Subduing Dragon
Chapter 25: Burning
Eileen was walking alone on the street, her stomach rumbling, she was hungry.
She wasn't so poor that she couldn't eat, she was just so exhausted that she didn't even bother to eat.Too lazy to eat, too lazy to think, just go.There was no place for her in the family, and she was determined not to return.The prestigious Manfu was originally supported by Manshu alone, and Manshu died. More than 100 people in Manfu immediately lost their bones and souls, and began to put money into their pockets in disorder.However, after all, sitting and eating the mountains and the sky will not last long, so the more than 100 members of the family hated the fifth lady who attracted outside thieves, and their teeth were itchy.
The family in Beijing didn't want her, and the aunt's house in Tianjin also closed the door to her.Auntie loves her because her father is her only younger brother. She brought back a thief from somewhere and killed his younger brother. Now the murderer has never been caught. So good, she and the murderer belong to the same family anyway, Auntie see If you don't know the murderer, then hate her first!
All in all, there is no one with a full surname who doesn't hate her.The whole family, including the relatives outside the house, were waiting for her to commit suicide with guilt—caused such a big mess, and even killed her own father. If such a person does not die, is there still justice and kingly law?
However, she didn't want to die. She thought that if she died like this, it would be too wronged.She has no bad intentions, and for Lu Sheng, she only has love and reconciliation. It was he who deliberately planned to deceive her.Why is being cheated the most guilty?
So she secretly packed up her private money, and escaped while the whole family was waiting for her to die.
Irene was used to being a rich lady, and that little money was really not enough for her to last for a few days, but she had her own idea—she went to ask her friends for help.
Girlfriends were very indifferent to her, but a boyfriend was very enthusiastic and willing to take her out of Beijing and live in another place for a few days.Irene is used to being courteous and flattering, but she didn't expect that not long after she left Beijing, that boyfriend would touch her and only open one room in the hotel.Irene had no intention of dedicating her life for this kind of favor, and she was in good health, so she would not lose the wind even if she resisted, so after the gentleman touched a few big nails, he became angry from embarrassment and asked Irene: "You think you Is it Miss Qianjin from the General's Mansion?"
After hearing this, Erin was speechless, turned her head and left.She came empty-handed, and she walked very neatly, and went out empty-handed.After walking out of a few small streets, she looked back and found that he did not come to chase her, her heart sank, she gritted her teeth and continued walking.
She returned to Tianjin.
Tianjin doesn't have her backer, she relies on her beauty and wealth, she always has her eyes above the top, and the content of her social life is not to play with the man who is obsessed with her, or to compete secretly with her female companions.She really walked into a narrow and difficult situation. She looked around and realized that she didn't have a real friend.But where can I go if I don’t go back to Tianjin?After all, Tianjin is still a familiar place, so she won't get lost if she walks with her eyes closed.In a strange new place, she was afraid that she would be swallowed by a stranger.
But when she arrives in Tianjin, where can she go?
The money on her body was no longer enough to support her to stay in hotels and restaurants for a long time, and before returning to Tianjin, she felt that it was extremely dangerous to walk at night like a brocade suit, so she deliberately changed into plain clothes.Now that she was walking down the street in disgrace, she suddenly regretted that she shouldn't have casually thrown away the previous clothes - it is said that old clothes can be sold for money.As for the clothes, it cost more than 1000 yuan to buy them. From the upper body to the time when I took them off and threw them in the hotel, I didn't even go into the laundromat once.
The coffee shop was already open, but she felt ashamed and dared not enter. She paced in the park where no tickets were required. Finally, she sat down on the bench alone, looked at the sky and sighed.
This is really to the point where she is going to hang herself and jump into the river. If she doesn't do this, she will have to live with humiliation, but she doesn't have any skills, so it's even more ridiculous to ask her to work hard to earn a living.There is no other way, only depravity - she knows that she is beautiful, coupled with the background of the general's daughter, she has become a mysterious girl, and it is not a problem if she really wants to eat that bowl of romantic food.But she refused, she didn't know if she was hungry or something, but she was very strong and refused.
Irene sat until the sun was high, she raised her face to bask in the sun, thinking to herself: freckles are coming out.
At this time, she turned her face slightly, and unexpectedly met someone's eyes.
It was a tall young man, probably in good health, and in such a late autumn season, he was only wearing a thin trousers jacket.Irene didn't know when he came, but he was standing upright beside a clump of flowers and trees, three or four meters away from her, and when she turned her face lightly, she met his gaze.Irene didn't remember that she had such a rustic and reckless friend, so she stood up quickly, trying to avoid this person.
But before she left, the man suddenly said, "Are you Miss Man Wu?"
Irene was startled, suspecting that he was sent by her family to capture her back.Immediately flustered, she stared at the man, her lips tightly closed into a line.
That person was not fierce, nor did he smile, and his expression was so serious that it was almost solemn.Bowing slightly to her, he showed a bit of a country gentleman's demeanor, "You must not remember me, my name is Chen Youqing. In summer, I went to the National Hotel to look for Bai Lusheng, and later I opened it to Long Yunteng. I have been in the car for a few days, and I have seen you several times in that time."
Irene didn't understand what he meant - you know Bai Lusheng, you drove a car for Long Yunteng, but what does this have to do with me?
Chen Youqing stared at Irene, and continued: "I've heard about your family, and I'm alone now, so I won't do anything with them."
Irene stared at him with wide eyes, still confused - what does it mean to be "also" a person?
Chen Youqing stared at Irene's big eyes, which were transparent gray glass beads surrounded by a circle of long black eyelashes.These two eyes alone, he felt, were enough for him to see for half a month.
"I..." Then he suddenly didn't know what to say, he thought for a while in a mess, and finally he turned his heart and asked simply: "Are you hungry? It's cold in this place, let's have breakfast Bar!"
Irene agreed, not because her vigilance was fed to the dogs, but because she wanted to talk to this person to see if she could find out Bai Lusheng's whereabouts.
Along the way, Irene was startled several times by Chen Youqing.
First of all, this Chen Youqing didn't say a word, just looked at her left and right, to see if she was watching her carefully, but looking at her in a ghostly way; then, this Chen Youqing actually took her to the hotel first and opened a first-class room , It can almost be confirmed that he has malicious intentions, but before Irene escaped, he ran away first, and after running for more than 20 minutes, he came back with four drawers of hot buns in one hand and a large bag in the other. On the tray, there were two large bowls of hot porridge, and on the porridge bowl were two sticks of fresh fried dough sticks.Looking for a table in the room to put down the food for his left and right hands, he moved a wooden chair to the table, bent down and wiped two handfuls on the surface of the chair, and finally straightened up and looked at Irene, "Sit down and eat! "
Looking at the current situation, Irene felt that it wasn't that she was afraid of him, but that he was a little afraid of herself.Suspiciously walked over and sat down, she unceremoniously picked up the big bowl, lowered her head and took a sip of rice porridge.The hot porridge went down her throat, scalding a path as if it had opened up the world.When the porridge finished, she shivered suddenly, the hairs all over her body stood on end, and she regained all consciousness in an instant—it was so cold, so hungry!The porridge was so hot and thick, and the air in the room was so warm.Subconsciously picking up the chopsticks, she unceremoniously picked up a hot bun and took a bite.Chen Youqing asked the waiter to bring boiling water, poured a cup and put it in her hand, but she justly ignored it.After eating four small buns and half a bowl of porridge in one go, she was full.Putting down the chopsticks and picking up the cup, she realized that Chen Youqing was standing in front of her like a servant, never sitting down and moving her chopsticks.
