20 years of the Republic of China

Chapter 196 If you are greedy for life, you will die, and live towards death [Additional update 3]

The night is like water, the wind is like a knife, making the cold stars twinkle and the lights dim.

The noise of the crowd has long been blown away, but it is not quiet everywhere.

The north wind howled fiercely.From time to time, there was a loud "clang" sound in the streets and alleys, as if something was being blown to the ground.

The lantern on the porch was shaky, and the figures looked ghostly and unpredictable.

At the entrance of "Huifangli", two soldiers from the patrol battalion were sitting on the steps, leaning on their shoulders with Hanyang rifles. With their backs to the wind, they put their hands together to light a cigarette. They even lit a few matches and extinguished them. Can't help but complain.

"It's so fucking unlucky. I'm standing guard for the governor, standing guard for the commander. I finally came out to be happy, but I still have to stand guard for the kiln sister!"

"Brother, pull him down, this is our life! Why resist the gun? Isn't it just to make a living!"

"You can think about it, I'm not angry. Wang Guandai is having an affair with that brothel girl, and he wants us to do what he wants? He's using the public for personal gain. We're going to go to the camp to sue him, and we'll get it right!"

"Come on, come on! Don't be happy for a while. After you finish your complaint here, they will settle the accounts later and transfer you to Liaonan to fight. Then you might as well stand guard here! You'd better take a nap!"

"With such a strong wind, you are not afraid of blowing your tongue? It's not that I'm not happy, I just think that it's okay to go on a business trip. At least I can give you some benefits. I don't have anything to do. I'm just busy here."

The two of them talked to each other, just chatting under the lamp.

Behind me, "Huifangli" has already stopped. Those who should go are gone, and those who should sleep are sleeping.After the lights were turned off, all the birds returned to their nests and everyone was busy doing their own thing, so naturally there was no need to talk much.

As soon as Wang Yanzong showed up, no one dared to get on Zhao Lingchun's plate.

But the lights were still on in the room.

Zhao Lingchun was busy packing his bags, including marmot skin gloves, white fox skin shawls, and a box full of gold and silver jewelry.

There are so many things to bring, I want everything, and I can’t bear to throw anything away.

Even the curtains on the window were clearly not hers, but she wanted to wrap them up in a bag and sweep them away.

"Clap!"

There was a sudden sound on the glass bed.

Zhao Lingchun froze, his heart pounding against his ribs, and his face turned pale.

She asked softly in a thin voice: "Who, who?"

"Clap!"

Another sound, no explanation.

Zhao Lingchun walked sideways to the window curtain, opened a crack with his hand, and looked out the window, as if he was worried that Jiang Xiaodao would fly in through the window.

Of course it is impossible for a person to be hanging in the air outside the window, but a stone hits the glass.

Zhao Lingchun looked down along the path of the stones. There was a little beggar standing downstairs, looking up at her longingly.

It looked familiar, it was a small stone.

Zhao Lingchun naturally had no time to pay attention to him. He frowned and muttered in his heart: "This kid is so annoying. Give him a dollar and he still clings to me."

After thinking about it, she wanted to close the curtains quickly and ignore it.

But Xiao Shitou downstairs was more impatient and timid. He actually picked up a mahjong-sized stone and threw it up. There was a "snap" sound and several white cracks suddenly appeared on the glass window.

Zhao Lingchun's anger rushed into his heart. He immediately opened the window and shouted softly: "What are you doing? Do you know how much this glass costs? I'll give you two times. You're still targeting me. Give it to me and leave quickly!"

Zhao Lingchun casually dropped the two boys.

The copper plate fell to the ground and made a "ding-ding-ding-dang" sound. Unexpectedly, Little Stone didn't even look at it. He just called her: "Sister, run quickly, they are coming to catch you!"

Zhao Lingchun was about to leave the window when his ears tipped, and he immediately turned around, stretched his neck, and asked in surprise: "What did you just say? Who, who wants to arrest me?"

"Sister, stop asking. I don't know who they are. They just want to arrest you. We have to get here before dawn. You can run away while it's dark now!"

Zhao Lingchun's eyes were sharp and he immediately asked: "Did you betray me?"

