Hong Jian pulled Qi Yun and began to flee victoriously, until he fled to the long-distance bus station and got in the car, the car drove out of the county for a long distance Qi Yun let out a long breath, bumped Hong Jian who was sitting beside her with his elbow, and sneered:

"Are you okay now?"

Hong Jian put his heart in his stomach at this time, nodded and said, "It should be...... It's no big deal. ”

Qi Yun was so tired when he ran just now that he couldn't breathe, but after sitting down to rest for a while, the true colors of the gossip queen were exposed, and he forced Hong Jian, who was closing his eyes and recuperating, to quarrel:

"Brother Aji, why didn't you bring those fake policemen to justice just now?"

Hong Jian was annoyed by her, "Bring to justice?" On what basis do you say those are fake cops? ”

"Not really!" Qi Yun said confidently: "As soon as they heard that you called the police, their faces immediately changed, isn't it a thief?" ”

Hong Jian's right fingers gently tapped the handle on the backrest of the front seat, "Originally, I thought the same way. But when I mentioned Jia Changwang, they also knew each other, and they bought Jia Changwang's face very much. Based on this, I judge: they should not be fake. ”

"What? You say they're real cops? Qi Yun shouted: "How can you really ......?" ”

Hong Jian put his finger to his mouth and made a shushing gesture before he continued:

"It may have been reported by a mistake, but of course it could have been reported by our adversary...... There is another possibility: it is this surnamed Zhao who is in the same line as our opponent. However, it is clear that they are still very taboo about letting the higher-level leaders know about it, that is, at least for now, our opponents are still in this city and have not been able to do it with their hands and eyes. ”

Qi Yun listened to the analysis of Hong Jiantiao, and felt that it was both novel and exciting.

"Based on your experience, we must have an 'adversary'? What did he do to us? Just because we secretly photographed Director Xing just now? ”

"It should be," Hong Jian smiled: "But it seems that they didn't know the details of us, and it didn't look like they were going to attack us, but more like they were just scaring us. Maybe we thought we were taking a photo of Director Xing to prepare for blackmail. ”

"That damn Director Xing, Zhu Bajie! Grow into that kind of virtue and be bold! It's disgusting to dare to scare us! Qi Yun cursed indignantly. After a while, he suddenly glanced at Hong Jian vigilantly:

"Brother Ah Jian, Director Xing seems to have some means-uh, Fangqin's matter, you won't care about it, right?"

She nagged and pestered Hong Jian, insisting that he make a promise to take responsibility for Fangqin's affairs to the end. Hong Jian was so entangled by her that he couldn't cry or laugh, so he had to admit:

"I promise you, and I'll do my best. But you have to rest now, lest you get home tomorrow and get back to your nerves, and you don't blame anyone else. ”

Qi Yun received a casual promise from Hong Jian, and he actually smiled, as if he had picked up some treasure, stretched out with satisfaction, leaned his head on the back seat, squinted his eyes, and said in a blur:

"Brother Ah Jian said that if you try your best, you will definitely succeed...... Brother Arrow, I believe in you! ”

After tossing for most of the day, Qi Yun was really tired, and almost as soon as his head touched the back of the chair, he fell into a deep sleep. Hong Jian was already seven or eight points sleepy, but after being harassed by Qi Yun, he became more and more sober, and he was so sober that he was helpless to rest in the middle of the road.

He turned his face sideways to look at the "culprit" Qi Yun, and saw that she was sleeping soundly, her face seemed to be covered with a layer of fine fluff, her skin could be broken by blowing, and even her stupid little mouth was crystal clear; The eyelashes are amazingly long, and they blink restlessly in their dreams, like two butterflies perched on their faces. Hong Jian couldn't help but reach out and touch her eyelashes, which felt like velvet.

He remembered that yesterday, Qi Yungang heard him guess that it was Director Xing who was looking for someone to make it difficult for Fangqin to make Fangqin miscarry, and the two lines of tears he shed. The tears in the palm of his hand had dried up, but the warm touch fell deeply on Hong Jian's heart. The long-distance bus drove faster and faster, the scenery on the side of the road was like a glimpse of light in the silent night, most of the people in the carriage had stopped chatting, the sound of sleep came and went, the street lights were lit, and the moving cars formed a pillar of light, which passed from the sight of the flood arrow.

