Chapter 18 Contingency

The river is very windy, and the waves are like a tide.

Li Xuan stood at the bow of the boat, the wind blowing her chestnut hair, fluttering.

Everywhere there are green mountains and fields, layered on top of each other, I don't know how deep and far it is. A belt of clear water is at her feet. The Koreans dressed in white are on the banks of the river, wearing hats, like little white ants. ÷

It's finally gone, these days, it's like a dream.

These words, she can be regarded as seeing the real mountains and rivers beyond the South Seas, the vastness of the mother continent, and Xu Yifan's high spirits, tens of thousands of people are flying in this place of North Korea under his will. Thousands of soldiers in neat uniforms kicked their steps into a single voice on the field. Hundreds of thousands of North Korean people trembled under his Xu banner, not daring to make a sound.

It's a pity that none of this has anything to do with her.

Around the ship, there were all subordinates and old mothers who were so silent that they didn't dare to breathe. These are the special treatment given by the family to her as a red envelope this time, I am afraid that when she returns to Nanyang, she will be the mixed-race little girl who is looked down upon everywhere. Although his father's status has risen, he probably hates her even more than the original stern old man for coming back like this!

Alas, I just want to find a man who is really good to me, even if there is a little sincerity......

It's really hard to be a woman.

If it weren't for those eighteen roses and such a gentle letter, she would not have followed her all the way from Nanyang to death when she was beaten to death by her family. She doesn't know much about men, but she doesn't talk much, and she hates it the most.

Jiang Feng was a little bigger, and Li Xuan stood there with a pouting and thinking about his thoughts. Because it was windy outside, the old mother put on a mink shawl that she bought in Yanjing. The silhouette of the reading power in the green mountains and clear water made the subordinates who served her look at it with a beat of their hearts.

Miss is really good-looking, but she is also really stubborn.

Where is the world down, even if it is the realm of foreigners. Girls are not yet vassals of men. How can she be so diligent, and she has to be treated sincerely by others? When I went back this time, I didn't know what kind of thunder I was going to encounter.

Even if they can see it, Xu Yifan, the old man, is really a person who does big things, and he still cares about a little girl like her? It won't be long before they may escort another daughter of the Li family in Nanyang to North Korea, Li Xuan is like the dew after getting up in the morning, and no one will mention it in a blink of an eye.

After reading for a long time, Li Xuan closed his eyes, as if he had finally decided to accept his future fate. He turned around and prepared to get out of the cabin. After only half a turn, her ears moved, and in the sound of wind and water, there seemed to be a faint sound of horses' hooves.

But this little voice is just a flash in my heart. She bit her lip and scolded herself: "Stupid, what are you waiting for!" "Stamped your foot slightly, turned around and wanted to go down. As a result, I saw that the girls and old mothers behind them all widened their eyes, and one of the Nanyang dialects came out: "Yes...... Be...... It's Lord Xu! ”

Li Xuan was stunned, slowly turned around, and then his legs were weak. On the bank of the river, I saw a horse, stretching its limbs hard, and chasing all the way through the river! The horse's mane fluttered, and it was covered in [***] sweat, and its muscles were high and bulging, and it had squeezed out the last bit of energy. Desperately chased after him.

And on horseback, it is Xu Yifan!

His hat had run off, and the false braids nailed to his hat were gone. Desperately urging the horse with a bare head, the whole person is almost squatting on the horse, chasing her boat!

If someone looks down from the sky at this time, they can see between the mountains and rivers, with a boat in front and a horse behind. The boat dragged out a slowly rippling white wave in the turquoise water, and the horse stepped out of the fine wave points on the bank of the river, slowly shortening the distance between the boat and the horse!

At this time, the scenery can be painted.

Li Xuan's body shook, and his eyes couldn't help but warm up. I don't know why, but I just can't speak. The girl next to her was so anxious that she jumped to her feet: "Knock down the sail and stop the boat!" Stop the boat! ”

Xu Yifan was riding on a horse, and the wind blew so that his ears were full of whirring sounds, but his eyes only had the boat and the shadow of the white mink on the boat.

can't even bear the promise to a woman, what kind of muzzler do you usurp? What's more, this woman was picked up by herself from the pile of indigenous thugs!

