Less than ten o'clock, You Yiman and Ma Weisan arrived. It was their private party, and Ma Weisan didn't bring his new wife. Moreover, Mrs. Ma is still presiding over the opening of the Penglai domestic market at this time.

You Yiman was the first to come, and when he arrived, he heard the news related to the opening of Penglai domestic market on the radio in the living room before he entered the door. She entered the house, but she didn't find Huo Zuo in the living room, and only went upstairs to the bedroom after hearing Xu's mother point. Huo Zuo was sitting on the edge of the bed and was on the phone, when he saw You Yiman coming, he motioned for her to sit in the room for a while. Mother Xu came over to serve tea and whispered to You Yiman: "The master has been calling again since he got up in the morning, it's almost an hour, you wait a minute, it should be almost fine." ”

You Yiman was not in a hurry, so he said, "You go and get busy, I don't care about waiting for him." ”

"Okay, Miss You, sit down for a while. If there's anything else you need to tell me directly? ”

You Yiman sat there, lit a cigarette by himself, and held a teacup. Huo Zuo nodded to her and continued to talk about things on the phone: "...... Okay, that's it. Okay, I don't care about the left and the right, you are the editor-in-chief, you decide for yourself. Well, I know they'll look it up, but if they want the original, let them go to that group of embassy people themselves. Yes, tell them that they are not qualified to ask us for the manuscripts. ”

The person on the other end of the phone said something again. Huo Zuo rubbed the bridge of his nose, answered a few times, said "Okay, deal with it like this", and then hung up the phone.

"Are you talking to Editor-in-Chief Hu on the phone?" You Yiman pinched his cigarette and took a sip of tea. Huo Zuo got off the bed, sat on the sofa, and nodded his head: "Lu Qiaofeng is just the beginning." Many of the writers who joined the Left Alliance contributed to our newspapers, and the people from the Ministry of Culture have already made several visits to Lao Hu, and it seems that this year is ...... Someone doesn't want us to have a good time. ”

"Tongue." You Yiman lightly pressed the lid of the teacup with his fingertips, swept the tea leaves floating there, and said lightly, "If you can't become the tongue of the party-state and the political department, all the people who hold the pen will be useless." ”

"I admire cultured people, you know. I, Huo Zuo, am just a murderer who can wield knives and guns, and I don't understand words. But I admire people who can translate their thoughts into words. I know that many of these people are afraid of me and despise me. But that's okay. They deserve a more dignified way of living than dying. ”

"You're forgiving."

"Is there one?"

You Yiman closed the teacup and let out a soft sound. She looked at Huo Zuo indifferently: "The Huo Zuo I once knew, there is no room for sand in his eyes, and anyone who tries to disobey him will not die well." Until a special case appeared. Instead of sinking into the Huangpu River, that guy's business is getting more and more prosperous, and he has been soaring all the way. ”

Huo Zuo looked away and deliberately didn't answer her words. Just as Ma Weisan also came, Huanhuan Huan Huan came over with two large boxes of cigarette paste and interrupted their conversation.

"Mother Xu said you two are here! Brother, this batch of cigarette paste came from the Philippines, our family is pregnant, I can't smell it, I will give you a little bit of it, I can also take two puffs by the way when I come. Ma Weisan didn't seem to notice the face of the two of them talking before, and put the box on the cabinet in Huo Zuo's bedroom, turned around and said with a smile, "You're welcome, you're welcome!" ”

In the previous matter, there was still a problem between You Yiman and Ma Weisan, the old horse glanced at her and didn't speak, You Yiman was quite self-aware, quietly extinguished the cigarette, and first picked up the cup to cover his face to avoid embarrassment.

Huo Zuo stood up, thanked him by the way when he handed over the cigarette to Ma Weisan, and said to You Yiman: "Don't nest in my room, let's go downstairs, Mother Xu should finish the dishes." ”

Before the meal, Cheng Changyu arrived in a hurry, as if he had just come from the train station. Ma Weisan sat at the table and exchanged a few words with him, and heard him say that his wife and children were sent home. He gave Ma Weisan a snuffbox and took out a ruby ring with You Yiman.

"Bought from Beiping. It's not worth a few dollars, so I will please my brothers and sisters. "After this thing is done, I turned around and said goodbye to Huo Zuo. Huo Zuo looked at him with a very empty gaze, and he didn't say anything after glancing at him. During the meal, most of the time Cheng Changyu told Lao Ma and You Yiman about the official affairs of Beiping, and wanted to pass the conversation to the eldest brother several times, but Huo Zuo just didn't answer, and he didn't seem embarrassed.

After a meal, even Ma Weisan felt that the atmosphere was wrong, but he couldn't say it clearly, Ben was still interested in chatting with Cheng Xiaobrother, and it was not enough to talk to him later.

After eating, You Yiman proposed to play a few games of mahjong, Huo Zuo nodded and agreed, and the four of them sat down on all sides of the small square table. Shuffling the cards, rolling the dice, no one spoke during this time. The first Ma Weisan sat in the village, he looked left and right at the other three people on the mahjong table, and sighed when he took the cards: "I know, our meal today seems to be prepared for Brother Changyu alone." ”

It was Cheng Changyu's turn to draw cards, and when he heard this, he dropped a piece of mahjong coldly.

A whiteboard.

