C23

Chapter 23 - Calming Fury

On the winter night when Bei Feng shouted, a Feng Shui treasure land had been occupied by the Manchu royal family for over a hundred years. This was the best mountain sealing and forest raising plan in human history, and it could be said to be the strictest soil and water conservation plan that one could imagine. In the face of strict imperial power, even if a commoner removed a straw stick from inside, they would still be beheaded.

It was obvious that under such a strong protection, the forest on the mountain would definitely not be lush. The evergreen trees were natural torches, and the oily trunks of the trees were the best fuel for the fire.

The crackling sounds of the mountain fire lingered on the mountain. Bei Feng did his best to bring enough oxygen into the fire, causing the thick layer of fallen leaves on the ground to be completely dried up by the sun. Just a tiny bit of the fire would be enough to turn it into a prairie fire.

The sound of gongs and horn could be heard everywhere. From garrison camp and the surrounding villages of Manchu, countless frightened people ran out, all of them carrying broken buckets and driving the water dragon carriage to the fire site with all their might.

"It's Mausoleum of Tailing! It's Lord Yongzheng... Ancestor, why is it burning up just like that … "

"A death sentence. This is all a death sentence. The Royal Tomb is on fire, we can't all live …"

"Quick, charge up and cut down the trees and shrubs …" "Do not let the fire spread to the Ming Mansion and the main hall …"

Twenty thousand soldiers and tens of thousands of civilians were rushing up the mountain like crazy ants. Under the threat of death, they exploded with endless fighting power. Furthermore, the ones present here were 100% Manchu s, how could they possibly not be interested in their ancestor's resting place?

At this moment, Second Master Lian could no longer attend to the weakness of his body. Wrapped in a bearskin coat, he climbed up to the roof and looked at the splendorous mountains in the distance, feeling dizzy.

"Don't burn into the main hall, don't …" Before he could finish his sentence, the old coffin caused his head to spin and he fell into the arms of the Rape Monkey.

At this time, Shi Dakai and Liu Lang were already dumbstruck. Even if they had made mental preparations beforehand, when the mountain behind the Mausoleum of Books had already completely turned into the Blazing Mountain, the Heaven Nation's descendants were all dumbstruck.

The raging fire shot up to the sky and could be seen clearly for dozens of miles around. That night, all the surrounding villages fell into a sleepless night, and the eight flags galloped like horses through every village, forcing every labourer to go put out the fire. The entire Mausoleum of Qing Xi had turned into a chaotic whirlpool.

"Haha …" Hahaha … "Hahahaha …" Liu Lang laughed until he was mad, "You've got guts, you've got guts, I used to look down on strategists, but today I'm convinced, strategists have guts …" Speaking of which, gray beard even kneeled on the ground and kowtowed three times.

"Mr. Xiao, if you have offended me in the past, I will compensate you …" Shi Dakai smiled bitterly and shook his head, just at this time, the forest on the other side of the road suddenly rustled, along with the cries of the Frigid Sparrows.

"Mister is back! "Teacher is back …" As they spoke, a few figures entered into the darkness under Liu Lang's lead, and not long later, the soldiers actually carried Xiao Letian out. Shi Dakai thought that the Military Advisor was injured, but upon walking in, he realised that the brothers were too excited, and they carried the Military Advisor along the mountain road that was tens of miles away without touching the ground.

"My lord, what is the view of this great fire?" Xiao Letian said in a smug voice.

"It is indeed spectacular!" However, I don't understand why you only burn the back mountain and not the Ming Mansion and the main hall. Isn't that even more spectacular? " Shi Dakai asked.

Hearing that, Xiao Letian shook his head: "I can't, our goal is to borrow the Manchu royal family's power to destroy Lian Er, and also to prove to Liu Sanbian this kind of people that we are capable, so that they won't dare to betray us in this life."

"Remember, our goal is not to fight to the death with the Qing Dynasty right now. Have you forgotten the plan I told you about before? What we want now is to keep a low profile and make a fortune without saying a word. If this were to burn down Ming Lou and the main hall, Beijing would go crazy. She would have to at least give us face … "

Xiao Letian was right, the entire plan was to borrow a knife to kill, but he couldn't force the knife to go crazy.

The Western Tomb was not that far from the Yi County. From a distance of more than fifteen kilometers, the citizens of Yi County could see the light of fire in the western horizon. After experiencing that night of chaos, the commoners did not dare to go out on the streets. However, each and every one of them secretly went up to the rooftops to look at the scarlet flames in the west. They all speculated about what had happened.

As for Liu Sanbian, he was also standing on top of the city wall, looking in the direction of the Western Tomb. Liu County Order could hear the sounds of his teeth clenching, and he could feel his hands and feet gradually turning cold. He finally understood what kind of ship he was on, and from that moment on, he no longer dared to have any thoughts of betraying her.

The news of the fire of Mt. Tai had quickly spread to Beijing by the evening of the second day. The Ministry of Internal Affairs did not dare to delay and quickly reported it to the Emperor and the empress dowagers. At this time, Tongzhi was only nine years old, and the actual power of the empire lay entirely in the hands of Ci Xi and the empress dowager.

When Ci Xi heard that such a huge incident had occurred in Tai Ling during the new year, he was so angry that he immediately ordered to lock down the dozen or so high ranking mausoleum guarding officials, including Lian Rou. However, Ci An was gentle and pure like in the records, not willing to cause too much of a ruckus. He only ordered the Ministry of Internal Affairs to investigate everything in detail, and only make plans after everything had been investigated thoroughly.

