Yu Jingzhi's attitude towards Chu Yunsheng made many people scratch their heads, but no one dared to speak up.

Looking at Yu Jingzhi's subtle demeanor, Chu Yunsheng vaguely guessed that perhaps the credit for his own factory plan was enough to make Yu Jingzhi still in a state of doubt. Give him a certain amount of trust, and bet on the maximization of interests.

When he got here, Chu Yunsheng didn't say anything more, he put the gun back in his clothes, and followed Yu Jing to a car that just drove up.

At this time, Haicheng had already turned on the electric lights. When the sky turned dark, the main road was like a dragon and a snake that was awakened at night, and it woke up and lit up.

The car walks halfway down the Suzhou River.

On one side of the river, there is the old Haicheng, which has not yet been visited, and on the other side, the bustling and lively British Concession.

Chu Yunsheng looked out from the car window, which was covered with a layer of water mist.

Outside, there are still colorful scenes in the dark night.

The river was sparkling, and the ripples rolled toward the other side of the river.

The beautiful and clean glass windows were polished brightly, the lace curtains hung down, and the electric lights drew out the graceful shadows of dancing girls. Someone put a gramophone on the small balcony, and the babble singing made the chilly night wind swept up and warmed up a lot.

The shops and western restaurants facing the street come and go, with decent people in suits and leather shoes, and the huge sign above their heads depicting half-faced girls with snow skin and red lips, and small vendors shuttle among them, as if they dared to shout loudly. I'm afraid it disturbed this peace and prosperity.

Even the boats that were floating on the river, like they tilted their heads, they only care about going to the other side of the river to see the other way.

It was the first time that Chu Yunsheng saw Haicheng in this era. It was too similar to the illusory pictures in the original body's memory. It was real and illusory, giving people an inexplicable feeling. of dreamy sadness.

Chu Yunsheng watched quietly, and Yu Jingzhi's voice suddenly came from beside him: "You like that one too?"

"Mr. Yu likes it?" Chu Yun said in a deep voice, and answered rhetorically.

Yu Jingzhi laughed and said, "It's like a dream bubble, what's there to like?"

Chu Yunsheng was surprised by this answer.

  In the book "Pear Garden of the Republic of China" that Li Lingbi had read, and also in the plot of this world after Li Lingbi came here, due to the perspective, Guan Yu Jingzhi's description was not the same. ‌Too much, even quite rough.

But there is no doubt about one point, that is, although Yu Jingzhi doesn't mind using Western stuff, his relationship with the foreigners is very harmonious, and he is just a reluctant face-sucking joke. It is so torn up that although Yu Jingzhi occupies a small part of the estate in the concession, he has lived in the concession since then, and still lives in the old house of the Yu family.

The Yu family's old house is located in Old Haicheng, next to Zhabei where there are many factories. The environment is very good, but it is better than the farther places.

At this time, no one with a little bit of status and wealth would go to live in the concession, let alone those powerful bosses, with Yu Jingzhi among them. Appears to be unique.

People scolded him a few times in the newspaper, but no one really dared to talk about him in front of him. After all, where does Yu Jingzhi live, the hypocrite is still a real villain, and he is also with them. It doesn't matter.

At this time, Haicheng was also called Haicheng instead of Haicheng County. The area under the jurisdiction of Haicheng County is a mixed bag, and the new school gadgets collide with the old barriers, and the collision is smoky.

Yu Jingzhi stood firm in this smog, and even the old house was renovated cleanly and properly, making it a paradise of peace in the midst of chaos.

The old house is big, and the yard you enter is strictly guarded from the outside, but there are not many people inside.

Zheng Yuansheng's car turned around halfway and went somewhere else. He didn't come here, only Chu Yunsheng was left, and was arranged by Yu Jingzhi to the wing of his courtyard.

After cleaning up the embarrassment, Chu Yunsheng was called to the study by Yu Jingzhi's people before he could rest.

