This is a hemp rope for binding luggage, from the old area of Jiangbei, Zheng Zeru went south and north with this hemp rope, and now he is at the end of his life, and he also uses it to end everything, as a party member, life does not belong to himself, but belongs to the organization, ending his life without authorization is a violation of discipline, and he is afraid of committing suicide, but at this moment he no longer cares about taking on one more charge, and he is not looking forward to the day when Zhaoxue is rehabilitated.

In the past year, there have been too many suicides, Fu Lei and Lao She in the literary and artistic circles, Li Lisan, who once served as the party's top leader, Deng Tuo, who was a propaganda mouth, Chen Changhao, the leader of the Red Fourth Army, and even Tian Jiaying, the secretary next to the chairman, all chose self-destruction.

Zheng Zeru's qualifications are extremely high, the party is very old, but because he has been engaged in underground work for a long time, so his political status and qualifications are not equal, before the liberation of the Jiangdong Provincial Party Committee secretary of the underground party, after the liberation is still the secretary of the provincial party committee, and today he is still at the ministerial level, he has no complaints about this, compared with other comrades he is extremely lucky.

After the liberation, the party adopted a 16-character policy for underground workers, including intellectuals and progressive students, to make arrangements for demotion and control their use, digest them on the spot, and gradually eliminate them.

In the anti-rebellion movement, Zheng Zeru personally signed the shooting order, Jiangdong Province killed more people than several nearby provinces, in the three-anti-five anti-anti movement, Secretary Zheng dealt with the cadres to six relatives did not recognize, the results were excellent, in the Gao Rao incident, Zheng Ze broke off with Rao Shushi to draw a clear line, a blow against the enemy, regained the trust of the central government, in the anti-rightist movement, he personally sent his son to the road of death, in the Great Leap Forward Movement, Jiangdong Province's number of earthen blast furnaces and mu output, have created the national advanced level, is such a leading cadre who keeps up with the pace of the central government all the time and is brave and loyal, but he is still branded as a capitalist roader, an agent of the revisionist line, a Taiwan spy, a traitor, a traitor, a traitor, a counter-revolutionary, and a stinky hooligan who plays with women.

"I'm dying, and I still think so much." Zheng Zeru smiled bitterly, if his wife Pan Xin was by his side, he would have to complain that he didn't take care of his body, he didn't close his eyes this night, he struggled mentally, and the final result was still to choose death.

Even if you die, you have to die a dignified death, Zheng Zeru took out the navy blue tweed tunic from the closet, slowly put on leather shoes, found a rag to wipe the leather shoes, combed the gray hair in the mirror, and then stood on the stool and put his head into the rope ring.

A violent slamming sound sounded on the door, and the rebels roared outside the door: "Zheng Zeru! Open the door, open the door, don't stand up! ”

Zheng Zeru shuddered, and was about to criticize again, he didn't want to repeat this kind of experience that was worse than death, he kicked over the stool, his body was suspended in the air, and he swayed around.

The door was smashed open, and several rebels rushed in, and found that Zheng Zeru had committed suicide by hanging a beam, so they quickly untied him with all hands and feet, put him on the cold living room floor, and felt his pulse, which was gone.

"He committed suicide in fear of sin, and it has nothing to do with us." The rebels explained to the three men in military uniforms that these soldiers were sent by the central government to escort Zheng Zeru, and that the rebels from the Forestry and Animal Husbandry College were inseparable from each other.

"Hurry up and rescue!" The party didn't have time to think about it, so he leaned down to give Zheng Zeru cardiopulmonary resuscitation, the body was still warm, and there might be hope for timely rescue.

"Take it to the hospital." Guan Lu said.

"If this kind of person dies, he will die, and it is not a pity to die." A rebel pouted.

"Alright, let's go, hurry up." Liu Yanzhi drove them away unceremoniously.

With the unremitting efforts of the party's patriotism, Zheng Zeru finally woke up leisurely, opened his eyes, and looked down with an anxious face in front of him.

"Minister Zheng, we have been ordered by the Prime Minister to protect you." The party patriotic told a lie, a lie that would make Zheng Zeru believe and save his life.

If you fail to untie Zheng Zeru's heart knot, even if you save him this time, he will commit suicide within three days, so you have to adopt heart-attacking tactics to attack his weakness.

This sentence worked very well, and a spark of hope flashed in Zheng Zeru's already gloomy eyes in an instant, and he asked with difficulty: "Prime Minister, Prime Minister, does he still remember me?" ”

"The prime minister not only remembers you, but also remembers the old comrades of the central, local and military departments, he secretly took some measures to protect these comrades, the situation is very serious and complicated, Minister Zheng, you have to cooperate with us." Dang Aiguo lifted his glasses with a serious face.

Zheng Zeru was still dying just now, and when he heard this, he got up: "I must obey the organizational arrangement." ”

Dang Aiguo looked at his watch thoughtfully: "Time is pressing, you have five minutes to clean up, and you must be mentally prepared for long-term concealment." ”

"I'm an expert in this." Zheng Zeru smiled reservedly, long-term underground work is the capital he is proud of, and he has also developed his habit of careful observation and good analysis, he subconsciously analyzed these three people, their temperament is extremely good, the skin of their hands is very delicate, not like people who have been engaged in manual labor and military operations for a long time, and the staff of the central organ meet this characteristic.

