Emperor Qianlong: the beginning of his glory

Chapter 35 Escaping the Prison and Taking the County Magistrate as a Hostage to Stop the Riot
When it was night, the cell door suddenly opened.The prison robbers were first led by more than a dozen people who came out to explore the way. When they went outside the prison, they did not see any officers and soldiers.With a whistle, about a hundred people ran up the muddy steps.Then there was another whistle, and the rest were divided into two groups, and came up in order, straightening out the ranks without saying a word.A jailer passed by carrying two oil-paper lamps, and asked loudly, "Which one is Wang Laowu?"

"I'm here." Wang Laowu squeezed out from the dark crowd, suppressed his excited voice and said, "What do you want?" The jailer handed the lamp to Wang Laowu with a straight face, and said word by word: " Our lords have already set up our defenses on the east, west, south, and south sides. There are six boats on the north side, one is for us to change people, and five are for you to cross the river. These two lights are shining on Mr. Mi. When the lights go out, we will shoot arrows and fire guns. This is Ah. Taizun's order!" Wang Laowu furiously said: "We agreed to prepare ten boats, why are there only five? Call the surname Ah, or we will go back to prison!"

The jailer smiled and said: "There are only five ferry boats here, all of which have been conscripted. Our lord is restraining the army at the moment, so we cannot come here. My lord has something to tell you: It is a matter of destiny, there is no perfect What? If you want to go back to prison, or kill someone surnamed Mi, whatever you want!"

"Go back!" Wang Laowu waved his hands and yelled at the prisoners: "We're having sex here!"

But the prisoners looked at me, I looked at you, looking at the lonely wilderness, and no one was willing to go down.During the stalemate, countless torches in the east, west, and south were ignited one by one, and the horns, drums, and drums were beating together, gradually pressing down.Wang Laowu mentioned the jailer and asked viciously, "What does this mean?"

"I've said it before." This jailer was rewarded by Ah Gui with a lot of money. He was nicknamed "Lian Dao Rou". They still want to shoot arrows!" Then Wang Lao Wu ordered someone to bring Mi Xiaozu over and stand under the lamp, and sure enough he stopped beating the drum and horn.The prisoners who had breathed the free air became restless. Some hid in the crowd and shouted: "Flee!" Some cursed: "Wang Lao Wu, what the hell are you doing?" The team started to commotion, and it became a mess in an instant. No one was paying attention. More than 20 selected officers and soldiers had already changed into prison clothes, silently blended into the crowd, and slowly approached Wang Laowu.

Wang Laowu's face was full of oil and sweat. Seeing that the team was in disarray, he didn't dare to hesitate anymore, and shouted loudly: "Go north, go down to the city, and cross the river!"

The north wall of Shanzhou City is built on the high loess port on the south bank of the Yellow River. There is only a zigzag-shaped cattle driveway winding down to the river beach.This group of people came down from the city and saw almost dark boats moored in the Yellow River from a distance. Immediately there was a burst of cheers, and they swarmed up and rushed to jump on the boat.Wang Laowu took a few cronies to escort Mi Xiaozu and a dozen people, took the first boat, and shouted hoarsely for a long time, but no one listened to his command.The sound of fighting, shouting, and screaming on the huge river beach, and the sound of people falling into the water were all heard, and he couldn't hear what he shouted at all.In a blink of an eye, forty or fifty people were crowded into Wang Laowu's own boat, some were holding on to the side of the boat, some were pleading, some were cursing angrily to get on the boat.At this time, Wang Laowu was also confused, shouting "start the boat" repeatedly, and beat those people under the boat with pennies.At this moment, the two lights suddenly went out.Wang Laowu twisted his neck and roared strangely: "Who the hell blew out the lamp? Maybe the officers and soldiers are nearby, aren't you afraid of taking arrows?"

"Officials and soldiers don't know how to shoot arrows." Ah Gui, who was among the crowd, suddenly sneered, "If you hit a mouse, you have to prevent the vase from being smashed!"

"You—? Who are you?"

"Ah Gui!" Ah Gui yelled loudly, "You still don't want to do it?"

"tie!"

Twenty or so Geshha agreed in secret, and all showed their daggers.Wang Laowu was stunned, Mi Xiaozu had already let go, the boat was dark for a long time, and he didn't know where to go, the prisoners in the boat suddenly became a mess, amidst the screams, more than a dozen prisoners fell into the water with daggers.Some of the rest were frightened, some jumped into the water to escape, and some came up to fight, but how could they beat the well-trained and ready-made officers and soldiers?Seeing that the general situation was over, Wang Laowu raised his hands and shouted to the other boats: "Brothers—keep the green hills there, don't worry about running out of firewood, one by one will escape!" The individual was firmly fixed, punching and kicking while tying up, and it was tied as strong as rice dumplings in a short time.

"No one can escape." In the darkness, Agui's eyes flickered like will-o'-the-wisps, "They will know when they go ashore—you have to go south, maybe you can slip through a few. Go north—that's too stupid!"

After a day, Qianlong's plan to deal with the prison case was issued to Luoyang.At this time, the big case was over, and Agui ordered people to clear up the dead and injured of the prisoners. unknown.

