"Bang bang bang" A dull gunshot sounded in Lei Yuan, and a group of officers and soldiers of the Eight Banners who were busy collecting money in the large and small courtyards with torches were all nervous, and handed over the fire? To be honest, they are very worried about the Yuanqi regimental training or the Nanyang Navy, after all, the great military exploits are not boasted, getting rich is important, and small lives are even more important. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Just when the officers and soldiers were in doubt, shouts came from all around, "Pass the commander's order, hurry up and find Yi Zhizhi to come out to receive the order, and take the property of Lei Yuan without authorization, and correct the law on the spot!" ”

Lei Garden was originally not small, easy to know content to buy and expand one after another, the scale is better than before, the large and small courtyards in the garden are layered on top of each other, people who are not familiar with the situation rashly enter is the day will turn confused, let alone at night, a group of officers and soldiers search one courtyard by one, it takes a lot of time.

Seeing that there was no news for a long time, Yixiang felt a chill in his heart, if he couldn't catch Yi Zhixiang as soon as possible, how would it end today? Just when his heart was up and down, an assistant leader hurriedly came to report: "Commander, I have found a hiding place for Yi Zhicontent." ”

Yixiang's spirit suddenly perked up, and he waved his hand and said, "Lead the way." ”

The officers and soldiers holding torches outside the Begonia Garden were already surrounded by water from the small Begonia Garden on the third floor inside and the outer three floors, Pang Yougui strode into the stone house and said loudly: "Principal, the other party has surrounded the courtyard ......" ”

Yi Zhishu glanced at him and said, "Pass the order, if the other party attacks, it will not matter if you kill him." ”

"Subordinate Order." There was an irrepressible excitement in Pang Yougui's voice, and he hurriedly turned around and left quickly.

Outside the garden, Huan Ling, the deputy commander who commanded the soldiers to surround the Begonia Garden, looked at the dark courtyard, and felt a strong uneasiness in his heart, and he did not dare to give the order to break the door and attack, he knew very well that Yi Zhixiang would not be captured, this courtyard was only afraid that it was not so simple.

Just when he hesitated, Yixiang had already hurried over and asked, "Maybe I'm sure Yi Zhishu is in this courtyard?" ”

"You shouldn't be wrong." Huan Ling said in a deep voice: "There are people guarding the ...... on the walls of this courtyard. ”

Without waiting for him to finish speaking, Yixiang said: "Come on, shout, and be content to accept the order." ”

With an order, all the soldiers shouted: "Please come to receive the order from the Minister of Nanyang, the Admiral of Nanyang, and the Marquis of the First Rank." ”

Listening to the shout, Yi Zhisuff laughed and said: "This is really a strange story through the ages, there are actually people who led troops to break into the door and come to announce the decree, there is no need to say much nonsense, let him have a kind of allegation." After a pause, he commanded, "Reply." ”

Listening to the reply on the wall, Yixiang suddenly had a feeling that it was difficult to ride a tiger, Yi Zhizhi didn't even ask his identity, nor did he delay time, he was obviously very sure, it seems that this courtyard is really not easy to attack, but at this point, he can only bite the bullet, and immediately shouted in a deep voice: "Break the door!" Break the wall! ”

The well-prepared officers and soldiers immediately lifted up the small striking wood and divided it into several ways to break the door and break the wall, and the battle also broke out in an instant, the gunfire and explosion suddenly rang out, and the soldiers carrying the striking wood encountered a series of explosions before they had a chance to hit the heavy iron gate, and instantly left more than ten corpses and fled back in embarrassment, but those who hit the wall did not encounter an attack, but the seemingly thin blue brick wall was actually similar to the city wall, and it did not move even if it hit.

On the wall, Pang Yougui scolded and said: "Damn, you really dare to attack, hit Lao Tzu, beat hard." ”

The gunfire became dense when it landed, and the dense officers and soldiers who stood with torches became live targets when they boarded, and dozens of guns were knocked down in a blink of an eye, seeing this situation, a group of officers and soldiers threw their torches and hated their father and mother for having two legs and retreated without life, Yixiang and Huan Ling were also frightened and hurriedly retreated, and the new musket in the other party's hand had a long range, and they were clear.

Retreating straight to a wall, Yixiang came to his senses, the opponent's attitude was quite clear in this round of volleys, and he was also red-eyed, and said fiercely: "Attack!" Conquer it no matter what! There are only a few dozen of them, and they have gathered all the people outside and attacked in turn! Whatever the cost, I'm going to get in as soon as possible! ”

There are no ladders, how to attack? Riding a ladder? Huan Ling beat the drum in his heart, before he came, the knocking wood that hit the door was brought, who knew that there was such a fortress-like courtyard in Lei Yuan, although he was beating the drum in his heart, he also knew that this matter could not be good today, so he had to organize people to besiege it.

