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When the "boss" first arranged for her to get rid of him, he said a lot of reasons, such as selling herself to foreigners, buying foreign rice to help the victims and poisoning the people, opening a foreign school to recruit orphans to learn foreign devils, and colluding with the French to betray Vietnam and make the Black Flag Army an enemy (the Black Flag Army belongs to the Heaven and Earth Society), etc., in order to increase her hatred for him (probably knowing that women are emotional animals) and better complete the assassination mission. But what the "boss" may not know is that her hatred for him comes more from the fact that he smoked opium taxes to buy foreign ships.

The thing she hated most in her life was opium.

Growing up, she has witnessed the lives of too many people, ruined by opium.

And this man, in order to build a foreign steamer, actually took money from the opium tax!

That alone would have made him deserve death!

I heard from the master that this person is still the descendant of Lord Lin Zexu Lin, who sold cigarettes in Humen back then, but now he has betrayed his ancestors! And as a Han Chinese, he actually formed a foreign alliance to support the Qing Dynasty and prevent the Han people from recovering the Ming Dynasty!

"What Lin Wenzhong after the prince! It's just a deception! She said with contempt in her heart.

In terms of life, he is not much worse than him.

The master told her early on that he was the fifteenth grandson of Zhu Gongyu, the king of Zhou in the Ming Dynasty (the thirteenth king of Zhou)!

Her surname is Zhu! It's named Zhu Xueyan! He is a descendant of the Ming royal family!

The master talked about the ancestors who scattered all their wealth to defend Kaifeng against the thieves, and he cried for it every time, and he was always proud of the ancestors' heroic deeds.

What Lin Wenzhong Gonghumen sells cigarettes to resist foreigners, in her eyes, he is just a dog slave of the Manchu Qing Dynasty!

What are Lin Zexu's descendants! It should be his luck to die in the hands of the descendants of the Ming royal family!

It was late at night.

A small town appeared ahead.

Zhu Xueyan rode into the town, and there was no one on the street, so they all hid in the house. No one wants to come out in the dark like this.

Zhu Xueyan seemed to be very familiar with this town, she galloped on horseback, rounded a few streets, and came to an inn with a plaque of "Yongle Inn".

Although it was late at night, most of the people in the inn had fallen asleep, but there was a man standing at the door, waiting to greet the guests who would not show up at such a time.

This person had been looking at the dark and gloomy streets, and didn't seem to notice Zhu Xueyan's arrival.

"Are there any rooms available here?" Zhu Xueyan sat on the horse, looked at the people at the door, and asked.

"Coincidentally, this is not the peak season for trade, there are not many guests, and there are still vacant rooms." The visitor smiled and replied.

Zhu Xueyan got off the horse, walked straight into the inn, and left behind her the words "Guest officer, please wait". Some people never wait, only the dead wait, endlessly, waiting for impossible rebirth.

There will never be no guests in the lobby of Yongle Inn, just as people will never die. There are many ways to die a person, and there are many ways to live at Yongle Inn. But no matter what the guests in the inn were at this time, they would only be surprised after Zhu Xueyan came in. Zhu Xueyan didn't care at all, sat down at an empty table, took off her veil, and put her bags on the floor beside her.

ran to the hall to greet her, Zhu Xueyan said: "Take this wine and heat it up, and then have a few side dishes." ”

Seeing the exquisite silver wine jug in Zhu Xueyan's hand, the runner was startled, quickly took it carefully, and ran to the back hall.

The wine was quickly warmed and delivered, there were a few dishes of side dishes, a few glasses of wine, the chill brought by the galloping horse all the way just now had been dispelled, Zhu Xueyan was about to move, in the laughter and scolding on the other table, a man who was drinking red stood up, and staggered to Zhu Xueyan.

The man propped up the table with his hands, bent over, stretched his neck, and pounced on Zhu Xueyan with a mouth full of wine unscrupulously, "Girl, are you lonely?" Or...... I want you to accompany you...... ...... in a moment"

Zhu Xueyan was still expressionless, just glanced at the man's left foot, and suddenly turned his foot over, kicking the drunk out of the distance.

