A few days later.

Canton House.

Luo Heng sat in a teahouse, leisurely sipping morning tea.

Suddenly several men walked in outside the door.

Yelling for the guys to serve refreshments.

Several people looked left and right and sat down not far from Luo Heng.

After the guy served tea.

One of the big men held the tea bowl and suddenly sighed.

depressed: "Alas, our brothers, I don't know how many days I can live like this......"

Someone next to him asked, "Big brother, why are you so sad?" It's not our fault that it's lost. ”

"You know what? Those things in the mechanical bureau, it's okay to rust when you usually put them there.

"But now it's lost, and the old men above the government have suppressed it.

"The big guy weighing thousands of pounds is just gone, there is definitely an inner ghost.

"All of us, if we don't find out who the inner ghost is, we won't be able to live in peace for a day."

The leading man's face was gloomy, and he scolded angrily: "If you let me know, who ate something inside and crawled outside to steal the machine, Guan Satie will make him regret being born in Guangzhou Mansion." ”

"What the hell is going on? Big brother, tell us about the empty warehouse that the Machinery Bureau has been locked since Governor Zhang left, and he can't even stay in a mouse, except for some big iron lumps bought from foreigners.

"There's nothing, why are you suddenly being remembered by thieves?"

The leading man poured a sip of tea, shook his head and sighed: "We don't know what the specific situation is."

"I just know that there are those machines in the room of the Machinery Bureau, and overnight, they are all gone.

"The group of Qiu Ba who garrisoned the yamen like to knock some bits and pieces from those machines to find a blacksmith to make a knife or mend a pot or something.

"I heard that the iron smelted by the foreigner is the most useful.

"I don't want someone to go in and knock on the iron the last time, only to find that the whole room is empty.

"Such a big matter, the garrison yamen did not dare to hide it, and finally reported to the governor's palace.

"The Governor was furious, it was the old Governor Zhang, who spent hundreds of thousands of taels of silver to buy it from the foreigners.

"Even though it was locked in the barn, I didn't see a single gun made.

"But now that Governor Zhang is in Hubei, he has set up a new gun-making bureau, and I heard that good guns have been produced, and the power is no worse than that bought from foreigners.

"Our Governor of Guangzhou Mansion is discussing whether to reopen the Machinery Bureau.

"As a result, at this juncture, such a big machine is gone, do you say it's annoying?"

"Wouldn't it? I've seen that big guy in the mechanical bureau warehouse.

"Don't say anything else, just the base, pure steel, how can there be thousands of catties, who can be so powerful? There was no movement at all, and they moved away? ”

Luo Heng drank tea.

A smile appeared at the corner of his mouth.

These people speak without concealment.

It's supposed to be a fun listener.

I didn't expect it to talk to myself.

Not bad.

After leaving Shahe Town that day.

Luo Heng came to Guangzhou Mansion.

When I arrived at Guangzhou Mansion, I inquired casually and found the Guangzhou Machinery Bureau.

Seeing a full set of rifle production lines, it was locked in the warehouse and moldy.

Luo Heng would be polite.

Relying on the convenience of having backpack space, I directly connected the equipment with parts, and collected it in one go.

Speaking of which, the current governor of Liangguang is surnamed Li and is called Li Hanzhang, which may not be familiar to many people in later generations.

But when it comes to his younger brother, it must be familiar.

It is Li Hongzhang, who is known as the four famous ministers of Zhongxing in the late Qing Dynasty together with Zeng Guofan, Zhang Zhidong and Zuo Zongtang.

When this Li Hanzhang was in power, he didn't do a few things.

connived at gambling, prostitution, and corruption, after taking over the power of the governor of Liangguang from Zhang Zhidong.

In just a few years, the public security situation in Guangxi and Guangxi was a mess by him.

said that he wanted to learn from Zhang Zhidong to do foreign affairs and restart the Machinery Manufacturing Bureau to manufacture guns.

Luo Heng can only be hehe......

"If you want me to say, this matter is really not necessarily done by the ghost......"

The men from the Green Camp continued to chat.

A person next to him was curious: "What did the eldest brother say about this?" Such a big machine, if it weren't for the cooperation of the inner ghosts, who would have such a great ability to steal it? ”

The corners of the leading man's mouth twitched into a mysterious smile.

He said in a suppressed voice: "A few brothers don't know, I have a friend from the same village, who is now on an errand in Foshan.

"A while ago, I sent us a strange news, saying that it was the ships of those foreigners and ghosts parked on the docks in Foshan.

"Some time ago, something strange happened, in one day, all the stored food and guns were stolen.

"provoked the foreigners to be furious, and asked the Qin prefect of Foshan for an explanation."

He said this in a very small voice.

