Chapter 529: A Visitor from England
When Lao Ke came to him that day, he had already guessed what Lao Ke was going to snatch from the Changle Gang, but he didn't stop Lao Ke.
Because he knew that the treasure left by King Chung could only be found and opened after the four things were gathered!
After the Changle Gang was wiped out by the sea and land attacks of the cadres that night, he knew that things must have fallen into the hands of the officials and soldiers, and the most important thing for him now was to find out how the treasures of the Changle Gang were disposed of, according to his estimates, a considerable part of them would definitely fall into the private pockets of the relevant personnel, as long as he knew who was in the hands, he could calmly find a way to start.
Ma Youcai was very sophisticated, and when he saw that Li Xiangtian had something on his mind, he took his hand and said, "I can't talk about it." I understand that you are indifferent to fame and fortune, but Mrs. Li is such a delicate person, and she also suffers with you? The adults appreciate you, and they just let you beat some of the belongings in the house, and they don't do anything to kill people and set fires. With me in front of me, I can't disturb your peace of mind. ”
Li Xiangtian picked up his cup and said, "Then thank you, Brother Ma." ”
"What do I have to thank for? On the contrary, it is my son who is causing you trouble. Ma Youcai pulled his son, "Kowtow to Mr." ”
The primary apprentice's name is Ma Xiaoqi, the youngest of the children of his father's brother's generation, Ma Youcai's first few children have died, and he has a son, so he specially asked the learned master in the city, saying that he can save his life by naming him by numbers, so he named him Xiaoqi according to the ranking. Xiao Qi sincerely admired his master, and as soon as his father said this, his head hit the ground. Li Xiangtian hurriedly pulled it up, and it was inevitably polite again. Ma Youcai asked his son to sit at the door and control the wind. Only then did he say: "To God, I won't tell you, I will entrust my son to you." I'm relieved. ”
Li Xiangtian nodded: "When I first came to observe the ceremony, Brother Mengma could afford it, and he was not taken care of by the eldest brother. Xiao Qi is at home, the same as my brother. ”
Ma Youcai no longer had a sophisticated look in his eyes, and said: "Xiang Tian, the first time I saw you, I decided that you were not an ordinary person. Frankly. Before I entrust my son to you, I have someone to check your details. ”
Li Xiangtian was shocked, but still drank a glass of wine steadily.
"The person who came back told me that you were innocent. I'm a little unconvinced. How can there be such a calm carpenter? The wind of ancient celebrities. The son followed you, and outsiders saw that he had loved this carpentry craft since he was a child, but in fact, you also understand. It's an eventful time. There is a lot of trouble in Japan, and I heard that the Russians have been involved, and now the Ryukyus are helped by the Great Cadre Country, and I am afraid that there will be a ...... in the future My son, I don't ask him for anything else, let him have the skills to settle down and live a stable life, it's okay. Ma Youcai's words faintly had a hint of loneliness. This made Li Xiangtian unable to help but express something.
"Brother Jiang, tell me the truth. Today, the guards in this courtyard are loose on the outside and tight on the inside, is there something wrong? ”
"A few thieves came in, and I didn't know whether to ask for money or for life. The people sent by the official army followed us along the vine, but they were actually a group of masters, dozens of people surrounded them, and let people run away, and they also injured one of us. ”
Li Xiangtian's heart moved when he heard this, thinking of the big thing that Lao Ke said during the day, he asked more: "Find out what is the source?" ”
"Nope."
"Did you lose anything?"
"No, but you have to be careful, so the guards have been strengthened."
"Oh, be careful. The Spring Festival is coming, and those who are out of the way have to celebrate the New Year. Ma Youcai has something to hide, and Li Xiangtian doesn't ask. He contacted what happened a few days ago and guessed that something might have fallen into the hands of Lord Xiang of the Changle Gang here. Although he wasn't sure, he had to investigate it, and Li Xiangtian had already made a plan in his heart.
He guessed that he had received the jewels from the Ryukyu royal court, and these jewels were from the treasures of the Tsugarku Gang that had been seized, and that there might be that thing, which was searched by the remnants of the Tsugarku Gang, but they should not have been found.
In this case, as long as you inquire more about the houses that have been burglarized and robbed these days, you can know the whereabouts of the things......
