The visit was a success, and Chan became the apprentice of Liang Qichao, a master of Chinese studies, but the apprenticeship ceremony was held on an auspicious day, and some cultural celebrities were invited to watch the ceremony.

After Chen Zikun left, Liang Sicheng was puzzled: "Father, in the past, you accepted students, but you never raised teachers, why did you make an exception this time?" ”

Liang Qichao said: "Chen Zikun is no better than others, he is a person who wants to join the military and political circles and make a career, and he hopes to help him with great fanfare for his father." ”

Liang Sicheng said: "Father really looks at him differently, no one among your students has ever enjoyed this honor, and Chen Zikun is also the only one." ”

Liang Qichao smiled indifferently, came to a secluded room somewhere in the back house, there were six spiritual seats in the house, he took a handkerchief and wiped it carefully, and then lit a stick of incense and inserted it in the incense burner in front of one of the tablets, stared silently for a long time, and finally said: "Resurrection, I haven't come to see you for a long time......"

……

There is still half a month before the apprenticeship ceremony, Chen Zikun still goes to work at the War Department in Tieshi Hutong every day, and conscientiously manages his tea furnace room, but he can't participate in the activities of the Crescent Society, because his spare time is occupied by Yao Yilei.

When Yao Yilei appeared again in the Ziguang Depot, she really scared Baoqing Xinger and them, and this eldest lady was destined to be the boss of the depot in her life, but this time Miss Yao was not as arrogant and domineering as last time, and she actually brought everyone's beautiful demeanor with her gestures.

Yao Yilei helped Chen Zikun to take a house, the address is on West Chang'an Street, Xuanwu Gate is a piece of land inlaid with blue flags in the former Qing Dynasty, there are a lot of old mansions of Belle Beizi, Zhenguo General, and Auxiliary General, and now the Republic of China has been established for more than ten years, and the family foundation of these Eight Banner children is almost ruined, and the old mansions are listed for sale all over Beijing, and the house she likes is not too big, the courtyard of the three entrances, the gate of the three bays, is much more magnificent than the Guangliang Gate and the Golden Pillar Gate, and the opening price is only 10,000 yuan.

10,000 is not a small amount, but Yao Yilei paid the deposit of 30% without even blinking an eye, and handed over the rest of the money to Chen Zikun to be responsible.

When Chen Zikun heard that he had suddenly taken on a debt of 7,000 yuan, his eyes widened in shock, he was now only a junior lieutenant in the War Department, and he was paid 50 yuan a month.

Yao Yilei didn't take this seriously at all, she told Chen Zikun that this is the mansion of a Baylor Lord in the former Qing Dynasty, the construction technology and materials are excellent, and the address is also excellent, neither far from the downtown area, nor close to the street, close the door to isolate from the world, go out of the door to extend in all directions, now Beijing's housing prices and land prices are low, 10,000 yuan can be won, the future housing prices will rise, the tide will definitely rise, after ten or twenty years, doubling is less to say, in short, absolutely not a loss.

The house was set, Yao Yilei also had a showdown with her family, she told Yao Qizhen bluntly that she would never marry Xiyuan Weixiong, but would marry Chen Zikun according to the agreement four years ago.

Yao Qizhen shook his hands angrily: "Don't you listen to the words of your parents, what kind of medicine did the kid surnamed Chen give you?" ”

Mrs. Yao also followed and persuaded: "Lei Lei, listen to Mommy's words, poor and lowly couples mourn everything, Xiyuan Ooxiong is a top student of Imperial University, not to mention his family wealth, he is also in love with you, you will not suffer if you follow him, Chen Zikun is just a martial artist, where can he be compared with others." ”

Yao Yilei sneered: "It's true that the Xiyuan family is rich, but it's his uncle Xiyuan Guisan's money, and it's not his, don't underestimate Chen Zikun, he is a graduate of the United States Military Academy at West Point, didn't you say that he had academic achievements and agreed to marry us, why do you regret it now?" Dislike people's low status? When people save your daughter's life, when they let you go, why don't you dislike them? ”

The Yao couple were speechless, Chen Zikun was kind to the Yao family, if he hadn't come to the rescue, Yao Yilei might have been torn up by the kidnappers, if he hadn't deliberately released water, Yao Qizhen's imprisonment would have been inevitable.

"Whether you agree or not, you can't change my decision." Yao Yilei carried her luggage and walked out of the Yao Mansion proudly, and the coachman Ah Fu was already waiting at the door.

Suddenly, Xiyuan Ooo walked in from outside the gate, and when he saw Yao Yilei looking like he was going out, he couldn't help but be stunned, Yao Yilei didn't look at him, Shi Shiran got into the car and ordered, go.

The car drove out of the yard, and Xiyuan Ooo was still confused in the exhaust, Yao Qizhen said very painfully: "Ooxiong, you come in, I have something to say to you." ”

……

The next day, a brief revelation appeared in the Beijing Daily that the Japanese businessman Nishizono Oo had invited a Chinese named Chen Zikun to launch a duel.

