scourge the qing dynasty

Chapter 119
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After discovering that Wu Sangui’s army might have privately cast cannons in the Nule Peak camp, the new Governor of Yunnan and Guizhou, Gan Wenkun, immediately decided to go to the Nule Peak camp to find out. After the order was issued, Gan Wenkun’s younger brother Gan Wenjiong and his son Gan Guocheng hurriedly prepared their horses, pulled on a group of personal soldiers, accompanied Gan Wenkun and Lu Fatzi, and rushed to the camp of Nule Peak to question Xingshi.

But it's a pity that I don't know that it was a bad idea from that bad species. I left a large piece of land next to Qujing City unused, but I had to go to Nule Peak, more than 40 miles away, to build such a military camp. , at least it will take nearly an hour to reach the destination.Moreover, after passing the Sanchakou Fort, on the newly opened narrow road, you can see groups of large carts, small carts, horse-drawn carts, oxcarts, unicycles, and unicycles at any time, pulling heavy coal, limestone, clay, wood, iron ore and other industries. The material was difficult to move, and the road was often blocked, which made it even more difficult for Gan Wenkun's team to move.

"Why are there so many cars on this road?" Gan Wenkun turned to Fatty Lu, and asked sharply, "What are the stones and soil loaded on these cars used for? Is it always like this?"

"Back to Governor, this road is not usually so crowded, but today... Maybe it just happened to meet Nule Peak to replenish supplies today." Fatty Lu rarely said the truth in front of Gan Wenkun, "As for these stones I don’t know exactly what the mud and stones are for, but judging from the materials of these stones and mud, they should be used for burning lime and bricks, probably because the Nule Peak camp is going to expand the garrison barracks again.”

Fatty Lu said so, but he didn't think so in his heart, he thought: "Okay, with these migrant workers blocking the road and delaying the trip, when the carrier pigeons fly to Nule Peak, Wu Guogui and Wu Yingqi's group will have more preparations and cooperation. It’s time to react. However, this road needs to be widened and rebuilt into a concrete road. It’s not a problem at ordinary times, but if it’s still so congested during wartime, it will delay major events.”

"Expand the garrison barracks?" Gan Wenkun raised his eyebrows and thought, "If this is the case, then the Wu Fan army in the Nule Peak Camp must be planning to stay for a long time. Qujing was originally the place where Wu Fan's Youzhen army was stationed. Including the garrison at Nule Peak, Qujing is the state capital where the Wu Fan army is stationed the most besides Kunming. Under such circumstances, if my governor's office is moved to Qujing City according to the emperor's request, if the situation changes, Wouldn't I be dumped right away?"

Thinking of this, Gan Wenkun, who hadn't thought of Wu Sangui's nose, inevitably shuddered, and even had the thought, "Since Qujing is already so dangerous, why should I come here to die? Why don't I just hand it over to Fatty Lu?" , Let him guard the throat of Yunnan and Guizhou for me, even if the situation changes, he will be the one who makes the dumplings, so I will have enough time to react in Guiyang?"

Thinking about this idea, he managed to pass through the crowded convoys. After nearly two hours, Gan Wenkun's team finally arrived at the gate of the outer camp of the Nule Peak Camp. Wu Jun, who was guarding the gate of the camp, introduced the identities of Gan Wenkun and others, and explained the purpose of their visit. He said that the new governor, Mr. Gan, was going to inspect the camp at Nule Peak, and asked the soldiers guarding the gate to let them go immediately.The leader of the army, Wu Jun, refused, "No! No one is allowed to enter the camp without a passing badge, an order from the Wangfu Jun or a former general (Wu Guogui)!"

"I have a badge, and I have a badge to enter the foreign camp." Fatty Lu agreed repeatedly, and hurriedly touched the token on his waist, but he didn't think about it, but found nothing.In desperation, Fatty Lu had no choice but to plead: "General, I was in a hurry to go out today, and I forgot to bring my belt badge. I am Lu Yifeng, the magistrate of Qujing County. There are many people here who know me. Are you accommodating one trip at a time?"

