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Chapter 927 The Age of Magic

On September 9, at early six o'clock in the afternoon.

Under the golden sunset, Hu Biao and others stepped into the Yuanmingyuan, which was not yet destroyed, for the first time without being blocked from the gate.

Yes!As they walked in, they encountered no obstruction at all, and there was no one guarding the door at all.

Originally, in the Old Summer Palace, this was an important place that was regarded as the summer palace of the Daqing Emperor. The Daqing court would definitely have heavily guarded it.

Daqing even set up a special Eight Banners Yuanmingyuan guard camp, with a total of 6000 people.

Although the weapons are still a mixture of cold weapons and shotguns, the proportion of firearms is far higher than that of other green camps.

It is a pity that in this war, even the appearance of Hu Biao and others taught the Yinfa coalition forces a harsh lesson at Baliqiao.

So far, Rang Yinfa is still stationed in place waiting for reinforcements.

It was not like it was originally, it was already advancing quickly outside the capital city.

But when Emperor Xianfeng ran away with his wife, just like in history, the Eight Banners generals stationed in the Old Summer Palace, clamoring to go to Xianfeng to escort him, also ran away with their soldiers.

In this way, it is strange that the remaining Eight Banners soldiers still have the mind to continue to guard.

They also scattered and ran away, running back to the capital, which was actually not much safer. In the huge Old Summer Palace, only some palace maids and father-in-laws who had nowhere to go were left stranded.

At the same time, such a chaotic situation is just a microcosm of the current important area of ​​Daqing Capital.

Basically everyone who could run ran away, and even those who didn't ran away were ready to run away as soon as they saw the situation was not going well.

The people all over the city are more concerned about practical problems such as food, rice, oil, and salt for their own families after the city gates are closed. As for the capital of Daqing, it is none of their business to be occupied by foreigners.

After all, even the emperor didn't want the capital and ran away with his wife.

They all call themselves slaves, that’s not right!Qiu Ba and Fu Min should not even be qualified to call themselves slaves, so how could they have the slightest motivation to fight to the death for them.

In short, Emperor Xianfeng's so-called "Chengde Autumn Hunting" ended the possibility of Da Qing fighting to the end to defend the capital.

In fact, they are ready to agree to all the conditions of the Yin and France coalition forces.

It's nothing more than compensation for some money and land. They can afford it...

The second after entering the Old Summer Palace, people like Xuan Geying who had eaten and met before; those who had gone to the imperial palaces such as Song Dynasty and Jin Dynasty, and even stayed there overnight, immediately looked stupid .

Because what they saw in front of them refreshed their understanding of the word "Wonderland on Earth".

However, it seems to be relatively normal for such a situation to occur.

You must know that it took a century to build since the 48th year of Kangxi's reign. Since then, there have been repeated repairs and expansions in the Jiaqing, Daoguang, and Xianfeng dynasties.

It has taken over 150 years to build such a royal garden.

Among them, the construction and maintenance costs reached an astonishing 6.5 million taels of silver. If converted into the purchasing power of the modern plane, it would be an astonishing three trillion.

Therefore, this was a garden of ten thousand gardens built at a staggering cost and using the skills of some of the strongest craftsmen in Daqing at that time.

In terms of architectural level, it has actually reached the pinnacle of the ancient garden art of flower growers.

When it was officially displayed in front of Hu Biao and others, these bumpkins immediately felt like they were in a fairyland.

In such a large area of ​​more than [-] acres, exquisite landscapes, pavilions and pavilions are dotted throughout.

The buildings inside are mainly Chinese style, supplemented by Western style. The scenery of various styles of East and West is a perfect fusion of nature.

The beautiful scenery unfolds under the golden sunset for a while.

Everyone who was dumbfounded actually forgot the purpose of coming in.

Such a situation existed until they were about to enter a glorious palace with the "Zhengda Guangming Hall" hanging on it while they were walking.

More than twenty panic-looking father-in-laws, holding bows, arrows, knives, guns and other cold weapons in their hands, rushed towards this side.

The leader looked to be in his 30s.

Although the white face is not necessarily dressed like his father-in-law, his figure is powerful and agile. With the eyesight of Hu Biao and others, it is obvious at a glance that this person must have good skills.

The group of father-in-laws rushed to stand twenty or thirty steps away and raised their weapons towards them. The leader immediately shouted rudely:
"What kind of thief is this? He's so brave.

This place is the important place of the Tian family, how can you people come here? Get out of our house quickly, otherwise be careful of the strict laws of the court and take action against you~"

The tone was actually quite rude.

But after coming back to their senses and seeing clearly the iconic attire of these father-in-laws, Hu Biao and others did not feel any anger at all.

The reason is simple, based on the information they learned.

In the original history, they faced the French army who was the first to rush over and intend to plunder.

The famous Seng Gelinqin, with his remaining elite prairie horse team, quickly disappeared without a trace.

Guiziliu, who was left behind in the city and was fully responsible, huddled in the city with the remaining defenders and had no intention of leaving the city at all.

There was only one father-in-law in front of them.

But he is the 'eighth-level leader' level father-in-law Ren Liang, with more than twenty 'skilled and brave father-in-law' under him.

