Beijing, Yongding Gate.
Early this morning, two half-worn carriages arrived at the south gate of Beijing. Because it was summer and the sun was shining brightly, these two carriages and their owners were all Huddle in the doorway to enjoy the cool air. Those who can huddle in the Yongding Gate doorway to enjoy the cool air are of course not ordinary people, but people with status!
The owners of these two carriages were both parents of the people of the Qing Dynasty, and they were not ordinary Han officials, but dignitary disciples of the Eight Banners. One of them was named Guerjia Shengbao, and the other Guerjia Yuanbao. Just one word missing...they are brothers!
Yuanbao is the younger brother and Shengbao is the elder brother. Now the official title is cabinet bachelor! This is a high-ranking official from the second grade. There are only ten people. If he is full of six Han four, those who can be appointed must be knowledgeable! Shengbao is the sixth grade official. He is one of the Manchu bachelors. His main job is to read books for the emperor when he is in charge of the imperial court. He has to be able to read. Shengbao already knew him. He was born in Juren and was proficient in Manchu, Mongolian and Chinese. As for writing, he can read most books.
But there are some things that he can't read, such as the Rakshasa script, which he can't read.
And the Eight Banners disciple who is with Shengbao today can read the Rakshasa text book - he is the supervisor of the Rakshasa Hall of the Lifanyuan, Bai Siwen, whose surname is Popov, and whose nationality is Xianghuang Banner Manchuria. The 17th and 17th auxiliary leaders, the 4th and 17th auxiliary leaders of the capital. This auxiliary leader is also called the "Rakshasa auxiliary collar". It is composed of Rakshasa people who surrendered or were captured during the Shunzhi and Kangxi years and their descendants.
In other words, this Bai Siwen is actually a "hairy bear banner man". He is no longer a pure old man, but one-eighth or one-sixteenth of an old man - not enough bear content!
This is because his ancestors couldn't find a girl to marry, so they had no choice but to "muddle around". As they mixed around, they became a fair and chubby young man. In addition to having more three-dimensional facial features and a vague "bear-like" appearance, They are no different from ordinary Eight Banners disciples.
Today, Shengbao and Nabai Siwen arrived in Beijing on the order of Prince Gong, waiting outside Yongding Gate for witnesses and physical evidence of the "Bull Demon King Incident". Prince Gong is very methodical in dealing with demons, and he has to wait for witnesses. After all the physical evidence is gathered, let professionals examine it before you can study the plan to defeat the demon.
However, Shengbao still had some doubts about the abilities of the professionals invited by Prince Gong, so before his brothers Yuanbao and Hong Daquan arrived, he asked Bai Siwen, who was sitting next to him on a pony and cracking melon seeds: " I said politely, can the new Tu Lama in St. Nicholas Lamasery really know how to conquer demons? Isn’t he just another drunkard?”
The "St. Nicholas Lamasery" he mentioned is actually an Orthodox church!
Many people in later generations may not know that the most virtuous capital of the Qing Dynasty, which was said to be closed to the outside world, actually always had foreigners and foreign religions!
As for the foreigners and foreign religions active in Beijing, they are divided into two groups. One group is the Roman Catholic foreigners who are mainly Jesuit missionaries. This group of foreigners and foreign religions did well in the early Qing Dynasty. Later, because of the demons, they Zheng, who opposed traditional Chinese etiquette and sacrificial activities, was initially suppressed by the Qing court, but it still existed in Beijing until 1838, when it was banned by Daoguang.
The other faction is the Orthodox monks of Lao Maozi. The Rakshasa Orthodox Church is under the control of the secular monarch, the Tsar. The Orthodox monks sent to Beijing are actually responsible for the diplomatic mission of the Rakshasa Kingdom. Of course, they are not as demonic as the Jesuits. I was stunned. So until now, the St. Nicholas Lamasery of the Rakshasa people is still in good condition.
As for why this Orthodox church is called a Lamasery, it may be because this Orthodox religion came from the territory of the Mongols. The Mongols looked at those who chanted sutras as lamas, so the Qing Dynasty followed suit and called them "Rakshasa Lamas". Beijing The largest Rakshasa Lama, known to Lao Maozi as the "Monk High Priest", is nominally sent by the Irkutsk Diocese, but in fact is sent by the Rakshasa Kingdom's highest priest conference.
