Starting from Gaoqiao, all the way north, out of the remaining veins of Nishan, crossing the Wenliang River, crossing the shallow hills and flats, crossing the Jun River, until arriving at the Wanshou Palace in the Yang of Mengshan, Liu Yimin ordered the troops to stop advancing.

Wanshou Palace is called the Sacrifice Temple, also known as the Temple of the Emperor, the Song Dynasty was rebuilt into the Jade Void Temple, and the Ming Dynasty was renamed the Wanshou Palace. In the old days, the Wanshou Palace was large-scale, the palace pavilions were scattered, the steles and stones stood in a forest, the weather was extraordinary, and it was the holy place of Lunan Taoism.

The incense of Wanshou Palace is extremely prosperous, there are more than 300 Taoist priests in the Qing Dynasty, and there are more than 100 Taoist priests now. The owner of the courtyard is an old Taoist priest surnamed Guo.

Seeing the arrival of the Eighth Route Army, this Guo Lao Dao was indifferent, and told the Taoist priests to close the mountain gate to prevent the robbery. Liu Yimin looked at the mountain gate in a daze, thinking that this famous view of Lunan was looted in history, the cultural relics were lost, and finally almost turned into ruins in the war and turmoil, and the descendants had to rebuild according to the data, Liu Yimin sighed secretly, feeling that the master of this courtyard was so ignorant and turned away the Eighth Route Army.

Sigh to sigh, Liu Yimin still let the troops camp.

Early in the morning, Liu Yimin took Li Lingfeng, Wang Tongsheng, and Li Xiaoshuai to look at the terrain around the Wanshou Palace, and turned to the west side of the Wanshou Palace. said to Li Lingfeng, Wang Tongsheng, and Li Xiaoshuai: "The word Yaoguang itself is the name of a fairy. This Mengshan is known as seventy-two peaks, thirty-six caves, and has the danger of Huashan, the beauty of Huangshan, the strength of Mount Tai, the emerald of Changbai, thousands of precipices, the sea of clouds and flowers, the color of the mountains and waters, the contrast is interesting, the four seasons of the year, the scenery is picturesque, Confucius ascends and Xiaolu. I think Yaoguang is a martyr of resistance, fighting for the country and the people, and dying a glorious death! Let's bury her in this blessed place! ”

After speaking, Liu Yimin didn't look at Li Lingfeng and Wang Tongsheng's reaction, stepped on the steps to measure the direction, took the sapper pickaxe handed over by Li Xiaoshuai, pointed the location of the tomb, and pointed the location of planting bamboo and wood around the tomb, and told Li Xiaoshuai to organize a company of guards to dig the tomb, and the tomb must be arched with bricks or stones, and asked Li Xiaoshuai to plant bamboo, plum trees, pomegranate trees, peach trees, apricot trees, pear trees and bluegrass around the tomb according to the marked direction.

Li Lingfeng was a little incomprehensible when he saw Liu Yimin behaving like this, and kindly reminded: "Division Commander, now is the time of war, just let the martyrs be buried in the ground and make a good mark." Do you want to talk about planting trees and flowers later? ”

Liu Yimin stared at Li Lingfeng for a long time, and popped out a sentence that made Li Lingfeng stunned: "She is my wife!" With that, he turned around and left.

Li Lingfeng and Wang Tongsheng were so surprised that they covered their mouths with their hands and looked at each other, unable to figure out how Chen Yaoguang could become the wife of the division commander. After a while, Li Lingfeng reflected and said to Wang Tongsheng: "Don't worry, the special operations brigade will transplant trees, the sniper brigade will transplant bluegrass, and you have to find nearby villages to buy bricks. ”

After Liu Yimin returned to the camp, he turned on the radio station and sent a report to Luo Ronghuan, informing him that he had returned from Xuzhou and arrived at Wanshou Palace, and said that Shiyang near Zaozhuang fought fiercely with the Yue army, eliminating about 600 people of the Yue army, and Comrade Chen Yaoguang died in the battle, and asked Luo Ronghuan to forward the telegram of the recent enemy situation, and sent Li Chengyi to immediately escort Xiao Zhenghe to Wanshou Palace to see off Chen Yaoguang.