Zheng Zeru's movements became extremely quick, he quickly packed up a few change of underwear, took a tweed coat, took off an oil painting of "Chairman Mao Goes to Anyuan" on the wall, opened the hidden safe, took out some cash and food stamps, and stuffed them all into the suitcase except for the coat.

"In the end, it's the old revolution." The party loves the country and praises, at critical moments, knows how to make trade-offs, those precious documents, photo albums, souvenirs, as long as it is something that will expose his identity, Zheng Zeru did not take any of it. "Without further ado, let's go." The party loves the country, he led Zheng Zeru and Guan Lu out of the door, the Volga car at the door was still starting, Liu Yanzhi was changing the car license plate, and he stole several license plates along the way, Beijing, Hebei, Shandong, all of them were thrown in the trunk, changed at any time, and covered their identities.

The four of them got into the car, and Liu Yan drove straight and went south out of Beijing.

Zheng Zeru was looking for words along the way, on the one hand, he was happy after his mental relaxation, and he wanted him to find someone to talk to, and on the other hand, he was the old agent's occupational disease, and he always liked to touch the other party's hole cards from the conversation.

He judged that in this trio, the party patriotism is the leader, Liu Yanzhi is the driver and guard, Guan Lu is a health care doctor, and it is also the easiest to open a breakthrough, so he chose Guan Lu to start, Zheng Zeru is in his sixties, but the charm of self-confidence, maturity and wisdom can conquer anyone, but this time he picked the wrong object, Guan Lu is a doctor from Harvard University, don't look at the usual cute look, in fact, the IQ is extremely high.

"Little comrade, how long have you been working in the State Department?" Zheng Zeru broke the dullness of the journey and asked Guan Lu with a smile.

"It's been a while." Guan Lu was vague, she knew that she was from fifty years later, and if she was not careful, she would show her feet, so it was all perfunctory.

"Who else is in the family, your parents are okay, I think you should be from a cadre family, and your father is an old Red Army, right?" Zheng Zeru continued to talk.

Guan Lu was a little impatient, and said with a straight face: "Minister Zheng, it is not good for you to know my information. ”

Zheng Zeru smiled wryly.

"Xiaoguan, how do you talk to your old comrades, pay attention to your attitude." Dang Aiguo turned around and reprimanded, and said to Zheng Zeru: "You better rest for a while." ”

"Where are we going?" Zheng Zeru asked.

"Beijing can't stay any longer, and Omijiang is not safe, go to Jiangbei, according to the information we have, your ex-wife and son live there." The party's patriotic words poked Zheng Zeru's heart, in fact, he and Hongyu were not married, although this woman gave birth to two children for him, but it was only a cohabitation relationship, after liberation, he immediately went to the provincial capital to take up his post, and never went to see them again, only occasionally sent some money and food stamps, in order to relieve his guilt.

The three-day task countdown, thirty hours have passed now, Volga is driving in Hebei, there are no toll stations, no traffic jams, no speedometers and traffic police who are indiscriminately fined, the only drawback is also fatal, that is, there is no money and no gasoline.

This is not difficult for Liu Yanzhi, he has a military ID, a letter of introduction stamped with the seal of the General Office of the Central Committee, the transportation company in Shijiazhuang added gasoline, and filled the spare oil drums, the four of them had a meal in a state-run restaurant, during the fight, the service industry stopped business, the manager saw that they were the People's Liberation Army, made an exception, scrambled a few eggs, boiled a pot of rice, the main dish was Chinese cabbage boiled vermicelli, and a few pieces of pork were put in it, which was considered a feast.

After dinner, Volga continued on the road, drove for twenty hours, and finally arrived in the city of Jiangbei at dawn on the third day.

Jiangbei City is a new industrial city on the Huai River, the famous patriotic general Chen Zikun single-handedly built the city, before the liberation, the name of the city is called Beitai, during the War of Resistance Against Japan, Zheng Zeru pseudonym Wang Zeru, here to lead the underground struggle, his second son was born in the bomb shelter in Beitai, thus named Wang Beitai, think that he is also close to the year of standing this year.

As the morning fog shrouded the city, Volga turned on his fog lights and drove on the highway along the river, with the buildings beside the road shadowy, and the towering chimneys and huge factories could be faintly seen, Zheng Zeru fell into memory.

"This road used to be called camphor avenue, because the river embankment was full of camphor trees, that year of steelmaking, the masses in Jiangbei cut down all the camphor trees to burn charcoal for steelmaking, the chimney is Chenguang Machinery Factory, and further on, is the Hongqi Iron and Steel Factory, these two enterprises were there before the liberation, and then the Soviet Union assisted technical equipment, sent a team of experts, and built a better ......"

Volga stopped under a two-story building, which was the residence arranged by Zheng Zeru for his ex-wife and son, and eighteen years have passed, I don't know if the two of them are okay.

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