"Master Lu, the last general also knows you." Na Zuoling said with a straight face: "But you must also know how strict our military orders are in the Pingxi Palace, so there is no way, you should go back and get the waist badge. "

"Bastards! You guys are so brave..." Gan Guocheng was furious, and was about to open his mouth to reprimand him, but Gan Wenjiong, who was next to him, grabbed him and said in a low voice: "Nephew, don't act rashly. Temperance, if we really want to make a fuss, we will only suffer."

"Yifeng, let them report to Wu Guogui, saying that the governor is going to inspect the camp." In desperation, Gan Wenkun had no choice but to give up the plan of killing Wu Guogui by surprise, and reported his intention according to the rules.After Fatty Lu conveyed the words, Nazuoling finally issued an order.Send people into the camp to inform Wu Guogui and ask for Wu Guogui's opinion.

Going through the procedure to report to Wu Guogui first, undoubtedly gave Wu Guogui and others a lot of preparation time and contingency time. After half an hour, there was such a team that came from a distance to the gate unhurriedly. When he got closer, he saw that not only Wu Guogui, the official guard of the Nule Peak Camp, but also Wu Sangui's second son Wu Yingqi and the general Gao Dejie were among the leaders. Gan Wenkun was startled and surprised. Asked: "Second Prince, General Gao, when did you come to Qujing?"

"It's been here a long time ago." Of course, Wu Yingqi, the well-known gangster of the Pingxi Palace, came forward for this kind of thing, and his movements and expressions made people as angry as possible, squinting at Gan Wenkun, and said lazily: "It's just that The governor is still busy with paying off debts, so he didn't go to say hello to the governor. Don't care about it, the governor."

"Second prince, you made a mistake." Gao Dejie is not a good bird, and he reminded hypocritically: "The final general and you are not under the direct control of the governor, and you don't need to greet the governor when you go to Qujing, so there is no need Apologize."

"Oh, why did I forget such a point?" Wu Yingqi slapped his forehead, and said seriously: "Then I will withdraw my apology and make amends, Mr. Governor, why don't you also apologize and make amends to me, then we will be even. "

Hearing Wu Yingqi's words, the Wu soldiers behind Wu Yingqi laughed loudly, while Gan Wenkun turned livid with anger, turned to Wu Guogui and said, "General Wu, this governor is here to perform the duties of the governor and inspect the army directly under the vassal king. , you make arrangements, the governor wants to enter the camp to have a look."

"Your Excellency, it's not that the last general disobeys orders." Wu Guogui said neither humble nor overbearing: "It's just that the Nule Peak Camp is an important place in my Pingxi Palace, and it is under the direct control of the Prince. The same is true for officials. So, Governor, please show the emperor's imperial decree or the prince's order first, and then the subordinate officials can invite you to enter the camp for inspection."

"That's right, bring my father's warrant first." Wu Yingqi yelled, "Otherwise, without my father's warrant, even I would not be able to enter the Nule Peak camp, let alone you?"

"Bold!" Gan Wenkun couldn't bear it anymore, and shouted with a livid face: "Is this Nule Peak still our Qing land? Nule Peak is located in Yunnan. As the governor of Yunnan and Guizhou, I am the governor of Yunnan and Guizhou. Why do you stop it? "

"Governor, when you were the governor of Zhili, the capital was also the land of the Qing Dynasty and it was under your jurisdiction, so why didn't you visit the mansions of the princes Baylor in the capital?" Wu Guogui thought very quickly, and immediately asked: " In other words, when the governor was the governor of Zhili, did he even have the freedom to come and go from places like Kunning Palace, the Hall of Cultivation of the Mind?"

"General Wu, don't get me wrong." Fatty Lu came out to smooth things over and said, "Your Excellency has no other intentions. I just heard that the prince has set up a new military camp at Nule Peak. I feel a little curious, so I want to come here to have a look. General Wu, please don't get it wrong..."

"Shut up! You ungrateful bastard!" Wu Yingqi's face changed color, and he shouted: "My surname is Lu, don't think that you can be promoted and make a fortune by hugging your new thighs. Don't forget, who promoted you to be a magistrate? Yes, who personally officiated the marriage for you and gave you the little Gege of Pingnan Palace? One more wordy word, I will beat you to death right now, do you believe it or not?"

