As they were talking, a young catcher ran past them, suddenly stopped to look at the unkempt two, took out two copper coins and threw them in front of Chen Anshun, and turned to leave.

Chen Anshun hurriedly kowtowed to the man, and kept saying, "Thank you, thank you, master." ”

Ah Wu supported the ground with his hand and was about to get up, but Chen Anshun immediately held him down.

"Where are you going?"

"Go find out what they're going to do."

"Stay honest!" Chen Anshun reprimanded him in a low voice, "Remember, meticulous work must always put not revealing your identity first." Now that the neighborhood has been taken over by the government, do you know how many eyes are secretly watching us? Pretend to be a beggar for me honestly...... Beggars have their own beggar benefits. ”

Ah Wumian was unwilling, but he could only lie back. Chen Anshun continued to stare at the movement of the noodle restaurant.

From time to time, the catchers with swords on their shoulders and the patrolmen of the Soldiers and Horses ran past them, and the laden carriage splashed countless mud spots that fell on the two of them, and no one paid attention to them. There are countless beggars living on the streets of this city, distributed in every corner of Apocalypse City, ordinary as stones on the side of the street.

Both men kept their heads down, trying to avoid the splashing rain. Presently an old woman came from the other end of the street, trembling and sinister, and put down half a bowl of leftovers. Then he stared at them for a moment before turning and walking away, muttering something in his mouth.

Chen Anshun picked up the leftovers with his hands and sent them to Ah Wu's mouth.

Ah Wu looked at him a little surprised, and kept his mouth shut, as if he was surprised by his boss's actions.

"Eat it." Chen Anshun's tone was resolute and unquestionable.

Ah Wu reluctantly opened his mouth.

Chen Anshun's voice was very low: "If you don't eat it, you will have no physical strength." What we need now is to be careful, once exposed, it's over. ”

Let's talk about it. He also picked up the leftovers. Stuff it into your mouth in a big gulp. It was like gobbling it up like it hadn't eaten in days. It's exactly like a beggar.

The catcher in the distance seemed not interested in watching the two beggars eat leftovers, and turned his gaze away. There was a lot of smoke coming from all directions, blocking the place where the fire was going, and what was even more strange was that they had erected cloth tents little by little with bamboo poles, not knowing what to do.

There were not many pedestrians on the street, and they all walked away from the detour, not wanting to make too much contact with the gang.

The rain was still falling.

The two of them held out like this until the evening. The rain finally stopped. The daytime wind dispelled the dark clouds, and the location of the original ramen restaurant could be seen brightly lit in the distance.

Chen Anshun pulled Ah Wu to stand up, holding the broken bowl containing leftovers during the day in his hand, bowed his head and bent over.

Ah Wu was still hot, and he was still shivering when he walked.

They walked until they were stopped by the arrestees. The man crossed his hands, stared at them with knife-like eyes, and asked, "What for?" ”

Chen Anshun lowered his head: "I want to eat." ”

"What are you doing here?"

Chen Anshun pointed to the corner where he and Ah Wu had been sitting all day: "It's all water, it's okay during the day, but I can't sleep at night." "There was already a water mark there. Reflecting the starlight.

"Good old man, give the stutter. Let's go over and find a leeward place to sleep. Chen Anshun stretched out his hand, his waist bent lower, and Ah Wu was also pulled by him and bent down.

The catcher frowned and looked at the two with a little disdain: "Let's go, this is not the place to ask for food." After that, he kicked Chen Anshun, Chen Anshun was kicked down, and Ah Wu was also stumbled.

"Get out." The man pointed behind him and said, "I won't let it go here in the future." ”

Chen Anshun led Ah Wu to walk back slowly.

The ramen restaurant in the distance has been surrounded by a curtain more than three feet high, and the inside is very bright, and people carry a lot of things in and out from time to time. It was very busy, but no one spoke. I used to hear dogs barking at night, but now it's gone. Everything was quiet and scary.

In the night, two beggars supported each other and walked slowly along the base of the wall.

