There are four lanterns hanging above the tree-lined door, reflecting the mottled red and green colors of leaves. The scarlet door was closed, and several doormen were taking a nap in the yard. In the distance, there was a faint sound of slapstick and a few barks.
This is a compound covering an area of 100 mu. The owner uses cyan slate as the wall surface, and crimson glazed tile as the top of the wall. There are towering old trees in the courtyard, and a north-south river divides the courtyard into front and back yards, which are divided into four parts: east, west, north and south, with a small bridge in the middle as the boundary. The owner is very elegant, and named the four courtyards Meige, Lan Xinyuan, Yazhu Garden and Juhuatai respectively.
Ge Qingmei lies to the east of the front yard. This is the host's office, where Liu receives guests. He has a lot of property, a rich family background and many friends. As long as he is at home, people come to him in an endless stream. The manager couldn't help it, so he set up a side hall with tables and chairs. The table is full of fresh fruits, cakes and dried fruits, and the servants standing by are providing them with hot water and good tea, which makes the guests speechless after waiting for a long time.
Liu's concubine, a son and a daughter live in the west of the front yard. Sun Shi was born in a rich family and grew up until he was thirteen or fourteen. His father, Sun Zhaofeng, got into a lawsuit and was seized by the court. His harem was assigned to officials as slaves, while men were killed and exiled. Liu happened to pass the yamen that day. He was thirty years old in Shi, and his wife died two years ago. When he saw Sun Shi (named Sun Waner at that time) with pear blossoms and rain, he was moved by pity and asked his father-in-law for a reward and took it home. When she is sixteen, choose an auspicious day and get married.
Lu's two concubines and children live in Yazhu Garden in the backyard, and he and his three sons born by his ex-wife live in the flower gathering platform. The kitchen warehouse and the row of rooms where the servants live are unsightly and covered by a screen-like flower wall hidden behind the chrysanthemum table. So no matter from which angle, this compound is very beautiful.
There are flowers in spring, windy in summer, and autumn fruits and winter snow in four seasons. People who live in such a house should be happy.
There are lush trees on the west side of the compound.
In the middle of the night, all was silent, and two black shadows flashed under the dim light, one tall and one short, slender and tall, agile, as fast as lightning and as light as a swallow. They climbed to the top of the tree like monkeys first, then gently threw out the rope, and the hook at one end quietly hooked the tree in the yard. They slid along the rope in tandem like cable cars, and after a few seconds,
The shadow just took a few steps along the courtyard wall. Suddenly, three fierce dogs "woof woof woof woof woof woof woof woof woof woof woof woof woof woof woof woof woof woof woof woof woof woof woof woof woof woof woof woof woof woof woof woof woof woof woof woof woof woof woof woof woof woof woof woof woof woof woof woof woof woof woof woof woof, woof woof woof woof woof woof, woof woof woof woof, woof woof woof woof woof, woof woof woof woof woof, woof woof woof woo
Sleeping in the yard was awakened by the rapid barking of dogs and whispered, black, yellow and white, what's wrong with you?
Like a response, where three fierce dogs fell to the ground, there were several "whoops" from dogs, which were actually made by a short black shadow. Several servants, who had been on the alert, thought that the dog had taken the shadow of the tree as a thief again, so they leaned against the wall and dozed off.
The two shadows rested and crept to the door, but the door was closed. They tried for a while, but they couldn't open it. They groped along the wall and went around the back. The tall man squatted down as a ladder, and the short man jumped up and jumped on the tall man's shoulder. The tall man stood up slowly. The short man reached out and spat, poked a small hole in the window and looked in. Two people busy for a while, as if nothing.
As soon as they climbed the fence, three fierce dogs woke up slowly, smelled strangers and barked weakly, one after another. O black first stood up, took two steps, called twice, knees a soft, knelt down.
The servants were woken up again and came out from everywhere bleary-eyed. "Hei, Huang and Hui, what's wrong tonight?"
Two shadows have run out of the alley and disappeared into the night.
Hou Liangping, the housekeeper of Liu Fu, was awakened by the sound, trotted off and came to the yard in three steps. Several servants talked around the three dogs, and several servants searched carefully along the house for suspicious traces.
Hou Liangping is in his early fifties, lean, prominent in two places, with big ears and big eyes. He listened to Ding Gu's story with a calm face. Suddenly, he threw a loud slap in the face, which made Ding Gu afraid to go out. He lowered his head and prepared to continue suffering.
Hou Liang's eagle-like eyes scanned like searchlights. No trace on the wall, abnormal dog or hole in the window escaped his eyes. Hou Liangping's back is cold. Although there is no other loss except that the dog is drugged, who dares to break into a heavily guarded hut at night and get away with it? How should he explain to Master Lu?
Hou Liangping, the housekeeper, stayed up all night and stepped up his alert overnight. He reported the situation to his master Liu immediately after dawn.
Liu didn't care too much about it. What can a few thieves do these days? So, in addition to ordering Hou Liangping to cut down the big trees in the hospital and send more people to patrol in shifts, he did not take the night attack seriously.
The next night, Hou Liangping felt something strange in Liu Fu's yard, but he couldn't say that his debut was unknown. There are several sneaky guys in the alley. When two dinks went out in Hou Liang, they dispersed in a hubbub.
