Costume Mountains and Rivers

Mo Qinghe didn't know why this Miss Lu wandered around in the deserted tea garden at midnight, maybe he was a kind of Jianghu who would never understand the romantic habits of literati, but at this moment Lu Wanyi's appearance brought them a lot of trouble.

Yuanye watched the Jiangnan girl who was walking and muttering to herself from the gap in the fence, showing a puzzled expression. He lay on the haystack, resting his chin on a bag of corn, and turned his head towards Mo Qinghe. : "Do you know this person?"

"A friend." Mo Qinghe recalled the visit in the early autumn of last year, and said with a wry smile: "The fiancée of the second young master of the Shen family."

"The daughter-in-law of the Shen family?" Yuan Ye opened her mouth wide in surprise, almost scolding her mother, but Shen Piaoping shook her head. She had recovered from her shock and let go of Mo Qinghe's hand, saying: "It is said that we have broken up. At the beginning, the relationship between the second brother and her was vigorous, and it disappeared suddenly, so I am embarrassed to mention it in front of us."

A stone in the grass was pinching Mo Qinghe's chest. He moved his body carefully to avoid the sound of the firewood around him, and said in an irritable tone, "I have to find a way to get her to leave."

The three lay side by side in the haystack, silent for a moment at the same time, at this moment, a man's shout suddenly came from the distant woods, the leading Japanese drew out a saber, and pointed the blade directly in the direction of the tea garden, while the rest Looking along the tip of the knife, it was obvious that Lu Wanyi was spotted, followed by a strange smile, and the formation immediately became chaotic. Someone gave an order, and a group of Japanese soldiers in leather boots scrambled towards this side!

Like beasts chasing their prey, they yelled loudly, jumped over the fence one by one, and passed through a clump of low Longjing tea trees. Their chaotic footsteps covered the movement of Mo Qinghe and others. Standing up, he made a cross on his chest with his fingers, and said in surprise, "What are they going to do!"

Lu Wanyi also noticed the abnormality, stood still suddenly, clutched the handkerchief tightly in front of her chest, took two steps back and turned to run, but before she could escape far, a crisp gunshot rang through the night sky, a Japanese The soldier held on to the barrel of the gun and laughed. Lu Wanyi's panic and scream made the followers more excited. The laughter suddenly increased, and someone fired indiscriminately. The bullets whizzed past her side, and she staggered. After running two steps, he twisted his waist and fell to the ground with a plop.

Shen Piaoping couldn't bear it anymore: "Absurd, absurd, are they beasts? How dare you offend a lady like this!"

"Lady?" Yuanye snorted coldly, "An eleven or twelve-year-old girl is a flower girl in their eyes."

Mo Qinghe waved his hand to stop their discussion.

"Seventeen." He said in a low voice. Seeing that the number of Japanese soldiers was still under control, he exchanged glances with Yuan Ye and set up their rifles together. Unexpectedly, before the other party came into range, a Japanese soldier shot Whistling, there was a commotion in the woods to the east, chaotic footsteps sounded, and another group of soldiers rushed out from the depths of the dark woods!

"Where are there so many little devils?" Ye Ye spat, pointed the gun back and forth, and finally removed his finger from the trigger, cursing: "Damn, you can't shoot, we can't beat it."

It seems that the dozens of people who appeared earlier were only to explore the way, and the second group is the main force. The two groups have a total of nearly a hundred people. According to this situation, even if Mo Qinghe and others seize the opportunity in the dark, they must not If you retreat completely, there is even the danger of annihilating the entire army.And once there is an exchange of fire, as long as one Japanese soldier is let go, it is equivalent to notifying the Japanese army in Hangzhou that there are anti-Japanese armed forces in the mountains. The Shen family will also be doomed!

Mo Qinghe clenched his fists tightly, with hot blood rushing straight to his forehead, he crawled forward a few steps, Yuanye grabbed him, and whispered through gritted teeth, "What did Lao Xie tell us?"