The reason is very far-fetched, but at this time, that's what he thinks.

The ship slowed down, the rocks were thrown down, and the sailors were hoisting and unwinding. The old girl was rushing to a swarm of bees at the bow of the boat, and she was so excited that she didn't know what to do.

Jianma's warm mouth foam sprayed all the way to his face, and Xu Yifan couldn't bother to wipe it. Seeing that the horse had caught up with the river boat. He exhaled and raised his voice, and he tightened his grip on the reins. Jian Ma ran and gave his surname, and stood up with a long neigh, and before he could fall in circles, Xu Yifan had already picked up his stirrups and jumped off the horse. After a few steps, I walked into the river and waited for the boat to come down.

Some girls and mothers have been so excited that they have cried and screamed, when have they ever seen such a romantic scene since they were born? The psychology of women, whether from the past or the future, is estimated to have not changed much. Xu Yifan stood there, looking at Li Xuan from a distance, see if you little girl can still run out of Lao Tzu's Five Finger Mountain? Lao Tzu chased after him!

Li Xuan on the boat was originally leaning softly against a maid, and her eyes were moist. Looking at his eyes, I don't know where the strength came from, I straightened up and stood up straight, biting my lip and looking at him.

There was the sound of horses' hooves behind him, but it was two, Xu Yifan glanced back, and saw Chu Wanli and Li Xing, who were also sweating profusely. Seeing Xu Yifan waiting for the boat there, Li Xing's face was excited and ecstatic, this guy was carrying a military stick with red on the top and black on his back! And Chu Wanli was beside him, with a wicked smile on his face.

In a blink of an eye, the horse arrived at the boat, several sailors jumped down and dragged the boat closer to the shore, Li Xing and Chu Wanli also jumped off the horse and rushed to Xu Yifan's side in a few steps. Xu Yifan looked at Chu Wanli's smiling appearance, touched his bare head, snorted, and jumped into the boat with great strides on the river. Waiting for Li Xing and Chu Wanli to come up, they hurriedly turned around and stroked back. The rope net was thrown down on the ship, and several sailors hung there waiting to help Xu Yifan up, Xu Yifan pushed their hands away and climbed up by himself.

When they arrived on the boat, the girls and mothers squatted down one after another to salute, and the people on the boat were a little shorter. Li Xuan was still standing there with his mouth pouted, and his eyes fell away, but he didn't look at him. Xu Yifan was calm, strode over, and got close to the smell of the girl on Li Xuan's body, so he snorted: "Where are you going?" ”

Li Xuantou still didn't reply: "Go home!" ”

Xu Yifan took two steps around her with his hands behind his back: "Isn't your home here?" In the future, when you go back to your parents' house! Now go back and want to fight the old man? ”

Li Xuan's voice was already crying: "I'm willing to go back and be beaten, you can't care!" ”

Xu Yifan smiled: "Hit you, the pain is in my heart......"

It's a bit numb to say this, but back then, Stephen Chow, a postmodern master, relied on this sentence to soak Li Jiaxin (see the brilliant nonsensical obscene masterpiece "Shenlong Sect" for details), how can it be useful to say it yourself?

The skinless and faceless pickling skills before crossing over, now that I think about it, I am really a little rusty.

Sure enough, Lord Wei's lines were invincible, Li Xuan suddenly turned his head, his eyes were shining, and he was full of tears. looked like he wanted to jump into Xu Yifan's arms, but he didn't pounce after all, he just stomped his feet there: "Even if it's wrong for me to break into the barracks, even if I deserve to be beaten with a military stick, but why don't you ignore me, ignore me, and don't tell me?" Still saying that kind of thing? Am I the red envelope given to you by the Li family? Why are you sending me flowers? Why are you writing to me? Why did you want to get me out? ”

Stamped your foot, and tears fell down in strings. I cried a lot.

