Jin Yu Dynasty
Chapter 65
The next day, the two had breakfast together.
The servant brought over the usual newspapers that arrived in the morning. Xuan Huaifeng picked out a copy of "Chamber of Commerce Daily" and read it with one hand while drinking gruel. After reading it, he asked Bai Xuelan in surprise , "What? It's a trivial matter, and you led troops to arrest people?"
Bai Xuelan mixed the rice with marinated gravy, and said without raising her head, "Well, not many, I just caught two or three. Lock up these demons and goblins to suppress evil spirits. My customs office is just a demon tower. "
Xuan Huaifeng said, "You have to be careful, arresting people indiscriminately will set you on fire."
Bai Xuelan said, "Am I that kind of muddleheaded? Of course I caught my braids, so I grabbed them. Alright, let's eat quickly. Last night I said I had an upset stomach. Now I'm eating while reading the newspaper. Then, I'll make it halfway next time, so don't complain about your stomachache."
Xuan Huaifeng glanced at him, "Early in the morning, you only think about evil places. I think the customs office should lock you up a few times first, to suppress your evil spirit."
Bai Xuelan laughed, picked up the remaining two rice in the bowl, dropped the bowl, stood behind Xuan Huaifeng, bent down and put her head on his shoulder, put her arms around him and asked, "Tell me, why am I so evil?" Now? If you don’t understand, I won’t forgive you.”
Xuan Huaifeng held the bowl in the air, and yelled, "Don't make a fuss, don't make a fuss, look, the porridge is spilled."
Bai Xuelan said, "This porridge is good. If you feed me two bites like last night, I will let you go."
Xuan Huaifeng said, "I was drunk last night, if I was sober, I would never do that kind of thing."
Bai Xuelan asked with a smile, "That kind of thing? What kind?"
Xuan Huaifeng blushed, and bumped his elbow back against Bai Xuelan's waist.Bai Xuelan let out a cry of pain and let go.
Xuan Huaifeng turned his head, looked him in the eyes, and said calmly, "You don't have to pretend, how can it hurt like this after such a bump? I didn't use any force."
Seeing that he had seen through, Bai Xuelan stopped pretending, showed her white teeth and smiled, and said meaningfully, "You didn't use any strength? No wonder, I said that elbow is as comfortable as being touched by someone."
The two chatted and laughed, and passed a breakfast.
Xuan Huaifeng continued, "Yesterday I told Song Ren that I wanted to go out. He said that without your consent, he dared not let me go out. Let me ask, now, am I being locked up by you again? This lock-up When will it be closed again?"
Bai Xuelan asked, "Where did you want to go yesterday? To see Mrs. Nian?"
Xuan Huaifeng said, "How can I go to see it every day? My sister is about to give birth recently, and I don't have the energy to treat it like this. I was too free yesterday, and I plan to go back to the General Administration of Customs to work. There is always something on your side, and I can help. .”
Bai Xuelan said, "You'd better recuperate from your injuries, don't rush to do things."
Xuan Huaifeng said, "The wound is healed, so what else is there to support?"
Bai Xuelan said, "We should rest for a while."
Xuan Huaifeng stopped, looked at Bai Xuelan, and laughed dumbly, "You really plan to put me in confinement, don't you?"
Bai Xuelan said, "How can there be such a thing, why should I put you in confinement?"
Xuan Huaifeng said sternly, "Let me tell you clearly, the General Administration of Customs, if you don't let me go back to work, that's your right as the chief, so I won't say it. However, since it's a vacation, I have vacationers The right to freedom. When I want to go out, I am not restricted by anyone.”
Bai Xuelan frowned, "You are clamoring to go out, where exactly do you want to go?"
Xuan Huaifeng said, "There is no specific place. It's just my power. It's very uncomfortable to be deprived of it. If you are locked in a place and have to be allowed by another person to go out, I don't believe you will be at ease. Where can I go? You know all the people I socialize with, but they are just a few poor friends, scholars who talk about literature and science. Or when you are bored for a while, go to a movie, go to the park to see the lake, and relax , do you have to allow..."
Before he could finish speaking, Bai Xuelan raised her hand, looked at her watch, waved her hand and said, "Okay, let's not discuss these. I have to go to the Prime Minister's Office today, and I can't be late. This question, wait for me I'll talk to you later when I have time."
Xuan Huaifeng said, "I don't think there is any need to talk about it. Can a person's right to move freely be taken away by talking about it?"
Bai Xuelan couldn't help laughing, she came up to embrace Xuan Huaifeng, pressed a kiss on his lips, and left in a hurry.
After Bai Xuelan went out, within half an hour, a phone call came, and the servant asked Xuan Huaifeng to answer it in the study.
As soon as Xuan Huaifeng picked it up, it turned out to be Huang Wanshan.
Huang Wanshan asked on the phone, "Today I got paid for the manuscript, and I invite all my friends to the restaurant, will you come?"
Xuan Huaifeng wondered, "It's so generous, you even invite your friends to restaurants after you get paid, so how do you spend elsewhere?"
Huang Wanshan said, "Stop teasing me. I can't take you out of restaurants every time I get paid for my manuscript. I'm not that rich. As friends, you may not have the heart to eat me like this. It's just that this time it's a big manuscript, the editor-in-chief I like it very much, and the money I give is more than usual. I will take out ten yuan and be a host, and everyone will have a good time. It’s okay. How about it, whether you will come or not, let me know.”
Xuan Huaifeng asked, "Of course, I'm on vacation and I'm very depressed. I just want to go out for a walk. Where can I eat? What time is the appointment?"
Huang Wanshan told him the address of the restaurant he had chosen, and said, "The business there is very good, and many people from Hubei like to patronize, so it is difficult to find a seat at night. We only eat at noon, you go out quickly, and I have to ask you to help me." I will also invite Xie Caifu."
Xuan Huaifeng said, "You are still so irritable, how can you invite guests in such a hurry? Make a temporary lunch appointment, and if no one else tells you, he will never come. It's so little time at noon, and he still has class in the afternoon. Is it for you? Traveling under the sun for a meal like this is not enough to eat.”
Huang Wanshan asked, "Don't you know? He has been fired, so where can he still have classes? We hesitate at home every day, and we are discussing how to find him an errand."
Xuan Huaifeng was taken aback, "When did it happen? I don't know at all."
Huang Wanshan said, "The last time I was a guest in your big mansion, I heard him mention it. By the way, you went outside to receive guests, so you didn't know. Don't talk about this now, let's talk about the restaurant. What's going on?"
Xuan Huaifeng said, "Then I'll go out, go to Xie Caifu's place, and invite him to eat your host."
hang up the phone.
After Xuan Huaifeng changed his coat, he was a little hesitant. If he passed this way, he might be stopped by Song Ren again. Could it be that he made a phone call to the General Administration of Customs first and asked Bai Xuelan for permission?
this is not good.
I want to fight for my own rights. Once this example is opened, it will be the first to give up my freedom. From then on, this mansion will naturally become a prison. What's the point?
