The mage in the late Qing Dynasty

Sun Gongwu indeed took risks to come to Hong Kong Island.

Perhaps he was not facing danger at this time.

But trouble came to Zhao Chuanxin.

This can be regarded as a winter morning in Hong Kong Island where no one is provoked.

Zhao Chuanxin went out early in the morning, and he was worried that Zena Keith would find him here.

I'm about to go home after the first sect conference, and hide my romantic debts as much as possible.

Indecisiveness leads to disaster.

After riding on the street, Zhao Chuanxin saw a group of soldiers and horses from the Qing court. They were wearing hats unique to the officers and soldiers of the Qing court. They were swinging their skirts and wide robes with big sleeves. Rampant in the streets.

On Hong Kong Island, it is generally not possible to see Qing court officers and soldiers. Being able to come here must have been reported to Midun.

Originally this was nothing.

Zhao Chuanxin saw that the other party was so arrogant, so he could just hide and wait for them to pass by.

Among the three leaders, the one who bore the brunt was a little old man with a gray beard.

The one on his left is a soldier wearing sunglasses and a mean-looking mustache. He looks like the blind man in "Moonlight Box", and he is the most attractive.

The one on the right is very stocky, and the one on the back has a sharp mouth and monkey cheeks.

At the intersection, the little old man waved his hand, and the people on the left and behind spread out to search around.

And the "blind man" walked straight towards Zhao Chuanxin.

When Zhao Chuanxin saw the overlord's steps, he hurriedly hid aside.

But the "blind man" couldn't open his eyes and had to move closer to him.

The blind man used his index finger to hook up his sunglasses, revealing his single-lidded eyes, and looked at Zhao Chuanxin arrogantly.

Zhao Chuanxin was riding on the horse and looked down at him innocently.

"You, dismount."

The blind man pointed at Zhao Chuanxin and said.

"Ah, this, my legs and feet are not good, it's inconvenient."

Zhao Chuanxin looked embarrassed.

"Even if you are lying on the ground, you still have to come down for examination. I suspect you are a gangster!"

Zhao Chuanxin moved his buttocks and said innocently: "My legs and feet are not good, I can't get down.

As everyone knows, I am a person who abides by laws and disciplines, loves the elderly and loves the young, does not pick up lost items on the road, respects brothers and sisters, and has high moral standards.

I am a good citizen, a great good citizen!

Have you ever seen such a handsome gangster? Obviously not seen. "

"you……"

The blind man was said to be confused.

Damn it, I have been traveling across Guangdong and Guangxi for so long, and I have never seen anyone so smooth-talking in front of the officers and soldiers.

"Come down quickly, don't force me to use violence!"

The blind man is a bit angry.

Zhao Chuanxin put his hand into his arms.

The blind man immediately became nervous: "What are you doing? Do you want to take out a weapon? I advise you to think carefully!"

As for Zhao Chuanxin, he just took out two small foreign coins from his pocket.

Xiaoyang bumped the two horns in his hand and handed them over: "My legs and feet are not good, how about doing it for convenience. It is said that we are brothers from all over the world, maybe we are still relatives who have not been to the fifth server. Tell me, what is your last name?"

Liangjiao Xiaoyang, you name it, can also order a large plate of chili-fried shredded pork and rice at the restaurant on Aidoya Road in the city. You name it, it’s just a meal.

After a moment's hesitation, the blind man said, "My surname is Hu!"

Zhao Chuanxin sat on the horse and patted his thigh: "Look, I'm just saying it!

My second aunt's cousin's daughter-in-law's cousin's second uncle's grandson's surname is Hu.

No more running away, we are all relatives.

We don't have much money, and you are tired. Let's take it and have a cup of tea, as good citizens like us express our gratitude to you soldiers who protect the country and the people. "

The blind man was confused.

He instinctively wanted to reach out and take it.

But I saw the old man with a white beard coming over: "Who is this? Is he a suspect?"

The blind man quickly retracted his hand.

It's better not to let Shangguan see this kind of thing.

Before the blind man could answer, Zhao Chuanxin said, "Not a suspect, absolutely not."

"..." The old man's white beard twitched and he said angrily: "You have a smooth tongue, and you look like a cunning person at first glance."

Zhao Chuanxin said in his heart that what you saw was really accurate. According to the moral standards at this time, wasn't I, Old Zhao, a cunning person?

He said with a smile: "It is not a crime to be traitorous, lazy and greedy, it can only be regarded as a lack of moral character."

The old man's eyes widened: "Tell me why you have grown your hair? Why are you wearing a dress? I think your temperament is no different from that of a gangster."

Zhao Chuanxin tugged his hair: "It's bad, I can't shave my hair because I don't have money. I wear the dress because it's comfortable to ride on. I also have a robe, and it looks elegant like a god when I wear it."