Xiao Shitou was stunned by the question, and quickly explained hesitantly: "I...I didn't, I didn't say anything...Sister, I beg you, run away!"

If you hesitate any longer, there is no time.

In the lobby downstairs, there was a sudden noise, as if someone was having a conflict with the soldiers outside the door.

"Hey! Who are you, a small group of people at night, what are you doing?"

"Is it a conspiracy to form a rebellion?"

The sound became louder and louder, and commotion gradually began in each guest room. The prostitutes and the girls rushed to open the door and peeked out. The big teapot Fulong put on his cotton clothes, rolled downstairs in disgrace, and turned on the chandelier in the lobby.

The whole house lit up, and Zhao Lingchun suddenly became panicked.

"Didn't you say they didn't come until dawn?"

Xiao Shitou was also confused and stammered: "I, I don't know either! Sister, there is still time. This is only the second floor, not very high. You can just jump down from the top."

At this moment, Zhao Lingchun was so scared that his bones were numb, so he immediately returned to the house, poured all the gold and silver jewelry on the dressing table into his arms, and took out the small pistol under the pillow.

After finishing this task, I tried to move my luggage again, but found that I couldn't lift it at all.

After tugging several times in succession, but seeing that it was in vain, she bit her lip, turned her head reluctantly, tore off the window curtain, tied one end to the corner of the bed, then came to the bedside, raised her legs and crossed On the window sill, I wrapped the window curtain twice around my arm, put my toes against the wall, and moved down little by little.

Although the second floor is not high, unfortunately the window curtain is too short. When moved halfway, it hangs awkwardly in the air.

"Sister, jump down! It's really not that high!"

Little Shitou looked around, clapped his legs and stamped his feet anxiously. Finally, he had an idea and hurriedly leaned against the wall. He raised his head and said, "Sister, step on my shoulder, jump again, and everything will be fine. Come on, come on!"

Zhao Lingchun couldn't go up or down, so he had no other choice but to hook his feet on Xiao Shitou's shoulders.

But she didn't expect that Xiao Shitou would emerge at the age of ten, so she couldn't stop stepping on it.

As soon as he let go, the two of them fell sideways before applying any force on their feet.

When Xiao Shitou saw this, he didn't care about himself. He just ran forward quickly, leaned down and asked: "Sister, are you okay?"

Zhao Lingchun sprained his foot and scratched some skin on his elbow. He immediately complained: "It hurts so much and you said it's fine. How did you fix it?"

This is a bit like the daughter of the escort agency.

Zhao Lingchun didn't care about food and clothing since he was a child, so he didn't have to worry about food and drink. Before the age of 12, he was still the mistress at home. His daily life was all taken care of by his servants and senior brothers. If he was slightly dissatisfied, he would lose his temper. Although he is now reduced to Feng Chen, but in front of the little beggar, could not sympathize with him and still acted like a master. He was fundamentally two different people from the miserable children like Jiang and Hu.

What's ridiculous is that Xiao Shitou actually felt that he had done something wrong, and apologized with a sullen face: "Sister, I'm sorry, I'm sorry! I didn't stop just now, and someone was already at the door. You should leave quickly."

Zhao Lingchun looked at the little stone and blamed himself, and thought of his own situation. He suddenly became kind-hearted, took out a big ocean from his arms, and said, "Here's this for you. Thank you for coming and telling me that I'm leaving."

"I don't want money." Xiao Shitou put his hands behind his back, "Sister, where are you going?"

"Go to train station."

"Where to go then?"

"I do not know what happened?"

Xiao Shitou asked timidly: "Can you take me with you?"

Zhao Lingchun said impatiently: "Can you stop clinging to me? I can't even take care of myself now!"

Xiao Shitou lowered his head and said nothing.

Zhao Lingchun didn't have time to say anything. He rubbed his ankles and stood up to leave, but turned his head and warned: "Do you know who is in charge of the king? It doesn't matter if you don't know. You can tell the two patrol battalions at the door later. Tell them to tell Wang Yanzong that I have gone to the station and ask him to come find me tomorrow morning."

"Oh, OK!"

