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Chapter 378: Brother and Sister Reunion

When Lebrey saw someone making trouble in his restaurant, he immediately went up to persuade both sides, but he never dreamed that he would see a strong British sailor being beaten to the ground by a seemingly thin Qing man.

The other two sailors saw that their companions were knocked down and screamed and planned to rush forward, but were stopped by Lebre: "Damn British, get out of my restaurant, otherwise I will sue you at your consulate." Lebre still had a wink. He found that these Qing people were not simple, and he was unwilling to make trouble, at least not make trouble in his restaurant.

Rong Lu looked at Li Chong and the woman in dress with interest. This woman was actually Li Chong's sister? Li Chong was excited and grabbed the woman's shoulders tightly, opened her mouth wide but couldn't say anything. The woman in dress looked at Li Chong blankly, and didn't know what to say for a while.

At this time, Jonathan struggled to get up and looked at Li Chong angrily, and roared in a low voice: "You deserve to be damn, dare to hit me, let you know how powerful I am." After that, he picked up a chair and smashed it at Li Chong.

Ronglu was standing beside Li Chong. Seeing that he was in a state of excitement, he was afraid that he would not be able to avoid the attack. He quickly pulled a bottle of wine from the bar in the restaurant and directly hit Jonathan's head. Jonathan immediately felt bloody and fainted after snorting.

Lebrey was shocked. He thought that he would not be able to fight the two sailors, but he did not expect that Jonathan would suddenly attack, and he could not stop him. He even more expected that Rong Lu, who seemed gentle, would be so cruel to take action.

Lebre was stunned at this moment, and the two British sailors took the opportunity to avoid Lebre's control. The two sailors roared and rushed towards Ronglu. Their figures moved. Several followers around Ronglu rushed up like cheetahs. One of them held their knees and throats, putting one sailor on the ground. Then the other grabbed the backhand and pressed the other sailor to the ground. They moved as fast as lightning, flowing water, without any obstacles.

Lebre looked at a few people blankly, and indeed these Qing people were not easy to mess with. Lebre was in Guangzhou for a long time. He knew that Guangzhou had always been in chaos because of the mixed Chinese and foreign places here. The Qing government was in chaos and all kinds of righteous people who resisted foreigners were everywhere. There were many bandits who were fishing for trouble in the middle, and they were doing evil everywhere under the banner of protecting their homes. These people kidnapped and extorted, killed and robbed money, and did not ask whether Chinese or foreigners. Because there were many martial arts schools in Guangzhou and other places, many people would protect themselves with one or two skills.

The British sailor who was knocked down to the ground struggled to stand up and actually took out a revolver from behind. He shouted at the people: "Damn it, raise your hands all. Don't move." Because of nervousness, his hands were shaking very hard.

Ronglu squinted his eyes and looked at it. It was really a revolver, but it looked a little rough, as if it was a semi-finished product, but it was definitely a fatal blow. It seemed that the revolver should be a revolver invented by American Samuel Colt in 1835. This type of pistol was fire-capped. It used a paper shell cone bullet with a caliber of 11.6 mm, which was almost the same as the revolver in later generations.

Lebrey was already numb and he could only pray for God not to have a gunfight in his restaurant.

The sailor saw the people in the room and stopped moving for a moment. He thought he was afraid of his pistol, so he couldn't help but become more courageous. He didn't expect that at this time, the door of the private room next to the restaurant bar opened, and a hoarse and cold voice said in a standard English London accent: "Enough, sergeant, put away your gun, this is a French restaurant."

I saw a foreign man in his forties with a thin face, a slightly pointed chin and two beards on his lips walked out, dressed in a British standard gentleman. He followed a voice behind him with a bad tone and said, "Sir Bao Ling, I hope you can give me a reasonable explanation for why this happened."

The person who spoke was a young foreigner in his twenties. He had blonde hair, blue eyes, very handsome, wearing a black tuxedo dress, and exuded a strong aristocratic temperament. He walked behind Sir Bao Ling, pointed to several sailors and continued, "Sir Bao Ling, I am disappointed with your ability to control your subordinates, and I hope you can solve it. My fiancée was actually bullied by British sailors, and it was only after the help of several Qing people in his country that I was protected. I felt ashamed and shocked!"

When the sailor saw Sir Bao Ling, he immediately stood attentively and put away his pistol. However, he looked at the young man with very disdain. Who is this kid?

Ronglu narrowed his eyes, the British Governor? Now in the Far East, it seems that only those who serve as the governor of Hong Kong can be called the governor. Moreover, this person is Bao Ling. Could it be that this person is the fourth governor of Hong Kong and the minister in China Sir Bao Ling?

That person was Sir Bao Ling, the governor of Hong Kong and the ministerial in charge of the plenipotentiary in China. Because Britain has always regarded the governor of Hong Kong as the minister of China, he often traveled between Shanghai and Hong Kong.

Bao Ling had a dark face. After hearing the accusations of the young man beside him, he did not argue. He just walked in front of Ronglu and said in English: "Please forgive my soldiers for their rude behavior. Uh, can your partner let my soldiers go first?" Bao Ling's eyes were still very unique. He could tell at a glance that Ronglu was the leader of these people.

Ronglu smiled slightly and nodded. Several of the men behind him stood up casually and let go of the British sailors pressing under him. The two British sailors rushed up to help Jonathan, who was fainting.