The whole lobby watched with interest. Everyone here knows that both men and women dare to mess around on the road, and there is no way to do it.

After the man got up, he said with a smile: "It's good, it's good, it's better to come to my table and make two more cups......"

The entire lobby laughed loudly, but Zhu Xueyan ignored it and called to the hall to ask about the guest room.

"But I don't know if the guest wants to stay in an ordinary room or go to the room?"

"Naturally, it's the upper room."

"There are still two ...... left in the upper room"

"Give me the one facing the street."

"Great!"

After Zhu Xueyan finished eating, after a while, she went to the shopkeeper to get the key and led her to the upper room.

The doors of the upper rooms here are all wooden and vermilion. It is engraved with a delicate openwork character story pattern. Although the room type and furnishings are completely different. But it's about the size of a small family.

On either side of the main room there are two cubicles. One of them is a storage room for guests to put their belongings. Zhu Xueyan called the runaway to feed her horse, and the runaway retreated.

After Zhu Xueyan closed the door, she slept in a wide suit.

Sleep is always comfortable and restful, especially on a comfortable and warm round bed. Sleep always presents dreams and memories, and then they touch the most painful and weak parts of the human heart. So sleep is always the time when a person has the most flaws, and no killer will give up this opportunity. Dying in sleep is undoubtedly the best way to die, however, not many people want to die.

So even in her sleep, Zhu Xueyan will not let her guard down.

Suddenly, five sharp arrows shot out of the window, flying towards Zhu Xueyan on the bed from different angles, as if to shoot her through at once.

Zhu Xueyan's body instantly moved away from the bed and rolled to the floor, and all five arrows shot out at once.

Zhu Xueyan dodged and hid beside the wooden pillar, she noticed that there seemed to be a figure flickering at the door, so she unceremoniously raised the sleeve quiver under her wrist and shot an arrow.

There was a scream at the door.

The door opened, and three men appeared inexplicably, one of whom was squatting on the ground, gasping for breath and covering his abdomen with his hands. The men on either side of him stood, forming a formation to protect him.

They all wore black veils that hid their countenance. Looks can reveal too many secrets about a person, and secrets are often related to a person's life and death.

Sometimes, you don't need to know the secret to kill, killing is an art at all, and the killer knows the secret of the art of killing.

Zhu Xueyan felt the gazes of the three people, and couldn't help but sneer.

Their eyes were filled with indescribable ferocity and lewdness, as if a hungry wolf was about to bite and tear its prey to pieces.

Both sides didn't speak, they both moved again. No, not only the people on both sides, but also the spirits, minds, and those terrible forces on both sides, began to move.

Zhu Xueyan used her left hand to pull out the short sword that had been hidden on her body at the moment of jumping, and the target was the person who was crouching, and she knew that he was no longer capable of moving. The man on the other side's right swung his sword to block the stab, and even almost knocked off the short sword in his hand. However, her real killing move, which had already jumped up, was in her right hand, aimed at the person who blocked her short sword.

The man obviously didn't expect that her main target would be herself, and in a panic, she swung her knife horizontally, and Zhu Xueyan was already close to the other party at this time, and the quiver in her right hand was already aimed at the opponent's eyes, and she launched the machine.

The arrow went straight into the opponent's eye and pierced through the brain.

The person squatting on the ground turned around and wanted to flee at this moment, Zhu Xueyan turned his hand and shot an arrow at him, but the person on the left flew up and cut it down, knocking down the hidden arrow.

This person is almost fighting by instinct, because instinct is often better used than thinking in a fight. He dodged another arrow fired by Zhu Xueyan at close range, and slashed at her chest with a knife.

Zhu Xueyan was about to give him a leg when she was resisting with a short sword, but she felt the opponent's sudden pause, and hesitated whether to send the short sword into the opponent's chest at this moment. After a moment of hesitation, she heard the whistling of a sharp sword breaking through the air.

A sword tip peeked through the opponent's chest.

In this lightning and flint, Zhu Xueyan shot three arrows in a row, one arrow at the person who was about to escape, and two arrows at the door.

