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

During the 11 years since Emperor Guangxing ascended the throne, this was the first time that he made the factory guards go to war so aggressively.

Just because, he is a gentle emperor, and he is also an emperor who is good at accepting advice and likes to be reasonable. When he was in Zhan Shifu in the past, there was a servant who talked about the dangers of the factory guards, so Emperor Guangxing has always treated the factory guards. His senses are not very good, and he rarely uses the factory guards except to inquire about news, so that Xuanwuwei and Dongchang can almost win the Civilization Progress Award these years...

However, factory guards are factory guards after all, and they have represented two words since the day they were established: eagle dogs.

Therefore, as soon as the will was obtained, Tiqi was everywhere, and Xuanwuwei and Dongchang Fanzi were everywhere.

Although the heart of a well-known Dongchang Changgong was sour, he once again saw Huamanlou's position in Emperor Guangxing's heart from this incident, and he couldn't help but feel sad: Even if our family is lost, Your Majesty will not lose it. Would be so outraged?

The Governor of Shuntian Prefecture and the Commander of the Five Cities Soldiers and Horses were called into the palace and scolded bloody dogs. Emperor Guangxing ordered them to solve the case as soon as possible and find the person, and also ordered them to do everything possible to make Huamanlou unscathed at all costs. Come back, otherwise they will die, and this unreasonable and abnormal will will make these old people almost jump off the Meridian Gate tower to die-the snow is all over the sky, how to find someone in this situation?

That's right, the wind and snow caused great trouble to the searchers. After all parties arrived at the place where Huamanlou was hijacked, the snow had already buried all traces, and the group of thieves had long since disappeared.

This caused all parties to be a little at a loss, and the scene was chaotic-after all, all relevant government offices had arrived, making it too crowded and extremely inefficient.

The people from Shuntian Prefecture advocated seconding the detectives from the Ministry of Criminal Justice to search for clues, while the people from Wucheng Bingma Division wanted to search along the way.The head of the second stall of the East Factory advocated blocking the surrounding arteries as soon as possible, and the people of Xuanwuwei felt that so many thieves were haunting the capital, so there must be their accomplices around, so they hoped to find people from all walks of life in the surrounding area and even the capital to strictly investigate...

During the chaos, Miss Qi arrived, and after getting the news, Liu Fan who brought Xishan Xuanwuwei also arrived.

It has to be said that Huamanlou is the backbone of Xishanwei, and now that Huamanlou is missing, everything in Xishan is in chaos.Those craftsmen, logistics and shopping guides who had just had a holiday all picked up hammers, shovels, and sticks to go out to look for them. If Liu Fan hadn't organized and suppressed them, most people in Xishanwei would have to come here Looking for Huamanlou...

Even so, the youths of Xishanwei are followed by a large group of young men with various weapons, a group of people are murderous - without Huamanlou, their good life will be lost, and they regard Huamanlou as a benefactor , Now that something happened to benefactor, can they not be irritable?

In short, as soon as the two parties met each other, Liu Fan almost killed himself by spraying Peng Guang who was following Qi Wanrong, and Qi Wanrong suddenly became very angry when he saw the messy situation at the scene.She grabbed the firecracker that Xiaodong was carrying on her back and fired it into the sky. After attracting everyone's attention, she shouted: "Shut up, auntie! Why are you arguing? If you continue to quarrel, auntie will shoot you first!"

It has to be said that the capital and the yamen that are linked to public security have basically dealt with Qi Wanrong, knowing that this person cannot be offended, so everyone was silent for a moment.

Qi Wanrong snorted coldly, and first pointed at Shuntian Mansion to arrest the head: "You! You people in Shuntian Mansion are good at handling cases, so look for clues around here, whether it's the footprints left by the thief or anything else, give it to my aunt. come out!"

The head arrester quickly responded, but without waiting for him to say anything, Qi Wanrong pointed to a deputy commander led by Ma Si of the Wucheng soldiers: "There are about fifty thieves, and I don't know how many people are responding. In such a heavy snow day So many people acting together must be more eye-catching, you should follow the nearby roads to find out where the thief is going first!"

