The Twelve Years: Song of the Unsung Friends

Uncle Fu hit the corner railing and crawled in the corner of the stairs. An experienced wife upstairs screamed and directed the people to use the quilts in the private room to wrap up the humanoid Hokage. Soon, the fire was extinguished.

The little servants downstairs were called up, and even the blankets were taken to the first floor. The quilts were opened, and the pungent burning smell made people fearful. The young people stayed far away, and the elders surrounded them.

The seven men outside the door were chaotic, only Fu Tongwen stayed outside the door, not moving, watching all the people and things.

Inside the house.

The people downstairs yelled, "I'm still angry, go to the hospital." The old lady finally exhaled, turning her head tearfully, looking at the other young son who was leaning on the chair, lost her soul.

Shen Xi knelt beside Fu Dongwen, the pills spilled all over the floor, she observed his state, her mind was clear, but her tears could not stop shedding. This glass bottle was a small bottle for her to drink medicine, not suitable for pills, but Fu Dongwen had to fill his own heart medicine after discussing. She had clearly warned him that this bottle had a large caliber, and a lot of it would be poured out if it was careless. But he would not listen.

"You relax..." She helped him shoot.

Fu Dongwen held the gun too tightly because of fighting, and because of angina, he tried too hard, and the gun seemed to stick to his hand. Shen Xi waited for him to relax for two breaths before slowly pulling away one of his fingers and taking out the gun.

She just wanted to take the gun, but Fu Dongwen didn't give it to her. From that moment, she guessed that the gun was empty.

Since the gun is empty, he must have arranged a lot of things he didn't know: "What are you going to do next time, also count your own illness." She whispered.

Fu Dongwen leaned against the chair of the imperial master, touching the corners of his lips, and said with a weak smile: "Third brother, this body... is burdensome."

The gun is indeed empty, just in case.

Those who can enter Xuyuan today were all shot and knifed by Fu Dongwen, including Uncle Fu. He knew that Uncle Fu's temperament would rather die, and would never bow his head. How could he give him a chance to commit suicide? Moreover, Fu Dongwen still retains a bit of humanity and filial piety, and he does not want his mother to see his elder son blood splashing on the spot, and he wants his eldest brother to pay for his life and after today.

Just taking the gun, it was just drawing a dead end, so that my mother could see clearly that I would never let the eldest brother go...

Fu Tongwen arranged everything, Dudu did not count that Su Qing would be there, nor did she count that she would care about her teenage love.

Just one step away, he was about to call someone to come in, but Su Qing did. As soon as she started, Fu Dongwen could no longer call people.

As soon as the door opened, Bai Lai looked at it.

Su Qing is a concubine from a dusty background. She dares to deal with Fu's parents, but there is only one dead end. Fortunately, everyone in the room has seen it now. As long as he and the second brother are determined that they have nothing to do with Su Qing, the old lady will be stimulated, and no one will believe what she says.

Fu Tongwen glanced at Su Qing who was awake.

Even if the eldest brother can be rescued tonight, he will have to linger, suffering day and night, struggling to die.

This can be regarded as the will of heaven in the dark.

"Don't move around." Shen Xi told him.

She went to Erye Fu and asked Erye Fu to flatten Su Qing and examine Su Qing for his trauma, except for the burned hands, which were all minor injuries. Su Qing's clothes were burnt and scorched, but he was so lucky that he didn't hurt his skin or hair. At this moment, Su Qing's astral image also left the body with the fight just now, and his eyes were looking straight at a corner of the house. There is nothing there.

"I'll go out and leave it to you here." Fu Erye whispered.

Shen Xi nodded.

Second Master Fu touched Su Qing's face, got up, and went out.

The wooden door was closed by Fu Dongwen's people.

"The second child?" an old man's voice asked outside the door, "what's the matter?"

Fu Erye's voice replied: "It was an accident. The boss just became anxious. When teaching our two younger brothers, he kicked over the stove. You see today..."

With the sigh of Fu Erye, the conversation faded away.

The second master believes in Buddhism and does not lie, but he lied tonight to save Su Qing's life. He went downstairs to check his eldest brother in person, and he could still catch his breath, but his skin was burnt and his face was fuzzy, and he was no longer a person.

