A hundred flavors of life

Chapter 1032 Those who don’t know might think it’s a real zombie! (Please subscribe!)
The matter of Hua Shier rebuilding the Jinyiwei and revealing his identity as Jinyiwei on the city wall, except for Yu Xiulian who was released, is now known only to his own people. Well, either they are his own people, or they all become his own people.

Because of this, there was no unrest in the county town, and on the surface it was still the Qing Dynasty's rule.

But Xu Baijiu was a little worried, and finally on the third day he couldn't help but find Hua Twelve and asked:
"Brother, do you want to rebel?"

Hua Twelve has been smoking dry tobacco lately, so he got a pipe and took two puffs before saying:

"Let's take it one step at a time. At least I don't want to worry too much now. Rebellion means changing the world. There are too many things to worry about. For me, I just want to make a knife, take revenge, and chop off people I don't like. I don't plan to worry about revolution yet!"

He squinted his eyes and said, "In this world, there will be Liang Qichao, Tan Sitong, Mr. Sun, teachers, and thousands of people with ideals and passion who will follow one after another. I am just a passer-by!"

Xu Baijiu frowned slightly: "Who are these people you are talking about?"

Hua Twelve laughed: "In a few years, ten years, or even decades, you will know everything!"

Xu Baijiu looked at his brother who was talking nonsense, shook his head helplessly, and talked about another matter:

"That day you shouted for war and killing in the government office, both Han and Manchu people, and rebuilt the Jinyiwei. The old brothers were a little worried. After all, many brothers in the government office were in the banner, and they were afraid that you would take action against them if you were not happy one day!"

Hua Twelve waved his hand:
"Let them be at peace. The hatred of the Han people is only directed at those who broke into our country, destroyed our ancestral temples, and wanted to enslave us, or those who think they are superior and want to step on us forever. When the Manchus entered the country two hundred years ago, all the Eight Banners should have been killed. Now, times have changed. Except for those Tartars who are in high positions, most of the Manchus are ordinary people, no different from us Han people. I can still tell the difference!"

Hua Twelve thought for a moment and added:
"Of course, if someone like Li Mubai feels superior as a slave and points his finger at me and calls me a traitor and wants to make things difficult for me, I won't be polite to them no matter who they are!"

Hearing him say this, Xu Baijiu finally felt relieved: "Then I'll go back and explain to them clearly that if you do these things now, we can't have chaos inside!"

Hua Twelve could feel the care this cheap elder brother showed him and said gratefully, "Brother, thank you!"

Xu Baijiu patted Hua Twelve on the shoulder and said, "We are brothers in this life, why are you being so polite to me? Oh, there is one more thing!"

He hesitated for a moment before saying, "As for Liu Ziqing, I have nothing to do with her. She comes to deliver meals to you every day, and I can see her feelings for you. If you are nice to her, don't worry about my feelings."

Hua Shier was about to speak, but Xu Baijiu interrupted him with a wave of his hand:
"And that Baiyue girl is pretty good too. Our family doesn't have so many opinions. If you like her, just marry her!"

When Hua Twelve saw him talking about this, he quickly changed the subject:

"I can hide what I did for a while, but I can't hide it forever. Besides, Yu Xiulian was released by me, and she will probably tell others about it. Wumeng will not be safe for much longer!"

As expected, Xu Baijiu became anxious when he heard this: "So what are your plans?"

Hua Twelve laughed:
"Of course there is. I have already planned it. Let's form a militia and raise a team. I will also find a way to bring over the Shanzi Battalion. There are 1,500 of them. They are all my brothers who have been through thick and thin with me. If it doesn't work, then let's just do it!"

Although Pang Qingyun was the commander of the Shan Camp at the beginning, the people with the highest prestige were Zhao Erhu and Jiang Wuyang. Firstly, the members of the Shan Camp were all brothers when they were bandits. Secondly, when they attacked Suzhou and Nanjing, it was Zhao Erhu and Jiang Wuyang who led the charge.

This is also the reason why when the ideas were different, Pang Qingyun wanted to get rid of Zhao Erhu, because the latter's prestige was too high and posed a threat to Pang Qingyun.

Therefore, Hua Shier was absolutely confident that as long as the Shan Camp could be transferred to Wumeng, he would definitely be able to use it for his own purposes.