Fatty Lu shrank his head in shame, and hid behind Gan Wenjiong, while Wu Guogui cupped his hands at Gan Wenkun again, and said, "My lord governor, the same sentence, please show the emperor's decree or the prince's order, there are these things, The General will open the gate of the camp immediately, and invite the Governor-General to come in and inspect it at will. If not, then I am sorry, the General is under the strict order of the prince to suppress the camp, and I really dare not make decisions without authorization and let the Governor-General enter."

Gan Wenkun's face turned blue and black, tearing the lives of Wu Guogui and Wu Yingqi apart—show the imperial decree and then enter the camp for inspection, even if it takes six hundred miles for Qujing to go to Beijing in an expedited manner, at least it will take one round trip. It will take more than a month. With this little time, the Nule Peak camp has already cleaned up the scene, so what the hell is going on?As for showing Wu Sangui's warrant, that's a good thing that Gan Wenkun dared not even dream of!

During the stalemate, Fatty Lu stood up again, and said cautiously: "General Wu, the second prince, the prince's strict order, you are not allowed to disobey it at will, and of course the governor cannot force you to disobey it. But the governor is far away, at this time It's already past noon, should the two generals and the second prince entertain the governor for a banquet? Clean up the dust for the governor?"

"This fat man is really clever." Reminded by Fatty Lu, Gan Wenkun secretly praised him, and immediately changed his smile and said: "Master Lu is right, yes, I haven't even eaten breakfast today, and now I am so hungry The front is on the back, should the second prince and the two generals do their best to be landlords? Help the governor to sacrifice to the temple of the five internal organs?"

Wu Yingqi, Wu Guogui and the others had to give face to a dignified governor who asked to beg for food.After a little discussion, Wu Guogui nodded and said: "Since the governor does not dislike it, then it is necessary to prepare a little tea and light food to welcome the governor. Well, there is a pavilion for resting there, please go there and wait for a while, the governor. At the end of the day, I will go and ask someone to bring over wine and food."

After all, Wu Guogui hurried back to the camp, while Wu Yingqi and Gao Dejie walked out of the camp and led the way to lead Gan Wenkun and others to wait in the pavilion beside the road outside the camp. Without smiling, he said to Fatty Lu: "Lord Lu, you still have thick thighs after all. To please the new master, what kind of good price did you sell the old master for?"

"General Gao, what are you talking about? Why can't you understand me?" Fatty Lu cowered and pretended to be stupid, hid on the side of Ganguo City, and said tremblingly: "There is only one master from the beginning to the end, and that is the current emperor. It's nothing, New master, old master..."

"Hmph." Gao Dejie grinned a few times, and ignored Fatty Lu, while Wu Yingqi was full of murderous looks, staring at Fatty Lu as if his eyes were already breathing fire.Fatty Lu was even more timid, hiding further away, and quietly pulled the sleeves of Gan Guocheng, and said in a low voice: "Mr. Gan, do you have any broken silver?"

"Broken silver? I brought it, what are you going to do?" Gan Guocheng was confused, and said to himself that in this barren mountain, what do you want to buy with broken silver?
"In a while, my lord, remember to use the money to try the food and wine." Fatty Lu replied in a low voice.

"Oh, that's it." Gan Guocheng suddenly realized, smiled and said in a low voice: "Thank you for the reminder, but don't worry too much, unless they want to be punished by the nine clans, they will never dare to poison our wine and vegetables. "

Fatty Lu nodded and stopped talking. At the same time, taking this opportunity, Gan Wenkun also carefully looked at the Nule Peak camp. As Fatty Lu introduced, the camp newly established by Wu Sangui Army is divided into two layers, inside and outside. The first floor is mainly used for garrisoning troops and settling their families, while the inner camp takes all of the towering Nule Peak into the camp. The trees on the mountain are verdant and there are many strange rocks. Not to mention hiding a few cannons, it is hiding more than ten thousand troops. Half a meeting is also difficult to find traces.Black smoke was rising from the back camp against the Niu Lan River all the time, and the smoke was billowing, and it was unknown what was burning.The camp is surrounded by man-made wasteland and wilderness. Not to mention the trees, even the bushes can't be seen at a glance. You can also see Wu Jun soldiers patrolling in formation at any time, which fundamentally prevents outsiders from sneaking in quietly. possible.

