"Open the hatch! Immediately! Immediately!"
"But...but sir...the captain gave a death order..."
"Shut up! Now listen to my orders. I take full responsibility and it has nothing to do with you! Open the door immediately!"
Cai Bixia's stern growl frightened the two sailors so much that they did not dare to refute. They took out their tool boxes and began to use huge wrenches to unscrew the hatch door.
The internal cabin of the ironclad ship is also made of steel. The hatch is a three-centimeter-thick cast iron door, which is also wrapped with a layer of decorative material. Once this door is locked, no one can open it. The only way is to use the most primitive means... unscrewing .
But as soon as he started, he heard a drunken voice inside: "Who...who is outside...so brave...get out!"
"Didn't I give an order...no one...no one is allowed to come near me! Get out..."
Cai Bixia looked at the hesitant expressions of the two sailors and kicked the hatch angrily, "What are you doing standing there? Unload it for me. Take off the hatch right away! Do it..."
The soldier did not dare to hesitate and quickly tightened the screws.
When Xiang Ying heard Cai Bixia's voice in the room, she was stunned for a moment and then said in a panic, "I'm going to rest... Go away, go away quickly, I don't want to see you!"
"Xiang Ying! Either you open the hatch yourself today, or I will ask the soldiers to forcefully open the door and get in. Then I will let all the officers and soldiers on the ship see what kind of pee you are!"
"Aren't you the world-famous captain of the Zhiyuan? Aren't you known as the number one combat general of human ironclads? You're bragging! You stand up and brag to me in front of all the officers and soldiers of the Zhiyuan!"
"You coward, if you can, get out of here. I can't beat you to death!"
The two sailors were quite dumbfounded by this scolding. They all knew that the chief of communications was very strict and that he was a woman who did not give in to women.
But who would have thought that she also had a shrewish side, and her vicious curses made the captain afraid to even fart.
Maybe Cai Bixia's threat worked. There was only the sound of a bottle of wine clinking in the room. Ten minutes later, Xiang Ying finally said, "Don't open the door. All soldiers exit...I'll give it to you right now." Open the door!"
The two soldiers were relieved, saluted their commander and fled with their toolboxes. Cai Bixia was the only one left in the corridor.
After another three minutes, the handle inside the hatch was twisted, and the heavy hatch finally opened. As a result, Cai Bixia's nose almost broke with anger when he saw it.
Xiang Ying doesn't look like his usual heroic self. He looks like a mangy dog. The original color of his dirty white shirt is almost invisible. It is covered with sweat stains, wine stains and various oil stains. He even unbuttoned the shirt. The system is misaligned.
Look at the pants again. The front door is wide open and the belt is not fastened. One foot is wearing a sock but the other is bare. Looking up at the head, the messy hair is like a chicken nest. The corners of the eyes are full of eye feces and the bags under the eyes are dark. It's like people haven't slept for three days.
"You're so embarrassing..." With a snap, Cai Bixia slapped Xiang Ying's face, and soon Xiang Ying's face became swollen.
But after beating Xiang Ying, Cai Bixia also cried. She didn't know why she was crying. She wiped away her tears and turned around to run away, but Xiang Ying held her arm tightly.
The cabin door was closed and locked, and Xiang Ying hugged Cai Bixia like a madman, and then pressed her against the wall. He kissed her lips like a madman, and frantically groped back and forth with his right hand in the military uniform.
He wanted to vent, he wanted to vent the anger and grief in his heart. At this moment, Xiang Ying was like countless useless men in the world, wanting to vent his emotions through a woman's body.
"Get out!" Cai Bixia finally broke away from him and slapped him again. This slap was harder, and soon Xiang Ying's face turned purple.
"Look at yourself, do you still look like a human being?" He pointed at the wine bottles on the ground, and the air was filled with a disgusting smell.
Xiang Ying was calmed down by this slap. He suddenly collapsed on the chair, held his face in his hands and started sobbing.
"Uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu do not know? Do you know? I have no future, my future has been destroyed by the master... Wuuuuuu!"
A grown man covered his face and cried like a child. As he cried, he repeated everything that happened that night. It was only then that Cai Bixia knew what happened.
When Cai Bixia heard that the head of state had recorded it in black and white, Xiang Ying's civilian career was abolished, which meant that he completely eliminated any attempt to move towards the position of prime minister.
Without civilian political experience, it is impossible to become the prime minister of a country, which means that Xiang Ying can only end up in the naval system for the rest of his life.
This passage in the daily life note is like a sword hanging over Xiang Ying's head. Normally you don't seem to feel his presence, but as long as the scene is right, anyone can use this sword to destroy Xiang Ying. career.
It is even impossible for Xiang Ying to become a marshal, because the head of state has determined that Xiang Ying has no overall view and no strategic vision. Such a person is nothing more than a naval general. A marshal's position that considers the strategic level is also No chance with him.
"How... how could this be possible? Wouldn't this ruin your whole life?" Cai Bixia's legs went weak and she sat on the chair.
"That's right! All my dreams have been ruined...completely ruined!"
"No, we can't do this. This punishment is too severe. I have to go to the master and ask for mercy!"
At the critical moment, Cai Bixia still felt more sorry for her lover. Don't look at her opposition to the assassination of Zai Chun, but she was just opposed to the cruel method of physical destruction.
Cai Bixia's thoughts were the same as those of the head of state. She hoped that the Manchu Qing Dynasty would fall and that Emperor Tongzhi would abdicate and then become a wealthy prince honestly.
As a woman, she could treat Emperor Tongzhi as an ignorant younger brother. She could punish him but not kill him. This was Cai Bixia's bottom line.
But when the situation is serious enough to destroy the life of her lover, a woman's natural ability to protect her calf comes to the fore.
Women are like this. The first thing is to protect their offspring, the second thing is to protect their men, and the third thing is to protect their family. After that, what country and nation will it be?
When I heard that my lover had suffered such a big loss, I quit and immediately went to the head of state to defend myself.
Xiang Ying held her hand tightly, "Don't go, it's useless...it's really useless, what can you say? The master didn't announce it publicly, just putting it in the daily life became a threat. It’s just a sharp blade for my whole life…”
"What can you change by going to the master? No one knows about this record except Wang Ju and Wang Junlan. Can you still force the master to erase it?"
"But...but Zai Chun is not dead! Do you want to ruin your whole life just for one unsuccessful assassination? This is unfair!"
