Chapter 445: Two surnames and two families are as close as flesh and blood

Midsummer. Hebei border area in western Hebei. Moonlight Lake. In the morning. The sun is shining.

Francis Francis' prancing horse whipped all the way to the south end of the east bank of the embankment around Yueming Lake, took the reins and walked slowly, and drove the horse into the tall and prosperous weeping willow forest with slender willow strips swaying in the wind on the embankment around the lake, which was more than 10 meters high. Walking to the inner end of the embankment, Fang Jiren took the reins and sat on his horse, looking condescendingly, only to see the wide moonlight lake in front of him sparkling and dazzling gold. The green trees cover the Yueming Island, which is located only eight or nine miles away from the northwest shore of Yueming Lake, and there are more than one person, more than 100 meters wide and dense, dense and dense reeds growing along the surrounding shores of Yueming Island, like a military array, guarding Yueming Island. At this time, there are several fishing boats cruising in the lake, and fishermen are spreading their nets to catch shrimp. The shallow water on the shore of the lake is covered with turquoise, slim, thick rhizome lotus leaves and lotus flowers with stretched petals. Fang Jiren, who was riding on a horse, couldn't help but think of the famous poem of Yang Wanli, a great poet of the Southern Song Dynasty, "The lotus leaves are infinitely green, and the lotus flowers are different red in the sun". Just as he was playing with the meaning and indulging in it, a crisp and gentle song attracted Francis to turn his eyes to a small boat shuttling slowly in the lotus pond to the west. A girl stood at the stern of the boat and swayed, and a girl sat in the middle of the boat picking lotus flowers, singing as she plucked. It can be described as the beauty of the scenery, the beauty of the people, and the beauty of the song, which caused Fang Jiren to sigh secretly, so beautiful, so beautiful. This situation and this scene reminded him of the song "Lotus Picking" of "Lotus Picking, a new song in Luyangjin, a new singing voice in Luyangjin, and a singing voice of Jade Lotus Picker". Fang Jiren looked up at the towering Yufeng Mountain with ease and pleasure, and then looked down at the sparkling and rippling Yueming Lake, and couldn't help but sigh in a low voice: "The mountains are majestic, and the rivers and lakes are quiet and beautiful. Alas, how nice it would have been if there had been no war. ”

A long time ago, there was no Yueming Lake at the eastern foot of Yufeng Mountain and east of the Tongyu River. Due to the specific topography, western Hebei is a rainy area, and the border of Hebei is an area with heavy rain and heavy rainfall. Before and after the summer season, the scorching sun is exposed to the surface of the ground to produce the rising hot air and the hot and humid air flow drifting from the southeast to meet and converge to form a warm air mass, moving to the northwest direction, after encountering the Yufeng Mountain and the Taihang Mountain behind, it continues to rise according to the mountain situation, when the warm air mass rises more than the height of Yufeng Mountain and Taihang Mountain, it will meet and intersect with the cold and humid air flow drifting from the northwest direction to form heavy rainfall. Every season, the Hebei border area torrential rains, pouring down, flash floods, Tongyu River swells and overflows, floods, and then according to the west high and east low terrain downstream, wash away crops, inundate villages, nearby villages are destroyed, people are killed, corpses are everywhere. Survivors are displaced and fleeing. Over time, an isolated island in the middle and two large water depressions in the north and south have been formed in the Hebei border area. During the Yongle period of the Ming Dynasty, Emperor Zhu Di ordered the excavation of the Huiming River, the excavation of the Yueming Lake, the construction of a permanent embankment around the lake, and the flood season when the flood season swelled the water of the Tongyu River into the Yueming Lake, which was used to irrigate farmland and benefit the local people.

Looking at Yueming Lake up close and Yueming Island from afar, Fang Jiren had mixed feelings and mixed feelings in his heart. He didn't know if his decision would bring peace and tranquility to the fishermen on Moonlight Island and the villagers in the villages around Moonlight Lake, or disaster and misery. However, in order to defend the country, kill all the enemies, and win the victory of the War of Resistance, we have to do this and we must do it. Thinking about it this way, Francis's determination and confidence were even stronger.

The crisp sound of gunfire on Moonlight Island startled Fang Jiren, and at the same time interrupted his meditation and reverie, and he immediately judged that it was a twenty-round shell gun. Then my heart twitched, oh no, something happened on the island. Who on the island would have a shell gun? What happened to shoot it? Fang Jiren stumbled and whipped his horse, and galloped towards Yulin Village on the northwest shore of Yueming Lake.

