Ding Li, who returned to the military camp in Giethoorn Town, did not have time to return to Guangzhou Mansion that night, although he was worried about Liu Sheng in his heart, but when he thought that Liu Sheng was still recuperating in Zhangfu at this time, coupled with Wang Die's care, Ding Li was also a lot more relieved.

In the Southern Navy barracks that night, Xiao Li Zi and Gouzi, who were originally official captains and were demoted to team leaders in the blink of an eye, took up the task of night duty, although their brothers nominally changed from 200 to 50 people, but those old subordinates still regarded the two as captains in private, and after the two were demoted, the captaincy positions of the four regiments of the Southern Navy were also temporarily vacant, not only Ding Li did not mention this matter, but even Wang Ling and Qin Mo, who took over the two regiments respectively, did not mention a word about it, as if everything was in silence, This position of lieutenant will sooner or later be demoted to the four dogs.

What Ding Li is most worried about now is Zhang Mingzhi, who has fled from Fuxu Port by sea ship two days ago, and Xia Qing and Aguda, who accompanied each other, but after two days of tossing, Ding Li fell asleep after lying in the tent and thinking for a long time.

And the Guangzhou Mansion was also very unquiet all day, overnight and day by day, most of the Nanhai Gang's forces in Guangzhou Port withdrew, leaving only the chassis that the Zhang Chamber of Commerce had been occupying at the beginning, and the Chaozhou Gang followed closely behind to launch a large-scale robbery and occupation. In this regard, not only did the Nanhai Gang not have any resistance, but even the Jiedu Mansion did not express its position, all of which was a quid pro quo for rescuing Ding Li and clearing Zhang Mingzhi's name.

At the same time, Zhang's Chamber of Commerce only made some moves, but everything was just a fulfillment of the quid pro quo, Zhang Wu was personally arranged by Uncle Xiang to be transferred to Fuxu Town, and cooperated with Lu Dachi of the Mongolian Gang entrenched in Xiaonanhai in Fuxu Town to shrink the chassis, and arrange to deal with the business of Fuxu Port of Zhang's Chamber of Commerce as soon as possible, at present, the only person who can make Zhang Kuang and Uncle Xiang completely trust is Zhang Wu, not to mention, Zhang Wu knows a lot about the business of Zhang's Chamber of Commerce in Fuxu Port, so he is naturally the most suitable person.

After nightfall, in the quiet Zhang Mansion, in the dim study, taking advantage of the night to change into a casual clothes, Li Zhen stood by the window with a tired face, his bloodshot eyes squinted slightly, but his eyes stared at the oblique moon in the sky.

"Furong, Zhongye, I want to take Sheng'er's child to my house, otherwise I really can't feel at ease!" Li Zhen's tone was a little weak, and he even kept sighing in a low voice when he spoke, but it was full of a magic that could not be refused.

This is the longest sentence Li Zhen said after entering the study, most of the previous ones were Zhang Kuang and Yang Ru reporting the situation to Li Yuan, and Li Zhen was listening most of the time, occasionally nodding in response to the previous sentence or frowning and questioning a questioning question, but after hearing Zhang Kuang say that Liu Sheng's body is no longer in serious trouble now, but he still needs careful care to protect the mother and son, Li Zhen After a long period of silence, Li Zhen finally made up his mind to say his decision, of course, This decision may bring him endless trouble, but the perseverance in Li Yuan's eyes has completely wiped out those concerns, and they are all gone.

It had long been expected that Li Yu was very likely to make such a decision, but Zhang Kuang and Yang Ru still glanced at each other and saw the incomparable shock on each other's faces. After Li Zhen's decision was spoken, the two knew that no matter how much they tried to persuade them, it would be useless, but out of the care between old friends for many years, they still had to let the two of them open their mouths to persuade.

"Brother Li, this matter should be considered in the long run!" After receiving Yang Ru's eyes, Zhang Kuang frowned, looked at Li Yuan's back worriedly, and reminded in a deep voice: "Brother Li wants to be alone, but Sheng'er, this child, in what capacity should he enter the Jiedu Mansion?" How should Brother Li explain to the house? Also, Ding Li, that kid, how to tell him? ”

"Yes, Brother Zhang is right!" As soon as Zhang Kuang's words were finished, Yang Ru immediately opened his mouth and rushed to take over: "I also think that such a hasty introduction of Sheng'er to Jiedu Mansion, no matter what aspect, is not good for the current situation!" It's better to let Sheng'er, the child, continue to stay in Brother Zhang's mansion, according to the relationship between Ziyi and Shouyi, others can't say anything, let alone guess this relationship! ”

After listening to the persuasion of the two, Li Zhen was silent for a while, and when Zhang Kuang and Yang Ru looked at each other and considered how to persuade next, Li Zhen by the window suddenly let out a sneer, which was a sneer that made people feel a chill down their spines after listening to it, and swished: "Hehe! Others? The people in the house? Hehe.. When do I need to explain to them? When do you need someone else to point fingers? ”

"Humph!" In just a few words, Li Zhen's emotions suddenly became excited, and even suddenly became extremely irritable, raising his hand and slapping on the window frame in front of him, his face looked hideous under the moonlight, and for a while he was like a devil, his bloodshot scarlet eyes actually exuded a faint cold light, and the tone of his voice became more and more gloomy, but it was like a wounded beast roaring angrily: "That's my Li Zhen's daughter-in-law, she is pregnant with the flesh and blood of my Li family!" Why can't I take her back to the house?! Why can't I give her a stable environment to live well?! ”

"Ding! Ding is dead!! My real relatives now are only Ding Li, only Ziyi! And Sheng'er, she is already pregnant with Ziyi's child, why can't I recognize them yet, why can't I protect them?! Is God going to torture me like this?! In the end, Li Zhen, who was already in a bad mood to the extreme, couldn't suppress the anger in his heart at all, clasped his hands on the edge of the window, and suddenly raised his head and let out a sad and low roar at the miserable white crescent moon in the sky: "Ah!! Why?! ”

"Brother Li, Brother Li!!"

