Today's weather is very good, in the morning Luo Jian moved his body in the courtyard as usual, and it was a little strange to see that Liu Lan did not run to move with him as he did a few days ago.

The weather was a little hot, and after the first set of military body boxing, I felt a little sweaty on my body, and was about to go back to wash, when I heard Liu Lan shouting "Brother Luo" behind me. Looking back, the fairy-like willow orchid stood in front of him.

Seeing that Luo Jian's eyes were straight again, Liu Lan was a little shy, and said softly: "If Brother Luo likes it, I will wear it every day." The voice was glutinous, and Luo Jian felt a little heartache when he heard it, the impression of Liu Lan was bold and spicy, did the environment change her, or was she the way she is now?

Wang Qiang ran out of the house, rubbed his eyes exaggeratedly in front of Liu Lan, and said, "Ah! Where did this fairy come from? I can't live! ”

Hearing that, Liu Lan was about to stretch out her legs to kick him again, but found that she was wearing a long skirt, so she hurriedly retracted her feet, but accidentally stepped on the skirt, stood unsteadily and fell backwards. Luo Jian just stood behind her, and reached out to wrap his arms around her waist, and the movements of the two looked a bit like classic movements in dance.

Liu Lan was embarrassed now, got up and pushed Luo Jian away and ran to her room.

Liu Zhaoji's family came just after breakfast, Liu Jun ran in front, so excited that he didn't know what to do, Liu Zhaoji was wearing a long shirt, followed behind and scolded the little cub, Mrs. Liu smiled beside her.

Steward Luo had already hugged the prepared box of food and put it next to the car, and when Luo Jian saw that Liu Lan hadn't come out yet, he hurriedly asked Steward Luo to shout.

After a while, I saw Liu Lan come out with the little maid Xing'er, Xing'er was carrying a pocket made of flower cloth, containing the high-end camera that Liu Lan used when she was a reporter, and the tripod of the projector in her hand.

Liu Zhaoji, who was in the car for the first time, was also very excited, and sat in the front row to touch the east and west, and he was not much better than Liu Jun. Luo Jian opened the sunroof of the car, and Liu Jun climbed into the car and stuck out his head and got out of the window. Liu Lan pulled Mrs. Liu into the car and carefully helped her tie the seat belt.

Luo Jian got in the car and started the car and was about to leave, Liu Lan saw Xing'er standing outside the car with a very envious look, seeing that there was still a vacant seat in the car, she hurriedly opened the car door and let Xing'er come up, and the little girl was so excited that she touched her head when she drilled into the car.

The warrior car went out and drove slowly out towards the west gate, and the Slender West Lake was in the northwest direction of Yangzhou City, where it had to pass through the whole city.

Liu Zhaoji was curious for a while and quieted down, turned his head to Luo Jian and said, "Xinghua, this car is good, but it doesn't run fast, it's not faster than riding a horse." ”

"Cut, Brother Liu, you don't know, if it's all highways, it will only take one day and one night for this car to run to Beijing." Liu Lan was unconvinced when she heard it in the back row.

"Xinghua, is it really that fast? What is a highway? Liu Zhaoji didn't believe it, at this time, it would take seven or eight days to get to Beijing even if he changed horses all the way, he was from Liaodong, and he had walked all these roads.

"Brother Liu, the highway refers to a very straight, wide and hardened road surface, if it is really such a road surface, it is not difficult to rush to Beijing in one day and one night." Luo Jian said, paused and added: "The maximum speed of this car can reach 150 kilometers per hour, that is, it can run about 600 miles in an hour." ”

Liu Zhaoji was stunned for a long time before he spoke: "When the world is peaceful in the future, we will also build such roads, and build a lot." ”

Luo Jian avoided pedestrians and passing cars along the way, and it took more than ten minutes to leave the city from the West Gate. The defenders of the West Gate were all acquaintances of Luo Jian, and when they saw the car coming, they all saluted with the etiquette of the Ming army, and Liu Zhaoji stuck his head out of the window to greet them.

The road from the West Gate to Slender West Lake was very smooth, but Luo Jian and the others encountered a lot of carriages on the road, which made the speed of the car not fast at all. Seeing Liu Lan curiously sticking out her head to look at these carriages, Mrs. Liu said to Liu Lan. "This spring has arrived, these are the talented and beautiful people who have gone out of the city."

