north bird south

The author has something to say: Don't worry, everyone. Teacher Yu and Zhiyuan did not make any mistakes. I still prefer the ending HE.

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During the rainy season, the weather began to be cloudy and uncertain. Those who hadn't returned home for a long time had a gloomy coolness on their clothes.

The outskirts of Huai City are as wet as a tomb. Perhaps the environment in the underworld is better than here. The reputation is: ghosts don't want to stay.

There are weeds standing beside the sparsely populated road. If you walk through this area on foot, your trousers will definitely be soaked.The wheels rolled over the grass on the side of the road, and the dull sound of the engine rolled over, and finally stopped at the gate of a factory.The harsh sound of the iron door opening was worse than the groaning of an arthritic old man, and it made people feel uncomfortable after hearing it.

Mou Xianzhi got out of the car, put on a black hat, and said to the guard who opened the door: "It's time to put on some oil."

The guard bowed his head and nodded, "Hey", and then heard several gunshots coming from the factory building.Mou Xianzhi silently counted the number of times, and frowned after finishing, "Is this someone caught?"

The guard's neck shrunk in fright, and he didn't dare to say anything more. He said, "The boss brought a few people today, and I don't know the rest."

He couldn't find anything by asking him, and Mou Xianzhi was about to take a step, when the door of the workshop opened with the sound of gunshots.A tall man was smoking a cigarette, and while wearing a dark brown coat, he came out from inside, followed by two followers. Mou Xianzhi wanted to take a look inside, but all he saw was bright red and a few The cleaners, the door was quickly closed.

The man put on the last sleeve, straightened his neckline, and clicked his tongue to the others with a cigarette in his mouth, saying, "Are you on fire?"

Following Wen Yan to touch his pocket, Mou Xianzhi immediately went over to "make it up", put on a smiling face, and said, "Boss Xu, I'm done."

Xu Zhiyuan glanced at Mou Xianzhi, looked indifferently at the light of the fire that he was holding in his hand, and said, "Don't, you will lose your seniority if you call me that."

Mou Xianzhi said: "It's not much different...then I'll still call you Young Master?"

Xu Zhiyuan didn't talk nonsense: "What are you doing here?"

"Two days later, Mr. Dong and the Huai City Charity Association will hold a party in the chapel, and invited famous Kunqu opera performers. I hope you and Mrs. Ling can attend."

The smoke was held by Xu Zhiyuan's mouth, and it burned slowly. Four years had made him grow a lot, and most of the time he had to look at people.He didn't say whether to answer or not, but said: "When can't you talk about this kind of thing? You have to come here to find me."

"Hey, it's not...Master Meng said that you went out to do errands and didn't come home for two or three days. I was also afraid that the conveyance would not be in place. Who knows if you missed the time, young master, don't blame me." Seeing that Xu Zhiyuan turned his head to get on the special car, He quickly shouted: "Hey, young master, Master Meng asked me to bring you a message, telling you to go see him today."

Xu Zhiyuan waved his hands and said, "Okay, I understand, you can go."

Mou Xianzhi couldn't help but glanced at the closed factory door again, bowed in response, and went back to his car.

Xu Zhiyuan spit out the unsmoked cigarette he was holding in his mouth, stomped it out, and said calmly: "Unlucky."

I asked my follower for a fire and replaced it with a new one.

……

Xu Zhiyuan returned home - but it was not the Xu mansion, but Meng Che's new mansion in Huai City.

A servant came up to take his overcoat - the summer heat in July has just started, and it will be very sweltering on sunny days, and it was still sunny in the morning, so Xu Zhiyuan was only wearing a thin shirt, who knew that his face would change in the afternoon.

His back was slightly wet with water and sweat, and a trace could be faintly seen crawling from the muscles of his back to the root of his neck, revealing a knot at the collar.Xu Zhiyuan said, "Where is Dad?"

The servant replied, "I'm waiting for you in the room."

"You tell him I'm back, go take a shower first."

Xu Zhiyuan went to the room and took off his shirt, and the hideous scar on his shoulder blade was clearly revealed.

——This scar came from the hands of Xu Zhenping, after Xu Zhiyuan escaped prison four years ago.

Yu Yao has already "died" outside, and only a few people with relevant interests know about the prison robbery.At that time, Meng Che happened to come to Huai City, and Xu Zhiyuan's behavior of robbing the prison and saving the "sinners" of the comrades' society was simply pulling the Xu family to the point of gunpoint.Xu Zhiyuan was supposed to be sentenced as a traitor according to the laws of the coalition government, and he was investigated and dealt with along with the Xu family. However, Xu Zhenping, who was furious and indisputable, almost "beaten" his son to death in front of Meng Che and Dong Jianshu. down.Xu Zhiyuan stayed in bed for several months, and Meng Chekan offered to help the Xu family settle this matter for the sake of his former colleagues.

