Chapter 1198 Island

When Chang Lian arrived at the Yamen, he sat down and didn't care about his errands. He still thought about the fan and the familiar figure in his mind, and his heart beat wildly.

Chang Lian pursed his lips, thinking that he had to tell his father, took out a pen and paper, and began to write a letter. He was afraid that the letter would be blocked, so he wrote it in a very cryptic way, and he believed that his father could understand it.

It's just that this letter is destined not to go out to Xuzhou City. King Qi felt that if something bad happened, he would send someone to watch it early.

King Qi opened the letter, there was nothing wrong with it, but Zhou Changlian still underestimated him, he really should praise Zhou Laosan for his sharpness, but unfortunately, Zhou Laosan guessed wrong.

Zhou Mansion, Tao Shi came here by himself this time, Zhulan, "Why didn't you bring Tao Ran here today?"

Tao's smile faded a little, "I have already sent someone to send Tao Ran back."

"Um?"

This is wrong, Tao Shi really likes Tao Ran, otherwise he wouldn't bring Tao Ran with him every time he came to Zhou's house.

Tao Shi didn't want to bring up family ugliness, and got angry when he thought about it, but his nephew came up with such an idea, not to mention that the eldest grandson was already engaged to the Zhou family, even if they were not engaged, the father-in-law and the husband-in-law would not choose the daughter of the Tao family.

Now knowing the engagement, the father-in-law does not allow anyone to destroy this marriage, and she does not allow it, but the nephew still has the idea of ​​the grandson, so he can only be a concubine. So I just got angry, and my thoughts of pulling my mother's family stopped completely.

Originally, when she brought Tao Ran to Zhou's house, she also thought that Yang Shi would be good friends with her, and Yang Shi would like her, which would be good for Tao Ran in the future, but her nephew didn't understand her painstaking efforts, and plotted against her.

Seeing Tao Shi's complexion getting worse and worse, Zhulan changed the subject, "Why are you here today?"

Dow smiled again, "Of course it's a good thing. Your family Mingrui is not young anymore. You are not worried about the child's marriage. I have a good candidate here. Let me tell you."

Zhulan is very energetic, and she is also worried about Mingrui's marriage. Recently, she has introduced a lot, and there are many who are interested in it, but they are not hearty. It is hard to find a suitable one. After inquiring, Zhulan denied it.

The second wife is not suitable for a deep-minded daughter-in-law. If she is thoughtful, she will not get along with Mrs. Zhao. The relationship between mother-in-law and daughter-in-law is not good. The second wife will cause a lot of troubles in the future. Mingrui is not suitable for a child with a lot of thoughts. A generous heart is fine. .

The second house is different from the first house. The eldest daughter-in-law of the first house needs to be in charge of the house, and the second house is also headed by the Zhao family. Who makes Zhao young, and Yudie and the child in her belly are young!

Zhulan smiled,

"tell me the story."

Tao Shi, "The daughter of Master Jiao's family is eight years old this year. The little girl has a straight temper. I have met her a few times. She is a pretty good girl."

Zhulan's mind turned around, there were not many people with the surname Jiao in the capital, and she recalled carefully, "You're talking about Jiao Zhuo, the censor of Qiandu?"

Tao Shi nodded, "Yes, it's from his family. This is a little girl who was raised pampered, so she's a little bit more naive."

Zhulan thought to herself, it's the fourth grade, Jiao Zhuo himself is capable, and his father is also capable, this family is one of the most honest and honest in the capital, "The Jiao family's family background is very good."

Well, she didn't think about the Jiao family. If it was just Jiao Zhuo herself, she could still think about it, but Zhu Lan, Jiao Zhuo's father, didn't think about it. How could the daughter of the Jiao family marry into the second wife of a seventh-rank official? Even if Changyi worked hard, he couldn't wait for the daughter of the Jiao family's prostitute to marry and compete for the fourth rank.

As for valuing the Zhou family because of Zhou Shuren, no, the Jiao family has been clean and upright for generations, and the Jiao family has its own confidence.

Tao said: "I think you can try it, the Jiao family doesn't care about wealth when they marry a daughter."

The Jiao family's daughter is not worried about getting married, and many people propose to marry her, but the Jiao family's daughter has never been married.

Zhulan shook her head with a smile, "The Jiao family is very good, but I wouldn't choose the Zhou family."

It can be seen from the married daughter that the Jiao family is clear-headed, not too involved with the nobles, and maintaining a clean and honest family style is the way for the Jiao family to survive.

Dow really felt a pity, "You think about it carefully?"

Zhulan, "Don't think about it."

If the Zhou family didn't have the blood of the Rong family, maybe this good marriage would be possible. Now the Jiao family would just avoid the Zhou family, because the Zhou family was too eye-catching.

On a small island in the sea, Rong Chuan and others were growling with hunger, but they couldn't make a fire, for fear of attracting the attention of the island not far away, the two islands were too close.

This island is not big, the hiding place is under a cliff, there are gravels everywhere, and the boat not far away is tied to the stone.

Rong Chuan rubbed his stomach, feeling hungry, the dry food he brought was gone on the boat, if not for the boat passing by last night, they would have landed on the opposite island.

Yang Wen came down from the side of the cliff at this time, and the coat he took off was bulging, and he could see that he had packed a lot of things. There were several people behind Yang Wen, all of whom came with things.

Rong Chuan saw Yang Wen, "Have you found something to eat?"

Yang Wen grinned, "Uncle Cousin, we dug up some sweet potatoes."

Rong Chuan was stunned, "Why are there sweet potatoes here?"

Yang Wen put down the sweet potatoes in his clothes, and said: "We checked the whole island, and found a stone house on the east side, which had been abandoned for a long time. We found a field near the house, found sweet potatoes, dug some back."

Rong Chuan, "It seems that this island is a sentry island."

As for why it was abandoned, he didn't know, but fortunately it was abandoned, otherwise, they would have been discovered yesterday.

Now there are sweet potatoes, even though they are raw, they can be eaten, and they don’t dislike being dirty. The sweet potatoes are not big, and a dozen people can eat them after wiping them.

After eating two, Rong Chuan took out the map when his stomach was full.

Speaking of which, he was lucky. Seeing that he could not catch up, when he wanted to return, he did not expect to encounter a naval patrol ship. The speed of the boat was much faster than that of the small boat, and the fleeing people were quickly caught.

These people ran into the sea, and it can be seen that there is a secret base on the nearby island. He brought not only experts, but also secret guards, and the location was found out through interrogation.

It's just that the battleship is too big, and it was discovered when it got close to Zhunbao, so it was a certain distance away from the island. They changed to a small boat and continued to move forward. The island in front of them was the purpose, and they wanted to touch it in the dark.

Yang Wen also finished eating, and took out the binoculars in his arms, "Just now I looked carefully, the opposite island has many patrols, and there are several high platforms, it is not easy to go to the island, Cousin, do you think it is time to return to the navy to deliver the letter?" People come back and attack the island together?"

In his heart, he didn't want his uncle to take risks, he wanted to protect his uncle.

Rong Chuan took the binoculars. Fortunately, the two islands are close, otherwise the binoculars would be useless. Last night, it was dark and he couldn’t see clearly, but now he can see a lot. He pursed his lips, thinking that the opposite island is too strict, “It’s easy to see too many people at night I was discovered, now choose the two best ones to try, if you can't touch them, you can only wait."

He still wanted to find out something. He remembered gunpowder. The defense on the opposite island must not be simple.