A group of officers and soldiers were scared, no one dared to take a torch, after all, holding a torch is a live target, no one is afraid of a long life, after a little organization, a large number of black and oppressive human heads rushed to the Begonia Garden.

On the wall of the Begonia Garden, a group of soldiers were not nervous at all, methodically carried the flowering bullets to their sides, quietly listened to the movement under the wall, listened to the rustling footsteps and movements under the wall, and lit the fuse with incense, and then threw it under the wall casually, just like playing with artillery as easy.

Looking at the dazzling fires, listening to the explosions one after another, Huan Ling's heart couldn't stop sinking, he knew very well that these flag soldiers, who were used to being comfortable and had not experienced actual combat for many years, could not withstand this terrifying combat method at all, and would soon collapse, and he didn't know how big the casualties would be this time?

The banner soldiers besieging in the dark collapsed earlier than Huan Ling expected in the repeated explosions, and he didn't have the heart to organize a second attack, it was obvious that this courtyard could not be attacked at the moment, maybe there was still a chance during the day when he was fully prepared.

Yixiang also looked like he was lost and depressed, just listening to the explosions one after another, he knew that there was no hope, just when he was thinking about how to deal with the aftermath, a firework bloomed in the night sky, and then he saw a red firework shot out of the begonia garden, it was obvious that the reinforcements from the flower field or the Henan battalion arrived, he didn't dare to hesitate anymore, and hurriedly ordered, "Withdraw!" ”

The flag soldiers came quickly, and they withdrew quickly, and they walked away in a blink of an eye, but the violent explosion sound of Lei Yuan disturbed the celebration of the Lantern Festival.

I heard that it was an accident in Leiyuan -- the officers and men of the brigade failed to attack Leiyuan and evacuated in a hurry, and the officials, gentry, and businessmen in Guangzhou were all shocked, how could the officers and soldiers attack Leiyuan for no reason? Did the imperial court do something to Yuan Qi?

After hearing the report, Ye Mingchen, the governor of Guangdong, burst out of a foul language without grace, and muttered for a long time before he ordered: "Prepare a sedan chair!" Hurriedly rushed to Mancheng in a sedan chair and entered the general's office, and when he saw Yixiang, he didn't care about the etiquette of officialdom, and complained at the head: "The master of Taiwan is not in Guangzhou, and the grandfather of the country wants to besiege Lei Yuan, and he can't afford to drag the official into the water!" Now that he has returned, there is not even a mediator in the middle. ”

Yixiang stiffened his neck and said, "Who sent troops to besiege Lei Yuan?" Ben Shuai is just about to ask you, what happened in Xiguan? ”

Seeing that he was helpless and refused to admit it, Ye Mingchen was speechless for a while, sat down and said: "Grandpa Guo's words fool those who don't know, it's nothing, but it's easy to know where to be satisfied, can you fool the past?" ”

Yixiang wanted to push 365, so he simply killed and didn't admit it, the big deal was that the local government said that it would be a fake officer and soldier of the party, but Ye Mingchen said it well, everyone is easy to fool, but it is easy to be content that there is no fooling, and now that the aftermath is dealt with, Ye Mingchen, the governor of Guangdong, is really needed, and others are not weighty.

Seeing that he was silent, Ye Mingchen said tentatively: "The emperor's secret decree? ”

Yixiang rolled his eyes and said, "Ben Shuai is full, so he has nothing to provoke Yuan Qi?" ”

If it was really a secret order, Ye Mingchen's heart sank, if the imperial court sincerely wanted to eradicate Yuan Qi, it would have to be forced to rebel against Yuan Qi, once Yuan Qi was in chaos, Guangzhou would inevitably be unsafe, as the governor of Guangdong, he was responsible for defending the land, and it was undoubtedly more than auspicious, thinking of this, he was in turmoil, and after a while, he asked: "What is the reason?" ”

Yixiang hesitated for a moment before lowering his voice and said, "The emperor is seriously ill, please be satisfied with the courtesy and enter Beijing as soon as possible." ”

"Excuse me?" Ye Mingchen almost popped out these two words from between his teeth.

Yixiang spread his hands, made a helpless gesture, and said helplessly: "The invitation is just a nice word, but it is actually a forced invitation. ”

After a slight sigh, Ye Mingchen said: "Grandpa Guo doesn't want Guangzhou to break the city?" ”

The city of Guangzhou is broken, and Yixiang, who is the general of Guangzhou, is naturally the first to bear the brunt, he naturally doesn't want to, and even said: "Kunchen has a way to mediate?" ”

"Lend the secret decree to the lower officials." Ye Mingchen said: "I have to let Yi Zhishu understand that the imperial court is not trying to eradicate Yuanqi, otherwise, Yuanqi will be opposed." ”

Yuan Qi Ruo, Yixiang has absolutely no good fruit to eat, he is very clear about this, and immediately said cheerfully: "Cheng, however, this matter must be kept secret." ”

