After receiving the British officials who had come to protest, the regent's full day of sitting in the government was over.

Among the foreign mercenaries of the Taiping Army, three Britons were hanged for participating in the massacre of prisoners of war and abusing women who destroyed silver.

It is said that the British diplomat also took the military attache to the scene of the hanging, intending to obstruct the execution, but the bayonets of the riflemen of the Pingyuan Army in that row of fifteen people lit up, and the murderous arrogance immediately wilted several Britons.

If you want to say that Ye Zhao admires New China the most, it is the sharpness at the beginning of the founding of the People's Republic of China, the bombardment of the British [***] ships in the Yangtze River, and the county-class heavy cruisers with a displacement of nearly 10,000 tons who came to support had to flee in embarrassment.

Of course, whether it is the national policy, the current political pattern of the East and the West, or the future national strength, the future generations are not the same as the present, Ye Zhao also believes that the people of the country can do better.

Sitting in the carriage, Ye Zhao flipped through the telegrams from Shanghai, and the pace of negotiations in Shanghai was noticeably quickened, and the telegrams in the morning were one thing, and the afternoons were another.

It can be said that every second counts for the peace talks between the North and the South, and the North has the North as a last resort, and the South has the South's wishful thinking, and they all want to reach a peace agreement as soon as possible.

In the telegram sent by Zou Kaizhi in the afternoon, it was said that the Southern Dynasty agreed to the proposal of Guiliang and Prince Zheng to return to their respective hometowns, but it was linked to the war situation in Wuchang and Yuezhou, saying that the Southern Dynasty must guarantee that it would not launch an attack on Wuchang and Yuezhou before Prince Zheng could return to his hometown.

Su Song and the northern country finally relented, and asked the Southern Dynasty to withdraw the siege of Suzhou, and the northern armed forces would evacuate Su Song, in fact, it was also a helpless move, Zhao Sanbao's corps had made it clear that they would attack the Suzhou camp, and if they did not withdraw the army, they were afraid that the bamboo basket would draw water, and the remnants of the Huai army would also lose all their money.

Although the northern [***] team has accelerated the process of equipping rifles, but in the south of the Yangtze River, the reinforcements are beyond their strength, even if they want to start a war, they can't fly for a while, not to mention Shi Dakai's bloody battle in Henan, although its troops suffered heavy losses, but they broke through the Zhengzhou military defense, if they do not step up the encirclement and suppression, they will enter the Zhili, and it will inevitably shake the Beijing division.

Ye Zhao looked at the telegram and approved a few words, it was very simple, Wuchang Yuezhou was not a condition for negotiation, and the prince had to return south.

Ye Zhao's route back to the Donkey Meat House was extremely hidden, he left by carriage from the back door of the academy, and changed carriages in a mansion in Nancheng, but he left from the extremely remote back alley of the Linjia Mansion that was opened, and the guards all the way were vigilant and abnormal, unless he encountered a strong anti-heaven figure like the matchmaker, it was impossible for anyone to find the trace of the regent.

When he returned to the donkey meat restaurant, it was already an inconspicuous green canopy carriage, and Ye Zhao had also become a bearded brother.

But I didn't want Zhu Sisi to come early, I was sitting in the donkey meat restaurant and drinking tea, and changed into an elegant and light lake green satin jacket and pants, embroidered cloth shoes, silky silk, crisp chest and hip curves, that pair of brand-new small embroidered shoes, the toes lightly touched the floor tiles, but it made people's hearts skip a beat, the ancient shop with mottled green bricks in the openwork paper windows, the delicate and incomprehensible little jasper, the pictures that can only be imagined in film and television martial arts works, now appear alive in front of Ye Zhao, but Ye Zhao can't help but feel a sense of admiration.

took out his pocket watch and glanced at it, it was only a little past six o'clock, Ye Zhao smiled and said, "What, you want to send me away with donkey meat?" In fact, Ye Zhao can't see living creatures being slaughtered, especially the living creatures living with him, the donkey in the backyard of the donkey meat hall is called the donkey, but it has always been the same, and the donkey meat is bought from outside.

Zhu Sisi got up and asked, "Do you want to eat soft-shelled turtles?" ”

Ye Zhao smiled: "Whatever." ”

Zhu Sisi said: "Then come with me, this Nanjing City, I heard that there were a lot of delicious things before, but now it is not easy to find, it just so happens that the chef where I live is a former famous chef, and the fried soft-shelled turtle is a must in Nanjing, I bought a few soft-shelled turtles and asked him to make it, if it is not satisfactory, you can make do with it, it is better than you call donkey meat here." Saying that, he couldn't help but purse his lips and smile: "It's called the Donkey Pavilion, you can figure it out, why do you live here?" ”

It is rare that the voice is no longer so crisp and cold, but delicate, and she is smiling in front of Ye Zhao for the first time, not a sneer, not a contemptuous smile, but a coquettish smile, a trace of laughter flew from her cherry lips, driving the entire delicate and soft pink face to ripple with sweet ripples, delicate and infinite, Ye Zhao was stunned for a moment.