"And you, your Dongchang only accepts street rogues, so I don't know how to ask them to ask if there are any abnormal conditions and strange people in the capital recently? You bastards, why are the roads closed? They robbed them People run away, can you block the road in time?"

The deputy commander and the head of the second stage of the East Factory hurriedly sent people to arrange it, and the remaining Qianhu in the inner city of Xuanwuwei looked at Qi Wanrong with a bitter expression: "Miss Qi, I... I will wait..."

"Are there any hundred households of your Xuanwu Guards around the capital? Are there any who don't send letters to investigate? A piece of trash!"

It has to be said that under Qi Wanrong's strong pressure, a group of people from various parties in the Sand Office actually got busy in an orderly manner, which is simply a spectacle.After all... Leaving nothing else aside, the relationship between Dongchang and Xuanwuwei is not that good. It would be good if the two parties didn't fight after meeting. How could they cooperate?

But Qi Wanrong can't be offended...

After Qi Wanrong left a sentence, she didn't even look at the thousand households in the inner city of Xuanwuwei, she shouted to Liu Fan, "Don't scold him, bring our people and follow me!"

Liu Fan hurried over: "Miss, where are you going?"

Qi Wanrong took a deep breath, frowned and said: "Try your luck. This is the only road from the capital to Xishan, and there are not many forks in this road. Let's pick up the most likely one and chase it... I hope we can find it. Some clues!"

This is the way out of no other way, and it is also the most stupid way and the most tiring way, but is there any other way in this situation?

Although Qi Wanrong was a bit reckless, she was not stupid.

Although the origin of the thieves was unknown, they stopped Huamanlou by name. Judging from this situation, the other party at least knew about Huamanlou, so their purpose was almost clear at a glance: they wanted Huamanlou's strange Strange skills, such as making firecrackers.

So in Da Zhao, who would want to master such a big killer?Prince?The surrounding small countries?Prairie people?Or... the White Lotus Sect?

But no matter who it is, if they really let them bring Huamanlou to the old lair, I'm afraid things will be complicated-if Huamanlou is bewitched or can't bear the torture and then reveals something, then even if he rescues him in the future He will also be labeled as a traitor or even a rebel, and in the worst case, he will lose everything after revealing everything...

So even though Qi Wanrong looked calm, she was actually very anxious--Qi Wanrong thought she was benevolent, after all, Huamanlou saved her, but in fact, even she didn't know that her mentality seemed to have changed slightly.

Seeing that Qi Wanrong was going to find Hua Manlou in person, both Peng Guang and Liu Fan felt speechless.Even though Qi Wanrong was tossing around in Xishanwei before, but because she was a girl who braved the snow to find Huamanlou, and even coerced all parties to cooperate, the two of them had no grievances in their hearts.

only……

Although all the parties have now united and started to do things in the way they are best at, no one is confident that they can get back Huamanlou—it is too difficult to find someone in the wilderness these days.

So what is the current situation of Huamanlou?

175. Don't Give Any Chance

two hours ago.

Hua Manlou, who was standing there with his hands behind his back, was calm and even mocking on the surface, but in fact, he was secretly crying: teeth white, teeth white, why did you provoke this group of lunatics?

Although I don’t know when the White Lotus Sect originated in this world, the White Lotus Sect in the previous life was an association formed by Shi Huiyuan, the ancestor of the Pure Land Sect in the Eastern Jin Dynasty, in Lushan Mountain Temple. That is to say, they were actually just a religious organization at the beginning. Mao Ziyuan, a monk at that time, founded the Protestant sect on the basis of the popular association, called Bailian sect, that is, Bailian sect.

The early White Lotus Sect worshiped Amitabha Buddha, and they were actually playing with precepts, but because of its simple teachings, the scriptures were not as obscure as other sects, so the lower class people accepted it much faster, and at the same time they were easy to be used by others As a tool to resist oppression - this explains why the White Lotus Sect has been tirelessly rebelling, and no matter who is sitting in the world, they rebelled: they started their first performance in the Five Dynasties and Ten Kingdoms, and they were defined as cults in the Song Dynasty , the Yuan Dynasty...

