Xu Chengyan and Takeda Guiming reunited after a long absence, very cordial, Takeda Guiming patted Xu Chengyan's arm, looked up and down, and said with emotion: "It's seven years in a flash, you are taller than me, how did you come to Beiping?" I really didn't expect it, come, let's go in and say, sir, I don't know how happy I am! ”

When they were separated, Xu Chengyan was only a seventeen or eighteen-year-old young man, and now although his appearance is still the same, his body shape and temperament have changed greatly, and for a while, Takeda Guiming was a little afraid to admit it.

Xu Chengyan also said happily: "Uncle Wu, you haven't changed at all, and you are exactly the same as in my impression, I am also looking forward to seeing you as soon as possible, and I finally found you this time." ”

The two of them told each other about parting, and talked excitedly for a few words, Xu Chengyan then remembered the two policemen behind him, turned his head to them and said, "Thank you two for leading the way today, hard work!" ”

"Yes, yes......" As soon as the two policemen saw the situation, they knew that they were troubled, and this young man was really Mr. Yoshino's old friend, and they hurriedly bowed their heads and smiled.

Xu Chengyan naturally didn't bother with them, so he sent away two policemen and walked into the residence with Takeda Guiming.

This residence is a high-class residence specially prepared for the head of the government of Yoshinoemon, with a large building area, a spacious courtyard with green grass and red flowers, and a simple and elegant square wood-framed glass lamp within a few steps, giving people a simple and solemn feeling, and entering the hall, it is also exquisitely and neatly furnished, and it is completely Japanese-style interior decoration.

Takeda Guiming took Xu Chengyan to the living room, beckoned him to sit down and rest, and said with a smile while instructing the servants to serve tea: "You wait for a while, Mr. is receiving important guests in the study and handling some official business, I heard the news of your coming, so I hurriedly ran out to pick you up, and I didn't have time to tell him, we will give him a surprise in a while!" ”

Xu Chengyan nodded yes and said with a smile: "Today is Xiu Mu, the teacher is also so busy?" I heard people say before that the teacher was appointed as a government administrative adviser, and I still couldn't believe it. I didn't expect it to be true! ”

"Haha......"

Takeda Guiming also laughed heartily: "Don't say you don't believe it, even I don't believe it, since we left Shanxi, we went to Tianjin, and we lived there for four or five years."

Originally, it was a few low rooms, and our two old guys were used to being lonely, and the days were peaceful, but then it didn't work, and things came to the door one by one, and Mr. couldn't refuse, so he had to agree to come out and do things.

In this way, there are more and more people in the family, and the residence is also changed and changed, it is here, and it was just moved in a month ago, to be honest, this move around, I think it is not as good as the previous days! ”

Takeda Katsura followed Yoshinoemon for more than 20 years, trekking through mountains and rivers, traveling through mountains and rivers, and being tired of hardships has been accustomed to it, originally indifferent and quiet, thinking that life would go on like this, but with the advent of Yoshinoemon's writings, it attracted attention from all sides, and then became famous, and in the past few years, both his identity and the surrounding situation have undergone earth-shaking changes, which makes him very uncomfortable.

"By the way, tell me first, how have you been all these years? There is a lot of fighting in Shanxi, and my husband and I have been worried about the safety of your family. ”

Hearing Takeda Guiming's inquiry, Xu Chengyan's face darkened, and he replied: "It's a long story, since the teacher and you left, I was sent by my father to study in Shanghai......

Next, Xu Chengyan briefly described the recent situation over the years, of course, the content is true and false, there is no need to hide the experience of studying in Shanghai for several years, and then it is the Battle of Songhu.

However, in his account, because the school was bombed and his studies were forced to stop, he hid in the concession and survived the tragic battle.

Later, he originally wanted to go back to his hometown in Shanxi, but there were many wars and wars everywhere, and it was not safe on the way, so he temporarily stayed in Shanghai, during which he found a job as a translator and barely survived.

It wasn't until the war between China and Japan took a break, East China and Central China basically calmed down, and the traffic in various places gradually recovered, he rushed back to his hometown in Shanxi half a year ago, and later with his fluent Japanese, he found a job in Taiyuan Xinmin Newspaper, but unexpectedly met the editor-in-chief Takahashi Tetsuo, heard the news of the teacher, this time it was specially from Shanxi thousands of miles to come and meet the teacher.

With his narration, Takeda Guiming sighed again and again, he didn't expect that Xu Chengyan, a rich young master who lived a carefree life in the past, had been wandering outside all these years, living a hard life of displacement, which made his heart very uncomfortable.

After a long time, he asked again: "Then how is your family?" Are they okay? ”

"I don't know!" Xu Chengyan shook his head helplessly and sighed lightly, "When I returned to my hometown, there were ruins everywhere, and I heard some fellow villagers say that my family moved away before the war, and I don't know where they went. ”

Hearing Xu Chengyan's answer, Takeda Guiming didn't know what to say, he was usually a man of few words, but he didn't know how to comfort Xu Chengyan, and for a while, the two of them were relatively speechless.