"Thank you for your breakfast." She finally opened her mouth, "But why don't you eat it?"
Chen Youqing smiled, "You eat first, and I'll eat after you finish."
Logically, Irene knew that she should thank him, but she looked at him again and again, and the more she looked at him, the more she felt that something was wrong with him, "Mr. Chen is too polite, we are strangers—"
Chen Youqing interrupted her, and retorted firmly, "I know you, I've met you several times."
After the words fell, he suddenly smiled again.
Irene glanced at the door. The door was equipped with a spring lock, but it was not locked and could be opened with a twist.If Chen Youqing really dared to plot against him, he could escape if he said so.
The two were silent for a moment, and Irene asked again: "You said that you are no longer working with Long Yunteng?"
Chen Youqing nodded.
Irene asked again: "Why? Is there another high school?"
Chen Youqing stared down at the ground, at first he was speechless, and after a long time he replied: "He killed my father, I have no mother, just a father, I didn't invite him, I didn't provoke him, I didn't ask him for anything, I just went to bed in a daze. Let him die."
After hearing this, Irene couldn't help but smiled wryly, "Then we are the same, I have never had a mother since I was a child, and my only relative is my father."
Then the two were silent again.
Chen Youqing walked to the table and sat down facing Irene.After taking the remaining bowl of porridge, he lowered his head and drank a few sips, then suddenly said: "Don't be afraid, I'm not a bad person."
Irene nodded noncommittally, and then asked, "Do you have any news about Bai Lusheng?"
Chen Youqing raised his head, "No, you still want to find him?"
Irene turned her head and looked out the window, her pupils were extremely clear, like a quiet lake, which could reflect the high sky and flowing clouds outside the window, "Yes, I want to find him, question him face to face, and then kill him."
"But I heard that the person who really killed General Man was Long Yunteng."
"Bai Lusheng is the mastermind, and a despicable mastermind at that. If his way of revenge was a fair duel with my father, maybe I would not hate him so much. I think he is the best man in the world, but he is just A malicious liar."
Chen Youqing looked at her, at the white teeth that occasionally appeared from her red lips when she spoke.Compared with summer, she was obviously thinner.When she was a little fatter, she looked like an oriental beauty with bright eyes and bright teeth; now without the cover of plump cheeks, she showed a Westernized facial contour, with deep eye sockets and a high nose bridge.She stared at Chen Youqing resentfully, her snow-white face floated in the dark background, in Chen Youqing's eyes, she looked more and more like a painting.
Chen Youqing thinks she is too beautiful, if a woman is so beautiful, then everything she says is right, and wrong is also right.
"If you have no place to go, you can live here." He changed the subject, "You live alone, and I have another place to settle down. Don't worry, I have money now, and I can afford it for you."
After saying this, he started to eat buns in suspense.Irene looked at him expressionlessly, still confused in her heart, not knowing who he was and how she took responsibility for herself.
Irene lived in a superior room in this hotel for half a month, and then followed Chen Youqing to Dalian.
Two major events happened in the past half month. First, Young Master Man published an announcement in the big newspapers in Beijing and Tianjin, claiming that he had expelled Man Jinglan from the house. It doesn't matter - Irene's Chinese name is Jinglan.The first major event did not make Irene feel miserable anymore, and the second major event was purely her own: she found that Chen Youqing obviously loved herself very much.
Irene doesn't know much about the love methods of this kind of bumpkin, but she knows that Chen Youqing has always been very polite to her, as if she is willing to give him a smile, and he is honored.It's a pity that she doesn't love Chen Youqing, even if Chen Youqing suddenly becomes a handsome young man, she thinks she might still not love him.She has seen Mr. Pianpian a lot, she is not rare.
She loved that Bai Lusheng!
She loves his every move, loves his face and frown.She hated him to death now, and could still clearly recall his smiling or frowning appearance.Lu Sheng had already lied to her, she couldn't be his accomplice and lie to herself again.Love is love, not love is not love, she is frank and frank with Chen Youqing.At the same time, seeing the truth in adversity, she refused to make the slightest tease to Chen Youqing.Chen Youqing told her that through a friend's introduction, he wanted to go to Dalian to seek a future, and asked her, "Are you going?"
Irene replied: "I believe you are a good man, but if you take me there, I will not marry you."
As soon as this remark came out, Chen Youqing lowered his head and smiled, and said in a low voice: "I didn't expect that."
After saying this, he quietly bought two tickets.And just before departure, Irene found out that Chen Youqing lived in a big car shop near the hotel - that place was cheap, as long as she didn't pick and choose, she could sleep well.
Erin deliberately pretended not to know.Chen Youqing bought her a new set of clothes. The outer coat was the thickest British woolen cloth. After she put on this set of foreign clothes and leather shoes, she immediately changed back to the previous Miss Man Wu who looked forward to shining brightly. The tall and tall Chen Youqing became a follower by the way of his life.On the day of departure, the two arrived at the pier, she walked ahead, and Chen Youqing followed closely after half a step.While walking, she suddenly turned around and pulled Chen Youqing to let him walk side by side with her.Chen Youqing was caught off guard and was almost staggered by her. After standing still, he blushed, "I'm walking with you in this appearance, it doesn't look suitable."
Irene spoke with her head held high, her tone was not gentle, she was almost snarky, "When you arrive in Dalian, you will also wear new clothes, don't you think it matches?"
"I'm a big man, I wear everything the same."
Irene was still fierce, "Then you step back, I don't care about you."
She must be fierce, Chen Youqing is so kind to her, she almost wants to cry.But it's embarrassing to really cry, so she bluffed, but she was even more savage.
When Irene and Chen Youqing boarded the ship, Lu Sheng had already settled down in Shanghai.
He monopolized a small two-story western-style building in the British Concession.The small western-style building is too small, it looks like a toy house with red roof and white walls from a distance, it is very securely placed on a small green lawn, and he will not feel empty if he lives alone.There are only a few pieces of furniture in the room, left by the previous owner, which are enough for him.There was a square room on the second floor, which he tidied up and used as a study.Sitting at the table and spreading out the pen and paper, he wrote a letter as promised and reported his safety to Xianglong.
A letter was mailed out, and it took more than ten days before he received a reply.This letter was indeed written by Yun Shuai himself, because the writing became bigger and bigger and bigger and bigger. There were not a few words in total, but it was written on two pieces of letterhead, and it was not signed.Probably because I got impatient while writing, so I stopped writing and it was over.Lu Sheng read this reply letter twice, and he knew every word, but when he composed a sentence, the preamble and the postscript didn't match up.
After three days like this, he received another letter.
The sender on this letter was signed "Long Xiu'e". After pondering the envelope for a long time, Lu Sheng suddenly realized, and remembered the origin of the word "Xiu'e" - he gave Yaya a scientific name when he was a child. Xiu'e?
This name has not been used by anyone since the day I was born, and it finally has its place today.After washing his hands and sitting in front of the desk, he tore off the seal and took out the letterhead and opened it, and saw the densely packed small characters, neat as if they were printed.Surprised, he raised his hand and scratched his hair. He really didn't know that Yaya could write so well—even if it wasn't good, at least it was neat and well-formed, but the format was wrong.Its content is as follows: Brother, I am Yaya, I heard that you have settled down in Shanghai, how is your stay?This is my own letter to you, which he does not know.You write another letter to him, and when he replies, I will ask him to bring you the leather robe on the way.The robe is new, and it is a little too big for him, so it is just right for you.I said I would wear the robe for you, and he also said I would wear the robe for you.I'm fine, he's too busy to go home, I'm alone at home.I wanted to knit a woolen vest for you and him, but halfway through knitting, he took it to knit. I only slept for a while, and he knit the front so long that it was not easy to take it apart.Don't tell him I'll write to you, I'm afraid he'll think about it again.Are you over there, does someone cook and wash your clothes for you?When the weather is cold, you remember to eat hot meals, so you can cook, or eat out by yourself.
