Qianlong and the Empress Dowager were laughing in the warm curtain in the middle of the welcome door, and when they saw him enter the three of them, the Empress Dowager smiled and said, "The clerk is here!" Call them forbidden. It's warm inside, just sit and talk. Ah Gui said with a smile: "The slave only came back from the west, and only accompanied the driver out of the city to see Lafayette's kind face, no matter what, I want to ask for peace!" As he spoke, he saluted, and Yu Minzhong Ji Yun knelt down and bowed. When the Queen Mother smiled and called to sit down, Qianlong asked: "It is snowing outside, is it in the way?" Are there too many people? ”

"Back to the master." Ah Gui leaned in the chair and said, "It's just sparse, like a poplar flower, and there is less than one floor underground." There were about 100,000 people in the outer city. There are seventy or eighty thousand in the inner city, and they are still busy receiving Lafayette's reward. This time it's lively inside and out, and God also has fun to give a little snow. Looking at the lights in the snow, first, there is no fire, and secondly, it is easy to close. Ruixue Mega Year - all happy in one place! The Queen Mother smiled and said, "What Gui said is - we are just trying to be festive!" Just now I also told the emperor that I gave Ah Gui a problem, how can so many people reward money, don't crowd people? Ah Gui smiled again and said, "This is Lafayette's compassion, how dare the minions mess up this errand?" It's just that the outer city can't do it like that. After scattering the lamp market, some old men and old ladies from the township were distributed by the people of Shuntian Mansion, and they took a small bag back to cook and eat, which was also stained with rain and dew by the emperor. The Queen Mother hurriedly said: "Okay, that's it, it's what I want." It's not easy for the villagers to run away in the middle of the night......."

Qianlong took advantage of the queen mother and the three of them to gossip, got up and paced to the door of the arrow tower, looked up and looked, after a Gui and another arrangement, the entire Zhengyang Gate city tower up and down dense turns are covered with bright yellow gauze lamps, the golden mountain of yellow light is brilliant, the light reflects and sees clearly, large swaths of snowflakes are like golden butterflies, wandering and fluttering along the eaves of the bucket arch, unwilling to easily fall as if sliding, circling, swimming, chasing up and down, gradually sinking under the pheasant's head. He took one childishly, watched the fluffy snowflakes melt before returning to the house, and said with a smile: "This snow is falling well!" Who's on duty tomorrow morning? The barometers of the provinces north of the Yellow River are sent in and I see! Yu Minzhong hurriedly got up and agreed "yes". The Queen Mother said: "The folk proverb says, 'Mai Gai three quilts, head pillow bun to sleep', I love snow the most - this is our Qing Dynasty Ruiqi - what are you three laughing at?" Ji Yun hurriedly smiled and said: "Lafayette is happy, and the courtiers are naturally happy." ”

Talking about gossip, I heard Jingyang Zhong coming from afar in the forbidden city, Ah Gui took out his pocket watch and looked at it, got up and said, "Master, the card has arrived at the beginning of the year." The three minions went out first, let the hundred officials go up to the city tower, the east side of the civil official was led by Ji Yun, and the west side of the military attache was headed by Yu Minzhong. Qianlong said: "Make! Here the Queen Mother and the Queen Mother also have to change their clothes, and they will be accompanied by me to go out, and the courtiers will kneel and salute from afar. ”

Here the three people came out to act separately, Ah Gui commanded the two rainbow dragon lanterns on the east and west pheasants to light up together, with the sound of three cannons, Zhengyangmen from east to west eighteen hanging 10,000 firecrackers were set off together, all hanging out of the city, suddenly, the gunpowder smoke accompanied by the dense crackling sound of peeling and peeling, the whole Zhengyangmen was like a golden pavilion held up by the electric fire purple light fireworks clouds, permeated in the fireworks, the music of the Changyin Pavilion was not heard at all. In the deafening sound of firecrackers, Qianlong came out of the main gate of the arrow tower with his mother, and the queen led the palace concubines to slowly follow, accepting the congratulations of the civil and military officials of the east and west compartments, and looking down with the temporary Xuan railing, only to see that the width from the east gate to the Chongwen Gate, the Xuanwu Gate to the West Gate is about hundreds of zhang, and it has become a sea of lights for more than ten miles, and the fire trees and silver flowers are quenched in the lights and fireworks, and the Yellow Dragon is generally across the outer city. With clairvoyance to watch and see, only to see the "Yellow Dragon" in the row row after row of colorful sheds and even Mo, the shops and buildings hang lights constantly compete for odds and win tricks and renovations, there are still a lot of stalls on both sides of the street crowded with people, Shang Yi Zhou Ding Qin Jinghan painting is complete, Dashilar is a big empty field, there are eight big dramas like the lattice world, the famous class on the stage performs the drama, the stage is a hundred operas, the sound of sheng songs and the music of the golden drum are endless. It can be heard faintly in the city. The fragrance of the blue musk and sandalwood is so fragrant that it can be faintly smelled in the city. Qianlong accompanied his mother, and Ji Yun followed the attendants in Minzhong, cheering and leaping from place to place, and seeing the new scenery one by one. Ji Yun said and laughed casually in Minzhong, and nodded his head with his fingers, which made the Queen Mother so happy that she couldn't close her mouth, and when she beckoned, the city immediately cheered and responded.

