It turned out that the two of them heard a few people next to them talking about the actions of their Boxers in SD. It is said that the vermilion lantern led people to attack churches everywhere in the RP and kill foreign devils, and the people in the vicinity responded positively. Lian'er was very excited when she heard it, but Qin Zhihong was worried.

Then they talked about the current imperial court, and their voices were obviously much quieter, some said that the emperor had been placed under house arrest by the queen mother in Zhongnanhai because of the Restoration, and some said that the emperor had actually been poisoned, but it was all hearsay. Qin Zhihong also heard a little about this, but he felt too sorry.

And Lian'er suddenly said excitedly: "Zhihong, let's go back to find Senior Brother Zhu and them, we have been here for too long......"

Qin Zhihong felt that it was actually the same everywhere, but Lian'er wanted to leave, and he liked to follow, so he nodded and agreed, so he said: "I have to go back and talk to the master and his old man, if he doesn't agree, I can't leave." ”

Lian'er felt reasonable, so she said that when her uncle came back, she would explain to him and leave as soon as possible.

And Zhao Sanduo really returned to CZ Village before evening, so Lian'er and Qin Zhihong came to his house, and Lian'er said:

"Uncle Shi, I heard that Senior Brother Zhu has attacked many foreign churches everywhere in the RP, I want to go with Zhihong to find him to meet, I don't know what you think?"

After hearing this, Zhao Sanduo smiled and said: "It seems that you miss your senior brother, and I have taught Zhihong's kung fu almost, and it will be up to him to see if he uses it in the future." Recently, I have also been contacting various martial arts fields, hoping that everyone will act together and support each other, and after you go back, I will also tell Master Zhu and ask him to be careful, if there is any difficulty, you can contact me, and everyone will communicate with each other. I won't leave you alone, so let's leave tomorrow. ”

Lian'er didn't expect Uncle Shi to agree so quickly, so the two happily went back to clean up.

Along the way, they went south from CZ to the SD territory, and the two of them were in a very good mood, and after a few days, they arrived at the territory of GT, which was less than a day's journey away from the vermilion light.

On the way, Qin Zhihong hung up the sign of practicing medicine, but the business was also good, and he came to a village on this day, called Shilitun, according to the place name, it should be the place of the soldiers in ancient times, about ten miles away from the county seat of GT. The two saw that it was getting late, so they went to the village to stay.

Qin Zhihong has been wandering the rivers and lakes for a long time, and he can know how the master is by looking at the façade, but Lian'er scoffed, thinking that he was bragging, Qin Zhihong said:

"If you don't believe it, let's bet on it, whoever loses will sleep on the ground tonight!" Qin Zhihong already felt in advance that if he was in the first house, he would have to be bullied by Lian'er to go to the floor, and this time he used this as a bet in advance to earn a comfortable night's sleep.

Lian'er was naturally unconvinced, so she agreed. So Lian'er found one, Qin Zhihong said that this one is not good, the owner will definitely shirk it and not let us stay overnight. Lian'er went to knock on the door, and sure enough, the housekeeper came back and said that his master was not there, and he didn't dare to stay with outsiders without permission. Lian'er was curious, but still unwilling, so she said to Qin Zhihong:

"Then if you find one, you also need better conditions, I don't believe that the person you are looking for will agree!"

Qin Zhihong walked in the Zhuangzi, and sure enough, he found a big family, the white wall of the Zhumen in front of the door, and there were many poems written by literati inscriptions on the wall, so Qin Zhihong said: "You take a look at this house!" ”

When I knocked on the door, I was sure to be left behind by the owner. Lian'er was even more puzzled and asked, "How do you know which one will keep us and which one will reject us?" The family I'm looking for is also good. ”

"What's the use of having a good family? Look at the owner of the house is a stingy person, you see the one you are looking for, the front of the door is clean, but the candles in the two lanterns at the door are different, one is new, and the other is about to burn out. The particular person is to change the candle for the same, so that the servant who saves the night will come out in the middle of the night to change the candle. And my house, although the front of the door is also very particular, but there are many literati inscriptions on the wall, which are obviously not from the hand of one person, which shows that the host is extremely hospitable. ”

Only then did Lian'er understand, and couldn't help nodding in agreement, but Qin Zhihong smiled and said: "I will advise you not to bet with me in the future, last time because of the bet, you lost all the major events of your life to me, and this time you bet with me, then you have to sleep underground tonight, junior sister." ”

Lian'er couldn't help but take a sip when she heard it, but when she remembered the first time the two met, she couldn't help but feel very nervous in her heart.

The two of them were then taken to the main hall of the director, only to see that the owner of the house was a man in his fifties, sitting on the chair of the master in the main hall, and after seeing Qin Zhihong and the two, they each saluted and said:

"Two, since you are here for the night, please ask the housekeeper to find a room to rest." After saying that, he motioned to the butler to do so.