That is to say, the father-in-laws who usually practice wrestling skills in the Old Summer Palace, not only perform for the nobles, but also play the role of protecting the royal family.

They faced the Yinfa bandits, "not afraid of danger and moving forward with all their strength", and carried out a desperate resistance.

There was no suspense about the result. All twenty people died on the spot.

Frankly speaking, although their bodies are not that complete due to the foolish practices of the feudal dynasty, the blood and courage they display are far stronger than other intact men and more worthy of respect.

In addition, the minister in charge of the Yuanmingyuan, Wen Feng, threw himself into Fuhai and died, and he was somewhat foolish and loyal.

Therefore, Hu Biao and others were not dissatisfied at all with Ren Liang's rude scolding.

But after they reacted, they also knew that they could not continue to write ink. Under the urgency of power, Hu Biao chose to reveal his identity straight to the point.

He raised his hand and took a clear fingerprint on a wooden pillar next to him.

Hu Biao clasped his hands towards Ren Liang and others, and said loudly: "Everyone, I am Hu Yitong, the current leader of Xuange Camp, and I am not an obedient citizen who is afraid of the justice of the Daqing court.

Might as well tell you that we are here just for those treasures in the Old Summer Palace.

We are not greedy for these treasures, which are worth tens of thousands.

But these are the ritual vessels from the pre-Qin Dynasty, down to the jewelry of famous calligraphers and paintings in recent years; which one is not a treasure of my flower gardener, and is not a wealth belonging to all people in the world?

Xianfeng, a descendant of wild boar skin, and the Manchu people don't care about these treasures; in order to escape for their own lives, they can easily leave them behind and let the barbarians of Yinfa rob them.

But we at Xuan Ge camp can't do it, and we can't let this happen.

Seeing that you are also brave and bloody, I don’t want to make things difficult for you; Yinfa barbarians might come to kill you at any time, and then there will naturally be a life-and-death battle.

Naturally, you cannot take away any of the treasures in the garden.

But I still have some money here, you can use it as a means of escape; it is no better to go back and seek refuge with your family than to stay here and wait to die. "

After saying this, the CFO of the Caishen team, without Hu Biao opening a word, directly threw an ordinary baggage he was carrying on his back to the ground seven or eight steps away.

Immediately, some of the industrial silver bricks and chopped silver were revealed in front of Ren Liang and others.

All the quantities added together would probably be more than 300 taels. After being divided, each person only has a dozen taels, but it is enough for transportation.

But after seeing the money, an extremely bitter smile appeared on Ren Liang's face; the rest of the father-in-laws were also very depressed emotionally.

The power of Hu Biao's palm and the hard wooden pillar produced clear handprints.Everything proves that these people's self-proclaimed identity as Xuan Geying should be true.

Although they thought they were brave, they were no match for these legendary figures; but when they thought of leaving here, they felt confused and panicked.

After being stunned for a minute, Ren Liang murmured:

"If it weren't for ourselves or our families who really couldn't survive, none of us eunuchs would have been willing to enter the palace and do this kind of business that would end our children and grandchildren.

Now that we are leaving this place, we are basically homeless. Where can we go?
After many years in the palace, we have no other skills at all and can only serve people. What can we do to make a living?
Besides, it would be unfilial for us to enter the palace and cut off the family bloodline. It would be even more disloyal to take your money and run away without protecting this place for the emperor.

If you are unfaithful and unfilial, you will probably go to the eighteenth level of hell even if you die.

Therefore, all the heroes of Xuange camp, you might as well wait for me for a while. "

While speaking, Ren Liang had already thrown the waist knife in his hand on the ground; the other father-in-laws hesitated for a moment and then made the same move.

Soon, under the sound of "Ding Ding Dangdang ~", they were thrown away by various bows and arrows, knife and guns, and put on a posture of letting Hu Biao and others.

After seeing such a scene, Hu Biao felt even more troubled than when he faced a large number of Yinfa coalition forces.

From what Ren Liang said, he finally understood how the sorrow of little people like Ren Liang in such an era could be clearly explained in just a few words in history.

Only now did they understand something:
Historically, these people were like moths to a flame and fought to the death with the French troops who rushed in.

In addition to the bloody courage that has not yet been wiped out in their hearts, there should be a large part of the reason that they are protecting the Old Summer Palace, the home they live in...

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Of course it is impossible to kill Ren Liang and the others.

However, not killing them and keeping them would cause great inconvenience to their subsequent actions. Faced with this ridiculous emergency situation, Hu Biao and everyone in the team had a headache.

Fortunately, at this time, the second leader of the team, Yang Dongli.

This old man with a sharp mind who had been running business in the modern plane for many years stood up after thinking of something, and said hahaha:

“Everyone, I’m afraid you are a little misinformed.

To put it mildly, you have all reached the point where you need to cleanse yourself and enter the palace. Naturally, you are not the Eight Banners uncle who has hard-core crops and no worries about food and clothing.

Since he is not a master of the Eight Banners, he must be a descendant of the flower gardening family.

