Costume Mountains and Rivers

Both of them were dressed in casual clothes, but they were both from the Whampoa army. They walked with straight backs, and they were extraordinarily burly and tall. Seeing this, the crowd flocking to the stairs made a small commotion. Separate a passage to make room for them.

"Boss Hang, it's too much to bring someone to smash my place?" Shen Peinan looked at Hang Yunyang, then turned his attention to Chen Zongyi, and greeted him in a neutral manner, "Brother Chen."

Compared with Chen Zongyi's embarrassment, Yunyang was blocked by him, and he was still in good shape. He was wrapped in a soft checkered wool scarf. Because of his excitement, Bai Shengsheng's face flushed red, and his tone was not very polite: " General Shen, why did my senior brother provoke you? If you say you turn your back on it, you will turn your back on it. Let me tell you, this is the city of Beiping. You soldiers and ruffians are not allowed to mess around here. If you dare to touch my senior brother, the colleagues in Liyuanxing will never forgive you!"

Hearing what he said was aggressive, Chen Zongyi wanted to stop him, but was pushed away by Hang Yunyang. His voice trembled angrily: "Tell me, where did you lock him up?"

"I have nothing to say about Shen's private affairs." Shen Peinan remained calm, but he was secretly surprised that Chen Zongyi's information was well-informed, and he must have something to do with the Japanese. The smile on the face read a little bit of unkindness from the visitor, and he glanced at him immediately, and said, "Brother Chen, if Boss Hang is also behind your back and doing some sneaky things with others, what are you going to do with him?"

Hang Yunyang couldn't hold back, and said first: "Stop talking nonsense, my brother is not that kind of person!"

Chen Zongyi maintained his demeanor, and said with a half-smile: "Yunyang is self-willed, Brother Shen, don't blame me." He bowed again, and said: "In a civilized society, love is free, no one will deal with this matter, but you have to say nothing. Not only Yun Yang doesn’t believe the boss’s stealth, but those of us who are acquainted with him probably can’t believe it, maybe there is something hidden in it? Brother Shen, don’t need to tell us.”

He spoke respectfully, but a pair of black eyes followed Shen Peinan probingly, trying to find clues from his expression and tone. Shen Peinan couldn't figure out where he came from, so he became alert all of a sudden, raised his wrist and glanced at his watch. , said: "Brother Chen, you know my habit. I don't like to tell outsiders about family affairs. No matter whether there is something hidden or not, Shen has nothing to say. What's more, it is indeed some shameful things. Telling people will provoke people." joke."

Hang Yunyang persisted: "Then let me see him!"

Shen Peinan secretly estimated the time, his face darkened, and he said coldly: "I don't know this is a civilized society, you can ask the guns outside!"

Yun Yang didn't understand and was in a daze when the boy at the door looked out and suddenly yelled strangely: "No, there are soldiers outside, we are surrounded!"

The clerk of the restaurant immediately opened the window, only to see that the main road outside was indeed full of soldiers with live ammunition, and the restaurant was surrounded like an iron barrel.

It turned out that since Shen Peinan entered the restaurant, the driver had been waiting quietly on a small road not far away. He saw a large group of social blind people gathering at the door with knives, guns and sticks, and immediately realized that the situation was not good, so he asked someone to ask. The driver has been with Shen Peinan for many years, he is well-trained, jumped out of the car without saying a word, slipped into the restaurant through the back door, borrowed the phone to call the Zhou mansion, Sun Jicheng over there heard the news, and brought the guards to the front.

The windows of the hall were pushed open by all the people nearby. Seeing this situation, the soldiers ambushing outside did not know who took the lead and fired guns into the sky to demonstrate. Several gunshots were fired, passers-by screamed and fled in all directions, and the inside of the restaurant was even more chaotic. , the only remaining spectators ran around covering their ears like headless flies, and the restaurant staff squatted on the ground with their heads in their hands. There were gunshots, shouts, tables hitting chairs, and chaotic footsteps.

When it was quiet, everyone looked up in panic and saw that there were no casualties around, but there were only four people standing in the hall—Shen Peinan and Zhou Rubai remained motionless, Chen Zongyi turned pale with fright, and stood crookedly, Hang Yunyang's figure With a beautiful, soft cashmere scarf against the tip of her nose, she raised her eyes and stared at Shen Peinan without changing expression.

Shen Peinan was thoughtful, suddenly took two steps forward, and said to Hang Yunyang: "Boss Hang, what are you doing here today?"

Hang Yunyang was alerted by his voice, as if suddenly aware of the situation around him, his eyes suddenly softened, he turned around and held Chen Zongyi's hand, buried his face in his chest as if seeking a home, turned his head for a long time, and said to Shen Peinan: " You don't want to kill him, people don't have much sincerity in their life, and it will be gone when it's used up."

