"How can they do it without money?" Bao Jun laughed, "The prince will put 10,000 hearts, the queen mother's meaning, I privately think, is just a bluff, sending a group to train out of Vietnam, just to give Li Baoding some explanations, if you really want to fight against France, today's railway is so convenient, the twelve towns have long been sent out." ”

"It's not that I want to stick their necks, I really don't have any money, I just hope that Zeng Laojiu, who is eager to make meritorious contributions in the future, won't blame me." Of course, Bao Jun will not take the initiative to find the source of the silver, this is not what he wants to do, of course, it is just a perfunctory way to do his duty, and other behaviors that want to burden himself, Bao Jun will not do.

"Now it's just like this, Ege is dead, someone has to be responsible," Prince Gong nodded, "Using this excuse to invite Zuo Zongtang out, it's also food, has Wu Changqing already arrived?" The next decree was given to Wu Changqing, the Nanyang Navy Division suspended all patrolling operations in the South China Sea, held Mawei Harbor, and without the will of the imperial court, no action outside of training was allowed! ”

Prince Gong and others retreated, the Empress Dowager Cixi sat on the throne and did not move, the palace maids were slowly fanning the wind on the side, there were ice cubes in the hall, and the newly picked gardenias were offered in the lotus leaf plate, the room was cool and fragrant, but her forehead was still dripping with fine beads of sweat, Li Lianying walked over, holding a towel in her hand, "Master Xi, you wipe your sweat." ”

The Empress Dowager Cixi shook her head, took the fold up, opened it and took a closer look, only to feel that the words were shocking, her face was a little dark, far from the red light on her face when she gave the decree just now, "Lianying," Cixi dropped the fold, stood up with both hands on the imperial case, Li Lianying hurriedly supported her, she slowly walked to the front of the Qinzheng Palace, looking at the flying clouds in the sky, "You said," she spoke, "Is my heart too hard, let Ege go to Vietnam to die, although he has a lot of problems, but he is also an official of the imperial court." ”

"The West Sage is the most kind-hearted, and there is a hard heart," Li Lianying replied, "It is his blessing to be able to sacrifice his life for the country." Although Li Lianying's words were gentle, the meaning in them was very cold and ruthless, "If he dies and can continue to do what he didn't do well before, it will be worth it, he is not worthy of being the saint of the West to feel guilty." ”

"I have no choice but to think so," the Empress Dowager Cixi exhaled, "Now that there is a reason to enter Vietnam, then the matter of the Black Flag Army will not be widely publicized, and they will be brought in justifiably, and the decree will be passed on: The Black Flag Army has meritorious service in protecting the vassals, killing the enemies who invaded Vietnam, and can be the righteous soldiers of the country, awarding a general soldier of Qinzhou, giving a yellow jacket, and the soldiers who died in battle will be enshrined in the martyrs' shrine, and the household department will issue 100,000 taels of silver to the army." ”

"Huh."

"I only hope that this reward trick can once again arouse Liu Yongfu's determination to fight against France," Liu Yongfu has repeatedly lost battles since the great victory of the paper bridge, and the military heart is a little depressed, and there is no will to reward the imperial court, which inevitably makes people mutter whether the Chinese have used the black flag army with a knife again, plus the frightened Emperor De issued more than a dozen decrees to order him to retreat, "not to be embarrassed by the kingdom" is inevitably a little unflattering, but in vain offended the frustration of a strong Western power, Ege died at the right time, The battle situation is unfavorable, the legal person is arrogant, and the Black Flag Army is even weaker, so making a big fuss about this death can at least save the low morale of the Black Flag Army.

"Ege is dead, my heart really hurts," Empress Dowager Cixi said indifferently, she took a white gardenia and put it on the tip of her nose to sniff lightly, the fragrance of the gardenia is so strong that she can't open it, "Speaking of which, I can only blame the old immortal in Hue City, Emperor Ide is so capricious, all at once he has to deal with the French, all of a sudden he wants the Black Flag Army to retreat, all of a sudden he wants China to come forward, and all of a sudden he is afraid that China will offend the legal person, it seems that a senile dementia can't escape, since Ege sacrificed his life for the country, he also died for Vietnam, We can't let him die in vain, we can't say that we always need a decent person from Vietnam to accompany him to the funeral. Xiao Lizi, do you think this Vietnamese king deserves to die? ”

Li Lianying lowered her head, "Western Sage Master Mingjian, this king is indeed dead. ”

Since Hue City learned that the French warship had sailed to Hue Port, the people in the city were already panicked, chickens and dogs jumped, and there was such a shocking news that the angel from China was actually assassinated by the French!

