Forty-eight years of Qianlong

Chapter 786: Shattering a thousand dreams in one night ([-])

Zhang Xiude caught Liu Chengqi purely by accident.

Originally, at the beginning of the round-up operation, he followed the deputy battalion commander of the Guangning City garrison battalion to Guandi Temple, accompanied by Sun Yuan, the garrison platoon leader of Xiaoheishanyi.Who would have thought that the group of Bagua believers outside the Guandi Temple were so cowardly that they were so frightened that they pissed off two of them when they were lying down, so there was no need for him to take action.

Later, during the binding, a key member of the Bagua sect hurriedly revealed Liu Chengqi's residence in order to survive.However, he did not know Liu Chengqi's name, but called him "chief coach".

After Zhang Xiude found out, he took the initiative to ask Ying to lead a small team to arrest him.As a result, just halfway through, I heard a whistle from the north.So he and his men split into two groups, and he took two soldiers to the entrance of the village.When he saw the soldier who blew the whistle and learned that the escaping guy was running very fast, Zhang Xiude knew that he had encountered Lian Jiazi, and his kung fu was not weak, so he chased after him without thinking.

In the process of running, Zhang Xiude used the "vertical jump step" many times and chased Liu Chengqi for more than three miles before knocking Liu Chengqi down with one slap.

"Vertical jump step", also known as Qinggong in traditional martial arts, originated from the field footwork in the cold weapon era.In storytelling scripts, it is often called "eight steps to catch cicadas", and Tong Lin in "Yongzheng Swordsman Pictures" is good at this.

To practice this kind of footwork, you need to use your pelvis as a bow arm, and twist your waist, crotch, and hamstrings into one force as the bow string, so that you can jump out as soon as you exert force.Shang Yunxiang, the master of the Xingyi Sect in the late Qing Dynasty, was a master of this. He didn't need to run up, and he could reach three feet in one vertical line.The length of the construction ruler in the Qing Dynasty was 31.96 centimeters, ten feet was more than three meters, and three feet was more than nine meters.

Zhang Xiude was recruited into the Northern Navy Intelligence Bureau because of his superb kung fu.And those who are good at boxing must have strong footwork.When he killed the old man of the Shumulu family in the capital with one punch, he relied on his footwork. He leaped forward six or seven meters away, and the opponent had no time to react before receiving a "black tiger punch in the heart".

Although he seemed calm and relaxed when talking to Liu Chengqi, in fact, his body was seriously exhausted, and he felt lucky in his heart.

First of all, both of them are in their thirties, at the peak of their physical strength; secondly, Liu Tingxian’s second son is quite strong in martial arts, not to mention that he has been taught by famous teachers in the Bagua Sect since he was a child. In order to survive in these years after being exiled, He has been running around in the mountains and forests to hunt wild beasts all year round, and he has actually learned footwork without a teacher.

Originally, the moves and footwork of traditional martial arts came from not only the experience of fighting on the battlefield, but also from imitating wild beasts.

The only advantage Zhang Xiude has is his momentum. He represents the state machine's law enforcement and is upright; while Liu Chengqi is a cultist who naturally opposes the regime. He flees in the dark and panic is inevitable.

A few minutes later, when several sweaty soldiers from the Northern Navy rushed to the scene with flashlights, they secretly clicked their tongues when they saw Liu Chengqi, whose hands and feet were tied, and Zhang Xiude, who was squatting aside smoking and waiting.

At the same time, the Beihai Navy's large-scale inspection of Kaoshantun was also in full swing. All alleys in the village were blocked, and soldiers knocked on doors and searched every house.

The successful roundup of Guandi Temple was just the beginning, and there was still a lot to do next.The entire search operation lasted until the next morning. Half of the families in Kaoshantun were arrested, and there were almost 200 men, women, old and children in total.Among these people, there are more than 20 wives, concubines, and children of Liu and his son alone, in addition to several long-term workers.

Near noon, Sun Yuan transferred more than a dozen oxcarts and horse-drawn carriages from Xiaoheishan Station. Also arriving were a large number of people and a field radio station who came from Guangning County early in the morning.Among these people were political workers from the garrison camp, battalion headquarters clerks, personnel from the Intelligence Bureau, and even several former police officers and clerks from Guangning County Government.

As soon as these people arrived, they didn't even bother to eat lunch, and immediately began a surprise interrogation of the Bagua believers.Once the results are obtained, the arresting officers will immediately rush to the homes of those believers who live in other villages to search and arrest the remaining party members.

Several courtyards of Liu Tingxian and his son in Kaoshantun were used as interrogation venues.In order to protect Fu Bao, Sun Yuan personally took him into an empty room in the front yard of Liu Tingxian's house, then untied him, and asked him to bring him hot water and food, and told him not to go out for the time being. Wait here and go back with me in the afternoon.

Fu Bao was frightened all night, and it was only then that he felt at ease.Seeing that Sun Yuan was about to leave, he ignored the pain in his hands and feet and hurriedly stopped him. He carefully asked, "Platoon leader Sun, Yongtai, the younger one means Zhou Tianzhu, can't you turn over this time?"

