Chapter 343: Acquitted

Although Xiao Yungui had already guessed in his heart what the Heavenly King had secretly recruited him to return to Beijing this time, he was still slightly surprised when he heard the Heavenly King vaguely mention it at this moment, could it be that the contradiction between the two had reached such a point? Although he was already prepared in his heart, Xiao Yungui didn't want the Heavenly King to see anything, so he pretended to be panicked at the moment, and knocked the chess basket next to his sleeve to the ground in a panic.

After the chess pieces scattered to the ground, Xiao Yungui hurriedly knelt on the ground and said in a low voice: "Brother, think twice about this matter, now my heavenly kingdom is like the sky, and Xiao Wall is only afraid of being taken advantage of by the Qing Demon." Speaking of this, Hong Xiuquan snorted lightly, but did not answer, Xiao Yungui said stubbornly: "Besides, the East King controls the center, the power is very difficult to control, and he is not guilty, I am afraid that there will be many people who will not accept it, and the younger brother is only afraid that the arrangement of things has not been properly arranged, and after it is launched, there will be endless disasters......"

Xiao Yungui is not at ease, although at the moment he wants the King of Heaven and the King of the East to fight for your life, but at the moment his soldiers and horses in the West Hall are at a critical time of transformation, Tianjing is in chaos, he is not completely sure that he can subdue the rest of the kings, in his opinion, no matter who makes the first move, it is not time. It was he who vaguely said that he was worried in his heart, hoping to make the king of heaven temporarily forbear, and at the same time reassure the king that he was actually standing in the position of the king of heaven for the sake of the king.

Sure enough, when the King of Heaven heard this, he was quite worried, the King of the East controlled the center, and also sent down the decree on behalf of the Heavenly Father, and his henchmen were all over the Tianjing, and if the arrangement was not thorough, it was indeed quite a hidden danger. And Xiao Yungui's innocent punishment also made him quite hesitant, although the king of the east was arrogant and domineering, and used the decree of the heavenly father to coerce himself, but in the end, the king of the east has not yet had any objection, and it will indeed be a big trouble to be punished without guilt. Xiao Yungui was able to grasp Hong Xiuquan's concern, and Hong Xiuquan had been withholding Yang Xiuqing in history until Yang Xiuqing forced him to seal Long Live the matter. Hong Xiuquan launched the Tianjing Incident, at that time, Yang Xiuqing not only offended many people, but also touched Hong Xiuquan's bottom limit, and it was only because of the long-standing contradictions between the two that they broke out.

But at this moment, Yang Xiuqing has not yet done that step, so what crime is he guilty of killing? Not to mention the innocent and punished, after the Tianjing Incident in history, Hong Xiuquan was forced to kill the North King, the King of Yan and others under pressure, which calmed the anger of many heavenly generals, and Zuihou had to admit the merits of the East King, and specially positioned the day Yang Xiuqing was killed as the East King Ascension Festival to commemorate Yang Xiuqing. It shows Yang Xiuqing's prestige in the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom.

Seeing that Hong Xiuquan was a little hesitant, Xiao Yungui continued to hit the railroad while it was hot: "Brother, you need to think twice before you act, the prestige of the East King is not something that can be eliminated in a few words, and the East King is not a person who can be punished without guilt." ”

Hong Xiuquan hesitated for a moment. He walked back and forth a few steps, and said as he walked: "But he is arrogant and domineering." Sooner or later, I won't be taken into account. By then......"

Xiao Yungui knelt down again and clenched his fists and said loudly: "The younger brother obeys the king of heaven, there is really that day, the younger brother will fight with the chaotic ministers and thieves, Baoding the king, in the kingdom of heaven, the younger brother only recognizes the king of heaven." And no siblings! ”

These words made Hong Xiuquan feel at ease, it seems that the king of the west is still loyal to himself, otherwise he would not persuade himself like this, Hong Xiuquan helped Xiao Yungui and said: "I understand the thoughts of the courtiers. It's just that the king of the east wants to move Chen Yucheng this time, Yucheng is your favorite general, and I am only afraid of making it difficult for you. ”

As soon as Xiao Yungui heard this, he knew that in fact, Hong Xiuquan had already known in his heart that it was not the time to make a move, and he secretly ordered himself to come, just to use the defeat of Nanchang to provoke the relationship between the two kings of the east and the west, and at the same time win over the king of the west. If the provocation is successful, the East King and the West King will fight directly, and it is best to lose both sides, even if they can't lose both at that time, it is also haode to weaken the West King Shili by the hand of the East King.

