Soon after Yurong's death, another Spring Festival was approaching. Sai Xishi, who pushed off all performances due to illness, suddenly announced his comeback, and he wanted to stage a New Year drama for Beijing theater fans on the night of the Chinese New Year's Eve. The news of Sai Xishi's comeback caused a great sensation among fans in Beijing. The theater put up posters all over the city, and tickets were sold out.

After the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor at the end of 1941, the Japanese army won successive victories in the Pacific and Southeast Asian theaters, and on the eve of the Spring Festival in 1942, in order to celebrate the great achievements of the Japanese army and show a gesture of celebrating with the people, General Yamamoto instructed his subordinates to reserve the best seats in the first few rows of the theater, and he asked all senior military and political officials in Peiping to attend the scene on Chinese New Year's Eve.

On the evening of the 30th day of the Chinese New Year's Eve, when the time for the performance was approaching, Sai Xishi took out a pistol from the safe under the bed before leaving the door, which was given to him by an officer of the Nationalist Army after the "77 Incident" in 1937, when the Japanese devils went around arresting wounded officers and soldiers of the 29th Route after occupying Beiping. Sai Xishi's father had a fellow Shanxi who was a battalion-level staff officer of the 29th Route Army, and this officer ran to Sai Xishi's house to ask for help after being injured and left behind, and Sai Xishi's father hid him in a wall to prevent bandits and robbers. During this period, Sai Xi Shi once asked a famous old Chinese medicine doctor to treat his injuries. When the officer recovered from his injuries and left, in order to be able to pass the checkpoint set up by the Japanese puppet army safely, he gave his own gun to Sai Xishi as a souvenir.

Seish took out the pistol and wiped it carefully, and then stuffed the magazine with bullets, which he used to play with as a rare collector's item, but today he wants to use this pistol to create a sensation in the city. Due to the humiliation suffered by the Japanese one after another, he was already pessimistic and misanthropic, and Yurong's death brought him a heavy mental blow, which made him even more desperate for life, he hated the world and did not want to live any longer. He wants to take revenge on the Japanese and pursue a happy life in another world. Sai Xi Shih's comeback on Chinese New Year's Eve is to make a break for himself and his enemies at the moment of sending off the old and welcoming the new. At this time, the young man outside the room had already begun to urge Sai Xi Shi to move, and Sai Xi Shi hid the pistol in a wooden box full of clothes. The young man came in and picked up the wooden box and walked out, and Sai Xishi followed behind with a solemn face.

In order to ensure their safety, in front of the theater and on the nearby road, the Japanese puppet army with loaded guns was heavily guarded at three steps, one sentry, five steps and one post, and plainclothes spies swam around. Anyone they deem suspicious will be questioned. At the top of the entrance of the theater hangs a large slogan that reads, "Welcoming the New Year, Friendship and Co-prosperity in China". The theater was already full of spectators, except for the places reserved for the Japanese puppet officials, who were just waiting for the curtain to open. At this time, there was a commotion at the entrance of the theater, and I saw a group of Japanese soldiers and spies surrounding Yamamoto and others into the theater. After these days for the military and political dignitaries to sit firmly, the black curtain in front of the stage slowly opened.

Today's plays are "Yutang Spring", "Dragon and Phoenix Chengxiang" and other plays, in addition to the protagonist Sai Xi Shi, some Li Yuan celebrities who have a good personal relationship with Sai Xi Shi also came to make cameo appearances. The big drama began, and the gongs and drums titheed. Sai Xi Shi shook his water sleeves on the stage, and his appearance won a round of applause from the audience! Then one by one famous masters appeared on the stage, and the people on the stage sang hard, and the audience enjoyed listening to it. The theater was full of high-fives.

Sai Xi Shi carefully observed the situation in the audience while singing, and he saw five or six high-ranking Japanese officers sitting in prominent positions in the first row of the audience, and some traitor officials in suits sitting on either side, and he guessed that these people must be Japanese puppet officials. The back two rows were also filled with lower-ranking Japanese and traitors. I saw that there were so many devils and traitors coming to listen to the play. There was an imperceptible sneer on Sai Xishi's face.

The year-end drama was truly wonderful, with applause in the theater as time went on. The whole scene is nearing its end. The last scene is "The Drunken Concubine" performed by Sai Xi Shi, and Sai Xi Shi quietly took out the pistol hidden in the wooden box and put it in his arms when he went backstage to change his clothes.

When Sai Xi Shi finished singing the last sentence, Chinese New Year's Eve night's Chinese New Year drama finally came to an end, and Sai Xi Shi walked to the front of the stage and bowed to the audience to thank him. Yamamoto, who was seated in the middle of the front row, was the first to stand up and applaud Sai Xishi on the stage to thank him, and other Japanese puppet officials followed suit, and the entire theater resounded with warm applause. In order to create a friendly and harmonious atmosphere between Japan and China in the traditional festivals of the Chinese, Yamamoto decided to take the stage and shake hands with Sai Xi Shi for a photo. Just as Yamamoto was walking towards the stage, Sai Si Shi reached into his arms and grabbed the handle of the pistol. Ono was responsible for protecting the safety of Yamamoto and the others this time, and Sai Xishi's small action did not escape Ono's eyes, he hurried over to stop Yamamoto, and he warned Yamamoto not to take a photo with the actors on stage for safety. Yamamoto stopped under Ono's persuasion. Seeing that Ono had stopped Yamamoto, Sai Xi Shi said with a Beijing rhyme: "Thief, take your life!" Then he pulled out his gun and shot at Yamamoto and Ono under the stage. Ono saw that the situation was not good, and hurriedly threw Yamamoto to the ground. "Bang! Bang! Sai Xi Shi did not hit Nakamoto and Ono, but knocked the two Japanese officers beside them to the ground. When Sai Xishi raised his gun to shoot again, several of the Japanese puppet officials who were at a loss fell in response.

These sudden gunshots blew up the entire theater! The audience in the theater and the cast and crew backstage were immediately confused, some people hid under the chairs in panic, some people screamed and hugged their heads and ran around, and at the exit of the theater, people rushed to run for their lives, crowded and trampled on each other. The Japanese soldiers and spies at the scene wanted to rush to the stage to catch Sai Xishi, but they were stopped by the crowd in a panic, and they were so anxious that they screamed.

Sai Xishi on the stage didn't seem to see the chaos in front of him, he threw away the pistol that had run out of bullets, and sang the poignant "Farewell My Concubine" as if no one was around. At this time, Ono, who gritted his teeth, took out a pistol, and he shot Sai Xi Shi in the chest, Sai Xi Shi covered the wound that spurted blood and did not fall, and in the face of imminent death, he actually had a happy smile on his face. Ono aimed at Sai Xi Shi and fired a few more shots, Sai Xi Shi's body shook, and he read vaguely: "Yu Rong, I came to you on Huangquan Road!" Then he collapsed on the stage. On Chinese New Year's Eve, Sai Xi Shi pulled the curtain down on his life drama in such a decisive and unexpected way.

In a short period of time, Wang Yunqing died of his sister, and Mrs. Wang lost her brother, and they both died of persecution by the Japanese. The hatred of the country and the family are intertwined, which makes Wang Yunqing and his wife deeply trapped in grief and indignation and cannot extricate themselves for a long time. (To be continued......)