The entertainment tycoon of the Republic of China

Xie Yan had heard Li Quan talk about Bai Luoqiu and the Dechun class before. At the age of 17, Bai Luoqiu inherited the Dechun class and became famous in the capital. It has been more than seven years since then. Is only fourteen or fifteen years old.

"Your trip to the capital has something to do with Li Tianwei?"

"We went to the capital to fetch him back to Hankou under the orders of Mr. Li and his wife." Fu Yunhai said tremblingly, "I remember that Mr. Li was very angry that day, and his wife kept crying with her face covered. The atmosphere was extremely oppressive, and I followed behind my father without daring to lift my head, and saw that Mr. Li had given my father a letter for him to forward to relatives in the capital, and we hurried on our way."

"At that time, there was only a railway from Beijing to Zhangjiakou in the whole country. We first took a horse-drawn carriage, then took a waterway, and finally took a train. After walking for half a month, we arrived in the capital. We found a relative and delivered the letter."

"What was written in that letter, and what does it have to do with Bai Luoqiu?" Seeing that he was recalling endlessly, Xie Yan interrupted aloud.

"I don't know exactly what was written in the letter, but I can probably guess it."

"Ok?"

"When we arrived at the relative's house, Li Tianwei was not at home. It is said that he had gone out to listen to a play. When we came back, we looked like we had seen a ghost. After the relative read Master Li's letter and confronted Li Tianwei, we didn't know what happened."

"Li Tianwei went to the capital to take the Westernization Examination. Who knows that not only did he not take the exam well, but he also had an ambiguity with a small actor in Huang Shaojin's troupe. The exam was a mess and he got mixed up in the circle of young students. The news spread back to Hankou somehow, and Mr. Li was so angry that he wrote to his relatives overnight to deal with this matter."

"Huang Shaojin?" Xie Yan heard a new name.

"Huang Shaojin is Bai Luoqiu's master, and his Jinliang class is the predecessor of the current Dechun class." Fu Yunhai quickly explained.

"Then that 'little actor' is Bai Luoqiu."

Fu Yunhai's confused brain was suddenly alerted, and his subconscious mind told him that the tone of the young man in front of him seemed calm but was full of anger. However, he couldn't figure it out, but he just mentioned Bai Luoqiu, why did the other party act like this all of a sudden? .

"Yes, it's him." Fu Yunhai replied cautiously, "Bai Luoqiu at that time was just a young apprentice under Huang Shaojin who was serving tea and pouring water, and he had no advantages other than good looks."

"Actually, it's not a big deal for a rich man like Li Tianwei to be ambiguous with a few actors on weekdays. At most, he would be called flirtatious. Master Li was so angry at the beginning, it is said that it was mainly because Li Tianwei was very unusual to Bai Luoqiu. Not only taught him to read and write, but also asked him to help with business, which caused a lot of people to make jokes, and asked Mr. Li directly if the Li family planned to take a low-level male daughter-in-law, which would embarrass the Li family. Let relatives do it for him, and Li Tianwei must be brought back as soon as possible."

Xie Yan originally thought that Li Tianwei and Bai Luoqiu had a deep grievance. In the past, it was probably all blood feuds. She didn't expect that the two of them had such a relationship in the beginning, and she was a little surprised.

But thinking about Bai Luoqiu's character carefully, without the love that he had expected, how could he have the hatred that he can't let go of until now?

"Let's go on, what was the confrontation between Li Tianwei and his relatives, and how did you deal with it later?"

"Of course Li Tianwei refused to admit what he had done at first, and he didn't want to go back to Hankou. When we talked about Bai Luoqiu, he bit him to death that he didn't know this person, and said that he would go to Huang Shaojin's Jinliang class to ask someone face to face. It’s clear that he doesn’t want to go either.”

"When the relatives saw this, they knew that they could not use harsh medicine. They took out Master Li's letter and told him that the Li family knew everything. The evidence was solid and he couldn't let him argue. If he is clean and returned to Hankou, he will be kicked out of the Li family and will not give him a penny."

"So Li Tianwei gave up?" Xie Yan couldn't figure it out. If the matter ended here, Li Tianwei and Bai Luoqiu wouldn't have a grudge.

"Of course Li Tianwei was unwilling at first, so his relatives had his valuables stripped off him, drove him out of the house, and secretly sent someone to watch him. We all know that Li Tianwei's pampered and inattentive temperament can't make a big deal out of it. Sure enough, within three days he came back disheartened and said that he knew he was wrong."

"As expected." Xie Yan said lightly, as long as Li Tianwei has some backbone and ability, he will not become a lackey of foreigners today.

Seeing that Xie Yan didn't say anything, Fu Yunhai swallowed his saliva and continued, "The relatives are very satisfied after hearing this, but Li Tianwei has a criminal record. made a request."

"What request?" Xie Yan's eyes were fixed, knowing the important point.

