C441 Refuge Valley (2/2)
How could Shang Tai blame the army of Ryukyu for this? ”General, please don't be upset, this is not a war crime, the French people can't really resist it … But rest assured General, as long as we are willing, I believe that we can protect this Ryukyu! ”
It was as if this was the first time Liang Kun had met this young man and he couldn't help but raise up his big thumb, thinking that this Shang Tai was really taught by the Prime Minister.
To say the least, under the crazy bombardment by the French today, the order of the refugees did not crumble, and he had contributed more than half of it.
Night had fallen and the stars were beginning to blink overhead, and when the last of the western sunset disappeared over the horizon, the French bombing was over.
When the gunfire stopped and peace returned to the people, all the survivors were still not used to it. It was only after a good half an hour did they recall the dinner that they had had today.
Shang Tai, General Liang Kun and the Wen Chen sat on the large limestone as they chatted. The bonfire in the Asylum Valley started to light up, and not long later, the fragrance of porridge started to spread.
Just as dinner was about to be cooked, the sound of messy footsteps came from outside the valley, followed by the flickering light of a torch.
”It's General Cai Mao … The general is out of the turret! ” A large number of soldiers surrounded him in an instant.
At this time, Cai Mao was so tired that he could not speak. It was unknown if it was due to the smoke or the fire in the next two days, but his voice was incomparably hoarse and his face was ashen black.
”Your Majesty … And General Liang, Minister Jin, Minister Lin … ”Let's just talk for a bit …” With a wave of his hand, a group of soldiers came over and surrounded the place in a perimeter, surrounding all of the powerful sects in the Ryukyu Kingdom.
”Your Majesty, this subject will make the long story short. Just now, Seven Stars Mountain met a Chinese who claims to be an emissary from the beach. He is holding a white flag and said that he wants to negotiate with us …”
”Hmm, negotiations? The French are going to negotiate with us? ” Lin Yuanmiao shook his head on the spot. ”Impossible, it's not as if the French have not suffered any casualties in the past four days, let alone over a thousand. How could they negotiate? Even the negotiation conditions will be very harsh. ”
Liang Kun was born in the Heavenly Kingdom Army, so it was normal for him to not trust foreigners. However, Cai Mao, Jin Changsen and the others were born and bred in the Ryukyu, so hearing that they would like to negotiate with the French, they felt better.
Shang Tai frowned: ”Since the envoys have come, then there is no reason for us not to see them. Whether we succeed or not, we have to listen to their conditions … General Cai, don't you have a clue about this Chinese envoy? ”
King Shang Tai's question made Cai Mao let out a long sigh, ”Your Majesty, I am really confused now … The messenger said his boss is... ” Cai Mao hesitated for a moment before spitting out a name.
”Gong Cheng... Gong Banlun! ”
”AHH!” Is it him? ” Everyone present were all dumbstruck. If it was before, they might not be clear about who Gong Cheng was, but in this past year of Xiao Letian's small lessons, they had definitely taken this fellow as their bad example.
”The one who brought British and French combined forces to burn Yuan Ming Yuan? The one who bickered with the Prince Kung and said that his father didn't become Han Lin and wanted to take revenge? The one who went inside the Pentecost and got only half of it? The one who took the British commission and was free in the Shanghai tenancy? ”
”The one that Prime Minister Xiao said was inferior to animals with no bottom lines in life?”
Everyone present looked at each other, not saying a word. If it was Gong Cheng who had come forward to negotiate, then this negotiation would be difficult.
On the other hand, Xiao Letian had revealed his disgust towards this traitor more than once. If everyone agreed to negotiate with this kind of people alone without going through the Prime Minister's approval, how would they be able to meet with the Prime Minister in the future?
Liang Kun lay on the stretcher so angry that he almost sat up, ”No, absolutely not! ”This is the enemy of the entire world's Chinese people. Don't stand in front of me, if he dares to show his face, I will hack him to death with my blade …”
Seeing that Liang Kun was so excited that blood was flowing out of his forehead, Jin Changsen immediately supported him and explained, ”Calm down, General! Calm down! Gong Cheng did not come ashore because he was only a subordinate who delivered the message. We just wanted to listen to it, this is definitely not a negotiation, please be at ease and take good care of your injuries … ”
After saying that, Jin Changsen shot a meaningful glance at Shang Tai, who hurriedly crouched beside the general and said in an amiable tone, ”I view the prime minister as Shang Fu, how can I go against the prime minister's wishes? ”General, please don't be angry. We just want to hear what this messenger has to say. Can we just listen to what he has to say?”