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Volume 1: Fierce Battle in Changsha Chapter 526: Hide your strength and bide your time

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    Stepping out of the palace gate with heavy steps, Xingzhen's words were still swirling in Ronglu's mind. Just because he didn't tell her Xiao Yungui's whereabouts at first, is he doing this to him now?  What does he mean to her?  A spare tire that comes when you call it and goes when you wave it?  He had done so many things for her, and for her, he did not hesitate to make careful arrangements to let Xianfeng go to see the King of Hell early!  For her sake, he did not hesitate to deal with Sushun, and finally helped her eradicate Sushun's party!  For her sake, he fought fiercely with the Nian Army and the Taiping Army on Huaishang without taking off his armor!  Now that the war situation has just stabilized, she has been ordering her to be recalled, and she has taken away her military power without asking any reason. As expected, women are fickle!

    Arriving outside the Meridian Gate, the eighteen pro-military guards he had brought back were all waiting here. Ronglu ignored them and walked straight to his mount, the big green horse. After getting on the horse, he rode up.  The whip galloped away.  The guards didn't know what was going on, so they hurriedly jumped on their horses and chased him all the way.

    Rong Lufei rode out of Sijiu City and galloped for more than ten miles before slowly stopping. After running wildly all the way, he felt a lot of depression in his heart. When Rong Lu looked up, he found that he had run to the foot of Fragrant Mountain.  In autumn, the red leaves all over the Xiangshan Mountains are as red as the eyes, just like the bloody scene Ronglu saw on Huaishang.  He defeated 80,000 Nian troops who marched northward in Shouzhou, and then captured more than 30,000 Nian army prisoners and massacred them collectively in Shouzhou.

    Ronglu and Miao Peilin, the leader of the Shouzhou regiment training, set up a bureau. Thirty thousand Nian Army prisoners were gathered in the regiment training camp outside Shouzhou City. There was a row of houses on one side. Ronglu asked Miao Peilin to go out and tell these prisoners that fifty  In groups, they went into the house one by one to collect their severance pay and then let them go home.  The Nian Army prisoners lined up happily to enter the house, but they did not know that the Qing army dug a huge deep hole behind the house.  The prisoners who entered the house were killed one by one by the Qing troops who were ambushing the house, and then they were all thrown into deep pits and buried.

    At that time, Ronglu was standing on the edge of the pit, silently watching the bloody corpses being thrown into the pit. His eyes were filled with the shocking crimson color, and those who were killed had expressions of gnashing their teeth.  .  Ronglu had nightmares about this for several nights!  But he has no regrets. These people cannot be released. If they are released, they will be a huge hidden danger. This is also a major thing he did for Xingzhen!

    For her, Ronglu asked himself that he could do anything!  But why did we end up with this?  He is not willing to give in!  Ronglu clenched his fists. Why did she lose the military power she had worked so hard to gain with just one word?  Why did her long-time brother betray her with just one word?  Why does she have to say one word to make things come and go when she calls them?  Just because she has great power now!  Her power is now immense.  Cixi, who listens to politics behind the curtain, has incomparable power in his hands!

    What if you are the one who holds the power?  Ronglu's heart skipped a beat. He had been in power for a long time in order to better help Xingzhen. He had never thought that his power would exceed that of Xingzhen, because he always regarded Xingzhen as one of his own.  Now that I think about it, I am the only one who truly holds unshakable power.  Only then can she truly surrender!

    Looking at the red leaves all over the mountain, Ronglu said to himself: "You can take away what I have now, but you can't take away what I will win for myself in the future! I want you to truly be by my side and never leave, and Xiao Yungui  I¡¯ll let him go to his God!¡±

    When the guards of the Eighteenth Guards chased Ronglu, he had already galvanized his horse and walked back slowly. The leader, Geshiha, was named Guide, and he was a slave of the Ronglu Suwanguarjia clan.  At that moment, he stepped forward and dismounted from his horse and said, "Sir, what's wrong with you?"

