Twenty-three (3)
It was just night, and the lights were lit up all over the Overseer's Palace, and it was a spring day when the cold wave receded and gradually warmed up. At night, you can hear all kinds of insect chirping, and the wind in the yard blows the weeping willows, which is a little cooler.
It's only past eight o'clock in the evening, several aunts and wives are playing mahjong together, and now the second aunt needs to cultivate too much, and the women in the Overseer's Mansion are used to seeing the wind and rudder, and each of them is stammering Han Wan'er. In less than half an hour, the money in her money box was already piled high.
Han Waner was originally not addicted to playing cards, but he won a lot of money at this time. Although I know the thoughts of these people, I don't have much interest in it. It was when there was no interest in it, so the third aunt typed a five-strip out.
As soon as she pushed the cards here, she heard footsteps and hurriedly walked in, raised her eyes and saw Lian'er, seeing that her expression was wrong, she frowned and scolded: "Why are you so unruly?!" ”
Lian'er walked up to her without saying a word, and when she saw several aunts looking at her with interest, she said, "Don't blame me, Mrs. Seven, it's mainly because the handsome man is in a hurry, so I forgot the rules for a while." ”
As soon as these words came out, the third aunt and the fifth aunt were just smiling and not smiling, and Xi'er was a newly promoted aunt's wife, who was originally favored at the beginning, but as the days went by, Su Shengbai forgot her to the clouds.
At this moment, when he heard that Su Shengbai was looking for Han Wan'er, he was naturally indignant in his heart, and he was also a little angry on his face. Han Wan'er saw it in his eyes, just smiled leisurely, pushed the card, and said, "Is Dashuai's medicine decoction?" ”
Lian'er said, "It's already dry, do you want to send it over?" ”
Han Wan'er squinted at Xi'er, and said with a smile: "After playing the cards for a while, I'm a little tired, sister Xi'er, why don't you go to Dashuai for me." ”
Xi'er immediately smiled, stroked her sideburns, and straightened her clothes before she walked in front of Han Guan'er, blessed herself according to the old etiquette, and said, "Xi'er, thank you sister for lifting up." ”
Han Wan'er got up lazily and said with a smile: "Two sisters, it's getting late now, go back and rest, and I'll invite you to listen to the play tomorrow." ”
The two aunts and wives responded one after another, and after saying goodbye, they went out with Xi'er. Han Wan'er glanced at Lian'er, went to the bedroom, turned on the light casually, and sat in front of the dressing table. After taking a closer look, he took off the pearl earrings.
Lian'er quickly walked in, lowered her voice and said, "Madam, this is what Adjutant Fang entrusted me to bring to you." ”
As she spoke, she took out a few pieces of manuscript paper from her pocket and handed them over, Han Wan'er was worried about Shen Qiangrose, and it was when she was seven or eight times down, and when she saw Lian'er's panicked look, she only felt panicked in her heart.
She took the paper and glanced at it twice, her eyes were fixed on the lines above, and she was stunned, "What is this?" The young master of the Qiao family kidnapped the aunt of the seventh young man? Two martyrdom? ”
Lian'er hurriedly said: "I heard Adjutant Fang say that Young Master Qiao took Shen Qiangrose to Pengcheng, and it was originally deployed all the way. But I didn't expect there to be a group of ambushes on the road...... Young Master Qiao's people are all dead, and I heard that even the car exploded. ”
Han Wan'er clutched the manuscript paper in his hand tightly, looked at Lian'er in a daze, and muttered, "All dead?" ”
Lian'er knew what was going on in her heart, but she couldn't do anything, she just looked at her with a dodge of her eyes, and whispered: "Madam, this manuscript paper is the content of the newspaper to be published tomorrow, and it is an order given by the marshal himself...... I've heard, I've heard......"
Seeing that she was hesitant, Han Wan'er said impatiently: "What did you hear?" ”
Lian'er didn't dare to hide it, and said softly: "It turns out that Qishao has always been in the hands of that Lu Yuping, and the marshal signed a peace treaty with him before, just to redeem Qishao." Didn't it say it in the newspaper this morning...... The Soviet army triumphed, and the marshal had been keeping the matter of Qishao secret, but he didn't expect everything to be under his control. ”
Han Wan'er sat in front of the dresser in a daze, she thought about the content of today's newspaper, which only wrote about the triumph of the Soviet army, and did not mention the news of Qi Shao, and even Adjutant Fang did not know about it.
She thought about what Su Shengbai had done since Shen Qiangrose was placed under house arrest. Although she said on the surface that she wanted to raise the fetus with peace of mind, behind her back, she was teasing her second aunt and Fang Yuyan, so that she had to find a way to save Shen Qiangrose from leaving...... Who would have thought that all this was in Su Shengbai's plan!
He deliberately let go of the vigilance and let Qiao Yunhua's people successfully rescue Shen Qiangrose, but he sent people to get rid of them outside, and gave them the name of "martyrdom", and now there is no proof of death, which not only preserved their reputation, but also quietly got rid of them.
Han Wan'er couldn't help but feel chills all over, she thought about the role she played in the whole thing, as if she had become a pawn to be used, but she didn't realize it!
