Tian Tonghe is very shrewd.
He had actually been paying attention to the huge movement outside the city yesterday. At night, when the cavalry of the Northern Navy passed outside the city and returned to the north of the boundary river with great fanfare, he knew that something was wrong.
It's not like he hasn't thought about running away, but where can he go? In the twelfth lunar month of winter, Tian Tonghe could only run to Kulun. But if the trading city is really captured because of his escape, not only will he lose his head, but he will even suffer the consequences of his eldest brother Tian Tongzhou and the proprietor Chang's family.
Sure enough, when he followed Wu Yi into the government office, soldiers immediately surrounded him and tied him up. Afterwards, Wu Yi and Dai Peng, the leader in official uniforms, came out and scolded Tian Tong and the thieves for being cowardly and colluding with Rakshasa to start border provocations. Now that it was for the safety of the imperial court and the plan of the entire city's military and civilians, they were to be locked up. Leave it to the North Navy for disposal.
After hearing these sanctimonious remarks, Tian Tonghe said nothing and thought to himself, how can you idiots guard the country's borders? What a betrayal of divine grace! It's a pity that all my lofty ambitions have been wasted, that's all!
After successfully capturing Tian Tonghe, Dai Peng ordered his soldiers to go outside the city and shoot a letter to the other side of the boundary river, informing the Northern Navy of the location where the prisoners would be handed over.
At the end of the afternoon, Yu Jinshui led a squadron of the Northern Navy and escorted the Tsarist Russian businessman Pavlov to the agreed place by the woods five miles outside the city. No one in the Beihai Navy had seen Tian Tonghe, so they had to bring Pavlov over to identify him.
After Pavlov, who was bruised and swollen, confirmed that it was correct, Yu Jinshui handed over to Dai Peng with satisfaction. According to Lu Shoushan's order, Yu Jinshui also gave the other party ten sea otter skins and several large packages of matches, which shocked Dai Peng.
Do you want it? Dai Peng struggled for a while and decided to accept it. Keep a line in your life so that we can meet again in the future! He decided to meet Wu Yi and share half of the money when he went back, so that if anything happened, we could all shoulder it together; and even if it was what he kept, he didn't intend to take it, and planned to exchange it all for money and give it to his subordinates.
Only when everyone gets into the water together can we be safe. These words were taught to me by Master En who was from the same place as me and came from the capital camp when I was in the prisoner camp.
Tian Tonghe has been to the square Russian city opposite the Buying City many times, but the town to the north has never been. However, when he was taken into the Northern Navy Barracks on the east side of Kyaktu Town, he saw a scene he would never forget.
In the biting cold wind, a red flag fluttered high in the center of the military camp playground. Except for the sentry in the guard box at the entrance of the barracks, there was no one else on the playground, but bursts of uniform readings came from the barracks not far away.
"... Mencius said: "I am good at cultivating my awe-inspiring spirit. "There are seven qi in that country, and I have one qi. If one is against seven, why should I be in trouble! What's more, this is the righteousness of heaven and earth..."
"...He who knows the terrain is also assisted by soldiers. Predict the enemy's victory and plan for dangers near and far..."
"Song of Righteousness? Sun Tzu's Art of War? Is this a barracks?!"
Hearing the sound of reading in his ears, Tian Tonghe's eyes suddenly widened, and his jaw almost fell to the ground and was trampled by the horse's hooves. Although I had my doubts, the wooden sign hanging at the door when I came in had already stated that this was where the Beihai Navy was stationed.
As a scholar, he asked himself that he had traveled all over the country for so many years. He had been to Wuyi Mountain in the south, Tianjin in the east, and Ulia Sutai in the west, but he had never seen the imperial court organizing officers and soldiers to study; even if he looked at the history books, I have never seen a single word.
In such cold weather, what are the officers and soldiers of the imperial court usually doing? Except for those on duty, others were either drinking and gambling, or huddled in bed and slept with their heads covered. read? Don't be ridiculous, is that grass growing on the ancestor's grave?
Furthermore, the ancients have long said, "Every general wants to be strict, and every soldier wants to be stupid." If the soldiers were not stupid, who would fight to the death on the battlefield?
Yu Jinshui, who was on the side, saw Tian Tonghe with his mouth open and a stunned expression on his face, and felt funny in his heart. I remember when I was in Beihai Town, Mr. Wang, the principal of the primary school, saw the soldiers reading and writing for the first time. His jaw could hit a hole in the ground!
