Xu Xuzhi

Chapter 72 Reunion

Although the husband and wife quarreled, the communication between Fengtian and Nanjing was progressing smoothly: in October, in order to let Ning Zheng agree to change flags more at ease, Mr. Jiang tried his best to absorb Ning Zheng as a member of the Central Standing Committee.

After several months of delay and preparation, finally on December 29, [-] in the Gregorian calendar, Ning Zheng issued a telegram: abide by the Three Principles of the People, obey the Nanjing Nationalist Government, and change the flag.

In the early morning, the Northeast officially changed its flag—the five-color flag of the Beiyang government was lowered, and the flag of the Nanjing government was raised. The "blue sky and white sun flag" finally flew in the northeast, and everyone rejoiced.

The change of banner in the Northeast ended the long-standing chaotic situation in China's political arena, and facilitated formal reunification. This was a major victory in China's domestic and foreign affairs by defeating Japan's attempt to obstruct reunification and split China. It was also the first in modern history. This time, political rather than military means was used to achieve unification through negotiation between the two parties, and it also provided similar experience for future generations to learn from.

As a result, Ning Zheng also completed the transformation from an old-fashioned warlord to a patriot, and at the age of 24, he became the second most powerful person in China under one person and above ten thousand people.

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Winter vacation is coming soon, Feng Jiu came back from the street very early today: I planned to have a date with Melanie, but when I arrived at the appointed place, I found that she was not feeling well, so I forced myself to come; how could Feng Jiu let his old friend accompany him in spite of illness Going shopping by myself, I had no choice but to send her back home, teased the beautiful Longsheng by the way, and then I also returned home without interest.According to the original energy of the two of them shopping, at least half a day would be enough.

After Feng Jiu came back, he suddenly remembered that Ning Zheng said that downstairs in Daqinglou was originally the old man’s big study, and there was a rare painting by Nan Tian. I don’t know the authenticity. It's okay, I just want to go and have a look.

She didn't want to disturb the guards on the first floor, so she took the only two sets of keys in the house from Qiu Sheng and opened the back door. This door led directly to the side door of the study. Unconsciously.

After she went in, she took a closer look at the "Dry Lotus Wagtail Picture", but was very disappointed. This is obviously the work of Sun Long, the most famous "boneless flower" painter of the Ming Dynasty before Yun Shouping. Both Yipin and Yige value the true meaning of Nantian.

There are indeed similarities in the painting styles of the two, after all, they are both masters of "Boneless Flower".

However, Sun Long lived in the era of Emperor Xuande Zhu Zhanji of the Ming Dynasty, and his ruling was relatively open. The vigorous and unrestrained style of Zhejiang School gradually took shape, and it just happened at the right time, so Sun Long prefers to use the "falling ink method" to express his freehand brushwork and boneless style. .

Nan Tian, ​​on the other hand, was already a member of the early Qing Dynasty. He ruled the country with a foreign race, and his heart was worried. He was not confident and open when he was in power. Elegant and elegant, paying attention to the relationship between complementary colors, how can it be so powerful?It can be seen that the rumors are not reliable.

When it comes to appraising Nantian's paintings, who can compare to me in China today?Feng Jiu couldn't help but secretly boasted triumphantly.

Just as he was about to turn around and go out, he suddenly heard two footsteps: one was the familiar sound of slightly heavy military boots, the other was very light and the pace was high. It seemed that the person who came was not tall, but there was something strange about it. familiarity.Feng Jiu raised her eyebrows when she first heard it, and was thinking about where this sense of familiarity came from, but it was too late: she was afraid that this was Ning Zheng bringing his subordinates to talk about work, usually the time is very short, and she was really impatient to talk to him. His subordinates greeted him, and he ducked behind a tall bookshelf.

After the two people came in, they didn't say anything for a long time, the study was quiet, Fengjiu felt puzzled, and suddenly an ominous premonition rose in his heart, as if something shady was about to come out.Her heart was beating violently, and her palms were full of sweat, why bother?Feng Jiu thought that he was really not suitable for doing bad things, just as he thought about going out, he suddenly heard a familiar female voice, but it was always gentle and charming, but now it sounded cold and sharp.

