As a salted fish, I was forced to become the teacher of all ages

Speaking of which, if you don't have a mirror, you can't see your own image.

On the way here, Pu Zhenghao lost his image after repeated wrestling, and then he was bombed. At this time, the crown of respect and loyalty on his head had long since disappeared, his hair was disheveled, and his face was covered in gunpowder smoke. At least eight shades of smoke have been blackened, if this face is seen by the supervisory censor, it is estimated that at least he will be impeached for a crime of disrespect, so how can it be suitable to pretend to be Marquis of Wuxiang here?

So, just when Pu Ge was feeling good about himself, a young man with a low laugh nearby burst out laughing for some reason.

As we all know, smiles are contagious. The team of thousands of people laughed one after another, beat their chests and stamped their feet, and even Huang Zichao, who was always very serious in front of the young soldiers, couldn't help but raise the corners of his mouth...

Pu Zhenghao became furious immediately, seeing that his expression was wrong... oh, he couldn't see the expression on his face, but Hua Manlou felt that the aura around Pu Zhenghao was wrong, so he quickly shouted at the teenagers: "What are you laughing at? What's so funny? Shut up and do fifty push-ups on the spot!"

After these days, Huamanlou's prestige in the Qianhu Office of Xishan is quite high, and his words are more effective than the imperial decree among the young people.Hearing Hua Manlou shouting in harmony, the group of teenagers quickly shut up, squatted down and started doing push-ups.

Hua Manlou then turned to Pu Zhenghao, smiled wryly and said, "Well, Mr. Pu, I think there may be some misunderstandings..."

Pu Zhenghao ignored Huamanlou's quarrel, but looked at the group of teenagers in military uniforms in astonishment: "Okay... well, you Huamanlou, you are still here secretly raising an army, do you really want to rebel?"

He was a little confused by the bombing just now, and Pu Zhenghao was only full of bullets when he came here. This is when he noticed that there were young boys around him...

Hua Manlou was robbed by this guy just now, and he was already a little impatient at this moment, but he didn't want to offend this guy in order to hang out in the literati circle in the future, so he explained again: "Master Pu, I just said that I am Since I am here on business, His Majesty knows everything here, so can I trouble you to speak properly?"

Pu Zhenghao stared at Hua Manlou: "You don't want to lie to me! Back then, His Majesty said in front of the civil and military officials of the Manchu Dynasty that the Xishan Qianhu Office was only for supervising coal mining, and did not ask you to raise an army privately!"

Hua Manlou didn't bother to explain to him, so he said very bachelorly: "Then you can check with His Majesty yourself."

It has to be said that Emperor Guangxing did not disclose the matter based on the principle that more things are worse than less things, and in order to let Huamanlou avoid the constraints of the court, so he did not make this matter public. At that time, it is estimated that the Xishan Qianhu Institute has already made a lot of achievements, and by then it will be able to stop the mouths of some people who don't feel backache while standing and talking.

But who would have thought that suddenly there would be such a questionable speech officer who came to Xishan with nothing to do, and bumped into the recruiting new army?

Pu Zhenghao laughed back angrily: "Okay, what a confident one! If I don't participate in your treasonous crime and cut you into pieces, I will take your surname!"

Hua Manlou looked at this guy with a weird face, and suddenly his heart moved: what he did was indeed on purpose, and he was not afraid of his impeachment for treason, but...

Impeachment, this thing is a disaster anyway, right?If it's done properly, won't he be freed if he suppresses the matter of being dismissed from office?

Thinking of this, Hua Manlou immediately showed a warm smile on his face: "I don't need my surname, but to be honest, Mr. Pu still don't want to impeach me for treason, it won't work, why don't you impeach me for disturbing the people here? Or polluting Environment? Even if I say I assassinate you..."

63. The role of belief...

In Pu Zhenghao's eyes, Hua Manlou's words were purely a dead pig not afraid of boiling water, which hurt him deeply.

Once upon a time, the mighty combat power of the Yanguan made countless officials tremble, not to mention a small five-rank military attache with a thousand households, even a cabinet scholar, how can there be no reason not to take the Yanguan seriously?

But in Huamanlou's current state, you can't even say that he is confident, because he is really following the rules and there is no place for overstepping, and he really hopes that Pu Zhenghao can find something to impeach him so that he can dump him. For this Qianhu who smashed on the head for no reason, he even did not hesitate to produce some black materials...

After all you see, the sound of Guns Purdue is really loud, right?Ironmaking not only requires burning coal but also waste water, which really pollutes the environment, right?This thing is the real black spot!

But Pu Zhenghao interpreted this as Huamanlou's arrogance, he stared at Huamanlou fiercely, and after a long while, he flicked his sleeves: "We'll see!"