Seeing this scene, Gan Wenkun was unavoidably worried, and cursed inwardly, "That bastard found this damn place? Secretly cast cannons here, unless they openly break into the inspection, otherwise it is impossible for outsiders to find out."

"Ah!" Fatty Lu sneezed, rubbed his nose with some doubts, and suddenly nodded at Wu Yingqi and said, "Second Prince, can you please invite Sun Dianying and Sun Zhuzhu out? Last time he asked Wu Yingqi The shaft furnace technology that I asked for advice, I have asked someone to buy Western books related to it from Guangzhou, I wonder if I can help him this time?"

Hearing Fatty Lu's words, the three brothers, Gan Wenkun, father and son pricked up their ears together, and stared at the faces of Wu Yingqi and Gao Dejie from the corners of their eyes, and Wu Yingqi and Gao Dejie's expressions changed together, and then Wu Yingqi quickly turned away. Confused, he rushed to Gao Dejie and asked: "Old Gao, do we have a master book named Sun Dianying here? Why haven't I heard of it?"

"I've never heard of it." Gao Dejie's expression was even more confused, "Is there such a person?"

"Why not?" Fatty Lu was anxious, and he couldn't wait to stand up and said: "Last time he took someone to the county government of the humble office, and borrowed a Western iron-making book from the humble office."

A flash of anger flashed across Wu Yingqi's face, and he roared with a livid face, "I don't know!"

"I'll go ask." Gao Dejie turned around and shouted at the soldiers of the Wu army behind him, "You guys, go and ask one of you, is there a master named Sun Dianying in the Nule Peak camp? If not, hurry back and answer!"

"If not, why don't you hurry up and answer?" Gan Wenkun immediately heard Gao Dejie's grammatical errors, and while sneering in his heart, he knew very well that he would definitely not see this mysterious Sun Dianying today.

Sure enough, the person sent by Gao Dejie quickly responded, saying that before this, there was indeed a master bookkeeper named Sun Dianying in the camp of Nule Peak, but this Sun Dianying was a little tricky in the account of money and food. Clean, was expelled from the camp more than four months ago, and is now missing.Fatty Lu became anxious when he heard this, and hurriedly yelled, "Have you been expelled from the camp more than four months ago? Impossible! At most two months ago, I saw him once in the camp!"

"Master Lu, maybe you remember it wrong?" Gao Dejie asked with a sneer.

"Absolutely right..." Fatty Lu wanted to yell at first, but seeing the murderous look on Wu Yingqi and Gao Dejie's faces, Fatty Lu shrank his head and said tremblingly: "Maybe..., probably, it's a low-ranking employee." wrong."

Wu Yingqi glared again, and Fatty Lu was even more timid, so he could only lower his head and say, "I remember, it's because I remembered the wrong time. The last time I saw Mr. Sun was five months ago." Brothers Gan Wenkun and his son The three of them looked at each other. Although they didn't speak, they all knew that there was definitely something wrong with Sun Dianying!Still definitely have a big problem!
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After a hasty lunch outside the camp of Nule Peak, and a few false words with Wu Guogui and others, Gan Wenkun and his party returned to Qujing City from Nule Peak under the 'escort' of the army led by Gao Dejie himself inside.But when he returned to Gan Wenkun's Xingyuan back room, Fatty Lu didn't even have time to drive away the servants, so he knelt down to Gan Wenkun on the spot and burst into tears, "My lord governor, this time I'm going to die, you must Save the officer, you must save the officer!"