"It was so easy for me to find this opportunity to have a face-to-face interview with you, Commander Ning. At the beginning, it was enough for you to plot against me, but you even plotted against my sister. No, on the contrary, it was to plot against my sister that you plotted against us." The whole Tang family is acting like an idiot! You obviously wanted to regret the marriage, but you forced me to run away, so you can rely on me, and make our Tang family feel that we owe you the Ning family. Commander Ning is really a good trick!"

Another familiar male voice said lightly: "Sister, it's been so long, why, don't you want to tell Feng Jiu now to drive us apart?"

Even before going out, Feng Jiu could feel the tension between the two of them. After a while, he heard the female voice holding back his anger: "The reason why I came to visit at this time today is because of this. However, you You have to promise me that you will never do anything wrong to her again! She is my dearest little sister... You know that you, the son of a warlord, are not worthy of her!"

The male voice carried a shallow smile: "Sure enough, she is your most beloved sister, elder sister. I don't need to promise you, I have already promised my father-in-law."

Feng Jiu heard the sound of leather boots again, and Ning Zheng seemed to walk to the window, "Sister, you also know that Feng Jiu is like a rare and famous flower. In order to pick this flower, I had to hurt her. And , I, Ning Zheng, are the only man in this world who is worthy of her."

"We, Fengjiu, have determined to be university professors since we were 12 years old. She is a little nerd, and she also said that she does not want to get married in the future, but wants to study for the rest of her life; even if she gets married, she must marry an intellectual..." The female voice is still there self-mumbling.

Ning Zheng's clear male voice sounded unhurriedly: "Eldest sister, Feng Jiu was born to be my wife. In this troubled world, marrying an intellectual is enough for a weak scholar with her looks and wealth to survive." Is she? Also, let me remind you, this time you have successfully obtained the medicines you desperately need, then our bad debts in the past will be settled, and I will not owe you anything. Next time if you hit the gun again Speaking of it, I'm afraid I can't just sit back and ignore it—after all, the way is different, so we don't conspire with each other."

"Very well, I hope you remember your promise."

"Naturally. Do you still live in the Golden Leaf Hotel?"

"Commander Ning, why bother to ask knowingly..."

Accompanied by the cynicism and ridicule between the two people, the two footsteps walked out one after the other, and Feng Jiu slid down the bookshelf slowly, limp on the ground, with one hand stuffed into his mouth, slowly There were also deep marks on the back of Bai's hand...

Feng Lin, who has been away from home for three years, lives in the Jinye Hotel. The room is extremely cramped, but the hotel is hidden in another alley opposite Yanzhi Hutong, very close to the Tang family.Since returning from Moscow last year, she has become a senior member of the Progressive Forces. In the past few days, she has been planning for a long time to buy urgently needed medicine for the army far away in northern Shaanxi.

Living in the Golden Leaf Hotel is also a consideration: Although she still has a home and cannot go back—she is afraid that she will be forcibly detained by her powerful father and elder brother when she returns home, but she can see her father coming in and out at the gate of the Tang family, The eldest brother went to school with Buku, and it was also gratifying to say goodbye to Buku brother in the arms of the nanny.

My father is getting old, and his temples have gray hair; the eldest brother is more stable, the little Buku has grown up, and Buxian looks like a real lover, as for Jiuer...

She wiped the corners of her eyes and quickly packed her luggage, they were about to leave.With the route opened by Commander Ning in hand, the journey will be smooth.

Suddenly, there was a knock on the door, Feng Lin stopped vigilantly and listened carefully.

"Sister, it's me..." Feng Lin was taken aback, stood up, and stared at the door in disbelief: Isn't this sweet voice her little Jiu'er?

Feng Lin's heart was beating wildly, and she walked quickly to the door, hesitated for a moment, and opened the door.Standing outside the door was a tall little woman, who was a little longer than she was three years ago; a royal blue cheongsam with a pinched waist, and a wine red cashmere shawl on top, making her look even more graceful and jade-like , the crow's hair fell down, forming a phoenix bun at the neck, and there was a bit of a woman's style all over her body.

