"Master Headmaster... Sir Headmaster?"
That is…
A very faint candle.
This is a room full of gloomy atmosphere. In the room, there is a portrait of Sanqing hanging.
She was sitting on a futon, as if she had just woken up from a trance.
In front of her was a Taoist boy who woke her up.
"What is it... Biqing?"
"Something has happened..."
"Your Majesty, you have abdicated."
It took her a few seconds to finally digest the information.
"The Great Qing Dynasty no longer exists... I heard that the revolutionary army is cutting braids everywhere..."
She looked into the mirror in the room.
In the bronze mirror, she could see her face clearly.
A beautiful face, but... it didn't have the curly hair of the past, but a long straight black waterfall hair.
curls…
Why curly hair
Thoughts began to clutter...but, after a while, she sorted it out.
"Let's go, Biqing."
"The future is a new era."
For the land of China, this is a very important day. The feudal monarchy that lasted for two thousand years completely collapsed. The rule of the Manchu Jurchens over the Han people, which began in 1644, came to an end. But... The fact that the land of Huaxia was reduced to a colony by the imperial powers has not changed in the slightest.
Yuan Shikai, who forced Qing Emperor Puyi to abdicate, was planning the emperor's dream in his heart, while the neighboring Japanese people were also sharpening their knives and coveting this land.
The country is in dire straits.
In this era, human life is as cheap as worthless. In a big country with a population of 400 million, the average life expectancy is no more than 40 years old. War, famine, banditry...
The Tianyin Sect was born in this era.
A Fangwai sect that pursues longevity.
She pushed open the door.
Today's weather is very cold. It gives people a feeling of being frozen all over.
She looked at the formation of the disciples practicing diligently at the foot of the mountain.
The Qing Dynasty perished. But... For people like them who lived in seclusion outside the square, it was nothing. What's more, everyone knows that the Qing government has long been a pure puppet government. Who is the current ruler of China? They are British, French, and German, except... not the emperor on the dragon chair.
Today's weather is extremely cold.
"Where is Hongyue? Why, you came to inform me?"
"Miko-sama went down the mountain today."
She took a deep breath.
What a terrible day.
The sky has begun to darken.
When the door was pushed open, she immediately cast her gaze over it. The one who walked in was a woman whose appearance was no less than hers.
"Red Moon?"
"Headmaster."
The woman was dressed in red, with a sword behind her.
"The matter of the emperor..."
"I already know."
There was a long silence.
"Is this something to do with us?"
"What do you think?"
After a long time, she stroked her forehead slightly, and suddenly said: "You are going down the mountain, what's the matter?"
"You know what I'm going to do."
The room suddenly fell silent.
"Should we stop?"
I don't know how long it took before she said this sentence in a slightly trembling tone.
"Stop?" The woman in red named Hongyue showed a stunned expression and said, "Why did you stop? You should know what era will come next."
"We have received gold and silver from the Eight Banners. Even a large amount of opium."
Opium, in this era, is no different from the concept of gold. In 1840, China fought a war with Britain because of opium. In the end, the Qing government was defeated and the Treaty of Nanjing was signed. Since then, the sale of opium has been completely legalized, and among the dignitaries and nobles, there are countless people who like to eat opium.
"Are you afraid? Headmaster? The secret accounts of our 'business' with those Eight Banners disciples have long been completely burned down like the Old Summer Palace. No one will know."
"When was the last time you saw the Queen Mother?"
The woman in red pondered for a while.
"Why do you suddenly care about the Queen Mother?"
"The last time you saw the Queen Mother... what was she like?"
The woman in Xu Hong finally answered.
"She is still wearing the queen mother's phoenix robe. However, there is no blood on her face, and she can't even see the pupils in her eyes..."
"Compared to when she was... 'alive', it's kind of scary..."
Queen Mother...
