Chapter 14 What a last resort
"On the second day of February, the dragon raised its head, the colored line was tied to the dragon's head, and the golden scales walked in the clouds, but I begged the dragon king to drop nectar, and the wind and rain were smooth year after year."
Children ran through the car window with colorful ribbons, and the air was filled with the fragrance of incense and candles, and even the foreigners who rented them away from the market had a rare Chinese atmosphere. On the arcade near the warehouse, foreigners stood by the window in twos and threes, holding their hands and looking at the direction of the warehouse.
The car stopped outside the crowd, Lin Wanjing didn't wait for Ah Biao to open the door and got out of the car, while protecting the obvious bulging lower abdomen while pushing aside the crowd and going to the middle, she walked to the front row but was stopped by soldiers in military uniforms, she saw the workers guarding the warehouse covered in front of the warehouse door, seeing her, the man in front of her seemed to see hope and called: "Miss." β
The soldier in front of him turned around and looked at Lin Wanjing, and before Lin Wanjing could speak, Ah Biao had already returned the favor politely:
"What are you looking at?"
The soldiers then made a gap so that Lin Wanjing could walk in front of the workers guarding the warehouse.
"Miss, these people are going to break into the warehouse and injure Uncle Yong!" The man at the front reported to her.
"I know, I've informed the embassy and told the brothers to put down their weapons and don't let anyone get any other tricks." Lin Wanjing raised her hand to help the man wipe the stains off his forehead, and the man smiled at her gratefully, and then nodded to the workers around him.
The stick was put down, and the atmosphere seemed to have eased a lot, Lin Wanjing turned around, looked around at the soldiers blocking the warehouse, and said firmly: "Whose subordinates are you?" Do you know what kind of place this is? β
"We are the 3rd Brigade of the Luzhou City Defense Tiger Division, and we were ordered to search the No. 1 warehouse in the Dongcheng Concession." The man who looked like the leader replied.
Luzhou City Defense is subordinate to the Luzhou Army and is under the command of Liu Ang, even if she knew, Lin Wanjing still routinely asked: "Ordered?" On whose orders? Is there a search warrant? β
The leader didn't answer, but the person hiding behind him spoke: "Joke! The search is Yu Shuai's order, what kind of search warrant do you want?! β
The man who spoke was dressed in a dignified manner, but his speech and demeanor showed a ruffian that did not match his clothes, presumably this was the so-called informant.
"Who are you? Any military position in this Tiger Division? β
"You care about me?" The man asked rhetorically, "I advise you to ignore this matter as a woman, and obediently let us check, in case you accidentally hurt and touch, don't say that I bullied you!" β
As soon as the words fell, Ah Biao had already strode in front of the man, raised his hand and slapped him:
"Who do you think you are?! How dare you speak to my eldest lady like this? β
"You...... You dare to hit me?! The man glared at Ah Biao, and he dragged the soldier next to him, "Beat him up for me!" β
The soldiers beside him were unmoved, and when Ah Biao saw his cowardice, his hand was raised again:
"What if I hit you?! Do you know who my eldest lady is?! β
"Who do I care who she is?! Even if the Queen Mother of the West descends to earth, what can she do to me?! Not to be outdone, the man said, "Don't be too complacent, the division commander will come in a while, I'll see how you step down!" β
"What about the division commander? Let me tell you, even if your family is handsome, you have to give our eldest lady some face! Ah Biao said, his hand was about to fall again, but before he could fan his face, his wrist was choked.
The middle-aged man who grabbed Ah Biao's wrist was a little fat, his sideburns were gray, but his eyebrows were domineering, he grabbed his wrist, but his eyes looked at Lin Wanjing:
"Hu has no way to discipline his subordinates, and the young lady doesn't need to be angry about it."
Lin Wanjing followed the sound, but saw the commander of the Tiger Division standing majestically in front of Ah Biao. actually asked the division commander to personally lead a team to search, Liu Ang was serious this time.
The Master Hu in front of him is a veteran under Liu Daolin, who made countless feats and feats when he fought with Liu Daolin, and he can be regarded as one of the heroes.
