Troubled Times

Donghua City, the most important political and economic city in Northeast China, is in a grove beside the road.

"Unexpectedly, we can act alone." Jiang Ying said to Fang Han while observing the guards at the city gate.

"It's not because I'm afraid that Young Master Jiang is used to enjoyment and won't be used to the hard work of marching."

"Hey, hey, you want to enjoy yourself and don't use me as a raft." Jiang Ying patted Fang Han's arm, and Fang Han grinned.

"Let's go, I see that there is a creek in the depths of the forest. Let's go take a carriage after tidying up." Fang Han pulled up Jiang Ying who was still squatting on the ground, but he didn't want Jiang Ying's legs to go numb right now. When he stood up, his legs went limp, and he threw himself on Fang Han.

"I was just thinking about what identity we would enter the city with, and you couldn't wait to give me inspiration. Why don't we go in as a couple, so that we can also fool those who want to assassinate." Fang Han looked down at Zhengyan Jiang Ying, who was wearing his skirt, said amusedly.

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"You two military lords, my master and wife are sitting in this carriage. They are here for business in Donghua City. Our wife is timid. Can you accommodate me? This is for the two military lords to drink tea." The driver As he spoke, he took out a silver dollar and handed it to one of the soldiers guarding the city gate.The soldier bit the silver dollar, and suddenly lifted the curtain of the car, and sure enough, he saw a young woman hiding behind the man next to her with a pale face.

The guards put down the curtain and waved their hands.The coachman hurriedly drove the carriage to the city.

"It's a pity that Young Master Jiang doesn't wear women's clothes." Fang Han joked to Jiang Ying, who was next to him with an unhappy face. It was hard for him to persuade Jiang Ying to change into women's clothes.

"Sophistry, why am I wearing it? You look good in it too." Jiang Ying said angrily.

"If you take a tall daughter-in-law, people will definitely be suspicious. As my adjutant, you must be dedicated." Fang Han was pinched at the waist just after he finished speaking, knowing that this was a pain point for Jiang Ying.But he said unforgivingly, "Only those girls and ladies are screwing people. Could it be that Young Master Jiang has fallen in love with this status?" As soon as the words fell, Jiang Ying kicked his calf

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"You are doing very well. You can just wait at the inn these few days. I will go back in your carriage after I finish the business. I will also need your money while staying at the inn." Fang Han threw two silver dollars to the coachman. He took Jiang Ying upstairs.

"Xiaoer, bring up the food and hot water." Fang Han ordered downstairs.

"Hey, why do we have to live in one room, only one bed, it's very crowded" Jiang Ying said with some dissatisfaction

"Think I want to share a room with you? I'm afraid that you will become a beast, but have you ever seen a couple who want two rooms." Fang Han looked at Jiang Ying with a look of disgust.

"You still dare to despise me, my lord. Believe it or not, I'll show you my beastly behavior right now?" Jiang Ying slapped the table and stood up and walked to Fang Han, pretending to tear his clothes off.

"Ah, I didn't expect Young Master Jiang not to love girls and blue girls." Fang Han looked at Jiang Ying with a smile on his face, and Jiang Ying was a little hairy. He patted his head and turned to walk towards the bed.

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"The night is dark and windy, Fang Han." Jiang Ying shook Fang Han under the covers.Jiang Ying slept all afternoon, and was very energetic at this time.

"Do you think your goal is not big enough? At this time, the whole city is under martial law at night. Whoever goes out is the target." Fang Han tucked the quilt into Jiang Ying. "Go to Qionghua Garden tomorrow. It is said that Zhuang Xun's wife likes to listen to operas there the most. Let's go there and listen to one."

"Alright, maybe we can find something else, let's go for a stroll in the city tomorrow." It is said that the most famous thing in Donghua City is the Qionghua Cake from Banyan House, which is crystal clear and melts in the mouth.Jiang Ying couldn't lie down even more at the thought of this, and Fang Han had no choice but to accompany him for a long conversation before calming down the little ancestor.

"I have eaten wontons here for many years."

