box of hearts

Chapter 9 Zhan Chunkui (8)
At the end of the eyes, Second Sister Duan led a group of people to brush the grass, and her shrill voice tore through the sky: "It can be said that I caught up with you! You damn girl, you were half-chattering with that poor ghost last night." In the evening, as soon as he left, you secretly collected the money and money, and even tried to send the servant away. Do you think I can't guess that you want to run away with him? This account will be settled with you later! Officers Lord, Sister Qing is the number one celebrity in our Huai Yatang, how dare Du Baoxiang take her to flee to other places, is there any law for abducting people at the foot of the emperor? Please, the officials, catch him for the old man, the old man Thanks a lot!"

Only a few bluffs could be heard, and several figures approached, and sure enough, all of them were wearing the uniform of the patrol shop, holding a knife majesticly.Du Baoxiang was terrified, and Qingtian also complained with a pale face: "Oh no, no, I told my mother to find out, and she even brought people from the government, this is the end!"

After being told by Qingtian, Du Baoxiang lost his mind.The boatman named Liu Baitang was very calm, he just bit his pipe into his teeth, untied the cable with one hand and smoked the oar with the other, "Miss Qing, are you still going? If you don't go, I will go. I will go alone. Salt smugglers don’t dare to offend their officers and soldiers.”

In a trance, Du Baoxiang only felt that his hands were hot, and Qingtian had already grabbed them. She looked over with tears in her eyes, anxious and eager, "Brother Xiang, listen to me, I'm fine, mom will just beat me up if she catches me." , Hungry for two days, but you have to fall into her hands——, she has someone in Wucheng Bingmasi, and she will not give up unless you are sent to the sky prison to be tortured to death. For today's plan Only I will stop her, you go! You go quickly, ask the boatman to take you to the ferry ahead, it doesn’t matter where you go, don’t go back to the capital.”

She hastily removed the cloth bag she was holding on her arm, and was about to hand it to him, but withdrew her hand, grabbed a bank note from the bag and put it in his hand, "No! If you take it, My money, Tianya Haijiao's mother will definitely catch up with you, and it will harm you instead. You just take these odds and ends as money, and then worry about it when you get to the place where you stay. Let's go, go, it's too late if you don't go, let's go Xiang Brother, if you are doing well, you have lived up to my infatuation, let's go! Boatman, let's go!" While speaking, he pushed Du Baoxiang hard, and Du Baoxiang stumbled backwards and fell into Liu Baitang's boat.

Liu Baitang's hands and feet were quite quick, and he only asked, "Miss Qing, are you leaving?" He pushed the long pole to the left and right, and he drove straight away from the shore.

At this time, the soldiers had already swarmed over, and "Shua Shua" drew out their knives, but they stopped on the bank helplessly, and shouted tyrannically: "Come back, come back to the men, do you hear me? Hurry up!" Roll back the boat, your boat is a personal criminal!"

Second Sister Duan also caught up with her, grabbed Qingtian tightly, and said, "You damn girl, where are you going? Officer, officer, hurry up, find a boat and follow me, get me some The one with the surname Du! He kidnapped people, so we can’t let him go for nothing like this.”

Qingtian turned around and grabbed his adoptive mother, crying in spite of his headache: "Mom, good mother, you spare him, let him go, it's all daughter's idea. My daughter didn't intend to go and never come back, she just said first Take the money to make a book for Brother Xiang, and when he makes a comeback in other places, he will come back to Beijing and pay all the ransom money for his daughter to his mother. Mom, my daughter is wrong. Look, all her money is here, not a penny. No less, you only punish your daughter, let Brother Xiang go! Mom, if you refuse to spare him, my daughter will jump into the river to show you, mom..."

Du Baoxiang at the bow of the boat looked at Qingtian, who was crying heartbroken, and at the officers and soldiers of wolves, tigers and leopards.There were a few weeping willows by the bank, and the second sister Duan under the willow raised a peach-leaf brocade handkerchief and cursed across the water: "Listen to me, Du, for the sake of our sister Qing, This time my old lady spared you. If you know what you want, don’t step into the capital again, it won’t be so cheap for me to bump into you again! Ah bah!”

On the swaying lone boat, Du Baoxiang couldn't see clearly the face of Qingtian who was left by the river, only saw her being carried away by the madam.Tears had already covered his face, and he sat slumped on the deck, his fingers twitched, and he was still holding the last bank note she had stuffed in his hand, and the thin paper was stained with her tears.Du Baoxiang pressed the banknote to his heart and wept bitterly. He has lived for half a lifetime, beauties are like jade, and he spends money like dirt. In the end, he ended up in such a hurry. He only hated his fate. .

Liu Baitang, the boatman, took two puffs of his cigarette, and then leisurely rowed his oars, heading for all corners of the country.