Hebei border area in western Hebei. Shuihe Village Village Office. The Eighth Route Army supplemented the regimental headquarters war room.

As for the question of the investigation and verification of Francis's true identity, there has been no clear and affirmative answer from the superiors. However, the division headquarters wanted to transfer Fang Jiren and appoint him to the important post of vice president of the field hospital; The brigade headquarters should transfer Fang Jiren and assign him to the important responsibility of reconnaissance and operational staff at the brigade headquarters. The commanders of the division and brigade not only did not actively cooperate with the strict internal investigation and external transfer, but also did not explain the sufficient reasons for the transfer of Francis. This made Yu Genshan, the political commissar and the chief of staff and others very puzzled. At the moment of the great enemy, the strange situation, and the eve of the imminent outbreak of the great war, this made them very uneasy and confused. For this reason, the political commissar proposed to convene a special meeting of the CYL Party Committee to bring in Han Dagang, the deputy head of the CYL, who had grown up with Fang Jiren since childhood, for questioning, in order to have a comprehensive, detailed and in-depth understanding of Francis' past and his family situation, and then to carefully discuss and study the issue of how to deal with and use Fang Jiren without ascertaining his true identity.

When Han Dagang was four years old, a small drought occurred near his hometown of Luoyang, Henan Province. As the folk proverb goes: Locusts are at the end of the drought, and locusts will be there after a long drought. Drought, locust plagues, hunger, and plague then ravaged each other, causing hundreds of miles of wilderness and more than 300,000 deaths. After the death of his frail grandfather and grandmother, his parents and Han Dagang, his brother, sister and two younger sisters were forced to leave their hometown to flee the famine and beg for food. Han Dagang's sister and youngest sister died of starvation on the way. When they came to the southern suburbs of Lin'an County, a family of five was already skinny and withered, and they were met by Fang Jiren's grandfather, who happened to pass by, and brought back to Fang's house, where they regained their strength and vitality after more than a month of eating, living and recuperation. Since then, the Han family has stayed in the Fang family for more than ten years.

"Alas, if it weren't for my grandfather and parents who took in our family of five, the Han family would be extinct." Han Dagang said with emotion and gratitude.

"Huh? Wait, that's not right. Deputy Head Han, didn't you say just now that after the disaster, your grandfather and grandmother died, and your parents fled with you. Why do you now say that your grandfather and parents took in your family of five? Why is it so messy? What's going on? I didn't get it. The commissar asked, puzzled.

"Oh, that's it. I said that the grandfather and parents who adopted our family of five are the grandfathers and parents of Francis. Han Dagang explained.

"Huh? Interesting. Da Gang, why do you call Fang Jiren's grandfather and parents grandpa and parents? Yu Genshan asked curiously.

"When I arrived at Fang's house, I had just turned four years old, and I was not enlightened or ignorant. Francis, who is almost two years older than me, takes me and my sister to play every day, no matter who he sees, what is his name? My sister and I followed what we called, and everyone in the Fang family was willing, so we acquiesced. It's been called like this for more than 20 years, and I haven't changed my mouth again. ”

"Oh, that's what happened. Deputy Head Han, so the relationship between your Han family and the Fang family is very close and close, and the relationship and feelings between you and Fang Jiren are also very close and intimate, isn't it? The commissar asked with something to say.

"Yes, commissar. Although the Han family and the Fang family are two surnames, they are as close as flesh and blood, close and intimate as if they were a family. Franciscan and I are even more like brothers, he is still my master and little gentleman. We have been going to school and practicing together since we were children, and my growth and martial arts are inseparable from the guidance, supervision and help of Francis. Therefore, political commissars, regiment commanders, and chief of staff, I dare to use my party membership and life to guarantee that Fang Jiren will definitely not be a hidden traitor or hidden spy on any of the three of you who suspect and speculate about the military commanders, Wang puppets, and little devils. Han Dagang said with a firm expression and tone.

The chief of staff listened to Han Dagang's narration while recording it in this small notebook.

"Huh? Deputy Head Han, how dare you say so sure? So absolutely? This is a major issue of right and wrong, party nature and principle, and you should not have a personal feeling, let alone treat it as a joke or child's play. The political commissar said solemnly.

"Nope. Commissar, I absolutely don't, not at all. ”

"Hmph, hmph, hmph." The political commissar looked at Han Dagang with sharp eyes and sneered a few times.

Listening to the political commissar's sneer, Han Dagang was a little creepy and shuddered. He didn't know what these sneers of the commissar meant?