Shen Yuqing's body trembled again, he lowered his head and turned his back softly.

“…… The man who weathers the man is also the one who walks from the top to the bottom, and the one who first does it to the latter. If the father is unkind, the son will not be filial, if the brother is not a friend, the brother will be disrespectful, and if the husband is unjust, the wife will not be obedient......"

"Back loudly!" Shen Youdan shouted.

Shen Yuqing shook again, and hurriedly said loudly: "The father is kind and the son is rebellious, the brother and friend are proud, the husband is righteous and the woman is the tomb, then the fierce people of the sky are taken by torture, not by discipline." ……”

Back here, Shen Yuqing's voice gradually became smaller again.

"Evil obstacles! Are you wrong? Shen Youdan took a breath and asked.

Shen Yuqing was anxious, but he still refused to admit his mistake, but he didn't grasp the place with his hands and feet in a hurry, Shen Youdan saw that he still didn't admit his mistake at this time, and he didn't even say a word of begging for mercy, so 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 received Shen Youdan'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 ask for mercy. Just whining and crying.

Shen Youdan was still beaten lightly. shouted angrily, "Hit hard!" The servants struck a dozen more blows. Shen Yuqing came out of the womb. After such suffering, at first I felt that it hurt but I was still crying, and then I 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, the fight is ominous. The heart was busy, rushing up, begging for persuasion.

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

Shen Youdan was willing to listen, and said angrily: "You ask him what he did, but he can't be forgiven!" 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 heavy, and knew that his father was already angry, and he couldn't persuade him anymore, so he took advantage of the hurry to find someone to send a letter to the second lady Wu. Mrs. Wu listened. Hurriedly helped a girl to rush over.

When Shen Youdan saw Mrs. Wu come in, he thought of the deceased Lin Puqing. was angry in his heart, and even ordered a hard beating, and the board went down hard and fast. 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 the servants saw Mrs. Wu coming, they stopped.

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 Youdan said angrily: "Don't mention this!" After Lin Wenxiang died, he even dared to speak out and flout the laws of the imperial court! 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! So saying, he asked the servant to beat again.

Mrs. Wu 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 saying that, she turned around and came to the chair, hugged Shen Yuqing, and cried loudly. When Shen Youan heard this, he sighed unconsciously, and tears rained down.

Mrs. Wu hugged Shen Yuqing, only to see that his face was pale, his breath was weak, and the small clothes he was wearing were covered with blood stains, she couldn't help but take off the sweat towel, from her legs to her hips and shins, whether blue or purple, or whole or broken, there was no benefit, and she didn't feel distressed and 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.

"Sizhu, you're tired too, go and rest! Don't take the words of the rebel to heart. When everyone left, Shen Youdan looked at Li Sizhu, who was crying, and said softly.

"Yes......" Li Sizhu got up silently, and after saluting Shen Youdan, he turned around and walked out lightly.

Shen Youdan was the only one left in the room, Shen Youdan looked at the portrait of his beloved wife Lin Puqing hanging on the wall, and then looked at the small frame on the bedside table with a photo of Lin Yizhe's official uniform, recalling the past, and couldn't help but cry.

……

At the door of the Harbour Master's Office, a large group of villagers gathered in the dark. More than a dozen guards wearing tasseled helmets and uniforms looked nervously cross-legged with rifles in their hands, forming a line of sweaty people who wanted to rush into the government office.

The crowd was emotional, not frenetically restless, but sad and angry, heart-rending grief. Men and women, young and old, had humiliation clearly written on their faces, and some had even burst into tears.

"We want to see Lord Shen! I want him to give the folks an explanation! ”

"Lord Shen! If you do this, how can you be worthy of Lin Wenzhong's spirit in the sky? ”

"Even if I starve to death, I don't want to sell cigarettes for money!"

"This big smoke disaster has brought disaster to the country and the people, Lin Wenzhong sold cigarettes in Humen back then, just to save the people of Li from the suffering of the big smoke, Lord Shen, have you forgotten all this?" A Xiucai with a white cloth wrapped around his head and a patched robe cried. "At that time, my family had a lot of money, because my father smoked a lot of cigarettes, the family assets were lost, and my infant sister was also sold to become my father's big cigarette money, and my mother died of anger.

"Lord Shen, you can't-"

"Lord Shen can't even die—"

"Whoever takes the money from selling big cigarettes will not die well!"

This sentence was like throwing a torch on dry wood, and the level of emotion in the crowd began to escalate further.

"Please come out, Lord Shen—"

"Lord Shen come out!"

"Folks! We can't help it! Seeing that the New Year is approaching, the rest of the taxes must be solved in accordance with the law. Everyone is also waiting for the New Year's salary. If you don't take a tax on foreign drugs. How are you going this year? ......" the shipmaster promoted Wu Zhongxiang and said urgently.

"We don't want to smoke a lot!"

"I'd rather starve to death than smoke money!"

"The folks went in to ask for an explanation!"

The villagers rushed towards the gate, the guards' blocking line collapsed instantly, and more than 100 people rushed into the gate of the Harbour Administration at once, and the people outside the gate also gathered more and more, and the situation suddenly got out of control.