However, after finding all those things, do you really want to start that history of blood and fire again? ……
After saying goodbye to Ma Youcai, Li Xiangtian returned home with a heavy heart.
Late at night, Fu Peiyao slept soundly, the corners of her mouth were slightly upturned, and she didn't know what she was reminiscing about.
The moonlight outside the window poured into the bedroom, reflecting the dense beads of sweat on Li Xiangtian's forehead. He straightened his body, his fists clenched tightly, and his mouth turned white.
In fact, it was a very short dream, and the soldiers of the Kingdom of Heaven launched an attack under the cover of night on Qixi Festival, including Lao Ke, Hong Qiye, Zhang Wanjun, and Li Xiangtian himself. They swooped down from the southern part of the hillside, clinging to the river and charging towards the enemy. A shining silver kettle jumped among the galloping horses, and whoever fell into his hand poured it up, and the drops of wine that leaked out of it slipped out against the wind and passed over the ears. When they reached the front of the battle, everyone straightened up sharply and unfurled their huge battle flags in the face of the rain of bullets and arrows. Li Xiangtian suddenly found that he couldn't run, his body was so heavy that it seemed to be filled with lead, and he wanted to shout, but the cold wind poured into his throat. None of his companions saw him fall from his horse, but he just moved forward and forward......
It was clearly Tanabata, but the ground was covered with a thick crust of ice, and the undercurrent was surging with pieces of ice like scales. Li Xiangtian was caught in the ice, the water was up to his neck, he felt that there was something in the water pulling him, he didn't feel cold at all, the thick warmth spread over his face, and finally the speeding figures in front of him were almost unable to see clearly, and his body sank under the ice, leaving only one hand in the air, trying to grab something......
"No!" The voice of extreme anger rubbed in his throat, and Li Xiangtian suddenly opened his eyes and saw the moonlight dripping outside the window. He got up quietly, only to realize that his underwear was soaked in sweat and not a single part of it was dry. He changed into underwear and put on a thick jacket and walked out the door, the cold outside the house made his ears ach. In the blur, he saw a shadow sitting on the stone mill behind the gate, and when he looked closely, it turned out to be Lao Ke.
Lao Ke didn't know what he was pondering, and he didn't notice Li Xiangtian's appearance at all. His hair was visibly thinning and neatly combed back of his head. But it shows the wrinkles on his forehead that have been chiseled by the wind knife. is only in his forties, and it is the year of the tiger and wolf, Lao Ke is so old that Li Xiangtian is a little unrecognizable. Seeing more clearly through the moonlight, Lao Ke's eyes were not only bloodshot. There was also a hazy mist, like a lone wolf about to die.
Lao Ke obviously didn't want to alarm the family of his old friend who became a carpenter, but he didn't know what happened to make him so decadent. Li Xiangtian hesitated for a moment, he wanted to quietly retreat into the room, but as soon as he remembered that hideous dream, he dispelled this idea again.
The tea mist rising from the porcelain cup woke up Lao Ke, and he didn't have time to look up. I felt that my back was sinking, and the padded jacket that had been pressed several layers was quite warm. Li Xiangtian stood in front of him in a single robe, and the bright moonlight was sprinkled on his shoulders. Lao Ke smiled reluctantly. took the porcelain cup to warm his hands, and took another sip of tea, and then lightly exhaled the heat: "Disturbed." ”
Li Xiangtian felt uncomfortable in his heart, and Lao Ke's words were clearly sorry with strangers. There is even a little guilt. But he didn't speak. Just pressed the old fellow's shoulder.
"This cup ......" Lao Ke stared at the white porcelain teacup for a long time, "Daqian's object...... It's a little warmer than the Japanese lacquered wooden cup. ”
Li Xiangtian let go of his hand, as if there was a knife twisting in his heart, it was not as simple as being uncomfortable: "How many years, I've been used to it." ”
"It's okay, it's okay." Lao Kekong patted the grinding stone, "Sit with me?" ”
They sat under the moon and thought of the time when they fought side by side. A great city of ceremonies. Who would have noticed the two people sitting in this remote courtyard, who knew that they had gone to the soup and fire? I want to take all the blood of the heroes in the world and paint a banner that represents glory and dreams. The past is like flowing water, and after the waves of coming and going, I don't know where I am. The smoke of the morning and evening was swept away in an instant, but it was still the same time, was it still the same?