When he returned to his home, Yu Jingzhi seemed to relax as well.

He had just taken a bath, wrapped in a light-colored silk robe, his skin was lined with cold white and translucent, and under the dim light, it was as moist as jade.

"This is the yard I used to have when I was a child. Later, when it got bigger, my mother set up this wing room to prepare a concubine for me in the future. These items are in place, and I will order someone to go tomorrow. I hope you will forgive me for purchasing it.”

Yu Jingzhi waved back, leaned on the side of the imperial concubine's couch, and smiled apologetically at Chu Yunsheng.

Chu Yunsheng had no objection to the wing room, except that there was an extra dresser, there was nothing much to do with it.

"Mr. Lao Yu bothered, you can just settle down." Chu Yunsheng sat on the other side and took the tea on the table.

"You should have paid more attention. After all, no matter what I am here, I am more at home than Chu." Yu Jingzhi lifted the lid of the tea bowl and blew lightly, "Back to Haicheng, Can Chu go home and take a look?"

Chu Yunsheng has traveled through so many worlds and embraced his family for the first time. Even if the original person is not his, it still feels a little strange. He went back to Chu's house to have a look, but it was obviously time for him. In this way, he shook his head: "When I have something with Mr. Yu, it will be late. If it is convenient, please send a letter to Mr. Yu for me."

Yu Jingzhi seemed quite satisfied with Chu Yunsheng's knowledge and interest, nodded in agreement, and then went around in circles again, and finally got down to business.

"I have seen Chu's plan to set up a factory."

Chu Yunsheng's eyes narrowed slightly, and he suddenly realized that it seemed that from the time he set foot on the road back to Haicheng, Yu Jingzhi had taken some precautions against him when he spoke, and he could almost see a little more intimacy.

"I remember Chu originally said that he would set up a pharmaceutical factory, but now it seems like he has taken advantage of me, and has four or five out of them?"

Yu Jingzhi's fingers lightly clasped the tea bowl: "Western medicine factories, arsenal factories, textile factories, hospitals, schools, and homes for the elderly...Could it be that Chu  really thinks I am a good person? When I came back, I didn’t have any reason to push the business of earning silver dollars, I just asked Chu—”

Chu Yunsheng raised his eyes.

Yu Jingzhi smiled, looked at him, and said word by word, "Are those prescriptions and utensils under Chu's real?"

Chu Yunsheng's eyes were calm, and he could see Yu Jingzhi's seriousness about this, but he did not use too many words to explain the introduction, but directly said: "True or false, Mr. Yu can verify."

As if a qualitative gaze slowly swept across Chu Yunsheng's solemn and straight brows, Yu Jingzhi restrained his smile, and thoughtfully sipped some cold tea, Fang said: "That's it. Precious things are not available to foreigners outside, so I immediately believed it, I must believe this nonsense. But since Yu agreed, he did not regret it. reasoning.”

"It's only clear that Yu is still unresolved, so please ask Chu to clarify."

Yu Jingzhi's voice paused, and he asked, "It has been a long time since Chu returned from overseas, no matter whether he is in Haicheng or Peiping, how is Yu's reputation? , why did Chu choose me? Although I can humbly say that one hand covers the sky in Haicheng, the foundation of Chu does not necessarily lie in Haicheng, Beiping, Yuzhou, Nanjing... ...is also a place where Chu can go. Moreover, it is also concealed from Chu. Yu, who has a foothold in the concession, is indeed the shadow of a foreigner."

"Mr. Yu has checked me, and he knows that I match the rumors," Chu Yun said lightly, "Then why does Mr. Yu match the rumors?"

"There are many rumors that Mr. Yu killed innocent people indiscriminately, and that there are countless dead souls under him, but in this evening's interception, Liu Er and others protected many pedestrians who were panicking when they were attacked, and even injured themselves. There are also rumors. It is said that Mr. Yu was a foreigner's lackey, betrayed the country, and suppressed Haicheng, but I think that without Mr. Yu, Haicheng might have become the Haicheng of China."

