Episode 84 Siam's Mystery Order

Half an hour after the assassination at the Bangkok station, the impromptu press conference at the station ended, and the train of the Prince of Siam slowly drove out of the station with a whistle.

At the same time, Nanjing.

At the headquarters of the People's Guard, in the office of the commander of the security team, a rapid telephone rang.

With a stomachache, he picked up the microphone and said casually:

"Hey."

The voice of the female soldier said:

"Lord Du, there is an overseas long-distance call here, which is from Bangkok, saying that there is a very confidential and urgent matter to find your Excellency. But...... There is no one in the office of the adult, you see, let him tell you, okay? ”

"Well, of course," said with a stomachache of satisfaction, "when Lord Xiang is away, of course confidential matters must be told to me." I'm the commander of the security team. ”

He was secretly proud in his heart, it seemed that after Princess Liaoyang became his subordinate, his prestige skyrocketed. There is something important that I can't find Lord Xiang, and the first choice of the people below is no longer to find Princess Liaoyang, but to find myself directly.

Still, Bangkok? The People's Guard doesn't have an intelligence branch in Siam! The People's Guard Corps has not been established for a long time, and it has devoted its main energies to developing the intelligence network of the Northern Qing Dynasty. Siam belongs to Daming's "own backyard", so I didn't get it at all.

"Okay, Master Du, I'll take it for you."

The other telephone on the table rang, and I hung up the phone with a stomachache and picked up the other receiver:

"Hello?"

"Hello?" A woman's voice on the other end of the phone said in very stiff Chinese, "Is it General Xiang Xiaoqiang?" ”

"No," said with a stomachache frowning, "Lord Xiang is not here, and you have something to tell me." ”

The woman paused, then asked:

"Well, that's something very important to me. Who are you? Can you talk to General Xiang? ”

I had a stomachache and said "Huh", and said with a smile:

"Hey, that's interesting, who do you think I am? This official is the commander of the People's Guard Corps, and Xiang is the right-hand man of the Lord, do you think I can speak? …… If I can't talk to Lord Xiang anymore, then no one in the entire Ming Dynasty will be able to talk to Lord Xiang! ”

The woman thought for a moment and asked:

"Then I have a very secret matter, except for Lord Xiang, can you keep it secret? There are so many of your Ming officials, how can I tell the difference......"

Stomach ache and impatience:

"Do you want to say it? I am the commander of the security team, and I am one of the three major special intelligence units of the Ming Dynasty, do you think I can keep it secret? …… I said, you're in Bangkok, right? You've been calling all the way around, what's going on? ”

The woman hesitated, then made up her mind, and said:

"Well, we're the ...... of Bangkok's ** Kee' company."

As soon as I heard this name, my stomach hurt and my attention was mobilized at once. Bangkok's "** Ji" is very famous. It was a special pharmacy, and as for what kind of medicine it sold, you just knew it by the name...... There is only one one, there are no other branches, and I know that many upper-class people in East Asia and Southeast Asia are their secret customers...... And I heard that the medicine there is very effective, and the medicine is very strong, whether it is used by men or women, it can greatly enhance the feeling......

Just thinking about it, a sentence on the other end of the phone almost didn't make my stomach hurt and faint:

“…… You mail-ordered five doses of 'Lust Xiansan' from the general's wife to us, but the money has been delayed and not given...... This medicine is very expensive, five doses are worth more than 200 Mingyang, and we don't give credit if it's not an old customer...... We see this precedent set by Mrs. Xiang...... Who knew that Mrs. Xiang couldn't be relied on...... Now we have no choice but to ask the general for money......"

My stomach hurts, my brain goes blank, and I can't breathe because of thunder.

He subconsciously muttered:

"Yes...... Which one is Mrs. Xiang ......?"

"Well, that's the one who is famous, the Ryukyu princess!"

My stomach hurt dumbly, I couldn't say a word, and cold sweat broke out on my forehead.

yes, it's still the one you can't mess with.

He began to curse, how did he let himself run into this matter today! How did this unfortunate call come to me? Why didn't you go to Princess Liaoyang! The relationship between people and Lord Xiang is also a quasi-lover, anyway, it's their family's business, how can this kind of thing be easier to say than an outsider like yourself!

It seems that Lord Xiang doesn't know about this yet. If you knew, you wouldn't have owed anyone money. This is obviously Shang Xiu's secret work from the adults in order to fix his favor. However, 200 Mingyang is not much for her, why would she rely on it and let people come to the door? …… It won't be any procedures when you pay back, such as signing or something...... Shang Xiu is thin-skinned and refuses to leave evidence, right? Or is the medicine not working at all, and she refuses to give money?

Anyway, it's really a big trouble to knock this thing on yourself! …… Damn, what now?

I wiped my sweat with a stomachache and said as calmly as I could:

"Otherwise, the official paid the money for Mrs. Xiang, and you will not mention this matter in the future, how about it?"

"No," said the other end of the phone categorically, "our boss explained that we must personally find Lord Xiang and make it clear to him...... Who are you? We don't know about you, so let's help people pay Mrs. **-medicine, what's the matter? ”

The stomach hurt and was so suffocated that he didn't say a word: yes, I paid to help Shangxiu sell aphrodisiacs, what's going on!

