I'm sorry.,It didn't work when I uploaded it yesterday.,This is to make up for yesterday.,I don't know if it can be done this time*...... ）

Finally someone is going to kill Fourteen Gege!

Although Xiang Xiaoqiang had mentioned when he persuaded Fourteen Gege to come to Daming, she might be in similar danger. But now that he heard Fourteen's frightened, faint voice, he still felt a tremor in his heart.

He calmed his head and said softly:

"Where are you?"

"I'm ...... Home. ”

"How's it going?"

Fourteen Gege hesitated:

"No...... I don't know, it's probably okay right now. ”

Xiang Xiaoqiang relieved himself slightly and said:

"Wait a minute."

He grabbed another telephone:

"Pick up the command of the People's Guard. …… Pick up the commandant's office. Qiuyun, it's me. Are you okay? …… Okay, I'm fine, I'm fine. Okay, don't cry, don't cry...... Listen, you immediately let Ziteng take a platoon, second-level armed, to the Liaoyang Princess's Mansion and visit the door. …… Yes, it's not encirclement, it's not protection, it's that after the shelling, we were worried about the princess's safety and came to visit. Ziteng knew what to do. Yes, act urgently, immediately. Well, okay, my good autumn water, what's it! ”

Xiang Xiaoqiang's term for the People's Guard, the first-level armament is to pass on combat uniforms, with submachine guns, steel helmets, and grenades. That's what prepares for war. The second-level armament is the ordinary military uniform, and there are two box guns in the waist. This is a hidden weapon, and it is on alert.

Someone was dispatched first, and then he picked up the fourteen-grid phone.

Xiang Xiaoqiang asked softly:

"What's going on?"

Fourteen Gege's voice was very hesitant again:

"I think it could be...... The men sent from the north want to kill me. ”

Xiang Xiaoqiang originally heard Fourteen Gege say that someone was going to kill her, and his first impression was that of the people inside the East Factory, but now when he heard her say this, he felt that it was completely possible, so he said:

"Are you sure it's safe now?"

"I guess so."

"That's fine. Ziteng, you know, I'll let him go and see you first, and you let someone open the door for him. I'll be there soon. ”

Xiang Xiaoqiang hung up the phone and asked the female officer to go to the conference room to confess for him, saying that something very important had happened for the People's Guards to deal with. Although the meeting was attended by the responsible persons of various military units, the main purpose of the meeting was to discuss the issue of operational deployment; although the People's Guard Force is a military unit, it does not yet participate in military operations and is mainly responsible for political tasks. The first meeting of the high command also meant an appearance meeting. There is nothing to do with the People's Guard, and they cannot command the People's Guard.

Xiang Xiaoqiang knew that his stage was not on the Yangtze River defense line, but in the city of Nanjing.

The car sped along the field road, and now that it was dawn, there was a faint sound of thunderous artillery and sporadic explosions in the distance.

In the distant sky, occasionally a few planes were circling around, testing and provoking each other. It seems to be two-winged.

Immediately afterward, he watched the two planes go around in circles, flying closer and closer, flying lower and lower, the plane behind kept firing at the front, and he could hear a clear "da-da-da" machine gun, and suddenly, the one in front dragged out a long white smoke, turned over in two circles, and hissed into the distance.

War. Naked war is just around the corner.

When I entered the city, the smell of gunpowder smoke was strong, and some ashes flew in the air, all of which drifted from the western and northern parts of Nanjing.

The streets in the eastern part of the city were filled with refugees fleeing from the west and the north, adults and children were terrified, and many people covered in blood, with broken arms and legs, screaming and being carried around by their relatives to find a doctor. Tents are being erected on both sides of the road with large red cross symbols painted on them. The citizens of the east and south were organized, pitching tents, carrying the wounded, and carrying corpses under unified command. The gendarmerie is maintaining order. Many people sat on the ground and wept loudly, they had lost their relatives and their homes, they were covered in dust, and no one paid attention to them. There were also quite a few people in their underwear, barefoot, wrapped in blankets that had just been given to them, shivering and watching all this.

Xiang Xiaoqiang felt that his heart was bleeding. He forced himself not to look out the window, not to think about these things that he couldn't decide.

He forced himself to think about what he was most concerned about at the moment: fourteen grids......

First of all, the phone calls of the Fourteen Grid Residence must have been monitored by the East Factory, including the phone call just now. She didn't call other places but called herself first, and it seems that she probably suspected that the person who wanted to kill her was not from Beiqing. In addition, she said that "it may be someone sent from the north", and her tone was also very hesitant, so she should have said it to Dongchang. Judging from Xiaoqiang, even if someone from Dongchang wanted to kill her, it was unlikely that it was instructed by the higher-ups, and most of them were for personal revenge. She won't be in danger again anytime soon.