Sun Yuan showed a playful smile on his face and said: "Don't worry! No one will ask you for debts. But you have to learn a lesson, and you can't play with money anymore. Think about your wife and children!"

Not mentioning the bad things, Fu Bao immediately said with a bitter face: "Now that the money and food for errands are gone, it is really difficult for small farmers. To be honest, I only have enough food at home to last a few days."

Sun Yuanxin said that these bannermen were just used to it, and then said: "Don't worry, the relief food and cotton clothes will arrive in a few days. If you have nothing to do, go chop some firewood. This winter will be over no matter what."

Fu Bao was overjoyed and hurriedly bowed.Then Sun Yuan said again: "In a few days, someone will come from Shengjing to teach you farming skills and the use of new farm tools. Go listen and learn hard. By the beginning of next spring, fifty There are enough acres of land to keep you busy.”

"Yes, yes, I will definitely go, I will definitely go!"

Sun Yuan shook his head helplessly, turned and left.

In the afternoon, the Bagua cult members and their family members who had completed the preliminary interrogation were taken to Xiaoheishan Post in a group of 20 people. There were many vacant rooms in the post station and Luji Yamen there. It would not be a problem for 200 people to squeeze in. Liu Tingxian and his son and The family members will be sent to the jail in Guangning County tomorrow morning.

As the personnel arrived and the interrogation progressed, a large number of cult books, idols, money, talismans, incense blocks and other items were successively seized.For example, in a cellar in the backyard of Liu Tingxian's home, thousands of taels of silver coins, a dozen sets of new cotton-padded clothes, and thousands of kilograms of grain and cured meat were seized.In a camphor wood box in the bedroom of the back house, two stamps and a package containing various hand-written treasure scrolls were also recovered.

One of the two seals is engraved with the words "Chongdetang", and the other is engraved with "Kejitang" in seal script.According to Liu Tingxian's explanation, these two seals are the credentials of the leader, and the "edict" given by the leader to the believers must be stamped with these two seals to be valid.

And in the bag with the "Imperial Book Tips" written on it, there are various Bagua sect treasures, including two "Taihuang Baojuan", "Five Women's Preaching", "Xingli Encyclopedia", "Yi Yan" "Yi", "Secrets of Specializing in Eighteen Translations", "Kong Ming Asked Zi Qi", and "Biao Wen" each.There is also a rolled up scroll over a foot long.

The Intelligence Bureau officer responsible for counting the items registered the titles of all the treasure scrolls one by one, and finally picked up the scroll.He thought it was a painting at first, but when he had only opened it halfway, he suddenly felt excited and hurriedly sent someone to invite Zhang Xiude.

"Old Zhang, take a look at this." Zhang Xiude took the scroll and took a closer look. He saw "Pedigree of the Bagua Cult Leader" written in seven neat large characters on the top of his head.Looking back further, I found that it actually listed the lineage inheritance of the leaders of the Bagua Sect and the heads of each hexagram sect since the early years of Kangxi. It detailed the name, date of birth and death, and ancestral home of each family member. Even the women in the family have records.

The more Zhang Xiude looked at it, the more solemn he looked. He thought that if this picture was true, then all the major families of the Bagua Sect in the northern region could be wiped out in one fell swoop!
"Send a telegram to Shengjing immediately and report to Chief Shen!"

Shen Guisheng was having dinner when he received the telegram.He read the telegram in silence and handed it to Li Rui, chief of staff of the Eastern Front Command.

"That's good enough! Xiao Shen." Li Rui slapped the table after reading and said happily: "You can find out such a big case quietly. Bagua Cult bandit leader, tsk tsk, you have helped me a lot! Come on, I’ll give you a toast with tea instead of wine.”

Guisheng clinked glasses with the other party and said humbly: "Chief of Staff, I didn't expect it either."

Li Rui praised: "It's worthy of staying by His Majesty's side for several years. It would be better if I didn't take action!"

When Guisheng heard this, he waved his hands repeatedly and said he didn't dare.

Although Zhao Xin has not yet proclaimed himself emperor and restructured his army, many senior officers trained by him in the Beihai Navy have already called him "Your Majesty" in private.Many people have had a question in their minds before, that is, why did Prince Zhao not ascend the throne and proclaim himself emperor even though Sheng Jingdu was defeated?
Not long ago during the Mid-Autumn Festival, as the Battle of Shengjing came to an end, someone had the courage to ask this question.Zhao Xin's expression at that time was half-smiling, and he asked in reply: "If you want me to be emperor outside the Pass, do you want me to be Nurhachi or Huang Taiji?"

Okay, now many people understand that the one who dares to love still has such a taboo in his heart.

Two days later, Wang Changsheng, the head of the Northern Navy Intelligence Bureau, received a telegram from Guangning.As Zhao Xin's important lieutenant, Wang Changsheng was well aware of Zhao Xin's attitude towards the Bagua Sect. He immediately followed the map and ordered the intelligence stations in Shandong, Henan and Zhili to conduct a search and investigation on the Hou family in Jinxiang, the Gao family in Shangqiu and Daxing.

