Rou Keyi left and left the capital with Wang Sirui's sincerity.

After returning to Tianjin, Rou Keyi immediately used a secret channel to send the results of his discussion with Wang Sirui back to China, and this channel is known only to the office of the secretary of US President William McKinley, which is the only channel through which US consuls in various countries around the world can directly report intelligence to the US president in case of emergency.

Chinese New Year's Eve, Chinese New Year's Eve!

Only a small number of firecrackers sounded in the capital, and most of them were the previous stocks of people's homes.

Now that the capital is not allowed to enter and leave, even the caravan members of the Chamber of Commerce are impossible to leave the city. So, most caravans at the moment basically send the convoy to the city gate, and then the soldiers search it and then push it into the city by the people in the city.

After unloading the goods, the soldiers inspected the vehicles before being sent out of the city.

Strict inspections, coupled with the fact that the people have no extra money in their hands, and they can't even afford to buy food, who will have the extra money to buy firecrackers?

This year, it gives people a dull feeling, this year, they have experienced too many incredible things, almost every family has died because of the invasion of the coalition army.

According to custom, when someone in the family dies, the couplet is not posted for three years.

But now there are too many people who have died, and the people also have a kind of desire to rejoice, so every household has pasted red couplets, hoping that they will be safe and secure in the new year, and will no longer be disturbed by war.

The palace has no noise during the previous New Year, no palace ministers who came to pay New Year's greetings, and no eunuchs and palace maids who walked in a hurry.

The entire interior of the palace is even cooler, compared to last year, but now this scene is embarrassing.

"Stop!" A shout caught the attention of the soldiers around him.

And this shout made a eunuch anxious, and he began to flee in all directions.

"Chase!" Seeing that the eunuch did not stop, but fled in a hurry, the squad leader immediately noticed that there was definitely something wrong with this eunuch, and hurriedly ordered.

A squad of soldiers quickly loaded the bullets, and then followed the squad leader's pace, quickly chasing after the fleeing eunuch.

Because of their physiology, the eunuchs had to run a little slower than ordinary people, and behind him were the well-trained soldiers, and it didn't take long for the eunuch to be chased by the soldiers behind them.

"What are you running?" The squad leader kicked the eunuch's ass fiercely, gasping slightly in his mouth, and asked.

"My lord, I'm afraid ......"

"You're afraid of bird, grab it! Have a good interrogation! The squad leader did not believe the eunuch's words and directly ordered the soldiers to arrest him.

They have been in the palace for so long, and that eunuch and palace maid have never seen a soldier? It is even more common to encounter soldiers interrogating and searching their bodies, for these eunuchs and palace maids, it seems that they have long been accustomed to it, what is there to be afraid of?

At this moment, a palace maid took advantage of the gap between the vacancies at the city gate and ran frantically towards the outside of the city.

It's just that the palace maid didn't expect that although a squad of soldiers went to chase the eunuch, there was also a squad of soldiers guarding outside.

As soon as the palace maid ran under the city gate, she was caught by the soldiers guarding outside.

In a room near the city gate, a palace maid and a eunuch were firmly tied to a wooden stake, and two soldiers were holding long whips and swinging them at the eunuch's body.

The palace maid on the side was even more frightened and cried again and again, but her tears did not arouse the pity of the soldiers, but waved the whip in her hand even harder.

"Tell us what you want! Otherwise, this is what will happen to you! I guess you're not going to accept your disfigurement, are you? Min Wen asked the palace maid with a hint of something in his eyes.

At this moment, Min Wen's performance did not match his name at all. When Min Wen was born, the fortune teller said that he would definitely be a big official in the future, but his parents asked someone to give him this name, hoping that he would be able to embark on a career in official life.

As a result, he didn't expect that his career was on the way, but it was a military career, and his parents' expectations were completely different directions.

But Min Wen is not disappointing, at least, now that he is a company commander, he can be regarded as an officer, and he has the foundation to continue to move forward.

"I just don't want to stay in the palace anymore, I want to go home!" The palace maid cried in a low voice and responded intermittently.

"Home?" Min Wen asked rhetorically, but at the same time, Min Wen's hands were already touching the palace maid's body.

Although he was revealing the oil, Min Wen didn't dare to mess around, if he didn't have this opportunity, he would never dare to touch these palace maids at will.

Of course, these palace maids were also exposed by the soldiers, after all, they are all big men, if there are no women, then forget it, you can see women, who will not be tempted?

However, the strict military discipline made them dare not mess around, but this is the palace, and the situation is relatively special. Therefore, the soldiers quickly found a loophole in the military regulations, as long as any guy had an itchy hand and happened to meet the palace maid, then they would stop him and search him in the name of searching.

