"I know the dose you used is very small, otherwise you wouldn't be alive now..."
Facing Kobayakawa Takahide's sincere eyes, Akiyama Morie took another sip of fragrant tea and said:
Hearing what his sister said, Kobayakawa Takahide breathed a sigh of relief, and then said curiously:
"In that case, my good sister, why do you ask this?"
Akiyama Morie was silent for a while after hearing this, and then said quietly under Kobayakawa Takahide's doubtful eyes:
"Do you have the Yin Teng family's red medicine in your hand?"
Although Morie Akiyama did not reveal any more information, relying on his understanding of her, Takahide Kobayakawa also realized that this matter was not simple, and the only thing that made his good sister so concerned was that man's matter. .
After thinking for a while, a glint flashed in Kobayakawa Takahide's beautiful eyes, and he seemed to understand something and asked Akiyama Morie:
"Morei, do you suspect that someone gave him Yin Teng's red medicine?"
In response to Kobayakawa Takahide's rhetorical question, Akiyama Morie's eyes flashed with helplessness, but she still said nothing.
Seeing that Akiyama Morie was silent, Kobayakawa Takahide was also very sensible and did not continue to ask further questions but said:
"The Yin Teng family's red medicine is the best red medicine for Daozhu. It can cause people to be infected without taking it. The effect of the medicine is very fast and it also dissipates easily without leaving any clues. Therefore, this kind of red medicine It is very popular in Inazuma, and many dignitaries will treasure some!"
"However, because of the high cost and precious raw materials, the Yin Teng family only produces three bottles of red medicine every year. If you want to get this kind of red medicine, you need to reserve it at least three years in advance. As far as I know, the Yin Teng family's red medicine is sold every year. Inazuma is digested internally and rarely flows overseas..."
Kobayakawa Takahide wanted to continue talking, but was directly interrupted by Akiyama Morie and asked:
"do you have?"
Under his sister's sharp eyes, Kobayakawa Takahide hesitated for a moment, and then said helplessly:
"After that damn ghost died, his brother found some somewhere and wanted to use it on me, but I discovered it in advance. After I taught him a lesson, I confiscated the things from him!"
Akiyama Morie heard this and stretched out his hand and said calmly
"I don't care how you got it, just give it to me!"
Looking at the jade hand stretched out by his sister, Kobayakawa Takahide said helplessly:
"Why do I carry this kind of thing with me? If you really want it, I'll have someone take it to your old place later!"
Akiyama Morie took back his hand after hearing this and said:
"good!"
Looking at the cold sister in front of him, Kobayakawa Takahide, who had been suppressed, also deliberately fought back and said with a smile:
"My good sister, do you know why your sister came to Yi Jing this time?"
Akiyama Morie looked at Kobayakawa Takahide up and down after hearing this. Feeling the look in her eyes, the smile on Kobayakawa Takahide's face suddenly became more meaningful, and he deliberately supported her strong capital. However, just when she was very proud of her However, Akiyama Morie's words made the smile on her face completely freeze.
"I let you run away last time? Do you think he will let you run away now that you have come thousands of miles away..."
After saying this, Akiyama Morie took out a small medicine bottle from his sleeve and put it on the stone table. He said with some pity:
"Giving this to you will save you from suffering, sister. He has little pity for wild women! Women have to take care of themselves!"
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Huainan, Shouchun.
In the Governor's Mansion, Liu Chaohu bowed and carefully delivered a copy of the memorial to Xu Zhaojie and said:
"Mr. Governor, this is the battle report sent by General Zhao!"
Looking at the handed memorandum, Xu Zhaojie nodded slightly, and then waved his hand to indicate that Liu Chaohu could leave. Seeing Xu Zhaojie's waving arm, Liu Chaohu quickly lowered his head, not daring to look directly, bowed and quickly retreated.
In the assassination that took place in Tianquan Pavilion a few months ago, although Xu Zhaojie managed to escape with his life, two fingers were blown off. The occurrence of this incident undoubtedly made Xu Zhaojie, who was already violent, even more violent. Cruel and murderous.
Although he knew that this incident was done by Fengwu Army, for the sake of his own prestige, Xu Zhaojie could not publicly seek revenge on Fengwu Army. This huge grievance made him become extremely cruel. In order to vent his anger, Man, Xu Zhaojie killed tens of thousands of people in Shouchun, and the Huai River was dyed red for a while.