"In addition, Mr. Yu went to Beiping to meet people, and now it seems that he has passed a pretense. The Northeast party, whether to send something, or bring something back, whether it is human or righteous, ‌‌‌what the rumored Mr. Yu would do."

Chu Yun was taciturn, and when he was talking at length, but now the young man looking at the opposite side of the lamp under the lamp, he could not bear to speak every word clearly.

Perhaps due to the field, people often overlook Yu Jingzhi's age, but if you really count it carefully, he is still two years younger than Chu Yunsheng. And most importantly, compared to the certainty that Chu Yunsheng or Li Lingbi came from behind, Yu Jingzhi was completely ignorant of the future of this era.

A young man in his twenties, who embraces the most mature experience, no matter how deep the city is, is like many people in this era. A fire in the wind is trapped in the darkest night. , know how much lamp oil have left, and also know whether the sky will really be bright. The wind comes and blows the flame even bigger, but it is also shaky.

"...Up to now, I chose Mr. Yu, because I believed in Mr. Yu's personality and God's gift, so I came to pick it up."

Chu Yunsheng sighed.

Yu Jingzhi was stunned for a moment, then shook his head and smiled: "What a big mouth."

"Chu has been with me for a few days, and I know that I have so much, so I let Chu go away even more."

He put down the tea bowl, raised his fingers, pressed his eyebrows, and sighed: "I have already circled a piece of land, originally used to deal with you casually, but now it works. Zhabei side. A few old factories that I have chosen are covered with other shells, and they should be enough for now. Only then are they built under the eyes of the concessions, and others are built, such as western medicine factories and arsenals. ‌Okay, we have to go outside the city."

"A lot of the equipment and machines you own are strictly blocked by the foreigners. They can get them in a short time, and they have to wait. Just... I'm afraid we can wait and wait outside."

Although this world is slightly different from the history in Chu Yunsheng's impression, the general direction should be consistent.

Right now, in the seventh year of the Republic of China, apart from the warlords in Guannei who sang one by one and I came on stage, the melee is over, and the country is peaceful, the country as a whole is relatively peaceful.

Restoration that has come to an end has subsided, and the border between the northeast and Russia has been interrupted by small disturbances, but there has not been a large-scale exchange of fire. Only now the northeast has been implicated by some of the First World War. With the shadows of Germany and the Neon Kingdom, the forces rooted in the local area also eat dry rice, and the water will become muddy when it is stirred a little, and it will be peaceful.

In addition to these, it can also be regarded as stable, and it is still a while away from the real riddled with holes.

Guo Yu Jingzhi is obviously like this, he seems to know more. It's just that the two of them haven't made up their minds yet, and what Yu Jingzhi has in his heart will not tell Chu Yunsheng.

Chu Yunsheng was clear in his heart, so he didn't ask any further questions, and instead mentioned tomorrow's Lantern Festival: "Mr. Yu, can you invite the Fengxiang class tomorrow?"

Fengxiang troupe is the troupe where Bai Chu and Li Lingbi belong.

In the original plot, on the 15th day of the first lunar month, Fengxiang Banliang had a good time for a big show. Li Lingbi originally loved to sing, and in order to have a good relationship with Bai Chu, she gave Bai Chu this chance to appear on stage. Bai Chu was a blockbuster. In one night, half of the sea city became red. But in Li Lingbi's story, there is no plot where Yu Jingzhi invites Fengxiang class to go to the house, and even Yu Jingzhi did not go to Tianyuan to watch the big play due to some unspecified reasons.

But now that Chu Yunsheng flapped his butterfly wings, Yu Jingzhi changed his plan, but he didn't know what kind of impact it would have.

"Chu‌ is also interested in this Fengxiang class?"

