The executioner, who had been waiting for a long time, raised the ghost-headed knife in his hand, raised the knife and cut down a person. This person had a special identity, he was a eunuch named Kou Liancai.

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On February 16, 1896, the Caishikou in Beijing was extremely busy that day. Many people came and surrounded the place where criminals were executed in the Qing Dynasty. They only heard the executioner's order, execution! The executioner, who had been waiting for a long time, raised the ghost-headed knife in his hand, raised the knife and cut down a person. This person had a special identity. He was a eunuch named Kou Liancai.

Kou Liancai was originally the hair-combing eunuch Empress Dowager Cixi trusted very much. Unlike the other eunuchs in Forbidden City , he only knew how to serve his master, but he was concerned about national affairs and the peril of the nation. Out of righteous indignation, he gave a gift to Empress Dowager Cixi. The excerpt offended the Empress Dowager Cixi and was sentenced to death by Cixi . Because a eunuch had such a loyal and patriotic act, he was admired by the intellectuals at that time. They respected Kou Liancai as a "martial eunuch" and helped Kou Liancai become famous like a martyr. For example, Liang Qichao once wrote an article to praise Kou Liancai's heroic deeds. Kou Liancai was a man who committed suicide after marrying a wife and having children. He gained the favor of the Empress Dowager Cixi for combing his hair.

Kou Liancai is a native of Qijiazhuang, Changpingnan, Beijing. He grew up in a relatively wealthy family with dozens of acres of land. In Kou Liancai's village, there was a bodyguard, nicknamed "Single Sword Meng Si". His martial arts skills were as strong as those of King Wu of the Big Sword. All the children in the village learned martial arts from him. However, someone said to Kou Liancai's father, what's the use of letting your child learn martial arts? The most they can say is that your child's martial arts is no worse than Meng Si's. Do you also want your child to do something like escort and lick blood from the head of a knife? work? When Kou Liancai's father heard this, he thought it made sense and sent Kou Liancai to a private school to study. Since Kou Liancai's father did not expect him to get any academic honors, he was not strict with Kou Liancai, and Kou Liancai did not study seriously. Anyway, he was better than Bai Ding in being able to read and write. After Kou Liancai grew up, his parents naturally married him a wife step by step. After the marriage, Kou Liancai and his wife gave birth to two sons and a daughter.

In 1890, Kou Liancai was 23 years old. This year, a big change occurred in his family. Kou Liancai's family owned dozens of acres of land and was considered a small landowner in the village. However, there was also a big landowner in the village who wanted to annex the Kou family's land, so he made trouble with the Kou family and sued the Kou family. The big landowner was rich and powerful and colluded with the government. The Kou family lost the lawsuit, and Kou's father was furious. It can be said that both the Kou family and the land were destroyed. Kou Liancai lost his land and had to support his wife and children. He had no choice but to go to Beijing to make a living. As a result, he met the eunuch "King Combing Hair" in the Forbidden City. Kou Liancai heard that becoming a eunuch in the palace would not only enjoy glory and wealth, but also Being powerful, he became cruel, brandished his sword and entered the palace. How did he develop step by step? Let’s talk about it next time.

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