Chapter 68: The Past
Qin Dongqin and Zhuang Feng are world friends, and Qin Dongqin and Zhuang Feng, the two juniors, are naturally friends;
The Qin family's sphere of influence occupies the prefecture and the protectorate in the five northwestern states, and is located in the northwest border of the Jinguo;
It can only be said that it is a normal thing for the children of the world to make friends, but Zhuang Feng was nicknamed a merry seed at some point, first provoking the local Yan family lady in Jiangzhou, and then provoking the Qin family's eldest lady;
The intersection between Zhuang Feng and Qin Dongqin mainly comes from a very cliché accident back then, which Zhuang Feng has also experienced; that is, the old man Qin is seriously ill, and the Qin family is in civil strife; Zhuang Feng ran there to help out of the friendship of the family;
With the help of Zhuang Feng, although the Qin family experienced civil strife, Qin Dongqin took over the family smoothly and did not repeat the story of Zhuang Feng being exiled;
Perhaps, people always see the truth in the midst of tribulation, Zhuang Feng and Qin Dongqin in the tribulation, it is natural to have true feelings;
It's just that Zhuang Feng already had a wife at that time, and Qin Dongqin didn't have any superfluous expressions, just buried that feeling in his heart;
Until Zhuang Feng's wife died, Qin Dongqin took the disheartened Zhuang Feng to recuperate, and in the winter when Zhuang Feng was recuperating, Qin Dongqin said for the first time that Zhuang Feng would marry her;
Perhaps it was Qin Dongqin's directness that made Zhuang Feng a little scared, and Zhuang Feng left after that winter, and then disappeared for ten years;
In the early winter two years ago, Zhuang Feng received a call from Qin Dongqin's little sister Qin Qing, saying that Qin Dongqin wanted to see Zhuang Feng for the last time;
Zhuang Feng, who received the information, rushed to the Qin family compound in Shizhou;
After eight years, Zhuang Feng saw Qin Dongqin again, but he didn't dare to recognize him; not because of the refusal back then, but because Zhuang Feng couldn't recognize Qin Dongqin's appearance;
When Zhuang Feng saw Qin Dongqin again, Qin Dongqin was already an old man;
Zhuang Feng arrived at the Qin family's compound, and before he entered the door, he saw such a scene on the edge of the familiar poplar forest outside the compound, a scene that Zhuang Feng did not dare to or could not forget;
It was an evening, and the remnants of the desert sun shone on the chair of the Taishi who was lying on the edge of the poplar forest;
There is an old man wrapped in heavy clothes on the Taishi chair, holding a Wu hook in his arms, his face is ravine, his eyes are deeply sunken, his eyes are hollow, looking into the distance endlessly, his long gray hair flutters with the wind and sand of the desert, pulling out a long shadow in the sunset, and the old man who is dying in the wind and candle is like a sculpture;
Zhuang Feng didn't dare to associate the old man he was looking at with Qin Dongqin, because Qin Dongqin was only thirty years old that year;
At the age of thirty, the appearance of a dying old man, no one who sees Qin Dongqin like this will not be associated with that thirty-year-old woman;
When Zhuang Feng saw Qin Dongqin's appearance, he really didn't dare to guess how he had come over all these years;
In the winter of that year, Qin Dongqin was only about to be thirty years old, and with this only a few years old, it was already like this, so that Zhuang Feng really had some indescribable sadness;
Maybe it's really the ruthlessness of the years, and the elegance of literary and martial arts is replaced by the wind and candle tortured by disease;
Shocked? Unbelievable? When Zhuang Feng knelt on the ground unsupportably at that time, tears could not stop slipping, disappearing into the yellow sand, disappearing in an instant, as if they had never appeared;
Zhuang Feng couldn't understand how this could happen, but Qin Dongqin was quite excited about Zhuang Feng's arrival, and even dragged the twilight body bones to support Zhuang Feng, who knelt down in front of her, with the joy of reunion of so many old friends who had not seen him for many years;
The courtyard is still the same courtyard, the poplar forest is still red, and Zhuang Feng accompanies Qin Dongqin to walk the little time left;
