"Dad, ...... you drink tea?"

Chu Wanli, who has always been uninhibited, even in front of Xu Yifan, has been walking around with his shoulders slanted all day long, but at this time, he knelt on the ground in a regular manner and offered tea to the old man sitting in the hall.

The two of them look like each other, but if Xu Yifan sees it, it is estimated that he should not think badly, the old man has a rigid look, and his gray beard is also meticulously combed with a comb, how did he give birth to Chu Wanli, a live monkey who is no longer serious?

In the hall, there were just the two of them, but in the wings on both sides, there were a group of guys standing, staring eagerly, these guys looked old and young, the largest was only forty, and the small one was only fifteen or sixteen. Dressed up, it looks like there are both rich and poor, and everyone doesn't dare to take a breath, staring at the scene inside without blinking.

The old man snorted, took the teacup, took a sip, and then put it down heavily: "Even if you are the Admiral of the Army, when you go home, you have to kneel for Lao Tzu!" Think about it for yourself, is there a little bit of a lack of you in this family? The whole family business will not be yours in the future! I asked the old gentleman who was a Hanlin to teach you the Shiwen sermon to test your fame, and you set fire to the study. Okay, I sent you to Nanyang College to read the books of foreign devils, even if you can use it in business with foreign devils in the future, but what kind of trouble do you make, you will be fired by the superintendent! Or go home and study it, you are good, go to Beiyang to be a student soldier without saying a word! I'm so old, do you think you're filial or disobedient? ”

The old man was so angry that his white beard fluttered, and he slapped the table heavier than the other: "It's okay for Beiyang to invest in the camp, and it may not be a future to settle down and settle down with peace of mind." But I went to Nanyang and North Korea to lick the blood again! Our Chu family doesn't need you to take your life to make a name for yourself, I just have a son like you! Do you want my old man to watch himself die? Even if the little nose of the East commits me in the Qing Dynasty, there is such a Qing Wumu as Xu Dashuai, there is no shortage of you to follow you to the killing field! Even if the country is about to die, the only son should not be paid as a soldier! I went to a few letters to dissuade me, you say, did you reply to one? Sue to Shanghai Road, don't care if you are the commander of the army, the Qing Dynasty rules the world with filial piety, and I will kill you by using the family law, which can be regarded as a human favor! My home is not worth your return to guard? It's been hard work all my life, and it's not for you! ”

Chu Wanli knelt down and lowered his head and squeezed his eyebrows, and sighed for a while: "Dad, who asked you to marry a little mother who is less than twenty years old?" If you stay at home, you have to call her mother, and her son really can't open his mouth, so he just goes outside to the wilderness. When you came back this time, you didn't add a few more aunts to your son, did you? ”

As soon as this sentence came out, the immortal among the people crowded around couldn't help laughing, the old man's face was red and white with anger, and he slapped the table and shouted: "Evil barrier, stop!" ”

Chu Wanli knelt honestly with a straight face, and there were no rules. After such a stir, the old man couldn't scold anymore, picked up the teacup and covered his old face, and finally let go of his sigh: "...... You're finally back alive! The ancestors of the Chu family blessed it, and they also made a lot of fame! In the past, you yourself had your surname Ziye, what should you do in the future, as long as I don't die, your father has the final say! ”

Chu Wanli quietly raised his head: "Dad, what are your plans?" ”

The old man shouted with a straight face: "Get up!" Even if you kneel, you don't have the slightest pure filial piety, my Siming Chu family is loyal and filial piety, how did you give birth to such an indisputable thing! ”

Chu Wanli also got up as soon as he screamed, pretending to pat the dust on his knees: "...... Alas, I was cold in North Korea, and the ground at home was cold, and my knees were sore and swollen...... You are the spirit of Ryoma, you don't need to walk with crutches, and you will be followed by a limping son behind you in the future, do you want the face of the Siming Chu family? ”

The old man really couldn't do anything about this evil son, he shook his head for a while, and then cast a little kind gaze: "...... It's also thanks to you that you struggled out of North Korea...... At the height of the war, the head of the Shanghai and Shanghai military camps also released mines in Haikou, and the splash was higher than the mountain, and the sound was so loud that people could not stand! I remember when you were a child, you were afraid of thunder, and when it came to a thunderstorm, you would go to your mother's place......"