In front of his flustered brothers, he pretended to be calm and ordered his servants to send Uncle Fu to the hospital for rescue.

There is no need to sing the play, the celebrities have gone to remove their makeup.

The relatives of the Fu family gathered here were all arranged by Fu Dongwen to deliver cars and rickshaws one by one, waiting for Fu Erye to arrange the cars back to the mansion. The Second Master looked at the play pool, "Dongshan" and "Dongshan", calling him from all directions. The celebrity is terrified and wants to talk to him; close relatives worry about the old lady upstairs and want to chat with him; distant relatives are afraid and want to ask when they can leave.

Fu Erye was exquisite and considerate. Fu Erye’s little servant also yelled. The second room is the quietest on weekdays. Today, it is rare to be prestigious. It is a gesture of giving orders to the remaining little servants and maids.

"By the way, the silver rewards for those horns must be delivered, so that they won't be guilty of complaints."

After the second master Fu explained, he lifted his robe and went upstairs.

Fu Erye was at a loss for the sudden change tonight.

Where did Su Qing's courage get his eldest brother a fatal blow? The words she yelled, Fu Erye did not hear clearly, but he knew that Fu Tongwen took care of Su Qing when he was in Rouge Lane, but he did not expect that Su Qing would be a person who knows his gratitude...

Fu Erye converged his mind and stood outside the private room.

Upstairs and downstairs were quiet, and Fu Dongwen's people were guarding here.

The leading man opened half the door for Fu Erye.

At this time in the house, Su Qing was leaning on the chair of the imperial teacher, and the old lady was supported on the smoking couch. Fu Tongwen's heartache eased, and he stood beside the master chair and talked in a low voice with Shen Xi. He saw Erye Fu and said softly, "Second brother, thank you very much tonight."

Fu Erye shook his head and smiled bitterly, again with the catch phrase: "My brother, don't say this."

"Su Qing is hurt in her hand, and you don't want her to be emotionally stimulated for these two days," Shen Xi said, "after all, she has received a heavy blow to the head."

"Okay, I wrote it down."

Shen Xi said again: "Send your hands for treatment as soon as possible. Western medicine and Chinese medicine are good. For the head, bring me to the hospital tomorrow."

Fu Erye should help Su Qing.

His hand just touched Su Qing's wrist, Su Qing suddenly awakened from a nightmare, and burst into tears, crying and climbing on Fu Erye's shoulder, sobbing and burying the cry on Fu Erye's shoulder. .

The old lady on the cigarette couch was stimulated by Su Qing's crying, and struggled to climb the low table: "I want to settle accounts with you..."

Fu Erye put his arms around Su Qing, nodded to Fu Dongwen, and led Su Qing out.

"You come back! Fu Er..."

The old lady's tears were blurred and she shouted, and it was useless. She could only vent her fist and beat the cigarette couch repeatedly. She knew that there was no way, no one could control anyone.

Soon, only Fu Dongwen remained inside and outside, even the maid serving the old lady.

The two maids were at the door, waiting for Fu Dongwen's instructions at any time.

In the sound of heavy rain outside the window, in the appallingly quiet private room of the theater, beside the dim wall lamp and burning incense burner, among the plumes of white smoke, Fu Dongwen’s mother was wearing white hair, rhythmically The cigarette bed was thumping down, like a wicked man who was collecting debts... This picture was too horrible.

The dull hammering made Shen Xi feel bored.

She quietly held Fu Dongwen's hand and moved her gaze to the door, hinting that Fu Dongwen would let his mother leave here first.

"Send the old lady out." He ordered.

The maids lowered their heads and walked in quickly.

"Mother has something to say... Dong Wen!" The old lady climbed on the low table of the cigarette couch, staring at Fu Dongwen with red eyes.

The old lady was panting heavily, a pair of three-inch feet without shoes, wrapped in white stockings and stepped on the ground, trying to avoid the maid. Two maids surrounded her, lifted the little old lady into the air, and went out.

The black shadows of the three overlapped and fell on the ground.

As it goes away, the shadow grows longer and longer.

