funny marriage

Chapter 21 Yanwu, Meihuayan, Mingshu escapes from the world
But He Lina said that her face was full of tears, and she went back to Beijing by car.Jiashu stood on the platform and looked at the shadow of the train, feeling very uncomfortable. He stood there for a while, then got out of the station and took the car home.When you get to the gate, you pay for the car yourself, lest the family know, but everyone in the family knows.Jing Yi smiled and asked: "Brother, why did you go to the train station by yourself in the car to pick up Ms. He? We just received a letter from Mrs. Tao saying that she is coming. You are so well informed!" The tree wants to be denied, but why go to the train station?I had to laugh. ——Since the weather, I have added a piece of worry that I can't let go of.

However, He Lina is on the opposite side of the family tree.At this time, she shed tears for a while in the private room of the first-class car, and when the car passed Yangcun, she suddenly stopped crying.I asked the waiter for a towel to wipe my face, took out the powder box on my body, took another sip of the powder, then went to the dining car, ordered a beer, looked at the scenery through the window, and drank it myself.Apart from a few foreigners, there is only one middle-aged Chinese officer in military uniform in this restaurant car.The officer was sitting opposite He Lina, and he seemed taken aback when he first saw it; after sitting for a long time, he calmed down.He Lina saw that he was wearing a yellow woolen uniform with an armed belt, and a military cap on the table with a gold-rimmed hat hoop that was shining bright yellow. He was clearly a high-ranking officer.When looking at him here, he turned his head to look at the scenery outside the window.He Lina smiled, and when he turned his head, she stood up and nodded with him.The officer was really surprised, he was stunned for a while, and then he nodded his head emphatically.He Lina smiled and said, "Aren't you Brigadier Shen? My surname is He. I once watched a horse race outside Xibianmen, and my father introduced it once." Then the officer smiled and said, "Oh, yes, I said it was strange." Mian Shan?I am Shen Guoying.Your father, Director He, has not been to Tianjin? "He Lina talked with him about family friendship, so she walked over by herself, sat down at the same table with Shen Guoying, and said with a smile: "Brigade Commander Shen!I saw you suddenly met me just now, and you were a little surprised. Is it because I look like an acquaintance? Shen Guoying was broken by what she said, and said with a smile: "Yes."But I can't tell where I met Miss He? He Lina laughed and said, "You are an acquaintance, I also know, are you General Liu Dezhu's wife?"I have heard many people say that we are somewhat alike.Didn't Brigadier Shen have a good relationship with General Liu? " Shen Guoying listened to this, pondered for a while, and said with a smile: "That doesn't matter.But his wife, I met once at a banquet.Liu Dezhu wanted to give us a copybook, but the Xishan incident happened two days later.I'm in the military again, so I'm not often in Beijing. I don't know what's going on with the new lady. Does Miss He know her? He Lina said: "I don't know."I really want to meet her. What kind of image do we have, can Brigadier Shen introduce us? "Shen Guoying pondered again, and said with a smile:

"Let's see the opportunity." Now that He Lina had found a travel companion, she chatted with Shen Guoying about Beijing.When we got off the bus, we made an appointment to meet again.When He Lina got home, she called Mrs. Tao and made an appointment at the dance floor of the Beijing Hotel for the evening.Mrs. Tao said, "Didn't you go to Tianjin? Besides, you may not have danced for a long time. Why are you so happy today?"

He Lina smiled and said nothing, only said that we will talk when we meet.

At ten o'clock that night, Mrs. Tao and Bo He came to the Beijing Hotel together. He Lina had newly permed hair, painted her face with powder, and was wearing a yellow silk dance dress with her breasts and arms exposed. A large group of men and women sat around in the middle.When she saw Taub and his wife, she greeted them with her mouth and her body.Mrs. Tao held her hand, looked at her whole body, and said with a smile: "It's so beautiful."What are you so happy to dance again today?Just be happy, why bother?There is music on the stage.He Lina took Bo He's hand and said, "Come on, let's dance together today." As she said that, she held Bo He's hand with one hand and placed Bo He's shoulder with the other, and she couldn't help but dance with Bo He differently.After the dance, Bo He had to ask He Lina why she was so happy.She expressed her impatience and said, "Could it be that I was born to be a melancholy person, and I am not allowed to have a happy day?" Bohe knew something was wrong, but he couldn't guess what stimulated her, so he had no choice but to stop asking.

That night, He Lina danced until three o'clock before returning home.On the next day, they were still happy and danced until late at night.For three days in a row, on the fourth day, she was nowhere to be seen on the dance floor.But on this day, Uncle and his wife received a letter from her personally:
On Saturday night, in the hall of the Western Students Association, a banquet was held, and a masquerade and dance meeting was held.And it is explained that a Russian band is used, with the pianist off and Love joining in.