The old man's gaffe was put away in a blink of an eye, Chu Wanli quietly turned his head quietly, the two of them were in no mood to continue this topic, the embarrassing atmosphere was only for a short moment, and when he turned his head again, the old man looked like a bearing, and beckoned to the surroundings: "Come here!" Nor is it an outsider! ”

With a buzz, the people who had been waiting anxiously in the wings and pavilions on both sides rushed over, bowing and bowing towards Chu Wanli, and the younger ones simply lay down and saluted, and all kinds of names pounced on Chu Wanli, who was a little stunned.

"Cousin, I'm your fourth cousin! When I was young, I also accompanied you to catch the coffin head cricket! I'm now a big guy in the Chu family's grain store! My ancestors have been in my generation for dozens of years! ”

"Lord Chu, I am the cousin-in-law and nephew of my late wife's cousin! When the adult was ten years old, the little one followed the family to pay a New Year's greeting to the late wife, and saw the adult once, do you still remember? ”

"Brother! I'm Gao Minghui! Gao Minghui! Have you forgotten that when you were a kid, you beat me up? We are friends of the general horns! My father is still working as a shopkeeper for the old lady, think about it again? Think again? ”

Rao is Chu Wanli can still sleep lazily in the midst of the artillery fire of the army, so many people salute him with a smile on their faces, they are still a little overwhelmed, and some people are only afraid of having hobbies, and the taste of the cheapest Liaotu Fushou paste in their mouths can rush people!

"Dad, what kind of trouble are you making here?"

Chu Wanli was hurriedly parrying there, but the old man was bowing his head and drinking tea. Chu Wanli asked him with a wry smile, and the old man glared: "Which one is the trouble?" If you are developed, you don't take care of your relatives, our Chu family has never been so cold! Your grandfather was in Shanghai, but he was guarding a millet shop, and he still dragged a dozen relatives to eat together, no matter how dry or thin, everyone was the same. Now that you're Admiral, your eyes are on your forehead? ”

After yelling at Chu Wanli, the old man slowed down his voice again: "...... Dad will no longer harm you, and you can be regarded as a teenager. After the imperial court was sealed, I went to check, except for the founding of the country, the twenty-five years old of the dynasty to the Admiral Military Gate, that is, you and that Master Li...... It's not the ancestors who have accumulated virtue for several generations, can you have what you say today? The fame has gone up, and the scene will be bigger, there are so many camp leaders in Liangjiang, that is, your kid and Master Li are divided, and there are not a few people around you, so you are not afraid that the people below will join forces to bully you? Money and power, or in your own hands peace of mind! They are all relatives, and they are all promoted by you, and they will no longer have a relationship with you, and if someone helps them, you can be an official and live in peace! These dozens of nephews are all promising, so you can use them with confidence! ”

Looking at the faces around him who are extremely enthusiastic and full of smiles. It is estimated that now let them call their father, and there are stacks of voices underneath. Chu Wanli sighed lowly.

I was born and raised in this family, why have I never been out of place? Even in this world, he felt so depressed that it was difficult to breathe, and Li Yunzong used coldness to isolate everything he was not used to, and he pretended to escape from the world. until I met Xu Yifan......

The old man was still sitting and chattering, but his voice was getting farther and farther away in his ears: "...... It's twenty-five, and it's not a family yet, since I'm back this time, I've done a big deal, and it's not easy to find someone who is worthy of our Chu family......

poured out the blood in the necks of tens of thousands of men, and with Xu Dashuai's talent, it only changed a small part of North Korea. Returning to his home country, it is still the same for hundreds of years! Many people will feel bored, but how many people like them can not go down with the light in this dull chaos, and can breathe and fight happily in a war between their families and countries? Once you taste it, you can't go back even if you can go back...... Stirring up this pool of stagnant water and breaking this iron house is an almost anti-heaven cause, but if you don't do this, what can you do? Do you sink to the bottom of the water until you can no longer breathe?

