In broad daylight, bandits kidnapped people in front of Prince Su's Mansion. The kindhearted and resolute people were both embarrassed. What they hated most was not the bandits, but the foreigners who caused trouble everywhere.

This is in the Qing Dynasty. It is not because of the good intentions of Britain and France that you take to the streets to hold demonstrations to threaten the court. If you give in and obey the wishes of the foreigners, this will be a precedent. From now on, you will have to look up to the foreigners in everything.

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The officers and soldiers did not want to openly attack the foreigners. The Boxer Rebellion's "annihilation of the foreigners" could control the foreigners. Prince Su and Gangyi were originally planning to petition the Empress Dowager Cixi to treat the Boxers as a bandit and suppress them. However, the foreigners changed their tune after making trouble.

He turned around and became a supporter of the Boxer Rebellion.

Supporting the Boxer Rebellion does not mean that we do not investigate and deal with the escape of Zhong Yishi. Gangyi ordered people to draw a portrait of Zhong Yishi and paste it on the nine gates of the capital. People who left the city were strictly interrogated. The city was searched house by house by patrol battalions. In this way,

As soon as they arrived, Zhong Yishi and Zhang Yunyan were blocked in the city.

Yan Yunyan knew the art of disguise and wanted to disguise herself with Zhong Yishi and leave the city. Disciple Xu Teng went around for a while and reported back that the nine gates of the capital were extremely strict in interrogating those who left the city.

Pull three times.

Lu Xiangta did not dare to let the two of them take risks. So Zhong and he hid in the tunnel during the day and came out at night to get some fresh air and teach Lu Xiangta and others martial arts.

More than a month passed in the blink of an eye, and the interrogations in the capital were relaxed. At this time, Chen Yunyan did not want to leave the city.

Because the capital was in chaos, boxers from the Boxer Rebellion were all over the city, and there were conflicts with foreigners every day. The patrol camp did not bother to arrest the bandits. At this time, it was no longer clear who was the bandit and who was the boxer. In short, they were just a mess.

Character.

Zhong and Zhang no longer need to be invisible, put on makeup, and walk around the capital in a swaggering manner.

Chen Yunyan did not want to leave the capital, not because he wanted to stay in the city and watch the excitement, but because he knew that Lu Xiangta had already had nothing to lose.

As Boxers poured into the capital in large numbers, prices skyrocketed. The price of rice rose from thirty cents per liter to fifty cents per liter, and the price of pork rose from two hundred cents per catty to three hundred and fifty cents per catty. Lu Xiangta gave way to

Master and Zhong Yishi ate well and refused to save money. They had the same fish or meat every day. After more than a month, all the money that Zhong Yishi brought had been spent.

Lu Xiangta was secretly discussing with Wang Laoshi and others, taking advantage of the chaos on the street to pretend to be a boxer and grab some money and food. When Chen Yunyan found out about this, he was deeply disturbed and said to Lu Xiangta: "You don't have to worry about making money.

Just practice your boxing skills well."

During the day, she took advantage of the opportunity to wander around and check out some good spots. At night, Chen Yunyan quietly went out alone and came to Deshengmen Mahua Hutong.

Jilu, the minister of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, lived here. When Chen Yunyan heard that Jilu was personally involved in the palace's purchases, handling countless amounts of money every day, and greedy countless amounts of money, he wanted to attack him.

The people living in Mahua Hutong were all bannermen. The entrance to the alley was guarded by soldiers and outsiders were not allowed to enter. However, Che Yunyan had to face the difficulties.

In a bridge hole, Zhang Yunyan changed her clothes and dressed up like a bannerman boy, and walked leisurely towards Mahua Hutong.

As he was walking, someone suddenly tapped him on the shoulder. He was startled and turned around to look, but it was Zhong Yishi.

"Sister...Mr. Zhong, why are you following me?"

"What are you doing pretending like this?"

"I'm so bored, let's go out for a walk."

