Respectfully

After lunch, Li Jinyan and Lou Xiao wanted to leave.

The second wife only arrived at the gate of the second room's courtyard, and then stopped.The Li family still kept the rules of the previous dynasty, women in the back house were generally not allowed to go to the front yard.Seeing the slowly closing courtyard door, Li Jinyan's throat felt a little congested.Even if there is an old lady to protect her, a woman without her husband and son is not around, how can life be easy in such a Li family.

Li Jinyan wanted to take the second wife away, but he couldn't do it yet.The Li family hadn't separated yet, and people spoke fearsomely. He couldn't let the second wife be splashed with dirty water.

Li Jincheng and Master Li San both arrived at the front yard. Even though Li Jinyan swept him off before, the smile on Li Jincheng's face was not the same, and he still acted like a brother and friend with Li Jinyan.In the eyes of outsiders, maybe the first and second house of the Li family are not on good terms, but the relationship between the eldest and the third young master of the Li family is good.

Mr. Li San who was on the side kept smiling all the time, and occasionally said a few words, but they were not on point.

Li Jinyan couldn't see through him as the third uncle, thinking of what Zhi'er brought back, if Li Qingyun was really a complete dandy who couldn't afford it, why would the old lady deliberately ask him and Li Qingyun to move around more?If not, is he pretending to look like this?is it necessary?

Thinking in his heart, Li Jinyan couldn't help but look at Li Qingyun twice, Master Li San let out a hey, and took off the red jade wrench in his hand, "Nephew, when you went out, the third uncle didn't give you anything decent , This, I got it from a master Baylor in the past, just treat it as the third uncle's kindness, and use it to play."

Li Jinyan took the finger, "Third Uncle, don't you feel bad for giving it to me?"

"If you think Uncle San's courtesy is good, why don't you try to find something for Uncle San?" Li Qingyun said carelessly, "You don't know, but your Third Aunt talks about me a lot, saying that I am idle all day long. Doing things, sitting and eating, and eating and waiting to die, there is no good thing to say. My ears are about to grow calluses, tsk!"

Master Li San spoke bluntly, and Li Jin was amused.

"Third uncle, what you said is flattering your nephew. If you don't mind, how about we, uncle and nephew, get together after New Year's Day?"

As soon as Li Jin's words came out of his mouth, Li Qingyun immediately beamed with joy, but a complex look flashed across Li Jincheng's face.

After leaving the Li family, the Lou family's horse team went to Changning Street.

Since Li Jinyan doesn't know how to ride a horse, Mrs. Lou arranged a family car to see him off. Young Marshal Lou also got into the car, and the young marshal's cavalry replaced the guards of the Marshal's mansion. The cavalry is tall and straight, with a lance on its back and a saber hanging from its waist.It goes without saying that this belongs to the Marshal's Mansion.

Changning Street is still bustling. Ever since this era, Li Jinyan had a serious illness first, and then there was a mess at home, and then he "married" into Lou's house. Things happened one after another, and there was no room for him to rest. tone.So far, I haven't visited Guanbei City seriously.Hearing the yelling coming from the car window, he couldn't help but look out of the car window.

People are curious, not to mention this age filled with ancient customs.

Changning Street is one of the three most prosperous streets in Guanbei City. There are many restaurants, tea houses and restaurants along the road. There are pawn shops, silver shops, and grocery stores. Li Jinyan was dazzled by seeing the foreign firm he opened.He even saw a shopkeeper picking up goods with two velvet flowers on his head, passing by a foreign priest in a black robe.

Lou Xiao turned his head to the side, saw that Li Jinyan was fascinated, and told the driver to stop.

Pushing open the car door, Lou Xiao directly pulled Li Jinyan out of the car.

The driver of the car was sent back to the Marshal's Mansion, and several soldiers dismounted and followed behind Young Marshal Lou and Li Jinyan.Most of the people on the street knew Lou Xiao, but they were not very familiar with the third young master of the Li family. Seeing the two of them walking together, they could make a guess.

Li Jinyan watched it strangely. Most of his cognition of this era came from TV movies. Most of the warlords portrayed in them were rampant and domineering.When the common people saw it, they all seemed to be hiding from the plague, wishing they could grow four legs and run away immediately.He knew that there must be exaggeration in it, but art always comes from reality, right?

A family of soldiers and bandits has existed since ancient times.