"Daddy...... The son wants to take them to Liangjiang, but I am afraid that the first one to be driven back is the son...... You don't want your son, the governor of Jiangnan, to go home in disgrace after two days, right? ”

Chu Wanli said lightly to the old man, and when he heard this, the old man raised his eyebrows: "Confused bastard!" Who is not like this in office? Xu Dashuai doesn't have his own private to take care of? Can't you allow your subordinates to take care of a few people? So what did he become an official for? Ridiculous! Let me tell you one thing, the Chu family is still in charge! ”

Chu Wanli smiled bitterly: "What kind of dream did Lord Xu have, what did he want, and his son was also watching it carefully...... At least for now, still have an appetite for his son. Dad, let my son go, I don't want to suffocate to death...... For the sake of the deceased mother......"

He knelt down quietly and kowtowed to the old man three times, and the people around him were a little stunned by the look on Chu Wanli's face and the behavior of no one beside him, and they were silent. At this time, Chu Wanli's face, although there was still a sneering smile that had not changed for ten thousand years, but in the back, there was something very deep, they didn't understand, but they could feel it.

After kowtowing, Chu Wanli smiled and got up. Ignoring the old man who was sitting there dumbfounded, he slowly turned around and left, but when he arrived at the door, he turned around and said with a smile: "Dad, my son has never thought about how big an official he is, and when the matter is done, or in the end, when he finds that the dream that his son is following is nothing more than this, he will come back to give you a pension, I will do whatever you tell me to do, and when the time comes, my son will help you find a little aunt, how about it?" ”

The old man seemed to wake up from the shock at this time, his face was blue and white, and he stood up tremblingly, as if he wanted to reach out and grab his only son. In the end, he just squeezed out a scolding voice between his teeth: "Get out of here!" When you die, it's best that you don't come back to give me a pot and a flag! How did I give birth to such a thing! Evil obstacles, evil obstacles! ”

After scolding, he flicked his sleeves, turned his head and entered the inner room, and the father and son went their backs. The people who left only a room and remained in a saluting posture looked at each other: "...... This...... How did this come out? ”

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"Of course, we are a broken family, and a broken family and country...... The two Manchu rebels counted their life experiences here, but Lord Xu listened quietly outside the door, who knows if Lord Xu also has a special embrace for this brilliant Qing Dynasty? ”

Xu Yifan's voice suddenly sounded, but the two people in the room were silent at all, with Zhang Yu's ability, how could they not find that Xu Yifan was quietly listening to the corner outside. The two of them went back and forth to count the past, that is, to reveal their intentions. Xu Yifan is a smart person, and he is also a person they believe has ulterior motives for this world, and what he did is proof of this. Treat smart people, especially if they are the party who asks for something, you must not engage in any twists and turns, only by going straight, showing sincerity, giving conditions, and seeing how Xu Yifan is, can you accept their strength.

Xu Yifan laughed outside and strode in, he was dressed in casual clothes, and he really looked fluttering. There is no more decay of being bullied by Li Xuan. As soon as he entered the study, he glanced at Zhang Yu first, and snorted vigorously: "Steward Zhang, I have been so bitter to hide it, I didn't expect that you are the protector Venerable of the Beidi Xiang Sect!" I'm sorry that I'm still using you in my own home! ”

Zhang Yu's expression remained unchanged, but he saluted respectfully: "The ability of adults, how can you not know that the little one is not just a small butler and a loyal servant?" It's just that adults have the capacity to accommodate people. No matter how good our Xiangjiao is, in the eyes of adults, it is just a group of rabble, how can adults be afraid of a mere deviant Zhang Yu? ”

Xu Yifan was still glaring at him with a tense face, smiled one last time, and waved his hand: "I can't scare you, forget it." You kid, being a housekeeper, is indeed a little wronged. ”

Then he looked at the old shopkeeper Han again, and said with a smile: "Old man, I just guess that you have a little power in the rivers and lakes, just for the sake of safe business contacts, and maybe a little ambition, wanting to expand Da Shengkui's business from outside the mouth to inside the mouth." That's why we need to support a person who has a bit of status in the officialdom...... At that time, I wondered, with Da Shengkui's financial resources, it is not difficult to make friends with the Minister of Military Aircraft, why did he invest so much money on me Xu Yifan? I came all the way, but my head was pinned to the waistband of my trousers, there is no tomorrow today, and your old man originally lent two million taels of white flowers! I got your silver and I sighed in my heart, I felt that your old shopkeeper was not simple, and today I broke this stuffy gourd, it turned out that your old shopkeeper was the Hongyang Rebellion, the general of the heavenly kingdom on earth, the subordinate of Li Xiucheng, the loyal king! After thirty years of hatred, I'm afraid that it has become too depressed to be resolved, right? ”

