Chang Zhenbang, who was dressed in casual clothes, saw off Feng Guozhang in the waves, Feng Guozhang's arrival gave him the opportunity to bridge the contradiction between him and Li Chun, he was still grateful to this uncle, and Chang Zhenbang, who knew that he loved money, gave him a set of four treasures weighing one pound of pure gold study when he left, as well as a Citibank check of three thousand taels of silver dollars. Feng Guozhang didn't shirk it, he took it one by one, waved his hand and stepped on the ship bound for Nanjing. Holding hands and looking at each other's teary eyes, they were speechless and choked. Thinking of going, thousands of miles of smoke waves, twilight is heavy and the sky is wide. I don't know when I will be able to drink and talk happily after the old brother has been going for a long time, goodbye, I wish you a safe journey. ”

Chang Zhenbang took out a handkerchief and handed it to his tear-stained old father, and said, "Father, Uncle Feng is gone, let's go home!" ”

Master Chang shook his head, pointed to the calm lake under the wharf, and said, "Stay in April to listen to the birds, and the flat boat will go to float and run muddy." Life is unpredictable, and the world is sinister and tiring! ”

Chang Zhenbang opened his mouth and said: "The sage is not sad about his death, but worried about the decline of his country!" ”

Master Chang's body shook suddenly, Chang Zhenbang hurriedly stretched out his hand to hold, who knew that he hadn't touched Master Chang's hand, but was grabbed by the old man first, and said: "Zhenbang, you have to remember that the so-called family and country have always had a home first and then a country, if you can't protect yourself, how can you protect the country, don't believe the nonsense that those pedantic people say that there is a country first and then a home, you can't protect the country of the family, you only know what is the use of the country you want!" ”

Chang Zhenbang gently held Master Chang's hand and said to him cautiously: "Although Zhenbang is stupid and talented, he also bears the heavy responsibility of his family and country. ”

Master Chang slowly turned his head, and looked at this child who had grown up since he was a child, and the parent-child relationship that should have been very familiar to him suddenly felt a terrible strangeness, the child in front of him was no longer the child who had read the sage books with him sentence by sentence since he was a child, he had grown up and matured. Maybe he didn't want to believe that this little naughty would grow up one day, even if he traveled to Jiujiang and witnessed and heard a lot of things about Chang Zhenbang, but he still felt that the other party was just an obedient child, but today it seems that this child has really grown up and knows the truth of preserving a useful body, and is no longer the child who needs to be supported by himself to run. His heart is like the Poyang Lake blown by the wind, with less worry and more loss.

"Father, it's windy, let's go home!" Chang Zhenbang said lightly, Master Chang nodded, and got into the carriage with his son. Zhang Xiaoliu drove slowly back to the Overseer's Mansion.

"Zhenbang, you have grown up, you are sensible, and you have a family, and you are very happy for your father." Master Chang said in frustration: "You can make your own decisions about the future path, and you can enjoy the blessings of your father, hehe." The happy laughter was mixed with a little helplessness and bitterness.

Chang Zhenbang said lightly: "My son's life path is less than one-third of his father's, and my father needs to help me with advice on many things." ”

Hearing this, Master Chang felt very warm in his heart, and a happy smile appeared on his face, and said: "The world has become too fast, and the father is too fast to keep up with the situation, the only thing I can do to help you and Fluttershy look at the child, by the way, Fluttershy is not too small, and my father thinks that it is better to set up a family affair for her now, and when she is filial, she will not become an old girl that no one wants." ”

When Chang Zhenbang heard this, he was shocked, his brain turned quickly, and he immediately said: "What my father said is true, but the time for the child to guard Jiujiang is still short, and he really can't think of a suitable candidate, so he might as well let Xiaozhu inquire to see if there is a suitable young master." ”

Master Chang said: "What's so good about Young Master Gongzi, their wealth is not left by Lao Tzu!" The key depends on character! What do you think of the Zhang brothers? ”

Chang Zhenbang said: "What are you talking about Zhang Youneng? That kid isn't honest, and I'm afraid I'm going to hurt Fluttershy's sister. ”

