Chapter 5: The Forbidden City (1)
I don't know how long I was unconscious, but when I woke up, the light was on in the room, and Lin Xie was sitting at the table fiddling with his precious black metal box. Pen % fun % Pavilion www.biquge.info
"Whose way is this?"
Lu Hexi touched her head, it was still a little painful, and she said depressedly: "Do you believe that I said that Lu Qinian did it?"
"It's hard to say. Lin Xie handed over a bowl of porridge, "Drink it and then go to sleep, since you wake up, I'll go back to the room first." ”
"Hmm. Lu Hexi took the porridge, and kept replaying Lu Qinian's face and the face of the person he saw today, the more he thought about it, the more he felt that the innate noble temperament and faint smile on the two faces were very similar, it was obvious that they were the same person! Why did Lu Qinian do that?
I thought about it too much, but the porridge was not even, and it was sprinkled directly on the neckline. Lu Hexi sighed, turned over and got out of bed, planning to take a shower and change clothes.
The light in the bathroom was not on, and she carefully pushed it open with her gun, and she did not dare to be unprepared after the events of the day.
Sure enough, before she could pull the rope to turn on the light, there was a shallow breathing sound behind her.
"It's true, east of the river at noon, west of the river at night. When the light was turned on, the gun was pressed against the heart of the person behind him, Lu Hexi turned his face, and sure enough, it was the man in the daytime. At this time, he was actually wearing a white bathrobe, he didn't even have shoes on his feet, his long hair was spread out messily, he raised his hand weakly with a little embarrassed expression, "He Xi, I'm Lu Qinian, your brother." ”
"I'm sorry, I didn't know you!" said that, the muzzle of the gun moved down by half a minute.
Lu Qinian was no longer so dignified and polite and smirked, he stretched out his hand and scratched his hair: "I have to guard against that woman during the day, I'm sorry, He Xi." I recognized you when you walked in. ”
Lu Hexi put down the gun, looked at Lu Qinian and said slowly: "Big brother, I haven't seen you for a long time." "This big brother is so unfamiliar, the last time she called him like this was seven years ago.
Lu Qinian stretched out his hand and patted her head: "I haven't seen you for seven years, you have grown up and become more and more like an aunt." ”
"Big brother has changed a lot, but that nasty smirk really hasn't changed at all. ”
"Ahem, what's that called. Lu Qinian looked at his watch, "Okay, it's almost time, I should go back." He pointed to the window, "I live upstairs from you." Remember, if you meet in the future, you still pretend not to know me, my mother and second aunt and Qin'er are all very good, you are careful in everything, just a little, don't look for us, even if you meet, you can't recognize each other, understand?"
"Why?" Lu Hexi frowned, she came back to find those people to get back the things that belonged to Duanwangfu, if her family couldn't be together, why did she bother so much?
"It's not time yet, He Xi, everything has to be discussed with Lin Xie before doing it, the current capital is more complicated than when you left. Speaking of which, Lu Qinian has climbed on the edge of the window.
Lu Hexi looked at him quietly, and the tenacity in his eyes made Lu Qinian's heart tighten, such Lu Hexi was really too similar to his aunt back then.
"I'm just asking you, can I trust you?" Lu Hexi asked.
Lu Qinian regained his gentle and polite smiling face, and said in a low voice: "He Xi, we are relatives. ”
"Good. Then, goodbye!" Lu Qinian's figure disappeared into the window, she sighed softly, she imagined countless scenes of recognizing the old people, and Lu Qinian may be bland, and Aunt Qinghong may be warm and tender, and Uncle Xiao should only have one sentence "back", so what if Lu Jiu didn't die?
But no matter what kind of scene it will be like to meet them, it shouldn't be tonight.
Lu Hexi closed the window, she couldn't say anything wrong, but, for the first time in seven years, she was not happy, unmoved, or completely untouched except for the surprise during the day, and she didn't feel that the noble Lu Qinian in front of her was her relative.
Is it really too long to see each other?
She frowned, feeling a little uneasy and irritable in her heart, so she simply didn't want to do it and went to sleep.
Room 412, the warm light was on, Lu Qinian jumped into the bathroom, his steps were very light, his movements were very light, when he pushed the door open, he saw a girl in white pajamas looking at him in a daze, seeing him come out, the girl muttered in Russian: "I have been in the toilet for so long, I have to go to the toilet too." She looked like she was sleepwalking, and Lu Qinian rubbed her hair: "You go." He yawned and went back to bed, not paying any attention to the silver light that flashed from the girl's fingertips behind him.
Early the next morning, just after breakfast at the Donglin Hotel, Lin Xie walked out of the door of the Donglin Hotel with a black box, and when he left, the neatly dressed girl in the hall was still holding a cup of coffee, staring at a tank of fish on the table in a daze.
Long hair, blue robe, and a shallow smile Lu Qinian took the Russian girl down the spiral staircase when he could just see the girl sitting on the sofa in a daze, and the two of them left the hall with graceful steps as if they hadn't seen anything.
Lu Hexi's eyes were still stunned, looking like she was in a daze, and the black glass fish tank in front of her reflected the four big men who got up one after another behind her, and the four of them were wearing ordinary robes and top hats, and left the hall unhurriedly.
After everyone left, she blinked, picked up the coffee and drank it slowly, then beckoned the waiter to call her a car, and left the Donglin Hotel.
What she didn't expect was that at the same time as she went out, several people who were idle and wandering on the street followed silently.
The rickshaw stopped under the Forbidden City, the original solemn Forbidden City, the place where thousands of civilians looked up is now a little decadent and gray, and there are piles of poor people gathered under the roots of the imperial city, they rely on the towering red walls of the imperial city to build small sheds, and they can comfort themselves to some extent This is the old royal place, even if they can't touch the dragon spirit of the Qing Dynasty, they can block a little wind and rain.
On either side of the gate were a few men in old military uniforms, holding guns or chatting or dozing off, but in short, none of them could stand up straight and guard the door. Even though most of it is deserted now, no one dares to run inside. Occasionally, some old people in the former Qing Dynasty or those who are engaged in learning want to go in and have a look, and they can sneak in and turn around from the side door for a dollar, and no one wants to run inside from the front door with great fanfare. After all, for so many years, the Qing clan has not made any small moves, and even if it can't become a climate, the warlords are overwhelmed, and they are somewhat disgusted with the people who enter and leave the Forbidden City.
Lu Hexi looked up at the city tower, her exquisite dress was incompatible with the poor scene around her, several soldiers saw her and only looked at her twice, an older one waved his hand, and shouted to Lu Hexi: "Go from the east gate, don't go from here, go quickly." ”
Lu Hexi nodded and walked towards the east gate.
The east gate should have been locked, but now it was open, and there was a tea shed next to the city gate, and an old man was lying on a bamboo chair and swaying, and the thrush bird on one side was chirping, and the old man was wearing a ragged gown, but his face was not bad at all, and he was ruddy.
Lu Hexi walked to the tea shed, sat down and asked, "What kind of tea do you have here?"
The old man didn't open his eyes, and said with a smile: "The old man sells rootless water here, two oceans and a bowl, and the little girl has a bowl?"
Rootless water? Who can sell a bowl of rainwater for two dollars?
Lu Hexi put two yuan on the table, picked up a coarse porcelain bowl, and walked towards the city gate. When I got to the door, I handed the bowl in, the door opened a little wider, and when I walked into the door, there were more than a dozen people in old military uniforms standing on both sides, and a soldier scratched his face and ran over, first looked at Lu Hexi twice in a daze, and then reached out and touched her.