The day dawned, the road was easy to go, the three of them continued the topic just now, Liu Yanzhi's crossing experience is the richest, and he knows that nothing will be smooth sailing, especially in this era when the normal order of society is out of control, it is simply impossible to do everything in three days, he raised a question, and the party patriotic smiled bitterly and said: "Do you think they can still last three hours?" ”

Originally, Lei Meng was also going to accompany the crossing mission, but the situation was critical, and the general needed to be in charge, so he stayed at the crossing station to be in charge of guarding, and at least more than a thousand police and armed police came down the mountain, although it was temporarily suppressed, but it would not be long before armored vehicles and planes would be killed, and then the defense line would collapse, and they would not be able to go back.

"You mean, a day traveled to the baseline time and space for an hour?" Liu Yan asked directly.

"It's basically like that, sometimes there are deviations, but not too much." Dang Aiguo said, "So we must race against time, do not do anything unrelated to the task, go straight to the train station after going down the mountain, and take the nearest train to Beijing." ”

In the middle of winter, the weather is cold, it took an hour to go down the mountain, the sun has risen when they come to the foot of the mountain, the three of them are only wearing a single military uniform, except for Liu Yanzhi, they are all shivering, there are no pedestrians on the road, there are no vehicles, and it takes at least four or five hours to walk to the city on two legs, and it will be delayed for half a day.

Liu Yanzhi said: "I remember that there is a village nearby, and I am happy to find a car. ”

"Then don't go quickly." Guan Lu stomped his feet and rubbed his hands and urged.

Liu Yanzhi left the two of them to wait in place, and galloped five miles to the nearest village, it was now about six o'clock in the morning, the village was quiet, only a few dogs barked, he did not go to the ordinary people's houses, went straight to the brigade headquarters, climbed over the wall and went in, trying to find a truck or tractor and other motor vehicles, but only found a 28 permanent weighted bicycle.

The bicycle can also be used, Liu Yan picked the lock directly, and just wanted to push the cart away, when he suddenly saw a military coat hanging in the house, he simply smashed open the window and went in to get the coat, and then walked away.

When she returned to the highway, Guan Lu was almost frozen, Liu Yanzhi put her coat on, and then she breathed a sigh of relief, the conditions were difficult, no one complained, Liu Yanzhi rode a bicycle, Guan Lu sat on the beam, Dang Aiguo sat in the second class seat behind, and three people in military uniforms rode on the dirt road like this, and the speed was quite fast.

"If this is seen, the face of the People's Liberation Army will be lost." Liu Yanzhi quipped.

Guan Lu curled up and sat on the girder, the last time she sat on a bicycle like this was when she was five years old, now she is tall, it is extremely uncomfortable to sit on the cold iron rod, and she scolded the party and the country eight hundred times in her heart, but she didn't say a word, just gritted her teeth, looking forward to getting to the place quickly.

Liu Yanzhi rode very fast, it took an hour to complete the 20-kilometer journey, and finally arrived at the city of Omi, in 1967 the city of Omi was a sea of red, all the houses and buildings on the street were planted with red flags, painted with slogans in white on a red background, proletariat, revolution, long live, down XXX and other words filled the field of vision, seven o'clock on the street, only sparse pedestrians, clothes only monotonous blue and black.

It was not appropriate for the three of them to ride another car, the party patriotic rode with Guan Lu, and Liu Yanzhi ran behind, all the way to the train station, all dumbfounded.

Outside the waiting hall, sandbags were piled up, Makqin heavy machine guns were set up, red flags were waved in the wind, and railway workers wearing hard hats were waiting with shuttle darts in their hands.

"Now is the time when the martial arts are at their most fierce." The party patriotic lamented, "The railway is paralyzed, let's change to another means of transportation." ”

Liu Yanzhi suggested that a plane should be set up to fly directly to Beijing.