In this way, the last barrier of Hue City will no longer work! You must know that just a few months ago, relying on this angel sitting on the port of Hue, has forced back the French warships, and now these French in North Vietnam suffered defeat, even the head of the commander was cut off, they came to Hue City again, Vietnam from top to bottom are counting on the angel to attack again, as long as the angel of the country is in the port, the French who are afraid of the power of China will not dare to attack Hue City again, but I did not expect this respected angel to be assassinated by the French who have been deliberate for a long time, Or a businessman from Lyon.

The French in Hue City suddenly noticed the very unfriendly eyes of the Vietnamese, and they desperately explained to anyone who was willing to listen to their explanations that there was absolutely no attempt to harm the Chinese envoys, but the credibility of such words was very low, and a Vietnamese scholar who regarded Ege as the most holy teacher unceremoniously reprimanded, "You wait for the ambition of the wolf, and have repeatedly attacked the Sifang Pavilion before, trying to mistreat the E-master, and the behavior of beasts is known to the world, why do you want to be a good person now!" ”

His words won bursts of applause, although he was a little excited to hear such words, but he was more worried: the angels from China were killed by the French whatever they said, so how could they still be friendly to these powerless locals when they entered Hue City?

The street is naturally everyone is in a hurry, and sparsely populated, very deserted, a business house in the corner has been very deserted will not attract any attention, the sign of the business house hangs a pattern of five-color auspicious clouds, the signboard is written "Wuyun Commercial Bank" four black characters, is in Chinese, at this time in Vietnam, the common text is Chinese.

In the courtyard of Wuyun Trading House, several young men wearing local Vietnamese costumes were stationed in the four corners, each man's eyes were bright, his waist was bulging, and he was obviously carrying weapons.

A man hurriedly walked in, holding a secret telegram in his hand, he exchanged slogans with the people stationed there, and then entered a room, the room was covered with the sky and the sun, there was no light and shadow, and the windows were also blocked by cloth, if it was at night, he would not know that there was someone in this room, a fire fold was lit, and it was placed on the candle, and a pale face appeared, and the person who came did not dare to slack off, knelt down on one knee, and presented the secret telegram, "My lord, the secret telegram has come from the palace." ”

Li Yansheng took the text, took out a booklet from his hand, checked the words one by one against the numbers on it, and read out the order, "King Death".

Just three words.

"King Death?" Li Yansheng nodded, "It's time for the King of Vietnam to die, and arrange the people of the imperial pharmacy, understand?" ”

"Yes."

Li Yansheng picked up the candle and walked towards another place in the room, a chair was tied with a large number of flowers, and a person was the culprit who was now provoking the conflict between China and France, a retired soldier in France, and now a merchant in Hue City, Leon.

He was firmly tied to his chair, with rags in his mouth, unable to move at all, he had been in the darkness for a long time, he was very uncomfortable with the light of the candle, he felt dazzling, and his turquoise pupils suddenly widened. Li Yansheng stood in front of Leon with a candle, stood silently for a long time, and spoke.

"I know you probably don't understand, so I'm going to tell you, I'm not afraid that you will leak it out, Ege, my master," Li Yansheng's pale face showed a few green tendons, he gritted his teeth, and it seemed that the next words would require a lot of strength to speak, "I killed it." ”

The unlucky Leon didn't know what the person in front of him meant, although he knew from the conversation of these people that it was the Chinese who kidnapped him here, but he didn't understand why he was kidnapped, and he couldn't understand what they said at all!

"In terms of the concept of the Chinese, the Heavenly and Earth Monarch Prince, these five, must not be disobeyed, not to mention that a person who is a student to personally kill his own master, this is a great rebellion, and it is even more intolerable, I am naturally inferior to a beast."

Li Yansheng's face was pale, but the muscles on his face couldn't help shaking, "My heart will be infamous for a lifetime, although people outside think that you killed the angel from China, but in my heart, I am the executioner." ”

"I will always remember that moment last night for the rest of my life, the teacher who smiled Yan Yan was not at all defensive against me, although I knew that the rest of my life would have been spent in nightmares, but I never regretted it, since the moment I was on an errand in the Yamen of the Ministry of Rites, I have become a spy in the Ministry of Rites, and the most insistent sentence in the hearts of the people in the Ministry of Rites, I can't help but tell you, that is, 'the supremacy of the national interest', for the sake of the national interest, of course I can go, dare to kill my teacher!"

"I know you don't understand, that's why I will tell you what is in my heart, my heart is messy, if no one confides, I'm afraid that the next moment I will go crazy," Li Yansheng's face was still very white, but he seemed to calm down, "Of course, dead people will not reveal secrets, wait for me to ask someone to transport you out and sink into the sea, so that no one will ever know, the person who absconded in fear of crime was not killed by the Chinese, but must have been hidden by France itself." ”

Li Yansheng blew out the candle, "Death is the easiest, and the hardest thing is not to die, but to grit your teeth and continue to live." A low, gloomy voice rang out, and the room fell into darkness again. (To be continued.) )