Thinking of this, Yu Jinshui couldn't help but feel a little proud. When he got off the ship and arrived in Beihai Town, he was still an illiterate refugee. Now he is a lieutenant staff officer who can read 800 characters! Even if you don't serve as a soldier, various workshops in Beihai Town will compete for them, and it is even said that you will become a cadre in civil affairs.
Bah bah! What are you thinking about? ! I'm not leaving. I want to conquer the world with Mr. Zhao and become a general!
Stopping his chaotic thoughts, Yu Jinshui jumped off his horse, pointed at Pavlov, Tian Tong and his two soldiers and said: "Put them in the solitary room first and hold them separately!"
After completing the report with Lu Shoushan, Yu Jinshui immediately began the interrogation. Tian Tonghe had no other thoughts at this time and knew that it was useless to quibble, so he planned to tell the truth.
But after arriving in the interrogation room, he encountered something very strange.
Yu Jinshui, who was in charge of the interrogation, first asked someone to take off Tian Tonghe's robe, leaving only a white singlet on top. A North Korean soldier wearing a red armband first tied his chest and abdomen with two black straps, and tied them to the chair.
Then a tightly tied blue "cloth belt" was tied to his left arm; it was called a "cloth bag" because Tian Tonghe couldn't tell what material it was made of.
Finally, the soldier tied two more black cloth bags around Tian Tonghe's left index finger and ring finger.
Tian Tonghe noticed that all the "bags" tied to his body were connected to a long black string, leading to a flat square box on the table in front of Yu Jinshui. And there was a thin black rope extending from the flat square box, which seemed to be connected to a very strange flat black box on the table. The box was about one foot square, made of either gold or jade, and there was a small lamp burning at the bottom.
The traitorous bandit Zhao in the north knew sorcery and could see hundreds of miles at night, and he could pick off people's heads just like picking out objects from a bag. This news had long spread to everyone outside the Jiangnan Wall. Only then did Tian Tonghe think of the rumor, and his fear became even more intense.
According to what he had seen and heard in the Manchu Qing Dynasty, people like him who entered the yamen would first have to stop and then ask questions. But without beating or scolding, what's the point of tying up a bunch of weird straps?
So he twisted on his chair with a frightened expression and screamed: "What is this?! Are you trying to do evil to me?"
The soldier from the Northern Navy wearing an armband next to him shouted sternly: "Be honest! Sit still and don't move, put your hands on the armrests!"
At this time, Yu Jinshui slowly said: "Tian Tonghe, be honest, this thing can't kill you! But if you are not honest, we have hundreds of ways to make you talk! The only thing is whether you can get out alive by then. It’s hard to say.”
After that, he took out a black short stick from the drawer of the table in front of him and motioned to Tian Tonghe. Tian Tonghe saw two gray-white nail-like objects exposed from the top of the short stick. While it was in the clouds and fog, he suddenly saw a bright white arc of lightning flashing between the tips of the two nails, and a crackling sound was heard immediately.
Tian Tonghe was shocked and thought that this was really a sorcery. If he got hit with it, it might be wiped out. He quickly nodded his head and apologized: "No! I said it, I said it all!"
At this moment, in an officer's barracks on the other side of the military camp, Polya, who was wearing a military uniform that was obviously one size too big, was wiping the big bump on Fan Tong's forehead with gauze dipped in safflower oil.
Fatty Fan now looked like he was seriously ill. He had completely lost the energy he had when he beat up Pavlov and Ragutin last night. He leaned on the bedside and looked at the blond girl in front of him, feeling so beautiful in his heart.
“It’s so beautiful~~”
"Fan, what are you talking about?"
"Huh? No, I said you are so beautiful!"
Polya smiled shyly and asked, "Does your head still hurt?"
Fan Tong shook his head. At this moment, he felt a little melancholy. Because of the language barrier, it was difficult for him to express more of his feelings to the other party. But he knew that Polya was a good girl. When he was tied up in the mountain col yesterday, the blonde girl stood in front of him several times to prevent Lagutin and his men from harming her.
Thinking of this, Fan Tong looked at Polya across from him with affectionate eyes, and said in his half-baked Russian: "Thank you, Polya."
Polya smiled so sweetly. She suddenly stretched out her arms, hugged Fatty Fan's head, and kissed him on the forehead. Then he turned around and said softly in a voice as pleasant as plucking strings: "Have a good rest, I'm leaving."
Fan Tong was stunned at this moment, his heart was beating wildly, and he watched blankly as a streak of blond hair disappeared behind the door. After a while, he suddenly clenched his fist and waved it while shouting "Hi" excitedly.
