Twenty-six. Banquet
Xie Huaichang was a little restless today, and frequently wandered, Jiang Fangzhen called him a few times in a row, he had never heard of it, and the students who were talking about the Three People's Principles on the pulpit stopped and asked suspiciously: "What I said is not right?"
Jiang Fangzhen shook his head and said with a smile: "It's his own heart. As he spoke, he slammed the fan on his forehead and raised his voice: "The soul is back!"
Xie Huaichang was taken aback, and almost jumped up from the chair, he came back to his senses and saw that everyone in the room was staring at him, and subconsciously laughed: "I'm really sorry......"
Jiang Fangzhen leaned towards him and asked with a smile: "I can't keep my soul when I come today, could it be that I met a goddess on the road and hooked the soul of King Xiang?"
Xie Huaichang suddenly laughed: "What are you talking about, my eldest sister went out to a foreigner's banquet today, and I was a little worried." ”
"Oh, your eldest sister, the eldest lady of the Xie family in Zhenjiang?" Jiang Fangzhen seemed to be very surprised: "She is also in the capital?
Xie Huaichang looked at him strangely: "No, I just came to my uncle's house to live and relax, why do you seem to be surprised?"
"Of course I'm surprised, I've never heard you say that Miss Xie also came to the capital," Jiang Fangzhen's smile slowly expanded, and he was a little cunning: "Ning Yin, you and I have been friends for a long time, and it can be regarded as a relationship, and besides, you and I will go to Europe to study together next year, so that we can take care of each other." I want to invite you to a banquet with Miss Xie, I don't know if you are willing to appreciate your face. ”
Xie Huaichang said: "I am naturally willing, but for some reason, I always feel a little uneasy and kind that you want to see my sister." ”
Jiang Fangzhen laughed: "Are you still afraid that I will abduct your sister?
Xie Huaichang hurriedly waved his hand: "Misunderstanding, Baili, if my sister doesn't have a marriage contract, I would be very willing to make a good thing for the two of you." ”
Jiang Fangzhen said: "There are many geniuses in Jiangsu, I won't compete with your brother-in-law." Then it's decided, tomorrow at noon, I will set up wine in Taixing Building, and wait for Miss Xie and you, Second Young Master Xie. ”
He made the appointment with a smile, got up and said goodbye to the students who were doing it, and strode out. Xie Huaichang was even more inexplicable, followed by getting up to say goodbye, chased out, and grabbed Jiang Fangzhen's shoulder.
"What kind of medicine are you selling in your gourd?"
Jiang Fangzhen laughed: "Won't you know tomorrow?"
"That's not good," Xie Huaichang said, "If you don't sue me, how dare I casually take our eldest lady out? ”
"Okay, okay, there's no need to hide this from you," Jiang Fangzhen grabbed the hand he was holding around his neck and pushed Xie Huaichang away: "I once mentioned to you that my friend who stayed in Japan with me was originally in the non-commissioned officer school, and then he changed his career halfway to study business, do you remember?"
Xie Huaichang nodded: "Remember, didn't you say that you came back a year earlier than you and now works at Conley Foreign Bank?"
"I didn't tell you before, his surname is Chen, the word Yuji, and the single name is a character. Jiang Fangzhen looked at him with a smile and punched him in the heart: "That's right, it's the future eldest aunt of your Zhenjiang Xie family." ”
"Do you know Chen Yuji, has Chen Yuji returned to China?" Xie Huaichang was really surprised: "Then why didn't the Chen family sue his father?"
"Calm down," Jiang Fangzhen pressed on his shoulder: "He quietly returned to China without telling his family, I didn't sue you before, I was afraid that you would sue your father." ”
Xie Huaichang looked at him suspiciously: "Then you suddenly sue me again now......" He paused suddenly, and his eyes gradually became a little cold: "Chen Yuji him, I'm afraid I'm not very satisfied with this marriage." ”
Jiang Fangzhen was still smiling: "What, could it be that your eldest sister is very satisfied?"
