Although the sword is used to stab, it is not as easy as the knife for chopping, but after all, it is flesh and blood that is difficult to use as a sword. Although the young master of the family was not cut off, he was also seriously injured in his left leg. When Qin Zhihong saw this situation, he glared at Lian'er fiercely, and he didn't have time to reason with her, so he hurriedly went back to the house and took out the medicine box and other things, bandaged and put medicine on the young master of the Cheng family to stop bleeding, and also divided some of the little medicine and wine he kept for him to take.

Fortunately, it was also because Lian'er was annoyed and angry, and suddenly attacked, so that the young master of the Cheng family did not hurt his bones, and it is estimated that he can heal in a few days.

Qin Zhihong and Lian'er didn't say a word on the way back to GT with Wang Liyan and the others, although Wang Liyan was a martial artist, he also saw that the two had a conflict because of today's incident, so he also persuaded on the side, but he only knew one and didn't know the other, but he didn't see that Lian'er was jealous, so the persuasion for a long time had no effect.

In the evening, Qin Zhihong came to the door of Lian'er's house, hesitated for a long time, and was about to knock on the door, but saw that Lian'er had already opened the door and said, "What are you doing at the door?" Don't knock on the door and don't come in. ”

Qin Zhihong couldn't help but feel a little embarrassed when he saw that Lian'er had already known that he was outside the door for a while, so he said, "Aren't you angry about today's incident?" ”

Seeing Qin Zhihong's sincere tone, Lian'er's heart softened, and said, "I wasn't angry in the first place, but your heart is too good, and you will suffer in the future." ”

Saying that, Lian'er brought Qin Zhihong in and said, "Needless to say, I think we should say goodbye to Senior Brother Wang tomorrow, and quickly get up and go to Senior Brother Zhu." ”

Qin Zhihong replied: "Lian'er, I have already asked Brother Wang today, and he said that if we go to find Uncle Cousin by ourselves, we will not find it." ”

Lian'er asked curiously, "Why?" Isn't he in RP, senior brother? ”

Qin Zhihong explained: "Brother Wang told me that Uncle Wang is now leading his team to attack the church everywhere, and there is no fixed place to live, and we have nowhere to look for it when we get to RP, and Brother Wang has been waiting for Uncle Cousin's message these days, so he asked us to stay with him, but we can still wait for news from Uncle Cousin." ”

When Lian'er heard this, she continued: "Okay, let's wait for Uncle Wang's message here, and then we will go to see him together." ”

So the two stayed in Wang Liyan's village, waiting for the news from the vermilion lantern.

On weekdays, Qin Zhihong constantly practiced the kung fu of the plum blossoms taught to him by his master Zhao Sanduo, and he got up early every day to practice, and when it was close to noon, the weather became hot, so he went to take a bath, and after several months of hard work, he actually achieved a small success.

Unconsciously, it has entered the autumn of this year, one day Lian'er was instructing Qin Zhihong to practice in the courtyard, and suddenly Wang Liyan walked in excitedly, still holding a letter in his hand, and when he saw the two, he said:

"Senior Brother Zhu has sent a letter!"

The two of them were very excited when they heard this, and although Qin Zhihong was very happy, he did not show Gao Cailie like Lian'er. It turned out that Zhu Honglan got the news that there was a bar Li Zhuang in PY County, and Li Jinbang, the landlord of the village, bullied Li Changshui, a boxer in the village, and then falsely accused him of "making trouble". Li Changshui asked Zhu Honglan and other leaders for help, and Zhu Honglan got the news that Li Jinbang had secretly colluded with Jiang Kai, the magistrate of PY, and asked the government to arrest Li Changshui's six boxers, so Zhu Honglan sent a letter to the leaders to rush to PY to support and strengthen their momentum.

After Wang Liyan finished speaking, he didn't say hello to the two of them again, so he went below to mention some people and prepare for the next day.

After Qin Zhihong and Lian'er returned to the house, before they could discuss specific matters, they heard the porter say that someone was looking for the two of them, Qin Zhihong was also puzzled, so he and Lian'er went out to greet them, it turned out to be no one else, it was Mr. Yang who brought a few family members with generous gifts to thank the two of them, and as soon as he saw the two, Mr. Yang said:

"I finally found the two, I sent someone to inquire about the county town of GT for a while, and I only learned about the residence of this Wang Daxia a few days ago, so I hurriedly prepared a few thin gifts to thank you."

Qin Zhihong and Lian'er both smiled and said, "It's too polite", and hurriedly welcomed Master Yang into Qin Zhihong's house.

Since Wang Liyan was busy, he couldn't come over, so he ordered his subordinates to do what Qin Zhihong and Lian'er ordered. After the three of them sat down, Qin Zhihong said:

"It's good that the old man found us a few days in advance, or we would have left tomorrow."

