Chapter XXII: The Special Messenger
The blood is written, but how to send it out to Martin and Luo Weilin and other priests has become a problem, although the servants who guard the ancestors of the Wu family are Wu Jianzhang's old department, how much they read the old feelings, and they take care of the ancestors of the Wu family openly and secretly, but whether they are sending food or water to the ancestors and grandchildren of the Wu family, Goshha of Weng Xincun is vigilantly guarding the side, not allowing the ancestors of the Wu family to have the slightest chance to be alone with them, one of the officers is scolded by Na Goshha because he said a few more words to Wu Jianzhang, Even if those errand soldiers wanted to help the ancestors and grandchildren of the Wu family, they were powerless because of this.
In addition, Wu Chaoyue also thought that with his friendship with foreigners, how could there be a few foreign priests who would come to visit the prison - at least Martin and Luo Weilin and other priests should come, and when the time comes, speaking directly in English will save even the trouble of asking someone to send a letter. However, what made Wu Jianzhang and Wu Chaoyue angry was that in the morning of the next day, there were indeed messengers who sent some clothes and meals into the firewood room, saying that they were sent by the Wu family, but Wu Jianzhang's ancestors and grandsons asked to meet with the people in the family, but they were categorically rejected by Goshha, who was in Weng Xincun, "No! In order to prevent collusion, no outsiders are allowed to meet with you until your case is concluded! ”
"And what about our home?" Wu Chaoyue asked angrily: "My grandfather and I have been locked up by you, and there is not even a person in charge of the family, you don't let us meet with the family, and we will explain the matter of settling down the family?" ”
"That's your business, it's none of my business!" Na Goshha replied with a straight face, and then closed the door of the firewood room heavily, letting Wu Chaoyue ignore no matter how much he shouted in the firewood room.
Wu Chaoyue knew that barking was also in vain, so he vented his anger and shut up by himself and stopped wasting his strength, and at the same time, Wu Chaoyue didn't worry much, knowing that at least there was a chance to meet with foreigner friends - Weng Xincun brought these dog slaves from the capital to dare to stop the people of Wu's house, but he may not have the courage to stop the foreigners. But what made Wu Chaoyue puzzled and puzzled was that he didn't know if the foreigners were not righteous or had forgotten themselves, and he waited from the morning to the afternoon, but there was no foreign friend to visit him.
As the sun outside the window gradually turned westward, Wu Chaoyue, who was still confident, inevitably became a little anxious, afraid that he would not be able to send the letter for help, but he was completely helpless. However, when Wu Chaoyue leaned on the window and looked out for the first time, two familiar figures suddenly appeared in the courtyard, one was Weng Tongyong, who had already formed a big enmity with Wu Chaoyue, and the other was someone Wu Chaoyue had never even dreamed of before-Zhou Xiuying!
Zhou Xiuying seemed to have been led in by Weng Tongying, and after Weng Tongying opened his mouth and ordered the door of the firewood room to be opened, Goshha, who had ignored him in front of the ancestors of the Wu family, also nodded and agreed, and opened the door immediately with his hands and feet, and then, Zhou Xiuying, who almost rolled the sheets legally with Wu Chaoyue, also appeared in front of the ancestors of the Wu family with a bamboo basket.
Seeing Zhou Xiuying suddenly appear, not to mention Wu Chaoyue, even Wu Jianzhang couldn't help but be stunned, and it took a while to come back to his senses and exclaim and ask, "Miss Zhou, why did you come to see us?" ”
Zhou Xiuying regained her previous cold look for Wu Chaoyue, and she didn't say a word, but slowly took out a plate of prepared fish from the bamboo basket, as well as a few buns, and put them in front of Wu Jianzhang and Wu Chaoyue one by one, and then said to Wu Chaoyue: "If you don't feel shabby, eat, this matter is my family's sorry for you, but whether you believe it or not, I will tell you clearly, I didn't know beforehand, if I knew, I would definitely oppose my father doing this!" ”
"Shimei, what do you mean by that?" Wu Chaoyue asked confusedly.