Then Bao Ling looked at the three British sailors coldly and scolded: "Gentlemen, your actions have shamed our British Empire. You must apologize to this lady, and it is the most sincere apology!" The lady Bao Ling said was naturally the Chinese woman in a dress. The two British sailors were stunned. Their most respected Governor General actually wanted them to apologize to a Chinese woman?

But the two sailors lowered their heads and dared not disobey the governor's orders, bowed and apologized to the woman in dress. Ronglu still narrowed his eyes and kept looking at the foreign young man beside Bao Ling. Naturally, the British would not apologize to a Chinese woman because of the so-called gentlemanly demeanor. The main reason was the young man beside him. The young man seemed to have an unusual identity. Even Bao Ling wanted to give him some face. Ronglu was even more curious about the identity of this person.

After apologizing, three British sailors were retreated by Bao Ling. Two British sailors helped the fainting Jonathan leave the restaurant in shame. Follow Bao Ling to Lebre and said in a deep voice: "I'm very sorry, sir, you smash your restaurant's things. You will send the bill to the British Consulate tomorrow, and we will compensate according to the price." Lebre quickly expressed his gratitude.

While Bao Ling was talking to Lebre, the blonde young man had already walked up and held the slender waist of the woman in the dress. Although Li Chong had let go of his hand at this time and did not grab the woman's shoulders anymore, he saw the blonde foreigner actually holding his sister's slender waist. His eyes burst out with fire and stepped forward and shouted sternly: "Let her go!" He followed his right hand and wanted to twist the foreigner's hand away.

Fortunately, Ronglu took action very quickly. He grabbed Li Chong and said lightly: "Didn't you see that? This foreigner is your brother-in-law."

Li Chong's eyes were as round as a cow's eyes. He looked at the woman in a shocked look. The woman's pretty face turned slightly red. He turned slightly. He moved away from the blonde young man's hand, lowered his head slightly, and said first in Chinese: "Brother, this person is my fiancé Clifford." Then he said to Clifford in English: "Clifford, this person is my eldest brother Li Chong."

Clifford could also understand some Chinese. Li Chong's words were obviously unfriendly. He wanted to get angry and scolded him, but after hearing the woman in the dress, he immediately turned angry and happy. It turned out to be his fiancée's brother. No wonder he had this reaction. Clifford took a step forward, stretched out his right hand to shake hands with Li Chong, and said, "Hello, my name is Clifford, and it is your sister Li Xuanji's fiancé."

Li Chong looked at Clifford coldly, and did not shake hands with him. Instead, he looked sideways at Li Xuanji, whose simple head was drooping, and his face was flushed, and asked, "Little sister, what's going on? When did you make a lifelong decision with this foreigner?"

Li Xuanji's face turned red and turned pale. He raised his head but didn't know how to speak. Instead, Ronglu stepped forward to relieve her. Ronglu grabbed Li Chong and said lightly: "It seems that this matter is not explained clearly in a few words. Let's sit down and talk slowly. Haven't you been looking for your little sister for a few years? Why do you have such a face as soon as you meet?"

Li Chong didn't dare to disobey Ronglu's words. He looked at Li Xuanji and said in a deep voice: "Little sister, let's sit down and talk slowly." After that, he turned his head and went back to his seat first.

Li Xuanji's eyes were tearful, her face turned pale, and her delicate body trembled slightly. She had been looking for this brother for several years. Although she had not found it, the people around her advised her that maybe her brother was no longer alive, but Li Xuanji was still very confident that her brother was still alive, and she had thought of hundreds of reunion scenes in her mind, but she never expected that it would be like this. You must know how much test a Chinese woman would have to withstand when marrying a foreigner in this era. Chinese people also believed that foreigners were barbarians, and a woman was shameless to marry a foreigner, which was a matter of humiliation. Moreover, Li Chong's private decision for life deepened this sense of shame.

A warm big hand held her somewhat cold slender hand, and Clifford whispered in her ear: "Dear, don't be afraid, I won't let anyone bully you, even your brother won't do it."

Li Xuanji was slightly stunned, and his heart felt a little warm, but immediately shook his head and said, "Clifford, don't say anything later. I'll talk to my elder brother, okay?"

Clifford smiled and said, "Everyone listens to you." After that, Clifford pulled Li Xuanji to the table between Li Chong and Ronglu.

Seeing that the foreigner was actually pulling his girl, Li Chong couldn't help but say angrily: "Let go of her, how can it be to pull and pull?!"

Clifford still understood these words. He was about to retort, but he saw Li Xuanji glaring at him, smiled and let go of his hand. He pulled the seat for Li Xuanji very gentlemanly, let Li Xuanji sit down, and sit next to Li Xuanji.

Ronglu frowned and looked at Li Chong and said, "If you have any words, she is your dear girl, not your subordinate!"

Li Chong endured this tone and said in a deep voice: "Little sister, where have you been there over the years? How are your family?"

Li Chong and Li Xuanji's hometown have always been occupied by the Taiping Army. Li Chong has also sent some detailed works to inquire about the news, but the news I got was that the Qing army and the Taiping Army, where their hometown were located, were repeatedly fighting for it, and there was no one left. In the end, Li Chong had to give up inquiring.

Li Xuanji burst into tears and cried, "Brother, my mother was killed by the Qing army, and I am the only one left at home." Li Chong's face changed drastically when he heard this, and he couldn't breathe, so he fainted. (To be continued, please search Piaotianwen, the novel is better and faster!
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