"Anyway, I've been a nobody's go-to since I was a child, but there's a little bit of it, I know how to respect myself! Others lie to me, I don't lie to myself! Even if I go back and kill him, I don't want to be a gift for others! ”

Seeing that the little girl was crying so beautifully, Xu Yifan thought about it with a weak heart, it seemed that he did take Li Xuan as a big deal, and he didn't care about anything.

But such a self-respecting girl, it's really ...... This is a rarity in this era.

Li Xuan cried and gasped, and turned around aggrievedly: "I want to go home, you don't care about me, why are you chasing after me......"

This belongs to being cheap and selling well, women are like this. Xu Yifan rolled his eyes in his heart, finding the feeling of coaxing his girlfriend in the past. At this time, the fierce man didn't say anything, just hugged her.

Li Xuan really came over as soon as he was hugged, lying in his arms, his soft little chest against him. Crying so much, no matter how strong her self-esteem is, she is a nineteen-year-old girl, Xu Yifan chased after her all the way so earth-shattering, she should have forgiven and forgiven a long time ago. When will you not be coquettish at this time?

Chu Wanli stood straight not far behind Xu Yifan, the corners of his mouth twitching.

Xu Yifan hugged Li Xuan and beckoned back. Chu Wanli pushed Li Xing, who was standing, and Li Xingcai stepped up, and handed the nervous general stick to Xu Yifan, Xu Yifan took the military stick and slowly said to Li Xuan in his arms: "Yun Zong beat you with a military stick, I can't help you turn this case over." In addition to you, I have the responsibility of many more people...... I think you're so smart that you should understand. But of course, I have a promise to you. Leaving Nanyang, I didn't care much about you, it's my responsibility to make this happen, if you're angry, just hit me twice. This is a daughter-in-law beating a man, and I don't feel ashamed of my family. In the future, I'm afraid I won't have much time to be with you, and there are still too many things for me to do...... You will all express your grievances in the future, can you understand them? ”

Li Xuan's crying stopped, and he raised his head from his arms. The two of them, one of them are one hundred and seventy-six and one is one hundred and seventy-one, and they are very right when they hug each other. It's not like you want to kiss Luo Shi, but you have to Luo Shi to be Xu Yifan.

With tears on her little face, she snorted and grinded her teeth to take the military stick and gesture at Xu Yifan. Xu Yifan also raised his hand with righteousness and awe, and the old girls couldn't bear to close their eyes, beating the man, is this worth it?

Li Xuan looked at Xu Yifan for a long time, dropped the military stick with a bang, and couldn't help it, and laughed out with a teardrop: "Look at you, your calves are shaking!" Who's going to hit you! But let me tell you, even if I spend the next day with you, I will make it clear, and you don't expect me to be the same as Luo Shi and Cuckoo! ”

Xu Yifan was a little annoyed, Lao Tzu's legs were really shaking? Seeing Li Xuan's crying and laughing appearance, his heart softened suddenly, and he asked in a low voice, "What's the same?" ”

Li Xuan's face flushed, he leaned over, and whispered: "It's in the hot spring...... In the hot springs...... Both of them were naked, and the public ......"

Xu Yifan hugged her again, and the old girls let out a relaxed sigh. One day the clouds and fog finally disappeared!

Chu Wanli looked at the two of them, and asked the sky speechlessly. Where is my Chu Wanli spring! Li Yunzong, this kid, don't want to marry a daughter-in-law in this life, Lao Tzu still wants to!

Just when it was sweet, Li Xing suddenly said, "My lord, someone is coming over again!" It seems like...... It seems to be Lord Tang and the chief of the guard! ”

Xu Yifan turned around violently, and sure enough, he looked at the two small figures, and urged the horse to come along the river bank without his life. What's going on today? Lao Tzu chases a daughter-in-law, is it so lively?

Chu Wanli looked at the figure over there, and then at Xu Yifan's bare head. With a roll of his eyes, he took out his waist knife, grabbed his braid and cut it off, handed over the military hat together, and whispered in Xu Yifan's ear: "My lord, Pu Yang is a banner man." ”

Xu Yifan touched his bare head, and then looked at Chu Wanli's hair, Chu Wanli smiled: "I'll push my bare head when I go back, my lord, I wanted to cut this braid for a long time, but my lord, you still have to ...... it."

