Chapter 21: Slight Conflict

When I first entered the flower hall and saw Su Hongniang sitting beside Ye Zhao, the old master almost didn't recognize her. She thought that the handsome young man came from, too handsome and charming, right? No, she was pretty black dress and a top hat. She was so bright and charming that she was so heroic that she was so beautiful.

After recognizing that he was the only concubine of the little prince, the old master dared not take a look at him any more. After all, he asked his wife to dress up as a man, and he was a man from a ghost. The old master might have beaten his son to lame his leg and then asked his son to divorce her.

But for the little prince, I don’t know why, but it seems that the young grandmother’s dressing up makes me take it for granted, and I can’t feel that there is anything beyond the reach.

Ye Zhao wrote a letter and prepared to send his personal soldiers back to the capital to report safety. But, how long has it been? The prince and concubine don’t know how much they are thinking about him.

In addition, it was written to the capital, but I asked Master to consider it. Ye Zhao had been ignorant in the past twenty years, and I really didn't know how to start with such ancient sentences.

Su Hongniang kept laughing, watching the old master teach Ye Zhao to write almost step by step.

"Old Master, forget it, you can write it." Ye Zhao felt really hurt when he held the brush, so he got angry and flirted with the pick.

The old master smiled, although he was disrespectful to speak, he always felt a love for his younger generation towards Ye Zhao, probably because this young master never puts on airs.

"Master, I'm not good!" Rui Si suddenly ran in furiously. He had never been so unconventional in front of Ye Zhao.

"Han Jinchun, Han Jinchun ran to the customs office!" Rui Si's face was a little pale, and he also blamed him for talking too much. He nagged Han Jinchun a few words and foreigners occupied the customs office, but he couldn't get the account book inside. He was worried. Who knew that Han Jinchun snatched Goshha's waist without saying a word and rushed out.

Ye Zhao frowned and said, "What did he do there?"

Rui Sier knelt down and slapped his mouth: "I should die, I should die, it's all my fault for talking too much. He said that he was upset about customs affairs, so he said that he would help me to grab the account book for the customs. Bakesh and Alhatu were also possessed and went with him!"

Bakesh and Alhatu were the Goshha who guarded Ye Zhao. The personal soldiers brought out from the royal palace were all famous warriors with the blue flag, so they were very proud. However, Rui Si gradually realized the power of foreigners and knew that this disaster would be a big deal.

Rui Si chased them out for a long time, but he couldn't persuade them to turn around, so he had to run back to report the news.

"Nothing!" Ye Zhaozhen got angry, and slapped the pen and ink on the table.

"My servant should die, me should die!" Rui Sier knelt on the ground and kept sucking his mouth.

Ye Zhao didn't have time to pay attention to him, so he was so anxious that he had no choice but to go to the Qing army camp to dispatch troops, but he was too late to send troops, and Xu Naizhao was afraid that he would not provide any help. He was not Zheng Wang Mansion, and there were only a few personal soldiers around him, and Rui Si Baoyi was too shameful to the sword formation.

"Okay! Get up and go prepare the horses!" Now I can only hope that I can get there. Han Jinchun and the other two were not poisoned by foreigners. In the backyard, several military horses had long been requisitioned from Xu Naizhao's military camp.

"I'll go now, go now." Rui Si ran out in a panic.

Ye Zhao turned his head and found that Su Hongniang, who had just sat beside the desk and watched her joke, was gone. She couldn't help but say in surprise: "Where is her?"

The old master shook his head, looking confused. He was just anxious just now, but he didn't pay attention to where the young grandmother went.

The Western-style iron fence door is open. Although Ye Zhao is not riding and shooting, he is somewhat riding. He is riding a tall horse, and several Goshhas are also dressed neatly, with a solemn look on his face. Several robbers of Ruisi gathered next to Ye Zhao's horse. At this time, no one dares to cherish his life. If the little master makes any mistakes, I am afraid that their relatives will be implicated.

A loud "bang bang" musket sound came from a distance. Ye Zhao frowned, waved the reins, and ran out from his crotch.

With the gunshots, there were no people on the road in the concession. The concession has been in chaos these days and people are in panic.

"Dadada" Several horses ran, and Rui's fourth-class slaves followed behind. The headquarter was not far from the Customs Office. After turning an intersection, he saw twenty or thirty foreign soldiers surrounding the iron fence of the Customs Office, each occupying the shooting position and shooting inside. However, this old customs office extended a tiger and leopard flag at the window on the second floor, which was the Qing army flag.

Ye Zhao felt relieved. Although he didn't know the situation of the battle, he obviously saw that several people had not been killed.

"Ceasefire! Ceasefire!" Ye Zhao shouted loudly in English. Who knew that several foreign soldiers near the streets and alleys turned around and immediately aimed at the musket. "Bang bang bang" the deafening explosion of gunpowder. Before Ye Zhao could react, he was rushed down from the horse by a personal soldier and fell to death.

