Shanghai Embroidery Lady

Chapter 102 Emerald Jade Swallow
Wantangchun in autumn seems a bit deserted. The rhododendrons that Ye Zijin saw here in full bloom in the garden no longer exist, only fallen trees, grass leaves are withered and yellow, and a few birds are left on the bare branches of sycamore trees. Birds, koi in the pond heard footsteps on the water corridor, and hid one after another. Only the duckweed under the bridge is still floating on the water as before, and it is not less emerald green.

"You're here." Hua Jinkun faced the ink painting of an eagle on the main hall, and the four big characters of Kunpeng spreading its wings were written vigorously and powerfully.

Old Xu sent the two people who brought Ye Zijin down, and then he himself left the main hall to wait outside the door.Hua Jinkun turned around, looked at Ye Zijin expressionlessly, and said, "Are you Ah Xiang's sweetheart?"

Ye Zijin didn't know how to answer for a while. If she said yes, wouldn't it mean that she and Meng Haoxiang were in love, and He Manling's death was self-inflicted; After admitting their previous relationship, wouldn't she be lying to Hua Jinkun if she denied it again? The consequences might be even worse...

Seeing that she didn't answer, Hua Jinkun said coldly: "If you don't even dare to admit it, what kind of sweetheart is it? Man Ling loves him more, this kid is really confused."

These words were like a slap on Ye Zijin's face, and she didn't know why she hesitated. Is it really not enough love as Hua Jinkun said?But Ye Zijin asked herself that she still cared about Meng Haoxiang very much. Even when she got in the car just now, she was still worried that Hua Jinkun would not let Meng Haoxiang go.

"Maybe Ms. He used to love Haoxiang more than me, but I will definitely love her deeper than her in the future. The relationship is accumulated over time. Since I met Haoxiang late, I will definitely use the time later to make up for it." Ye Zijin said The moment she said these words, she felt that all her worries and concerns had disappeared, and she seemed to have the courage to face all of this.

Hua Jinkun's voice was a little higher, "You mean you still have a future, Manling will never have a chance?"

Ye Zijin's heart sank, knowing that Hua Jinkun was deliberately making things difficult, he hurriedly explained: "Master Hua, that's not what I meant. I admire Miss He for being so devoted and desperate to pursue what she loves. There are not many women in the world who can do that." to her."

"Then can you do it?" Hua Jinkun asked with a cold look in his eyes.

Ye Zijin hesitated for a moment, and said: "I can't do it yet, family affection is more important to me than anything else, the relationship between me and Hao Xiang has not yet reached that point."

Hua Jinkun sneered, "You are a straightforward person."

Ye Zijin thought that if she said just now that she could do it, Hua Jinkun would immediately throw a gun to her to prove it, and then it would be difficult to deal with it.

"You don't deserve to love Ah Xiang, so why should I save your life? It's better to get rid of a troublesome woman for him. Manling committed suicide because of your appearance. I originally wanted to wait for Ah Xiang to become the hall master before helping them." You are the one who ruined Manling's happiness!" Hua Jinkun suddenly took out a gun from his waist with a hand as dry as a dry branch, and his weather-beaten face was full of anger and grief.

"Miss He didn't commit suicide! Someone wanted to murder her deliberately." Ye Zijin shouted in desperation.

Hua Jinkun's face was frosty, he raised his gun tremblingly and pointed at Ye Zijin's brow, coughed a few times: "You said someone is going to murder my niece deliberately? I'm afraid you are the one who has the most intention, you are greedy for wealth and honor Vanity, wanting to use Ah Xiang to achieve his goal, don't think I don't know anything."

Hearing the movement in the room, Lao Xu rushed in. Seeing Hua Jinkun pointing a gun at Ye Zijin, he hurriedly stepped forward to persuade him, "Master Hua, please listen to what Miss He has to say first..."

Hua Jinkun pushed away Lao Xu's hand, and with a sudden shake, a small crystal green object suddenly fell out from his waist. Ye Zijin saw that the object looked familiar, and leaned over to pick it up, and it turned out to be the object that was picked up by him back then. Take the emerald jade swallow that was pawned.

