Republic of China 1927

() A girl wearing a peaked cap, light-colored suspenders, and light-colored canvas shoes came into view. She also paid attention to Du Yan who was sitting in the living room, with a pair of big eyes unscrupulously looking up and down.

"It's you!" The two recognized each other almost at the same time. The clothes of the two were completely different from what they met on the street two days ago. At that time, Du Yan was dressed in a long gown and was completely dressed as a businessman, but today he was dressed in a suit, bow tie and top hat. It's a gentleman's attire.

"Why do you two know each other?" After finishing speaking, Xiao Jian almost slapped himself, and quickly changed his words: "You should have known each other!"

"Second brother, why do you bring everyone home!" Thinking of being bullied the day before yesterday, the little girl pouted and said angrily, "And how could I know him?"

"Second Brother? She's Xiao Jian's younger sister, so she's mine..." Du Yan's mind was buzzing, thinking quickly.

"Haha, haha..." Xiao Jian laughed loudly and said, "Xiao Yun, when did you come back? Did you skip class again?"

"I don't have one!" Xiao Yun pointed at Du Yan angrily and said, "Who is this person? He's your friend again!"

"You asked me who he is?" Xiao Jian tried not to burst out laughing, and asked calmly, "You really don't know him anymore, so I'm going to drive him away, don't regret it!"

"I have nothing to regret." Xiao Yun was a little baffled, and said stupidly: "Every time I bring back these friends with developed limbs and simple brains!"

"Haha, it seems that Xiao Yun has a lot of opinions on you!" Xiao Jian ignored Xiao Yun, smiled maliciously at Du Yan and said, "How did you offend her? Tell me the truth, otherwise I will kill you." You're back in the police station."

"I offended her? No!" Du Yan pouted and said helplessly. As for the identity of this little girl, he didn't think deeply about it. It's no wonder that we haven't seen each other for six or seven years. At that time, Xiao Yun was just a little girl. He didn't even know how many daughters the Xiao family had.

"Second brother, who the hell is he? He's acting so mysterious, tell me quickly." Seeing Xiao Jian winking, the little girl knew there was something she was hiding from her.

"Come here if you want to know, I can only tell you quietly." Xiao Jian said mysteriously, and he was pretty good at playing, if he continued to play, he would anger the young lady, and it would be bad to complain in front of the old man every day.

"Oh!" The little girl greeted her and walked over, not forgetting to glare at Du Yan.

Xiao Jian whispered a few words to the little girl. The little girl's eyes widened with an expression of disbelief at first, then her face was a little shy, and soon her face became flushed, and finally her ears were red all the way to her neck.

"Are you really Du Yan?" Xiao Yun came back to her senses after a while, glanced secretly at Du Yan, then lowered her head and asked softly.

"Yeah, it's a fake one." Du Yan was a little at a loss by the siblings, and couldn't figure out why the fierce little girl suddenly had such a face.

"Ah!" The little girl yelled, turned her head and ran outside.

"Which sister is this little girl of yours? It's funny to talk about it." Watching the little girl disappear into the door frame, Du Yan asked stupidly.

"Du Yan, have you been in the United States for so long that you've treated people like fools!" Seeing that Du Yan said such stupid words, Xiao Jian said angrily: "You don't know how many brothers and sisters we have! She They call me Second Brother, but you still don’t understand who he is?”

"When I was in the United States, I once had a fight with someone and got hit on the head. I couldn't remember some things clearly. Otherwise, I wouldn't have recognized you until I came to your house." Du Yan had no choice but to pretend to be amnesia and perfunctory. In fact, most of the memories in this body have been dormant since the time travel, and can only be awakened when they are triggered, but the memory of the later generations is clear.

"Really?" Xiao Jian stared at Du Yan for a moment and saw that there was no affectation in his eyes, and then said leisurely: "There are only three people in our old Xiao family, two men and one woman. Now I am working at the customs in Tianjin, the second child is me, and the eldest sister Xiao Yun is..."

"It's my wife?" Suddenly, Du Yan popped up again in a stupid way, and he understood everything in a jerk, no wonder that little girl just now...

"Haha, you, what you think is beautiful!" Xiao Jian burst into laughter, and he laughed until tears came out before he stopped and said, "You are not married yet! To be precise, it is your fiancée. Seeing your virtue, can't it be Come to force a marriage!"

"She is fat? Why did she change so much!" Now Du Yan remembered that seven or eight years ago, he stayed in Xiao's house for a while, and Xiao Yun was only about ten years old at that time, and she was chubby. Yes, running around with brothers Xiao Jian and Du Yan every day.

"It seems that the brain is not completely broken, and I finally remembered it." Xiao Jian let out a sigh of relief, touched Du Yan's head and smiled, "It doesn't look like he is losing his mind."

"It's just that I can't remember clearly at the moment, it's not that serious." Du Yan also felt internally hurt by what happened just now, what kind of thing is this.

"It's cheap for you boy, my beautiful, gentle and lovely sister will marry into your Du family sooner or later." Xiao Jian laughed and scolded, both families agreed with this marriage established ten years ago. It can be said that they are well-matched, male and female.

