Episode 41 The mysterious Rolls-Royce

"Xiaoqiang!"

Xiang Xiaoqiang turned around, and Qiu Yun threw himself into his arms, knocking Xiang Xiaoqiang back two or three steps. Then Qiu Yun hugged him and cried:

"Xiaoqiang, you're okay, great!"

"Oops...... Qiuyun, you ...... Why did you get here, didn't I tell you to wait at home, it's too dangerous here......"

Qiu Yu saw that Xiang Xiaoqiang was fine, and heard him say the word "home" again, and his heart was sweeter than drinking honey. Although they are not married yet and still live in the barracks, Qiu Yu has long regarded himself as Xiang Xiaoqiang's wife and the barracks dormitory as a home.

Qiu Yu was forced to stay at "home" by Xiang Xiaoqiang and was not allowed to deal with the "hostage case" with her, but the more she thought about it in the dormitory, the more dangerous she felt, and the commander of the Qing Prisoner still had a grenade...... So, I couldn't care so much, so I took out the posture of the commander's wife and threatened the driver to drive her over.

As soon as I entered the courtyard, I heard an earth-shattering explosion. A terrible scene immediately appeared in her mind, rushing in with tears, and when she saw that Xiang Xiaoqiang was fine, her heart was instantly overjoyed, and she didn't care about everyone's eyes, a hungry tiger pounced on food, and hugged her most cherished treasure.

Fortunately, everyone present was already shocked by the sudden explosion, and many guards were lying on the ground, not getting up yet, not noticing them.

Xiang Xiao Qiang's eyebrows swept around, and found that there were already two pairs of Xiumu looking towards him.

Fourteen Gege and Xiuxiu.

Neither of them had fully reacted from the shock of the big explosion, but at this time, looking at Xiang Xiaoqiang and Qiu Yun, there was already something in their eyes.

Fourteen Gege showed a look of envy, very hidden, and then returned to his normal friendly smile. Xiuxiu looked sour, lowered her eyes, and turned to continue looking at the scene of the explosion.

Xiang Xiaoqiang coughed lightly, quietly stabbed Qiuyu, and his eyes gestured to Fourteen Gege and Xiuxiu. Qiu Yu immediately got out of his arms very understandingly, wiped his tears, ran to Fourteen Gege, smiled, curtsied, and said:

"Qiu Yu has seen Her Royal Highness the Princess!"

Fourteen Gege smiled and helped Qiu Yu up, hugged him politely, and said with a smile:

"Long time no see! …… I'm fine, let's go see your show. ”

Qiu Yu thanked Fourteen Gege, and immediately rushed to Xiuxiu, and the two hugged and sobbed together.

Li Changgui got up from the ground, patted the dust on his body, turned around to look at the scene of the explosion with thick smoke, and touched his head with palpitations.

The people present hula and surrounded and asked. Several Dongchang fans rushed into the explosion hall with their legs drawn, and all they saw was a charred black crater with sparks on the floor, and the mutilated corpse of Ha Feng'a.

The remaining few Dongchang Fanzi and the people of the People's Guard asked Li Changgui what happened. Xiang Xiaoqiang also went over to separate everyone and asked in person.

"I'm scared to death," Li Changgui wiped the sweat on his head and gasped, "I didn't expect that guy to have such a hand...... I don't know if he suddenly regretted it or what, it seems that he really planned to pull a cushion......"

Cao Nu shouted the most in the crowd, jumping and squeezing forward, only to see the two pigtails flying up and down, shouting and asking:

"Chief Lee...... Chief Lee...... The commander of the Qing Dynasty has obviously been given the opportunity to be tried publicly, how can he still ...... Chief Lee...... I'm Dongchang...... The ...... of the second game"

Several people's guards squeezed her out at once, and she was not reconciled, so she squeezed in harder and asked:

"Sir Li, this matter ...... You have to tell me...... I am...... I'm Dongchang...... The ...... of the second game Cao ......"

"Ahh

Cao Nushi suddenly heard a familiar voice behind her head, and she stepped out of the crowd and looked at it, and sure enough, it was fourteen grids. Immediately covered in a cold sweat,

Fourteen Gege looked at her with a smile and said with a smile:

"Ah Shi, what a coincidence, why do you have time to come and play today? …… Let's have a cup of tea, the little five old people are talking about you......"

Cao Nu broke out in a cold sweat and screamed: It's miserable, it's miserable, it's miserable......

She grabbed it with both hands and said with her mouth open:

"Ah, Your Highness Princess, I ...... I happened to be passing by...... I won't go in and sit down, ah, I have something to do...... I...... I'm going to go to Zhang Yuanwai's house to apply for a maid......"

Fourteen Gege said with a smile:

"Oh, I haven't found a job yet, then I won't delay you, you can go, hehehe......"