However, with Luo Heng's ear power, it is completely unhindered.

A person next to him nodded and said, "I've heard a little about this matter, but it's not that the Qin prefect in Foshan has solved the case."

"This matter should be done by the remnants of the Boxer Boxer, that guy is also bold, under the pseudonym Lei Yixiao, spent money to donate a thousand chief officials, and entered and exited the prefect's yamen in a grand manner......"

The leading man smiled and said, "What did the remnants of the Boxer do? Those guys really have the ability to steal the things on the foreigner's ship without knowing it.

"Can you still tell the army of foreigners to break the nest? There must be someone else.

"Think about it again, then the thunder cone has already been called the Foshan Prefect's Yamen Office? At this time, I am afraid that the bones of the corpse have already stinked.

"Is the matter of our mechanical bureau similar to the theft of the foreigner's ship?"

A few people at the same table suddenly realized.

nodded one after another: "When the eldest brother said this, it's really quite similar, isn't it the same group of people?" ”

When Luo Heng heard this, he felt even more funny, and the foreigners in Foshan were also good.

The governor of Canton.

The city is full of wind and rain to track down the case.

These big soldiers of the green battalion are bragging nonsense.

I told the truth unintentionally.

It's just that even if these people report their guesses.

The Yamen, the governor of Liangguang, would not believe it.

How could they imagine the magical existence of backpack space?

Luo Heng listened for a while.

Those guys are already moving on to other topics.

Get up silently.

Lost a piece of Long Yang to the buddy.

Walked out of the teahouse.

Walked directly onto the pier, ignoring the soldiers on the pier who were eyeing the passers-by.

Luo Heng was dressed in clothes, and he was not poor at first glance.

No one came forward to check on him.

Got on a passenger ship bound for Foshan.

A day later, I returned to Shahe Town.

When Fang Tian saw the machinery and equipment that Luo Heng brought back.

The whole person was stunned.

This set of production lines, from lathe machine tools, to assembly lines.

At the beginning, Zhang Zhidong was directly from the steel billet to the gun.

There is also bullet production, which is introduced in an all-round way.

With this set of equipment, as long as you get steel, gunpowder, copper.

It is ready for production in no time.

Luo Heng left some gold for Fang Tian and asked him to send people out to find the talents who made guns.

Luo Heng himself prepared to go north.

But he didn't wait for Luo Heng to leave.

Someone came to the door again.

It is the Red Lotus Mother and Miao Sanniang who shine with the red light.

They found Luo Heng just to get Luo Heng to help.

Find the missing Nakshatra Diagram.

Lei Chong, the traitor who stole the map, has died in the hands of Luo Heng.

The whereabouts of the treasure map are unknown.

According to Miao Sanniang, she used the secret method of the White Lotus Sect to sense.

It can only be found, and the treasure map has been stored in Baozhilin for a short time.

But where now, I can't find it.

The two suspect that the treasure map is likely to be hidden in the prefect's yamen in Foshan.

It's just because Luo Heng's killing of Lei Cone happened too suddenly.

Thundercone was not prepared at all.

It seems that the Constellation Divine Diagram is such a treasure related to his cultivation.

It is very likely that the thunder cone will be carried around.

The red light shines on these people, and they also wanted to sneak into the Yamen of the Foshan prefect to find them secretly.

It's just that the Qin prefect was scared twice by Luo Heng.

The guts are all broken.

Today's prefect's yamen is inside and outside, day and night.

They are heavily guarded.

Our Lady of Red Lotus and Miao Sanniang have never been able to find a chance.

So I thought of Luo Heng, since he could easily kill the thunder cone from the encirclement of dozens of officials.

Presumably light work must be good.

I wanted to ask Luo Heng to help find it.

Luo Heng looked at the two speechlessly.

I don't know how to answer.

Light work? Very good?

Luo Heng has never practiced light skills so far!

In the end, Luo Heng still responded to the matter.

The main thing is that he is also quite curious about the constellation diagram.

I heard the three brothers of the Yuan family say.

On the White Lotus Sect's constellation map, there are portraits of three hundred and sixty constellation deities.

Vivid and expressive.

When the three brothers mentioned it, they all said that when they looked at the Constellation Diagram, it was like seeing the true body of the gods with their own eyes, just like a living thing!

All members of the White Lotus Sect are under the constellation of the gods in order to cultivate the idea of the White Lotus Concept and condense the Ming God Dharma Body.

The three of them stumbled into each other by mistake and became a god in the March Palace.

But he is not one of the three hundred and sixty stars in the White Lotus tradition.

The three brothers don't know the reason for this.

What kind of god is the Red Lotus Law that Luo Heng has refined himself.

I haven't found my eyebrows until now.

I also want to compare it in the constellation chart to see if there is anything I find.

