said that after a night of frightened vertical and horizontal fighting, Qin Zhihong, a young man who was a bell doctor, finally favored by God and sent this cousin to rescue him.

In fact, Qin Zhihong didn't know that Zhu Honglan was his cousin Zhu Fengming, but he couldn't help but be very proud. In the house of the monk Ben Ming, the people also became respectful to him, and that night the monk Ben Ming sent someone to boil hot water for him to bathe, and found the clothes of people of the same size as him in the family to put on with him. It just so happened that one of the people in the group used to walk the streets and alleys with a shaved head, which was also called a grate in ancient times, which is what we call a barber now, who tidied Qin Zhihong's hair braids well, and even did not let go of the little beard on his chin and cheeks, and he should be cleaned up.

didn't care how late it was, Monk Benming asked people to serve wine and food for Qin Zhihong to enjoy. At this time, Zhu Honglan also came with Yu Qingshui, Wang Liyan and Monk Benming, Yu Qingshui and others took the initiative to apologize, Qin Zhihong was a little proud, but he didn't see the girl named Lian'er to apologize, so he said:

"Why don't you see that ......" Qin Zhihong was about to open his mouth to say "girl", but he felt that it was inappropriate, after all, that Lian'er called his cousin and senior brother, so he said: "Uh...... Girl, didn't you just slaughter me with a sword? ”

Everyone looked at each other and laughed, and Monk Benming gave Zhu Honglan a look, and Zhu Honglan immediately said:

"Zhihong, tonight's incident can be regarded as not knowing each other, if they hadn't taken you captive, wouldn't you still be starving outside and sleeping on the streets?"

Qin Zhihong thought about it, but it was his cousin who said this, and he admired and admired him, so he nodded. Seeing that Qin Zhihong understood what he said, Zhu Honglan smiled approvingly, and continued:

"Zhihong, I have something to tell you......"

Qin Zhihong heard his cousin's solemn tone, so he stopped smiling and said, "Uncle cousin, if you have any orders, just say it directly." ”

Seeing this, Zhu Honglan motioned to the others to go out first, and he wanted to make it clear to this distant nephew, so everyone left the room, leaving only Zhu Honglan and Qin Zhihong.

Zhu Honglan didn't pave the way, and asked directly: "Zhihong, now the Qing court is in danger, foreigners are rampant in the countryside, and even the Japanese are rampant, and that's it, but they actually pushed us to the ancestral hall here, built a church, and promoted their foreign religion......"

Qin Zhihong's personality and personality are far from his name, although he has no ambitions, but he is also a ghost, he understands that Uncle Cousin wants to join his boxing ring by himself, but he really doesn't want to fight and kill every day, and he lives with his head up, but it is not easy to refuse, so he said:

"Uncle Cousin, what's wrong with foreigners running foreign religions?"

Zhu Honglan heard Qin Zhihong's question, and said: "Zhihong, don't you know, foreigners do foreign religions on the surface, but in fact, they are the fish and flesh of our Chinese people, they collude with the bullies in the township, oppress the good, and act as the eyes and ears of the great powers. Zhu Honglan knew that he couldn't say it clearly, so he changed his words:

"Zhihong, do you know why you were forced to be helpless, wandering the rivers and lakes on your own, and falling here?"

Qin Zhihong said: "Because my relatives in ZP County really can't help our whole family, so the boy has to fend for himself." ”

"Then why did you go to your relatives in a foreign country?" Zhu Honglan then asked.

"Because there is a famine in CQ County, where our family is located!" Qin Zhihong replied directly.

Zhu Honglan smiled, shook his head, and said, "Not really. ”

Qin Zhihong was puzzled, could it be that God didn't fake the wind and rain, and the grains were still fake? But it's not easy to refute my cousin, just frowning and puzzled.

Zhu Honglan saw Qin Zhihong's clues, and said with a smile: "In fact, there is a famine in CQ County, and Shandong Governor Yuxian once ordered local consortia and landlords to open warehouses and release grain to help the victims. But almost no one from the big and wealthy families in CQ does this, and they dare to openly defy the government's orders, do you know why? ”

Qin Zhihong didn't know anything about this, so he asked, "Aren't they afraid of killing their heads?" What are the benefits of openly confronting the government? ”

Zhu Honglan smiled and said, "Because most of these local forces are bishops of churches in various places, and they are called priests by foreigners, I don't know much about this ......."

