The rebirth of the Republic of China

The room was eerily quiet, Liu Sheng stood at the door, in a trance, those memories that had been dusty for a long time, sections of brightly colored pictures, unexpectedly emerged slowly but clearly at this moment.

Before the Battle of Songhu broke out, the prosperity of Shanghai was well-known throughout China. Although the Liu family was not a big family, it was still a big family in Shanghai. He is a well-known good old man among Shanghai businessmen.

Speaking of Liu's pawn shop, it can be regarded as a legend.

At the end of the Qing Dynasty, the Eight-Power Allied Forces invaded the capital and looted many rare national treasures. These things either flowed overseas or disappeared. Occasionally, one or two pieces that came out on the market were fakes imitated by skilled craftsmen.Under such circumstances, a young man who went out to study in the ancestors of the Liu family got several high-quality treasures at one time by chance.

The Liu family started out as a pawnshop. Although the pawnshop is small, it is an old shop that has been passed down for hundreds of years. It is also well-known in the appraisal of gold and stone calligraphy and painting. When the young man saw the things in his hand, he immediately saw The difference between this and those imitations is only due to the lack of professional tools to be sure.

The young man immediately thought that this was an opportunity. If he used it well, he could increase the influence of the family to a higher level. stuff to take home.

There are four national treasures in total, but only one is complete. The others are finely crafted accessories, which are just convenient for the teenager to carry with him.In order not to attract attention, the boy continued his studies until more than a year had passed as planned before he ended his journey and embarked on the long-awaited return home.

The return home went smoothly. The boy's father dug a secret room in his family house and kept the four national treasures in it.

As a person who has been handing over antiques for half his life, he understands the value of these things too well. If he shows them off now, not only will they not get any benefits, but it will cost the lives of the whole family!

Decades passed like this, the young man grew old, kept the secret with his father all the time, and called his only son to him before he died, and told the story completely Tell him that this person is Liu Sheng's father.

Liu Sheng's father felt that it was impossible. He had been in charge for eight years since he was 17 years old, and he had never heard of such a thing in his house. At first glance, he even thought his father had misremembered it, but The remaining reason told him that what his father said was true.

Liu Sheng's father felt a chill in his heart. Unlike other people, no one in their line of business could understand the brilliance and dignity of these things, but things that were too glamorous and noble often passed through too many people. Therefore, it has a heavy hostility, and if the owner's fortune is not deep enough, it will definitely not be able to resist it.

Since ancient times, there have been too many examples of families being ruined because of greed.

Liu's father didn't dare to think about it any further, but he had to accept the last order entrusted by his father when he was dying.

Ten days later, it turned out that the young man had finally passed away. Father Liu began to attend to the funeral when he was sad, but he never went to the secret room that his father had mentioned. There are six feet deep.In order not to leak any traces, Liu's father thought that this secret should go underground with him, and no one should think about it in the future.

However, the sky does not follow people's wishes.

During Liu Sheng's 13th birthday party, a man came from outside the Liu family. This man was a young man, two or three years older than Liu Sheng, and he looked very good. If the clothes on his body were not too shabby, Liu Sheng's father would have almost You have to think that this is the son of some family.

The young man just stood outside the gate of Liu's house, ignoring the guests coming and going, standing alone under the big tree on the side of the gate, motionless, when he went out to send his classmates and friends away, he saw the young Liu Sheng Out of curiosity, he walked over and asked a few questions, only then did he realize that the boy's name was Fang Sheng, and he was a poor student from Zhejiang.

Liu Sheng didn't care, chatted a few words and left when he saw that the boy had nothing else to do.

The next day, Liu Sheng saw that Fang Sheng again at his home.

"Cheng'er, this is your big brother Fang Sheng, he is one year older than you, and he will live in our house from now on. Later, you will take him out for a stroll to familiarize himself with the familiar environment. It is pity that he came here from Zhejiang alone. , Brother Fang was also a character back then, and he would... hey!"

It was only later that Liu Sheng found out that Fang Sheng was the son of his father's friend when he was young. That friend was originally from Zhejiang, and he came to Shanghai alone to create a family business. Given the deep waters in Shanghai, it was really difficult for him to develop as a foreigner. , took all his wealth and returned to his hometown of Zhejiang, but he didn't expect that decades later, his father's upright friend would not only kill him for seeking money, but also make his only son lose his asylum.

Liu Sheng was still young at the time, hearing these intuitions was like listening to a playbook, except for Fang Sheng's sympathy, he didn't feel that it was so real in his heart.These things are still too far away from him when he was young, and besides, Fang Sheng's father was wrong in the first place, so, apart from sympathy, he really couldn't show how close he was to this new "big brother".

Moreover, Fang Sheng is not like those friends of Liu Sheng. Although their names are homophonic, their personalities are completely different. Liu Sheng is delicate and gentle, while Fang Sheng is a taciturn person. He can even go a day without saying a word.

Fang Sheng quickly adapted to the life of Liu Sheng's family, time passed quickly, and Liu Sheng and Fang Sheng grew up gradually.

