In the seventh year of Xianfeng, the sound of artillery outside Guangzhou has stopped, but the gunfire in the city still rings from time to time. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

Several lobster soldiers in red clothes and white trousers marched on the streets of Guangzhou with rifles on guard.

“Who＇sthat? Don＇tmove!”

Suddenly, they shouted at an alley.

"Oh no, the Yiren are catching up!"

A few Chinese in the shadows who couldn't see their faces clearly sighed and immediately drilled into the depths of the alley.

They were terrified like lost dogs, but they should not be laughed at, because they did not surrender, so they fled.

Ironically, they were not the regular army of the Qing army, but the water warriors formed by Lin Fuxiang, which were in nature township warriors, similar to the militia of later generations. When the Anglo-French troops entered the city, they chose to retreat, not because they did not want to fight or did not dare to fight, but because the regular army surrendered.

Under the attack of more than 4,000 British and French troops, the Guangzhou general Mukdna led tens of thousands of regular troops, including the Eight Banners, to surrender, these unwilling to surrender the Xiangyong, then chose to withdraw from the city, but at this time the foreign soldiers have entered the city, the situation in the city is chaotic, they are just Xiangyong, and there is not too good organization and discipline, so the retreat becomes a rout, the troops are completely scattered, three or five groups of people are running around, the lucky ones can run out of the city, and the unlucky ones are either captured or killed.

The four lobster soldiers chased into the alley, but they didn't seem to want to go deep into it, because even in the daytime, this three-foot-wide alley looked black and hollow, which made people instinctively feel unsafe, so they chose to aim and shoot at the entrance of the alley.

Three Chinese, one holding his shoulder, one had fallen to the ground, and the other was trying to help his companion who had fallen to the ground, but was pushed away by his companion.

"I can't do it, you guys leave me alone, go quickly!"

"The devil is catching up!"

The companion who was holding his arm gave a warning.

The companion who was pushed away hurriedly said: "Zhu Er, my brother can't stand you, if you die, I will raise your wife." If you can live, we will wait for you in the old place, and we will be brothers in this life. ”

Zhu Er saw that his companion immediately ran away after speaking, although he knew that this was the best result, he couldn't leave, and his brother was lucky to be alive, but he didn't feel good in his heart.

But I don't blame my companions, I only blame them for their bad luck, after the surrender of the Eight Banners and the Green Battalion, they fled all the way through the secluded alleys, and saw that they were about to leave the city, but they were caught up by foreign soldiers. A random shot wounded two people.

It's not that Zhu Er doesn't want to live, it's just that he can't work hard all over his body, and he can't go at all, so instead of injuring his brothers, it's better to let them run for their lives.

Zhu Er felt a bullet drilled into his waist, and if he knew medical knowledge, he would know that he was shot in his lumbar spine and injured his nervous system.

Only his arms could still exert his strength, he crawled blindly, a few steps away was a small door, a side door opened in the alley of a large family, his hand had just touched the wooden door, and the footsteps behind him were already approaching.

The other party was very careful, obviously they didn't want to encounter the Chinese in this dark alley, and Zhu Er felt a little relieved in his heart, which meant that his two brothers had fled.

But he couldn't go himself.

The foreign soldier said something he didn't understand at all, and he tried to turn his body and leaned his back against the door, only to see that he had been surrounded by four foreign soldiers, and the bayonet was shaking in front of his eyes.

The other party yelled loudly, but he didn't understand, he guessed that it was not a good word, and he was also afraid in his heart at this time, but he still mustered up a heart and scolded loudly.

"Devil, Lao Tzu, your eight ancestors!"

As soon as he shouted these heroic words, he was stabbed in the chest with four bayonets at the same time.

Pain is not painful, suffering from this level of trauma, people will not feel pain, but have a feeling of fever and suffocation.

