Just like this night, everything is quiet again.

After entering the house, the stone pillar took a closer look at the tea house, all of them were ebony shelves, all kinds of tea sets and tea leaves were placed on the partition, there were several pairs of calligraphy and paintings hanging on the wall, and there were some tea tables and tea chairs on the ground, which were no different from other tea houses, and there was no abnormality on the surface.

The thin old man sat down with the pillar in his hands, and asked, "Young man, what do you call it, and where does it come from?" ”

Shi Zhu replied: "My name is Shi Zhu, my hometown is in Haizhou, and I just escaped from the Japanese!" Your tea house was told to me by Captain Shi on Lotus Mountain, and told me that I can come to you when I encounter difficulties! ”

"Since Captain Shi told you, then stay here first. It's just that your injury is very serious! I'll take you to lie down first, and I'll go find you a doctor!" ”

"Thank you so much, I don't know if my injury will heal! Haven't asked my uncle what to call him? ”

"My surname is Jin, you can call me Lao Jin!"

"That's what a success! I'll call you Uncle Jin! This time, there is Uncle Lao Jin! ”

Lao Jin supported the stone pillar from the side door of the tea house into the backyard, there are several rooms in the backyard, none of which look very big, and there is a three-legged amphora round stone tripod in the middle of the courtyard. When he came to one of the rooms, Lao Jin turned on the lamp, helped the stone pillar to the kang, poured some water for him, and then said, "Young man, you lie down first, and I'll go find you a doctor!" ”

After about two cups of tea, Lao Jin came in with the doctor. "How's this injury? Can you be optimistic? Lao Jin asked.

The doctor looked at the wound of the stone pillar and said, "It's okay, the wound is penetrating, and it can't die if it doesn't hit the vital point!" However, the wound has not been treated in time, it has begun to suppurate and rot, and it must be reduced in time. ”

Later, the doctor washed the wound of the stone pillar with salt water, and used a scalpel to poke open the pus and blood around the wound and suck it up, scraping off the rotten flesh. Shi Zhu bit the towel in his mouth, endured the severe pain, and beads of sweat oozed from his forehead, but he didn't say a word.

After the surface of the wound was treated, the doctor took out a bottle of ointment and said to Lao Jin: "This is my family's special wound medicine, change it for him once a day, and wash it with salt water before changing." After bandaging the wound of the stone pillar, the doctor took out a syringe and a small bottle of anti-inflammatory medicine, and said while preparing for the injection: "This wound has not been treated for several days, I am afraid it will cause inflammation, I will give you an injection of anti-inflammatory medicine first." Now the Japanese have stricter control over this kind of medicine, I can only give you this injection, remember, this arm must not bear weight, and it will be cured naturally after a few more days! ”

"Then thank you, Doctor!" When everything stopped, Shizhu thanked the doctor.

After Lao Jin sent the doctor to the outer room, he said: "Please keep this matter secret, and don't tell anyone about it!" ”

The doctor said, "Don't worry, Lao Jin, they are all my own people, I know this." It's just that the Japanese are now very strict in checking gunshot wounds, so you must be extra careful here! ”

After sending the doctor away, Lao Jin returned to the room of the stone pillar and said, "It's more dangerous for you to stay on the kang, so follow me to rest below!" After speaking, Lao Jin lifted the bedding and mat on the kang, revealing the bed board, and then he walked to the brown and black chest of drawers on the kang head, pulled open the bottom drawer, reached in, and gently pushed it inside.

"There is actually a secret passage under the kang?" Shi Zhu asked.

"Yes, we are the underground contact point of the Anti-Japanese Federation here, and occasionally we encounter some emergencies, so we specially dug this secret passage, just in case. It's like you knock on the door in the middle of the night, I sleep not far from the door at night, so that when someone comes to knock on the door urgently, I can hear it as soon as possible! ”

After taking the stone pillar to the underground secret passage and settling down, Lao Jin said: "Young man, you can rest assured that you are recuperating below, it is very safe here, except for me, no one knows about this secret passage." I will bring you food on time every day, so you can rest assured. But this little yellow dog can't stay down there! ”

"Uncle Jin, its name is Golden Retriever, and it has helped me a lot along the way!"