Huo Zuo stretched out his hand to send the card to him, and answered: "Yes and no." Changyu, where do we play mahjong, you say. ”

Cheng Changyu grinned, with an embarrassed smile: "We are in Shanghai, of course we play Shanghai mahjong." He swept the stacked cards again, "Look, eighteen buildings, one hundred and forty-four cards, definitely Shanghai mahjong." ”

"Change 17 buildings to 136 sheets, can't you play Beijing mahjong?"

"What kind of Beijing mahjong is played here."

"Then aren't you playing Japanese mahjong in Beijing? Oh, and it's convenient, it's all one hundred and thirty-six cards. ”

Ma Weisan glanced left and right between the two of them, raised his hand and interrupted: "Do you play Shanghai mahjong, you hurry up, don't let me, the dealer, be in a hurry." ”

Huo Zuo then held his eyes and stretched out his hand to touch the cards. The four of them each put their cards together, and Ma Weisan played Zhang Beifeng first, and started normally for the time being. Cheng Changyu lit a cigarette, hesitated for a while, and continued to play cards while speaking Shanghainese to pick up Huo Zuo's previous question: "Where to play mahjong, that's polite to the locals." I'm back, and I'm in my own place, so I must be playing mahjong in my own house. ”

Ma Weisan accosted him: "That's it, where people play mahjong, it's the rules!" ”

"I am from Shanghai, I have a Shanghai wife, and the girl is also a Shanghai girl. Where do I play mahjong if I don't play Shanghai mahjong? Right! Big brother, are you right about what you said? ”

Huo Zuo raised his head and looked at him with an inexplicable cold look. Cheng Changyu stopped talking for a while, and froze slightly. Ma Weisan came to the anger and made a gesture according to the cards to leave: "What are you doing, didn't you ask me to come to eat and play mahjong?" Here's what to do! Don't be happy, Lao Tzu won't fight! ”

You Yiman raised his hand and pulled him: "Oh, old horse, it's beating." Come on, do you want a seven-of-a-kind? I'll touch it for you. ”

"Bumper bumper. Really, play cards well, don't make trouble at the poker table, how bad it is. ”

Ma Weisan touched the card and threw Zhang Hongzhong out, raised his eyes to look at the people sitting on his left and right, and frowned: "It's your turn, Lao Huo, play the card." ”

Huo Zuo followed and threw Zhang Hongzhong and Cheng Changyu to raise their chins: "Did you touch it?" ”

Cheng Changyu's face turned slightly pale.

"There are two red hits on the field, are you going to touch it early?" As soon as You Yiman's words fell, Huo Zuo spoke: "So he is not in the red, and it is difficult to say whether there is even this 'middle'." Red? Probably, but who knows whether it's the red of the plaster flag or which one. ”

Cheng Changyu stood up with a "rub" on the ground, his face flushed: "Big brother!" You asked me to come back from Beiping, I came back, you told me not to do business, I didn't do it, I did everything I could fuckingly, but I didn't come back to listen to you say this to me! ”

Ma Weisan also slapped the table, and a good handful of cards were overturned: "What are you doing here!" Brother, can't you play a good game! ”

Huo Zuo stared at Cheng Changyu sitting there with cold eyes: "Brother? Cheng Changyu, if you treat me as a brother, make it clear at the poker table today, what is your deal with the Japanese military department! In business, I have said many times that you can do business with Japanese businessmen, I will not stop you, I encourage you. But you must not do business with Japanese soldiers! ”

Cheng Changyu clenched the crown of his teeth, he took a deep breath, and said to Huo Zuo: "I made a deal with Major General Shangdao, but it was just some cultural relics, antiques...... It doesn't matter, haven't we done it with the French before? You've done this, and now you're telling me I can't? I will do things in Beiping word by word, where am I wrong, I have to come back and be scolded by you! I'm not working for the Japanese, and I'm not betraying anyone, so why do you say that way? ”

"Okay, okay, if you have something to say." Ma Weisan reached out and touched Cheng Changyu's arm and asked him to open it directly. He yelled directly at Huo Zuo: "Don't you even believe me? Big brother, I've been by your side for so many years, and now you can't even trust me, can you! Do you think I was sent by the Japanese to lurk around you? I'm Cheng Changyu such a person in your heart? ”

Huo Zuo didn't answer him, he still sat at the table with a cold face, his eyes like the deep sea staring at him quietly. Cheng Changyu directly took out a revolver from his waist and slapped it hard in the center of the table, and even You Yiman, who had never spoken, was startled: "This ...... Changyu, what are you doing with your gun? ”

Cheng Changyu pointed at the gun by the neck and said to Huo Zuo: "If you don't believe me, you will shoot me now." ”

Before he finished speaking, Huo Zuo, who had been sitting there quietly, finally moved. Picked up the gun in his right hand, opened the safety directly, loaded it, and aimed the muzzle of the gun at Cheng Changyu's chest.

"You think I really wouldn't dare kill you?"

Cheng Changyu never thought that he would really aim his gun at himself, and after hesitating, the whole person fell back into the chair.

Huo Zuo still pointed his gun at him: "I have been more taboo about the Japanese than anyone else in my life, better than the British, Americans and Germans. I had my bones cut off by the Japanese when I was in Tianjin, and I never believed that they had come to China with good intentions to do business. If you insist on associating with your Japanese classmates and friends, including the major general. ”

The gunshots rang out continuously, a total of six rounds, all of which whistled past Cheng Changyu's ears. The six bullets were nailed into the wall, and when the fight was over, Huo Zuo threw the gun into his arms and said the second half of the sentence.

"I don't have a place for you."