The matter was settled satisfactorily, and He Shaobai wanted to entertain Zhong and the two of them at a banquet.

He booked a banquet at Fuhe Building and sent an invitation to Shen Tong. Although Shen Tong wanted to break up with him, He Shaobai couldn't let go of this friend. The invitation was sent out, but Shen Tong ignored it. He was really Afraid of He Shaobai.

He failed to invite Shen Tong, but Zhong Yishi invited Mr. Yi. Mr. Yi had helped save He Shaobai, and he did his best this time. Zhong Yishi thought that he should express his gratitude to him.

Mr. Yi originally thought that he and Zhong Yishi were the only two people, dressed in rich brocade clothes and waving folding fans, they came gracefully. When they entered the private room and saw a room full of people, they were a little surprised.

Zhong Yishi invited him to the seat of honor, sat down next to him, and said with a full smile: "Master He, Mr. Yi is your benefactor. He not only saved your life, but also made you a blessing in disguise and got promoted. Today you will meet me in person." Thank you very much."

When He Shaobai saw Mr. Yi, a handsome young man, and looked at Zhong Yishi with longing and affectionate eyes, he couldn't help but became jealous and said: "I didn't expect that junior sister would get to know a nobleman from the Eight Banners..."

Mr. Yi didn't like such words and said: "Sir, you don't need to come to the officialdom to flatter me, and I don't want you to thank me. It's not because I am a scholar. I don't recognize you, and I will never help you. If you want to thank you, just thank you." she."

He Shaobai heard that he called Zhong Yishi by his first name, and he was friendly and natural. His jealousy became more and more intense, and he said: "Young Master Yi, your Geng? He shouldn't be as old as Mr. Zhong, right?"

Zhong Yishi poured the wine, held it to Mr. Yi with gentle hands, and said: "Mr. Yi, in the capital, there are not many noble gentlemen like you who have no family background. I am really lucky to get to know you. I propose a toast to you..."

Mr. Yi took the wine glass and said, "Didn't we say before that we should be friends of gentlemen and confidants in life? How come you are separated from me today?"

Zhong Yishi said: "No matter how good friends are, they must respect each other in order to last."

Mr. Yi nodded, took a sip of wine and said, "I can't bear to drink. If I drink this glass of wine, I will become drunk. I will be rude if I come to the palace later."

"What did Mr. Yi say? Si Gege is going to Prince Su's Mansion?" He Shaobai said.

Zhong Yishi felt strange and didn't understand why He Shaobai was so concerned about where Si Gege was going.

"Who is Si Gege? What's wrong with you drinking your wine?" Zhong Yishi said.

"Si Gege is the princess that the Queen Mother Lafayette likes the most. The prince's Dafujin has been in poor health recently, so Lafayette sent Si Gege to visit on her behalf. When she comes, it will be the same as Lafayette's personal arrival. If I have a drink, I will go and see you. Isn't it offensive to her?" Master Yi said.

"She came to visit Dafujin, how could she meet you?" He Shaobai was always jealous for no reason at this time, and even he himself found this sentence ridiculous.

"You are also an official, don't you even know the customary etiquette? The people in front of Lafayette are here, and everyone in the government wants to see them. How come you don't see me?" Master Yi said.

Zhong Yishi said: "What does Si Gege look like? To please the Queen Mother, he must be both talented and beautiful, right?"

Mr. Yi blurted out: "Not only are you one in ten thousand..."

After he finished speaking, he realized that he had made a mistake and quickly covered it up with a smile: "What I said is that you pretended to be a man."

Mr. Yi's words were naturally an exaggeration. He Shaobai looked at Zhong Yishi and compared Si Gege with her in his mind. They were about the same in terms of appearance, but they had different tastes in terms of the woman's gentleness. Zhong Yishi Shi is also gentle and caring, but he is unfortunately never like that to him.

You can't have your cake and eat it too, and I can't get either. He Shaobai said in his heart.

"Isn't Sigege the daughter-in-law of Lord Yulu? She lives in the palace forever?" He Shaobai asked.

"Master He, why are you asking this?" Mr. Yi asked in return.

Zhong Yishi glanced at He Shaobai and sneered: "There are few swans in the world, but toads are everywhere."

