Winters in Shanghai are not too cold, the street trees in the public concession are green, the Huangpu River never freezes, and the rickshaw drivers who pull carts on the street do not cover themselves tightly like the drivers in Beijing.

The Spring Festival of the old calendar in 1925 was approaching, the school was on winter vacation, the department store was discounted, Jian Bing and Yao Yilei couldn't hold back the ** shopping, and went out to lose together, the first choice was naturally Sincere Department Store, Chen Zikun was also pulled Zhuangding, he was frightened, for fear of meeting Lin Wenjing.

Lin Wenjing has already become a senior clerk, so naturally he will not stand at the counter below, but Manager Wang often wanders below, and when he saw Chen Dashuai coming to the store with his wife, his eyes lit up, and he hurriedly stepped forward to say hello, and said with a smile that his wife is inconvenient, and if there is any need for people to go to the house to choose.

Yao Yilei said: I like the feeling of shopping.

Manager Wang Nuo said yes, let people open the VIP room to serve at any time, and then followed behind to accompany the whole process, Chen Zikun also deliberately pulled half a step, and asked him in a low voice: "Is Miss Lin still in your company?" ”

"Yes, Miss Lin is dedicated, and the next step is to make her a senior manager." Manager Wang's face turned into a chrysanthemum, and his voice was very low, with the expression of a co-defendant.

"What do you say?" Jian Bing's ears were pointed, and he turned around and asked.

"The marshal asked me, do you have any new jewelry?" Manager Wang reacted very quickly.

Jian Bing did not suspect that there was fraud, and responded happily.

Chan patted Manager Wang's shoulder as a reward.

Manager Wang smiled even more flatteringly, he had the glory of making war exploits for Chen Dashuai, men, it is normal to hide Jiaojiao with the main room on his back, and it is also normal to cover each other.

No one noticed that Lin Wenjing was watching them from a distance at the elevator entrance.

Although I knew that Chen Zikun was married, the feeling of seeing and hearing with my own eyes was different after all, the two ladies were radiant and elegant, which made Lin Wenjing feel like an ugly duckling, and she fled as if she was flying, for fear that tears would flow down.

finally got off work, hurriedly returned to the residence, and his younger brother Wenlong, who had been on winter vacation, took out a letter and said, "Sister, Teacher Han gave it to you." ”

Lin Wenjing didn't read it, so she threw the letter into the trash, this Teacher Han is a new-school poet, the words are full of love, love, and love, saying that since she saw Miss Lin, she was willing to die for her, although Lin Wenjing has not officially fallen in love, but she also knows that Teacher Han can't believe it, compared with the romantic experience in the Beijing Hutong five years ago, Teacher Han's love letter is simply pale and weak.

"Wenlong, Sister wants to go home for the New Year." Lin Wenjing said.

……

The Spring Festival is approaching, Zhang Xiaolin is still hiding in Tibet, Sanxin Company has stopped taking him to play, and all the Qinggang brothers in Shanghai Beach complained about him, if he didn't have to go against Chen Dashuai, the Qinggang would not have suffered this catastrophe.

On the fifth floor of the Huizhong Hotel, the adjutant came to report, Du Yuesheng came to visit, Chen Zikun was immediately summoned, after Boss Du came up, he greeted for a moment and took out a stack of banknotes.

Chen Zikun said with a strange feeling: "With such a large amount, what does Boss Du want to buy from his brother?" ”

Du Yuesheng smiled and said, "Buy a life." ”

"Whose life?"

"Zhang Xiaolin, Boss Zhang's life."

"Where are the others?"

"It's right outside, ready to go."

"Let him in."

Hearing that Zhang Xiaolin threw himself into the net, Zhang Xueliang also came to watch with interest, sitting on the sofa with a pipe in his mouth to see what kind of dignity this Shanghai Tang tyrant looked.

