Cixi sighed helplessly in her heart, she didn't expect that Yi? Such a brilliant person can't see this truth.

In the distance, another dark cloud floated from the north, and the layers of black clouds indicated that there would be another storm in Beijing in the near future.

Stretched out his jade hand with a fake nail sleeve like a green onion, as tender as white jade, pointed to the black and pressed dark cloud, and with the support of Li Lianying next to him, he stood up and walked to the fence of the pavilion cut from white marble: "How does the prince feel when he looks at that dark cloud?" ”

This one? Abundant? The sun looked at the dark cloud, his eyes rolled a few times, and he knew in his heart that Cixi would not be full to say this, worried that after thinking about it for a long time, he still couldn't see what it meant. I can only shake my head: "The slave is stupid." ”

Hey, Cixi sighed in her heart, turned her head and looked at Yi? Steamed bun with white hair and wrinkles: "Are you really old?"

Although she thought so, Cixi still said lightly: "The imperial court is now in turmoil, after the long-haired rebellion, the governors of various places have heavy troops, and over the years, if it is not maintained by Li Hongzhang of the Huai army, I am afraid that it will be divided early in the morning." Taking a deep breath, Cixi returned to the stone round stool covered with yellow silk dumplings on it: "In the war against Japan, the Huai army suffered heavy losses and can no longer play a role in suppression, and the Liaodong army is a new type of force, a force that makes any governor fear, if we become relatives with him, then ...... in the future"

Abundant? Even if it's a pig, he understands this. I have to say that Cixi did think much farther than herself, she only saw the legacy of her ancestors, but she didn't see clearly that the position of the court was so terrible now, and she was also remorseful in her heart.

"The slave understands, then who will go for this marriage?" Abundant? Ask out a question, the marriage ambassador, escort the person who goes.

Closing her eyes, Cixi opened her eyes for a while: she raised her eyes and looked at Yi for a while, and said slowly: "You and Li Hongzhang should take a trip." After saying that, Cixi closed her eyes again, turned the rosary made of the best white jade in her hand, and began to close her eyes and recuperate.

Seeing Cixi close her eyes, Yi? Knowing that this was an eviction order, he didn't talk to him, turned around and walked out of the imperial garden, and began to prepare for the escort of the marriage delegation into Tianjin.

"This time, the two ministers who escorted the wedding were Prince Gong? and Li Hongzhang, Gu Bao, this time the imperial court escorted, there were thirty-five carriages and forty closed carriages for the dowry alone, because the escort officers and soldiers were too close, the personnel of the Beijing station did not dare to get too close to the ......" In the Lushun headquarters, Zhong Lin was picking up the telegram in his hand that he had just received from the Beijing station about the size of the imperial court's marriage team, and was reporting to Liu Jun, who was sitting in front of the sloppy and messy office and kept playing with the brush in his hand.

Liu Jun doesn't care about Gege, escorting officers and soldiers, who will officiate at the wedding, these are all false, he is quite sensitive to a few of them, thirty-five carriages, forty closed carriages. Don't think about it, in the closed carriage, there are definitely gold, silver and jewelry, otherwise, there is no need to be closed.

Hehe laughed a few times, Liu Jun jumped up from the black Taishi chair full of exquisite patterns, walked to Zhong Lin in three or two steps, grabbed the telegram and read it a few times: "Okay, this time the court gives face, I like the court." ”

Cut, hearing this, Zhong Lin held his mouth, like? I like the money is about the same, and people haven't left Beijing yet, so they are eager to let people find out. It just doesn't make sense.

"Where are Li and the others now?" Liu Jun tilted his head and shook the telegram in his hand.

"Li He estimates that he will be able to arrive in Lushun tomorrow." Zhong Lin lowered his head and pondered for a moment, raised his head, and replied solemnly.

"When Li He comes back, let him come to see me immediately." After Liu Jun finished speaking, he turned around and returned to his seat, immersed in the dozens of carriages again.

On the surface of the Yellow Sea, near Oshikashima, several black and white fleets with thick smoke in their hats are galloping on the sea. The Yellow Dragon Flag flying high on the mast is undoubtedly swearing to the sea that this is the fleet of the Qing Dynasty, no, to be precise, the fleet of Liaodong.

In the distance, a group of hi gi is flying in the sky not far away, and from time to time, some seagulls will rush into the sea like arrows leaving the string, and when they come out again, they have a small fish in their mouths.

Woo woo woo. Woowoo...... The first white warship sounded its whistle, and suddenly, the warships lined up in a straight line also sounded its whistle.

