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Chapter 154 Changes in Dongwanlu (Part ) Please subscribe! ! !
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Zhong Yilin and his wife returned to the manor outside the city. Liu Wanying went straight to her room. Zhong Yilin didn't care about her. He first ordered the guard leader to quickly summon the manpower in the manor to do a good job of protection.

The guard leader took the order and left, and soon all the dangerous places in the manor were covered with fully armed guards.

Zhong Yilin thought again about why he hadn't seen Zeng Ze coming to inquire after it had been so long since he had been back.

He asked the servant to inquire, and the servant reported that Manager Zeng also left after he went to the city to attend the funeral. The servant did not know where Manager Zeng had gone.

Zhong Yilin immediately understood what was going on, which made him feel relieved.

……

When gunshots were heard in Dongwanlu City, Zhong Yilin's heart immediately beat wildly.

"bang"

The door was pushed open, and Liu Wanying, whose tears were still wet, ran straight to Zhong Yilin, "Husband, there are gunshots in the city. Something must have happened. Please send someone to the city to check the situation. Is there something wrong with my family?"

Although Zhong Yilin knew what was going on in the city, he could not reveal his plans yet.

He leaned over and helped his wife up, "Madam, don't be anxious. This matter cannot be rushed. My father-in-law's behavior today is very unusual. Didn't you notice?"

Liu Wanying was crying non-stop at this moment. She had no time to think about anything else. As soon as her husband reminded her, she immediately realized something was wrong.

"Husband, you mean that father has been prepared?"

"Well, Madam, please don't forget that before we got married, our Nanhua Company traded thousands of Martini Henry rifles to your Liu family.

When we got married, we were given 500 rifles and 10000 rounds of ammunition as betrothal gifts.

These rifles and bullets are not a small number, and there are only a few hundred Dutch people coming today. How can thousands of guns not deal with these hundreds of Dutch people? "

After hearing Zhong Yilin's analysis, Liu Wanying immediately stopped crying, and instead felt a sense of sudden joy.

The husband was right. When my father said nothing to the husband, his reaction was very abnormal.

Under normal circumstances, the father-in-law and son-in-law would have to fight each other, and even if they didn't turn against each other on the spot, they would still have to curse a few times to vent their inner dissatisfaction. This is a normal reaction.

Not only did his father remain calm, but he told him to leave quickly.

Before, I was sad and didn't think much about it. Now that I think about it, my father had indeed made preparations, otherwise he wouldn't have been so straightforward.

He must have had the intention of continuing to have good relations with Nanhua Company after driving away the Dutch, so he did not speak harshly to his husband.

"What do you mean, husband? My father has long since saved the money and tricked the Dutch into entering the city, closing the door and beating the dogs in the jar to catch the turtles, leaving the Dutch to suffer?"

Zhong Yilin nodded, "Madam is really smart, she can tell you everything!"

After hearing her husband's praise, Liu Wanying was not very happy, but instead became sad again.

"It's just that this bullet has no eyes. I don't know how many of my Liu family members will survive after this battle. Why does God torture my Liu family like this?"

Zhong Yilin felt very uncomfortable after hearing this. This time it was indeed Nanhua Company who was trying to seize Liu's foundation.

But this cannot be blamed on the Nanhua Company. The Liu family is too weak and incompetent. Without the Nanhua Company here, today would be the day the Liu family was destroyed.

After Nanhua Company took over Dongwanlu City, it was able to at least keep the Liu family's bloodline alive. This was already a great blessing. What else could the Liu family complain about?
  "Husband, where is Manager Zeng? Why haven't you seen anyone else?"

Hearing his wife ask about Zeng Ze, Zhong Yilin was a little panicked. He replied stiffly, "He, he has returned to Pontianak Port. In such troubled times, no one can be there to take charge."

Liu Wanying thought it was reasonable and didn't think much about it.

Seeing that his wife was fine, Zhong Yilin felt a little more relaxed, so he pulled his wife to sit down and comforted her that it was useless to be anxious at the moment and that she had to wait patiently.

Next, the two couples sat stiffly in the room waiting for news. By night, the sound of gunfire in the city had stopped.

