Three days later, Xiao Yimin, a broad-minded and generous and open-minded deputy minister of the Sichuan military, held a warm farewell ceremony, personally sending the two German delegates who had "come in anger and leaving happily" to the East Wharf in his own four-wheeled luxury carriage, and gave rich gifts to the enlightened guests before parting.

The two German representatives on board were still excitedly waving to Xiao Yimin, who was seeing off the evil guests on the shore, and officials at all levels in Sichuan Province who came to accompany them to bid farewell to the evil guests waved back with a smile on their faces, and the big stone in their hearts finally fell to the ground.

The officials were very grateful to Xiao Yimin, and if it weren't for Xiao Yimin's consideration of the overall situation, his generous use of all the property rights of the Huaxi Group as a "guarantee," and the smooth acquisition of a "loan" of 1.95 million yuan from the Chengdu branch of the Deutsch Hua Bank, and the full payment of this huge sum of 2.25 million yuan in taxes and goods to the "Mauser Company," I don't know what would have happened.

Based on the great contribution of Huaxi Group Company, after the special meeting of the Provincial Assembly voted and passed and formed a resolution, Governor Yin Changheng and Huaxi Group General Manager Luo Fa happily signed an important entrustment contract in front of hundreds of Chinese and foreign reporters and representatives from all walks of life:

Sichuan Provincial Government Axe has carte blanche to entrust the Sichuan Huaxi Group Company to transform the 3,500 acres of land in the northern suburbs of Fenghuangshan Military Camp and its surroundings into a new site of the Sichuan Arsenal, and the Huaxi Group Company will be responsible for the construction of all factory areas, equipment installation and commissioning, and the production of weapons and ammunition, and the entrustment period is five years.

During these five years, on the basis of giving priority to satisfying the needs of various departments of the Sichuan Army, Huaxi Company has the right to manage, produce and sell weapons and equipment on its own, and at the expiration of the five-year period, Huaxi Group Company must unconditionally hand over the Sichuan Arsenal and all property rights certificates to Sichuan Provincial Government Axe in its entirety.

Back in the city, Xiao Yimin first went to the hospital to visit his old friend Zhang Lan and asked him to recuperate with peace of mind and not worry.

Zhang Lan instructed the attendant to go out and close the door, and discussed secretly with Xiao Yimin in the senior ward for more than an hour before Xiao Yimin reluctantly said goodbye.

Zhang Lan supported the sick body and insisted on sending it to the door, looking at the back of Xiao Yimin leaving, his eyes were full of gratitude and hope.

Xiao Yimin returned to his mansion and saw Luo Defa and the military advisor Bao Jiqing whispering in the study, Luo Fa's expression was excited, Bao Jiqing had been listening intently and did not express his opinion.

The two heard the footsteps, hurriedly turned around, and stood up together when they saw Xiao Yimin coming back, and then Luo Fa whispered to Xiao Yimin a bad news:

Even said that there were bad rumors in the city, slandering the Huaxi clique and the Germans for colluding to make windfalls, and some people talked about Xiao Yimin's humble background, saying that he relied on all kinds of drills to win the favor of the former governor Zhao Erxun, who liked male style, and only then did he change from a small teahouse guy to get today's foundation and reputation.

Rumors say that Xiao Yimin is gentle and polite and kind to the people on the surface, but secretly he is insidious and cunning, flattering foreigners and worshipping foreigners, colluding with European and American powers to plunder the people of Sichuan.

And some people are despicable and shameless rumors, saying that Xiao Yimin will soon marry his own sister as his wife, and his own sister used to be a record girl, and she has just been a good girl for a few years!

Xiao Yimin was furious, grabbed the hat on his head and raised it high and was about to smash it down, but when he lifted it to the highest place, he suddenly didn't move, and he was stunned there like a sculpture, and only after a long time did he put down his hand under the worried gaze of Luo Fa and Bao Jiqing, slowly walked to the sofa and sat down, grabbed the cigarette on the Huanghuali coffee table, and smoked one and lit it.

"Little brother, the second brother is tracking down the source of the rumors, I believe that I will soon know who is behind it, don't be angry, I will be afraid if you are angry." Rodfa whispered.

