The dark night gradually calmed down.

After Li Zhen and Lu Shaochuan led people out of the consulate, there were rare foreigners in the concession who came out, or businessmen and people in the concession walked out of their homes and came to the outside of the consulate, stretching their necks to look at the situation. When they found that the consulate was full of corpses and blood, they were all frightened and immediately retreated, lest they be implicated.

Time passes.

As soon as the sky dawned, the bustling Shanghai burst out with vitality again, and the telling was running.

Merchants make profits, the people beg for a living, and everything is business as usual.

The matter of the consulate also spread.

A rush of footsteps sounded outside the consulate, and a team of officials with steel knives appeared outside the consulate, attracting the attention of hundreds of ordinary people and foreign merchants. Lan Weiwen, the county magistrate of Shanghai County, rushed over with a team of messengers, followed by Li Zhen of Shanghai Daotai and hundreds of soldiers, who were prestigious, and the people watching on both sides became nervous.

Many of the people saw what happened last night.

However, all the people saw were men in black, and they didn't see specific faces.

Li Zhen asked his soldiers to surround the consulate, but the perimeter of the consulate was soon crowded with people watching the excitement.

Lan Weiwen looked at the situation in the consulate, and after looking at the bodies of the dead soldiers, she already had a rough guess. This matter was definitely done by Li Zhen, even though the consulate wrote in blood 'Lu Shaochuan is here to visit', Lan Weiwen knew that Li Zhen's soldiers were sitting in Shanghai, Lu Shaochuan did not dare to attack, and he couldn't even enter the city gate of Shanghai.

The only possibility is that Li Zhen let Lu Shaochuan in.

Lan Weiwen's heart was like a mirror, and after walking around the consulate, she came to the front of the people outside, raised her hands falsely, signaled the people to be quiet, and said loudly: "Fellow villagers, the matter of the consulate has been found out, it was the pirate Lu Shaochuan who sneaked into the city to do it, and it was Lu Shaochuan who led the people to commit murder. ”

When the people around them heard this, many immediately believed it.

Moreover, some people also showed a happy color.

Some of them don't believe it, but they can't refute it.

After Lan Weiwen finished speaking, Li Zhen immediately took a step forward. Lan Weiwen saw the opportunity and immediately retreated, and Li Zhen said loudly: "All the villagers, fathers, merchants, and foreign friends who came to Shanghai to do business, I would like to express my deep sorrow and regret the death of the consulate by the pirate Lu Shaochuan. ”

"The consulate was attacked by the pirate Lu Shaochuan, because I didn't do a good job of protection and didn't do my duty. Today, I am here to bow three times to apologize to those who died. ”

As he spoke, Li Zhen turned to face the consulate and bowed three times.

Huang Shihai, Qi Zhenhai and Yang Banhou stood beside them, looking at Li Zhen's sincere expression and the painful look in his eyes for the attack on the consulate, the corners of his mouth twitched, and he felt funny in his heart.

I killed people last night without blinking, but today I pretended to be a good person.

Li Zhen caught a glimpse of the expressions of the three and glared at Huang Shihai and the others. If it weren't for the sake of clearing up his relationship, Li Zhencai would not have been so troublesome to intervene.

After Li Zhen finished bowing, he turned around and looked at the people and foreigners who had formed a circle.

At this time, Li Zhen raised his fist and said loudly: "The consulate was attacked, the British consul Mr. Ali Guo and the French consul Mr. Ai Tang were killed, and the rest of the guards were all killed, which sounded the alarm for foreign friends in the concession. You must be careful when you are in the concession, and close the door after dark to avoid being attacked. ”

"Haha......"

When these words were spoken, many people burst into laughter, and their faces were full of schadenfreude.

Huang Shihai blushed, thinking that Li Zhen was too spoofed.

How can you say that about mourning?

