Chapter 43: Picking Up A Life

  It turned out that during the day at the Wudang, Zhou Xuanzhang's performance made Liu Buzhen admire him so much that he wished to transfer Zhou Xuanzhang to the Beiyang Navy immediately to form a marine corps.

  Liu Buxian had long noticed the Marine Corps, but the Marine Corps was an offensive military branch. Nowadays, the Great Qing Empire could barely take care of its own home, let alone launch an attack.

  However, today's sandbox exercise has shown that for offshore defense, the Marine Corps can also play a huge role!

  Liu Buchan was about to take advantage of this opportunity to persuade Li Hongzhang to establish a marine corps in the Beiyang Fleet and recommend Zhou Xuanzhang as the first commander.

  However, Li Hongzhang was under political pressure to kill Zhou Xuanzhang, and Ye Tiao also followed suit. Liu Buxian did not dare to confront Li Hongzhang head-on, after all, he was promoted by Li Hongzhang himself.

  After great difficulty, Zhou Xuan Zhang defeated Ye Tong, the situation turned around, Li Hongzhang was forced to release Zhou Xuan Zhang. Who would have thought that halfway through, a Miao girl appeared out of nowhere and eventually pushed Zhou Xuan Zhang onto the executioner's platform.

  Min Xiu's accusations against Zhou Xuan Zhang were purely a case of strong words and robbery, the reason was fundamentally untenable. However, everyone in the hall saw that Min Xiu, as a princess, disregarded etiquette and rushed into the martial arts hall to severely reprimand Zhou Xuan Zhang, which must be due to an irreconcilable feud with Zhou Xuan Zhang!

  Moreover, killing Zhou Xuanzhang can also save Li Zhongtang's face. Therefore, no one dares to plead for Zhou Xuanzhang, as pleading for him would offend the two most powerful men in the Qing Empire!

  Liu Buxian didn't know where Zhou Xianzhang had offended Min, and it wasn't convenient to ask more questions. After returning to the guest house, the more he thought about it, the more it didn't feel right. He quietly called over Sakura to ask, and only then did he understand what was going on. It turned out that Zhou Xianzhang had done something so absurd.

  Any girl would be unbearable if she were in her shoes, let alone a dignified and elegant princess!

  This week's schedule is killing me!

  Liu Buxian originally wanted to listen and let it be, after all, Min Yu Gege was going to kill Zhou Xianzhang, although the reason couldn't be said out loud, but it was very sufficient.

  However, Liu Buxian lay in bed, thinking that Zhou Xuanzhang would soon lose his head, and he couldn't sleep no matter how hard he tried.

  The Qing dynasty is in a difficult situation, with internal worries and external troubles. However, there are too few people who can see the situation clearly. It's a pity that Zhou Xuanzhang was discovered with great difficulty, only to be killed like this.

  Ke Zhong Xiang ran into Ge Ge's room, intending to take advantage of her. This person's character is really too dirty!

  A person with talent but no virtue is definitely not worthy of being reused.

  Liu Buqian tossed and turned, suddenly discovering a problem - Zhou Xianzhang had no reason to run into Gege's room!

  No one in the Tianjin Military Academy, from the principal to the students, knew that Xie Xuejing was living in the reception house. They did not even know there were women in the reception house; all they knew was that Liu Baozhan lived there with a few of his personal guards.

  The only explanation is that Zhou Xuan Zhang was instructed by someone to assassinate Beiyang general Liu Buzhen!

  If this interpretation holds, then the problem is serious.

  Under current circumstances, the only ones who would assassinate Liu Bopu are the Japanese!

  Wasn't it Japanese spies who infiltrated Tianjin's Beiyang Military Academy?

  Liu Buxian could no longer lie still, hastily got out of bed, called Cherry over and discussed countermeasures.

  He didn't dare call Xianyu directly. If someone saw Xianyu being looked at by a man, no matter who knew about it, they could only pretend not to know.

  Anyone who sees her bathing and anyone who knows that she has been seen bathing should be beheaded!

  Liu Buxian analyzed it this way, but Cherry was not convinced. If Zhou Xuanzhang were really a Japanese spy, he should have killed Gege at the time and wouldn't have had such a good opportunity to watch her take a bath. Moreover, after being discovered by Gege, he could have taken action, but instead of doing so, he just waited quietly for Gege to kill him.

