Golden Pink Building

Unending entanglement Qing Qiuqiao refuses to go to the meeting alone

Bai Shaoyi did not see the meaning of the peach blossom, he looked at the peach blossom angrily for a while, and said angrily: "Mother Zhang! Tell someone to take this away quickly, I don't want to see this thing for a moment." Bai Shaoyi sprayed angrily Roughly, he pulled Qingqiu and said: "Don't look at it, I will ask someone to throw this thing out immediately."

Qingqiu forced herself to calm down and smiled: "Let's not worry about those things, do you want to go out today?" As he spoke, Qingqiu subconsciously held Bai Shaoyi's arm tightly, his eyes full of reluctance.Bai Shaoyi gave Qingqiu a reassuring look: "I have already called Lao Zhao, and he sent a car to take me out. Seeing that the case is about to go to court, we can rest for a few days after the case is over. Yes I received a letter from my father saying that he might be going back to China. Our family will be reunited." Hearing that Bai Wenxin was coming back, Qingqiu felt a lot more at ease: "It's great, father and mother are getting old after all, although Shanghai can’t keep up with the prosperity of Europe, but it’s home after all.”

After a while, the car sent by Zhao Zhongshu really came, seeing Zhao Zhongshu getting off the car, Qingqiu was a little surprised, she said to Bai Shaoyi: "Why did Lao Zhao come in person? Didn't you say you just sent a car? Qingqiu thought that she hadn't seen Zhao Zhongshu for the past few days, and Zhao Yihan was vague when she came that day. Seeing Lao Zhao today, she really wanted to ask about Xiuzhi's situation.Although Qingqiu is on Zhao Yihan's side when it comes to Xiuzhi and Zhao Yihan's matter.But Qingqiu didn't want to make the relationship between Xiuzhi and Mrs. Leng too ugly.

Zhao Zhongshu came in with a smile on his face, with a smug look on his face, as if something good happened: "Haha, you are going to be famous. In the current public opinion environment, as long as Japan is in the headlines. According to the clues, we really It was found that Meng Qinglian was involved with the Japanese. The Risheng Company in Beiping was the stronghold of the Japanese spies, and the accounts were sorted out in order. Risheng and Meng Qinglian’s Jinhua Company had frequent exchanges, and when the public trial came, the reporters were so excited that they would explode.” Zhao Zhongshu suddenly found that there was no time to put away the box on the coffee table, and his eyes glanced back and forth between Qingqiu and Bai Shaoyi: "It seems that I came at the wrong time. If you are inconvenient, stay at home with your wife. Wait for me to deal with the matter." Well, I'll talk to you again tonight." Bai Shaoyi's eyes lit up when she heard Zhao Zhongshu's words: "I'm fine, I didn't expect things to develop so fast, and I'm worried that waiting for the trial, we won't have conclusive evidence The expected effect. I feel relieved." Bai Shaoyi gave Qingqiu a reassuring look and Zhao Zhongshu still left.

Qingqiu sent her husband to the door. Holding Bai Shaoyi's hat, she frowned slightly and said in a low voice, "Be careful outside. I'll pick up Yuanyuan and Xiaozhu home after school."

"You'd better call sister-in-law. Don't go anywhere today." Bai Shaoyi said while touching Qingqiu's cheek, and said goodbye to his wife reluctantly.For his wife, the suitor, Bai Shaoyi really took great pains.Zhao Zhongshu had already gone out and sat in the car impatiently honking the horn.Qingqiu hurriedly pushed her husband away: "Don't worry, I won't do anything stupid. Old Zhao is already waiting impatiently, you should hurry up, so as not to keep him waiting for a long time."

"Hey, he's waiting anxiously. It's obvious that he doesn't want to see other people's husband and wife have a good relationship." Bai Shaoyi sneered and said goodbye to his wife.

