Stage [Republic of China]

You, do you really want to..."

"What do you want, so what if you don't want to?" Ning Jimin smiled nonchalantly with his mouth tilted. "We're going to do it in these two days. Since he hit the muzzle of the gun, don't blame me for not having eyes on the muzzle."

As Ning Jimin said, he put his hand into his trouser pocket, took out the silver Browning, and pulled on the bolt.

Shui Jiu stopped breathing, but still tried to persuade Ning Jimin. "Don't do anything here. There are too many people here!"

"It's easier to do things with more people." Ning Jimin turned his head and whistled at him with his mouth crooked. "Brother Jiu, don't look at this kind of dirty stuff. I'll come to you later when the matter is over. You go back to the box and wait for me. I won't call you, so don't poke your head out."

Qin Ershao was attracted by him, as long as he probed, he would definitely die.

Shui Jiu didn't dare to be stubborn at this juncture.Out of the corner of his eyes, he quickly slipped around, seeing that Er Shao Qin was about to come up, he hurriedly grabbed Ning Jimin's arm and said, "Let's go into the box together, don't make trouble here."

"you go first!"

Ning Jimin couldn't help but push Shui Jiu forward.

Shui Jiu staggered forward, jumped out four or five steps, managed to gain a firm foothold, and then turned around, but Ning Jimin was no longer on the corridor.

He raised his hand, only to find that there was already a thin layer of sweat on his temples. He had no choice but to hold the robe in his hand, bent slightly, turned around and walked away panting.Walk a few more steps and pass through the long corridor, which is the box where Ning Jimin and the foreigner Ke Lang are hiding.

The door of the box was already opened at this time, and the foreigner Ke Lang, who had been sitting in the room before, poked his head out.Seeing Shui Jiuchu there, he waved at him happily. "Come here, let's listen to the play together."

The foreigner Krona has a very high voice.

Shui Jiu didn't dare to turn her head, afraid of attracting the attention of others, so she hastily raised the corner of her robe and really hid in the box.

As soon as he entered, Krona, a foreigner, closed the door with a swipe, and then said to Shui Jiu in a low voice, "Don't make any noise. If something happens later, I will protect you."

Shui Jiu looked up in surprise, but the foreigner Ke Lang seemed to have seen through his doubts and shrugged. "Ning and I are good friends. He told me a long time ago that the newly transferred Master Qin loves to collude with the Orientals. If this person is not removed, the Jingxi Mansion will fall into the hands of the Orientals sooner or later. "

It turned out that Ning Jimin's plan to kill Qin Ershao was really not a temporary idea.

Shui Jiu lowered her eyes, but her heart seemed to be tightly grasped by someone's hands. Her breathing was rough and then light. She always felt that both nostrils were blocked, her ears were buzzing, and her whole head was burning.

"Sit down, sit down and watch the show!" the foreigner Ke Lang greeted warmly, grabbed the melon seeds and stuffed them in his palm. "Well, today is Wu Song killing his wife."

The door of the box was closed, but a small stand was left.From this opening, they could see the stage clearly, even the flowers on Pan Jinlian's temples could be clearly seen, but the people below couldn't see them.

Shui Jiu sat in the box, holding a bunch of heavy melon seeds in her hand.The sound of gongs and drums was loud, and Wu Song stepped on Ximen Qing on the ground with one foot, and beat down with his fists like rain, Pan Jinlian fell to the ground and cried loudly.Accompanied by the noise of Qin Ershao leading a large group of Oriental gendarmes overturning the crowd, the spectators were chaotic, and the little newspaper boy lay on the ground and began to cry.

At this moment, there was a sudden bang, and the gun went off.

Shui Jiu raised his head, but the foreigner Ke Lang patted the back of his hand lightly. "Are the melon seeds delicious?"

Shui Jiu's lips were numb, and her teeth were clenched tightly.Just like that, I could still hear the blood in my veins froze for a moment, and then the river burst its embankment, buzzing, and everything flooded.

There was endless screaming and cursing from downstairs, and the gongs and drums on the stage finally stopped abruptly.The person playing Wu Song was the corner of the stand that Shui Jiu saw when he entered the arena holding a long stick at the center of the stands.The man who played Wu Song also opened his mouth, his eyes were cracked, and his face was blank.

"I've got it." The foreigner Krona smiled, picked out a melon seed with a pointed end and round belly from the plate, tapped it lightly on his lips, and said in a calm tone. "Ning is always so straightforward in doing things."

In broad daylight, killing people in the theater, the foreigner Krona can actually eat melon seeds.

Seeing Shui Jiu staring at him in a daze, the foreigner Ke Lang couldn't help laughing and said: "Boss Shui is a nobleman, and noble people often forget things. You don't know me, but I know you! When I was in Jibei City, I went to see Shui Jiu." Boss, you have sung before."

Shui Jiu was taken aback.

"About the year before last. At that time, Boss Shui, were you fourteen or fifteen? It was Du Liniang who sang, picking up paintings along the Peony Pavilion."

Shui Jiu lowered her eyelids and smiled quietly. "You still remember."