Master Chang said: "I'm not talking about Zhang Youneng, that kid is not steady, if you let Fluttershy follow him, I'm afraid you will push Fluttershy into the fire pit." I'm talking about Youhua, that kid, I look at people who are down-to-earth and hardworking, and now I'm an official under you, Fluttershy follows him, and I'm also a down-to-earth father, don't you also have a caring person? ”

Chang Zhenbang said: "Youhua is terrible now, he learned a few skills in Wenxian County, and now almost all the Jiujiang soldiers are trained by him, he is really my right and left hand, and my father is really good eyesight." ”

"You think so too!" Master Chang seemed to be quite satisfied with his vision and said, "If that's the case, I'll talk to your uncle when I go back and see if this family matter is settled." ”

Chang Zhenbang smiled bitterly: "Father has a good vision, but this matter is not in a hurry." ”

"When a man gets married, a woman should get married, how can this matter not be in a hurry?" Master Chang said a little unhappily: "Now that you have Xiaozhu, a beautiful girl, you will be full of men and don't know that hungry men are hungry." That's not going to work! ”

Chang Zhenbang said: "Father, you misunderstood me, Zhang Youhua became a brigade commander at such a young age, and his skills are steady and down-to-earth, which is very likable, we Jiujiang don't know how many big families hit his attention, I think it's better to ask first, if he has a sweetheart or is engaged, we can't do the thing of breaking up the marriage, if not, just say that he and Fluttershy are together." After all, the twisted melon is not sweet, and people still have to be happy with each other, father, do you think I am right? ”

Master Chang said: "Zhenbang, you are finally stable, although our father and son can't do the thing that breaks up other people's marriages, but the father thinks that the two lovers are not very reliable, so let's follow the old rules, if Youhua has no marriage match, then your father and your uncle and aunt will be in charge, and you will be the matchmaker, so let him take Fluttershy." How nice it is for us to kiss and kiss. ”

Chang Zhenbang said: "Since my father insists on this, I will go to Youhua to ask, see what he sees, we can't make it difficult for others!" ”

Master Chang said: "That's what I said, after you go back, you will go to Youhua to say hello." ”

Chang Zhenbang smiled and said tentatively, "Fluttershy is a good girl, if she is not your godwoman, can your son marry her?" ”

Master Chang thought for a moment and said, "Fluttershy's father has a life-saving grace for his father, and if Fluttershy is willing to marry you, it will be an explanation to Fluttershy's father, but now that his father has recognized her as a daughter, she is your sister, and this ethical thing is absolutely untouchable." So Father warns you once again that you don't want to disgrace Fluttershy by beating Fluttershy's idea. At the end, Master Chang's face had changed, and his voice had silently increased several times.

Chang Zhenbang said with a smile: "My son is just talking, and now that my son has Xiaozhu, he is already very satisfied." ”

Master Chang nodded and said, "That's good, I heard that you have even asked Senior Commander Hua to find a girl for your subordinate officers?" Is there such a thing? ”

Chang Zhenbang said: "Father does have this matter, you also know that being a soldier in our country is always despised, it is not easy to be an officer, if it is not for the birth of a professional class, then these brothers are often not young, if you don't arrange for them, I am afraid that they will be a disaster to neighbors." If something really happened, they were all brothers who came out with their son, how could the son deal with them? ”

Master Chang said: "With so many people following you as a young man and throwing their heads and spilling blood, it is reasonable for you to settle down for others." The next time the officers have a meeting, let Fluttershy look behind the door, and if there's a suitable one, you might as well arrange it! ”

Chang Zhenbang smiled bitterly: "Fluttershy is your goddaughter, it's my sister Chang Zhenbang, our dignified envoy is also a famous family in Jiujiang, no matter what, you won't be so anxious to marry someone out, those who know think that your father is in a good heart, and those who don't know think that your father is in a hurry to get rid of others!" ”

Master Chang thought about it, and felt that what Chang Zhenbang said was not unreasonable, the sinister nature of this world is not in the hearts of the people, but in the mouths of those idlers, if these people think that they are in a hurry to throw Fluttershy out, it is fine, anyway, the clear ones are self-purifying, and the turbid ones are turbid, he doesn't care at all, but it would not be good if it attracts fearless gossip to Fluttershy, and the sister of the dignified town guard came to Jiujiang for a few days, and she was in a hurry to get married, I don't know how many people will doubt Fluttershy's innocence, thinking that the Chang family has made someone's stomach bigger, so they are in a hurry to pack it up and give it away.

