Still after Danyang got on the boat, Wu Chaoyue, who barely closed his eyes for two days and one night, finally lay down to sleep, and slept until noon the next day, enjoying a lazy life. At the same time, after waking up, the person who was waiting for Wu Chaoyue to wash and dress was no longer Wu Dadao's stupid and coarse personal soldiers, but Fu Shanxiang, a beautiful little widow who was white, tender and sweet.

As before, Fu Shanxiang knelt down to serve Wu Chaoyue, and Wu Chaoyue, who was completely a modern person, couldn't stand it, so he took the initiative to say: "Miss Fu, you don't need to kneel at every turn, I don't have this rule here, get up." ”

"Master Wu, the slave is willing." Fu Shanxiang refused to get up, and said softly: "Master, you are the rebirth benefactor of the slave maid, and the slave and maid are willing to serve you like this." ”

"But I'm not used to it." Wu Chaoyue said with a wry smile: "Those maids in my family have never served me like this, and my grandfather has never made such rules, so you better get up, otherwise I won't be used to it." ”

Seeing Wu Chaoyue's repeated insistence, Fu Shanxiang obediently changed his knees to squatting, and while wearing shoes and socks for Wu Chaoyue, he asked cautiously: "Dare to ask Master Wu, who else is in your family?" ”

"In my family in Shanghai, there is only one grandfather, and seven grandmothers, all of whom are my grandfather's concubines, and the youngest eighth grandmother is about the same age as you." Wu Chaoyue replied casually, "As for my parents and my own grandmother, they are both in their hometown in Guangdong. ”

"Then Master Wu, do you have wives and concubines, what should slaves and maids call them?"

Fu Shanxiang asked more carefully, and quietly raised his head to peek at Wu Chaoyue, and learned that Wu Chaoyue was still a lonely little virgin with no wife and no concubine. Fu Shanxiang couldn't help but show a little joy. As a result, after seeing Fu Shanxiang's happy expression, Wu Chaoyue finally woke up a little. Smile asked, "What?" So concerned about whether I have a wife or concubine, worried that they won't be able to tolerate you? ”

Fu Shanxiang's pretty face was a little red. didn't dare to answer Wu Chaoyue's question, Wu Chaoyue smiled again: "Don't worry, your luck is good, not only do I have no wife or concubine, but I don't even have a family affair, I will take you back, no one dares to say anything." ”

Fu Shanxiang's face turned even redder, and he mustered up the courage to ask again: "Master Wu, can your grandfather tolerate slaves?" You know that, sir. The slave and maid are widows, and they have killed their husbands before they get married, and they are taboo, my lord, your grandfather is an official master, will he ......, will he think that the slave and maid are unlucky? ”

Wu Chaoyue laughed loudly, smiled and comforted Fu Shanxiang: "You can rest assured about this, let's not say that my grandfather doesn't care about these very much, even if he cares." As long as he sees me return to Shanghai safely, he can care about nothing and don't mind. You don't know how much my grandfather loves me, I want stars, he will never just give the moon, I said I want to marry a daughter-in-law who is not wrapped. He can send someone to the door to propose marriage without saying a word! So don't worry, my grandfather won't say anything that won't let you in. Unless....... ”

Speaking of this, Wu Chaoyue paused. The old illness recurred, and he blurted out, "Unless I want to marry you." Then my grandfather will definitely oppose it, and he will definitely beat me up when he raises the ruler. ”

Such jokes certainly cannot be made in this day and age. Fu Shanxiang's face was relatively thin, and his face was suddenly flushed, he hung his head and didn't dare to speak, and his heart was pounding uncontrollably. Seeing this scene, Wu Chaoyue, who had long coveted Fu Shanxiang, was itchy and unbearable, couldn't help but stretch out his claws, raised Fu Shanxiang's chin lightly, admired her moving shyness, and began to think about whether he should ask Fu Shanxiang if he was willing to be a concubine for himself. Fu Shanxiang's pretty face was flushed, his beautiful eyes were closed, and he did not resist at all, looking like he was well-behaved and allowed Wu Chaoyue to do evil.

