They stayed in the early night view for a long time, mainly because Wanxian refused to leave, and had to go and see every room before stopping, most of the window paper of these long-term houses was yellowed and damaged, and the dust blew in for many years, accumulating a thick layer on the windowsill.

Wanxian put her hand in and wrote something stroke by stroke in a windowsill, Wanlan asked her, she refused to say, and only reluctantly left under Wantian's repeated urging, but Xu Shinian was very curious, deliberately left behind, and wanted to take a look.

Wanxian saw his small movements and grinned in front of her: "What is Mr. Xu looking at?"

Xu Shinian was caught off guard, subconsciously touched his nose, and said suddenly: "It's nothing." ”

Wanxian didn't tear him down, only turned his head away, and asked Xie Daozhong with a smile: "Father, don't lock this view anymore." ”

Naturally, there was no reason to disallow it, so Wanlan made fun of her sister again, she mastered the sense of proportion this time, and Wanxian did not deliberately talk back. The group returned to the garden along the way they came, and went to take a look at the Merlin mentioned by Wanlan, but to the disappointment, there were only a few trees in the Merlin that bloomed sporadically.

Xu Shinian was afraid that Wanlan would be disappointed, so he took the lead in speaking and said in a joking tone: "It seems that Mei Xian has also gone to find Miss Yingning." ”

Wanlan smiled at him: "Maybe he was scared away by the sun, moon and new heaven of the mortal world?"

Xu Shinian's expression remained unchanged between his eyebrows, and he only smiled slowly: "The only thing that remains unchanged in this world is change, Lord Mei Xian is watching the world for thousands of years in the heavenly court, this truth should have been understood a long time ago." ”

Wanlan nodded: "What Mr. said is very true. ”

They didn't stay in Merlin for long, but even so, when they returned to the other garden, they still missed the hour of lunch, the cook returned to the hot pot, Xie Daozhong and Xu Shinian chatted in the front hall, and the three of them went to the inner garden to make up and rest. Lixia came over lightly, saying that someone had been sent from the old mansion, saying that the eldest young master asked him to send a letter.

Wanlan was a little inexplicable, they obviously went to the same day and returned on the same day, why did they send someone to deliver the letter.

The man was quickly brought up, it turned out to be Kong Chengfu, the porter of the Xie family, Wanlan knew everyone in the Xie family, and naturally remembered him: "Let you run these roads in vain, if Huai'an doesn't have any earth-shattering events, I will definitely spare him for you." ”

She Kong Cheng Fucheng presented a newspaper and a letter, and said with a smile: "It is indeed a major event in the sky, and it can't be delayed for a minute, eldest miss, this is sent by the uncle of the Chen family, and as soon as I received it, the eldest young master immediately asked the little one to send it." ”

Wanlan was stunned, and for a while she couldn't react to who "Aunt Chen" was referring to, in the month since she returned home, there has been no news of Chen Ji, and even Yangzhou has no news, making her forget several times that she is engaged, and she is still in the filial piety period of her father-in-law.

She reached out and took the letter in her hand, but first looked at the newspaper, and seemed to be unconcerned about its contents: "Where did this letter come from?"

"Beijing," Kong Chengfu said, "newspaper...... It was the eldest young master who found an appropriate opportunity to present it to the master. ”

Wanlan immediately understood that the letter was fake, but she was afraid that the newspaper was real, she glanced at the newspaper again, and immediately understood the reason - the newspaper was printed in white and black: Zhang Zhidong arrested Zhang Nanxian, Liu Jing'an, Liang Zhonghan and other nine people, and the case of the Japanese Notification Association caused a sensation throughout the country.

She folded the newspaper and looked as usual: "I know, Lixia, call the kitchen to give Uncle Kong a hot ginger tea in the frying pot." ”

Kong Chengfu followed Lixia out, and Wan Tian came over and asked, "What newspaper, so careful?"

Wanlan handed the newspaper to her, and tore open the letter by herself, Chen Ji Xi Lishu, now used a pen to write the letter, between the lines still has the ancient and strong meaning of Lishu, his character shape is simple, the attitude is simple and majestic, quite beautiful, so that Wanlan before reading the letter, specially appreciated for a while.

She had seen his words on Chen Ji's desk before, but she didn't feel as amazing as today, and it seemed that this letter was indeed thoughtful.

Wan Tian, who had finished reading the report, looked up and saw the shyness on the eldest sister's face, and couldn't help but say "Huh": "Look at your expression, is it a love letter?"

Wanlan coughed and put away the smile on her face: "No." ”

Wan Tian refused to let her go, and said: "What's the matter? You are a husband and wife who have not passed through the door, and you are separated from each other, so it is most normal to talk about love." My sister is just curious, Sister, is this love letter a phoenix, or a new willow branch?"

Wanlan glanced at her, folded the letter and stuffed it into the envelope, stood up and walked out: "When you promise someone to be engaged, and let that person write a letter to you, then you want a phoenix or a willow branch, just say it." ”

She made a nonchalant look, called Lixia, handed the letter to her, and said a faint word for her to keep it, and then took the newspaper and went to the front yard.

Wan Tian followed behind, seeing her sister's pretending expression, she couldn't help but purse her lips and snicker, and when she passed by Lixia's side, she deliberately put on a straight face and told her: "This is sent by my uncle, you take it, go back and return it to the eldest lady, but you are not allowed to peek, let alone hurt this letter for a cent, you break a corner, be careful that the eldest lady cuts off one of your arms." ”

Lixia responded with a smile, and pretended to set up a military order, Wanlan heard them ridiculing her words in front, only felt a fever on her face, and didn't even dare to turn back, her steps became faster and faster, and she rushed into the front hall where Xie Daozhong was chatting with Xu Shinian, and then she almost stopped.