    Ronglu had already figured this out and laughed loudly: "I'm fine. The Queen Mother has taken away my military power. That's all. Let's go back home and have a drink!"

    After saying that, Ronglu drove his horse away without any delay. Guide and other guards looked at each other, wondering whether the master had gone crazy after encountering such a big change?  Can you still laugh at this moment?  Are you still thinking about drinking?

    It was already evening when the group of people returned to the house. The incense table was placed in the front hall of the house, and Li Lianying was sitting calmly in the lobby.  Zeng Jijing and other female family members, the housekeeper, and the principal were as anxious as ants on a hot bed. It turned out that when Ronglu left the palace, Xingzhen had prepared an edict and sent it out, and Li Lianying was here to deliver it.

    When Ronglu returned to the capital, he did not go home but went directly to the palace. Zeng Jijing did not know that Ronglu was back.  Unexpectedly, Li Lianying came to deliver the order. Zeng Jijing arranged the incense case, but the real owner was not there, so Li Lianying had to wait. Zeng Jijing sent several groups of servants out to look for him, but no one would have thought that this man had gone to Xiangshan.

    Ronglu went directly to the court and knelt down to listen to the order without changing his clothes. Li Lianying knew that this man was a confidant of the Queen Mother. Although he was removed for some unknown reason, he might make a comeback one day.  Therefore, he did not embarrass Ronglu, so he spread out the yellow silk and began to read the imperial edict.

    Zeng Jijing knelt behind Ronglu and couldn't help but collapsed on the ground after listening to only half of it.  Ronglu looked backZeng Jijing glanced at her and waved her hand to signal to the servants to help Zeng Jijing. Finally, she waited until she finished reciting the will before letting her maid help her down.

    Xingzhen found a good excuse to depose him. In the Battle of Shouzhou, he killed 30,000 Nian bandits and surrendered them. In consideration of his usual merits, he was deprived of his official position and imprisoned at home to observe the consequences.  Xingzhen retained his title and did not let him go to jail, but what did it mean to be imprisoned at home?  Are you still afraid that you will go out and cause trouble again?

    Ronglu smiled lightly and shouted long live three times calmly, and then took the yellow silk imperial edict.  Although the eunuch Li Lianying is still young, he is actually very experienced in performing skills. He said with a sad face: "Master Rong, if you have to offend me as a slave, it is difficult to disobey the emperor's order."

    Ronglu smiled and said, "Eunuch, you can do your own business." Li Lianying said he was offended, and ordered the imperial guards behind him to come forward and take away Ronglu's flower feathers and official uniforms, and said a few words of comfort.  Then he said goodbye and left.

    The so-called confinement at home means that Ronglu is not allowed to go out. Shang Yu's backup office sent more than ten guards to guard the gate of Ronglu's mansion in shifts. Although Li Lianying left, those guards stayed.  Ronglu did not get angry. Instead, he asked his own military guards to accompany several of them to drink. He apologized, saying that his wife was not feeling well and wanted to visit him. Naturally, the guards did not expect Ronglu to be so polite, and of course they apologized repeatedly.

    Back in the inner bedroom, Zeng Jijing had already woken up and was leaning on the bed rail and crying secretly.  Ronglu sat on the bedside and waved away the servants, comforting him: "There are three periods of decline and six periods of prosperity. It's just that I lost my official position. Didn't the Queen Mother keep my title?"

    Zeng Jijing cried and said: "I am just a substitute for my father. How could such a big thing as killing 30,000 prisoners be your idea alone? It is too unfair for the imperial court to slap you with a slap in the face."

    Ronglu said calmly: "This matter was really my idea alone. Yuan Jiasan and Li Hongzhang both advised me to kill the ominous ones."

    Zeng Jijing let out a sigh.  Looking at Ronglu with some horror, Ronglu gently touched her forehead and said softly: "The reason why the Nian bandits can't be suppressed all is because they let them repeat themselves. In order not to repeat them again, I gave this order."  .¡±

    Zeng Jijing said in a daze: "Sir, is this against the harmony of heaven?"