Xiao Shitou saw that she was about to leave, so he couldn't help but ask: "Sister, we may not see each other again in the future. Are you - is your name Zhao Lingchun?"

Zhao Lingchun was stunned for a moment, then shook his head firmly: "He Chun, my name is He Chun."

Xiao Shitou silently wrote it down, looked back at the intersection of Xiaoxiguan Street, and then urged: "Sister, please leave quickly, don't let others see it."

"Ok!"

Zhao Lingchun responded, then stood up and walked away without looking back.

The little stone stayed there alone, not daring to raise its head to see him off. He just put his hands behind his back, lowered his head, looked at his toes, and kicked the stones on the ground from time to time. The noise at the street seemed very close and yet very far away.

Suddenly, he saw two copper plates on the ground. He squatted down happily, picked them up, put them in his arms, and patted them. Looking at him, the things in his arms were no longer money, but a thought. think……

……

In the dark alley of the back street, Zhao Lingchun limped and rushed straight to the attachment in the west of the city.

Think back to the beginning, before everything was revealed.

She had the chance to run away, but because she was greedy for gentleness and wealth, she hesitated and always held on to luck. Now that she was desperate and had no way to retreat, she just thought of running for her life. At the end of the day, she was fully prepared and only took a few things with her. Jewelry is always with you, but other items are, in the final analysis, things that are external to you.

However, by this time, things were not over yet.

Zhao Lingchun crossed the back street and came to an intersection. When he looked up, his whole body seemed to be frozen in place as if a immobilization technique had been cast on him.

I saw three or two figures standing at the fork in the road in front of me, either leaning on the wall or squatting at the intersection, shadowy and shadowy, like lonely ghosts.

When everyone saw her coming, they straightened up and heard the sound of "rustling" footsteps.

Zhao Lingchun's heart immediately rose to his throat, the hairs all over his body stood on end, and his teeth rattled. He wanted to shout, but could not make a sound.

The person who came was silent and dark, and his face and expression could not be seen clearly, but he was slowly approaching here.

Zhao Lingchun hurriedly took half a step back, and immediately felt a stinging pain on his ankle.

At this moment, a deep voice suddenly sounded in his ears.

"Ling Chun'er, where are you going?"

"Ah!" Zhao Lingchun exclaimed.Turning around, she saw Jiang Xiaodao silently standing close behind her, staring at her with a half-smile.

"Oh, no, I accidentally heard it just now. Your name seems to be He Chun, right?"

"elder brother."

Zhao Lingchun took two steps back guiltily. Unexpectedly, he stumbled on his feet, his legs went weak, and he sat down directly on the ground.

Li Zheng and others slowly approached from all sides, mocking and making fun of him wantonly.

"Brother, look at you, you scared this girl, don't pee later, hahahahaha!"

Zhao Lingchun didn't know who the others were, nor did he know Zhao Guoyan and Zhong Yushan behind him, so he placed all his hopes of survival on Jiang Xiaodao.

"Brother...brother, I was wrong, please forgive me."

Even though he knew it was a futile effort, he couldn't help but blurt out the words of begging for mercy, almost like an instinct.

Jiang Xiaodao frowned and asked in confusion: "Why do you still call me brother? Your surname is He, your hometown is in Liaoyang, and you have a grudge against my father. You can only be a descendant of Changfeng Escort Bureau."

Zhao Lingchun was dumbfounded and did not dare to answer.

Jiang Xiaodao added: "It's normal for you to want to avenge the He family. It's normal for you to hate my father, my aunt, and me. Why do you still call me brother?"

"Brother, I was really wrong. Please let me go. I promise to leave Fengtian and never look for you again."

Jiang Xiaodao shook his head slightly, his eyes full of disappointment: "Ling Chun'er, you have a gun in your arms. Since you hate me, why don't you take out the gun and shoot me? Don't you dare?"

Zhao Lingchun burst into tears and begged: "Brother, I don't dare anymore. Really, I swear, please spare my life!"

In fact, when Jiang Xiaodao stood quietly behind her, the gun in her arms had already been stolen.

It was just in case, but she didn't expect that Zhao Lingchun didn't even dare to try it. She didn't even dare to put her hand into her arms.

