Chapter 47 4. Li Lianying took the most caring apprentice for surgery

Empress Dowager Cixi had a hidden treasure room in the Summer Palace. The foreign devils ransacked the Summer Palace, and the treasures in the secret room disappeared... Li Lianying had to use his most caring apprentice Li Sanshun for surgery... Surrounded by their courtiers, Empress Dowager Cixi and Emperor Guangxu returned to the palace from Yongdingmen Station, and saw the red wall they had missed for a long time.Along the way, although the streets and the subjects remain the same, the traces left by the war are hard to wash off. Numerous bullet marks, blood stains, piles of rubble, and layers of scorched earth can still be seen everywhere.Here are collapsed houses, and there are burnt shops. The cruelest thing is the watchtower at the front door. This front door is so important to the Qing government. It was burned, the walls were knocked down, and the doorway in the center was also incompletely destroyed.Seeing these scenes, even the grass and trees couldn't help feeling sorry for them. The joy of the Empress Dowager Cixi just getting off the train was gone, and she couldn't bear to look at it anymore. Eye.Emperor Guangxu was even more worried and sad.What he worries about is the country. The country has been broken into such a state. As the emperor, the son of heaven, and the father of all people, how can he make the people of the world happy?As a descendant of Nurhachi, if this hard-won splendid river and mountain is buried in his own hands, what face will he have to meet his ancestors?Worry, worry about myself, before the war, because he supported the reform, because he refused to marry, because of his dissatisfaction with Cixi, the relationship between him and Cixi was very tense, and he was imprisoned in Yingtai.It was that terrible war that eased the relationship between their mother and son, but now they are back, and they are back in the palace where they used to argue. After returning to the palace, what kind of attitude will Cixi treat Emperor Guangxu? Well, what is his future and what can he do? This is something that Emperor Guangxu worried about.Although he is the true dragon emperor, there is an old Buddha above him after all!In addition, as soon as he saw the palace wall, Emperor Guangxu thought of Concubine Zhen, what a good concubine, but... Thinking of this, Emperor Guangxu couldn't help feeling a little sad, and at the same time felt a little bit of hatred.

Back when the Eight-Power Allied Forces invaded the city of Beijing, they burned, killed, looted, and did everything.In order not to conflict with each other, they also divided the capital. The British and American troops occupied the area south of Chongwen Gate and Xuanwu Gate, the Russians occupied the area south of Chaoyang Gate, and the area south of Fucheng Gate. The south is under the jurisdiction of the French... In their respective jurisdictions, they did all sorts of crimes, plundering national treasures, robbing wealthy businessmen, killing common people, raping women, burning palaces and houses, causing the ancient city of Beijing to bleed all over the ground, and the sound of killing and crying shook the sky. The flames burst into the sky.At the same time, some folk bandits took advantage of the fire to loot, lifted the door and twisted the lock, bullied men and women, and robbed property.The ancient city of Beijing, one of the centers of Eastern civilization and one of the centers of world civilization, was overwhelmed by all kinds of evil.

Luan sedan chair passes Tiananmen Square, enters Duanmen Gate, and then walks in to Meridian Gate, which is the main gate of the Forbidden City, and entering it is the inner palace of the Qing Dynasty.The eunuch who stayed in Da Nei had already knelt outside the Meridian Gate to welcome the master.As the sedan chair was about to enter the Meridian Gate, the Empress Dowager Cixi raised the curtain and glanced at her servants.The sedan chair still didn't stop and passed the Meridian Gate. In front are the three main halls. The base of the hall is two feet high, the hall is one thousand feet high, and the five-room Hall of Supreme Harmony has appeared before us.Empress Dowager Cixi set up the sedan chair curtain and looked carefully at the majestic hall.The tall beams and pillars and the spacious hall are still the same, but the original items in the hall have long since disappeared. When the Empress Dowager Cixi was about to pass by the Hall of Supreme Harmony, she glanced at the empty hall and felt sour in her heart.

After passing the Hall of Supreme Harmony, there is the Hall of Central Harmony with a gold-plated dome on the square eaves. The hall still exists, but there is nothing left in it.Cixi felt uncomfortable, so she put down the car curtain again.Seemingly understanding Lafayette's thoughts, the group of bearers hurried past the Palace of Preservation and headed straight for Cixi's residence, Yongshou Palace.Empress Longyu returned to Yongshou Palace with the Queen Mother, while Emperor Guangxu went directly to Yingtai.The Yongshou Palace had already been tidied up by the eunuchs, and all the utensils were placed neatly, which seemed like a home. Only then did the Empress Dowager Cixi feel a little more at ease.After a group of palace eunuchs kowtowed, refreshments were served.Empress Dowager Cixi and Empress Longyu each used a little.Lafayette ordered the little eunuch to bring a hookah, and while smoking to relieve boredom, he chatted with the queen.Li Lianying led the palace supervisor to transport the empress dowager's cage to Yongshou Palace.Then he came to report to Cixi.Seeing the queen mother, he knelt down on the ground and said: "Lafayette, the servant brought back all your old man's cages. This is the list. Please look over it." He handed over the list.

