Ji Qingwen didn't think so, and immediately scolded: "Xu Hongru, an old immortal, dares to do such a thing, it's really shameless!" I think he was lucky, and he died a clean death. Otherwise, if it falls into my hands, see how I make him unable to survive or die! ”

When Zhou Xiuying heard this, she fell silent again, but the expression on her face was cloudy and uncertain, and she said again after a long time: "Since Daddy is dead, there is nothing to say." Ji Gongzi, my father also has the grace of nurturing me, and there are some things, just let him blow away in a gust of wind, so don't pursue it......"

"Dead? What if you die? The same should be taken out and whipped from the corpse. Ji Qingwen said viciously, "But since Xu Hongru's corpse has fallen into the hands of Liu Kongzhao, he will definitely take it to repay the imperial court." When the time comes, the imperial court will investigate Xu Hongru's sins during his lifetime, open the coffin and kill the corpse, abandon the city, and pass on the head of the nine sides, which is inevitable, and it can be regarded as Xu Hongru dying without a place to be buried. ”

If Zhou Xiuying heard that Xu Hongru was so miserable after his death before today, she would definitely be sad for a while, and even begged Ji Qingwen to return Xu Hongru's whole body and bury him alive. But today, there was a scandalous drama in which Xu Hongru intended to rape Zhou Xiuying before his death, so that Zhou Xiuying couldn't raise her filial piety to Xu Hongru no matter what.

So she pondered for a moment and said, "It's all fate! It is life to live, and life to die. How to live is life, and how to die is also life. When my father was alive, he always said that he would change his life against the sky, but in the end, it was still difficult to disobey the destiny of heaven! ”

Ji Qingwen nodded and said, "Miss Xiuying's words make a lot of sense. The Mandate of Heaven is of course difficult to disobey, but the Mandate of Heaven is ethereal, and no one can see for sure. Even if you think you're right, you're just wrong. I think that although the Ming Dynasty is riddled with holes, it will not collapse overnight, and even if it falls, it will not be able to be toppled by your White Lotus Sect. ”

Ji Qingwen said that, but he himself was quite confident in the judgment of the Mandate of Heaven, precisely because he had read a book. And this book is not "Tui Bei Tu", not "Lessons Before the Horse", and still less some other nonsense prophecy book, but a history textbook in the "nine-year compulsory education." Although the history of the Ming Dynasty is not written in such detail, the general historical context is extremely accurate, and it is the summary of the history of the Ming Dynasty by countless famous historians and everyone at home and abroad, which is much more reliable than ordinary literature.

Therefore, when Ji Qingwen said this, he was full of confidence, and he immediately convinced Zhou Xiuying.

I only heard Zhou Xiuying praise: "Master Ji has real talent and learning, even his father was ...... back then"

She originally wanted to say that although Xu Hongru had a different position from Ji Qingwen back then, he still admired Ji Qingwen's talent very much.

But when she thought of Xu Hongru herself, Zhou Xiuying suddenly had a trace of indescribable and inexplicable complex emotions in her heart, and finally fell silent and stopped talking.

Ji Qingwen didn't ask any further, but said, "Okay, Xu Hongru is dead, let's not mention his matter again." But Miss Xiuying, you are still alive and well, I wonder what your plans are in the future? ”

Zhou Xiuying shook her head and said: "I don't know, I'm in a mess now, I don't know how to deal with myself tomorrow, I don't know what I can do in the future, and I don't know if there is a place for me in this world......"

Ji Qingwen was waiting for this sentence, so he pushed the boat down the river and said: "Since Miss Xiuying has no place to stay, why don't you go to Suzhou with me?" ”

"I'm afraid there's something wrong, right?" Zhou Xiuying said, "Master Ji, although the White Lotus Sect uprising has been extinguished, the imperial court may not be willing to let me go, a 'demon girl'. If it had known that I was still alive in the world, the court would have hunted me down. Ji Gongzi has a bright future, if he takes me in, I am afraid that the court will track it down and ruin the future of Gongzi, which is not good......"

