Myth: Heaven and Earth

Chapter 152 Microphone

"The one in the middle of you, just be a megaphone."

Xu Baoshan said: "It is absolutely impossible for foreigners to give up on Shanghai Tang. They have been operating in Shanghai Tang for decades, and there are huge benefits here, so they are reluctant."

"No matter how high the price is, they will find a way to solve this problem. So you only need to strictly abide by the diplomatic principles, and there will be no merit."

After Yan Xiaoguo listened, his face showed gratitude: "Thank you, Mr. Xu, for your suggestion."

Xu Baoshan nodded and stood up: "I have said what I should say. You are specially appointed by the court, and the next thing has nothing to do with me. That's it, I'm leaving."

Yan Xiaoguo hurriedly said: "Lord Xu wait a moment, I have something to ask my lord."

Xu Baoshan said: "What's the matter?"

Yan Xiaoguo said: "The purpose of this lower official is to arrest the traitors. The traitors fled to Shanghai, and the lower officials chased them. They have found some whereabouts in the past few days. It's just that the lower officials are here for the first time, and there are many inconveniences. I would like to ask Mr. Xu for help. Official one or two, thank you very much."

"Traitor?"

Xu Baoshan was surprised.

Yan Xiaoguo frowned slightly, and said: "It's not in line with the official's intention to pursue here. It's just that there is an order from the top, and the official has to follow."

He said: "Not long ago, a group of officers and soldiers of the imperial court in Tianjin disobeyed the order of the imperial court and launched an attack on the Eight-Power Allied Forces. The imperial court asked me to lead people to arrest them."

Speaking of this, he looked uncomfortable.

"The people under my command found out that this group of 'traitors' had entered and exited the Shanghai Bund Women's and Children's Association. I don't know what the Shanghai Bund's Women's and Children's Association is. I would like Master Xu to give me some pointers."

When Xu Baoshan heard it, he was immediately taken aback: "You mean the Shanghai Bund Maternity and Children's Association?"

Yan Xiaoguo said: "Not bad."

Seeing Xu Baoshan's expression changed slightly, he couldn't help saying: "Master Xu, is it true that the Maternal and Children's Association is in deep water?"

Xu Baoshan smiled wryly: "The water is not deep, but it is very big. Do you know that behind the Maternity and Children's Association is the person who pushed the concession flat and beat the foreign fleet and fled in a panic?"

"Ah?!" Yan Xiaoguo was really surprised: "How could this be?"

Xu Baoshan said: "This man is lawless, but he also has a chivalrous heart. The current situation is unstable, and the people's lives are difficult. Especially for women. He supported a woman named Lin Mingwei to establish a women's and children's association. One is to help those women who have nowhere to live and live in difficulties, and give them a livelihood; the other is to house the babies rescued from the previous incident at the Foundling Hall."

Paused: "To tell you the truth, because of this, I can be regarded as standing behind the Maternal and Children's Association. Block some messy things for the Maternal and Children's Association."

Yan Xiaoguo was surprised when he heard this: "This is a good thing! He really has a chivalrous heart!"

But he became embarrassed: "But the traitor is very likely to be hiding in the Women's and Children's Association. I can't disobey and disrespect Master Xu. Please help me. I will be grateful!"

Xu Baoshan pondered for a while, and said: "I see you are pleasing to the eye, so I will give you another advice. This matter, I don't count. It doesn't matter if you say it, even if the court and foreigners say it. "

"This person's ability is extraordinary and refined. He is governed by heaven and earth, but not by others. If you attack the Maternal and Children's Association without authorization and offend him, then he will find the court to make trouble, and you will definitely end badly."

Although Yan Xiaoguo is loyal to the imperial court, he is not a fool.This person even kills foreigners at will, and the imperial court must not be taken seriously.Once he is angered, when the time comes...with the temperament of the court, he Yan Xiaoguo will definitely take it out and chop off his head to calm people down.

The most important thing is that Yan Xiaoguo is deeply ashamed to die in such a nasty thing.

