The Jade of the Republic of China

Meng Liansheng received Tong Rulan's movie ticket the night he returned to Bai Mansion from Li's residence.Tong Rulan was very careful in his work, knowing that the other party was a servant, so in order not to cause trouble for him, he sealed it in an envelope and had it dropped in the mailbox of Bai Mansion.

These days, Sun Zhidong saw that Meng Liansheng was really a rotten piece of wood, and when he went to have fun at night, he didn't bother to take him with him.

So Meng Liansheng's night was free again.

Tong Rulan performed three times a week, and Meng Liansheng only spent Wednesday nights at the Dangui Theater.

Of course he is not a fan of Tong Rulan's drama, in fact he doesn't understand drama at all.

There is no serious Beijing opera in my hometown, only grass troupes who are not up to the stage, wearing gaudy cheap costumes, funny makeup, and singing obscene words that are often unsightly.

Now that I have listened carefully to Tong Rulan's several plays, I have gradually heard a little bit of fame, and I also understand that there is no reason for dignitaries to love opera singers. Just the appearance, figure and singing style are really memorable and memorable.

In the second week, he finally met Shen Yutong.

Second Young Master Shen sat in the VIP seat at the front. It was a small square table for three people, with tea and fruit plates on it. There were only two rows in total, and there were rows of ordinary seats behind.

It had been almost a month since the last meeting, and Meng Liansheng looked at each other across several rows of people.

His eyes are very good, even if the lights are dim and dim, he can see Shen Yutong clearly.

Maybe it's because the sun is always shining recently, and I stayed too much in the salt field, the other party seems to be a little tanned, but it doesn't detract from his handsomeness at all.

With Shen Yutong, Concubine Yang, Cui Yingying and Liu Rushi, whom Meng Liansheng was interested in on the stage these days, suddenly turned into floating clouds, and it didn't matter at all.

And for as long as Li Xiangjun sang on stage tonight, he watched Shen Yutong for as long as he did.

Every night when Tong Rulan was on stage, the Dangui Theater was packed.Shen Yutong, who was sitting in the front row, didn't see Meng Liansheng behind him. After the curtain call, he said goodbye to a few acquaintances, and went to the theater lounge to greet Tong Rulan as usual.

Just as he walked through the door of the lounge, he saw a familiar figure standing beside Tong Rulan.

"Xiao Meng!" He said in shock.

Meng Liansheng turned his head and smiled at him: "Second Young Master, long time no see."

Shen Yutong walked up to him with a smile, and looked him up and down, but he hadn't seen him for a month, and he always felt that the child had grown up a lot.

"Why are you here?"

Meng Liansheng blushed when he was beaten, touched his nose but did not answer, Tong Rulan, who had removed half of his makeup, smiled and said for him: "Xiaomeng did me a big favor earlier, he said he liked my play, so I invited him Come to see the play. He has come over this week, but unfortunately, Second Young Master, you were not here before, so you only met today."

Shen Yutong was not curious about what Meng Liansheng did for others, but was very happy to hear such words, and excitedly patted him on the shoulder: "What a good boy." As if remembering something, he said to Tong Rulan, "Boss Tong, these few days I'm in the concession area, and I'm coming to your show the day after tomorrow, please help me reserve a seat at the Weilu Restaurant. When the show is over, I'll invite Xiaomeng and you to have supper. By the way, it's convenient for you Bar?"

Tong Rulan nodded: "I was also planning to invite Xiao Meng to Uncle Lin's place, but I haven't found a suitable time. Since the second son said the day after tomorrow, it's the day after tomorrow."

Shen Yutong smiled and nodded, only to realize that she forgot to ask Meng Liansheng's opinion, and hurriedly said, "By the way, Xiao Meng, are you free the night after tomorrow?"

Meng Liansheng nodded: "Yes."

For some unknown reason, Shen Yutong ran into Meng Liansheng here tonight, and was inexplicably happy, almost overjoyed, and completely forgot about the proper way to get along with others.

When he got the reply from the other party, he raised his eyebrows and smiled, his peach blossom eyes sparkled, and leaned in front of Meng Liansheng, pretending to be mysterious, and said: "Xiao Meng, the night after tomorrow night's supper, keeping it suits your taste."

