The soul-returning person is not one person, but a group of people.

Before the 13th day of the first lunar month of the 18th year of Chongzhen, these people may have known or not; perhaps they were neighbors, or perhaps people they had never seen before. After the 13th day of the first lunar month, these people came together under the guidance of "fate" and had a common name - the Returning Soul-Returning Man.

They also have a common pain, that is, the death date of their closest relatives is on the thirteenth day of the first lunar month.

Wu Bucheng joined the Soul Resurrection Man under the introduction of his neighbor, and soon became appreciated by "fate" because of his ability to allocate gunpowder and entered the core level of Soul Resurrection Man.

Yes, "fate" is not a mysterious power, but a living person.

No one knew his origin, nor could he even hear his accent. No one saw him having contact with outsiders in the capital, but he knew everything well. It was him who brought the relatives of these victims together to understand each other's abilities and personality, assign the most appropriate work, and use the fulcrum that is too humble to be more humble to leverage the entire situation and shake the foundation of the Manchus.

Wu Bucheng worked for him for the first time, but only mixed the raw materials together according to the military gunpowder formula. In order to avoid the gunpowder being seized by the Qing soldiers during transportation, they were transported to Beijing separately in the form of sulfur, saltpeter, and other forms, and then successfully matched them in the safe place.

Wu Bucheng was a smart man who could become the third shopkeeper at a young age. He soon realized that such a large amount of gunpowder had only one purpose.

Blast the Tartars!

Fate did not hide from him in this regard, and also told him the target of the assassination - his uncle, Regent Dorgon.

This real executioner!

After Wu Bucheng learned about it, his cannons were extremely well matched, hoping to use the smallest error to create the most powerful gunpowder to avenge his mother.

Finally, just last night, the residence of Jirhalang, who was also the regent of his uncle, was turned into ruins by gunpowder. Six of his concubines died on the spot, from their eldest son Furdun to their fifth son Weilan. All died in the fire scene, and none of them escaped. The results of the battle seemed brilliant, but Jirhalang himself escaped because he was leading the troops.

Wu Bucheng quietly listened to various news on the street, bought two cakes at the entrance of the house, and returned home. He went to see his father who had a stroke and was bedridden, and then returned to his side room. There were still people waiting for him.

It is exactly "fate".

Wu Bucheng told fate one by one about the news heard on the street, and said in confusion: "Aren't we going to blow Dorgon? Why did we blow it up to Jiergalang's house? Did it blow it wrong?"

"Fate" smiled and said, "All Jiannu deserves to die, it's just that it's different."

Wu Bucheng admitted that this was very much in his opinion and said, "It's just that we don't have much gunpowder."

After the Ming army blocked the canal, the grain of rice was not allowed to go north. This also led to a large-scale shrinkage of all markets in the north. In this state, it was really lacking to transport a large amount of sulfur and saltpeter into Beijing. If it was forcibly transported, it would be like a lice on a bald man's head, which was particularly eye-catching. Even with a protective umbrella like Song Hongye, there was no way to do anything.

Military gunpowder has extremely high requirements for the quality of raw materials, and earth nitrogen is basically useless, and better sulfur must be transported from Shandong. If you want to make high-performance gunpowder, domestic sulfur is even a bit reluctant, and you have to import it from Japan - who asked them to guard a volcano?

This leads to the fact that the gunpowder in the hands of the soul-returning people is actually very limited. It is a fantasy to use gunpowder to kill the Manchus in the entire inner city. At most, one or two powerful families can only be chosen to attack.

Then why waste precious gunpowder on Jirgalang's wife and children?

First of all, Jirgalang has a very high status.

The uncle, the regent, is abbreviated as the regent, and it is also an upgraded version of the regent, and it is also a compensation for Dorgon's failure to marry the empress dowager. Out of balance, Jirhalang, who was ranked above Dorgon, was naturally given this title. Ajige originally wanted one, but Dorgon refused mercilessly. Therefore, Jirhalang's old nest was blown away, which was a huge psychological blow to the powerful and powerful Qing Dynasty. He must not reduce the importance of this goal because of his absence.

Secondly, because Jirgalang is not at home.

The Manchurian coating system determines their lifestyle, and elite families and slaves are closely surrounded by the head of the family. As Jirgalang and Dorgon, they are guards, either open or secretly, wherever they go. If you want to assassinate, you will have a killing weapon like a sniper rifle.

