"Bang bang bang" A dull gunshot sounded in Lei Garden. Teams of Eight Banners officers and soldiers who were busy collecting money in yards with torches were all nervous and were getting angry. To be honest, they were very worried about the Yuanqi regiment training or the Nanyang Navy. After all, those great military achievements were not bragging about. Getting rich is important, and life is even more important.

Just when the officers and soldiers were in amazement, shouts came from all over the place, "Transfer the order of the commander, hurry up and find Yi Zhizu to come out to receive the order, and take the property of Leiyuan without authorization and selfishly, and rectify the Dharma on the spot!"

Leiyuan is originally quite large. After Yizhizhu bought it, it expanded it one after another. The scale is even better than before. The courtyards of all sizes are stacked in layers. People who are not familiar with the situation will become confused even if they enter rashly during the day, let alone at night. The number of officers and soldiers searched one by one, and naturally it took a lot of time.

Seeing that there was no news for a while, Yi Xiang felt a chill in his heart. If he couldn't catch Yi Zhizu as soon as possible, how would he end today? Just as he was in a state of mind, a leader hurried to report: "Report to the commander-in-chief, you have discovered the place where Yi Zhizu hides."

Yi Xiang suddenly felt excited and waved her hand and said, "Lead the way."

The officers and soldiers holding torches outside the Begonia Garden were already three layers inside and three layers outside, which made the small Begonia Garden surround. Pang Yougui strode into the stone house and said loudly: "Principal, the other party has surrounded the yard."

Yi Zhizu glanced at him and said, "Send the order, if the opponent attacks, he will kill him."

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

Outside the garden, Huan Ling, the deputy commander who was commanding the army, surrounded by Haitang Garden, looked at the dark yard, and felt a strong sense of uneasiness. He was reluctant to order a break to attack. He knew very well that Yi Zhizu would not surrender, and this yard was probably not that simple.

Just as he was hesitating, Yi Xiang rushed over and asked: "Maybe Yi Zhizu is sure that Yi Zhizu is in this yard?"

"It should be no mistake." Huan Ling said in a deep voice: "There are people guarding the walls of this yard."

Before he could finish his words, Yi Xiang said, "The person who came, shouted, Yi Qunzuo responded to the order."

With a command, the soldiers shouted loudly: "I would like to come to receive the orders of the Nanyang minister, the Nanyang admiral, and the first-class marquis. Yi Zhizuo came to receive the order."

After hearing the shouts, Yi Zhizu laughed and said, "This is really a strange story. Some people led their troops to come in to announce the imperial edict. There is no need to say more nonsense, so he can just come in." After a pause, he ordered, "Reply to the original words."

After hearing the reply on the wall, Yi Xiang suddenly felt like he was difficult to get off the tiger. Yi Zhizu didn't even ask about his identity or delayed time. He was very sure. It seemed that this yard was probably not easy to attack. However, at this point, he could only bite the bullet and shouted in a deep voice: "Break the door! Break the wall!"

The well-prepared officers and soldiers immediately raised the small wood to hit the wood and divided it into several ways to break through the wall. The battle broke out in an instant, and the sound of gunfire exploded immediately. The soldiers carrying the wood to hit the wood were not able to hit the heavy iron gate before they encountered a series of explosions. They instantly left more than ten corpses and fled back in a mess. Those who hit the wall did not encounter any attack. However, the seemingly thin blue brick wall was almost the same as the city wall, and they could not move without any impact.

On the wall, Pang Yougui cursed and said, "Damn it, I really dare to attack me, beat me hard."

The gunshots immediately became dense, and the dense officers and soldiers who were standing with torches immediately became living targets. In a blink of an eye, dozens of guns were knocked down. Seeing this, the officers and soldiers threw the torches one after another and repelled back with their parents with little legs. Yixiang and Huan Ling were also frightened and quickly retreated. The new musket in the other party's hand was extremely long, and they knew it clearly.

After retreating to a wall, Yi Xiang calmed down. The other party's attitude was quite clear in this round of volley shots. He also blushed and said fiercely: "Attack! Attack anyway! They only have dozens of people, summoning all the people outside and attacking in turn! At all costs, I will attack in as soon as possible!"

There weren't even ladders, how to attack? Taking a ladder? Huan Ling was so upset that he was so upset that he had brought the door to the wood. Who knew that Lei Garden had a fortress-like yard. Although he was upset, he knew that this matter would not be done today, so he had to grit the bullet and organize his troops to siege.

The officers and soldiers were afraid of being beaten, and no one dared to take a torch. After all, holding a torch is a living target, and no one thinks it is a long life. After a little organization, a large area of ​​black heads rushed to the Begonia Garden in the dark.