"No need! Later, let the empress find some antiques, and pick out a few pieces of silk, and send them to her. She may not have any decorations, and there are no current clothes." The Empress Dowager Cixi continued to smoke, Said casually. "yes!" "The remaining things should be well preserved. I have so much money here." Cixi raised her eyes to look at Li Lianying and said. "Please don't worry, Lafayette! The slave will do his best to preserve it." "Go back and rest! I'm really tired from this journey." Cixi said to Empress Longyu.

"You old man should also take a good rest! I wish you good health and good health! The concubine is retiring." Longyu paid great attention to his manner.Farewell to Cixi, and went back to her bedroom with a few of her maids. "Lianying, come here, I have something to tell you!" Seeing that the queen had left, Cixi called Li Lianying.When Li Lianying heard him being called, she walked in, knelt down on her knees, and listened to Lafayette's instruction. "You stand up and talk!" Cixi said when she saw him kneeling. "Thank you Lafayette for your kindness!" Li Lianying took advantage of the situation and stood up again.

"Lianying, Lu Yao really knows the horsepower. It's rare that you are so loyal to my old lady. You have worked so hard to drive Xi'an, and then loyally escorted Luan back to Beijing. You are really loyal to the court! All this journey is thanks to you! I promised you that I would reward you! It's back now and should be honored. " "The slave only wants the master's longevity and well-being, and does not seek any rewards. As long as the Lafayette is healthy, the slave is satisfied." "I once said that if I want to give you a reward, I must give it! Think about it, what kind of reward do you like, do you want gold and silver treasures, or do you want to be an official?" Empress Dowager Cixi seemed to be encouraging Li Lianying.

"I have already received a lot of gifts and rewards from Lafayette before. I really dare not accept the reward from Lafayette." Li Lianying seemed to try her best to refuse. The Empress Dowager Cixi felt a little sorry, and said, "This time you have contributed a lot to escorting the car. There is no reward. How can this be done?" "The servant is not young anymore. After following the Lafayette for so many years, it is a blessing to be able to be loved by the Lafayette. As for the reward, I dare not plan." Cixi saw that he was determined, so she didn't say anything, thinking that if she had the opportunity, she must reward Li Lianying.However, she still couldn't make it through, and finally rewarded Li Lianying with a lot of gold and silver.After the queen mother and the emperor returned to Beijing, the first important thing was to reward the ministers.Those who traveled with the driver, whether they were ministers of military aircraft or eunuchs in the palace, all received the rewards they deserved.Li Lianying's godson, Jiang Weiti, made meritorious escort and was given special awards.In order to heal the rift in Emperor Guangxu's heart, the Empress Dowager Cixi named Concubine Zhen a noble concubine, and announced it to the outside world in the name of being martyred in the palace because she was too late to accompany her.And in order to kill others, he wanted to kill Cui Yugui.This Cui Yugui entered the palace earlier than Li Lianying. Li Lianying entered the palace thanks to his efforts. Li Lianying owed him a favor. Besides, Cui Yugui was very loyal to Cixi.Therefore, Li Lianying knelt down and pleaded with the Empress Dowager Cixi, saying: "Lafayette, Cui Yugui is loyal to your old man, he can't kill him!

If you kill him, who will dare to be loyal to your old man in the future? " This sentence reminded the Empress Dowager Cixi, yes, the most obedient eunuchs who are loyal to me are Li Lianying and Cui Yugui, and one of them is the Chief Supervisor and the other is the Second Chief Supervisor. , show it to Li Lianying?When a rabbit dies, a fox is sad, and things hurt its kind, which is what it should be.However, Li Lianying's almost threatening advice is also true.Empress Dowager Cixi had no choice but to ask: "So what if I don't kill him, if he gets wind of Concubine Zhen, then..."

"Don't worry, Lafayette, this servant has his own way. This Cui Yugui is the murderer of Concubine Zhen, but killing him like this is a bit too wronged. It's better to send him out of the palace secretly, and this servant will explain the reason to him again, saying Lafayette is reluctant to kill him, but he can't keep him in the palace, so he can only be sent out, I think Chief Cui will be grateful to Lafayette." "Then let's do this! You go and let him pack up and leave the palace early! Bring some money to him by the way!" "Yes!" Li Lianying replied and went out.

