Salopen's wife Duoyun was out of prison, just three days after Qianlong left Yizheng for Yangzhou. Liu Tongxun stayed for a day in accordance with the purpose of Yizheng, and met Pei Xingren and Jin Wenkui again; He also wrote a letter to Fu Heng, relaying Qianlong's explanation of the Jinchuan military opportunity in the Temple of Emperor Guan in Fifty Miles, and ordered Fu Heng to "strictly prepare for slow advance, do not make Meng Lang's moves, do not try to win by chance, and do not lose the opportunity of all opportunities, 'the general is outside, and the king's order is not affected'" All the words were written; He also sent a message to Yin Jishan and Yue Zhongqi, "Help Fu Heng with all your might, don't let Sha Luo run to Qinghai and enter Tibet, Mimi will monitor the momentum of Huo Jizhan in the Hui Department, and use 600 li to step up the report to the Jiangnan Emperor at any time." "There were also dozens of officials who stayed in the customs road, the Tongzheng and salt administration officials, and the procurement officials of the Yuanmingyuan who stayed in Yizheng to report the poor envoys, and the officials who reported the Huanghuai flood situation and the Huangyun Liangcao embankment and river berthing matters, and they were busy until dark. I was also worried that Liu Yong would take out to do a business trip, and that Yangzhou's defense would be negligent, so he no longer stayed, and he ordered a sedan chair to go to Yangzhou that night.

At this time, in Yizheng County, not to mention the government, it is the ordinary people's homes, in order to receive this "driving", first the chalk whitewashed the construction, the broken houses along the street were destroyed and the old houses were refreshed, and the Libao three times a day urged to sweep the court, "inside and outside the neat and dusty", out of the work to repair the road mat soil ligation color workshop, fragrant flowers and firecrackers, wine and food, snacks...... It's ten times busier than the Chinese New Year. At this moment, the royal drive to the east, the officials and merchants in the city were gone, and the officials, merchants, and people in the city were relieved in one breath, but everyone was tired and tired, and the whole city was tired, as if they had just received a play and dispersed the set, and it was like they had just eaten a full banquet of the Manchu and Han people[1]

, everyone is a little bit of a serious illness just after recovering from a serious illness, with a look of hypothetical symptoms, and walking swaying.

It was just past noon when the car escorting the clouds entered the city. Because she is a "Qin criminal", the official of the patrol hall received a warrant from the inspector to "take Duoyun to the emperor to go up in the imperial trial", thinking that he could not leave Nanjing without permission, Jiangnan Province Yamen because the chief officials have gone from the escort, there is no official in the yamen to be commissioned, Chanantong County ordered Yao Qingchen to go to the province to talk about the case, and he rubbed his legs and said: "Annoying my brother to go for a while, the emperor is in Yizheng, the road is not far, Duoyun is a woman again, and he has been very peaceful since he was detained." Escort it to Liu Yong, and Lord Liu will be finished. In fact, you only sit for a while, and I will send two more officials to follow. People are Qin criminals, and it's not good to have no officials to follow, right? Yao Qingchen is just a seven-grade sesame official, and he also wants to take the opportunity to meet Liu Yong alone, and even if he can meet Liu Tongxun, he doesn't know, so he agreed.

As soon as the sun was wrong, the chariot entered the city. It is said to be a "threshold car", but in fact, the clouds are not shackled or tied, and there is a shed on the car to block the wind. There are idlers in the streets and alleys, and there are no groups. Yao Qingchen went to the post house first and inquired about the fact that the Liu family father and son had gone to Yangzhou. At this time, there was already a meal in the big room, and he was a petty official, so he didn't dare to call for redo, so he discussed with Mo Jifu, the head of the three officials: "Go to the restaurant on the street and eat indiscriminately—naturally I will pay for it." Then let's go to Yangzhou, hand over the prisoners, just look at the excitement, give you two days off, and I will write a letter to you Zhao Tangguan and bring it to you. Mo Jifu naturally had nothing to say.