The Bo'er Zhijin family didn't know the glorious history of the White Lotus Sect, so they didn't care much about this group of guys, and then there was the well-known "Mo Daoshi with one eye, stirring up rebellion in the Yellow River world". At that time, many people in the rebel army were Bailian People with the background of the Red Scarf Army, such as Han Shantong, Liu Futong, Peng Yingyu, and even a certain Taizu with a strange mango face are rumored to be one of the leaders...

In the Ming Dynasty, the mango-faced Taizu severely attacked the White Lotus Sect, the Maitreya Sect, and the Ming Sect. However, in the 18th year of Yongle, Tang Saier, who claimed to be the mother of the Buddha, revolted in the White Lotus Sect, and it continued until the second year of Tianqi They are still rebelling against Ming Dynasty, and even went to the grassland to continue their rebellion.

After the Qing army entered the customs, they began to rebel against the Qing Dynasty and restore the Ming Dynasty. Boxing Boxing in the late Qing Dynasty was also inextricably linked with the White Lotus Sect...

Being caught by such a group of people who made rebellion their life's work, do you think Hua Manlou can't go crazy?

Seeing someone coming up to tie him up, Hua Manlou's heart moved, he couldn't help but sneered and said: "You White Lotus Sect is only so brave? Dozens of people surround me, are you afraid that I will run away?"

The young man in the lead waved his hands and said with a smile: "Mr. Hua Qian knows the current affairs so well, so there is no need to tie him up. If you offend him too hard, I'm afraid it will be difficult to handle the following things."

Hua Manlou sneered: "It's as if you didn't offend me, how will the fate of my subordinates be counted?"

The young man said: "It's not my fault. Anyway... please?"

Someone pulled a carriage and dozens of horses from a distance, and seeing that the group of people were all equipped for a long journey, Hua Manlou's heart sank, but he continued to taunt: "Riding horses in the snow Running... Tsk tsk, aren't you afraid of falling to your death? By the way, where are you going?"

The young man ignored the first half of the sentence, and while pulling Hua Manlou into the carriage, he replied briefly: "Tianjin Wei. Has Mr. Hua Qian ever been there?"

"No, but I don't want to go at all."

"It's not up to Mr. Qian, sit tight."

Tianjin Wei has neither Goubuli nor Tianjin Allegro these days. It is just a small seaport town that is not prosperous and can even be called a depression.

The carriage moved forward in a hurry, and Hua Manlou felt extremely overwhelmed.

At this moment, although it is not to the point of being a knife and I am a fish, there is still danger, so Huamanlou showed an appropriate 'knowledge of current affairs' and an appropriate 'uncomfortable', in order to lull the other party to relax their vigilance, and then find a way to escape .

But this method won't work for a while, because the young man also sat in the car and stared at him, so Hua Manlou could only choose to continue grinding his teeth with him and saying, "What's your surname?"

"Miangui's surname is Wang, Wang Lianzu."

"Oh, Brother Huang, how is Lingtang? Say hello to her for me..."

"……My name is Wong."

"Don't mind, my ancestors are from the south, and the southerners have always stayed away from the yellow king."

"..."

"Speaking of which, why did Brother Huang come to rob me? Hua asked himself that he was just a small military officer, and he had no enmity with your sect, right?"

"Mr. Qian's ability to tell lies with his eyes open is really admirable. The fact that tens of thousands of Tartars died in the city of Datong is inseparable from Mr. Qian? And Mr. Qian was able to defeat [-] Tartar cavalry with [-] young men This is not something a small military officer can do..." Wang Lianzu looked at Hua Manlou with interest: "And if the military officers of the imperial court are like Mr. Qian, then why should we rebel? "

Hua Manlou raised his eyebrows: "You guys have found out about my affairs clearly?"

Wang Lianzu said with a smile: "So...with Mr. Qian's vision, it's not impossible to guess what I want Mr. Qian to do?"

Hua Manlou sighed: "Very well, with the means of your teacher, if I don't cooperate, I'm afraid Hua will suffer a lot and lose his limbs. In the end, the mass grave will be Hua's destination. Yes or no?"

Wang Lianzu said with a straight face: "This is not the case. Mr. Qian is an outstanding person. If there is no other way, I would not invite Mr. Qian in this way. How can I be rough on Mr. Qian?"

Hua Manlou said contemptuously: "I believe in you! You're talking nonsense with your eyes open!"