After killing tens of thousands of people, although the resentment in Xu Zhaojie's heart has dissipated, the two missing fingers on his left hand have become an eternal scar in the heart of Xu Zhaojie, who has always been pretentious. During this period, anyone who looks at him He is very sensitive to his left hand. For this reason, he already has five attendants and three maids who have sacrificed their young lives...
After taking the memorial, Xu Zhaojie immediately checked it. However, with a strategic glance, Xu Zhaojie angrily threw the memorial in his hand to the ground.
Although he occupied the prosperous Huainan, this did not make Xu Zhaojie feel satisfied. While he was digesting the results of Huainan's victory, he also watched the neighboring Jiangnan with eager eyes. Xu Zhaojie knew very well that as long as he captured Jiangnan, then He will no longer have to worry about finances and logistical supplies, and can devote all his energy to fighting the war.
Although Xu Zhaojie had been trying his best to hide his ambition in order not to arouse the alarm of Jiangnan, it was a pity that his appearance was too ugly. A Sannan governor directly made Jiangnan recognize his ambition. Began to seek to purchase firearms from Fengwu Army.
Although both Fengwu Army and Jiangnan wanted to deal with the arms purchase issue in a low-key manner and it was well known that they did not want to make the matter high-profile, but the arms purchase contract of 1.35 million taels is too huge. Even if you It is trying to cover up the news, but it is difficult to do so.
Soon Xu Zhaojie got the news and realized that the fat man in his mouth had made contact with his mortal enemy Fengwu Army and was about to be armed with Fengwu Army's firearms. The first thought that flashed through his mind was to take advantage of the opportunity. The two sides are still negotiating to capture Jiangnan quickly!
However, although Xu Zhaojie had this idea, the Zhennan Army under his command had experienced more than half a year of war and was exhausted from top to bottom. Everyone wanted their wives and children to have a good rest and have a good rest. The ground was freezing in the cold winter, so Xu Zhaojie had no choice but to give up the idea...
After being forced to give up the use of force, Xu Zhaojie wrote another letter to Jiangnan Governor Lu Jianchao, telling Lu Jianchao that the arms purchase contract between Jiangnan and Fengwu Army would break the peace in the region and bring war and disaster to the people of Jiangnan.
Lu Jianxiang bought firearms to guard against Xu Zhaojie, so he scoffed at Xu Zhaojie's threat of war and did not buy it at all.
Seeing Lu Jianchao's contempt, Xu Zhaojie wanted to send troops immediately, but was dissuaded by his generals. Just when Xu Zhaojie was at his wits' end, his masters came up with two tricks for him. The first one was to encourage Jingchu inspector Sun Liangyu to report to Lu Jianchao. Fengwujun and Jiangnan extorted huge tolls.
The second is to submit a letter to the Luo'an court, asking the Luo'an court to rebuke Lu Jianchao's arms purchase plan in the name of the little emperor, and put pressure on Lu Jianchao in public opinion, thus forcing Lu Jianchao to give up this arms purchase with the Fengwu Army.
I have to say that these two moves were indeed more effective than Xu Zhaojie's military threat. This first move directly forced both parties to change from land to water, delaying the delivery plan of the military purchase and delaying the delivery by a full two months.
And this second move was even more effective. Because they were also worried that the Fengwu Army would increase in strength after acquiring Jiangnan's wealth, the Luo'an court was also very hardworking on Xu Zhaojie's request, and directly launched a series of attacks in the name of the little emperor. Seven imperial edicts were given to Lu Jianchao. The powerful public opinion offensive directly made Lu Jianchao, who was a civil servant, once want to give up military purchases... ··
However, feeling Xu Zhaojie's eager gaze, Lu Jianchao finally gritted his teeth and persisted. Seeing that his conspiracy failed, the Fengwu Army's firearms were transported along the offshore sea to the south of the Yangtze River. Naturally, Xu Zhaojie would not just watch. Fatty was armed with the firearms of the Fengwu Army, so he quickly ordered the navy in Huainan to intercept the navy in Jiangnan offshore.
However, Xu Zhaojie's idea is good, but the reality is cruel!
