The Qing Dynasty is about to end

Chapter 158 Zeng Guofan can also make progress!
"Sanniang."

The flower hall is part of the backyard. Luo Yaoguo was unscrupulous in his own backyard. He quickly walked to Su Sanniang and patted her on the butt. Hmm, it feels really good!

Beautiful women who practice martial arts and fitness are worth having!
"Your Highness, Ninth Sister is watching over here!" Su Sanniang complained, but did not stop Luo Yaoguo from being intimate with her. She just waved at Zeng Jiumei and asked her to stand further away and wait to be called or to pass on messages at any time.

Luo Yaoguo was now the commander of an army of 20,000 to 30,000 soldiers, and he also had a firm control over the three major organizations of the God Worshipping Society, the Hunan-Jiangxi Border General Hall of the God Worshipping Society, and the Secret Hall of the God Worshipping Society. Moreover, through the Lecturer Group, the Hunan-Jiangxi Border General Hall, and the Secret Hall, he controlled the Hunan-Jiangxi Border Base Area and had considerable influence over the Changsha Prefecture City under Zhu Jiutao's name.

Such an important person must have someone following him at all times so that he can issue orders and receive information in a timely manner.

Therefore, after Luo Yaoguo entered Changsha, he immediately ordered the establishment of a department called "Angel Palace Guard Office", with Wu Ruxiao, who used to be Su Sanniang's white paper fan and a comprador in the Thirteen Hongs, as the general manager. Xiang Xun, Li Cuihua, Wei Xiulian, Zeng Jiumei, Wang Xier, Zhang Bao and others were all guards of the Guard Office. Huang Shijie's two relatives, Huang Shicheng and Huang Jiaren, were also absorbed into the Guard Office as clerks because they could read and write.

In addition, the tall cavalrymen who escorted Luo Yaoguo to Dengchao Sect this morning belonged to the outer guards under the jurisdiction of the Guard Department. In addition to dozens of cavalrymen, there was also a brigade of infantry. The female soldiers who protected the Angel Mansion belonged to the inner guards, with a number of one soldier.

Luo Yaoguo and Su Sanniang quickly left the flower hall and entered the inner hall. At this time, Su Sanniang told Luo Yaoguo: "Your Highness, Sister Xuan Jiao and Yue Gui are here and have captured Zeng Guofan and his father Zeng Linshu!
"Who was caught?" Luo Yaoguo still couldn't believe it and stood there staring at Su Sanniang.

"We've caught Zeng Guofan and his father Zeng Linshu!" Su Sanniang said happily.

Although she did not think Zeng Guofan was an important figure, she was extremely convinced of Luo Yaoguo. Since Archangel Luo regarded Zeng Guofan as a figure and was determined to eliminate him, it was naturally a happy event that his goal had been achieved.

She smiled and said, "Sister Xuan Jiao and Yue Gui have personally escorted the person to the Angel Palace."

Xiao Chaogui did not dare to come to Changsha City. After he arrived at Lukou, he used the excuse of personally commanding the siege of Lukou to send Hong Xuanjiao and Xu Yuegui with two or three thousand elite soldiers, escorting "Zeng Guofan" and Zeng Linshu, father and son, and a wedding gift for Luo Yaoguo and Su Sanniang to Changsha.

"What? Sister Xuan Jiao is here too?" Luo Yaoguo was delighted and said with a smile, "Then I have to meet her. Hey, why didn't you send someone to inform her earlier so that I could go and greet her."

Su Sanniang said, "Sister Xuan Jiao and Yue Gui sneaked into the city among the soldiers of the Left Division of the Upper Second Army. I only found out that they had arrived when they were outside the Angel Palace."

Luo Yaoguo nodded gently: "It's cautious, that's the way it should be. Where are they?"

"In the second hall."

"Let's go!" Luo Yaoguo straightened his robe, and walked quickly to the second hall of the Angel Palace with Su Sanniang. After a while, they arrived outside the second hall.

Sentry posts have been added outside the second hall. They are all Luo Yaoguo's internal guards. They carry shotguns and swords on their waists, and are on guard inside and outside.

In the second hall, a beautiful woman in red clothes and yellow scarf, wearing heavy makeup, sat at the top, while another beautiful woman without makeup, but with more charming eyes and eyebrows, stood beside her. In addition, two men, one old and one strong, in green clothes and small hats were kneeling in the hall.

Seeing Luo Yaoguo and Su Sanniang walk into the hall together, the beautiful woman in red and yellow scarf quickly stood up, clasped her fists and saluted, smiling and greeting, "Eighth Brother."

The woman turned out to be Hong Xuanjiao. Luo Yaoguo looked at her and thought, "Hong Xuanjiao has become more and more skilled at applying makeup recently. This goddess looks pretty good when she dresses up. Xiao Chaogui is so lucky!" Luo Yaoguo bowed and said, "Hello, Sixth Sister."

Hong Xuanjiao smiled and turned her gaze to Su Sanniang. Su Sanniang quickly lifted her robe and was about to kneel down. Hong Xuanjiao stopped her and said, "Sanniang, you don't have to kneel. You will soon be my eighth brother's wife, my brother's wife, and we will all be one family now."

