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"This is Liu Aliang's head? Why are you so skinny? I remember that Liu Aliang was a fat man. ”

Hong Kong's Deep Water Bay mansion, Zhu Jishi pointed to a boxy wooden box and asked. Inside the wooden box is a head that is said to have belonged to Liu Aliang, the second son of the Liu family in Lanfang. This morning, a strong man who claimed to be the samurai Saigo Takanaga of Japan took this head to the Deep Water Bay mansion to ask for a meeting. Now the strong man is in the waiting room, and Zhu Mo and Zhu Jianyu are drinking tea and chatting. The wooden box with the head was sent to Zhu Jishi by the brocade guard on duty. But Zhu Jishi didn't recognize this dry and shriveled head as Liu Aliang's for a while, because he and Liu Aliang had only met a few times, and he had the impression that this thing was a little black fat man, not a little black thin man. Fortunately, the two sisters, Luo Xiangmei and Luo Xiangju, are very familiar with Liu Aliang, to the point where they can recognize the success of losing weight.

"That's right, this is Liu Aliang's head! I didn't expect to lose weight like this...... It seems that he has suffered enough these days, so it is better to bury it properly. ”

Luo Xiangmei and Liu Aliang are familiar with each other, not to mention childhood sweethearts, they have also played since childhood, if it weren't for Zhu Jishi's appearance, this Liu Aliang might have become his husband, and now seeing him cut off his head like this, there is not much joy in his heart.

"Did Mr. Saigo say that he cut off Liu Aliang's head somewhere?"

After confirming that the head was indeed taken from Liu Aliang's neck, Zhu Jishi's interest shifted to the Japanese samurai Saigo Takanaga. Zhu Jishi had seen this person from afar. This Jap is really not small! He is at least 1.78 meters tall and weighs about 1780 pounds. It looks like an iron tower. Is this strong man really Japanese? Also, was there a hero named Saigo Takanaga in the late Edo era in Japan? Just looking at this piece is rare in Japan......

"Please come in. I have something to ask him. ”

For the Japanese, Zhu Jishi has an instinctive sense of distrust, especially Saigo Takayong, a Japanese who is heroic at first sight.

"Ming Gong, are you looking for me?" Zhu Mo respectfully saluted Zhu Jishi.

"Then what is the way to get Saigo Takanaga? Did you make it clear? ”

"Nasaigo Takanaga was a samurai of the Satsuma Domain in Japan, born in the countryside near Kagoshima Castle in the Satsuma Domain. His father was a minor official of the Satsuma clan, and he himself had an errand as a clerk. This time, he came to Guangzhou with Komatsu Kiyoyu, the Satsuma Domain's commissioner in charge of Ryukyu trade, and when he passed through Ryukyu, he met Liu Aliang, who claimed to be a Qing merchant. When Liu Aliang saw his bravery, he made friends with generous gifts and went to Guangzhou with him and Komatsu Qingyou. It was only in Guangzhou that he was told that he wanted to raise a large amount of money to kill Ming Gong as an assassin. As a result, Saigo Takanaga admired Ming Gong as a person. He killed it and cut off his head to Ming Gong. ”

Satsuma Domain...... It seems to be one of the four strong clans of the fallen curtain! Saigo Takasakaga ...... I haven't heard of it, but I know that there is a Saigo Takamori who is a new three heroes, and I don't know if it's this Saigo Takanaga's brother?

"Ming Gong, my subordinates think that what this Saigo Takayong said is true." Zhu Mo pondered for a moment and analyzed, "The name of the Ryukyu Kingdom is the Manchu Domain, which is actually controlled by the Satsuma Domain of Japan, and the feudal lords of the Satsuma Domain often use the name of Ryukyu merchants to conduct maritime trade. And Zhu Jianyu also knows Xixiang. They came from the Ryukyus on the same ship, and Liu Aliang was indeed on the ship at that time. ”

"What is Liu Aliang doing in Guangzhou?" Zhu Jishi suddenly frowned. Bai Siwen's white-eyed wolf is now the assistant minister of foreign affairs and the superintendent of Guangdong Customs, and he is in Guangzhou! The conflict between the Liu family and himself was instigated by Bai Siwen, and Liu Aliang must have taken refuge with Bai Siwen after fleeing from Lanfang......

"Is there any movement in Guangzhou?"

Reports sent by secret organizations controlled by Zhu Jishi, such as Daming Mountain, Xiaodaohui, and Guangyitang. It's all about Luo Xiangmei. She thought for a while, shook her head and said, "There doesn't seem to be much movement, the foreign affairs yamen and the Yuehai overseer are busy moving. The Thirteen Banks and the various foreign companies are also preparing to move from Guangzhou to Kowloon......"

"In other words, the wind is calm, didn't Liu Aliang's death cause a little wave?"