So, he walked towards the door without saying a word.
As soon as he reached the gatehouse, Song Ren strode over and asked in his loud voice, "Adjutant Xuan, are you going out? Where are you going?"
Xuan Huaifeng said, "A treat for friends, let's go to a restaurant."
Song Ren asked, "Does President Bai know?"
Xuan Huaifeng said, "This is something I call a friend, no one needs to know."
Song Ren frowned the two thick eyebrows that are typical of a big man in Shandong, and said sternly, "Just now, when the chief went out, he specifically told him that Adjutant Xuan might be bored at home and was thinking of going out, so he asked us to be more careful. Adjutant Xuan, don't be angry, brothers are also following orders."
Xuan Huaifeng was taken aback, never expecting that Bai Xuelan would not reflect on the conversation before going out, but also left such words for Song Ren.
After Song Ren finished speaking, he waved his hand.
Several guards ran over with long guns, stood in a row, and guarded the gate tightly.
Xuan Huaifeng looked at Song Ren, "Why, are you still going to tell them to shoot me?"
Song Ren's duty was also entrusted by Bai Xuelan. When he mentioned the issue of going out, he acted like a soldier guarding his position, refusing to budge an inch, saying, "If you really force your way, we have no choice but to send someone to go out immediately." Go and invite the chief back. Anyway, the chief and you can always reach an agreement. I'll call now, what do you think?"
Seeing this situation, the people around knew that Adjutant Xuan was blocked when he was about to go out.
The porter poked his head out of the room, and the passing footmen also stopped, standing far behind the pillars to take a fresh look.
Xuanhuai is very angry.
He wanted to scold someone, but he knew that Song Ren in front of him was not the one he should scold.Besides, he is not someone who can yell and curse, the more irritable he is, the more unable to open his mouth.
If it's about going out for dinner, calling Bai Xuelan back temporarily and arguing face to face, it would be very imposing.
Xuan Huaifeng was stunned for a long time, managed to calm down, and said coldly, "Don't bother you, I can make the phone call myself. This truth will have to be explained sooner or later."
Turning around and going to the study, the dissatisfaction in my heart could not be suppressed no matter what, I picked up the phone, dialed the General Administration of Customs, and said that I wanted to find Mr. Bai.
But the other end of the phone said, "President Bai didn't return to the Yamen today."
Only then did Xuan Huaifeng remember that Bai Xuelan said that she was going to the Prime Minister's Office today.
It is impossible to dial the phone to the Prime Minister's Office.
He put down the phone and thought about it, why not go today, he was so angry, even if he could go out and meet acquaintances, they would inevitably see his face, this is not a glorious thing, it will only be said Be laughed at.
After pausing for a while, he was not as excited as before, but with a heavy heart, he turned out the small notebook where he kept the phone number, found Huang Wanshan's number, and dialed it.
Fortunately, Huang Wanshan was still at the newspaper office. After answering the phone, he said, "You are really busy. You have only made an appointment for a long time. After an hour, you regret it."
Xuan Huaifeng repeatedly apologized.
Huang Wanshan said, "Forget it, you can't delay your serious business. You don't have to worry about Xie Caifu. I'll ask Taiping to talk to him. Are you really not coming? I called the Ouyang mansion just now, and Miss Ouyang also said to come." .She asked if you would come, and I said you would definitely come. This is great, but it turns out that I am a liar.”
Xuan Huaifeng didn't care about this, and just said, "When she arrives at the restaurant, you explain to her. Miss Ouyang is very generous, and she won't say that you are a liar. I will do it later when I am done with this matter." Dong Dao, apologize to everyone.”
Huang Wanshan said, "You have to keep your word."
The two hung up the phone.
Xuan Huaifeng now knows that he is trapped in the mansion. He is an adjutant or lover in name, but he is actually a prisoner.
Bai Xuelan has countless advantages, but when it comes to disadvantages, this domineering one is extremely unbearable.
He sat on the sofa, the more he thought about it, the more he felt uncomfortable. He wanted to vent, but he couldn't.
Standing up abruptly, he tugged at the bell rope and shook it.
A servant ran in and asked what orders he had. Xuan Huaifeng said, "Tell Song Ren that I want to practice with the gun and send some bullets."
He went to the room by himself and found the Browning that Bai Xuelan gave him.
Song Ren heard that he was going to practice guns, but Bai Xuelan would not forbid him.Song Ren rushed to ask someone to set up targets in the yard, and personally delivered the two big boxes of bullets.
Xuan Huaifeng took off the suit he was wearing when he went out, and changed into a thin long gown, the cuffs were tied up with cloth string, looking very capable.
The bullets were unboxed and scattered on the white open-air table. He picked them up one by one, and put the clips on the ground.
After fiddling with the gun, he spread his feet slightly, raised his shoulders, and took a slight look at the target in the distance, bang!boom!Two shots were thrown.
Song Ren applauded beside him, "Adjutant Xuan, you have good marksmanship!"
Xuan Huaifeng was annoying him, so he didn't talk to him, and silently fired a few more shots. Except for one nine rings, the rest were all ten rings.
Another clip was emptied, and this time, there was no nine rings.
All ten rings!
Xuan Huaifeng was also secretly surprised, he was actually too bored to practice guns for fun, but he was more accurate than usual.
Can't help remembering that sentence Bai Xuelan said, put your heart in your eyes.
Don't force it, but understand it more.
Thinking of this, I unknowingly forgot about being angry, and concentrated on studying more and more. Not only did I practice the speed of reloading, but I also deliberately found out the gun holster and tied it around my waist to see how fast and accurate I can draw my gun.
In the backyard of the Bai mansion, gunshots continued, bang bang bang bang, for a long time.
After the two big boxes were shot, the targets had been changed several times.
Song Ren looked at those targets, and they were able to pass through holes the size of fists. He sincerely praised, "Adjutant Xuan, with your hand, even in our Shandong Army, you can rank high."
Xuan Huaifeng asked back, "Does anyone who can rank high in your Shandong Army always ask your Commander Bai before going out for a meal?"
Song Rennan smirked, scratched his head, and said, "I won't argue with you on this matter."
Xuan Huaifeng said, "If you want to fight, you can't."
Song Ren said, "Yes! Yes! That's the reason. The chief is the one who decides. I'm a big bastard. What kind of dog's tail is a sesame seed? Adjutant Xuan, I offended you just now. Don't be angry with me. In fact, in my heart, I know you are a good guy and have a lot of skills. Look, how good you are at shooting."
Strong punches don't hit smiling faces.
Xuan Huaifeng saw that he was such a strong and strong man, he carefully praised himself for a long time, and he was too narrow-minded to make trouble with others, so he smiled helplessly, "Let's not talk about anything else, let's practice guns. Take some more Give me the bullet."
Song Ren was speechless, "Do you still want to practice? Don't you take a break?"
Xuan Huaifeng said, "Of course I practice, I'm having fun."
Song Ren persuaded with a smile, "Adjutant Xuan, this gun has recoil. You have shot a lot. If you practice again, if you don't feel good now, your arms will be so sore tomorrow that you can't lift it. I'm not a rarity for bullets. I really think about you."
