Most people who have watched TV dramas know that "personal bodyguard" can be described as a very important position, not only the threshold is high, the martial arts are one of the best, in the Qing Dynasty, there was such a great bodyguard - Gong Baotian, he not only broke through the precedent to become a Han guard, but also became a general manager, and his martial arts attainments can be seen.
Gong Baotian, born in 1870 in a poor family in Rushan City, Shandong Province, said that "the children of the poor have long been in charge", and Gong Baotian is no exception, at the age of 13, he went to a rice shop in Beijing to work, although this job can only earn a meager income, but for Gong Baotian, this job has completely changed his destiny. In the process of a delivery, he met his Bole - Yin Fu, who served as the guard of a large family, and when he first saw Gong Baotian, he felt that this was a good seedling practicing martial arts, and he wanted to take Gong Baotian as an apprentice. Under the repeated persuasion of Yin Fu, Gong Baotian soon quit his job in the rice shop and made Yin Fu an apprentice.
Gong Baotian, who was born from a poor family, also cherished this opportunity, not only practicing martial arts day and night, but also deeply valued by Yin Fu, and in the twenty-third year of Guangxu, Yin Fu also introduced him into the palace, and when he arrived at the palace Baotian, he successively served as the leader of the guard and the guard with the sword of the four pins. However, the corruption of the Qing government made Gong Baotian have no intention of nostalgia, and in the end, he chose to return to his hometown in frustration.
This was followed by the fall of the Qing government and the rise of warlords everywhere. And one of the warlords has some relationship with Gong Baotian, he is Zhang Zuolin. After learning that Gong Baotian was still in the human world, Zhang Zuolin immediately sent someone to invite Gong Baotian to serve as his bodyguard, but when Gong Baotian stood in front of Zhang Zuolin, Zhang Zuolin looked a little contemptuous because Gong Baotian was thin. Gong Baotian was also a smart person, and he didn't say anything at the moment, he first walked to a place about 20 meters away from Zhang Zuolin, and then let Zhang Zuolin shoot him. Zhang Zuolin was also confused, but he still did it, Zhang Zuolin first fired two shots and failed to hit, when he was planning to shoot the third shot, he did not expect that Gong Baotian had already been pasted behind him, at this time Zhang Zuolin really realized the horror of Gong Baotian.
In this way, Zhang Zuolin, who saw the martial arts of Gong Baotian, was completely impressed, and Gong Baotian also became Zhang Zuolin's bodyguard and helped Zhang Zuolin out of danger many times. Until 1928, when Zhang Zuolin was killed by the bombing, the grief-stricken Gong Baotian also resigned his post and returned to his hometown in Shandong.