The Imperial Garden at night was very quiet, just like the woman under the pavilion.Rong Lu looked at her calm face with some disappointment, he had fantasized about their reunion more than once, but he would never have thought that the mood at this moment would be the same as this night, lonely and boring.She has changed, no longer the girl who needs her own protection, but a condescending queen mother with power in her hands."
Rong Zongbing, you have made great contributions in Nanjing City, and the mourning family is here to celebrate your merits first, and when the court will reward you for your merits in the future, you will naturally not forget your merits.This glass of wine, mourning family respects you. ”Cixi's red lips moved slightly, and she looked at Rong Lu's face with a hint of a smile, and raised the wine glass in her hand."
Thank you, Queen Mother."
Rong Lu hurriedly picked up the wine glass in his hand, thanked him, and drank it in one gulp."
General Rong Bing, let you come today, the mourning family still has something to ask you, you have to answer honestly."
Cixi took a sip, elegantly put down the wine glass, and looked at Rong Lu with a smile."
The Queen Mother, please ask, the slave will never dare to deceive in any way."
Rong Lu hurriedly responded with his fists clenched."
Well, a few days ago, you sent a letter to the Military Aircraft Department, saying that Nanjing City was the first one you attacked, but this matter is true" The corners of Cixi's mouth twitched, and she looked at Rong Lu with curiosity."
This" Rong Lu trembled, hesitated for a while, and finally replied in a low voice with a sad face, "Back to the Empress Dowager, Nanjing City was in chaos that day, and the minister didn't know the specific situation.However, what the minister can be sure of is that the minister was the first to attack the long-haired thief's mansion and captured the thief's head Hong Xiuquan on the spot. ”Rong Lu didn't know what Cixi meant, and he didn't dare to talk nonsense when he avoided his words, but just recited his credit.Hong Xiuquan was indeed arrested by Rong Lu, but at that time he was already a dead man and was hurriedly buried in the back garden by Hong Renji.It was also Rong Lu who stepped on the shit luck, the Xiaoling Wei he attacked was the closest to the Tianwang Mansion, and as soon as he entered the city gate, he was the first to lead the army to attack it.At that time, Hong Renji had already led a large army to break through from the Taiping Gate, and there were no soldiers and horses in the Heavenly King's Mansion to defend it.Finally, under the leadership of several female officials of the Heavenly King's Mansion, Hong Xiuquan's body was dug up from the grave."
So what Zeng Guofan and Qiao Zhiqing said is true, Nanjing City was indeed attacked by the Hunan army first" Cixi sneered, and her tone was secretly a little heavier."
Back to the Queen Mother, the slave was wronged, the slave really didn't know who was the first to attack Nanjing City that day."
When Rong Lu heard Cixi's coquettishness, he suddenly broke out in a cold sweat of fright, and hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed to Cixi a few times."
Okay, get up, the mourning family is asking you, what are you panicking about."
Cixi looked at him with a frightened look, suddenly changed her face, covered her mouth and chuckled a few times."
Yes, yes, thank you Queen Mother."
Rong Lu wiped the cold sweat on his head with his sleeve in a panic, got up and bowed down and sat down on the chair, his body still couldn't help but tremble.Today, he finally realized what it means to be a companion like a tiger, and he couldn't figure out the mind of the woman in front of him at all, which was really unpredictable."
You all go down first, the mourning family wants to say a few words to General Rong alone."
Cixi calmed down and gave an order to the palace maids and eunuchs who were waiting beside her."
Yes, Queen Mother."
The palace maid and eunuch carefully knelt down and said yes, and all retreated.The empty imperial garden was quieter at this time, and only Rong Lu and Cixi were left."
Okay, now it's just the two of us, you don't have to be afraid of me, just talk closer."
Cixi's voice suddenly became mournful and long, and her eyes glanced at Rong Lu with a fiery eye.It took Rong Lu a long time to react, nodded in agreement, hung his head and took a few steps forward, and bent down in front of Cixi to wait."
It's been ten years, it's like a dream, you're darker than before, and you're getting stronger."
Cixi suddenly stretched out her right hand coldly and stroked Rong Lu's face, almost not scaring Rong Lu down, countless beads of sweat appeared on her forehead at once, and she trembled and didn't know how to respond."
I'm afraid I can't imagine that the eldest prince of the Guerjia clan, who was not afraid of heaven and earth, was afraid of the times."
Cixi covered her mouth and laughed out loud inexplicably, her body trembled with flowers, and she was very charming and sultry in the yellow satin cheongsam."
When I first entered the Huizheng Mansion, I was bullied, and I still remember that you made me happy and helped me get angry.Even when Hui Zheng reproached me, you dared to stand up and refute a few words sternly, why are you afraid today" Cixi added with a smile, but there seemed to be countless sorrows in her words."
Queen Mother, do you still remember these things" Rong Lu raised his head in surprise, no matter what etiquette was not counted, he looked directly at Cixi with tears in his eyes."
Remember, of course the mourning family remembers, you are really a merciless person when you are a mourning family" Cixi looked at Rong Lu sadly and was stunned for a while, and finally let out a long breath, wiped it lightly on her eyes with a silk silk, got up and sighed, "Let's stop here today, the mourning family is tired, you should go out of the palace early." ”"The minion takes orders."
