Episode 17 The Showdown of Fourteenth Gege

When Xiang Xiaoqiang returned to the headquarters, it was already 4:30 in the morning. He wanted to go home and sleep directly, but when he passed the headquarters, he suddenly saw that several windows in the main building were still open. Only then did he remember to go

He was still in a meeting before the palace and ordered his subordinates not to go back. They were all on standby at the headquarters.

At this time, the car had already entered the gate of the official residence. When Xiang Xiaoqiang got off the car, he found a person standing under the lamp. When he looked again, it was Xiuxiu. Xiuxiu stood under the street lamp, already showing tiredness, but when she saw Xiang Xiaoqiang, she was standing under the street lamp.

Xiaoqiang still had a happy smile on his face.

Xiang Xiaoqiang stepped forward and hugged her, kissing her gently. He knew that he would not return for a long time, and Xiu Xiucai was waiting here specially.

"My lord," Xiu Xiu said softly, "You can go home and sleep first. I will just let them go back."

Xiang Xiaoqiang shook his head:

"No, I'd better tell them in person."

Then he held Xiuxiu in his arms and entered the headquarters together through the small door.

The conference room was still brightly lit, but the subordinates were already in a state of confusion. Some were lying on the table and taking a nap, some were leaning on the sofa and taking a nap, and some were reading newspapers. When they saw Xiang Xiaoqiang coming back, they stood up immediately.

stand at attention.

Qiu Qiu was also leaning on a sofa, sleeping soundly.

Xiang Xiaoqiang smiled slightly, patted her awake gently, and asked her and Xiuxiu to wake everyone up. The subordinates were woken up one by one, and apologized to Xiaoqiang for making everyone wait in vain for half the night. The subordinates kept shouting

It is said that the Lord has an order, and this is as it should be.

Xiang Xiaoqiang sent them back, and if there was no special car, he arranged a car to take them home, and asked them to come to the headquarters for a meeting tomorrow afternoon to discuss Baoding.

…

Although Xiang Xiaoqiang didn't go to bed until five in the morning, he woke up before 11 noon because he was worried. He jumped up, quickly put on his clothes, and began to realize an idea in his dream.

The biggest advantage of marrying more than one wife is that you have a choice. What most people understand as choice is that you can choose which wife to sleep with. But the greater advantage than this is that you can choose to sleep with a certain wife, or you can choose to sleep with yourself.

Xiang Xiaoqiang was stimulated last night and was afraid that he would talk in his sleep, so he fell asleep in his own bedroom without going to Qiu Qiu or Xiu Xiu's room.

Therefore, now I can jump up as soon as I wake up and make phone calls to do errands very conveniently.

He dialed the number for Tumache's house, lifted Tumache out of bed, and asked him to check something for him.

In fact, the things to be investigated are not big, and there is no need to use the commander of the security team. He can just tell Xiu Xiu to investigate. But this kind of thing cannot be left to others now. Only stomachache is the most suitable.

"Ziteng, listen carefully," Xiang Xiaoqiang recalled and hummed into the microphone, "dang-dang-dang-dang... beep-dang-dang... beep-dang-dang-dang... beep-dang-dang-dang..."

"……grown ups?!"

I was so frightened by the pain in my stomach that I thought the commander was mentally disturbed.

"Shhh... listen up," Xiang Xiaoqiang stopped him, trying to remember the tune Zhu Yourong sang last night, and continued to try to hum, "... beep-dang-dang-dang... beep-dang-dang... beep-dang-dang-dang..."

I was so frightened that I was sweating profusely because of my stomachache, but I didn't dare to interrupt him anymore. I just prayed that this was a whim of the adults and that I would take care of myself and not have a schizophrenia or something...

With great difficulty, Xiang Xiaoqiang roughly hummed out several tunes in his memory, and immediately asked:

"Zi Teng, have you heard these songs?"

I felt a stomachache and hesitated for a moment, then said anxiously:

"No... no... Sir, what are you...?!"

"Then do you know music?"

Monk Zhanger felt a stomachache and was confused:

"Staff music? Oh, know something, I have played the erhu before..."

"Quick!" Xiang Xiaoqiang was delighted and immediately ordered, "Go to the nearest place and get a pen and paper. I'll hum it again. You write down the score and then check for me what song it is! Hurry, I'll hum it later.

forget!"

Although I don’t know what’s going on with my stomachache now, at least I feel like adults are still normal, so I breathed a sigh of relief and immediately went to get paper and pen. After getting paper and pen, Xiang Xiaoqiang slowly hummed again on the phone, letting him

My stomach aches made me remember it all.

"Listen up Zi Teng, these four songs are not trivial. They are probably used to transmit information on the stick... You should check it yourself, don't let others do it. This should be an English song. You can check it according to the English song. The song title

, check the lyrics, songwriters, etc. for me, do you hear me? Check them out for me today."

Stomachache now understands the importance and quickly takes orders.

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During lunch, Xiang Xiaoqiang discussed with Xiu Xiu and Qiu Qiu about where to place the Fourteenth Gege in terms of supporting and recruiting the Baoji Army. The Fourteenth Gege was the former Manchu and Qing Gege, the Manchus, and the Manchu and Qing Dynasties were

The country of her parents, considering her identity and her feelings, tried not to let her participate in matters related to the Manchus in the past, and she also consciously avoided participating in these matters.

