Why did Li Lianying, the big red man around Empress Dowager Cixi, have only one head in the coffin after her death?
In the last years of the Qing Dynasty, in addition to Empress Dowager Cixi, who had gained authority through the emperor's youth, there was another person who had gained great benefits in this political change, and this person was Li Lianying. Our impression of Li Lianying is basically that she is with Empress Dowager Cixi, that she is the great eunuch beside Empress Dowager Cixi, who is the person she trusts the most, and who monitors both inside and outside the court for her.
Li Lianying's life, from entering the palace, was generally smooth, there was no big ups and downs, in the early stage, she followed the master to serve the nobles in the palace, and later followed Empress Dowager Cixi as her confidant eunuch, not only had great power in the harem, but also a second-class member in the court. After Empress Dowager Cixi's death, he left the capital, and at this time there was no palace rule to restrain eunuchs, and there was no longer a rule that eunuchs would be killed when they left the capital.
Although he did a lot of bad things with Empress Dowager Cixi, after Empress Dowager Cixi's death, he was not persecuted by others, and he left the turbulent capital safely and steadily, returning to his hometown, and there was still his grave in his hometown. However, what was unexpected was that his coffin contained only a head, a braid, and a dress.
After the founding of New China, Li Lianying's grave was somehow suddenly opened, and most importantly, after opening, there was only a head, a braid, and a set of clothes in the entire coffin, and it was very strange that his body was not seen, not even a bone.
The ancients were quite particular about the body after death, and asked for a complete departure, but Li Lianying actually only had one head left, is there any hidden feeling about this? Many people may wonder if it was his former enemies who did it, but after empress dowager Cixi's death, Li Lianying had no protective umbrella at all, and at this time anyone could step on him, but he still left the capital well, and there were really enemies who dug graves and destroyed corpses, so why not shoot at him when they were in the capital.
And the idea of digging a grave is also unlikely, because when Li Lianying's tomb was opened, some people recalled that the tomb was not destroyed, and the coffin was still intact, which only means that his body was destroyed before entering the tomb. However, his epitaph did not say, which can only show that Li Lianying's family knew that his body was destroyed, but knew that there was no sound, which was a bit stable with a rumor in private by the people. Folk rumors, Li Lianying was robbed by thieves on the way home, after all, everyone knows that he has money, may be to protect his own money, so he was killed by thieves, and when the family found it, there was only one head left, so he could only quietly bury his head, but did not say that his body was incomplete, after all, the ancients were very taboo in this regard.