Dongchang Dachang is still alive. The first lead bullet hit his lungs, and the second lead bullet hit his neck. The blood in his lungs was mixed with bubbles and spit out from his mouth. His face was covered with blood.
and brain matter, which were splashed out from the head of the second priest closest to him. After falling from the roof, the big priest immediately used a trick to suck the blood, forcibly holding back his breathing and pulse, pretending to be dead.
He looked dead. Several soldiers who were collecting the corpse saw a bloody hole in his chest, neck, and face. They thought he was dead. They dragged his legs out of the yard, threw him into a carriage and sent him outside.
outside the city.
The great worshiper regained his composure in the closed carriage compartment. He tapped several acupuncture points on his body to stop the bleeding. Then he looked at the three corpses around him. They were already dead. Two lines of pure tears could not help but flow from his eyes. Since he was eighteen years old,
Since finishing school, I have never suffered such a loss. After failing to kill Liu Ziguang on the street, the four priests sneaked into Ziguang Automobile Dealership, firstly to search the roster, and secondly to assassinate Liu Ziguang, Peng Jinrong and Liu Ziguang again.
They also overheard the conversation. The news that all the eighty soldiers sent to capture Peng Jinrong were dead made the four worshipers feel a chill in their hearts. He listened further and heard what other elite firearms they had. He wanted to see what kind of firearms they had.
As for its power, they didn't know that this firearm came directly towards them. The second and fourth worshipers were shot in the legs immediately. Before they could react, Liu Ziguang rushed out of the room and fired again. The lightning-fast projectiles were not visible at all.
With no flight path visible, they had no way to hide. Each of them received two bullets. The poor three priests, who were highly skilled in martial arts, did not die in the duel between masters, but were killed by a mere hidden weapon. It was really heartbreaking.
The great priest was seriously injured. He stopped his kung fu ten times and stopped seven times. He did not dare to alarm the soldiers driving the carriage, so he slowly moved to the rear of the carriage and jumped out when the carriage turned a corner. Ignoring the surprised looks of passers-by, he trudged toward the East Factory with great difficulty.
Walk in the direction.
Peng Jingrong slept in Liu Ziguang's bedroom that night, and Liu Ziguang had to set up a bed in the yard to rest like ordinary people in the capital. Early the next morning, the driver responsible for transporting the corpses came over cautiously and reported that when the four corpses were transported outside the city, only
There were three missing ones, but I couldn’t find the missing one after searching for a long time.
"Why didn't you report it earlier?" Liu Ziguang was very angry. One of the worshipers was alive. This was a bit troublesome. "Hurry up and prepare the car. I want to personally escort the eldest lady." The news of Peng Jingrong's arrival in the capital may have been leaked, and now he is setting off to return.
In the country of Li, there may be many people lying in ambush halfway. They dare not take action in the capital, but there are many opportunities for ambushes and assassinations on the nearly a thousand miles of water and dry roads between the capital and the country of Li.
Peng Jingrong has already gotten up and is asking the two little maids: "Where is my dressing box? Why can't I find that goose-yellow shirt?" The two little maids looked at each other, wary.
How could you just throw something away in the strict Ziguang Automobile Shop or in the eldest lady's boudoir?
"Dongchang may already know your whereabouts. Let's set off right now. We won't go by water or land. We'll take the air route. Quick, pack your things and follow me." Liu Ziguang came into the house and pulled Peng Jinrong away without any explanation.
.
The group of people walked out of the west gate and went straight to the dock. The steamship from the Liguo Iron Works was already waiting here. A person dressed as a young lady boarded the ship under the escort of twenty soldiers. In fact, this was Liu Ziguang's order.
The real Peng Jinrong, the substitute who had been concealed from others, had already left the north gate under the escort of Liu Ziguang, boarded the ferry to cross the Yangtze River, and went to the ** base.
**The base arranged a medium-sized hydrogen airship to send Peng Jinrong home. This airship is more powerful, and the cabin under the airship is semi-sealed, safe and comfortable. It happens to be a southerly wind these two days. If everything goes well, it will take one day
You can reach Liguo. The Liguo base is heavily trooped. Of course, you are not afraid of a sneak attack by Dongchang. Liu Ziguang waited until the airship took off after dusk before bidding farewell to Peng Jinrong. He watched the airship rise into the night sky and fly slowly towards the north. Liu Ziguang then called
The horse returns to Beijing.