If Hong Xiuquan was determined to make a move on the East King, he would never change his mind because of Xiao Yungui's words. Xiao Yungui was already sweating at this time, but fortunately he didn't promise anything, and while persuading Hong Xiuquan to suspend his move, he also showed his loyalty to Hong Xiuquan.

At this moment, Hong Xiuquan talked about Chen Yucheng again, obviously still a little unwilling, and planned to break the matter and continue to provoke the king of the west and the king of the east to fight each other. At that moment, Xiao Yungui hurriedly hugged his fists and said: "Brother doesn't have to worry about this matter, the younger brother will handle it himself, and he will definitely not embarrass the elder brother." Since it is not the time at this moment, the younger brother will endure it, and the elder brother must also endure it, and he must not make a big deal for the sake of trivial things. ”

Hong Xiuquan sighed lightly, patted Xiao Yungui's shoulder and said: "It's really embarrassing for the courtiers, since this is the case, the courtiers will go back and prepare, when the time is ripe, I have my own edict for you." ”

Xiao Yungui bowed down and resigned, and scolded Hong Xiuquan in his heart, his grandmother's, if Lao Tzu didn't know that the two of you would see a real chapter in life and death sooner or later, maybe he would really be fooled into being like Wei Changhui and Qin Rigang in history.

After taking the carriage and having his own Tianwang Mansion, the people from the Tianwang Mansion led them out of the back door of the Tianwang Mansion, and the people from the Tianwang Mansion sent them off, Xiao Yungui and the others went out of Tianjing City and turned to a secluded place. Then a few people came out of the roadside, but it was Bai Zetang who arranged it in Tianjing, and several of them were the generals of the defenders of Dongwang Tianjing, and Xiao Yungui followed a few people and turned back to Tianjing.

There are a few people to cover, naturally no one will pay attention to Xiao Yungui, a little soldier wearing an ordinary holy soldier uniform, besides, he has a few plasters on his face, and his hair is also messy, and no one pays attention to it.

After entering the city, Xiao Yungui walked through the desolate Confucius Temple, and he had no time to look at the burned statues and books in front of the Confucius Temple. Strolled across the Wende Bridge on the Qinhuai River, Xiao Yungui stopped here for a while, looked at the Qinhuai River from afar, only to see the lively and prosperous Qinhuai River in the past, but it was also deserted and abnormal, because the Taiping Army banned prostitution, even the flower boats on the Qinhuai River were gone.

"There's another famous scene missing." Xiao Yungui muttered secretly, after crossing the Wende Bridge, he didn't stay in Meixianglou for too long, he knew that Meixianglou was a small building to commemorate Li Xiangjun. Leave Meixianglou and go southwest for dozens of steps, and you will see the plaque and the poem monument set up in Wuyi Lane. The alley is narrow, paved with green bricks, and flanked by low houses. Everything seems to be ordinary, so ordinary that many uninformed people think that it is just a typical Jiangnan alley. A quiet, somewhat nostalgic alley.

However, it is not ordinary, because it is not another alley, it is Wuyi Alley. During the Three Kingdoms, Jiangning was still called Jianye. At that time, Jianye was far from having such a large area as Jiangning today, and the entire capital of Soochow was only spread out in the area of Jilong Mountain and Zhoushan Mountain. In this alley by the Qinhuai River, there are already groups of black-clad Dongwu soldiers living, practicing, talking and laughing. This is the location of the Wuyi Battalion in the Eastern Wu Janissary Guard, and naturally, people call this alley Wuyi Lane.