"This little guy is not bad! Then I raised the golden retriever on it, and said that I had just brought it from the country. After Lao Jin arranged everything, Dongfang was slightly exposed. In this way, Shizhu lived in the secret passage of "Xiangfu Tea House" for a few days, and everything seemed to be going smoothly.

On this day, Lao Jin opened his doors to do business as usual, and the whole street was peaceful. But at about ten o'clock, suddenly the Japanese led a team of puppet troops to break in, surrounded Songhua Street, and then took military dogs to search from house to house. The merchants didn't know what was going on, and they didn't dare to resist, so they had to let the puppet army search at will.

After Lao Jin heard the noisy movement outside, he immediately ran to the backyard house and told the stone pillar to hide it and not to make a sound.

When the Japanese took the puppet army to find the "Xiangfu Tea House", they did not allow Lao Jin to say anything, so they waved their hands, and more than a dozen puppet soldiers immediately searched inside and out, not even letting go of a corner.

Lao Jin followed on the one hand, and said to the Japanese who led the team: "Taijun, we do business in a proper manner, where did we offend the imperial army?" ”

The leader kicked Lao Jin viciously and said: "I suspect that you are harboring the wanted criminals of the Anti-Japanese Federation here, and if you know the current affairs, hurry up and hand them over, if we search them out, you will be killed......

Lao Jin knew that the Japanese were cheating on himself, so he said calmly: "Taijun, we are all good citizens of Manchukuo, and we are absolutely sincere to the imperial army. Even if you search, just lightly, don't break things, Inoue Taijun and Koizumi Taijun often come to the shop to drink tea, and if things are broken, I'm afraid it won't look good......"

The leader ignored what Lao Jin said, and after searching the storefront, he ordered someone to go to the backyard to continue the search.

The secret passage where the stone pillar was hiding was relatively hidden, and after those puppet soldiers searched it, they didn't find anything abnormal. The Japanese who led the way were also on orders, and without conclusive evidence, they didn't dare to do anything to the merchants, so they prepared to lead a team to the next shop to search.

But at this moment, the stone pillar was a little stuffy because he had been in the ground for a long time, and he choked on the dust that fell when he was searched and trampled, so he covered his mouth and coughed softly twice without holding back. The coughing sound was not heard by the people in the yard at all, but they never thought that the military dogs brought by the Japanese had very sharp ears, and when they heard the sound, they barked wildly into the house.

When the Japanese in the lead saw that something was wrong, they sent someone to open the door again, led the wolf dog in. The wolf dog kept barking at the side of the kang.

In this situation, Lao Jin suddenly felt that his heart hit a deer, and Shi Zhu's heart also mentioned his throat, maybe this time it was really difficult to escape.

At this time, the leading Japanese grabbed Lao Jin's collar and reprimanded loudly: "Yours, tell me quickly, where did you hide the person?" Hand it over quickly, or your house will be demolished!" ”

Lao Jin naturally wouldn't betray his own people, he forced his composure and said, "Taijun, look at this house, there is no one!" ”

"Don't say yes!" The Japanese in the lead, who also seemed to be a veteran, said to the people below: "Come, search this house carefully, and don't let go of any corner, and see if there are any secret passages!" ”

At this moment, a small black shadow suddenly appeared from the corner of the kang, and after coming out, Lao Jin fixed his eyes and saw that it was a golden retriever. I saw the golden retriever lying on the ground, and also barked at the Japanese military dog "Wangwang", while barking and not forgetting to jump left and right slightly, as if provoking the military dog, looking at the golden retriever's mouth, it should be said "Sample, there is a kind of you coming". When the big wolf dog saw the golden retriever barking at him, he barked even harder, and rushed forward vigorously, with the intention of breaking free from the leash and pounced on it, but when he saw the golden retriever's fangs, he lay on the ground and did not dare to move.

"Hahaha...... it turns out that this little thing is here, which makes us nervous! It's really a dog-eat-dog! Seeing this scene, the group of puppet soldiers who came with them all laughed.

