The next morning, Xiao Wu reappeared at the Japanese army's security station. In addition to changing the dressing, the purpose of his trip was to chat with the major surnamed Cangchuan.

Seiichiro Aokawa seems to have been away from Japan for a long time, and there is a lack of people to talk to. He and Xiao Wu said that his subordinates were a bunch of stupid people who were not worth mentioning, and they didn't know what they were talking about.

"A group of local goblins from Shikoku and the mountains of the northeast, even the untouchables have been recruited into it, and the honorifics are used in a mess, and they are pure waste blocking the gun's hole." Cangchuan scoffed, he himself was born in a wealthy family in Osaka, and his mother was the only daughter of a famous lady and the Viscount Saga.

"Well, to put it simply, the existence of the Gongqing Chinese is a parasite that even after the intercourse, everything has to be collected by the maid."

Cang Chuan described his mother like this, which made Xiao Wu greatly surprised, but soon he also understood the reason: it was all because he was a foreigner.

Cangchuan left his family and joined the army to fight abroad, but as the youngest son in the family, he looked down on his cowardly aristocratic mother and his father, who was a wealthy man in Kansai and only knew how to make money. He hoped that he could climb up in the army and create a brilliant life of his own instead of standing on the shoulders of his family.

It's just that he has chosen the most wrong way: he is invading someone else's country.

Of course, Xiao Wu will not point this out to his face, because no matter how friendly Cang Chuan is on the surface, he is always an enemy with a gun, and Xiao Wu understands that the other party has the right to shoot him at any time.

"I didn't have a childhood, just like a good breed horse would have to undergo more rigors than the average horse. From the time I was sensible, I knew what kind of family I was born in. Aokawa smiled: "Well, it's the kind of family that calls my mother 'Mother Upper Tree' (Mother Lord) and respectfully greets the tutor in French every day." ”

Xiao Wu was silent, but he sighed unconsciously in his heart.

The same is true of his childhood, court etiquette is born with the growth, formal occasions, the father to be called "father", mother to be called "mother", the first thing to get up every morning is to go to say hello, everywhere you go are the palace and eunuchs, the slightest deviation will be reprimanded, saying "not like the prince"......

"Maybe I shouldn't have said that to you, well, but people have to talk to their hearts to be comfortable, right?"

He is just a tree hole that can listen to Japanese, and it is impossible for him to tell anyone anything about Cangchuan, as a citizen of an occupied country, an ant who can be wiped out at any time, Xiao Wu is precisely the best person to confide in.

Pulled by Cang Chuan to grunt and speak Japanese for several hours, coming out of the security station, Xiao Wu looked at the big clock of the bank opposite, it was already four o'clock.

Today he got a little sulfonamide again, but unfortunately he couldn't ask for any more painkillers.

Holding the little money that Maria had given him last night, Xiao Wu slowly walked along the street, which was around Hongkou, a little far from where Eagle Wing had told him.

As he walked, Xiao Wu thought about the words that Eagle Wing had told him last night, as well as the sentence "The rain is murmuring outside the curtain......

This is the thing that makes Xiao Wu cry and laugh the most.

He never knew that the dozen or so words he had written back then had become a tool for others to communicate secrets, and now he was almost acting as an underground party. Of course, Xiao Wu is not disgusted by this, but his work has been added by others with unknowable mysterious meanings, and as the author himself, it is natural to feel confused.

Moreover, it was actually written in a state of extreme anguish towards the end of his "post-Lord" life......

To this day, he still hasn't forgotten that state of mind that drips blood and despairs like ashes.

I bought two sticky rice cakes at the "Huang Tianyuan" pastry shop, and Xiao Wu walked for more than half an hour before arriving at the "Yixing Tea House".

Walking into the store, he could hear the record player playing inside: "It's really hard to think of you for traveling thousands of miles, I ...... that glass of water and wine to express my condolences."

The babbling tune is tactful and smooth, and it has a different flavor than the pop songs played on modern stereos.

There were not many guests drinking tea, and Xiao Wu went directly to the second floor. Just around the corner of the stairs, he saw the old man.

It was a short and fat old man in his sixties, with a top hat on his head, a pair of reading glasses, and an old navy blue robe on his body, which was very old, but it was still neat, and the whole person looked like a retired bookkeeper.

"Mr. Bookkeeper" was holding a thread-bound book and reading it with relish.

When his eyes fell on the title of the book, Xiao Wu let out a long sigh in his heart.

It was a copy of the "Two Main Words of the Southern Tang Dynasty" published by Lu Yuan of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty.

But when he came here, it was impossible to turn back, so Xiao Wu had to bite the bullet and sit down beside the old man.

At that moment, he felt a cold gaze on him!

But after another attention, the old man's gaze had returned to his book.

Xiao Wu put down the rice cake, he took two teacups, put one in front of him, and then put the other opposite the old man.

He lifted the teapot and poured tea from both cups.

