The Yan family left, leaving blood all over the ground, this battle was lost and wounded, Lei Meng and Xia Feixiong were seriously injured, fortunately, there was no worry about their lives, and they could recover after a period of time, but a person died in the Yan family, and the old man's face was also lost.

Xia Feixiong and Yan Shengnan didn't care, they expected today's situation on the day they eloped, if their father succeeded, the only thing waiting for them was death, and it was okay to tear their faces.

This is not a place to stay for a long time, everyone packed their bags and prepared to leave, Xia Feixiong and Yan Shengnan both resigned, Liu Yanzhi resolutely disagreed, saying that the two masters were injured, in case they met the enemy, they should protect the master thoroughly.

Xia Feixiong smiled bitterly and said: "Brother Yanzhi, I can see that your kung fu is higher than mine, so don't mention the title of master and apprentice." ”

Having said that, for the safety of his sweetheart, he still decided to go with Liu Yanzhi.

The wounded were dressed with gold sore medicine and bandaged their wounds, Liu Yanzhi set up the carriage and prepared to set off, and the crossing team was reduced from the initial five people to four, and came all the way to Beijing, expanding into a team of nine people, half of which were injured and women and children, Zhang Wenbo and Guo Yuhang complained about this, and did not find trouble with Liu Yanzhi for the sake of face.

The group went to the Li Mansion in the inner city, Li Chongzheng arranged a residence for them, and in the evening he came to visit in person, saying that the melons, fruits, vegetables, vegetables, rice and noodles were ready, and they would be sent to Dongjiaomin Lane early tomorrow morning, and a few people could be brought in.

The dawn was just ahead, and everyone's mood suddenly improved, but during the day, the first battle was lost, and the strength was greatly reduced, and there were only three people left who could carry out the mission.

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Early the next morning, the royal condolence convoy set off in a mighty manner, the prime minister's Yamen's Wupin Zhangjing Li Chongzheng led the team, escorting three carts of supplies to the enemy in the embassy area of Dongjiaomin Lane to send warmth, Liu Yanzhi wore a borrowed Jiupin official uniform, followed Li Chongzheng's entourage, the convoy passed through the positions of the Boxers and the Qing army, stopped far away, and raised a white flag to negotiate in the past.

The foreigners did not expect that the Qing court would actually send melons and fruits at such a moment, probably after internal discussion, and they were only accepted after twenty minutes, but the handlebar people were not allowed to enter, Zhang Wenbo and Guo Yuhang, who were dressed as coachmen, were dumbfounded, and could only watch Liu Yanzhi go in alone.

The cart was pulled by foreigners to the front of the defense line for inspection, and several foreigner soldiers vigilantly turned over the materials on the cart, for fear that the Qing army would take the opportunity to massacre the city with Trojan horses. There were watermelons, peaches, seasonal vegetables, large barrels of spring water and bags of rice grain, and there was no one to hide, except for the big wooden barrel containing water.

When a British soldier was about to poke the barrel with a bayonet, he was stopped by Liu Yan: "Stop! ”

The British soldier immediately raised his gun and aimed at him, Liu Yanzhi walked to the car unhurriedly, patted the barrel and said come out, but there was no movement, he quickly opened the lid of the barrel, and took a fixed look, Sophie's mother and daughter who were hiding inside fainted because they had been held in the impermeable small space for a long time.

There was a French mother and daughter hidden in the bucket, the foreigners were surprised, rescued them and put them in the shade of a tree, the two were drenched in sweat, someone shouted to the doctor, and the field doctor who was bandaging the wounded soldiers not far away ran over, this is a US captain with a beard, a revolver hanging from his waist, a cowboy style, he checked Sophie and Catherine's condition, and said that the problem was not serious, just heat stroke.

George. Cunningham is a captain in the U.S. Army, could it be that this field doctor is his target, Liu Yanzhi's adrenaline is starting to secrete, and he has to confirm it before he starts.

In fact, he didn't need to talk to him, and it could be heard from the conversation between the captain and the other people, this man's name was Sean. Stanley wasn't the one he wanted to kill.

The British Minister Dou Nale, who was in contact with Li Chongzheng, rushed to hear the news and ordered someone to carry Sophie's mother and daughter to his room for treatment.

The embassies of various countries in Dongjiaomin Lane basically follow the original Chinese-style buildings, the barricades are stacked with tables, chairs, benches, cabinets, fortifications, and broken bricks and tiles, and there are very few heavy weapons.

These are no longer what Liu Yanzhi needs to care about, what he wants to know most is George. Cunningham was not here, and at this time Sophie's mother and daughter had woken up, and after all the ordeals, they finally saw their compatriots in the civilized world, and Sophie's tears of excitement rained down, and she choked up and couldn't speak.

The French minister also arrived at the scene, and he acted as an interpreter to recount Sophie's plight to everyone, and when the foreigners learned that it was this young man wearing the Qing government's Jiupin official uniform that rescued the mother and daughter, they couldn't help but look at him with admiration.

"Liu Yishi is not an official of the Prime Minister's Yamen, he is a distant relative of mine." Li Chongzheng explained it this way.

"You must be a Christian, child." Dou Nale patted Liu Yanzhi on the shoulder and said, "If you don't want to go back, this is your home." ”

"I'm willing to stay and help." Of course, Liu Yanzhi will not let go of the good opportunity to send it to the door, the British minister is the commander elected by everyone in the embassy district, the veteran British gentleman speaks, and the others naturally have no objections, not to mention the large number of Chinese parishioners in Dongjiaomin Alley, he is not a single one.

