On the 16th, Wu Xiangzhen's troops were defeated and the Northern Army suffered heavy losses. On the 18th, the Wuchang support army arrived, and the southern two sides began a tug-of-war on the battlefield in Hunan Province. Information like snowflakes was passed from the front to the rear.
On the same day, several merchants from the Shanghai market appeared in Jiuzmi City. They purchased grains at a higher price than the market price and stocked grain locally. The grains from Jing, Hunan, and Chaohu areas were all bought up. There were also merchants from the Shanghai market in the Wuxi rice market.
After spending a lot of money buying grain, thieves frequently appeared in the section of the Yangtze River from Gushu to Jinling, and the route was blocked. Some ships capsized in the section from Jingkou to Shanghai.
Several major gangs in Shanghai began to clear out grain shops on the streets. Not only did they forcibly buy food, but also all necessities for daily life. Only one day later, the situation suddenly went wrong. People in Shanghai suddenly discovered that the market
The price of food on the market was rising steadily, and the prices of daily necessities such as salt and oil were also rising. For a time, the entire Shanghai stock market was panicked and a panic buying trend formed.
After Li Yu attended the banquet, he kept frowning and frowned. He never went out again. He stayed at home and entertained guests. He never talked about what happened that day. He Qi wanted to ask several times, but Li Yu was ignored.
Yu deliberately changed her words.
Li Li has also disappeared in the past few days.
He Qi was unable to go out and was unaware of the outside world, but Qian Xuan and Brother Xun went out to look for Cheng Zhongpu. When they came back, they were worried and had things written all over their faces.
At the dinner table that night, Qian Xuan, a grumpy man with a gloomy face, drank alone. He quickly became drunk and could not control himself. He did not even accept Li Yu's toast and said several words in succession to criticize Sang and Huai. Brother Xun promptly stopped him.
Pull him away, otherwise the next scene will be a bit embarrassing.
After dinner, Xu Shoutang, Shen Qiuming, and Qiming went to another house to rest. Qian Xuan stayed behind, vomiting and making a fuss about going back to Peiping. Brother Xun looked after him.
He Qi found Li Wan, and he probably had to ask Li Wan to come forward in this matter. After being helped back into the house, he lay on the bed, anxiously waiting for Li Yu to appear.
After a while, Li Yu stepped on the dim light and came with two cups of tea. His face was as usual and he was not angry because of Qian Xuan's attack. He put a cup of tea on the bedside table, then moved a chair and sat down.
In front of He Qi, he slowly drank tea.
Since Li Yu was willing to come, he would definitely say something. He Qi suddenly lost his hurry and picked up the hot tea on the bedside table and took a sip. Li Wan closed the door, leaned on the railing, and faced Xun Xun downstairs.
Brother, I secretly made an OK gesture.
Brother Xun also nodded secretly, breathed a long sigh of relief, went to the front yard, lit a cigarette, and smiled at Qian Xuan vomiting.
In the room, Qian Xuan's vomiting sound could be vaguely heard. Li Yu walked to the bed and looked down, and couldn't help laughing: "After so many years, De Qian is still like this, and his drinking capacity is still so bad."
"More than ten years ago, De Qian came to Shanghai for the first time. He was less than 20 years old. At that time, our family still lived on the edge of the Suzhou River. We were surrounded by shacks. Opposite was the Fazhong District. One was in the sky and the other was in the sky.
Here, De Qian, a cultured man, was very unaccustomed to him. He was so frivolous and so hot in the summer that his clothes were soaked with sweat. He was still wearing a long gown. I was really afraid that he would collapse from the heat, so I drank with him, and then
I made him drunk and took off his clothes."
When He Qi heard this, he couldn't help being amused, and continued: "He is still wearing those clothes! He has a very stubborn temper. If he doesn't get drunk at night, he will fight with you to the end."
