The red candle is swaying, today is Su Hongniang and Ye Zhao's "big joy".

On the second day after Luo Ajiu returned from Liu Lichuan, he and his brothers from the Heaven and Earth Congregation took a boat to Hong Kong, so as not to be seen through by the Manchurian Tartars for a long time.

And whether it is Ye Zhao's identity or the relationship between Ye Zhao and Su Hongniang, most of them are ignorant, but they don't dare to guess deeply.

Boss Su had also moved out early, and even if Ye Zhao wanted to meet him, it was extremely secretive. What's more, the old master of Rui Si'er and the others, they didn't know that Su Hongniang and Su Lao were siblings, and they were said to be Ye Zhao's great joy, so they could only have a few drinks with the old master Rui Si'er, and the old master took the title of matchmaker, as for Rui Si, he naturally felt that this was the little young grandmother pleasing the master, although he couldn't marry the media, but he also gave a name in private.

Rui Si'er even pondered, seeing that the little grandmother was so favored, she couldn't finish this errand, and after returning to Beijing, her old man would enter the flag, and Zheng Ba'er would become the master's side house, maybe it would be the authentic Zheng Wangfu side Fujin in the future?

After drinking a few glasses of wine with the fourth old master, he naturally listened to a basket of auspicious words, and when Ye Zhao got drunk and went up to the second floor, it was estimated that it would be almost three days.

"What's the drink?" Ye Zhao knocked on the door, Su Hongniang couldn't help frowning when she saw Ye Zhao, it was rare to see this little slippery head drinking, as if he had drunk sullen wine when they met for the first time, but he was only slightly drunk.

Ye Zhao's mind was very sober, and said with a smile: "Today, the two of us are very happy, we drank two cups, okay, you rest, I will also go back to the room to sleep alone!" ”

As he spoke, he turned around and staggered to his room, Su Hongniang looked at him helplessly, biting her red lip, as if she had been unable to make a decision, until Ye Zhao pushed open the door of her room and was about to enter the house when she almost tripped over, Su Hongniang finally couldn't help but shout: "You wait a while, stop!" ”

Ye Zhao looked back in amazement, a little unclear.

Su Hongniang walked over, helped him and complained: "How many adults, still like a child, besides, there is no one around to serve you, aren't you the elder brother of the prince's family?" ”

Being grabbed by Su Hongniang's snow-white and slippery little hands, Ye Zhao felt that half of his body was a little crispy, and he didn't know how he stepped into the room.

"Sit down first, lean on, I'll help you get the soup." Su Hongniang helped him to the soft couch and gently swung her waist out of the room.

Ye Zhao shook his head, but he didn't feel so dizzy.

Suddenly, I heard a loud bang outside, and the earth trembled a few times.

Ye Zhao was stunned for a moment, then stood up, and Su Hongniang also walked in quickly and said, "It seems to be a foreign cannon." ”

Ye Zhao nodded slightly, and when he got to the window and pushed the window open, he heard the roar of gunfire outside, the sound of shouting and killing shook the sky, and in the distance, the firelight seemed to reflect half of the sky in an instant.

"The foreign devil can't help it!" Ye Zhao looked into the distance and said with a smile.

Su Hongniang said worriedly: "I don't know how Brother Liu is doing?" ”

"Ming'er already knew." Ye Zhao didn't have any pain in his skin, and he really didn't care much about the fate of the knife congregation.

"I hope Brother Wanyun Long will bless you!" Su Hongniang is very pious, but she is extremely pious.

Ye Zhao smiled: "Then it is better to ask me for protection, if your big brother Wanyun Dragon really has a spirit, the Tartars will have died long ago without a place to be buried." ”

Su Hongniang glared at him, but she was already familiar with this guy's ungodly and Buddha-like behavior, but she didn't bother to pay attention to him.

"The son of great joy gave a good gift. Go back to your room and sleep, the show has just begun. Ye Zhao said with a smile and stretched out his hand to close the window.

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The noise outside gradually subsided until the fish belly was white, and Ye Zhao's sleep was called a down-to-earth, the messenger who came from the Qing army camp in the morning begged to see him, but it was Su Hongniang who called the door to wake Ye Zhao up, Su Hongniang had no sleep all night, and saw Ye Zhao open the door with sleepy eyes, Su Hongniang was really angry and funny.

Ye Zhao saw the messenger in the flower hall, and listened to the messenger talk about the battle situation, because the Qing army has been vigilant against the Xiao Wall, and the first wave of attacks launched by the foreign merchant group did not confuse the various departments, but repelled the attack of the foreign gun team under the bloody battle, and later the merchant group tried to attack a few times, but after all, because the rebels of the knife club in the direction of Shanghai County did not move, several attacks were in vain.

The messenger brought a handwritten letter from Xu Naizhao, the governor of Jiangsu, asking Lord Qincha to mediate and negotiate with foreigners.

Ye Zhao immediately replied with a letter, asking Xu Naizhao and Ji Hang'a to rest assured that they would come to their own business. Although the Great Qing Dynasty did make incredible moves such as detaining the consul of the envoy of the peace talks, and there was still such an inexplicable act decades later, I think that Ali Guo and others would never dare to do this, not to mention that this kind of behavior is appropriate or inappropriate in the eyes of Westerners.

Ye Zhao wrote another letter to the British consul Aliguo, asking him to negotiate peace with the consuls of various countries involved in the war, and repeatedly guaranteed their personal safety. No way, who told us to be barbaric in the eyes of others?