"Talent? Can write a few lines of sour poems is a talent? Liu Lan muttered.

Hearing Mrs. Liu's words, Luo Jian remembered that it would be "May Day" soon, and if it was put aside, many people would have taken off their spring clothes and changed into summer clothes. At the end of the Ming Dynasty, when the Xiaoice River is still in the middle of the Ming Dynasty, spring seems to come about a month later, and the willow branches can turn green. Today's good weather is a good day to go out of the city.

Seeing that several people stopped talking, Luo Jian reached out and turned on the DVD player in the car, and suddenly soothing light music sounded in the car. Luo Jian likes Chinese classical light music, so Xiao Liu copied a lot of such pieces when he was preparing.

Although the speed of the car is very slow, the road to Slender West Lake is not far, and it takes less than half an hour to arrive.

I found a relatively open place and parked the car, and several people got out of the car. Luo Jian looked up, this is not far from the Hongqiao, which has only been built recently, Hongqiao is still a wooden bridge at this time, it has been painted with red paint, under the shade of a willow tree, it is really beautiful.

Liu Lan saw the beautiful scenery of Hongqiao in the car, saw that the car stopped, and hurriedly got out of the car to take pictures, just got out of the car, was tripped by the skirt, and almost fell.

"Only then did I know why the ladies had to bring maids when they went out, this dress is so inconvenient, bringing a maid is to help them when wrestling." Liu Lan grabbed the car door, so she didn't fall, she stopped and began to complain, the little girl Xing'er heard it, and felt a little ashamed that she didn't help her young lady in time.

Mrs. Liu lifted the corner of her skirt, slowly got out of the car, and said with a smile: "Sister Liulan, you are not used to it, how can you take a maid just to support you." ”

"What a view! If it weren't for Xinghua, I am afraid that such a beautiful scenery would have been ruined by the Tartars. Liu Zhaoji got out of the car and looked at the beautiful scenery in the distance, sighing with emotion.

Liu Lan kept shooting with the camera, Xing'er followed behind with a tripod, Liu Lan asked strangely, "Xing'er, why do you keep following me?" ”

"I'm afraid that Miss will fall, so I'll hold on." Xing'er said seriously, and Liu Lan was completely speechless.

Liu Lan pulled Luo Jian to take a few photos, and asked Liu Zhaoji's family to stand up and take a family photo, and after the shooting, she pulled Mrs. Liu to chat and take pictures in the distance.

Seeing that they were far away, Luo Jian pulled Liu Zhaoji to the lake and found a place to sit down.

"Brother Liu, Duoduo has a long garrison, and the threat to Yangzhou is still too great. In the past two days, I thought about it, can we fight a field battle with the Qing soldiers, strive to let Duoduo leave Tianchang, at least let them retreat to Xuyi, so that we can train with peace of mind. Luo Jian said.

"Yes, as soon as the Qing army retreated, many officials in the city thought that everything was fine and began to live a peaceful life again, which is not good. Others are afraid of fighting in the field with the Qing soldiers, but my old Liu is not afraid, when the Qing soldiers just besieged Yangzhou, I was about to go out of the city to face the battle, but the superintendent did not allow it, and I was surrounded by regiments. Liu Zhaoji sighed.

"The Inspector and Ren Futai haven't seen anyone in the past few days, I don't know what they're busy with?" Luo Jian asked casually.

"A few days ago, I heard that the inspector didn't leave the study for a day, the meals were sent in to eat, and he had been writing and painting, I didn't know what he was doing, Ren Futai was driven out by the inspector to check the spring ploughing." Liu Zhaoji heard some news.

"Brother Liu, do you like that kind of rifle very much? If you really like it, I'll give you one, but you'll have to practice well, or you'll waste a bullet. Luo Jian thought that Liu Zhaoji would rush to the front like before when he went to the battlefield, worried about his safety, and remembered that he was extremely envious of the rifle, so he wanted to give him one.

After more than a week of contact with Liu Zhaoji, Luo Jian felt that he was straightforward and not pedantic, and treated him like a brother, and he was willing to give him some help as much as he could.

"Xinghua, what you said is true?" When Liu Zhaoji heard this, he stood up.

