Xie Youchang and the others are good people and righteous people, but they are not the people I am looking for.

So though we had a good conversation, it wasn't enough to keep me here for long, and my first goal was to visit Qi Dudu. The information they provided me was a lot of peace of mind, and I was very relieved that Qi Dudu was fine for a short time.

At the end of the day, at the suggestion of Xie Youchang, I left a medium-sized North Sea sailing ship as a symbol of friendship and handed it over to the long-awaited General Military Mansion in Guangzhou.

This kind of ship is also a model that is close to the overall shipbuilding level of the Ming Dynasty and can be mass-produced within a certain period of time. If I had left the British battleship Galen, it might have been fueled by the uprooting.

Xie Youchang has been an official for many years, so he naturally knows what I mean, and a thousand thanks are naturally indispensable. At the same time, in order to express his gratitude, knowing that my current identity was embarrassing, a pass was issued to me in the name of the General Military Office in Guangzhou.

With this small document, my walk on the maritime frontier of the Ming Dynasty will be much smoother. Of course, I also know that compared to the embarrassment of my status, I am afraid that a ship will not be able to exchange such a valid pass.

Xie Youchang made such a decision, I am afraid that he still wants to sell more reformers, and by the way, he also gave me a favor.

Of course, I don't think there's anything wrong with this, people are originally profit-seeking, and who is as clear as a blank sheet of paper?

There were many people who bid farewell to me in Shanwei Port, most of them were generals of the General Military Office in Guangzhou, and many of them were protégés of Qi Dudu.

After setting sail, I watched Shanwei Port gradually move away. From the eyes of those generals, I only saw endless hope, desolation and helplessness.

For some reason, despite all my preparations, I still have no hope of convincing Zhu Yijun, the little emperor, in the future.

If he can be moved by the facts, change his measures of not going to the court and abolishing reforms, and make the Ming Dynasty great again, then he will not be a famous faint monarch in history!

But what can I do if I don't? Watching the Ming Dynasty collapse step by step? Until it was ruled again by the Manchu Tatars? The beginning of those three hundred years of darkness?

I can't. So I have to do something, even if I need to play the villain!

Face is the least important, in this world, except for the people closest to me, who do I need to care about?

At the juncture of my thoughts, my fleet sailed through Quanzhou, through Hangzhou, and all the way north to the Jiaodong Peninsula. This is the home of my identity in this life, and it is also the hometown of my previous life, so in every sense of the word, this is a real return to my homeland, and I have every reason to be agitated.

Qi Dudu's hometown is in Penglai, according to Xie Youchang, after Qi Dudu retired from illness, he returned to his hometown to enjoy his old age, so I went straight to Penglai, and it was not untargeted.

Penglai, since ancient times, is said to be the land of immortals, Qin Shi Huang in the 28th year of the first emperor - that is, in 219 BC when he visited Jiaodong. He traveled all the way through Huangyuan, to Chengshan, and climbed Zhifu.

Later generations concluded that the fundamental purpose of the First Emperor's eastern tour was to find the sacred mountain and seek the elixir of life. Therefore, it is not an exaggeration to say that Penglai is a "fairyland on earth".

In the Dengzhou Prefecture Office to which Penglai belonged in the past dynasties, there is an engraved stone of the handwritten book of Li Si, the prime minister of the Qin Dynasty. According to legend, it was written by Li Si when he accompanied the First Emperor on his eastern tour through Penglai.

It is said that Qin Shi Huang stood by the sea in Penglai at that time, only to see the sea as far as the eye can see, and there is no trace of the sacred mountain. Suddenly, he noticed a patch of red in the waves, and asked the priest beside him, "What is that?" ”

Fang Shi was originally the master of the train with his mouth full, and when he opened his mouth to greet the New Year, he replied that the first emperor said that it was Xiandao.

The First Emperor asked again, "What is the name of Immortal Island?"

Fang Shi was in a hurry, unable to answer, and it was really hard to make it up. In a hurry, he suddenly saw the seaweed in the water fluttering with the waves, and when he had an idea, he replied with the name of the grass: "That island is called Penglai." ”

Penglai got its name from this.

Although this is just a legend, this place is exquisite and beautiful, like a fairyland, especially the ten views of Penglai including the famous landscapes such as the fairy pavilion volley, the current city of the sacred mountain, the fishing beam song fishing, and the Chengbo of thousands of miles, which are even more beautiful, and can be called the leader of the world's scenery.

But when I returned to my homeland, I was in no mood to enjoy the scenery, and hurried to the residence of the governor of Qidu.

Riding a fast horse, there were only more than ten people in the group, and they arrived at their destination in a short time. The governor of Qi Du lives in one product, and this life is not completely suppressed like in the previous life, so there is still a basic guard of honor.

According to the regulations, the specifications of his residence are five rooms and five frames, and the blue bricks and tiles are repaired, which is quite magnificent, but looking at the weeds looming in the corner, I am afraid that these people will see that Qi Dudu is seriously ill, and they also have their own thoughts, and they are not meticulous in doing things, but it is certain.