Zhu Honglan picked up the wine glass and poured a glass of wine, drank it all, retracted the topic and continued: "So these traitors and lackeys are supported by foreigners, thinking that Beijing was looted by foreigners back then, and later the emperor had to agree that foreigners could open churches in the Qing Dynasty. ”

Qin Zhihong understood as soon as he heard it, and said: "Uncle cousin, you are saying that the famine in CQ County, in fact, the government has already ordered disaster relief and rescue, and it is only because of these foreign religions and their lackeys that they have caused the people to be displaced and starved all over the wilderness, right?" ”

Zhu Honglan smiled: "That's right!" So this time, we are going to end the two churches in the CQ realm, and take the bullying landlords of Chaijiawa, Houyan, and Qianzhuang in the vicinity to eradicate them together, and then open warehouses to release grain and help the people. ”

Qin Zhihong immediately hesitated again, and said: "Uncle Cousin, you are rebelling by doing this, after all, the Great Qing Kingdom has admitted not to interfere with the development of foreign religions in our country, and if you do this, it is inevitable that the imperial court will not be on our side!" ”

Zhu Honglan said generously: "The matter has come to this, if you don't do it again, you can only wait for death." ”

Although Qin Zhihong said that he knew that what his cousin said was reasonable, why did he have to ask for his life for the people, he would not be arrested once he was arrested, and his life was too unworthy, so he prevaricated again:

"Uncle cousin, I don't have any opinion on you pulling me into the boxing ring, it's just that I'm a person, I can't be a country, I can't be a country, I can't even do the kung fu of a three-legged cat, and it's a ......burden to follow you."

Zhu Honglan didn't hear the meaning of Qin Zhihong's words, and said: "You don't have to worry about this, you can't learn kung fu, Uncle cousin, I can teach you, over time, there will be results." Besides, even if you think that your cousin's kung fu is not good, I can also introduce you to a better famous teacher, Zhao Sanduo is the grandmaster of Plum Blossom Boxing, and he is also my senior brother, Hebei is very famous, his kung fu is a hundred times stronger than mine, and I can hand you over to my senior brother to teach when the time comes. ”

Qin Zhihong was speechless, but he was actually very reluctant in his heart, and at this time Zhu Honglan said:

"Zhihong, now that the country is declining and lives are in misery, we have men with ambition to take responsibility, I am telling you these words this time, just to let you do me a favor......"

When Qin Zhihong heard this, he couldn't help asking, "What does my cousin want me to do?" ”

Zhu Honglan drank another glass of wine, Qin Zhihong also accompanied him, and said directly to Zhu Honglan: "I want you to go to CQ Xujialou and a few nearby bullies in the next period of time to inquire about the information, find out the opponent's strength, figure out their defensive arrangement, shift change time and other information, and prepare for us to pull out these nails together." This thing is not as suitable as you, you are not a person who practices martial arts, and secondly, you are a charlatan, and doing this thing will not make people suspicious. ”

Qin Zhihong said that he was actually very reluctant to work so hard, in case he had a business trip, even if he left his life there, but it was not easy to shirk, but after thinking about it, Lian'er was the younger sister of his cousin, and if he followed his cousin, he would be able to see the two of them every day, but it would be a good thing to do, so he changed his words and said:

"Uncle Cousin, this is not a big deal, I'll just go, but you have to ask the one named Lian'er to come over and compensate me, this night is to draw a sword and stuff sackcloth......

Zhu Honglan also understood the reason for this, and also saw Qin Zhihong's thoughts, so he said with a smile: "Okay, I'll call my junior sister to reason with you, but I explained in advance, if you suffer a loss, don't come to me!" ”

Qin Zhihong couldn't help but think to himself, how capable a little girl is, you can't subdue your junior sister, wait for the old man to come and subdue her!

Of course, Qin Zhihong naturally had no outlet for this.

The next day, as the sun got warmer, Qin Zhihong put on the clean clothes given to him by Monk Benming, and couldn't help but feel that the feeling of this guest was super beautiful, so he went to the courtyard to wander around. There were many martial artists in the front yard who were practicing in the morning morning, and he didn't have a place to stand because he was dancing with guns and sticks, so he came to the backyard to stroll.

Qin Zhihong came to the big locust tree that tied him last night, leaning on the tree and listening to the chirping of the old eagle on the tree, at this time Lian'er also happened to come over, saw Qin Zhihong, and said angrily: "What, I was tied up all night and fell in love with this tree?" ”

Qin Zhihong was not to be outdone, and said: "I said that the uncle is here to enjoy the scenery, what are you doing here?" ”

Lian'er approached and said, "It's not for me to compensate you, is it?" ”

When Qin Zhihong heard this, Lian'er already knew about what she had told her cousin Zhu Honglan last night, and hurriedly pretended to be serious: "If you don't pay compensation, you have to have a look of compensation, at least you have to kneel down, and beg Qin Ye to spare you this time, look at your posture, don't say that you are not a person who pays off, and you are still arrogant, how can you marry someone in the future?" I made a bet with you last night when I was in a hurry, and I regret it enough when I think about it this time. ”

When Lian'er heard him mention that he bet last night that he was going to be his wife, she couldn't help but be angry, and when she heard Qin Zhihong say that she was wronged, she couldn't help but be even more angry, and grabbed Qin Zhihong's braid and said angrily:

"If you want to mention this bet in the future, I'll kill you!"

