"You! ......" Shen Baozhen immediately understood what was going on, and was so angry that he trembled for a while. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 info He pointed at Shen Yuqing with a trembling finger, and he was speechless.

"Father's anger!" Shen Weiqing was frightened by his father's appearance, and hurriedly stepped forward to support Shen Baozhen.

"Uncle is angry!" Lin Yizhe was also startled, for fear that Shen Baozhen would be angry, he didn't care about being angry with Shen Yuqing, but quickly ran over and held Shen Baozhen's arm.

Shen Yuqing didn't dare to be presumptuous in front of his father, although his father was already angry, he still didn't have the slightest intention of admitting his mistake, just stood there hanging his head and didn't speak.

Shen Baozhen was extremely angry, and suddenly broke free from the hands of Shen Weiqing and Lin Yizhe, stepped forward, and kicked Shen Yuqing fiercely.

Because of being too angry, Shen Baozhen's kick was extremely strong, Shen Yuqing didn't have time to dodge, and was kicked in the chest by Shen Baozhen and fell to the ground, and Shen Baozhen was old after all, and he fell backwards when he got down, thanks to Lin Yizhe's quick eyes and quick hands, he didn't let him fall.

"You brute! You...... You're angry with your mother, do you still want to be angry with me......" Shen Baozhen pointed at Shen Yuqing who fell to the ground, and his voice became weak and trembling.

"Father, don't be partial! Mother, I'm not angry! Mother let that girl die! Shen Yuqing, who was beaten by his brother in the mouth and then kicked by his father, was angry in his heart, so he simply ignored it and yelled at his father.

Before he finished speaking, Shen Baozhen was so angry that his face was like a blank piece of paper, and he screamed: "Take the family law!" As he spoke, he struggled to his feet.

Shen Weiqing and Lin Yizhe wanted to be persuaded, but Shen Baozhen said angrily: "If someone comes to persuade me today, I will find a clean place to go by myself, so as not to be guilty of insulting my ancestors and giving birth to a rebellious son!" ”

When the servants saw Shen Baozhen's situation, they bit their fingers and stuck out their tongues one by one, and hurriedly withdrew. Shen Baozhen shook off Shen Weiqing and Lin Yi's hands vigorously, panting and sitting upright on the chair brought by the servant.

Shen Yuqing was anxious, but he still refused to admit his mistake, but he didn't grasp the place in a hurry, Shen Baozhen saw that he still didn't admit his mistake at this time, and he didn't even say a word of begging for mercy, and he was even more angry, and shouted: "Tie it up!" Kill it! ”

The servants didn't dare to disobey the order, so they had to step forward, grab Shen Yuqing, and press him on the bench.

"Dog minion! You dare! Shen Yuqing said angrily.

The servants of the Shen Mansion were originally dissatisfied with this pampered and domineering fourth young master, and when they heard him say this, they couldn't help but be angry, although they had already obtained Shen Baozhen's order, they didn't want to embarrass Shen Yuqing too much, but Shen Yuqing's stubborn sentence of "dog slave" completely angered everyone, the servants didn't care about Shen Yuqing's struggle, Shen Yuqing, who was armed and footed, pressed on the stool, lifted the bamboo board, and beat him more than ten times.

These boards were beaten heavily, and Shen Yuqing couldn't help but feel the pain, but he still didn't beg for mercy, but just cried with a whin.

Shen Baozhen was still afraid of the lightness, kicked the palm board away, grabbed the board himself, and beat it more than a dozen times. Shen Yuqing came out of the beating mother's womb, where did he go through such pain, at first he felt that the beating hurt but he was still crying and crying, and then he gradually became weak and hoarse, choking and unable to make a sound.

Shen Weiqing hated Shen Yuqing for not listening to persuasion, and insisted on provoking his father, seeing that his father wanted to implement family law on Shen Yuqing, he wanted to teach this unrepentant and scheming younger brother a lesson, so he did not dissuade him. But at this time, seeing that the fight was ominous, his heart was busy, and he hurried up and pleaded for persuasion.

"Father's anger! Don't fight! Spare him this time! ”

Shen Baozhen was willing to listen, and said angrily: "You ask him what he did, but he can't be spared!" You have spoiled him all day, and when you come to this step of the field, you still come to persuade him! ”

Shen Weiqing heard his father's reproach very seriously, and knew that his father was already angry, and neither he nor Lin Yizhe could persuade him anymore, so he took advantage of the rush to find someone to send a letter to the second wife Wu. When Mrs. Wu heard this, she hurriedly helped a girl and rushed over.

