Hearing Joseph's request, Fuche was stunned for a moment, and then he laughed: "I understand." But Mr. Bonaparte, you are about to return to Toulon, which seems a little farther. ”

Joseph also smiled and said, "It's a little farther, but there's nothing you can do." ”

"Monsieur Bonaparte, I have seen that girl at Armand's funeral, and to be honest she is a good person. In that case, if you can control yourself, you will definitely be able to be a good home. But why didn't Monsieur Bonaparte find a way to bring her back to Toulon? ”

"She still has her parents in Paris, and she's sick." Joseph shook his head and said, "Let's figure it out later." ”

"Oh, by the way, I need to ask you for something." Fouché said.

"What's that?"

"I need some 'little melons.'" "Don't look at me like that," Fouché said, "I don't want to do anything in Paris." You know, what I'm doing now, I'm often dealing with gangsters, and these people can do things that no one else can do, but a lot of times, you have to let them know that you have the ability to do things. Otherwise, they won't be serious about cooperating with you. Sometimes they even want to treat you as a thing. ”

"I don't get it." Joseph said, "Come to me early the next morning, and I can give you some." But Mr. Foucher, you should be careful when dealing with these people. ”

"I want small melons, it's more just a deterrent. And the best deterrent is to do nothing. Fouché laughed.

"You are an expert in this regard. Ah, by the way, does Miss Fanny know you? ”

"I saw her at Armand's funeral, but I don't think she noticed me."

"I have some things the day after tomorrow, and I will trouble you to bring them to Miss Fanny. You also happened to meet her, and I will ask you to take care of her in many things in the future. Joseph laughed.

After sending off Fouché, Joseph's affairs in Paris can basically be said to be completed, and the rest is tomorrow's appointment. Dating girls is nothing new for Joseph, at least in his last life, he has dated girls a lot. But it's the first time to date a girl in a cemetery, whether it's in a previous life or in this life. Think about it in your last life, if you ask a girl to come out, send her a WeChat message: "Are you free?" If you're not busy, let's go to Biandan Mountain together, okay? "That's going to be blocked right away.

Early the next morning, Joseph took a bouquet of flowers and drove himself to Fanny's house in a light carriage. He bolted the carriage there, and knocked on Fanny's door.

It was not difficult to get Fanny out of her house, and in fact the old viscount was happy to have someone to date his own daughter. Although Fanny is still very young by the standards of later generations, in this era, Fanny can indeed be regarded as an old girl.

So when Joseph took Fanny out, the old viscount shouted at them, telling them not to rush back, and to play as long as they liked.

Joseph took Fanny by the hand and put her in the carriage, sat down in the seat beside her, and then shook the reins and drove the carriage in the direction of Montmartre. From Fanny's house to Montmartre, even with a horse-drawn carriage, it takes about two hours to walk. So they arrived at the cemetery until almost noon.

Due to financial difficulties, many public utilities, including the cemetery, have been cut, so the cemetery is now without a grave keeper. The gate is open at will, and looking inside from the door, the various trees and flowers in the cemetery grow freely, but because there is no one to prune and manage, the original pruned form is not visible.

At this time, it was noon and the sun was high, so although it was an unattended cemetery, it did not have the gloomy feeling of old corpses in the mountain village. Joseph took Fanny by the hand and walked into the cemetery.

"Go a little further ahead, then turn to the right, and that's it." Led by Fanny, the two soon found Armand's grave. The tomb also wanted to be renewed, and a tablet was erected in front of the tomb, on which it read: Playwright, Soldier of the Republic, Author of Spartacus, Armand Lavoisier.

Joseph took off his hat, placed the bouquet in his hand in front of the tombstone, and then stood next to Fanny, who was silently weeping.

"Armand, I'm sorry I didn't come to see you until now." "Today, the situation in France is honestly not particularly good. Everyone's life is difficult, but don't worry, I will help you take care of your family. ”

With that, he took Fanny's hand.

Fanny didn't say anything, just wept silently. Joseph didn't know how to comfort her, so he handed her a handkerchief that had been prepared.

Fanny took the handkerchief, but suddenly burst into tears.

Joseph knew that it was because she had been suppressed for too long, and it was actually a good thing for her to be able to cry like this and vent a little now. So he reached out and stroked her hair as he had done last time. But he didn't want Fanny to suddenly hug him and bury her head in his chest and cry bitterly.