After a chaotic situation, several personal soldiers moved quickly and quickly protected Ye Zhao into the alley next to him. The steel knife was unsheathed and guarded the entrance of the alley. The personal soldiers who had just pounced on Ye Zhao to dismount were bleeding and were also dragged in. Then the servants such as Rui Si ran into the alley.

"Master, let's go back first. Turn the corner at the alley and pass through the main road." Rui Si was frightened when he saw Ye Zhao's forehead falling blue. He had touched the alley in the concession these days.

Ye Zhao knew that what he called now was useless. He was captured for no reason after staying here for no reason. He turned around and led his Qing imperial envoy to attack the concession's business group with force, but it was really hard to explain. He had to go back and make a long-term plan. When he came out, he had sent someone to the Qing army camp to deliver a letter to see what Xu Naizhao had.

Nodded immediately, "Go!"

Rui Si and others then breathed a sigh of relief and surrounded Ye Zhao and ran all the way. When the foreign gun team rushed into the alley, they had long disappeared.

Xu Naizhao's reinforcements were not delayed. After waiting for an hour, Ye Zhao couldn't sit still. He thought he could only ask Su Hongniang. With her guard, he wanted to meet the scattered soldiers of the merchant regiment, and he could deal with them. Now he had to meet lawyer Hall and ask him to mediate the matter.

If it were not necessary, Ye Zhao did not want to let politicians such as Aliguo know about his close relationship with Wells and Hall. I think Wells had the same thoughts. Regardless of whether Wells would embezzle his patent rights, at least the two of them are still partners for the time being.

But after going up the second floor and walking around, he couldn't find Su Hongniang. When Ye Zhao was helpless, his personal soldiers came to report the message, saying that the British Consul A Liguo had arrived.

Ye Zhao's heart skipped a beat. It seemed that Han Jinchun and others were either poisoned or captured by mistake, otherwise Aliguo would not come to him. Now they have reasonable and well-founded, and even have prisoners in their hands. But I really don't know how to sing his next play.

However, Ye Zhao really hoped that the concession merchant group had only captured a few people, especially Bakish and Alhatu, who were so loyal to him. If the bloody corpse of the two was placed in front of him, I really didn't know if he would go crazy.

Worrying, Ye Zhao hurried to the flower hall. Who knew that A Liguo's face seemed to be even worse than his.

"Mr. Jingxiang, I hope you will immediately order your subordinates to leave the customs office and release our expatriates. Otherwise, I will regard my actions as declaring war on my British Empire!" When Aliguo saw Ye Zhao, he shouted angrily.

Ye Zhao was stunned. What? Leave the customs office and release the expatriates? It turns out that it has been more than an hour. Not only has the foreign gun team not only failed to attack the customs office, but also people have been captured and captured?

Aliguo is really depressed now. Suddenly, the Qing army rushed into the customs office and hung the Qing army flag. This can be said to be too impatient. After all, there were only two guards guarding the customs office. But the patrol merchant regiment immediately launched an attack. Who knew that another evil star who was inexplicably unknown origin appeared halfway. He was dressed in European aristocratic clothes. When he arrived, he suddenly grabbed a musketeer's rifle, knocked several people out of the stock and rushed into the customs office.

Next, twenty or thirty armed personnel could not attack the yamen courtyard. Not only did the other party's arrows be accurate, but they also had an extremely powerful musketeer. Seven or eight soldiers were injured by the opponent's firearm. Later, several armed personnel climbed over the back wall and entered the courtyard to prepare for sneak attacks. Who knew that they were all captured alive and tied to the window as hostages.

In desperation, Aliguo had to give up the idea of ​​seizing the yamen by force and took more than a dozen armed personnel to the imperial envoy. If he turned a blind eye, he would just arrest the imperial envoy of the Qing Dynasty.

Aliguo angrily launched an army to question the crime. Ye Zhao inexplicably gained the upper hand. He was in a good mood and innocently pointed to the bruises on his forehead and said, "Consul, did I shout a ceasefire at the scene, but was attacked by a mob of your country. I, a personal guard, was injured by a mob of your country! So what do you say?" Ye Zhao's face sank as he spoke. In fact, the personal soldiers who rescued him were only injured in his legs, and they had no worries about their lives.

Then Ye Zhao changed his mind and said, "Forget it, no matter who is right or wrong, peace is the most important thing. I only want people to retrieve a few old documents from the Customs Office. Perhaps the words are not clear and this tragedy has led to this tragedy. I personally apologize here. Please order the consul to order the removal of the armed forces that besieged the Customs Office. I guarantee that your country's expatriates will be unscathed."
Chapter completed!