There are very few pedestrians on the street, and although the lights are still on in Wentao Building, they are also closed early, but they haven't had time to come to the door before they have time.

Chen Anshun and Ah Wu came to the front of the store and were immediately stopped by the guys. The guy didn't recognize Chen Anshun, thinking that he was just asking for food, so he waved his hand away.

"Okay, okay, let'......s stutter," Chen Anshun said, as he stretched out his right hand, his thumb buckled inward, and the other four fingers extended.

The man recognized that it was his own people, but he kept silent, and just continued to chase them away: "Go, go, this is not the place where you want to eat, and don't look at yourself." I have to clean up the dirty ground when we go back......"

A voice from inside asked, "Ah Xing, who is it?" ”

The man turned around: "The shopkeeper is the one who asks for food." I'll drive them away. ”

"Let them go to the backyard and give some leftovers, which can be regarded as doing good deeds. In this world, the ...... is chaotic"

The guy answered, and took the two of them around to the backyard of Wentao Tower. It wasn't long before the two unkempt men left the backyard and disappeared into the night street.

In the secret room, Chen Anshun, who had taken off his disguise, soaked in a wooden barrel filled with hot water. Ah Wu had finished washing and was shivering and drinking water next to him.

"How?" Wan Jong Chae immediately rushed over through the secret passage after receiving the report. If it weren't for the great effort he spent two years ago to build this secret passage, I'm afraid he would be targeted by dozens of trappers as long as he went out.

"Last night, someone came to the door without knowing what was going on. The two of us killed five of us and ran out of the tunnel. ”

"No one is chasing you?"

"Nope. After escaping, there was no more. Chen Anshun said and took out an old copper coin, "And, look at this." ”

Wan Zhongcai took the copper coin and looked at the light.

This copper coin is one size bigger than the normal Vietnamese copper coin, and it is very heavy, the front perforation is cast with the word "Hongwu" up and down, these two words are relatively large, there are two small characters of "Tianxia" on the right side of the perforation, and there are two small characters of "Taiping" on the left; There are two big characters of "Holy Decree" on the back, three small characters of "Wu Rencun" on the right side, and three small characters of "Sun and Moon Ming" on the left side. Copper dark red. The outer edge is narrow. The production is very well-made.

"Heaven and Earth Society?" Wan Zhongcai was stunned.

"Not bad." Chen An obediently took out another one from his pile of clothes. "This is what I found on those people. Didn't expect that, right? ”

Wan Zhongcai carefully twisted the copper coin with his fingers: "This is water muddy copper, and only the people of the Heaven and Earth Society use this kind of copper coinage as a token." Thankfully, they're not ninjas, otherwise the two of you wouldn't have been able to beat five of them. ”

"This copper coin is real, but people may not be." Chen Anshun said while rubbing the mud, "Now it is the people from the government who occupy my restaurant, can those people last night be someone else?" ”

"The government claimed that someone had burgled and set fire to the house, so it sealed off the scene for investigation."

"Heaven and earth will come all the way from Qianguo to rob my ramen restaurant? I think it's a thief in the government who shouts to catch a thief. But I can't figure it out, look at their posture. It's not like they're coming at us, as if they're just trying to occupy that place, and they don't know what they're going to do. ”

"Come and see this." Wan Zhongcai unfolded a map, pointed to a few places circled with a red pen and said, "Last night, there were fires or robberies in five places in the city, and no one came out alive. And ......"

"And all the scene is cordoned off, and it's blocked by a curtain that is several feet high, isn't it?"

Wan Zhongcai nodded: "You also saw it?" ”

"Well, it's the same on my side. I don't know what they're up to. Chen Anshun said.

After saying that, he stood up, wiped himself clean, and began to get dressed: "I have to check it out...... They're not here for us. Gotta figure out what their purpose is. ”

Ah Wu also stood up, and his body seemed to be a little better. But his face was still pale.

"Ah Wu, you stay and recuperate." Chen Anshun said.