In fact, Jiang Xiaodao had always felt guilty about Changfeng Escort, so much so that he even expected Zhao Lingchun to draw a gun against him, so that when he killed her, it would be quite satisfying.

After all, the murder was not his grudge.

The two of them can be regarded as a pair of enemies. Changfeng Escort fell down, Jiang Xiaodao followed the "Owl" to enjoy life, but Zhao Lingchun was humiliated and fell into the dust of the world.

The fate of the two of them has changed as a result, and now they are on completely different paths.

I don't know why, but looking at Zhao Lingchun's pleading look, Jiang Xiaodao suddenly heard a story from the past.

Back then, when he was taught by his six uncles, he was often beaten by his fourth uncle.Jiang Chenghai never interfered in this regard. After Xiaodao was beaten, he just asked - "Do you accept it?"

After hearing Xiaodao say "I don't accept it", Jiang Chenghai left with peace of mind.

As for the reason, Dad never said anything.

Only today did Jiang Xiaodao gain some understanding.

I think back then, He Xinpei of the Changfeng Escort Bureau dared to step forward despite Mao Zi's muzzle and a big gun in his hand. Now...

Jiang Xiaodao slowly took out his pistol.

When Zhao Lingchun saw this, his tears rolled down his eyes. He quickly kowtowed and begged: "Brother, don't kill me, don't kill me. I was really wrong. I treated you like a cow and a horse. Please let me go."

"Click!"

Jiang Xiaodao turned on the insurance.

Zhao Lingchun suddenly remembered something, as if grasping a life-saving straw, and said anxiously: "Brother! Wait, wait! You forgot, you also promised me one thing! You said that you will definitely do what you say. arrive."

Li Zheng, Zhao Guoyan and Zhong Yushan all looked at Jiang Xiaodao.

Jiang Xiaodao was also stunned and asked, "What did I promise you?"

Zhao Lingchun said hurriedly: "Back then, when I asked Wang Yanzong to rescue your father, you promised that no matter what I wanted, you would give it to me. Now I have thought about it, I want my life, brother, you agreed , No matter what, I just want my own life. From now on... I will go far away so that you can never find me again."

"Hey!" Li Zheng laughed next to him, "Brother, is there still such a thing? Did you save your father with this girl?"

The few remaining beards also shouted: "How can this be done? If you can't do what you promised to the ladies, it's a bit pricey!"

Zhong Yushan was standing by to help Xiaodao and said: "The promise is for things, not lives. This little girl is obviously just setting up a rice field to make things happen. Who cares, let's get involved. We have a score and can wait until the next life to settle the matter!"

Zhao Guoyan said nothing and just looked at Jiang Xiaodao.

Li Zheng felt that he was bored, so he waved his hand and said with a smile: "Hey! I'm just here to help. You can do whatever you like, we can just follow and watch the excitement!"

Even so, several bearded men still looked at Jiang Xiaodao curiously, guessing what he was going to do.

Jiang Xiaodao himself did not expect that Zhao Lingchun would turn over an old score at this juncture.

Of course he is not a good man, but he does value the word promise very much. He said he wanted to save Hu Xiaoyan, so he did; he said he wanted to marry her as his wife, so he married her; he said he wanted to save Lao Cui, but even though he failed, But I also tried my best.

No matter whether the starting point of all this is to satisfy his personal vanity or the so-called morality, he will try his best to do what he says, whether it is revenge or a promise.

After thinking about it, Jiang Xiaodao asked: "Ling Chun'er, do you really want to live that much?"

"I want to live, I really want to live, brother. Seeing as I have played a role in saving your father before, and I have done my best, please let me go!"

Zhao Lingchun also found it unbelievable. If he didn’t want to live, could it be possible that there were still people in this world who wanted to die?

Jiang Xiaodao still didn't lower his gun.

"Ling Chun'er, to be honest, I am just a pawn in your family's affairs. I don't think I feel guilty, but I am also quite embarrassed. If you are willing today, I will give you a happy life without suffering. , if you have a grudge in your next life, you can seek revenge from me again."

"No...Brother, I don't want the next life, I want this now. You promised me, no matter what I want, you will give it to me."