A Gui sat in the seat, but there was no joy to enjoy the heart, for a while to listen to Wang Lian Buren and other eunuchs report that the emperor watched the lanterns, the north and south of the building had to take care of it, and one ended to listen to Li Shiyao's report on the fireworks under the city, watching the street dry boat stories on stilts and pretending to play, the dragon lanterns were flying and rolling like worms, and the eyes were staring at the pearls, only concerned about where the crowd was crowded, where the lantern shed was accidentally burned, where did you dare to have a little distraction? When it was close to the middle of the day, the people who had received the reward in the inner city gradually flowed into the outer city, the people were more and more, only to see the ten thousand ants in the sea of lights, the flow of people and things was squirming, the pieces of snowflakes fell into the purple mist, fireworks, fireworks, thunder in the sky, all kinds of mouses, sometimes walking the golden snake, and the colorful neon rose into the air, just looking at it and couldn't take care of it, suddenly the big fence mouth did not know who put a "Gao Qingyun" colorful flower, the colorful flower rose straight into the clouds in the middle of the sky, burst open, burst out again, the red and purple thousands of bright and dazzling, not to dissipate, and two cylinders hit up, Slowly dispersed in all directions, Ah Gui was most afraid of these plays, maybe the first tube hit the city tower is **annoying, just about to call someone to tell Li Shiyao that "no fireworks are released within fifty zhang", suddenly felt a pain in his neck, thought it was hit by the sand blown in the wind, subconsciously touched it with his hand, pulled it out of his neck, and pinched it in his hand to see: it is actually the kind of iron sand that the folk ** uses to fight badgers, foxes, rabbits and chickens!

Ah Gui was taken aback, his head "banged" and swelled, and even the ear drums squeaked. He stood up, stepped to the battlement in a few steps, stretched his neck and leaned down to look down.

But Zhengyang Gate is too chaotic, the smoke is full of smoke and the lights are muddy and chaotic, two teams of lion dancers, four dragon lanterns, and more than a dozen dry boats, a team of reckless dancing in the dense flow of people when walking and stopping, just roughly visible, to identify it is absolutely impossible, his telescope has been presented to the Queen Mother for use, and look at the situation, it is expected that the telescope may not be able to see what is famous, so I have to judge and inspect it with experience. While sending someone to call Li Shiyao to the city, he thought about it in his heart. It took a while to get an idea, and he came straight to the location of Qianlong in the middle. Qianlong sat on a special stilt seat in the middle, behind the tulle curtain behind him was the queen mother and the queen concubine in the palace, he had just met with the governor of Yungui and the governor of Luoyang, and when he saw A Gui coming, he smiled and said: "There is no arrow tower on your side, the wind is strong, and it is cold, right?" Forgive you for not necessarily having the heart to see the scenery, you still take this clairvoyance, you have to take a look, and it is not in vain that this night is lively. Wang Lian presented the binoculars.

"It's snowing a little harder." Ah Gui took the mirror tube and held it in his hand, and said with a smile, "There is still a pot of fire to roast over there on the minion's side, and the master is only cold here!" It's icy and snowy, and the Queen Mother is old again, and the ladies can't stand it. The slave dared to persuade him, and went back to the building to warm up his body. The child who was set to return to the palace will come out again when the time comes. The minions have also prepared fireworks, put them up, and tonight is really a complete one! Qianlong smiled: "I'm not cold. There is already a purpose, which is cold and tired, you don't have to accompany it, you can take care of yourself. Ah Gui smiled: "The emperor is not cold or tired, who dares to rest?" According to the knowledge of the slave, I went into the house to rest for a while, and when I was warm, I was happy to come out and see. How is it? ”

Only then did Qianlong get up and said with a smile: "Okay!" I listen to you! Even Ji Yun and Yu Minzhong accompanied them into the Arrow Tower. Ah Gui turned around and came back, but there was no smile on his face. Seeing Li Shiyao standing at the mouth of the tent waiting, he asked, "Why did you come in half a day?" Li Shiyao said: "The people at the door of Chongwen were too crowded, and they poured two sheds and burned their clothes. The Internal Affairs Office just came to report, saying that the fifth master and the twenty-fourth master were dead, and asked if they wanted to report to the emperor. They're still waiting! Seeing Ah Gui's face, he asked again, "Is something wrong?" ”

"Someone down there is shooting at the city!" Ah Gui lowered his voice and said, seeing that Li Shiyao was stunned in fright, he pulled him to the battlement, and said: "Wake up, don't be busy, listen to me, the emperor doesn't know - I looked carefully, the opposite side of the big fence is far away, and ordinary earthen guns can't hit the city at all, and firecrackers are forbidden under the city tower, and it is impossible to openly hit the guns." Whoever had a gun in the tourists saw it at a glance. Therefore, I can only suspect that these teams of dragon lantern lions, nine out of ten, there are people who are rebellious! Li Shiyao was bluffed at first, but only then came back to his senses, gritted his teeth and looked at the teams of dragon lanterns that were gradually moving east, and said, "Zhongtang has analyzed it!" The guns can be hidden in the belly of a lion, or they can be used as dragon lantern handles - it's easy to do, take them in one fell swoop! ”

Ah Gui gritted his teeth and remained silent, staring at his head, the fireworks were reflected on his face as soon as they were extinguished, and when he looked at the sky, it was red and blue and purple, it was hideous and scary, and it took a long time to pop out of his teeth and say: "No!" You can't take people here. Send someone online to them, and start outside the door! Li Shiyao said: "Understood! This uses the Green Gang, telling them to go up and fight in groups, and Shuntianfu has taken all the ancient brains! Hey, these, fried them! Ah Gui sneered and said, "Okay, more thoughtful than I thought!" Go and decorate! ”

Li Shuyao glanced at it again, and hurried away. Ah Gui patrolled around the fence along the edge of the battlement, while inspecting the movement below, while waiting for Li Shiyao's news, and afraid that Qianlong would come out, worried that there would be rebels shooting upwards, almost every time there was a fire and a rocket or the like rushed into the air, it was a surprise, and he took a closer look with a telescope for a while. But no more shots were fired from below. On the city tower, the east and the west are intertwined, and the Qianlong in the arrow tower summons the provincial officials from time to time, and the lights are boiling under the city.

