Chapter 23 Chapter 21: Ai Hao Hang Yiren Runs away as a Bird in Love

When Pei Fang came in, she saw Feng Ju was pacing up and down the room with a cigar in her mouth and her hands behind her back, her expression changed drastically.Seeing him like this, Peifang expected that there was something unsatisfactory about him, but she was afraid that the problem was her own, so she didn't dare to ask first, she just pretended she didn't know.Since returning to the room to get the money, Feng Ju was still pacing up and down in the middle room after taking the money out.Peifang thought: You keep silent, and I also keep silent, how about you?Open the bamboo curtain and walk radially outward.Feng Ju shouted: "Come back! I'll have a word with you." Pei Fang turned and came in. Feng Ju sneered and said with a stern face: "I said Xiao Lian can't let her go outside, to participate in any social activities, you always say It doesn't matter. What's going on now, isn't it a joke?" Pei Fang was taken aback when she heard this sentence suddenly, and asked, "What's the matter? You're making such a fuss again." Feng Ju sneered: " Are you making a fuss? Take a look at the letter on the table." Peifang picked it up and looked at it, it said it was received by Jiang's mother in the Jin Mansion, but it didn't say where it was sent from.Pei Fang said: "This is Jiang Mama's letter, what does it have to do with Xiao Lian?" Feng Ju said: "Don't just look at the face of the letter, look at what is written in the letter? What a joke!" Peifang picked up the envelope, opened it, and found another envelope inside, with the words "Forward to Ms. Xiao Lian" written on it.When Peifang saw this, she couldn't help but her heart skipped a beat, she didn't say anything for now, she opened the envelope again to read the letter inside.It was a piece of eight-line letter paper, and only a few sentences in vernacular were written.It was written: Sister Xiao Lian: I haven't seen you for many days, and I miss you very much.I'm fine at home, but very bored.I really want to ask you to have a talk in Central Park. I don’t know when you will be free. Please write me back.Thousands of thousands!

Miss Yu Chunxiang Peifang also knew that it was strange that the letter had no surname or address, but she didn't want to make a big fuss, so she threw the letter on the table with a smile and said, "What the hell is wrong with you?" She is a girl in your family, so is it forbidden to correspond with the sisters?" Fengju said, "Such a letter with hidden head and tail, do you know that it was written by a sister? Who is this Chunxiang? I haven't heard that She knew such a person before." Peifang said: "Why is there no such person? She is Mrs. Qiu's maid. She and I often go to Qiu's house, and they know each other. Where did you find this letter? Make a fuss out of nothing?" Feng Ju said: "The concierge didn't know that Mother Jiang had asked for leave, so he sent this letter in. There was no stamp on the letter, as if it was delivered by someone. The handwriting was very good. It doesn't look like a letter between them. I took it, it was hard, and it turned out that there was a letter inside. Moreover, the letter was very fragrant in my hand, and it was more like the old lady. Usually there are. The more I read it, the more I became suspicious, so I opened the letter and read it. Do you think I was wrong?" Pei Fang said: "Maybe someone from the Qiu residence came here and brought it along, but it was not there. You know. As for the smell of powder, that's not a big deal, any girl doesn't have a scent of powder. It's nothing to stick a little on the letter paper. But again, even if What is Xiao Lian's secret, the child is mine, if I don't care about it, she can be free, it seems that you don't need to worry about it in vain." Feng Ju never expected his wife to say such a thing.A plaintiff with solid evidence has turned into a defendant who makes a lot of trouble out of nothing.He sneered and said: "You always protect her, thinking that I have some bad intentions. Okay! From now on, I don't care, just let you do it." After finishing speaking, she let go and walked out.Peifang held the letter in her hand, and stood in the room in a daze, unable to say what happened for a long while.Looking back at the room, it was quiet, so he called Xiao Lian twice.There was no movement in Xiao Lian's room, and she didn't hear her promise.Pei Fang walked into Xiao Lian's room to see if she was at home, and when she lifted the curtain, she saw her lying down on the rattan couch with a bunch of unkempt hair.Peifang came in, but she didn't get up.Peifang sneered and said, "You're so courageous, you actually started to write letters. Let me ask you, who is this letter?" Xiao Lian lay on the leaky pillow of the rattan couch, but refused