Chapter 161 Liang Zhu (End)


    In the next few days, Luo Jun went out to read newspapers during the day and read novels at night, and his life was very regular.


    It is also very dangerous.


    Qin Huai clearly felt that the enemy''s bombing frequency was increasing. When he first entered this memory, the bombing ended.


    The second bombing was made three days later.


    The fifth day of the 3rd bombing.


    The fourth time was on the 6th day.


    The third and fourth bombings were both during the day, and the two consecutive days of bombing made the people very nervous. When Luo Jun walked through the streets and alleys to find a place to read novels, Qin Huai could clearly feel the panic of the poor, and even there were fewer hawkers selling firewood and vegetables.


    Every household did not dare to close the doors too tightly, nor did they dare to open them. Their property was cleaned up. As soon as the air raid alarm sounded, they held their children and their property and ran to the public air raid shelter desperately.


    High-frequency bombing completely destroyed the lives of the public, but did not affect the gentlemen and wives in the foreign buildings at all.


    A gentleman named Ge even had leisure and elegant feelings and held a small birthday party for his newly married third concubine the day after the fourth bombing.


    Pure Western style, all the guests were dressed in suits and long skirts, dressed appropriately, and their jewelry was dazzling. The banquet was served with champagne and red wine, and all kinds of desserts and snacks were available. The specially customized 16-inch cake was cut and served after just one cut, because the focus of the banquet was on the birthday gift Mr. Ge gave to his third concubine—


    A specially customized necklace inlaid with rubies, emeralds, jadeite and broken diamonds.


    This necklace is stained with blood.


    As for why Qin Huai knew, because he saw Luo Jun with his own eyes during the interval between the third bombing and the fourth bombing, he dealt with a little trouble that would affect his daily life. In order to solve the problem completely, while directly solving the problem from the root, Huanglong also charged hard work in his safe.


    There were a lot of things in the safe. When packing, the necklace fell out. Luo Jun was very disgusted with it, so he gave it to Mr. Ge as an actor fee.


    Yes, Mr. Ge is Luo Junxinxuan’s ''business cooperation partner''.


    Although Minister Cao has raised two outdoor rooms outside on the grounds of working overtime for many years, he not only does not go home during the day, but also does not go home at night. He is very rich in time and is a good co-star.


    But Mrs. Cao has a hot temper and can''t control her mouth. She also likes to point out her own and others to Luo Jun very dislike her. Luo Jun thinks that Minister Cao is not an excellent actor in the rival drama.


    Of course, the actor Minister Cao has not completely withdrawn from the stage, and occasionally he has to play guest appearances in a friendly manner. For example, when you talk to Mr. Ge during the day, and when you talk to Minister Cao at night, you will not be suspicious if you come back slowly after dark.


    In addition, the enemy did not bomb for a week after the fourth bombing, and Liu Tao would not be as nervous as before.


    Life is so normal, so dull that Qinhuai can''t even remember the time. It feels like every day is spent reading, reading, and reading novels.


    Maybe there are not many newspapers that have serialized novels during the war, and Luo Jun has been reading the old newspapers of the past during this period. I read from scratch according to the date, and read the serialized novels at one time without any worries about being out of context.


    Another good day to read novels.


    The sun is shining and the temperature is pleasant. Luo Jun went out on the excuse of discussing business with Mr. Ge after drinking tangerine peel tea. As usual, he carried a bag of newspapers and walked around to a civilian area with a wide view.


    Luo Jun has been reading newspapers in this area for a while, which is his new discovery. A woman from a family planted some wild flowers in the yard that she would occasionally sell in the wealthy area. During this period, the flowers bloomed and the faint fragrance of flowers scented in the air was very pleasant.


    Luo Jun negotiated the price with this family and gave a silver dollar a blank space and a chair at the door. He came over to sit and read the newspaper every day.


    Faced with such a good deal, the woman naturally would not refuse. Her man was a carpenter and made an exclusive bamboo chair for Luo Jun overnight. She cleaned the door clean every day and waited for Luo Jun to come.


    Luo Jun was very satisfied with this new place. He arrived early every day and found the best place to sit and read the newspaper.


    Qin Huai is also looking forward to it. Yesterday, the novel happened to see the wonderful plot of the hero coming out of the mountain, which is intimidating the four sides and punishing evil. Luo Jun has watched it once and can bear it. This is the first time Qin Huai has watched it, so how can he bear the pain of chasing this kind of pursuit?


