Reading guide: Mosquito New Year, Zhang Jin bluntly said the reason, but he didn't know who shot secretly.

In a hurry to the two advertisements, Guangxi and Guangdong dare not treat them differently, and it is still difficult to predict what the outcome will be.

Walking and walking, Taoism and Confucianism have their own merits.

Xietai has been sleepless for several nights, benevolent as a mountain, and only wants to save his life.

In the middle of the night, Ma Ming cut through the sky, and he didn't know that the "meteor" came in front of him.

The court of the Issuance and Examination Bureau is brilliantly lit, and there are all kinds of bad officials and copywriters.

Zeng Guofan sat in the hall, and there were two personal soldiers standing behind him. In the corner of the wall is a bookcase, on which are placed confession books and pen and ink. A copywriter sits in front of the desk.

Zhang Jin, whose face was obviously swollen, knelt down under the hall with his head bowed, and behind him stood two pro-soldiers with waist knives on their shoulders. Zhang Jin was shirtless, wearing only a pair of shorts underneath, and his whole body was red and swollen, and he was very embarrassed.

Zeng Guofan took a sip of tea, put down the bowl and asked, "Zhang Jin, what do you have to say, you can talk about it." But there is one thing that this minister must inform you in advance, that you are only allowed to tell the truth, and not lie. If you dare to hide anything, you don't want to live until dawn! ”

Zhang Jin said hoarsely: "Your Excellency, if you dare to come to the Issuance and Examination Bureau to make trouble, you are assigned by Lord Qing." Without the words of Lord Qing, he would not dare to mess around. ”

Zeng Guofan thought for a while and asked, "You are talking about Lord Qing, but Qingren, the younger brother of Qingde, the deputy general who has been dismissed?" ”

Zhang Jin replied: "It's Qingren." Long before the fight between Yongshun Xie's and the Chenzi Battalion, Lord Qing had something to explain to the lowly position, saying that he had been ordered by the military gate to let the lowly post come to the examination bureau to discuss the matter of the summer training with the adults. The next day, Lord Qing specially instructed the lowly to bring more than 50 soldiers to the Issuance and Examination Bureau, otherwise the salary for the next month would be withheld. Lord Qing said that only in this way will the adults stop training in the heat. Yongshun Association and Chenzi Camp suddenly provoked, and the Qing people saw that the opportunity could not be lost, so they were busy with their duties and instigated the people of Yongshun Association to rush to the Issuance and Examination Bureau to make trouble. and ordered the lowly to lead people with the men of the right army. He always asked him for advice, and he only said one sentence: As long as you make things bigger, the military will definitely have a heavy reward. He also made a special explanation that if you are not in the Issuance and Examination Bureau, you must be with Ta Xietai. Taxietai is sick, and you can't help but go to see it. It was also a lowly job for a while, and he did what Master Qing ordered. Now that I think about it, the bowels of the lowly are all repentant! Isn't it a mistake to be lowly in office? ”

Zeng Guofan asked: "The horse of Taxietai was killed by your own hands?" ”

Zhang Jin replied: "Yes." ”

Zeng Guofan asked again: "The person who shot at Taxietai, but you?" ”

Zhang Jin hurriedly said: "My lord, I only killed Xietai's horse, but I didn't shoot at him. ”

Zeng Guofan squinted: "If you tell the truth, this minister will be lenient with you at his discretion." Who is the person who shot at Taxietai? ”

Zhang Jin replied: "Your Excellency, I really don't know who fired the gun at Xietai. I really don't know what to do! Zeng Guofan frowned and pondered for a moment, and said, "Zhang Jin, you are a smart person. Look at your age,

The future is just right, how can you do things in a mess! It's not worth it for you to die for others! I want you to go back to prison and think about it. Ming'er, this minister will work with Lord Futai, Bao Junmen, and Taxietai to jointly try the case. You don't have to take chances. No one can save you from the sin you have committed this time, except this minister. How is Qingde? O lieutenant general of a province, he has committed a crime, and this minister will still join him! Who can protect him? No one can protect him! Zhang Jin, did you hear what the minister said? ”

Zhang Jin said with tears in his eyes: "The words of the adults are all remembered. My lord, I really don't want to die! You save the old man! ”

Zeng Guofan waved his hand to his soldiers.

The soldiers took Zhang Jin down.

The copywriter whispered at this time: "My lord, it seems that I want to poison you. . . ”

Zeng Guofan glared at the copywriter. The copywriter was stunned and hurriedly swallowed the following words back.

Stepping out of the court, Zeng Guofan walked into the signing room again.

The soldiers put tea on the table for Zeng Guofan.