Waiting for Bai Shaoyi to leave, Qingqiu stood in the foyer in a daze for a while, Taohua stepped forward hesitantly, looked at Qingqiu tentatively and said: "Young Mistress is not feeling well? Why don't you go up and go back to the room to rest. Or simply invite a doctor to take a look. From When I came back that day, it didn’t look very good. It may be that the food outside is not suitable for my taste. The young lady has always disliked the food outside and despised the unclean food. If it’s not good, why don’t you ask a doctor to take a look at it as soon as possible. What Mrs. Wu Yes, really. In the past, she would send bird's nests, sea cucumbers and dried abalones to our family twice in three days, and invite the young mistress out for dinner. She is really strange. She gave gifts to her liking. things." Taohua thinks that Qingqiu must be uncomfortable eating out.

Taohua's words moved Qingqiu's eyes, and she said to Taohua: "You call Zhang Ma, you two put down what you are doing first, I want to find something." Zhang Ma came in to ask Qingqiu for today's menu .Qingqiu hurriedly said to Zhang Ma: "Whatever you ask the cook to figure it out, you still remember that I have a screen that is carved with lacquered mother-of-pearl, and it looks like a mandarin duck. Where is that thing placed?"

Zhang Ma was also taken aback by Qingqiu's question. She thought for a long time before she said: "I seem to remember to put the thing that Young Mistress said in that box. I remember that it was a gift from someone when Young Mistress got married. When I packed it Things, my wife also said that this thing is not good, people are sending mandarin ducks to play in the water, only the interstitial screen shows a pair of mandarin ducks facing each other on a tree. But the workmanship is still good. Why did the young lady think of asking for that thing? When the young mistress got married, those things were put together with the presents, and the young mistress and his wife put them away after seeing them. We are in Beiping and come to Shanghai, so we can find them all at once. Don’t worry, young mistress. Things are not rare things, they will never be lost anyway. Taohua and I opened the box in the afternoon and searched slowly. Could it be that the friend of Young Mistress is getting married. " Zhang Ma chattered and helped Qingqiu to sit down on the sofa.She followed Mrs. Bai and served in the Bai family for many years. Unlike Tao Hua, Zhang Ma was young and inexperienced.She seemed to sense that something unusual was happening at home.

Qingqiu couldn't wait for Mama Zhang to be verbose, so she waved her hand: "I'm going to use it this afternoon. Although I can't remember who gave it to me, it's right in front of me. Don't worry about it, just take it out and give it to me. Be careful Broken."

Zhang Ma has been in the Bai family for many years, she has served Qingqiu for a long time, she has never seen Qingqiu so anxious, as a servant, she can't say anything, she just took Taohua to find the box.

After a while Zhang's mother came out of the basement with Taohua. She was holding a box wrapped in yellow tarpaulin in her hand, and Taohua was holding a flashlight behind: "The lights in the basement are broken. It's time to call someone to fix it. This thing has not been moved. , maybe the gift post is still there." Qingqiu didn't care about the slight layer of dust on the oilcloth package, she opened the oilcloth to reveal a delicate dowry box.Carved with red lacquer, inlaid with mother-of-pearl mandarin ducks, and the brass lock hinges are all gold-plated. It seems that this box is of good workmanship. It has been left out for many years, but it is still well preserved, without cracks or damage.

Qingqiu stared at the pattern on the box. Mother-of-pearl and various tourmalines piled up two lifelike trees on the box. There is a pair of mandarin ducks parked on the tree, which seem to be singing relative to each other.Zhang Ma took a look at the side: "I have seen some good ones too. Generally, mandarin ducks are made of mandarin ducks playing in the water, or there are egrets, but I have never seen it like this. I remember my wife saw it at the time." At first glance, I didn’t like it. I even complained about who gave this thing. But the workmanship is good. Today’s Yangzhou carved lacquer dowry is not as delicate as this.”

"This is the allusion of mandarin ducks. Most people only know that mandarin ducks are a metaphor for the good relationship between husband and wife. In fact, mandarin ducks have allusions. During the time of Song Kangwang, Sheren Han Ping married He as his wife. Song Kangwang relied on He's beauty when he saw He. Power, robbed He, and sent Han Ping to do hard labor. In the end, He refused to submit, and fell to his death. She left a last word in her belt, begging King Kang to give her body to Han Ping They were buried together as husband and wife. Unexpectedly, King Kang refused to fulfill them, and buried them one in the south and the other in the north. Unexpectedly, a big tree grew on each of the graves of the two overnight, extending towards each other. The last two The trees embraced each other, and a pair of birds came up to perch on the tree and sympathized with each other. The pair of birds are mandarin ducks, which are said to be made of the souls of Han Ping and his wife, and the two trees are the silk tree." Qingqiu stared at it. The pair of mandarin ducks are thoughtful.