He Shaobai smiled awkwardly, then showed his usual stingy expression and said: "Sometimes, swans will fly to the toad's bed!"

Zhong Yishi knew that he was insinuating that he was pretending to be a bride, but he praised her as a swan, which felt very good in his heart. In order to anger He Shaobai, he talked to Mr. Yi throughout the meal and ignored He Shaobai.

He Shao was jealous for a while, but that was all. He was filled with suspicion. He originally felt as if he had betrayed Zhong Yishi and felt ashamed, but now he felt relieved.

When He Shaobai learned that Si Gege was going to Prince Su's Mansion, he felt like he was holding a fire in his heart that could not be extinguished no matter what.

He waited at the entrance of the alley leading to Prince Su's palace, waiting to see Si Gege again. He waited until dark and saw no sedan passing by. Empress Dowager Cixi was upset by the war in Tianjin and asked Si Gege to play the piano to relieve her boredom.

, forgot the time.

Zhong Yishi and Zhang Yunyan were leaving the city to return to Taierzhuang, but were detained by Lu Xiangta.

Lu Xiangta found out that the Feng family in Beijing wanted to find someone with strong martial arts skills to escort him out of the capital, so he thought of his master Chen Yunyan.

The Feng family is a very wealthy family that is secretive. The ancestors of the Feng family have been working as compradors since the Xianfeng period. They have been dealing with businessmen from various countries all year round, building connections for the princes and nobles, selling foreign goods, and accumulating countless amounts of money.

In Feng Taiming's generation, the business is getting bigger and bigger, and they even dare to make arms. However, the Feng family has been low-key for generations, and their food, clothing, housing and transportation are extremely frugal, so they do not attract attention.

Cixi suddenly declared war on seven or eight countries. Feng Taiming sensed that the situation was not good and secretly inquired about the news from foreign businessmen. He knew that this time the foreigners were serious and must enter the capital. If the coalition forces from various countries really entered the city, they would burn and kill them.

Looting was indispensable, so Feng Taiming had the idea of ​​​​moving his family to Hong Kong.

He has been dealing with foreigners all year round and has gone to Hong Kong frequently. He has already bought a house in Hong Kong and has no worries about a place to live there. He just wants to take a steamer to go to Hong Kong, but he doesn't dare because the armies of various countries have deployed their troops at sea and the Qing troops are blocked.

We had to leave the port, so we could only go south via the canal and go to Shanghai first before making any plans.

Feng Taiming was extremely shrewd and worried that hiring a bodyguard to escort him would be too conspicuous, so he wanted to hire two martial arts masters to pretend to be servants to escort him.

This news was learned by Lu Xiangta, who recommended himself to the housekeeper of the Feng family. Feng Taiming found out that Lu Xiangta's martial arts skills were mediocre, and he had gone to others to work as a nurse many times but was not appreciated, so he did not trust him.

Chen Yunyan felt that this was feasible. He had to go back to Taierzhuang anyway, so he might as well go with the flow and borrow a boat to go south.

Naturally, Zhong Yishi had no objection, so the two went to Feng's house to test it out. When they met the housekeeper, he didn't say that they were here to be bodyguards, but only said that they were looking for a job to protect the courtyard. The housekeeper saw that the two of them were not the image of martial and powerful practitioners.

He didn't take the two of them seriously and wanted to send them away with words.

Zhong Yishi looked at a sparrow falling on the roof, and kicked a stone on the ground with his toes. His movements were light and free, without showing any effort at all, but the sparrow fell down in response.

The housekeeper then realized that he had met an expert and hurriedly went to inform Feng Taiming.

Feng Taiming first observed Zhong and Qian's faces from afar. Seeing that they were elegant and majestic, he felt a little fond of them. He then called them to the yard to try their martial arts, and he was even more satisfied.

Feng Taiming invited the two of them into the house and asked them about their identities. Zhong Yishi knew his taboo, so he did not mention the matter of the Xie family's bodyguard bureau. He only said: "The two of us used to be bodyguards, but now the bodyguard bureau has broken up."

, I just came to the capital to look for a job in a nursing home to make ends meet."
Chapter completed!