The British consul general in Tianjin has been replaced, and his Chinese name is Baole Zhang, and he is not familiar with Zhou Hexuan. Pen, fun, and www.biquge.info

But Zhou Hexuan's reputation and influence were there, and Bao Lezhang still gave a warm reception. After explaining his intentions, Bao Lezhang said that this kind of thing was not in his hands, and wrote a letter to Zhou Hexuan to find the Ministry of Industry Bureau.

The name of the "Ministry of Industry Bureau" seems to be engaged in engineering and construction, but in fact, it should be translated as "Concession Municipal Committee", which is equivalent to the governing body of each concession.

With the care of the British Consul General in Tianjin, the British Concession Ministry of Industry was very talkative, and released the people on the same day.

After inquiring in detail, Zhou Hexuan learned that it was Li Shoumin's future father-in-law who spent money to buy off a board member of the Ministry of Industry Bureau, and the patrol room arrested people indiscriminately and threw them into prison regardless of the impact.

On the way to the prison to pick up people, Duan Maolan said angrily: "These foreigners are really lawless, and they dare to arrest people without any evidence." ”

Zhou Hexuan is actually very angry, if a Chinese with no background is arrested, it will definitely be another unjust case, and he will not find a place to reason after being detained for several years or even sentenced to death.

The privileges of these foreigners in the concession are so great that they don't pay any attention to Chinese law at all.

Since its establishment, the Nanking government has been trying to recover the consular jurisdiction of the Great Powers in China, but with little success. Only Denmark, Belgium and other small countries recognized the return, and Britain, France, the United States, Japan and other powers did not like the Nanjing government at all.

The gate of the concession prison opened, and Li Shoumin smiled bitterly and clenched his fists and said, "Thank you Brother Zhou and Brother Duan for your help, otherwise I will be in prison." ”

"Brother Xian, they didn't torture you, did they?" Duan Maolan asked with concern.

Li Shoumin said with a smile: "Fortunately, I didn't get boarded, but the food inside is not good, and I haven't eaten dinner yet." ”

Zhou Hexuan said happily: "You have to be a treat today." ”

"Not today, there is still business to do, and a special banquet will be held another day to thank you." Li Shoumin said.

Li Shoumin first made a phone call home to report his safety, and then went to the Tianjin Women's Association to pick up Miss Sun.

Miss Sun's name is Sun Jingxun and she is the second daughter of Sun Zhongshan, chairman of Dazhong Bank. She was born white and clean, her body was slightly fat, and she stood with Li Shoumin like a husband and wife.

After thanking Zhou Hexuan and Duan Maolan, Sun Jingxun told Li Shoumin the reason: "When my father saw the letter you wrote to me that day, he was immediately furious and scolded me for being shameless and ruining my family style. I retorted twice, and he slapped me on the ground, and my face was swollen. The more I thought about it, the more angry I became, and I cried all night and ran away from home the next day. ”

Li Shoumin checked carefully, and sure enough, he found that there were residual slap marks on his girlfriend's face, and he hugged Sun Jingxun's shoulder and said, "I have wronged you." ”

"Someone's here." Sun Jingxun shyly pushed Li Shoumin away.

Zhou Hexuan said with a smile: "Brother Shoumin, I will go to the Sun family with you tomorrow to propose marriage, it is not a way for you to elope like this." ”

"It's useless," Li Shoumin shook his head helplessly, "The matter between me and Jing Xun, her father knew about it at the end of last year." At that time, I also came to the door to propose marriage, but he said that the door was not right, the household was wrong, and he also said that teachers and students fell in love and ruined the family style. He also said that as long as I cut off the relationship with Jing Xun, it doesn't matter how much money I have. ”

Zhou Hexuan was speechless, sure enough, art comes from life - a poor boy falls in love with a rich girl, and the other party's parents tear up a check and slapped it on the table: You fill in how much money you want, as long as you leave my daughter!

"Try it again, I'll be the matchmaker." Zhou Hexuan said.

