snow covered the inside and outside of the capital, and it seemed that it had passed the beginning of spring, but it still snowed heavily. This snow is like an erosive war in the south of the Yangtze River, and it weighs heavily on the hearts of everyone in the capital. Although the Qing court blocked the news that some Manchus were slaughtered, the folk teahouse wine shop still spread, and the long-haired thieves who rebelled in the south killed the Manchus, and the cities that were captured along the way, the Manchus left no one behind, and even the bannermen of the Han army and the Mongolian Eight Banners were also slaughtered.

The rumors are getting more and more outrageous, and they all say that among the long-haired thieves, the pseudo-king of the West is the most ferocious, and he has broken countless cities, and every city full of people and banner people have been killed, and even this pseudo-king of the west wants to be full of children to cook and drink. The characters of the three religions and nine streams in the teahouse and wine shop boasted that they were foaming at the mouth and were divine, but it made the people of all sizes and banners in Beijing tremble and panic.

But there are exceptions, on the Longzong Gate outside the Qianqing Gate of the Forbidden City, a sixteen or seventeen-year-old young guard stood across the sword, and unlike the other seven guards, he always had a smile on his face, as if he didn't care about the rumors all over the city.

Including this young guard, the eight guards of this Longzong Sect are all dressed in general clothes, wearing the costume of a five-grade military attache of the Qing court, wearing a warm hat with a peacock feather on the head, a moon white satin, a yellow fox skin end cover, and a red carved porcelain pearl on the chest, but this outfit is the clothing of the third-class guards of the Forbidden City.

The eight of them stood left and right, all standing straight in the cold wind after the snow, and seeing the expression on the young guard's face, one of the guard foremen led by him frowned and shouted in a low voice: "Rong Lu, be dignified, what are you laughing at?!" The north side of this Longzong Gate is the duty room of the Military Aircraft Department, and the west side of the door is Cining Palace, the masters, princes and ministers will sneak over at any time, if you go out of your way, see if I turn around and don't join you! ”

Rong Lu smiled mockingly: "Lord Chengen, I was born with this simple smile, and I can't change it." ”

Na Chengen said slightly: "You kid looks like he doesn't care all day long, the last time he fought with Zabudonak at my banquet, let those people in Qianqingmen see the jokes, if it weren't for Lord Guiliang to protect you, you would have gone to the noon gate to be a Blue Feather guard!" ”

Most of the guards of the Qing palace were selected as the sons of Mengxun and Wu Jinshi, who were divided into three classes; Among them, a number of special guards are the imperial guards and the guards of the Qianqing Gate, which are the highest level. The Imperial Ministers, Imperial Walkers, and Imperial Guards were all under the direct management of the Emperor. The guards of the Qianqing Gate, the walking of the Qianqing Gate, and the first, second, and third guards are all led by the former minister. The gate guards, first, second, and third class blue feather guards are led by the ministers of the leading guards, and they are not allowed to enter the Qianqing Gate.

Cheng En, Rong Lu and others are all third-class guards, and they are not allowed to enter the Qianqing Gate to guard, although they are also guards under the command of the former minister, but there are royal guards, royal guards, Qianqing Gate guards, and Qianqing Gate walking, because the Qianqing Gate guards are closer to the emperor, for the third-class guards, the meaning is extremely important, so Cheng En and others have always thought of the opposite Qianqing Gate guard, which means that your status is very different.

Rong Lu snorted lightly and said, "That's Zabudona, it's not interesting!" ”

Cheng En was furious when he heard this, and was about to continue scolding, when another team of third-class guards lined up, but it was time to change values. Cheng En had to temporarily suppress the fire, and after handing over the example, he led everyone back to the guard room at Donghua Gate.

The group stepped on the snow back to the class room, and after opening the curtain and entering the house, because they were all full of noble relatives, everyone had a messenger waiting in the class room to listen to the call. The servants hurriedly sent clothes and bags to their respective masters, and the guards changed into their regular robes and jackets, and they all sat on one side and ate the refreshments they brought.

