The whining whistle sounded, the paddle wheel of the Jiang Shun slowly stopped, and the last few turns of the paddling board brought up a large mass of white waves in the river water.

When Xu Yifan came back, he naturally telegraphed Jiang Ningcheng in advance. His henchmen Tang Shaoyi, Zhan Tianyou, Li Yunzong and others are all very busy now, and they also know that Xu Yifan doesn't like this kind of pomp and circumstance to greet the hug, so he didn't come to the dock to pick him up, but Bai Siwen Bai's prefect is the capital of Jiangning City, and it is a matter of course to greet him on errands, plus he has been in the domestic officialdom for a long time, and his big boss returns to Jiangning and doesn't wait, what is this official here for?

On the wharf, Bai Siwen waited respectfully on the pier trestle with the full honor guard of the governor of Liangjiang, watching Xu Yifan's Canglong Festival flag fluttering high above the Jiangshun wheel. His expression was hesitant, embarrassed, and a little depressed.

Do you want to talk to the big boss about this?

The gossip of the big people is the most popular among the small people, and they also love to pass it on the most. What's more, it's the gossip of characters like Xu Yifan! Mrs. Xian is too much to make trouble in the outer house, and she is full of grievances and serves tea, which is already boiling in Jiangning City. Even if he doesn't say it, Xu Yifan will not know if he returns to the Supervision Office! When the time comes, the handsome man will face the anger, whether it is a feather duster kneeling on the washboard or not, this resentment will finally be poured on his head Bai Siwen, why don't you tell him on the dock? So that the handsome man is not even prepared!

Come on, Mrs. Xian is condemned there. This maroon-haired, nationally beautiful Mrs. Xian is already the most dazzling scenery in Jiangning City, traveling in a luxury carriage, and what is sprinkled is the fragrant breeze all the way. The cumbersome and dull rules of the ladies of the Qing Dynasty could not be seen in her, and when she encountered the old, weak, sick and disabled on the road, Mrs. Xian did not do less to pity the old and the poor. When I went to the countryside to see the scenery, I often took the hand of the little girl in the countryside and learned to speak Jiangning dialect, everyone was dizzy when she laughed, and she never spared her smile that could captivate the country.

Seriously, the big guys didn't have no discussions, such a handsome character, who fought foreign devils all the way, how did he marry a second maozi, or the main house! I still love to show my head, which is even more unacceptable. But Li Xuan's innocence, cheerfulness and beauty soon brought back his reputation. Let's just say that this time I made trouble in the handsome house, Bai Siwen has experienced it personally, and Mrs. Xian can't run away with the word pampering, but she is kind enough. Copying the outer house, I have never let it go so gently, and in the next few days, I didn't look at how Li Xuan sent someone to embarrass that mysterious Gege.

Mrs. Suxian's black state is unbearable enough. Not to mention the rumors in the rivers and lakes, Dashuai has a reputation for being afraid of the inside. The maiden family behind Mrs. Xian is also powerful and powerful, and if Mrs. Xian holds a grudge against him Bai Siwen, this is really a little sad!

What's the difficulty............ Bai Siwen lowered his head, just gritting his teeth there, and he didn't even notice Xu Yifan appearing on the springboard.

Xu Yifan is still in military civilian clothes, not because of how strong the smell of iron and blood is on him, but because he is really not used to wearing the Qing Dynasty clothes of this era, no matter how big the robe and horse coat are, he can't walk neatly, and the military civilian clothes are still the closest to the clothes of his era, and they are not particularly eye-catching.

He didn't notice the pomp and circumstance on the docks, and came out of the cabin, just gossiping and laughing with Waters. Xu Yifan's English is soso, but there is no big problem with the dialogue. All the way to the boat, I talked and laughed with him, the foreign guest who was invited, both of them were human spirits, and they didn't talk about the hook-up relationship between him and the British, but only about history. Waters' hobby is to study the history of the Near East such as Persia, Seljuk, and Arabia, and Xu Yifan can also talk, and the two of them have a very good argument about the legendary Kawi battle flag of the Persian Empire. The gentlemen's shelves of the British Empire are also put down a little, and they can make a little joke.