Zhong Yilin and his wife were anxious to know the latest news. Liu Wanying proposed to send someone to the city to inquire about the news. Zhong Yilin agreed without much thought.

The manor guard leader Qiu Fu took orders and led more than ten guards out of the manor gate.

This group of people returned within an hour of leaving, and they brought back earth-shattering news. Of course, this was only for Liu Wanying. Liu Enguan and Dutchman Justin Fanjiada were assassinated when they entered the city. Then the Dutch fought back angrily and wanted to kill Liu's family to vent their anger.

Therefore, the Liu clan suffered heavy losses, leaving only more than ten clan wives headed by Liu Mei and five or six Liu clan's children.

Liu Wanying fainted immediately after hearing this. Zhong Yilin hurriedly asked his servants to help him and placed his wife in the bedroom first.

After confirming that his wife was just in a coma due to shock and anger, she regained consciousness completely after pinching her.

Zhong Yilin was relieved, and after a few words of comfort, he said goodbye to his wife, and then pulled Qiu Fu to continue asking about other situations.

"Who is in power in the city now, who attacked my father-in-law and the Dutch?"

Qiu Fu replied: "My subordinates found out that the assassins of Liu and the Dutch were the rebel forces in the city, led by Liang Luyi and Luo Yibo.

They didn't trust the Dutch, and they hated the Liu family for losing power and humiliating the country.

So they gathered their forces and wiped out the Dutch who entered the city. Now they want to welcome you into the city to take charge of the overall situation. "

Hearing this, Zhong Yilin felt numb all over and his breathing became tense.

But I sighed secretly in my heart, it must have been so easy!
  The main reason why this could be accomplished so easily was because the secret agents of Nanhua Company, headed by Zeng Ze, had laid out their plans early.

When Shi Jintang first arrived in Borneo, he established contact with the dissatisfied forces in Dongwanlu City.

Liang Luyi and Luo Lanbo had always had great ambitions, and they had long disliked the Liu family's behavior of humiliating themselves to welcome the Dutch.

As soon as these two young men heard that Nanhua Company was a colonial force headed by Chinese, they took the initiative to come over and expressed their admiration for Shi Jintang.

Therefore, Shi Jintang told the two of them to stay dormant and wait for the opportunity. Liang and Luo immediately obeyed and decided to abide by Nanhua Company's guidelines.

Therefore, after Ye Shilong became the chief representative, he established a secret relationship with these two young people.

During his tenure as chief representative, the weapons and equipment given to Liang and Luo were much more than those of Lanfang Company.

Later, Ye Shilong was transferred to Vietnam, and Zeng Ze took over the secret contact with Liang and Luo.

Today's battle is entirely due to the secret agents of Nanhua Company. Zeng Ze is lurking in the dark and commanding the battle remotely.

Now that the general trend has been established, Zhong Yilin's entry into Dongwanlu City is a certainty.

He has no extra thoughts at the moment. His own safety is the most important thing now.

He told Qiu Fu: "It's dark now. It's better to enter the city again tomorrow morning. In addition, the Liu family members must not be harmed again and must be taken care of. We also need to find out who the Liu family members are who survived, so that Madam, rest assured."

Qiu Fu immediately nodded in agreement and left the manor to go into the city to deliver the letter.

Zhong Yilin returned to the dormitory, took his wife in his arms and comforted her carefully. After a while, Qiu Fu came back from the city and came to report.

"I'm telling you, Madam, the surviving Liu family members in the city are the old lady Liu Mei, the eldest lady Liu Gao, the second lady Liu Zhong, the third son Liu Chuntian and his wife, and more than ten other Liu family members. "

After listening to this, Liu Wanying could no longer hold on and cried in her husband's arms.

……

After such torment until dawn, Liu Wanying finally couldn't bear it and fell asleep.

Zhong Yilin carefully placed his wife and asked his servants to take good care of her.

With the help of his servants, he straightened his clothes, got up and went to the door. He saw the guard leader Qiu Fu standing outside the door together with hundreds of guards, silently getting ready.

When Zhong Yilin saw such a heroic soldier, his ambition surged in his chest.

Taking a deep breath, he ordered in a deep voice: "Enter the city!"

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