Li Zhen looked calm and continued: "The pirate Lu Shaochuan sneaked into Shanghai to commit murder, in the final analysis, the defense in the concession is not enough. For this reason, I sent 300 soldiers to be stationed in the concession to prevent the killing of foreign friends again. Dear foreign friends, with the protection of my soldiers, you can sleep well at night, and you can do things with peace of mind, without fear of pirates. ”

After hearing this, a small number of foreigners were secretly grateful to Li Zhen.

Lan Weiwen took a deep breath and felt incomparable admiration for Li Zhen's methods.

Last night, Li Zhen led his troops to kill Ah Liguo and Aitang, and now he is meddling in the affairs of the concession with the help of Lu Shaochuan's murder and controlling the rights of the concession. Such a means of turning over the clouds and rain is perfect, which is amazing. At this moment, Lan Weiwen had the idea that she couldn't go against Li Zhen in the depths of her heart, and felt that it was a great luck to follow Li Zhen.

Li Zhen looked around and suddenly shouted: "Qi Zhenhai listens to the order!" ”

"The last general!" Qi Zhenhai immediately stood up.

Li Zhen instructed: "I appoint you as the commander of the first battalion, and lead 300 soldiers to be stationed in the concession area to monitor the movements in the concession area, prevent Lu Shaochuan from committing murder, and protect the interests of foreigners and friends." ”

"Yes!"

Qi Zhenhai immediately responded, made a move, and left with three hundred soldiers.

Li Zhen nodded with satisfaction and said, "Everyone, I will protect the safety of the concession." At the same time, I will also send someone to arrest Lu Shaochuan, who committed murder in the concession. This person is rampant on the sea, and it is difficult to deal with it for the time being. However, as long as I am in the day, I will not give up the arrest of Lu Shaochuan. Please rest assured, I will definitely take down Lu Shaochuan and bring the murderer Lu Shaochuan to justice. ”

"Good!"

Suddenly, there was a loud shout from the crowd, followed by a burst of applause.

Many people also applauded, and the atmosphere suddenly warmed up.

Many foreign merchants wilted, Ali Guo and Ai Tang were killed, and Shanghai lost its backbone and leader. In particular, Li Zhen sent troops to the concession to contend with the few remaining British and French soldiers in the concession, and the two sides stood on their feet, and the right to speak in the concession was no longer in the hands of Britain and France, and some of them were already quietly controlled by Li Zhen.

Li Zhen looked at the people around him and said loudly: "Fellow villagers, I have said what I should say, and I will do what I should do." Everyone is gone, what to do, don't gather here. ”

The people dispersed, and Li Zhen ordered the soldiers to drag away the body of the consulate and take it for cremation.

When leaving, Lan Weiwen said, "My lord, this matter is not trivial. The lowly official thought that the announcement should be posted, and the matter should be reported to the court. Otherwise, if the British and French envoys to China found out, they would definitely blame your lordship. ”

Li Zhen nodded and said, "You post a notice, and I will write a recital and submit it to the emperor as soon as I return home." ”

"Yes!"

Lan Weiwen agreed to come down and took the officials to the county office.

Huang Shihai and others returned to the barracks, and Li Zhen returned to Daotai Mansion. After returning home, Li Zhen found Liu Taiping and asked Liu Taiping to write a letter about the killing of Aliguo and Aitang, and the dispatch of troops to the concession. At this time, the attendant of the mansion walked to the study and reported: "My lord, the American consul Ma Hui is here and is waiting outside the mansion. ”

Li Zhen raised his eyebrows and said, "Please go to the hall, I'll go immediately." ”

"Yes!"

The attendant agreed, and turned to leave.

Li Zhen said: "Sir, after you write it, stamp it with a seal, and order someone to send it back to Beijing in an expedited manner for 800 miles, and I will go to see Ma Hui now." Liu Taiping agreed, and Li Zhen strode out of the study and walked towards the hall.

ps: two of the three watches; Ask for flowers.