boudoir dream talk

In the next few days, the situation became worse and worse. The Boxers openly besieged the embassy and the West Church, the main church of the Catholic Church in the Qing Dynasty. Remember that the foreign goods store and Watson's Western Pharmacy were burned to ruins, Zhengyangmenlou, and 6 silver foundries in Beijing were also burned.At the same time, the Boxers vandalized churches and attacked believers everywhere, and the former compound of Prince Zhuang's Mansion was used as the execution ground for mass massacres.In addition to massacring the believers, the Boxers even killed innocent people indiscriminately, falsely accusing many citizens (including many women and children) of burning to death for the White Lotus Sect. On June 16, the imperial court distributed 24 shi of japonica rice to the Boxers, and offered a reward for killing foreigners. 6 taels of silver", since then, he has completely torn face with foreigners, and he is about to get killed.

He was able to stay at home because Rong Lu gave Lord Belle a long vacation. On this day, he just received a letter from his family. Fujin, Lao Zhou, and even Tie Daner all sent letters of greeting.

He immediately replied to the letter and reported that he was safe.

"Tie Daner asked you how you are, and cared about you." Zai Kun handed the letter to Kelso. The child's handwriting was crooked, but he could still read it:

Lord Belle, please see the letter:

We have been living in Jinan for a while now. We eat good food, drink well, and have a lot of things to do. Mr. Zhou and his family are very nice, and they care about me as a servant. We also found Mr. Gege and me here. But this gentleman does not know foreign language, he can only teach us to read the Four Books and Five Classics, and I always want to doze off during class.When we were in Beijing, the priest gave us lessons and always said something interesting, so we never felt bored.

Father, how is he? I heard that foreigners are being killed everywhere. Is he all right...

The priest opened the letter, read it carefully, and said with a smile: "He usually doesn't talk to me much, and only asks about my studies. I didn't expect him to miss me."

"You saved his life, even if he hates foreigners, he can't hate you anymore." Zai Kun walked to the window, stretched himself, and suddenly heard a noise coming from the door.

Du Zhen ran in from the gate in a panic, and reported with fists in his hands: "Master, Yan Bei Le, Yu Bei Le are here, and they said that they want the Boxers to be stationed in our mansion to help clear the oceans."

"Hurry up and stop them, don't let them in!" Lord Belle hurriedly dragged the priest to the backyard, and let the three little monks hide in the secret room to the south. There are many antiques and yellow and white goods in this secret room.

After he came up, he asked the servants to hide the things of the Japanese religion, and then came to the gate to greet him.

"Oh, you're finally out." Zai Yan got impatient and could only stand at the door pacing, his house could no longer accommodate the Tuanmin, so he wanted to refuse Zai Kun to help consume some.

"I was taking a nap just now. Come on, please come in first...the strong men of the Boxer Regiment, please wait outside for a while." He saw more than 50 men from the Boxer Regiment gathered at the door, and a few women who were illuminated by red lights participated. If people really entered the mansion, the priest and the others would be in danger.

The three came to the living room and sat down to drink tea.

Zai Yu, who couldn't hold back his temper, said, "Brother Kun, do you mean you don't want boxers to enter your house?" There are about forty people living in his house, and there are more people coming in one after another, but he doesn't want to cause trouble , did not agree to continue to accept it, and asked them to find King Duan.

Lord Belle smiled open-mindedly, and said bluntly: "Don't look at me at home for the time being, but I may go out at any time. Fujin is recuperating in Jinan, and there is no one else at home. There are so many people living here, who is being led by the hand?" It’s also not guaranteed, you know that there are not many servants in my mansion, who can see the sky and help watch it?”

Zai Yan originally thought he was not pleasing to the eyes, so he simply put pressure on him, frowned and asked, "You mean you don't support helping the Qing Dynasty and destroying the foreigners?"

"I've never said this, but my Baylor Mansion is really not suitable for entertaining these heroes. How about this? I'll pay 500 taels of silver, 10 hu meters, and let those heroes outside find another place to live." He only If you want to save money and avoid disasters, you can't confront these people right now.

