The trees want to be quiet, and the wind does not stop. "IX. 18. The smoke of the incident has not yet dissipated, and the 1932 "one. The 28th "incident" made the turbulent China tremble again.

"IX. After the 18th Incident, in order to divert international attention and pressure the Nationalist Government in Nanjing to submit, the Japanese invaders continued to provoke and provoke incidents in Shanghai in early 1932. On the evening of January 28, it suddenly launched an attack on the Kuomintang 19th Route Army in Zhabei, followed by Jiangwan and Wusong. The 19th Route Army, under the leadership of army commander Cai Tingkai and commander-in-chief Jiang Guangnai, rose up to resist. On February 14, Chiang Kai-shek ordered the formation of the Fifth Army by the 87th and 88th Divisions of the former Capital Guard Army and the Teaching Corps, with Zhang Zhizhong as the commander to reinforce the 19th Route Army to participate in the battle.

"I. The 28 "Incident" was a conflict caused by Japan's self-directed and staged efforts to support and cooperate with its aggression against Northeast China. During the 18th "Incident," we did not negotiate directly with Japan in accordance with the lesson of the League of Nations, and while "actively resisting" on the one hand, we also negotiated with Japan "on the other." The Nationalist Government believed that at that time, China was divided by warlords, civil strife, inconsistent military and government orders, and extremely difficult finances, and could not afford to start a full-scale war with Japan, and hoped to reach an armistice at the lowest cost without "losing national rights". On 5 May, Guo Taiqi, representative of the Nanjing Government, and Shigemitsu Aoi, Japan's Minister Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary, signed the "Songhu Armistice Agreement" on behalf of China and Japan.

"I. After the 28 incident, the Communist Party organized several anti-Japanese demonstrations in an attempt to wake up more sleeping Chinese. Wang Jingwei, premier of the Executive Yuan of the Nationalist Government, Chiang Kai-shek, chairman of the Military Commission, and others used the Red Army's launching of the Ganzhou Campaign during the incident as an excuse to formally establish the policy of "settling the inside before attacking the outside world" and began a several years of encirclement and suppression of the Red Army.

The turbulent domestic situation, Lin Junxiong knew that he was powerless to stop it, he could only endure the pain, study silently, and silently call for his lover. As the 520 days of the Phantom Stone Road were getting closer and closer, Lin Junxiong's heart was not calm, and he deliberately took a few days off to return to Berlin. The moment he set foot in Berlin, he felt a tremor in his heart, as if there was a force in the dark guiding him to the eastern outskirts of Berlin.

This day was the 520th day of the call of the Illusion Stone Path, and Lin Junxiong felt restless, and the Soul Summoning Bead kept turning. In the evening, he went to the suburbs, closed his eyes and felt the invisible force, and kept himself in a state of calm and relaxation. Then, he slowly followed the force, until it was gone, and when he opened his eyes, he saw a desolate castle in front of him, but it seemed to be in disrepair for many years, and it was in ruins. The glow of the moon in the sky shrouded the castle, eerie and terrifying.

Since he came here, Lin Junxiong categorically had no reason to give up, he pushed open the door of the castle and walked in slowly, and by the moonlight, he found a torch to light it, the castle was very large, there were several floors, but there was no imaginary messy, cobwebs, dusty scenes, as if someone often came to clean. That magical power reappeared, guiding Lin Junxiong upwards.

Lin Junxiong held a torch and stepped on the steps to move forward slowly, and every time he took a step, the sound of footsteps echoed in the castle, which was terrifying. Lin Junxiong's heart was not afraid, but more expectant, looking forward to the fact that the Phantom Heart Stone was real, so that the lover would return to his side in the near future.

That magical power guided Lin Junxiong to a house on the third floor of the castle, and the moment Lin Junxiong pushed the door open, it happened to be the middle of the moon, and the room was suddenly lit up by Ambilight, intertwined with seven-colored lights, and the gorgeous scene made people feel like they were in a dream.

Lin Junxiong walked in, he saw a strange stone the size of an egg, those beautiful lights came from this stone, when Lin Junxiong approached, the stone suspended from the tray, jumping, as if after sleeping for a long time, the owner who had been waiting for a long time finally came, Lin Junxiong slowly approached.

Suddenly, a figure came out of the corner, the figure was withered, and the whole body was only skin and bones, and it was terrifying in this brilliance. The figure was an old man over 100 years old with gray hair and cloudy and empty eyes.

Lin Junxiong was frightened, he didn't know who this old German man was and what he was going to do? The centenarian said in an old voice, "Young man, you are here"

"Every year on August 15, it shines such a beautiful and moving light, I come here at this time of year to admire its beautiful brilliance, repent of the past sins, wait for the owner of the stone to appear, after decades, you are finally here"

"Decades ago, I moved out of the castle and took this stone with me, but it always disappeared back here for no apparent reason. I've tried locking it in a closed box, but it's still gone, and I know that it must have a mission, that it's waiting for its true owner, that it must have something to do with something magical."