After taking two steps, Pu Zhenghao stopped again.

Because, once you come here, it is so far from the capital, if you go back on foot, you may have to go until tomorrow morning, after all, the road is not easy to walk.

Secondly, there are still a circle of young soldiers doing push-ups around. If Hua Manlou is really a conspiracy, he can't escape, and if he guesses the conspiracy, he probably won't care about chopping off one or two taels. In order to continue to hide his whereabouts...

Pu Zhenghao was cold and hungry today, and he was bombed once, so his brain was short-circuited, but he is not stupid after all, and a stupid person cannot pass the Jinshi exam...

So now, after walking out like this, he recalled: Why did I die like this today?Loyal ministers are not afraid of death, who would want to die here if they might not die?Still dead as light as a feather...

But Hua Manlou realized after looking at him like this after a little thought, he said cheerfully: "Master Pu got lost here, right? It's easy to say, come, see Master Pu!"

Pu Zhenghao's heart sank: Is this to kill people and destroy their bodies?

So he immediately shouted: "No need! Get out of the way for me!"

Hua Manlou hastily grabbed him back: "Master Pu, don't be polite, what if you get lost again on such a long journey? This is in the wilderness, if you lose it, you can't find it..."

Pu Zhenghao struggled desperately: "Whoever is polite to you, let go!"

Hua Manlou said helplessly: "Even if you want to impeach me, you have to go back and slowly impeach me, right? There are both horse-drawn carts and donkey carts, which one do you want?"

Pu Zhenghao directly translated Huamanlou's enthusiasm in his mind into quack jargon like 'Do you want to eat wonton noodles or sliced ​​noodles', and he was so scared that his legs trembled and tears came into his eyes: "You...you let go, I Is it alright not to impeach you?"

Hua Manlou said in astonishment: "How can this be done? Mr. Pu is the speaker. If you don't allow the speaker to speak, wouldn't it block the way of speech? I can't afford this crime. You should impeach him as I just said... Eh? My lord? Pu..."

Pu Zhenghao rode Huamanlou to talk nonsense, yanked his sleeve robe out of Huamanlou's 'control' and knocked away the two young soldiers standing nearby, and then ran away in the astonished eyes of everyone...

Hua Manlou stared blankly at his back: "Why do I feel... this guy seems to have misunderstood something?"

Huang Zichao, who had been standing by the side without saying a word, only now worriedly said: "Mr. Qian, officials have always been extremely troublesome. If this person talks nonsense in the court, I'm afraid..."

Hua Manlou waved his hand: "It's okay, don't worry about him, I'll take care of it if something happens, you can rest assured and bring your soldiers!"

Hua Manlou's so-called solution is to directly take the blame and resign to beg for bones, so that he can go home and continue fishing, but Huang Zichao directly understands: Mr. Qian took all the troubles outside, but he didn't distract me at all. Such a responsible Shangguan... I, Huang Zichao, am so lucky to be able to work under him!

As soon as Huang Zichao thought of this, he immediately saluted: "I will die for Mr. Qian Zong!"

Hua ManLou: "???"

Why is everyone feeling weird today?

……

After Pu Zhenghao ran out from the crowd, he ran wildly without knowing the direction, not daring to stop at all.

When he couldn't run and stop, he looked back and saw that there were no pursuers catching up, and he couldn't help but collapsed on the ground: "I...whee...I...survived...hahaha... Huffing, wheezing..."

Scholars these days pay attention to keeping their ears to the outside world and only reading sage books, so their physical condition is not much better than that of Huamanlou's previous life.

After lying on the ground for half an hour, Pu Zhenghao barely got up, looked around and couldn't help but bewildered: "Where is this?"

The days of winter are short, after a short rest, the afterglow of the setting sun has sprinkled on his face, and the biting wind from the west mountain is also blowing on his face, and the crowing of jackdaws makes the whole picture show a sense of desolation... …

Well, this is called the ancient road west wind thin horse, the sun sets, and the heartbroken man is at the end of the world.

It was getting dark, Pu Zhenghao didn't dare to stay where he was, he only hoped he could find his way back to Beijing.But the problem is, before the sunset, he can still move towards the opposite direction of the sunset, but after the sunset, he gradually loses sight of things.

Under such circumstances, Pu Zhenghao's best course of action is to find a cave to stay in, find a way to build a fire, and leave after dawn. However, he was really frightened by Hua Manlou, so he dared not do it Stay, just keep running for your life...

It has to be said that this escape also requires the basic law. After running wildly, he was covered in sweat, and then lay on the ground for half an hour, and there was still no water or rice for most of the day, so Pu Zhenghao felt dazed after walking for a long time. ...

Pfft!

