This kind of thing has always been hidden and tucked in the most terrifying, and once it is made public so that the enemy can take precautions, then the deterrent effect will be greatly reduced.

Ci'an's bowels of regret are almost green now, why did he suddenly become angry, and why didn't he control his feelings.

Cixi was also stunned now, but there was a hint of joy in his horror, he was horrified that he did not expect that the emperor would leave a secret decree for Ci'an, and he was glad that Ci'an's killing move was actually exposed for an unnecessary conflict.

Now that you've exposed your killer skills, I'll have a way to guard against it in the future. At this moment, Cixi cried even more aggrieved, "Woo woo, sister, don't be angry, my sister is not thoughtful, and she listens to her sister every time...... Woo woo, but I hope my sister can understand my sister's hard work for Daqing......"

The matter has come to this point, it is useless to regret it, Ci'an also has to give Cixi face at the critical moment, and the stability of the court is the most important. Ci'an sighed and pulled Cixi up, "Sister, my sister is also a little heavy, don't take it to heart...... In this way, let's wait a little longer for the disposal of this group of people left by Xiao Letian, how about waiting for half a year?"

"By the end of this year, I think the news from Europe will be able to come over, and when the news of the death is clear, shall we do it......?

A quarrel was finally won by Ci'an, Ermao was protected, although he was forbidden by the Queen Mother to contact the emperor, but the errand of the gold treasury was not lost, and the position of the eunuch in charge was not withdrawn.

And those more than 1,000 peripheral members of the torture hall have become prisoners of the internal affairs government and the criminal department, and the hanging of the leather whip dipped in cold water every day is indispensable, but it is just a matter of loosening up and trying not to die.

At the same time, Shuntianfu also issued a notice to calm the people, which clearly understood that the imperial court arrested Jiangyang thieves and bandit remnants this time, and this action had nothing to do with the rumors in the market.

When a series of actions of the Qing court reached Wang Huaiyuan's ears, he finally breathed a sigh of relief, he knew that this was Ermao gambling his life to buy time for everyone, as for what would happen in half a year, it really depended on God's arrangement.

Although the domestic conflict in the Qing Dynasty has eased somewhat, on the distant East China Sea, Xiao Letian's last stronghold, Ryukyu Island, is now completely chaotic.

On the wharf, in the factory, in the commercial shop...... Even in Shuri Imperial City, wherever there were people, people were talking about the rumors that Xiao Lotian had died, and hundreds of thousands of people in the entire Naha port were in a state of panic.

Due to geographical reasons, Naha got the news much earlier than Beijing City, but because Xiao Lotian was already a bit demigod in the hearts of the Ryukyu people, no one would believe such rumors at first.

"Who is the Prime Minister? It is a hero who came from the carrier, a hidden dragon who can change the fortunes of a country with the power of one person, an immortal who can perform blood-changing thaumaturgy and summon a whirlwind out of thin air...... Will such a person die when he is not famous? Don't tease us......"

Xiao Letian's prestige in the Ryukyus is so high that the people's trust in him is completely subconscious. However, the rumors are repeated a lot, no matter how strong the belief will be shaken, Zeng Shen's mother can not be described as unvirtuous, but three times I heard the rumors that her son killed someone, and finally chose to believe it and ran away.

British merchant marine, French merchant marine, Dutch merchant marine...... Merchant ships of different nationalities brought the same news, that is, Xiao Lotian was dead, and he was stabbed to death in Besançon by a French bayonet.

Gradually, the atmosphere in Naha City changed, the tone of the people began to loosen, the number of people who could not cry before they could say a word increased, and the number of people who came to pray at the Prime Minister's shrine in the Japanese gathering area gradually increased.

Speaking of which, we can't fail to mention the 100,000 Japanese left behind by Naha. I have to say that the Japanese have admired the strong since ancient times, although Xiao Lotian led the Han people to defeat them again and again, and organized them to punish their crimes with the highest taxes, and the laws enacted were also the harshest joint sitting laws.

It stands to reason that the Japanese should hate Xiao Lotian, but it is very strange that in the year after the riots were quelled, the most law-abiding group was actually these Japanese, and it was they who used practical actions to build countless Japanese-style shrines to pray for Xiao Lotian in all corners of Naha.

At first, Xiao Lotian didn't understand why the Japanese did this, but it wasn't until he talked carefully with Noheita, Hyotaro and others that he suddenly realized.

Japan is not a nation-state at all, it is a decadent and backward feudal state, and the people only know that there is a lord but do not know that there is a state.

The stronger Xiao Letian's appearance, the more ruthless he killed, which made these Japanese have the heart to take refuge. Not only that, Xiao Letian's deeds of saving Sakamoto Ryoma with blood, as well as the weird whirlwind in Shuri Castle, all made Xiao Letian's image have some myths.