    If Qin Huai hadn''t been able to read the newspaper in his memory, he would have taken it out to read it at night and looked at the moonlight.


    Finally, I could see the next plot. Qin Huai stood beside Luo Jun and watched with relish.


    Suddenly, the air defense alarm sounded.


    I haven''t heard the air defense alarm for a long time. Qin Huai was startled and looked up and found that the people around him were indeed in chaos.


    Someone was packing up his property and wished he could even stuff the bowls and chopsticks into his bag and run away. Someone holds the child with his left hand and his right hand and holds the old hen. The hand that holds the chicken is tighter than holding the child.


    The same is true for the woman''s family. The woman held the child, and her man held the property. When she ran out of the yard, she saw Luo Jun still holding the newspaper in his hand at the door. The woman kindly reminded her.


    "Mr. Luo, the air raid alarm has sounded. The nearest air raid shelter is far away from the front mountain. Run quickly, you can''t squeeze in if you are late."


    After saying that, the woman had no time to care about Luo Jun’s whereabouts, so she picked up the child and ran away.


    Luo Jun did not leave. He walked into the yard with a chair and sat down in the yard to continue reading the newspaper.


    Fortunately, the area where Luo Jun is located was not bombed. Two hours later, people came back from the air-raid shelter one after another, and cheered when they saw the intact home. The woman''s man also took out two small eggs from his bag to celebrate and let the woman cook for the child. At the same time, Luo Jun was divided into one to let Luo Jun be happy.


    Luo Jun was not polite either. He refused everyone. He shared the joy and didn''t eat it. He put it in his pocket and probably planned to take it back for Liu Tao to eat.


    As a result, at noon, the air defense alarm sounded again.


    The air defense alarm sounded twice a day. No matter how tired people were, they could only swear and pack up their things and run into the air raid shelter again.


    The air defense alarm sounded very late this time. Just two minutes later, Qinhuai heard the sound of bombing coming from afar.


    Luo Jun was upset by the bombing twice a day and could not read the novel. He put away the newspaper and slowly swayed in the city.


    After wandering around during the bombing for more than an hour, Luo Jun calculated the time and began to walk back. The bombings were carried out twice a day, and they were all carried out during the day. Luo Jun knew that if he didn''t go back as soon as possible, Liu Tao would definitely be worried and had to pinch back.


    Hurry up, it was still a little late when Luo Jun arrived home, and it was getting darker.


    The road was a bit too chaotic. Luo Jun didn''t like the noisy crowd and didn''t like the chaos and crowding. He deliberately hid people when walking, and also subdued three criminals who planned to take advantage of him, which wasted some time.


    If it was the usual time, Liu Tao would definitely be waiting at the door of her house at this time.


    But today, Luo Jun’s doorstep is very lively.


    There are many people.


    Minister Cao, who looked nervous, was busy with maid from Minister Cao''s house, covered his nose with a handkerchief with no idea what he was talking about, and Mr. Ge''s third concubine with a terrified face seemed to be rehearsing Mr. Ge who was crying and shouting...


    These are recognized by Qin Huai, and there are many other people he had seen in the air-raid shelter. He looked at the familiar husband and wife living nearby and the servants of their family gathered here, either anxiously or gloatly watching the excitement.


    What shocked Qin Huai was that he seemed to have seen a doctor in a white coat.


    Someone saw Luo Jun.


    "Mr. Luo is back!"


    "Mr. Luo is here!"


    “Mr. Luo…”


    People screamed, as if they had triggered a switch. Mr. Ge, who was originally rehearsing and rehearsal, suddenly burst into tears, burst into tears, panic, rolling and crawling, and ran to Luo Jun while slapping himself, and almost kneeling down to him.


    "Mr. Luo, I''m sorry for you! It''s all my fault, it''s all that I''ve hurt Mrs. Luo!" Mr. Ge slapped himself in tears, exerting great force, and his face soon became red and swollen.


    "What did you say?" Luo Jun asked expressionlessly.


    Mr. Ge did not answer, but kept slapping himself hard, as if he wanted to slap himself immediately. It was his fault that he cried and howled repeatedly.


    Qin Huai did not hesitate at all and ran towards the house.


    There are many people outside the house, but there are very few people inside.