In order not to make the shopkeeper suspicious, Jiang Ying still reluctantly put on women's clothes and go out today, and couldn't walk when she saw the wonton shop across the road.

"Mr. Zhang also likes the wontons here. I heard that Mrs. Zhuang's flower viewing party is about to start. Has your wife received it?" Two people were chatting at the other table, and Xu felt that Fang Han's table was nothing to worry about. Concerned, so the voice will be a little louder.

"I've been beaten like that, and I'm still in the mood to have a flower feast?" Jiang Ying muttered softly, making Fang Han beside him laugh.It also attracted the attention of a table next to Zhang Yuanwai.

"What do women know? The things here are profound. Let's go home and embroider." Zhang Yuanwai next to him mocked and glanced at Jiang Ying.Just as Jiang Ying was about to refute, someone robbed her of her words.

"What's wrong with women, you look down on women so much, don't marry a daughter-in-law, women can charge forward, and you just sit here and beg for mercy from the Japanese people, it's really pedantic." A heroic girl in purple riding clothes put her chopsticks on the table One shot.Thinking about it, I was very angry.

Member Zhang and the others saw that this woman was not easy to provoke, so they quickly finished eating and left without saying much.

"Count them smart, boss, check out."

When the woman left, she glanced in Fang Han's direction and left.

"I heard that Cao Lin in the Northwest had a daughter for so many years. I was afraid that I would not be able to hold on to such a large family business, so I could only raise my daughter as a son. That's why this eldest lady hates people saying that women are inferior to men in front of her." Jiang Ying ate her hands. Said casually beside the candied haws in the bag, if it is as expected, the girl this morning is Cao Hongying, the eldest daughter of the Cao family.

"Northwest and Northeast are cooperating? Then Miss Cao is also here to participate in the flower viewing banquet? Zhuang Xun does have a son, but I heard that he is also a naughty master. If Cao Hongying likes him like this, she must be blind." " Fang Han silently held Jiang Ying's empty hand in his arms, looking from a distance like a wife walking with her husband on her arm.

Jiang Ying didn't notice this, but just concentrated on thinking about what kind of conspiracy the Cao family and the Zhuang family were up to. People like Zhuang Wentao were completely sorry for his name, and they didn't care about anything.It is said that they are very good at robbing civilian women.

"The banquet hall is here. After eating so much, can you still eat Qionghua cake?" Fang Han was a little worried that Jiang Ying's stomach would hurt from being overstretched.

"It's just packing, young master... Madam Ben also wants to take it back." Jiang Ying stroked a strand of hair that was hanging down, and raised her small face proudly.The childish look made Fang Han's eyes soften again.

"Okay, I'll follow Madam's order, let's go up here." The two didn't want a private room, so they ordered two plates of snacks and a pot of tea in the lobby.

"I heard that Dongying's desserts are made very sweet to neutralize the bitterness of the tea. The Qionghua cake in this banquet building is sweet and just goes well with this tea. You can try it, Yamazaki-kun." A Qingyue male voice never said came from afar.

"Mr. Zhuang is really well-informed, and he even dabbled in our diet." The stereotyped Chinese pronunciation came from the mouth of a man with a mustache.However, most of the diners are no longer surprised. After all, here is a puppet government supported by Dongying people, and Dongying people often appear in these teahouses and restaurants.

"Where is it, Mr. Yamazaki knows the culture of our country. I heard that Mr. Yamazaki has finished reading the Chronicles of the Three Kingdoms?" the young man complimented.

The two talked loudly, and you came and went, which attracted many people's attention.That young son has a clear temperament and a beautiful appearance, and the heroic look in his eyebrows makes people not mistaken for a woman.

"Could this person be the right-hand man of Okamura Taro who held the puppet emperor hostage, Yamazaki Zuoichi?" Jiang Ying held Qionghua Cake in one hand, and did not forget to put the snack in his mouth while talking, while Fang Han said silently drinking tea.

Thinking about it, that young master is not a simple person, otherwise how could he attract high-level figures from Dongpu to come out.Fang Han and Jiang Ying gave each other a look.Seeing that the table not far away seemed to be finished, he got up first to pay the bill.