Although Luo Heng doesn't know how to work lightly, it is not difficult to enter the prefect's yamen.

Came to Foshan again.

Luo Heng led Miao Sanniang.

Swaggered straight to the door.

looked at the guards standing at the door with a whole team of more than ten people.

Miao Sanniang instinctively felt a trace of nervousness.

involuntarily stepped forward, posted to Luo Heng, and reminded in a low voice: "Luo Heng, you don't want to go in like this, do you?" ”

Luo Heng chuckled and stepped forward directly.

Several officials immediately blocked the way.

One of them saw Luo Heng's face clearly, his face suddenly changed, and he arched his hand: "It turned out to be Mr. Luo, I don't know if Mr. Luo is here today, ......?" ”

"You go in and report and tell Master Luo, I'll find him something to say."

Luo Heng waved his hand and smiled.

The leader of the guards hurriedly smiled and said, "Mr. Luo will wait with the villain first, and I will let someone inform Master Luo......

Miao Sanniang looked at Luo Heng in surprise.

"You...... Are you related to that Master Luo? ”

Luo Heng chuckled: "It's not a relative, but when I came back, I just recognized the same sect." ”

Miao Sanniang was speechless.

In vain, she also guessed along the way what means Luo Heng would use to enter the yamen.

I didn't expect it to be so easy.

The two were taken into a side hall inside the yamen.

Not for a while.

Footsteps sounded outside, and Master Luo's slightly shrill voice came in.

"Haha, the virtuous brother hasn't come to the yamen to see me for many days, what kind of wind blew you here today."

When the words fell, the man arrived at the door.

Seeing Luo Heng, Master Luo was extremely affectionate.

Hurry forward, and you will come to pull Luo Heng's arms.

Luo Heng avoided it quietly, and said with a faint smile: "If you have nothing to do, you will go to the Three Treasures Palace, and I came to find my brother today, but I want my brother to help me." ”

Master Luo's affectionate behavior was avoided by Luo Heng.

Don't worry about it.

Immediately smiled enthusiastically: "What is the matter with Brother Xian?" Just say it.

"Aren't you dissatisfied with the location of the shop you found last time?"

Luo Heng shook his head and smiled: "That shop is just looking for a place to settle in Foshan for the people of Shahe."

"It is also convenient to sell the production of Shahe and purchase the necessary daily necessities in Foshan.

"There's someone else over there, and I haven't seen it."

But in his heart, he sneered, and sure enough, it was an old fox.

This is to point out that I have contributed to the affairs of the store.

Master Luo said with a smile: "Brother Xian, you can go and see if you have time, the location of that shop is the most prosperous area in the city."

"People don't want to transfer it easily, but I ran a short leg for my brother, so I won it for my virtuous brother."

Luo Heng nodded and smiled: "It's hard work for my brother."

"But this time, I came to my brother because my friend Miss Miao has a family heirloom in her family.

"I was stolen by the remnant of the Boxer Thunder Cone before, and now I heard that the Lei Cone has been killed by the elder brother and the prefect, so I came to inquire.

She originally thought that the prefect and the elder brother had avenged her family, and that thing would be left to the eldest lord and the elder brother as a thank you gift.

"It's just that I heard about this and know that brother, you are not the kind of person who covets other people's treasures.

"How can you care about the heirloom of her family's Lao Shizi, spread it out, and ruin the reputation of the prefect and the elder brother in vain.

So he brought her over and made it clear to her face to face. If the treasure really fell into the yamen, the elder brother would return it to her.

"When the time comes, I will also reward the elder brother, if she is not there, let the thunder cone hide elsewhere, and it will be easy to relieve the knot in her heart.

"It can be regarded as helping the elder brother and the prefect clear their reputation......"

Master Luo looked at Luo Heng in amazement, and then looked at Miao Sanniang, who was pulled by Luo Heng to his side.

I didn't think about it for a long time, how to reply.

Miao Sanniang was also dumbfounded at this time.

How did Luo Heng say this kind of thing?

There are very few officials in the Qing court who are not greedy.

And the Qin prefect of Foshan and the master Luo in front of him have not been in Foshan for a long time.

But he is already greedy for fame.

Luo Heng actually said that he wanted to correct the names of the two of them?

The two of them didn't know that there were treasures around Lei Cone before.

At this time, when Luo Heng said this, wasn't he reminding people?

If it weren't for the fact that the two of them were in the heavily guarded yamen at this time.

Miao Sanniang didn't wait for Luo Heng to finish speaking, and she was about to step forward and block his mouth.

"Dude? That treasure can't really fall into the yamen, right? ”

Master Luo suddenly came back to his senses.

When I looked up, I saw Luo Heng smiling but not smiling, squinting at himself.

