In June 1968, Guangzhou at this time had entered summer, the scorching sun was scorching, and the roasting people panicked. The streets were still noisy, and everywhere there were shadows of Red Guard generals wearing Red Guard armbands. There are fewer people distributing propaganda tabloids on the streets, but big-character posters are still everywhere.

Stations, squares, docks, shopping malls, hospitals, schools, everywhere you can see the walls, are decorated, uniformly painted in white letters, with various slogans, various slogans, and some real-time events...... In addition to these words, there is also a landscape where tweeters are set up everywhere.

Guangzhou, a poor and white land, has taken on a new look after more than ten years of construction. On the straight street of Renmin North Road, there are unified types of buses, and there are almost few cars at this time. On both sides of the road are neatly planted two rows of small trees, both only the thickness of an arm. Guangzhou Railway Station, apart from Beijing Railway Station, is the largest and most modern railway station in the country.

The bustle of the market can't hide what has happened in the past two years. A lot of people were arrested, and a lot of people died. These are all contradictions among the people, but a young man named Dongfeng and an old man named Hongqi fought a few times because of their different positions. But it scared the citizens of Guangzhou into panic.

Each of them had a badge pinned to their chest, and a small red notebook in their hands. Before speaking, you have to memorize a paragraph, it doesn't matter if you can't remember, you can read it, but you can't memorize it wrongly. If you are heard with a red armband, it will be a big or small matter. You can do it by memorizing only one sentence. You can't lose the chapter and the red book, this is your class position!

Zhang Zhiruo, who was born to the woman who blew up the Japanese army's grain ship that year, returned to Guangzhou with her mother after the liberation of the country. She is 23 years old and has joined the workforce, and because of the composition, she is not eligible to wear the red armband because she is counted as a propertymaker.

Zhang Dingcheng's current wife's eldest son, Zhang Taishan, is 18 years old this year, just in time for the "old three" high school students, and he was assigned to Guangzhou to be a navy without having the opportunity to go to college. Although Zhang Zhiruo is 5 years older than him, she wants to call him little uncle.

Zhang Taishan was born in Beijing, and he didn't meet his niece a few years older than him until he came to Guangzhou. Although there is only a few years of difference, one was born in old China and the other was born in new China, which made the little Zhang Taishan have a sense of superiority, and he always likes to joke with his eldest nephew.

Although the aunt received organizational comments: "She has a firm political position, outstanding work ability, and has made great contributions to the victory of the War of Resistance Against Japan", she was demoted and hired because she was an underground party of the year. This is the "16-character" policy given above, and all underground parties are treated in this way. Later, there was a "post-16 character" policy, and there was more scrutiny, which was almost an insurmountable obstacle to the idea of demanding progress.

Zeng Sheng also returned to Guangzhou, much earlier than Zhang Taishan's aunt. As soon as Japan surrendered, he returned. Not long after his return, Chiang Kai-shek tore up the peace agreement, civil war broke out, and his work went underground again.

At that time, the party's underground group also established the Guangzhou Municipal Working Committee (secretary Chen Nengxing) and the Guangzhou Municipal Party Committee (secretary Huang Songjian). The "East Vertical" and other departments selected a group of students who had participated in the anti-Japanese struggle represented by Zeng Sheng to return to various colleges and universities in Guangzhou to resume their studies, and successively established the general branch of CUHK and the branch of the College of Arts and Sciences.

In May 1967, some people proposed to "investigate the problem of the underground party in Guangdong", saying that "there are many problems in the organization of the party in Guangdong, and it is not clear whether it is the Kuomintang or **." The nightmare of Zeng Sheng and others began.

On October 12, the person who was the leader of Guangdong Province at the time personally approved the investigation of the underground party in South China. Soon after, with the support of the leader, a "task force to examine the underground party in Guangdong" was set up, which was directly handled by the leader of the team. In March 1968, the leaders of Guangdong Province personally "took command" to take charge of the case.

"Uncle Zeng, run away, go to Hong Kong, go to Macau, I heard that thousands of people have been arrested. They don't care about right or wrong, they lock up first, and then they collect materials. Zhang Zhiruo said worriedly.

She teaches at a middle school, and now classes have stopped, and teachers with a little bit of seniority have been arrested and criticized. Young teachers like them are also restricted in their freedom. She heard from a student that the Red Guards were instructed by Huang Yongsheng, Liu Xingyuan and others to find the "two-faced" of the year to settle the account, and hurriedly came to Zeng Sheng's residence to report the news.

"I know that what should come is always coming. Lin Qiangyun has been arrested a few days ago, he is the commander-in-chief of the Pearl Column, and I, the commander-in-chief of the East Column, must be soon. I can't run anymore, and as soon as I run, the crime of treason will be decided. I'm afraid it's not troublesome enough? "Zeng Sheng is a person who would rather bend than bend.

