The pear blossoms at the door bloomed, Shen Zhiqing came back to his senses, and it was the spring season, although this pear blossom was not as brilliant as the one on the mountain, it was also very beautiful. After the pear blossoms bloom, you can see the dots of pink and white through the window, and every time Qinghe is not busy, he loves to lie on the counter and look at the pear blossoms, and his face is also smiling like flowers from time to time. The peach blossom and willow green on the other side of the street are as bright as rouge, one red and one white corresponding, and there is quite a charm of elegance and vulgarity. In March, there are more aquatic products, and Shen Zhiqing is going to the market to see the samples of goods this day, thinking about adding some fresh fish to the store.

She has walked this market many times, and she is already familiar with the road, but today the road in front of her is blocked. "Miss, I'm sorry, this family is renovating the fence, I'm afraid I'll hit you. It's hard for you to get off the road. "There are residents in front of them who are renovating their houses, and this palm-wide alley is occupied, cutting off the path for her to take a shortcut. She had to quit and go from other roads instead, and she didn't usually run much except for the purchase, so she was suddenly a little confused and didn't know how to go. I can only walk in the direction of the market by feeling, but I feel that the road is getting farther and farther away.

"Miss, Miss!" A person in front of her shouted at her, but she hadn't come back to her senses, and she was confused at a fork in the road. The young man came over a little unpleasantly, "Miss, I've called you many times, can you move around, you are blocking the camera." ”

"Camera?" Only then did Shen Zhiqing realize that the young man was holding a camera in his hand, and he pointed to the back, "You blocked the lens of my young master." ”

"Oh," Shen Zhiqing glanced back, her feet dodging to the side. "This ......" This glance seemed to be like an electric shock, restarting the memory in her mind, this is, this is Bai Xuan? That identical face reappeared in front of her eyes, how could he be here? Shen Zhiqing's eyes widened in astonishment, the person who was called "Young Master" in front of him was no different from Bai Xuan except for a slight difference in dress and temperament, how could there be another Bai Xuan in the world. The young man saw that Shen Zhiqing's eyes seemed to be glued to the "young master", and he was immediately even more unhappy, "I said, miss, what are you trying to do?" ”

The person known as "Young Master" dissuaded him and smiled at Shen Zhiqing, "Miss, have you seen enough." Why don't we take a picture? ”

Only then did Shen Zhiqing realize his presumptuousness, and smiled awkwardly, "I'm sorry, I just think you are like an old friend of mine, bothering me." He didn't recognize her, how could this be Bai Xuan, she was too out of shape today. She lowered her head and hurried away from him. "Ouch, young master, why are you so polite to her, such an old-fashioned conversation, do you still have less touch?" The "young master" turned his head to look at Shen Zhiqing's back, "She doesn't look like she was talking to her, she should really think that she has met an old friend." ”

At this time, Shen Zhiqing took a few steps and couldn't help but look back at him again. It was still under a red bean tree, where he stood, the broken jade white flowers flew down, and he was also looking at her. The moment the four eyes met, the thoughts in Shen Zhiqing's heart seemed to be about to rush out immediately, her eyes were a little moist, she quickly turned away and left in a hurry.

"General." As soon as the young man spoke up, he was stopped by the other party, "Adjutant Geng, I told you that after I return to Xizhou, you will call me Young Master." Not a general. ”

"Isn't it okay in the mansion, you just come back to visit your relatives and make it like a thief. Look at those important government officials, swaggering back to their hometowns, hoping that the local authorities will send someone to give him three bows and nine knocks. Geng Fei chattered in his mouth and helped Lu Ting bring the purple sand teapot. Lu Ting got the teapot, held it in the palm of his hand like a baby, and took a sip of tea on the side of his mouth. Geng Fei looked at it and shook his head, the eldest young master of the Lu family who came back from abroad doesn't like coffee, but he likes tea like an old man. "Stop chattering, go wash the photos." Lu Tingzhi waved his hand and asked him to quickly get out of his sight. Geng Fei took the camera and went into the darkroom.

