Reading guide: Qinglin secretly protects Yang Shichao to help Yangzhou Daying grain station transfer, when the holy oracle arrives, Yang Tingshi returns to the west with his life.

When Luo Bingzhang heard the news, his scalp was numb, and he didn't know how to face the court and vent all his long-accumulated dissatisfaction.

Zeng Guofan returned to his signing room listlessly, and before his ass could sit firmly on the bench, Xu Youren broke in noisily again......

There were five pro-soldiers on each side of the court of the Issuance and Examination Bureau, and Xiao Fusi and Yang Shichao sat on two wooden chairs close to the copywriter. Two copywriters sat in front of the desk, drinking tea and whispering something. At the base of the two walls, more than a dozen torture instruments are placed.

Zeng Guofan pushed the door and walked into the lobby, followed by two errand officials: one errand official held the governor's order in his hand, and the other errand official held a bowl of hot tea in his hand.

As soon as Zeng Guofan came in, everyone in the hall stood up and saluted.

Zeng Guofan slowly walked to the court. The two officials followed suit, and after carefully placing the king's order and tea in the hall, they withdrew with a salute.

Zeng Guofan sat down and stretched out his hands very casually. Everyone except the pro-soldiers sat back in their seats.

Zeng Guofan first picked up the tea bowl and took a sip of hot tea, put the bowl down, pressed his right hand on the startling wood, and said slowly: "Yang Shichao, come here, this minister has a few words to ask you." ”

Yang Shichao got up, and Xiao Fusi also hurriedly got up; Yang Shichao walked to the front of the hall, and Xiao Fusi also followed to the front of the hall.

Yang Shichao asked strangely in a low voice: "Xiao Guandao, why do you always follow the history of this assassination?" ”

Xiao Fusi said with a smile: "If you don't grow old with you, your old man suddenly grew a pair of big wings and flew out, what should you do if you let the lowly job?" ”

Yang Shichao ignored Xiao Fusi, and just saluted Zeng Guofan and said, "The lower official will give a salute to your lordship." ”

Zeng Guofan smiled and said, "Yang Shichao, I invited you to the court, you should know what I want to ask you." You take your crown off and kneel down. Whatever I ask you, what you will say, there shall be no concealment. Did you hear me? ”

Yang Shichao saluted: "My lord said this, and the lower officials didn't understand. The top of the lower official is rewarded by the emperor's family, and the emperor's family does not pick it, I can't pick it myself, and you have no right to pick it when you are old. ”

Zeng Guofan was shocked, and sneered: "Yang Shichao, you still dare to be hard-mouthed!" How can this minister invite you here without solid evidence? Xiao Fusi, take off his top and take off his official uniform! ”

Before Xiao Fusi could finish speaking, he had already swung a punch to knock Yang Shichao to the ground, and then took off his top and his official uniform.

Xiao Fusi dragged Yang Shichao up and said, "You obediently kneel down and speak." If you dare to be honest, I will break your big neck! ”

Zeng Guofan was stunned suddenly.

Yang Shichao's mouth was full of blood, and there was no sound, and it was clear that he had bitten his tongue and committed suicide.

When Xiao Fusi saw Yang Shichao's situation, he couldn't help but shout: "I didn't start so hard!" ”

Zeng Guofan pondered for a while and said: "This has nothing to do with you, I think it is because he knows that the death penalty is inevitable, and he obviously committed suicide in fear of the crime." Fu Si, you send someone to the yamen of the courtyard to invite the servant to inspect the cause of death in detail, and then take someone to the outside of the city to bury it. ”

Zeng Guofan walked out of the court after finishing his words and entered the signing room.

He sat in the signing room for a while, and was about to get up and go to the study to get a book to read, when Li Chendian, the assistant of the pro-military camp, and the alternate of a governor's yamen, hurriedly walked in.

Shi Libi said, "Lord Zeng, Lord Futai, please take Yang Zhizhou and Yang Thorn Shi to the governor's yamen quickly, saying that there is an urgent matter to discuss." ”

"What?" Zeng Guofan was stunned: "Brother is talking about Yang Shichao?" ”

The alternate said in a low voice: "My lord doesn't know that Yang Tingshi has just been promoted to the four-grade prefect by Hubei Qingfutai, and he is instructed to go to Yangzhou to help transfer the grain station. Unexpectedly, this Yang Shichao, this official rose so fast! He's really made a name for himself this time. There are people in the court who are good officials, how true this is true! ”

Zeng Guofan subconsciously touched his beard with his hand and said, "Okay, this minister knows." My brother went back to tell Futai, and I changed my clothes and went over. ”

Soon after the alternate road left, Zeng Guofan and his soldiers came to the governor's yamen in a sedan chair.

