Buddhist monks in the late Qing Dynasty

Chapter 1176 Chase

Zhao Chuanxin put up a sign saying the land was for sale.

He originally bought this land to raise a herd of cattle and horses.

When Xia Er had nothing to do, he would stroll around Zhao Chuanxin's house. When he saw Zhao Chuanxin nailing the sign, he hurried over on horseback: "Sir, why are you selling the land? Didn't you just buy this piece of land not long ago?"

Zhao Chuanxin turned the sign over and it read: Land for sale.

"The price has gone up, and the premium far exceeds the transaction tax, which means the investment is successful, so sell it quickly."

Zhao Chuanxin opened his eyes and told lies.

"Oh." Charles knew nothing about investment, but he thought Zhao Chuanxin was very impressive. "Then I'll go first, sir."

Zhao Chuanxin remembered something: "Wait."

"Sir, what's the matter?"

"Charles, didn't you always say you wanted a pickup truck?"

Charles immediately imagined himself taking Ava Russell for a ride in a pickup truck.

After a moment, Ava Russell's face blurred and turned into Zhao Nianzhen again.

The boy felt that if he kept thinking about it, there would be a response.

He said with longing: "I will work hard and I will definitely impress them."

"Stop it." Zhao Chuanxin sneered, "The cattle and horses are exhausted, and they still have to feed people. You are grazing the cattle and horses on the pasture, and people have already been rubbing Ava in the pickup truck."

This made Charles unconvinced: "Sir, I think I have hope."

"Look, Ava Russell is talking to you like she's giving a statement at the police station. Don't you understand her attitude? You should start driving a pickup truck sooner rather than later, kid."

After hearing this, Charles fell into deep thought, again looking like he was lost in thought and didn't understand.

This child is really not that smart. We can only say that modern medicine has saved a group of people who would have died prematurely. Charles must have been saved because of the pregnancy.

Zhao Chuanxin could only say: "How about you help me do some work and the pickup truck is your reward?"

Ciel was ecstatic: "What kind of work? I can do anything."

Zhao Chuanxin took out a stack of flyers and said, "Go to the town and surrounding towns to help me apply psoriasis."

Charles took the flyer and read it with difficulty: "Dream house for sale, such and such road to luxury..."

"It's called Dream Home for Sale. It opens the door to a luxurious life. If you put up a flyer and someone asks about it, don't give any excuses."

Zhao Chuanxin asked him to post flyers to promote the house. As long as the house and land were sold, the pickup truck would belong to Charles.

Charles' heart skipped a beat and he asked anxiously, "Sir, are you moving out of town?"

This made Zhao Chuanxin feel a little homesick, and he wanted to go back to see his children and grandchildren.

I don’t know what happened to Zhao Nianzhen.

……

In Lugang Town, Zhao Nianzhen was having dinner with a group of friends.

At her feet was a baby stroller, and inside it was her child, Zhao Xinglan.

When the stars are waning, the birds return to their boats and rest their oars; when the stars are waning, it is time to travel.

Zhao Xinglan, a boy, takes his mother’s surname.

Zhao Nianzhen suddenly sneezed: "Whoever wants me can come find me. What's the point of making me sneeze?"

The good-looking friend sighed, "My family has fallen on hard times. With my current wealth, even if poetry and distant places call to me, I have to pretend not to hear them. Our small Lugang Town has an increasing population, but the economy is declining sharply. We can't bear the burden."

Zhao Nianzhen didn't want to discuss politics, so he said calmly, "If you want to borrow money, just let me know. Don't beat around the bush."

Girlfriend: "Squeak."

Zhao Nianzhen took out her purse, counted the bills and handed them over.

Several girlfriends praised: "Nian Zhenzhen is a rich woman."

Zhao Lingjun was not fussy about trivial matters and made friends with all kinds of people.

The people Zhao Nianzhen made friends with were all ladies from wealthy families.

The two sisters who are incompatible with each other are not stingy.

Another girlfriend was jealous and said, "My dad's businesses in the south have all closed down. Times have changed and it's impossible to run them anymore."

Her family runs a department store retail business, but now they can no longer do so. Operating in Lugang Town alone is too small.

Zhao Nianzhen didn't say anything.

She can lend money, but the other party has to ask first, and it is not a good deal to force the issue.

The other party was reserved and waited for her to speak first.

Zhao Nianzhen wants to do some business recently and needs to accumulate some connections.

These down-and-out ladies needed money and she needed connections, so they hit it off.

……

Charles went to town and was posting ads outside a restaurant when he saw Ava Russell coming out for a smoke.

Ava Russell worked part-time at the restaurant.