Inevitably have a long night of dreams, Ye Mingchen went out of the city overnight and rushed to Xiguan Lei Garden, the official sedan chair arrived at the west side of the street was stopped by the navy soldiers with loaded guns, even if he was riding in the eight green tweed sedan chairs, the patrol soldiers did not pay any attention, unceremoniously stopped, and waited for him to report his identity, only to come over an officer, saluted and said expressionlessly: "If you want to go to Lei Garden, please go alone." ”

Ye Mingchen came in an official sedan chair, out of safety considerations, and didn't say much at the moment, the officer was not unsympathetic, and ordered two soldiers to carry lanterns to send him there, Ye Mingchen walked slowly all the way, only to see the Lei Garden was brightly lit inside and out, and there were three steps, one post, five steps and one sentry on the streets along the way, and he was heavily guarded, and he couldn't help but worry that if Yuan Qi really made trouble, it would inevitably cause chaos in the world.

Lei Garden is busy, but Changle Book House is very quiet, Yi Zhizhi stood by the window smoking, Bao Shichen sipped strong tea, both of them did not speak, after interrogating the abandoned wounded soldiers, it was learned that it was Guangzhou General Yixiang who led the team to come, both of them already knew that Daoguang must have been critically ill, so he couldn't wait to do it, now, where should Yuan Qi go?

After a while, Bao Shichen spoke: "It's in a hurry, the big shopkeeper is not ready, right?" ”

Yuanqi semicolon throughout the southeastern provinces of the prefectures and counties, the northern provinces and the northwest provinces of the major cities also have a semicolon, once openly advocated, the imperial court will inevitably seize the provinces of the semicolon, this is undoubted, such a loss, is also Yuanqi unbearable.

In fact, since the second half of last year, he began to gradually transfer the cash of the provincial branch under the pretext of disaster relief and immigration, but because of the free exchange of paper money, there is still a large amount of cash in the provinces.

Whether it was for the sake of the silver, or for the sake of the shopkeepers of Yuanqi's provincial branches, he didn't dare to openly raise the anti-flag without any scruples like Hong Xiuquan, and besides, once he openly raised the flag to rebel, how would the shareholders of Yuanqi react? Silver and net worth, I'm afraid more people will choose the latter.

With a long sigh, Yi Zhizhi said: "It doesn't matter whether you are ready or not, what matters is the attitude of the imperial court, if the imperial court can't tolerate Yuan Qi and is not prepared, it will be the opposite!" No matter how big the loss is, you have to admit it! ”

Before the words fell, listening to the footsteps, Lin Meilian walked quickly to the door and reported: "Big shopkeeper, Lord Futai is here to visit." ”

Bao Shichen glanced at Yi Zhizhi and said, "The mediator is here." ”

Yi Zhizhi said: "Hang him for a while, and then invite him in a quarter of an hour." ”

Lin Meilian didn't dare to say more, and hurriedly retreated, Bao Shichen said with a smile: "There was such an accident, and the Guangzhou officialdom avoided it, but Ye Futai came overnight, and it was estimated that there should be some dry goods." ”

Yi Zhizhi smiled contentedly, "He walked on the front foot, and Yixiang led the troops to surround the garden on the back foot, whether he knew about it or not, he couldn't get out of it, and he dared to come overnight, and he couldn't do it without some dry goods in his hand." ”

It took a quarter of an hour for Ye Mingchen to walk into the study, and as soon as they met, he arched his hand and said: "I heard that Lei Yuan was shocked, and I was worried, so ......it's good that the two of you are safe and sound." ”

"Brother Kunchen came overnight, won't he come to inquire about the news?" Yi Zhicontent said unceremoniously: "Could it be entrusted by Yixiang again?" ”

Hearing him call Yixiang by his name, Ye Mingchen smiled bitterly and said, "Grandpa Guo is also acting on orders. As he spoke, he simply took out the secret decree and handed it over.

After reading the secret decree, Yi Zhizhi became more and more sure that Daoguang was critically ill, and handed the secret decree to Bao Shichen, and he said: "The emperor is seriously ill, and he does not hesitate to use soldiers and horses to forcibly invite Xia to enter Beijing, it seems that the prince must be the fourth elder brother, the world knows that the fourth elder brother is at odds with Zaixia, and he is also strongly opposed to Yuan Qi ......." ”

Seeing that his tone was wrong, Ye Mingchen hurriedly said: "The heart of heaven is unpredictable, and no one can say for sure." ”

Bao Shichen changed his words, "There is a general explanation for tonight's matter, right?" ”

It's not easy to say, it seems that the guess is good, Yi Zhixin has no intention of rebelling at all, Ye Mingchen secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and hurriedly said: "The party pretends to be officers and soldiers, intending to kidnap the brothers of the country and city to extort money, how about it?" ”