"The workers in the factory rebelled, and the uncle came forward to mediate, but he was squeezed down the stairs by the crowd, and then he broke his leg."

Lin Wanjing sat in the car, and the words of Lin Xifeng's personal attendant Qi Hai were repeatedly recalled in her mind.

Lin Xifeng came late for the family banquet the night before, with crutches and a splint on his leg, and asked him the reason for his injury, he only said that he accidentally fell in the factory, but repeatedly stated that the production work in the factory had been arranged, so that Lin Wanjing should not worry about it, just take care of the affairs of the firm.

The advice of three hundred amounts of silver here made Lin Wanjing suspicious, and after dinner, she pestered Qi Hai to ask questions, and then she found out the reason.

Knowing the truth of the matter, Lin Wanjing was even more depressed in her heart, although the treatment of Honglin Weaving Factory is not the best, but when it comes to being good to the workers, there is no one in the entire Luzhou City who does not give a thumbs up, her father Lin Xifeng is easy-going, and she has never blushed with anyone in Lin Wanjing's memory, and she is also harmonious with the workers, and everything is easy to talk about and discuss. has done this, but the workers still want to rebel, the more Lin Wanjing thinks about it, the more angry she feels, she goes against her father's will early in the morning and drives to the factory, she wants to ask why this group of people made trouble and hurt her father.

The situation in the factory was even worse than Lin Wanjing imagined: in the huge factory, several lathes were running alone, Lin Xifeng's office glass was shattered, and several handymen were cleaning up the mess under the command of the acting steward.

Seeing Lin Wanjing coming, the steward greeted her:

"Miss, is the boss's leg okay?"

"It's okay, you just can't send me to get married." Lin Wanjing was angry in her words.

"Tsk...... It's a pity......" said the steward.

"What the hell is going on? It was fine a few days ago, how can these people say that they will turn their faces? ”

"Miss, you don't know if you just ask about the things in this factory, just after this year, didn't the Shen family's factory start, the supervisors are here to instigate the workers to go to the factory to do it, the boss said that he left some people down, but the people stayed, the heart is not here, and the workers in this factory are not easy to manage. Moreover, the night before yesterday, our troops exchanged fire with the Cantonese army in Meichuan, and most of the workers in our factory came from Meichuan. ”

"Wait, you just said...... A firefight in Umegawa? Lin Wanjing was shocked, although she heard that the current land of China was not peaceful, but she didn't expect that the war would burn in front of her eyes.

"yes, didn't you read the newspaper? There was a firefight, and half of the county was burned......"

The steward said that a family in Meichuan County went to the market in Guangdong Province, and when they returned, the head of the family lost their identity credentials, and the officers and soldiers in the border area of Guangdong Province detained the family under the city gate, and they were unmoved no matter how the villagers pleaded for mercy and testified. The relatives of the family asked the border guards of Luzhou for help, and the border guards just responded to their solution and there was no follow-up, and the wait was three days, the child cried in the cage every day, and the child's little uncle was strong, and shot the soldiers in charge of the guards of the Cantonese army with a shotgun in the dark, igniting the warring ***. In terms of military strength, Guangdong Province is several times far behind Luzhou, and this time it seems to have grasped the straw to turn over, and it has no intention of releasing it easily.

"I heard that the exchange of fire has stopped now, and the two sides are facing each other on both sides of the boundary river between Meichuan and Guangdong Province.

"What about the workers? Coming home? ”

"I'm all waiting for news in the dormitory, where can I go back, the road is blocked." The steward sighed, "The war has burned to the doorstep, they must not have the heart to work, and please ask the eldest lady to be considerate of their thoughts, and simply give them two days off." ”

"It's easy to say that you are considerate, but ......" she still felt that her father's injury was wronged, but she didn't speak again.

"Listening to the latest news, it was Liu Dashuai who sent Yun Shuai to come forward for peace talks, just hoping to win and turn the war into a jade silk."

Lin Wanjing sighed in her heart, why is it at this time, why is it him......

"When did you hear from this?"

"I heard that there was an urgent meeting in the early hours of this morning, so it's time to get out of the city."

Thanks to the steward, Lin Wanjing ordered the driver to chase directly after the south gate of Luzhou City that the steward said, and when she caught up with Liu Jin, Liu Jin had already led her troops across the trestle bridge of the moat.

"Yunrou, don't go." This is the first thing Lin Wanjing said when she caught up with Liu Jin.

Liu Jin was stunned for a moment, raised her hand and stroked the broken hair that was hooked on the side of her face: "Do you know where I'm going?" ”

"I know, so don't go."

"What's wrong?"

"Why are you going? Why go to someone else's land? Lin Wanjing was anxious, and her words were incoherent.

In fact, she wanted to say that Liu Jin's scope of responsibility was at sea, why did he wade into this troubled water outside the scope of his authority? Moreover, shouldn't such negotiations be held by the commanders of the two armies on the spot at the edge of the border where the conflict occurred, and why should he be the only one to go deep into the tiger's den?

