On the second day, Lian'er and Qin Zhihong had already packed up their things and were ready to go, but Master Yang sent someone to find the two to say that they had something to talk about, so the two didn't dare to slack off, so they hurriedly went to Master Yang's study.

Seeing Master Yang, before the two of them could speak, Master Yang sued the two of them, and Zhu Honglan and several other Boxer leaders had been executed by Yuxian yesterday.

Hearing this news, Lian'er, who was already in an excellent mood, suddenly fainted in Qin Zhihong's arms, even Qin Zhihong was a little difficult to accept such a reality. In fact, Qin Zhihong admired this cousin very much when he was still in CQ's hometown, he was not only strong in martial arts, but also extremely charming, but now the two have been separated by yin and yang, remembering the scene when he met him in JN Mansion, he couldn't help but burst into tears.

So Master Yang comforted the two of them: "You two don't have to be too sad, after all, with the strength of the two of you, it is still dangerous to deal with the captured Qing army, not to mention to save him." Moreover, as far as I know, Yuxian killed these leaders in order to curry favor with foreigners when he left office, so as not to be severely punished by the imperial court when he returned to Beijing to resume his life. ”

Lian'er gradually became conscious, but she couldn't stop crying, and Master Yang continued: "You two go back first to calm down, after all, those of us who lick blood on the tip of the knife to live must withstand these tests." ”

Qin Zhihong didn't ask too much about the details, so as not to make Lian'er even more sad, so he helped Lian'er and went back to his residence. Back in the house, Lian'er finally spoke:

"Zhihong, in fact, I also vaguely felt that this time the senior brother was more than lucky, but before this step, people always have hope, but I didn't expect that before we had time to save him, he was suddenly executed by the dog officer, and I couldn't ......accept it after hearing it."

Qin Zhihong comforted her and said: "These days, I have been worried about my cousin's safety, but I can't do anything, we can't even protect ourselves, so I live in Master Yang's house to take refuge, let alone save my cousin." Then Qin Zhihong, in order to divert Lian'er's thoughts, said:

"Then Lian'er, you say, are we still going to CZ to find my master and his old man?"

Lian'er thought for a moment and said, "I don't know what to do, even if I see Uncle Shi, what can I do, the person is already dead, I don't think I should go." ”

Qin Zhihong nodded and said, "Lian'er, I don't know why, I listened to what Master Yang said last time, and I felt that although what he said was pessimistic, it made sense, and he thought about everything and was thorough, so my generation was naturally inferior." But if you think about it, it is also the old man who has experienced too many things in his life, so he can have such a discerning eye and see through the changes in the world. Qin Zhihong paused, and then said:

"I have an idea, I don't know if you want to ......"

Seeing that Qin Zhihong had something to say, Lian'er wiped her tears and said, "Say it." ”

Qin Zhihong said: "I want to go to the capital to have a look, and no matter what happens to the extermination of the foreign religion this time, I don't want to care about the Boxer Rebellion anymore, for me it is all a passing cloud, I just want to know why our ancient great country has fallen here." ”

Although Lian'er has a strong personality, she doesn't have much assertiveness, which is also because she has been with her brothers and follows them all year round. Hearing Qin Zhihong say this, Lian'er also said: "I know that you have been in the world for a long time, and you have gradually matured, and you have your own ambitions, and I have no objection, but what about my father, and Ziyi, how do you arrange it?" ”

When Qin Zhihong heard this, he didn't think about it, so he thought about it and said, "I'll talk to Old Man Yang about this and see what his opinion is." ”

The execution of Zhu Honglan made Qin Lian and the others depressed for a day, and Master Yang also asked his wife and Ziyi to see the two of them more, especially to comfort Lian'er more. Sure enough, Lian'er felt a lot more comfortable when she saw Mrs. Yang's mother and daughter. Originally, Lian'er has been following Zhu Honglan since she lost her master, so Zhu Honglan is his brother and father, and he lost his relatives like his father and brother all of a sudden, just like he was homeless, but fortunately, he was newly recognized as a righteous daughter by Old Man Yang, and he had a home that could warm him, so this kind of compensation is more effective than any warm words. Within a few days, Lian'er's mood was no longer the same as a few days ago, and she burst into tears at the mention of her senior brother's death.

