Feng Shengfa's driver skillfully played the steering wheel, and the car turned a corner and slowly drove into Xinsheng Road.

Xinsheng Road was once the financial and trade center of the British Concession in Hankou, on both sides of the street there are foreign banks, banks, and factories from all over the world, although it is not as good as the ten-mile foreign field in Shanghai, but it can be regarded as prosperous, after the National Government recovered the British Concession, Xinsheng Road has not been greatly affected, and it is still the financial and trade center of Central China.

After the fall of a large area of land in North China and East China, especially after the fall of Beiping, Shanghai, and Nanjing, a large number of factories, schools, and government offices moved to Wuhan one after another, coupled with the influx of a large number of refugees, the population of Wuhan grew explosively in a very short period of time.

The prosperity of Xinsheng Road is different from that of the whole of Wuhan, because the people gathered here are celebrities from all walks of life, political and business dignitaries, and family members of celebrities and high-ranking officials from all over the country.

At the same time, hundreds of thousands of national troops in the Fifth Theater were fighting to the death with the Japanese army in Shandong, and in order to raise food, salary, and ammunition supplies, Li Zongren, commander-in-chief of the Fifth Theater, almost pulled out his hair

The car drove slowly along Xinsheng Road, only to see the flow of people along the way, there was an endless stream of cars of various brands, the street with a width of 20 meters seemed a little crowded, carefully distinguish the license plates of these cars, only a few belonged to private cars, the vast majority of them were from various government departments, and the military license plates were not a few.

As far as the eye can see, the entrance of various hotels, dance halls, and cinemas are all polite Chinese gentlemen wearing top hats, and the ladies around them are all dressed up in fancy clothes, and the cheongsam is basically Ruifuxiang, and the shoulders are basically covered with precious furs, and even the lipstick and handbags are famous brands imported from abroad.

It may be difficult for future generations to imagine the luxurious life of celebrities from all walks of life during the Republic of China.

After crossing Xinsheng Road and turning into the French Concession, I saw that cars were already parked in front of the Mingde Hotel.

The Mingde Hotel was built by the French merchant St. Paul, and was the most upscale hotel in Hankou at that time.

As soon as the news spread, celebrities from all walks of life in Wuhan suddenly flocked to her, and even Song Ziwen, chairman of the Central Bank of Chongqing at that time, also put down his heavy official duties and flew back to Hankou to cheer Tang Ying.

Feng Shengfa asked the driver to stop at the corner of the street, but he didn't get out of the car in a hurry, but just looked coldly at the celebrities from all walks of life and the big officials from the military and political circles through the car window, Feng Shengfa even saw the senior officials of the logistics department in the crowd, these senior officials shouted that they had no money, but they casually threw a large amount of tips to the hotel doorman, and the female companions around them were all dressed in expensive furs, wearing exquisite cheongsam, with imported lipstick on their lips, and Louis Vuitton handbags in their arms. Just the outfit is worth at least tens of thousands of oceans.

Feng Shengfa's adjutant Zhang Shaojie also saw the senior officials of the logistics department, and couldn't help but scold angrily: "These dog officials, let him allocate funds to the army and say that there is no big son, but when he arrives here, he is willing to spend a lot of money and a beautiful man laughs, it is really not a thing that these dog officials should be arrested and shot."

Feng Shengfa was silent with a blushing face, and he probably agreed with Zhang Shaojie's proposition in his heart.

Xu Shijiu felt a little confused, he has always been obsessed with military affairs, and he has never cared or been interested in politics, but no matter how low his political consciousness is, he can still feel that the situation of the national government is not right, the whole country and the whole nation are in danger, but these celebrities and high-ranking officials are still laughing in the rear, which is absolutely abnormal.

Looking at his watch, Feng Shengfa breathed a sigh of relief and said, "Ah Jiu, it's time for us to enter too." ”

At that moment, Feng Shengfa got out of the car and took Xu Shijiu and Zhang Shaojie straight to the gate of the Mingde Hotel, and the doorman politely stopped the three of them and said with a smile: "Three gentlemen, please show your invitation." ”

Xu Shijiu hadn't met Tang Ying yet, and of course he couldn't get an invitation, and Feng Shengfa couldn't have it.

The doorman had a chuckle on his face, "That's really so", and said solemnly: "I'm sorry, tonight's welcome dinner has strict restrictions, and you can't enter without an invitation, so please go back." ”

Zhang Shaojie was furious, pulled out the box cannon and put it on the doorman's head, and said fiercely: "Say it again." ”

Before this, the people who went in and out of the Mingde Hotel have always been polite gentlemen, even if many people are full of male thieves and prostitutes, and there are no fewer murders and corpses, but on the surface, they must also pretend to be decent gentlemen. Suddenly his face turned white with fright.

Feng Shengfa and Xu Shijiu straightened their military hats and went straight to the door of the hotel.

A celebrity who looked like a professor with his female companion in his arms couldn't help but reprimand in a low voice: "Who are these people, using knives and guns in such a place?" ”

Zhang Shaojie put away the gun, turned around and spat on the professor's thick phlegm, just on the professor's polished leather shoes, the female companion next to the professor suddenly let go of the hands holding the professor's arm, screamed, and the professor's white face turned into pig liver color in an instant, and turned around and left in a daze.

Tonight's welcome dinner is an informal buffet, the lobby on the first and second floors of the hotel has been filled with all kinds of exquisite pastries, as well as milk, juice, soft drinks and other drinks, of course, there is no shortage of wine, in Shijie a little famous liquor, basically can be found in the hall, of course, the price is expensive.