When it was about to arrive, there was finally a movement, Chongwen Gate East Yorixu, suddenly several light sheds were on fire at the same time, like fireworks and firecrackers shops were also burning, and there were people in the flames. Ah Gui hurriedly held the binoculars to see, in a trance it seemed that someone was fighting fires and someone was fighting, and suddenly lifted his spirits, squinted one eye and carefully adjusted the telescope with his hand, but saw that many civil and military officials also gathered to the east, dumbfounded, and a eunuch shouted in shock: "It's on fire!" Someone robbed! Ah Gui turned around and raised his eyebrows and shouted, "Fart!" I can't see clearly with clairvoyance, but you do? If you want to be shocked, I'll beat you to death! Frightened, the eunuch hurriedly slapped his mouth and said forgiveness: "Zhongtang forgive my sins......

"Get out!" Ah Gui snorted, drove away the eunuch, and looked at a group of officials who rushed over to see the excitement with a blue face. Although he is not very old, he has always been a general in and out of the prime minister for many years, and his position and prestige are second only to Fu Heng. Under his gaze, all the officials were like children who had done something wrong, smiling and smiling, smiling, smiling, nodding, bowing, and dispersing. Looking through the telescope again, the fire has been reduced, gradually extinguished, the people under the Zhengyang Gate do not seem to even be aware of the fire, still calmly flowing, Ah Gui put down the telescope, squinted one eye closed for too long, can not be opened, rubbed, only two eyes are as big, a heart slightly put down, remembering that he opened one eye and closed one eye to train people to describe, and the stomach is also funny. Because he waited for Li Shiyao not to come, Ah Gui sent someone to investigate, and came to the building to ask for an order to go down to the city to inspect. But he saw Qianlong pacing out and asked, "I heard that there was a fire?" ”

"Yes." Ah Gui replied respectfully, seeing that Ji Yun was still followed by the eunuch guards behind Minzhong, and accompanied Qianlong to the Xuanlan to inspect it, he smiled and said: "There is a fireworks shop in the southwest of Dongbianmen that is on fire, and Li Shiyao and Guo Zhiqiang have already led people to extinguish it-the emperor, look, it's that piece - it's not a big deal, the emperor doesn't have to worry about it." As he spoke, he handed over the binoculars. Qianlong smiled: "I've seen it like this, it's okay." It's better to have nothing to do, the lower shed is connected to the shed, and if the fire is big, it will not become a lamp market, and it will become a sea of fire. Ji Yun said: "There are also a few lantern sheds that go to the water, and I also play Lafayette, this kind of thing happens every year." Yu Minzhong said: "Every year it is the Shuntian Mansion, and this year it is the command of the imperial court." That's it, too! How much trouble can be saved by drawing out the lattice in advance, and the shed is not connected? ”

Ah Gui smiled and didn't make a sound, Ji Yun said in several letters that Yu Minzhong was "strict and careful", and when he understood it, it was a "harsh and thin" character. As soon as he returned to Beijing to work with him for the first time, he immediately understood. Li Shiyao was so busy that he couldn't live anymore, and he said that the words of watching the river on the dry bank of this station were really chilling. But this is not the time for debate. Just as he heard the Jingyang bell ringing, Ah Gui smiled and said: "It's time to invite the Queen Mother and Queen Mother to come out, and it's going to be lively again!" ”

As soon as the words fell, Wei Jia's and Jin Jia's side helped the queen mother to come out tremblingly, and Queen Nala also came out in turn, and the worshippers in the city were busy having fun. At the beginning of the song "Qing Shengping", the sound of firecrackers in all directions under the city exploded, and the music was annihilated at once. Dongbianmen, Xibianmen, Guang'anmen, Guangqumen, Zuo'anmen, You'anmen, and Yongdingmen in the middle seem to order unification and set off fireworks at the same time. In the sound of firecrackers like the boiling tide, "Tong-Tong-" emitted a deafening roar. This commotion was all done with all his might, and it was ten times more lively than when the royal driver ascended the building, and even the waist drum of the lower head could not be heard at all. In the sky, thousands of purples and thousands of red neon flowers bloom, chrysanthemums, plums, peonies, heavy rain flowers, lotus, sunflowers...... Countless tricks compete for Douyan, the flowers before they disappear and the flowers bloom again, there are no nobles and no cheap kings and subjects and merchants in the city, and everyone looks up at the fireworks in the sky, and there is enough time for a meal to be considered happy.