When the white began to flicker, Lao Ke shook the porcelain cup and slowly drained the cooled tea on the ground. Like the liquor of the oath, or the blood dripping from the fingertips. It's just that as soon as the blood hits the ground, it is frozen by the cold, a cold pool. Lao Ke stood up, put his jacket back on Li Xiangtian, and said, "I'm leaving." ”
"Let's go." Li Xiangtian stood up. This time Lao Ke didn't turn his head, he strode to the door, and only then did he let out a faint sigh. That sigh made Li Xiangtian's heart tremble, and tears came out of his eyes.
Tianming, Wynne Harbor, Thirteen Lines Merchant Hall.
On the balcony, Lu Yingyan, dressed in white, sat on a chair and quietly looked at the lively street market in the distance.
Since Lin Yizhe's death, she has never worn any brightly colored clothes. But that doesn't hide her beauty.
Now, even if she sits quietly like that, she can still attract the attention of many people.
Someone on the street seemed to see her, pointed at her, and said that she was a beauty, and she heard their talk but did not take it to heart, and in her opinion, the word was no different from "vulgar powder".
Once the sea was difficult to water, except for Wushan, it is not a cloud.
His husband Lin Yizhe has the cold and handsome face of a peerless beautiful man, but in fact he is a passionate person, when the two of them are alone, she loves to laugh and make trouble, and she has to pull him to look at the stars together every day, she likes to look at the sky quietly, during the day and at night, she always points to the birds flying in the sky and says, "Look how free they are!" She liked to sing to the sky, but he liked to listen quietly, and whenever she sang, he always said that he could feel the tender green shoots breaking through the ground, and on the vast fields, the breeze stirred the golden ears of wheat, the birds were playing, and the earth was breathing heavily...... He asked her why she could sing such a beautiful song, and she only said four words to him, "The song is born from the heart", and she still clearly remembers how beautiful she was smiling when she said these four words.
At that time, they lived in London, the capital of the United Kingdom, which was a busy place of traffic, a cosmopolitan city, and many merchants came here every day with large quantities of goods to buy and sell.
At that time, they sat on the roof quietly watching the bustle, and one day, he suddenly told her that he was leaving, that his mission in Europe had ended, and that he was going to return to China. Only then did she realize that the happy days were so short.
He assured her that he would write to her often and that he would visit her in England whenever he could. If she wants to go to Qianguo to see him, he will definitely come to greet her, and his people will treat her as the same lady.
By the time he left on the warship, she was pregnant.
Later, they went on separate sides, but there seemed to be a tacit understanding between him and her. Wherever she went, she could feel his presence, and it was so intense. It was as if he was right next to her......
Although she is a "flat wife", she also has the title of the Daqian court, and she is an out-and-out lady of the order, she is the daughter-in-law of the Lin family, and she controls his property in England.
He said that if one day, he could no longer stay in the country. The place he could choose was here, the paradise she had built for him.
I can't imagine that just a few years later. He died of a hurried illness in Beijing.
When she heard the news, her soul seemed to be drained by the devil, and she sat all day without eating or drinking. It's like he's dead.
Now she. has become one of the powerful figures of the Lu family in the Thirteen Lines, controlling all the chambers of commerce of the Lu family in the Ryukyus.
"You've changed." She seemed to hear him say lightly, and wiped her silver jewelry without raising her eyes.
"Who can stay the same?" She sighed and fiddled with the ring made of Hetian white jade on her finger.
That's what he gave her.
Time flies so fast, in the blink of an eye, a few years have passed, and she is no longer the innocent and fantasizing young girl she used to be.
But looking at her face, which was no different from when they were separated, he seemed a little surprised
"To see you again. I'm not going to grow old easily. She said.
At this time, the figure of the butler appeared in the room.
"Ma'am. Baron Lin arrived. ”
"Ask him to come here." Lu Yingyan didn't look back, looking at the white clouds in the sky.
Hearing Lu Yingyan's order, the housekeeper couldn't help but be stunned, he originally thought that after Lu Yingyan heard his report, she would personally go to the living room to greet Lin Yiqing, after all, she had been looking forward to seeing him for a long time. After arriving in the Ryukyus, she asked herself to invite Lin Yiqing, but when Lin Yiqing really came as promised, she behaved unusually calmly, much to everyone's surprise.
