Guo Songtao had two purposes for coming to Rehe. The first was to submit the organizational structure and operation model of the Prime Minister's affairs office in the form of memorials to the Qing court. Although this could be done by the post station, it involved a lot of modern diplomatic knowledge and new terms. In order to be cautious and ensure approval, Wu Chaoyue still let Guo Songtao, who knew both the Westernization and the Qing officialdom, personally traveled to facilitate the Qing court's inquiry.

Guo Songtao's second one was to inquire about the specific situation of Rehe for Wu Chaoyue, understand the severity of Emperor Xianfeng's illness, and whether it is possible to kick his legs and die in the near future. For this reason, Wu Chaoyue also asked Zhang Dejian to arrange several capable spies to accompany Guo Songtao so that Guo Songtao can call him at any time.

Of course, what Wu Chaoyue and Guo Songtao never expected was that when Guo Songtao and his group were still on the road, Emperor Xianfeng had already kicked his legs impatiently and helped Guo Songtao complete the most important task in advance. At the same time, what Guo Songtao did not expect was that Emperor Xianfeng had just kicked his legs, and Sushun helped Wu Chaoyue to the amazing high position of the Governor of the Liangjiang River in Huguang, making Wu Chaoyue become the honorary local emperor in the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River.

The boss is so powerful that Guo Songtao, who is Wu Chaoyue's accomplice, arrived at the Rehe Palace, of course, he immediately ran to Sushun's residence to ask for a visit, and kowtowed to Sushun to thank Sushun on behalf of Wu Chaoyue. Unfortunately, the attendant of Sushun's temporary residence in Rehe told Guo Songtao that Sushun was so busy that he had not come back to stay for several days and had been living in the palace. Guo Songtao had no choice but to run to the official reception office of Rehe Palace to report and request Sushun to summon him according to the rules.

Unfortunately, Sushun was indeed very busy. In addition, Guizi Liu happened to lead some of the capital officials to Rehe to pay homage to the coffin on the same day. Sushun needed to understand the position and attitude of the capital to the eight ministers of the life, and to test the reaction of the Japanese 63 brothers being excluded from the center of power. Therefore, even if Guo Songtao was a representative sent by Wu Chaoyue, he was asked by Sushun to come back to see him again in two days. Of course, Guo Songtao did not dare to complain about this. He cried a few words outside the palace and ran back to the inn to rest and wait. At the same time, he asked the accompanying spies to inquire about the situation in Rehe as much as possible.

Two days passed quickly. On the morning of the third day of the arrival of Rehe, Guo Songtao came to the Rehe Palace again to ask for a visit to Sushun. As a result, this time he was finally led by the guards to carry out the palace. However, the guards did not directly take Guo Songtao to see Sushun, and said to Guo Songtao: "Mr. Guo, Su Zhongtang said that since you happened to catch up with this pass, I will give you a grace by the way, so that you can cry and worship in front of the coffin of the late emperor before going to see him."

He sighed with Su Shun's love for Wu Chaoyue. Guo Songtao, who had no qualifications at all, hurriedly said that he didn't know that he could have such an opportunity. He was afraid of losing respect when he was unable to prepare the sacrifice in advance. The guard who led the way smiled and asked Guo Songtao's official rank and gave a little instructions. Soon, a sacrifice that matched Guo Songtao's identity was delivered to him. Guo Songtao was overjoyed and hurriedly thanked the guards for taking the silver, and then quickly followed the guards to set up a sacrifice in front of Emperor Xianfeng's coffin.

After crying hypocritically for a long time, Guo Songtao stopped crying and wiped away the tears, and then performed three kneelings and nine kowtows to the coffin of Emperor Xianfeng before getting up. As a result, when he was leaving the spirit shed with the guards, Guo Songtao accidentally noticed the shaman who was crying and howling in front of the spirit shed.

Before, I had never seen the shamans dancing from Tungus brought by the Qing Dynasty Jiannu. He was so curious that Guo Songtao, who could learn a foreign language to understand Western culture, could not help but take a few more glances. As a result, the sesame seeds fell into the eye of the needle. During this period, the little shaman who had knelt around the main shaman before suddenly jumped up neatly in the sound of drums. Guo Songtao stared at a little shaman casually and looked closely. He suddenly felt familiar and said in surprise: "Why did you seem to have seen it there?"