When Master Yang heard Qin Zhihong say this, he was puzzled for a moment, and then said: "That relationship is God's eyes, and it can give me a chance to thank the two benefactors." ”

Qin Zhihong couldn't help but look at Master Yang with admiration, according to ordinary people's thinking, he would definitely ask them why they left and what they were going to do, but he didn't ask, obviously he was a person who knew how to measure.

However, Master Yang stroked his beard and said, "Engong......" Qin Zhihong raised his hand to show that he didn't dare to be, and Master Yang smiled and continued: "There is a sentence that I don't know whether to say or not." ”

Qin Zhihong thought to himself, just after praising you, the old gentleman is measured, so he immediately wants to say something, so he also said: "If the old gentleman has any advice, just say it." ”

Master Yang paused for a moment and said, "Okay, I'll just say it, let me ask Mr. Qin, what are you righteous people in the rivers and lakes fighting against foreign religions and eliminating bullies?" ”

Lian'er grabbed the conversation and hurriedly said: "This doesn't need to be asked, it's naturally 'Fuqing and Extinguishing the Ocean'." ”

Master Yang smiled, and then said: "That old man has recently heard about the deeds of many righteous people who have attacked foreign religions and eliminated bullies, such as the famous Zhu Honglan last year, who led people to take Xujialou, and attacked foreign churches everywhere in RP and other places, for what?" ”

"Of course, it's to distribute food to the people in the famine year, and to get rid of the local bullies and foreigners who bully the people." Lian'er still said without thinking, but at this time, Qin Zhihong did not argue with Lian'er, and listened to the debate between the two on the sidelines.

"But that's other people's food, people can give it if they want to, and if they don't want to give it to us, they will grab it?" Master Yang asked Lian'er rhetorically.

Lian'er said unrelentingly: "But they colluded with foreigners and trusted foreign religions. ”

Master Yang retorted: "With all due respect, what do people believe in not doing other people's things, besides, those who interact with foreigners may not be bad people, the court doesn't want to deal with foreigners, but isn't it also beaten in by foreigners?" It started from Daoguang Ye. ”

Naturally, Lian'er didn't tend to these esoteric questions, but she didn't want to admit defeat, so she said, "Should the entire hungry people of CQ starve to death?" ”

Master Yang thought for a moment and said: "Girl, you are also the benefactor of the old man, it stands to reason that the old man would not dare to make such a big statement in front of the two fathers, but when it comes to this, the old man will take the liberty of doing it once." In the foolish opinion of the old, the hungry people are displaced, and the imperial court should allocate funds for disaster relief, but the two of you look at it, we foreigners can't beat it, but haven't we also fought the Japanese invaders? The entire Beiyang Naval Division was wiped out, all the money spent by the imperial court for many years was gone, and Lafayette was still repairing the garden for her birthday......"

Master Yang sighed and continued: "As a result, I have to pay 200 million taels to the Orientals, so that the imperial court can be regarded as allocating the disaster relief funds, and I have also promised a few Zhuangzi in Xujialou to take out the grain, and when the time comes, the relief money will be replenished immediately, isn't it that no one has opened a warehouse to give a grain of rice?" ”

Qin Zhihong and Lian'er were silent, although the two of them, especially Lian'er, didn't understand the national affairs that these people in power talked about all day long, but what Master Yang said to them seemed to be irrefutable.

Master Yang continued: "That's because the common people know that the court has no faith, so they refuse to open a warehouse to borrow grain first, and even if they are trustworthy, after being exploited by layers of officials, how many children can be left?" And you take people to 'help clear and destroy the foreign', not to mention whether there is a need for this court to help, is everyone really like-minded? Not to mention anything else, the old man naturally didn't collude with foreigners, but didn't there be someone who took advantage of your big tree to take advantage of the shade underneath, and almost took the life of the old man's family by communiquing his private interests? Fortunately, the two benevolent fathers were spared so far. ”

Saying that, Master Yang got up again and bowed deeply, and the two of them didn't pay attention to it, thinking in their hearts, if someone else made something out of nothing, talking nonsense here, the two naturally didn't believe it, especially Lian'er, and even beat up the person who came, but what Master Yang said was indeed true and irrefutable.