"It's barely enough to be like a flower and like a jade, but it's fine to be gentle and pleasant!" Du Yan muttered in a low voice, with mixed tastes in his heart, and his future wife doesn't look like a fuel-efficient lamp.

"Hmph! You brat is so cheap and good-looking, don't think that my sister is the only one who won't marry you." Xiao Jian pretended to be angry and said, "And tell me honestly, how did you offend my sister?"

"I'm still wondering, who can I ask for reasoning." Du Yan smiled and briefly described the day before yesterday, including the part about the Four Seas Gang seeking revenge.

"No wonder the people from the Four Seas Gang want to trouble you. You are cutting off people's money." Xiao Jian looked suddenly enlightened.

"You still have the face to say that it's not you policemen who are acting as the umbrella for these gangs." Du Yan retorted: "It's my fault, your brother-in-law was almost hacked to death."

"The Four Seas Gang is getting more and more outrageous, but there's nothing I can do!" Xiao Jian shook his head and said, "I'm just the captain of the police inspector team. It's lucky to help you that day. Gang is not considered a big man."

"Oh! What's the origin of the Four Seas Gang? It actually made you, the captain who has an old father as the magistrate of the county, shy away from you." Du Yan asked in surprise, "What does Uncle Du say in this city of Qingzhou?"

"You think too highly of our old man. Even a small county magistrate of Yidu in the Qing Dynasty is nothing in Qingzhou City, let alone the present when fists are justified and strength is king." Xiao Jian sighed. Said: "The backstage boss of the Four Seas Gang is the Banner Corps in the city."

"Cavalry regiment? The 15th Division has only established a cavalry battalion. Where did the cavalry regiment come from?" Du Yan was even more puzzled. This Qingzhou City is also an important town in central Lu, and Marshal Zhang set up a Yidu guard envoy here to station The soldier was originally the Fifth Mixed Brigade in Shandong, and was later reorganized into the No.15 Division of the Shandong Army, which was directly under Zhang Zongchang's First Army of the Zhilu Allied Army.

"It's not the cavalry regiment, it's the banner regiment, the eight banners soldiers stationed in the former Qing Dynasty." Xiao Jian patiently explained: "With the support of the army, the Four Seas Gang is unscrupulous, and it gradually doesn't take our police station seriously. .”

"Eight Banners soldiers? The Qing Dynasty has been destroyed for more than ten years, and these Eight Banners soldiers are still jumping around?" Du Yan stood up and cursed angrily: "The little emperor di du in the Forbidden City was driven out of Beijing City by Feng Christ gone."

"In the past few years, the banner soldiers in the city could hardly be paid, and the soldiers almost ran away. But Marshal Zhang and Dulu have been very kind to these grandsons since then, and they have been supplied with money, guns, and ammunition in full." Xiao Jian He also said bitterly: "Many of the Four Seas Gang are bannermen, and the leader of the gang is Tong Guowei, the only son of the head of the Banner Corps. Make Zhai Wenlin, the commander of the 15th Division, a concubine."

"With such a strong backstage, it's no wonder they are unscrupulous." Du Yan nodded and said, Zhai Wenlin was once Zhang Zongchang's guard and was his confidant, and he has thousands of elite soldiers in his hands.

"Master, you are back." Steward Ding's voice came, and the old man of the Xiao family finally returned.

"Xiao Jian is here as a friend?" Mr. Xiao is in a good mood today, and seeing that there are guests again, he treats Xiao Jian with a pleasant face, which makes our second young master Xiao feel a little uncomfortable.

"Hello, Uncle Xiao." Du Yan stood up and greeted Mr. Xiao as soon as he entered the door. This is not only his father's friend but also his future father-in-law. He even got Du Yan's name Guanghua. This deep origin soon touched the memory deep in my heart.

"Who is this?" Mr. Xiao was taken aback. Hearing this, he should be his nephew, but he couldn't remember who it was.

"Uncle Xiao, I'm..." Du Yan was about to report himself when Xiao Jian stopped him.

"Father, you don't recognize who the person opposite is?" Xiao Jian took a rare opportunity to play tricks on the old man, so he simply played tricks.

"You are? Let me think about it..." Judging from his son's expression, the young man in front of him should be very familiar to him.

"You are..., no, no!" Mr. Xiao just saw the shadow of a person, and was immediately rejected by himself. The difference in temperament and demeanor was too great.

"Uncle, I'm Du Yan, Du Guanghua!" Seeing Mr. Xiao's pensive look, Du Yan couldn't bear it, and said directly, ignoring Xiao Jian's eyes.

"Du Yan, Du Guanghua, is it really you? When did you return to China?" After getting an affirmative answer from his son, Mr. Xiao stepped forward and grabbed Du Yan's arms and looked him up and down before saying, "I haven't seen you for a few years." It’s changed so much that I don’t even dare to recognize it.”

"Uncle, you have aged a lot." Du Yan looked at the old man in front of him who was much older than he remembered.

The two of them started exchanging pleasantries, which made Xiao Jian very dissatisfied, and said angrily, "It's better to treat this son-in-law than my son!"

"So what, Guanghua is more sensible and promising than you, or how can you, Uncle Du, rest assured to hand over the family to him." Old Master Xiao retorted plausibly, which made Second Young Master Xiao even more depressed.