Uncle Bohe was surprised when he received the sudden invitation, so he discussed with his wife: "With Miss He's qualifications, it's nothing to hold a dance party. But after she became friends with Jiashu, Jiashu is People who object to her extravagant behavior save her a lot of money. Why did she change her attitude this time and hold such a grand banquet? This kind of action is exactly the opposite of the family tree's opinion. This is not related to their marriage. Is there any obstacle?" Mrs. Tao said: "As far as I know, she must be sure of her marriage, so she is so happy. But it's weird, even though she is happy, people are not allowed to ask her why she is happy." Bo He smiled Said: "You are old this month, so you should bear some responsibility. Don't break the tied red silk just to make her happy for a few days. Of course, this banquet can't stop her; After the banquet, it’s better not to continue to make trouble.” Mrs. Tao said: “If a person suddenly changes his attitude, there must be a reason, and it’s not good to dissuade her. I don’t think we should bother her, let’s see what she makes a fuss about. The end is coming—anyway, we can’t keep people from knowing forever.” Bo He also felt that it was reasonable, so he ignored it.

At [-] o'clock on Saturday night, Uncle and his wife went to the meeting.As soon as we arrived at the entrance of the Western Student Association, we saw a large area of ​​cars and horses parked.Downstairs of Zhukou's one-character gate, there are more than a dozen colorful lanterns hung in a row. Under the illumination of the colored light, pine branches and national gates appear.Bo He thought to himself: What a commotion, even the mouths outside the gate are open.Entering the gate, the courtyards and corridors are full of colorful paper strips and lanterns.In the hall, there are even more colorful decorations.On the music platform in the middle, a pair of big peacocks are braided with cypress branches and flowers. The peacocks' tails are open and their mouths are four or five feet wide.The wide dance hall under the stage, on the east and west sides, is tied with fresh flowers to tie the fence and railings, and the colored paper is densely packed like raindrops, falling from the roof.Bohe looked at his wife, and Mrs. Tao smiled and nodded.He Lina wore a green silk embroidered shirt with a white background, and stood at the entrance of the hall, illuminated by electric lights, welcoming the guests happily, and her male and female hostesses sent the guests into the lounge respectively.When Bo He saw He Lina, he said with a smile, "Miss He, you are happy!" He Lina smiled and said, "Everyone's happy." When Bo He was about to say the second sentence, she was greeting other guests again.

At that moment, the uncle and his wife were resting in the lounge, and saw the three-sided long table in the east living room outside, and looked at the seat, it was around [-].The men and women in each lounge were chaotic, and the voices were noisy.Naturally, there are many friends of Uncle and his wife here, and the two are busy socializing inside.After a while, there was only a ringing of the bell, and someone came to welcome everyone to the table.According to the number of seats, there is a pink silk strip on each seat, with the names of the guests written on it, and placed on the table.Uncle and his wife sat down according to their own seats, and saw the full table of male and female guests, with their fragrant clothes and temples, which was very lively.But everyone's faces couldn't help showing a bit of surprise, probably because they didn't know why He Lina was there for a while.

At this time, He Lina came out and sat on the host seat in the middle.She was no longer the green embroidered blouse with a white background, but a purple satin blouse with braided rhinestones, and a small blue inlaid shoulder with a pipa lapel tightly wrapped around her body. It's completely girly attire again.When everyone saw it, they clapped and applauded.Without sitting down, He Lina knocked the knife on the empty plate, and when everyone was quiet, she smiled and said, "I am very honored to be here today. But I am entertaining you all of a sudden today, and you must not understand why. I will not say anything I came out because I was afraid of hindering my affairs, and now I apologize to you all. But if I don’t say it now, you will have a boring meal. Let me tell you the truth, I have to say goodbye to many good friends for a while. Where am I going? Where should I go? I can’t decide on this right now, and I can’t publish it. But what I can predict is that going here will do something, not be meaningless. I will use this to read some books and cultivate my disposition. From now on In the future, I may want to be a new person. As for the new person, will he be happier than now, or will he be very lonely? I don’t know for sure. In short, in life, one should enjoy oneself in time. To be happy now , be happy for a while now, don’t waste your efforts, and look for the illusory happiness in the future. Let’s be happy, everyone!” As he said, he raised a big glass of wine and invited all the seats.After everyone heard her words, some people applauded reluctantly, but they were even more puzzled—especially Bo He and his wife and Brigadier Shen Guoying.