    Mrs. Cao cried so much that her makeup was all over her face. She grabbed the doctor''s sleeve and kept shouting: "She was still angry just now. She was still talking to me just now. She looked pretty good, but there was a hole in her feet and didn''t bleed much. How could it be that the person was gone now? Check it out again and send her to the hospital for a check-up!"


    The doctor was wearing a mask and could only explain over and over again: "Mrs. Cao, Mrs. Luo''s heartbeat and breathing have stopped. Her internal organs have been shattered by the bomb. Even if she was sent to the hospital as soon as possible, it would be useless."


    "Mrs. Cao... Sacrifice me."


    Qin Huai saw Liu Tao lying on the ground wrapped in white cloth.


    Her eyes were closed, her face was wiped clean, her lips were not covered with blood, and she looked like she was asleep with her eyes closed, very quiet.


    Mrs. Cao collapsed to the ground and burst into tears.


    Luo Jun came in, and his cheeks were swollen high behind him, and his mouth was bleeding, and Minister Cao, who wanted to speak but stopped. Facing his wife''s misconduct of sitting on the ground and crying, Minister Cao did not stop him, but just signaled the maid to help Mrs. Cao up with his eyes.


    "What''s going on?" Luo Jun asked lightly.


    Qin Huai looked at Luo Jun''s expression and found that he had no expression like before, and his tone did not fluctuate too much, so he was terrible calm. It seemed that what appeared in front of him was not Liu Tao''s corpse, but Liu Tao fell asleep after suffering from a strange disease.


    Mr. Ge slapped even harder and dared not say a word.


    "Old Luo, please be mournful and follow the changes." Minister Cao sighed, patted Luo Jun on the shoulder, and blocked Mr. Ge to explain to him.


    "Didn''t the Japanese bombarded twice today? That time in the morning didn''t last long. Lao Ge was in trouble and fell before entering the air raid shelter and knocked his head. The servant sent the news home, and it was said that Lao Ge was injured by the bombing and went to the hospital."


    "Your wife thought you were with Lao Ge, and she ran to the hospital for fear of your safety. When Lao Ge was anxious, she made up a reason to say that you went to the bookstore to buy books, and your wife went to the bookstore to find you, and the Japanese bomber came."


    "The two servants in your family are all gone, and I have someone take away the body."


    Speaking of this, Minister Cao could only sigh: "Everyone has his own fate. When your wife was just carried back, she was still angry. We thought that luck was just a minor injury, so we called the doctor to come over. But I didn''t expect that the doctor would have just arrived before the doctor arrived..."


    Mr. Ge cried loudly: "Mr. Luo, I''m sorry for you. It''s all me who harmed Mrs. Luo. If I hadn''t said that you went to the bookstore, Mrs. Luo wouldn''t have taken that path. I''m sorry for you!"


    After saying that, Mr. Ge fainted after taking a deep breath.


    Minister Cao quickly signaled his subordinates to carry the person out with his eyes. Luo Jun quietly looked at Liu Tao lying on the ground wrapped in white cloth, without saying anything, without expression, and seemed to be thinking about something.


    Minister Cao was very sensible and gestured to the people in the room to go out again with his eyes, leaving enough time and space for Luo Jun to calm down and accept reality. The maid helped Mrs. Cao, who was still crying and staggering, go out. Mrs. Cao limped and was about to reach the door, Luo Jun spoke.


    "Is there any auspicious acupoints with good feng shui nearby?"


    Minister Cao was stunned and said randomly: "Yes, there must be. I know a famous Feng Shui master, and I can definitely choose a good one."


    Luo Jun nodded: "That''s fine. Choose a good auspicious acupoint and you''ll be buried in the next two days."


    Luo Jun''s calm tone made everyone in the room feel incredible. Even the maid who was holding Mrs. Cao looked at Luo Jun quietly in surprise. Obviously, she didn''t believe that there was such a heartless husband in this world. His wife''s body was right in front of her, but she could say such words so lightly.


    Luo Jun took out the egg from his pocket and placed it on the antique shelf.


    "Can butterflies eat eggs?" Luo Jun asked.


    Minister Cao''s eyes widened because of shock. He was a little suspicious of Luo Jun''s lack of acceptance for a while and so he went crazy.


    Luo Jun was very calm, but Mrs. Cao broke out.