The writing stopped abruptly at this point, not only was there no inscription at the bottom, but also a few white words were inserted in the letter.Lu Sheng smiled at the letter, thinking what to do, can he answer Ya Ya's letter honestly?
After contemplating for a moment, he had an idea, spread out the letter paper and wrote down the words "my younger brother Yunteng".After thinking about these four words again, he finally changed to a new letterhead and wrote again: Boy!What are you writing about?I taught you how to recognize characters for several years, why did you only learn some ghost symbols?You rely on your clever mind, and you have never been willing to work hard. In my opinion, your handwriting is not as good as Yaya.Six or seven out of ten of your replies are incomprehensible to me, and you will ask Yaya to write your replies in the future.
After writing these few lines, Lu Sheng put down his pen.This is not finished yet, but the letter is really too long, he thought, and Long Xiang might not be able to read it.
But if he doesn't read it, Yaya will read it, and it's not difficult for Yaya to read and write letters.Thinking of this, he picked up the pen and wrote it stroke by stroke.
Lu Sheng's mailbox came into play.
This iron letter box hangs outside the gate. It used to be rusty, but exposed bit by bit to remove the essence of steel. In the sunny weather, it was painted with a layer of yellow paint.Every morning, he would go out and knock on the mailbox. There seemed to be a psychic connection between the person and the mailbox. He knocked a few times in this way, and he could tell from the sound whether there was a letter in it.
Lusheng sat at home bored writing letters, reading newspapers, cleaning the house, and sometimes cooking a meal for himself.He has a bit of "independence" in his temperament, and he would rather do everything by himself than invite servants to his home.After living like this for about two months, he took out some money, bought some stocks, and started to visit the stock exchange every now and then.After more than a month like this, he sold the stocks and calculated the accounts, and found that he had made more than 200 yuan.
Lou lived into her twenties, earning money for the first time in her life.Facing the 200 yuan, he was surprised at first, and then joyful. Unfortunately, there was no one to say, so he could only write it in a letter and tell Longxiang and Yaya.
After this letter was sent, it took a long time to reply.In the letter, Yaya said that she had suffered from the wind and cold a few days ago, and now she is recovering. She didn't mention the dragon's appearance, but just wrote some trifles.Lu Sheng looked at this letter again and again, somehow, he always felt that this letter smelled like tears, but how could tears have a smell?
He bought several large bottles of nutritional pills and mailed them to Yaya, and asked Long Xiang when he could go back.This time Long Xiang personally wrote a reply letter to him. As usual, the words on the letter became bigger and bigger, telling him "don't reply".
And then, suddenly, Lu Sheng saw the news of the war in the north in the newspaper.
One side of the war is Commander Long, and the other side is a coalition force that Lu Sheng has never heard of.It seemed that several families joined forces to besiege Long Xiang.He became nervous, not knowing why Long Xiang had offended everyone.Unfortunately, Yaya's reply came later and later, he could only learn about the battle situation from the newspaper.Day after day passed with anxiety, and in a blink of an eye it was the end of the new year. At this time, there was new news in the newspaper, saying that the warring parties could not bear the hunger and severe cold now, and they were going to negotiate a peace.
Lu Sheng heaved a sigh of relief, and wanted to go back to Beijing to see them.However, Long Xiang was still resolute in not allowing it, extremely resolute, as if he had a ghost in his heart.But he was always different, so Lu Sheng didn't think much about it.
Lu Sheng spent the Spring Festival alone, and after more than a month, he finally received another letter from Yaya.As soon as he saw the words "Long Xiu'e" on the envelope, he knew it was secretly written by Yaya to him.Yaya told him that she fell ill again years ago, and only now has she recovered completely.He didn't expect Yaya to lie to him, so he believed it.
I haven't written to him for more than three months because Yaya really can't write.After a hundred days of injury, her right forearm was broken by Long Xiang. Now, the bones have grown strong again, but her right hand has obviously become less flexible. Whether she is writing or doing needlework, she must Take your time.
Why were you beaten?What did you use to fight?Strangely, she had forgotten all about it.There is a train timetable at home, and all the train lines in the north and south are listed on it.She opened it to find the Jinpu line, and looked down from station to station, from Tianjin to Pukou.She remembered very clearly that her eldest brother said that he took the train on this line to go south that year.It takes several days to travel from Tianjin to Pukou, but it doesn't matter how long it takes if there is no wind or sun.For this trip, including food and drink for the ticket, 40 yuan or [-] yuan is enough.Yaya has about a hundred yuan in her hand, if she really goes out, then the wealth will not be exposed, and she has to prepare some dry food before boarding the train.Don’t be afraid of dryness, as long as you can eat it with bubble hot water, if you have apples and pears, you should buy a few and bring them with you.
She has never traveled far alone, but she has tried her best, and she has thought everything through.In the end, she shivered. When she came back to her senses, she startled herself and thought, "What am I thinking? Crazy?"
But clutching the train timetable in her hand, she couldn't forget that she could spend 100 yuan now, which was enough for her to take a long train ride away from Longxiang.
However, she knew that she dared not really go.Long Xiang loves her so much, after four years of marriage, he still hasn't given birth to a flamboyant heart.His emotions, both good and bad, were all vented to her, as if she had an indestructible body and could be rubbed by him for the rest of her life.
The weather is getting warmer, and the fighting in the north is getting more and more intense.Lu Sheng was in Shanghai, and still could only learn about the battle situation through newspapers.Long Xiang seems to be very busy now, Lu Sheng said that he wanted to go back to see him and Yaya, but then he received a telegram from him - he was impatient to write a letter, and told him directly through the telegram, "Don't make trouble for me ".
Lu Sheng has always been a little confused about his big career.He saw Long Xiang as a messed-up boy, but looking at the public opinion's evaluation of Long Xiang, he also felt that this crazy boy might ascend the throne and proclaim himself emperor at any time.So ignorantly, he was overwhelmed by the other party's telegram, and he was afraid that if he went back rashly, it would really damage his future achievements.
So from spring to autumn, he only spends time in the stock exchange on weekdays.Although there are losses and gains, but because he has a stable temperament and is not greedy for big gains, he still focuses on making profits when calculating the ledger.The weather was cold again, and Man Shucai's death had long been an old news that no one mentioned, and because the war took place in the far north, and there was no winner, Shanghai newspapers gradually lost interest in it.So much so that Lu Sheng occasionally had delusions, suspecting that the war had ended quietly.
He decided to go back no matter what.But before he could pack his bags, Yaya's letter arrived.
Yaya told him in the letter that she was going to leave Beijing with Long Xiang.Where it will go is still unknown.So the eldest brother should stop writing letters to his family these days, and when they settle down, she will find a way to notify him.
The signing date was ten days ago. In other words, even if he went back at this moment, he would have nothing to lose.A heart suddenly panicked, he wondered if Long Xiang had brought Yaya to the front line again?This kid always seems to be planning to live and die with Yaya, the more dangerous it is, the more he will take Yaya with him!
But if these two really lived and died together, Lu Sheng thought, what would he do?
Thinking of this, it was like a fire was burning in his chest, roasting him day and night, and it lasted for more than a month.