When Xuan Huaifeng heard it, what he said made sense, and he shouldn't ignore the kindness of others.
But locked in the mansion, with no work to do, no mood to read, no gun practice, what do you do to spend time?
Besides, I am having a good time practicing.
Today was the happiest fight, so he had to fire the gun, but he was a little bit reluctant.
Xuan Huaifeng held the heavy pistol in his hand, twirled it twice, and grinned, "I see. You'd better bring some more bullets. I don't use my right hand. Try the left hand. This way the right hand can rest. When I wake up tomorrow, I won’t be too sore.”
Song Ren's eyes lit up, "Left hand? This is good! If you practice well, you can use double guns! You can do it!"
Xuan Huaifeng said, "Just try it. Go get the bullets."
Song Ren responded loudly, "Okay!"
He rushed to get the bullets in a hurry.
After a while, he came back with the bullets in his hand, and while helping to unpack the box, he said cheerfully, "Adjutant Xuan, in our Shandong Army, there are also many people who use double guns, but they are not very good. What about these two guns?" , I also practiced before, and I planned to practice a hand at that time to earn some face in front of the commander. Sigh, it’s really difficult to practice.”
Song Ren shook his head.
"I'm not good with my left hand. I aimed at the target. When I pulled the trigger, the shot went off. I don't know what happened. Anyway, this kind of thing is not something that everyone can practice. The commander said, what should I pay attention to?" What a talent! Some people are good at aiming with the left hand, but not with the right. If the right hand is good at aiming the head, the left hand is not so accurate. The commander said that the number of people under him who are really good at using two guns does not exceed this number. .” Stretched out a slap, and shook it at Xuan Huaifeng.
"Less than five?"
Song Ren laughed and said, "Our commander loves people who are capable. If you are good with two guns, you will be in his eyes. At that time, if you go to Shandong to meet us and see the commander, just show your hand and keep the commander for you. Smiling and squinting."
Xuan Huaifeng asked in astonishment, "I'm going to Shandong to see Commander Bai? What are you doing seeing him?"
Song Ren said, "You have followed the chief, and one day you have to see your elders, right? It's not easy for two big men, but you should see them, and you must see them. You can't hide forever."
He spoke quickly, but Xuan Huaifeng suddenly fell silent. When he looked up, Xuan Huaifeng had no expression on his face.
Song Ren panicked, and quickly tried to make amends, "Adjutant Xuan, I'm clumsy and tongue-twisting. Don't worry if I said something wrong. Oh, Song Ren, you stupid ass, why are you chewing on other people's affairs? You should be beaten!"
He raised his hand and slapped himself across the face.
Wanting to slap him again, Xuan Huaifeng took his hand hard and said, "Talk about a few idle words, why are you slapping yourself so hard? Start practicing guns."
Holding the loaded Browning in his left hand, he turned around and walked to the sideline, raised his left arm flat, tried to aim at the target, and said with a smile, "Sure enough, I'm not used to it, the Chinese are still right-handed."
On the right in front, there is a guard standing with a long gun on his back. He is waiting there to be greeted at any time, to help replace the target and to send the used target to run errands.
Xuan Huaifeng was worried, and gestured to him, "Stay farther away, my gun is not sure, so don't fly on you."
The guard also saw that he was holding the gun in his left hand, and when he heard what he said, he hurried away dozens of steps.
Only then did Xuan Huaifeng aim at the target, and fired with a bang.
On this day, Bai Xuelan hadn't seen her shadow until six o'clock.
Xuan Huaifeng was very tired after practicing the gun all day, and because he was not allowed to be free, he was still a little bored, so he didn't wait for Bai Xuelan, asked the housekeeper to deliver dinner, and ate alone.
The butler personally delivered the food and asked Xuan Huaifeng if he had any other orders.
Xuan Huaifeng didn't pay much attention to it at first, but his arm ached a little as soon as he carried the bowl. He knew that he had practiced too much today, so he couldn't help but slightly frowned, and said to the housekeeper, "The chief is not here. If I eat alone in the future, I don't need to use these things. , one vegetarian, one meat, and a bowl of white rice. Now many people outside can't even drink porridge, so let's not be too extravagant. Also, I didn't tell you about Fu San..."
"This! Adjutant Xuan, I can't do anything about it." The housekeeper said hastily.
Seeing Xuan Huaifeng frowning, he had already wondered why he was dissatisfied with him, but when he suddenly heard him mention Fu San, he was taken aback.
Most likely, he secretly reported the matter to the chief, and Adjutant Xuan found out about it.
Adjutant Xuan is a big celebrity next to the chief, of course it would be serious to offend the chief, but if he offended Adjutant Xuan, the consequences would be very serious.
However, Adjutant Xuan is a nice person, so he is easier to deal with than the Chief.
The butler said with a bitter face, "As soon as the chief came back, he asked how those things were stolen. You know, I am an honest person, and I am the worst liar. When the chief stared, I told the truth. It’s really not that I dare not disobey your orders, it’s really... Chief Tianwei..."
Xuan Huaifeng was still in a daze at first, not knowing why the butler was so flustered, he understood, and laughed, "So that's what you said. Good guy, I don't ask, you still plan to hide it."
"No, no, even if you don't ask, of course I'm telling the truth."
Xuan Huaifeng laughed and scolded, "Forget it. I grew up in a mansion, and I know a little bit about the minds of housekeepers and servants. Nine out of ten of you people rely on informants to get rewards. I was a one-timer yesterday. I didn’t think about it clearly, so I was confused and asked you to help me lie. After thinking about it, it won’t work. If you are the housekeeper in the mansion, if you help others to deceive the owner of the mansion, what is going on? I helped A footman, instead dragged you into the water."
The butler looked at Xuan Huaifeng's face, he didn't look angry, he relaxed a little, and said with a smile, "That's not what I said, I don't have the guts to lie to the chief."
Xuan Huaifeng said, "So I took a chance last night, told him the truth, and asked him to show his respect. I said, why didn't he ask a word about the theft, so you have already informed me. I am not enough Clever, should have thought of that earlier."
The butler bowed, "Just don't be angry with us servants."
Xuan Huaifeng said, "I just wanted to tell you about Fu San, you don't need to help me lie, I've confessed, what do you want to say, feel free to tell the chief. Now, I can naturally say what I said. Save me. But I want to make sure, how is Fu San now? The chief said he was let go, but did he really not pursue it?"
The steward said, "Adjutant Xuan can rest assured, the chief has done nothing wrong. In fact, it's a godsend for such a cheap thing to get kicked out without a beating. Now the chief let him keep this job. I gave him ginseng and asked him to take it back and boil it for his old mother to eat."
Xuan Huaifeng couldn't help smiling.
Not for Fu San.
Hearing the housekeeper talk about Bai Xuelan like this, my heart felt strangely hot.
It seemed that the person did one good deed, and it was more enjoyable than doing ten good deeds by himself.