In the evening, Qin Zhihong found Old Man Yang and said what he thought, Old Man Yang frowned, thought for a long time, and then said:

"Zhihong, you can want to train yourself, the old man is very pleased, and it also makes me feel that I am not wrong about you, but how do you explain to Lian'er and Ziyi?"

Qin Zhihong replied: "Master, Lian'er said let me ask your opinion, as for Ziyi, please ask the master to ask on your behalf." ”

Old Man Yang nodded and said, "If you want to go, I still support it, although the world is chaotic, but I think you can still protect yourself, but there are some things I have to make clear in advance." ”

Qin Zhihong said: "If the old man has any advice, please speak, and I am willing to listen to the teachings." ”

Master Yang said: "I have told you before that the old man was also excluded because of his participation in the Restoration, and even almost died, but fortunately, his colleagues guaranteed him and took the initiative to retire, so he saved his life." Therefore, what I want to tell you is that you must no longer be entangled with the Boxers. ”

Qin Zhihong suddenly wondered: "Master, you said that you are standing with the Restoration, this has nothing to do with the Boxers." ”

Master Yang said: "Naturally, it doesn't matter, but is it really okay?" Speaking of this, Master Yang stopped abruptly and let Qin Zhihong think carefully.

Qin Zhihong also didn't know why, Old Man Yang smiled and said: "It seems to have nothing to do with it, but in fact, it involves a lot." Zhihong, think about it, why are the boxers of the Boxers able to grow? That's because of the connivance of the imperial court, which is used to fight foreigners, but if foreigners put pressure on the imperial court, will the imperial court choose boxers or compromise foreigners? ”

Qin Zhihong has experienced the rampant domineering of foreigners who don't even pay attention to the government since he was a child, so he said affirmatively: "Of course I surrender to foreigners." ”

Master Yang continued: "It's not enough to surrender, the person of Lafayette in the West Palace is also a ruthless character, and he also looks at foreigners unpleasantly, but the country is too weak, what can be done?" Master Yang continued:

"Actually, I supported the reform and reform of the law, but in the end, I stood on the wrong side and made a fuss. And now, although several famous Boxer teams have been recognized by the government and can be stationed in the capital, and even Lafayette has already received them, but once there is a change, they will also abandon them, just like this time the government chased and killed the boxers in the SD realm, saying that they were 'fake groups' and 'boxing bandits', and finally killed them quickly. ”

When Qin Zhihong heard this, he couldn't help but feel lost in his heart, thinking that he had followed his cousin's actions these days, but he was also a puppet in front of the official government, when he used you, he let you rise and fall on the stage, and when he didn't use you, he was just discarded like a mustard. Thinking of this, Qin Zhihong said: "Master, I understand, in fact, after the death of my cousin and a few good brothers, I was also disheartened and felt that something was wrong, but I couldn't say why, so I had to train myself and solve these doubts in my heart." ”

Master Yang nodded his satisfaction, so he said goodbye and was about to withdraw, but suddenly remembered something, turned around and said: "Master, your great kindness is unforgettable, I dare not live up to Miss Ziyi, if you come back within three years, I will definitely live up to your expectations and Ziyi's favor, if I can't come back, I will definitely send a message to explain the situation, otherwise it will be my Qin Zhihong's bad luck, I don't know where I died." ”

Master Yang laughed and said, "Okay, a good man should have the demeanor of Jing Ke's 'wind and water cold' back then!" Go ahead. ”

But Qin Zhihong was just about to go out, but Lian'er suddenly came in, he thought that Master Yang would keep Qin Zhihong, but he didn't expect that not only did he not keep him but supported him to go far away, and he didn't have time to consider the inexplicable thinking between their men, so he rushed in and said:

"Dad, if you let Qin Zhihong out, I will follow too!"