A letter from an unknown address acted as a fire brigade because the words "Long Xiu'e" were on the envelope.This letter was very long, and it was written in densely packed small characters on a limited number of two sheets of paper, with words on both sides.Lu Sheng read it hastily, and learned that Yaya is currently in a town where food and clothing are not restricted, and it is far away from the battlefield, where even the sound of artillery can't be heard.But this place is just a temporary place to stay, and I will have to return to Beijing sooner or later.
As for Long Xiang, she didn't mention a word.
She didn't mention it, and Lu Sheng didn't miss him either.There was nowhere to send the reply, so he could only sit at home and wait for the news.The weather was getting colder and colder, but it didn't stop him from going out every morning to knock on his mailbox.After knocking for more than a month, on this day, he finally found a new letter from the mailbox.Seeing that letter, his heart turned somersaults in his chest, and when he saw the "Long Xiu'e" on the envelope again, his heart that would turn somersaults turned back to its original position - he could write letters. Yaya must be safe and sound.
He was about to walk back with the letter, but before he could turn around and enter the door, the newspaper boy ran over along the street and inserted the newspaper into the mailboxes of every household.So Lu Sheng walked back to the gate of the courtyard and took out the new newspaper.As he walked, he unfolded the newspaper and looked at the headlines.Today there is finally news from the north again. The title is written in big black characters with a personal name in the middle, and it is written as Xu Zicheng.Lu Sheng looked familiar, but couldn't remember who this person was.There are slightly smaller subtitles under the big topic, one of which is "all the corps of the coalition army are approaching together, and the battle is fierce in the Zhichazhi triangle area".Lusheng looked at it and walked in the door. After entering the door, he put the newspaper and the letter on the table, then picked up the large kettle from the small electric stove, and poured himself a glass of water first.
Boiled water was poured into the cold cup, and a cloud of white mist immediately rose up. At the same time, Lu Sheng shivered suddenly.
He remembered who Xu Zicheng was, Xu Zicheng was Chief of Staff Xu!
Hastily put down the kettle and walked back to the table, he picked up the newspaper and read it again carefully.This time he saw it clearly - Chief of Staff Xu has betrayed!
Lu Sheng hurriedly put down the newspaper and tore open the envelope.The letter was still written in Yaya's handwriting. He read it from beginning to end in a panic, and finally confirmed that Yaya reported good news to him but not bad news. There were many truths that she didn't tell at all!
Yaya didn't mention Chief of Staff Xu's rebellion, only said that everything was fine.She still failed to go back to Beijing or Tianjin, and kept moving between towns and counties. The names of those places were all unknown to her, who was short-sighted.She didn't mention Long Xiang's current situation at all, so after Lu Sheng finished reading the letter, he could only be sure that both of them are alive now, but whether they are alive or not, and how to go next, then he can't guess at all up.
So Lu Sheng pushed away the letters and newspapers, got up and went upstairs to inspect the property in his hands - before leaving, Long Xiang gave him a booklet, the number on the booklet was several million.Apart from this passbook in his hand, Long Xiang must hold even greater wealth in his hands.In other words, enough food for the three of them for a lifetime.
"Should I go to him immediately?" Lu Sheng asked himself hesitantly.
There is no answer to this question.As early as when Long Xiang first entered the battlefield, Lu Sheng repeatedly wanted to take him home and become a young master honestly, but Long Xiang won all the way, and none of the pessimistic predictions he made came true.He is a real dragon reincarnated, if he has divine help, what can mortals do?
Lu Sheng ran out of ideas.Judging from the news, Long Xiang seemed to be defeated at any time, but after a week, such reports gradually decreased, and Long Xiang did not really fail.Lu Sheng breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that the tug-of-war probably started again.However, this breath was not over yet, Yaya's letter came again.
At first glance, the letter was unremarkable, but when he tore open the seal and looked inside, Lu Sheng found that it contained not serious letterhead, but a piece of tinfoil from a cigarette box.One side of the tinfoil was pure white, with a few lines written on it in small, dried-up ink: Brother, he is sick, and the war may not be won.He didn't listen to anyone, and he was very strong.The people who followed him have dispersed, and I really can't handle him alone, so come and save us.I have been retreating with the army, and I don't know where I am.Yaya.
Lu Sheng stared at the tinfoil in a daze for more than a minute, then got up and went into the bedroom.This time he didn't carry the suitcase out, but simply packed a small bag neatly, then took off his suit, and changed into cotton clothes and cloth shoes.Tie the small burden around his body, he went downstairs, went out, locked the door, stopped a foreign car on the street, and went straight to the train station.Now that things have happened, his heart has become a little calmer, because the goal is clear, and it is better to suffer endlessly.Long Xiang, that bastard, really brought Yaya into a dangerous situation, but why was Yaya the one who asked him for help?Why didn't Long Xiang say a word?Does he still look down on himself and trust himself?
But it's okay, don't be afraid.Lu Sheng was queuing up to buy tickets at the train station, his heart was peaceful, but his hands were shaking all the time.He said to the two people thousands of miles away in his heart: "You hold on, big brother will be here soon."
The train going north went smoothly at first, but it started to slow down as soon as it entered Shandong, even to the point of stopping and going, allowing Lu Sheng to spend New Year's Day on the train.
It doesn't matter if it's slow, after all, it's still walking. Lu Sheng didn't expect that the train would simply stop halfway.Because of the war ahead, the railway was blown up for a long time-without the railway, the train would naturally have to stop.When will the tracks be resurfaced?That's hard to say, it's so cold, and there's still fighting ahead.Can it be fixed in a day?one day?What are you kidding, it's almost a week!Lu Sheng asked around in all directions in the train, especially the passing waiters and ticket inspectors. He stopped him and asked them several times, which made people impatient.After finding out all about the situation and confirming that the two teams fighting ahead had nothing to do with Long Xiang, he got off the train with the passengers.
Since the train will not be able to leave for a while, the passengers have to enter the nearby villages and towns to find a place to rest.Lu Sheng remembered that once in the past, he also heard that Long Xiang was at war with someone, and he went back to look for him impatiently. The train also broke down halfway, so he went down and hired a large car, and continued to move forward on his own.This experience is useful. It worked last time, and of course it will work this time.So after eating two big bowls of hot noodles, he started trying to find a car.
However, there were no carts, horse carts, donkey carts, mule carts, and when they heard that he was going to the place where the battle was ahead, the coachmen shook their heads bluntly at him.He increased the money, ten times the money, but under the heavy reward, there was still no brave man.
So he bought a skinny donkey with ten times the money.This donkey was covered in mottled and dirty fur, and the rows of ribs showed the shape of one by one, but it was complete with saddles and bridles, although the saddles and bridles were all worn out to the point of rotten.Lu Sheng led the donkey, and couldn't bear to ride it.But no matter how weak the donkey was, it could run faster on four legs than a human, so after Lusheng asked the way, he led the donkey on the road overnight.
That night, it snowed heavily.
Lusheng first led the donkey and ran.The snow was as heavy as goose feathers, and the exposed eyebrows and eyelashes were covered with a layer of frost.In the middle of the night, he couldn't run anymore, so he raised his legs and rode on the back of the donkey.The donkey didn't mind, it carried him for a few miles, and seemed to be able to continue running, but Lusheng couldn't stand it anymore—there was something wrong with the saddle, and it hurt his butt, especially a man's butt.
When it was slightly dawn, one person and one donkey were all exhausted to the extreme.Lu Sheng sat down on the ground, grabbed the snow and stuffed it into his mouth. The donkey also lowered its head and gnawed on the snow and the hay.There was no sound of gunfire ahead, so Lu Sheng was very confused, not knowing where the legendary battle took place.
At this moment, he felt a little uncomfortable under his body.Stretching out his hand to touch his butt, his hand sank into the snow, and the back of his hand was scratched by something hard.