It's a pity that at the critical moment, Hui Zheng, who had ruined Wu Chaoyue's good deeds last time, came to make trouble again, and directly pushed open the hatch without saying hello, "Weiting, I heard that you woke up ......, heh, I'm sorry, it seems that you have ruined your good deeds, brother Xian." ”

Hui Zheng said this, of course, because he saw the ambiguous actions of Wu Chaoyue and Fu Shanxiang, which frightened Wu Chaoyue and quickly withdrew his salty pig hand, and Fu Shanxiang was so ashamed that he hid his face and fled, but Hui Zheng himself smirked. In the end, Wu Chaoyue could only be embarrassed to ask Hui Zheng to sit down, and while being polite with Hui Zheng, he asked him about his intention, and Hui Zheng said: "I'm just here to tell you that we are almost in Wuxi, do you want to rest on the shore?" ”

"I don't need it." Wu Chaoyue returned to his heart like an arrow, and said: "You can also rest on the boat, go back to Shanghai directly, although we take this road safely, but it is too detoured, my grandfather will definitely receive the news of Jiangning City Broken first, if I don't go back quickly, he may be more worried." ”

Hui Zheng nodded in agreement, and said seemingly unintentionally: "Weiting, this time you were ordered by Lu Zhitai to escort him out of the city to mobilize reinforcements, although Lu Zhengtai was killed by a stray bullet from Long Mao on the way to break through, but you still protected his body and killed the Long Mao Siege, which can be regarded as a merit and demerit, and then you also killed Wei Changhui, the puppet king of the North who made a bandit, and made a great contribution to the imperial court." I don't know when you plan to send out this excerpt? ”

"Let's talk about it when we go back to Shanghai." Wu Chaoyue yawned and replied: "If the long hair has laid down Jiangning, it will definitely peek at the throat of the Zhenjiang waterway, the canal and waterway may not be smooth, and it is safer to go back to Shanghai and take the land post station." ”

Hui Zheng nodded again, and then suddenly spit out again, and said, "...... Weiting, that, Brother Xian, Brother Fool has a reluctant request, I don't know if you can agree." Virtuous brother, you also know that in the Wuhu War, the foolish brother and I even lost the Taoist governance of Wuhu City, lost the city and lost the land, lost the teacher and humiliated the country, and the sin is unforgivable. Then although Lu Zhitai gave the foolish brother the opportunity to make meritorious service and atone for his sins, but the foolish brother did not make an inch of merit in Jiangning City, so he ......, so ......, can you ...... the virtuous brother, can you ......? ”

Hui Zheng's thick-skinned and dark-hearted heart is far inferior to his baby eldest daughter, and when he first said this, he was already red-faced, and he was embarrassed to continue. But it was enough, Wu Chaoyue already understood what he meant, and immediately smiled and said, "Brother, who said that you haven't made an inch?" During the breakout battle, in addition to personally cutting eight long hairs, you also came up with the idea to personally use a plan to help me deceive Wei Changhui, the puppet king of the North, and help me kill Wei Changhui with two shots. If the emperor knew about these things, he wouldn't think about your previous mistakes anymore, brother. ”

I never thought that Wu Chaoyue would share the credit with him so quickly. Hui Zheng was overjoyed, of course, he hurried to bow and thank Wu Chaoyue. Wu Chaoyue smiled and picked up Hui Zheng. He patted Hui Zheng's hand again and said, "Brother, the younger brother thinks it's best for you to write another letter to your eldest daughter." She spoke most conveniently in front of the emperor. As for the cost of sending the letter to the palace, the younger brother can also bear it for you. ”

"Thank you, brother." Hui Zheng also patted Wu Chaoyue's hand, and said with a wicked smile: "Don't worry, Brother Xian, I will definitely write this Taoist letter, Brother Xian, your miraculous achievements, Brother Fool guarantees that no one can snatch it away." ”

Wu Chaoyue took the initiative to express his willingness to let Hui Zheng share the credit, the reason is that in addition to getting along well with Hui Zheng, the most important point is, of course, that he wants to take the opportunity to take the line of Cixi and insert the channels and sources directly into the pillow of Emperor Xianfeng. At the same time, unconsciously. Wu Chaoyue gradually lost the mentality of getting by before, and began to actively plan for his future, so when he was still on the way back to Shanghai, Wu Chaoyue had already decided to immediately expand his armaments as soon as he returned to Shanghai, and also began to develop and research new weapons to make up for his weak firepower.

"Anyway, when you go abroad, you are also a last-class citizen, instead of bullying foreigners, it is better to learn from Yuan Datou and fight to win for the benefit of the country and the people. In the early decades, he helped his compatriots get rid of the enslavement of the Manchu Eight Banners, and brought China into the industrial age earlier. ”

After finally making up his mind, the rented civilian boat soon came to the city of Suzhou. After turning directly into the Wu Yan River, it was naturally faster to get off the boat along the river, and it only took one night to enter the territory of Songjiang Prefecture. There are only a few hours left to Shanghai. However, when passing through Huangdu Town, Wu Chaoyue, who was like an arrow, remembered Zhou Xiuying, who almost rolled the sheets with him legally. Can't help but climb the deck and look south, hoping for a miracle. can let himself and Zhou Xiuying see each other again.