But Xiang Xiaoqiang’s ambition is to conquer the Manchus to the north and completely eliminate the Manchu regime, which cannot be circumvented after all. The role of the Fourteenth Gege in the People’s Guard is growing. He is no longer the head of a small department, but has become Xiang Xiaoqiang.

The chief military advisor of the National Guard became the de facto second-in-command of the People's Guard. It was impossible to bypass her in the cause of "dealing with the Qing Dynasty". Now she must make a clear statement. What is her attitude towards the Qing Dynasty regime? Is she willing?

What role did it play in the cause of the Ming and Qing dynasties?

Because one of the most urgent things is whether to notify Shi Shigege to attend the meeting in the afternoon. To be honest, it is too unrealistic to completely exclude her from such a big event. It also hurts her heart too much.

Qiu Qiu advocated bringing Shi Shi Ge over. Because Shi Shi Ge's family was killed by the Qing court, there was a sworn hatred. Moreover, she had already surrendered to the Ming Dynasty and became its princess. She also served in the People's Guard.

He has taken an important position, and now it is impossible to look back. He can only plan for Ming Dynasty wholeheartedly.

He nodded to Xiaoqiang and then looked at Xiuxiu. Xiuxiu looked at Qiuqiu, hesitated for a moment, nodded and said:

"Sir, Qiu Qiu is right. Princess Liaoyang has no retreat. She is already the princess of our Ming Dynasty... But... Your Excellency..."

Xiuxiu hesitated, hesitated to speak, and looked at Xiang Xiaoqiang gently.

"Um?"

Xiang Xiaoqiang quickly glanced at Qiu Qiu, then looked at Xiu Xiu, and said to his heart, "You don't have anything to say that would be inconvenient to say in front of Qiu Qiu, right?"

Qiu Qiu also felt it and said "Hey", staring at Xiuxiu with wide eyes.

Xiuxiu was startled, looked at Qiu Qiu, then looked at Xiang Xiaoqiang, realizing that they had misunderstood, she smiled, and then said with a smile:

"Oh, I mean, uh... this matter is related to my lord's understanding of Princess Liaoyang... that is to say, um, lord, that is to say... when you persuaded her to come to Ming Dynasty, to what extent did you persuade her to come to Ming Dynasty, or to what extent...

,uh...what kind of...um, agreement did you have?"

What an amazing little girl!!!

Xiang Xiaoqiang was almost stunned. He looked at Xiuxiu and immediately looked at her with admiration.

When he first persuaded Shi Shigege to take refuge in the Ming Dynasty on the train - note, he was taking refuge in the Ming Dynasty, not defecting to the Ming Dynasty - there was no third person in that carriage. Xiu Xiu could analyze this! It's really amazing!

Xiang Xiaoqiang is glad that Xiuxiu is his wife at this moment. Otherwise, if he always has such a scheming girl by his side, wouldn't he not even have a basic sense of security?

…

Yes, what Xiu Xiu said makes sense. What this actually means is: Although Shi Shige Ge was heard and killed his whole family and became the princess of the Ming Dynasty, he may not necessarily help you deal with the Manchus.

Xiang Xiaoqiang is in a dilemma. Having said that, what can we do?

He looked at the two little girls, Qiu Qiu looked at him with big eyes, as if she wanted to hear his decision in the next second.

And Xiuxiu lowered her head, holding the diced chicken with chopsticks, and slowly stuffed it into her mouth one by one. It seemed to be saying: I don't know what you said at the beginning, and I won't make a decision for you now.

Xiang Xiaoqiang sighed, put down his chopsticks, and held his forehead, looking sad and depressed.

Xiuxiu raised her eyes and saw him like this, smiled softly and said with relief:

"Sir, if you are not sure, then just talk to her. We always deliberately exclude her. We think it is good for her, but maybe she will think more about it."

Xiang Xiaoqiang was reminded by her. That's right, you can't keep avoiding it like this. OK or not, you have to face it.

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After dinner, Xiang Xiaoqiang took advantage of noon to arrive at the headquarters early, wanting to talk to Shi Shigege.

Based on his assumptions, Fourteenth Princess may have known about Baoding by now. Several heads in the headquarters were away all morning this morning and were all sleeping at home. Fourteenth Princess went to work as usual, so I don't know if it's impossible.

Sure enough, Shi Shigege already knew it. But he didn't know everything.

Xiang Xiaoqiang told her the details from beginning to end, and then told her that there would be a meeting in the afternoon to discuss the matter.

Then he sat on the sofa and stared at her.

Fourteen Gege nodded and said quietly:

"I know, you want me to show off now."

"right."

Fourteen Gege also stared at him for a long time, smiled slightly sadly, and said softly:

"Xiang Xiaoqiang...Xiaoqiang, I..."

Xiang Xiaoqiang's heart began to pound: She called me Xiaoqiang!... She actually called me Xiaoqiang too... Could it be...?

Shi Shigege said the word "I", there was a slight lump in her throat, her eyes were red, and she couldn't speak any more.

Xiang Xiaoqiang looked at her in surprise and wondered: Is she going to confess to me?... Take the initiative to confess?

Fourteen Gege lowered his head and moved his lips slightly, not knowing what he was silently reciting. After a long time, he finally made up his mind, raised his head and said sadly:
To be continued...