A series of screams rang out, and everything fell silent.

"Senior sister, it's me, Kuroko." A familiar voice rang out.

"I know it's you." Zhu Xueyan got up and said coldly, "The five people outside have all been solved?" ”

She had already recognized the method of killing people with flying swords just now.

"I killed three, and there are two left, and I just asked Senior Sister to kill them."

A skinny man flashed in outside the door.

Zhu Xueyan carefully pulled out the sword on the corpse and threw it to the visitor. She quickly stabbed the corpses on the ground with the short sword in her hand, and after making sure that the other party was all dead, she stepped forward and pulled out all the hidden arrows on the corpse.

These arrows were made of refined steel, and it was not easy to make, so she would not discard them unless she had to.

"Kuroko, where did these people come from?" Zhu Xueyan asked.

"It's all horse bandits." Heizi replied, "There are a total of more than 100 people from Shandong, and a while ago they met the people of the official army and the friends of the dart bureau, and many of them were killed, and there are about 30 of the left, who have been begging for a living here." He pointed to a person who was shot dead by Zhu Xueyan, "This is their leader, called Thunder Whirlwind." ”

Zhu Xueyan remembered the horse bandit she encountered when she came, and couldn't help frowning.

"This place can't be stayed, big sister. Let the government know that so many people have died, and if we find out, there will be trouble. Heizi said, "Let's change places, and then go to the capital at dawn." ”

"Why didn't Katsuko come with you?" Zhu Xueyan asked.

"That boy, I don't know what I have done, I am confused, and I promise not to have an affair with a woman again. Hey, this time he still hasn't escaped the woman's catastrophe. Who knows, he really likes the ****, he has long forgotten the task assigned by his eldest brother, and he also told the **** his identity in a fool's way. Kuroko sighed, "The **** leaked the news, and this matter reached the ears of the government, and the government sent a foreign gun team to catch him off guard, his leg was broken at that time, and after killing several officers and soldiers, he was also killed." Damn, I really want to slaughter that **** ...... with my own hands now"

Hearing Heizi's answer, Zhu Xueyan's brows furrowed even tighter.

"Let's go." She said in a deep voice.

In a short time, the two horses galloped out of the town.

"Have you heard about that person's whereabouts?" Zhu Xueyan asked.

I inquired that since he arrived in Beijing, he has been living in Xianliang Temple. He had few servants, and he didn't have any rings, but there were more guards than before, twenty-four in all, all red-clothed soldiers with foreign guns. Kuroko replied, "He also has two plum pistols on his body, and he has been going in and out of the Prime Minister's National Affairs Yamen these days." I heard that it was a negotiation with a foreign envoy. ”

"He doesn't know martial arts himself, and without those two foreign guns, he is nothing." Heizi said again, "But those red-clothed soldiers are extraordinary, not only can they shoot accurately, but they can also play with big knives, and they are very good in close combat. ”

"Oh." Zhu Xueyan listened to the sunspot's report, and couldn't deny it, but just nodded.

After the two of them rode up a hillside, Kuroko pointed to the outline of the huge city wall in the darkness in front of them and said, "The front is the capital, senior sister." ”

"Find a place and wait for dawn." Zhu Xueyan said.

It's dawn.

Lin Yizhe got up early, and after using it too early, he went straight to Wei Tuma's residence.

Today is the day when Wittoma leaves Beijing.

After British Prime Minister Disraeli was impeached and resigned by Congress, Foreign Secretary Deby and other cabinet members also resigned one after another, Gladstone was elected as the new British Prime Minister, and the first thing Gladstone did after taking office was to officially announce the removal of Wittomar from the post of minister to China and replace him with Fourys, the counselor to China.

Along with Wittoma, the commander of the British Far East Fleet (i.e., the "Chinese Fleet"), Rydel was dismissed.

After being dismissed, Wei Tuma was not reconciled, and called the British government one after another, emphasizing the importance of negotiating with China to open more ports, and asking the British government to resolutely oppose Lin Yizhe's intervention. However, the British government has lost interest in his proposal, and only wants to end the diplomatic turmoil caused by the Margaret and Liu Xihong incidents as soon as possible, so as to free up its hands to deal with Russia, which is about to stir up trouble due to the crisis in the Turkish Straits, and has properly handled the aftermath with the Chinese side in a very low-key manner.