As if she had been pardoned, Cao Nushi bowed with her hands on her knees, flipped her two pigtails to her head, and then fled in disgrace.

Xiang Xiaoqiang briefly asked Li Changgui in front of everyone. In fact, this happened in a few seconds, and it was clear in a few words. Many people find it incredible, and some people seem more skeptical. But looking at Li Changgui, whose face was pale and palpitating, he couldn't say anything.

Xiang Xiaoqiang nodded, indicating that he knew what had happened, and then said that he would organize people to investigate the whole thing.

Li Changgui advised:

"Lord Xiang, now that the culprit is dead, should we immediately notify the press, hold a press conference, and let them come in and take pictures, so that the crime of the captives can be announced as soon as possible?"

As soon as he said this, many people nodded in agreement.

Xiang Xiaoqiang hesitated for a moment and looked up at Fourteen Gege.

Fourteen Gege's expression became gloomy, and he looked at Xiao Qiang with a pleading gaze, and shook his head gently.

Xiang Xiaoqiang understands that Fourteen Gege does not want to be the focus of attention. This is of course her consistent character, but more importantly, in this kind of Ming and Qing war, as a former Manchu Gege, living under the paparazzi's camera all day long is too terrible for her.

Xiang Xiaoqiang nodded, saying that he would support this matter for her.

"No, don't inform the press just yet," he said, shaking his head and muttering for a moment, "that's not right. It's complicated, and it's not completely clear. We still have to report to Your Majesty, and our Ming officials have to set an attitude. Before that, we rushed out, although happy, but we may be more passive. ”

He ordered the bodies to be removed and the scene cordoned off, and then ordered all the People's Guards present not to spread the news. Then he looked at the director of the Second Bureau of the East Factory with a smile. Liu Shuping, director of the Second Bureau, understood, and smiled, and ordered his staff in the East Factory to keep it strictly confidential.

But Xiang Xiaoqiang knows that this kind of confidentiality measure can only be effective in the short term, and today the matter is so big and there are so many people on the scene, it won't be long before the news that No. 14 Scissors Lane is the Princess Mansion of Liaoyang will spread. The entrance to the mansion will also be crowded with paparazzi like other royal mansions. And because of the current extraordinary times and the extraordinary status of Fourteen Gege, there will only be more paparazzi. …… There will certainly be many angry citizens – including those in the northern district who were killed by Qing artillery fire, the families of soldiers killed in battle, and the relatives of the villagers who were slaughtered in Zhangjia Village, Moling Township......

It seems that the fourteen grids are going to change places, Xiang Xiaoqiang is thinking.

His men dispersed, each busy transporting the body, taking pictures of the scene, cleaning up the scene, sealing off the gate, and imposing temporary martial law in this alley......

Xiang Xiaoqiang held Qiuqiu with his left hand and Xiuxiu with his right hand, bowing his head to them and narrating the course of events. It's mainly for Qiu Yu to hear, because Xiuxiu basically knows it, and Xiang Xiaoqiang didn't expect the truth of the final explosion to hide from Xiuxiu.

Qiu Yu bit her thumb and listened to it thrillingly, and when she heard him talk about Hafeng'a suddenly changing her attention and pulling the grenade at the end, she was shocked and felt incredible:

"Really...... He's ...... Maybe it was Changgui who went in with a gun in the end, which stimulated him, right? Maybe at the last moment, the sense of honor of the soldier burst out......"

Xiang Xiaoqiang said "yes, yes", while looking at Xiuxiu with a weak heart, and seeing that Xiuxiu didn't expose him, he put his mind at ease and hugged Xiuxiu tighter.

Xiuxiu is very unaccustomed to being hugged by Xiang Xiaoqiang like this, especially with Qiuyun hugging left and right. She was so ashamed that her face was flushed and she wanted to escape, but she was unwilling to let Qiu Yu alone embrace Xiaoqiang, so she shrank into his arms.

She knew that Xiang Xiaoqiang didn't keep Ha Feng'a's mouth, mostly for herself. The disaster that he broke into has been beautified by Xiang Xiaoqiang as a heroic act of "preventing Qing Yu from assassinating His Majesty". There are also disrespectful words to Princess Liaoyang to Xiaoqiang during telephone negotiations, although it is to save her, but he definitely does not want it to be passed on, especially not to reach the ears of Princess Liaoyang. In addition, there are threats to kill Hafeng'a's entire family and force him to comply, which is not easy to spread.

If Haphona were to be tried in an open courtroom full of journalists, no one knows what he would say. Therefore, he simply could not get out of this house alive.

Xiuxiu felt strange when she saw the explosion, and when she wanted to question Xiang Xiaoqiang, she suddenly thought of this layer and couldn't help but tremble. Looking at Xiang Xiaoqiang, who was hugging herself and Qiu Yu and smiling, Xiuxiu suddenly had a layer of awe, lowered her eyes, and didn't dare to ask anything more.

