Chapter Seventy-Eight: There Are No Schools in Young China
The next day, Xiao Wu went to the security station of the Japanese army.
This time, he finally learned that the officer he saw yesterday was named Seiichiro Aokawa. However, this person was unusual, not only did not use the same face as the bottom of the pot to him, but chatted with him in blunt Chinese, and found him a nurse to treat the wound.
"The Japanese army will give free help to those who support the Greater East Asia Co-Prosperity Sphere! When you get back, tell your friends about this place. ”
Hearing this, Xiao Wu understood the reason for his change of attitude: he was regarded as a pro-people example by the Japanese army at the security station.
The nurse cleaned the wound and gave him a little anti-inflammatory medicine.
After the nurse left, Cangchuan began to ask Xiao Wu about what he called his "study abroad life", asking him when and where he had studied in Japan, how he felt, and what kind of local customs he liked.
Xiao Wu replied that a few years ago, he had studied liberal arts at Qingshan College, but he didn't work hard, and it didn't take long for his family to lack funds, so he dropped out of school and returned to China. However, during his two years in Japan, he traveled extensively and saw a lot of local customs.
In fact, Xiao Wu has never been to Japan at all, he is reciting to Cangchuan the book "Japanese World" published by the Foreign Research Society, Xiao Wu is glad that he has used this Japanese textbook with the tape in the self-study stage, Su Hong and Lei Jun agree that Xiao Wu has a talent for language, and he can memorize almost the entire book.
But he still almost slipped his mouth, because Xiao Wu almost memorized the article on selecting electrical products in Akihabara, but fortunately Cangchuan didn't care about his sudden pause.
"What's wrong?" He looked at Xiao Wu.
Xiao Wu smiled reluctantly and pointed to the wound: "It hurts a little." ”
"There's always going to be a little." Cang Chuan said nonchalantly, "Pain is the only way to go in life." ”
But this pain is caused by you devils! Xiao Wu cursed indignantly in his heart, but he didn't show it on the surface.
"Would you like some painkillers?" He asked tentatively, "At night, it hurts so much that I can't sleep, it's too painful." ”
Cang Chuan pondered for a moment and nodded: "Of course!" Of course! The Japanese army should treat good citizens like you, who are familiar with Japan, as good friends. ”
As a result, in the afternoon, Xiao Wu returned to the church with anti-inflammatory drugs and a few painkillers.
As soon as he entered the house, he saw Mary and the wounded man all looking at him with nervous expressions! When they saw him come in, they were both relieved.
"Good thing you're okay." "We are all worried that you will not be able to come back, and that no one will be able to return home safely from the Japanese security station." ”
The injured man was still on the bed, and when he saw Xiao Wu coming back, he slowly put his body back on the couch.
Xiao Wu walked over and looked at him: "You slept for a day and a night. ”
The man's eyes rolled slightly, and his gaze stopped on his arm: "The Japanese bandaged you?" ”
Xiao Wu looked down at his arm and paused: "Yes." They also gave me medicine. ”
He pulled over the stool and sat down, and began to take out the medicine hidden in his arms: "Sulfonamides, and painkillers." I've been worried that your wounds will become infected, but at least you won't have to suffer tonight. ”
"The medicine was given to me, what are you going to do?"
Xiao Wu smiled: "I can't die, I'm not as seriously injured as you, and I have to go tomorrow." ”
The man's gaze was a little surprised: "Why do you want to go?" ”
Xiao Wu didn't want to say anything, but he paused for a long time and still spoke: "They see me as an opportunity to get close to the people." ”
"Close to the people?"
"I don't know if I didn't accumulate virtue in my last life, or I was cursed by my ancestors, I guess it's the latter, anyway, I happen to know two sentences of Japanese, Cangchuan - it's the devil who came to arrest you, it's a Nakasa, he seems to like listening to me, so he asked me to change the medicine tomorrow, and ...... Chat with him. ”
The man looked at him for a moment, silently looked away, and did not speak.
At this time, Maria brought the water, and then put the pills that Xiao Wu brought back, one by one, on the table and counted them, sulfonamides, four tablets, painkillers, two.
"Anti-inflammatory drugs and painkillers are not easy to buy outside, and you have to show proof. You eat these first, and maybe I'll get some more tomorrow. ”
But the man did not move.
