Huang Boyang wanted to see Wang Yunqing for a purpose, and as the underground party in Beiping, they wanted to carry out the united front work within the Kuomintang army and do a good job in the ideological work of the war-weary and anti-war generals in the Kuomintang army, so as to disintegrate the enemy's combat effectiveness and prepare for the liberation of Beiping in the future.

According to the intelligence of the underground party, General Feng Xuanxia, the commander of a certain army of the Kuomintang garrison of the city, had anti-war sentiments. General Feng defected to the Kuomintang in the Northern Expedition, and during the anti-Japanese period, he fought with the Eighth Route Army against the Japanese invaders, and had a friendship with the Communist Party. Feng Xuanxia is Wang Yunqing's brother-in-law, and the two have close contacts and an extraordinary relationship. Huang Boyang wanted to use Wang Yunqing's relationship to bring the united front work to the top of the Kuomintang army, and to win General Feng into the camp of the Communist Party. He decided to meet Wang Yunqing in the name of returning the painting, and then contact General Feng through Wang Yunqing. Huang Boyang told Huang Tingting about his plan.

After the end of the reading club that day, Huang Tingting found Wang Hongju to take a walk on campus together, and when she was about to break up, she said to Wang Hongju: "Wang Hongju, have you found the famous painting that your father was dropped?" ”

"I haven't found it, it's been almost half a year." Wang Hongju replied depressedly.

"Recently, my father found a very good thing, which is said to be also a famous calligraphy and painting, and he wants to invite your old man to take a look, is it okay?" Huang Tingting looked at Wang Hongju with a smile.

"What, does your dad know my dad?"

"Not only did they know each other, but they used to be good friends! One day I said that your father had a famous painting of Zheng Banqiao stolen, my father was surprised, and he wanted to know what your father's name was, and I said that my classmate's name was Wang Hongju, and I don't know what his father's name was. My dad said with great certainty that the person who lost the painting must be Wang Yunqing! My dad said he and Wang Yunqing used to be good friends. It's just that we haven't seen each other for years. So I deliberately asked about your dad during a chat with you, and learned that your dad was indeed Wang Yunqing. My dad was so happy when he found out that he was anxious to get together with his old friends. ”

"How did my dad and your dad meet?" Wang Hongju asked.

Huang Tingting roughly told Wang Hongju about the acquaintance of the two old men.

After hearing this, Wang Hongju said to Huang Tingting very happily: "We are friends, and our elders are also friends, what a coincidence!" Your dad is welcome to come to my house with you. ””

"Okay! It's just about these two days, so please talk to your family first, okay? ”

"Okay, that's a deal." The two hooked their fingers. After the breakup, Wang Hongju silently watched Huang Tingting's slender back disappear into the green shade in the distance.

Early in the morning, two rickshaws stopped in front of Wang Yunqing's blue-brick house. Huang Boyang and Huang Tingting, father and daughter, got out of the car, knocked on the door and explained their intentions to the people inside. After waiting for a while, Lao Zhao came out to greet him, and the two were politely invited in. Entering the mansion gate is a cross-courtyard, the north side of the cross-courtyard is a moon gate, and across the moon gate is a very exquisite brick carved shadow wall, flashing through the shadow wall, the vision suddenly opens; What a big yard. The courtyard faces three tall main rooms and two slightly lower transept rooms, and three wing rooms on the east and west; All the houses are connected by a verandah and sit on a bluestone foundation one meter above the ground. The spacious courtyard is paved with blue bricks. There are two pomegranate trees on the left and right in front of the main house, and there is a pond in the middle of the courtyard, and there is a moss-covered rockery made of stones on the top of the water in the pool, and there are many colorful goldfish swimming in the pool.

