The night was like paint, and the damp sea breeze blowing from the sea was blowing slowly. Surabaya, which is also like a stove during the day, suddenly looks much cooler.

The moonlight in the South Seas looks clear and soft. The whole city seems to be sleeping in this beautiful scenery by the mountains and the sea.

The tall foreign soldiers of the Netherlands, who had been sent to protect and were actually surveillance, lazily gathered together, chatting and laughing in a low voice with their rifles. Some simply fell asleep under the coconut trees outside the consulate. The short indigenous policemen did not dare to come to the side of the foreign soldiers, formed their own circles, exchanged betel nuts in their hands, added some lime water and began to chew.

It was quiet in the embassy, and Consul Cao was smoking on the cigarette bed, eager to make up for all the worries and fears of the day. Li Yunzong stood at the bottom of the second floor, and a group of students had already looked at their captain with blank eyes: "Master Li, why don't we go out yet?" ”

Li Yunzong took out a small bottle of wine, rinsed his mouth, and patted it on his neck. Give it to the brothers and do it. A pat on their shoulder: "Go!" Don't admit it when it comes to fighting! ”

Someone at the bottom snickered: "Follow Lord Xu, this soldier should be happy!" Give people a smile little two hundred and five, let's admit it! ”

Li Yun pulled the corners of his mouth and smiled, and took the lead and walked out. As soon as he walked out of the door of the consulate, his usual rigorous steps suddenly became crooked. The students who came out behind didn't dare to laugh if they wanted to, and they pretended to be crazy and stupid. A group of people rushed out in a drunken air, and I don't know who was still singing at the top of their voices. Immediately alarmed those foreign soldiers and policemen, and turned around to look at them.

With a wave of his hand, one of the Dutch lieutenants in front of him immediately greeted him, stretching out his hand to stop him. If these drunken Chinese GIs had been in the streets of Surabaya, which are now like powder kegs. No matter what happens, you can't afford it!

Li Yunzong didn't like to talk, and his subordinates helped him shout: "Bird feathers, what are you doing to stop Lao Tzu?" What kind of trick did Lao Tzu do you foreign devils do? Imprisoned in this big place? Lao Tzu went out to buy wine! ”

The foreign soldiers screamed, and both sides couldn't understand each other. Immediately pushed and shoved. I don't know which foreign soldier is cheap, so he will pull Li Yunzong's braids. Li Yunzong's eyes flashed, and a progressive punch hit the foreign soldier's chest and abdomen. I heard a scream and knocked the guy out!

Watching Li Yunzong do it, the young soldier next to him is a good thing, how can he not do it. Some snatched the white blade empty-handed, some sent a long fist to the north, and some simply stole peaches from monkeys, using all kinds of tricks, and suddenly fought a mess with those foreign soldiers. The indigenous policeman stared blankly, then reacted and rushed over with a rattan shell hat on his head to help. Looking at these thin-skinned monkeys Li Yunzong, they hit harder, and a few of them were put down at once. Rattan shell hats rolled all over the ground.

Looking at Li Yunzong and these tough men, some policemen reacted. The brass whistle was blown, and the cadets were uplifted, picking up and smashing everything. Suddenly there was a lot of trouble at the consulate. The foreign soldiers who were on guard around were busy rushing over for reinforcements, all waving their fists and sleeves ready to fight.

Taking advantage of the people around them, three black shadows quietly ran into the coconut grove next to the consulate.

Not long after entering, before the eyes of the three of them could adjust to the faint light in the coconut grove, two figures turned out: "Lord Xu? ”

Xu Yifan calmed down, his physical strength was still as waste wood as ever, and he was out of breath after trotting for a while. He brought Chu Wanli and Zhang Yu, Zhang Yu's great master, who could protect his safety. Chu Wanli can discuss ideas with him when he encounters trouble. Such an adventurous team combination is just right. Cuckoo he stayed in the consulate. Little girls, don't join in the fun. Outside, don't let the women in the house know. If it weren't for the little cuckoo girl who didn't understand the amorous feelings, she actually bit his tongue and felt sorry, and it probably wouldn't be so easy to settle.

His breath was so easy to catch evenly, and he fixed his eyes on the two people in front of him. Both wore straw hats commonly used by rubber tappers, and the moonlight cast down. Both of them raised their heads, one taller, a young man with eyes like a star. Quite handsome, but also full of the childishness of a newborn calf. The other pair of eyes sparkled under the moonlight, like a reflection of the sea of stars. The pretty face is so beautiful in this night, it is actually a stunning color that I have never seen in my life through the times before and after!

The moonlight was shining, and her hair under her straw hat was tinged with a different color. This girl is actually a real mixed-race!

