Lin Fuxiang is not so much a general as a scholar, a middle-aged scholar, and even a little pot-bellied. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

He had a beard on his lips and chin, and he was stroking his beard and looking at Zhu Jinglun.

"Zhu Er, this official asks you, why did you sell your ancestors for glory and take refuge in Yangyi?"

Zhu Jinglun had just gotten up, and Lin Fuxiang suddenly stopped drinking.

Lin Fuxiang was obviously putting pressure on Zhu Jinglun, first giving him a dismount, the way of the literati to control people, nothing more than envy and power, both of which were read from books.

Zhu Jinglun is not slow or sick: "The adults are clear, and the villains are not sincere to foreigners." On that day, the villain turned around and entered the city, originally looking for an opportunity to kill a few foreign soldiers and avenge the dead brothers. I don't want to meet foreigners in recruiting translators, villains want to know themselves and know that they are invincible, if they can break into the foreigners, wouldn't it be better to do things. ”

Lin Fuxiang snorted again: "Why do you speak Yiyu? ”

Zhu Jinglun said: "When the villain was young, there was a foreign monk in the town, the villain was young and ignorant, greedy for the jelly beans in the hands of the foreign monk, and a group of children listened to the foreign monk chanting all day long, and the monk also had the heart, taught us for many days, so that he could say a few foreign words. But he also said that it was not good, and he didn't want foreigners to lack a tight interpreter, so he really recruited villains. ”

Zhu Jinglun's words were seamless, because he had already thought about how to explain to Lin Fuxiang, although he didn't expect Lin Fuxiang to come in person, but that set of rhetoric can still be used directly, and after speaking, Lin Fuxiang really couldn't hear any flaws.

Lin Fuxiang snorted: "Okay." When you do Yangyi translation, the official will press it for you for the time being, and you can tell me how you can help the official recapture Guangzhou? If you can really make meritorious contributions, this official will bypass you, and if you dare to deceive this official, Lang Lang Qiankun will definitely ask you for your guilt. ”

As soon as he heard this, Zhu Jinglun understood that Lin Fuxiang had at least fifty percent accepted his statement, but it was impossible to say that he believed it completely. It's just that Lin Fuxiang is willing to give it a try, and from the fact that he can meet Zhu Jinglun in the temple, it has actually shown that he is not willing to miss any opportunity.

Of course, Lin Fuxiang's appearance did surprise Zhu Jinglun, but he didn't expect Lin Fuxiang to venture into such a close place from the city, you must know that this temple is on the edge of the pier, and not far from the pier is the naval barracks of the British and French forces.

This can only show one truth, that is, Lin Fuxiang really wants Guangzhou City very much, especially to take Guangzhou City back from the hands of foreigners. Whether it is for the merit of promotion and climbing, or for the ambition of a scholar, or just because of a breath of injustice in his chest, these are not important, the important thing is that he really wants the city of Guangzhou.

So Zhu Jinglun was a little surprised, but also a little happy, how much Lin Fuxiang longed for Guangzhou City, how much risk he dared to take, and the better chance he had to realize his plan.

But now he has to seize the opportunity to let Lin Fuxiang trust him, so that Lin Fuxiang will cooperate with him, otherwise why let Lin Fuxiang attack Guangzhou City? Just because he was a soldier for Lin Fuxiang for two years, or did he work as a long-term worker in the Lin family? And now he is still translating for foreigners, so it is even more difficult for Lin Fuxiang to trust himself.

Zhu Jinglun said: "The adult is gentle, and the villain is looking for the adult, because he wants to ask the adult for someone." ”

Lin Fuxiang stroked his beard and said, "What person?" ”

Zhu Jinglun said: "The villain wants the foreign soldier who was captured by the adult!" ”

The Indian soldier, but the Chinese in these years may not be able to distinguish the difference between Indians and foreigners, and they all recognize them as Yiren.

I didn't want Lin Fuxiang to stroke his beard and suddenly shook it off, and shouted angrily: "You really do things for foreigners!" ”

At this time, there were not only Lin Fuxiang and Zhu Jinglun in the temple, even when the two were talking, Lin Fuxiang was also standing with guards, obviously to such a close distance from the British soldiers, Lin Fuxiang did not dare to be careless. Not only are there people standing beside him, but there are also hidden piles lying around, observing the movements near and far at any time.

At this time, hearing Lin Fuxiang's drinking, several people around Lin Fuxiang immediately cheered up, their eyes were fixed on Zhu Jinglun, and they had a posture of taking down Zhu Jinglun on the spot when they gave an order.

Zhu Jinglun is still not slow: "The adults are clear, the villain asks for this foreign soldier in order to win the trust of the foreigners and facilitate the adults to seize the city." However, there is no basis for words, and the villain is not in vain, and the villain and the adult are replaced. ”

Lin Fuxiang remained silent, obviously he was still pretending just now, but it also showed that he really didn't trust Zhu Jinglun yet.

"Substitutions? What do you get in exchange? ”

Zhu Jinglun said: "Of course, it is to exchange people for people, and the villain uses four red-haired foreign soldiers to exchange for the white-headed soldier in the hands of adults." ”

Since the Ming Dynasty, China has given the name to Western Caucasians, and the white-headed soldier is the name of the Indian soldier, because many Indian soldiers are wrapped in white turbans.

Lin Fuxiang paused, maybe ordinary people can't tell the difference between Indian soldiers and British white soldiers, but Lin Fuxiang was born in Macau, but he knew that India, that is, Tianzhu in ancient books, had been occupied by British red-haired devils. Although his worldview does not fully understand the relationship between the Westerners' suzerainty and the colonial system, it is better for him to compare it with the Chinese system. Lin Fuxiang thinks that the red-haired foreign soldiers are equivalent to the Eight Banners soldiers, and the white-headed Indian soldiers are similar to the Green Battalion, and the Eight Banners are naturally more expensive than the Green Battalion. And it's still one for four, so this deal is a good deal.