Qin Dongqin in his memory is not so old, at that time Qin Dongqin was still young and beautiful, and the young man took over the family business at a young age, although he had some unspeakable experience, but it was still difficult to hide the conceit of his young ambition;
In the winter in my memory, Qin Dongqin would personally serve Zhuang Feng every morning to get up and wash, and then put Zhuang Feng on the couch safely, and then move to the yard to bask in the sun when there is sun, and put it in the corridor to watch the rain fall when it rains, because Zhuang Feng likes rain very much;
After settling Zhuang Feng, Qin Dongqin will deal with the family affairs next to Zhuang Feng, and everything seems to be so quiet and serene at that time;
The desert winter night sky is beautiful, unlike the winter in other places, and in other places, the winter night sky has nothing, no moonlight, no stars, and in this desert the moonlight is still so soft, and the stars are still shining;
Zhuang Feng and Qin Dongqin in the night in their memories are lying on their couches, Zhuang Feng always looks up at the stars in the night sky silently; Qin Dongqin is snuggled up to Zhuang Feng's side, telling some stories and legends in the desert, and also telling some interesting anecdotes that happened outside, talking endlessly, and the words are always full of happiness;
Many years later, at night, it was still Zhuang Feng and Qin Dongqin, but they changed positions; Qin Dongqin lay on the couch, and Zhuang Feng sat next to him;
"I want to pass on the family to my little sister and marry me, okay?" Qin Dongqin seemed to be talking to herself, and she was asking for something;
Zhuang Feng didn't know how to respond to Qin Dongqin, it was said that he should satisfy Qin Dongqin's last wish, but Zhuang Feng was unwilling to deceive Qin Dongqin, nor was he willing to deceive himself, so he didn't say anything in the end, just silence;
In the face of Zhuang Feng's silence, Qin Dongqin didn't say anything more;
Because of the same thing, she Qin Dongqin has said it twice, and Zhuang Feng was silent both times, since this is the case, what else can be said, or having such a quiet company as Zhuang Feng should actually be satisfied, people can't be too greedy, Qin Dongqin knows what kind of bitter emotional memory Zhuang Feng has, maybe Zhuang Feng will not accept another person for the rest of his life;
It's just that although Qin Dongqin understands, she also holds Zhuang Feng's hope that even if she deceives her, it will be good; and then Qin Dongqin will talk to Zhuang Feng about the words that have been buried for many years, from the first acquaintance of the two when they got together with their elders, to the careless time of the two people, and then with Zhuang Feng's help, he said a lot, so much so that Zhuang Feng couldn't help but hug Qin Dongqin into his arms and burst into tears;
On the day of the Snow Festival that year, the weather was quite good, and the sun in the desert winter made people warm and sunny, which seemed a little lazy and comfortable;
On that seemingly sunny day, Qin Dongqin was gone, and by this time, Qin Dongqin had been tortured enough by illness, and he was no longer able to fight anything, so he walked very calmly;
Or that Qin Dongqin walked so calmly, it may be that her short life did not leave many regrets; although in the end, Zhuang Feng did not deceive her, so that she could complete some regrets, but at least in her last days, there was still her favorite person to accompany her to the end;
For a calm and simple funeral, Zhuang Feng buried Qin Dongqin very silently, and then left silently;
Qin Dongqin died, and the desert also lost its co-owner, and it was a chaos that had been repeated countless times;
Zhuang Feng lit the smoke, his thoughts flew wildly, I don't know if it was because of the smoke or because of his thoughts, anyway, he was full of tears;
Tang Guiyi looked at Zhuang Feng's appearance, and lit a cigarette there, which seemed to be quite painful;
After a long time, Zhuang Feng came back to his senses when the cigarette butt burned his fingers, extinguished the cigarette butt with his hand, pulled the sheet and touched it a few times on his face, looking very hard;