Xiao Yimin, who gradually calmed down, sneered: "No need to check, isn't this clear?" Those people were calculated by me and held a grudge, and for more than half a year, they had been eaten to death by me every step of the way, and they had nothing to do in anger and shame, so they resorted to such indiscriminate methods. ”

Bao Jiqing shook his head: "I want to check!" Moreover, we must thoroughly investigate, even if we do not touch those few people for the time being, we must dig out all their minions and slowly clean them up one by one, otherwise it is not enough to warn the opponent, otherwise it will not be able to boost the morale of the army. ”

"That's right! The second brother and Uncle Fan also mean the same thing, and they will never give up! ”

Luo Fat was very annoyed, he was an only son and had no brothers, Xiao Yimin in front of him was closer than his own brother, and he would never allow anyone to tarnish his eldest brother's reputation.

As soon as Luo Fa's voice fell, Bao Jiqing's wife and daughter, as well as the fourth sister and others hurriedly ran over, crying and saying that Sister Yi left a letter and ran away from home.

Xiao Yimin was hit by five thunders, and his whole body immediately stiffened and stupid, and Luo Defa yelled and asked a few women why they didn't find out earlier?

The guards and subordinates of the house all flocked in, and the whole study was panicked and crying.

Bao Jiqing strode over, took the letter from his wife's hand, read it quickly, raised his head and shouted sternly: "Zheng Changze, Wu San-"

"Here!"

Zheng Changze and Wu San rushed to stand up in front of Bao Jiqing.

Bao Jiqing ordered with a calm face:

"Inform the cavalry battalion commander Tang Wulin, immediately assemble the team and prepare to go, scatter the guards who are familiar with Sister Yi in the guard, and together with the officers and soldiers of the cavalry battalion, divide into more than thirty squads of search teams, and immediately drive to all the intersections and docks in the southeast, northwest and northwest, and carry out a carpet search, and we must find Sister Yi back!"

"Yes!"

"Third brother, slow down......"

Xiao Yimin, whose face was pale, pounced up, grabbed Wu San's hand, and commanded repeatedly:

"You go to the eldest brother and the second brother, mobilize all the brothers in the door to find me people, especially the waterway that your second brother is in charge of, and immediately send out all the clippers, and summon the gangs and brothers downstream, and everyone will look for them together...... Also, there are all the temples and Taoist temples, send all the people out to me, go quickly, quickly-"

"Yes......"

Zheng Changze and Wu San led a group of guards to rush out, Bao Jiqing waved to the surrounding crowd to signal them all to retreat, poured Xiao Yimin a cup of tea, sat down opposite him, and asked calmly:

"Commander, you might as well think about it, where is your sister likely to go? Or have you ever heard her say that she likes the places around her? ”

Xiao Yimin held his head in pain:

"Where is it...... I want to think about it...... She will definitely not go to Wenshu Monastery and Qingyang Palace, and I am afraid that she will not go to the temples and Taoist temples in the city, let alone return to Baicui Tower...... Well, where else? I'll think about it again......"

At the beginning of the drizzle, there was calm in the Shuiyue Nunnery north of the fifteen-mile wharf in the eastern suburbs.

The peach and plum blossoms planted around the ancient small temple are gone, and the branches begin to bear buds-like fruits, and after the spring breeze, the crystal raindrops hanging from the branches and leaves are sprinkled one by one, making a pleasant and slight sound.

In the dimly lit Buddha hall, Yi Zhenying, whose clothes were covered with dust, was prostrate in front of the golden Bodhisattva statue, tears of pain kept flowing along her face, and her gradually thin body couldn't help trembling, and she couldn't suppress the sad sobbing and choking constantly, so that the two old nuns on the side were sad, they had never seen such a sad and desperate woman, and they didn't know how to speak.

At this moment, Yi Zhenying, who was exhausted and couldn't cry, had only one thought in her mind:

Even if he dies, he has to leave Xiao Yimin, who is now like Zhongtian, and leave this excellent man who loves himself and loves him deeply, his humble background is just a scourge for him, and there is no help at all. Although he is innocent, he can't get rid of the ugly identity of the girl no matter what, otherwise there would not be so many rumors circulating everywhere, deeply hurting himself and his loved ones, and if he doesn't leave him, he will hurt him...... It's been 12 years in the blink of an eye, 12 years of relying on each other! He is willing to die for himself, let alone just leave him...... However, after really leaving, Yi Zhenying knew that leaving was so difficult, and only then did she know that there would be such a heart-rending pain after leaving.

"Leave", a simple two words, she said to Xiao Yimin more than once, every time in exchange for a meal, this time she really left, she realized that it was easy to say, but it was so difficult to do, so terrible.

