Looking at the bright moon

Longyuan has now become like an invisible prison. Although it looks unchanged from the outside, how many police detectives or soldiers are hiding around, and even the Wen family members can't tell.These people hid everywhere and guarded the entrances and exits of Long Garden day and night. As long as there was a slight disturbance, the whole Yannan would probably get news soon.

He Lingshan is used to this, and he doesn't intend to complain to the newly appointed Commander Zhong.Who told Wen's family to get into several big lawsuits one after another, in the face of his protest, the other party could have justly and sternly dismissed the reason, He Lingshan had already thought of it for him: to protect witnesses and find clues.If he objected, he would immediately be labeled as a guilty conscience. In this period, the Wen family is always unreasonable.

Pei Ling stayed at the police station for a day and a night, and then she was sent back to Long Garden by Director Cheng who kept her promise. When she came back, except for her haggard appearance, everything seemed to be fine.She was not in a hurry to inform others, and went back to her room to sleep, and did not show up in the dining room until the next evening.As soon as He Lingshan entered the door, he saw her wearing a loose silk skirt with casual clothes draped over it, sitting at the long table stirring a cup of coffee.Perhaps hearing his footsteps, she turned her head, her short curly hair brushed messily around her snow-white neck, and her oval face without makeup looked several years younger than usual.

"I'm back," she said lazily, her voice still hoarse after a long sleep: "Have you had dinner yet?"

It was the first time seeing her dressed so slovenly, He Lingshan was not used to it, so he sat down far away and said, "No."

His embarrassment made Pei Ling laugh, and she didn't expose him, she made an arrangement on her own: "That's just right, let's use it together. I asked the kitchen to make soup, and I was worried that no one would accompany me to drink it."

This was the first time that He Lingshan ate at the same table with someone other than Wen Mingyu after returning to Long Garden.At first he was still worried, afraid that Peiling would ask about what happened in the past three years, afraid that she would mention Wen Mingyu.He didn't want to talk about this to a stranger at all, but she was Wen Mingyu's younger sister, and He Lingshan couldn't get rid of her like a stranger.

However, after the meal was over, Peiling didn't ask any questions except for a few comments on the dishes.The only sentence related to Wen Mingyu was that she said that Longyuan's cook was too bland, and that even after decades, her taste and her brother's taste would not be compatible.This is probably the moment when they are most like a pair of ordinary uncles and nephews. Although both of them are quite unfamiliar with each other, they maintain a polite peace.According to Pei Ling's personality, she could have been more enthusiastic about him and found many topics to get close to him, but she didn't because she knew that He Lingshan didn't like to be treated warmly.

The two walked out of the restaurant one after the other. The summer night came later, after six o'clock, and there was still a ray of light in the sky, and the edge of the light was covered with wave-like, orange-red clouds.

Peiling sniffed a jasmine flower from the side of the road, turned around suddenly, stuck it on her temples, and smiled at He Lingshan, "Does it look good?"

The surrounding scenery became dim in the dusk, but she was so bright that she seemed to be shining, and there were clear and long eyes beside the white petals, and He Lingshan's face turned red from her laughter.Blood relationship is really a wonderful bond, at the moment she stared at herself, He Lingshan seemed to see another person through her.

It would be too rude not to respond at this time, he nodded, frankly affirming her inquiry.

Peiling was very happy, she took down the jasmine and played with it repeatedly, walking like a little girl.He Lingshan followed her not far or near, repeated several times in his mind, and finally stopped her: "Miss Fifth, I have something to ask for your help."

She was already used to He Lingshan addressing herself, so she just turned her head and looked at him in surprise: "What?"

He Lingshan seldom asks for others, but when he has to do so, he doesn't hold back, and immediately repeats what Wen Mingyu said to himself.Pei Ling listened intently, and finally laughed again, and said: "You said please, but you treated me as an outsider. My surname is also Wen. It's nothing to help my brother. It's not difficult, but now I I was closely watched by the police, and my freedom was restricted, if you want to send me out, you must do it carefully."