Mo had already been studied, and Zeng Guofan first wrote a private letter to Lao Chongguang, the governor of Guangxi. In the letter, Zeng Guofan first briefed Lao Chongguang on the progress of his water division construction and the urgent tasks that should be done at present. Pleaded with Lao Chongguang to lend a helping hand and sent several capable naval attachés to Hengzhou to help train Shui Yong.

Zeng Guofan knew that Lao Chongguang was a person who took the overall situation into account and understood the general situation. After Lao Chongguang received the letter, he was soon able to send Wu Ben. Zeng Guofan has full confidence in this.

After locking Lao Chongguang's envelope, Zeng Guofan wrote a letter to Bai Gui, the governor of Guangdong. In this letter to Bai Gui, Zeng Guofan took a lot of thought, and he was very cautious in his choice of words and sentences.

At the beginning of the letter, he first introduced the current situation in Hunan and the difficulties and hardships of preparing for the ships and cannons. It is nothing more than that fundraising is not easy, and the salary is short. After writing this, Zeng Guofan began to praise the changes that took place in Guangdong after Baigui patrolled Guangdong, and the results achieved in quelling thieves and bandits.

Zeng Guofan estimated that the good words were almost used, so he turned his pen and proposed to Bai Gui: Now the Xiangyong Sailor is in urgent need of a thousand cannons, and it can't be done without the help of Guangdong.

After the letter, Zeng Guofan did not dare to guarantee that it would work, although he said many good things.

Zeng Guofan, like other Han members, was most afraid of dealing with Manchu nobles.

After writing the two letters, it was midnight. Considering that the mutinous officers and soldiers would be tried tomorrow, Zeng Guofan did not dare to stay up late. The drowsy pro-soldier was passed in, and after a brief arrangement of the uncontested matters, he walked into the bedroom and prepared to go to bed.

When Zeng Guofan was wide, his own soldiers brought in the hot water.

Zeng Guofan sat on the edge of the bed, put a pair of tired feet in the hot water, and began to enjoy the most pleasant moment of the day.

Scalding his feet with hot water before going to bed is a health regimen that Zeng Guofan has adhered to for many years and has benefited a lot.

Zeng Guofan has been weak since he was a child. After the two rankings, an old military attache of the Jingli Military Department once taught him a method to enhance his physical fitness: walk 3,000 steps after eating. The old military attache was nearly seventy years old at the time, but his face was full of redness, which is said to be the result of insisting on walking 3,000 steps after dinner. The old military attache admired Taoist kung fu.

On the day of the conversation with the old military attaché, Zeng Guofan broke his previous habit of not moving around and forced himself not to sit down without walking 3,000 steps.

But alas, he only carried out one day, and the next day had to be interrupted because of other things. Soon, he studied Cheng and Zhu Lixue, masters of Chinese studies, and became even busier.

Later, after studying, he talked to Tang Jian about walking after dinner, and wanted to ask his teacher's opinion.

Tang Jian talked to him about another way to maintain health, which is to scald his feet with hot water before going to bed. It is also said to be effective for enhancing physical fitness. Tang Jian had been studying the Confucian doctrine of health preservation.

That night, Zeng Guofan returned to the hall to give it a try, and suddenly felt that the blood in his whole body was unimpeded, and he was indescribably comfortable.

Zeng Guofan was overjoyed and thought that this fitness method was the most suitable for him. So I persevered.

Just when Zeng Guofan's feet were burning, Taqibu, who was in the bedroom of the General of Staff, was also tossing and turning, unable to sleep for a long time. This has never happened before in Tazib.

A long time had passed, and Tazib was still staring at the roof with his eyes wide open.

The lady, who was sleeping next to her, was woken up by Tazib.

Seeing that Taqib's eyes were bloodshot, Madame turned over and sat up, and asked in a low voice, "Master, what's wrong with you?" If you don't sleep for a few nights, your body is going to collapse! ”

Tazib sighed and said, "After the mutiny, the officers and soldiers have been unsettled, and I don't know what's wrong. ”

When Tazib had finished speaking, he put on his clothes and got out of bed, and as he pushed the door, he said, "Sleep, and I'll go to the stable." I was confused just now, and said that the 'Meteor' had returned. ”

Madam sighed and said, "Master Ming'er must insist, no one who mutinies can stay!" Did the horses mess with them? I have already sent a message to my second brother and asked him to find some more good horses in Mongolia. ”

Tazib didn't say a word, pushed the door open and walked out.

"Meteor" is Tazib's mount, and the four horses that were killed are called "chasing the wind", "catching the moon", "climbing the mountain", and "crossing the mountain". Of the five horses, Meteor was the fastest, and Tazib liked it the most.