Cui Yugui is the second chief steward, and Sheng Jia has just returned to the palace, so he has a lot of things to do.After a busy day yesterday, when he got up this morning, he heard that something was wrong. It was said that the Empress Dowager Cixi wanted to kill him, so he no longer had the heart to do anything, so he had to come to Li Lianying. Fortunately, he had helped Li Lianying before, so he went to find him, but he didn't refuse at all, and went to Cixi to intercede.Cui Yugui could only stay in the house and wait anxiously.Li Lianying walked in, Cui Yugui hurried up to meet her, and asked, "How are you, Chief Manager?" "Hey! Lafayette insists on killing you, but I can't do anything!" Li Lianying picked up the airs. "Really?!" Cui Yugui slumped down on the chair. Seeing him like that, Li Lianying hurriedly said, "Don't worry, I haven't finished talking yet! It scares you! Li Lianying went on to say: "After my repeated kneeling and begging for mercy, Lafayette saved you from death!" "Thank you, Chief Manager! You will never forget your life-saving grace!" Cui Yugui was about to kowtow to Li Lianying, but Li Lianying grabbed her and said, "No, please don't do this, such a gift, Li can't accept it, you and I both The grasshopper tied to the same thread should be pleading for you. Death is inevitable, but the death penalty has been avoided, and the living crime is hard to escape. Lafayette decided to send you out of the palace. You should pack up and go as soon as possible! " "This……" "What's this, it's better to leave. Think about it. If you stay here, Lafayette is always a threat. You may make a small mistake at some point. Being killed by Lafayette as an excuse, it's better to leave as soon as possible. Find a way to survive!" Li Lianying enlightened Cui Yugui sentence by sentence. "So when are you leaving?" "Of course, the sooner the better! You don't know Lafayette's temper, you can change it!" Cui Yugui thanked Li Lianying again, and began to pack his things.Li Lianying took out a bag of silver, put it on the table, and said, "You and I have worked together for many years. It was thanks to your introduction when I entered the palace. Now that we are going to part, I have nothing else to give you. These are a few hundred taels." Just accept the money! After you go back and do some business, you will live well!" In fact, he took the money from Cixi.Of course Cui Yugui didn't know what was going on. Seeing that Li Lianying was so kind to him, he couldn't control his feelings any longer, fell to his knees with a "plop", and burst into tears. "Don't cry, you are such a big person, pack up and go!" Li Lianying urged. Cui Yugui packed his things, took the silver that Li Lianying gave him, got into the carriage that Li Lianying had prepared for him, left the north gate of the palace, and went home.A eunuch who was loyal and obedient to the Empress Dowager Cixi was kicked out of the palace just like this.As a result, Li Lianying sent Cui Yugui away, and stood by the palace gate in a daze. He thought, Cui Yugui was also an all-powerful figure in Da Nei back then, and was once invincible, but in the end he ended up like this.As for myself, I am the head of the palace, but the head of the house is also a eunuch, and the Empress Dowager Cixi can kill if she wants to, and stay if she wants to.Therefore, we must always be careful in the future and pay attention everywhere. "Chairman, Lafayette is calling you!" Li Lianying's thoughts were interrupted by a cry.It turned out that the Empress Dowager Cixi sent him to see off Cui Yugui, but for some reason he suddenly thought of the Summer Palace and thought he should go there to see it.But when Li Lianying didn't come, there was still no sign of Li Lianying, so he sent the little eunuch beside him to look for him.The little eunuch first went to Cui Yugui's room and saw that there was no sign of him in the room, so he chased him to the north gate. When he came here, he saw that Cui Yugui had already left, and only the chief executive stood there in a daze! When Li Lianying heard that the old Buddha was calling, she hurried back.After entering the door, he knelt down and said, "To Lafayette, Cui Yugui has left the palace." "Well," Cixi responded, and continued, "Lianying, I've been back for several days, and I haven't had time to visit the Summer Palace. You go and prepare the sedan chair. Let's go for a walk in the garden." "Follow the order." Li Lianying went down to deliver the order and prepare the sedan chair.Not long after, the sedan chair and the ceremonial guards were ready, the Empress Dowager got on the sedan chair, Li Lianying rode out of the Xihua Gate, and headed straight for the Summer Palace where she had been away for more than a year. When Empress Dowager Cixi was in Xi'an, what she missed most was her Summer Palace, the treasures she hid here, and the mirror-like Kunming Lake.When she was in Xi'an, she heard that the Summer Palace had been destroyed and Cixi was so heartbroken that she was dying. She heard that foreigners threw her throne into the lake and drew obscene pictures in her bedroom. She really wanted to go back to Beijing. Come, protect your own property and dignity, but, in