open sea

Chapter 856 Flying Fish
Tianjin, Beiyang.

Smoke and dust billowed from the official road in front of the gate of the military mansion. Five knights in scarlet robes rode forward two horsemen, and rushed towards the pass without dodging or evading. The leader held the rein with one hand and took out a tooth card. I can't even see what is written on the tooth plate.

All I could hear was a condescending reprimand: "The factory guard is doing business, turn on and off the defense!"

Seeing that the knights were running towards the rejecting horse unabated, the two guards in the Beiyang Army Mansion looked at each other. Instead of withdrawing the rejecting horse, they unanimously pulled out the thorns and put them on the blunderbuss bed. There was a sound, and another person aimed at the galloping horse with a gun in a standing position.

boom!
The sound of gunshots sounded, and the scarlet-robed knight hurriedly reined in the reins. The painful horse raised its front hooves high and drew two traces of dirt on the ground.

The bannerman who had released the lead in his chamber held his blunderbuss obliquely after rejecting the horse, the sharp thorns shining in the sun, another bannerman's bird gun was set up on the rejecting horse, the muzzle pointing half a step away and covered with an iron mask A's horse's head moved without any hesitation.

"Bastard!"

Scarlet-robed knight hastily reined in his horse, frightened and angry, and raised his whip to strike, but the whip couldn't fall down against the black muzzle.

Banner's murderous look was restrained, and he said: "The villain knows the bullfighting uniform on your body, but you don't know the Beiyang military law. You should get off the horse. It would be a pity to kill a Western horse."

It seems that the knight did not expect the guards of the Beiyang Army to be so arrogant, and he let go of the blunderbuss as soon as he said it. At this time, listening to the continuous ups and downs of the horns in the battalion and the sound of soldiers and horses running in line, it seemed a bit difficult to get off, as if looking for confidence, he He looked back at his companion angrily.

Unexpectedly, none of the other four riders stood with him, and even the horse that started to attack the defense with him withdrew back, and surrounded a chubby fat man.

That fat man is none other than Xu Jue, the governor of Jin Yi, who now has power in the government and the public.

Xu Jue looked like an outsider, looking at the entrance of the military mansion as if watching a play, pointing at the people around him from time to time, and laughing, it seemed that he was not at all with him.

"The factory guard waist card Zhang Wulao is holding is going to reveal his secrets. Let's see, when Ye Mengxiong's old Guang comes out, he will definitely be punished, and he will definitely be cowardly in a while."

After Xu Jue finished speaking, several internal officials wearing flying fish bullfighting uniforms around him burst into laughter, but they didn't expect that the rider in front did not fight the bull with the guards, but came back on his own horse, and said angrily: "You dare to fight against the guards!" Stop me, Commander Xu, can you bear this?"

His name is Zhang Xun, and his nickname is Zhang Wulao. He is the younger brother of the eunuch Zhang Jing, a close confidant of the emperor, and also the grandson-in-law of his relative Li's family.

"Don't ask me." Xu Jue was happy, got off the saddle and put his hands in his trouser pockets along the seam of the boa robe, looked around and said with a smile: "This matter will be left to me, anyway, I can bear it."

"Can you bear it?"

Xu Jue nodded seriously, followed by pulling out his hand from his trouser pocket, pointing to the gate of the military mansion: "He has come out, you can't do it, run now, if you are caught late, I will kill Uncle Wu Qing and his old man!" Can't say anything, don't forget who the Minister of Beiyang is."

Zhang Xun was stunned for a moment, then pursed his lips and asked, "Isn't it Ye Mengxiong?"

"Ye Mengxiong? Like Jing Haibo, he is an important minister of Beiyang, not a minister." Speaking of the God of Wealth, Xu Jue squeezed his eyes with a smile on his fat face, raised his hand and pointed upwards, and said, "Go further Think about it."

While talking, a hundred households of the Beiyang army had already rushed to the front of the military government office to set up defenses, refusing to immediately face the nobles in scarlet robes with the black muzzles of the two rows of bird guns, Xu Jue could still talk and laugh happily, but Zhang Xun I don't know what to think of, I hastily said that I still have something to do at home, and rode away.

