Liu Ziguang was still very busy every day, rushing back and forth to the imperial study, the Ministry of War, the Nanchang, the Marquis' Mansion, and the eldest princess. After Yuan Chonghuan and Xu Zengshou went on an expedition, he was the only one who knew the soldiers around the emperor. In addition to accompanying him every day,
In addition to discussing the military situation, the emperor also led the staff generals in the Ministry of War to continue planning the northern war. The northern front was different from the western front. The land and sea routes were smooth, and the telegraph signal was stronger. Xu Zengshou could rely on the staff headquarters in the capital to successfully fight this war.
battle.
Xu Zengshou's chief of staff is Liu Ziguang. Now he spends every day looking at the map to plan how to defeat the Manchus. If he can't finish the work, he has to do it at home. The study room of the Marquis Mansion is the best place. There is a small-scale sand table of the northern terrain.
Shandong, Hebei, the capital, outside the customs, Korea, including the East China Sea and the Bohai Sea are all shown on the sand table. The terrain is different, with rivers and cities. The mountains are made of mud and covered with moss. They are lush and green. The cities are carefully carved with wood.
It was painted with blue-gray paint, and there were flags representing different camps on it. The rivers and seas were really filled with water, and there were several model warships representing the Beiyang Navy floating on the sea. In addition, there were other models of various proportions.
Maps and enemy troop deployment information are placed on the bookshelf and can be accessed at any time.
Liu Ziguang was so busy running around all day that he had no time to care about the women at home, but he didn't need to worry about the women. Peng Jingrong was busy with the China Merchants Bureau all day, and Peng Jingwei and Liu Xiaomao sneaked away to live in Hongshan with the panda Panpan.
, Zhao Wen is pregnant, and a bunch of officials, eunuchs, and maids are so nervous that he doesn't need to intervene. He just needs to finish the things at hand every day, then change his clothes and go to Zeng Cheng's place to accompany his son. These days
Liu Kangang cried all night, but slept like a dead pig during the day. Zeng Cheng didn't trust the maid and wet nurse to take care of the child, so he always had to coax him personally. After a while, he became tired and thin. Liu Ziguang, the father, had no choice but to go into battle himself.
Soothe the children at night.
After returning from the Ministry of War, Liu Ziguang had been circling the sand table in the study, and then spread out papers to write and draw. He didn't even eat dinner. The maid Han Xueer heated up the food for the Marquis several times and brought it over again and again.
, but Liu Ziguang didn't even move his chopsticks.
"Master Marquis, if you don't eat, the lady will punish the slave." Han Xueer said with some dissatisfaction that her status was different from that of an ordinary maid, but she had slept with the Marquis, and sooner or later she would be upgraded to the role of aunt. Because she often
He went to the Marquis's bed, so he was favored by the Marquis and was the only servant who could enter the study.
Hearing Han Xueer's complaint, Liu Ziguang ignored it. Instead, he lowered his head and wrote quickly. After writing the last few words, he threw the brush away and laughed loudly: "It's done, Xueer, come over and let me hug you."
Han Xueer's face turned slightly red, knowing that the master was going to be rude again, but she still walked forward gently and stood in front of Liu Ziguang, who pulled her into his arms.
While they were making a fuss, Liu Ziguang heard a gurgling sound from his belly. He chuckled, let go of Han Xueer, walked to the coffee table and sat down to start eating. While Han Xueer was arranging her messy hair, she peeked at what Liu Ziguang had just written.
, at a startling glance, I only saw the head above: Strategies to deal with Manchu and Qing Dynasty Goryeo.
"Xue'er, come here and pour the wine." Liu Ziguang suddenly said, and Han Xue'er quickly responded: "Here he comes." He stepped forward and picked up the jug, poured wine for Liu Ziguang, and served him his meal.
Liu Ziguang left the house after dinner. He had to stay with his son and would not come back all night. Han Xueer packed up the dishes and glasses and left without touching anything else in the study.
Late at night, the Zhenwu Marquis Mansion was silent. A slender and agile figure quietly approached the study. The Marquis was heavily guarded and no one dared to break in. Therefore, even the study room was only a little hidden. The familiar figure avoided it.
He ignored the patrolling guards and entered the study without lighting a lamp or making any noise. He just came out after a while.
Early the next morning, Liu Ziguang came back yawning. It seemed that he had been troubled by Liu Kangyang all night and had not slept well. After he returned home, he lay down to sleep until someone from the Ministry of War came to urge him. Liu Ziguang, who was disturbed from his sweet dream, did not go.
The Ministry of War just asked people to hand over the things on the table in the study to the Ministry of War and ask him to send them to Wei Guogong by telegram. All this fell into Han Xueer's eyes.
The servants of Zhenwuhou's family are treated very well, with a monthly salary of thirty taels of silver and one day of holiday. Han Xueer, whose ancestral home is Shandong, rarely uses her own holiday and always gives it to others whenever she has a holiday. However,
This time, he was not as humble as usual, but took the initiative to find the housekeeper Liu Fu and said that he wanted to go out to meet his fellow villagers. Liu Fu naturally agreed and kindly told Han Xueer that he might as well play outside for a while and buy some rouge and gouache.
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Han Xueer left the Marquis Mansion and went all the way to the bustling Confucius Temple. On the way, she checked from time to time to see if anyone was following her. After finally confirming that no one was following her, she walked into a silk and satin shop that had been open in Nanjing for more than ten years.
"Miss, do you want to buy some silk?" the waiter in the shop greeted enthusiastically.
"Yes, do you have any good Su embroidery here?" Han Xueer replied.