Lao Zhao led the two of them through the west ear room into the backyard. This backyard is a garden. The whole area of the garden is much larger than the front yard. There are rockery pavilions in the garden, and the arrangement is very exquisite. At this time, the lilacs are blooming, and the courtyard is full of refreshing fragrance. A row of north rooms in the backyard is Wang Yunqing's study, a small living room and bedroom for guests. According to the old man's habit, only distinguished guests can be brought to the backyard, and Huang Boyang is a celebrity in the antique world. Bringing him to the back garden was specially explained by Wang Yunqing to Lao Zhao.

The two of them came to the living room under the guidance of Lao Zhao, and Wang Yunqing was already standing in front of the hall door waiting. Huang Tingting looked at the old man and saw that the old man was tall. The complexion is ruddy, wearing a green cloth robe, a wisp of white hair, and an elegant atmosphere between the eyebrows.

"Oops! Brother Boyang, I haven't seen you for a few years, fortunately! Fortunately! Wang Yunqing stepped forward with his hands in fists to greet him.

"Fortunately! Fortunately! Huang Boyang bowed down and clenched his fists and asked Wang Yunqing: "How is my brother's health lately?" ”

Wang Yunqing smiled and said, "Thanks to my brother's blessing, my health is not bad." ”

"Why haven't you even gone to the glass factory in the past few years? I miss you so much! Huang Boyang said with some complaints.

Wang Yunqing hurriedly put the guests into the room and said, "It's hard to put it into words!" Brother, please, please come into the house and speak. ”

After entering the house, the guest and the host sat down, Wang Yunqing looked at Huang Tingting and asked, "Who is this girl?" ”

Huang Boyang said: "She is a little girl Tingting. ”

"Hello Uncle Wang! I am a first-year student at Yenching University. My name is Huang Tingting. Huang Tingting got up and bowed to Wang Hongju.

Wang Yunqing looked at Huang Tingting with a smile and said, "Okay! Good! Nice kids. Such a beautiful and polite girl is hard to find now! I thought the name Huang Tingting was good, but the yellow flower girl was slim! Well, people live up to their name. ”

Hearing Wang Yunqing explain Huang Tingting's name like this, Huang's father and daughter laughed, Huang Tingting stood up embarrassedly and said: "Uncle has won the award, he has won the award!" ”

At this time, the maid had already made the tea and brought it up, and Wang Yunqing instructed: "I'll chat with the guests first, you all go down, you go and tell Young Master Hongju that his classmate is here, come over later." ”

The maid lowered her head and wiped her hands with her apron and whispered: "Master, my wife suddenly had a stomach ache early this morning, and the young master Hongju said that he was accompanying his wife to see Dr. Kong, and he told me when he left, there are guests coming today, and he will be back soon, so I asked Mr. and Miss to wait for him later." ”

"Mrs. is sick? How did I not know?" Wang Yunqing looked at Lao Zhao questioningly.

"It's not that I won't tell you, my wife said that it was a minor illness, and I didn't let you know, master, she said that there were guests at home today so as not to disturb you." Lao Zhao, who was standing on the side, explained.

Wang Yunqing waved his hand and said, "Oh, I know, let's go down." ”

"Yes." The maid turned around and left, and Lao Zhao also retreated.

Wang Yunqing's small living room is very elegantly furnished, and the furnishings in the room are a combination of Chinese and Western: the furniture such as the strip table, the table of the eight immortals, and the Taishi chair is Chinese. The bells, globes, tea sets, candlesticks and other furnishings in the house are all European-style. On the front wall hangs Liu Yuxi's famous work "Burrow Inscription" in the Tang Dynasty, the font is elegant and vigorous, and it is written by Wang Yunqing himself. The guest of honor chatted while drinking tea, chatting about the weather from the body, from the weather to the past, and from the past to the appreciation of antiques, calligraphy and paintings.