But what Fan Tong didn't see was that not long after, the blush on Polya's face had not dissipated when she left the military camp and was walking home, looking as happy as a swallow.
However, when she passed by the door of a private house, she found that two middle-aged Russian women in the yard looked at her with a little disgust. Polya seemed to understand something, and a trace of sadness appeared in her eyebrows.
After entering November, the atmosphere in the entire Beihai Town became joyful, and the residential areas were decorated with lanterns and colorful lights. Whether you are an old resident or a newcomer this year, every household wants to prepare a gift that expresses their feelings.
Nothing else. In a few days, Zhao Xin will get married to the eldest daughter of the Shen family!
During the lunch break, in the principal's office of Beihai Town Primary School, the principal Lao You was talking with the vice principal Wang Zhong.
"Principal You, Wang has something to ask."
"Lao Wang, tell me what you have to say, no need to be so polite."
"Wang knows that you and King Zhao are both from the same place, but what Wang really doesn't understand is that for such a big event as King Zhao's marriage, why can't the two high officials attend?"
"Uh..." Lao Youxin said, this is really a pot that cannot be opened. What should he say? Lao Youxin said that if this was his son, I would definitely beat him to death.
He smiled awkwardly and said to Wang Zhong: "It's too far, it's really too far to get through."
Wang Zhong said in surprise: "There is a large iron ship in Beihai Town that rides the wind and waves and can travel hundreds of miles a day. I heard that it can travel up to ten thousand miles. Even if it is far away, can we pick it up in advance?"
Lao You was heartbroken and entered the making-up mode, so he explained: "The wind and waves in the southern hemisphere are high and fast. When we came here, we almost fainted. Zhao Xin, oh no, King Zhao's parents are old. If something goes wrong halfway, then he will be guilty of a big crime."
"Oh, that's true."
Just when Wang Zhong was about to ask again that now that Beihai Town had conquered such a large territory, the old King Zhao and the princess could not always be separated from their son, when someone knocked on the door lightly from outside.
Lao You was granted amnesty and quickly shouted: "Please come in!"
The door opened slightly, and a young woman with glossy black hair on her head, without makeup and her face as bright as the morning glow reflecting the snow, walked in. She also held a light blue oil-paper umbrella in her hand, which was stained with a little bit of oil. snowflake. When she saw that Wang Zhong was there, she quickly said: "It turns out to be Mr. Wang, Zhenyi was rude."
After saying that, he turned around and was about to leave. Lao You quickly stood up and stopped him, saying with a smile on his face: "It's okay, it's okay. Principal Wang and I were chatting. Mr. De, are you looking for me if you have something? Do you need my help with anything?"
Wang Zhong knew that Wang Zhenyi worshiped Lao You and studied martial arts. Wang Zhong still admired Wang Zhenyi very much. Not only was this girl outstanding in appearance, he admired her very much for her self-respecting and self-loving character. If Lao You hadn't gotten there first, Wang Zhong would have wanted to accept such a student.
"Principal You, since your disciple has something to do, let's talk about it another day."
Lao You was eager to hear this and said quickly: "Okay, okay! Let's talk some other time."
As soon as Wang Zhong went out, Wang Zhenyi, who was originally a little cautious, breathed a sigh of relief. This Wangzhong kept a straight face all day long, and sometimes he would be harsh when he was lecturing others. Almost everyone in the school, except Lao You, was not afraid of him.
Oh, it seems that guy is not afraid either. Sometimes I can see the two of them having heated debates in Wang Zhong's office. I really don’t know why that guy is so idle all day long?
Wang Zhenyi has been studying with Lao You in Beihai Town for almost a year. Now she has learned high school mathematics. The progress makes Lao You very happy.
This girl is extremely smart and hardworking. She has now learned logarithmic functions and solid geometry. If he studied for another two years and reached advanced mathematics, Lao You felt that he would have a hard time. The problem is that they can also shoot arrows, recite poems and paint, but Laoyou can't keep up with him in these areas.
Wang Zhenyi took out the exercise book from the plain handbag she carried with her and handed it to Lao You, saying that she wanted to ask for help on a few questions she had done before. Lao You put on his spectacles and first watched the process of her doing the questions, then looked at the answers, and then analyzed and explained them one by one for a long time.
After Wang Zhenyi almost understood it, she looked at the clock on the wall and saw that it was already four o'clock in the afternoon. When Wang Zhenyi saw that it was getting late, she quickly saluted and thanked Lao You, put away her things, and left the elementary school.