For a moment, Hong Jian felt a little trance, and the dusty door of memory slowly opened...... When did he ever see such a light and shadow? It seems similar, but not all the same.

Hong Jian remembers that the night of his childhood was not a bleak winter night like now, but a summer night with the faint chirping of insects; Even the passing lights and shadows were not street lamps, but moonlight that flowed all over the ground like silver. The only thing that is the same is probably the cold night like water, and the sound of breathing around me, thin, gentle, with a little sweet taste like mung bean paste.

When Hong Jian was in the second grade of junior high school, his father had been promoted to the position of director of a confidential department of the Municipal Inspection Institute, and his career was not smooth. However, maybe the people at that time were not as inflammatory, and Hong Jian's old head teacher happened to be a stubborn old man who thought highly of himself and claimed to have the style of Dr. Chu, so Hong Jian was in his class, not only did not enjoy the treatment of a "gentleman", but on the contrary, it can be said that he was "deeply affected", and the old head teacher who regarded himself as Qu Yuan liked to make things difficult for him, as if he could not prove his own uprightness, and he was usually strict with him in terms of homework, sports, etc. That's it, but at that time, there was a boy in their class who went to school two years late because his father went to the countryside, and his stature was more than one head taller than the average student in the class.

One day, the boy arrogantly asked Hong Jian to "borrow" 10 yuan, and proudly showed off that there was a "beautiful and coquettish sister" in the vocational school next door who took the initiative to ask him to watch a movie. Hong Jian grew up late, he didn't develop much in the second year of junior high school, he looked like a primary school student, and no one in the class knew that since Hong Jian was a child, he was instructed by his comrades from the Cangzhou martial arts family in Hebei Province to learn martial arts. So the tall boy didn't put Hong Jian in his eyes at all, and when he saw that Hong Jian was silent when he mentioned "borrowing" money, he didn't take out a big boy in half a sound, and he couldn't help but rush into anger, and stepped forward and pushed Hong Jian hard.

Hong Jian was almost completely instinctive to see the move, dodged subconsciously, and then pushed the boy with a backhand elbow. The boy never expected Hong Jian to fight back, he didn't stand firm at all, and was elbowed by Hong Jian to the podium, and the back of his head hit the steps of the podium, and he fainted without saying a word.

Hong Jian hurriedly stepped forward to help his classmate up, and when he saw that his face was pale, he was also frightened. After a while, the old head teacher was led by the reporting classmates, and when he saw this scene, he couldn't help but be furious, and he criticized the flood arrow like a storm. Hong Jian felt sorry for it at first, but then he heard the old head teacher who was rumored to have suffered a major blow during the special period The more he said, the more he said it, the more he didn't like it, like "I dare to beat people casually because my father is a director, and I will definitely be a ruffian bastard who bullies men and women when I grow up", "The upper beam is not right and the lower beam is crooked, just because you are like this, your father is not a good official" and other words came out, Hong Jian couldn't help it anymore, and roared in a low voice:

"He pushed me first! He extorted 10 bucks from me! ”

The old head teacher was slightly stunned, his student he understood, judging from the daily character of the boy who was currently dizzy, Hong Jian's words were only true. But he was not willing to stop here, and now not long after school, the students who have not walked out of the school gate with their schoolbags on their backs saw the excitement to see, and returned one after another.

So he made a tiger face and said sharply:

"He pushed you first, why didn't you faint on the ground? You say that he extorts money from you, but who has seen it? ”

Although the words of the old head teacher could not be logically delved into, at first glance they seemed to be extremely righteous and strict, and Hong Jian was at a loss, because when the boy blackmailed him just now, there was indeed no one else in the class. Its practical heel can also be thought of, if there are really others on the side, after all, it is a student in the second year of junior high school in a key middle school, why is it so blatant?

