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Volume 1: Fierce Battle in Changsha Chapter 91: Hard to Make a Choice

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    Xiao Yungui chuckled and said to Zeng Shuiyuan and the other two: "You go down and prepare first. Remember to go out to calm the people and tell the people in the city that our Heavenly Kingdom team is coming soon. Everyone does not need to panic and settle down. Leave the people outside the hall alone.  Card Swordsman, please let Mr. Zuo in."

    Not long after Zeng Shuiyuan and Tang Erniu bowed down, Zuo Zongtang rushed to the hall angrily, pointed at Xiao Yungui with an angry face and shouted: "What, why did you arrest my wife and children?"

    Xiao Yungui's face was full of joy and he said with a smile: "Sir, don't worry, I'm not arresting you, I'm sending someone to invite you, and I asked my wife to invite it in person. Later, I also went to pick it up in person, but there was no sense in it.  You are so polite and indifferent."

    Zuo Zongtang was still angry: "Do you think you can force Zuo to join you in this way? That's a wishful thinking! I, Zuo Zongtang, hate being blackmailed the most. Please let my wife and children go quickly, otherwise I, Zuo Zongtang,  Fight with you!"

    Xiao Yungui was not angry. He moved a piece of tea with a smile and pushed Zuo Zongtang down. Zuo Zongtang didn't want to do it, but Xiao Yungui's hands were very strong. Zuo Zongtang didn't resist at all when he was pressed down.  Xiao Yungui then took another cup of tea and offered it to him, and said slowly: "Mr. Zuo, don't be impatient. Sit down and listen to me slowly. Our Taiping Saint Soldiers will go north to attack Xiangyin in the near future. I will  I was thinking that if Mr. Zuo¡¯s family still lived in Liujiachong, I was afraid that Liujiachong would be burned by war like Liuyang. Mr. Zuo¡¯s family is so precious, wouldn¡¯t it be bad if something went wrong? So I went to pick him up first.  Wouldn't it be good for my wife and the two young masters to come to Changsha and wait for the war to pass before returning to their hometown? Sir, this is for the good of your family."

    Although Zuo Zongtang was still a little dissatisfied, he still had lingering fears when he thought of the tragic situation of the people in Liuyang who were looted and slaughtered by the government troops. If, as Xiao Yungui said, the Taiping Army went north to fight the Qing Army in Xiangyin, no matter who it was,  They couldn't escape the military disaster. From this point of view, Xiao Yungui went to pick up his family out of good intentions.  But Zuo Zongtang still had a bad look on his face and said coldly: "Can't you discuss such a big matter with me?"

    Xiao Yungui spread his hands and said, "Firstly, I wanted to surprise Mr. Xian. Secondly, I was afraid that Mr. Xian would reveal our military aircraft, so I didn't tell him first. This was due to my negligence. I will apologize to you."  After saying this, he bowed deeply and spoke sincerely.

    Zuo Zongtang¡¯s tense face finally relaxed, he stood up and bowed back: ¡°Then where is my little one now?¡±

    Xiao Yungui smiled slightly and said: "I have asked Xuanjiao to arrange a separate room in the backyard for your family to live in. They should have finished washing up now. Sir, you can go see them. If you still want to leave later, I will send someone to see you off.  If the family goes to Xiangtan, it should be safer there."

    Zuo Zongtang looked at Xiao Yungui hesitantly and asked: "You brought my wife and child, didn't you really want to take advantage of me?"

    Xiao Yungui touched his nose and smiled: "By the way, my husband and I are friends, and this is just a favor to my friend. But how have you been thinking about it these days?"

    Zuo Zongtang hesitated for a moment and then said: "We will talk about this later. Zuo went to see his wife and children first."

    Xiao Yungui smiled and waved his hand and said, "Sir, if you please, I will prepare a banquet for you to celebrate the family reunion later."

    Zuo Zongtang kept his wife and children in mind, and bowed his hands slightly to say thank you. Xiao Yungui asked the swordsman of his personal guard to lead the way, and Zuo Zongtang turned around and followed the swordsman to the inner hall.

    ??????????????????????????????????????????????????????? away through the backyard garden and outside the yamen wing, where he saw female soldiers holding swords guarding the place.

    Xiao Yungui's sword player did not follow him, but waited outside the backyard. A beautiful soldier came forward, bowed and said: "Mr. Zuo, Madam and Young Master have finished dressing up and are having dinner now. Please  Come with me."

    It seems that this female soldier has been seen before when she listened to Hong Xuanjiao's argument about God, but she didn't know her name. Zuo Zongtang returned the greeting and said, "Thank you, girl."