"No matter what he did, he will never let you down. You have to know that if you don't even know this, my brother's heart will be in vain."

He was not shocked by the gunshots, but when he said these words, his cheeks suddenly lost the color. After he finished speaking, he pulled Chen Zongyi to leave, but he heard another bang, and the door was knocked open again. A group of people in black uniforms The patrolman rushed in, and the leader was Dai Changming, who had a fat belly and his uniform's thighs were ripped full of folds. He came as soon as he received the news, what's going on outside?"

As soon as the words fell, Dai Changming froze at the door, and saw that the hall was in a mess, the chairs and stools were all overturned, and the food and soup were spilled all over the floor, as if he had been ransacked by a group of thugs. Lying on the ground with her buttocks on the ground, seeing the big leather boots of the patrolman, she took two steps forward, raised her face and showed a crying smile.

Shen Peinan, Zhou Rubai, Hang Yunyang and Chen Zongyi were all on the spot. Dai Changming was puzzled, scratched his head and said, "You are all here, are you here to join the game? Where are the troublemakers?"

Still no one answered him, Zhou Rubai reacted quickly, stepped forward to shake hands with him, and said with a smile: "The reconciliation has been made, please come and run."

Dai Changming was stunned for a moment, looking back and forth at the faces of the four people, and finally saw something, he laughed loudly, and responded: "That's right, my own, long live peace, long live peace." After speaking, he hugged Zhou Rubai shoulder, turned around and greeted everyone, "Go, go to my place to play mahjong, I found a good place, tsk, all the girls from the south, they are very beautiful, and there are big cigarettes from Yunnan, they are all first-class. !"

Dai Changming is a hooligan, he only has one mouth to get into Beiping city, and he is the best at building relationships in his life. Every time someone speaks stiffly during a meal, he will make a few jokes, and everyone who is sensible will know how to get off the donkey. .Hearing his interruption, Chen Zongyi also returned to his suave appearance, took out his check book, and generously made up for the owner's loss tonight. Looking at Hang Yunyang, he said with a smile: "Brother Shen is in such a big battle. Chen has opened his eyes today. Let me win two rounds tonight, so as not to be shocked."

Dai Changming couldn't wait to pat his thigh in approval, turned around and counted the number of people, and suddenly let out a surprise: "Where is Little Mo'er? That little bastard is so jealous, if you know that I took Master Shen out to meet the little girls, you can't scold me to death!" "

The people present shuddered, looked at Shen Peinan subconsciously, and immediately looked away as if nothing had happened. Shen Peinan didn't respond, but put the top hat on his head, pushed down the brim of the hat, and walked away first.

Beiping is a place without spring and autumn. After a few cold rains, the temperature suddenly dropped. The only remaining heat was like the leaves of the sycamore tree on the branch. In a hurry, it added a bit of bleak atmosphere.

The several groups of forces that were almost on fire just now have dispersed. The peddlers on the roadside realized that the situation was not peaceful, and closed their stalls ahead of schedule. The old woman on her back was pushing a wooden cart forward slowly in the north wind. The wheels of the cart were rolling, and occasionally there was a creaking whistle, which was like a sigh in the open night.

The old woman approached, and there were some leftover pastries and snacks piled up on her car, as well as a few moon cakes, wrapped in white cotton paper, each with a red dot on it, Shen Peinan was stunned for a while, Then I remembered that the Mid-Autumn Festival was coming soon, and I didn't ask the price. I took a few of each kind, threw down a bill, and walked back with the paper bag containing the snacks.

Adjutant Xiao Gu was waiting by the car, seeing his big man holding this pile of things, he grinned and said, "Why did you buy this, it's for the lady to eat and play with, I'm not full."

Shen Peinan didn't make a sound, pushed the paper bag into his arms, and said lightly, "Here you are."

After he finished speaking, he got into the car, Xiao Gu was at a loss, looked into the paper bag in a daze, saw a piece of pea yellow, and finally realized - they are soldiers who don't have this sentiment, but Mo Qinghe loves to eat this Things, the teacher didn't say anything, but he still missed the rabbit in his heart.

He warned himself that he must not make Master Zuo sad at this time, he reached out and took out a preserved apricot, took a bite, wrinkled his nose and eyes, and said with a bitter face: "It's so sour."

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Dai Changming is Dai Changming. Where there is fun to find in Beiping, no matter which alley or corner, there is nothing that he can’t find. into a new club.

At that time, all walks of life in Beiping City showed a state of withering, only brothels and opium halls were thriving, and this one was the same. When entering the door, you first saw a small theater stage, a man with a high-spirited expression sang to pick up jade bracelets, and walked forward. Take one step back and take two steps, pretending to be timid, a group of drunks who had smoked cigarettes gathered under the stage, stretched out their hands to touch his feet, the actor simply stopped singing, sat on the side of the stage, and wore embroidered shoes. The tip of his toe kicked them in the face one by one, and the people below had fun, yelling loudly to the sound of the castanets.

