After Rong Lu left, Cixi hurriedly wrote a secret letter, asking Li Lianying, the most powerful eunuch around her, to send her out of the palace.Now she suddenly has a feeling of returning to the time when Emperor Xianfeng died, at that time she was in danger, threatened by eight ministers who cared for her life, and almost couldn't save her life.In the end, it was by joining forces with Prince Gong that the eight powerful ministers were brought down.Cixi never dreamed that what she was facing now was her old lover.This blow was too big for her, the years passed, and she didn't expect that even Ronglu would betray her now.At the beginning, the Huaxing army blocked the pass, and all the Han people coerced by the Manchus could stay if they didn't want to get out of the pass.Li Lianying did not stay, but fled all the way here with Cixi.After An Dehai left, Cixi took Li Lianying as her confidant and valued him very much.The palace was completely controlled by the Praetorian Guards, and Li Lianying had no choice but to hide in the dung truck that cleaned up the feces and urine in the palace at night.There was a huge wooden bucket on the dung truck, and Li Lianying wrapped a tarpaulin around her body and held her breath to get into it.When the Praetorian Guards saw this thing, they just lifted the lid of the barrel and were overturned by a stench, and sure enough, they didn't check anything.As soon as the carriage left the palace gate, the dung cart found a secluded place, and Li Lianying quickly climbed out of it.He will never forget this night for the rest of his life, and he vomited twice nauseously when he covered it just now.As soon as I got out of the bucket, I vomited again, and I almost didn't vomit blood.He found a small inn, went to the stables in the backyard to wash, changed his clothes, and hurried to Prince Gong's mansion.The guard at the door informed the housekeeper, and when the housekeeper learned that Li Lianying was coming, he hurriedly went out to greet him.Since Rong Lu came back, Prince Gong also felt that something was wrong for a while.In the past few days, secret reports have come from all over the country that a large number of protectors are coming to Vladivostok and have blocked the inside and outside of the imperial city.Prince Gong thought it was an order from Cixi to prepare for the new king to ascend the throne.As soon as he heard Li Lianying coming, his heart chuckled, and he immediately knew what was going on."
Hey, Prince Gong, the old slave can be regarded as seeing you" Li Lianying shouted as soon as she entered the door, and hurriedly bowed down to salute Prince Gong.He was a popular person beside Cixi, and Prince Gong didn't dare to snub him, so he hurriedly beckoned him to sit down in the guest seat."
What's the matter, is there something wrong with Gonggong Li in the court" Prince Gong covered his nose and hurriedly asked, not caring about the stench on Li Lianying's body."
Let Prince Gong guess correctly, this is a secret letter from Lafayette to you, Rong Lu is the opposite" Li Lianying hurriedly said, picked up the tea bowl on the table and took a sip.There was a curfew at night, and the streets were full of patrolling Protectors.He trotted all the way over, almost exhausted.Fortunately, Prince Gong's Mansion is not far from the palace, otherwise he would have been tired and lying down.Prince Gong trembled his hands and hurriedly took the letter in his hand.It is indeed Cixi's handwriting, only two sentences, "Ronglu rebelled, quickly led the Eight Banners Army to escort" "What a Ronglu, it is really a bully to destroy the ancestor Lord Li is now resting in my mansion, I will immediately dispatch soldiers and horses" The stakes are very high, Prince Gong hurriedly summoned the people in the mansion, assigned tasks respectively, and let them go out.But before the people went out, there was a noisy sound of horses' hooves outside the house.The flames were so bright that the gate was quickly kicked open, and from the outside walked a man with a big waist and a round waist, followed by dozens of guards."
Bold, who dares to break into my Prince Gong's mansion" Prince Gong shouted, let his subordinates escape from the back door to deliver the letter, and went to the main gate with his family."
Prince Gong forgives me, the Lord Protector wants to invite you to have a cup of idle tea, and the little one is specially ordered to invite you" The strong man was twice as big as Prince Gong, and he shouted to him with his fists, his face was full of domineering and awe-inspiring."
Bastard, are you asking the king to see, your protector is sincerely trying to rebel" Prince Gong was shocked, and looking at the situation, Rong Lu had already decided to start.He scolded at the strong man, and the family behind him quickly drew his sword to guard him inside."
Prince Gong, the little one is also on an errand.If you have anything to say, you still say it to the protector, I hope you don't let the little one be embarrassed" The strong man waved his hand, and the soldiers behind his hands immediately rushed forward.All armed with breech-loading rifles, Tuan Tuan surrounded Prince Gong and Jiang Ding.The family members of Prince Gong's Mansion only took some big knives and spears, and in the face of the murderous protectors, they subconsciously retreated."
Okay, this king will go with you to this king to see what tricks you can play" Prince Gong shouted, and he knew that he couldn't hide today.He didn't want his subordinates to be hurt in vain, they were no match for the Protector at all.The strong man made a gesture and left with Prince Gong.As soon as I went out, several gunshots rang out the back door.He asked the soldiers to take Prince Gong to the mansion of the Duke of Protector first, and then immediately crossed the horse and led the people in the direction of the back door.Just now, he blocked the front door with a full range of soldiers and horses, and the deputy general blocked the back door with a full range of soldiers and horses.As soon as Prince Gong sent out to deliver the letter, he was shot and killed by the Protectors, but a few of them escaped over the courtyard wall, and the adjutant sent people to pursue them across horses."
Lord Dutong, let two or three family members slip away" The deputy general came over and wiped the beads of sweat, and hurriedly reported to the strong man."
Nothing, I know where they went.You immediately send a large army to surround the camp of the Eight Banners Army outside the city, and I will go to meet their capitals," the strong man commanded, and led the people to cross the horse and rush out of the city.The adjutant general also hurriedly led people to the Protector Army camp in the north of the city, and dispatched the army to the southern camp.That strong man was none other than the general Etuhui who won a great victory in the battle of Blackwater City.Rong Lu has now promoted him to the Left Capital of the Protector Army, with more than 100,000 soldiers and horses under his command of the three-way army.Now Etuhui's 100,000 soldiers and horses are stationed in the north of the imperial city, only one city away from the Eight Banners Army stationed in the south of the city.Because Prince Gong had already prepared, after the family went out over the wall, they went directly to Nandaying.As soon as he arrived at the gate of the barracks, he took out Prince Gong's dispatch instructions.Mu Helin, the commander of the Eight Banners Army, quickly came out to meet him, and after confirming the authenticity of the dispatch instructions, he quickly asked his subordinates to gather a large army.The barracks immediately burst into gongs and drums, and the horns and horns were all famous.The Eight Banners Army, which had just rested, hurriedly put on their clothes, picked up the breech rifles in the camp tent, and gathered outside.At this time, Etuhui arrived with hundreds of elite soldiers, and immediately blocked the gate of the barracks."
Who dares to offend our military camp" Muhrin saw the chaos outside the camp, so he led people out and confronted the people who came."
Brother Muherin, what are you going to do with gathering an army in such a hurry" Etuhui and Muherin also knew each other, he chuckled at Muherin, and hugged his fists to meet him."
It turned out to be Etuhui's eldest brother, and his brother was ordered to enter the city to escort him, I don't know what is urgent about the eldest brother's late night visit" Muhrin didn't know what was happening in the city, but when he saw Etuhui's menacing, he also raised his vigilance
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