The young man bowed with his hands clenched into his fists, and said softly: "Lord Xu, Xiaomin's name is Li Xing, and this is my sister-in-law Li Xuan." On behalf of tens of thousands of Chinese youths in Java, they greeted adults. Thank you for taking the risk! ”

Xu Yifan shook his head, now is not the time to be amazed. The girl bit her lip and stood quietly to the side, listening to her brother. That kind of demeanor, even Zhang Yu, a gloomy man, looked at him twice, let alone Chu Wanli. Xu Yifan could endure not to look at it.

There was a lively fight outside, and it was estimated that foreigners would not notice it for a while. He pulled Li Xing up. Looking at this young man, the children of overseas Chinese, they have a broad vision, perfect education, and self-confidence and self-improvement. This is a different style from domestic men. Maybe they're a little more innocent......

Xu Yifan looked at him appreciatively, and said with a smile: "Send a message to let me come to the meeting to discuss the purchase of weapons to resist." Was it all your idea? What kind of organization is this gathering of overseas Chinese youths in Java? Who called for it? ”

Li Xing smiled embarrassedly and glanced at the girl. He bowed his head and said, "It's all my sister's idea......"

Xu Yifan was surprised, and turned his head to look at the stunning girl named Li Xuan. I saw her biting her lip and frowning, "Is this the place to talk?" My lord, brother, let's go to the ancestral hall and meet everyone, and when we get there, everyone will understand everything. ”

The official language she said was bitten, although blunt. But it has a different charm. It's not polite to command my brother at all. Xu Yifan smiled and waved his hand: "Lead the way in front of your head!" ”

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This night, there were also other people who were also worried.

Famous throughout Java and even the entire Nanyang society. The Li family house in Surabaya with a wooden hall as the family hall name. Next to a beach not far from the center of the city. Enjoy a large white sand beach to yourself.

Millions of acres of farms, plantations, and rubber forests in Java. A fishing fleet of hundreds of boats, dozens of specialty warehouses, and even a merchant bank are all the Li family's property. Where there is wealth, you can enemy the country.

The courtyard of the house is quiet. Only the occasional footsteps of the guards patrolling the yard, or the sound of waves crashing on the beach in the distance. In a cross-courtyard on the west side, there is a small two-story Western-style building. There are some green tropical plants crawling on the walls, which has a unique flavor compared to the surrounding Chinese buildings.

But looking at the location of this small building far away from the hall, you can also know what the status of the owner here is in the family.

Inside a quiet room in a small building on the second floor. Today, at the governor's banquet, a small face was revealed, Li Daxiong. Dressed in a Western-style dressing gown, he held the cross hanging from his chest and muttered something to the crucifix hanging on the wall.

There was a knock on the door, and Mrs. Yang, who was wearing pajamas, also walked in. Although she is a little older, it can be seen that this woman has a lot of charm when she is young. Even if the blonde hair is coiled behind the head now, revealing a slender neck, it looks a little moving.

She smiled and said, "The Lord teaches us to honor Him only in our hearts, not to revere His idols, not to revere those who claim to be God...... Honey, why haven't you rested yet? ”

She is also quite fluent in Mandarin. Li Daxiong forced a smile and stood up. He kissed his wife's cheek lightly and said softly, "I'll go and rest." ”

His wife looked at him: "What about Ah Xing and Ah Xuan?" ”

Li Daxiong smiled reluctantly: "Children are greedy for fun, and they don't know where to play." Don't worry about them. They are all such big people who know how to take care of themselves. ”

His wife just frowned: "It's such a mess now, the two of them...... I'm so scared...... Didn't the lord send someone to protect them? ”

Li Daxiong smiled bitterly: "I'm not from a long house, and my son and daughter are not so expensive." How could my father send someone to protect him? Especially Ah Xuan's girl, the old man looked at her that her nose was not a nose, and her eyes were not eyes. I wish I had died sooner...... Even if Ah Xing was passed over, he also wronged this child. Follow me, and you won't get anything in the future. ”

His wife leaned on him and closed her eyes: "It's all my fault, you married me as a foreigner......"

Li Daxiong smiled and hugged his wife tightly: "Isn't this good?" I believe in Christ, keep you, and everything is enough. ”

"But you originally had a chance to inherit the wooden hall......"

Li Daxiong's expression froze and he didn't speak. The woman in her arms sighed: "As long as we are safe, our life is already much better than that of many broken nobles in Europe......"

Li Daxiong still didn't speak, just kissed her blonde hair. The expression was very gentle: "You deserve better." ”

The woman was just sighing: "When will it, the white people, these natives, and the Chinese can be close to each other." I was scared when I looked at the bareng knives of the natives, and I was scared when I looked at the contemptuous eyes of the fellow whites. Looking at the hateful eyes of the Chinese youth, I am equally afraid......"