Meng Liansheng looked at the handsome face in front of him with dark eyes, and smiled slightly: "Then I would like to thank Second Young Master first."

Shen Yutong simply hooked his shoulder: "Why are you being so polite to me?"

Meng Liansheng also laughed.

His eyes fell on the white hand on his shoulder.

Xin said, the second young master is indeed more attractive than the beauties on the stage.

After dinner with Sun Zhidong in the restaurant, Meng Liansheng took out the copper pocket watch on his waist and looked at it. Seeing that it was past six o'clock, he got up and said, "Brother Dong, if there is nothing else, I'll go back first."

Because of his status as a householder, Sun Zhidong doesn't care much about him. These days, he doesn't follow him to have fun at night, just thinking that he is not enjoying his life, but today he waved his hand: "Don't go back, I will take you there tonight." See the world."

Meng Liansheng said: "Brother Dong, just go and play, don't worry about me."

Sun Zhidong bent his lips and smiled: "We are going to do business tonight, not to play."

Meng Liansheng was stunned for a moment, then hesitantly said, "Brother Dong, actually... I have something to do tonight."

Sun Zhidong snorted nonchalantly: "What can you do? Isn't it just to go to the theater? Xiaomeng, it's not that Brother Dong said you, you only have a few oceans in your pocket, and you dare to imitate Master Kuo to support opera singers? Don't say yes A popular actor like Tong Rulan is an actor in the grass troupe, and you are not worthy of praise. If you are really good at it, Brother Dong will help you find a few young men who can sing in the club for you to play with. "

There were several other subordinates of Sun Zhidong on the table, and everyone burst into laughter upon hearing this.

Meng Liansheng blushed and hesitated, "Brother Dong, I don't have this hobby."

The more cramped he was, the more cramped Sun Zhidong became: "Xiao Meng, it's the Republic of China now, and there are a lot of good people in Shanghai who are good at it. It's not a rare thing, so don't be embarrassed." Then he waved his hand again, "But no matter how good it is. You don't have to see me every day, so I'll be free tonight and go see the world with Brother Dong."

Meng Liansheng wanted to say something more, but Sun Zhidong obviously didn't want to hear any more.He bit his lower lip, and finally swallowed the words that came to his lips, and silently looked at the time on his pocket watch, frowning in confusion.

Sun Zhidong usually likes to ostentatiously walk through the city, and he always travels in his Chevrolet car, but tonight he got in an ordinary carriage.

Du Zan, Sun Zhidong's right-hand man, was acting as the groom. The three people sitting in the car, besides Sun Zhidong and Meng Liansheng, were also Sun Zhidong's right-hand man, Chen Yong.

It's autumn now, the days are short and the nights are long, and before seven o'clock, the sky will be completely dark.After leaving the feasting concession, there were almost no pedestrians along the dark road.

Sun Zhidong was obviously in a good mood tonight, humming a Wu dialect along the way, if he hadn't been playing with a Browning pistol in his hand, Meng Liansheng would have thought he was going to have some fun as before.

The carriage gradually drove past Zhabei, into the dark night of the northern suburbs, thinking that there would not be any fireworks and willow alleys in front of it out of thin air.It's just that Meng Liansheng asked, but Sun Zhidong didn't say anything, as if he was just trying to show off his secrets.

There was a sound of "wow", and after an unknown amount of time, Du Zan, who was driving, suddenly stopped his horse and said outside: "Brother Dong, just wait here!"

"Yeah." Sun Zhidong nodded and lifted the curtain, "You two go get ready."

Meng Liansheng got out of the car and looked around the dark mountains and forests. There were no people, only a dark dirt road winding forward under the moonlight.

Du Zan and Chen Yong drove the carriage to the nearby forest and tied it up, then took an ax and chopped down two trees, laying them in the middle of the road.Sun Zhidong lit a foreign cigarette, put it in his mouth, and patted Meng Liansheng on the shoulder: "Xiao Meng, go find two big rocks and put them in the middle of the road."

"Brother Dong, is this going to..."

Sun Zhidong smiled: "If you are asked to work, do it. Why do you ask so many questions? You will understand later."