"Jiu'er!" Feng Lin hugged Feng Jiu into her arms, but it was a pity that she was a head behind Feng Jiu, so she tried to hug her shoulders on tiptoe; Make do with hanging on the shoulders of the eldest sister named sister who is actually the mother. After all, they are still not very energetic. The two adjusted for a long time, looked at each other, and laughed with a "puchi".

"Have you been doing well, sister?" After all, the two sisters sat down on the edge of the narrow bed, clasped their hands, and chatted about each other.

"It's pretty good. I do what I want to do. I feel very at ease. Don't worry about my sister." Feng Lin pinched her chubby earlobes as she did when she was a child, and Feng Jiu was ticklish " "Hee", he fell down and lay on his sister's lap.

Feng Lin pinched her slippery face, and sighed softly: "Hey, I'm not fat anymore." Feng Jiu used to be a little fat as a baby, and after a few years, this little water fat would be too early. Gone.

"You come here, brother-in-law...do you know?" Feng Lin hesitated for a moment, but she still spoke.

Feng Jiu closed his mouth and did not speak.Feng Lin sighed in her heart. From the moment she saw Feng Jiu, she understood, "Jiu'er, don't get angry with him. What happened back then had their own unavoidable reasons."

As soon as she mentioned this, Feng Jiu's tears came down, she turned sideways, buried her face in her sister's lower abdomen, and said in a muffled voice: "He is too bad, he is not a good thing."

Feng Lin laughed when she heard the childish words, "But he is very good to you, I know. All these years, he has always cared about you, so don't make trouble with him because of the past. Not pleasant. Besides, I have to thank him for his help several times."

"Sister——" Feng Jiu sat up and looked at the smiling sister in front of her. Although she hadn't seen her for three years, she was still her dearest relative, and the barrier caused by time did not exist.

She took the small black bag beside her, and took out a large envelope, which contained ten checks - these were the ones she had just gone to her bank to get from Lu Montu, and she had never developed the habit of carrying a checkbook with her. Handed it to my sister and said: "I know your career is for our country and for the people; although I can't fully understand it, this is my heart, sister, you must accept it."

Feng Lin took a look with her eyes, and the sum totaled a million. She was shocked and looked up at Feng Jiu.

Feng Jiu resolutely pushed her sister's hand over, "I'm rich, and you know it too. 'It's a sin for so much money to be owned by one person.'" After hearing Feng Jiu's words, Feng Lin often He smiled helplessly at what she said.

Feng Lin couldn't stay long, her comrades were still waiting for her at the train station. Before leaving, Feng Jiu hugged her and said, "Thank you for the set of dolls that I drew for me. I really like it... By the way, sister, you are married." Is it gone?"

"Well, we got married last year." Feng Lin patted her face.

"How is brother-in-law? How is he? How old is he? What's his name? Where is he from? Did you go to college?" Feng Jiu asked eagerly.

"Treat me very well. He is four years older than me. His name is Hao Changqing. He is from Peking. He graduated from Tsinghua University. He is a very good person who shares the same goals with me." When Feng Lin mentioned this, her face glowed, which can be seen Her husband was indeed in her heart.

When Feng Jiu heard it, she felt that the brother-in-law who could fall into the eyes of an excellent elder sister was definitely the right one: the elder sister was wandering outside, not alone, but someone caring and taking care of her, and she felt a lot more at ease immediately.

Feng Lin wiped away the unknowingly shed tears for her, stood on tiptoe and kissed her forehead, "Good Jiuer, maybe it won't be long before we can meet whenever we want."

"Really?" Feng Jiu immediately asked with a smile.

"Of course, when did my sister lie to you?" Feng Lin forced a smile and comforted her sister.

"Well, I hope that day will come soon." Feng Jiu said excitedly, shaking her sister's arm again.