"Let him follow you." Wan Jong-jae spoke, "There aren't many people who can move now. ”

"But he's sick." Chen Anshun emphasized.

"It's better than not having enough people to mess it up. Mission first. "Wan Jong Choi leaves no room for error.

Chen Anshun wanted to insist, but Ah Wu had already changed his clothes. Wan Zhongcai didn't say anything more, and handed them the two copper coins of the Heaven and Earth Society again.

At this time, Chen Anshun didn't know what kind of secret his noodle restaurant was hiding.

In the basement, Qu Feipeng couldn't help but sigh as he looked at the layers of gold jewelry in the wooden box that had been opened.

Every piece of jewelry in these boxes may have been worn by a woman.

And there are more than a dozen boxes here.

These full boxes mean how many people will die!

Thinking that these gold ornaments were possessed by the resentful spirits of countless innocent women who died due to the rebellion of the Shengping Heavenly Kingdom back then, Qu Feipeng couldn't help but fight a cold war.

"It's all here, my lord." A man dressed in a Vietnamese trapper's uniform bowed his hand to Qu Feipeng and said, although he looked like a Vietnamese, he spoke fluently in the official dialect of Qianguo.

"Good. This time, you have all made great contributions, and Lord Lin will never treat you badly. Qu Feipeng nodded, "What you ask for, Lord Lin will definitely do it for you, you can rest assured." ”

"Thank you, sir!" Hearing Qu Feipeng's answer, the man and the other people in the trapper's uniform all looked happy.

They have been wandering in a foreign country for too long, and now they really want to return to their homeland and live a normal life.

"Your Excellency...... The two Orientals ran away. Someone came in and reported to Qu Feipeng, "They have very hard claws and killed five of our brothers." ”

Hearing the report, the predators in the house all changed color.

Qu Feipeng behaved very calmly, "You may not be able to deal with these people, but we still have to take action." He glanced around the room, "You don't have to worry about them, just hide the things here and wait for Lord Lin to come and receive them." Remember, in particular, the French must not be detected, otherwise it will ......"

"Yes!"

Beijing, Forbidden City, Qinzheng Palace.

Lin Yiqing, who was already the left attendant of the Ministry of War, did not know that his subordinates had helped him make a windfall in Vietnam, and it was the first time for him to participate in such a court meeting, but seeing that several military ministers at today's court meeting were trembling, he expected that the Empress Dowager Renxi would probably not give them a good look today.

The evolution of the situation in Vietnam was completely unexpected by the Beijing court.

The French minister Bao Hai received a telegram from Paris, and after learning the details, he immediately came to the prime minister's yamen after insisting on making contributions to the friendship between Japan and France, and was called "French reverence." The explanation of the French government was handed over to the Prime Minister's Yamen. Said "this battle of Hue. The government is now strictly investigating the matter and holding the local officials accountable for the remedy," and asked the Imperial Court to exercise restraint for the sake of friendship and cooperation between the two countries, "France has absolutely no intention of annexing Vietnam." But at the same time, Baohai also pointed out to Prime Minister Yamen. The cadres who crossed the border openly helped the Black Flag Army to become enemies of legal persons, and the Vietnamese government also connived at the conspiracy and construction of troops in Hue, and this was also the leading factor." He demanded that the Imperial Court also give an explanation on this matter and how to deal with it.

After receiving the explanation from the French side, Empress Dowager Renxi was a little relieved, but Baohai said that the Qianguo army was helping the Black Flag Army to attack the French, but she heard it for the first time and couldn't help but be taken aback. She successively sent orders to the Governor of the Southwest to ask for details. However, the governors of the three southwestern provinces were hesitant and refused to tell the truth.

