Chapter 787: A thousand dreams shattered in one night (4)
Zhang Xiude's capture of Liu Chengqi was purely accidental.
Originally, at the beginning of the round-up operation, he followed the deputy battalion commander of the Guangning City garrison battalion to the Guandi Temple, along with Sun Yuan, the garrison platoon leader of Xiaoheishanyi. Who would have thought that the group outside the Guandi Temple
The Bagua cultist was so cowardly that he was so frightened that two of them were lying down when he fired, so there was no need for him to take action.
Later, during the binding, a key member of the Bagua cult hurriedly revealed Liu Chengqi’s address in order to survive. However, he did not know Liu Chengqi’s name, but called him the “chief instructor.”
After Zhang Xiude found out, he took the initiative to ask Ying to lead a small team to arrest him. As a result, he heard a whistle from the north just halfway. So he and his men split into two groups and took two soldiers to the entrance of the village. When they saw him
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" many times and chased Liu Chengqi for more than three miles before knocking Liu Chengqi down with a slap.
"Vertical jump step", which is the light kung fu in traditional martial arts, originated from the field footwork in the cold weapon era. It is often called "eight steps to catch the cicada" in storytelling scripts, and Tong Lin in "Yongzheng Swordsman Picture" is
Good at this.
To practice this kind of footwork, you need to use the pelvis as a bow arm, twist the waist tendons, crotch tendons, and hamstrings into one force to act as a bow string. Once you exert force, you can jump out. Shang Yunxiang, the master of Xingyi Sect in the late Qing Dynasty, is
A master among them does not need to take a run-up. One vertical step is three feet away. The length of the ruler built in the Qing Dynasty was 31.96 centimeters, ten feet is more than three meters, and three feet is more than nine meters.
Zhang Xiude was able to be recruited into the Northern Navy Intelligence Bureau because of his superb kung fu. And people with good boxing skills must have strong footwork. When he killed the old man of the Shumulu family in the capital with one punch, he relied on footwork.
He leaped forward in one step of six to seven meters, and the opponent had no time to react before receiving a "black tiger's heart punch".
Although he seemed calm and relaxed when talking to Liu Chengqi, in fact, his body was seriously exhausted, and he felt lucky.
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 animals all year round, and he has actually learned footwork without any teachers.
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 cult member 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 smacked their lips 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 lanes 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. The entire manhunt lasted until the next morning. Half of the families in Kaoshantun were arrested, and the total number of men, women, old and children was almost 200.
There were many people. Among these people were more than 20 wives, concubines, and children of the Liu family and his son alone, in addition to several long-term workers.
Near noon, Sun Yuan transferred more than a dozen ox-carts and horse-drawn carriages from Xiaoheishan Station. Also arriving were a large number of people who came from Guangning County early in the morning and a field radio station. Among these people were political workers from the garrison camp.
personnel, battalion headquarters clerks, intelligence bureau personnel, and even several former Guangning County government agents and clerks.
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 were obtained, the arresting officers would immediately rush to the homes of those believers who lived in other villages to search and arrest them.
The remaining party.
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 had him
He brought hot water and food, and told him not to go out for the time being, but to wait here and go back with him 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 hurriedly stopped him, regardless of the pain in his hands and feet, and asked cautiously: "Platoon leader Sun, Yongtai, who is the younger one?"
Speaking of Zhou Tianzhu, he can’t stand up this time, can he?”
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 troublesome thing, Fu Bao immediately said with a bitter face: "Now that we have lost the money and food for errands, 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 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 he heard Sun Yuan say again: "In a few days, someone from Shengjing will come to teach you farming skills and the use of new farm tools. Go and listen.
Study hard, and by next spring, fifty acres of land will be enough for you to be busy."
"Yes, yes, I will definitely go, I will definitely go!"
Sun Yuan shook his head helplessly, turned and walked away.
In the afternoon, the Bagua cult members and their family members who had completed the preliminary interrogation were taken to Xiaoheishan Post in a team of twenty people. There were many vacant rooms in the post station and Luji Yamen there. It was not a problem for one to two hundred people to squeeze in. Liu Tingxian
The father, son and 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 and more than a dozen sets were seized
New cotton-padded clothes, as well as thousands of kilograms of grain and cured meat. In a camphor wood box in the bedroom of the back house, two seals and a package containing various hand-written treasures were also recovered.
This chapter is not over, please click on the next page to continue reading! 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 palm
The credentials of the church 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 treasure scrolls, 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. In addition, there is a rolled up scroll more than a foot long.
The Intelligence Bureau officer who was 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 he had only opened it halfway, and he suddenly felt excited and hurriedly let go. I asked Zhang Xiude to come over.
"Old Zhang, look at this quickly."
