20 years of the Republic of China

Chapter 189
On the Bell and Drum Tower, the drums are beating for the fourth time.

The sky is getting dark, and the night is about to begin.

The northwest wind carried a heavy snowfall, which fell like soot randomly.

"Dong dong dong..."

At Bai Guoping's foreign residence, there was a knock on the door early. The sound was not loud and intermittent, which was annoying.

"Dong dong dong..."

"Who is it?"

An old man in his 50s walked out of the concierge, wearing a shiny blue cotton-padded jacket draped over his shoulders. He held a lantern in his left hand and tugged on his collar with his right hand from time to time. He walked slowly to the door and couldn't help mumbling.

"It's snowing, it's so early, who is it? Say something!"

In the past few days, Bai Guoping has been busy in the mansion, repairing doors, beds, and replacing furniture. He rarely comes back. He just wants to repair the mansion as soon as possible so that the concubines left behind by his father can live there.

Although his foreign residence is not small, the unexpected presence of these people will inevitably cause some inconvenience in daily life.

"Dong dong dong..."

The knock on the door was still ringing, but no one answered the door.

The old man was suspicious, so he picked up a short stick in the concierge and asked again.

"Who? Is it the young master?"

"Dong dong dong..."

"Damn it!"

The old man squatted down and put down the lantern, and put the short stick across his side. He leaned on the door panel and listened for a while. He didn't hear any suspicious movement, and then hesitantly reached out and opened the door.

Unexpectedly, as soon as I pulled the door latch, the cold northwest wind acted like a monster and pushed open the two door panels!

The old man ducked sideways, and when he turned around, he saw a human head hanging upside down, like a pendulum, hitting him head on!

"Oops, fuck me!"

Out of instinct, the old man picked up his short stick and swung it across.

I saw the head swinging not far away in response to the sound, and then swinging back again with the help of inertia.

However, this time, the old man could clearly see what was outside the door!

"Oh!"

The old man screamed, staggered back two or three steps, collapsed on the ground, and yelled hastily: "Someone is coming! Someone is coming! Someone is coming!"

Several shouts were heard in succession, and there was a sudden commotion as the east and west wing of the house entered the courtyard three times from the front, middle and back.

The first ones to rush out were naturally the few servants, and then the noise became louder and louder, so that everyone in the house came out to check.

Although the young aunt Bai Yuqing is not the fastest to react, she is the fastest to act.

As soon as she heard the noise, she didn't even have time to change out of her cotton-padded jacket. She only wore a single piece of clothing and three-inch floral cloth shoes. She immediately rushed out of the boudoir, squeezed through the crowds, and hurriedly came to the door of the house.

But they saw Bai Guoping's head hanging upside down on the door beam by his own braid, his eyes widened, his mouth half closed and half open, swaying with the northwest wind, non-stop.

Seeing her brother die violently, how can a sister not feel distressed?

The rest of the female family members were already crying and screaming in fear, turning into a mess.

Bai Yuqing also wanted to cry and scream, but when she looked around, she suddenly realized that if she fell, no one in the family would be able to support her, so she swallowed her tears and cheered up again.

"Lao Ma, Lao Gao, go and close the door of the middle courtyard immediately. Don't let the old lady come out! The few remaining people should go to the east wing and stabilize the young ladies! Don't say a word about the situation here. Who can If you dare to talk too much, your legs will be broken! Did you all hear that?"

There are not many thugs left in the Bai family. Now these servants, seeing the scene in front of them, just froze in place, as if they were frozen, unable to scream or push!
Bai Yuqing cursed angrily: "What are you doing standing there in a daze? Go, hurry up!"

Then everyone woke up from a dream and scattered in all directions, stabilizing the women in each room.

However, it is easier said than done!
You have clearly heard the noise just now, but now you are going to tell some coaxing lies, who can believe it?
The old lady turned pale with fright. She pushed the servants who came to dissuade her with her hands and feet, and yelled and cursed.

"Quick! Let me go out and take a look. Is it... is there something wrong with Guobing? Don't stop me, let me go and take a look! Bastards, what are you going to do? You are going to rebel against God! I, I... See if I don't beat you for being disobedient! Let me go over and take a look at my son!"

The old lady felt distressed and the concubine was flustered.

In the east wing, several concubines were also crying like frightened birds.

"What happened to Guoping? What happened to Guoping? You should tell me!"

"Don't lie to me! I heard the noise just now. If something happened to him, who else could it be?"

"You guys go and tell eldest sister that I can bear it. No matter what happens, you have to let me take a look!"

For a time, there was chaos; it could be said that there was nothing but chicken feathers everywhere.

Regardless of whether a family is big or small, ranging from a small farmhouse with seven or eight people to a famous family with a hundred or ten people, whether it is hungry, cold and miserable, or full of wealth, as long as it can be called a family, it actually depends on the life and death of one person.In a family, there must be a pillar. He must have the ability to subdue everyone, and he must be able to unite men, women, old and young into a rope. As long as this person is still there, the family will be there. Once this person is gone, no matter how big the family is, it will suddenly disappear. It fell apart and fell apart.

