Reborn and become a Great Scientist

Chapter 23 23 A useful message
Looking at the map, the shortest road from Chen Muwu's location to his destination is a straight line from south to north.

But this foreign driver named Xiangzi did not choose to go that way. Instead, he turned around and entered the inner city from Zhengyangmen, walked north along the Thousand-step Corridor, walked to the Forbidden City, and then ran north along the wall of the Inner Imperial City. .

The reason for this is because the straight line on the map will pass through a restricted area, which is the notorious Dongjiaomin Lane.

Indian Sikh soldiers with red cloths wrapped around their heads, called "red-headed assan" in Gehai dialect, guarded the various exits of the embassy area in Dongjiaomin Lane, strictly controlling the entry and exit of Chinese.

In order not to make trouble for themselves, the rickshaw drivers simply bypassed this place as a matter of convention.

Chen Muwu didn't know the inside story, and thought it was Xiangzi who wanted to take him to visit the former royal forbidden area up close.

But what if you know?According to his current ability, if he can change this humiliating status quo in a short period of time, he can only complain and make himself more troubled. It is better to appreciate the royal palace.

Chen Muwu found that the walls of the Forbidden City at this time were not as colorful as they were later seen. The red was covered with a layer of gray, and there were signs of dilapidation and collapse in many places.

After ten years of abdication, it seems that the emperor's family is not having a good time!

If there is no accident, the degree of broken-mouthed taxi drivers in Beijing in later generations should be inherited from the current rickshaw driver. Since the beginning of getting in the car, Xiangzi has been chattering with Chen Muwu endlessly: "This man..."

"Hey, don't always call me 'this lord' and 'this lord' anymore. It sounds uncomfortable. It has been ten years since the republic of the five races, everyone is equal, you can just call me Mr.

"Okay, sir, the republic of the five races, everyone is equal, even though that is the case, but you see, the little emperor of the former Qing Dynasty lives well in this deep palace compound!"

Chen Muwu counted the time, now Wu Peifu and Cao Kun are in the limelight, Feng Huanzhang is still in the period when Qianlong is not used, and he doesn't have the courage to set up a cannon on Jingshan to fight against the palace.

It seems that the little emperor can live a peaceful life for another year or two in the palace.

"The Republic of China has the "Regulations on Preferential Treatment of Cleaning Houses", which not only allows this little emperor to live in the palace, but also allocates a large sum of money to their House of Internal Affairs every year!"

"This... sir, you don't know. The government has run out of money after the wars these few years. How can there be money for the little emperor? In December last year, the little emperor married his wife. I heard that I only gave my natal family a bride price of 1 taels of silver. Our family has lived in these forty-nine cities for generations, and this is the first time I have seen the emperor marry such a shabby daughter-in-law!"

Having said this, Xiangzi suddenly turned his head, walked and looked around for no one, and then continued in a low voice to Chen Muwu: "I heard that the 1 taels of silver did not come from an honest and upright history. The little emperor sent someone to secretly Take out the treasures in the palace and sell them for money outside the palace!"

Eh?That's a useful piece of information.

Chen Muwu knew that during the 100 years of chaos in the late Qing Dynasty, many national treasures were lost overseas.

In addition to the Anglo-French Allied Forces and the Eight-Power Allied Forces who suffered thousands of knives, there are many treasures that flowed out of the inner courtyard of the Qing Palace, and the little emperor who has grown up is undoubtedly the biggest culprit.

Chen Muwu thought, taking advantage of this opportunity, could he fish some national treasures in troubled waters, let them escape the smoke and flames of gunpowder and war in troubled times, and return these national treasures to the place where they should be after Haiyan River is cleared?

"Oh? How did you know about this?"

He asked quietly, hearing Xiangzi's tone, he felt that he knew more about this matter.

"One morning, before dawn, I dragged a foreigner in Dongjiaomin Lane, ran to a place according to his instructions, and then saw people who came out to welcome him, who seemed to be dressed as father-in-laws. people.

"At first I didn't think too much about it, but later I heard rumors that the emperor sold many good things in the palace to foreigners in order to get married, so the two things were connected together.

"If you want to say that this little emperor really doesn't know what is good or bad, it's fine to buy things from our ancestors for us Chinese, why do we have to sell them to foreigners who don't share the same language and race as us!"

Xiangzi's tone was filled with righteous indignation.

"Xiangzi, let me ask you, do you still have any memory of the place the foreigner took you to?"

"What's the matter? Sir, you are also interested in the baby in the palace?"

"Hmm." Chen Muwu snorted noncommittally.

"This is very difficult. First, it's been a long time, and I can't remember clearly. Second, the little emperor is married now, so I don't know if they still sell it. Why don't you leave me an address, and I will Go to Dongjiaomin Lane to try your luck in the next few days, if anyone goes to that place again, I will notify you as soon as possible."

"Just go to the place I went today."

"okay!"

During the conversation, the rickshaw Chen Muwu took had already passed the Forbidden City and Jingshan from south to north, and soon arrived at Dongbanqiao Hutong, the address he reported to Xiangzi.

"48, 49, fifty, sir, this is Dongbanqiaoer NO.50, we have arrived."

"how much is it?"

"Just give it to Sanmao."

Chen Muwu took out three small silver pennies, thought for a while, took out another one, and handed it to Xiangzi: "As soon as you have news, come here and let me know. If I'm not here, tell others that Xiangzi is coming." I looked for Chen Muwu."

"Come on! You just have to take care of yourself!"

……

Chen Muwu got out of the car with his luggage and knocked on the gate of this courtyard.

"Come, come, come!" A woman's voice came from the yard.

Not long after, there was a creaking sound, and the door opened.

"Excuse me, is this Mr. Ma Youyu's house?"

"Yes, that's right, it's here. You are Hanchen, right? Why did you arrive today? Come in, come in, and give me your luggage!"

"Thank you Ma'am, this is the winter bamboo shoot that my elder brother asked me to bring. A small gift is not a respect!"

"Hey, the relationship between our two families, why are you so polite! Your eldest brother may not have told you that my maiden name is also Chen, so we are still distant relatives! What are we called Madam, sister-in-law! Xiao Xun , Xiao Jue, come quickly and call someone."

Two little boys ran out of the house and saw a stranger standing in the yard. One of them shyly hid behind his mother, while the other called "Hi brother" generously.

After putting his luggage in a guest room that the host had already packed for him, the woman just knocked on the door and asked him to drink tea in the front hall.

"Sister-in-law, where is Mr. Ma Youyu?"

"He, he was called to the school for a meeting early in the morning, saying that he wanted to keep Principal Cai and prevent him from resigning."

"I see." Chen Muwu put down his teacup, "Then I'll go to Beida to see what's going on there."

It was a matter of whether his trip to Beijing was in vain, Chen Muwu had to take care of it.

　Thank you all for your company over the past two weeks. Well, this Sunday, I will test the waters and recommend it.

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