[Chapter Word Count:3490 Latest Update Time:2014-09-2318:00:00.0]

On the winter night when the north wind called, on the side vein of Taihang Mountain, a feng shui treasure land was occupied by the Manchu royal family for hundreds of years, which is the best mountain closure and afforestation in human history, which can be said to be the most rigorous soil and water conservation plan you can imagine. In the face of the strict imperial power, even if the common people took a straw stick from it, they would be beheaded.

It is conceivable that with such a level of protection, how can the forest on this mountain not grow lush. In addition, the ancestors of the tomb keepers planted a large number of pine trees transported from the northeast, these evergreens are simply natural torches, and the trunks rich in pine oil have become the best accelerants.

The crackling wildfire swirled around the mountain, the north wind desperately blew to bring enough oxygen to the wildfire, the thick layer of fallen leaves on the ground, the top are the leaves that have just fallen this autumn, and they are extremely dry by the sun, and the slightest flame will immediately become a piece of fire.

Everywhere there was the sound of gongs and horns, and from the guard camp and the surrounding villages full of people, countless frightened people ran out, one by one, carrying broken wooden barrels and driving simple water scoop carts desperately to the fire.

"It's Tailing! It's Yongzhengye...... Ancestor, why did this burn up......"

"Capital crimes, these are all capital crimes, the imperial tomb is on fire, and none of us will survive......"

"Rush up and chop down trees and bushes...... Don't let the fire spread to the Ming Tower and the main hall......"

The 20,000 guards and tens of thousands of civilians rushed up the mountain like ants, and under the threat of death, they burst out with infinite combat effectiveness. And 100% of those present were full of people, how could they not care about the resting place of their ancestors.

At this time, the second master of Lian, regardless of the weakness of his body, climbed onto the roof wrapped in a bearskin coat, looking at the glorious mountains in the distance, his brain was dizzy.

"Don't burn it to the main hall, don't ......" Before the words were finished, the old coffin was dizzy and fell directly into the arms of the Lai Pi Monkey.

At this time, Shi Dakai and Liu Lang were already stunned, Rao is they had made mental preparations in advance, but when the mountain behind Tailing had completely turned into a flame mountain, these remnants of the Heavenly Kingdom in Taibai were dumbfounded.

The raging fire soared into the sky, and it could be seen clearly within a radius of dozens of miles, and all the surrounding villages fell into a sleepless night that night, and the Eight Banners galloped wildly in every village, forcing every laborer to fight the fire. The entire Qingxi Tomb completely turned into a whirlpool of chaos.

"Haha...... Hahaha...... Hahahaha...... "Liu Lang laughed and was already crazy, "There is a kind, there is a kind, I used to look down on the military advisor a little, but today I am completely convinced, the military advisor really has a kind of ......" said here The gray-bearded Liu Lang even knelt on the ground and knocked his head three times.

"Mr. Xiao, I have offended you a lot before, I can't compensate you......" Shi Dakai looked at him with a wry smile and shook his head, and at this time, there was a sudden sound of rustling in the mountains and forests opposite, as well as a few chilling cries.

"Mr. is back! Mr. is back......" As he spoke, several figures drilled into the darkness under the leadership of Liu Lang, and after a while, the kung fu soldiers actually carried Xiao Lotian out. Shi Dakai thought that the military advisor was injured, but when he walked in, it turned out that the brothers were too excited, and carried the military advisor's feet through dozens of miles of mountain roads without touching the ground.

"Lord Wang, what is the view of this fire?" Xiao Lotian said with a stinky fart.

"It's really magnificent, but I don't understand why Mr. only burns the back mountain and not the Ming Tower and the main hall?

Xiao Letian shook his head when he heard this, "No, our purpose is to use the hands of the Manchu royal family to destroy Lian Er, and the other is to prove our ability to repeated villains like Liu Sanbian, so that they will not dare to betray in this life." ”

"Remember, our purpose is not to fight with the Manchus now, have you forgotten the plan I told you before? If this burns down the Ming Tower and the main hall, Beijing City will go crazy, and at least the face will still be given......"

Xiao Letian is right, the whole plan is to kill people with a knife, but you can't drive the knife crazy, if you really destroy the ground building of Tailing, the Forbidden City will really send troops to play with your life.

Xiling is not far from Yi County, and the distance of more than 30 miles allows the people of Yi County to see the fire in the western sky. The people who had experienced the chaos of that night did not dare to go out into the streets, but one by one they secretly climbed to the rooftops to look at the red fire in the west, and wondered in their hearts what had happened.

As for Liu Sanbian, he also stood on the city wall and looked in the direction of Xiling, and there was no one to serve him. Liu Xian Ling could hear the sound of his teeth fighting, he could also feel his hands and feet gradually becoming cold, he finally understood what kind of ship he was on, from that moment on, he no longer dared to have the slightest betrayal, he wanted to get off the boat.

The news of the mountain fire in Tailing had been reported to Beijing as soon as possible the evening of the next day, and the Internal Affairs Office did not dare to slack off and hurriedly reported it to the emperor and the empress dowager of the two palaces. At this time, the Tongzhi Emperor was only nine years old, and the actual power of the empire was completely in the hands of the Empress Dowager Cixi and Ci'an.

As soon as Cixi heard that there was such a big thing in Tailing during the New Year, she was furious and immediately ordered to lock up more than a dozen high-ranking officials guarding the tomb, including Na Lian Er. However, Ci'an was as gentle and pure as recorded in history, and he didn't want things to make too much trouble, so he just ordered the Internal Affairs Office to investigate in detail, and then make plans after the matter was clarified.