The two people in the hall were taken aback by her movements, Wanlan paused at the threshold, smiled slowly, and walked over calmly: "Fang read the masterpiece of the sword and pen general under Mr. Xu, it is really extraordinary. ”

Xu Shinian didn't react for a while, looked at her inexplicably, Wanlan walked over, shook the newspaper in his hand in front of him, and handed it to Xie Daozhong: "I heard that it was used to use the newspaper reading room set up by the Chinese Episcopal Church in the United States as a place for discussion, so I got the name of 'Rizhi Society'." ”

"Oh, it's this thing," Xu Shinian smiled, not at all surprised: "It turned out to be this thing." ”

Wanlan's ears moved: "Mr. Xu seems to have expected this matter. ”

"Throughout the ages, isn't there only these two outcomes in the matter of uprisings?" Xu Shinian smiled faintly: "Either change the dynasty and change the yellow robe, or once lose your footing, you will be hated for eternity." ”

"You misunderstood," Wanlan said, "I mean...... You seem to have known about this in Hubei for a long time. ”

Xu Shinian did not answer.

If he had known it a long time ago, it would have been a failure to report it, conniving at the rebellion, and if he had not known, then his reaction would have been really different.

He coughed lightly: "I am in Zhenjiang, and I don't have the ability to go with the wind, how can I predict the affairs of Hubei in advance, this report is still the one that the eldest lady gave me a look, and I only knew." ”

As they spoke, Xie Daozhong had already finished reading the entire article, Wanlan and Xu Shinian both looked at him, secretly guessing what he would say, but Xie Daozhong folded the newspaper, put it on the desk on the side, and stood up: "After walking all morning, I'm really a little hungry, let's move to the flower hall, Ah Lan, call your sisters over and have dinner." ”

Wanlan responded, glanced at Xu Shinian, and walked quickly to the door, Wantian happened to bring Wanxian in, and when she saw Xie Daozhong, she smiled and changed her "father": "Lunch should be good, let's use it early, go back to the house early, I'm afraid that Sister A's heart is already like an arrow at this time." ”

Xie Daozhong turned his head to look at Wanlan again, Wanlan's gaze moved downward, and he smiled briefly: "Yuji sent a letter from the capital, and Huai'an sent someone to send it, and when Ah Tian looked at it, he came to tease me." ”

Xie Daozhong was unexpectedly very interested in this, and he turned his head sideways and asked Wanlan as he walked: "Didn't Yuji keep filial piety for his father?

Wanlan hesitated for a moment and replied in a low voice: "He was hired by a foreign firm as a manager. ”

Xie Daozhong paused: "Didn't he go to a military academy in Japan? How could he go to a foreign company to do things?"

Wanlan said: "Everyone has their own ambitions, and the proprietor of that foreign company is Mr. Shoda, a famous Japanese industrialist, and they have had a lot of exchanges when they were in Japan. ”

Xie Daozhong snorted heavily: "After the minister, the family of poetry and books will surrender his identity to go into business, and he is also employed by the Japanese, he did not keep filial piety for the restoration of peace, is he in a hurry to go to the capital to do business?"

"No, father," Wanlan hurriedly said, "You know the cause of Uncle Chen's death, Yuji is worried about the rebirth of the capital, and besides, ......"

She stood on Xie Daozhong's side and leaned back slightly, turned her back to Xu Shinian, and glanced at Xie Daozhong: "Besides, Yuji is not an unmeasured person. ”

Xie Daozhong glanced at her, his eyes contained dissatisfaction, but he didn't say anything more about this issue, only politely turned to Xu Shinian, and said to him: "It's not a big banquet, just one or two home-cooked dishes, and I hope Mr. Xu won't dislike it." ”

Xu Shinian hurriedly took over and said some polite and polite words, but his eyes were on Wanlan's face, and he quickly turned away.

His small actions were taken into Wan Tian's eyes, so he found an opportunity to joke with the eldest sister in private: "It's a pity that Luo Fu has his own husband, and everyone says that they have husbands and sons-in-law." ”

Wanlan glanced at her and followed Xu Shinian into the flower hall. Xie Daozhong really no longer mentioned the matter of Chen Ji, but talked with Xu Shinian about the report of the "Rizhihui Case", he did not ask Xu Shinian whether he had already learned about the matter, let alone his position on this case, but started from this revolution and talked all the way about the Meiji Restoration in Japan.

Xu Shinian was now a little unpredictable about Xie Daozhong, which was perhaps a skill that every superior should have, and he poured out all the news he knew about the Meiji Restoration to Xie Daozhong, and the latter just listened with a smile and a nod, occasionally interjecting two or three sentences, none of which were comments on the significance of Japanese society beyond the Meiji Restoration, but all comments on all the relationships and calculations between people involved in the Restoration.

"Gong Xie's point of view is very special," Xu Shinian said, "I have never heard of it before. ”

Xie Daozhong smiled generously: "My life and death are in Zhenjiang, it is indeed better than my husband to travel thousands of miles and see thousands of people, but this does not prevent me from understanding some things, after all, there is some truth in this world, and it is indeed prepared for a certain age." ”

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"Luo Fu has his own husband, all say that his husband is different": from the Han Dynasty's anonymous Yuefu poem "Mo Shang Sang", the upper and lower sentences are split and reorganized, and the original sentence is "so that the king has his own wife, Luo Fu has his own husband", "Thousands of people sitting in the house, all say that the husband and son-in-law are different".

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