Mr. Liu came to make trouble a few days ago and was taught a lesson by Liu Yanzhi. Now it seems that the evil young man is a little wronged. The real evil young man will not commit suicide. As for whether this unlucky guy committed suicide because he was repaired by Liu Yanzhi and felt embarrassed, or was abandoned by Chen Xiaohong, and committed suicide due to setbacks in love. In short, it is inseparable from these people in Meilan's book house.

Chen Xiaohong was very calm. She sat with the guests for a while, sent them away, went upstairs and took down a nanmu box, then summoned the old lady and Gui Gong, each of whom sent a bank ticket, arranged their place of destination in a gentle voice, and took only half an hour to dismiss everyone.

The servants packed their luggage, and Chen Xiaohong explained to everyone: "Mr. Liu was born into a wealthy family, and was the only son in the family. He was also the distant nephew of Liu Kun, the governor of Liangjiang. Although he committed suicide by swallowing cigarettes and committing suicide, there were always some villains. A gentleman did not stand under a dangerous wall. Although Shanghai was good, it was not a place for a long time. Let's disperse."

Chen Xiaohong said this a bit ruthlessly. In the past few days, Zhou Jiarui popularized the prostitute culture of the Qing Dynasty, especially the Shuyu culture in Shanghai. Men in this era did not go to brothels to find excitement or vent their desires, but were really in love. Men usually got married and had early, and it was normal for three wives and four concubines in the family. The wife gave birth to children and reproduced offspring. The concubines were solved. However, there was no place to resolve love, so they could only find prostitutes.

Mr. Shuyu is proficient in all kinds of piano, chess, calligraphy and painting, leading the trend of the times, with first-class appearance, figure and a set of skills to attract souls and bewitching the soul. He is an expert in playing with men's feelings. There is no doubt that Mr. Liu, who was a surrender under the skirt of Chen Xiaohong's pomegranate. He is in love with Mr. Shuyu. He cannot afford to spend tens of thousands of taels of silver every year. He spends money but has no money and is humiliated. The rich man is drunk and dreaming of death, weak will, and it is reasonable to seek death. But the time is wrong, and it is enough to make a fuss. Why do you have to die?

Zhou Jiarui was drunk, but when he heard the news, he was awake. The first thing he thought of was the proverb full of wisdom of the working people.

Chen Xiaohong dismissed his servants. Could it be that he would follow him to Beijing? This is not a good idea. He is in the difficult stage of starting a business. What a matter of bringing a fireworks woman who has caused trouble. Let Li Zhongtang know, wouldn’t it hurt his image?

Chen Xiaohong Bingxue was smart. He knew his embarrassment when he looked at Zhou Jiarui's expression. He smiled calmly and said, "Mr. Zhou is about to go north, and I should go back to my hometown to visit my parents. Let's see you again if you are destined to do so."

He paused and said, "If you don't have the chance, then see you again in the next life."

"Wait for me for a year, I'll come back to find you." Zhou Jiarui gritted his teeth and wrote a blank check. Chen Xiaohong smiled and said, "Okay, then make a one-year appointment." He said this, but in his heart, he knew that with Zhou Jiarui's talent, he would definitely be successful and reach the sky. At that time, he would still remember a fireworks woman.

The incident happened suddenly, and if you didn't leave, you had to leave. Everyone bid farewell and went their separate ways. Chen Xiaohong's house was rented. The rent was paid monthly and checked out. The furniture and decorations in the room could only be sold at a cheap price. The expensive heads can also be transferred to peers. There is no need to worry about the money stored in the bank. The bank tickets were exchanged for Suzhou and Hangzhou. However, the business was done well but they were forced to leave. I couldn't help but feel sad.

"Sister, thanks for your care, I have nothing to do when I leave. Please accept this jade Ruyi, just treat it as a thought." Lin Su took out the white mutton fat that Liu Yanzhi gave her and presented it to Chen Xiaohong solemnly.

Chen Xiaohong refused for a long time, but accepted it, and said with tears in his eyes: "I have received my sister's wish."

Liu's mansion came back at any time to cause trouble. Chen Xiaohong did not dare to delay and took a boat to Suzhou overnight. Zhou Jiarui also moved to Shanghai Daoyamen and boarded the boat with Li Hongzhang to Tianjin tomorrow morning.

Liu Yanzhi and others still returned to the hotel. In the evening, the streets of the main road were filled with gas lights. Chinese people in long gowns and jackets and foreigners in suits and ties came and went. The No. 1 city in the Far East was still in their ignorant childhood.

"What is that?" Lin Su pointed to a shop on the side of the road and asked. It was a shop run by a foreigner. There were black and white photos hanging inside the glass wall and the foreign text with floral characters on the sign.

"It's a photo studio, do you want to take one?" Liu Yanzhi suddenly became interested. Regardless of whether Lin Su agrees or not, he pulled her into the store, negotiated with the French photographer who opened the store, and stood in front of the background curtain wall.

Photography is a big event in this era. People who come to take photos have a sacred sense of ritual. The old-fashioned camera is huge. The photographer buried his head in the black shading cloth and poked it out again in a blink of an eye. He gestured to make the lady relax his expression and not be so rigid.

Facing the huge camera, Lin Su was very restrained and didn't know where to put her hands. Liu Yanzhi told her not to be nervous, relax her whole body, and said softly to the camera, "Eggplant."