As soon as the voice fell, there was a sound of rustling footsteps behind the fence. The two Japanese soldiers dressed as officers were only separated from Mo Qinghe and others in the firewood pile. They were talking quickly in Japanese. Mo Qinghe could hear A few ambiguous pronunciations of Chinese characters seemed to be Shen Peinan's name. He repeated it several times. He turned his head to look at Yuan Ye, but saw that Yuan Ye also showed doubts. His eyes immediately changed. He understood that these Japanese people were Those who came to search the mountain clearly came for the hidden Shen family!

Mo Qinghe immediately calmed down, only to hear a high-pitched female voice piercing the silence of the night. On the path deep in the tea garden, Lu Wanyi was pinned down by two soldiers, and the hand that should have held the gun rubbed her buttocks...

Shen Piaoping stared at this scene in disbelief. If she hadn't witnessed it with her own eyes, she couldn't accept that the humble and polite Yamato nation in her mind committed such atrocities. Her beautiful and deep eyes were full of tears, and she murmured: "God! , God, this is a bunch of devils..."

Miss Lu's figure was covered by a low tea canopy, several soldiers surrounded her, and someone lowered herself down. Immediately afterwards, there was the sound of shredded silk and satin from behind the bushes, accompanied by Lu Wanyi's hoarse cry and the soldiers Shen Piaoping couldn't bear the ferocious and arrogant laughter any longer, she took out a pistol and took aim, but was held down by Mo Qinghe.

"We can't expose..."

His nails dug into a dead branch, and the rough bark gave out blood, his brain was burnt to a blank, the humiliation in his eyes was beyond the tolerance of human beings, his outstretched hand was mixed with blood and mud, and he grabbed Shen Piaoping "Not only will you not be able to save her if you go out, but she, us, your family, including the citizens in the temple, will all die!"

He couldn't hide the crying in his words, Shen Piaoping looked at him, then turned to look at the wilderness, and said disappointedly: "How can you do nothing! You are soldiers! She is just an unarmed woman, she has nothing to do with war Connection! She shouldn't be treated like this, I'm going to negotiate with them!"

Anger made her lose her ability to think, she was about to get up after she finished speaking, the haystack where everyone was hiding made a loud noise, Mo Qinghe and Yuanye both turned pale with fright, they moved almost at the same time, each of them grabbed her arm, Shen Piaoping struggled with all her might, tears rolled down her eyes, and sobbed helplessly: "You don't understand, it's more painful for a woman to be insulted like this than killing her... You don't understand..."

Her nails painted with bright red Koudan scratched the back of Ye Ye's hand deeply: "She is my friend, I must save her!"

Although she is a young lady, she has always been in good health, and when she struggled with all her strength, she couldn't even hold back the two men. Mo Qinghe's eyes flashed fiercely for an instant, and he winked at Yuan Ye, Yuan Ye understood, and suddenly stood up, He strangled Shen Piaoping's neck with one hand, and covered her mouth tightly with the other!

Yuan Ye's hands were rough and wide, Shen Piaoping's eyes widened in shock, and she shook her head and whimpered.

"I understand, I understand, but Miss Shen, this is war, please be more rational."

"If you insist on threatening everyone's safety, I'll wring your throat." Mo Qinghe heard himself dissuading her like this. He didn't know who was crazier than the group of Japanese soldiers who lost their morals at this moment. He thought that if he was a beast, he could pounce on them as he wished, bite off their throats, and eat their skulls and brains.He didn't know where this ruthless and forbearing energy came from, the corners of his eyes were burning red, his nostrils were open, and he was panting heavily, yet he managed to remain motionless, enduring the pain of being burned by anger , listening to the erotic crashing sound from the depths of the tea canopy, the howling of women, the laughing of animals...

At that moment, he felt the hatred so strongly, like the tide of the Qiantang River sweeping everything, he suddenly realized that human nature is bloodthirsty. People can be like animals, like wild beasts, like weapons, but not like people.However, he felt sad again, and felt sad for his compatriots. After years of shouting slogans and fighting for countless years, they were still weak and humiliated.

The moonlight is as bright as silver, covering this land that has been famous for its passion and peace since ancient times. The Longjing tea garden covered by the remaining snow exudes a bitter aroma. ...

