Lin Fei was a little incredulous and asked, "Is that girl really that kind of reaction?" ”

Ruan Fubao Jiao laughed, "Why should I lie to you? That's right, that's how she reacted, I took her to dinner, she looked like a peasant girl when she ate, not like someone with any special status, if she was really an assassin, her acting skills were too good. ”

Lin Fei nodded slightly, secretly wondering in his heart, it seems that the girl is really just a peasant girl, and the old couple is really just an ordinary peasant couple, but what is Li Hongzhang going to do.

Lin Fei was puzzled and decided to meet the old couple in person, as well as the peasant girl, these days, in order to prevent their assassination, Lin Fei has not seen them again except for the first meeting.

The old couple, the old man's name is Lin Laosan, the old woman's surname is Zhang, there is no name, many women in this era have no name, and the girl has no name, the old couple calls her Xiaohua, the name Xiaohua can be used on countless kittens and dogs, and it seems very inappropriate to use it on a girl, but you can't expect an illiterate old couple to come up with any good names.

That night, Lin Fei invited the old couple and Xiaohua to eat, Lin Fei asked people to simply prepare four dishes, and the four people sat down, Lin Fei didn't expect that as soon as she sat down, Zhang's started crying, as soon as she cried, Xiaohua also cried, and even Lin Laohan wiped his tears.

The three of them made Lin Fei cry, Lin Fei smiled: "Family reunion is a happy thing, what are you crying about?" ”

Lin Laohan said in a trembling voice: "Emperor Fei, little Lao'er can see it, you don't want to recognize us as parents, we didn't raise you, and we don't ask you to be good to us, if that's the case, we'll go home now, okay?" ”

When Lin Laohan said this, Lin Fei's heart became uncomfortable, the old couple and the girl named Xiaohua seemed to be the most simple and kind people, they showed such a pitiful appearance, no one would not be uncomfortable.

Lin Fei sighed lightly, "Old man Lin, this matter is not as simple as you think, this is not just a matter of family reunion, but ...... Alas, forget it, I won't say much else, in short, you don't have to be sad, I will treat you as my parents. ”

Zhang put away his crying, turned his teary eyes to look at Xiaohua, and then said to Lin Fei: "What about the flower girl, this child is a good child, saying that since she is your daughter-in-law, she can't remarry, she is twenty-two years old this year, can you make her widowed for a lifetime?" ”

Xiaohua gently pushed Zhang's arm and mourned: "Mother, don't say it, Brother Lin doesn't look down on Xiaohua, his wife is much better looking than Xiaohua, it is said that he has several wives, each of which is better looking than Xiaohua......" Xiaohua became more and more inferior, and cried aggrievedly.

Lin Fei felt even more uncomfortable, and hurriedly comforted: "Little flower girl, don't be sad, you can follow me in the future, I will arrange a home for you, you have taken care of my parents in my house for so many years, and you are the same as the daughter of the two elders, you are my own sister." After Lin Fei finished speaking, he thought helplessly, recognize my sister, such a cliché thing would happen to me.

Lin Laohan, Zhang's and Xiaohua, hearing Lin Fei say this, there was a smile on his face, at this time Lin Fei was almost certain that these three people were just ordinary people and there was nothing special about them.

Lin Fei solved this mystery, but another mystery emerged, that is, what was Li Hongzhang's intention in sending three ordinary people to him? And who is the mysterious guest that Li Hongzhang said?

Alas, I can't figure it out, I don't want to, the next day, the mystery will naturally be revealed.

The next day, an attendant announced: "Li Hongzhang asked to see him, with a person." ”

"Who's that man?"

"Report to Your Majesty, it's the Admiral of the Qing Court Navy - Deng Shichang, General Deng." It was precisely because of this that Lin Fei was able to subdue Sa Zhenbing and store Xiyun, and it was only after the Nanyang World War that Qing Guo knew what a terrible thing it was to have no fleet -- a narrow Taiwan Strait, and hundreds of thousands of Qing troops without naval escort just did not dare to go over.

Only then did the Qing Dynasty begin to reorganize the navy, but the naval talent had already withered, so Deng Shichang, who had been idle at home, was used.

Because of Lin Fei's crossing, Deng Shichang did not die, and he also came to work as a lobbyist when Lin Fei liberated Taiwan, asking Lin Fei to surrender to the Qing court and sacrifice Taiwan.

Although Lin Fei was full of respect for these patriotic generals of the Qing court, when these patriotic generals pointed their guns at him, Lin Fei would not be polite to them.

Lin Fei heard that Li Hongzhang brought Deng Shichang to see him, he was very strange, could it be that Deng Shichang still wanted to persuade him to surrender? When I liberated Taiwan, I could not persuade me to surrender, but now that I have mastered the three provinces of Yunnan, Guizhou, and Guangxi, how can I surrender?

Lin Fei was at a loss for Li Hongzhang's recent actions, and really wanted to become a worm and burrow into Li Hongzhang's head to see what he was thinking.

