"This ...... I haven't seen ...... for a long time," when Yang Hongzhang was completely unprepared, only he and the girl opposite were left in the side hall. Yang Hongzhang said in his heart that his mother still loves his son. It's just that this is not too obvious, and I have just adapted to this era.

"You're dark." Miss Xia didn't expect Mrs. Yang to slip away as soon as she saw Yang Hongzhang appear, and she also knew that this was to create a chance for the two of them to be alone. She is sixteen years old this year, and she should have married Yang Hongzhang at the beginning of the year, but when Yang Hongzhang was dismissed, the Xia family seemed to hesitate for a while, and then there was a robbery of a merchant ship, and Yang Hongzhang disappeared with a boat, so the marriage was naturally delayed.

But despite this, when Yang Hongzhang first had an accident, she Xia Yan often found excuses to come to Hangzhou to comfort the heartbroken Mrs. Yang, as if she was showing her heart to people. Xia Yan's parents were naturally unhappy, but the two families were originally world friends, and it was not too much for Mrs. Yang to lose her precious son, so it was not too much for her niece to come and talk. It's just that three months after Yang Hongzhang's accident, her father began to be strict, and she hasn't been to Yang's house since.

Xia Yan just felt that her parents were a little unkind at first, but after listening to it a lot, she also knew that her parents were for her good, after all, she was gone, and she hadn't passed the door yet, so it was impossible to hang in the Yang family for the rest of her life.

She didn't expect Yang Hongzhang to come back alive, and at this moment, she was standing in front of her vigorously, looking at his eyes, Xia Yan was a little happy and more nervous. She has also heard several versions of the legendary story of Yang Hongzhang at sea for more than a year, but no matter which version, Yang Hongzhang is very powerful, plus he had been admitted to Xiucai before going to sea, and he can really be regarded as both civil and martial. Of course, it is a happy thing for such an excellent young man to have a marriage contract with him.

"It's windy and blowing." Yang Hongzhang grinned and tried his best to relax himself, but it was still a little awkward, so he tried to point to the chair next to Xia Yan, "Sit, sit down." ”

"Shall we go out for a walk?" Xia Yan plucked up the courage to say. Don't look at her as just a girl, but she is smart, in addition to showing her heart to the Yang family when she came to Hangzhou this time, she also wanted to find an opportunity to declare her sovereignty to the people of Hangzhou.

"Okay." Yang Hongzhang is not shy, but the sixteen or seventeen-year-old girl in the future generations of Harmony is still only a junior high school student and a high school student, and she should be a group of people who are forbidden to fall in love.

"I want to see the big ships." Xia Yan stared at Yang Hongzhang with big eyes, and said in her heart that Brother Shi Lin had won the true inheritance of Taishang Laojun, and he was extremely brave when he fought with the red-haired devil at sea, how could he feel more like a nerd than before when he met?

Yang Hongzhang also seemed to look at the resentment from the other party's eyes, and he also complained about himself in his heart, a big man can be regarded as having experienced wind and rain, how can he not be as good as a girl who has not come out of the cabinet.

When the two of them sat in the carriage, Yang Hongzhang also realized that if he didn't take the initiative, he was afraid that he would hurt the hearts of other girls, so he started a gushing speech with a big mouth, Yang Hongzhang's experience at sea was originally very tortuous, coupled with his interpretation, although Xia Yan can be regarded as a child of a big family, but after all, his knowledge is limited, he is really fascinated by it, and Yang Hongzhang's figure in his mind is much higher.

However, when Xia Yan boarded the tall Spanish galleon with the support of Yang Hongzhang, the joy in her heart increased. This much darker Brother Shilin in front of him is really capable! Thinking that Brother Shi Lin can return safely when he encounters so many dangers, he can be regarded as both civil and military, and I think that my father will not object to this marriage in the future.

Seeing the beauty like a red apple, Yang Hongzhang naturally felt a kind of pity, well, if possible, he must try to keep her from being hurt in the future. Yang Hongzhang fumbled around with himself for a while, and finally took out the short gun that he had hastily removed from the bookshelf and handed it to Xia Yan.