When they arrived at the signing room, they sat down with Luo Bingzhang, and Luo Bingzhang said, "Let Yang Shichao come in." The boss just rewarded him with the title of four-grade prefect, and he hurried to Yangzhou Daying to help transfer the grain station. This is an urgent matter, and if you miss the military situation, you and I can't afford to be guilty. ”

Zeng Guofan pondered for a while and said: "There is something I am about to report to you, Yang Shichao, he may not be able to go to Yangzhou." ”

Luo Bingzhang was taken aback: "Why?" Neither the Issuance Examination Bureau nor the Governor's Yamen have the right to intercept those who have been explicitly instructed by the superiors! He is now the Yangzhou battalion assistant grain station transfer! ”

Zeng Guofan frowned and said: "I know these rules, but Yang Shichao, he is a bandit!" In Yueyang, he leaked the military information to Chibi's long hair several times, trapping me in Hunan and being passive. If I hadn't woken up earlier, how could Xiang Yong have returned to the province so smoothly? This Yang Shichao—"

Luo Bingzhang's eyes widened and said, "Lord Zeng, don't you already have conclusive evidence?" Extrapolating out of thin air, it is going to die! What's more, Yang Shichao is no better than others, he has a backer in Beijing! ”

Zeng Guofan said: "I also know what you said. But this Yang Shichao is indeed a bandit! ”

Luo Bingzhang said categorically: "Lord Zeng, if the Issuance and Examination Bureau does have evidence of his gangsterism, this ministry is in favor of you to arrest him immediately and interrogate him strictly." If not, you will immediately let him go to Yangzhou. It's true that you are the minister of regimental training, but you can't be a soldier! ”

Zeng Guofan smiled bitterly and said: "Futai's words are fallacious! Disheng is a registered Ding Wei Lang, how dare he play the king's law? But this Yang Shichao, he really can't go to Yangzhou! He has already killed himself in fear of sin and biting his tongue! ”

When Luo Bingzhang heard this, he suddenly stood up and asked in disbelief: "Lord Zeng, don't be joking!" He has been timid since he was a child, and he is not afraid! ”

Chief Zeng Guofan sighed and said, "Lord Futai, please take a seat." This Yang Shichao, he is really dead! Before I came, the staff of the Issuance Examination Bureau was working with the staff of the court to investigate the cause of death. This Yang Shichao, I am not thin on him in the Qing Dynasty, why does he still want to be a bandit? ”

Luo Bingzhang sat down, his eyes were distracted, and it took a long time before a sentence burst out from between his teeth: "Zeng Disheng, you can make the headquarters miserable!" When asked from above, how do you ask the ministry to answer? ”

Luo Bingzhang finished speaking, and closed his eyes in pain.

Zeng Guofan said: "Lord Futai, he Yang Shichao is indeed a bandit!" ”

Luo Bingzhang widened his eyes angrily and asked, "What about the witnesses?" What about physical evidence? You can't take anything, and you still insist that he is a gangster! Disheng, I have set up a development and examination bureau in Hunan, how many people have you killed! If you arrest 50 people, you will be beheaded without trial; If you arrest 200 people, you will be beheaded without trial. Do you know, now people in the world can't remember who Zeng Shilang is, but they all know that there is a Zeng shaved head in Hunan! It is a notoriety, not a good name! Disheng, listen to a word from the headquarters, wake up! The geese have left a voice, and the people have left a name! ”

Zeng Guofan narrowed his eyes suddenly, and said word by word: "Luo Futai, what are you talking about?" Why is it that the more I listen, the more confused I become? Please repeat what you just said! ”

When Luo Bingzhang saw that Zeng Guofan was really angry, he had no choice but to shake his head and say, "Don't be angry. There was no malice in what the ministry said. The ministry is afraid that you will be calculated. If you listen, you can listen, if you don't. However, the ministry can say ugly things in front, and you can explain Yang Shichao's matter yourself. If you ask from above, there are only three words in the ministry: I don't know! ”

Luo Bingzhang picked up the teacup after speaking: "Lord Zeng, the headquarters will not send it." ”

Zeng Guofan stood up helplessly, and while tidying up his clothes, he said: "Yang Shichao's banditry, this minister will follow and explain." There is one more thing I want to tell you: Hubei has been recovered, and the long-haired stocks are harassing Anhui and Jiangxi. Jiang Zhensi has transferred Chu Yong from the province, and I have appointed Yang Zaifu to recruit an additional battalion in Xiangxiang with his foolish brother Shi Heng. ”

Luo Bingzhang said impatiently: "The headquarters of the regimental training department does not interfere. As long as the imperial court agrees, your lord Zeng should not say that one battalion will be recruited, that is, ten or twenty battalions will be recruited, and the headquarters will have nothing to say. ”

Zeng Guofan secretly sighed in his heart, and had no choice but to step out of the governor's yamen.

When he arrived at the Issuance Examination Bureau, the cause of Yang Shichao's death had already been ascertained by the court's work, and it was indeed a death caused by biting his tongue.

Zeng Guofan asked the messenger to put the file of Yang Shichao's death in the cabinet and lock it, so he asked people to spread paper and ink, and began to write an excerpt to the court to explain the matter and Yang Shichao's banditry.

Although Zeng Guofan strictly sealed the news, the fact that Yang Shichao died in the lobby of the Issuance Examination Bureau in vain quickly spread in the provincial capital.

On the evening of the same day, Zeng Guofan's excerpt had just been sent away, and Xu Youren, the acting political envoy of Yunnan, was actually authorized to enter the signing room of the Development and Examination Bureau.

As soon as they met, before Zeng Guofan could get up, Xu Youren pointed at Zeng Guofan's nose with a trembling right hand and said, "Zeng Disheng, why did you kill Yang Shichao without asking?" Si Li has already taken leave from Futai, you pack up your things immediately, and the two of us will leave for the capital tonight to fight a lawsuit! - Sili has already made up his mind, if he can't win this lawsuit, Sili will die in front of the emperor! ”

Seeing that Xu Youren was not good, Zeng Guofan's heart couldn't help jumping. (End of chapter)