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Chapter 31
Back in time.

Just when Bai Shu brought Ling Yunkai and others into the American merchant ship, the admiral also came nearby with his men.

"My lord, are we really going to check the American merchant ship?"

The aide said worriedly: "If Liang Kuan deceives you, we will have enemies with foreigners."

"I have considered this layer too."

While observing the situation of the merchant ship with a telescope, the admiral replied: "But Liang Kuan still wants me to release Huang Feihong after all. It is unlikely that he will deceive me."

"That being the case, I'm relieved."

The staff member nodded, and then asked again: "Then, can Liang Kuan succeed?"

According to their plan with Liang Kuan, Liang Kuan first disguised himself as a gold digger to get into the ship, and then encouraged the imprisoned Chinese to resist and escape from the merchant ship.

And when the time comes, the admiral will appear unexpectedly and decide for the Chinese workers, so that there are all the witnesses and material evidence, and the foreigners will not be able to deny it.

"I do not know either."

The Lord Admiral put down the telescope and shook his head: "I hope he can succeed."

Although he always behaved cowardly when facing foreigners, when he learned that the Americans had smuggled Chinese laborers to work as coolies in the United States, he also hid a wave of anger in his heart.

……

They didn't have to wait too long, and soon, a sound of commotion came from the merchant ship.

"grown ups?"

The staff glanced at the admiral.

"go!"

The admiral hesitated for a moment, but waved his hand and said, "Hold up my plaque!"

"Yes!"

After hearing the words, the officials behind him immediately raised the plaques in their hands, blared the gong to clear the way, and headed for the American merchant ship.

When he came near the merchant ship, the admiral heard the commotion on the ship was already very loud, occasionally accompanied by a few gunshots.

"It seems that Liang Kuan has succeeded."

He was secretly happy.

"stop!"

Seeing the admiral and his entourage arriving at the merchant ship, the guarding soldiers immediately started to shout.

"Please inform Mr. Jishan that I received a report today that someone is hiding criminals in a merchant ship."

The admiral did not dare to say that the ship was searched, so he just made an excuse.

After hearing the admiral's words, the guarding soldiers hesitated.

If it was normal, he would have reported to Jishan a long time ago, but the commotion on the ship at this moment has made them uneasy, and they dare not leave their posts easily.

At this moment, a loud noise suddenly came from behind the hull.

"No, it's the ammunition depot!"

These soldiers looked at each other, and they all saw horror in each other's eyes.

Bai Shu didn't know where he was blowing up, but as crew members, how could these soldiers not know?

Thinking of the bombing of the ammunition depot, the soldiers were all anxious. They ignored the admiral and ran back with their guns in hand.

The admiral was also a little dazed. Seeing the puff of black smoke rising from the boat, he blinked, unable to react.

The staff hurriedly approached his ear and said, "My lord, it looks like Liang Kuan and the others have blown up the ammunition depot of the Americans."

Only then did the admiral come back to his senses, looking at the empty sentry post, his eyes were fixed, and he said: "Go, follow me on board!"

"Yes!"

All the soldiers responded in unison.

When he got to the boat, the admiral found that the place was already a mess.

Regardless of whether they were Chinese or foreigners, they all ran around like headless flies, and some Chinese workers even fought with foreigners.

Seeing the appearance of the admiral in official uniform, some Chinese workers suddenly seemed to have found their backbone, and they all knelt down in front of the admiral.

"My lord, you have to decide for the villain!"

"Yes, sir, these foreigners want to sell us to the United States to work as coolies."

"You have to decide for us!"

Looking at these disheveled and disheveled Chinese who kept kowtowing to him, the admiral's heart was finally relieved.

With the testimony of these people, his credit cannot escape.

"My fellow villagers, please hurry up. If you have anything to do, just tell me, and I will make decisions for you."

The admiral said to everyone with a smile on his face.

"Master Admiral!"

At this moment, a somewhat disgraced Jishan walked over from one side, looked at the admiral and said coldly: "I don't remember that I invited you over."

"Mr. Jishan, I have something to ask you."