"He asked Li Tianwei to go to Jinliang's class with him, talk to Huang Shaojin about this matter, and ask Huang Shaojin to discipline his disciples well."

"..." Xie Yan's heart skipped a beat. Although he didn't know what kind of person Huang Shaojin was, he could tell from Fu Yunhai's words just now that Bai Luoqiu's life under him was very difficult. Huang Shaojin undoubtedly pushed Bai Luoqiu into the pit of fire.

"And then? Li Tianwei agreed?" Xie Yan closed her eyes, already knowing the answer in her heart.

"He remained silent for a long time with a bitter face, and heard from his relatives that if the matter here was not handled properly, Mr. Li would give up several big shops to his younger brother, so he jumped up and agreed to this request." Fu Yunhai licked it. Lips, long speeches made his throat dry and itchy, "On the day I went to Jinliang class to question Xingshi, my relatives brought me and my father along with me in addition to Li Tianwei, in order to reassure Mr. Li when he went back."

"When we arrived in Jinliang's class, I almost forgot how we negotiated with Huang Shaojin and what we said, but I can't forget a scene related to Bai Luoqiu."

"what?"

"It's colder in Beijing than in Hankou. The morning when we went to Jinliang class, it was snowing like catkins, and there were hardly any people a few meters away. Huang Shaojin knew about Bai Luoqiu and Li Tianwei a long time ago, and opened his eyes for money. With one eye closed, the relatives will naturally make a show when they come to the door, so they have someone call Bai Luoqiu to the room."

"A boy of fourteen or fifteen years old has a prettier face than a woman's. No wonder Li Tianwei is so obsessed with something. He is wearing a white satin red fox fur jacket. It should have been bought by Li Tianwei before. Half of his face Buried in the wind and fur, walking step by step from the snow looks like a painting." Fu Yunhai opened his eyes and carefully recalled the scene of that day, no matter how much he looked down on Bai Luoqiu in his heart, he had to admit that that scene was something he had never seen in his life. The most beautiful scenery ever.

"After Bai Luoqiu came in, Huang Shaojin pretended to scold him for a while, but he didn't say a word, he just looked at Li Tianwei who was standing by our side, Li Tianwei wanted to say something, but was pulled by his relatives warningly, and immediately fell silent. "

"..." Xie Yan clenched his fists, perhaps because he had just realized what he wanted, he could completely imagine Bai Luoqiu's sadness and despair at that time.

"Huang Shaojin asked Bai Luoqiu to admit his mistakes to his relatives, but Bai Luoqiu refused, and still looked at Li Tianwei." Fu Yunhai continued, "Seeing this, Huang Shaojin felt that he had lost face, and suddenly became angry, and picked up the celadon at hand The tea bowl fell to the ground, and a few martial arts students from the troupe were called to push Bai Luoqiu to the ground."

"Press it on the broken porcelain?!" Xie Yan's eyes widened.

"Yeah, on such a cold day, the troupe's outer hall doesn't have a fire, and frost can form on the floor tiles by breathing. It's too cold to step on it with shoes on, let alone kneel on it." Fu Yunhai has already realized that thank you Yan and Li Tianwei didn't deal with each other, they were on the side of Bai Luoqiu, and when they talked, they deliberately exaggerated Bai Luoqiu's situation at that time.

But even if he doesn't say these things, a normal person can feel the pain that Bai Luoqiu endured that day as long as he thinks about the three words "xuetian", "broken porcelain" and "kneeling down".

"Bai Luoqiu naturally doesn't want to kneel, but his small body is no match for Wu Sheng. The two of them grabbed their shoulders and pressed down on the porcelain before kneeling down. His knee hurts, but he gritted his teeth and said nothing."

"Where's Li Tianwei? What is Li Tianwei doing?" Xie Yan was furious when he heard that.

"Li Tianwei didn't dare to look at Bai Luoqiu, so he turned his back a long time ago."

"He didn't even ask for mercy?" After Xie Yan said it, she realized that she was just asking for nothing. With Li Tianwei's selfishness and cowardice, how dare he risk offending his relatives and losing his inheritance rights to speak for Bai Luoqiu?

"And then?" Xie Yan closed her eyes and heard herself ask, "How long has Bai Luoqiu been kneeling?"

"Bai Luoqiu was still struggling when he was pinned to the ground, his eyes were fixed on Li Tianwei's evil back, I don't know how long it took, I couldn't bear to watch it anymore, he suddenly stopped, closed his eyes and knelt down After a while, I knocked my head three times, and said I'm sorry."

"What?" Xie Yan didn't expect this turning point, and froze in place.

"I don't know why, maybe I just want to get away." Fu Yunhai saw that Xie Yan was easy to talk and didn't hit anyone, so he answered without asking, "Bai Luoqiu kowtowed and admitted his mistake, Huang Shaojin asked him to let him go, he didn't Crying, Bu Nao took off his leather jacket and put it aside, looked at Li Tianwei's back and said a few words, then turned around without being helped and limped out of the house, and walked into the heavy snow wearing unlined clothes."