Let's say that Brigadier Shen has visited He's house twice since he got to know He Lina, and they talked very speculatively.He thought that General Liu begged for that lady, which was very enviable, but unexpectedly there was someone like her to be found.Moreover, the identity knowledge is better than that of Mrs. Liu, so this opportunity should not be missed.It is of course earlier to bring up the issue of marriage now; but in a week's time, there will be the possibility of a proposal.In the midst of this rush of enthusiasm, it happened that the invitation card for the banquet arrived, so he also arrived at today's banquet.He Lina seemed to know his reason for coming, and fixed his seat next to the host.When Brigadier Shen found his seat, he was very happy; now that he heard He Lina's speech, he couldn't help but feel weird.However, there was no reason to question others at a grand banquet, so I had to take it to heart.

Now that He Lina finished speaking, no one knew what kind of medicine she was selling in her gourd?There was no further speech.It was Mrs. Tao who stood up and said: "Miss He's purpose is to have a happy day, we guests, please follow Miss He's lead, and be happy, in order to repay the host's elegance. Eat quickly, everyone, after eating, you can dress up and dance. Tonight we are just looking for happiness, don't worry about anything else, it's about helping people." Everyone applauded when they heard that.

At this time, everyone is fully focused on making up, how can they have the heart to eat and drink?At the end of the banquet hastily, everyone rushed to the dressing room.In less than an hour, the dance floor was already crowded with people in different costumes: some dressed up as ghosts, some as ancients, some as foreigners, some as gods, and so on.All of a sudden, music played, and small colorful paper flowers filled the sky like snowflakes.Behind the wind blowing toward the pine branches in the east, four little girls in ancient costumes, each between fourteen and fifteen years old, came out with Yunfu palace fans, surrounded by He Lina.He Lina wore a high-knot headgear, an ancient palace dress, and a yellow satin eight-piece dragon suit. It turned out to be a Chinese queen on the stage.The people present, as if they were crazy, applauded and rushed forward.A few journalists brought a photo box and took pictures of her with the spotlight in the venue.After taking pictures, everyone started dancing.He Lina didn't choose anyone tonight, as long as a man nodded to her, she would go forward and dance with him.Seeing the man standing there waiting without a partner, she lost her partner again and went to dance with that person.We danced and rested, and danced again after we rested, for about an hour, only suffering from Brigadier Shen.He was wearing a military uniform, no makeup, and he couldn't dance, so he just sat and watched.He Lina walked to him and sat down, and said with a smile, "Brigade Commander Shen, why don't you dance?" Shen Guoying shook her head with a smile, saying that she should learn less.He Lina patted him on the shoulder and said with a smile: "Ah, these days, if young people want to be fashionable, they must learn to dance! Since you are watching dancing, just watch it." After finishing speaking, she flicked her big sleeve , smiled and turned to the pine branch.

After a while, He Lina jumped out again.She is not what she used to be: with short hair, a small wreath, two huge round earrings hanging from her ears, her upper body is completely stripped, only an embroidered pannier is loosely tied on her chest, and she wears a A string of long beaded hoops, and a green silk skirt tied around the waist. The silk is about two feet long, and it is sparse and vertically downward. With two bare legs and a pair of bare white feet, she jumped to the dance floor Come in the middle.She has bare arms, wears a pair of incense beads, and hangs green tassels, showing a kind of charm in the native Hawaiian attire.She raised her hand and shouted with a smile: "Everyone, I will do a set of hula dance, please enjoy it." Some romantic children applauded first, and even couldn't help it, some applauded.So everyone formed a circle with He Lina in the middle.On the music stage, when the tune of Hula dance was played, He Lina began to dance.This kind of hula dance, when dancing, from bottom to top, the body forms a horizontal wave, and the two arms match the waves of the body, stretching up and down, left and right; the head and eyes also flow like that.I saw the fake grass skirt, that is, the silk-knotted skirt, the bead ring hanging on the chest, and the big ear rings, all swaying.Under the appearance of a powdered jade, with this kind of appearance, of course it is heart-wrenching.People who are used to dancing can just see it; Shen Guoying saw it, her eyes were dumbfounded, and she couldn't make a sound.

After dancing for a while, He Lina raised her hand, and the music stopped.She smiled and asked everyone, "Are you happy?" Everyone responded together: "Happy, happy!" He Lina compared her hands to her mouth, and then threw a few tosses at people, doing the most fashionable and enthusiastic She threw a kiss, and then holding her grass skirt with both hands, she squatted down to the crowd. She turned around and ran behind the pine branches.Everyone thought she was going to put on makeup again, and she was still dancing in disorder, and the trouble continued.Unexpectedly, once she went in, she never came out. She waited for an hour to find her in the dressing room, but she entrusted two girlfriends to tell people that she was very tired and had to go home first. Please keep dancing.When everyone looked at the clock, it was already past two o'clock. Since the protagonist had left, there was no need to miss it, so they also dispersed.