Who knows that when a shop closes, and then a bank takes a break, the car is pulled from the south of the street to the north of the street, and even the snacks such as siu mai wontons, flatbreads, fritters, fried buns, and other snacks that are usually shouted and greeted all over the street are also closed down. A horseback riding an official, three foot servants, and a coachman, with a "fanpoer" wearing a Tibetan suit, a leather robe, and a long horse shoe on her feet, walked around the street looking for a restaurant to eat, but invited a group of idlers and children to follow behind, to a place to ask for food, immediately surrounded a group, stupid and blank to see, and then go and follow again. However, an old man at the crossroads saw that they were looking for food and were pious, and pointed out: "The county government - from here to the west, there are fried small fish at the north gate of the road, which is specially used for the early start of the government and the government has no time to eat and make snacks, and it will not be closed." Besides, you are always an official, and when you enter the yamen and ask the gang to do it, they have no reason not to serve. ”

"Thank you, old man!" A word reminded Yao Qingchen, and he patted his head and smiled: "I recognize Guo Zhiqiang, last time I went back to the Nanjing meeting, he also said that he asked me to 'be smaller, take the time to go around' - go, beat him up!" A few hungry people suddenly lost their despondency. Mo Jifu smiled: "I'm hungry!" The people in this yamen often go to the province, and I know their leaders, and they fall on the street and wander around - what are they doing? He suddenly found that Duoyun sitting in the car looked a little strange, climbed the rungs with both hands, straightened up his waist as if he was about to get up, stared at the lively crowd, and then broke off and shouted, "Settle down"!

Duoyun pursed his lips, glanced at the crowd again, lowered his eyelids, and said, "My legs are numb...... You're hungry, and I'm on an empty stomach......" seemed to be talking to himself, and muttered a few more words, Yao, Mo and the others couldn't understand anyone.

How did they know that since Duoyun was released from Beijing to Nanjing, the people sent by Sharopun from Jinchuan to rescue him had followed. Rinpa, the head of the Ear Cliff, personally took five or six Tibetans who could speak Chinese, as well as the cloudy Wazi Gaba, who had already lurked in an inn in the Confucius Temple in Stone Town, and was aware of the clouds' movements at any time. Jinchuan this place has to rely on the interior of Sichuan to receive food, but there is no shortage of gold, there are walnuts in the hair hole of the cliff, the big fist of the dog's head gold does not need to be carefully searched, sometimes accidentally tripped over the gold nuggets...... They didn't have to do anything at all to buy up and down the south prison of the Patrol Hall of the Yamen of the Guarding Duoyun. Duoyun coughed in prison, and the next day there would be medicine for the cold. It's just that the military academy in charge of guarding the police patrol is the Shanyu Battalion Military Academy from the south of Beijing, and he didn't dare to buy it for fear of going out of the way, and he didn't have the opportunity to meet. Since entering the ceremony, Duoyun among the lazy idlers has already seen Rinba, and his slave Gaba flashed among the onlookers who bought food, and those few "self-talk" said clearly: "I am imprisoned like this, and it is very difficult to see Bogda Khan." Today is your chance to escape...... Gaba, be smart...... Force must not be used...... Tell Renba to find a way to ...... together" and added, "They are going to hand me over to the Liu family and his son, but the Liu family and his son have already left here...... "Poor Yao Qingchen Mo Jifu and a group of onlookers were blinded and deaf by them in public.

When the car arrived at the gate of the county ya, there was a fried fruit shop, and everyone wanted to eat at the moment, and knocked on the county yayi door without looking. But at this moment, it was the time to disperse at noon, and there were only a few yawning officials on duty, Yao Qingchen personally stepped forward to ask, but the head of the officials did not dare to slack off, and replied: "Our Guo Taizun has been promoted, and we went to Yangzhou with the car!" ”

"Guo Zhiqiang has been promoted? Where's the transfer? Yao Qingchen asked.

"Beijing, the head of the household department - back to you!"

"Hmm...... Has the envoy from the yamen here been delivered? ”

"No! I don't know which adult will take the print. ”

"Is there anyone in charge? Oh, I'm the county magistrate of Nantong...... Passing by on an errand, the restaurant on the street is closed, and I want to ask the room to cook some food - Guo Xianling and I are best friends......"