But the question is, why did Zhu Jinglun get four red-haired soldiers for himself?

Zhu Jinglun didn't wait for him to ask, and then explained: "The adults don't know, the villain entered the city that day only to take revenge, and he secretly attacked a few foreign soldiers. Four of them have been captured by the villain and hidden in a friend's house in the city. The villain is willing to hand over these four people to the adults, and hopes that the adults can trust the villain. ”

Substitution, this is a plan that Zhu Jinglun has thought of a long time ago, because he knows that he can't get the Indian soldier from Lin Fuxiang for nothing. At first, when he heard that Lin Fuxiang had kidnapped an Indian soldier from Guangzhou City, Zhu Jinglun was quite surprised, and even puzzled, because it was too risky.

Later, he analyzed the reason, Lin Fuxiang did this, there are probably three motives, the first is to demonstrate to foreigners, foreigners can't go out of the city, but he Lin Fuxiang can enter the city to capture foreigners' soldiers; The second was to boost the morale of his subordinates, who were defeated in the Battle of Canton anyway and were driven out of the city by foreigners.

But Lin Fuxiang may have a more realistic plan, that is, to provoke the foreigners and provoke the foreigners to go out of the city to attack them. Lin Fuxiang had fought with the foreigners as early as 20 years ago, and he knew very well that the foreigners' army was powerful, and he had no chance of winning in a frontal battle, so he had to lure the foreigners out of the city, and then sneak attack to succeed.

Therefore, taking the risk of taking an Indian soldier from the city is actually very well planned, although the foreigners were not fooled, but just to inspire the morale of the army, Lin Fuxiang could not easily hand over the person to Zhu Jinglun.

Therefore, from the very beginning, Zhu Jinglun did not plan to let Lin Fuxiang hand over people to himself out of thin air, but planned to replace them with the four British soldiers in Zhang's vegetable cellar. So after he learned that Lin Fuxiang had kidnapped an Indian soldier, he rushed to Zhang's house as soon as possible, and after he first confirmed with Zhang's family, he went out of the city to Xiangshan County to contact Lin Fuxiang.

After a moment of silence, Lin Fuxiang spoke again, but in a resolute tone:

"Okay, the official will believe you. How to change the hair, we will decide the time and place! ”

Lin Fuxiang still has room for it.

But Zhu Jinglun did not agree: "The adult atonements, the stakes are very high at this time, and the villain also has to take a big risk." So it's up to me to decide when and where to go. ”

Lin Fuxiang really showed suspicion on his face, and the scholars and soldiers were all suspicious.

Without waiting for Lin Fuxiang to think about it clearly, Zhu Jinglun said again: "But the villain can hand over the person first, and the villain will send the red-haired soldier to the adult first, how about it?" ”

In fact, Zhu Jinglun also had to be so serious, because the Zhang family would never cooperate, and the Zhang family was worried about being involved, so they would never follow Lin Fuxiang's method to replace people, so Zhu Jinglun needed an initiative. Another reason is that he took the initiative, although he very much hoped that Lin Fuxiang could cooperate with him, but in fact, now his identity with Lin Fuxiang is not equal, Lin Fuxiang has always treated Zhu Jinglun with the mentality of a superior, and the cooperation cannot be too smooth. Zhu Jinglun had to let Lin Fuxiang know that he had resources in his hands that he didn't have, and he was not something he could handle at will.

In order to obtain the cooperation of the opponent, it is often necessary to show his own capital, and Zhu Jinglun is still very skilled in this kind of negotiation skills.

So at this moment, Lin Fuxiang suddenly felt that he couldn't understand this past subordinate, the other party swore that there were four British soldiers in his hands, and he would hand them over to himself first, if he didn't dare to agree, wouldn't it be a joke.

So he said in a deep voice: "Okay, just do as you say!" But if you dare to deceive the official, the official will not let you go. ”

So far, Lin Fuxiang still has reasons to suspect Zhu Jinglun, such as the subordinates he sent to replace people, and they were suddenly taken down by Zhu Jinglun with foreign soldiers, that is, Zhu Jinglun was helping foreigners earn him Lin Fuxiang. But Lin Fuxiang also has a reason to trust Zhu Jinglun, there is only one reason, and it is very simple, because now Zhu Jinglun's mother is at Lin Fuxiang's house. So at the beginning, Lin Fuxiang actually came with a trusting attitude, otherwise he would never have come to meet Zhu Jinglun in person, at most he would have found someone to pass on the message.

Zhu Jinglun didn't think about the old lady, because he never thought that sending the old lady to the Lin family to be a hostage, but the Lin brothers themselves thought so, especially Lin Yong, and his thoughts affected his brother Lin Fuxiang.

"The villain doesn't dare!"

Zhu Jinglun showed weakness at the right time.

Although Lin Fuxiang has threatened or scared him many times, he doesn't care, at least Lin Fuxiang didn't threaten him with his mother, this is much better than his younger brother, in the end, he is a scholar, and there is still a bottom line in life.

Speaking of this, even if the matter is decided, there is no need for Zhu Jinglun to delay:

"In that case, the villain will retire."

Zhu Jinglun took the lead in proposing his farewell.

Lin Fuxiang said suddenly: "Wait." You can't get into the city right now. ”

Then he suddenly said to a young man beside him: "Lin Zhuang, you take someone to send Brother Zhu into the city." Then you will stay with Brother Zhu for the time being and protect him well! ”

Protection or surveillance?

Zhu Jinglun smiled and didn't refuse, it seems that Lin Fuxiang still doesn't fully trust himself.