fact, this kind of idea can only be an idea at that time, and it is impossible to realize.After returning to the capital, she was too busy rewarding the ministers and handling various official duties. Now that she was finally free, she rushed to the Summer Palace eagerly. Sitting in the sedan chair, Cixi was contemplating the scene of the Summer Palace, imagining how the garden she worked hard to manage would be spoiled by the foreign devils, and then looking at the ruins along the way from the window of the sedan chair, she felt a "boom, boom" in her heart. Jump.Li Lianying rode on horseback and followed beside the sedan chair, looking east and west, feeling uneasy in her heart. After passing Xiyuan, and going further west, you can see the gate of the Summer Palace. "Lafayette, we've arrived in Xiyuan." Li Lianying whispered back beside the sedan chair.Empress Dowager Cixi looked out of the sedan window, saw the gate of Xiyuan destroyed by foreign soldiers, and sighed.Can't bear to watch it anymore.She lowered her head to stabilize her emotions, because she will soon arrive at the Summer Palace. The sedan chair stopped at the gate of the Summer Palace. Li Lianying got off her horse and said to the sedan chair, "Lafayette, the Summer Palace is here. Please come in, old man!" Cixi looked up and saw that it was indeed the gate of the Summer Palace.Li Lianying raised the car curtain for her and reached out to help her.After getting off the sedan chair, Li Lianying helped her walk into the garden. She saw the door panel full of gun holes at a glance, and she was a little stunned. "Lafayette, go inside." In order not to make her sad, Li Lianying could not help but help her walk inside. After arriving in the garden, passing through the Hall of Renshou and bypassing Yuyuan Hall, Cixi took a rough look at the whole garden.The original Summer Palace with beautiful scenery, majestic palaces and beautiful mountains and rivers has completely lost its former style.The door of the Hall of Dispelling Clouds was smashed, and the one on the left leaned against the wall, crumbling; the cabin on the beautiful stone boat was a pile of ashes; the nanmu window lattice in the Buddha Incense Pavilion was broken into five pieces The Pearly White Jade Buddha has disappeared; the painted Buddha statues on the walls of the Sea of ​​Wisdom have also been smashed to pieces... Drooping eaves, broken doors and windows, crooked railings, messy rocks, peeling and toppled walls can be seen everywhere , abound. Empress Dowager Cixi was really heartbroken. The Summer Palace, which had been painstakingly managed for so many years, was destroyed in just a few months.Every palace, every room, every house, every table, every chair, every flower and grass, every mountain and every rock in this garden are all her painstaking efforts.She couldn't stand it any longer, so she went with Li Lianying to Le Shoutang, her former bedroom.It may be that the eunuchs who came to see the garden recently heard the news of Lafayette's return and tidied up the Le Shoutang.The doors and windows were also repaired, the tables and chairs were arranged neatly, the obscene paintings on the wall were wiped off, and they were repainted, which was much better than other places.However, when Cixi visited the Leshou Hall, she was quite surprised.Almost none of the treasures, jades and antiques she collected in those years remained.Although someone has sorted it out, the traces of smashing things are still faintly visible. It turned out that the Eight-Power Allied Forces broke into the Summer Palace and entered Cixi's bedroom. Seeing that it was full of rare antiques, they robbed each other, took them, smashed them, and made glass, porcelain, and jade wares all over the floor.The emerald grasshopper is gone, the jade cabbage is missing, and the emerald watermelon is nowhere to be found. The gold from Poxi, the shellfish from Chishui, the horn of the rhinoceros, the tusk of the giant elephant, the crystal coral, and the agate amber all follow their new owners. up.All that was left to Cixi was an empty house.The Ye Mingzhu and the chiming bell were also gone, and the jasper peach tree more than one foot high was beaten to pieces, and the green peaches and green leaves were all picked off.What made Lafayette most heartbroken was that the "Secret Erotic Play" statue she had treasured for many years and the Happy Bodhisattva she had enshrined for many years did not know whose hands it fell into.They are all ingenious and exquisitely crafted masterpieces in the world, in which the characters are all carved out of jade, with organs, and when you press your hand, the body and limbs of the characters move naturally and come to life.Cixi put these two statues alone in a closet on the wall behind the Eight Immortals Table, and only took them out for viewing when no one was around. Even Li Lianying only saw them once or twice, but they were stolen by foreigners. up.All the rare treasures were looted by foreign soldiers and generals, and the rest were bulky and vulgar things, such as stone palm fans, screens, celadon fruit bowls, copper stoves, bronze sika deer, and bronze cast irons. cranes, various stone carvings