"Fourth young master, I still can't find it." Fu Bo's face was a little gloomy, and he interrogated the most well-informed green skin on the street, but unfortunately found nothing.

Ye Shihan also grew up watching him, and the discomfort in his heart was no less than that of the young master, but he couldn't show it, otherwise the young master would fall into an even more desperate situation.

Ye Wensheng was numb from the impact of all kinds of bad news, and staggered to his feet: "I know Fu Bo, from today onwards, all the dark lines have been withdrawn, and this matter is over." ”

Fu Bo's hand trembled uncontrollably, and he couldn't care if the delicate blue and white porcelain teacup knocked over to the ground, and looked at Ye Wensheng in disbelief: "Young Master, do you mean not to look for it?" Now, Fauber knew that nothing would come of him if he continued to search, but he didn't want to give up any hope, even if it was small.

Ye Wensheng's face turned pale, and he said slowly: "Maybe Shihan has already left Guangzhou City, let's stop wasting energy." In the past two days, the Wu family's small actions have been continuous, and we should concentrate all our strength to deal with the Wu family. ”

Ye Wensheng is a very rational person, since he can't find Ye Shihan despite all his might, he can only stop abruptly, life always has to go on, isn't it? At this time, a small servant from Dafeng Commercial Bank ran in: "Young master...... Young Master, Fifth Miss...... It's Miss Five...... I'm back.,With the ghost just now.。 ”

"What?" Fu Bo and Ye Wensheng screamed at the same time, they couldn't believe what the little guy said.

"Brother!" A gust of fragrant wind blew at the door, and Ye Wensheng felt a warm body fall into his arms, and when he looked down, the lovely person in front of him was the sister Ye Shihan who he had been looking for in the past few days!

"Little sister, if you run away like this, you will make your brother and me miserable." The words that I wanted to reproach came to my lips, but they could only turn into a wry smile.

As soon as Wickham entered the house, he saw the warm scene of the brother and sister, and he was even more sure that the decision to send Ye Shihan back just now was correct. Wickham coughed twice, stepped forward and said, "Ye Gongzi, Lin happened to meet Ling Mei on the way back just now, so he brought her back, if there is anything wrong, please forgive Ye Gongzi." ”

Wickham did not mention Ye Shihan's distress, after all, this is related to a girl's innocence, as long as Ye Shihan does not take the initiative to speak, he will not reveal a word.

Ye Wensheng gratefully made a series to Wickham, and his tone was sincere: "Don't hide it from Brother Zihan, some time ago, Sister She was lost, Ye Mou turned over the entire Guangzhou City and didn't find any trace of Sister She, this time Brother Zihan helped Ye a lot!" Ye Wensheng's tone was a little closer than half an hour ago, and even his title was upgraded from "Lin Gongzi" to "Brother Zihan".

"Brother Wen Sheng doesn't have to be like this, it's just a gesture, how can he deserve such a big gift from Brother Wen Sheng." Wickham also reciprocated, and called Ye Wensheng a lot more affectionately.

"Brother, please don't tell my father my whereabouts, okay?" Ye Shihan gritted his teeth and stepped forward, with a little apprehension in his eyes, and whispered to Ye Wensheng.

Ye Wensheng's eyes were a little unnatural, and he considered his tone for a moment before replying, "Little sister, where are you going to escape?" Because of your escape from marriage, the Pan family was already very unhappy, although Uncle Pan didn't say anything, he withheld the quota of the two English merchant ships that were originally going to be given to the Ye family. Now that the Wu family has begun to move, our Ye family must not lose the ally of the Pan family, otherwise the situation will be quite critical! ”

Ye Wensheng didn't want to marry his sister to the second ancestor of the Pan family, but Pan Shijie dared to do anything to be sorry for his little sister, and he was confident that Pan Shijie would pay the corresponding price!

At this moment, Ye Shihan's face is like ashes, and she no longer has the joy of reuniting with her brother, she didn't expect that her brother, who has always loved her, is also in favor of marrying herself into the Pan family!

Ye Shihan sneered, and her eyes showed a look of despair: "Brother, you and your father are really father and son, in order to keep the Ye family's business, my father watched my mother go to a dead end. Now, for the sake of the Ye family's status in the Thirteen Elements, do you also have to sacrifice my sister? ”

In the end, Ye Shihan almost shouted out this sentence, shouting out the dissatisfaction in his heart for many years.