Xiao Wu suddenly, a wry smile appeared on his face: "What? Suspect I'm a traitor? ”
The man said slowly, "That's not true. ”
"That'...... Are you an angry youth? ”
"Angry youth? What is that? ”
"It's to smash the walls of the embassy with an inkwell...... In short, even patriotic young people who are very easily excited, and they resolutely do not take Japanese pills. ”
The man reached for the pill and stuffed it into his mouth: "I can't do it, excitement requires strength, I don't have so much energy to waste on boring things." ”
When he said this, his expression was cold, but his gaze was very calm, which did not match his age.
"Can you tell me your name?"
“…… Eagle wings. The young man said.
"Which word? Heroic Ying or ardent Yin? ”
"The eagle of the eagle, the wings of the eagle."
"Well, well, I'm not going to ask for your real name." Xiao Wu said, "You can call me 'Xiao Wu' - the person who killed you, I took back his clothes and things, you can see later, maybe there is what you need." ”
Eagle Wing's expression seemed to be shocked: "...... You went to search the body? ”
"Not only that, but he also stripped off his clothes, which were too conspicuous to throw there." Xiao Wu smiled bitterly, "Now the body should have been taken away by the health team, right?" Otherwise, it will stink in the alley. ”
"Hmm......"
"His palm thunder is also in the drawer, and there is a bullet in it, I took it out, and it is also filled with mercury......"
A cold light flashed in the man's eagle-like eyes: "...... Who are you? ”
Xiao Wu was stunned: "Me? Miscellaneous servants here. ”
"Hmph, a handyman wouldn't know what palm thunder is. You're lying. ”
Xiao Wu also smiled: "An ordinary person will not be hit by a bullet filled with mercury, such a bullet that is difficult to make is too wasteful to use against ordinary people." ”
"What do you want to say?!"
"It's nothing, it's just that while thanking you for saving your life, curious to speculate about your identity." Xiao Wu stood up and gathered the rest of the pills together, and by this time, Maria had already gone out.
"So, what conclusion did you come to?" The man's eyes were fixed on him.
"There are no more than three answers: military unification, central unification, and communist-proletarian-party." Xiao Wu smiled, returned to the chair in front of the bed, and sat down, "It's a military commander who is chasing you, just look at his outfit, you can know that this is their territory, and at this time they are the most powerful and well-equipped in the underground kingdom of Shanghai." Plus, it's obvious that the Japanese on the ground are also hunting you. ”
"The conclusion?"
"I really wish you were a member of the Central Union." Xiao Wu picked up the teacup and lifted his eyelids, "Then you won't at least become the weakest group." ”
“……”
"Don't rush to touch the gun, I won't go any further." Xiao Wu shook his head, "And frankly, I'm really not interested in these things, it's been several years since I joined forces to resist Japan, and those guys are still fighting in private, and it's just that the military commanders and the central commanders are biting each other and grabbing the territory of the forces......"
The man slowly withdrew his grip on the gun, and he said word by word, "You know Japanese, you know so much, you can guess everything, which makes me hesitate to kill you." ”
Xiao Wu laughed: "The words have been said, why don't you do it?" ”
“…… At least you saved me, and I couldn't do it. ”
"You saved me in the first place." Xiao Wu blinked, "All cause and effect lie in this. ”
"Sounds like you've been reading a book for a few years?"
"I didn't read much, I just read some miscellaneous books by myself." Xiao Wu said, looking at him with interest, "You look like a college student in school." ”
"I don't have a school."
"What?"
"There are no more schools in China." Eagle Wing said coldly, "There is also blood in the Chinese classroom. ”
“…… The young man did not have a school in China, his school was the earth and the mountains and rivers. The young China also has no teachers, and his teachers are the people of the earth. ”
Eagle Wing raised his eyebrows: "Is it a poem you wrote?" ”
Xiao Wu smiled bitterly and shook his head: "I can't write such a poem, my poem...... Nor is it like that. ”
"And what does your poem look like?"
Xiao Wu's face became more and more bitter, he didn't answer, just got up, took out the bag of clothes and pistol that he had peeled off, and handed them to Eagle Wing.