…… Ah Gui didn't take the car until he sent the car into Tiananmen Square, because Yu Minzhong was going to be on duty at the military plane, and he and Ji Yun knelt down to resign, so he breathed a sigh of relief, dismissed the hundreds of officials, wiped the cold sweat on his head and said to Ji Yun: "This important thing has finally been done." You can go back too. I just saw Li Shiyao. I don't have time to speak, I still have to listen to him and Guo Zhiqiang talk about the mission. Ji Yun smiled: "Then it's biased for you." I also have a few letters to write, which the emperor will explain, although there is no urgency, it is better to finish today's business. With that, he resigned. When Ah Gui stood in front of Huabiao, he was stunned and thought about how to play to Qianlong tomorrow, when a gust of wind blew up, wrapped in snowflakes and drilled into his neck, only to realize that the snow was heavy, and dozens of calligraphers and soldiers Goshha were standing stupidly with him. Look at the area of Zhengyangmen, the lights are gradually darkening, the snow all over the ground is about an inch thick, in the afterglow of the lights, like a layer of egg whites with a light blue mist, just about to say "It's too cold, let's go back to Zhengyangmen to talk about things", I saw a few lanterns coming from afar, but it was the officials of Shuntianfu who surrounded Li Shiyao over. Guo Zhiqiang was also by his side, looking tired to death, and everyone was staggering on the flat ground. Ah Gui didn't move, waited for them to approach, and asked, "How is it?" ”

"There are eleven people in this group." Li Shiyao rubbed his hands and said, "Get seven." The remaining four members of the Green Gang are leading the officials to hunt down the nine-section dragon lantern, and the four bird guns are used as the dragon lantern handles. Three shots were fired, and one of the dumb shots did not fire, and the chamber of the gun was full of medicine and iron peas. ”

"Recruited?"

"It's hard to talk about it now." Guo Zhiqiang said with a smile, "He said that the notice didn't say that he was not allowed to bring a gun into the city, that he wanted to let the bird gun join in the fun, and that he used the bird gun as a dragon lantern to dance smoothly." I asked them, 'What do you mean by a gun with iron and sand?' And they all shut up. Rest assured, this kind of case is easy to try, and the four who escaped will definitely be caught! This kind of person goes to the lobby, and as soon as the stick and rope are collected, they will lay soft eggs! ”

Ah Gui pursed his lips and listened, nodded and said, "Then I'll leave it to you Shuntianfu." If you want to stay up all night for trial, you must chase down the main messenger. Then he asked, "Are our men hurt?" I think there was a fire. Li Shiyao said with a smile: "One of my soldiers was bitten by someone, and his ear fell off, but the others were not injured." I didn't think so, the green gang fought with them and burned down a few lantern sheds, and the people were crowded to the east, and the fireworks were burned all over the sky, which covered up the matter. ”

"Immediately put a heavy sentence on trial." Ah Gui changed his mind in an instant, and he didn't want to spend any more time asking Dongbianmen about the reason for the arrest of the criminal, and said, "First, ask who is the culprit, the evil of rebellion; Second, it is necessary to find out whether it is the bandits who are causing the rebellion, or whether there are other people, whether it is just Beijing alone, or whether several places are jointly involved in the matter, and the third is especially to find out whether these people have anything to do with the army, the various government offices and governments in Beijing -- I did not go to the Shuntian Mansion, waited for the letter in the Criminal Department, and reported the trial situation to me every other hour. He glanced at the two of them and added, "I'm sorry for you." This cannot be postponed, and I am not only worried about Beijing. The red orchard has been suppressed, there are still such things, there are also changes in the Nanjing Qianbao, and there is a disturbance in Shandong, so we have to think about it together. Li Shiyao said: "I advise Zhongtang to say a word, you will hand over the sign to meet tomorrow for this matter, and it is the best to show the emperor." Seeing that Ah Gui stared at him without saying a word, he said: "That bandit shoots at the city, how many civil and military officials are there?" You're not the only one who knows...... The Military Aircraft Department is not what it used to be, they are all ***, and each has its own set of punches. It is much better for the emperor to know the news from you first than to say it from others. Ah Gui listened, and the words "Yu Minzhong" immediately crossed in his heart, and after the original intention was to end the trial, the plan to unify the file and report it to Qianlong suddenly felt inappropriate. Because of the smile: "I have more advice." I'm going to play tomorrow too. You are a little more careful about the affairs of the Military Aircraft Department, you have always come from Zhang Tingyu, Neqin, and Fu Heng, there are discussions and discussions, and there are no rules for resolutions, and they are all 'your own set of fists' to the emperor. I will go in tomorrow morning and wait for you at the gate of Xihua. ”

Guo Zhiqiang first listened to the "Criminal Department" and then listened to the "Xihua Gate", he was still confused, Li Shiyao pulled his coat beside him, and said with a smile: "Call the sedan chair over, let's go......

