Eunuchs who traveled through the Qing Dynasty

Therefore, after hearing Lin Qing'er's words, Xiao Ran was slightly surprised, and said, "Oh! It turns out that your uncle is Shi Dakai's subordinate. But which general is it?"

"Subordinates?" Lin Qinger's eyes widened strangely, "How can there be any subordinates? My uncle is Shi Dakai! Why, have you heard of him?"

"!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"

As if struck by lightning, Xiao Ran was stunned for a moment, his chin almost dropped to the ground.Lin Qing'er was startled by his appearance, grabbed his shoulders and shook for a while, and was about to pinch him, when Xiao Ran suddenly let out a breath.Said: "My sun! You, you are Shi Dakai's niece! Silly girl, why didn't you say it earlier?... Hey, that's not right, remember what the history books say, what Shi Dakai is 'a child who lost his father. He has no brothers and holds his own family' Come on, I thought it jumped out of the cracks in the rocks, why suddenly there is a sister?"

"You just jumped out of a crack in the rock!" Lin Qing'er, who was always gentle, couldn't bear it any longer, and gave him a shudder, "My mother and him are siblings, where did you read those messy books? "

"Damn, who knows which idiot made up the land!" Xiao Ran said angrily.Then he scratched his head again, "Shi Dakai died? Qing'er, when was he killed?"

"October last year, what happened?"

"The year before last, the year before... that is to say, the ninth year of Xianfeng?"

Shi Dakai in history died in the second year of Tongzhi, that is, two years later.It's a pity that Xiao Ran didn't know the specific year name, he only knew that he was captured at the Dadu River, and was later executed by Ling Chi.But according to Lin Qing'er.Xianfeng died in nine years, Xiao Ran always felt that something was wrong.One must know that Anqing hadn't been defeated the year before last, but after much deliberation, he was really uncertain.

"By the way, you said he was killed in Guangxi. Isn't that right?" Xiao Ran suddenly had a flash of inspiration, and shouted: "Dadu River, Dadu River, do you know? Qing'er, is this river in Guangxi? "

Xiao Ran is not only a road idiot, he is also naturally confused about geography.Lin Qing'er had a headache for a while, resisting the urge to give him another shudder, and said, "Why do you have the nerve to ask? I, a woman, know all about it. The Dadu River belongs to Sichuan."

Lin Qing'er followed his father in the South and North Wars since he was a child, and he is quite familiar with the geography of the south of the Yangtze River, so he was determined not to make a mistake.The doubts in his heart were immediately confirmed, and Xiao Ran jumped up suddenly: "Qing'er, your uncle—he should not be dead!"

"What did you say?!" Lin Qing'er was taken aback, and grabbed Li Ran's arm, her nails were almost embedded in the flesh, causing Li Ran to grin her teeth in pain.

"I mean, your uncle Shi Dakai should be alive now!" Xiao Ran struggled to free his arm from the clutches of the devil, "Qing'er, you said that he was killed in Guangxi. The news came from the Taiping Army. Did you hear it there?"

Lin Qing'er was so excited that she couldn't speak at this time, with tears rolling down her cheeks, she grabbed Xiao Ran's sleeve, nodded desperately, and then shook her head vigorously.After talking nonsense for a long time, Xiao Ran finally figured out that since her father's accident, she has never had any contact with the Taiping Army.The news of Shi Dakai's murder came from the refugees.Looking at it now, it is likely that this is a rumor. Of course, it cannot be ruled out that it was a rumor deliberately created by the government and the army.

"Qing'er, I can't explain this matter clearly for a while, so let's go into the palace now and look up the memorial about your uncle, maybe there will be results."

The two hired a carriage and flew to the palace as if flying.With Xiao Ran leading Lin Qing'er, the guards guarding the gate did not dare to interrogate her.Went to the small study in Zhongcui Palace, but Ci'an happened to go to Changchun Palace.According to the rules, the emperor and empress reviewed the memorials, except for the special notes, they were all sent back to the internal memorial office, and then forwarded to the military aircraft office.Generally, there are no bottom folders or archives in the study room, so after searching for a long time, I couldn't find any valuable clues.Lin Qing'er stomped her feet anxiously, Xiao Ran said: "Don't worry, let's go to the military plane, I'll find Yiding directly."

