Yao Yilei has never seen her father lose such a temper since she was a child, so she was stunned at the time, standing stupidly in place, tears slowly flowing out of her eyes.

Seeing his daughter's pitiful appearance, Vice-Chief Yao was immediately deflated, sat down on the chair in a dejected manner, picked up a cigarette, didn't even light a match a few times, simply crumpled the cigarette and threw it aside, and said in a hoarse voice: "Lei Lei, needless to say, you also know the current situation, the Qingdao problem has spread to the whole country, Tianjin, Hankou, and Shanghai, all of them have gone on strike to protest against the government, boycott Japanese goods, and demand punishment of national thieves. ”

Yao Yilei's lips moved, and finally she didn't speak.

Vice Chief Yao smiled bitterly: "Lei Lei, I know what you want to say, in your heart, Daddy is the existence of the sky, but now the situation is different, there are no eggs under the nest, let alone Daddy, even Cao Rulin has to resign and step down, to thank the countrymen, Daddy is the core figure of the pro-Japanese faction, naturally we can't stay out of the matter, our Yao family, I'm afraid it's going to collapse." ”

Yao Yilei still didn't speak, she was a girl, she wasn't too interested in family business or anything, in her thinking, as long as she could live in a big villa, have a car in and out, have a servant at home, and have banknotes to reward when she went out, it didn't matter if her father was the deputy minister or the president of the bank.

Vice Chief Yao said earnestly: "It's an eventful time, Daddy doesn't ask you to contribute anything to the family, as long as you don't make trouble, but who do you know?" In broad daylight, five Japanese were killed in Beijing, fortunately the body was not found, and Xu Shuzheng helped to take care of it, if the Japanese legation knew that this matter was related to our Yao family, then our family would not even have a way out, maybe even my and your mother's lives could not be saved, we died nothing, but who will take care of you. ”

Only then did Yao Yilei know that she was afraid, if she brought ruin to her family because of her own willfulness and harmed her father and mommy, what was the point of her own life, thinking of this, tears rolled down.

"Daddy, I know it's wrong, I'll go to Japan tomorrow." Yao Yilei's crying pear blossoms bring rain.

"Good." Vice Minister Yao smiled with satisfaction.

……

Early the next morning, Jiang Zhiqing, who had played mahjong all night, yawned and returned to the Dadong Hotel, and happened to meet Chen Zikun and Li Yaoting going out, and he greeted him warmly: "Have you had breakfast, I'll please." ”

The three of them had a meal of xiaolongbao, fried raw food, and siu mai at a small restaurant near the Dadong Hotel, and Chen Zikun asked Jiang Zhiqing: "Does Brother Jiang know where Shanghai Tang tycoon Li Zhengwu lives?" ”

Jiang Zhiqing wondered, "What are you looking for him?" He is a very senior old man in the Green Gang. ”

Chen Zikun himself was not sure that there was really a master-apprentice relationship with Li Zhengwu, so he had to say perfunctorily: "A friend in Beijing asked me to send him a letter. ”

Jiang Zhiqing said: "Li Zhengwu lives on Daxi Road in the Public Concession, you outsiders can't figure out the direction, why don't I take you there." ”

Chen Zikun was quite moved to see him so warm and thoughtful: "Brother Jiang, thank you." ”

"You're welcome, our own brother." Jiang Zhiqing waved his hand, quite freely.

With Jiang Zhiqing leading the way, he soon found the Li Mansion on Daxi Road, which is a walled garden house, with a large black iron door closed, the wall is crawling with vines, and the barking of wolf dogs is faintly heard within the wall.

Chen Zikun stepped forward and knocked on the door, a small window opened on the iron door, revealing a vigilant face, looked up and down at the uninvited guests outside the door, and asked impatiently, "Which one are Nong looking for?" ”

"May I ask if this is Mr. Li Zhengwu's house, my name is Chen Zikun, is ......?"

Before he could finish speaking, the other party interrupted him and said, "Mr. Li is not here, Nong will come back another day." ”

With a "bang", the small iron window closed.

Li Yaoting looked at Jiang Zhiqing, Jiang Zhiqing shrugged, looking helpless.

Chan continued to knock on the door, unhurried and rhythmic.

The small iron window opened again, and the man's voice was already angry: "Tell Nong, Mr. Li is not here!"

