On the day that the "Honglong County Order" left Beijing to take office, Andrei also left the capital, and he still had the remaining survey tasks to do, this time in the direction of the south.

Before leaving, Honglong and Brother Jiu said that he wanted to have a good talk with Si Jiepan.

So the two of them locked themselves in the study, not knowing what they were talking about, and talked for an hour. Brother Jiu didn't inquire, he felt that even if he sat next to him, he might not understand a word about what the two of them could talk about.

The red dragon was gone, and for the next two or three days, Sjepan's mood was not quite right, he didn't eat much or play with the children, and he was always very low.

Brother Jiu finally couldn't help it and asked him what was going on.

Sjepan was very frustrated, and he said, "Yinyu, have you heard of the Holy Child Project?"

Brother Jiu was stunned for a moment, and he remembered that the red dragon had mentioned this plan to him.

"I've heard a few things, Red Dragon and I mentioned it, but I don't understand your scientific research."

Si Jiepan looked up at the Ninth Elder Brother: "The Red Dragon told me that the 'Holy Child' is right now at your Fourth Brother's, and he is the future Emperor Qianlong." ”

"yes, don't you know?"

Brother Jiu didn't ask, but as soon as he asked, Sjepan suddenly jumped up: "How could I know!" None of you have told me! Yu Jin told me that this fetus was miscarried! He didn't even tell me that the baby was in Julia's womb! ”

He was so excited, Brother Jiu was also surprised: "What did Yu Jin tell you?" ”

Sjepan looked frustrated.

"The information I got is completely different from what you know, Yinyu, I don't know how long I've been blinded now."

According to Sjepan, the Holy Child Project, as he knew, was a great plan that was bright and beautiful and had a bearing on the evolutionary future of humanity.

“…… There are many defects in human genes, which you should know. My goal is to modify these defects so that humanity no longer suffers from genetic diseases and immunodeficiency. Think about it, by that time, people's health will be far better than they are now, and the ability to heal themselves will be greatly improved, life expectancy will be extended, there will be no more hospital halls crowded with anxious parents, and the media will not always see the news that they have no money to treat the disease and can only wait for death. ”

Brother Jiu couldn't help but smile bitterly, Sjepan would believe such propaganda, it was really ...... It didn't surprise him at all!

"In other words, you go to work every day with the consciousness of working hard for a better future for mankind?"

Sjepan looked like he was about to cry, he crouched on the ground, held his face and said, "What's wrong with that?" ”

Brother Jiu had no choice but to pat him: "There's nothing wrong with that, Sjepan, your problem is that it's too easy to believe in the good side of people, and you don't want to look directly at the dark side." ”

“…… I also know that it is impossible for me to complete such a big project alone, not simply changing the DNA sequence, from various restricted vectors to retroviruses, a lot of work to be done, according to Yu Jin's words, it is joint research, and the four major research institutes of EIC are actually working hard. But I didn't know, even the Red Dragon was involved in this, and what he told me, I had never heard of! ”

When Brother Jiu heard it, he no longer called Yu Jin the director, but called him by his first name instead.

He shook his head: "Even as a layman, I know that the consequences of modifying DNA are unpredictable, and genetically modified crops alone have caused so much controversy – we can't even be sure if we've introduced trouble." Isn't it crazy that you're starting to make up your mind about humans? ”

Si Jiepan looked at Brother Nine blankly: "Huh? You know a lot. Yes, if you do this way, it is indeed difficult, but Yinyu, the gene is different from your code, it is not a program, you might as well think of it as an assembly game. Single-gene diseases, such as sickle cell anemia, have been well documented. Even if cancer is a polygenic disease, theoretically, it can be treated by gene modification if the specific mutation is known, and the mutation has not caused changes in the human body. But the most thorough is to carry out the transformation at the embryonic stage, which is the way to cure the root cause. I know what you're worried about, there's no explanation, it's very difficult and incalculable to do this kind of thing with a huge population of cells, but right now we have an effective help, and that's the zombie virus, and oh my god you don't know how powerful this thing is! It's very scary, but at the same time very useful......"

Brother Nine interrupted Sjepan: "In other words, you actually know that there is such a thing as a 'Holy Child'?" ”

Sjepan nodded disappointedly, "I know. This is a milestone in human evolution, Yinyu, and if this plan is successful, we can ......"

"So you don't know the evil side of the Holy Child Project? For example, how did that zombie world appear? ”

Sjepan kept his head down, silent.

After a long time, he whispered: "I also made some speculations about this child at first, and according to the information I have obtained, I think that in my hands, a Jesus-like existence will be born, who is stronger, kinder, and wiser than ordinary humans. ”

Brother Nine sneered, and Jesus, this kind of nonsense that only Sjepan would believe.

"Do you know who the parents of this fetus are?"