The style of this place is really not high, but it obeys Dai Changming's creed - if you want to have fun, you have to put down your body and devote yourself to the livelihood of the inferior people. A little girl pushed Pai Gow and had a great time.

The so-called communication, the goal is never purely eating, drinking and having fun. After playing a few rounds, Shen Peinan found that everyone at the poker table was not interested in drinking, and exchanged the latest information at hand half-covered, and he lost interest. Let the buddy lead the way, opened a private room alone, lay on the cigarette couch, and waited for a little girl beside her to burn the cigarettes.

The little girl was only seventeen or eighteen years old, with a small protruding round face, and her facial features were very standard. She had been around the court for a long time, and learned to be tactful and sophisticated. She knew that not only had to pass the pipe into the hands of the guests, More importantly, he handed himself out decently, so he knelt down obediently by the side, guarding a lantern, and let Shen Peinan gently stroke her cheek.

When Zhou Rubai came in, the scene of the room was already extremely ambiguous, the fragrance of opium was permeating everywhere, Shen Peinan was wearing a white bathrobe with his arms open, a soft and white body nestled in his arms, the lights were half-bright and half-dark, The two took turns smoking a pipe, both unconscious and teasing drowsily.

"My wife ran away with someone, can you be my daughter-in-law?" Shen Peinan lifted the hair around the little girl's ear and kissed her on the cheek, "I'll pick you up tomorrow, okay?"

Zhou Rubai sighed, resting his head with both hands, lay down on a cigarette couch next to him, and then turned his face towards Shen Peinan: "Brother, do you really ignore him?"

"What the hell." Shen Peinan's face turned serious, he moved up, and exhaled a puff of fragrant smoke, "I fucking wish I could kill him with my own hands, and what kind of Communist Party, I'll kill every one I see! "He laughed again after he finished speaking, rubbed the girl's shoulder back and forth, leaned over and sucked on her neck, and said slowly: "It smells so good."

Zhou Rubai still wanted to talk, but Shen Peinan turned his head towards him: "Brother, if you want to change rooms, do you have to be in the way of me here?"

Zhou Rubai sat up all of a sudden, and stretched out his hand to pull the thin blanket covering the two of them. Shen Peinan rushed to rescue them. After pulling for a while, Zhou Rubai simply turned over and kicked the girl out on the forehead. Touching Shen Peinan's thigh: "Master Shen Third, can you stop being silly, that Japanese bully came to your door!"

He sat down on the side of the cigarette couch and lowered his voice: "Today's incident is strange. I think there is something wrong with Chen Zongyi. Be careful."

Seeing that Shen Peinan had his eyes closed, as if he was about to fall asleep, he held his face with both hands in a hurry: "North Shaanxi has sent calls for an alliance several times. At this time, you say you Catch those gangsters with a clean sweep, isn’t that giving them a reason to spread the word about being persecuted? Besides, people’s hearts are made of flesh, and that boy with thin skin and tender flesh fell into the hands of the Secret Service..."

"People's hearts are made of meat, and people's hearts are made of flesh!" Shen Peinan suddenly opened his eyes, pointed to his chest with one hand, and roared under his throat, "I treat him like a heart, but what is he! He's a spy!"

He was full of opium and tried to concentrate, but his eyes were blank. After speaking, he sat up cross-legged, grabbed a bottle of three-star brandy and a glass from the small table beside the cigarette couch, poured more than half of the glass, He raised his neck and poured it down his throat. With the movement, the already loose nightgown slid off, revealing his muscular upper body. He buckled the empty cup on the table, tilted his head back, and laughed softly. .

The room was sealed, only a half-closed wooden door let in the dim light, and there was a smoke lamp in front of the bed. The light from the fire could not illuminate his face, and the endless sadness and disappointment were deeply hidden in the room. in the shadows.

"The first time I saw him, he was dressed in bright red and sang Wang Baochuan. I thought his eyes were so clean, as if they had never opened buds." Shen Peinan gestured, poured another glass of wine, and shook his hand. In his hand, "You don't know, the more serious you look, the more enjoyable it is to play. I originally wanted to book a venue for two days, send flowers, and get familiar with him first before making friends with him. I am too. People who talk about civilization, who knew that after listening to the play, I went to the backstage, and I couldn't hold back when I saw him, so I tied him back home."