When I arrived at the door, I turned over and dismounted, the two guards were not young, and before I could speak, these two people had already greeted me excitedly: "General Sun!" You're back! ”

One of the guards' eyes turned a little red as he spoke, and the other immediately added: "We are all sergeants in the Jizhou camp back then, we recognize you!" Now that Qi Dudu is sick and retired, I can't bear to give up, so I follow! He thinks about you every day! ”

When I heard this, my heart was hot, and my eyes suddenly turned red, just now I vaguely felt that the two were familiar, and I immediately remembered what they said, they were the second of the few personal soldiers of Qi Dudu when he was in the camp in Jizhou.

"Thank you for not leaving! Qilan admires it deeply! I said it to them sincerely.

The two of them immediately gave me a standard military salute, and without ink, they forcibly held back their excitement and stretched out their hands to invite me in.

I passed through the main hall and walked all the way to the back hall, and finally saw a familiar figure sitting alone in the courtyard of the back hall.

With his back to me, he sat leaning on the side of the small table, looking intently at a few jujube trees not far away.

Hearing the slight footsteps behind him, he didn't look back, and said in a slightly hoarse voice: "It's about to start autumn again, and I'm afraid these jujube trees will be ripe this year." You pick the dates, and make them into wine dates, and if a boat comes, let them bring them to Qilan! ”

Hearing this, I couldn't hold back my tears anymore, and knelt down on one knee with a "poof", tried my best to hold back my crying, looked at him with teary eyes, and said, "Dudu! Younger Enlightenment ...... It's back! ”

When Qi Dudu heard my voice, his body shook violently, but he never looked back: "Could it be that I am about to reach the end and hallucinate, and I seem to have heard Qilan's voice." ”

I finally burst into tears, crying, "You heard me right! It's indeed Qilan back! I'm really back! ”

When Qi Dudu heard this, he slowly turned around, lowered his head and looked at me hard for a long time, before he said with joy: "Qilan is back?" Come and show me! ”

I immediately stood up, took a few steps forward, and leaned down in front of him so that he could get a closer look at my face.

At the same time, I can see what he looks like now! I haven't seen you for a few years, and the old general who was in good spirits at the beginning has been so thin that he has lost his appearance, his eye sockets are deep-set, and his description is withered, if it weren't for the glowing eyes after seeing me, I'm afraid that seven points no longer look like a living person!

My heart throbbed! Time, you go slowly! Give this old man more time!

Qi Dudu looked at me and looked at me for a long time before revealing a simple and happy smile: "It's really Qilan Kid who is back!" It's black! Lose weight! Mature! ”

Hearing the title of "Qilan Child", I couldn't suppress the grief in my heart again, and cried loudly: "I'm back!" I am back! ”

Hua Mei and the others in the back saw me crying so sadly, knowing that Qi Dudu's time was short, so they only secretly shed tears, and the whole courtyard cried for a while.

Qi Du regards me as a son and nephew, so why don't I regard him as an uncle? When I left, I tried to persuade him to go with me many times, but this loyal old general politely rejected my kindness and insisted on staying in the land to which he had devoted his life!

If he had been taken away, would he have been in better health? Definitely! At least I won't be sulking so much, so bad!

But what's the use of saying that now? While he was holding my arm, I was holding his wrist with both hands at the same time, and the green aura silently penetrated through my body, and the results of the investigation broke my heart even more!

Qi Dudu is old, and he has been fighting horses all his life, how can he have maintained himself? In his old age, he fell ill. Now that I have the power of greenstone, I can completely cure his disease, but at this time, Qi Dudu's vitality is about to die, and his vitality is almost exhausted, and no one can save this!

My heart is like a knife, these four words aptly describe my mood at this time. But seeing Qi Dudu's smile, I couldn't bear to shed tears anymore, I could only hold back my sadness, and before the tears were dried, I replaced them with a smiling face!

"Look, Governor! I've brought you a lot of good things! It has the effect of prolonging life, you take it, and I will send it when I run out! I forced a smile and let people bring in the gifts I had brought.

Most of these things are health supplements that I brought from Europe, and they are really worth a thousand gold in normal times, but at this time, I don't have the slightest pity for giving them away, I just feel that I bring too little, too late, and too much!

If I can exchange these things for Qi Dudu's health, ten times or a hundred times more, I am willing from the bottom of my heart!

It's a pity that time is not for me, and the poor God does not help the heroes! What can I do at this moment?

Qi Dudu looked at me with a smile and introduced the effects of these things to him one by one, and he listened very carefully, but I knew that he didn't listen to a word. His sanity was no longer sufficient to digest this information, and he was focused all his energy on me.

"Qilan, there are enough things, you follow me into the house and tell me about the past few years." Qi Dudu smiled very kindly.

I was too busy to answer, helped him up, and slowly entered the house.

When the people outside the house saw us enter the house, many people couldn't help but reach out and wipe their tears. The people who can be here today are all their own people, and they all know that it is not easy for me to come back from thousands of miles, and this is not the time to cry and grieve, it should be celebrated.

So Qi Dudu's subordinates went to clean up their things, cook and cook, and Qi Dudu's family also came out to greet them, and they were warm for a while.

There are always too many regrets in life, at least this time, there are no regrets in the end.