"You're the one who doesn't move! Put the knife down! ”

At the same time that Zhou Xiuying pointed a sharp knife at Wu Chaoyue's chest, Wu Dada, who had made great progress, also pulled out his revolver almost at the same time, and quickly pointed at Zhou Xiuying, and at the end, Wu Dada, who also knew Zhou Xiuying, smiled and said: "Miss Zhou, I advise you to be smarter, no matter how fast your knife is, it will never be faster than my musket." ”

Zhou Xiuying was silent, as if she hadn't heard Wu Dadao's words, there was no expression on her disguised face, and a pair of bright beautiful eyes just stared at Wu Chaoyue. Wu Chaoyue's expression was calm, and after seeing that Zhou Xiuying was the only one in the small cabin, Wu Chaoyue also instructed Wu Dadao: "Dayue, put down the gun and go out and wait for me." ”

"Young Master Sun, what are you kidding?" Wu was taken aback.

"It's okay, Shimei won't kill me." Wu Chaoyue shook his head, and said to Zhou Xiuying: "Sister Shi, can you also put the knife down?" You know I'm not here to get you, I just want to have a few words with you. ”

Zhou Xiuying didn't speak, but the tip of the knife kept trembling, Wu Chaoyue saw her vacillation, so he took the initiative to reach out and hold the back of her knife, and slowly pressed her knife down, and then Wu Chaoyue ordered Wu Chaoyue to go out temporarily. Wu Dadao also hesitated, and saw that Wu Chaoyue also had a revolver stuck in his waist, so Wu Dadao obediently withdrew from the cabin and carefully guarded the hatch.

The cabin was so quiet that even a needle could be heard, and after an unknown amount of time, Wu Chaoyue suddenly smiled, and laughed directly, and said with a smile: "Sister Shi, it's really strange to say, we have known each other for more than a year, and we have seen a lot of face-to-face, but we talk alone and face to face like today." It's the first time. You say, what kind of fate are we? ”

"Who is fate with you? What is my fate with you? Zhou Xiuying asked unceremoniously.

"Who said I didn't have a relationship with you?" Wu Chaoyue smiled and said, "Not to mention our grievances. Again and again, Uncle Ayuan and your father want to match us. We are the fate that we cultivated in our previous lives. ”

Zhou Xiuying's face was a little red, but fortunately she couldn't see it with paint on her face, and after taking a breath quietly, Zhou Xiuying tried her best to put on a pretty face, and deliberately said in a blunt tone: "That's my father is blind!" Also, you and I didn't agree at that time! ”

"That's me angry with you." Wu Chaoyue said with a wry smile: "Men love to save face, you rejected me in front of so many people, can I say something hard to get face?" Besides. Later, when you helped me deliver a letter to Father Yang, I also told you in person that if we could do it again, I would definitely say yes at that time! ”

Zhou Xiuying's shyness finally couldn't be concealed, she twisted her head slightly, and said, "I helped you send a letter to foreigners, but I was blind, and for me, even if that incident can be repeated." I would never say yes. ”

"It's okay, as long as I agree, it's okay if you don't agree, parents' orders. Matchmaker's words, even if you don't agree, I just need to hold your father well. I'm not afraid that he won't nod. ”

Wu Chaoyue showed a scoundrel face, and boasted to himself: "And you also saw it with your own eyes." The boy who took advantage of you on the dock last year is what he looks like now. So I believe. Even if you didn't agree at that time, now you must be a thousand willing, ten thousand willing. ”

"Phew! You dream! ”

Zhou Xiuying salivaed, then twisted her face wider, and involuntarily added, "Besides, you still need to take a fancy to me now?" Isn't there a more beautiful one around you? ”

"There's a prettier one next to me?"

Wu Chaoyue didn't react for a while, but when Zhou Xiuying asked the reason, she refused to answer, but fortunately, after recalling it again, Wu Chaoyue finally remembered, patted her forehead and said: "I remember, you mean Fu Shanxiang, right?" The last time I came back from Jiangning, you seemed to have seen her in the Huangdu area. ”

Zhou Xiuying was silent, did not admit or deny it, and Wu Chaoyue hurriedly explained: "Shimei, you misunderstood, I have nothing to do with her, she is the person I saved in Jiangning, and she is still a widow, her husband died without a round house, you said that with my grandfather's temper, how could he agree to let me marry her?" ”

After that, Wu Chaoyue hurriedly told Zhou Xiuying about himself and Fu Shanxiang carefully, and swore that he had not even touched one of Fu Shanxiang's little fingers, and if there was half a lie, he would be thundered - of course, Fu Shanxiang took the initiative to touch Wu Chaoyue.

