Rebirth of the Northern Giants

Xiaolu faced Qi Qiran, and said worriedly: "I'm afraid that the master will scold you if he finds out."

"Needless to say, let's get started!" Sheng Huiyi said, usually very assertive.

"Alright then!" It was Xiaolu's helpless voice.

After a while, Xiaolu handed over a mirror, Sheng Huiyi took it and looked at his face, he was quite satisfied, smiled slightly, and said: "With your help, Xiaolu, it seems that Ye Zhikui is not in the trap!"

The camera zooms back to Ye's living room.

Ye Zhikui moved to the main seat and asked curiously, "Who is this lady?"

Sheng Huiyi sat like a mountain, did not answer, looked at Ye Zhikui carefully, and thought that this person looked good, and the maid beside him said arrogantly: "This is Sheng Huiyi, the third lady of our Sheng family."

The third lady of the Sheng family!Could it be, Ye Zhikui thought of a possibility.She couldn't help but asked with a smile: "I don't know what the third lady is doing when she comes to Ye's mansion?"

Sheng Huiyi waved his hand, and replied in a rough voice: "No other intention, I just heard that my father wants to betroth me to you, so I came to see you."

Ye Zhikui was surprised. Could it be that women in ancient times talked so directly? In fact, after Sheng Huiyi said this, his heartbeat increased, and his face was red, but his face was so dark that he couldn't tell.

Ye Zhikui stood up, walked around the hall, smiled mischievously, and asked, "Since that's the case, Miss San can see clearly whether she also has one nose and two eyes."

Sheng Huiyi was secretly annoyed, thinking why this person was so rude, and replied with rough words: "General Ye, the blessed general of the country, is nothing more than that, I thought it was some superhuman being."

Ye Zhikui was amused, just bored, this girl's pretentious appearance is interesting!He couldn't help thinking of teasing her.

Sometimes a servant came to serve tea, Ye Zhikui couldn't help being surprised when he saw it, it was Xiao Linglong who was holding the tea set in person, after setting the tragedy on the coffee table, making two cups of good tea in a decent manner, Xiao Linglong opened his mouth Asked: "Brother Ye, who is this young lady?"

Ye Zhikui smiled awkwardly, and introduced, "This is Sheng Huiyi, the third lady of the Sheng family."

Xiao Linglong's complexion was as usual, with a hint of cunning in her eyes, she smiled slightly at Sheng Huiyi, and invited generously: "It turns out that Miss San is visiting, and it's lunch time, why don't Miss Sheng have dinner together?" Became the hostess here.

Sheng Huiyi clenched his fists, and suddenly thought of the purpose of his trip, so he relaxed his whole body, and said with a deadpan expression: "This miss is exactly what I mean!"

Little Linglong saw that she failed to chase people away, but instead lured the enemy into the house out of self-defeating, she was secretly annoyed, she didn't expect that Miss Sheng was so thick-skinned and stayed for dinner on the first visit, the two women exchanged a few more words, Ye Zhikui suddenly found himself reduced to a thug Soy sauce people.

Xiao Linglong gave orders, and the meal was prepared in a short while, and several people sat down in turn according to the rules. Sheng Huiyi sat opposite Ye Zhikui, and Xiao Linglong sat next to Ye Zhikui. After they sat down, everyone was speechless for a while.

Seeing that the atmosphere was a bit dull, Ye Zhikui couldn't help but bring up the topic, and said, "Miss Sheng looks so unconventional and different, not much different from black women in Africa."

Ye Zhikui's eyes are bright!Having seen Empress Dowager Cixi's acting skills before, Sheng Huiyi's small tricks are not enough in his eyes, but he is not very clear about Sheng Huiyi's purpose, so he pretends to be stupid.As the butcher's daughter, although Xiao Linglong has always been careless, it doesn't mean she is stupid. She just doesn't care much about other things, but when her brother Ye is involved, she immediately turns into a Sailor Moon and begins to transform. She became very shrewd, and she, who was well-informed, had already seen Sheng Huiyi's makeup tricks, but she had other thoughts and didn't point it out.