On the wall of Haitang Garden, the personal soldiers were not nervous at all. They carried the flowering bullets to their side in an orderly manner, quietly listening to the movements under the wall. When they heard the rustling footsteps and movements, they lit the fuse with incense heads, and then threw them under the wall, as if they were playing with firecrackers.

Looking at the dazzling firelight and listening to the explosions one after another, Huan Ling couldn't stop his heart from 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 bear this terrifying way of combat at all and would soon collapse. I don't know how big the casualties were this time?

The flag soldiers siege in the dark collapsed earlier than Huan Ling expected, and he had no intention of organizing a second attack. It was obvious that the yard could not be conquered at all. Perhaps there was still a chance when he was fully prepared during the day.

Yixiang also looked in a state of dismay. He heard the explosions one after another, and he knew that there was no hope. Just as he was thinking about how to recover, another firework bloomed in the night sky, and then a red firework was shot out from the crabapple garden. It was obvious that the flower land or reinforcements from the Henan camp arrived. He did not dare to hesitate anymore and quickly ordered, "Retreat!"

The flag soldiers came quickly and retreated quickly. In the blink of an eye, they left clean. However, the violent explosion in Leiyuan disrupted the festive atmosphere of Lantern Festival. After realizing that the war broke out, the people who were watching the lanterns at night were panicked and rushed to their homes. The streets and alleys were closed and withdrawing the lanterns.

Such a big noise naturally cannot be hidden. I heard that something happened in Leiyuan - the brigade of officers and soldiers attacked Leiyuan but failed and hurriedly evacuated. All the officials, gentry and merchants in Guangzhou were frightened. How could the officers and soldiers attack Leiyuan for no reason? The court attacked Yuan Qi?

After hearing the news, the governor of Guangdong, Ye Mingchen, swears without any grace. After pondering for a while, he ordered: "Prepare a sedan chair!" He hurriedly arrived in the sedan chair and entered the general's office. When he saw Yixiang, he ignored the etiquette of the officialdom and complained: "The Master Jiantai is not in Guangzhou, and the Duke of the State wants to besiege Leiyuan, so there is no need to drag him down to the water! Now he has returned in a defeat, and there is not even a man who is in the middle to mediate."

Yi Xiang stubbornly said, "Who sent troops to siege Leiyuan? I am just about to ask you, what happened in Xiguan?"

Seeing him playing helplessly and disapprove of his conspiracy, Ye Mingchen was speechless for a moment and sat down and said, "It's nothing that the Duke of the State is fooling him and ignoring him. But how can he fool him?"

Yixiang wanted to give up on the three and six five, so he simply beat him to death and refused to admit his account. At worst, the local government said that it was a fake officer and soldier of the Communist Party. However, Ye Mingchen said this well. Everyone is easy to fool, but Yi Qunzu can't fool it. Now, after the disaster, Ye Mingchen, the governor of Guangdong, really needs to come forward, and the others are not worth enough.

Seeing that he didn't say anything, Ye Mingchen tentatively said, "The Emperor's Secret Order?"

Yi Xiang glanced at him and said, "I am full and full. I'm going to provoke Yuanqi?"

As a result, Ye Mingchen felt a deep heart. If the court sincerely wanted to eliminate Yuan Qi, he would have to force Yuan Qi to rebel. Once Yuan Qi rebelled, Guangzhou would inevitably be out of protection. As the governor of Guangdong, he was responsible for the territory. It was undoubtedly a great disaster. Thinking of this, he was immediately confused. After a while, he asked: "What's the reason?"

Yixiang hesitated for a while before lowering his voice: "The emperor is seriously ill, please ask Yi Zhizu to enter Beijing quickly with courtesy."

"Good invitation?" Ye Mingchen almost popped up these two words from his teeth.

Yi Xiang spread his hands, made a helpless gesture, and said helplessly: "The courtesy invitation is just a nice thing, but it is a forced invitation. After you invite me, you will be respectful."

After pondering for a moment, Ye Mingchen said, "The Duke of the State doesn't want to break the city in Guangzhou?"

Guangzhou city was broken, and Yixiang, as the general of Guangzhou, was naturally the first to bear the brunt. He naturally didn't want to, and immediately said: "Hanchen Kun has a way to mediate?"

"Borrow the secret orders with the lower officials." Ye Mingchen said: "You must make Yi Zhi understand that the court did not want to eradicate Yuan Qi, otherwise Yuan Qi would rebel."

Yuan Qiruo rebelled, Yi Xiang would definitely not have any good fruits to eat. He was very clear about this and immediately said readily: "Sure, but this matter must be kept confidential."