In his mind, he thought of Bai Xuelan's kindness and generosity when he rescued the weak and helpless.
Xuan Huaifeng said with a smile, "You will take care of him more in the future, and tell him not to steal again."
The housekeeper said, "The chief treats him like this, and he still steals. God will strike him dead with lightning."
After eating, Xuan Huaifeng's arm hurt more and more.
The first time I shot a gun with my left hand, it hurt more than my right hand. It was sore and sore. I changed my clothes after taking a bath, but I had to grit my teeth before putting them on.
He didn't dare to do anything else, so he simply turned off the lights early and went to sleep.
In the middle of the night, it was hazy, listening to the pendulum clock strike, it was already one o'clock in the morning, the night wind came in through the window, and the back was slightly cool.
Xuan Huaifeng turned over with his eyes closed, and moved his hand to the side.
Pounced empty.
He didn't touch the familiar warm and strong body, and when his palm touched the bed sheet, a burst of silky coldness came over him.
Xuan Huaifeng couldn't help waking up, opened his eyes and saw Bai Xuelan's shadow.
Why hasn't this person come back now?
Powerful men often spend their days drinking and drinking, and don't come home at night. Xuan Huaifeng also knows it. One is his brother-in-law who is young and rich, and the other is his father Xuan Commander. They are all typical examples.
But since Bai Xuelan got along with him, it was not like this.
Xuan Huaifeng thought again, thinking of the people Bai Xuelan had offended outside.
I was ambushed by cigarette dealers on the road before, Bai Xuelan was shot in the arm, and then there was another gunfight in Jinghua Building, tonight...
Xuan Huaifeng's whole body tensed up, and he sat up abruptly, his heart pounding, as if foreshadowing something bad happened.Dragging his increasingly sore arms, he hurried out of bed and rang the bell.
After a long while, a servant rubbed his confused eyes and asked, "Adjutant Xuan, what are your orders?"
Xuan Huaifeng asked, "Has the chief not come back yet?"
The footman said, "No."
Xuan Huaifeng said, "Did you call back and tell me where he went?"
The servant said, "I don't care about the phone room. I'll go and ask for you. Would you like some hot tea? Shall I make one?"
Xuan Huaifeng shook his head, "I don't drink tea, you go and ask."
The footman turned and left.
Xuan Huaifeng was waiting in the room, restless and restless.
I wanted to pour myself a glass of boiled water, but my arm was so sore that I couldn't even lift the water bottle.
It was a burst of unreasonable fear.
After waiting for twenty minutes, as if he had been suffering for several hours, Xuan Huaifeng couldn't wait any longer, and wanted to go to the telephone room by himself, dial a phone call to the Prime Minister's Office, and just stepped out of the door, and saw Something moves in the darkness.
The footman was coming from the other end.
Xuan Huaifeng waited patiently for him to arrive, and asked, "How is it? Where is the chief?"
The servant said, "There is no one in the phone room. I can't find out if anyone has called back. However, the concierge said that the driver brought the chief's car back at ten o'clock. The driver said that the chief and a large group of people I went to Wutong Alley, so I won’t go home to sleep tonight. It’s not easy to park in the alley, so he’ll drive back to the mansion first, and pick up the chief tomorrow morning.”
Xuan Huaifeng asked, "Is that so?"
The footman said, "That's it."
Xuan Huaifeng asked, "Where is Wutong Alley?"
The servant smiled mysteriously, and said in a low voice, "You are so serious, you don't even know about Wutong Lane. A few years ago, Wicker Lane was famous for this kind of place, but now young and beautiful women can't afford much. Quite a few people started to trade in flesh and blood, and Liutiaoer Alley was too crowded, so they all went to Wutong Alley to do business. In the past two years, people who know what to buy have all gone to Wutong Alley.”
Wicker Lane is a notorious place in the capital, and Xuan Huaifeng has also heard of it.
From what the servant said, Wutong Alley is undoubtedly a place where private prostitutes solicit customers and flirt with flesh and blood.
Xuan Huaifeng suddenly felt nauseous for a while.
He said to the footman, "You can make me a cup of tea."
The footman came over with a cup of hot Pu'er and put it on the table.
Xuan Huaifeng nodded and said, "Thank you for your hard work, go to sleep."
After the footman left, he sat down at the table, looked at the cup of steaming Pu'er tea, and remained motionless.
After a long time, the cup was no longer steaming, but he still watched it quietly.
In the silence, the big pendulum clock clicked lightly, and then rang twice dully.
Xuan Huaifeng seemed to have been knocked on the head by this dull pendulum, with a faint dull pain, but it seemed that his soul was knocked out of his body in an instant, and he was slowly floating in mid-air, looking at the person who was sitting at the table, silent to the cold tea Own.
He didn't believe it.
Bai Xuelan is not such a person.
He didn't believe it in his heart, he was so blind.
I fell in love with Qijun before, and Qijun praised actors outside, one after another, but he was a fool, he was still determined, and he was angry with Bai Xuelan and this.
Now, he loves Bai Xuelan.
Bai Xuelan used to hold opera singers, he knew it, didn't Yuliuhua and Bai Yunfei invite them to come?
Now people don't come to the door anymore, Bai Xuelan has gone out to visit Wutong Alley.
Xuan Huaifeng only felt his throat a little bit bitter, as if he had swallowed bitter Chinese medicine, and the discomfort seeped out from it.
"I don't believe it." He gritted his teeth and whispered a few words.
For such a small matter, he should never make a fuss.
What's more, he didn't believe it.
Just now I waited for the news for twenty minutes, one minute seemed like a year, now the time is passing fast in the quiet night, Xuan Huaifeng only sat for a while, and heard the big pendulum clock strike three times.
After sitting quietly for a while, he knocked four more times.
Even though it was summer, I sat barefoot for a long time at night, and a little bit of chill also seeped up from the square brick floor, sticking to the calf and seeping in.
For no reason, Xuan Huaifeng recalled that night when he hid outside the window and listened to the few lines of "Xi Shi" that Bai Xuelan sang in a low voice in the room.
"I just feel that time flies like an arrow..."
"Unlimited, worry and hate, all the way to the brow..."
really.
really.
After time flies like an arrow, what follows is naturally infinite sorrow and hatred.
It can be seen that liking someone is really a suffering thing.
Bai Xuelan just gave Fu San a few ginseng plants, and she was so happy; Bai Xuelan just didn't return overnight, and she felt so uncomfortable.
In the future, if there are other bigger movements, if the two of them have more unhappiness, wouldn't it be even more painful?
Thinking of this, Xuan Huaifeng sighed, unable to think about it.
He hummed the tune of "Xi Shi" in his memory in a low voice.
Intermittently, I sang a large section I remembered back and forth, it seemed that my heart was no longer so depressed and painful, and I couldn't help thinking to myself, Bai Xuelan couldn't be like this.
Sleepiness gradually rolled up.
The pendulum clock struck again.
This time, Xuan Huaifeng ignored it knocking a few times, closed his eyes, rested his forehead on his forearm, just fell on the table, and fell asleep soundlessly.