"Brother Kun, you are too stingy. 500 taels of silver is just a drop in the bucket to you. Uncle's property is twice as large as mine. Why don't you get 1000 taels?" Zai Yu knocked on the edge of the gong. He also understands that this person actually does not support the Boxers, does not take the lead in the war, and wears the same pants as foreigners. He is a full-fledged traitor, strangling one dragon, two tigers, and thirteen sheep. It is only fair to add this person, oh, and That slut in Defang, a royal Gege, actually showed his face to "fornication" (dancing) with foreigners, it is really out of style, he should hang himself to thank his ancestors!

"You all know that I'm a stingy Baylor, and my family's monthly expenses are only 500 taels. You say it's a lot less money, don't you believe me? If you don't believe me, I'll show you the account book. Fujin remembers it very clearly. These days I’ll remember it instead.” He didn’t lie, he has been keeping it within 500 taels for more than a year.

Zaiyan and Zaiyu, look at me, I think you can't say a word for a long time, not to mention that they never know the specific monthly expenses of the house, from the perspective of 500 taels, it is only enough for them to be in the husband's house. Tang Zi and the theater troupe played a few times, the last time the two brothers played a little song together, the reward was 100 taels, and they also gave expensive gifts to seal the mouth.This is so fucking stingy, today they have learned the lesson.

In the end, Zai Kun gave everyone 700 taels and 10 hu rice to send away the unexpected guests.

When the group walked away, he said to Du Zhen: "You keep an eye on everyone, and you can't let them leave Baylor's house, especially the hired bodyguards, and our soldiers can't believe it all. Tell everyone, I pay an extra 10 taels of silver every month, and let them guard the yard, and only let the servants in the mansion go to purchase, and these servants are all trustworthy." The wives of these five servants are all nuns from Fujin He and his mother-in-law stayed in Jinan as "hostages", so they naturally didn't dare to talk nonsense. He specifically told Lao Zhou about this when he wrote the letter.

"Okay, don't worry too much, even the bodyguards hired by the bodyguard company have their own rules, and it depends on the master to beat the dog. They don't dare to talk about the affairs of the house casually. It's not a good thing to kill someone , everyone understands." Du Zhen understood that the master was afraid that someone would take advantage of the money and kill the priest and the others to receive the reward.

"I hope so." Because he saw too many innocent people being killed, Lord Belle almost lost confidence in the people around him. Could madness be contagious?When a group of people go crazy, they can infect a large number of people and go crazy at the same time, and they can kill people casually if they find a reason.

In the evening, Zai Kun couldn't help talking to the priest after reciting the English words.

"People outside are crazy, murdering and robbing, committing all kinds of crimes!" He put down his pen and sighed while covering his forehead.

But the priest had other worries. He sat on the sidelines and pondered for a long time before saying: "If the coalition forces enter Beijing, they will do the same thing, and the common people will be miserable!"

"Well, what I'm talking about is that I really jumped out of the fire pit. Based on this alone, I will also be grateful to Lord Rong in the future." His hands will not be stained with the blood of the common people, and he can sleep peacefully.

"I don't know what else I can do for the people of the Qing Dynasty. Even if they are not Christians, but people of other beliefs, I should help them as much as possible. This is not about my beliefs, but about being a What an upright and civilized person should do." From his confusion at the beginning, he fell into contradictions, and now he is hesitant, and sometimes he even begins to doubt himself, is the path he chose to serve the Lord suitable for him?

Lord Belle held his hand and said softly: "It's really selfish to turn you into my own angel. I promise you, when things subside and the capital is stabilized, we will open a bookstore."

"However, as a member of Shangsanqi and a relative of the emperor, you are not allowed to engage in all kinds of business according to the laws of the Qing Dynasty. How can you open a bookstore?" Kelso was very puzzled.

"Of course I have a solution." He said, just find someone to take care of it.

"It's good to open a bookstore, so that readers can see more good books, and I will help." The priest is very happy. He must be able to help. Why not start writing English textbooks? English, I have accumulated a certain amount of experience, and I have gradually summed up the method of education. It is of course a great thing if I can write a textbook.

Zai Kun turned off the light and said, "Go to sleep, maybe there will be something else tomorrow."

But Kelso sat motionless in his chair.

"Why?" Lord Belle got up and asked.

"I'm very disturbed!" He has no sleepiness now, and his mind is very clear. I'm afraid they have been recognized as martyrs by the bishop, and the two Lord Baylor who came during the day also make him very worried!

"You don't need to care about those two prodigal sons, they just follow suit, success is more than failure, we went hunting together before, they can't even draw a bow, my uncle also knows that his son is useless, so give them I found a job." He wasn't really worried about those two, but he was afraid that a group of hard-headed guys would suddenly rush in and catch them off guard.