"Then when will Mr. Li come back?" Chen Zikun still asked kindly.

"Allah doesn't know!" The small iron window was closed again, and the sound was loud.

Jiang Zhiqing persuaded: "Brother Chen, let's go." ”

Chen Zikun shook his head, raised his hand and knocked on the door, the rhythm was unhurried.

This time, the janitor was really angry, and opened the big iron door in an uproar, and two short-faced men with cold eyebrows stood behind the door with wolf dogs, and a guy in a long shirt scolded: "Little red guy, what kind of trouble are you going to make!" ”

Chen Zikun said: "I am a disciple of Mr. Li, I came to visit the old man, as a gatekeeper, not only did you not report, but also spoke ill of each other, I haven't asked you what the truth is." ”

The atmosphere was a little tense, and Jiang Zhiqing and Li Yaoting both persuaded him: "Forget it, since the person is not here, let's come back another day." ”

Chen Zikun said: "I just can't get used to his attitude, if this continues, the old man's reputation will be ruined by them." ”

The janitor was furious and was about to call the bodyguard to let the dog go, when suddenly the door of the mansion opened, and a middle-aged man in a suit and leather shoes came out and asked, "Lao Xia, what's the matter?" ”

The janitor said, "Young master, there is a foreigner who claims to be the old man's apprentice. ”

"Oh?" The middle-aged man was very interested, walked over to look at Chen Zikun, and said, "I don't remember that my father took in such an apprentice as you. ”

Chen Zikun had already expected this result, and he replied: "I did worship Mr. Li as a teacher, and when the incense hall was opened that day, Yuan Kewen and Yuan Ergongzi were present. ”

The middle-aged man said with a smile: "This is even more impossible, although my father and Yuan Ergongzi belong to the same big generation, but there is no intersection, how can he be present when he accepts apprentices in the Xiangtang." ”

Chan said, "Can you let me meet Mr. Li?" ”

The middle-aged man said: "My father has returned to his hometown in Ningbo, and I don't know when he will be able to come back." ”

Chen Zikun had no choice but to say something to disturb and turn away, the big iron door slowly closed behind him, and also closed the door of his roots.

Walking on the road, Chen Zikun was sullen, Jiang Zhiqing explained him: "Don't be angry, you guys dressed up to visit, change to any family, you have to take sanitary pills." ”

Li Yaoting said: "What is a health pill? ”

Jiang Zhiqing said with a smile: "It's just white eyes, Shanghainese people only recognize clothes and don't recognize people, especially the subordinates of these big families, they have watery eyes, and you can see what brand your suit is, which tailor shop makes it, and even the price can be estimated at seven or eight, if you wear shabby, it is not convenient to do anything." ”

Li Yaoting scolded: "Dogs look down on people. ”

Jiang Zhiqing said with a smile: "Shanghai style is like this, the people on the scene pay attention to the two heads, no matter when and where, the hair and leather shoes must be bright, no matter whether you can eat or not, a pair of suit pants under the pillow is always pressed straight." ”

Li Yaoting stretched out his foot: "I'm also a leather shoe, go back and find a rag to wipe it, it's still shiny." ”

Jiang Zhiqing said: "That's very different, Shanghai rules, only wear black leather shoes in winter, wear white leather shoes in summer, wear yellow leather shoes or color in spring and autumn, if you wear the wrong season, even if it is high-end leather shoes, you will laugh and be generous, two brothers, if you want to show up in Shanghai to create a career, it is necessary to buy a suit." ”

Chen Zikun and Li Yaoting glanced at each other and said in unison: "We don't have any money." ”

Jiang Zhiqing patted his chest: "Wrap it on me, go, take you to make clothes." ”

As soon as he said go, Jiang Zhiqing took the two of them into the alley and came to a tailor shop, where the shopkeeper warmly greeted him, served coffee, greeted him with a few words of greeting, and chose the style of the latest international fashion magazine.

"I want pure wool and British thin tweed materials, make English three-piece heads, single row of three buttons, feather yarn all in, shoulder pads should also be wool, and even shirts and handkerchiefs should be made to order, all of which should be the best fabrics." Jiang Zhiqing said......