As time went by, Fang Sheng's personality changed a little, he talked more and more, and occasionally joked with Liu Sheng, and Liu Sheng gradually understood Fang Sheng's situation at the beginning, and began to take care of him. Although it couldn't be said that he really regarded Fang Sheng as his elder brother, he also regarded him as a friend and introduced him to his circle of friends.

It was a rainy day, Liu Sheng and Fang Sheng left school, Fang Sheng suggested: this spring, it rained so hard that it happened to be the eve of Liu Sheng's birthday, why not go out for a walk.

Liu Sheng thought about it and agreed.

At this time, although Liu Sheng, who had just passed the age of 20, was no longer a boy who was so innocent that he would blush when he saw a woman, he did not expect that Fang Sheng would bring him here. This is a famous nightclub in Shanghai. From the posture of Fang Sheng and those waiters, Liu Sheng knew that this was not Fang Sheng's first visit.

Fang Sheng pulled Liu Sheng to find a quieter corner and just sat down when a waiter came to ask them what they needed.

Only then did Liu Sheng realize something was wrong. There were two waiters who came, a man and a woman. The woman was beautiful and charming, but the man was a young boy with a particularly outstanding appearance. fresh feeling.

Liu Sheng looked at Fang Sheng, and saw that he didn't care, he grabbed the waitress and the waiter casually, let them sit on the opposite chairs, and started joking with them while ordering wine.

Liu Sheng is also from a wealthy family, so he has naturally seen such scenes, but because of the Liu family's educational background, compared to a business family, the Liu family is more like a scholarly family, and children must be raised with antique calligraphy and paintings. They are interested in appreciating gold and stones. As long as there is no problem, the children raised in this way are almost all gentlemen, at least on the surface, they are all gentlemen.

The same is true for Liu Sheng, he can easily deal with such occasions, but he doesn't like it.

But he could tell that Fang Sheng was enjoying it, and Liu Sheng frowned.

Liu Sheng leaned on the chair and drank quietly, looking at the two people sitting opposite Fang Sheng from time to time, especially the boy named Rong Qing.That boy was too slender, and his skin was as white as ivory. If Liu Sheng still couldn't figure out the identity of this boy at this time, he would have lived in vain for so many years.

Huaxia's masculinity is not important, and this is the only nightclub in Shanghai that has this kind of service, but it's just like an accessory.Except for a few fixed ones, few of the people who come here are called boys.

At this moment, three people came hurriedly from the other side of the nightclub, one was a well-maintained man who looked to be in his 30s, the other was a serious waiter, and the last one was a teenager about the same age as Rong Qing, except for his eyebrows and eyes Apart from being too gorgeous, other places are not inferior to Rong Qing.

The man in his thirties was the manager of the nightclub. He hurried to their table and stopped, with a friendly smile on his face. When he saw them looking up, he rushed forward to salute them, clasped his fists and said, "No. I'm sorry to bother you two for drinking, and Mr. Liang apologizes first." After speaking, before Liu Sheng and Fang Sheng could answer, he picked up a glass of wine from the tray in the hands of the waiter behind him and drank it up.

Liang Liang?Isn't he the senior director of this nightclub?

This person can be regarded as a moderate force in Shanghai, why come here to find them?

Fang Sheng and Liu Sheng looked at each other, a little puzzled, but they still stood up and asked with doubts: "What's the trouble, it's our honor to meet Mr. Liang, but Mr. Liang is in such a hurry, is he looking for something from us? "

Liang Liang put down his wine glass, let out the young man behind him, pointed at him and said with a smile: "This is Cheng Lin who is as famous as Rong Qing here, I wonder if the two of you are satisfied?"

Fang Sheng glanced at Cheng Lin, and without stopping, he slid over to look at Liang Liang: "Mr. Liang, what do you mean?"

Liang Liang didn't care about Fang Sheng's attitude, he had seen too many young people like this, as long as they were not too much, he really had nothing to worry about with these money bags, and he pointed to Rong who was already standing beside him. Qing, Fang Sheng said: "Mr. Fang may not know, we have a guest here who asked for Rong Qing by name, it is really hard to shirk, Liang only has the cheek once, please forgive me, I will pay for the wine tonight Someone's, it should be an apology to the two of you."

With a flash in Fang Sheng's eyes, Liang Liang can be regarded as a talkative person in Shanghai Bund, and the power behind this nightclub is not small. This place has always followed the first-come-first-served basis, and some famous pillars can even pick customers.

If you miss the time or the pillar does not agree, no matter how much money you pay, the rules here will not be broken.

There used to be a wealthy dude from a good family background who led a group of people who didn't believe in evil. He relied on his own power to insist on the nightclub flower who had already made an appointment to accompany him, so the guards here beat him out. Later, the family insisted I didn't dare to say hard words.

The person who can make Liang Liang invite Rong Qing over even if he apologizes to others regardless of the rules, that person...