Xie Huaichang choked and said stupidly: "That one has no ......"
"Chen Yuji is indeed a talented person, but it's a pity that his temperament is too hard, and he doesn't accept the slightest objection on weekdays," Jiang Fangzhen said as he walked: "Tomorrow, you must ask your eldest sister out and ask her to wear a dress, I have to slap him well." ”
Xie Huaichang looked at him coldly: "It seems that Chen Ji is quite dissatisfied with my sister. ”
Jiang Fangzhen glanced at him: "No, he is just dissatisfied with the marriage contract that his parents set for him on their own initiative." ”
Xie Huaichang snorted heavily and walked away.
When he returned home, Wanlan had already returned, sitting in the flower hall and talking to Xie Daoyong, he walked to the window, and heard a vague sentence: "I heard that the imperial court is going to establish a constitution?"
Xie Daoyong nodded, and his tone was excited: "The Queen Mother has approved the excerpt of Duke Ze, and Lord Yuan has already begun to prepare for the new official system, Ah Lan, we will have a new atmosphere in the Qing Dynasty." ”
Xie Huaichang paused on the threshold and snorted contemptuously: "Uncle doesn't believe that the Aixin Jueluo family can really delegate power?"
Xie Daoyong rubbed his hands and said with a smile: "Now the people who don't let go of the power and love Xinjueluo don't count, then you have to listen to Yehenara." ”
"I once heard a joke, I don't know if my uncle has heard it," Wanlan interrupted their conversation, and said: "It is said that when the Ming Dynasty was in the past, the Aixinjue Luo clan and the Yehe Nara clan went to war, and Taizu sent Yidu to fight against the attack of Ye He's general Bu Zhai, but Bu Zhai was defeated, and the people of Jianzhou split Bu Zhai's body in half, half of it was returned to Ye He, and half of it was left in Jianzhou. ”
"This is a bit like the proverb of 'Death of Qin must be Chu' back then," Xie Daoyong said disapprerovingly: "When you mention this at this time, do you mean that the Queen Mother is going to die in the country?"
"That's not necessarily, history always has coincidences that echo before and after," Wanlan said: "Uncle should also plan ahead." ”
Xie Daoyong was in a good mood today, and smiled and joked with Wanlan as if he gave up his hand: "If you have any opinions, I'll listen to them." ”
Wanlan also laughed: "My nieces and nephews are all women, if my uncle doesn't laugh at me, I'll tell you about it." She paused, her eyes flickered, and she fixed on Xie Huaichang: "Your friend Jiang Fangzhen, who has a good relationship, do you know who he studied with?"
Xie Huaichang was stunned: "I only know that I graduated from the Japanese Army Non-commissioned Officer School, but I don't know ......"
"It's Liang Zhuoru. ”
Xie Huaichang was surprised: "Baili's teacher is Liang Zhuoru?
"It's normal for you not to know, he has never mentioned it to anyone, and he is even more strict with the people around him," Wanlan smiled: "You told me yesterday that he didn't want to serve the Qing court, I think this is wrong, he is unwilling to serve the empress dowager." ”
Xie Daoyong also asked: "How did you know about this?"
"De Ling told me, my uncle knows De Ling's previous status in the palace, and her news should not be wrong," Wan Lan pursed her lips and sighed softly: "When Long Live Lord presided over the reform of the law, all governments were very optimistic, and because of this, they forced the Queen Mother to return to politics and never come back. Although I don't understand why the European powers are supporting the rich country and the people, I ...... They may have abandoned the Empress Dowager's government. ”
Xie Huaichang looked at Wanlan with a calm face, and somehow thought of Chen Ji, and thought of Jiang Fangzhenzhi and said proudly, "Ask your sister to wear a dress, I want to slap him well."