After Bai Baochen's death, the pillars collapsed. No matter how many people the Bai family still had, the family was already in turmoil.

With the joint support of Bai Yuqing and Bai Guoping, the family can barely survive.

Now that his brother is dead, Bai Yuqing can hardly sing alone.

Although the whole family was crying incessantly, she had already foreseen that after the funeral, her father's concubines, Guoping's concubines, and her own sisters would definitely make a noise. They broke up the family and broke up the gang, scrambling to divide the property.

Although there is harmony and happiness on weekdays, in fact, turning into enemies can only happen overnight!
The Bai family - it's over!
After sending everyone away, Bai Yuqing stood slumped, staring blankly at her brother's head, and only shed tears when there was no one around.

She was already a bit thin, her feet had been bound since she was a child, and she was only wearing a single piece of clothing in the cold wind and snow, and it looked more like it would be blown away by the wind at any time.

The noise behind me was far away, but very real.

After a long silence, Bai Yuqing called a servant and asked him to call the housekeeper Chu Liangsheng and the translator Dong Shaode. Then he thought about it for a while, stood on the bench, picked off his brother's head from the beam, and held it in his hands. In my arms, I went to find white cloth.

The Bai family, young and old, all gathered in the courtyard of the atrium, tearing into each other.

At this time, of course no one noticed that two figures hurriedly passed by on the roof of the main house, climbing over the wall and through the window, as if they were walking on flat ground.

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This noisy farce lasted until the morning and gradually subsided.

Bai Yuqing is busy not only appeasing her family members, but also busy preparing for her younger brother's funeral. Sometimes she also has to think about the future direction and countermeasures of the Bai family.

After such a pass, even gods can't stand it.

Bai Yuqing was exhausted physically and mentally, sitting in the room waiting.

There is a saying that when the house leaks, it rains all night.

She just accidentally caught a cold and started to have a headache and a fever. She suddenly mourned her father and couldn't help but sigh in her heart: Dad, how do you support such a big family?

Nowadays, there are only three or four young aunts left who can fight. At this moment, people are in panic. They always look at each other from time to time, and they seem to have wavered.

Seeing this, Bai Yuqing had no choice but to cheer up, and comforted her without conscience: "Don't worry, our Bai family will not do anything again in the future, you just have to do your job well, when my father is here, you will have what you should have, and you will do it again." have!"

The Bai family can still afford this amount of money.

"Also, don't forget, 'Hai Lao Owl's third sister, 'Cuan'er Hong' is still over there in the East. If Jiang Xiaodao wants to save his aunt, he has to rely on us to talk. As long as this remains unchanged, we will still have Talk."

Unexpectedly, as soon as he finished speaking, there was a sound of footsteps in the yard.

Dong Shaode rushed into the house without even closing the door and without brushing off the snowflakes on his shoulders. He came to Bai Yuqing's seat in a few steps and said in a low voice: "Young aunt, there is something - Dongyang The 'Black Hat' seems to be preparing to release 'Chuan'erhong'!"

"What do you say?"

Regardless of her illness, Bai Yuqing jumped up and asked directly: "Why? Did Zhou Yunfu ask someone to send money to fix the 'Chuan'erhong'? Go and tell Mr. Miura quickly, no matter how much money Zhou Yunfu paid , our Bai family will pay double the amount!"

The textile factory has not resumed work yet, but the wealth the Bai family has accumulated in the past few years is enough to bid with any company in Fengtian.

"Young aunt, grandma, it's not Zhou Yunfu!"

"Who else could it be?" Bai Yuqing wondered, "Jiang Xiaodao? Even if he is rich, how can he have a better connection than ours?"

Dong Shaode frowned and sighed: "Hey! Young aunt and grandma, the Japanese people don't want to say this... I don't know about this! Anyway, judging from that, the Japanese people value others more."

"What did Mr. Miura say?"

"He said... Even if we move a mountain of gold, people won't buy it. I guess the people who want to save Chuan'erhong are not rich, but powerful."

"broken."

Bai Yuqing immediately collapsed on the chair.

The only bargaining chip she had to negotiate terms with Jiang Xiaodao was gone!
However, she couldn't figure out what kind of person he would be who could make the Japanese willingly sell him a favor without spending a penny?
At this moment, someone else ran into the house.

The butler Chu Liangsheng's ears were red from the cold. He held a copy of the Shengjing Times in his hand and said in a hurry: "Young aunt, it's bad, something is really wrong this time!"

Bai Yuqing hurriedly took the newspaper and looked down, but was shocked by the headline on the front page and broke into a cold sweat!
"In the early hours of last night, the Fengtian patrol battalion broke into the party's stronghold in the abandoned temple of Falun Temple in the North Tower."

It seems that the government will not come forward - Bai Guoping died in vain!
"Young aunt and grandma, what are we going to do now? Don't be silent!"

"Young aunt, young aunt, young aunt!"

No matter how others shouted, Bai Yuqing was already in a trance.

Her gaze stared blankly at the snowy scene at the door—a vast expanse of white!
"It's so clean..."

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