023 Calm down the anger
On a winter night when the north wind blew, a Fengshui treasure land was occupied by the Qing royal family for hundreds of years on the side of the Taihang Mountains. This is the best mountain-closing and forest cultivation in human history. This can be said to be the strictest soil and water conservation plan you can imagine. In the face of the strict imperial power, even if the common people pick a grass stick from it, they will be beheaded.
It is conceivable that with such protection, how could the forest on this mountain not grow lush? In addition, the tomb guards of all generations planted a large number of pine trees transported from the Northeast, and these evergreen trees were simply natural torches, and the trunks rich in pine oil became the best combustion aid.
The crackling wildfires circling on the mountain, and the north wind blows desperately to the wildfire. The thick layer of fallen leaves on the ground, and the tops are the leaves that just fell this autumn. They are extremely dry by the sun. When they encounter a slight slight flame, they immediately become a prairie fire.
There were sounds of gongs and oxen horns everywhere. From the guard camp and the surrounding villages, countless terrified people ran out, carrying broken wooden barrels and driving simple water dragon vans desperately towards the fire.
"It's Tailing! It's Master Yongzheng... Ancestor, why did this burn..."
"Diet crime, this is all a death penalty. If the imperial tomb caught fire, we can't live..."
"Roar up quickly, cut down trees and shrubs... Don't let the fire spread to Minglou and the main hall..."
Twenty thousand guards and tens of thousands of people rushed up the mountain like ants, and under the threat of death, they burst out with infinite combat power. Moreover, the people present were 100% full of people, so how could they not care about the resting place of their ancestors?
At this time, Mr. Lian, who was not concerned about his weakness, climbed onto the roof in a bear's coat and looked at the mountains shining brightly in the distance, his mind was dizzy.
"Don't burn it to the main hall, don't..." Before he finished speaking, the old coffin squat fell into the arms of Lai Pihou.
At this time, Shi Dakai and Liu Lang were already stunned. Even though they were mentally prepared in advance, when the back mountain of Tailing had completely turned into the Flame Mountain, the remaining veins of the Taibaiding were stunned.
The blazing fire rushed straight into the sky, and it could be seen clearly within a radius of dozens of miles. That night, all the villages around were in a sleepless night. The Eight Banners Quick Horses ran wildly in every village, forcing every laborer to put out the fire. The entire Qingxi Tomb completely turned into a whirlpool of chaos.
"Haha...haha...hahaha..." Liu Lang laughed crazy. "I have a genitals, really a genitals. I used to look down on the military advisor a little, but today I am completely convinced. The military advisor is really a genitals..." When he said that, Liu Lang, a gray-bearded man, even knelt on the ground, kowtowed three times. Please come more and faster chapters.
"Mr. Xiao, I offended you so much before, so I'll compensate you..." Shi Dakai looked at him with a wry smile and shook his head. At this time, a rustling sound suddenly came from the forest opposite, and a few cry of cold birds.
"Sir, are back! Mr., are back..." As he spoke, several figures were led by Liu Lang and penetrated into the darkness. After a while, the soldiers actually carried Xiao Letian out. Shi Dakai thought the military advisor was injured, but when he walked in, he found that the brothers were too excited and carried the military advisor's feet without touching the ground and walked through the mountain road for dozens of miles.
"Prince, what's the scene of this fire?" Xiao Letian said in a stinking manner.
"It's indeed spectacular! But I don't understand. Why did the sir only burn the back mountain instead of the Ming Building and the main hall? That's even more spectacular?" Shi Dakai asked. Please come for more and faster chapters.
When Xiao Letian heard this, he shook his head, "No, our purpose is to destroy Lian Er with the hands of the Qing royal family, and to prove our ability to Liu Sanbian, so that they will never dare to betray them in their lives."
"Remember, our goal is not to fight the Qing Dynasty now. Have you forgotten the plan I told you before? Now we want to be low-key and make a fortune in silence. If we burn both Minglou and the main hall, Beijing City will be crazy. At least we have to give face..."
Xiao Letian was right. The whole plan was to use a knife to kill people, but he couldn't drive the knife crazy. If the ground buildings in Tailing were really damaged, the Forbidden City would really be sent to death.
Xiling is not far from Yi County. The distance of more than 30 miles allows the people of Yi County to see the flames in the west. More and faster chapters are invited. People who have experienced that night of chaos dare not take to the streets, but they all secretly climbed up the roofs to see the red flames in the west, and they all guessed in their hearts what was going on.
As for Liu Sanbian, he was standing on the city wall and looking into the direction of Xiling. There was no one serving around him. County Magistrate Liu could hear the sound of his teeth fighting, and 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 never dared to betray the slightest desire to get off the boat.
The news of the Tailing Mountain Fire was reported to Beijing the next night. The Office of the Internal Affairs did not dare to neglect and quickly reported to the emperor and the two empress dowagers. At this time, Emperor Tongzhi was only nine years old, and the actual power of the empress dowagers was completely under the hands of the two empress dowagers Cixi and Ci'an. Please come more and faster chapters.
When Cixi heard that such a big thing happened to Tailing during the Chinese New Year, she was furious and immediately issued an order to lock up more than a dozen senior officials guarding the tombs, including Lian Er. However, Ci'an was as gentle and pure as historical records, and did not want the matter to be too big. She just ordered the Ministry of Internal Affairs to investigate in detail and make plans after everything was found out.