In the late Qing government, there was a queen mother, who can be said to have left a very strong stroke in the last feudal history of China. She is regarded as a traitor by many people, but there is no doubt that she is a woman who has reached the pinnacle of power, and there are very few people who have achieved this in the feudal dynasty.
Her name is Yehenara, who used to be the concubine of Emperor Xianfeng, mother of Emperor Tongzhi, and the famous Empress Dowager Cixi.
On November 15, 1908, in the thirty-fourth year of Guangxu, he died almost immediately after Guangxu.
From now, there are only a handful of less than four years.
"You 'look' at the Queen."
"Yes."
"And what about the emperor?"
"Your Majesty?" The woman in red pursed her lips and said with a smile, "Do you call that puppet sitting on the dragon chair the 'Emperor'? Don't be joking. Ever since the Empress Dowager listened to politics behind the curtain, there has been no 'Emperor' in the Qing Dynasty." .”
"When the Japanese defeated Li Hongzhang's navy, the Empress Dowager only thought about her birthday banquet."
"so what?"
"Over the years, how much of our country's land has been sold to foreigners?"
"so what?"
"So, you 'see' the Queen Mother."
"So what? Headmaster... sister!"
She looked at the woman in red in front of her, Hongyue.
"Yuwen Hongyue?"
"Please call me Hongyue. Only you and Biqing know the entire Tianyin sect. My surname is Yuwen."
"In this world, there are many people who should go to hell."
"Yes. But not everyone who deserves to go to hell will go to hell. I will not go to hell when I die. The Queen Mother is dead, and what she promised us is fulfilled. That is enough. This country It makes no difference to me whether it is ruled by foreigners or by revolutionaries. As long as there are people who can pay the bills."
Then, her expression changed.
"Also... Don't think that you are nothing special just because you are the head teacher. Without me, you are nothing. The only reason why I am inferior to you is because I am better at doing behind-the-scenes things."
"So... stop saying 'stop.'"
"Don't even think about it!"
She fell silent.
Then, the consciousness suddenly became trance again...
I don't know how long it has been... She heard a voice.
"Two, please take a look."
what is that
When her vision returned to clarity, she only saw streaks of golden light.
That's a box. It's full of gold.
"President Yuan's wish, I hope that Yuwen will be able to accept it."
A man in military uniform stood in front of a table, pushed the box full of gold over, and said, "Frankly speaking, since President Yuan proclaimed himself emperor at the beginning of this year and changed Yuan to Hongxian, the rebel Cai E and the others dared to commit the crime. The President was forced by the domestic situation to revoke the title of emperor. It was a last resort. Now, he is dying. The name of the head teacher of the Tianyin Sect has been heard by the President in the past... "
"Did you learn it from the Queen Mother?"
The one who spoke was Hong Yue in a red dress.
The man in military uniform looked at Hongyue and said, "I'm talking to your headmaster, what right do you have to intervene?"
"What does President Yuan mean?" She finally spoke.
"Headmaster Yuwen must be well aware. With all due respect, according to the diagnosis of Western doctors, the President's uremia has become more and more serious. I am afraid that it will not be a month."
Looking at the box of gold in front of her, she pursed her lips and said, "General, I'm just an outsider, how can I be qualified to receive such a great gift?"
"Teacher!"
However, the man in military uniform in front of him quickly pulled out a gun!
"This is General Duan Qirui's adjutant." The man in military uniform opened the safety of the gun: "On the battlefield, he never minded whether he killed women or children. Today, does the head teacher want this box of gold or this bullet? ?”
"Teacher, hurry up and accept it!"
She looked at the muzzle of the gun pointed at her forehead. Even if she was a monk, she hadn't become a golden bell covered iron cloth shirt.
"General, I'm just a cultivator outside of Fangyuan, and I don't want to be contaminated with karma in the world anymore. I can only live up to President Yuan's kindness."
"Teacher!" Hong Yue rushed in front of her and roared angrily, "Are you crazy? That's President Yuan! Don't you want to live?"