Feng Lin didn't agree with Feng Jiu's sending her to the train station, saying that Feng Tian was afraid that many people would know her, and she couldn't cause trouble for her, let alone let people with ulterior motives see her and make any articles. After all, Feng Lin was already a People who have been blacklisted by many local governments and the central government.

So the two sisters, who hadn't seen each other for three years, wept farewell after meeting for less than a quarter of an hour.

She left the hotel, got into the rickshaw slowly, and planned to go back to her mother's house - she came to see her sister, how could she rest assured to take the car of the handsome mansion, naturally the fewer people who know about it, the better.

After returning to the Tang Mansion, she learned that her eldest brother was at home, so she immediately went straight to the study.

Feng Jiu was so depressed that she couldn't hide her words and told her eldest brother about her eldest sister, but she still couldn't say what Ning Zheng did to get engaged to her.Tang Fengxian was shocked when he learned that Feng Lin had returned on the train, and he could only say, "This is her choice, and we have no other choice." My father and I already knew what we were doing. Otherwise, you thought you could go to Guangdong so happily and stay for more than two months? However, after all, things have changed. My brother-in-law has treated you well in the past few years and treated the Tang family well. That's good, we all see it, and you don't want to take the old things to heart, which will only increase your troubles."

When Feng Jiu heard it, he realized that the truth of the year was known to everyone except himself.

She couldn't help being discouraged, and her relatives advised her not to take Ning Zheng's heinous crimes seriously. Could it be that what he did back then can be let go?

She said goodbye to her elder brother in disappointment, and the elder brother sent her out of the gate amusedly, and saw her get into the car of the Tang family.

After returning to the handsome mansion, Qiu Sheng hurriedly reported to her as soon as he entered the small red building: "Just now, my uncle came back to find a girl. I said that the girl went shopping with Mrs. Ji and hasn't come back yet. Why do I look at my uncle like you?" It's like a sigh of relief."

Feng Jiu went upstairs step by step. Ning Zheng was sitting in the living room with his arms crossed, looking out of the window, not knowing what he was thinking, but when he heard Feng Jiu and Qiu Sheng talking downstairs, he turned to look Feng Jiu, who came upstairs, suddenly smiled, "I didn't go shopping today, why did you come back so early?"

Feng Jiu glanced at him, passed by the sofa expressionlessly, and was about to go into the bathroom to wash up.If she comes back from the outside, if she doesn't go out again, she always has to wash up before she can feel at ease.

Ning Zheng stood up and walked over to grab her wrist, "What's the matter? Why can't I remember how I offended my wife?" He still had a playful smile on his face, and didn't realize that the crisis was coming.

Feng Jiu broke away, took a few steps back, took a deep breath, and asked straightforwardly: "Did you plan what happened to my eldest sister back then?"

When Ning Zheng heard this, the smile on his face slowly disappeared, "...it's me." He paused, but still admitted.

Feng Jiu couldn't hear any guilt in him, so he was suffocated with anger, staring at him hard, unable to understand how such a person lived to such an age, is it just because of shamelessness?
Seeing his wife's expression, Ning Zheng quickly added, "She is a revolutionary party member, and she is not interested in me or in fulfilling the marriage contract, so it can be said that they hit it off."

"...No, it's not that simple, there's no hit-and-miss." Fengjiu gritted her teeth and said slowly: "I know my eldest sister, how dare she defy my grandfather's last wish and my father's wishes so blatantly. You must have forced her She died, what method did she use to make her go this way consciously." Feng Jiu was not fooled, his eyes were like sharp swords, piercing Ning Zheng's heart.

Ning Zheng didn't speak, just looked at her.

Fengjiu suddenly remembered what her sister said was waiting for her "comrade" at the station, "Did you arrest which of her comrades..."

"Her contact, Hao Changqing, is an important figure in the Red Bandits. At that time, the Beiyang government wanted someone from me, but I didn't give it."

"So you let my eldest sister take this favor and go away..." Feng Jiu's right hand was clenched tightly, sparks burst out of his eyes, his nose fluttered in anger, and his fisted fingers straightened. He took out five white jade knots.

