When he just entered the flower hall and saw Su Hongniang sitting beside Ye Zhao, the old master almost didn't recognize it, thinking that where did the handsome little student come from, he was too handsome and charming, right? But no, the pretty black dress and a top hat are indescribably bright and moving.

When he recognized that he was the only concubine of the little prince, the old master would not dare to take a second look, but then again, if the old master's daughter-in-law was dressed as a man, and she was also a ghost man, the old master might beat her son's leg and ask her son to divorce her.

But here in the little prince, I don't know why, it seems that no matter how the young grandmother dresses up, it makes people take it for granted, and I don't feel that I have crossed the line.

Ye Zhao wrote a letter, preparing to send his own soldiers back to the capital to report safety, but no, how long has it been since he came out? Prince Fujin didn't know how much to worry about himself.

In addition, it is an excerpt written to the capital, but it is for the old master to refer to it in detail, Ye Zhao has not learned anything in the past 20 years, and he really doesn't know how to start this kind of excerpt of ancient sentences.

Su Hongniang kept holding back a smile, watching the old master almost teach Ye Zhao to put pen to paper.

"Old master, forget it, you can write it." Ye Zhao really felt guilty when he held the brush, so he picked it out in anger.

The old master stroked his beard and smiled, although it was disrespectful to say it, but for Ye Zhao, he always had a love for his juniors, because this young master never put on a show.

"Lord, lord, it's not good!" Rui Si suddenly ran in angrily, he was in front of Ye Zhao, but there had never been such an unseemly time.

"Han Jinchun, Han Jinchun, he went to the customs yamen!" Rui Si's face was a little pale, and he blamed him for being too talkative, and chatted with Han Jinchun A few words about foreigners occupying the customs yamen, and the account books inside couldn't be taken out, so the master was anxious. Who knew that Han Jinchun didn't say a word, snatched Goshha's waist knife and rushed out.

Ye Zhao frowned and said, "What is he doing there?" ”

Rui Si'er knelt down and slapped his mouth crackling: "The slave should die, the slave should die, it's all to blame the slave for talking too much, saying that the master is troubled by the customs, he said that he will fight for this life to help the master snatch back the customs account book, Baksh and Alhatu are also enchanted, go with him!" ”

Baksh and Alhatunai are the Goshha who guarded Ye Zhao, and the personal soldiers brought out from the palace are all famous warriors with blue flags, and they are also very proud, but Rui Si gradually saw the power of foreigners, and knew that this disaster could be a big disaster.

Rui Si chased them out to persuade them for a long time, but after all, he couldn't persuade them to turn back, so he had to rush back to report the news.

"Nonsense!" Ye Zhao was really angry, and slapped the pen and ink on the table.

"Minions should die, minions should die!" Rui Si'er knelt on the ground and pumped his mouth vigorously.

Ye Zhao didn't have time to pay attention to him, he was so anxious that he turned around, but he had no plan for a while, it was too late to go to the Qing army camp to transfer troops, and secondly, Xu Naizhao was afraid that he would not be happy to help. This is not King Zheng's mansion, there are a few pro-soldiers around him, and a few people in Rui Si can't see the knife array.

"That's it! Get up and get ready for the horses! Now I only hope that I can catch up, and Han Jinchun and the three of them have not been poisoned by foreigners. In the backyard, a few military horses had already been requisitioned from Xu Naizhao's military camp.

"Minions, let's go, let's go." Ruisi ran out in a panic.

Ye Zhao turned his head, only to find that Su Hongniang, who was still sitting by the bookcase and watching his jokes just now, was gone, and couldn't help but be surprised: "What about her?" ”

The old master shook his head, looking dazed, he was only anxious just now, but he didn't pay attention to where the young grandmother went.

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The Western-style iron fence door is open, although Ye Zhao is inferior in riding and shooting, but he still has some riding skills, stepping on a high-headed horse, several Goshha are also neatly dressed, with a solemn face, Rui Si and several other clothed handymen gathered next to Ye Zhao's horse, at this time, no one dares to spare their lives, if the little master has something wrong, I am afraid that their relatives will be implicated.

There was a loud sound of "bang, bang" muskets in the distance, Ye Zhaoyi frowned, waved the reins, and galloped out of his crotch horse.

As soon as the gunshots rang out, there were no people on the road in the concession, and the concession was also very chaotic in the past few days, and the people were panicked.

A few horses galloped, Rui Si and other minions followed behind, not far from the customs yamen, turned a corner, and saw that the shadow in front of the iron fence of the customs yamen was surrounded by twenty or thirty foreign soldiers, each occupying the firing position and shooting inside, and this old customs yamen, but in the window on the second floor stretched out a tiger and leopard flag, which was the flag of the Qing army's standard camp.

Ye Zhao's heart was relieved, although he didn't know the battle situation, it was obvious that several people had not been poisoned.

