Qin Sang slept for a while, but he dreamed in a daze. In the dream, it seems that he is still hunting in the mountains and forests, surrounded by dense fog, which is the common weather in Shibayama. The fog grew thicker, and she rode a horse and fell behind the crowd. There was a dense forest everywhere, and the thick green foliage kept brushing over her head, and she had to use her hands to remove it so that her sideburns would not be disturbed by the branches. The horses stopped and walked like this, and the fog gradually dissipated, and in the distance I saw the retinue in twos and threes, just ahead. And the person who was surrounded by the arch in the middle was Yi Liankai. He mounted his horse, smiled back at her, and then gestured. She accompanied him several times on the hunt, knowing that the gesture meant that there was a large prey ahead, and ordered the attendants to ambush him.

Sure enough, when the entourage saw his gesture, they quietly rode their horses forward, slowly spreading the half-arc encirclement, and then silently raised their guns and aimed. She looked closely, where was there any prey in front of her, only Li Wangping, who was alias Pan Jianchi, stood alone under the big tree. Her surprise was not trivial, the entourage had already aimed at the crosshairs, and the muzzles of more than ten black holes were aimed at Li Wangping, but he didn't realize it.

She was frightened and anxious, and was about to scream, but the vigorous gunfire had exploded like firecrackers, and Li Wangping was hit by a random gun, covered in blood, and his body shook and fell. She couldn't help crying, but someone next to her reached out to cover her mouth, it was Yi Liankai, his hands were as cold as ice cubes, and his voice was even colder: "What are you crying about?" She was heartbroken, just thinking that Yi Liankai beat Li Wangping to death...... He had him killed...... His throat and eyes were like blocked cotton, and he couldn't cry no matter how desperately he could. She desperately wanted to break free of his hand, wanted to go to see Li Wangping, struggled so much, and finally woke up.

She sat up, there was a light in the living room outside, the door of the bedroom was originally hidden, and the faint yellow light came in along the doorway, narrow as a gold edge, and like a scroll painting, just rolled up but not rolled up, revealing the gold-sprinkled paper on the side, but the light was also empty, which made people trance. Her vest was covered with cold sweat, and she slowly fell down again, thinking to herself, fortunately, it was a dream.

The pillow was wet with her crying and pressed cold against her face. She thought of Li Wangping and felt the unspeakable pain in her heart. During the day he didn't say a word to himself, not knowing what he was going to do. And Yi Liankai has a violent temper, although he and Li Wangping are innocent, but they haven't seen him for several years, he is pseudonym Pan Jianchi, and she asked Yi Liankai to rescue him. In case Yi Liankai sees that something is wrong, according to his temper, he is afraid that Li Wangping's life will not be guaranteed. Thinking of this, she sat up again, thinking of Adjutant Song's matter, and felt that today's matter was very strange. That Adjutant Song has always been around Yi Liankai, and Yi Liankai treats him very kindly, why did he do something to murder Yi Liankai?

She was so distraught that she couldn't figure it out, and vaguely felt that there was something wrong with it, but she couldn't think of anything wrong for a while. She has been married to Yi Liankai for several years, but she only feels that he can't get rid of a kind of temperament, and he is even more moody. In addition to spending time and drinking every day, he refuses to do half a serious thing. Occasionally, she persuaded her, but nine times out of ten it backfired. So in the end, she was also discouraged, and he was left to eat, drink and have fun. Although she looked down on Yi Liankai in her heart, she couldn't figure out his thoughts - maybe she was too lazy to think about it, anyway, such days were just going on day by day. She sat there with her knees crossed, only listening to the autumn insects chirping in the grass outside the window, and there were unknown birds in the distance, "croaking", the cry was very sad, and the night in the mountains was quiet.

She thought for a moment and got up in her bedclothes. I saw a square lacquer carved plate on the table, which contained a bowl of porridge and a few side dishes, which must have been sent in by Han's mother, and the porridge bowl had long been out of heat. She didn't feel hungry, and when she looked at the little golden bell on the fireplace, it turned out to be nine o'clock in the evening.

She changed her clothes and went downstairs again, and only one of the attendants stood there, and when she was about to make a sound, she waved her hand to stop her. Looking towards the restaurant, I saw that the glass door was closed, and the light was reflected in the snow-white marble on the ground through the multicolored glass on the door. It was quiet in the four corners, and when he heard the sound of a car outside the building, Qin Sang asked, "Son-in-law is out?"

The attendant replied respectfully, "No, I'm still drinking with Mr. Pan." Young Master Gao was drunk, and the prince sent a car to send him back first, presumably the car came back at this time. ”

Qin Sang let out an "oh" and said, "You go to the kitchen and ask them to prepare the decanting soup." ”

The waiter promised to go by himself, Qin Sang originally wanted to take a look at the restaurant, but when he walked to the door, he hesitated, thought about it, and finally reached out and pushed the door gently, but he didn't expect it to be unable to push, presumably the latch inside was fastened. Feeling more and more at ease, she went around to the small living room, and from there onto the terrace. There was a row of holly trees planted next to the terrace, and in the darkness it looked like a wide fence, and she couldn't cross it in a cheongsam. Suddenly, I saw the window of the smoking room on the other side of the terrace, and I couldn't help but be moved. I remembered that there was a secret door in the restaurant that led to the smoking room, and the smoking room was also a long window with floor-to-ceiling windows, so I opened it with a push of my hand. She walked silently into the smoking room, but saw that the secret door was hidden and there was a gap that was more than a finger narrow, and she looked through the gap to the dining room. The smoking room was pitch black, but a huge chandelier hung in the dining room, illuminating the hall as bright as day. She looked in from the shadows, and it was even clearer. I saw that the hot pot on the table was boiling to boil, Yi Liankai sat alone at the table, presumably hot, and even the buttons on the collar of his shirt were unbuttoned, as if he had nothing to do, holding a lit cigarette in his hand, but he didn't smoke it, just looked at the slowly burning cigarette. She wondered in her heart, obviously the attendant said that Yi Liankai was drinking with Pan Jianchi, but why was Yi Liankai the only one here?