Although these words were not spoken, Liu Jin understood the meaning of her words.

"I'm in this position, and I'm going to see a lot more of that in the future." He said softly.

"Don't go......" she reached out and grabbed the hem of his shirt, awkwardly like a child.

"I'll be back. Don't you worry? Liu Jin was moved, and reached out to hold her into his arms, what she was worried about was also where he had doubts, and she would chase after him unexpectedly, but it solved his urgent need. Jaw whispered in her ear, "I'll be back, I promise." ”

In fact, when he said this, he was not completely sure, but he still said it repeatedly, holding her hand into his palm.

Lin Wanjing only felt a sinking in her hand, but when she looked down, she saw a golden ring quietly falling into her hand.

"Five days, if I don't come back, I'll take this and go to Lu Canghan. When that time comes, I'll be waiting for you in the tiger's den. Liu Jin let go of her and said to Liu Ming, "Shaoxun, send Wanjing back." ”

Lin Wanjing stood at the place of parting and watched Liu Jin ride away until it disappeared within sight, she clenched the golden ring in her hand and secretly prayed that it would never be useful.

Contrary to his wishes, Liu Jin became a prophecy - for four days, Liu Jin had no news in Guangdong, as if the world had evaporated. Lin Wanjing's ominous premonition in her heart became stronger and stronger, and she finally couldn't bear it anymore, and took the initiative to ask Ying to go to Guangdong Province to pick up the goods for her father, and the pick-up point was in the place where Liu Jin negotiated, Yao County, a small town in Linhai. Before leaving, Lin Wanjing pestered the Duchess to ask for a charter from the British Embassy or Consulates, with which she could apply for unconditional assistance from any British Embassy or Consulate or foreign firm in China.

At noon on the fifth day, Lin Wanjing arrived in Yao County, but found that she had overlooked a very important thing - Yao County is not a port city, not to mention the British consulate or foreign firms, even foreigners can't see one, and the concession in the pocket has become a dead letter in this case, and Lin Wanjing can only hope for its deterrent power like a paper tiger. She handed over the matter of picking up the goods to the fellow masters, and went straight to the ** hall in Yao County.

When I met Liu Jin, it was already midnight, and he was locked up in an idle office in the city hall, lying on a dusty stall, his military uniform disheveled, and his lips pale. There was a noticeable bruise on his face, and a wound near his left eye, which had scabbed over, presumably an old one.

"Lucky for you, since you found this place before he was transferred, it will be your pair of hard-working mandarin ducks." The guard said this, locking the door to the cell.

Lin Wanjing walked to Liu Jin's side, but the hand holding the handkerchief was hanging in the air - his face was so injured, and he didn't know how many there were on his body, the moonlight was desolate, she never thought that such a haggard look would one day appear on his handsome and resolute face. She felt that her nose was sore, and she was about to treat his wound, but her wrist was caught, and the force was great, and the place where she was grabbed hurt.

Liu Jin's eyes opened, his pupils were deep and quiet in the moonlight, and when he saw that the person in front of him was Lin Wanjing, his hand was released.

"How did you find me?" He asked, his voice a little hoarse, "They didn't do anything to you, did they?" ”

Lin Wanjing smiled dumbly, what could they do to her? There are times when financial resources are more useful than hue.

"I told them that I was an underworld businessman, and that my goods would not have been able to leave the port without your autograph." Lin Wanjing wiped the blood from his face and said indifferently. But apparently she is not very good at lying, not only was her lie revealed, but she also ended up in a prisoner.

"Did you miss me?"

"Do you know how many days it is?" Lin Wanjing didn't answer his words directly, but just wiped the wound on his face and said, "Didn't you say that if you don't come back, you will wait for me here?" ”

"Yes...... Liu Jin laughed suddenly, and stretched out his hand to pull her closer to his arms, "Are you late......"

Sticking to Liu Jin's chest, Lin Wanjing's heart that had been hanging since the moment he left finally let go.

As the two had feared before, this negotiation was a trap, and the overseers of Guangdong Province refused to pay reparations, and even refused to cede land, all he wanted was Liu Jin's military power, Luzhou, and even the strongest fleet on the south coast. Hearing the Overseer's request, Liu Jin was stunned for a moment, and then looked up to the sky and laughed.

"I don't have what you want, and I don't know where." Liu Jin looked at the group of people coldly, and said leisurely, "If you want to say a talisman, there is one, me." ”

……

I don't know how long it took, Lin Wanjing heard Liu Jin sigh softly.

"Asleep?"

"Nope."

"Have you ever wondered how we got out of here?"

"......" Lin Wanjing paused, "How did you let us in, how did you let us out." ”

Thinking about this, Liu Jin smiled faintly, no matter what, Lin Wanjing is by his side at the moment, and he doesn't want to think about what will happen in the future. Holding the person in his arms, Liu Jin gradually fell asleep, this was the heaviest night he slept in so many days.