The shopkeeper immediately asked the young man to take down all kinds of fabrics one by one, look at it from a distance and look closely, drape it on his shoulders, wrap it around his trouser legs, and measure the size after selecting the material, and when he measured it for Chen Zikun, the shopkeeper praised: "Mr. Tanon makes clothes, I am really happy, and the movie star also looks at the movie star and the movie star is also a nong."

Jiang Zhiqing crossed Erlang's legs on the side and smiled: "Allah, this brother, is more handsome than a movie star." ”

After measuring the size and paying the deposit, the three of them went out of the tailor's shop, and Chen Zikun offered to go to the telegraph office to inform his relatives and friends in Beijing of his safety.

When he came to the telegraph office, Chen Zikun first took a telegram to the car factory and Xiong Xiling, thought about it, and sent another one to Yao Yilei, only a few short words: Don't hang up when you arrive in Shanghai, Kun.

Sending telegrams is not cheap, each word is small and hexagonal, and three telegrams cost more than a dozen yuan, so you don't need to ask if it is Jiang Zhiqing's money.

"Brother Jiang, I'm really grateful for letting you break the bank." Chan said.

Jiang Zhiqing said with a smile: "I rely on my parents at home and my friends when I go out, I am not a good person, I just like to make friends, compared to friends, what is money, it's not too early, drink." ”

The three of them found a restaurant with local dishes, ordered some local dishes with thick oil red sauce, and a bottle of good Huadiao wine, and talked while eating.

"Do you have any specific plans for the two brothers?" Jiang Zhiqing helped the two of them fill a glass of wine and asked with blazing eyes.

Li Yaoting said: "I plan to take root in Shanghai, I have worked as a cub at the Six Nations Hotel in Beijing, so I can do my old job." ”

Chan said: "I still have two things to do, and only after these two things can I consider others." ”

Jiang Zhiqing said: "What's the matter? I can probably help a little. ”

Chen Zikun said: "The first thing, I want to go to Jingwumen in Shanghai once, and the second thing, I want to find a girl, her name is Lin Wenjing, a native of Fujian, and her stepmother is from Shanghai, surnamed Mi." ”

Jiang Zhiqing said: "This first thing is very easy to do, Jingwumen is on Peikaier Road on the Zhabei side, but the name is Shanghai Jingwu Sports Association, when the family is Huo Yuanjia's big apprentice Liu Zhensheng, I am very familiar with him, I can recommend on my behalf, but the second thing is difficult to do, Shanghai is so big, I want to find someone, it is no different from looking for a needle in a haystack." ”

Chen Zikun said: "Okay, I'll go to the Jingwu Sports Club to find Liu Zhensheng first." ”

Jiang Zhiqing took the two of them all the way to Zhabei and found the Jingwu Sports Association at No. 73 Peikaier Road, which is a building complex composed of four small western-style buildings, a large open space, lined with swords, guns, swords, halberds, dozens of young people wearing white shirts and black bubble pants lined up in a neat queue, followed by a man in his twenties practicing martial arts one move at a time.

The Jingwu Club is to accept apprentices from the outside world, and there are reception staff waiting at the door all the year round, taking Chen Zikun and them to pass by the practice ground.

Jiang Zhiqing did know Liu Zhensheng, the head of the Jingwu Sports Association, but he was not as familiar as he boasted, just a general acquaintance, the two sides sat down in the living room, Chen Zikun expressed his intention, saying that his kung fu came from the Jingwu Sect, but he couldn't remember what happened when he was a child, and hoped that Liu Zhensheng could help him recall.

Liu Zhensheng is in his thirties, his bones are wonderful, his temples are protruding, and he looks like a practicing family, he is very refreshing, and directly invited Chen Zikun to come down for a talk.

After the two sides practiced a few tricks so far, Liu Zhensheng put away his kung fu and said: "Some time ago, someone in Beijing wrote to inquire, also for this matter, I tried your kung fu just now, it is indeed a lost trace boxing, but the lost trace boxing is not unique to the Huo family, thousands of people in Cangzhou practice this kung fu, so it is difficult to be sure that you are from Master Huo's disciple." ”

After that, he picked up the teacup, and the apprentice on the side shouted: "Send off the guest~~"

The three of them had to say goodbye, and when they walked out of the gate of the Jingwu Sports Association, Chen Zikun was stunned, and suddenly a shout came from behind: "Chen Zhen!" ”