At this moment, how did Yi Zhenying know that the entire Chengdu city has been gone, her beloved Xiao Yimin sent 3,000 officers and soldiers, the second brother Ma Gang mobilized more than 1,000 policemen, Chengdu Hongmen five Tangkou more than 6,000 people, and tens of thousands of Chengdu people who spontaneously joined the search team after hearing the news, are all running around for her alone, the "Zhenzi Battalion" 600 elite cavalry is divided into 50 squads and scattered all over the place, and the farthest search horse team has run to Deyang County, which is 100 miles away from Chengdu.

At three o'clock in the afternoon, only four hours after Yi Zhenying ran away from home, the fifteen-mile wharf two miles south of Shuiyue Nunnery suddenly became noisy, and several little nuns of Shuiyue Nunnery ran into the Buddhist hall in a panic to report:

"Soon after the hundreds of cavalry rushed to the dock, they drove over under the guidance of a group of boatmen and coachmen!"

The two old nuns were shocked, and Yi Zhenying, who had been kneeling in front of the Buddha statue, slowly turned around, endured her sadness, and kowtowed three times to the two old nuns:

"Two masters, I'll go out and never let every grass and tree here be damaged......

"Girl—"

The two old nuns hurriedly went up to help Yi Zhenying, who couldn't stand up, and a clever little nun quickly picked up the gauze hat on the side and handed it over.

Yi Zhenying quietly wiped away her tears and smiled miserably:

"I don't have to block this face, God made me ugly, so be it...... Don't worry, I won't look for a short time, but no one will try to force me, otherwise I'd rather die! ”

"Girl, you ......"

"Let's go, the trouble teacher helped me out a few steps, my legs can't walk......"

The whole temple of small scale has been surrounded by thousands of soldiers and civilians, no one rushed into the simple temple gate, a man dressed as a coachman is dancing to the heavily armed border cavalry, saying how he is alert, how he met a young woman wearing a gauze hat and can't see her face in Wuli Pavilion outside the city, how he told the woman that there was no passenger ship this afternoon and only at night, and then how he accidentally saw the masked woman leave the dock and quietly walked into the Shuiyue Nunnery, etc.

The impatient cavalry captain took out the five oceans on his body and stuffed them into the coachman's hand, and the coachman immediately closed his mouth in amusement, flashed to the side with joy, and looked around with a tight grip on the ocean, wondering why so many fierce and vicious cavalrymen were waiting here. There are guns and knives, what are you waiting for if you don't rush in and search for people?

After a while, the noisy crowd exclaimed, a pair of eyes all looked at the temple gate, the two gray-clothed teachers were too supportive of the white-clothed woman, slowly appeared in front of everyone's eyes, only to see the white-clothed woman graceful, slim and elegant, the left face is as white as jade, beautiful as a fairy, but there is a scary scar on the right forehead, the strong contrast makes everyone stunned, and then secretly distressed, blame God for not having long eyes.

Suddenly, a rapid sound of horses' hooves came from far and near, and the dozens of cavalry who were standing in a daze quickly separated, pulling away their horses one by one, making way for a wide passage.

Before the thousands of people on the field reacted, more than a dozen tall and majestic Western Regions war horses galloped over, led by the young officer riding on the fiery red war horse roared, and the guards stopped advancing before rushing into the passage of people and animals, but the young officer who ran in front of the horse rushed to the temple gate in a burst of screams.

The tall horse was suddenly strangled by the young officer, and the man stood up, let out a long neigh, and spun around in place, before the two front hooves raised high fell to the ground.

The exclamation was followed by silence, and the young officer, who was sweating profusely, stared at the woman in white at the entrance of the temple.

The woman in white held back her tears, slowly closed her eyes, and did not move, the two old nuns were already frightened, hiding in the temple gate and did not dare to come out, leaving the strange woman in white standing alone in the middle of the temple gate, no matter how the young officers on the horse stared at her, she still had a peaceful face and closed her eyes.

The young officer on the horse suddenly raised his horsewhip, which frightened everyone and retreated, but the horsewhip did not fall for a long time, and the officer threw away the horsewhip, rolled off the horse quickly, got up and pounced, hugged the woman in white tightly, and a heart-rending cry sounded:

"Sister, do you dare to leave me again...... I'm not alive anymore! Wow......"

(To be continued)