"It's not a close friend, what's the matter with a meal?" The official smiled, "But I'm afraid that the people in the room have dispersed ......" As he was talking, a middle-aged man came out of the second door with his teeth picked his teeth, wearing a black satin six-in-one hat, a gray poplin-style raw edge with a Lanning silk jacket on his shoulders, a pair of myopic glasses hanging under his head, and a betel nut purse in his waist swinging step by step - an authentic master dress. Mo Jifu looked refreshed, and shouted from afar: "Hey, old master Shao!" Are you old enough to go for a walk? - What the fuck are you stunned! For the Huangliu family's debt collection lawsuit, haven't you looked for me Lao Mo? ”

That Master Shao put on his glasses, and was stunned for a long time before he saw it clearly, and immediately smiled all over his face, walked up quickly, and said, "It's Mo Xingting...... Forgive the students for their bad eyes, how dare they forget you? It's our food and clothing! In a flash, he saw Yao Qingchen again, "Isn't this Yao Taizun?" You don't know me, I'm from Nantong, what a parent official who fell from the sky! I want to meet you for a little thing, and I am looking for a disciple to get acquainted with you...... old man," he said with a smile, and even the coachman was close to it, "brother...... And this ...... Come with me! You must not have eaten yet-Old Liu Tou, don't be busy closing the room, make the whole vegetables, Mrs. Guo came in the same year, make a table according to the example of eight taels, and the lord will be rewarded when he returns! Come on, come on...... In the East Flower Hall, warm and bright...... "one head leads the way, the other head laughs, the greetings are so diligent that they can't be sent, until they go to the east side of the county government hall, even the clouds are all seated together, the same courtesy, and said: "There is also a jar of old Shaoxing, I'm afraid it's not enough, I'll get it again!" Until he went out in a hurry, several people with different identities and circumstances were still confused by his enthusiasm. But Mo Jifu saw the opportunity, and hurriedly followed out, muttering a few words in Master Shao's ear. Master Shao pinched his teeth and smiled: "I said it! also has a big-footed fan-shou-er...... There is no one in the yamen now, and it is not safe to hand it over to them, this is a prisoner who cannot be embarrassed - so, let's eat together and drink less wine. After the meal, I still have to talk to Mrs. Yao, my unsuccessful brother has a lawsuit with a widow for a piece of feng shui, winning or losing small things, and it is important to lose face. Take advantage of this time to help you a few words. "Talking about busyness, I went to work.

Because of the presence of Duoyun, the meal was eaten quickly. Several passers-by are actually not familiar with each other, and their identities are very different, but they all know the weight of the word "Qin criminal", and they only gobble it up. However, Duoyun seems to have a lot of wine, seeing that everyone doesn't drink much, and she doesn't know what to say when she is full of Tibetan, she even pours herself food and drinks, and eats and drinks so thin that her cheeks are thin, but she can grasp it when she sees it, and she stops drinking. Master Shao's people who have eaten only accompany him to persuade him to drink and drink, but he doesn't come to be strong. Just as the end of the feast was approaching, everyone wiped their mouths and got up, or the head of the official on the door trotted in, and said to Yao Qingchen with a smile: "Master, Master Liu Yanqing has sent someone to pick up Mrs. Duoyun......" said and turned around and pointed.

Everyone followed his direction and looked out through the door, only to see five or six people under the west slanting sun walking on the ground and melting snow and water recently, all wearing the six-grade costume of the internal affairs office, the first one was a middle-aged man in his forties, but he was wearing a snow goose supplement uniform on the top of the gold and bluestone, tall and strong, with a dark face and no expression, only the official hat was slightly larger, almost pressing the sideburns, and it was a military attache like a city gate collar at a glance.

Duoyun's eyes flashed, and he was nervous and excited in his heart: Renba is here!

At this time, several people at the table had already left their positions, and they were stunned to see these "Shangxian" come in majestically. Yao Qingchen hurriedly stepped forward to "snap" and put down the horseshoe sleeves, saluted in court, and said cautiously: "Humble Yao Qingchen, born in the fifteenth year of Qianlong with Jinshi, is currently the ...... of the main hall of Nantong County."

"Bozhgrad!" Renba interrupted Yao Qingchen with a stiff Chinese accent, with a strong Mongolian accent, glanced at everyone arrogantly, and introduced himself, "Third-class shrimp, follow the Mongolian hero *** to do an errand!" Here yours is the head, where are the clouds? ”

Duoyun didn't expect Renba to be like this, and wanted to laugh, gritted his teeth and turned his face and bowed his head silently. Yao Qingchen hurriedly smiled, pointed to Duoyun and said, "This woman is." Humble and ordered to ......" "Liu Zhongtang's has arrived in Yangzhou!" "Bao Rigrad" waved his hand impatiently, "Fukangan and Liu Yong have another holy decree to do business." You will take her into custody, and the messenger will be done. People give it to me, you have a holiday! As he spoke, the two of them came over and walked over the clouds.