In fact, judging from Wang Zhenyi's ability, she is more than enough to be a Chinese studies teacher or a mathematics teacher in Beihai Town Primary School, but Miss Wang likes to delve into the sea of questions. From Lao You's point of view, he hopes that he can cultivate a top mathematical talent in this time and space, so that his trip will not be in vain.
It is said that one should have awe of history, and this is even more obvious in Lao You. Whether it is Wang Zhong or Wang Zhenyi, Lao You always treats them with the attitude of treating their seniors and is always polite; even as a disciple, Wang Zhenyi, he has never said a harsh word.
As a mathematics enthusiast, Lao You knows that it is precisely because of these famous and accomplished scholars in history that China's ancient civilization shines brightly.
Wang Zhenyi left Lao You's office. The snow outside was heavier than when she came out at noon. She usually spends her afternoons either doing homework and reading in the school library or reading at home. Usually at 5:30 in the afternoon, she would walk out of the house with her food box, go to the cafeteria to get a half-portioned dinner, and then go to the hospital to find her father, Wang Xichen. After the father and daughter had dinner together, she would not go home with her father until eight o'clock.
Although it was still early and he could go home and read a few pages to pass the time, Wang Zhenyi suddenly felt upset and lost interest in reading. She held an umbrella and walked south along the stone streets. After more than 20 minutes, she arrived at the coast.
Snowflakes were flying in the sky, the sky and the earth were white, and the unfrozen sea became calm at this time, slowly hitting the shoals on the shore.
Because the port where ships were berthed was moved to Whale Bay in the southwest during the summer, the earliest temporary dock south of Beihai Town was gradually abandoned and the only remaining wooden trestle will be demolished in the spring of next year.
However, Wang Zhenyi felt that it was a pity that the towering chimneys on the east bank of the Xila River really made the scenery a bit unsightly, so she closed her eyes and listened to the rustling of snowflakes all around, feeling that it was really quiet.
After a while, Wang Zhenyi felt a little cold, and was about to turn around and go back, when she suddenly heard a voice behind her that told her that she didn't mean to hate, and that she didn't mean to hate.
"Girl, it's too cold and the beach is too dangerous. How about we go back?"
Wang Zhenyi prepared her expression for a moment, then made a look like her eyebrows were upturned and her almond-shaped eyes were wide-open. She looked back and said angrily: "I want you to take care of me! If you come near me again, I will hit you with a slingshot!"
"Meow~~"
"Puch~" A cat meowed from the man's arms, coupled with a fat cat head emerging from the man's chest, finally ruined the expression that Wang Zhenyi had finally prepared. She covered her mouth happily, raised her head and looked at the person opposite.
There were only two of them on this stretch of beach at this time.
One is a pretty woman wearing a red cloak holding a light blue oil umbrella; the other is a tall man wearing black clothes, with his head covered in wind and snow, and a fat cat head exposed on his chest.
Wang Zhenyi frowned slightly when she saw his head covered with snowflakes. She stepped forward, stood on tiptoes and held the end of the umbrella handle, trying to shield him from the snowflakes. But suddenly a gust of sea breeze blew and the paper umbrella was swept away.
The two of them just stood in the snow, looking at each other. Snowflakes fell on their eyebrows, which made their originally dim vision suddenly brighten, and the sky and earth became clear.
Looking at the proud and independent woman in red across from him, Zhao Xin suddenly remembered the song "Bodhisattva Man" written by Wang Zhenyi in another time and space. The second half of it read: "The fragrant soul is cut off by sorrow, and the cuckoo calls the moon on the spring platform. Jade He is the most beautiful among the three Wus, and he is romantic and lonely in dreams."
Perhaps because of his own appearance, this woman who is "the most beautiful in beauty" will never be able to "live in her youth" again, right?
Thinking of this, Zhao Xin suddenly felt a wave of guilt welling up in his heart. He asked someone to kidnap this talented but short-lived woman to Beihai Town, but he never explained anything to her.
Tell Wang Zhenyi to be your lover from now on? Zhao Xin felt that he would definitely hit him all over the head with a slingshot!
When he and A Miao came out of the office just now, he saw the distant figure who looked like Wang Zhenyi, so he sent A Miao back first, but he followed up with King Duofu in his arms by accident. As for why he hugged Duofu, Zhao Xin didn't know. Maybe he could make up a reason just in case the other party asked, "Why are you here?"
For example, taking a cat out to go to the toilet...
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