Chapter 9 chapter eight

As promised, Miss Hui took Brother Nian on the train bound for the capital.It must have been the first time I saw that gigantic humming monster. Brother Nian couldn't help but sat in the carriage and looked around curiously, but fell silent after touching Ms. Hui's sad expression. Miss Hui couldn't help worrying.When she came to Lincheng, she never imagined that when she went back, it would be like this.Before leaving the Sheng family's mansion, Sheng Guangyun, who was locked up at home, bribed the servants, and finally got to see Miss Hui, crying and begging her to find a way to rescue Sheng Guangzhe.Although Miss Hui had no idea, she couldn't bear to say no to the heartbroken Sheng Guangyun.However, no one can confide in her own doubts and fragility.

"Miss Hui..." Brother Nian suddenly spoke, seeing that Miss Hui didn't hear him, he called out again with a louder voice. "Huh?" Miss Hui replied absent-mindedly. "When you arrive in Beijing, if you want my help, you can come to my brother's place to find me..." Brother Nian boldly handed a piece of paper in front of Miss Hui, "This is the address." Miss Hui replied again, glanced casually, and stuffed the note into the box.Confused, she had no mood to answer brother Nian who was sitting across from her. She just turned her head and stared blankly at the passing scenery outside the car window, thinking over and over again about the details of getting along with Sheng Guangzhe. Tears fell unconsciously, soaking the handkerchief she had been holding in her palm.

She just walked the whole way in a daze, without noticing it at all, Brother Nian also looked at her in a daze, his eyes full of sadness. When the train arrived in Beijing, Ms. Hui hurried out of the train station and said nothing to Brother Nian except to say goodbye.Brother Nian hesitated as if he wanted to speak, but Miss Hui hastily boarded the rickshaw hired by her family and disappeared into the crowd.For the young Miss Hui, although she believed that Brother Nian had not betrayed Sheng Guangzhe, she still had a heart for his cowardly behavior. When she got home, she just started talking about Sheng Guangzhe, but her father, who had been prepared for a long time, changed the topic and warned her not to associate with anyone suspected of redness, otherwise the whole family would be implicated.

Seeing her father's refusal to help, Ms. Hui contacted all her acquaintances in Beijing alone in a fit of anger, hoping that they could mediate and release Sheng Guangzhe.However, since the case of Shao Piaoping, everyone in Beijing is in danger. No one is willing to offend a powerful warlord for a little-known tabloid editor. After the reprimand, it was strictly forbidden to leave the house without authorization. Hitting the wall everywhere, Ms. Hui felt helpless despair for the first time.Thinking of one more day of delay, Sheng Guangzhe suffered one more day in prison. She sat in her room, locked the door and wept.

There was a knock on the door outside, and Ms. Hui was angry and refused to agree.After a while, the voice of his mother, Mrs. Wang, came through the door: "Hui'er, I have a word with you." Ms. Hui had no choice but to walk to the door, choked up and said, "Go ahead." "Open the door, Mom will give you advice." Mrs. Wang whispered this sentence through the crack of the door, and Miss Hui opened the door obediently. "Your cousin Xuan is holding an engagement ball the day after tomorrow, and I'll take you there." Mrs. Wang just said this with a smile, when Miss Hui's face suddenly sank, "I'm not in the mood to go."

"Silly boy, you don't know that the man's family has a relative who works at the gendarmerie headquarters..." Mrs. Wang smiled shrewdly, seeing her daughter's teary eyes light up, "Okay, okay, don't cry anymore, go try Try on the new clothes Mom made for you." Miss Hui really went to the ball held by her cousin's house, but the officer of the Gendarmerie Command she was targeting did not arrive.So Ms. Hui refused the invitation of several men to dance, and sat by the side, drinking juice absent-mindedly. "Hui'er, I'll introduce you to a young talent." Mrs. Wang saw her daughter was depressed, walked over and said with a smile, "Aren't you going to college soon? He is a top student at Yenching University, please ask for advice. "Speaking, let out a young man in a suit and leather shoes behind him.

