Miss Mu and the Canary

Chapter 94

In the spring of [-], gunpowder smoke accompanied by spring rain permeated the city of Suzhou, which lasted for a long time.When she was young, Bai Shuwan dropped out of school and stayed at home, weaving various fabrics with her mother every day, waiting for her father to come home with the spring wine fermenting quietly in the kitchen.

Until that day, the heavy rain poured over the bluestone slabs, and a guest with a hurried look was ushered in.

"...I remember very clearly that he said, 'I am the secretary of Major General Cai, and I was ordered to escort Mrs. Bai and Miss Bai back to southern Yunnan.' After finishing speaking, he also took out a letter. It's 'Cai Junyao, Commander of the Third Army'!"

Bai Yan clenched Mu Xing's hand unconsciously, and said: "I never dare to forget it all these years, because I really want to understand how... my father sacrificed... It's just that I have never Find out who this 'Cai Junyao' is and where he is. If the current minister really is him..."

"I'm afraid, it's this one. I've also heard about his resume. He was working under Feng Yuxiang's Third Army. Later, when Feng Yuxiang was at war, Feng Yuxiang defected..." After pondering for a while, Uncle Mu said: " Miss Bai, is your father... called Bai Xinzhong?"

Bai Yan raised her head suddenly, and said in a trembling voice, "Uncle, do you...know my father?"

After being silent for a while, Uncle Mu said: "Your father, I heard that he died in Shanhaiguan. At that time, Feng Yuxiang turned his back and let the Feng army go straight into Shanhaiguan. So I heard about it."

"Ah..." After a short exclamation, Bai Yan covered all her emotions in her hands, covered her face, and trembled uncontrollably.Mu Xing hurriedly embraced her: "Wan'er, Wan'er..." There was no way to say comforting words.

"Miss Bai, you just said that Minister Cai was entrusted by your father to send someone to take care of your mother and daughter. As far as I know, the third army led by Feng Yuxiang returned to Beiping at that time. There is no reason to receive your father. Therefore, if you want to know what happened at that time, I am afraid no one can tell you except Cai Junyao."

With a sob, Bai Yan gradually calmed down.

She understood the implication of Uncle Mu's words, and so did everyone in the Mu family.

If the Mu family wants to save Mu Qing, they must rely on a certain force, and among these tigers and wolves, the Huangpu faction behind Cai Junyao is the safest choice.But Cai Junyao has been dormant for many years, and there is no one to congenial. Under such circumstances, what is a more suitable stepping stone than the widow daughter entrusted by an old friend?

Everyone present looked at Bai Yan, but Mu Xing frowned, protecting Bai Yan and saying, "Uncle! It's been so many years, who knows if Cai Junyao still remembers about Shu Wan? What's more, you just said He is a subordinate of the traitor general, and he is at odds with Shu Wan's father, what if..." Thinking of Bai Yan, she did not continue her speculation.

Uncle Mu said: "The war in the past two or five years has not ended. It was the time when the remnants of the Whale Tunnel were swallowed up and all forces were vying for Beiping. Cai Junyao sent someone to take care of Miss Bai's mother and daughter at such a critical moment. No matter what the result is, at least it can be seen that His entrustment to Army Commander Bai is heartfelt."

Biting her lip, Bai Yan raised her head and looked at Uncle Mu: "Uncle, I understand, what do I need?"

Mu Xing said urgently: "This risk is too great..."

"Axuan!" Bai Yan interrupted her, "It's okay to try, even if he doesn't remember me and my father, it's just to find another way to help elder brother. Besides, what's the risk? The head of the Ministry will not be able to get along with a little girl like me. And...if he still remembers what happened back then, my mother can finally feel at ease when she is under the nine springs..."

Bai Yan made up her mind, and Mu Xing thought about it. The matter involved Bai Yan's father, and she couldn't say anything more. She could only listen to Uncle Mu's orders.

After making a few phone calls, Uncle Mu soon had a plan: Bai Yan would write a letter in his own handwriting, only about Bai Yan's own affairs without mentioning anything about the Mu family, and Uncle Mu would find a relationship to send the letter to him. superior.If Minister Cai is willing to meet at that time, he will naturally have a way to understand Bai Yan's current situation, then he can get involved with the Mu family, and everything will be resolved.If you don't see it, you can only find another way.