But when people on the street saw Young Marshal Lou, they behaved very normally, greeted those who were familiar, and treated those who were not familiar with him as strangers, and passed by without fear.It's just that it's true that Lou Xiao and the soldiers behind him are somewhat afraid.

Li Jinyan couldn't help showing something on his face when he was thinking about something.He also asked, "Young commander, are they not afraid of you?"

Lou Xiao gave him a strange look, and a soldier behind him burst out laughing. Li Jinyan took a look, he was a tall, thick man with deep features, obviously he had been shaved, but his chin was still green. The eyebrows are very thick, and the eyes seem to be still gray-blue.

Seeing the way Li Jinyan looked at him, Brother Bing knew what he was curious about, and grinned: "Master Yan, my ancestors are Tatars."

"Tartar?"

The Tatar he was talking about has nothing to do with the Qing Dynasty, which is called Tatar by Westerners. It can be traced back to the northern nomads in the [-]th century AD, and was later conquered by Genghis Khan. With the Mongolian army fighting in all directions, several khans were established. The country was later conquered by Turkey and Russia. The current Tatars are mainly scattered in Crimea, Siberia and other places, and some are in Mongolia.

This soldier who claimed to be a Tatar ancestor was originally a branch of the Tatars living in Siberia, and later moved to Mongolia, and then gradually moved eastward, mixing with the Han people.

The Tatars, like the Mongols, are people on horseback. After General Lou occupied the six northern provinces, some of the cavalry under his command were descendants of Mongols and Tatars, and many of them became cavalry members. General, the soldier who followed Young Marshal Lou, his grandmother and mother are both Han Chinese, and his Tatar blood is still very obvious.

However, looking at a man who obviously has the characteristics of Europa, who speaks Northeast dialect from the beginning, I also feel quite happy.

Brother Bing didn't seem to understand what Li Jinyan was laughing at. Seeing that the young marshal didn't intend to stop him, he continued, "Master Yan, even if there is such a saying as soldiers and bandits, the soldiers are at the front and the bandits are at the back. Rabbits don't even eat grass by the side of their nests." Well, if we want to be a bandit, we have to find other people's territory. Soldiers eat food, carry guns and get paid, Marshal Lou's pay is full, and none of us have to do those shitty things that are poked in the back."

Brother Bing spoke excitedly, and continued: "I think back then, there were no bandits outside Guanbei City, some of them were green battalion soldiers from the Qing Dynasty. With the court gone, they had no way of life, so they all went into the mountains and fell into the grass as bandits. Our commander It’s not uncommon to take care of them. As soon as the young marshal returned to the country, he immediately led his troops and tore down five or six stockades! And the one who didn’t have a good eye, the young marshal went straight to the village and killed eight people with a single shot. Wow! The group of puppies who beat us up crying for their father and mother, no one will say that our young commander is the reincarnation of Zhao Zilong from Changshan, and he has undeserved courage!"

Seeing that this person was getting more and more outrageous, the soldier beside him gave him a quick punch.

Li Jinyan had just been talked about, and wanted to continue asking a few more questions, but Lou Xiaoyi grabbed his wrist and pulled him away.

Brother Bing was reminded by his companion, scratched his head, and asked naively: "After a while?"

The other soldier nodded sharply, it's too late, the young commander's face turned dark, even if he wanted to praise the young commander in front of the young lady, he didn't do it, is this a compliment or a storytelling Woolen cloth?

"Young commander, did you really go to the bandit village alone?"

Lou Xiao turned his head, his dark eyes fixed on Li Jinyan, and slowly brushed his thumb on the inside of Li Jinyan's wrist: "You want to know?"

Li Jinyan's back suddenly turned cold, he didn't want to know, really.

Li Sanshao was honest, and Lou Shaoshuai was satisfied.

When the two were walking, a foreign priest wearing a black robe and holding a Bible came in front of him. Young Marshal Lou seemed to know him, and when he saw this person approaching, he frowned.

"Lou! Your Excellency! Please wait a moment!"

Seeing that Lou Xiao was about to leave, Priest Yang yelled at the top of his voice on the street. Li Jinyan clearly saw Lou Xiao's hand touching the belt around his waist. There was a holster hanging there. Holding a Browning automatic pistol.

"Your Excellency! You must listen to me today..."

The foreign priest stepped forward a few times, with a big beard on his face, but he didn't look sloppy.Li Jinyan took a closer look. The religious emblem on his body was different from the general Christian emblem. There was an extra horizontal line on the head and feet of Jesus Christ.