  The two men couldn't figure out the reason, so they decided to visit Zhou Xuan Zhang overnight and first clarify his true intentions.

  The two men came up with three options: First, if Zhou Xuan Zhang was a lustful scoundrel who had evil intentions towards Gege, then let Jin kill him; Second, if Zhou Xuan Zhang was a Japanese spy, immediately hand him over to the Beiyang Navy for severe interrogation; Third, if neither of the above two options were true, then they would take action and rescue Zhou Xuan Zhang from Jin's knife.

  When the two rushed to the prison cell, Cui had already taken Zhou Xuanzhang away. After inquiring, it was found that Jin gave Zhou Xuanzhang a "bon voyage", which means he is about to be killed!

  The two of them rushed in a hurry, running quickly to Zhen's residence. As soon as they entered the door, they saw Zhou Xuanzhang hanging from the beam, and Zhen hugged Zhou Xuanzhang's legs and shouted for help.

  The two of them helped An Jin put Zhou Xuanzhang down, and only then did they realize that An Jin was going to let Zhou Xuanzhang go.

  Liu Buxian seriously suspected that Jin was also a Japanese spy!

  Of course, things were soon cleared up, and neither Jin nor Zhou Xianzhang was a Japanese spy.

  Zhou Xuanzhang rushed into Gege's room, causing serious mental harm to Gege objectively, but not intentionally. To say it was all because of that old man Jin who forced him out.

  The whole incident from start to finish was a farce that was both laughable and tear-jerking.

  Of course, Zhou Xuan Zhang is the biggest beneficiary of the whole incident. This guy watched Gege taking a bath all the way through but was innocent!

  Of course, whether Zhou Xuanzhang is guilty or not, whether he should be beheaded or not, Liu Buxian's words don't count, Zhen's words don't count either, and Zhou Xuanzhang's own words count the least.

  It only counts when the victim, Mengmeng herself, says so.

  Xianyu Gege was not there, so only her personal maid Cherry had the right to speak.

  So Liu Buxian kicked the ball to Cherry.

  Cherry was at a loss for what to do. No matter how innocent Zhou Xunzhang was, objectively speaking, he had caused real spiritual harm to Gege, especially to her reputation, and the consequences were irreparable!

  Cherry knew that with Min Xiu's temper, she would never let Zhou Xuanzhang go!

  Cherry is kind-hearted and also sees Zhou Xuanzhang's extraordinary vision, indeed a personal talent. It's really a pity to kill such a person, and Liu Buxian also has the intention of letting him go.

  "Cherry gritted her teeth and said, 'Zhou Xianzhang, you have to swear to heaven that what happened in Gege's room today during the day cannot be told to anyone!'"

  Cherry knew that a girl's reputation was the most important thing, and Gege was even more so. If Zhou Xuanzhang kept this matter in his stomach and didn't spread it around, both parties could pretend it never happened and minimize the harm to Minru. In this way, Gege might also be able to accept it.

  Zhou Xuanzhang immediately understood Sakura's intention and hastily pointed to the sky, swearing: "Please rest assured, Miss Sakura. I, Zhou Xuanzhang, will definitely keep my mouth shut like a bottle. If I say this out, I'll die without a burial place; not only that, I will clear everything I saw from my mind, thoroughly brainwashing myself, leaving no trace!"

  "Whatever, whatever! Let's just leave it at that." Sakura said with a frown. This Zhou Xianzhang not only had a pair of thief-like eyes, but also a rotten mouth! He swore to keep his mouth shut like a bottle, which was barely believable, but when he said he would wash away what he saw from his mind, who would believe that?

  Liu Buqian nodded and said, "Since Cherry Miss has forgiven Zhou Xuanzhang on behalf of Gege, this matter is considered as if it never happened. As for Li Zhongtang's side, I think this is also what he was forced to do by circumstances, and he had no choice but to do so. I think that before long, he will regret it. Zhou Xuanzhang, your master wants to let you go, hurry up and leave."

  Zhou Xuan Zhang knew that by now, he had managed to save his own life.

  Cherry frowned and said, "In our great Qing dynasty, if Li Zhongtang really wants to catch someone, no matter where you run to, even to the ends of the earth, you can't escape his grasp! Brother Zhou is also useless even if he runs to the big mountains of Xiangxi!"

  "That's, that's terrible!"

  Liu Buxian said: "I have a way, convenient for both public and private."

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