Zhao Lingchun cried until he was hoarse.

The cold wind of winter night is even colder.

Jiang Xiaodao stood there for a while, then suddenly put away his pistol, shook his head and said, "Ling Chun'er, you don't deserve the surname He, and you are not He Chun. You are a kiln girl, just a kiln girl."

Zhao Lingchun ignored it and echoed: "Okay, I... From now on, I will not be called He Chun. I am Zhao Lingchun, a kiln sister, just a kiln sister..."

"get out!"

Zhao Lingchun was suddenly pardoned. He couldn't believe his ears. He straightened up and looked back, only to see Li Zheng and others looking at each other, muttering twice, and actually giving way.

"Thank you...thank you, brothers...then, shall I go?"

Jiang Xiaodao waved his hand impatiently.

When Zhao Lingchun saw this, she immediately stumbled up and walked out for two steps. She was afraid that Jiang Xiaodao would shoot her, so she looked back and saw several dark figures behind her, but there was no movement. After walking a few steps, she turned around again. There was still no movement, but the figure was smaller, and then he started running with confidence.

Li Zheng and others had nothing to do with him, so of course they didn't care. They just clapped their hands and praised, "Brother, that's all right! You promise a thousand pieces of gold, you keep your word, and you spit and spit, you are a man!"

Zhong Yushan was puzzled and asked in a low voice: "Brother Dao, you..."

Jiang Xiaodao raised his hand to interrupt, not wanting to talk more. He just watched Zhao Lingchun's figure from a distance, suddenly disappeared around the corner, and then shook his head lightly.

…………

Not far away, Zhao Lingchun narrowly escaped death and ran for a long distance. Finally, he was so tired that he staggered and held on to the wall. Only then did he notice that there was still a dull pain in his ankle.

After a short walk, you can leave the city and go straight to the train station along the commercial port.

The scattered lights in the distance became the only sight in Zhao Lingchun's eyes.

However, as she turned the corner—

"Snapped!"

A wooden stick as thick as a wrist struck her directly on the knee without any bias.

"what!"

Zhao Lingchun jumped forward, covering his knees with both hands, and fell to the ground. Just as he was about to turn over to look, he saw several figures suddenly shooting out from all directions, rushing forward, and without any explanation, kicked his legs, kicked them with sticks, , punches, kicks, or even bricks, just throw them at her.

"Don't hit me, don't hit me, who are you?"

Her cry for help had no effect. The stupid boys in their teens were all fierce and fierce, scrambling to show off their strength, for fear of being too gentle and causing disgrace to their companions.

Zhao Lingchun stood guard from left to right, his arms full of jewelry scattered all over the floor, and he didn't care to pick them up at this moment.

The one with black hands picked up a stick and hit it on the head.

"Clap!"

Zhao Lingchun couldn't cry out, so he had to hold his head in his hands, curled up into a ball, and shivered. He didn't have the slightest intention of resisting, and could only sob in a low voice of "woo woo woo".

When the boys saw that he was no longer struggling, they stopped for a moment. Someone pulled out a big sack from his waist, put it on Zhao Lingchun's head, then pulled it down, tied it with his backhand, and cut him off in three strokes. Tied inside a sack.

Zhao Lingchun secretly climbed through the window, thinking he had escaped, but he didn't know that he was far away from the eyes and ears of "Huifangli", which put himself in danger.

With the sack on her body, there was no longer any light in front of her eyes.

Zhao Lingchun didn't dare to say anything and cowered and pretended to be dead, but he didn't know what he was about to face.

Only then did she suddenly remember the pistol in her arms.

Unfortunately, when I went to dig around again, I couldn't find it anyway.

The last hope of survival was gone, and Zhao Lingchun suddenly became panicked.

She remembered it very clearly. Before she left, she had obviously taken it with her, but why was it gone?
Suddenly, vaguely, she heard a sound of "诱诱豱辱"", which seemed to be the sound of a wooden wheel turning, coming from far to near, slowly coming to her side.

No one spoke. The first person to speak was a girl's voice, which was clear and sweet.

"Young lady, it's windy outside, let's go back early..."

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