"This is the best of both worlds—Hao Changqing doesn't have to lose his head, and your sister has found a like-minded partner. I didn't hurt her from the beginning to the end, and I helped your sister achieve a good marriage." Ning Zheng said frankly, this is indeed true. It's what he thinks.

If there are regrets and annoyances, it is only because Tang Fenglin chose to embark on a path full of thorns and enemies with almost all those in power in China. Because of her sensitive identity and dangerous situation, she could not meet her sister. My wife is sad.

At the same time, Ning Zheng kept introspecting in his heart, what went wrong that made Feng Jiu know the truth of the year?
They just quarreled about Yang Si and Harvard's notice a while ago, and now there is another elder sister who escaped from marriage, Chen Zhima Rotten Millet, which really adds fuel to the fire...

Feng Jiu was so angry that his eyes turned black, and he had to hold on to the tea table in front of him tightly.Ning Zheng walked a few steps over to help her, but was separated by her raised arms.

"I have to beat gongs and drums to give you a plaque as a co-author? You designed my sister just for, for..." She was a little embarrassed to say it, as if she was being sentimental.

"I'm going to be nailed to this position for many years, shouldn't I marry someone I like?" Ning Zheng said softly, and this was what he had said to Feng Jiu before.

Feng Jiu suddenly raised his head: "A frivolous person, that's it. You will like me at that time? Only the devil would believe it! I'm not a little girl who doesn't know the world, you are just that, but you just want to cope with the errand given to you by your father!"

It seems that the Ning Zheng in front of him is not the husband who has been married to him for more than two years and has done all the intimate affairs, but has returned to the one she hated so much back then, just a non-stop love affair. The son of a warlord who feeds on the news for people all over the country to talk about after dinner.

But Fengjiu didn't realize that even though the two were quarreling, in what she said just now, she still referred to the old man as her father, not anything else.

Ning Zheng felt a little more at ease.

"Jiu'er, if there is no matter about the eldest sister, it means that after I have a good talk with her and everyone agrees to divorce... will you agree to marry me?" Ning Zheng just lightly refuted her criticism. Asking a word lightly, as if Feng Jiu's knife-like words just didn't hurt him at all.

Feng Jiu immediately looked at him like a lunatic when he heard it, and didn't bother to give such an obvious answer.

Ning Zheng silently stared at Feng Jiu, who was obviously in a rage, and suddenly stepped towards her. Feng Jiu felt that something was wrong, but he still stood firm and refused to show weakness, and asked stiffly, "What are you going to do?!"

"What a spoiled little girl," said the Tang family, Fengjiu's mother's natal family, Tongze Girls' High School, Tongze Boys' High School, Wei Hutou, Bao Buqu, Ning Hongsi, her father, grandmother, eldest sister-in-law and second sister-in-law, Fengda...always, almost everyone dotes on her, he frowned, and firmly pinched her chin: "From now on, don't yell in front of your husband, it's inappropriate."

"Is this finally starting to show off your husband's profile?" Feng Jiu didn't want to be touched by him at all, and viciously shook her chin away from his hand.

"We shouldn't be like this at all." Ning Zheng held her face instead, his torch-like eyes gazing back and forth on her face, the snowy skin and flowery appearance under his palm once illuminated his involuntary life like a Jieyu flower , but at this moment, it was filled with disgust for him, so that he could hardly hold her jade-like face.

But his eyes could only grow hotter.

Feng Jiu had seen similar gazes from other men's eyes, but his was more aggressive, with a destructive momentum.

"Feng Jiu, did anyone say you are a cruel person?" Ning Zheng asked suddenly in a low voice.

"Inappropriate kindness is more poisonous than poison. 'If you don't stop, you will suffer from it'. Of course, the other party must understand it." Feng Jiu flung it off with a cold face, wishing to write all his dislike for him into his eyes inside.

Ning Zheng stretched out his hand again, Feng Jiu dodged to the side vigilantly.His hand paused, but he still insisted on touching her chin. Feng Jiu's skin was delicate and bruised.

Ning Zheng frowned slightly, walked to the opposite side of the sofa, opened the refrigerator, took a few ice cubes, wrapped them in a towel, and planned to put them on her.