However, now Jirgalang is leading the troops, and all the elites of Prince Zheng’s mansion go out with the army. Only a nest of women and children are left, which is the time when the royal palace is most fragile. The layout of Nanyuan is similar to the vassal residence of the outer residence of the East Palace, and it just takes advantage of the emptiness of Nanyuan. The strategy is relatively difficult and a practical exercise is carried out.

If it succeeds, everyone will naturally be happy. Even if it fails, they can learn lessons and accumulate experience for the assassination of Dorgon.

Finally, blowing up Jirgalang's old nest is a trick to alert the enemy.

Only by shocking Dorgon's heart can he have the chance to turn him into a frightened bird and introduce him into the set trap.

"The mountain man has his own tricks." Fate smiled and looked at Wu Bucheng. Although this young man was very good, he was not yet at the level of being able to tell all the plans.

Wu Bucheng nodded and said, "But why do you want to blow up the mansion of the traitor Song Hongye? He is not qualified."

"That's not what we did." Fate said: "We are not the only ones in this world who don't want to be human, cow, and horse."

Wu Bucheng relieved his doubts and was about to go out to do things, but fate said again: "We will change places tonight."

"Where do you go?" Wu Bucheng stopped and asked.

"Nanyuan." A hint of pride appeared on Quan Quan's face.

As night fell, teams of workers suddenly walked past the streets of Beijing, each carrying large baskets, holding wooden shovels and crowbars, and went to Nanyuan to clean up the mess. The soul-returning people who were ambushing the streets joined the team one after another, just like ice and snow melting into the water, without any sensation of turmoil.

Fate changed Nanyuan to a new base camp, closer to the Ruiwang Mansion, and facilitated the exchange of various materials and personnel. As for how many ruins are cleaned up every day, who will ask about it at this critical moment? What's more, the Han officials of the Ministry of Works have been bribed long ago, and the reason is very convincing: the remaining beams and pillars of the palace are goods worth a lot of money.

After the Manchus entered the capital, their family business had expanded many times compared to when they were in Shenyang. Larger real estate meant that more servants were needed. Manchus were all soldiers and preparatory soldiers, and they could not even be officials, let alone servants? Therefore, the servants at the bottom of each royal palace were still Han people.

Especially for many technical jobs, even if Manchus want to take the role, they will not be able to start.

For example, burning fire to keep warm.

In the Ming Dynasty, there were floor heating in palaces. Since Chengzu rebuilt the Forbidden City, the palaces mainly relied on the warm ditches under the stone slabs. These warm ditches are on the base of the palace and under the floor. After the fire is burned, the whole house is as warm as spring. The flue goes through the inconspicuous part of the garden after the palace, and it is soon covered by buildings and plants on the surface, and is unknown to outsiders.

Even for the second-class wing room and warmer, a fire wall is used. It is to build a wall. In winter, it is to burn fire in the wall, and the entire wall is a source of heating.

And the heating of the earth fire and the fire wall are such a technical task.

These unknown slaves woke up from the bloody truth and threw themselves into the arms of the soul-returning people. They were assigned by fate and placed gunpowder in batches into the warm path of a cold palace in the Rui Palace. The reason why they did not choose the main hall and bedroom that Dorgon often visited was to learn from the experience of the Zheng Palace in Nanyuan - the sudden completion of the gunpowder was that they had too much noise and could easily arouse suspicion.

The Rui Palace is not an empty Prince Zheng Palace. Although Dorgon’s Baoyi Aha and others would not do such dirty and tiring work, they still watched Dorgon loyally.

Putting gunpowder under the cold palace where you don’t live on weekdays seems to be waiting for a rabbit, but there is no room for guidance.

This guide is Song Hongye.

After the Nanyuan case and the Song House case, Song Hongye arrested and killed people in Beijing. The head alone was not enough to prove the effectiveness of the work, so gunpowder was found in the homes of many Manchu and Han ministers.

These are the gunpowder used to make fireworks in the capital, and there is more charcoal. If it is used to fire guns and cannons, it is definitely unreliable. Even if it is ignited, it will not have much explosive power. However, for the Manchus, as long as it is black powder, it is gunpowder. Who has made the Han army flag that truly understands medicine go on the expedition?

To take a step back, even if others point it out, it is still Song Hongye’s contribution - we cannot deny the contribution of loyal ministers just because the rioters do not know how to use gunpowder.
Chapter completed!