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

Hua Manlou tentatively asked a question, and seeing that Wan Chengyan didn't speak, he fell silent. After a while, he asked again: "Speaking of which, when did you join the White Lotus Sect?"

Seeing him getting serious, Wan Cheng Yanran said, "Why are you asking this?"

Hua Manlou said solemnly: "Inquire about the internal information of the White Lotus Sect, and then we can retaliate."

"..."

189. What kind of person is this guy?

Hua Manlou's words are actually half true and half false.

To be honest, with his salty fish nature, he is really too lazy to entangle with troublesome organizations like the White Lotus Sect. To put it bluntly, he neither wants to provoke them nor be targeted by them.But the other party provoked him first, so he had to think of a way to get rid of the White Lotus Sect, both public and private, right?

But the problem is, how can the Bailian sect have fun flirting with young ladies?

Therefore, he specifically mentioned the White Lotus Sect, in order to know more about Wan Cheng Yanran, after all, he has only known each other for two days - feelings need to be cultivated, so the phrase "know yourself and know each other" can also be used in emotional games.

Huamanlou's yelling made a lot of noise, asking about the White Lotus Sect, but in fact he still wanted to find out about Wan Cheng Yanran, and to be honest, his enthusiasm for flirting with girls is far greater than his enthusiasm for being an official, after all, being an official is hard work Labor may also be robbed by the White Lotus Sect, and flirting with girls is not only fun but also pleasing to the eye...

And Wan Cheng Yanran didn't know Huamanlou's "wolf ambition", because her thoughts drifted to the other side: "Aren't you doubting me?"

These words stunned Hua Manlou: "What do I doubt about you?"

Wan Teng Yanran said seriously: "I suspect that I helped you to do things like being an internal response to the White Lotus Sect by your side."

I have to say that this is quite possible. After all, according to the logic of the White Lotus Sect, it is not a loss for a saint to change weapons...

Hua Manlou blinked, and suddenly realized: "Yes, so there is such a thing? Say, do you want to be an internal response by my side?"

Wan Cheng Yanran: "..."

Hua Manlou pinched his chin thoughtfully: "If this is the case, then I should silence you after I get out of trouble, and let the White Lotus Sect lose a saint..."

Wan Yanran got angry, but before she could open her mouth, she said with a smile: "But I don't worry about it at all. After all, it's too cumbersome to do so, right? In this way, it will not attract suspicion after being in front of the target; secondly, it is quite accidental that the White Lotus Sect kidnapped me, and after I was kidnapped, I was sent to a saint to save me...not to mention that It’s a success rate, just change to someone who is ruthless and suspicious, maybe you will die as soon as you get out of trouble, how can you still study this with me here?”

"Thirdly, anyone with a little common sense knows that making firearms is no different than making swords. Judging from the current situation, it is quite cumbersome to tinker with, so I sent you who don't know anything about iron smelting to be an undercover agent or something." ...Forgive me, even if I put you in Xishan and let you watch it for a whole year, you may not be able to figure out those things.

"In the end, it's obvious that I have fallen into your hands. In this case, it is better to torture and extract a confession, and it is better to turn back and save people. So to sum up, what is the degree of brain damage to achieve such a success rate? Zero plan?"

Wan Chengyan opened her small mouth slightly, and after listening to Hua Manlou's analysis, she suddenly felt that she had no words to say - she originally wanted to analyze these things for Hua Manlou to prove her innocence, but Hua Manlou just babbled. He poured it out, immediately blocked her enough, and finally had no choice but to resentfully say: "Hmph, even if you're right."

Hua Manlou smiled and said, "Then I've said enough, it's your turn to say it?"

Wan Yanyan pursed her lips: "What do you want me to say? How to eradicate the White Lotus Sect?"

Hua Manlou sighed and said: "To be honest, judging from the set of things that the White Lotus Sect deceives the believers, I may not be able to completely eradicate them. After all, the distribution of the believers is too wide, and many of them are The ignorant people bought by Xiaoen Xiaohui, how to get rid of them in this situation?"