Thinking of this, Master Chang sighed and said, "Let's talk about it in a while." If Fluttershy has a good family, the bar is lower, and it doesn't matter. I'll leave this to you! ”

Chang Zhenbang first said that this matter can't be passed for a while, Chen Die's belly is getting bigger day by day, and he really can't hide it from people when the time comes.

"Your Uncle Feng is full of praise for your reputation in Jiujiang these days." Master Chang will let him say: "I am also very pleased to be a father. However, the wood is beautiful in the forest, and the wind will destroy it; Heaps out of the shore, and the flow will be turbulent; Walk above men, and the crowd will not. I believe that many people around Jiujiang look at you, but this time your Uncle Feng forcibly pulled you into the Beiyang faction, temporarily exempting you from some hostility on the surface, but the open gun is easy to dodge and the dark arrow is difficult to prevent, and no one can help you with those conspiracies and tricks behind the scenes, you have to rely on yourself. ”

Chang Zhenbang said lightly: "Father doesn't have to worry about me, if it is decided today, the people are not at peace, the traitors still exist, and the autumn of the crisis is also true, Yuan Dagongzi does not want to help President Yuan stabilize the world, but he is eager to collude with the military overseers from all over the country to persuade the president, it is really not enough to succeed and more than to lose." Now everyone is looking forward to President Yuan Da ascending to the Dragon Court to seek the status of the new dynasty, how can I care about it? ”

"Oh, Zhenbang, you're wrong to think so." Master Chang said a little anxiously: "Those town guard envoys, of course the overseers want to tie up with the president, hoping to add officials to the knighthood, but those petty officials don't care, after all, President Yuan is too far away from them when he is not the emperor, and your position of town guard envoy is within their reach, child, you must not be careless, follow the way of these people." ”

Chang Zhenbang saw that his father was anxious, and said humbly: "What my father taught me is that my son is careless. ”

Master Chang was very relieved to see that he knew that he could correct his mistakes. Between the two of them talking and laughing, the carriage suddenly galloped rapidly, who knows how far it didn't run, a tragic neighing was heard outside the car, the car crashed into the tree with a bang, Chang Zhenbang's body shook and smashed on the car window, Chang Zhenbang was shocked, but he was not in a hurry to help his father stop the bleeding, and he did not help his father up, but pressed his father on the car in the past, Chang Zhenbang was stunned, and then saw Chang Zhenbang also lying beside him, here Chang Zhenbang didn't know what was going on, so he heard gunshots outside. Chang Zhenbang cautiously opened a curtain, but saw five or six young students suddenly rushing out in front of the carriage, holding pistols at the carriage and shooting unscrupulously.

"There are assassins!"

Chang Zhenbang immediately understood what was going on, and roughly deduced the scene outside the car just now.

Zhang Xiaoliu was driving back to the town guard yamen, who was halfway through, these young students and general assassins appeared, and the general people had already panicked, but Zhang Xiaoliu was also a person who had gone through a few wars, he was extremely calm, and drove the carriage away in the rain of bullets, these guys' marksmanship was not good, and so many guns failed to make Zhang Xiaoliu how, but the horse was big and round, unfortunately hit many bullets and fell to the ground. Zhang Xiaoliu immediately fired back with a clay gun, and the two sides launched a fierce gun battle, but neither of them killed the other party.

This place is already relatively remote, and no one dares to come over when the gunfire is fired, but if it really continues like this, it will definitely be Zhang Xiaoliu, who is weak in strength, who suffers.

