C3640 (2/2)

The ancient and unfamiliar name of Dunhuang spread around the world just like this, at the speed of light. It was all thanks to the slowly taking shape of the global telegraph network.

From the looks of it, in less than a week, even City of London knew about it!

The British Embassy staff in the Great Qing did not expect the Chinese to do this. The case had not been investigated properly yet and they had already started to spread it widely!

Many of the foreign nationals started to ponder. Could it be that the Chinese really did not kill them? Why else would they take the initiative to advertise? Would a guilty person do this?

Before the people could understand what Xiao Letian was doing, Tongzhi, who was about to board the ship in Shanghai, also voiced out!

Emperor Tongzhi sent a message of condolences to the British Embassy. In the telegram, he praised Samuel's achievements, and thanked him for bringing the Expedition across the Central Asia, and called him 'the friend of the Great Qing'.

Although Tongzhi did not have a personal authority, he still gave the order to the Beijing. Let alone whether or not anyone listened to him, they had to do it to the fullest!

Ordering the government to cooperate fully with the British investigation, Samuel and his men had to be welcomed at the highest level!

My god, the Chinese and the Qing Ting... Of course it was Zai Chun's Qing Ting, who had completely turned Samuel into a saint, and had used all kinds of Honor Halo to play with him!

However, just as public opinion was bragging about it, an emergency telegram came from the northwest. The remnants of Yaqub's rebel army who had turned into bandits were harassing the English Expedition, and as many as 500 Horse Bandits were fighting with the officials on the day of the announcement. Samuel was trapped near the west side of the Yumen Pass.

What a fellow! Even under the propaganda of such public opinion, there were still rebel soldiers who dared to harass Heshai. This was a great disgrace to the imperial government.

Military Intelligence Service and Head Office joined forces to produce electricity from Zuo Zongtang, requesting him to send an army to escort Mr. Samuel out.

The order was immediately followed by waves of ruthless reports about Yaqub's rebel army, Qing Ting also started to learn how to use public opinion.

In an instant, the entire Qing Dynasty became very excited, and they started to unite against the rebel army in the northwest!

Outside the Jade Gate Pass, six hundred Zuo Zongtang's cavalry had already planted a defensive circle around the desert. Outside the ring was the ferocious Horse Bandits of the rebel army.

Although the casualties were small, the situation was extremely intense. Samuel had already been stuck here for three days!

His lips were pale and cracked, his face ashen. Samuel was no longer alive, surrounded by his disciples and many years of loyal soldiers and assistants.

At the end of the day, Samuel woke up temporarily. He opened his eyes slightly and looked at the familiar face. His lips quivered as if he wanted to say something.

He was going to leave behind his last words. At the very least, he was going to tell his own disciple to send his precious personal notebook back home!

But who knew how much of the medicine the doctor had used? Samuel cried out, but no words came out.

In his heart, he kept shouting, ”Notebook...” Return Notebook... ”There's a secret …”

However, he couldn't say it out loud. He couldn't even say a single word!

”Don't worry sir, we will definitely avenge you! We must catch the murderer!”