Zhang Xiaolin came in in a long robe and a horse coat, and knelt down to plead guilty when he entered the door: "Chen Dashuai, Allah is guilty and deserves to die." ”

Chen Zikun sneered: "Han Qing, what do you think should be done?" ”

Zhang Xueliang said indifferently: "The army general who dares to assassinate the country, this is the sin of destroying the door, we adults have a large number, we will not destroy his full door, just shoot one person." ”

Chen Zikun said: "Pull it out and kill it." ”

Zhang Xiaolin was in a cold sweat, his eyes were wide open, and he was about to scold when he blurted out, but when he saw Du Yuesheng's calm eyes, he still pressed down, did not beg for mercy, did not scold, and was silently pulled down.

Zhang Xiaolin was pulled straight to the Wusong barracks by a truck, shackled, and escorted to a wall, with several prisoners covered with black cloth standing beside him, and a group of soldiers under the command of the officer, loaded, aimed, and prepared to shoot.

Lao Tzu's fame is ruined today. Zhang Xiaolin was tied up by five flowers, and he had to wait to be killed, and his tears and snot came down before he died.

The gun went off, and the prisoner next to him fell in a pool of blood, but Zhang Xiaolin was unharmed, Du Yuesheng turned out from behind with a smile, and raised his thumb and said: "Brother Xiaolin, you are so daring." ”

Zhang Xiaolin said: "What's going on? ”

Du Yuesheng said: "Chen Dashuai received one million from you, how can he kill you again, but just let you go like this, I don't feel comfortable in my heart, so I wronged you once, you should try your guts, Brother Xiaolin is really a tiger." ”

Zhang Xiaolin pointed to his crotch: "It's still a tiger guts, Lao Tzu's tiger urine is scared out." ”

Fortunately, he was wearing a long shirt over his pants, which was not visible, but the ground was already wet.

……

The story of Chen Dashuai and Boss Zhang's release of their previous suspicions spread in Shanghai, saying that there is a nose and an eye, Zhang Xiaolin did not change his color on the execution ground, and the glorious image of being killed by the neck is even more popular, Chen Dashuai's ban on smoking and blackmail has finally come to an end, and the ruffians and hooligans in Shanghai are relieved, and the business of the opium hall is gradually picking up.

Sun Wen went north, the situation between the north and the south eased, the Feng army occupied half of the north, and Feng Yuxiang's national army fought against each other, the country entered a state of peace with mutual checks and balances, and Shanghai, which had experienced half a year of military disasters, also entered a period of relative stability and prosperity.

In late January, the Spring Festival arrived, everywhere the lights were colorful, jubilant, Chen Zikun bought a western-style building on Xiafei Road, and moved in with the two ladies, every day was full of friends, Zhang Xueliang, Zhang Zongchang, Chen Tiaoyuan, etc. often came to play mahjong all night, fortunately, there were many rooms, and the sound insulation effect was good, but it would not affect Yao Yilei's rest.

The exchange of a lot of important information was carried out at the card table, and the Feng army controlled most of the northern regions, and the exchanges with the Guangzhou government in the south were also very frequent.

"When Mr. Zhongshan was in Tianjin, he took off his hat many times and saluted, and he was sick from the cold, which caused an old illness. Zhang Xueliang sighed while rubbing mahjong.

"Oh, Mr. Sun is critically ill?" Chen Zikun was stunned.

"Shhh, this matter is confidential and cannot be passed on, it may cause turmoil." Zhang Xueliang said.

Zhang Zongchang said: "As soon as Sun Cannon dies, the world will be chaotic again, and if it is chaotic, our brothers will be able to fish in troubled waters." ”

Chen Zikun ignored him and continued to ask Zhang Xueliang: "Han Qing, who can take over from Guangzhou?" ”

"Liao Zhongkai, Wang Jingwei, Hu Hanmin's generation, but I'm afraid the power is in the hands of a person named Yue Fei."