"Our boss also said," said the other end of the phone categorically, "if General Xiang doesn't make it clear to us today, we will go and tell the reporter, let the reporter write it in the newspaper, and let everyone judge the ......."

My stomach hurt a little, and I shouted:

"Hey, don't! Don't! There's something to say! …… Okay, don't you just want to talk to adults? The official went to find it. Tell you, whether you can find Lord Xiang or not, if you really dare to tell reporters, I will pick your skin! ”

He put down the receiver and immediately rang the bell to call his lieutenant in, and asked where the commander was. The adjutant went out to ask for a while, and came back to tell him that Lord Xiang had taken the two ladies to the Changping Marquis Mansion to be a guest.

I know that because of Miss Zheng's relationship, the relationship between Lord Xiang and Hou Ye Zheng has eased during this time. Coupled with the matter of whether Her Majesty the Empress married the Prince of Siam or not, Lord Xiang and Marquis Zheng stood on the side of unified interests, so they got closer.

After he asked, he originally wanted to send someone to tell Xiang Xiaoqiang, but then he thought about it, how could he let others know about this kind of thing, or run it himself.

I grabbed the phone with a stomachache and grabbed the phone, and even made a wish with a warning, telling them to wait, not to do "irrational things", and asked them for their phone numbers, and called them when the adults returned.

Putting down the phone, he scolded his mother fiercely with a stomachache, and went out thinking that he was unlucky, and got into a car and went to the Changping Hou Mansion.

……

In the garden of the Changping Marquis Mansion, the pond pavilion floats out of the graceful and soft Kunqu Opera, and the two Kunqu Opera celebrities of Nanming play the role of Miss Du Liniang and the maid Chunxiang respectively, and are singing the famous "Dream in the Garden":

"It turns out that the purple and red are blooming all over the place, and they seem to be paid to the broken wells and decay. The beautiful scenery of the good day is the day, whose courtyard is the pleasure?

"Flying towards the twilight, the clouds are cuixuan. The rain and the wind are sheets, and the smoke waves paint the boat. Jinping people look at this Shaoguang cheap! ……”

……

The beauties around the water pavilion leaned on and sat the Xiang and Zheng families. Xiang Xiaoqiang, Zheng Gongyin, Qiu Yu, Xiuxiu, Zheng Yuxuan, Zheng Yujiao, and Mrs. Li also brought Huang Xiaoju.

A circle of dignitaries and nobles admired the babbling singing, drinking fragrant tea, eating melon seed preserves, whether they understood it or not, they were shaking their heads, clapping their hands on their legs, and they looked intoxicated.

The two factions, which were once enemies of each other, are now in harmony again because of their common interests.

At this moment, a maid came in and whispered a message, and then the thief with a stomachache came into the water pavilion.

Only Xiang Xiaoqiang, Qiu Yun, Xiuxiu, and Zheng Yuxuan knew that he had a stomachache, and the other half of them had never seen him. Xiang Xiaoqiang was surprised, he didn't expect him to appear here.

Stomach ache glanced at Xiuxiu, her face turned purple, and her expression was very embarrassed, but she still stiffened her head, leaned over to Xiaoqiang's ear, and said it.

Xiang Xiaoqiang's face slowly turned blue, and while listening, he glanced at this subordinate of his own, his face began to be red and white, and he felt awkward in his heart! But when I heard that "** Ji" didn't give an answer today, and was about to poke the newspaper, the beads of sweat on the tip of my nose oozed out.

In the center of the water pavilion, the two celebrities were still holding a small gold fan and moving the lotus step lightly, slowly turning their figures, babbling and singing, and the eight pairs of eyes of the audience around them were already staring at Xiang Xiaoqiang's expression, guessing in their own way.

Xiang Xiaoqiang glanced at Xiuxiu, and then at the stomachache, and his heart was even more wretched. Xiuxiu didn't know what was going on, and looked at him with concern.

"Hehe, it's good," Zheng Gongyin leaned over with a smile and said with a smile, "Maybe I shouldn't ask...... But what's wrong? It doesn't matter, right? ”

Xiang Xiaoqiang stood up and whispered to Zheng Gongyin:

"Master Hou forgives the sin, I have to say goodbye for the time being, and go back to make a very important phone call...... Hehe, come back soon. ”

Zheng Gongyin smiled:

"Hey, why are you going back? Fight with me! ”

Xiang Xiaoqiangxin said: Who knows that your phone here is not safe, and it is difficult to say whether it has been tapped by Dongchang. This kind of ugly thing in your own house, if it spreads, it will be terrible...... He laughed and said:

"Thank you, Master Hou, but this call is going abroad...... I'm more convenient there. ”

"Oh, that's good, that's good...... It's good, I'll be back before noon, the luncheon is ready, I'll have a few drinks with you...... It's been a long time since we've sat together......"

"That's for sure...... Hehe......"

Xiang Xiaoqiang wiped his sweat, his face was blue and his stomach hurt, and he hurriedly walked out.

Leaving a circle of unknown royal relatives and relatives, they are secretly speculating about what is happening.

……

Just as Xiang Xiaoqiang hurried back to the headquarters, the foreign minister of Daming was also hurrying to the official residence of the first assistant minister. Subsequently, Shen Rongxuan and the Foreign Minister drove to the palace together to meet Zhu Yourong.

The news of the near assassination of the Prince of Siam station was transmitted back to Nanjing through the Ming ambassador to Bangkok.