Of course, the most important thing is Xiao Letian's business skills, the whole of Naha is exceptionally prosperous under his rule, and everyone can find a job that can support their families as long as you have the heart.

It was with the support of mercantilism that the cargo throughput of the port of Naha increased tenfold in one year, with Western cotton, guns, and gunpowder, silk, porcelain, tea, and rice from the Qing Dynasty, and Korean ginseng and crude medicine...... A steady stream of goods poured into Naha like a tidal wave at the time of the full moon.

Needless to say, countless Japanese people can go to the shrine every day to pray for Xiao Lotian for the sake of rice that can be eaten at every meal.

Naha, now a paradise on earth in East Asia, armed with heavy artillery and mercantilism, Xiao Lotian completely transformed this ancient kingdom in just one year.

Now, even now, Xiao Lotian was actually killed by the despicable Frenchman, and a cloud of uneasiness suddenly rolled over the whole city, and everyone's feelings gradually became irritable.

"Regardless of whether the Prime Minister is dead or alive, anyway, the French have indeed hurt the Lord, we must avenge this revenge, we are the sword drawing team under the Lord, we are the Foreign Legion of the Prime Minister, we have to do the dirty work... Gentlemen, let's do it tonight..."

"Hi... Dare to disobey ......"

It was the soldiers of the Japanese Foreign Legion who remained in Naha who were the first to start, and then under the cover of the night, these warriors with white cloth on their foreheads, ribs in their mouths, and swords in their hands, quietly approached all the French properties in Naha Port.

"Duck give...... Kill these French people and avenge the Prime Minister..."Countless squad and platoon commanders gave an order, and the Japanese soldiers who were killed cut their knives at the French merchants.

The flames suddenly rose into the sky, and the shops and warehouses of the French were smashed open, and the murderous soldiers rushed in and out.

"Nobody...... There is no one here...... There was no one here...... Damn, these French are so cunning, they actually ran away......"

"We were slow to start, we should have done it when the rumors were just rising, and the French probably expected us to do it......"

"Damn, let's go to the docks, destroy those French merchant ships, and avenge the Prime Minister......"

The frenzied Japanese soldiers could not hide their bodies at this time, they ran wildly and shouted all the way, and in a short time they enveloped countless equally angry people.

The crowd rushed to the pier, but what they didn't expect was that at this time, several French merchant ships that were supposed to dock at the pier had already lifted anchor and left the pier, and they also ran away.

In the dark harbor, the captains and sailors of the French merchant ships looked at the dense figures of the people on the port, listened to the scolding that came with the wind, and sighed one by one.

"Your Majesty, I hope you have made the right choice, and I hope that the expeditionary fleet will be victorious...... If you fail, France will lose all of its interests in the city, and the coast of China will be a place of sorrow for all French merchants......"

"Alright, boys, let's leave, the task given to us by the envoy has been completed, and the dirty work behind it has nothing to do with us......"

The French merchant ships fled in disarray, and the wharves were filled with the unvented roar of anger, which swept like thunder along the mountain, and finally even His Majesty King Shangtai at the head of Shuri Castle heard it.

"Jin Aiqing, do you say that the Prime Minister is really dead?" The sad King Shangtai looked at the chaos in the port against the night wind, and beside him was Jin Changsen, a pro-Japanese official who was forgiven by Xiao Letian.

"Your Majesty, it's hard for the old minister to confirm, after all, it's not the distance we can imagine after tens of thousands of miles......" Speaking of this, Jin Changsen was suddenly silent for a moment, and then said, "But no matter what, Your Majesty should consider the back road of our Ryukyu Kingdom..."

"The way back?" King Shangtai obviously didn't expect that Jin Changsen, who came to visit him at night, actually came to discuss the way back, but after a short period of consternation, the young king became angry.

"Jin Changsen... Have you made the same mistake again? You must know that you are pardoned by the prime minister, and you must be grateful..."

Jin Changsen didn't say a word, and knelt on the ground, "Your Majesty, the old minister is definitely not a repeated villain, and the old minister is not ungrateful... The old minister only has your majesty in his heart, and only our Ryukyu Kingdom..."

"We are a weak country, a small country, we can only survive by following the strong, this is not about loyalty, this is a bloody law of survival, haven't weak countries lived like this for thousands of years?"

Jin Changsen's excited old tears flowed for a long time, and his forehead slammed to the ground, "The national Zuo can't be broken, Your Majesty can't wake up, people can't be resurrected after death, our country can't be buried with Prime Minister Xiao......, right? Wake up, wake up, wake up..."

King Shangtai was young after all, and under Jin Changsen's crying and begging, the young king's heart was also a little loose, but at this moment, from the darkness of the city wall, there was a sudden low roar.

"Jin Changsen... Do you think you are a loyal servant of the Ryukyu Kingdom? You are wrong, you are the executioner who digs the grave for our Ryukyu Kingdom, if Your Majesty listens to you, our country will be really finished..."

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