When they arrived at the military plane, Lin Qing'er waited outside the door.Xiao Ran didn't care about the rules, he looked in from the beginning, a new school guard didn't recognize him, he tried to block him, Lin Qing'er slapped him in the head, and knocked him out.The other school guards all recognized Xiao Ran and knew that the master was a celebrity in the palace, and Prince Gong would give him three points, so they stood far away and did not dare to step forward, saying in their hearts: This master is powerful, even The girls around are also so fierce!She is as delicate as a flower, but her words can kill her!

Prince Gong's office is in a small suite in Dongshou.Xiao Ran rushed in directly, just in time for Gui Liang and Wen Xiang who were discussing matters, and he was shocked to see him barging in so straightforwardly.Leaving others alone is a serious crime of beheading, but when he saw Xiao Ran, he immediately lost his temper.Except for Prince Gong and Gui Liang, everyone else immediately stood up, bowed and said: "Which gust of wind is blowing this, Mr. Xiao is here, there must be a decree from above?"

When Prince Gong saw Xiao Ran's posture, his heart skipped a beat: I said why the right eyelid twitched, the emotion is the main one.Tremblingly, he dragged Xiao Ran to the study at the back. Xiao Ran saw that there was no one there, and immediately asked, "Shi Dakai from the Taiping Army. Is he dead or not?"

Prince Gong's face changed drastically, he hesitated and said: "Why, Vice President Xiao and him..."

"Stop talking nonsense! I heard that he died in Guangxi. Is this news true or false?"

"Guangxi?" Yi's news? "

Shi Dakai really did not die.In August of the eighth year of Xianfeng, after the defeat in the First Battle of Baoqing, Shi Dakai led his troops to retreat into Guangxi. The Qing army took the opportunity to spread rumors, saying that

It has been suppressed and killed in order to shake the morale of the Taiping Army in Lianghu, Jianghuai and other places.When I heard the news, I was so sad that I gave up the idea of ​​going to my uncle.Assassinate Zeng Guofan alone.Later, when she moved to Beijing, Shi Dakai had already left Hengzhou in the west and headed north, passing through Rong County and Huaiyuan, out of Guangxi, entered the border of Hunan and Hubei, and headed straight for Sichuan.

After hearing this, Xiao Ran was ecstatic in his heart, but his face remained calm.Turning his eyes, he pretended to have a feud with Shi Dakai, called Yi Pian, Yi Fen, even if Shi Dakai has three heads and six arms, as long as he really catches him.Escorted back to Beijing, I am not afraid that he will fly away.

The battle situation in the south of the Yangtze River has basically become a set situation by now.A few days ago, I just received a report from Xue Huan, the governor of Jiangsu, that Hangzhou fell.This famous city in the southeast was besieged for a long time, and thirty or forty thousand people starved to death due to lack of food.When Shaoxing and Ningbo were lost, Hangzhou was isolated and helpless, and was finally attacked by Li Xiucheng's troops.Admiral Rao Tingxuan.Street fighting to the death.The civil and military officials in Zhejiang did not dare to steal their lives, and the governor Wang Youling survived poisoning.In the warm pavilion of the free hall, Zhang Xigeng, the academician, Wen Rui, the general soldier, Linzhi the feudal secretary, Ning Zenglun, the governor of Liangdao Siam Fu, and Wu Baofeng, the magistrate of Renhe County, also went to righteousness.In the homes of the gentry, there were countless people who hanged themselves and jumped into wells for fear of being humiliated by the Taiping Army.

As for Mancheng, which was built by the West Lake, it had not yet fallen, and most of the Eight Banners soldiers stationed there had already suffered casualties.General Ruichang assembled the generals and schools of the Eight Banners, vowing to repay the imperial court to the death, and every family was buried with gunpowder.Later Li Xiucheng entered the city and sent people to persuade him to surrender, but Ruichang refused and set fire to himself.The huge city suddenly turned into a sea of ​​flames, and more than 4000 bannermen, men, women and children died, including Guan Fu, the deputy governor, and Hethena, the governor of Jiangsu Liangdao.The news spread to the capital, shaking the ruling and opposition parties.

Ruichang's shirt code, surnamed Niu Hulu, attached to the Yellow Banner, is considered to be of the same family as the Empress Dowager Ci'an, so a special pension was added, and the crown prince Taibao, a first-class light car captain, posthumously "Zhongzhuang", was enshrined in the Jingshi Xianliang Temple, Establish a special temple in Zhejiang.Those officials who died in martyrdom will also be sympathized one by one.The empress dowagers of the two palaces issued a decree to exempt Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and the three provinces from next year's money and food. For a while, the army and the people in the Jiangnan area worked together, and the hearts of the people were greatly boosted.

