The dream of "Tenderness of Iron Hands" begins in Tokyo

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Since taking up the post in the Ministry of Criminal Justice, Lu Mengyun has to deal with many and tedious matters every day.It is not only necessary to follow the experienced big arresters to scout the scene of the crime, but also to be responsible for the investigation, interrogation, and taking of confessions of the suspects.And she is still in the learning stage, so it is not so easy to do it, so she is busy all day long.However, the days are also fulfilling and fast because of this, and this day is already the New Year's Eve.

The custom in Bianjing is also that "the winter solstice is as big as the new year", and Kaifeng government releases the customs, and all the celebrations are as lively as the first month of the new year.It was almost dusk, and it was rare for Lu Mengyun to leave the office of the Ministry of Criminal Justice a little earlier because of the ancestor worship ceremony in the mansion today.

It was extremely cold outside, and the sky was overcast and snowy, but the streets were still bustling with people wearing new clothes, selling wine, preparing food, offering offerings and candles, creating a festive atmosphere.When she entered the mansion, A Liang told her that the husband told Miss Ruoyun to meet him in the study when she returned home.So Lu Mengyun hurried back to her room to freshen up, put on clean clothes, and went to the study to see her uncle.

Mr. Zhuge was reading in the study when he saw Lu Mengyun coming in and said with a smile, "Ah Yun is back."

"I met Master Uncle." Lu Mengyun stepped forward to salute, "What order does Master Uncle ask A Yun?"

"Oh, it's not a big deal." Mr. Zhuge pointed to a sandalwood box on the table, and said with a smile, "I got a stone bergamot, you help me send it to the old building so that your brother Iron Hand can put it away."

"Senior Brother Iron Hand?" Lu Mengyun was a little puzzled, "Isn't he in Lianyun Village?"

"Hehe..." Mr. Zhuge stroked his beard and smiled, "I just came back at noon today."

"Really?!" Lu Mengyun almost screamed, the voice was so loud that even she was startled, she suddenly felt that she had lost her composure, and her pretty face flushed instantly.

"Haha..." Mr. Zhuge laughed loudly, looking at her lovingly: "Really! Go!"

"Yeah!" Lu Mengyun was very happy, took the box and ran to the old building.

The gate of the courtyard was open, and Lu Mengyun stepped into the old building for the first time since she came to Shenhou Mansion for more than a year.

The old building is a three-story pavilion with the door facing south, facing a small courtyard.The courtyard is paved with cobblestones, and only stone tables and benches are placed in the center; trees, flowers and plants are planted along the wall, which is very cold in this season but smells the fragrance of wintersweet; several slender stalagmites are dotted under a clump of green bamboo in the southwest corner of the courtyard , looks simple and elegant.

The door of the house was ajar, Lu Mengyun walked up the steps and knocked on the door knocker lightly.

"Come in." The long-lost deep voice sounded in the room.

Lu Mengyun entered the door and saw that the room was divided into three rooms.In the center is the living room, where two pairs of mahogany stools are placed symmetrically and neatly. There is a long-axis landscape painting and a pair of couplets hanging in the middle hall. It can be seen that the inscription is Tieshou's own calligraphy and painting; There is a blue and white plum vase each; the east side seems to be a bedroom, with the door closed; the west side is a study room, a bookshelf floor-to-ceiling cover made of mahogany separates the living room from the living room, and the shelves are filled with various books and several gold and stone collections.

Lu Mengyun saw the Iron Hand man in the study, so she called softly, "Senior Brother Iron Hand."

"Ah! It's Junior Sister!" Tie Shou was lighting a fire for the small tea stove. Seeing that it was Lu Mengyun, she was a little surprised, so she hurriedly greeted her, and said with a smile, "I thought it was Mrs. Liang, she helped me get tea. It's cold outside. Come in and sit down, I ordered a charcoal basin."

Lu Mengyun saw that he was still wearing a simple cotton black robe as usual, and he was tall and tall.Compared with the gentleness and elegance when we met at the beginning of last year, and the stern and bravery in the Battle of Nishuihan, the iron hand at this time, Fang Zheng's handsome face, although a little tired from the world, has added a bit of leadership dignity, and his expression is getting better and better. It's like his mentor, Mr. Zhuge.

"Brother is finally back! How wonderful!" Lu Mengyun said happily, and then handed the sandalwood box to Tie Shou: "Uncle got a new stone bergamot, let me give it to you to put away."

Tie Shou took it with both hands, carefully placed it on the desk, and said, "Okay, I'll put it upstairs in a while. Junior sister, sit down. I'm about to light the stove and order some tea. Let's have a cup together."