Xu Baijiu shook his head when he heard this plan:
"Last time, didn't I hear you say that the Shan Camp has been taken over by He Kui from the Kui Camp? Will He Kui listen to you?
"As the imperial envoy to suppress bandits, even if you hold the imperial edict, you can only mobilize troops from Yunnan, Guizhou and Sichuan, but you can't control Nanjing!"

Hua Shier laughed: "I can't do anything about it, but how can the old witch Cixi do anything about it?"

"Will Cixi listen to you?"

Hua Twelve became interested: "Then I'll open your eyes again!"

He took Xu Baijiu to the study of the county government office and pretended to take out a blank imperial edict from his sleeve, but actually took it out from the storage space.

Xu Baijiu was stunned: "Where did you get this thing from?"

"Don't worry about it, just watch me operate!"

Hua Shier certainly couldn't tell his cheap brother that this was what he got when he overthrew Qianlong and became emperor in another world, and he still had a lot more.

He picked up the pen and wrote in the same handwriting as Empress Dowager Cixi's imperial edict:

'The Empress Dowager's Kindness'

This "Cixi" imperial edict from Hua Shier was written to He Kui in Nanjing. The general content was to mobilize the Shan Battalion to Wumeng for service, while the Kui Battalion would remain stationed in Nanjing.

After finishing writing, he asked someone to go to the kitchen to get a big carrot, took out a dagger, and carved out a seal of the same style in a few strokes. He dipped it in ink and pressed it directly on the imperial edict. The handwriting and seal were exactly the same.

You're done!

The imperial edict written by Hua Shier could not be proven to be fake even if it was brought to the palace. The Qing royal family had secret marks on the imperial edict to prevent forgery.

The only pity is that the old lady Cixi was uneducated and could not read Manchu, so the imperial edicts she issued discarded Manchu. It was a pity that Hua Shier had so much knowledge but had no chance to fully display it.

Even this shocked Xu Baijiu enough:
"Brother, what have you learned in all these years since you left mother?"

Rebellion, martial arts, medical skills, and fraud make people feel particularly dreamy.

Hua Twelve laughed, dried the imperial edict, put it away, and handed it to Xu Baijiu: "Send it to Jinling via the post station. He Kui dare not disobey!"

Xu Baijiu asked someone to do it. Hua Shier was just about to go to the bamboo chair in the yard to bask in the sun and take a rest, but he heard a commotion outside and someone beating a drum to complain.

Now he returned the identity of 'Bao Longxing' to 'Bao Longxing'. He was too lazy to care about these cases. Just when he thought he had nothing to do, he saw Bao Longxing hurriedly walk in:

"Second brother, something happened to my sister-in-law!"

The younger sister-in-law he was talking about was Mo Yue. Of course there are younger ones and older ones. The older sister-in-law he was referring to was Liu Ziqing. Of course he didn't dare to mention this to Hua Twelve. It was just something his brothers said behind her back.

Hua Twelve sat up straight: "What's wrong with her?"

Bao Longxing waved his hand: "It's not my sister-in-law herself, but her brother, the one with a beard and playing with flying knives!"

He immediately told the story. It turned out that the acrobatic troupe that Mo Zai mentioned had not left Wumeng in the past few days. As the enthusiasm for beheading the horse bandits decreased, the people who came to Wumeng to watch the excitement dispersed one after another, and the income of the acrobatic troupe also dropped sharply. Now even if they perform on the street, they can't make much money.

So for the past two days, Mo Zaishu did not let the acrobatic troupe perform on the street, and they all stayed in the inn. He did Mo Zaishu's work himself and discussed with the girl about going north to make money.

Something happened within the past two days. A guy in the acrobatic troupe was drinking and smoking longevity cream at Chunfeng Tower. As a result, he owed a lot of money after a few days, and the money was compounded by interest. The guy had no choice but to take the debt collectors from Chunfeng Tower to the inn to ask the owner of the troupe, Mo Zaishuo, for money.

Mo Zai said that it was not a big deal, and of course he could not give such money. But Chunfenglou was not someone who could get along well with. Being able to do business as a brothel and opium den was certainly not a good deal. The people sent to collect the debt saw that he would not pay, and a conflict broke out between the two sides after a disagreement.

