After receiving the name written by Mustache on my hand, my heart, which was already unstable, began to beat rapidly. My eyes began to flicker, but I could still clearly see the person sitting opposite me.
This is an old woman whose age cannot be discerned. Although she has been carefully retouched, her face is covered with wrinkles, like a heavy history book, full of the flavor of time.
She is in good spirits and is wearing an indigo coat. The style of the coat is very outdated. If you don't pay attention, you will think that she has traveled from the Republic of China. Although she is very old, sitting there she looks like
A bronze statue made of copper, its body remained motionless, only its wrinkled face showed a kind of kindness.
This kind of kindness can easily remind people of the neighbor's grandmother. Immediately afterwards, my pounding heart calmed down little by little. This old woman did not make me feel a sense of crisis or fear. On the contrary, she seemed
Really kind and gentle.
There are two people standing behind the old woman. The one on the left is a middle-aged woman in her forties. She is very clean and tidy. Her hair is shiny and shiny, like a black mirror. This middle-aged woman is very fair, with a few faint stars on her face.
freckles. But when I saw this person, I felt a little uncomfortable. Her lips were very thin, and her eyes were cold.
On the right is a man in his thirties, standing as straight as a sentry on duty in the army. He looks very strong, but not bloated at all, just like a light tank wrapped in cloth, full of energy.
A feeling of explosion and power.
"It's really difficult, Wei Ba has such a young son." The old woman finally spoke, with a very calm tone: "My name is Du Qingyi."
It's really her!
The mustache had already secretly reminded me. At this time, the old woman took the initiative to introduce herself and said the name that many people had been wondering about for many years.
This is really a very legendary woman. Until now, it is impossible for those old people who often hang out in the circle not to know about this person.
Of course, rumors about this kind of person usually come from unofficial history, because no one dares to go to her face to face to confirm her past. It is said that Du Qingyi is from Shanxi. Her family is very rich and runs many large dyeing workshops, cloth shops, and business shops.
to several northern provinces.
This is an out-and-out daughter of a wealthy family, and she is her father's only daughter. She has no other siblings. In other words, if nothing happens, all the dye houses and cloth shops in the family will belong to Du Qingyi in the future.
In fact, Du Qingyi is not her real name. Her surname is Tang, and Du is her husband's surname. She has worn indigo clothes all her life and has an almost extreme preference for this color, so the older generation in the past called her Du Qingyi.
It's not a slur.
Du Qingyi's father died very early, which in the eyes of people at the time was both a misfortune and a blessing. Unfortunately, she lost her father too early, but fortunately she was able to control a man of her own at such a young age.
My own little business empire.
Maybe not long after Du Qingyi's father died, she got to know a soldier. This man was Wu Peifu's old tribe. During the gmd Northern Expedition, Wu Peifu was completely dispersed. Some of the remnant troops did not accept surrender and were integrated, and they lived in all directions. Du Qingyi said
The person I know is the leader of one of them.
No one knows the specific plot of what happened next, because it took too long, and Du Qingyi himself has never talked about it directly. Anyway, the result of the matter is that Du Qingyi gave away almost half of his family property and gave it to Rigu Xishan
The little leader of the old warlord.
In everyone's opinion, there is probably some kind of personal relationship between these two people, otherwise Du Qingyi would not do this. But in Du Qingyi's subsequent life trajectory, this little leader never appeared again, just like a hurried
Passer-by.
Du Qingyi doesn't tell anyone these things. It's hard to say what kind of person she is, but she is definitely not someone who runs a dyeing shop or a cloth shop. The remaining half of her family property has shrunk very quickly and seriously.
Later, Du Qingyi married Du Nian. Du Nian was a member of the circle, but he was not very powerful and did not have many people under his command. He could only do some business that leaked out from the fingers of big families.
It was only at this time that Du Qingyi's outstanding qualities were fully demonstrated. She was not good at running a cloth shop, but she seemed to be born to do this and was very passionate about it. She was Du Nian's think tank, strategizing and working behind the scenes.
With part of the wealth in his hands, Du Nian's strength skyrocketed like a balloon.
Du Nian's family and his subordinates admired Du Qingyi, so after Du Nian's death, Du Qingyi naturally took on all the important responsibilities. This is a very extraordinary woman. In about ten years, she has become the leader of the times.
One of the famous big forces.
