Chapter 58 Cutting Off the Braid

  That blind guy, with a patch on his chest indicating he's a county magistrate, originally looked like a consumptive ghost who had smoked too much opium. Now, being held by the pigtail by Yang Feng was just like holding a duck's neck, and he was so angry and humiliated that he kept shouting loudly, stunning everyone at the dock. Xue Fu Cheng subconsciously covered his forehead, and the old man, who was quite old, almost collapsed from Yang Feng's intimidation.

  "How dare you, you're so reckless! Do you still have any regard for the imperial court's laws and regulations?" The second-grade military officer shouted loudly, taking a big step forward. The two people who were originally standing on either side of him took a step back in unison.

  Yang Feng looked at the county magistrate with some unexpected surprise, as there was only one second-grade military officer in Taiwan, and that was Wan Guoben, the former Taiwan garrison commander who was about to hand over to him.

  "Is that so? Bring him in!" He sneered and turned his head to call over two fully armed black bodyguards.

  "Please invite Mr. Wan to sit on our boat, remember to serve him well." As soon as he finished speaking, two black men immediately came forward, and Wan Guoben subconsciously drew out his waist knife. Before he could even swing it, a 2.2-meter-tall black man grabbed him by the neck and lifted him up, revealing a mouthful of sharp white teeth and a silly grin that seemed to be ready to devour someone, then dragged Mr. Wan away.

  Tang Jingyong's lips trembled, and he turned his head to look at the two people who were originally standing next to Wanguo himself. As a result, neither of those two guys lifted their heads, they were all lowering their heads to count ants there.

  "Is this your ancestor?" Yang Feng lifted the county magistrate's braid and glared at the officials in front of him, accompanied by the county magistrate's mournful cries and the rapid running sounds of the surrounding soldiers, scaring these guys into silence.

  "I just don't get it, the Manchu people have only been in power for a little over 200 years, how can you all forget what your ancestors were like? Did your ancestors start hanging out with this thing after they defeated Qin Shi Huang?" As he spoke, he pulled on his queue again, not noticing the county magistrate's resentful gaze.

  "Come here!" He beckoned with one hand, and an officer immediately stepped forward.

  "Go and cut off all their queues!" he said, pointing at Tang Jingxuan and others.

  "Yes!" The officer saluted and immediately led a group of fierce-looking soldiers to rush over. Yang Feng was speaking in English, which the vast majority of these people did not understand. Zhang Quan saw this situation and just wanted to step forward to stop them, but was held back by Xue Fu Cheng's outstretched hand.

  When the soldiers were in groups of three, two holding down a person and one removing his bayonet and pulling his queue to prepare for the beheading, the officials suddenly came to their senses, each immediately wailing like they had lost their father, some even struggling with all their might like a chaste heroine being raped, and could not be held down by three big men.

  "Xue Fu Cheng, what is your intention? Are you trying to start a rebellion?" Tang Jing Sung shouted loudly while struggling under the restraint of three big men.

  Xue Fu Cheng expressionlessly stared at him, this old man had started with Yang Feng and that county magistrate, so he knew this was the best solution, therefore he didn't prepare to stop them, however just cutting off these guys' queues wasn't enough.

  Yang Feng sneered at the guy, raised the braid in his hand, and a bodyguard next to him understood and took out a dagger. With a swift motion, he cut off the braid, and the county magistrate immediately fell to the ground, crying like a tearful person.

  Just then, something unexpected happened. When the soldiers who cut off the braid were about to take action against the two people standing next to Wanguo Ben, those two suddenly and almost simultaneously took action, using lightning-fast speed to knock down one soldier each, pick up their rifles, and immediately turn the muzzle towards Yang Feng after pulling the bolt.

  But the two professional bodyguards standing on either side of Yang Feng reacted just as quickly, and by the time the gun muzzle had moved, they had already formed a human wall in front of him. Immediately afterwards, the soldiers surrounding them simultaneously raised their guns, and under the aim of hundreds of rifles, the two men remained motionless, still pointing their guns at Yang Feng's position.

  "It can't be seen that this Taiwan still has some talent. The two of you don't know the surname and great name?" Yang Feng said unexpectedly from behind the crowd.

  "Helping Taiwan with military affairs is Liu Yongfu." said an older man faintly.

  "Huang Jun led Lin Chao Dong." said Huang Yu.

  Yang Feng nodded in satisfaction, now Taiwan has only these two figures left.

  "You two gentlemen, do you want to protect all these people or just yourselves? If it's just yourselves, then there's nothing more to say. This face-saving brother still needs to be given, but if you want to protect all these people, sorry to say, these two guns are a bit insufficient. Liu sir won't say anything, and Lin sir seems to have a large group of your Yunfenglin family behind him, right?"

  Liu Yongfu and the other man looked at each other, suddenly burst out laughing and put down their guns, retreating to one side. Yang Feng waved his hand in great satisfaction as the queue-cutting activity continued amidst wails and howls of grief. The queues on the heads of over a hundred officials and local gentry fell to the ground, many people collapsing like they had been drained of their spinal cord, lying on the ground with pale faces.