"Huh? Why is that? The old man pointed to the teacup opposite, "Anyone else?" ”

"Nope." Xiao Wu shook his head and smiled, "It's just a tribute to the deceased." ”

The old man looked at him deeply, and then turned his head to look at his poetry book, but after a while, he suddenly read aloud in a chanting tone: "Xiaolou blows through the Yusheng cold, red cherries, green plantains." ”

Xiao Wu almost didn't squirt out the tea!

"Good poetry, good poetry!" Although he said good poetry in his mouth, Xiao Wu's expression was about to cry.

"This little brother seems to be a person who is familiar with poetry, so in your opinion, which sentence is the best in the latter words?"

"It's better than 'the rain outside the curtain, the spring is beautiful, and Luo Ji can't tolerate the cold.'" Optimum. ”

After saying this, Xiao Wu stared at the old man with a nervous expression, but the other party picked up the teacup unhurriedly and took a sip of tea.

"Where are the Eagle Wings?" Suddenly, he whispered.

"Wounded." Xiao Wu breathed a sigh of relief, "I performed surgery on Hu Chao and took the bullet, and now I can't move." ”

The old man was stunned for a moment, and slowly smiled: "You saved him." ”

"You can't watch him get killed." Xiao Wu smiled tiredly, "Besides, he saved me before." ”

"Yes. Then you are his ......"

Xiao Wu was about to speak, when suddenly a figure flashed behind him, and he sat alone on the chair that no one was sitting on!

Xiao Wu was so frightened that he almost dropped the teacup in his hand to the ground!

The person who came turned out to be Cangchuan!

In all directions, there was silence, and the old man beside Xiao Wu was still calm, although there was suddenly a Japanese in front of him.

"What a coincidence, I didn't expect to meet you here, Chen Jun." Cang Chuan still looked smiling.

Suppressing the heart that was about to jump out of his throat, Xiao Wu swallowed his saliva: "...... It's a coincidence. ”

"I'm sorry, I can't help but come forward when I see that you guys are having a good time." Cang Chuan looked at the cup of tea in front of him, "What?" Are you waiting for someone? ”

Xiao Wu wanted to deny it, but he couldn't say anything for a while.

"Jun Chen, can you introduce this friend of yours?"

Xiao Wu looked at the old man, and hesitated for a while: "Uh, this ...... He ......"

The old man calmly took off his top hat: "Old decaying dragon Yusheng." ”

"This is Nakasa Aokawa." Xiao Wu hurriedly said, "Well, I've been treating my injuries at the security station for the past two days. ”

He showed the old man the inconvenient arm, and Xiao Wu's blue lips and white face had already shown the fear in his heart.

"What are you talking about?" Cang Chuan unceremoniously took the notebook in the old man's hand and flipped through it, "Oh, Empress Li, I know him." ”

His Chinese is not very good, and the pronunciation is a little weird, but the words are accurate.

Xiao Wu smiled reluctantly: "This old gentleman and I are talking about poetry, and it is all a coincidence." ”

Cang Chuan nodded, and he raised the book in his hand at the old man: "You don't mind giving me this book, right?" Mr. Long? ”

Long Yusheng shook his head: "Just take it." ”

Cang Chuan stuffed the book into his arms, he stood up and looked at Xiao Wu: "Chen Jun, I happen to have a car, I can take you back to the church." ”

His smile had an indescribable meaning, and there was oppression in his flat tone.

Xiao Wu had no choice but to stand up and hug his fist at Long Yusheng: "Say goodbye first." ”

"There will be a date later."

followed Cang Chuan downstairs, Xiao Wu felt that the clothes behind him were soaked with sweat!

got into the car and drove for a while, Cang Chuan suddenly asked Xiao Wu coldly: "Do you know that person?" ”

Xiao Wu shook his head and said in Japanese: "I don't know, I'm here to listen to the commentary, there is "Pearl Tower" today, I like to listen to that." ”

"And how do you talk to him?" Cang Chuan's eyes stared at him coldly.

"Well, it's passing by, and when I went upstairs, I heard him reciting a poem there wrong, you know, this...... It is said that Li Chongguang and his father Li ...... Li Jing is a lyricist. Xiao Wu stammered, "But Mr. Long just now got the words of their father and son wrong, you know, Xiaolou's blowing through the Yusheng Han is Li Jing's, and the red cherry and green plantain are Li Yu's, this is ...... It's not the work of one person at all, but he's reading it ...... there."

People's eyes can distinguish the truth from the false, and they can see that what Xiao Wu said is completely true, Cang Chuan's expression gradually relieved: "Just for this? ”

"Uh, yes...... Yes, I don't like people to read the wrong verses, and when I hear them halfway, I will ignore and correct them, so I'm used to it. ”

"It turned out to be a nerdy ......"

"Huh?"

"Nothing." Cang Chuan waved his hand, "You really don't know that person?" ”

"He said his name was Long Yusheng, uh, this ......"

