The ancient family of Chengguan Village, which has great wealth and power, is a typical family of official gentry, since the pre-Qing Dynasty, after passing the imperial examination, the family has been committed to studying and becoming an official. As the saying goes, where there is a will, there is a way, the ancient family who planted melons and got melons and planted beans and got beans even became Li Hongzhang's descendants in the Beiyang period, and later bet on many parties, Yuan Shikai trained troops at a small station, and the Northern Expedition of the Guangzhou Military Government of the Republic of China...... In short, the Gu family actively participated in the social reform movement that was in vogue at the time, and gained a lot.

Today's ancient family is even more incredible.

In addition to occupying several positions in the county government, there are many sons and nephews who serve as regional officials in the provincial capital and surrounding provinces, and the most prominent of them is, of course, the second master Gu who served in the Ministry of Defense of the Nanjing State Government.

Gu Erye joined the former Prime Minister's League when he was young, and later followed the former Prime Minister back to China, assisted the Standing Chairman to build the army, participated in the Eastern Expedition and the Northern Expedition, and entered the Ministry of National Defense after Dingding Jinling.

It's just that the fly in the ointment is that because the second master of the wind has been away for a long time, he can't help but neglect the discipline of the two sons under his knees. The two sons don't like to study, they specialize in walking eagles and horses, they are idle, and when they are a little older, they go in and out of Fireworks Willow Lane, just as a daily meal.

The bustard's mother goldfish blinked, and she looked at Xie Yucheng and the others, her thoughts turned back and forth in an instant, and she thought to herself: "Could it be that the pair of living treasures in front of you are the pair of sons of the second master Gu?" ”

Thinking like this in my heart, I saw that the young man on the other side seemed to be impatient, his eyes widened, and his face was cold:

"What? With my Gu family's signboard in the Ministry of National Defense, can't you keep a Yijun Pavilion? Could it be that the Luo butcher can close your door, but my Gu family can't close it? ”

Lu Qing looked arrogant and mischievous, but instead of being the slightest dissatisfied, the bustard's mother smiled as bright as a flower, as if chrysanthemums were blooming all over the building, and she was so happy that she almost laughed out of the pig cry: "Ouch, it turned out that the young master of the ancient family arrived, the old body was really clumsy, and he didn't recognize ......, since the two young masters arrived, things would be easy to do......" A pair of goldfish eyes slipped on the silver dollar on the table, and said happily, "Oh, the two young masters have been in Nanjing for a long time, and it is easy to return to their hometowns once, and they can come to visit me." Our Yijun Pavilion, that's, it's a big face......"

The bustard's mother was so excited that she stammered a little, and Xie Yucheng on the opposite side made her face stiff and said with a smile: "A seal of the Jingwei Regiment, what a big deal?" It's also worth it for my mother to be noisy here for half a day? Let's go down if it's okay, so let's have a good chat with the two young ladies! ”

"Oh, yes, yes, the young master said yes!" The bustard's mother was so happy that a pair of goldfish eyes were about to squeeze together with her eyebrows, and she hurriedly glanced at the two top girls, took her leave, and went out of the flower hall, and ordered her subordinates to close the side door, and if anyone came to harass, they would all refuse on the grounds that the Jingwei Regiment had ordered them to close the door and thank the guests. Instructed the kitchen to clean up the delicacies and send them to the two nobles. Tonight's Yijun Pavilion will only set up a clean special session for the two noble sons.

After a while, the kitchen sent the dishes up like a running price, and the two top girls flattered, but the two sons didn't drink a drop of wine, saying that it was a good day, how could they get drunk and make a mistake? The banquet was a little deserted, but what kind of people the two top names were, they quickly changed their tricks, and the banquet became joyful and lively again after a while.

After eating, the place of conversation was changed to upstairs, but the little boy made an unexpected request - asking the four of them to sleep in one room, which really embarrassed the two top girls.

However, this little man's way of solving the problem was very straightforward, and he directly took out a handful of silver dollars...... In this way, the difficult things are no longer embarrassing, and in the snickering of the warblers, the four of them entered a room one after another.

The turtle slave who helped deliver the cage box came downstairs, while throwing a piece of ocean in his hand, covering his mouth, eating and laughing, and only when everyone was impatient did he lower his voice, and whispered that the two young masters upstairs came back from a big place like Jinling Shanghai, and they had a good time.

Soon there was a very exaggerated movement in the room, the floor slabs were clanging, and the dust was falling down, and the people downstairs were shocked and angry, but they had already been ordered by the bustard's mother, and knew that the nobles upstairs could not be offended, so they had to swallow their anger one by one.

