"Shopkeeper, you can make a price for this broken cup, and I will pay you." Huang Shulan laughed and patted the shopkeeper on the shoulder.

"This master, this cup and pot are a set, this one is broken, where do you tell me to go......" The shopkeeper sighed, "In this way, I don't embarrass you, you are an official of the imperial court, and I can't afford to provoke it, this cup is just ten taels of silver." ”

Hearing that the shopkeeper offered a price of ten taels of silver, instead of one hundred taels as he imagined, Huang Shulan breathed a sigh of relief, and immediately took fifteen yuan of Yingyang from his sleeve and arranged it on the table, the store was grateful, Huang Shulan waved his hand indifferently, and then calculated the banquet money, which was also arranged on the table in order of Xianyang, of course the store knew that he was showing off his wealth, and thanked him vigorously, Huang Shulan ordered the store to pack the remaining dishes and reward them to his servants.

In the past, he would not have been so generous, but this time it was different, because he got a large sum of silver, and of course, he could not tell anyone where the money came from.

After leaving the "Taibai Residence", Huang Shulan returned home and fell asleep, while the servants went to share the rest of the banquet he had rewarded.

Huang Shulan, who fell asleep, didn't know that just today, the person he framed under the name of "Zhang Yuan Wu Hao" was destined not to let him be at peace.

Xianliang Temple, the main hall of the mourning hall.

Although today's Xianliang Temple is still a solemn atmosphere, there are many people, and there is a lot of traffic inside and outside the temple, and a large number of officials of the Great Qianchao Dynasty wearing official uniforms have rushed in, attracting a large number of people to watch.

And with these officials came, there were also a large number of foreigners, these foreigners, both men and women, dressed in black or white suits, with serious expressions, entered the Xianliang Temple in turn, as if all the foreigners in the entire capital had arrived at the Xianliang Temple, which surprised the onlookers.

"The French condolence mission, please come to the main hall!"

Hearing the loud chanting of the chief priest of the Ministry of Rites, an interpreter whispered a few words to Gu Ba, who was dressed in a neat military uniform and hung with a medal, lifted the boat-shaped general hat on his head with a gloomy face, and walked forward.

Guba came as an envoy of the French Emperor Napoleon IV to pay his condolences to Lin Yizhe, of course, even if he was not appointed by Napoleon IV, he must come.

Immediately behind Guba was the special envoy of the French Prime Minister Thiers, Joffrey, behind the Guba chief of guard, Colonel Er, and on the side of Colonel El was the French Minister to Qianguo Baohai, and behind them were the former French Minister in Qianguo, Refuli, and the Qianguo Minister to France Hong Yun and his wife, the niece of the Empress Dowager Eugenie of the French Empire and the cousin of Emperor Napoleon IV.

Seeing that Hong Yun, who was dressed in a formal suit, was holding a foreign girl with snow-skinned skin and a white Western-style dress and a long dress, a middle-aged official about forty-five or sixteen years old standing in the queue of officials of the Qianguo State had a trace of disdain in his eyes, and some officials standing behind him also whispered and discussed, some were surprised, some were envious, and some sighed.

This middle-aged official is Weng Shuping, who was the teacher of Emperor Tongzhi, and most of the officials behind him are gossip officials.

Like today's occasion, he was reluctant to come, but because Lin Yizhe was mourned by the Empress Dowager's Grace Ceremony Department, and announced the nations to show grandeur, coupled with Lin Yizhe's outstanding military achievements and the admiration of the world, he would inevitably be a little unreasonable on his face if he didn't come, so he finally came hard.

He had planned to wait for the spirit and leave, but what he didn't expect was to see the last thing he wanted to see here.

Hong Yun, who was once the champion of Hanlin, actually married a foreign girl, and swaggered and openly appeared in the court's ceremony with the foreign girl!

Weng Shuping was dissatisfied, but it was inconvenient to talk openly at this time, he turned his head to look at Li Gaoyang, who had been the same emperor as him and was the leader of Qingliu and Hong Yun's mentor, but found that Li Gaoyang turned a blind eye to Hong Yun and the foreign girl's arm-in-arm moves, his face was very peaceful, without the slightest anger. And Zhang Zhidong, Chen Baozhen and others behind him also looked expressionless, which made Weng Shuping scold this group of masters and apprentices shamelessly in his heart.

Gu Ba did not realize that there would be people in the ranks of cadres and officials who were so hostile to these foreigners, and at this time, his heart was full of grief, and his ears echoed the conversation between him and Lin Yizhe.

“…… I have studied the battle of Port Kiel specifically, and your strategy and tactics are extremely clever and admirable. The Battle of the Port of Kiel can be said to be a turning point in this war. ”

"But Mr. Lin, there is also your credit for this!"

"Why do you say that?"

"Mr. Lin, I have always had a question in my heart, and I want you to give me an answer. Why did you recommend to His Majesty the Emperor that I should command such an important battle that would affect the fate of the French Empire? ”

"That means you believe in the legend of the 'Oriental Magic Box'?"

"I actually really doubt that this legend is true. For I have inquired with the Chief of the Imperial Guard, and he has confirmed that His Majesty the Emperor Napoleon III has read your letter before deciding on my appointment. You know, I've never met you, I've never even heard your name, but how do you know me? Why do you want to recommend me? In my opinion, I am not the most suitable person in the French Navy to command this important battle. ”

"I commend you to His Wise Emperor because I believe that a man who opposes war is not merely by means of shutting down and wandering. Ending a war by fighting quickly is what a clever anti-war person can achieve......"

The last sentence was like a giant hammer striking on the lonely heart, and his eyes became moist.

Guba came to Lin Yizhe's spirit, took off the boat-shaped military hat on his head with both hands, and held it on his chest. With his movements, Jouferi, Er, Baohai, Refuli and Hong Yun, as well as other members of the French delegation, also took off their hats and stood solemnly.

"Regards!" The celebrant of the officiating priest sang loudly.

Guphong stepped forward with a military hat in his hand, bowed deeply to Lin Yizhe's coffin, and when he straightened up, he was already in tears.

Seeing that Guba was so sad about Lin Yizhe's death, Chen Wan, who was standing next to Lin Yizhe's coffin, was moved.

Although Lin Yizhe had mentioned to her before his death that this close friend of France and the exchange of swords with the two of them, she never imagined that the French naval admiral would come all the way to the country to see Lin Yizhe off.

After bowing three times, he came to the offering table, took off a medal pinned to the chest of the military uniform, placed his solemn hands on the table, and stood up and performed a Western-style military salute, and then turned around and walked to Chen Wan's mother and son on the side, and then Ru Ferri and others stepped forward to present bouquets, and Ru Ferry and eulogies to French Prime Minister Thiers, everything the French did was extremely solemn, showing respect for the dead everywhere.

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