The two were talking and walking towards the gangplank, when they heard hundreds of people on the pier saluting loudly at the same time: "Welcome back to the office!" "The Zhuang class led by Bai Siwen, the subordinate officials of Jiangning Prefecture, the newly elected Jiangning County, and the officials in charge of the dock were all neatly beaten. It startled Xu Yifan, who didn't pay attention to them. Bai Siwen, who was thinking about his own thoughts, was also awakened, and hurriedly beat a thousand times.

Waters frowned, glanced at the dock scene, and said with a smile: "Your Excellency, this is what makes us different, even in front of Her Majesty, we would never have performed such a grand courtesy. It is only in the face of our Heavenly Father that we are so humble. In the East, whether in the Far East or the Near East, the existence or absence of such etiquette is an indication of the civilization of civilization - a good topic for an anthropological dissertation, isn't it? ”

Xu Yifan frowned and glanced at Waters, who was holding a civilization stick and his nose was about to reach the sky, and said lightly: "This is the etiquette of the Qing Dynasty, not my Xu Yifan............ Civilized or not, this definition, you don't count. ”

He strode off the gangplank, and a few Goshha crossed Waters and followed him closely, Pu looked up at the foreign devil as it was always unpleasant, and deliberately brushed him. Waters staggered at the gangway, frowned and didn't speak. Xu Yifan's insight and bearing, even if he is arrogant and indifferent like him, he admires it very much. But what makes him very unhappy in his heart is that Xu Yifan is a yellow person after all, but no matter from which point of view, he can keep the most level-headed gaze at him! This attitude came from the depths of his heart, and under his influence, his subordinates also had his kind of air that was very unruly to Caucasians. These are all things that he needs to observe and experience carefully............ The pattern of the Far East is going to change drastically because of this person............ What did the British Empire have to do to get the most out of this change?

Xu Yifan walked straight to Bai Siwen, who was worshipping in front of him, and pulled his official uniform and pulled it up: "Kowtow addicted? It's been a little time to follow me, haven't you seen what etiquette others are doing in front of me? Next time, don't blame me for beating you. Then he turned to the kneeling group, pulled Bai Siwen with one hand, and waved his hand and scolded with a smile: "Get up!" I love to kowtow, go home and kowtow to my wife, I am not your yellow-faced mother-in-law!

Xu Yifan didn't care much about the foreign devils, and the tone of Bai Siwen's reprimand was just a laugh and scolding. He doesn't look down on the etiquette of kowtowing too much, and the allure of the position of power lies in the fact that he can control people's fate, but it is not in the part of people who are short or not. Since what he wants to stimulate is the gloomy spirit of this nation, this kind of etiquette, sooner or later, he will abolish it.

The man who greeted him on the ground stood up hesitantly, and stood there with his bow. Pu Yang and the others had already gone over to beckon Xu Yifan's handsome special carriage to come over, but Xu Yifan felt that the Bai Dazhi Mansion he was carrying in his hand was trembling there. I don't know which sentence in my words scared him, but when he turned his face, Bai Siwen's face was so pale that he was a little blue. There I gritted my teeth and closed my eyes to make up my mind.

Xu Yifan let go of him and straightened his complexion, although he was not as good as Chu Wanli's dual-core CPU-like head, he was also a smart person with a clear mind and a quick response, Bai Siwen's demeanor made him immediately serious in his heart. Isn't it Jiang Ningcheng what happened when he was away? It's impossible, his subordinates are all brought out single-handedly, he knows the roots best, and others are only in Shanghai, not beyond the reach of the whip. If anything happens, those henchmen will send him a telegram as soon as possible............ When it comes to his subordinates, they have to hide the bad news from him first, how big of a deal must it be?

As soon as he pulled Bai Siwen, Bai Zhifu almost wanted to kneel down again, but Xu Yifan forcibly pulled him to prevent him from softening. asked in a low voice: "I'm not in Jiangning, what the hell is going on!" If you let me know afterwards, you will know what kind of sin it is! ”

Bai Siwen's body shook, and finally stomped his feet: "The handsome Mingjian, it is all the sins of the lower officials, and the handsome man's outer house has not been settled............ Here's the thing............"