Wan Chengyan was surprised and said: "The imperial court understands the White Lotus Sect so clearly?"

Hua Manlou smiled and said: "No, the court is the court, I am me, am I not smart?"

Wan Cheng Yanran was speechless again.

You want to ridicule Huamanlou, but judging from the cleverness he has shown in the past two days, if he can't be called smart, there will be no smart people in the world.But it's impossible to let Wan Cheng Yanran admit that Hua Manlou is smart: this person is so shameless, if he still praises him, won't he push his nose even more?

So she ignored Hua Manlou's boast and continued the topic: "You are right. Most of the believers are people who have received some small favors. Master Bailian accepted me as a disciple and let me study medicine for this reason, and no one knows Bailian How many believers there are, even the leader himself does not know, so eradicating cannot be eradicated..."

This is another thing that Wan Chengyan can't accept.

After some ignorant people received a little favor, they regarded the Bailian Sect group as gods, and then were instigated to rebel against the court. Is this a human thing?

Rebellion is a great crime against the nine clans. If you really can't survive and revolt, it's fine, but many believers and even fanatics live quite well. They have their own parents, wives and children, have land and land, and have their own lives. Why take the risk of killing the Nine Clans for the selfishness of the Bailian leader?

"So we can only get rid of the chief culprit, right?" Hua Manlou answered Wan Chengyanran's words: "Then, can you provide the list of Bailian's high-ranking officials, their identities, appearances, and characteristics?"

Wan Yan breathed a sigh of relief, and said slowly: "Yes, and not only from the White Lotus Sect, I also know quite a few people from the Northern Sect of the White Lotus..."

After selling these people, Wan Chengyan didn't feel any psychological pressure at all, after all...

In her opinion, these people are all executioners, because last year alone, there were no less than hundreds of believers who were involved in the plot to rebel and were taken down by Xuanwuwei, and thousands of people were imprisoned to death. Tartar, so...

According to Hua Manlou's previous life, there is no need for interrogation among these people, and no one is innocent if they are shot one by one.

And Wan Cheng Yanran learned the art of Qihuang, she is used to treating the common people as a doctor.But the person who was rescued all of a sudden turned into a traitor in the mouth of the court, and then all the family members died. Under such circumstances, how could she not hate the White Lotus Sect?

So aside from the grievances with the White Lotus Sect Master, what Wan Teng Yanran hates even more is the entire White Lotus Sect.

When Hua Manlou heard her words, he originally wanted to make fun of her for selling his teammates, but he couldn't help being a little confused when he heard the second half of the sentence: "Why is there another Beizong?"

Wan Teng sighed sweetly: "They are a group of people who failed in the struggle for power and profit. They have since defected to the Tartars and are active in the mountains and Shaanxi areas. And don't you really know? They encouraged the Tartars to launch the Battle of Datong. , and they plan to seize the door and sacrifice to Datong..."

Hua Manlou was startled: "Is that true? Is the so-called Northern Sect still active in Shanxi?"

Wan Tengyan nodded and said, "Why isn't Master Bailian here? He went straight to Datong after receiving the news a few days ago, so Elder Niu is in charge here."

Hua Manlou took a deep breath, and said in a deep voice, "It may be justifiable to encourage the people to rebel. After all, there are times when officials force the people to rebel. People who act as traitors and traitors for their own selfishness are unforgivable crimes!"

Wan Chengyan couldn't help but looked at Huamanlou again in surprise: After these two days of contact, I thought Huamanlou was just a glib guy—even if he was good at thinking and scheming, but even when he was fleeing for his life, he was showing a sense of humor. Such an out-of-the-ordinary meaning, without the slightest bit of formality.

But his words were resounding and forceful, as if there was a sense of righteousness in his bones, this...

Wan Cheng Yanran couldn't help being a little confused: What kind of person is this guy?