After the riot was quelled, the staff came to congratulate Agui and prepared to write a solid article to report to the present.Agui laughed and said: "Although I am not responsible for this case, it is not an honorable matter. There are three articles to be written in this booklet. The governor is in command, and the strategy is clear; the soldiers of each battalion work hard to catch the thief; Lai Tianzi Hongfu, captured alive The bandit leader eliminated the hidden dangers; and asked for an order to punish Mi Xiaozu. Not long after Mi Xiaozu took office, this huge case occurred in the territory, and he should be punished according to the law. Please write it like this, the more sincere the better!"

Several masters opened their mouths and said "ah" for a long time before they understood Agui's meaning. The dead man sneaked into the five hundred desperadoes to rescue the hostages, and almost none of them slipped through the net after a hard night's hard work-no one can take the credit.This kind of writing not only expresses the love of the province, but even the emperor's face is bright, and he is really exquisite in all directions.They had underestimated this new Jinshi in his 20s, but now they were so excited that they couldn't help themselves.Several masters set up a table of wine and food that night, and they recommended a master named You Lin to write the article. After studying it all night, they really wrote this article brilliantly.The memorial was in duplicate, one was sent to the province, and the other was sent directly to the study by express horse.

20 days later, Ah Gui received the imperial mail, along with a sealed letter from Sun Guoxi.Ah Gui burns incense and reads it, it is actually her own original book, and there are Qianlong's imperial comments everywhere in the words:
It can be said that Sun Guoxi has lived up to my kindness with such dedication to his errands.

Well, well, exactly as it should be!

The meritorious personnel will be listed separately for discussion.

Such a cunning, fierce and stubborn person, it is a pity to die a thousand!
The ink pen imperial approval in the blank space at the end is for Ah Gui.

I am very happy to read the play. I can understand the so-called Hanshu with wine!This time you dealt with the case of Shanzhou, you thought carefully and planned far, obeyed orders and made decisive decisions, did not hurt any of my soldiers, captured the chieftain in one fell swoop in a dangerous situation, and cut the evil against him in a moment, I am very happy, why blame the crime have?According to Sun Jiagan's report, Er was usually capable, shrewd, honest and clean, and like this, he was also a good minister of the imperial court.That is to say, you will imprison Wang and other chief murderers and Xiejing will severely punish them.All meritorious personnel such as You Lin, Chief Qian Heying, etc., reported to the Ministry to record their names.Mi Xiaozu was not at fault for inspecting the prison, but he was negligent in preventing it, which almost caused a catastrophe, and he was fined to stay in office for half a year.The previous state order also had the crimes he deserved, and Sun Jiagan has been ordered to deal with it.

As a small magistrate, Agui obtained the imperial decree with more than a hundred words, and the meaning of appreciation and praise overflowed between the lines, so she was naturally very happy.That night, he called the 23 Goshhas who boarded the enemy boat with him, and three masters, and discussed the matter of escorting Wang Laowu and other three people to Beijing.Everyone eats wine and celebrates together until the second watch party separates.

The road from Henan to Beijing was windy and snowy, the road was muddy and difficult to navigate, and it took more than a month to get to the capital, even if someone hijacked the car.After the delivery in the lobby of the Ministry of Justice, Agui breathed a sigh of relief, went home that night, and fell asleep.Pai didn't get up until the beginning of the second day.He was originally from a broken banner, and he didn't have many friends in the capital.There are only two coated servants in the family, one old and one young, and they are still left by the ancestors.Ah Gui went out to be an official far away in Henan, and none of his acquaintances knew the news of his return to Beijing, and no one came to visit him.After staying at home for a long time, Agui felt very lonely, thinking that Guandi Temple would be more lively, so he came here on snow.After passing the Zhengyang Gate, this place is really different. The shops in other places are closed, and the streets here are bustling with pedestrians.The snow in front of Guandi Temple has been trampled down to the ground.The snow in each store is swept up and down.Some shops are piled up into snow lions, some are chiseled into snow elephants, and some have wide facades carved into snow dragons to attract customers.Ah Gui looked at it for a while and found it interesting, went into the temple again and burned a stick of incense. Just as he was about to come out, someone beside him asked, "Isn't this Mr. Ah Gui?"

"Yes!" Ah Gui was startled by the question, turned around and looked at it for a long time, then remembered He Zhi who had been drinking at Gaojin Restaurant, and couldn't help laughing: "You are the first one I saw when I came back to Beijing." Friend—are you waiting to take the exam in Beijing? Let’s go, and go to Gao Jin’s house for a reception!” He Zhi said with a smile: “The drinking friends in the past are different now, so it’s hard for you to know me!” Ah Gui said with a smile : "Although this magistrate is majestic outside, now he is a rotten sheep head in the capital. How can we forget the friends of the poor and the lowly!"

He Zhi glanced at Agui with emotion, and said, "If you think so, we can still climb. I'm planning to invite Lemin to see Cao Xueqin, how about moving simultaneously?" He frowned and shook his head and sighed, "You know what? Xueqin couldn't stay in the right-wing sect, and has already resigned. Life is hard now!" Agui said in surprise: "He gets along well with Fu Liuye, how could he be so poor? I heard that his wife is still Liu It was a gift from my grandfather!"

"The sixth master is not what he used to be, and he will be of great use." He Zhi said lightly, "Now he is on a long business trip, and he is not in Beijing. Sigh... Xueqin's family doesn't know what's going on right now!"

(End of this chapter)