"Enough to eat and drink. Mrs. Zhuang is probably coming to Qionghua Garden by this time. Let's find a seat. It is said that a famous actor will play today." Fang Han stood at the entrance of the banquet building and found a rickshaw. Jiang Ying in a light-colored cheongsam boarded the car.Looks like a loving couple.

"The two of us really seem to be out to play." Jiang Ying looked at the scenery passing by in front of him, and said with some satisfaction.

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The two of them found a box facing the center diagonally, because the one facing the stage had been booked by Mrs. Zhuang a long time ago.The theater here is still preparing, but the shopkeeper ran out to meet a black car in person.

A beautiful woman in a bright yellow cheongsam embroidered with peonies was respectfully sent to the box by the shopkeeper. Putting it on ordinary people, the bright yellow is only suitable for young girls who have not left the court, but this lady wore a beautiful dress. With a leisurely temperament, no matter who is next to him, he will feel very comfortable.

When the lady looked up at the stage, Fang Hanjiang's shadow was shocked. The man who talked to the Dongying people in the banquet building just now has an eight-fold resemblance to this beautiful woman, and the relationship is self-evident.

"I didn't expect that rough man Zhuang Xun to marry his wife so much..." Fang Han didn't know how to describe it for a while.

But what is even more strange is why Zhuang Wentao met with Dongying people in public. Although everyone knows that Zhuang Xun and Dongying people have cooperated, shouldn't this kind of meeting be more secretive?

Everything seems to be going in a strange direction.

The person on that stage was singing "Zhuang Zhou's dream of a butterfly, but a yellow beam, tied with a red thread, but wants to go with the wind..." Mrs. Zhuang touched the corner of her eye with a handkerchief when she saw the sad scene , there is hardly any trace of age on the plain face, with a pair of watery almond eyes, it is no wonder that he looks so small even though he is said to be two years older than Zhuang Xun.

"It seems that she was well protected by Zhuang Xun. The only daughter of Daru in Donghua City, Zhuang Xun knelt outside her house for three days and three nights before Daru Lin agreed." Fang Han explained to Jiang Ying, But seeing Jiang Ying's eyes looking downstairs, he followed his gaze, and it was Zhuang Wentao who came downstairs.

Presumably, he came to pick up Mrs. Zhuang after chatting with that Yamazaki. At this time, Zhuang Wentao could be seen in the middle box, and the opera downstairs was coming to an end.Zhuang Wentao took Mrs. Zhuang's hand and left the box. When he went out, he suddenly turned his head and glanced in their direction.

"Zhuang Wentao has already spotted us? Let's go, the downstairs is over anyway, we can't count as tailgating, right?" Jiang Ying pulled Fang Han out as he spoke.

When he walked downstairs, he realized that Mrs. Zhuang, who had obviously left first, was standing in front of the car with a worried face.In front of her stood a girl in a pearl-colored dress.

"I tell you, my son is a dude, and he won't marry you Dongying people. My master said, then let him marry himself. Ms. Yamazaki is not welcome at my flower viewing party." Regardless of the crying face on the other side , Mrs. Zhuang put down her words domineeringly and left with Mr. Zhuang.

"Unexpectedly, Mrs. Zhuang, who looks weak and weak, is actually a hero among women. If Zhuang Xun had half of her understanding of righteousness, we wouldn't be standing here." Jiang Ying turned her head and said to Fang Han.

"There are always a few women who understand righteousness and righteousness who fall into the hands of ordinary people. In ancient times, there was Liu Rushi, and now there is Mrs. Zhuang." Fang Han sighed a little.

At this time, the servant in the Qionghua Garden suddenly ran out and handed Fang Han a note: It said, Young Marshal Fang, see you at the Phoenix Butterfly Pavilion at the banquet tonight.

Seeing here, Jiang Ying and Fang Han knew that Mr. Zhuang must have known about them, but the assassins thought they were still on the way, why Mr. Zhuang was so well informed, and no one told Zhuang Xun, otherwise it would be estimated that the two of them Already been arrested.