But as soon as Lian'er and Qin Zhihong turned around, the owner of the house suddenly said, "The two of you stay." ”

Qin Zhihong and Lian'er were also puzzled, so they hurriedly turned around, Lian'er glanced at Qin Zhihong, and said in her heart: Look, just after bragging, people regretted it, hmph, this bet may not be who wins!

Qin Zhihong didn't pay attention to it, only to hear the master continue: "If I'm not mistaken, the two of you are also boxers in this area." ”

Qin Zhihong listened to what the man said, and he also saw that he seemed to be very worried, so he said: "I don't know what you mean, why do you say that the two of us are boxers?" ”

The man said, "Actually, this gentleman can't see anything, but this girl's belt makes me recognize it." ”

Lian'er hurriedly said, "Dare to ask sir, how do you know the origin of this belt?" ”

In fact, this belt was customized by Zhu Honglan and several other boxer leaders, at that time, there were many homeless people who joined the Boxers, and they lacked clothes and wore less, so they made a lot of clothes in advance, and this belt was one of the objects, Qin Zhihong naturally didn't know, and there was no such belt.

I heard the man continue: "I don't know the origin of it, but I've just seen someone wearing this kind of belt, but I don't know what advice you two have for coming so late?" ”

As soon as Lian'er heard this, she understood that he must have seen other boxers, so she said, "We are indeed here to stay this time, I don't know what you mean by 'advice'?" ”

When the man heard this, he was also skeptical, so he said, "Since it is only a lodging, then please let the two of you and the housekeeper rest in the guest room, and let the kitchen bring you the food later." ”

So the two followed the housekeeper to a courtyard, found an upper room to live in, and after the housekeeper left, Qin Zhihong asked: "Lian'er, what did you mean by the owner of this house just now?" ”

Lian'er was puzzled and replied, "I don't know, what do you say?" ”

Qin Zhihong said: "I think he seems to be very jealous of the boxers, I don't know if it is a local sectarian, if it is, the master's reaction just now is reasonable." ”

Lian'er suddenly asked, "It makes sense for you to guess like this, so do you think he will harm us at night?" ”

Qin Zhihong smiled and said, "Do we have to wait until the evening?" When the food comes, it will be enough for them to poison the rice. ”

Lian'er couldn't help but chuckle in her heart, and said vigilantly: "What should I do then?" If people are not parishioners, won't a good meal be wasted? ”

Qin Zhihong looked at Lian'er's nervous appearance, couldn't help laughing, and said, "You can't help but have too much heart, and let's take a look, I guess the other party hasn't figured out our details, and I guess I don't dare to act without permission." ”

So the two of them also had an extra layer of precaution, and were packing up their things to arrive at the RP the next day to find the vermilion light. But suddenly I heard a woman's cry from a room outside the courtyard, and the sound was intermittent, and it was not a single person crying. Although this family is a member of Honjo, there are not many houses, and it is slowly getting dark, and the surroundings are very quiet, so the sound is very real.

Lian'er and Qin Zhihong both noticed the crying at this time, and Lian'er said: "It seems that there must be something wrong with this family, otherwise why are there so many strange things?" ”

Qin Zhihong said: "Then it's not good for us to ask what the hell is going on, after all, it's someone's family matter." ”

As he was talking, a servant knocked on the door, walked in, put the meal in place, and said, "My master said that you two have any requirements, but I don't know what else you two need us to do for you." ”

Qin Zhihong said: "Thank you for me, your master, we have nothing, we are already grateful to be able to stay overnight, by the way, I have to ask you, how much is the entanglement for staying here tonight, we will not owe it." ”

But the servant said, "The master said that the two of you needed everything, but he did not say that they wanted anything." ”

Qin Zhihong and Lian'er looked at each other and were also very puzzled, so the two stopped eating and decided to ask what was going on. When I arrived at the main hall, I saw the owner of the house, and after talking, I learned that the master's surname was Yang, and Qin Zhihong asked directly:

"I don't know, Mr. Yang, why did you stay overnight with the two of us and not get paid?"