Faith is something that sometimes doesn’t really work, especially when illness comes. Faith will always be weakened by fever or something, so after Pu Zhenghao fell down again, he fell into a coma...

After an unknown amount of time, Pu Zhenghao vaguely felt that he was being lifted up, and then seemed to be placed on a large cart.

And when he became conscious again, it seemed that someone poured a bowl of potion into his mouth, and someone fed him porridge.

Finally, when Pu Zhenghao slowly opened his eyes, he learned two things, one good thing and one bad thing: the good thing is that he came back to life, his body is fine, and he can return to normal after two or three days of rest .

The bad thing is that the one who rescued him was a caravan, and this caravan was going from the capital to Liaodong—Pu Zhenghao, who couldn't tell the direction, happened to be on the way to Liaodong...

When he was picked up that day, he could not be placed nearby, nor could he be left alone, so the caravan boss could only take him along, and now he has been on the road for four days.

Therefore, even if Pu Zhenghao is placed in the nearest village along the way, it will take at least ten days for him to recover and return to the capital...

(too busy, more late...)

64. Someone died!

Hua Manlou waited full of anticipation to take the blame and resign after being impeached. For this reason, he even asked the poor scholar who was a substitute teacher to help him draft a sincere resignation letter, but he waited for a few days for any news from Beijing. None, and the father at home did not send a letter.

Hua Manlou couldn't help but feel a little depressed: Isn't the intermediary officer the most troublesome?It's so loud, how can you impeach him with great fanfare?But what's the situation now?

Could it be that a dog that bites does not bark?

Unexpectedly, Xu Dacheng who was waiting in the East Factory was even more depressed: Where is Pu Zhenghao?So big a speech officer, what about people?

Because Pu Zhenghao rushed out of Huamanlou and the place where Dongchang followed Fanzi was hiding. In order to avoid being discovered by Huamanlou, Dongchang Fanzi had to go around in a big circle to find him. Pu Zhenghao, in the end he got lost after this round...

Xu Dacheng was extremely frantic. He wanted to send a large number of people to find Pu Zhenghao's whereabouts several times, but the problem was that he couldn't show too much concern for Pu Zhenghao, because others would say this: just a small spokesman, You, the head of the chief inspector of rituals and the head of the East Factory, care so much about him, what are you going to do?You said Pu Zhenghao disappeared?Then why don't other people know, but you know, so is he being murdered by your Dongchang, and you are calling for a thief?

Therefore, Xu Dacheng could not do anything, he could only send a small number of people to find Pu Zhenghao's whereabouts.

Zhou Han, the head of the East Factory, was almost mad, so the few fans who were sent to follow Pu Zhenghao were unlucky. Not only were they beaten to pieces by Zhou Han himself, but they also had to drag their injuries Go all over the mountains and plains to find people...

At this time, Hua Manlou, who had been waiting really anxiously, came to Beijing in person, intending to see the situation by himself.

"This is the world..." Hua Manlou, who entered Beijing again, couldn't help but burst into tears.

The establishment of the Xishan Thousand Households Office was a decree issued by the emperor himself, so Huamanlou did not dare to slack off on this matter. He went to the East Street Hundred Households Office that day to go through the formalities, and then brought his people into the mountain—that day It was the tenth day of September, and now it is the fifteenth day of October.

In other words, Huamanlou has been in Xishan for more than a month, and the life is simply miserable...

At this time, not to mention Huamanlou, even Peng Guang, who came to Beijing with him, was inexplicably excited.

After climbing up Huamanlou's thigh, although Peng Guang felt that it was a joy to be promoted from Xiaoqi all the way to a hundred households, but it was a bit unpleasant to hang around those craftsmen all day long in a place like Xishan, which is a place where the birds don't shit.

Of course, Peng Guang clearly knows that his official career is closely related to those craftsmen. If Huamanlou's affairs are broken, the person who troubles him is definitely not Huamanlou, but the even more terrifying bosses. , They will definitely let him peel off his skin, so these days Peng Guang dare not mess around at all, and he is tense every day.

So now that he is going to Beijing again, can he not be excited?

People who have never lived in a closed environment will not understand this feeling. Even if you are used to seeing the scene in the past, it is very novel to watch it again now, so Huamanlou and the others seem to have just returned to China. Like the old overseas Chinese, they feel very cordial when they look at everything: look at the familiar short man who sells cooking cakes, look at the familiar Cuihua who sells tofu, look at the familiar Miss Qi, who rides a tall horse and leads a group of people shouting. The female soldiers of A, B, B, C, D, southeast, northwest, wandering in the streets...

Reflexively, Peng Guang planned to drag Huamanlou away and hide away, but Huamanlou was returning to the world with emotion at this time, so when he saw an acquaintance, he was very excited and said hello: "Hi~Miss Qi~ "

I have to say, Hua Manlou's greeting was a bit...