Several people in the room couldn't help but look at each other: no matter how he looked or looked, this Baozhigrad seemed to be a Mongol, and he was wearing official robes, so he couldn't find fault with it. But the delivery person must have a letter ticket and a receipt, how can he pull someone and say go? This guard doesn't understand the rules! But his official rank is high, his status is noble, and his face is arrogant, and several people are so frightened that they dare not ask. Seeing that they were about to go out, Yao Qingchen was responsible, and in a hurry, he suddenly became bold, walked around to the front with a smile, and said with a smile: "My lord, after walking such a long way, you haven't eaten yet?" Take a break, have a cup of tea, and ...... lowly job" He suddenly had an idea, "There is also official business in Yangzhou, let's go on the road together...... Mo Jifu also smiled and said: "My lord, hehe...... The small ones have rules and regulations, and they have to have the receipt of Yanqing Laozhongtang. Hey...... Or if you are like an adult, you can also become. Otherwise, I won't be able to explain when I go back, hehe...... It's the rule, hehe...... It's the rule. ”

"Griggilumba!" Renba seemed to be stunned for a moment, scolded rudely, and showed a sign with bright yellow borders and yellow characters on a blue background to Mo Jifu and others, and Yao Qingchen and Master Shao also came over to take a look. But it is a combination of Manchu and Han and two lines of small characters:

The third-class guard of the Qianqing Gate

But none of them had ever seen this object seriously, and they couldn't tell the truth from the fake, believing in their hearts that it was real, but it was absolutely impossible to release people without receipt. Renba put away the sign and said, "This, fake? Gree Gilumba! Duoyun, who was standing next to him, suddenly said, "I won't go with you!" I'm still with these guys. You're too rude......" followed by a string of Tibetan words. Renba seemed a little discouraged, but his tone was still unquestionable: "I was ordered by Liu Zhongtang!" Not negotiable! Let's go, it's okay! Then he and the others went out and waited in the courtyard.

But the Han people have a lot of cumbersome rituals, there are always a lot of greetings and verbose, Master Shao is still worried about the lawsuit, and takes tea and sends red envelopes, briefly talks about the plot, and says: "Go back and write a letter to the master and talk about the details......" Seeing Renba stomping his feet outside, he was very impatient, so he resigned. Walking out of the east courtyard without leaving the instrument gate, the clouds walked more and more slowly, and seemed to be a little restless. Rinba strode forward, turned back and said, "Hurry up!" Yao Qingchen also asked, "What else do you have?" Duoyun snorted for a moment and said embarrassedly, "I...... I want to make it easy to ......" are a few more Tibetan words.

She's going to get rid of it. Anyone can understand the ruthlessness of fire and water. But there is no women's toilet in the yamen, there is a women's toilet, and men can't go in with them, and Master Shao, who was sent out, pointed to the east wall and a slanted thatched hut, and said: "That's the thatched house, I shouted to see if there was anyone in it." He shouted a few times in front of him, but there was no movement inside, and said with a smile: "Go in!" "Thank you!" Duoyun said. She seemed to be holding back so much that she stumbled into the east toilet.

Eleven big *** are waiting not far from the toilet room, but this situation is different from waiting to eat and watch the banquet table, you can't stare at it, you can't talk about the length of it, and it doesn't seem appropriate to stand stupidly. Yao Qingchen's Confucian identity felt indecent, so he accosted Master Shao: "Lao Guo came back and told him that this is not far from Nantong, so he has to go over to get together." ”

"Yes, that's for sure, but he's about to be promoted......"

"It's better to be promoted, take a detour to my plate for a few days."

"Cheng, the students will also accompany them when the time comes."

"I know what your brother is doing, don't worry—she's committing suicide—but you'll have to be prepared to break a few bills. If you are justified, the dead man must be appeased after all. It's hard to mess with the people, and you know it when you're a master. ”

"Yes, what the old father said is exactly what the students think in their hearts......"

The three servants who followed Yao Qingchen also had their own topics to discuss, and Zhang San invited wine and Li Si talked to each other.

After a moment's effort, the discussion suddenly stopped. First of all, Mo Jifu touched the back of his head and said in surprise: "Why haven't you come out yet?" A servant said, "That's it!" It's time for the Yellow River to be finished! Saying this, all the people became alert, listening to the silence in the toilet, Yao Qingchen couldn't help but change color on his face, pointed to the wall and asked, "Lao Shao, what's outside the wall?" Master Shao also panicked and said, "Don't run over the wall - it's an official road outside!" One of the officials shouted to the toilet, "Hey, is it over?" Didn't you say yes when it was over! ”

There was silence.

