Chapter 32 Section thirty-two

Yuxian has been in Beijing for more than a month.Because of the support and praise of Xu Tong and others, he became a very prominent figure.When it comes to "heroes" who are not afraid of foreigners, everyone praises them, and Yuxian is the first. Therefore, Zaiyi entertained guests on this day, and when Yuxian arrived, Prince Baylor, the son of Gemstone, would stand up to greet him and regard him as the honored guest.Zaiyi was even more affectionate, calling "Zuo Chen, Zuo Chen" non-stop. When it was time to take the seat, Zaiyi respected Yuxian and took the first seat, but Yuxian refused to say anything, and kept saying: "The imperial court system is very important, and we must not exceed the etiquette."

The reasons he held were aboveboard, so Zaiyi had no choice but to follow him.So according to the order of titles: Prince Zhuang Zaixun sat at the head; followed by Prince Xiaogong Puwei's biological father, Baylor Zaiying with the title of county king; third was Zaiyi's younger brother, assistant Duke Zailan; Xian; there is also an accompanying guest who is also a Han army from the Ministry of Internal Affairs, Yingnian, the right servant of the household department.Even Zai Yi, who was in the main seat, the six of them sat down to eat raw sliced ​​hot pot. After a round of drinking, the topic turned to Yihe Boxing. When talking about the suppression of bandits in the Yuan Shidun Plain, Yu Xian took a sip of wine, shook his head and put down the cup, and said with emotion: "The current national situation is declining, because the people's will has not been upheld. Once Wen Zhengri, I admire everything, even the Tianjin religious case, killing many righteous people to atone for the French consul Feng Daye, and the magistrate was severely condemned, humiliating the country too much, and making the people feel uncomfortable. This thing was done wrong. Absolutely. Now if you want to kill boxers again and encourage the arrogance of foreigners, it is tantamount to clipping your own wings and opening the door to steal, absolutely not!"

Hearing these words, Zaiyi felt righteous and strict, and was greatly admired, "Zuochen!" He couldn't help saying: "Justice is at your fingertips! Lafayette knows that you are loyal. Let Yuan Weiting go to Shandong to make trouble. I will give you a governor within three months." Yu Xian was overjoyed.However, he always likes to put on an expression of "wealth and honor are like floating clouds to me", so it is inconvenient to thank him at the feast, he just said: "The state affairs are so small that I just want to do more things and serve the court. Fame is not a concern. The prince You can see it, even if you assign me as a supervisor in the Tiger God camp, you will be happy."

"Joke, joke!" Zai Yi paused, and said confidently: "I have my own reasons." Then he asked: "Zuochen, do you think the Big Sword Club and the Boxing of Yihe are effective or not?" "Of course it works!" "Zuo Weng," Yingnian asked, "It is said that Yihequan has supernatural skills, and foreign guns and cannons can't kill you. Is it true or not?" "It's absolutely true." "But," Yingnian hesitated for a while, and finally said: "I heard that someone under Yuan Weiting has tried it, and it seems that it is not as miraculous as rumored."

"Oh, Chrysanthemum!" Yuxian called Yingnian's alias, and asked seriously: "What do you hear people say?" Not only Yuxian, but also everyone present stared at Yingnian suspiciously, which made him feel threatened, but he couldn't help but say it. The legend he heard was like this: Someone led a group of disciples straight into the camp of Jiang Guiti, the wing commander of the Wuwei Right Army, and said that he was not afraid of foreigners' artillery fire.Jiang Gui asked him if he dared to experiment?This person made a big promise.Then a group of soldiers came to "shoot live targets", a row of guns rang out, and the man jumped around for a while as if he had been enchanted, and fell to the ground without saying a word.After careful inspection, there are fourteen caves on the body.Because of Yuan Shidun's precedent, Jiang Gui asked the deceased's apprentice to write a written statement, saying that "the trial technique was not tested" and that the death had nothing to do with the officers and soldiers.

After hearing what he said, Yuxian smiled contemptuously, and then said seriously: "Juqi, I don't mean that you believe in rumors by mistake. Even if there is something wrong, it's an exception. He's not good at practicing martial arts, he's just asking for his own death! " "According to this," Zai Ying interrupted and asked, "it is possible to develop such a skill!" "Indeed!" Yuxian said after a short pause, "Ying Belle, you will believe it when you see it. The world is so big, there are so many wonders, I just want to say one thing, you may not believe it when you are old, but I can test it on the spot."

"Oh, please tell me what it is." "I can eat raw fish heads. Ying Belle, can you?" As soon as this remark came out, everyone in the seat was moved, Zaiying shook her head vigorously: "Not only can't, I haven't even heard of it." Yu Xian smiled and did not answer, turned to the servant and said, "Housekeeper, please go to the kitchen and ask for two raw fish heads!" "Yes!" The footman agreed, without moving, only looking at the master. The young Zai Lan, reluctant to open his eyes, ordered loudly: "Go, go! Bring more fish heads."

When the fish head came, so did the servants of the palace, and they all peeked out the window to see "Master Yu eats raw fish head".Yu Xian calmly looked at the four bloody raw fish heads in the ice tray and said, "This is a white fish from the Songhua River. The bones are very hard, but they are no match for the teeth." After finishing speaking, he grabbed a fish head with his hand, dipped it in the seasoning, and put it in his mouth to bite.Screaming, like a dog biting a bone, he swallowed the raw fish head without changing his face after a while. "It's amazing! It's amazing!" Zaiyi hurriedly poured a cup of hot wine for him, and waved his hand to let the servant take away the plate of raw fish heads.

"Really, what you hear is not as good as what you see." Zai Ying was overwhelmed, "If I didn't see it with my own eyes, I wouldn't believe anything I said." "That's it!" Yu Xian said, "If I hadn't seen the boxer's magical skills, I wouldn't have believed it." "Then," Zai Lan became even more curious, "Can you find those boxers, and let's learn from him?" "It's coming soon!" Yingnian replied. "how?" Yingnian deeply regretted his slip of the tongue, hesitated for a while and refused to say it, and dared not say it, and replied with a smile: "Nothing!"

The more it was like this, the more suspicious it became. Yu Xian was very displeased and forced him to say: "Juyou, you should speak out honestly if you have something to say. What's going on like this?" It seems that if you don't say it, Yuxian's misunderstanding will be deeper, Yingnian had no choice but to bite the bullet and say hello: "I don't know if it's reliable or not? Maybe it was deliberately created to ruin Yuan Weiting! Let's take it as a joke." It is said that after Jiang Guiti's experiment, Yuan Shikai became more and more aware of the true meaning of Boxing, and searched and arrested him mercilessly.Yihequan hated him so much that he made up two rhymes: "Kill Yuan Biedan, everyone will have a good meal." On the wall of the governor's office in Shandong, he drew a foreigner with a red-topped feather behind his head. The big tortoise, with the words "Yuan Shikai" written on its back, stretched its neck and leaned towards the foreigner's buttocks.

After listening to Yingnian's speech, everyone laughed.The Yihequan was suppressed by Yuan Shikai, unable to survive in Shandong, and gradually invaded northward, and entered the border of Hebei, Yingnian can omit the passage. From then on, the atmosphere during the meeting became more relaxed. Yuxian's eloquence was extremely vigorous, talking about his "political achievements" in arresting robbers and punishing the religious people in Shandong, just like listening to a book, it was very attractive.The only exception was Zai Lan, who didn't listen and only thought about his own thoughts. In the end, he couldn't bear it any longer. When the host and guest were not paying attention, he quietly got up and left the banquet. He left the palace, took two attendants, and rode straight to the west. Dingzi Street to the south of Sipailou.