Chang Zhenbang understood the form in front of him, quietly took out a pistol from behind him, opened the safety with a click, and shot those young people from the window. This shot hit the extreme, and it was really a gunshot. It frightened the rest of the Assassins. These people even fired desperately, it seemed that the bullets were fired like stones on the street without money, and the carriage suddenly became a dice, but it still did not focus on Zhang Xiaoliu or Chang Zhenbang.

Chang Zhenbang took advantage of the panic of these people, and with another shot, he killed an assassin again with a bang, and at this time Zhang Xiaoliu also felt that he took the life of an assassin with one shot.

Three of the five assassins died at once, and the remaining two panicked, dropping their guns and scattering.

"Do you want to kill Lao Tzu with these new hands? It's really whimsical! ”

Chang Zhenbang smiled coldly, got out of the carriage, and shot two shots at these fleeing assassins, resulting in the life of this assassin.

"My lord is not good. The old lady was injured. Zhang Xiaoliu suddenly exclaimed.

Chang Zhenbang was shocked when he heard this, and hurriedly turned around and got into the carriage, and then the light cast from the car window, only to see clearly that Chang Lao's head was still bleeding slowly, and it seemed to be dangerous, but it was not a big deal to hit it when he was in a panic just now, put some medicine and bandages, and recuperate for a few days. However, the two wounds on the old man's shoulder and thigh are not so simple, those assassins fired indiscriminately when they panicked, so that stray bullets broke out, and the two wounds of the old man Chang were caused by stray bullets, and the luck did not hit the vital point, which was really a blessing in misfortune, but after all, the old man was so old, and he was old and weak, and he couldn't stand the toss, if he didn't dare to clean up and take out the bullets, he would have to worry about life just by bleeding and infection.

"My lord, what now?" Zhang Xiaoliu asked anxiously. When he shot at the assassin just now, he was not as flustered as he is now, he was completely out of idea, and his heart also found out that Master Chang fell into the dark ice cave when he was suffering, and finally followed Chang Zhenbang to the end, and he was about to marry his daughter-in-law and be promoted, why did it be his turn to do this!

Chang Zhenbang tore down the curtains, quickly wrapped the three wounds of the old man Chang, and temporarily stopped the bleeding, but after all, it was a symptom but not a cure, and he had to go to the West Hospital for surgery this morning, thinking of this, he couldn't help sighing, handed over the old man to Zhang Xiaoliu to take care of, jumped out of the car, and walked towards the dock with a gun, with his temperament, he really planned to stop a carriage to send the old man to the hospital, but the carriage couldn't wait for the left, and the right didn't come, and he was about to panic and didn't see a person coming this way. If it goes on like this, the old man will have to bleed to death. Just when he was at a loss, a piercing horn sound came from afar, Chang Zhenbang's heart was shocked, and he hurriedly looked at the horn, and saw a Buick car with the flag of Dongying Jiujiang Business Club coming from the dock, Chang Zhenbang was overjoyed, and rushed in the direction of the Buick car, who knew that the Buick car had no sign of stopping, and sped past without hesitation. If it weren't for Chang Zhenbang's quick dodge, maybe he would have to see the king of Hades first.

"Damn the Wuchuan family, you will be good-looking in the hands of Lao Tzu in the future!" Chang Zhenbang kicked the stone under his feet fiercely, and after scolding, Chang Zhenbang's heart was cool and cold, and his two eyebrows were almost squeezed into an egg, he really couldn't think of any way, who knew that the Buick car that had just driven over slowly retreated again, and stopped in front of Chang Zhenbang steadily, the car door slammed open, revealing the smiling face of Yukio Wuchuan, and said: "Sure enough, it's Brother Zhenbang, I just said how could I be wrong!" ”

Chang Zhenbang was still in the mood to greet him at this time, rushed over and pulled Wuchuan Yukio out of the car without saying anything, without saying a word, he got into the driver's seat, started the engine, and went back to the carriage with a whoosh, rolled down the window, and made a clean up After Zhang Xiaoliu carried the old man into the car, he didn't wait for Wuchuan Yukio to rush over out of breath, so he stepped on the accelerator and galloped towards the British Concession with full horsepower.

This book was first published in Reading Books