"This Lu Ting, the third son of Lu Zhan on the rich Jia side of Xizhou, after returning to China, he was only twenty-five years old and qualified to be the deputy director of the Ordnance Department of the Ministry of Military Affairs of the government, with the rank of major general. This young talent has been rumored to be a beautiful talk in Xizhou, saying that the entire Gaomen rich family in Xizhou is eager to have a daughter in the family and marry into the Lu family. During the day, the old tea customers in the neighborhood like to gather together to "pull the old empty" (chat), and this day I saw the goods early, and Shen Zhiqing heard the old tea customers talking about the Lu family when she returned to the store.

"Lao Li, do you also want to give birth to a daughter and marry him? Hahahaha. One person next to him was interrupting, and the others were also coaxing, and suddenly a group of people burst into laughter. Lao Li's face was red and white for a while,

"What nonsense, you guys who don't know. My neighbor's aunt was a mother for them. said that this time, taking advantage of the Qingming Festival, he went back to Xizhou to visit relatives. ”

"Then why is there no movement, as usual, such a big official, when you return to your hometown, the county government will send someone to welcome you." Someone at the next table knocked melon seeds and also came over to interject. "People are low-key, this is what makes people great." Lao Li lowered his voice, "I heard that foreign enemies harassed the Northeast, and the government was so frightened that he didn't dare to move, but he just didn't show the faces of foreign enemies, and people couldn't do anything about him." Before he finished speaking, the people at the table next to him hurriedly made a "silence" gesture, "Don't talk about the country." Everyone quickly dispersed again. The shopkeeper on the counter, Liu Tou, also listened to it heartily, and said to Shen Zhiqing, who was sorting out the wine cabinet, "Miss Shen, there are such powerful characters in Xizhou, have you heard of it?" ”

"No matter how powerful you are, you don't have to eat, you have to support your family. Alas, as soon as I opened a restaurant, I was guilty of getting acquainted with these powerful masters. Shen Zhiqing turned around and handed a teapot to Lao Liu, "We are just ordinary people, do business with peace of mind, go, send this teapot over." Lao Liu nodded and took the teapot to the table.

During the Qingming Festival, Shen Zhiqing brought wine to worship the tomb of his parents and Bai Xuan, at this time, the red bean tree in front of Bai Xuan's tomb was already standing, and there were scattered flowers on the tree. Shen Zhiqing cleaned the tomb, sat in front of the tomb, wiped the tombstone carefully, and remembered the person he met under the red bean tree that day, how could there be such a coincidental thing and such a similar person in this world. She muttered to herself, "Bai Xuan, are you already back?" But even if you come back, you won't tell me. I'm afraid that you don't recognize me, and I'm even more afraid that it's a stranger, no longer you. She had her head on the tombstone, but it was still cold, and all that was in her ears was the rustle of leaves in the wind. For so many years, I have seen all the seasons and the world, and I have only waited for one person.

"Why haven't the photos been washed out yet?" Lu Ting sat on the sofa, crossed his legs and read the newspaper. "It's washed out, it's just ......" Geng Fei wanted to speak and stopped. Just what? Geng Fei showed an embarrassed face, he handed over the photo, "Last time, the woman blocked the camera and accidentally took it, hey, a good photo, it was destroyed." Lu Ting flipped through them one by one, the corners of his mouth raised, "It's not bad." He took a closer look at the photo of Shen Zhiqing in the camera, but he only took a side face, the blue cheongsam, which matched this scene quite well, "Beauty with beautiful scenery, it's good, take it and put it away." Geng Fei took the photo and seemed to see something, "Hey, I haven't seen you wear this bracelet." ”

Lu Ting glanced at his left wrist, which was a red bean bracelet strung with red strings. I remember that he was frail and sick when he was a child, and once he was so sick that he almost died, but fortunately he was rescued by an aunt, who gave him a red bean bracelet, saying that he would meet someone when he grew up. In the past, he stayed in his hometown, but this time when he went home to visit relatives, he didn't know how his mother could turn it out, so he felt that it looked good and put it on his hand. After many years, the red beans are still bright, and he never wears ornaments, but for some reason he takes a fancy to this bracelet.