to raise her head, which was fine. Like crying.Peifang said: "Tell me, who is this? I knew for a long time that you are not a peaceful person, didn't I tell you? What do you want to do? You are prudish, as if you want to follow me for the rest of your life " As he spoke, he threw the letter on Xiao Lian, stomped his feet and said, "Look, what is this saying? You clearly know someone, ask someone to tell me, I will not disobey. Now that you have done such a sneaky thing, what place do people think of our family? Cough! I am so mad." Even though Pei Fang was angry, Xiao Lian remained silent.Pei Fang said: "Why are you silent? Could it be that this letter wronged you? Did you hear that? When your uncle read this letter, he lost his temper. I will always cover it up for you, so that he will not know anything. Traces, you cover up and don't say a word to me, you really don't have any conscience." Peifang said this, only to provoke Xiao Lian's words.She said: "I am very grateful for what Young Mistress has meant to me, but I didn't do anything bad, so don't be suspicious." Pei Fang picked up the letter again and sent it directly to Xiao Lian's face.Asked: "You still said that you didn't do anything bad. Could it be that it fell from the sky?" After reading the letter, Xiao Lian didn't make a sound, just shed tears and sat down on the side of the rattan couch.Pei Fang said: "You have nothing to say. Just say, who is the person who wrote the letter? As long as there is nothing wrong, I might as well fulfill you. As the saying goes, women's colleges don't stay. You Even my daughter, if you have a foreign heart, I can’t do anything about it, let alone you are a foreigner, how can I keep you? But you always tell me, who is this person? If you don’t tell me this Man, that must not be a good thing. Not only will I not obey you, but I will chase this man out and punish him for the crime of seduction. Tell me what you say! Who is it?" Xiao Lian couldn't help but see that Peifang didn't What kind of malice was there, so I had to lower my head and say three words softly: "His surname is Liu." Peifang said: "What? His surname is Liu? Where did such a person come from? Where does he live? What does he do?" Xiao Lian said: "The fifth and sixth misses all know him, and they will know when the young mistress asks." Peifang wanted to ask further questions, but Yanxi said: "What's the matter? Once the sister-in-law takes the money, there is no trace of it Are you coming or not? I'm really anxious to wait." Peifang heard Yanxi's voice and had already arrived under the eaves.In a blink of an eye, I saw the shadow of a person flickering on the glass window.She quickly smiled and said: "I have a little matter, I'll be here in a while, you go to clean up the scene first. The scene is set up, and I'll be here too." Yanxi said through the window: "It's all set up, just waiting for you." Peifang said, "Tell them first, and I'll be there." Yanxi said, "Come if you want." Saying that, Yanxi had already left.Peifang lifted a window screen, saw that Yanxi was far away, and said to Xiao Lian: "At this time they want to drag me to play cards, I want to hide it from them, so I have to perfunctory. After the game is over, I will fight with you when I come back You settle the score!" After saying that, he took out his money pocket and turned around to come to Yufen.Seeing the three of them, they had already sat down, arranged their cards, and waited quietly.Yufen laughed and said, "It's really hard to invite your boss. Why did you go for a long time?" What's the matter, so everyone didn't pay attention to her words, and played cards with peace of mind.According to Peifang, after four laps, she was about to stop.Reluctantly, Xiuzhu refused again and again, and played eight times.After eight laps, it was only nine o'clock.Yufen has to play four more times, and refuses to follow whatever she wants.Peifang had no choice but to play four more laps.When they hit ten laps, Feng Ju yelled all the way in, saying, "Why don't you go and have a look soon? Xiao Lian ran away." Everyone was startled when they heard this.Peifang knew it in her heart, her face changed, she quickly stood up and asked, "How do you know that Xiao Lian ran away?" Feng Ju said, "I just went in outside, the room was pitch black, and there was no one there. I turned the light on, and there was a letter left by Xiao Lian on the table. Look at this letter, she