Galloping to No. 14 Scissors Lane, Qinhuai District, there was already a member of the People's Guard waiting at the gate, and he supervised the two maids to open the door and make sure that the car was Xiang Xiaoqiang before letting it in.

In every key place in the courtyard, there is a member of the People's Guard who is "appreciating the flowers", and when he sees Xiang Xiaoqiang, he "snaps" and salutes. The maids hid in the distance and watched in awe.

Seeing that the princess's mansion had been mastered, and there was no movement, and it was controlled within the level of "being a guest", Xiang Xiaoqiang was very satisfied. The stomach ache has come, and he is drinking tea with Fourteen Gege in the living room. He doesn't sit on his knees like Fourteen Gege, he sits on a futon with his whole butt. This kid is clever and talkative, and he is trying to make Fourteen Gege happy, and he doesn't shy away from it, and he takes out all the things they do in the Beiqing Dynasty to make friends, and the fact that Fourteen Gege and Xiao Wu eat bread and roll meat is vividly said by him. Fourteen Gege was not ashamed, and accompanied him like a generous master.

Seeing Xiang Xiaoqiang appear at the entrance of the living room, the fourteen grids and the stomach ache were all relieved. Fourteen Gege stood up and looked at Xiao Qiang. Stomach ache and get up quickly.

Although he knew that Fourteen Gege was fine, seeing her sitting there in a good manner, Xiang Xiaoqiang's heart was still a stone to the ground. He stepped forward quickly and asked softly:

"How are you?"

Fourteen Gege looked at him:

"I'm fine...... You're okay, right? ”

"Ahem."

With a stomachache, he turned his back and coughed dryly.

Xiang Xiaoqiang woke up, and hurriedly bowed down and said:

"Is Her Royal Highness the Princess well?"

"Oh...... This princess is fine, and she is worried about the adults. ”

……

The three of them sat down again, and Xiang Xiaoqiang threw the maids out with a stomachache. Xiang Xiaoqiang looked at Fourteen Gege very uneasy, and said with a smile:

"It doesn't matter what their identity is, when they are sent by maids, we will be called by maids. It's too deliberate, but the heart is empty. ”

Fourteen Gege smiled slightly, and briefly recounted the matter.

While everyone was huddled in the bomb shelter during the shelling, suddenly the lights went out, and then a rope came from behind and strangled her by the neck. But the man didn't think that Fourteen Gege, who was trained as a secret agent, could use both hands, and she first locked the man's wrist and then slammed the man's stomach with her elbow. The man, probably frightened, threw away the rope and gave up. After a while, the shelling ended, and everyone came out one after another, and the fourteen grids were silent. She touched the rope, and it turned out to be a black skirt. When she came out, she saw that the Saotome-style maid outfit was missing a skirt.

Fourteen Gege recalled, and she felt that the man was a woman. At that time, there were seven or eight people in the bomb shelter, but now I can only remember three. One of them is Saotome style.

Knock on Xiaoqiang's head, this is a typical Agatha-esque, or Conan-esque case. If it were in the novel, that Saotome would definitely not be a murderer, but someone who was deliberately blinded by the real murderer.

However, he is neither Poirot nor Conan, and this is not a novel, and the top priority now is not to solve this secret room case, but to ensure the safety of Fourteen Gege as soon as possible. In addition, let's see if we can use this excuse to get the tentacles of the East Factory out of here, and replace the fourteen grids with their own management.

He asked Fourteen Gege:

"What do you think should be done?"

Fourteen Gege Says:

"Gotta get in the ...... Present the matter to His Majesty before the East Factory. …… Also, don't you think it's an opportunity? ”

Very good, exactly as I had planned. It's cool to discuss things with smart people. Xiang Xiaoqiang also said:

"The phone you called me must have reported to Shen Rongxuan now. But now that the war has just started, as the head of a country, he probably can't take care of it here. Shen Rongxuan is also a little generous, I guess he knows that I am coming, and he knows that you will be fine. He is responsible for Quan Daming, and he will not rob me of this matter at this juncture. …… By the way, the phone number of the High Command, who told you? ”

Fourteen Gege smiled slightly, bowed his head and said:

"This ...... I already knew. ”

Xiang Xiaoqiang thought about what she was doing, and was immediately relieved. Not to mention the command, it is Shen Rongxuan's, or even Zhu Yourong's, she may know it.

He let his stomach ache and take people to stay here to protect Fourteen Gege, and drove into the palace himself to visit His Majesty.

……

The Forbidden City of Nanjing became a sea of sandbags.