"I remember, why can't I remember?" the foreigner Ke Lang laughed heartily. "At that time, I just came to your country, and I was fascinated by the first time I listened to the opera in Jibei City. By the way, Boss Shui, how did you get involved with Ning? Is it really his elder brother? Why have I never listened to it before? As I said before, to tell you the truth, Boss Shui, when I was in Jibei City, I asked a lot about you."

Just as Shui Jiu was about to answer, the foreigner Ke Lang waved his hand again and said, "Forget it, don't ask, there is already a commotion down below."

The foreigner Ke Lang took out a pair of glasses from his pocket, put his hand on the bridge of Shui Jiu's nose lightly, glanced him up and down again, and laughed heartily.Taking advantage of the situation, he patted Xia Shuijiu's shoulder heavily with his big hand covered with long golden hair. "Oriental gendarmes dare not search here, but Boss Shui is so beautiful, if they see it later, they may cause trouble for you, Boss Shui."

Citrine lenses obscure the view in front of the eyes.Shui Jiu pursed her lips slightly, and lowered her voice, "I've known him since we were young."

"Oh." The foreigner Krona shrugged.

Unexpectedly, Shui Jiu lowered his voice again, and asked him more softly. "I don't know how you met him?"

"Me," the foreigner Ke Lang shrugged, peeled a melon seed casually, put the melon seed in the palm of his hand, weighed it a few times, and smiled. "I was sent here by my motherland. The port in northern Hebei is very suitable for doing business, and we have been in contact with your country in the northern city of Hebei for many years. Unexpectedly, General You Banner is very domineering and refused us to sell silk tea with him. , cut off the source of income, and closed the port. I had no choice but to come to Jingxi Mansion, and now, I won’t go back.”

Shui Jiu weighed it up, and always felt that what the foreigner Ke Lang said was specious, and there was something wrong.

"Do you only do silk and tea?" He asked eagerly.

The foreigner Ke Lang glanced at him, raised his hand, and patted Shui Jiu's shoulder vigorously again, almost knocking down half of Shui Jiu's shoulder. "Boss Shui is so smart, there are some things, why bother to ask so clearly."

Shui Jiu lowered her eyes and clenched her fists, the knuckles of her cold white fingers ached.The part of the truth that the foreigner Krona didn’t tell is that, in addition to the ordinary goods such as silk, tea and porcelain, there are also opium and guns.

This piece of land has been weak for a long time, and the imperial court did not know how many prohibitions were issued, but the opium smoke has not been able to be suppressed.

In the words of the foreigner Krona just now, the smoking ban cuts off their money.Cutting off money is like killing one's parents.Ke Lang's purpose in coming to Jingxi Mansion may not be pure.

"Ning and I are in a cooperative relationship." The foreigner Ke Lang summed it up in a simple and clear sentence: "He wants to recapture Jibei City for Mr. Yun. Hebei is connected to Jiangnan, and the Jiangnan Road is full of gunpowder, and now they are all Mr. Yun's people. As for me, I am helping their rebel army."

Shui Jiu's Danfeng eyes were slightly raised behind the tea crystal glasses, and her voice was chilling. "For the port?"

His sentence was too cold, the foreigner Kron paused, and raised his hand again to pat him on the shoulder.

Shui Jiu turned sideways to avoid it, and the big hand covered with golden hair stopped in mid-air.There was no embarrassment on the face of the foreigner Ke Lang, and he still laughed loudly: "I know Boss Shui is a smart man. To be honest, when Mr. Yun settles in Beibei, the port will belong to us."

This time Shui Jiu was silent for a long time, and bowed slightly. "Mr. Yun...?"

"Huh? You haven't heard of him?" The foreigner Ke Lang raised two thick golden eyebrows, and said with a smile: "Mr. Yun, he is very popular in your country! I think in your country, sooner or later, Mr. Yun will say It's up to you."

Mr. Yun, probably the leader of the Jiangnan Rebel Army?

Shui Jiu was noncommittal, pondering the truth and falsehood of Kron's words, and how credible they were.

The sound of searching below came to the gate of the stands.Shui Jiu turned his head and looked over, the foreigner Krona immediately stood up, walked to the gate of the stands with big strides, and uttered a sentence in foreign language in a loud voice, sounding very angry.

There was a moment of silence outside.

A few seconds later, there was a humble and fluent apology from the Dongyang people, and he didn't even dare to open the door, so he hurried on to the next box.

"Look," the foreigner Krona shrugged, turned his head to the water and smiled. "The times are different now, Boss Shui, even the Japanese are afraid of our cannons."

Shui Jiu clenched her fists, raised her eyes, and quietly met the deep blue eyes of the foreigner Ke Lang. "Mr. Yun asked you to cooperate because of the cannon?"

The foreigner Krona smiled indifferently and did not deny it. "We are willing to support Mr. Yun, and my motherland is also willing. In the words of your country, that right-banner general is like a grasshopper after autumn, and he won't be able to jump for a few days."

The foreigner Ke Lang said and spread his hands. "When the Jingxi Mansion is captured, the next step is that Mr. Yun's men will fight that right-handed general in Jibei City."

Shui Jiu repeated it quietly. "Mr. Yun."

The foreigner Ke Lang gave him a deep look, and after a few seconds of silence, he shrugged and smiled. "Of course Mr. Yun is already in Jibei City."