At this point, Sir Gordon's escort mission has officially ended. The priest of Xuanwumen Catholic Church came specifically to greet the remains of the explorer. From now on, the church will escort Samuel Baker's issues back home.
Gordon watched the priest and the Chinese priest escorting the coffin into the city in advance. He turned and asked Major Delaney, "Is it the South Church of Xuanwumen?"
"Yes, it is the first church in Beijing!"
ah! Gordon nodded, "It turns out to be a church founded by Matteo Ricci, Tang Ruowang and Nan Huairen! It is also worthy of the identity of Samuel Baker. God bless him!"
"Okay, my Delaney, what's the important thing for you? I'm really tired. Can't you let me take a bath and have a good sleep?"
Delaney smiled bitterly and shook his head, "I'm afraid not. I have many questions to ask you, and His Majesty the Emperor will probably summon you as soon as possible!"
"This eunuch has been waiting for you here for more than half a month. If you don't come into the palace today, he may not be able to deliver!"
The waiting eunuch greeted the nobleman with a flattering smile in front of the horse. He couldn't understand a series of words in English. When he saw the two foreign adults taking a moment to look at him, he immediately took the opportunity to speak.
"Lord Gordon! You have to hurry up and follow me into the palace! Long Live the Lord has been talking about you all the time!"
"Long Live also said that if he had known that the road to the Western Regions was so dangerous, we should not have divided our armies into two groups in India... But look at it, Mr. Samuel was killed in the Western Regions, how can you say that? !”
Both of these two are proficient in China, and their Chinese proficiency has reached a level where speaking is easy, which means reading and writing requires some effort, and many unfamiliar Chinese characters are difficult to recognize!
As for chatting in Chinese in daily life, there is no problem!
The little eunuch mentioned Samuel's trip to the Western Regions. Delaney immediately said to Gordon in English, "This is the most important task for me. Domestic power generation requires me to consult you in secret. This is Samuel's Is there any secret behind death?"
Gordon frowned, "Is London suspecting something?"
"Can you not doubt it? Samuel is a gold-medal explorer from the British Empire and a researcher of the source of the Nile. How could he die mysteriously in China when the dangerous Middle East and North Africa did not kill him?"
"Is China more dangerous than the uncivilized rainforests of South America? Don't bully people in China who don't understand China. The history of Dunhuang can be traced back to the Han Dynasty in BC, or even longer!"
"Humans have already domesticated this land through animal husbandry and agricultural development! Although there are more deserts now, it won't kill Samuel!"
"Isn't it abnormal? You have no suspicion at all about Samuel's death!"
Gordon looked up at the majestic Yongding Gate Tower and carefully recalled the hardships of his journey in Central Asia. It took him a long time to say with difficulty, "I...I really didn't find anything unusual!"
"Samuel's death is really a tragedy, but everything has its origin. On the surface, it seems that he fell into an ice cave and caught cold and died of typhoid fever, but that's not actually the case..."
"In the Ili Valley, we escaped the pursuit of Tsarist Russian cavalry and crossed the vast snow-capped mountains in winter. Where did he catch the cold and fall ill!"
"On the way to northern Xinjiang, he could no longer walk. They had to use a sledge to pull him over... Later, after the Chinese people slowly diagnosed and treated him, he gradually recovered!"
"It was a hard journey until he got to Dunhuang, and he was only eighty-nine percent cured... But that was only eighty-nine percent. In fact, the root cause of the disease was still there. In the end, falling into the water directly caused his typhoid fever to relapse, which killed him! "
"If the Chinese really wanted to kill him, then why did they spend so much effort on treatment in the early stage? You know, by the time we got to Dunhuang, the Chinese had already cured his disease!"
After hearing this, Delaney asked again, "What about falling into the water? In the cold winter, how can the ice sheet fall when it is so strong? Why didn't it fall before?"
"I'm afraid I have to ask God about this. The place where Samuel collects water is very close to his camp... You must know that as explorers, they are very alert!"
"Every night someone from the expedition team is on duty to keep watch...that day was no exception, and the person on night shift said that no one appeared on the ice the whole night, not even a single beast!"
"How to destroy it? What to use to destroy it?"
As a military attache, Delaney is naturally responsible for part of the intelligence work. This kind of person is the most suspicious!
He rolled his eyes, "Isn't there a possibility... that someone is lurking underwater and secretly destroying the ice cap?"
"Ah... there's nothing I can do about it!" Gordon shrugged. "You can make up your own imagination, but I don't have any evidence to prove your imagination!"
"Now go back and collect evidence?" Gordon pointed at the wild flowers on the roadside. "It's already this season, what evidence do you still want to find?"
Delaney also knew that his guess was not supported by evidence. After the two chatted for a long time, he sighed, "This is the only way I can repay London!"
"I didn't expect this to become a historical mystery. It's so disturbing!"
After chatting for a few more times with Gordon, the two parted ways, and Gordon rode straight to Donghua Gate under the escort of the eunuch guards in the palace.
Gordon spent a long time fighting in southern China, but he only came to the capital twice. Once when he had just arrived from England and went to China to handle official business with the envoys, he had not yet taken over the foreign gun team at that time!
The second time was at the end of the war, that is, in 1864. Before Xiao Letian entered Beijing, he had already arrived in Beijing!
He was received by officials from the Japanese Army's Liuhe Ministry of War, and was rewarded with gold, silver, and a title, and finally sent him back home!
Gordon stayed in the capital for half a month, but he never even entered the Forbidden City once. He only visited three places: the Ministry of War, the Prime Minister's Office, and the embassy.
The rest of the time is spent traveling around the city of Beijing!
Until he returned to China, he regretted not entering the Chinese imperial palace to take a look!
But today, Emperor Tongzhi invited him to the Forbidden City to meet the Holy Spirit. When the majestic imperial capital appeared in front of him, even Gordon, who had seen big scenes, couldn't help but get excited.
He even trembled slightly, as if he was swinging!
"Hey...this is outside the Donghua Gate? Why are they all new-style troops? Gordon took one look and was surprised!"
At this moment, a small sedan came out of the palace and stopped just in front of Gordon. As soon as the curtain of the sedan was opened, Ermao stepped out with a smile.
"Oh...it's been a long time since I last saw you. Traveling thousands of miles across Central Asia and the Western Regions, Sir, you have worked really hard!"
"Oh! It's the steward, hello, hello... I'm just sighing, why does this imperial city have a new look?"
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