Shanghai Embroidery Lady

Chapter 129 Difficult Choices
"Sister..." Zizheng looked at Ye Zijin in disbelief, and there was a gleam of light in his eyes.

Ye Zijin looked at the rusty iron chain and Zizheng's bloody wrist, and felt a sharp pain in his heart.

"Zizheng, why are you here? Didn't you stay at home before I went out this morning?" Ye Zijin caressed his brother's face, and tears rolled down unconsciously.

At this moment, the only ray of light in Xiao Wu's hand went out, and the secret room fell into darkness again.Ye Zijin stood in front of Zizheng, and shouted in Xiaowu's direction, "Light another match."

I only heard Xiao Wu's voice full of frustration, "But there are only the last two matches left, and they will be gone after they are burned. We will go up later..."

Zizheng said slowly: "There is an alcohol lamp on the table, which can be lit with a match."

After hearing this, Xiao Wu quickly lit a match to find the alcohol lamp, but when he came to the table, he found many needles and needles and glass medicine bottles of various colors. "Which one is the alcohol lamp?" Xiao Wu couldn't recognize it even if he looked left and right.

"The one with the wick in the glass bottle is..." Zi Zheng reluctantly said.

Xiao Wu finally found the small lamp and struck the last match.The faint blue flames ignited slowly, illuminating the various instruments on the table. Xiao Wu didn't know what the medicines were for, so out of habit, he took a few small medicine bottles and put them in his trouser pocket.But Xiao Wu was afraid of going to the hospital for an injection. Seeing those slender needles, he couldn't help but sweat all over his back.

He carefully walked over to Ye Zijin with the lamp in his hand, took a careful look at Zhao Zizheng's face, and asked, "Who locked you here? It took you less than a day to torture you like this?"

Zizheng's lips were dry, and his eyes were full of anger and sadness, "That person is Zirong..."

Ye Zijin's heart was shocked, and he couldn't help taking a step back, his voice was a little trembling, "You said...it's Zirong?"

Zizheng nodded, gritted his teeth and said, "He pretended to be me to help the Japanese, he is now a traitor and running dog!"

Ye Zijin was too shocked to speak. The younger brother who had been with her for several months turned out to be a traitor. The truth of the matter is that Zizheng was secretly arrested in Nanjing, and then Zirong took Zizheng's identity and appeared in Shanghai, trying to use Zizheng's identity to lure the underground Communist Party so that it could be wiped out in one fell swoop.The most vicious part of this scheme is to use family affection to deceive relatives, and the person who deceives them is the younger brother Zirong that she and Zizheng have been looking for!
Ye Zijin gasped. She didn't know how many secrets Zirong kept from her. Zirong even used her to find the leader of the CCP's underground organization, and even used herself as a cover for him to collect information for him... Ye Zijin's heart sank for the most part, it turned out that she had killed the owner and the assistants of the antique shop, and almost exposed Zhimei and Zhao Jinnian... It turned out that everything was a conspiracy!
"Zizheng, what did he do to you? Did he torture you?" Ye Zijin looked carefully at Zizheng's arms and back, but found no scars. When he saw Zizheng's wrist just now, he was worried that it was Zizheng's wrist. Rong tortured him to extract a confession.

Zizheng glanced at the medicines on the table, and said: "Of course he used their tricks to get information out of me, but it's a pity that I forced myself to stay awake the last time, the injury on my hand was caused by the iron chain Worn out, that kid only got some useless information from me."

Ye Zijin's heart sank when she heard Zizheng's words. If Zirong took advantage of her unpreparedness to put medicine in her diet, she might tell him everything she knew. The consequences would be unimaginable. He didn't live in that apartment for a long time, otherwise Zirong would probably attack her. Since he can attack his relatives, there is nothing such a person can't do.

"How did Zirong become like this? How could he have the heart to inject you with those drugs..." Ye Zijin said distressedly.

Zizheng snorted softly, and said angrily: "He is a traitor who considers a thief his father, I just treat him as a younger brother!"

A thief as a father?Ye Zijin was a little puzzled, and asked, "Could it be that Zirong recognized the Japanese as relatives?"

Xiao Wu shook his head and sighed at the side: "No wonder since he came back, I felt that there was a murderous look in his eyes when he didn't smile, which was very scary. It turned out that he was with the Japanese, and they all said that he was born from the heart. Even the eyes have changed, and the heart must be darker."

Zizheng said bitterly: "I heard him call a Japanese father with my own ears, so I guessed that he must have been adopted by the Japanese since he was a child, and the people under him all called him Ritsu-kun Sato. Sister, he even changed his name, He is no longer our younger brother Xiao Rong, we must be careful of him in the future..."

