Chapter 142 Boxer Rebellion

"Come in, Zhiniang, go to the kitchen and get a fat chicken for Xiao Zuanfeng." Yan Xu put down the book, waved to the weasel Xiao Zuanfeng outside the door, and then asked Zhiniang to go to the kitchen to get something.

The weaver has now learned to spray spider silk from her hands and no longer has to face her butt upwards, so her movements are much more graceful. After responding, she alternated her hands and swung towards the kitchen at a fairly fast speed.

"Miss Zhi Niang, the master has given instructions." You could tell at a glance that the fat cook had good cooking skills. Otherwise, with her size, no one would believe her if she said she didn't steal food. Only if she had good cooking skills and fed the master well would he not care about such a small matter.

"The little Zuanfeng has come, and the master ordered me to get a chicken for it." The weaver girl let go of the spider silk and landed on the stove, pinching her waist and saying.

At the beginning, the cook was almost scared to death by the weaver girl, but after Yan Xu said that she was the guardian deity of the family, she became unexpectedly pious. She burned incense and chanted every day, and presented offerings on the first and fifteenth days of the month. This allowed the weaver girl to get a taste of the sweetness of incense, and her mind began to change. Otherwise, she would not be so polite when talking to humans.

"There happens to be a lotus leaf chicken warming in the steamer. I'll get it for the young lady." The fat cook smiled and opened the steamer beside her. As a burst of steam dissipated, two lotus leaf chickens were revealed.

She selected a small one, put it in a food box, and handed it to the weaver respectfully. Then the fat cook whispered.

"There is another fat one. If Miss Zhiniang is hungry at night, you can come and get it to eat."

The Weaver gave the Fat Cook an admiring look, thinking that she had indeed missed a lot of interesting things in the past. After all, when she met people, she usually chopped off their heads first and then gnawed their brains, so how could she hear them say such nice words?

Here, Xiao Zuanfeng nimbly climbed over the threshold and respectfully presented the bamboo tube on his back with both paws. Yan Xu took out the letter from the bamboo tube, and after reading it, he had an idea in his mind. He wrote a letter of thanks in reply, put it in the bamboo tube and handed it to Xiao Zuanfeng who was waiting on the side.

At this time, the weaver girl also came over with a food box and handed it to Xiao Zuanfeng, who couldn't speak yet and could only arch his paws to express his gratitude.

The weaver knew what it meant, so she took out the lotus leaf chicken, packed it with spider silk, and gave it to the weaver to carry on its back, otherwise it would be inconvenient for it to move.

"Master, are we going to take action tonight?" After sending the food box back, Zhi Niang asked a little impatiently.

"Don't be in a hurry, wait a moment." Yan Xu, who has returned to normal, is not a reckless person. What's more, this time the opponent is not ordinary, he is actually a member of the Boxer Rebellion.

The Boxer Rebellion originated from the people. It was a loose group composed of local militia, gangs, religious sects and common people and gentry, and they shouted the slogan of supporting the Qing Dynasty and destroying the foreigners.

Because foreign churches were relatively active and overbearing in various places at that time, and the government's bias undoubtedly touched upon the real interests of local forces, it caused a backlash.

As for why there was the slogan of "Support the Qing and Eliminate the Foreigners", it was mainly because the original members of the Boxer Rebellion were not traitors, but the beneficiaries of the time. Naturally, they had no idea of ​​rebellion. At the same time, they believed that all the suffering they were experiencing now came from the foreigners. Without foreigners, they would still be happy local emperors, so this slogan came into being.

This was considered a breath of fresh air at the time, and was even slightly valued by the Qing Dynasty, because at that time there were almost no people in the Qing Dynasty who could fight, and they were also facing the relentless pressure from foreigners. The Boxers, who brought their own dry food and were willing to fight, undoubtedly became a knife worth winning over to deal with foreigners. Most importantly, the Boxers, who were under the banner of loyalty, were not loyal to the emperor, but to the old Buddha, so they naturally won the emperor's favor. Although they shouted to fight, their attitude was actually very ambiguous.

The Qing Dynasty might not be good at other things, but it was extremely good at guessing the Empress Dowager's intentions. So with the tacit approval of everyone from top to bottom, the Boxer Rebellion grew stronger and stronger. Even criminals captured by the government would be released by the government as long as they claimed to be Boxers. As a result, more and more people chose to join, one because they could protect themselves, and the other because they could make a fortune.

Because the Boxer Rebellion had a loose structure, without unified command or management, anyone could call themselves a Boxer just by tying a red cloth on their head. This attracted many ruffians and robbers, who suddenly became heroes who served the country and the people.

How could we expect such a group of people to accomplish anything? The Boxers corrupted at an alarming rate. And we don't know which genius came up with the Ten-Mao Theory. Foreigners were the big Mao, Christians were the second Mao, and those with indirect relations were the third Mao. In the end, even those who had a little connection with foreigners had to die. This was even more outrageous than the Nine Clans of the Yi people. Using this as an excuse, they burned, killed and looted countless people, and the methods were extremely cruel.

Anyway, Yan Xu felt that the other party could no longer be considered human. Killing people and robbing their money could be considered bad, but they kept finding ways to use cruel means to torture people to death. If you call them perverts, even perverts should be ashamed.

In fact, the Qing Dynasty could tolerate all these and even didn't care. They were just the deaths of some ordinary people. There was not much else in the world but a lot of people, so they didn't feel any pain when they died.

What ultimately led to the Qing Dynasty's change of attitude was that the Boxers, who claimed that they were invulnerable to swords and guns and protected by magical powers, were no match for the foreigners. This forced the Empress Dowager to flee, which not only lost face but also dignity. So the Boxers became bandits. Not only were they beaten by foreigners, but they were also arrested by the government. This time, the government did not turn a blind eye and let them go, but beheaded them as soon as they were caught.

Although the Boxer Rebellion had fallen into such a state, Yan Xu did not intend to underestimate them, because this was a world with extraordinary powers, so anything could happen, such as being protected by magical powers and being invulnerable to swords and guns.

He also heard that the Boxer Rebellion was related to the White Lotus Sect, a group of ruthless people who had been professionally rebelling for hundreds of years. Compared with the White Lotus Sect, the Boxer Rebellion had not even graduated from kindergarten.

After recalling the events related to the Boxer Rebellion, Yan Xu rubbed his brows, feeling a little worried.

Although he knew that sex dismemberment and human trafficking had become an industry, and that the people in Shanghai had been wiped out, the market was still there, and there would definitely be outsiders trying to intervene and take over the market to fill the gap, but he didn't expect it to happen so soon, and that they would be the kind that would be very troublesome.

It is impossible to sit back and do nothing. Not to mention how much effort they have put in to clean up this sinful business, the mere fact that they can steadily gain merit by continuing to do so is enough for Yan Xu to choose to persevere.

The only problem was how to fight. The Boxers were not the scattered and insignificant group they had fought before.

In fact, Yan Xu was worrying too much. The Boxer Rebellion was also a group of loose sand. The reason they were so powerful at the beginning was that there was no threshold for joining. It could be said that anyone could become a Boxer. Coupled with the support of the Qing Dynasty, the situation became uncontrollable.

Now they were first beaten by the foreigners, and then they were besieged by the Qing Dynasty, which was like a tyranny that killed the donkey after it had served its purpose. They have already been torn apart, and they all ran to the Magic City, the most Westernized place, to make a living. You can imagine how miserable they are. You have to know that the Boxers hate Western things the most. Even if they see a foreign match, they will kill the whole family. If they come to the Magic City, they will massacre the whole city.

(End of this chapter)