The Sick Beauty in the Republic of China

What exactly is it?

Wang Luan stood silently beside Qi Chensheng, looking south along the clouds and water, he could vaguely see the city wall in the rain.

Fragments of time are connected together, and there is already an answer.

If you only buy and sell big｜smoke gourds secretly, no matter how high the price is, the benefits will be limited after all.However, if it is made into smoke paste after simple processing, it can get ten times and a hundred times huge profits.

They hollowed out the ground, and in the name of offering sacrifices, Blind Zhao made paper carts and horses, carrying the sealed smoke ointment, and floated out of the city secretly to trade with the clouds and water.

The clear and calm river in front of me was eventually stained by the greed of people's hearts, and the smoke ointment flowing out of it caused many families to be ruined and their wives to be separated.

This matter has nothing to do with Su Xi, but it is a secret that is tacitly shared by everyone in the whole street. Revenge from all.

Therefore, even after many years, Cheng Gang and Friday Qian did not dare to disclose the matter.

But as everything gradually became clear, a sense of powerlessness filled Wang Luan's heart.Su Xi was harmed by others, yet she was able to turn into a demon to find her old enemies.

But what about those who have been harmed by the big smoke cream under the streets?Even though those who greedy and smoked were not innocent, how many people stole, robbed and sold their wives and children just for the sake of the smoke ointment...

How can we find such injustices?

"Is there... any other way?" Wang Luan's low voice was almost crushed by the sound of rain, and he leaned gently on Qi Chensheng's shoulder.

Qi Chensheng put away the gentleman's stick, embraced his body, and still stared at the rippling clouds with heavy eyes.Although he is reckless and frivolous, he is well aware of the national calamity and family enmity caused by the smoke cream back then, and hates their behavior of making money by taking advantage of it.

But more than ten years have passed, and even the once gorgeous and poisonous flower field has long been eradicated by the new government.Even if clues can be found in this street and alley now, it will take more than ten years for them to dispose of the remaining smoke cream.

In this way, as long as they bite to death and refuse to admit it, even if they report to the official, what is the use?

After a long time, Qi Chensheng also sighed slowly, took Wang Luan's cool hand, and still said three words: "There will be."

Wang Luan didn't speak, didn't continue to ask, endured the slight pain in his throat, and buried his face in Qi Chensheng's chest.Now that he said it, he just needs to believe it.

The heavy rain did not stop, and the thunder still echoed among the dark clouds, but at this moment, there was a figure holding an umbrella, hurried across the bridge on the other side of the cloud, and ran towards the two people by the river.

"Qi Ershao, Qi Ershao—"

From a distance, Wang Luan and Qi Chensheng heard his yelling, Qi Chensheng frowned and looked, it should be a guy from the Yao family in Tianjinfang, who was running and shouting anxiously.

"What's the matter, something happened to Tianjinfang again?" Wang Luan coughed twice, and followed him.That's right, although the matter of Yunshui paper carts and paper horses is not over yet, it can only be put aside temporarily, but the matter of Su Xi and Tianjinfang is still in front of us.

After thinking about it like this, the man finally ran in front of them, he couldn't even catch his breath: "Qi, Er Shao Qi, the shopkeeper is asking us to find you."

"Looking for me? What's the matter?" Qi Chensheng turned to look at him and asked in a rather cold voice.

The guy's face changed with worry, and he hurriedly said to Qi Chensheng: "Our second shopkeeper, I can't find it!"

"What do you mean you can't find it?" Wang Luan recalled Yao Jifeng, and it really didn't look like he would be easily calculated... Could it be that Su Xi thought of something and took revenge on him?

Although there were many guesses in their hearts, Qi Chensheng and Wang Luan followed the guy to Tianjinfang, and heard him continue to explain: "Our chief shopkeeper has never been in charge of many things, after the third shopkeeper left, the second shopkeeper basically took care of things. "

"Just now the dyeing factory needs silk materials, and the second shopkeeper needs to sign the note himself, but I have searched all over the workshop, but I can't find the second shopkeeper."

"I went to ask the gatekeepers, and they all said that I didn't see the second shopkeeper go out... The big shopkeeper was really scared. I was afraid that something would happen to the second shopkeeper, so he sent us to invite you."

While talking, the three of them got into the car and arrived at the gate of Tianjinfang not long after.

Qi Chensheng still supported Wang Luan to get out of the car, but the gentleman's stick appeared in his hand again.Wang Luan raised his eyes and glanced at him, Qi Chensheng didn't say much, but just took Wang Luan to the plaque in Tianjinfang.