    "You are still not a human being!" Mrs. Cao roared at Luo Jun angrily, "Even if Liu Tao has no children, she is the wife you married to the media! Your wife is dead, not only will you not shed a single tear, but you also have no sad expression at all. You still have the heart to care whether butterflies eat eggs."


    "She was worried that you would go out and find you to be killed by the bomb, but you didn''t even want to pretend to be faced and didn''t even give her the last respect. She also found a good cave and buried her in the past two days. You are simply a beast..."


    "Why don''t you pull your wife out!" Minister Cao roared angrily, blocking Mrs. Cao''s last two words with a roar, and then looked at Luo Jun''s face and smiled, "Mr. Luo is so embarrassed. My wife is so sad that she lost her words for a moment."


    "I know." Luo Jun said, "So she doesn''t like being a butterfly?"


    Minister Cao thought Luo Jun might be really crazy.


    Liu Tao’s funeral was helped by Minister Cao and Mr. Ge. Perhaps because he was worried that Luo Jun would blame him for trying his best to remedy it, Mr. Ge held the most glorious funeral in the shortest time.


    Not only did I set up a good coffin, I also found a lucky cave with Feng Shui Master, which was in a very remote and uninhabited place, and it is said to be a good location.


    Luo Jun bought all the land and found someone to build a house there.


    The memories afterwards are like a movie that accelerates time to Qinhuai.


    Time passes very quickly, basically in the blink of an eye, a day passed in a daze.


    It may also be that the plot of this section is very long and boring. Luo Jun built a small house next to Liu Tao''s tomb, and lived there. He moved a chair in front of Liu Tao''s tomb every day to read newspapers and books normally.


    At the beginning, many people came to this place to look for Luo Jun.


    Some people are looking for him to do business, some are seeking opportunities, some are seeking money, some are trying to do business, and of course, they want to introduce him to a new wife.


    Luo Jun ignored him, just sat in front of the grave and read books and newspapers every day.


    Gradually, no one came to find him.


    Time passes faster and faster, the stars move, the sun sets, the trees planted by the tomb grow taller and taller, and the grass needs to be cleaned regularly. Luo Jun hasn''t ordered a newspaper for a long time, and just read what he had read before over and over again.


    He lived a life isolated from time and knew nothing about the outside world.


    Time seemed to be still on his body.


    Qin Huai felt that he seemed to be waiting for something every day, but what could he wait for?


    Waiting for the willow peach to turn into butterflies?


    But turning into a butterfly is just a story in Liang Zhu, it is a playbook.


    Finally, the pause button was pressed at a quiet afternoon and someone came to the door.


    It''s Mrs. Cao.


    After not seeing each other for a few years, Mrs. Cao has become much more haggard.


    She is no longer as jewellery and rich as she was a few years ago. She has no gold and silver jewelry on her body, and the pearl necklace she wears every day is unknown. She is not wearing a cheongsam, but is wearing an ordinary gray cotton coat. Even the person has become thinner, his cheeks are slightly sunken, and his eyes are full of wrinkles, which looks much older.


    "Mr. Luo, long time no see." Mrs. Cao''s temper has improved a lot and she no longer rolled her eyes at others.


    "Is it a long time?" Luo Jun obviously had no idea about the passage of time.


    Mrs. Cao smiled and said, "It''s been four or five years. I''m leaving here and going back to the countryside. I want to come and see Liu Tao before leaving."


    Luo Jun signaled her to see it casually.


    "They all said you were crazy." Mrs. Cao said, "You are obsessed with watching dramas and novels, and you have become a kind of infatuated person in the script. You can live a good life of wealth and prosperity in this ghost place, but stay in this ghost place to guard the grave of the late wife."


    "I was speechless a few years ago. You and my old Cao colluded with Liu Tao to go out to discuss business. I thought you were raising a young man outside, so I urged Liu Tao to take her back to Shanghai and broke up with the little demon here." Mrs. Cao looked at the tombstone, "It''s better to urge Liu Tao to ask you to take her back to Shanghai, so that people may be there."


    "I''m not crazy." Luo Jun said lightly.


    Mrs. Cao smiled: "I really like playing mahjong with Liu Tao."


    "I am the country wife my old father married in my hometown. I don''t know a lot of words, don''t like dresses, can''t wear high heels, and can''t drink coffee. I''m a local bun that everyone looks down on. If my brother Gaosheng hadn''t been to the prey of his life, Lao Cao wouldn''t have brought me to the city."