"Papa papa" Suddenly there were three crisp applause from outside the door, and a cold voice came from outside the door, "Well said, that's what you said, it's because you don't recognize my brother, don't blame me for being ruthless. "

Ye Zijin was startled, and hurriedly guarded Zizheng. Xiao Wu held up the alcohol lamp and shook it, and saw clearly that the person who came and Zizheng behind him looked exactly the same, no wonder he was able to deceive everyone's eyes.

"Zirong, don't mess around, he is your brother, how could you treat him like this! Don't you know that we have been looking for you everywhere these years..." When she said the last sentence, Ye Zijin's throat was a little choked. He and Zizheng depend on each other for life, and every year during the Chinese New Year, they have to prepare a pair of bowls and chopsticks for Zirong, just hoping that he can go home early.But Ye Zijin didn't expect that Zirong, who was waiting for him, would become like this, a cold-blooded betrayer, a liar who can use family affection to achieve his goals...

Zirong sneered twice, and said: "Sister, I don't know if you came to me, I only know that you chose to save the person behind you, and then left me to be taken away by Huazi, since you did it back then. What's the use of talking about it now?"

Zirong's words hit Ye Zijin's most painful and vulnerable place, her heart twitched, and all the years of self-blame and guilt burst at this moment.Tears fell down, she looked at Zirong's face, and remembered the scene when he was carried away when he was young, she could only watch Zirong being carried away, and let him cry and call her sister behind her... Ye Zijin's mind went blank, and bursts of cramps flooded her heart.

"If you still have a little humanity, let my sister go." Zizheng said firmly.

An indifferent smile floated on the corner of Zi Rong's lips, and he said casually: "I didn't intend to kill her, she found this place by herself, I was just going to ask her who told her about this place, that person may be That's who I'm really going to kill."

"You are so insane! If you dare to hurt my sister, how can you be worthy of the dead mother!" Zizheng roared.

Zi Rong's eyes dimmed, and then he returned to the indifference just now, "Where were you when I was beaten by Pai Huazi? Where were you when I was forced to work as a coolie? And when I escaped and lived on the streets? Where? I only know that if my adoptive father hadn't saved me, I would have been beaten to death long ago. I was only 13 years old..."

Every word and every sentence of Zirong pierced into her heart like a sharp knife, she felt grievances and pains but could not make a sound.At that time, she and Zizheng were already poor and difficult to protect themselves, but they did not give up looking for Zirong. After searching for a year, there was still no news of Zirong. It turned out that Zirong was taken to Japan.

While the three siblings were talking, Xiao Wu had quietly slipped to the table where many glass bottles had been placed just now.He thought that if Ye Zirong didn't miss his family affection, the three of them would not be able to escape, so they might as well find some way to fight him.

"Zirong, I'm sorry for you, please let Zizheng go, even if you take different paths, at least think about it as brothers, let your brother go, if my aunt sees you brothers in heaven How chilling it must be..." Ye Zijin persuaded, suppressing the grief in her heart.

Zirong looked at Ye Zijin's tear-stained face, hesitated for a moment, and suddenly said angrily: "You don't mention my mother, she died more than ten years ago, and it was my adoptive father who raised me and taught me. I will follow him to the death!"

Seeing that there is no cure for Zirong, Ye Zijin despaired, and now Zirong has completely lost her nature, and is frighteningly strange.

"So you won't let Zizheng go?" Ye Zijin tried her best to keep calm, she was determined to rescue Zizheng.

Zirong suddenly changed the subject and said with a smile: "If you are willing to tell the person who gave you the address, I can let him go, but you must tell the truth."

Ye Zijin looked at Zi Rong expressionlessly, and said, "I received an anonymous letter with the address of this factory written on it, so I found this place."

Zirong shook his head, and said casually, "Since you don't tell the truth, he might have to stay here for the rest of his life, unless the factory is gone."

"I'm telling the truth, and I don't know who sent the anonymous letter!" Ye Zijin said urgently.

Zirong looked indifferent, and said indifferently: "Since you insist, then you have no choice but to go with me."

"I really don't know..." Ye Zijin stood in front of Zizheng, with panic in his eyes. Could it be that Zirong wanted to lock her up like Zizheng? Zirong is like a bloodthirsty bird now. the wolf...

"Zi Jin, stop talking nonsense with him, let's fight him!" Before he finished speaking, Xiao Wu had already smashed the bottles and jars on the table at Zi Rong, and finally even threw the table over.