Qianlong, the Empress Dowager, and Wei Jia's family were all concerned about Yan Yan, but Yan Yan couldn't care about missing them. Yan Yan, Wang Erlie, Ren Jing and Lu Hui'er set up a camp in Yanzhou Mansion, and immediately went out to Pingyi County to conduct field surveys. It was a 240-mile dry road from Pingyi County to Yanzhou Mansion, and they rode donkeys, and Wang Erlie and Yan Yan pretended to be merchants who went to Zaozhuang to buy coal. At first, it was as usual, but as soon as the Sihe River crossed the border of Pingyi County, the atmosphere was very different. There are very few single guests on the official road, sometimes there are less than a dozen people in the aisle, and more than a group of 100 people, the head of the family is tied with short legs, with knives, sticks, spears and guns ** to protect the mule cart, standing eyebrows and staring at the momentum and hurriedly going west, asking a few words, all like thieves staring at people rolling their eyes, the guy ready to fight at any time. The villages along the ravine and riverside along the way are desolate and desolate as if they are dead, and there are no children in the village alleys who come out to play. I asked a few old men who went out to fetch water, and their speech was vague, only knowing that the county yamen had "lost its stewardship", "the county lord hanged himself, and the county lord's family died", and some also said that "the master of Gong Zhai in Guimengding has occupied the county seat", "the imperial court sent General Fu to suppress the bandits, and to cut down the people of Pingyi and kill the chickens and dogs without leaving an inch of grass and no grass"...... There are so many rumors.

In such a situation, not to mention Wang Erlie Lu Hui'er, even human sperm has never seen or heard of it, and they all feel dangerous. The county town robbed and destroyed the bandits, and it was really weak to protect this golden branch and jade leaf, Wang Erlie felt more and more heavy and uneasy in his heart, and the sperm was carrying the life of the court and the life of the teacher at the other, and he raised his heart higher and higher. Seeing that there was a town in front of him, the sperm looked at the sky, it was the wrong time at noon, he stood and said, "Fifteenth master, Master Wang, you can't go forward." ”

All three men grabbed the donkey's reins at the same time. None of them spoke for almost an hour. Hearing this, they were all a little frightened, and the muscles on the cheeks twitched imperceptibly, but they still didn't say anything, frowning and staring at the human sperm. The human sperm's face was a little pale, and he pointed to the east and said, "This town in front is called Evil Tiger Village. Hearing this name, the three of them were shocked at the same time, and looked in the direction of his finger, and saw that the two mountains were like a stone gate sealing the sky, and the wolf's teeth were strange and the rocks were full of wood eggs, and the crows and crows on both sides of the narrow road were lying in a town, and a tiger skin markings stone at the entrance of the town was also a stone mountain that was dark and obscure by the ancient vines and strange trees, as if it was also a tiger shape, and the cliffs on the tiger's claws were clearly written:

Tiger Stone

The words are also written with teeth and claws, and they are hideous. Because it is far away, it is impossible to see the signature of the inscription - at a glance, it can be seen that the name of the evil tiger village comes from this.

"The fifteenth master looks at this mountain danger." The human sperm forked his hand and did not leave the square inch, and his face was gloomy with a slight hint of horror, "From here, forty miles east is Pingyi, to the south is Shengshuiyu, to the southeast is Hugqigu, and sixty miles to the northeast is Guimengding." No matter which road you take, it is more and more dangerous, and it is narrower and narrower, and some places are cliffs, deep streams, stone stacks, and deep forests. Even on a peaceful day, single guests don't dare to take this road - the residents of the villages in this mountain are also half-people and half-bandits, and they are secretly connected with the owners of the cottages, and every family has **, and they also hunt, and they are used to rob people to prevent robbery. There is a saying: 'After the evil tiger village, I advise you not to be single.' The jackal and tiger lie down during the day, and it is difficult to survive in the black shop at night. Even if your life is big, the ghost gate is scared and weak! 'I'm nothing, I'm just a pile of ashes, what kind of people are you and Master Wang? I dare to take you into danger? ”

Yan Yan glanced at the mountain, his eyebrows trembled rapidly, and his eyes turned to look at the bare and uninhabited official road. After a long time, he took a long breath from his nose and said resolutely: "I must go to Pingyi!" If you are afraid, just take Hui'er back to Yanzhou. I'll stay at this town post tonight, forty miles away tomorrow, and I'll rush to Pingyi during the day. Lu Huier said: "I'll go with my master!" The people who fled on this road were all rich families, and I had never heard of anyone who had robbed them. If we pretend to be poor, will we have an accident when we walk down the aisle during the day? The human sperm glanced at Hui'er and said, "I didn't say I wouldn't go with the master, I said that the master should not get involved in this dangerous place!" This is called 'Evil Tiger Village', and my master fought to the death with Dou Erdun here back then. I also want to earn a guard waist card to wear here! ”

Wang Erlie kept frowning and listening, and couldn't stop judging the mountain and the shadowy town with his eyes. Seeing them arguing, he said, "Don't make any noise, I'll take a look at it." Hui'er said: "You used to know how to tell hexagrams?" I have Brother Qianlong here, and we all use this money for the blind people there. Wang Erlie smiled and said: "This one is only good at meaning and silent luck, I use yarrow - it is specially picked in Kong Lin. ”

I saw him take out a small oilcloth bag from his bosom, in which was a bundle of neatly stacked yarrow sticks—sixty-four in all—and spread the oilcloth on the dirt road, and muttered for a moment, and then divided the yarrow into two piles, and arranged the hexagrams according to the odd number. Human sperm and Hui'er looked at the unknown ones in the east and the west, and Yan Yan followed Ji Yun to learn a fur, and he could see that it was a "", so he said: "It's a 'no vain' hexagram." ”

"What the fifteenth master said is that it is the hexagram "Wu False". Wang Erlie sighed, "It's okay to move forward with your life, it's a number of elephants with no danger." The hexagram has the meaning of caution, and there is a disaster if you act recklessly, "on the nineth, there is no vain action, there is a blind, there is no profit" "Zhou Yi Tongyi" note "no vain action!" There is a bone. 'The first Yang Yao is 'don't use the Nine Hidden Dragons'. These words were said in Yanzhou Mansion without leaving. He swallowed and said no more.