The debt collectors at Chunfeng Tower were all martial artists. Although Mo Zai was also good at fighting, he was no match for the evil forces. After being punched twice and kicked once, he became so angry that he used his specialty, the flying knife, to kill one of them.

How could Chunfenglou do anything to complain to the county government office when a murder case had occurred in a reasonable matter? Bao Longxing saw that it was his future sister-in-law's brother who was in trouble, so he hurried over to ask his second brother for advice.

After all, someone was killed, and he wanted to ask his second brother whether this case was biased, biased, or biased?
You have to decide how to be biased and to what extent.

Hua Shier was delighted when he heard what Bao Longxing said. Great, he even knew to favor his sister-in-law. This brother is not in vain.

He waved his hand and said, "What are you partial to? You have misunderstood the key point of this case. The key point of the case is not that Mo Zai said he beat someone to death, but where did Chunfenglou get the longevity cream? How dare they sell it? I remember when I was the county magistrate, didn't I issue an order that no one in Wumeng could sell or consume longevity cream in the future, otherwise it would be illegal?"

Bao Youwei beside Bao Longxing nodded repeatedly:
"Yes, sir, you said you wanted to ban smoking!"

Bao Longxing seemed to understand: "Second brother means"

Hua Twelve said calmly: "I think that in this case, Mo Zai Shuo was not murdering people, but helping the government to fight crime. Chunfenglou sold the longevity cream, which was illegal, and the thugs who collected the money were accomplices to the evildoer. Mo Zai Shuo killed the accomplices, which was a meritorious service, and the government should reward him!"

Bao Longxing gave a thumbs up: "It really is the word official with two mouths, I admire you!"

Hua Twelve kicked over:

"Don't be disrespectful to me. I haven't finished talking yet. As for Chunfenglou? They dared to disobey the government's order and sell the longevity cream privately. I think it doesn't need to exist. Let Leopard Head lead people to raid it. Catch the boss behind the scenes and sentence him to death immediately. Confiscate all his property!"

Bao Longxing and Bao Youwei, uncle and nephew, both stuck out their tongues at the same time. They didn't think that selling the longevity cream was a big deal. They all thought that the second brother was standing up for his brother-in-law, which was really cruel. He directly confiscated the property and executed the people!
Hua Shier was not seeking revenge for personal gain. He used to be a snail police officer, so naturally he hated people who sold snails.

Seeing Bao Longxing taking orders to go to the front to solve the case, Hua Shier called him back:
"Let Big Brother take action and find out where the longevity cream in Chunfeng Tower comes from. Let's see which bastard dares to sell it to them, and then we can trace the culprit and root it out completely!"

Bao Longxing took a breath of cold air: "Not only killing people and confiscating their property, but also eradicating their roots?" Looking at his expression, he looked as if you are really cruel.

Hua Twelve smiled and threw the shoe over: "If you keep talking nonsense, I'll cut you off!"

Bao Longxing ran away holding his official uniform, and went to Chunfenglou, the victim who had filed a complaint against the government, and arrested people and confiscated their house. He also greatly commended Mo Zai for his bravery in helping the government to fight against crime.

This operation stunned Mo Zaishuo and the people in the opera troupe. This yamen gate is really dark!

In the afternoon, Mo Zai Ti happily ran to the government office to find Hua Twelve and report the good news: "My brother agrees to our relationship. When are you going to propose?"

Hua Twelve felt a little overwhelmed when he thought of Li Bai and Liu Ziqing who were so considerate to him:
"Xiaoti, I think we are both in the rising stage of our careers, so maybe we should put this matter on hold for now."

Mo's face turned black when he mentioned it again. She was a member of a troupe who was hit by flying knives. How could she be on the rise in her career? Where would she rise? If she rose an inch, she would be hit by a flying knife on her forehead.
Hua Shier finally managed to appease Mo Zaiti and promised to give him some time to deal with some problems. He also found some work for the acrobatic troupe and asked them to perform in villages near Wumeng. Even if it was a consolation performance by the government to various towns and villages, if the income was not enough, the government would make up the difference.

Mo Zai mentioned it again. Although he was quite dissatisfied with Hua Twelve for not proposing to him immediately, he did not refuse when he heard that the acrobatic troupe had food to eat. He went to the countryside to perform the next day.