"Orthodox?"

Li Jinyan caught this word from the foreign priest's eloquence.

The foreign priest talked too much, but Lou Xiao still had no expression on his face, "Father Rasputin, I have my own beliefs."

Leaving behind the priest with a face full of regret, Lou Xiao pulled Li Jinyan and turned around to leave.Li Jinyan was stunned when he heard Lou Xiao address this priest, Rasputin?Why is this name so familiar?Where did I hear it?

Go back to Lou's house.Marshal Lou went to the barracks again. Mrs. Lou was playing cards with some concubines. Seeing Li Jinyan and Lou Xiao coming back, she asked them a few words and told them to rest well. There was nothing else to say.

Li Jinyan has been thinking about what happened just now, and always feels that the name Rasputin seems to be very important.

Rasputin, Orthodox Church...Suddenly, Li Jinyan's mind flashed, Rasputin, Gregory Rasputin!The famous Russian demon monk!

Li Jinyan slapped the table fiercely: "Here! It turned out to be him!"

But wasn't Rasputin supposed to be at Nicholas II's court?How did he come to Mr. Lou's territory?

"Young commander, do you know the full name of that foreign priest?"

Lou Xiao was polishing a Smith revolver, without raising his head: "Vladimir Yefim Rasputin." Obviously annoyed by this priest, Young Marshal Lou remembered his name very well.

"Not Gregory?"

"No."

Li Jinyan was a little disappointed.He still asked, "Then, young commander, have you ever heard of a monk named Gregory Rasputin beside Russian Tsar Nicholas II?"

Lou Xiao didn't speak, just looked at Li Jinyan, when Li Jinyan thought he would not get an answer, he said, "Yes."

The territory in the hands of Marshal Lou is directly bordering Russia, and across the Changbai Mountain is North Korea, which is already Japan's sphere of influence.During the Qing Dynasty, Russia established a security force on the border, and Japan also changed its methods to support its own forces.A group of people who have forgotten their ancestors, relying on the influence of foreign devils to run amok and harm the village, they are all called "second devils", but they are not ashamed and intensified.

After Marshal Lou entered the six northern provinces, the situation improved a lot.But neither the polar bear nor the Japanese scorpion did not give up.The security team was disbanded, but there were no fewer spies. There were no less than 200 spies just registered in the hands of Marshal Lou.But these people cannot be arrested casually. First, they are either businessmen or diplomats. If they are arrested, they will be troublesome, and they may be beaten up. Second, if they are arrested, who knows if more people will be sent?

If you want to wipe out all the spies in the territory, you have to hit them with one blow and uproot them, otherwise, you won't be able to move easily.It is not a good thing to startle the snake.

The Lou family is not in the nature of being disadvantaged. If others can insert nails, can they not?

In the past few years when Marshal Lou has been in power, he has often sent people outside.Most of the nails sent out were broken, and some lost contact. There are only a dozen people left, but two or three can play a role.

This is the trump card of the Lou family, and even President Sima doesn't know it.

Now that the matter in Manchuria is imminent, Marshal Lou may not have the idea of ​​letting these nails move.But these nails are not easy to stick in. How to move them must be carefully considered. If one is not careful, the gain will outweigh the loss.

Li Jinyan got an affirmative answer, his eyes lit up, and he said with a bit of excitement in his tone: "Young commander, as far as I know, this Rasputin is very good. The tsar and queen trust him very much. Maybe things in Manchuria can be solved." Find a way from him. Not to say that it will definitely change the situation, but it is always a way.”

"how do you know?"

"Oh...my father said it." Li Jinyan paused, and then he remembered that it was a bit strange that he was so familiar with the affairs of the Russian court as a young man from a rich family: "My father also dealt with Russians before his death. "

"Your father?"

"kindness."

"I see." Lou Xiao put the gun on the table and stood up, "I will confirm this matter."

Li Jinyan breathed a sigh of relief, but Lou Xiao pinched his chin.

"Young commander?"

Lou Xiao lowered his head, brushed his lips against Li Jinyan's forehead, and landed on Li Jinyan's hair, "Remember, I am your man. I trust you, don't lie to me."

After saying that, he let go of Li Jinyan, picked up his military cap, and walked out of the room.

Li Jinyan touched the place that Lou Xiao had just touched, but couldn't recover for a long time.