But after going back, he waited for a long time at Lin and Magnolia's residence and didn't see them back, and even Magnolia's maid disappeared inexplicably.

After many inquiries to no avail, the day was approaching dusk, and time did not allow him to wait any longer, Calder had to look at the brilliant sunset at this time, dragging the long figure in front of him, wishing them happiness at the end of the world forever.

"Mr. Stephen, I'd like to buy some guns!" After Calder came out of Lin and Magnolia's residence, he immediately turned around and entered the ordnance department of the U.S. Embassy in Qing.

"You know, the embassy has issued a strict order prohibiting the sale or lease of any military equipment to any Chinese!" Stephen pretended to be unceremonious.

"But I'm American! Isn't it?" Calder said as he pulled five gold bars out of his bosom and said, "That's only a tenth!"

Stephen immediately smiled when he saw the gold bar, and hurriedly said: "It's easy to say if you have gold bars, you know that the embassy is very strict, and this is what you need most when you look up and down!" Say, what guns do you want?"

"Ten light machine guns, twenty submachine guns, and five heavy machine guns, bullets must be enough!"

"What? So much? And it's all machine guns, no, I can't do this even if I gamble on my head!" Stephen thought that the other party just wanted some carbines, but he didn't expect to ask for so much heavy equipment, which is equivalent to the firepower of a complete reinforced regiment of the US army!

"Hey~!Old friend, don't be in a hurry to shirk it first! I know we don't have enough here, but we're not the only ones in Shanghai!" Calder said as he pushed over another box, which contained twenty bars of gold, glittering under the tungsten lamp in Stephen's office.

"How about doubling the price again, a hundred pieces of gold? If it doesn't work, I'll go find someone else! There are a lot of people who want money in Shanghai!" Calder knew that Stephen would never let him go, and deliberately wanted to get away with it.

"Good! It's on me, when will I pick up the goods?" Stephen looked at the twenty bright gold bars and immediately took them.

"Tomorrow night at the latest!"

"What? Tomorrow night, how is this possible?!" Stephen felt that Calder was in too much of a hurry, and he didn't know when he was going to get the five-collar heavy machine gun alone.

"Just tomorrow night, it can't be any later! If you really can't ......"

Before Calder could finish his words, he was interrupted by Stephen: "Good! Just tomorrow night! I'll do it right now, but then we'll have to pay with one hand and deliver the goods with the other!"

Calder smiled slightly, and immediately said, "Good!" Then he withdrew.

In fact, Stephen is not a simple commodity, he saw that Calder's left eye seemed to be blinded by China's criminal law, so he came this time, probably to take revenge, so providing him with a gun is completely in line with the embassy's policy, anyway, the country has been looking for a reason to go to war again, so that through war, more wealth and land can be plundered from this vast region of China.

That night, Stephen reported the matter to the U.S. Embassy in Qing, and Ambassador Smith immediately called for a meeting of the eight nations, and the eight countries debated until the middle of the night about how to divide China's land in the event of a war.

And so the meeting of the robbers ended successfully.

The next evening.

"General Liu! I brought you the weapon! Would you like to come and have a look?" Calder arrived late because he had a five-collar machine gun.

"Hmmm! That's great! You foreigners' things are good! When I come back this time, I will definitely enlighten the Holy Lord, set up a large factory, and use your technology to develop the manufacturing industry of guns and ship cannons in the Qing Dynasty!" Liu Jinyi was very satisfied with the weapons brought by Calder, but he didn't plan to bring the five-collar heavy machine gun, because this time he had to be fast, otherwise all the family members of the two hundred guards who walked with him without permission would definitely die.

And Calder also saw what Liu Jinyi was thinking at a glance, and then said: "This five-collar heavy machine gun is a gift from me to the general, but there is one condition!"

"What conditions?!" Liu Jinyi suddenly raised his head from the gun and asked.

"As long as the general asks me to kill someone when the time comes!"

"You mean Li Shaotang!" Liu Jinyi suddenly understood.

"That's right! That's him! I can't forget for a second that moment in my left eye that broke my heart, and now, for some reason, I often fall into that hellish reality, and I have to endure at least ten times a day, more painful than death!" Calder said with a twisted expression.

Liu Jinyi may not know exactly what kind of state Calder lives in every day, but he knows better than others the pain of watching his relatives being strangled to death by others in front of his eyes, so he immediately nodded heavily: "I promise you!"

"Good! There is an old saying in your China, called "One Word and Nine Dings", and I know that Lord Liu is absolutely worthy of these four characters that weigh thousands of catties!" Calder still wanted to ask for a promise from Liu Jinyi in advance, because if the Chinese emperor wanted to protect Li Shaotang, only Liu Jinyi could say a few words from it.

And Liu Jinyi also immediately understood: "Please rest assured, Mr. John, if it is proved that all this is really Li Shaotang's doing, I, Liu Jinyi, will be the first to kill him!"

