Respectfully

On December 1911, 12 in the Gregorian calendar, on the sixth day of the winter month of the Xinhai Year in the lunar calendar, another heavy snow fell in Guanbei City.

Today is Christmas Eve for Westerners, and there are quite a few foreigners in Guanbei City. Although there is no concession like Tianjin and Shanghai, it can be considered lively.

Li Qingyun, the third master of the Li family, loves to play. He also wants to join in the fun when foreigners celebrate festivals. He ordered a turkey from a foreigner cook, and worked in the third room for a long time to make a decent "Christmas tree." ".Although neither fish nor fowl, it still made the third wife and the children of the third room laugh from ear to ear.

Mrs. Li reprimanded Mrs. Li for messing around, but Li Qingyun didn't take it seriously at all, and did what she wanted to do. She even wanted to send someone to call Li Jinyan over to have fun, but was stopped by the third lady.

"I would like to say that I will be leaving the house in two days. I am busy, so don't make trouble for the child. Besides, you call your nephew, where is your sister-in-law?"

Although Li Qingyun was messing around, he was not out of his mind.Hearing what the third lady said, she nodded, and just sent a portion of the turkey and pastries roasted by the foreign chef to the second room, which was considered as her best effort.

On the table in front of Li Jinyan was a roast chicken and cake from Sanfang. He picked up a piece of cake and took a bite. The sweet taste made him frown. Sure enough, even with a different body, he still doesn’t like sweets. Method.He also ate a piece of chicken symbolically, and let the girls share it, which made the girls in the second room happy for a long time.

Two days later, he was going to enter Lou's house. Judging from the news sent by Li Bing, Marshal Lou was very satisfied with the gift he sent. He had already measured the land outside Guanbei City and made preparations for building a factory.

It is very easy for the Lou family to build a factory, but the machines still have to be bought from foreigners.

Li Jinyan still doesn't know what kind of character his warlord father-in-law is. After racking his brains, he can only have a one-sided understanding of this Marshal Lou who controls the six northern provinces from the few words of other people.However, with a good housemate like Mrs. Lou and a son like Lou Xiao, it must be that Marshal Lou is not written in the newspaper, but a reckless man who can't read a single word and only knows how to fight.

After all, to be able to get to where we are today and hold such a lot of power in our hands is definitely not an ordinary person.Li Jinyan feels that the current Marshal Lou is somewhat similar to the Northeast King in history in some places.

Zhang Zuolin, the commander-in-chief of Northeast China in history, was born as a bandit. He dared to confront Shigeru Yoshida, the Japanese Consul General in Fengtian, saying, "I am waiting for you with my surname Zhang!"

When Zhang Zuolin was alive, even if the Japanese were greedy, they couldn't eat the four eastern provinces.But after the explosion in Huanggutun, within a few years, a "non-resistance" policy came out. The unarmed Northeast soldiers, like ducks, were driven from outside the pass into the pass, and the Japanese made another move. The puppet Manchukuo, the Northeast, fell into the hands of the Japanese after all.

However, although there is Pu Yi in this world, there is no Xuan Tong, there is no Marshal Zhang, but there is Marshal Lou, there is no Little Six, but there is Lou Xiao.

No matter who was the butterfly that swayed history before, Li Jinyan is determined, even if he is just a moth to the flame, he will give it a try!Never allow history to return to its original track!

Li Jinyan's character is not stubborn, but once he decides to do something, he will stick to it.

There was a sound of footsteps, and the curtain on the door was suddenly lifted, and Zhi'er stood at the door with an anxious face: "Master, something happened!"

"what's up?"

"A woman came to the door and said that she was taken by the second master when he was in the south. She also brought a child in his early two years, saying that it belonged to the second master."

Li Jinyan stood up abruptly, "Where's my mother?"

"The second lady has already gone to the main room. The old man and the old lady are there, and the elder and the eldest lady are also there. The third master and third lady have gone out and said they will come back at night."

"The woman came to the door by herself?"

"No, the elder brought it back."