When they heard Li Zhen suddenly mention the dead Ding, Zhang Kuang and Yang Ru had realized that the situation was beyond their expectations, but they couldn't intervene at all if they wanted to stop it, until Li Zhen let out a hysterical roar, and even when Li Yuan's body with both hands on the window edge slowly slid and collapsed to the ground, Zhang Kuang and Yang Ru hurriedly strode forward, one of them pulled one of Li Yuan's arms, and pulled each other's body up as much as possible, and when they looked at Li Zhen again, the two saw a distorted face from twenty years ago, which was extremely familiar, but it is extremely strange.

Let Zhang Kuang and Yang Ru carry themselves to their seats, and Li Zhen's pale and tired face has already been full of old tears, and hot tears are flowing wantonly in the old face full of wrinkles and 'ravines', and the spirit of the whole person has been depressed to the extreme, plus the pair of empty pupils like dead people, there is no temperament and demeanor that is not a festival on weekdays.

As two old friends who have been with Li Yu all the way to the present, the three of them have almost nothing to talk about, but only about the Ding family, Li Zhen is the least mentioned, but it does not mean that Zhang Kuang and Yang Ru do not know, but this matter has become a forbidden area deep in the hearts of the two, and it is the only forbidden area, there is no one.

There is a small mansion where Li Zhen lived more than 20 years ago in Guangzhou Mansion, until now the small courtyard is still empty and uninhabited, but the courtyard including the furnishings in the room has been the same for more than 20 years, and has always maintained the original appearance, except for Zhang Kuang and Li Yuan, only Yang Hongwen, who accompanies Li Zhen there every year, knows the existence of this courtyard, but Yang Hongwen does not know what happened in that courtyard, and can only speculate in his heart that there must have been people or things in that courtyard that Li Zhen can never forget in his life. Or something.

"Why... Why.. Li Zhen, who was slumped in the chair, kept muttering in a low voice with his empty eyes, and even shook his head slowly, but tears were still pouring out of his eyes, which was a kind of liquid filled with remorse, helplessness, and anger, bitter and astringent.

Looking at Li Zhen's appearance, Zhang Kuang and Yang Ru were also very helpless, after trying to call a few times, seeing that Li Zhen did not respond at all, after the two looked at each other, with a look of helplessness, they looked at Li Zhen deeply with worried eyes, and the two slowly withdrew from the study.

Yang Hongwen, who had just closed the door and was walking back and forth outside the study alone with a knife, walked up quickly, glanced at the closed door suspiciously, and couldn't hold back the curiosity in his heart for a while, frowning and asking in a low voice: "Daddy, Uncle Zhang, Uncle Li, he was just now. . . ”

"Nothing, none of your business!" Yang Ru, who was frowning, raised his eyes and glared at Yang Hongwen, waved his hand at Yang Hongwen with an unhappy face, and then turned his head to look at Zhang Kuang and asked the other party's opinion in a deep voice: "Brother Zhang, what do you think of this?" ”

"There's no way, just carry it as much as you can." Zhang Kuang took a deep breath, shook his head slowly, and then sighed again, and after a moment of silence, he raised his head and whispered to Yang Hongwen: "Jingyi, early tomorrow morning, you will personally take someone to the Southern Navy Barracks in Giethoorn Town to pass on the military order of the Jiedu Mansion, but you have to pass it on to Ziyi alone!" Ding Li of the South China Navy acted recklessly, almost causing an irreparable mistake, and ordered the other party not to leave the South China Navy barracks within a month, and if there was urgent military affairs, he should not leave the camp without authorization and return to Guangzhou Mansion, just send someone to spread the word! If there is a dispatch in the future, I will send him another order! ”

"Nope! Brother Zhang! Hearing this, Yang Ru immediately raised his hand to stop it, and then pointed at Yang Hongwen, and instructed with a serious face: "Go now, leave immediately!" This order must be passed to Ding Li in the fastest possible time! ”

"Yes, go now!" Zhang Kuang also seemed to realize what Yang Ru was worried about, Liu Sheng was ill, and it was inevitable that Ding Li would not rush back to Guangzhou Mansion overnight after dealing with the military affairs and internal affairs of the Southern Navy, and hurriedly took Yang Ru's words and nodded heavily, and at the end of the day, he added to Yang Hongwen in a deep voice: "Jingyi, it's not peaceful recently, bring more people, it's official business anyway!" During special periods, you must be more careful! ”

"Thank you Uncle Zhang for your concern!" Yang Hongwen nodded politely, but his originally curious heart was even more puzzled, and he couldn't understand why he gave Ding Li such an urgent order, but after seeing Yang Ru and Zhang Kuang's solemn faces, Yang Hongwen didn't ask any more questions, and after saluting the two, he said goodbye and turned to leave.

And Ding Li, who was sleeping in the Southern Navy barracks, naturally couldn't predict that after this comfortable and down-to-earth sleep, he would get a completely incomprehensible news that he couldn't understand at all, and even a little angry, but he couldn't do anything about it.