When Uncle Mu made a decision, several elders of the Mu family were also in the study.After hearing the plan, Mrs. Mu hesitated several times, and finally said: "If... this road works, and Qing'er is rescued in the end, then counting the one time that happened to Ah Xuan before, our family owes Miss Bai two lives! What can we get back?"

After a moment of silence, Mu Yiqian asked: "You mean, you are afraid that Miss Bai will use this as a threat to force us to agree with her and Ah Xuan?"

Clenching her hands tightly, Mrs. Mu gritted her teeth and said: "This is a matter of human life. She wants a reward, not to mention gold and silver money. I am willing to exchange my life for Qing'er's! Let me agree with her and Ah Xuan... Then am I selling my daughter to save my son? I can't do such a thing!"

"Qingjia." Uncle Mu said: "Let's ignore Miss Bai's matter for now. The most urgent thing is to save Qing'er. Besides, I looked at it coldly, and Miss Bai's conduct is not like that. If she has such a heart for a person who wants to repay her kindness, she can ignore what our elders think at the beginning and just coax Axuan away, so why come to ask for our approval?"

Mu Yiqian also said: "For the current plan, this is the only way. The longer it is delayed, the worse it will be for Qing'er. Once he finishes sorting out the report, the Central Committee will have no worries. Time is running out. We really can’t afford to hesitate any longer.”

After thinking for a long time, Mrs. Mu finally nodded.

After learning about Uncle Mu's plan, Bai Yan of course had no objection, and immediately went to the study with Mu Xing to start writing.

After working in the bookstore for less than half a year, writing letters is not difficult for Bai Yan. If it is only considered as writing stories, it is considered an easy task.But when you want to write with true feelings, you pick up the pen, but the pen is full of blood and tears, with bitterness everywhere, and there is no place to write for a while.

Seeing that Bai Yan was having trouble writing, Mu Xing felt distressed and anxious at the same time.After thinking about it, she simply took the pen and started to write by herself, but it was as if the pen was written with the help of a god, and quickly wrote a long paragraph.

Bai Yan felt strange, but she didn't care about hurting herself, so she went over to have a look.According to what he knew, Mu Xing wrote down Bai Yan's events from that year to the present in a very simple style, and cried out the pain of losing his father and the bitterness of being alone.But everything is to the point and not overstated to the point of being counterproductive.Looking at the whole article, it is actually sad but not complaining, sad but not hurt, which is also appropriate.

After reading it through, Mu Xing handed the letter paper to Bai Yan: "You can copy it as it is, so as not to worry too much."

Bai Yan teased: "I didn't expect our Axuan to have this literary talent."

Smiling, Mu Xing said: "I adapted this from the leave note that my tutor wrote to the school for me back then. At that time, my aunt passed away and I didn't care about anything, so the tutor wrote the leave note for me. I Later, I saw that it was quite good, so I memorized the original text, and in the past few years, whenever I ask for leave, I will put this on the leave slip, and I will try it all."

Hearing this, Bai Yan wanted to laugh and felt distressed at the same time. She sighed and could only pick up the letter paper and start copying.Interrupted by Mu Xingyi, the gloom in her heart once again subconsciously diluted a lot, and she quickly copied the letter.

After thinking about it, Bai Yan drew another symbol at the end of the letter.

"What is this?" Mu Xing asked.

Blowing on the letter paper, Bai Yan said: "When my father sent letters back, there would always be such a stamp on the envelope. I think it should be some kind of symbol in their army. If I draw it, Minister Cai will be more convinced. Just a few minutes."

After writing the letter here, Uncle Mu also took care of all the personnel affairs and arranged the fastest way to deliver the letter.

It took only half a day to send letters to Mu's house.

But this half day is enough for too many things to happen: the night after the Fengtian Railway was bombed by the Japanese, the Chinese army was aggressively attacked by the Japanese army in Fengtian’s garrison Beidaying and Fengtian City. fall.What followed was that the Nanjing government protested against Japan, and the foreign ambassadors of all parties lodged complaints or sought help from the international community...

Relevant news has not been reported on a large scale among the people. Looking out of the window, you can see the business of wandering in the streets and alleys, children laughing under the banyan tree; Laughing like weeping, the chaotic and dense singing and words are about to coax to the sky, the scene of a peaceful and prosperous age!

It's just that the dark shadow under the eaves, the shadow behind the auspicious clouds, has long been eagerly waiting to devour the sky and the earth.The sound of a cannon in Fengtian City last night was almost passed through the Shanhai Pass.