    The female soldier smiled slightly and said, "My name is Li Xuanji. I accompanied my wife and son all the way. My wife often talked about my husband."

    Zuo Zongtang hummed and said, "From the girl's accent, it sounds like she is from Hunan. I wonder where she is from? The name Xuanji has a lot of meaning. She seems to come from a scholarly family."

    Li Xuanji's beautiful eyes turned cold, and she said calmly: "I am from Liuyang. My eldest brother was dragged to be a regiment training soldier. Now I don't know whether he is alive or dead. My mother was killed by the Qing Yao. Now my family has been ruined."

    Zuo Zongtang was startled, his face felt uncomfortable for a while, and he didn't know what to say, so he had to lower his head and follow Li Xuanji into the wing.

    Entering the side room, I saw Hong Yun'er eating with Zhou Yiduan and her two children. Seeing Zuo Zongtang's arrival, they all stood up.  The two sons ran forward happily. Zhou Yiduan's eyes turned red and he stepped forward to accept them."Hail," he choked with sobs and said, "Master, I finally see you."

    Hong Yun'er clapped her hands and smiled: "Well, I'm full. Mr. Zuo, you and your family can talk slowly. I'm going back to the house to rest."

    Zuo Zongtang thanked him, and Hong Yun'er walked out with Li Xuanji with a smile. Seeing the family gathering together, she was quite happy for them.

    After greeting each other for a few words, Zuo Zongtang asked Zhou Yiduan and his children to sit down and asked how Hong Yun'er went to Liuzhuang to invite them. Zhou Yiduan had a gentle temper and remembered Hong Yun'er's sincere words, so he skipped them at the moment.  Hong Yun'er pretended to be the Zhou family in Xiangtan and only said that she was worried about the war in Xiangyin, so Hong Yun'er invited them to reunite with Zuo Zongtang in Changsha. If Zuo Zongtang was unwilling to stay, Hong Yun'er promised to send them back to the Zhou family in Xiangtan.  .

    After Zuo Zongtang heard this, he breathed a sigh of relief. It was pretty much the same as what Xiao Yungui said.  Zhou Yiduan also talked about Zhang Liangji and Peng Yulin's invitation. Hearing this, Zuo Zongtang sighed softly and said: "If the provincial capital had not been lost and Zhang Liangji had come to invite me, I might still be able to turn the tide, but now, now  " At this point, he couldn't go on.

    When Zhou Yiduan saw that the two children had eaten, he ordered them to go to bed first.  After covering the two children with quilts, Zhou Yi returned to Zuo Zongtang and sat down. Seeing Zuo Zongtang frowning, he gently held his big hand and said softly: "Is it difficult for the master to make a decision?  "

    Zuo Zongtang smiled slightly, patted Zhou Yiduan's catkins, and sighed softly: "Yeah, it's hard to choose. At first, I heard that Changmao was causing trouble, and it was a group of bandits who believed in foreign religions. My husband was very disdainful.  After a quick glance, I originally thought that the provincial capital would be guarded by officials such as Luo Raodian and Luo Bingzhang, so there would be no mistakes for a while, so I planned to come to the provincial capital to do some practical things for the elders in my hometown and save the people from the disasters of the war. But I didn't expect it.  Changmao's extraordinary troops came to the fore, and he came up with many strange plans. The provincial capital fell quickly, and my husband couldn't escape. I thought that Changmao's attack on the city must be burning, killing and looting. If my husband returns to justice, he will die. Together with you, mother and son.  Heaven and man are separated forever. Fortunately, the King of the West acted kindly and did not burn, kill or loot after entering the city. They actually still provided for the people. Compared with Luo Bingzhang, Weng Tongjue and others who ignored the life and death of the people in the city in order to preserve their official reputation, they were so good.  too much."

    Zhou Yiduan nodded and said: "Yes, Miss Xuanji also told me a lot about the deeds of King Xi and Taiping. When we entered the city, the nursery rhymes sung by the children on the street were all praising King Xi and Taiping. Also  The matter of collecting donations on the chessboard is something the King of the West can only think of."

    Zuo Zongtang frowned and said: "Yes, I heard about it that day. Out of curiosity, my husband went to see how the donation was collected on this chessboard. The calculation method that the Western King thought of was really incredible, so my husband planned to see  Let¡¯s see what kind of person he is. Later, I went to see him with Zhu Changlin. At first glance, King Xi was vulgar and looked like a martial artist. But after talking with him, my husband discovered that he was actually both coarse and fine, wise and courageous.  What's even more rare is that he has no airs and is very generous and humble. He is definitely not an ordinary bandit. As a husband, I have some thoughts and plan to stay a little longer to see how he behaves."