The moment the old lady was being carried out of the door, weeping and hugging the door: "Dong Wen! Mother knows! You still have a Guangzhou Shen family in your heart! That was not made by your elder brother! It was made by your father——"

The earrings hit the old lady's face and the wooden door, and the emerald green light and shadow swayed and bumped in the distance.

The maids secretly used their strength to lift Granny Fu away.

"Dong Wen! Listen to your mother! Keep your elder brother alive! Don't count everything on him—"

"Three brothers..."

I heard it wrong, I must have heard it wrong...

Shenjia in Guangzhou? She is talking about the Shen family in Guangzhou? How many Shen houses are there in the world, and how many Shen houses in Guangzhou? !

Sad crying echoed in the huge theater building.

The old lady was still arguing for Uncle Fu, outside the door, at the top of the stairs, under the stairs... even on the first floor, shouting Fu Dongwen's name, talking about the murder of the Shen family in Guangzhou.

Words and sentences, far and near, in the horizon, in the ear.

Shen Xi's heart thumped and thumped wildly, shaking her eyes like a tremor.

The blood in the whole body is flowing upstream, violently impacting the brain. Her face flushed red in an instant, helplessly looking for a place to focus, all blindly white.

"Dong Wen? Dong Wen?" She was looking for Fu Dongwen's face. The man who was obviously by her side, holding hands, couldn't even see his face.

There was a dark red light and shadow in the blind white of the line of sight. It was a wall lamp. The lamp could be seen clearly, but Fu Dongwen's eyebrows could not be distinguished.

"Tell me in Dong Wen..." Shen Xi repeatedly called his name, "Dong Wen..."

Tell me the truth, what is the truth?

All the sights before her eyes turned white, the white of his shirt.

Fu Dongwen hugged her tightly with his arms, suppressing his voice and said: "I will tell you, tell you exactly one word. Don't listen to her, listen to me!"

He wanted to isolate the old lady from the entire world, but there was no other way. He hugged Shen Xi, lest she impulsively do something stupid, and used a lot of strength.

Is this admitted? He never lied to himself...

Shen Xi suddenly lost his strength and collapsed in Fu Dongwen's arms, softened, and the tighter he hugged, the more she looked like duckweed leaves.

She thought she was the luckiest person in the Shen family. She survived and met Fu Dongwen. She thought she should cherish a new life. She thought that in the smokehouse, she watched the evil man who falsely accused the Shen family died. God treats himself kindly, the family feud can be avenged, start over, study abroad, study medicine, save people...

She thought she was helping others like her parents, like several older brothers, especially the second brother. Although the Shen family is gone, she is still there, she is living for the Shen family. But these are all psychological hints she gave herself. The Shen family is a memory that cannot be touched. She still remembers all the faces of her parents and brothers who were in a different place overnight.

Shen family, Fu family.

She thought the Fu family was a benefactor, but now, all her cognition has been subverted.

Every word Fu Dongwen’s mother cried was saying, Fu Dongwen’s father killed the Shen family...

Fu Dongwen hugged her and placed it on the cigarette couch. He was also confused. He wanted to move the low table away. He pressed a palm to the unlit cigarette lamp, stinging his hand. He didn't say a word, didn't pause, and pushed the low table aside.

He never thought of concealing it for the rest of his life. The matter of his father and eldest brother passed, it was the time for the truth to come to light. He never expected to have a satisfactory result...

Shen Xi tugged at the sleeves of his shirt. The only person who fell into the water was his driftwood.

Fu Dongwen saw her face full of tears and hot water in his eyes. He held her face in both hands and begged her with penitent eyes: "It's the Fu family sorry that Shen family, Wan Yang, I don't ask you to How magnanimous. Please listen to what I have said, and I will tell you everything..."

The tears on his face rushed down, and Shen Xi looked at him hollowly.

Four eyes face each other.

Without the affection, he couldn't see her heart. He was afraid that his emotions would be too ups and downs, and he would not be afraid of death if he had another heart disease, but he was afraid that he would not be able to finish speaking, leaving regrets.

Fu Dongwen changed his breath slightly.

After a short silence, he spoke harshly, revealing this memory for her and for herself.

"Your father and I are old acquaintances, old friends, and year-end friends," he whispered, "I returned from England that year and met your father, Lord Shen, on a cruise ship. Of course he had resigned from office at that time. Business."