Wang Yunqing personally poured a cup of tea for Huang Boyang and asked, "Brother, I heard Hongju say that you have a treasure for me to see?" ”

Huang Boyang took a sip of the teacup in his hand, and said to the question: "This tea is good, it is the real West Lake Longjing." This year's Meizen tea. Brother, the taste of our tea is the same. ”

Wang Yunqing laughed twice, pointed at Huang Boyang and said, "You! It's still an old problem. Do you want to indulge in the past and hang my appetite? ”

Huang Boyang slowly put down the teacup, and he pretended to be mysterious and said, "This thing is not for you to buy." ”

"Antiques don't sell their own things? So what do you mean? Is it for me to verify the authenticity of something? Wang Yunqing asked jokingly.

Huang Boyang looked around, then lowered his voice and said, "You know this thing, it's your soul, and it's going home today." ”

"What? Is my soul lost? Wang Yunqing felt inexplicable.

"You don't believe it? Then I'll show you it! Huang Boyang stretched out his hand to ask Huang Tingting, who was sitting on the side, for something: "Tingting, you hand it to me." ”

Huang Boyang took a long strip of things wrapped in cloth from Huang Tingting's hand. He opened the cloth to reveal a painting scroll, he was quite proud to put the painting scroll in Wang Yunqing's hand and said, "Old brother, little brother will return your lost soul to you!" ”

Wang Yunqing looked at the scroll in his hand and felt familiar, and he was surprised when he slowly unfolded the scroll. He exclaimed: "Yes, this is my lost soul!" Odd! It's been lost for days, and it's in your hands! You tell me what's going on? ”

"Dude, you wonder how this thing got into my hands, right? Guess what! "Huang Boyang deliberately sold Guanzi.

Wang Yunqing looked at the other party suspiciously: "Yes." This painting was dropped at home, how did it get to you? Tell me quickly! ”

Huang Boyang described the ins and outs of the collection of paintings to Wang Yunqing in detail. After speaking, Wang Yunqing woke up like a dream, and from Huang Boyang's description, he was sure that the person who sold the painting must be Hongxing. This kid would dare to steal the paintings in the seller's house, which he never expected! The ugliness of his family made Wang Yunqing feel that he had lost face in front of his old friends. He sighed ashamedly: "The family education is not strict, which makes people laugh!" The tutoring is not strict, which makes people laugh! ”

Although Wang Yunqing was very angry and angry, he felt very lucky to see that his beloved things that had been lost for many days came back to his eyes. He said to Huang Boyang with great emotion that this lost painting really made him unable to eat and sleep for a long time, and now he can see it again, it is a great luck, thank you for the help of old friends, I am grateful!

Huang Boyang persuaded Wang Yunqing that there may be unspeakable hidden things about the child's sale of paintings, and he should ask the reason for the matter, and don't blame the child casually. The two of them talked about the old days while drinking tea, put down the matter first, and then talked about other topics.

During the chat, Wang Hongju returned home from outside, said hello outside the living room and walked into the house, he saw Huang Boyang's father and daughter politely said hello.

Wang Yunqing asked, "Did you come back from taking your mother to see a doctor?" ”

Wang Hongju replied: "Yes, we just came back, my mother's illness is not serious, the doctor said that it was caused by food discomfort and external cold. My mother's stomach pain is not yet well, just took some medicine and lay down to rest, she said she would not come. ”

"It's rude! My lady, you don't show up when you come! My wife is fine, but her health is not very good! Wang Yunqing said haha to Huang Boyang.

Huang Boyang hurriedly said: "Brother is polite, my sister-in-law should recuperate if she is in good health!" ”

Wang Yunqing pointed to his son and said to Huang Boyang: "The dog Wang Hongju is the youngest of my children. Wang Hong raised his head and bowed to Huang Boyang and said, "Uncle Huang is good." ”

Huang Boyang has heard his daughter talk about Wang Hongju many times, and when I first saw this person today, I saw that he was tall and handsome, polite and polite, and he was a refreshed big boy. He smiled slightly, pointed at Wang Hongju and said to Wang Yunqing: "This kid is good!" The face is full of books and can't hide his heroic expression, and he will definitely not lose to his father in the future! ”

Wang Yunqing laughed loudly after hearing this: "In this way, I am lifting him!" The material is good, but it needs to be carved. ”

"Of course! I'm sure this kid won't be wrong in the future. I thought Wang Hongju was the king's grand move! The name of the handsome person is also good! Huang Boyang learned from Wang Yunqing's tone of praising Huang Tingting just now and praised Wang Hongju, Wang Yunqing and Huang Tingting both laughed when they heard it, and Wang Hongju was a little embarrassed to be praised.