I only know so much about her rumors. I think this person has a very complex character and may have a dual personality. Before liberation, when her hometown suffered a disaster or a year of drought, Du Qingyi would pay to go abroad.
She bought grain and distributed it to the people. Many people praised her and called her Du Bodhisattva.
But on the other hand, Du Qingyi is famous for her ruthlessness, especially when it comes to grabbing goods or turf. She can kill her opponents from top to bottom without changing her expression, leaving no trace behind.
So from the time Du Qingyi started to become famous, until now, few people dare to mess with this woman. She is very thorough and ruthless in her work. Once she is taken over, the consequences can be imagined.
It can be said that it is very difficult for a woman to be so successful that everyone is jealous and afraid.
I was very surprised. I didn’t know how Du Qingyi knew me and found me at this juncture. I pretended to drink tea and thought about it for a long time. From what she just said, I could tell that maybe she and the old man
We knew each other in the past. Did you find me because of the old man?
If you think about it from this perspective, then Du Qingyi's intention of coming here cannot be very friendly. The old man is in Jiangbei, and if they are old acquaintances, if something happens, Du Qingyi can go directly to the old man without having to make a detour from me.
Thinking of this, I became a little wary. But Du Qingyi never showed any surprising expression. She was like a grandma looking at her grandson. She squinted her eyes slightly and looked at me from top to bottom several times.
"This child seems to have a very docile temperament, much better than Wei Ba." Du Qingyi looked at me with interest for a long time: "Meekness is good, meekness is good, don't imitate your father, Wei Ba is a firecracker."
I don't know how to reply to her, so I won't go into too much detail. No matter what the other person's intention is, she will definitely tell it herself, so I don't have to worry about guessing.
"I like this child, Thirteen, and give him a meeting gift."
The tough-looking man behind Du Qingyi walked around the table and gently placed two small boxes in front of me. The lids of the boxes were transparent, and inside one box was a gold lock with the inscription "
Long life is four words. In the other box is a piece of jade. You can't touch the jade through the box, but you can tell it is an old piece. It is very gentle. After being taken out of the pit, someone specially raised the jade.
, the jade quality is very good.
I understood at that time that Du Qingyi met me at the dinner table and then gave me something. This was an old rule that few people use now. The meaning behind this old rule can be summarized in an idiom, first be polite and then attack.
Giving gifts upon meeting means that she definitely has something to say and doesn't want me to refuse her words. If I refuse, the gift will become a pawn.
This rule was prevalent before liberation, and people still need to do it today. Only an extremely old person like Du Qingyi would remember such a rule. If I hadn’t heard the old man mention it casually in the past, I definitely wouldn’t have known about it.
The meaning of this rule.
But what I didn't expect was that Du Qingyi presented the things, and then he was helped up by the middle-aged woman behind him on crutches, and walked step by step towards the door of the private room. She didn't look away, but she was mumbling,
It's like you are telling me.
"This is a greeting gift, a greeting gift. The old rules are outdated and no one is willing to use them..."
Soon, Du Qingyi left the private room. I didn't understand it until she was far away. From beginning to end, the meeting lasted no more than ten minutes, and Du Qingyi said a total of three sentences.
"Just leaving like that?" I looked hesitantly at the two small boxes on the table and then at the mustache: "What does she mean?"
"I can't tell clearly, but you must have noticed that Du Qingyi is not hostile." Mustache pulled out the chair and stood up: "Let's go too."
Ma Dad and I left the hotel immediately. No one could tell what Du Qingyi's purpose was, but she was able to find me here exactly, which made me feel uneasy. At Ma Dad's strong request, we left the hotel overnight.
Changed residence.
This matter seemed to be completely over. After we changed our residence, the next few days were very peaceful, and no one came to disturb us. I had guessed it myself, and discussed it privately with Mustache and Ma Dad, but I completely guessed
The true intention of Du Qingyi's move is unknown.
In the past few days, Xiaozhu translated the Xixia characters in the two volumes of parchment into Chinese characters. Because I knew the existence of these two volumes of parchment, Xiaozhu did not hide it from me and translated the translated text into Chinese characters.
Show me the complete Chinese characters.
However, after the entire Tangut text was translated, the content still seemed very obscure and difficult to understand at my level. Mustache pointed out some reading directions.
There is no record about the Xixia Bronze Medal in the parchment, but it still aroused my interest. I can't figure out what kind of book this is. The content is very vague and full of nonsense. Putting aside these useless nonsense, the whole