He handed me a stack of letters, densely covered with small characters, and I knew at a glance that they had been sent by Wei Yan. My father had known about the existence of Weiyan for a long time, and from the mouths of the people, he knew that there was such a singer who ate and lived with me in Beiping, and played together.

He told me that such a woman could not be trusted, and would not let me marry me, and my mother was an example of this. My father knew that I would see Weiyan again after I left the Northeast, so he pierced this layer of window paper in advance. I listened to my father's words, holding the letter from Wei Yan in my hand. The letter was crumpled in some places, and at first glance, she was crying and writing with a pen.

"We can't enter the door of our house, and you can't get into such a woman. Family, status, everything, is still a dusty woman. Besides, when I married your mother, your grandfather insisted on stopping me. What he said back then has now been fulfilled. The father sighed, his eyes drifting away.

I clutched the page, my heart twitching.

Promised my father.

I didn't read the letters either, for fear of being upset. I put it in an iron box on the bookshelf and stuffed it into an inconspicuous box.

When I arrived in Beiping again, it was still the same scene as before. I am the supervisor of the National Economic and Boundary Bureau, and in addition to the adjutants brought from the Northeast, I am the eyes of Yuan Shikai. He wanted to be enveloped, but my every move was also being monitored. During my work at the Economic Boundary Bureau, I didn't go to look for Wei Yan, but secretly sent someone to explore the vicinity of the courtyard.

She came and went alone, and she watched for months without seeing any other men. I went to her boss, but she quit the day after the birthday party, saying she didn't want to sing for anyone else. The boss recalled this past and smiled, saying that Wei Yan's singing voice must be a material that can become popular, why don't you want to open your voice again.

Someone wanted to take her as a concubine, and went to the small courtyard to block the door and pull people away. Broken leg by my guard with someone. I secretly put down my words, and no one could touch Wei Yan.

In Beiping, in the midst of secrecy, my like-minded friends and I set up a military research study group to discuss the government's army building and economic and people's livelihood. But in order to protect myself, I usually pretend to watch a play in order to hold a flower corner. The people below frolicked in their seats, and Hua Dan's voice on the stage was thin and long.

The calm days didn't last long. Yuan Shikai's ambitions were clearly revealed, and the news of his desire to restore spread far and wide. After a year in Beiping, a bloody storm swept in. People with lofty ideals in the Democratic Republic were assassinated in the dark, and the city of Beiping was shrouded in a haze.

During that time, I secretly went to Tianjin and other places many times to meet with Mr. Liang and think about organizing Yuan's plan to restore the imperial system. Liang suggested to me that Yuan had to let my guard down completely in order to ensure the smooth progress of the plan.

I didn't want to go to Bada Hutong to mingle, and there was always a trace of involuntary bitterness in my heart, but I thought of that little Yan'er. At first, I thought that using the identity of the singer of Wei Yan as a cover would also help create an illusion.

What I don't want to admit in my heart is that this is also a wish of my own.

Wanted to see her.

One night, I finally stepped into the small courtyard again.

The same moonshine, crookedly is the trunk. Wei Yan was lying on the tree, teasing a nest of newborn swallows. When she saw me push the door in, she was excited and then stared. Jumping down from the branch, she opened her mouth, but she didn't make a sound, her eyes wary and tentative.

I said to her, "Long time no see." ”

She nodded, rubbing her hands into her dress.

After half a sound, he replied to me: "What are you looking for me?" and his tone was a little unfamiliar, "I can't accommodate you here." I don't have a prominent family background, nor am I the daughter of the Hou Mansion. She stood there coldly, as white as snow in the moonlight. She told me that she had gone looking for it after I left. But I found that I had returned to the Northeast, so I wrote letters one after another, but I never received a reply.

Later, she was afraid that something would happen to me, so she went to the mansion in Peking to inquire. The old mother told her about her family's dissatisfaction and persuaded her to give up, saying that the general was only confused with her for a while, and that he would not be addicted to her after he sobered up.

I didn't know how to comfort her apprehension, so I just said, "I'm sorry." ”

She asked me, "Why are you here?"

I'm half a lie, half a truth. I want to borrow her and sing songs night after night to confuse everyone. But I really miss her, too. I walked over and took her hand, watching as her cheeks grew red, but her body was as cold as frost.

She shuddered and invited me in. There is also a red rabbit horse painted for me in the house.

At that time, I smiled and asked her what that meant.

She said: "The general is majestic. It can be said that Lu Bu is among the people and the red rabbit among the horses. "She never saw me fighting, she just pestered me at night to tell me stories about the battlefield.

We're together again.

I took her back to the mansion in Beiping, and everyone was dumbfounded. Her half-drawn picture of a hundred flowers of the finch was framed and hung in the study. At first, I didn't want to get too close to her, and I remembered my father's instructions when he came, and I was afraid that I would be caught in it and couldn't extricate myself. But every time I saw Wei Yan standing aside, I felt nostalgic again.

I went to Tianjin to find a friend to discuss Yuan's strategy, and she covered for me. pretended to be drunk in front of everyone, pestering me to go to the mountains and rivers. She acted, more charming than the Hua Dan who played Su Daji or Yang Guifei in the playbook, and her eyes were soft and with a spring breeze. In Yuan Shikai's eyes, I am just the son of a warlord who is increasingly obsessed with fireworks and willow lane.

Day and night, I never mentioned her sad past.

We really seem to be like fairy couples. My father's letters came in from the Northeast, reminding me to keep my emotions in check. However, I ignored it and only talked to him about military developments.

Wei Yan knew that her family was discriminating against her, but she never said it. Once drunk, she put her arms around me and said drunkly: "In the next life, I must have a higher status than you, and everyone will be in the limelight." As for you, don't be a general. Born in a peaceful and prosperous world, don't run around for national hatred and family hatred. Only I dislike your share, and you don't dislike me. ”

I put my arm around her and said, "Okay." ”

It's just that I don't know how many more years I'll have to wait for the peaceful and prosperous times.

In this life, I want to be together.

When she woke up, she didn't forget what she had said. In front of the people, they looked like dust, and they didn't even know where to call a few sisters to play and sing, so that the people who were watching gradually believed it. However, when it was just us, I became a little reserved and cautious, afraid that I would be discarded.

Actually, how could I leave her again?

However, the good times were short-lived.