Wang Yunqing twisted his beard and looked at Huang Tingting and said, "Brother." In my opinion, this yellow girl is also one of the best ladies in a hundred! ”

"Dude, what are we doing today, are we flattering each other? Or a blind date for a child? ”

"Brother, I wish I had a daughter-in-law like Miss Huang!"

The two old men looked at each other and laughed, and Wang Hongju and Huang Tingting were both laughed and blushed.

Huang Boyang looked at Huang Tingting and then looked at Wang Hongju, picked up the teacup and took a sip, and said to Wang Hongju: "Hongju, listen to Tingting, you are an active member of their reading club and the backbone of the school's drama club." ”

Wang Hongju nodded and said, "Yes." ”

"Humph! He spends all day in school. I haven't done much serious work to study, and now I don't even want to go home. Tingting, you are here today, just to help me talk about Hongju. Wang Yunqing took over and said.

"Uncle Wang, don't be angry. Hongju has a good character, a good book, a good acting, and he does serious things. ”

"I see that he doesn't pay attention to his studies at all now, so he knows that he marched on the street to make trouble, and he ran home with his head broken and bleeding last time." Wang Yunqing looked at Wang Hongju dissatisfied.

"Dad. When the country is in trouble, it is the responsibility of the husband. Besides, we were forced to march in the streets by the government! Wang Hongju said.

"Then you talk about it, just you little hairy children on the street holding signs and shouting slogans. This government will listen to you? ”

Wang Hongju begged: "Dad, today is Uncle Huang and Tingting coming to our house as guests, don't say it, save me some face, okay?" ”

Wang Yunqing said in a didactic tone, "Okay. I won't talk about you today, you must calm down in the future, study hard and learn skills, and use your knowledge to serve the country in the future. ”

"Wait. If this kind of society does not change, even if I become an old man, I will not have a chance to serve the country. Besides, such a country does not love its own people, how do you tell me to love her? I don't love, and I can't repay. Wang Hongju muttered quietly.

Wang Yunqing was angry, and it was not good to attack in front of the guests. He told Huang Boyang: "These children don't know what they're thinking. If you don't study well, you either shout slogans or hold demonstrations all day long, and you keep saying that you want to change other people's lives, so you are not afraid that others will take their lives. I still clearly remember that in the early years of the Republic of China, a group of students held a protest march in front of the Beiyang ruling government, we couldn't drive away and the students gathered more and more, in desperation, the Beiyang military police shot and suppressed, killing and wounding several students, I witnessed the tragic scene at that time, on the road in front of the Beiyang ruling government, several students who were knocked down fell in a pool of blood, and there were female students among them. I still remember that the female student who was killed was named Liu Hezhen, a student of Mr. Lu Xun. Ay! Seeing these wonderful young people lose their lives in an instant, I almost burst into tears of grief. So I think politics is the business of politicians, fighting wars is the business of soldiers, and studying is the business of students. I advise young people to be pragmatic, to keep their ears to what is going on outside the window, and to concentrate on reading only the books of the sages. I really don't want that history to repeat itself in you! ”

"Brother, I have to protect Hongju to speak, it is normal for their young people to have ideals and ambitions and be rebellious, you and I came from a young age, young people are so impulsive and love to fight. I remember that there is a sentence that says: the sound of wind and rain, the sound of reading, the sound of family, country, and the world, everything cares about everything. This reading is important, but if the reader is out of society, he is reading a dead book! ”

Huang Tingting followed: "Uncle, a few teachers and students were arrested in our school a few days ago, in fact, they were arrested because they criticized the government a few times. Catch this today, catch that tomorrow, make people panic, we really can't read with peace of mind! ”

"I don't even have the right to think and speak, how can I read? It's no wonder if you don't rebel! Wang Hongju immediately co-wrote.

