Wan Chun hurriedly put her finger to her lips and sighed softly, and continued to lie by the door to listen, and there was no footsteps for a long time, before she turned to Mei Ruolan and said, "Boss Mei, there is no one else now, how about we open the skylight and say something bright?" ”

"What is Miss going to say?" Although Mei Ruolan was smiling, she was already very curious in her heart, what could the two of them have to say?

Wan Chun also smiled, quickly turned a pair of watery eyes, then took Mei Ruolan's hand, sat on the edge of the bed with her affectionately, and asked her in a low voice: "Do you often come to this house?" ”

Mei Ruolan nodded, puzzled, and said, "I don't come often, but I have always come a few times." ”

"That's good." Wan Chun looked around, pointed to the door panel and asked, "Do you know where you can go out besides this door?" ”

Mei Ruolan looked in the direction of her finger, shook her head and said, "There is only one door in and out of each room here, I haven't seen any other places where you can enter and exit, what are you asking for?" ”

Wan Chun frowned, if there was really only one door to go out of this room, even if she deceived Mei Ruolan, she might still meet someone from the Green Gang when she went out of the door. She raised her head again and looked around, this room was probably Du Jiu's bedroom, it was quite exquisitely furnished, a large copper bed, two small sofa chairs were placed at the head of the bed, a glass-topped round table was placed between the chairs, and a large bookshelf was placed directly opposite the bed, which was full of all kinds of books, which was quite incompatible with Du Jiu's identity as a green gangster. In front of the bookshelf is a long black lacquer case, and leaning against the bookcase is a large dressing mirror, which just reflects half of the figures of her and Mei Ruolan. Other than that, I didn't see anything else.

Wan Chun bit her lip. Think left and right. It is true that she can't go out openly, but Mei Ruolan can. Wouldn't it be a good idea to let Mei Ruolan help deliver a message to the Fengqiao Mansion, let the second sisters know that they were in Du Jiu's hands, strike first, and then threaten Du Jiu to let her go back? If this is the case, you must first tell Mei Ruolan her real situation at the moment.

After thinking about all this, Wan Chun felt that there was no other way, so he said to Mei Ruolan: "Boss Mei, do you know the Li family in the old Jingbeiling?" ”

Mei Ruolan smiled: "That's the first family today, how can I not know." ”

Wan Chun said: "It's best if you know. To tell the truth, the little girl is not talented, it is Li Wanchun, the fourth lady of the Li family in Beiling, and my second sister is Li Zhongqing, the wife of the town guard embassy. ”

"You...... Are you the fourth lady of the Li family? ”

Mei Ruolan opened her mouth and stammered, the last time she saw her with Jin Li, she thought she was a relative of the Governor's family, but she didn't expect it to be a member of the Li family in Beiling, so it's no wonder that she has such a generous spirit, but she is much more blessed than that person. She thought to herself. Suddenly came back to his senses, if Wan Chun was the fourth young lady of the Li family, how could she be involved with Du Jiu, so she intuitively asked, "Why is the fourth young lady here?" ”

Wan Chun snorted. Because she didn't know whether Mei Ruolan knew that Li Yujun's death was related to Zhong Qing, she concealed what she had received for Zhong Qing, and said after a while: "I was kidnapped by the Ninth Master." They want to threaten the Li family with me to hand over the right to operate the Beijing-Hangzhou Caoyun. ”

"Kidnapping?" Mei Ruolan's eyebrows jumped slightly, and her smile stiffened on her face unconsciously. After a while, he said embarrassedly, "Does Fourth Miss mean that the Ninth Master let someone kidnap you?" That's a ...... It's unimaginable. ”

"Is it unimaginable?" Wan Chun sneered. "I heard that the Ninth Master is a pivotal figure in the Green Gang, and he must have done all the things of killing people and setting fires, so what is impossible about kidnapping a weak female streamer? I only hate that I can't escape, otherwise I won't be able to let him get his wish even if I die, and take me to blackmail the Li family in Beiling. ”

"That's unacceptable!"

Mei Ruolan hurriedly waved her hand when she heard this, her lips bitten, and after a long time, she sighed and said: "I think there must be some misunderstanding here, Fourth Miss, you probably won't believe what I said, you and an old man are simply like a portrait to the extreme." Our ninth master treats that old man very well, and he won't be difficult for you just because of this. ”

Wan Chun turned his face to look at her, and remembered well, she had heard the word old man once since Mei Ruolan's mouth, and this was the second time. There is another person who also said it once, that is Du Jiu.

She asked herself if she had never seen Du Jiuqi in her previous life, that is, she had never heard of it. has been in the Lu family for so many years, except for following Lu Jianhao to socialize in the officialdom, she rarely goes out of the house to deal with people. At that time, in the cemetery, she was too sad to ask in time, this time Mei Ruolan casually mentioned it, Wanchun followed her words and asked: "I'm confused, which old person can make Du Jiuye and Boss Mei so appreciated?" ”

Mei Ruolan smiled bitterly, pulling the tassels on the big shawl and fiddling with them for a while, Cen was silent for a moment and said: "It's a long story, that old man is actually the life-saving benefactor of our Ninth Master. ”

"A lifesaver?" Wanchun was strange, this is even more ridiculous, as a powerless woman, what ability can she have to save someone like Du Jiu? Besides, even if she was saved, she should have an impression, but she was forced to retract her previous life, and she couldn't remember when and where she saved Du Jiu.