"I ...... My outhouse? ”

Waters slowly got down from the springboard, and the group that greeted Xu Yifan didn't know what kind of character this foreign devil with a good bearing was, but looking at the posture he had just walked out side by side with Xu Yifan, he knew that his identity was not light. All the way he passed, he took off his hat and waisted to perform foreign etiquette. Jiangning City is not as good as the Northland, and in the eyes of the errand, I have seen a few foreign devils, and there are many local negotiations, so I know the etiquette for dealing with foreign devils. Naturally, Waters would not surrender his identity and greet them, and looked at the master who invited him to this Jiangning City with a civilization stick.

Just looking at a figure who looked like a standard Qing official in a long dress and a big hat, he bent down and carefully whispered something in Xu Yifan's ear. I saw that Xu Yifan's face gradually sank, and then it became more and more ugly. Even against him, the special envoy of the Prime Minister of the British Empire, this warlord of the Far East has never appeared so like a great enemy!

Waters touched his chin, a little curious.

These words are really not short, after Xu Yifan heard it, in addition to his serious expression, he even had a little panic and a crying and laughing expression, and when the official finished speaking, Xu Yifan even added three points of cowardice to his face.

Waters didn't know that the person was sighing in his heart: "What the fuck is this!" "He and Xiuning originally had nothing, Li Xuan made such a fuss, and there was nothing to do. Why was he embarrassed to see that person again? Her pair of superb twins don't seem to be able to fill their eyes in the future............ Thinking about it again, Li Xuan let Xiuning go, but he didn't necessarily let him Xu Dashuai go. At other times, he can still make Li Xuan happy as the joy of life, but now how can he have this time! But no matter how sensible Li Xuan is, it is absolutely impossible for a woman to change her surname if she is jealous, since things have become like this, he always has to give Li Xuan an explanation............ Forget it, it's ............ to send Xiuning out of Jiangning It's just that if Pu Yang doesn't leave, Xiuning will definitely not leave. This is another trouble............ Or go back to reward Li Xuan and the two of them for slapping, and the big horse golden knife roared back: "How is the master looking for a woman?" Even if you find ten or eight, you have to be happy with you, otherwise you will feel good about the leather whip and candle! ”

Forget it, he can't do it. Hitting a woman is something that only useless men can do. I have very little time to spend with these three young girls, and I am already a little guilty. He also knew that some people behind him laughed at him for being afraid of guilt, but Xu Yifan himself was very reasonable, and he tolerated the girl he liked, tolerated a little in private matters, had a little pity, and gave in a little bit, and he would die! The prestige is for outsiders, not for their own women.

In this matter, there is no doubt that no matter which angle he considers, he will be towards Li Xuan. After all, Li Xuan is his daughter-in-law, and Xiuning is just a banner person! Li Xuan only negotiated with Xiuning when he left, and in the process of Bai Siwen's return, even if he came to find fault, in the process, Li Xuan also took care of his face. For this proud girl, this is already learning to be sophisticated as much as possible............ Although it is a joke to learn.

Did you really drive Xiuning away? I don't know why, Xu Yifan suddenly remembered the scenery of putting aside his business and playing chess with Xiuning under the warm sun on a winter afternoon. Everyone talked about some things about the inside story of the Qing court in the north, but both of them knew it, and they didn't want to go to their hearts. All of them are enjoying this rare feeling of total relaxation. Playing chess by herself, the scene of this delicate girl quietly rolling her eyes would be so clear -- she is the character of the flag man! The things he wants to do are all aimed at their family with the surname Aixin Jueluo!

Deep down, what do you think?

To put it a little machismo, Li Xuan's troubles are actually just a trivial matter, in this era, it was originally the era of three wives and four concubines, and they were young couples, Li Xuan herself is such a beautiful girl, there is no boring like a yellow-faced mother-in-law eating vinegar from a beautiful girl's house, watching girls be angry and jealous, it can be regarded as a love between the two, and it is a spice after heavy work. As long as Xiuning is not a flag person, it is just like that to make the fake come true and welcome the inner house. But the crux of the matter is that she is a banner person, and she is the Gege of the Aixin Jueluo family! If your brain is broken, you really have some feelings for this girl, then it's a bit of a joke!

You don't really like her, do you?