She silently closed the jewelry box, gently rubbing the butterfly engraved on the bracket with her hand. Because it is the jewelry box of the former Qing Dynasty, and it is from the hands of famous artists, the carving is lifelike, and the gold wires decorated with the light are ingenious, extremely exquisite.
This was originally the dowry of Mrs. Xian, and during this year's memorial, Su Shengbai specially ordered someone to bring it to her. She has always loved these exquisite and gorgeous utensils, and with such a jewelry box, she has always been a treasure as a beloved object. At this time, looking at the gorgeous decoration, he was upset for no reason.
With a strong wave, all the bottles and cans on the dresser fell to the ground in an instant. Lian'er retreated in a panic, only to feel a wave of heat rushing towards her face, looked up, and saw Han Guan'er throwing the hot teacup over, and said angrily: "This old immortal thing dares to use me!" ”
Where had Lian'er seen her so angry, lest she say something again, she hurriedly stepped forward to stop her, "Madam, don't say it, be careful that the wall has ears!" ”
Han Wan'er sneered, "Sure enough, no one can fight that old fox, originally I was still thinking, with his cunning mind, how could he easily trust others in the matter of Shen Qiangrose!" It turned out that he already knew what I wanted to do! Taking the opportunity of me to rescue Shen Qiangrose, I killed people on the road, which was really clean and clean, and it didn't leak! ”
She clenched her palms tightly, and even her shoulders couldn't stop trembling, "Now think about it, whether Shen Qiangrose is dead or alive, this old fox has cleaned himself up, not only getting rid of her, but also being able to have an excellent statement in front of his son, it's really amazing." ”
Lian'er had never seen her lose her temper like this, standing quietly aside and not daring to speak. just looked at her secretly, the lamp in the room was warm yellow, she was wearing a gouache cheongsam, sitting in front of the dresser in a daze, her eyes seemed to be full of tears, shining with water. It took a long time for her to sigh softly, "I've always thought I'm smart, thinking that she's pregnant and can't stay in the Overseer's Palace." Thinking that even if Qishao is gone, she will not be unable to think about it when she is alone with their children. Who would have thought that Qishao was still alive, and who would have thought that she would be calculated by me like this......"
Tears flowed unexpectedly, and she choked up and said, "I really want to help her...... I really just wanted to help her, but how did it come to this? ”
Lian'er saw her crying sadly, thinking about her usual cold style, how could she never imagine that she, who had always shown people with a cold face, also had such a fragile side, and couldn't help but persuade in a low voice: "Don't be sad, madam, maybe Miss Shen is not dead, don't you also say it, she has always been blessed with a great life, and this time she will definitely be able to turn evil into good fortune." ”
Han Guan'er closed his eyes and said softly: "Look at the people in this mansion, they are all dirty-hearted, either Lao Tzu is calculating his son, or his son is calculating Lao Tzu, Su Shengbai, an old fox, even his own grandson, such a terrible person...... Su Ziyu, Su Ziyu, why did you pull me into such an abyss, why did you leave like this?! ”
She sighed, "Seven Shao, you're coming back soon, right?" ”
It is the deep night, the train to Jinling rumbles, the scenery outside the window is blurry, the night is miserable, the stars are dotted, and the dazzling eyes are not real. Su Huiyi was lying in the box, still asleep because of the strength of the medicine. The nurse next to him was applying medicine to the wound on his chest, and after a few days of treatment, the wound had begun to slowly heal, and even his complexion was much better than before.
The nurse bandaged him, but saw him looking out the window with his eyes half-open. I couldn't help but persuade him, "Qishao, your injuries are better, you must cultivate well, it's still dark now, go to sleep." ”
Su Huiyi looked at the hurried scenery in front of him, but it was pitch black. Just looking at it like this, there is a kind of peace of mind in my heart, and I don't want to close my eyes. He asked, "How long will it take to get to Jinling?" ”
The nurse packed up her utensils, looked at the sky, and replied, "It's here tomorrow night." ”
Su Huiyi moved the corners of his mouth, but he didn't speak. When I raised my eyes and looked over, I saw that under the dark night, the bright moonlight appeared and disappeared from time to time, like a common tulle fabric, with a soft light. If you think about it carefully, it is more like the moon-white cheongsam that Shen Qiangrose loves to wear in summer, which is always white and clean.
Suddenly it rained outside the window, and the sky was faintly bright. However, after a short while, a little raindrops were covered with frosted glass, covering the distant mountains, and the place where it passed was still hazy black.
He closed his eyes and listened quietly to the sound of the rain. Thinking of leaving at that time, she stood under the eaves, her posture was graceful, her eyebrows were picturesque, she stared at him quietly, how could he not read a thousand words in her eyes?
It's just that he was born in troubled times, the man is the first to protect his family and defend the country, he is a soldier sharpened in the rain of bullets, he is used to seeing the horse leather shroud, and understands the ultimate mission of the soldier.
He remembered the moment he was shot, his ears roared, and all that came to his eyes was her appearance, the way she laughed, and the way she cried. In fact, he has been thinking about her, but the miss at that moment is across the distance between life and death, and he thinks that he will never see her again.
Her watery eyes flashed in front of her again, like peach blossoms in spring, and she was always shy. The raindrops on the window grew denser and denser, making a subtle rustling sound, and he thought of her, the night would not be so long and difficult.