Li Mansion, Li Xuewen's study.

"Hello to Daddy, child!" Li Sizhe bowed to his father.

Li Xuewen is of medium stature, with big braids, a black satin gown, sub-pedantic glasses, and a black beard, and looks a bit like a professor at a certain university.

When he heard that his son had come back safely, he was also overjoyed, and a little smile appeared on his face, but when he thought of Li Sizhe's good court artillery officer, he ran to be a beard, so he couldn't help but be angry and didn't fight anywhere, and said with a sinking face: "Do you still know that you have a father?" Do you still know you have this home? What are you doing here? ”

"Dad, don't be angry, I'm also very concerned about you and my mother, but I'm too busy to come back to visit you, it's all my fault." Li Sizhe said with a smile on his face.

"Busy? What are you up to? Busy overthrowing the Qing Dynasty? "His father's face is sinking like water.

"Dad, what did you say?" Li Sizhe smiled and said, "I'm busy doing something patriotic within my ability?" ”

"You are a bandit, what are you talking about patriotism? It's ridiculous! His father sneered, "Is the beard also qualified to talk about patriotism?" ”

"Dad, I'm no longer a beard, I'm a member of the Chenjiayu Security Team, and my duty is to fight against the great powers, expel the Mongolian bandits, and protect the local people!" Li Sizhe hurriedly explained.

"Security guards? Is your security team approved by the government? His father asked.

"Not really." Li Sizhe shook his head.

"I didn't report to the government for approval, that's a beard, and I still put powder on my face, do you look good?" Li Xuewen said coldly.

"Dad, we are really different from other bandits, we love the local people, fight against Mongolian bandits, clean up the Japanese gendarmerie, and punish those who kill people and set fire to the real bandits."

"The things you said have your own government to do, so why do you have to make your own decisions and meddle in your own affairs?"

"Dad, things are not as simple as you think, if it weren't for our Chen Jiayu security team to maintain law and order in the local area, then the local people don't know how many crimes they will suffer."

"What about your local government? What are you doing? ”

"Those of them who are officials, eating, drinking, and having fun, looting the people's wealth, and oppressing the people, who will care about these things? The bandits came less, they were slow to react, and when they arrived at the scene, the people had already finished sweeping and ran away; There are many bandits, and they are greedy for life and afraid of death, so they will be turtles with their heads shrunk, and they will not come out when they shrink their heads. Li Sizhe said.

"You don't tell me this, I only know that people are officials, you are bandits, and I also heard that Zhang Xiluan, the prefect of Pingquan Mansion, is preparing to mobilize four battalions of men and horses to exterminate you," Li Xuewen said, "You are so good, then, why did the government send troops to exterminate you?" ”

"Dad, have you heard about this too? That's all the result of Ren Zhanbiao of Red Makan planting and framing! Li Sizhe said, "He went to kill people and set fires, but he blamed our security team." ”

"I don't want to listen to the grievances and grievances in the rivers and lakes, you listen to me, if you come back this time, you are not allowed to go again, let me stay at home," Li Xuewen said, "In addition, there are a few high-ranking and noble daughters waiting in line for you to come back, just right, you go to meet, if there is a fancy one, arrange for you to get married as soon as possible, you become a family, you will be at ease." ”

"Dad, I haven't done anything yet, what are you talking about marriage? And in two days, I'm going back. Li Sizhe said.

"If I say I can't go, I won't go!"

"Dad, I need some money." Li Sizhe endured it, and just squeezed a smile on his face and said.

"Need money? How much? ”

"One hundred thousand taels of silver." Li Sizhe said.

"One hundred thousand taels? What a big breath! You are right, did you open a bank when your father? Oh, I don't usually come back, I need money, I think of your father, why do you want so much money? His father sneered and said, "I tell you, if you stay at home safely from now on, even if you don't do anything, we will raise you, and this family business will be yours in the future. ”

"Dad, I borrowed this money from you, and when our security team recovers, I will return it to you with interest." Li Sizhe said.

"Oh, you lent money to your security team, didn't you? You are your father is a child, I am your father, you are my son, I will lend you the money, and if you don't pay me back when the time comes, what can I do? Li Xuewen sneered and said, "It's really a big deal, your elbow is turned out, who are you a family with?" Don't think I don't know anything about you, I'm afraid I know more than you think. ”

"Dad, then you really know the world without leaving home." In order to get the money, Li Sizhe was busy complimenting his father.

"Son, you are still too young, you are still young," his father sighed, "do you know what one hundred thousand taels of silver means?" That's a huge amount of money, an astronomical amount of money, you are too real, you have no scheming at all, you can't play with others, your captain Zhang Tianhe is purely a two-faced, hypocritical and cunning hypocrite, he is full of rhetoric, specializing in deceiving you people who talk about righteousness in the rivers and lakes, people who have no brains, how much did he take from Zhong'anbao Jin Xiangyang, Li Fengxiang of the century-old Haohe jewelry store, Heiyunzhai his godfather, and the owner of Tianjiazhai? When will it be returned? He will only play tricks on the people around him in order to satisfy his own ambitions, Zhong'anbao, Tianjiazhai, Qingfeng Village, all those who have a relationship with him, have been destroyed, right? ”

"Dad, how do you know everything?" Li Sizhe couldn't help asking.

"You are a stupid person, and you think you are smart, you can't play Zhang Tianhe, and Zhang Tianhe is not Ren Zhan's opponent," Li Xuewen admonished him, "Therefore, from now on, you are not allowed to go back to any security team, if you dare to step out of this gate again and go to those beards, I will break your dog's legs!" ”

"Dad, Zhang Tianhe is not the kind of person you say, he is a hero who has the world in his heart and stands up to the sky." Li Sizhe argued.

"You see, you're quite deeply poisoned, stubborn! You follow him and lose your head sooner or later. Li Xuewen said.

"Dad, I think you are prejudiced against our captain, you don't know him at all, he is not the kind of person you say, he is a righteous man with an open mind, courage and resourcefulness!" Li Sizhe said, "In the official government, people like Yuan Shikai, Ye Zhichao, Rong Lu, Yixuan, Duan Qirui, Cao Kun, etc., only think about their own future, and never think about national affairs. ”

"You're young, what do you know? Do you know what's going on in officialdom? Do you know the inside story of the imperial court? Just talking nonsense, in the future, such things are not allowed to be mentioned again," Li Xuewen said, "Moreover, I will tell you again, there is not a tael of silver." ”