It's a pity that Huangdu Town, which used to be a nest of thieves, has long been burned down by the local government, and there is not even a single figure in the ruins, let alone Zhou Xiuying, who is being wanted by the government. As a result, when Wu Chaoyue was very regretful, Fu Shanxiang suddenly appeared next to him, and took a piece of clothing for Wu Chaoyue to put on, and said softly: "Master, the wind is blowing on the river, let's go back to the cabin, be careful of catching a cold." ”

"It's okay, I'm not that squeamish."

Wu Chaoyue shook his head, but it was okay not to shake his head, shaking his head and waving his eyes, Wu Chaoyue suddenly saw a small fishing boat downstream - there were people on board, still dressed as a fisherwoman. Wu Chaoyue didn't think much about it, and quickly raised the binoculars to take a closer look, and what made Wu Chaoyue unbelievable was that the woman on the boat was tall and graceful, and she was really a little similar to Zhou Xiuying, Wu Chaoyue no longer hesitated, and immediately shouted loudly: "The fishing boat over there, shake it over, I want to buy fish." ”

The woman on the fishing boat obviously hesitated for a while, and then shook the boat over, and as the distance narrowed, Wu Chaoyue's heart couldn't help but beat faster and faster - the woman on the boat looked more and more like Zhou Xiuying, but she was wearing a hat and couldn't see her specific appearance clearly. Finally, the woman rocked the fishing boat and stopped about ten meters away from Wu Yue's boat, and asked in a hoarse voice, "What kind of fish do you want to buy?" ”

"Fourgill perch." Wu Chaoyue said: "There are a few friends from other places on the boat, and they want to buy a few four-gill perch that is only available in Wu Lijiang to entertain them. ”

"Nope." The woman shook her head and said, "There are swordfish, crucian carp, carp, but there are no fourgill perch." ”

When shaking her head, probably because she was distracted, the woman's voice was no longer deliberately hoarse, revealing some of her original voice, which also made Wu Chaoyue hear the clues at once. I was even more excited, but I didn't dare to reveal her true identity, Wu Chaoyue didn't know what to say next for a while, but Fu Shanxiang next to him reminded: "Master, what should I do if I don't have the fish you want?" ”

Seeing Fu Shanxiang appear next to Wu Chaoyue from the edge of the hat, the woman's body was obviously shocked, and her hands involuntarily clenched the boat. Wu Chaoyue didn't understand her thoughts, just shook his head and said, "Since there isn't, then you can go." The wind is up, your boat is small, be careful. ”

Without saying a word, the woman went straight to shake the fishing boat away, and after Wu Chaoyue's fleet walked away, the woman also lifted the hat on her head, revealing a pretty face full of tears, and choked in a low voice at Wu Chaoyue's boat, "What are you angry?" There is a beautiful woman by your side, and you deliberately called me to you for me to see, and deliberately said something concerned to anger me, what are you angry about? Do you think I really like you? Fake foreign devil dog master. I forgot about you! Forgot! ”

The mouth was tough, but the tears welled up in the woman's beautiful eyes. In the end, he simply squatted down, covered his face with his hands and cried............

In the afternoon, the time of application is approaching. Wu Chaoyue's fleet arrived in Shanghai smoothly, docked at the North Gate Wharf, did not wait for the sailors to put down the springboard, Wu Chaoyue, who was like an arrow, had jumped straight onto the wharf, but his skills were too poor, he did not stand firm when he landed, and sat directly on the wharf with his feet slipping, which hurt Wu Chaoyue screamed like killing pigs, and also caused the people on the wharf to laugh. Then what Wu Chaoyue never expected was. Such shouts rang out from the crowd......

"Ghosts! The ghost is coming! The ghosts of the dead are back! ”

The crowd was in an uproar, but when Wu Chaoyue looked up in surprise, he saw a Shanghai county official pointing at him and yelling, "That's a ghost!" His grandfather was doing a funeral for him at his house, and he ran back again, he was a ghost! It's a ghost! ”

roaring, the frightened official still ran away, so frightened that the surrounding crowd also rushed to the ground, Wu Chaoyue knew that something was wrong. Hurriedly ordered Huang Dasha and Deng Siyuan and other sentinels to take Lian Yong back to the camp to rest, and then hurriedly led Wu Dadao and Hui Zheng's father and daughter back to the city. Wu Chaoyue didn't care about them, and just rushed all the way back to his home.

