"Huh? The Chinese..." When the mysterious visitor boarded the cargo ship and lifted up his cloak to reveal his face, King Yi couldn't help but be startled. There was actually a young face in the cloak.
"I have met His Highness King Yi!" The young man opposite actually stood at attention and gave a military salute to King Yi.
One sentence revealed Shi Yi's true identity, which meant that the young soldier opposite knew Shi Dakai's identity.
The scene immediately became dangerous. The mercenaries below the cabin were lying on the stairs. Pierre's eyes could even see the leather boots and calves of the people on the deck through the gaps in the stairs.
The mercenaries behind him smelled the unrest that was brewing on the deck, and they immediately became restless. Pierre was so frightened that he reached down and pressed down on them one after another before suppressing them.
But the soldiers disguised as sailors on the deck took action, and in the blink of an eye, several revolvers were pressed against the young man's head.
The visitor smiled bitterly, "Your Majesty... you don't have to be like this. I'm not an enemy. I'm just a messenger. I set out from London three days ago to pursue you!"
"My time is precious. If I reveal your identity...and use the invalidated secret semaphore at you, this has proven that you came here secretly behind the Führer's back! Right?" King Yi said in a low voice.
The visitor looked around and asked, "Are they all confidants?"
King Yi glanced around, "Just tell me, everyone here is trustworthy!"
"Okay! I'm here under the entrustment of Xiang Ying, the captain of the Zhiyuan... As for speaking semaphore signals, that was taught to me by the captain. You should believe me now, right? I still have Xiang Ying's personal letter in my pocket! "
"Huh? Xiang Ying..." Pierre shivered in fright, and his head hit the bottom hatch cover, causing a big bulge in pain.
Wing King on the deck was also stunned, "Xiang Ying? If it's him... he does know the first batch of semaphore signals. After all, he studied in Prussia..."
"Why does he want to see me?" At this time, Paul had already searched Xiang Ying's autograph and took out the superstitious letter. King Yi took a closer look and found nothing wrong. It was Xiang Ying's single stroke of handwriting, which was so strong that the ink on the back of the paper was burnt. Very personal.
"A letter is like a letter. We haven't seen each other for many years. How is the prince? My nephew Xiang Ying bows down! The person coming is my confidant. The prince can stay away and discuss top-secret matters!"
As soon as King Yi read the superstition, the visitor suddenly used his strength to break away from the pistols on his head, rushed over to grab the secret letter, and swallowed it in one gulp.
"Your Majesty... it's a matter of confidentiality. It's better for you and me to discuss it in secret!"
King Yi didn't expect that the one who came was a hobbiter. He dared to rush over to grab the secret message with three pistols held to his head, and even ate it.
"Okay! You shouldn't be a nobody. Please give me your name!"
"I'm just a little soldier. I really don't dare to be disrespectful..."
"Haha... are you a soldier? An intern at Kunigami Military Port, second in the fourth class of Ryukyu Naval University, you will be on the list of people recommended to study in Europe the year after next!"
The cover on the deck flipped over, and Pierre emerged from it, staring at the visitor with sharp eyes: "Zhou Peilong! Aren't you an intern on the Zhiyuan now? After the war in Europe is over, you will stay in Europe directly. ...I have seen the list, why are you still pretending to be mysterious here?"
Pierre has been very low-key in the past few years in Ryukyu. He has not handled much specific intelligence work. However, this does not mean that he is not capable, but that Xiao Letian and Wang Huaiyuan have given him sufficient study time.
After all, when he comes to Asia from Europe, he has to be exposed to different national conditions and cultures, and it takes a long time to learn the language barrier alone.
Pierre has always listened more, seen more, and thought more, but said less. He works in Ryukyu in a low-key manner, but that doesn't mean he doesn't know anything. There are too many things recorded in his mind.
Especially some young talents who have entered his memory bank and can never be lost again.
Zhou Peilong was an officer trainee trained by the Ryukyu Naval University. He had excellent grades and outstanding abilities. In addition, he was among the group recommended to study in Europe. It was impossible for Pierre not to know about him.
Pierre pulled King Yi over and whispered in the corner, "Your Majesty, you have to think about this... Xiang Ying came to see you using an expired secret code, indicating that this operation was carried out behind the Head of State's back. What does he want to do with Wang Ju?"
"I heard that Xiang Ying and a group of iron-blooded young officers have been very uneasy in the past two years. It seems that they have been pushing the head of state to invade the Qing Dynasty..."
"At this critical moment, if he comes to see you, I'm afraid..."
King Yi raised his hand to stop Pierre, "You don't have to remind me, I will be careful... But after all, Xiang Ying and I had a good relationship during the years when he studied abroad. As for the relationship with his uncle Xiang Shaolong, I can't I can’t see his people!”
"Haha, what are you afraid of? Can the Xiang family betray the head of state? Isn't this a joke? Does Xiang Shaolong have any heirs? His future position as King of the Far East will definitely be reserved for his nephew, and the most promising member of the Xiang family It’s Xiang Ying…”
"These are the heirs of the future King of the Far East. The head of state personally raised them up. If the Xiang family dares to do something evil and betray the head of state, I am afraid that everyone in the world will tear them apart... Okay, I will be careful!"
Pierre didn't know how to persuade King Yi. Seeing the prince and Zhou Peilong walking into the captain's room, an ominous premonition emerged from his heart.
Only Yi Wang and Zhou Peilong were left in the cabin, and they went straight to the topic without any small talk or nonsense.
"What on earth does Xiang Ying want to do by being so mysterious?"
"Your Majesty! The captain asked me to come here just because he hopes that your Majesty will know that I, China, have reached the edge of an extremely dangerous cliff at this moment. Please, Your Majesty, take action to save me, China!"
After saying this, Zhou Peilong fell to his knees with a pop and burst into tears.
"You...what are you doing?" King Yi spent a lot of effort to pull him up. "If you have something to say, speak it carefully. The Chinese don't like to kneel down and worship. You are an officer. Do you want to take the lead in violating it?"
"My lord! There is really nothing we can do. Emperor Tongzhi is traitorous!" Zhou Peilong, with tears in his eyes, recounted the situation in London after King Yi left.
In particular, the story about Emperor Tongzhi and the head of state separating from each other and pursuing a solo career was even more elaborate.
Although King Yi often gets telegrams from London, telegrams cannot describe the situation in too much detail, and newspapers are delayed. This is the first time he has heard of many secret things.
"Your Majesty, do you know that since Emperor Tongzhi moved to Buckingham Palace, he has broken all the rules of greeting his master every day. He travels everywhere under the leadership of the Englishman Gordon every day..."
"Even after the head of state was attacked by thugs from France and Tsarist Russia, and the East Palace was burned down, he didn't say he came to say hello. He had been kneeling at the door for most of the day, so he just walked around like a guest and was done?"
"How indifferent, this is simply a white-eyed wolf!"
"Do you know how many agreements he secretly made with Benjamin? He is shameless! He is traitorous!"