Yu Jingzhi smiled and said: "I heard that their troupe had a good show a few years ago, and they will be on stage in Tianyuan tomorrow. I like to do things that are difficult for strong people, so I invited a few from Fengxiang troupe who have come to the prefecture. An old man who needs to go on stage, if Chu is watching a new play, it is time to do it."

That being said, how should Fengxiang's original play be played, and the plot has not changed much?

Chu Yunsheng pondered and glanced at the quartz clock. Seeing that it was already late, he was about to get up to say goodbye, but suddenly felt a heavy weight on his leg—a foot in snow-white socks passed by lightly and silently. The small coffee table on the couch was placed on my lap.

The foot moved, and the trousers at the sock slipped loose, revealing a fair but sturdy calf.

"I got a new exquisite mirror. It's in the study. Can you take a look at it?" Yu Jingzhi's low voice seemed to be close to his ears.

Burning text

Chu Yunsheng paused for a moment, then raised his hand to undo the collar.

...

Whether the mirror in the study room is exquisite or not, maybe no one cares if you enter the room.

The bangzi outside knocked on the wheel, and the moon in Haicheng sank under the clouds, then emerged again, until the second round of hot water was sent in, and Chu Yunsheng came out of the door.

He looked at the night, didn't stop for a long time, and went back to the wing.

In the study, the temperature of one person walked away, and the scorching heat gradually dissipated.

Yu Jingzhi rearranged his clothes in front of the wide mirror that was specially brought back from Peiping, then leaned back on the couch outside, slowing the surging energy in his body, and ordered someone to call Lu Yun.

He also knew that he was doing evil on purpose, and he really loved the gunshot wound in his lower back. Yu Jingzhi felt that Chu Yunsheng was in the affair just now, but it was too embarrassing.

He was light, heavy, and slow. He didn't have the fierce power he had in the past, but it took away his power little by little.

He was like soaking in a pool of warm water, extremely comfortable and full. He desperately needed a relief, but he just found it, and just stretched out softly, opening his eyes for a kiss in the fine sweat.

If this literati son was meticulously grinding ink, he would have ground his bones and blood into water from the inside out.

Suffering tight, but also enjoying tight.

Only after this time, these... I am afraid that there will be no more, and those who are capable should be humiliated - Yu Jingzhi's content on Chu Yunsheng's manuscript paper , his expression gradually became condensed.

When Lu Yun came in, he saw Yu Jingzhi's obviously stern and indifferent expression at a glance, his heart tightened, and he immediately recalled what he had done in the past few days, lest something should go wrong with him and cause trouble. Come to this attitude.

But before he could pull anything out of his memory, Yu Jingzhi spoke up.

"How are things going?"

Lu Yun immediately returned to his senses and replied, "I followed your instructions and came back two days ahead of schedule. I have finished the work in Zhabei, those old factories..."

Speaking of this, Yu Jingzhi interrupted him: "Those old factories will stay, I will arrange for them in the next few days, then you can order a few tight-lipped people to do it. In addition, the day after tomorrow, you will travel far away, When I went to Yuzhou to invite Dr. Chao Shiminchao, he said that I agreed, and I supported and supported his eccentricity."

Lu Yun nodded, didn't ask any further questions, and continued: "Zhang Peng left Peiping early on the first day of the new year. According to his friend, he will return to Haicheng, but our people have not yet returned to Haicheng. I found him. Few of his contacts in Tianminghui had seen him, the only one who had seen him, one had a sudden illness, one stumbled into the water and disappeared, and one was on Baoguang Road. In one of the alleys, he was beaten to death by mistake by the gambling thugs who were chasing gamblers."

Yu Jingzhi put one hand on the side of his face and raised his eyelids: "Meaning... Du Tianming also knows that he is so stupid that he was someone else's knife, and he even played tricks with me."

"Keep checking, this Zhang Luzhai looks like a fuel-efficient lamp."