Not to mention, after listening to Wu Chaoyue's explanation, Zhou Xiuying felt as if she had untied a knot in her heart, she couldn't tell whether she was happy or relaxed, and she couldn't help but show a happy look on her face. Wu Chaoyue observed the words, and suddenly pounced on Zhou Xiuying and hugged Zhou Xiuying, Zhou Xiuying was startled and subconsciously wanted to raise the knife, but Wu Chaoyue was prepared to hold her right wrist tightly, and whispered in her ear: "Sister Shi, I can swear to God, the woman I care about the most in my heart is you." Marry me, I will find a way to get the government to cancel your wanted, even if I can't give you the status of a wife now, I can not marry a wife, only the best for you! ”

Hearing Wu Chaoyue's words, Zhou Xiuying almost had some heartbeat, and the strength to resist couldn't help but be a little smaller, Wu Chaoyue saw that there was an opportunity to take advantage of it and was even more polite, and immediately began to kiss Zhou Xiuying's earlobe and face, and his left hand couldn't wait to touch Zhou Xiuying's chest. It's a pity that something bad happened now, Zhou Xiuying, who was almost shaken, felt the feeling of electric shock, and her once confused mind suddenly sobered up, and she didn't hesitate to raise her foot and stomp on Wu Chaoyue's instep, and then pushed Wu Chaoyue away, raised the knife to protect her chest, and said with a red face: "Stinky thief, if you dare to do anything to me again, I will kill you immediately!" ”

The hippie smiling face wanted to hug Zhou Xiuying again, but after being resolutely blocked by the sharp knife, Wu Chaoyue could only say with a more hippie smile: "Sister Shi, why are you doing this? I'm sincere to you, and the things you committed are not too big strictly speaking, so I'll just find an excuse for you to do something, and it's definitely not difficult to lift the government's wanted notice for you. ”

"Thanks, but not necessary." Zhou Xiuying's attitude was extremely resolute, and said: "You and I are not all the way, the Manchu court expropriated and poisoned the people. My father and I have vowed to overthrow this court! Now you are a dog slave of the Manchu court, and I am a thief who wants to overthrow this court. There will be no men and women between us! ”

"Actually, I'm all the way with you."

Wu Chaoyue sighed in his heart. began to think about whether he should tell Zhou Xiuying his true intentions, but Zhou Xiuying added: "Also, my father and I have also decided, we are going to Wuxi to join the Taiping Army!" The next time we meet, it's only on the battlefield! ”

"Are you going to Wuxi to join the Taiping Army?" Wu Chaoyue asked in surprise.

"That's right!" Zhou Xiuying nodded, and said with a slight gritted teeth: "The surname is Wu, don't forget, it was you who made me and my father homeless, hiding in Tibet like rats all day long!" I heard that Master Xie is the first heavenly general to defeat you. My dad immediately decided to go to him, and I'm going too! ”

Wu Chaoyue couldn't help laughing, and almost didn't laugh out loud, but Zhou Xiuying was determined to crush Wu Chaoyue's ill-intentioned heart towards her, and said: "Also, I have already made a marriage!" So, it will never be between us! ”

"Are you married? And with whom? Wu Chaoyue was finally taken aback this time.

"His name is Xu Yao, and he is very good to me." Zhou Xiuying didn't dare to look at Wu Chaoyue's eyes, but said with a straight face: "We arrived in Wuxi." Let's get married right away! ”

"I won't let you go!" Wu Chaoyue blurted out: "You are not allowed to marry someone else!" ”

"You can't stop me." Zhou Xiuying sneered and said: "I know that you carry a foreign gun, and I also know that my knife is not as fast as your gun, but I can guarantee the speed of my swing." Definitely faster than you can draw a gun! If it's smart, let's go our separate ways, otherwise. If you are great, you will die together! ”

After that, Zhou Xiuying also flashed a bright knife to Wu Chaoyue. as a warning. Wu Chaoyue, who had true feelings for Zhou Xiuying, was disheartened, shook his head weakly and said, "You don't need to say anything, and you will die together." You know, I won't kill you, and I'm reluctant to kill you. But I just want to persuade you, don't go to the Taiping Army, they can't succeed, your father gathered people in Qingpu to resist food, you are just an accomplice, I am sure to exonerate you. But if you go to the Taiping Army, it won't be so easy for me to get rid of your guilt and clear your name. ”