Zhang Zongchang interjected: "Yue Fei, return Qin Hui, why haven't I heard of this person." ”

Zhang Xueliang said: "Yue Fei is a Soviet Russian, Sun Yat-sen united with the Russian Communist Party, and relied on the 10,000 water beads sent by the Russians to set up the Whampoa Military Academy, and now it can be regarded as having its own armament." ”

Chen Zikun's heart moved, thinking of Chen Guoer, who was going to apply for the Huangpu exam, and said, "I don't know how strong the Huangpu Military Academy is?" ”

Zhang Xueliang said: "The combat effectiveness is good, the last time to suppress the rebellion of the Guangzhou merchant group, the military academy students have made a lot of efforts, and at present, Guangzhou is suppressing Chen Jiongming, and the Huangpu Xuejun is also the main force, and its performance on the battlefield is much stronger than the Gui army." ”

"The Whampoa Military Academy is doing well, who is the principal?" Chen Zikun was itchy in his heart, and he also set up a Jiangbei Army Crash School, but the effect was not very good.

"Chiang Kai-shek, the principal of Huangpu, a native of Fenghua, Zhejiang, fought with Chen Qimei earlier, and also did speculative business in Shanghai."

Chen Zikun said: "Isn't it Jiang Zhiqing, who once studied at the Zhenwu Non-commissioned Officer School in Japan? ”

Zhang Xueliang said: "It's this duke, what's the matter, Brother Kunwu knows him?" ”

Chen Zikun said: "It's not just acquaintance, I have eight friendships with him." As he spoke, he played a card.

"Huh!" Chen Tiaoyuan, who had been silent, pushed down the mahjong tiles in front of him, and said triumphantly: "Four dark carvings!" ”

Chen Zikun shouted bad luck, he did his own work in this game, lost a lot, and had no money to pay Chen Tiaoyuan.

Chen Tiaoyuan smiled and said: "Brother, don't cry poor, your strength is greater than me and Xiaokun, Zhang Xiaolin gave you a million yuan a few days ago, why did you spend it all?" ”

Chen Zikun said: "I have a little money is true, but I can't afford to spend it, just in the Huaijiang River to repair the iron bridge spent a million, the construction of the railway is a money-burning business, the monthly Jiangdong Province taxes are not enough, but also have to borrow, last month from the Bank of Communications borrowed 500,000, the interest has not been repaid." ”

In fact, there is another item he didn't say, just the money to help Wu Peifu every month is 100,000 yuan, and the two wives of the losers have to spend tens of thousands of dollars every month.

Chen Tiaoyuan said: "Listen, everyone, this is wealthy, I don't care, I have to give money if I lose." ”

Chen Zikun said: "There is a house on the West Pole Silk Road in Huxi, which can be worth tens of thousands of yuan, or you can live in it first." ”

"That's a good idea." Chen Tiaoyuan accepted it happily.

At dawn, everyone finally had fun, the game ended and rested, and when Zhang Zongchang and Chen Tiaoyuan left, Zhang Xueliang said to Chen Zikun: "Brother Kunwu, Mr. Sun is afraid that there is not much time, he has always wanted to see you, it is better to leave early, as for safety, I Zhang Xueliang can guarantee your absolute safety." ”

Chen Zikun thought for a while and said, "Okay, let's go north after the New Year." ”

……

On January 23, Chinese New Year's Eve, Lin Wenjing, who had been away from home for several months, finally returned to the rice house in Nanshi, she came back by car, and brought a lot of beautifully wrapped gifts.

The Mi family respectfully welcomed Lin Wenjing in like welcoming the God of Wealth, even the grandmother showed a smiling face, and the aunt was even more sweet dripping honey, busy running before and after for fear of neglecting the guests, Aunt Mi raised her eyebrows and exhaled, and put on the posture of an elder to teach Lin Wenjing a lesson: "Wenjing, why don't you come back soon, the family misses Nong very much." ”

Uncle asked with a shy face: "Wen Jing, when will you marry Chen Dashuai, Allah will wait to drink the wedding wine." ”

Lin Wenjing was silent.

Lin Wenlong jumped up and shouted: "You lie, Chen Dashuai has never come to see Sister A once, but Teacher Han in our school has written love letters to Sister A all day long, and I have opened and read them." ”

The expressions of the Mi family suddenly changed greatly.