Recently, the Gong family and Chen Zikun have been very close, and Gong Zijun, the eldest young master of the Gong family, has been in and out of the military embassy office all day long, and has also found a tailor to make a set of military uniforms to wear.

Gong Jiaxuan also recruited twelve loyal and honest young men from his hometown Gongjiamiao to serve as errands in the Protector Embassy Office, each wearing a gray coarse cloth military uniform, a cowhide belt around his waist, and a branch of Hanyang on his back, and standing at the gate, it was like that.

Chen Zikun also asked Master Gong to come forward and rented a few façade rooms, and it happened that the Gong family had an idle house, so they rented it out at a low price, and after the contract was signed, it was not opened for a long time, but no one cared about it.

Qiu Fuzhao came back from outside the city, and saw two people sitting under the willow tree by the moat, one was Gong Zijun, the eldest young master of the Gong family, this kid was wearing a blue cloth military uniform, wearing a big-brimmed hat, and he was bragging like a dog, and sitting next to him was a female student, who was very delicate in white clothes and black skirts, and her figure was a little familiar.

Take a closer look, Head Qiu's lungs are about to explode, and the female student is none other than Xia Jingxi.

When did the eldest lady get mixed up with the kid surnamed Gong, and sit by the river together, it's immoral! Captain Qiu was furious, and just wanted to go up to question, but suddenly had an idea, quietly hid behind a tree, and monitored Gong Zijun's every move from a distance, and made up his mind that as long as this kid dared to move his hands and feet, he would shoot him with one shot.

The two of them didn't notice that there were a pair of eyes staring at them, and they were still chatting happily, and Young Master Gong also picked a small blue flower and pinned it to Xia Jingxi's sideburns.

"Is it pretty?" Miss Xia asked, tilting her head.

"Well, it's good." Young Master Gong nodded vigorously.

"I hate ......" Miss Xia suddenly became embarrassed, and her cheeks were flushed.

Young Master Gong was a little drunk, and involuntarily put his mouth up.

"I'm fucking you." Qiu Fuzhao drew his gun and was about to go up, when he suddenly heard someone shouting behind him: "Commander Qiu, what are you doing?" ”

As soon as Qiu Fuzhao turned around, he saw Chen Zikun sitting on the horse looking at him with a smile, and hurriedly put away the pistol: "It's okay, it's okay." ”

"I haven't seen you in the past two days, where have you been?" Chan asked.

"Oh...... There's something going on in my hometown, and it's okay now. Qiu Fuzhao dealt with it vaguely, and his heart was a mess, all of which were the eldest lady and the boy surnamed Gong.

"Oh, if you have something to say, let's go first." Chen Zikun left with the horse's belly, and Qiu Fuzhao looked at the river again, where was there still a figure.

Sullenly returned to the Xia family's mansion, first went to the master to hand over the business, the assigned things were completed, and the jade pendant as a token was also returned to the master, Xia Dalong advised: "Fu Zhao, God knows this, you know me, understand?" ”

Qiu Fuzhao was excited: "I understand, master." ”

"Well, you go down." Xia Dalong sat on the recliner, the hookah snorted and spoke, and began to close his eyes to recuperate, Qiu Fuzhao had an impulse in his heart, wanting to report the matter of the eldest lady and the young master of the Gong family to the master, but he hesitated when the words came to his mouth.

"What, what's the matter?" Xia Dalong opened his eyes.

"Sir...... Oh, uncle, I want to ...... I'm also a big boss and want to get married. Qiu Fuzhao said hesitantly.

"This matter, haha, in the middle, whose daughter has a crush, my uncle will help you propose." Xia Dalong was happy, his eyebrows and eyes narrowed into a slit, and it was rare to see him so comfortable.

Qiu Fuzhao's heart was like a big drum, thumping, he didn't know where the bear-hearted leopard gall came from, and he actually snorted and said, "What's that...... In fact...... Oh no, cousin...... Does my cousin have a mother-in-law? ”

Deathly silence.

Xia Dalong didn't speak, a pair of eyes stared at Qiu Fuzhao, so frightened that he didn't dare to come out, only the sound of hookah spitting in the living room was heard, and the atmosphere was as cold as winter.

After a while, Xia Dalong finally said slowly: "Your cousin is from the Shangyang Academy, and in the future, at least she will marry an overseer brigade commander or something, so you don't have to worry about it, I think the third daughter of the sixth family of Xia Jiawa is good, and the prime minister is also right with you, I will be a matchmaker for you and marry her in Ming'er." ”

Speaking of which, Qiu Fuzhao had nothing else to say, nodded and said, "Thank you, uncle, I'll go back." ”

"Go ahead." Xia Dalong waved his hand and sent away this nephew, but he was very uncomfortable in his heart, the most regrettable thing in his life is that he has no descendants, the only biological Xia Jingxi is a daughter, and he can't inherit the family business, although he inherited a son from his brother, and now he is an adjutant with Sun Dujun, which is also promising, but after all, it is not his own blood and blood.

There is no son, and there are no outstanding characters among the nephews of the Xia family, so they used the nephew Qiu Fuzhao, this kid is not very clever, but he is powerful and loyal, and the Qiu family is a small surname, which is not easy to cause the tail to be big, but it is barely usable.

Qiu Fuzhao is twenty-eight or twenty-nine this year, I don't know very well, because he has a hemp face, and he has not married so far, according to the savings of being the head of the security regiment in the past few years, it is not that he can't marry a wife, but he didn't expect that he actually took a fancy to his daughter, and he had the audacity to mention it in front of him.