"What is this?" Xia Yan took it and fiddled with it in her hand for a while, and asked curiously.

"Oh, this is a Western-made musket, for your self-defense. I'll show you once......" Yang Hongzhang said and showed Xia Yan how to use this short musket.

"Poof! Brother Shi Lin, people don't wander outside all day long like you men. What's the need for this? Xia Yan said with a short musket in her hand.

Yes, this is the Ming Dynasty. I pity the fragrance and cherish the jade too much, a delicate girl must be accompanied by a family and maid even if she goes out shopping on weekdays. There's really no need for girls to do it themselves. Yang Hongzhang finally felt that his experience of flirting with girls in his previous life had misled him.

"However, I like it, as long as it was given to me by Brother Shi Lin, I like it." Seeing Yang Hongzhang's embarrassed face, Xia Yan hurriedly took out his handkerchief and wrapped it outside the musket, and then smiled, "Maybe one day with Daddy's permission, I can also go to the sea with Brother Shilin to kill the red hair." ”

After Xia Yan finished speaking, he raised his head and raised his chest, followed Yang Hongzhang's example, took the short musket in his hand and aimed at the sea in the distance, Yang Hongzhang was a little trance, woman, he actually saw the pride of the woman from this graceful Jiangnan girl, but he was soon relieved, although the girl in front of him was a businessman, but there was a civil and military uncle, it is said that she herself has never stopped practicing martial arts, just because she did not show it in front of outsiders when she reached the age of marriage.

Xia Yan, who received Yang Hongzhang's gift, seemed to be happier, and sometimes turned his back on the boat Yang Sheng and others, and would quietly take Yang Hongzhang's hand and listen to Yang Hongzhang continue to tell the anecdotes about the structure of the ship and navigation.

By the time it was dinner time, Yang Hongzhang and Xia Yan were already very familiar with each other, and the people of the Yang family were all smiling whispers when they saw them. So Yang Hongzhang asked half-jokingly and half-seriously: "Yanzi, how did you obey what your uncle said this time, I am really worried about you when I think of his angry appearance." ”

Originally, Yang Hongzhang wanted to tease Xia Yan, after all, Xia Yan was only a sixteen-year-old girl, and the Xia family had heard that Xia Yan had not been allowed to come to Hangzhou for half a year. Unexpectedly, Xia Yan's face suddenly changed after hearing this. Yang Hongzhang thought that there was something wrong with his father-in-law, did he not want to recognize this family, so he heard Xia Yan sigh again: "My father and two brothers have gone to Zhuozhou, and my mother said that it is inconvenient for me to go far away because I am a girl." My mother also followed, and there was no one at home, so I came to Hangzhou. ”

"Zhuozhou, it's a bit far away. Your mother is also good for you. It's just that what are they doing in Zhuozhou? Could it be that your family also has a business over there? ”

"My grandfather died a month ago, and they went to the funeral." Xia Yan's eyes were already a little red as she spoke.

Yang Hongzhang regretted it in his heart, but this time it was good to make the little beauty cry, so he had to hang his head and comfort: "My grandfather should be in his seventies this year, it can be regarded as a joy and mourning, don't be sad." Yang Hongzhang was suddenly stunned when he said this, he remembered, the daughter-in-law in front of him who had not passed through the door could only be regarded as a big family, but it was not much bigger, and he was a good match, if he talked about her mother's family, it would be amazing.

Zhuozhou, Zhuozhou, Lu Xiangsheng! Lu Xiangsheng moved his family to Hebei since he became the mother king of the Daimyo prefect, and he thought that the old man Shi was gone in Zhuozhou. How could I forget this stubble, I still pulled this person's tiger skin and bragged about it on the island of Madeira in the Atlantic. Those Western monks who followed him to Daming took a fancy to this identity. In particular, the son of the Duke of Lefel, because he had the uncle of a governor, decided to take the risk of offending the Dutch, resisted the temptation of hundreds of thousands of goods, and did not try to plunder him, but cooperated.