Sherpa leaned over and greeted enthusiastically, "Ava."

Ava Russell rolled her eyes and ignored him.

But she was startled when she saw the advertisement leaflet out of the corner of her eye. She hurried forward to read it carefully. After a while, she said in disbelief, "Isn't this Li Si's land and house? Is he moving away?"

Charles said disappointedly, "Yes, he said he wanted to go to a more prosperous city, such as New York, where there are many wealthy people who are more willing to spend money to collect his knives."

Ava Russell took off her apron, threw it on the ground, and went back in a hurry.

Charles hurriedly shouted at her back: "Ava, where are you going?"

Ava Russell didn't respond at all and walked away without looking back.

He was very sorry.

He also wanted to tell Ava Russell that he would soon have a pickup truck.

He expected Ava Russell's shocked look.

Ciel shook his head.

The restaurant owner went out, picked up his apron on the ground, and cursed: "Damn it, you quit again, you are really a lost generation. Boy, who the hell told you to post flyers here?"

Charles took off his cowboy hat and smoothed his sweat-soaked hair: "Sir, this is not an ordinary flyer, this is a dream home that opens the door to a luxurious life."

"Ah... tui! You..." The restaurant owner suddenly saw the address and contact person and was stunned: "Li Si? Is it Li Si Zhao from Holm Mountain?"

"Uh, yeah."

The restaurant owner put on a smiling face and said, "Then you can post it. Li Si Zhao is an amazing tough guy."

The story of Zhao Chuanxin helping the police and fighting four bandits alone has spread throughout Holm Town, and even the surrounding towns know that there is such a fierce man in Holm Town.

Li Si became a topic of conversation among the people: "I sue you, Li Si is really awesome..."

There is a bounty for the arrest of the four gangsters, and the bounty alone is several thousand dollars.

That's a lot of money.

After seeing the restaurant owner's reaction, Charles had an idea and deliberately made a high profile when posting the flyers.

Because people often tried to stop him from posting ads, Charles would put his hands on his waist and say, "Look, this is the land and house of Mr. Holm."

Whenever he said this, everyone would look at him in awe: "Oh? That's all right..."

After walking around, Charles felt very impressive.

Then the whole town knew that Li Si was selling his house.

Charles dragged his tired body back to report to Zhao Chuanxin.

In the sunset, Ava Russell was swinging on the swing in front of Zhao Chuanxin's house in her skirt.

Under the lifted skirt lies the boy’s irresistible dream home.

Faintly visible.

Zhao Chuanxin stood by and used a rake to clean up the wood chips left by chopping wood.

"So you're here." Charles walked forward cheerfully and foolishly.

"What are you doing here?" Ava Russell asked bluntly.

Charles took off his cowboy hat and scratched his head: "I'm here to report to the gentleman."

Zhao Chuanxin gathered the wood chips into a wicker basket, preparing to burn them in the fireplace in the evening.

He took off his gloves and brushed off the dust on his hands: "We'll have a barbecue tonight, and there's plenty of beer."

Ganfan was riding a skateboard, running around in front of a few people, having a lot of fun.

Recently it has fallen in love with this sport.

Zhao Chuanxin lives a very lonely life in Holm Town.

He doesn't come into contact with many people, and many people want to come into contact with him, but unfortunately they can't find the opportunity.

All in all, Zhao Chuanxin had the most contact with these two children.

After setting up the barbecue grill and marinating the meat, Zhao Chuanxin carried two buckets filled with beer.

He lifted the bottle cap with his thumb and clinked the bottles with the two of them: "I'll give you some advice, don't do things you dare not tell your parents in the future."

This was mainly said to Ava Russell.

Ava Russell wasn't listening.

Didn’t Confucius say that one only becomes obedient to others at sixty?

Zhao Chuanxin grilled two beef skewers.

The fat and lean beef skewers are sizzling with oil.

Americans like the original flavor?
Looking at them eating skewers, they don’t look like that?
Lights were lit in the yard, but the three of them stayed away from the lamp stands that attracted mosquitoes and drank and enjoyed the breeze in the moonlight.

Drinking cold beer in the evening breeze, Zhao Chuanxin took out his camera and said, "You two come together and take a picture."

"I want to do a shoot with you." Ava Russell moves away from Shire.

Zhao Chuanxin captured the moment when Charles Piglet and Ava Russell were disgusted.

You know what, it’s quite stylish.

There were beef skewers, smashed cucumbers, and asparagus in sauce, which made the two children drink too much.

Charles stumbled and said, "I'm not drunk yet, sir, help me hold the road."

Ava Russell has fair skin, which is tinged with pink at this moment. Her youth is truly invincible.