Fourteen Gege looked at them from afar, and suddenly felt a sour feeling in his heart. She sighed lightly, patted Xiao Wu, lifted her long skirt, and said:

"Let's go to the back, they'll get it here."

……

Xiang Xiaoqiang sent some additional guards, left the People's Guard and some technicians of the East Factory to deal with the aftermath, and let Li Changgui be responsible for the repair of the main hall of the Princess Mansion, and then bid farewell to the Fourteen Gege, led Qiu Yu and Xiuxiu, and went out of the Princess Liaoyang Mansion with Director Liu of the East Factory.

In the usually secluded Scissors Alley, now all the cars parked are high-end cars, all of which are Dongchang and the People's Guard. Xiang Xiaoqiang saw at a glance that there was a particularly beautiful one of them, parked opposite the gate of the princess's mansion, milky white, and particularly conspicuous in a large black car.

While greeting Director Liu, he kept looking at the white car.

The white car was very beautiful, with a cream-white body curve reflecting a light and elegant light, a black spare tire on the pedals, and a beige canvas roof on the back seat, exuding the charm of a luxury classic car from the thirties.

Two "R" logos overlap on the front of the car: rolls-royce, Rolls-Royce.

Xiang Xiaoqiang tilted his head and asked Director Liu very greedily:

"Is this a new car for Her Royal Highness the Princess? It's the same as His Majesty's. ”

Director Liu was also surprised and shook his head:

"I don't know, maybe. There are only one or twenty white Rolls-Royces in Nanjing......"

Xiang Xiaoqiang nodded, understood. He's implying that it's not. With the style of fourteen grids, if there were only one or twenty cars of this kind in Nanjing City, she would never buy one so ostentatiously.

At this time, Qiu Yun pulled Xiuxiu to follow. The back curtain of the car suddenly moved, and a pair of eyes disappeared behind it, and then the car started up, drove out of the alley, and disappeared into the dust.

Xiuxiu stared blankly in the direction of the car and bit her lip.

Xiang Xiaoqiang saw the strange action of the car, and immediately became vigilant and asked:

"Director Liu, do you see the license plate number?"

"Nope."

After speaking, Liu Shuping also became vigilant, turned his head and shouted:

"Hey, keep up with the white car that just drove away!"

Xiang Xiaoqiang also instructed his subordinates:

"Quick, follow!"

One car each from the Dongchang and the People's Guard started and drove out.

The subordinates went to chase after them, and the two bosses said goodbye here and went back in their respective cars. Although Xiang Xiaoqiang was vigilant, he felt that it should not be the high-risk situation of the "Northern Qing Dynasty spies". No need to ask, they must have been staring at Princess Liaoyang's mansion all day long, but they would never use such an eye-catching car.

Xiang Xiaoqiang sat on the far right of the back seat, holding Xiuxiu with his left hand, thinking about what happened this morning, sleepiness came up again, and he couldn't help but tilt his head and go to sleep.

Sitting in the middle is Xiuxiu, and on the far left is Qiuyu. Xiang Xiaoqiang wanted to sit in the middle and enjoy the taste of hugging left and right, but Qiu Yu had to let Xiuxiu sit next to Xiang Xiaoqiang, and she sat next to Xiuxiu herself. Xiang Xiaoqiang couldn't help but sigh at Qiuqiu's good intentions.

Xiuxiu Bird snuggled in his arms, her pretty face was flushed, although she was still shy, her body was still very stiff, but she finally stopped hiding.

Qiu Yu instructed the driver to drive a little more steadily and take care of Xiuxiu's injury, while sticking to Xiuxiu, and said affectionately:

"Xiuxiu, you were discharged from the hospital today, what do you want to eat at noon? I'll do it for you......"

Xiang Xiaoqiang hugged Xiuxiu tighter again, and said with a smile:

"You do it for Xiuxiu...... Our Miss Qiu can also cook? ”

Qiu Yu argued:

"I mean, I asked someone to do it for Xiuxiu...... Also, I don't know how to cook, but I can still cook......"

Xiang Xiaoqiang laughed, almost laughing out of tears. Xiuxiu also burst out laughing, slapped Qiuyu, and the two laughed together.

……

Back at the Xiaoling Wei barracks, Qiu Luo arranged a place for Xiuxiu to live, and the crew of the original Grasshopper and the female officers of the current headquarters also came around to celebrate her discharge from the hospital, and helped Zhang Luo before and after. Everyone is a sister of a submarine, and now where they run is the laughter of warblers and swallows.

Xiang Xiaoqiang was so sleepy that he left everything to them to make trouble, he didn't even eat lunch, and went back to the bedroom to go to bed.