She felt that her heart was beating faster and faster, and a terrible thought suddenly popped out of her mind, maybe Yi Liankai had seen something, so she had already attacked Pan Jianchi...... Thinking of this, she put her hands on her chest, took a few steps back, and leaned against the wall panting slightly. After a while, I felt a little calmer, and quietly looked again, Yi Liankai was still sitting there smoking, the restaurant was very quiet, the soup in the hot pot was burning, she didn't even dare to breathe, lest Yi Liankai hear. At this time, there was a knock on the door, Yi Liankai raised his voice and asked, "What are you doing?"

His voice was so close that it was so loud that it shook her again.

Because of the door, the waiter's voice seemed far away: "Son, the kitchen has sent decanting soup." ”

"No, let me be quiet with Mr. Pan for a while. ”

The attendant was silent again, Yi Liankai snuffed out the cigarette and lit another one. As soon as the lighter "clicked", the flames were reflected on his face, and the corners of his lips were slightly curved, as if he was smiling, and the smile was very pleasant, I don't know what he thought. Qin Sang had never seen him have such an expression, he only felt that this situation was extremely weird. She was worried that she would be discovered by Yi Liankai, so she quietly retreated.

This time, she went out through the door of the smoking room, where there was a Western-style cloister that led to the stairs to go upstairs. She was worried, and before she knew it, she didn't turn left and go upstairs, but turned right along the cloister, and kept going down that road. The road was to the back garden and the lower room, and she was at a loss, not knowing what she was thinking, but she walked straight through the garden, and she didn't know how far she had gone until she saw the light. When I looked up, I saw a row of houses, faintly neighing horses, and I had unconsciously walked to the stable. The lights were on in the stable, and when I heard the door creak, it turned out to be two messengers coming out. She was hidden in the darkness, and neither of them noticed. One of them carried a lantern, and the other said as he walked: "It's really unlucky, and in the middle of the night I have to wait for the prisoners to eat and drink." ”

The messenger who carried the lantern said: "You don't complain a few words, Adjutant Song follows Gongzi all day long, maybe Gongzi will release him tomorrow, and you won't be able to stammer!"

The two of them talked far away, Qin Sang thought that Adjutant Song was locked up in the stable, and he usually followed Yi Liankai, and he was also used to being powerful, but he didn't expect such an end. She hesitated for a moment, then gently lifted the window open a crack. The window was an old-fashioned grass window, and she slowly lifted it up, but there was no sound. The light in the room slowly came out, as far as the eye could see, but Adjutant Song's whole person was hanging on the beam with his neck strangled, his feet were kicking and moving freely, his hands were scratching and scratching, but where could he reach anything, his eyes were bulging, and he seemed to be about to burst out of blood, his tongue kept sticking out because of suffocation, and he couldn't make half a sound at all, and the corners of his mouth were already foaming at the mouth, and he was about to be hanged alive.

She was about to scream when a hand reached out behind her back to cover her mouth. She was terrified and struggled desperately, but the man's hands covered her nose and mouth so tightly that she could not make a sound. She struggled a few times and had no strength, she only felt that her chest was about to explode, she was terrified, but she heard the person behind her whisper: "Xiao Sang...... It's me. ”

She was so frightened that she couldn't make any sound, he slowly let go of his fingers, she breathed rapidly, panting slightly, looking at Li Wangping's eyes, so familiar but so unfamiliar, but as if she had already been separated from the past and this life. She heard her own muttering: "Help him......"

"Ko-san. Because of his low voice, he was very close to her, and seemed to be close to his ear, "I can't tell you in detail, you go back quickly, if Yi Liankai finds out, everything will be over." ”

If Yi Liankai finds out...... She trembled and grabbed his arm: "Why don't you leave?"

His expression was unusually resolute, and his voice was the same: "I can't go, I still have something." ”

"What's more important than your life?"

He actually smiled, and his eyes sparkled in the darkness. She hadn't seen him for years, and she felt that he had become very strange, so strange that she almost didn't know him at all, as if she had really become a stranger, but only this smile was familiar to her, and every time he looked at her and smiled like this, she felt like an ignorant child, spoiled and pampered. It's been years since I've seen him, let alone a smile like this. But his smile was only a flash, and he said softly: "There are many things in this world, which are more important than my life. ”

"Then you save Adjutant Song. She heard the sound of Adjutant Song struggling on the beam, and couldn't help but grab his hand, "He's dying, save him." ”

"If he doesn't die, more people will die, you go back quickly......"

At this time, I only heard the sound of footsteps, and it turned out that the messengers had come back with lanterns. She panicked, and he nudged her tank top: "Hurry up!"

She glanced at him hastily, her eyes almost pleading, "Help!"

He did not speak again, but pushed her again, and she staggered forward a few steps, but fortunately no one found her, and she walked to the garden with her chest clutched, and heard only that there was a noise in the stable, and that there were people shouting something, and that others seemed to be running in the dark, and she did not hesitate, and ran quickly back down the stairs, and down the roundabout corridor, and ran back to her room in one breath.

Until the door was closed, one of her hearts was still beating wildly, and the noise in the garden was getting louder and louder, and there were people running towards the western-style building, and the footsteps of "Dong Dong Dong" were very urgent, and Yi Liankai's voice was faintly heard from the window downstairs, as if he was asking something. The noise in the garden died down, but the lights came on.

I don't know how long later, there were footsteps in the corridor, and Han's mother knocked lightly on the door and asked, "Young grandmother?"

She sat on the bed, still clenching her fists tightly, although her hands and feet were cold, her voice was calm: "What's the matter?"

Mother Han said in a low voice: "The young master is losing his temper, do you want to go and see the young grandmother?"

"What's wrong?"

"It was said that Adjutant Song was dead...... The prince was furious, and the messengers were afraid that they would not be able to persuade him, so he wanted to invite the young grandmother to come over and take a look......"

Qin Sang's heart sank suddenly, he stood up and opened the door, Han's mother's face was pale, and her mouth was still muttering: "It's really scary, young grandma...... Why don't you think about it when you say Adjutant Song......"

