Stage [Republic of China]

Let's see! "

Xu Jishan was half pushed and half pushed by the old housekeeper to the door.Outside the house, separated by an iron gate fence, there were three or five Japanese gendarmes walking around with guns on their backs.Seeing Xu Jishan coming out, they looked over in unison.

Xu Jishan frowned deeply, turned her head, and asked the old housekeeper quietly. "What's the matter? Why are you here from the East?"

"Ugh!"

The old housekeeper sighed, and was about to explain, but one of the Oriental military police outside had already walked over.Seeing Xu Jishan, he first bowed, then straightened the gun belt on his body, and said solemnly: "Mr. Xu, we advise you not to go out these few days."

"What happened?" Xu Jishan's voice was hoarse.He was sleepy at first, but now he is awake, and his whole body is heavily guarded.

The Dongyang Gendarmerie looked at him, and then said in blunt Chinese: "At three o'clock in the morning, someone opened fire. The exact number of people who died is not yet known. At present, this area of ​​jurisdiction has issued a notice, saying that all Not allowed to go out."

What Xu Jishan manages here is a Japanese-style garden. He is currently in the Japanese concession, and it is indeed under the management of the Japanese.

"Who fired the shot, and who was injured? Why are you so heavily guarded?" Xu Jishan asked repeatedly.

The Dongyang military police ignored him, with a gun on his back, still with a solemn expression. "Anyway, it's better for Mr. Xu not to go out."

Several Oriental gendarmes surrounded them, and politely let Xu Jishan back into the door.Then, in front of Xu Jishan, with a swipe, the iron door was sealed.

Through a black iron door, Xu Jishan frowned at the Oriental military police outside.

The old butler was beside him with a sad face.

Xu Jishan turned to ask the old housekeeper. "When did you close the door?"

"I just waited for you to wake up, my boss, before closing the door." The old butler said with a sigh.

After walking back to the long corridor of the war hall, the old butler stood on tiptoe and whispered in his ear: "I heard that there was a fight."

"Who and who?"

"Hey, it's not the imperial court and the internal strife within the imperial court."

Xu Jishan frowned. "Hasn't the imperial court recently negotiated with the Qing Gang and the Hong Gang?"

"Didn't you come to help the Jiangnan Rebels?" The old butler said with resentment. "It's just that the rebels did something wrong. They fired guns in the middle of the night, saying they were going to rebel. They overthrew the local government and took charge of their own affairs."

"Where did they get the confidence?" Xu Jishan paused, raising her thick eyebrows in surprise. "Could it be that... the Green Gang and the Hong Gang have also defected?"

The old butler put his toes on his feet, bent his back and sighed. "More than half of them turned against each other. Alas, the world is in chaos!"

Xu Jishan's heart sank.

47, 47

◎"In my heart, I am very happy"◎

When Xu Jishan returned to the room, Shui Jiu had already woken up. Seeing him pull the door in, he opened his eyes dimly. The red phoenix eyes that were twisted and twisted were slightly watery, as if there were always two bubbles of tears.Xu Jishan looked soft, and comforted him: "Why did you wake up? It's still early, sleep a little longer."

"what time is it?"

Xu Jishan took out her pocket watch from her pocket and took a look. "05:30."

Shui Jiu struggled to sit up and shook her head. "I don't want to sleep much."

Xu Jishan stepped forward to support him, and seeing that he was still in good spirits, she asked tentatively, "How about going to eat first? I asked the chef to make porridge and side dishes, maybe it suits your appetite."

Shui Jiu hesitated for a moment.Xu Jishan hurriedly added: "I also made oily chili peppers, red oil beans, and a few other side dishes you like."

It was only then that Shui Jiu realized that the spicy red oil dish he ate at Xu's house in Jibei City last time was not because of his own carelessness, but because Xu Jishan had carefully observed what he liked to eat.It's just strange, he just met Xu Jishan at that time, how did this guy know that he likes spicy food?

"Where do you know my taste?"

Xu Jishan chuckled. "I know everything about Boss Shui."

But he didn't mention a word. After a quick glimpse of Jinghong on the street, he specially asked the guys to find out about this person in many ways, and thanks to the maid Amei, he remembered it carefully.Everything Shui Jiu likes to eat, wear, and everything she likes is written down one by one, and Xu Jishan memorizes that little note by heart.

Of course, now is not the time to talk about such things.

Xu Jishan half-armed and half-armed the man to the front hall for dinner.Shui Jiu just moved his chopsticks slightly, and after drinking half a bowl of gruel, he refused to move any more.Seeing his expression, Xu Jishan seemed to be in good spirits, and said, "Do you want to go back to sleep?"

"No." Shui Jiu really shook his head.

"Then..." Xu Jishan pondered for a while.Right now the gendarmerie called Dongyangren is blocking the gate, and I don't know what happened in the city, so it's better to stay at home.

Xu Jishan suddenly remembered the shadow puppet artist that he asked the housekeeper to find yesterday. Last night, he asked the housekeeper to arrange for him to stay overnight.Early this morning, the door was sealed and no one left.After he made a plan, he pretended to be excited, with two thick brows and raised eyebrows, he smiled and said to Shui Jiu: "Why don't you watch the show?"

"What play are you watching?" Shui Jiu was surprised.

