In the dark night of the Forbidden City, Isiha's desperate roar alarmed countless people on duty, and all Zhang Jing's scribes on duty at the Military Aircraft Department rushed out.
Bao Jun was the military officer on duty today. He ran out with his clothes on, "Where did the emergency report come from? Do you understand the rules? Why did you smash the harem door without entering the military aircraft area..."
Yisiha knelt in front of Bao Junman, "My lord! It's really urgent. It wasn't passed in from outside the palace... The defenders of the Great Qing Gate saw it with their own eyes and sent the news in directly!"
"My subordinate was so confused that he smashed the inner right door!"
Bao Jun said with a livid face, "What happened?"
"Sir, a strange fog suddenly appeared in the Taiyuan Hospital area in Dongjiaomin Lane. All the people in the fog were poisoned and fainted. No one can fight!"
"In the mist, a group of Chinese soldiers revealed their identities... and said... that they wanted to rescue their Doctor Huang!"
"They went to Tai Hospital to rob people!"
"Damn it!" Baojun stamped his foot and immediately issued an order, "Dongjiaomin Lane is the location of the foreign embassy and our Sixth Department Yamen, there must be no mistakes!"
"Order the defenders of Zhengyang Gate and Daqing Gate to rush to rescue immediately... Yisiha, take my post and rush to notify Prince Chun and Prince Gong immediately!"
"I'll knock down the door for you! I'll pass the message in for you!"
Bao Jun was born as a Jinshi in the 18th year of Daoguang period with a white flag. By the time he accumulated merits, he was already a bachelor of Tiren Pavilion, Prince Shaobao, deputy minister of the Prime Minister's Yamen, and minister of military aircraft. A series of dazzling positions were placed on his head!
In his life, when the British and French forces invaded the Three Mountains and Five Gardens, he was demoted because he failed to protect the gardens, but the real reason was because he refused to allocate money to Emperor Xianfeng to build the summer resort!
This stubborn and upright old man knows that the inner right door is not so easy to smash! You see, a pretty boy like Isiha can sneak in, but once the normal procedures need to be used to open the palace door late at night, then an hour of trouble is definitely not enough!
There are a series of palace gates behind the inner right door. The gates of each palace have been locked. Opening them one after another will take time. Especially today, Emperor Tongzhi alone cannot solve this matter. You have to ask Cixi to come forward!
She could never stay out of the trouble caused by this old woman, but the Chuxiu Palace was far away. How could the many palace doors be so easy to open!
Seeing Isiha running wildly towards the Xihua Gate, he could ride on the communication horse from the House of Internal Affairs Alley, so it would be close by then!
Looking at the sky due south, although there are no shouts of killing here, Baojun can faintly feel the critical situation!
"That's all! That's all..." He put on his court uniform, took out a simple copper key from the duty room, and walked ruthlessly to the duty room on the far right side of the military aircraft department.
Li Tuo was lucky enough to be on duty today. His eyes were widened. He already knew what Lord Baojun was going to do!
"I've met you, sir!" Li Tuo saluted Baojun in the duty room!
"Li Tuo! Is the iron and wood cabinet safe?"
"Lord Qi, everything is fine!"
"Then let's move! Enemies are coming to the capital, and the war has spread to six departments... I can't sit still anymore, move!"
Li Tuo took the copper key with both hands and looked up at Lord Baojun, "Sir, don't you think about it? This secret passage has not been opened since the Jiaqing Year!"
"Entering the harem late at night will damage your reputation..."
"Stop talking, everything happens for a reason, and I don't care about your reputation anymore!"
"Hey!" Li Tuo tried a color on his two Sura servants, but the two little servants were so stupid that they didn't know what to do with them.
Li Tuo sighed, "Come here! Have you seen the large iron-wood cabinet on the kang in the northwest corner? Move it and put it aside... It's an eye-opener for you!"
"This secret passage in the Military Aircraft Department has not been opened for sixty or seventy years, but it was opened today!"
While directing the young eunuch to work, Li Tuo said in a low voice, "During the Yongzheng period, the Military Aircraft Department was established. In order to speed up the transmission of military information, Emperor Yongzheng hid a secret passage between the Military Aircraft Department and the Yangxin Hall, passing through the Imperial Kitchen Room from north to south!"
"Later, when Emperor Qianlong was here, whenever the empire was at war, this secret passage was occasionally used, but the times were very few..."
"After the Jiaqing period, His Majesty likes to stay in the Old Summer Palace permanently, and the military ministers also go to the Old Summer Palace on duty. They are even rarer here!"
"From the Daoguang period until now, this secret passage has never been opened... You two will stand forward for a while, and be careful of hidden centipedes, lizards, worms, etc.... Clean it up in advance, sir!"
Li Tuo held a thin blouse that he liked with both hands. "Sir, the secret passage has not been used for decades. There must be a lot of dust in it. You are wearing small clothes... It's not worth it. Don't dislike it if it's half old." That’s it!”
Baojun looked at the court clothes he was wearing, wanted to refuse, but finally took the short shirt, "Li Tuo! You are serious, I have seen it all these years!"
"You are familiar with the affairs of the Military Aircraft Department, so you should be promoted!"
When Li Tuo heard this, he was so frightened that he quickly knelt down, "Sir, please don't say this... I have never passed the imperial examination, and I have no meritorious service. To be able to get into this position by chance is just a matter of luck!"
"If you promote someone like me, what will happen to the court's laws? It will cause discussion... My strength is also shallow, and I am really not a talented person to take charge!"
"Sir, don't try to hurt the little ones! Don't try to hurt the little ones..."
Baojun looked at him and said with great sadness, "Hey...this is the Qing Dynasty...if everyone is like you...you have the intention of causing trouble from the beginning...I don't think it will last forever!"
At this time, the two Sula eunuchs had already walked in fearfully. The secret passage had not been entered for decades and it was indeed damp, stuffy, and full of bugs.
The two eunuchs were frightened by the brooms, and reported back, "Safe... safe... no poison..."
As soon as Baojun heard that it was safe, he immediately grabbed the key and entered the secret passage. The secret passage could only allow one person to enter, but it was very narrow, but there were faint stars shining through his head.
It turns out that this secret passage is the wall hidden between two buildings! A temporary camouflage cover was put on top to imitate the roof of an ordinary building!
A short walk from here is the small garden outside the Xinuang Pavilion of Yangxin Hall. From the utility room, Baojun can directly see this small garden called Meiwu.
If you look sideways, you can see the glass window of Sanxi Hall. At this moment, the lights in Sanxi Hall have been turned on, and the little emperor has been alarmed!
Baojun walked around and walked to the Qinzheng Qinxian Hall. He pricked his ears and faintly heard Zaichun's complaints inside!
"What a bullshit access control system... Those who follow the formal rules will not be confused for a moment, but those who use the back door can enter at will..."
"Shhh...my master...stop talking...Master Baojun is already outside!"
There was suddenly no sound inside, and Bao Jun was so frightened that he quickly knelt down and lowered his head, pretending that he didn't know anything!
After a while, he saw Emperor Tongzhi's feet appearing in front of him, and he quickly kowtowed!
"Okay! Stop kowtowing. My capital has been captured by the enemy! If you kowtow again, they will attack the Forbidden City!"
"Tell me about the situation!" Zai Chun said coldly.