Seeing Ye Zhao staring at herself, Zhu Sisi's smile faded, glared at Ye Zhao fiercely, and said, "Let's go." ”

Ye Zhao sneered and followed Zhu Sisi out, but looking at her green silk clothes, the soft waist and the tempting curve of the buttocks twisting, this heart also seemed to be gently scratched, and there was no landing, I really wanted to hold this small figure in my arms and love it wantonly.

Zhu Sisi lives not far away, but it is a quiet small house, originally a rich family, because of the secret help of the Qing Demon family was slaughtered, the property was also confiscated by the Taiping Army, and now temporarily requisitioned as the Xicheng patrol dormitory, two into the house, all live in the patrol, the backyard lives in the female patrol, the front yard lives in the male patrol.

There are not many female patrols who come to Nanjing, but it is difficult to find a place to settle for a while, so they simply followed the deputy bureau to live in the back house of this house, there are only a dozen people in total, and there are seven or eight main rooms in the backyard wings, but they live in a spacious place.

In the shade of green willows, before entering the backyard, Zhu Sisi told Ye Zhao in a positive color that she was not allowed to look at and move, thinking that she was afraid of luring wolves into the room, and if she stared at her colleagues, she would inevitably harm others.

Ye Zhao shook the folding fan, but didn't speak, Zhu Sisi was so angry, but there was no way, she couldn't retreat at this time.

But after entering the hospital, Zhu Sisi summoned the female police, Yingying Yanyan lined up in a row, but it was very good-looking, but Zhu Sisi ordered them to go to the outer house to learn the four-hour patrol routine, and the evening class on the rest day was canceled, and the female policemen should say "yes", crisp and neat, and it was extremely comfortable to listen to.

This is completely different from the little maids in Ye Zhao's house, to be honest, Ye Zhao feels that the little maids in the house are not energetic, they are all robots, these policewomen are different, they are all living people.

The female policemen are highly disciplined, and it seems that Zhu Sisi is also quite prestigious, at most they secretly glanced at Ye Zhao, and then lined up in a queue, stepping, and walked out of the moon cave gate with their arms under the leadership of the squad leader on duty.

"Look, you can't pull out your eyeballs, do you?" Zhu Sisi looked at Ye Zhao helplessly.

Indeed, this policewoman is not only different from the little maid, but also different from the female soldier phalanx of Yu Linwei, the female soldier phalanx is solemn and majestic, and the arrogance is soaring, what about the female policemen, the neat queue, but there is a unique Yingyan style, but it reminds Ye Zhao of the style of the female soldiers in later generations, those female soldiers who have not experienced the baptism of war, in fact, are similar to the temperament of the current female police, and the soaring murderous spirit of the female soldier phalanx under their command cannot be compared.

Ye Zhao sighed in his heart, he didn't know how to explain anything to Zhu Sisi, shook the folding fan, and said with a smile: "The courtyard pours incense." "It's a real feeling, but after saying it, you know it, and you confirm that you're a pervert, right?

Juss glared at him and said, "Come with me." ”

The house is not strictly forbidden for men to enter and exit, several cooks in the kitchen are both men and women, the wing room next to the kitchen is the dining room, Zhu Sisi led Ye Zhao in, a few red sandalwood tables, more than a dozen wooden chairs, and a carved potted flower, but also neat and elegant.

It can be seen that the pots of flowers on the windowsill must have been placed by the policewomen themselves, and the girl's love for beauty is the same in ancient and modern times.

After sitting down, Ye Zhao said: "How good is it to buy a few more soft-shelled turtles, and everyone will fight the tooth sacrifice together?" Why don't I ask someone to buy it? "The two chief guards went to the kitchen to help, but in fact, they had their own sense of surveillance, although this is a patrol dormitory, and there is no need to worry too much about safety, but there should still be precautions.

Zhu Sisi glared at Ye Zhao again: "You don't have to worry about it, I bought it, and they all have a share in the evening." ”

Ye Zhao rolled his eyes, shook the folding fan again, and was in front of Zhu Sisi, never with any manners.

Stir-fried soft-shelled turtle is to remove the bones of the soft-shelled turtle, fry it with sesame oil cannon, add a cup of autumn oil, and simmer it in the fresh and thick chicken juice that has been boiled all afternoon, which is really delicious.