Lao Jin took the opportunity to run forward and pick up the golden retriever, and said while touching the golden retriever: "Taijun, look, there is no one here, only this little yellow dog I raised." Presumably the military dog you brought was barking at this house after listening to the sound of the puppy! ”

The leading Japanese had no choice but to drink the military dog and let it sniff in the house, but found nothing unusual, so they closed the team and left in a huff.

Shi Zhu and Lao Jin's hanging hearts finally let go!

After this toss, Lao Jin felt that leaving the stone pillar here still could not guarantee absolute safety, and besides, he sent food to this house every day, after a long time, there would always be people in the tea house who doubted, so it was better to transfer the stone pillar out as soon as possible. He discussed with Shi Zhu, planning to transfer Shi Zhu to the liaison point of the Anti-Japanese Federation in Shuangcheng, and then let him arrange for Shi Zhu to go to the countryside to recuperate.

Shizhu was already sent to the fence, and he had no good place to recuperate, so he said to Lao Jin: "Everything is arranged by Uncle Jin, and there is work!" ”

The next day, Lao Jin asked Shi Zhu to pretend to be a guy from the tea house, took him to Shuangcheng, and handed him over to Lao Lin, the liaison officer of Shuangcheng, who arranged for Shi Zhu to go to the countryside to recuperate from his injuries.

This liaison Lao Lin's name is Lin Dezhong, and he is the eldest brother of Lao Lin Lin Deyi, whom Shi Zhu met on the Chu San boat. Lin Dezhong said to Shi Zhu: "Captain Shi heard that you were seriously injured, and brought a message, let us take good care of you." You don't have to worry about anything, just rest assured that you can recuperate in the countryside. Captain Shi also specially asked me to thank you, the letter you brought back for my family Deyi last time played a big role, and pulled out the spies in the team, so that the anti-union on the mountain avoided many losses. ”

Shi Zhu said, "Uncle Lin, these are all things I should do!" But it's my injury that has caused you so much trouble......"

After Lao Lin left, he handed over the stone pillar to the old couple of the Yu family, and they said to the outside world that the stone pillar was a distant nephew, and they came here to see the old couple and left after a few days. The old couple also took good care of the stone pillar, and within twenty days, the stone pillar's injury was almost better.

This morning, Shi Zhu said to the old man: "Uncle Yu, you see that my injury is almost healed, and now it doesn't hurt at all to move, I've been bothering you here these days, I plan to leave here!" ”

At this time, Mrs. Yu stepped forward and said: "Pillar, it's not good, as the saying goes, it takes a hundred days to break your muscles and bones, your arm doesn't seem to hurt anymore, but it's actually not good, take care of it here!" ”

"yes, wait until the injury is healed before leaving!" Old man Yu also took over and said.

"If I keep raising it again, I'm afraid I'm going to get moldy! My injury is no big deal now, and I plan to leave in the next two days, so I really can't trouble you anymore! ”

The old couple knew that they couldn't keep the stone pillar, so they went to inform Lao Lin. On the first night before the stone pillar left, Lao Lin came to see him quietly and gave the stone pillar some coils. The stone pillar couldn't refuse, so he had to take a little symbolically. Early the next morning, before the other family got up, Shizhu quietly picked up his burden and prepared to go on the road.

The old man and the old couple had no children or daughters under their knees - but Shizhu heard them say that the old couple's hometown was in Baoding Road, Zhili Province, and they originally had two sons and a daughter, but unfortunately there was a great famine in the four northern provinces that year, and most of the people in the village were starved to death, and their two sons were not spared. In order to survive, the old couple took their little daughter, who was just a few months old, to go to Kanto with others. When they arrived in Tianjin, the old couple couldn't feed the only remaining girl, so in order to let the child live, the old couple sold her half and gave her half to a local family. After the old couple got some money, they kept walking east, thinking that if they were far away from their daughter, they would have fewer thoughts in their hearts.

Later, they went to Shuangcheng to settle down, and slowly relieved their breath, although they thought about their daughter, but they felt guilty, how could they have the face to go back to find their daughter! Mrs. Yu was even more heartbroken, she often chanted in front of the stone pillar: "Pillar, if my girl is still here, she will be about the same age as you!" Sometimes before she finished speaking, her tears flowed down her face.

