Guozhi carried the heads of the two to the grave of the steamed buns to worship, and said: "Steamed buns, it is I He Guozhi who is sorry for you and let you die of humiliation. After saying that, Kokuji got up and left, and just like that, Kokuji dragged his tired body back to the martial arts hall.

The next day, even the family handed over the pleading, accusing He Guozhi of murder, at this time the county order was embarrassed, only to submit the pleadings to the governor, the governor did not want to offend the He family because of this matter, sent someone to secretly lurk outside the gate of the He family, if the country came back, he could be arrested outside the gate; The second is to put up a notice outside the city gate, and the whole city is wanted; The third is to visit the home to explain the situation.

The night was not very quiet, the officers and soldiers searched along the streets, there were officers and soldiers everywhere in the city, and there were many officers and soldiers guarding outside the city to check the pedestrians out of the city, and the whole Chengdu was guarded like an iron bucket, and it was difficult for even a fly to fly out. There was a knock on the door of the Shaolin gym. A disciple of the Shaolin Boxing Gym stepped forward to open the door, it was Master Rong and Lu Kan, a disciple of Shunyimen. After they pushed open the door, they said, "I don't know where Master He is?" We have an urgent matter to find him. ”

"Master is resting in the room, I wonder what you are looking for Master?"

"Take us there, it's too late." Master Rong and Lu Kan, the eldest disciple of Shunyimen, closed the door after entering. The disciples of the Shaolin Boxing Gym brought Master Rong and Lu Kan, the eldest disciple of Shunyimen, into He Guozhi's room and said, "Master, the two masters have urgent matters to see. ”

"The teacher already knows about this, so you go down first."

"Yes, Master, the apprentice is leaving," the Shaolin Gym disciple closed the door as he exited. Guozhi was still sitting in the lobby and said, "Master Rong, Master Lu, you have worked tirelessly to come here, and I am very grateful to you, please take a seat." ”

"Alliance leader, hurry up, the officers and soldiers will soon search here, you can't hesitate any longer, otherwise it's too late, run away," Master Rong made a very anxious look.

"Master Rong, I can't leave you alone to escape, if I run away from my family, what will happen to these disciples of mine and you? Let them come, I will take care of this matter, and you can go, so as not to be implicated by me. ”

Lu Kan stepped forward, knelt in front of He Guozhi, and said: "Alliance leader, you have removed a big harm for our martial arts, the bullies who are rampant in the township, and also avenged the blood feud for our Shunyi Gate, all the disciples of our Shunyi Gate are grateful to you and admire you very much, you should run away quickly, otherwise it will be too late, I Lu Kan begged you." ”

At this time, all the disciples of the Shaolin Boxing Gym pushed open the door and knelt in front of Guozhi, and said, "Master, you should run away quickly." ”

"What are you doing here? Monkey business. ”

Master Rong got up and stood among them, looked at everyone, looked at the country rule standing in front of him, and said: "Alliance leader, look at it, the darkness of officialdom can even reverse black and white, it is impossible to be as lucky as last time in prison this time, and it is even possible to lose your own life, who will be uncomfortable after you die, who are they and your relatives, who are happy, those evil people, do you make them feel guilty about you for a lifetime?" After that, Master Rong knelt down and said, "Alliance leader, I am waiting here to beg you." ”

"Get up, even if you have to leave, let me see my family."

"Alliance leader, you can't go, your door is full of spies, I'm afraid it's a sheep in the mouth of a tiger."

Seeing this, Guozhi only agreed and helped them up. Master Rong breathed a sigh of relief and said: "Alliance leader, you can go to Guangdong, I have known Hong 13 of Hongmen in Guangdong for many years, this is a letter of introduction written in Xia, you can give him this letter now." ”

"Master Rong is too careful," Guozhi wrote two letters after sitting down, and said: "Master Rong, I wrote two letters below, the first one is to ask you to hand this over to my family, the child is unfilial and caused the He family to suffer this great disaster, it is the misfortune of my He family; The second letter is to please bring this to the Shaolin Temple and hand it over to Master Yixin, who has been taught in Shaolin since childhood, and Master Yixin is the enlightenment teacher under him. After I leave this time, they will disperse because of this, and Master Yixin will accept these disciples of mine after reading this letter and become Shaolin lay disciples. Guozhi turned to their disciples and said: "In the future, you will be Shaolin lay disciples, when Shaolin is in trouble, don't forget your duty, practice martial arts to protect Shaolin, and defend our troubled country together." ”

"Master," the disciples raised their heads and looked at Guozhi standing in front of them, their eyes blurred with tears.