Shen Baozhen was about to fight again, when he saw Mrs. Wu coming in, he thought of the deceased Lin Puqing, and the board went down ruthlessly and quickly. According to Shen Yuqing's two servants, they hurriedly let go and walked away, and Shen Yuqing was already unable to move at this time. When Shen Baozhen was still about to fight, Mrs. Wu had already hugged her arm and didn't let the board fall again.

Mrs. Wu cried: "Although Yu'er should be beaten, the master must also take care." And the winter weather is severe, and the old man is not very good, killing Yu'er is a small matter, if the old man is uncomfortable for a while, wouldn't it be a big deal? ”

Shen Baozhen said angrily: "Don't mention this! I have raised this unscrupulous obstacle, which is already a great unfilial piety! In the past, he neglected to discipline, so that he is now lawless, and he has done such a vicious thing, it is better to take advantage of the end of his dog's life today, so as to prevent future troubles! As he spoke, he raised the board and hit it again.

Mrs. Wu hurriedly hugged Shen Baozhen and cried: "Although the master should discipline his son, it also depends on the love of the husband and wife!" After all, Yu'er is my sister's flesh and blood! After speaking, she hugged Shen Yuqing and cried loudly. When Shen Baozhen heard this, he sighed unconsciously and sat down on the chair, tears falling like rain. Seeing this, Lin Yizhe hurriedly stepped forward and snatched the bamboo board from Shen Baozhen's hand.

Mrs. Wu hugged Shen Yuqing, only to see that his face was white and weak, and the small clothes he was wearing were covered with blood stains.

I couldn't help but take off the sweat towel, and from the legs to the hips and shins, it was bruised or purple, or whole or broken, but there was no benefit, and I felt so distressed that I cried again. At this time, the maids came and persuaded for a while, but Mrs. Wu gradually stopped. Shen Weiqing hurriedly ordered the servants to carry Shen Yuqing down and ask him to treat him with Chinese medicine. Everyone agreed, and carried Shen Yuqing down with seven hands and eight feet. After a long period of chaos, it gradually calmed down.

Lin Yizhe left the Shen Mansion and went back to his home, first to see Chen Wan, who had just given birth to a daughter, at this time Chen Wan, Eya and Li Sizhu already knew about Shen Yuqing's beating, and were anxiously waiting for him to come back, when they saw Lin Yizhe enter the house, Chen Wan hurriedly asked the reason.

Lin Yizhe explained the cause and effect in detail, and when Eya learned that it was Shen Yuqing who secretly caused people to spread rumors to frame him, he was angry and shed tears again. Chen Wan and Li Sizhu hurriedly comforted her.

"Uncle beat him hard, didn't he?" Chen Wan asked.

"The blood bleeds all over the place, and the man faints." Lin Yizhe said, "Now that he has been treated, he has woken up, but my uncle has ordered someone to lock him up and ask him to reflect behind closed doors." ”

"That's fine, with this lesson, he doesn't think he will chew his tongue anymore." Chen Wan said, turned her head to Eya and said, "Sister Eya can also rest assured in the future." ”

"It's me...... Not good...... It's a ...... Everybody ......" Aya shook her head, tears falling down again.

Lin Yizhe was about to persuade her not to think about these things anymore, when a servant hurriedly came to report: "Master, the head of the capital, Mr. Li, has come and said that he has something important to see you." ”

Lin Yizhe secretly felt strange in his heart, Li Lianying sent someone over, did something happen in Beijing?

Since the timber picking matter was decided, everything has been carried out in an orderly manner, and the golden silk nan wood collected in advance has been successfully transported to Tianjin, Li Lianying is very grateful to herself now, but in order not to attract the attention of the outside world, Li Lianying wants to contact herself, and she usually writes letters, and it is the first time to send someone to Fuzhou in person like this!

Could it be that something happened in Kyori that was not good for him?

"If you have something to do, go get busy! Save Sister Aya from crying when she sees you, and the fetus in her womb will cry. Chen Wan said to him as if she was joking.

Listening to Chen Wan's words, Li Sizhu couldn't help but laugh, and the forehead on the side also burst into laughter.

"Well, I won't bother you." Lin Yizhe looked at the happy appearance of the three women, and felt indescribable relief in his heart, the sullen anger he had just now because of Shen Yuqing's incident had disappeared.

Lin Yizhe said goodbye to the third daughter and came to the living room, at this time the people in the living room were drinking tea, and when they saw Lin Yizhe coming, they immediately got up to greet him.