and so on.But these things were mostly smashed by foreign soldiers. At the beginning, the Russian army broke into the Summer Palace first. They looted valuables and rare treasures in the garden, and shipped them to Lushun and Dalian in large quantities, and then transported them back to Russia. To destroy, to smash everything that cannot be transported away.Later, the British and Italians entered the Summer Palace.They were even more cruel. Seeing that the treasures were robbed by the Russians, they wantonly destroyed the palaces, buildings, and every plant and tree in the garden, and they entrenched here for nearly a year, thinking of ways to destroy them.The Empress Dowager Cixi did not feel uncomfortable when she ordered Li Hongzhang and Yikuang to "measure China's material resources and unite the country's favor", and she did not feel sorry when she signed the "Xin Chou Treaty" that humiliated the country and humiliated the country. Now, seeing the scene in the Summer Palace is really a burst of joy There were bursts of anger, bursts of heartache, and I couldn't help tearing my eyes and burning with anger. Seeing the Empress Dowager Cixi's expression, Li Lianying didn't know what to do. She knew she couldn't persuade her, but she opened her mouth anyway, but she couldn't think of anything to say when she just called out "Lafayette", so she closed her mouth in a dull manner. . Empress Dowager Cixi's face was livid and her eyes were wide with anger. She really hated foreigners, but foreigners were powerful and could not be provoked, but the eunuchs who stayed to guard the garden were too incompetent. At least they should protect the most precious things.Thinking of this, she angrily said to Li Lianying: "Bring me Li Sanshun!" This Li Sanshun is the leader of the eunuchs guarding the Summer Palace. The Summer Palace has been ravaged like this, so of course he should be the first one to ask. Li Lianying didn't dare to neglect, so she hurriedly called Li Sanshun.Li Sanshun knew that Lafayette was angry because of the destruction of the garden. When he came in front of Cixi, he fell to his knees on the ground, not even daring to vent his anger.When the Empress Dowager Xi saw him, she cursed and said, "Li Sanshun, I ask you to transport the treasure to Rehe as soon as possible. Why don't you waste it? Seeing that foreigners will ruin it? You pay for my garden. Pay me for my jewels!" Li Sanshun also felt grievances in his heart, who knew that foreigners could fight so fast, they came as soon as they said it, and the cars for transporting the treasures were not ready yet, and the foreigners had already rushed into the Summer Palace, fighting for a while, how could the treasures be transported away?So he boldly said: "The servant is arranging a vehicle to transport the treasures. The foreign devils have already entered. The servant was arrested by the foreigners and locked in the back house. He has not been released for several days!" Cixi felt even more irritated, and said: "I feed you with food. You can't even take care of your home. You are not as good as the watchdogs of common people!" Neither the Boxers nor the majestic officers and soldiers of the Qing Dynasty could stop the foreigners from attacking. Even the Queen Mother, who had unlimited power and supreme power, fled the city. What about the eunuch.However, she couldn't swallow this breath. Li Sanshun was Li Lianying's apprentice and his confidant. He was smart, quick-witted, and cautious. He was Li Lianying's favorite and most trusted apprentice. That's why he handed over the Summer Palace to him when he fled from Beijing.Unexpectedly, the foreigners attacked so fiercely that they quickly captured the city of Beijing and destroyed the Summer Palace.Li Lianying looked at Li Sanshun, who was kneeling on the ground trembling, and then at the empress dowager Cixi, who couldn't get over her anger. Then she knelt down on the ground to intercede for him, and said, "Lafayette, Sanshun is usually capable. You know that, but this time he is indeed a foreigner." It came too fast, too late to take precautions...Of course, Sanshun can't get rid of the responsibility, you old man calm down first, and he will be punished by me." Li Sanshun's future was uncertain, and he knelt on the ground, muttering incessantly: "Damn the slave! Die the slave!" The Empress Dowager Cixi was still angry, and when she saw that Li Lianying was pleading for Li Sanshun, she gave him a vicious look, and Li Lianying swallowed back her words in fright.The Empress Dowager Cixi was silent for a while, and said to Li Lianying, "Go to the Paiyun Hall and have a look to see if there is anything missing in the dark room!" Paiyun Hall is located in the northwest of Foxiang Pavilion, and it is a courtyard attached to Dongshou Hall. It is built on the back of the mountain, surrounded by high brick walls, quiet and tight, which is both confidential and safe.Empress Dowager Cixi regarded it as her own warehouse.Since living in the Summer Palace, the gifts that local officials and officials from all over the country came to respect in the garden were hidden here.Later, in the north hall of Paiyun Temple and the place near the hillside, a