Lin Fei asked people to invite Li Hongzhang and Deng Shichang in, Deng Shichang and Lin Fei fell out when they were in Taiwan, Lin Fei thought that Deng Shichang would have a good face when he saw him, but he didn't expect Deng Shichang to have a fatherly smile on his face, "Fei'er, it's been good lately." ”

Ruan Fu Baojiao rushed to the side and said: "Thank you father-in-law for your concern, husband is very good." ”

Deng Shichang looked at Ruan Fu Baojiao and was stunned for a moment, obviously a woman who answered his words made him very unaccustomed to it, Lin Fei smiled and said: "This is the equality of men and women in our Huaxia, Baojiao, go and pour tea for your father-in-law and Master Li." ”

Ruan Fubaojiao left obediently, Deng Shichang and Li Hongzhang were stunned, they had long known Ruan Fubaojiao's arrogant and untamable reputation, but they didn't expect Ruan Fubaojiao to be more obedient than a sheep in front of Lin Fei.

Ruan Fu Baojiao brought the tea to Deng Shichang and Li Hongzhang, sat on the side with a smile, and put her hand on Lin Fei's leg affectionately. ”

Deng Shichang sighed, "Fei'er, do you know what day it is this year?" ”

"There's nothing special this year...... Lin Fei said while pondering, isn't this year an ordinary year?

Deng Shichang said gloomily: "Five years ago, it was the year of the defeat in the Battle of the Yellow Sea, and several warships of our naval division were sunk by the Japanese invaders, alas, ......" said gloomily and wept, hanging his head silently.

Lin Fei also participated in the Battle of the Yellow Sea, although he failed to reverse the defeat, but with his help, the Zhiyuan ship crashed and sank the Japanese ship Yoshino, Lin Fei recalled the eventful years of the past five years, and couldn't help but feel a lot of emotion.

The two sighed for a while, and then Li Hongzhang said: "Mr. Lin Fei, I want to hold a public memorial ceremony on Liugong Island, and I hope you will participate in it then." ”

At the end of the First Sino-Japanese War, in order to keep the warships, the Beiyang Fleet retreated to Liugong Island to avoid the enemy without fighting, but was completely annihilated by the Japanese fleet.

When Lin Fei heard Li Hongzhang say this, his mind was racing, Li Hongzhang was going to hold a public sacrifice ceremony, what was this going to do? Oh, I understand, Qingguo knows how powerful I am, and he doesn't dare to confront me anymore, but wants to unite with me and find my parents, which is the first step of unity, and holding a public sacrifice ceremony is the second step of unity.

Lin Fei didn't express his position immediately, Deng Shichang persuaded on the side: "Fei'er, you were also a member of the Beiyang Naval Division, and the victims in the naval battle were all your brothers, don't you want to worship them?" ”

Lin Fei hurriedly smiled and said, "Okay, okay, I promised to attend the public memorial ceremony, I don't know when the public memorial ceremony is?" ”

Li Hongzhang said with a smile: "Lao Yu originally wanted to hold it on the 17th day of September in the Western calendar, that is, the day of the Battle of the Yellow Sea, but the 12th day of November in the Western calendar is the day of Lafayette's 65th birthday, and it is really inappropriate to hold a public memorial ceremony before Lafayette's birthday, so I plan to push the time to December in the Western calendar." ”

Lin Fei thought about it, in December, Japan and Russia should have lost both, and the European powers should have been provoked by themselves to start a war.

So Lin Fei readily agreed to participate in the public memorial ceremony.

After the business was over, Deng Shichang pulled Lin Fei to talk privately, Li Hongzhang excused himself to have something to do, and took a step first, Deng Shichang took Lin Fei's hand and asked long and short questions like a kind old father, especially concerned about why Lin Fei had no children, Lin Fei could only perfunctory him.

Ruan Fu Baojiao saw on the side that Lin Fei wanted to end this conversation, but it was difficult to say it because of his feelings, so he said to Deng Shichang with a smile: "Father-in-law, let's talk again when you have time, husband, he still has something." ”

Deng Shichang said goodbye to Lin Fei, got up and went out, Deng Shichang just left Ruan Fubaojiao smiled and said: "Husband, I see that the Qing Kingdom is deliberately seeking peace, and we may be able to take the Qing Kingdom without blood." ”

Lin Fei smiled, "Don't be naïve, Baojiao, don't you know what kind of attitude the Qing Kingdom has towards me, I'd rather be a foreign thief than a house slave, in their eyes, I'm just a house slave, if you want to conquer the Qing Kingdom, relying on peaceful means, I think it's impossible." ”

In the next few days, Deng Shichang often came to Lin Fei in the name of chatting about family life, and Li Hongzhang often came to chat with Lin Fei, mainly to talk about some cultural things, Lin Fei has been promoting the Chinese Empire and the Qing Dynasty with the same culture, the same species, the same ancestor, so Li Hongzhang and Lin Fei chatted about the hundred schools of thought, Tang poetry and Song lyrics, Li Hongzhang knows much more about traditional culture than Lin Fei, Lin Fei quickly couldn't resist, at this time Lin Fei missed Xiyun very much......

The time soon came to April, which was the time when Lin Fei predicted that the Japanese army would send troops.