The entertainment tycoon of the Republic of China

"A guest from Lanzhou?" Xie Xie was taken aback, he had never heard Bai Luoqiu mention this person before.

"It's the young master of a merchant in Lanzhou. He followed us to Hankou to do business." Li Fu didn't tell the truth because Wen Heng was by his side.

"Then he is looking for Master?"

Li Fu said in his heart that I want to know too, and wiped the sweat from his brow, "Master Wei Wu likes to listen to operas, and he has a good impression of the troupe leader when he was with us all the way. Recently, he often comes to the house to chat, and you have never met before. "

"I see." Xie Yan nodded, but didn't think much about it, just pretending to be another senior fan of Bai Luoqiu like An Yujing.

"Let's sit in the living room for a while, Uncle Li, please go up and tell Master, I'm a little anxious."

"It's easy to talk, I'll go right away." Li Fu wished for an excuse to separate the Northwest Marshal who was hiding his identity from Bai Luoqiu's side, and nodded repeatedly.

After asking the maids to take Xie and Yan to the small living room, Li Fu straightened his jacket, went up to the second floor of the foreign building, and knocked on the door of the study.

"Master, Ah Yan brought a guest to find you something, what do you think?"

"Come in and talk." Bai Luoqiu's voice came from inside.

Hearing this, Li Fu pushed the door open and entered. Bai Luoqiu was sitting behind the desk reading a newspaper. Young Marshal Luo, who had changed into a suit, was sitting on the sofa with a cup of half-drunk tea by his hand. The two of them surprisingly didn't talk too much. look.

"Who did Ah Yan bring here? Did you say what it was?" Bai Luoqiu ignored Li Fu's surprise.

"It's Wen Heng, the second young master of the Wen family. Ayan didn't say anything specific, only that she was in a hurry."

"I see." Bai Luoqiu nodded and stood up, looking at Young Marshal Luo, "I have something to tell my apprentice, can you go?"

Bai Luoqiu's words were not considered polite, Li Fu raised his heart when he saw this, but Young Marshal Luo didn't care, nodded and smiled, "I just said I'll treat you to dinner at noon, go down and wait Are you finished?"

"I have a bad stomach, so I won't go." Bai Luoqiu flatly refused.

"Then why don't you invite me to dinner? Last time I ate the rock sugar elbow made by your cook, I never forgot it, and I will continue to bother you at noon today." Young Marshal Luo immediately changed his words.

"..."

Bai Luoqiu stared at him for two seconds, then turned to tell Li Fu, "Take Master Wei down, and ask Ayan to come up."

Li Fu was still shocked by the shameless spirit of Young Marshal Luo, upon hearing this, he hurriedly made a gesture of invitation to him.

"And—" Bai Luoqiu said again, "Tell the cook, I'm upset today, so I'll make a vegan meal for lunch."

Li Fu cautiously looked at Young Marshal Luo, the broad-shouldered and narrow-waisted young man chuckled, got up and walked towards Li Fu without any objection.

"Vegetarian meal is good, and eating too much meat is also good for clearing the stomach—please show me the way?"

"...Master Wei, come with me."

……

When Li Fu brought a strange young man down the stairs, Xie Yan was chatting with Wen Heng. He heard the movement and looked up, only to see Li Fu's face was full of unfinished words. The young man looked calm.

This young man doesn't look much older than Wen Heng. Although he is wearing an elegant and decent suit, he can't conceal his explosive and slender body. His skin is a healthy wheat color, and his facial features are very deep. He has the feeling of a Northwest nomad.

Xie Yan could tell at a glance that this young man was by no means the son of an ordinary businessman, but it was not surprising that the people Bai Luoqiu met had unusual identities.

"Hello, I'm Xie Yan." Xie Yan took the initiative to get up and greeted.

"Wei Zhu, you can usually call me Ah Wu." Young Marshal Luo smiled kindly, "I heard Boss Bai mentioned you, your writing is very good."

"Thank you." Xie Yan replied cautiously.

"This is the second son of Wen Chuan Wang's family." Young Marshal Luo looked at Wen Heng again.

"Hello." Wen Heng nodded. As a martial arts practitioner, he could more intuitively feel the difficulty of the young man in front of him than Xie Yan. Reminiscent of what Li Fu just said about the other party's origin, this person's identity is Wen Heng's heart was ready to come out.

"Speaking of which, my father and your father Lingtang are old friends. I should have come to visit, but I didn't make time for the first time. After meeting today, I will go to visit another day at the mansion. Second Young Master Wen can be regarded as an acquaintance."

"..." Xie Yan was a little speechless when he heard that Young Master Wei was skillfully fooling people, and thought to himself that you don't have time to visit Wen's house, so where do you find the time to go to Bai's house every day to chase after stars?