"Does my cousin have a mother-in-law?" Qiu Fuzhao's words still echoed in Xia Dalong's ears, his eyebrows jumped angrily, if it was before, he would have jumped up and beaten people, but now is different from the past, there is a black fish spirit Chen Zikun in the county, it is no longer the time for him to have the final say, and Qiu Fuzhao, as the head of the security regiment, still has some effect, in case he tears his face open, it will not be good to force Chen Zikun to his side.

……

Qiu Fuzhao was very happy, because he finally dared to say what he wanted in front of the master, which could be regarded as raising his eyebrows, although the master did not agree, but he was not angry, indicating that his status in the master's heart was still relatively high, and there was still room for this matter.

He was elated, and before he knew it, he walked to the back house, until he walked to the side of the young lady's embroidery building, and he was surprised that this was an inner house that outsiders were strictly forbidden to enter.

But I'm not an outsider, I'm the grandfather's nephew, Qiu Fuzhao easily made an excuse for himself, coughed dryly, pulled the hem of his gown, and asked the passing maid: "Miss?" ”

"Who's looking for me?" Xia Jingxi came out of the room and was a little surprised to see Qiu Fuzhao, "What are you doing here?" ”

Qiu Fuzhao was a little embarrassed, scratched his head, and suddenly thought of a topic, so he said mysteriously: "Cousin, let me advise you, don't associate with that kid from the Gong family." ”

Xia Jingxi suddenly raised her eyebrows: "I want you to take care of my affairs!" ”

Qiu Fuzhao looked around, and the little maids all looked at him with mocking eyes, so he was a little embarrassed, and said, "Miss, I have seen everything by the river." ”

Xia Jingxi hugged his arms, looked at Qiu Fuzhao with disdain, and said coldly: "What's wrong with seeing it?" ”

"Cousin, don't get me wrong, I'm not in the old man's ...... Uncle face in front of half a word, I just want to show you the bottom, the surname Chen is a rabbit tail can't grow, the young master of the Gong family is mixed with them, and he has to suffer, you have close contact with him, and it won't be better when the time comes, and when the army arrives, there is a saying that there are eggs under the nest. ”

Xia Jingxi's eyes widened in surprise, not because Qiu Fuzhao, who had always been blind by himself, dragged out an idiom, but because of the previous sentence.

"What did you say, what army arrived?" Xia Jingxi asked.

Qiu Fuzhao realized that he had left his mouth, and hurriedly covered up: "It's nothing, what's that, cousin, just be careful, cousin, I'll go first." ”

……

Escort Embassy Office, Gong Zijun came in a hurry, the military uniform on his body was made by the county tailor, and the position and buttons of the four pockets were not very standard, but in the eyes of the county people, he was a serious officer, not adulterated at all.

Two guards poked at the door of the second hall, and when they saw Gong Zijun coming, they hurriedly stood up and saluted - they saluted with their left hand, these villagers were very dull, even after half a month of training, they couldn't tell the difference between left and right, let alone fiddling with rifles, these things were too complicated, and they could only be used as burning sticks in their hands.

In normal times, Gong Zijun would definitely have to correct it, but today he just hurriedly returned the salute and entered the second hall, found Chen Zikun and said: "Protector, the big thing is not good." ”

The second hall of the county government is now the signing room of the Jiangbei Protector Embassy Office, Chen Zikun and Yan Su are both working here, listening to Gong Zijun's words, Yan Su hurriedly stood up: "What's the matter, speak slowly." ”

"Xia Dalong has mobilized people to attack us." Gong Zijun said.

"When, how many, and where did you receive the message?"

"What Xia Jingxi told me, I don't know how many people there are, I only know that it was a large army." Gong Zijun swallowed his saliva, very nervous, after all, he was only a college student, and he had never experienced major military events.

"Where did the eldest lady of the Xia family get the information?" Yan Su frowned and asked.

"It was Qiu Fuzhao who told her, just now she sent a maid to secretly send a message to me, the information is absolutely reliable, the military envoy, the chief of staff, think of a way." Gong Zijun wiped the sweat on his forehead again, anxious.

Yan Su was calm, spread out a map and said, "Could it be that Sun Kaiqin wants to transfer troops to deal with us?" It shouldn't be, now that the direct line is in full swing, the old Anhui system will never take advantage of this juncture to provoke contradictions, if the provincial army crosses the river to the north and swallows us, it will be the best excuse for Wu Dashuai to raise troops to go south. ”

Chen Zikun said: "It may not be a provincial army, it may also be a bandit." ”

Yan Su gasped and said, "It's a good move to kill people with a knife, but Xia Dalong is a squire, how can he mobilize bandits?" ”

Chen Zikun said: "Bandits are rampant in Nantai County, and there are only 100 regiments in the county, how can they be impregnable? ”

Yan Su said: "You mean, raising bandits is self-respecting? ”

Chen Zikun nodded: "If you don't do this, how can you squeeze the money of those rich people, how can you donate public security to the Republic of China for 36 years, the bandits in Nantai County, don't dare to say all, at least a few big ones, are in collusion with Xia Dalong." ”

Yan Su paused and said: "It's too unfortunate that the company of soldiers left, if they are here, we can also deal with it calmly, now we don't even have a soldier under our hands, how to resist the bandits, it's better to go with thirty-six strategies." ”

Chen Zikun said: "It's late, I met Qiu Fuzhao when I was patrolling at the city gate today, he hasn't been in the county seat for the past two days, he must have contacted the bandits, at this time, the bandits are afraid that they are already on the road, and it is too late to go." ”

As he was talking, a group member came panting and came to report: "My lord, a large number of bandits have been found outside the city gate!" ”