An angry curse shattered Zai Chun's dream, and he suddenly realized that all this was a trap. If Er Mao hadn't been clever, he would have been killed by the blow just now.
"Protect the Emperor..." The four guards rushed forward like crazy. Ma Ming held Haruna's dagger in his iron arm guard, then raised his leg and kicked Haruna, sending Haruna flying backwards.
At this time, it would be extremely difficult to complete the task. The steel dagger in Haruna's hand was thrown towards Zai Chun with a whooshing sound, and at the same time, she turned around and burrowed into the woods in an attempt to escape.
No one of the guards who could protect Emperor Tongzhi was given for free. A marine raised his hand and fired a shot, and the bullet immediately penetrated Haruna's calf.
"Catch them alive and find out the big fish behind them..." Er Mao just yelled and fell to the ground. Emperor Tongzhi touched the blood on his face and tears came out of his eyes.
"Er Mao... Er Mao, wake up."
The four guards rushed over, protected the emperor with Er Mao on their backs, and retreated to Osaka Castle. They also fired a bright fireworks for help.
When three thunders exploded in the sky, the Marines around the incident site put down their tasks at hand, swarmed over and spontaneously formed a large blocking net.
"Report to the Prime Minister quickly... Your Majesty has been assassinated... Manager Ermao is seriously injured... Hurry, hurry, hurry."
When all the marines saw this scene, they immediately became furious. Later, they heard that the assassin had been injured and had gone into the forest. As a result, thousands of marines rushed over the mountains and fields, vowing to capture the assassin alive.
Soon the news of Emperor Tongzhi's assassination spread to Osaka City. At that time, Xiao Letian was talking with Tokugawa Qingxi. When he heard the news, the tea bowl in the shogun's hand fell on the tatami, and the dark green tea soup spread everywhere.
Tokugawa Yingxi almost fainted from fright. He was getting more and more afraid of trouble. His Majesty the Emperor who was studying in the Qing Dynasty was assassinated in Japan. The shogunate naturally had unshirkable responsibility, and Xiao Letian had another excuse to stay.
The longer this raptor stays in Japan, the deeper it will penetrate Japan. If it takes root, it will be difficult to send it away.
"Whoever did this, go and find out immediately..." The general had already given the order without Xiao Letian opening his mouth.
Xiao Leqiang's lips trembled, "Okay, okay... your Japanese assassination wind has actually hit my head. As long as your majesty loses a hair, you will have to bear the wrath of the entire Qing Dynasty."
"The CIA will investigate for me and dig out all the culprits behind the scenes."
Er Mao was rushed to the Roma. Military medical officers surrounded him and began to give Er Mao first aid. It was a close call and the dagger pierced his heart. After emergency blood transfusion, debridement and suturing, Er Mao's condition was finally stabilized.
At this time, Zai Chun's face turned pale. Although Er Mao was his eunuch, he had always treated Er Mao as his little friend over the years. Many of his inner thoughts could only be told to Er Mao. Since ancient times, emperors have always been lonely. There was a friend, Mrs. It's not easy anymore.
"It's all my fault. Why am I so gullible? If I hadn't insisted on letting that bitch get on the horse, this kind of thing wouldn't have happened... I'm sorry, Er Mao, I'm sorry..." Zai Chun stood beside Er Mao and shed tears. .
At this time, Xiao Letian and the General had already boarded the Roma. When they saw that His Majesty the Emperor was safe and sound, Tokugawa Keiki's feet went soft and he knelt down with a thud. "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, Tokugawa Keiki apologizes. I will definitely punish the murderer severely, please calm down your Majesty..."
Outside the cabin were the important ministers of the shogunate and the allied forces that overturned the shogunate. At this time, they also forgot their previous hatred. Their faces turned pale and they knelt down on the deck to plead guilty to Emperor Tongzhi.
At this moment, a sound like a roaring mountain and a tsunami suddenly erupted on the pier, "Caught... we caught the assassin, beat her to death..." There were angry roars everywhere. People took a closer look and saw the thin girl. Dragging his injured leg, the soldier grabbed his hair and dragged him across the stone floor.
The blood left long traces on the ground. The girl's hands were tied behind her back and she was unable to resist. Her long hair was grabbed by the soldiers and dragged arbitrarily. A painful expression appeared on Haruna's face, but her eyes were still full of hatred. No fear and no regret.
Xiao Letian stood on the deck with Zai Chun, looked down at Haruna who was escorted over, and said in confusion, "A little girl has learned how to assassinate at such an early age."
At this time, Zai Chun rushed forward angrily, grabbed Haruna's collar and cursed angrily, "Why do you want to kill me? Tell me why."
Haruna glanced at him contemptuously, "Bah...the dog-Tatar emperor." Zai Chun finally understood this sentence, and it turned out to be Wu Nong's soft-spoken words.
"You are not Japanese, you are from Jiangnan, what is your identity..." But at this time, no matter how much Zai Chun asked, Haruna stopped talking, closing her eyes and looking like she was being slaughtered.
