Chapter 232 Bombardment of Cining

However, Nabeshima Itoko felt that Naoko Yuka seemed to be distracted.

Then he asked with concern: "Yuxiang, are you feeling unwell?"

Naoko Yuxiang's face was a little stiff.

She felt that this aristocratic woman was really a bit evil.

He just asked her casually, but she felt a little guilty and didn't dare to look directly.

"Uh, no, it's okay. It's just that I've been in a very uncomfortable period these past few days."

Nabeshima Itoko nodded in understanding, her beautiful face full of compassionate care.

She kindly took Naoko Yuka to the water station and asked for a glass of warm water, and also asked for some sugar to put in it.

With her white fingers, she held the spoon and stirred it, then handed it to Naoko Yuka thoughtfully: "Drink some, it will be better."

That movement makes people feel at ease, peaceful and peaceful.

Naoko Yuka was a little defensive, took the water glass and thanked her incoherently.

"Look at you, since you feel uncomfortable, you should tell Shinoda Junaki."

The speech was neither fast nor slow, and the tone was slightly angry, but it made people feel as if they were bathed in a ball of holy light, making it difficult to control themselves.

Naoko Yuka held the water glass in both hands, just lowered her head to look at the tips of her shoes, and sighed slightly.

I thought to myself, neither Shinoda Haruse nor Saito Kijiro would dare to look directly at this kind of woman. Even she, a woman, will be defeated.

I don’t know, what if Zhao Jun is here?

Just because Nabeshima Itoko made trouble, Naoko Yuka was unable to hear more information.

Until the banquet is over.

Shinoda Haruse and Saito Kijiro went home together.

Saito Kijiro asked: "Shinoda-kun, some Koreans are unwilling to cooperate with our actions and are still hostile to us. What do you think we should do?"

Shinoda Harice thought about it for a moment, and his eyes lit up: "I have a plan to make them share the same hatred of the Qing court as us, but this requires the help of Commander-in-Chief Hirobumi Ito."

"any solution?"

Saito Kijiro asked with interest.

"Let's discuss this tomorrow. I just want to say that no matter the rebel army or the Lugang Town Insurance Team that you have been worried about, they are nothing more than ants under the might of our Japanese Empire."

Naoko Yuka listened with her ears pricked up and couldn't help but feel disappointed.

This information is really important, but it's a pity that Shinoda Haruse didn't say it in the end.

…

Lugang Town.

Liu Guogui received a telegram from Li Guangzong on Hong Kong Island.

He hurriedly summoned everyone for discussion.

At the meeting, when everyone was gathered, Liu Guobao said anxiously: "This salary transfer is going to cause big trouble. Li Guangzong asked Zhongyi to publish a declaration in the newspaper that the salary transfer will be completely divorced from our Lugang Town."

"What?"

Everyone was surprised.

Liu Jiahui frowned slightly: "Why is this?"

"Li Guangzong didn't go into details. He just told me that the trouble this time would be caused by passing the salary is very big. If we don't make a decision early, it may be too late. By then, all the Beiyang troops outside the customs may come to suppress Lugang Town. . We are not afraid of returning, but once the war starts, we in Lugang Town cannot bear that kind of loss. There are also the Japanese who are eyeing us. If we and the Beiyang Army both lose, it will only make the Japanese proud and arrogant."

The troublemaker Zhao Chuanxin has done quite a few earth-shaking things.

Zhao Zhongyi really couldn't think of anything more extreme that he could do.

So he asked: "Is it okay to just publish it in the newspaper like before?"

"No, Li Guangzong said, this time it is a complete separation. Not only does he have to step down in order to pass on his salary, but he also has to separate and liquidate his personal property and Lugang Town as a whole. From now on, what is his is his, and Lugang Town is Lugang Town. These things must be reported in the newspapers."

This time Zhao Zhongyi was shocked.

Is this for real?

Liu Baobao continued: "Li Guangzong has already rushed back from Hong Kong Island. Let us take stock of the property passed down as soon as possible. We will do a complete show. Some of his properties, regardless of public and private, will be directly announced in the newspapers. It is confiscated and belongs to Lugang Town. It is best to bribe newspapers from various places and let them publish this news in advance, the sooner the better."

The atmosphere in the conference room suddenly fell silent.

In the past few years, Zhao Chuanxin seemed to be fooling around every day, and Lugang Town seemed to be the same without him.

But Zhao Chuanxin + Li Guangzong + everyone present worked together to build Lugang Town into the prosperous scene it is today.

