"Well, something big did happen, and it was very difficult."
Aitang sighed, walked to the conference table, reached out and took out the chair and sat down.
Aliguo returned to his seat and asked, "What happened?"
Aitang asked: "Old friend, this is a critical period. Why did you arrest Alice and Gu Yili at the critical moment? Arresting these two people now is a blatant provocation to Li Zhen and will anger Li Zhen, a fierce tiger.
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Ali Guo smiled and said: "I asked what it was about. It turned out to be the arrest of Alice and Gu Yili. This matter is not a big deal. Li Zhen did not dare to lead troops into the concession area."
Aitang asked: "Why don't you dare?"
Aliguo said matter-of-factly: "Because this is a British concession and British territory!"
Aitang said: "Old friend, you have been impulsive this time. I know that you have contacted Alice several times, trying to get Alice to find out the information but have not received a reply, and you are resentful in your heart. Or maybe you are jealous of Li Zhen.
With this idea, he arrested Sister Alice in anger. However, your reliance is unreliable, because it is just a treaty, and Li Zhen can completely ignore the treaty when he is angry."
Aliguo said again: "Li Zhen wouldn't dare."
Aitang frowned and said, "How can you be so sure that Li Zhen doesn't dare? What if Li Zhen leads troops into the consulate, can you escape? This is a matter of life and death, and you can't just bet that Li Zhen doesn't dare."
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Aliguo said in a deep voice: "What if Li Zhen comes to kill us alone?"
Aitang said: "It's true that Li Zhen likes women, but will he take risks for women?"
Aliguo suddenly fell silent and became a little hesitant.
Aitang continued: "Both you and I know that the troops are currently insufficient. Most of the troops hoarded overseas by Shanghai have been transferred to Guangzhou. They want to use force to threaten the governors of Guangdong and Guangxi to modify the treaty. With Adams and Russell leaving, we do not have enough troops to mobilize.
Thousands of people, this is a very weak force. Now that you have angered Li Zhen, he led his army into the concession and killed us all, what should we do?"
"Maybe the British and French forces will avenge us, but everyone is dead, so what's the use?"
"Old friend, you are wrong this time."
"If you really hate Li Zhen, you shouldn't be impulsive."
"As long as the situation in Guangzhou makes progress and the treaty is successfully revised, our concession will have more rights and interests, the customs can get more benefits, and we can even threaten the Manchu Emperor to depose Li Zhen. By then, we will
You can take action, and it only takes a matter of minutes to deal with Li Zhen. If you take action now, you are adding to the chaos!"
Aitang shook his head and sighed, and said: "You and I have known each other for many years, and you have been famous all your life. Why did you make a mistake at this point?"
Ali Guodao: "I admit that I am impulsive, but I will not let him go and apologize even if he is arrested."
Aitang said: "If we don't let him go, then we have to wait for death?"
Aliguo began to retort: "Your Excellency Aitang, although things are a little bad, they are not without opportunities. If Li Zhen ignores the lives of Alice and Gu Yili and doesn't come to save people, then nothing will happen. Even
, Li Zhen also imitated the previous emperors of China to get angry and go to the banquet alone, so we can take the opportunity to kill Li Zhen, get rid of the cancer in Shanghai, and then completely control Shanghai."
Aitang smiled bitterly and said, "I hope so!"
"Report!"
Suddenly, a soldier walked in from outside the hall.
Aliguo asked: "What happened?"
The soldier said: "A soldier from the Qing Dynasty came outside, sent by Li Zhen."
Aliguo said in a deep voice: "Please come in!"
A moment later, a soldier wearing a helmet walked into the hall and said loudly: "My general has said, please your Excellency Ali Guo to release Alice and Gu Yili immediately. If you don't let them go, the general will lead an army into the concession."
, please consider it carefully."
"Ha ha……"
Ali Guo smiled and said: "Tell Li Zhen that there is no chance of letting him go. If he wants to come over, I welcome him."
Aitang was immediately discouraged. He didn't expect Aliguo to be so stubborn.
The soldier turned around and left. He came in a hurry and left in a hurry.
Aitang said: "Aliguo, just now Li Zhen sent someone to tell you to let it go. Although his tone was a bit tough, his words already revealed his intention to resolve the matter. As long as you let Alice and Gu Yili go, the matter will end here.
Until then. Wouldn’t it be different if you send Sister Alice back to settle the matter, wait until what happens in Guangzhou, and then take the opportunity to get Sister Alice back?"
Aliguo smiled and said: "If Li Zhen really wanted to lead troops to kill him, he would have come directly and would not have sent anyone to deliver the message. As you said, Li Zhen had a tough tone but lacked confidence. Since Li Zhen did not send troops
The idea is that the matter ends here and there is no need to stir up trouble.”
Aitang had no choice but said: "Sister Alice still has value, so we can't touch her for the time being."
Ali Guo smiled and said: "Of course, I will slowly wear away their persistence and I will not touch them."
Aitang could not persuade Aliguo and could only wait for news.
Time passes, when night falls and the sun rises, another day comes.
This day was still calm, without any waves.
Ali Kingdom has been sending people to inquire about Li Zhen's movements, and also stared at Li Zhen's military camp. Seeing that Li Zhen had no plans to send troops, he guessed that Li Zhen had given up on Alice and Gu Yili. Immediately, Ali Kingdom invited Aitang to the
The consulate carefully prepared a bottle of red wine to celebrate that Li Zhen would not send troops.
Aitang said: "Old friend, this is just the first day, so we can't take it lightly."
Aliguo said: "Li Zhen won't send troops now, and he won't do it in the future."
After a pause, Aliguo said: "Alice and Gu Yili have been with Li Zhen for a while, and they are still intact. Since Li Zhen does not send troops, there is no need to move Sister Alice. Tonight, we will do it one by one.
Let them become women."
When Aitang heard this, he exclaimed: "After such a long time, you still have a perfect body?"
Aliguo nodded and said, "Yes, it is indeed."
Aitang frowned and said: "Is it impossible that the Alice sisters are not favored? If they can do business outside, they must have Li Zhen's support, so it is impossible that they are not favored. But the two of them are still perfect, is it possible that Li Zhen
Is there something wrong with your health? As a vigorous man, I believe it is impossible for Li Zhen to put meat in his mouth without eating it. This is not Li Zhen's style."
Aliguo gossiped: "There may be something wrong!"
Aitang gossiped: "It's very possible!"
During the day, Aliguo and Aitang were drinking and chatting at the consulate, appearing very calm. Aitang, who had always been nervous, calmed down under the stimulation of alcohol.
Within a day, it disappeared again.
Li Zhen still didn't move, which made Ali Guo believe that Li Zhen did not dare to send troops.
Night falls and it gets dark.
There were fewer and fewer pedestrians on the street, and after it was completely dark, there was no one anymore. At this time, a group of people wearing black clothes appeared on the dark street, all of them holding guns in their hands, and they quickly moved towards them.
The consulate was close. All this happened quietly, no one saw it.
When the group of people approached the consulate, they found candlelight flickering in the consulate, emitting a dim yellow light.
A Liguo and Aitang were drunk, and the passion deep in their hearts arose.