"Ceasefire! Cease fire! Ye Zhao shouted loudly in English, who knew that several foreign soldiers close to the streets and alleys on this side turned around and immediately aimed at the muskets, "bang bang bang" The deafening explosion of gunpowder, Ye Zhao didn't have time to react, he was already slammed down from the horse by a personal soldier, and he fell into a rut.

There was a period of chaos, several pro-soldiers moved quickly, and soon escorted Ye Zhao into the alley next to him, the steel knife was unsheathed and guarded at the entrance of the alley, and the pro-soldiers who had just pounced on Ye Zhao's dismount were covered with blood on their legs, and they were also dragged in, and then Rui Si and other minions also ran into the alley with shouts.

"Master, let's go back first, this alley will pass around a corner." Rui Si saw that Ye Zhao's forehead was bruised, and his face turned white with fright. These alleys in the concession area were cleared by him.

Ye Zhao knew that it was useless for him to shout anything now, and he was captured and captured for some reason if he stayed here, and turned around and turned into himself in the Qing Dynasty to lead the troops to attack the concession merchant group by force, but it was really unreasonable. I had to go back and think about it in the long run, and when I came out, I had already sent someone to the Qing army camp to deliver a letter to see what Xu Naizhao's calculations were.

Nodding at the moment, "Let's go!" ”

Rui Si and the others breathed a sigh of relief, and ran wildly around Ye Zhao all the way, and by the time the foreign gun team rushed into the alley, they had long been gone.

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Xu Naizhao's reinforcements were delayed, and after waiting for an hour, Ye Zhao really couldn't sit still, and said in his heart that he could only beg Su Hongniang, and if she wanted to come and meet the stragglers of the merchant group, he could also deal with it, and now he had to go to Lawyer Hall and ask him to mediate the matter.

If it weren't necessary, Ye Zhao didn't want Ali Guo and other politicians to know about his close relationship with Wells and Hall, so he thought Wells would have the same thoughts. Regardless of whether Wells will embezzle his patent rights, at least for the time being, the two are still partners.

But when he went up to the second floor, he didn't find Su Hongniang after turning around, and when Ye Zhaozheng was helpless, his own soldiers came to report that the British consul Ali Guo had arrived.

Ye Zhao chuckled in his heart, it seems that Han Jinchun and the others were either poisoned or captured by mistake, otherwise Ali Guo would not have come to the door, and now people are reasonable, well-founded, and even have captives in their hands, but they really don't know how to sing their own drama next.

However, Ye Zhao really hoped that the concession merchant group had only captured a few people, especially Bakshi and Alhatu, how loyal they were to him, if the bloody corpses of the two were in front of him, he really didn't know if he would go crazy.

Worried, Ye Zhao hurriedly came to the flower hall, who knew that Ali Guo's face seemed to be even more ugly than his.

"Lord Jingxiang, I hope that you will immediately order your subordinates to leave the customs yamen and release our expatriates, otherwise I will regard your actions as a declaration of war against my British Empire!" Seeing Ye Zhao, Ali Guo shouted angrily.

Ye Zhao was stunned, what? Leaving the customs yamen? Release the diaspora? It's been more than an hour, not only did the foreign gun team not attack the customs yamen, but some people were captured and captured?

Ali Guo can really be said to be full of depression now, and suddenly a Qing army rushed into the customs yamen to hang the Qing army flag, which can be said to be impatient, after all, the customs yamen only left two guards to guard. But then the patrolling merchant group immediately launched an attack, who knew that halfway to kill an inexplicable evil star who did not know where to come, dressed as a European nobleman, and when he arrived, he suddenly grabbed the rifle of a musketeer, and knocked out several people with the butt of the rifle and rushed into the customs yamen.

The next twenty or thirty armed men, but how could not attack the Yamen compound, the other side not only accurate arrows, but also a very powerful musketeer, seven or eight soldiers were injured by the opponent's firearms, and then several armed men climbed over the back wall into the courtyard to prepare for a sneak attack, who knew that all were captured alive as prisoners, tied to the window as hostages.

In desperation, Ali Guo had no choice but to dispel the idea of seizing the Yamen by force, and took more than a dozen armed men straight to the Qincha Xingyuan.

Ah Liguo angrily asked the teacher, Ye Zhao inexplicably gained the upper hand, was in a good mood, innocently pointed to the bruise on his forehead, and said: "Your Excellency, I was shouting for a ceasefire at the scene, but I was attacked by the mob of your country, and I was a personal guard, and I was injured by the mob of your country!" What does this say? Ye Zhao's face sank as he spoke, in fact, the soldiers who rescued him were only injured in his legs, but he didn't have to worry about his life.

Immediately, Ye Zhao changed his words and said: "Forget it, no matter who is right and wrong, in short, peace is precious, I only want people to get back a few old documents from the customs yamen for reference, maybe the language barrier caused this tragedy, here I personally apologize." I ask your Excellency to order the withdrawal of the forces besieging the customs yamen, and I will assure you that your nationals will be unscathed. ”

Ali Guo snorted, but nodded anyway.