Out of season?

Because, when they re-determined a strategy not to blow flowers all over the building in front of Qi Wanrong, Miss Qi finally recovered, and only recently resumed her arrogant and domineering daily life.

This is exactly the case today, Miss Qi flamboyantly leads people through the streets and alleys.

tragedy.

Everyone in Huamanlou's previous life knows that there are tens of thousands of roads, and safety is the first. It is obviously not in compliance with road safety regulations to prancing horses and whips on such a congested street in the capital.

It's not that there were no dangers in the past, but the white horse that Qi Wanrong sat on, which she called Zhao Ye Yu Qilin, was very humane, and she was proficient in riding skills, even if she accidentally bumped into a commoner, she would just pay a little money and go Yes, but today...

What she met today was not ordinary people, not even people from Da Zhao, but a woman in a Mongolian robe embroidered with dark flowers.This woman's skin is slightly dark, but she is born rich, with a lot of gold ornaments in her hair, she is obviously a Mongolian nobleman.

In fact, Qi Wanrong's speed was not fast just now, and she was supposed to be able to stop before hitting someone.At that time, she was still turning around to talk and laugh with the female soldiers, but she couldn't prevent this woman from rushing out from the side of the road suddenly - where did she hear the sound of horseshoes and bump up?

Oh, yes, that's how some scoundrels in the capital touch porcelain.

But the problem is, these green skins are all winking, who dares to touch Miss Qi Qi?

But that happened just like that, the woman was knocked into the air like a rag doll, and lay stretched out on the ground without even a scream, and then a large amount of water leaked from the back of her head. beach blood.

Seeing the woman lying down on the street in a strange posture, her limbs were limp, her face was ashen, and she seemed to be out of breath, while Qi Wanrong was so frightened that her face paled—at this moment, Hua Manlou greeted him indifferently...

"Madam! Madam!" Several Mongolians in noble robes suddenly sprang out from the shop beside the road. The leader hugged the woman on the ground and screamed: "Longevity God! I will bring you to the Central Plains for an audience." The Great Emperor, I just wanted to let you see this colorful world and see more of the world, but why did you leave me?"

Hearing this, Peng Guang immediately pulled Hua Manlou: "Mr. Qian, someone died!"

Hua Manlou was startled, and hurriedly ordered: "Quick, you guys, don't let anyone destroy the scene!"

Although I don't know which part of these Mongols belong to, Hua Manlou knows that the Mongolian nobles who appeared in Dazhao at this juncture are naturally not here to hang out, so if something happens to them in Dazhao, it must be an international dispute. If not, it will lead to war.

Now that there is a life lawsuit, the first thing to do is to protect the scene first, find out the situation, and then slowly talk about other things.

But before Huamanlou's people came to the front, a Mongolian who was behind the kneeling and screaming man pointed at Qi Wanrong and shouted: "Mrs. Nanmanzi! My wife is a good sister of Hatun, you hit her!" If she dies, if you don’t give me an explanation, my King Khan will order Qi’s army to go south and ask you to pay for your life!” (Ha Tun is the princess)

65. Erstum

Hearing the Mongolian shout, Hua Manlou frowned.

King Khan is not sweating a lot... Cough, at present, the profuse sweat recognized by the grassland ministries is generally Tuotuobuhua, and now the Tuotuobuhua is preparing to go south, or has already gone south, anyway, recently I haven't received any news from Datong Mansion, so the person who claims to be King Khan here is...

Wala?

The Wala people came to Dazhao at this juncture, if it is said that they are here for tourism... who would believe it?

As I said earlier, Wala a hundred years ago was actually quite invincible. After the founding of the country by Taizu, the five Northern Expeditions failed to do their best.But then Oala became more and more depressed. After the rise of the Tatars, they were driven all the way to the northwest. Now that they have passed Hamiwei to the west, they still have the face to clamor to go south?

Thinking of this, Huamanlou grabbed Peng Guang: "Go and find out what these Wala people are doing in Dazhao recently."

Peng Guang hurriedly went, while Hua Manlou led his people into the crowd.

After the Mongolian cursed, a group of Mongolians who followed also started shouting in unintelligible bird language, and by the way, drew out their machetes and began to gesture.

And Qi Wanrong's side is not a vegetarian either, seeing the other party draw their swords, they immediately drew their swords and cursed, the atmosphere suddenly became tense.

Hua Manlou hurriedly ran into the crowd and shouted: "Stop! Stop everyone! Put down your weapons!"

Following Hua Manlou's shout, the dozen or so Xuanwu guards who came with him drew their swords in unison, separating the two opposing sides.