Du Zan put down the trees, clapped his hands and walked over, saying, "Wang Yanxing's car will arrive soon."

Sun Zhidong nodded: "This surname Wang is really courageous, he dared to secretly sell hundreds of catties of soil under the nose of my Sun Zhidong, and he made a lot of money last time, let him see how good I am tonight. "

Meng Liansheng listened silently. He found a big stone nearby and placed it in the middle of the dirt road.At this time, Sun Zhidong did not tell him that he also knew what these people were going to do tonight.

I have been with Sun Zhidong for nearly two months. Although I haven't done anything serious, I know a lot about Sun Zhidong and Lixin.The pick-up and distribution of cigarettes in Shanghai is monopolized by several large local merchants. In addition to the French Concession monopolized by the Qing Gang, Bai Qinghe's Lixin and Li Yongnian's Yonghe accounted for more than half of the public concession and the Huajie.

Except for these few big local merchants, the rest of the small local merchants had to go through their hands if they wanted to transport goods into Shanghai for sale.However, because of the high commission, many small local merchants secretly sold private land.

In the so-called wealth and danger, private land is illegal, if it is taken away by someone, the land merchant has no way to report to the official, so he can only admit it.Therefore, when private land enters Shanghai, it is easy to be targeted by others. In addition to the big gangs in Shanghai who will do these looting things, several big local merchants have also swallowed a lot of private land, especially Lixin and Shunhe. Being born in a gang, robbing private land is almost a daily operation, and bloody incidents are naturally commonplace.

Originally, selling tobacco and soil was a business that cut off children and grandchildren, and stealing private land for black people lacked great virtue.Ever since his son was kidnapped once, Bai Qinghe stopped doing it.But nowadays, tobacco and soil are expensive, and with a little effort, one or two boxes of tobacco and soil can be obtained for free.

Meng Liansheng guessed that Sun Zhidong was here to be a bandit tonight, but he was calm in his heart.In his opinion, since black people eat black people, there is no right or wrong. He doesn't care about the fate of the robbed person, nor does he care about how much money Sun Zhidong can make for a vote.

Now he only cares about when this looting will end, and whether he can catch up with the supper that Shen Yutong invited tonight?

He put the stone away indifferently, took out his copper pocket watch, then looked at the time in the moonlight, and went back to the side of the road silently.

"Here we come." Du Zan lay on the ground and listened to the movement, then stood up and said.

"Big drama." Sun Zhidong laughed loudly, and then said to Meng Liansheng, "Xiao Meng, just watch from the side."

Meng Liansheng nodded: "Yes."

As soon as he stepped aside, he heard the black and silent night broken by the sound of hooves.Less than half a minute later, a carriage galloped across the night from ahead. .

Unsurprisingly, because the carriage was too fast, it couldn't avoid the trees and boulders that suddenly crossed the road.The horse pulling the cart stumbled, and both the horse and the cart rolled to the ground.

In addition to the neighing of the horse, there were two screams of pain when they landed, they were the coachman driving and Wang Yanxing in the car.

Sun Zhidong waved his hand and led Du Zan and Chen Yong to run forward.

Unexpectedly, the horse that had fallen to the ground somehow gained more bridle and jumped up from the ground.

The horse is tall and strong, and it is a rebellious and strong horse.Sun Zhidong ran at the forefront. Seeing that the horse was about to go crazy, he immediately raised his gun to shoot, but it was a step too late. Before he pulled the trigger, the thick horse's hoof had already stretched out and kicked him with the gun. Fly two meters away.

Sun Zhidong cursed in pain: "Ouch! I miss you!"

And Du Zan and Chen Yong who came up were very skilled, but they didn't have guns in their hands, they only held a knife each, and they were useless in front of the mad horse.

Seeing that the three of them were about to suffer a big loss under the hooves of this beast, they saw a black shadow rushing forward, nimbly turned on the horse, and grabbed the bridle rope hanging around the horse's neck.