190. Imperial envoy

Wan Cheng Yanran didn't know how much Huamanlou's past life, normal people with a red heart hated traitors.

When it comes to traitors, most people will always have this image in their minds: combing the shiny three-seven points, wearing black silk cloth clothes and black cloth shoes, with a pistol straddling diagonally, a prince who opens and shuts his mouth...

As everyone knows, there were such people a long time ago in the country, such as Wu Sangui; there are also such people in the present, such as the well-known waste Qingmu foreign dog, the yellow-skinned white-hearted banana man.

Just these lowly things that the ancestors didn't recognize, can they not be cast aside?

So even though Huamanlou aspires to be a salted fish, she can't bear to face the Northern Sect of Shangbailian, and the more she thinks about it, the more afraid she becomes: If the Mongolian iron cavalry were really let in by this group of two or five boys who infiltrated Datong, then Datong should What a hell on earth it has become?

If Ningguo Gong hadn't been strict in running the army, and the battle would have ended within a few days due to Purdue's relationship, I'm afraid the conspiracy of this group of people has already been achieved.At that time, what price should Zhao pay to drive the Tatars out of the country, and can there be a mutual market like today's rip-off?

In addition, according to the urine nature of the Great Zhao Guards, it is impossible to say that people will drive straight in after entering the customs. At that time, not only will Taiyuan Mansion face the impact of Tatar cavalry, the entire Shanxi will fall, and the capital will also be cut off from other places. Isn't it another battle to defend the capital?

So, as a little rabbit who grows flowers, Huamanlou is really popular at this time.

The two continued to walk on the snow, and Wan Chengyan introduced the situation of the White Lotus Sect to Huamanlou without haste. The latter listened attentively and kept it in mind, and planned to report it to Emperor Guangxing after returning to Beijing. He did not hesitate to go to the Shanshan area by himself.

Salted fish belongs to salted fish, but salted fish has to have a bottom line. After being killed by the enemy in front of him, how should salted fish go down?

After walking out of the mountain col, the road was easier to walk, and the two immediately got on their horses and walked along the road slowly.

……

A little more than half a day ahead, when Huamanlou was going to the secret place, Tianjin Wei.

In the past one or two days, the atmosphere in Tianjin Wei suddenly became tense.

For some reason, Xuanwuwei frequently appeared in Tianjinwei, and Dongchang fanzi who hadn't been seen in the past could be seen from time to time.From time to time, the officials in the government office walked on the street in groups, and occasionally arrested one or two suspicious people, so that the rogues on the street could be said to be out of luck. They have been hiding at home with their tails between their legs and dare not go out. Most of them were arrested and squatted in the county government. The law and order can be described as unprecedentedly good.

It has to be said that the situation in Tianjinwei is exactly the situation around Shuntianfu. Tiqi seems to be everywhere around the New Year's Eve, causing many people to feel a little uneasy.

A group of strange people came to Tianjin Wei today. Among them were not only Xuanwu Wei Qianhu and Dongchang stalls, but also case-handling experts from the Ministry of Criminal Justice and Shuntian Mansion. But the person who led this strange combination was a girl with a fiery figure and slightly dark skin, this...

The common people were amazed and speculated about the origin of this girl—even the county magistrate greeted her out of the city, how could this girl be simple?

That's right, this aunt is exactly Qi Wanrong who chased all the way to Tianjin Wei.

It has to be said that at the beginning, Qi Wanrong's command of this dish of loose sand was a bit unfair, but then Emperor Guangxing gave her an imperial decree, which made Qi Wanrong the person in charge of the rescue of Huamanlou , then her identity immediately became an imperial envoy after she left Beijing, so would the county magistrate dare to come out of the city to greet her?

At this time, Qi Wanrong was in a very bad mood.

