Xuanyuan Jue

Chapter 80
The leakage is even more residual, Xi Wei wants to know.

A carriage drove back to Gaogang where Tianli Sect was hiding.

As Fu Yin expected, these military men were indeed the bandit Qiao pretending to be.Four of them were still young master Yun's subordinates with guns.

The gangsters changed their uniforms and dragged Feng Shen out of the car.Feng Shen's eyes were blindfolded, his arms were bound, and he was jolted all night, his limbs were still numb.As soon as his feet touched the ground, the gangster prevented him from knowing his position and forced him to turn in a circle.After only turning around a few times, Feng Shen felt that the world was spinning, and he couldn't tell east, west, north, south.

Seeing that Feng Shen was in a daze, the subordinate at the head ordered: "Leave the two and deal with the carriage and the corpse, and the others will follow me up the mountain!"

Two minions invited Ying.After the others left, they took the car to a hidden place, dug a shallow pit, and buried the body of the government servant hastily.

Before reaching the mountainside, a quick-footed minion had already reported to Zha Wuzuo.Hearing that he regained the front block and captured Feng Shen, Zha Wuzuo was overjoyed and hurried down the mountain with Tang Meng to meet him.

When bandits meet, they must flatter.It is nothing more than compliments such as "effective work" and "hard work".

Back in the stone hall, Zha Wu said that Tang Meng took his followers to rest, hid the front guard first, and escorted Feng Shen to the lower place.

Zha Wuzuo removed the blindfold for Feng Shen, and said with a smile, "Master Feng, are you all right?"

"You're welcome!" Feng Shen looked around and said with a sneer, "Master Zha is so elegant, he is hiding here for a quiet time!"

"Master Feng found me happy again," Zha Wu said, "Isn't it thanks to you? I hide in Tibet all day long, and it's really boring, so I invited Master Feng to talk about the old days..."

"Please?" Feng Shen pretended to be annoyed and said angrily, "Just this 'please' method? Since Lord Cha removed the eye seal for me, why don't you loosen the rope?"

"It's hard to obey," Zha Wu said, "It's so easy for us two brothers to meet, if we disagree with each other and fight each other, it will be very bad! Master Feng, bear with me for a while and listen to me first How many words?"

Feng Shen scoffed, and said disdainfully, "Could it be that you're persuading me to go against you again?"

"Persuasion is a matter of persuasion. But there's no rush for a while," Zha Wu said, "I'll check someone's life experience, doesn't Master Feng want to hear about it?"

Feng Shen spoke provocatively: "Thinking about it, it's nothing more than old sesame seeds and rotten millet, what's so good about it?"

"Young master Feng underestimated you?" Zha Wu said, "I'll tell you the truth, I'll tell you that someone like you is also the descendant of a scholarly family and eunuch. He studied classics and history, and studied the lore. Don't be afraid; parallel four li six, easy to come by. In the first year, he entered the county school and won the fame of a student!"

Feng Shen sighed: "He was able to be a high school scholar when he was young, and Mr. Zha is very talented. I am ashamed to say that Feng was born dull, and he barely passed the policy theory until he was weak."

Hearing that Feng Shen was from Celun, Zha Wuzuo looked proud and quite proud.

Unexpectedly, Feng Shen turned around and hummed: "The stereotypes are perfunctory, crude and empty, and most of the scholars they recruit are mediocre. What's more, you, Mr. Zha, don't try to make progress, but become a traitor and traitor. .It was a waste of poverty, and a waste of reading the poems and books of the sages!"

"Hey," Cha Wu said, "In Master Feng's opinion, I'm chasing someone a scum from the school?"

Feng Shen asked rhetorically, "Isn't it?"

"Alas..." Zha Wuzuo let out a long breath, and said, "Those who respected Confucianism in ancient times, who worked hard and burned ointment to continue the sun, who would not want to ask for a family to govern the country and the world? Blame the white clouds and the impermanence of the world... I In the second year after entering school, the family has undergone tremendous changes!"

"Oh?" Feng Shen asked, "I don't know what happened?"

Zha Wuzuo paused, and asked back: "Young Master Feng is well-known and strong-minded, have you ever heard of 'burning Wanghai Tower'?"

Feng Shen was taken aback: "Could it be the Tianjin teaching case?"

Zha Wuzuo nodded in agreement.

The Wanghai Tower case originated in the ninth year of Tongzhi.Although Feng Shen didn't experience it personally, he knows the details.

During the Tongzhi period, French missionaries built a church at the mouth of the Sancha River in Tianjin.There is also a nursery in the church to accommodate some abandoned young children.

In the summer of that year, the plague broke out.Many young children admitted to the nursery also fell ill and died.Fearing the spread of the epidemic, the church wrapped up the dead children and hurriedly transported them to the funeral cemetery for burial.

Due to the shallow burial, many corpses were exposed.The wild dogs smelled the smell of carrion and competed for food.When people found out, those corpses had already been separated and their stomachs had been emptied.

For foreigners, the common people already hated them deeply, and coupled with such shocking, the public anger became even hotter.For a while, rumors flew.It is said that children were abducted with drugs in the church, and after they were killed, their eyes were gouged out and their livers dissected.Eyeballs and brains are put into urns and used to turn into silver; while the heart, liver, spleen and lungs are made into medicines for immortality.

The rumors spread more and more evil, and more and more believers.Coincidentally, at this moment, a personal trafficker happened to be caught in the yamen.The trafficker couldn't survive the punishment, so he slandered that he was instigated by the church.But when the yamen went to the church to confront him, he found that none of the confession made by the trafficker was true.

Helplessly, the people were blindfolded by hatred and believed that it was the church that did the evil.The crowd was outraged, and the public opinion was difficult to calm down. Thousands of people gave up their work and gathered in the church to shout and demonstrate.