Zhong Yishi smiled, "Let's go, sister will accompany you."

Chen Yunyan had no choice but to tell the truth, "I'm going to get some money for use. Sister, please don't take risks with me."

Zhong Yishi smiled and walked straight forward. Zhang Yunyan had no choice but to follow and said: "You can't get into Mahua Hutong, so wait for me outside."

Zhong Yishi nodded and suddenly said with emotion: "I used to think you were cold-blooded, but now I think you are actually quite...your idea is quite right. In this world, if you are not cruel to others, others will be cruel to you."

Chen Yunyan thought of the scene she saw at Lanqi Tavern on New Year's Eve, and thought to herself, I am not cold-blooded.

When he reached the entrance of Mahua Hutong, Zhong Yishi hid in the corner and watched as Chen Yunyan shook her head and walked into the alley without looking at the soldiers on duty.

A group of officers from the patrol battalion came out of the alley with guns in their hands. People in the Qing Dynasty were divided into three, six, and nine grades, and the bannermen were always at the top. There was no hardship in their world, only glory, wealth, and peace.

At this time, Zhong Yishi was full of respect for Chen Yunyan.

Chen Yunyan walked back and forth twice in front of the gate of Jilu Mansion. He saw that the gate tower was extremely high and there were no big trees on the left and right to rely on. It was not easy to climb up. He had to continue walking forward and walked another hundred or ten steps.

It is a large house with high walls, but there is a honey locust tree in front of the door, which is covered with thorns.

This is it. Che Yunyan thought about entering through this house, then jumped over the wall and jumped into Jilu Mansion.

Chen Yunyan carefully avoided the thorns, climbed up the tree, jumped lightly to the top of the gate tower, entered the house, walked around the screen wall, and saw that the house had a moon door on the left and a hanging flower door on the right. The five main rooms were equally impressive.

Jilu Mansion next door.

Chen Yunyan couldn't guess which official's residence this was. He passed the hanging flower gate to the right and found that if he wanted to go to Jilu Mansion, he had to go up to the house. However, the eaves of the house in the side courtyard were very high. Even if he flew up, he would land on the roof tiles.

There will definitely be some noise.

At this time, there was a low conversation in the room. Che Yunyan leaned down to the window to listen. Someone inside said: "Why don't you learn from the Second Young Master? The restaurant he manages is making a lot of money these days. Those Boxers from the countryside

So stupid..."

"How rich are the boxers, and can they still hold feasts all day long? Today I accepted a pledge of being transferred to the capital to serve as a general. What do you mean?"

"The military master is also treating you as a thing? What kind of fun is this?"

"How can the military master make up for his lack of talent without giving gifts? That general came from Guangdong and sold a Western clock inlaid with precious stones. It looked like he had accepted bribes from foreigners. The thing was very valuable, but he didn't dare to give it away when he got it to the capital.

, I was frightened by the rumors, saying that no adult dared to accept foreign stuff now. Well, why didn’t those princes and ministers dare to accept it? It made me happy, and I exchanged the treasure worth ten taels of gold in three taels...

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This family turned out to be profiteers who were trying to make money for the country.

When Chen Yunyan heard this, she kicked the door to pieces, broke into the bedroom, held the young master at bay with a knife, and said, "Do you want your life or your money?"

"Someone is coming...ah..." the woman shouted.

Zhang Yunyan turned the blade of the knife, cut the woman's neck with a "stab" sound, and said: "If you don't want to die, take out the money!"

The eldest young master was so frightened that he knelt on the bed. He took out the key, opened the door of the alcove, kowtowed and said: "Master, all the money belongs to you, please don't kill me..."

Chen Yunyan sneered, "If I don't kill you, I will do more harm to my loved ones in the future!"

After that, he stabbed him down and killed the young master.

Chen Yunyan found the furoshiki, gathered all the money and jewels together, and tied them around his waist. Still not satisfied, he simply searched every house and killed all the seventeen members of the family.
Chapter completed!