Chen Congyun stared at Li Hongzhang in a daze, and his Adam's apple moved up and down violently. He stepped forward and bowed to the ground, saying, "Congyun has caused trouble for Lord Zhongtang!" His voice choked slightly and his shoulders twitched slightly.

Li Hongzhang looked at Chen Congyun's natural movements, his eyes gradually softened, and a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and he still said with a cold face: "You still know that you have caused trouble for me, but it's not that there is no conscience at all." The tone of this speech was a bit like a parent scolding his children.

"Congyun is frightened!" Chen Congyun was still kneeling on the ground, lowering his head, looking like a child who made a mistake and admitted it to the adults. The smile on Li Hongzhang's face gradually gotten rid of it. He reached out to help Chen Congyun up and said earnestly: "Zi Gui, you young man, you are so brave. For you, the Censorate, have been quarreling all the time, but the damn Japanese 6 jumped out to make trouble. He said that Vietnam won a great victory, and this was a great situation that had not been seen in the past forty years. He volunteered to negotiate with the French and proposed that you be his deputy. This is really a big taboo for Lord Lai Fu. If I hadn't repeatedly guaranteed, Lord Lai Fu wouldn't have done anything to deal with you in the future, wouldn't he have any means to deal with you in the future?"

Chen Congyun stood up with Li Hongzhang's hand and whispered: "Master Zhongtang, Yunsuo said in his letter of advice that once our army wins a great victory, we should take the entire territory of Vietnam to ensure the worry-free southwest."

Li Hongzhang snorted and slowly turned around and walked in. Chen Congyun and others hurriedly followed. Li Hongzhang said as he walked, "Don't you know if you are a husband? But now the ambassadors of Britain, the United States and Russia are worried that their interests in China will be damaged, and they repeatedly put pressure on the court to cease the war. Only then did the Old Buddha make a holy metaphor, but he didn't know that you, a gangster, are moving so fast. Now, let foreigners see what the French will end, and you know that I cannot bully the Qing Dynasty."

A table of wine and food was set up in front of the hall. Li Hongzhang stood next to the upper seat, raised his hand and smiled, "Sit down."

The three of them waited for Li Hongzhang to sit down and sat down one by one. Chen Congyun was the smallest and was the last one.

Li Hongzhang picked up the wine glass and looked at Chen Congyun with a little excitement and said, "I'm back! Thank you for your hard work! Give me ambition. Come on, I'll give you a cup."

Chen Congyun hurriedly stood up from his seat, picked up the wine glass, looked at Li Hongzhang with gratitude, and said, "My lord is the kindness of support, and he feels the five inner world." After that, he drank the wine on his back and rubbed the corners of his eyes hard. The effect was good. He has worked hard for several days and has not been used to sleeping on the road. His eyes now look red.

"I won't talk about this anymore. I'm going to call you back this time, so I'm not going to do anything else. The Queen Mother asked me to be fully responsible for the negotiations with France. I'm asking you to come back, just to ask you to help me. Of course, the Queen Mother and the Emperor also want to see you, rest for a day tomorrow, and you will go to Beijing the next day. The memorial recommended by me has been submitted for some days." Li Hongzhang then realized the whole story, which was equivalent to ensuring that Chen Congyun was fine. As for the rewards from the court, he would naturally know after entering Beijing.

Chen Congyun sat down, and Li Hongzhang sighed softly: "Now, the French are still aggressive after defeating the war, and the consuls of the British, American and Russian countries followed suit and helped me. I am so annoyed. What the Queen Mother is most worried about is whether the French will start the war again, what does Congyun think?"

Chen Congyun smiled gently, stood up and bowed, "Sir, Congyun has come all the way, and wherever he goes, he has brought people to Chinese and foreign newspapers. After the fall of the Rufri cabinet, France's international status has plummeted. Now it's just a tiger that doesn't eat people and looks ugly. As for the ambassadors of Britain, the United States and Russia, Congyun has a plan here to make them all shut up."

"Oh? Shen Zigui, no wonder you dared to go to Saigon. It turned out that you had already been calculating." Xue Fucheng smiled and took over the conversation. Sheng Xuanhuai didn't say anything, and now he also interrupted with a smile: "The Lord Zhongtang had expected that Brother Zigui must be confident. Tell me quickly, haha."

Xue Fucheng was Li Hongzhang's first aide, and Sheng Xuanhuai was Li Hongzhang's Westernization General Manager. These two people were Li Hongzhang's most trusted. Speaking at this time naturally represented Li Hongzhang's meaning.