Maybe because of this, the old couple has been taking care of the stone pillar as their own children, although the time is short, but there is always emotion, they see that the stone pillar is leaving, naturally a little reluctant. However, there is no banquet in the world, and the old couple has a deep understanding that this is not the home of Shizhu after all, and people who are away from home will always have their roots in their hearts.

"Kid, be careful on the road! If you're empty, come back and see us! The old couple waved their hands and said to the stone pillar.

"Hmmm! Uncle, aunt, you two elders should also take care, if you have time, I will definitely come to see you again! Shi Zhu agreed, but he knew in his heart that Haizhou was thousands of miles away from here, and it was not easy to come again, but this time they separated, it may be difficult to see each other again.

Thinking that he might not be able to repay the two old men for taking care of them during this time, Shi Zhu knelt down and kowtowed to the two old men, and then took the golden retriever and walked away without looking back, only the golden retriever could still see the tears in his eyes.

is about to leave the northeast and return to his hometown Haizhou, Shi Zhu is a little excited, he has never left his hometown for so long, he thinks about his grandmother, and he doesn't know what is happening to her at home now, and he can't wait to return home all of a sudden. At the same time, he also has some regrets, regretting that he failed to kill Liu Fulong this time, but he is already Amitabha Buddha who can escape death, and he only hopes to have the opportunity to take revenge in the future.

In any case, Shi Zhu met a lot of people and experienced a lot of things in the Northeast this time, which made him more calm.

The way back, Shizhu seemed to be more familiar, at first he still mainly walked, and then he either took a boat by water, or took a hitchhike, and within a few days, he arrived in Mukden. When he came, Shizhu took the sea route, but after the catastrophe, he did not dare to take the boat from Dalian to Yantai again, but fortunately there were railways along the way, so he decided to take a train from Fengtian to Tianjin, then to Xuzhou, and finally back to Haizhou.

Shizhu bought a ticket and got on the train, the carriage was already crowded with all kinds of people, and it was difficult to find a place to stand, and during the day, even the top of the train was full of people. Shizhu could never have imagined that so many people in (pseudo-)Manchukuo could afford to buy train tickets, which is unimaginable in Haizhou.

At the front of each carriage, there was a Japanese soldier with a loaded gun, and three or two Japanese soldiers patrolled back and forth on the train, perhaps to protect the safety of passengers or to prevent anyone from making trouble. When they arrived at Shanhaiguan, all the Japanese got off the train, leaving only the conductor to maintain order, and the train suddenly became even more chaotic.

When I arrived in Tianjin, there were many fewer people on the train, but it was still a little crowded, and I had to rub shoulders to walk.

In the crowd, Shizhu noticed a pickpocket not far away stealing the bag of a young man dressed as a scholar next to him. I saw that the pickpocket took the blade in his hand, and gently swiped to the bottom of the bag, and something fell out of the bag.

Shi Zhu saw it in his eyes, he knew that such a habitual thief must have several gangs nearby, but he was used to drawing his sword to help him when he saw injustice, and he was not afraid of so many rabble, so he stepped forward and grabbed the pickpocket's hand.

"Dude, you want to leave after taking something? Hand over the stuff! ”

"What's that? Let go of it! The man said as he tried to break away from the stone pillar's hand.

Seeing that the man wanted to leave, Shi Zhu twisted his hands, pinned the man's right hand behind his back, pressed it to the side, and then said to the young man who was stolen: "Look, is there something missing in the bag?" ”

The young man was originally following the crowd to watch the excitement, but when he was asked like this, he woke up like a dream, opened his bag and looked: "Oops, there is a cut under my bag, and the thing is gone!" ”

"It was stolen by this man, in his pocket, you can take it back!" Hearing Shi Zhu say this, the young man came over tremblingly, tiptoed back his things from the pickpocket, and looked at the look, as if he was a thief, but the pickpocket was stolen.

After retrieving the stolen items, the young man hurried away and hid in the crowd of onlookers. Only then did Shi Zhu let go of the pickpocket and said, "Dude, be careful, you won't have such good luck next time!" ”

When the pickpocket saw that Shizhu let go, he became arrogant and said to Shizhu: "Boy, you don't even care about the police, you take a mouse and meddle in your business!" Brothers, let's teach this kid a lesson! Subsequently, two more people from the crowd of onlookers appeared, and there was a tendency to crush the stone pillar.