"Brother Liu, look at what you said, will I still lie to you? I'll teach you how to use it when you go out of town tomorrow morning. In the future, don't rush to the front when you go to the battlefield, the gun is given to you, you can use it, and you can find me when the bullet is finished. Luo Jian said affirmatively.

When Liu Zhaoji heard this, he slowly sat down and muttered for a long time, as if he was hesitating whether to say it or not.

"Xinghua, I know you are talented, are you really going to protect that small court?" Liu Zhaoji pointed in the direction of Nanjing and said in a somewhat heavy tone.

"That small court is casual, and a group of people in the court are fighting for power and profit in addition to intrigue. Today, alas, to say a big disrespectful word, he is also a dou who can't be helped. Seeing that Luo Jian didn't reply immediately, Liu Zhaoji gritted his teeth and continued.

Seeing that Luo Jian was still pondering, Liu Zhaoji was a little anxious, turned around and stared at Luo Jian earnestly and said, "Xinghua, do you have the heart to replace him?" If Xinghua has a heart, my old Liu will give up his life to help you. ”

Seeing that Liu Zhaoji said so earnestly, Luo Jian was a little moved, and said: "Brother Liu is so kind to Xinghua, Xinghua is really unrequited." But Brother Liu, I will also tell you something from the bottom of my heart, I really have no interest in sitting on that dragon chair and being an emperor. ”

Liu Zhaoji heard Luo Jian say this, with a disappointed look on his face, and was about to open his mouth to persuade him, Luo Jian stopped him, and then said:

"Brother Liu, don't worry, listen to what I have to say. My ideal is to build a country where everyone is equal and that is free, democratic and just based on the rule of law. It is a country where hunger, poverty and war will be free from it, and everyone will be able to enjoy their own happiness and dignity to the fullest; This country can protect its people from being bullied and humiliated by foreigners, and everyone can live with dignity. ”

Liu Zhaoji listened attentively, with a look of longing on his face.

"Will there still be an emperor in this country?" After thinking about it, Liu Zhaoji asked again.

"Of course there will be no more, all the affairs of this country are decided by everyone, and the leaders elected by everyone are not lifelong, let alone hereditary, and they will be re-elected when the term of office expires." Luo Jian said thoughtfully.

"Is that okay? What if he doesn't step down when the time comes? Liu Zhaoji thought about it for a moment and asked again.

"Brother Liu, you're thinking too far. These are just ideals, and what we should do at the moment is how to drive the Tartars out of the land of China. Luo Jian was afraid that the more he talked, the more unclear he would become.

"yes, I do think too much. However, Xinghua, you will do it according to your ideas, and I, Lao Liu, will support you wholeheartedly. But it's hard to say about the superintendent, these literati learn all day and night to say the words of the sage, Xinghua, you say, this sage is a person from 2,000 years ago, can his words still work now? Liu Zhaoji kindly reminded Luo Jian.

"Brother Liu, yes, only if we do a good job step by step, will we be closer to our ideals. As far as I know, although he is a little stubborn, he is not a pedantic person. Confucianism has been inherited for more than 1,000 years, and it has its own reasons for existence, and many of its principles are actually very useful, the key depends on how you use them. Luo Jian felt that talking to Liu Zhaoji about these issues was a bit too profound, so he could only simply point to it.

Liu Lan pulled Mrs. Liu all the way to walk and chat, and walked towards Hongqiao, like a fairy, Liu Lan didn't know how many talented and beautiful people attracted the attention of all the way.

Liu Jun and Xing'er followed behind and were arguing, and the two were arguing about the question of who was the most powerful in the cartoon "King Kong Gourd Baby" that Liu Lan played after class yesterday. Several maids in the family are little girls, the eldest is only fifteen years old, and Xing'er is not yet fourteen this year. Liu Lan saw that there were not many things to do with them, so she had to ask them to go to class with a few boys, but the little girls were reluctant at first, until Liu Lan got angry, and then she twisted and went to class.

There were three or four young people dressed as scholars on the Hongqiao, several of whom were wearing four-cornered scarves, dressed in cyan Confucian clothes, and each with a folding fan, shaking their heads and pointing out the beautiful scenery, and from time to time a poem or two came out.