There was only the crisp sound of glass shattering, followed by a loud click, and Zirong kicked the flying table away and fell to the wall.Seeing Zirong's extraordinary skills, Xiao Wu immediately panicked, Ye Zijin was even more at a loss, but Zizheng was wearing shackles on his feet, and the iron chains binding his hands could not be untied, it was almost impossible to rescue Zizheng.

With a "bang" gunshot, Xiao Wu immediately fell to his knees, covering his knees with his hands, and blood flowed from his fingers.The ground was full of shattered glass shards, and the fall was even more painful.The alcohol lamp that Xiao Wu had been holding was also broken, and the air was filled with a strong smell of alcohol.The flames rushed up in an instant, and they burned bigger and bigger.

"If you don't want to die here, follow me honestly!" Zirong shouted, and stepped forward to push Ye Zijin away to untie the iron chain for Zirong.

Ye Zijin firmly grabbed Zizheng's hand, preventing Zizheng from being dragged away by Zirong.

"Let go!" Zirong yelled at Ye Zijin with a gun. He saw that the fire was getting bigger and bigger. This house was originally a warehouse of a chemical factory, and there were some flammable and explosive materials hidden in it. He knew he would stay here for a while. Every second is dangerous.

Ye Zijin remained unmoved at the gunpoint, and still tried her best to hold Zizheng.The iron door was kicked open suddenly, and the gunfire sounded like a rainstorm, shaking Ye Zijin's ears.Zirong quickly dodged, aimed at the people who came in and fired a few shots, and the people who came in fell down immediately, but the group of people who broke in seemed to have no intention of hurting Ye Zijin and the others, but kept shooting in the direction where Zirong was hiding.

"Sister, there is a secret room mechanism on the left wall, you take Xiao Wu to escape first!" Zizheng was about to push his sister away, but Ye Zijin hugged her waist.

"If we want to go, we go together." Ye Zijin pulled Zizheng to escape the gunfire, and the two helped Xiao Wu, who was shot in the knee, to find the secret mechanism.

The gunshots behind him gradually weakened, the flames became brighter and brighter, and the blazing fire gradually spread to the surroundings.Zizheng touched the switch of the door of the secret passage, and the wall turned into an open door, and the three of them stepped into the secret passage.The air was filled with a burnt smell and a pungent stench, making it hard to keep your eyes open.Ye Zijin was the last one to walk, remembering that Zirong was still inside, she felt worried about Zirong, and was about to go back to rescue Zirong to get out.Xiaowu grabbed her and said: "He must know the structure of this place like the back of his hand, of course he knows how to escape, let's go quickly!"

Zizheng was very anxious, and said: "This is the old warehouse before the factory. Some things will explode in case of fire. You must leave as soon as possible!"

"But Zirong..." Ye Zijin looked at the raging flames behind him, and vaguely heard someone calling for help, "No, I want to go back and save Zirong!"

Ye Zijin was about to rush into the fire, but Zizheng and Xiaowu grabbed her with all their strength, and Zizheng fled with his sister in his arms.Not long after the three of them walked, they heard a blunt sound from behind, the secret passage shook a few times, and the soil and sand leaked from above fell on the three of them all over their heads and bodies.

"Zi Rong!" Ye Zijin cried out, staring blankly at the long secret passage behind him.

"Sister, let's go, he will be fine." Zi Zheng comforted.

There were bloodstains all over Xiao Wu's pants. Seeing that Ye Zijin was still standing still, he groaned in pain, "Oh, that man wanted to kill you and you still tried your best to save him. I tried my best to save you, but now you even kill me. I don't care about life or death... ouch...it hurts me to death, I'm afraid my leg will be useless..."

When Ye Zijin heard Xiao Wu's shout, he was filled with apology. He and Zizheng had to help Xiao Wu walk along the secret road because it was urgent to save lives.

When the three walked out of the secret path, they came to the original cauliflower field.Since Zizheng hadn't seen the sun for a long time, she could only cover her eyes with her sleeves. Xiao Wu was so painful that she couldn't stand up. Only Zizheng stood among the golden flower spikes. She saw that most of the factories not far away had collapsed. It was as if something had collapsed along with it.

Zirong, the younger brother she was looking for so hard, is it possible that Yin and Yang will be separated again just after reuniting?Tears welled up in Ye Zijin's eyes, and regardless of Xiao Wu and Zizheng's shouts behind her, she pushed aside the weeds and cauliflowers in front of her and ran towards the ruins...

(End of this chapter)