"It's finally out, I'm waiting for you!" Shi Zhu had already expected this, and then he said to the onlookers: "Big guys, all go back and retreat, if you fight for a while, you will be hurt by fists and feet!" ”

The result can be imagined, with their bare hands, the three of them were beaten by the stone pillar after a while, and they were embarrassed. But a thief is a thief, he is in a hurry, he can do anything, the three of them glanced at each other, and then took out a dagger from their waists, intending to kill the stone pillar.

Shi Zhu did not panic, and calmly pulled out the thorn dragon dagger from his leg, and the cold light was pressing.

I saw that the person in front of him rushed over first, but before the stone pillar could make a move, the golden retriever actually went up first, biting the man's leg, and he screamed in pain, and even lost the dagger in his hand, only caring about holding the injured leg. Seeing this, the one in the middle came up to him, and the dagger went straight to the stomach of the stone pillar, and the stone pillar grasped the thorn dragon dagger, and blocked it from the side, and the man's dagger was immediately cut in half......

The head of the knife fell to the ground, the three pickpockets looked at each other, and the people in the carriage who were watching the excitement were also stunned, even the stone pillar himself didn't know that the stinging dragon dagger was so sharp!

The pickpocket who had just stolen something at the back saw the power of the stone pillar, and he didn't dare to step forward again, so he shouted: "Brothers, leave this kid a dog for the time being, let's withdraw first!" Although these people are horizontal, they are afraid of death, especially if they know not to suffer the immediate loss, but before leaving, they did not forget to put down the cruel words, and said to the stone pillar: "Boy, don't go, wait here, the master will call someone to clean you up!" ”

"Hey, I slipped away first, and told others not to go? It's funny, it's really self-deception, there's a kind of don't go! "Even so, Shi Zhu knew in his heart that it was difficult for the strong dragon to suppress the head snake, since these people had slipped away, let them go, as the so-called poor Kou Mo chased.

The train swayed all the way from Fengtian to Tianjin, and it took more than a day to get to Tianjin, but the stone pillar was suffocated. When he arrived at Tianjin Station, Shizhu finally got off the train, stretched his waist, and breathed fresh air.

"Big brother, thank you so much just now!"

When Shi Zhu heard the voice, he turned around and saw that it was the young man who had just been stolen by a pickpocket in the car, and said, "You're welcome!" It's not enough to worry about it, I just can't get used to those petty thieves! ”

"My name is Lu Yan, a native of Tianjin, what about you? Where to go? The young man asked the stone pillar.

"My surname is Shi, the stone of the stone, I want to go back to Haizhou!"

"Haizhou, it's quite far from here, and it will take a few days to go back. If you're not in a hurry, I'll take you around, and there won't be a train to the north until tomorrow anyway. ”

"Well, I'm also thinking about going around, I've been on the train for more than a day, I've been standing for most of the night, I'm really tired, just stop to rest! But to be honest, I still want to take a look at the capital, but unfortunately the train from Fengtian to here, first go to Tianjin, and then go to Beiping, so it will be detoured......"

So, Lu Yan walked around with the stone pillars, although the weather was a little hot, but there was a light wind, and it was quite cool. Along the way, the stone pillar saw that the streets everywhere were neat, the vendors were lined up, and people came and went everywhere, and the stone pillar said with emotion: "Sure enough, it is a big city in the north, a prosperous scene, I am afraid it can be comparable to the capital!" ”

Lu Yan sighed and said, "Brother Shi, you don't know something, it seems to be prosperous, but in fact, it is a miserable life!" Since the Japanese came, they have burned, killed, raped, looted, forcibly recruited laborers, and tried to enslave us. In fact, we are living in dire straits, especially our compatriots in the suburbs, and the people are struggling to make a living......"