This time, Lu Ting called returning to his hometown to visit relatives, but in fact, he was to avoid the limelight. He disagreed with the non-resistance faction in the army, and there were many people in the government who spoke very little about him. He took a long leave to go home, and he didn't have to deal with the bureaucrats. His first two elder brothers were married, so he and Adjutant Geng lived in the mansion and enjoyed the purity alone. "I heard that the Blue Coat Society is now in the limelight, and its eyeliner is all over the place, and now it is also investigating the internal military and political leaders." Geng Fei said as he brought a stack of newspapers. "Regardless of external troubles, they are engaged in internal friction." Lu Ting snorted, he and the well water of the Blue Coat Society did not interfere with the river water, and the other party was still a little afraid of him, so naturally he didn't take them seriously. But he still wanted to get in touch with this institution, he had his own other plans, so he picked up a piece of "Starlight" and pondered it. Geng Fei also couldn't understand General Lu's taste for reading newspapers, and he didn't read big newspapers such as "Declaration", why did he read those tabloids that wrote celebrity lace news every day.

"There is a house for rent on Sanhuang Street." Lu Ting saw a rental advertisement, and his eyes stayed on the advertisement for a while. "I'll go out for a while." When Geng Fei reacted, he saw that he had picked up his coat and ran out of the door. He got into a rickshaw and asked the master to pull him to the Starlight Newspaper Office. In the newspaper building, the editor-in-chief Zhu Wantian was holding on to the greasy hair that had been sprayed with an unknown amount of hairspray, and he was furious at the reporter, "Do you know what lace news is?" It's the celebrities' heads, love triangles, those things, who looks at you who doesn't feel pain. What, I don't know how to write, I don't know if you yourself can't use your imagination, reasoning, reasoning. Lu Ting held back a smile on the side, seeing that the flesh on Zhu Wantian's face was shaking, but his hair seemed to be in shape, and he didn't move at all. Zhu Wantian glanced back at him, a little surprised, and immediately returned to a lewd smile, "May I ask what you have to do?" ”

"I'm going to talk about advertising." He said, pointing to the newspaper. "Oh. That upstairs please. Zhu Wantian bowed slightly and guided Lu Ting upstairs. After the two entered the house, Zhu Wantian closed the door tightly, and resumed his serious face, which was the same as the two of them just now. "Why did you come here, if someone finds out?" After Lu Ting sat down, he took off his hat and put it on the table, "I came back so low-key, how many people have paid attention to me openly and secretly." Your place is inaccessible, and I have been suspicious of many people in the past. It's better to come here safely. And ......" he leaned over, the corners of his mouth hooked, "If I don't come, I can't see that the editor-in-chief Zhu usually works like this, hahahaha." Suddenly, he leaned back and laughed. Zhu Wantian looked embarrassed, "Be serious, what about work, isn't it also for cover?" I don't know how the organization sent you. ”

"What mission does the organization have for me this time?" Lu Ting suppressed his smile, straightened up, and listened carefully.

"There is a special commissioner from the Foreign Enemy Special High School who came to Xizhou to lurk, he is a China expert, and his identity is very mysterious. The organization asked us to inquire about the exact news in a timely manner. Also, he took out a photo, "This traitor has taken refuge in foreign enemies, and now he has come here to collect intelligence, many brothers have been betrayed by him, and now many liaison stations in Suzhou have been destroyed in his hands." In order to avoid greater losses, the organization asked us to get rid of them as soon as possible. ”