This is the authentic interpretation of the hexagram with the principle of "Yi", which is very different from the folk "money shake" six elephant numbers, but it does not have the six gods, the ghosts and ghosts, the villain Gou Chen, the snake, the green dragon, the white tiger, the Vermilion Bird, the Xuanwu, that set of tricks, the measurement is vivid, as if it is immersive, but it is more solemn, Hui'er and the human sperm are in awe, and the human sperm said: "It is clear that there is a disaster in vain, why do we bother to hit the head in the 'eye'?" Five miles back, the people in the village by the side of the road had moved away, and we were looking for an empty house to live in. Fu Siye is about to go to Mengyin on the north road, and when we have his letter, we will meet in his camp, how much is good! Lu Hui'er said: "I'm not trying to push you to the dangerous place, I mean I'll follow you wherever you go." Amitabha! Sage Confucius's ignition must be wrong? Our lord is a dragon, so it is clearly said that 'don't use hidden dragons'! ”

"Don't use the words of the hidden dragon, it's not you. I'm not a 'hidden dragon,'" Yan Yan said, staring at the hexagram, "and we're not acting in vain. If it is said that the good and the evil regret and miserliness are moved, they have been 'moved' from the beginning of Beijing, and they are suspicious when they see things, and it is appropriate to go to that is 'delusion'. Isn't this the book that Master Wang talked about in the Qing Palace? Wang Erlie was silent, he actually appreciated Yan Yan's stubborn and resolute character in his heart, but he was a subordinate courtier, and he had his own responsibility, and he couldn't try his luck with the safety of his master. The four people actually have the same mind, and their identities and responsibilities are different, and their opinions are different. The human spirit said: "The master originally belonged to the dragon, so this town is even more difficult to live." Yan Yan asked coldly: "Do you dare to say that there are no dragons among the residents in the town?" Is it *** to live here? Wang Erlie said: "Pingyi is an empty city, the county officials have died, and the yamen has been dispersed, I don't know what the chaos has become, and the rich people in the countryside who have a bit of identity have gone abroad to join relatives and friends, and we insist on going in." The so-called word 'delusion' is inappropriate, and the fifteenth master has to think deeply. ”

They talked to persuade Yan Yan, but Yan Yan had another account in his heart, there were 2,000 garrisons outside Pingyi City, and they couldn't suppress thieves, and it was more than enough for self-preservation. Not to mention helping Fukangan fight Taiping Boxing to attack the mountains and capture the village, and taking care of Pingyi after the battle, even if he is a bystander, as long as he is "sitting in the territory" of Pingyi, it is a great achievement that shakes the palace and makes Qianlong happy. As long as the name is hung up, the "Fifteenth Elder Brother" will immediately stand out in the Elder Brother - the resulting result will be even more difficult to say! He "went to Yanzhou", and what he rushed was to "go to Pingyi", this hot mind has been burning more and more since he learned about the Pingyi incident, and he was so confused during the day that he turned over the baked cakes at night, how could a few of them move with their tongues and arguments? But there are both public and private in his thoughts, and he can't deal with Pan'er, so he has to pick up what he can say and say: "If something happens in Pingyi, I won't move in Yanzhou, and the emperor will reprimand me in the future, which of you will answer?" Not to mention the riot of 2,000 people, dozens of hungry people in which county harassed them on weekdays, and the emperor had to get up in his sleep to criticize Zhu Pi's cooking, trace the cause from the consequences, and worry about the aftermath from the conquest. Am I not worried about the emperor? In addition to being the emperor, he is also my Amma! The Pingyi Yamen is broken, the people have not rebelled, I dare to say that those who have not left the city are not villains, as soon as I sit there, there will be **! Have you thought about this? ”

This statement is really bold and straightforward. Every sentence was loud, Wang Erlie had already thought of the hidden secret in Yan Yan's heart, and his heart also fluttered, and said: "Strong, fifteenth master!" This is loyalty for the country, and it is difficult for people to reach it! Now that we have made up our minds, we will stay in Evil Tiger Village tonight and enter Pingyi tomorrow! Lu Hui'er said: "In this case, wouldn't it be better to put out the banner of Qincha and send troops to escort it into Pingyi?" Yan Yan smiled: "I want people to make sperm make a contribution, and I can keep a guard by making up a flag." Wang Erlie said: "Miss Lu, have you thought about it - the Qinchalu Book of Honor Guard let the rebels smash and rob the bandits halfway, where is the dignity of the fifteenth master when Zhang Yang goes out?" The human sperm also came to his senses for a while, and his spirit was lifted, and he said loudly: "Since the master said that it is such a big event, it is worth a mother, and I will also get a lottery!" ”

"It's not a jackpot, it's a jackpot." Yan Yan smiled and got on the donkey and walked away, seeing Hui'er riding the donkey with a confused face, he said, "Don't think about it." Although you are clever, you still don't understand this reason. Once Wang Erlie understood, his thinking became more meticulous and clear, and he thought about it and said: "Pingyi is in chaos, not only the court is in chaos, but the original bandits are also in chaos. As long as we go into Pingyi with our whole body, we will be successful. Therefore, human sperm should not be used at will, and it should not kill people unless it is absolutely necessary. When you meet a strongman, you ask for money, you want money, you want things, you want things, you ......"