Sjepan shook his head, "I don't know. Anonymously, I only know that it is a Chinese volunteer. ”

"It's okay, at least I'm sure it's not the Japanese Qianlong or the Philippine Qianlong."

Sjepan buried his head and squatted on the ground, and after a long while, he suddenly said, "Yinyu, can you take me to see this child?" ”

Brother Jiu was stunned: "You want to go to see Hongli?" ”

"Really? His name is Hongli? Well, I want to go and see him, after all, this embryo was born from my hands. ”

Brother Jiu listened to this request, but it was a little difficult, although Si Jiepan's suspicion was ruled out, although he helped everyone a lot, but psychologically, Yinzhen's people still rejected him, but they were born polite and polite, and they would hide this rejection.

In this case, is Yinzhen willing to let Sjepan see Hongli?

Brother Jiu thought about it again, just to meet the child, if he didn't care, Yinzhen should agree.

So he said, "Then I have to ask my fourth brother first, if he wants to, then it's no problem." ”

As a result of the inquiry, Yinzhen agreed to let Si Jiepan meet Hongli, but it was best to be accompanied by the Ninth Elder Brother.

So the next day, Brother Jiu accompanied Si Jie Pan to King Yong's Mansion.

Yinzhen let them into the back flower hall, asked the servants to serve them tea, and instructed Gao Wuyong to bring Hongli over.

Hongli is only one and a half years old now, but he learns to walk and talk faster than other children, and it is outrageously fast. According to Yinzhen, all aspects seem impatient.

"Obviously, I can't walk steadily, and I don't want to be hugged, so I have to go down to the ground by myself." Yin Zhen said, laughing, "The adults are following behind, and they are in a hurry." But when you watch him fall crookedly, his balance is very good, and he hasn't really fallen once. ”

Brother Jiu smiled: "I remember that he spoke quite early?" ”

Yin Zhen nodded: "He masters vocabulary very quickly, but he is not quite the same as other children in this regard." ”

"Oh? What's the difference? ”

"It's a bit of a bit like the hardware can't keep up with the software."

When Yin Zhen said this, Brother Jiu laughed: "Are you talking about children or computers?" ”

"Really, don't laugh, you really feel this way." Yin Zhen couldn't help but smile, "When other children just can speak, they stumble, and they can't spit out a word for a long time, just crying with each other, or a simple word repeatedly, Hongli is different, he can remember a lot of words at once, and he also knows what occasions to use them, but at the beginning they were all random combinations." ”

"For example?"

"For example, if a child wants to eat, he will say, eat meat, or repeatedly say the word meat, but as for the more specific requirements on this basis, he usually can't say it, and if he doesn't respond correctly, he will only cry and let the adults guess non-stop. That's how it is. But Hongli is different, he said: mutton! Mutton! Chopsticks! Eat, eat, eat! Cold, cold! Don't burn! ”

Brother Jiu laughed so much that he was about to look up.

"What's wrong with this!" Brother Jiu wiped the tears from his laughter, "Why does this kid talk like this?" ”

"It's better now." Yin Zhen smiled, "Now he speaks more like human language, I feel that he masters the language very quickly, and his brain operates very quickly, but the expression is still not proficient, and it is very messy." ”

"But he expresses it faster than the average child, right?" Sjepan said suddenly.

Yin Zhen was stunned for a moment and nodded: "Yes, other children cry and make trouble, and they may not achieve their goals in a short time, but Hongli will not have this kind of thing, although the words made the adults laugh to death, but no one didn't understand him, and he didn't care about your teasing at all, Hongli didn't care about other children, so much about the attitude of adults, he only cared about the goal achieved." Whatever he wants, what he wants to eat, he can be satisfied as soon as possible, he has eaten it all, and Hongyang is still crying there, so the subordinates who serve him are also much more saving. ”

Brother Jiu smiled: "This kid is very smart. ”

"Isn't this like learning a foreign language as an adult?" "And he's the kind of adult who learns very well." ”

Yin Zhen was stunned: "That's really the case!" ”

"It can be seen that he is a genius child." Brother Jiu smiled again, "Fourth brother, he is indeed not like you in this regard, and it is estimated that he will not throw the money for learning foreign languages into the water in the future." ”

Yin Zhen glared at him: "You mean, Hongli is like you?" ”

Brother Jiu laughed even more.

Sjepan looked down in contemplation and did not smile.