One of them suddenly saw Liu Lan, his eyes couldn't stop any longer, he knocked the scholar next to him with the folding fan in his hand, pointed at Liu Lan and said, "There is such a beautiful woman, does Brother Li know which lady it is?" ”

"I don't know, I'll find out when I come up and ask." When the scholar surnamed Li saw Liu Lan, his eyes didn't roll, and he felt suave and suave, and volunteered to go forward to inquire.

"This sister-in-law, this young lady, Xiaosheng Li Ting is so polite!" The scholar surnamed Li walked a few steps to Liu Lan and Mrs. Liu and bowed his hand.

Liu Lan was chatting happily, and when she saw a scholar in front of her blocking the way, she paused and asked, "Xiaosheng, are you a showman?" ”。

"This young lady, my name is Li Ting, and I am not a small student; I am not a talent, but a person. Li Ting was not in a hurry, he still made an elegant appearance, but he didn't know that Liu Lan grew up in a military family, and what he hated the most was Cream Xiaosheng.

"Wow, you're still lifting, that's amazing. Today, on this beautiful occasion, can Xiaoshengju give a poem to let the little woman see and understand? Liu Lan said unhurriedly, and Mrs. Liu looked at Liu Lan with a smile and teased this scholar.

"This young lady, my name is Li Ting, not Xiaosheng. It's not difficult for Miss to write a poem for Xiaosheng, I wonder if Miss can enjoy her face and swim with Xiaosheng in this thin West Lake? Liu Lan always called him "Xiaosheng", and Li Ting was a little anxious.

"It's just that the little girl has a problem here, if Xiao Shengju can help the little woman solve it, it's easy to say that she can swim together." Liu Lan said with a smile.

"Miss has any problems, but it doesn't hurt to say it, Xiaosheng must help Miss solve it." Li Ting couldn't correct Liu Lan's name for him, so he had to acquiesce, and Mrs. Liu pursed her lips and snickered.

"Winter melon, watermelon, pumpkin, and pumpkin can be eaten, but what melon can't be eaten?"

"This..."Li Ting, who was originally full of confidence, was dumbfounded when he heard this.

"Fool!" Liu Lan smiled, took Mrs. Liu's hand and walked towards Hongqiao, leaving Li Ting standing in place and muttering to herself, "Is a fool a melon?" ”

Mrs. Liu pulled Liu Lan with one hand and covered her stomach with the other, laughing so much that she almost couldn't straighten her waist, and after a while she gasped, she smiled at Liu Lan and said, "Sister, you are really bad." ”

"I hate this kind of cream little raw the most, it's useless at all." Liu Lan said with a smile.

"Sister-in-law, sister-in-law knows that these scholars can't get into your eyes at all, sister-in-law can see that you have a lot of thoughts, do you like your big brother Luo?" Mrs. Liu looked at Liu Lan with concern and said.

"But Brother Luo already has a wife and children, what should I do?" Liu Lan said with some pain.

"Sister, you said that your eldest brother Luo already has a family, why haven't you seen it?" Mrs. Liu was a little puzzled.

"It's not this world, it's another world, and the damn guy said we'd send us back if we stayed here for a decade or two, maybe we wouldn't be able to go back. Sister-in-law, what should I do? Liu Lan felt that Mrs. Liu was like a confidant sister, and she could tell her what she was talking about.

"Which guy? Do you want to go back to heaven? Mrs. Liu couldn't understand it anymore.

Liu Lan didn't know how to answer, so she lowered her head and didn't speak.

"Sister-in-law, sister-in-law knows that Xinghua and you are here to do big things, and I don't understand these things as a woman. My sister-in-law thinks that Xinghua is a good man, a man who stands up to the sky, he has a family after all, it is a matter of his previous life, you can't let him live alone in this life. If one day a big official in the court takes a fancy to Xinghua and wants to marry his daughter, it will be too late for you to regret it. Mrs. Liu tried her best to comfort Liu Lan.

"He dares!" Liu Lan gritted her teeth, as if she had made some kind of determination.

The two were whispering, when they heard Liu Jun shouting behind them: "Mother, Aunt Liu, Uncle Luo is calling us to hurry over, saying that there is an urgent matter at home, and we have to rush back immediately." ”