Yan Yan smiled and said, "What Master Wang said is true. If you hesitate to ask for money or death, it would be stupid. Thinking about the uncertain future, a smile fell from his face. Wang Erlie said to Hui'er again: "As soon as the store fell, you sewed the fifteenth master's Qinchaguan into your shoes, and you took the letter with you, and all the bright yellow objects were destroyed...... Listen, I'd rather take my life, the fifteenth master is important, and the seal can't be lost. Hui'er said: "I'm afraid I'll have to wipe my face with ashes, or pretend to be a man?" The Taiping World suddenly became so scary, like singing, and the Eight Governors also lost their seals! Yan Yan didn't want to laugh, but only said: "That's much heavier than the seal of the Eight Mansions." The four of them whispered and planned to walk, and after half a meal, they had already entered the Evil Tiger Village.

They talked about the "tiger" outside the village, as if they were facing a catastrophe of life and death, but they were all relieved when they entered the village. The outside of this village looks hideous, and when you turn the stone gate, there are beautiful mountains and rivers inside. Most of the outsiders in this village call it "town", but in fact, it only has the appearance of more than 200 households, which is quite inferior to the ordinary large villages in the plains. The south side of the mountain is steep and dangerous, the cliff hangs the ice like a pillar of snow under the cliff, the north slope is steep and slow, the cliff wall at the top of the slope stands thousands of miles straight into the sky, a knife cut down as if it is so smooth, several sites under the slope may be a large area of the river bay are sunny, there is a high "wall" of the north mountain to block the wind and cold, not only the sun is warm and the village is bright and serene, the water in the river bend is not frozen, the clear water is a green algae and the new dye slides down to the east, the wind and willow silk meander along the river, and the grass can be seen on the earthen embankment from time to time. At first glance, when they came in from a dark and desolate "outside the village", several people's eyes suddenly lit up: What kind of "evil tiger village" is this? Once the new spring grass and trees are flourishing, it will be a "peach blossom paradise"!

The village is by the river, and there is only one street east and west along the official road of the mountain. But the strange thing is that all the villages and towns along the way are panicked, cold streets and empty alleys are a dead and lively scene, and people can't say three words to lose their discoloration, like a thief to avoid you, but this village looks strange peace and tranquility, all kinds of groceries, bamboo and wood workshops, porcelain and silk shops, restaurants, inns and liquor shops along the street are still open. There are not many people on the street, decent people in robes and horse coats come and go, mules who carry coal, old people who drive livestock, old women with children, and village girls who sell tobacco leaves and osmanthus candy...... Shape ** come and go, on the north slope you can see the whip of sheep and cattle in the distance, and there are also women pounding clothes on the river beach. It is only more than 40 miles away from the county seat where the "accident" occurred. On the way over, people are still panicking, but it is peaceful here! The four of them looked for a place to rest along the street, asking each other with their eyes, and they didn't know the essentials in their hearts.

I walked almost from west to east, and all the shops I came over were "full". Finally, at the east end of the village, I found a shop to settle in. This is an inn converted from a mule and horse shop in the past, and the coachman who transports coal and porcelain lived. The house is big, all connected, the middle is made of reeds and straw and pasted with mud skin, there is no hotel façade in front, only a big car door in the east, there is a coal stove in the northeast corner of the courtyard, boiling water to cook the guests are at their own convenience, if they want to eat decently, they have to go around to the street to find another restaurant. The shopkeeper led the four of them into the large room of the north house, and when he saw that the house was smoky and black, the windows were broken and rotten, and the cobwebs on the beams of the house were covered with ash and dust, and the grass mats were in a mess on the top, and even the door of the house was covered with straw as a "curtain", and he couldn't help frowning. The shopkeeper knew that he was unsatisfactory, and said with a smile: "Don't dislike it, it's like this, it's also the fourth master of the Chengdong grocery store, I said that I came over yesterday, maybe it's too chaotic outside the city to come." If you want to live for a long time, Ming'er will call the house to pick up and pick up, and you can use it as a new house if you paste it! If you don't want to cook, the villains will go to Lao Xianghe to bring you a pot box, and when you leave, you will have everything if you reward a few more Qianlongzi......"

"We'll stay here for the night." While looking at the house, looking left and right to see the entrance and exit of this dry shop, he said to the shopkeeper, "You just need to get hot water, and then make a pot of charcoal to warm up at night, and then take a broom and we will clean it ourselves, and Ming'er will reward you with double room money!" Listening to a few men in the west room, talking about women with foul language, laughing and eating wine, the human sperm asked again: "Who lives in that house?" The shopkeeper lowered his voice, and secretly grimaced and smiled: "It's a military master from the county seat." You don't know? There was a provincial barbarian named Wang Yan who smashed the county seat, went up the mountain to take refuge in the Gong Zhai lord of Guimengding, and pulled the flag and set off cannons to fight against the imperial court! On the edge of the county seat, Jiang Qianzong's soldiers couldn't attack after several battles, one went to the provincial capital to report the emergency, and the other ended the sentry posts at various intersections to increase troops, and the other side of the mountain was also reversed. There are more than 20 in this village, and the food and accommodation are all in my store - the good houses are occupied by the old rich people in the city, these men are full of fire in their stomachs, and they are not easy to wait, your grandfathers must not provoke them! ”