Fortunately, the actions of the two sons were exaggerated, but they didn't last long. After about ten minutes, the upstairs gradually stopped, and everyone downstairs covered their mouths and snickered.

The good sky is short, and dawn is coming in a blink of an eye, and Yijun Pavilion usually sleeps late because of professional reasons. Now that they were sealed, they slept until eight or nine o'clock.

At this time, the sun had begun to heat up, and the smoke waves on the Longquan River had a halo of light. In front of Longquan Pavilion, the report meeting of the two provinces and six counties to suppress bandits is about to start, and the square is crowded with people watching the excitement, and some people look like a sea of people.

A gong sounded, 10,000 firecrackers were set off in front of Longquan Pavilion, the sound of crackling gunpowder explosion, and bursts of gunpowder smoke filled the air, completely enveloping the surroundings of Longquan Pavilion, and it was full of festive atmosphere far and near.

Because the window could not be closed, thick clouds of gunpowder smoke poured into the house, choking all four people inside coughing violently. Xie Yucheng and Lu Qing stood in front of the window, unobstructed, so they coughed very loudly, and the two girls on the bed coughed much more gently, because they were not only covered with thin silk quilts, but also tightly bound their hands and feet.

Fortunately, Xie Yucheng quickly closed the window, Lu Qing dipped the towel in tea, and wiped the cheeks and nose of the two of them indiscriminately, and finally got better.

But the two aunts were confined for a whole night, even if their hands and feet were sore, the most embarrassing thing was that they drank a lot of soup before going to bed, and in the middle of the night, both of them were in a hurry, but the two young masters who were originally gentle and gentle, but they didn't pay attention to it, and just slept in the living room. When they got up this morning, the two of them had been watching the square in front of the window, and after a while, they took out two delicate and small rifles from the cage box they carried with them, and drummed them up.

In front of the Longquan Pavilion outside the window, there was a commendation meeting, and the two people in front of the window were tinkering with guns.

At this point, even fools understand.

The two girls were shocked, frightened, and regretful. In the morning, the turtle slave came up and sent an early meal, but the younger boy only let it be sent to the door, saying that the two girls had not woken up from sleep, and did not disturb him, and the turtle slave seemed to have another silver dollar, and only listened to him go downstairs with great gratitude, and ordered no one to disturb the purity of the guests.

A pair of top girls were burning in the five, suddenly in front of the dark, looked up, and saw that it was the younger son who came to the bed, shook a cold and shining short knife in his hand, and gestured in front of them, the two struggled in horror, but found that their hands and feet were already sore, and they couldn't move at all. I want to scream, but I can't make a sound.

The two were so frightened that they completely lost their autonomy, and their eyes could only instinctively shake with the movement of the dagger.

"Honestly, two young ladies, this brother said, I will loosen the rope for you, so that the bundle will not be broken. Take turns, don't move, or you'll be careful to scratch your face, and it won't be fun. ”

As he spoke, the young man put the dagger in his mouth, and reached out to loosen the rope for the little jasper.

At this moment, I heard the man by the window whisper: "Come here, the main man is coming out soon." ”

"Oh, so fast? I'll be right away. The young man's face was visibly happy, and he wanted to get up and go to the window, so he hurriedly tried to tie the man up.

The man by the window smiled back and said, "Don't bother, I promise she won't be able to move for five minutes." ”

The young boy answered, left the little jasper, and went to the window. 、

It was only at this time that Xiaojia Biyu found that the two men had opened the window again, the firecrackers outside the window had been set off, and the noisy voices in the square were beating like a wave again.

The large cedar table in the middle of the room had already been carried by them to the window, and the younger boy turned to the table, took a bench and sat down, then picked up the rifle on the table, and took aim intently.

The man at the window avoided the window a little more, and completely moved out of the way.

"See? The target is in the direction of twelve o'clock, tunics, pay attention to distinguish, three in tunics, the thinner one and the other greasy two, all seen in the blacksmith shop. One is a government commissioner, and the other is Instructor Tan. ”

Xiao Jia Biyu tried to move her hands and feet, and found that her hands and feet were so sore, that she couldn't move, so she had to lie quietly, her ears up, and listen to the whispered conversation between the two without leaking.

"To fight or not?" The young boy sitting at the table had a steady voice, and there was a duck voice,

"Don't fight! Our target is just Luo Butcher ......" The young master by the window had no waves, looking at the back, Xiao Jia Biyu could imagine his stiff face when he spoke. At this time, I only heard him continue, "Wait a minute, the target is speaking, and he was blocked by Instructor Tan, he should return to the left position after speaking, that is the best time!" ”

"Hit, I can hit him in the head!"

