Emperor Qianlong: the beginning of his glory

Chapter 64
"Of course the way out is to the south." Fan Gaojie grimaced, and suddenly smiled, "The bandit's mystery is a trick of the suspicious soldiers. His soldiers have used the north to block us, and now they are going to be transferred to the south to block us. I said Standing on guard and waiting for help is because the soldiers have no fighting spirit at the moment, and we must stabilize the morale of the army. At dawn, we broke through the siege to the south and gathered at Haojiapo to wait for help. First, it was easy to attack Tuo Tuofeng, and second, it cut off the way back for the bandits in Linxian County I'm so tired now, I can't get out of Pathfinder!"

Being besieged for help, or breaking out of the encirclement, this is the most common military measure. Fan Gaojie has no courage and no knowledge, so he uses it headstrongly. Fang Jin, who is deep and introverted, finally can't help it.Turning around, he said loudly to the surrounding bianzuo: "You are soldiers from the camp of Jin Province, and I am a veteran from Gansu Province. I first followed General Nian, then General Yue, then Zhang Junmen, and finally this 'fan 'General, you have heard what I said and what he said, I just ask you to remember, don't forget!" After saying that, he clasped his fists together, and tears fell like rain.Fan Gaojie took a cold look and saw that the faces of all the sergeants around him were livid. He knew that he had committed public anger. If he reprimanded the general who had been rushing for a day, he would probably be hacked to death. He was stunned for a long time, changed his smile, and said: Fang, now we are in the same boat through thick and thin, how do you do this with me? Listen to you - ask the middle battalion to select strong, smart and capable soldiers to explore the way. Each team has 30 people, all the way to the north and all the way to the south!" He ordered, " It's getting dark, so we must guard against night attacks, and no fires are allowed anywhere!"

"Hey!" Fang Jin squatted down and sat beside Hu Zhenbiao, without making another sound.

Piao Gao defeated the 5000 Qing soldiers with 49 troops. Half of the enemy troops were injured, and almost all the food, horses and supplies were lost, but the Shanzhai rebels had no casualties.At this moment, his commanding position is almost at the top of Fan Gaojie's head, Huaxiang Peak, which is tens of feet high. Dozens of Dharma protectors, including Shan Flea, are guarding next to his big tent. Hunting sound.He drank wine and sat alone, occasionally glancing at the Evil Tiger Beach below.He has a white beard and green robe, a feather fan and a scarf, and a burner of Tibetan incense is burning on the desk in front of him, and he looks like a fairy.

But he wasn't thinking about military affairs at this time. The military has already won the battle: the water in Ehutan is shallow because the upper streams of the three rivers are blocked. The breaches occurred at the same time, and none of the Qing soldiers trapped on the beach escaped with their lives.The soldiers ambushing in the south had prepared enough rocks on Tuotuo Peak, and they couldn't pass through at all.The soldiers in the north were still the same troops, more than enough to intercept a few frightened deserters.He was thinking about the situation of the followers of the Bauhinia Mountain Cult reported by the mountain fleas, but the words did not match, and he was proficient in the teachings of the White Lotus Sect, so he said that he came to help, but he did not see contact.They are like friends, but they are rude to the mountain fleas who are specially waiting for them; they are enemies, why has there been no movement for six days?Where can the governor of Shanxi transfer these uncouth soldiers?However, in order to fight this battle well, he used up all the people, commanded himself in the middle, and couldn't leave for a moment. His head swelled from thinking about it, and he still couldn't understand it.The rebels below all regard him as a god who can pinch and count and turn beans into soldiers, but he can't show the slightest anxiety. Therefore, although he looks elegant and unrestrained on the surface, he is extremely uneasy in his heart.

It was already dark, and Piao Gao's army also ordered a ban on lights.The huge shadow of Tuotuo Peak became more and more blurred. Under the starlight, we could see the mountains and miscellaneous trees swaying uneasily, as if countless ghosts were cheering and dancing in the dark, and the pine waves roared sometimes tight and sometimes slowly.It also seems that thousands of troops are galloping and fighting in the distance, giving people a mysterious and terrifying association.He couldn't sit still anymore, so he walked out of the tent.A waiter immediately came up to him and said, "Prince Zongfeng, do you have a decree?"