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Ali Guo and the American Consul Wocot arrived first, and before they could say a few words of greeting, they heard a lively noise from the people outside, which frightened both Ali Guo and Walcott's faces.

Without him, Xu Naizhao and Gil Hang'a arrived, a Fuyuan lord and a feudal lord, with three or five hundred soldiers, surrounded the gate of the Qincha Agency, and a few foreign soldiers outside the park looked at the sea of soldiers and warriors on the opposite side uneasily, and there was also fear on their faces.

Ye Zhao greeted him out, Xu Naizhao seemed to be in a very good mood, and when he entered the hospital hand in hand with Ye Zhao, he whispered in Ye Zhao's ear: "My lord, there is a happy letter, after repelling the provocation of foreigners, our army will take advantage of the victory to pursue, break the knife in one fell swoop, and recover the county seat of Shanghai." ”

Ye Zhao smiled secretly in his belly, knowing that the Xiaodao Congregation abandoned the city and broke through the siege was finally discovered, but the officials of the Great Qing Dynasty were self-righteous in military exploits, and in a blink of an eye, the credit for this thief soldier's recovery of Shanghai City fell on the head of his Fuyuan.

Entering the main hall, the British and American consuls sat on the right side, and Xu Naizhao, Gil Hang'a and Ye Zhao sat on the left, but there was a clear distinction.

Ye Zhao doesn't speak English anymore at this time, and like Xu Naizhao and Ji Hang'a, he has to translate and translate a sentence.

Ali Guo first complained angrily about the plundering of the concession by the Qing army, Xu Naizhao and Gilhang Ah were a little embarrassed, did not know how to deal with it, and last night in the fight with the foreign gun team, although they were prepared to fight, but they really suffered a big loss, among which the regiment Yong did not remember, only two of the green battalion soldiers were killed in yesterday's clashes, and another general was missing.

Gilhanga is relatively calm, Xu Naizhao is really a little afraid in the face of foreigners.

"Your Excellency, we will investigate your complaint in detail, and if what the consul says is true, we will not tolerate any soldier who corrupts military discipline. But the consul blatantly attacked my Qing military camp, I don't know how to explain? ”

Hearing Ye Zhao's words, Xu Naizhao and Gilhang Adu stroked their beards and nodded, Xu Naizhao is an old official oil, seeing the young Qincha open his voice, he was happy in his heart, so he asked him to talk, and if the talk is successful, there is also room for maneuver, and it is easy to talk with the above, and bear less responsibility.

Ali Guo said with a calm face: "Your Excellency is wrong, last night it was obviously your soldiers who invaded the concession, so we fought back, and also captured several prisoners who rushed into the concession, one of whom was an officer. ”

Ye Zhao was a little helpless, he could really talk at the negotiation table, but how could he be captured and captured?

Xu Naizhao held the teacup, didn't raise his eyelids, and said: "There is no such thing, the consul is afraid that he has caught the wrong person!" ”

When the interpreter came out, it was Ali Guo's turn to be surprised, obviously there were prisoners of war, how could he not admit it? looked at Xu Naizhao and had nothing to say for a while.

Ye Zhao lost no time in playing a round: "Your Excellency, I think that no matter whether this matter is right or wrong, the matter has come to this point, I hope to stop the sword soldiers and stop fighting." He turned to Xu Naizhao and said, "Lord Futai will definitely restrain the soldiers and spare no effort, right?" ”

The county seat of Shanghai has been recovered, so naturally there is no reason to station a large number of brave soldiers, and the conflict with the concession will not arise again. Xu Naizhao said with a smile: "That's natural, please rest assured that your Excellency is here." ”

Ye Zhao said to Ali Guo and Wo Kot again: "The two consuls, as soon as we talk about customs affairs, it will be scheduled for tomorrow morning, I wonder if you have time?" ”

The two consuls looked at each other and nodded.

Just when Xu Naizhao and Gilhanga thought that the negotiations were completed, Aliguo said: "Regarding the safety of the concession, I hope to be determined by regulations. ”

Xu Naizhao and Gil Hang'a both complained in their hearts, and now the easiest errand to stab Lou Zi is to sign a treaty with foreigners.

Ye Zhao smiled and said, "The consul also knows that we don't have this right and responsibility. ”

Ah Liguo knew that among the three of them, there were still some responsibilities and some knowledge of this Qincha master, so he looked at Ye Zhao and said: "Don't worry, it's just some small articles, related to customs affairs, I'll send the articles over later, you will know when you read it." ”

Ye Zhao nodded lightly, and Xu Naizhao and Ji Hang'a were even more relieved to see that they had nothing to do with themselves, and they regained their indifference.

Xu Naizhao is thinking about how to write the good news, speaking of which last night there was no big defeat and loss thanks to this brother from the capital, although there is no need to mention the conflict with the foreigners on the good news, at most vague words, and yesterday said that the fallen soldiers should be recorded in the bloody battle with the Little Knife Society, and it is because of this credit that there must be a big share of the Lord Qincha, and the sedan chair person carries people, this kind of favor, why not do it, so that the Lord Qincha will return to Beijing to speak for himself, and he will not expose his own cowhide.

Ye Zhao didn't know that a great credit fell from the sky, but he was just thinking about how to deal with Ming Yue when discussing customs affairs with several countries.