Qin Sang knew that Yi Liankai really had a seizure, and the messengers were all unlucky, and as soon as Adjutant Song died, the attendants had no leader and no backbone, I don't know who came up with the idea to let Han Ma invite him. She was worried about another layer of things, and she didn't have time to think about it. Han's mother chased out of the corridor with a cloak to put it on for her. She hurriedly tied the tassel and went downstairs, and although the cloak was a Western-style serge, it was very light and warm, but it was ankle-length. When you enter the garden, the autumn wind blows in your face, blowing the cloak like wings, and flipping like a butterfly dance. She copied the cloak with both hands, and Han's mother carried a lantern to shine at her feet, and the garden was already three steps and one post, five steps and one sentry, and the station was full of errands.

Qin Sang didn't expect Adjutant Song to still be unable to escape death, obviously Pan Jianchi was there just now, and he also begged him to save people, but Adjutant Song still died. The stable was already brightly lit, and as soon as she stepped into the house, she suddenly saw the corpse on the ground, and Adjutant Song's facial features were twisted and hideous after his death, which was even more terrifying. Qin Sang couldn't help but cover her mouth and snorted, and took a few steps back, fortunately, Mother Han came up to help her, she didn't dare to look more, she only felt palpitations, but Yi Liankai asked, "What are you doing?"

"I will advise you in the daytime that you should be forgiving and forgiving. She didn't have time to think about it, so she couldn't help but say, "Now someone is dead......

"What's wrong with someone's life?" Yi Liankai said impatiently, "Who told him to do something bold and hang himself in fright? It's just to spend a little more money...... He dropped the sentence: "Call his family to collect the body tomorrow." He walked to the door and couldn't help but grab Qin Sang's hand: "Go back to sleep, what is so beautiful about the dead, and you are not afraid of nightmares." ”

Qin Sang was pulled by him and staggered, all the way through the garden, until he entered the western-style building, he broke his hand away: "What do you want? That's a living human life!"

Yi Liankai's face was full of surprise, and he looked at her twice: "Human life? He almost killed me today, what is the pity of hanging himself for this kind of villain?"

Qin Sang was anxious and angry, and didn't want to argue with him anymore, so he turned around and went upstairs, slamming the door shut. Leaning against the door, I only felt anxious, fearful, disappointed, and fearful...... All kinds of emotions swept in one by one, swallowing up themselves like a tidal wave. She thought of Pan Jianchi, and thought of Adjutant Song, who died inexplicably. Looking up at the moonlight outside the window, projecting in, illuminating the magnificent furnishings in the house, but like the most exquisite cage in the world, I only felt trembling all over my body, and I couldn't help but want to cry.

The night in the mountains was as long as water, much later than the sunrise in the flatlands, but the sky was still bright. The dawn on the glass windows shines through the tulle curtains, staining the white curtains with gold edges. On the morning of early autumn, it happened to be a sunny day, and the sun was exceptionally clear, shining on the flowers and trees in the garden. The autumn in the mountains comes very early, the water lilies in the fountain pool are still blooming with blue flowers, a few French plane trees by the pool have been dotted with yellowed leaves, the night wind is strong, and the leaves are light yellow and green on the ground, scattered on the grass under the tree, it is like laying a huge emerald woven gold blanket.

The Yijia villa is Western-style, and the gardens in front and back are also designed by foreigners, with neatly cut holly trees, meticulous symmetrical patterns, and snow-white marble statues in the middle, which are goddesses in Greek mythology, half-naked shoulders, hidden in the green trees, as if it is a Europa garden in a foreign magazine. Qin Sang got up and went downstairs, walked to the terrace on the second floor and looked at it, only to hear laughter in the distance in the garden, and Yi Liankai's voice in the middle, and vaguely heard him say: "...... Let's move a little farther away......"

Mother Han saw her come downstairs, smiled and asked her, "Is the young grandmother up?"

"Are there any guests coming?" Qin Sang asked suspiciously, "Why is the garden so lively?"

"Gongzi Ye and Young Master Pan are testing their marksmanship, and Young Master Pan's marksmanship is really good!"

Qin Sang's heart tightened, and he walked quickly to the garden without thinking, and sure enough, he saw the two of them surrounded by the messenger, Yi Liankai holding a revolver, and Pan Jianchi holding two brand-new Browning pistols in both hands. Yi Liankai raised his voice and shouted, "Release!" There was a sound of "fluttering" behind the trees in the distance, and several pigeons flew up. Pan Jianchi opened the bow left and right, "bang bang bang" several shots in succession, the pigeons fell to the ground one after another, only one white pigeon flew over the bushes, went very far, Pan Jianchi didn't seem to look at it, raised his hand and shot, the white pigeon fell like a meteor, seven or eight pigeons were not spared, all bloody fell on the grass.

The messengers first held their breath and calmed down, and after a while they clapped their hands, Yi Liankai also laughed and clapped his hands in admiration: "Brother Pan's marksmanship is rare in my life, it is really wonderful!"

"Childe's gun is good, that's why he has such an accurate head. Pan Jianchi stroked the black and shiny gun, "Such a good guy, I'm afraid I can't buy one even if it's hundreds of oceans." ”

Yi Liankai said with a smile: "You know the goods, I got these two new guns from the High Governor." This is Meng Shuai's favorite thing, it is said that the British counselor specially brought it to him from abroad, and there are not many good guns like this in China. "Changye overseer Gao Peide character Meng Ren, although Yi Liankai is arrogant, but he does not dare to hold up in front of him, they are all called Meng Shuai by outsiders. Yi Liankai saw Pan Jianchi's love at this time, and said generously: "Since you like it, take it." ”

Pan Jianchi said repeatedly: "No, no, I don't dare to take the love of my son." ”

Yi Liankai said: "How can the grace of saving lives be repaid, let alone two pistols." Besides, the sword is given to the knight, and the pink is given to the beauty, such a good gun should be used by someone like Mr. Pan, so it is appropriate. ”

Pan Jian sighed for a while, and then smiled: "The prince is sincere, and Pan is better than obeying his fate if he is respectful." It's just one point, since the prince allowed Pan to follow around, I really can't afford to call me sir, but the prince still calls Pan's cursive words, and there is no need to be polite. ”

Yi Liankai laughed: "Okay! Okay!" turned his head to see Qin Sang and beckoned to her, "Why did you get up so early?"