He shouted again, but there was no movement. Yao Qingchen knew that something was wrong, and he didn't care about his identity, so he shouted: "We're coming in!" One of the officials rushed in with a big stride, and almost at the same time heard him exclaim, "God! This mother-in-law went over the wall! In the silent and empty county government, someone was stung on the head by a scorpion, and he suddenly encountered a ghost in the middle of the night, with panic and despair. Yao Qingchen's legs were so shocked that he almost sat on a pomp and fell to the ground. Master Shao's scalp was numb, and he had goosebumps. Even Rinba, who had been waiting for this sound, was startled by this voice: this animal was frightened, and his mother really gave him a good voice...... Yao Qingchen came back to his senses, and went around a few times as if he was crazy, and said to Master Shao angrily: "Quick, quick!" Called the patrol house officer...... Martial law in the city! ”

"It's all a holiday this time...... Master Shao's face turned pale, cold sweat flowed down his head, and he stammered, "If you wait for someone to call Qi, you have already fled away......

"She can't go far!" Mo Jifu shouted, "Who looks at her in that dress...... while she is wearing" As she spoke, the official who entered the toilet had already come out with a bitter look on her Tibetan robe with a bitter face, and said in despair: "She changed her clothes!" Yao Qingchen hurriedly shouted: "Call the existing people in the yamen, including the husband, and go to search for them together!" She is a big-footed woman, so she can recognize ......" suddenly remembered that there was another "Baozhigrad", and hurriedly turned around and said, "Please, please be big, your lord is in charge!" ”

Seeing that he had succeeded, Renba was determined, but his face was iron-blue, frowning and pondering the delay time, looking like a command, and only after a while: "She can't run far!" Shao's, call all your servants, to the north! Yao's, you go the way you came to the west! We are familiar with the road to the east, to the east! Shao is from this county, don't move, quickly notify the county patrol room, docks, inns, hotels, restaurants, places where men sleep with women (brothels), places to watch tricks (theaters), places to drink tea - all search! At night, we gathered, and if we couldn't find it, we would report it to Liu Zhongtang! Master Shao listened to it, and the arrangement was full of lines, but it was the morning of the "Mao hour", and the Mongolian master was probably confused, and hurriedly said: "Master Bao's instructions are detailed!" But it's too late, and it's best for us to gather together! ”

"'Sometimes' it doesn't work! Be sure to get together! Rinba said seriously, "You must fix the time!" Seeing that he didn't understand, Master Shao pointed to the sky and the earth with a bitter face and compared it for half a day, only to show that the "Mao time" is tomorrow morning, and the "unitary time" is not "sometimes", but ...... Finally, the guard master "understood", rolled his eyes and said, "Gree Jilumba!" Come when it's dark, you're in trouble! With a wave of his hand, "We'll go our separate ways!" ”

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It's dusk. The dark sunset is like a hot iron that comes out of the oven, from bright red to orange, to ochre brown to gray red, and then to dimmer and darker, and turn into gray and black for a day. As the sun sets, the evening clouds completely lose their colorful posture and become gloomy and dark. Only Master Shao was left in the huge yamen, and he was so scorched that he twisted his pockets like ants in a hot pot. Shen Mo passed, no one came back, Youzheng passed, the people sent by the Yamen came back, helped Master Shao to say comforting words, wait, Youmo passed, Yao Qingchen also came back, continued to wait, until midnight, and did not see the shadow of the third-class shrimp of Baori. In the midst of a noisy discussion and complaining, a faint sound of horses' hooves was faintly heard. At this time, there were more than 100 people gathered in the courtyard, and they all quieted down all of a sudden, and several people in the house were also excited, and they all stood up, staring at it, it was not "Bao Rigrad" who came back, but it was the Yamen who went to Yangzhou with Guo Zhiqiang to go to the fishing squad leader Luo Ke's house in the courtyard to roll the saddle and dismount!

"What's going on? This morning and evening a yard of people? Luo Kejia was sweating finely, and asked Master Shao when he entered the door and asked Master Shao, "Has the car escorting Duoyun arrived?" At noon today, Young Master Liu specially asked Mrs. Guo to ask about it. His old man is going north with Master Fu...... Mrs. Guo was afraid of making a mistake, so he asked me to come back and ask......"