At the same time, the little shaman happened to see Guo Songtao. In a shock, the little shaman quickly lowered his head and said in surprise: "Why is this dog slave here too? Did he see me? Will he recognize me?"

Guo Songtao was suspiciously after he left the spirit shed with the guards. On the way to the temporary military office, Guo Songtao's mind was full of the vaguely familiar face of the little shaman, but he couldn't even think of seeing it there. Finally, when the guards entered the temporary military office and reported to Sushun, Guo Songtao suddenly remembered who the vaguely familiar face belonged to, and immediately exclaimed in his heart: "It's him? How could it be?! It's impossible?!!"

When he was shocked, the order summoned by Sushun and others came from the temporary military service office. Guo Songtao did not dare to be negligent and quickly regained his mind. As the guards entered the temporary military service office, he saluted the eight ministers of Gu Ming, led by Zaiyuan, Duanhua and Sushun. Zaiyuan, who was named Gu Ming, smiled and said, "Get up, you are Guo Songtao? I heard that when I was in the capital, you took foreigners to search the palaces of Prince Dun and Prince Chun, and let the foreigners pull Prince Chun out of the bed?"

"Prince Zai, the officials were definitely not trying to humiliate the two princes at that time!"

Guo Songtao quickly bowed and bowed, explaining: "At that time, foreigners could not find the court's negotiations with ministers. The officials were worried that foreigners would mess around in the capital because no one could negotiate, so they were forced to take foreigners to find Prince Dun and Prince Chun. The foreigners searched their mansions, which was not the officials' idea!"

The hearty laughter of Zaiyuan, Sushun and others made Guo Songtao feel a little relieved. Zaiyuan smiled and said, "What are you panic? We don't blame you. Speaking of which, we have to thank you. I heard that because of your persuasion, foreigners didn't even touch a single grass in our palace. We have always kept this favor in our hearts."

"It's okay." Su Shun also smiled and said, "Prince Dun and Prince Chun impeached you, but we reported the truth to the Queen. Not only did the Emperor not blame you, but he also scolded Prince Dun and Prince Chun."

Seeing Zaiyuan and Sushun, who were currently in power in the Qing Dynasty, say this, Guo Songtao was relieved and quickly reported his purpose at Sushun's request, presented memorials and specific rules and regulations on the establishment of the Prime Minister's affairs offices in various countries, and then expressed his willingness to give a detailed introduction and explanation to Sushun and others. However, Zaiyuan looked through the memorials and shook his head and said, "No hurry, we have been too busy these days. Wait until we take a closer look at these things and ask you if you don't understand. If you can do it, it will be no big problem to pass directly."

Guo Songtao responded to the promise and hurriedly thanked Sushun, Zaiyuan and others for their support for Wu Chaoyue. Zaiyuan and Sushun and others waved their hands one after another, saying that as long as Wu Chaoyue takes the job and makes good use of the power they reward Wu Chaoyue to calm down the hair as soon as possible, it is best to thank him. Then he asked about some specific situations in Huguang. Guo Songtao answered one by one, and kept cleverly complimenting Zaiyuan and Sushun and others for their attention and care for Huguang and Wu Chaoyue, and talked with Zaiyuan and others.

No matter how speculative the words were, Su Shun, Zaiyuan and others, who were busy with government affairs, had no time to chat with Guo Songtao too much. After much time, Guo Songtao asked to retreat and wait for the news. Guo Songtao thanked him and said goodbye and left under the guidance of the guards. As a result, when he left the temporary military service office, Guo Songtao suddenly thought of an important question, "Does he should report the situation of that person to Su Zhongtang and others? Is it him? Will I read it wrong?"

"Yunxian, wait a moment."

Just when Guo Songtao was hesitating, Sushun's greeting came from behind. When Guo Songtao turned around in a hurry, he saw Sushun actually came out of the temporary military office and walked towards him. When Guo Songtao quickly saluted again, Sushun rushed to the guard and pulled Guo Songtao aside, and asked in a low voice: "Yunxian, Weiting asked you to come to Rehe. In addition to handing invoices, are there any other instructions?"