Xiao Lian said in tears While reading the letter, Peifang's expression changed moment by moment, and at the end, she couldn't help but shed tears.Yufen said: "How is it? Is this child really gone?" Peifang threw the letter on the table and said, "You all look at this letter." Yufen unfolded the letter, and everyone gathered around to read it.Everyone took turns to read the letter, and they were all surprised.Yanxi, in particular, seemed to have been stimulated by something, and had a strange feeling.Yufen said: "She said in this letter that Sixth Sister knew about her marriage, so I invited Sixth Sister to ask who did she run away with?" Don't want someone to pay for it. Runzhi was invited early.Run Zhi smiled and said: "Xiao Lian really left? I really admire her perseverance and her ability to practice free love." Yufen said: "You still say, you know everything she said, just look at this letter. With that said, he handed the letter to Runzhi to read.Runzhi said: "Don't look, I know, she left with that Liu Chunjiang. But can that Liu Chunjiang love her forever? I can't be sure. The old seven should recognize this person, you see, they will get it To what extent?" Yanxi said: "I recognize this person, and he is also a very beautiful character. I can't believe that he married Xiao Lian, or it can't be him?" Runzhi said: "Xiao Lian's vision is very high. If he doesn't run away, it's fine. If he runs away, the surname Liu must have nothing to do with it." So he briefly explained how Xiao Lian and Liu Chunjiang met.Feng Ju stomped his feet and said: "That's right. The letter that was forwarded by Mother Jiang to Xiao Lian, didn't the person who sent the letter call himself Chunxiang? Chunjiang Chunxiang, the voice is very similar. I think it must be this kid, we can get there soon His family wants someone." Peifang said: "Why do you want to lose your temper like this? The person is mine, and I want her to go, so let her go. What proof do you have that you dare to want someone from the Liu family? Now it's such a quiet night What's more, you ran to someone's house, and you didn't speak well, and you were beaten carefully." Fengju said: "You are willing to let her go, so what are you talking about? Otherwise, if you don't look for her tonight, tomorrow She is far away, but there is no way to find her." Pei Fang was silent for a while, then sighed and said: "Come on! I'm a good person to the end, let her go. If she falls for someone else's trick, she can't blame me." Run Zhidao: "Sister-in-law's opinion is very right. Once this incident broke out, one rumor spread, which is not very pleasant. Second, since she has made up her mind to go with the surname Liu, her opinion will not change. Even if we forcefully find her back, it will be even worse if she is embarrassed and commits suicide." Yufen said: "Although we don't have to find her back, we have to find out if she has the same surname as Liu. I'm leaving?" Peifang said, "How do I inquire? Isn't it convenient?" Yufen said, "Can't we really send someone to Liu's house to inquire about it? Just make a random call to Liu's house and ask. Is the person surnamed Liu still at home? If you can't find out after several rounds of inquiries, this person must have left." Pei Fang sat on the side in silence.Everyone expected that she was deeply touched, so they only comforted her with what they saw through, and stopped saying that Xiao Lian was wrong.Peifang stopped playing cards, listless, and went back to her room.Feng Ju, on the other hand, whined and complained to her endlessly.Peifang said: "Don't get confused, you think that Xiao Lian ran away, you are broken in love. I can say with certainty, she never took you seriously. She left, you eat this kind of food in front of me Fei vinegar, what's the point? People have gone, you are generous, it doesn't matter, people may say that you are humane. Now people can't come back, and they act like such a lost soul. I don't think it's necessary to make people laugh, right?" These few words were talking about Zhong Fengju's fault, and he was lying on the rattan couch in the outside room, so he let out a long sigh.Peifang said through the wall fan: "What's the point of sighing? Everyone has their own destiny, it can't be forced. Go to sleep, don't be angry, you should stay with your yellow-faced woman." After finishing speaking , Puchi smiled, and slapped the wall fan twice.Feng Ju also remained silent and went to sleep.

On the next day, Peifang told Wenggu about it.When Mrs. Jin saw Pei Fang's appearance, she was very casual, so she couldn't pursue it.It's just that Feng Ju can't get rid of it, he always seems to be tied to a lump in his heart.He turned around and thought about it, what his wife said last night, each has its own fate, really has some truth.Over the years, he has never scolded Xiao Lian seriously, and always feels sorry for her in his heart.Unexpectedly, she was not tempted at all, but after only meeting a few times, she made a promise to live with a man surnamed Liu.From this point of view, if a man does not want a woman's favor, it is useless to give his heart to her.Thinking of this in my heart, I was unhappy all day long.

