Eunuchs who traveled through the Qing Dynasty

This way, Shengbao has no room to turn around.The Clan Mansion, together with the Dali Temple, the Ministry of Criminal Justice, and the Metropolitan Procuratorate, tried together and convicted him of collaborating with the enemy and traitorous country, and exterminated the nine clans.On the 27th of the first lunar month, Caishikou asked to be killed, and the vice capital, which used to be infinitely beautiful, was turned into a picture cake here.

And with this knife, not only Shengbao's head was cut off, but also Manqing's right-hand man.

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→Chapter 165 - Retribution for the Big Enmity←

While Shengbao fell into Xiao Ran's trap, Lu Qinzhi was still arrogant.The matter of taking a share in China Merchants Shipping Co., Ltd. was settled so easily, but what was unexpected was that it even hooked up with the well-known British company Fulai Foreign Trade Co., Ltd. It must be said that it was a blessing in disguise.In the future, whether it is smuggling arms or new machinery, won't there be a lot of money?

Overjoyed, he was about to return to Ningbo, but Fang Yulai unexpectedly came to invite him and host a banquet in person.This is a great favor, of course I can't refuse, I am happy to go to the banquet.During the meeting, Yu Lai offered to further cooperate with Lu's Firm, hoping to join forces with Lu's Firm for Tong Rantang's business in the Jianghuai area.

Lu Qinzhi couldn't believe his ears, he asked several times to make sure he heard correctly, and almost twitched in excitement.In Zhejiang, the business of Lu's Firm can be regarded as one of the best, but it is different. They are the business of the imperial court, which is equivalent to the central faction. Or sea and inland river shipping, it is simply unimpeded!

Such a good thing, Lu Qinzhi naturally agreed a hundred times, but Yu Lai said that it was just his own intention, and he had to discuss it with his boss and report it to the court. Go to Zhejiang.Lu Qinzhi agreed with all his mouth, he was very grateful to this nobleman, and it is probably possible to consider a body promise.

But it took half a month to wait, and there was no confirmation letter from Tongrantang.Lu Qinzhi couldn't wait and wanted to go back again.This time it was Ayton who came to invite him and took the initiative to talk to him about the cooperation of Fulai foreign company.Since then, Yu Lai and Ayton have come to invite them every day like a revolving lantern. Neither of these two gods of wealth, Lu Qinzhi, dared to offend them. Only then did Lu Qinzhi feel that something was wrong.I tried to get away.

This day hastily cleaned up the soft things.Just left the inn.Just look at a few people walking towards you, the leader is a young gentleman, wearing a black fox fur cloak, he is imposing, and he said with a smile: "Hey, isn't this Lu Dong's house? Where are you going in such a hurry?"

Lu Qinzhi didn't recognize him, but seeing this man's smile had some meaning.There was a thud in my heart, and I hurriedly said: "Lu Dong's family? I'm sorry, I think you misidentified the person, my surname is Zhang..."

"Surname Zhang? Not good, not good!" The young man shook his head again and again, and said, "This surname doesn't match your Excellency, why isn't your surname Qin?"

"Ah?" Lu Qin didn't react for a moment, no wonder.It seems that no one has asked such a question in this life.I am in a daze.I heard the young man say unhurriedly: "Look at the honor of your Excellency, it would be a waste not to have the surname 'Qi'. I think the surname is Qin and Beast, which couldn't be more appropriate."

Only then did Lu Qinzhi understand.It will happen immediately.But looking at the strong men behind the young master, each of them looked fierce and fierce, they knew it was not the head, they didn't speak, they turned around and wanted to run away.Unexpectedly, as soon as he turned around, he felt that his eyes were dark and then bright again, a piece of golden light, his pince-nez eyes were smashed to pieces, and his face was dripping with blood.Lu Qinzhi couldn't catch his feet, his whole body flew up like a cloud and fog, and then fell heavily on the Qingshi street.The bones all over his body seemed to be thrown apart, and with a wow, he spit out a big mouthful of blood.