"Maybe I'm thinking too much." The priest took off his mandarin jacket and lay down inside. In order to open the windows openly for ventilation, Zai Kun simply bought a solid wooden screen to completely cover the whole bed.

Apart from eating, the monks were all active in the backyard, so they didn't know that the priest slept with Lord Belle. Sanquan, the head of the servants in the mansion, also told him not to spread gossip.

Early the next morning, Prince Songjie from Guan Zongren's Mansion came to visit, mainly to check on the situation of the royal relatives and relatives, and to ask if there was any need, because many supplies were not easy to buy.

According to his seniority, Songjie is Zai Kun's uncle (a distant relative who was once married), but in fact he is only ten years older than himself. He has three sons and a daughter. , he has a gentle personality and loves to be a peacemaker.

"Uncle, thank you for your concern. I'm fine now, but I just need some vegetables and fruits. I have already gone to Jinan to recuperate. My uncle is taking care of them, so I don't need to worry about them." Lord Baylor was very polite when he spoke, after all This prince is one of the hereditary iron hat kings with a prominent status.

"It stands to reason that family members should report to the emperor for their permission when they leave Beijing, but it's chaotic outside now, and you have to be reasonable when doing things. I will report as appropriate later, saying that my nephew and daughter-in-law couldn't bear the shock of the gunfire, and they all died of illness. I had to go to Jinan to recuperate for treatment." He gave Zai Kun a step down, because more than one family member of the royal family went to "rehabilitate", and the farthest went to Shanghai. The so-called law does not blame the public, even the Queen Mother You won't be fined if you come down.

"Thank you uncle for your understanding. I don't know if my brother Yanlin is okay?" Yanlin is Songjie's appointed successor. He is only seven years old this year. It's lucky that the good head didn't come across.

Songjie sighed helplessly: "Your younger brother really troubled me. He doesn't like to study, can't sit still, and he is punished every time. His palms are so callused by me. Your aunt treats him too. Nothing."

"It's not a bad thing to be lively and active. You can focus on letting him learn martial arts and literature at the same time. I was always beaten when I was a child." Zai Kun said, he had just been whipped a few days ago.

"I thought about it, but I didn't find a suitable master. Do you know anyone?" He also wanted his son to learn some self-defense skills. At least he must be able to ride and shoot, and he must also be able to use foreign guns. Boxing.

"There is a master in the security guard called Iron Fist Li. He used to work for my Ama. He taught me my boxing skills. Now he is not in the capital and has gone to escort the security guard. When he comes back, I will ask him to visit you at your house." He said. He replied that although this uncle was not particularly familiar, he was a more responsible person and lived his life step by step.

"Then I will trouble you, I have to go to King Xian, tomorrow the clan's mansion will deliver food, so you can relieve the urgent need, since you don't need to go to the barracks these days, try not to go out." Song Jie got up and wanted to leave.

"I'll take you out." Lord Baylor saluted and bid farewell, and walked out of the courtyard with his uncle.

The uncle saw a lot of dried meat drying on the roof of the inner courtyard, so he asked curiously, "Are you making bacon?"

"Yes, make some preparations, it's too messy outside, I'm afraid you won't be able to buy meat." In fact, these are bacon and sausages made by priests and monks, which are different from bacon in taste.

"Oh, you are still very caring. The other Baylor, Beizi is still carrying a cage and a bird, and he doesn't feel any worries at all." In the past few days, he has actually seen playboys, some of them are tossing around with the Boxers, and some are holding back. Fighting crickets and playing with women at home is rarely nervous. Zai Kun was the first one to send his family members out of the city after the Boxers entered the city. Not only that, he also stockpiled supplies for emergencies.

"I've learned to be good now, you go slowly!" In the previous incident, several friends were beheaded, no matter how heartless he was, it was impossible for him to act recklessly again.

"Well, you will have a better life than them in the future. I'm afraid that your younger brother will be useless in the future. If he encounters difficulties in the future and has no one to rely on, I hope you can help him." Songjie smiled wryly, and he I always feel that my body may not be able to last the day when the children grow up.

"Where are you talking, of course I will help!" Zai Kun watched his uncle get into the carriage, but felt strange in his heart, why would this hereditary Iron Hat County King say such sad words to him?