Li Daxiong smiled: "Don't worry, whether in Europe or Asia, this is not something that women worry about." You just believe in your husband...... Ah Xing Ah Xuan came back, and I asked the housekeeper to prepare food for them. ”

The woman raised her eyes to look at him, with a rare seriousness: "I don't care what the trouble is outside, I just need Ah Xing Ah Xuan to have nothing to do!" ”

Li Daxiong's expression just changed, and then he nodded with a smile.

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Walking on the dark road, I don't know how many plantation ditches and bumps I have crossed. I saw a dilapidated ancestral hall from a distance, and I don't know which Chinese family's original relics it is. It seems to have been abandoned for a long time.

There was a little light flickering inside, and there seemed to be a faint figure longing.

Zhang Yu's breathing behind his back became slow and long, and Chu Wanli was as panting as a big wolf dog like Xu Yifan. The two young men in front walked fast, and under the moonlight, the figure of Li Xuan, a mixed-race girl, was like the most beautiful dream.

This Li Xing doesn't look mixed-race, how can he be a brother and sister with this little beauty? Xu Yifan frowned, thinking about this question all the way. He is not worried about meeting a group of overseas Chinese hot-blooded young people, this is so foolish.

Seeing that he could see the door of the ancestral hall, Li Xing gave a light high-five. Suddenly, the half-hidden door opened. Two or three young people jumped out, some wearing Tang costumes, and some actually wearing foreigner-style white shirts. I didn't see the situation clearly, so I asked, "Is Lord Xu here?" ”

This kind of discipline of secret work is really unbearable. Xu Yifan had the urge to cover his eyes. With a long sigh in his heart, he strode to the front, trying his best not to catch his breath anymore. He clasped his fists and smiled: "I am Xu Yifan, a member of the Qincha Committee this time, you are called, I don't know if you have any teachings?" ”

The young people glanced at each other, although they had made a plan, but they didn't expect a living member of the Qincha Committee, the Great Qing Dao Platform to stand in front of them with a smile and a groan! The hometown is incomparably beautiful in the minds of these overseas Chinese young people who are far away from their hometowns and have grown up with traditional education, plus they are a big official of their homeland, is this worth it?

A few people froze there, not knowing what etiquette to do. Xu Yifan looked at them for a long time. They are all sturdy and sturdy young people, and they are all well-educated by their eyes and manners. Such a young man, that is really a rare talent! Especially for the lifeless Qing Empire behind it!

It was Li Xuan who snorted lightly, and these people reacted. Holding a phoenix, Xu Yifan was busy welcoming in. Peng's bang, I don't know who polished the lantern, and suddenly the inside of this ancestral hall was much brighter.

The plaque of the ancestral hall is still hanging, and it is vaguely recognizable that it is the hall number of "Youwei Hall". The ancestral tablets for the offerings have been emptied. Only the walls were still blackened with incense. In the empty ancestral hall, dozens of overseas Chinese young people stood high and low, all looking at Xu Yifan with wide eyes. It's like an aggrieved child finally seeing his mother.

Xu Yifan arched his hand in a dashing manner, and no one thought of returning the salute. Li Xing and Xu Yifan are still walking together all the way, and they can hold on a little, after being pulled by the girl. Only then did he stand up and say loudly: "Lord Xu, the essence of our overseas Chinese youth in Surabaya is basically here!" Some have stayed abroad, some have good kung fu, and there are rubber tapping workers. However, most of them graduated from local Chinese schools. Everyone is a good man with enthusiasm, ambition, and responsibility......" Li Xuan coughed. Li Xing hurriedly added: ...... And the heroines! Over the years, in order to protect the school, in order not to be bullied, everyone has taken other young people to deal with foreigners and indigenous lackeys, and many brothers still have the scars of the Baleng knife on their bodies! Let's plead to foreigners, to Consul Cao, no one pays attention to us, let's just do it with them with our bare hands! ”

As soon as he said this, many young people's eyes turned red. Thinking of these grievances, my chest rose and fell. Looking at Xu Yifan's eyes, he was doubly envious.

It's all the children of the motherland who are bullied in a foreign country...... These children are looking forward to the motherland to which they are related by blood can take care of them behind their backs, support them, and think about them. Even most of them have never set foot on the soil of their homeland in their lifetime.

Fortunately, this time, I came.

Xu Yifan just smiled, and suddenly another thought popped up in his mind. Isn't it said that the local team of these nursing schools has secretly combined underground, and there are a large number of party figures involved? Looking at the present, this collection of overseas Chinese youth is mainly a group of extremely simple and enthusiastic intellectual youth. I basically didn't see any characters with the spirit of the rivers and lakes...... Are they still two different organizations?