Xiao Letian couldn't help but move in his heart, "Take him down and let the professionals from the Intelligence Bureau interrogate him... Don't kill him, I want to live."
Haruna was dragged away. Xiao Letian looked at the Japanese ministers around him with cold eyes and said with a sneer, "I came to Japan with good intentions and adjusted your civil war, but what happened in the end? It happened again and again. Assassination..."
"I know that you Japanese politicians have a habit of assassinating political opponents, but now it is so serious that you assassinate the emperor of a country, and it is His Majesty the Qing Dynasty. You guys are playing so well..."
"I don't think I need to say more about what to do next. Don't you want me to leave Japan? Then it depends on what you do..."
Xiao Letian turned back to the cabin to visit Er Mao, leaving the Japanese with faces as bitter as a melon.
After emergency rescue, Er Mao had woken up. Looking at his adoptive father and His Majesty beside him, Er Mao smiled bitterly, "I'm fine, I made you worry..."
"Have a rest, don't be tired, don't talk too much..." Zai Chun went to tuck Er Mao into bed with an apologetic look. The other three eunuchs and four guards were jealous of this move, thinking that the emperor was serving the eunuchs. An anecdote for the ages.
Xiao Letian just asked about the condition. The dagger did not stab the heart, but only damaged part of the muscles and alveoli. It can be recovered with careful care, but the biggest danger is infection. In the era without antibiotics, such wound infection was very common. deadly.
"Er Mao, how did you know that girl was an assassin? What problem did you find?" Xiao Letian asked.
"Ahem...it's very simple, because I found that this girl seemed to be able to understand what we were saying. How could a Japanese girl who grew up in the mountains understand Chinese? In addition, she didn't have the common sense that ordinary Japanese people have towards those in power. A kind of fear..."
"Isn't Japan the most particular about respect and inferiority? Why does she dare to ride on His Majesty's war horse even though she knows His Majesty's noble status? How can there be such unruly people in Japan? Abnormal things are demons, so I asked Your Majesty to be cautious... …”
Zai Chun suddenly blushed. He felt that he was so incompetent that he couldn't even see such a trap. What he did must have made the master very famous.
But Xiao Letian just looked at him meaningfully, said nothing, just comforted Ermao for a few words and left.
The clipper ship that sailed out of Osaka that afternoon went straight to the Kagoshima telegraph station, and the latest order was sent to Fan Kam, the boss of Rakuten & Co., Ltd.
"From now on, all trade activities with Japan will be stopped, all business will be immediately stranded, the navy will block all waters from Japan to Ryukyu, and economic sanctions will officially begin..."
As soon as the Japanese businessmen in Ryukyu heard the news, they were so frightened that they gathered at the door of Lotte Yang Company, hoping to see the boss. However, the last news they received was that Emperor Tongzhi was assassinated in Osaka Castle.
This is really shocking. The businessmen were well-informed. Emperor Tongzhi was the emperor of the Qing Dynasty. Although the Qing Dynasty at that time could not defeat Britain and France, it had already judged the civil war in Jiangnan. Some people had already started shouting the slogan of Tongzhi ZTE. .
The arrogance of the oldest empire has not collapsed, and its status as the overlord of Asia has not changed. If the emperor of such an empire is assassinated, it will trigger a war.
No one dared to blame the Prime Minister for the economic blockade. Japanese businessmen could only use the last moment to purchase materials. They knew that domestic prices in Japan would soon soar.
There will be no buyers for the silver, copper ore, tachi and various famous items produced in Japan for some time in the future. Even Western businessmen will have to give Lotte Matheson some slack at this moment.
The prices of food, cloth, daily necessities, including arms that Japan urgently needs to import will skyrocket, and food in particular may even trigger rice riots. How can we withstand the troubled times and add insult to injury?
In just three days, the atmosphere in Ryukyu and Japan suddenly changed. People in Ryukyu were filled with indignation. Teams of soldiers with livid faces boarded ships on the sea, and one ship with a full load went north.
There are also sea-going ships transporting supplies, bumping into cement, barbed wire, arms and ammunition, tons of food and countless field rations, and they are constantly heading towards Osaka Castle.
The fleets transporting supplies on the sea were connected end to end one after another with no end in sight. Even the foreign ships had to stay away at this moment.
No one would offend Xiao Letian for Japan. Once this East China Sea dragon becomes angry, it will definitely turn East Asia upside down.
Three days were enough for the news to spread to all major port cities in Japan, especially Edo Castle. The French minister and his party had already received this shocking news as soon as they arrived at the embassy.
Roche looked at the Japanese civilians running around on the street, the rice store that was about to be crushed, and the rising food prices, and he felt chilly in his heart.
"Please come over, Kirigakure-sama...I have something important to discuss...prepare the best banquet. What a terrifying woman. Could it be that she really commanded this assassination."
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