Furthermore, you say that I am a rebel. I wonder if the rebels will be unhappy if you say this?

I think the rebels are not afraid of death and like to do whatever they want. And what I fear most in my life is death and being tired. "

"..."

Cao, what you said makes sense.

Maybe if you are called a rebel, the true rebel will feel insulted.

Seeing his rogue appearance, the old man frowned and said, "Are you familiar with this street? It's almost noon, so I'm having lunch here. Come in and tell me about the situation here."

He feels that generally the people who are most familiar with local conditions are the local rogues.

Zhao Chuanxin took a look and saw that there was indeed a Chinese restaurant next to it.

dinner?

So what are you waiting for?

Zhao Chuanxin Ma slipped off his horse, tied Mi Shan to the horse post, and said to the shopkeeper: "Get him some radishes and fodder, and the official will bear all the debt."

The old man in front almost tripped over the threshold and turned around to glare at Zhao Chuanxin angrily.

And the blind man: "..."

He lowered his voice and said angrily: "How dare you! You lied to me that you were lame?"

"Eh? Don't think that because you are a soldier, you can just accuse people randomly.

What I just said was clearly that my legs and feet were not good. When did I say that I was lame? "

"You..." The blind man's nose almost turned crooked with anger: "With bad legs and feet, what is the difference between a lame person and a lame person?"

Zhao Chuanxin pointed to his legs and said seriously: "My legs are too long and I don't think they look good. That's why I said my legs and feet are not good.

What does this have to do with lameness? "

The old man in front felt his mouth twitch.

This person...

It's just weird.

He shouted: "You two, stop muttering and come in to eat quickly."

After being seated, the blind man went to order food.

The old man asked Zhao Chuanxin: "I am the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, Zhou Fu. Tell me your name."

Governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, Zhou Fu?

Zhao Chuanxin looked at this inconspicuous little old man again, he was amazing!

"Wait a minute, let me think about it."

Zhou Fu blew his beard and stared: "Think about it? You told me your name and you still need to think about it?"

Li Zining just has a lot of inner drama, while Zhao Chuanxin really has a lot of drama.

He frowned and said: "You always don't know something. I am an abandoned disciple of the Qingyun Sect, Han Li. It's embarrassing to say it, so I don't know whether to tell it or not."

"What Qingyun Sect? Are you a Taoist priest?"

"Yes, I am a cultivator of immortality. I went to the human world to avoid the earth at first, but when I became an immortal, I did not return. But not only did I return to the human world, I was also beaten down to a mortal, so I am embarrassed to speak."

You want to say that he is talking nonsense, but Zhou Fu saw that he was tall and big, which was particularly conspicuous in this era. His skin was tenderer than that of women, and his hair was thick. He really looked...

It's hard to say, but the skin seems to be otherworldly.

But to say that he was really a cultivator of immortality, Zhou Fu felt that no matter whether he was a Taoist priest or an immortal, he would never be so naughty.

Just as he was thinking about it, Zhao Chuanxin took out a cigarette, lit it, and started puffing away.

"..."

Who has ever seen a Taoist priest smoking?

Zhou Fu sneered and said, "Do you know how sinful it is to deceive a superior? Do you know what the official position of the Governor of Guangdong and Guangxi is?"

If others knew that he was the Governor of Guangdong and Guangxi, they would probably get cramps in their calves.

"I know." Zhao Chuanxin puffed out smoke. "The governor of Guangdong and Guangxi is a high official in the border areas, a very big official,"

At this time, the waiter brought the wine first.

The wine is hot rice wine.

At Zhou Fu's signal, the blind man reluctantly wanted to pour wine for Zhao Chuanxin.

Zhao Chuanxin quickly stretched out his hand: "Hey, Taoists don't drink."

The blind man was not as well-educated as Zhou Fu, so he couldn't help but spit: "You are talking nonsense. Do religious people smoke foreign cigarettes if they don't drink alcohol?"

"Brother, you don't understand. A cigarette before and after a meal is like a living god. Do you want one? This cigarette is very expensive."

"..."

Zhou Fu looked at Zhao Chuanxin and said, "This kind of complacency in playing games is really extraordinary.

Han Li, let me ask you, have you ever seen anyone suspected of being a rebel? "

Zhao Chuanxin held a cigarette in his mouth and nodded fiercely: "I've seen it before. Those foreign devils on Taiping Mountain all look like rogue gangs to me. There are also those fake foreign devils like compradors. I don't think they look like good people at first glance.

Otherwise, you'd go to all the trouble and catch them all, right? "

"nonsense!"

Zhou Fu felt that it was a wrong decision to let this person come in for dinner.

