Chapter 591 590【Wuxi】

Haig Road, Zhou Mansion.

Yu Peichen quickly walked into the study and said to Zhou Hexuan, who was writing a novel: "Mr. Zhou, a telegram from Wuxi!"

"Wuxi?" Zhou Hexuan was confused.

Yu Peichen said: "Xu Zhimo has been found, and it is at Xiangfu Zen Temple in Wuxi."

Zhou Hexuan laughed dumbly: "He is quite leisurely and at ease."

This telegram was sent by Xu Shenru, hoping that Zhou Hexuan could go to Wuxi and persuade Xu Zhimo to come back.

It is said that money is the most effective. Just two days ago, the owner of a bookstore in Wuxi County discovered Xu Zhimo who came to buy Buddhist scriptures. The boss did not act rashly, but followed Xu Zhimo all the way to Xiangfu Temple to find out Xu Zhimo's whereabouts.

Immediately afterwards, the bookstore owner took a train to Shanghai and informed Xu Shenru of the news in person.

Xu Shenru has received too many false clues these days and is doubtful about them. But the bookstore owner swore so firmly that he even took out 500 yuan as a deposit, saying that if he was a liar, he would not give up the 500 yuan.

Xu Shenru immediately took people to Wuxi and found Xu Zhimo in the temple. But no matter how he tried to persuade him, Xu Zhimo refused to leave, and even Lu Xiaoman's intervention was of no avail.

Seeing that his son was determined to become a monk, Xu Shenru was anxious. He sent more than 30 telegrams in one breath, asking Xu Zhimo's friends to go to Wuxi, hoping that these friends could talk. The invitees include not only Zhou Hexuan, but also Lin Huiyin, Liang Sicheng, Hu Shi, Liang Shiqiu, Wen Yiduo, Zhu Xiang, Rao Mengkan, Sun Dayu, Shen Congwen, Jiang Baili...

Yu Peichen asked: "Mr. Zhou, do you want to go?"

"What do you think?" Zhou Hexuan smiled.

Yu Peichen said: "I think you should go, after all, Mr. Xu is your friend."

"Then go." Zhou Hexuan felt it didn't matter. It's not that he doesn't care about Xu Zhimo, but Lin Huiyin is definitely going, and Lin Huiyin's words are more effective than anyone else.

Yu Peichen said: "I'll buy a ticket first."

Zhou Hexuan said: "No, let's go directly to the train station."

After simply tidying up and grabbing a few changes of clothes, Zhou Hexuan took Yu Peichen and Sun Yongzhen out.

As soon as the car drove out of Zhou's mansion, it bumped into Ruan Lingyu coming in a rickshaw. Ruan Lingyu asked: "Is there anything important, Mr. Zhou?"

Zhou Hexuan asked the driver to stop the car and replied: "I am entrusted by someone to go to Wuxi."

"Then when will you return to Shanghai?" Ruan Lingyu asked nervously, fearing that Zhou Hexuan would never come back.

Zhou Hexuan said: "I'm not sure. It could be three to five days, or it could be half a month."

"Then I'll go with you." Ruan Lingyu said and stepped forward to open the car door.

Zhou Hexuan was a little confused and didn't understand what Ruan Lingyu wanted to do, but he couldn't get people out of the car. He said funnyly: "Aren't you going to film a new movie?"

"No more filming." Ruan Lingyu said.

Zhou Hexuan didn't understand the profound meaning of this sentence. He didn't bother to ask again and ordered the driver: "Drive!"

It wasn't until the car was speeding on the road that Ruan Lingyu finally calmed down and regretted her impulsive behavior just now. According to her always passive character, she would never follow a man around shamelessly. What she did just now was purely hot-headed.

The scene seemed a bit awkward. Ruan Lingyu had a lot of words stuck in her throat, but she didn't know how to speak at this moment. What's more, there were Yu Peichen and Sun Yongzhen in the car, so she couldn't express her love in front of others.