Back at Ziguang Car Shop, Sun Gang, who had an anxious look on his face, had been waiting for him for a long time: "Sir, as soon as you left the palace this morning, you sent someone to tell me that you would be escorted after today's election."
What a coincidence. It's a pity that I couldn't witness the uproar after the election during this period. "How did you answer them?" Liu Ziguang asked.
"I said that the adults have gone out of the city to hunt down the traitors and won't be able to come back for a while. They have no choice but to go back."
"Very good, by the way, whose daughter is the final choice for the queen?" Liu Ziguang asked casually. Anyway, the queen's surname is either Li or Huang, so she can't escape from these two families.
"The news from the Ministry of Etiquette said that the Queen's surname is Xu, and that the Queen Mother and the young ladies from the Jiuqiansui family have chosen to be concubines."
"Oh, this ending is a bit unexpected, what happened?" Liu Ziguang suddenly became interested.
"I heard that the junior official from the Ministry of Etiquette said this..." Sun Gang had a talent for gossip and vividly described the post-election "inside story" he had just heard in the afternoon.
This time, after the election of the emperor, an audition was conducted. The beautiful girls selected by the officials from various places had gathered in the capital a few months ago. Although they were only used as foils, this process was indispensable.
The primary election is handled by the Ministry of Etiquette, which mainly examines family background, birth date, and so on. Most of the show girls have not seen what the Forbidden City is like, so they are eliminated in the primary election. The rest are divided into batches of one hundred people.
, line up according to age, enter the palace in order, and participate in the "selection". The eunuchs who shoulder the heavy responsibility look at each other from a distance and up close, and pull out those who are slightly taller, shorter, fatter, and thinner, and send them away.
Return to their place of origin. Those who stay will be grouped according to age and enter the "first trial".
The eunuch looked at each girl with an extremely critical eye, observing their appearance, listening to their voice, hair, ears, forehead, eyebrows, eyes, nose, mouth, chin, shoulders, back, legs, feet, and tone.
, as long as there is anything that is not pleasing to the eyes or ears, they will be removed from the group on the spot.
During the "second trial", the eunuch took a ruler and measured the girl's hands, arms, waist, legs, and feet, and then asked the girl to "move around." If the size did not meet the requirements, the "parts" of each part did not match, and the style,
Those who behave poorly will be sent back to their hometown.
The "third trial" is checked by the female officer and the old palace maid. The girl enters a secret room alone and takes off her clothes. The female officer and the palace maid touch her breasts, explore her secrets, smell her smell, and inspect her skin... Those who pass the test are accepted in the palace.
The training lasted about a month. As they became familiar with the rules of the palace and learned etiquette, the female officer in charge of the training examined their intelligence, character and style; of course, they gritted their teeth and farted while sleeping, and talked in their sleep.
Those with severe symptoms must not be tolerated. If they are frightened in the future, that is no joke!
After thousands of searches, only dozens of "elites" were obtained. However, Empress Dowager Li's niece Li Xiangjun and 9,000-year-old god-granddaughter Huang Yali entered the "finals" directly without going through the previous procedures.
The "final" was held this morning. Queen Mother Li and Huang Huangrong, the old enemies, finally sat together. The palace was heavily guarded, with 3,000 internal officers and 1,500 Han generals all fully armed and wearing armor.
.This Han general is an honor guard affiliated with the Jinyi Guards. He is considered a nine-thousand-year-old man. The Yulin Guards, Fujun Guards, and Jinwu Guards guarding the imperial city are also facing a formidable enemy. The two forces are basically evenly matched.
Originally, marrying a wife was an internal matter for the emperor's family, and the eunuchs and ministers could only assist and had no decision-making power. However, Jiu Qiansui, relying on his status as a veteran of three dynasties and an important minister of the late emperor Tuogu, insisted on getting involved and was loyal to ministers on both sides.
They also followed the commotion, making the Fengtian Hall as noisy as a wet market. Anyway, the public said that the public was right, and the mother-in-law said that the mother-in-law was right. There was a quarrel between the two candidates, Li Xiangjun and Huang Yali, who were evenly matched. In the end, Qian Qian, the Minister of Rites
Yi came out and talked to Xini and said that the little emperor should make his own choice. This plan was finally recognized by both parties.
The gloomy little emperor sat on the throne like a puppet for most of the day, almost dozing off. Now he was finally noticed by everyone. Under the gaze of everyone, he was holding the post-election token——red gold.
A bracelet inlaid with jade, he walked casually in front of the beauties to be chosen and stopped to watch. To be honest, he had never looked at these girls just now. Now that he was asked to choose, he had to cheer up and deal with his errands.