"Sister, why bother to get angry? Let the servants check it out. If it's just a wildfire accident, let's not make a big fight. This year, it's a day for everyone to celebrate together. If something goes too far, it won't look good..." Ci'an was holding his enamel nail covers and gently sniffing the fragrance of the tea in his hand. His elegant demeanor made women crazy.
Cixi sighed in her heart, but she still had to give Ci'an a face. After all, she was the Empress Dowager of the East Palace, and she was just the Empress Dowager of the West Palace, and her status was really far behind.
"Sister, don't be so kind in the future. If you don't treat these servants more cruelly to them, they will turn their heads and be arrogant. Look at what the note said, the fire has been burning for a whole day and a night, and even the main hall has been burned. If you don't punish them severely, there will only be more and more such things in the future..."
"For the New Year, peace is more important..." Ci'an still looked peaceful and did not accept Cixi's words at all.
That night, the Ministry of Internal Affairs sent people to Xiling overnight, but after they arrived at Xiling the next day, they found that Lian Er had no stroke, his mouth was crooked and his mouth was slanted, and his mouth was lingering for a long time and he couldn't even speak.
As for the others, there was no clue. Only a few housekeepers of the Second Master Lian accidentally reported to the Chief of the Interior Affairs Office that the bandits in Yi County had been causing trouble.
When several senior officials of the Interior Affairs Office heard that Yi County was in trouble with bandits? They were all happy now. Since they could be linked to local public security, they would be even more frugal. However, when they asked the officials in the county to verify the situation, they found that the second master of Lian had already offended all the officials in the county.
"You guys know how to tell me, there are no bandits? It's just that the second master wants to steal the daughter of the old shopkeeper Fan Jian. As a result, Hu Niu has a crush on him, a second American devil, and a conflict arose..."
"I have seen all the bandits in the city that night. The Xiling Guards transferred more than 200 people and made Yi County a mess. But what happened? In the end, except for the fat shopkeeper in the pot restaurant who was a big thief, where are there any bandits?"
"Mr. Xiao? Are you asking Xiao Letian? Oh, hey, they are real American religious people. After the accident, Pastor Liu from Beijing sent someone to send a piece of identity paper. The curves are all foreign languages, and finally the seal of their church. Although I don't know the words on it, I heard from the man in the escort agency that they are really Kunlun slaves invited from Dongjiaomin Lane..."
"Forcibly rob the girl of the people? Return to Mr. Xiao? Isn't this a joke? Mr. Xiao's face is as white as jade and more beautiful than the young actor who is performing. He even used to rob it? The daughter who hooked up with Fan Jian took the bait. I heard... Hehehe, I heard that she had been together in the mountains, and the one who really wanted to rob people was Mr. Lian..."
"I said several officials from the Ministry of Internal Affairs, they are not bad things about it. Mr. Lian is so old, he doesn't take good care of his body and is always greedy for women. This is not a way to keep the peace..."
Several officials of the Interior Affairs Office were stunned. They did not expect that Lian Er was so unbearable that none of the officials in a county agreed. Whether they were indirect or threatened behind their backs, these officials actually said that Lian Er Ye was not. In the end, the supervisor who led the team was so angry that he slapped the table.
"No matter what, it is always true that the bandits in Lang'ao are there? Is it still fake that two or three hundred bandits besieged the Fan family caravan? Don't forget that Fan Ru is in Beijing, and we have also asked questions before..."
What is even more unexpected is that Liu Sanbian, a famous cowardly fence-bearer, actually withstood the pressure at that moment. He bowed, "Sir, this is surprising. If there are two or three hundred bandits in the county, why have you never committed a case before? So is a large group of people not worth eating, drinking, defecating and urinating?"
"After the incident, I sent the captain Wang Hu to the mountain to explore it early. It turned out that this was just a group of passing bandits. God knows that they are still reeling in Shanxi. Taihang Mountain is so big, not only Yi County... If the supervisor doesn't believe it, then take people to find it directly in the mountains..."
After saying that, Liu Sanbian actually left. This made several old men in the Internal Affairs Office crazy. A little Han minister, a seventh-rank county magistrate, is so brave? OK OK, you just wait for me to return to Beijing to deal with you, and you dare to act arrogantly in front of Manchen. Do you really think you are the two brothers Zeng Shaved?
The anger of the old man from the Interior Office lasted only half a day. That night, when Liu Sanbian took his master to secretly visit several senior executives, the dark clouds all over the sky completely dispersed.
The large pieces of mutton fat jade, Dongzhu, three-foot-high coral, and even a whole box of gold, were smashed out with a gift worth 100,000, which made the old men laugh so much that they were full of joy.
"Mr. Liu is really too polite. We are too fucked during the day. After all, the two empress dowagers were alarmed, so we were helpless..." During the day, they still had a bad face, but now they smiled like old chrysanthemums.
The crisis was resolved, and a hundred thousand taels of silver could turn a fire into an unexpected wildfire. In the end, he caught several old men from the mountain who were almost dead and died of illness, and even if the case was closed. As for the second master Lian, they had already suffered a stroke, and they could not investigate it in depth, so they could only return to Beijing to report everything and obey the verdict.
Cixi was obviously very annoyed by this mixed conclusion, but there was no way Ci'an said that she had no temper.
"It's just a wildfire. Even if all the slaves are killed, it cannot be saved. It's already the twelfth lunar month. It's better to be with Weigui... Besides, after the New Year, Zeng Guofan will go to Beijing to report his work. Sister, please give me more thoughts on this matter!" Cixi immediately fell silent.
Chapter completed!