Starting from crossing the Fengshen

Chapter 58 Nalan Yuanshu
government office.

Wang Captou is reporting, and the prefect, tongzhi, tong magistrate, and chief officials of various departments are all there.

"My lords, according to the on-site investigation, the two murders were committed by the same murderer. He is a master of knife skills. This person is a veteran and did not leave any traces at the scene."

Chief Wang said slowly: "Because the case happened at night and there were no witnesses, there was no way to investigate it.

We could only infer based on some clues and investigated the Yin Family and Chen Family Martial Arts School.

Because just yesterday, several foreign adults went to the Yin family to collect debts.

However, according to the investigation by his subordinates, there is no suspicion in Chen's martial arts school. Yin Qi spent the night outside the city again, and he was busy inspecting his family's property yesterday and had no time to arrange this matter.

The Yin family only had the motive to kill four foreign adults at most, but they had no motive to destroy the church.

Therefore, my subordinates felt that it was not the Yin family’s fault.

The most likely thing now is the civil anti-foreigner group. They hate foreigners extremely. As you all know, there is still one in our government prison. "

Since the invasion of foreign powers, civil resistance has never stopped.

In particular, there are many Jianghu people who specialize in hunting and killing foreigners, and their methods are also very cruel.

The Boxer Rebellion three years later was the pinnacle of this resistance struggle.

The Jiangsu and Zhejiang regions are one of the areas with the deepest penetration by the foreign powers. Naturally, this kind of resistance struggle has never stopped. Basically, you will hear news of foreigners being killed every once in a while.

The government is also worried about this matter.

Because there is no way to investigate this kind of case, the murderer has long since escaped.

Although the prefect and others were mentally prepared for Wang Captou's report, their hearts were still heavy.

The judge suddenly said: "Sir, since the Yin family is suspected, how about putting this crime on the Yin family? As long as this matter is reported, the court will definitely take it very seriously, even if the Yin family has some connections, it will be useless .”

"No!"

Before anyone else could speak, the prefect shook his head decisively with a firm look on his face.

It was not that he wanted to protect the Yin family, but in fact, he had received a letter from an official in the Ministry of Civil Affairs of the capital a few days ago, entrusting him to take care of the Yin family. At the same time, he also vaguely talked about the Caohe Gang.

The prefect was also secretly shocked. He did not expect that Yin Chengtao's connections would reach directly into the capital's officials.

The Ministry of Civil Affairs in the capital controls the assessment and promotion of officials all over the world. How could the prefect try to use the Yin family as a scapegoat? Will he continue to work in the officialdom in the future?
He understood Tong Fan's idea, which was to take the opportunity to overthrow the Yin family so that everyone could take the opportunity to divide the Yin family.

They used to do this kind of thing.

The prefect's reaction shocked everyone with different expressions.

When the Caohe Gang brought trouble to the Yin family before, the prefect was indifferent and even refused the Yin family's request for help. Why did he suddenly change his mind and try to protect the Yin family?

Wang Captou also secretly praised the situation, but fortunately he didn't say anything bad about the Yin family.

Seeing the strange look in everyone's eyes, the magistrate said seriously: "I have reported this matter to the governor, who will soon send someone to investigate thoroughly. The slander of the Yin family cannot withstand the investigation. Mr. Wang, as you said, This matter is most likely the work of a gangster, so hurry up and catch the murderer."

Shaoxing is too close to Hangzhou. It is impossible to hide such a big thing. It is better to report it as soon as possible.

If he concealed the information and was caught by others, then his responsibility would be even greater.

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Government officials went out in large numbers to arrest people in the streets.

At this time, Hangzhou was also alarmed.

The governor of Zhejiang was furious and cursed the governor of Shaoxing for being incompetent. Such a big thing happened during his tenure. How could they explain to the foreigners?
If this matter is not handled well, it will most likely give the British an excuse to invade again.

But things have happened, and what needs to be dealt with needs to be dealt with.The best thing is to catch the murderer as soon as possible, so that the British can be given an explanation.

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Governor's Office.

A tough and handsome young man bowed and said: "Sir."

The governor said in a deep voice: "Nalan, you should know about the church in Shanyin Mansion that was destroyed and dozens of foreigners killed, right?"

Nalan Yuanshu nodded and said, "I know."

The governor said: "Okay. This matter is of great importance. If it is not handled to the satisfaction of the British, it will probably give them a new excuse for war. I, the Qing Dynasty, cannot bear such consequences. Therefore, I hope you will go there in person. Shanyin, investigate this case, and at the same time do your best to deal with the British, and be sure to suppress this matter."

Nalan Yuanshu looked solemn, nodded firmly and said, "Sir, leave this matter to me. I happen to be going to Shanyin as well."

The governor asked unexpectedly: "What are you doing in Shanyin?"

You know, Nalan Yuanshu is the admiral of Zhejiang and is in charge of Zhejiang's military.

Anything that Nalan Yuanshu can take personal responsibility for is definitely not a small matter.

Nalan Yuanshu did not hide anything, and said in a deep voice: "Last year, I received a tip that there were remnants of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom secretly operating in Zhejiang, so I sent people to investigate secretly, and now I have found them. They are in Shanyin Mansion, Moreover, manpower has been mobilized frequently recently, and there may be an incident, so I need to go and take charge personally."

"The remnants of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom!"

The governor was also shocked. He was someone who had experienced that catastrophe. He had also seen the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom's powerful fighting power and its fighting spirit that regarded death as a matter of course. He couldn't help but feel panicked.

He couldn't help but said sternly: "Nalan, if this really happens, we must strangle them in the cradle. Remember, when necessary, we would rather kill a thousand people by mistake than let one go."

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British Consulate, Hangzhou.

When the British consul learned the news, he was furious. Someone actually destroyed the British church and killed believers in God. This was simply an atrocity that was going to hell and was completely unforgivable.

So he immediately submitted a note and demanded that the Manchu and Qing government give him a satisfactory answer.

Otherwise, Britain would not mind sending troops again.

At the same time, he also sent the Cavaliers to Shaoxing Prefecture to investigate the matter.

In fact, there are reports of missionaries and businessmen being killed across China from time to time, and they are all committed by so-called Jianghu people. They maintain knights, and they also specialize in dealing with Chinese Jianghu people.

This time in the Shaoxing Prefecture incident, he subconsciously thought that it was another Jianghu person.

China has boxers, and they also have knights.

In fact, the invasion of foreign powers is never just the army, but also the martial arts.

At the end of the Qing Dynasty and the beginning of the Republic of China, there were often news of foreign strongmen setting up arenas to provoke the Chinese martial arts community.

They want to use martial arts to defeat the Chinese people's self-confidence.

For example, Huo Yuanjia, Sun Lutang, Li Shuwen, Han Muxia, etc. have all defeated foreign strongmen, in fact, they are European and American knights.

They are born with strong bodies, and as long as they practice seriously, they can be compared to Mingjin warriors.

Later, Japan also followed suit and wanted to defeat the Chinese people's belief in martial arts, thereby forcing the Chinese to surrender. They also created a "Sick Man of Asia" to humiliate us, but in the end they all brought humiliation to themselves.

It can be said that since the late Qing Dynasty, the invasion of foreign powers has been all-round, from war to martial arts, culture, thought, etc., in an attempt to use their methods to transform our thinking.

(End of this chapter)