Old Man Han smiled faintly: "Whether the hatred is deep or shallow, adults have not experienced it, but I am afraid that they will not be able to understand it." ”

Xu Yifan pouted: "This is also the attitude of begging for people?" ”

He lifted his placket, sat opposite Han Zhongping with a golden sword, and Zhang Yu still stood respectfully beside the two. Xu Yifan looked at the two of them and said with a smile: "Old man, I can only say that you didn't make a bad bet at the beginning!" But no matter how I say it, now I am also the governor of Liangjiang in the Qing Dynasty, and I am a first-class Wei Yuanbo...... Just baked, fresh**! You are a protector of the country association, a businessman who is just a little powerful outside the mouth, even if you have to repay the love of the two of you who supported you at the beginning, and the protection grace of the Dharma protector of the Dharma a few times, you can't get on the boat of the two of you, right? What can you give me? In business dealings, everyone must at least have equal status, do you think this is the truth? ”

Old Man Han looked at Xu Yifan fixedly, and only smiled after a while: "Lord Xu's demeanor has not diminished, when he was alone, he dared to negotiate the price with the Qilin immediately, and the old man did not look at the wrong person from the beginning." At this time, it is true that we are the only ones who come to ask the lord, and the old man only dares to ask Lord Xu a word, when it comes to Lord Xu's status, he is already the peak of the people, and everything about you is not rewarded by the court. Until now...... Lord Xu, the weight of the tripod seems to be questionable? ”

These eight words were said by the old man Han plainly, and Xu Yifan listened quietly. Only Zhang Yu's long and steady breathing beside him unconsciously became turbid.

After a while, Xu Yifan smiled: "It's very heavy!" If you want to weigh these iron stones, you have to have a large weighing pan, and you have to add many weighing stones, and what weight do your scales have? ”

At this time, he changed color and got up, and it was useless to be a loyal minister and a righteous man. All the way by himself, one of the two guys in front of him was by his side, and the other was an old fox who raised him, and his hair was white. It's clear. It's a waste of time to put on a show again.

Old man Han also laughed, talking to smart people is to save energy. He motioned to Zhang Yu, and Zhang Yu said in a low voice: "If you go back to the big handsome, the Xiangjiao has been operating in Zhili, Shandong, and Henan for decades. During the Jiaqing period, after the Xiangjiao predecessors were dispersed in the Sichuan and Chu uprisings, before the return of Gou Wenrun, the sect respected Gou Wenrun, set a plan for the rest to develop in the heart of the Tartars, and for decades, the Xiangjiao has been deeply rooted in the north! Heart-wrenched children, there are 10,000 people who respond to a call...... Now in the north, it can be said that villages and villages practice boxing, and there are altars in Zhuangzhuang! Dashuai recuperated in the land of two rivers, and he felt a little beyond the reach of the north. In the future, once something happens, hundreds of thousands of children of the Xiangjiao will echo the commander in the north! At the gate of Yanjing City, Xiangjiao Bao opened it for the handsome heavenly soldiers! ”

These words are sparse, and Zhang Yu doesn't know how many times he has practiced in private, and he finished in a deep voice. raised his head and looked at Xu Yifan with blazing eyes.

Xu Yifan scratched his head, to be honest, he knew a lot about the secret society in the late Qing Dynasty. But the Xiangjiao has this strength in the Northland, and he believes it. Later textbooks said that the Boxer Rebellion was a spontaneous patriotic movement of the masses, but he always felt a bit ambiguous. Once the altar was raised during the Gengzi period, almost all the entire Zhili Shandong and Henan changed color, and this kind of business did not have decades of infiltration, and it was absolutely impossible to reach this point. It's just that the people who laid out the layout didn't expect it at all.