It was heard that Zhao Chuanxin was completely separated from Lugang Town, and it was inevitable that a layer of gloom would be cast on everyone's minds.

As Zhao Chuanxin's "brother", Zhao Zhongyi defended him from the bottom of his heart: "Is Li Guangzong's reaction a bit excessive?"

Liu Baoguo shook his head and said cautiously: "Li Guangzong is prudent in his work. If he is so anxious, something big is going to happen. It's better to listen to him. Furthermore, Li Guangzong also said that even if we separate, it will not take more than five years." , the salary transfer can still come back. It should be his or his."

Taking a deep breath, Zhao Zhongyi said bitterly: "It's not too late to do that, let's get started from now on."

On the one hand, his brother Zhao Chuanxin, and on the other hand, Lugang Town and the insurance team, who also had a lot of efforts from Zhao Zhongyi, made him very embarrassed and full of tangles.

But after thinking about it, as long as Zhao Chuanxin is fine, he can return sooner or later.

Almost the next day, the news of Zhao Chuanxin's departure from Lugang Town was published in the latest "Lugang Town Journal".

"Lugang Town Journal" has a large sales volume in Lugang Town.

There are high-income earners in Lugang Town, including taxis, farmers, and merchants, and they can all afford it. Some people want to read the various decisions of the Public Security Bureau in journals, some study trends, and some are simply used to reading journals whose quality is much higher than boring newspapers.

"Captain Zhao left Lugang Town? Who has the courage to make this decision?"

"He has been working very hard in the past two years to pass on the salary... Ahem, even if he is not so diligent, it would be impossible without him."

"Who wants to drive Uncle Chuanxin away? I'm not done with him!"

"Who will give me lucky money during the next Chinese New Year? Oh, oh, oh, I won't let Uncle Chuanxin leave."

"Hey, if the inheritance is gone, then we women will go back to the old days of never leaving the door or taking a step forward?"

Men, women, old and young, everyone discussed this matter.

Zhao Chuanxin is the only high-ranking official in Lugang Town who has no official airs. Even the Huangkou boy in Lugang Town dares to quarrel with him, and he will never get angry.

There is only one in the entire Lugang Town, and there is no second person.

Especially the snot-nosed kids, they were crying even during class.

Many people in Lugang Town were brought back from Liaoning by Zhao Chuanxin.

Many people can survive only because of the money Zhao Chuanxin defrauded from the Japanese to support their travel expenses.

But no one came to explain, as if Zhao Chuanxin had really left this time.

After receiving the news, Miao Cuihua was filled with indignation: "How much has Mr. done for Lugang Town? Others think he is dishonest, but he draws drawings and builds at home every day. I see all this. Those at the Public Security Station People are really heartless and don’t have any good things!”

Jiang Mingxin's big eyes were wet: "Mom, if you leave, what will we do in the future?"

Miao Cuihua looked at Jiang Mingxin, her daughter still had to go to school.

She sighed: "Hey, let's take a look first. We don't know where your husband is yet. If he is stable outside, you can go to school in Lugang Town and your mother will go find him and take care of him. There is no one who knows him well. People who are hot, with that kind of temper, may starve to death..."

On the third day, the outside world also saw the newly released major newspapers and were equally shocked by this unexpected news.

Most people speculated that this was related to Zhao Chuanxin causing trouble in Tianjin Wei.

They believed that Lugang Town was anxious to clear up the relationship, fearing that Governor Yuan and Aixinjueluo Yikuang and his son would be liquidated later.

After all, one is a feudal official who holds military power, and the other is an important official who controls the government.

The two of them joined forces and stomped their feet to shock everyone.

I can't help but sigh that people's hearts are fickle, and loyalty is no longer the priority in the world.

…

Beijing.

Zhang Rong frowned and asked Zhao Chuanxin: "Mr. Zhao, aren't we going back to the outside world? What are we doing in the capital?"

“At that time, Wang Zhanyuan told me that every wrongdoer has his own owner and every debtor has his own owner, and asked me to go find Aixinjueluo Yikuang and his son.

Later, Yuan Datou got involved, and he told me that the source was not them, but the old woman in the Forbidden City.

I want to solve the problem from the root, so why not come to the capital? "

Zhang Rong was shocked: "Is it possible, you want to..."

"Look at you, you are so timid now." Zhao Chuanxin said disdainfully: "Where is the courage you had when you brought explosives to blow up the five ministers?"