The master replied, "Isn't it a bit too utilitarian for people to stay here for the night, and to collect money." ”

Qin Zhihong was grateful in his heart, smiled and replied: "No merit, master, if you have any difficulties, you might as well tell us, maybe you can help." ”

When the owner surnamed Yang heard this, he couldn't help but hesitate, Lian'er couldn't hold it back, and said: "I heard a woman's cry in a nearby house just now, I don't know if there is any difficulty in your family, say it, maybe we can help." ”

The master listened to Lian'er's words, and made up his mind and said: "Okay, I'll tell the two of you to hear it, as for whether you can help or not, it doesn't matter." ”

It turned out that the owner of this house, married a wife, only one daughter left, the girl's name is Ziyi, and although Shilitun is not big, there is a big family, in fact, it is the first one that Qin Zhihong Lian'er asked in the evening, his son is stubborn by nature, likes flying eagles and lackeys, and in his early years, he asked a matchmaker to come to the matchmaker, but Master Yang saw that he was not a plastic talent, so he politely refused this family business. Who would have thought that recently the boy suddenly joined the boxers, and came to his house to make trouble, not to say that he had colluded with foreigners, and said that he would bring someone to behead him, a fake foreign devil, in public, but in fact, it was clearly forced marriage. The cry that Qin Zhihong and Lian'er heard was that the mother and daughter in the next room were worried about this matter, and they couldn't help crying when they said that they were sad, and the mother couldn't bear to let her daughter marry such a family, and the daughter also wanted to share her father's worries, but she was really unwilling to ruin her life.

And Master Yang just recognized that Lian'er was a person who practiced boxing, so he was jealous, and he also sent his family to inquire constantly, saying that the son of the family was inviting good players, maybe he came to find his bad luck, so he was afraid, so he was also respectful to Qin Zhihong and Lian'er, and he didn't dare to slack off at all, thinking that the two of them were also the same people as the son of the family.

When Lian'er heard this, she was furious and said: "This kind of person dares to pretend to be a boxer and cause trouble everywhere, aunt and grandmother, I have to take care of it today!" ”

Qin Zhihong hurriedly dissuaded: "The matter hasn't been completely figured out yet, don't worry about it first, listen to Master Yang continue." ”

Master Yang saw that Lian'er was angry, and he also understood that although the two of them didn't know whether they were boxers or not, at least they were not with the family, and he was relieved a lot, but seeing that the two of them looked mediocre, they were not people with amazing skills, at most they were passing by, so he said: "I am grateful for the great virtues of the two, but there are so many people on the other side, I am afraid that the two of them will not be able to help much." ”

Qin Zhihong couldn't hear that this was Master Yang provoking the general, but Lian'er said disdainfully: "Don't worry, old man, if it's really some disobedient boxer, I can still deal with it." ”

When Master Yang heard the great joy, he hurriedly sent someone to call Mrs. and Ziyi over and thank the two benefactors. After a while, a mother and daughter and two maids walked in outside the hall, and Qin Zhihong looked back and couldn't help but look at it. Needless to say, the lady is naturally graceful, and the girl named Ziyi was also petite and lovely, shy and shy. Qin Zhihong immediately turned back to the old man and said:

"Don't worry, we'll leave this matter to us, we just don't know when those guys will come back."

When the old man Yang heard this, he turned his worries into joy, and said: "I really met a noble person today, the young master of the family said last time he came to invite good hands to come here to catch the foreigners' lackeys, and he must come in a few days." ”

Lian'er said: "Okay, the two of us will temporarily disturb your house for a few days, and then leave after this matter is settled, but Master Yang, I can explain in advance that you really didn't collude with foreigners, right?" If anything, I can't help. ”

Master Yang hurriedly said: "What is the matter, it is all the crime that the son of the family wants to add, I really did not collude with foreigners to join the foreign religion." ”

Lian'er nodded, so the two of them took their leave and went back to their house.

As soon as she entered the house, Lian'er said angrily: "At first, I didn't think your love was very high, why did you immediately take care of this matter as soon as the young lady of the Yang family came out?" Do you want to save Miss Yang and marry her own wife? ”

When Qin Zhihong heard this, he had a great vinegar taste, and said with a smile: "This is a good idea, if you want to help Lian'er with this, I can do it, and when the time comes, you will be bigger, let him be small, how about it?" ”

Seeing that Qin Zhihong not only didn't ask for mercy, but instead stimulated her with these words, Lian'er couldn't help but be angry, grabbed Qin Zhihong's ear and said, "You're not tired!" ”

Qin Zhihong hurriedly broke his ear away from Lian'er's hand, and said with a smile: "What's the matter, I just watched you get angry and funny, and teased you." But let me ask you, which country do you say our place was in ancient times? ”

Lian'er asked puzzledly: "In ancient times, it was the Kingdom of Qi, and the capital was in LZ, what's wrong?" ”

Qin Zhihong said unhurriedly: "There is a chapter in "Mencius", which says that a Qi man has a wife and a concubine, and later people use this allusion to say that the blessing of those who have many wives is called the blessing of Qi people, you say that I am also a Qi countryman, and I should also enjoy the blessing of this Qi people." ”

Lian'er pouted and said: "This is true, I also heard Senior Brother Yu tell this story, but with your ability, even if you can marry a wife and a concubine, it is estimated that even that Qi country will not be as good as that Qi country by then, and you can't find it when you go to the cemetery to find tribute to eat this year!" ”