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

Seeing Kong Chen and Kong Li riding away in a hurry, Su Bai trotted a few steps to the opposite side.

The news obtained from Zhou Beiwang was that a brigade commander named Yang Huasen of the Temporary Seventh Army led his troops in mutiny and joined the Temporary Eleventh Army.

The commander of the Temporary 11th Army was Marshal Yang, who had joined forces with several other warlords to drive the Kong family army and the Kong Mansion back to Longxing from Yi'an.

Although Marshal Yang's troops were incorporated into the Temporary 11th Army by the National Government, he still liked others to call him Marshal.

The reason why Kong Chen and Kong Li were unable to attend the master's funeral was because the 11th Army provoked and caused friction with the 7th Army, which almost caused a large-scale conflict.

Brigade Commander Yang Huasen, who led the mutiny, has many old subordinates. Although the accurate military intelligence from Tianlong County and Linhua County has not yet been transmitted, Zhou Beiwang inferred that the mutineers in the guard battalion also defected to him under the leadership of the fourth company commander, who is Yang Huasen's old subordinate.

The conflict arose because Bai Ying discovered their movements and tried to stop them, but the captain of the Fourth Company was very popular in the guard battalion and was also the earliest direct descendant of the Kong family army. Although Bai Ying ordered to stop them, no one was willing to risk their lives, allowing them to successfully rush out of Longxing City and take away more than a hundred people.

"Why would the direct descendants of the Kong family army mutiniate?" Su Bai asked.

"What I said was not accurate enough. He is the direct descendant of the late Master Kong, Marshal Kong."

"Yang Huasen and Marshal Yang both have the surname Yang, so between them..."

Zhou Beiwang said that Su Bai's thoughts were really quick. There were many people with the surname Yang in the world, but he had never heard of any relationship between them.

It turns out that there are factions within the Kong family army. After the death of Mr. Kong, it should be that Kong Chen did not like his former direct descendants very much, which led to today's mutiny.

Zhou Beiwang assured Su Bai not to worry, this group of people would not have a good ending.

When the warlords were fighting each other, it was not uncommon for people to defect from one warlord to another, but it is different now.

After being incorporated by the National Government, although they were a ragtag army, they were not allowed to escape from the Seventh Army to the Eleventh Army. This was considered desertion. Even if Marshal Yang was bold enough to take them in, Kong Chen would not allow it as soon as he reported it to the National Government.

"The young lady seems to be quite concerned about this matter."

When Zhou Beiwang said that the mutinous troops were the direct descendants of Master Kong before his death, Su Bai thought of Kong Dai.

Does this matter have anything to do with him?

He lied that he was going back to his hometown to visit his ancestors' graves, but was actually helping Brigade Commander Yang Huasen to contact his old subordinates?

There was more than a day between the time he left the Confucius Mansion for Linhua and the time he quietly returned to Longxing and stayed in the inn. He was able to help contact the old subordinates in Linhua and Tianlong. After returning to Longxing, he bought four packs of cigarettes twice in two days and asked the man who set up the cigarette stall to pass the message to the fourth company commander under Zhou Beiwang.

Based on this inference, it makes perfect sense for Kong Dai to lie about leaving for the three-day trip.

However, the most unreasonable thing made Su Bai deny most of his inferences, that is the motive.

Doing something so risky would cost lives, and more than one life.

Why? There must be some purpose, right?

What's more, Marshal Yang was one of the culprits who burned down the Kong Mansion in Yi'an that year, and he had an irreconcilable feud with the Kong family. As a diehard fan of Mr. Kong, how could Kong Dai help them betray and join their enemy?

Kong Dai had not yet submitted the bill for his shopping trip to Qingdao because he left in a hurry and Su Bai was busy. As soon as Su Bai returned to the Kong Mansion, Kong Dai took out the detailed expense list and submitted it to Su Bai. Except for the cost of the truck hired by the manager of the Qingdao branch, all the expenses were written down on several pages of paper.

"Uncle Kong, there is a brigade commander named Yang Huasen among the master's old subordinates. Do you know him?" Su Bai was still not completely sure whether the mutiny was related to Kong Dai. She wanted to try to find some clues from Kong Dai's answer.

"Oh, I know. I've met him and he should know me too." Kong Dai answered naturally.

According to Kong Dai, Yang Huasen was Mr. Kong's earliest guard. The last time he saw Yang Huasen was more than ten years ago, when he had been promoted to battalion commander.

When Su Bai said that Yang Huasen was the leader of the mutiny, Kong Dai seemed very surprised, especially when he heard that he had defected to Marshal Yang. He shook his head like a rattle and said that he couldn't believe it was true.

Although Su Bai didn't see any flaws in Kong Dai's expression, she still felt that he was hiding something from her, and it must be something big. Not to mention anything else, the fact that he lied about going back to his hometown to visit the graves was enough.

Su Bai did not ask any further questions. Since Kong Dai would not tell him the truth on his own initiative, he would not get the truth even if he asked him.

"Well...I..." Kong Dai suddenly became hesitant.