Xu Yifan's face was cold, as if he had suddenly got out of the tenderness and sweetness just now, took his hat and put it on, and stuffed Chu Wanli's braid into it. Li Xuan also seemed to feel something, gently withdrew from Xu Yifan's arms, smiled at him, wiped his tears and retreated from the cabin: "I understand, you do your business...... I'm always ...... Here's it. ”

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When Pu Yang and Tang Shaoyi came on the boat, they were also dusty. Not only that, but the two of them were still full of solemnity. Tang Shaoyi just gasped and looked at Xu Yifan with dark clouds on his face. He is a literati, and he is really about to disperse when he comes so madly.

Xu Yifan had already packed up his mind and said lightly: "Shaochuan, what's the matter?" ”

Tang Shaoyi smiled bitterly: "Pu Beizi got a piece of news, I'm afraid it will come faster than our news." He missed the night to look for the adult, but only found his subordinates, and the subordinates learned that the adults were coming this way, so they flew over...... My lord, the court has done something to us! I was expecting to be able to maintain the situation for a year, but I didn't expect it to be so soon! Yuan Shikai has already set off from Seoul and has come to lead the army with the adults...... Moreover, I heard that we are going to withdraw to the country! My lord, this situation is not easy to come by, Pu Beizi has bought us a little time, we have to respond as soon as possible! ”

Xu Yifan's body shook.

Of course, he knew the consequences of his arrogant and unscrupulous actions in North Korea! But otherwise, he can't deal with Rong Lu's neck on him, otherwise, he can't establish his military strength as soon as possible. This is an overriding choice! In his mind, according to the decision-making time of those bureaucrats in the Qing Dynasty, when he finished tearing the skin, he decided to clean him up. Looking ahead, if you delay it any longer, a year will pass. And a year later, it was the First Sino-Japanese Bloody War! That's when he's going to be the mainstay. He's just going to have a year's time! For the Qing court, he is still an insignificant guy, and after the First Sino-Japanese War, it will not be so easy to restrain him.

But now I don't know how the Qing court suddenly understood, as if it had seen the variables he would bring, and began to clean him up and restrain him so early.

Those central ministers in the Qing Dynasty do not know how to balance power, but they are often too slow to make decisions. This is also an old tradition in officialdom, but this time, he was not even given a year's buffer time!

His gaze slammed towards Pu Yang, and there was no change in the expression on his face. At this time, Pu Yang was looking at Chu Wanli strangely, looking at his braided head.

Xu Yifan said coldly: "Pu Yang! ”

Pu Yang reacted for a moment, and a standard military salute subconsciously walked with a flat chest: "My lord, mark it in!" ”

Xu Yifan put his hands behind his back and said word by word: "Where did this news come from, is it reliable?" ”

Pu Yang stood up straight, and he now looked like a standard soldier after Xu Yifan had cleaned up enough. There was also a lot less ruffian on his face: "My lord...... These were told by the subordinate banner people's friends, and the capital has changed, and there is no news of them. They were grateful for the messenger appointed by the lord, so they came to inform ...... late night."

Xu Yifan raised a hand and interrupted him. His face was tense, and his mind was spinning violently.

Pu Yang's sources can be doubted. The Banner People Sect didn't dare to say anything else, but it was true that they were all up to heaven! I didn't expect to use the flag people to bully the North Koreans, and there were such collateral benefits, I really didn't expect it, I just thought that these flag people clan bullied people in a set...... Which side of the court is there to deal with him? Guangxu's imperial party, or Cixi's posterior? Or both? Now I just need some buffer time!

The most fatal thing is this withdrawal of troops back to China. As for Yuan Shikai...... Hmph, but that's it. He has a way to cope.

Everyone's eyes turned over, Xu Yifan's expression was cold, but he didn't speak. Later, almost everyone was breathing with Xu Yifan's breathing rhythm.