Ye Zhao was full of praise for eating, and said: "When order is restored in the city, I want to taste the delicious food of Nanjing, and then I will take you with me, it is better to be happy alone than to be happy with everyone, and it is really boring to eat and drink by yourself." ”

Zhu Sisi didn't appreciate it, and said, "You better do your thing, have you found any way to Nanjing?" Don't squander all the money you brought, and run back to be the eldest young master. "Obviously, he thought that Ye Zhao had taken his family's money to Nanjing to do business.

Ye Zhao smiled: "It's just that there is no way, why don't you help me think about it, what are you doing in Nanjing to make money?" ”

Zhu Sisi said: "I don't understand this, but I know that now Nanjing is buying and selling to make money, and there are so many craftsmen who lack everything, you won't think about it yourself?" ”

Ye Zhao said: "You manage so many transactions, give it a convenience?" ”

Zhu Sisi sneered: "Come less, you know I won't, you, you don't have the heart to do business in a down-to-earth manner, don't tease people." ”

Ye Zhao smiled, took the chopsticks and put the turtle meat into his mouth.

Zhu Sisi asked, "Do you drink?" I'll go to the front yard to help you sell a few taels? There is a man named Zheng Laodao in the front yard, his family makes wine, knife wine, and all those who have drunk it say that it is delicious. ”

Ye Zhao waved his hand again and again, and said with a bitter face: "Forget it, what about returning the knife wine?" It's all knives in the sky, and if you have some knives and wine, do you want people to live? The heart, liver, spleen and kidneys are roasted by the fire from the inside out, is it fun? ”

Zhu Sisi couldn't help laughing again, the pervert came to Nanjing City, and he wanted to live a very embarrassing life, just look at him and call it a donkey house, he sat for a while, and was called a donkey in the small courtyard with tinnitus, where could he stand it?

Ye Zhao sighed and said: "It's hot enough this day, and it's inconvenient to take a bath, so it's uncomfortable to die with a broken wooden basin." ”

Zhu Sisi blinked her eyes wide and said, "I'll take you to see our bathroom in a while." ”

Ye Zhaoqi said: "What's there to see?" ”

Zhu Sisi said: "You'll know in a moment." ”

After using lotus seed soup, Ye Zhao's meal was very comfortable, and then he came to the women's police bathroom with Zhu Sisi, Ye Zhao slapped his head violently, and said in his heart, Are you stupid?

Although the sky is getting darker, you can also see the black iron bucket on the roof of the bathroom renovated in this wing, and when it enters the bathroom, the fragrance is bursting, and sure enough, the hose is led down from the roof, and there is a sprinkler on it.

I think that when Ye Zhao was in Yanjing City, he asked the blacksmiths to drum out the "solar shower", but at that time, a metal pipe was used to divert water, and the sprinkler head was not as exquisite as it is now.

But Ye Zhao is used to living in the Lotus Building, and the boiler has hot water and tap water, but he has long forgotten this simple shower, isn't it? Can't keep warm, and can only be used in the evening, otherwise the water can scald people to death, this soil shower Ye Zhao has long been left behind, but I don't know that this kind of iron bucket shower is gradually becoming popular in Guangzhou.

"The hot water bucket is not expensive, why didn't you buy it and bring it?" Zhu Sisi asked.

Ye Zhao smiled bitterly, and said in his heart that I invented it, but I forgot about this stubble.

Now Ye Zhao's renovation of the mansion is not in the capital period, and now that the Southern Dynasty has a machinery industry, how can he take this kind of soil method to heart again?

I really haven't taken a good shower, and the barrel bath doesn't have the kind of environment and atmosphere of the palace, and there is no kind of little maid who knows how to add water at all times, which is really not very comfortable.

Without waiting for Ye Zhao to speak, Zhu Sisi knew what he was thinking, and said with a smile: "It's okay to take a bath here, I'll take you to a place." ”

Ye Zhao was stunned, and felt that this Nanjing City seemed to be upside down, and everything was not going well for her, but this little girl became a ghostly snake.

…… Zhu Sisi led Ye Zhao into an alley, stopped in front of a thatched low brick courtyard door, knocked on the door, and soon there were footsteps in the courtyard, and the door was opened by a middle-aged man in his forties, with a kind face, seeing Zhu Sisi smiled and said, "Yo, Miss Zhu, long time no see." ”

Zhu Sisi called him Brother Wei, and entered the courtyard with Ye Zhao, the same, a simple courtyard, six or seven bungalows, listening to Zhu Sisi and "Brother Wei" talking, this is the backyard of a cloth shop, and it has also been developed into a hotel, where four or five families live, all from the south, either craftsmen or small merchants.

Zhu Sisi led Ye Zhao to the bungalow on the east side, the key opened the door, lit the kerosene lamp, but the house was large, with a layout of two rooms inside and outside, the outer window, there was a sprinkler led by a hose, and a reading bathroom was made of a wooden board.