Li Yu smiled knowingly, then closed the window and could no longer hear Qian Xuan's vomiting sound. He sat back on the chair in front of the bed, took out a cigarette from his pocket, lit it with a match.
He Qi was very surprised. In his impression, Li Yu never left his hand with tea. He had never seen Li Yu smoking before.
Li Yu blew out the smoke and muttered: "I have always smoked, and I carry a pack with me. I used to give one to people when I went out, but as I got older, Wanwan stopped smoking, but I always kept a pack of cigarettes in my pocket.
, I always feel like I’m missing something if I don’t smoke.”
Then asked: "Do you smoke?"
He Qidao: "I don't smoke. After returning to China, I fell in love with drinking tea, but I can't tell what good tea is. I have a friend in Peking. Speaking of which, you should know him. His name is Liu Aiguo. His name is Liu Aiguo.
Liu Laowu, Liu Yanwang, Chief Ju of the Peking Security Department. Not long after I returned to Peking, I got involved in the "church case" and was invited to have tea by him. He was a very strange person, and his office was different from ordinary people.
It's an interrogation room, usually a place for receiving guests. The tea he invited me to drink was Hou Kui, saying it was a tea that won the Panama Gold Medal. When I sat there, I couldn't taste any good tea. At that time, I just felt like it was watery.
bitter."
Li Yu was silent for a while, and then said: "I know he is a person who cannot be avoided if he wants to do something in Peiping. But what he said is right, Hou Kui is indeed a good tea, and he is available at home tomorrow.
I gave this one to you. It is produced in the same place as his Hou Kui. I don’t drink it much, but it always smells like orchids. I’m not a cultured person. Drinking it will make people think it is arty. You are very suitable for this.
The fragrance of orchids.”
He Qi was stunned, shocked for a moment, and a horrifying idea suddenly appeared in his heart. Ju Chang was very familiar with Li Yu, and even Ju Chang's monkey leader was given by Li Yu.
Related to Li Yu.
Thinking of this, He Qi suddenly remembered what Li Wan once said to Li Yu: "Don't you know how we came back?"
Yes!
Because Li Yu is very familiar with Ju Chang, Li Yu knows very well about those things in Peiping.
Otherwise, He Qi was attacked, his life or death was uncertain, and on his thirtieth year, how could Li Yu dare to let Li Wan, a girl, go to Peking alone?
So here’s the question?
Does Li Wan know that his father knows Ju Chang?
He Qi thought that Li Wan probably knew that Li Yu had connections in Peking, but he didn't know that it was Ju Chang. Therefore, when Ju Chang came to visit that night and said that he had killed a southern rebel, Li Wan was so frightened that he turned pale.
.
After a series of thoughts, He Qi came to the conclusion that Li Yu was more complicated than imagined. It was really not simple. No wonder several big families in Shanghai wanted to discuss matters with him a few days ago.
"Ahem." After not smoking for a long time, Li Yu coughed twice, then put out the cigarette, lowered his head and took a sip of tea. After calming down, he wandered and said: "He has been young for almost twenty years, and his appearance has changed.
, he was so fat that when he first came to Shanghai, he had nothing to eat and was as skinny as a monkey. But he was a good fighter and would not risk his life. He rushed to the front and we all called him 'Desperate Wulang'."
In this way, Ju Chang was once Li Yu's younger brother.
Li Yu took another sip of tea, pulled his thoughts back from twenty years ago, and continued: "Let's not talk about him anymore, let's talk about De Qian. You told him the matter, right?"
He Qi refused to deny it.
Li Yudao: "So, you did it on purpose?"
He Qi shook his head: "I didn't think much about it at the time."
Li Yu thought about it and said calmly: "Let me teach you one thing. If you meet someone in the future and say something with a temper like Deqian's, don't say this to him unless you can find a better solution.
Method. When I was young, because of this, I suffered a lot and offended a lot of people. Sometimes, I often offended people with my speech without even knowing it. Therefore, speaking is a science, and every time you speak to others