Lu Yun answered again, and talked about the trivial matters of Haicheng and the aftermath of Beiping and Northeast China, before saying: "By the way, sir, when I came back from Fang's mansion, Mr. Fang Jiming asked me to tell you to thank you. You brought Mr. Zheng back, and you supported their work when you went to the northeast, and invited you to a light meal at the Guanglai Teahouse near the Oriental Daily."

This invitation was not expected by Yu Jingzhi, and it can also be said that he was willing to take the risk to go to the northeast border.

He nodded slightly, and was waiting for Lu Yun, who had finished reporting, to go down, but suddenly something happened, he pondered a little, and said, "Lu Yun, if you say something, it seems like It's a different world, but if you look carefully, it seems that it really exists, so is it true or false?"

Lu Yun was stunned for a moment, not understanding what Yu Jingzhi meant.

He didn't know what Yu Jingzhi did to Chu Yunsheng's incomplete drafts. He just thought that Mr. Jia seemed a little weird tonight, but what is the truth? Where is the weirdness, it is also clear.

He was silent for a moment, thinking carefully: "Sir, what you said is contradictory. If it really exists, then no matter how strange it is, it will be true. Where is it still fake? Just like more than ten years or decades ago, where did we come here, and there is no emperor on this place? When the so-called electricity is connected to the light, it will stop working. Bright? But now that it's real, it's real."

Yu Jingzhi laughed.

I understood him well, and decided that he had already given up. Only the road ahead is pitch-dark, and it is adjacent to the abyss. It is extremely dangerous. If you are a little cautious, you will be smashed to pieces. If you still pin your hopes on illusory things that can destroy your own layout, you will be in ‌It's hesitant.

Besides, when he read Chu Yunsheng's manuscripts for the first time on the train, he almost immediately rushed into the next compartment to call him up and explain it to himself in detail.

But soon he calmed down.

Chu Yunsheng was only an ordinary international student, and he had nothing outstanding in the past. How could he take out the things that so many foreigners were still stuck on?

This is common sense.

Yu Jingzhi's first reaction was to know who was behind Chu Yunsheng, who was the force, and which country was involved. But if you look carefully at it, it's okay. If you really do, which country is willing to give it to him for nothing?

Unless this is fake.

He suspects that these things are fake, but he has infinite expectations in his heart, hoping that they are all real, and even had a dream last night, dreaming that all of them exist and are within reach .

If they are true, he can explore the strangeness of Chu Yunsheng, and even help him hide everything, as long as they are true—he is eager to see a path of light.

He carried this contradiction and torment in his arms until tonight.

"From now on, treat Master Chu like Mr. Fang and Mr. Zheng."

Thoughts slowly settled, Yu Jingzhi spit out the suppressed mouthful in his chest, and gave a light command.

There was a trace of surprise on Lu Yun's face, and after shaking his head, he hurriedly responded.

Yu Jingzhi's analogy refers to only respect, but also the protection of confidentiality in all aspects.

Lu Yun had seen Chu Yunsheng, and even went to investigate him personally, and knew the relationship between Mr. Jia and this grandfather Chu, but if it was just like this, Mr. Jia would never do it. make such a decision. You must know that Mr. Fang and Mr. Zheng are respected by Yu Jingzhi.

Lu Yun knew what happened to his husband in the past few days when he had come back first, but the importance of Chu Yunsheng was obviously not what it used to be.

"Also, let's move the mirror in the study out. I've brought back such a 'special product' from Peiping thousands of miles away, but I'm stunned." Yu Jingzhi said.

"‌."

Lu Yun agreed, and seeing Yu Jingzhi waved his hand, he bowed slightly and exited the study.

The night passed in a hurry, and the next day was the fifteenth day of the first lunar month, one of the most lively festivals of the year.

Compared to Chu Yunsheng's simple and casual memories, at this time, the Lantern Festival was so grand.