Qin Sang smiled reluctantly, she barely fell asleep last night, closing her eyes as if she saw Adjutant Song being hung on a beam, kicking and grabbing her hands with her feet, and staring at her with bulging eyes. She couldn't close her eyes all night because she hadn't been killed last night, and the one who started it this morning was having fun as if nothing had happened.

"Adjutant Song is innocent, I really didn't expect him to hide evil intentions, it seems that he is still reliable. Yi Liankai told Qin Sang with a pleasant face, "Since Jian Chi is your distant cousin, and he has just returned from abroad, and his skills are so good, I plan to make him my new adjutant." ”

Qin Sang was shocked and suspicious, he didn't know what kind of medicine Li Wangping was selling in the gourd, and he didn't know if Yi Liankai's move was a whim. She said in a daze: "My distant cousin ......" She almost didn't dare to look at Pan Jianchi, she could only look at Yi Liankai, and smiled reluctantly, "I didn't have much contact with this cousin before...... It's just that the third aunt and their family have been passed down for several generations......"

"Yes, yes. Yi Liankai interrupted her impatiently, "Can you still let him go into battle to kill the enemy if you follow me?" You just have to rest assured, I never let the people around me suffer, and besides, he himself is happy, what are you talking about?"

Qin Sang was afraid that saying more would reveal some flaws, so he was silent at the moment. Yi Liankai seemed to be very happy, and took her hand: "Let's go, go back to breakfast." ”

She and Yi Liankai had breakfast, in the past, Adjutant Song stood aside, but today it was Pan Jianchi, Qin Sang couldn't swallow it, and she was worried that Yi Liankai would see something, so she didn't say a word, just talked to him about some homely gossip, she had never said so much to Yi Liankai, and while talking, she was afraid that he would feel something strange because he talked too much. It turns out that the ancients said that being a thief has a weak heart, and there is really something. Although he didn't become a thief, he couldn't say a kind of weakness of heart.

Halfway through breakfast, suddenly the messenger walked in and whispered a few words to Pan Jianchi, seeing Pan Jianchi's expression slightly stunned, the messenger stood on tiptoe again, and whispered in his ear for a while, Pan Jianchi walked to Yi Liankai's side and said something in a low voice. Yi Liankai heard his words, but he was surprised: "What is she doing?"

Pan Jianchi glanced at Qin Sang, and then lowered his head again, as if waiting for Yi Liankai's orders.

Yi Liankai thought for a while: "Let her in." ”

Pan Jianchi agreed, and went on his own errand. When Qin Sang saw the two of them, he seemed to have something unspeakable, Adjutant Song was like this in the past, but he didn't expect Pan Jianchi to be the same. She stirred the coffee in the cup with a small spoon, but heard Yi Liankai say, "You go upstairs first." ”

If it was in the past, she was too lazy to meddle in things, but today she was stubborn for some reason, raised her face and asked lightly: "What do you want to hide from me?"

Yi Liankai was unexpectedly stunned, and subconsciously said, "It's nothing." ”

"Then I can't be here?"

Yi Liankai seemed to be angry, paused for a moment, and then said coldly: "Whatever you want." ”

It wasn't until the messenger ushered the guest into the door that she knew why he had such a gambling tone, and it turned out that the visitor was none other than the woman on horseback who she bumped into on the mountain at the beginning of the day, Fu Yuan's famous Ling Min Hongyu.

Qin Sang heard Min Hongyu's glamorous name for a long time, because Fu Yuan's wives and ladies, when they mentioned this social celebrity Miss Min, they all looked disapproving, and almost regarded it as Fu Yuan's glamorous face. The guests who entered the curtain were all dignitaries, and it was even rumored that Yi Lianshen, the second son of Yi, once bowed down under her pomegranate skirt. Last time, after a quick glance on the mountain road, Qin Sang's impression of her was that she was a young woman with a good face, and when she came back today, she saw that she was wearing a moon-white shadow gauze cheongsam, faintly revealing the dark lines of orchids, and there was no pearl on her head, only a string of white pearls on her neck, each of which was the size of a lotus seed, and the faint pearl light made her eyebrows even more picturesque, and she had already smiled and groaned before she spoke: "Son!" Turning his head and seeing Qin Sang, he was neither humble nor arrogant, "This must be the young lady, right?" I bumped into the young lady on the mountain road that day, and I haven't apologized to you yet, but presumably the young lady has a lot of them, and she won't be as knowledgeable as me. ”

Qin Sang didn't hate her - it was because Yi Liankai already hated her too much, so she couldn't hate this woman. She respected her identity and didn't answer, just looked at Yi Liankai.

The Yi family's family rules are strict, especially prostitution and gambling, and they are even more worried about taking concubines. Although Yi Jipei has an aunt on his left and a wife on his right, his three sons are honestly managed by him, Yi Liankai is playing, and he doesn't dare to go beyond Lei Chi by half a step under his father's strict rules. Seeing Qin Sang looking at himself at this moment, he was even more annoyed in his heart, and said, "You go upstairs first." ”

Qin Sang was inconvenient to quarrel with him in front of outsiders, so he only glanced at him lightly and got up and went upstairs. She had always been quiet in the room, she took a Western magazine and looked at it, and after a while, she heard the sound of a car downstairs, and Han's mother came in and whispered to her: "Gongzi took that woman out in a car." ”

This was also expected, but I didn't expect Han's mother to tell her again: "Even the new Adjutant Pan didn't let him follow, the prince is really ...... It's too nonsense...... And that woman, who was embarrassed to come to the door, was really shameless. ”

Qin Sang thought that Pan Jian had just arrived, and he was his so-called cousin, Yi Liankai was probably embarrassed to ask him to follow. However, this was a great opportunity, so he said to Han's mother, "Where is Adjutant Pan now? I was about to go into the city to buy something, so ask Adjutant Pan to accompany me." ”

Han's mother thought that she was angry with Yi Liankai, so she smiled and said: "It's okay for young grandma to go out for a walk, but it's always boring at home." He waited for her to change her clothes for going out, and then went downstairs to ask someone to prepare the car.