may have been asked anxiously by the Empress Dowager Renxi. Cen Yuying, the governor of Yunnan and Guizhou, first replied, saying that the Dian army had entered Vietnam at the request of the king of Vietnam to exterminate the rebel Li Yangcai who had crossed the border, and that "the king of Yue begged to deal with the Li rebel bandit party and clean it up as soon as possible, so that all the remnants of the bandits that had been running away were eliminated, and more battalions were left to garrison to prevent bomb pressure", and "after Li was ambushed, the troops outside the border had been withdrawn one after another to save money", but after Li Yangcai's troops were exterminated, Vietnam "rose again in the country", and the Vietnamese officers and troops were exhausted from the east and west. The soldiers are trapped in the miasma, and the people are tired of flying, hoping to get rough peace to relieve the suffering of the soldiers and the people. It is not that this thief has not been pacified, but he has risen again, worrying about the resurgence of the embers", so he left the troops to garrison, and said that the imperial court had agreed to it before.

After saying that there were a lot of words to put the responsibility on the imperial court, Cen Yuying did not mention the current situation in Vietnam that the imperial court urgently needed to know, but talked about the origin of the Black Flag Army: "In the ninth year of Tongzhi, Liu Renyi, the leader of Xinghua Province, came to surrender to help the official army chase down the giant bandit Huang Chongying. Liu is a native of Shangsizhou, Guangxi, born in the 17th year of Shaoguang and is now 47 years old. The appearance is burly, kind and approachable, guarded outside the border of Yunnan, the place name is Anxijiang, and its general name is Baosheng. Those who keep this important mouth are their sons. The old children in his army all stayed in the old world and specialized in farming. Adult children are all organized as hunters, and they hunt rhino elephants and deer on weekdays, and take their skin, horns, teeth and teeth to sell to merchants in eastern Guangdong. The strong men were incorporated into the military register, and the women were in charge of internal affairs and managed the business. Its military system is divided into several battalions, and one battalion is divided into several teams, which serve in turns, and the cycle is repeated, without partiality or neglect. On the Baosheng to build the city, extremely strong, its land in the Anxi River, until the Red River, are in the Yunnan-Vietnam boundary of the place, so it is named the old world, that is, the newspapers called the old open is also. Baosheng City was home to Liu and his family, and 200 pro-soldiers were selected as guards. The Cantonese merchants were also in the city, and the Cantonese merchants brought tobacco, cotton, salt, and other items for trade, and then carried copper, lead, tobacco, clay and other things, and such transactions could collect 80,000 taels of silver every year. His military salary was given by the king of Yue, and each soldier was given 1,200 wen a month, 30 catties of rice, and those who had dependents were doubled. Its unemployed soldiers and civilians are all engaged in gambling, and casinos also pay taxes. ”

After describing the situation of the Black Flag Army, Cen Yuying praised the combat strength of the Black Flag Army: "The army has repeatedly assisted the officers and soldiers to suppress bandits, is brave and good at fighting, and has made miraculous achievements, and legal persons are afraid of it." In the name of 'obstructing business', the legal person has repeatedly raised troops to attack, and the army has seen many battles, the army has been defeated repeatedly, and its surprise is in the ambush of mines, with a wooden box containing four or five catties of medicine, buried in the main road, or camped left and right, with a bamboo tube to cover the line of fire, lying in the place of the long forest and rich grass, and the enemy has been seen, that is, each shot, the legal person has suffered countless casualties. When camping, dig a few feet deep first, cover with horizontal logs, make wooden pillars as engines, leave only a few inches empty, make cannon holes, and can be placed on all sides for cannon lookouts. On the wooden cover, it is nailed with bamboo and wood, and the mud is several feet thick, and the turf is stacked on it, and the door is not opened to enter and exit. When a legal person fires a gun, it cannot be fired at a high level, at a low level, from a distance, and if it is close, it will be hit. The flower seeds are also only fried on the turf and must not hurt anyone. The army had a place to hide, and was able to calmly fire its guns. ”

Here Cen Yuying mentioned that the Black Flag Army had fought with the French army, and he then explained: "In October of the twelfth year of Tongzhi, the legal person attacked Hanoi, killed the Vietnamese officers and soldiers, burned the notice, and obtained the whole city.

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