She wasn't so poor that she couldn't eat, she was just so exhausted that she didn't even bother to eat.Too lazy to eat, too lazy to think, just go.There was no place for her in the family, and she was determined not to return.The prestigious Manfu was originally supported by Manshu alone, and Manshu died. More than 100 people in Manfu immediately lost their bones and souls, and began to put money into their pockets in disorder.However, after all, sitting and eating the mountains and the sky will not last long, so the more than 100 members of the family hated the fifth lady who attracted outside thieves, and their teeth were itchy.
The family in Beijing didn't want her, and the aunt's house in Tianjin also closed the door to her.Auntie loves her because her father is her only younger brother. She brought back a thief from somewhere and killed his younger brother. Now the murderer has never been caught. So good, she and the murderer belong to the same family anyway, Auntie see If you don't know the murderer, then hate her first!
All in all, there is no one with a full surname who doesn't hate her.The whole family, including the relatives outside the house, were waiting for her to commit suicide with guilt—caused such a big mess, and even killed her own father. If such a person does not die, is there still justice and kingly law?
However, she didn't want to die. She thought that if she died like this, it would be too wronged.She has no bad intentions, and for Lu Sheng, she only has love and reconciliation. It was he who deliberately planned to deceive her.Why is being cheated the most guilty?
So she secretly packed up her private money, and escaped while the whole family was waiting for her to die.
Irene was used to being a rich lady, and that little money was really not enough for her to last for a few days, but she had her own idea—she went to ask her friends for help.
Girlfriends were very indifferent to her, but a boyfriend was very enthusiastic and willing to take her out of Beijing and live in another place for a few days.Irene is used to being courteous and flattering, but she didn't expect that not long after she left Beijing, that boyfriend would touch her and only open one room in the hotel.Irene had no intention of dedicating her life for this kind of favor, and she was in good health, so she would not lose the wind even if she resisted, so after the gentleman touched a few big nails, he became angry from embarrassment and asked Irene: "You think you Is it Miss Qianjin from the General's Mansion?"
After hearing this, Erin was speechless, turned her head and left.She came empty-handed, and she walked very neatly, and went out empty-handed.After walking out of a few small streets, she looked back and found that he did not come to chase her, her heart sank, she gritted her teeth and continued walking.
She returned to Tianjin.
Tianjin doesn't have her backer, she relies on her beauty and wealth, she always has her eyes above the top, and the content of her social life is not to play with the man who is obsessed with her, or to compete secretly with her female companions.She really walked into a narrow and difficult situation. She looked around and realized that she didn't have a real friend.But where can I go if I don’t go back to Tianjin?After all, Tianjin is still a familiar place, so she won't get lost if she walks with her eyes closed.In a strange new place, she was afraid that she would be swallowed by a stranger.
But when she arrives in Tianjin, where can she go?
The money on her body was no longer enough to support her to stay in hotels and restaurants for a long time, and before returning to Tianjin, she felt that it was extremely dangerous to walk at night like a brocade suit, so she deliberately changed into plain clothes.Now that she was walking down the street in disgrace, she suddenly regretted that she shouldn't have casually thrown away the previous clothes - it is said that old clothes can be sold for money.As for the clothes, it cost more than 1000 yuan to buy them. From the upper body to the time when I took them off and threw them in the hotel, I didn't even go into the laundromat once.
The coffee shop was already open, but she felt ashamed and dared not enter. She paced in the park where no tickets were required. Finally, she sat down on the bench alone, looked at the sky and sighed.
This is really to the point where she is going to hang herself and jump into the river. If she doesn't do this, she will have to live with humiliation, but she doesn't have any skills, so it's even more ridiculous to ask her to work hard to earn a living.There is no other way, only depravity - she knows that she is beautiful, coupled with the background of the general's daughter, she has become a mysterious girl, and it is not a problem if she really wants to eat that bowl of romantic food.But she refused, she didn't know if she was hungry or something, but she was very strong and refused.
Irene sat until the sun was high, she raised her face to bask in the sun, thinking to herself: freckles are coming out.
At this time, she turned her face slightly, and unexpectedly met someone's eyes.
It was a tall young man, probably in good health, and in such a late autumn season, he was only wearing a thin trousers jacket.Irene didn't know when he came, but he was standing upright beside a clump of flowers and trees, three or four meters away from her, and when she turned her face lightly, she met his gaze.Irene didn't remember that she had such a rustic and reckless friend, so she stood up quickly, trying to avoid this person.
But before she left, the man suddenly said, "Are you Miss Man Wu?"
Irene was startled, suspecting that he was sent by her family to capture her back.Immediately flustered, she stared at the man, her lips tightly closed into a line.
That person was not fierce, nor did he smile, and his expression was so serious that it was almost solemn.Bowing slightly to her, he showed a bit of a country gentleman's demeanor, "You must not remember me, my name is Chen Youqing. In summer, I went to the National Hotel to look for Bai Lusheng, and later I opened it to Long Yunteng. I have been in the car for a few days, and I have seen you several times in that time."
Irene didn't understand what he meant - you know Bai Lusheng, you drove a car for Long Yunteng, but what does this have to do with me?
Chen Youqing stared at Irene, and continued: "I've heard about your family, and I'm alone now, so I won't do anything with them."
Irene stared at him with wide eyes, still confused - what does it mean to be "also" a person?
Chen Youqing stared at Irene's big eyes, which were transparent gray glass beads surrounded by a circle of long black eyelashes.These two eyes alone, he felt, were enough for him to see for half a month.
"I..." Then he suddenly didn't know what to say, he thought for a while in a mess, and finally he turned his heart and asked simply: "Are you hungry? It's cold in this place, let's have breakfast Bar!"
Irene agreed, not because her vigilance was fed to the dogs, but because she wanted to talk to this person to see if she could find out Bai Lusheng's whereabouts.
Along the way, Irene was startled several times by Chen Youqing.
First of all, this Chen Youqing didn't say a word, just looked at her left and right, to see if she was watching her carefully, but looking at her in a ghostly way; then, this Chen Youqing actually took her to the hotel first and opened a first-class room , It can almost be confirmed that he has malicious intentions, but before Irene escaped, he ran away first, and after running for more than 20 minutes, he came back with four drawers of hot buns in one hand and a large bag in the other. On the tray, there were two large bowls of hot porridge, and on the porridge bowl were two sticks of fresh fried dough sticks.Looking for a table in the room to put down the food for his left and right hands, he moved a wooden chair to the table, bent down and wiped two handfuls on the surface of the chair, and finally straightened up and looked at Irene, "Sit down and eat! "
Looking at the current situation, Irene felt that it wasn't that she was afraid of him, but that he was a little afraid of herself.Suspiciously walked over and sat down, she unceremoniously picked up the big bowl, lowered her head and took a sip of rice porridge.The hot porridge went down her throat, scalding a path as if it had opened up the world.When the porridge finished, she shivered suddenly, the hairs all over her body stood on end, and she regained all consciousness in an instant—it was so cold, so hungry!The porridge was so hot and thick, and the air in the room was so warm.Subconsciously picking up the chopsticks, she unceremoniously picked up a hot bun and took a bite.Chen Youqing asked the waiter to bring boiling water, poured a cup and put it in her hand, but she justly ignored it.After eating four small buns and half a bowl of porridge in one go, she was full.Putting down the chopsticks and picking up the cup, she realized that Chen Youqing was standing in front of her like a servant, never sitting down and moving her chopsticks.
"Thank you for your breakfast." She finally opened her mouth, "But why don't you eat it?"