So being disloyal to the Manchus like Xianfeng is not disloyal, but being sorry to the flower growers is the real disloyalty; forgetting the various evils these Manchus committed in the customs after entering the customs, they are even still unkind and unjust. .

If he continues to sacrifice his life for Xianfeng, he will really become an unfaithful, unfilial, unkind and unjust person.

It's better that you people do what you can to help us before the Yinfa barbarians arrive; we will arrange for you to leave before the war begins.

I guarantee that you will have a sum of money to spend the rest of your life.

And how about arranging a safe enough place where you can change your life?
If this doesn't work, then we have no good solution; whether you wipe your own neck or find a crooked-neck tree to hang yourself, you will die early and be reborn.

Yang here wishes you all the best to be reborn into a good family in your next life~"

Facing such a proposal from Yang Dongli, perhaps it was the mentality of 'it is better to die than live'.

Or perhaps, the legendary experiences that Xuan Geying had in their ears at least gave them the assurance that Ren Liang and others would not have the slightest hesitation.

Anyway, more than twenty of their father-in-laws gathered together and discussed in a low voice for a while.

After Ren Liang came over again, he gave a Qianqian salute popular in Daqing, and at the same time said in his mouth: "All the heroes of Xuange Camp, we are willing to follow you.

In addition, there are 800 maids and father-in-law in the garden. They are also poor people who have nowhere to go. I wonder if they can also come to help. "

"As long as you work with peace of mind, it doesn't matter how much you do. We can arrange it."

With a wave of his hand, Hu Biao proudly agreed.

When he agreed, he didn't even know how much easier their subsequent actions would be because of his decision...

After eight o'clock that night, it included Old Summer Palace, Qichun Garden, and Changchun Garden.

The entire Yuanmingyuan in a broad sense was completely in the hands of Hu Biao and others.

266 father-in-laws, 272 palace maids, a total of 538 miserable people with nowhere to go. With no other choice, they chose to take a gamble with the heroes of Xuange Camp.

I hope that the gamble will give me a chance to survive and die a good death.

Of course, the above 538 people are definitely not everyone currently stranded in the Old Summer Palace.

For example, Wen Xiang, the minister in charge of the garden, a concubine that Emperor Xianfeng left in a hurry and had not had time to take away, and about [-] father-in-laws and maids.

Due to various reasons and concerns, they were unwilling to cooperate with these traitors to the imperial court.

However, Hu Biao was too lazy to make things difficult for them. He took these people under temporary custody and promised that he would naturally let them go before the Yin and French coalition forces came over.

Under such an operation, the news that Hu Biao and the others had arrived at the Old Summer Palace was miraculously concealed.

Maybe such a hidden time is only a few days.

But these few days were enough for them to make many arrangements.

Therefore, during the period at the end of September 60, some later generations of historians and enthusiasts appeared in the Old Summer Palace. Every time they read the relevant records, they always felt an extremely magical scene:
Facing foreign invaders, at the most dangerous critical moment in the capital.

The emperor of Daqing ran away first, and the army supported by finance and taxes either ran away, or was always ready to escape.

The common people seemed to have nothing to do with anything, waiting numbly for the arrival of the invaders.

Only in the Old Summer Palace, some eunuchs and maids, led by a group of more than [-] people from Xuan Ge Camp, were truly preparing for this war.

They packaged the treasures in the Yuanmingyuan according to their type, value, weight, etc., took measures to preserve them for a long time, and even arranged a transfer sequence.

In addition to these, trenches were dug and fortifications were built throughout the garden.

Those who should fight ran away, but those who shouldn't fight prepared carefully; as long as you think of that scene, it will make people feel extremely magical.

In fact, in this magical era created by Daqing.

Countless things that make people dumbfounded and dumbfounded are just beginning now.

In this process, the busiest person was not the commander Hu Biao; nor was he anyone in the Xuan Ge camp.

Instead, it was Ah Li and Er Pang, their pet Hai Dongqing.

The reason is very simple. After everyone in Xuange camp uses Qinggong, no matter how fast they run, can they still be as fast as Hai Dongqing flying in the sky?
Therefore, in order to transfer the efficiency of all the treasures, Hu Biao had to take risks.

Specifically, they equip most of the space they have on hand.

It includes a space ring with a capacity of 10 cubic meters, two space rings with a capacity of 2 cubic meters, and six space packages with a capacity of 6 cubic meters, which can be used as turnover containers.

This means that each time, 17 cubic meters of treasure can be transferred.

So poor Haidongqing, after the above space equipment was filled, he was immediately commanded by Ali to fly to the Zunhua area.

He flew all the way to Xiaoling in Daqing and handed the space equipment to Er Pang who was waiting here.

When the second fat man waited, he placed all the treasures in the underground palace one by one; he piled them as high as possible without damaging them.

He asked Hai Dongqing to take the empty space equipment and start flying back to the Old Summer Palace.

Even after each round trip, the top-notch sea turtles produced by the system still need to rest for a few hours; however, they can come back and forth three times a day.

The efficiency of such a transfer is far more efficient than expected.

However, considering the staggering number of treasures in the Old Summer Palace, how many treasures can be transferred still depends on the subsequent movements of the Yinfa coalition forces...

(End of this chapter)