"Wait, the odds are too small!"

Xiaojia Biyu gasped for breath and quietly moved her hands and feet, and gradually her hands and feet finally had a little sense, she was overjoyed, and hurriedly sped up, but her fingers still didn't listen much, just spasmed without fighting.

She had no choice but to give up the struggle, waiting for her hands and feet to regain sensation while calmly gathering strength. At this time, the young man at the table sighed lightly and said, "Why did the Jingwei Regiment get on the horse?" What are they picking? ”

"Which? Is it under the big tree? The man by the window also seemed a little strange, but immediately exclaimed in a low voice, "Oh, damn it, that's the Locke family, they are carrying a few heads, and they are boasting about their achievements in the streets......

The young boy was silent for a while, and suddenly cried out in pain: "Ah, it's Brother Tiger Hao...... , I'm going to kill them! ”

The man by the window took an arrow step, arrived at the table, and brushed away the hand of the young man in front of the table: "If you can't bear it, you will make a big plan, don't forget our goal!" ”

With a "horn click", the rifle smashed down on the table, and the young boy at the table held his head in pain, grabbed his hair, and let out a burst of beastly screams from his mouth.

The man who was standing did not speak, but put a hand on his shoulder, his eyes still firmly fixed on the square outside the window.

The silence in the room was eerie, and after a while, the boy at the table seemed to have recovered from a serious illness, and slowly sat up straight, picked up the rifle on the table again, and bent down to aim.

The man who was standing had returned to the window at this time, sighing and cursing again: "Damn, why is there an old fellow again, squeezing the target over there?" ”

"Fight, if you don't hit him, he'll run away!"

"How do you fight this? Wait! ”

"Don't wait, I'll let the old guy fall first, then there will be space! You're ready to refill the gun! Preparation! ”

The young man at the table stopped talking, and took aim intently, and the man by the window stopped talking, and picked up an identical spear in his hand.

The river wind poured from the river, blowing the window leaves rattle, the little jasper suddenly blessed the soul, knowing that now is the best time, she tried to move her hands and feet, and found that she could already move, so she quietly removed the ropes on her wrists and feet, lifted the quilt, and tiptoed down the bed.

Xiao Jia Biyu was caught off guard and fell on the edge of the bed in shock.

With a click, the child's hand in front of the table flickered, and the rifle made a crisp mechanical friction sound, and he quickly returned to aiming.

"Tom!"

A small flame of light immediately flashed on the tabletop, and the man by the window shouted in surprise: "Good fight, hit!" ”

The young man at the table didn't speak, just controlled the rifle again and again: tom, tom, tom!

The square below suddenly erupted into chaos, screaming, roaring, shouting, and chaos.

"Stop fighting! Come on! The man by the window fired a few shots, and suddenly shouted back as he pulled out his rifle.

The boy at the table didn't seem to hear at all, took out a row of yellow bullets from his coat pocket, pressed them into the gun, and continued to aim and shoot.

"Stop fighting, let's go!" The man by the window returned to the table and roared.

"Look, my sister is here, my sister is here, you see, Commander Xie, she killed the eighth child, and killed the traitor! She's going to grab her head...... Help her, help her! ”

"Where?" The older man returned to the window, "Not good! Lie down! The man who had just returned to the window screamed, and at the same time fell on his back and fell to the ground, shaking the wooden building.

There was a bang, and the young man in front of the table also moved, and even the person knocked backwards with a bench, and the whole person slid backwards with his back to the ground, until he slid in front of the embroidered shoes of the little jasper.

At this time, a continuous burst of gunfire rang out in the square, da-da, da-da-da!

Tuk-tuk, tuk-tuk!

A torrential rain of bullets struck the wooden wall under the window, burrowing transparent bullet holes into the wall one after another. The bullet entered the room, and its power did not diminish in the slightest, shattering a Jingdezhen porcelain vase next to the bed.

Xiaojia Biyu stared at the floor in a daze, she wanted to find out whether Lu Qinghe, who was lying at her feet, and Xie Yuzhen, who was lying under the window, were injured, and if they were injured, how badly injured they were, and whether they could take the opportunity to escape.

If they weren't injured, who made them fall so fast and so hard?

But before she could see it, she felt the air in front of her suddenly deform, and suddenly twisted into a very thin and straight rope.

She was wondering to herself, and with a scream, a bullet that had pierced through the wooden wall was still unabated, and pierced into her smooth forehead, leaving a small bloody hole, like flying red.

Her whole body was swept up, and a large amount of plasma spurted out of the back of her head, like a bunch of lake flowers often seen on the edge of the Longquan River, bewitching and poignant.