"Okay." Lu Mengyun saw a low table on the Luohan couch under the south window, on which a tea set and tea stove had been placed, so she walked over and sat down.At this time, Mrs. Liang from the kitchen came over to greet the second master outside the door with tea, and Tie Shou went out to get tea.

Lu Mengyun looked around.I saw that the study room was about two feet wide, with flower windows on three sides, very bright.A rosewood marble-topped desk is placed to the north, and there are several stalks of plantains outside the rear window, and the green leaves are dancing.On the desk is a Ru kiln large brush washer, several square stone inkstones, a stack of postcards, various calligraphy and painting brushes in the sea, and more than a dozen scrolls inserted in the calligraphy and painting jar beside the table; The bronze censer is curling up smoke, which looks like agarwood.The whole room feels simple and tidy, full of chic and elegant book atmosphere.

"Senior Brother Tie Shou is so elegant here!" Lu Mengyun smiled at Tie Shou.

"Where, I haven't been back for a long time. These books are covered with thick dust. I'm afraid I have to clean them up for a while, hehe..." Tie Shou went back to the room with tea cakes and sat down opposite Lu Mengyun.

"Originally, I planned to go to Lianyunzhai to see my brother during the Chinese New Year. Now I don't have to run away. It's great."

"I'm worried about Junior Sister Lao. Uncle Mo Shi came last month... Fortunately, things in the village are going smoothly... I'm still thinking about you, so I thought I'd better come back." Tie Shou said a little embarrassed.

"It's good to be back! I still have a lot of things to ask you." Lu Mengyun said while taking the tea cake: "Brother boil water, I'll make some tea."

"it is good."

Iron hands filled the iron pot with water and placed it on the tea stove, but seeing Lu Mengyun lightly rolled up her sleeves to reveal her snow-white jade wrists, her slender fingers fluttered exquisitely, grinding tea, pouring water, mixing paste, and whisking, her movements were skillful, slow and elegant, which was very touching. nice.

After a while, Lu Mengyun ordered tea, held the cup with both hands, and said, "Brother Tie Shou, please use tea. Welcome home!"

"Thank you, Junior Sister!" Tie Shou nodded in return, took the teacup with both hands, and seeing the whiteness of Momo, biting the rim of the cup tightly, he couldn't help but praise: "Junior Junior Sister really makes good tea."

After the two finished drinking tea, Tie Shou said, "I'll go and put away Shishu's collection. Is it the first time for Junior Sister to go up and have a look at the old building?"

"Yeah! I just want to see it." Lu Mengyun said happily.

"Come with me."

Lu Mengyun followed Tie Shou out of the study room, saw that he had locked the door first, and then returned to the front of the table in the middle hall. She started to turn the plum vase on the left side lightly with her hand. Immediately, the wall on the west side of the middle hall turned back. Reveals the stairway entrance.Tie Shou walked ahead to lead Lu Mengyun upstairs.

The second floor is very spacious and bright without any partition. There is a plaque hanging on the beam, and the inscription "Li Buddha" is written by Mr. Zhuge.There are hundreds of statues of Buddha, Avalokitesvara, and Arhats of different materials and sizes on the surrounding mahogany frames, which look solemn and solemn.There is a grass futon in the middle of the room.Iron Dodo,

"Although today's government advocates Taoism, Uncle Shi has a karmic relationship with Buddhism, and usually goes to Kaibao Temple to discuss scriptures with Master Zhihe when he has time. Usually, there are not many people here, but it is an excellent place for me to meditate and practice. "

There was a small copper vat filled with water in the corner of the room. Tie Shou walked over to fetch water to wash his hands, then carefully took out the bergamot from the box and placed it on the shelf, clasped his hands together and saluted.

Seeing his pious expression, Lu Mengyun said, "Brother Tie Shou also believes in Buddhism, right?"

Tie Shou sighed: "Alas... It is really inevitable that I will kill and hurt people when I enter this trip. I am afraid that I have no destiny with the Buddha."

Lu Mengyun said: "My Buddha is merciful, promotes the good and punishes the evil. Senior brother punishes the wicked and saves the good. What he does is good deeds."

Tie Shoudao: "Well! No matter what, I just want to behave in a manner worthy of the conscience of heaven and earth. Let's go, and then go to the third floor to have a look."

There are flower windows on all sides of the third floor, which provides better lighting and ventilation.There is also a plaque on the beam, which is the word "reading the scriptures".There are rows of bookshelves on the west side, filled with ancient books, scriptures, and some calligraphy and paintings.On the east side by the window is a large book table and a bamboo couch for the concubine Xiang.