Seeing that Hong Jian was silent, the old head teacher felt a little proud in his heart, but on the surface, he still looked distressed, and said to Hong Jian sternly with a posture of "I am for your good":

"I can't control you! Go! Invite your official father! ”

"I wasn't wrong! I don't invite parents! ”

Hong Jian's voice was not loud, but the meaning of resistance was clearly revealed. The old head teacher rarely met a student who dared to speak up to him in his life, and suddenly felt that Hong Jian was rebellious and simply about to turn the sky upside down, so angry that an old face turned red, coughed dryly twice, and pointed at Hong Jian and scolded:

"You don't invite? Good! I'm going to ask your dad to ask for it, and he will either discipline the seed he gave birth to, or he will join forces with you and go to the school to quit me! ”

Hong Jian was stubborn for a moment, and when he heard that the head teacher was going to invite his father, he was also a little scared. His father's requirements for him have always been very strict, and if he wants his father to know about this, it is indispensable to have another scolding, and he has to eat a meal of fried pork on a bamboo board at night. He was worried about how the matter would end, when he suddenly heard a childish but incomparably clear voice from the door:

"Teacher, you shouldn't blame Brother Aji. I saw it all, it was really that brother who reached out and pushed Brother Ah Jian first. ”

Everyone was surprised, and looked at the door of the classroom in surprise, and saw Qi Yun, who had just entered the first grade of primary school at the time, standing at the door of the classroom, still holding a mung bean popsicle in his hand, with a little blushing face, obviously after school, he bought a mung bean popsicle to share with her brother A Jian. Hong Jian didn't expect that at such a young age, she would dare to speak up for herself in front of the division commander, and she couldn't help but be shocked and moved.

The old head teacher squinted carefully and looked at this Xiao Cheng who was born out of nowhere. Qi Yun's primary school and junior high school are in the same courtyard, and she herself is a literary and artistic pioneer, and she often shows her head in the school's theatrical performances, so the old head teacher also recognizes it. When he saw that it was her, a trace of contempt flashed on the cynical face of the old head teacher Zhang, and he snorted and said:

"Who am I, it turned out to be Qi Yun. The two of you are good friends, and the children learn to make confessions and protect each other at a young age. Could it be that in the past, people said that officials and officials protect each other, and it seems that this is the case for adults, even children. ”

Hong Jian listened to the old head teacher's harsh words, but he didn't dare to fight back for a while; But Qi Yun was angry, but he had a kind of arrogant posture, and spit out a series of words from his small mouth like bursting beans, anxious and fast:

"I obviously saw that the brother pushed Brother Ah Jian first, Brother Ah Jian ignored him, and was pushed by him in a hurry, so he touched him with his elbow, who knew that the brother was so big, like a tumbler, he was planted behind all of a sudden. Teacher, you came in without asking, just reprimanded Brother Ah Jian first, wronged a good person, what's going on? Besides, if you want to train Brother Aji, you can train Brother Aji, why are you talking about Uncle Hong and my father? I'll tell you: Uncle Hung is the best man in the world! Better than all the others! ”

The old head teacher didn't expect a girl to refute him like this in front of a full class of students, and coughed angrily and angrily; When the classmates heard Qi Yun say that the fat boy looked like a tumbler, they couldn't help but sneer; Hong Jian was surprised by Qi Yun's immature age, although he spoke uninhibitedly, he was actually methodical, he didn't dare to say it, and he believed it a little in his heart.

In the laughter of the students, the old head teacher coughed so much that his face turned into the color of pig liver, and finally calmed down, and his voice was hoarse:

"Come with me to the office! Parents please! Qi Yun, please come and talk to me! ”

Hong Jian didn't say a word. I saw Qi Yun's small chin raised, and he said loudly:

"Please, please, she's still in our class, you can sue her now!"

The students who were watching just now were still snickering, but when they heard the word "complaint" at this moment, they didn't know who took the lead first, and the whole class burst into laughter. The old head teacher's face turned black in the laughter, and he rushed to the primary school first in anger, and pulled the young and tender beautiful female teacher in Qi Yun's class, and insisted that the female teacher give an explanation on the spot.

The young female teacher was first frightened by the momentum of the old head teacher and was about to cry, and when she came here, she first looked at Hong Jian, who was silent but obviously justified, and then looked at Qi Yun, who was carrying two mung bean popsicles with two dripping soups, and her face was full of ignorance and fearlessness, and she sighed helplessly:

"Teacher, children are not sensible...... You don't have to meet them in general......"

"What did you say?"

"Huh? I say...... Why don't you forget it...... Of course, those who should be sent to the hospital should be sent to the hospital immediately. ”

The old head teacher remembered that the boy had fainted for a long time, and it would not be a joke if he delayed the time to send him to the hospital for treatment, so he hurriedly sent the boy to the hospital with the young female teacher. However, for Hong Jian and Qi Yun, his purpose is not to be spared, and in anger, he even ignored the suspicion of overstepping his authority, locked Qi Yun and Hong Jian in his office together, and called their parents to pick them up.