This night, brigade commander Shen Guoying made a fuss, it was a bit of a love affair, but a hero.Seeing that the guests were fighting in pairs and leaving side by side, I was disappointed and returned to the brigade headquarters alone.On the next day, he couldn't bear it anymore, so he obeyed Jian Cong and went to visit He Lian's house.It turned out that at this time, a huge undercurrent was brewing in the political situation, and He Lian and Shen Guoying were the main elements in it, and they would meet each other often.When Shen Guoying came, He Lian met him in the living room.Shen Guoying said with a smile: "Last night, my son held such a grand banquet at the Western Alumni Association. It was really lively! This is the first time in Wansheng's life. Today I came here to express my thanks." A handsome military officer, a civil servant, said in person Late birth, people can't help but be moved.What's more, Shen Guoying's future is really limitless, and he dare not take it seriously.Then he smiled and said, "Brother Tai, you are too polite. My child is really a little European. It's just that the foolish couple are over fifty, and they only have this child. As long as she doesn't mess around too much, I have to leave it to her in terms of communication." As he spoke, he laughed, because he turned around and said to the servant: "Go and invite the lady, and said that Brigadier Shen wants to thank her." The servant then said: "Miss got up early in the morning and went out at nine o'clock. When I went out, I also brought a I took two small suitcases, and it seems that I have gone to Tianjin." He Lian said: "Ask the driver and you should know." The servant said: "I didn't go out in my own car." Shen Guoying heard it, and remembered what He Lina said last night. Going to a place that I didn't tell anyone, now it seems that it has come true.Looking at He Lian's expression, he was also very surprised, as if he didn't know it, and said: "Since Miss He is not at home, let's meet and thank you at another day." After speaking, he also left.

Three days later, no one knew of He Lina's whereabouts.Even his parents at home only found a letter left in the house, saying that they wanted to avoid socializing and leave Beijing temporarily.So everyone guessed that she took a train on the Trans-Siberian Railway and went to Europe.Because she had already said that she was going to travel in Europe.Then Shen Guoying also felt that Miss He was a person who was extremely affectionate and didn't mind the approach of men and women, so she fell in love with her and turned into a dream.At this time, the changes in the current situation became more and more tense day by day. The patrol envoy Liu, who was in the middle of the pack, suddenly received a petition from his subordinates and voluntarily resigned from the field.At the same time, the government issued another investigation order.Because Brigadier Shen made meritorious service in the incident, he was suddenly promoted to the command of the third township of the Patriotic and Patriotic People's Army.Of course, the cabinet with Marshal Liu as the background was disbanded, and a non-Liu-affiliated member of the old cabinet was found to act as the president.He Lian got his wish and was promoted to chief financial officer.The case of General Liu Xishan was naturally not worth noting, so it was cancelled.All the people who were rumored on suspicion were also released.Because the property of the Liu family happened to be cleaned up by Shen Tongzhi, Shen Guoying borrowed from General Liu's house to clean up his things carefully.

One day, in General Liu's bedroom, Shen Guoying found Shen Fengxi's deposit booklet and many photos. He was startled: Could it be that the new lady never took these things and avoided them?Because I called the old servant of Liu's family, I told Mrs. Liu not to be afraid.Although it's a matter of business, Mrs. Liu's personal things are of course taken by Mrs. Liu, so she can ask Mrs. Liu to come forward.The servant said: "Since Mrs. Liu went to the hospital, she hasn't been back. For the first two days, General Liu sent someone to take care of her. Later, the general passed away in Xishan. The general's two nephews and young masters from far away took care of the family affairs and did not recognize this new wife. Then the situation changed, the commander sent military police, and they also ran away. These days, we have no news." Shen Guoying listened Said, I personally took the car and went to visit her in the hospital.

He was afraid that it would be inconvenient for a man to visit a woman, so he said Feng Xi was his sister.But the people in the hospital said: "Mrs. Liu has been discharged from the hospital this morning because she ran out of savings." After hearing this, Shen Guoying said casually: So she has gone home. I didn't go home, so I don't know yet.Covering it, I sighed very much in my heart, and had to forget it.Fortunately, he was burdened with important military and national affairs, so he will naturally forget it after a long time.However, a general's wife suddenly disappeared without a trace, which is also something that the society should pay attention to. Moreover, the Liu brothers are the most unfortunate figures in the current situation, so this incident is also special in the newspapers. for uploading.