"Why should my sister be angry, let the minions go to check, if it's just a mountain fire accident, let's not make a big move, it's easy to capture Nanjing this year, it's the day of the whole world to celebrate, and if there are more accidents, it doesn't look good on the face......" Ci'an was holding the enamel nail cover, and was gently sniffing the fragrance of the tea leaves in his hand, and his elegant demeanor made women go crazy.

Cixi sighed in her heart, but she couldn't help but give Ci'an face, after all, she was the Empress Dowager of the East Palace, and she was only the Empress Dowager of the West Palace, and she was really inferior in status.

"Sister, don't be so kind-hearted in the future, if you don't be cruel to these minions, they will kick their noses and face when they turn their heads, you look at what the fold says, the fire burned for a day and a night, so that even the main hall was burned, if you don't punish them hard, this kind of thing will only ...... more and more in the future."

"For the New Year, it's better to value harmony...... Ci'an still looked serene, and didn't answer Cixi's words at all.

That night, the Ministry of Internal Affairs sent people to Xiling overnight, but when they arrived in Xiling the next day, they found that Lian Er had suffered a stroke, his mouth was crooked, his eyes were slanted, his saliva was long, and he couldn't speak completely.

As for the others, they couldn't say anything, and only a few of the housekeepers of Second Master Lian inadvertently reported to the head of the Internal Affairs Office that Yi County had been a bandit.

Several high-ranking officials of the Ministry of Internal Affairs were very happy when they heard that Yi County was actually making bandits, and since they could be linked to local law and order, it would be even more oily and watery. However, when they checked the situation with the officials of Manxian County, they found that Second Master Lian had already offended all the officials of a county.

"A few masters, where are the bandits, that is, the second master wants to rob the daughter of Fan Yao's old shopkeeper, Hu Niu, but one of the tiger girls is an American second devil, and there is a conflict between the two who come and go......"

"I saw with my own eyes the bandits in the city that night, and the Xiling Guardian Army transferred more than 200 people, and turned Yi County into trouble, but in the end, except for the fat shopkeeper of the pot shop, who is a Jiangyang thief, where are there any bandits?"

"Mr. Xiao, are you asking Xiao Letian? Hey, they are real American parishioners, after the accident, Pastor Liu in Beijing sent someone to send a piece of identity paper, the twists and turns in the song are all in foreign language, and finally there is the seal of their church, although I don't know the words on it, but listening to the masters of the dart bureau, they are really Kunlun slaves invited from Dongjiaomin Lane......

"Robbing the people's daughter? Mr. Xiao? Isn't this a joke, Mr. Xiao's face is as white as jade, and he is more beautiful than the singing Xiaosheng, and he also used the robbery to hook Fan Yao's daughter, I heard it...... Hehehehe, I heard that they have been rolling together in the mountains as early as now, and it is the second master Lian who really wants to rob people......"

"I said that several officials in the Internal Affairs Office, it's not that the lower officials say bad things, the second master Lian is so old, he doesn't take good care of his body and bones, and he always covets women, this is not the way to maintain profit and Baotai......"

Several governors of the Internal Affairs Office were stunned, they didn't expect Lian Er to be so unbearable, and none of the officials in a county said yes. Regardless of whether they knocked on the side or threatened from behind, this group of officials actually said that Second Master Lian was not, and in the end, the supervisor who led the team slapped the table angrily.

"Anyway, it's always true that there are bandits in Wolf Pass, right? Two or three hundred bandits besieged the Fan family's caravan, is this still fake? Don't forget that Fan Ru is in Beijing, and we have also asked before......

What is even more unexpected is that Liu Sanbian, a notoriously cowardly wall-head grass, actually withstood the pressure at that moment, and he arched his hand, "My lord, I am surprised by this, if there are two or three hundred bandits in the jurisdiction of this county, then why have they never committed a crime before?

"After the incident, I sent the head catcher Wang Hu to take people into the mountains to investigate, and it turned out that this was just a group of passing bandits, God knows if they are now flowing to Shanxi or Rehe, Taihang Mountain is so big that I am not the only Yi County...... If the supervisor doesn't believe it, then take someone directly to the mountains to find it......"

After speaking, Liu Sanbian actually brushed his sleeves away. This can make several masters of the Internal Affairs Office mad, a little Hanchen, or a Qipin county magistrate, is so bold? Okay, okay, you just wait for me to go back to Beijing How to clean you up, you actually dare to play tricks in front of Manchen, do you really think you are the brothers who have shaved their heads?

The anger of the uncle of the internal affairs office only lasted for half a day, and when Liu Sanbian took the master to secretly visit several executives that night, the dark clouds in the sky were completely dispersed.

Large pieces of mutton fat jade, Dongzhu, three-foot-high coral, and even a whole box of gold, worth 100,000 yuan, were smashed out, which made several uncles laugh.

"Liuxian Ling is really too polite, and we are too careful about things during the day, after all, the queen mother of the two palaces is alarmed, and we are helpless......" During the day, he still has a stinky face, but now he is smiling like an old chrysanthemum.

The crisis was resolved, 100,000 taels of silver was enough to turn an arson into an accidental mountain fire, and finally caught a few old mountain guards who were about to die of illness and the case was closed. As for the second master Lian, he had already suffered a stroke, and he had no choice but to go back to Beijing to report and obey the holy ruling.

Cixi was obviously very annoyed by this conclusion and the mud, but there was no way for Ci'an to say a word, and she had no temper at all.

"It's just a mountain fire, even if you kill the minions, it can't be recovered, it's still expensive to be in the first qiē of Layue...... Besides, after saying that Zeng Guofan is going to Beijing to report on his work after the New Year, my sister should put more thought into this matter!"

In the Qing Dynasty, the matter of burning eyebrows was the 500,000 army under the brothers of Zeng Guofan, which was much more important than the Tailing Mountain Fire.