  "Do you really care about this queue? What you care about is your future, without the queue you can't be an official. In the end, it's not for your ancestors but for the official hat on your head and the hope of wearing it. How dare you still talk to me about your ancestors like this? Do you even remember what your ancestors were like?" Yang Feng roared in anger.

  Those guys on the ground quickly shut their mouths one by one, but the county magistrate under his feet was still crying loudly.

  "What's there to cry about!" The man growled with his head down.

  "The subordinate official, the subordinate official is a Manchu." The county magistrate said with a sob.

  "Huh? What's with this Manchu and Han business now? Don't you know that the Manchus and Hans are one family?" Yang Feng shouted, and the county magistrate hastily shut his mouth.

  "Take all of you big shots to our ship and let them think about their ancestors." After Yang Feng finished speaking, he waved his hand, and those fully armed soldiers immediately came forward, dragged these guys up, and then directly dragged them onto a nearby landing craft.

  As he watched them being taken away one by one, Xue Fu Cheng expressionlessly said: "You're too impulsive, you can use your Ottoman Empire Pasha identity to explain, they're all intelligent people, they won't get entangled in this kind of thing. Our imperial court isn't without foreign officials, but now that it's gotten to this point, how do you plan on wrapping things up?"

  "It's just a small matter, I don't believe you can't figure out how to solve it with your experience. Of course, the main reason is that it's too hot today." Yang Feng said with a sly smile, actually he didn't care much about the queue, whoever wanted to wear it was fine with him, but today he was indeed a bit impulsive, however if this matter was handled properly, it wouldn't be a bad thing after all.

  "I won't help you be a traitor again." Xue Fu Cheng said calmly, it's clear that he knew what to do, of course Yang Feng also knew what to do, but for now they still need to deal with these two guys in front of them. Liu Yongfu didn't even need to be mentioned, the anti-French hero was deceived back to remove his military power, the remaining few hundred Black Flag Army soldiers were preserved, and now that it's time to fight again, he was brought out to Taiwan to wait for a showdown with the Japanese.

  Lin Chao-tung is the leader of the Lin family of Fog Peak, and for those who like to play with families, this is indeed a good research subject. The sixth generation has been extended to now, and the Tong Army under his command is also the only combat-effective unit in Taiwan, excluding the two battalions brought by Liu Yongfu. In fact, the main force against the Japanese army during the Jiayu War was also the Tong Army, which took down the Taiwanese Japanese army with disease and casualties almost catching up to the entire Sino-Japanese War.

  However, he and Liu Yongfu both abandoned their armies and escaped back inland in the later period.

  This kind of family is easy to deal with, and as for the other one, it's a rebellious traitor, so that's also easily settled.

  "Two gentlemen, I have long admired your great names. In Europe, I have also heard several times about how you fought against France and made the enemy retreat in disarray, greatly enhancing the prestige of China." This guy immediately changed his expression, cupped his hands and said to the two men. Speaking of which, he suddenly remembered a question at this time - how did Gongbi actually die? One moment it was Taiwan, another moment it was Ma's tail, and it seemed that he had also died once in Zhenhai.

  "Mr. Yang's prestige is not something that we can compare to, with warships and foreign soldiers arriving in Taiwan, as soon as they arrived, they arrested more than half of the imperial officials, and even humiliated our sacred ancestors, could it be that Mr. Yang is planning to rebel?" Lin Chao-dong said with a forced smile.

  "Red mouth and white teeth, you can't spit blood at people, brother," Yang Feng said with a bow to the north, then continued: "Brother received the imperial edict of Empress Dowager Cixi, abandoned his family and property, traveled thousands of miles, returned to the country to assist in the war, was ordered to defend Taiwan, and his loyal heart is as clear as day and night."

  "Who would have expected that the boat would suffer unprovoked humiliation, and even though the brothers were known for their pure and good nature, they couldn't help but feel indignant and act rashly at this time, which is also understandable."

  The shamelessness of this guy left Liu Yongfu and the others speechless, they really couldn't imagine that with today's performance, this guy could still describe himself as loyal and innocent.

  "Feng Sheng, the younger brother, is not a citizen of our country, but rather a nobleman of the Ottoman Empire. He currently holds the position of Governor of Kuwait in the Ottoman Empire, so he does not understand the matter of shaving his head. You gentlemen are unaware of this situation, and it's normal to have this misunderstanding. This is also an oversight on my part."

  However, Feng Sheng's actions were also somewhat improper, which was also because he had been alone for a long time and couldn't help but have some murderous aura on him. Fortunately, they were all trivial matters that weren't worth mentioning. It would be fine if he explained it to Lord Tang individually." Xue Fu Cheng said slowly at this time.

  "It was just a misunderstanding, and it seems we were too hasty." Liu Yongfu and the other person laughed as they said this. These two can be considered heroes in their own right, and their minds are not comparable to those who have been made foolish by reading books. With over ten warships and several thousand fully armed soldiers here, naturally whatever they say goes. However, it's worth noting that these two men don't place much importance on queues, as long as no one touches their heads, everything else is none of their concern.