"It was only later that I found out that there is a taste of fart. He is a fucking idiot who doesn't understand fart." After he finished speaking, he started laughing again. Zhou Rubai heard him speak bluntly, thought he was drunk, and reached out to grab him. Cup, Shen Peinan turned sideways to avoid it, suddenly showing a painful and depressed expression, leaning forward, almost colliding with Zhou Rubai: "I worked my life for the party and the country, for the people of the whole country, and I was called a traitor every day. In the blink of an eye, 30 There are too many, there is no one who can talk, Yu Qiao is a spy, died in my hands, finally met Mo Qinghe, I feel good, in this life, someone will wait for someone to hurt, and death will not be a loss, who knows , he's still a fucking spy, a bastard who hasn't even grown his hair yet, playing tricks on me!"

"I'm sad. Damn, I'm heartbroken. Can I tell people? Do I have the face to talk about it?" He put on his bathrobe and pointed his fingers at his chest, like an enraged eagle, dumb Asking with a voice.There was no drunkenness in his eyes, the two angry flames burned until they turned into ashes, a single tear overflowed from the depths of the temperatureless ashes, and slid down his cheeks.

Zhou Rubai tiptoedly closed the door of the private room, checked the lock, returned to lie down on the cigarette couch, took a wine glass, poured half a glass of wine for himself, and threw two ice cubes into it with a click. The head said: "During the war, no one is right or wrong, they are all victims. Let me have a drink with you."

Shen Peinan shook his head, swallowed a big mouthful of brandy, put on an expression that said nothing, and fell silent again.

The dimness of the small room and the intoxication of opium evoked some past memories, and he remembered Mo Qinghe's expression, the smell of perfume on his neck, his skin like fine sand, his elastic chest, washed off his makeup, and he was wearing a clean white bamboo cloth shirt at his desk When doing homework, whenever there is a word you don't know, you will frown and call softly, "Brother Shen?"

Shen Peinan remembered that one day, he was smoking while leaning on the railing of the balcony, and saw a car driving into the garden. Mo Qinghe got out of the car just after school, carrying a cloth schoolbag, raised her head and waved at him, grinning. With a bright smile on his face, Shen Peinan nodded expressionlessly, turned around and went back to the room, feeling quite happy in his heart.

The outside world is full of gunpowder and war, half of the mountains and rivers are facing collapse, and he owns a room where the afternoon sun is warm and warm, the shadow of the bluegrass is reflected on the window sill, and the kitten raises a small paw to fiddle with the flower buds. Snuggle beside him and read a book quietly.

Countless unexplained emotions rolled in his heart, Shen Peinan slumped back to the cigarette couch, spread his arms, the wine glass fell, and all the brandy in the glass spilled out.Zhou Rubai moved closer to him, tentatively concerned: "Reluctance?"

Zhou Rubai waited for a while, but didn't get any reply, so he rolled his eyes and said, "You are a person who can say something with your mouth, but you have it in your heart. If you continue like this, I'm really worried that you will suffocate yourself to death."

Shen Peinan didn't make a sound, immersed in the shadows, closed his eyes as if extremely tired.

Zhou Rubai stopped forcing him, straightened his clothes, stood up and was about to leave, Shen Peinan called him again, made a gesture to call him to the front, lay on his back, stretched out a bare and strong arm, He pressed down, thought for a while, and whispered to him: "Let him go."

The two were too close, Zhou Rubai had goosebumps all over his body, Shen Peinan said in a low voice: "On the way to Nanjing, I missed a loophole and found a safe place to let him survive. From now on, I will treat him as nothing. Know him."

He let go of his arm, and patted Zhou Rubai's shoulder: "Brother, I'm sorry for dragging you into this responsibility."

Zhou Rubai smiled knowingly, nodded and said, "Don't worry."

Shen Peinan turned his head, glanced outside the door, and lowered his voice: "I still want you to check the details of a person."

Zhou Rubai understood, and asked back, "Chen Zongyi?"

"No." Shen Peinan shook his head: "Hang Yunyang."

"You mean..." Zhou Rubai was taken aback for a moment, then opened his eyes wide.

"Such a commotion is too loud. Whether it's the Communist Party or the Japanese, I'm afraid they won't stay where they are and wait for us to catch them." Shen Peinan sneered. Dreamland, Zhou Rubai frowned, and gently pushed him: "Get up, I'll drag the few people outside for you, go and see him, and explain what you need to say. After tomorrow, I may never see you again." .”

Shen Peinan opened his eyes a little: "Why are you worrying about him?"

Zhou Rubai raised his leg and pushed his knee again, cursing: "Damn, why should I worry about the rabbit, the current situation is so tense, I'm worried about your mistake."

Shen Peinan sighed, put his hands into his tangled hair, pressed his temples vigorously, got up with his elbows on the cigarette couch, lifted the blanket, and staggered to go out, Zhou Rubai followed behind, frantically picking up He picked up the clothes thrown on the couch, and shouted: "Pants, put on the pants first!"