Duels, especially for women, have always been the most popular thing in ancient and modern times, Chinese and foreign, men, women and children

At the Six Nations Hotel, Nishizono O sat at the table with a solemn face, wiping a Japanese-made southern style pistol, and six eight-millimeter pistol bullets were placed side by side on the table, which was the ammunition he was going to use to kill his rival.

Nishizono Oo is a Ph.D. in the Department of Finance of Tokyo Imperial University, a somewhat rigid person, he and Yao Yilei met at a party in Tokyo's high society, he is not good at words, he fell in love with this lively and lovely Shina girl at first sight, and despite the dissuasion of relatives and friends, he launched a pursuit with his own personal characteristics, and the experience during this period was hilarious, and once became a joke in Tokyo's high society.

The hard work paid off, after indomitable efforts, Nishizono Oo finally won the approval of Yao Qizhen and his wife, Yao Yilei himself was not disgusted with him, a marriage was so decided, Nishizono Oo even gave up the opportunity to teach at Imperial University for this reason, and followed his fiancée's family to distant China.

He always thought that the happiness of this life was here, but yesterday's conversation at the Yao Mansion seriously hurt him like a thunderbolt from the sky, and this old-fashioned doctor decided to defend his happiness with his life, although he was highly short-sighted, although he was powerless, he still launched an invitation to a duel.

Suddenly, there was a knock on the door, and the messenger sent a large envelope, and Nishizono Oo took the envelope and opened it, and there was a thick stack of newspapers inside, with red pens on it.

Nishizono Oo is not a Chinese expert, but reading Chinese characters is absolutely unhindered, he spreads out the newspaper and reads it one by one, the more he reads, the cooler his heart becomes.

The newspaper published the case of Yao Yilei who was kidnapped and then rescued unscathed, followed by the peachy news of Miss Yao and the rickshaw driver, through the lace news on these yellowed newspapers, Nishizono Ooo saw a romantic and great love, compared to which his so-called love was full of selfishness and obscenity.

There are also some reports about Chen Zikun's repeated miraculous achievements in the Battle of Zhiwan and studying abroad, and Xiyuan Ooxiong has no heart to read it.

His fighting spirit was wiped out in an instant.

……

The venue of the duel is located near Tao Ran Pavilion, which is secluded and bright, it is the old place where Chen Zikun and Yu Zhankui competed, because of the secrecy in advance, so there were not many people present, only friends from both sides of the duel and a news reporter.

Chen Zikun came to the duel site early, he is a person who is used to licking blood from the knife, he doesn't take it seriously at all, he didn't make any preparations in advance, his dueling assistant is Wang Geng, and he brought a follower Wang Dongliang and a surgeon, of course, the doctor is prepared for the opponent.

Yao Yilei didn't come, it was difficult for her to face this kind of scene, she didn't appear, maybe it was good news for both sides of the duel.

The news reporter is an old acquaintance of Chen Zikun, and Ruan Mingchuan, a reporter from "Beijing Daily", this guy has always been extremely accurate in grasping social hot spots, and he is also very well-informed. After he met Chen Zikun, the first thing he said was: "Mr. Chen, you still owe me a suit jacket." ”

Chen Zikun laughed: "If I don't die today, I will return this Manhattan custom suit to you." ”

Ruan Mingchuan squeezed his eyes and smiled: "You can rest assured, Xiyuan Ooxiong's defeat today is decided." ”

Chen Zikun was a little puzzled why Reporter Ruan was so sure that he would win, but he didn't have time to think about it, because Xiyuan Aoxiong had already arrived.

Chen Zikun is one meter eight five tall, and he is only one meter six, and his figure is also a little fat, and he has lost points in his image, and his momentum is much weaker.

Nishizono Oo also brought an assistant, a young Japanese, the personnel of both sides arrived, Wang Geng read out the precautions in the duel in public, and the duel began.

Chen Zikun's dueling weapon is a silver flower-mouthed picker, which is still a matching gun given to him by Zhang Xueliang, and has only been fired on the shooting range so far, and has never seen blood.

The two sides stood twenty steps apart, Chen Zikun was smoking a cigarette calmly, his expression was extremely relaxed, and the hand holding the gun in Nishinoo was already sweaty, and the beads of sweat on his forehead kept rolling down.

Wang Geng raised a white handkerchief, waved it down suddenly, and the duel began!

Chen Zikun was not in a hurry, and made a very gentlemanly gesture, signaling the other party to shoot first.

Nishizono O gritted his teeth and raised his southern pistol tremblingly, the steaming mist on his head made his myopic glasses extremely blurry, sweat seeped into his eyes, and it was extremely spicy, he blinked hard and pulled the trigger on the blurred shadow in the distance.

"Bang" A gunshot rang out, and Xiyuan shot first.