234.

Xiyuan, in the courtyard of Ningshou Palace, Duanwang Chengyi, Zhuang Wang Chengxun, as well as Duanwang's brother and brother, Beile Chenglian, and Fuguo Gong Chenglan are all included. Behind them, there were nearly 100 Flying Tiger Tuanmin with red scarves on their heads and red belts around their waists.

Most of these people are at the level of senior brothers and senior fathers in their respective halls, and they are strong and strong, and their faces are full of red light. Obviously, after entering Beijing, the abundant food and salary ensured the nutrition of these leaders. These people were either born in a reckless manner, or from a peasant, and they had never entered the palace in their lives, but this time they were blessed by Chengyi, and they went straight to the palace with knives and guns, which has never happened since the Bagua Sect attacked the Forbidden City.

The palace is extraordinary, whether it is the tall and majestic building, the decoration of the carved beams or the glittering glazed tiles, all make these people breathtaking, their eyes are looking around, desperately trying to remember more things, after going out, there is bragging.

The few closest to Chengyi were the senior brothers of the big group, who understood the purpose of the trip, and they were both nervous and excited. The name of slaying the dragon and the merit of supporting the establishment made these people can't help but swallow the saliva one by one, and hold the handle of the knife tightly with their hands, as long as the king of Duan gives an order, they will rush up desperately and tear everything in front of them to pieces.

The guards guarding the palace ban and the Minister of Internal Affairs on duty did not dare to stop King Duan when they saw him, after all, this is the biological father of the future Son of Heaven, who dares to harm him? But seeing a group of people fighting with open fire, it was obviously impossible to speak, so he hurriedly rushed to Leshoutang and reported to the chief manager Li Lianying.

Cixi was having tea at this time, and when he heard the news, he gently put the teacup down, "Duan Lao Er is becoming more and more silent, I want to see what he wants!" ”

Li Lianying hurriedly said: "Lafayette is angry, there are no good hands in the palace now...... Let's let the minions go out and stand up for a while. ”

Although he knew that the palace was an empty shelf at the moment, he was silent on the surface, and he walked out briskly, and gave a salute to a few relatives with a smile. Then he asked King Duan, "Lord Wang, what are you doing here?" ”

King Duan saw that his face was as usual, neither panicked nor angry, he didn't know how much strength he had in the palace, and he didn't see the Cixi himself, so he didn't give a direct order to kill. Just glancing behind him, a man in his forties behind him said loudly:

"We entered the palace to kill Ermaozi! We can't get into the embassy and the church, just because there are two cents who are spies, tipping off foreigners, sending them money and food, and communicating with foreign countries, shouldn't we be killed? God has issued a decree that he must kill all the two maozi in order to destroy the foreign ghosts. There are two hairs hidden in the palace, and the gods have surrendered to sin, and if you can't ask the gods, you can't win the battle. If you want to win the battle, you have to kill Ermaozi! ”

Afterwards, more than a dozen people held up the bright ghost-headed knives and shouted: "That's right, it's to kill Ermaozi!" If you don't kill the Ermaozi in the palace, you won't be able to kill the Ermaozi outside the palace! ”

"Lord Wang, what do you mean all the time? Galeries Lafayette is having tea, what's the matter with us, can't we talk quietly? ”

Seeing that the people of the group shouted so loudly and did not escort them out, Cheng Yi calmed down a little in his heart, and he also had the courage to speak. "Li Lianying, this matter has nothing to do with you, just stay and go. We have known each other for so many years, and we know each other in our hearts, I won't investigate what you have done, but don't mix too much into it, if it arouses public anger, I can't protect you. Now it is a national disaster, the soldiers of foreign devils are outside Jinmen, the embassy in Beijing can't be defeated, and the gods can't be invited, this is a big deal! Lafayette has to come out to do big things now, and she can't hide here and be free. I just want to see the Buddha and make it clear to my face if I have something to say. ”

"Chengyi, what do you want to say when you look for me? I'm listening! ”

Cixi had already walked out of the room accompanied by two palace maids, although he was close to old age, he was full of energy. In order to reflect his physical health, he deliberately did not use the support of the palace maid, and walked by himself, which was actually a tiger.

The senior brothers and masters of the Flying Tiger Regiment, when they discussed in the Duanwang Mansion, they didn't take an old woman in their eyes. But when Cixi appeared in front of everyone, a man who was still a country village or a green forest and grass not long ago, finally faced the woman who had ruled the empire for decades, he felt that this old woman was not as easy to deal with as he imagined.

Dry mouth, shortness of breath, and unconsciously trembling legs have happened to many Tuan people, and some people even can't help but kneel down to salute. But Cheng Yi and the others did not kneel, but they were just shocked by the old queen mother's prestige and did not dare to speak.