After that, Liu Yimin drafted two telegrams, one to the chairman and Mr. Zhu, reporting in detail the process of going to Xuzhou to meet Chiang Kai-shek and Li Zongren, and clearly reporting the conversation with Chiang and Li verbatim. At the end of the telegram, he described Chen Yaoguang's attitude and sacrifice when he met Chiang Kai-shek, and reported his love affair with Chen Yaoguang. I implore the chairman to take the time to meet with Chen Yaoguang's parents, and instruct the Xi'an Special Administrative Region to issue pensions to Chen Yaoguang's parents and arrange suitable work. If he is unable to work due to health reasons, the Chairman is requested to consider whether to give him a pension sufficient to support his or her livelihood, or to introduce a provision system.

Thinking that his request might be a bit excessive, Liu Yimin added another sentence in the telegram: The pension of martyr Chen Yaoguang should be paid by the treasury, and the issue of supporting his parents should be handled according to the method of the martyr's relatives. If not, I and my children will be responsible for providing for them. However, since our army is a supply system and individuals have no savings, their pensions can be credited to our loans, which will be deducted and repaid month by month when the wage system is implemented after victory.

After reporting on Chen Yaoguang's sacrifice, Liu Yimin wrote: "Dear Mrs. Jiang Mr. Song Meiling: Although Comrade Chen Yaoguang has experienced hardships and unfair treatment during his lifetime, and the so-called matter of the commission and Mrs. Jiang's righteous daughter is also pure fiction, she has always been thinking about Mrs. Jiang's care, and looks forward to meeting Mrs. Jiang and listening to the teachings again during this trip to Xuzhou. It's a pity that creation makes people, and Yaoguang died gloriously. Since then, heaven and man have been separated, remembering, thinking, thinking, and smiling, just like yesterday. The deceased is gone, and our army must fight hard to kill the enemy and avenge the martyrs!"

After sending the telegram, Liu Yimin wrote a letter to Chen Yaoguang's parents in Xi'an, reporting the martyr's sacrifice and relaying Chen Yaoguang's last words. In the letter, Liu Yimin wrote: Yaoguang sacrificed for the country, sacrificed for the War of Resistance, died glorious, and died greatly. You have lost your lovely daughter, and in the future, I Liu Yimin will be your son, and I will provide for you for Yaoguang. When you are in a bad mood, you can come to our place for a while. When I returned to Xi'an, I was sure to visit the second elder.

After dealing with all this, Liu Yimin sat down in front of Chen Yaoguang's coffin and let the two lines of clear tears fall.

It didn't take long for the telegrams from all sides to arrive. The chairman called back and said that Comrade Chen Yaoguang was able to transform from the bait sent by Dai Li into a staunch soldier of the Eighth Route Army, which showed that the comrade's essence was good, and the effect of our army's education and transformation was good. Comrade Chen Yaoguang is a veritable revolutionary martyr and a hero of resistance. As for the placement of his parents, according to the treatment of the surviving family members of the martyrs, they have arranged shelter and suitable work in Xi'an, and a secretary has been sent to the residence of Chen Yaoguang's parents to arrange a mourning hall to pay respects, so there is no need to worry about it.

Next, the chairman's telegram became a top-secret telegram that had to be translated by Liu Yimin himself, saying that Comrade Liu Yimin himself should conscientiously study the party's discipline, improve his self-cultivation, and set strict demands on himself. When the Shandong base was founded, everything was difficult, how could it indulge in the private affairs of its children? Senior cadres should be models of discipline, moral cultivation, and observance of the Marriage Law, rather than violating the Party's discipline and the Marriage Law. There is already a Ni Hua in the former, and now there is a Chen Yaoguang, who will appear in the future? Ni Hua's matter is excusable, how to explain Chen Yaoguang's matter? Fortunately, Chen Yaoguang has a good nature and has been transformed and educated, if he encounters a sinister and cunning female spy, I am afraid that Comrade Liu Yimin will not know how to send his life! When Chen Yaoguang first arrived, the central authorities took many measures to protect Comrade Liu Yimin and put an end to the enemy's women's tricks against Comrade Liu Yimin's young characteristics, with the aim of preventing suspicious female surnames from approaching Comrade Liu Yimin. As a result, Comrade Liu Yimin still fell in love with Chen Yaoguang. What about wary surnames? What about the surname of self-discipline? Where did they go? The ancients of Lunan Liu Xia Hui still knew that he was not messy, why could Comrade Liu Yimin be drunk and have a messy surname? You must know that great military achievements are not capital that violates discipline, and great contributions are also not capital that violates discipline. As the supreme responsible person of our party in Shandong, the commander in chief of our army's largest strategic group, and the youngest senior general of our party, Comrade Liu Yimin should draw a lesson from this incident and examine himself, be self-vigilant, self-respecting, and self-motivated. After the matter is handled, Comrade Liu Yimin should make a detailed report to the Central Committee on his study and ideological situation, and if necessary, he can return to Xi'an for an interview when the fighting has eased a little.