"I don't need you to exonerate me." Zhou Xiuying said coldly: "I said that I want to overthrow the brutal and corrupt Manchu court, so I don't need you to exonerate me for any crimes, I will definitely go to the Taiping Army!" ”

Wu Chaoyue persuaded Zhou Xiuying not to embark on this road of no return, but Zhou Xiuying didn't listen at all, and urged: "You go, if you don't want to die with me, let me go immediately!" If you want to arrest me, then you can let the horse come over, and I will accompany you to the end!" ”

If Wu Chaoyue was really a person of this era, he would definitely have forcibly left Zhou Xiuying behind - it would be a small credit to arrest him first and fulfill his wish, and then hand it over to the Manchu court. But it's a pity that Wu Chaoyue is a traverser, and he hates and hates the traverser of the Manchu court more than Zhou Xiuying. So after hesitating for a long time, Wu Chaoyue finally turned around and lifted the curtain under Zhou Xiuying's repeated urging.

Seeing that Wu Chaoyue really turned around and left, Zhou Xiuying not only did not feel a little relaxed and happy in her heart, but on the contrary, she was extremely disappointed, and her lips moved slightly several times, wanting to keep Wu Chaoyue......

Wu Chaoyue suddenly stopped the action of lifting the curtain, and after thinking for a while, Wu Chaoyue suddenly turned around and walked towards Zhou Xiuying, Zhou Xiuying was shocked and hurriedly raised the knife again, but Wu Chaoyue tried his best to lower his voice and said: "Tomorrow morning, a few boats will depart from this wharf, go to Suzhou into Taihu Lake, cross Taihu Lake and land in Yixing." Those boats were loaded with guns and ammunition bought by Hunan officials from foreigners in Shanghai, and in addition to the sailors, there were only twenty Ding Yong guards! ”

"What are you talking about?" Zhou Xiuying was confused, and she didn't understand what Wu Chaoyue meant by this.

"I don't want you to die at someone else's hands." Wu Chaoyue's face was serious, and he said in a very low voice: "You must go to the Taiping Army, I won't stop you, but it's too dangerous to go to the battlefield, and I can't save you at any time." If you can get these weapons in your hands, not only will you have the capital to protect yourself, but you and your father will be on the side of the Taiping Army, and you can talk louder, and no one will dare to bully you casually. ”

Zhou Xiuying suddenly realized, looked at Wu Chaoyue stupidly, her heart was surging, and she was completely messed up. Wu Chaoyue repeated the route and time of Li Yuandu's fleet to Zhou Xiuying, and told Zhou Xiuying that he would send someone to send some arms to this fleet tomorrow, so that Zhou Xiuying could distinguish the arms ships. Then Wu Chaoyue didn't say goodbye. directly turned around and walked out of the cabin, leading Wu Dada to disembark and leave.

In front of the hatch, he watched Wu Chaoyue leave. Zhou Xiuying's tears finally couldn't help but burst out of her eyes, and she choked up and muttered, "Thank you." …… Brother. Also, I have a ...... of something, and I lied to you. ”

When he left Wusongjiang Wharf dejectedly, Wu Chaoyue didn't say a word, and Wu Dadao was also very well-behaved and didn't say anything, but he still walked to a sparsely populated place, and Wu Dadao asked cautiously: "Young Master Sun, since you like her so much, she is not boring to you." Then why don't you take her straight home? ”

"She doesn't want to, what can I do?" Wu Chaoyue asked angrily.

"I think she just doesn't want to." Wu Dadao said: "You have been in the cabin with her for so long, and she has never treated you well, is this not enough to prove that she has you in her heart?" Since she is willing in her heart, even if she is unwilling, as long as you pull her home and cook the raw rice directly into rice, do you think she still dares to be hard-mouthed? ”

Wu Chaoyue's footsteps suddenly stopped, and his face was sluggish. After a while, Wu Chaoyue suddenly scolded: "You dog, why didn't you say this idea just now?" ”

After that, Wu Chaoyue, who regretted it a lot, immediately turned around and ran back to the dock with a revolver, and kept thinking about what excuse to use to arrest Zhou Xiuying back to his home in public. But it's a pity. Zhou Xiuying's fishing boat had already left, and Wu Chaoyue couldn't find it when he searched left and right, so he could only pat his head and regret it. "Stupid! I'm so stupid! Why didn't you think about pulling her back and going on first, and then she didn't dare to fight back?! ”

…………

Hold on to the last glimmer of hope. In the early morning of the next day, Wu Chaoyue personally escorted the arms to the Wu Lijiang Wharf with the heavily armed Wu Jun Lianyong. also said that Wu Chaoyue came to see him off in person, and Li Yuandu was grateful, but he didn't notice that Wu Chaoyue said that he had a smooth journey, but a pair of thief eyes were always searching for the crowd next to him. However, to Wu Chaoyue's great disappointment, Zhou Xiuying did not appear again this time.