Lu Mengyun praised: "It must be very pleasant to read and enjoy the cool air here in summer." She saw that there was a display cabinet behind the book case, but it was not filled with books, so she walked over to take a closer look.

There are actually everything inside, such as wood-carved zodiac signs, hand-woven bamboo wares, stone seals, sandalwood bracelets, waist pendants, hand-polished bronze mirrors, and even dolls of ethnic minorities. It's like a grocery store.Lu Mengyun found it interesting, but she didn't expect that the mature and serious senior brother Tie Shou had such a childlike side, so she smiled and said, "I really didn't expect the senior brother to hide so many interesting playthings."

Tie Shou smiled a little embarrassedly and said: "I made my junior sister laugh, these things are not worth much. Some of them were bought by me on business trips to see the fun, and some were given by the family members of the sufferers after the case was solved. I put it here just to keep It's just a memorial."

Lu Mengyun saw that there was a silver hairpin for women, but the style was different from that of the Central Plains, so she picked it up to look at it.

Tie Shun said: "If Junior Sister likes to take it."

Lu Mengyun hurriedly said: "No, no, I was just wondering whether this thing was bought by senior brother or given by someone else, haha..." She suddenly wanted to make a joke with him.

Tie Shou hurriedly said: "I didn't buy it, let me think about it... it should have been given to me by a young Miao girl when I was solving a case in Qianzhou six years ago."

"Haha... It was given by the girl, so I shouldn't have taken it." Lu Mengyun smiled slyly and put it back in its original place.

"It's just a seven-year-old girl. Her sister was brutally raped and murdered by the wicked, and I found out the culprit. Before leaving, she insisted on sending me to express her gratitude. I couldn't refuse and had to accept it."

When Lu Mengyun heard this, she immediately put away her jokes, and said softly: "So there is such a reason, it is not easy for this girl to know how to repay her kindness at such a young age."

"Junior Sister, if you like, take it, and I will forget it here. If you use it, I will still think of her." Tie Shou took the hairpin and handed it to Lu Mengyun.

Seeing the sincerity on his face, Lu Mengyun really liked the distinctive pattern in her heart, so she thanked him and accepted it.I thought in my heart that I would buy a gift in return for him during the Chinese New Year.

While the two of them were talking, they heard cold blood shouting from downstairs: "Second Brother, Junior Sister, are you there? The ceremony is about to start, I'll just wait for you two."

Only then did the two realize that it was getting late, so they hurried downstairs to the main hall.

Mr. Zhuge led the disciples to perform the ancestor worship ceremony, and then everyone was listening to the reunion feast at Fengxuan.Because of the return of the iron hand, everyone is very happy, even Xiaojiu'er is very excited, pestering the second uncle that he will help her shape a snow lion when it snows tomorrow.

After the banquet, everyone went back to their rooms, and called Lu Mengyun coldly: "Junior sister, don't forget to accompany me to Zhouqiao tomorrow."

"Don't worry! I haven't forgotten. Seeing how anxious you are, could it be that the third lady has already arrived in Bianjing?" Lu Mengyun laughed.

"Not yet, the day after tomorrow." Leng Xue replied shyly touching his head.

Tie Shouben walked in front of the two of them, upon hearing this, he suddenly turned around and asked Leng Xue: "Is Miss Meihong coming?"

"Exactly, she went to Jiangnan a while ago and passed by the capital on her way home..."

"Oh... she... did she come alone?" Tie Shou asked again softly, with some hesitation in his words.

"...Yes... She said that her sister-in-law is pregnant and doesn't go out..." Leng Xue answered with some hesitation.

When Lu Mengyun heard Tie Shou's words, the slight smile on her face instantly froze, and a pain that seemed to be suddenly burned flashed in her eyes.He lowered his eyes, then regained his composure, and only let out a soft "Oh...".

Lu Mengyun said: "Brother Tieshou, why don't you go with us?"

"No, I'm a little tired from the journey these days. I want to have a good rest at home tomorrow. You guys go. See you later!" Tie Shou turned around and walked towards his old building.

For some reason, Lu Mengyun suddenly felt a touch of sadness on his back.She asked Leng Xue puzzledly: "Fourth brother, what's wrong with Brother Iron Hand?"

Leng Xue let out a soft sigh, then told Lu Mengyun what Tie Shou and Xiao Zhen had said, and said, "Actually, Xiao Zhen married Xi Qiuya this summer, and she is pregnant now. I think the second brother must be let I know, so since he mentioned it just now, he said it cruelly."