Then he said slowly: "But the average child, in the process of slow learning, crying and entanglement, and repeated guessing, the relationship between the adult who raised him has also become deeper, crying, irritable, poor communication, and adults scolding children for crying...... This is a common scene in every family, this and that can't be explained, children are like this, and the same is true between parents and children, emotions are slowly cultivated in stumbling, nine failures and one success. ”

Brother Jiu was stunned: "What do you mean?" ”

Sjepan looked up at him and Yinzhen: "I mean, it seems that Hongli doesn't plan to cultivate affection with the servants who serve him. He gave the order, and the other party obeyed, which was quite convenient. However, once it is too convenient and fast, where is the emotion? Without frustration, no misunderstanding, no repeated communication, how can there be deep feelings for each other? The waiter of the hotel is the most convenient to use, what to give, you don't have to say the second time, if you really want to say that you are annoyed, you can also directly complain about the substitution. But even if we stay in the hotel for a year, we don't have a deep emotional bond with the doorman. ”

As soon as he said this, Yinzhen and the others were stunned!

Yin Zhen frowned and said, "What do you mean, Hongli is an emotionless child?" ”

Brother Jiu secretly gave Si Jiepan a look, he heard that Yin Zhen was displeased, but Si Jiepan didn't seem to notice: "This is not necessarily, Fourth Master, who does Hongli often cry in front of?" ”

Yin Zhen thought about it carefully: "The earliest infant period seems to be indistinguishable from the object, but when it is a little older, it only cries with me and his mother-in-law, as for the girls around me, I rarely hear of crying." After mastering the language, you don't cry and make direct requests. ”

Sjepan breathed a sigh of relief: "Fortunately, he still has a crying and coquettish object, so there is salvation." ”

When he spoke like this, Yinzhen's face became a little uncertain.

Brother Jiu saw that Yinzhen was unhappy, he glared at Si Jiepan, and said, "He made a request, and then you met the request, and that's it?" It's as simple as that? What if this requirement is not met? ”

Yin Zhen shook his head: "He knows how to turn the corner, and then think of another way." Hongli seems to always know where the limit is, and he will push the requirements all the way to the limit, and he will not give up until the limit. For example, if you want to go to the yard to see the flowers, his mother said, the sun is big outside, the sun is damaged, and we will go again when the sun goes down. And he said, Look at the carp! Because you can see flowers on the way to the fish pond. His mother didn't want him to be sunburned, so she said, it's hot, the carp are all sleeping, and they are all sinking under the pool, and they can't see it. Hongli said, take the steamed buns! That means using steamed bun dregs to bring the carp up. His mother deliberately said that there were no steamed buns, and they were all eaten. Hongli said that there are steamed buns in embroidered oranges! It turned out that the girl's steamed bun embroidered with oranges in the morning was not finished, and half of it was left in the bowl. I was seen by this kid. ”

Brother Jiu laughed, and he waved his hand: "He's running a college debate competition!" No, I can't even talk about this kid! ”

Yin Zhen also smiled: "No, his mother can't talk about him, if he is ruthless and refuses him unreasonably, then he will cry." His mother was soft-hearted, so he had to let him go to see the flowers and carp. This is his mother, other people, he will not be so polite, the requirements must be met, if you dare to play with your thoughts, prevarication, he will immediately debunk you, and say: 'Amma beat you! No matter how big it is, it's just 'get out of the house!' As I said earlier, direct complaint substitution. Who would dare to say half a word? Immediately obeyed the order. ”

When Yin Zhen said this, he paused: "So although there are many people who take care of Hongli, there is no one who really dares to joke with him and tease him with words." All have to be waited for. ”

Brother Jiu sighed: "In this way, you and his mother can hold him, it seems that the people of Manfu are not in his eyes." But what if the requirements are really really not met? For example, the objective conditions do not allow or something......"

"There are also situations where I am not at home, going to court or going out to run errands, and he asks to see me, and the nurse will say that I am not at home and cannot be seen. At this time, Hongli will say, go out, wait on the street! ”

Brother Jiu was surprised and laughed: "Yo! This kid still knows how to wait on the street? What street did he go up and wait? He doesn't know where you've been. ”

Unexpectedly, Yinzhen shook his head: "He knows which street to wait on." ”

Brother Jiu was taken aback: "How is this possible!" ”

"Really, Lao Jiu, you forgot? When Hongli was a few months old, he loved to let me walk around the city, didn't he once bump into the waste prince, he cried at the waste prince, and scared people away......"

Brother Jiu was dumbfounded: "Just ...... Just strolling around, he wrote down the map of the whole city of Beijing?! This kid has GPS in his head! ”

Yin Zhen hesitated for a moment and nodded: "I'm afraid so." ”

"Then what if you go to the court? Then he can't break into the palace! ”

"Having said that, he will explore the limits of this matter, and Hongli will let the chariot and horse slaves wait in the place closest to Ouchi, he seems to understand that the palace can't be entered casually, there is danger."

"What if you're not in the palace? He doesn't know where you went that day! ”

"He knows." Yinzhen said, "I told him. ”

"You say to a child under two years old where do you go every day?!"