Wang Lianzu said: "It doesn't matter whether you believe it or not. In short, President Wei Qian will understand when you arrive in Tianjin."

Hua Manlou ignored him, closed his eyes and fell asleep, but was extremely anxious: the carriage had already turned onto a small road, and depending on the situation, it was going to go straight to Tianjin after bypassing the capital.But after Peng Guang came back and forth to help, I'm afraid it would be difficult to find his own trace, so wouldn't it be true that he would follow this group of people to Tianjin?

It’s okay if it’s only in Tianjin. If you run to the yamen when you have an opportunity, you can find asylum. After all, Huamanlou still carries the token of Xuanwuwei with him, but what if he gets dragged out by these people after arriving in Tianjin? When you arrive at a certain island in the sea, then...

In short, preparations for survival must be made, Hua Manlou quietly took out the token from his arms, and stuffed it into his boots under the cover of his sleeve—this thing is the only thing that can prove his identity, or it may be used to survive in the future The key props must not be searched by them.

Then, Hua Manlou originally thought that he could throw something along the way to give clues to the rescuers, but except for a few scattered silver, there was nothing else on his body, even if he wanted to secretly tear some pieces of cloth from his body, he couldn't...

Hua Manlou now regrets that he didn't bring a pair of short guns with him. If he did, he would break the leg of the guy in front of him with one gun, and then use him as a hostage to make other people stop. Back, who would have thought that a group of White Lotus Sect would suddenly appear in the capital?

Not long after walking, Hua Manlou discovered another painful thing: the number of people following outside seemed to be less and less, and in the end it was only three or five people following the carriage, and then a caravan-like convoy appeared in front of and behind the carriage... …

Hua Manlou was even more entangled: Is this not giving a chance at all?

176. Huanglian Qiqian

Dang!

In Wen Ge's old mansion, there was a crisp sound from the study room, and then the maid outside the door heard the shout of the eldest lady who was always flattered and humiliated: "What? Huamanlou was robbed?"

Wen Liang, who reacted like this, startled Mr. Wen Ge, who was sitting down, and he calmed down and said: "Well, the incident happened suddenly, and the origin of the culprit is unknown, so I have searched for everything I could find right now, but the sky is full. Heavy snow..."

Wen Liang said eagerly: "Hua ManLou must be found, otherwise the matter will be serious!"

Elder Wen Ge sighed: "Of course my father knows this, but right now there is no clue, where should I look for it?"

To be honest, when Wen Liang reacted like this, as a father, Wen Ge just wanted to curse Huamanlou and simply disappear, but as a cabinet scholar, he was even more objective in understanding Huamanlou than Emperor Guangxing. Lou knew Huamanlou's important role to Da Zhao.

So how could something happen to such a guy?

If Purdue, the firecrackers and the hot air balloon fall into the hands of others, Da Zhao will immediately fall into a precarious situation-the absence of air defense means that the walls of the capital and even the imperial palace are useless, so the day when a large number of Purdue descends from the sky is It's time for Da Zhao to subvert.

But Wen Yuchen, who was listening to the conversation between the two, had a different opinion: "Hua Manlou...is just a military officer, so it shouldn't be like this?"

Old Wen Ge frowned, and immediately wanted to drive this guy out: he was born by the same mother, but why is this guy so stupid?If it were an ordinary military officer, even throwing in one or two soldiers would not make people so anxious, but can Huamanlou be the same?

Originally, Wen Liang should have explained it to her brother, but now she is really not in the mood to talk about it, she just frowned and said: "Father, in your opinion, who is most likely to rob Huamanlou?"

Elder Wen Ge pondered: "It's hard to say, but you can guess it. After receiving the news for my father, those who hijacked Huamanlou can be said to be targeting him, and they know his situation clearly, so... "

Wen Liang continued: "That is to say, their purpose is definitely not to seek revenge or money, but Huamanlou himself?"

Wen Xuelin stroked his beard and nodded: "What the public knows about Huamanlou is far less detailed than what is known in the imperial court. All the capital can find out is that Huamanlou made the Thunderbolt and Zhanwala. In this way, it is better to find him The person who is here should want him to make firearms, or to train soldiers, so..."