Cixi finished speaking lightly, and as she spoke, she called the palace maid to come up, and left slowly with the support of the palace maid.Rong Lu knelt on the ground and wept, his hands clenched, and he slammed it to the ground.Suzhou Mansion Yaqiao Zhiqing was depressed all night, and finally stayed up until dawn.didn't wait for Ling'er and Hui'er to come and serve, so he got up and dressed up first, went out and walked around the courtyard, and after returning to the study, he picked up his pen and got busy.After a while, Yan Yuting's coquettish shouts came from outside the door, and before Qiao Zhiqing could raise his head, Yan Yuting handed a piece of information in front of Qiao Zhiqing."
Brother Qiao, it's not good, the Hui people in Lu'an Mansion have rebelled."
Yan Yuting lay on the desk and gasped, and finally shouted."
Lu'an Mansion Hui rebellion" Qiao Zhiqing frowned for a while, picked up the information and studied it.Lu'an Mansion is now Changzhi City, Shanxi, located in the southeast corner of Shanxi, in ancient times, it was called Shangdang, that is, the high place, the upper place, that is, "the top of the Taihang Mountain, the highest terrain and the sky for the party", because of its dangerous terrain, since ancient times for the soldiers must fight for the place, known as "the party can hope to get the Central Plains".In history, Lu'an has always been an economically developed area in Shanxi, especially famous for iron smelting and porcelain making.It attracted a large number of Muslim merchants to sell goods here, and gradually settled down, and it is the largest Hui settlement in Shanxi, with tens of thousands of Hui people.Compared with the Hui people in Shaanxi, the Hui people here are obviously much wealthier.The rebellion of the Hui people in Lu'an Mansion was also caused by Qiao Zhiqing.Since the Hui riot in Shaanxi, the Hui people in Lu'an Mansion naturally reacted, and they had already polished their weapons and prepared to respond to the uprising of the Hui people in Shaanxi, but before the Hui people in Shaanxi could cross the Yellow River, the rebellion was suppressed by the Qing army.The Hui people in Lu'an Mansion also began to become cautious, until a few days ago, there was news of the Hui riot in Taiyuan Mansion.In fact, it was all Qiao Zhiqing who assigned the people of Huaxing League to pretend to be Hui people, and caused a riot in Taiyuan.After the news reached Lu'an Mansion, the morale of the people was greatly boosted.Due to the irreconcilable contradictions between the Han and Hui ethnic groups, the Hui people in Lu'an Province have long been dissatisfied with the Han people.The news of the Taiyuan Hui uprising spread in Lu'an Province, and the Hui people, regardless of whether the news was accurate or not, swore an uprising the day before yesterday to exterminate all the people outside Allah.Lu'an Mansion suddenly fell into a shadow of sword light and blood, and on a quiet night, suddenly there were murderous sounds.The people of the Han people looked at everything in front of them in horror, and before they could figure out what was going on, they were rushed into their homes and slashed to death.After dawn, the frightened Han people hurriedly mobilized, pulled up farm tools, formed a front, and fought with the Hui people.Due to the full preparation of the Hui people, the Han people did not have the strength to fight back at all.In just two days, the small villages around Lu'an Mansion were washed away by the Hui people, regardless of men, women and children, all of them were hanged.After the rebellion, the square inch was in chaos, first closed the city gate, searched for Hui people everywhere in the city, and then the rebellion escalated, more and more surrounding Han people gathered in the city, the prefect actually ordered not to open the door to the people, and the soldiers stood on the city wall and watched the Hui cavalry rush into the Han people fleeing and killed.This border county in Shanxi was suddenly shrouded in a murderous aura, and the corpses were all over the field, and the sound of chickens and dogs was not heard for ten miles."
Are these Hui people crazy, Shaanxi hasn't made enough trouble, Ningxia hasn't made enough trouble, and they're tossing in Shanxi again, what do they want to do" Qiao Zhiqing angrily slammed the information on the desk, slammed his fist down, and spit out a sentence in his mouth."
Brother Qiao, what's wrong with you, don't scare me, okay" Yan Yuting looked at Qiao Zhiqing's red eyes weakly, and tears of fright were about to fall."
Is there any news from the imperial court" Qiao Zhiqing took a deep breath, his fists creaking."
Shanxi Governor Hafen is worried about the court's blame, so he has been concealing it and not reporting it, and he is holding on to the death in Taiyuan Mansion, and the court does not know about this matter."
Yan Yuting replied cautiously."
Those who are not of my race will have different hearts.Okay, grandpa didn't come to trouble you, you jumped out on your own. ”Qiao Zhiqing snorted, and hurriedly picked up the pen to pass on the book to Wang Shijie Feige, who was far away in northern Shaanxi, asking him to put down all the military affairs in his hands and quickly rush to Lu'an Mansion in Shanxi Province with the new second division to quell the rebellion.At the same time, a letter gave a detailed introduction to the situation in Shanxi, and asked Yan Yuting to send it to the imperial court in an urgent manner.The dark clouds of war condensed in the sky over Shanxi, and a week later, the imperial court received Qiao Zhiqing's recital, and immediately thundered and furious, and immediately dismissed the governor of Shanxi, Hafen, from his post and investigated it.Shanxi is the gateway to Beijing, and the wrath of the imperial court is not surprising.At the suggestion of Qi Junzao, a university scholar, Wang Shijie from northern Shaanxi was immediately dispatched to Shanxi to quell the rebellion.After the order was issued, Wang Shijie had already set off in advance, and after crossing the Yellow River eastward, he marched day and night, and now he had passed through Linfen City, Pingyang Prefecture, and stationed in Anze County, a hundred miles away from Lu'an Prefecture, and sent spies to Lu'an Mansion to inquire about intelligence
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