"Fooled!" Yao Qingchen exclaimed softly, and sat down all of a slumped......

"The Han dogs have been fooled!"

Duoyun, Renba, and Gaba were already sitting in the heart of the river ten miles downstream of the Yizheng ferry on the Yangtze River. At this moment, under the anchor of the river, under the dark sky outside the boat, the green and white river water is boundless from afar, and the river waves are close to the boat, which seems to be a lonely boat, but there is a laughter and joy in the cabin. They are also debating their next steps. Speaking of the daytime situation, they all leaned forward and leaned back with laughter.

"Han dogs, it's really interesting here!" Renba slapped his leg and laughed, "As long as there is gold, you can buy anything." He pointed to Gaba, "Even this baby has a master book!" If the people of Jinchuan want to be officials, even Jinchuan's dog can get this kind of hat! He patted the big hat and grinned. Gaba was still a little small, and grinned: "The price is very cheap, cheaper than the salt that was transported to our ear cliff!" A Tibetan Han also smiled and said: "So Zha (referring to Sha Luoben) was afraid that his wife would suffer, so he sent ten catties of gold, but in fact, he stuffed it with three coins of silver, and his wife had what to eat in the cell!" ”

"They're money strings!"

"Like a dog, as long as there is something to eat, he is his master."

"Nothing but the imitation of the guard sign, ma'am, nothing to ......"

"Rinbatou people pretend to be Mongolians! I saw that the officers saw him, and their legs trembled......"

"Hahahaha......"

In the laughter, Duoyun regained her calm, and with the hull of the boat, her voice was particularly calm and clear in the roaring river waves: "So Zha let me go back, of course I want to go back." But now I have not met Bogda Khan and have not fulfilled his mission...... Come, and know that my eaglets are safe and sound, and I am more at ease. I-must see Qianlong Bogda Khan! For the survival of our people......"

"Mrs. Soza!" The little slave Gaba stared at Duoyun Dao with a pair of big eyes, "Your freedom is not easy. Both the Living Buddha and the old man Sangcuo are afraid...... They sent you to Fu Heng's camp as a hostage. Besides, Qianlong Bogda Khan has imprisoned you for so long and refused to see you, and now that you have escaped, isn't it even more difficult to see him? Duoyun stroked his unkempt hair and smiled caressingly, and said, "Child, Qianlong's power is too great...... If you can't win once, you can fight again, and you won't use me as a hostage. We have won the war twice, and Qianlong has killed two of his most capable prime ministers, and he has also killed his most capable general. War must have an outcome acceptable to both sides, and it cannot be fought endlessly - that is not the blessing of our Jinchuan father and brother. Gaba asked, puzzled, "So—madam, why did you agree to us rescuing you?" Is it bad to insist on asking Qianlong to meet you in prison? ”

Duoyun's slightly tired eyes seemed to be looking at the endless black water outside through the canopy, and he sighed and said, "I can't completely guess Qianlong's heart." However, he refused to kill me, perhaps because I was a lone woman, and killing me would damage his dignity, or he might not want to do things too desperately and save face for Gu Zha...... His servants were not exactly of the same mind as him, they wanted to show their loyalty to their masters, and they wanted to stain their official hats red with the blood of the Jinchuan people. If my guess is correct, if I continue in captivity, his servants will persuade him to send me back to Jinchuan. I am not willing to do this, I must meet him. I want him to understand that since Bogda Khan has the world, he should have a mind as big as heaven and earth! So Zha said three days and three nights before I left, telling me what I should say to Qianlong, and I didn't say a word......" She lowered her head, holding her hands in her hands, as if she was praying for something, and her hair hung down like a green silk waterfall, drop after drop, tears fell in the palm of her hand.