"Lord Lin, I'm glad to meet you." The person who came was a middle-aged man in his forties, dressed in a cloth shirt, and his complexion was very kind. As soon as he saw Lin Yizhe, he habitually bowed his body and shook his hands.

Lin Yizhe noticed that his face was white and fat, and he didn't have a trace of beard, and knew that he should be a eunuch in the palace, so he hurriedly returned the salute.

"Dare to ask the name of the honorable driver? ......" Lin Yizhe didn't know how to call the internal supervisor for a while, so he had to ask vaguely tentatively.

"Lord Lin is polite, your surname is Liu, your grass name is Desheng, and you are on an errand under Li Er's manager." The eunuch named Liu Desheng said with a smile, "I came to Fuzhou this time to carry a letter to Lord Lin on the order of the Empress Dowager of the Two Palaces, and to send some clothes purchased by the Internal Affairs Office for Lord Lin. ”

Hearing that Liu Desheng came by the order of the Queen Mother, Lin Yizhe hurriedly ordered the servant to put the incense case and prepared to accept the order, but was stopped by Liu Desheng.

"Lord Lin is slow, the Queen Mother has a will, this is a private message, Lord Lin doesn't have to be formal," Liu Desheng said, took the embroidered gold dragon burden he brought, opened it, took out a beautifully carved rosewood box, and handed it to Lin Yizhe's hands.

"This letter, Lord Lin will take care of it himself." Liu Desheng said, waved his hand again, and the two little eunuchs who came with him stepped forward and carried a cage in front of Lin Yizhe.

"...... this?" Lin Yizhe looked at this box that was obviously used for clothes, and his eyes were full of surprise.

Liu Desheng stepped forward to open the lid of the box with his own hands, and asked Lin Yizhe to come forward to watch, Lin Yizhe looked down, and it was indeed a set of clothes with exquisite embroidery and high-quality materials, and it was also equipped with corresponding jewelry decorations.

On top of these beautiful garments is a women's crown.

"This is the women's uniform made by the Xifo Mansion for Lord Lin's concubine." Liu Desheng said with a smile.

"Thank you for the grace of the Queen Mother!" Although Liu Desheng just said that the Queen Mother would exempt him from courtesy, Lin Yizhe still bowed in the direction of Beijing.

"Lord Lin doesn't have to be formal." Liu Desheng smiled and said, "I have brought all the things, I will leave them here for you, and I will go back here." ”

"It's not easy for Brother Liu to come over, how can you go in such a hurry?" Lin Yizhe was surprised and said, "It's better to stay for a few more days, so that the brothers can enjoy the friendship of the landlord." ”

"Thank you Lord Lin for your kindness, hehe, Mr. Li Er has an order, ordering me to turn around as soon as possible after I finish my errand, and I must not stay." Liu Desheng smiled and waved his hand, "The rules in the palace are strict, and you know, I won't stay longer." I heard Li Zhitai say that the shipmaster has a fast boat for communication here, I wonder if Lord Lin can make it convenient for me and others to take this boat back? ”

"This one is wrapped up in my brother." Lin Yizhe agreed.

"Then I'll take my leave. Hehe. Liu Desheng said goodbye to Lin Yizhe, Lin Yizhe arranged for the servant to send Liu Desheng and others to the dock in a carriage, and at the same time prepared a gift for them (in fact, he sealed some silver), and asked the servant to inform the "Feiting" ship management to take Lin Guoxiang and send them to Tianjin with the "Feiting".

After seeing off Liu Desheng and the others, Lin Yizhe returned to his room (the servant had carried the box to his room), opened the rosewood box containing the letter, took out the letter inside and looked at it.

The letter was written to him by the Empress Dowager Cixi, and the content did not talk about the previous impeachment turmoil, but said that she was given a "fetal fee" of 1,000 taels of silver, and that she was allowed to "return to her hometown to recuperate", and gave her a set of second-grade lady dresses.

Lin Yizhe immediately understood the intention of the Empress Dowager Cixi, and couldn't help but have a trace of respect for this woman who has always been notorious in history textbooks.

He never thought that the Empress Dowager Cixi would use such a method to solve the problem of the officials forcing her to abandon her forehead!

Lin Yizhe understood that to come up with such a considerate and non-exacerbating contradiction, the Empress Dowager Cixi should have really used her brains. Thinking of her painstaking efforts for her own affairs, his heart was also very moved.