Xu Yifan frowned, touched his chin and thought seriously, standing on the dock blankly. Pu Yang and the others all looked at Xu Yifan in amazement, and Bai Siwen was beside him, looking like he was scared and scared first. I don't know what kind of big thing happened, and I don't dare to step forward.

Zhang Peilun came out late, got off the springboard, and saw the abnormality here. Everyone looked blankly at Xu Yifan pondering there. Even a distinguished guest like Waters, Xu Yifan was left aside by him for a while.

Zhang Peilun was also moved, hurried to Xu Yifan's side, and asked in a low voice: "Dashuai, what happened?" ”

One sentence woke Xu Yifan up, he sighed, put down the hand that was touching his chin: "It's nothing............ Youqiao, you go back to the Governor's Office first, and notify everyone to gather to discuss the matter. I'm going to get busy with something first............ I'll come over when I'm done. ”

He then raised his hand and greeted: "Pu Yang, Chen De, don't want a car!" Bring me a horse and come with me! ”

Zhang Peilun pulled him along: "Dashuai, what's the big deal?" The British guests are restless, and they have to wait for such a big event, and I can also refer to what happened! ”

Xu Yifan touched his head and smiled: "It's nothing, just talk to two women, and come over after talking." ”

Zhang Peilun was so angry that his hands and feet were cold: "Handsome! The matter of the surname Ren, the handsome man has done enough! Although there are many things, although they seem ridiculous, the handsome man has a deep meaning in his heart, but this time he can talk to two women to overshadow the big thing in front of him? One is to lay out the means to deal with the north, and the other is to treat this Lord Salisbury, whose perception has a bearing on the British evaluation of us............ What kind of woman can overshadow the big thing in front of her? Could it be the Queen Mother? ”

Xu Yifan smiled: "Youqiao, I can tell clearly." I don't have time to think about foreign wars, when I was fighting for the fortune of the nation. Such a big Qing Dynasty is just trying to find a way to make them collapse quickly, an enemy who is full of holes, and I still have to face the enemy, then I really have no ability! My opponent has never been this apocalyptic Qing Dynasty, but the trend of this era! How to adapt to it and catch up with it is what I really want to do! ”

Pu Yang Chen De had already led the horse over, and the group of Goshha had already turned over on the horse first, just waiting for Xu Yifan here. Xu Yifan stepped on the stirrup on the case, skillfully pulled the reins of the horse, and sat on the back of the horse is really heroic: "Lao Tzu is only twenty-seven!" Some things are much more interesting than dealing with the Qing Dynasty, I have to figure it out! If I were gloomy and just spinning around in power all day, I wouldn't have so many people following me! Foreign devils, if you go to settle down and do things according to their perceptions, then there will be no me Xu Yifan! I just want them to see what I'm doing, not to please them! ”

He smiled at Zhang Peilun with snow-white teeth, nodded his head as a farewell, and whipped the horse hard: "Go!" Town! Dozens of Goshkha suddenly followed like dragons, rolling up a large cloud of smoke and dust on the dirt road in front of the dock. Zhang Peilun stood there looking at Xu Yifan's very agile back, shook his head, and walked to Waters' side by himself, just as he wanted to pull over the interpreter to say a few sorry kind words. Waters had already shook his head and smiled and said something in English.

Zhang Peilun turned back in a low voice and asked the interpreter who rushed to his back: "What did you say?" ”

"Vitality......... Adult, it is vitality. ”

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Xiaogezhuang overnight, it seems to have changed the sky.

In the Nantou boxing arena last night, the sound of foreign guns that sounded alarmed the whole Zhuangzi. Who would dare to see what was going on in such a dark day? In addition to the fact that there are girls and daughters-in-law at home who go to touch the incense and ask God to rest assured, they are afraid to touch their clothes. Everyone else was shaking in the bed, and they hurriedly hid it softly. Horse bandits outside the mouth can't make trouble in Yanqing, which way of the fierce god is acting? Could it be that the government felt that the number of incense sects was wrong, and sent the head of the camp to suppress the incense sect?

The gunfire stopped after a short while, and the barking of dogs was already ringing in the Zhuangzi, adding to the bleak scene of the three-minute winter night. After a while, someone brought back his own woman, and the family welcomed them into the house, and the color on their faces was not color, in addition to fear, there was anger.