Ms. Hui raised her eyes wearily, and suddenly froze. She didn't know who was enthusiastically interjecting in her ears: "Mr. Zhang is now working in the railway office. talk……" Seeing that Ms. Hui was still in a daze and didn't express anything, the young man came up with a smile and said, "It's a pleasure to meet you, Miss Wang, my humble Zhang Nianzu." He stretched out his hand as he spoke. "Zhang Nianzu." Miss Hui repeated the name, pretending not to see the embarrassing hand of the other party hanging in the air, and pointed to the seat beside her with a slight smile, "Please sit down."

"Young people are talking, so we won't bother you." Mrs. Wang saw that her daughter didn't seem too disgusted, so she smiled and pulled her female companion away. "Why doesn't Ms. Wang go dancing?" Zhang Nianzu accosted. "I'm not interested." Ms. Hui said perfunctorily, trying to calm down her beating heartbeat, and finally she could muster up the courage to look at the other party - it was exactly the same face and figure as Brother Nian, even the gap between the eyebrows. Small moles are all right.The only difference is that the other party has a scrutinizing gaze—clearly ambitious but trying to conceal it, unlike the other pair of eyes, which are as clear as flowing crystals.

"Where is Mr. Zhang from?" Miss Hui asked without waiting for the other party to speak.She remembered that Brother Nian asked to go back to Beijing with her to take care of his sick "brother", but at this moment, this "brother" Zhang Nianzu was safe and sound, wandering around, if he was not lying, then Brother Nian was lying. "Oh, my ancestral home is Shao County, Lincheng." Zhang Nianzu replied calmly, not knowing what was going on in Miss Hui's mind. "I've been to Lincheng too, and I know some people from Shao County." Miss Hui said this with a smile, and suddenly changed the subject, with a sharp sarcasm, "But I haven't heard of any aristocratic family surnamed Zhang there." .”

"Miss Wang is quick to talk, I appreciate it very much." The displeasure on Zhang Nianzu's face flashed past, he laughed twice, and leisurely looked at the men and women swimming on the dance floor, "Actually, family background is nothing more than a gimmick. If you have money, you can buy everything, otherwise how can I be a guest of these celebrities in the capital?" "See how Mr. Zhang can earn so much money at such a young age?" Ms. Hui stared at the expensive suit Zhang Nianzu was wearing, and suddenly remembered how her brother was lying in a small dark room with injuries and illnesses. Fire spewed out of it to burn the clothes clean.