The two children were locked up in the classroom office, Hong Jian was inevitably worried while doing his homework, but Qi Yun licked the popsicle nonchalantly, and forced the popsicle to Hong Jian's mouth to force him to taste it; and collected colorful glass marbles from the old head teacher's desk to play, which made Hong Jian laugh several times although he was full of melancholy.

It wasn't until it was dark that the two busy parents hurried to school. Obviously, parents at least know better than Qi Yun what it means to be "a person who knows the times", and they apologized to the old head teacher, apologized one after another, paid for his caution, and made a military order to promise to discipline the child well in the future. The humble and amiable attitude of the two "official masters" made the "old master Qu" feel comfortable, and he couldn't help but follow the polite words, and the two sides politely opened the door of the classroom office together, and saw Hong Jian finishing his homework and napping on the homework book, and Qi Yun had already played with his hands full of black face, regardless of the fact that he was wearing a very princess-style pink gauze skirt, he climbed onto the teacher's desk and fell asleep.

Qi Yun's father hurriedly apologized again. The sound of the door and the sound of talking woke Qi Yun, only to see her leap up from her desk, jump in front of the two adults at a jaw-dropping speed, and firmly grasp Hong Jian's father's hand.

Hong Jian woke up rubbing his sleepy eyes, so he saw the following scene:

Qi Yun's little face wrinkled like a bitter melon, and he complained coquettishly:

"Uncle Hong, Dad, the teacher locked me up with Brother Ah Jian, and didn't let the two of us eat, my stomach rumbled for a long time, and now I don't scream, I guess I'm starving to death."

As she spoke, she also rubbed her hungry little belly as if she was really hungry. The two parents couldn't help laughing, and the old head teacher also remembered that the two children were locked up by him until more than nine o'clock in the evening, and he also felt that something was wrong, and explained curtly:

"I'm here to take the child injured by the flood arrow to the hospital......"

The two parents were nodding their heads in understanding, and Xiao Qiyun said something again:

"Obviously, the elder brother asked Brother Ah Jian for 10 yuan, but Brother Ah Jian ignored him, so he pushed Brother Ah Jian hard; Brother Ah Jian didn't fight back, but his elbow touched him, and the brother fell to the back podium, and then fainted...... I've seen it from beginning to end, and I don't blame Brother Ah Jian at all! ”

The old head teacher's lips moved, and just as he wanted to say something, he was intercepted by Xiao Qiyun's eloquence like a surging river.

"Brother Ah Jian told the teacher that the brother pushed him first, and asked him for 10 yuan first, but the teacher not only didn't listen, but also said, 'He pushed you first, why didn't you faint on the ground?' You say that he extorts money from you, but who has seen it? Then teacher, you said that Brother Ah Jian injured that brother, so who saw it? Since you didn't see it, how can you say that it was Brother Ah Jian who pushed that brother? And why are you keeping us here? ”

Hong Jian's father nodded imperceptibly. With his sensitivity to being a public prosecutor for many years, the public case in front of him has been divided, and there is indeed nothing wrong with his own child, all he needs to do is to save some face for the teacher. In addition, Hong Jian's father also secretly gave a thumbs up to Xiao Qiyun's ability to express himself, although this child is only a few years old, but the childish words he said are actually in line with esoteric legal principles such as "there is no doubt about the guilt", "whoever asserts is responsible for the proof", and he is really a hero out of a teenager.

Qi Yun's cannon-like mortar was not over, and seeing that the adults did not object, he said to himself:

"The teacher also said that the adults and officials of our family protect each other, and we two children learn to confess. also said that Uncle Hong is not right on the top and crooked on the bottom, just because Brother A Jian is like this, Uncle Hong will not be a good official, and Brother A Jian will grow into a kind of ruffian when he grows up......"

"Enough!"

Seeing that Hong Jian's father's face was becoming more and more unnatural, and the old head teacher was so embarrassed that he was almost sweating, Qi Yun's father whispered and sternly stopped his daughter from continuing to speak.

Xiao Qiyun's crisp voice paused, and he really stopped, but he still glanced at the old director angrily.