Historically, after Li Shoumin eloped with Sun Jingxun, the Sun family sued directly to the Tianjin District Court. The lawsuit caused a sensation in Tianjin at the time, and many newspapers sent reporters to observe, and Miss Sun argued in court on the basis of reason, firmly stating that she was not abducted and belonged to free love.

Although Li Shoumin won the lawsuit and finally returned with a beauty, he did not have contact with his father-in-law's family for more than ten years, and his relatives became enemies.

Of course, Sun Jingxun didn't want to turn against her parents, she heard Zhou Hexuan's words, and said expectantly: "Brother Li, why don't you try." Mr. Zhou is a university scholar, maybe my dad will give face. ”

"It's fine." Li Shoumin didn't report much hope.

The next morning, Li Shoumin prepared gifts and took his girlfriend to the door with Zhou Hexuan to propose marriage.

The Sun family lives near the Foreigners' Club, the house is much more spacious than Zhou Hexuan's Sanle Hall, covering an area of more than 20 acres of garden houses, which are extremely rare in the British Concession where every inch of land is golden, and it is conceivable how rich the Sun family is.

In terms of money, those who engage in real estate are really not as good as those who open banks.

Zhou Hexuan's father-in-law stood in front of Li Shoumin's future father-in-law, and he was afraid that he would also be a head shorter -- the Sun family had already opened branches in 13 major cities across the country.

Miss Sun was born in such a wealthy family, and being able to run away from home to accompany Li Shoumin to live a hard life is definitely affectionate and righteous.

The closer he got to the gate of Sun's house, the more worried Li Shoumin became, he actually felt very inferior.

Sun Jingxun quietly held Li Shoumin's hand and said in a low voice: "Brother Li, it's okay, even if my father doesn't agree, I will follow you for the rest of my life." ”

Li Shoumin was so moved that he couldn't speak, and his eyes were full of tenderness when he looked at Miss Sun.

"Ahem."

Zhou Hexuan coughed twice, walked outside the big iron gate and rang the doorbell.

A servant poked his head out and looked outside, and suddenly opened the door in surprise: "Second Miss, you are finally back, but the old lady is in a hurry!" ”

Sun Jingxun worried: "Are my parents okay?" ”

The servant said, "The lord is very angry, and the lady is just crying, and they are all looking forward to your return." Wait a minute, I'll report it. ”

"Wait," Zhou Hexuan shouted, "Tell your grandfather that Zhou Hexuan is coming to visit." ”

"It turned out to be Mr. Zhou, I'll go right away!" The servant said respectfully.

In less than a moment, Zhou Hexuan and the three of them were invited into the villa and walked through the garden lawn to the living room.

Sun Zhongshan was short and thin, and his face was weather-beaten, not like a wealthy businessman, but more like a small trader with a hard life. As soon as he saw Li Shoumin, he became angry, completely ignoring Zhou Hexuan's presence, and directly scolded in Sichuan: "You son of a dog's turtle, Lao Tzu kindly invited you to be a tutor, what kind of mistreatment did you do?" If you dare to kidnap my daughter again, Lao Tzu will break your foot! ”

Li Shoumin was embarrassed and indignant, and he didn't know what to say.

"Dad, why are you scolding?" Sun Jingxun said unhappily.

"Swearing? Lao Tzu is going to beat people! Sun Zhongshan picked up his crutches and was about to smash them.

Zhou Hexuan clenched his fists funny and said, "Mr. Sun, Hexuan will be polite next week." ”

Sun Zhongshan stopped suddenly, his face changed instantly after tidying up his clothes, and he smiled enthusiastically: "Mr. Zhou, please take a seat, you can come to the cold house, the old man is flattered." Come on, watch the tea! ”

This old man is kind of interesting.

Zhou Hexuan sat down funny, Sun Zhongshan scolded just now, but he actually did it for him to show him, reminding Zhou Hexuan not to take care of the Sun family's family affairs.