When the news spread to Tianjin, when the family tree saw it, they were both worried and happy: the worry is that Fengxi will inevitably make a second spring of water, and I don't know where it will be in the future?The happy thing is that there is no trace of Xishan's case since then, and I can go back to Beijing to go to school with peace of mind.

At noon that day, Jiashu and his aunt and sister were having dinner, and saw his uncle Fan Duanben, with a hat in his hand, walking into the room, bowing to his aunt and smiling, "Congratulations, congratulations! Madame, I have published it. "As he said, he put down his hat, divided it into three in the middle, and stroked his beard.His hat, put aside casually, was placed on an enamel bowl.Seeing something wrong, Mrs. Fan quickly stood up and held it in her hand, and said with a smile, "Published? Congratulations, congratulations!" She also took the hat and bowed.Fan Duanben took the hat casually and put it on his head again.Mrs. Fan said: "Are you going out again? You have worked too hard, go after dinner." Fan Duanben said: "I won't go out, rest for a while, I will go to Beijing to see Mr. He in the afternoon." Saying that, Xiang Jiashu cupped his hands and said, "That's your Mount Tai." Mrs. Fan said, "You're not leaving, why are you still wearing your hat?" Fan Duanben laughed, took off his hat, and put it away , or put it on the rice bowl.The concubine would not dare to speak in front of the wife; however, she was very happy when she heard the news today, she just smiled, held the rice bowl, and put a few grains of rice into her mouth for a long time.Only Jingyi didn't understand it very well, so she asked: "You all said it was published, what did you publish?" Mrs. Fan said: "You child is too inattentive! Your father has a new job as the supervisor of Koubeiguan, immediately I'm about to take office. In this way, it will be easier for you, and you will be a real lady."

At that time, Jiashu was watching from the sidelines, thinking: Uncle and aunt were too happy.But he didn't intervene, just accompanied him after finishing the meal, and said to Fan Duanben: "Now the school is going to start formally. If my uncle goes to Beijing, let's go together." Fan Duanben said: "Great! Maybe I I can take this opportunity to introduce you to the future Mount Tai." Family Tree didn't want to deny his uncle's words, so as not to spoil his official career, he went to pack his bags.In the afternoon, I took the train north with Fan Duanben.Fortunately, my aunt, uncle, and sister are all happy, and there is no nostalgia.

When they arrived in Beijing, the uncle and nephew still lived in Tao Bohe's house.Bo and Yinduan are elders at first, so they naturally entertained them graciously.The family tree didn't have the time to talk to Uncle and his wife about the farewell, but unexpectedly, the sentimental Mrs. Tao must have called He Lina, and she will come in less than two or three hours.But after waiting all night, there was no news.At noon the next day, Fan Duanben went out to socialize, and Jiashu had dinner with Uncle and his wife.There was, as usual, some gossip at mealtimes.The family tree talked about He Lian through his uncle's errand, and He Lian talked about He Lina, because he said: "Didn't Ms. He come here often these days?" Mrs. Tao snorted and agreed casually, still bowing her head to eat her meal .Jiashu said: "Why don't you come here often?" Mrs. Tao said: "That's their freedom! Can I control it?" Jiashu touched a nail, smiled, and stopped asking.After talking about something else, he added: "I received a letter from Miss He in Tianjin." Mrs. Tao pretended not to hear it, but just bowed her head to eat her meal.Bo He tapped the tip of her chopsticks on the back of her hand lightly, and said with a smile, "You are such a treasure! If people want to ask for some information from you, you just keep your mouth shut." Mrs. Tao nodded her head together and laughed loudly. , because:

"Cousin, although you are cunning, you are only a first-class figure of Lu Su. How can you come to Kong Ming to offer advice? If you want to inquire about information, you can just ask me. Why are you bored until now? You can't stand it any longer. Let me tell you, he has gone to a foreign country." The family tree said with a smile: "You are joking again." Mrs. Tao said: "What am I joking? It's the real thing!" Then He Lina returned to her old dancing state, And the farewell at the big banquet, I said it again.Bo He said with a smile: "This masquerade dance, she has made a little limelight in the social world. But it costs a lot of money, I heard it cost two or three thousand." Jia Shu listened silently.Bo He said: "You don't have to be depressed. If she goes to Europe, she will have to ask for money from her family, so there will be a letter. I discussed with my aunt and uncle, and let you go abroad too, so you can catch up with her." Mrs. Tao said: "Men are all cheap bones! If there is a possibility of getting close to other women, they don't care; ?" Jiashu was wronged by these few sentences, but he didn't dare to speak out in detail, and even brought out the matter of the Guan and Shen families.This depression is more uncomfortable than the taste of obvious failure.Since this meal, Jiashu has never dared to mention Miss He again.In the past few months, I have been dealing with three women, getting close to one, but losing one, it is really a great misfortune.As for He Lina, it didn't matter at all, she was just passive.As for Guan Xiugu, she has a good father and she is a heroic woman, so there is no need to worry about her.Only this Shen Fengxi, a beautiful flower, was born among the thorns. I found her out and cultivated her, but she was ravaged, and now life and death are uncertain. It is a pity and a pity.Although she is sorry for me, she can only blame her for being too young and her family is too bad.Besides, Guan Shoufeng repeatedly taught me to rescue her after parting. Could it be that she is still in Beijing?So I went to the hospital where she lived to ask.The people in the hospital said: "Her brother Shen Tongzhi once came to pick her up, and he has already been discharged from the hospital." When the family tree heard this, he was very upset.I thought to myself, how can this woman be so boneless!What kind of brother is Shen Tongzhi?Fortunately, she changed hands with Liu Dezhu's family property.Uncle Guan told me not to forget her. It is a shame in life for such a person not to forget her.So the matter about women was completely thrown away.After a few days of delay in Beijing, when Fan Duanben arrived at Koubei, he was shut down by the supervisor, and he packed his books and luggage and moved into the school.