He couldn't hold back, laughed out loud, and hurriedly waved his hand to Wanlan: "Baili wants to invite you tomorrow, ask me to ask you what you mean." ”
Wanlan and Xie Daoyong were both stunned, looked at each other for a moment, and asked, "What did he invite me to do?"
"He knows ......" Xie Huaichang was stunned, remembering the marriage contract that Wanlan complained about to him yesterday about his parents' orders, and felt that if she rashly mentioned Chen Ji's attendance, she was afraid that she would not agree, so she lied casually: "He also knows Yu Deling." ”
Wanlan looked at him suspiciously: "I just met De Ling today, and he proposed to invite me to a banquet today, even if it was to send a telegram, it was not so fast." Honestly, why did he invite me?"
Xie Huaichang glanced at Xie Daoyong and said innocently: "He just said that, and I don't know the rest." ”
Wanlan frowned, stared at him without speaking, and Xie Huaichang stared back with a calm expression: "If you don't want to, I will refuse him." ”
"It's not that I don't want to," Wanlan said: "It's just that I've already made an appointment with Deling for lunch tomorrow and booked a French restaurant, so it's really hard to regret it now." ”
Xie Huaichang gasped with a "hiss": "This is really ......"
"I'm really embarrassed, why don't you refuse him this time, and next time I invite him to dinner?"
Xie Huaichang waved his hand: "It's not necessary, I'll just talk to him." ”
Xie Daoyong suddenly said: "Since Wanlan has no time, then you can take Wanxin to the banquet." ”
Xie Huaichang looked at Xie Daoyong in surprise: "This ...... No, what he wants to see is Sister Lan. ”
"There's nothing bad," Xie Daoyong waved his hand and stood up: "Both horizontal and vertical are the daughters of our Xie family, Ah Xin is not as good as Ah Lan? Are you still afraid that she will embarrass you outside? That's it, Huaichang came to the study with me, it's rare to have free time today, I'll test how you are." ”
As he spoke, he walked out, Xie Huaichang was confused by his movements, glanced at Wanlan inexplicably, and followed: "Uncle, this is ......"
"Who is it that you want to see Ah Lan?" you tell me the truth," Xie Daoyong said in a low voice as he walked, "With your little care, you can hide it from your sister." ”
Xie Huaichang suddenly laughed: "Uncle is really sharp-eyed, I said why are you so abnormal today, and things that don't make sense insist on being set together." ”
"In fact, it was Baili to set up a banquet to invite Sister Lan to the banquet, but among the people who invited him, there was also Chen Ji Chen Yuji, who had finished his studies and returned to China half a year ago. ”
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Jiang Fangzhen: The word Baili, a talent in the late Qing Dynasty, a famous military theorist and military educator during the Republic of China. In his early years, he often read "The Collection of Futian Zhong and Indignation", and in 1901, he studied at the Japanese Army Non-commissioned Officer School. In 1906, he studied in Germany and returned to China to serve as the principal of the Baoding Army Military Academy and the acting president of the Army University. In 1912, he served as the principal of the Baoding Army Military Academy. In 1913, he served as a first-class senator of Yuan Shikai's presidential office. In 1937, he published a collection of military treatises, "On National Defense", and was the first person among the Kuomintang generals. And in the future, he influenced Bai Chongxi and others.
※ You may not know much about this person, but he has a daughter who is very famous, and a son-in-law who is even more famous, whose daughter is named Jiang Ying, and whose son-in-law is named Qian Xuesen......
Gengzi year: that is, in 1900, the Eight-Nation Coalition invaded China, the Empress Dowager Cixi and Guangxu fled to Xi'an, before the Gengzi year, a Qing army killed the German minister in China, the great powers took the opportunity to make trouble, asked Guangxu to govern pro-government, and declared that the diplomatic exchanges with China after that only recognized the word "Guangxu".
Liang Zhuoru: That is, Liang Qichao, the word Zhuoru. If you don't know about this, please go to the junior high school history book......