!--The beginning of the chapter-- Tepu Xin in Aihui City has not been having a good time in recent days. Although it is the imperial court's will to let Rakshasa ghosts pass through the border, Tepu Xin knows very well that once the matter is exposed, the court may have to Throw yourself out as a scapegoat.
The longer you hang around in the court, the more you will understand the darkness inside. Party factions are no longer a secret. In this Qing Dynasty, all officials must find their own backers and their own teams. If you are alone, Then even if you are a famous official in the world, you can only be squeezed out, marginalized, or even squeezed out of the court.
Power and obligation are symbiotic. Tepuxin got on the ship of the Queen Mother and the Prince. After receiving their protection, she had to serve them. Now it was time to take the blame.
You can imagine your fate. If the matter of letting Rakshasa ghosts cross the border became known to everyone in the country, then the Queen Mother and the Prince would have no choice but to sacrifice their soldiers to save their carriages, and that would be the right thing to do if their homes were confiscated and exiled.
Maybe the so-called confiscation and exile is just a form, just like how Yishan was sent to the northwest back then, but this feeling is not pleasant. When the court comes back, we will not know how long it will be. Besides, those noble people may forget you completely. .
Of course, Tepuxin knew that his life could still be saved. Yishan's crimes back then were much more serious than this. In the end, he was sent to Xinjiang for a while, and when people had almost forgotten about him, he was secretly transferred back to the capital to serve as a resting place. Year.
Although I can't compare to someone else's royal bloodline, there shouldn't be any problem if my family is safe. Thinking of this, Tepuxin felt a little relieved, but he could lose his official position, but not his money.
"Damn Rakshasa ghosts! Grandpa, I'm risking my job to help you. When your second batch of reinforcements cross the river, if you don't leave me 10,000 taels of gold, I will fall out with you... …”
During this time, Tepu Xin's mind was all about making money, how to extort money from Luosha Gui, and how to plunder another place before leaving Heilongjiang.
Cunning Rabbit still has three caves. Tepuxin has secret industries in Sijiucheng, Jiangnan, and Xi'an. His family fortune in Heilongjiang has begun to move to the Central Plains. Are you kidding? That's more than two million taels of cash. !
Nowadays, whoever stands in the way of Tepu Xin getting rich is his life-and-death enemy. How dare anyone in Aihui City dare to speak ill of me? If I don't kill a group of people, do you really think that I, the general, am a vegetarian? It wasn't until six corpses were hung on the city gate tower that the talkative women were calmed down.
"Damn it, you dare to stop me from getting rich, you are seeking death..." Just as he was cursing fiercely, there was suddenly a burst of panicked footsteps outside the guard house.
"Report... report to the general... something happened!" Immediately afterwards, two lieutenants rushed in from outside accompanied by a stumbling soldier.
"What's the ghost's name? What's wrong with the Rakshasa ghost coming again?" Tepuxin glared at them fiercely.
The sweaty soldier knelt on the ground and kowtowed desperately, "Little... little one is God... the defender of Shen'an Ridge... I... we..."
"Fuck!" Tepuxin went up and kicked the soldier on the shoulder, then kicked him in the head. "Why are there so many nonsense? What on earth is going on..."
When the adjutant next to him saw it, he quickly raised his hands and said, "Sir, calm down! Shen'anling reported... They said Hunchun is coming!"
"Ah?" Tepuxin's eyes were bigger than those of a cow. "Fart! That's nonsense. What's Hunchun doing here? It's taboo for him to enter my defense area without an imperial edict! He won't understand this..."
The deputy general scratched his head and said, "We are also surprised, but the person who came here has brought 600 elite cavalry. They are resting in Shen'an Ridge now, and they asked General to greet him by name!"
"If you were from Xibei, you wouldn't be so bold, would you?"
At this time, the soldier who had been kicked over climbed over again. He finally smoothed his tongue and said, "Report... report to the general! The person who came here is indeed a big shot. The horses ridden by the six hundred people are all imported famous horses. The most inferior leather goods are wolf skins, and the muskets, waist knives and other items used are also very expensive..."
"Although I don't know General Hunchun, I can't fool anyone with this equipment. Who else outside the customs except the general's guard has such a good thing..."
Tepuxin was stunned for a moment. He took two steps back and sat down on the chair. He thought to himself, "What is Hunchun doing here?" Could it be related to those Rakshasa ghosts? Damn it, didn’t the imperial court also give him a decree? What kind of medicine is he selling in this gourd?
Seeing the general's silence, the two generals became anxious. They looked at each other and said, "Sir, it's not about what the other party wants to do now, but the other party is more than ten miles outside the city. You have to go and see him." ah!"
"Yes, I have to see him..." Suddenly a light flashed in the confused Tepuxin's eyes. He took two steps and grabbed the soldier and asked, "How does Hunchun look? What did he say? You know everything." Please explain it clearly to me!"
The soldier looked frightened and hesitated to speak. An angry Tepuxin raised his hand and slapped him in the face, "Just say what you have to say. Don't pretend to be dumb for me! Speak quickly..."
"My lord! General Hunchun seems very angry... He even scolded you!" Xiao Bing repeated Hunchun's angry words.
"He said he was going to come to fight with you, and he asked you to get out of the city to see him... Anyway, you are in a bad mood. After all, you are walking on the mountain roads. It looks like you have suffered a lot along the way!"
"Huh? What did you say?" Tepuxin's eyes lit up. "You said he didn't come from the post road? He came from the mountain path? And he said he wanted to cause trouble for me? And he scolded me?"
Seeing the soldier nodding in fear, Tepuxin smiled, "Hahaha, okay, okay, take him down to reward him with ten taels of silver!"
Everyone did not expect that when they heard Hunchun's curse, the general looked relaxed and even rewarded the soldier who reported the news with ten taels of silver. This was really incredible.
"Sir! What do you mean by this? Hunchun is so rude..."
"You don't understand! You don't understand!" Tepu Xin waved his hand, "That person in Hunchun is just a stinking stone. He is a complete anomaly in the court. He is not corrupt and not very lewd. He only knows how to train soldiers all day long!"
"Actually, the court wanted to replace him a few years ago, but Ning Guta's job has always been a hard job, and there were many conflicts with Rakshasa ghosts, so those who were running for official positions shook their heads when they heard where he would be assigned. …”
"It's because no one wants to go to Ninggu Pagoda to endure the hardships, so Hunchun can continue to work until now..."
"This kind of person is indifferent and has a very straight temper. Today he came to scold me, so I feel relieved... The Rakshasa ghost must have hurt many soldiers and civilians when he crossed the border. He can't afford to offend the Rakshasa ghost. As a result, he came to seek my bad luck!"
The two lieutenants were not happy when they heard this: "This is really a stinking stone in the latrine. He has the ability to bring trouble to the court! What's the point of looking for us? Ignore him!"