    "My old Cao wants to climb up and let me please Liu Tao to please you. At first I was not happy. I hate to flatter you the most. These young and beautiful ladies rely on their experiences, and all look down on us as country first-class wives, and even play mahjong, they have to despise us in the way of picking cards."


    "But she... forget it, I won''t say anything. I''ll come here this time to have something for you." As she said that, Mrs. Cao carefully took out a cloth bag from her pocket and opened it. It was still a small cloth bag inside. Then it opened it, and it was an earring.


    A small silver earring.


    "I''m going back to the countryside. I found it in the jewelry box when I was sorting out my things yesterday. It was one that Liu Tao had thrown away before. She said that Sister Ah Hong gave her the dowry. Although it was not worth it, it was very meaningful. I don''t dare to wear it in normal times for fear of losing your face. I only dare to wear it when I come to my house to play mahjong."


    "She is always so cautious, afraid that if she does something wrong, she will lose face. Do you remember that my maid often sends pigeons to your house for a while? They are all stewed by Liu Tao, and she didn''t learn much. Every time the pigeons are stewed very much, they can only drink soup. They dare not let you see the pigeon meat, so they say it was stewed by my chef."


    "How is Minister Cao''s recent?" Luo Jun asked.


    "Die." Mrs. Cao said casually, "My brother is dead, and all the concubines in the family have run away. I don''t have a son but only a daughter, and I don''t have much money to me. I really can''t live here, so I plan to take my daughter back to the countryside."


    "I''m afraid I''ll never come back when I leave this time, so I''ll see Liu Tao and meet for the last time."


    Luo Jun looked at Mrs. Cao''s clothes and reached out to signal Mrs. Cao to hand him the silver earrings. Mrs. Cao handed over the cloth bag. Luo Jun took it and got up and went into the room.


    In less than two minutes, Luo Jun took out a small box and handed it to Mrs. Cao, which contained 6 small yellow croakers.


    "I went back and wrote a letter to avoid losing contact. Liu Tao hasn''t made many new friends in recent years. I can''t let her turn into a butterfly and one less."


    Mrs. Cao took the wooden box in a daze and blurted out: "What is turning into a butterfly? You are really crazy, are you?"


    "Don''t a lover turn into a butterfly after his death?" Luo Jun asked back, "Just like Liang Zhuli, although the human form is dead, he can continue to live in the form of a butterfly and turn into a yellow butterfly."


    Mrs. Cao was stunned for a while, as if she was confirming whether Luo Jun was joking with her. Seeing that Luo Jun was really serious, she said stutteringly: "Yes...but that''s the story in the play."


    "What does it mean?" Luo Jun asked back.


    "Those are all stories in the play, they are fake."


    "Isn''t the three charity in Taoyuan? Isn''t it true that the female princess consort was killed at the gate?"


    "That''s different." Mrs. Cao was confused and didn''t know how to explain it for a moment. "Some of the stories in the play are real, and some are fake. I don''t know whether Liang Zhu''s story is real or not, but turning into a butterfly is just a story in the play."


    “It is impossible for humans to transform into butterflies.”


    Luo Jun was stunned.


    "A person dies and he cannot become a butterfly."


    "You have been... Could it be..."


    Luo Jun seemed to have suddenly woken up. He seemed to have dreamed for many years. Suddenly one day, someone patted him and said to him, "Hey, don''t sleep, it''s time to wake up."


    "What did you say?" Luo Jun asked in a hoarse voice.


    "I said... the story of the butterfly is just a story in the play, not true." Mrs. Cao pursed her lips, as if she had made some decision, "Mr. Luo, I don''t know why you misunderstood like this."


    "But... Liu Tao is dead. She has been dead for 5 years and she will not become a butterfly."


    "You should be awake."


    Qin Huai looked at Luo Jun. This was the first time Luo Jun showed a shocked expression.


    There was still confusion in the shock, like a child who thought he had learned the rules of the world. He was suddenly told that the rules you learned were wrong and that you didn’t understand the world at all.


    In the fifth year of Liu Tao''s death, Luo Jun realized that his wife was dead.


    It has long been buried in the dust and turned into white bones.


    Really dead.


    Qin Huai knew that Luo Jun failed to overcome the tribulation.


    Qin Huai left his memory.


    (This chapter ends)