Gu Hongming fainted, and the rush was just the trigger, and the main reason was the fatigue of the boat.

It's too far from Foshan to London.

For the next week, he spent the next week recuperating in a hotel in London.

Lu Shi made people angry, so he naturally wanted to go to condolences more, and every time he called Natsume Soseki, the three of them fought the landlord together, and they fought happily all day long.

"Bomb!"

"Damn!"

"You've played this card well!"

……

After playing another game, Gu Hongming smiled happily.

Natsume Soseki always felt that Gu Hongming's luck was ridiculously good, and this good luck lasted for a few days, which could not be explained by science.

He couldn't help but look at Lu Shi with a hint of inquiry in his eyes.

Lu Shi blinked secretly, his eyes were cunning,

It's all in plain sight.

Gu Hongming didn't notice the eye contact between the two, and said excitedly: "Shuffle!" Shuffle the cards! ”

The rule of the three is who loses and who shuffles.

Lu Shi hurriedly shuffled the cards, and at the same time pretended to be careless and said: "Mr. Gu, I see that your spirit is much better, the folds on your face are less, and you look younger than when you first met." Well, ten years younger! ”

Gu Hongming was supposed to travel from London to Edinburgh, to his alma mater, the University of Edinburgh, to show his face, and by the way to promote the Confucian classics he translated.

This is also in line with his long-standing insistence that "traditional Chinese culture is not inferior to Western thought".

But for some reason, he woke up and never mentioned Edinburgh.

Lu Shi just wants to send people away now.

Gu Hongming shook his head,

"I'm old, my legs and feet are not good, you see that I haven't been tired after resting for so long, I'm afraid I won't be able to go far for a while."

The two looked at each other and smiled,

Lu Shi: Old fox!

Gu Hongming: Little fox!

Natsume Soseki couldn't help but shiver, feeling that the air in the room seemed to be a few degrees colder.

Gu Hongming stretched his waist and said: "Mr. Lu, this landlord is really fun, and it is more interesting than the bridge played by British gentlemen." However, the game is clearly unfair, so why is it still addictive? ”

Lu Shi laughed,

"That's what I said, Mr. Gu, why is gambling addictive?"

Gu Hongming spread his hands,

"But we don't have any money."

That's true.

They didn't gamble money, not because of their high moral standards, but because Natsume Soseki's card partner was too poor.

Moreover, Lu Shi's purpose was to make Gu Hongming happy, and the cost of gambling money was too high.

Lu Shi thought for a while and said: "I think there are two reasons, one is that the asymmetrical game has a kind of charm, and the refreshing feeling brought by the landlord's one-on-two is much greater than the strategy-oriented card game of bridge. ”

Gu Hongming nodded and agreed,

"Second?"

Lu Shi said: "Second, many things require years of hard work to get the thrill of success, but when fighting the landlord, we can get it quickly, which is why many gambling games are designed to win or lose on the flop." The simpler the strategy, the more addictive it is. ”

Gu Hongming looked at Lu Shi with some strangeness,

This young man, just because he wanted to make himself happy, invented such a fun card game,

What kind of genius is this?

Gu Hongming said: "Mr. Lu, it's not that I haven't seen young talents, such as ...... Well...... Cai Yuanpei, have you ever heard of this name? ”

is another big man in the late Qing Dynasty and early Republic of China,

Lu Shi didn't dare to comment arbitrarily, and remained honest and silent.

Gu Hongming smiled,

"This Cai Yuanpei is actually nothing, but he is a scholar of the Hanlin Academy, and his score in the palace examination is only the second and thirty-fourth."

Thirty-four in the second class is nothing?

Brother really dares to say it.

Lu Shi didn't dare to speak anymore.

Gu Hongming continued: "With Cai Yuanpei's achievement, it is impossible for me to remember him. But this young man was different, after the outbreak of the First Sino-Japanese War, he began to come into contact with Western studies, sympathized with the Restoration, and wrote many articles advocating new studies. As a result, I immediately remembered that this person was useless. You know, I don't look down on the Kang (Youwei) Party the most, don't talk about it for scholars~ What is his creed for the Confucius reform test? Speculation, ambition, adventure, sabotage! The creed of the French Jacobins......"

That's the end of it.

Lu Shigan interrupted with a smile: "Mr. Gu is dedicated to the Qing court and is loyal. ”

Gu Hongming waved his hand and said more.

At this moment, there was a knock on the door of the waiter outside,

"Room service."

The only room service booked by Gu Hongming is to deliver newspapers.

Lu Shi went over to open the door, brought in a thick stack of newspapers, put them on Gu Hongming's desk, and took a copy of the Manchester Guardian from it to read.

Strangely, Gu Hongming doesn't seem to really want to read the newspaper,

He flipped through it quickly, as if he were looking for something.

Lu Shi hadn't finished reading the first edition here, so Gu Hongming turned over everything that should be translated, stretched out his hand and said, "Mr. Lu, show me your copy." ”

Lu Shi handed over the newspaper.

Gu Hongming is the kind of flipping speed again,

After a while, his gaze suddenly stopped on a certain page,

Long

"Whew~"

He let out a sigh of relief, put the newspaper down, and said, "Only the Manchester Guardian will report on China." ”

Lu Shi looked at it curiously and found that it was the international version,

The headlines of the international edition carried a long report on the Anglo-Boer war, which occupied three-quarters of the entire page.

The remaining quarter is divided into small cells, one of which mentions China.

Gu Hongming said in a weak voice like a dying man: "Mr. Lu, as you predicted, after the emperor returned to Beijing, the queen mother asked him to prepare for the throne and listen to the government by herself, so as to deceive the world. In this China, there is no monarch. ”

This thing is iconic,

It was undoubtedly a fatal blow to Hanchen, who was loyal to the Qing government.

Whether it is the defenders of feudal rule or the reformers who support the constitutional monarchy, they need a monarch who can still jump.

Today's incident can be regarded as shattering the dreams of two groups of people at the same time.

But Lu Shi had long known history and knew that Guangxu had become a puppet emperor after the failure of the Hundred Days Restoration, so he didn't feel anything.

He didn't know how to comfort Gu Hongming,

"Mr. Koo, you ......"

Suddenly, Gu Hongming closed the newspaper, turned over and got out of bed.

"Walk also~Walk also~"

Lu Shi is happy,

"You're finally leaving?"

Gu Hongming glared at him dissatisfiedly, and then said: "I stayed in London just to witness this. ”

Since the word "witness" is used, it shows that Gu Hongming has no doubts about Lu Shi's prophecy in his heart, and is just waiting for today's result.

Gu Hongming said: "What did Mr. Lu say last time? 'If you live with your wife and can't even sleep with anyone every night, do you dare to say that you are the head of the family?' I think this is right, it is simply the truth of the world. ”

Lu Shi was dumbfounded,

"Mr. Gu, how many aunts does this have?"

Gu Hongming laughed and didn't pick up.

Although he advocated the integration of East and West, he was a staunch supporter of polygamy, and he was disrespectful to the elderly.

Lu Shi thought for a moment and asked, "Where is Mr. Gu going?" Back to China? ”