Li Xing paused: "My lord came this time, with two ironclad ships, we all saw it on the dock." Newer than the Dutch, bigger than the Dutch! The barrel of the cannon is also thicker! There must have been munitions on board the warships. Your Excellency sold these arms to us. If those guys rush to our Chinese school again, we'll do it with them! ”

Xu Yifan just smiled and said nothing, and Li Xing was stunned. Li Xuan was next to him. It seems that these two brothers and sisters must be unusual, and they are faintly the backbone of this group of young people.

"Don't worry, we don't have any money, we can raise it! It's just nowhere to buy it. How much does a foreign gun cost? A hundred taels? Two hundred taels? Say it! Let's get it! Hundreds of thousands of Chinese in Java have been bullied and brutalized, let's launch a fundraiser, who won't donate? As long as adults can support us! ”

Look at this beautiful mixed-race chick with her chest and thin eyebrows, and speak there in a nice voice. Xu Yifan felt a little weird. I couldn't help but glance at her pale blonde hair. In his time, girls had dyed their hair about the same, only purer and brighter. Li Xuan took a step back, pressed his hair, bit his lip, and said hatefully: "I'm Chinese!" ”

Xu Yifan spread his hands with a smile, and as soon as there was a knock on the door outside, Chu Wanli walked in: "My lord, there is no ambush around." These strong men didn't even have a sentry post, and the manager was guarding outside. ”

A group of pro-year people blushed.

Xu Yifan looked at them, especially at Li Xuan.

"It's good that you have this mind...... But do you want to understand? Why do foreigners go to which realm? No matter how many natives there are, they will not be bullied? ”

A group of overseas Chinese young people listened quietly, Xu Yifan's expression was extremely sincere, and he looked like he was sympathetic: "...... Just because behind them, there are powerful countries standing! When a British soldier had his ear cut off in Afghanistan, a team dragged artillery to retaliate...... Now the kings are dissatisfied, angry, and brewing resistance. I very much agree with the Chinese men in Zhujun...... The woman's blood is not gone! But when the motherland behind you is weak, can your resistance really achieve the goal in your mind? ”

He was as graceful as if Chu Wanli was standing straight behind him.

"This time I came with two ships, and you saw hope. Foreigners are also a little more jealous. If I come next time, I will bring ten ships with me, and there will be ten times as many soldiers. At that time, did foreigners dare to look at you like this? Are you still afraid of being bullied? Although the motherland is thousands of miles away, it is the only reliance of you wanderers! ”

"The only way out for you is to follow me to make the motherland stronger, and I can only give you this promise! You can go back and think about it, I'm still a little bit away. You also know how to contact me, and I sincerely welcome those who are willing to go on the road with me when the time comes! ”

After the words were spoken, there was silence in the ancestral hall. These young people took the risk to count on this adult to help, but this young adult with a very different demeanor said something so enthusiastic that they had to digest it for a long time!

In the silence, only Li Xuan's voice sounded: "My lord, what you said is very reasonable, but how to deal with the situation in front of you?" ”

Xu Yifan sighed, this little beauty is really not easy to fool!

He looked at the girl's pretty face fixedly, almost looking into the lake water, and said seriously: "I'm here, just to do my best." Since I am a member of the Propaganda and Pacification Committee, I cannot abandon the hundreds of thousands of compatriots here! But I don't know the specific situation yet, and I still have to investigate, analyze, and decide...... But there's a word. As long as you young people are in a group and have my backing, no one can bully you! ”

This was finally the first real thing he said today. The young people around almost cheered when they heard this promise!

Li Xuan was used to biting his lip, and he was about to be bloodshot. Clear eyes glanced at Xu Yifan.

"You're not lying?"

Li Xing, who was beside him, suddenly cast a critical look at his sister-in-law, and Xu Yifan came here at night. Under their such a presumptuous invitation, they also talked to them enthusiastically. In which Qing Dynasty consuls, the officials who came and went, I have never encountered them! Not to mention that the officers and soldiers around him were so heroic, and his words were so eloquent.

Li Xuan just looked at Xu Yifan seriously. That kind of stubborn and glamorous demeanor, the cuckoo has seven points to imitate. But it lacked the aura in this girl's eyes.

Xu Yifan could only sigh in the end, stretched out a little thumb and pointed out: "If you don't believe it, then let's pull the hook." ”

Li Xuan looked at his fingers, then at him, and suddenly smiled lightly, and his indescribable wisdom was moving: "Pull it." ”

(To be continued)