Even if Su Sanniang married Luo Yaoguo, she was still far inferior to Hong Xuanjiao in the rank of the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom. Hong Xuanjiao was the "daughter of God" and one of the gods in heaven, while Su Sanniang was just a mortal. So even if Su Sanniang became Luo Yaoguo's wife, she still had to kneel down to Hong Xuanjiao.

But Hong Xuanjiao knew that she was fake, and Luo Yaoguo was real. How dare the "fake god" let the woman of the "real god" kneel down to worship him? She couldn't bear it!
This attitude made Luo Yaoguo very satisfied. Although this "sister" had no blood relationship with him, she had always "trusted" him and was very obedient. With her keeping an eye on the Western King of the Heavenly Kingdom and the Living Ji Du on Earth, it should be possible to ensure that the alliance between Luo and Xiao Chaogui would develop in an increasingly solid direction.

Of course, what maintained the alliance between Luo and Xiao was not only Hong Xuanjiao, but also the drama of "Zhen Ji Du's possession".

The ultimate skill of the angel Luo Yaoguo is to summon the "True Ji Du" to possess Xiao Chaogui! So when the two of them get together and knock on the purple gold bowl, they can invite the True Ji Du from heaven - this is the true supreme power of heaven!
After Luo Yaoguo and Hong Xuanjiao exchanged greetings, they sat down on another chair in the upper guard's chair, while Su Sanniang stood beside him, looking like a loyal guard. Xu Yuegui, who came with Hong Xuanjiao, bowed to Luo Yaoguo and said, "Your Highness, I have fulfilled my mission and captured Zeng Guofan and his son!"

As she spoke, she turned around and pointed at Zeng Linshu and Zeng Guohua and said, "This old man is Zeng Linshu, Zeng Guofan's father, and this middle-aged man in his forties is Zeng Guofan, the Minister of the Imperial Court who is in mourning!"

"Is he Zeng Guofan?" Luo Yaoguo had been looking at Zeng Guohua for a while.

This guy, with his droopy eyebrows, triangular eyes, high cheekbones, and big beard, looks like a villain. He really does look like Zeng Guofan. But he seems a little younger. Is he about 40 years old?
Luo Yaoguo asked: "Yuegui, don't you think Zeng Guofan looks younger? He doesn't even look over 40!"

"It can't be wrong. He has been pampered since childhood, so it's normal for him to look younger." Xu Yuegui smiled and took out an envelope, handing it over with both hands, "This is a letter from Zeng Guofan's brother Zeng Guohua, please take a look, Your Highness."

Luo Yaoguo took the envelope, took out the letter inside, unfolded it and saw that it seemed to be genuine.

Zeng Guohua asked Xiao Chaogui to conceal the news of Zeng Linshu and Zeng Guofan's capture in the letter, so that he could open the Hunan militia office in Zeng Guofan's name, and form the Hunan training army based on Xiangyin and Daozhou militia. After gaining some strength, he proposed to Emperor Xianfeng that Hong Daquan come to Hunan to help win over the Tiandihui disciples in the Taiping Heavenly Kingdom - this was of course just an excuse, as long as Hong Daquan was in hand, he could use it to exchange for Zeng Guofan.

Luo Yaoguo collected the letter Zeng Guofan sent under the name of "Zeng Guohua" and asked, looking at the "well-maintained" Zeng Guofan in front of him, "Zeng Disheng, is the method your brother proposed really feasible?"

"It's feasible! It's definitely feasible!" Zeng Guohua imitated his brother's old-fashioned and steady tone and said, "Zuo Jigao, Luo Luoshan, Huang Ziying, and Chen Bowen are expecting a Minister Zeng who will take on the title of Hunan Tuanlian Minister and then claim illness and not take charge of the affairs. If I can't take charge of the affairs after taking office, wouldn't that be exactly what they want? Even if they know the inside story, they will keep their mouths shut."

After listening to Zeng Guohua's words, Luo Yaoguo pondered for a moment and said, "Zeng Disheng, does what you are doing count as deceiving the emperor? Does it count as colluding with the enemy? Does it count as rebellion?"

Zeng Guohua remained calm as he looked at Luo Yaoguo and said, "What about deceiving the emperor? What about collaborating with the enemy? What about rebellion? In the chaotic Yuan Dynasty, how many people care? Now that I can't be a loyal minister, can't I be a filial son with all my heart?

Besides, who is loyal and who is treacherous will be determined in history. But who has written history in the past three thousand years? It is always the winners who compete for power. Now the Qing Dynasty has lost its power!"

Zeng Guofan is also going to rebel?
No, it's impossible! That's Zeng Guofan!
He is the most loyal servant of the Qing Dynasty!
He refused to rebel when he had 200,000 Hunan troops under his command and his students and former officials were spread all over the southeast!

Not only did he refuse to rebel, he didn't even have the intention of occupying Jiangnan with his troops. Instead, he helped the Qing Dynasty to disband the Hunan Army, clipped his own wings, and eventually became the so-called "perfect man of his generation"!
If he were really caught, he would probably rather die than say such words!
So he is not Zeng Guofan!
But as long as he is there, Zeng Guofan can also make progress!
(End of this chapter)