The weather is extremely sultry and people can't breathe well.
In the evening, Hou Liangping put on his coat and patrolled the yard. Seeing the servants dozing off in twos and threes, he whispered to them, beating a man named Wang Er with a whip and ordering them to patrol separately.
Suddenly, a strange sound alerted him. He pricked up his ears, quickly pulled out a pistol from his waist with his right hand and ran quickly to the gate.
A dull and loud crash broke the silence of the night. Hou Liangping just walked to the gate when the heavy iron gate had been knocked down. He shouted: "there are bandits, please inform the master!" " With several screams, several shadows fell to the ground. Suddenly, a big man rushed out of the oblique thorn with a big knife in his hand. Poor battle-hardened Hou Liangping was killed in an instant before he could dodge.
A group of masked men poured into the gate, holding torches and lighting the yard like day. Several servants fought back, but they were outnumbered. They were either killed or tied up, and the Liu government completely lost its protection.
Liu was awakened when he heard the noise in the hospital. He jumped out of bed and walked barefoot, aware of the danger. He whispered a few words to the old servant and opened the door. The gangster who rushed into the room stabbed him in the chest with a knife.
Screaming, whining, bleeding, killing ... Liu Fu became a purgatory that night.
In the yard, a fire was lit. There are no men except gangsters. In the west corner, a group of disheveled women and children were shivering.
The gang leader pointed a knife at three women, namely Liu's two concubines. I saw his thick eyebrows stretched out to his temples in disorder and straight, and his leopard-like eyes were wide, fierce and ferocious.
He is questioning these women about the whereabouts of coins and precious metals.
Sun Shi is in his early forties. This sudden disaster cast a layer of despair and sadness on her face. She tried to suppress her trembling and calm herself down. Two concubines are even more pitiful. They had never seen such a bloody scene, shaking like chaff and collapsed to the ground.
Sun Shi has never faced up to gangsters. She said nothing, and her beautiful eyes kept looking straight ahead. The aura of noble Leng Yan made the mob boss even more angry.
"Mom, mom ..." The child screamed at the top of his lungs. Two concubines rushed to the fire like crazy and were dragged back by strong gangsters. They can't help crying at the children. They can't bear to die.
The gangster held two little girls like chickens and made a gesture of roasting them on the fire. The two concubines struggled wildly and cried. ...
"I said ..." Sun Shi awake.
The gangsters searched everything, robbed everything and left.
Oh, my God, it collapsed!
This is the darkest moment before dawn.
Sun Shi took the only footman who survived by luck in the college, and a group of women and children with you, and treated the men's bodies with tears, blindfolded them, bathed them and changed clothes, and wiped the blood from their faces.
When the neighbors learned the bad news, the nominal squire group arrived. Everyone is worried about himself, and rumors are everywhere. People in Shili Baxiang couldn't sleep at night and shouted, "You didn't listen, the bandits heard you!" " Really scared the most naughty children.
At the funeral, people felt a little strange. In mourning, Sun Shi never shed a tear from beginning to end. She has just experienced a catastrophe, losing her husband and relatives, and almost everything.
Sun Shi fired the maid, sold the house and jewels cheaply, and gave Qian Ping to two concubines and his children. The eldest son of Liu's ex-wife is doing business in other places, and the youngest son, Liu Yaokun, is studying in Beiping. This time, she took care of them all.
One rainy night, Sun Shi left with her daughter. The bent old man was seen to find them a carriage and take them away together.
Since then, there has been no news.
Thirty years later, when the dawn of new China was shining on the earth, a huge donation from overseas Chinese was transferred to the Taijing Municipal Government. Lv Yaokun, then the secretary of the mayor of the government, struggled to find the name of the donor, and his eyes were full of enthusiasm.
That name is Sun Waner.
A few years later, Sun Waner returned to the ancient city of Taijing with her daughter and son-in-law. She keeps a low profile and lives in seclusion, but people still know her legendary life through various channels.
Sun Zhaofeng, the father of Sun Waner, was a right-hand man under Dr. Sun Yat-sen in his early years. He took part in activities against the fatuous rule of the Qing Dynasty and was wiped out. Sun Waner was clever since childhood, and after her family came down, she committed herself to be Lu Tianhao's concubine, which made her desperate. Fortunately, Lu Tianhao is a little older, but after all, he is born with a scholarly family and is sensible. After a long time, she and Lu Tianhao had feelings and gradually got along.
Lu Yaohan, the eldest son of Lu Tianhao's ex-wife, is the head of the underground liaison office in Taijing. After learning this story by chance, Sun Waner deeply understood the righteous cause, assessed the situation and supported his righteous act very much. Under her influence, Lu Tianhao also secretly took out funds to support underground organizations.
After the terrible robbery that night, Sun Waner settled down with her family and endured great grief. According to the secret that her husband Lu Tianhao told the footman, she promptly transferred some assets abroad as revolutionary capital.
It took Sun Waner more than two years to pass the language barrier when she knew her fate. With the help of her daughter, she set foot in real estate, finance and other fields. Despite all the hardships, she finally became a dazzling commercial star on Wall Street. She turned around to find a party organization, united patriotic Chinese to support China, and made outstanding contributions to War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression and the War of Liberation.