Ji Qingwen didn't wait for Zhou Xiuying to finish speaking, and said with a smile: "Miss Xiuying still underestimates me too much." It's not that I'm boasting, now in Suzhou City, my words are more effective than Emperor Chongzhen, let alone taking you in, even if there are ten or eight more, it doesn't matter at all. ”

"Oh? Is it? Ji Gongzi still has such a big ability? Zhou Xiuying asked.

Ji Qingwen saw that her attitude was slightly relaxed, so he persuaded again: "Miss Xiuying has grown up in the White Lotus Sect since she was a child, although she has also traveled from south to north for more than ten years, the world she has seen is limited after all. Why don't you go with me to Suzhou Paradise to see it? ”

Zhou Xiuying finally showed a smile on her face and said, "Suzhou...... I've been. Probably before Master Ji went to Suzhou, I went there a few times. I have been to Hanshan Temple, Guanqian Street, and Jinchang Gate...... There doesn't seem to be much to learn about either. ”

Ji Qingwen said: "Miss Xiuying, you don't understand, right?" There is a saying that 'one thing a year, three years a big change'. Since I came to Suzhou to be a weaving admiral, today's Suzhou City is no longer the Suzhou City of the past. Miss Xiuying, you can come and take a look. Also, the Ming Dynasty is also changing with each passing day, so you should also walk around and take a look. ”

Ji Qingwen is right.

Since he became the Weaving Admiral of Suzhou, especially after a large-scale trade war, 80% of the weaving mills in Suzhou City were acquired under his name, and Suzhou City, which was originally rich in the world, was full of prosperity and vitality. The large and small weaving mills in Suzhou started overnight, and the silk and cotton cloth produced were distributed by land, water and sea to the Ming Dynasty, at home and abroad.

The whole city of Suzhou is like a loom that keeps running, except that it produces not only textiles, but also heavy gold and silver ingots. And in charge of this loom is Ji Qingwen, a Suzhou weaving admiral from the 21st century.

And those weavers who are nuts, screws, shuttles and other parts on the loom also earn more or less eye-catching wages by virtue of their own craftsmanship. And with money, it is natural to go out and spend. These weavers took the hard-earned money of the day, ran to the bathhouse, listened to the commentary, ate restaurants, and visited the theater, and even the business of these bathhouses, teahouses, restaurants, and theaters became better.

In this way, a Suzhou city has become vibrant, as if it is full of clockwork, and the driving force of this clockwork is not Ji Qingwen and the Suzhou Weaving Yamen under his jurisdiction?

This scene is very close to Britain before the start of the Industrial Revolution, and the situation in Suzhou alone is much better than that of London, the capital of the United Kingdom. This point is strongly promoted by Ji Qingwen, who has read history textbooks, and has already achieved initial results. And the situation outside Suzhou is not something he can control alone. But he was at least able to influence the course of history as much as possible through his own efforts.

Ji Qingwen has done the best that a traverser who has not opened the hook can do.

Ji Qingwen is also quite proud of this, and also wants Zhou Xiuying to see her achievements, so as to move her heart that has been fixed, and no longer rise and fall with the torrent of the times.

Unexpectedly, Zhou Xiuying would mistake Ji Qingwen's meaning, a smile appeared on her face, and she said, "What Ji Gongzi said is reasonable. Although I have traveled all over the country in the past ten years, what I can see and hear is what my father wants me to see and hear. My eyes, my ears, have never heard my own ideas. Ji Gongzi is right, I should go out for a walk, go out to have a look, and get to know this country and the world again. ”

Ji Qingwen hurriedly said: "No, no. Miss Xiuying, it's really a little unsafe for you to run outside alone. It's better to go back to Suzhou with me, and I will naturally take care of you. ”

Zhou Xiuying waved her hand and said, "Suzhou, I naturally want to go, but not now." As for my safety...... Ji Gongzi doesn't have to worry too much, I'm alone, and there don't seem to be many people in this world who can catch me. Ji Gongzi just rest assured. ”

Ji Qingwen persuaded a few more words, but Zhou Xiuying had already made up her mind, she just refused to follow Ji Qingwen, but just deduced that she would inevitably go to Suzhou one day in the future to have a look, and it would not be too late to come to find Ji Qingwen when the time came.