This day in the yamen, everyone was chatting in the office, and happened to talk about the issue of using affection for prostitutes.His colleague Zhu Yishi said: "People are not trees or rocks, how can they be ruthless? Since a prostitute is also a person, she naturally also has love. For example, a beggar, if you give him money over and over again, he will remember you. We treat prostitutes even though Even if we are friendly with her, won't she show a little affection for us?" Feng Ju smiled and shook both hands together.Said: "Oops, no, if you want to imagine for a prostitute like you, you will send everyone who spends money to the fire pit. What a prostitute sacrifices is lust, and what she sells is love. You love her for her color, no Knowing her is considered a kind of sacrifice. If you seem to love you because she acts sweetly on the surface, how would you know that she is selling this love." Zhu Yishi said: "According to what you say, a prostitute Is it a kind of animal without emotion?" Feng Ju said: "Naturally, they also have love, but the person she loves does not have to be a customer who spends money. After various experiments, I know that a woman's love cannot be bought by money .Even if you bought it with money, it is only a superficial entertainment, and it is definitely not true love. One day, she doesn’t need your money anymore, and once her true love happens, she will let go of you.” A colleague, Liu Weiran, went on to say: "Since Brother Fengju has undergone various experiments, he knows that the love of prostitutes is like this. Then, can we learn about the experience of this kind of experiment?" Crossed his legs to his right leg, leaned his body, and looked at Feng Ju with a smirk.Feng Ju laughed and said, "What's there to talk about? Anyone who has spent a sum of money in an alley should know about it. Why should I, Jin, show up to explain it? Even you two, you don't have to pretend to be dumb, you should know how much Right?" Zhu Yishi said with a smile, "I haven't visited Fengju brother for a long time. Can you take me out for a walk, to see you and know you?" Not a single one. I just happened to find a place to sit in the alley because I was entertaining friends. This one today, and that one tomorrow, I’m so proud that I shouldn’t go there anymore. Where can I get acquainted?” Liu Weiran said with a smile: “ Brother Feng Ju's words are true. Because of the great power of the family, the family law is strong." Zhu Yishi smiled and said: "Really? If I were Brother Feng Ju, if I want to show that I am not afraid of the family law, I must give a counter-evidence "Feng Ju said: "You two talk about it, but I just want me to invite you, Xiaodong. Zhu Yishi said: "In this way, Brother Feng Ju is very willing to invite you. You can't miss this opportunity. If you want to invite me, today is the day." Feng Ju said with a smile: "I have been very bored these days, so I would like to go out for a walk. Tonight is tonight, but I don’t know if it’s from the south? Or from the north?” Zhu Yishi smiled and said, “I have too many acquaintances in the southern team, and they bump into east and west, so let’s go north.” Feng Ju Pointing at him, he smiled and said, "Listen, that's why you don't call yourself out." Zhu Yishi laughed and said, "I didn't say I didn't go shopping, so what's the point? Even Brother Weiran and I have I feel the same way." Liu Weiran smiled and said, "I don't dare to climb high, I don't have the qualifications." Feng Ju said: "It's a southern-style snack. I'm tired of shopping. It's good to lose the taste. I've thought about it a long time ago. Come to each house and see how many good ones there are?" Zhu Yishi said: "That's okay? One family sits for ten minutes, one hour, and you can only go to six houses. In addition, there is time for the aisle and roll call. What's the fun in that?" Liu Weiran said: "I have a way, where I can sit, just sit for a while, and where I can't sit, throw money and leave." Feng Ju Said: "I thought that if you don't go shopping, you don't go shopping. If you want to go shopping, you can have a good time. It doesn't matter if you arrive at home, but you just come back later." When Zhu and Liu saw Fengju's enthusiasm, he probably made the decision. Yes, happy to agree.So he followed his advice and made an appointment not to go home after leaving the yamen, but to come out of Nancheng all the time and have dinner in a small restaurant.