The Shen family, from the generation of Shen Xi's grandfather, has been on the road to smoking ban.

It's a pity that a smoke sale at Humen cannot save the corrupted Qing Dynasty. When Shen Xi's father was an official, his colleagues were all drug addicts, and the smog has become a necessity for communication and official entertainment. In indignation, Father Shen resigned from office to enter business.

Guangzhou is the earliest port for trade and business. There are many shops in the 13th line. It is the best time for wealth accumulation. The Shen family quickly grew bigger. Although it was not as good as the wealth of Pan, Wu, Lu and Ye, it was also in Guangzhou. A stomping can affect wealthy families inside and outside the city. But Shen Xi's father's ambition was not here.

"I supported the reformists before going abroad, and after I returned to China, I wanted to change China, but I didn't want to overthrow the Qing government. But your father was already a revolutionary at the time, and what he wanted was to overthrow the Qing government completely," the ideal man of that era, Both have their own ideas of saving the country, "Your father and I have different political views, but we also appreciate each other."

Fu Dongwen even disembarked in Guangzhou ahead of time in order to continue his quarrel with Shen's father, bought a house in Guangzhou, and kept it for a full month. Two stubborn people, one is a wealthy businessman in Guangzhou who is nearly fifty years old, and the other is a noble foreigner who is in his early twenties. No one can persuade anyone.

But at that time, Fu Dongwen had already wavered.

Because he grew up in the city of Beijing since he was a child, he is Wang Sun Guizhou, the son of a family, unlike Father Shen, who grew up in the first place open to the outside world. It will take more time and experience for him to embark on the road to overthrow the Qing government.

"In the twenty-ninth year of Guangxu, your father suddenly came to Beijing and asked me to meet. He gave me a list of 377 people. He hoped that I could help these people take refuge and send them abroad. This is to follow He is a brother and sister of the revolution," Fu Tongwen returned to that day with a very low voice, so low that he was afraid that wicked people would eavesdrop." He said that he is about to die, and he is the one who exposes himself. He wants to let those who investigate The Qing dynasty officials of the Revolutionary Party focused on him and gave these people time to escape. At that time, no one could believe your father. He only thought of me. He thought I would help him."

Shen Xi's heart was beating heavily. The father is a person who talks very little. He only looks like a child when he talks to his mother, talking constantly, telling new things and funny things. She was young and didn't know what revolution was. It can be estimated that even if she is an adult, her father will not tell her such confidential matters...

"I asked him if there are children from the Shen family above, and I can arrange it together. He said no. I am very surprised, don't the children of the Shen family participate? Your father told me that there are more than a dozen of them, and there are your relatives. Brother, cousin, cousin..." Fu Tongwen's voice began to be unstable, even after many years, he recalled that he still couldn't calm down here, "Your father said, these people from the Shen family will not run away. The sound of the wind, because the Shen family... a big family."

Shen Xi's lips moved slightly, breathing hard, every mouthful was muddy.

It was as if the smoke from an incense burner was inhaled into my lungs, and my chest was tight and painful.

Fu Tongwen went on to say: "Then I dispersed these people to Vietnam, Japan, and even further afield in Europe by doing business. Your father and the dozens of Shen's children also went to prison. Your father saw me. That night, he and I expected the worst result to be like this. The children of the Shen family who participated in the revolution were practicing with him."

"At that time," he paused for a while before he said: "My father and eldest brother are in charge of this case. The Shen family's ancestors are meritorious and three generations are officials. They shouldn't have been censored. ..."

The wealth of the Shen family was amazing. Taking advantage of this opportunity to search for it, countless local officials became rich.

In the end, all the gold bars were exchanged for smoke and soil, and the people and wealth of the Shen family were swallowed and vanished.

In the first month of the 30th year of Guangxu, the Shen family 371 heads fell to the ground.

In the same year, Fu Dongwen sent away 377 revolutionary youths. At that time, he knew that his father and brother had killed the Shen family, but he could not intervene in the affairs of Guangzhou, because he had to do everything he had entrusted to him.

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The last few chapters are more difficult to write == the ink is midnight