And Bai Siwen, the "Eight Banners Mao Neng", should believe in the Rakshasa Orthodox Church according to Emperor Kangxi's ancestral system - the ancestral family law is immutable! So in addition to burning incense for the Buddha on the first and fifteenth day of the lunar month, Bai Siwen also "Mao Xiong" Every Sabbath in the calendar, that is, Saturday, he has to go to the St. Nicholas Lamasery in Beijing to recite the "Mao Bear Sutra". This is how he perfected his Rakshasa language.
It is precisely because he can speak Rakshasa fluently and is familiar with the "Mao Neng Sutra" that he can get along with the supervisor of the Rakshasa Hall of the Lifan Academy. Now he has stepped on the "Cow Demon King" and is responsible for Prince Gong, who slayed demons, looked familiar to Yi Xin, and he was expected to win over Shengbao, a promising cabinet bachelor.
Now when he heard Shengbao asking him about the new monk high priest Tu Lama, Bai Siwen quickly said with a smile on his face: "Sir Sheng, you don't know something. The new Tu Lama this time is very powerful. He was originally from the Rakshasa Kingdom. The forbidden spell mage who accompanies the army is responsible for slaying demons and demons in front of the army. His magic name is Tupolev!"
"Tubolev...this spell sounds quite powerful!" Shengbao asked, "I wonder what powerful spells he knows?"
"He can throw holy thunder!" Bai Siwen said with admiration, "It's like putting gunpowder in a hollow iron ball, then lighting a match and throwing it out with force. It can explode all kinds of monsters and monsters, and it's very accurate!" It turns out that this Tupolev is a forbidden spell mage in the Bear Grenadier Unit. Luo Yaoguo's "Luo Niu Demon" needs to be more careful. If Tupolev blows up, it will be like Ji Du coming to earth. It's hard to save.
"Uncle, Second Master and the others are back!"
Shengbao still wanted to ask Bai Siwen what the "Tu Lama" thought of the "Bull Demon King", but one of his family members who was looking at the distance on the bridge outside Yongding Gate suddenly opened his throat and shouted. This is Guaerjia and Yuanbao escorted Hong Daquan to Beijing!
This time Hong Daquan came to Beijing in a prison car. This kind of treatment is not something ordinary prisoners can enjoy. Ordinary prisoners were escorted to Beijing by themselves and had to wear wooden shackles. Half of their lives were lost along the way. .
Hong Daquan, on the other hand, had a horse-drawn prison car to sit in. The prison car was also covered with mattresses and straw mats for him to sit comfortably. Shengbao was also worried that he would be "lonely", so he bought them for him with his own money. "The Romance of the Gods", "Journey to the West", and when passing by Hankou, I even bought him the "Bible" published by the Jesuits!
Along the way, Hong Daquan did not only eat, drink, and sleep, but also read and thought - he had to draw the essence from "The Romance of the Gods", "Journey to the West" and the "Bible", and then think about how to mix the contents of these three books together. .This level of difficulty is not at all high!
When Shengbao and Bai Siwen came out in a carriage, Yuanbao, who was riding a bay red horse and walking beside the prison carriage, was still whispering to Hong Daquan. "Quan'er, have you seen it? Beijing City has arrived! You can just I’m going to meet Prince Gong! You have to say it properly, otherwise it will cost you Lingchi!” If the storyteller fails, it will cost Lingchi!
Isn’t this justified?
Although Hong Daquan was quite scared in his heart, he kept his face and asked nonchalantly: "Is that settled?"
"It's agreed... Ling Chi!" Bao was a down-to-earth person, "But we agreed that Ling Chi could come later, and Ling Chi could eat and drink well before Ling Chi. Prince Bizhen is still kind-hearted and doesn't want to see others suffer." "You don't want to see other people suffer, so why bother me?" Hong Daquan couldn't laugh or cry after hearing this.
Yuanbao smiled bitterly and said: "Quan'er, aren't you a traitor? You are also Hong Nixiuquan's brother. Lingchi, you are the law of the country, so don't feel bad." When he was comforting Hong Daquan, Shengbao and Bai Siwen Already arrived in a carriage.
I saw Shengbao jumping out of the carriage before the carriage had stopped, picking up his robe and running towards Yuanbao, shouting as he ran back: "Second brother, you are back! I miss you so much!"
Chapter completed!