"You need to cover it up for a while, you know?" Ning Zheng put on his usual smug attitude, trying to gently expose this issue.

Feng Jiu took the ice bag and didn't say a word, got up and went into the bedroom, quickly closed the door, and inserted the latch for the first time, Ning Zheng followed her from the moment she stood up, until she entered the room, His sight was blocked, so he lowered his eyes, and the corners of his slightly raised mouth were tightened downward.

This is the first time since they got married that they are at home but not in the same room overnight.Ning Zheng went to the guest room diagonally opposite the master bedroom, which he had never used before, and was speechless all night.

Early the next morning, he went to push the door of the bedroom, but it was still closed; Feng Jiu's classes were over, and he was not in a hurry to go to school. If he didn't want to see him, he really didn't have to come out.

But he can't, he still has government and military affairs to deal with, and unfortunately, he has to go on business in other places; so he weighed his strength, knocked on the door, and whispered: "Jiu'er, don't be angry, back then I did it wrong. However, since then, I have never done anything wrong to you. Your lord does not remember the mistakes of villains, please forgive me. "

Listen carefully, the room is quiet, there is no sound.He sighed, "I'm going on a business trip to Jilin, and I won't be back in about four or five days. You should eat well and rest yourself, okay?"

As usual, there was no response, and Ning Zheng sighed softly, feeling overwhelmed at not being able to kiss her goodbye for the first time.

Suddenly there was an oddly shaped and delicate tool in his hand that looked like a hook, and he carefully inserted it through the tiny gap between the door panel and the door frame, only to hear a slight "click" sound, and stretched out his hand to twist the doorknob, The door finally opened.

He pushed open the door, walked to the bed and sat down, staring down at Feng Jiu's sleeping face.

Really not awake yet?He stretched out his hand to tickle her, and Feng Jiu, who was pretending to be asleep, couldn't hold back all of a sudden, and let out a muffled laugh.

She could only reluctantly open her eyes, Ning Zheng bowed her head and kissed her, at the same time suppressed her hands presciently, her body also sank down, after an extremely gentle deep kiss, Feng Jiu gasped for breath .

Ning Zheng was full of tenderness, his heart was no longer empty, and now he finally felt complete, and said softly: "Okay, I won't disturb you anymore, go to sleep."

Feng Jiu closed his eyes again and ignored him.Ning Zheng smiled and walked out the door step by step.

Unexpectedly, Ning Zheng left for almost a month after leaving like this. Either because of such an emergency, or because of such urgent military affairs, he had to start directly from Heilongjiang, passing through Fengtian's house without entering, and taking time out I went to Nanjing and listened to Mr. Jiang's long and boring lectures.

Yan Baichuan and Feng Huanzhang were quite dissatisfied with Mr. Jiang's position as commander-in-chief, and the illusion of peace was about to be broken again.

When Ning Zheng finally came back, although the first thing he did was husband and wife Dun Lun, he seemed to lack the ability of Mrs. "Sleeping Clothes". After all, Feng Jiu is not a person who is easy to submit.

Because of her elder sister's affairs, Yang Si's and Harvard's affairs, Feng Jiu still ignored him. It seemed that these old things were mixed with new resentment, and finally made their relationship go backwards. few.

Ning Zheng asked Feng Jiu why he had shortened a lot of the raven hair that everyone admired. In fact, he noticed it as soon as he came back this time. Shut up.

However, he was not without emotions: Since the change of banner, the attitudes of many people around him have changed, some have become more respectful and flattering, while others hate themselves for not having a good father, and they will sneer at them whenever they get the chance , Perfunctory, only my wife, she should still be beaten, scolded, or not. It seems that she can't change whoever changes, her character is so trustworthy... Shu Tan.

Afterwards, the couple went to the year-end ball of the American Consulate together with their ingenuity, but Ning Zheng's old lover, Shanghai movie star Yun Ge came out to disrupt the situation again, which made Feng Jiu, who was already upset, even more fond of him. Dissatisfied with life.

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(End of this chapter)