"Mr. Liang, please go ahead, we are just here for fun, since we have something to do, let Rong Qing go with you." Liu Sheng didn't care about Rong Qing and Cheng Lin, but he was curious, so Liu Sheng followed Liang Liang's words He laughed and said, "It's just that this person actually made Mr. Liang come over to apologize to us in person, which shows how much Mr. Liang attaches importance to him."

"It's not a secret, I can tell you guys, that is the young master of the Lu family." After a pause, Liang Liang said with a smile, "In fact, you are not at a loss. Although young master Lu came late today, Rong Qing is half a month old. He had already booked him for two months before, and it's not time yet. It's just that Young Master Lu is busy with people and doesn't have much time. He was afraid that Rong Qing would be bored, so he let him do whatever he wanted, as long as he was there when he came. It's done."

"The Lu family in Shanghai?" Fang Sheng asked.

"Which other Lu family is there?" After finishing speaking, Liang Liang said goodbye when he saw that the time was almost up, "Master Lu is still waiting there, so Liang will not accompany you, you two have fun."

It was by chance that Liu Sheng met Rong Qing by chance and passed by Lu Yihua by chance.

Today's Liu Sheng could never have imagined that it was this young man whom he hadn't even said a word at this time, who saved him in the later accident.

Fang Sheng had a great time playing this day, and was also very drunk.

It was already dark when we went back, Fang Sheng refused to take the car, and dragged Liu Sheng back on foot.

Fang Sheng kept talking, but his voice was not clear because of his drunkenness. Liu Sheng only cared about Fang Sheng to prevent him from accidentally falling to the ground. Under the distraction, what Fang Sheng said to him was not clear to him. Not a word was heard clearly.

After that, Fang Sheng changed his appearance. When facing Liu Sheng, he seemed to be the taciturn boy back then. Liu Sheng didn't quite understand what was going on. In a trance, he felt that he should go out with them that day. But he He couldn't think of a reason, so he simply went with Fang Sheng, after all, they were not blood brothers.Everyone has secrets, and Fang Sheng is no exception.

Liu Sheng felt that Fang Sheng probably didn't want to talk about it, so he didn't ask any more questions. Fang Sheng would naturally mention it to him if there was something to do.

But he didn't expect that what he was waiting for turned out to be such a thing.

He didn't expect that there would be four national treasure-level antiques in his home. Listening to his father's words, Liu Sheng's eyes were full of disbelief. According to his father, this matter has been going on for nearly a hundred years, and it was handled in a very secret way back then. How could anyone know about it? ?

Father Liu said: "Brother Fang and I were a straightforward guy when we first met. We had met him before his accident. Over the years, I have always wondered why he changed his appearance in a few years. I guess someone took a fancy to him. For the sake of my father and his friendship, I sent people to frame him."

"Then how did father know..."

Speaking of this, Father Liu, who was lying on the bed, trembled with his hands, "Regularly, half a year ago, a friend from Zhejiang came to our house as a guest, and met Fang Sheng, and asked me a few words casually when he saw that he looked familiar, and then he actually told me Said that he had seen someone very similar to Fang Shengzhang in Zhejiang."

Liu Sheng was terrified when he heard this: "Father?"

"Hey, it's also my fault that I didn't believe it at all when I heard Fang Sheng say that there was no one in his family, and that his father was buried in a sea of ​​flames. I just sent someone to pay homage to him. A negligence not only hurt my friend's only flesh and blood. , and set up his own home.”

Seeing his father's disheartened face, Liu Sheng held his father's hand tightly even though he couldn't settle down, and said, "Father, don't worry, there is always a way."

"What else can I do?" Father Liu sighed, "I told you this today to prepare you. The fake Fang Sheng has been in our house all these years to find the secret room. I sent him to Zhejiang a few days ago. The person in charge has already returned, so he should be in a hurry. Don't talk too much, this thing is a disaster, if you don't want it, you don't want it, and you have to leave some flesh and blood for the Liu family, but it's a bit late now."

"Father..." Liu Sheng felt sour in his heart.

"Uncle Liu is really thinking of his son."

Just when Liu Sheng was about to persuade his father to let him stay, Fang Sheng had already entered the house, and behind him were several people in military uniform. But not the national army uniform.

"You—" Liu Sheng was shocked.

Fang Sheng took a few steps forward. He was also wearing a military uniform. What was different from the others was that he still had a command knife hanging around his waist, and his white-gloved hand was holding the handle of the command knife.

"Uncle Liu doesn't need to be so pessimistic. The empire is only interested in what you have in your hands. As long as you hand it over to me, your life will not be hurt. The soldiers of the empire welcome friends." After speaking, Fang Sheng turned around and stood aside Liu Sheng nodded and said with a smile, "Looks like I'm going to re-introduce him again, Zhengze. Next up, Yuki Takeuchi, Major Commander of the Special Operations Group of the Japanese Army Ministry."

The memory stopped abruptly at this moment, Liu Sheng woke up suddenly, he subconsciously looked up, and Lu Yihua was staring at him suspiciously.

The scene in his mind rushed to his eyes again, as if it had reappeared in real life, Liu Sheng's footsteps were unsteady, and he took a step back hastily.