"It's a good thing to listen to...... Old man, what are you going to take out? ”

Old Shopkeeper Han smiled bitterly: "What else can the old man have now?" There is only money left...... Da Shengkui has been in business for decades, and it is a bit exaggerated to be rich enough to rival the country, and it is not surprising that the old man broke his family and took out twenty or thirty million. Adults have always been very generous with money, so they should be left to the handsome to reward people...... The old man has no relatives and no reason, and he can't bring money into the coffin. If you don't give it to the handsome, who else can you give it to? ”

After the two finished speaking, Xu Yifan gently touched his chin: "...... Well, hundreds of thousands of Beidi Neiying, twenty or thirty million belongings, it's really a lot of weight...... Take out these things, what are you going to exchange? ”

Having said that, Zhang Yu had already knelt down with a plop: "Xiangjiao, just ask the handsome man to reward him with the identity of a founding dragon!" ”

Xu Yifan nodded noncommittally, turned his head and asked Han Zhongping with a smile: "Old man, what about you?" ”

Han Zhongping was just silent, and in the end, even his lips trembled, and his voice was no longer the calm and leisurely tone of the old man, but the mournful voice of the Heavenly General who was still in the prime of life on that bloody night thirty-one years ago: "Chief Hu has been poisoning the world for more than two hundred years. At the beginning, millions of heavenly soldiers killed demons, and after 14 years of hard fighting, they turned into millions of unjust souls on both sides of the river. If they can't be punished, how can they be worthy of the unjust soul that is said to be entangled in the dream? The old man lives for this, just to see the people of Yanjing City, just like the soldiers of the Kingdom of Heaven thirty-one years ago! My lord, old man, please! ”

With a plop, Old Man Han jumped up and knelt down with agility that did not match his age, and his white-haired head hit the ground heavily, first with a bang, and then with countless sounds. What came out of his throat was a cry that had been suppressed for thirty-one years!

“…… Is this your dream? ”

Xu Yifan sat on the chair and looked at the two people kneeling. His expression was extremely calm.

He smacked his lips, as if he was still recalling what the two of them had just said. The two of them are so straightforward and straightforward. He wasn't surprised at all. Just because he can afford it now, he has reached such a position. The whole world is watching his every move in the future, although the foundation is still too shallow, but he does have enough prestige and power to shake the world. Those who are ambitious and want to take revenge are losers in the existing system of the Qing Dynasty...... Whoever has a further mind will naturally converge on him. Back then, he was as loyal as Zeng Guofan, and these ambitious people under his curtain still came and went as if they were rushing to the market.

But some forces can be borrowed, and some forces cannot be borrowed.

"It's a pity...... Your dreams are not the same as mine...... If you don't understand it, it's better not to say it. Just look at it. ”

"Your Excellency?" Zhang Yu and Han Zhongping raised their heads together, but Xu Yifan's expression was as quiet as if he had just woken up, and he shook his hand: "Old man, I will pay you back two million taels." Zhang Da Protector, even if our master and servant are scattered in two, you Xiangjiao people who secretly stuffed into my Praetorian Guard will also ask you to take them away, and I will post the book to give severance pay...... Don't look at me, when you get to my point, you will understand, you really want to win the championship, and it still depends on the general trend and Yangmou! It relies on letting the people of the world see something really different, not the change of dynasty like in the past 3,000 years...... Two, times are different! ”

After he finished speaking, he stood up and dusted off his clothes, turned around and left. Only two people were left to kneel there.

I don't know how long it took, Zhang Yu muttered, "Old man, this ......"

Han Zhongping was just distracted in the direction Xu Yifan left, and when he turned his head, his eyes were already indescribable, and the elderly always had a paranoia, not to mention that this paranoia had been entangled for so many years, and he had not forgotten it! The long-standing dream was shattered, and what would this paranoia turn into, I am afraid that Xu Yifan at this time did not expect it.

"There's one more person, and one more person to borrow! The world has begun to change, and Xu Yifan is not the only one who can stir up the country! ”

At this time, Xu Yifan turned a corner when he left the study, hugged the pillar and hit his head: "Thirty million taels, thirty million taels!" Can't get it, can't get it! I still have to pay back two million taels! ”

(To be continued)