The next evening, when the door to the temporary cell opened again, soldiers in civilian clothes moved Liu Jin and Lin Wanjing to a hotel not far from the city hall, which was at least clean and tidy, although the facilities were rudimentary.

Lin Wanjing helped Liu Jin to lie down on the bed, I don't know if it was because of the inflammation of the wound, Liu Jin had a fever since the early hours of the morning, the low-grade fever continued to go away, there was no money on her body, and there was no medicine at hand, Lin Wanjing wanted to cry anxiously, she didn't know how to blame herself for being too hasty in her decision, if she listened to Liu Jin's words and went to find Lu Canghan, maybe she wouldn't be so passive now.

On a rural road on the outskirts of Yao County, the lights pierced the night, and three black sedans sped past the ridges, two of which had British flags on both sides of the windows.

Three days ago, Li Lingrui waited for Lin Wanjing under the gate of Luzhou City, and from the day he learned that Liu Jin came forward for peace talks, Li Lingrui felt that Lin Wanjing must not be able to sit still, so he waited for her on the road that he had to go out of the city every day, and finally waited.

"You're going to find him?" Li Lingrui saw Lin Wanjing get out of the car and asked.

"Hmm. Something must have happened. Lin Wanjing looked nervous.

"I'll go with you."

"No, I can't. You take this to Admiral Lu Canghan, I don't know what this is, but Yun Rou said that Admiral Lu knows, and when he sees this thing, he will save him. Lin Wanjing stuffed the ring into Li Lingrui's hand.

Li Lingrui glanced down, if it was really as Lin Wanjing said, Lu Canghan could transfer troops to Guangdong Province to rescue Liu Jin when he saw this ring, then this thing was like the existence of the navy's seal.

"You're coming, aren't you?" Lin Wanjing finally asked him, "I'll wait for you in the tiger's den." ”

As expected, Liu Jin's ring to Lin Wanjing was undoubtedly handsome, Lu Canghan saw the ring, briefly asked Li Lingrui the reason for the matter, and then mobilized all the ships except the troops required for the deployment of Luzhou coastal defense, and broke into the waters of Guangdong Province overnight. Li Lingrui immediately contacted the British embassy and consulate after landing on the shore, claiming that the envoy of the Archduke Fernand was missing in Yao County, suspected of being kidnapped, and asked the consulate to put pressure on Yao County ** to find Lin Wanjing's whereabouts.

It was dawn when the embassy and consulate staff and Li Lingrui and his entourage came to the hotel where Liu Jin was under house arrest, and the moment the door opened, the bright lights in the corridor stung Lin Wanjing's eyes, and she squinted at the person who came, and vaguely recognized Li Lingrui's figure.

"Ling Rui?" She skeptical.

The next moment, she was hugged tightly by Li Lingrui: "Fortunately, you're fine......"

Lin Wanjing felt that the space in front of her seemed to overlap, three years ago, she and the duke's family went to a charity party in the local wealthy merchants, the villagers rioted, burned down the rich merchant's manor, the children were separated in the chaos, everyone evacuated the manor to the nearby chapel to take refuge, except for Lin Wanjing, people were not familiar with this oriental face, and they forgot that she was also the duke's family in a hurry. On the second day of the riot, Li Lingrui and the young masters of the duke's family came back from school to celebrate Thanksgiving, and immediately rushed to the manor after hearing about the riot at the train station, and finally found Lin Wanjing in the gazebo in the garden.

"I'm fine, nothing." Lin Wanjing left from his arms, "But Yun Rou is injured, I don't know how serious the injury is, you can help me take a look at his ......"

Her voice grew quieter, and the last few words seemed to be self-talking, as if apologetic and pleading.

Li Lingrui smiled helplessly: "Go now, will I not save him because he snatched you away?" Fool, I'm not so stingy. ”

He explained a few words to several embassy and consulate staff around him, leaving Lin Wanjing to testify with them, and he went to Liu Jin's bedside. Under his military uniform was full of bruises, Li Lingrui pressed lightly on the seriously bruised, Liu Jin frowned and endured, without shouting a word of pain.

"It didn't hurt any bones, but it took some time for the bruises to spread out." Li Lingrui helped him close his shirt, "As for the wound on his face......"

"I know, it's broken." Liu Jin stood up with Li Lingrui's support, "It's okay if you're not dead." ”

"I'll ask someone to get some medicine for you when I go back, it's only a few days before the wedding, so I'll treat the wound on my face first." When he said this, Li Lingrui avoided Liu Jin's gaze.

The two didn't talk much before they heard the embassy staff ask Lin Wanjing if she needed to prosecute her captor, but Lin Wanjing refused: "I don't need to prosecute, my husband and I just want to go home." ”