"No." Piao Gao replied calmly, "Oh, tell people to keep an eye on the horse house, and report any movement with lights. Red lights are bad luck, yellow lights are good luck!"

"Follow the law!"

Piao Gao looked to the south, where his "adopted daughter" Juanjuan was leading a thousand righteous people to attack Lin County, and only waited for the victory here before returning to seize the city.I don't know what to do at this moment?Piao Gao is 57 years old, and his common name is Jia.He was originally from Sizhou, Jiangnan Province, and lived in a small town by the Hongze Lake.

One year he got mad, the family asked the gods for divination, and looked for monks and Taoism to cure him.Bathing him in dog's blood and whipping him with peach wood is of no use at all.In desperation, his family sent him to Linggu Temple as a young monk, and then to Ziyang Taoist temple as a Taoist priest, proficient in some astronomy, geography and Taoist magic.In the sixth year of Yongzheng's reign, the imperial court secretly summoned people with supernatural powers to enter the palace to treat the emperor's illness.Li Wei recommended him.In the palace, they worshiped Jia Shifang as their teacher. One night, the master and apprentice faced the wall. Jia Shifang said: "There will be more hail on Thursday tonight. We can't sit in the open air." Sitting on the north side, you won't be able to hit a single grain." Later, it really came true.As a result, he aroused Jia Shifang's jealousy, and after only staying in the palace for three months, he asked for trouble and expelled him from the school.When he was about to leave, he said: "I come here and leave lightly. I have the body of a dragon, and I am destined to be noble, and I must be accompanied by the Lord of Life. I named myself 'Piao Gao', and your life is in an instant, so you are not worthy of being my teacher!" "

From this, he floated high and traveled around the world, looking for his "Allah".In the seventh year of Yongzheng's reign, there was a severe drought in Anhui, and the harvest of autumn grain was cut off. When the next spring was green and yellow, a large number of victims flowed into other provinces.This is a good time to help the world and save people and make friends with evangelism.Piao Gao rushed from Xiangyang, Huguang to Nanyang Mansion.It was February when we crossed Laohekou, but it was raining and snowing. Under the eaves of the two rows of houses, there were hungry people huddled together in the cold, and everyone was so hungry that they were yellow-skinned and thin.

The weather was extremely cold, and the spring breeze was wrapped in smog-like drizzle, sleet and snow, rippling on the street from time to time, and Piao Gao was completely soaked, so he went into a small restaurant on South Street and asked for a drink. Bowl of hot rice wine, drink slowly with spiced beans.

The door of a mounted craftsman's shop opposite the restaurant creaked open, and a little girl came out carrying a bucket of paste, as if she was going to take it somewhere.She looked at an old woman curled up at the door, hesitated for a moment, then lowered her body and asked, "Mother, you look so bad, are you afraid that you are sick, or you are hungry, do you have a bowl? It's hot, let me warm you up..." In a blink of an eye, a broken bowl was placed on the steps, and he stopped talking, poured out a bowl and handed it to the old woman in silence.

"Good man!"

This move of hers immediately alarmed a dozen or so victims around her, who immediately surrounded her.All kinds of broken bowls were brought up.Piao Gao looked carefully, and saw that she had a distressed expression on her face, and it took her a long time to forcefully lift the bucket, each of them poured more than half of the bowl, and the small bucket was already upside down.Without saying a word, he returned to the mounting shop with the empty bucket.

After a while, I heard the faint sound of beating and scolding coming from inside, and it became louder and louder. A woman shouted: "Do you know how much a catty of noodles is? It has risen to thirty yuan! You can't earn a penny by yourself, and you have to practice it." People! The streets are full of beggars. You are not Guanyin Bodhisattva, insisting on throwing out a bottle of dew! How can I support you, a slut who eats inside and out!" Then there was another crackling sound, and everyone was stunned. The tall woman dragged the girl out by her hair, and threw her in the street, and the girl fell on all fours in the snowy beach, unable to get up for a long time.She was eleven or twelve years old, and she was born weak. She was beaten so badly for giving a bucket of paste. Several middle-aged men couldn't stand it, so they surrounded her silently, staring angrily at the tall woman.Piao Gao also stood up.

"What are you looking at? Didn't drink enough, didn't you drink to your heart's content?" The woman opened her cross-eyed eyes and shouted in a high-pitched voice, "Your father is here to mount a new house for Mr. Hua's house, and there is a whole bowl of paste You dare to take it to those prodigal bums who are starving to death! You are a master, you just killed a man, and you want to hurt your father?"

