When Parkes returned to the city safely, he met with the negotiating team for the first time. After Hurd reported the situation truthfully, everyone was silent.

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The attitude of China people made them feel deeply disbelieved, and even Hurd felt that the other side had no sincerity at all.
"Get out of here, all of you!"
Zhu Jinglun knew that Parkes was going to discuss a countermeasure with Hurd.
The next day, they took action. Parkes personally led three British troops to set out for Shijing area to clear the countryside.
However, as in the past several times, this time they still failed and were led to the mountains by Xiang Yong. Not only did they not catch a Xiang Yong, but they also died three times and were injured six times. Of course, Xiang Yong also paid a considerable price, with nearly ten casualties.
Parkes once went out of the city many times to clean up the township brave, but every time there was no result, this time he should be very clear in his heart and there would be no gain, but he needed to give an account to the Indians and send troops. All the 300 people except the officers were Indians, but they were actually blocking the Indians’ mouths to prove that they had made efforts.
However, Zhu Jinglun obviously won’t let him succeed in his plot. On that night, notices were posted all over Guangzhou. The villagers outside the city sternly reprimanded the British for their shame. In the notice, they said that they had promised to change people with everyone in the UK. Who knew that the British had gone back on their word and led troops to attack? At the same time, in the notice, they were given an ultimatum to send people out of the city in three days, or they would cut off the Indian’s head and hang it in Guangzhou.
At this time, the Indians were in a hurry. They didn’t know the British plan. Parkes told them that they had sent someone to talk about it, but the other party refused to release them. When he decided to send troops to clean up the place, the Indian soldiers were still very hard. But now the notice tells the Indian soldiers that Xiang Yong promised to release them, but the British lied to Xiang Yong.
This made the Indian soldiers feel deeply deceived by the British. At this time, Parkes came out and explained that Xiang Yong did not promise to release the people, which was a threat to the British army. It was insincere, but at this time, the Indian soldiers no longer believed in Parkes and sealed off the barracks. All the soldiers refused to attend.
Outside the city, I came out and found that there was a township brave approaching Guangzhou, which made the atmosphere in Guangzhou suddenly tense.
Parkes is even more overwhelmed.
"My Lord, do you think the barbarians will let people go?"
Lin Zhuang has never understood Zhu Jinglun’s letting the rural brave do things. He thinks that if Zhu Jinglun really wants foreigners to release them, the two sides can exchange places at an agreed place, but if he wants foreigners to release them first, even if he is a rural brave, he will not agree.
"They will!"
Zhu Jinglun is absolutely certain.
Lin Zhuang wondered, "Are adults so sure?"
Zhu Jinglun smiled. "Do you know India?"
Lin Zhuang wanted to think "Tianzhu? Isn’t it occupied by Yingyi? "
Lin Fuxiang grew up in Macau, and quite a few of his relatives are in Linzhuang, Macau. He has a deep understanding of foreigners. Although he may not know the way of British rule over India, he might as well compare it with Manchu rule over China
Zhu Jinglun nodded. "Yes, where did the soldiers in Tianzhu rebel!"
Up to now, the British have blocked the news of the Indian uprising. The Indian soldiers in Guangzhou don’t know what happened in their hometown. Obviously, the British are guarding against them.
That said, the British people are very afraid. I’m afraid that the 700 Indian soldiers are now regarded as powder kegs in their hearts. In case there is no force to prevent fighting, it’s impossible to fight outside the city. There are still thousands of China villagers eyeing up. The British people are definitely on pins and needles at this time.
Lin Zhuang immediately turned white when he heard the Indian soldiers rebelling. If China and green camp rebelled, I’m afraid the flag soldiers would be very flustered. The first thing to do is to appease at all costs, not to mention that letting people go is to give them fifty-two thousand silver and fifty thousand tons of rice.
But Lin Zhuang is thinking about another problem at this time, that is, he and this person seem to be more complicated than he thought, which makes him unable to understand at all. He has promoted Zhu Jinglun’s position in his heart many times, but he still finds that he has greatly underestimated this person.
This made him a little scared. Lin Fuxiang asked him to stare at Zhu Jinglun, but he kept following him, but he still managed to figure out what was going on in this man’s heart, which made him feel more mysterious if he didn’t panic. The more he felt mysterious, the more he panicked.
Moreover, he deeply doubts that Zhu Jinglun made such a big fight and let foreigners let a person go?
"My Lord, who is Xiao Aqiao?"
Zhu Jinglun smiled. "That’s a very important person who is so important to you, so important to foreigners and so important to me!"
Xiao Aqiao is a very important person indeed. He is a very poor man. He was arrested last month for attacking foreigners. His wife and daughter were insulted by foreigners. Xiao Aqiao was angry and attacked foreign soldiers on the street corner and was arrested. His wife and daughter were both hanged after his arrest. This is really a very poor man.
Fortunately, foreigners want to bully Guangzhou people with the help of Guangzhou government to prevent similar things from happening again, so they hope that Baigui will come forward to judge Xiao Aqiao, but Baigui is at odds with foreigners, or is good at scheming. Baigui is trying to leave foreigners and Xiang Yong, who refused to come forward to judge at the expense of resigning from the emperor. The foreigners finally decided to occupy the name of the Committee to try, but before the execution, they met the recent incident that Indian soldiers were abducted in Guangzhou.
"Since it is important, adults want to save him?"
Lin Zhuang is still puzzled or asking for an excuse to find out Zhu Jinglun’s thoughts.
Zhu Jinglun doesn’t hide that he knows that telling him things will definitely come to Lin Fuxiang’s ears, but at this time Zhu Jinglun has no resources to make Lin Fuxiang understand his ability, which may be a good thing and may strengthen Lin Fuxiang’s confidence in joining him.
Zhu Jinglun truthfully said, "Xiao Aqiao is not important to anyone, but it is very important to the people of Guangzhou."
Lin Zhuang is still not white, but Zhu Jinglun has no intention of saying that keeping the mystery properly will make Lin Fuxiang pay more attention to him.