For a time, the hidden stakes deployed by the North Naval Intelligence Bureau all over North China were dispatched one after another.

It is said that among the many branches of Bagua Sect, Li Gua Sect, Zhen Gua Sect and Kan Gua Sect are the three most powerful and influential.Needless to say about the first two, let’s just talk about the Kan hexagram.

In the Bagua chart, Kan Gua belongs to water and represents the north in terms of orientation.When Liu Zuochen established the religion, he used Shan County, located in Caozhou Prefecture, as the central palace, so the scope of Kan Gua's activities included Qufu and Zhili.In the era when Liu Shengguo was the "Zhongtian Cult Leader", the most powerful figure in Kan Gua was Kong Wanlin, who came from the Kong family in Qufu.

Even though it was Qufu, Kong Wanlin was extremely hostile to the Manchus.He has been secretly developing his strength, trying to be like Wang Lun and come to the big show.

It is a pity that in the 37th year of Qianlong's reign, Kong Wanlin was arrested, and the sect leader who confessed the Kan hexagram was the Zhang family in Rongcheng, Zhili.Later, with the arrest of the Zhang family, the center of Kan Gua's activities shifted to Daxing.The external name is "Kan Gua Branch of Baiyang Sect", which is also the predecessor of Tianli Sect.

The situation is similar to the situation in Paoshantun. At least since the 37th year of Qianlong's reign, in addition to the ignorant common people, some Manchus from Zhenglan Banner also joined Kanguamen. The original purpose was to eliminate disasters and diseases.

In addition to the above three places, the Intelligence Bureau also sent a sealed message to the Beijing Intelligence Station, requesting to monitor a guy who was working as a watchman outside Shun City Gate. This person's name was Lin Qing.

As mentioned before, the North Naval Intelligence Bureau has five intelligence points in the capital, among which the fourth branch located outside Dongbianmen is responsible for tracking and operations.The main members of this stronghold were all developed from the Cao Gang in the early years, and most of them were from Shandong.The stronghold used to conceal its identity from the outside world was a large wine vat named "Changfahao".

On October 59th, the [-]th year of Qianlong's reign, in the evening, the big wine tank was already full of guests.It was dinner time now, and many people were not busy drinking, but instead filling their stomachs first.Several waiters with Shandong accents were busy holding up trays and bringing bowls of glutinous rice noodles with soup to the diners.

In those days, taverns in the capital were generally opened by people from Shandong and Shanxi. Businesses such as large wine vats had been around since the Ming Dynasty. In addition to selling rice wine and a few dishes to go with wine, they also sold noodles, glutinous rice noodles, etc. of eating.Historically, in the late Qing Dynasty, many taverns gradually developed into meat shops that also served stir-fry dishes.

"Changfa Hao" is considered to be the largest tavern in the Dongbianmen area. Most of the people who come here to drink are peddlers and soldiers, and there are also soldiers guarding the city gate. In short, they come from all kinds of people, from all walks of life.

The entire tavern is a two-room house with a reed mat roof and adobe walls. In addition to the front door, there is also a kitchen.There are eight large pottery wine jars more than two feet high scattered in the front room. A quarter of the bottom is buried in the soil. The wooden lids on the mouth of the jars are painted with red paint. Four or five pictures are placed around them. The stool is the table.

What is different from other pubs is that every winter, the "Changfa" will place a one-foot-and-a-half-diameter cast-iron stove in the middle of the front room, burning briquettes.There is usually a large copper kettle placed on the stove mouth. The water inside is boiling and white steam is sprayed out from the spout, making the room warm and less dry.

Different from the taverns of later generations, most of the taverns in the capital in these years sold rice wine, some from Shandong, some from Zhejiang, and some from the suburbs of the capital.For example, in later generations, Caiyu and Lixian in the south of the city, Lishuiqiao in the north of the city, Tongzhou Xiji in the east of the city, Heilongtan in Haidian, and Liangxiang in Zhili were all dotted with large and small brewing workshops.

The reason why the Intelligence Bureau wants to open a tavern here is because there is a liquor wholesale distribution center outside Chongwen Gate not far away.The Qing Dynasty strictly prohibited the opening of wine-making workshops in the inner city. All wine transported to the capital was wholesaled and sold by eighteen merchants. Liquor trucks could only go through Chongwenmen, so it was also called the "Liquor Gate".

The shop has many varieties of wine, and there are many customers.Especially after the White Dew Festival, more and more people drink.

Wealthy drinkers usually order a bowl of Shaoxing yellow or Liangxiang yellow, followed by a plate of jelly or fried broad beans; those who are on a tight budget will bring a half-empty bag of roasted peanuts or a washed cantaloupe. The rich and the poor sat around the fire, drinking wine and warming themselves up, forgetting the worries and fatigue of the day, and wasting away the boring winter time. It was very comfortable.

　In real history, Zhang Xiude was the second-generation descendant of "Hong Dong Tong Arms and Boxing", and his true identity was a bookkeeper.

　　
　
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