The servant brought over the usual newspapers that arrived in the morning. Xuan Huaifeng picked out a copy of "Chamber of Commerce Daily" and read it with one hand while drinking gruel. After reading it, he asked Bai Xuelan in surprise , "What? It's a trivial matter, and you led troops to arrest people?"
Bai Xuelan mixed the rice with marinated gravy, and said without raising her head, "Well, not many, I just caught two or three. Lock up these demons and goblins to suppress evil spirits. My customs office is just a demon tower. "
Xuan Huaifeng said, "You have to be careful, arresting people indiscriminately will set you on fire."
Bai Xuelan said, "Am I that kind of muddleheaded? Of course I caught my braids, so I grabbed them. Alright, let's eat quickly. Last night I said I had an upset stomach. Now I'm eating while reading the newspaper. Then, I'll make it halfway next time, so don't complain about your stomachache."
Xuan Huaifeng glanced at him, "Early in the morning, you only think about evil places. I think the customs office should lock you up a few times first, to suppress your evil spirit."
Bai Xuelan laughed, picked up the remaining two rice in the bowl, dropped the bowl, stood behind Xuan Huaifeng, bent down and put her head on his shoulder, put her arms around him and asked, "Tell me, why am I so evil?" Now? If you don’t understand, I won’t forgive you.”
Xuan Huaifeng held the bowl in the air, and yelled, "Don't make a fuss, don't make a fuss, look, the porridge is spilled."
Bai Xuelan said, "This porridge is good. If you feed me two bites like last night, I will let you go."
Xuan Huaifeng said, "I was drunk last night, if I was sober, I would never do that kind of thing."
Bai Xuelan asked with a smile, "That kind of thing? What kind?"
Xuan Huaifeng blushed, and bumped his elbow back against Bai Xuelan's waist.Bai Xuelan let out a cry of pain and let go.
Xuan Huaifeng turned his head, looked him in the eyes, and said calmly, "You don't have to pretend, how can it hurt like this after such a bump? I didn't use any force."
Seeing that he had seen through, Bai Xuelan stopped pretending, showed her white teeth and smiled, and said meaningfully, "You didn't use any strength? No wonder, I said that elbow is as comfortable as being touched by someone."
The two chatted and laughed, and passed a breakfast.
Xuan Huaifeng continued, "Yesterday I told Song Ren that I wanted to go out. He said that without your consent, he dared not let me go out. Let me ask, now, am I being locked up by you again? This lock-up When will it be closed again?"
Bai Xuelan asked, "Where did you want to go yesterday? To see Mrs. Nian?"
Xuan Huaifeng said, "How can I go to see it every day? My sister is about to give birth recently, and I don't have the energy to treat it like this. I was too free yesterday, and I plan to go back to the General Administration of Customs to work. There is always something on your side, and I can help. .”
Bai Xuelan said, "You'd better recuperate from your injuries, don't rush to do things."
Xuan Huaifeng said, "The wound is healed, so what else is there to support?"
Bai Xuelan said, "We should rest for a while."
Xuan Huaifeng stopped, looked at Bai Xuelan, and laughed dumbly, "You really plan to put me in confinement, don't you?"
Bai Xuelan said, "How can there be such a thing, why should I put you in confinement?"
Xuan Huaifeng said sternly, "Let me tell you clearly, the General Administration of Customs, if you don't let me go back to work, that's your right as the chief, so I won't say it. However, since it's a vacation, I have vacationers The right to freedom. When I want to go out, I am not restricted by anyone.”
Bai Xuelan frowned, "You are clamoring to go out, where exactly do you want to go?"
Xuan Huaifeng said, "There is no specific place. It's just my power. It's very uncomfortable to be deprived of it. If you are locked in a place and have to be allowed by another person to go out, I don't believe you will be at ease. Where can I go? You know all the people I socialize with, but they are just a few poor friends, scholars who talk about literature and science. Or when you are bored for a while, go to a movie, go to the park to see the lake, and relax , do you have to allow..."
Before he could finish speaking, Bai Xuelan raised her hand, looked at her watch, waved her hand and said, "Okay, let's not discuss these. I have to go to the Prime Minister's Office today, and I can't be late. This question, wait for me I'll talk to you later when I have time."
Xuan Huaifeng said, "I don't think there is any need to talk about it. Can a person's right to move freely be taken away by talking about it?"
Bai Xuelan couldn't help laughing, she came up to embrace Xuan Huaifeng, pressed a kiss on his lips, and left in a hurry.
After Bai Xuelan went out, within half an hour, a phone call came, and the servant asked Xuan Huaifeng to answer it in the study.
As soon as Xuan Huaifeng picked it up, it turned out to be Huang Wanshan.
Huang Wanshan asked on the phone, "Today I got paid for the manuscript, and I invite all my friends to the restaurant, will you come?"
Xuan Huaifeng wondered, "It's so generous, you even invite your friends to restaurants after you get paid, so how do you spend elsewhere?"
Huang Wanshan said, "Stop teasing me. I can't take you out of restaurants every time I get paid for my manuscript. I'm not that rich. As friends, you may not have the heart to eat me like this. It's just that this time it's a big manuscript, the editor-in-chief I like it very much, and the money I give is more than usual. I will take out ten yuan and be a host, and everyone will have a good time. It’s okay. How about it, whether you will come or not, let me know.”
Xuan Huaifeng asked, "Of course, I'm on vacation and I'm very depressed. I just want to go out for a walk. Where can I eat? What time is the appointment?"
Huang Wanshan told him the address of the restaurant he had chosen, and said, "The business there is very good, and many people from Hubei like to patronize, so it is difficult to find a seat at night. We only eat at noon, you go out quickly, and I have to ask you to help me." I will also invite Xie Caifu."
Xuan Huaifeng said, "You are still so irritable, how can you invite guests in such a hurry? Make a temporary lunch appointment, and if no one else tells you, he will never come. It's so little time at noon, and he still has class in the afternoon. Is it for you? Traveling under the sun for a meal like this is not enough to eat.”
Huang Wanshan asked, "Don't you know? He has been fired, so where can he still have classes? We hesitate at home every day, and we are discussing how to find him an errand."
Xuan Huaifeng was taken aback, "When did it happen? I don't know at all."
Huang Wanshan said, "The last time I was a guest in your big mansion, I heard him mention it. By the way, you went outside to receive guests, so you didn't know. Don't talk about this now, let's talk about the restaurant. What's going on?"
Xuan Huaifeng said, "Then I'll go out, go to Xie Caifu's place, and invite him to eat your host."
hang up the phone.
After Xuan Huaifeng changed his coat, he was a little hesitant. If he passed this way, he might be stopped by Song Ren again. Could it be that he made a phone call to the General Administration of Customs first and asked Bai Xuelan for permission?
this is not good.
I want to fight for my own rights. Once this example is opened, it will be the first to give up my freedom. From then on, this mansion will naturally become a prison. What's the point?
So, he walked towards the door without saying a word.