Haicheng has long had the custom of celebrating the Lantern Festival. When they came all the way last night, they saw lanterns of various colors in the distance. The lantern market started on the tenth day of the first month of the first month. Lights are very particular.

In the original memory, from noon on the Lantern Festival, the streets will be lively, with lion dancers, jugglers, and monkey jokes. All the people flocked to the lantern market, all kinds of snacks were hot, and there were tunes, operas, dragon lanterns, horse lanterns... There was a lot of noise and it was time to celebrate the festival.

Some big families in the city will invite well-known troupes or actors to perform a few festival plays, and the whole family will sit around and have a lot of fun.

Every year when this time comes, the Yu Mansion is surrounded by this festive atmosphere. It is still surrounded by cyan and cold walls, still quiet and quiet, and even a red lantern is willing to hang up.

Even if it is the first time this year to invite an opera troupe, it still doesn't seem to be the slightest bit of Chinese New Year. usually go to the car, and usually bring people back. If Chu Yunsheng gets up early , In the hazy sky, vaguely heard the movement of a temporary stage in the backyard, knew that the people in the house had really invited the Fengxiang class to listen to the play.

Chu Yunsheng heard the noises and whispers across the wall, but he didn't have the intention to explore, so he closed the window and went to read the few books on the shelf.

Just as soon as he put his hands on the window lattice, he suddenly heard someone on the other side of the wall shouting the name Bai Chu.

But the sound was too far away, and it was clear to hear. If you had to distinguish it again, it would be silent.

 After this time, Li Lingbi should have given Bai Chu the chance to take the stage in Tianyuan. If the voice really shouted Bai Chu, how could he appear in Yu Mansion?

Chu Yunsheng frowned slightly, stood by the window for a moment, and then turned back to the table.

The other side of the courtyard wall.

The morning mist and the still-gloomy sky shrouded the small courtyard. In the open space in the center of the small courtyard, several men in black together with the troupe were setting up a stage.

At the door of the next room, Bai Chu hesitated, stepped over the threshold, walked in, took off his jacket, and started changing into costumes.

There were still four people in the room. When they saw him coming in, they only glanced at them, and then they took care of their makeup in the mirror, occasionally chatting and laughing in low voices, but they didn't make sense. .

These cold encounters and cold eyes, in the past in the theater, Bai Chu did not suffer, and was already numb, but seeing it today, but for some reason, his heart suddenly filled with endless sorrow and grief.

He pulled on his costume, blinked twice, and his eyes turned red.

Bai Chu wanted to be seen by those few people, despising him and laughing at him, so he turned his back.

When he turned his back, a small wooden sword fell out of his arms. That was the first time Li Lingbi gave him a gift when he fell asleep on his feet. He cherished it very much and hung it around his neck all day. , put it in my heart, until Li Lingbi got up this morning and quarreled, she broke the rope and stuffed it in her arms.

Bai Chu stared blankly at the little sword, and Li Lingbi's tearful face appeared again in his mind.

On the 15th day of the first lunar month, the troupe had been preparing for a big show for a long time. Although he liked it very much and practiced secretly for a long time in private, he did not insist on going on stage. He knew his position in his heart, and he was willing to do those disgusting things.

Only since Li Lingbi gave him hope again and again and made him this promise, why did he temporarily change his face and push him to Yu Mansion?

If Li Lingbi said that he would take the stage, then he would have responded, so why bother?

Li Lingbi clearly knew that he hated going to those big families to sing operas, but he listened to his explanation at all, even crying and making trouble, saying that for his sake, he would be executed first and then arrogant. If you have to go, you can—

Is this the only close person he treats with sincerity?

From another place, Bai Chu asked to do such a thing to Li Lingbi.

But... in the face of Li Lingbi's tearful eyes, he softened his heart and came.

However, he knew that when he met the famous Mr. Yu in Haicheng later, what should he do? Bai Chu didn't forget the words that Li Lingbi hinted before he came. Said that Mr. Yu is masculine and has heard about himself...

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