"Yes." Guo Songtao did not dare to hide it and replied honestly: "I dare not deceive Su Zhongtang. Wu Futai also asked me to inquire about the condition of the Emperor's illness for him. But I didn't expect that when Xiaguan was still on the road north, the Emperor had already passed away."

"Is there anything else besides this?"

Su Shun asked, his eyes still staring at Guo Songtao's eyes. Guo Songtao shook his head blankly to deny it, but Su Shun refused to give up and asked again: "Have you asked you to pay homage to him again? Or who else can I send me a letter?"

Guo Songtao continued to shake his head and denied it. Then when he saw Sushun's expression was wrong, Guo Songtao, who was proficient in officialdom, finally woke up and whispered in a low voice: "Please rest assured, everyone in the Huguang officialdom knows it. Wu Futai said in public more than once: He followed his grandfather to live in Shanghai when he was a teenager. Over the years, there were only two people who best to him, one was Lord Wu Jianzhang and Wu who was willing to exchange his life for him, and the other was Su Zhongtang, you, Su Zhongtang, your kindness to him is even above his father."

Seeing that Guo Songtao's eyes and expressions were not fake, and his stingy words were extremely sincere, Sushun then showed a little relieved smile and cursed: "That little bastard is quite a bit conscientious, but I finally didn't love him in vain."

The matter should have come to an end, but in order to repay Sushun's grace for Wu Chaoyue, although hesitated for a while, Guo Songtao still whispered: "Suzhongtang, there is something that the officials are not very sure of, and they don't know whether they should report to you."

"Tell me, what's the matter?" Su Shun ordered casually.

Guo Songtao nodded and then said, "When Xiaguan just went to the coffin of the former emperor to cry for sacrifice, he accidentally discovered that among the shamans who were dancing gods there, there was a shaman who looked familiar with him, very similar to a person Xiaguan had met."

"Who?"

Sushun asked again, but Guo Songtao's next answer immediately changed Sushun's face and Guo Songtao answered truthfully: "Prince Gong, Sixth Master."

"Prince Gong?" Su Shun asked in surprise: "Have you read it wrong?"

"The Lord is not sure." Guo Songtao replied honestly: "But the Lord is sure that the shaman really looks very similar to Prince Gong. When negotiating with foreigners in the capital, the Lord met and talked with Prince Gong many times and remembered his appearance very clearly. Although he was not sure that the shaman was him, he was sure that the shaman looked very similar to him at least!"

Sushun's face began to be severe. After his eyes ran around for a while, Sushun suddenly pulled Guo Songtao and rushed back to the temporary military office. He quickly told Zaiyuan and others that Guo Songtao accidentally discovered that the Japanese Six might have pretended to be shamans and mixed up in the palace. As a result, Zaiyuan and others were all shocked when they heard this. They quickly asked Guo Songtao about the specifics. Guo Songtao also knew that the matter was of great importance, so they quickly repeated the situation. Then Zaiyuan and others also had serious faces and said, "If the Sixth Prince changed to a shaman and entered the palace, what would he plan to do?"

"Take the person out first!" Su Shun made a quick decision and immediately ordered Jing Shou, the minister in charge of the guards, and said, "Jing Shou, immediately use the excuse of the assassin in the palace as an excuse, and immediately block all the palace gates of the Rehe Palace, and no one is allowed to enter and exit! In addition, immediately transfer a team of guards to listen to it!"

Jing Shou agreed and sent someone to order to block the palace, and then immediately transferred a team of guards to Sushun and others to listen to it. Then Zaiyuan and Sushun and other eight ministers were not polite, and led the guards together and directly killed the coffin of Emperor Xianfeng, and personally searched for the shaman who looked very similar to the Japanese Six. Guo Songtao never dreamed that his report would cause such serious consequences. When Sushun asked him to go with him, Guo Songtao could only pray to the sky quickly and said to himself: "I hope I read it right, and I must not read it wrong. Otherwise, I will have great trouble this time."

Guo Songtao soon found that he was completely worried. After Sushun and others came to the spirit shed again, the team of shamans had long disappeared. When Sushun and others asked wherever they were, they realized that the team of shamans had been summoned by the Queen of the Eastern Palace to Yanbo Zhishuang Palace to jump into the gods! Sushun, Zaiyuan and others were even more shocked when they heard the news, and quickly rushed to Yanbo Zhishuang Palace and finally found the team of shamans resting in the side room of Yanbo Zhishuang Palace.

