Traveling through the Republic of China, I married a dead person

Su Bai felt that this word was appropriate to describe Zhou Beiwang who was riding away on his horse at full speed.

Su Bai stood outside the Confucius Mansion and watched Zhou Beiwang leave until his agile figure and the dust raised by his horse's hooves completely disappeared from her sight.

A black Buick sedan stopped at the gate of the Confucius Mansion, and a man in his forties wearing a gray Zhongshan suit and a black top hat got out of the car.

"Madam, are you the eldest lady of the Kong family?" The man took off his hat and asked politely.

"I am, you are..."

"I am Cheng Zifeng, the county magistrate of Linhua County. I have come here specially to pay my respects to our benefactor, Mr. Kong." Cheng Zifeng put his hat on his chest and bent slightly.

"It's County Magistrate Cheng, please come in!" Su Bai let Cheng Zifeng into the Kong Mansion and took him to the mourning hall of Mr. Kong in the third courtyard.

After Kong Dai helped Cheng Zifeng burn incense and pay his respects, Su Bai invited him to the reception room to sit down and serve tea.

Cheng Zifeng went to Qingdao a few days ago. As soon as he came back, he heard the news of Mr. Kong's passing and hurried here.

He put the small suitcase he brought with him on the table and said, "I'm late. Please forgive me, Madam. I'll give you some money and paper money for Mr. Kong."

Su Bai asked Kong Dai to take it. This gift of money was not light, 301 silver dollars.

Linhua County is also Marshal Kong’s territory, one of the three counties in the Three Dragons Land.

The county magistrate Cheng Zifeng was appointed by Mr. Kong. The Cheng family is a wealthy family in Linhua County, and Cheng Zifeng's father is also the president of the Chamber of Commerce in Sanlong.

The Cheng family is also the only family in the Sanlong area that has a car.

Cheng Zifeng said that Su Bai had just taken over the Confucius Mansion's business, so it was inevitable that he was a little unfamiliar with it. If there was any need for anything from the Cheng family, just let him know.

The eldest master died young, and the military power of the commander-in-chief has been handed over to the second and third masters. From now on, the Kong family will inevitably gradually separate from the army and become a pure businessman.

"There's something I don't know whether I should say or not..." Cheng Zifeng suddenly lowered his voice.

"County Magistrate Cheng, please feel free to speak."

Cheng Zifeng suggested to Su Bai that he should cut ties with the Kong family's army as soon as possible and make concessions in interests. The current situation is unstable, with internal and external troubles. Although the National Government has unified the various warlords and local forces on the surface, the people's hearts are not united.

The Japanese have occupied the four eastern provinces, but their ambitions may not stop there. These days, some suspicious people have been conducting surveys on the Siling Mountains under the guise of National Government staff.

He saw these people when he entered the west pass of Siling Mountain on his way to Longxing City.

If they were really staff members of the Nationalist government, how could they not inform the county government and ask for cooperation?

"His identity is suspicious!" Cheng Zifeng tapped the table with his index finger.

They were most likely coming for the Silingshan Iron Mine, which was a project that Kong Dashuai had cooperated with the Cheng family when he was alive. There had been some uncertainty about the division of the profits between the two families, and now there were outsiders coveting it...

Kong Dai, who was standing by, immediately understood what Cheng Zifeng meant: "County Magistrate Cheng wants to persuade the eldest young lady to let go of the iron mine and sell it to the Cheng family?"

"Yes, and no." Cheng Zifeng wanted to persuade Su Bai to let go, but not to sell it to the Cheng family, but to give it to the second and third masters.

The Cheng family also wanted to let go and hand over the iron mine completely to Kong Chen and Kong Xin without taking a penny.

Su Bai understood Cheng Zifeng's thoughts. In these turbulent times, it was right to stay away from disputes and do some stable business.

The financial resources of the Confucius Mansion can help him quickly utilize his expertise in medicine and pharmaceuticals. Once his career is on the right track, the Confucius Mansion's family business will not be so important to him.

However, the dilemma he had to solve now was not this, but the second wife and her confidants.

It is not difficult to deal with the second wife, but it is not so easy to find out who else is her confidant and how many people know my identity as a fake young lady.

At this time, a servant came to report that gunshots were heard in the West Mountain area, and hundreds of soldiers from the opposite guard camp gathered and left the city.

Cheng Zifeng stood up immediately. He concluded that it was the group of people who were surveying on Siling Mountain who had exchanged fire with the Kong family army.

Su Bai was thinking of the second wife. She wouldn’t have anything to do with this, right?

Zhou Beiwang went after her, but she refused to come back and fought with Zhou Beiwang?

As the second wife who had followed Marshal Kong for decades and had a status equivalent to that of half of his wife after the death of his first wife, it was very likely that she had a gun in her hand.

But on second thought, it was unlikely. Even if she refused to come back, Zhou Beiwang wouldn't be so bold as to shoot the second wife of the Kong family, right?

We can only wait for the next news.

After seeing Cheng Zifeng off, Kong Dai explained to Su Bai the accounts of the funeral money received for his master's funeral. So far, a total of more than 6000 yuan in funeral money has been received.

"So many?" Su Bai was a little surprised.

Kong Dai told Su Bai that the young mistress received more than 10,000 yuan in gifts on her wedding day a few days ago, but the Kong family did not keep a single cent of it and gave it all to the second master Kong Chen for salary, which was also an over-approval by the master.

The Kong family army has nearly 6 troops, and the monthly military pay is more than . Currently, financial resources are tight. Kong Dai feels that Cheng Zifeng's suggestion makes sense. It is better to cut ties with the army as soon as possible, even if the business is smaller, for the sake of stability.

If we continue to fight with the Kong family army, it will be a bottomless pit that can never be filled.

If the Kong family army wants to get out of the predicament, they have to take back the territory lost in previous years, but it is impossible at the moment. It would be good enough to keep the existing three dragon lands.

This time, Kong Chen and Kong Xin couldn't even wait for the day of their master's burial. This shows that the military situation in Tianlong County, which is the front line of the Kong family, is urgent. Several nearby forces are the Kong family's arch-enemies, and they stir up trouble every now and then.

Kong Dai suggested to Su Bai that he should make a fake gift account for the money and keep a portion for himself, otherwise once the fighting started on the front line, Kong Chen would come back to ask for the money.

Su Bai believed what Kong Dai said, that once the war broke out, these warlords would become half-bandits.

"Then, Uncle Kong, just do it." Before his identity was revealed, Kong Dai was his most loyal helper, and Su Bai trusted him.

Just as he finished speaking, another servant came to report that Captain Zhou wanted to see the young mistress and was waiting outside the yard.

"Madam, please be careful of this man. He is the second master's confidant." Kong Dai warned.

Zhou Beiwang was injured, and Su Bai saw the bloodstain on the left arm of his military uniform at a glance.

His signature gentle smile was still on his face as usual. He told Su Bai that he was disappointed that she failed to win the second wife back.

"How is your injury?" Although Su Bai was very eager to know the condition of the Second Wife, he had to show concern for Zhou Beiwang's injury first, even if it was hypocritical.

"It's okay, it's just a minor scrape. The military doctor has already bandaged it for me." Zhou Beiwang also said that because he was in a hurry to inform the young lady of the situation, he did not have time to change into a clean military uniform, which frightened the young lady.

"I'm sorry, the second wife might be..." Zhou Beiwang retracted his smile: "She's dead."

"Tell me what happened quickly?" Su Bai was so excited that he almost stretched out his hands to hold Zhou Beiwang's arms.