"Sister, why are you so angry? Tell the servants to go investigate. If it's just a fire accident, we shouldn't make too much of a fuss. Nanjing will be conquered easily this year, and it will be a festive day for all the world. It won't look good if there's more trouble …" Ci An raised his enamel fingernails as he lightly sniffed the fragrance of the tea in his hand. His graceful posture was so elegant that even women would go crazy.

Ci Xi let out a long sigh in his heart, but he still had to give Ci An face. After all, he was the Eastern Palace Empress Dowager, and he was only the Empress Dowager of the Western Palace.

Elder sister, don't be so kind in the future. If you don't treat these servants ruthlessly, they will turn around and kick your nose on your face. Look at the papers, it said that the fire burned for a whole day and night, so that even the main hall would be burnt.

"It's the new year, it's better to make peace …" Ci An was still as serene as before, he did not care about Ci Xi's words at all.

That night, the Ministry of Internal Affairs sent people to rush to the West Tomb overnight. However, when they arrived at the West Tomb the next day, they found that Lian'er was no longer able to afford a stroke.

As for the others, there were even less clues. Only Second Master Lian's stewards had unwittingly reported the incident of Yi County causing trouble to the bandits.

A few of the higher officials of the Ministry of Internal Affairs heard that Yi County was making a ruckus? Now that she was happy, since she could hook up with the local security, it would be even better. However, when they looked for the county officials to verify the situation, they discovered that Second Master Lian had long offended all of the county officials.

"Guys, let's see, what kind of bandits are there? It was Second Elder who tried to steal Fan Lian's daughter, Hu Niu.

"I've personally seen the entire city being locked up by bandits that night. The Western Tomb Army had brought over two hundred soldiers, making the Yi County fall flat on her back. But what happened in the end? Other than the fat shopkeeper of the hotpot store who is a great bandit, where else would there be bandits? "

"Mr. Xiao? You're asking about Xiao Letian? After the incident, Priest Liu of the Beijing sent someone to quickly deliver an identification paper, which was filled with Chinese characters and their church's seal. Although I do not recognize the words on it, I heard from the men of the security office that they were really the Kunlun slaves who were invited out of the East Crossing Folk Lane … "

"Snatching a commoner? ? Isn't this a joke? This Mr. Xiao face Bai Ruyu is even prettier than a playboy. However, Fan Lian's daughter had already taken the bait, I heard that … "Hehehehe, I heard that they were already rolling around together in the mountains. The one who's really going to snatch them away is Second Master Lian …"

"I say, the few Shangguan officials in Ministry of Internal Affairs are not the ones who make things difficult for me. Second Master Lian is already so old, and you're not only not taking proper care of your body, but you're also always looking for women. This isn't the way to protect a woman's life …"

The several officers in charge of the Ministry of Internal Affairs were all stunned. They had not expected that Lian Rou would actually be in such dire straits. None of the officials in the entire county had agreed on such a thing. No matter if it was them beating around the bush or the threats from behind the scenes, these officials all said that Second Master Lian was in the wrong. In the end, the team's supervisor was so furious that he slammed the table.

"No matter what, killing bandits at Wolf Col is always true, right? There were two to three hundred bandits surrounding and attacking the Fan family Merchant Group. Don't forget that Fan Ru is in Beijing, we had asked him before … "

What is even more unexpected is that Liu Sanbian, this notorious coward, was actually able to resist the pressure at that moment as he cupped her hands and said, "My Lord, if there are two to three hundred bandits in our county, then why have we never committed a crime before? "Then does a large group of people need money to eat, drink, and take care of their food?"

"After the crime was committed, I sent constable head Wang Hu to scout around the mountains, and the facts proved that they were just a group of bandits. God knows if they had travelled all the way to Shanxi or the river was hot, and it wasn't just me, the Yi County, who was so big in Taihang Mountains …" "If the supervisor doesn't believe it, then we'll bring people to find him in the mountains …"

After he finished speaking, Liu Sanbian actually flicked his sleeves and left. A small Chinese Officer, and even a seventh grade county magistrate, was actually so bold? You actually dared to act so arrogantly in front of Manchu. Do you really think you are Ceng Titou and Ceng Titou?

The anger of the Ministry of Internal Affairs Elder only lasted for half a day. That night, when Liu Sanbian brought the Grand Master to meet with the few senior executives secretly, the dark clouds that filled the sky finally dissipated.

Large chunks of mutton fat jade, Semen Orientale s, three foot tall corals, and even a whole box of gold were thrown out.

"Liu County Order is too courteous, we were too excessive with the matters that happened during the day, after all, empress dowagers was alarmed, we were also helpless …" He still had a stinky face during the day, but now he was smiling like an old chrysanthemum.

The danger was solved. A hundred thousand taels of silver was enough to turn an arson into an accident. In the end, it was considered the end of the case to capture a few old Protector who were about to die from illness. As for Ning Xi's second master, he'd already had a stroke, so there was no way for him to investigate it in depth. He could only return to the capital and report that everything was done in accordance with the holy judgment.

Ci Xi was obviously very angry with this conclusion, but there was nothing he could do about it.

"It's just a fire in the mountains. Even if I kill all the servants, I won't be able to do anything about it. It's already the end of the month, so it's better to make peace …" Furthermore, after the new year, Ceng Guofan is going to visit the capital to report on his work, little sister, you should think more about this matter! " With that, Ci Xi immediately fell silent.

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