"The northwest is in chaos, this seat says something, no one in Shaozhou dares to move;" Zhuang Feng wiped the tears on his face, habitually lit a cigarette, and said loudly;
Tang Guiyi looked at Zhuang Feng's eyes that were still a little bloodshot, but they were normal, and followed Zhuang Feng's words there: "Ability;"
Tang Guiyi also knew about Qin Dongqin, and he also knew that the northwest was in chaos in the past two years, but he didn't know that the chaos in the northwest was because of Qin Dongqin's death;
"This is a fact, Tongzhou Qiaozhou Tingzhou is in Zhou Jian's grasp, Jiangzhou can now be regarded as in our control, the northwest states are in chaos, is there anyone else in Shaozhou who is surrounded by all sides dare to get involved?" Zhuang Feng lit a cigarette and seemed to have regained his composure and said there;
"As for the group of mountain people in Wuzhou, their own affairs have not been straightened out, which round will get them;" Zhuang Feng lit a cigarette and continued to say one more sentence there;
Tang Guiyi thought about Zhuang Feng's words and knew that what Zhuang Feng said was the truth; Shaozhou did not seem to have any foreign forces interfering, but the local forces in Shaozhou also had to be on guard;
"I'll go back to Shaozhou;" Tang Guiyi thought for a moment and said there;
"Okay, Jiangzhou also needs to maintain stability, Shaozhou, you can do it;" Zhuang Feng thought for a while, and then Tang Guiyi's words said;
"Let's go, go to the teahouse;" Tang Guiyi said;
"Wait for you to come back;" Zhuang Feng looked at Tang Guiyi and said seriously;
"I'll be back soon;" Tang Guiyi stood up and said at the same time;
Zhuang Feng didn't say anything more, just smiled and didn't speak;
Tang Guiyi looked at Zhuang Feng again, made a gesture there, and then walked away quite chicly;
Looking at Tang Guiyi's rather chic departure, Zhuang Feng was still smiling there;
Zhuang Feng knew that Tang Guiyi would come back soon, and now Shaozhou has been operating there with Tang Guiyi for ten years, so there will not be much trouble;
It is only necessary to transfer back the manpower, clear out some people who have been active in the past few days when Tang Guiyi has been in Jiangzhou, and then take over the remaining part of Shaozhou from Zhou Jian, and then Tang Guiyi will return to Jiangzhou, and then put Shaozhou under the influence of Zhuang Feng in the name of Zhuang Feng's governor's hall;
At that time, Zhuang Feng could be regarded as the number one person in Jinguo again, and it was only then that Zhuang Feng was able to start rolling out his plan;
"Let them in;" Tang Guiyi left, and Zhuang Feng said while he was accustomed to lighting a cigarette;
Meng Yuanhua didn't speak, or when Tang Guiyi and Zhou Jian talked to Zhuang Feng there, Meng Yuanhua stayed quietly beside him;
Just looking at Zhuang Feng's appearance when he mentioned Qin Dongqin, Meng Yuanhua felt a little emotional in his heart, although Meng Yuanhua didn't know about Zhuang Feng and Qin Dongqin;
When Zhuang Feng returned to his usual appearance, Meng Yuanhua also got up directly to let the others outside in, without asking anything;
Because of Zhou Jian's arrival, except for Tang Guiyi, the others are not identified, so they did not follow Zhou Jian and Tang Guiyi;
Looking at other people and Zhuang Feng is quite casual, but externally, the identities of other people are always there, and they also need something on the surface;
Xu Wei, Yang Lin, Liu Jie, Zeng Jianping, Xiaoyu, Zhao Yi and others, anyway, they should have arrived with Meng Yuanhua into the ward;
"Let's talk about it;" are all their own people, and Zhuang Feng will not be polite to talk there directly;
"Yang Zhenquan has returned to Jindu, the military and police have all been strangled, and Yunyu has suffered heavy losses;" With Zhuang Feng's questioning, Liu Jie said first;
Listening to Liu Jie's words, Zhuang Feng nodded there, Liu Jie said that it was the truth, and it was also the result that Zhuang Feng had already predicted, so he didn't say anything;
"Jia Hongde is slaughtered, and He Xu is still in his hands;" Liu Jie looked at Zhuang Feng and didn't speak, and continued to talk there;
"He Xu to Wu Jinwen;" Zhuang Feng followed Liu Jie's words and said there; it was not surprising that Liu Jie directly killed Jia Hongde;