Chen Youqing smiled, "You eat first, and I'll eat after you finish."
Logically, Irene knew that she should thank him, but she looked at him again and again, and the more she looked at him, the more she felt that something was wrong with him, "Mr. Chen is too polite, we are strangers—"
Chen Youqing interrupted her, and retorted firmly, "I know you, I've met you several times."
After the words fell, he suddenly smiled again.
Irene glanced at the door. The door was equipped with a spring lock, but it was not locked and could be opened with a twist.If Chen Youqing really dared to plot against him, he could escape if he said so.
The two were silent for a moment, and Irene asked again: "You said that you are no longer working with Long Yunteng?"
Chen Youqing nodded.
Irene asked again: "Why? Is there another high school?"
Chen Youqing stared down at the ground, at first he was speechless, and after a long time he replied: "He killed my father, I have no mother, just a father, I didn't invite him, I didn't provoke him, I didn't ask him for anything, I just went to bed in a daze. Let him die."
After hearing this, Irene couldn't help but smiled wryly, "Then we are the same, I have never had a mother since I was a child, and my only relative is my father."
Then the two were silent again.
Chen Youqing walked to the table and sat down facing Irene.After taking the remaining bowl of porridge, he lowered his head and drank a few sips, then suddenly said: "Don't be afraid, I'm not a bad person."
Irene nodded noncommittally, and then asked, "Do you have any news about Bai Lusheng?"
Chen Youqing raised his head, "No, you still want to find him?"
Irene turned her head and looked out the window, her pupils were extremely clear, like a quiet lake, which could reflect the high sky and flowing clouds outside the window, "Yes, I want to find him, question him face to face, and then kill him."
"But I heard that the person who really killed General Man was Long Yunteng."
"Bai Lusheng is the mastermind, and a despicable mastermind at that. If his way of revenge was a fair duel with my father, maybe I would not hate him so much. I think he is the best man in the world, but he is just A malicious liar."
Chen Youqing looked at her, at the white teeth that occasionally appeared from her red lips when she spoke.Compared with summer, she was obviously thinner.When she was a little fatter, she looked like an oriental beauty with bright eyes and bright teeth; now without the cover of plump cheeks, she showed a Westernized facial contour, with deep eye sockets and a high nose bridge.She stared at Chen Youqing resentfully, her snow-white face floated in the dark background, in Chen Youqing's eyes, she looked more and more like a painting.
Chen Youqing thinks she is too beautiful, if a woman is so beautiful, then everything she says is right, and wrong is also right.
"If you have no place to go, you can live here." He changed the subject, "You live alone, and I have another place to settle down. Don't worry, I have money now, and I can afford it for you."
After saying this, he started to eat buns in suspense.Irene looked at him expressionlessly, still confused in her heart, not knowing who he was and how she took responsibility for herself.
Irene lived in a superior room in this hotel for half a month, and then followed Chen Youqing to Dalian.
Two major events happened in the past half month. First, Young Master Man published an announcement in the big newspapers in Beijing and Tianjin, claiming that he had expelled Man Jinglan from the house. It doesn't matter - Irene's Chinese name is Jinglan.The first major event did not make Irene feel miserable anymore, and the second major event was purely her own: she found that Chen Youqing obviously loved herself very much.
Irene doesn't know much about the love methods of this kind of bumpkin, but she knows that Chen Youqing has always been very polite to her, as if she is willing to give him a smile, and he is honored.It's a pity that she doesn't love Chen Youqing, even if Chen Youqing suddenly becomes a handsome young man, she thinks she might still not love him.She has seen Mr. Pianpian a lot, she is not rare.
She loved that Bai Lusheng!
She loves his every move, loves his face and frown.She hated him to death now, and could still clearly recall his smiling or frowning appearance.Lu Sheng had already lied to her, she couldn't be his accomplice and lie to herself again.Love is love, not love is not love, she is frank and frank with Chen Youqing.At the same time, seeing the truth in adversity, she refused to make the slightest tease to Chen Youqing.Chen Youqing told her that through a friend's introduction, he wanted to go to Dalian to seek a future, and asked her, "Are you going?"
Irene replied: "I believe you are a good man, but if you take me there, I will not marry you."
As soon as this remark came out, Chen Youqing lowered his head and smiled, and said in a low voice: "I didn't expect that."
After saying this, he quietly bought two tickets.And just before departure, Irene found out that Chen Youqing lived in a big car shop near the hotel - that place was cheap, as long as she didn't pick and choose, she could sleep well.
Erin deliberately pretended not to know.Chen Youqing bought her a new set of clothes. The outer coat was the thickest British woolen cloth. After she put on this set of foreign clothes and leather shoes, she immediately changed back to the previous Miss Man Wu who looked forward to shining brightly. The tall and tall Chen Youqing became a follower by the way of his life.On the day of departure, the two arrived at the pier, she walked ahead, and Chen Youqing followed closely after half a step.While walking, she suddenly turned around and pulled Chen Youqing to let him walk side by side with her.Chen Youqing was caught off guard and was almost staggered by her. After standing still, he blushed, "I'm walking with you in this appearance, it doesn't look suitable."
Irene spoke with her head held high, her tone was not gentle, she was almost snarky, "When you arrive in Dalian, you will also wear new clothes, don't you think it matches?"
"I'm a big man, I wear everything the same."
Irene was still fierce, "Then you step back, I don't care about you."
She must be fierce, Chen Youqing is so kind to her, she almost wants to cry.But it's embarrassing to really cry, so she bluffed, but she was even more savage.
When Irene and Chen Youqing boarded the ship, Lu Sheng had already settled down in Shanghai.
He monopolized a small two-story western-style building in the British Concession.The small western-style building is too small, it looks like a toy house with red roof and white walls from a distance, it is very securely placed on a small green lawn, and he will not feel empty if he lives alone.There are only a few pieces of furniture in the room, left by the previous owner, which are enough for him.There was a square room on the second floor, which he tidied up and used as a study.Sitting at the table and spreading out the pen and paper, he wrote a letter as promised and reported his safety to Xianglong.
A letter was mailed out, and it took more than ten days before he received a reply.This letter was indeed written by Yun Shuai himself, because the writing became bigger and bigger and bigger and bigger. There were not a few words in total, but it was written on two pieces of letterhead, and it was not signed.Probably because I got impatient while writing, so I stopped writing and it was over.Lu Sheng read this reply letter twice, and he knew every word, but when he composed a sentence, the preamble and the postscript didn't match up.
After three days like this, he received another letter.
The sender on this letter was signed "Long Xiu'e". After pondering the envelope for a long time, Lu Sheng suddenly realized, and remembered the origin of the word "Xiu'e" - he gave Yaya a scientific name when he was a child. Xiu'e?
This name has not been used by anyone since the day I was born, and it finally has its place today.After washing his hands and sitting in front of the desk, he tore off the seal and took out the letterhead and opened it, and saw the densely packed small characters, neat as if they were printed.Surprised, he raised his hand and scratched his hair. He really didn't know that Yaya could write so well—even if it wasn't good, at least it was neat and well-formed, but the format was wrong.Its content is as follows: Brother, I am Yaya, I heard that you have settled down in Shanghai, how is your stay?This is my own letter to you, which he does not know.You write another letter to him, and when he replies, I will ask him to bring you the leather robe on the way.The robe is new, and it is a little too big for him, so it is just right for you.I said I would wear the robe for you, and he also said I would wear the robe for you.I'm fine, he's too busy to go home, I'm alone at home.I wanted to knit a woolen vest for you and him, but halfway through knitting, he took it to knit. I only slept for a while, and he knit the front so long that it was not easy to take it apart.Don't tell him I'll write to you, I'm afraid he'll think about it again.Are you over there, does someone cook and wash your clothes for you?When the weather is cold, you remember to eat hot meals, so you can cook, or eat out by yourself.