"But if they catch you, they're going to force someone else to write your material. It's hard to argue at that time. Zhang Zhiruo also knows the methods of the Red Guards, first convicted, and then fabricated materials. If you are not afraid that you will not find it, you will force people close to you to confess honestly, not to mention that they are "going to the * capital faction" and "shielder", and they will still be called "cow ghosts, snakes, and gods".

"History will give me justice! Zhiruo, I'm sure I'll be arrested. I have something I want you to keep for me. You have to promise me that even if you lose your life, you can't lose this thing! Zeng Sheng said solemnly.

"Uncle Zeng, I promise you. You say, what's that? Zhang Zhiruo's face was full of doubts.

"This is a jade Buddha pendant, which was found in an original Japanese secret military base a few days ago." Zeng Sheng flipped through a small wooden box from the cabinet under the bed, took out the contents of it, and continued, "That base is in a cave in western Fujian, not far from your hometown of Jinsha, in Yongding County. This Emerald Buddha is kept separately in a safe. The safe contains only information about this Jade Buddha and how it is. ”

"Not far from my hometown? What about the information? What is written on the profile? Zhang Zhiruo stared at the Jade Buddha and asked suspiciously.

"The information was in one of my comrades-in-arms. The comrades-in-arms had been arrested, and the materials had been burned as reactionary books. The information shows that this Jade Buddha is related to a shocking secret. What exactly does it matter, we didn't find it in the materials. Zeng Sheng's face was full of regret.

"It's a shame. How many good things are wasted. O iniquity! Zhang Zhiruo didn't know what she remembered, and said with infinite emotion.

"Alas," Zeng Sheng just sighed and didn't make any response, what could he do? He felt powerless and resentful about what had happened in the past two years. What's going on? What's really going on in this world? Everything around me became strange. There is only one sigh, expressing all his emotions. Zeng Sheng fell into deep thought, his eyes condensed, his eyes glazed, and chaotic......

"Uncle Zeng, Uncle Zeng", Zhang Zhiruo's hand shook in front of Zeng Sheng's eyes, "What's wrong with you?" Would you like to drink some water first? ”

"Oh, it's okay, I'm a little stunned. Where did I go? Belch...... Oh, the material just says that the next step is to find the box that originally contained this Jade Buddha. And preliminary plans have been made. It's just that we didn't find anything about finding a plan. We all think that this secret must be discovered by putting the Jade Buddha and the box together. ”

Speaking of this, Zeng Sheng took his eyes off the Buddha statue, stared at Zhang Zhiruo's face tightly, and said solemnly again, "You have to promise me that you must keep this jade Buddha for me." ”

"I will, Uncle Zeng," Zhang Zhiruo also understood the seriousness of this matter, "I swear in the name of Marx that I must regard it more than my life." When your problems are solved, I will return it to you by hand. ”

"Originally, this thing should have been handed over to the state, this is the wealth of the country, no individual or group can take it for themselves, I am a member of the Communist Party of China, let alone take it into my pocket. But now...... Hey, let's keep it for the country for the time being. Zeng Sheng said in pain, his voice trembled a little, and his crystal eyes swirled, almost falling.

Zeng Sheng clearly knew that if this jade Buddha pendant was handed over to it at this time, what kind of ending would this gadget and even himself.

During this period, what was required was the unity of faith, and there was only one doctrine, and all others were reactionary and were to be beaten and not allowed to exist. It is no longer known how many precious artifacts and antiques have been destroyed as feudal remnants. So with the disappearance of this jade Buddha pendant, won't the secret related to it also never see the light of day?

And besides himself, a "two-faced", a "traitor", can what he says be trusted? Now let's not say that the secret has not been found, and even if it has been found, who can tell how he knows this secret? "Carry the revolution through to the end" was not just a slogan in this period.

According to the material, this secret has the potential to turn the tide of the situation between China and Japan. The materials were compiled by the Japanese at that time, which means that this secret was able to reverse the situation of the Sino-Japanese war at that time. Then the secret should be unimaginable. Zeng Sheng returned to reality from all kinds of doubts, and further talked about the sex of this jade Buddha pendant, he was really afraid that Zhang Zhiruo would not pay enough attention, afraid that the secret would disappear, afraid that he would be sorry for his ancestors, and he would be sorry for the country.

"Uncle Zeng, this thing is so important, I will definitely keep it at all costs!" Zhang Zhiruo assured again.

"One more thing to remember, don't let anyone else find it, based on some clues, we suspect that there are others looking for it as well!" Zeng Sheng suddenly thought.