When the guards saw that Chengen's face was not good, they all smiled and said nothing, sat down next to them, took tea and cigarettes, and waited to see a good show.

This Cheng'en is the Manchurian blue flag Ilgen Jueluo clan, one of the eight major surnames of the Manchu Qing Dynasty, with many clans and talents. Chengen's grandfather Yiletonga, originally their family lived in Jilin, Daoguang six years to Alchuka co-leader from the conquest of the chief Zhanger meritorious service, to add the deputy capital of the title, the graphic Ziguang Pavilion, tired of the official Ningxia, Ningguta, three surnames of the deputy capital, before moving to the capital.

Cheng En is also a guard in the palace in Chengyin, and Rong Lu, who is not very gregarious, is not pleasing to the eye. Last month, when Chengen was first promoted to foreman, he invited all the guard brothers to eat and drink, and for some reason, this Ronglu and his brother Zabudona fought and swept Chengen's face. This Zabudona is the nobleman of the Mongolian Horqin Department, and the meritorious son of the Mongolian Eight Banners, Pingsu and Chengen are better. The good brother was beaten by Rong Lu, and Cheng En naturally wanted to come forward, but Gui Liang, the secretary of the Ministry of War, came forward to mediate, and Prince Yi Zaiyuan, who was also the minister of the Imperial Guard, gave Gui Liang this face, and reprimanded Rong Lu and Zabu Donako respectively. But Cheng En and Rong Lu's Liang Zi can also be regarded as a knot, and since then, Cheng En has always had nothing to trouble Rong Lu.

Today, Rong Lu confronted him in public, Cheng En naturally couldn't hold it on his face, they were all ordinary honoraries, who walked on the street, weren't they all people shouting at him? The more Cheng En looked at Rong Lu, the more angry he became, and when Rong Lu got up and passed by him with his clean hands, Cheng En stretched out his left foot and tripped Rong Lu.

Rong Lu stumbled under his feet, stumbled forward, and almost fell to the ground, he couldn't help but be furious, turned around and looked at Cheng En coldly and said lightly: "Lord Cheng En, what do you mean by this?" ”

Cheng En snorted and said with an evil smile: "It's not interesting, it's just to tease you!" ”

All the guards were good deeds, and when they saw that the two had an argument, not only did they not dissuade them, but they started to coax and laugh together, "Rong Lu, you have the courage to let go of Jiashi and practice your hands!" "Lord Chengen, teach this little rabbit cub a lesson!" "Yes, let him have a long memory!"

After a few teases, Rong Lu and Cheng En's anger came up, Rong Lu snorted coldly and said: "Let's go, let's go out and put the order, if you don't dare to come, there is no seed in the crotch!" Cheng En said angrily: "Stinky boy, see if I don't tear your stinky mouth!" At that moment, the two went out of the door and came to the open courtyard of the quadrangle of the class room, and pulled away Jiashi to prepare for a fight.

A group of guards in the house laughed together, followed by the eaves to watch the excitement, and then moved out the pestles for everyone to sit down. These nobles lit hookahs, sipped melon seeds, played with iron eggs, and talked and laughed as if they were watching a good show.

Cheng En threw a shelf, a black tiger pulled out his heart, and his right fist slammed into Rong Lu's chest, but Rong Lu turned sideways and stomped on Cheng En's instep. This stepping on the instep is the next three indiscriminate tricks that will only be used in the market and fighting, Cheng En was caught off guard, holding his right foot and screaming in pain, Rong Lu pounced on it all at once, threw Cheng En to the ground, and then rode on Cheng En is a random beating. Cheng En angrily scolded Rong Lu for being despicable and shameless, using any indiscriminate tricks, relying on great strength, while turning over and holding Rong Lu's hand, no matter what tricks, he beat them indiscriminately.

The two of them scuffled in the slippery snow, like a street scoundrel brawl, and the laughter of a group of guards caused a miasma of smoke in the entire place where the guards were stationed.