It was still the forty-hearted man who was like a black tower and said loudly: "There are also two hairs in the palace, you have to check it!" ”

Cixi looked at him twice, and saw that this person raised his face, crooked his neck, and looked like a bandit, but he was not afraid of the mighty of the sky, and snorted coldly. "Check? I don't understand this, how is the inspection method? ”

"The people in the palace, come out one by one, let's take a picture of our heads! As long as there is a cross pattern on the head, it is Ermaozi. If there is none, it is not. ”

"Oh, who does that have to be, use the check?"

"Everyone, you have to check!"

Cixi's eyes were cold, and he no longer paid attention to this senior brother, but looked at Chengyi, "Did you hear what he said?" Everyone, you have to check? ”

Cheng Yi's courage gradually grew, and he still didn't kneel at this time, and said loudly: "Lafayette, you naturally don't need to check, and Princess Rongshou doesn't need to." As for the concubines in the palace...... There is a difference between men and women, and it is also exempt. But in addition to these people, eunuchs and palace maids, and other people, they all have to be checked one by one! ”

He did not mention the emperor in his words, and apparently put the emperor among the people who should be inspected. Cixi saw that King Zhuang and others did not speak, obviously supporting King Duan's proposition. "What if you get a crosshair?"

The man who looked like a black tower said: "That's Ermaozi, if you don't say anything, you have to cut it immediately!" ”

"Knife and slash? Cutting people in my West Garden, what a big breath. ”

Cheng Yi said: "Lafayette, this is the master of the Flying Tiger Regiment's Qianzi Altar, named Wan Liyun, when he came today, he had already burned incense, and the top on his body was Emperor Guan Sheng. Wherever you are, you can kill. ”

Jin Guo respects Guan Yu, since it is Emperor Guan, naturally there is no need to pretend to the emperor of the world, this statement is also the defense of King Duan, so as not to fall into an unrespectful mistake.

"Oh, after making trouble for a long time, he invited Emperor Guan to come up, no wonder he has a big temper." Cixi did not seem to be angry, but looked at the crowd, "Wait, there will be a will at once." ”

If Cixi reprimanded or refused to check, that Wanliyun would have sneered at each other, and when the quarrel was together, he would have drawn his sword against each other. But her words made people unable to use their strength, and looking at Cixi's fearless appearance, it made people wonder whether there were really ambushes in the West Garden, and Duan Wang and his party did not dare to make a mistake.

When Cixi returned to the room, her expression remained unchanged, but when she was about to walk up to the imperial seat, her figure suddenly staggered, thanks to Li Lianying's quick eyes and hands, and she was held up. When her hands touched, Li Lianying could feel that Cixi's palms were already full of sweat, and she could know how difficult it was for Fang Cai to sing out of the empty city.

"Raising tigers is a problem, raising a tiger is a problem." Cixi chattered twice, and said to Li Lianying: "You arrange twenty people to check them first, I don't believe it, how can a cross pattern be photographed on a person's head?" ”

Li Lianying knew that this was a way that Cixi had no way to do, and with twenty people delaying the actions of the Flying Tiger Regiment first, he would be able to find a way to inform the emperor and prepare early, and look forward to the rapid arrival of reinforcements. But King Duan came here, with bad intentions, and it was not easy to inform the Son of Heaven to escape, as for the reinforcements, where to find them?

It is not easy to choose the palace people, and those palace maids and eunuchs, worried that their heads will really be cut off by crosshairs, and they all cry and beg. "Uncle Li, please raise your noble hand, don't let the slave go, the slave has offended King Duan......"

"There are people in the slave's family who believe in foreign religions......"

"The minion has a foreign ...... on him"

There are many reasons like this, and Li Lianying can't care much at this time, so she can only harden her heart and point to people one by one. At this moment, the king of Duan outside shouted again

"Lafayette, I want to see the Emperor! To check Ermaozi, you have to go from high to low, the emperor is an example for all the people, if you want to check, he has to check the first. If you don't check him, these two cents are equivalent to not checking. ”

Cixi's eyes were cold, "It's getting more and more bastard, I want to see, I won't let him check, what can he do to me." Could it be that he Chengyi really wants to rebel and rebel today? If this is the case, it means that the Qi of the Wanyan clan is exhausted today, and I have something to say in front of the ancestors. ”

Her concession has its own bottom line, and it must have a bottom line. If the Flying Tiger Regiment is allowed to inspect the emperor, the majesty of the imperial court will be gone, and it will be her turn to suffer next. Yes, protecting the emperor is the bottom line of the Empress Dowager Cixi at this time, and there is absolutely no room for accommodation. Li Lianying also knows that this matter cannot be compromised, but there are no soldiers around, so in the event of a conflict, how can he escort him?