The next situation was very simple, chartering five civilian boats to go up the Wuzhen River, because all the way was controlled by the Qing army, Li Yuandu's arms fleet traveled very smoothly, and when he arrived in Suzhou and entered Taihu Lake, it was also safe. However, when it came to cross the Taihu Lake, which was connected by water and sky, the thing that should have come really came, the sky had just darkened, and in the depths of the dense withered lotus leaves, dozens of small fishing boats suddenly rushed out, and suddenly surrounded Li Yuandu's fleet with lightning speed.

Although the Hunan Yong brought by Li Yuandu from Hunan also resisted bravely, the small number of guards became a fatal wound to Li Yuandu's fleet, and after a fierce battle in which the enemy slashed and stabbed and dragged him into the water, four of the five civilian ships loaded with guns and ammunition were robbed by the enemy, and only Li Yuandu's boat relied on grenades to open the way, and he escaped from the encirclement by luck.

After finally getting rid of the enemy's pursuit, Li Yuandu, who finally came to his senses, jumped into the lake and committed suicide by throwing himself into the water, and after being pulled back to the boat by the sailors, Li Yuandu struggled to throw himself into the water again, crying and shouting, "Let go of me!" Let me go! The weapons and ammunition that my teacher asked me to buy, and the foreign guns that my brother gave me, were all snatched away, what face do I have to go to my teacher and brother?! Let me die, let me die, I don't have the face to see them again! ”

Li Yuandu cried and screamed on the boat, and he was in pain. Zhou Lichun and Xu Yao and other remnants of the Qingpu rebel army laughed loudly on the lake in the distance, holding the newly captured foreign guns and bayonets, and Zhou Lichun kept laughing: "There is a greeting gift!" There's a greeting gift! Take these greeting gifts to Wuxi to meet Master Xie, and guarantee that Master Xie will personally go out of the city to meet us! In the future, we can speak louder in Master Xie's army! ”

Stroking the scars on his face, fantasizing about how to use these foreign guns to find Wu Chaoyue to avenge a shot in the future, Xu Yao suddenly noticed Zhou Xiuying, who was sitting on the side of the deck thoughtfully, looking at the beauty under the moon, Xu Yao, who was already salivating for Zhou Xiuying, was even more in love, and said in a flattering tone: "Sister Xian, you have made a great contribution to your uncle this time, without the accurate news you heard, we have gained so much." ”

Zhou Xiuying hummed and agreed, but did not speak, and Zhou Lichun asked curiously: "Xiuying, how did you find out such important news?" Still so accurate? ”

"It's just a matter of luck." Zhou Xiuying replied lightly: "I happened to hear these demons talking about these things next to my fish stall, so I hurriedly sent someone to send you a letter to get ready." ”

"Worthy of my good daughter!"

was already happy in his heart, Zhou Lichun laughed louder, of course, louder, after laughing, Zhou Lichun also came to Zhou Xiuying's side, and said in a low voice: "Good girl, you are not small, Brother Xu is originally interesting to you, this time it is his first ship to kill the Qing Demon, the first to hack the Qing Demon to death, and he is unstoppable." Are you ......? ”

"I'll talk about it later." Zhou Xiuying still politely refused, and said: "Now I only think about how to join the Taiping Army, how to kill Changmao with Master Xie, and I don't want to think about these things for the time being." ”

I don't know if it was the first time she rejected her relationship with Xu Yao, Zhou Xiuying turned her eyes to the direction of Shanghai in the east, and said softly in her heart: "Thank you, I will definitely protect myself and wait until the next opportunity to meet you." ”

Recalling the only time she was alone with Wu Chaoyue, Zhou Xiuying also gently touched the cheek that she had been shamelessly kissed by Wu Chaoyue, and she regretted it somewhat. (To be continued.) )