Huainan has water networks all over the south of the Yangtze River and has been a naval powerhouse since ancient times. After Xu Zhaojie captured Shouchun, Huainan's navy surrendered to Xu Zhaojie. However, Xu Zhaojie was a general on horseback, so he did not attach much importance to the development of the navy and let himself Zhao Hanshu, his crony, took over the navy.
In addition, following the Tianquan Pavilion assassination, Xu Zhaojie raised his butcher knife and massacred dissidents in Shouchun. Although this massacre stabilized Xu Zhaojie's rule, it also put everyone in Huainan in danger. In such a general environment, In addition, in order to seize power in the navy as soon as possible, Zhao Hanshu dismissed many generals in the Huainan Navy through nepotism. This caused dissatisfaction among many people in the navy, and they defected to Jiangnan one after another.
The Huainan Navy was not as powerful as the Jiangnan Navy, but now that so many backbones have escaped due to rebellion, its strength has declined very quickly. In addition to the order issued to Xu Zhaojie this time, Zhao Hanshu committed a crime in order to claim credit and reward from Xu Zhaojie as soon as possible. It is a big taboo in the military that a layman leads an expert and uses his infantry experience to command the navy...
Therefore, in the offshore battle, the Huainan Navy not only failed to prevent the Jiangnan Navy and Fengwu Army from purchasing arms, but was ambushed by the Jiangnan Navy. The Huainan Navy suffered thousands of casualties and damaged dozens of large and small ships. , even Zhao Hanshu himself almost died under the crossbow of Jiangnan Navy, and finally managed to escape back to the shore under the desperate protection of the guards.
After this battle, the Huainan Navy was seriously injured and was no longer able to interfere with the Fengwu Army and Jiangnan's arms purchases in a short period of time. Zhao Hanshu originally wanted to cover up this fiasco, but the casualties were too heavy, half of the Huainan Navy All his strength was lost, so Zhao Hanshu could only report the losses truthfully.
However, as a close confidant of Xu Zhaojie, he was also well aware of Xu Zhaojie's temper. In order to prevent himself from being stabbed by Xu Zhaojie's Kacha, he also added fuel to the battle report to Xu Zhaojie in order to clear himself of his responsibilities and put the defeated The head of responsibility was shifted to the general of the Huainan Navy, saying that the officers and men of the Huainan Navy did not obey orders and were afraid of the enemy. Although he personally went to the front line to supervise the formation, he was still unable to make a difference.
Although Zhao Hanshu tried his best to clear himself and hoped to get through, he seemed to have underestimated Xu Zhaojie!
Since Xu Zhaojie sent him to take over the Huainan Navy, he naturally understood what kind of character he was, and could also see the true situation in his battle report!
"Chaohu, go to the Navy and bring me Zhao Hanshu's head..."
After hearing Xu Zhaojie's order, Liu Chaohu was also stunned. He had heard about the disastrous defeat of the navy. Although Xu Zhaojie knew that such a disastrous defeat would never let Zhao Hanshu go easily, but directly killing Zhao Hanshu still made him feel a little surprised. Unexpected!
Facing Xu Zhaojie's order, Liu Chaohu hesitated for a moment, and then cautiously warned:
"Sir, Zhao Hanshu has been following you for decades, and has always been loyal to you. This time the navy suffered a disastrous defeat. Although Zhao Hanshu is shouldering the responsibility, can you give him a chance to explain?"
After hearing Liu Chaohu's words, Xu Zhaojie immediately turned his attention to him and said calmly:
"I know that you have a close relationship with him. You are still his cousin-in-law. That's why I let you go instead of letting others go. Take this opportunity to say goodbye to him!"
Liu Chaohu's last glimmer of hope was completely shattered when he heard this. Although he really wanted to persuade Xu Zhaojie to see if there was a chance to save Zhao Hanshu's life, his reason told him that since Xu Zhaojie had said so, there was no room for maneuver. If he was not wise, not only would he not be able to save Zhao Hanshu, but he might get burned himself. So after hesitating for a while, Liu Chaohu finally chose to give up and said in a very low mood:
"yes!"
Looking at Liu Chaohu's lost back, Xu Zhaojie sighed secretly in his heart. Although he was ruthless, humans are not grass and trees, and no one can be ruthless. As Liu Chaohu just said, Zhao Hanshu has followed him for decades and has always been loyal, and so has he. I trust him very much, otherwise I would not let him take over the navy. If it were for other things, I might not be able to spare his life, but this time it is not possible... ···············
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