The other party agreed so readily, which made He Lingshan feel a little embarrassed, and for a while he could only say "Thank you." Peiling glanced at him, and said in a correct voice, as if reciting a line in a drama: "You still say thank you, and my family is like this." You're welcome, you're breaking my heart."

Peiling had a very good ability to make people let go of their guard in front of her. Even He Lingshan couldn't resist. He made an exception and walked her along a long path with her all the way to the outside of the courtyard where she lived.Before parting, He Lingshan hesitated several times, but decided to tell the other party the news: "Miss Fifth, the person who joined Ruan Lingyi to deal with the Wen family this time is my uncle Sheng Jingyuan. If you continue to stay in Yannan, you will inevitably meet with him. There is an overlap, if you don't want to see him, I can send you back to Yungang after this matter is over."

Hearing that person's name, Pei Ling was obviously stunned for a moment, and the smile on her face faded, replaced by a slightly melancholy confusion.She was quiet for a long time, so long that He Lingshan began to feel uneasy, thinking that his words were too clumsy and hurt her.He was about to apologize, but he saw Peiling cast her eyes elsewhere, and said in a soft voice: "He is the one who lied to me, and he is the one who has done bad things. Even if he wants to avoid me, he should avoid me. How can I do that?" Will you be afraid to see him?"

After finishing speaking, she raised her hand and fiddled with the hair beside He Lingshan's ear: "Don't worry, I'm not a teenage girl. I was scared and fled by a man, and I would make people laugh when I said it!"

Peiling walked away lightly, leaving him in the dim twilight, a gust of wind that still had the heat of the sun was blowing gently and slowly, when passing by his side, suddenly something was brought from his ear, which happened to fall into the He Lingshan's palm.Looking down, it turned out that it was the jasmine that Peiling had picked. He Lingshan finally smiled and put the flower into his pocket.

Xu Hancheng was very quick at handling things, and managed to secretly send Peiling out of Longyuan the next day. Just as the escorts left, a car approached and stopped outside the gate.He Lingshan was about to go out, when he saw this scene, he couldn't help but stop.The concierge greeted the car, chatted with the driver, and immediately got out of the car.The fat man with white eyebrows and wearing a short-sleeved floral shirt walking in front was none other than Jin Zhongquan.

Jin Zhongquan who was welcomed in quickly found him, and immediately strode towards this side, calling for the young master.

After the tit-for-tat confrontation in the meeting hall, Jin Zhongquan's attitude towards him eased a little. Although it was far from the level of smiling faces, at least his words were no longer mixed with guns and sticks.Hearing what He Lingshan asked, Jin Zhongquan quickly made several gestures, which meant to let him go in and talk in detail.

They entered the reception room together. The sun was very strong today, and Jin Zhongquan was so stuffy that his collar was wet. After sitting down, he didn't even bother to talk, he just wiped the sweat beads off his face with a handkerchief.He Lingshan sat quietly and waited. After a long time, the other party finally tidied himself up, folded his handkerchief randomly, stuffed it into his shirt pocket, and said, "Who is responsible for that accident on the pier?" The newly appointed Commander Zhong used it as a raft all day long, and sent people to investigate every now and then, making the people under us uneasy. It's hot, send some melons and fruits to his house, tell him to cool off the heat."

When Jin Zhongquan first joined Mr. Wen's school, he was not very popular, and all he did was dirty work.But relying on his own ability, whether he was a striker or dealing with the aftermath, he did it neatly and beautifully, never missed a shot, and successfully won the appreciation of the master.Now he is also a big shot with many apprentices, but his brutal and fierce style has not changed when he was young. The melon and fruit he mentioned are not ordinary fruits, but an elegant name given to bomb by insiders.He Lingshan knew that the other party was talking angry, so he said: "If we don't clarify those trumped-up charges for a day, the people above will not let the Wen family go for a day, and it's useless to just solve a Commander Zhong. But thanks to someone , how to solve the matter, I already have some clues, just bear with them for a few more days."