Li Chongzheng saw that he was done, so he said goodbye and left, Liu Yanzhi stayed in Dongjiaomin Lane, and was incorporated into the logistics team, responsible for transporting ammunition, ambulating the wounded, and building fortifications.

Although the parishioners and foreigners are on the same front, they are obviously second-class citizens, and they are not even qualified to hold guns, so they are only worthy of work, and they spend the whole afternoon building bricks, and at night they sleep on the Chase bunk with a group of parishioners, and their noses are full of sweat and feet.

The place where they rested was the Hanlin Courtyard earlier, and through the window, they could see the brightly lit inner city wall, Liu Yanzhi couldn't sleep, and asked a man in his thirties beside him: "Brother, where are you from?" ”

"I'm from Tongzhou." The simple man replied.

"Coincidentally, my brother-in-law is also from Tongzhou." Liu Yanzhi began to set up magnetism with him, and after getting acquainted with him, he inquired about the troop configuration in the embassy area, he mainly wanted to know how many US troops were here, but the man couldn't even tell the difference between the British and the French, and he didn't know what to ask, Liu Yanzhi was bored.

Early the next morning, the flag-raising ceremony was held in the embassy area as usual, the national anthems of various countries rang out, colorful flags were raised on the flagpole, the British soldiers wearing khaki uniforms under the Mizi banner, the Japanese soldiers wearing black shirts under the banner of the Rising Sun, the Tsarist Russia side was a group of navy wearing white sailor uniforms, and under the stars and stripes of the American legation, there was a small group of soldiers wearing cowboy hats and blue military shirts and light-colored pants, and the dress should belong to the Marine Corps rather than the US Army.

After the flag-raising ceremony, the soldiers entered the battle positions and waited for the battle, and suddenly an Englishman came to Liu Yanzhi: "Hi, the French minister wants to express his gratitude to you, you come with me." ”

Liu Yanzhi followed him to the French legation, and as soon as he entered the door, the back of his head was on the barrel of a gun.

"Don't move, sir, or your head will move." The broken Chinese came from a Frenchman with a mustache, and next to him stood several foreigners with guns, one of whom was Captain Stanley, whom I had seen yesterday.

"You shouldn't do this to me." Liu Yanzhi said calmly, not moving at all.

"Who the hell are you, sir? Why inquire about our troop allocation. If you tell the truth, I will consider releasing you, otherwise, you will face a trial in a makeshift court, and there is only one result, which is to be shot. The bearded Frenchman said.

"I'm not a spy sent by the Qing government." Liu Yanzhi replied calmly, he knew that foreigners were a tendon, as long as they did not resist, they would never collapse themselves on the spot, they would really hold a trial, and maybe they would arrange a defense lawyer for themselves.

"I'm looking for somebody, a U.S. Army captain named George. Cunningham. Liu Yanzhi did not hide it, this answer was extremely puzzling to everyone, and their eyes were on Captain Stanley.

"There's only one U.S. Army captain here, and that's me, but I'm here on vacation, not an embassy attaché." "The fact that the defenders of the embassy are a detachment of marines who can fight well, in other words, there's no one you're looking for." ”

Liu Yanzhi instinctively felt that the captain was telling the truth, but he didn't give up, and continued to ask: "Then do you know Captain Cunningham, will he be on the way to reinforcements, for God's sake, this is very important to me." ”

Captain Stanley shook his head: "It's the Ninth Regiment of the Army, it's not called George. Captain Cunningham, I can assure you,

Liu Yanzhi wanted to ask something more, but the foreigners were already impatient, they were very happy to catch a spy, and sure enough, they really set up a temporary court, with the French minister Bi Sheng as the judge, a British officer as the prosecutor, and appointed him a defender, an Italian priest.

Liu Yanzhi was tied with his hands, and did not resist in vain, he was in the fortress, full of nervous gunmen, even if he could escape from this room, he would be beaten into a hornet's nest in the next second, and he took 10,000 steps back and said, even if he escaped from Dongjiaomin Lane, thousands of Boxers and Wuwei Chinese troops outside would fire at him.

Heng and Zhu are dead, Liu Yanzhi is not afraid and refuses to admit that he is a spy, but the court obviously does not have the patience to spend more time, and the Italian priest is also very irresponsible, just drawing a cross on his chest, saying that the Virgin Mary will forgive you.

The foreigners in the jury are not concerned about whether this prisoner is wronged or not, and their opinions are very unanimous, and the judge pronounces the verdict and the death penalty!

The British Marines were in charge of the execution, and they took Liu Yanzhi, who was tied up, to the open space in the backyard and told him to stand against the wall.

"You're lucky, we didn't have time to hang you, do you need to be blindfolded?" The British officer asked thoughtfully.

"Thanks, no need." Liu Yanzhi still kept smiling, he was not afraid of death, crossing is a dangerous job, since he participated, he had already put life and death aside, but he didn't expect to die so aggrieved.

Sophie finally appeared, she was very excited, and shouted loudly that Liu Yanzhi was innocent, but it was useless, the enemy was at present, and Dongjiaomin Lane would not tolerate a person suspected of being a spy to stay.

"Ready!" At the sound of an order, the soldiers pulled the bolts of their guns and aimed at the condemned prisoner.

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