Because Yi Liankai does not serve in the army, the so-called adjutant is actually the head of the attendant and the messenger, and he does not wear a military uniform, but just eats, drinks and has fun with him. Pan Jianchi was still in a suit and leather shoes, and after taking care of her gracefully and getting into the car, he sat next to the driver. She was full of worries, but there was a driver in the car, so it was inconvenient to speak, so she just quietly looked at the scenery outside the car window.

The car sped down the winding road and arrived in town in a short time. Although it is a small town here, but because there are many dignitaries who take refuge in the summer on the mountain, it is quite prosperous, the two cross streets are all bluestone paved roads, the shops on both sides are gathered, and the things sold are all available for food and clothing, and all kinds of goods are not worse than the goods in Changye City, but the price is naturally more expensive on the next level.

After Qin Sang got out of the car, he opened his handbag and gave the driver ten yuan in bills, and said: "Adjutant Pan accompanies me to go shopping, or go to a small restaurant, you park the car here, and go to eat first." ”

The driver was naturally desperate, took the money and walked away. Pan Jianchi followed behind Qin Sang, accompanied her to a few shops, and bought a few things. Holding an umbrella for her in one hand, and carrying some clothes and other paper boxes in the other. Although Qin Sang felt that there were many things to say to him, she didn't say a word after all, until finally the scorching sun was in the sky, and the street gradually became hot, and she saw a Western restaurant across the street, so she walked in.

The hospitality of the western restaurant is the most eye-catching, especially the hospitality of the western restaurant in this town, which is a pair of powerful eyes. As soon as he saw Qin Sang's dress, he knew that he was extraordinary. Behind him, there was an errand who was carrying something with an umbrella, and it must have been a young lady or a young grandmother from a big family who was taking refuge in the mountains, so she greeted them with a smile on her face, bowed deeply at first, and then led them to the quiet second floor.

In the afternoon, business was light, and there was only one table of guests on the entire second floor. The snow-white cloth was scalded with golden mandala flowers, and the sunlight shone through the glass, reflecting on the bronzing lines, and there was a trace of golden light, but it was as if it burned people's eyes.

Qin Sang held the cup of ice water but didn't drink it, and slowly watched the water beads condensed on the wall of the cup, and a water mark slipped down abruptly, making his palm slightly cold. She put the cup down, looked up at Pan Jianchi, and asked softly, "What do you want to do?"

Pan Jianchi smiled and did not answer. Qin Sang's heart was in turmoil, and he said: "Since you studied in the East, you should naturally make a career when you come back, why are you willing to come to send people under the fence and be sent to serve by others?"

Pan Jianchi smiled slightly: "Everyone has their own ambitions, even if I have an ambition, a scholar, no background and no backing, who will pay attention to me? ”

Qin Sang never expected him to say such a thing, the blood in his chest was surging, and he was indescribably angry and disappointed. Pan Jianchi said: "At the beginning, you belonged to me, but unfortunately I have neither a powerful Lao Tzu, nor a hairpin lintel for generations, and it is natural for your father to look down on me." Later, my mother sold my ancestral land to help me go to the East, and I was not afraid to be angry. It's a pity that even if I get the first place in the exam, what if I get the first place? My Japanese classmates are all children of wealthy families, and they are commanders and even generals as soon as they go to battle, but I am still in prison? When I returned to China, I ran into walls on all sides, and was envied and framed and imprisoned. Ambition??" he smiled almost self-deprecatingly, "There is no backing, no money, and the end is to be crushed to death like an ant." ”

Qin Sang was silent for a long time before he said, "Do you really want to follow Yi Liankai?"

Pan Jianchi smiled: "People treat me as a countryman, and I treat people as a countryman." ”

Qin Sang finally couldn't help but say: "I thought you were really a revolutionary party, but I didn't expect it to be a ...... with a tail shake" Speaking of this, I really didn't want to say dirty words, and I couldn't bear to insult my former lover, so I swallowed the following words. Turning his head to look out the window, there were few pedestrians on the street under the scorching sun, and only the white sun was shining on the street. This is the time when the "Autumn Tiger" is at its most powerful, and it is also the hottest time of the day. The shops on both sides are also listless, with various colorful banners and signs motionless in the quiet sunlight. Because it was not a market day, the street was very quiet, except for the burden of a shaved head resting at the corner of the street, sheltering from the shadow of the riding wall. And the shaver was also listless, and it took a long time for him to "click" the iron piece.

In such a quiet afternoon, listening to the sound of this iron piece, it seems to be even quieter.

She had thought that he had taken a great risk to stay, and that he might have something to say to himself. Unexpectedly, today's conversation really disappointed her to the extreme. At first, she still held on to the hope of what happened, afraid that he might detain the Yi family because of herself, or that it would be good if he was really a revolutionary. But for various reasons, he chose the most embarrassing one.

Pan Jianchi seemed to finally sigh softly and said, "I hope you can understand—everyone has their own ambitions." ”

Qin Sang said: "I can't understand, and I don't want you to stay in the Yi family." ”

Pan Jianchi didn't say anything, just smiled again.

This conversation naturally broke up unhappily. On the way back, Qin Sang remembered a movie he had watched with Deng Yulin, and the two of them were just sighing at the man's luck, but they didn't expect such an embarrassing situation to fall on him. She thought that although Yi Liankai couldn't interfere with his actions, sometimes she was happy, and she might be able to say a word or two on the side, this Pan Jianchi was no longer the Li Wangping she knew back then, and he couldn't stay here, and sooner or later he would harm others and herself.