Shi Zhu also sighed: "Yes, I have long heard about the crimes of the Japanese devils!" Our Haizhou City was also occupied by devils at the beginning of the year, and I don't know how my family is now! ”

The two chatted while walking, and after a while, Lu Yan took Shi Zhu to a snack stall, asked for two pancakes and two bowls of gluten, and then said to Shi Zhu: "Brother Shi, take you to taste authentic Tianjin snacks, I have a treat, and I should thank you for your help on the train!" ”

Shi Zhu was about to be polite, but he inadvertently caught a glimpse of a broken water-green bracelet hanging around Lu Yan's neck, with an arc on it, and two broken heads facing down, his thoughts instantly flew to the twin cities thousands of miles away.

When I was a child, when I heard that Mr. Storyteller was telling stories or telling strange stories, Shi Zhu would always hear the phrase "It's really no coincidence that a book can't be written", which means that so-and-so will always happen to meet something or someone at a critical moment, so that the story can be developed. Every time he heard this, Shi Zhu always thought in his heart, where did so many "coincidences" come from, it was just made up. But today, seeing the broken aqua green bracelet hanging around Lu Yan's neck, Shi Zhu felt that the storyteller might not be deceiving.

"Brother Lu, where did you pick up the bracelet around your neck? I think people wear a jade pendant or something, how do you wear a broken thing? Shi Zhu asked deliberately.

"Brother Shi, don't talk nonsense, this is not picked up, I took it with me when I was a child!"

Shi Zhu deliberately pinched his fingers and said, "However, I pinched my fingers, and the person wearing this bracelet should be a woman!" ”

After hearing this, Lu Yan blinked his eyes and said with a smile: "Hey, how do you know?" I'm just a woman, don't you see it? This world is not good, I always dress up like this when I come out, in case of danger! ”

"No wonder you're so white! Can I ask, who are your parents? Shi Zhu asked.

"My father used to do some small business, but after 9.18, the Japanese instigated a riot in Tianjin in order to bring Pu Yi to the Northeast. That night, my parents were blown up to protect me. I was only eleven years old at the time, and I was sent to an orphanage, living on what little money my parents had left behind; Now, I am studying at the Municipal Normal School. ”

Lu Yan took a mouthful of gluten and continued: "But I heard my parents say that they are just my adoptive parents, my biological parents are from Raoyang, and when there was a famine, in order to escape, they gave me to them, I was only a few months old at that time, and since then, this half of the bracelet is on me." I also heard that my biological parents later went to Kanto. The year before last, I went to Raoyang, but I didn't find any news, and then I went to the Northeast as soon as I had time, maybe I could meet my biological parents somewhere......"

After hearing this, Shi Zhu had an eighty percent number in his heart, so he asked, "Then don't you hate your biological parents for giving you to someone else's family?" ”

"I hated it before, but then I figured out that they were all trying to keep everyone alive back then. After all, they are my biological parents, and I still want to find them, but I don't know if they are still alive! ”

"Do you know what your original last name is?"

"The surname is Yu, and the hook is Yu!"

When Shi Zhu heard this, he slapped his thigh happily and said, "That's right!" Don't hide it from my sister, I used to recuperate for a period of time at the old couple surnamed Yu in Shuangcheng, and I heard Aunt Yu tell me about it, which is basically the same as what you said. Aunt Yu also took the other half of the broken bracelet to show me, I feel a little similar to what you wear, presumably they are your own parents, just now I specially mentioned the bracelet, I didn't expect it to be such a coincidence! ”

"Really! That's great! Take me to the Twin Cities to find them! ”

Shi Zhu smiled and said, "Sister, I just came back from there, how can I go back again!" ”

"Look at me, when I am happy, I am all happy and confused! Then you tell me the place, and I'll go find them myself! ”

Shi Zhu frowned and said, "I don't know the address of the countryside, but I know someone he knows." ”

Subsequently, Shi Zhu asked Lu Yan for paper and pen, wrote a letter and handed it to her, saying: "You follow this address, go to Shuangcheng Town to find Boss Lin of the 'Lin's Silversmith Shop', after reading the letter, he will take you to Uncle Yu and Aunt Yu!" ”

After receiving the letter, Lu Yan kept imagining the scene when he met his biological parents, and Shi Zhu seemed to see the happy smiles on their faces. Only then did Shi Zhu know that fate could be so favored, and what a coincidence fate was!