Xu Yifan waved his hand violently: "Lao Tzu has to rely on North Korea!" People can't speak, let the money speak! Shaochuan, you withdraw money immediately and return to China! Li Lianying is in charge there, no matter how much she sends, she has to buy one to make this matter vague first! Those ministers of the military aircraft, as well as those who can speak, will send me money! Just buy a time! You don't have to worry about the affairs of North Korea, let's go now! ”

Tang Shaoyi hurriedly saluted: "Tsk! Subordinates will go! "Now, this is probably the only way, but how long can it be delayed? If it drags on, will there be a turnaround?

Several people wanted to ask, but they didn't ask Xu Yifan's face when they saw Xu Yifan's face pale. I only saw him looking up to the sky and sneering slightly: "Jia Wu, hum, Jia Wu!" ”

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In the village of Naewon-dong near Pyongyang Prefecture, the courtyard of the village office was full of people. Many of them had mud on their feet, as if they had come from a long distance. Most of these people looked like North Korean peasants, and a few of them wore long shirts, as if they had read books. Several North Korean women, carrying large copper pots, carefully added tea to the copper bowls in each person's hand. In the kitchen, the smell of dog meat wafts through.

Inside the house, the name of the house is Kokomajiri. Now it is the spy of the Hyunyang Society, who is the liaison of the Korean Donghakdo and the Pyongan Province, who walked out, and the two behind him are Takeda Fanyuki and them. Both of them are dressed as North Korean merchants in the village. Seeing Ikoma come out, the people sitting in the courtyard stood up with a buzz and bowed slightly to him.

These people are all from the East.

This non-governmental association in North Korea was already on a large scale 30 years ago. For 2,000 years, the Korean people have been affected by the Han civilization. In this great change unseen in thousands of years, at this juncture of the crazy invasion of Western civilization, it is natural that they will pick up the weapons of civilization that they are most familiar with to resist. Since Cui Shiheng, the first head of Dongxuedao, he has begun to advocate Oriental studies to compete with Western Catholicism. This is also the abuse of the nationalism of the Korean nation, which was only a knee-jerk resistance at the cultural level at first, but later it naturally evolved into a preliminary nationalism and put forward political demands. For example, punishing corrupt officials and corrupt officials.

Most importantly, this Eastern Hokk-way inspired the nationalist ideas of the Korean nation itself. This small country, sandwiched between China and China, has even raised the voice of the Korean people through the mouth of Dongxue Dao. "Rejecting the Japanese and expelling the foreign ...... and making Korea a powerful country in East Asia by itself"

This kind of paranoia and arrogance, a hundred years later, still has a lingering aftertaste.

Ikoma and Takeda, both of them bowed slightly in accordance with Korean etiquette. Waiting for the people to sit down again, Ikoma glanced at the crowd. He read in a low voice: "The golden bottle of fine wine is the blood of thousands of people, and the jade plate is delicacies and ten thousand surnames." When the candle tears fall, the people cry, and the song is high and the complaint is high......"

Dozens of people in the courtyard were all buzzing to read along with him, and all of them looked serious, as if they were religious ceremonies. Even those North Korean women have holy faces.

"The whole division has sent a messenger, and the whole division is very sad about my peace and the people, who have been raided by the Qing people and those who have been annihilated!" Ikoma looked sacred, opened his hands, and spoke loudly.

Hearing that the second sect leader of Dongxue Dao, Quan Fengzhun had sent an envoy, the crowd buzzed again, and looked towards Takeda and the two of them. One by one, the five bodies fell to the ground: "The whole teacher knows the suffering of our peaceful road!" ”

Ikoma glanced back at the expressionless Takeda and them, and his heart was equally excited. In the Southwest War, Saigo Takamori, one of the three heroes of the Meiji Restoration, launched an unprecedented rebellion against the Meiji political axe under the banner of a private school, wasn't it just to maintain the glory of the samurai and lead the book to the road of continental hegemony?

After the defeat of the Southwest War, the Han Yishi were scattered at the beginning, but those of them who joined the Xuanyang Society were still working towards this ideal. Now it seems that the book is finally ready. Lord Xixiang, you can probably rest in peace!

