Chapter 39 Section Thirty-ninth Ange's Serious Case Has Finally Been Concluded

The princes withdrew, and Emperor Daoguang sent troops to Zhili overnight to arrest Ange and the others, and then expedited eight hundred miles to send a secret decree to General Glenn of Ningxia. , sent heavy troops to surround Hui Wang's mansion, and no one could escape, confiscated all Hui Wang's property, and escorted people into Beijing Yunyun with weapons.They also sent a secret decree to Fengtian Mansion, ordering Fengtian Mansion to arrest An Ge's younger brother An Guang and others immediately, and no one should escape.It's really called vigorous and resolute. After finishing all these, it was already dawn, and Emperor Daoguang stretched away from the case, got up and walked to the House of Internal Affairs not far from the courtyard.The eunuchs waiting outside the door hurriedly followed.

When he arrived at the place where the fourth son of the emperor, Zeng Guofan, and Changshun were imprisoned, Emperor Daoguang stopped and said to the eunuchs who followed him, "Order to the imperial dining room to cook three bowls of ginseng and lotus seed soup, and give it to the fourth elder brother, Zeng Guofan, and Changshun to suppress the shock. Drink After the soup is over, let them go back to rest. Tell them, if anyone leaks a word about yesterday's incident, I will cut off his tongue and chop off his head! Go." Emperor Daoguang walked towards the west wing of the House of Internal Affairs, where the princes were resting.

Zeng Guofan didn't wake up until he was dragged into the small side room of the House of Internal Affairs.I just felt my whole body's meridian qi reversed, and my whole body was extremely itchy. When I rolled up my sleeves, I saw that dense red spots had grown out.After a while, the fourth elder brother and Changshun were also sent in, and Zeng Guofan felt a little relieved. But as soon as Na Yi came in, he lost his temper at Zeng Guofan, and kicked Zeng Guofan fiercely. Zeng Guofan was kicked to the ground, not daring to say a word. Yi scolded: "Zeng Guofan, Zeng Guofan, it doesn't matter if you lose your head, you got me involved too. From the very beginning, I said that this business involving the palace is not fun! You and Xiao Shunzi don't treat me as a fourth son at all. Brother, take it seriously, something happened this time, right?" After cursing, he wiped away his tears, and continued cursing after wiping away enough tears.First scold Zeng Guofan, then scold Changshun, after scolding Changshun, then scold Ange.Changshun was also scolded so much that he dared not say a word.

Yi messed around for most of the night, and made himself feel awkward, so he asked the guards to spread the mat, and fell asleep on his side. Suddenly, three eunuchs from the imperial dining room came in with three bowls of ginseng soup, and said, "By the emperor's decree, reward Si elder brother, Zeng Guofan, and Changshun ginseng soup." The bowls were placed in front of everyone. Yi Yi got up, looked at the ginseng soup for a long time, and suddenly shouted hysterically: "I don't drink Hedinghong, I want to see Huang Ama!" The eunuch holding the bowl was silent.

Zeng Guofan knelt down and kowtowed, saying "Thank you, Your Majesty", he took the ginseng bowl with both hands and drank it in mouthfuls. Chang Shun also said "Thank you, Your Majesty", and also took the ginseng bowl, and threw his neck back into it. Yirun was taken aback by the attitude of the two who regarded death as home. At this time, the eunuch who came to deliver the order saw that Zeng Guofan and Changshun had finished drinking the ginseng soup, and said, "The sage ordered that Zeng Guofan and Changshun be allowed to return to the mansion. Who dares to say a word about this matter? Cut your tongue and skin." Chop off your head!"

The two hurriedly kowtowed to thank each other.But Zeng Guofan's sudden ringworm had already tormented him so much that he was shaking all over, and he almost couldn't hold it back.How did he know that ginseng soup is a tonic of heat, and it is the enemy of all kinds of skin ringworm. People suffering from ringworm should avoid heat, fishy smell, and tonic. How can he control this bowl of ginseng soup! He stood up, hurriedly said to Si elder brother and Chang Shun, "I'll leave first," and walked out of the House of Internal Affairs quickly. When he got to the street, he ordered to take a small sedan chair for two people, and gave an order to carry him back home as if flying away.

