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Liu Xuexun's mood was very happy. When the captain of his personal guard team walked into the courtyard where he lived, he was thinking about the evening's entertainment, Cantonese opera, juggling, or Western magic, and he was engrossed in it, as if it were a very important and difficult choice to decide.

“…… I've been listening to the play for four days, but there doesn't seem to be anything new in the juggling troupe that has just arrived, and as for the American, though he says that he performs Western magic that no one has ever performed before......" he muttered to himself, and snuggled up in his chair to himself, as if unaware that someone had entered the room.

The captain of the guard waited for a while, but in the end, he felt that the situation would not change even after another half an hour, so he took the initiative to speak.

"Lord Liu."

No response. Liu Xuexun is still thinking about his question.

"Lord Liu!" The captain of the guard raised his voice.

This time, he succeeded, and Liu Xuexun's forehead slowly raised. "Oh, it's the deep river, why are you here?" He was a little surprised, but soon, it was replaced by surprise. "You've come just in time. I have a question, have you ever heard of a magician named Kotkin when you were at the umbrella company? ”

"Kotkin?"

"Help me think about it."

Reluctantly, the captain of the guard began to search his memory, and after a few minutes, he finally found a satisfactory answer in the depths of his memory. "There's such a man, David. Kotkin, who performed magic at Mr. Qin's wedding. ”

Finally almost enraged by Henry. Daubers choked his neck. After thinking about it, he swallowed the sentence back.

His reply satisfied Liu Xuexun. A magician who can perform at Qin Lang's wedding, he is definitely not the kind of third-rate person who can only fool people. However, he still wasn't at ease, after all, Qin Lang was a big man that Kotkin had to pay attention to, and he would definitely prepare for the performance seriously, but in China, he might just want to deal with things casually like a third-rate commodity.

He also needed a little bit of proof.

"So, do you know a guy called Tesla? And the thing he invented, what is it called? What line and what ......"

"My lord, I can't answer that question." The captain of the guard said, "I've never heard of that name. ”

"Are you sure?"

"Yes."

"Then I'm going to have to reconsider." As he spoke, Liu Xuexun fell into deep thought again.

A complicated look appeared on the face of the captain of the guard: having a boss in a good mood is undoubtedly a good thing, and for the people below, it means that their days will be easier, they can be a little lazy, and even if they make mistakes, they will not be punished particularly severely, however, sometimes, this is a bad thing.

When the boss is in such a good mood that he doesn't bother with business anymore, it turns bad; The second problem is that his good mood seems to have lasted too long.

Liu Xuexun's happy mood had already begun on the day that the news of Beijing's appointment of him governor of Formosa reached Canton. Although in order to get this position, he spent a lot of money to buy officials who could speak, and said a lot of good things in a low voice through intermediaries, but this little problem did not affect him in the slightest.

He didn't care about spending money, not because he had reached the lofty realm of treating money as dung, but because he had always been good at making money, and the "governor" was also a position that could make money; He also didn't care about saying some nonsense against his will, after all, he didn't say it himself. And what does it matter if you say it yourself? He gained control of Formosa and had a base to carry out the ultimate plan, and as long as the revolution succeeded, he could behead and exile all the officials of the Qing government, and then, naturally, no one remembered what he said.

So he's in a good mood.

However, he was in such a good mood that he ignored many questions, such as why Li Hongzhang, who knew him well and knew that he was planning to overthrow the Qing government, did not expose him to the emperor and the military aircraft department - Li Hongzhang did not even prevent him from obtaining the position of governor of Formosa, on the contrary, the politician who was considered to be cunning and cunning voted in favor - Liu Xuexun should have spent some time thinking about this issue, but he ignored it.

In the same way, he ignored the situation in Guangdong, was indifferent to its changes and developments, and was almost ignorant of it. The assassination and assassination only strengthened his defenses, but as a high-ranking official, he should have paid close attention to all kinds of abnormalities in society and immediately developed an emergency plan to deal with emergencies.

He didn't do anything.

He had no idea that the League was preparing an armed rebellion in Huizhou, Guangdong, very close to where he currently lived—in fact, he had not even heard of it.

But at this moment, this is the news that the captain of the guard is about to inform him - the time is ripe.

He interrupted his thinking again, and that could only be the case.