It turned out that his school, Chunming University, was in the northern suburbs of Beijing, more than ten miles away from the city.Those who are students must live on campus.In the past six months, Jiashu has spent a lot of money and received a lot of money, and feels that it is good to leave the city.Therefore, study in school with peace of mind.In this way, I don't feel that time is easy to pass, and it is the end of autumn and the beginning of winter.

This day is Sunday, because the family tree often hears people say that the red leaves in Xishan are very beautiful.Just one person bought a group of animals and came to the west mountain.It is about four or five miles away from the school building, but the sidewalk is sunken into the ground, about a foot deep.Although the mouth is on the back of the donkey, I can only see the gardens on both sides, and some treetops with fallen leaves.It turns out that the soil in the Northland is very loose. Walking on the main road is full of carts with iron shells and two wheels. When the wheels roll over, they form two big ruts. Over time, the road has become a big ditch.The family tree was walking to the depths of the ditch when suddenly someone shouted from the nearby woods: "Young Master Fan, Young Master Fan! Take a step slowly, we have something to say."

The family tree was wondering, and four people had already run out of the bushes, jumping from the mouth of the soil into the ditch.The donkey driver who was driving the donkey, seeing their menacing mouths, yelled and stopped the donkey.When Jiashu looked at the four people, they were all short-clothed and had their sleeves rolled up.The two in the back had belts tied around their waists, and a knife was inserted obliquely in each of the belts; the first two, each with a pistol in his hand, stood in the way, blocking the way.Looking at the Tukou, there are still two wind patrollers standing.Jiashu knew in his heart that this was the so-called road robbery in the north.Because he has been under Guan Shoufeng's Tao Rong, knowing that it is useless to be afraid, he quickly rolled off the donkey's back, bowed his hands to the four people in front of him and said, "brother is a student, and he didn't bring much money when he came out to play. Whatever you want, just take it." Go." The first gangster, with a thin yellow face, grew a beard and bared his teeth. He laughed and said, "We have been waiting for you for a long time. Although you are a student, your family He became a high-ranking official and opened a bank again. Is money still missing? Even if your father closed it, he earned tens of thousands of dollars every day." Jiashu said: "Everyone is wrong, that is my uncle." The bandit said: " Whether it's your father or your uncle, anyway, you're a God of Wealth. Come on! You just have to work hard." As he spoke, the family tree refused, and the two of them moved forward, grabbed his arm, and put it on the soil mouth.

Family tree was framed by someone, and he was flustered, but another bandit took out two plasters and stuck them to his eyes.Thus, the family tree fell into the dark world.Next, something was carried, which seemed to be a door panel, which was lifted by wooden poles, but the family tree was made to lie down and sleep on the door panel.Another quilt was used, including head and feet, to cover him.They also said repeatedly: "You are not allowed to speak, once you speak, beware of your horoscope!" Family tree knew that he was tied up, as long as the family was willing to pay, his life was probably not in danger.The matter has come to this point, and he has no choice but to leave it to him.

They moved up and down, and walked about twenty or thirty miles before stopping, but a stranger's voice asked, "Have you come?" The answer: "Come." At this moment, Hearing the sound of animals chewing grass and the sound of chickens eating, it was clear that they had come to a place where there were people.But there are very few people here, only the sound of the wind blowing through the treetops overhead, and the trees are rattling.It seems that this place is surrounded by trees, but there is a small house in the middle, so it is naturally a peaceful place.After a flurry, the family tree was carried by them to a place where the air was very stuffy.Someone said: "This is your room. You can lie down or sit up, just do as you please." Then they walked out.