The forged imperial edict from Hua Twelve really worked. Although the edict was not delivered by an imperial envoy or a eunuch, but was only sent through the post station, He Kui did not doubt it and sent the Shanzi Camp to take the Yangtze River waterway and rush to Wumeng day and night.

After the Shanzi Camp arrived in Wumeng, they camped outside the city. Hua Shier went to receive them personally. The current leader of the Shanzi Camp is Lu Dashan, Pang Qingyun's former adjutant. When he saw Hua Shier wearing the imperial envoy's uniform, he was startled at first, and then drew his sword:

"Jiang Wuyang?"

The old brothers in the Shanzi Camp also recognized the former Third Master and said excitedly:
"Third General, the Third General is back!"

Hua Twelve glanced at Lu Dashan and said to the others:

"I used a fake imperial decree to transfer you here this time. If you follow me in the future, your military pay will be doubled!"

Lu Dashan was the first to quit. He was not born a bandit. Instead, he was the adjutant assigned to Pang Qingyun by the important official of the court, 'Mr. Chen', when the Shanzi Camp was first established.

He swung his steel knife and slashed at Hua Twelve:

"Jiang Wuyang, you are dreaming!"

Hua Shier raised his hand and grabbed the long sword, crushing it directly. Then he turned his wrist, pinched the half of the broken blade between two fingers, pierced through Lu Dashan's heart guard, and directly pierced into the latter's chest.

Blood started to come out of Lu Dashan's mouth, and he looked incredulous.

Hua Twelve said calmly: "Pang Qingyun sent you to kill my second brother Zhao Erhu, right? I left in a hurry and forgot to kill you. It's not too late to make up for it now!"

With a bang, Lu Dashan fell to the ground, making a gurgling sound from his mouth. No one could hear what he was saying, and he stopped moving after a while.

Hua Twelve looked at the others:

"We are all old brothers. I won't force you. I have plenty of money now. Those who want to make money with me can stay. Those who don't believe in me and want to follow the Qing Dynasty, I will let you go back for the sake of our fighting side by side. Now, those who follow me stand on the left, and those who don't stand on the right!"

Except for a few officers who were reluctant to give up the wealth and glory given by the court, everyone else chose to follow Hua Twelve, the third in command at the time.

Hua Twelve glanced at the officers with a half-smile:
"I keep my word. You can go now. But I have to make it clear that if we meet again on the battlefield, we will be enemies!"

Those people clasped their fists and rode away on their horses.

Hua Shier smiled and shook his head. These people might not even have the chance to see him again. They lost their men and horses, and still wanted to go back to be officers? They must be possessed by ghosts!

With this level of intelligence, they are still pursuing wealth and glory. I'm afraid that once they return to Jinling and meet He Kui this time, it will be the end of their lives.

The next day, Hua Shier took out some silver and paid three months' salary on the spot, double the amount. All the officers and soldiers in the camp cheered in unison.

Hua Shier asked them to train hard, and at the same time he ordered the towns and villages near Wumeng to form militias and incorporate them into the Shan Camp, so that the officers could train them. In the future, he would hold military power and become a local warlord.

That day, Xu Baijiu found him and told him something. The source of the longevity cream of Chunfeng Tower had been almost discovered. Someone used corpse-driving as a cover to transport it from western Hunan. It should be the goods from Wuhan. It was not only sold here, but also to Shu.

Moreover, according to Xu Baijiu's investigation, a batch of cargo has been shipped recently. According to the time calculation, it should arrive in the next few days if nothing unexpected happens.

Hua Twelve said without hesitation: "Whoever is carrying this thing, I'll beat him one by one!"

That night, Hua Shier took Xu Baijiu and Leopard Head to the mountain path to wait, and Bao Longxingfei followed to watch the fun. In the blink of an eye, it was midnight. They thought they would return empty-handed on the first day, but a gust of mountain wind blew, and the sound of tinkling bells could be heard from afar.

Before Xu Baijiu and Leopard Head heard it, Hua Twelve heard it and called out to them:

"Here we go, get ready!"

Half an hour later, a bespectacled Taoist priest came in front, shaking a bell and leading the way. Behind him was a row of corpses, jumping forward in the mountains.

Bao Longxing whispered: "It looks so real that if you don't know, you might think it's a real zombie."

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