The party's patriotism immediately vetoed: "It's unrealistic, there are only a few planes in the entire Jiangdong, even if the provincial and ministerial-level cadres want to mobilize the planes, it is not easy, although we are pressed for time, but we can't mess around." ”

"Then go steal the car, fill up the gas and drive to Beijing." Liu Yan said straight.

This suggestion was adopted, and the three of them went to the provincial party committee compound to steal cars, cars are also rare in these years, and it is good to have a Beijing jeep in the county government, and the general units only have trucks, buses, etc., and if you want a fast car, you can only go to high-level government units.

The predecessor of the provincial party committee compound is the provincial government building in the Republic of China, the courtyard is spacious, the pine and cypress are covered with snow, the solemn atmosphere arises spontaneously, the sign at the door has been changed, the "Jiangdong Provincial Revolutionary Committee" with red letters on a white background is very dazzling, the gate is closed, no one can see anyone moving in the yard, and a few cars can be vaguely seen parked under the carport.

"Don't talk later, I'll negotiate." Dang Aiguo said, "You are not familiar with the current language system, and you will be exposed if you talk nonsense, look at my eyes and act, and be ready to do it." ”

Coming to the door, Dang Aiguo stepped forward and knocked on the small door of the guard's room, and after a while, a man in a cotton jacket came to open the door, shouting: "What are you doing so early?" ”

When he saw the party's patriotic military uniform, his attitude was a little kinder: "Comrade of the People's Liberation Army, who are you looking for?" ”

The party said solemnly: "All reactionaries are paper tigers, we are three task forces of the two armed forces, and it is important to find the director of your revolutionary committee." ”

The doorman said: "I want to fight for private repairs, but Director Wang hasn't come yet." ”

Dang Aiguo glanced into the room: "Then who is in charge here now?" ”

The doorman said, "Who else, the whole compound is gone, tell me if you have anything." ”

The party patriotism sighed meaningfully, and looked back at Liu Yanzhi.

Liu Yanzhi stepped forward and slashed the doorman with a knife, and the three of them quickly entered the house, there was a briquette stove in the guard's room, warm as spring, and a large enamel jar filled with tofu brains. Over there, the party patriotically found the key to the door and threw it to Liu Yanzhi.

"Why doesn't the Provincial Revolutionary Committee even have a person?" Liu Yanzhi wondered that this should be the political center of the province, and it should not be so deserted.

The party patriotism gave him a simple explanation: "The secretary of the provincial party committee and the governor have been defeated, and the current director of the revolutionary committee is a tea stove worker in the logistics department of the original provincial party committee, but they are not the most powerful in Omijiang, the Red General Department composed of Red Guards and the General Department of Industry composed of workers are the most powerful, by the way, there is also the Red Peasant Association, the three of them hold power, and they have machine guns and artillery." ”

"What does the Public Security Bureau do for food?" Guan Lu asked. "The public procuratorate and the law are all standing aside, the whole society is in chaos, they are all busy rebelling, who still goes to work normally."

Without further ado, the crossing team immediately went to steal the car, there were only a few buses of the Revolutionary Committee, one Volga was the car of the senior leader, the gas and the Beijing jeep were ordinary official cars, of course they had to steal the best Volga, near the carport was the car class, the car keys were hung on the wall, the map was locked in the cabinet, and even there were two barrels of gasoline in the corner, everything was so smooth, as if the god of fate favored them.

"We're pretty lucky." Guan Lu said, there was a problem as soon as the voice fell, the car couldn't start, the three of them were busy for a while, brainstorming and researching, Liu Yan found a crankshaft, stood in front of the car and shook it vigorously, the party patriotic twisted the key to start, the Volga made a loud noise, a puff of blue smoke came out, and finally started.

Liu Yanzhi put the two barrels of gasoline in the trunk, took the map and the toolbox, sat in the driver's seat, familiarized himself with the use of the pocket gear, stepped on the accelerator in gear, the door was opened, Volga galloped out of the provincial party committee compound, and the party patriot sitting in the co-pilot seat unfolded the map and played the role of the navigator, while Guan Lu lay in the spacious back seat to make up for sleep.