Although Hangzhou was lost, looking at the overall situation, the Taiping Army was at the end of its force, and it would be sooner or later that it would perish.The continuous delivery of new rifles, flowering ammunition and other firearms to the front line, including the establishment of the Anqing Ordnance Institute, all promoted the progress of this period of history.Xiao Ran didn't extravagantly hope that he would be able to shake his body, suddenly become angry, and try his best to save the defeat of the Kingdom of Heaven. In fact, this is also impossible.But for Shi Dakai, this is an out-and-out hero, and it is impossible to sit back and watch him die in the hands of the court anyway.

<One of the legendary characters is also a well-deserved hero in Xiao Ran's mind. He was interviewed and left the mountain at the age of 16, commanded thousands of troops at the age of 19, and became king at the age of 20.This young hero is comparable to Gongjin back then; Wentao and Wulue, full of courage, use soldiers like a god, even Zeng Guofan, Zuo Zongtang and others are "frightened like tigers".Until the decades after his death, people continued to engage in anti-Qing activities and revolutionary movements under his banner.

Shi Dakai was finally defeated by the Dadu River, but he sacrificed his life for righteousness and died with great vigor.

At that time, he divided his troops into three groups. Lai Yuxin led the front army and broke into the west of Sichuan; Li Fuyou led the rear army and returned to the east of Sichuan.Unexpectedly, on the eve of crossing the river, there was a sudden heavy rain, which caused a flash flood and blocked the crossing.Taking advantage of this golden opportunity, the Qing army quickly assembled its troops and blocked the opposite bank.Three days later, the heavy rain stopped, Shi Dakai organized an army to rush across, and [-] elite soldiers had crossed the river, but the river suddenly surged again, and none of the [-] elite soldiers survived.This caused the situation to take a turn for the worse.

According to historical records, at that time, the ammunition and food were exhausted, and even the war horses were eaten up, so they could only eat mulberry leaves.Coupled with the epidemic of dysentery, the soldiers were hungry and exhausted.Shi Dakai knew that he was in a desperate situation, so he threw himself into the Ximagu enemy camp, intending to sacrifice his life for the entire army.It is said that when Shi Dakai brought his five-year-old son Shi Dingzhong, Zaifu Zeng Shihe, Huang Zaizhong, Wei Pucheng, etc. into Ximaguqing camp, they passed Liangqiao, and hundreds of his subordinates escorted them to the east bridge guarded by the Qing army with knives.When Shi Da passed the cool bridge, hundreds of generals burst into tears and slashed at the cliffs with steel knives.Until later generations, there are still spots of knife marks on a cliff east of Liangqiao.

Shi Dakai exchanged his life for four thousand subordinates who were dismissed and preserved.He himself was sent to Chengdu and died heroically.When he was about to be executed, he looked happy, was cut more than 100 times, and laughed out loud. He was 33 years old at the time.How many people have been like this since ancient times?

To Xiao Ran's surprise, he became the nephew and son-in-law of this hero in a daze!It was like Uncle Shi fell from the sky, it seems that this time, he really made a lot of money!

The news told Lin Qing'er that she was also inexplicably excited.Up to now, Shi Dakai is the only relative she has in this world, and she is about to go south to find her uncle.Xiao Ran was startled, hugged him hurriedly, and said: "What can you do when you go? Help him fight? Besides, he is about to enter Sichuan now. Your uncle Shenlong can't see the end, even if you really go We can find him. But according to the calculation of time, Uncle, he will not be in any danger now. Don't worry, as long as I am here, he should be able to keep him safe."

"You? Yes, Xianggong, can you ask the queen mother for a letter of pardon, so that the court can pardon uncle's capital crime?"

Xiao Ran said: "Silly girl, your uncle is a rebel, and the momentum is so loud, who dares to issue such an order? But I have already told Yi Bi to capture him alive and escort him to Beijing. As long as he comes to my territory, he will definitely think about it." There is no way to save him. But..." Rolling his eyes, he laughed and said, "Qing'er, I have helped you so much, how are you going to repay my husband?"

Lin Qinger immediately blushed when she saw his squinting look, bit her lips and said, "Bad guy! You, what else do you want? Everyone... has already..."

"Well, that doesn't count." Xiao Ran said solemnly, then looked at her graceful figure maliciously, and said in a low voice: "It seems that there are some places that you didn't let me touch the last two times!"