With a belief, I can't choose anyone from the Li family and the Huang family anyway, I just pick anyone who suits my taste among the other candidates.
His eyes passed over the anxious faces of the girls, and finally settled on the face of a slender girl in the back row. Zhu Youxiao's heart couldn't help but beat fast, and he walked straight over and put the bracelet on the girl's wrist.
"The queen chosen is Xu Yuanhui, the eldest daughter of the Duke of Wei." The Minister of Rites shouted from behind, and drums and music suddenly sounded outside the palace.
The empress of the Ming Dynasty was born in this way. As the saying goes, the conflict between the crane and the clam benefits the fisherman. The queen mother and eunuchs fought for more than half a year. In the end, no one got the position. Instead, it was taken by the unrelated Duke of Wei. The queen mother and the
Although Jiu Qiansui was not willing to accept it, he had to accept the result. They each thought in their minds that as long as the other party did not take over the queen's position, it would be fine. Wei Guogong always did not participate in fights, and his girl would be of no use to anyone if she became the queen.
threaten.
After the queen was selected, the seats of the remaining two concubines were naturally divided between Li Xiangjun and Huang Yali. However, the ceremony of marrying the concubine could not be carried out until some time after the wedding.
"Wei Guogong's sister?" Liu Ziguang raised his eyebrows. He had met this girl when he first came to the capital. She was a fierce little girl who was good at boxing and kicking. She liked to compete with others when she had nothing to do. She didn't expect to be so out of shape.
The girl actually became the current queen!
"The world is changing so fast. What's the news from Dongchang?" Liu Ziguang asked. Every day, a dedicated person monitors the conversations in Yang Bo's study twelve hours a day, and makes written records and sends them over.
"There seems to be something wrong with the wires. I can't hear any sound." Sun Gang said. The wires for the bugs were laid in the sewers. It's not surprising that the humid and harsh environment is not bad.
"This can't be delayed. I'll arrange for someone to rewire the wiring right away." Liu Ziguang hurried to the river house to find Liu Maotai and asked her to send a cat to drill into the sewer with a roller on its back.
Walking into the backyard of the river house, there are more wild cats in the yard. The brave ones don't shy away from people. They sneak around the yard openly. They are all shiny and smooth. It seems that they are living a very nourishing life. They are better than before.
The kind of miserable life without a meal is much better.
"Liu Xiaomao~~~" Liu Ziguang shouted as he walked in. When he came to the door of the bedroom, he saw the back of a familiar goose-yellow dress. Isn't this Peng Jinrong?
If you look closely, you can see that although this person is wearing Peng Jingrong's dress, her figure is slimmer, her black hair is tied into two pigtails in Peng Jingrong's style, and she is sitting in front of the dressing table, painting her eyebrows.
"Liu Xiaomao, it turns out that you stole other people's clothes. Did you also take the dressing box? This problem needs to be corrected in the future. Don't take things that belong to your own family. If you want to take it, take other people's things."
Liu Ziguang said helplessly.
Liu Maomao had heard Liu Ziguang's footsteps a long time ago. At this moment, she was putting on makeup seriously in front of the mirror. She didn't look back and ignored her accusations. It wasn't until she finished the last stroke that she turned to Liu Ziguang.
The grin almost made Liu Ziguang laugh.
A fair little face is unevenly coated with various kinds of powder. The most amazing thing is that there are a few horizontal and vertical lines drawn with an eyebrow pencil between the eyebrows, which vaguely look like the word "王". And the two
There are three stripes painted on each cheek, like beards.
"My little ancestor, you painted like this to scare ghosts. Please wipe it off quickly and follow me out to work." Liu Ziguang grabbed the towel hanging on the washbasin shelf and was about to wipe Liu Xiaomao's face. This time he could wipe her face.
Annoyed, he pushed away Liu Ziguang's hand holding the towel, got out from under his arm, climbed to the roof and closed his eyes to meditate like an old monk in trance. No matter how much Liu Ziguang coaxed him, he couldn't come down.
Liu Maotai usually wears messy clothes and doesn't dress up. Now she starts to learn to wear nice clothes and dress herself up, but she is hit hard. No one can do anything to her when the cat gets angry. Liu Ziguang has no choice but to walk away angrily.
, I met Xu Sanpi face to face as soon as I went out.
"Sir, Mr. Qi has invited me to discuss something important." Xu Sanpi said in a low voice.