After Zeng Guofan left, Chang Shun bowed to Yi, said, "Your slave is also one step ahead", and walked out too. Yi hesitated for a long time, then took the bowl slowly, drank half of the bowl in one sip, and went back to the harem alone. When Zeng Guofan got off the sedan chair, Zhou Sheng ran out from the gatehouse to help him.Zhou Sheng felt that the master was trembling all over. As soon as he entered the hall, Zeng Guofan strode into the study room, yelling, "I'm itching to death", and asked Zhou Sheng to quickly dig out the plaster he brought back from Sichuan, and put it on firmly first.

Zhou Sheng lifted up Zeng Guofan's clothes, and seeing that the master's whole body was already flushed, Zhou Sheng's face suddenly changed. "Master, why is it so heavy?" Zhou Sheng asked with heartache, his eyes were red. Zeng Guofan gasped for a long time before saying: "Zhou Sheng, I can't resist anymore, come here and give me a scratch!" Zhou Sheng agreed, and then scratched up.After scratching for a long time, Zeng Guofan's whole body was still shaking. In desperation, Zeng Guofan said: "Zhou Sheng, tell Mama Zhang to boil a pot of salt water, and you can bring it in for me. Tell the old man and wife, I will rest for a while." Go out again, this time the ringworm attack is too violent, I really can't bear it!"

Zhou Sheng hurried out to find Zhang Ma to boil water, and went to the upper room to tell the old man and his wife Ouyang that the old man was back. After returning to the concierge, Zhou Sheng realized that his ten fingers were already stained with blood, so he hurried to the kitchen to wash his hands. When Guohua and Guohuang heard that the elder brother was back, they rushed over to greet him. They saw the elder brother's naked upper body covered with red spots, scratching desperately with both hands on his shoulders, the pain was unbearable to see. At this time, Zhou Sheng was walking in with a large bucket of warm salt water.Putting down the bucket, he ran out again and brought in the big wooden basin Zeng Guofan used for soaking himself.Seeing Zhou Sheng pouring water into the basin, Zeng Guofan didn't care too much, took off his trousers in a few strokes, and squatted into the basin with only a pair of shorts on. His legs were covered with red spots.

Zeng Guofan soaked in the water for a long time, and then said to Guohua: "Brother's ringworm is very serious this time, and he almost lost his composure. I'll soak for a while and then go to say hello to Dad. How is Dad these days? You two bother me. " Guohuang and Guohua wiped away their tears and said, "Eldest brother, just go to the bar, dad is pretty good, eats and sleeps well, just love to stand outside the door early in the morning and night to see the shadow of elder brother." Zeng Guofan closed his eyes, enjoying the comfort brought to him by the warm salt water.His sensible son, Jize, also walked in quietly, and secretly asked the two uncles, "What's the matter, dad?" Neither Guohuang nor Guohua said anything, each shook his hand, and slowly exited the study.Only Zhou Sheng was left standing by the basin in the study, waiting on him.