Volga crossed the Huaijiang Iron Bridge and went north, the surging river, the steam whistle, three red signal flares rose above the port authority building in the distance, the steamboat on the river was firing at the building, the sound of artillery reached the car, Liu Yanzhi and the party patriot looked at each other, the martial arts were fierce, and there were battlefields everywhere.

When Guan Lu woke up, it was already afternoon, Liu Yanzhi galloped all the way to Shandong, although there was no highway in these years, but there were very few vehicles on the road, and the speed could still be driven very fast. The party patriotically brought some banknotes of this era and national food stamps, bought roast chicken, steamed buns, liquor, cigarettes, and of course, sweaters, autumn pants, thick socks and large cotton shoes.

At dawn the next day, a Volga car with a Jiangdong provincial license plate appeared on the streets of Beijing, and the whole country was beating the authorities, and Beijing was no exception, just because it was at the feet of the Son of Heaven, and the social order was relatively stable.

Dang Aiguo said: "Zheng Zeru should be locked up in the cowshed of the Forestry and Animal Husbandry College, this is our first stop. ”

"In the end, it is a professional college, and even the cowshed has it." Guan Lu deliberately joked that although she is a doctor of science and engineering, she has a good background in liberal arts, and she still knows this bit of historical knowledge.

"The cowshed is the study class, the place where the cows, ghosts, snakes and gods are closed." The party patriotism explained seriously, and now it was his turn to drive, and Liu Yanzhi, who had stayed up all night, was forced to rest in the back seat.

The College of Forestry and Animal Husbandry entered a state of suspension, and the university campus became a battlefield for the struggle for the closure of capital repair, with a thick layer of large-character posters pasted on the newspaper column, and the paper was stacked with paper, such as "smash Zheng Zeru's dog's head" and "let him perish if he does not honestly explain" The black characters are shocking, and all Zheng Zeru's name is written crookedly and upside down to show his contempt.

The lotus pond in front of the main teaching building was covered with a thick layer of ice, and the dead leaves were frozen up, and it is said that Zheng Zeru's lover Meng Xiaolin committed suicide by throwing himself into the water here.

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At this time, Zheng Zeru was not in the cowshed, but sat quietly in his own small building, he was a ministerial-level cadre, and a small western-style building was assigned to the organization, with cars and drivers, as well as nannies, cooks and other service personnel, but with the change of the situation, all this no longer exists, his home was raided, many things of historical significance were burned, and the radio imported from the Soviet Union in the living room was identified by the young generals as a transmitter, and he was framed for having ties with Taiwan, Zheng Zeru was too lazy to defend, and his heart was like ashes.

The rope was already hanging on the beam, he really couldn't hold on, he suddenly remembered his first son, it was in the period of the underground struggle in the white area, in order to raise funds for the revolution, he sold his newborn son, Marx blessed, many years later the father and son finally reunited, but he personally beat the poor son into a rightist, forcing him to jump off the building and commit suicide.

He remembered his first wife Hongyu and his second son, I don't know how they lived in Jiangbei, after the liberation, he never went back there, he saw their mother and son, like those revolutionary soldiers who fought for half their lives, he also married a new wife, a young and beautiful female college student, and gave birth to a third son, Jeff.

He remembered Meng Xiaolin, the Russian teacher at the Forestry and Animal Husbandry College, who had a very authentic tongue curl, loved to wear white bragi, pure as a white lotus, younger, more energetic and charming than his second wife, Meng Xiaolin was his lover, and died for him.

The past flashed in front of Zheng Zeru's eyes like a marquee, he didn't regret all this, the real ** person is made of steel, all the family, love and friendship are all worthless in him, and what destroys his will is the end of his political life.

The country is in chaos like this, and the party is in chaos like this, is this the purpose of our predecessors and successors who shed their blood and blood?

Zheng Zeru silently put his white head into the noose.