Zhao Chuanxin hurriedly coaxed: "Okay, okay, I'm talking nonsense, I'm talking nonsense, calm down, don't be so angry that your body is broken, it's not worth it."

Zhou Fu's scalp started to feel numb.

Who the hell is that?

Zhao Chuanxin had met several officials from the Qing court, but this old man looked the most interesting.

I remember when I met Zhao Erxun, the two sides were at odds with each other, with swords and guns at each other.

Unlike the Governor of Guangdong and Guangxi in front of him, Zhao Chuanxin chatted happily with him.

Anyway, he was very happy.

He asked: "What about that? I heard that the officials in the imperial court are divided into the clear stream and the turbid stream. I, Han Li, belong to the mortal stream. Which stream do you always belong to?"

This can poke a lung tube.

Zhou Fu belongs to the kind of person who has far-sightedness, certain abilities, and is fairly honest as an official.

He practiced the life creed of "a wise man who has more wealth will harm his ambition, and a foolish son who has more wealth will benefit his fault" and passed it on to the next generation. As a result, the descendants of the Zhou family continued to prosper, and talents flourished in both the industrial, commercial and academic circles.

He once strongly admonished Beiyang for spending so much that the navy had no ships and was less than one-tenth of the foreign fleet. But no one listened, and sure enough, the Sino-Japanese War of 1894-1895 came and ended in a huge defeat.

In these years, the governor oversaw various places, reduced taxes, promoted agriculture, controlled the Yellow River, set up telegraphs, and ran education. He did a lot of practical things.

However, because he was smooth and diplomatic, he did not learn to be as reserved and sanctimonious as Qingliu. Therefore, it is regarded as a turbulent current by the current official circles.

"Hmph, you are talking nonsense, what are you talking about? If you are an official, you are a good official if you can do things well. Why should you stick to your reputation?"

Although Zhou Fu was an official of the Qing court, Zhao Chuanxin had no ill feelings towards the old man.

He poured himself tea, took a sip and said, "Don't catch any rebels. If you have time, you might as well think more about how to deal with foreigners. When it comes to rebels, I really don't see them. But what do you want to say? I have quite a lot of experience in dealing with foreigners, and we, the old and the young, can have a good exchange."

The blind man gave Zhao Chuanxin a strange look and secretly sighed that this man was so bold.

Nowadays, everyone in the Qing court is afraid of foreigners, but this man dared to discuss dealing with foreigners with Zhou Fu face to face.

Especially discussing this in Hong Kong Island, which is currently dominated by the British.

To say that Zhou Fu didn't want to deal with foreigners would be nonsense.

But the Qing court was like this, and the efforts of some individuals were in vain.

Germany once occupied Jiaozhou Bay, stepped up the construction of railways, and expanded its aggressive power. At that time, Zhou Fu was the governor of Shandong. In order to counter the German expansion, Zhou Fu opened a trading port in Jinan to facilitate the transshipment of goods.

The effect is excellent.

But that's all he can do.

So he sighed: "You said you are an outsider and don't understand anything, so don't discuss these things."

In this case, Zhao Chuanxin will not mention it anymore.

He turned around and shouted: "Man, why haven't you served me? I'm starving."

The blind man spoke up and said, "What's wrong with you shouting in front of adults?"

Zhao Chuanxin said: "You are the only one who is a flatterer."

"you……"

Zhou Fu stopped: "Okay, okay, the noise makes me have a headache."

When the dishes arrived, Zhao Chuanxin pointed to the four dishes and said to the blind man: "You want this? Who can eat it?"

Zhou Fu persuaded: "Young man, how can you waste so much? Four dishes are not enough? You must know how to be thrifty and not extravagant. If I and my whole family were to waste like you, I am afraid they would have died of hunger long ago."

Putting the two cents of foreign money that he was going to give to the blind man on the table, Zhao Chuanxin said: "You always treat guests to dinner, so you can't be stingy. The worst, I will share it equally with you. You can keep these two small foreign coins without giving change." ”

"..." The blind man teased, "Is your money enough to pay for a dish in this restaurant?"

Zhou Fu didn't know whether to laugh or cry: "If you can finish the meal, then just go and ask for it. As for the money, just keep it, so as not to say that I am stingy even for one meal."

But right away, they saw Zhao Chuanxin's appetite.

Zhou Fu had just stretched out his chopsticks to pick up the fattest belly of the fresh fish, when he saw a shadow of chopsticks flying past, and a large piece of fish belly meat disappeared.

Just as the blind man was about to pick up the pork belly from the bamboo shoots of Wenzheng Mountain, the chopsticks passed by and the pork belly on his side disappeared.

Zhou Fu took down his chopsticks to pick up the chicken wings of the steamed stone chicken, but saw that both wings were gone after two swipes of the chopsticks.

The blind man was furious: "Do you eat like this?"