His voice was louder: "Of course the whole master knows!" The Qing clan holds the power of Ping'andao, which county does not have a brutal Qing soldier, and which county does not have a girl who was robbed by them? The same tax was collected by the Li Dynasty, and he had to pay another copy to those Qing people! The courtiers of the Li Dynasty ran for the Qing people before and after the saddle, and scavenged for food, money, and women for them...... Moreover, those Qing clans, in addition to the Peace Dao, will also spread to other Dao...... One day, the whole of Korea will become the land of the Qing people. And we will become the slaves of the Qing people! Now inside and outside the Peace Road, tens of thousands of Qing people are blood-sucking leeches and fierce gods attached to our people! Now even we have to pay for water when we farm and water! Which water-storing island was not built by us single-handedly, and even the corrupt officials of the Li Dynasty never dared to collect water money from us! If you can't pay for water, you can't grow food, and if you can't grow food, you can only starve to death!

And those corrupt officials of the Li Dynasty, no one dared to offend the Qing people. They only dare to act for the tiger...... But we who learn the Tao in the East are not dead yet! ”

The impassioned words immediately aroused the greatest response. Everyone opened their voices and talked about how brutal the children of the clans in the Qing Dynasty were in the counties to demand food and wages, and how they were starved of silver. And how did those officials of the Li Dynasty flatter them? It's a very simple figure, this year's tax revenue is more than three times that of last year. The money and food were not taken away by the local bureaucrats who were also Koreans, but were collected by the Qing people who dragged their braids!

Moreover, now in Ping'an Road, there are tens of thousands of Qing people who have participated in various constructions, plus those who have transported food and materials back and forth. The army has strict discipline and is not allowed to leave the camp, and it is hard to train. And those people are indispensable to go around. The customs of the two places are different, and these large and small frictions are also indispensable. And in the DPRK localities, the ambassadors everywhere pressed on their heads, and all of them were biased towards the Qing side.

The huge consumption of tens of thousands of people stationed on both sides of the Datong River is indeed cruel to the local Korean region.

It has nothing to do with justice, it is the price that a nation must pay if it wants to survive and rise, and another weak nation must pay. It depends on where you stand.

In the courtyard, the crowd was excited, and some Dongxue Party members talked about their suffering. They also cried one after another, pointing to the heavens and swearing, violent to the extreme. The whole yard looks like a small volcano.

Ikoma and Takeda have the same sad faces.

When people's emotions were at their most excited, Ikoma waved his hand violently: "We are the people, we can no longer count on the Li Dynasty, we must rise up and kill the Qing people!" This is the order given to us by the whole division! ”

As soon as these words came out, some people in the courtyard became even more excited, waving their fists and eager to do it immediately, but some people quieted down. Stared at Ikoma with wide eyes.

Riot? Kill the Qing people? They only have hoes and dung forks in their hands, and there are tens of thousands of people in the Qing Dynasty, and there is an army of several thousand people among them, and they have foreign guns in their hands!

Ikoma glanced at Takeda Fanyuki, who strode forward, raised his hands, and spoke in standard fluent Korean: "Don't you even refuse to respect the orders of the whole division?" Do you still want the Qing people to ride on your heads and continue to poison you? The whole division has concentrated the financial resources of Dongxue Dao, purchased foreign guns and weapons, and is about to send them to us, hundreds of thousands of people from Ping'an Dao, even if they use their lives to fill it, they can kill these tens of thousands of Qing people! This is the precursor of the rise of my Eastern Dao! Those who do not respect the orders of the whole teacher can leave now! ”

All voices fell silent, and no one left. Takeda gasped and looked at the people in the courtyard viciously, and he didn't speak for a long time. In the end, Ikoma waved his hand: "Everyone come from everywhere, eat first, and then discuss!" ”

The crowd poured into the house, and the women brought the food with copper basins. The leaders of the Dongxue Dao Party in these counties were still talking in a low voice.

Ikoma and Takeda stood in the courtyard, their faces all pale.