"……what did he say?"

"He said, I have never favored you except for this dress, and now I have given it back to you, saying that I am a bitch who is greedy for your money, and I will not accept it to the death. Since you have made up your mind, we will make a clean break from today, If there is nothing else to do, I will not see you again, nor will I sing you another play."

"When the relatives saw that Bai Luoqiu's words were so absolute, they were finally satisfied. They gave Huang Shaojin 100 silver dollars and took us away. The next day we returned to Hankou with Li Tianwei. Within a few months, he and Master Li gave him The girl he had chosen got married, so far everyone thought that he had no idea about Bai Luoqiu."

As for the truth, Xie Yan could give the answer to the teenage boy who looked similar to Bai Luoqiu in the room that Xie Yan saw yesterday.

"After Bai Luoqiu went out that day, did someone help him with his wound?" Xie Yan didn't want to think about anything else for the time being.

"I don't know. Huang Shaojin probably didn't have the kindness to buy medicine for him. His wounds are really easy to freeze and rot in winter, but didn't Bai Luoqiu become a famous actor later? With such a good figure, there must be no problems with his knees." Fu Yunhai was afraid of Xie Yan. Ask him to settle the account for not helping at the time, and quickly excuse him.

"..." Xie Yan suddenly didn't know what to say, he thought he might have understood the meaning of Bai Luoqiu's sudden three sorry that day many years ago.

These three sorrys are not an apology to the Li family, but an apology to myself; it is not an apology for being with Li Tianwei, but an apology for the reality of choosing to compromise.

Xie Yan blinked his sour eyes, he finally understood why Bai Luoqiu was so familiar with the affairs of the Li family, and seemed to understand the meaning behind Bai Luoqiu's hesitation to speak these days.

Bai Luoqiu and Li Tianwei had such a past, so he used his relationship with the Li family to remind Xie Yan to pay attention to his relationship with the Wen family, did he already see something?

"Ayan." When Xie Yan's mind was in chaos, a warm hand suddenly grabbed his wrist, as if telling him that he was always there, "Don't be distracted, think about what you are going to do next. "

Xie Yan collected herself and looked at Wen Heng, "Let's split up, you go to Fang Xunxuan to discuss the opium issue, I have to go to Master first."

"Okay." Wen Heng had no objection, "Be careful in everything."

……

When Wen Heng and Xie Yan were still in the underground secret room of Wen's house, it was almost noon on the ground.

After Li Tianwei came out of the Japanese Concession, he carried a very simple food box in his hand, lowered his hat and got into a rickshaw.

"Go to the former site of Tiansheng Theater on Furong Street." He threw money to the two sons of the coachman, his face pale.

"Okay!" the coachman agreed, and ran forward.

Li Tianwei was sitting in the rickshaw, his brain was blank and confused, his hands were tightly holding the food box on his lap, and the back of his underwear was wet with sweat.

Just now in the Japanese consulate, Kaoru Tanaka, the Japanese consul, lost his temper after hearing him say that Fu Yunhai's rebellion and the news about the new opium might be leaked, and agreed to help him search for Fu Yunhai.

Correspondingly, however, he must also get rid of Bai Luoqiu before Fang Qingming's birthday banquet, so as to ensure that the Hankou government's plan for the racecourse will be aborted, otherwise Kaoru Tanaka will withdraw the shipping discount to the Li family, which will affect Li Tianwei's status in the Li family. Undoubtedly a great blow.

A group of things that are not successful enough to fail!Thinking of the reason for the failure of the plan to destroy Bai Luoqiu's reputation yesterday morning, Li Tianwei gritted his teeth. When he completely takes over the family, the first thing he will do is to drive out those brothers who only know how to eat ready-made food. door!

Li Tianwei's fingertips kept trembling, and his handsome face under the hat was distorted and disfigured. He knew better than anyone else that he was relying on the help of foreigners for everything in his family, and he knew better if he couldn't do what the foreigners asked him to do. , what would be the consequences.

Thinking of the things that Kaoru Tanaka gave him when he left the consulate, Li Tianwei knocked on the food box on his lap, and his face finally improved.

When he left just now, Li Tianwei learned from Tian Zhongxun that Bai Luoqiu had just left the house and was heading to the former site of the closed Tiansheng Theater. Now that he goes to Tiansheng Theater, he will definitely catch Bai Luoqiu. It's not the Bai house, Bai Luoqiu has nowhere to hide if he wants to.

Li Tianwei doesn't believe that Bai Luoqiu really doesn't have any old feelings for him. According to Mr. Tanaka Xun, as long as he says a few more good words and tricks Bai Luoqiu into eating the food, the other party will no longer be a threat, and he can become his own again. people!

——Having not seen each other for so many years, he really wanted to compare, who is more suitable for Bai Luoqiu and the fake in the yard?