Only Sheng Huiyi, a rookie lady who has never been in the rivers and lakes, thinks that she is very good at disguising. Poor baby, no matter how smart she is, how can she know the dangers of the rivers and lakes if she has never been in the rivers and lakes!

Sheng Huiyi replied in a sullen voice: "I've been like this since I was born in the womb. I don't dare to go out on weekdays. I thought I wouldn't be able to get married in this life. But I didn't know that I heard the good news yesterday. I was so happy that I couldn't wait for today." I came to see you, little girl, this is a special trip to thank Master Ye for not despising my appearance."

Ye Zhikui smiled and replied indifferently: "I hate it! How come! Actually, I like this kind of skin color very much. It's dark and rosy, how healthy! I often sunbathe when I'm free, hoping that my skin color Be like you too."

Hearing this, Xiao Linglong took a bite of the rice, and ate it in a fit of anger.Seeing Ye Zhikui's heart ached, he secretly regretted deliberately molesting Miss Sheng's family.

Seeing this, Sheng Huiyi felt a little happy for some reason. Then she thought about it, and her heart thumped again. Didn't Ye Zhikui really have some special hobby of liking black people? She had heard before that some men have some bad habits.

Here Xiao Linglong picked up a piece of fish, brought it to Ye Zhikui's mouth, and said, "Brother Ye, this is your favorite fish, taste it and see how it goes."

Unexpectedly, Xiao Linglong, who has always been shy, would show such intimacy in public. Ye Zhikui couldn't help but open his mouth happily and ate it. He even praised the taste was good, but Xiao Linglong was still not used to it. Grilled rice.

Sheng Huiyi cursed vixen inwardly, feeling sour in his heart, then thought of his purpose of coming to Ye Mansion, calmed down, rolled his eyes, let out a cry of surprise, then put Qianqian's fine finger into his mouth, and pulled out a piece of it for a while. A green vegetable came, and he said to Ye Zhikui in surprise: "Unexpectedly, I finally found out a green vegetable that was stuffed between my teeth when I was eating yesterday."

After speaking, he stuffed the vegetables into his mouth and ate them with relish.Having said that, it's a pity that the expression on her face betrayed her. It wasn't an expression of enjoyment, but rather like she was taking some kind of poison. Immediately, Sheng Huiyi's face changed drastically, and she covered her breasts with her hands, and couldn't bear to retch. He suddenly stood up, and hurriedly said: "General Ye, may I have..."

Ye Zhikui reacted from the shock, seeing her appearance still unclear, he couldn't help laughing and quickly asked his servants to lead her to find a place to vomit.After Sheng Huiyi left, Ye Zhikui and Xiao Linglong looked at each other, and they laughed together, thinking of the performance of the third lady of the Sheng family just now, it was so funny.

Xiao Linglong smiled but her face gradually dimmed, and she said to Ye Zhikui with a little fear: "Brother Ye, I'm sorry, I shouldn't be so jealous just now, in fact, I heard my father talk about the Sheng family last night, just now my sisters told me My young lady from the Sheng family came to visit, so I felt uncomfortable for no reason, I wanted to come and meet that young lady from the Sheng family, I'm sorry, Brother Ye, I caused you trouble."

Xiao Linglong is lively and cute, she never puts on airs with her servants, and they all call her sisters, Ye Zhikui doesn't want to change her, so he lets her do it, but unexpectedly, this will make Xiao Linglong quickly win the favor of the servants, They all regard her as the young lady in their hearts, so whenever there is any trouble, they will report to Xiao Linglong.

Ye Zhikui touched Xiao Linglong's hair dotingly, and said comfortingly: "Don't be stupid, Brother Ye could blame you, but Brother Ye felt sorry and you didn't dare to tell, don't worry, Brother Ye will kill you no matter what. The Ming media is getting married, and the eight-carried sedan chair is married home."