"Oh? Who is it?" Jin Zhongquan immediately asked: "Does the third master have any instructions?"

He Lingshan said: "I'm sorry I can't tell you, but if I reveal the identity of that person now, I'm afraid he won't be willing to discuss cooperation terms with me."

His dishonesty made Jin Zhongquan quite unhappy, but fortunately the other party endured it, and just said with a straight face: "You are the head of the family, and you have to say everything. I have nothing to object to. But I want to remind you again. Once, the time left for us is getting less and less, and if the business stops, even if I don’t express my opinion, the group of people raised by Wen’s family will get impatient. They are like a pack of wolf cubs, hunting their prey fiercely, making On the contrary, biting your own people is also merciless, you must not give them this opportunity."

Although the words were not pleasant, they were out of good intentions after all. He Lingshan nodded, expressing that he humbly accepts his lesson.

Perhaps it was because his statement was sincere enough, Jin Zhongquan's face softened a little, then he lit a cigarette, and silently swallowed for a while.The slowly rising white mist blocked his face, only his voice could be heard behind the smoke: "Young master, you have been in Yannan for some time, you should know a lot about the situation here. .”

He was holding a cigarette in one hand, and resting his hand on his knee. With his thumb, he was fiddling with a silver ring on his index finger: "Nowadays, tobacco and soil business is happening everywhere. Not only the common people, but even the people in the yamen have participated. Only Yannan Such a large place, because of the ban of the third master, cut off the access of many tobacco and soil dealers. These people dare not talk too much on the surface, but secretly try their best to try to change Yannan's owner. To this group For the rats, there is no better opportunity than the present - don't take it lightly. They have been taught by the third master and dare not provoke him, but they may not dare to provoke you. "

Once you enter this line of work, you will definitely treat life crisis as a common occurrence. Most people will end up being rich today and dead on the street tomorrow. Therefore, He Lingshan is not surprised. He just asked: "You said that, did you hear What noise?"

Jin Zhongquan snorted and said, "You asked knowingly. If there is no news, why should I talk nonsense to you. As for who has such guts, I am also sending people to investigate. If I find out, I will deal with them; if They came to you first, so please be more careful and try to protect yourself."

After speaking, he propped himself up on the sofa and slapped He Lingshan on the shoulder heavily: "How the Wen family will overcome this difficulty depends entirely on the actions of the head of the family. Your life is very precious right now."

After sending Jin Zhongquan away, He Lingshan walked to the back of the guest room and lifted the pearl curtain there.The person standing behind the curtain was taken aback at first, and then met He Lingshan's gaze, and asked in a blunt tone, "How do you know I'm here?"

He Lingshan pointed to his feet, and as soon as the other party lowered his head, he saw a long shadow of himself on the floor, which was extremely conspicuous.

Yongtang didn't speak for a long time, his face turned blue and red, and he almost wrote the word embarrassment on it.But to He Lingshan's surprise, he didn't lose his temper because of this, and he didn't turn around and leave. The two just faced each other silently for a long time, until Yongtang couldn't bear this weird situation anymore, and he understood clearly. Voice said: "This is the guest room, not your private territory. There is no reason why you are only allowed to come, and I am not allowed to come." He Lingshan has never liked to argue, and he just responded indifferently: "It's up to you."

After these two sentences, there was another moment of silence, Yongtang gritted his teeth secretly, feeling that he was really stupid to take the initiative to talk to this person.However, after hesitating several times, he finally made a decision, he couldn't let it go like this, so he suppressed his temper and said: "I have something to tell you."

After finishing speaking, before He Lingshan could say anything, he quickly uttered three words: "I'm sorry."

