Late Qing Dynasty Executioner

After leaving the city, Feng Yuanni took a small boat to Nanhai County.

Nguyen Phuc Anh did not pretend to be anything and met Feng Yuanni directly on the city wall.

"Feng Yuanni from the White Lotus Sect greets His Royal Highness the King of Annan!" Feng Yuanni saluted.

"White Lotus Sect?" Ruan Fuying looked at Feng Yuanni and asked, "Then should I call you Saint or Holy Mother?"

"Master!" Feng Yuanni said neither humbly nor arrogantly.

"I heard that the White Lotus Sect has many leaders!" Nguyen Phuc Anh said with a smile.

Just like the leader and chief leader of the Tiandihui, the White Lotus Sect does have many leaders and one chief leader, but similarly, the positions of chief leader and chief leader have been vacant for many years.

After all, in that era, transportation was slow and it would take ten days or half a month to travel across a province, let alone across several provinces. Without a strong person, there was no way to unify the power of the whole country.

"From now on, I will be the only leader of the White Lotus Sect!" Feng Yuanni said.

This is true. After all, after the equal distribution of land in China, the underworld forces have lost the soil for survival. Not to mention the White Lotus Sect, even the Tiandihui cannot survive in China.

Nguyen Phuc Anh smiled and did not dwell on this issue too much. He asked, "I heard that you have a special envoy from China in charge. Now that the main Chinese army has arrived, you come to see me. But what does the Chinese envoy want you to convey?"

"Indeed, the special envoy asked me to come here and pass a message to His Highness." Feng Yuanni nodded.

"Listen, what does your special envoy want to say to me?" Nguyen Phuc Anh asked jokingly.

Feng Yuanni smiled and said, "The special envoy gave Your Highness two choices: either leave Nanhai County and return to Annan within an hour, or never go back!"

"What?" Ruan Fuying couldn't believe his ears and thought he had heard it wrong. When he saw Feng Yuanni's half-smile, he couldn't help but frown and asked, "Is your special envoy so sure?
I admit that China's firearms are indeed powerful and far superior to our army's flintlock rifles, but can he cross the Pearl River? Why can he be so sure that he can keep me here?"

"I don't know about that!" Feng Yuanni said with a smile, "I'm just a messenger. I don't know what specific methods the special envoy has. As for what choice Your Highness will make, that is Your Highness's business." Feng Yuanni said with a smile.

Nguyen Phuc Anh shook his head and said, "This is not how negotiations are conducted. Your special envoy is too strong. You can go back and tell him that I am here and tell him to use whatever means he wants."

"Since Your Highness has made a choice, I will take my leave!" Feng Yuanni bowed, turned around and wanted to leave.

"Wait, Master Feng, can you tell me some basic information about your special envoy?" asked Nguyen Phuc Anh.

Feng Yuanni thought about it and felt that there was nothing to keep secret, so she said, "The envoy's name is Chen Le, and he is about 20 years old. As for the rest, I don't know much!"

"Chen Le?!" Ruan Fuying frowned and thought for a while, then asked Zheng Huaide behind him: "Do you know that there is a person named Chen Le in China?"

Zheng Huaide thought about it carefully, shook his head and said, "Your Majesty, I have never heard of the name Chen Le before. Although the surname Chen is the national surname in China, the former emperor Chen Gu of China had no relatives, so there are not many high-ranking officials with the surname Chen. The Chen family of Jiangjin County occupied some high positions in China. This Chen Le should be from the Chen family of Jiangjin County." Nguyen Phuc Anh nodded and said, "My dear minister, go to the other side and see who this Chen Le is. He is so arrogant. If the other party's attitude is acceptable, you might as well talk to him about peace talks."

With dozens of warships, Nguyen Phuc Anh was indeed not afraid of the other side crossing the river to attack the city, but Nguyen Phuc Anh was still willing to negotiate temporarily. If the other side was willing to talk properly, Nguyen Phuc Anh did not mind withdrawing first and letting the other side leave Guangdong without any scruples and go to Fujian, or even directly to Zhejiang, or even to Nanjing to fight against the Qing court.

It will be much easier to defeat Guangdong then.

"Yes, sir!" After paying his respects, Zheng Huaide left Nanhai County with Feng Yuanni and took a boat to Panyu County.

When Zheng Huaide saw Chen Gu, he was stunned. He looked at Chen Gu with horror and couldn't speak clearly. He pointed at Chen Gu and the only thing he could say was, "You, you, you~!"

"Bastard!" Chen Gu didn't expect to meet Zheng Huaide, an acquaintance. Seeing the other party pointing at him and calling him "you you" all the time, which was extremely rude, he couldn't help but yell at him.

"Forgive me!" Zheng Huaide was so scared that he fell to his knees on the ground.

"You are a small country, originally only a province of China, yet you dare to send troops to invade Guangdong. Do you want to be massacred?" Chen Gu shouted angrily.

"I dare not, we dare not. We only sent troops to Guangdong at the invitation of the Emperor of the Qing Dynasty!" Zheng Huaide complained. This was also the excuse that Nguyen Phuc Anh had thought of in advance.

"The Emperor of the Qing Dynasty?" Chen Gu sneered, "It won't be long before he is no longer the emperor. Go back and tell Nguyen Phuc Anh that if you don't leave within an hour, you will stay here forever. Remember, he left on his own accord, and the foreigners are staying here. Get out!"

"I'm leaving, I'm leaving!" Zheng Huaide didn't dare to stay any longer and crawled out of the lobby of the county government. He had to go back quickly and tell Nguyen Phuc Anh that Chen Gu was still alive.

In Zheng Huaide's opinion, since Chen Gu is still alive and personally in charge of Guangdong, there must be a conspiracy, a huge conspiracy. A small country like Annan is not qualified to participate in China's war for hegemony. If things go wrong, the country will be destroyed. It is better to go back quickly.

Seeing Zheng Huaide leaving in panic, Yang Yunfeng, Feng Yuanni, and Li Jianming couldn't help but look at each other. Zheng Huaide obviously knew Chen Gu, but even if he did, there was no need to be so afraid, right?

There is only one possibility, Chen Ke had once made Zheng Huaide very frightened, or Chen Ke's identity itself would cause Zheng Huaide to be frightened.

They learned about Chen Gu's identity as the special envoy of the State of Hua from Zhang Da, and with the testimony of Cai Qian, a figure who was like a prince, no one had any doubts.

After taking Guangzhou, Chen Gu went to Luoding, and now he has brought back the Chinese army, so there is naturally no need to doubt him.

Chen Gu must be a high-ranking official of China, but even if he is a high-ranking official of China, Zheng Huaide, as an envoy from Annan, doesn't need to be so afraid, right?
Zheng Huaide returned to Nanhai County at an urgent speed, and then met with Nguyen Phuc Anh as soon as possible and told him about Chen Gu's case.

"what?"

When Nguyen Phuc Anh heard Zheng Huaide's story, he was completely shocked.

(End of this chapter)