Lin Junxiong did not interject, but waited for the old man to tell this fantasy and tell his story.

"In October 1860, when I entered Peking, China, with the German army, soldiers from many countries rushed over when they heard that there was a garden full of treasures, including Englishmen, Frenchmen, Germans, Americans, Japanese, Italians, Austrians, Russians, and many others. I followed them into the garden, which was bigger than any manor, and it was beautiful, and I was admiring the beauty of the garden, but I saw that there were already many people collecting all kinds of treasures."

"Officers and soldiers, people of all nations, in order to seize treasures, poured into the garden from all directions, indulging in wanton and taking and plundering, and in a hurry and in a variety of ways. They beat each other and even fought with each other in order to grab the treasure. ”

Because there were so many treasures in the garden, they didn't know what to do for a while, some moved the beautiful porcelain vase, some coveted embroidery and long-term fullness, some chose high-end leather coats, and some went to get a wall clock inlaid with pearls and jade. Some carry large pockets filled with all kinds of treasures. Some put gold bars and gold leaves in the wide pockets of their coats; Some were wrapped in brocade silk on their halfs; Some hats are filled with red orchids, pearls, and crystals; Some have emerald collars around their necks."

"In addition to the looting, there are countless things that they have trampled on. Several houses were full of satin clothing, and clothes were dragged out of boxes and thrown to the ground, and people walked into them almost to their knees. Some people with big axes smashed all the furniture and removed the gems from the top. Some smashed large mirrors, others ferociously shot at the menorah for fun. Most of the French soldiers used sticks in their hands to mash everything that could not be taken away. By the time they evacuated the garden, the beautiful garden had been ruined to the point of lupus. ”

"I also snatched countless treasures there, and in an inconspicuous corner, I saw this stone of unknown material, and I brought it back with a moment of curiosity. When I came back, I exchanged my treasures for wealth, bought this castle, and lived a life of luxury, I thought I would be happy, but I was haunted by nightmares, and the scenes that would appear when I closed my eyes"

"I can only move to the remote mountains, but I still can't escape the nightmare, I'm a robber, you take this stone, the first time I saw it exude a beautiful brilliance, it seemed to know that it was waiting for its owner to appear, and it was going to start its fate."

The old man seemed to come to his senses from a long memory, and began to walk out slowly with his back bent, sighing as he went: "Young man, if you are from that country, please let me say sorry and please say sorry to that land on my behalf."

Lin Junxiong wanted to say something, but after thinking about it, he felt that it was unnecessary, and saw the old man walking out of the room with a cane. He came to the Phantom Heart Stone, stretched out his hand lightly, the stone seemed to have been summoned by something, and it dissipated its brilliance in an instant, and fell into his hand, the moment the stone fell into Lin Junxiong's hand, he held it tightly, and the soul calling bead in his arms jumped out, clinging to the stone, beating happily.

Lin Junxiong felt that this stone was outside the Phantom Heart Stone, and saw that the Phantom Heart Stone looked like teardrops, and the whole stone was crystal clear, but he didn't know what material it was, neither gold nor silver, neither copper nor iron, nor jade nor stone. Lin Junxiong carefully put it and the Soul Summoning Bead in his arms, and said silently in his heart, my love, I have completed the first step, you wait for me, waiting for me to get you back.

Lin Junxiong walked out of the door and watched the old man gradually descend the steps, it seemed that every step was full of difficulties, and the figure was full of vicissitudes. This robber has been tormented by nightmares all his life and has been duly punished? No, that nightmare will be with the children and grandchildren who enjoy their plundered wealth, and it will spread from generation to generation, and there will be no peace for all eternity. This may be the fate of the robbers, who break the tranquility of the land, but delusionally say a few words of sorry to erase the sins that have been committed, which is impossible.

Thinking that that nation is still acting as an accomplice of the Japanese and still looking forward to their dream of recovering the country, Lin Junxiong is a little resentful. Back then, taking advantage of the internal and external troubles in the Central Plains, they occupied the magnificent rivers and mountains of the motherland with their iron hooves and gained the dominance of Shenzhou, but they closed themselves off from the country and were complacent, and they used killing to suppress the rebellion. But they didn't protect that land, the civilization that lasted for nearly 5,000 years.

Even the Meiji Emperor of Japan declared that they were the orthodox people of China, but what about them, who have multiplied on the land of China for generations, they have not been able to follow the times, bringing the entire Chinese nation into an endless abyss, and making tens of thousands of Chinese sons and daughters endure the humiliation of weeping blood for a while.

Lin Junxiong secretly vowed in his heart that one day he would do something, and he would definitely shatter the dream of restoring the country that was still in the northeast of that nation, and wake them up to let them know that they were not Japanese dogs, but upright Chinese.

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