I only heard the leader say: "Isn't it almost the Mid-Autumn Festival?" All shops have to take advantage of the festival to collect accounts, our family owes a lot of money to the baked cake shop, tea shop, and charcoal shop, but there is no money to pay back, how can I say that it is also a dignified Eight Banners leader, let the guys in the baked cake shop block the door to ask for debts, and the face can't get by. ”

Lin Yuan frowned, and thought: "A family's monthly expenses of more than 30 yuan in Beijing are enough, how many baked cakes does he buy, and can he owe 100 yuan?" So Lin Yuan asked, "How can you owe a hundred yuan?" So much! How many pancakes does your family eat every day? ”

The leader smiled: "Thirty yuan is still in arrears, and the remaining seventy yuan, hehe, I took a fancy to the blue-eyed white-flowered lark at Boss Wu's house in Xingping Tea House, and the rest of the money is to buy it." ”

The crowd was amazed, and one of the warriors asked, "Your family can't even eat, and you spend so much money to buy a bird!" ”

The leader was stunned for a moment, as if the soldier had asked this question incredulously, and asked in a daze, "Is there anything strange about this?" I don't have a beautiful bird, and I go out for a walk to make people look so faceless! ”

The soldier wanted to say more, Lin Yuan hurriedly said: "Okay, okay, don't say it anymore, this is the life of the Eight Banners soldiers - to die to save face and suffer crimes." Lin Yuan reached out and took out a hundred-yuan bill from his pocket and handed it to the leader, who led his men away with great gratitude.

The soldiers all discussed, Lin Yuan said: "Okay, don't talk about it anymore, you have been in the Northeast for many years, and you don't know the life of the people in Beijing, I will tell you a good story when I have time, now let's hurry into the city and catch Emperor Guangxu and Empress Dowager Cixi." ”

The soldiers rushed into the Forbidden City, inside was a spacious square, and behind it was the Taihe Palace, Lin Yuan ordered: "Get off immediately, grab some eunuchs and palace maids and ask where Emperor Guangxu and Cixi are now." ”

The soldiers got out of the car and walked around the Taihe Palace, but not a single palace maid and eunuch found it, and Lin Yuan couldn't help but say: "Strange, where are the palace maids and eunuchs?" I must have heard the sound of gunfire and hidden, let's go back and see if there are any people in the Taihe Hall and the Zhonghe Hall? So they went back, but there was no one left.

Chen Fei asked Lin Yuan, "Where do you say they can go?" The entire Imperial City is already surrounded by us! ”

Lin Yuan said: "Since there is no main hall in front, let's go to the Qianqing Palace and Chuxiu Palace in the back to see if they are there." ”

Everyone then walked to the palace behind, and after the Baohe Palace, they entered the inner court of the Forbidden City, and passed through the Qianqing Gate to the Qianqing Palace.

Lin Yuan thought to himself: "What is the palace maid doing lying on the ground?" Hurriedly asked the two warriors to check, Lin Yuan watched the two warriors flip the palace maid over, and he was so frightened that he jumped back, and hurriedly asked, "What's wrong?" ”

A soldier shouted: "The two palace maids are dead, and the corners of their eyes and mouths are full of blood, and it looks like they have taken poison." When Lin Yuan heard this, he thought: "It's not good, shouldn't Emperor Guangxu let the palace maids and eunuchs commit suicide when he saw that the general trend was gone?" Shouldn't he kill himself? Thinking of this, he hurriedly said: "Everyone hurry up and rush into the Qianqing Palace to see what is going on." ”

After Lin Yuan finished speaking, he walked to the gate of the Qianqing Palace, called two soldiers to open the palace gate, and the scene in front of him suddenly stunned Lin Yuan! I saw that the room was full of dead bodies, all of them were palace maids and eunuchs, everyone was bleeding, obviously poisoned to death, at this moment, a soldier rushed in and said: "Report to Lin Shuai, there are many palace maids running from the east!" ”

Lin Yuan hurriedly went out, and sure enough, he saw a group of palace maids running over from the east, their hair was scattered, obviously running in a panic, the palace maids saw that Lin Yuan's troops were at the gate of the Qianqing Palace, and immediately screamed and ran to the north, Lin Yuan thought to himself: "It's hard to see the living, but you can't let them run away!" So Lin Yuan said, "Hurry over and grab a few and come back." ”

Several warriors immediately rushed out, and when the palace maids saw the warriors chasing after them, their screams suddenly became louder, and Lin Yuan hurriedly shouted: "Don't be afraid, we won't hurt you." But the ladies did not listen, and turned and ran to the gate at the edge of the courtyard, and several warriors followed.

Liu Yufeng said beside Lin Yuan: "Lin Shuai, it's not appropriate for my men to arrest a group of women, right?" ”

Chen Fei smiled on the side: "Lao Liu, your subordinates may not be able to catch those women." ”

Liu Yufeng heard Chen Fei's words and his face "brushed" down, Chen Fei hurriedly smiled: "Just kidding you, you are still in a hurry." ”

Liu Yufeng frowned and said: "It's okay for Chen Tou'er to joke about other things, but my subordinates know very well that going to the battlefield to catch the enemy will not be worse than your special combat team, let alone catching a group of palace maids who can't lift their hands and shoulders!" ”

At this moment, I saw that the soldier who had just run out of the palace came back with a sad face, not only did he not catch half of the palace maid, but even he made the wounds on his face and neck scratched by his nails, Chen Fei couldn't hold back his laughter, and walked to a place where Liu Yufeng couldn't see, Liu Yufeng saw that his words were just out of his mouth and was slapped in the face by his subordinates, and said angrily: "What's the matter?" Why can't you even catch a woman? ”

One of the soldiers said helplessly: "Captain, these are all little girls, and we are a group of big men who are embarrassed to be rude, and they seem to be very afraid of us, and they scratch and scratch when they see us, you can understand the wounds on our faces and necks." ”

Liu Yufeng was about to reprimand, but Lin Yuan hurriedly said: "Okay, don't say it, let's just find someone to ask." At this moment, another palace maid ran in from the east door, and when this palace maid saw Lin Yuan's troops, she was so frightened that she turned around and ran back, but as soon as she turned around, she fell to the ground, and then sat on the ground, holding her ankles and crying.

Lin Yuan pointed at the palace maid and said, "Isn't there another one?" Hurry up and bring it over and be gentle. Liu Yufeng personally brought people over, and when Lin Yuan saw Liu Yufeng coming back with the palace maid on his back, the palace maid was still crying "woo", Liu Yufeng put the palace maid on the ground, and the palace maid immediately knelt on the ground, trembling all over, and begged: "Don't kill me, let me go, please." ”

Lin Yuan said: "Don't cry, I won't kill you, what's your name?" ”

The palace maid said, "My name is Ling'er." ”

In order not to make Ling'er afraid, Lin Yuan smiled and said, "Do you know Guan'er?" ”

Ling'er said: "I've heard about her and Lin Shuai, but she has been in Chuxiu Palace, by Lafayette's side, I am from Jingren Palace, and I can't see her." ”

As soon as Lin Yuan heard Jingren Palace, he immediately thought: "The person who lives in Jingren Palace is the famous Concubine Zhen in history, she and Emperor Guangxu are very affectionate, but unfortunately she was pushed into the well by Cixi and died, in today's situation, it is impossible for Emperor Guangxu not to be with Concubine Zhen, as long as I ask about Concubine Zhen's whereabouts, Emperor Guangxu's whereabouts will be clear." ”