Xiao Linglong's eyes were red, and she leaned on Ye Zhikui's chest and said, "Little Linglong will be satisfied as long as Big Brother Ye doesn't drive me away."

Ye Zhikui stroked Xiao Linglong's hair, feeling very affectionate in his heart, and felt that he was too indifferent to Xiao Linglong on weekdays, which made her feel these thoughts.

After a while, the third lady of the Sheng family came back after tidying up. Seeing the two men looking at her mischievously, she couldn't help but coyly said, "General Ye, you were really rude just now."

Ye Zhikui waved his hands again and again, and said generously: "It's okay, I'll get used to throwing up, it's just that Miss San still wants to eat?"

Sheng Huiyi made such a big joke, no matter how dark his face was, he could still see the red color inside, bowed his waist slightly and said: "No, I'm here to say goodbye to General Ye. It's getting late, I should go back. "

Ye Zhikui winked at her and said with a smile: "Since that's the case, let's see you next time. I hope Miss Sheng can play some new tricks next time. I also want to express my gratitude to Miss Sheng for bringing us joy!"

Sheng Huiyi hurriedly led the maid and left Ye Mansion as if fleeing.

Chapter 46 Xu Shichang said Yuan Shikai

The capital, Xu Shichang's residence.Just when Ye Fu was preparing to offer a dowry to Sheng Fu, Ye Zhikui was very busy, Yuan Shikai and his brother Xu Shichang were plotting at home.

Xu Shichang, courtesy name Bu Wu, was funded by Yuan Shikai to go north to take the exam.

The editor of the Hanlin Academy is a seventh-rank small sesame official, with a lot of work and little money, and Xu Shichang is still waiting to see his immediate boss Li Hongzao, so he has been sitting on the bench sadly, I don’t know when it will be his turn to play, if not This official is a Beijing official and can make friends with some high-level people. Xu Shichang, who is nearly forty years old, has long requested to be released.

Now Xu Shichang, who doesn't love his grandma and doesn't love his uncle, is listening seriously to Yuan Shikai's story of his bloody and tearful history.

Yuan Shikai complained: "Brother, you don't know. It's not easy for me now. Zhongtang doesn't want to see me now. I think I'd better find another way."

Why doesn't Li Hongzhang wait to see Yuan Shikai now!The reason was Xiao Yuan's own fault. After Yuan Shikai fled from North Korea by claiming to be ill, Li Hongzhang gave him an errand: in charge of logistics, and rushed to pay for food and weapons.Xiao Yuan was unwilling, and arrogantly told Li Hongzhang that my brother didn't care about eating and drinking, and that if he didn't send him an army, he wouldn't go to the front line.

To say that this little Yuan has a deep understanding of the similar saying "Government grows out of the barrel of a gun". The top three are also able to make contributions because they have soldiers and horses in their hands.So what he dreams of is to have a few "gun barrels" in his hands. When he was in North Korea a long time ago, Xiao Yuan played tricks and wanted to seize the "employee" Wu Changqing's Qing army. It became enemies.

After the Chosun Dongxuedo Uprising, as the "Emperor of Chosun", he felt secretly refreshed, thinking that the opportunity had come, but he didn't know that he was set up by the Japanese. The Japanese told him: Xiaoyuan, don't worry, let the Qing Dynasty send troops. , My Great Japanese Empire promises not to send troops over.

In order to gain power personally, Yuan Shikai actively contacted the imperial court and advocated that the Qing government send troops to North Korea. Unfortunately, as soon as the Qing army arrived, the Japanese army also arrived. When Xiao Yuan saw it, this situation is not good. There are not as many people as Japan. Ah, quickly pretended to be sick and asked Li Hongzhang to return to the country. When Li Hongzhang heard this guy kept saying that he was dying of illness in North Korea and could not deal with affairs, he let him go back to the country if he softened his heart.But as soon as this little Yuan returned to China, not only did he recover from his illness, he also ate delicious food, jumping up and down everywhere, saying to everyone that the Japanese were so powerful in North Korea, the Qing Dynasty should retreat to the Yalu River, if it weren’t for my old man Yuan saw the opportunity early in North Korea, and was already snapped by the Japanese.At the same time, in order to show that he was not timid and afraid of death and fled back, and also in order to take the opportunity to lead the army, he kept begging Li Hongzhang to give him an army to fight against Japan on the front line.