Since she has such a thought, she always wants to say something in front of Yi Liankai, and she doesn't want Yi Liankai to go out early and return late for several days, and Pan Jian will go out early and return late sooner. It is common for Yi Liankai not to return at night, and even the subordinates in the family are accustomed to it, but Han's mother is afraid that she will be angry, so she is busy in and out every day, and she does not dare to mention Yi Liankai in front of her. After almost three or four days like this, Yi Liankai finally returned to the villa.

Qin Sang was originally sitting in the back corridor reading a book, because there was a huge apricot tree planted in the courtyard, and at this time, the green leaves were shady, blocking the sunlight in the half corridor. In the shade of the tree sat a rattan chair, and beside the rattan chair was a rattan high table, where refreshments and a plate of fruit were placed. But the sparse sunlight leaked from the branches and leaves, and it flickered on the page, like a golden butterfly, and flew away gently. I had just read a few pages of a volume of "Faust" when I suddenly heard a car horn in front of me, and there was no one else in such a noise, only Yi Liankai. Sure enough, it didn't take long for him to hear his laughter, and the woman was giggling and laughing, Qin Sang couldn't help but feel very harsh.

She was about to stand up, but she saw that Yi Liankai was really not a person, not only was it not a person, but the other person turned out to be Min Hongyu. Yi Liankai walked in with Min Hongyu in his arms and swaggered, Qin Sang couldn't help frowning slightly, and wanted to avoid it. But Yi Liankai stopped her with a smile: "Come on, Hongyu, you see, this is our young grandmother!" Min Hongyu squinted, smiled like silk, and her voice was more like satin, soft and smooth: "I've seen the young grandmother!" said while eating and chuckling, "I took the liberty to come to the door that day, and didn't say hello to the young grandmother, it was Hongyu's rudeness." As he spoke, he blessed himself according to the old rites. She has a beautiful posture, and this etiquette is light and delicate, like a cloud of water in her peers.

Qin Sang didn't want his subordinates to see the joke, so he held back his breath, and he didn't look at Min Hongyu squarely, so he got up and wanted to leave.

Unexpectedly, Yi Liankai's face sank suddenly, let go of Min Hongyu, stepped forward in a few steps, and grabbed her: "I'll talk to you!"

Qin Sang didn't want to pay attention to him, but the smell of wine and smoke on his body and his breath were turbid, she instinctively raised her handkerchief to cover her nose and said, "Let go!" Yi Liankai said: "People salute you, why don't you ignore it?"

Qin Sang said angrily: "What do you mean by bringing such a nonchalant woman home? Since you regard our marriage as nothing, then it is better to divorce." ”

Yi Liankai sneered: "Divorce is divorce, do you think I'm afraid? If it wasn't for the old man forcing me, how could I marry you? Do you think that just by your appearance, I can look down on you?"

Qin Sang didn't want to say more to him, so he turned around and went upstairs. I only heard Yi Liankai standing in place, sneering again and again.

At this moment, Yi Liankai seemed to have completely torn his face, and simply let Min Hongyu stay, and openly drank and feasted at home every day to make fun of him. Qin Sang locked himself in the bedroom and didn't go out all day, out of sight. Han's mother persuaded her a few times, but she was helpless. But after a few days of delay, I couldn't drag it out anymore, because the Mid-Autumn Festival was coming.

Qin Sang didn't just ask Yi Liankai, but just urged the servants to pack their luggage and go down the mountain, and when they finished packing their luggage, Yi Liankai had already prepared the car and returned to Changye City with Min Hongyu. Qin Sang didn't share the car with them, he was just lazy to take care of it.

In Changye Yi's house, Mother Zhu had long been looking forward to it, calculating that Yi Liankai and Qin Sang should come back for a while. On this day, I was sitting in the hall doing needlework, and sure enough, I heard the car horn in front of me, and then there was a commotion in the front gatehouse, thinking that it should be the young aunt who came back. So he hurriedly put down the needle and thread to welcome out, and sure enough, he saw several cars parked in the gatehouse, and when Han's mother got out of the car, Qin Sang took her hand and got out of the car. Zhu's mother greeted him with a smile, and Fang shouted: "Miss......" Suddenly I saw the first car behind, Yi Liankai was getting out of the car, Zhu Ma was wondering why the two of them were not in the same car, but saw Yi Liankai stretch out his hand, only to see a hand on his hand, the silver cheongsam sleeves lined with ten fingertips, painted with gorgeous Kodan, and then the silver-red figure came out of the car, it turned out to be a young woman with a demon tone.

Mother Zhu was taken aback, but Qin Sang was fine, as if she hadn't seen anything, and went straight upstairs to her room. Mother Zhu hurriedly followed, busy fetching water to wash Qin Sang's face, waiting for her to change her clothes, and making tea: "Miss is not hungry, I'll go to the kitchen to prepare some snacks." ”

Qin Sang shook his head, Mother Zhu held back her words, but she didn't dare to ask Qin Sang a word, and when Qin Sang changed his clothes, she quietly withdrew. Before she went downstairs, she saw Han's mother coming upstairs with Qin Sang's jewelry box, so she grabbed her and asked. Han's mother couldn't bear it, so she told Zhu's mother all the situation in the mountains at 1510, and said: "It's really a sin, when I was in the mountains, the young grandmother was so angry that she couldn't sleep all night...... I think my son was really fascinated by the vixen, and he even brought it home......"

Mother Zhu was naturally angry and angry, but she had no choice but to use words to persuade her. Qin Sang understood her intentions, smiled faintly, and said, "Don't worry, since he ignores me, I will go back to Fuyuan alone." ”

Mother Zhu would have mistaken what she meant, thinking that she had suffered such a great grievance, and she must have gone back to ask the Yi family to call the shots, so she said: "Miss is too good on weekdays, as the saying goes, people are good at being bullied, and horses are good at being ridden." My uncle went too far this time, so naturally the handsome man taught him a lesson in family law. ”

Qin Sang smiled and didn't speak.

