his robbery

Gu Chengxi was wearing a newly made padded coat, and for the first time in his life he took both a train and a car.Dazzling all the way into the city of Beijing, his head was freshly shaved, his face was also clean, logically speaking he was impeccable, but with one hand on his right thigh, his injured leg was always shaking with his heart .

Finally, the car stopped in front of two vermilion lacquered gates.A young man in military uniform opened the car door for him outside, and smiled at him with his head down: "Master Gu, Happy Chinese New Year. I haven't seen you for a while, are you recovering well?"

Gu Chengxi stretched one leg out of the car, raised his head after keeping his feet firmly on the ground.He still knew the other person's voice and appearance, and he knew his name was Ma Congrong.Ma Congrong rested one hand on the roof of the car and put the other behind his back, looking gracefully with a little son-in-law.Gu Chengxi used his new clothes to cover up his shyness. Ma Congrong talked to him happily, and he also smiled back: "It's good, it's nothing serious."

Ma Congrong sized him up without any trace, and then stretched out his hands behind his back to the vermilion lacquered gate: "Please come in, Mr. Gu arrived at the right time, our commander-in-chief happens to be free today."

Gu Chengxi had never been a "master" in his life, and Ma Congrong talked about Gu Ye every time, which aroused his full of fear.His skills have always been the most flexible, but the small car trapped him.Like a bear coming out of a hole, he clumsily leaned forward and saw the sun.Ma Congrong turned forward with a straight posture, and while leading him to the gate, he glanced at his gait out of the corner of his eye.Gu Chengxi is also a big man, because he is big, so every move is eye-catching.Hurrying after Ma Congrong, his right leg obviously couldn't keep up.

The bone in my right leg was broken, and I have been raising it for two months, but it is still not healed.The legs can't keep up, and neither can the eyes.He walked and looked around.Inside the door is a spacious yard, with decayed grass and poplars, which are still neatly trimmed in winter.Facing the large courtyard stands a building that combines Chinese and Western styles, and the downstairs is surrounded by a verandah.Gu Chengxi straightened his eyes, thinking that peace is so rich, living alone in a building.

However, Ma Congrong led him onto the veranda, bypassed the building and continued walking backwards.Occasionally, orderlies or servants passed by, and when they saw them, they all bowed their heads and waited, like cats and mice.

Gu Chengxi got out of the sweat, passed through several moon gates in a daze, and saw several majestic or exquisite buildings in a row, always thinking that it was time to go to a safe home, but it was not at all.So he couldn't bear it anymore, and tentatively asked Ma Congrong, "Is there... a lot of people in the handsome family?"

Ma Congrong was puzzled: "No, why do you see it?"

Gu Chengxi knew that he had asked the wrong question, but the words were out of his mouth and could not be taken back: "The commander-in-chief's house...there are so many houses."

Ma Congrong couldn't help laughing, understanding that he is a country bumpkin and ignorant: "The building in front is where our general meets foreigners. The small building over here is our study when he was a student. The courtyard of the house over there , it was lived by the old lady. Now we live in the old handsome building. When the weather is hot, we will move back to the small garden behind. The scenery in the small garden is better. Of course, there is nothing to see in winter .”

Gu Chengxi was confused by what he said, and he didn't understand much, so he couldn't help but follow closely.Finally, when he came to a white two-story western-style building, Ma Congrong stopped, stretched out his hand towards the door, and told him with a smile, "Here we are."

Gu Chengxi nodded foolishly, but said nothing.Dragging his right leg up the steps and entering the building, the warm wind blowing against his face immediately smoked the sweat from his head and face.His feet felt unsteady, and every step seemed to be walking on clouds.Hanging his head cautiously, he found that the new cotton shoes on his feet had been sunk into the thick carpet.The carpet is endlessly spread in all directions, and the huge pattern of five dragons holding the sun is facing the stairs in front.On the left and right sides are white walls, and on the other side are opened doors, with crystal clear bead curtains hanging down.Through the bead curtain, one can vaguely see a small hall behind the curtain. The furnishings in the hall seem to be decorated with jewels, as if it were real, because the curtain shone with light, which hurt his eyes.