"We were ordered by Marshal Yu to search for prohibited goods, and please don't embarrass the young lady." Master Hu said heartily that he had nothing to do with Lin Wanjing, so he didn't plan to take a detour and get straight to the point.
"Master Hu is routine, and Wan Jing has no reason to stop her, so she only asks Master Hu to show me the signature of the British Consulate agreeing to the search."
"I'm acting on Yu Shuai's orders, that's it, can't the young lady still trust me?"
"It's not a question of trust, it's just that there has to be a rule for everything. Since it is the rule in this concession that a search permit is required for a search, I think we should follow the rules. Lin Wanjing's tone was not hurried, "If you have permission, I will immediately open the door for you to check, but if you can't get permission, please don't blame Wanjing for not giving you face." β
Saying this, the guards of the British Consulate had already lined up through the crowd to block in front of Lin Wanjing, and the heavily armed guards isolated the workers from the opposing Luzhou soldiers.
"Young lady, you are Chinese, why do you help foreign devils speak?"
"Master Hu's words are wrong. Wan Jing is Chinese, but she is also the agent of this Matthews foreign company, and is the manager of this warehouse. There are a lot of people in their positions who can't help themselves, and I also ask Master Hu to be considerate of Wan Jing's last resort. β
"What a last resort!" Master Hu's eyebrows were crossed, and the anger emanating from her body made Lin Wanjing tremble, but she still mustered up her momentum and coldly blocked that look.
The middle-aged man never thought that Lin Wanjing was so hard, since he was not convinced, he could only come hard over there, so he raised his hand high, this is a signal to the soldiers on standby, and when his hand falls, the soldiers with loaded guns will forcibly break through the blockade and break into the warehouse:
"Since the young lady has no choice, she will definitely be able to understand Hu's last resort."
And at the moment when he raised his hand, the British soldiers dropped their bolts and pointed directly at the confronting army soldiers, and their voices were uniform. Seeing this, Lin Wanjing only felt that beads of sweat were the size of beans dripping down her back, and her eyes were locked on Master Hu's hand raised in the air, if that hand was waved down, the situation would develop towards an irreparable situation.
Fortunately, after raising that hand for a long time, it finally slowly put it down.
"Close!" The two words dropped by Master Hu seemed to burst out from between his clenched teeth, and he took the lead to turn away, taking two steps but stopping, "Young lady, you are Chinese, you are the eldest daughter-in-law of the big handsome, if it is excessive, Hu does not want to say it, please do it yourself." β
"Thank you, Master Hu, for the reminder, Wanjing remembered."
Watching Master Hu lead the troops away, Lin Wanjing did not have the slightest sense of victory in her heart, Liu Ang would make such a big fanfare for people to check, she had full evidence, and the things in this warehouse were stored in this warehouse, I am afraid that Liu Ang knew more than her as a manager at the moment.
After the British guards evacuated, Lin Wanjing arranged for the seriously injured workers to go to the hospital for treatment, and then explained that the remaining workers stayed outside the warehouse, and then picked up the crowbar thrown on the ground and went to the warehouse alone.
Liu Jin woke up and was already on the sun, and the Lin family was already familiar with his work and rest habits since the fall from above, so they didn't come to call him for breakfast. After washing, he picked out a casual dress and put it on, and opened the door with great energy, but saw that the door of Lin Wanjing's room was wide open, the maids had already cleaned the room, the flowers on the desk were replaced with new ones, the windows were open, the warm breeze blew the apricot curtains, and the wind chimes on the window edges rang softly.
"Young marshal, can you please let me go?"
Only then did he find himself blocking the door, and hurriedly dodged to the side to let Ah Ling pass, Ah Ling was holding the new futon in her hand, and she could faintly smell the dry smell after drying.
"Where's your young lady?" He asked.
"I went out early in the morning." Ah Ling replied, and did not stop the work in hand, "Send the second miss back to the stall, I haven't come back for so long, maybe I am accompanying the second miss at the stall, you should go there to find her." β
Liu Jin sighed softly, and was about to leave.
