Figuring out the truth about the Zhu family, the rest of the matters become much simpler.
As long as we understand He Lan's motivations, we can then analyze her behavioral patterns.
The Xue family's near-massacre was narrowly avoided. Fortunately for them, there was a Medicine Hall nearby, providing timely treatment—they might yet survive.
Everyone who mentioned this matter felt deeply regretful.
Why save them at all?
This Boss Xue and Fourth Master Zhu both operated in the same trade, which in local parlance might best be called traitors.
Such topics are highly complex and unworthy of any serious stage discussion. Thus, this part of history is barely mentioned in modern textbooks.
As a result, many later generations get deceived by public intellectuals' rhetoric, developing significant misunderstandings about this period, mistakenly viewing the Boxer groups as ignorant peasants manipulated by heretical sect enchantment...