Crazy horse is difficult to tame, being ridden by a stranger, it neighs and raises its two front hooves, almost standing upright, trying to throw the person off.However, no matter how he raised his hooves and spun around, the people on the horse were as stable as Mount Tai.This fierce horse is obviously also aware of current affairs, after struggling for a while, seeing that it was no match for him, he gradually calmed down.

Meng Liansheng tamed the mad horse, jumped off the horse, pulled the big animal aside and tied it to a tree trunk.Sun Zhidong supported his aching waist, walked to him, afraid to pat him on the shoulder and said with a smile: "Not bad, Xiao Meng, I didn't expect you to have such a hand."

Du Zan and Chen Yong at the other end had already pulled out two large wooden boxes from the overturned carriage.

Du Zan opened a box, took out two packs of cigarette paste, and said loudly: "Brother Dong, there are two full boxes, weighing more than 100 catties, and they are all top quality."

When he finished speaking, the man who was lying on the ground and moaning hurriedly crawled to Sun Zhidong and knelt down and said, "Boss Sun, you can save the little one a way out. I owe Boss Li a gambling debt, and I have invested all my money in this business. If you want to snatch it away, I won’t be able to live without the money.”

Sun Zhidong was kicked by a crazy horse just now, his body was still hurting badly, and he was very annoyed. Hearing this, he snorted coldly: "Boss Wang, don't you understand the rules of Shanghai? Dust, you accept it when it’s not good, but it’s getting worse. Do you know how many people are jealous of the goods in your hand? I won’t swallow this batch of smoked soil, and there are still people waiting behind.”

Wang Yanxing wiped the snot and tears all over his face and said: "Boss Sun, you are rewarded for being a good person, just leave me a box. If there is anything I need to do in the future, I am bound to do it."

Sun Zhidong took the Browning in his hand and patted him twice on the top of his head: "Boss Wang is joking, I'm not a good person, let alone a box, I won't give you a single piece." Zan and Chen Yong, "Pick up and leave!"

As soon as he retracted his gun and turned around, under the moonlight, Wang Yanxing's thin face suddenly revealed a ferocious look, and he roared angrily, "Sun Zhidong, if you don't give me a fucking way to live, I won't let you live either."

While speaking, he pulled out a shiny dagger from his waist and rushed straight at Sun Zhidong.

Smoking opium for many years has made Sun Zhidong look superficial. He looks alive on the outside, but he is already vulnerable on the inside. No matter how he used a pair of iron fists to fight the world in the early years, he is now an unresponsive big smoker, let alone just now. Ate a hoof of Crazy Horse.

In fact, his brain reacted quickly, and he immediately realized that the danger was coming, but his body couldn't react in time.

Just when the dagger was about to touch him, in a blink of an eye, a foot stretched out in time and kicked the knife to the ground.

It's Meng Liansheng.

Wang Yanxing lay on the ground and hurriedly grabbed the knife, but the knife was stepped on by the opponent.

This made Wang Yanxing turn red-eyed and go crazy. He wanted to bite Meng Liansheng's leg regardless. He heard a bang, cutting through the black night sky. Fell to the ground.

"Damn it! Dare to attack me!"

Holding a gun, Sun Zhidong stepped forward cursing, kicked Wang Yanxing away who was lying on the ground, and then gnashed his teeth to make up two more shots. If it wasn't for the limited ammunition of this pistol, he would have wished to beat him into a sieve.

Meng Liansheng looked down at the motionless people on the ground, and suddenly thought of the prey that was shot when he went hunting in the past, also twitched for a moment, and died soon.

It turns out that once humans become prey, they are no different from animals, they are so vulnerable.

He twitched the corner of his mouth indifferently.

Seeing this, the coachman who fell not far away was so frightened that he scrambled and tried to escape, but was caught by Du Zan, who wiped his neck with a knife and ended his life.

Originally, Sun Zhidong was just grabbing land and didn't intend to kill people, but obviously killing people was not worth mentioning to them.What annoyed him was that Wang Yanxing almost succeeded in sneak attack just now.

After ordering Du Zan and Chen Yong to dispose of the corpse, Sun Zhidong walked up to Meng Liansheng and patted him on the shoulder, smiling, "Xiao Meng, you did a good job tonight. Brother Dong will reward you well."

Meng Liansheng looked down at the hem of his clothes and hummed lightly.

