Globe Trekker

Chapter 26

The third aunt hurriedly asked the two maids to chase after her. Standing at the door and looking at Wu Ming's tall figure turning around the corner of the room, she couldn't help sighing.

Wu Ming gave her a good impression. Although he was indifferent, he was by no means rude. The word thank you subconsciously was surprising. She suddenly felt that Wu Ming was just like what Wang Yuehan said, a deep man with culture and stories. He is a man with a cold face and a warm heart.

But this judgment seems to be incompatible with Wu Ming's humble background, ruthless killings, and ruthless behavior of seeking revenge. For a while, the third aunt was deeply confused. It stands to reason that Wu Ming has always been poor and remote in the west of Shegong Mountain. He grew up in Wujia Village, who dropped out of private school after only two years of study. He shouldn't have such a profound and courageous bearing!
Confused, the two little maids ran out of breath and reported: "Third wife, when he arrived in the courtyard, he waved us away ferociously, and didn't want us to serve him, and we didn't dare to go far, so we stood outside and waited for him." When we heard the sound of rushing water, we hurried in to see him, but we didn't expect him to stand naked by the well and wash the cold water, what a shame!"

"My God! It's such a cold day."

The third aunt opened her mouth in astonishment, and it took a while before she ordered in a low voice: "Don't be afraid, he is not an unreasonable villain, do as he pleases, since he doesn't want you to serve, you come back, and clear the table in the room quickly After a while, light a few more big candles, and also light the bedroom of the eldest young master, tidy it up, and be respectful to him, understand? I’ll come as soon as I go.”

"understood."

Half an hour later, Wu Ming returned to the house with his gun holster in hand. When he saw the third concubine and Chen Jiyao sitting at the Eight Immortals table drinking tea, he couldn't help but stop.

When Chen Jiyao and the third aunt saw Wu Ming who was more upright in a youth outfit, they stood up quickly, their eyes full of hope.

Wu Ming went to sit opposite them, and casually put the belt with the gun on the table. The two little maids immediately brought new black rubber-soled cloth shoes, socks, and dry towels to wipe Wu Wei's feet and put them on for him. shoe.Wu Ming grabbed the towel, waved his hand to make the two maids back down, dried his feet leisurely, put on thick and warm cotton socks, and felt very comfortable after putting on shoes and stepping on them twice, then raised his head and brushed away the wet long hair send.

"It's very late, let's leave tomorrow. Don't worry, the master has already given orders, and no one in the family goes out to chew their tongues." The third aunt smiled with concern.

Wu Ming also didn't know where he was going, where did he go from?And when things got to this level, he didn't worry about safety at all. He just felt that he was out of tune with this family, and he didn't feel embarrassed at all. Although there seemed to be some inexplicable feelings in his heart, from the moment he put away the gun From now on, it seems that everything has been taken away.

The third aunt slowly put a cup of hot tea in front of Wu Ming. Wu Ming nodded slightly but didn't pick it up. He pointed to the plate of gold bars and oceans on the table beside him and said, "The gold and silver can't be less than 5000 yuan oceans." ?”

Chen Jiyao looked at the plate of gold and silver, his eyes were full of soreness and pain.

Unexpectedly, Wu Ming went on to say: "I know that the Chen family has thousands of acres of land and forests, six lime kilns outside the town, a yard and several street shops in the city, and shares in the largest coal mine in Guangfeng. It can be said that the wealthy side has unlimited scenery, but I also know that in the town where your ancestors lived for generations, the only school only charges one yuan and five yuan a year for tuition, but few poor children can afford it. Now, you, the mayor of the town, are willing to take it. I am flattered to pay so much money for me!"

Chen Jiyao was very surprised. He stared blankly at Wu Ming with complicated emotions.

The third aunt was in astonishment for a long time, and wanted to say a few beautiful words to ease the atmosphere. Wu Ming had already stood up, picked up the gun on the table and entered the north bedroom without any restraint or scruples, as if this was his own place in the first place.

Wu Ming entered the room, took off his jacket and put on his belt. He felt that it was inappropriate to expose a large part of the holster, so he simply took off the holster and threw it on the desk.

The holster slid for a while and knocked over a small mirror frame. Wu Ming quickly went to help it up, and after seeing clearly the appearance of the soldier in the photo in the frame, he immediately fell silent.

Chen Jiyao and the third aunt looked at each other, and the third aunt whispered in Chen Jiyao's ear when she saw Wu Ming pick up the photo frame on the desk in the back room and look at it for a long time by the candlelight.

Chen Jiyao looked towards the back room, sighed dejectedly, stood up and left silently with the third aunt.

The two returned to their bedroom. It was late at night after washing. Chen Jiyao, who was reclined on the bed, sighed one after another, unable to fall asleep. When the third aunt in a cotton robe came in, he immediately asked anxiously: "How is that ancestor?" How is it?"