cave was dug into the mountain, and a secret room with a huge capacity was built, and some rare objects were placed in it.Li Lianying has been in the palace for many years and has accumulated a lot of savings. Some are rewarded by Cixi, some are obtained by selling officials, and some are bribed by officials.These were also secretly hidden here by him, because it was safe here.When foreigners invaded Beijing and were about to flee, Empress Dowager Cixi asked Li Lianying to hide her life savings and some rare treasures in a secret room.At the same time, Li Lianying also treasured her own property.Before leaving, he handed the Paiyun Palace to Li Sanshun, and explained the advantages and disadvantages to him, and asked him to keep it carefully so that it would be safe.Therefore, as soon as he heard Cixi's order, he pulled Li Sanshun straight to Paiyun Palace.As he walked, he asked Li Sanshun: "Sanshun, have foreigners been to Paiyun Palace?" "Master, I've been there! But I didn't find the secret room." Li Sanshun returned to normal. When Li Lianying said this, his heart relaxed a lot. When he arrived in front of Paiyun Hall, he opened the door of the hall, walked in, walked south again, opened the inner door of the inner room, and walked into the inner room.In the inner room, on the east wall, there is a picture of "Tao Yuanming's Crossing to the East" by Wu Xu.There is a trap inside the scroll in the lower right corner of the painting. Li Lianying squeezed the scroll lightly, and the secret door on the east wall opened automatically, and walking further inside was the door to the secret room.It contains all the property of Empress Dowager Cixi and Li Lianying. Li Lianying opened the door of the secret room, and a gust of cold wind rushed in, and nothing could be seen inside the black hole.Li Lianying then ordered Li Sanshun: "Go and light a candle." Li Sanshun lit a candle, followed Li Lianying, and walked into the secret room.Walking in, Li Lianying suddenly felt that something had been kicked by her toes. She hurriedly took the candle from Li Sanshun, checked it on the ground, and found that it was an ingot of silver.Seeing the silver scattered on the ground, an ominous feeling came over her heart. Li Lianying rushed to the boxes, only to see that all the boxes had been pried, and there was no gold or silver left. The scene in front of him was like five thunderbolts, causing all the capillaries in Li Lianying's body to explode.In the dark and cold secret room, he was sweating profusely and his head was buzzing.So many years of savings, just like this.Li Lianying collapsed to the ground, still muttering incessantly: "My gold! My silver! Sanshun, my gold! ..." Li Sanshun was also stunned. The garden was plundered and smashed everywhere by foreigners. Lafayette was still angry, and now she lost all her old man's private house. What should I do?I thought, it's over, I'm dead now! "San Shun, to be honest, have you told others about this place? If you don't tell the truth, I will kill you right away!" Li Lianying asked, grabbing Li Sanshun's chest. "Master, how dare I reveal it to others? After you and Lafayette left, I will guard in this hall. No one will enter the secret room from here!" Li Sanshun pointed to the outer wall. "Then who stole the property? Where did it come in?" Li Lianying was suspicious, so she picked up a candle and searched in the secret room. "Master, there is a hole here!" Li Sanshun shouted over there.Li Lianying walked over.Indeed, there was a well-sized hole in the left corner of the chamber.Li Lianying took a candle to shine a light inside, but the inside was dark and nothing could be seen.He then ordered Li Sanshun: "Climb in and have a look, and see where this hole leads to?" Li Sanshun hesitated for a moment, then climbed in, climbed out again after a while, and said, "Master, this cave leads all the way to the outside hillside." "The hillside leading to the outside? That must have been done by thieves, not foreigners. This is how to do? "Li Lianying is in trouble again. Should I tell Cixi that the property is lost, or lie to her that all the property is there? What should she do if she wants to come and see it? In the end, she decided to tell Cixi the truth, and raised her head to Li Sanshun Said: "All Lafayette's property is lost, your responsibility is heavy, you go back and wait, wait until I tell Lafayette!" " Li Lianying returned to Dongshoutang dejectedly.Seeing him like this, Cixi knew that nothing was good, and asked, "What's the matter, even the things in there were taken away?" Li Lianying knelt down on the ground, shook her head, and said, "No, the thieves beat me from the side. A hole was stolen." Cixi got the exact news that the gold and silver had been stolen, and her undiminished anger came up again.Cursed at Li Lianying: "The thief stole it? How did the thief know that there was a darkroom there, and how did he know that there were gold and silver treasures in it? These are all good apprentices you brought out! He put his hand on my head, you Still blind, begging him for mercy. I don't know what the hell you are doing with him behind the scenes!" Li Lianying knelt on the ground in fright, not