Li Jinyan's face became ugly, and he opened the drawer. There were two Browning automatic pistols in the drawer, one was given to him by Lou Xiao, and the other was given together with the betrothal gift by Lou Xiao when he was hired. here.

Li Jinyan picked up a handful and put it in his arms, Zhi'er's face turned pale.

"Master, you are..."

"It's okay." Li Jinyan smiled: "Some people probably didn't take what I said before seriously. I have to let them know that this is wrong."

Li Jinyan was smiling, but the smile didn't reach his eyes, Zhi'er opened his mouth, but didn't say anything.

In the main room, the faces of Mrs. Li and Mrs. Li were as heavy as water. The second wife was sitting on a chair, her face turned pale. The Mrs. Li was talking to Mrs. Li. A young woman in her early twenties was holding a child about two years old. Kneeling on the ground.There was a smile on the corner of Da Furen's mouth, and she looked like she was enjoying the show, and she said from time to time: "Sister and sister, it's all over now, Qinglong doesn't have to worry about the last one, right?"

The second lady's eyes were red with anger, she wished she could rush forward and tear the eldest lady's mouth apart.

Li Jinyan stood at the door, and the elder's voice came out: "...It is said that Qinglong bought it from the south, and he carried Qinglong's letter with him, so he finally found it here...Although she is a girl, Jinyan married into the building. Family, when you grow up, you can get married and recruit a son-in-law..."

The smile on Li Jinyan's face deepened, and the girl who was pulling the curtain by the door couldn't help shivering, too frightened to look up.

"Uncle, why didn't I know that you thought about the second room so much?"

The room suddenly fell silent.

Li Jinyan raised his foot, stepped over the threshold, and walked up to the woman kneeling on the ground step by step.The woman raised her head, with an oval face, slender eyebrows, and red eyes, with the small and charming charm of a woman from a water village.

Li Jinyan bent down and lifted the woman's chin with his fingers: "It looks pretty good."

The woman's eyes widened, as if she hadn't expected to encounter such a situation, she subconsciously looked at Li Qingchang.Li Jinyan also followed her gaze, smiling but not smiling, "Uncle, did you bring this woman back? The one she holds in her arms is really my father's seed? Why do I think she has a good relationship with you?"

"Be careful!" Old Master Li said, "Don't be rude, what about your upbringing?!"

The woman kneeling on the ground also cried: "Third young master, it doesn't matter what you say about me, but this is your own sister!"

Li Jinyan raised one eyebrow: "How do you know that I belong to the third young master? Also, my mother only gave birth to me, and I don't have any older sisters."

"Yan'er," the second lady finally spoke, her voice was steady, but a trace of weakness could still be seen in it, "There is someone who doesn't want our mothers to live a comfortable life for a few days."

At this moment, the eldest lady interjected: "Sisters and sisters, this is not right. Didn't you make a fuss before saying that Qinglong is the last one? Now that there is a queen, you should be happy."

As the eldest lady said, she even covered the corners of her lips with a handkerchief, and laughed out loud: "Look, it's great joy to say it the day after tomorrow. Today you have another daughter. Isn't this double happiness? What is it? Old man, old lady, you The second elder said, right?"

The second lady clenched her hands tightly, and her palms were almost bleeding from nails. Li Jinyan narrowed his eyes, turned to the old man who had been silent since he entered the door, and then looked at old man Li, "How can you be sure? The child belongs to my father?"

"I would like to say that she has your father's handwritten letter with her, and the child's date of birth matches well. Looking at her appearance, she is two or three points similar to yours when you were a child. Your uncle also checked it in private. brought her back."

"Uncle checked it?" Li Jinyan looked at Li Qingchang with a sneer on his face, "Is it before or after I got married to the downstairs family?"

Li Qingchang looked at Li Jinyan, his expression became very sincere, "Jinyan, Uncle did something wrong before, and Uncle is here to apologize to you. Think about it, with this younger sister, your mother will have someone to rely on, and in the future... ..."

"Don't tell me about the future!" Li Jinyan's tone suddenly changed, and he suddenly understood that no matter whether this girl was born by his father or not, Li Qingchang made up his mind to stuff her and this woman into the second room!In this way, even if the second wife has a queen, outsiders will no longer say that Li Qingchang insists on getting rid of his brother's queen, and it is impossible for him to take his mother out of the Li family in the future!