As expected, I just arrived at the corner of the street. Wu Chaoyue saw at a glance that a spirit flag had been hung in front of his house, and the courtyard wall was even more snow-white. Even the trees on the side of the road were covered with white cloths, and the paper money on the ground was piled up several inches thick. Wu Chaoyue was angry and funny, and hurriedly rushed over, but those people in the Wu Mansion who were hanging filial piety in and out saw Wu Chaoyue appear, and they were also frightened, crying and running away with their hands and feet, and a timid subordinate was so frightened that he fainted directly.

More lively is still behind, when Wu Chaoyue rushed into the door of his house, at first glance he saw that the home had set up a tall mourning hall, and there were countless men and women in front of the hall who were crying and mourning, and when they saw Wu Chaoyue coming in, they immediately jumped again, screaming and running for their lives, and almost rushed over the mourning hall, and those guests who were eating big households were scattered in a hurry, and the wolf ran suddenly I don't know how many tables and chairs were overturned, and how many wine glasses and dishes were smashed. Then, Wu Chaoyue saw his spirit card decades in advance, and the spirit card was upright with seven words - the position of the deceased grandson Wu Chaoyue!

The worst thing is Wu Jianzhang's seven side rooms, seeing Wu Chaoyue suddenly appeared, three of the seven side rooms were directly frightened and fainted, and the remaining four two people were directly paralyzed on the ground, one was tripped when he ran for his life, only Wu Chaoyue's youngest grandmother was bolder, kowtowed to Wu Chaoyue again and again, and cried: "Beyond, you let me go, let me go, don't take me away!" Your grandfather is already giving you a yin marriage, she is a sixteen-year-old yellow flower girl, her transfer door sticker and your birthday have been sent to the life hall, you will not be lonely below! If you don't think it's enough, you can ask your grandfather to ask him to give you another concubine in the underworld, and you can take a few rooms! ”

When he couldn't cry or laugh, Wu Jianzhang, who was crying with red and swollen eyes, was finally picked up by his subordinates, and when he saw his baby grandson appear, Wu Jianzhang was not very afraid, but stumbled up, hugged Wu Chaoyue, and cried: "Grandson, it was my grandfather who hurt you, I shouldn't force you to be an official, I shouldn't force you to be an official, I didn't force you to be an official, I hurt you!" Grandpa, I don't want to live anymore, you take me away, take me away. ”

In the midst of crying, Wu Jianzhang didn't pay attention to what his baby grandson was talking about at all, but suddenly saw Hui Zheng brought back by Wu Chaoyue, and suddenly knelt down on Hui Zheng's knees, hugged Hui Zheng's legs and cried loudly, "Master Impermanence, Master Impermanence, I know you are Master Impermanence, you brought my grandson back to see me, I thank you!" Please tell Lord Yama, let my grandson come back to life, I will go with you, and I will go to the underworld for my grandson! You can ask for as much as you want, you can do as much as you want! ”

"Do I look like black and white?"

When Hui Zheng was depressed, a group of foreign priests suddenly came in from outside the door, and they didn't see the situation in the courtyard clearly, so they said to Wu Jianzhang in stiff Chinese: "Wu, we have come to pray for your grandson, although he did not repent before he died, we must beg the merciful Lord to let him go to heaven!" ”

"You've just gone to heaven!" Wu Chaoyue finally roared angrily, "Who said I was dead? Is that bastard saying I'm dead?! ”

Martin, Maadows and other foreign priests were dumbfounded, but before the matter was over, the two foreign consuls, Ali Guo and Qi Liyun, walked into the courtyard in black suits again, and also couldn't wait to say loudly without seeing the situation clearly: "Wu, to tell you a good news, we have jointly sent an envoy to negotiate with the Taiping army and fight to get your grandson's body back!" ”

Wu Chaoyue was completely speechless, and could only ask wailingly: "What about my grave?" Have you chosen my graveyard for me? ”

"Not yet." Wu Chaoyue's little grandmother said timidly: "Your grandfather is going to build a mound for you in Xiangshan, but he has already sent someone back to choose a feng shui treasure land for you, and your grandfather also asked the famous feng shui gentleman in Guangzhou to choose a place for you." So, transcendence, you can rest assured to go to the Netherworld, don't scare us. (To be continued.) )