Ye Zhao smiled: "The environment is good." ”

Zhu Sisi said: "Well, this is rented by my brother and sister-in-law, I originally lived here, just next door, and now my brother went to Nancheng with the work team, and my sister-in-law also went with me, and this house is still three days to expire." ”

Ye Zhao smiled: "Is there still hot water?" ”

"They only moved out yesterday, so I think they are." As she spoke, Zhu Sisi wanted to blow out the oil lamp, but Ye Zhao said helplessly: "Hold it, can't I give you kerosene?" You, the soft-shelled turtles have all been eaten, and you have put on silk and satin, and you have saved this little money. After saying that, I regretted it slightly.

Zhu Sisi didn't care, and said: "I usually save a little bit to have new clothes to wear, you are not in Guangzhou?" After pacifying the long hair, every household set off firecrackers for the New Year, and the commercial houses did not carry out any promotions, everyone made new clothes to celebrate, I made silk clothes for my younger brothers and sisters and me, but I was distressed to death, and the little money I had saved over the years was used, but my younger brothers and sisters were happy, but it was nothing, this dress, I wore it for the first time. ”

Ye Zhao didn't know that the original extermination of the Taiping Army caused Guangzhou to be so lively, having said that, Zhu Sisi wore silk clothes for the first time in her life, and what she said was unpleasant, fortunately, Zhu Sisi was open-minded and confident, frank and open, saving money is like this, and having some money to make new clothes is also like this, and she doesn't care about the words that may sting the self-esteem of the poor, speaking of which, this is the real self-esteem. As for what seafood, in fact, in today's days, because of the limitation of means of transportation, because there is no refrigeration, so in the production area, the season, the price of fresh seafood such as soft-shelled turtle and crab is very cheap, not to mention any luxury jewelry.

"Just turn on the lamp, and I'll give you the gas money when I get back." Ye Zhao said with a smile.

Zhu Sisi said: "That's not necessary. He put down the kerosene lamp and said, "Not only the bathhouse, but also the outside toilet has been changed, leading to the gutter, and the slope of the cement ash grinding is washed with water and clean." Ye Zhao also complained to her about the toilet.

Ye Zhao was stunned, and said in his heart that the people of the southern country are all paying attention to it, but it is himself who has forgotten the method of improving the living environment by taking materials from the local area.

Thinking about it, Ye Zhao asked, "You said that this house still has three days to expire?" Didn't your brother and sister-in-law come back to live? ”

Zhu Sisi said: "Well, they went to Nancheng and didn't come back, I originally wanted to rent this room."

Ye Zhaoqi said: "What are you renting for?" ”

Zhu Sisi said: "The day after tomorrow, more than a dozen female professors came to Guangzhou, and they wanted to be placed in our place, I was afraid that the place was not enough, I didn't tell you, I just came to Nanjing and I lived here, just next door, so I rented it again, and when the female professors came, I moved out." ”

Ye Zhao sighed, it turned out that the police dormitory was going to be housed again, and these girls were going to sleep in the bunk, and Zhu Sisi was the deputy bureau seat, so she would not arrange for someone to share a room with her, thinking that she would let go of the dormitory by herself, lest these girls not live enough and be too crowded.

Zhu Sisi said: "Originally, I wanted to rent this room, and when my brother rented it, he was half a silver dollar a month, but the boss didn't charge me a dime." ”

Ye Zhao smiled: "That's good." ”

Zhu Sisi shook her head: "I heard from others, others asked him the price, he asked for a monthly rent of one silver dollar, and the rent started for half a year." ”

Ye Zhao sighed, the monthly rent of the dime of silver was not given to Zhu Sisi for nothing, and I don't know if it was because the boss knew Zhu Sisi's identity or because Zhu Sisi was beautiful. Now that there are more and more floating populations in Nanjing, the rent is really only going to increase in a short period of time. But whether it is half a silver dollar or a silver dollar, it is a big burden for Zhu Sisi.

It's Zhu Sisi's brother and sister-in-law, who really enjoy it, and say yes, the money earned by the small couple doesn't give a penny of silver to the family, Zhu Sisi's brother should be a simple person, and she thinks it's her sister-in-law who likes to enjoy.

Zhu Sisi said again: "So I rented the next room, and when I took a shower, I washed it in the dormitory." Don't talk about it, you take a shower. As he spoke, he handed a bunch of keys to Ye Zhao and said, "You wash it slowly, and return the keys to me tomorrow." ”

Ye Zhao nodded slightly, only to realize that Zhu Sisi still trusted her.

Seeing Zhu Sisi's slender figure leaving, Ye Zhao looked at the courtyard, but gradually had an idea.

(To be continued)