"Lord Shen, listen to us, you must not use the big tobacco money to raise a boat--Lin Wenzhong is looking at you in the spirit of the sky. Don't do anything that disturbs him—"

"Fathers and fellow villagers...... I Shen Youdan is incompetent, the imperial court for the westward expedition, cut off the source of the ship's salary, seeing that the shipmaster can not live, in desperation, Lord Wu and others proposed to draw foreign medicine tax, although my heart is not allowed, but I can't watch the shipmaster in my hands waste...... I, Shen Youdan, am ashamed of Lin Wenzhonggong, and I have no shame to see his old man after I die! But...... For Harbourmaster! I don't want this old face! It's not a pity that I, Shen Youdan, died! If you wait to relieve hatred. What does it matter if I let you take my life? I just ask the folks not to ruin the shipyard! ”

Listening to Shen Youdan's words, although people are still unwilling. But for a while, there was no reason to refute it, and there was a short, but death-like silence at the scene.

"Lord Shen said that he wanted to blackmail everyone?"

"Death by starvation is a small matter, and a loss of temperament is a big matter, and if an adult does such an unrighteous thing, how can it be explained in a few empty words? I can't wait! Defy! ”

"I can't wait! I can't wait! The crowd was agitated, and several people who had already knelt down also stood up and shouted in disbelief, and the crowd began to rush forward again, and the guards tried their best to stop it, but the excited people were still getting closer and closer to Shen Youdan, and at this time, Shen Youdan knelt in place without saying a word, and the shipping officials beside him were helpless and anxious. Seeing that the few people in front of him were about to pounce in front of Shen Youdan.

"Bang! Bang! ”

Two crisp gunshots rang out, instantly quieting the crowd that had already fallen into a state of frenzy.

Lin Yizhe, who was holding a revolver that was still smoking from the muzzle, stepped forward and stood up in front of Shen Youdan.

Everyone was startled when they looked at this young man with round eyes and rushing towards him like a mad tiger.

"Are you going to rebel?" Lin Yizhe yelled, holding a revolver and pointing at the crowd, looking at the muzzle of the black hole facing him, the people in front were obviously scared, and they wanted to retreat, but there were people behind them, and there was no way back, and some people were so frightened that they even picked up their heads and squatted down.

"Someone! Drag that thick-eyed, big-eyed hat out for me! ”

Lin Yizhe's heavy drink was like a thunderclap in the flat ground, and many people only felt a "buzz" in their ears, and they were unstable on their feet, and they almost fell.

That person didn't expect Lin Yizhe to recognize him, seeing Lin Yizhe pointing a gun at himself, he was startled, and quickly hid behind others, of course, the person he pulled as a shield didn't do it, and immediately pushed him away, and he hid behind another person, and that person immediately turned around and pushed him in front of him.

"That's you! Where to hide? Lin Yizhe pointed his gun at the instigator hiding in the crowd, who he had been observing for a long time.

The guards were reprimanded by Lin Yizhe, and did not dare to slack off, so they immediately stepped forward and pulled the big man with the hat out of the crowd and dragged him in front of Lin Yizhe.

"Who told you to fan the flames?" Lin Yizhe pointed a gun at his head and asked loudly.

"What fanned the flames? …… I...... You give us the money you sell foreign cigarettes, and don't you let people say it......"

"Dare to talk nonsense!" Lin Yizhe kicked him down, "Recruit from the truth!" How much silver did the traitor Hu Yulin give you to make trouble here? ”

"What traitor? I don't know what you're talking about! The big man who was grabbed by the two guards said stiffly.

"Do you dare to look me in the eye and say it again?"

"I'm not afraid of shadows, why don't you dare!"

"Let me ask you again, how much money did Hu Yulin spend to hire you to make trouble here?"

"Hu--Master Hu gave me a hundred taels and asked me to come here to borrow the foreign-foreign medicine tax and mobilize the local fathers and elders to storm the Harbour Master's Office, who asked him Shen Youdan to drive Master Hu out of the Harbour Administration?" Somehow, the big man told the truth.

"Lord Lin. We have not been completely deceived by it. It's really for this foreign medicine tax. ”

"Lord Lin. We are not unreasonable people, what you said, we all understand that the ship administration is an important task of the state, and it is also the place where the livelihood of the people depends, and it must not be wasted. However, it is not appropriate to use a large tobacco tax to support the shipyard after all. Lord Lin. You are the grandson of Lin Wenzhonggong, and you know the dangers of this big smoke better than all of us! If you smoke foreign medicine tax to raise ships, it will inevitably increase the sale of this big cigarette! As a result, more people will take it, and I don't know how many people will die! Lord Lin, just say something! You persuade Lord Shen to take back his life for the sake of the people of Fuzhou and Fujian Province! ”

"Sir, please, I promise you, the Harbour Master will start today. We will never take foreign medicine taxes to keep ships. ”

"Is Lord Lin serious?"