The writing stopped abruptly at this point, not only was there no inscription at the bottom, but also a few white words were inserted in the letter.Lu Sheng smiled at the letter, thinking what to do, can he answer Ya Ya's letter honestly?
After contemplating for a moment, he had an idea, spread out the letter paper and wrote down the words "my younger brother Yunteng".After thinking about these four words again, he finally changed to a new letterhead and wrote again: Boy!What are you writing about?I taught you how to recognize characters for several years, why did you only learn some ghost symbols?You rely on your clever mind, and you have never been willing to work hard. In my opinion, your handwriting is not as good as Yaya.Six or seven out of ten of your replies are incomprehensible to me, and you will ask Yaya to write your replies in the future.
After writing these few lines, Lu Sheng put down his pen.This is not finished yet, but the letter is really too long, he thought, and Long Xiang might not be able to read it.
But if he doesn't read it, Yaya will read it, and it's not difficult for Yaya to read and write letters.Thinking of this, he picked up the pen and wrote it stroke by stroke.
Lu Sheng's mailbox came into play.
This iron letter box hangs outside the gate. It used to be rusty, but exposed bit by bit to remove the essence of steel. In the sunny weather, it was painted with a layer of yellow paint.Every morning, he would go out and knock on the mailbox. There seemed to be a psychic connection between the person and the mailbox. He knocked a few times in this way, and he could tell from the sound whether there was a letter in it.
Lusheng sat at home bored writing letters, reading newspapers, cleaning the house, and sometimes cooking a meal for himself.He has a bit of "independence" in his temperament, and he would rather do everything by himself than invite servants to his home.After living like this for about two months, he took out some money, bought some stocks, and started to visit the stock exchange every now and then.After more than a month like this, he sold the stocks and calculated the accounts, and found that he had made more than 200 yuan.
Lou lived into her twenties, earning money for the first time in her life.Facing the 200 yuan, he was surprised at first, and then joyful. Unfortunately, there was no one to say, so he could only write it in a letter and tell Longxiang and Yaya.
After this letter was sent, it took a long time to reply.In the letter, Yaya said that she had suffered from the wind and cold a few days ago, and now she is recovering. She didn't mention the dragon's appearance, but just wrote some trifles.Lu Sheng looked at this letter again and again, somehow, he always felt that this letter smelled like tears, but how could tears have a smell?
He bought several large bottles of nutritional pills and mailed them to Yaya, and asked Long Xiang when he could go back.This time Long Xiang personally wrote a reply letter to him. As usual, the words on the letter became bigger and bigger, telling him "don't reply".
And then, suddenly, Lu Sheng saw the news of the war in the north in the newspaper.
One side of the war is Commander Long, and the other side is a coalition force that Lu Sheng has never heard of.It seemed that several families joined forces to besiege Long Xiang.He became nervous, not knowing why Long Xiang had offended everyone.Unfortunately, Yaya's reply came later and later, he could only learn about the battle situation from the newspaper.Day after day passed with anxiety, and in a blink of an eye it was the end of the new year. At this time, there was new news in the newspaper, saying that the warring parties could not bear the hunger and severe cold now, and they were going to negotiate a peace.
Lu Sheng heaved a sigh of relief, and wanted to go back to Beijing to see them.However, Long Xiang was still resolute in not allowing it, extremely resolute, as if he had a ghost in his heart.But he was always different, so Lu Sheng didn't think much about it.
Lu Sheng spent the Spring Festival alone, and after more than a month, he finally received another letter from Yaya.As soon as he saw the words "Long Xiu'e" on the envelope, he knew it was secretly written by Yaya to him.Yaya told him that she fell ill again years ago, and only now has she recovered completely.He didn't expect Yaya to lie to him, so he believed it.
I haven't written to him for more than three months because Yaya really can't write.After a hundred days of injury, her right forearm was broken by Long Xiang. Now, the bones have grown strong again, but her right hand has obviously become less flexible. Whether she is writing or doing needlework, she must Take your time.
Why were you beaten?What did you use to fight?Strangely, she had forgotten all about it.There is a train timetable at home, and all the train lines in the north and south are listed on it.She opened it to find the Jinpu line, and looked down from station to station, from Tianjin to Pukou.She remembered very clearly that her eldest brother said that he took the train on this line to go south that year.It takes several days to travel from Tianjin to Pukou, but it doesn't matter how long it takes if there is no wind or sun.For this trip, including food and drink for the ticket, 40 yuan or [-] yuan is enough.Yaya has about a hundred yuan in her hand, if she really goes out, then the wealth will not be exposed, and she has to prepare some dry food before boarding the train.Don’t be afraid of dryness, as long as you can eat it with bubble hot water, if you have apples and pears, you should buy a few and bring them with you.
She has never traveled far alone, but she has tried her best, and she has thought everything through.In the end, she shivered. When she came back to her senses, she startled herself and thought, "What am I thinking? Crazy?"
But clutching the train timetable in her hand, she couldn't forget that she could spend 100 yuan now, which was enough for her to take a long train ride away from Longxiang.
However, she knew that she dared not really go.Long Xiang loves her so much, after four years of marriage, he still hasn't given birth to a flamboyant heart.His emotions, both good and bad, were all vented to her, as if she had an indestructible body and could be rubbed by him for the rest of her life.
The weather is getting warmer, and the fighting in the north is getting more and more intense.Lu Sheng was in Shanghai, and still could only learn about the battle situation through newspapers.Long Xiang seems to be very busy now, Lu Sheng said that he wanted to go back to see him and Yaya, but then he received a telegram from him - he was impatient to write a letter, and told him directly through the telegram, "Don't make trouble for me ".
Lu Sheng has always been a little confused about his big career.He saw Long Xiang as a messed-up boy, but looking at the public opinion's evaluation of Long Xiang, he also felt that this crazy boy might ascend the throne and proclaim himself emperor at any time.So ignorantly, he was overwhelmed by the other party's telegram, and he was afraid that if he went back rashly, it would really damage his future achievements.
So from spring to autumn, he only spends time in the stock exchange on weekdays.Although there are losses and gains, but because he has a stable temperament and is not greedy for big gains, he still focuses on making profits when calculating the ledger.The weather was cold again, and Man Shucai's death had long been an old news that no one mentioned, and because the war took place in the far north, and there was no winner, Shanghai newspapers gradually lost interest in it.So much so that Lu Sheng occasionally had delusions, suspecting that the war had ended quietly.
He decided to go back no matter what.But before he could pack his bags, Yaya's letter arrived.
Yaya told him in the letter that she was going to leave Beijing with Long Xiang.Where it will go is still unknown.So the eldest brother should stop writing letters to his family these days, and when they settle down, she will find a way to notify him.
The signing date was ten days ago. In other words, even if he went back at this moment, he would have nothing to lose.A heart suddenly panicked, he wondered if Long Xiang had brought Yaya to the front line again?This kid always seems to be planning to live and die with Yaya, the more dangerous it is, the more he will take Yaya with him!
But if these two really lived and died together, Lu Sheng thought, what would he do?
Thinking of this, it was like a fire was burning in his chest, roasting him day and night, and it lasted for more than a month.
A letter from an unknown address acted as a fire brigade because the words "Long Xiu'e" were on the envelope.This letter was very long, and it was written in densely packed small characters on a limited number of two sheets of paper, with words on both sides.Lu Sheng read it hastily, and learned that Yaya is currently in a town where food and clothing are not restricted, and it is far away from the battlefield, where even the sound of artillery can't be heard.But this place is just a temporary place to stay, and I will have to return to Beijing sooner or later.
