Chapter 772: The Last Moment
Time passed minute by minute, and it was time to come to the end. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info
Tang Dou forbade Yang Deng to cross to the Old Summer Palace again, because at this time, the Old Summer Palace could already hear the rumbling artillery fire in the distance, and the footsteps of the British and French troops were not far away.
Tang Dou handed over Yang Deng to the three old men and the two old mothers to be strictly guarded, he was afraid that Yang Deng would cross into the Old Summer Palace without authorization to do the final rescue, so he told the three old men and the two mothers that no one was allowed to hold Xiaodouzi, and Yang Deng was not allowed to leave the sight of the three old men and the two mothers.
In this way, Yang Deng can only take care of Xiaodouzi by herself, she can't leave Xiaodouzi and continue to cross the Old Summer Palace, right?
Perhaps, Yang Deng would really do that, but this was also the only way Tang Dou could come up with, otherwise he would have to tie up Yang Deng.
Yang Deng knew Tang Dou's good intentions, she hugged Xiaodouzi and told Tang Dou a thousand times, trying not to let her tears flow out.
Even if Yang Deng saw Tang Dou once again arming himself into Rambo in front of her, she was still not at ease, and she even persuaded the three old men not to be reluctant to move the remaining treasures that could not be brought back.
Risking one's life to rescue those cultural relics, whether it is worth it or not, individuals have their own scales in their hearts, and they cannot comment on it.
But the phrase 'people die for money, birds die for food' must not be applied to Tang Dou, and these treasures of the Old Summer Palace rescued by him and Yang Deng will be stored in Zhu Yuanzhang's Ming Xiaoling Underground Palace.
In the future, the archaeological excavation of the Ming Tomb, Tang Dou and the 5,000-year-old ancient culture and art research center represented by the three old men will not participate.
In other words, these treasures he rescued have nothing to do with him, whether it is now or in the future.
There is no need to wear a high hat, and there is no need to say anything high-spirited, Tang Dou only thinks that he should do it.
Because he is a Chinese, a Chinese with Yanhuang blood flowing in his body.
The three old men sighed softly, and they let Tang Dou decide for himself.
At this last moment, Tang Dou did make a major decision, but he did not tell the three old men and Yang Deng.
Tang Dou traveled to the arms dealer he was familiar with in a certain era, bought a large number of mines and grenades from him, and then, with these ammunition, he traveled to the main hall of the Zhengda Guangming Palace, which was about to be filled with all kinds of baggage.
Wen Feng, the minister in charge of the Old Summer Palace, Ren Liang, the leader of the eight skilled eunuchs, and the other seven eunuchs who were determined to stay and live with the Old Summer Palace were already waiting here.
Wen Feng, Ren Liang, and the seven eunuchs saw Tang Dou appear in front of him instantly, and Wen Feng knelt down at Tang Dou with tears in his eyes: "My lord, the dog robbers have come, and they have already come to our door...... Woooooooooooo ”
Ren Liang and the seven eunuchs also knelt down after him, and a cry sounded in the majestic and solemn Zhengda Guangming Palace.
Tang Dou put down the ammunition box he was carrying, silently walked to Wen Feng, who was crying on the ground, stretched out his hand to help him up, and said in a deep voice: "Lord Wen, this is your last chance, if you leave here immediately, maybe you can still survive." ”
Wen Feng said to Tang Dou with a sad face: "Leaving his post without permission, ashamed of Lafayette's entrustment to the minister, rather than living for a long time, the old minister would rather splash blood on the palace gate, and bite a dog robber to death before he dies, so that they know that our dynasty cannot be bullied, and our people cannot be humiliated." ”
Tang Dou sighed softly, stretched out his hand and patted Wen Feng's thin and already shaky shoulder gently: "Lord Wen, you are good, if the Qing Dynasty is all loyal and courageous courtiers like you, maybe the Qing Dynasty will not die." ”
According to historical records, after the British and French troops rushed into the Old Summer Palace, Wenfeng threw himself into the sea of blessings and died as a martyr.
Emperor Xianfeng presented Wenfeng as the crown prince Shaobao, and pursued loyalty.
Wen Feng said with tears in his eyes as if he was cutting meat at Tang Dou: "My lord, but now there are still so many treasures in the Old Summer Palace that have not had time to be transferred, is it left to those dog robbers like this?" ”
Tang Dou has not been idle for the past 20 days, and even calculated every minute and every second accurately, but he still can't resist the pace of time.