The important basilica and some of the finest buildings are piled high with sandbags to protect the perimeter. The two huge, exquisite bronze lions outside the noon gate, the copper turtle and bronze crane inside, the gilded copper water tank resting in front of the main hall, and the stone slope carved with a dragon in front of the Fengtian Hall are all protected with sandbags. Xiang Xiaoqiang also saw some centuries-old trees, and he also had half a sandbag, and the Praetorian Guards were tearing them down.

The female official who led Xiaoqiang into the palace explained to him that His Majesty originally wanted to fence these ancient trees with sandbags, but later the chief gardener said that this would kill the trees, so His Majesty gave up.

Alas, it seems that Zhu Yourong, a girl, is trying her best to protect her own grass and trees like an old hen.

Xiang Xiaoqiang listened to the sound of "booming" cannons in the distance, and was surprised in his heart, and asked:

"The courtyard here is such a big open space, why don't there be a single anti-aircraft guns? Are there any contraindications? ”

The female official explained that the Ming and Qing dynasties had issued statements in Geneva as early as the Forbidden City, agreeing that the Forbidden City in Nanjing and Beijing, as well as the areas where the monuments were concentrated, were undefended areas and that shelling and bombardment were prohibited. Of course, it was a statement made "separately" at the same time, and each claimed that the Forbidden City of the other party belonged to them, and of course they wanted to protect it.

…… Unexpectedly, although the Ming and Qing dynasties had a feud, they could still reach a consensus on such issues. Just like the Qing Dynasty did not move the Ming Tombs.

The Fengtian Palace, the Huagai Palace, the Jinshen Palace, the Wenhua Hall and the Wenlou, the Wuying Hall and the Wulou in the front part of the Forbidden City in Nanjing, collectively known as the "Qianchao", are the places where various ceremonies were held in the past. The Qianqing Palace, Jiaotai Palace, Kunning Palace, Rouyi Palace (East Palace), Chunhe Hall (West Palace), Imperial Garden, etc., are the places where the emperor and concubines live and live, and become the "Hou Court". The former dynasty and the later court were collectively referred to as the "imperial court".

Although Zhu Yourong is a woman, she is the Son of Heaven, so she does not live in Kunning Palace, but in Qianqing Palace. One of her self-names on her calligraphy and painting works is "Qianqing Palace Master".

In the imperial study of the Qianqing Palace, Zhu Yourong sat in a circle chair, holding a speech in his hand, and cried while reciting it. She looked at the manuscript silently, sniffling from time to time.

This is a speech to be broadcast to the whole country tonight, calling on the military and people of the whole country to unite and resist the Qing captives, and to declare that they have decided to stay in Nanjing and live and die together with the capital of the Ming Dynasty.

Zheng Gongyin, who was sitting opposite, looked at the fateful manuscript in his niece's hand. Bite one's tongue.

Behind Zhu Yourong, a richly dressed middle-aged woman lovingly hugged her shoulder. Zhu Yourong raised his face in her arms and cried out with tears in his eyes:

"Nurse ......"

This noble lady is Zhu Yourong's nursing mother, Mrs. Li, and her title is Mrs. Guangde. Zhu Yourong lost his mother since he was a child, and was brought up by his nursing mother, Mrs. Li, and regarded her as his mother. Now Zhu Yourong is the Son of Heaven, and Mrs. Li's status is extremely respectful, comparable to Zheng Gongyin's status, and they are the empress's closest people.

Mrs. Li stroked Zhu Yourong's hair and said softly:

"Rong Rong, good boy, don't be stubborn, be obedient, let's go to Hangzhou. Hangzhou ...... Hangzhou is my hometown, I'm old, I want to go back to my hometown to recuperate, Rong Rong, you can accompany me back, okay? Rong Rong, you are a filial child......"

"Nurse ......" Zhu Yourong tilted his face, his mouth pursed, tears left again, and sobbed, "I caused this disaster, I must stay...... Nurse, and uncle, go away, and I'll have you escorted to the south...... I...... I can't go, I'm a big tomorrow......"

Zheng Gongyin was so anxious that he couldn't do it, but Zhu Yourong didn't leave, and none of their relatives could leave. Although they can still go, Shen Rongxuan, Xiang Xiaoqiang, and those in the cabinet will definitely stay with the empress. When the time comes, their relatives are gone, but those close ministers are by His Majesty's side to spend the most difficult moments, it is conceivable that even if Nanjing is held, the balance of status between the foreign ministers and the imperial relatives will be greatly tilted in the future. But as long as you can say that Zhu Yourong can go, it will be very different, in the most difficult years, it is their relatives who accompany Your Majesty, and those foreign ministers will definitely stay in Nanjing.

At this time, the female officer came in and reported:

"Your Majesty, the commander of the People's Guard asks to see Your Majesty."

Zheng Gongyin and Mrs. Li glanced at each other, and their spirits were lifted.