Wen Yuchen realized the seriousness of the matter when he said this, and he exclaimed: "Father, isn't this a big deal?"

Wen Xuelin glanced at him, but still ignored him.

Wen Liang continued: "That is to say, the person who robbed Huamanlou must be an enemy of the imperial court? But even so..."

Wen Liang didn't say anything, because it would be a bit taboo for someone who is suspected to speak out - that's all for some surrounding countries, but there are many self-motivated vassal kings, but if you don't find out the matter... You can't talk nonsense, even after the matter is found out, you can't even say that the vassal king didn't raise troops, otherwise it will be a big hat of family affection from the Tian family, and no one can bear it.

So Wen Liang continued to advance the topic rationally: "Daddy, Huamanlou became famous only within a few months, so the matter should not expand to the south. Within this range, there are only a few places where there are only a few." right?"

Elder Wen Ge nodded and said, "Exactly. The old man has already hinted at Jing Zhaoyin, so he must pay attention to this, and wait for the news."

Wen Liang sighed softly: "That's the only way to do it right now, I hope Huamanlou can be found as soon as possible."

In fact, what Mr. Wen Ge and Wen Liang discussed was exactly the argument of several bigwigs at the core of the court, including Ying Guogong and Rong Guogong. There is a way of thinking in the imperial court, and all officials are afraid of certain vassal kings who are not restless, so until now no one has shifted their thinking to the White Lotus Sect. After all, in the eyes of a group of civil officials, even grassland people are just slender. It's nothing more than a mustard disease, let alone the White Lotus Sect?

Insects, just a group of insects, do they have the guts to rob the court officials?

Ever since, the situation on Huamanlou's side is not good.

"I'm on my way on the first day of the Lunar New Year... Brother Huang, don't you miss home?"

The distance from Beijing to Tianjin is not far. Even if the road is difficult in snowy weather, it is not difficult to reach Tianjin Wei within two days.And the farther away from Beijing, the more hopeless the hope of Huamanlou is, and now it is so bleak that it is almost desperate.

Wang Lianzu glanced at Huamanlou: "I don't want to."

"But I think! Today is the ancestor worship, do you understand the ancestor worship?" Hua Manlou began to chatter: "Not only do you have to burn incense and read blessings, but you also have to offer rice soup, tea, silk, and wine. , offering food boxes, offering meat, offering speeches, burning blessings..."

After a while, Huamanlou's mouth was dry and his tongue was dry, and Wang Lianzu was really impatient to hear it——the famous Huamanlou is actually such an annoying chatterbox?

And Hua Manlou looked at Wang Lianzu's expression, and even went all out to talk about the mountain: What I want is you to be upset, how can I run away if I don't?

That's right, Huamanlou has tried various methods since yesterday, but all of them have had little effect. Wang Lianzu's mood swings are only when he is rambling, so Huamanlou finds an irrelevant topic to talk wildly from time to time , what is singing unscrupulously...

In order to annoy Wang Lianzu to death, he even yelled "Braces girl, how beautiful" and "It's so cold, I'm playing mud in the Northeast" many times, so today when he said Wang Lianzu, he felt his head buzzing.

only……

When Hua Manlou went all the way back from the tradition of ancestor worship to the ancient sacrifices, Wang Lianzu suddenly said: "If Mr. Qian is finished chatting, get ready to get off the car, we are almost there."

Hua Manlou was taken aback for a moment, then his heart sank: This is it?

The journey of nearly three hundred miles, although Huamanlou had all kinds of deliberate plans, although Wang Lianzu was very polite to him, he never relaxed from the beginning to the end, and there was no condition to escape at all.And I don't know if it's because of the New Year's Eve or because of the White Lotus Sect copying the path, but I didn't even encounter any official errands along the way...

Now that they have reached their base camp, is there still a chance to run?

Wang Lianzu looked at Hua Manlou who suddenly became quiet, and said with a smile: "I think the leader will prepare a big banquet for Mr. Qian. I wonder if Mr. Qian has any taboos?"

Hua Manlou said with a dull face: "Not really, but can you trouble brother Huang to help me find some medicine? I'm getting a little angry recently."

Wang Lianzu nodded and said: "I will prepare it for Mr. Qian, but I don't know what kind of medicine it is?"