Chen Congyun smiled slightly and said, "Actually, it is not difficult to say it out. What the three countries are most worried about is their interests in China. Each of them has old grievances, and they are not the same. Adults only need to ask people to meet with representatives of the British, American and German banks in China, threatening to borrow from them and use them to purchase ironclad ships on time. At the same time, if there is a loan, they will give priority to buying warships in that country. Foreigners are always willing to be profitable, and they will naturally rely on them if they have benefits. Without the cooperation between Britain and the United States, no matter how the Russians call, adults can ignore them, right? Besides, the order of an truce in the war has been given to them."

The three listeners were all top students in the human spirit. When Chen Congyun said this, Li Hongzhang had already smiled and stroked his long beard. Sheng Xuanhuai sighed softly: "Oh! Brother, my brother, your job is not guaranteed."

Chen Congyun made a difference and said, "How do you say this?"

Li Hongzhang smiled and said, "You Shen Zigui. Yesterday, I discussed with Qingsun and Shuyun, and this was the way I came up with. Now, Qingsun will go south to Shanghai the next day when he sees you."

"Sir, it's not as good as the clouds."

"Okay, stop flattering. Come back from the Secretariat and think about me with peace of mind how to deal with the French at the negotiating table."

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After coming out of Li Hongzhang, he thought he would follow Sheng Xuanhuai back to the house, but he didn't expect Sheng Xuanhuai to smile and said, "I won't go back today. My brothers find a quiet place and have a good chat. The lord has a lot to tell me."

"It's up to the big brother's arrangement." Chen Congyun naturally followed everything. Today, Li Hongzhang had a lot of words at the reception banquet, but he didn't say it in person.

Seeing that Li Yaozu and others were about to follow, Sheng Xuanhuai frowned and said, "Zigui, your people are too eye-catching. Tell them not to follow them. Just bring a short gun with two people. Those who are sporting their teeth and claws are going to fight."

After saying that, Sheng Xuanhuai asked Sheng Fu to lead a group of guards to find a hotel. Li Yaozu took two people with short guns in his arms and followed him. He sat on the two sedan chairs arranged in advance, and Chen Congyun felt frustrated again, thinking to himself that what's good about this sedan chair? Why has it been popular in the officialdom since the Song Dynasty?

"Mr. Shan is here!" After leaving the sedan chair, he was already in a yard. The servant who came up to serve him was holding a lantern in his hand, with the word "relieving love" on it.

"Where is this?" Chen Congyun asked casually, and Sheng Xuanhuai explained with a smile: "I guess Zigui didn't eat much when I was in the middle hall. If I don't take you here to sit here, I just think that it's my brother to wash away your dust. The Qingyu girl here is very talented. We two are here, drink some wine and talk about some common things."

Chen Congyun said "Oh" in his heart, and it turned out that this was a secret door, that is, a high-end brothel. Chinese scholars have had the tradition of visiting brothels since ancient times, especially when they come to such high-end brothels, they are called "Fengliu". It seems that if you don't go to a brothel, you won't be Fengliu anymore. This is really a nonsense concept.

But then again, this kind of place is indeed more tasteful than ordinary kilns. Although the women inside are also sold, they also have to choose customers. Seeing Sheng Xuanhuai's familiar appearance, he should be a regular customer here. Thinking of this, Chen Congyun's gaze at Sheng Xuanhuai was a little warm.

Sheng Xuanhuai was more virtuous than a ghost. When he felt Chen Congyun's eyes change, he immediately smiled with a self-deprecating smile: "Zi Gui, Miss Zi Yu is still a clean official, and she is not a man. It turns out that she is also popular in the capital. There was once a noble family member who took 50,000 taels of silver to comb the hair of Miss Zi Yu, but Zi Yu refused to agree. She packed up overnight and came to Tianjin."

I had been soaking in this large dye vat in modern society for many years. Chen Congyun didn't understand the way of thinking of Miss Ziyu. Since they were sold out and had so many tricks, wasn't it just to sell it for a good price? 50,000 taels of silver, a lot. Could it be that you were made of diamonds? Chen Congyun's idea was rather vulgar, and it was no wonder that Chen Congyun. In the era when he came, unspoken rules were everywhere, and the gossip of XX door flew all over the sky, let alone the karaoke bars and saunas all over the streets. Whether it is celebrities or ladies, in Shen Congyun's mind, they were sold out, but the service targets were different.

My mind was confused and I didn't stop at my feet, and I followed the servants all the way into the backyard. Not to mention, this place was so damn quiet at night, it was a good place for plotting.
Chapter completed!