After the French consul Feng Daye got the letter, he rioted in the commercial office and demanded to send troops to suppress it.The officials in charge are afraid of stirring up a civil uprising, but they just shouldn't.Feng Daye was used to domineering, seeing that the officials refused to send troops to arrest people, he couldn't help being furious.Not only fired shots to threaten, but also smashed the yamen indiscriminately.

Under the dissuasion of his entourage, Feng Daye stopped, threw down the ultimatum, and left the Yamen aggressively.Walking to the head of the pontoon bridge, I unexpectedly ran into Liu Jie, the magistrate of the county.Feng Daye is domineering and speaks rudely to Liu Jie.Liu Jie is neither humble nor submissive, and fights hard with reason.

Seeing Liu Jie contradicting, Feng Daye abused him.Liu Jie became bloody, so he quarreled with him.Feng Daye became furious, drew his gun and shot at Liu Jie.Seeing that the situation is not good, the county magistrate's servant protects the master with his own body.Liu Jie was rescued, but the servant let the bullet go through his left chest.

Feng Daye's shot was undoubtedly adding fuel to the fire!In an instant, the whole city was full of turmoil and turbulent waves.The people who were so enraged couldn't bear it anymore, they swarmed forward and beat Feng Daye and the foreign entourage into meat sauce.

The consul was beaten to death with random punches, but the people still don't understand their hatred.They simply burned the church, smashed the consulate, and killed dozens of foreigners.

When the news reached the capital, the court was shocked.He hurriedly sent Zeng Guofan, governor of Zhili, to Tianjin to investigate and deal with it.Zeng Guofan also knew that this matter was difficult.If you follow the will of the people, the foreign invaders will not give up.Once the flames of war resume, Li Sheng will inevitably suffer; but if there is a compromise, the whole country will regard him as a national traitor.

Thinking about his own interests, Zeng Guofan decided to compromise.After explaining his funeral and will, he rushed to Jinmen.After some negotiations, the teaching case was settled by killing Liu as compensation.For this matter, Zeng Guofan fell into a "outside ashamed to discuss, guilty of God", and died in depression the next year.

Feng Shen respected Zeng Guofan very much.How could he not know that his reputation ruined Jinmen in his later years?In Feng Shenzhi's opinion: The Tianjin teaching case was not the fault of one person.It's just this idea, it's inconvenient to say it clearly.

After pondering for a while, Feng Shen asked: "Could it be that... Mr. Zha, you have suffered a lot?"

"That's right!" Zha Wuzuo gritted his teeth, "It was because of that involvement that my family was ruined!"

Feng Shen's expression changed slightly, and he said, "I would like to hear the details."

Zha Wuzuo sighed and said: "It's been more than half a year now...... Young Master Feng, do you remember that I once said that my father was a battalion officer of the Navy?"

Feng Shen nodded: "There is such a thing."

Zha Wu wrote: "When my father was young, he used to discharge platoons on the canal. Later, when he had long hair, he joined the Hunan Army Navy and was compiled under the tent of Xueshuai Peng Yulin. From ordinary Ding Yong, he moved to even Chief, whistle chief. When fighting Jiangning, because of his military exploits, he was promoted to "Participate in the Hualing and make up for the guerrilla". There is a saying that the birds are exhausted and the good bows are hidden. After the long hair was leveled, the imperial court ordered the disarmament. Many Named admiral and general soldier, he was cut back to his original place. Although my late father was not dismissed, he was demoted five ranks in a row, and was awarded a mere foreign commissioner. The world was so cold that my late father was discouraged and lazy, so he simply dismissed the official I resigned and took my family back to my hometown in Tianjin. When I got home, my late father invited teachers to train me. I hope that I will go to Enke with poetry and prose instead of being a martial artist..."

Feng Shen said: "It's a pity that your father's painstaking efforts have been in vain. He knows well, and he will definitely regret it!"

"Hmph!" Zha Wuzuo sneered, "Master Feng really does not hurt his back while standing and talking!"

Feng Shen shook his head: "Master Zha, please continue..."

Zha Wuzuo stabilized his emotions, and said: "My father was a hero by nature, and he couldn't rub the sand in his eyes. On weekdays, he also hated foreigners' rampage. When the lesson plan came together, my father couldn't hold back, and rushed to Wanghai Tower, killing two people with his hands. He is a foreign devil. After being tracked down by the court, the government condemned my late father to death. My elder brother went to the yamen to argue, but the dog officials threw my elder brother into jail without distinguishing between indiscriminate and indiscriminate. In the end, my late father was beheaded, and my elder brother was also punished. After being tortured, Yu died in prison. When my mother first heard the bad news, she was filled with grief and indignation, and died of coughing up blood that night, and passed away!"

Hearing what happened to the Cha family, Feng Shen felt sad.He was tongue-tied and didn't know what to say for a moment.

Zha Wuzuo wiped his face, choked and said: "My family is dead, I am the only one left helpless. Seeing that I was young and easy to bully, the wicked slaves colluded with foreign bandits and looted all the money in the family. I have a family It was hard to return, so I had to live on the streets, begging for a living. Master Feng... until then, I realized that I am a scholar who is useless! Fortunately, the heavens have eyes, so I entered the Tianli religion in a daze. The religion gave me food, clothing and food Wearing and teaching me boxing scripts. I bear blood and deep hatred, so naturally I worked hard to become stronger. After a few years, the old master passed away, and the brothers in the sect appointed me as the new master. Capture all the evil servants of the family property, tie them to posts, and light up sky lanterns for all of them!"

Feng Shen sighed and said: "Those evil servants suffered such torture, it can be said that they deserved it... Lord Zha's family feud can be regarded as avenged..."

(End of this chapter)