Seeing her holding the jade swallow, Hua Jinkun was furious, and shouted, "Give it back to me!"

Old Xu hurriedly took the jade swallow from Ye Zijin's hand and handed it back to Hua Jinkun. Hua Jinkun wiped it with his sleeve like a baby, and hung it back on his waist again.

"Where did this thing come from?" Ye Zijin forgot about the danger at this moment, she just wanted to find out how the jade swallow that Aunt Zhou left her got into Hua Jinkun's hands.

Hua Jinkun felt baffled that Ye Zijin cared about Jade Swallow even after being pointed at by a gun.

"Of course this thing belongs to me." Hua Jinkun said, a gleam of light suddenly flashed in his eyes, he looked at Ye Zijin for a few times, but he wondered to himself, "Impossible...not...not..."

Ye Zijin was sure that the jadeite jade swallow just now was exactly the same as the one that Aunt Zhou left for her. She once went to the pawnshop to ask if her things were still there, but the shopkeeper always evaded her, saying that they were still in the pawnshop. , She will not be able to redeem it until she raises enough money.But when she really raised enough money to redeem the jade pendant, the shopkeeper changed her words and said that Yuyan was lost, and instead offered to compensate her more than a dozen oceans.Only now did I know that her jade swallow was bought by Hua Jinkun.

"This is something my aunt left me. When my aunt was seriously ill, I took it to a pawn shop to exchange for money. It turns out that this jade swallow was bought by you, Lord Hua, but it is my aunt's property after all. I'm willing to pay to redeem it." Ye Zijin saw that Hua Jinkun looked at her strangely, and felt even more uneasy.Just now he pointed a gun at her and said that she ruined He Manling's happiness, but now he looked at her with complicated eyes and remained silent for a long time. Hua Jinkun's behavior was really unpredictable.

The wrinkles on Hua Jinkun's forehead deepened, and the zigzag lines looked like mottled marks on bronze. He held the gun tightly and asked tremblingly, "Your aunt...what's her name?"

Although Ye Zijin was puzzled, she still said her aunt's name, "Zhou Wan, the jade character of that piece of jadeite jade swallow is the same as her name, and this is an ornament she used to wear on her body."

Hua Jinkun's face turned pale, he looked at Ye Zijin in disbelief, and asked after a while, "Then where is she now?"

"My aunt passed away seven years ago." Ye Zijin said.

With a "snap", the gun fell to the ground. If Lao Xu hadn't held it up in time, Hua Jinkun might have fallen to the ground.Old Xu helped Hua Jinkun to sit down, with a sad expression on his face, "Master Hua, after so many years of searching, it's finally come to fruition, you have to take care of your body..."

Hua Jinkun supported his body with one hand on the armrest of the chair, and covered half of his face with the other hand, which was already full of tears.

Ye Zijin looked bewildered, wondering why Hua Jinkun mourned so suddenly, even when he saw He Manling's body at that time, he would not have collapsed and lost control as he is now.

When she accidentally saw the painting hanging in the main hall, she couldn't help recalling the "Xiaoyaoyou" that Aunt Zhou taught her to recite, "There is a fish in the north, and its name is Kun, and the size of Kun is unknown. ...flying in anger, its wings are like clouds hanging from the sky..." Relating to the dish I ate here and the azaleas in the garden, Aunt Zhou's favorite flower is the azalea, could it be...

Ye Zijin remembered that Aunt Zhou once mentioned to her that her hometown Wuxi is a land of fish and rice with beautiful mountains and rivers, and she fell in love with someone there...

Aunt Zhou seldom mentioned her past, Ye Zijin only knew that she used to be an embroiderer in an embroidery village, but she didn't know how she married Ama as a concubine.

Hua Jinkun seemed lost in thought, and muttered to himself: "So you have already left... Then why do I still keep this single swallow..."

Then there was a crisp sound, and Hua Jinkun threw the emerald jade swallow to the ground and broke it in two.Ye Zijin picked up a fragment and found that there was a word "Wan" engraved on it. Ye Zijin vaguely remembered that the back of the jade swallow that Aunt Zhou gave her was also engraved with words. She once asked why the word "Kun" was not the word "Wan". , now it seems that everything is clear...