Joseph was a little embarrassed, he looked at Armand's tombstone, but still reached out and hugged Fanny.

Fanny cried for a while before she stopped crying. She lifted her crying face from Joseph's arms, gently broke free from Joseph's arms, lowered her head and said, "Sir, I'm sorry, I ......"

"It's nothing, you can treat me as a family member, as an elder brother." Joseph said sincerely. But generally, when a man says to a woman I think of you as a sister, it's probably not really a thought, but if he says he wants you to treat him as a brother, that's a different story. It is very likely that it is the meaning of greedy for her body.

Joseph, most of them also had such a lowly mind, so he stroked her hair again and said, "Look at your little face, it's all crying like a little cat." When I went back after a while, your dad thought I was bullying you outside. ”

While speaking, Joseph also pulled the handkerchief from her hand, wiped her tears with his own hands, and then held her in his arms: "Okay, don't worry, the hard days are over." Now that you have me, you don't have to worry about anything. ”

Fanny struggled slightly, her movements were not resolute, so she did not change anything, and was still held in Joseph's arms. She rested her head on Joseph's shoulder, which was also broad, and should have been a place to lean on.

After a while, there was a sudden movement over there. Someone seems to be coming this way. Fanny was taken aback, and at once broke free from Joseph's arms. Joseph also looked that way, but saw several men going in the other direction.

"Probably someone like us who came to sweep the grave." Joseph said.

"It's not like us...... We've been out for a while now. Fanny whispered, "I should go back." ”

"Okay." Joseph said, then turning his head to Armand's grave and saying, "Armand, let's go back." I'll see you later. ”

Then he took Fanny by the hand and turned and walked towards the outside of the cemetery.

Joseph thought, "If Armand, the sister, could really see someone hugging his sister in front of his grave, I am afraid that he would crawl out of the grave in anger." So he looked back a little weakly, and this look ...... Of course, I didn't see anything out of the ordinary. After all, we are writing a historical article, not "Killing a Dawn".

The two men left the cemetery and got into the carriage again. The midday sun was strong, so Joseph pulled up the canopy and drove the carriage back.

Perhaps tired of crying, Fanny fell asleep quickly in the rickety carriage. She rested her head on Joseph's shoulder, her hand still tightly clasping Joseph's arm.

The carriage walked for a while and came to the vicinity of the town hall, where the speed slowed down because of the crowds. The cacophony around her also woke Fanny. She quickly sat upright, and straightened her appearance—it was not far from her house.

At this moment a little boy selling newspapers ran past the carriage, holding a stack of newspapers in one hand and a sheet in the other, shouting as he ran: "News, news, the battle on the Belgian front, our army has won, General Rubert has been wounded." ”

Seeing that it was crowded, Joseph simply stopped the carriage, called out to the newsboy, and bought a newspaper from him.

"What, what's going on at the front?" Fanny asked.

"I'll see...... Yes...... It is not clear on the news that it seems that our army has once again defeated the Austrians, but General Rubert was wounded in the battle. How he was injured or what the injury was was was not said. Let's hope it won't be a big problem. Joseph said.

Of course, what is on the news is true, but it is true that there is no explanation about the circumstances of Rubel's injury. In fact, Rubert was injured by a "little melon" of his own.

After the Thermidorian coup, military production was seriously disrupted and disrupted. Rubell's army began to be more and more lacking in "little melons". But the Austrians on the other side always had small melons whirring and throwing over. So Rubert suffered a series of defeats in front of him.

Recently, however, some new arsenals have been put into operation, and new "little melons" with various trademarks have begun to enter the army in large numbers. Having received enough "little melons", Rubert's army launched a counter-offensive, and with the superior force of skirmishers, he again defeated the Austrians and forced them to retreat. But it's also in this battle. A French soldier threw a "little melon" at the enemy not far from Joebert, who had always liked to command at the front, but he did not expect that the fuse of this "little melon", which was not surnamed Bonaparte, did not seem to be quite right, and as soon as he pulled it, the "little melon" exploded directly in his hand. Naturally, this unlucky French soldier was killed on the spot, and even General Joubert was hit by a shrapnel and was seriously wounded.

Of course, Joseph learned about these news from Fouché after this.