In the past few days, I have been in Jingren Palace carefully calculating the specific timeline of some major historical events that will continue to develop step by step, and yesterday I asked Chang Tai to quietly go to Qianqing Palace to find Wang Shang to inquire about the news of the previous dynasty.

After Chang Tai returned, he told me that among these supporters of the Restoration, Kang Youwei was the first to leave the capital, and Liang Qichao had fled into the Japanese embassy the day before yesterday, while Tan Sitong refused to leave and told Cixi in the court: "All countries change their laws from bloodshed." Today, China has not heard of anyone who has shed blood due to the change of law, and the reason why this country is not prosperous. Yes, please start with the same heirs. It made many ministers who supported the Restoration excited, and their blood boiled, and Cixi was immediately furious when she heard this, and called Guerjia on the spot. Rong Lu took down Tan Sitong.

In addition to Tan Sitong, there were also fourth-rank Zhang Jing, Liu Guangdi, Yang Rui, Lin Xu and others.

Just two days later, Yang Shenxiu, the superintendent of Shandong Province, and Kang Youwei's brother Kang Guangren were also arrested one after another.

The pomegranate flowers in the yard bloom in the layers of dense branches and leaves, in the sun burst red petals like fire, the green flickering, warm and brilliant red, the fine stamen slightly, the original also exposed quietly graceful, the breeze swept by, a refreshing fragrance into the nose, like the rolling red dust of the world that fluttering thoughts rippled in the heart.

A lot of things are happening in front of me, but I can only watch it happen and have nothing to change. The overall situation has been decided, history has not changed in the slightest because of any person or any event, the wheel of history is moving smoothly and orderly on the track, and people are submerged and swept in the vast torrent of history and seem so small and weak.

People are always accustomed to looking up at themselves when everything is still under control, thinking that they have great strength, but once they come to the end, they often suddenly find that they are nothing!

An edict was issued early in the morning, and Tan Sitong, Yang Rui, Lin Xu, Liu Guangdi, Yang Shenxiu, and Kang Guangren will be beheaded at Caishikou on September 28. Xu Zhijing, who had previously supported the reform of the Zaixiang Restoration, was sentenced to permanent imprisonment, Zhang Yinhuan was sent to Xinjiang, and Chen Baozhen, the governor of Hunan, was dismissed from his post and never to be replaced. All the new policies, except for the Beijing Normal University Hall and the new schools in various places, were retained, and the other major new policy measures were immediately repealed.

A vast and thrilling reform lasted a total of three months.

Near noon, Chang Taicai came back from outside, hurriedly walked into the hall, and said to me sweating profusely: "Niangniang, everything is taken care of." ”

I asked, "Is there a good deal about the criminal department?" ”

Chang Tai looked at me and nodded, "The way Wang Shang's father-in-law found should not be wrong." ”

I said, "When?" ”

Chang Tai said: "Wang Shang's father-in-law said that he would come in the future, and he wanted his mother to prepare early, so don't miss the time, Wang Shang's father-in-law also said that the emperor also wanted to have this line, but after all, there are too many eyeliners in the Heart Palace, and it is not easy to succeed, since Niang Niang also has this idea, it should be excellent." ”

I asked, "The emperor is also going?" ”

Chang Tai said "um".

I wanted to take the plunge to meet Tan Sitong one last time, after all, he and I are both people from modern times, and we have something to ask.

But what is it for?

So, I asked, "Can the emperor explain why he wants to take the risk?" ”

Chang Tai lowered his eyes, sighed, and said gloomily: "Wang Shang's father-in-law said that the emperor wants to meet these reform gentlemen for the last time, and the last meeting, the monarch and the minister, can be regarded as a farewell." ”

Yes, the monarch and the minister, after all, they have struggled and worked hard together, even if they lose in the end, the revolutionary friendship established in them will always last forever, but it is a pity that Cixi did not give Zai Yan such a chance after all.