The whistle sounded loudly on the entire sea, and the flock of seagulls suddenly flew away without a trace.

The first warship was the command ship of this time, the warship Hashidate.

On the bridge of the Hashidate, Li He, who was dressed in a white admiral's uniform and a white cloak, was standing on the bridge with a solemn face at this time, holding on to the railing of the Hashidate with white gloves in his hands, looking at the direction of Lushun in a quiet daze.

Click, fleet staff, Rear Admiral Yan Fu opened the iron door of the command cabin, he had already seen where Li He had been standing for several hours.

Walking in front of Li He, Yan Fu looked at Li He, who had a trace of joy in his calm face, and smiled slightly: "Are you still thinking about Japan?" ”

Nodding slightly. Li He said lightly: "Yes, the trip to Japan has made me understand too much, and it has also made me understand a sentence that Dashuai often mentions on his lips." ”

"Fist is the last word." Yan Fu said the answer.

Eun Lee and nodded lightly. He closed his eyes and instantly thought back to the time when the fleet had arrived in Sasebo a few days earlier.

Arrived at the Sasebo military port at noon, when the huge Beiyang naval division, lined up in a column, led by a Japanese towing ship, slowly entered the military port. Li He found that the once arrogant Combined Fleet was now left alone with Matsushima Itsukushima, a dozen torpedo boats and some wooden warships.

What surprised Li He even more was that on the coast, there were a lot of crowded Sasebo residents, who really picked up flowers, kept waving and howling, welcoming the Beiyang sailors. This was not possible before, and the only explanation is that the combined fleet really collapsed.

When the warship arrived at the dock, the behemoth of the Beiyang Naval Division not only surprised the people, but also made the face of the Japanese navy pale after the defeat, and some people even trembled slightly. Li He saw all this in his eyes and was happy in his heart.

What shocked him the most was that in Tokyo, a day after visiting Sasebo, the fleet immediately set off to enter Tokyo, this time it was a visit, but what was going on, everyone knew it, after seeing Ito Hirobumi, Ito Hirobumi did not say whether to withdraw the troops, just dragged it, ate and drank well, and did not mention the withdrawal of troops.

Ito Hirobumi can drag, it does not mean that Li He is willing, Li He, who was angry, returned to the warship Hashidate, and murderously ordered the warship's guns to be aimed at the head of Tokyo immediately.

Sure enough, artillery diplomacy was cool, and in less than three hours, Li He received a notice from the Japanese Foreign Minister and information from the Japanese Embassy in Japan that a division of the Japanese army in Seoul was already moving south and retreating.

After Li He got the news, he made a remark with satisfaction, this is for the needs of the exercise, and the exercise needs to ......

"Commander, enter our territory." Mast observation post. The sentry's voice woke up Li He, who was reminiscing.

Li He came back to his senses, raised the telescope in his hand, looked at the sea, smiled slightly, and finally arrived home.

"Fire a salute and tell the Motherland that we are back."

"Yes" The flag soldier received the order and began to wave the signal flag, constantly issuing Li He's orders

Rumble. Rumble...... Rumble...... The deafening sound of artillery rang out over the Yellow Sea.

At Lushun Military Port, Zhong Lin raised the pocket watch in his hand, looked at the time, and looked at the sky.

In the sky, although it is not a blue sky, but it is also a rare good weather, although there are many strange white clouds, but it is a sunny day, the sun shines on the sea, shining silvery-white light.

Raising his eyes and looking at the still empty sea, Zhong Lin anxiously began to walk back and forth on the dock of the military port.

Now, Beijing's marriage minister and the relatives have already set off, and Li Hongzhang from Tianjin also called last night, asking Liu Jun to quickly prepare a warship to come to Tianjin to greet Gege.

However, on the way back from the sailor, this is really a bit difficult to do, so you can't send a fishing boat, it's better to kill yourself.

As soon as this order was received. Zhong Lin stayed in the harbor, looking at the sea, hoping to see the sailors who came back, but every time, except for the torpedo boats that came back from patrolling, the others were not seen.

Woowoo...... Woowoo...... In the distance, there was a whistle like a yak.

"Director, you're back." A tall, thin man dressed in black pointed to the smoke billowing in the distance. said to Zhong Lin, who was like an ant on a hot pot.

Zhong Lin looked up, and sure enough, in the distance in the sky, several ships the size of rice grains were rising with billowing smoke, and the smoke dyed the sky black, heading towards Lushun.

It's back. Zhong Lin let out a long breath.