As Ma Congrong went up the stairs, he walked through the long corridor on the second floor.A heart beat straight to the mouth of his throat, and he swallowed his saliva one after another, really not knowing whether he should come or not.One is the sky and the other is the earth. Perhaps it is most appropriate not to communicate with each other until death.

However, he really missed peace.After more than two months of separation, the shadow of Ping An himself is illusory, but his thoughts are always real.

As Ma Congrong stopped in front of a door, he saw Ma Congrong raised his hand and knocked on the door gently.

Then holding the brass doorknob, Ma Congrong slowly pushed the door open, nodded to Gu Chengxi at the same time, and said softly, "Master Gu, please."

Gu Chengxi grabbed the sides of his cotton trousers and walked straight through the door in a daze.

The door closed silently.He looked forward and saw his peace sitting behind a huge writing desk.He was dressed in a suit with a green satin vest around his upper body.His right forearm was lying across the edge of the desk, and his shirt cuff button was a glistening drop of water.

Gu Chengxi looked at his peace, and his peace also looked at him.Huo Xiangzhen leaned sideways on the back of the big sofa chair, frowned slightly and stared at Gu Chengxi in front of him.As if it was the first time he met Gu Chengxi, he found that Gu Chengxi was a loose big man, too big to stand on stage, and he was incompatible with everything in the study.

So it's still unbelievable - the relationship between him and Gu Chengxi is unbelievable, it's an absurd dream, and it's unbearable to look back on.But the grace of saving lives is beyond heaven, so he can't turn over an old account.

At this moment, Gu Chengxi slowly bent over, and said softly, "Master."

Huo Xiangzhen lowered her eyes, unwilling to continue to look at him directly: "Is your leg healed?"

Gu Chengxi faced the ground in pain, Huo Xiangzhen's gaze and tone made him feel ashamed: "I'm still a little lame, don't delay walking."

Huo Xiangzhen picked up the teacup in hand and silently took a sip.The hot tea passed through his mouth, somehow, it reminded him of Gu Chengxi's tongue.His eyebrows twitched instantly, he put down his teacup, and almost gagged: "I left you an errand at the Salt Bureau. You saved my life, and I have nothing to repay, so I promise you a future. Enter the Yamen and have a good time." Do it, my person has risen, and my face has also added glory."

Pressing the edge of the desk with both hands, he stood up.With one hand in his trouser pocket, he started pacing back and forth, as if there was a thunder pond in front of the desk, and he turned around in circles, maintaining the distance between him and Gu Chengxi.

"The house is also found for you. I will send a few more people to order you. Ma Congrong will take you to the cashier to withdraw a sum of money in a while. You can use it first. If it is not enough, go directly to Ma Congrong. I told him, He'll take care of your expenses."

He thought that he had already thought of the other party very well, but Gu Chengxi raised his eyes to him, but said softly but firmly: "Marshal, I don't want money, and I don't need the house and errands, I just want... I want me." table."

As soon as this remark came out, Huo Xiangzhen was surprised, and couldn't help but look down at his left wrist: "Watch?"

Gu Chengxi stared at him fixedly: "You told me."

Huo Xiangzhen was silent for a moment, and then replied: "Someone will take you to a foreign company to buy a new one."

Gu Chengxi shook his head: "I only want yours."

Huo Xiangzhen raised her head towards him, stroking the dial on her left wrist with her right hand: "It...it was given to me by my fiancée before his death. To me, it is a precious souvenir."

Gu Chengxi sneered, and told him categorically: "I don't care who gave it to you, I only know that you gave it to me. You are a big shot, do you still have to say nothing?"

Huo Xiangzhen looked at Gu Chengxi and knew what he meant.Sighing helplessly, he took off his watch, and then walked towards Gu Chengxi.

Stopping in front of Gu Chengxi, he checked and touched the watch again and again.In the last moment, he handed the watch to Gu Chengxi: "Take it."

Gu Chengxi stretched out a hand: "I don't know how to wear it."