"My lord, there is a very urgent matter." The captain of the guard said loudly, making sure that he could be heard by Liu Xuexun.

And he did hear it, raised his head again, and asked with a displeased face, "What urgent matter needs to be reported to me now?" Can't you wait a little longer? ”

"I'm sorry, sir, but it's serious." The captain of the guard replied.

"How serious?"

"I have received information that some conspirators are planning to launch an armed rebellion in Guangdong."

"What did you say!" Like an electrocuted cat, Liu Xuexun bounced up from his chair - this was extremely unusual for his size - he rushed to the captain of the guard, his sharp gaze looked directly into his eyes, and his voice was stern: "Lin Shenhe, is your news reliable?" ”

"Infallible, sir." Lin Shenhe looked around cautiously, then leaned forward a little and whispered next to Liu Xuexun's ear: "These conspirators are soliciting people everywhere, but it is very unfortunate that they have found my old colleagues. ”

His old colleague, yes, was a mercenary of the umbrella company. Almost immediately, Liu Xuexun had a sense of acknowledgment about the whole thing: the conspirators needed experienced gunmen, and the Umbrella Company had just fired thousands of people, and of course they would find some of them, and these people were not surprisingly in personal contact with the captain of his guard.

It's just that their messages must not be free.

"Why did your old colleague tell you the news?" He asked.

"These old colleagues of mine don't want to get involved in an anti-government rebellion, but they haven't found a suitable job after leaving the company" - Lin Shenhe's answer confirmed his guess, but not every part - "They are still considering whether they should accept the business or ......"

Liu Xuexun interrupted him. "You mean, they haven't really mastered the conspirators' plans yet?"

"They can only be sure that the conspirators who assassinated Lord Tokushou and the conspirators who prepared to create a rebellion all belong to an organization called the Alliance."

"The Alliance?"

"Yes, the League." Lin Shenhe did not explain. With his current status, he shouldn't have known more than a name, so he wisely didn't mention that part of the information.

Liu Xuexun had some hope, but he was not surprised—as Lin Shenhe had already foreseen—and slowly, he sat back in his chair and began to seriously think about the armed rebellion plot of the organization called the Alliance. "Your old colleagues have not yet decided whether they should accept the business of the conspirators, so they have no idea who the leaders and participants of the rebellion are, nor the scale of the rebellion, and certainly the ......timing of the rebellion," he suddenly had an idea, a plan that he thought would be very good, "to relay to your old colleagues and let them accept the business." ”

"Your Excellency?"

"Let them accept the business, and I promise they will not be held accountable, but will be rewarded and twice as much as I paid...... No, triple the commission, as long as they can leak me the specific information of the armed rebellion, of course, it is best to be able to fight back at a critical moment and help me completely eliminate the conspirators, so that no one can escape. "Great idea, and it's going to work. Liu Xuexun became proud and asked, "What do you think?" ”

"I don't know, sir." Lin Shenhe smiled in his heart: that was exactly what he needed. On the surface, though, he is still extremely cautious and serious. "I will convey your suggestion to my old colleagues."

"It's not enough to convey it, Shenhe, you need to convince them, of course, the price is negotiable." Liu Xuexun stood up, patted Lin Shenhe's shoulder gently, and said to him seductively: "If you can handle this matter properly, I promise to recommend you to the Military Aircraft Department and give you a formal official position." After a pause, he added, "I will ask the imperial court to appoint you as an assistant commander." ”

It's not a blank check, he's going to keep his promise, and he's going to make sure it's true. But instead of rewarding Lin Shenhe, Liu Xuexun already had a new plan: to reorganize his personal guard into a regular army, and at the same time expand it to the size of a association. Successfully quelling the rebellion would be a very good reason to help him take another step towards final victory.

The League, it will be a stepping stone, and an excellent stepping stone that will automatically send it to the door.

It doesn't get much better or more fun than that.

His mood became cheerful again.

"Go ahead and do it now, I'm waiting for your good news. But beware, don't let me down. He finally commanded, thinking of the evening's entertainment.

His name was David. Novelty Western magic performed by Kotkin's magicians, which no other magician had ever performed, should be a good choice.

Liu Xuexun returned to the chair again, no longer sitting, but lying down, and began to hum some small songs that Lin Shenhe couldn't understand.

He didn't see the captain's expression.

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