Aunt Thirteen did not return to Bao Zhilin because Bao Zhilin had an accident. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

When Aunt Thirteen and Cheng Nuo came to the gate of Bao Zhilin, Bao Zhilin was already surrounded by groups, and in addition to the officers and soldiers of the Yamen, there was actually a group of foreigner soldiers with high noses and deep eyes, looking at the banner of Americans.

In this time and space, the Ji Shan, who is destined for Cheng Nuo, is synonymous with the United States.

Sure enough, two people walked out of the Baozhi Forest first, one was the admiral who had been dangling in front of Cheng Nuo's eyes for the past two days, and the other was Ji Shan. Ji Shan didn't have much expression on his face, but the Admiral looked complacent.

Coming out after them was Huang Feihong, and several officials held him at gunpoint. Next to him, Pork Rong, Ya Mo Su and others were followed by a mixture of anxiety and anger.

Aunt Thirteen didn't care about getting angry with Cheng Nuo anymore, and hurriedly walked over.

"Stop!" The muskets held by the two officials waved and drank the thirteenth aunt and Cheng Nuo, who followed behind.

Admiral and Jishan turned their heads.

The Admiral frowned.

Aunt Thirteen tiptoed: "Feihong, what's wrong?" Why are they arresting you? ”

"Aunt Thirteen? Arnold? You're back..."Pork Rong and the others rushed over as if they had seen a savior: "Great, Aunt Thirteen, you hurry up and persuade the master that you can't go to the yamen with them..."

"Ah Rong!" Huang Feihong stopped the pork Rong, then turned to Aunt Thirteen and softened his tone: "Aunt Thirteen, it's nothing serious..."

The Admiral walked over and sneered: "Nothing big? Harboring Mr. Jishan's fugitive slave without permission, dare to say that it is no big deal? ”

"Fugitives? No way! Aunt Thirteen said without thinking: "Bao Zhilin has never seen any fugitive slaves except for taking in patients, are you mistaken?" ”

The Admiral glanced at Aunt Thirteen, with disdain on the corner of his mouth.

Two servants walked out of the Baozhilin Gate with a man half-dragged, in rags, dying, with shackles on his feet, his hair was messy and long, and he couldn't see his face clearly, but he felt like a middle-aged man.

"Let her see." The Admiral waved his hand.

The thirteenth aunt was let go, and Cheng Nuo was still pointed at gunpoint.

The official dragged the middle-aged man to the thirteenth aunt, rolled up his sleeves, and immediately showed the obvious J on his arm.

"I heard that you also came back from abroad, you should know this letter... This is the mark that Mr. Jishan left for his people, and all the laborers who were brought to Jinshan by Mr. Jishan have this word on their arms," the admiral said: "This person escaped from Mr. Jishan's ship last night, and the official led people to look for him for a long time, but he was found in Bao Zhilin... What would it be if you didn't hide it privately? ”

"Help," the middle-aged man obviously formed a conditioned reflex towards Jinshan and Jishan, and immediately struggled: "Please, I don't want to go to Jinshan, don't send me back to Jinshan..."

It's just that his physical strength is obviously weak, and the struggle has no effect.

Huang Feihong couldn't help but say: "My lord, I can go back to the yamen with you, but if this uncle doesn't treat him, I'm afraid that his life will be difficult to protect, and I hope that my lord can leave him in Baozhilin, after all, human life is at stake..."

"Do you still have the leisure to care about others? Take care of yourself first," the Admiral snorted, and there was a kind of excitement in his voice that had finally caught you this time: "This matter is not like last time in the concession, you can pile all the responsibility on the Shahe Gang... You must know that the imperial court has signed a contract with foreigners about these laborers, and you are openly provoking the imperial court's strategy... If you provoke the revenge of foreigners because of this, Huang Feihong, you will not escape the blame! ”

"What a bullshit contract!" Pork Rong jumped up: "Look at what this uncle has been tortured by them?" What kind of marks are still branded on the body, this is treating people as piglets. ”

"Being a pig is also voluntary for them, who told them to sign a contract with a foreigner?" The admiral said: "This official has read it, and it is very clear that these people have borrowed a large amount of money from Mr. Jishan to pay for the ferry tickets, meals and protection money, and they will completely obey Mr. Jishan's arrangement before they repay the money, and they can't without permission, otherwise Mr. Jishan can take any necessary means to make up for the loss, and as for branding them, it is also written in the contract..."