"When a people die, they die. How much more waves can there be? Luo Xiangmei thought for a while, and then said, "Xianggong." Are you worried about Bai Sven? ”

"It is very likely that Liu Aliang was sent by Bai Siwen to Ryukyu to hire killers, and Guangzhou is Bai Siwen's land, a Japanese samurai beheaded Bai Siwen's dog in Guangzhou, and he can still swagger to Hong Kong, isn't there anything suspicious?"

Is this also suspicious? Luo Xiangmei said in her heart that her father-in-law is becoming more and more suspicious now! This Bai Siwen is not a general in Guangzhou, but a foreign assistant minister and superintendent of Guangdong customs who has no military power. His people are gone, so he can only ask the officers of the Guangdong Customs and the men of the Thirteen Lines to find them. If you want to use the liliang of Guangzhou Prefecture, the silver will not be spent on the sea - who doesn't know that the customs superintendent has money? For the sake of a bad people, can Bai Siwen be guilty?

"Did Takayong Saigo ask for anything?" Zhu Jishi also felt that he was a little suspicious, so he asked Zhu Modao.

"At first, I just wanted some rewards," Zhu Mo said with a smile, "but later I heard from Zhu Jianyu about the Military Academy of Jishi University and the Aplaizhou Military Academy, so I proposed to study here with us instead." Ming Gong, his subordinates saw that Na Xixiang was quite heroic, or he could be recruited as a general. ”

"Recruitment? A Japanese? Zhu Jishi frowned, he didn't feel very reliable.

"It's just a small official with dozens of stones." Zhu Mo smiled, "Those Japanese lower-level samurai are all poor, and they should be able to make a lot of money." The subordinates also knew that there were many samurai in Japan who were so poor that they couldn't even eat, and if Ming Gong was interested, his subordinates could recruit some for the lord, and these people were not afraid of death. ”

Recruiting Japanese mercenaries? The more you listen, the more unreliable it becomes! If these Japanese mercenaries meet the market outside and fight old wars, won't they just turn the curtain down and open up the country after returning home?

"Japanese mercenaries are exempt, but this Saigo can go to the Military Academy of Jese University as a student." Zhu Jishi pondered for a moment, and then said, "Get off his knife and take him to the living room to see him." ”

Although I think it's suspicious, I'll see you anyway. Now Zhu Jishi has many guards around him, all of whom have muskets in hand. No matter how high the martial arts are, they can be beaten into a sieve! So don't worry about a bare-handed Japanese samurai taking his own life.

In addition, Japan today is not the ambitious country it was after the Meiji Restoration. They just closed themselves to the country and lived their own small lives, and there was no serious conflict with Zhu Jishi's career.

"Sure enough, he's a good man!" Seeing the tower-like Saigo Takayong standing in front of him, Zhu Jishi couldn't help but praise him. Such a man is not under Zhu Jishi's command - it is not easy for Cantonese people to grow into Zhu Jishi, Saigo Takayong, who is tall and strong, has to go to Shandong to look for it, and I don't know if this ancestor of Xixiang ran from Shandong to Kyushu, Japan?

"After learning in his later life, Saigo Takanaga visited Ming Gong, and I hope Ming Gong will pass on the way to help the world and save the country in his later life."

When he was sighing, Saigo Takasakaga was long to the ground, and his mouth was speaking stiff Chinese.

"Saigo Takayong," Zhu Jishi nodded, and said in a deep voice, "You killed this Liu Aliang?" ”

"It's just down there!"

"Excellent! I once rewarded Liu Aliang and his son with a gold mine and the title of earl, and now you beheaded Liu Aliang and sent it, you can choose between the gold mine and the earl. ”

"I want to worship Ming Gong as a teacher!"

Zhu Jishi waved his hand and said: "Apprenticeship to apprenticeship, reward to reward." ”

"Students want money!" Saigo Takanaga is not pretentious, and says generously, "The student doesn't know how to open a gold mine, he only wants 10,000 taels of silver." ”

"Yes." Zhu Jishi smiled and nodded, since he offered a reward for Liu Aliang's head, he had to cash it out, otherwise what credibility would he have?

"Long Yong, from now on, you are my disciple, but I don't have time to teach you in person, you can first learn Chinese with a few students who are fluent in Chinese and Japanese languages, and then enter the military academy of Jishi University to study military affairs, and when you have some achievements, you will personally write a letter to General Jiaqing for the division to recommend you."

Zhu Jishi's words were relatively fast, Saigo Takanaga didn't understand, Zhu Mo translated again, and then he frowned and said: "Teacher, the student is a Samurai of Saskatchewan, not a direct minister of the general's family......"

"So what?" Zhu Jishi instructed Luo Xiangmei to take a copy of "The Founding of the First Army" and "History of the Fall of India" and handed it to Xixiang, and then said: "Longyong, you can take these two books and read them, and if you understand them, you will know whether to serve the general's family or the Shimazu family." (To be continued......)