The high level of concentration made him feel like he was in a nightmare from which he could not wake up. Mo Qinghe's eye sockets were aching, and he remembered the past in the early autumn of last year in the chaos of half-dream and half-awake. He walked through the tea garden with the two young masters of the Shen family. , Lu Wanyi sat in front of the desk full of thread-bound books, listening to the wind and bamboo outside the window, turned to him, and said sadly: "Your eyes are full of hope."

Mo Qinghe felt itchy at the corner of his mouth, and stretched out his tongue to lick it lightly, only to realize that tears were shed. He tasted the taste of that tear, gritted his teeth viciously, and said to himself, from now on, he will never Cried.

Many years later, when Mo Shaoxuan recalled the crimes he witnessed in the tea garden again, he realized that he had shed all tears since then, bid farewell to Xiaguang pink operas and Taiwan's kindness and love. From then on, he didn't have a round fan in his hand, only a cold gun, and the drama of life no longer had rules. He smashed the gongs, drums and huqin, wiped off the paint on his face, and jumped out of the big stage, like a child born in a crack in a rock. grass, live with flesh and blood.

He knew that during that year of humiliation and heartbreak, he was not the only one who thought this way.

The winter night was too long, and a group of people hibernated in the grass until the surroundings returned to silence. The figure of the last Japanese soldier disappeared in the back mountain. Mo Qinghe's limbs were frozen stiff, and he kicked his legs hard to move his body , looking sideways, Yuanye still maintained the posture just now and locked Shen Piaoping's neck tightly, the back of the hand was scratched with red marks by nails, Shen Piaoping was holding Yuanye's arm, her face was covered with sweat, the expressions of both of them were extremely ugly .

Mo Qinghe turned over and sat up, patted the straw off her body, took off her coat and hugged her in her arms, and was about to leave when Shen Piaoping glared at him from behind, feeling that the little opera singer in front of her seemed to be a different person. Her gaze and sharp demeanor made her feel a little fear out of nowhere besides doubts.

She pushed Yuan Ye's arm away, and caught up with Mo Qinghe in two or three steps: "We are safe, are you satisfied?"

"You are crazy just like them! We could have stopped... Even if we died with them!" She paused, brushing her sweat-soaked hair behind her ears, staring at him sternly, her voice suddenly raised, "You No conscience at all!"

Mo Qinghe was so entangled, she stopped for a while, and cast a sideways glance at her: "Crazy?"

"Do you know what a lunatic is?" He pushed aside the tea canopy, walked straight into the depths of the tea garden, and said coldly: "In order to achieve the goal, I will not hesitate to let myself be abused by the whole country to please the Japanese, even the people next to my pillow can Give up, this is a lunatic. What I did today was taught by your brother himself."

In the bright moonlight, he could already see the outline of the half-naked female body under the tea canopy. Without a trace of hesitation, he rushed forward, turned his face and closed his eyes tightly, shook off the large cotton robe in his hand, and wrapped the lying body like a baby. The woman on the ground wrapped herself tightly.Lu Wanyi was seriously frightened. Seeing a group of people leaving just now, another group rushed out. She didn't cry or make a fuss, but trembled like a frightened bird, covered her ears with her hands, and let out a slight, indistinct sob.

The dark red blood of the big beach spread from under her body, and the almost thick black color in the night was shocking, and there was a faint stench in the air that made people ashamed to speak, Mo Qinghe frowned, and called out in a low voice. After saying a few words to Miss Lu, she turned around and saw Shen Piaoping was still standing there, and yelled at her in a bad voice: "What are you doing here, come and help!"

After he finished speaking, he stood up, turned his back, and blocked the following citizens from outside.Only then did Shen Piaoping come to her senses, and hurried forward to hug Lu Wanyi, and carefully tidied up her wound. Mo Qinghe heard the distressed sobbing from behind, looked at the mountains in the distance, and whispered: "It's not only death It’s called sacrifice, sometimes living is harder than dying. What happened today will make me feel guilty for the rest of my life, but if it happens again, I will still make the same choice.”