As soon as he reached the gatehouse, Song Ren strode over and asked in his loud voice, "Adjutant Xuan, are you going out? Where are you going?"
Xuan Huaifeng said, "A treat for friends, let's go to a restaurant."
Song Ren asked, "Does President Bai know?"
Xuan Huaifeng said, "This is something I call a friend, no one needs to know."
Song Ren frowned the two thick eyebrows that are typical of a big man in Shandong, and said sternly, "Just now, when the chief went out, he specifically told him that Adjutant Xuan might be bored at home and was thinking of going out, so he asked us to be more careful. Adjutant Xuan, don't be angry, brothers are also following orders."
Xuan Huaifeng was taken aback, never expecting that Bai Xuelan would not reflect on the conversation before going out, but also left such words for Song Ren.
After Song Ren finished speaking, he waved his hand.
Several guards ran over with long guns, stood in a row, and guarded the gate tightly.
Xuan Huaifeng looked at Song Ren, "Why, are you still going to tell them to shoot me?"
Song Ren's duty was also entrusted by Bai Xuelan. When he mentioned the issue of going out, he acted like a soldier guarding his position, refusing to budge an inch, saying, "If you really force your way, we have no choice but to send someone to go out immediately." Go and invite the chief back. Anyway, the chief and you can always reach an agreement. I'll call now, what do you think?"
Seeing this situation, the people around knew that Adjutant Xuan was blocked when he was about to go out.
The porter poked his head out of the room, and the passing footmen also stopped, standing far behind the pillars to take a fresh look.
Xuanhuai is very angry.
He wanted to scold someone, but he knew that Song Ren in front of him was not the one he should scold.Besides, he is not someone who can yell and curse, the more irritable he is, the more unable to open his mouth.
If it's about going out for dinner, calling Bai Xuelan back temporarily and arguing face to face, it would be very imposing.
Xuan Huaifeng was stunned for a long time, managed to calm down, and said coldly, "Don't bother you, I can make the phone call myself. This truth will have to be explained sooner or later."
Turning around and going to the study, the dissatisfaction in my heart could not be suppressed no matter what, I picked up the phone, dialed the General Administration of Customs, and said that I wanted to find Mr. Bai.
But the other end of the phone said, "President Bai didn't return to the Yamen today."
Only then did Xuan Huaifeng remember that Bai Xuelan said that she was going to the Prime Minister's Office today.
It is impossible to dial the phone to the Prime Minister's Office.
He put down the phone and thought about it, why not go today, he was so angry, even if he could go out and meet acquaintances, they would inevitably see his face, this is not a glorious thing, it will only be said Be laughed at.
After pausing for a while, he was not as excited as before, but with a heavy heart, he turned out the small notebook where he kept the phone number, found Huang Wanshan's number, and dialed it.
Fortunately, Huang Wanshan was still at the newspaper office. After answering the phone, he said, "You are really busy. You have only made an appointment for a long time. After an hour, you regret it."
Xuan Huaifeng repeatedly apologized.
Huang Wanshan said, "Forget it, you can't delay your serious business. You don't have to worry about Xie Caifu. I'll ask Taiping to talk to him. Are you really not coming? I called the Ouyang mansion just now, and Miss Ouyang also said to come." .She asked if you would come, and I said you would definitely come. This is great, but it turns out that I am a liar.”
Xuan Huaifeng didn't care about this, and just said, "When she arrives at the restaurant, you explain to her. Miss Ouyang is very generous, and she won't say that you are a liar. I will do it later when I am done with this matter." Dong Dao, apologize to everyone.”
Huang Wanshan said, "You have to keep your word."
The two hung up the phone.
Xuan Huaifeng now knows that he is trapped in the mansion. He is an adjutant or lover in name, but he is actually a prisoner.
Bai Xuelan has countless advantages, but when it comes to disadvantages, this domineering one is extremely unbearable.
He sat on the sofa, the more he thought about it, the more he felt uncomfortable. He wanted to vent, but he couldn't.
Standing up abruptly, he tugged at the bell rope and shook it.
A servant ran in and asked what orders he had. Xuan Huaifeng said, "Tell Song Ren that I want to practice with the gun and send some bullets."
He went to the room by himself and found the Browning that Bai Xuelan gave him.
Song Ren heard that he was going to practice guns, but Bai Xuelan would not forbid him.Song Ren rushed to ask someone to set up targets in the yard, and personally delivered the two big boxes of bullets.
Xuan Huaifeng took off the suit he was wearing when he went out, and changed into a thin long gown, the cuffs were tied up with cloth string, looking very capable.
The bullets were unboxed and scattered on the white open-air table. He picked them up one by one, and put the clips on the ground.
After fiddling with the gun, he spread his feet slightly, raised his shoulders, and took a slight look at the target in the distance, bang!boom!Two shots were thrown.
Song Ren applauded beside him, "Adjutant Xuan, you have good marksmanship!"
Xuan Huaifeng was annoying him, so he didn't talk to him, and silently fired a few more shots. Except for one nine rings, the rest were all ten rings.
Another clip was emptied, and this time, there was no nine rings.
All ten rings!
Xuan Huaifeng was also secretly surprised, he was actually too bored to practice guns for fun, but he was more accurate than usual.
Can't help remembering that sentence Bai Xuelan said, put your heart in your eyes.
Don't force it, but understand it more.
Thinking of this, I unknowingly forgot about being angry, and concentrated on studying more and more. Not only did I practice the speed of reloading, but I also deliberately found out the gun holster and tied it around my waist to see how fast and accurate I can draw my gun.
In the backyard of the Bai mansion, gunshots continued, bang bang bang bang, for a long time.
After the two big boxes were shot, the targets had been changed several times.
Song Ren looked at those targets, and they were able to pass through holes the size of fists. He sincerely praised, "Adjutant Xuan, with your hand, even in our Shandong Army, you can rank high."
Xuan Huaifeng asked back, "Does anyone who can rank high in your Shandong Army always ask your Commander Bai before going out for a meal?"
Song Rennan smirked, scratched his head, and said, "I won't argue with you on this matter."
Xuan Huaifeng said, "If you want to fight, you can't."
Song Ren said, "Yes! Yes! That's the reason. The chief is the one who decides. I'm a big bastard. What kind of dog's tail is a sesame seed? Adjutant Xuan, I offended you just now. Don't be angry with me. In fact, in my heart, I know you are a good guy and have a lot of skills. Look, how good you are at shooting."
Strong punches don't hit smiling faces.
Xuan Huaifeng saw that he was such a strong and strong man, he carefully praised himself for a long time, and he was too narrow-minded to make trouble with others, so he smiled helplessly, "Let's not talk about anything else, let's practice guns. Take some more Give me the bullet."
Song Ren was speechless, "Do you still want to practice? Don't you take a break?"
Xuan Huaifeng said, "Of course I practice, I'm having fun."
Song Ren persuaded with a smile, "Adjutant Xuan, this gun has recoil. You have shot a lot. If you practice again, if you don't feel good now, your arms will be so sore tomorrow that you can't lift it. I'm not a rarity for bullets. I really think about you."