Here, the family tree is touched, and the side is hard. There is an earthen kang with some messy grass on the kang, and a quilt on the grass, all piled up in disorder; there is a cool wind blowing from the back of the kang.According to the rules of the northerners, they all lean on the window and open the kang, unlike the southerners whose beds face the window.Jiashu thought, maybe there is a window here too.Going forward, only two or three steps away is the earth wall.The door was on the right, because they had just heard the sound of the door closing when they went out.There was always someone guarding the door, and hearing the rustling sound, it was clear that a pile of sorghum stalks had been placed near the door, and the guard was lying on it. ——For everything outside of the body, Jiashu uses ears instead of eyes, nose instead of eyes, and thinks about it separately.At first I was very bored, but after thinking about it, boredom is useless, so I just lay on the kang calmly.Fortunately, those gangsters have a very rich supply of food. Every meal has exquisite pasta, pork and eggs, as well as fragrant tea, which they can drink at any time.If he wants to defecate, there are bandits who accompany him out of the room.

In the first two days, although the place was replaced by guards, the voice was very quiet, it seemed that there were not many people, and the bandits probably went out to inquire about the news.On the fourth day, people's voices became noisy, and they were at ease, so someone sat on the kang and said to him: "Young Master Fan, we invite you here, I am really wronged. But we just want to raise money with the family. Money, I have no enmity with you. Write us a letter and go to the mansion to inform us, what do you think?" The family tree dared not obey, so it had to obey.So someone came and slowly took off the plaster on his face.Jiashu's eyes suddenly brightened, looking at the house, it was indeed similar to what he had imagined.Two bandits stood at the door, each with a pistol in his pocket. In front of him was an old tea table, a clay wax table, a red candle, and a pen, inkstone, letter paper and envelope. It turned out that it was already night. .The bandit sitting on the edge of the kang wore a pair of dark crystal glasses and put two plasters on his face, probably he refused to show his true colors.The man sat on the side and told him: Please write to Supervisor Fan, we want to borrow [-] yuan, and you will be the one.If he is willing to borrow it, please ask him to send someone to the old land temple in Dashu Village in the northern suburbs to approach within half a month after receiving the letter. Only one person is allowed to come, wearing a black fedora hat and dark crystal glasses.If we don't come, we will tear our mouths apart. ——Do you understand the word 'tear mouth'? "As he said, he showed his teeth and smiled.

Jiashu said softly: "I know." But for the word 10, he felt that it was too much, and when he picked up the pen, he wanted to raise his head and explain a few sentences.The bandit stood up, stretched out his hand and patted him on the shoulder, and shouted: "You just write according to my words, and you can't change it at all! Change every word and add a thousand." The family tree didn't dare to argue, so he had to write the letter to Uncle And, please Bo and refer.

When Family Tree finished writing the letter and handed it to them, he put plaster on his face again.It is not known how the letter was delivered, so I had to eat and drink in the dark every day.Thinking about when this letter will arrive in Bohe's hands, and when Bohe receives the letter, he doesn't know how to notify his uncle?If there is any hesitation, this half month's work will be delayed.They are limited to half a month, and they just want someone to contact them, not to pay first. This point, it's best not to misunderstand... One person just spends time thinking wildly like this.