"Miss Shen, I'm sorry for breaking your trust."

Shen Piaoping stopped the movement of her hands, and acted as if she hadn't heard, she carefully adjusted Lu Wanyi's skirt, and said without raising her head for a long while, "It's done."

"Take her back immediately, her body needs cleaning."

Mo Qinghe turned around, squatted next to Lu Wanyi, and held her hand lightly. He wanted to apologize for his behavior tonight. Maybe Lu Wanyi would hate him for his whole life. Mo Qinghe looked at those pair of hands. The deer-like dazed eyes changed after the words of apology.

"You promise me to live." Mo Qinghe held that thin and cold hand, feeling her thin knuckles against his palm, he repeated in a low voice but forcefully: "Live, live!" Only by going down can there be hope.”

Lu Wanyi stared at him blankly. She had lost consciousness under the excessive stimulation. Not only was she ignorant of the atrocities committed by the Japanese soldiers on her, but she also seemed to have never met Shen Piaoping and Mo Qinghe. The Jiangnan woman's eyes were like The two clear springs seem to shed tears, and they seem to be wandering in an empty world that no one can enter.

Mo Qinghe felt sore in his nose, he thought of meeting last year, when Longjing was flourishing, tea pickers sang songs of Jiangnan water town, small courtyard with white walls and black tiles, bamboo shadows whirling, Lu Wanyi lived alone in the tea garden, she was such a talented person The girl who dared to chase after love, after seeing each other for more than a year, she became thinner and thinner. She pushed up the silver bracelet on her wrist until it could slide down to her upper arm. It is full of dust, and the haste in his expression makes people unbearable to read.

Seeing that she was like a nightmare, Mo Qinghe shook her shoulders slightly, and called Miss Lu again in a low voice. Lu Wanyi slowly raised her face, her expression was extremely sad, but calm as if nothing had happened, her lips moved : "What about him?"

Mo Qinghe's tone was gentle: "You mean Second Young Master Shen?"

Lu Wanyi turned her face noncommittally, a tear fell from the corner of her eye, but she still didn't cry.

Mo Qinghe sighed, hugged her and stood up: "I know where he is, I'll take you to find him."

A group of people returned to the ancient temple in a panic, and put the returned corn into the granary. Seeing that everything was the same, they let go of their hanging hearts.

The apse and the incense hall are connected by a narrow aisle full of prayer flags, enshrining the boy Avalokitesvara. At this time, several separate rooms are separated by cloth curtains for people to live in. As expected by Mo Qinghe, when he was in In the early hours of the morning, he broke into the apse with a girl in his arms, and woke up the two young masters of the Shen family from their sleep. Naturally, he received a lot of blank stares.Shen Piaoping came out from behind him, pushed away the elder brother who was blocking the door, and ordered the servants to draw the curtain to fetch hot water. The contempt in the eyes of the two young masters of the Shen family disappeared, replaced by surprise.

Lu Wanyi's body was carefully laid flat on the mattress, covered with a quilt, only a mass of jet-black hair was exposed, and a face that had lost all blood was covered in a mess, her eyes were staring straight at the golden dome of the hall.Shen Shuzhu was stunned, called Wanyi, and squeezed her hand tightly, Lu Wanyi woke up faintly, tears flowed down the corners of her eyes one by one like two clear springs.

"Second Young Master Shen..." Her voice was weak, her misty eyes fixed on Shen Shuzhu's face, and she refused to move away no matter what.

Shen Shuzhu looked at the haggard Lu Wanyi, and suddenly lost her temper. She raised her head angrily and yelled at Mo Qinghe: "What's the matter? Didn't you go to transport food, what did you do to her?"

Mo Qinghe had already retreated consciously, Shen Piaoping took the towel from the servant, wiped the dust off her face, and explained impatiently: "The Japanese soldiers came to the tea garden, and we managed to bring Sister Wanyi back. "

She walked to the door, pursed her lips tightly, her face was frosty and snowy, she didn't say a word to Mo Qinghe outside the door, she just stretched out her hand painted with Kodan, and closed the curtain with a squeak.