Eagle Wing sat up and checked the pile of clothes the same, his expression was as deep as water, and Xiao Wu couldn't even see the slightest meaning.
"Your wound is not healed, don't get up." Xiao Wu said.
He put down what he was holding and lay down, his eyes fixed on the ceiling, silent.
Xiao Wu thought for a moment and asked, "Will they still come to you?" ”
Eagle Wing's gaze condensed on a certain point in the void: "...... That's not the point. ”
"What's the point?"
Xiao Wu waited for a while, not waiting for an answer, it was obvious that Eagle Wing didn't want to answer him.
"Tell me what you need me to do." Xiao Wu said, "I won't ask more questions, but I can help you a little." ”
Eagle Wing's expression stopped talking.
Xiao Wu waited for a while, and seeing that he didn't make a sound, he got up and walked out of the room.
Mary was waiting for him in the courtyard outside the house.
"It doesn't seem like a good conversation, does it?" She asked, a little apprehensively.
Xiao Wu sighed: "He's too vigilant, you know, after being so seriously injured, people are always a little ...... Nervous. ”
"But you're not going to hurt him."
"Yes, I'm not going to hurt anyone."
The rain stopped for a day, and now it began to trickle down again. Xiao Wu sat down on the low steps of the courtyard, looking at the twilight of Shanghai, his heart was heavy, and his eyes were more confused than the rain and fog.
“…… Do you want to go home? Mary asked softly.
"Yes, but I can't go back." Xiao Wu sighed, "I don't know how to go back." ”
"No money?"
“…… It has nothing to do with money, it has nothing to do with reality. ”
Maria didn't understand and felt that she shouldn't ask any more, so she had to keep her mouth shut.
The two were silent for a long time, so long that Xiao Wu himself felt very embarrassed.
He smiled bitterly: "I'm sorry, I came with Eagle Wing, and your normal life was also disrupted." ”
Mary shook her head.
This is a beautiful girl with pale blonde hair and dark blue eyes, but the nun clothes on her body strictly restrict her unrestrained nature.
"Is it really okay for you to hide us here?"
"It doesn't matter, I'm German, they don't dare to do anything here." When Maria finished speaking, her dark blue eyes dimmed as if she had said the wrong thing.
"What's wrong?"
“…… I would love to go back to Dresden. "It's so miserable to see here, they shot an old man in the church last week." ”
"They? Japanese? ”
"I don't know who it is, I don't know the living, the dead. He was killed in just a few shots, and then the body was quickly removed, and even the bullets that had been fired into the wall were dug out, and the wall was re-filled again, and there was no trace of it, and a single person died...... But I couldn't see anything. A group of people were expressionless. ”
Xiao Wu sighed silently: "This is a chaotic era, Maria, everywhere is like this now, even if you succumb, you will be killed, so it is better not to give in." ”
“…… Will you kill too? ”
Xiao Wu shook his head: "I haven't killed anyone, I ......"
"What?"
Seeing the sudden froze in his expression, Maria was a little curious.
"No, nothing." Xiao Wu shook his head.
He's killed people.
Pan You and Li Ping, two loyal generals who insisted on strengthening the country and resisting the Song Dynasty, were finally ordered by him, the emperor of the Southern Tang Dynasty, to cut off their heads.
"Mama......"
"Huh?"
"Surrender to save your life, or resist to the death, even if you will eventually lose your country...... Which of the two is more worthwhile? ”
Maria looked at him, Xiao Wu's Chinese was too complicated, and she couldn't understand the meaning for a while.
"This question has been in my mind for many years." Xiao Wu whispered, he turned his face and continued to look at the drizzle in the twilight, his gaze hidden firm, "But now I understand that the latter is the right one." ”
"Sure enough, I didn't misread you."
A man's voice sounded behind him, and when Xiao Wu turned around, he saw Eagle Wings!
"Come in, okay? There's something I want to tell you. ”
After he finished speaking, he dragged his sick body, turned around and staggered into the house.
Xiao Wu followed him into the house and watched him return to bed. It was only a few steps, and Eagle Wing's face was already pale with pain, but his expression was very peaceful.
"I want to ask you for something." He raised his face and looked at Xiao Wu.