Ten days passed in a blink of an eye, and Jiashu gradually became acquainted with the bandit. He knew that the bandit leader Li Erjiejie came from outside, and that he had another insider in the suburbs of Beijing.But there were two shifts, one named Hu Gouzi and the other Tang Delu. Judging from their accents, they were both experienced in this field.Because in Koubei they heard that Fan Duanben was rich and had a son studying in the countryside of Beijing, they thought it was a good opportunity, so they came from afar.Jiashu thought that they planned everything to make things difficult for me, since I fell into their hands, they were willing to let it go easily, so they had to resign themselves to fate.One night, it was very late at night, suddenly there was a sound of footsteps running over from a distance, and then someone yelled outside the house, and everyone in the house woke up.Someone said: "The water is gone. Damn it! Hui Ye Zi is here." The family tree has been in the north for a long time, and he also knows a little bit of their slang. Hui Ye Zi refers to soldiers.This time, there may be a glimmer of hope for escape.At this time, in the next room, a person with a Northwest accent said: "How much are you here? Thirty or so? There are eight of us, and one of us will deal with four or five of him, and send them back to grandma's house. Gouzi! I'll leave it to you." Come on, let's do it, hurry up and get the guy." It was Li Erjiejun who spoke, and Hu Gouzi agreed.Then, the sound of footsteps all over the house, the sound of gun testing, the sound of loading bullets, the sound of moving sorghum straw, and moving wooden furniture, all made a commotion.Li Erjiejun asked: "Have you prepared your mouth? Gouzi, look at your mouth." Everyone agreed again, and went down.At this time, the lights in the inner and outer rooms were all blown out.The family tree only heard those people, and they all went to the yard.Go on, bang!Snapped!There were several gunshots in the distance.At this moment, Jiashu's heart was beating wildly, and cold sweat was pouring out of his body. He couldn't help it, so he asked softly: "Brother Hu..." Before he could finish his sentence, Hu Gouzi softly shouted: "Don't worry about it!" Words, get off the kang, and lie down on the ground." The family tree asked him to remind him with one word, even crawling and rolling, and when he got off the kang, he lay down on the edge of the kang.At this time, the sound of gunfire outside has been continuous, and sometimes there is a slap, and a bullet is fired into the house.Some gangsters in this room seemed to be dead, so the gunfire outside also stopped.Less than half of the meal, there was a sudden crackling in the yard, and guns were fired randomly.Then Li Erjie scolded: "Good boy! Come here again. Haha, beat up! Friend, beat up the fuck!" Crack!Snapped!Snapped! "Ouch, who? Brother Liu is dead. Damn it! Who beat you? Hit the back." Crack!Snapped!Snapped! "Did you beat me away? My friend! He said calmly." Swipe! "Good boy! Hit my hat."... Family Tree was lying on the ground, only heard the sound of gunshots, the sound of people running, and there was a commotion in the yard.I was determined to die anyway, thinking that there was no light in the room, so I quietly tore off the plaster on my face without asking Hu Gouzi for permission.While peeking around, some starlight shot out from the window, and I saw Hu Gouzi lying on the kang, only sticking his head out to the side of the window to look around, and saw nothing else.All I could hear was the sound of crackling and cracking outside the yard and in the sky, intermittently.There was tension for a while, and there was peace for a while.After a while, a person came in and said quietly to Hu Gouzi: "The wind is very tight, and it will be difficult to handle at dawn. Let's rush out from the ditch behind." It was Li Erjie who was talking, and he was standing On the kang, two mouths were opened into the earthen wall, and the wall shook, and a crack was immediately exposed.He picked it up a few more times with his hands, and immediately there was a big hole.Using a wooden stick, he picked out a piece of clothing and stuck it out of the hole.Then he shrank back in, and he smiled softly: "These bastards! Just block the door, why don't we go out and wait?" He then ran into the yard, swearing and yelling, and then put the gun tightly. .

At this moment, two bandits came in, after a few words of discussion, they climbed out of the cave.Hu Gouzi touched Jiashu's face, and said with a smile, "You're good, I'll tear off the blindfold first. Climb through the hole and walk on the ground." Although Jiashu felt that it was dangerous to go out, he couldn't help it, so he had to be brave. Courageous, crawled out; then Hu Gouzi also came out.

Here is a small mound of dirt. Hu Gouzi stretched out his hand and pushed the family tree hard, and then rolled into a ditch; then Hu Gouzi also rolled down.Just rolled into the ditch and brushed!Two bullets to the head.So there were four people lying in the ditch, all dead, motionless.Hearing scolding and gunshots in front of the house, he was no longer in the yard, it seemed that Li Ergui had rushed out of the gate.After lying down for a while, there was no movement.The family tree calmed down, looked up at the sky, the sky was full of stars, the wind was blowing on the bare treetops, and they swayed under the starlight.The northwest wind brought sand and soil, blowing it on the face, like a sharp knife cutting someone.There is a warm kang in the room, so I don't feel the cold night, and at this time, I feel very uncomfortable.The three bandits heard that the front of the house was being beaten hard, so two were in front and one was behind. They sandwiched the family tree in the middle and taught him to crawl forward on the ground and walk like a snake.They walked and looked up and looked around. They walked thirty or forty feet away from the house. Hu Gouzi told Jiashu to stand up, bend over, and run away after dragging.After running half a mile with a mouthful of squid, he sat down under a clump of trees.Listen to the front, and occasionally fire a gun.

About an hour later, he heard footsteps in front of him. Hu Gouzi aimed his gun and asked, "Who?"Hu Gouzi put down his gun, and sure enough, Li Erjiejun and a bandit came.He panted and said, "Hurry up up the mountain before dawn. Tonight, it's considered prickly, and three brothers were injured!" Another bandit saw the family tree and cursed: "Good boy! I almost lost it because of you. The guy who eats! Go ahead and destroy you." When he said that, he took out his pistol and touched the forehead of Jiashu, followed by a snap.For this shot, you must know that the family tree is still alive, and I will explain it next time.

(End of this chapter)