Han Xiufeng decided to go down the mountain, but Master Sun Wu was relieved and bowed to see him off on behalf of the students in the county.

How dare Han Xiufeng receive this great gift? Just as he was about to support him, Du San's brother-in-law Li Er took Du San's eldest son Du Kailiang to climb up the mountain. When he saw him, he knelt on the ground and cried loudly to report the death.

Master Fei quickly stepped forward and helped the two of them up and comforted them.

Han Xiufeng felt very uncomfortable and felt very uncomfortable. He persuaded them to go back and organize the funeral quickly, and promised to go to the county town tomorrow morning and go to their house to pay their condolences the morning after tomorrow.

I sent the Du family away and returned to my home at the foot of the mountain. Before I could speak, my mother, elder brother and sister-in-law, and Qin'er guessed that he would not stay at home for a few days, and they all wanted to speak but stopped. I didn't know if I should advise him not to go out again, or to say something else.

Just as he arranged the family affairs, "Houyitang" encountered the biggest crisis since its opening!

In the past month, Wenxiang handed over the sign four times, but the emperor never summoned him. The eight memorials that Jeon Enjun helped to present were all like a rock sinking to the sea, and there was no news. The foreman Zhang Jing and Cao Yuying never came once, and he did not praise or criticize the official documents that Feng Xiaobao brought.

I wanted to go to Wenzhongtang, but Wenzhongtang was sick again.

I could only wait for the second best to visit Peng Zhongtang, but Peng Zhongtang avoided him.

Thinking that he was not welcomed by the minority and delayed military affairs, Wen Xiang could only bite the bullet and go to visit Prince Zheng and Prince Yi, but after going there a few times, he handed over a few reports, but he was turned away every time.

This was something that had never been seen before. It seemed that the emperor and several princes and ministers had forgotten that there was a small yamen like "Houyi Hall" that specialized in inquiring about the affairs of the barbarians. Wen Xiang was as anxious as an ant on a hot pan. Wang Naizeng and Qingxian were also anxious, trying every means to ask someone to inquire about the news from the Military Affairs Office or even the palace.

I don’t know if I don’t know, but Wang Naipeng’s heart is getting cold.

When he rushed back to the bookstore from the inner city, he brought Wenxiang to the door and said helplessly: "I have found out clearly. It turns out that the emperor was not in a bad mood, but even regretted letting the monk king stay in Beijing to guard the system."

Wen Xiang was stunned and suddenly reacted: "We always report that foreigners will not let go. We always say that foreigners want to start a war with us. As a result, the foreigners have not started a war until today. The Jiangbei Camp and the Jiangnan Camp were defeated by Changmao first. Even civil and military officials such as Jierhanga and Liu Cunhou sacrificed their lives for their country, so the emperor took his anger on you and me?"

"It is not only Jierhanga, Liu Cunhou, Tongkuo, Zhou Zhaoxiong and other civil and military officials who died in their country. The Military Affairs Office had just received a 600-mile emergency report from the Governor of Liangjiang Yiliang, saying that after the imperial envoy Xiang Rong retreated to Danyang, he was ashamed and angry, and had both sleep and food. He died of illness on the sixth day of the seventh month and another official was abandoned. The emperor was heartbroken and just ordered the Military Affairs Office to discuss mercy."

"Xiang Rong is dead too!"

"Diet, the Chongqing Guild Hall should have received the news now. Even if it is too late today, a mourning hall will be set up to pay condolences tomorrow."

Wen Xiang realized the seriousness of the problem and murmured: "The emperor must regret why he didn't let the monks lead his troops south at that time, and worked with Tominga to sweep the holes towards Rongliting and smooth out his hair in one fell swoop."

Wang Naizeng nodded helplessly, and then said with a bitter face: "Eunuch Liu from the Inner Memorial Office said that the emperor not only always asks if there are any reports from Guangdong and Guangxi these days, but even ordered people to read the memorials of Guangdong and Guangxi Ye Mingchen, Guangzhou General Mukdenne, Guangdong Governor Bai Gui and Guangdong Taoist officials. Although the news about foreigners reported by Guangdong and Guangxi officials was unconsistent and even contradictory, the emperor seemed to believe that they made up nonsense and felt that our "Houyi Hall" was always exaggerating."

As long as the foreigners report is involved, all the internal memorials and offices have been copied to "Houyitang".

Although it is as numerous as Wang Naizeng said, it is unconsistent or even contradictory, it is similar to the generalization. For example, the gentry and business groups inside and outside the city of Guangzhou were trained, and the scholars and common people were united in hating the enemy and gangs and officials to keep foreigners out of the city. The foreigners were even more "respectful", just to do small profits in doing business, and admired him, Ye Mingchen, the emperor's minister, and did not want to do anything, and dared not to go to war with the Qing Dynasty. When Guangzhou was besieged by the Tiandihui Rebellion Party, it even took the initiative to send troops to help quell the rebellion. For example, the people in Guangzhou were afraid of officials, officials were afraid of foreigners, foreigners, and foreigners were afraid of the people, and to be precise, they were afraid of the gentry groups in Guangzhou.

In short, the foreigners are not worth worrying about the "sunny sea and clear rivers" in Guangzhou and the entire Guangdong!

Thinking of this, Wen Xiang couldn't help but sigh: "They deceived their superiors and concealed their subordinates, and they talked lies with their eyes open, but now the truth is no longer important. What is important is whether the emperor is willing to believe in the truth or lies."