As soon as you turn the corner of the alley, you can see the four golden characters of "Wang Xie Ancient Residence" on the snow-white wall are very conspicuous, and then a Zhumen mansion, and hang the plaque of "Wang Xie Ancient Residence", it is undoubtedly the legendary Wang Xie Tang Mansion.

Xiao Yungui entered Wang Xie Tang's mansion, which has become one of Bai Zetang's many strongholds in the city since the Taiping army of the West Hall entered Tianjing. When he arrived in the study, Xiao Yungui read the secret reports sent in the past few days, and sent letters to Zuo Zongtang in Suzhou and Chen Yucheng in Jiangxi respectively. The East King wanted to find trouble with the West Hall because of the defeat of Nanchang, and the West Hall would certainly not sit still, Xiao Yungui took the letter to Zuo Zongtang and ordered Zuo Zongtang to postpone the delivery of money and grain to Tianjing, and at the same time ordered Chen Yucheng to lead his troops back to Shanghai.

He already knew that the East King ordered King Yan to raise troops into Jiangxi, and Bai Zetang's people in the East King Mansion found out about the news as soon as possible, but fortunately, Xiao Yungui was in Tianjing, so he received the news as soon as possible. Immediately, Xiao Yungui sent a letter to Chen Yucheng, ordering him to withdraw directly to Shanghai for reorganization, and he did not believe that King Yan dared to raise troops to invade the hinterland of Sufu Province to get people. As for Jiangxi's letter to Zuo Zongtang, Xiao Yungui ordered Zuo Zongtang to mobilize the third division that had been reorganized into Jiangxi to guard the front line of Jingdezhen, and in the future, the territory eaten by the West Hall would not be easily spit out.

The three divisions of the First Army had been reorganized at the beginning of the month, and the first and second divisions had been transferred to Ningbo to replace Li Xiucheng's troops in preparation for the use of troops in Fujian. The Third Division was originally preparing to go north to the Soviet Union to strengthen the Luo Outline Division, but the Eastern King suddenly attacked, and Xiao Yungui could only transfer the Third Division to Jiangxi to replace Chen Yucheng's troops.

At the same time, Xiao Yungui ordered Zuo Zongtang to issue an order to prepare for war to all departments in the West Palace, although it was not the time to turn against the East Hall at this time, but he couldn't put someone else's knife on his neck, and he was not prepared at all.

The suspension of the delivery of money and grain to Tianjing was also a killer move for Xiao Yungui, more than half of Tianjing's grain at this time had to be supplied by Sufu Province, and Xiao Yungui planned to make the East King realize how much risk and loss there was in dealing with him.

Later, Xiao Yungui sent a letter to Xidian Luo Outline and others, telling them to pay attention to the movements of the Taiping army in various places and strictly prevent others from making the first move.

After writing the letter, Xiao Yungui stayed in Wuyi Alley and waited for news, waiting to see how the situation changed, he was not sure if Dongwang would jump over the wall in a hurry if he did this, and at the same time he also wanted to stay in Tianjing and wait for the latest news. He knew very well that when all these actions made Dongwang feel it, Dongwang would not be indifferent, Yang Xiuqing's temperament he knew best, Zuihou still needed to meet with Yang Xiuqing to discuss once, this meeting could not be avoided no matter what, unless Xiao Yungui was ready to turn his face now.

Five days later, the unusual movement of some soldiers and horses in the West Hall attracted Yang Xiuqing's attention, and at the same time, the monthly grain of Sufu Province did not arrive on time, and what was even more hateful was that the soldiers and horses of King Yan were not far from Tianjing, and the news that Chen Yucheng's troops were retreating to the hinterland of Sufu Province came from Jiangxi.

After learning the news, Yang Xiuqing was very breathless, and then a secret letter from the king of the west was sent to his case, and when he opened it, he saw that the king of the west invited the king of the east to meet alone on the warship of the Xiaguan Naval Division, and the letter only said that the matter of life and death should be discussed with his brother secretly, Yang Xiuqing was silent for a long time and then decided to go to the appointment on time. (To be continued......)