"Yes;" Liu Jie responded;
When Liu Jie responded, he looked a little puzzled there, not only Liu Jie, but also Meng Yuanhua, Xu Wei, Yang Lin and others were also questioning, but Tang Guiyi sat very calmly, as if he had known that Zhuang Feng would do this;
"As an official, who would think that there are too many political achievements?" Zhuang Feng looked at the faces of everyone with some questions, and said out loud;
Zhuang Feng said this, and other people also reacted; Zhuang Feng wanted to give He Xu to Wu Jinwen as a political achievement, it seems that this Zhuang Feng is really making the best use of everything;
"Zheng Shan, you can just look at it yourself;" Zhuang Feng looked at Zheng Shan's appearance of wanting to speak and stopped, and said out loud;
Zheng Shan and Wu Hui are also brother and sister, this Zhuang Feng does not want to interfere, and at the same time believes that Zheng Shan will make a wise decision;
"Yes;" Zheng Shan listened to Zhuang Feng's words, and responded with a rather grateful look there;
Zheng Shan listened to Zhuang Feng's words, and also knew Zhuang Feng's intentions; perhaps Zhuang Feng was such a person, who had the nickname of a moody and murderous mad dog on the outside, but was quite considerate of human feelings on the inside;
"Zhao Yi, what do you think?" Zhuang Feng didn't bother with Zheng Shan again, and instead asked Zhao Yi;
"Plans have been made and are in progress;" Zhao Yi responded to Zhuang Feng's words;
"Yes, it's good;" Zhuang Feng listened to Zhao Yi's words and said there;
Zhuang Feng knew that he had been asleep for two days, judging from Zhao Yi's words, Zhao Yi had Zhuang Feng hanging on his side in the past two days, and he did not stop there, but made corresponding plans there, which really made Zhuang Feng feel quite gratified;
"It's just that a few of the town guards in Nancheng need to be decided by the main hall;" Looking at Zhuang Feng's rather appreciative appearance, Zhao Yi continued to talk there;
"The rivers and lakes are in trouble, you look at it yourself;" Zhuang Feng said casually;
Zhuang Feng is also accustomed to handling affairs in this way, whoever is in charge of which part of the matter is responsible; Zhuang Feng does not like to do the behavior of the insider who does not know how to pretend to understand and interferes with the layman;
Although Zhuang Feng is also familiar with the affairs of the rivers and lakes, after all, when he was exiled to Jiangzhou, Zhuang Feng was also mixed up in the rivers and lakes from the little gangsters who showed people the scene, but now that things are different, Zhuang Feng does not intend to interfere with Zhao Yi;
"Yes;" Listening to Zhuang Feng's words, Zhao Yi responded respectfully there;
Looking at Zhao Yi, who was quite ordinary, his heart naturally fluctuated a little; Zhuang Feng's words were casual, but they also showed trust in him;
In the rivers and lakes, who doesn't want to be trusted, or in today's social atmosphere in Jinguo, the trust between people is extremely lacking;
Zhuang Feng's trust may have been common ten years ago, but now it is a little precious;
"Xiaoyu, you take over the trading company as soon as possible;" Zhuang Feng looked at Zhao Yi and continued to say after speaking;
How to deal with Wu Hui is Zheng Shan's business, but Wu Hui has an act that can be regarded as a betrayal, so the trading company will no longer have her Wu Hui's business;
Without Wu Hui, there can be no delay in such a big mess of the trading company;
Just looking at Xiaoyu's somewhat tired appearance, Zhuang Feng couldn't bear to talk too hard, although Zhuang Feng also understood that Xiaoyu had to be familiar with the operation of the trading company in a short period of time, and he had to completely control the operation, which was really difficult;
"Familiarizing yourself with the business;" said Shinohyu calmly;
"Can't you still be familiar with it, you can ask Zheng Shan more, in this situation, that minute is hundreds of dollars;" Zhuang Feng looked at Xiaoyu's somewhat tired appearance, thinking that he had indeed struggled with the affairs of the trading company in the past two days;