"Okay, the teacher is gone," Guozhi walked out of the gate under the escort of the disciples. A black carriage reached the gate, and a foreigner poked his head out, and this person was Brian, an Englishman. Brian poked his head out and said, "Master He, quick, quick, get in the car." ”

Guozhi got into the carriage and left, and everyone ran and cried, "Master." ”

At this time, many officers and soldiers had already been ambushed around the Shaolin Boxing Gym, and the Governor stepped forward and said, "Let's go, now you can enter the martial arts hall to search," the Governor led hundreds of officers and soldiers to rush into the Shaolin Gym to search, and then sealed it. The carriage ran wildly through the streets, and when it was out of the city, it was stopped by the officers and soldiers guarding the city, and said, "Who are you?" Dismount and search. ”

Brian, an Englishman, poked his head out and said, "Do you dare to search my carriage?" ”

"It's a foreigner," the officers and soldiers defending the city began to hesitate, and invited the chief soldier, who reprimanded these officers and soldiers: "Bastard, you dare to search the foreigner's car, do you offend?" Don't hurry up and open the door to let you go. I saw the city gate open, the carriage galloped away, arrived at the wharf in Chongqing, and took a boat along the waterway to Guangdong. Three days later, the merchant ship anchored at the Chaoshan wharf in Guangdong. Guozhi slowly walked out of the cabin, got off the boat and stood on the dock, the merchants next to him walked in light clothes, and those laborers ran back and forth on the dock against boxes of goods, all passing by Guozhi. At this time, the country was already physically and mentally exhausted, and he had no intention of asking about those injustices in the world. In the middle of the night, he wrapped himself in straw, trembling all over, causing him to break out in a cold sweat, and even scream, which was really painful, and it seemed that he had committed his own addiction to smoking, and got up and ran wildly down the street, and finally fell asleep on the street with all his strength.

The night breeze was blowing, and from time to time I heard many women standing outside the door laughing and greeting. Guozhi got up and stood outside the gate, it turned out that this place was a place of wind and dust and fireworks. As a result, he was forcibly pulled in by some women. At this time, Guozhi is not so heroic and sassy as it was back then, and now he has fallen into the red dust, this land of dust and fireworks, there are beautiful women waiting beside him, his body is lying on his side between the legs of the beauty, there is also an oil lamp next to him, the pipe is stretched out, smoking a big cigarette, and he feels that his body has relaxed a lot, as if he is drunk and dreaming of death.

In the eleventh year of Xianfeng, on July 15, 1861, Emperor Xianfeng was seriously ill in the Rehe Palace. On the 16th, in the Yanbo Zhishuang Palace, he summoned Prince Yi Zaiyuan, Prince Zheng Duanhua, Su Shun, Jingtao, Mu Yin, Kuang Yuan, Du Han, and Jiao Youying, and issued an edict: "Establish the emperor's eldest son Zaichun as the crown prince, and these eight ministers will assist the crown prince to inherit the government affairs of the great unification Zanxiang." At this time, Emperor Xianfeng was already seriously ill and could not hold it, so he ordered the courtiers to write Zhu Zhao, awarded the queen Niu Colu the imperial reward seal, and awarded the crown prince Zaichun Tongdaotang seal. In the early morning of the 17th, Emperor Xianfeng died of illness.

At this moment, the harem Nala clan felt that Emperor Xianfeng was dying, and then his position in the harem would also be shaken, so he summoned He Jiehao, the minister of military aircraft, overnight. He Jie looked at the Nala clan and the new emperor in filial piety clothes in the hall, patted his sleeve with one hand and knelt down and said, "The minister is here to meet the imperial concubine, the new emperor." ”

"He Qing, as the first emperor of Hanchen, you trust you and you, what a great gift that is for you!"

"The imperial concubine's words made the minister sincerely frightened," He Jiehao hesitated for a moment and said, "Imperial concubine, the minister has a request." ”

"What's the matter, tell me about the mourning family," at this time, Nala's facial expression seemed very calm, it can be seen that this woman is not simple, and she can deal with things calmly without chaos, which is her extraordinary and also her terrible.

"The minister wants to resign and return to his hometown to serve his elderly and sick old mother, and ask the imperial concubine to allow the minister's request."