Li Hongzhang had already been deceived by him once, and he felt that this little comrade was not upright, so he had to put it aside to dry out and temper his temper.So he kicked him towards the logistics brigade, Xiao Yuan felt chilled when he heard the order!Grit your teeth, good!There are no masters here, there is a place where masters stay, and they rely on their connections to find a way out. They approached Ministers of Military Aircraft Weng Tongsu and Li Hongzao. So he asked Xiao Yuan to lead an army to the front line.

When Li Hongzhang got the news, he was furious, and dared to seek refuge with my political enemy Weng Tongsu Xiaoer. After all, you are also from Beiyang, and you are ungrateful, so you expressed your firm opposition to Xiao Yuan leading the army. You should continue to do logistics for me!Because Li Hongzhang's master (Cixi) was better than Weng Tongsu's master (Guangxu), seeing Li Hongzhang's resolute attitude and Li Hongzao had nothing to do, he said that he could do nothing, and Xiao Yuan had to go back to do his logistics with tears in his eyes.

Seeing that the war was over and Xiao Yuan hadn't received a new appointment, he felt a little anxious. He also heard that the imperial court's "Supervision of Military Affairs Office" intends to rectify the old army and retrain the new army. You have to make it yourself.To make connections and find connections, I first visited Li Hongzhang and expressed my intentions. Li Hongzhang had already recommended Ye Zhikui, so he ignored him. When I visited again, Li Hongzhang didn’t see him behind closed doors.

The Military Affairs Office was just established, with Prince Gong Yixin and Prince Qing Yikuang as the meeting office, and Li Hongzhang, Li Hongzao, Weng Tongsu, and Rong Lu jointly handling it.

Xu Shichang didn't pay attention to the important affairs of the court all the time. As soon as he heard his plan, he slowly analyzed it for Yuan Shikai: the ghost Liuyi was suppressed and abandoned by Cixi for more than ten years, and he just came out this year. Think about it; Yikuang doesn’t have any great talent and is greedy for money; the remaining few are those with real power and some ability. It’s a pity that Li Hongzao and Weng Tongsu don’t know soldiers. It’s good to use them to gain fame, but it’s not crucial. People; so only two key figures, Li Hongzhang and Rong Lu, are left.

Yuan Shikai listened to Xu Shichang's analysis clearly and logically, looked at him with sparkling eyes, and couldn't help but praised: "Brother is indeed a great talent, listening to your words is better than studying for ten years."

Xu Shichang didn't take it seriously, and continued: "Weiting, I didn't say you, you shouldn't have disobeyed Zhongtang's appointment at the beginning, now that Zhongtang has stepped into the military aircraft department, it will be a pity if this relationship is broken. Tight."

Yuan Shikai was a little annoyed, and said: "I went to Xianliang Temple today, but Zhongtang actually avoided seeing him. What should I do!"

Xu Shichang made up his mind for him, and said, "You can go to Zhongtang a few more times to let him see your sincerity, but Weiting, you need to do two things urgently at this time: one is to become famous, you need to make friends with dignitaries, and gather friends , just in Songyun Cottage, you can translate some books on the military system of Western countries, and vigorously advocate the use of Western methods to train troops, so that others will know that you are a "knowledge of soldiers". The second is to find someone you can rely on in the court. The Buddha's confidant, who is of high position and authority, can go to present the military letter, claim to be a disciple, ask for advice, and worship under his sect, so that there will be people inside and outside the court in the comfort pavilion, and the military training will come naturally."