"The White Snake is making a fuss at Jinshan Temple!"

Shui Jiu looked around. "Where is the stage set up?" After a pause, he added a sentence softly. "How do you know I love watching this?"

Xu Jishan didn't say a word about the painstaking efforts she had put in before, and patted Shui Jiu's shoulder lightly with her big hand, and said with a smile, "It's better if you like to watch it, it's a lively show."

Xu Jishan put her arms around him, pretending to be mysterious, and led him all the way to the backyard.In the backyard, the two pines and cypresses with strong branches are lush and green. In the yard where the birds are singing and the wind is warm, a small shadow play stage is set up, and refreshments are served.

Shui Jiu didn't know he had been fooled until he arrived here, and couldn't help but muttered and complained. "It turned out to be a shadow play."

"Hey, the shadow puppet show is good too!" Xu Jishan comforted him and said, "Shadow puppetry is a specialty of Jingxi Mansion. Now that we're here, we have to watch it a few more times."

Shui Jiu had nothing to do, and lazily sat down next to Xu Jishan's shoulder.

The characteristic silhouettes of Jingxi Mansion are quite delicate, from the shrimp soldiers and scorpion generals to the white lady Xiaoqing, they are all cut vividly and lifelike.It's a pity that Shui Jiu missed the excitement of being on stage in Jibei City even more, so she couldn't help lowering her eyelids, and said sadly: "This shadow puppet show is not interesting after all."

Shui Jiu's eyes fluttered, and Dan Feng's eyes, which were full of twists and turns, seemed to be weeping, and became more and more charming.Xu Jishan turned her face to see it, and couldn't help but catch her breath, she didn't hear what the man was saying, and grabbed it with her big honey-colored hands.He wrapped around Shui Jiu and clasped fingers with this man.

Shui Jiu looked at him sideways, with a half-smile.

Xu Jishan salivated and laughed. "This shadow puppetry is made, and it looks like Yang Liuqing."

"Ah, yes... indeed." Shui Jiu raised her eyelids, and once again carefully looked at the small stage, from the attic pagoda to the outfit decoration of the two blue and white snakes.Nodding his head, he curled his lips into a smile. "If you don't tell me, I really didn't look carefully."

Xu Jishan doesn't have the time to really study the style of shadow puppetry now. She just thinks that this person rarely smiles at him, and her heart is itchy, like thousands of little ants gnawing, and her breathing is getting hotter.People unconsciously clung to Shui Jiu's body, it was sticky, like brown sugar.

Shui Jiu lowered her eyes and smiled half-smile, but this time she didn't push him away anymore.

The two of them were lying on their sides, seeing Xu Jishan's burning lips were about to wipe Shui Jiu's black temples, when the old butler suddenly coughed violently behind him.

The cough is getting worse and worse. It's not a senile cough at all, but it seems to remind me of something important.

Shui Jiu's ears turned red, and he gently pushed Xu Jishan away. "There is something wrong!"

Shui Jiu then also coughed and straightened his face.

Seeing that the welfare in hand was gone, Xu Jishan felt a little resentful, and turned to look at the old housekeeper with a bad tone. "what's up?"

The old butler didn't dare to raise his head. "Mr. Dong from the chamber of commerce is here."

The door was clearly sealed outside, and Xu Jishan was coaxing Shui Jiu with a playful smile, so that he wouldn't care about what happened outside.But since the door was closed, Dong Linchang, the president of the chamber of commerce, was able to touch the door, so there was probably something important.

Xu Jishan pondered for a while, and straightened her expression, and said softly to Shui Jiu, "I'll go out for a while, you can watch the show by yourself."

"Hmm." Shui Jiu looked indifferent.

Xu Jishan thought for a while, then added a sentence with a smile. "If you see something good, remember to tell me when you have dinner later."

Shui Jiu raised the corners of her lips slightly.

Xu Jishan was sure, got up and hurried out with the old housekeeper.When he was about to walk to the living room, the old butler said something in a low voice. "Mr. Dong also brought an unfamiliar young man over this trip, who looks like a court official."

"Huh? Could it be that the person sent to take over the Jingxi Mansion this time is actually a young official?"

"Not only is he young, but what's even more strange is that he is clearly wearing the imperial court's flower feather top, but behind him are twenty Japanese military police."

Xu Jishan's expression changed.

When they arrived outside the living room, Xu Jishan strode over with arms folded and smiling. "Mr. Dong, what wind brought you to the humble house?"

Dong Linchang was originally sitting on the first grand master's chair on the left, when he heard this, he smiled slightly and twirled his beard, then got up and cupped his hands at Xu Jishan. "I heard that Boss Xu is listening to the opera at home. It's very enjoyable."

"Haha!" Xu Jishan also greeted with a smile. "Where is it, doesn't this steal half a day's leisure from Fusheng?"

Both laughed and laughed.The end of Xu Jishan's eyes flicked around quickly, and he did see many Japanese gendarmes.These orientals stood expressionlessly on each side of Xu Zhai's flower hall, and there were two military policemen guarding the door with guns, but they didn't see the young official wearing flower feathers that the old housekeeper mentioned.

"Uh, the old man is actually here to accompany Mr. Qin."

Xu Jishan couldn't figure out the details, so she smiled