Chapter 10 The Church
"The young marshal hasn't come back yet?" As soon as Du Huancheng went home, he didn't see Du Qilin's figure, and asked suspiciously: "Still on the second lady's side?" ”
"The young marshal came back from the second sister's side, but he just asked people to come back and spread the word that he met an acquaintance on the way and would come back later." The third aunt hung up Du Huancheng's military uniform neatly, and said with a smile: "The young marshal also said that we don't have to wait for him to have dinner, he ate with friends outside." ”
"Acquaintances?" Du Huancheng didn't remember any acquaintances Du Qilin.
The third aunt nodded: "I asked the messenger and said that it was Secretary General Lin's son, Lin Jianbin . ”
"Jianbin..."Du Huancheng remembered that child, he was upright but didn't care about the overall situation, and it was not impossible to be friends.
"Don't worry about the young marshal, in my opinion, the young marshal is really sensible when he comes back this time, and it seems that he has grown up and matured, and when he comes back, he knows that he goes out to meet friends and socializes, and he is already very well-behaved."
Du Huancheng snorted coldly, looked around the house, very clean, and said suspiciously: "What about the rest of the people?" Why is it so quiet today? ”
"There is a new movie released in the cinema today, Xiaoqing wants to watch it, so the fifth sister took him there. The fourth sister is not feeling well today, and she has not come back from the hospital, I am sending someone to ask, but the person has not come back. The third aunt said.
"Let the food be served, I'm hungry."
"Okay."
Du Qilin didn't expect Lin Jianbin to be so good at talking, he sat in the teahouse box and listened to Lin Jianbin analyze the current situation, but in the end, he was still young, and his words were still a little young, and he was not very mature.
"Jianbin, are you thirsty? Drink saliva. Du Qilin picked up the teacup and handed it to Lin Jianbin who was standing there impassionedly, hoping that he could be a little quieter.
Lin Jianbin took the teacup, and also felt that his throat was a little sore, glanced at Du Qilin gratefully, and continued to talk after drinking it all, without looking at Du Qilin's eyes at all.
Du Qilin secretly had a headache, interrupted him and said, "Jianbin, I have something I want to ask you, you answer my question first." ”
"Huh? What the? ”
"As far as I know, the biggest force in Shanghai now is my father's warlord, followed by the two major forces in the French Concession, so in addition to these three forces, is there a more mysterious but not weak force?" The mystery left by Sheng Yinyuan to Du Qilin, Du Qilin has always been concerned about it, but there is no solution.
Lin Jianbin also heard this question for the first time, and his expression became distressed, Du Qilin just asked casually, and he didn't want Lin Jianbin to solve his doubts.
"It's okay if I don't know, I'll just ask casually." Du Qilin saw that Lin Jianbin was quiet, and it was good to achieve his goal.
However, Lin Jianbin seemed to be planning to tell Du Qilin the answer, he asked Du Qilin to wait for a while, stood by the window, and really began to think silently.
It's a pity that Du Qilin didn't wait for Lin Jianbin to answer, and Du Qilin was invited home by his family.
"Young marshal, the big marshal said to let you go home for dinner." A servant from the Great Marshal's Mansion came to deliver the message.
"Go back? Didn't I send a message to my family that I wasn't going home for dinner today? ”
"It's the meaning of the big handsome, the little one doesn't know."
"I see, you go down and wait for me."
"Okay."
“… Jianbin, you go home and think about it, but it's okay, the family is urging, I'll go home first. "Du Qilin doesn't know why he has already brought the news to the Marshal's Mansion, and he still wants to urge him to go back, is there something important?
Lin Jianbin nodded, and after seeing Du Qilin leave, he still stood at the window with a melancholy face, pondering bitterly.
Du Qilin stood at the door of the teahouse and looked up from the bottom, when he saw Lin Jianbin standing at the window, he smiled sincerely and speechlessly, and then got into the car and left.
Du Qilin asked the servant sitting in the co-pilot: "Is there something wrong with the handsome?" Are you in such a hurry to call me back? ”
"This little one doesn't know, I just know that the big marshal will look for the young marshal as soon as he comes back today, and he was a little angry when he heard that the young marshal was still outside, and then asked me to find the young marshal."
"Didn't my dad know that I was going to see off Aunt Chu today?" Du Qilin was puzzled, Du Huancheng should have hoped that he would have more fun outside and see the world, why did he ask someone to come to him as soon as he went out? Not very conscientious.
The servant in the co-pilot was obviously stunned, his eyes were a little wandering, and he seemed to have something to hide from Du Qilin.
Du Qilin sensed that something was wrong, looked out the window, and found that it was not the way home, but the driver was the one who sent him out.
He moved cautiously, always feeling a hand on his waist, touching a gun that he had never used: "Where are you taking me?" ”
Since the last stabbing, Du Qilin thought that he must have self-defense tools, and he didn't dare to tell Du Huancheng, so he asked someone to buy one secretly, and no one knew.