But his doubts about Xu Zhenping have not been dispelled, so the prerequisite for his help is that Xu Zhiyuan will join the Meng family, and Xu Zhiyuan will work under him in the future, to test whether Xu Zhenping dares to use his son as a bargaining chip... Besides, he In the end, the family business must be entrusted to the future son-in-law. Meng Che probably saw the qualities he favored in Xu Zhiyuan through the prison robbery, so he regarded him as a plastic talent and cultivated him. After graduating from Ming Dynasty, he was promoted to be an employee of the coalition government, and then took over part of the Meng family's wine business and became the general manager.

Facts have proved that Meng Che did not miss the mark. The young man in his early twenties has quite the shadow of his father back then. He is brave and resourceful, daring to act and make decisions. .

After taking a shower, Xu Zhiyuan dried his hair, changed into home clothes, and knocked on Meng Che's door.Meng Che saw that it was him who entered the door, and said, "Is the matter settled?"

Xu Zhiyuan rubbed his thumb around the knuckles of his index finger, and said: "Four members of the same robe club, three of them were killed."

"Why is there one left?"

"He said he had some information and would tell us all about it."

"Okay, I thought you had put some thought into it," Meng Che said with a pointed smile, "I heard that you've been looking for someone in Beicheng recently? Who are you looking for?"

Xu Zhiyuan was silent.Meng Che would never get angry with him like Xu Zhenping, and he was even amiable in the eyes of others.But in front of Meng Che, he will feel a kind of fear from the bottom of his heart, which is completely opposite to the feeling in front of his father - Xu Zhenping is like a majestic shield that cannot be offended.But Meng Che was a sword that had been smeared with dark poison and half out of its sheath.

It is much smarter to confess generously in front of Meng Che than to conceal it.Xu Zhiyuan said, "Look for my uncle."

"Oh," Meng Che said calmly, as if he had expected it, "Zhiyuan, you'd better calm down, he's already divorced from your Xu family, if you mess with him again, Isn't it going to push your family to the cusp of the storm again?"

"I understand," Xu Zhiyuan said calmly, "I just want to know his safety, nothing else."

"You're sensible, I know...by the way," Meng Che said, getting up, took the book from the shelf and handed it to Xu Zhiyuan, and said with a smile, "I heard that you have searched for the book you asked someone to buy for you before. I couldn’t find it in any street, and I happen to have a book I collected a long time ago.”

Xu Zhiyuan looked at the old cover and was silent for a while.

It was a trivial matter two months ago that he asked his servant to buy books, and he didn't say anything about it. At this moment, Meng Che suddenly mentioned this matter after "exhorting", which seemed to be vigilant——Secretly He told Xu Zhiyuan that he was under his nose.

"Thank you, dad." Xu Zhiyuan took the book and said, "If there's nothing else, I'll go to rest first."

"Did you know Dong Jianshu's invitation?"

"Mou Xianzhi went to tell me."

"The day after tomorrow, if you find some free time to go with A Miao, you can also count as acting for the Meng family."

Xu Zhiyuan frowned.Back then, Xu Zhiyuan married Meng Miaochang, who had been arrested by obeying his father's order. However, because Meng Miaochang was emotionally unstable, the wedding claimed to be "abstinence from extravagance and simplicity", and there was no grand ceremony, and the "husband and wife" seldom appeared together.Meng Che also knew that his daughter's thoughts were not on Xu Zhiyuan. In the past four years, he had never forced two people to be affectionate. He and Meng Miaochang also tacitly avoided being in the same room as much as possible.This was the first time he had heard Meng Che make such a request.

"If A Miao disagrees, you can discuss and resolve the differences together. This time, the attendance should not be delayed because of your personal emotions." Meng Che looked at Xu Zhiyuan's embarrassed expression, tapped his fingers on the table, and said, "What is the relationship between husband and wife?" Always fit in."

Xu Zhiyuan had no choice but to say: "Okay." He took the book and thanked Meng Che.

……

Xu Zhiyuan knew where Meng Miaochang's people were even with his eyes closed.

When Xu Zhiyuan stepped into the Grand Theater, Meng Miaochang was the only audience in the big venue. She closed her eyes and meditated in the middle seat, listening to the delicate and melodious Kunqu accent. This "Jade Hairpin Story" was what she always wanted to listen to——Xu Zhiyuan It's almost ripe.

This is just the beginning.Seeing Xu Zhiyuan coming, the servant walked around in front of Meng Miaochang and said, "Miss, Young Master Xu is here."

Meng Miaochang didn't respond, and it happened that the scene of the first encounter was being performed on stage, and she also hummed slowly, singing exactly: "Who's Yeyue Qin plays three times, counting the love song is not over, Zhu Xian's voice is far away and hates melting."

Xu Zhiyuan told the servant to retreat, and the latter also knew to avoid suspicion, so he went out and waited.He took a seat next to her and sat down next to her, and said, "There will be a party the day after tomorrow, and your father said we need to attend together."