"Su Xiu is in trouble. Miss Hang Xiu is the only one who wants to take a look?"
"I want a brocade with a pattern of mandarin ducks playing in the water. Is it available?"
A secret light flashed in the shop waiter's eyes, and he smiled and said: "Yes, this kind of brocade is very valuable. I wonder how much the lady can buy?"
Han Xueer followed up and said: "You can only decide after seeing the sample."
"Please wait a moment, please inform the shopkeeper." After the waiter finished speaking, he opened the curtain and entered the back of the shop. After a long time, he came out, opened the partition of the counter and apologized to Han Xueer with a smile: "I've been waiting for a long time, the shopkeeper, please come in."
Talk."
Han Xueer entered the backyard of the silk and satin shop. A person was sitting on the patio with his back to her, sipping tea. He didn't turn around when he heard someone coming, and said in a low voice: "Why are you looking for me so urgently? Could it be that you have already succeeded?
?”
Han Xueer naturally knew what the man meant by being successful, and defended: "Assassinating that man is impossible. No matter whether it is using weapons or poison, it is completely useless to him. This man is highly skilled in martial arts and vigilant. He can use daily necessities
Everything is supplied through special channels. Even the bathing water at home is transported from Tangshan. All drinking water, vegetables, meat, and food are specially supplied. They are inspected when entering the house, and they are inspected again when entering the kitchen.
The finished food has to be inspected. There is a Nanchang Qianhu named Da in his house who is in charge of this. He is a veteran in using poisons, so he has no chance to administer the medicine. As for assassinating with weapons, it is nonsense. Don't call me a weak person.
As a woman, it won’t help even if Batulu comes, so I don’t need to say more about this.”
After listening to Han Xueer's words, the man was obviously dissatisfied and said: "Are you here to emphasize the difficulties? Let me tell you, you are the only one left in Nanjing City who is still lurking, and the other brothers have all lost their temper.
The Empress Dowager has a strict order to take Liu Ziguang's life. You have tried every means to avoid taking action. Have you forgotten how your father died? Have you forgotten the high hopes the Empress Dowager had for you before leaving? Forgot.
Did you know how Liu Ziguang humiliated our emperor and massacred our soldiers?"
Han Xueer was a little moved by what he said, her big eyes filled with tears, and said: "Bingbing has not forgotten that Bingbinggou lives in the world and serves the person who killed his father every day just for revenge! But Bingbing also knows that there is something more important than revenge.
In the face of this matter, any hatred must be put aside for the time being. This is why I have been enduring the humiliation and dormant in Zhenwuhou Mansion."
After hearing this, the man couldn't help but trembled, and suddenly turned around. It was a handsome young man. "Do you have information about the mobilization of the Ming army?" the young man asked.
"Not only the mobilization, but also the deployment of troops, the main direction of attack, and the specific launch date. I think this information is far more important than a person's life." Han Xueer said.
"This is true. If we get this information, the Qing Dynasty will definitely win." The young man was a little excited, obviously he did not expect that Han Xueer could bring such important information.
Han Xueer lowered her voice and dictated to him what she saw last night. She did not make any notes, because any form of record is not as safe as keeping it in the mind. The spies of the Manchu Military Aircraft Department have all been trained to memorize such things.
, you won’t forget anything as long as you read or listen to it once.
Han Xueer only said it once, and the young man remembered it firmly in his mind. He asked with some worry: "It sounds like it should be true, but how can we ensure that the Ming army will act according to this plan?"
Han Xueer said: "There is no need to worry. This plan has been sent to the army via telegram. It must have been implemented. Our army will make corresponding arrangements based on the intelligence. This plan is interlocked and very thorough. I don't know if it will be used."
How much effort did that person put into it? I can conclude that this plan is true."
"Yes, I will arrange for a courier to go north urgently to report this important information. If handled properly, the Shandong Ming Army will be put to rest. However, Bingbing, you cannot leave just yet. You have to continue to lurk and carry out the assassination plan. You have been slow to move.
No matter what the reason is, it is wrong, and the higher ups are very dissatisfied with you."
"Don't I want to kill? As I said just now, taking action rashly will only cause the Qing Dynasty to lose its most hidden secret agent! How could you ever know how I feel? Facing the enemy who killed my father, I can only flatter and force a smile.
I still have to toss and turn under him! But my fiancé is being tortured in the prison of Nanchang! Every time this time, I will think, where are our warriors of the Qing Dynasty? It depends on me, a weak woman, to help.
Body, show your loyalty with tears! Can you understand this feeling? Can you feel it?"
Han Xueer suddenly became emotional, which surprised the young man. He was silent for a while and said: "Bingbing, you are not fighting alone. Our hearts are with you. You can go back. If you persist for a while, I will report it to the superiors.
, Arrange your affairs properly. Calm down, that’s what being a spy is like, only by being able to endure what ordinary people cannot endure can you achieve great things that ordinary people cannot. You should go back quickly, so as not to make people suspicious."
After a while, Han Xueer left the silk and satin shop with three feet of brocade under her arm, walked around the nearby shops, bought some odds and ends, and returned to the Marquis Mansion.
There was a shoe repair stall at the entrance of the silk and satin shop. He had been repairing a nail shoe worn on a rainy day seriously, without even looking inside the silk and satin shop. Shortly after Han Xueer left, the shoe repair customer came and asked
Said: "Old Chen, have my spikes been mended?"
"Just in time, thank you for a copper coin." The cobbler, known as Lao Chen, handed the repaired spikes to the guest, received a copper coin, and began to repair the shoes again.