1635 Han style rises again

Chapter 396
Qi Tian's wedding night, the land of tenderness, only lasted half the night.At about two o'clock at night, Qi Yuanshan woke him up from his dream with a face of panic, and told him a very shocking news.

Cao Xiong is dead!

Qi Tian looked at Qi Yuanshan stupidly, but didn't react for a while.During the day, at his big wedding ceremony, Cao Xiong was doing well, and his spirits were particularly uplifting.

Why did he die suddenly?

He pinched his thigh hard, um, it hurts a bit, it's not a dream.

"Uncle..., what is the situation?" Qi Tian suddenly felt a little flustered in his heart, and his voice trembled a little.

"I don't know for the time being." Qi Yuanshan said: "...It looks fine on the surface. However, I have sent someone to find Father Peng."

"I... I'll go and have a look now." Qi Tian suddenly got up and was about to go out.

"Husband." Luo Yuru said with a worried expression at the door, "Be careful!"

Yesterday, when Qi Tian said someone tried to assassinate them at their wedding, and at night, news of Cao Xiong's death suddenly came, whether there was any connection between them, she couldn't help but wondered.

Qi Tian paused, first looked at Qi Yuanshan, and saw that he nodded affirmatively, expressing that he was fully prepared, then turned his head and said softly to his wife: "It's all right. Go to sleep first, there may be delays at night." It's been a long time. Don't worry, everything is up to me!"

After finishing speaking, he and Qi Yuanshan hurried out of the General Manager's Mansion and ran towards the Commander's Mansion.

"Notify Jianye's urban and rural soldiers to be on full alert, close all city gates, and no one is allowed to enter or exit."

"Send someone to notify the port defense team, raise the alert to level one, and prohibit any ships from leaving Jianye Port."

"Jianye City will declare martial law after dawn, and the period is tentatively set for three days."

"Notify the several counties and towns under the Jianye Mansion that martial law will be enforced for three days, and no one is allowed to go out and walk around at will."

"Notify the heads of all departments of the civil government, and immediately go to the civil government building to stand by."

"The patrol team is all armed to patrol the streets, protecting important departments and factories and mines in the city."

"Let someone notify the military government and order the marines and teaching teams in the Montenegro barracks to start guarding."

"..."

On the way, while rushing to the commanding mansion, Qi Tian kept giving orders to deal with the situation facing Cao Xiong's sudden death.

The outside of the Commander’s Mansion was already filled with patrolmen, black-clothed guards, and agents from the polling office. Some had short knives under their waists, and some held muskets in both hands. The shining bayonets, under the light of the torches, reflected cold of light.

"Where is uncle now?" Qi Tian asked in a deep voice when he saw Gan Chunliu with a sad face.

"Husband..., in the inner room..." Gan Chunliu sobbed, holding her one-year-old son in her arms, and the three-year-old daughter next to her was holding her mother's skirt timidly, staring at Hurry up with big eyes. Qi Tian came here.

Qi Tian didn't care to comfort Gan Chunliu, mother and son, and strode into the inner room.

Peng Laogui had already come to the house, and he was sitting on a chair at this time, as if he was thinking about something, when he saw Qi Tian coming in, he just nodded slightly and didn't speak.

Qi Tian paused, looked up at the bed inside, and there was a person lying there quietly, his whole body was covered by a gray sheet.

Qi Tian walked gently to the side of the bed, stretched out a hand, and lifted a corner of the quilt, revealing Cao Xiong's face with closed eyes.The expression on his face seemed to be falling into a deep sleep, but his face was a little distorted, as if he had struggled before death.However, there was no sign of blood oozing from the corners of the mouth and nostrils, and it seemed unlikely that he died of poisoning.

"I just looked at it, and it doesn't look like someone killed our commander." Peng Laogui said in a low voice: "There is no injury on the whole body, it seems... It seems that he died suddenly from an emergency. But just now, Madam said, Commander recently, with a...a Persian female concubine..."

"Where is the person?" Qi Tian knew about Hu Wenjin giving Cao Xiong a Persian female slave, but out of respect for Cao Xiong, he did not criticize it.If Cao Xiong's death was related to this Persian slave girl, then Hu Wenjin must have something to do with it.

"Madam has already ordered someone to lock her up." Old Ghost Peng said, "However, I don't think it has anything to do with that woman."

Qi Tian glanced at Old Ghost Peng, hesitated for a moment, and then asked, "My uncle, what are the chances... that he died a normal death?"

"Looking at the appearance, there is a [-]% probability of a normal death." Peng Laogui thought for a while and said, "Do you suspect that someone killed the Grand Commander?"

"Yesterday was fine, it's only been a little while longer." Qi Tian said heavily: "Besides, my uncle has always been in good health and has almost never been seriously ill. Therefore, there is some doubt about my uncle's death."

Just as he was talking, the door suddenly opened, and Qi Dalu broke in, threw himself on the bedside, hugged Cao Xiong's body and cried loudly.

When Qi Tian saw this, he couldn't help but screamed in his heart, thinking of Cao Xiong's care and love for him, caring for him like a father and mother, and unconditional trust and support for him in governing Hanzhou.

After a while, Qi Yuanshan came in from the outside, walked up to Qi Tian, ​​and said in a low voice: "That woman doesn't know anything."

"Take care of it first, and we'll talk about it later." Qi Tian ordered.