Returning to the old house is a big deal, because she is the young grandmother in charge, all kinds of gifts, luggage, messengers and maids to bring, everything has to be asked and worried, and she has been busy for two or three days before it is almost complete. Yi Liankai ordered someone to charter a few first-class boxes for Fuchang and took the train back to Fuyuan. The most unexpected thing for Qin Sang and Zhu's mother was that Yi Liankai actually took Min Hongyu back to Fuyuan together. Qin Sang didn't care, thinking that he really tore his face, everyone was not interested. Only Mother Zhu cursed countless times behind her back "fox spirit" and "rotten prostitute", but swearing is also helpless.

When Yi Liankai went out, he always reserved a box for Qin Sang alone, because Qin Sang was afraid of noise, and he couldn't sleep restlessly on the train. This time he took Min Hongyu with him, and the two of them occupied a box, and then Pan Jianchi took a few male servants and lived in another box, Qin Sang and a few maids, in the last box. Mother Zhu was so angry that her eyes were bleeding, Qin Sang looked dispensable, she didn't want to take Mother Zhu with her, because Mother Zhu was old, and it was really hard to run around like this. But after all, she is her own grandmother, and the Yi family has always been particular about style, and they are afraid that Zhu's mother will be too careful, so they are still led by Zhu's mother, and take four maids to accompany her, leaving only Han's mother to take care of the house in Changye's house. The car was very fast, and Qin Sang had a slight motion sickness, so he rested with his clothes after getting in the car. After a short break, Zhu's mother prepared tea for her to rinse her mouth, and while cleaning up the snacks, she said to her hatefully: "That new Adjutant Pan is not a thing, look at his fox and fake tiger appearance, you don't pay half a cent to the young grandmother." ”

Qin Sang was already lazy in his heart, so he picked up the teacup casually and didn't make a sound.

Zhu's mother said: "Miss, don't think I'm verbose, it turns out that Adjutant Song is not a good person, and he will only instigate the son to mess around outside." Now this Adjutant Pan, looking at it again, is all the way. Miss is too honest, if you want me to say, Miss should release some means, like this person, Miss either has a good grasp of it, not afraid of not being able to hold the whereabouts of the prince, or let him obey and know that it is powerful......"

Qin Sang was even more impatient: "Don't say it, turn around and let people hear, what do you mean." ”

Zhu's mother stopped at this time, Qin Sang sat at the table, leaning his cheeks and listening to the rolling wheels, clanging, clanging, clanging, the sound of the car was monotonous and boring, all the way to the south, the scenery and fields outside the car window, and he retreated straight back like a movie, but he was indescribably disheartened.

When the car arrived at Fang's store, it was necessary to add water and steam, and stop for a long time. Fangjiadian is an important town for the garrison, and when the garrison commander Yao heard that Yi Liankai was in the car, he deliberately stammered and sent someone to deliver fruit. The adjutant sent by Bisheng didn't know Qin Sang, he got in the car and went to Yi Liankai's box, and saw that Min Hongyu was dressed fashionably, which was the same age as Yi Liankai, so he thought that this must be the third son's wife, so he took a "young lady" and flattered him. Yi Liankai has always been arrogant, but at this time, he was on the rise, and he misunderstood. But a maid happened to go to the box over there to pick up something, and came back to tell Zhu's mother, Zhu's mother was so angry that she almost wanted to scold, Qin Sang said lightly: "What's so angry." ”

As soon as Master Yao's adjutant left, Min Hongyu sent her maid to send a basket of fruits to Qin Sang's box. The maid suddenly felt bored, snorted and left. After a while, Yi Liankai came over in person, standing at the door of the box and just sneering: "Is it still the other way around?"

Mother Zhu is very responsible on weekdays, but at this time, she couldn't take care of it, and said in front of Qin Sang: "Uncle, I am the person who married our young lady, you bully our young lady like this, I can't care about my old face!"

Yi Liankai's temper, how could he stop a subordinate from talking to him like this, he was furious in his heart, and said coldly: "What about people? Do you want me to do it myself?"

The attendant saw that he was stiff, but he couldn't help but step forward, Qin Sang stood up, looked at him with both eyes, and said lightly: "You dare!"

Although the attendant was obedient to Yi Liankai on weekdays, when she saw Qin Sang standing there, she was usually cowardly, but at this time, it was as if she had changed someone, and there was an indescribable awe between her eyebrows, and for some reason she was taken away by the momentum, and she snorted: "Young grandmother......"

Yi Liankai pushed the attendant away, walked over in a few steps, raised his hand and "snapped", hitting Qin Sang in the face.

Qin Sang's whole person was stunned, he was so ruthless and heavy that he staggered her, holding on to the coffee table, only to feel that his face was hot, the pain was unbearable, and he couldn't even speak. Yi Liankai followed Pan Jianchi, and when he saw this situation, he hurriedly stepped forward and grabbed Yi Liankai: "Son-in-law!

A few maids came to their senses, and Mother Zhu came forward to support Qin Sang, but Yi Liankai was angry: "The surname is Qin, don't think that you married me, you are a young grandmother." I'm telling you, if you're interested, be honest, and I'll have you to eat, drink, and dress. If you give you three points of color, you will dare to show me your face, you are tired of it!" He lost his temper and stepped forward and kicked him again as he spoke. Pan Jianchi was shocked and tried hard to persuade him, but the place in the box was narrow, and Qin Sang did not dodge, and the kick was still kicked on the hem of her cheongsam, although Yi Liankai was pulled by Pan Jianchi and lost seven or eight points of strength, but he still kicked Qin Sang to a stumbling side, and a footprint was kicked on the cheongsam of pearl gray light gauze.

The errand listeners saw that there was a big trouble, and they had already rushed up, pulling and persuading, coaxing and begging, and persuaded Yi Liankai to go. Several maids also came forward in one go, hugging Qin Sang and helping him to sit down on the soft bed.

Qin Sang didn't cry, nor did she feel pain, but her heart tightened for a while, like when her mother died, she knew the funeral news at school and rushed home, and on the way, her heart was like being clenched in a fist, pinched and clenched, and she was tense for a while. Her throat felt like it was stuck, and she felt slightly nauseous, not disgusting others, but disgusting herself, how could she fall into such a quagmire, how could she be?