My heart trembled suddenly.

Chi asked: "I don't know what the heirloom that the virtuous brother said, what is it?" ”

Lei Cone was suddenly killed by Luo Heng and took his life.

There is a lot of gold and silver that you can carry around.

There are also several treasures of great value.

Later, when he was cleaning up Nengren Temple, he scavenged a lot of money and jewelry from those fake monks.

Now it is naturally in the pocket of the Qin prefect.

As a confidant, Master Luo really made a fortune.

Master Luo couldn't think of which treasure Luo Heng was talking about.

Miao Sanniang watched all this dumbfounded.

The heart is even more unexpected.

Listen to what this Master Luo means? Aren't you really willing to hand over the treasure you eat?

Hearing Master Luo's inquiry, he hurriedly replied: "It is a silk painting with the images of three hundred and sixty star gods.

"The scroll made of brass is not really worth much, just because it is an ancestral heirloom......"

At the end, she didn't forget to add.

Master Luo thought for a moment, shook his head and said, "Brother Xian, Miss Miao, don't hide it from the two of you."

"Around the thunder cone, some valuable jewelry and gold have really been found.

"But I've never seen any scrolls."

When Miao Sanniang heard this, she immediately became anxious, and opened her mouth to ask, "Could it be that it fell at his residence and was missed?" ”

Luo Heng patted her arm, signaling her to be restless.

Master Chong Luo smiled: "Brother think about it again, could it be that when you search the house, someone has hidden it privately?" ”

Master Luo shook his head: "Lei Cone's residence in the yamen, as well as the purge of Nengren Temple, I am all present."

"I really haven't seen any calligraphy and painting, that Lei Cone is a martial artist, let alone calligraphy and painting, I haven't even seen a piece of paper."

Luo Heng looked at Miao Sanniang.

I thought in my heart, could it be that Lei Cone didn't bring the Constellation Righteous Divine Diagram with him.

But another place to hide?

At this time, Master Luo suddenly clapped his hands and said with a smile: "If you talk about Lei Cone's calligraphy and paintings, I have never seen it."

"But I've really seen the statue of the stars and gods you are talking about, but it's a mural ......."

"Where?" Luo Heng frowned and asked, "Would you like to take us to see it?" ”

Master Luo said with a smile: "That place is not difficult to find, it is the Nengren Temple that is entrenched by Lei Cone's party, and it is painted on the most conspicuous wall of the main hall......"

Luo Heng couldn't help but be disappointed.

Miao Sanniang also shook her head slightly.

Our Lady of the Red Lotus took a group of disciples who were shining with red lights to Foshan to find Lei Cone.

It's been so long.

In addition to this prefect's yamen.

Almost all the places where the rest of the thunder cones have appeared, have been searched.

How could you miss such an important place as Nengrenji Temple?

They have a White Lotus Sect and have secret exercises.

You can sense the breath of the constellations.

If it's in Nengren Temple, it's impossible to miss it.

Seeing Miao Sanniang's expression, Luo Heng knew that she had the same thoughts as himself.

But the people of the Yamen.

Raiding homes and searching for treasures, that is definitely an expert.

I don't think Master Luo can be guilty of lying to himself because of a worthless silk painting.

Luo Heng had to shake his head and said, "Then go and take a look, Brother Bulao will lead the way......"

The location of Norenji Temple.

Luo Heng and Miao Sanniang naturally knew.

Soon the two came to Nengren Temple.

Here, because of the empty monk and other Lei Cone's comrades, they are here to be flower monks and abduct and sell people.

It was seized by the prefect's yamen with troops.

At this time, there is still a seal on the gate.

The closed door naturally couldn't help Luo Heng and Miao Sanniang.

The two jumped directly into the wall.

Walk directly into the main hall.

Look up at the wall to the left of the main hall.

I saw that on the wall, there was indeed a mural of many gods.

The painting is not bad, and the lines seem to be simple.

Each figure is simply sketched, and at first glance, it looks like the lines of a freshly drafted sketch.

It seems to be a stick figure comic of later generations.

It does not conform to the aesthetics of literati painters of this era at all.

Luo Heng had a bit of a taste for it, after all, he had seen animation and comics with a more simple style than this before......

When Miao Sanniang saw this painting, she was shocked.

Eyes widened in disbelief.

Luo Heng noticed her expression and asked suspiciously, "What's wrong with you?" Wouldn't this mural be what you call the Constellation? ”

Miao Sanniang nodded excitedly: "It's really a star god map......"

Luo Heng was stunned: "Didn't you say that the Constellation Picture is a silk painting?" Is this a mural?

"Besides, this painting is on the wall, and you didn't find it when you went up and down here?"

(End of chapter)