Then, the truth was revealed soon. Although none of the shamans looked similar to the Japanese, Sushun and others only asked a little while and immediately reported that they had a companion named Wu Bao who had been called away by the eunuch before and had not come back yet! Zaiyuan, Sushun and others were not polite when they heard that they were not polite, and immediately took down all the shamans and palace maids and eunuchs present, and asked about the specific situation of the shaman being taken away. As a result, the eunuchs quickly admitted: "Report to the prince, that shaman was announced by Wei Yue and Eunuch Wei. After going there, the slaves did not dare to ask, but only saw that they were going to the direction of the Queen Mother Dong's bedroom."

Finally, when Zaiyuan, Sushun and others rushed to Ci'an's bedroom gate to ask for a visit, what surprised Zaiyuan and Sushun and other eight ministers were that the summoned answer was soon heard in the bedroom. As a result, Sushun and Zaiyuan and others did not dare to take it lightly. They went straight to the guards to lead them into the bedroom regardless of the rules. First, they stared at all the eunuchs in the bedroom before entering the hall. Then, Sushun and Zaiyuan and others were even more surprised that the Japanese Liu was actually wearing shaman costumes in Ci'an's bedroom! Ci'an was also sitting alone on the phoenix kang, with a very calm expression.

"My dear friends, what's the matter?" Ci'an asked in surprise.

"Reported to the Queen Mother of the Holy Mother, someone warned me and others, saying that there was a suspicious person pretending to be a shaman and entering the palace, as if he was suspected of assassination." Zaiyuan answered, "So I hurriedly investigated the shaman in the palace, and heard that the Queen Mother, you summoned the shaman to Yanbo Zhishuang Temple to jump into the gods, so I followed up all the way to investigate it."

"Oh, did the assassin catch it?" Ci'an asked again, looking calm as if the Japanese Six in shaman costumes were not there.

"No." Zai Yuan shook his head and asked the Japanese Liu in surprise: "Sixth Prince, why are you wearing this look here?"

"It was the Ai family who came here." Ci'an replied readily: "The Sixth Master was in pain in the First Emperor, and he would rather dismiss his identity as a shaman to pray for the First Emperor. When Ai family heard that he was sincere, he announced him here and said something between him and his uncle and sister-in-law."

"Prepare a shaman and pray for the Emperor's blessing?"

Only when Sushun, Zaiyuan and others were stunned would he believe this excuse. When Qiyuan sank his face, he scolded the Japanese: "Sixth Prince, as the prince of the court, you actually dressed up as a shaman and entered the palace privately. Is it too ridiculous to act?"

"What Prince Zai teaches is that Xiao Wang is indeed absurd." Guizi Liu finally spoke and said in a low voice: "I am hurting the emperor's brother, and I am dizzy. I have done this ridiculous and rebellious thing in a moment. It is indeed absurd and willing to lead the country's law."

The method of evading the important and lenient confessing was quite powerful. Zaiyuan, Sushun and others were suspicious in their hearts, so they could only order the guards to tie up the lentils with Huang Ling first. During this period, Ci'an also asked for lentils for the lentils, but Zaiyuan, Sushun and others were completely rejected by Zaiyuan, Sushun and others because of the national law. In the end, Ci'an had no choice but to allow Zaiyuan and others to take the lentils away, and also sent guards to closely "protect" her bedroom.

Finally, Zaiyuan, Sushun and others, who were quite careful, asked about the situation on Cixi again. When they learned that Cixi had been living in her nearby bedroom today, they had not left a single step, Sushun and others felt a little suspicious and began to think that there was no one else to meet the secretly.

By the way, when the Japanese Six were taken away from Ci'an's bedroom by the guards, Guo Songtao met him again on the roadside. Although the two did not talk, Guo Songtao clearly saw the gloomy hatred in the Japanese Six's eyes, which came from the deepest part of his heart, and seemed to hear the Japanese Six's hysterical crazy roar, "Dog slave! It's a good thing for me!"
Chapter completed!