"You call her Auntie? Then your father is Yehena Lapinggui, the former vice governor?" Hua Jinkun's gaze became sharp.

Ye Zijin said in astonishment, "How do you know my name, Ama?"

Hua Jinkun sneered twice, and said angrily: "Back then, he forced Wan'er to marry him as a concubine, and threatened that if she didn't obey, he would burn down the embroidered village. Guan'er was willing to follow that embroidered village for the survival of dozens of people in the embroidered village. Beast, I only hate that I arrived one step late, otherwise I would have killed Yehenalapingui!"

Ye Zijin froze, she didn't expect that Ama, whom she had always respected, would be so unbearable in her methods. She thought that Ama was just unfeeling, but she didn't expect to be domineering.Ye Zijin was in a state of disorientation for a moment, and now it seems that the situation is really ominous...

Hua Jinkun saw Ye Zijin hold the broken half of the jade swallow in disbelief, and said: "I had no power and power back then, and I couldn't compete with him. After I had a side, the Qing Dynasty was gone. I will go to Peiping I looked for Wan'er, at that time the Dutong Mansion was empty, and the beast was already dead. I didn't expect that after so many years, the enemy was dead. Waiting for my revenge, God let me meet the enemy's daughter."

Ye Zijin took a few steps back, and when Hua Jinkun called Ama an animal, she felt even more uncomfortable. Although Ama's behavior was somewhat disdainful, it was her Ama, no matter how much she hated or complained, she could not allow others to insult her wantonly Own Amma.

"Master Hua, I know the principle of repaying father's debts. Since I am Ama's daughter, you can kill me to vent your anger, but please don't scold me Ama again. Although I don't know how my aunt married into the Dutong Mansion , but I saw that my aunt did have a very comfortable life in the Dutong Mansion, and she later gave birth to a pair of twin sons, and she lived very well." Ye Zijin said without fear.

Hua Jinkun was taken aback for a moment, and then fell into deep thought again. At that time, if Zhou Wan really followed him regardless of his family's opposition, he would probably have to live a life of fear and fear. He was young and energetic at that time, and he was determined to make a career Give her a stable home, but only when she first set foot on the beach did she realize that she had to risk bloodshed and die if she broke out.But this hatred has been stagnated in his heart for many years, and no matter what Ye Zijin says, it can't be eliminated.

"There is a gun on the ground. If you don't want me to do it yourself, you can take the gun and kill it yourself, and you are doing your filial piety for your father." Hua Jinkun said coldly, his voice piercing Ye Zijin's heart like an ice knife.Old Xu poured Hua Jinkun a cup of tea, looking out of the door from the corner of his eyes from time to time.

Ye Zijin slowly picked up the gun on the ground, feeling that the gun was extremely heavy.Could it be that she really has to be filial to Ama today? She felt a little unwilling, and suddenly she resented Ama, the ruthless man who married another man after her mother-in-law died, and the man who found another man shortly after Aunt Zhou gave birth. The ungrateful man of the beautiful lady, is it because of the word "filial piety" that she, an innocent person, should repay the grievances of the previous generation?Is this a little too worthless...

Hua Jinkun saw her not moving, and scolded: "Do you still want to wait for me to do it myself, Lao Xu, give me your gun."

Old Xu hesitated and said, "Master Hua, why don't you drink some tea to moisten your throat first..."

"Old man, don't think that I don't know that you sent someone to notify Ah Xiang, wanting to delay?" Hua Jinkun glanced at Lao Xu who was standing beside him.

Old Xu had no choice but to take out the gun from his arms and hand it to Hua Jinkun.The gun was pointed at Ye Zijin again, and Ye Zijin's mind went blank. Could it be that she is going to die in Huangquan today, but it's a pity that she hasn't waited for Zizheng to come back to see him for the last time, and it's a pity that she hasn't had time to love that person properly...

With a "bang", the gun went off.

A line of poetry suddenly flashed in Ye Zijin's mind, "The Luohua people are independent, and the little swifts fly together..."

The beauty is so desolate and lonely, just like the love that just bloomed but was damaged by wind and rain.

(End of this chapter)