Looking at Zhuang Feng's somewhat heavy words, Xiaoyu didn't say anything more, because Xiaoyu is really trying to be familiar with the operation of the trading company, but this newcomer must also have an internship stage when he enters the company, to familiarize himself with the things in the company;
It's just that when I meet a boss like Zhuang Feng, I don't give time to work there, so I have to work directly;
"Seventh brother, Xiaoyu has no experience, it will take some time;" Meng Yuanhua looked at Xiaoyu without speaking, and said a word to the side;
"It's me who is too anxious, but I can't take my time, I believe you can do it, Xiaoyu;" Zhuang Feng said with Meng Yuanhua's interjection;
Listening to Zhuang Feng's words, Xiaoyu nodded earnestly with there;
"Xiaoyu, you have to believe in your own ability; don't always feel that you are not confident enough, you always think too much about doing things, and you have to force it to a certain point to show your ability; now that you are the controller of the trading company, the whole trading company depends on you; as long as you believe in it, no one dares to talk too much;" Zhuang Feng looked at Xiaoyu's serious appearance, and couldn't help but say a few more words there;
"I know;" Xiaoyu looked at Zhuang Feng, who had spoken a few more words there, and replied seriously;
Looking at Xiaoyu's serious appearance, Zhuang Feng was also a little unbearable, and changed the topic with him;
"Ajie, you can deal with the follow-up affairs, I'm a little tired;" Zhuang Feng looked at Liu Jie and said aloud;
"Yes;" Liu Jie replied seriously;
In fact, this is not the same as Zhuang Feng's need to say it, Liu Jie's guard office is in charge of handling practical affairs for Zhuang Feng;
In addition, Liu Jie knows Zhuang Feng's current situation, and he has also undergone some psychological changes, many things no longer need Zhuang Feng to think about as before, and it is also the time for him Liu Jie to think more about Zhuang Feng;
"Okay, let's all go back, Seventh Brother needs to recuperate, a bunch of us are here, and we are still recuperating;" Meng Yuanhua said loudly beside him;
"Okay, recuperate, let's go back;" Zhuang Feng echoed Meng Yuanhua's words;
With Zhuang Feng's words, except for Xu Wei and Yang Lin who consciously stayed, the others also left on their own;
"Where's Brother Li?" said Zhuang Feng after the others left;
This person was there just now, but He Li didn't appear, and Zhuang Feng also needed to know He Li's situation;
Zhuang Feng was so lively in Jiangzhou that he almost took off his whitewashing, and He Li could be said to be unable to come back because of the lack of time, but Zhuang Feng in front of him had been asleep for two days, and He Li had not yet appeared, which had to make Zhuang Feng a little worried;
"Brother Li came back for a trip, as if there was something urgent and left;" Meng Yuanhua said to the side when Zhuang Feng asked about He Li;
"What's going on?" Zhuang Feng listened to Meng Yuanhua's words and had some questions there;
Zhuang Feng's worry is not a suspicion of He Li's loyalty, it's just that Zhuang Feng is making such a fuss in Jiangzhou, no matter how important He Li is, it will not be more important than Zhuang Feng's safety;
"I don't know the specific situation, I just said to hand over this document to you;" Meng Yuanhua said, taking out a folder from his handbag;
Zhuang Feng took the folder and opened it casually with it;
Zhuang Feng, who was looking at the document, also put away the original worry, and then changed to a smile;
"What's wrong?" Looking at Zhuang Feng's smiling appearance, Meng Yuanhua asked out loud;
"Brother Li is really capable, it's not just three months, and the matter has basically been done;" Zhuang Feng said with a lot of joy there;
Listening to Zhuang Feng's words, Meng Yuanhua also laughed;
Isn't it just for Zhuang Feng to clean up the counties under the jurisdiction of Jiangzhou? Just listening to Zhuang Feng's words, all the other counties and counties in Jiangzhou except for the Jiucheng District directly under the Kaizhou Prefecture have been taken care of, which makes Meng Yuanhua also happy;
Meng Yuanhua is also a strong man who has been alone for ten years, so he naturally knows how difficult it is for He Li to do this; in particular, Zhuang Feng gave He Li a lot of manpower, but in such a situation, He Li still got things done, and Meng Yuanhua also sighed at He Li's ability;