"Get up, get up." Gan Wenkun helped Fatty Lu himself, and comforted him: "Sanhao, I saw what happened today with my own eyes. In order to help me find out the truth, you offended Wu Yingqi and Wu Guogui and the gang of rebels. Bear your grudges in your heart. But don't worry, you are an official ordered by the court, unless they want to openly rebel, they will never dare to do anything to you."

"Governor, what are they afraid to do?" Fatty Lu wailed loudly, "Even if they dare not come publicly, they will come secretly. I am in Qujing, right under their noses. They want to It is easier to kill a lowly official than to crush an ant. Governor, I beg you, give me another place to be an official, or quickly move the governor’s yamen to Qujing, only under your wings Under the shelter, the lowly position can be a little relieved."

Fatty Lu’s dream was a little too naive. Gan Wenkun first arrived in Yunnan and Guizhou, and his foothold was not stable. He neither won the hearts of the people nor the army. Does Gan Wenkun dare to move the governor's office here immediately?At that moment, Gan Wenkun rolled his eyes and said, "San Hao, of course I will carefully consider the relocation of the governor's yamen. But I really dare not make decisions about transferring you from Qujing—who are you? The emperor sent you here personally. Qujing's confidant minister even handed over the Qujing Green Camp to you, which is like entrusting Qujing, the throat of Yunnan and Guizhou, to you, can I just transfer you away?"

"Also, Mr. Lu, don't blame me for being harsh." Gan Wenkun added: "Your temper is too straightforward, and you don't think about everything. Last time in Guiyang, you walked away when you first met me. I don't need to blame you, but can you do this in front of the people in the Pingxi Palace? Like today's incident, you can definitely do it more strategically. You can't be too obvious and let Wu Yingqi and the others see that you are completely innocent. fell on me."

"Humble post is incompetent." Fatty Lu lowered his head in shame, and said: "Humble post was also in a hurry at the time, and I was anxious to let the governor see that Sun Dianying with his own eyes, so he was too thoughtless in what he said and did, so he said it directly. The humble post Damn it, the humble job has failed the great trust of the emperor and the governor, it seems that in the future, it will be difficult for the humble job to gain the trust of the Pingxi palace, and to spy on the news of the Pingxi palace for the emperor and the governor."

"Wait a minute." Gan Wenkun was not stupid. After being reminded by Fatty Lu, Gan Wenkun's heart moved, and a thought suddenly came to him.After interrupting Fatty Lu's words, Gan Wenkun turned around the room a few times with his hands behind his back, and suddenly said, "Sanhao, do you dare to go back to the Pingxi Palace as an undercover agent? To spy on the Bendu?"

"Isn't this old boy stupid?" Fatty Lu was overjoyed—this was what Fatty Lu was going to say by himself, but now that Gan Wenkun brought it up by himself, Fatty Lu couldn't ask for more.However, he was secretly happy, but Fatty Lu's face was full of surprise, and he said dumbfounded: "Is it possible for... let the humble staff return to the Pingxi Palace as an undercover agent? How could they trust me again?"

"I'll give you two gifts. If you take these two gifts and give them to Wu Yingqi, they will definitely trust you more." Gan Wenkun decisively raised two fingers and said, "The first gift, I'm going to Kunming this time. At that time, Wu Sangui was secretly found out that he had committed the crime of fraudulently receiving rations, and he was about to impeach him, so you can copy my booklet and give it to Wu Yingqi, that idiot!"

(Note: The rations refer to the additional rations paid during the march or when performing missions outside. "Pingwulu" records: During Gan Wenkun's tenure as the governor of Yunnan and Guizhou, he impeached Wu Sangui for taking the rations without military affairs, which caused Xiao Mazi to force Wu Sangui returned to get more food and grass, which made the old traitor Wu a fortune.)
"The second gift." Gan Wenkun gritted his teeth, and said in a deep voice, "I'll give you a list of some of the insiders that the imperial court has placed in Wu Fan's army, and let you send it to Wu Sangui!"

"What? Governor, are you crazy?!" Fatty Lu turned pale with shock.