"No, we were deceived," the middle-aged laborer raised his head in a hoarse and weak voice: "We just want to go to Jinshan to work, and we don't even think about signing a deed of sale, these foreigners deceive us, and what they say to us is not at all what is written in the contract." ”

"Don't blame anyone else for being stupid," the admiral shouted, "Whoever told you to sign without seeing it clearly at the beginning, and it is completely self-inflicted on you to this point." ”

"But we don't know foreign languages..."

"If you don't know foreign literature, you dare to sign a foreign contract? Still want to make foreign money? The admiral said: "You Diao people, every day you think about taking advantage of unearned gains, and you actually take advantage of foreigners, and you don't want to think about it, what my Qing court has not done, you want to do it?" ”

Even Cheng Nuo felt that this sentence made sense.

"Since the contract has been signed, it is written in black and white, then you have to admit it! This is not only the case for foreigners, but also here," the admiral continued: "It's a shame to be thrown abroad, like you, if you think it's good, you can do it, if you think it's bad, you run away, and what do you want to do with a contract?" … The reputation of my Qing Dynasty has been ruined by you people, and the reason why the Western powers have become great powers is that they pay attention to the spirit of contract..."

"My lord, that's not what I said," Huang Feihong said: "Although this uncle did sign a contract with a foreigner, the contract itself is not fair..."

"It's not up to you to decide whether the contract is unfair or not," the admiral snorted, "and even if it's unfair, it's not your reason to harbor them, it's clear that you're ignoring the laws of the court and provoking your friends." ”

Hearing this, Cheng Nuo had already roughly guessed what was going on, and raised his hand: "Lord Admiral, I think there is a bit of a misunderstanding here..."

The Admiral turned around, looked at Cheng Nuo, and frowned: "Why are you everywhere?" ”

Cheng Nuo suppressed the urge to throw this sentence back the way it came, and continued what he had just said: "Although this laborer was found in Bao Zhilin, this cannot be said that Bao Zhilin intends to harbor, after all, Bao Zhilin is a medical hall, and it will treat anyone who is injured..."

"That's not the case," Huang Feihong explained solemnly on the side: "Although I didn't know the identity of this uncle in advance, but..."

"No need," Cheng Nuo quickly interrupted, and then turned to the Admiral: "You see, Master Huang also said that he really didn't know before..."

"This official really underestimated you," the admiral looked at Cheng Nuo: "Before?" You've been in the Begonia Courtyard before, how did you know about the previous things? Did you calculate it too? I see that your mind was all on that prostitute at that time, I'm afraid you can't take care of Bao Zhilin..."

… Please, you're also a big party, is it really good for prostitutes and prostitutes to be so straightforward.

That is, everyone's focus is not here now, otherwise Cheng Nuo would be really embarrassed. But even so, the eyes of the people of Bao Zhilin flashed on Cheng Nuo.

The thirteenth aunt didn't look at Cheng Nuo, and took a small step forward and said to the admiral: "Actually, even if Bao Zhilin knew about it in advance, there was nothing wrong with this matter. ”

"What's going on?" Ji Shan walked over: "Why are you still delaying time here?" ”

The Admiral leaned over: "This woman said that Bao Zhilin did nothing wrong. ”

The Admiral's eyes glanced at Aunt Thirteen and frowned.

Aunt Thirteen faced Ji Shan: "Mr. Ji Shan, I know that you have signed a contract with this uncle, and Western countries really attach great importance to the contract, no matter who violates the contract, they will be punished..."

"But there is one exception," Aunt Thirteen continued, "If the contract itself is maliciously deceitful, then the deceived party can not only fail to perform, but also sue the other party for fraud... I don't know if I'm right? ”

Ji Shan looked Aunt Thirteen up and down, and a smile mixed with desire and playfulness suddenly flashed in his eyes: "I really didn't expect to meet such a beautiful and knowledgeable lady in this place, I think we can discuss this issue at dinner, what do you think?" ”