It's such a chance that he won't be given a chance.

The smell in the prison was very strange and unpleasant, the soles of the shoes were splashed with sewage, and the smell of dung and bloody decay gushed into the nose, and I couldn't help but look up slightly, and saw a ray of residual sun shining in from the small window above my head, and then I was swallowed up by the boundless darkness in front of me, and there was no trace of fluctuation on the broken and rugged mud walls around me, and a few oil lamps hung on the walls made the iron cables on the door shine with a lustre. Tan Si and the same group of six people were locked up in two square grids, I stopped in front of the lattice door where Tan Sitong, Lin Xu, and Kang Guangren were detained, Lin Xu just sat quietly against the wall, his face was faint, Tan Sitong was lying weakly on a bundle of straw, his face was pale, Kang Guangren seemed to be desperate.

Wang Shang said: "Niangniang, there is only half an hour. ”

I nodded.

Just when Wang Shang was about to withdraw, I turned over and stopped him and said: "Go back and tell the emperor, this palace knows what the emperor wants to say, and the emperor's words will definitely be conveyed by the palace for him, and the six gentlemen of Wuxu will always be in the emperor's heart, and the emperor is helpless." ”

Wang Shang's eyes flashed, "Niangniang knows what the emperor thinks, and the slave will definitely tell the emperor that the emperor's wish has been fulfilled for the emperor." ”

I pursed my lips and nodded, and after a moment I waved my hand and said, "You go!" ”

Wang Shang stepped back.

The jailer opened the door and withdrew.

I walked to the lattice, Lin Xu, Liu Guangdi, and Yang Shenxiu all came over and knelt around me, separated by a layer of wooden fences, Liu Guangdi said: "The ministers have no talent to assist the emperor, and the ministers are willing to die!" ”

I exhaled a breath and motioned for the three of them to get up, then looked sideways at Liu Guangdi and said, "My lord's righteousness, this palace admires!" ”

Lin Xu said: "The minister knows that the emperor will issue an edict to behead the ministers and other six people to show the public, and I hope that Niangniang will go back and tell the emperor that the ministers will die without regrets!" ”

I nodded emotionally, my eyes quietly swept over the three of them, and then I looked at them again and asked, "Why don't the adults leave the capital with them?" ”

Liu Guangdi and Yang Shenxiu bowed slightly.

Lin Xu said indifferently: "Leave? His eyebrows flickered, and the corners of his mouth gave a slightly sarcastic smile, and said: "The word 'leaving' sounds good, but in fact, it's just an escape!" ”

Liu Guangdi raised his eyes when he heard this, and followed: "Yes! Although the ministers do not have Zhuge talents, they also understand the etiquette of sages and gentlemen, and they will never be deserters on the battlefield! ”

Hearing this, my eyes couldn't help but heat.

I was a little moved, a little shocked, I never thought that there were really ancient people who were so unswerving, high-spirited and bright.

I have always felt that these qualities are just a few words that only appear in poetry.

I stared at them and said, "Don't you regret it?" ”

At a glance, whether it was Lin Xu, Liu Guangdi, Yang Shenxiu in front of him, or Kang Guangren, who was desperate and speechless, and Yang Rui, who was trembling and afraid, they were all slowly shaking their heads.

After a while, Lin Xu asked me, "How is the emperor?" ”

I bowed my head slightly, took a deep breath and said: "The emperor has been detained by Lafayette in the palace of nourishing the heart and has no freedom of access, the emperor's situation is not much better than the six adults, even so the emperor is trying to come to the prison of the criminal department to see the six adults for the last time, but unfortunately it was not possible, all these conclusions are Lafayette's meaning, the six adults should understand that the emperor can no longer be the master, but the palace knows that the emperor will always remember you, even if the change failed, but at least there was a surge of excitement together, The blood in his chest has not been disappointed, and this palace believes that future generations will definitely give you the most fair evaluation. ”