The expression on Zhou Xiuyingqiao's face was still cold, and she said coldly: "Uncle Yuan went to my father this morning to fight hard, and when they fought, I learned that it was my father who deceived you from Uncle Yuan into building a factory in partnership with foreigners, and sent the evidence to Yuan County, this matter is my father who did something immoral, he is sorry for you, I will make amends to you for him, and I will tell you clearly, I didn't know before!" I hate you, but I don't want to do anything like that! ”
Wu Jianzhang and Wu Chaoyue finally came to their senses, and they were glad that Liu Lichuan, who was not a powerful lackey, betrayed their own family, and inevitably gritted their teeth against Zhou Xiuying's Zhou Lichun. And Zhou Xiuying said: "You should thank this Weng Gongzi, if I didn't meet him in front of the door, otherwise I wouldn't even be able to enter." If you still have a chance to come out, do more good deeds like him, and rely less on the support of foreign devils! ”
"I learn from him? China doesn't have two Beiyang sailors to let him lose with me! ”
Wu Chaoyue roared angrily in his heart, and when he went to see Weng Tongyi angrily, Weng Tongyun was still smiling on his face, leaning on the door frame of the firewood room and smiling and said: "Young Master Wu, you don't need to be polite, no matter what, this Miss Zhou and I have a relationship, and I don't need to thank you for doing a small favor." ”
"I'm afraid you hypocrite want her to see with her own eyes, what will happen if she offends you?" Wu Chaoyue unceremoniously pointed out Weng Tongyi's true intentions, and said: "To tell you the truth, your goal has been achieved, and the effect is better than you imagined, because Miss Zhou is not only my friend, but also once went on a blind date with me, but she didn't form a partner because of fate." But don't be too happy, who is the deer in this matter, and there is no final result! ”
Hearing Wu Chaoyue's words, Weng Tongyi's eyes suddenly brightened, and his heart became more proud, but Zhou Xiuying blushed in front of Wu Chaoyue for the first time, twisted her face a little, and said, "It's all in the past, what are you going to do when you mention it?" I'm done talking, if there's nothing else to do, I'll go first, take care. ”
"Shimei, wait!"
Wu Chaoyue, who was finally able to meet outsiders, hurriedly stopped Zhou Xiuying, and Zhou Xiuying, who had already turned around, came back to her senses, wondering what else Wu Chaoyue had to do, but Wu Chaoyue was a little hesitant, hesitating whether he should entrust Zhou Xiuying with the matter of asking for help. But after a little calculation, Wu Chaoyue immediately made up his mind again, and said secretly: "It's not early, I'm afraid this is the only chance, no matter whether this irascible girl is reliable or not, I can only gamble!" ”
After making up his mind, Wu Chaoyue just wanted to reach into his arms to get the letter for help, but found that Weng Tongying was always paying attention to himself with blazing eyes, and he couldn't find a chance at all, and at the same time, Zhou Xiuying also urged Wu Chaoyue again to say something quickly. In a hurry, Wu Chaoyue had an idea, and suddenly stepped forward and approached Zhou Xiuying, and said with an unusually solemn and gentle expression: "Xiuying, there is something I have wanted to say to you for a long time, that day Uncle Yuan arranged for you to go on a blind date with me, in fact, I am a hundred and ten thousand willing, willing to marry you and marry you as a wife!" ”
Hearing this, Zhou Xiuying's pretty face turned red directly to the base of her neck, quickly twisted her face away, and said calmly: "I said, that incident is over, don't mention it again!" ”
"Sister Shi!" Wu Chaoyue is also very good at death, knowing Zhou Xiuying's little pepper character, but he still suddenly opened his arms, hugged Zhou Xiuying, and said quickly: "Sister Shi, when I go out, will you marry me?" ”
