Hong Ying commanded the boatmen to sail as fast as possible and return the cargo to Nanxun as quickly as possible. Because he was holding the road specially approved by the King of Blockade, the checkpoints along the way were cleared smoothly. It only took two days and two nights for the cargo ship to dock at Chuihong Bridge Pier.
, Hong Ying paid the shipman two thousand taels for freight. This kind of work of transporting arms risked beheading, so the price was extremely high.
King Du was very surprised and very happy to receive the gun. He couldn't help but look at Hong Ying with admiration. He gave Hong Ying 20,000 taels in silver notes and was willing to agree to her three requests. At the same time, he agreed that the family would leave Nanxun for Shanghai.
Also, Hong Ying could not tell Liu Yong anything about this operation, nor could he tell Liu Yong where he was going.
King Du agreed one by one, but asked puzzledly: Don't you go with the members of your husband's family?
Hong Ying said: The folk girl still has unfinished business, so she won’t leave.
King Du kept his promise and ordered his military advisor to immediately release Liu Yong and his four children home.
King Du suddenly released their family and offered to provide them with a way to Shanghai. Liu Yong became even more confused. He firmly believed that all this was related to Hong Ying's disappearance. Liu Yong walked out of the prison and insisted on seeing King Du to ask what was going on. He was killed by the military advisor.
Refuse.
When Liu Yong returned home, Zhang Song burst into tears when his employer came back, and his four children also cried bitterly.
Asked about Hong Ying, Zhang Song told Liu Yong everything about Hong Ying going home and taking the banknote to Shanghai.
Liu Yong asked in surprise: Did she go to Shanghai alone?
Zhang Song: It was Liu Ting who accompanied her, but it has been several days and even Liu Ting has not come back!
Liu Yong was half relieved, at least Hong Ying was not kidnapped by King Du. But what on earth did she and Liu Qing do in Shanghai?
Liu Yong suddenly felt: Did she go to Tang Yanghe to get a gun? Huang Wenjin was aggressive at first, but now he let them go so gently. He felt that things were getting more and more strange.
Liu Yong said to Zhang Song: We are going to Shanghai. The silk shop will be closed for the time being. You should go back to the countryside to rest first. Don't come to the town again if you have nothing to do. You will come back when the world is peaceful.
Liu Yong first went to Jili Village to pick up his mother. When Hong Ying's mother asked about Hong Ying, Liu Yong did not dare to tell the truth and only said that she was packing things at home. Hong Ying's mother gave her many instructions and told Liu Yong to take good care of her children and Hong Ying. Liu Yong felt ashamed.
Don't dare to look up.
Liu Yong hired a boat to take his family to Shanghai. On the dock, until the moment before departure, the children kept asking Liu Yong, where did his mother go?
Liu Yongniang also asked her son privately: Do you really not know where your wife has gone?
Liu Yong said helplessly: Mom, do you think my worry is just feigned?
Liu Yong added: I hope he is waiting for us in Shanghai.
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Three days later, Liu Yong's family set foot on Shanghai. Liu Yong's wife and her children left their hometown for the first time. The children were attracted by this novel place and temporarily forgot their worries.
A foreigner walked past them. An Jiang was so frightened that he covered his eyes. An Lan shouted: Sister, look, this man is so scary, like a monster.
Liu Yong quickly covered An Lan's mouth and scolded in a low voice: Don't talk nonsense.
Sisters Dongmei and Qiumei winked at each other, and when they saw the French woman in the carriage, they were so shocked that they couldn't close their mouths.
When the carriage arrived, Liu Yong quickly asked them to get on the carriage. The children chatted non-stop along the way, completely forgetting that they were fleeing.
After entering Hengshun Foreign and Trade Co., Liu Yong asked Ah Rong: Is my wife here?
Ah Rong bowed and said: Boss, you are finally here. Someone came from Nanxun a few days ago, but it was not my wife...
Liu Qing, who was upstairs, heard the noise and ran downstairs immediately. He saw Liu Yong and his family all escaping, and said happily: Brother, you are finally here! How are you all along the way?
Liu Yong didn't care about anything else. He pulled Liu Qing aside and asked: Where is your sister-in-law?
Liu Ting explained in a panic: I sent my sister-in-law to Shanghai, but she didn't come to Matheson and went elsewhere.
Liu Yong asked anxiously: Where has she gone?
Liu Ting shook his head and said: Madam, she won't let me follow.
Liu Yong got angry and said: If she doesn't let you follow, you won't follow? She is not familiar with this place in Shanghai. What should she do if something goes wrong?
Liu Yong has always been very gentle to his clerks, but this is the first time Liu Qing has seen him lose such a temper.
Liu Qing was also anxious. He was worried that if something happened to Hong Ying, he would be the culprit.
After Liu Yong got angry, he felt that Liu Qing could not be entirely blamed, so he waved his hand and told Liu Qing to go away.
Hengshun Foreign Company was leaderless and had no business to do, so Liu Yong had no choice but to cheer up and reorganize.
Colleagues in the Nanxun silk industry heard that Liu Yong had come to Shanghai, and they all went to visit him. Liu Yong talked about his family's nightmare experience, which made his colleagues sigh.
Zhang Songxian and his colleagues gathered together and decided to set up a table at Luyangcun Restaurant to calm Liu Yong's shock. Liu Yong went there as requested and chatted and laughed with several familiar old friends. Only then did he feel that he was safe and no longer had to live in fear.
Gu Fuchang was getting old, and all the affairs of the Gu family had been basically handed over to the eldest son Shousong, so Gu Shousong also attended the banquet. Even Tang Yanghe came, but no one from the Qiu family attended.
During the dinner, someone asked Liu Yong with concern whether he had found out about his wife's whereabouts. Liu Yong shook his head helplessly and drank several glasses of wine.
Although Tang Yanghe knew a little about Hong Ying's whereabouts, he did not dare to tell the truth.
Tang Yanghe raised his glass to Liu Yong and said: Brother Liu, I dare not say anything else, but I can guarantee that nothing will happen to your wife.
Zhang Songxian echoed: Just wait patiently, maybe she will come to you on her own.
Liu Yong only took it as someone else's reassuring words, and naturally he didn't take them seriously.
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But half a month later, Hong Ying actually came to the Liu Family Matheson Company. The Liu family was overjoyed and gathered around Hong Ying to ask questions.
Both Dongmei and Qiumei leaned on Hong Ying, pouting and saying: Mom, where have you been these days, we really miss you. Especially An Jiang, who always wanted to be held by Hong Ying and refused to go to the ground. .
Although the mystery in Liu Yong's heart has not been completely solved, Hong Ying is back after all, and the whole family is reunited with a smile on his face.
Liu Yongniang also felt that in this world, there are many people who run away from home and run away with others. She is already old and can't care about many things of young people. It would be good to come back. She doesn't think so much.
Hong Ying herself knew how much pain she felt in her heart. Facing the danger of beheading, her four children were parting like their own flesh and blood, a husband who loved her deeply, a warm home, everything, what could she do? Can you give it up?
Hong Ying went to the kitchen himself and cooked a meal for everyone. They were Nanxun side dishes that the Liu family liked: fried fish, braised pork, fish balls with clear water, simmered eggs with soy sauce, assorted vegetarian dishes, and also included Liu Yong's favorite shepherd's purse Kaiyang. Meat wontons. The children ate them with gusto and even said that since their mother is here, there will be delicious food in the future. The family has returned to its original happy mood.