C566 On the Way of the Qing San Ye (1/2)
Qing San Ye was currently staring intently at a Spencer Gun in front of him. A group of guards were sitting around him and watching San Ye dismantle the Gun.
In the Tanggu, with Letian Firm's convenience, they had imported many different kinds of world-famous spears. Every few days, there would be the figure of Third Master playing with spears on the beach's shooting-range, and now, teaching these imperial guards was no different from playing with a small toy.
Qing San Ye was a loyal person and had a high status within the Eight Banners. Most importantly, he did not have a trace of the aura of a popinjay, and his hands were full of hard work.
Only the Old Ancestor didn't like the Qing San Ye, especially when he played with the Gun. But the empress dowager didn't dare be rash, and could only scold him behind his back, ”Exquisite and perverted”.
San Ye knew that the Old Ancestor was scolding him, but even if he scolded everyone, there was no need for them to fall out with each other. Even if the Old Ancestor hated Western Firearm, he had no other choice now.
”Master San, you're in charge of the territory of Tanggu District, tell us what happened to the foreigners.” Why was he so strong? ”Also, what kind of Tightening Curse does Xiao Letian have that could even subdue foreigners …”
The people surrounding San Ye were all Knife guard from the personal army and eunuchs who knew martial arts. This half a month of joint fighting had allowed them to establish strong war friendship, so there was no need to worry about their words.
If not, he would not be able to serve in the Forbidden City. According to the rules, if he were to publicly discuss the foreigners and discuss the people in dispute, he would be stopped from doing so.
Zhou Daoying placed the water beside Fu Hui. When he heard that the guards and eunuchs wanted to talk about this topic, he was so angry that he wanted to scold them. However, he caught sight of the empress dowager from the corner of his eyes.
Ci An shook his head at him, indicating that he would not stop him. Zhou Daoying could only glare at them and sit at the back of the crowd to listen.
The Third Master took out a piece of sackcloth and started to slowly wipe the rifle in his hands. After thinking about it, he did not know how to start it. Although Xiao Letian was his relative, he had too many secrets.
”To be honest, I can't understand Xiao Letian either. He's too mysterious … Yes, it's as if he's not someone from this world, even the foreigners can't understand him! ”
”I know what you want to ask. All you want to know is whether Xiao Letian is a traitor, and whether he will rebel or not? I can tell you the truth, Xiao Letian is a traitor, but I don't think he will rebel … ”
Eh? This sentence was too strange. Wasn't rebellion born to be rebellious? How could there be a traitor who didn't want to become the emperor?
Looking at the puzzled gazes of the crowd, San Ye said with a wry smile: ”Xiao Letian is a traitor, but he rebelled against the injustice of the world, and not because he wanted to think about something … Let me put it this way, Xiao Letian doesn't have much fun becoming an emperor. After drinking, he told me that the Ryukyu's throne is like a foot-long stream for him, he can jump over it, but it's boring. Becoming an emperor is the most boring thing in the world … ”
”Xiao Letian can't bear to see corrupt scholars, and he also can't bear to see our Eight Flag Manchu, and even more so can't bear to see a foreign large nose bullying China. But I admire him the most for one thing, Xiao Letian. This person never looks at other people's hats, nor would he knock over a boat with a single rod.
”On one hand, he fought with the Japanese, and stole control of the latter. On the other hand, he can use his own blood to treat the Japanese, and the Japanese in him is the main body right now …”
”On the one hand, he scolded the Chinese for their steadfastness and their economy, and on the other hand, he scolded the Chinese for putting their feet on a woman's little foot, saying that this was a cruel and vile habit that hadn't been seen in thousands of years, and that was the shame of the Chinese! But on the other hand, he was full of admiration for the tolerance and tenacity of Confucianism... ”
”On the one hand, he hates the foreigners who invaded the Qing Dynasty. On the other hand, he can learn technology from the foreigners and find allies with them. He also highly values Europa's adventurous spirit and rationalism …”
”He is such a contradictory person. He is good at breaking up group parties. He often says that whether or not a person is worthy of respect depends on his conduct and morals, not his professional identity …”
Qing San Ye looked up at the stars in the sky and sighed: ”It is precisely because Xiao Letian never judge people by their appearance, and not by their status or identity, that he sees your words and actions as the only thing regardless of your identity and race, and does not see your race or identity, let alone your profession …”
”That's why you all asked me why Xiao Letian is able to come so far. I think it might be because of his unique Inherent Skill, being able to tear apart any single faction with his bare hands, and is always able to find allies that belong to him …”
Speaking up to here, the Qing San Ye was silent for a moment, then suddenly said in a low voice: ”I have my instincts, I feel that one day, a piece of our Manchu will be dug out by Xiao Letian …”