Knowing that his son was back, Zeng Linshu also wanted to go into the study, and was leading Jize out to meet Guohua and Guohuang. Zeng Linshu asked in a low voice, "Is your elder brother important?" Guohuang sighed and said: "Brother's ringworm is not serious this time, it's covered all over his body. Father, you always have to think of a way, elder brother's ringworm is good and sometimes bad, how much it will affect the future! " Zeng Linshu sighed heavily, and said after a long time: "Your elder brother's ringworm disease may not be cured in his lifetime. Your elder brother was born with this ringworm disease. For this reason, your grandfather specially sold five buckets of sorghum to Chen Huoyan saw it. When Chen Huoyan saw it, he said that your elder brother is the reincarnation of a boa constrictor, and he is destined to suffer from this ringworm disease. How can he be cured? Don't say that father has gone out to visit famous doctors. Even your elder brother, there are not many famous doctors. Could it be that your eldest brother really deserves to suffer from this ringworm? Cough!" After thinking for a while, he said to Guohua, "Go to the study room and tell Shaoquan that their husband is back and come to say hello .They have been nagging in front of me all day, and they are also thinking about it.” Guohua agreed with "yes" and walked to the study room.After waiting for another two moments, Zeng Guofan changed his clothes and came out. Zeng Guofan first called Zeng Linshu "Father", and then asked about food and daily life. It happened that at this time Li Hongzhang and a dozen other people came out and greeted the teacher together.Zeng Guofan casually asked about his recent homework, while explaining the reason why he hadn't returned home in the past few days, it was nothing more than busy business, so he agreed to look at their homework after dinner.Only then did he step by step into the inner room to see his wife, Ouyang, and after seeing Ouyang, he realized that Ouyang Xiaocen, the old Taishan, had gone to Suzhou to visit friends the day before.As usual, Ouyang called her husband Master, called Master, then lifted his clothes to see his ringworm, saw plaster on his front and back, knew that it was not very itchy, so he felt relieved.He also asked Hei Ni to inform the cook to add another dish, but there was nothing to say.Zeng Guofan sat down for a while, then got up and went to the study room of the students, and carefully reviewed the homework of the students. The next day, Zeng Guofan took a sedan chair to work in the Imperial Academy as usual.As soon as he went to the main street, he saw countless people crowded in darkness on both sides of the street, who were said to be watching criminals.Zeng Guofan's sedan chair couldn't squeeze through, so he had to stop to watch.Suddenly hearing "Here we come", Zeng Guofan hurriedly lifted the curtain of the sedan chair, and saw a group of Eight Banner soldiers walking forward first, all carrying brand new foreign guns, there were about four or five rows in high spirits, followed by four or five rows of soldiers with big swords on their backs People, after the man with the sword on his back came the horse team, and behind the horse team was the prison cart with a wooden cage. At the beginning, a man was fat and his hair was loose, squatting in the prison cart with his back bare, his eyes rolling around, followed by dozens of people. There were men and women in the prison cart, but behind the prison cart, there were people tied together with ropes, and their hair was loose. There were more than a hundred of them, so densely packed that they couldn't be seen clearly.After half an hour, the crowd slowly dispersed, still unfinished. When Zeng Guofan rushed to the Imperial Academy, the sedan chairs of many officials had just arrived, and they must have been trapped by the crowd watching the prisoners, so they all came a bit late. Zeng Guofan entered the office, only to learn from the officer on duty that the imperial convicts escorted to Beijing today were people from the Zhili admiral An Ge and other people. Zeng Guofan remained calm, but he couldn't help but feel happy, knowing that An Ge's case was a foregone conclusion. Zeng Guofan pretended not to know and asked, "I don't know what case Anjunmen committed?" The officer-in-charge replied: "Your Excellency, I have also heard other officials say so. As for the crime committed, there must be a decree soon." At this time, Shao Yichen, the editor and editor, walked in, and he was taken aback when he saw Zeng Guofan, and said: "I come to discuss business with my lord every day, how can my lord come to work?" Zeng Guofan said: "According to the order of the superior, I went to the Ministry of Internal Affairs to work for a few days. Could it be that something important happened to the Imperial Academy?" Shao Yichen said: "You may not believe it if you say it, Mr. Zhan Shiqi, the young master of Zhan Shifu, was dismissed yesterday. Mr. Qi did not know what he committed. Just now, someone from the palace escorted Mr. Qi to the clan mansion. Yesterday he said he would surrender Three-level use, six-month salary penalty, according to today's point of view, it may be withdrawn to the end. Listen to Master Wen, who is in charge of the courtyard, whether you can keep your head, is still in doubt. If you dare, Master Qi and An Ge about it?" Zeng Guofan said while pondering: "Who can say for sure?" In the afternoon, news came from the palace that Man and Han Shangshu of the Ministry of Punishment, a Man Zuodu censor of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and Man and Han Siqing of Dali Temple were all dismissed and punished. As a result, the whole court began to feel uneasy, and even the barbarians in the foreign church in the capital were surprised. The Ministry of Punishment, the Metropolitan Procuratorate, and Dali Temple, these are the highest-level prison case trial institutions in the Qing Dynasty. People used to call them the Three Law Departments at the time, and they were the most feared yamen in the common people.Like the gentlemen of the Metropolitan Procuratorate, apart from the emperor and the prince who dare not impeach, are there any people who dare not impeach? It was the first time since the founding of the Qing Dynasty that almost all the palm prints of the Sanfasi were replaced in one day, and even many princes and royal relatives were baffled. The next day, another earth-shattering event happened: King Gu was stripped of his title, and his family was escorted to Shengjing's original place of residence by the guards to settle down for the elderly, and he was not allowed to enter Beijing without purpose.