Hearing his dead mother, a trace of pain flashed on Ye Wensheng's face, and his eyes were full of guilt: "Shihan, I promise you, if Pan Shijie dares to go out to mess with flowers and grass in the future, look for flowers and ask willows, I will definitely not let him have a good time!" In the future, when I take control of the family business, no one in the Pan family will dare to snub you, is there anything wrong with this? ”

Crystal tears rolled down from Ye Shihan's beautiful face: "Really? What price can you make Pan Shijie pay? But what's the use of it, the happiness of my life will be tied to him, what else can you let him? Are you going to kill him and make your sister a widow? ”

Ye Wensheng was stunned for a moment, and then he was speechless.

Wickham watched the two siblings quarrel with some embarrassment, knowing that it was a little inappropriate for him to stay here: "Brother Wensheng, Miss Ye, I'll go out first to breathe, and you can continue to talk." With that, he walked out of the room and closed the door before going out. The experience of two lives has taught him that it is better not to know some things, and he has to be informed and interesting, right?

After walking and standing outside for a while, Wickham could still feel the faint sound of quarrels and Ye Shihan's sobs, without him present, the brother and sister were no longer restrained. In about a quarter of an hour, Wickham saw Zhang Mingxia hurrying towards this side, as if something big had happened.

Wickham stepped forward to stop Zhang Mingxia: "Brother Mingxia, you are in a hurry, is there something wrong?" Zhang Mingxia saw Wickham and froze: "Brother Zihan, aren't you gone, why are you still here now?" ”

Wickham pointed to the closed door in the back hall and lowered his voice: "I happened to run into Miss Ye when I went out just now, so I sent her back, and now Miss Ye is talking to Brother Wen Sheng about something, we outsiders are inconvenient to disturb, Brother Mingxia should not go over to disturb." ”

Zhang Mingxia recovered from the shock after a while, and said happily: "You mean that the little sister of the Ye family has found it?" It's so good, I just came back to talk to Wensheng about it. Just now, Hongmen's brother caught a lame beggar on the dock, and felt suspicious, and after asking, he learned that the little sister of the Ye family was taken away by a Yiren, but I didn't expect that Yiren to be Brother Zihan. ”

After speaking, Zhang Mingxia reacted and said in front of Wickham, didn't he despise Wickham, so he waved his hand and explained: "Brother Zihan...... That's not what I meant......"

Wickham laughed and waved his hand indifferently: "It's nothing, there's no need for Brother Mingxia to apologize." By the way, Brother Mingxia, what are your plans next? ”

In a few days, the fleet will leave Canton and embark on the return journey back to England, but it will not be able to let go of the Chinese Wickham. During his time in the summer resort of Chengde, he finally saw the complacency and ignorance of the Manchu rulers, and he really did not want the Chinese nation to sink in the next two great changes era.

After talking to Zhang Mingxia last time, Wickham pinned his hopes on the anti-Qing forces represented by Hongmen, if Hongmen could really take advantage of the Napoleonic Wars to make a difference in Southeast Asia, it could also open up another world for the inheritance of Chinese civilization.

Speaking of this, Zhang Mingxia's expression was a little gloomy: "Brother Zihan doesn't know, I am no longer a child of Hongmen, maybe I will take a group of like-minded brothers to Batavia to break through." ”

Wickham was shocked, Zhang Mingxia was no longer a disciple of Hongmen, so the bright future he assumed could only be stillborn? "What the hell is going on?" Wickham himself didn't notice a tremor in his voice.

Zhang Mingxia sneered disdainfully and said: "A few elders in the sect have long made a lot of money over the years by smuggling and controlling the goulan and gambling house businesses in several big cities, where is the ambition of the ancestors back then?" Moreover, some elders in the gate thought that Nanyang was a wild land and did not want to throw their power there, so I, a rebel, was cleared out of Hongmen. ”‘

In fact, Zhang Mingxia did not say the most critical point, that is, the group of merchants who supported Hongmen were very interested in the trade of Nanyang and were very interested in Zhang Mingxia's proposal. The high-level officials in the gate were afraid that these big financiers would be encouraged by Zhang Mingxia, so they expelled him from the Hongmen.

Although Wickham felt a little regretful in his heart, he was not very sad, after all, Hongmen has evolved to the present, and it has some attributes of the Black Society, and it is very reluctant for such an organization to form a regime, even if it succeeds, it will be a lot of problems in the future. As long as Zhang Mingxia and other people of insight who are really worried about China are here, they can still raise a banner in the future.