When the housekeeper saw Lin Yiqing just now, he almost thought that Lin Yizhe had been resurrected, and now he thinks back to the scene when he first arrived at the Satan camp, and his heart is still beating a little.
He never thought that there would be someone so similar to Lin Yizhe.
He had served in the Lu family for many years, and he knew well the temper of this lady she was originally called "eldest lady", but today, the eldest lady's performance really surprised him.
Perhaps, as the old man said, the young lady has grown up and can be on her own.
The housekeeper answered, turned around and went out, only then did Lu Yingyan turn around, sit at the table, look at the morning tea pastry rack that had already been neatly placed, and closed her eyes.
After a while, the sound of crisp footsteps sounded in the hallway.
Lu Yingyan still closed her eyes.
"The first-class baron of the Great Qian Empire, His Excellency Lin Yiqing has arrived." The butler's voice rang out.
Lin Yiqing, who was dressed in the navy uniform of the Great Qian's Empire, took off the military hat on his head and walked into the room, he noticed that this housekeeper was obviously a dry man, but the etiquette of receiving himself and giving a report was completely British.
Then he saw a young woman dressed in an English dress, seated at a round table with fine white wood and silver inlay.
Her clothes are pure white, she is beautiful, but her face is slightly pale, which reminds Lin Yiqing of the ice queen in fairy tales.
Lin Yiqing looked at her, but at this time, she didn't get up, but sat there with her eyes closed. He understood what she was feeling, and walked slowly to the table and stood in front of her.
She felt him approach, and opened her eyes slightly.
She saw him.
She knew he was back.
He was dressed in that royal blue navy gown, with a sword at his waist and a golden dragon emblem gleaming on the cuffs, which was her favorite outfit for him.
"Your Excellency, please be seated." The housekeeper saw that the hostess just looked at Lin Yiqing fixedly, and didn't even say hello, so he hurriedly stepped forward and said, and moved a chair for Lin Yiqing with his own hands.
Lin Yiqing handed over the military hat to the butler, leaned over and sat down, Lu Yingyan heard the sound of the chair, and then came back to her senses.
"It's rude to take the liberty of inviting you here, and please don't blame you." Lu Yingyan easily calmed herself down and said to Lin Yiqing.
"Where, my sister-in-law has traveled thousands of miles to Ryukyu, and I should have come to visit my sister-in-law first." Lin Yiqing looked at those bright and bright eyes like autumn water, and couldn't help but secretly sigh in his heart that Lin Yizhe's vision of picking women was really good, "It's just that I don't know where my sister-in-law is staying for a while, so I'm late." Please also ask my sister-in-law not to be surprised. ”
Although she exudes a faint sense of sadness because of the loss of her husband, when she sits face to face with her, even if she doesn't speak, it will give people a feeling of spring breeze.
"Uncle...... Sure enough, he was born and ...... Kunyu is exactly the same, but there is still a big difference between you brothers. Lu Yingyan heard him call herself sister-in-law, and her heart couldn't help but warm.
"My sister-in-law and I are meeting for the first time, so you can tell us apart?" Lin Yiqing was stunned.
Lu Yingyan smiled and nodded: "Kunyu has also worn such a military uniform, I like the way he wears a military uniform very much, but today it seems that you are more suitable for wearing a military uniform than him, and on your body, the aura of a soldier is much stronger than his." ”
"My brother is Xie Yuan from Fujian Province, so I naturally can't compare with Wencai." Lin Yiqing remembered that he was going to take the imperial examination after returning to China, and couldn't help but feel a little troubled.
"He is Wen Jieyuan, you can be a martial champion." Lu Yingyan seemed to have insight into Lin Yiqing's thoughts, and replied with a smile.
"Borrowing my sister-in-law's auspicious words, when I return to China this time, I will definitely make him come far away." Lin Yiqing smiled and nodded. (To be continued......)
PS: Before the mailing things were often dropped can not be seen, and then I thought of a way, when sending porcelain to others, on each side of the box will be written in bold words on each side of the box, "open the light of the magic vessel, the town is included, forever suppressed, shall not be opened" words, and then draw a few solemn symbols, such packages are sent out, usually intact all the way to the hands of friends...... A friend reported that the courier master was crying on the phone and asked what to do if the box was worn out a little......
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