Mother Zhu wiped her tears and persuaded: "Miss, you can cry, ah, just cry, don't be wronged...... Uncle, what kind of evil is this...... ...... to Miss like this"

She didn't even have half a tear, but she was impatient, thinking that there was nothing to cry about, wasn't it just a beating, he hadn't beaten her before, but the scolding was ugly. What he said is true, his identity is earned by himself, what if his father marries half of his net worth, in the eyes of others, it is the Qin family who clings to the Yi family.

Mother Zhu asked the other maids to find the tea room and brought a bag of ice to put on her face. Because her face was still hot and painful, Qin Sang subconsciously avoided it, and Zhu's mother persuaded her like a child: "Young grandma put this on first, otherwise it will be swollen." ”

The cold ice pack was attached to his face, the hot pain was soothed, and the burning sensation on his skin gradually melted into the slightest cold touch. She was groggy and groggy, Mama Zhu came to wait for her to change her clothes, and she was at the mercy of others casually, in fact, she didn't think about anything in her heart, and unexpectedly quieted down. After changing her clothes, Zhu Ma sat down with her again, she still pressed the ice bag with one hand, the ice inside gradually melted, and the condensed water droplets flowed down her wrists into her sleeves, like a cold little snake, winding silently, until sliding into the elbow bend. The thin little snake was cold and cold, as if it was along the blood veins on its arm, all the way into it, and it was cold to the heart, and it was sore and painful. She thought she couldn't bear it anymore anyway. Even she felt hatred, hating that she hadn't made up her mind a few days ago, and she was in Changye's house. In Changye's house, there is a Nanmu glass cabinet in the smoking room downstairs, and there is an ivory carved spear in it, which is said to be a shotgun used by the former Qing regent...... The terrible thought floated up for a moment, with a damp and wet breath, like a fog in winter, overcast, cold and damp. She made up her mind, the bell was already ringing outside, and the train was about to leave.

At this time, someone knocked lightly on the door outside the box, and when Zhu's mother opened the door, she saw that it was Pan Jianchi, and she was not angry, so she stopped at the door and said, "What are you doing?

Pan Jianchi said: "Gongzi said that it is too boring to take the train, so we will get off at Fangjiadian first, or change the car, or change the boat." Please go back to Fu Yuan first, don't have to wait for us all the way. ”

When Mother Zhu heard this, she trembled with anger, but Qin Sang felt that it was dispensable, and Pan Jian sent a few messengers late, nominally to serve, but in fact it was like surveillance. Zhu's mother watched Yi Liankai get out of the car with Min Hongyu, and Pan Jianchi followed behind them, only carrying a few pieces of luggage. Standing on the platform, Min Hongyu was triumphant, and gave a kiss to the window of their box, Zhu's mother was so angry that she wanted to scold through the window, but Qin Sang seemed to be sure that out of sight was clean, as if nothing happened.

This express train to Fuyuan is already at night, Fuyuan is the first city in the left of the river, and it is the end point of the Changfu Railway, the north-south traffic artery, the travelers who go east to Wuchi all have to change cars or boats here, and the railway to the south has come to an end here, and the people who go south to Minzhou have to change cars and go again. Therefore, this Fuyuan railway station is also very prosperous and lively, the huge railway station is brightly lit, and the white mist spewed out by the steam locomotive envelops the platform. Qin Sang went back to Fuyuan when he was still in the old calendar year, and when he looked out of the car window, he saw the platform that had always been full of passengers, but for some reason it was empty, and there was no one. Looking up, not far away is a row of houses at the train station, and further away, there are black and oppressive woods. Behind the woods is the city wall, and not far from the city tower is the rippling Fu Lake, and the smoke is vast. Fuyuan is a dangerous terrain, surrounded by mountains on three sides, but on one side, this Fu Lake occupies half of the city's scenery. The entire Fuyuan City was actually built along the lakeside, and many people's houses were built on the lakeside. Surrounded by mountains and rivers, the scenery is very beautiful. And the Yi family's old mansion is a deep and grand compound by the lake.

Because he had taken a telegram before he came, as soon as the train stopped, the Yi family's messenger boarded the box first. The leader is Uncle Wang, the housekeeper of the old house, he is the old man who used to wait for Yi Jipei's original wife, and he has been in the Yi family for many years, and his wife is the nurse who takes Yi Lianshen with one hand, so even Yi Liankai is very polite and calls him "Uncle Wang". When Qin Sang saw him, he also smiled: "Annoying Uncle Wang to pick us up." ”

Steward Wang was used to being cautious, and said with a smile: "Third young grandmother, don't break my old bones." He added, "The third young grandmother worked the road. He was a clever man, and he didn't see Yi Liankai's whereabouts, although he wondered in his heart, he didn't ask much. Accompanied Qin Sang to get off the train first, there was already a car sent by the Yi family waiting on the platform, Uncle Wang personally waited for Qin Sang to get on the train, and Han's mother sat next to the driver because she was a maid with her. Steward Wang also sat next to the driver, and there were other messengers to greet the servants and luggage.

From the railway station to the old house of the Yi family to drive the car, but in just two moments, turn the last corner, you can see the archway at the entrance of the street from afar, pass under the archway, see a large number of willow trees, the two vermilion lacquer gates on the street, but there are two rows of guards with spears standing there, there are two lanterns hanging in the door hole, there are a hundred electric lamps inside, the snow bright light reflects a large open space in front of the door, bright as day. The wind blows the weeping willow branches and leaves, and you can see the iron wire around the high wall, and the spikes planted upside down.

Their car never stopped, and they drove in and through the second gatehouse before stopping, and directly opposite the gatehouse was an antique glass shadow wall, and they got out of the car in front of this shadow wall. When they came back on weekdays, the messengers in the upper room had already poured out, laughing and grabbing them, and shouting one after another: "Say hello to the three young grandmothers!" "Young grandmothers are healthy!" "Three young grandmothers are back!" The bustle kept them crowded into the house.