After spitting out the chicken bones, Zhao Chuanxin said innocently: "What do you mean? You don't eat with your mouth or chopsticks?"

"Hmph, the beggar in front of my house eats better and looks better than you."

"As for your secret words, I can't even stop your mouth while eating."

The blind man was furious.

This man is so hateful.

Zhou Fu smiled instead.

He called to the waiter: "Four more delicious dishes will satisfy my appetite today."

Zhao Chuanxin gave a thumbs up: "You are always a good official. Yes, you are very considerate of the people's sentiments and well aware of the people's sufferings."

"With a skin like yours, you are definitely not a suffering commoner even if you breathe wind and drink dew. You are raised more delicately than a young lady in a boudoir."

Zhao Chuanxin took a sip of tea and said, "You can't say that.

Just a few days ago, I missed twenty shrimp dumplings at noon because I had something to do.

Let me tell you, it’s really hard! "

"Haha, you young man is so funny."

At this meal, the blind man ate one and a half bowls more than usual, and Zhou Fu ate half a bowl more than usual.

After the meal, I felt a little bloated.

Only Zhao Chuanxin slumped on the chair comfortably. After drinking tea, he took out his cigarette and lit it.

Do you know if you have just the right amount to eat?

At this time, a subordinate came to report: "Sir Bing, we searched the streets and alleys and found no trace of the rebellious party."

"Gather the team and prepare to go back."

"yes!"

Zhao Chuanxin said: "You should always listen to my advice. The wild fire will not burn out the chaotic party, and the spring breeze will blow it again. It is better to ignore it and just deal with the errands. The house should collapse, and it will be useless no matter how many pillars you put up." The foundation of the house is solid, and it can survive strong winds and rains. The two thousand years of construction history in China have clearly told us this truth."

Zhou Fu glanced at Zhao Chuanxin meaningfully but said nothing.

But the blind man came to his senses after listening and became very excited: "What a treason!"

"Huh? Mr. Zhou and I are discussing architecture here. Is it illegal to discuss architecture? Are you full?"

Forehead……

After saying this, my stomach felt so bloated that I really couldn't bear it.

Zhou Fu stood up and said, "Okay, let's go."

The three of them went out.

When Zhao Chuanxin saw Zhou Fu walking, he sighed and said, "You are really working hard. You went out to catch the thieves yourself, but you don't even have a horse."

The blind man squinted and said, "Why, do you want to give your horse to Mr. Zhou?"

But Zhao Chuanxin jumped onto the horse's back nimbly: "Oh, my legs and feet are not good, so I just walk in and out of the restaurant. I can't do it without a horse."

The blind man was so anxious that he didn't vomit blood.

Come again?

Zhou Fu waved his hand and said, "I am just in time to eat. When we get out of the street, there will be a horse waiting for you. You can leave on your own."

Zhao Chuanxin and an idealist cannot urinate in a pot. When I see sanctimonious people, I want to slap them in the face.

Among the people in the Qing court, this old man was the only one he felt friendly to at the moment.

As they were about to leave, he said: "Besides arresting the rebels, if you have anything to do with me, come to the Xuantian Sect in Hong Kong Island and ask me to return the favor of this meal."

After that, he sang a song and rode away.

Lyrics - Say let's go, let's go. You have it, I have it, I have it all. When you see an injustice on the road, you roar, and you take action when it’s time to take action...

Zhou Fu stroked his beard and watched the tall horse leave with a smile.

I think today is very interesting.

The blind man asked: "Sir, do you want to investigate the Xuantian Sect?"

Zhou Fu glanced at the blind man: "If you investigate, you will definitely find it difficult."

The blind man wondered: "Why?"

"Because if you want to take care of it, you're just like the foreigners in China who can't take care of it. If you don't take care of it, it's not your responsibility."

The blind man was dissatisfied: "Just him?"

"If you don't believe me, go and investigate quietly, but don't tell me the results of the investigation, I don't want to hear it!"

After saying that, he walked forward with his hands behind his back.

The blind man thought about it for a long time and decided to believe what the old man said.

After all, the boss's mind is a hundred times stronger than his.

After Zhao Chuanxin returned, he saw Li Guangzong who had just returned.

Li Guangzong said with a smile: "Sir, you will definitely not guess that I met a person today, the Qing Ting Terminator that you mentioned."

In an instant, Zhao Chuanxin understood.

Why did Li Guangzong want one million yuan? Why did the governor of Guangdong and Guangxi come to Hong Kong Island personally to catch the rebels?

Zhao Chuanxin said: "I also met someone today, and he invited me to a meal. You would never guess it."

?

Li Guangzong smiled bitterly: "Who is it?"

"Come to arrest the rebellious governor of Guangdong and Guangxi—Zhou Fu!"

"Ah this..."