Chapter 19: Pie falls from the sky ()

The red candle is swaying, and today is the "great day" between Su Hongniang and Ye Zhao.

The day after Roh Jiu returned from Liu Lichuan, he and his brothers from the Heaven and Earth Association took a boat to Hong Kong, so as not to be seen through by the Manchu Tartars over time.

Whether it is Ye Zhao's identity or the relationship between Ye Zhao and Su Hongniang, most of them are confused and dare not guess in depth.

Boss Su moved out long ago, even if Ye Zhao wanted to meet him, it would be extremely secretive. Moreover, Master Rui Sier and others did not know that Mr. Su and Mr. Su were brothers and sisters. Therefore, Ye Zhao had to have a few drinks with Master Rui Sier. The master received the title of matchmaker. As for Rui Si, he naturally felt that this was the young lady who pleased the master. Although he could not marry him with a matchmaker, he also gave him a name in private.

Rui Sier even thought that seeing the young lady is so favored, she would have done this trip. After returning to Beijing, she would enter the flag. Zheng Baer became the master's side room, and maybe she would be the authentic concubine of the Zheng Wang Mansion in the future?

After drinking a few glasses of wine with Master Rui Si, he naturally listened to a lot of Jixiang's words. When Ye Zhao got drunk and went up to the second floor, it was probably almost three o'clock.

"Why are you drinking?" Ye Zhao knocked on the door. Su Hongniang couldn't help but frown when she saw Ye Zhao. She rarely saw this little slippery drinking. It seemed that he had drunk a lot of wine when he first met, but he was just a little drunk.

Ye Zhao was very clear-headed and smiled and said, "Today we have had two great drinks. Okay, you can rest, and I will go back to my room to sleep alone!"

As he spoke, he turned around and staggered towards his room. Su Hongniang looked at him helplessly, biting his red lips, as if he had been unable to make a decision. Until Ye Zhao pushed open the door of his room and was about to enter the room, he almost tripped. Su Hongniang finally couldn't help but shout, "Stop by waiting!"

Ye Zhao turned around in shock, a little confused.

Su Hongniang walked over and helped him complain, "He is so old, he is still like a child. Besides, there is no one around to serve you. Are you not the prince's prince?"

After being grabbed by Su Hongniang's snow-white and smooth little hands, Ye Zhao felt half of her body a little soft, and she didn't know how she stepped into the room.

"Sit down first, damn, I'll help you get the sobering 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 felt less dizzy.

Suddenly, there was a loud bang like a thunderous sound outside, and the earth shook a few times.

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

Ye Zhao nodded slightly, and when he reached the window, he opened it. He heard the sound of gunfire outside, and shouted to kill him. In the distance, the flames seemed to reflect half of the sky red 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 and the others are?"

"I'll know it tomorrow morning." Ye Zhao didn't have any pain in his skin, and he really didn't care much about the fate of Xiaodao Congregation.

"I hope Brother Wan Yunlong will bless you!" Su Hongniang was so tender and tender, but she was extremely pious.

Ye Zhao smiled: "It would be better to ask me for blessing. If your brother Wan Yunlong really has a spirit, the Tartars would have died without a place to bury him."

Su Hongniang glared at him, but she had long known this guy's disrespect for gods and Buddhas, but she was too lazy to pay attention to him.

"I gave me a good gift on a happy day. Go back to your room to sleep, the show has just begun." Ye Zhao said with a smile, reaching out and closing the window.

The noise outside did not gradually calm down until the fish belly turned white. Ye Zhao was sleeping soundly. In the morning, the letter messenger who came from the Qing army camp asked for a visit, but Su Hongniang called the door to wake Ye Zhao up. Su Hongniang couldn't sleep all night. Seeing Ye Zhao open the door with sleepy eyes, Su Hongniang was really angry and funny.

Ye Zhao met the letter cop in the flower hall and listened to the story of the battle. Because the Qing army units were always wary of the Xiao Jiang, the first wave of attacks carried out by the foreign merchant regiment did not cause chaos. Instead, the attacks of the foreign gun team were repelled in the bloody battle. Later, the merchant regiment attacked several times in a tentative attack, but in the end, the rebels did not see any movement in the direction of the Xiaodaohui in Shanghai County, and the attacks failed several times.

The letter sent a letter written by Jiangsu Governor Xu Naizhao, who asked the imperial envoy to mediate and negotiate with foreigners.

Ye Zhao immediately replied a letter, asking Xu Naizhao and Jierhanga to come to his headquarters. Although the Qing Dynasty did make incredible actions such as detaining other people's envoys and consuls, and still had such inexplicable behavior decades later, I think Ali and others dare not do this. Not to mention that this behavior is appropriate or not in the eyes of Westerners, there are only a few places in the concession, and they are so many of them who are unwilling to have another dispute now.

Ye Zhao also wrote a letter to the British Consul Aliguo, asking him to negotiate with the consuls of various countries involved in the war, and repeatedly guaranteed their personal safety. There is no way, who told us that we were not keeping the promise and being barbaric in the eyes of others?