    Ronglu smiled slightly.  The smile is still charming: "Everyone who rebels deserves to die, right? If they don't rebel, how can the court put down the rebellion? Everything is their fate, and they bring it upon themselves. Even the father-in-law will give a thumbs up if he knows about it.  Give me a thumbs up."

    Zeng Jijing said with a sad face: "But now there is no errand. I am trapped in the house again, what should I do?"

    Ronglu gently hugged Zeng Jijing and said with a smile: "That's not good. I should keep a low profile and spend more time with you. I haven't spent much time with you since you got married."

    Zeng Jijing felt warm in her heart, leaned on Ronglu's chest and said, "Master, you are so kind, I just wronged you."

    Ronglu smiled and said, "While we have time now, let's give birth to a big fat boy as soon as possible, how about it?" Zeng Jijing blushed with shame and hummed as softly as a mosquito. Ronglu leaned forward and pressed on him, and everything in the room was full of spring.  scenery.

    Since then, Ronglu has been staying in the mansion every day, accompanying Zeng Jijing in reading, playing the piano, admiring flowers and having fun, so he is very happy.  This tranquility was not broken until the thirteenth day, when the housekeeper who went out to buy food came back.  Bring in someone.  The guards guarding the door did not doubt the food delivery person. They had been treated well by Ronglu these days.

    After the visitor arrived at the house, he bypassed the kitchen in the back hall and followed the butler directly to Ronglu's study. The butler Jinglu stepped forward and said, "Sir, this gentleman is the one who came to accept the appointment after receiving your letter.  "

    Ronglu snorted.  He waved his hand to ask the butler to leave, then looked at the person in front of him and said, "Are you sent by the consul of Ali Country? Why so fast?"

    The man smiled faintly and stepped forward and said with a salute: "I'm in Dagokou, it's not too far from the capital. I'm Gong Cheng, I've met Mr. Rong."

    Ronglu frowned slightly and asked, "Gong Cheng? Is your father Gong Zizhen?"

    Gong Cheng was slightly startled and said with a smile: "Is this villain so famous? Master Rong actually only mentions his father's name."

    Ronglu hummed, thinking to himself, of course I know you!  It turns out that Gong Cheng is the son of Gong Zizhen, a famous literary figure in the Daoguang period. Gong Zizhen encountered the Lilac Case that year. The case was full of twists and turns. Not only was Gong Zizhen dismissed from office because of the case, but it was also rumored that he was assassinated by a prominent figure in the capital.

    Gong Cheng is a bohemian, but withdrawn, taciturn, and likes to travel for evil. He likes to collect ancient books and peep into everything in the collection. His knowledge is boundless. Moreover, this person is proficient in Mongolian, Manchu, and even  He is very talented in English and other languages.  Although this man was talented and learned, he behaved badly and was a womanizer. He spent all his wealth on women. Then he went to Shanghai and served as the British Deputy Consul in Shanghai.??Waitoma served as a staff member.

    Ronglu only remembered this man because he was rumored to be a big traitor. The reason was that in later history he had been serving in the British and French allied forces, and in the end he even led bandits to rob the Old Summer Palace.  However, Ronglu did not think that this matter had anything to do with Gong Cheng. Where was the Old Summer Palace?  In the royal land, there was a sea of ??people who knew the location. Why did it have to be the way led by Gong Cheng?  As for Gong Cheng, there are probably only two charges for this. Firstly, he has been doing things for the British, and secondly, he has misbehaved and has a bad reputation, so he should be charged with this.

    Ronglu smiled lightly and said: "Gong Cheng and Gong Banlun's reputation is quite good in Shanghai. Okay, I don't like politeness. Let's get back to the topic. What does Mr. Aliguo's suggestion to me mean?"

    Gong Cheng smiled slightly and said: "The British prefer to get something without bloodshed, but Mr. Aliguo attaches great importance to your suggestions, but he wants to know why you want to betray your country?"
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