"At first, I was fun, and when I went out, I told Hongli where Amma was going today. Then it became a habit that I had to tell him where I had gone before I went out, otherwise he would turn around and get angry at me. I didn't dare not tell him the itinerary. When Yinzhen said this, he added, "He just wants to know, and he has no other intentions." If you tell him, he will be honest, and he will not get angry again, so he will honestly wait for you to come back, and wait quietly sooner or later. ”

Brother Jiu looked at Yinzhen blankly, he thought to himself, what a weird kid this is!

He knew that Hongli was a bit unusual, he had often come to Yongwang's Mansion in the past two years, and he was also very close to this kid, and he had heard a lot of things about Hongli from Yinzhen, but he still didn't expect that this kid would be so weird!

Brother Jiu suddenly thought of something, and he asked again: "Then, Fourth Brother, have you deceived him?" For example, if you go to the court, you don't actually go to the court......"

"If you cheat, you cheat once." Yin Zhen said, "I wanted to tease him, so I told him to enter the palace, 'Go see your imperial grandfather', in fact, I didn't enter the palace, I went fishing with the old seventeen." ”

"And then?"

"I was seen through by him, I was angry, I didn't eat, I dropped the bowl, I cried and made a fuss, I hugged him and coaxed him, but as a result, I bit me with my teeth. That was the first time he had bitten me with his teeth. Yin Zhen smiled bitterly, "It's just a little bit small, and it really hurts to bite it." ”

"How did he know? Who told him?! ”

"No one told him, so I took Gao Wuyong alone, and Hongli has no way to know the truth." Yin Zhen shook his head, "I still can't figure out how he saw that I was lying." Therefore, none of the servants dared to tell a lie in front of him. But that time was enough for me, and I didn't bother to lie to him anymore in the future, the cost was too high. ”

While talking, I saw a group of girls and mothers-in-law, holding a gorgeously dressed child.

As soon as the little master came, Brother Jiu and Sjepan all stood up.

The nurse held Hongli and saluted Brother Jiu, Yinzhen reached out to take Hongli, and the girl stood with her hands hanging on the side.

At the first time, Yin Zhen saw that Hongli's reaction was unusual, he stared at Sijiepan's face and did not take his eyes off, usually Hongli would be happy to see Brother Jiu, and would reach out to hug him, but today, there is no more. The child seemed to completely ignore the ninth elder brother standing aside, with a pair of big dark eyes, just staring at Sjiepan, with a solemn expression on his little face.

"What's the matter? Why did you ignore me today? Brother Nine smiled, "Just because a stranger came, you and Uncle Nine and I were thrown aside?" See the little things that change their minds. ”

Yin Zhen also smiled: "Maybe, the first time he saw Sjepan, he probably felt a little strange." ”

Could it be because Hongli saw blonde hair and blue eyes for the first time? Yin Zhen thought, but Andre is also blonde.

But Hongli is very afraid of Andre, which Yinzhen has already seen, it is like a mouse seeing a cat, and he is trembling with fear. Hongli's pitiful appearance, Yinzhen felt distressed when he saw it, so he didn't dare to let the child see Andre again after that.

Today, though, it doesn't seem to be a matter of fear, but ......

Yin Zhen was thinking about it, and suddenly Hongli in his arms struggled, and the child stretched out his little hand and wanted to return to the arms of the nursing mother.

Yin Zhen was surprised, generally speaking, as long as he was present, the child would be more willing to follow him than the nurse. Today, the act of going back to the nurse is indeed rare.

"What's wrong?" He smiled and asked Hongli, "Are you hungry?" ”

The child didn't say a word, only stretched out his hand to ask the nurse to hug, and that attitude was very resolute. So Yinzhen had no choice but to hand over the child to the nurse.

Brother Jiu smiled: "Are you scared when you see a living person?" ”

"Maybe."

Back in the arms of the nurse, Hongli was not honest, and he still twisted his little body and reached out his hands, which meant that he wanted to reach Sjiepan.

The nurse came to her senses and said with a smile: "It's rare to see Lord Yang today, is this to see a little more clearly?" Lord, this ......"

Yin Zhen nodded: "You just follow the Hongli." ”

At the order, the nurse went to Sjepan and took two more steps.

Hongli is still not dependent, and the little body is still going forward, and the nurse is a little embarrassed, she is a Qing Dynasty woman, and she is a little uncomfortable standing so close to a foreigner.

But she did not dare to disobey the little master's order, so she took another half step.

At this time, the distance between the two was already very close, almost next to each other.

Brother Jiu couldn't help but laugh and said, "Is this child short-sighted?" I had to get so close to see Sjepan. Hey, boy, what's so nice about this stupid big guy? Tell me about it! ”

Before his words fell, he saw Hongli suddenly reach out, pull out the silver hairpin on the nurse's bun, and poke it at Sjepan's face!

With a scream, Sjepan covered his right eye, and blood flowed from his fingers! (To be continued.) )