"Isn't it a surprise? Like him, the president of the Shanghai Chamber of Commerce and a business giant in Shanghai, he didn't expect to meet here. Cang Chuan sneered, "This person is extremely difficult to deal with, some people say that he is a military commander, and some people say that in fact, he has close contacts with **." ”

Xiao Wu was taken aback!

“…… He shouldn't have caused this trouble, he should have known that he would have mispronounced it himself. ”

Cang Chuan smiled, but did not answer.

The car stopped at the entrance of the church, Xiao Wu got out of the car, and it was not until he saw the car go away that he walked into the church in despair.

The first thing Xiao Wu said when he saw Eagle Wing was, "I was followed by Cangchuan!" ”

Eagle Wing's face also changed: "How's things going?" ”

"Everything that should be done has been done, other party, that Mr. Long was asking you how you are now, and Cangchuan appeared." Xiao Wu wiped the sweat from his forehead, "He also took away Mr. Long's "Two Subjects of the Southern Tang Dynasty", I'm afraid I suspect that there are any secrets in it." ”

Eagle Wing shook his head: "There should be no secrets in that book, the biggest secret I have already told Long Yusheng through your mouth, it shouldn't matter." ”

Xiao Wu thought about it, and still said cautiously: "Eagle Wing, Cang Chuan said that Long Yusheng is a military commander. ”

Eagle Wing smiled: "It's best if he thinks so." ”

"But Cangchuan also said that Long Yusheng may have close contacts with the Communist Party/Industrial/Party......

“……”

Seeing the change in Eagle Wing's expression, Xiao Wu regretted his mouthiness a little. He stood up and took out the pill from his pocket: "This is sulfonamide today, I'm sorry, I didn't get the painkiller." ”

Eagle Wing shook his head: "You've helped me a lot, it's me who should say thank you." ”

Xiao Wu sat down next to the bed and said, "I always feel that today ...... It seems to have messed things up. ”

"No, it's a success."

"I have to go see Cangchuan tomorrow, maybe I can get something out of his mouth."

"No, don't do that." Eagle Wing shook his head, "Once they detect your intentions, the Japanese will not treat you well." ”

Xiao Wu was silent for a long time before he said: "You can still go to your organization after you recover from your injury, but I don't know where to go, do you want me to chat with the devil for the rest of my life?" It's better for him to shoot me down. ”

Eagle Wing looked at him: "Sounds complicated? Can you tell us about your past? ”

"Sorry...... No. ”

"Oh, forget it." Eagle Wing said, "I forgot that you are also a person with secrets. ”

Xiao Wu laughed, and he stood up: "I'll go get dinner." ”

"Ah...... Xiao Wu, take a little less, the two of us will share more of Maria's food, and she will not have enough to eat. ”

"I know, it's okay, I'm eating rice cakes today," Xiao Wu smiled, "Huang Tianyuan's." ”

While the food was being distributed that night, Maria asked Xiao Wu what he was going to do when she left China next week.

Xiao Wu bit the rice cake and didn't speak for a long time.

"Or, I have some money here......" said Maria cautiously.

"No, don't give me all the money." Xiao Wu shook his head, "I'll go find a job." If you're gone, Eagle Wing will leave after healing, and I'll always find a way to stay alive when the time comes. ”

"Then what are your plans for the future?"

"Backwards? ……”

He felt that the topic was too painful, so he simply stood up: "I'll go clean up the church." I didn't work outside all day today. ”

As a handyman, even if it is a fake, he has to do some serious work, Xiao Wu feels that he has eaten Mary's bread, and he can't do nothing for others. So wash the bloody gauze and clothes that the eagle wings have changed, clean the church, run errands on the streets, buy food and organize daily utensils...... It's all Xiao Wu's work.

He can't do it in vain.

Walking into the church with a broom, he swept from the last row, and in the evening there was no one in the church, only a man in a black coat sitting in the first row, his head hanging reverently, and the edge of his top hat pressed low so that it was impossible to see his face.

Xiao Wu didn't pay attention to the other party, just bent over, patiently swept the dust on the ground, and occasionally held the crooked seat in place.

It's still raining outside, it's the rainy season, and this kind of wet Jiangnan weather usually lasts for more than half a month. At this time, the light of the church was very dim. Except for the one sitting in the front row and Xiao Wu, there was no third person.

After a while, Xiao Wu swept to the front, and he moved in a little bit along the front of the row where the man was.

As he passed by, he suddenly heard the other man's whisper: "I am the true vine, and my Father is the cultivator, and he cuts off all the branches that do not bear fruit; And whosoever beareth forth fruit, he pends it and causes it to bear more fruit......

The broom in Xiao Wu's hand stopped suddenly! He straightened up and stared at the man in amazement, not because of the Gospel, but because of the voice!

Then, he saw the man take off his originally low top hat and smile faintly at him: "In the name of the Holy Father, Holy Son, Holy Spirit, Xiao Wu, can you tell me what the hell are you doing?" ”