Fortunately, everyone present knew that what Young Marshal Luo said was just polite words, and he didn't get to the bottom of it.When Wen Heng heard him mention his parents, he was even more sure that this Young Master Wei was the son of Luo Longsheng, who was inspecting the northwest, and his eyes darkened.

Although he knew that Fang Qingming had plans to join forces with Luo Longsheng, he didn't know that Luo Longsheng had sent his own son to Hankou and that he had such a close relationship with Bai Luoqiu.

What is behind Bai Luoqiu, and how much do these secrets have to do with Xie Yan?

"Ayan, the head teacher invites you to talk in the study." Li Fu reminded.

"Me?" Xie Yan stood up as she spoke, not surprised that Bai Luoqiu wanted to talk to herself alone, "Sit down for a while, I'll be back later." He turned his head and said to Wen Heng.

"Be careful, don't be too nervous no matter what happens." Wen Heng raised his hand and squeezed Xie Yan's wrist.

"Don't worry, I know."

The small interaction between Xie Yan and Wen Heng was very inconspicuous, and Li Fu who was on the side didn't see it at all, but Young Marshal Luo raised half of his eyebrows in surprise, not knowing what he thought of.

Xie Yan had been to the study of this bungalow last time, found the place by familiarity, knocked on the door and pushed the door straight in. Bai Luoqiu had already poured tea for him.

"Master."

"Sit down." Bai Luoqiu pointed to the seat opposite him, "Have you gained anything from investigating the Li family? Why did you bring Er Shao Wen here?"

"I have gained something." Xie Yan sat on the chair, took a sip of tea and said, "Yesterday, I investigated Li Tianwei together with Wen Heng and the Wen family guys, and found his residence in the racetrack, and managed to find his house in the racetrack." He caught one of his confidantes while trying to scare the snake away, and the Wen family is interrogating that person, and it is estimated that there will be a result soon."

Xie Yan's words turned around in her mind, and finally she chose not to tell Bai Luoqiu the specific situation in that house.

Even he, who had nothing to do with him, would feel disgusted when he saw those tortured teenagers similar to Bai Luoqiu, let alone Bai Luoqiu, who had an unforgettable past with Li Tianwei?Li Tianwei was already a dying person who couldn't make waves, and Bai Luoqiu had suffered enough, so it's better not to make him sad.

"That's good. Fang Xunxuan will definitely take action when we find out what's behind Li Tianwei. Then we can rest assured." Bai Luoqiu nodded without doubting him.

"By the way, master, I went to the racetrack this time and met someone." Xie Yan carefully observed Bai Luoqiu's expression.

"Who?" Bai Luoqiu didn't understand why Xie Yan was so serious all of a sudden.

"Gu Shicha."

"...Who are you talking about?!" Bai Luoqiu was silent for half a second, then stood up suddenly.

"I met Gu Shichao, Gu Shichao from the Gu family in Tianjin." Xie Yan repeated every word.

"..." Bai Luoqiu seemed to be stunned, and stood still for a while before recovering his voice, "Then you—"

"I haven't remembered what happened before, but A'a has already given me a general idea. Including my relationship with Mr. Xiang Yanlin, what happened to Xiang Zhai a year ago, and the last encounter with the Gu family."

Bai Luoqiu sighed softly, and sat back on the chair, "I didn't expect that Ah 谩 was still alive, it was my fault... At the beginning, I realized that something might happen to the Gu family, but it was too late, Mrs. Gu died by the canal When the body was found on the boat, the refugees stripped off all the clothes on the body, and no clues could be found..."

"I thought the child had died on the river, but unexpectedly—is he... all right?"

"I can't say if it's good or not. Although I don't have a handicap, I have suffered a lot and suffered a lot. I am currently recuperating in the Wen family." Xie Yan shook her head, not thinking it was Bai Luoqiu's fault.

Tianjin and Beijing are not far away. In the situation back then, Bai Luoqiu was not an omniscient and omnipotent god. It was already very rare to save him. How could he happen to be able to save Gu Shi?

The tragedy of the Gu family is the epitome of the national tragedy of this era, no wonder anyone who works hard.

"I'll go back and see him..." Bai Luoqiu shook his head, temporarily driving out the sadness in his mind, "You heard him talk about the past, so what are your plans now?"

"Finish my mission first." Xie Yan smiled, "Master, although I haven't remembered the past, I have a preliminary understanding. Now that the enemy is at hand and the situation is about to come, should you tell me the truth? gone."

"……What do you want to know?"

"Who was the murderer a year ago? How did I survive? And...what did I leave to my uncle, so that so many people flock to it?"

Bai Luoqiu raised his head to look at Xie Yan, and the young man with a slightly immature face looked at him seriously, his tone was full of confidence, as if nothing could stop him forever, Bai Luoqiu was in a daze, as if he saw through him The shadow of a deceased gentleman.