Master Yang immediately became embarrassed, but before he could think of a good rhetoric, Lian'er said: "Zhihong and I have been walking on the rivers and lakes for a long time, and it will be fine." ”

Master Yang thought to himself, it would be a good idea to let Lian'er go out with him, and besides, they were like this, so they no longer objected.

One morning a few days later, Qin Lian and the others packed their things and were about to leave, and Lian'er suddenly asked Qin Zhihong, "Did you go to the capital to say goodbye to Sister Ziyi this time?" ”

Qin Zhihong replied wryly, "No." ”

Lian'er flew up and kicked Qin Zhihong's buttocks, and said, "I don't know how many years I will come back when I go out this time, you want to be angry with me!" Why don't you go and say goodbye to Sister Ziyi? ”

Qin Zhihong had no choice but to go out and go to Ziyi, but when he arrived at her door, he was embarrassed to knock on the door, and it happened that one of Ziyi's maids was going out to bring water to the young lady, and when he saw Qin Zhihong, he immediately shouted into the house:

"Miss, Gongzi Qin has come to see you!" So he smiled evilly and said to Qin Zhihong: "Son, what are you still doing at the door, go in by yourself, don't knock on the door, Miss is already dressed." ”

Qin Zhihong's embarrassment was also immediately red-faced, so he had to open the door and enter. In fact, it was really inappropriate to enter the boudoir of someone's daughter's house before passing the door, but the Yang family knew this, so there was no abnormal reaction. After entering the door, Qin Zhihong didn't know what to do, Ziyi lowered his head and was embarrassed to speak, but in the end, Ziyi spoke first:

"I heard that you are going to the capital with Sister Lian'er......

Qin Zhihong immediately replied: "Ah yes, set off early this morning......

Ziyi also said nervously: "If only I had to learn martial arts with my father when I was young, I would be able to go out with you......"

Qin Zhihong couldn't help but be moved, thinking to himself, what kind of thing he was, to be so concerned by these two people, gratitude arose, so he comforted Ziyi and said:

"Miss Ziyi, where are you, I go out to experience myself, I can't stay in one place and watch the sky, I hope that one day I can see through the world like your father."

The two of them didn't speak for a while, and Qin Zhihong didn't know what to do, so he casually said something: "Oh, by the way, I borrowed his copy of "Atlas of the Sea Kingdom" from Master Yang last night, and his old man said that it doesn't matter if you can't finish it, you can take it on the road to read, I can't bear it, I started watching it last night, and now I think about it, I really ...... frog at the bottom of the well."

Ziyi didn't know that Qin Zhihong deliberately had nothing to say, so he said: "When I was a child, I also liked to peek at my father's books, but he didn't let me touch the book, I didn't expect him to let you take it on the road......"

When Qin Zhihong heard this, he didn't expect Master Yang to value himself so much that he could lend his own beloved books to himself.

At this time, Ziyi asked even more shyly, "Gongzi Qin doesn't know when you will be able to come back?" ”

These words made Qin Zhihong also fidget, thinking to himself, with Lian'er, although she can have a care, but leaving Ziyi at home is also a little too cold for her, so she said: "Miss Ziyi, don't worry, I will go to the capital, visit some famous doctors and holy hands, and see the situation in the world, and I will come back." ”

This is equivalent to not answering, but Qin Zhihong really doesn't know how long, and he doesn't dare to make any promises, in case he can't realize it, wouldn't he be suspected of losing his trust in others?

Ziyi said even more shyly: "Then I'll wait for you to come back......"

Ziyi said this in a lower voice, but Qin Zhihong listened to it like a thousand waves rolling in waves, so he also said to Ziyi: "Thank you Ziyi for your favor, I can't repay it, I just hope that there will be a period in the future." ”

But Ziyi said: "Well, go ahead, it is estimated that Sister Lian'er has been waiting for you for a long time." ”

Qin Zhihong didn't expect that this Ziyi girl was also like her father, thoughtful and thoughtful, and couldn't help but be amazed, so she quit his house and went on the road after saying goodbye to Master Yang with Lian'er again.