Xia Yan's maternal uncle is Lu Xiangsheng, the current governor of Xuanda. Oops, she said her father and brothers had gone to Zhuozhou. If I remember correctly, in September, the Qing army broke through again, but not from the Xuanfu area where Lu Xiangsheng was stationed, but bought off the Shanxi merchants to get the Ming army's defense map and then divided into two ways from Miyun and Qingshan Pass over the wall, and then swept through the Jinggi area, and even Shandong was not spared, the emperor Sun Chengzong fell, was disabled in the battle of Gu'an Ning's iron cavalry, and died in the battle of Lu Xiangsheng, the governor of Julu Xuanda...... Lu Xiangsheng, who was accompanied by tens of thousands of Tianxiong troops, was killed in battle, and the father and brothers of the Xia family ......

"Brother Shi Lin, what are you thinking?" Xia Yan, who came back to her senses, found that Yang Hongzhang was actually distracted, very strange, wasn't he comforting himself?

"Well, it looks like something is going to happen, something big is going to happen!" Yang Hongzhang tried to organize the language, on the one hand, to clarify the situation without arousing Xia Yan's suspicion, and the closest person was also Yang himself as the heir of Taishang Laojun, which was not a good feeling, "When we were still at sea, we met a group of merchants from Liaodong, and they said that Jiannu would break through and loot again next month. It is said that there are at least five or six of the Eight Banners of Jiannu to enter the customs. ”

"Oh." Xia Yan had heard of the Qing army's entry into the customs and plundering before, but she had no intuitive impression, so her reaction was relatively flat.

"What's that, cough cough, this time it seems that Jiannu is the most capable of fighting Prince Rui Dolgon to lead the troops, your uncle, that is, the governor of Xuanda, Lu Xiangsheng, Lord Lu should ...... Probably can't stop them. Because after all, the Tianxiong army is only more than 30,000 infantry, and Jiannu is all cavalry, and there is a horse in the Gyeonggi area, and the number is close to 100,000. ”

"That Dolgon is so powerful, how is it compared to Brother Shilin?" Xia Yan was still not aware of the danger, and even had a little playfulness on her face.

"This ......" Yang Hongzhang wanted to say that Dolgon was a yarn, if he stood in front of me, I would guarantee that he would be knocked down with one shot, but he remembered that he wanted to remind Xia Yan to see if he could write a letter to urge his family to come back early, "It's different, Dolgon is the best at fighting in Jiannu, and the Jurchen cavalry under his command is also very good at cavalry archery, and Gyeonggi and even the entire Beizhili can be regarded as letting them gallop." Although Lord Lu is also brave and good at fighting, it is okay to stick to one city and one pool, but after changing the field battle and the number of people is too small, it is difficult to defeat four hands with two fists...... Besides, Jiannu has long wanted to get rid of the Tianxiong Army, so I'm afraid that my life is in danger this time? ”

"What did you say? You mean that your uncle is in danger, so what about your father and brother? Xia Yan looked at Yang Hongzhang with an embarrassed look on his face, and finally understood why Yang Hongzhang bothered so much to mention this matter.

Yang Hongzhang nodded: "It's dangerous!" "In history, although Lu Xiangsheng was later entrusted with the important task of carrying the Son of Heaven Sword Governor Tianxia Qinwang soldiers and horses, because of the constraints of Gao Qiqian, he could not command the Guanning Iron Cavalry of Zu Dashou, coupled with the timidity of the soldiers and horses in Shandong Town, Lu Xiangsheng had no time to take care of Sun Chengzong, who was close to Gaoyang, and several relatives of his own family could not take care of it. Thinking that the father and brother of the lovely beauty in front of him might die on the battlefield, Yang Hongzhang's heart was also a little unbearable.

Yang Hongzhang was still in a daze here, and Xia Yan had already stood up over there, and was ready to go home despite everyone's dissuasion. Yang Hongzhang hurriedly stepped forward to stop: "Yanzi, what are you going to do?" ”