Afterwards, Yu Fukun, Hu Wenjin, Guan Zongxiang, Dong Fengshan and other Hanzhou veterans arrived one after another. Everyone looked solemn and knelt down beside Cao Xiong's bed.For a moment, the whole room was full of mourning.

"Chairman, sorry! This place is narrow, shall we set up a mourning hall in the Commander's Mansion?" Pan Qifeng asked softly.

Qi Tian nodded and told him to quickly choose the spacious hall to set up the mourning hall.

Before dawn, almost the entire Jianye City knew that Cao Xiong, the leader of Hanzhou, died suddenly last night.The main streets in the city, the commanding mansion, the military government building, the civilian government building and other important institutions and departments all hung white banners.Teams of marine soldiers, local soldiers, and patrol police, either carrying muskets or short knives, patrolled around for security.

Residents of Jianye City were shocked by this. Yesterday was the wedding day of the chief executive of Hanzhou Civil Affairs. The whole city celebrated with great enthusiasm. Everyone was still inexplicably excited and happy in the morning .

What's the matter, just after dawn, the news of the death of the commander of Hanzhou came.For a time, the people in the whole city were in a state of astonishment, and it was difficult to accept the news.People who were grateful for the kindness of Hanzhou's survival spontaneously hung up white cloths in front of the house, mourning and paying homage to the leader of Hanzhou.

"Since the commander-in-chief of Hanzhou has passed away, but I, Hanzhou, cannot live without an owner for a day." Bi Maokang stood in front of the hall and said loudly: "In the past, the commander-in-chief had spoken to us several times. The general manager should be the future master of Hanzhou. Therefore, the top priority is that everyone in Hanzhou should immediately support Qi Tian as the new commander of Hanzhou, so as to stabilize the hearts of the people and the army in the territory."

"That's right, the chief executive is the nephew of the chief commander, and the order of succession has already been established. I invite the chief executive to take over the position of chief commander immediately!" Pan Qifeng immediately echoed.

Immediately, all the major civil affairs officials who participated in the memorial ceremony stood up and stood up, embracing Qitian to inherit the position of Hanzhou Grand Commander.

"The commander-in-chief's bones are not yet cold, you scholars don't want to mourn and pay homage, but support a new commander-in-chief on this mourning hall! Is it appropriate to do this?" Hu Wenjin couldn't help but asked in a cold voice.

"The commander-in-chief passed away unexpectedly, and we are naturally very sad." Song Yingxing glanced at Hu Wenjin and said, "Although Hanzhou is a country, it also has its own system. If there is no one in Hanzhou today to lead the position of commander-in-chief, then government affairs and military affairs Who will take the lead? Who will take the lead in commemorating the funeral of the great commander? Who should lead the tens of thousands of people in Hanzhou?"

"Then... that's not what it is today, let... the chief executive take over as the chief commander!" Hu Wenjin said: "Besides, the chief commander has a son."

Many Hanzhou officials in the hall looked at Hu Wenjin when they heard the words. They didn't know what he meant when he said these words.Someone said just now that Commander Cao Xiong has stated several times that Qi Tian is his heir and the future Lord of Hanzhou.Moreover, he never said that he would hand over the position of commander to his son.

Besides, Cao Xiong's son just turned one year old!
Hu Wenjin turned his head and looked expectantly at the former veteran of Hanzhou, the former brother of the Dengzhou Navy, trying to find someone who could speak with him.

"I think Commander Hu is right." Guan Zongxiang stood up and said, "There is no commander who has just passed away and is busy urging... the chief executive to succeed him. I think, as a nephew's chief executive, You don't want to do that, do you?"

"According to the traditional etiquette of my Ming Dynasty, the father dies and the son succeeds, and if there is a will, he will obey his orders." Bi Maokang said: "A country cannot be without a king for a day, and a family cannot be without an owner for a day. The great commander has passed away, but the position cannot be left vacant. You can't be without a master, otherwise, if everyone gathers in the lobby today, who will order them!"

After hearing this, everyone nodded their heads.When Cao Xiong joined the crowd to land in Hanzhou, he had natural authority and everyone obeyed him.But at this moment, if the new commander-in-chief is not confirmed immediately, who will everyone listen to?

Judging from the current situation, all civil affairs officials support Qi Tian's succession to the position of Grand Commander. On the military government side, except for Guan Zongxiang, who expressed slightly different opinions, they did not deny Qi Tian's succession rights, and the others have not expressed their views yet.

On the side of the military government, Qi Dajiang led troops to attack the Luzon Spaniards, Niu Hu led a team to garrison Dili City, Luo Rucheng and others directed ships to transfer supplies and personnel to the eastern part of Hanzhou, Wan Changshu led a raiding fleet to attack the Netherlands at sea merchant ship.Only Yu Fukun, Dong Fengshan, Zhang Jiawen and others are in Jianye City.

"I support Qi Tian to inherit the position of Grand Commander first." Yu Fukun said solemnly after being silent for a while.

"I also support Qi Tian's succession to the position of Grand Commander." Dong Fengshan followed suit.

"Qi Tian will be the successor commander!" Zhang Jiawen also said afterwards: "I will resolutely obey all the orders of the new commander-in-chief."

Seeing that Yu Fukun and others expressed their support for Qi Tian, ​​many civil affairs officials were relieved, and there was a look of relief in each other's eyes.

(End of this chapter)