    "Later, he sent troops in all directions and defeated the official army in succession. His troops fought more and more. On the contrary, the official army's energy was exhausted. Not to mention recovering the provincial capital, it was still unknown whether it could save other states and counties." Zuo Zong  Tang said slowly: "He invited me several times, but because they believed in foreign religions and were incompatible with my Chinese culture, he didn't agree. Later, he asked his wife, Princess Xi, to argue. Princess Xi also  She is a strange woman, not only outstanding in appearance, but also talented in both civil and military affairs. What is even more rare is that she has a deep insight into Confucianism. What she said made her husband think about it for a whole day. Later, he finally understood that he had never been able to pass the imperial examination.  , as she said, what my husband believes in is the Confucian theory of managing the world, not the eight-legged essay promoted by the court. What she said hits the mark, and the court is just using it and guarding against it for us scholars, and does not dare to encourage it.  Scholars who want to innovate can only follow the old ways. I realized that for many years I had been resisting the imperial court's method of confining people's hearts. It's just that I was in the middle of the game and couldn't see clearly."

    Zhou Yiduan said softly: "What I like is the knowledge of managing the world and applying it, which is naturally different. I am ashamed that a woman from the West Princess has such knowledge."

    Zuo Zongtang smiled faintly and said: "That's not necessarily true. They seem to be very different from each other, and they often have quarrels. They are not as harmonious as our couple."

    Zhou Yiduan smiled in return, feeling warm in his heart.

    Zuo Zongtang took a deep breath and continued: "In Taiping, there are people like the King of the West and the Queen of the West. Their soldiers fight bravely, enforce orders and prohibitions, do no harm to the people, and are merciless even to the wealthy businessmen. This shows that they have far-sightedness."  , not obsessed with the small gains in front of me. On the other hand, the military discipline is corrupt, and the people are being harmed everywhere. The officials in various places are timid, restraining each other, and shirk each other. How can they not be defeated? Let alone Zhang Liangji who came to invite me, even if it is Cheng Zicai or  Lu Jianying came to invite me, even if he is my husband, he may not even go out to visit me.The officers and soldiers are here.  However, most of my husband's relatives and friends in central Hunan are members of the imperial court, and he might be ridiculed for being a thief, so it is difficult to make a choice.  "

    Zhou Yiduan nodded and said: "That's right, then we won't help each other and go back to Xiangtan to avoid it for the time being."

    Zuo Zongtang suddenly thought of something and asked: "Wait a minute, you said Zhang Liangji came to your home to ask for your husband, did they meet Princess Xi?"

    Zhou Yiduan said with some confusion: "We met, but Princess Xi and the others seemed to have their identities revealed by Zhang Liangji and Peng Yulin, and later officers and soldiers came to chase them." At that time, Zhou Yiduan will  Ten said.

    Zuo Zongtang stood up in shock, stamped his feet and said: "No wonder Xiao Chaogui agreed so readily to let us go back to Xiangtan. Zhang Liangji and the others will definitely think that I have become a thief if they know that my wife and children followed Changmao."

    Zhou Yiduan was panicking and said hurriedly: "Sir, please be patient. When we came, we told the people in Liuzhuang that we were going back to our parents' home in Xiangtan, and we didn't identify ourselves all the way. The officers and soldiers didn't know that we were in the long-haired team.  "

    Zuo Zongtang said angrily: "I'm confused. Zhang Liangji, Peng Yulin, and Hu Linyi are all human beings. How could they not guess it?"

    Zhou Yiduan cried in a low voice: "Then, what should we do? I am the one who has caused the master to suffer."

    Zuo Zongtang waved his hands irritably and said: "This matter has nothing to do with you. The husband is getting deeper and deeper into trouble. It is already difficult to extricate yourself. Now that you arrive in Changsha, there is no room for change."

    Zhou Yiduan groaned softly and asked: "Then, is our only choice to take the path of peace?"

    Zuo Zongtang took a deep breath and said: "There is still a glimmer of hope, and that is the current Emperor Xianfeng! I have to wait and see how Emperor Xianfeng will deal with the loss of the provincial capital. If he takes the loss of the provincial capital lightly,  The handling shows that Emperor Xianfeng is a benevolent king. The excuse that the husband, who was trapped in a den of thieves and had no choice but to become a thief, may make sense. After all, many of our relatives and friends are members of the imperial court. With their opinions, in the future, even if the imperial court  Knowing that we have been here in Changmao before, we will not go into details. But if Emperor Xianfeng's punishment is harsh, it means that Xianfeng is not a holy master and a benevolent king, and he will definitely not let us go. No matter how many arguments you have, it will be useless.  , then we can only make peace with ourselves!"

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