"Young marshal, don't worry, we are just being sent to take you to a place." The driver, who had not yet spoken, suddenly said: "Don't be difficult for us, we are all doing things according to orders." ”
"Obey?" Du Qilin sneered: "I'm a young marshal, who will listen to me if you don't listen to me?" Hurry up and get me out of the car! ”
"Young marshal, it's coming soon, you can sit down again." The servant also persuaded.
"Who told you to do this?"
The carriage quieted down, Du Qilin looked around vigilantly, it was strange to say, he didn't feel a trace of killing intent and hostility, could it be that he was an acquaintance who wanted to see him? Who can send an acquaintance from the Great Marshal's Mansion?
There was no need for Du Qilin to guess, and within ten minutes, the car stopped in front of an abandoned church.
The servant got out of the car and opened the door for Du Qilin: "The young marshal has arrived, and the people who want to see you are waiting for you inside." ”
"......" Du Qilin got out of the car, he just wanted to know who went to great lengths to see him.
The driver and servants waited at the door, and Du Qilin pushed open the heavy dusty door and entered the church alone.
It was dark in the church, no one lit candles, Du Qilin didn't know the situation inside, and he didn't dare to act without permission, so he stood at the gate and kept looking.
Suddenly, I don't know who turned on the electric lights of the church, Du Qilin's eyes were flashed, and his front was blurred, and when he reacted, he saw the familiar back standing in front of Jesus, holding the cross with both hands, as if praying.
"Fourth aunt?" Du Qilin wiped his eyes two or three times before he dared to be sure that it was indeed his father's fourth aunt standing in front of him.
However, the fourth aunt ignored him, and prayed sincerely for a long time, Du Qilin was no longer vigilant when he saw that he was an acquaintance, at least Du Qilin dared to guarantee that the fourth aunt should not have come to ask for his life.
About half an hour later, the fourth aunt finished praying, turned around and saw Du Qilin, and said with a smile: "Come, come to the front to meet God and pray." ”
"No need, I just accompanied Aunt Chu to see the Buddha in the morning, and now I will come to see God's words, and I am disrespectful to the Buddha." Du Qilin readily rejected the fourth aunt.
The fourth aunt smiled helplessly: "I wonder why I invited you here?" ”
"Please? Fourth aunt, Qilin's eyes are not good, but she didn't see the attitude of please, but it looked like a kidnapping, right? Du Qilin said without showing weakness: "Just say something, I'm tired and want to go home and sleep." ”
Du Qilin found a chair nearby, and sat down regardless of whether it was dirty or not.
"I know you're angry right now, but I really had no choice but to get you here." The fourth aunt was too sorry.
"Tell me, what's the matter?"
"I want you to help me, I want to leave Shanghai." The fourth aunt is too straight to the point.
"Cough..."Du Qilin was choked alive, and said in disbelief: "What do you say I want to do for you?" ”
"I'm leaving Shanghai."
"Fourth aunt, I'll help you leave Shanghai, won't my father cut me?" Du Qilin stood up in shock: "Why did you leave Shanghai?" My dad isn't bad for you, there's no reason to leave, right? ”
The fourth aunt chuckled, held the cross in her hand, and said gently: "Qilin, do you know who I used to be? ”
"Huh?" Du Qilin was asked, he really didn't know who the fourth aunt was before, and in his memory, the fourth aunt was Du Huancheng who was bent on marrying home, and even the third aunt and the second lady didn't know her identity.
"I'm the daughter of the priest of this church." The fourth aunt said indifferently: "Back then, Du Huancheng took my father and this church and threatened me to marry him to be his aunt's wife, my father swore to death, and then he crashed into that pillar and died." ”
The fourth aunt pointed to a pillar beside Du Qilin, so frightened that Du Qilin hurriedly took a few steps out of the way, and looked at the fourth aunt with a frightened expression.
"After my mother died, my father suddenly became a Christian, and even spent all the money he had to continue building the church. After my father died, no one came to the church, and the nuns and sisters left, and the church was deserted, but I still married Du Huancheng. ”
"Why do you want to marry Du Huancheng?"
Fourth aunt: "I am a woman, in a place like Shanghai, my father and mother have passed away, and I have no place to live, and I have no support." If I don't marry your father, my life will be a hundred times sadter than it was then, rather than this, it is better to be an aunt and wife, eat and drink without worry, isn't it? ”
Du Qilin sympathized: "Since that's the case, then why do you want to leave now, anyway..."
"I'm pregnant."
"What?"
"I used to be alone, I could live shamelessly, it was better to die than to live, although I faced the enemy who killed my father every day, and I had to lick my face to please, I could, but my children cannot." The fourth aunt said too firmly: "My child's father is just a dead ordinary person, not the famous Du Dashuai. ”
"My dad doesn't know about your pregnancy?" Du Qilin realized that he might be one of the very few people who knew that the fourth aunt was too pregnant, and he always felt a chill behind his back, and things seemed to be inseparable from him.
The fourth aunt nodded: "I only determined it in the afternoon, everyone doesn't know, only you know." ”
"Why are you looking for me?" Du Qilin knew that things were going to be bad: "I don't think I can help you with anything." ”
"You're the only person in this world who can help me, I can't think of anyone else but you."