It turned out that there was a big man like an iron tower standing behind him, staring at a pair of strange eyes, stretching out his big fan-like hands like catching a chicken, he was lifted up, and he fell in front of the young man with a thud.Lu Qinzhi is also a bachelor, knowing that today is going to be a bad day, so he endured the pain, took out a banknote from his bosom, and said: "Master, sir, please do me a favor, let... let the villain live, these money, All, all for you!"

The young man took the silver ticket with a smile, and said, "The silver is for the land, and I don't plan to give it away for you. Hehe, you deserve to be unlucky if you meet me."

Lu Qinzhi was so angry that he trembled all over, he gritted his teeth and said, "I have no complaints with you in the past and no worries in the near future, why did you hurt me? You, who are you?"

"Lu Dong's family doesn't recognize me, so they probably don't know her?" The young man took a step away, and a young woman appeared behind him. She was extremely beautiful, but her face was pale, and there was a sinister look between her brows, her expression was indescribable. resentment.Lu Qinzhi stared at him for a long time, then suddenly his expression changed drastically, and he said in horror: "You, you, you are, you are..." His voice trembled, as if seeing a ghost.

This woman is Lu Xueyao, and that young man is naturally Xiao Ran.Youdao is that enemies are extremely jealous when they meet each other. At this time, Xueyao's almond eyes are wide open, her teeth are gritting, her whole body is trembling and she can't speak.She is very similar to her mother Lu's appearance, Lu Qinzhi thought it was a ghost who took her life, but then she realized that this is the girl who was let go back then, and now she has grown up.Seeing that today is going to be a bad day, he suddenly howled, struggled to crawl on the ground, kowtowed like garlic, and said repeatedly: "Niece, niece! I'm sorry for you, I'm sorry for your parents, I'm a beast How about, woo! I deserve to die! Niece, you, you kill me, kill me to avenge your parents!..."

Howling and wailing, the sound is also miserable.These few words immediately aroused Xueyao's unbearable old hatred, filled her chest with anger, she took out a gleaming dagger from her bosom, rushed forward and stabbed.Xiao Ran didn't know that she brought someone here beforehand, and just wanted to stop him, but he heard Lu Qinzhi shout: "Okay, you kill uncle! It's just that your brother is still young, and

The only incense of Shi, please take care of your father's sake, take a picture for uncle, my son, you will have no father from now on!My poor son! ..."

After sobbing and howling, Xueyao couldn't help but stopped for a while.The family of Lu's family is thin, and in her generation, only Lu Qinzhi's concubine gave birth to a son, who is six years younger than Xueyao, and this year is only thirteen, not past the end of the year.Both of her parents died since she was a child, and she is well aware of the suffering of being alone and helpless, and the beast and villain in front of her, even though heinous, is her own uncle after all, connected by her blood, how can she deal with it?

With just such a short pause, Lu Qinzhi jumped up without warning, grabbed the dagger in Xueyao's hand, and put it across her neck, grabbing her hair with his left hand.He dragged back and shouted: "Whoever dares to come over, I will play with her!"

This was beyond everyone's expectations, Xiao Ran and Ma Chao came to the rescue, but it was too late.At this moment, a short scream was heard, and Lu Qinzhi's whole body suddenly convulsed, and he fell straight backwards.And that sharp dagger.It was tightly held in one hand.His fists were clenched tightly.Blood flowed down the fingers like a stream.

It was Monk Hua standing behind Lu Qin who made the move at the critical moment.Thanks to his quick and accurate shot, he only grasped the blade with his palm in an instant, otherwise it would be unimaginable.Even so, the sharp dagger still left a bloodstain on Xueyao's neck.

At this moment, Xiao Ran was already mad with anger, he rushed forward and kicked Lu Qinzhi facelessly.Poor Lu Qinzhi, I don't know where he was beaten by Monk Hua.Unable to move, he could only utter a series of mournful wails.