After repeated "friendly consultations" with Fu Leisse, and after Fu Leisse sought approval from the British Government, he and the Chinese side reached an agreement on the aftermath of the "Dian Case" and the "Dun Case." The main contents of the agreement are:

In the Yunnan case, the Chinese side compensated and compensated Ma Jiali's family with a total of 50,000 taels of silver, beheaded the six murderers of Ma Jiali (in fact, six death row prisoners were found, because they were all "killed in prison", so this was abandoned), and Cen Yuying was removed from the post of governor of Yunnan (in fact, it was opened in the name of "Ding Wei").

In the Dun case, the British side compensated and compensated Liu Xihong's family with a total of 500,000 taels of silver (the reason why the price of Liu Xihong's life was ten times that of Margaret was because Liu Xihong was the deputy envoy of the Qincha, and Margaret was just a translator, and it was "the same life and different price"), because the murderer was never caught, the director of "Scotland Yard" in London was dismissed, the Home Secretary was removed from his post (in fact, he resigned due to the collapse of the Disraeli cabinet), and the British Foreign Secretary personally sent a letter to express his apology.

With regard to trade in Yunnan, the two sides agreed that all the extortion conditions previously proposed by Wei Tuma would be nullified, and negotiations would be resumed after the joint dispatch of personnel to explore the trade situation on the Yunnan border.

The Chinese side expressed a strong protest against the wanton extortion of China by Wittoma and his subordinates after the return of the Margaret incident, and the British side promised that after Wittoma and his relevant parties returned to China, they would launch an investigation and investigate the responsibility of the relevant personnel.

Things came to this point, and Wei Tuma knew that it was no longer meaningful for him to stay in Beijing, so he could only leave Beijing and return to China in a reluctant manner.

Lin Yizhe rode to the residence of Wittoma, the small western-style building had been emptied, and several carriages loaded with furniture and books were parked at the door, while Mrs. Wittoma directed the servants to carry things to the carriage continuously, and several children played on the side.

As young as they were, they couldn't understand what this move meant to their father.

Unlike his busy wives and servants, Wittoma just stood there calmly, watching it all. It wasn't until Lin Yizhe stepped forward to greet him that he came back to his senses.

"Hello, Mr. Lin Yizhe." Wei Tuma looked at Lin Yizhe and smiled, "Are you here to see me off today?" ”

"Yes." Lin Yizhe nodded, "If you want, I hope you can allow me to bid you farewell in a Chinese way and express my respect in my heart." ”

"Respect? I thought you were here to see a loser leave. Wei Tuma stared at Lin Yizhe and sneered, "Isn't that so?" ”

"We have an old saying in China: heroes are not judged by success or failure. You failed this time, but that doesn't mean you're a failure. Lin Yizhe met Wei Tuma's gaze and said in a sincere tone.

"I can't help but be amazed that such words come from your mouth." Wei Tuma still didn't seem to believe Lin Yizhe's answer, and his tone was full of hostility, "You have always been my enemy in this incident, you know, I have fiercely opposed your participation in this incident, but I have not succeeded. And you have been secretly urging me to leave China, and now, your purpose has been achieved. ”

"You see me as an enemy, but I don't see you as an enemy." Lin Yizhe smiled and said, "And I didn't secretly urge you to leave China. Your departure is entirely due to your own reasons. If it weren't for the fact that you are too greedy and the blackmail against China is really excessive. ”

Listening to Lin Yizhe's answer, Wei Tuma let out a heavy sigh.

Indeed, as the young man in front of him said, a series of rude behaviors he showed in the Margaret incident led to the consequences of today's disgraceful resignation!

"However, this failure does not negate all the contributions you have made to your country." Lin Yizhe noticed Wei Tuma's sad appearance, smiled slightly, and said, "In fact, in my opinion, your contribution is far greater than the consequences of this failure. ”