Outside the shadow of the trees on the shore, Second Sister Duan was looking at Qingtian with raised eyebrows just a moment ago, she said "smelly girl" to the left and "little hoof" to the right, and seeing Jiang Xin's boat was far away, she immediately changed her face and stretched out her hand He fended off the officials, hugged Qingtian into his arms, patted and patted, and said lovingly: "Mom's little darling, thank you for your hard work, hurry up and wipe away the tears. Look at how dirty this skirt is. Don't be afraid, mom will cut a new one for you when you get back."

Qingtian shook off his second sister's hand angrily, and wiped his face. There was no sadness on his face, only tiredness, "I can tell you, this is the first time and the last time."

"Yes, yes, my little ancestor, my mother dares not to labor you like this again. If this plague god is not dismissed, we will live a peaceful life. Come, let's go, the car is waiting in front, slow down, I sprained my ankle carefully. Oh, by the way," the second sister smiled bravely at the soldiers who were still following her, quite like a lady, "Thank you for your hard work, all the officials, I just want to say hello to Bai Tantou on behalf of the old man when I go back." He staggered and helped Qing Tian climb into a carriage parked at the intersection, and slowly left.

The few remaining soldiers talked and laughed, and walked south along the main road.The wind blew past the two straight rows of poplars beside the road, and the leaves of the trees turned silver light, creating an uneasy tide.One of the soldiers, who was very young, suddenly grabbed an older one, and asked weakly: "Brother Yin, what happened today? I just yelled after you, and I'm still confused."

"Haha," the young man surnamed Yin nodded and smiled to the rest of his companions, "Hey, hey, the little grasshopper is still in a daze."

Everyone has fun.A man with a big beard slapped the little grasshopper on the hat, and laughed twice, "The old bustard of Huaiyatang is an old friend of Bai Ye, the head of our patrol shop, and every time she messes up in the yard The client's family is ruined, if that person is more stubborn, he is afraid that he will jump over the wall in a hurry, and he will come to us to clean up the mess. First ask the girl to date the client and pretend to elope, and then let us smash it and threaten to send him to the official, then the client will be scared He had to flee for his life, and he didn't dare to disturb each other. He only thought that Sister Yao treated him with deep affection, but who knew that he had been "dragged with a knife". Liu Baitang, who was the one who rocked the boat, was a dealer who specialized in private goods, and also a Huai Ya It’s from the Tang gang. Look at the plague on his ship, hey, he is also a well-behaved man, so it’s a pity that he made such a miserable appearance for a bitch.”

After hearing this, the little grasshopper suddenly realized, shook his head and murmured: "So that's the case. But that 'Sister Qing' was so beautiful, if she could cry for me like this, even if it was fake, I would be willing to go bankrupt." gone."

The men laughed even harder. The old Yin stomped his feet and couldn't straighten up, "It's really a young boy who said such childish things. I would be willing to ruin my family for that sister Qing, but I just want to be serious." Hugging her with Ge Ge all night is not worth living in this world."

"Come on, don't piss and take pictures, just because you also want the girls in Huaihua Hutong? That's where princes and dignitaries have fun. Let's go to Yaozi Street to have fun."

"Damn, why are there so many differences between people?"

"Come on, when the lamp is blown, isn't every woman a hole?"

"For our old Yin, those are two holes."

……

Amidst the increasingly obscene teasing, only the little grasshopper remained silent, staring at the road ahead with innocent eyes.On the road full of yellow dust, two ruts were deeply and deeply printed.

The car had already gone more than half a mile, and the second sister Duan in the car hugged Qingtian with a smile and coaxed: "My dear girl, the road is long, sleep for a while, it's hard for you, it's such a big back and forth overnight. Let's sleep for a while, I have to take care of Mr. Feng's affairs at night, and have a good rest. Come on, lie on your mother's lap, and mother will comb your hair for you, look, it's all messed up, lie on your stomach, be good. "

Qingtian was really tired, so he obeyed and fell on the second sister's lap.The second sister's skirt was lined with a layer of gauze, and it was densely itchy when it rubbed against her face.Qingtian closed his eyes, feeling the second sister's fingers crawling into her scalp, combing her hair layer by layer, and pulling her hair...thousands of threads, thousands of thoughts.She thought of Du Baoxiang.She remembered that when he first came to Beijing a year ago, there were groups of servants and a lot of wealth, and gold thread was rolled on the fragrant clothes with lotus leaves in a vase.A year later, all he had left in his hands—she forgot how much she had just thrown him, was either thirty or fifty—at most fifty taels.He spent all his money on her, and ended up buying a scam.But Qingtian knows that when Du Baoxiang throws his dilapidated body on any dilapidated bed in the journey, and closes his eyes, there will be an embroidery room shining with gold and jade, a soft and smooth carcass, and a heart that will never change until death. Heart, glowing, climbed into his dusty, smelly quilt together.Night by night, life by life.Such a scam is worth all the money, and it is not expensive at all.

Qingtian only felt his head sinking heavily, and he forgot about Du Baoxiang forever, and fell asleep.

(End of this chapter)