Monk Hua was born with copper skin and iron bones, and his hands were only cut to the flesh, which was fine.At this time Xueyao was angry and hated, she snatched the dagger from Monk Hua and was about to kill Lu Qinzhi.Xiao Ran hurriedly hugged him, and said: "We can't just let him die like this! This bastard, dare to play tricks like jumping over the wall. Wife, we must slowly entertain him!"

Immediately he ordered Ma Chao to set up Lu Qinzhi, throw him into the carriage, and prepare to take him back to Xiao's residence.Lu Qinzhi also had a few followers.It's just that seeing Monk Hua is so fierce, how could he dare to step forward?

The people who came with Xiao Ran, besides Ma Chao and Monk Hua, were three servants sent by the Ministry of Criminal Justice. Seeing that he wanted to take Lu Qinzhi away, they hurried forward and said, "Eunuch Xiao, this, isn't it appropriate? We can't Interaction..."

Xiao Ran said coldly: "I took the man away, why do you have to do anything? Go back and tell you the truth!"

The three belonged to the Ministry of Criminal Justice, of course they all knew of Xiao Ran's identity, Nuo Nuo stopped talking and returned to the Ministry of Criminal Justice.Xiao Ran took Xueyao and escorted Lu Qinzhi straight back to Yuqian Hutong. As soon as he arrived at the door, he saw a person greet him and rubbed his hands excitedly. A good deal, show your skills.

Get Lu Qinzhi out of the car, the old Duan has already prepared a full set of services.To deal with this kind of beast, it is naturally the most appropriate to cut him into pieces.

It is easy to write cursive characters, but if this job is really done, there is another thing to pay attention to.Usually, there are two types of torture, one is called "fish scale cutting", which is to cover a piece of fish net on the body of the tortured person, so that the skin and flesh protrude from the mesh, and then use a sharp knife to cut a piece of fish net. It is said that the most powerful torture master can really cut the front knife, which is extremely terrifying.The other kind is more benevolent, called "Zhaba Dao", two cuts on the forehead, two pieces of skin under the piece, just hanging down to cover the eyes, two cuts on the breasts, one cut on each arm and thigh.

Of course, Duan Xingnian would not let Lu Qin's death be so comfortable, he had already prepared the next big net, a sharp knife.After setting up the mourning hall, choosing an auspicious day, and offering sacrifices to three animals, You Xueyao cried loudly in front of the mourning, all the wives were crying along with her.

When it was time to execute the execution, Xiao Ran refused to let his wives see him any more, and resolutely drove them all back to the front house.When Duan Xing was eight years old, he took off his padded robe and went on stage in this icy and snowy place with his shoulders naked, wearing only a bag and carrying a knife.

At this time, Lu Qinzhi also knew what kind of torture he was about to face, his eyes were bulging in horror, and he couldn't scream because of the walnuts in his mouth.I saw Duan Xingnian's knife cut down finely, every two or three cuts, he drank a sip of wine, Lu Qinyi fainted from the pain, and then splashed cold water to wake him up.The cruel scene made even Xiao Ran, who had personally experienced the bloody battlefield, feel nauseated after seeing it.

This cutting took a total of one and a half days, a total of 860 three knives, until Lu Qinzhi was cut to pieces, and even a finger of intact flesh was gone.When he died, the two eyeballs fell out of the eye sockets. Such a torture is like pulling out the tongue in hell, putting oil in the pan, and so on.

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→Chapter 166- Want to find out about me?←

After killing Lu Qinzhi, Xueyao packed her luggage and insisted on going back to her hometown in Shandong.Originally, Xiao Ran wanted to go with him, but he really couldn't get away, so he had no choice but to let Lin Qing'er and Duan Xingnian escort Xueyao back to Shandong together, but Nayan Ziqing also clamored to go, and Ning Xin even Extremely anxious, the two maids shook, and Xiaozhu and Xiaoyue couldn't sit still.Xiao Ran thought it would be good if a few more people went to save Xueyao's heart, but he could be a companion to relieve boredom.

