Chapter 49 Two governors of Hubei became Peng Yulin's captive

After Zeng Guofan went out, he asked Liu Rong in a low voice, "What advice does Meng Rong have?" Liu Rong said: "The recovery of Wuchang lies in Qinglin's body." "how do I say this?" Liu Rong clung to Zeng Guofan's ear and said a plan.Zeng Guofan said with a smile: "People call you Xiao Liang, and you really deserve your name." Saying that, the two returned to the hall one by one.Zeng Guofan frowned and said to Qinglin: "Brother Mo Qing's situation is really sympathetic. However," his expression became serious, "If the provincial capital is lost, no matter what the reason is, the governor will be beheaded."

Qinglin's face was pale, cold sweat poured out, and he said tremblingly: "I also know that the emperor will not spare, and I hope that you will report the truth to me. It is worth my death for the country to preserve these thousand loyal and good men.” After finishing speaking, he sighed heavily and looked at the tea bowl in front of him blankly. Zeng Guofan said: "There is a way, maybe brother Mo Qing can make up for his mistakes in exchange for the emperor's forgiveness." "Brother Disheng, what's your opinion?" Like a drowning man who is about to die seeing a log floating upstream, Qinglin's eyes flashed with hope.

"At present, Xiangyong has marched northward in three routes, and will reach Wuchang soon. If brother Mo Qing contributes to Xiangyong's recovery of Wuchang, the past can be made up for. It's just a little bit dangerous. I wonder if the old man is willing to do it?" Zeng Guofan stroked his beard on his chest, and stared at Qinglin's typical thin, white banner face with two triangular eyes, as if examining his courage.Out of pity for Wu Wenrong, Zeng Guofan certainly sympathized with Qinglin's situation, but in fact he looked down on this ghost who is afraid of death.

"Qinglin has already committed a capital crime, what danger is there to be afraid of? Brother Disheng, just say it." Qinglin was telling the truth. "I have an idea, and I don't know if it can be used or not. If I say it, I would like to ask Luo Zhongcheng and Ji Gao's brother Runzhi to give advice. I want to use three hundred capable Xiangyongs to dress up like ordinary people and pretend to be the one who caught Brother Mo Qing on the way." Then send brother Mo Qing to the leader of Changmao in Wuchang, so as to win the trust of Changmao, and ambush in the city of Wuchang as an internal response. When the time comes, it will be much easier to recover Wuchang."

"This plan is very good." Zuo Zongtang said, "It just needs a few bold and careful people to do it, and to break into the den of thieves. It is said that beating the long-haired head in Wuchang is to offend me in the near future. The man in Hunan, after Xiangtan was recovered, he hurriedly led his troops back to Hubei and captured Wuchang." Hu Linyi said: "This person is Shi Xiangzhen, the elder brother of Shi Dakai, the long-haired puppet wing king. The people sent here must be good at adapting to the situation, and come up with some clever ways to drag this person into trouble."

Luo Bingzhang also said: "This idea is feasible. Ji Gao is right, we need to choose some reliable people." Qinglin thought: Send me back to Wuchang and hand it over to Changmao. What if Changmao executes me first?But he didn't dare to say this meaning, so he could only bite the bullet and say: "Everything is arranged by Brother Disheng!" A group of civilians dressed in various clothes were rushing along the road leading to Wuchang. They were three hundred Xiangyong in disguise sent by Zeng Guofan. The leader was Peng Yulin, the commander of the navy, and Kang Fu and Bao Chao were his assistants.Bao Chao is a rough man, Zeng Guofan chose him because he valued his superb martial arts, and in times of crisis, he alone can be used by ten people.

At noon that day, after lunch in the Zhifang Inn, Peng Yulin said to Qinglin: "Zhongcheng, please feel wronged, the show is about to begin." Qinglin understood what he meant and said, "You do it!" Several Xiangyongs stepped forward, tied Qinglin's upper body tightly with a thick hemp rope, escorted him, and walked towards Wuchang City. At the beginning of the unitary year, Peng Yulin and his party came to Wangshan Gate in Wuchang.In order to prevent spies from mixing in, all gates in Wuchang were closely guarded.It was Zhou Guoxian who was patrolling the defense of Wangshan Gate. Like Kang Lu, he had also been promoted to the commander in chief.Kang Fu's sharp eyes saw that the person standing on the tower was actually an enemy from Savage Mountain, so he quickly pulled off the brim of his hat and got into the crowd.Zhou Guoxian asked solemnly: "Who is making noise in the city?"

Peng Yulin stepped forward, leaned against the base of the city wall, and agreed in pure Anhui dialect: "General, we were originally good citizens in Wuchang City. A few days ago, we were forced out of the city by Qinglin, and we killed Qinglin's relatives on the way." Soldiers, arrest Qinglin and send it to the general now." Zhou Guoxian asked: "Since you are from Wuchang, why do you have the wrong accent?" Peng Yulin had already prepared for this.While on the road, Peng Yulin thought that what Changmao was most worried about was that Hunan sent Xiangyong to rescue Wuchang. If this group of people came from the south, if they spoke Hengzhou dialect, they would be suspicious. Since they can't speak Wuchang dialect, It's better to speak Anhui dialect to dispel their guard against Xiangyong.Peng Yulin said calmly: "I am originally from Anhui. I came to Wuchang City to open a tea house ten years ago. I am clumsy in speech and tongue. I can't learn Hubei dialect. I can only speak the dialect of my hometown."