"..." Lin Qing'er felt that something was wrong, she turned around and tried to escape, but...

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He hurriedly returned to Xiao's mansion, and dragged Lin Qing'er into the room.He has been busy these days, and really neglected this pretty girl, so Xiao Ran found out with conscience and decided to make up for her.

After all, Lin Qing'er was new to human affairs, and when she saw her husband in broad daylight, she wanted to misbehave, she was afraid and shy.It's just that he was afraid of being heard by others, and he didn't dare to struggle hard, so he had to let his temperament do whatever he wanted.Just as he was taking off his clothes, he heard someone running up and down from outside, and a crisp voice called out, "Sister Qing'er, is little Sanzi here with you?"

It was Ning Xin's voice.Lin Qing'er only had a small bellyband left on her body at this time, she panicked and said in a loud voice: "Not here, don't come in!" Xiao Ran said with a smirk: "En, I'm not here."

Coincidentally, just now Xiao Ran was in a hurry and forgot to open the door, Ning Xin had already rushed in.Staring at the two big black eyes, he said: "Okay, it's broad daylight, you two actually... Wow, Sister Qing'er is so white! I'll feel it to see if it's slippery."

As he spoke, he opened his two little paws and groped towards the couch.Lin Qing'er's face paled in fright, and she got under the quilt.Xiao Ran was about to lift the quilt, but saw something in Ning Xin's hand, blushed immediately, snatched it away, and stammered: "You, you damn girl, who told you to find it?"

Lin Qing'er was curious, she poked her head out to look, and saw that what Xiao Ran was holding was two pieces of embroidered cloth, which were connected with ribbons, and she didn't know what they were.Ning Xin pursed her lips and said: "Cut, what kind of treasure is it? How rare? It's not as good as my bellyband embroidered. Little Sanzi, what is this? Is it clothes made for babies?"

"No, it's not. I was just playing around." Xiao Ran shook his head desperately, and hurriedly hid the ball of cloth behind him.Lin Qing'er laughed and said: "You did it? You are a big man, why do you want to be a female celebrity?"

Ning Xin was quick, grabbed it in her hand, turned it over and looked at it for a while.Tried wearing it on my head again.Suddenly, as if he understood something, he lowered his head to look at his chest, then stretched out his hand into Lin Qing'er's quilt and fumbled for it.Lin Qing'er said angrily: "Little rascal, what are you doing?"

Ning Xin's pretty face sank, she crossed her waist, grabbed the cloth ball with her left hand, pointed at Xiao Ran's nose with her right hand and shouted: "Damn eunuch! I know what this is for. You, you shameless. Say, this Who was it for?"

Xiao Ran secretly called unlucky, his mouth full of bitterness.Lin Qing'er didn't understand yet, she asked in confusion, "What the hell is it?"

Ning Xin said angrily: "Look!" She unfolded the cloth ball and put it on her chest, the two cloth ends just covered the two trembling little white rabbits on her chest.Lin Qing'er was surprised and said, "Sir, this is..."

"Needless to say, this dead eunuch is cheating on the outside again!" Ning Xin snatched Xiao Ran's ear, and said violently: "I said why did you suddenly go to see our sisters as female celebrities? It turns out that you are busy. Get this dirty thing! Say. Who are you going to give this to?"

These two pieces of cloth are exactly the bra made by Xiao Ran with great effort.This was going to be secretly given to Concubine Li as a birthday gift, but this little girl turned it out. She knew she was wrong, but she couldn't admit it even if she was beaten to death, so she said bravely, "Damn girl. How could I What kind of acquaintance? I just wanted to give it to you, and I wanted to give you a surprise, but I was wronged! Damn, the relationship is thankless for me! Well, everyone else has one, no part for you!"

When Ning Xin heard this, she burst into smiles, hugged Xiao Ran and kissed him vigorously.Said: "Good eunuch, good eunuch, Xin'er is not good, Xin'er wronged you! I will compensate you. Is it possible? This thing is so comfortable to wear, Xianggong is really capable! Hehe, just give this to me! "He said, picked up the bra, and ran away in a hurry.Xiao Ran's teeth itch with hatred, but there is nothing he can do.

Ning Xin is naturally easy to deceive, but Lin Qing'er is different, staring left and right at Xiao Ran.Xiao Ran gave her a clueless look, and said, "I know I'm handsome, but you don't have to admire me so much, do you?"

Lin Qing'er said with a half-smile: "My husband, guess what you said just now, if I tell Sister Yuting, will she believe it?"