"Ge Erdan is dead! dragged out with the little flower shoes, all with bare buttocks, and more than a dozen blood holes on their bodies! However, Senior Brother Liu, who came from Kangzhuang from outside, stood there, just saying that Ge Erdan deceived the teacher and destroyed the ancestors, and ...... It's also ruining our daughter! Senior Brother Liu said, touch the incense and invite God, the ancestor in the sect is not so good, women often come to that, dirty bodies, really ask God to invite what? Fortunately, our family is fine, in other families, some daughters-in-law and daughters-in-law are draped with a piece of cloth! Immediately, the man who picked them up was there beating and scolding, and wanted to write a letter of resignation! Ge Erdan is really not a human wow, he deserves to be fired! The big cabinet of foreign money was moved out, and when you took a look, there were hundreds of foreign dollars spent in the moon field! Senior Brother Liu said, the group is to train the new army, but to pay money, and there is no reason to punish incense, let's Zhuangzi, let's talk about how much incense these people have been fined? Which one didn't bleed?

Senior Brother Liu said that Venerable Yan sent him to clean up the portal, and the one who killed Ge Erdan with a foreign cannon was the protector of the sect. A first-class master. From the beginning of the group, whoever drew his name in the book at the beginning, if he didn't go, he would have to be like Ge Erdan, he was accused of deceiving the teacher and destroying the ancestors! But this time don't let the big guys be on an errand in vain, one dime a day, it's a hundred big characters, that's fifty Beijing money! I didn't earn so much in a day! At the beginning, I saw that Ge Erdan was not a thing, but fortunately, Venerable Yan had eyes and sent someone to deal with him! Looking at their strong appearance and the foreign cannon in their waists, it seems that this incense sect is really going to be a big deal! ”

The people who saw the scene in the incense altar in Nantou, in the second half of the night, every family was spreading these similar words.

When it was dawn, the big guys rushed over to see what was going on, not for anything else, but for the hairy ocean every day. If you dare not go, people will really come to the door with foreign cannons, where will you hide when the time comes? Tongzhili, where is there no incense teaching?

When I arrived at the Nantou incense altar, the yard was still the same yard, and the empty field was still the same empty field. Even the tablet incense pavilion did not move. It's just that on the flagpole of the fighting competition, Ge Erdan's corpse has been hung high! Several of his henchmen, tied up with all kinds of flowers, were already kneeling in front of the flagpole, frozen for half a night, and everyone only had half a life left. These Dharma Protector envoys sent by Venerable Yan were so cruel that the common people didn't dare to speak out loud!

The senior brother Liu who was looked down upon by the Zhuang family was already dressed in a Taoist robe, with a red silk ribbon tied around his waist, pinched cross-legged, and sat cross-legged in front of the incense altar with a solemn face. Cigarettes swirled in front of him, looking like a fairy wind bone. Behind him, stood two sturdy men with tigers on their backs.

In addition to them, there was also a short, fat and round-faced man in his thirties who was leading two of his subordinates, with a large pile of foreign coins and copper dollars piled up on the table in front of him, and a red ink cartridge with red seal clay placed on the side of the blue-skinned running water book. smiled kindly: "Come on, come on, Ge Erdan, who deceived the teacher and destroyed the ancestors, has been sent by the Venerable." Now everyone is back on the line, and they can draw their own names, and those who can't read and write will press their handprints. A dime a day's allowance! If anyone was on the Mao at the beginning and now shrinks back, Senior Brother Liu has the eye of the sky, and he can find you out if he escapes to the edge of the sky! ”

The eyes are black, and the white is silver. These guys are so powerful that they quietly beat Ge Erdan into a hornet's nest. There is a benefit here, under the coercion and temptation, the people from the original Nantou Xiangtan have rushed over one by one to re-enter the house, and the daughter-in-law of the family has suffered a loss in the hands of Ge Erdan, and they also went to the flagpole to throw stones at his corpse, and by the way, they beat up his henchmen. At the end of the day, even cold and hungry and beaten, the two of them were killed. This is also similar to the meaning of the fate, the incense altar in the south is as lively as usual in a blink of an eye, and the incense in front of Senior Brother Liu is twice as much, and the incense ash is about to fill the stove. The first few big families in Zhuangzi also gathered together to send over, there was silver and live pigs and live sheep, and they kept saying that Venerable Yan was a harm to Xiaogezhuang, and your teaching law was strict, and it would be a great cause to help Qing and destroy Xu!