When Xuan Huaifeng heard it, what he said made sense, and he shouldn't ignore the kindness of others.
But locked in the mansion, with no work to do, no mood to read, no gun practice, what do you do to spend time?
Besides, I am having a good time practicing.
Today was the happiest fight, so he had to fire the gun, but he was a little bit reluctant.
Xuan Huaifeng held the heavy pistol in his hand, twirled it twice, and grinned, "I see. You'd better bring some more bullets. I don't use my right hand. Try the left hand. This way the right hand can rest. When I wake up tomorrow, I won’t be too sore.”
Song Ren's eyes lit up, "Left hand? This is good! If you practice well, you can use double guns! You can do it!"
Xuan Huaifeng said, "Just try it. Go get the bullets."
Song Ren responded loudly, "Okay!"
He rushed to get the bullets in a hurry.
After a while, he came back with the bullets in his hand, and while helping to unpack the box, he said cheerfully, "Adjutant Xuan, in our Shandong Army, there are also many people who use double guns, but they are not very good. What about these two guns?" , I also practiced before, and I planned to practice a hand at that time to earn some face in front of the commander. Sigh, it’s really difficult to practice.”
Song Ren shook his head.
"I'm not good with my left hand. I aimed at the target. When I pulled the trigger, the shot went off. I don't know what happened. Anyway, this kind of thing is not something that everyone can practice. The commander said, what should I pay attention to?" What a talent! Some people are good at aiming with the left hand, but not with the right. If the right hand is good at aiming the head, the left hand is not so accurate. The commander said that the number of people under him who are really good at using two guns does not exceed this number. .” Stretched out a slap, and shook it at Xuan Huaifeng.
"Less than five?"
Song Ren laughed and said, "Our commander loves people who are capable. If you are good with two guns, you will be in his eyes. At that time, if you go to Shandong to meet us and see the commander, just show your hand and keep the commander for you. Smiling and squinting."
Xuan Huaifeng asked in astonishment, "I'm going to Shandong to see Commander Bai? What are you doing seeing him?"
Song Ren said, "You have followed the chief, and one day you have to see your elders, right? It's not easy for two big men, but you should see them, and you must see them. You can't hide forever."
He spoke quickly, but Xuan Huaifeng suddenly fell silent. When he looked up, Xuan Huaifeng had no expression on his face.
Song Ren panicked, and quickly tried to make amends, "Adjutant Xuan, I'm clumsy and tongue-twisting. Don't worry if I said something wrong. Oh, Song Ren, you stupid ass, why are you chewing on other people's affairs? You should be beaten!"
He raised his hand and slapped himself across the face.
Wanting to slap him again, Xuan Huaifeng took his hand hard and said, "Talk about a few idle words, why are you slapping yourself so hard? Start practicing guns."
Holding the loaded Browning in his left hand, he turned around and walked to the sideline, raised his left arm flat, tried to aim at the target, and said with a smile, "Sure enough, I'm not used to it, the Chinese are still right-handed."
On the right in front, there is a guard standing with a long gun on his back. He is waiting there to be greeted at any time, to help replace the target and to send the used target to run errands.
Xuan Huaifeng was worried, and gestured to him, "Stay farther away, my gun is not sure, so don't fly on you."
The guard also saw that he was holding the gun in his left hand, and when he heard what he said, he hurried away dozens of steps.
Only then did Xuan Huaifeng aim at the target, and fired with a bang.
On this day, Bai Xuelan hadn't seen her shadow until six o'clock.
Xuan Huaifeng was very tired after practicing the gun all day, and because he was not allowed to be free, he was still a little bored, so he didn't wait for Bai Xuelan, asked the housekeeper to deliver dinner, and ate alone.
The butler personally delivered the food and asked Xuan Huaifeng if he had any other orders.
Xuan Huaifeng didn't pay much attention to it at first, but his arm ached a little as soon as he carried the bowl. He knew that he had practiced too much today, so he couldn't help but slightly frowned, and said to the housekeeper, "The chief is not here. If I eat alone in the future, I don't need to use these things. , one vegetarian, one meat, and a bowl of white rice. Now many people outside can't even drink porridge, so let's not be too extravagant. Also, I didn't tell you about Fu San..."
"This! Adjutant Xuan, I can't do anything about it." The housekeeper said hastily.
Seeing Xuan Huaifeng frowning, he had already wondered why he was dissatisfied with him, but when he suddenly heard him mention Fu San, he was taken aback.
Most likely, he secretly reported the matter to the chief, and Adjutant Xuan found out about it.
Adjutant Xuan is a big celebrity next to the chief, of course it would be serious to offend the chief, but if he offended Adjutant Xuan, the consequences would be very serious.
However, Adjutant Xuan is a nice person, so he is easier to deal with than the Chief.
The butler said with a bitter face, "As soon as the chief came back, he asked how those things were stolen. You know, I am an honest person, and I am the worst liar. When the chief stared, I told the truth. It’s really not that I dare not disobey your orders, it’s really... Chief Tianwei..."
Xuan Huaifeng was still in a daze at first, not knowing why the butler was so flustered, he understood, and laughed, "So that's what you said. Good guy, I don't ask, you still plan to hide it."
"No, no, even if you don't ask, of course I'm telling the truth."
Xuan Huaifeng laughed and scolded, "Forget it. I grew up in a mansion, and I know a little bit about the minds of housekeepers and servants. Nine out of ten of you people rely on informants to get rewards. I was a one-timer yesterday. I didn’t think about it clearly, so I was confused and asked you to help me lie. After thinking about it, it won’t work. If you are the housekeeper in the mansion, if you help others to deceive the owner of the mansion, what is going on? I helped A footman, instead dragged you into the water."
The butler looked at Xuan Huaifeng's face, he didn't look angry, he relaxed a little, and said with a smile, "That's not what I said, I don't have the guts to lie to the chief."
Xuan Huaifeng said, "So I took a chance last night, told him the truth, and asked him to show his respect. I said, why didn't he ask a word about the theft, so you have already informed me. I am not enough Clever, should have thought of that earlier."
The butler bowed, "Just don't be angry with us servants."
Xuan Huaifeng said, "I just wanted to tell you about Fu San, you don't need to help me lie, I've confessed, what do you want to say, feel free to tell the chief. Now, I can naturally say what I said. Save me. But I want to make sure, how is Fu San now? The chief said he was let go, but did he really not pursue it?"
The steward said, "Adjutant Xuan can rest assured, the chief has done nothing wrong. In fact, it's a godsend for such a cheap thing to get kicked out without a beating. Now the chief let him keep this job. I gave him ginseng and asked him to take it back and boil it for his old mother to eat."
Xuan Huaifeng couldn't help smiling.
Not for Fu San.
Hearing the housekeeper talk about Bai Xuelan like this, my heart felt strangely hot.
It seemed that the person did one good deed, and it was more enjoyable than doing ten good deeds by himself.
In his mind, he thought of Bai Xuelan's kindness and generosity when he rescued the weak and helpless.