"Madame, don't be sad." Renba's eyes were blazing under his eyebrows, like tears and fire, "To the west of Songpan, there is still a road to Qinghai that has not been discovered by the Han dogs. Therefore, Zha has ordered that all the old people, women and children gather in the Scraping Cliff, and we still have enough food for a year in the Scraping Cliff, but there is not much salt, and we are secretly raising to buy it - if the Scraping Cliff can't hold it, we will pass through the Crokash Canyon in the west of Songpan, go to the small town of Ke Maid in Qinghai and the living Buddha sent by the ** Lama, and then move the clan to Tibet to settle down - we are not without a way out! His eyes were gloomy, because he knew that this road, thousands of miles of canyons covered with ice and snow, no people, no water and grass, no food to help, and he had to cross the Gobi for 200 miles to get to Keguo, and then cross the Kunlun Mountains and Tanggula Mountains to Tibet...... It is said to be a road, but in fact it is just a dead end...... After being silent for a long time, he said: "Therefore, Zha said that Qianlong's face is bound to surrender and bear the guilt, and he wants to despise the pride and glory of our Jinchuan people!" Madame if ...... If ...... "If I humiliatingly agree to his terms, I will not be his wife!" Duoyun raised his head suddenly, with tears on his pale and beautiful face, a smile on the corner of his mouth, and his eyes looked at the sky as if he wanted to penetrate the top of the ship, "Oh! The Most Holy, Spiritual, All-Knowing, and All-Powerful Buddha...... I will not fail my husband and shame my fellow citizens and children! Shifting, she recovered from her agitation, took a breath, and asked Gabba, "How much gold do we have with us?" ”

Gaba pointed to the five cabinets in the rear cabin and replied: "There are 5,000 catties of gold in the five boxes, and there are 100,000 taels of silver tickets in ...... hand" Duoyun was moved in his heart: 80,000 taels of gold! It's almost emptying the treasury of Jinchuan to rescue himself! After contemplating for a while, Renba said: "Madam, there is still a lot of dog-headed gold, so Zha said that it can't be brought to the mainland, and the Han people will have red eyes when they know it......"

"Yes." Duoyun only agreed, and then muttered for a long time, and said, "It's dangerous to carry so much gold with you, and you can't use so much. Buy the best garden in Yangzhou or charter the most beautiful scenery, in Haining, Guazhou, Suzhou, Hangzhou, all charter the scenery, to the best, 15,000 taels is enough. Leave us to spend, and the rest of the money to buy medicine, cold and frost protection, knife wound medicine, rheumatism, cold and fever medicine, and salt. I guess Fu Heng will block us. It can be exchanged for a silver ticket and purchased at five times the price, but it has to be shipped to Jinchuan, and with the receipt of the old zha, it is cheaper and less risky than buying it ourselves—five times the profit, and the merchants of the Han dog will desperately send us medicine and salt! ”

When Renba heard this, he couldn't help but secretly admire: This old lady holds a wisdom pearl in her hand, and she is really unambiguous! Because of the smile: "So the most worrying thing is medicine." It is not possible for our people to go into the mainland to buy medicine, and the Han people are afraid that Fu Heng's military corporation will lose their money, so they do not dare to bring medicine to sell. It's a great way to give them money in the mainland! But why rent a garden? ”

"I want to see Qianlong, but I can't enter his yard." Duoyun smiled and said, "I listened to them gossip in prison, Qianlong is a person who loves to play, love to write poetry, love to ride horses and hunt, and love women......"

Renba looked at Duoyun with a suspicious gaze.

"I'm going to buy some beautiful girls to keep in my garden." Duoyun smiled.

"Bogda Khan...... Will it fall into our scheme? ”

"Yes—we must find a way—send a brother back to Jinchuan and report everything here to my husband!"

