After two nights and three days of sailing, the flagship "Winter" on which Chu Mei and Zhu Daolin were riding, escorted by two river warships, finally arrived at the scorching Shangyuan Wharf smoothly.

From the early morning when she passed through the chimney-lined and smoky Longtan Industrial Zone, Chu Mei, who was so strong, clearly felt that the anxiety and expectation in her heart were getting stronger and stronger, lingering.

Along the way, she looked at the wide river flowing eastward and the unfamiliar river bank with lush vegetation from time to time, and imagined from time to time what Xia Yuying, Pei Ruyan, Liu Rushi and Gu Mei and other rivals in love would look like? What should I say after we meet?

In fact, as early as the night when he arrived in Baoshanwei from Yingzhou, Zhu Daolin's letter to the chief staff Ye Liangchen, Xu Fu, and Xiaoying had already been sent.

The waterway mileage from Baoshanwei to Jinling is more than 350 kilometers, and it takes three days and two nights to go upriver by sail warship, but the fast horse is only about 280 kilometers away by land, and the messenger in the army can ride the horse to run the whole distance in just one day and one night.

When Chu Mei saw more than a dozen well-dressed men and women on the dock standing in front of hundreds of heavily armed officers and soldiers to greet her, the apprehension in her heart was indescribable, she subconsciously approached Zhu Daolin, tightly held Zhu Daolin's powerful big hand, and her complicated gaze was very accurately cast on the faces of the two beautiful women who were among the civil and military officials.

These two women with plain dresses, beautiful and dignified are none other than Xia Yuying and Xu Fu, who made Chu Mei jealous, quite curious and very jealous.

Xia Yuying and several generals on both sides of Xu Fu, as well as Ye Liangchen, Zhao Xunting and other confidants, had smiles on their faces, they already knew from Zhu Daolin's letter that Chu Mei from Tianshu Pavilion was the wife set by Zhu Daolin's parents, and had been honoring his parents on behalf of Zhu Daolin in Daming for several years.

Therefore, everyone showed a cordial smile to Chu Mei with respect.

The sensitive and delicate Chu Mei soon saw that Xia Yuying and Xu Fu did not have umbrellas. Standing solemnly under the scorching sun with everyone, looking at her with kindness and respect in her eyes, Xia Yuying, who was seven months pregnant, bent down to herself like Xu Fu, showing sincerity and humility, which made Chu Mei suddenly moved.

Chu Mei didn't wait for Zhu Daolin, who was sweating profusely, to introduce her, and quickly showed her open-minded and gentle side. Carrying a long skirt, he walked quickly to Xia Yuying and Xu Fu, who were smiling, bent down to salute, and took her hand enthusiastically without waiting for Xia Yuying to return the salute, and asked why he didn't hold an umbrella with concern?

Then she complained, half jokingly and half seriously: "With a body like my sister, where can I come out to meet me in the big sun, if there is any discomfort, won't I become a sinner?" ”

Xiaoying hurriedly thanked her, and smiled gratefully at Chu Mei, who was fair-skinned and beautiful and had a unique temperament: "Thank you, sister, for your care." The sun is not in the way, and my sister is coming from the Tianshu Pavilion thousands of miles away, I am afraid it will be a hundred times harder. ”

Chu Mei thought of the Tianshu Pavilion logo designed for Zhu Daolin at the beginning, and remembered Zhu Daolin's earnest advice on the ship, and couldn't help but smile bitterly.

However, this Tianshu Pavilion was a big secret that she and Zhu Daolin had to keep secret, and it must not be leaked, so she had to be vague. Turning to Xu Fu, who was older than him, he saluted respectfully again: "I have long heard of my sister's beauty and superb artistic attainments. My little sister has just arrived, and I ask my sister to take care of her. ”

Xu Fu hurriedly stepped forward to support Chu Mei: "Don't say that, Xu Fu should call you sister." ”

Seeing that the two rivals were far more beautiful than he imagined, and more gentle and generous, Chu Meidian felt sour, but fortunately, Xu Fu was understanding. Enthusiastically pulling Chu Mei and Xiaoying, he walked to the four-wheeled carriage behind the side, and returned home first under the diligent service of a group of little maids and guards.

Zhu Daolin on the side was greeting each other with Ye Liangchen and other henchmen, and he kept pricking up his ears. Clearly heard the conversation between Chu Mei, Xiaoying and Xu Fu, and saw the three beloved women enter the carriage hand in hand and leave first, and immediately breathed a sigh of relief, and his actions immediately caused a burst of laughter from all the henchmen.

Zhu Daolin was not a little shy, he smiled and said loudly: "Don't suffer such a big sun, go back, notify the heads of all departments and lieutenant generals and colonels, and gather in the auditorium of the martial arts academy the morning after tomorrow to hold a meeting, if there is anything to solve the problem the day after tomorrow, I will take a break in the past two days and recuperate my spirit." ”

All the henchmen smiled understandingly, bowed to Zhu Daolin and left happily, and Xiao Zhe, the head of the guard who returned in advance, and Zhao Yipeng, the commander of the personal guard battalion, quickly returned to the front of the team and led 500 guards to disperse the guard.

Zhu Daolin gave a few words of instructions to the accompanying Simeno and other admirals, and then got into the carriage with Ye Liangchen, Zhao Xunting, and Diao Meifang and returned to the main courtyard of Hushan.

Simeno ordered his soldiers to enter the barracks to rest, pulled Li Yiquan up, and followed closely in another four-wheeled carriage.

In less than ten minutes, Zhu Daolin and a group of henchmen came to the middle courtyard with a group of henchmen, and saw Mulan, the dog of a group of cubs under the belly, blocked in the middle of the courtyard door of the back study.

The henchmen saw Mulan stretch out her tongue and lick Zhu Daolin's face and hands violently, and rubbed Zhu Daolin's chest back and forth with her head before standing aside, and after being shocked, they praised Mulan's humanity in unison.

Li Yiquan, the Navy's quartermaster who was qualified to participate in the core meeting for the first time, immediately moved his mind to ask for a puppy.

Xiao Zhe, the chief of the guard, who had rushed back in advance, had already prepared fragrant tea, and all the henchmen were very skilled in finding the position, and sat down calmly, and Zhao Xunting, who had lost a lot of weight, laughed and said loudly: "Fortunately, we didn't leak the news of the general's arrival, otherwise there would have been no less than thousands of people who went to the dock to greet us." ”

"At this time, it is estimated that the news has already reached the city, if it weren't for the Shangyuan Navy Division military camp to send five hundred recruits to stop it, the hundreds of dock workers and merchants who are watching would have poured into the military dock." Diao Meifang joked.

Ye Liangchen, who was in a good mood, didn't care: "You can't hide such a big event if you want to, even if the general comes back in the middle of the night, the news will spread sooner or later...... A while ago, the little marquis of the Marquis family of Longping returned to Jinling together with the soldiers of the personal guard battalion who evacuated Dongjiang Town, and the battle of the great victory in Liaodong spread throughout the city the next day. ”

"Mr. Ruan's "Jiangnan Times" special issue is full of the process of the Liaodong Campaign, even how the naval artillery bombarded, how the thousands of soldiers of the musket battalion stepped on the drum to meet the scene of the Houjin 5,000 iron cavalry, and the storytellers all over the city changed to the Liaodong victory, it is said that several famous opera troupes are rehearsing day and night the Liaodong victory adapted into a script, and it is estimated that it will soon be staged in various parts of the Jiangnan, but I don't know what the generals played by the troupe will look like."

The laughter rang out, and Zhu Daolin himself couldn't help laughing.

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