"I'm not crazy. Only by doing this can you pass this level and gain the trust of the Pingxi Palace!" Gan Wenkun said solemnly: "Take these two gifts to Wu Sangui and tell him that the reason why you Time is on my side, in order to gain my trust and get bad news from me about him, Wu Sangui. In today's matter, you played a bitter trick in front of me, and you gained my trust by this. I got these things from me, and you can get more things from me in the future, so you should understand what to do next, right?"

"Wonderful." Gan Guocheng said pleasantly, "Father Commander's skill is really high. Mr. Lu took these things to meet Wu Sangui. Everything today has been explained. At the same time, he can further gain Wu Sangui's trust, so as to touch Wu Sangui. Know the truth about the camp at Nule Peak, and get the real evidence of Wu Sangui's secret cannon casting!"

"In order for Mr. Lu to regain Wu Sangui's trust, it is worth sacrificing some innocuous insiders!" Gan Wenjiong also categorically agreed.

"Your Excellency, I am sorry for my humble position and dare not obey my orders." The only objection was Fatty Lu himself, who repeatedly shook his head and refused.

"Lord Lu, are you stupid?" Gan Guocheng asked in surprise, "My father-in-law made so many sacrifices to keep you, yet you still refuse his kindness."

"Two reasons." Fatty Lu said tremblingly: "First, I can't explain to Wu Yingqi about Sun Dianying. I told you about that person, Governor, and I asked him to come out to meet you, Governor. , Wu Yingqi asked why, how can I explain it?"

"It's not easy?" Gan Wenkun smiled and said, "Just tell Wu Yingqi that I mentioned Sun Dianying to you, that this person is worth noting, and I want you to help me find this person. It's done? At that time, Wu Yingqi will only suspect that there are spies in his inner circle, so the news leaked to me, won't you clear the suspicion?"

"This..., this is a good idea." Fatty Lu hesitated for a moment, and said: "But my lord, please forgive me for being a humble official, but I still dare not accept orders—You know, my lord governor, because my humble official has a dedicated feeling and only loves the mess Wife, rejected Si GeGe's seduction many times, Si GeGe probably felt that she had suffered a great shame, so she targeted the lowly position in everything, tried every means to frame the lowly position, and now the governor wants to sacrifice some loyal officials of the Qing Dynasty in order to keep the lowly position, let Si GeGe know , don't you have something to say?"

"About Sigege, don't worry." Gan Wenkun said with a sneer, "That bitch, because her personal desires are not satisfied, disregards the righteousness of the country, and wants to use the hands of the governor to frame a loyal man like you." It can be seen that the loyal ministers of the Qing Dynasty trapped the governor in a place of infidelity and injustice. It is also inappropriate for the governor to sacrifice a few of her servants. Don't worry, she will not know about it. "

"Then..., that humble position is to thank the governor for your love." Fatty Lu finally agreed, wiping away his tears and saluted Gan Wenkun, and Gan Wenkun held Fatty Lu by his arm, and said softly: "Three good, no need, no need Well, from now on, I will entrust you with all the big and small affairs of this governor in Qujing, the choke point. As long as you do your job well and strangle this throat of Yunnan and Guizhou for me, that is the best way to thank me. "

"Your Excellency's kindness to you is unforgettable." Fatty Lu shed tears again, choked up and said: "Please rest assured, Governor, when things happen suddenly, as long as the lowly position is still alive, this Qujing City will surely It's still in the hands of the Qing court, and it's still in the hands of the Governor..."

"I believe, I believe you can do it." Gan Wenkun patted Fatty Lu's sobbing and trembling shoulders to comfort him, then smiled and said: "San Hao, I have heard about it for a long time, you are one of the rare masters of western learning in the Qing Dynasty , after regaining Wu Fan’s trust, if they ask you for help, you can help without reporting to me. In short, we must find a way to find out the truth about the camp at Nule Peak, and that Sun Dianying the truth, do you understand?"

"Humble job...understood." Fatty Lu choked up and nodded, feeling so grateful - he was thinking in his heart, "I barely passed this test. The next step, it seems, is to make the character Sun Dianying plump and full of flesh and blood. Only then can I hide behind and concentrate on researching new weapons. Then the next step, what should I do?"

(End of this chapter)