Gaba, a young slave, received orders to return to Jinchuan to report to Saroben. He is actually a Chinese-Tibetan mixed-race child, only fifteen years old this year, not tall, his face, eyebrows, and complexion are all Han images, only those big eyes, and a slightly outstretched nose with a slightly Tibetan appearance. His father was originally a clothed slave under the red flag of the Han army, and he ran errand with the "model governor" Ortai during the Yongzheng period. In the twelfth year of Yongzheng, Ortai in Yunnan "changed the land and returned to the stream" provoked the Miao people to rebel in the whole province, and the seventy-two cottages of the Miao King gathered soldiers and horses, and the officials of the provinces and states did not possess the soul, and the Ortai decrees did not go out of the provincial wall, and the state and county governments could not contact each other, and they were all trapped on isolated islands. On the way back from delivering a letter to Dali County, Gaba's father was captured by the Miao. After being imprisoned in Miao Village for three years, Zhang Guangsi led his troops to quell the chaos, and he quietly escaped from the chaos on the night when the village was burned. At this time, Ortai died of illness, and Niu Lu was a Goshha under Zhang Guangsi, and there was no second word except "kill" to deal with fugitive slaves and traitors. But he was caught as a slave by the right class. Ban Roll was defeated and fled to Jinchuan, and then went to Dajinchuan with him. Ban Roll himself is the person who sends people under the fence, and his slaves are even more miserable, from the rough work of carrying grain and salt to frying ghee, carrying cattle and wool ropes to make rice...... Less than the same is a whip. In a grass mowing, he happened to meet Caima, the female slave of the Tibetan leader of the Dajinchuan Tibetans. Until the two brothers of Sera Ben and Seraben fought in the same room for the clouds, Seleben was defeated in a duel and died, Sera Roben held the power of Jinchuan, and the Qing army came to suppress it twice, Gaba's father's life experience was so bumpy and drifting, the shrewd Sa Luo Ben suddenly took a fancy to this man who was fluent in Han and Miao Tibetan languages, and was promoted to his own entourage counselor, although he did not get rid of his slave status, he was also the leader in Jinchuan - he met the poor and the poor, one was honored, and one was lost, which is the principle of ancient and modern times, and Caima became the housekeeper of Saroben, Gaba is naturally the proud retinue of the clouds.

Stained with the light of being proficient in Chinese, Gaba carried the official sign "General Manager" appointment document issued by the Ministry of Officials, and as soon as he arrived in Wuhan, he stayed at the military post. Because he was a former officer in front of the Jinchuan front-line battalion, he was transported by a special official ship from Hanyang to the west, a station of 50 miles by water boat and land horse, and the fire was not extinguished in the barracks day and night, and the rice buns, steamed buns, and braised pork were enough. There was an endless stream of quartermasters transporting grain, wages, medicines, pots, stoves, and miscellaneous items. Gabba was burdened with heavy responsibilities, and he did not dare to go around with these people. But since Jue entered Sichuan, all the way has been full of officers and soldiers, and the atmosphere has become more and more tense. Entering the suburbs of Chengdu, I walked by taxi for nearly two months, and the weather had already arrived in mid-spring March. From the bamboo fence, Yangma River, Longquanyi to Qingshuitun area for dozens of miles, in the shade of green willows on the side of the Hsinchu bush, the continuous large and small flag camps are connected by camps, and the cowhide tents of one color can not be seen.

For fear of being found out of Xingzang, Gaba did not dare to enter the city, walked half a turn around the south of the city, and stayed in the military post of Shuangliu Town for one night. He muttered in his heart: If he goes west again, he doesn't know if the official title and passport he brought will work, whether to change the people's clothes and leave, or use the money to buy another license plate of the Chinese army to send Goshha and the like to blend into Jinchuan? Gaba ate a full meal early, and lay down in a bent humerus at the south end of the wing room on the side of the west courtyard, chewing betel nut and calculating until the beginning of the day, when the sky was about to break dark, he wanted to fall asleep, and suddenly heard the footsteps of the main courtyard in the east, like a group of people were driven into the military post, and there were a few people who shouted and reprimanded in a rough voice:

"It's all against the wall—by the wall! you - what's wrong with the girl's old miscellaneous hair, holding her legs and covering her stomach? ”

"You—stand over there!" Another screamed, "Who told you to sit - lame?" If you don't come to Jinchuan, you'll become lame?! ”

"You!" Another person yelled, "What kind of place is this, pee when you pull your pants and pull your **?" ”

Then I heard the sound of "snapping", the peeing man's crying defense, reprimand, and someone shouted: "Please ask the master to give the master here an extra bowl of rice...... I have thirst quenching...... I can't walk...... "Quench your mother's egg thirst!" Still scolded in that sharp voice, "You just run a pharmacy, and you can't get along with Lao Sha when your illness is incurable, and you can't get along with your mother's court!" Thirsty to death, starving you shit! ”

"Forget it, Lao Liu!" A person seemed to be the leader who stopped the crowd's shouting, and said to a sharp voice, "These guys will be sent to Lord Fu tomorrow, maybe they won't be able to live!" You're tired of walking, so you're mad at them. With some spirits in mind, I'll go and talk to the post chief, have a meal first, and I'll stay for one night. Ming'er Song entered the city quickly, and returned to the camp after the errand! ”

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Manchu and Han full banquet: Manchu and Han full banquet etiquette is cumbersome, there are many varieties of vegetables and vegetables, generally have to eat for several days in a row, and people are unbearable and tired.