daring to say a word.The more the Empress Dowager Cixi thought about it, the more she felt that something was wrong, and she said angrily: "The foreign ghosts are robbing my treasures, and they can't stop them; the thieves have come to my garden to steal things. Didn't they see it? Didn't they see it? No matter if you see it, or are you teaming up with thieves to steal things? I think there must be a traitor here, or how could the thief know where the dark room is! You go find them and torture me one by one. The traitor cannot be found within three days Come and meet me with the head!" After saying that, without even looking at Li Lianying, she left the Summer Palace and went back to the palace in a sedan chair. Li Lianying lost her treasure, full of anger, and had nowhere to vent, but was scolded by the Empress Dowager Cixi, which made her even more angry.Empress Dowager Cixi went back to the palace, which created a good opportunity for him to vent.He gathered all the eunuchs in the Summer Palace and tortured them one by one.While beating, he said viciously: "I want you to pass on the thieves!..." A group of eunuchs were all beaten, but they didn't know why they were beaten. Finally, they found out that the gold and silver of Lafayette and Chief Li were stolen by thieves, and everyone was scared out of their wits.Li Lianying called over and over again, asked one after another, but couldn't find any clues.In fact, except for Li Sanshun, the eunuchs staying in the Summer Palace didn't even know that there was a treasury.Therefore, even if Li Lianying beat them to death, they would not be able to give any clues. In fact, even Li Sanshun didn't know the specific location of the treasury or where the institution was located, but only knew that there was a secret room in Paiyun Palace, which stored the private rooms of Lafayette and his master.Besides, he knew nothing.In this case, how could the gold and silver of Cixi and Li Lianying disappear? In fact, after the Eight-Power Allied Forces captured Beijing, they broke into the Summer Palace and imprisoned all the eunuchs who stayed behind.The Summer Palace became a garden without an owner, and a group of gangsters also sneaked into the Summer Palace by taking advantage of the coalition forces' misconduct.This gang of bandits is a mob of scattered soldiers from the Boxer Regiment.Seeing that the foreigners had entered the city, they would die if they didn't run away, so they fled together to the West Mountain, where they hid day and night and engaged in robbery and theft. The leader of this group of thieves is very simple and honest, very loyal, and was temporarily promoted to be the leader. The second leader is a native of Beijing, who is very familiar with Beijing's terrain and customs, and is smart and capable.Hearing that the foreign devils occupied the Summer Palace and that the foreign devils were sleeping on the bed of the Empress Dowager Cixi, these young people were not convinced in their hearts. They have never seen what the Summer Palace looks like since they grew up, so why not take a look at it now.The brothers gathered together and went to the Summer Palace tonight. One said: "I heard that the Summer Palace is full of gold and silver treasures. Let's go there and pick some up. Isn't it enough for a lifetime?" Another said, "No! I heard that the floor of the Empress Dowager Cixi's bedroom is paved with gold bricks. If we sneak in and dig one piece out, it will last us a lifetime." Everyone was talking about the gold and silver in the Summer Palace. "Eldest brother," the second leader is called the big leader, "I once heard from my father that there is a secret room in the Summer Palace, which may be full of gold and silver treasures, why don't you let the big guy open this secret room, let us Brothers also send a sum." "That's good, but where is this secret room? None of us have ever been to this Summer Palace, so how can we find it?" The big leader said thoughtfully. "This is not tolerable, let the second senior brother go home and ask his father, let the old man draw a picture, it's all right! Is there anything else that can be difficult for our brothers!" A minion interjected. "As long as the big brother says something, if I do it, I will go home and ask." The second leader said. The big leader looked around everyone and saw that everyone's eyes were full of passion. He slapped the table and said, "Do it!" Seeing that the big leader agreed, the second leader said: "Brothers rest during the day, I will go back and inquire. I will definitely come back before dark, and I will start tonight." After speaking, he took a minion and went down the mountain.The brothers on the mountain packed up the tools and weapons needed for night operations, and then fell asleep, leaving only two minions standing guard. The second leader took off his turban and let his hair hang loose. When he returned home, even his father couldn't recognize who he was. After careful inspection, he recognized that it was his own son.When father and son met, they looked at each other silently, and cried with each other.After crying, the father held his son's face and looked again and again, and said, "I thought you were