It was only then that Piao Gao realized that the girl was a child bride. He let out a sigh of relief, stepped forward to help the girl, and said to the woman: "Everyone has his own destiny, whoever interferes with whom? Shut your dog's mouth! Anyway, she It is also a life, can you bear such torture?"

"Hey, there's a wild Taoist who supports me!" said the woman, "My Ma family bought her from the market for 12 taels of silver, she was not carried here by three media, six certificates and eight sedan chairs! She must die!" It's my Ma family's business to get rid of the work! What's the matter, are you standing in the way?"

Ma Pozi was furious immediately, her eyebrows were raised upside down, but for some reason, under Piao Gao's gaze, she was a little frightened, so she pulled the girl over, raised her duster without saying a word, and was about to strike.

"Shut up!" Piao Gao raised his whisk and muttered something:

This woman's predecessor was Ananda, the seventh-grade lotus in front of Sakyamuni.

Now that the catastrophe has passed, turn around and go to Lei Yintian!
"I am the first child in front of Lao Tzu's stove, the great ancestor of Piao Gao!" Piao Gao saw more and more people gathered, and began to pass on the scriptures: "The world is in a catastrophe, and the two schools of Buddhism and Taoism will discuss business. Set up Taoism and establish religion, called Red and White Two Suns! There is no sky and no earth, there is chaos first, then there is, and when they grow up, they are heaven and earth, black and yellow, and the inanimate mother is the master of heaven and earth. All people in the world, I hope that those who help the world and do good deeds can all Form a good relationship with me, a bucket of rice will save people in this life, and a stone will be paid back to you in the next life. If you accumulate two thousand stones, you will be paid back as a prefect!" After saying that, he closed his eyes and clapped his hands together, chanting again.

During the chanting, some people donated money one after another:

"I donate a stone of rice!"

"I donate two taels of silver!"

"I donate... ten coats!"

"I donate..."

"Good!" Piao Gao said.There was already a thick layer of copper coins in front of him, and someone threw them in front of him clangingly.Piao Gao squatted down, stroked the girl's hair, and said softly: "You will follow me to learn Taoism, okay?" The girl timidly looked at the fierce and godlike mother-in-law, and her big tearful eyes flickered twice .Piao Gao turned around and said to the crowd: "This woman is willing to donate her life to learn Taoism. The mountain man donates 12 liang of silver himself!" With his right hand, he moved to Kong and took out a silver pancake.

Everyone cheered in unison, but Piao Gao turned around and said to Ma's mother-in-law: "Are you willing? If you are willing to give up for good, you will redeem the donated money and goods, and I will clear up your sins... ..." The mother-in-law of the Ma family said repeatedly: "I am willing to..."

"Let's go," Piao Gao said to the girl, "You donated it, so let's call it Juanjuan..."

With the passage of time, Juanjuan gradually learned many Taoism skills of Piao Gao, and practiced martial arts with agility. There was no suspicion between "Father and Daughter" between the master and apprentice, Piao Gao just felt that she was becoming more and more beautiful and fragrant.One summer, he accidentally caught a glimpse of Juanjuan taking a bath... He suddenly discovered that he was also a sentimental man... Several times pretending to be possessed by the gods, teasing and hooking up did not move Juanjuan's heart, and Yao Qin was always in the way , all to no avail.In a rage, he drove Yao Qin away—from then on, Juanjuan became more wary of him.Although he didn't turn his back on the face publicly, he was already wary in his heart.

……

"Let's talk after this battle is over. I'll be the king, and I'll make her a princess. Let's see how it goes..."

He was about to pay back the bill, when suddenly there was a thunderous explosion from Tuo Tuo Peak on the opposite side, and in a shock, countless torches were lit at the same time.The village building, performance hall, barracks, granaries, stables... first black smoke rose into the sky, and then it seemed like a gunpowder depot exploded, and Tuo Tuo Peak suddenly became a flaming mountain.After a short pause, a bright red lamp was burning at the opposite stone gate. For some reason, it swayed a few times as if drunk, and it seemed that even the person and the lamp fell off the cliff.

"Someone robbed the village!" Piao Gao was stunned!

(End of this chapter)