Senior Brother Liu is lazy and doesn't pay attention to these big households, and the general affairs are all held by the round-faced short and fat man. He politely returned the silver, took the pigs and sheep, and immediately divided it among the people of Shangmao. It's just that the regiment is to protect the township, why do you say these kind words. Those big families usually said that they were not shallow to bully Ge Erdan, and at this time, they raised their eyebrows, holding a few broken shoes that Ge Erdan had slept on, picking them naked, and rushing to parade in Zhuangzi. I haven't seen such a scene in some years!

Usually, when it was time for dinner, the group members would go back to their homes to eat. But since last night to today, so much excitement, and blood, the big guys are a little crazy with excitement, one by one the family sent food, squatted in the courtyard and began to eat, no one was willing to disperse. And the round-faced Humpty Dumpty man walked back and forth in the crowd with a smile, talking about the official dialect with a bit of Henan accent and the big guys. Everyone is standing up to him, the new senior brothers, benevolence and righteousness!

As soon as I was in a harmonious situation, I saw a group of men walking through Zhuangzi from the north, wearing only jackets and shoulders, and everyone was very strong. The waist was also tied with a red belt, and the first one had thick eyebrows and big eyes. Half a head taller than the average person, they all came empty-handed, just high-spirited. The group people who were squatting in the courtyard to eat here, saw them coming, and some young men slammed their bowls with a bang, and hurriedly picked up the iron ruler with a gun: "Ge Qitai is here!" Let's not disturb the north and the south, why are you here? Think that if you change the senior brother, you can crush us? Let me tell you, our new senior brother is not a good stubble! ”

"The boss of the Ge family, who doesn't know that your two younger brothers have joined Xu Yifan's demon army? In North Korea, he fought the imperial court with Xiao Yue'er, and he also risked the merits of the imperial court, and now he has to rebel! You still have your face to burn incense! ”

"I didn't say it, I beat him up, and I don't want to see what kind of territory this is!"

The sturdy and tall man at the beginning was what people called Ge Qitai, he didn't look at the people who rushed over with knives and guns, he just looked up at the body of Ge Erdan hanging on the flagpole, and frowned: "Who is the senior brother in charge?" Let's not care how many bastard things he has done, people die and debts are eliminated, and it is too bullying to hang like this. It's our Xiaogezhuang people! We started the Shaolin Club at the beginning, and now we burn incense and practice boxing, just to protect our family and hometown, and if we make a fuss, who will be damn next? In this world, it is a blessing for the big guys to be safe and steadfast! ”

In the crowd, Yuan Shikai walked out slowly from the group people, Senior Brother Liu was still sitting there, his eyes didn't open, he was just acting as a signboard very responsibly today. Don't listen to Humpty Dumpty with this surname? Just kidding, don't look at him smiling kindly today, if he doesn't listen to the greetings and talks nonsense, no one can say whether he is the eldest son of Liu who hangs on the flagpole!

"Brother's surname, take care of the regimental affairs for Senior Brother Liu, if there is anything, Senior Brother will talk to his brother."

Yuan Shikai looked at Ge Qitai quietly, and replied with his fists.

"Put down the body of the second egg, let's talk again! You are outsiders, you will see blood as soon as you come, what will you do with our Xiaogezhuang in the future? ”

Yuan Shikai raised his head and glanced at the corpse on the flagpole lightly, it was not that he was ruthless, he had to hang the corpse to show the public, if he didn't hang this guy, how could he stand up? The tall man in front of him said it well, they are outsiders after all! This Ge Erdan is dead when he dies, from beginning to end, this guy is grass mustard in his mind.

He looked at Ge Qitai fixedly: "Your brother joined Xu Yifan's demon army?" ”

Ge Qitai snorted: "They are them, I am me!" Don't talk so much nonsense, just talk about it if you want to, and if you don't talk about it, you can say that you don't talk about it! ”

Yuan Shikai smiled and clapped his hands: "Let go of that guy!" Dude, how about we go in and talk? ”

(To be continued)