In the first half month or so, while Yu Lai and Ayton held Lu Qinzhi back, they also set out the entire operation of Lu's firm in Jianghuai.Yu Lai is under the banner of cooperation, and Ayton is throwing out the bait of smuggling.Lu Qinzhi was afraid that these two nobles would not understand his own strength, and rush forward to reveal all his wealth, so while attacking him, Xiao Ran invited the Ministry of Household Affairs, the Ministry of Punishment, the Ministry of Officials, and the Metropolitan Procuratorate They held a meeting together, issued a secret order, and uprooted the entire Lu's firm.Together with those corrupt officials who are related to smuggling, investigate to the end.

The twelve big ships that participated in China Merchants were all confiscated, and the property under the name of Lu's firm was copied and sealed. The goods were handed over to Tongrantang, and the money was directly confiscated.Since foreigners were involved in this matter, the relationship was extraordinary. Zeng Guofan, Zuo Zongtang, and Hu Xueyan, the chief money and grain manager in Zhejiang, submitted petitions to the court respectively.In fact, the three of them were only used by Lu Qinzhi, so the imperial court only paid a symbolic penalty and did not go into too much detail.

The removal of Lou's Firm, the largest British commercial espionage agency in China, greatly touched the interests of the British.Naturally, they were extremely shocked.In their eyes, this is simply unimaginable. From the first Opium War to the present, the Chinese have always been submissive and servile. How could they have made such an unfathomable move without making a sound, and dared to openly Challenge the empire on which the sun never sets? !

This kind of psychology made the British respond quickly.The British warships cruising in the waters from Guangdong to Fujian quickly gathered in the waters of Zhoushan.As far away as Japan is a mixed fleet consisting of two battleships, seven cruisers, and a small number of steam ironclad ships and transport ships.Also set sail and sail to the coast of China.at the same time.The ocean-going fleets of France and the United States also bypassed the Korean Strait and approached the Gulf.Suddenly, the situation suddenly became tense.

However, since Lu's Firm did not name the British, and the Qing government's method this time was extremely iron-fisted and clean, the British felt like they were dumb eating coptis, so they could only endure it for the time being.Find the right opportunity to get started.Consuls, including the consulates of various countries in Beijing, walked around frequently. Although it seemed that they were still living in peace on the surface, in fact it was already turbulent and rainy.

And at this time, Xiao Ran and Mei and Yi are making final preparations for the battle that will determine the fate of China.Two batches of new weapons to support Prussia and Tsarist Russia have been delivered. The quantity is not very abundant, but it is not a problem to equip an army of tens of thousands.You must know that in the war between Prussia and Denmark.Prussian and Austrian countries add up to only a few 10 people.And the weapons are backward, and the artillery is seriously lacking.The new rifles, short-barreled curved guns, and heavy howitzers supported by the Qing Dynasty are enough to enable Prussia and Tsarist Russia to form steel troops armed to the teeth.That will be a truly indestructible war machine!

While delivering the weapons, the Qing Dynasty also supported some technologies, mainly for the production of ammunition, landmines, and melon grenades.In this way, sufficient and powerful guarantees were provided for Prussia and Tsarist Russia to launch a protracted large-scale war in Europe.

With the support of Xiao Ran's powerful financial resources and new weapons, Bismarck, the former minister to Russia, had already served as the Prussian Prime Minister and Foreign Minister, and delivered a famous iron-blooded speech: "What Germany pays attention to is not Prussian liberalism, but power. Prussia must muster its strength for favorable opportunities, which we have missed several times. The great problems of our time cannot be solved by speeches and majority resolutions, but by iron and blood." As soon as the prime minister came to power, he began to make great efforts to expand the army internally. He was bold and cunning in diplomacy. He united with Austria and successfully provoked a political dispute with Denmark, taking the first step towards the final unification of the German Federation.