"Good! I'll just wait for General Liu's words, without further ado, let's set off immediately!" Calder couldn't wait.

"In order to avoid attracting attention, everyone divided into ten teams and rushed to the ancient tomb as fast as they could! We will meet in Yangjiazhuang in two days!"

"Huh!" More than 200 people knelt on the ground at the same time and immediately dispersed, leaving only nine golden sword guards standing behind Liu Jinyi.

"Why hasn't the general moved yet?!" Calder saw that Liu Jinyi himself was still standing there all the time.

"Sir, forgive Jinyi for being presumptuous, you can't go!"

"Why can't I go? For the sake of my left eye, I have to go!" Calder became excited.

"Because this is the most tense moment of the confrontation between the imperial court and the Eight-Nation Alliance, if you and a batch of weapons disappear at the same time at this time, the matter will inevitably not be relied on by the imperial court, and Li Shaotang has colluded with the Japanese, so he will deliberately hurt one of your left eyes, the purpose is to let you Americans fight the main attack, and they themselves can just take advantage of the fisherman!"

"What a deep calculation, this must be from your country's famous military work "Sun Tzu's Art of War"!" Calder sighed in surprise, in fact, this is why Liu Jinyi knocked himself unconscious and brought him to the mansion that night, the Qing court has always thought that it was strong, and what it said was to buy shipbuilding and cannon technology was just to stabilize its own words.

"Sir is overrated! So for now, I can only ask Mr. to rest in peace in my house, if you have any needs, just tell the people below, they will meet you, and afterwards, I, Liu Jinyi, promise to bring Li Shaotang to you alive, whether you live or die is up to you!"

Although Liu Jinyi is reasonable, Calder still stubbornly wants to go when he thinks of his strange appearance in the mirror!

Liu Jinyi had no choice but to slap him unconscious, because he had been delayed for nearly half an hour at this time, and he couldn't delay it any longer!

After settling Calder, Liu Jinyi immediately took the nine people on horseback and flew up.

But at this time, behind him, he faintly saw a group of inexplicable black-clothed figures, quickly approaching him......

"General, please stay!" Liu Jinyi heard the voice of the lieutenant general, who he was very familiar with, from a group of people behind him.

"What are you doing here!" Liu Jinyi looked at the five hundred heavy archers in front of him in confusion.

"I'm willing to go with the general!" More than 500 people replied in great unison.

"Nonsense! You left it all in the base camp for me! You must keep the emperor's orders!" Liu Jinyi originally wanted to do this in secret, but he didn't expect that these five hundred people would follow him for some reason, but with such a big move, if the emperor knew that he had moved the army, they would all be killed by the Nine Clans!

"General! Now that the lowly rank has been forced by the Qing court to have no way out, I was sent here today to kill the general!"

Liu Jinyi was originally very calm, but when he heard this, he couldn't help but be startled, and then the center of gravity of his body shifted, and he involuntarily took a few steps back, and was held by the two golden knife hands for a long time before continuing to ask: "What crime?"

"The court said that you have been deceiving with a gilded knife and deceiving the king, and now you are teaming up with foreigners to challenge and fight again!" The lieutenant general also said with some trembling.

"What?! Is the gilded knife in my hand fake?" Liu Jinyi raised his right hand and looked at the black knife in his hand, but then came back to his senses and asked, "Where is the real gilded knife?"

The adjutant general said with some stumbling: "In... In the hands of Master Li Shaotang!"

"What?! Li Shaotang?! Where is he now?" Liu Jinyi suddenly had a thick layer of doubt on his face.

"Just behind, just come with two thousand swords and axes, and I'll just open the way in front!"

After listening to the adjutant general's statement, Liu Jinyi raised his head and looked at the five hundred people who were half-kneeling in front of him, who had fought countless wars with him in the past under the thick rainstorm, and now they have become mortal enemies.

With tears in his eyes, he helplessly cut off one of his left arms: "Let's go!" Thinking of the kindness of the past, I can only help you get here!"

"General!" Five hundred people still want to advance and retreat with Liu Jinyi.

"Say no more! You still have wives and children waiting for you in your family, and you must not let them die because of me!" Liu Jinyi was very sad and didn't look back.

"Those who don't have any relatives at home stand on the general's side, and there are still wives and children at home who are on my side!" The adjutant general hurriedly organized.

Suddenly, the 500 people were divided into two groups with very sharp contrasts, Liu Jinyi's side was sparsely scattered with more than 60 people, and the deputy general's side was more than 400 people.

After making a clear distinction, Liu Jinyi felt that it was no longer too late, and handed over his severed left arm to the adjutant general, and he took the more than 70 people to pierce the unknown night ahead.

However, just before Liu Jinyi could walk, Li Shaotang rushed over immediately, first glanced at the severed arm in the lieutenant's hand with great contempt, and raised his hand to pass through the lieutenant's heart from behind......