And those palace maids who were taken advantage of also dared to be angry and did not dare to speak, so they could only let those soldiers touch them around.

The soldiers can still search with a trumped-up suspicion, but Min Wen, as an officer, he doesn't dare to mess around, otherwise once it is found above, then it will be recorded, if there is a chance to be promoted in the future, and he has such a bad record, then I'm sorry, his promotion will be the last.

And with this opportunity, Min Wen couldn't resist the temptation in his heart, and went straight to the palace maid's body.

It's just that after touching it from top to bottom, he didn't find anything abnormal, which made Min Wen a little disappointed.

And it seems that this is not the first time that the palace maid has been lightly delighted by these soldiers, her face is only slightly red, and tears are falling uncontrollably, and she has always endured it without saying a word.

"One leads the city gate garrison, and the other takes the opportunity to escape, do you think I will believe what you say?" Min Wen left the palace maid's body with both hands and asked instead.

He had already determined that there was definitely something wrong with these two people, who of the arrested palace maids and eunuchs in the palace didn't want to leave? But who would dare to really leave?

It would be fine if one person fled, but these two people also used tactics, and it was obvious that the eunuch wanted to sacrifice himself to create an opportunity for the palace maid to escape.

In this palace where everyone wants to leave, will anyone be willing to give up their lives to create opportunities for others? At least Min Wen thinks it won't.

The palace maid never said a word, which also made Min Wen gradually lose his patience.

"If you don't want to suffer more sins, tell your purpose, otherwise, you will be sure that what will happen next is something you will not want to see in your life and dare not recall." Min Wen finally threatened. At the same time, he pulled out the dagger and gently scratched it on the palace maid's face.

It's just that the force is too small, so that the palace maid can clearly feel the coldness of the dagger, but it doesn't cut her cheek.

"I say! I say! Please let me go, I'm just a maid, I don't dare to disobey the will of the queen mother......" The palace maid's psychological defense collapsed in an instant at this moment, and she cried loudly and begged for mercy.

This palace maid has been in the palace all the year round, and she has never left the palace since the day she entered the palace, and she has never seen the cruel world outside, and under the intimidation of Min Wen, she finally couldn't bear the huge pressure in her heart.

"Say!"

"The Queen Mother asked me to send a letter to the Manchurians, but I didn't dare not listen."

"What about faith?"

When she heard Min Wen's letter, the palace maid's cheeks instantly turned crimson, like a ripe red apple. The letter was indeed on her, but she didn't dare to show it in front of so many people. She didn't even have the courage to tell where the letter was.

"Can you go out for a while?" After a long time, the palace maid plucked up her courage and said.

Although this letter is very tightly hidden, but in the same way, the palace maid has been enduring it, the violent friction between the letter and the flesh, so that she hates to take it out directly, and she has to guard against the letter falling out, which is completely psychological and physical torture.

Min Wen seemed to understand what the palace maid meant, and immediately waved his hand, and the soldiers carried the eunuch out of the house together.

About a few minutes later, the palace maid opened the door and handed the letter with a trace of blood to Min Wen, and when Min Wen took the letter, the crimson on the palace maid's face increased slightly.

But Min Wen didn't care about these things, he cared about the content of the letter.

And when Min Wen opened the letter, the expression on his face instantly froze, followed by endless anger.

"Look after them, don't touch them, and don't die!" Min Wen gave an order to the soldiers beside him, and ran towards the battalion headquarters.

This matter is not trivial, and it is not something that a small company commander can control, he must report to the top.

Soon, the letter was delivered to Wang Sirui.

After reading the content of the entire letter, Wang Sirui's reaction was unremarkable, as if he had expected this to happen.

"It seems that the Queen Mother is still unwilling to be lonely after breaking her legs, since this is the case, then break her hands again." Wang Sirui said to Xu Zhiyou. I didn't expect Cixi to send a letter out of the palace in such a whimsical way.

"As for the two eunuchs and palace maids who reported the news, the eunuchs killed them, and the palace maids ......" Speaking of this, Wang Sirui hesitated.

Although these two people were helping Cixi deliver the message, was it too cruel to do it themselves? And Wang Sirui originally planned to throw this palace maid to the soldiers and let them vent on her, which can be regarded as a punishment for the enemy, and it is also a welfare for the soldiers.

But this seems to be a little too inhumane for the palace maid, and similarly, Wang Sirui is also a little worried that such a move will make those soldiers create some such things themselves, so as to increase the number of women and meet their needs more.

Thinking of this, Wang Sirui shook his head and vetoed his previous decision: "Just put the two of them back in the palace to work as coolies." (To be continued.) )