"This is different."

"Oh, how is it different?"

Zhang Rong couldn't tell what was different.

He wished that this dynasty would fall.

But when he thought about certain situations, he just felt it was inappropriate.

He just wanted to make the country rich and powerful and expel foreigners, but he didn't want to see chaos.

After a long silence, he said: "There are countless eunuchs, maids and guards in the palace. I know that Mr. Zhao is brave enough to be worthy of any man, but do you want to rush in on the corpses of these weaklings?"

Zhao Chuanxin was stunned.

He really hadn't thought about that much.

When he was in the United States, Westerners called him the "Executioner of the East" and the "Butcher of the Far East."

But in fact, Zhao Chuanxin was not bloodthirsty.

This is especially true when facing compatriots.

But if you don't kill them, just subdue these people, and go in to find the old woman without alerting anyone, it seems impossible.

Zhao Chuanxin scratched his messy hair and said with a smile: "The last time I went to the United States to cause trouble, the Americans actually issued arrest documents for me. This time, they still sent people to arrest me. Give her some color, What a bitch, you want to open a dyeing workshop? This won’t give her any memory, and I think Zhao is just letting her control it.”

"..."

Zhang Rong didn't know how to persuade him.

Zhao Chuanxin waved his hand and interrupted what he was about to say: "I have made up my mind, no need to say more. In the evening, just find a place closer to the Forbidden City and wait to watch the fireworks."

night.

Zhang Rong came to an inn. When he entered, he said, "Come to a guest room. I want the window to face the east."

"Okay, Chenghui, two jiao Xiaoyang."

Zhang Rong dug into his pocket and realized that I, Cao, had forgotten to borrow money from Zhao Chuanxin.

He said with a sad face: "Can you give it on credit first? My friend will be here later."

"That won't work."

"Look at the clothes I'm wearing, take them off first and pledge them."

"Your clothes look like prison uniforms and are worthless."

"..."

Zhang Rong, the son of a dignified and wealthy family, was so poor that he couldn't afford to stay in an ordinary inn in Liangjiao Xiaoyang.

He could only sneak out of the inn in despair, look at the sky at a 45-degree angle and sigh at the difficulty of the world.

Then, he staggered forward towards the Xihua Gate of the Forbidden City, his back looking very bleak.

He also has to evade police officers who patrol at night, because he is now a fugitive.

My legs were numb as I walked, and I could only see the dark city wall in the distance.

There was no movement in the majestic Forbidden City in the middle of the night.

Zhang Rong found a wall and squatted down, staring blankly at the Forbidden City.

After waiting for about an hour, he finally saw fire coming out of the west wall, and then a roar came.

I, Cao, Zhao Chuanxin actually opened fire in the Forbidden City!

Previously, Zhang Rong and his friends attempted to blow up five ministers at the train station. This was already a major event that shocked the whole country.

But compared to Zhao Chuanxin's bombardment of the Forbidden City today, it is still nothing but a big witch.

He is so brave!

Zhang Rong's eyes widened and he stared at the city wall without blinking.

Then, there was a flash of fire.

There was another "boom".

Zhang Rong was sure that he heard the sound of the building falling apart and exploding after being hit by artillery.

Immediately, the fire flashed again.

boom!

A total of three shots were fired.

The first shot didn't seem to hit anything.

The last two shots should have all hit the target.

Then, before the fourth shot was fired, gunfire erupted from the direction of the Forbidden City.

During the Qing Dynasty, except for the moment when the road was at the end of the road, counting forward, there were several lines of defense inside and outside the palace.

The inner court guards, the imperial guards, and the clan guards, these imperial guards are all selected from the top three banners. I don’t know how sophisticated they are, but their own people say they are elites.

There are about 600 people in this group, which is the innermost line of defense.

In addition, there is a pro-military camp with about 1,400 people, all of whom are also under the flag.

On the outside, there are a large number of coated guards of the Ministry of Internal Affairs. These people not only work but also have guard duties. They include the forward battalion, the guard battalion, and the knight battalion, with a number of about 7,000.

The remaining ones, including the firearms battalion, the divine machine battalion, the infantry commander's office, etc., are even larger.

Of course not all of them are within the palace, but if someone really wants to assassinate the royal family, it will be very difficult.

Not to mention several lines of defense, it is not easy to break through the moat and enter the Forbidden City.

But since the Eight-Nation Allied Forces came in, Cixi discovered that these people were actually idiots who had no use.