For Tang Dou, it was more than 20 days, but for Wen Feng and the others, it was less than a day.
During this day, they were also trying to transfer the treasures in the three mountains and five gardens, some of which could not be transferred were simply dug and buried on the spot, and some were thrown into wells, lakes and ponds.
But even so, the treasures of the Three Mountains and Five Gardens are really vast, and they can't properly handle all these treasures with the strength of a few of them, and those delicate treasures are even more difficult to handle, so they can only be packed into a bag and transported to the Zhengda Guangming Palace, waiting for Tang Dou and Yang Deng to carry them to the future.
Looking at the mountains of large and small burdens in the main hall, Tang Dou sighed softly, he had tried to travel to earlier, wanting to buy himself more time, but at that time, the Old Summer Palace was full of princes, dragons, grandsons and concubines, and there were countless palace maids and eunuchs, and these people almost arrested Tang Dou as a thief.
Tang Dou knew that if he wanted to convince them, it would be an incredible thing to let them listen to him, unless he could find Emperor Xianfeng and convince him.
But if Tang Dou found Emperor Xianfeng, would he still use such a lot of trouble to transfer these looted treasures?
Tang Dou didn't want to have any contact with any of the royal families of the Qing Dynasty from the bottom of his heart, so he gave up this idea.
Tang Dou lifted Ren Liang and the other eunuchs from the ground in turn, and silently patted everyone on the shoulder, his gaze swept over Wen Feng, Ren Liang and the seven eunuchs, nodded vigorously and said, "You are all heroes, and future generations will remember you." ”
After that, Tang Dou didn't wait for Ren Liang and the others to react, he turned around and walked to the ammunition box, kicked open the lid of the box, reached out and took out a mine from the box, held it in his hand and said to Wenfeng Ren Liang and the others: "This is an anti-infantry mine, which can instantly make the people who step on it and the people near them die without a place to be buried." Since we can't stop those robbers from rushing into the Old Summer Palace, then let's make them pay the price of blood. ”
"Yes, we're going to make those dog robbers pay the price in blood." Wen Feng raised his old arm excitedly.
"Kill all the dog robbers and drive them out of China." Ren Liang and the others also raised their arms.
Tang Dou nodded, led everyone out of the main hall, handed over the use of the mine to these people, and also planted the first mine in the Old Summer Palace on the road in the middle of the main hall of the Zhengda Guangming Palace.
Tang Dou covered up the mine, stood up with the soil in his hand, looked at Ren Liang and the others and asked, "Do you understand everyone?" Everyone must pay attention to making an inconspicuous mark near the mine, so as not to step on it by our own people. ”
Wen Feng smiled bitterly.
Own?
All of my own people have run away, and only the few in front of me are left.
Ren Liang and the others nodded vigorously, and Ren Liang instructed the skilled eunuchs under him: "Each of you takes two mines and buries them on the main roads leading to various places." ”
Tang Dou waved his hand and said: "Two is enough, I have prepared a box of mines and two grenades for each of you, if there is still time, you can come to me at any time, and I will stay here until the dog robbers rush into the Zhengda Guangming Temple." ”
Ren Liang and the others knew that the two grenades that Tang Dou said were actually prepared for their martyrdom, and they had already tested the power of the grenades, and knew that this small piece of iron lump was not much more powerful than the red-coated cannon.
Wen Feng shouted at the eunuchs: "Since everyone understands, let's act quickly, let's try to buy more time for the adults, it's best to blow up all those dog robbers outside the three mountains and five gardens, especially this Old Summer Palace, let's buy more time for the adults, so that those robbers are discouraged." ”
"Chirp", Ren Liang and others bowed down.
At this moment, Tang Dou no longer felt that the response of 'chirping' was harsh, he crossed in an instant, every time he brought back a box of mines, a eunuch would reach out and take it and rush away, even Wen Feng took a box of mines from Tang Dou's hand, and buried it near the door of the Zhengda Guangming Temple.
In the distance, the rumbling of gunfire was getting closer and closer, and everyone knew that God was running out of time for them.
Everyone is buying time for Tang Dou, how could Tang Dou waste this precious time for a minute and a second, he rushed back to the Zhengda Guangming Palace, carried the two burdens on his shoulders without looking, and carried one in one hand, activated the crossing ring, and instantly traveled to Zhu Yuanzhang.
The last moments will be spent in the baptism of blood and fire. (To be continued.) )