The sound of rain was still heard, and the waiter held up the umbrella for the two of them with winks, and Qi Chensheng's walking stick fell heavily to the ground again.

"Boom, boom, boom—"

When the hollow voice sounded, Wang Luan was not surprised.How could it be possible for Tianjinfang, which is across the river, to be ignorant and unmoved by the insidious activities on the other side?

"Second Young Master Qi, what's the matter?" The man holding the umbrella didn't know what was going on, but seeing Qi Chensheng and Wang Luan staying in front of the door, he couldn't help feeling anxious again.

"It's nothing." Qi Chensheng withdrew his cane, his eyes were as cold as a cold knife, but after all, he only responded briefly, and then walked into the threshold of Tianjinfang with Wang Luan in his arms.

Even on such a rainy day, the weavers in the workshop still had to work. Wang Luan and Qi Chensheng walked down the corridor, and the sound of rain and thunder in his ears was mixed with a third sound, the sound of the looms working.

Perhaps because of the notification, Yao Jihui quickly greeted him along the long corridor with his long gown.He also didn't care about the embarrassment caused by Wang Luan before his departure last time. When he saw Qi Chensheng, he immediately begged anxiously: "Second Young Master Qi, you must help me find Jifeng!"

"I know, our third son has done a lot of bastard things, but Jifeng is different from him. Except for Su Xi's incident back then, he has never committed any absurdity!"

"If something happens to Jifeng again, I, the eldest brother, will have no face to live on."

Yao Jihui sighed and talked to Qi Chensheng, and when he talked about his second brother, he almost burst into tears.But in the rainy weather, coupled with the cover of the promenade, Wang Luan suddenly felt that his expression seemed to be covered with a dark shadow.

"When did Yao Jifeng disappear?" Qi Chensheng really couldn't listen to Yao Jihui's begging. Although he was extremely disappointed with this place, he still asked because of Su Xi's matter.

"This, it's hard for us to say." Yao Jihui bent down to lead Qi Chensheng and Wang Luan, and finally walked to the small hall at the end of the long corridor. With the wooden door closed, the eyes became even darker.

"I went to see him when it was raining just now... Sigh, since you mentioned Miss Suxi's matter yesterday, Second Young Master, Jifeng has been very preoccupied. I was really afraid that he would be overwhelmed, so I wanted to go Look at him more, but who knows that something happened."

Yao Jihui has been weak for many years, and it seems that even the words he speaks lack a bit of momentum, as if he wants to blend into the rain curtain and hide in the dark corner of the small hall.

Wang Luan stared at his face in the shadows, and suddenly a different emotion arose in his heart, and he said without warning, "What about the shopkeeper?"

"What?" Yao Jihui naturally did not expect Wang Luan to ask such a question. He raised his head slightly, but most of his face was still immersed in the darkness.

"I said... mention Miss Suxi," Wang Luan had doubts when he was listening to Cheng Gang at that point, but now it seemed to grow vines, entangled in his heart: "What do you think of the shopkeeper?"

In the small hall, following the words Wang Luan asked, suddenly fell silent.

Qi Chensheng stood beside Wang Luan, looking at Yao Jihui opposite him together, the rain outside the window became heavier, and the shadow covering Yao Jihui became thicker.

"What can I think about..." After a long time, Yao Jihui opened his mouth, and said slowly: "At most, I feel that it's a pity."

"What a craft, what a girl, just gone."

"Before Su Xi left, why did you say you wanted to give her some money?" Wang Luan asked again. He didn't believe that the weak person in front of him would defy Mrs. Yao just out of kindness. mean.

Yao Jihui was silent again. Although this would only deepen Wang Luan and Qi Chensheng's suspicion of him, he still paused for a long time before saying:

"It's just that I have pity on her."

"Although I'm afraid of my mother, I still have my heart."

Through the window lattice made of tulle, the lightning flashed across the light for a moment, illuminating everyone's face in an instant.

Wang Luan was finally able to clearly see Yao Jihui's expression in the dark. His face, which seemed to be seen through at will, showed weakness all the time, but there was a completely different expression in his eyes, which had been suppressed for many years. cruel.

Qi Chensheng pulled Wang Luan behind him, knocked his slender walking stick to the ground, and asked him the last question:

"Do you want to be pitiful, or do you want to like it?"

"Knock knock——"

A chaotic knock on the door disturbed everyone's thoughts in the small hall. Wang Luan suddenly came back to his senses, and leaned against Qi Chensheng involuntarily, while Nian Wei's panicked voice came from outside the door: "The big shopkeeper, Qi Ershao , are you inside?"

"Yunwei is gone!"