Tang Ying was holding a goblet, chatting with Peking University professor Hu Shi about literature, looking at Tang Ying's smiling appearance, the two seemed to be quite speculative, in fact, Professor Hu is the real master of flowers, the celebrities of the Republic of China do not know how many, and he is the only one who can really do the red flag at home and the colorful flags fluttering outside, in this regard, even Chairman Jiang has to bow down, the great writer Lu Xun, the great poet Xu Zhimo, and Zhang Xiaoliuzi or something, not to mention.

However, when Xu Shijiu's slightly lonely figure stepped into the hall, Tang Ying immediately left Professor Hu, and didn't even say a word of missing him, which made Professor Hu quite embarrassed, and Zhou Shuping and Chen Manli, who were absent-mindedly perfunctory admirers nearby, also immediately widened their eyes and got together to criticize Xu Shijiu.

"Looks quite tall and handsome, plus ten points."

"The facial features are tough, not creamy, plus ten points."

"The military uniform is very scraped and stylish, plus ten points."

"The eyes are very bright, intimidating, plus ten points."

"There is also a special temperament between the eyebrows, which looks quite melancholy, plus ten points."

Zhou Shuping and Chen Manli couldn't help but glance at each other, oh my God, if you have a good family background and a wealthy family background, this is simply another Zhang Xiaoliu, no, he is more handsome than Zhang Xiaoliu, and he is also a man, this person is simply the dream lover of all the courtesans on the beach, no wonder Tang Ying still misses him

Xu Shijiu didn't know that he was being judged by others, and he followed Tang Ying to a corner where no one was.

"I thought you would never see me." Tang Ying looked up at Xu Shijiu, her beautiful eyes revealing infinite grievances, "Your heart is really made of iron?" ”

Xu Shijiu smiled and said, "Didn't I see you coming?" ”

"Yes, you're finally willing to see me again." Tang Ying smiled self-deprecatingly, although Xu Shijiu was standing in front of her, she could feel that the two were actually far apart, and some things were in the past, and they would never come back again, just like that day when Xu Shijie walked out of Dashijie with a blue face, he never looked back.

Putting away the grievances in her belly, Tang Ying said: "When something happens, you think of me." ”

Xu Shijiu didn't respond, just took out the cigarette case and put a cigarette in his mouth, lit it, and inhaled it one after another, and soon his face was hidden in a faint smoke, in the hazy smoke, Xu Shijiu's facial features were extremely cold, and there was even more anxiety between his eyebrows, just like the first encounter on the platform that day.

Tang Ying's heart melted, and she sighed: "Wrongdoer, I owe you in my previous life, let's say, what's the difficulty?" ”

"The troops have no money to buy food, so they can only train hungry, and they will have to go to the battlefield hungry in the future." Xu Jiu spit out a canopy of smoke and said faintly, "Hunger is actually nothing, and it will pass if you carry it, but because you don't have money to buy medicine, the injured brothers can only lie there and wait for death, and the vast majority of the brothers are actually not seriously injured, only a bottle of sulfonamide powder is enough to pull them back from Lord Yama." ”

Tang Ying said in a low voice: "Do you still want me to come forward to raise donations?" ”

Xu Shijiu didn't deny it and said, "If you don't mind." ”

"I don't mind." Tang Ying looked at Xu Shijiu affectionately and said, "However, I have one condition. ”

"You say." Xu Shijiu did not avoid Tang Ying's eyes, and said in a low voice, "As long as I can do it." ”

Tang Ying closed her big beautiful eyes, picked up her heels and sent her fiery red lips to Xu Shijiu, and said as if in a dream: "Ah Jiu, can you kiss me again?" ”

Xu Shijiu hesitated for a moment, then kissed it gently.

However, Xu Shijiu controlled it very well, and they immediately separated with a light kiss like a dragonfly.

Tang Ying opened her beautiful eyes and looked at Xu Nineteen's eyes with more and more grievances, she originally hoped to be able to awaken Xu Nineteen's memories of her body with hot kisses, but in the end she was disappointed, Xu Nineteen is a hard-hearted person, his heart is cast of iron, no matter how much tenderness can't be melted, it's been like this for three years.

"Do you know, I've divorced Li Zufa." Tang Ying also wants to do Zuihou's efforts.

"I've heard that." Xu Shijiu just nodded slightly, and then said nothing more.

Tang Ying's beautiful eyes dimmed again, and she sighed and said, "But I'm going to get married again, with Xiong Qigongzi." ”

Xu Jiujiu said congratulations again, Tang Ying wanted to find a trace of expression on his face, but she was disappointed.

"Honey, so you're here." A young man with oily hair and a powdery face suddenly walked over with a goblet, stretched out his right arm to Tang Ying, and smiled, "Let me find it for a while." ”

"I'll introduce you to you." Tang Ying quickly put on a charming smile, and while holding the young man's arm, he introduced the two of them, "Ah Jiu, this is Xiong Qigongzi, my fiancé, Seventh Brother, this is Xu Jiujiu, an old friend I have known for many years, and now an officer of the 74th Army. ”

Xu Shijiu smiled, and he could feel the coldness in Xiong Qigongzi's eyes.

Xiong Qigongzi actually hid in the corner and observed the two of them for a long time, when the two kissed just now, he was almost angry, and now he was even more eager to punch Xu Shijiu's handsome face twice, but on the surface, he maintained a gentlemanly demeanor, bowed politely to Xu Shijiu, and then walked away with Tang Ying on his toes.