Chapter 87, Blades and Scabbards
"In the past few days, you'd better not go out and stay here, so as not to be known by the people of Changxing Society." Song Jiade quickly made arrangements: "When you go to Heqi Town, you will mix into our Song family's convoy and leave Jiaping City together." ”
"Okay." Ding Xiu and the three of them replied in unison.
"Does it matter if you hurt?" Song Xijun noticed the injury on Ding Xiu's body just now, but Song Jiade was arranging things, so she couldn't interject.
"It's okay, I'm going to take it." Ding Xiu smiled and didn't take these injuries to heart.
"Wait a minute, ask Uncle Zhong to find a doctor at home to show you." Song Xijun was not at ease, she saw that her father had to take in Ding Xiu and the three of them at the risk of offending Changxing Society, so she knew that these three people were very important to her family.
And Song Xijun himself admires Ding Xiu very much, especially when he repeatedly came out to teach those bastards in Changxing Society.
"Miss, please rest assured, I'll arrange it." Chen Zhong nodded.
After Song Jiade and Ding Xiu finished discussing the matter, he took the three of them to the guest room to settle down, and invited Song Jiade's personal doctor for Ding Xiu.
The doctor helped Ding Xiu check up, used some external medicines, and finally told Ding Xiu to pay more attention to self-cultivation.
After the doctor left, Ding Xiu quietly touched the door and looked at the situation in the corridor outside.
"What, you're going out?" Gu Beimo was the first to see Ding Xiu's intentions.
"What are you going to do?" Shen You asked.
"Wen Pengzhan's matter has to be decided, otherwise he won't have a chance to leave Jiaping City in a few days." Ding Xiu thought for a while and said, "You wait for me here, I'll come when I go." ”
"Have you thought about it, do you want me to help?" Gu Beimo said and touched out his shotgun's "fate", "Lao Tzu's big gun is already hungry and thirsty. ”
"I'll go too." Shen Youxing said excitedly, she was very excited tonight, and she didn't feel sleepy at all.
"No, no, no, I'll go alone." Ding Xiu hurriedly shook his head and said, "Didn't Mr. Song say that he wants us all to stay here." I'll just go out alone so that the goal isn't too obvious. ”
"Okay." Gu Beimo knew that Ding Xiu was right, so he had to advise, "Be careful." ”
"I know, if someone from the Song family comes over, remember to help me cover up." As soon as Ding Xiu's words fell, his figure had disappeared at the door.
"This kid is like a knife, extremely ......sharp" Gu Beimo closed the door and returned to the house with a mixed expression.
"Old Gu, what are you talking about?" Shen You heard him muttering quietly and asked curiously.
"It's nothing, you're going to rest." Gu Beimo said.
"What about you?"
"I have to wait for Ding Xiu to come back and open the door for him."
……
In the Wen Mansion of Jiaping City, the lights are still on in the courtyard of Wen Pengzhan.
He sat at the table, thinking about what Wen Shikun said to him after he came back, and his mood was difficult to calm down for a long time.
"Second brother, don't make friends with some people who have lost their status, we have to climb high to make money in business. People's time and energy are precious and limited, and these precious things have to be used to make friends with people who are beneficial to us......"
The brothers talked in detail behind closed doors for a while, and Wen Pengzhan finally walked out of Wen Shikun's room with a look of shame.
He returned to his courtyard, depressed for a long time, angry and helpless.
Wen Peng was angry that his nephew Wen Haokai went to his father and slandered himself, leaving a bad impression in his brother's heart; Helplessly, even if he knew that Wen Haokai was wrong, he couldn't refute it in front of Wen Shikun, let alone say that his nephew was not, after all, compared with his brother, his son was heavier in Wen Shikun's heart.
If it weren't for Wen Pengzhan's only one daughter, Wen Shikun would not have considered taking them to Jiaping City to help take care of business. It was because Wen Pengzhan only had one daughter that Wen Shikun dared to take them to Jiaping City and give him power to do things.
In Wen Shikun's view, his younger brother has no successor, and he has no choice but to work hard for himself and his children and grandchildren, and his own brother is more at ease than outsiders.
Wen Shikun's thoughts, Wen Pengzhan didn't know, but he preferred to live in the world of flowers in Jiaping City than to be a superior businessman in the camp of the border guards. It's just that in this world of flowers, he has to look at Wen Shikun's face, because this is his biggest reliance in Jiaping City.
With a long sigh, Wen Pengzhan's clenched fist loosened again.
Ding Xiu had already touched the outside of the wall, he asked someone to find out the location of the Wen Mansion in advance, and this time he came out with the "butcher's" military thorn, the advantage of cold weapons is that they kill people silently, which is why he chose not to bring firearms.
Leaning against the corner window, he heard a long sigh from inside the room.
The moment Ding Xiu heard the voice, he knew that the person in the room was Wen Pengzhan, he waited outside the window for a while, and after confirming that there was no one else inside, he was ready to quietly enter through the window and kill the target as soon as possible.
Ding Xiu's figure had just moved, and suddenly he heard a slight footstep nearby, and he stopped his figure again and hid in the dark.
A graceful figure came to the door, and the girl knocked on the door and shouted inside, "Father." ”
"Xiaoya? In. ”
Wen Ya entered with the sound and closed the door softly.