It seems that his "backer" is not ordinarily strong!

Lin Yizhe just wanted to tell Chen Wan and Eya the news, but he suddenly remembered something, and his face couldn't help but be clouded again.

It is now the end of the year, and in a few months, it will be the time when Japan invades Taiwan in history!

That time, the Japanese army's bayonet was pointed directly at the Peony Society!

It's a pity that the Empress Dowager Cixi is neither a traverser nor a prophet, she will not know that the Japanese will secretly attack Taiwan at that time!

In fact, although the Empress Dowager Cixi and the high-level Qing court were wary of the ambitions of the Japanese because of Japan's previous annexation of the Ryukyus, because there was no telegraph, the Japanese army entered Taiwan and massacred the aboriginal tribes for more than a month, and the Qing court center in Beijing only knew the news (and it was precisely because of the stimulation of this incident that the Empress Dowager of the Two Palaces was furious, although there were still conservative diehards, but under the strict orders of the Two Palaces, China's telegraph line was finally erected)!

At this time, asking Aya to return to her hometown to "recuperate" is undoubtedly putting her in an extremely dangerous situation!

But now, he has no choice but to let her go home.

At this time, Lin Yizhe felt so helpless for the first time.

Although he had always been wary of the imminent invasion of Japan, he now knew that his preparations for this crisis could not be said to be foolproof due to the various restrictions of China in this era!

He needed this Japanese invasion to give the Qing court and the entire Chinese government and the opposition a huge stimulus (so there was a matter of using servants to deliver false news to the Japanese) to promote the modernization of this ancient country, but there are too many uncontrollable things in this!

"Okay, just stay for two months, and then I'll pick her up anyway!" Lin Yizhe calculated the time and finally made up his mind.

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"Weng Tongxiao's Diary": "...... Recently, Lin Yizhe's bullets have gradually decreased, and Ding Baozhen of Dongfu still wrote to Lin Yizhe to give up his concubine, and the court replied that according to Lin Yizhe's report, the concubine has returned to her hometown, and this matter is no longer discussed. …… This matter has been entangled for more than a month, and today it can finally be quiet......"

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Fuzhou, Mawei Port, wharf.

At this time, the "Weiyuan" ship was ready to set sail, and Lin Yizhe stood on the dock, looking at the tearful forehead from afar, and his heart was reluctant to express it.

At this time, Eya did not wear the dress of the lady of the decree given by the palace, but was still wearing her own national costume made of the clothes given to her by Lin Puqing, but on her neck, she wore the white agate necklace that Lin Yizhe gave her when she first saw her, and also wore the fish-shaped silver wire bracelet that Lin Puqing gave her on her wrist.

She looked at him, crying, and waving at him.

Lin Yizhe held back her tears, waved her arms, and looked at him for a while, as if she couldn't bear to make him sad again, she forced a smile and turned around and ran into the cabin.

Lin Yizhe watched her figure disappear blankly, and his arm hung down weakly.

"Don't worry, my lord, I will definitely send the little lady to the Peony Club safely this time." Mei Hong comforted Lin Yizhe and said, "After the humble ministry is completed, you should turn around as soon as possible and report to the adult." ”

Lin Yizhe tried his best to calm down, and reached out to pat Mei Hong's shoulder: "This time it's hard again." ”

"Humble duty is not hard," Mei Hong shook his head and said, "Humble duty is just running errands for adults, in fact, adults worry about the country and the people all day long, which is the real hard work." ”

"Yuanshan doesn't have to rush back, these guns and ammunition this time, Yuanshan must be handed over to Fanmin." Lin Yizhe was moved by Mei Hong's heartfelt words, but he didn't care about saying some words of gratitude at this time, but explained the matter, "For the situation of civilian guns, Yuanshan must also take a detailed look at it and repay me." ”

"The last time I entered Taiwan, I saw that the civilian guns were very familiar. Although they did not understand French or numbers, they seemed to have a special understanding of this new type of foreign gun, and they knew it well. And the bullet with the gun is extremely accurate, now the hunters of Fanmin use more foreign guns, there are very few people who use earthen guns, every household has a marksman, non-Han people can reach, it is really amazing. Mei Hong said, "If the Japanese dare to come and commit, the people here will definitely not be able to please the good, so the adults can rest assured." ”

Lin Yizhe listened to Mei Hong's words, and remembered that Eya was extremely accurate when she practiced guns at home, and Chen Wan and Li Sizhu, who had touched foreign guns before her, could not be compared, and felt a little stable in his heart.