It was the first time that Li Jinyan faced Li Qingchang squarely. For his own calculations, this person really did everything he could!

Thinking of this, Li Jinyan felt a burst of fire rushing to the top of his head. He directly took out the Browning pistol in his arms, pulled out the safety, and pointed it at Li Qingchang.

"Be careful!"

The second lady let out a cry, and the old lady Li stood up from the chair, but the old lady sat still, and even picked up the teacup at hand, blew on it, and took a sip.

"Li Jinyan! You little bastard, how dare you!" The eldest lady scolded sharply, but her feet remained motionless, showing no intention of stepping forward.

"They called me a little bastard. You said that if I didn't really do something, wouldn't I bear the infamy for nothing?" Li Jinyan smiled, and the finger that held the trigger began to exert force, and cold sweat broke out on Li Qingchang's forehead.He originally planned to wait for Li Jinyan to enter Lou's house, and then bring this woman in. Who would have thought that the eldest lady would know about this woman, thinking that she was his concubine outside, and they would make a fuss regardless of what happened, and the old man knew about it. We had to take her and the child in ahead of time.

Seeing Li Qingchang's changing expression, Li Jinyan suddenly withdrew his hand. Before the others could breathe a sigh of relief, he pointed his gun directly at the woman kneeling on the ground, and said softly, "Are you really my father in the south?"

The woman hesitated for a moment, but nodded.

"Oh." Li Jinyan said lightly, and pointed the gun at the child in the woman's arms, "To be honest, it's not difficult, right?"

The woman became flustered, but she bit her lip, as if she was sure that Li Jinyan would not dare to do anything, but she was wrong, a gunshot fired, the bullet bit open a gap in the bluestone brick, and the flying gravel scratched the woman's face .Suddenly there were several screams in the house.

The woman looked at Li Jinyan in horror, and Li Jinyan still smiled: "Now, do you want to tell the truth? Next time, I won't miss it again."

"Li Jinyan!" Li Qingchang shouted angrily, "Do you still want to kill people?!"

"Even if I kill someone, so what?" Li Jinyan turned his head, his voice was as if icy, "Uncle, believe it or not, even if I kill you and your whole family, the Lou family will still be prosperous carry me through the door!"

After saying that, before Li Qingchang could reply, he turned his gaze to the woman on the ground: "Now, let's talk."

The daughter finally couldn't take it anymore, fell to the ground, and cried, "I'll tell you, I'll tell you everything! This child doesn't belong to the second master, but to the elder master! It was the elder master who asked me to say this, and the elder master said, as long as I am obedient , the property of the second bedroom will belong to my child from now on!"

After the woman finished speaking, Li Qingchang's face turned ashen. Mrs. Li pointed at him, and was speechless for a long time. Li Jinyan turned around and said, "Uncle, did I warn you? If it happened to me, I might not take it How about you and uncle Niang, but elder sister and fourth brother are another matter."

"You little bastard, you..."

Before the eldest lady finished speaking, a gust of cold wind suddenly poured into the room, and the two soldiers left by Young Marshal Lou in the Li family pushed the eldest lady Li Jinqin and the fourth young master Li Jinxing into the room with their arms clasped.Both Li Jinqin and Li Jinxing were terrified, but the two soldiers were expressionless. The guns in their hands had already been bayoneted, as if they would plunge into their bodies at any moment.

The eldest lady was so frightened that her legs went limp, and Li Qingchang's expression also changed. Mrs. Li suddenly felt difficult to breathe, and slumped on the chair. An imperceptible smile flashed across the old lady's face.

Li Jinyan turned to Li Qingchang and asked, "Uncle, tell me, should I greet my eldest sister first, or my fourth brother?"

At the same time, a young man in a long black woolen coat was standing in front of the gate of Li's house. He knocked on the door knocker with a big gloved hand. Eyes: "Master?"

The young man took off his hat, revealed a handsome face, and said with a smile, "Uncle Nan, I'm back."