In order to lighten the atmosphere, Zhou Hexuan asked, "Has Ms. Ruan been to Wuxi before?"

Ruan Lingyu shook her head and said, "No, I have always lived in Shanghai. I have only been to Suzhou and Hong Kong when I was filming and taking refuge. I have never even been to Nanjing."

"Then you really should walk more." Zhou Hexuan said with a smile.

As a nationally famous and popular actress, Ruan Lingyu is such a homebody that she has been living in Shanghai. You see, Hu Die is running around everywhere. She even met Zhang Xueliang three years ago. Well, by the way, she became a "beautiful woman".

According to legend, on the night when the "September 18th Incident" broke out, Zhang Xueliang was dancing with Hu Die in his arms. He only loved beauties and did not care about the country.

Ma Junwu composed a poem about this: "Zhao Si is romantic and Zhu Wu is crazy, and the graceful butterflies are walking. Wenwen Township is the Tomb of Heroes, who cares about the Eastern Division entering Shenyang. The urgent military letter came in the middle of the night, and the opening orchestra urged it again. Shenyang has been trapped. Looking back , and even hugged the beautiful lady and danced several times."

This poem contains too much information. "Zhao Si" refers to "Miss Zhao Si" and "Zhu Wu" refers to "Miss Zhu Wu", both of whom are Zhang Xueliang's underground lovers. The heroine of the whole poem is Hu Die. It is said that when the battle report of the fall of Shenyang came, Zhang Xueliang still dismissed it and only continued to dance with Hu Die in his arms.

This incident caused a stir throughout the country, but Hu Die didn't know about it because he was busy filming location scenes in Peiping. When she returned home to Shanghai, her mother was crying until her eyes were red, and her father was sulking. Hu Die hurriedly asked what was going on, but his father grabbed a pile of newspapers and threw them at him: "We don't know what you are doing in Peking. You can see for yourself!"

Hu Die picked up the newspapers and saw various headlines: "Beauty is a disaster for the country", "Don't love the country, love the beauty", "This is how the three eastern provinces were lost"...

In fact, it's all nonsense. On the night of the fall of Shenyang, Zhang Xueliang was watching Mei Lanfang singing, accompanied by Song Zheyuan and others, who were totally incompatible with Hu Die.

Ma Junwu's writing of poetry was not genuine. Even if he had a personal grudge with Zhang Xueliang, or was disgusted with Zhang Xueliang's lack of resistance, he should not have involved a female star for no reason. Fortunately, Hu Die has a strong ability to withstand pressure, and she was able to withstand being scolded by newspapers across the country as a witch who brought disaster to the country. Ruan Lingyu would have committed suicide long ago.

However, it may not be without reason.

Hu Die went to Peking to film a movie and did meet Zhang Xueliang. Ma Junwu used this to spread rumors.

It can be seen that it is better for female celebrities to have less contact with politicians. If they are involved casually, they will be ruined.

No more gossip, let’s get down to business.

Everyone chatted all the way, and the train soon arrived at Wuxi Station.

As soon as they reached the exit of the station, someone from the Xu family came to greet them. A man in his 50s said, "Mr. Zhou, the car is ready. I invite you to go to Xiangfu Zen Temple immediately."

"No problem." Zhou Hexuan nodded.

Xiangfu Zen Temple is located on Maji Mountain outside the county seat, also known as Xiaolingshan Temple. Zhou Hexuan first took a car for a while, then transferred to an ox cart, and finally arrived at his destination as it was getting dark.

This temple was destroyed by the Taiping Army. Although it was rebuilt, it has long lost its former glory. Including the abbot, there are only 16 monks in the temple, living a peaceful and self-sufficient life.

But today it was particularly lively. More than a dozen of Xu Zhimo’s friends from Shanghai alone came, some of them uninvited. As for friends from other provinces, many are still on the way, and I think it will be even more lively in the next few days.