Cui Yugui mastered the armed forces in the palace, but he was not by his side at this time, so he had nothing to rely on. Just at the critical juncture, suddenly outside Ningshou Palace, a loud voice came: "Minister Zhao Guanhou, please see the Queen Mother Lafayette!" ”

Cixi was well-informed and listened to it clearly, and this old woman, who had always been confident, couldn't help but stand up from her throne when she heard this shout. The two palace maids grabbed her from the left and right without waiting for orders, but she threw her away, took two steps to the window, looked out through the glass, and saw Zhao Guanhou entering first, followed by rows and rows of infantry.

"Lian Ying, those minions don't have to be picked, you go out with me, let's have a good chat with Chengyi!"

Cheng Yi didn't expect that Zhao Guanhou would come to Xiyuan at this time, and he didn't expect that he would come in with soldiers without adding a gift or handing over a sign. Of course, this pot has to be buckled on Cheng Yi's own head, and in order to act conveniently today, he deliberately disarmed the guards along the way when he entered the palace, and the soldiers of the Tiger God Battalion stayed behind instead. Obviously, those soldiers were not opponents and had already been dealt with, so Zhao Guanhou was able to drive straight into the field and come directly behind him.

He sank his face and said angrily: "Zhao Guanhou, you are so bold, who allowed you to enter the palace with soldiers without being called, I will tie him up!" ”

"Slow! He entered the palace because of my will, I asked him to lead troops into the palace, what, who I summoned and what soldiers I mobilized, do you still have to know? ”

Cixi walked out for the second time, and the style was different from Fang Cai, and he walked steadily and calmly, unhurriedly, as if he was walking after a meal. Li Lianying was beside him, and said as he walked, "Lafayette, you slow down, pay attention to your feet." ”

But the more this is the case, the more it shows that she has the overall situation in her hands and is calm. Zhao Guanhou stepped forward, knelt three times and knocked nine times, "Minister Zhao Guanhou, I have seen the Queen Mother!" ”

"Excuse me, get up and speak."

"Obey the order!"

At this moment, Wan Liyun, who invited Guan Yu's upper body, said: "Slow, Lafayette, you just said that you have a will, let Ermaozi be tested, so, has this will ever been prepared?" ”

Cixi no longer looked at him at this time, but looked at Zhao Guanhou, "Look at it, this person is becoming more and more unruly." I don't know what my identity is, I dare to shout in my West Garden, if this is outside, I can't tell how it is. My will, as if I had to tell him, tell me, what sin is it? ”

"Back to Lafayette, such a person is a ...... Die...... Crime! ”

When the word sin was out, Zhao Guanhou's hand was already on the handle of the knife, and when the word sin was out, the command knife had been pulled out of the sheath, and his foot moved, and his body rushed towards Duanwang. There was a guard beside King Duan, but before he could make a move, the rifle on the other side was also raised, shouting, "Don't move, whoever moves will kill whom!" ”

At this moment, Zhao Guanhou had already come to Duanwang, and commanded the knife in his hand to stab forward, but it was not stabbed at Duanwang, but through his dragon coat, straight into Wanliyun's lower abdomen, and then it was a twist in use.

This series of movements was as smooth as flowing water, as fast as lightning, and many people didn't even see what was happening, only heard the sound of the knife coming out of the sheath, followed by white light, screaming, and then, they saw Wan Liyun holding his stomach with both hands and falling backwards. His hands and feet twitched violently, and blood and intestines were slowly flowing out of the cracks in his hands.

King Duan's face changed, and he was both angry and afraid, "Bold, within the palace ban, you dare to kill someone?" ”

Cixi said: "Chengyi, didn't you say that he invited Emperor Guan to come up, Guanhou is trying his method." I don't think he practiced kung fu at home, why did he lie down with this knife? This Emperor Guan, are you still afraid of knives? If you work like this, how can you withstand the gun? Chengyi, let me ask you, you have not been summoned today, you have brought so many people into the palace with knives and guns, but do you want to rebel? ”

If this is just asked, the Flying Tiger Regiment will rise up with the trend, and chaos will arise. But at this time, the situation was reversed, the strength and weakness were changed, and hundreds of fast guns had been raised, and the bayonets on the muzzles were shining. As long as there is a yes, the next moment it is estimated that it will be a random gunfire, and Chengyi, the cadre, will immediately turn into a honeycomb.

Zhuang Wang Chengxun hurriedly knelt down and kowtowed, "Lafayette, today is a slave, it's too reckless, please Lafayette to condemn." The slave was also anxious, and he was in a mess for a while, just thinking about killing Ermaozi, retiring the foreign soldiers as soon as possible, and keeping the ancestors of the country, but he was not thoughtful. Galeries Lafayette, don't be surprised. ”

As soon as he knelt down, the others also knelt down, leaving only the people of the Flying Tiger Regiment, still standing there. Cixi snorted, "The sins of a few of you, I'll figure it out later, Zhao Guanhou, let's deal with these bandits for me first." They dare to break into the palace with weapons and commit rebellion, and if one is counted as one, they will all be executed! Not a single one to stay! ”

"Obey the order!" (To be continued.) )