Meng Miaochang didn't answer him, until the actors on the stage finished singing, she said: "No."

Xu Zhiyuan said directly: "According to the informant, there was an intelligence transaction at the party that night, and at that time two underground colleagues in the potential business world would give him some important news. But the informant has been arrested now, and only I know about it .”

Meng Miaochang crossed her legs and said indifferently: "You really like to make trouble for yourself."

"I need your help." Xu Zhiyuan said, "I will hand over all the information to Fang Jingxing."

"Yes, give me a condition. Why should I help you?" Meng Miaochang said, "Besides, if you 'discuss' with me somehow, my father will definitely ask."

"I found your sister's whereabouts. She is recuperating in Beicheng."

Meng Miaochang seemed to be awakened by a start, the coldness on her face melted most of it, she suddenly turned her head to look at him, remained silent for a while, and said, "You... how do you know."

"Check it out," Xu Zhiyuan said, "although it's a needle in a haystack, but a person can't just disappear, so there's still a chance to find it."

"..."

"Okay, I can go with you," Meng Miaochang accepted the condition, her lips trembling, but she still said calmly, "But how do you deal with my father, does my father know that you found her?"

"I don't know. He needs you to make up a reason to explain to him. He trusts you better than me."

"Okay," Meng Miaochang clasped her fingers lightly, and said in a low voice, "How is she...?"

"everything is fine."

Meng Miaochang breathed a sigh of relief and asked, "Where's Yu Yao? You went to Beicheng to investigate people, not just for my sister."

Xu Zhiyuan was silent for a moment, and said, "No whereabouts."

Meng Miaochang replied: "People can't disappear out of thin air. If you look for a needle in a haystack, there is still a chance to find it."

Xu Zhiyuan laughed, stretched out a finger, and said, "You are called picking up people's teeth. I don't feel any sincerity. Can't the words of comfort be a little more innovative?"

Meng Miaochang: "What tooth wisdom do you have... come on, this is also tooth wisdom?"

"Tch," Xu Zhiyuan curled his lips, got up to leave.

Meng Miaochang said "thank you" to him from a distance, this was the first time Xu Zhiyuan heard this word from her.

……

The venue of the party is the auditorium of Dongjia.

Xu Zhiyuan had bid farewell to Ming for two years, but the memories of this school were cherished in his mind for a long time.He saw the stained glass illuminated by lights, and remembered the first time he participated in a student activity, which was the place where he and Yue Jianliu came.

At that time, he was still young and didn't have much knowledge, but he changed into a "Confucian" book, held a notebook, and boldly came to discuss with a talented girl.

Thinking about it now, Xu Zhiyuan at the time certainly would not have expected that one day he would put on a formal suit and be invited to come back to this place.

It's just that the rhetoric on the stage has changed from the impassioned way of saving the country of the students to the clichés of the capitalists who are extremely hypocritical.

Meng Miaochang beside her was indifferent, and would put her hand on Xu Zhiyuan's arm symbolically only when she saw someone looking over.

Seeing that there was no one around, she asked in a low voice, "Where is the person? Did the informant tell you the clue?"

"In the far northwest, No. 19 people who went to fetch wine, I've counted to ten now."

Meng Miaochang said: "Are you sure? Usually only the waiter will go over and take the initiative to fetch wine... Another one."

"No. 11," Xu Zhiyuan said, "I'm not sure, but the informant only gave these hints, and I have no other means of identification."

"Probably he will create some coincidences at that time." Meng Miaochang stood up suddenly, glanced at a few guests chatting and laughing at the destination, and said, "I'll go there, maybe I can give him a chance to create opportunities. "

"Row."

She was about to leave Xu Zhiyuan's side when the two heard flattering voices coming from the entrance of the auditorium. Xu Zhiyuan casually raised his eyes and saw a familiar and handsome face among the crowd.

Xu Zhiyuan: "..."

History is always repeated. When he looked over, the other party happened to glance over here with a casual corner of the eye, and the two instantly met their eyes.

Dong Yibai: "..."

Four years ago, he was forcibly sent to study abroad by Dong Jianshu, and it was time for him to graduate now.

Xu Zhiyuan turned his gaze back and tugged on his collar, feeling a little embarrassed for some reason.

"What's the matter?" Meng Miaochang, who is very good at observing words and expressions, asked, "Do you know that person?"

Xu Zhiyuan: "I..."

Dong Yibai bid farewell to the crowd and walked here, there were traces of old hatred in his eyes, before Xu Zhiyuan's voice fell, he gritted his teeth and said with a smile: "Hey, isn't this Xu Mingzhi, the young master of the Xu family? Long time no see. It has been four years before I realized how beautiful this 'waistcoat' you are wearing."

Meng Miaochang glanced at Xu Zhiyuan's suit and vest, but didn't see any clues, her face slowly showed: "?"

"..." Xu Zhiyuan rubbed the tip of his nose, and finished speaking: "...I don't know you."