Zhang Xiude took the scroll and took a closer look. He saw "Genealogy of the Leaders of the Bagua Cult" written in seven neat large characters on the top of his head. Looking back, he found that it actually listed the various branches of the Bagua Cult since the early years of Kangxi. The lineage inheritance of the acting leader and the heads of each hexagram sect details the name of each family member, the date of birth and death, the place of ancestral home, and even the women of the family are recorded.
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 found out such a big case quietly. Bagua Cult bandit leader, tsk tsk, you 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 that either."
Li Rui praised: "As expected, I have stayed 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.
Even though Zhao Xin has not yet proclaimed himself emperor and restructured, many senior officers trained by him in the Northern Navy have already called him "Your Majesty" in private. Many people had a question in their minds before, that is why Sheng Jingdu fought. After coming down, why hasn’t Prince Zhao ascended the throne and proclaimed himself emperor?
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: "Do you want me to proclaim myself emperor outside the Pass?" Should I be Nurhachi or Huang Taiji?"
Well, 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 an important ally of Zhao Xin, Wang Changsheng was well aware of Zhao Xin’s attitude towards the Bagua Cult, so he immediately followed the diagram and sent telegrams to Shandong, Henan and Zhizhi. The intelligence station affiliated to the local government conducted searches and investigations on the Hou family in Jinxiang, the Gao family in Shangqiu and Daxing.
All of a sudden, 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 the Bagua Sect, the Li Gua Sect, the Zhen Gua Sect and the Kan Gua Sect are the three most powerful and influential. The first two need not be mentioned, let’s just talk about the Kan Gua.
In the Bagua map, 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 activities of Kan Gua included Qufu and Zhili. In the era when Liu Shengguo was the "Zhongtian Cult Leader", the real powerful figure in Kan Gua was Kong Wanlin, who came from the Confucian family in Qufu.
Even though it was Qufu, Kong Wanlin was extremely hostile to the Manchus. He had been secretly developing his power and tried to do something big like Wang Lun.
It is a pity that in the thirty-seventh year of Qianlong's reign, Kong Wanlin was arrested, and the sect leader who testified about Kan Gua 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. It is also called by the outside world.
It is the "Kan Gua branch of Baiyang Sect", which is also the predecessor of Tianli Sect.
Similar to the situation in Paoshantun, at least since the thirty-seventh 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, asking 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 them, the fourth branch located outside Dongbianmen is responsible for tracking and operations. The main members of this stronghold were developed from the Caogang in the early years.
, mostly people from Shandong. The stronghold used to conceal their identity from the outside world is a large wine vat called "Changfahao".
On October 18th, the fifty-ninth year of Qianlong's reign, in the evening, the big wine tank was already full of guests. It was dinner time, and many people were not busy drinking, but filling their stomachs first. A few people in Shandong
The waiter with an accent was busy, holding up a tray 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 like 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 and the like.
Food. Historically, in the late Qing Dynasty, many pubs gradually developed into meat shops that also served stir-fry dishes.
"Changfa Hao" is considered the largest tavern in the Dongbianmen area. Most of the people who come here to consume are merchants and soldiers, and there are also soldiers guarding the city gate. In short, they come from all kinds of people, from three religions and nine schools.
The entire tavern is a house with two reed mats covering the roof and surrounded by adobe walls. In addition to the front door, there is also a kitchen. In the front room, there are eight large pottery wine tanks more than two feet high scattered at random, with four quarters at the bottom.
One of them was buried in the soil, and the wooden lid on the mouth of the jar was painted with red paint. Four or five stools were placed around it, which became a table.
What is different from other pubs is that every winter, "Changfahao" will place a cast iron stove with a diameter of one foot and five feet in the middle of the front room to burn briquettes. There is usually a large copper kettle placed on the stove mouth.
The water inside is boiling, and white steam is constantly spraying 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. In later generations, Caiyu and Lixian in the south of the city, Lishuiqiao in the north of the city, and Chengdu.
Tongzhou Xiji in the east, Heilongtan in Haidian, and Liangxiang in Zhili are all dotted with large and small brewing workshops.
The reason why the Intelligence Bureau wants to open a tavern here is because the liquor wholesale distribution center is outside Chongwen Gate not far away. The Manchu and Qing Dynasties strictly prohibited the opening of brewing workshops in the inner city, and all liquor shipped to the capital was handled by eighteen merchants.
Wholesale sales are unified, and trucks transporting wine can only go through Chongwenmen, so it is also called "Liquor Gate".
The shop has many varieties of wine, so there are many customers. Especially after the White Dew Festival, there are more people drinking.
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 nobles and the humble sit around the fire, drinking wine and warming themselves by the fire. They forget the worries and fatigue of the day and spend the boring winter time. It is very comfortable.