Wang Yunqing glared at his son, "Is there a lack of you to be patriotic?" What do you do to change the way of the world? ”

Huang Boyang saw Wang Yunqing frowning and showing displeasure, and hurriedly diverted the conversation. He said to his daughter: "The elders speak, and the juniors don't interfere indiscriminately." He said to Wang Hongju again: "Hongju, Tingting came to your house for the first time, you have to do the friendship of the landlord!" ”

Wang Hongju understood what Uncle Huang meant, and he also wanted to be alone with Huang Tingting for a while, so he took the opportunity to say to Huang Tingting: "Let's go, I'll take you to the small garden to have a look, where the lilacs are blooming just right." The two then left the living room. Huang Boyang looked at Wang Hongju's back and nodded in approval. He said to Wang Yunqing: "Brother, don't forget, when we were young, we were also like them. Let's just talk about me, the anti-feudal student tide during the May Fourth period, marching on the streets, boycotting Japanese goods, scattering leaflets, and burning Zhao's house, which thing is missing me? In fact, I also know a little about your experience, your brother studied in the East to seek knowledge, and after returning to China, he served the country in the army, opposed the imperial system, and protected the law to seek Yuan, that thing is missing for you? You were also a well-known young talent at that time. ”

Wang Yunqing waved his hand and said: "At that time, I was young and greedy for fame, but now that I am old, I don't mention the courage of the year!" ”

"Brother, the wild goose has been a gramophone and a famous person, you are full of economy, both civil and military, but you have been willing to be a public servant in the past few years, so you are not afraid of burying yourself?"

"Hey! From the beginning of the founding of the Republic of China to the present, the country has gone through several turmoil, life has gone through ups and downs, and the ambition of my youth has long been wiped out. The ancients said: If you reach it, you will help the world, and if you don't reach it, you will be good at it. That's it. ”

"I also heard the ancients say: self-cultivation Qi family rules the country and the world. Taking the responsibility of the world as one's own responsibility is the way of being a scholar. ”

"Why didn't I want to do that? But that's just a Confucian ideal, and it's hard to do. You don't see, how many traitors have been in power throughout the ages, and how many people with lofty ideals have hated their careers. ”

Huang Boyang asked again: "Brother, I heard that the Kuomintang arrested you as a traitor when they took over Beiping, so you are very dissatisfied with the moment." ”

Wang Yunqing's beard blew up when he heard it: "Do you think I look like a traitor?" I only studied at the Japanese Army Non-commissioned Officer Academy, and I was a classmate of some Japanese war criminals, and I didn't do a single thing for the Japanese. What catches traitors? They caught me just by ripping off! It was my son-in-law Ma Liangchen who brought people to arrest me, and he is a complete traitor. ”

"Why did your son-in-law bring someone to arrest you, doesn't he even have family affection?" Huang Boyang asked puzzled.

Wang Yunqing continued: "During the Anti-Japanese War, he hooked up with the Japanese and the big traitors under my banner, and became a traitor with all his heart. He first started as a puppet county magistrate, and then as the captain of the special unit of the Japanese secret service in Beiping, before the Japanese surrendered, he worked in the puppet government in Nanjing, did a lot of bad things for Wang puppet and the Japanese, and made a lot of black money. He betrayed my dead sister to the Japanese. It stands to reason that this villain should be liquidated after the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, but he did not expect that after the surrender of the Japanese, he turned into a hero who saved the country and joined the Kuomintang's Military Administration. The first time this kid entered Beiping, he slashed at me, saying that I had been a senior senator of the puppet government in Beiping and was a big traitor. He personally led people to arrest me and raid my house. Wang Yunqing recalled this incident angrily. (To be continued......)