In Russia, Tsar Alexander II has also worked hard for nearly a year to gradually suppress local peasant riots. While rectifying the domestic economy and industry, he began to strengthen centralization in a planned way.The Crimean War that year not only caused Tsarist Russia to fall from the peak of honor to the trough, and was once squeezed out of the gate of Europe, it even forced to death his own son Nicholas I.no matter profit

In terms of honor, Alexander certainly couldn't bear such humiliation.Drying the peninsula and regaining the status of the former big brother of Europe became the sole goal of the tsar.

Due to the inconvenient information transmission and transportation at that time, communication and communication were time-consuming, so Xiao Ran needed to make overall arrangements for these matters.In addition, he was waiting to meet two important people.

The first person to meet was of course Zeng Guofan.Speaking of which, Zeng Shuai had already left for Beijing in mid-November last year, and he has been away for two full months now.Mingli's excuse was that Lu was suffering from cold and disease, but in fact it was because the Hunan Army was disbanded and transferred to the governor of Zhili, deliberately creating momentum.It was not until the end of January that Zeng Guofan and his party arrived in the capital.

In fact, at this time, Zeng Guofan might be more anxious to meet this time than Xiao Ran.As a local tycoon, he naturally has many eyes and ears in the capital. Even though he is not in the imperial court, he can't hide the big and small things that happen in the capital from his eyes.As for Xiao Ran's current identity and status, he is of course clear about it.

Since returning to Luan, Zhu Sushun, abolished Cixi, marched north to Russia, east to Japan, carried out industrial reforms, opened up commercial channels, all kinds of things this red-capped eunuch has done are simply too numerous to enumerate.If it is said that the time when I met Xiao Ran in Chengde, it was because Xiao Ran was favored by Xianfeng and was a celebrity in front of Shengjia, so I hoped to make friends with him, then with Xiao Ran's current position and respect, the only thing left for Zeng Guofan is "Fawn" is the word.

Only arrived at the post house this evening, the group of courtiers in the capital, whoever can speak, will naturally come to visit and pay homage.Zeng Guofan reasoned that the wind and cold hadn't healed, so he was blocked by the coaches and accompanying staff. He only brought his personal bodyguards, sneaked out of the post house, and took a carriage to Xiao Ran's house in Yuqian'er Hutong.Xiao Ran had also heard that when he arrived in the capital, he would be the first to see him, and he calculated that it was almost time, so he specially prepared a banquet for him.

Just as the banquet was ready, Zeng Guofan's carriage also arrived at the door.Xiao Ran went out to greet him in person, and saw a hale and hearty old man walking towards him, smiling and clapping his hands and shouting loudly: "Brother Xiao, it has been nearly two years since we parted in Chengde that day, and I want to kill this old man, I want to kill this old man!"

Xiao Ran smiled and supported his arm, and said: "How dare you trouble your lord to remember it, you are ashamed!"

After exchanging a few pleasantries, Zeng Guofan took out an envelope from his sleeve, and even called it "a small gift, not a respect", and stuffed it in Xiao Ran's hand. When he opened it, it turned out that it was four silver notes, each with a denomination of 10 taels. There is an official treasure seal on it, totaling 40 taels.This is also the custom for local officials to come to Beijing, so even though Xiao Ran is not short of money now, there is no need to refuse the pocket money that comes to his door, he is happy to accept it.Afterwards, Zeng Shuai was invited to the table, the food and drink were simple yet exquisite, just the two of them had a drink facing each other, which was also convenient for conversation.

After drinking for three rounds, the conversation gradually got to the point.Zeng Guofan picked up the wine glass and drank it up, and said: "Brother Xiao, although you and I only met once, the last time we talked with you, we felt like friends at first sight. Today there are only you and me here, and there are no six ears. The old man will speak directly. If there are any inappropriate words, I hope you will not blame me!"

Xiao Ran said in his heart, I guess you can't hold your breath anymore, looking at your appearance, nine out of ten you are trying to trap me and find out about me.Immediately drank a glass and said with a smile: "My lord, please don't be polite. If you have something to say, please speak up."