In the end, Takeda gritted his teeth in a low voice and said, "As long as we start to get up first and start killing the Qing people, they will also rise up and riot, after all, there is already a pile of hay here, just waiting for Mars." As long as we start first! ”

Ikoma whispered, "It's impossible to succeed...... Qing people ......"

Takeda said coldly: "When did we hope that the Asahto succeeded?" Their lives and deaths are not something we should care about! ”

Ikoma was solemn, but lowered his head slightly.

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Seoul, known as the Consulate General of the People's Republic of Korea.

Consul General Sugimura wore a kimono and sat quietly in the Japanese-style room in the consulate. A cup of tea, there was no heat in front of him. And he also looked restless, his eyes just stared into the distance, as if he was anxiously waiting for something.

Outside the room, the sound of the soldiers of the embassy guards was heard. The sound of neat steps, the sound of guns on and shoulders down. All of them came over one after another with the voice of the officers with the unique tone of the voice.

Suddenly there was a sound of soft footsteps outside the door, and then the entrance door was pulled open. Two figures flashed in, and Sugimura just glanced at it, the acting consul general who should be the first person to be stationed in the court, and bowed deeply.

The voice of the person who came was very clear, and he smiled: "Sugimura-kun, there is no need to salute." I came here without half an official name......"

This voice changed to Xu Yifan, and he could hear it at once. It's the head mountain man who used to meet him with a bare ass!

This leader of the Xuanyang Society, the leader of the secret service group, has come to Seoul in person!

Sugimura got up in an orderly manner, put his hands on his knees, and was at eye level with Toyamamitsu. And Tou Shan Man sat cross-legged across from him with a big grin. Although the people who followed him were wearing kimonos, they seemed to be from military backgrounds, and they all sat there with their backs straight.

"Mr. Toyama......"

Before Sugimura could speak, he was already interrupted by Toyamaman. He smiled and said, "Sugimura-kun, how is it going?" ”

Sugimura was stunned for a moment, and said in a low voice: "Jin Jun has been secretly contacting the people of the Enlightenment Party and is preparing. Park Jun seems to be less active, believing that there is no possibility of success......"

Tou Shan smiled: "It's enough to have Jin Yujun, as for Park Yongxiao, it doesn't matter." We don't really expect a North Korean political axe with a liberal party...... After all, it's still Jin Jun, worthy of our eight-year cultivation! ”

He looked at Sugimura with a smile, but Sugimura was cramped and didn't speak.

"What's wrong? Sugimura-kun? Anything else you'd like to say? ”

Sugimura glanced up at Toushan, this big spy leader who has a very deep latent power in the book, and can even be said to be the leader of the dark side of the political axe, is smiling kindly. Speaking of which, Tou Shanman really looks like an elegant man with poetry and books.

Sugimura plucked up his courage and bowed violently: "Mr. Toushan, the Qing envoy to Hancheng, and Yuan Shikai have all sent us a message, they will solve Xu Yifan's problem as soon as possible and transfer the Qing army from Pyongyang." Is it in the best interests of the empire for us to take such a rash action without receiving any instructions from the political axe? This envoy has been thinking about this for a long time, and the Empire ...... You still need to build up strength! If you act at this time, you may develop into a gamble on the fortune of the country! ”

Tou Shan smiled unabatedly and listened to his words quietly.

After Sugimura finished speaking, his whole body was like he had collapsed, and he fell to the ground and didn't dare to get up for a long time. And Toushan said softly after being quiet for a long time: "Sugimura-kun, you are indeed a national soldier of the worried empire...... It seems that it was not in vain that Genyosha supported you to this position at the beginning...... Do you know who this one is behind me? ”

Only then did Sugimura glance at the person behind Mitsuru Toyama, who also nodded and smiled at him. The man had a European-style beard, a clear figure, and a hard complexion. Nodding slightly to Sugimura.