The third aunt threw away her padded robe and climbed onto the bed, and gently massaged her husband's temples: "I heard from the little girl who was guarding outside the house that he is still awake and has been reading the books and letters left by An'er, taking Looking at the picture of An'er again and again, alas! Tell me, if An'er is still alive, can they become good brothers?"

Chen Jiyao's body suddenly became stiff, and he pushed away the third wife's hand and burst into tears: "He looks so much like An'er, so much like him! If he is not so cold and shaved off the stubble all over his face, I guess I will They all regarded him as Ann!"

"Master, don't be sad. Didn't you find that his attitude is much better? Who would have thought that he would be merciful before? In my opinion, things are not that bad. Maybe he will figure it out slowly, after all, you are his. Biological father! Besides, he killed Steward Wang, and he avenged his mother. No matter what, he won't do anything that hurts nature and justice. Master, you should think of the best." The third aunt comforted me very gently. own husband.

Chen Jiyao nodded silently, put away his tears and pondered for a moment: "Tell me, can he understand the books left by An'er? Just now he mentioned the schooling problems of poor children in the town in front of me. This is not easy." , ordinary people, who would think of this, is it because he thinks of his past and feels resentful?"

The third aunt was so energetic, she approached her husband and said earnestly: "Master, I think what he said is reasonable. In the early years, didn't you always donate money to support education in the village and county? Ever since you received the bad news about An'er , the whole person has not slowed down, and I have not visited the school in the town in the past few years. Master, if possible, let us donate some money to support the poor children in the town and surrounding areas. It's better to let the folks in the village appreciate you than to spend the money elsewhere?"

"Well, it seems that I have been really confused these past few years!" Chen Jiyao nodded, and then thought of Wu Ming in the west courtyard: "I'm afraid he will leave tomorrow, I really want to talk to him, no matter what My flesh and blood!"

The third aunt had a headache for Wu Ming's cold attitude, so she could only comfort her in a low voice, and helped her husband to lie down. This time, I don't know what year and month it will be before we can meet each other, and when will we be able to completely settle this grievance.

After an unknown amount of time, Chen Jiyao heard the voice of the butler, the third master, in a daze. He got up trembling and ran to open the door without his shoes on, only to find that the sky was already dark.

The third master handed over a piece of letter paper with both hands: "Brother, he left. No one knew when he left. It was very scary. I went into the east room to check and found this note on the desk. A long gun and bullets were sold to us for one hundred yuan, and I counted them, and there was exactly one hundred oceans missing from the tray."

Chen Jiyao took the note tremblingly. The third aunt had already struck a match and lit the candle inside. Chen Jiyao hurriedly put the note under the candlelight, put it down after reading it, and sighed: "He will not forgive me!"

The third aunt brought a coat and cotton shoes for her husband to put on, picked up the note and carefully read the beautiful regular script characters on it. After reading it, she looked at her sad husband worriedly, filled with emotion for a moment, not knowing what to say.

Chen Jiyao lightly waved his hand to signal the third master to leave, and walked back to the bed with heavy steps. He stood for a long time, as if suddenly thinking about it, but under the worried eyes of the third aunt, he said something very surprising: "The handwriting is beautiful! I was wondering, how could he write such beautiful handwriting?"

The third aunt really didn't know how to answer, so he repeatedly comforted her husband not to think too much, and the two sat on the edge of the bed and talked in a low voice.

After a while, the voice of the third master came again from outside the door: "Brother, Master Chengzong from Longhu Mountain suddenly came, and he asked how the elder brother is in good health? I don't know what to say, so I had to bring Master Chengzong to Wait in the living room of the middle hall."

Chen Jiyao hurried out and went to the middle hall with the third master.

Seeing that Chen Jiyao was safe and sound, Chengzong, who was covered in fog and looked uneasy, finally let out a sigh of relief.

After greeting each other, Chengzong took out the letter from his master uncle Bingzhen, and Chen Jiyao hurriedly read it and asked Chengzong to sit down, and told the whole story in detail, Chengzong's face changed with emotion.

After drinking half a cup of hot tea, Chengzong shook his head and sighed: "My nephew is still late, and I don't have the fate to see Brother Ang again, alas! But it's lucky, it didn't lead to a bigger tragedy, I think my uncle is the same as me , I'm all lucky for you, Master Chen!"

Chen Jiyao was also deeply touched: "Yes, yes! I should be thankful! At least the tragedy of father and son killing did not happen, the heavens finally have eyes!"

Chengzong said a few words of consolation in a harmonious voice, and said with regret on his face when he finished: "Brother Wu is well-known, intelligent, resolute, and has a clear distinction between good and evil. It is a pity that he will meet again after he leaves! But Wu Eldest brother has survived a wave of disasters, and he will be able to ride the wind and waves to achieve great things. To be honest, my uncle Chen predicted when he sent me down the mountain that Brother Ang was the only genius he had ever seen in his life. The future is limitless!"

Chen Jiyao's eyes widened, staring at Chengzong, who was becoming more and more mature, his eyes shone with anticipation, as if he had become several years younger in an instant.

(End of this chapter)