Listening to Qingqiu's words, Zhang Ma said with emotion: "So that's what happened. I thought mandarin ducks were a festive bird. Who knew there was such a sad story. This person is also the same. He got married and gave him such a thing? No wonder the madam is angry What about." Qingqiu opened the box, revealing a faded and yellowed red name card inside, it said Congratulations to Qingqiu and Bai Shaoyi on their newly married words, and the underground signature was Ouyang Lan.Only then did Qingqiu realize that this thing was given by Ouyang Yujian's mother.Maybe it's because she thinks that Ouyang Yujian made too much trouble, so it's a compensation for giving this to Qingqiu.

Qingqiu looked at that post and sighed, it seemed that everything from yesterday was still before her eyes.Unexpectedly, ten years have passed in the blink of an eye.

Qingqiu finally came out of the study in the afternoon, and she was holding the dowry box with the pattern of mandarin ducks she found in the morning: "You give this to Mrs. Wu, and tell her that thanks to her kindness, I will send you flowers and gifts. I don’t think that this is the only report that she must accept. And you just say that my illness is cured, so don’t spend money.”

Zhang Ma took over the tight package, looked at Qingqiu very strangely and asked: "What if Mrs. Wu refuses to accept it?" Qingqiu said with a smile: "She will definitely accept it, maybe this time, she I will give you a generous reward. Don’t say anything else. No matter what she asks, you will always agree vaguely.”

Zhang Ma agreed, changed into the clothes she was going out with and went out.

In the evening, Bai Shaoyi and Zhao Zhongshu came back together, their faces were bright and beaming.Bai Shaoyi said briskly to Qingqiu: "Today is really great. I found an important witness. Lao Zhao has gained a lot. He might be promoted to a third rank." Said Bai Shaoyi patted Zhao Zhongshu on the shoulder, She winked tacitly at her old friend.

"Don't give me the ecstasy soup. You are the one who will shine in court tomorrow. You don't need anyone's support this time, they will all come up to catch your light. Don't drink too much tonight, take a good drink With the embellishment of the statement, I will strive to surprise the four with brilliant tongues tomorrow. Also let the public admire your demeanor. After I watch this lawsuit, you will become the most powerful lawyer in Shanghai. Maybe tomorrow the National Assembly will choose you as a representative It's gone." Zhao Zhongshu's expression was relaxed, and he didn't have the usual gloomy and awkward feeling.

Qingqiu said with a smile on the side: "Looking at how excited you are, I will be happy if you can tell me about any happy event."

Zhao Zhongshu tilted his feet and raised his chin slightly: "Well, Shao Yi read the files very carefully. He found clues in the overwhelming evidence. I dug along the clues and not only found Meng Qinglian's backstage—ha, What's even better is to capture the evidence of how they colluded with the Japanese. They also cracked the Japanese intelligence station in Shanghai! Caught the spies."

Bai Shaoyi added on the side: "Meng Qinglian's income from smuggling grain comes in and out of a small bank. In fact, that bank is basically an intelligence station of the Japanese in Shanghai, which provides money for their intelligence activities. It’s about buying people from our side. The Japanese are really planning to buy not only officials, but also warehouse management personnel and general government employees. There are also gardeners and concierges who serve in important departments. It’s a pity When Lao Zhao sent people to arrest them, it happened that their heads were not there, so they missed them. But this operation caught them by surprise, and all the account books and materials inside were preserved." Even those businessmen and officials who are ambiguous with the Japanese can't escape.Qingqiu listened to her husband's words, with a smile in the corner of her eyes: "Since it is so true and gratifying, I have something to tell you—" Qingqiu suddenly remembered that Zhao Zhongshu was still by her side, so she stopped talking with a smile: "I Tell Zhang Ma to prepare the dishes, you are tired all day, you should eat first, as for the wine, you can drink it tomorrow."

