Hidden Dragon in Qing Dynasty

All the members of the Expedition, including the young men of the Mongol cavalry who were escorting them, were given meat and wine. Of course, the big figures were in the main hall of the house, while the ordinary soldiers could only drink in the open.

The entire Grand Commander's Estate was filled with warmth. Without the people above and below to toast each other, those who drank too much, they would find someone to carry them out to the large brick bed and fall asleep immediately.

Only Sai Mouerbeike from the Expedition did not drink, because this typhoid patient was carried away by military doctors the moment she entered the Grand Commander's Estate. She was diagnosed by her meridians in a separate room, and in a short while, the medicine jar was filled with the fragrance of medicine.

Guazhou City was not big. The so called Grand Commander's Estate was only reconstructing the yamen. As soon as the army arrived, the houses would naturally be overcrowded.

Sai Mouerbeike and a few other patients lived in the west wing of a small house on the west side of Grand Commander's Estate's backyard. In the east wing, there was still no movement even when it was night time.

The main house was to the north of the east and west wing, and similarly, it was empty. However, there were servants waiting for them.

Sai Mouerbeike drank a bowl of soup and leaned against the bed to rest. Without saying that the eastern medicinal herbs were indeed mystical, but in less than ten minutes, he started to sweat profusely.

After he broke out in a sweat, he immediately felt more relaxed!

Listening to the heated feast going on in the main hall, the small courtyard became more and more tranquil. After drinking half a bowl of congee, Samuel began to write his notes, while the other Expedition patients in the room had all fallen asleep.

Just as he was writing a page and a half, the sound of messy footsteps came from within the yard. Many people went in and out, and the yard suddenly lit up.

Leaning up, he pushed open the window and found a dozen or so people in the yard, covered in dust. They looked like they'd just gotten busy in the desert, and before they went inside, they'd been dusting themselves with a duster.

He saw many servants and soldiers lifting up the boxes one by one. A few of them seemed to be the leaders. They then opened the boxes in the courtyard and began to count the items inside.

Samuel couldn't tear his eyes away from it. He was a famous British explorer who was naturally sensitive to cultural relics and antiques.

These inventory items were all ancient items with a history behind them!

a stone sculpture, metal utensils, peeling off a stone tablet decorated with paintings... There were even some carved building components!

"Could it be a colleague? Is this also an archaeological team … "

While he was lost in his thoughts, he suddenly noticed that there were two or three people in the lead who seemed to be arguing about a rock. He could not understand Chinese, but judging from their expressions, it was not hard to guess that they were arguing about that rock.

Sai Mouerbeike's interest was piqued, he bowed even harder and opened the window to look at the stone carefully. After that, he lit up the fire and the stone started to move around in his hands, it took him a while to see the engravings on it clearly.

With the sudden itch in his body, Sai Mouerbeike could not care about anything else. He used English and said loudly, "This is a sculpture of the Ancient Fire Worship School, the Zoroastrian Sect …"

"This is the God of Victory of Zoroastrianism …"

A string of English words escaped from their mouth. The people in the yard never expected that the west wing would have foreign devils. Everyone fell silent as they stared at the foreign devils' heads sticking out of the windows.

One of the Chinese people who was arguing just now stood up and actually spoke in English, which was not very fluent. "You …" Could it be … Sai Mouerbeike... "

Samuel heard that someone recognized me. The English accent was wrong, but he could understand it.

"Yes, that's me. May I ask who you are?"

The one who stayed in the east wing room was not just the Ghost Eye on the left but also Manager Fan Jin, and the one who lived in the main house facing the north and south with pretty maids was obviously the most precious person in all of Guizhou, King Shang Tai!

Zuo Zongtang governed the army strictly, and now that it was in a war, how could he allow an officer to get close to a woman? In the traditions of the Ancient China, the army was tough and masculine, bringing along feminine women was never an auspicious thing to begin with.

Therefore, other than Shang Tai, there would not be a single woman in the Commander's body. Even the helpers in the kitchen were veterans without cook.

If the marshal set an example, then the soldiers under him would not harass the women and children of the people. Only with strict discipline would they be able to gain the support of the people.

From the looks of it, this courtyard was already a special case that Zuo Zongtang had created, it was a place he had specially arranged for important guests. There was also Fan Jin, Shang Tai, who was on the left of Ghost Eye and Western Region Development Bank. And finally, a group of British patients.

Because the left and Shang Tai both had Xiao Letian's secret mission, other than going to the Western Regions to support the war and do business, the Dunhuang was also an important place that had to be protected.

In other words, the exploration of archaeology was an urgent task!

Starting from Lanzhou, they travelled along an ancient path westwards. The left side and Shang Tai King were satisfied with their training, the ruins of the ancient city, the abandoned tombs, and the buildings left behind by various devoid of human life, all became the object of their archaeology.

Six days ago, they heard a local guide say that there was an ancient burial ground two hundred miles southwest of Guazhou City. King Shang Tai and the soldiers on the left couldn't care less about the cold and the wind and snow, and went to steal the tomb under the protection of the guide and the soldiers.

These past six days, he had indeed gained a lot. He had filled his bag with the ancient items of a camel train!

The stone carving they were arguing about was found in the ancient tomb group, but no one knew where it came from. They discussed it for a long time, but no one came to a conclusion.

But he never thought that the British explorer Sai Mouerbeike would actually be an expert, just by looking at the carving, he knew that this thing was powerful.

Zuo Zuo laughed and said to Shang Tai, "Your Majesty, you haven't gone to England yet, so you aren't very familiar with him. When I was with the leader in Europe, I heard about this explorer … I also bought a book of his books, but I haven't finished translating them yet! "

"Sir Sai Mouerbeike, the one who discovered the source of Nile!"

When Shang Tai stole the cultural relics in Egypt, he had already heard of this person's name. It's that Pasha! "

"I never thought that Gordon's Expedition would bring him here too …"

"Let's go, let's deliver the few things that we don't understand and let this English knight clap our hands …"

The people around King Shang Tai had translators who were proficient in all different languages, and King Shang Tai and Manager Fan Jin had their own proficiency in English.

There was no problem with the daily communication, but when Sai Mouerbeike heard that this was the king of the Ancient Ryukyu, he immediately got up and bowed.