As for Long Xiang, she didn't mention a word.
She didn't mention it, and Lu Sheng didn't miss him either.There was nowhere to send the reply, so he could only sit at home and wait for the news.The weather was getting colder and colder, but it didn't stop him from going out every morning to knock on his mailbox.After knocking for more than a month, on this day, he finally found a new letter from the mailbox.Seeing that letter, his heart turned somersaults in his chest, and when he saw the "Long Xiu'e" on the envelope again, his heart that would turn somersaults turned back to its original position - he could write letters. Yaya must be safe and sound.
He was about to walk back with the letter, but before he could turn around and enter the door, the newspaper boy ran over along the street and inserted the newspaper into the mailboxes of every household.So Lu Sheng walked back to the gate of the courtyard and took out the new newspaper.As he walked, he unfolded the newspaper and looked at the headlines.Today there is finally news from the north again. The title is written in big black characters with a personal name in the middle, and it is written as Xu Zicheng.Lu Sheng looked familiar, but couldn't remember who this person was.There are slightly smaller subtitles under the big topic, one of which is "all the corps of the coalition army are approaching together, and the battle is fierce in the Zhichazhi triangle area".Lusheng looked at it and walked in the door. After entering the door, he put the newspaper and the letter on the table, then picked up the large kettle from the small electric stove, and poured himself a glass of water first.
Boiled water was poured into the cold cup, and a cloud of white mist immediately rose up. At the same time, Lu Sheng shivered suddenly.
He remembered who Xu Zicheng was, Xu Zicheng was Chief of Staff Xu!
Hastily put down the kettle and walked back to the table, he picked up the newspaper and read it again carefully.This time he saw it clearly - Chief of Staff Xu has betrayed!
Lu Sheng hurriedly put down the newspaper and tore open the envelope.The letter was still written in Yaya's handwriting. He read it from beginning to end in a panic, and finally confirmed that Yaya reported good news to him but not bad news. There were many truths that she didn't tell at all!
Yaya didn't mention Chief of Staff Xu's rebellion, only said that everything was fine.She still failed to go back to Beijing or Tianjin, and kept moving between towns and counties. The names of those places were all unknown to her, who was short-sighted.She didn't mention Long Xiang's current situation at all, so after Lu Sheng finished reading the letter, he could only be sure that both of them are alive now, but whether they are alive or not, and how to go next, then he can't guess at all up.
So Lu Sheng pushed away the letters and newspapers, got up and went upstairs to inspect the property in his hands - before leaving, Long Xiang gave him a booklet, the number on the booklet was several million.Apart from this passbook in his hand, Long Xiang must hold even greater wealth in his hands.In other words, enough food for the three of them for a lifetime.
"Should I go to him immediately?" Lu Sheng asked himself hesitantly.
There is no answer to this question.As early as when Long Xiang first entered the battlefield, Lu Sheng repeatedly wanted to take him home and become a young master honestly, but Long Xiang won all the way, and none of the pessimistic predictions he made came true.He is a real dragon reincarnated, if he has divine help, what can mortals do?
Lu Sheng ran out of ideas.Judging from the news, Long Xiang seemed to be defeated at any time, but after a week, such reports gradually decreased, and Long Xiang did not really fail.Lu Sheng breathed a sigh of relief, thinking that the tug-of-war probably started again.However, this breath was not over yet, Yaya's letter came again.
At first glance, the letter was unremarkable, but when he tore open the seal and looked inside, Lu Sheng found that it contained not serious letterhead, but a piece of tinfoil from a cigarette box.One side of the tinfoil was pure white, with a few lines written on it in small, dried-up ink: Brother, he is sick, and the war may not be won.He didn't listen to anyone, and he was very strong.The people who followed him have dispersed, and I really can't handle him alone, so come and save us.I have been retreating with the army, and I don't know where I am.Yaya.
Lu Sheng stared at the tinfoil in a daze for more than a minute, then got up and went into the bedroom.This time he didn't carry the suitcase out, but simply packed a small bag neatly, then took off his suit, and changed into cotton clothes and cloth shoes.Tie the small burden around his body, he went downstairs, went out, locked the door, stopped a foreign car on the street, and went straight to the train station.Now that things have happened, his heart has become a little calmer, because the goal is clear, and it is better to suffer endlessly.Long Xiang, that bastard, really brought Yaya into a dangerous situation, but why was Yaya the one who asked him for help?Why didn't Long Xiang say a word?Does he still look down on himself and trust himself?
But it's okay, don't be afraid.Lu Sheng was queuing up to buy tickets at the train station, his heart was peaceful, but his hands were shaking all the time.He said to the two people thousands of miles away in his heart: "You hold on, big brother will be here soon."
The train going north went smoothly at first, but it started to slow down as soon as it entered Shandong, even to the point of stopping and going, allowing Lu Sheng to spend New Year's Day on the train.
It doesn't matter if it's slow, after all, it's still walking. Lu Sheng didn't expect that the train would simply stop halfway.Because of the war ahead, the railway was blown up for a long time-without the railway, the train would naturally have to stop.When will the tracks be resurfaced?That's hard to say, it's so cold, and there's still fighting ahead.Can it be fixed in a day?one day?What are you kidding, it's almost a week!Lu Sheng asked around in all directions in the train, especially the passing waiters and ticket inspectors. He stopped him and asked them several times, which made people impatient.After finding out all about the situation and confirming that the two teams fighting ahead had nothing to do with Long Xiang, he got off the train with the passengers.
Since the train will not be able to leave for a while, the passengers have to enter the nearby villages and towns to find a place to rest.Lu Sheng remembered that once in the past, he also heard that Long Xiang was at war with someone, and he went back to look for him impatiently. The train also broke down halfway, so he went down and hired a large car, and continued to move forward on his own.This experience is useful. It worked last time, and of course it will work this time.So after eating two big bowls of hot noodles, he started trying to find a car.
However, there were no carts, horse carts, donkey carts, mule carts, and when they heard that he was going to the place where the battle was ahead, the coachmen shook their heads bluntly at him.He increased the money, ten times the money, but under the heavy reward, there was still no brave man.
So he bought a skinny donkey with ten times the money.This donkey was covered in mottled and dirty fur, and the rows of ribs showed the shape of one by one, but it was complete with saddles and bridles, although the saddles and bridles were all worn out to the point of rotten.Lu Sheng led the donkey, and couldn't bear to ride it.But no matter how weak the donkey was, it could run faster on four legs than a human, so after Lusheng asked the way, he led the donkey on the road overnight.
That night, it snowed heavily.
Lusheng first led the donkey and ran.The snow was as heavy as goose feathers, and the exposed eyebrows and eyelashes were covered with a layer of frost.In the middle of the night, he couldn't run anymore, so he raised his legs and rode on the back of the donkey.The donkey didn't mind, it carried him for a few miles, and seemed to be able to continue running, but Lusheng couldn't stand it anymore—there was something wrong with the saddle, and it hurt his butt, especially a man's butt.
When it was slightly dawn, one person and one donkey were all exhausted to the extreme.Lu Sheng sat down on the ground, grabbed the snow and stuffed it into his mouth. The donkey also lowered its head and gnawed on the snow and the hay.There was no sound of gunfire ahead, so Lu Sheng was very confused, not knowing where the legendary battle took place.
At this moment, he felt a little uncomfortable under his body.Stretching out his hand to touch his butt, his hand sank into the snow, and the back of his hand was scratched by something hard.
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