As Wu Chaoyue expected, after he suddenly opened his arms and hugged Zhou Xiuying, Weng Tongyi, a hypocrite who followed the indecent look, turned around subconsciously and turned his face away from this indecent move, also taking advantage of this opportunity, Wu Chaoyue quickly took out the letter for help from his arms and stuffed it into Zhou Xiuying's collar even faster. The result was also natural, Zhou Xiuying, who was so ashamed that her cheeks were hot, after struggling to push Wu Chaoyue away, kicked Wu Chaoyue five feet into the air without saying a word, and then ran out while covering her face, while scolding: "Lewd thief!" I won't marry you if I marry a chicken or a dog! ”
"Shimei, please do something!" Wu Chaoyue hurriedly shouted at Zhou Xiuying's back: "Go to the dock to find those foreign priests and ask them to find a way to save me!" ”
Zhou Xiuying, who was so ashamed of herself, didn't pay attention to Wu Chaoyue at all, and rushed out of the backyard directly with her face covered her face, while Weng Tongying laughed so hard that her stomach hurt, and smiled at Wu Chaoyue: "Young Master Wu, it's really an eye-opener here, I can't imagine that there are such people in the world who ask for marriage." It's a pity that people don't care about you at all, and it's hard to say whether you will have a chance to see her again in the future. ”
After that, Weng Tongyong closed the door of the firewood room with his own hands and ordered Goshha to lock it carefully, while Wu Jianzhang picked up his grandson in the firewood room and praised his baby grandson for his cleverness in a low voice - because of the angle and moral issues, Wu Jianzhang could see the small movements of his baby grandson clearly. And after the compliment, Wu Jianzhang couldn't help but chuckle and said: "Little rabbit, you are bold enough to dare to stuff the letter there." Tell grandpa honestly, did you take advantage of others? ”
"No, the clothes are too tight." Wu Chaoyue replied truthfully, and complained: "I don't know whether it's hot or cold, what are you doing wearing clothes so tightly on such a hot day?" It's not worth taking a kick! ”
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Wu Chaoyue complained in the firewood room that Zhou Xiuying was wearing her clothes too tightly, and Zhou Xiuying, who even forgot to take the bamboo basket, was thinking that Wu Chaoyue had been cut with a thousand knives, and rushed out of the customs yamen with her hot cheeks, and finally found a corner on the side of the street where no one was, and gasped for a long time. Lecher! You wait for me, wait for the opportunity, and see how I skin you! ”
Scolding and scolding, Zhou Xiuying, who had forgotten because she was too shy, remembered that Wu Chaoyue, who was supposed to roll the sheets with her legally, seemed to have stuffed something into her arms, blushed and touched her underwear, and Zhou Xiuying quickly took out the letter of help written in blood from her arms. Seeing the foreign words on the handkerchief that she didn't know, and thinking of Wu Chaoyue's last sentence, Zhou Xiuying finally understood Wu Chaoyue's true intention - she wanted to ask her to help send a letter to foreigners.
Clearly, when she thought of Wu Chaoyue's light hug to her just now, Zhou Xiuying, who was still angry, was even more angry, and threw the blood book on the ground without even thinking about it, and scolded secretly: "Adulterer, you took advantage of me, and you want me to help you deliver a letter, you dream!" ”
After kicking the bloody book again, Zhou Xiuying turned around and left, but after walking a few steps, Zhou Xiuying suddenly remembered the scene of meeting the ancestors and grandchildren of the Wu family just now, and also remembered the various past events between her and Wu Chaoyue, and even remembered Wu Chaoyue's affectionate confession to her just now......
Actually, he is not so bad that he bullies people with the prestige of foreigners, and it is those people who provoke him first, and he has never done such a thing. He also helped the poor workers on the dock to earn more money, and he also wanted to help our villagers in Qingpu find something to do. Also, this time it's because my dad ....... ”