Wickham suddenly thought that this was also an opportunity, so he excitedly said to Zhang Mingxia: "In this case, does Brother Mingxia want to go to Europe to have a look?" Read 10,000 books and travel 10,000 miles. Europe is not as wild as you think, there are also highly developed civilizations, and there are certain merits in European medicine, philosophy, and political systems. If Brother Mingxia wants to succeed in Nanyang in the future, it is best to travel to Europe with me, I believe it can give Brother Mingxia a different inspiration. ”

The Chinese in this era have a drawback, that is, they do not have a broad vision, but are limited to one acre and three points of land in East Asia, so Wickham wants to invite Zhang Mingxia to go to Europe to take a look.

Zhang Mingxia also spent a year in Penang, so he was not ignorant of the British, and he was greatly shocked by the huge ships loaded with hundreds of cannons, as well as the sharp firearms and the strict formation of the infantry, which made him realize that there was a gap between China's military power and that of the Western feudal states.

Since then, he has had an idea, that is, to go to the Western domain to have a look, to see what kind of country can create such a powerful weapon and army, Wickham's proposal can be said to be in his arms, and he hurriedly agreed: "I have this intention, and I hope that Brother Zihan will give more guidance along the way." ”

After settling in Europe, Zhang Mingxia glanced at the closed door a little strangely, and said a little strangely: "How did I hear the cry of the little sister of the Ye family, it's really strange, shouldn't she be happy to see Brother Wen Sheng now?" ”

Wickham sighed and said, "Brother Wensheng hopes that Miss Ye can go back and marry the second son of the Pan family, but Miss Ye doesn't seem to be very happy, so the brother and sister have some differences, just wait for the two to make sense." ”

Zhang Mingxia was unhappy, and said angrily: "What's going on, just now I heard from Hongmen's brother outside that Pan Shijie bought a courtyard for a girl in Qingyue Building, and he has been happy for the past two days." Such an insulting scum is also worthy of the little sister of the Ye family, is Wen Sheng's eyes blind? No, I have to talk to him, I can't let him push his sister into the fire pit! ”

Before Wickham could stop it, Zhang Mingxia had already "slammed" the door open and walked in.

The Ye family brothers and sisters stopped arguing, and looked at the angry Zhang Mingxia with some astonishment, not knowing what medicine this guy had taken wrong.

Zhang Mingxia strode in front of Ye Wensheng, and reprimanded angrily: "Ye Wensheng, even if I, Zhang Mingxia, have mistaken you, I obviously know what kind of virtue the second child of the Pan family is, and I still want to push my sister into such a squirrel, do the men of your Ye family have to rely on women to marry in order to protect the interests of the family?" ”

Zhang Mingxia's words were very faceless, and directly reprimanded Ye Wensheng with a red face. But Ye Wensheng knew Zhang Mingxia's temperament, and he didn't care, and explained: "Brother Mingxia, this is also a matter of no choice, Shihan can't hide for the rest of his life without seeing anyone, right?" As long as she shows up, the Pan family will not give up. ”

Ye Wensheng is telling the truth, Ye Shihan's escape from marriage is like a heavy slap in the face of the Pan family, the Pan family is not small, it is strange that such anger can be endured.

Zhang Mingxia was also stunned, obviously he was also aware of this problem, but he seemed to remember something and smiled and said: "Brother Wen Sheng, if not, let your sister follow me to Europa for a tour, and come back when the rumor here passes, what do you think?" ”

Listening to Zhang Mingxia's proposal, Ye Wensheng had a feeling that his little sister would definitely not be able to stay in China, it was better to send it abroad, and when his wings were full, it would not be too late to bring Ye Shihan back.

Thinking about it like this, Ye Wensheng looked at Wickham: "Brother Zihan, I don't have any familiar people in the Western Fanguo, so I will ask you to take care of my sister, and after a few years, I will bring my sister back, what do you think?" ”

Wickham was happy in his heart, he might not agree to others, but Ye Shihan was different, who didn't want to "take care" of the beauty, so he said: "Brother Wensheng, don't worry, I will take care of Sister Ling." ”

Ye Shihan saw that the three men had arranged their fate in just a few words, so he pouted with some dissatisfaction: "I don't want to go to any Western domain, how can you do this, brother?" ”

Ye Wensheng turned his head and said with some amusement: "Marrying Pan Shijie or going to England, choose one of the two, you can do it yourself!" ”

Ye Wensheng looked at his sister's gloomy eyes, and touched Ye Shihan's hair with pity: "Silly sister, when my brother finishes the Pan family, I will take you back, I promise you!" ”