The admiral pointed to the people still kneeling on the ground and asked, "Why do they say that you Americans want to sell them to America?"

"This……"

Ji Shan heard the words for a while, and couldn't think of an excuse for a while.

Seeing that Jishan could not answer, the admiral clasped his fists and said: "Mr. Jishan, I will report this matter to the court and your country's ambassador truthfully... It seems that you are a little inconvenient today. I hope that Mr. Jishan can go to the Yamen tomorrow. I have something to do." I want to ask you."

"You have something to ask me?"

Hearing the admiral's words, Ji Shan suddenly sneered.

These days, he first lost the gold he had accumulated for several years without knowing why, and then the Chinese laborers who were imprisoned in the cabin suddenly escaped for some reason, and then, the ammunition depot exploded again...

All these incidents had already brought his sanity to the brink of madness, and when he heard that the admiral wanted to let him be interrogated, he suddenly exploded.

"Who do you think you are, even your empress dowager Lafayette is not qualified to interrogate me!"

Ji Shan pointed to the admiral's nose and said, "Now, get off the boat immediately!"

Hearing that Ji Shan dared to disrespect the queen mother, the admiral's face turned cold: "Mr. Ji Shan, I warn you, your behavior now is enough for me to have sufficient reasons to arrest you!"

"Catch me?"

Jishan seemed to have heard some big joke. After laughing wildly twice, he waved his hand suddenly: "Raise the gun!"

Following his order, the guards behind him immediately pointed their guns at the admiral and his party.

"You...what do you want to do?"

Being pointed at a gun, the Admiral suddenly broke into cold sweat.

"What do I want to do?"

There was madness in Jishan's eyes, "Aren't you going to arrest me? Well, according to international law, this is our American merchant ship, and the ship is equivalent to our territory—and you, without my permission, are setting foot on On our American soil - I have every reason to think you are invading our country!"

"what?"

Hearing Ji Shan's sophistry, the admiral was shocked and angry, he never thought that Ji Shan would be so shameless.

"Ha ha!"

Seeing Lord Admiral's angry expression, Ji Shan felt a lot of joy in his heart, and said: "Then, Lord Admiral, let your subordinates put down all their weapons, otherwise, I don't mind killing you all."

"you……"

The admiral pointed at Ji Shan and was speechless. He never expected that things would develop to this point.

He originally thought that he had caught the other party's evidence of human smuggling. Even if the other party would not admit his mistake, he would not dare to do anything to him.

Unexpectedly, Jishan didn't want to talk about the law with himself at all, but directly talked about force.

Seeing the hesitant look on the Admiral's face, Jishan sneered and asked, "What, does the Admiral want to start a war with us?"

The admiral's face suddenly changed when he heard the words, the shame and anger in his eyes gradually turned into helplessness, he raised his hand, and was about to order everyone to put down their weapons.

At this moment, there was a sudden cry from nowhere——

"No, it's the British, the British are here to attack us!"

Immediately afterwards, several gunshots were heard.

"what!"

Hearing this voice, Jishan's face changed drastically, and he turned his head to confirm the situation.

However, before he could see it clearly, he felt a sudden heat in his chest. When he lowered his head, he saw that his left chest was shot through.

"I……"

Looking at the blood gurgling out, Ji Shan subconsciously wanted to cover it, but before he raised his arm, he felt his body go limp and fell to the ground.

Just before he lost consciousness, he heard a voice shouting again: "No, Captain Johnson was killed by the British!"

"No, no, the English didn't kill me."

Perhaps because he was on the verge of death, Ji Shan's brain was extremely clear at this time. He recognized that this voice was the same voice that just called the British for a sneak attack.

Moreover, judging from the wound on his chest, it seemed to be caused by his revolver.

"It was him. He stole my gold bars and my pistol. Now, he wants to blame everything on the British."

He kept opening and closing his lips, trying to tell the soldiers next to him, but he found that he couldn't make any sound at all, and he only felt that his eyelids were getting heavier and heavier, and in the end, everything turned into darkness.

(End of this chapter)