"The injured classmates were also sent to the hospital, and the two children reflected in the office until nine o'clock, and they also realized their mistakes, I think this matter will be settled...... If you are a child, you don't have to worry about the teacher. ”

Qi Yun's father saw that they were embarrassed by each other, and hurriedly played a round. Hong Jian couldn't help but laugh and almost choked back his internal injuries - although he didn't say a word that he had made a mistake, did Qi Yun seem to have realized his mistake? However, the old head teacher was not completely confused, and at this time he nodded his head and got off the donkey:

"Yes, yes, we treat children mainly with education, and punishment is not the goal, not the goal...... Ah, that's all for today. ”

So the two parents walked out of the school gate with Hong Jian, who was silent and laughing in their hearts, and Qi Yun, who looked smug and looked like a defeated little rooster. Just a few steps, Xiao Qiyun suddenly stopped and didn't walk, twisted his father's arm like candy, and pretended to be coquettish:

"Dad, I let the teacher lock up for too long, and my legs are numb."

Qi Yun's father was angry and funny, and deliberately said with a straight face:

"You made a mistake and were left in the office by the teacher, are you still reasonable? So much more? ”

"I didn't make a mistake, and besides, he wasn't my teacher."

Qi Yun muttered quietly. Hong Jian's father smiled and touched his old friend's arm:

"I said, your family is really teachable! Don't look at her young age, she has a sense of justice! Moreover, her rebuttal of the pedantic old master's words is definitely a model of reasonableness, evidence, force, and moderation, and many prosecutors in our court have not been able to catch up with her. ”

Hong Jian's father's serious praise made Qi Yun's father finally couldn't help laughing, bent down and picked up Qi Yun, who was too lazy to walk and pretended to have calf cramps, and said with a smile:

"Brother Hong, if you are so partial, this girl in my family is becoming more and more lawless! How can you get married when you grow up? ”

Hong Jian's father replied happily: "If you can't get married, you can come to my house as a daughter-in-law, and I must love her like my own daughter." ”

The two adults joked as they walked. Qi Yun probably played too crazy in the teacher's office, and not long after he climbed on his father's back, he fell asleep again in a daze. Qi Yun's father found out and laughed self-deprecatingly:

"At a young age, it's quite heavy...... Let the two of us run over in a hurry, but she doesn't pretend to be pretending at all! ”

Hong Jian, who had been walking silently behind them, so that he almost ignored his existence, suddenly said:

"Uncle, I'll help you carry Qi Yun on your back."

"Oh? Uncle is joking, in fact, Yunyun is not sinking at all......"

Qi Yun's father explained. Hong Jian lowered his head and said in a buzzing voice, "I know she's not sinking at all. ”

Hong Jian's father was happy and patted his son: "Good boy! I also know that I want to repay my kindness! Brother Qi, you let him carry it! ”

Qi Yun's father also smiled, and changed Qi Yun to Hong Jian's back. At that time, Qi Yun was still very small, and it was not much heavier than a schoolbag, plus she slept soundly, her hands and feet were soft, and she was extraordinarily soft. Therefore, although Xiao Hongjian is only a child who is not enough, he doesn't feel that it is too troublesome to walk with Qi Yun on his back. The night in early summer was exceptionally clear, the silver moonlight was like water, and there were summer insects playing joyful music in the grass, Hong Jian carried her on his back, thinking about the conversation between himself and Qi Yun in the teacher's office just now.

"Qi Yun, did you really see that classmate pushing me?"

"Uh...... Actually, I didn't see it clearly. Xiao Qiyun scratched his head, embarrassed to reveal the truth.

"Then why did you insist that it wasn't my fault and quarrel with the teacher?"

He thought that Qi Yun would be asked by himself, but he didn't expect Qi Yun to stare at a pair of big black and white eyes, and said confidently:

"Because you're Brother Aji...... Brother Arrow, I believe in you! ”

That night, Hong Jian carried Xiao Qiyun on his back, and only heard the sound of breathing on his back, thin, with a little sweetness of mung bean paste, soft, glutinous, and sweet. Her thin little arms patted his shoulders and chest with the rhythm of his walking.

The sound of clicking and clicking, the soft and glutinous touch of the shoulders and chest, through the decades, seems to still remain on Hong Jian's body and mind.