"So that's it. I'm afraid senior brother will be sad." Lu Mengyun thought that senior brother Tie Shou was really a righteous person, and even such a thing would rather hurt herself to help others.It's just... it's just a matter of feelings, is it really good to do this?She couldn't figure it out for a moment, she just felt sorry for the two of them, and lamented that maybe this was the so-called fate without a share.

The winter solstice is a three-day holiday as usual.It was rare to have free time, and Lu Mengyun had a long sleep the next day, which was very comfortable.In the afternoon, I accompanied Leng Xue to the Zhouqiao Bazaar to buy a lot of girls' jewelry, collar wipes, and snacks and pastries.

The weather was cloudy and cold, and it really snowed heavily on the third day, and Qiongyao covered the ground overnight, and the whole city was covered with snow.

Jiu'er came early in the morning to ask Aunt Yun to make a snowman.Lu Mengyun was born in the south where snow is not common, so she was also very excited, and the two put on their cloaks and went to the garden.Leng Xue went out to meet Xi Meihong early in the morning, Lu Mengyun remembered that he hadn't seen Tie Shou yesterday, so she said to Jiu'er, "Go to the old building and call Second Uncle over to play together."

After a while, Jiu'er came over holding an iron hand.

Seeing that Tieshou's complexion was not very good, Lu Mengyun knew that he had contracted a cold as soon as he spoke, so she said concerned: "Brother Tieshou, you have a cold, is it important?"

"It's okay."

"Forget it, let's not play, you can go back to your room to rest. Remember to drink plenty of water."

"It's okay. I'll help you sculpt." Tie Shou played with them all morning.

After lunch, Lu Mengyun went to the kitchen to boil a pot of red dates and ginger tea and sent it to the old building.Tie Shou was sleeping in the study, when he saw his junior sister coming, he hurriedly gave up his seat.

"Why did Brother Tie Shou catch a cold? Could it be that he is not acclimatized to Bianjing after a year. Hehe... I just made ginger tea, you should drink it while it's hot."

"Thank you, little junior sister, for your concern!" Tie Shou was very grateful, and turned on the thermos to drink tea, "Maybe I was tired from the journey, and I didn't sleep the night before and felt a bit cold. I'll be fine soon."

Lu Mengyun secretly thought that Tie Shou's illness was mostly caused by knowing that Xiaozhen was hit after she got married, but she also knew that this kind of emotional injury was difficult for others to comfort, so she could only wait for him to resolve it on her own.All she could do was chat with him to distract him, so she asked him for advice on some problems she encountered while working as an errand.

After chatting for a while, Lu Mengyun got up to say goodbye, told him to have a good rest, and turned back just as he stepped out the door.

"Almost forgot again." She smiled and took out a piece of silver from her sleeve: "Pay back your money. It's been almost a year."

Tie Shou couldn't help laughing: "Why do you still remember this! I told you not to return it, it's a gift for you."

"No, no, it was agreed that day that I have to pay it back, so take it quickly."

"Really not."

Lu Mengyun couldn't help but put the silver in his hand, "take it." Turning around, she ran out of the courtyard.

Tie Shou shouted: "Little Junior Sister, let's do this! I'll take the money, but can I treat you to a meal?"

After hearing this, Lu Mengyun stopped, seemed to think for a while, turned around and smiled and said, "That's right. Then... have a good meal. It's my birthday in two days. Brother, please invite me to Fan Lou?"

"Okay! It's a deal!" Iron Hand was obviously very happy.

Indeed, the iron hand's disease really started in the heart.After learning about Xiaozhen's pregnancy that day, he went back to the old building and drank alone for most of the night. Thinking of the past when he met and fell in love with her, he only felt pain in his heart.Although it has been two years since we separated and the emotion is no longer as strong as before, Tie Shou still can't completely forget Xiaozhen. After all, this is the first woman he really loves in his 30 years of life.He has been thinking about whether it was right or wrong to leave quietly at the beginning, and whether he should give himself another chance to redeem... But it is useless to think about it now, the beloved woman has become someone else's wife...

Tie Shou was drunk and fell asleep on the table all night, but when he woke up, he had a fever due to the cold. Come and invite him to make a snowman.

The little junior sister is not only beautiful, but also has a lovely and kind personality. She has always respected and cared for herself. Tie Shou likes her very much and doesn't want to spoil her interest, so he endures the discomfort to play with them.Fortunately, seeing their happy faces, I temporarily forgot my troubles and felt much better.

Tie Shou thought that he would go out to dinner with his junior sister the day after tomorrow, so he had to cheer up himself, so he went upstairs to meditate and practice his exercises, breathe out and adjust his breath, and dispelled the wind and cold in his body.