Zhang Nianzu saw that Miss Hui was staring at his clothes intently, thinking that this innocent girl was also attracted by her wealth, so he bent down and approached Miss Hui, pretending to be mysterious with a smile: "Miss Wang, have you ever heard that?" Tell the story of Aladdin's lamp?" "Fairy Night Talk?" Miss Hui didn't expect that Zhang Nianzu would bring up this topic, so she couldn't help being a little surprised. "That's right, it's a story about a poor boy who gets a magic lamp, and the lamp god can satisfy his wish, and finally get rich and rich." Zhang Nianzu laughed, half-truthfully said, "My adventure, compared to this Aladdin is not inferior." Ms. Hui's heart skipped a beat, she had a vague guess, but on the surface she just put on a suspicious and curious expression, urging Zhang Nianzu to continue. "I was a poor student at that time. Although I was admitted to Yenching University, my family couldn't afford the travel expenses. Until one day—" Zhang Nianzu's narration was smooth and smooth, and he successfully captured Miss Hui's attention. Attracted, even the guests sitting next to him couldn't help leaning over to listen. "I managed to borrow money from my relatives to go to Beijing, but I was still worried about the unpaid tuition and living expenses. In the evening, I lay down by the river outside the village and fell asleep in a daze. Suddenly, a strange feeling made me When I woke up, it seemed that someone was talking about something, but I couldn’t see anyone when I opened my eyes. I was a little scared, but the voice sounded again, and I could clearly feel that 'it' was right in my Talking in my head! I roared boldly, and the voice became louder, saying clearly: 'Please give me...a drop of blood...'..." "Ah!" Just as Zhang Nianzu said this, a lady sitting next to her covered her mouth and screamed, complaining, "Mr. Zhang, you are telling ghost stories, it scares people to death." "It's not a ghost story, it's my personal experience." Zhang Nianzu smiled at the audience mysteriously, as if he was proud of being the focus of everyone.He deliberately paused for a while, and then he continued slowly until others couldn't help urging him. "I didn't understand what the other person meant at the time, so I ran away in fright, but the voice was still entrenched in my mind. So I thought to myself, I must be possessed by a ghost, but said boldly:' I, Zhang Nianzu, have never done anything wrong, and I am not afraid of you monsters! Stand up for me!" The voice seemed to be frightened, and after a pause, he said again: "I only need a drop of blood to show up, and I will repay you I see it is still entangled, so I boldly replied: "A drop of blood is a drop of blood, I want to see what you are!" As I said, I found a grass thorn and pricked my finger, stretched out my hand Tell it to come out quickly. It’s strange to say that the drop of blood on my fingertip seemed to be sucked out of thin air, and soon there was no trace left. I stared at my finger for a long time. Almost scared to death!" When Zhang Nianzu said this vividly, the wife sitting next to him couldn't help calling out "Mister Zhang" again, but the other listeners were already fascinated and kept urging Zhang Nianzu to continue. "Guess what I saw at that time?" Zhang Nianzu continued slowly, "I saw a person standing in front of me, and that person was myself! I shouted at that person immediately. "Who are you?" The man looked at me in embarrassment, and said like an abandoned puppy: "I... I came from a far away place... Your vocal organs, I can't say my name...' "'So, what are you doing here?' I asked. "'I saw a lot of light in your world, it's very warm, so I came in.' He raised his hand to look at it, and smiled, 'Look, even your blood is warm, that's great .' "'Didn't your former place have light and heat?' I asked again. "'Yes, but those don't belong to me...' He said here, moving his hands and feet happily, as if this body brought him endless fun, 'When I passed through the barrier, I accidentally fell on your body Here, thank you for giving me a body. From now on, you are my master, and I will repay you.' "'How can you repay me?' I asked curiously. "'Whatever you need, I will get it for you.' He bowed humbly, 'Master, I will try my best to serve you until the day the blood you gave me dries up.'" Zhang Nianzu said here, watching Looking at the involuntarily opened mouths of the audience around him, he smiled politely, "A drop of blood is exchanged for a magical servant, ladies and gentlemen, this is the reason why I am able to stand among you from a pauper—behind The story is really the same as the legend of Aladdin's magic lamp, so I don't need to say any more." No, the story behind is not like this!Miss Hui was about to refute, but there was already polite applause from all around.Cousin Xuan, the heroine of the ball, walked over and smiled and said, "Mr. Zhang's story is very exciting, I hope everyone will have a good memory of this party." "Hui'er, we will meet again in the future." The crowd gradually dispersed, Mrs. Wang saw that her daughter was still chasing after Zhang Nianzu, she came over to gently remind her. "Mom, is what he just said true?" Miss Hui asked unwillingly. "Silly girl, why do you believe it when someone tells a random story?" Mrs. Wang poked her daughter's forehead angrily and with a smile, "I have already found out that this Mr. Zhang was a poor student until a few months ago. , Later, he suddenly inherited a large amount of inheritance and became a rich man. The story he just told is so mysterious that no one would believe it." Is it really just a story Zhang Nianzu made up for sensationalism?Miss Hui shook her head secretly, all kinds of suspicions about Brother Nian before were actually confirmed in Zhang Nianzu's story.What's more, Brother Nian must be with him now.But Zhang Nianzu hastily called brother Nian, who looked exactly like him, to Beijing, what was the reason behind it?