"Why are you here?" Wen Pengzhan asked.
"When I came back, I saw that my father was called to the inner house by my uncle. This will be free, so I came over and asked my father, is there something wrong with your uncle? Wen Ya saw that Wen Pengzhan's face was not very good, so she walked behind him and helped him rub his shoulders.
"What else can I do, Haokai and your uncle said that we made some ninth-rate friends outside."
"Ding Xiu them?" Wen Ya was stunned for a moment.
"Hmph. Now that the fence is under the fence, this junior dares to bully me. Wen Pengzhan snorted coldly, but his tone revealed deep helplessness.
"Why do people want to divide into three, six, nine and so on, Ding Xiu is very upright and kind, what's wrong with being friends with such a person." Wen Ya wanted to take the opportunity to persuade her father to change his attitude towards Ding Xiu.
"If everyone is the same, how can this society develop? You didn't feel any difference when you were born into a rich family, so I ask you, if one day your father is gone, your uncle's family will kick you out, or call you as a servant, will you be willing? Wen Pengzhan asked.
Wen Ya shook her head, biting her lips lightly, and seemed to feel a little sad about this setting in her heart.
"People interact with people with a purpose, or with a relationship of interests. Your uncle didn't bring us here to let us enjoy the blessings, if I can't help him take care of the family business, I'm afraid the door of the Wen family will be closed to our father and daughter immediately. ”
"But...... But Uncle He'...... He's been very nice to us. Wen Pengzhan's words made Wen Ya a little surprised.
"That's because I can help him make money, otherwise, if his family property is handed over to his waste son, I'm afraid that he will be defeated in three years." When Wen Pengzhan said this, the indignation on his face became even stronger, "Your uncle has a good idea, let us work for him in this room, and his children and grandchildren can sit and enjoy happiness." ”
Wen Ya was silent for a while, her father's words made her feel inferior, because the subtext was that she was a daughter and could not inherit her father's business like her cousin Wen Haokai.
"Xiaoya." Wen Pengzhan saw that his daughter suddenly fell silent, reached out and patted her arm and said, "You must be angry, my father hopes that you can marry someone with a higher status than your uncle in the future, so that my face will also be stained." ”
Wen Pengzhan looked at his daughter with blazing eyes, his eyes full of eager anticipation.
Wen Ya struggled in her heart for a long time, and finally couldn't bear to disappoint her father, so she nodded.
The person the girl was thinking of at the moment was the little soldier in the barracks.
In the darkness outside the window, the conversation between the father and daughter made Ding Xiu sigh in his heart, and the killing thoughts of Wen Pengzhan in his heart had inadvertently faded a lot.
When Wen Ya was thinking about him, his mind also remembered some of the time the two of them had in the camp.
Ding Xiu still remembers the first time he ate bread, it was when Wen Ya secretly took out food from home and shared it with him. The girl also taught Ding Xiu to sing and draw, and Ding Xiu took her to catch insects and play......
Many memories have become a thing of the past, and Ding Xiu quietly got up outside the window to say goodbye to those memories.
……
"You're finally back." Gu Beimo helped Ding Xiu open the door and welcomed him into the room.
"Are things going well?" Waiting for Ding Xiu to sit down, Gu Beimo asked.
"I didn't kill Wen Pengzhan." Ding Xiu shook his head.
"You didn't kill him? Why? Gu Beimo was a little surprised.
"I remember when I was in the warehouse before, you asked me to think again, and I asked if you wanted me to let Wen Pengzhan go, but you didn't speak." Ding Xiu smiled and glanced at Gu Beimo.
"And then." Gu Beimo also looked at him, with a look of relief in his eyes.
"I figured it out, I can't kill Wen Pengzhan." Ding Xiu continued: "As far as I know, Wen Shikun, the head of the Wen family, took in their father and daughter not out of brotherhood, but because he wanted Wen Pengzhan to take care of his business. Wen Pengzhan and Wen Ya are now under the fence, the Wen family is Wen Pengzhan's reliance, and Wen Pengzhan is Wen Ya's dependence. If I kill Wen Pengzhan today, Wen Ya may be kicked out of the Wen family tomorrow......"
"Ding Xiu, you must still like that gentleness in your heart." Shen You said suddenly.
"Little girl, don't interject when adults speak." Gu Beimo saw that Ding Xiu's words were interrupted by her, so he taught her a lesson.
"Hmph, what an adult, Ding Xiu is only four years older than me." Shen You pursed his lips unconvinced.
"Revenge is the revenge, but it can't affect the innocent." Ding Xiu smiled and emphasized: "I told you, I just liked her before, and now I like Chen Jianing." ”
"Don't believe it, don't believe it!" Shen You shook his head like a rattle.
"Looks like you've really figured it out." Gu Beimo patted Ding Xiu's shoulder, "I've been with you for so long, you give me the feeling that you are decisive in killing, and you are brave and strategic." You're a sharp blade, razor-sharp, but I haven't seen your scabbard before. ”
Gu Beimo paused when he said this, "Until just now, when you came back, I told me that you didn't kill Wen Pengzhan, and I knew that your knife already had a scabbard."