I slept in the dark and drooled until about four o'clock in the afternoon.

When I opened my eyes, I saw Qiu Yu squatting in front of the bed and looking at him with a smile.

"Ahh

Xiang Xiaoqiang sat up in fright and screamed, which scared Qiu Yu a lot. She sat on the edge of the bed, stroked her chest and complained:

"Xiaoqiang, you're scared to death!"

Xiang Xiaoqiang couldn't cry or laugh. As soon as I woke up, I saw two eyes staring straight at you, who didn't scream. He didn't shy away from Qiu Qiu, only wearing his underwear, jumping out of bed and getting dressed in front of her.

Qiu Yun's face flushed, took a sip, and muttered:

"Really, we're not married. I don't know how to avoid it. ”

Xiang Xiaoqiang smiled:

"Then we'll get married tomorrow."

Qiu Yu's eyes lit up, then dimmed, and muttered:

"You will say crazy things, how can you say it today and get married tomorrow...... Besides, there is still a war on the Yangtze River defense line, and it is not easy for us to have happy events......"

Xiang Xiaoqiang smiled, didn't continue, and asked:

"Is there anything good about you squatting here waiting for me to wake up, like a kitten?"

Qiu Yun grinned and put his hands behind his back, and said with a smile:

"It's a good thing. …… First, the fog is finally clearing! ”

Xiang Xiaoqiang said "ah", and there was a burst of ecstasy in his brain. The fog that has been filling the ground for days is finally coming to an end!

He took the weather report handed to him by Qiu Yu, which was the report of the chief meteorologist of the Meteorological Bureau of the Army Aviation Force. The report shows that the fog will completely dissipate in the next 36 hours, and the long-lost sunny days will reappear. In fact, since this morning, the fog has been fading.

Xiang Xiaoqiang recalled, no wonder he was dealing with the "hostage crisis" in the Liaoyang Princess Mansion in the morning, and he didn't feel a special vision problem, and when he came out, the white car couldn't see the butt of the car until it drove out of the entire alley.

This is great, once the fog on the Yangtze River is gone, the Yangtze River defense line will be once again terrifyingly powerful, and the Qing army will basically no longer be able to form a major breakthrough like Zimuzhou.

With the improvement of visibility, the three pontoon bridges of the Qing army will soon be cut off by artillery shells and aircraft bombs, and the dozen or so Qing army divisions that have already come over will become lone troops. His own mechanized corps can also be very powerful.

Moreover, the air battle is about to begin.

"The second good thing," Qiu Yun said with a smile, "Your Majesty will hold a small banquet in the officers' canteen of the fortress tonight, and invite us, Xiuxiu, Princess Liaoyang, and the commander of the garrison, as well as a few high-ranking officials from Dongchang, and a few people from our People's Guard, to celebrate Commander Wang's victory by the river, your great victory in the southern suburbs, and the escape of Princess Liaoyang, and Xiuxiuzhi's capture of the commander of the Qing Dynasty!" …… By the way, I want to give you medals for these heroes! Hehe, there may be a dance party after eating! How's that, happy? ”

Xiang Xiaoqiang nodded with satisfaction and said:

"Eating, dancing, handing out medals, all of these things are expected. Hehe, Xiuxiu is more lucky, I told her about her medal with my mouth. Don't talk about it all over the place! Well, this can be said to be a top salon of the essence of the Ming high society. Xiuxiu has never participated in this kind of occasion, you have to take her well, she will be our family in the future. Hehe, what about the third good thing? ”

Qiu Yun smiled:

"So greedy, two things are not enough...... If you want to talk about the third one, it is the military tribunal and the prisoner of war parade. ”

Xiang Xiaoqiang was stunned:

"Prisoners of War parade?"

"Yes! The high command decided that in order to boost the morale of the Ming army and the people and to blow the morale of the Qing captives, the thousands of prisoners of war of the Eighth Banner Division should be let you line up in a large brigade and walk around the streets of Nanjing to show the common people. Otherwise, if we just say that we have won the war, the people will not feel it! ”

Xiang Xiaoqiang pondered. Yes, this is indeed a good way to boost morale when the army is in the city. During the Great Patriotic War in the Soviet Union, it was done that German prisoners of war marched through the streets of Moscow. It works well. But......

He asked:

"Isn't that a violation of the Geneva Convention on Prisoners of War?"

Qiu Yun snorted and said:

"That must be a violation...... However, it was also violated by the Qing Capture first. This morning, they also dragged out the thousands of soldiers of the 87th Motorized Infantry Division who had been captured by the Eight Banners Division in Pukou and paraded them through the streets. ”

At this time, an orderly knocked on the door and came in, handing a report to Xiaoqiang.

Xiang Xiaoqiang opened it to see that it was about the white Rolls-Royce.