The bumpy carriage took Xiao Letian to the embassy. Xiang Ying and others gently helped the head of state, trying to carry him into the room to rest.
But he didn't expect that Xiao Letian was not completely drunk. He actually woke up with the power of the hangover soup.
"I'm home...how long have I slept..."
"Master, please rest for a while. You just squinted for half an hour. It's still early..."
While he was talking, the Dragon Guard Monkey Taoist walked over quickly and whispered, "Report to the head of state...that Liu Dadao confessed! He is indeed the work of Qing Yao, and he deliberately sent the secret message to Emperor Tongzhi!" "
"Oh? What else..." Xiao Letian suddenly woke up, no longer sleepy.
Although Liu Da Dao was a fine craft that was strictly trained by the Manchus, the training techniques of the medieval era pale into insignificance compared with modern medicine.
Morphine is the earliest opium refined product in mankind. It has a strong analgesic effect and can make people extremely relaxed and even cause hallucinations.
The continuous light stimulates the retina and can make people emotionally collapse. Coupled with the long time without rest, Liu Dadao couldn't stand it even with his steely will.
When the dinner at Buckingham Palace began, Liu Dadao, who had a mental breakdown, had begun to lose control of his thinking and began to talk nonsense.
"Führer, this guy seems to be going crazy. What he started talking about was the family affairs of the late Ming Dynasty hundreds of years ago... No one could understand him intermittently..."
"There is also mixed with his energy to learn skills and serve in the Forbidden City... This boy is quite romantic. He actually secretly hooked up with a young eunuch in the imperial kitchen..."
"The two of them worked together to steal treasures and sell them..."
"To put it more seriously, don't bother the head of state with such trivial matters!" Wang Ju glared at him fiercely.
"Yes! After more than three hours of interrogation, we finally got to know this guy's background... This guy didn't lie to us, he is really a Han!"
"But he is a Han Chinese who hates Han Chinese even more than the Manchus!"
Liu Dadao's family is still very legendary. During the Tianqi period in the late Ming Dynasty, the Liu family had always lived in a village north of Shanhaiguan. Although this place was north of the Great Wall, it was still dominated by the Han people.
But unexpectedly, the Guangning cavalry actually killed good people and took advantage of the situation. Taking advantage of the critical moment of the war with Qingyao, they massacred the Han people outside the pass and risked their heads for bounty.
This is how Liu Dadao's ancestors were forced to leave the Great Wall and flee to the north. Later, they encountered Manchu troops and were captured as slaves!
Hatred made the ancestors of this family distort their mentality. They officially became the lackeys of the Manchus, determined to be loyal to their masters, and became the most active elements in the Han army.
When the Manchus entered the customs, these exiled Han bannermen made a lot of contributions to their masters!
In the end, Liu Dadao's family retained its Han identity for various reasons and was not raised as a flag. Now it is clear that this family was absorbed by the Red Cult Protector of the Forbidden City and became its slaves who have served for generations.
This time, he used the identity of the imperial chef as a cover to come to Europe to spy on our intelligence!
This guy not only intercepted the letters, but also continued to report to the Manchus about the European customers we often met in the Chinese restaurant.
Through the interrogation of Liu Dadao, we have identified more than fifteen people in the Manchu and Qing spy network. I didn't expect that Qing Yao also had two brushes in his hands!
Monkey Taoist priest led the way and reported the interrogation process to Xiao Letian. As a personal name surfaced, Xiao Letian's expression became solemn.
It seems that the CIA needs to be given more funding. The Manchu Qing Dynasty ruled China for more than 200 years. It would be impossible if they didn't have some real skills. They actually have a way of doing intelligence work.
When everyone reached the door of the basement, an official from the Intelligence Bureau just ran out, "Report to the head of state! He confessed again... Liu Dadao confessed again..."
"The Englishman Gordon and the explorer Samuel Baker have already disembarked in India. They did not go to the Qing Dynasty at all... but went all the way north from India to Xinjiang with Zai Chun's emissary!"
"Emperor Tongzhi, this is to bypass us and the Manchu officialdom, and directly connect with Zuo Zongtang! We actually don't know at all!"
Xiao Letian's heart skipped a beat, "The British led the way? Going through the Afghan plateau? No wonder the explorer Samuel Baker also went to Asia with the ship. I thought it was a trip, but it turned out that I was going to travel to the West again!"
"Continue the interrogation and dig out all the secrets in his belly!"
Two more injections of morphine were injected, and the cold water slapped Liu Dadao's neck and forehead to prevent him from falling into coma. In a world of mental collapse, Liu Dadao began to talk to people in his imagination.
"Qi report... Qi report to my master... I am guarding Europa for my master... Doro has also gone... Guan Lu has also gone... The long yellow sand road... Hehehe..."
"That's the path Tang Sanzang took back then... Hahaha..."
A little bit of clues finally came together to form a complete intelligence. It turned out that Zai Chun was not so incompetent. This guy also learned a lot of tactics from Xiao Letian.
Zai Chun finally understood that even if he had the righteous status of the emperor, he had to fight for his rights if he wanted to get them!
No one will give you your rights in vain, not even your own mother!
If you want to fight for power among the various factions in the chaotic Qing Dynasty, you have to rely on struggle!
You have to win over one group to fight against another group, and only in the struggle can your rights be stabilized!
Who can Zai Chun rely on now in the Qing Dynasty? Of course there are many people he can rely on, but Zuo Zongtang who is in Lanzhou is definitely a big backer that Zai Chun cannot afford to lose.
He has soldiers in his hands, is willing to work hard, does not reject foreign affairs, and is an official who was educated in Confucianism. He knows what loyalty to the emperor is!
Zai Chun had made up his mind to jump through the traps of the Forbidden City and send his own envoys to the Western Regions to contact Zuo Zongtang!
Instead of following the official path of the Qing Dynasty, they relied on the power of British explorers to bypass the entire southern Xinjiang from Kashmir and the Afghan Plateau, entered from the northern Xinjiang, and finally met Zuo Zongtang.
Doluo is one of the Eight Banners disciples in the capital, and Guan Lu himself is a master protector left behind by his ancestors. After following Zai Chun for so many years, he has completely become a member of the imperial party.
Listening to such a bizarre interrogation report, Xiao Letian laughed instead, "It's not easy! Hahaha... It seems that it was not in vain, I really learned some skills!"
"I know how to save the country through curves, and I know how to circumvent the trap of the Forbidden City! It's a good thing that I was the one who came out of it!"
"It seems that we can't stay in Europe anymore. I don't know how many evil heretics are ready to take action while I'm away in Asia!"
"Hurry up and get the British and Spanish to sign the agreement... Our entire army will return home in thirty days!"
