Chapter Twenty-Five: Private Correspondence

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  The comment section has been improved, but recently, the starting point has restricted the speed of posting. I waited for almost 20 seconds and it still said my posting speed was too fast, which made me unable to reply at all, super annoying!

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  In northern Fujian, winters are very windy, and the wind blows so cold that it makes people shiver. During the Spring Festival, the piercingly cold winds no longer blow, although the weather is still a bit chilly, but people's moods have improved a lot.

  Xia Jun's heart also gradually faded away with the change of seasons, and on the fifth day, he took the security team and drove a motorcycle to Jian'an County.

  The cement road from Longcun to Xiaosong has just been repaired for one-third, and Xia Jun's requirement is that this road must be repaired to a width of 4 meters. The construction volume has increased a lot, and at this speed, it will take until June to complete the repair.

  Arriving at the north gate of Jian'an County on a motorcycle, Zhang Sigou had already been waiting there early. The motorcycle drove into a large courtyard rented by Zhang Sigou outside the north gate, and then Xia Jun changed into a black Zhongshan suit and entered the city under Zhang Sigou's leadership.

  Zhang Si Dog apparently got along well in the county town, and several Qing soldiers at the city gate nodded and bowed when they saw him. Seeing that Xia Jun didn't have a queue, they didn't mind either.

  These days, who still cares whether you have a queue or not, unless someone is intentionally trying to bully you.

  But someone like Xia Jun who is so arrogant and doesn't avoid suspicion at all is extremely rare.

  "Squad leader, the Li family's large mansion is just here." Zhang Si brought Xia Jun all the way to the East Gate City area, which was the most prosperous old city in Jian'an County at that time. They arrived at the gate of a large mansion, with red lacquered doors and flying eaves and corners visible inside, looking very majestic.

  "Hmm!" Xia Jun nodded, Zhang Si Gou hurriedly went to knock on the door, and soon an old man came out. Zhang Si Gou handed over the invitation letter from Xia Jun.

  "Wait a minute, I'll go and inform the master." The old man said, holding the invitation card and looking at Xia Jun and others.

  Before long, a middle-aged man wearing a brownish-black silk changshan came out from inside. Seeing Xia Jun from afar, he smiled and clasped his fists in greeting: "Ah, ah! I didn't know it was Commander Xia visiting my humble abode, I'm afraid I've failed to welcome you properly, please forgive me, come on in and have a cup of coarse tea."

  This speech is really good, Xia Jun also learned to hold his fist and didn't say anything, but instructed the guards behind him, two guards followed him into Li's house, Zhang Si Gou and other guards waited outside the door.

  They sat down in the guest hall, and immediately a maid brought over a tray of tea. The tea had a light, refreshing aroma, and the water was a clear green color. Xia Jun didn't know much about tea, but he could tell that this tea should be pretty good.

  "What brings Commander Xia to my humble abode?" Li Shilin asked.

  "What's the matter? I'm just here at Miss Li's invitation. Where was Miss Li before?" Xia Jun asked.

  "Alas, what bad luck! My daughter has just gone to Fuzhou and probably won't be back for a while." Li Shilin said with a look of regret.

  Have you gone to Fuzhou?

  Xia Jun was taken aback for a moment, then cupped his fists and said: "It seems that my young nephew has indeed come at an inopportune time, disturbing us."

  "It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter." Li Shilin said with a gentle smile.

  "When I came, my young nephew prepared a small gift, and I hope Uncle will accept it." Xia Jun said, pulling out an exquisite box and pushing it in front of Li Shilin.

  "How dare I trouble Captain Xia to prepare a gift, it's really making me anxious." Li Shilin hurriedly waved his hand, and Xia Jun slightly furrowed his brow, this guy seemed to be not buying it.

  He calls himself "little nephew", this guy is still calling himself "underneath", it's very obvious that he doesn't buy into it.

  Xia Jun didn't say much more, stood up and pushed the box back with his hand, then clasped his fists and said: "Since Miss Li is not here, I will take my leave first."

  "Director Xia walked slowly." Li Shilin stood up to see off the guest, and he sent Xia Jun all the way to the door, not neglecting him at all.

  After some polite conversation, Xia Jun led his men away.

  "Squad leader, how is it?" Zhang Si asked curiously.

  "What else can we do, no one is home." Xia Jun said gloomily. Zhang Si was taken aback and exclaimed: "That's not right! Just yesterday I saw Miss Li's maid coming over, she said Miss Li was still at home! How could she not be home today?"

  "Huh?" Xia Jun furrowed his brow and thought for a moment before saying to Zhang Si Gou, "Go investigate and see what's going on."

  "Alright, I'll go right away."

  Xia Jun was depressed for half a day, then left the city gate and returned to Xixiang, it's really coming with excitement and returning in defeat.

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  After Xia Jun left Li's house, Li Shilin opened the box and found a silver watch inside, which was exquisitely crafted and seemed to be worn on the hand.

  In this era, pocket watches were popular, and wristwatches had not yet begun to be popular. However, Li Shilin was amazed by the appearance of this watch.

  When Li Shilin was playing with his watch, a servant from the Li family's side house was dragged into an alley by Zhang Si and two intelligence officers and beaten.

  Zhang Si Dog immediately pulled out a handgun and pointed it at the servant's head, shouting out the name of the security team, scaring the Li family servant so much that his legs were shaking uncontrollably.

  "Our squad leader has something for you to do, if you dare not to do it, or leak out half a sentence, our squad leader will kill your whole family." Zhang Si Dog threatened viciously.

  "Grandfather, grandfather, I've taken care of everything." The servants in the Li household were so frightened that they almost cried.

  "Alright, you go back to the Li residence and help investigate whether Miss Li is at home or not." Zhang Si threw out a bag of silver coins and waved it in front of the servant's face. "If things are done well, this money will be yours. I'll give you two pieces first!"

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  Xia Jun had just returned to Xixiang when a telegram arrived from Zhang Sigou.

  The telegraph operator flipped through the codebook and translated it for half a day, Zhang Sidou said in the telegram that Li Shijin didn't go to Fuzhou at all, but was locked at home and not allowed to go out.

  "It seems that this father-in-law looks down on me!" Xia Jun reacted, rubbing his hands to think of a way. Suddenly, Xia Jun's eyes lit up, if he couldn't do it openly, then he would do it secretly.

  First get Li Shi Jing settled down, her father's side can be completely ignored, as long as you have won her heart, are you still worried about not getting her person?

  Just rush in when the time comes.

  Then Xia Jun picked up his pen and began writing a letter to Li Shi Jing.

  "My dear Xiao Jing, I miss you..."

  As soon as he wrote the first sentence, Xia Jun felt too corny and got goosebumps all over his body, so he crumpled up the letter paper and threw it into the trash can.

  Writing a love letter for the first time, Xia Jun thought hard and pondered deeply, with drafts scattered all over the floor.

  After a busy night, Xia Jun finally finished writing the letter. In it, he said that he had no relatives in the country and this Spring Festival was hard to get through. He felt desolate and lonely in his heart. He had originally planned to visit her during the New Year, but due to some trivial matters in Xixiang, he couldn't get away...

  Xin Zhongxia described himself as very pitiful in the letter, and any woman who saw this letter would probably feel a surge of maternal love! Not to mention Li Shijian already had some good feelings towards him.

  Xia Jun held a traditional Chinese character dictionary, began to copy the simplified characters into traditional characters, then put them in an envelope, sealed it with wax, and had someone deliver it to Zhang Si Gou in the city.

  At the same time, a telegram was sent overnight, explaining the matter of Zhang Sigou sending a message.