"Listen to what Lao Zhao said, am I the kind of person who loves drinking and drinking too much? Well, I will listen to you. Waiting for tomorrow, you will have a few drinks with me." Qingqiu has never liked drinking, in her opinion No matter whether it is vintage wine or wine and cognac from the West, they are not interested.It's okay for her to have a drink once in a while, but if she drinks any more, she will feel uncomfortable.In her previous life, she was weak and didn't like drinking. In this life, Mrs. Leng's younger brother, Qingqiu's uncle Song Runqing is a drinker.Seeing his uncle's various gaffes after drinking, Qingqiu felt that drinking was a waste of time, and he was not making a fool of himself.Therefore, Qingqiu restrained himself even more, and absolutely refused to drink one more glass.Bai Shaoyi, on the other hand, doesn't have any special hobbies, but only likes to collect red wine, and prefers to have a few drinks in her spare time.The husband and wife are in harmony with everything, but they have their own opinions on drinking.

Hearing Qingqiu's rare reluctance to be willing to have a drink with her, Bai Shaoyi knew that Qingqiu must have found a solution to that matter.Bai Shaoyi looked excited: "It's rare for my wife to appreciate me. I'm really lucky in my life."

Zhao Zhongshu stood up suddenly: "I have something to do without disturbing you." Then he left.Qingqiu wanted to keep him, Bai Shaoyi squeezed Qingqiu's hand quietly, Qingqiu understood and did not keep Lao Zhao, the husband and wife sent Zhao Zhongshu away together.

In the study, Bai Shaoyi listened to Qingqiu's words, and was stunned for a while. He held Qingqiu's hand worriedly: "You, you are really, what can I say? Although it is very popular recently that life is precious and love is more expensive. , if you can throw both of them for freedom, but I still want to say that life is the most precious, don't give up lightly. I understand your intention Qingqiu. If they still refuse to give up, we should just leave here. You are not very Do you want to go outside? Let’s take this opportunity to go abroad. I plan to send Yuanyuan and Xiaozhu abroad in the future. Why don’t they go out when they are young, and there is no language barrier? Qingqiu, I beg you not to give up life lightly, it is my greatest wish for you to live a good life."

Qingqiu didn't expect Bai Shaoyi to say that, something hot surged up in her heart, and she threw herself into Bai Shaoyi's arms: "Don't worry, I won't give up on you, nor will I give up on our relationship."

The next day Qingqiu was still at home alone, and half of her thoughts were on Bai Shaoyi who was in court at this moment. Last night, the husband and wife talked in the middle of the night, and Bai Shaoyi told Qingqiu everything about the case.Bai Shaoyi took over the case of Meng Qinglian's embezzlement, but after a careful investigation, she found out that Meng Qinglian had smuggled grain outside the customs and trafficked in opium.The cases that Bai Shaoyi took over were all about clarifying every detail, so he naturally refused to fool around casually, and it stands to reason that Meng Qinglian, a small retired team leader, would not have the courage and resources to do these things.Bai Shaoyi also wanted to dig out Meng Qinglian's backstage.Unexpectedly, once the investigation was completed, the police station refused to investigate after a few visits.

Bai Shaoyi and Zhao Zhongshu teamed up. Zhao Zhongshu originally wanted to come forward in person, but a corruption case involved a lot of internal and party struggles. Zhao Zhongshu couldn't come forward directly, so he could only help Bai Shaoyi in private.When Bai Shaoyi investigates the case and asks for things, he tries his best to help.Soon the clues of the case gradually became clear. Meng Qinglian was actually just a small pawn. His company had high-ranking government officials participating in the shares, and the illegal profits they obtained were far from the money estimated by Bai Shaoyi and Zhao Zhongshu.

Officials of the Shanghai Municipal Government, military circles, military police, and even the party headquarters were all involved.Some people accepted Meng Qinglian's bribes to open the door for him to smuggle and sell drugs, and some even had an affair with the Japanese.It has even been bought.Help Meng Qinglian do things that harm the interests of the country.