So, when Yuan Datou began to organize and train the new army.

Now that the six towns of Beiyang have been formed, the original forbidden army of the old army has also been dismissed.

The current guard duty of the Forbidden City is taken turns by the newly-established Army's First and Sixth Towns.

How many people are there in a town?

Up to 12,000 people!

Naturally, it is impossible for all of these people to be in the palace.

But when the cannon fired from the Forbidden City, all the guards inside and outside the city mobilized.

To the north of Xihua Gate, on the city wall outside Cining Palace, was the target of these guards' attacks.

However, due to the hasty firing of the artillery, their men were not able to gather together, so the gunfire was uneven.

On the top of the inner city, there is a wall with all the battlements removed, exposing the city wall below.

The city wall was cleaned up by Zhao Chuanxin so that field artillery could be placed diagonally.

The reason why it was delayed for more than an hour was because of cleaning the wall.

He looked at the bombarded Cining Palace and nodded with satisfaction.

He missed the first shot.

Cannons are different from guns after all, and he needs to calibrate his devil crystal glasses. Furthermore, the top of the wall is not as good as the flat ground, and the area is very narrow. After firing the cannon, the recoil almost pushed the cannon off the top of the wall.

Fortunately, before falling, Zhao Chuanxin put the cannon into the space in time.

Apart from him, no one else would be able to fire on this wall.

But the second and third shots both hit.

At this moment, some guards dared to come and fire their guns from a distance.

There was chaos in the imperial city. There were as many eunuchs and maids as crucian carp crossing the river, emerging from every corner and running away crying and howling.

Zhao Chuanxin put away the cannon, took out the Madsen machine gun, and fired at the enemy.

Tata Tata...

The purpose is not to kill, but to drive back these guards.

Sure enough, those guards were beaten like crazy.

Zhao Chuanxin turned around and saw the flames shining not far away. It was obvious that more Beiyang troops were coming.

He galloped on the city wall, stepping on the battlements and rattling the tiles above.

He kept his balance with his arms outstretched, and almost fell off a few times.

The battlements were about less than one meter high, and the tops were pointed. Zhao Chuanxin had to stagger his feet on both sides to barely run.

He passed by the Cining Palace and glanced over there. He didn't see any casualties and couldn't help but wonder.

In fact, he didn't know where Cixi lived, but according to convention, the Queen Mother should live in Cining Palace.

But if Cixi lived in Cining Palace, there should be many people here?

Why is there no one?

When he arrived in the West Sixth Palace area, he heard the fleeing eunuchs and maids talking, and then he figured out the truth.

"Quickly, go to Chuxiu Palace, Lafayette must be frightened."

"Is it possible that foreigners are coming in again?"

"Go to Lafayette, it will definitely be safe there!"

What?

Zhao Chuanxin was stunned.

Cixi is in Chuxiu Palace?

So after all the hard work, my relationship was just in vain?

He saw a group of eunuchs and maids running towards the Chuxiu Palace. He had an idea and floated down the city wall.

He used the blue ghost armor to increase his speed, quickly caught up with a rather tall eunuch, grabbed the eunuch's neck from behind, and covered his mouth.

"Don't make any noise, I'll kill you if you dare to make any noise."

The people in the palace are all smart people, at least they are much smarter than the people outside.

The eunuch didn't have much loyalty either, so he nodded quickly.

Zhao Chuanxin let go of one hand and put his pistol against the eunuch's back: "What I have in my hand is a luzi. Do you know what a luzi is?"

"I know, I know, it's a gun!"

"You take off your clothes now, quick. Then I tie you up so you can shirk your responsibility tomorrow."

Zhao Chuanxin has always been good at convincing people with virtue.

The eunuch's mind was very bright, and many possibilities came to mind in an instant.

The most likely thing is that the person behind him wanted his clothes as cover and escaped from the Forbidden City.

After thinking about it, he hurriedly suggested: "This strong man, you'd better knock me out. Otherwise, I will still be punished."

Zhao Chuanxin scratched his temples with the hand holding the gun: "Then think about it, I'm not very skilled. Last time I tried to knock someone unconscious, but I couldn't control the intensity and he was killed."

He really doesn't know how to knock people unconscious. I'm afraid no one except Lian Jiazi can do such a highly technical job!

The eunuch trembled: "No need to knock me unconscious. Just tie me up and gag me."

"He who knows the current affairs is a hero. It seems that you are also a hero."

"Yes, I am Junjie."

"..."