Zhou Guoxian heard that Peng Yulin was reasonable, so he stopped questioning and said loudly, "Push Qinglin out!" Peng Yulin pushed the heavily bound Qinglin to the front, and someone on the tower who recognized Qinglin told Guoxian that it was the former governor of Hubei who was tied up.Guoxian no longer doubted, opened the city gate, let Peng Yulin and his party enter the city, and asked Peng Yulin to escort Qinglin to see Shi Xiangzhen.Peng Yulin said to Xiangyong, who was disguised by Sanbai: "Everyone, go back to your own home!" Xiangyong dispersed in twos and threes as agreed on the road.Kang Fu walked up to Peng Yulin wearing a pair of big dark crystal glasses.Pointing to Kang Fu and Bao Chao, Peng Yulin introduced to Guoxian, "These two are fellows of our village, Kang Da and Bao Si, and the capture of Qinglin mainly depends on Bao Si's skill. My name is Peng Zhong."

Guoxian took them to the Hubei headquarters of the Western Expeditionary Army located in the former governor's office.Shi Xiangzhen received them very happily, and said affectionately: "It's rare for the three strong men to be loyal to the kingdom of heaven and capture the demon head." Peng Yulin said: "Qinglin harmed the country and the people, the crime is heinous, and everyone hates it. A little savings of our tea house was also robbed by the Qing soldiers. On the day I and the two buddies were kidnapped, I planned to capture them on the road, but there was no chance to get off the phone along the way." When we reached Puqi, most of Qinglin's guards had fled, leaving only a hundred of them. Seeing that the opportunity had come, I secretly colluded with the refugees to start an uprising in the middle of the night. It is rare that Bao Si is good at martial arts, and Kang Da also assisted him. Kill dozens of guards and capture Qinglin alive."

Shi Xiangzhen looked at Bao Chao and Kang Fu, said "a good man, a good man" repeatedly, and ordered his soldiers to come up with five hundred taels of silver.Peng Yulin hurriedly stood up and declined: "General, we arrested Qinglin not for rewarding money, but to eliminate harm for the people and avenge our village. If we rewarded silver, we would be underestimating us." Shi Xiangzhen is a bold person, seeing Peng Yulin say this, he likes it even more: "A hero doesn't want money, so forget it! Since the tea house is bankrupt, if you want, join us to destroy the demons and fight against the world! I don't think any of the three Waiting for idlers, the Kingdom of Heaven needs heroes like you." Hearing this, Peng Yulin fell in love with him, and hurriedly left his seat and replied: "General Meng is wrongly loved, Peng Zhong and others are willing to follow the general's horse!" Shi Xiangzhen was overjoyed and ordered his soldiers to bring Qinglin up. Qinglin was escorted up.Seeing that Peng Yulin and others were all guests, he felt relieved.He walked unhurriedly and stood in front of Shi Xiangzhen without kneeling.Shi Xiangzhen shouted angrily: "The dog officer kneels down!" Qinglin still didn't move.The soldiers came up and swept over, Qinglin immediately fell to the ground, remembering the saying that a good man doesn't suffer in front of him, so he reluctantly knelt down. "Officer dog, report your name!" Shi Xiangzhen opened his tiger eyes angrily, and roared like thunder.Qinglin was startled, took a while to calm down, and replied in a low voice: "Bingshenke Jinshi was a former Imperial Academy attendant and lecturer, and now he is the right servant of the Ministry of Rites. He is sent to Hubei Xuezheng, and Qinglin is the governor of Hubei." "Damn it, you have to be airy when you're about to die. The servants and governors are all monsters, and they must be killed!" Qinglin knelt on the ground, not daring to reply.Shi Xiangzhen asked again, "Officer Dog, are you guilty?" Qinglin raised his head and glanced at Peng Yulin.Peng Yulin gave him a wink. Qinglin cheered up as if he had taken a sip of ginseng soup, and said, "This Fuyuan is not guilty." "Yaotou, you are still stubborn! These days, the people of Wuchang are complaining and redressing their grievances one after another. Let me count a few for you to see if you are guilty or not. Yaotou, listen carefully: since the first month of last year, my soldiers from the kingdom of heaven When you evacuated the three towns of Wuhan and marched towards Little Paradise, you swarmed into the city, crazily reckoned, and killed more than 30,000 innocent people who had contacts with our Paradise. Is this a crime? For the past year and a half, you have treated the common people wantonly here Looting, extortionate extortion, tens of thousands of people's homes were destroyed, and they fled everywhere. Is this a crime? Your officials are extorting money and getting rich on corruption, and your thousands of soldiers are holding sticks with open fire, stealing property, killing people for money, and raping women. Isn't it a crime? Say it!" Shi Xiangzhen slapped the table heavily, and a teacup jumped down and smashed to pieces. Even though Peng Yulin and others were sitting on it, Qinglin was still terrified.After calming down for a while, in order not to lose face in front of Peng Yulin, he forced himself to reply calmly: "Some of what I just said was not a crime, and some were exaggerated. What the nursing home did." Shi Xiangzhen was furious: "I don't care if you did it or your predecessor did it, it's what you monster-headed dog officials did. Wu Wenrong has been executed by my kingdom of heaven, and Chonglun has escaped. Once captured, I will never let him live. The law of heaven is clear, the three heroes have arrested you, how can I tolerate you today!" Shi Xiangzhen stood up abruptly, and ordered loudly: "Push the dog officer out and chop him off!" When Qing Lin heard this, she collapsed to the ground in fright and passed out.Peng Yulin didn't expect this move either. He hurriedly stood up and bowed his hands to Shi Xiangzhen: "General, take a break from the thunderous anger. Qinglin's crime is heinous, but I think it's better to imprison him for a few days. I heard that Zeng Guofan It is necessary to lead Xiangyong to attack Wuchang, and after Zeng Guofan, Taqibu and others are captured alive, the father and husband of the three towns in Wuhan will be summoned to interrogate them. Shi Xiangzhen said: "Brother Peng is right, let him live for a few more days! Hold on!" The soldiers came over and dragged Qinglin down like a dead dog.