Sun Zhidong thought that this honest country boy was frightened when he saw the murder, so he made a earnest look to comfort him: "Xiao Meng, Shanghai is a place where the weak eat the strong, and being kind to others is cruel to yourself. I think you react very quickly. , follow Brother Dong well, and one day you will stand out. But if you want to stand out, you must not be soft-hearted."

Meng Liansheng didn't listen to his words very carefully, he just stared at the few drops of dark blood splattered on the hem of his clothes, and his brows were twisted into a tangled horoscope in the night.

Because tonight he planned to listen to an opera and eat supper with Shen Yutong, so this blue bamboo shirt was specially ironed when he put it on this morning. Stained with so many bloodstains.

I don't know if I can wash it clean?

He took out his pocket watch and looked at it. It was past nine o'clock, so he raised his head and interrupted Sun Zhidong's rambling: "Brother Dong, let's go back quickly."

Sun Zhidong nodded: "Okay, seeing a murderer for the first time, it's normal to be afraid, go back and rest well, just remember what I said."

Meng Liansheng said, "I remember."

"Just remember." Sun Zhidong walked with him to the carriage, and said, "By the way, don't tell Big Brother what happened tonight."

"clear."

"Tomorrow, I will have someone take you to familiarize yourself with the dock affairs."

Meng Liansheng was slightly taken aback, then nodded: "Thank you, Brother Dong."

The author has something to say:

The previous fat stamp of V, I will enter V tomorrow, the update will be postponed until midnight, and there will be [-] characters, thank you for your support.

ps Xiaomeng is not blackened, he has not undergone complete socialization, and he still has animal nature in his bones, which cannot be seen on the surface, because his behavior pattern is imitating the private school Mr., and imitating other people after coming to Shanghai.

So he will be domesticated by the second son in the end, and then become a real person.

Shen Er: I am too difficult~

Another s: After thinking about it for a while, the next article will be "After Calling the Wrong Soul", a supernatural article through a book, and it will be published soon. If you are interested, go and collect one first.

Zhou Zhi transmigrated into a pauperous villain in a rich and powerful novel. In the novel, the heart-throb protagonist was bullied and coldly treated by Gu Pei in the early stage, until he played the big villain Lu Qingchen in the fantasy and supernatural IP drama "Evil" in the Republic of China. ——A great evil spirit who is neither human nor ghost, became popular in an instant, and has reached the pinnacle of his life since then, and finally caused the villain to come to a tragic end.

And the villain Gong, as Gu Pei's half-brother, has done the most wicked thing. When Gu Pei was filming "Evil", he was seriously injured and fell into a coma because of forced love. He didn't wake up for a few days. He asked the master to summon his soul.

And Zhou Zhi happened to be at the scene of the summoning of souls.

The master made a fuss and successfully woke up the person, but Gu Pei's temperament changed drastically when he woke up.

Others thought he was too involved in acting.

Only Zhou Zhi knew that it wasn't Gu Pei who summoned the soul back, but the great evil spirit in "Evil Spirit".

He hurriedly found the original "Evil Spirit" and opened it, the title page was impressively written - this story is adapted from a true story.

It's obviously a wealthy dog's blood text, why did it become a supernatural direction?

And every time the big evil spirit looked at himself, he seemed to lick the corners of his mouth.

Zhou Zhi looked at his frail and sickly body, his favorite pure yin constitution: Oh, red chicken!

He was just trying to avoid becoming a meal on the plate of the big evil, and he conveniently prevented all the opportunities in the text to meet and get along with Gu Pei.

But why are these people getting so wrong?

Patronus Gongyi: Xiao Zhou, I will protect you forever.

Ba Zong Gong [-]: A Zhi, you don't have to be afraid when I'm here.

Xiao Xianrou Gong [-]: Brother, I am so worried that you are alone with that person, do you want me to accompany you?

The big devil said quietly: What?Want to grab food from me?

Later, Zhou Zhi was still not eaten by the evil spirit, it was just another way of eating.

Tang Seng's physique villain Shou who wants to be good but always goes astray VS Shou who wants to eat every day and is attacked by crazy evil spirits