"We are reporting good news but not bad news. We are reporting bad news but not good news. Compared to bad news, the emperor naturally prefers to listen to good news. In addition, Prince Zheng and Prince Yi only know how to make the emperor happy. They always say in front of the emperor that Ye Mingchen's report should not be fake, so the emperor is increasingly distrustful now."

"Where is Sushun?" Wen Xiang asked with a frown.

"I'm busy eliminating traitors. It is said that I just helped Wen Zhongtang to submit a memorial, saying that Qingduan, Fuji, Chongen, Yingqi and others are not competent. If you don't give up early, you may mistakenly entrust your border."

"He just defeated Lianshun, and he has set his sights on Qingduan and Fuji and other Xinjiang officials!"

"It is said that the emperor intends to promote him to the Zuodu Censor."

"What he is doing now is different from being the Zuodu Censor?" Wen Xiang asked back, looked up at the room full of Western artifacts, and smiled bitterly: "Just because the good news is not bad news, the emperor doesn't believe us anymore. Alas... In fact, Zhixing had expected that there would be such a day, but he didn't expect it to come so quickly."

Wang Naiteng reminded: "Sir, the most urgent thing is what to do in the future?"

Wen Xiang weighed the pros and said solemnly: "The emperor will not issue an order to abolish the 'Houyi Hall' for a day, so the errands of inquiries will not be relaxed all day long. The complaints will be submitted as usual, and the Military Affairs Office will also report as usual. From now on, I will have to tighten my belt and live my life. The remaining 6,000 taels of silver must be used on the blade, and I must not delay official business because I have no money."

"Sir, you can't save a lot of money. Naizeng thought it wouldn't last long just by storing money."

Han Xiufeng was probably 10,000 taels a year was enough. As a result, Wen Xiang and Wang Naizeng have seen everything they want to buy in the past two years. Just buying new foreign guns and foreign cannons made by foreigners cost more than 5,000 taels. Now the emperor doesn’t like “Houyi Hall” and is embarrassed to speak to Qingxian again. Wen Xiang finally realized how sad it was when he had no money. After a long time of silence, he whispered: “We are not a businessman, can we still open source?”

Wang Naizeng didn't want the "Houyi Hall" to close the door because he had no money, and pondered: "Why don't let the semicolons help you think of a solution."

"Han Chen, what can Yun Qijun and Su Jueming have?"

"A semicolon will give one thousand taels, which should not be difficult for them."

"Isn't this suitable?"

"At this point, that's all."

"Okay, you write to them, you can do this yourself, and don't let Qingxian know."

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"Zhang Yiguo's life is so strong, why did he die!"

"He is not a copper head and iron arm, why wouldn't he die?"

Wang Qianli asked back, and thought about it and said solemnly: "Before he came, he had just received a letter from President Gu to 'Risenchang'. In the letter, President Gu said that only 63 of the hundreds of brothers in the Salt Catching Camp were left. Lord Guo had reminded Zhang Yiguo more than once before, asking him not to underestimate the enemy. But he promised that although he was happy, he didn't take it seriously. He died and also implicated so many brothers, which made Lord Guo so angry that he wanted to whip the body."

"I know I don't know if I'm following him. I'll carefully calculate how many brothers he's killed in the past few years!" Datou cursed with gritted teeth, and asked again: "Master Wang, is Mr. Guo okay?"

"Mr. Guo is fine, and there is nothing wrong with Taizhou. President Gu said Changmao has retreated to Jiangning."

"It's good if Lord Guo is fine. As long as Lord Guo is there, there will be no trouble in Taizhou, and Cuihua's father and mother will not have trouble."

Thinking of another person mentioned by President Gu in the letter, Wang Qianli raised his head and stared at him and said, "Bigou, President Gu also said that Du San, who came to Beijing with you to submit a gift, was also killed in battle. The Taizhou branch manager Yang sent someone to help collect the body, which was temporarily buried in Wangjiazhuang, six miles south of Taizhou City."

Datou couldn't believe it was true. He was stunned for a while before asking with a bitter face: "How could Du San, such a person who was greedy and afraid of death, die in battle? Mr. Wang, did President Gu hear it awkwardly, and did Manager Yang collect the wrong corpse?"

"Director Gu didn't listen to the silence, and Manager Yang confiscated the wrong corpse. Du San was really dead, but others died for the court. He died in battle to save the money and letters he sent to his hometown in Ba County by Liu Cunhou and other fellow villagers."

Wang Qianli could understand Datou's feelings at this moment, and then patted Datou's arm: "Although he is greedy for life and fears death, he is also affectionate and righteous. He has not lost any money and letters. Manager Yang has sent the bills and letters back to the two Ba County children who survived. It can be said that he is worthy of his fellow countrymen and has not embarrassed the Fourth Master!"

"You can make money again when you lose money, but you will lose your life. He always says I am a melon, but I think he is a melon, why is it like this melon..." Big Head could no longer help it, and tears burst out from his eyes as he spoke.

"Stop crying, hurry up and go to the guild hall."

Datou wiped his tears and asked in confusion: "What are you doing when you go to the guild hall?"

Wang Qianli whispered: "Xiang Shuai is dead. Master Ji and Master Ao should have received the news and will definitely place a mourning hall to pay their respects. Although you have never met Xiang Shuai and have no friendship with Xiang Shuai, you are a fellow villager after all, so it would be better not to go."
Chapter completed!