Xiao Wu gently closed the door with his hand and walked to his bed: "What's the matter?" ”
"I want you to help me run and pass a message to someone." Eagle Wing gasped for a moment before whispering again, "I'm struggling to walk two steps now, and I can't go out." ”
"No problem." Xiao Wu nodded, "I'll go out of the security station tomorrow, and I can go around the bend to buy something first, so that the Japanese won't suspect it." ”
Eagle Wing nodded, "Okay, as long as you get to that place before five o'clock in the afternoon." ”
"Where?"
"Yixing Tea House." Eagle Wing said, "I'll draw a map for you later, it's easy to find." ”
"Hmm, then?"
"You go there about five o'clock, on the second floor, there is an old man sitting at a table at the top of the stairs, and when you get there, don't make a sound, take two teacups, put one in front of you, and then put the other opposite the old man, and if he asks you, you will say, "This is a tribute to the deceased."
Xiao Wu listened and wrote it in his head.
"Next, the old man will not pay attention to you, but he will recite two lines of poetry, remember, no matter how unrelated you may be, you must also answer: good poetry, good poetry."
"Understood."
"Then, you have to tell him the most important sentence." Eagle Wing lowered his voice and whispered in his ear, "That sentence is: The rain outside the curtain is murmuring, the spring is beautiful, and Luo Ji is not tolerant of the five watches. ”
Xiao Wu is stupid!
Looking at his stunned look, Eagle Wing was a little anxious: "What?" Don't even know this? ”
As soon as he said this, Xiao Wucai hurriedly said, "Nian...... Read, uh, this poem is...... Uh, who's ......"
"Not poetry, to be exact, it's words." Eagle Wing looked at him with a stupid look, "Li Yu, do you know?" Li Houzhu. This is his "Waves of Sand". ”
“…… I've heard of it. Xiao Wu swallowed his saliva, "I don't read much, and I can't remember long sentences." ”
What the hell!
"Huh? But just now you said that you wrote poetry......"
"I ...... I'm talking nonsense. Xiao Wu wiped his hands awkwardly, "I've just heard people read poems, but I haven't written them myself." ”
"Well, that's okay." Eagle Wing smiled, "It's okay, it's not helpful to study too much, and Empress Li himself is a waste." ”
At that moment, Xiao Wu had an impulse, he wanted to pull out his legs and walk away immediately!
"Okay, then you read it to me: the rain is murmuring outside the curtain, the spring is beautiful, and Luo Ji is not tolerant of the five colds."
"It's raining outside, uh...... Spring is in full swing, and Luo Ji is impatient......
"Luo Ji is not tolerant of the cold." "That is, the clothes on my body can't withstand the cold of the morning. ”
“…… I don't like this poem. ”
"It's words, not poems." Eagle Wing corrected, "I don't like it either, but you're going to tell the old man about it tomorrow." Okay, recite it again. ”
"The rain is murmuring outside the curtain, the spring is beautiful, and Luo Ji is not tolerant of the cold."
"Good." Eagle Wing nodded, "Frankly speaking, this sentence is to save dozens of lives." ”
Xiao Wu was stunned for a long time before he said, "I'...... I'll convey it word for word. ”
"That's for the best." Eagle Wing smiled, "Li Yu's words are very good, but they don't suit my appetite." ”
Appendix
1. "There is no school in juvenile China", the poem comes from "Juvenile China" by Taiwanese poet Li Shuangze, created in 1977, because of its obvious tendencies, it was once banned by the Taiwan authorities. By the way, allow me to pay tribute to 249 seriously~
2. The military unification and the central unification are both secret agencies of the Kuomintang, the boss of the military unification is Dai Li, and the central unification is founded by Chen Lifu and Chen Guofu. During the Anti-Japanese War, the forces of the Central Union were mainly concentrated in Nanjing, Chongqing and Jiangxi, while the military commanders controlled Shanghai, but after the Wang Tianmu incident, the military commanders slowly lost their territory in Shanghai.
3. Writing is indeed an out-and-out meditation, which allows me to see clearly my own heart. Thank you to all the readers who responded, especially the fiercely angry readers, and in a way, I have to put my hands together and say thank you.
PS: I will delete the swear words and the controversy of doctrines, after all, this is the fiction area, not the end of the world. Also, Dresden, I made a mistake, thank you for reminding my readers, that sentence has been deleted~