She said with a thick tongue: "I just don't listen to my parents, so what? I'm not wrong, what about the lost generation, what do they know..."

Zhao Chuanxin smiled and supported her: "You are right, the reason why mankind progresses is that the next generation does not listen to the previous generation."

Young people, once someone agrees with them, they lose their basic judgment and think that everything they say is right.

Ava Russell's eyes were as seductive as silk: "Do you think I'm beautiful?"

The little spiritual fire in the stove flickered.

Zhao Chuanxin's eyes were clear and his expression remained unchanged.

He took out a cigar and put it between his lips, and the cigar caught fire.

This scene sobered Ava Russell up a little.

Zhao Chuanxin shouted with the Druid's mantra, and the horse, which was grazing on the night grass, came running. He grabbed Xiaer by the back of his clothes and laid him horizontally on the horse's back.

Then he came back and said to Ava Russell, "Come on up, I'll carry you home."

At this moment, Ava Russell couldn't help but climb onto his back.

Zhao Chuanxin walked in front carrying Ava Russell on his back, and the horse carrying Charles followed behind.

Ava Russell put her arms around Zhao Chuanxin's neck from behind and stretched her head to look at his profile.

This man is so mysterious.

At this moment, Ganfan, who was following on a skateboard, suddenly called out, "Woof woof woof..."

Zhao Chuanxin suddenly looked up and saw a small orange-yellow light floating quietly in the southwest night sky.

long distance.

With Zhao Chuanxin's eyesight, he could be sure that this was not a star.

"Damn it!"

Zhao Chuanxin has been waiting for this thing for many years.

He immediately took out a one-meter-long colorless particle stream rocket with a handle underneath.

He grasped the handle, activated it with the central control rune, and started running at the same time.

In his haste, Zhao Chuanxin even forgot about Ava Russell behind him and rushed with her on his back. A stream of colorless particles spewed out from behind the small rocket, but there was no heat.

Ava Russell was originally secretly glancing at Zhao Chuanxin's face when she suddenly felt her vision blurred and she felt dizzy. Her head tilted back involuntarily, and the arms that were hugging Zhao Chuanxin showed signs of being pulled away.

From the corner of her eye, she noticed the grass rapidly sliding backwards under the cover of night. In just three minutes, she and Zhao Chuanxin had already run sixty miles.

This is the reason for the high axial acceleration.

She hurriedly hugged Zhao Chuanxin tightly.

She couldn't hear the wind.

But she was sure that she was moving at high speed on Zhao Chuanxin's back.

The thing that Zhao Chuanxin was holding had a glowing substance at the tail.

At this time, Zhao Chuanxin pushed the small rocket and carried Ava Russell straight into the sky.

Ava Russell opened her eyes wide, looked at the night sky, then looked at the ground, and her vision began to turn gray. This is called gray vision, and everything she saw was blurry.

In the time it took her to raise and lower her head, the two of them were already 150 yards in the air.

She shuddered, a cold sweat broke out, the strong smell of alcohol washed away, and she was completely sober.

She didn't dare to speak, for fear that the vibration of speaking would disrupt their balance and cause them to fall and be smashed to pieces.

But her body was shaking violently.

She just hugged Zhao Chuanxin's neck tighter, because the axial acceleration became positive acceleration.

Zhao Chuanxin forgot the person behind him, and all he could see was the orange-yellow light in the sky.

When it rose to 400 meters in the air, it was closer to the thing and he found that it should be a ball of light.

This is so cool.

At this moment, it was not known whether the light ball noticed him or for some other reason, but it suddenly accelerated and moved eastward.

too fast.

Zhao Chuanxin turned around and tried to follow.

But the ball of light flew too fast and he couldn't catch up with it.

At this moment, he noticed that Ava Russell's hand behind him was gradually loosening, as if she was about to faint.

Zhao Chuanxin quickly reached behind her with his left arm and held her hips: "Hold tight."

Ava Russell's labored breathing suddenly became smooth.

Vision also gradually recovered.

When she came to her senses, she found that they were only 20 meters above the ground.

The two of them were like fallen leaves, floating down lightly.

After landing, Zhao Chuanxin put her down: "Are you okay?"

Ava Russell stumbled back.

She looked at Zhao Chuanxin with fear and horror.

"You, are you a human?"

The colorless particle stream rocket engine in Zhao Chuanxin's hand has been shut down and put away.

His cigar was still burning.

He looked towards the east, feeling somewhat annoyed.

"Son of a bitch, I didn't catch up again."

The more knowledge and experience a person has, the more cautious he is in speaking.