Along the way, she hardly even had time to eat, and her sleeping time was reduced to two hours a day. Under her hand, Xuanwuwei, Dongchang and Shuntian Mansion spread out a big net to cover the entire Shuntian Mansion. , but there is still no news of Huamanlou, as if the world has evaporated.

But even so, Qi Wanrong was not discouraged, she just relied on a little bit of luck and a woman's intuition to chase after Tianjin Wei.

"Miss Qi, there doesn't seem to be anything suspicious here in Tianjin Wei, why not..." Thousands of households in the inner city of Xuanwu Wei tremblingly asked, "Should we wait for news from other directions first?"

Qi Wanrong, who was sitting in the lobby of the county government office and drove the county magistrate aside, had just finished the interrogation and caught the rascal. Hearing the words of the thousand households, she said angrily, "What are you waiting for? There must be something wrong here, continue to investigate!"

In fact, not only Qi Wanrong had this kind of thinking, but also the case-handling masters of the Ministry of Criminal Justice and Shuntian Mansion thought that the person who robbed Huamanlou must have come to Tianjin Wei.

Because without any other clues, a caravan that suddenly appeared out of nowhere came into their field of vision—it was the one that Wang Lianzu led in disguise.

The caravan's goal is indeed a bit big, so it's impossible not to be discovered, but the problem is: it's the end of the new year, and the caravan that suddenly appeared during the new year's festival is too conspicuous, right?

And after investigating, Qi Wanrong found that this caravan was unable to enter the city, traveling day and night-although it might be delayed in other places and rushed home for the New Year, but what if?But after chasing Tianjin Wei, the caravan suddenly disappeared inexplicably, and the guards at the city gate swore that there was no caravan coming in these two days, which made Qi Wanrong very angry.

But Qianhu in the inner city of Xuanwuwei didn't think so, his inner OS was like this: What does a little girl know about investigating cases?Bah, you deserve it because you can't get married!

At this moment, Peng Guang came back with someone.

"Miss, I've checked, and it's true that no caravan has entered Tianjin Wei in the past two days." Peng Guang was out of breath, but he didn't care about slowing down, and asked anxiously: "Could it be that we chased too far?" gone?"

There are also such things. After all, after the investigation along the way, because of the strange whereabouts of the caravan, everyone did not take the wrong path, so they arrived in Tianjin Wei today.

Unlike other people, the Xishan guards led by Liu Fan and Peng Guang contributed the most in the past two days. They not only took on the heaviest search task, but also almost never tired and never rested, especially Peng Guang. Guang, he has not closed his eyes for two consecutive days under the huge guilt.

And not only he knew, but everyone in Xishanwei knew that the longer the time dragged on, the less hope of finding Huamanlou, so everyone gritted their teeth and dared not slack off, they naturally worked harder than other people, Even some people are exhausted.

After hearing Peng Guang's words, Qi Wanrong's heart was moved, and she immediately said: "Recall all the people in the city, go out of the city and follow the road to the northwest to search!"

After all, she got up herself, grabbed the cloak from Xiaodong's hand, put it on her body, and then walked out. It can be said that she acted swiftly and resolutely, leaving only Qianhu in the inner city of Xuanwuwei standing there in a daze: How did you think of it?

191. Can't stay

Although she looked fine, Qi Wanrong was actually exhausted.

It stands to reason that she didn't have to make such a big effort when Huamanlou was robbed. If she followed the way of ordinary powerful people, then at most she would send more people or rely on her own resources to help find someone.

But Qi Wanrong still set off against the cold wind with her people.

Although Miss Qi is good at messing around and being unreasonable, she has her own set of rules of conduct: no matter the kindness or hatred, there must be retribution.

For example, if a former Xuanwuwei boss slandered her for not being able to get married, she could take people to smash the Qianhu Office in Nancheng, which she agreed with. And played life with her, she also remembered this favor, so there is today's repayment.

It's just that she doesn't even know what's going on with the gloomy spirit in her heart, and her mood is getting worse and worse...