The guy said and walked out. Listening to the more than a dozen soldiers next door eating and drinking, some pinched their voices and sang women's words, some raised their ears and poured wine, some hugged and kissed their mouths and burped and farted wine, and those who talked about their own stealing widows and sleeping nuns, with the sound of drunken vomiting, laughter, crying, and noisy noises. Wang Erlie sighed helplessly and said, "I can't imagine that millions of military expenses are spent on these people every year. Listening to the words next door, it became more and more dirty, and she wanted to cover her ears, but she didn't know what was in her mouth, so she sat cross-legged and closed her eyes and tried to settle down. The human sperm smiled: "There will be some, this kind of place and this kind of person is like this." Seeing that the shopkeeper came in with a brazier and a broom in the nest, he came to help him place it, and asked: "All the way over, there is no peace in your town, dare to love because of the garrison?" ”

"Counting on them?" The shopkeeper glanced at Westinghouse and whispered, "The bandits are coming, they can escape faster than the rabbits!" The bandits in our town have not come in for 30 years, and they have stained the good light of the village's name! Even Lu Hui'er couldn't listen to this, and Wang Erlie watched the shopkeeper speak, "Thirty-five years ago, Mr. Huang in Beijing and the owner of Dou Zhai in Guimengding competed on the river beach outside. At that time, Master Liu Tongxun of the Criminal Department was also there, and it was agreed that Master Huang lost, and Master Liu took off his yellow coat and found another way to go down to the south of the Yangtze River, and the imperial horse given by the emperor was sent to the master of Dou Zhai. The lord of Dou Zhai lost, no matter which hill in Mengshan the green forest hero was not allowed to enter the evil tiger village for a step, and he was not allowed to rob the road Huanggang, and after three days, the lord of Dou Zhai lost one win and two losses, leaving this rule. It's also strange to say, the first two years of holding the calf of the Wang Zhai master, Shengshuiyu Liu **zi, and Weishan Lake water village owner Hu Keqiang also came to break through the evil tiger village, go back to a serious illness, put the ticket back to return the silver sickness is good, Wang Lunda led the troops to fight here the year before last, and went back to the ambush for the officials and soldiers to take, cut in Jinan City - this town feng shui is good for the gentleman is not good for the villain, is the taboo of the head of the village. In fact, the master of Dou Zhai is stronger than Huang Tianba, but he missed a dart in his chest, and also committed this taboo for him - 'Evil Tiger Suppresses Evil', this is what Jia Shenxian said when he passed by in Beijing! At this time, you go out of town and try it, everything is not safe! ”

As soon as he said that the living dragon was alive and vivid, everyone was shocked to realize: a faction of Jingming Xihe turned out to be the blessing of feng shui! Although Yan Yan hated this group of filthy cat soldiers, after all, they were people under the jurisdiction of the imperial court, and the bandits regarded this place as a taboo place, so they were relieved for a while, and Hui'er waited and washed her feet, stood up and said: "Let's go out for a walk, come back after dinner, don't listen to these drunks' nonsense." He said to Hui'er again: "Master Wang's stature is small, you change into his robe, and then buckle a melon skin hat, and be a kid for the time being, four people squeeze into a house, so as not to gossip about others." ”

…… The four of them actually went out of the store to avoid the hustle and bustle. The town is not big, turn back to the west and turn to the east, and go around the village, no one is talking about the distance in the road of Fukangan, some people are gossiping, talking about the scenery and business, until it is dark to find a restaurant, chatting and eating to kill the time, waiting to go back to the store, listening to the group of soldiers next door, it seems to be asleep, snoring like thunder and snoring and talking about dreams and gritting teeth and farting, listening to useless and better than the noise just now, there is no reason to talk at the moment, spread the mattress and blow the lamp to sleep.

Unexpectedly, in the middle of the night, the group of people next door made a fuss again. Wang Erlie woke up from sleep, heard someone arguing and scolding, and cried with a woman, and suddenly woke up with blazing eyes, and then there was a sound, like someone setting off a firecracker on the ground, and like something suddenly fell to the ground. At this moment, even Hui'er woke up, and when she opened her eyes, she saw that the human sperm was already standing under the bed and listening in the dark ground. But the women's cries seemed to be silenced, and after a dead silence, a rough voice was heard: "You dare to ask me why I take people?" You gather people to gamble, and you also play with the kiln to prostitute women! ”

"Master Jun......" When he paused for a moment, he heard a man's voice trembling and said, "They are all my family...... It's okay to be idle, and you have to fight the finch card...... This, this...... What kind of law is this? This...... This is my family, this is my sister, this is Xiaoxing...... She was...... Plum Girl...... No, no outsiders ......" as he spoke, a shrill voice exclaimed in fright, "Aha! You turtle grandson is quite blessed, this little girl is so tender that she will come out of the water when she pinches it, and your wife is also a living Shih Tzu-" But his words were immediately interrupted by a person, but his voice was very deep: "You said that you are a family, who is the witness?" ”

"Sir...... We are here to take refuge in the county, where are the witnesses......"

"Sentry chief, don't listen to his nonsense! We went in to catch gambling, they were scared and scurryed, it's a fucking family, what are you hiding from your fucking cunt? ”

"Master Jun...... We thought it was strong...... Strongman ......"

still said in a muddy voice: "The military master doesn't have the time to nag you poorly!" These ** stay, you take twenty taels of silver, it's none of your business! ”