Although Yongtang's voice at this time was not much louder than a mosquito, He Lingshan could still hear them clearly because they were close.He couldn't help blinking, and stared at the person in front of him in surprise for a while, and waited until Yongtang turned his face away in half embarrassment and half annoyance, avoiding his sight, and then realized that the person was probably Complete the task assigned by my uncle the day before.

He Lingshan said: "Understood."

In the education Yongtang has received, the words of forgiveness are often followed by an apology. Even if you don't forgive in your heart, you always have to give your face. Therefore, I never thought that I would wait for a long time and get such a sentence. respond.He widened his eyes in disbelief, and said angrily, "Why don't you say it's okay?"

"Why do you say it's okay?" He Lingshan also looked strange: "It's okay to say, I won't forget everything you said and done in the past right away. Could it be that with this sentence, you Will you and I settle down and be a harmonious pair of brothers?"

What he said is not wrong, just thinking of the scene where he is commensurate with this person in front of him is enough to make Yongtang's hair stand on end.What's more, today, he can no longer argue with He Lingshan like before.At that time, he made things difficult for the other party because he was pretending to be an uncle in his heart, but now that the position has been replaced by another person, the hatred for He Lingshan's gnashing of teeth in his heart has naturally diminished to a small extent.

Thinking of the conversation between He Lingshan and Jin Zhongquan when he broke in here again, Yongtang couldn't help saying to himself: Forget it, even the people under his uncle are willing to submit to him, so why do I have the ability to be competitive?Even if he has the upper hand in terms of speech, it won't help, Shang Ying has made him suffer enough.

Yongtang stared at a pot of pink-blue and light-purple hydrangeas at his feet, and said bravely: "From now on, I admit that you are the heir of my uncle, and I will not do anything you shouldn't say or do. No more."

This sentence was much more sincere than his apology. He Lingshan originally maintained an attitude of not being blind to others, and did not intend to argue with the other party. Now that Wen Yongtang is willing to give in, it is a good thing.He nodded, believing the other party's assurance, and asked again: "Is there anything else you want to say?"

Waiting for Yongtang to shake his head, he raised his wrist and looked at his watch. The president of the Yancheng Chamber of Commerce will meet with him in about half an hour, and it is not far from the time of departure.

"Then please do your own thing." After leaving these words, He Lingshan was about to leave, but just as he turned around, he suddenly heard the bead curtain behind him rattle, Yongtang grabbed his sleeve and asked eagerly: "Are you going to see Shang Ying?"

He Lingshan looked back at him with calm eyes: "So what?"

"He refused to answer my call, and he didn't know where he went." Yongtang frowned, and subconsciously rubbed the sleeve that didn't belong to him with his fingers. Saying these things in front of He Lingshan was undoubtedly a waste of time. His dignity was put on the ground, but at this moment he was willing to do this: "If you go to see him, can you tell him for me that I really want to see him, and there are some things I want to make clear to him face to face."

When speaking of the second half of the sentence, Yongtang's nose fluttered, and his tone of voice showed a hint of choking. He didn't care whether He Lingshan agreed or not, and continued: "If he agrees, you can ask him to answer me immediately." Phone. If you don’t agree...you don’t say anything, and don’t tell me his answer, I will know.”

The retribution came really fast, and he would ask He Lingshan one day.Yongtang fully thought that the other party would laugh at him, maybe this person didn't even bother to laugh at him, and just gave him a contemptuous nasal sound, no matter what, he was ready to accept it.Unexpectedly, He Lingshan frowned and sized him up a few times, and then responded: "Okay."

The other party shook off his hand and left the reception room without saying hello.I don't know how long it took, through the latticed window, He Lingshan's figure passed by a jagged rockery, and soon disappeared in the shade of trees.The man's stature has become so tall unconsciously, and the outline of his shoulders and back is completely like that of an adult man. Yongtang leaned in front of the window and stared blankly for a long time, suddenly a burst of sadness welled up in his heart, even if he was facing another person's back, he Still think of Shangying.