After leaving the county office, Qi Wanrong was a little absent-minded. Her mind was full of news from various factory guards—not only from Tianjin Wei and Shuntian Mansion, but also from the Qi family brothers who were sent to Taiyuan Mansion and Liaodong respectively. news.

A team of as many as [-] people is searching for the whereabouts of Huamanlou. According to common sense, there should be some clues, but so far there is no seemingly useful information except for the inexplicable caravan, so Qi Wanrong can't help but doubt He came up with his own judgment: Could it be...those people hid Hua Manlou in the capital?

This kind of possibility is not impossible. After all, there are quite a few people in the capital who can use 50 or [-] people to intercept a regular fifth-rank military officer, and not everyone can go in and search the houses of this group of people. No problem at all.

And Huamanlou has offended a few people since he entered the court. For example, Nie Yuantu, the son of Nie Shangshu of the Ministry of Rites, fell into a slump because of his "Mocking Confucianism". Destroying one's future is worse than killing one's parents, so...

Maybe Nie Yuantu is suspected?

In addition, there are quite a few vassal kings who come to Beijing during the New Year's Eve, so is it possible that a very motivated vassal king did such a thing?

It has to be said that Miss Wen from the capital also made the same judgment. In recent days, she even encouraged a certain unlucky guy named Wen Yuchen to run around in various mansions in the capital to search for clues in the name of New Year greetings. Ge Lao skillfully leaked this conjecture to Ying Guogong and Rong Guogong, so these two visited a group of vassal kings one by one...

Still the same sentence, people in the inner circle of the court think about things differently, and everyone has not realized that this incident may be done by some daring cult.

Therefore, Qi Wanrong now feels that her path seems to have gone astray, so after investigating the caravan in this way, she should go back to Beijing to have a look. After all, the most dangerous place is the safest place, isn't it?

While thinking about it, Qi Wanrong suddenly heard a sentence from the street: "... Zhang Carpenter in the west of the city can make drainage, you can find it by asking around in the west of the city."

Drain?

Hearing this word, Qi Wanrong's first thought was the special water drainage by the river in Xishan, but then she realized something was wrong: the only place where water drainage is now is smelting, and at this time someone in Tianjin Wei suddenly asked Water drain, what does that mean?

Before she had time to figure it out, Qi Wanrong immediately raised her finger and pointed at the man who asked about the drainage: "Take him down!"

The man was turning his back to Qi Wanrong at this moment, he turned his head inexplicably to see the excitement after hearing such a coquettish scolding, and then...

There was no more, the three young soldiers who were closest to him rushed forward and knocked him to the ground. After that, things were very simple...

That's right, this guy is exactly the believer sent by Elder Niu to find a carpenter - there are no good carpenters in the suburbs, if you want to ask questions, you have to go to the city, and then this unlucky guy met a relative who seemed to be helped by God by accident. Wanrong, followed by the crazy Peng Guang interrogating himself.

There is no emphasis on humanity these days, and a large part of Xuanwuwei's notoriety comes from their prisons, so two or three rounds of leather whips and candles...cough, after two or three rounds of brutal torture, that man will be recruited. up.

"It's actually the White Lotus Sect? How courageous!" Qi Wanrong looked at the man who was slumped on the ground and said, "Where is the man you captured back now?"

The man cried and said: "I really don't know the little one! Only Elder Niu's confidantes know where the secret place is. The little one is just a little person who has just joined the religion. He has never done anything bad. Please help me, my lord." A lot of it, treat me like a fart!"

Qi Wanrong frowned, and moved a little away from this guy: "Da Zhao Lv, there is no mercy for those who follow the traitor and possess the traitor, but if you commit crimes and make meritorious deeds, you may be able to forgive me."

The man immediately got up and kowtowed: "The little one is willing to commit crimes and make meritorious service, but this little dog's life is not worth killing..."

Qi Wanrong turned around in disgust and told Peng Guang: "Take this guy and copy their hometown first!"