Zhu Er knew that he would not survive, so he shouted with his last strength: "Eighteen years later, Lao Tzu—"

The words were suddenly interrupted at this point, he felt a chill in his chest, and the feeling of suffocation and heat disappeared, because the foreign soldier pulled out the bayonet and also took away Zhu Er's last strength, Zhu Er's body slammed into the wooden door fiercely, his eyes were open, and blood foamed from his mouth.

Only then did the foreign soldiers let Zhu Er go, and one of them shouted, and they chased after him again, obviously they did not intend to let go of the two Chinese soldiers who had escaped.

The footsteps of the foreign soldiers gradually disappeared, although Zhu Er's eyes were still open, but he was completely lifeless, half of his body was leaning against the door, at this time the door suddenly opened, and a head was carefully planning to poke out of the door, and suddenly Zhu Er's body fell in.

"Oh, this dirty thing, get rid of it, get rid of it, don't get dirty at home!"

An old man in his fifties who looked like a housekeeper shouted in disgust, and two subordinates in their twenties who looked like housekeepers were about to do something.

"Stop!"

At this time, a female voice sounded, and I saw a girl about twenty years old walking out of the courtyard of the deep house.

The old man hurriedly reported: "Miss, there is a soldier who died at our door, it's too unlucky, I'll let people get rid of it quickly." ”

The woman, known as the eldest lady, asked, "Dead?" ”

"Dead!"

One of the housekeepers replied.

The eldest lady was not taboo, walked over and leaned down, and felt her pulse.

"What nonsense, this person obviously still has a breath."

The old housekeeper rolled his eyes and kicked the housekeeper: "What are you doing in a daze, drag it out." ”

The eldest lady snorted coldly: "This person is still alive." ”

The old housekeeper persuaded bitterly: "Miss, you can't stay at home if you live, you will get into trouble if you don't get it right." ”

The eldest lady said: "Saving a life is better than creating a seventh-level floating slaughter." Carry people in. ”

The old housekeeper continued to persuade: "Miss, this foreign soldier can arrest people everywhere on the street, in case he comes to the door, our family will have enough trouble." ”

The eldest lady hesitated.

The old housekeeper stepped up again: "And the second young grandmother is a person who loves cleanliness, if she knows how to make this person at home, I don't know how to make a fuss." ”

It's okay not to mention the second young grandmother, but when the second young grandmother is mentioned, the eldest lady is firm.

"I'm going to save this person today!"

She stared at the old man resolutely, and the old man looked at it for a moment and sighed:

"Dead man, deaf, didn't you hear the eldest lady speak? Carry people in and close the door quickly! ”

Then he whispered to the woman: "But the eldest lady, if the second young grandmother knows, she can't spare the little ones." ”

The eldest lady said: "She wants to ask, let her come to me." Hmph, when will it be her turn to be in charge of this house? ”

The eldest lady finished speaking and left.

The old butler sighed, what an eventful time.

The door is closed, but what should people do?

"Miss, put people in the firewood room. If Ming'er dies early in the morning, he will find someone to bury him, and if he doesn't die, he can't stay at home, so he has to find a way to get rid of it! ”

The eldest lady didn't want to hear this, but suddenly stopped again, thought about it, didn't know what came to mind, and suddenly decided:

"Carry someone into my room!"

The old housekeeper and the two young housekeepers were stunned.

"I can't help it, Miss. Slow to talk about lonely men and widows and other people's gossip, if this person dies in the eldest lady's room, how unfortunate it is! ”

The eldest lady sneered: "Bad luck? Am I still afraid of this? ”

The old butler was silent for a moment and sighed: "Listen to the eldest lady." ”

The eldest lady's boudoir was very large, with a bedroom and a warm pavilion, and the eldest lady asked her subordinates to put the wounded soldier on the boat outside the warm pavilion, and there was a wall between it and his bedroom, and there was a door to it.

The eldest lady really moved to save people, and asked the housekeeper to go to Zhang Luo to boil hot water, but before the hot water boiled, their courtyard door was smashed open, and four foreign soldiers broke in with guns.