Qin Zhihong also knew that he had offended her last night, but he didn't expect this sentence to arouse her anger again, and he couldn't help but hurriedly shouted: "Hey, let go, what are you doing?" Men and women don't kiss, it's okay to fight on the lips, why pull and pull? ”

Although Lian'er is a person who practices martial arts and does not have so many taboos, she is embarrassed to be robbed by him like this, so she quickly let go of her hand, her tone softened, and said:

"Okay, last night it was this girl who was too reckless, so she made you suffer a little, but you didn't take this girl for fun, this is the two of us, I won't offend you anymore in the future, and you won't mess with me less."

Seeing this, Qin Zhihong hurriedly deliberately angered her, and said: "How can you clear it, this bet is a promise, the two of us can't deny it, I didn't go back to ask my mother, this matter has to be decided." ”

"What's wrong?" Seeing that Qin Zhihong was unrelenting about this matter, Lian'er held back her anger and asked.

Qin Zhihong smiled and said: "It's easy to do, you have to get the consent of your cousin, and I will write a letter of divorce to divorce you, even if the well water does not interfere with the river water from now on, the two are clear." ”

Although Lian'er said that she was furious about this, after all, she lost the bet last night, but she is a yellow flower girl, and she has not yet married, so she will receive a letter of resignation first, and will she still have the face to be a person when she passes it out? So he hurriedly said:

"Fart, if you dare to write a letter of resignation, I will kill you!" As she spoke, she drew half of her sword as a warning.

Qin Zhihong laughed secretly in his heart, thinking: This girl is also a fool-like straight person, and she rushed to be her wife, but she couldn't tell the truth, so she hurriedly said:

"If you don't write it, if you don't write it, won't I be able to write a letter of resignation?"

At this time, someone came to the two of them, saying that Senior Brother Zhu asked Qin Zhihong and Lian'er to go to the inner hall to discuss important matters.

Qin Zhihong and Lian'er didn't dare to slack off, they immediately stopped the battle of words and tongues, and walked quickly to the inner hall hall.

When they arrived in the inner hall, the vermilion lantern followed Yu Qingshui, Wang Liyan, and the monk Benming were all seated, and the two of them did not hesitate, asking what was the matter, and the vermilion lantern signaled the two to take their seats. But it happened that there was only one seat next to Monk Benming in the hall, and Qin Zhihong was about to go over and sit down, but he was pulled back by Lian'er and sat on it himself, so Qin Zhihong almost fell to the ground, but fortunately he held on to the armrest of Wang Liyan's chair who was sitting behind him, and then he stood firmly. But at this time, it was really difficult to reason with this little girl, so she had to stand next to Lian'er and listen to everyone's words, and Lian'er was really proud.

Everyone looked at each other and laughed, thinking that this was a little couple playing and playing, and even the guards and servants next to them couldn't help but laugh. The vermilion light was correct, and he coughed a few times and cleared his throat, which was also a reminder to everyone to get down to business, he said:

"We agreed last night that there must be someone to spy on the news, and I think Zhihong is the most suitable, he studied family medicine with my uncle in his early years, and he also learned a lot from his grandfather and father, unlike all of us, who have no kung fu but no knowledge; Besides, everyone has seen that Zhihong is a lively and witty kid, so I think it's most appropriate for him to spy on the situation for us, do you have any objections? ”

Monk Benming and Yu Wang both nodded yes, indicating that they had no objection, but Lian'er glanced at Qin Zhihong beside her, meaning that you are so powerful? But he didn't explicitly oppose it, he just didn't say no.

In fact, Lian'er has been learning art with her master Jiang Yixian since she was a child, and she is the closed disciple of Jiang Lao Boxing, but in addition to the master's old people, there are a group of senior brothers next to her, all of whom are teenagers older than herself, and Zhu Honglan as his senior brother is forty-nine years old at this time, and she is thirty-five years older than her. But when I met Qin Zhihong, this kid was different, and he was the same age as him, so even if he was a spy, he felt very kind and had something to say, so before killing him, he also wanted to play with him, but later knew that Qin Zhihong was not a spy, but also a relative of Senior Brother Zhu, but the two became closer, and they were even more happy to find each other.