As expected of the nephew that person brought with him and taught him, Bai Luoqiu was certain in his heart that he was already desperate about this matter and only wanted to try his best to protect Xie Yan, but now, he suddenly saw another better possibility .

"Actually, you only need to answer the third of the three questions you asked." Bai Luoqiu took a sip of tea and organized his words.

"You should already know that Mr. Xiang was the Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Qing court at that time, right?"

"I know. I also heard from Li Quan that Mr. Xiang is a reformer who studied abroad. He is fair and flexible, and he is very prestigious in Beijing."

"You're right." Bai Luoqiu nodded, "Mr. Xiang was one of the best figures in the capital back then. He was dedicated to serving the country and the people. He had contacts with several new forces in Beijing and China, and he also had friendships with foreigners and consuls. It can even be said that he holds the lifeblood of the current situation, and he was responsible for the downfall of the Qing court."

"The power is all over the sky, and it is very hot." Xie Yan commented.

"That's why I'm guilty of carrying Bi." Bai Luoqiu continued, "Before Xiang Zhai's accident, Mr. Xiang told me worryingly that after the fall of the Qing court, the situation in Beijing became more and more complicated. Fighting against each other, the water in the dark is so deep that he can't see through it. He is in a position that is too eye-catching, and he is undoubtedly the target of public criticism, but for the sake of the country, he can't let him go. If something happens in the future, we just ask us to continue Unfinished business, and take care of his family."

"You?" Xie Yan caught the word.

"We." Bai Luoqiu thought about it for a while, "'We' is a huge information network that Mr. Xiang has accumulated over the years. There are street vendors, teahouse waiters, teachers, business owners... all kinds of people, All walks of life, and I'm one of them."

"These people usually work quietly in their own industries, and they don't know each other's identities. Although I know a few colleagues in Beijing and China because of my close relationship with Mr. Xiang, I don't know the whole picture of this intelligence network. After Mr. Xiang passed away, , because there was no one to mobilize, the intelligence network fell silent, only a few of us who knew each other continued to work hard."

"The one who saved me a year ago was someone from this intelligence network?" Xie Yan Wenxian knew.

"Yes." Bai Luoqiu nodded, "The murderers used tricks to confuse Mr. Xiang's sight. By the time the people in the intelligence network realized something was wrong, they had already killed the people in the house and were searching around until all the people in the intelligence network When they arrived, those people left in a hurry for fear of revealing their identities.”

"People from the intelligence network looked at the tragic situation in front of them with grief and anger, but they were powerless. They only found you who was hidden by Mr. Xiang in the small dark box in the study room. In order to protect you, they had to think Find a way to find a corpse that is about the same size as you, put it in the study and set fire to the house."

"Unexpectedly, you may have been frightened, and you ran away without paying attention. It was inconvenient for other people in the intelligence network, so they had to find me quickly, and hoped that I would use my relationship to find out your whereabouts as soon as possible and hide you in the In the theater."

"I see." Xie Yan nodded, all the doubts in his heart were finally resolved.

When he and Gu Shixu speculated that Bai Luoqiu was the "second wave person", although their motives and behaviors were compatible, there was a problem that could not be ignored, that is, Bai Luoqiu could add at most one Dechun Ben, where did the energy to force the murderer away come from?

Now after listening to Bai Luoqiu's words, everything is finally in line. Bai Luoqiu is indeed that "second wave of people", but he is just one of them.

"So the murderer who caused these tragedies has not been found yet?" Xie Yan noticed that Bai Luoqiu kept talking about "the murderer" instead of the specific target.

"There are strands of suspicion, but none with evidence."

"Maybe if you know what Uncle Xiang left behind, you can know what the murderer wants, and then find him out." Xie Yan was not surprised, "By the way, Master, do you know what important list Uncle Xiang has in his hand? ?”

"The list?" Bai Luoqiu shook his hand slightly, "Why do you ask this?"

Xie Yan recounted the conversation between Fang Qingming and Mr. Wen that he overheard when he went to Fang Xunxuan's mansion.

"Is that so, I thought you had a list..." Bai Luoqiu couldn't tell whether he was disappointed or relieved.

"The list you mentioned should be the most important thing Mr. Xiang may leave behind, coveted by countless forces."

"What kind of list is it that has such power?" Xie Yan already had some speculations in his heart, and his breathing became a little short of breath.

"Of course, it is the list of all the contacts and key figures that Mr. Xiang has accumulated during his years as the foreign minister of the Qing court, as well as the lists of all the spies and contact points that have been planted."

"It is a power that means great power to one's own people, and it is an important weapon of the country that is more related to life and death to the enemy."