"Uncle Kong, if you have anything to say, just tell me. We have been a family for a long time. Just treat me as your daughter."

Unexpectedly, what Kong Dai said was completely different from what Su Bai was curious about, and it was also beyond Su Bai's expectations. He wanted to resign as the steward of the Kong Mansion!

After returning from Qingdao and visiting the graves in his hometown, he found that Guo Deyi had managed the Confucius Mansion in perfect order. He was well aware of this brother's abilities. He was better than him when he was young. Su Bai also knew his shortcomings and he had many bad habits.

Isn't it just that he was not clean when he was young and stole things from Confucius's mansion? What else was wrong with him that made his elder brother say that his brother had many bad habits?

Su Bai did not interrupt him and listened to him continue.

Kong Dai said that over the past year or so, he has clearly felt that he is getting old and has been unable to handle many things. Now that Guo Deyi has come, he also wants to take a break.

"Uncle Kong, are you resentful of me for recruiting Guo Deyi back to the Kong Mansion?" Su Bai asked bluntly.

"No, no, no, Madam, please don't think like that!" Kong Dai gave another reason. A while ago, a fellow villager introduced him to a widow. At this point, Kong Dai acted shy and said, "I'm sorry to make you laugh, Madam. I'm... not serious anymore."

Su Bai was half-believing and half-doubting.

However, Su Bai said that this was actually a good thing. If Uncle Kong decided to marry this woman, she would help with the arrangements. There were so many houses in the Kong Mansion, so they could settle down in it.

"Didn't you say that if you are a member of the Kong family in life, you will be a ghost of the Kong family in death? We can discuss other matters, but you are not allowed to leave the Kong Mansion!"

Kong Dai had no intention of leaving the Kong Mansion, nor did he intend to completely ignore the affairs of the Kong Mansion. His intention was to let Guo Deyi be the steward of the Kong Mansion, and he would provide some assistance.

"I understand. Uncle Kong wants to give himself more time and be with that..." Su Bai changed the word "widow" to "aunt".

Kong Dai nodded.

"Okay, the division of labor in the Kong Mansion will be done as you said, but you are still the chief butler, and Guo Deyi is the second butler. Let him take care of the daily affairs. If there is anything he can't think of, you can help him."

In this way, Kong Dai became the nominal chief steward, and the person in charge of the actual affairs was the second steward Guo Deyi.

Su Bai understood very well that Kong Dai did this so that he could enter and exit the Kong Mansion at any time more conveniently without having to guard the Kong Mansion like before.

But she didn't believe he was going out with the widow, at least not completely.

He must be hiding something more important from me.

In the afternoon, Kong Dai began to hand over the work to Guo Deyi. Guo Deyi was familiar with the Kong family affairs, so it didn't take much effort for him.

It was almost time for dinner when the delivery truck hired from Qingdao arrived outside the Confucius Mansion.

Although Kong Dai had concealed something from him, Su Bai could still trust him in doing things. He asked the servants to unload the goods from the car and move them to the wing room of the third courtyard first.

The third courtyard of the Confucius Mansion, which is the courtyard in front of Su Bai's backyard, is used by the Confucius Mansion to receive relatives and friends from afar. Since Su Bai entered the Confucius Mansion, no one has used the third courtyard.

The equipment and raw materials purchased from Qingdao were all packaged in very good condition. No one could tell what was inside from the outside, let alone guess.

Kong Dai told Su Bai that he would move to the Third Hospital first and keep an eye on the goods. He knew how important these goods were to Su Bai.

He has already found someone to renovate the basement. After the renovation is completed, he will find a few trustworthy servants to move the goods into the basement without letting other people in the Kong Mansion know.

"Uncle Kong has thought it through carefully. Let's do it." Su Bai nodded approvingly.

The arrival of this batch of goods greatly reduced Su Bai's plan to take the second young lady back and leave the Kong Mansion as quickly as possible, and she hesitated.

If I really leave the Confucius Mansion, how difficult would it be to get all these items at once by myself?

After leaving the Kong Mansion, he could no longer cure Zi Yan's parents' tuberculosis as he had promised.

Although she paid Yuan Yuze to find a good Chinese medicine doctor to treat her parents, it only slowed down the progression of the disease and there was little chance of a cure.

I can't leave, at least not yet. It was just my guess that the Second Wife was not dead. I can't be scared away and give up my career that I haven't even started.

If I leave now, the final result may be to find someone to marry. Moreover, at my age and in this era, I am afraid that I can only be someone's concubine.

After dinner, Su Bai took Zi Yan back to the backyard. When he was about to open the door, he found a note stuck in the crack of the door.

"It must be Tietou who has a letter. Damn it!" Zi Yan excitedly pulled out the note.

Su Bai took the note and saw two lines of words written on it:

"Put a hundred French francs into the crack under the eaves of the west wing of the second courtyard. Don't send anyone to monitor it. Otherwise, I will tell everyone in the Confucius Mansion that you are from Dongying, not Tianjin!"

Su Bai was so frightened that his face turned pale. The Second Wife's accomplices in the Kong Mansion finally showed up.