The more ignorant people are, the more they like to clamor and draw conclusions with certainty.

Zhao Chuanxin had seen something similar twice, once in the morning and once at night.

But he still isn't sure what he saw.

He thought of Nikola Tesla again.

Does the old guy really know something?
Why does Zhao Chuanxin think this way?

Nikola Tesla knew that Zhao Chuanxin had a huge secret, but he didn't ask.

The old guy has been muttering to himself since he got older.

According to his personality, he would only feel that he had turned the tables and would not ask Zhao Chuanxin any questions if he also had a huge secret.

Zhao Chuanxin was bored: "Let's go, I'll take you back."

He carried Ava Russell on his back and walked back at full speed.

Ava Russell was completely sober, and this time the speed was not so fast. She could see clearly, the scenery around her passed by quickly, and she was absolutely sure that she was not dreaming.

And Zhao Chuanxin didn't seem to be in the mood to hide anything.

When he returned, Ganfan was waiting for him in front of Ava Russell's house.

"Wang Wang Wang..."

Zhao Chuanxin nodded and put Ava Russell down: "Go back to sleep, you can dream about anything."

Ava Russell looked at Zhao Chuanxin, then looked at Gan Fan, and felt that they looked so strange.

She couldn't help but said, "Li Si, who are you? What were you chasing just now? You..."

Zhao Chuanxin smiled warmly and politely, but he knew nothing about anything.

After going home.

Zhao Chuanxin dismantled the heat source gem and related equipment and drained the water in the water tank.

He put all his belongings into the astrolabe.

He pulled out the small screen.

He had left in a hurry before, but Ganfan calmly used the True Vision Crystal Telescope to take pictures of the objects in the sky.

Zhao Chuanxin couldn't help but frown as he looked at the recorded content of Ganfan.

……

The next day, Charles got up in high spirits, washed up and went to Zhao Chuanxin's house immediately.

He didn't even eat yet, planning to go to town to eat later.

He didn't dare to be so extravagant before.

Just thinking about owning a pickup truck soon, it doesn't seem worth making a fuss about spending this little money.

However, when he arrived at Zhao Chuanxin's house, he found that Zhao Chuanxin was not at home, Ganfan was not at home, and his car was not at home.

Another pickup truck sat quietly in the garage.

Charles leaned over the window and looked into the room. When he saw that the TV, radio, sofa and other things had been cleared out, he was shocked: Could it be that Li Si had moved out?
Then he shook his head: Impossible, the horse is still in the stable.

At this time, a black Buick super station wagon drove over.

A man got out of the car, with his shirt sleeves rolled up, a tie and a Humboldt hat, and walked slowly towards Charles.

"Tsk tsk, the guard dog at the door of Li Si Zhao's house is changed every time?"

Charles blushed and said, "Sir, please be polite."

"I'm Agent Matthew Canteus of Foblet, and I have a few questions for you." As he spoke, Matthew Canteus also leaned over the window and looked inside.

Charles frowned: "Whatever you want to ask, I may not answer you."

At this time, the American people were still quite afraid of Foblet.

A dead skinny camel is bigger than a horse.

Matthew Cantius asked: "Do you know Li Si Zhao? Do you know him? What kind of person is he?"

Ciel clenched his fists nervously: "We are friends, but I don't know him."

"Where is his family?"

"It's just him and a dog here."

Matthew Cantius smiled.

He is 1.83 meters tall, strong and sturdy, with a gun in his holster, giving off a very oppressive vibe.

He was experienced and immediately realized that Charles wanted to avoid certain topics.

Xiaer said that there were only Zhao Chuanxin and a dog here, but did not answer whether he had any family.

Matthew Canteus suddenly reached out, grabbed Charles by the collar, and pushed him against the wall: "Are you trying to play tricks on me?"

Charles was terrified.

Matthew Canteus's expression was stern but playful.

But Charles kept his mouth shut and said nothing.

Matthew Canteus raised his hand and punched Charles in the abdomen.

"Uh... cough cough..." Charles bent over in severe pain.

Matthew Canteus reached down and dug his hand under Charles' ribs.

Charles was as thin as a bean sprout, and his skin and flesh were very loose, so he felt excruciating pain from being scratched under his ribs: "Ah..."

Matthew Canteus sneered: "Say it or not?"

After Charles cried out in pain, his face turned red, as if he had been cooked.

He panted and glared at Matthew Canteus fiercely: "I don't know, I don't know even if you kill me. I will definitely report you to the police station, you..."

Matthew Canteus exerted force.

"Ow..."

Matthew Canteus did not see it, for he had a bronze eye on his head, looking directly at them.

(End of this chapter)