At this time, there was a sound of footsteps outside the living room, and Takeda Katsura quickly glanced back when he heard the sound and said, "Mr. is out!" ”

When Xu Chengyan heard this, he quickly stood up with Takeda Guiming and bowed down to greet him.

The first to walk into the living room was a Japanese soldier, looking at the collar badge was an army lieutenant general, about the age of his early fifties, not tall, a little fat, a straight military uniform, a well-trimmed Rendanhu under his nose, and his face looked like a Maitreya Buddha.

Next to him was a thin old man of the same age as him, no coat, just a straight vest, lined with a long figure, gray hair neatly combed, not a trace of messiness, slightly sunken eyes, soft eyes, a pair of gold-rimmed glasses on the bridge of his nose, elegant temperament like a teacher, it was the owner of this room, the administrative adviser of the North China Provisional Government, Yoshino Emon.

The two of them, one tall and one short, one fat and one thin, talked as they walked, and from time to time let out hearty laughter, obviously talking very happily.

The two of them were talking happily, and when they approached, they noticed Takeda Guiming and Xu Chengyan who were waiting on the side.

Yoshino Emon didn't care at first, Takeda Katsura was his cronie and housekeeper, and he was usually left and right, and he was also used to Takeda Katsuraaki's existence.

As for Xu Chengyan next to Takeda Guiming, he mistakenly thought he was an ordinary staff member at first, after all, now his identity is important, and there are many staff members around him, and some people are difficult to recognize for a while.

But when a familiar face came into view, Yoshinoemon was stunned for a moment, and then his eyebrows jumped, and his mouth opened, as if he wanted to shout, but forcibly held back.

Seeing Yoshino Emon's surprised look, Xu Chengyan knew that the teacher had recognized him, but he was stunned for a moment and couldn't react.

"Teacher!" He bowed and said with a smile.

"Ahh Ah..., it's a true word! Is that you......"

The sentence "teacher" was so startled that Yoshino Emon couldn't believe his eyes, he stepped forward a few steps, grabbed Xu Chengyan's arms, looked carefully, and kept asking.

"It's me, of course it's me, teacher, it's not easy to find you!" Xu Chengyan's voice trembled, and he couldn't help but choke a little.

Teachers and students have been separated for many years, and they meet again and greet each other, and the scene is naturally touching under the emotion.

As Takeda Guiming said, Xu Chengyan's sudden appearance really gave Yoshinoemon a big surprise.

For Xu Chengyan, a student, Yoshino Emon is very fond of it, not only because Xu Chengyan is knowledgeable and polite, diligent and studious, but also because the teacher-student relationship between the two is very close.

It's even more because Yoshino Emon has been adrift for decades, his residence is uncertain, and he has no time to teach other students, don't look at his high reputation in the Japanese academic world, but really counting, only Xu Chengyan can be regarded as his only disciple, plus he is alone, and there are no other relatives around him except Takeda Guiming, so he naturally attaches great importance to Xu Chengyan, a disciple.

So when Xu Chengyan suddenly appeared in front of him, he immediately surprised Yoshino Emon, and he couldn't help but lose his temper.

When their teachers and students reunited, there were endless words for a while, and after a long time, the guest who had been standing aside couldn't help but ask, "Yoshino-kun, who is this?" ”

"Oh! What a faux pas! ”

Yoshino Emon thought about it at this time, and hurriedly introduced Xu Chengyan: "Tashiro-kun, this is what I mentioned to you before, the Chinese students I accepted in Shanxi many years ago, Xu Chengyan, thanks to the care of their family, Gui Ming and I were able to get through that difficult time, at that time we couldn't even make up the travel expenses, and we almost had to beg for food, haha......"

Everyone laughed when they heard this, and his last few words were of course a joke, but Yoshinoemon was really in a difficult situation at the beginning, otherwise he would not have agreed to the Xu family's hiring to be a tutor.

Yoshino Emon's face softened again, and he solemnly introduced to Xu Chengyan: "Chengyan, this is my countryman and friend, Lieutenant General Tashiro Ichiro, during my years in Tianjin, thanks to his care, without his help, I would not have today's achievements, this point, you must keep in mind!" ”

Xu Chengyan couldn't help but be shocked in his heart, this fat old man who didn't look amazing turned out to be one of the absolute high-level leaders of the Japanese North China Front, Lieutenant General Tashiro Ichiro, commander of the Tianjin Garrison Army!

He didn't have time to think about it, so he hurriedly gave a deep salute and said respectfully: "It turned out to be His Excellency General Tashiro, I don't thank you for my great kindness, student Xu Chengyan, please take care of me!" ”