After dinner, the lights on the street were already on.Both Zhu and Liu took Fengju's car. At this time, Fengju paid for the car to go home, and the three of them walked into the alley slowly with smiles on their faces.Zhu Yishi asked, "brother Fengju, which one shall we go to first?" Fengju said, "we'll go to every family anyway. We don't care which one starts. As long as it's from the north, we'll go in." A few small glass plaques with red silk embroidered characters hung on the door of the house.One of the embroidered characters is Xiao Jincui and the other is Yu Jinxi.Feng Ju frowned and said: "Vulgar! This northern rouge, if you don't say anything else, it's just the name, and it's not as good as the southern one." Liu Weiran said: "How is it? Before the family arrives, you plan to regret it Have you?" Feng Ju said with a smile: "Criticism is criticism, and shopping is shopping. This is to explore, so there is no reason to go back on it." When speaking, Zhu Yishi stepped quickly, and stepped into the door.Feng Ju smiled and said, "Why are you so busy? Are you going in to grab some jackpot?" When she said that, she followed along with Liu Weiran.Walking through a screen door, I saw a tortoise slave dressed in black coming forward with a happy face.Said: "You, there is no house. You have acquaintances, please mention it." Fengju frowned and said to Zhu and Liu: "Disappointing. The first family is about to try to close the door." Then he said to Gui Nu: "The house If there is no time, don't people have time?" The turtle slave was puzzled by Feng Ju's words, rolled his eyes, and looked at Feng Ju.Zhu Yishi said: "He is asking if any of your girls are free?" Guinu said: "There are two idle." Zhu Yishi said: "That's it. You ask her to come out and let me see." I didn't know what their intentions were, so I had to call the two girls to the yard together.When Feng Ju opened his eyes and looked, one was about twenty years old, with a wishful head hanging down from the back of his head, and a lot of rouge powder was smeared on his face.She was wearing a pea green cheongsam, but she had a pair of three-inch golden lotus feet.Under the cheongsam, there are bright red silk socks and blue satin pointed shoes, but there is something particularly irritating.She stepped forward first, and Gui Nu gave her a name, which was Yufeng.She was honest and blunt, and stared at the three of them desperately, and said softly: "It seems to be friends." Zhu Yishi also said softly to Liu Weiran: "She can also get the word phoenix? It's a bit insulting. A good name." As he was speaking, he heard someone calling "godmother" delicately, and a girl came out, about fifteen or sixteen years old.She wore a pair of double-breasted red satin tights on her upper body, and green trousers with big feet underneath.Comb a braid, and insert a huge red knot upside down.Although she is not a high-ranking talent, she has a little bit of rouge on her cheeks, which makes her look a bit delicate.Wearing a pair of high heels, she creaked and walked forward.When Gui Nu saw her approaching, he sang a famous song for her: Evening Fragrance.Feng Ju smiled and said: "That name is fine." Liu Weiran laughed and said, "Brother Feng Ju has a feeling of sympathy for each other, so it's her." Seeing their colors, Wan Xiang seemed willing, and said to Liu Weiran: "Which master is calling?" Zhu Yishi pointed to Fengju and said, "You call him, but don't call him master. He is Prime Minister Kim's young master, and he doesn't like anything else, so he just calls him young master. Calling him a young master is better than filling him with thick rice soup." This kid is also a smart person, and people often hear that the prime minister is the head of the chief minister, and he is the prime minister's young master, so he is naturally a playboy.Then he laughed and said, "I know that southerners call Du Shao the most face-saving. Then, I will be called Du Shao. Don't be surprised by Jin Du Shao." After finishing speaking, he held Feng Ju's hand , Said: "I'm really sorry, please wait a moment, I asked them to vacate the room, and my room was taken by someone else's guest." This Wanxiang is a girl who has not been in business for a long time, and has not become popular.Because her room is empty, don't let a girl have a guest and invite her to sit in her room.Now that Wanxiang has guests, she naturally wants to find a way to let them out.Moreover, the old bustard of Gui Nu saw that this man behaved extraordinary, he had expected that he was not an ordinary person, and now he heard that he was the prime minister's young master, so he wanted to flatter him even more.After a while, the room was let out.Wan Xiang took Feng Ju's hand and led her in, a small wing room on the east side.There is only a wooden bed, a wooden table and chairs, a small glass cabinet, and another set of white lacquered tables and chairs in the room, not even a sofa.Wan Xiang blushed and said: "The room is really small, please bear with me." Feng Ju said with a smile: "It doesn't matter, we are here to see people, not the house, the size of the house has nothing to do with it!" At this time , Wanxiang's mother, and Wanxiang's madam, Aunt Li, were busy going in and out with handkerchiefs, making tea and serving melon seeds.This Aunt Li was originally a retired prostitute.Because money is tight these days, I can't afford much money, so I only spent a few hundred yuan to get Wanxiang and try it out by myself.I have been in business for almost a month, but only two or three dishes a day, how can I survive on these three or four yuan dishes?So I was planning day and night, and I was trying to figure out a way to cheer myself up.Now suddenly a God of Wealth descended, how could he let it go so easily?When she lifted the curtain at the door of the room, she lost a wink at Wan Xiang.Wan Xiang understood and walked out. Aunt Li took her aside and said softly: "Just now there was a group of guests in the room who recognized this person named Jin. He said that this is really the son of the Prime Minister. You must accompany him well." , just don't let him come once. If you become popular or not, it's all because of this person, so don't miss your chance." Aunt Li said, and Wanxiang agreed with a snort.Having said that, they made up their minds to do it.