"Young marshal, I have something to tell you." Seeing him leave, Ah Ling called him, "Yu Shuai came to see Miss yesterday afternoon, and I don't know what he said, but since then, Miss's expression has been a little strange." β
Liu Jin's heart sank, he knew Liu Ang's personality, and if he came to find someone in person, there would definitely be no good thing. He pondered for a moment, answered "got it" and walked away quickly. He drove to the stall, but Tang Wanying told him that an hour ago, the foreign bank hurriedly called Lin Wanjing away, Lin Wanjing left in a hurry, it should have happened a hundred thousand urgent events, he heard this, and kept rushing to the warehouse for a while, at this moment in the warehouse saw her standing silently in front of the goods, the uneasiness in his heart multiplied, and after hesitating in place for a moment, he finally settled down and walked towards her.
"Are you alright?" He asked.
"Are you asking me, or are you asking about your goods?" Lin Wanjing asked in a low voice.
Liu Jin was dumbfounded, but she heard Lin Wanjing's voice again: "What are these boxes in?" β
Or silence. He saw that the box in front of her had been pried open, revealing a cold black and gray color under the various brocades, and the pretense of "clothing" could no longer hide the facts in front of her.
"Is that why?" Lin Wanjing asked again, with a trance and a smile in her low tone, "Is this the reason why we have never met at that time, and even though you are a confidante and companion, you still insist on marrying me?" She raised her head, her bright eyes staring at her, her eyes red, "If this is the case, you don't have to go so far with me." β
"Evening Jing ......"
"It's just that I don't understand, Liu Jin, when did I offend you, and I just wanted to accompany you alone, but you still have to accompany my parents and relatives to be willing!"
Possession of arms is one of the few major crimes of the Nine Clans in the Luzhou Ordinance.
"I married you because I love you, and I can't forget you since I first saw you!"
It was clearly a confession that should have been confessed a long time ago, but why did he have to be forced into such a situation before he was willing to say it?
"Why bother?" Lin Wanjing interrupted him, "Now that we are in the same boat, you don't have to say such a high-sounding reason to appease me." I won't, and I won't dare to betray you, your goal has been achieved, so why bother to lie to me and yourself by saying these things? β
"I didn't lie to you. I know you blame me, blame me, get angry with me in your heart, you can scold me and beat me, but please believe me! He forcibly took her hand and pressed it against his chest, but her hand only touched it lightly, and after a few moments it slowly slipped away. She stood silently in front of him, and the atmosphere was suffocating for a while. After a long time, she chuckled:
"Why blame you? It's because I was too naΓ―ve to believe in you and love you wrong. β
She said that she loved him, but she also said that she loved him wrongly, but where she was wrong, the person who was wrong from beginning to end was himself.
Liu Jin watched at a loss as Lin Wanjing turned to leave, the ivory ruffles under her burgundy skirt swaying with the slightly heavy steps, like peony petals all over the bed on the wedding night. He watched her back farther and farther away, until the heavy warehouse door was pushed open, and the bright light outside the door stinged his eyes, and he reacted to chase it.
The gunshots rang out, startling the pigeons on the riding tower and flying in all directions, just in time, he saw Lin Wanjing turn around and pounce on him, blood splashed in front of his eyes, the expected strong pain did not appear, his hands were soaked with warm liquid, he looked down, but saw Lin Wanjing lying on his shoulder, holding his shirt, the bones were pale, the bullet entered her left shoulder, the wound was covered by the clothes and could not see the location clearly, only to see the blood gushing out and dripping down her skirt, and the place where her shoulder blocked was his heart.
"Don't sleep, Wanjing, don't sleep, look at me......" He helped her to lie down in the crook of his arm, and called her softly, but her eyes gradually blurred, and her watery eyes slowly closed, and he heard her faint breath as if calling his name, so he lowered his head and let her fall in his ear.
"At that time, you said that you would like to win the hearts of one person, and the white heads will not be separated." Her voice was soft, but it seemed to have exhausted all her strength, "But...... Yun Rou, I once abandoned everything so firmly to stand by your side, why ......"