Xuan Huaifeng said with a smile, "You will take care of him more in the future, and tell him not to steal again."
The housekeeper said, "The chief treats him like this, and he still steals. God will strike him dead with lightning."
After eating, Xuan Huaifeng's arm hurt more and more.
The first time I shot a gun with my left hand, it hurt more than my right hand. It was sore and sore. I changed my clothes after taking a bath, but I had to grit my teeth before putting them on.
He didn't dare to do anything else, so he simply turned off the lights early and went to sleep.
In the middle of the night, it was hazy, listening to the pendulum clock strike, it was already one o'clock in the morning, the night wind came in through the window, and the back was slightly cool.
Xuan Huaifeng turned over with his eyes closed, and moved his hand to the side.
Pounced empty.
He didn't touch the familiar warm and strong body, and when his palm touched the bed sheet, a burst of silky coldness came over him.
Xuan Huaifeng couldn't help waking up, opened his eyes and saw Bai Xuelan's shadow.
Why hasn't this person come back now?
Powerful men often spend their days drinking and drinking, and don't come home at night. Xuan Huaifeng also knows it. One is his brother-in-law who is young and rich, and the other is his father Xuan Commander. They are all typical examples.
But since Bai Xuelan got along with him, it was not like this.
Xuan Huaifeng thought again, thinking of the people Bai Xuelan had offended outside.
I was ambushed by cigarette dealers on the road before, Bai Xuelan was shot in the arm, and then there was another gunfight in Jinghua Building, tonight...
Xuan Huaifeng's whole body tensed up, and he sat up abruptly, his heart pounding, as if foreshadowing something bad happened.Dragging his increasingly sore arms, he hurried out of bed and rang the bell.
After a long while, a servant rubbed his confused eyes and asked, "Adjutant Xuan, what are your orders?"
Xuan Huaifeng asked, "Has the chief not come back yet?"
The footman said, "No."
Xuan Huaifeng said, "Did you call back and tell me where he went?"
The servant said, "I don't care about the phone room. I'll go and ask for you. Would you like some hot tea? Shall I make one?"
Xuan Huaifeng shook his head, "I don't drink tea, you go and ask."
The footman turned and left.
Xuan Huaifeng was waiting in the room, restless and restless.
I wanted to pour myself a glass of boiled water, but my arm was so sore that I couldn't even lift the water bottle.
It was a burst of unreasonable fear.
After waiting for twenty minutes, as if he had been suffering for several hours, Xuan Huaifeng couldn't wait any longer, and wanted to go to the telephone room by himself, dial a phone call to the Prime Minister's Office, and just stepped out of the door, and saw Something moves in the darkness.
The footman was coming from the other end.
Xuan Huaifeng waited patiently for him to arrive, and asked, "How is it? Where is the chief?"
The servant said, "There is no one in the phone room. I can't find out if anyone has called back. However, the concierge said that the driver brought the chief's car back at ten o'clock. The driver said that the chief and a large group of people I went to Wutong Alley, so I won’t go home to sleep tonight. It’s not easy to park in the alley, so he’ll drive back to the mansion first, and pick up the chief tomorrow morning.”
Xuan Huaifeng asked, "Is that so?"
The footman said, "That's it."
Xuan Huaifeng asked, "Where is Wutong Alley?"
The servant smiled mysteriously, and said in a low voice, "You are so serious, you don't even know about Wutong Lane. A few years ago, Wicker Lane was famous for this kind of place, but now young and beautiful women can't afford much. Quite a few people started to trade in flesh and blood, and Liutiaoer Alley was too crowded, so they all went to Wutong Alley to do business. In the past two years, people who know what to buy have all gone to Wutong Alley.”
Wicker Lane is a notorious place in the capital, and Xuan Huaifeng has also heard of it.
From what the servant said, Wutong Alley is undoubtedly a place where private prostitutes solicit customers and flirt with flesh and blood.
Xuan Huaifeng suddenly felt nauseous for a while.
He said to the footman, "You can make me a cup of tea."
The footman came over with a cup of hot Pu'er and put it on the table.
Xuan Huaifeng nodded and said, "Thank you for your hard work, go to sleep."
After the footman left, he sat down at the table, looked at the cup of steaming Pu'er tea, and remained motionless.
After a long time, the cup was no longer steaming, but he still watched it quietly.
In the silence, the big pendulum clock clicked lightly, and then rang twice dully.
Xuan Huaifeng seemed to have been knocked on the head by this dull pendulum, with a faint dull pain, but it seemed that his soul was knocked out of his body in an instant, and he was slowly floating in mid-air, looking at the person who was sitting at the table, silent to the cold tea Own.
He didn't believe it.
Bai Xuelan is not such a person.
He didn't believe it in his heart, he was so blind.
I fell in love with Qijun before, and Qijun praised actors outside, one after another, but he was a fool, he was still determined, and he was angry with Bai Xuelan and this.
Now, he loves Bai Xuelan.
Bai Xuelan used to hold opera singers, he knew it, didn't Yuliuhua and Bai Yunfei invite them to come?
Now people don't come to the door anymore, Bai Xuelan has gone out to visit Wutong Alley.
Xuan Huaifeng only felt his throat a little bit bitter, as if he had swallowed bitter Chinese medicine, and the discomfort seeped out from it.
"I don't believe it." He gritted his teeth and whispered a few words.
For such a small matter, he should never make a fuss.
What's more, he didn't believe it.
Just now I waited for the news for twenty minutes, one minute seemed like a year, now the time is passing fast in the quiet night, Xuan Huaifeng only sat for a while, and heard the big pendulum clock strike three times.
After sitting quietly for a while, he knocked four more times.
Even though it was summer, I sat barefoot for a long time at night, and a little bit of chill also seeped up from the square brick floor, sticking to the calf and seeping in.
For no reason, Xuan Huaifeng recalled that night when he hid outside the window and listened to the few lines of "Xi Shi" that Bai Xuelan sang in a low voice in the room.
"I just feel that time flies like an arrow..."
"Unlimited, worry and hate, all the way to the brow..."
really.
really.
After time flies like an arrow, what follows is naturally infinite sorrow and hatred.
It can be seen that liking someone is really a suffering thing.
Bai Xuelan just gave Fu San a few ginseng plants, and she was so happy; Bai Xuelan just didn't return overnight, and she felt so uncomfortable.
In the future, if there are other bigger movements, if the two of them have more unhappiness, wouldn't it be even more painful?
Thinking of this, Xuan Huaifeng sighed, unable to think about it.
He hummed the tune of "Xi Shi" in his memory in a low voice.
Intermittently, I sang a large section I remembered back and forth, it seemed that my heart was no longer so depressed and painful, and I couldn't help thinking to myself, Bai Xuelan couldn't be like this.
Sleepiness gradually rolled up.
The pendulum clock struck again.
This time, Xuan Huaifeng ignored it knocking a few times, closed his eyes, rested his forehead on his forearm, just fell on the table, and fell asleep soundlessly.
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