dead, but I didn't expect you to be alive." The son smiled at his father and said, "I'm living a good life, don't you worry about me!" It turned out that the father of the two chiefs was a well-known mason in Beijing. Because of his poor family, he married a wife and gave birth to a son when he was almost thirty.When the son was three years old, the plague was prevalent in Beijing, and his wife died of the disease unfortunately.He and his three-year-old son depend on each other for life. They are both father and son, and they are friends who have forgotten their age. They have a deep relationship.In the twenty-sixth year of Guangxu, the Boxer Regiment rose up in the capital, and his son wanted to join it. He insisted on not allowing it, but in the end he couldn't stop him. His son became a Boxer Regiment, and he had close contacts with the senior brother and the second senior brother all day long.Later, the Eight-Power Allied Forces entered Beijing, and the Qing government also ordered the suppression of the Boxers. My son and a group of brothers fled westward, but they did not know where they were after leaving. The son met his father, exchanged a few pleasantries, and then turned the conversation to the main topic.The son asked his father: "Father, do you still remember the secret room you built for Empress Dowager Cixi?" "Remember, repairing the secret room for Lafayette is the most honorable thing in your father's life!" "Where is the secret room, do you remember?" "Remember, how could I forget the place where I used to work? The Summer Palace is a good place. Hey, I heard that the foreign devils have taken over Guheyuan, and they will take things when they see them, and smash them if they can't take them. What a pity this place is. " "Father, can you draw a picture of the location of the Summer Palace and the secret room?" "What are you trying to do?" Father felt a little strange. "I want to go to the Summer Palace and see what treasures are in the secret room by the way, and bring some back." The son said. "You're looking for death, you? What did you want to do in the Boxer Regiment before, and you almost lost your life. Now that you're back, why don't you stay at home well, and you won't be afraid that the court will arrest you!" the father scolded his son. "Father, listen to me. Now I am king on the western mountain. I am the second leader. Brothers heard that the Summer Palace is beautiful, so I want to go in and see it. Unfortunately, no one has been there, so my son came back to ask your old man for help." A map, I beg your kindness!" The father said: "Son, listen to my father's words, don't run around outside, stay at home, if you die, how can I live alone!" When the son saw it, he always gave him a soft one, no, he had to be a hard one, pulled his face and said, "Father, you give us this map to go to the Summer Palace, and if you don't give us the map, we will go to the Summer Palace. It's just a map anyway." Die? What's the big deal, if you don't get knocked down, I'm leaving!" Then he walked out.父亲一把拉住儿子，骂了句"小冤家"，便找来文房四宝，画了张颐和园的简图。在儿子的再三要求下，标出了秘室的位置。儿子拿起地图揣到怀里，说了句："如果弄到银子，儿一定回来孝敬你老人家，好好地在家里陪你，不再出去乱跑了。"便带着那个喽罗回西山去了。 赶吃晚饭的时候，二首领回到了西山大本营，向大首领通报了情况，商量了行动计划。吃了晚饭，再等了一个多时辰，天全黑了，夜更静了，盗宝者也该行动了。 盗贼们不敢从门里进。他们兵分两路，一路由大首领带领，从北面越墙而过，另一路由二首领带领，从东面越墙而入。颐和园里非常寂静，疯狂了一天的洋鬼子们早已进入了梦乡，看园的太监被关在一起，不得脱身。这园子就像一座空山，盗贼们不费吹灰之力便找到了秘室的所在。一阵忙活之后，打通了通向秘室的洞。大首领一声令下，一群盗贼钻进了秘室，点燃火把，撬开箱子一看，里面全是整箱整箱的金银。一帮穷人家的孩子，何曾见这么多的金银财宝，都瞪大了眼睛看傻了。"都愣着干什么，还不快动手？"二头领提醒了大家，弟兄们各自拿出早已准备好的布袋，把其中的财宝，全部运走了。慈禧太后做梦也想不到自己精心设计的秘室，竟是被建造秘室的工匠的土匪儿子给破了。 这样，可苦了那群留守颐和园的太监，一个个被打得皮开肉绽，却还是无人招认。可是，没有内奸，盗贼怎能知道财宝的所在呢？这一系列的事实，使李莲英不得不怀疑他的徒弟李三顺了。 经过两天的拷打，太监们哭爹喊娘，叫痛不迭。李莲英自己丢了银子，不敢让慈禧知道，在慈禧面前还要装出一副端端正正的样子，但心里有事，是瞒不住人的，他越是表现得体贴，殷勤，就越让慈禧太后生疑。所以李莲英非常害怕，怕把自己牵连自己，弄个身败名裂。于是，他开始寻求自救之法了。 第三天，李莲英把李三顺单独叫到一边，说："三顺啊！ 你进宫当差有多少年了？ " "回师傅！多亏师傅尽力栽培，徒儿进宫当差已十五年了。"李三顺答道。 "这一十五年中，为师我待你如何？"李莲英接着问。 "师傅对徒儿恩重如山，一是知遇，二是爱护，徒儿没齿难忘！" 李莲英把头一歪，说："这件事你也知道，我很为难，老佛爷给了三天期限，今天是最后一天，还没有找出一点线索。 这样的话，我就无法向老佛爷交差，我二人的脑袋，恐怕就得搬家。这你心里总该明白吧。"李莲英施出"丢卒保车"之计，开始以言相逼了。 李三顺可是个聪明人，在宫中这个多年，就学会了察颜观色，见风使舵，岂能不明白李莲英这番话的意思？不禁打了个冷颤，再也说不出话来了。 李莲英看李三顺愣在那里了，换掉了和善的表情，眼中透着凶光，说："这暗室只有你我和老佛爷三人知道。我和老佛爷远在西安，这园子里只有你一个人知道。可东西偏偏就丢了，俗言道，无有家贼，岂有外盗，我对你那么信任，才把这些秘密告诉你，让你好生照管，你却勾结外面的盗贼，把金银财宝全部盗走了。这往后叫我如何做人呢？谁人还肯再相信我？老佛爷一怒，这脑袋还不得搬家？"说着，他用手在自己的脖颈上做了个砍的手势。 李三顺忙跪倒在地，解释道："恩师！徒儿确实没有走露半点风声，更不曾干那丧尽天良的勾当。求恩师给徒儿做主。" 一听他这么说，李莲英暴跳如雷，大声吼道："良心！有没有昧良心你自己最清楚！有良心不干吃里爬外、陷害师傅的事！今儿个跟你把话说明白了，这桩大案，不是你走露了风声，就是勾结外盗，和谋盗窃！" 李三顺一听这话，一下子瘫到了地上，又急忙爬起来，爬到李莲英足下，磕着响头向他求饶。但是，李莲英现在想的只是保全自己，哪里还顾这师徒之谊，咧了咧嘴，冷笑了两声，道："今天你如果能供出盗贼，我还可以保你活命，如若供不出来，能不能活命就只能由老佛爷作主了。"话语之中，露出了隐隐杀机。 在这种情况下，李三顺还能说什么呢？当初，他不知道秘室这个秘密该多好呀？现在，摆在他面前的路只有一条，那就是死亡，毫无原因、毫无选择的死亡。 李莲英见他表情已经木然了，不再言语，不再讨饶，只是呆呆地坐在地上，便摘下自己手上的一只金戒指，拿到李三顺面前，说："平日里咱爷们交情也不错，你这样受苦，我看了也难受，就用这个成全你了！"说完起身要走。 很显然，李莲英要得到的并不是招供，而是要李三顺死。 李三顺完全绝望了，但是还是不肯放过最后的一点点希望，在李莲英要离开时，抱住了他的双腿，哭着向他求饶："师傅，总管，饶了我吧！我真的没做对不起您的事呀！"李莲英哪里理他，抽出一条腿来，照准李三顺的脑袋就是一脚。李三顺急忙用手捂脑袋，李莲英匆匆出了房门，命随从把门牢牢锁上。 李三顺一看门已上锁，知道讨饶已经无济于事了，便坐在地上，大骂李莲英："李莲英！皮硝李！你狗仗人势！你卖官鬻爵！……你不得好死！" "皮硝李！我死了也不让你安宁！" 李三顺骂李莲英的话，有人告诉了李莲英。李莲英觉得很害怕，赐他吞金自尽，他却不早些自决，却一件件、一桩桩地揭李莲英的短，这李莲英可受不了，决心早日处死他。 当天夜里，两个太监悄悄地打开了关押李三顺的房门，架起昏睡的李三顺，把一块黄金塞进了他的咽喉。 第二天早晨，有人来报，李三顺吞金自杀了。李莲英淡淡地点了点头，便向慈禧太后报告了，说他勾结外贼，合谋盗窃，再三追查属实，其本人已畏罪自杀。 案子了了，阴曹地府中，又多了一个屈死的冤魂。它整天向阎罗王诉说它的冤屈，诅咒着置他于死地的李莲英。