Qin Zhihong was full of thoughts, and said: "Master Yang, what you said today is really unheard of by me, I have never thought of hearing it before, let alone thinking about it, please continue." ”

Seeing that he was recognized, Master Yang continued: "Engong, every time you ask for the people's life, saying that it is 'Xingqing and destroying the foreign', but the government does not buy it, and sends troops to suppress it, and the scoundrels in the market see that there is an opportunity to ruin your reputation, making your team mixed, good and bad." Moreover, with all due respect, I recently read a book written by Wei Gaoyou, "Atlas of the Sea Kingdom", which explains in detail the customs and customs of the West and some skilled skills. Later, we in the Qing Dynasty also learned from foreigners and bought a lot of things, from guns to ironclad ships, but we didn't fight the Orientals? And all the heroes and righteous warriors, with their flesh and blood, how can they really fight foreigners? ”

Lian'er said disdainfully: "The old gentleman can't help but destroy his own prestige a little bit and increase the ambition of others." ”

Master Yang continued: "It's really a little, don't hide it, when I was young, I was also a pipe band in Beijing, and I had hundreds of troops in my hand, but when the British and French troops came over, it was useless to face their foreign guns and artillery, and there were countless casualties ......."

Master Yang stared into the distance with a fixed gaze, as if he had returned to the tragic moment of the year. However, Qin Zhihong and Lian'er suddenly had admiration for Master Yang.

The three of them were silent, and after a while, Master Yang came back to his senses and said: "In fact, the old man was also high-spirited and fierce back then, even in his twilight years. But later, because of my support for the reform of the law, after being suppressed by Lafayette, I was also excluded, so in order to save my life, I took the initiative to resign and go home, vowing not to care about national affairs again, and to live a good life. But this time, I also saw that the two benevolent fathers had nothing to repay the great virtues under them, so I came to say these words to the two of them, not to pour cold water on the two, but to remind the two of them that they must be thoughtful in order to make a difference. ”

Only then did the two understand that it was no wonder that an old man in the village had such insight and learning, and it turned out to be a court official who had retreated to the countryside.

Master Yang knew that he had said everything he wanted to say to the two of them, so he got up to say goodbye, Qin Zhihong and Lian'er sent him out of the house, and after saying goodbye, Master Yang took people back to Shilitun.

Back in the house, Qin Zhihong suddenly said cowardly to Lian'er:

"Lian'er, I don't want to go to my cousin this time......"

Lian'er was puzzled and said, "Why? Now that everyone is going to PY to meet, and you can meet him, why don't you go again? ”

Qin Zhihong saw that Lian'er was a little puzzled and even a little angry, so he said patiently: "It's not that I don't want to go, it's just that I listened to Master Yang's words, and I was already at a loss, so I don't know what to do.......

Lian'er sneered: "I think you want to go to that Master Yang, and then be someone else's son-in-law." ”

Qin Zhihong didn't have the heart to joke, so he said to his face: "What's the matter, I just suddenly felt that I had lost my direction." ”

Lian'er snorted and said, "I know that you are still thinking about that Ziyi, what Master Yang said is reasonable, how can my father-in-law's teachings be unreasonable?" ”

Qin Zhihong saw that Lian'er was getting more and more outrageous, and he was in an upset mood, so he also said angrily: "Anyway, I won't go to my cousin tomorrow, you can go by yourself!" ”

After saying this, Lian'er suddenly felt lost on his face, he felt that Qin Zhihong would unconsciously play tricks to follow her when he got there, but this time, he no longer followed himself to find Senior Brother Zhu, and he suddenly thought that Qin Zhihong was really worried about the young lady of the Yang family, so he said, "Then where are you going?" ”

Qin Zhihong sighed and said, "I don't know ...... either."

At this time, Lian'er's eyes were already full of tears, and she went back to her house without looking back.

The next day, Wang Liyan came to ask Qin Lian and the two to go on the road together, but Lian'er said that Qin Zhihong was sick, so he would raise him in the house for a day before going on the road, and then let Wang Liyan go first. But Lian'er came to Qin Zhihong's house again, and saw that he was still sleeping with his head buried, so she said:

"I know you've heard it all, aren't you really going?"

Qin Zhihong opened the quilt, Lian'er couldn't help but be startled when she saw his face, and said, "Why are you so haggard, have you really not slept all night?" ”

Qin Zhihong got up and sat on the kang and said to Lian'er: "Yes, I thought about it all night last night, but I couldn't figure it out, and I didn't know what to do." In the past, I just wanted to make more money, just don't starve, but after listening to Master Yang's words, I feel that thinking about these is too low-level, what should I do in this generation to be considered complete? ”

Lian'er saw that Qin Zhihong was like a demon, and she had no clue what she said, and she was even more disappointed in her heart. She thought that Qin Zhihong might not be able to think about it for a while yesterday, so she came to persuade him to go on the road with her again today, but she didn't expect that the more he thought about it, the more outrageous it became, so Lian'er said to Qin Zhihong with tears:

"Then, in the words you told me before, if you forget each other in the rivers and lakes, let's separate."

As she spoke, Lian'er picked up her coat, wiped her tears and ran out of the door, only to hear the door slam against the door frame, followed by Lian'er's hurried footsteps getting farther and farther until she was silent.

And Qin Zhihong was also pale and weak, sitting motionless on the kang.