"It's a big deal to go home and do your filial piety, and this matter is okay with the family, so you can go down."

"The minister retired," after which He Jiehao withdrew.

After that, the Nala clan summoned Prince Gong Yiyi. Prince Gong entered the palace of the Nala clan and knelt down, and said, "The minister greets the imperial concubine, the emperor." ”

"Brother Emperor, get up," Yi Yi got up and sat aside. With a sad look on his face, Nala cried: "The emperor has passed away, and now only the mourning family and the emperor's orphans and widows are left, and now the situation can only rely on the emperor's brother." ”

"Imperial concubine, emperor, please rest assured, the ministers should protect the emperor for tens of thousands of years, and no one dares to shake the imperial power," Prince Gong stood up and bowed and withdrew.

The next morning, the civil and military officials went to court as usual, and there was no emperor in the court today. The ministers standing on top of the court felt very strange, and the ministers gathered here to discuss, saying, "Why don't you see the military plane, Lord He." ”

"I heard that last night, the adulterous concubine summoned Lord He overnight, and then Lord He resigned and returned to his hometown."

"This is the harem to interfere in politics, and the enchantress is taking the opportunity of this court meeting to get rid of the enchantress who is in trouble with the country," just as they were discussing this matter, many officers and soldiers entered the hall with weapons, and Prince Gong Yili entered the court hall and said: "Spread the edict, there are chaotic ministers and chaos, and Zaiyuan, Duanhua, and Su Shun will be dismissed and questioned." The officers and soldiers rushed up and took down the three auxiliary ministers. At this time, the three ministers scolded above the court, saying: "Adulterous concubine, troublesome courtiers, the Qing Dynasty is in danger, the emperor, the emperor." After that, Zaiyuan, Duanhua, and Su Shunci died in prison. He also issued an edict to confer Prince Gong Yi Yi as the king of the council, walking at the military plane, and the Zongren Mansion ordered. University scholar Guiliang, Hubu Shangshu Shen Zhaolin, Hubu right attendant Lang Baojun, Hubu left attendant Lang Wenxiang walked in the military aircraft, Honglu Temple Shaoqing Cao Yuying studied and walked in the military aircraft department, and then Jingtao, Mu Yin, Kuang Yuan, Du Han, Jiao Youying and other five ministers were dismissed from their posts and punished, and the emperor's year name Qixiang was changed to Tongzhi.

The general trend has gone, leaving only the queen Niu Colu sitting in the pavilion, looking at the lonely moon in the sky, sometimes the evening breeze rises again, and suddenly feels a little desolate. At this time, the noble concubine Nala walked into the pavilion and saluted: "My sister has come to greet my sister." ”

Queen Niu Colu got up and said, "Sister." ”

Nala stepped forward and stood opposite him, and the queen smiled slightly, and said, "Sister, please sit down." ”

After Nala sat down, he grinned and said, "Sister, please sit down too," the queen sat down, and Nala called two palace maids, placed the brocade box on the stone table, opened it with her own hands, and said, "Sister, come and taste it, this is a pastry made by my sister herself." ”

The queen stretched out her hand to pinch the pastry and take a bite, and Nala sat on the side and looked at the queen and said, "Is it delicious?" ”

"Well, it's just my sister's taste."

Nala's face suddenly turned gloomy, and said: "Today in the court, some officials say that my sister is the dictatorship of Empress Lu of the Han Dynasty, do you say that my sister is the Empress Lu of the Han Dynasty?" ”

When the queen heard this, she was shocked, and the pastry in her hand was suddenly shaken off and scattered on the ground. Nala looked at the queen and said, "What's wrong with my sister?" ”

"It's okay, it's okay," the queen crouched down to pick up the pastry that had fallen on the ground. Nala said: "Sister, how can you eat it when it's dirty?" Then he instructed the maid to make a new pastry. The queen was silent for a long time, and said, "How can my sister be virtuous and comparable to Empress Lu of the Han Dynasty. ”

"With my sister's words, my sister will be relieved to respect the title of the first emperor, and my sister will be given the title of queen mother, and the title will be Ci'an."

"My sister has a heart, you are the emperor's biological mother, and you should also have this title."

"My sister is humble, how dare she be on an equal footing with my sister?"

"My sister is resolute and resolute to stabilize the court situation, so Daxian should have this title."

"Okay, I'll talk about it tomorrow morning."