Aliguo and US Consul Wacot arrived first. Before they could say a few greetings, they heard the noise and neighing outside, which scared Aliguo and Wacot's faces changed color.

Nothing else, Xu Naizhao and Jierhanga arrived. A Fuyuan master and a vassal state master brought three or five hundred soldiers, surrounded the gate of the imperial envoy's office. Several foreign soldiers outside the park looked at the sea of ​​soldiers and brave people on the opposite side, and were also afraid.

Ye Zhao went out, and Xu Naizhao seemed to be in a good mood. When he entered the courtyard with Ye Zhao, he whispered to Ye Zhao's ear: "Sir, I have a happy secret. After repelling the provocation of foreigners, our army took advantage of the victory to pursue the enemy, break the little knife and meet the bandits in one fell swoop, and recover the Shanghai county."

Ye Zhao laughed in his stomach, knowing that Xiaodao Congregation had finally been discovered to break through the city, but the Qing officials were naturally unwilling to give in to military merits. In a blink of an eye, the credit for the breaking bandits' regaining Shanghai city fell on his head.

After entering the main hall, the British and American consuls sat on the right, Xu Naizhao, Jierhanga and Ye Zhao sat on the left, which was clearly distinguished.

Ye Zhao no longer spoke English at this time. Like Xu Naizhao and Jierhanga, he said one sentence and wanted to translate it into one sentence.

Aliguo first complained angrily about the Qing army's plunder of the concession. Xu Naizhao and Jierhang Abdu were a little embarrassed and didn't know how to deal with it. Although they were prepared to fight with the foreign gun team last night, they suffered a great loss. The regiment bravery did not remember it. Two green camp soldiers alone had dozens of officers and soldiers killed in yesterday's conflict, and one was missing.

Jierhanga was quite calm, but Xu Naizhao was really a little scared when facing foreigners.

"Consul, we will check the matter you have complained in detail. If what the consul said is true, we will never be sympathetic to the soldiers who corrupt military discipline. But the consul blatantly attacked our Qing army camp, and I wonder what explanation should be made?"

When he heard Ye Zhao's words, Xu Naizhao and Jierhang Adu nodded. Xu Naizhao was an old official. When he saw the young imperial envoy speak, he was happy and asked him to talk. If the talk is successful or not, there is room for maneuver. It is easy to talk to the superiors and have less to do with them.

Aliguo said calmly: "My Lord Qin said it was wrong. Last night, it was obvious that the soldiers of your country invaded the concession, so we fought back and captured several prisoners who rushed into the concession, one of whom was an officer."

Ye Zhao was a little helpless. He could indeed speak nonsense at the negotiating table, but why were he captured and captured?

Xu Naizhao held the teacup without raising his eyelids and said, "There is no such thing as this. The Consul is afraid that he has arrested the wrong person!"

After the translation was translated, it was Aliguo's turn to be surprised. There were prisoners of war, so how could he not admit it? Looking at Xu Naizhao, he had nothing to say for a moment.

Ye Zhao seized the opportunity to smooth things over: "Consul, I think no matter whether the dispute is right or wrong, the matter has come to this point, I hope to stop the war and stop the war." He turned to Xu Naizhao and said, "Master Futai will also restrain the soldiers and spare no effort, right?"

The Shanghai county town has been recovered, so naturally there is no reason to have a large number of soldiers stationed again, and the conflict with the concession will not arise again. Xu Naizhao said with a smile: "That's natural, please don't worry about this."

Ye Zhao said to Aliguo and Wacote again: "Two Consuls, after discussing customs affairs, they are scheduled to be tomorrow morning. I wonder if you have time?"

The two consuls looked at each other and nodded.

Just when Xu Naizhao and Jierhanga thought the negotiation was completed, Aliguo said again: "I hope to determine the security of the concession by regulations."

Xu Naizhao and Jierhanga both complained. The easiest thing to do now is to sign a treaty with foreigners.

Ye Zhao smiled and said, "The Consul, too, knowing that we do not have this right or responsibility."

A Liguo knew that the imperial envoy among the three people was still responsible and had some insights. He looked at Ye Zhao and said, "Don't worry, it's just some small provisions, which are related to customs and customs affairs. I'll send the provisions here later, and you'll know after reading them."

Ye Zhao nodded slightly. Seeing that Xu Naizhao and Jierhanga were even more relieved when they had no relationship with him, they regained their calmness.

Xu Naizhao was thinking about how to write a good news. He said that there was no big loss last night, thanks to the prince from the capital. Although there was no need to mention the conflict with foreigners, he was just ambiguous at most. The soldiers who died yesterday had to be recorded in the bloody battle with the Xiaodao Society Party. Therefore, this credit must be made by the imperial envoy. People in the flower sedan chair are carried by others. Why not do such favorable favors? Only in this way can the imperial envoy return to Beijing will he speak well for himself, and will not reveal his own shame.
Chapter completed!