"Seriously, I swear by the spirit of my ancestor Lin Wenzhong. From today onwards, the Harbour Master will have nothing to do with the big smoke. ”

"Lord Shen, Lord Lin has already agreed, ...... Lord Shen! I beg you! Please! ”

"Folks! Please! I promise you! Promise you......"

"Did the folks hear that! Lord Shen agreed! Promised! ”

Shen Youdan looked at the cheering villagers and elders steadily, and suddenly his body was weak, and he fell to the side, Lin Yizhe was startled, and jumped to Shen Youdan's side like lightning with an arrow step, just when Shen Youdan's head was about to touch the ground, he held his body.

"Uncle! - Uncle! ――”

"Uncle! Uncle! There was a deathly silence around, and only Lin Yizhe's mournful cry echoed.

Suddenly a large cloud drifted through the sky, obscuring the sun, and the sky instantly darkened. After a while, between the dark clouds, there was a faint flash of thunder.

It's raining.

The raindrops were falling and dripping onto people's bodies and faces, but all of them did not move, just stood there quietly, as if they were still statues.

The rain wet Lin Yizhe's face, mixed with his tears, and dripped onto Shen Youdan's face, and Shen Youdan slowly woke up.

Seeing Shen Youdan wake up, Lin Yizhe's tears welled up and could no longer be stopped.

Lin Yizhe wiped away the tears and rain on his face with his wet sleeves, helped Shen Youdan up, and walked towards the inner courtyard of the government office.

The rain fell on the ground, stirring up a faint mist, reflecting the backs of the old and the young walking forward in the mud.

……

"Kunyu is here...... Come, Kunyu, Wan'er, have seen grandpa......" Shen Youdan looked at Lin Yizhe and his wife, Lin Yizhe saw the portrait of his grandfather hanging in the middle of the hall, pulled Chen Wan to kneel down in front of the portrait, and bowed three times.

In the portrait, Lin Wenzhong is dressed in a white robe, holding a scroll in his hand, and looking down with a kind face. Lin Yizhe raised his head after worshipping and looked at this portrait of Lin Wenzhonggong's regular clothes, his eyes were full of respect for his ancestors.

"Don't kneel, come here...... Are you done with today's business? ……”

"Back to my uncle, it's done. Those people have already confessed, they have already recorded their confessions, and they have drawn them. ”

"That Mei Xiucai, how is the injury? ……”

"My nephew has already found a doctor for him, and sent some money and silver to him, so that he can study in peace in peace for the autumn season."

"You're doing a great job...... Today's matter, thanks to you, handled it properly, there was no big mess, alas...... However, you just promised not to take the tax on foreign drugs, if it ......"

"Don't worry, uncle, all the villagers care about is the notoriety of the foreign medicine tax, and the nephew promised them not to use the foreign medicine tax to raise the boat, in fact, it is just a change of name. The nephew had already discussed with Lord Wu and Lord Xia in the afternoon, and the cost of the shipkeeper should be extracted in the name of salt tax, and the foreign medicine tax could be used to offset the account. It sounds better to say it this way, and no one talks about it anymore. ”

"You always have a way...... It's good to ......."

Shen Youdan looked up at Lin Zexu's portrait and muttered: "If the country lives and dies, how can it be avoided because of misfortune and fortune...... Lin Wenzhong's teaching, how can you forget ......"

Suddenly, Shen Youdan's mouth opened, and a mouthful of blood spurted out, Lin Yizhe was shocked, and rushed forward to hug his hands, so as not to let Shen Youdan fall to the ground.

"Sir! Master! Lin Puqing threw herself to Shen Youdan's side, hugged him, and cried loudly while rubbing his chest.

"Master, this shipmaster's errand, can't we do it if we don't do it? He Zuo Jigao is so vicious, he has bullied you again and again, how can you bear it! ”

"No...... As long as I have a breath, I will hold on...... So...... Under the Nine Springs, you can be worthy of the ...... to Lin Gong"

……

"Kunyu, you left so suddenly...... I didn't even see you for the last time......" Shen Youdan stretched out his hand, stroked the photo of Lin Yizhe in the frame, and choked up, "Why...... Walking...... Not me...... You're a young man...... How much more can you do for the country! ……”

Shen Youdan was sad for a long time, and lay down on the bed again, at this time his eyes fell on the newspaper on the table, as if he remembered something, he got up from the bed with his own support, got off the ground and came to the table, and picked up the newspaper.

In an English-language newspaper, a photo of Lin Yiqing, dressed in a Satsuma military uniform and wearing a double sword at his waist, appeared on the front page.

"You...... Is it really Kunyu's twin brother? …… Or are you him? ……”

"Unexpected...... Are you in Dongying...... can do such an earth-shattering career! ”

"After being separated for so many years, I can still get your news again, the sky treats me Shen Mou, it's really not thin!"

"I'm seriously ill and I'm afraid I'll die soon, but no matter what, I'll wait for you to come back ......" (to be continued......

PS: Cinderella said: I am that girl. The prince didn't believe it at first, but after Cinderella successfully put on the crystal slipper, the prince did. He said, "Lao Tzu believes in your shoes!"

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