When the two of them were beating each other, they suddenly heard a loud shout: "What are you dog minions doing?!" ”

The hearts of all the guards are all in the heart, this voice is very familiar, when I look back, it is really the biggest leader of the guards, the former minister of the imperial guard, Prince Yi Zaiyuan! This Prince Yi Zaiyuan is the fifth grandson of Yinxiang, the thirteenth son of Emperor Kangxi, the king of iron hats, and has successively served as the commander of the Han army with the blue flag, the commander of the Han army with the red flag, the Mongolian commander with the blue flag, the commander of the Han army with the white flag, the commander of the Manchuria with the red flag, the minister of the imperial front, the minister of military parades, the minister of fifteen good shots and the minister of the guard with the yellow flag. He also served as the chief patriarch of the Zhenglan Banner, the right Zongzheng of the Zongren Mansion, the Zongling of the Zongren Mansion, and the president of the Jade Pavilion, and managed the Blue Flag Jueluo Xue, the Taimiao Cloth Sacrifice and the Marriage of the Near Branch, and the Luan Yuwei, the Tiger Gun Battalion, the Royal Gun Battalion, the Shanpu Battalion and the Chongwen Gate Supervisor. In the last years of Daoguang, under the order of Gu, the imperial minister of the Xianfeng Dynasty and the envoy of the minister of the guard with the yellow flag was really the first prince of the dynasty.

When all the guards saw that it was Zaiyuan coming, they were so frightened that they all stood aside and did not dare to make a sound. But I saw an official of the same age as him beside Zaiyuan, wearing a flower feather on the top of the second grade, with a square appearance, but with a wicked smile on his face: "Yo, all the young masters are in high spirits today, this snowy day just stopped and put on the shelf to practice, Lord Wang, your old man is blessed, this group of monkey cubs know that they have practiced." ”

Zaiyuan's face turned pale, and he shouted angrily: "A group of things that don't make it will all be fined for three months!" Don't let this king get in! ”

The guards secretly cursed that man in their hearts, if he hadn't fanned the flames, even if Zaiyuan encountered a fight on weekdays, he would not have made such a big fire, and a fine of three months was a lot of silver.

One of the people in the crowd back to the house muttered in a low voice, "Where the hell did this wild dog bark?" Another person replied: "Be quiet, this is Su Shun Su Lao Liu, the sixth brother of Prince Zheng Duanhua, a Manchu and Han mongrel!" The first one laughed in a low voice: "Why are you a Manchu and Han mongrel?" Let's go inside and talk about it. The guards returned to the house in droves.

In the snow, Rong Lu and Cheng En were separated, their noses were blue and their faces were swollen, and the corners of their mouths were covered with blood, and they looked at each other with hatred.

Na Su Shun walked to the two of them, squatted down with a smile and said: "Lord, I'll just say it, there are a lot of guys who can't make it in our people, you see those little masters, they are still on duty in the palace with their errand boys, clothes, food boxes, cigarette pouches, and gadgets, but there are a lot of them, and they are more comfortable than at home." These two are fighting, and they haven't been coaxed yet, see it, this is our forbidden palace guard, hehe. ”

Zaeyuan stepped forward with an angry face and scolded: "You two dog minions, why are you fighting?!" ”

Su Shun said with a smile: "Lord Wang, you don't have to be angry, this is an old practice for decades, and it can't be changed for a while, so it's better to leave these two thorns to me, and I'll discipline them for the prince." ”

Zaiyuan said slightly: "The emperor asked you to go to the guards to select people and rebuild the Shangyu spare place, there are many talents, why do you take a fancy to these two people?" ”

Su Shun caged the horseshoe sleeves and laughed: "The fierceness of these two people fighting is like the ruthlessness when I was wandering in the market. ”

Zaiyuan shook his head and smiled bitterly: "You, that's your temper." ”

Su Shun said with a smile: "Don't say much, Lord Wang, in the evening, Da Rong and the opera building are inviting the prince to listen to the play, and my second brother and I are waiting for you together." ”

Zaiyuan smiled and said, "Arrive on time, arrive on time." As he spoke, he turned his head and hummed a little song and took a group of Goshha away, not even looking at Rong Lu and Cheng En on the ground.