It made everyone laugh.

Beiyang ministers are led by the chief and assistant of the cabinet, but they only control the important ministers of Beiyang, and they have no right to dispatch troops to the Siyang military government. .

The East, West, South, and Sanyang are all three regardless, while Beiyang is out of control of anyone, or only when everyone has the same opinion can they manage together, otherwise the largest training ground in the world will lie on the spot and can only implement the established plan of going to sea every half a year. They have no right to let them go out of Tianjin, and they can't do it themselves.

"This grandson, the cowhide is blowing loudly, and he pretends to be related to His Majesty all day long. When he thinks of Jiangling, he is afraid." Xu Jue lowered his head and laughed. Hundreds of households walked up, handed out the tooth card and said: "Xiaoxiao's generation has been frightened away, let's withdraw our defenses."

"Xu Jue, the governor of Jinyiwei Nanzhen Fusiwei, is ordered by the emperor to see Ye Gong, the important minister of Beiyang. It's convenient for you, everyone."

There is no one who doesn't know Xu Jue from the top of the hundred households. To be honest, the hundred households just asked the guards about the situation and they were heartbroken. , when the time comes, the people above will fight and fight and finally hear the emperor's ears. Others wearing flying fish uniforms will at most be punished with some salary, and the soldiers below them will not fall well.

Now that people are leaving by themselves, it's a good thing anyway. After checking Xu Jue's tooth card and going through a procedure, several people are welcomed into the military mansion.

Of course, it is impossible to withdraw the defense. If there is such a commotion, a hundred households will definitely be on duty in front of the gate until tonight.

Xu Jue and his party were led to the Guanfang city wall near the port on the east side of the military mansion. This is a cannon position. Ye Mengxiong and a few Beiyang Biao generals looked at the sea from afar, put down their binoculars and turned to Xu Jue and said, "Director Xu Wei Every time you come here, do you have to make some noise to feel comfortable?"

"Hey, have you heard Ye Gong here?" Xu Jue smiled and cupped his hands and said, "No way, there are always some young people around Xu who don't understand good words, and can't be chased away or scolded. , I’m willing to come to my side.”

Ye Mengxiong nodded slowly, stopped looking at Xu Jue, picked up the binoculars and looked at the sea, and said to himself: "It's hot, things are easy to break, and bad things are easy to attract flies. It's good when it's cold."

Xu Jue ignored Ye Mengxiong's thorny remarks, and said to himself: "Three things, I will read them at the gate of the front door before the third phase of next year's departure; Mr. Ge asked me to remind some departments of the customs declaration. , and the other is selfish—what the hell!"

Fatty Xu looked as if he had seen a ghost. He saw a monster slowly flying up from the beach in the distance under the battlements of the fort, and there was a flag soldier at the side manipulating it, holding a big bag as if feeding the monster. Extremely long and strangled wings, this thing is no longer familiar to Xu Jue, it is the flying fish on the flying fish suit.

The same.

There is still a wooden tumor under the flying fish's belly, and there is a person standing in the tumor, and the big bags that the flying fish eat slowly shrivel up, while the flying fish swells up, the flag soldier in the tumor yells and slowly ascends to the sky together with the flying fish.

This scene made Xu Jue unable to close his open mouth, and the broken hair on the back of his neck straightened up. He was so scared that he almost ran away, but he couldn't exert any strength on his legs, so he had to grind his teeth. Asked Ye Mengxiong: "Then, what is that thing, Feiyu?"

There is an old blessing boat floating on the sea in the distance. The flying fish floated over the boat with the wind after being lifted off. The people in the wooden knots kept throwing things down. When they hit the sea, they splashed water and landed on the deck. Then explode and ignite the fire.

Then Xu Jue saw that the flying fish deflated from its abdomen and fell slowly. When it fell to a height not far from the sea, it suddenly burst into flames.

"Rescue!"

Ye Mengxiong gave an order, gritted his teeth, turned his head, and said to Xu Jue, "Yes, it's Feiyu."

　Good morning!

　　
　
(End of this chapter)