Lin Su was very obedient, calmed down, stood side by side with Liu Yanzhi, and said to the camera. In an instant, the magnesium powder in the flash light in the photographer's hand burned violently, and a bright flame flashed out, and the white smoke rose, which scared Lin Su's face and held Liu Yanzhi's hand tightly.

"Very good." The photographer poked his head out and stretched out his thumb, "My ladies, one more picture."

This time, Lin Su was no longer afraid, smiled at the camera, the magnesium powder exploded again, and the lady of the Qing Dynasty was frozen in the memory of history.

The speed of washing photos is very slow and it will take three days to get them. Liu Yanzhi couldn't wait that long and paid the expedited fee and could get them tomorrow.

...

The next day, Liu Yanzhi came to the photo studio to take photos, a group photo, and a single photo of Lin Su. The black and white silver salt photos from a hundred years ago were extremely clear, and the edges were carefully cut into lace shapes.

Liu Yanzhi wanted to take away the negatives together for easy rinsing in the future, but he said that photographers such as film did not understand after a long time. Finally, he realized that he told him that the camera was made of glass negatives, which were very thin, fragile and difficult to store, and had requirements for temperature and humidity, so customers were not advised to take away the negatives.

"Why not use soft materials?" Liu Yanzhi said in half-baked French. "Put silver bromide material on film, one roll can take dozens of pictures, and the camera's volume can be reduced many times."

"The technology you mentioned can be realized in about a hundred years." The photographer was not interested in the Chinese man's whimsical thoughts.

Lin Su was impressed by Liu Yanzhi. The lover not only speaks English, but also speaks French fluently, not inferior to Lord Zhou.

After taking the photos, the four of them went to Shiliupu Wharf to return to Ori River. They still booked a passenger ship and went upstream. They passed the Yangtze River to Nanjing first and then into Huai River. They arrived at Ori River seven days later.

When the boat arrived at the dock, Liu Yanzhi accompanied Lin Su and his second concubine and asked the housekeeper to go to the city to find out the situation.

The old butler was worried and first came to the vicinity of a familiar Dian Li's house in the prefect's office. He didn't dare to enter the door, so he just waited outside. After waiting for two hours, he called him from afar. The Dian Li looked closely and was very surprised: "Butler Lin, where have you gone? Lord Lin looked for you everywhere."

"My master is safe and sound?" the old butler said in a trembling voice.

"It's not just safe and sound, but also promoted." Dian Li grabbed him, "Hurry up and follow me to the Tai Yamen. Your elders have been promoted. Now they are the governor of Jiangdong Province and a second-rank official."

In the yamen of the governor, Lin Huaiyuan sat in the signing room in a brand new official uniform and was full of confidence. He was blessed in disguise and jumped from a fourth-rank prefect to a second-rank prefect, completing a height that was difficult to reach for twenty years. This is thanks to the Queen Mother, Lafayette and the Emperor for their loving kindness, but it is also necessary to help Liu Yanzhi and Zhou Jiarui.

What makes people even happier is that Lin Huaiyuan's immediate superior, Jiangdong Governor Wei Fushun, was withdrawn by the empress dowager for killing foreigners by a telegram. He took off his head and might have to behead him next. He transferred a Governor Wen from Nanjing. He happened to be a colleague of the Hanlin Academy with Lin Huaiyuan. Twenty years ago, he made a half-joking appointment with his children and relatives. Later, he was separated from his side, so this matter was no longer mentioned. Recently, he learned that Governor Wen had a son who was the same as his father. He was no less talented than his father. He was a Juren at a young age and was born with his own daughter.

Half a month ago, Lin Huaiyuan sent someone to Shanghai to inquire about his daughter. There has been no news yet. He was anxious and the crew came to report that the old housekeeper was back.

Lin Huaiyuan went out to greet him in person. The master and servant met speechlessly, but only burst into tears. He helped him cry for a while and sat down to talk. The housekeeper watched Lin Huaiyuan grow up since childhood. He was loyal to him and had no false words. He wrote down the experiences during this period one by one. When he heard his daughter was imprisoned, Lin Huaiyuan couldn't help but shed tears. When he heard that he was rescued, he danced and heard that his concubine was abducted by Master Zhou, he immediately said furiously: "I will go to the sea to arrest him and arrest him for a death sentence of abducting the population."

The housekeeper said: "The eldest concubine is not a good person, and the second concubine is not a rule. She actually took the lady to live in Shanghai... It's not a good place anyway."

"What's in Shanghai?" Lin Huaiyuan saw that he wanted to speak but stopped, with a confused expression, and knew it was not a good thing, so he quickly asked.

"Shanghai's bookstore." The old housekeeper said in pain, "The master's reputation for life has been ruined by her."

Lin Huaiyuan was shocked. Isn’t the Book House just the Changsan Hall? The daughter of the brothel on the beach was actually in chaos! He slapped the table and cursed: “This bitch!”

When the old butler saw that the master was angry, he realized that he had said the wrong thing and hurriedly explained that he was just living in a bookstore and did not go to the sea to pick up customers, but...

"Just something!" Lin Huaiyuan said gritting his teeth.

"I just don't know what the one surnamed Liu is." The housekeeper said, "I can't explain clearly because the melon field is full of money. The master has already prepared, and the girl will stay if she is older."

Lin Huaiyuan's expression changed drastically, his face turned dark, and he was silent for a while and said, "How many people know about this?"
Chapter completed!