Xu Baoshan said: "You can see him as early as tonight, so you might as well make it clear. If he has no objection, you go to arrest him; if he has an objection, you finish the matter and go back to Beijing. It is expected that there is such a person If you are caught in the middle, the imperial court will not blame you. On the contrary, it thinks that you did the right thing and did not annoy him."

Yan Xiaoguo listened, pondered for a while, clasped his fists and said, "Thank you Master Xu for your guidance."

Xu Baoshan waved his hand: "Okay, I'm leaving."

After leaving the courtyard, Xu Baoshan got into the sedan chair and went all the way back to the mansion.

But before his butt was hot, another news came.

He left one of his men at the telegraph office so that he could receive any news in time.Here the subordinates came with a telegram.

Xu Baoshan opened the telegram and frowned immediately.

This telegram was not sent to him by the court, but by Yuan Gongbao.

Xu Baoshan and Yuan Gongbao have long been friends, and it is said that when the imperial court recruited him, Yuan Gongbao contributed a lot in it.Even Yuan Gongbao's aide, Wang Pinqing, even came to meet with him in person.

At this time, Yuan Gongbao sent this telegram, which was also about Lu Heng.

According to the telegram, most of the people the court can appoint in Shanghai are Yan Xiaoguo.And this person is a foolish and loyal person.It just so happens that Lu Heng is a madman who doesn't take the court seriously.

If the imperial court teaches Yan Xiaoguo to be a middleman, it is very likely that things will go wrong.

Especially the telegram also pointed out that Lu Heng had killed the Empress Dowager Cixi.

With Yan Xiaoguo's foolish loyalty, if he knew that Lu Heng had killed Cixi, the consequences could be imagined.

He then told Xu Baoshan to keep an eye on Yan Xiaoguo, and if he found anything abnormal about Yan Xiaoguo, he would be taken down.Don't teach him bad things.

He also said that he would immediately send Jin Quan south, saying that Jin Quan and Lu Heng were old acquaintances.Ask Xu Baoshan to help mediate and delay for one or two days until Jin Quan arrives in Shanghai.

After Xu Baoshan finished reading the telegram, his expression was sombre, and while burning the telegram, he thought secretly.

He was terrified in his heart—he never expected that Cixi was dead, and it was Lu Heng who killed her!

At the beginning, when he was connected by telegram, he said that he was going to start a riot, accusing Cixi of imprisoning Guangxu, and so on, but that was nothing more than talking.If he really wanted to face Cixi, Xu Baoshan would be stupid unless he had the guts to grow hair.

He is just to gain greater benefits, just to go from the underworld to the white way.It's not really raising troops to fight the court.If you really want to make trouble, why bother talking about it, wouldn't it be better to muffle your troubles?

Now Cixi is dead!
And he died for a long time, but he never mourned.

He was horrified in his heart: "What a terrifying character!"

Since it is so terrifying, it is even more important to deal with it carefully, and not to be negligent.

He had already met Yan Xiaoguo, so he had a little idea of ​​this person's nature; he should not be as ignorant of current affairs as Yuan Gongbao said.What's more, with Yan Xiaoguo's status, he probably didn't know about Cixi's death.

Since they don't know, the contradiction is only with the traitors hiding in the so-called Women's and Children's Association.

This doesn't seem to matter.

At that time Yan Xiaoguo clearly agreed with his suggestion.

As for someone telling Yan Xiaoguo the news that Lu Heng had killed Cixi, Xu Baoshan thought it was unlikely.In the current situation, no matter the imperial court or the foreigners, all parties are trying to calm down the matter, rather than provoke it.

Therefore, it is impossible for those who know the news to tell Yan Xiaoguo the news.

After thinking about it, he felt that Yuan Gongbao was worrying too much.

Besides, if Yan Xiaoguo dared to make trouble, it would be nothing more than death.Not to mention that Lu Heng made a move and slapped him to death; just this Shanghai, his territory of Xu Baoshan, could Yan Xiaoguo still make waves?
Thinking of this, Xu Baoshan was determined.

"Although Yuan Gongbao is thoughtful, he also thinks too much."

(End of this chapter)