"Ouch... Mr. Li, this is a blocked alley, a brothel, a cigarette shop, and a gambling house. Everyone knows that this is not a cause for trouble, right?" Isiha said in a low voice as he followed Li Tuo on horseback.
"Does the court no longer want to be dignified? Salong'a is also the son of Master Mu Zhang'a... If such a shameful thing happens, the court's face will not look good, right?"
"Haha..." Li Tuo laughed angrily, "Isiha! Are you really not an official? You are still decent. When you just peeked into the inner palace, where was your dignity?"
Isiha's face turned red with embarrassment. This meant that he couldn't see clearly in the middle of the night. If it were broad daylight, he would have to find a crack in the ground to crawl in.
"Don't...don't say that...I don't really want to spy on anything, just subconsciously...subconsciously..."
In fact, everyone knows that you can't see anything when you look in from the inner right door, and there can't be any charming palace maids or concubines deliberately letting the guards see it.
The inner right gate is still far from the place where the harem women sleep, separated by palace walls one after another!
Isiha is just a conditioned reflex. The word harem itself has a kind of magic power, just like a man who unconsciously hears the words "women's bathhouse" and subconsciously looks up and looks at it.
Who doesn’t know that women’s bathhouses have doors, and who doesn’t know that you can’t see anything at all… But sometimes human behavior has some unconscious behaviors.
"Isiha... Of course I know that you are unconscious. In fact, Eunuch Li also knows, because people are curious..."
"And our actions tonight are to take advantage of people's curiosity..."
"Using curiosity? Do you mean to deliberately leak the news about the gold seal theft?"
"Yes, I did it on purpose. I just wanted to let opium shops, brothels, gambling houses...these crowded places with a lot of talk and disputes know that Salonga stole the gold seal of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom!"
"Oh... Sir, are you really so cruel? Salonga's father has many disciples and former officials all over the world. Aren't you afraid of offending others?"
Salonga himself was not well-known in the Qing Dynasty. Zhang Jing, a doctor in the Ministry of Justice and the Military Aircraft Department, was considered very ordinary in the Beijing official system.
But Saronga’s father is famous! Mu Zhang, a powerful official during the Daoguang period!
Mu Zhang'a was from the Xianglan Banner of Manchuria. Although he was a disciple of the Eight Banners, he was a formal imperial examination scholar. He rose through the ranks and eventually joined the Military Aircraft Department. He was a very valued confidant of Emperor Daoguang.
Mu Zhang'a has a poor reputation in history because he was the representative of the peacemaker during the First Opium War and stood on the opposite side of Lin Zexu.
When the British warships approached Tianjin, Mu Zhang'a was keenly aware of the war-weariness in Emperor Daoguang's heart. Mu Zhang'a, who was good at guessing the holy will, immediately attacked the main war faction, and Lin Zexu suffered greatly at his hands.
Mu Zhang'a had presided over the provincial examinations and joint examinations many times. His disciples and former officials were all over the world, and even Zeng Guofan wanted to worship him as his mentor. Zeng Guofan's official career was also thanks to Mu Zhang'a's recommendation.
At that time, the Mu Party was rampant in both the government and the opposition. If a new official did not pay homage to Mu Prime Minister in advance, he would not even be able to get a job!
Although Emperor Xianfeng later disliked Mu Zhang'a and found fault with him as soon as he came to the throne, he dismissed him and never used him again. However, because Mu Zhang'a promoted too many officials, if they were all removed, the government would not be able to function. .
In the end, no prison was built, and in the third year of Xianfeng's reign, the imperial court accepted Mu Zhang'a's donation of military supplies for the war. Relying on his contribution to the military supplies, he finally gave Mu Zhang'a a fifth-grade title before his death. Wear.
To put it bluntly, it was just to appease Mu Dang and allow Mu Zhang'a to be buried as an official!
When Mu Zhang'a fell, his son Salong'a was already a doctor in the Criminal Department and Zhang Jing in the Military Aircraft Department! Both the Xianfeng and Tongzhi dynasties did not exterminate his family, but they kept his official position and did not dismiss him, but there was no way he could make any progress!
According to the tradition of Qing Dynasty officialdom, once a high-ranking official like Mu Zhang'a dies, no one will overturn the final decision made at the time of his death.
Moreover, all of Mu Zhang'a's so-called students were in high positions, such as Zeng Guofan!
These people would not do anything to the master's descendants out of face. As long as Salonga didn't commit suicide, he could still live in peace in this official position!
But I never expected that this useless thing would even dare to steal the golden seal of heaven. No one can protect this crime!
"Haha... Offend someone? Yisiha, you have to remember... When a tree falls, the monkey will scatter. Mu Zhang'a represents an era. Their era has long passed. If it does not belong to your era, you have to be honest. You are so stupid, who can you blame for seeking death?"
"Speed up... We must search the house first tonight... I want to see the list of belongings at dawn!"
There was no time to explain to Isiha. This big man had a good reputation for nothing, but in fact he had no official experience at all.
Dongdan Archway Guanyin Hutong, this is Salonga's home. From the outside, the dark courtyard still has some of the momentum of the past. However, the paint on the door is mottled and the wall covering is almost peeling off, indicating that it has not been repaired in the past few years.
Standing at the gate, you can overlook Qing Sanye's Daqing Telegraph Bureau headquarters to the west of Dongdan. It is located in a prime location, and the land price is definitely not cheap.
"Hey... Salong, if you were a little bit more ambitious, how would your life be like if you took advantage of the little family property dad left you!"
"Why are we going to the point of ransacking the house? Let's go...run the house carefully, but you have to understand the rules and don't scare the women!"
The officers and soldiers of Shuntian Mansion and Jiu Men Admiral have been in this business for generations, and they all know the rules. As soon as Li Tuo came out of his mouth and copied them carefully, it became clear that the Salonga family had no chance of turning around.
This is a damn lost dog. If you can't show any mercy, you have to clean it up!
Soldiers holding torches had already sealed off the entire alley, and the gate was already open. The gatekeeper was a slave who had been coated for generations, with gray braids and tears on his face.
The old man knelt on the ground and kept crying for his ancestors, "Master... please open your eyes... why did our family become like this..."
"Young Master...Old slave, how many times have I advised you not to smoke...but you just don't listen, you just don't listen...wuwuwu..."
"My lord... for the sake of being a minister of the same palace, I am showing you a noble hand..."
The loyal old slave knew that this was the leader as soon as he saw Li Tuo, so he quickly crawled over and kowtowed like a dog to beg for mercy.
Li Tuo sighed, "Someone... help me up. I am still suffering from this at such an old age... Don't beg me, please ask Guanyin Bodhisattva for protection!"
"How can you steal the treasures in the Forbidden City? Or the golden seal left by the long-haired Hong Xiuquan... How can this be good? How can you protect this..."
Upon hearing this, the old slave immediately collapsed to the ground and his eyes lost all vitality. "It's over... He's a prodigal... This time he's completely ruined..."
The movement in the alley had already alarmed the neighbors, and pairs of eyes were exposed from the cracks in the door. Li Tuo wanted to create momentum today, so the soldiers below could discuss the case casually while standing guard, and there was no confidentiality at all.
When the neighbors heard that Sarong Abdul had sneaked into the Forbidden City, they all scolded Kai Xianjie, "Bah... This is what he deserves! This is retribution!"
"His father is not a good guy... he is a traitor! Master Lin Zexu Lin blocked all the foreign devils in Guangzhou, and it was Mu Zhang'a, the old peddler, who surrendered..."
"What now? The retribution has come...the whole family has been destroyed! The whole family of traitors must be put to death!"
"Pooh……"