She suspected that Mei Ruolan was wrong, but she couldn't directly correct it for her, so she said: "What kind of status is Du Jiuye, and how can he need others to save him?" ”

Mei Ruolan turned her head, her delicate willow eyebrows gently hooked, looked at Wanchun and said slowly: "I said this, the fourth lady probably didn't understand - no one was born in the Green Gang, and neither was the ninth master." He was originally the young master of a large family in Tianjin, and he should have a good background, but unfortunately in the event of disasters and wars, the family died and scattered, and only he, the head of the long house, fled to Shanghai with the servants. The servant suffered too much along the way, and thought that he had exhausted his benevolence and righteousness, so he left the ninth master alone in Shanghai and fled for his life. The ninth master has been wandering on the streets of Shanghai for many days, as a former young master, he has long been accustomed to the life of clothes and food to open his mouth, and he is not willing to ask him to survive in a strange place by himself, where can he have any ideas? Besides, he has a good face and a high identity, and he never does anything to beg, that is, some people see him pitifully and give him something to eat, and he also asks the beggars like snakes on the ground to rob him clean. At this time, the ninth master let a family to be saved, that family only has a widow and a four or five-year-old daughter, although the family is poor, but it is rare to have a good heart, seeing that the ninth master is pitiful, he will accept him as a righteous son. The ninth master finally lived a good life in that family for a few days, and he was the righteous son of the family, and he always had to look like a righteous son, so he also treated the youngest daughter of that family with special pity. When the adoptive mother saw it, she said that when he grew up, she would tell him that she would be his daughter-in-law. It's just that this has been said for more than half a year, the former dynasty in the south was in turmoil, and the old Beijing government sent troops to encircle and suppress, which made Shanghai wars rag, and the adoptive mother of the ninth master was working as a domestic helper before that, so that she could get some pocket money to support a family of three. In such a war, the main family moved to the concession in order to avoid trouble, and the people who had been hired in the past were dismissed, and the adoptive mother had no financial resources, and life was inevitably more difficult. At that time, the ninth master already knew how to be a man and do things, and he also helped his adoptive mother to do the work, so he volunteered to go out to find a job, and the adoptive mother agreed without a way. She didn't know that Jiu Ye's job was to be a thug for others, and to learn from the street ruffians to collect protection money, thinking that he was just going to the dock to move boxes, and then Jiu Ye fought with others, so that people could find the door, and the adoptive mother knew that Jiu Ye had joined the Green Gang. Naturally, she couldn't adopt a hooligan as a righteous son, so she expelled Jiu Ye from the house, and didn't even ask for a penny from him, Jiu Ye knelt at the door with an injury and begged her for several days, but it didn't make her soften her heart. In the end, the youngest daughter of that family couldn't look at it, and secretly opened the door and put Jiu Ye into the house, she was young, and she wanted to learn from adults to pour a glass of water for Jiu Ye to drink, and she didn't want to burn herself, for fear that Jiu Ye would be scolded, so she didn't dare to let her mother know. But in the end, I still couldn't hide it - the adoptive mother found out that the ninth master was brought to the house, and angrily beat the little girl, the ninth master couldn't persuade him, and he didn't dare to disobey the former adoptive mother, so he had to kowtow a few times to thank the adoptive mother for her nurturing grace, and she left the house, and the little girl was reluctant to leave him, so she caught up and gave the necklace she was carrying to the ninth master."

Mei Ruolan spoke slowly and at length, as if she were telling an endless story. Wan Chun sat on the edge of the bed, listening, and brought herself into the story. The house in the story is also such a shikumen building, but it is much more dilapidated and old than here, and the iron gate at the entrance of the alley is creaking every night, thinking that it may be that the night shift people are back, or it may be the sound of the wind, and every time the people who watch the alley will always shout and curse a few times in a loud voice, as if to intimidate people with bad intentions.

My mother sat in the hallway with a briquette stove, and on the way there was a small bowl with water chestnuts boiling in it - and occasionally, white taro porridge. He sat on the steps leading to the staircase, sitting with his cheeks crossed, listening to his mother fanning the flames and chattering with the mothers who rented the house together. They always asked her where the man had gone, and when her mother said that the man had died early, they sighed and sympathized, and then persuaded her to find another home while she was still young. At this time, Mom would take the fan and point it in her direction, and said with a smile: "No, I still have a small oil bottle." ”

The mothers laughed, harsh but happy. She also sat on the steps and laughed, and the boy that her mother brought back from outside would run down the stairs on her feet, grab her braids, shake it lightly, and say, "Sister, go, I made you a little windmill, do you like it?" (To be continued.) )