Toushan smiled and said, "This is Lieutenant General Kawakami, Deputy Chief of Staff of the Army General Staff!" At the beginning of this year, without informing Your Excellency, he had already secretly inspected Pusan and Pyongyang, and in May, he met with His Excellency Li Hongzhang Zhongtang in Tianjin, and accompanied by Li Zhongtang, he inspected the Huai Army and the Beiyang Naval Division...... According to the official information, he should have returned to Tokyo by now, and Your Excellency Kawakami is right in front of you right now! ”

Sugimura fell to the ground again: "It's rude!" ”

Lieutenant General Kawakami, the deputy chief of staff of the base camp, is a well-known talent in the entire Imperial Army! Born in the Satsuma Domain, the brain of the Imperial Army that can hold a high position in the Imperial Army of the Changzhou Domain! He came secretly with Toushan, could it be that the entire empire is really ready to gamble on the national fortune this year?

Thinking of this, Sugimura was sweating profusely. In addition to the excitement, there was also some uneasiness.

Toushan's tone was gentle: "Sugimura-kun, what you said about gambling on the fortune of the country is not wrong. The future of the empire lies on the mainland, and the behemoth of the Qing State cannot be bypassed. Decades of exhaustion by the entire empire, not for this? The Qing kingdom was large and rich, and the empire was small and poor. The battle of national fortune is not about how many weapons and warships we have accumulated and how many troops we have trained...... When the Qing Kingdom awakens, it will be more armed than we are. The gamble of national fortune lies in the general trend! We just want to destroy the Qing Kingdom in one fell swoop when they have not yet opened their eyes, when they are at their weakest! Time is the most precious thing for us! ”

Toyama's voice seemed to be convincing Sugimura, and it was more like convincing himself. Everyone was listening quietly.

“…… So we have to wait for the opportunity, but we can't delay, wait for the Qing Kingdom to wake up, wait for the 40,000 people to wake up! And now, it's the best chance to bet on the fortunes of the country! What's more, in North Korea, they gave us this opportunity! The entire Gyeongjun army has been transferred out of Pyongyang, and North Korea is about to become chaotic......"

As Sugimura listened, a flash flashed in his mind over the recently disappeared Genyosha head of the Genyosha in Seoul, Takeda Nobuyuki. The chaos in North Korea must also be indispensable to the actions of the Hyunyang Society. In fact, starting with Asuka, the first minister of Seoul, which minister to North Korea has nothing to do with Hyunyangsha? The work in North Korea, whether official or underground, is almost a ban on the Hyunyangsha......

“…… Now we need this opportunity to pounce on the whole empire for Korea, defeat the Qing state, and gain a foothold on the mainland for our empire for the next hundred years! If you miss the opportunity, you won't come back. This time, Sugimura-kun, we are doing something that will affect the empire for a hundred years, so Kawakami-kun is also here with me on behalf of the army. As long as there is success here, the Empire will be with us! ”

Toushan's voice is like iron, and the last sentence is like a knife cutting gold and stone, and sparks are splashing. Kawakami Yoroku, who had been silent, also added coldly: "Recently, it was said that two hundred soldiers of the Imperial Army will join Sugimura-kun's minister guard. Sugimura-kun, let's work together! ”

Now that the Army and the Genyosha have come together, then it is the decision of the center of the empire! It's just that the Genyo Society is used to do all this.

Sugimura saluted again firmly: "The contemptible man must do his best and dedicate everything to the empire!" Mr. Toyama, please! ”

At this most serious time, Toushan smiled. Even Kawakami is smiling.

"Then let's just wait for the opportunity and adapt at any time...... Sugimura-kun, tonight's banquet still needs to be arranged by you! ”

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Last night, the first batch of tents produced in Wuxi was loaded and shipped to Deyang, and Oscar, who had drunk a lot of wine, went home dizzy. I didn't do much of it, but I was tired of waiting. After all, it can be done, and the conscience is a little more reasonable. When volunteers go to save people, they don't have the courage. Donations are all donated by the unit according to the level and number, blood donation, no donation. Oscar is a layman. Fortunately, our economic and trade department is responsible for the counterpart to support the tent in Deyang City, and everyone is working hard to do a good job. Finally worthy of conscience.

Go home and code until dawn. Today, when the flame arrived in Nanjing, it could not arouse the excitement and enthusiasm of the people.

Well, finally, I'm sorry to everyone.

It really wasn't intentional.

(To be continued)