After the "Meteor" left the house, the General Staff Office has been immersed in inexplicable sorrow and confusion.

Tazib walked into the empty stables, smelling the familiarity, his hands touching the bolts and the manger, and tears suddenly welled up in his eyes. Tazib was not a man who was confined to the love of his children, he was a real husband. But he attaches too much importance to righteousness, and he must repay kindness to both people and things.

Unlike the other four horses, Meteor saved Tazib's life.

That was when the Taiping army attacked Changsha last year, he was ordered by Bao Qibao to lead his troops outside the city to suppress the besieging enemy. In the middle of the night, the Taiping army suddenly launched a fierce attack on him. He rode back and forth to meet the Overseers. When fighting with a small group of enemy troops, he deceived the other party into having few people, so he decided to eat this group of thieves. Unexpectedly, when the battle was in full swing, the "Meteor" carried him and flew away. No matter how much he whipped and intimidated, he just wouldn't turn back. As soon as he left, the Taiping artillery arrived, bombarded indiscriminately, and killed nearly 100 of his subordinates. If it wasn't for Deng Shaoliang's leading the army to kill, his subordinates would definitely have been wiped out.

After the Taiping army withdrew from the siege, whenever he talked about the battle, he always added: "It was the 'Meteor' that saved me." ”

As a matter of fact, it was this time that the officers and soldiers mutinied, and if there were no "shooting stars," how could he be safe and sound, and there would be no danger? On the second day of the mutiny, he sent more than 50 fast horses and nearly 100 infantry to begin a careful search for "shooting stars" inside and outside the provincial capital. He firmly believes that Meteor must be alive, and it is nothing more than losing his way home.

But until now, the officers and soldiers have not found any trace of the "meteor".

Taqib didn't know that at the same time that he sent a large number of men and horses to look for the "meteor" in all directions, Admiral Bao Qibao was also fighting the idea of "meteor".

Bao Qibao knows that the relationship between "Meteor" and Tazib is extraordinary. If the "Meteor" is killed, it will be equivalent to dissipating half of Tazib's sharp energy. What do people rely on to inspire their enterprising spirit when they live in the world? One relies on ambition, the second relies on sharpness, and the third relies on spirit. Among the three qis, some people believe that the most important is ambition. But Bao Qibao believes that the most important thing is not ambition, but sharpness. If one person does not have sharp energy, the other two qi will not exist. Bao Qibao decided to defeat Tazib's sharp spirit first, so that he would lose his aggressiveness and remove his threat to himself.

Bao Qibao quietly sent out his henchmen, and the county rewarded: Kill the "meteor", reward 10,000 taels of silver.

From the second day of the troubles made by the officers and soldiers, Bao Qibao sent out a total of nearly 100 henchmen. What puzzled Bao Qibao was that until now, no one had come back to report to him the progress of the matter.

When Taqib tossed and turned and couldn't sleep, Bao Qibao, who was lying on the bed in the bedroom of the Junmen Mansion, was also suffering from insomnia.

Bao Qibao suspected that the people he sent out to find the "meteor" had either been captured by Xiang Yong, or they were still looking for the "meteor" everywhere. 10,000 taels of silver, after all, is not a small amount!

Bao Qibao believes that the second option is more likely.

Tazib walked out of the stable and into the courtyard. Seeing the stars shining in the sky, they seemed to be laughing at him.

Tazib wiped away his tears and said in his heart: "'Meteor', no matter what you do, I, Tazib, will find you!" ”

The stars twinkled more intensely, and there seemed to be a faint sound of horses.

Tazib was stunned for a moment, and hurriedly gathered his spirits to listen.

The sound of horses chirping from far and near, accompanied by the sound of horses' hooves.

Tazib didn't think about it, but took a big stride to the gate, stretched out his hand and pulled the bolt without hesitation, and looked up into the distance. But seeing that the night is vast and the warm breeze is slow, where is the shadow of a horse?

Tazib squatted down helplessly, covered his face with his hands, and burst into tears again.

Tazib was really disappointed.

After crying for a while, it suddenly occurred to him that he would have to go to the Issuance Examination Bureau tomorrow for the trial, and Taqib had to force himself to stand up.

He shuddered suddenly, and distinctly felt that something very hot, wet, fleshy was gently licking his thin cheeks.

Tazib was startled, and hurriedly opened his eyes, and when he fixed his eyes, he saw a tall, crimson thing standing in front of him.

Although the night is dark, it can be judged from the smell that this is the "shooting star" that he has been thinking about for a long time!

Tazib hugged Meteor's neck and burst into tears.

The "Meteor" returned by night, and the General Staff Office was boiling. (End of chapter)