Even though he was riding in the night, he had many dreams. Ye Mingchen left the city overnight and rushed to Xiguan Leiyuan. The street where the official sedan chair arrived was stopped by the navy soldiers with live ammunition. Even though he was riding in the Eighth Green Sedan chair, the soldiers on duty ignored him and stopped him without hesitation. After he reported his identity, an officer came over and saluted him with a expressionless voice: "If you want to go to Leiyuan, please walk alone."

Ye Mingchen came in an official sedan chair for safety reasons, and he didn't say much at the moment. The officer was not unkind and ordered two soldiers to take him to go with lanterns. Ye Mingchen walked slowly forward. The lights inside and outside of Lei Garden were brightly lit, and there were three steps and five steps along the streets along the way. He was on high alert. He couldn't help but worry. If Yuan Qi really made a rebellion, he would inevitably cause chaos in the world.

Lei Park is busy, but Changle Bookstore is very quiet. Yi Zhizu stood by the window smoking, and Bao Shichen was drinking strong tea. Neither of them said. After interrogating the abandoned wounded soldier, they learned that it was Guangzhou General Yixiang who led the team. Both of them knew that Daoguang must be critically ill, so he couldn't wait to take action. Now, where should Yuan Qi go?

After a while, Bao Shichen spoke, "The matter is hasty, and the shopkeeper is not ready yet, right?"

The Yuanqi semicolon has also opened semicolons throughout the southeastern provinces, prefectures and counties, northern provinces and major cities in the northwest provinces. Once the chaos is openly advocated, the court will inevitably seize the semicolons of each province. This is beyond doubt. Such losses are unbearable for Yuanqi.

Although Yi Zhizu had expected it, he did not expect it to be so fast that such a change would happen just after the Lantern Festival. In fact, since the second half of last year, he has gradually withdrawn cash bank from various provinces under the pretext of disaster relief and immigration. However, due to the freedom of exchange of paper money, various provinces still retain a large amount of cash bank.

Whether it is for the sake of silver or for the large and small shopkeepers of various provincial sub-colons in Yuanqi, he dared not openly raise the anti-flagship like Hong Xiuquan. Moreover, if the flag is openly raised and rebelled, what will Yuanqi's large and small shareholders react? More people will probably choose the latter.

After sighing, Yi Zhizu said: "It doesn't matter whether you are prepared or not. What matters is the attitude of the court. If the court cannot tolerate Yuan Qi and is not prepared, it will have to rebel! No matter how great the loss is, it must be recognized!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Lin Meilian quickly walked to the door to report: "The shopkeeper, Master Futai is here to visit."

Bao Shichen glanced at Yi Zhizu and said, "The person who is in the middle and mediated is here."

Yi Zhizu said, "Let him go for a while, and invite him in in a quarter of an hour."

Lin Meilian didn't dare to say much, so she quickly stepped back. Bao Shichen smiled and said, "After such a change, the Guangzhou officialdom was afraid that it would be too late to avoid it. Ye Futai rushed over overnight. I guess there should be some real things."

Yi Zhizu smiled, "He walked forward, Yi Xiang led his troops to surround the garden. Whether he knew about this or not, he could not get rid of it. He dared to come overnight. It would not work without some real goods."

It took a full quarter of an hour before Ye Mingchen could enter the study. As soon as he met, he bowed and said, "I heard that Lei Yuan was shocked and worried. Just be safe and sound."

"Brother Kunchen came overnight, could he come to find out the news?" Yi Zhizu said without hesitation: "Can he be entrusted by Yi Xiang again?"

Hearing him calling Yi Xiang's name directly, Ye Mingchen smiled bitterly and said, "The Duke of the State also acted according to the order." As he said that, he simply took out the secret order and handed it over.

After reading the secret decree, Yi Zhizu became more and more sure that Daoguang was already critically ill. He handed the secret decree to Bao Shichen. He said: "The emperor was seriously ill and did not hesitate to use troops to force Yi Xiang to enter the capital. It seems that the crown prince must be the fourth prince, which is known to everyone in the world. The fourth prince and the second prince were in a bad relationship with him, and he also strongly opposed Yuan Qi."

Seeing that his tone was wrong, Ye Mingchen hurriedly said, "The truth of heaven is unpredictable, no one can tell the matter of establishing a crown prince."

Bao Shichen changed his mind, "Is there a general idea about this tonight?"

It is not easy to say it. It seems that the guess is good. Yi Zhizu has no intention of rebellion at all. Ye Mingchen secretly breathed a sigh of relief and hurriedly said: "The Communist Party pretended to be an officer and soldier, intending to plunder Brother Guocheng to extort money. How about it?"
Chapter completed!