He is telling the truth, not pushing his feet.He really doesn't know how to wear it, just like he didn't know how to take it off back then.

Huo Xiangzhen exhaled a short breath from his nose, between impatience and wry smile.Putting the strap on Gu Chengxi's wrist, he clicked on the concealed buckle of the strap.Turning the dial above his wrist, he reluctantly rubbed the watch with his fingers.The fingertips inadvertently touched the back of Gu Chengxi's hand, and Gu Chengxi shivered.

Immediately, he bowed fiercely to Huo Xiangzhen, he turned around, and walked out holding back a cavity of bitter tears.People who are not all the way, not in the same world.One is the sky, the other is the earth, and how can he turn the world upside down?The overly flexible left leg and the overly clumsy right leg got stumbling, causing him to stagger while leaning on the wall.Ma Congrong, who was waiting in the corridor, saw him and hurriedly chased after him: "Hey, what are you running for?"

Gu Chengxi couldn't run away, he wanted to go home, to his small county where the sun was covered by loess.At least in that small earth nest, he could stand upright and lift his head up.

Stumbling down the stairs, he was stopped by a group of orderlies.The crystal curtain was raised high, and the orderlies lifted out a large full-length mirror with a red sandalwood frame from behind the curtain.A corner of the full-length mirror was broken, and the orderlies were obviously trying to transport the broken mirror away.Gu Chengxi had never seen such a big mirror before, he stopped in front of the mirror as if startled, he was taken aback by the person in the mirror.

Before entering Beijing, he had clearly prepared the best clothes for himself - the latest cotton, the most expensive materials, and added money to make the most famous tailor in the county rush out of work.He thought that he was already extremely respectable, but the image presented to him by the large full-length mirror was a big, bloated, stupid man.His suede cotton shoes, his black cotton trousers, his big satin jacket, and his hedgehog-like head are all pitiful and ridiculous.He had rubbed his face and neck vigorously with a towel on the train, but compared with Ma Congrong next to him, he was still rough.

He stared at the big full-length mirror in a daze, but before he could recover, the door behind the mirror opened, and a young man jumped in.Raising his hand and pointing at the big full-length mirror, the boy asked loudly, "Hi! I broke it last night, and you just moved it away now?"

A small orderly soldier said with a smile: "Master Bai, I couldn't find a suitable large glass mirror yesterday. The commander said that even a broken corner can be used to take a picture, so I waited until now to move it."

The teenager was wearing an Irish plaid jacket and a school cap on one side of his head.Opening his mouth and turning forward, he seemed to be preparing to continue talking, but seeing Gu Chengxi unexpectedly, he immediately shrugged his shoulders: "Hey, who is this?"

Gu Chengxi stared blankly at the young man, the young man was so beautiful, his face was rosy from the cold, as bright and delicate as a flower petal, with long eyebrows flying obliquely and big clear eyes, his every move and smile seemed to be in a play. .

Ma Congrong beside him opened his mouth and answered for him: "Master Bai, this Lord Gu saved the life of the uncle. You were not there at the time, so I don't know."

Bai Mani raised his head: "Why wasn't I there? Why didn't I know? I just haven't seen him, and you make it sound like I didn't go there at all!" Then he clasped his fist at Gu Chengxi nondescriptly: " You are a good man, thank you!"

After the words fell, he ran upstairs with a bang.Ma Congrong smiled disdainfully, and then said to Gu Chengxi: "Master Gu, follow me this way. These guys are also hateful enough. If they don't move sooner or later, they have to block our way at this time."

Gu Chengxi stood there without moving.

The man in the mirror and the man outside the mirror stimulated him together.Do you really want to go?Take one step forward, and from then on, it will really be heaven and earth!

Take a look at Ping'an's home, look at the people in Ping'an's family, the dog raised by Ping'an is probably a hundred times more noble than him!You can't go, you can't go if you are timid, you can't go if you are afraid!If you leave, you will never come back!If you leave, you won't even be able to touch the edge of peace in this life!

Turning back with his right leg, he blushed and said, "Adjutant Ma, I won't leave, I still have something to say to the commander in chief!"