Qingqiu couldn't help frowning, she only knew about Meng Qinglian's case in the past, Qingqiu thought it was just a case of collusion between various departments.But the more details he knew, the more scared Qingqiu felt.Bai Shaoyi wants to announce the truth about Bai Mengqinglian's case and the benefits behind it in front of the audience and reporter in court.Dozens of people will be involved now, and many of them are high-ranking and popular officials.Not to mention who these officials are closer to.It is already a heavy blow to the government just to hear that so many officials are involved in the fraud case.God knows what will be discussed in tomorrow's newspapers.It is certain that Bai Shaoyi will become famous because of this, but how do you know that he will not be hated?Qingqiu thinks about the future, but feels so preoccupied that she can't see clearly.She couldn't help but let out a long sigh, "Why are you sighing so much, don't worry, Shaoyi will be fine. The people involved in the Meng Qinglian case are all exhausted, and they have long been thorns in the eyes of others. , it’s just that we can’t act immediately because of the situation. It seems to be a coincidence, but in fact there are often complicated reasons behind it. How can there be so many coincidences in the world?” I don’t know when Zhao Zhongshu appeared, and he put his hand on the doorknob , stood at the door and looked at Qingqiu with a half-smile.

Zhao Zhongshu's sudden appearance startled Qingqiu, she thought to herself why did Lao Zhao come in so silently? "Mother Zhang, you didn't reply when Mr. Zhao came. It's becoming more and more unruly. You should sit outside. Why didn't you go to work today and come home?" Qingqiu stood up and walked towards the door. For some reason, She subconsciously didn't want to be in the same room with Zhao Zhongshu.

"I was passing by, and I suddenly wanted to know about the flat tire of your car, so I came in to see the situation. Don't be surprised, I found a big hole in your house. Mama Zhang didn't know I was coming. The gardener in your house came through the back door You don’t know where you are when you open it and don’t close it. I saw that the back door of your house was open and came in. At this time, the servants in the house are probably busy doing things here. You are always the most careful, why are you negligent? You should quit this gardener and replace him with a cautious one." Zhao Zhongshu shook his head with disapproval.Qingqiu didn't expect that the gardener usually looks very honest and diligent, but who knows that he is so negligent.

This old Wei is real, he has been doing things at home, and it is inevitable that he will become forgetful when he gets old. Old Wei has been with him since he was in Beiping, and he has no relatives at home.I'm going to talk to him, but I'm actually to blame. The fertilizer I ordered may have arrived.Lao Wei is busy carrying fertilizer.Thanks for reminding me, I'll go talk to him.Qingqiu spread his hands helplessly, Lao Wei is an old man of the Bai family, and has no relatives in his hometown, Qingqiu really couldn't bear to drive him away.

"You are always soft-hearted. Is it really good to tell people what you are? Forget it, this is your family's business. I think I should send a few people to watch outside." Zhao Zhongshu put his hands in the pockets of his trousers. There is something to say, but he hesitates.

Qingqiu was not easy to ask, as the two of them faced each other and neither of them spoke, they both felt awkward.The phone on the coffee table rang suddenly, breaking the embarrassment just now.

Qingqiu just wanted to pick up the microphone, but Zhao Zhongshu picked it up first, Qingqiu was unprepared, and the two almost bumped into each other.Zhao Zhongshu made a grimace and handed the microphone to Qingqiu, and Mrs. Wu's voice came from over there: "Sister Qingqiu, I'll pick you up right away, I handed over that thing intact, some things are better said in person Clear, isn't it? Don't worry it won't be a Hongmen banquet, just a cup of coffee." As she spoke, Mrs. Wu hung up the phone without waiting for Qingqiu's refusal.

Noticing the strange look on Qingqiu's face, Zhao Zhongshu seemed to have guessed what was going on, and he smiled understandingly: "Is it an unstoppable date? Don't worry, Shanghai is still a place where kings rule, and no one can take it away casually." People. Just rest assured, I will send you off in person.”

Qingqiu raised her eyes in surprise, and met Zhao Zhongshu's understanding gaze, she subconsciously declined Zhao Zhongshu's kindness, but there was no reason, Zhao Zhongshu's previous words rang in Qingqiu's ears, there was nothing he didn't know about in Shanghai, Only things he doesn't want to know.Qingqiu suddenly had the feeling of being spied on.How much does this old Zhao know about their family?