At this time, there were still three years before Pu Yi left the palace. He had begun to work to revive his imperial legacy, but also to live after he was kicked out of the palace.

To put it bluntly, you need to prepare money!

As a result, the antiques and treasures in the court became the focus of "research". Beginning in the second year after Guerjia's death, many things from the Qing palace flowed out, which was mainly due to Puyi's "credit".

"The treasures that have been lost from the palace have not been counted completely and accurately, and can only be guessed as an astonishing amount, and since this is the case, the value is immeasurable." Lao Guan said: "Among them, this batch of lingguan was brought out of the palace by my grandfather four times. ”

Lao Guan's great-grandfather is Pu Yi's distant uncle, and Lao Guan's grandfather is Pu Yi's distant cousin. He took things out of the palace four times, and the only reason for entering the palace four times was to help Pu Yi inquire about the news of one of his distant relatives.

After inquiring, there is news to come. The fourth time he came, it was to take away the last batch of Lingguan, and Pu Yi claimed that he had received conclusive news that this person was dead.

This argument is a bit far-fetched, but there are no big loopholes, and the palace at that time was no longer the original palace, and no one paid much attention to this.

Of course, it is not so simple to take the things in the palace out. Because the antiquities in the palace are protected and guarded by special personnel, and there are account books to register. Even if Pu Yi rewarded someone in the palace with a thing, it needed to be registered in the account book, stating the name, time, and who the reward was for, and the Internal Affairs Office had to register it, and then opened a note before it could be taken out.

But it was precisely this batch of lingguan that was not logged in, because the Guerjia clan didn't know what means they used in the end, so they hid it privately. After Guerjia's death, Pu Yi took over and continued to keep it private.

According to Lao Guan's explanation, this is also the reason why these Lingguan have records of confiscating and Shen Mansion, but in the end they do not know their whereabouts.

Even so, it may be taken out for cross-examination. Pu Yi thought of a way to let Lao Guan's grandfather bring a wooden box every time he came, and in the wooden box were the objects related to this distant relative that he had "visited". In fact, there is a layer of dark space lattice at the bottom of this wooden box.

When leaving, the wooden box was taken away as it was, and the wooden box was secretly in the background, but a part of the feather pipe was placed. Moreover, Lao Guan's grandfather and Pu Yi are of the same age, and the two are very "harmonious" together, every time they come, Pu Yi personally sends them out of the palace, so when he goes out, in front of the "emperor", he will not be so careful.

Lao Guan's grandfather just took away this batch of pipes, which is very single. In fact, there were a lot of things that Pu Yi managed to transport out of the palace back then, which shows that although Pu Yi was the "emperor" and had many conveniences, the "defense" in the palace at that time was relatively loose, and there were many loopholes.

"Back then, Pu Yi transported a large number of treasures out of the palace, and there were basically two ways, one was my grandfather, who found a reason to smuggle them, and the other was to find a reason to 'reward'. My grandfather's status is difficult to use the method of 'reward'. And since these feathers have been privately hidden, they can't be 'rewarded'. However, the fate of these pipes and other treasures is different! Lao Guan continued.

Pu Yi was transporting things out of the palace at that time, in addition to preparing for his ambitions, of course, there was a very real problem, that is, he knew that the Forbidden City no longer belonged to him, he was just temporarily living, and he might be kicked out soon, and after he went out, he had to at least ensure a certain standard of living.

In addition to this batch of pipes, most of the things that were shipped out of the palace were rare books and rare calligraphy and paintings, because these things were light in weight and inconspicuous, making them easy to hide and carry. Of course, there are also a small number of other antiques that are small in size.

Lao Guan's grandfather was just one of the "helpers", Pu Yi found a lot of people at that time, basically all of them were clan relatives, and Lao Guan's grandfather was the most distant.

Among them, one of Puyi's imperial uncles also bought a building in the British Concession of Jinmen, ready to place these things.

When Pu Yi left the Forbidden City, it is said that the things he brought out were filled with dozens of large boxes, and all of these things were transported to Jinmen.

"However, these dozens of large boxes are numerous and conspicuous, and if you want to transport them by train, you have to go through the formalities. At that time, it was already the Republic of China, and Pu Yi, the 'emperor', had no privileges, and the inspection still had to be checked, and the procedures had to be done. For this reason, Pu Yi had no choice but to find the tax supervisor of the Republic of China, and obtained a certificate of exemption from inspection and tax exemption, and then transported it to Jinmen along the way. ”

"After arriving in Jinmen, Pu Yi also sold dozens of things, and after the establishment of the puppet Manchukuo, the Japanese people shipped most of the remaining things to the northeast." When Lao Guan said this, he sighed, "After the surrender of the Japanese State, such a large number of things are unknown!" ”

"Do you need to talk about that?" Wen Jia replied coldly, "They must have been taken away by the devils of the Japanese Kingdom!" Why is the Tokyo Museum famous for its ancient books? I'm afraid that Pu Yi's batch of things has a thick foundation! ”

Lao Guan nodded, "However, this batch of Lingguan was not transported to Jinmen with Pu Yi, but stayed in the capital!" ”

Wen Jia had questions, but when she saw Lao Guan say this, she couldn't help but ask, "Why do you want to stay in the capital?" Moreover, your grandfather was only a distant cousin of Pu Yi, and these feathers were important things to be used for later use, so why did you choose your grandfather instead of other closer relatives? ”

"These two issues are basically related to one thing." Lao Guan took a sip of water, lit another cigarette, and then continued.

Before leaving the palace, Pu Yi met some politicians and military figures, as well as some foreigners, and also rewarded them with money and goods, all in order to dredge up relations and prepare for regaining imperial power. However, many people have also set their sights on Pu Yi and used it as a cash cow, trying to use their identity to cheat money.

Among them, there was a foreign official who met with Pu Yi many times. This man's name was Seminov, who was originally an officer of the Tsarist army, and when Soviet power was established in 1917, he organized counter-revolutionary forces. Later, he also led several battalions of men and horses to Manchuria, and went back to establish a local provisional government with the support of the Japanese devils.

After meeting Pu Yi, Seminov talked a lot about "recovering the country", saying that Pu Yi was overjoyed, and rewarded him with 50,000 yuan for the first time. Later, Seminov met with Pu Yi several more times and received a lot of rewards. Moreover, Seminov did have armed forces and the support of the Japanese, so Pu Yi also had great hopes for him.

"The key problem here is that my grandfather, who went to a modern school, knew Russian."