Mr. Zhu's reply also indicated that Liu Yimin personally translated, and the telegram said that affection is not necessarily not heroic, and the best commemoration of martyrs and relatives is to win more battles, and the good news flies to be used as paper money. However, Comrade Liu Yimin should examine himself, indiscriminate affection is not allowed by the party's discipline, and it is also contrary to the basic norms of life; the Marriage Law stipulates the freedom of marriage, and marriage and divorce are in accordance with the wishes of both parties, but nothing that violates the morality of marriage is allowed, especially for senior cadres.

Soong Meiling's telegram was very simple, and only said two sentences: First, Chairman Chiang had accepted Yaoguang as his righteous daughter, and he would announce to the press the news that Yaoguang had sacrificed his life for the country, so as to inspire the countrymen to resist the war. the second is a woman who can't protect herself, which can be described as incompetent; The title of a famous general has nothing to show for itself. It was a man, so he placed the head of Lieutenant General Ryosuke Isoya of the 10th Division in front of Yaoguang's tomb to pay tribute to the heroic soul.

Since Song Meiling's telegram was transmitted through the headquarters of the Eighth Route Army, Mr. Zhu was afraid that Liu Yimin would be emotional, so he sent another telegram: "Revenge must be avenged, but you can't be carried away by hatred." ”

After Luo Ronghuan received Liu Yimin's telegram, he didn't understand that he wanted Li Chengyi to escort Xiao Zhenghe to see off Chen Yaoguang. A little worried, calculated the distance between the two places, the fast horse is a day's journey, Luo Ronghuan called Liu Yimin back: "Telegram in." Personally sent Zhenghe to the Wanshou Palace. ”

After reading a few telegrams, Liu Yimin knew that the reason why the chairman and the boss indicated that he had personally translated was to protect him, and he was unwilling to let the second person know the words criticizing him. But I'm afraid this check is written.

If you think about it, you know that it is right for you to take the initiative to report your relationship with Chen Yaoguang to the chairman and the boss, even if you don't report it, they will also know, Liu Fei next to Chiang Kai-shek is a famous underground party, and he is a senior general of our party, and every move, every word and word he has with Chiang Kai-shek, and even his personal relationship with Chen Yaoguang, the chairman will be clear.

As for what Song Meiling said in the telegram about taking the head of Liansuke Isogu to pay tribute to Yaoguang, Liu Yimin was thinking all the way, but he couldn't just take revenge and forget his own responsibility, otherwise, he wouldn't have to retreat that night, and he would die on the spot, and he would also kill all the reinforcements and remnants of the army that Zaozhuang had rushed to.

Wang Tongsheng reported that he had found the stonemason who carved the stele, and whether the division commander would write an inscription so that the stonemason could hurry up and start work.

Liu Yimin took out pen, ink and paper from the bag on horseback, and directly wrote the inscription of "The Tomb of the Martyr Chen Yaoguang" and "Close Comrade-in-Arms Liu Yimin Jingli", and after thinking about it, Yaoguang can be regarded as a mud without staining, comparable to a lotus, so he painted a white lotus flower and asked Wang Tongsheng to take it and ask the stonemason to carve the lotus flower on the top of the stele.

After Wang Tongsheng left, Liu Yimin wrote the inscription of "Chen Yaoguang's Martyrdom". After writing it, I felt that it was too boring and dissatisfied. Thinking of Chen Yaoguang's appearance when he sang Master Hongyi's "Farewell" song, I felt that my lover, who only had a two-night relationship, must be innocent and versatile in his surname. It's a pity that I didn't get to know her well, and I know too little about her.

The more I think about it, the more I feel like a bastard, why did I take her to Xuzhou? Why do you have to fight that battle? Why didn't you remember that she had no combat experience? Thinking about it, the tears couldn't stop flowing again, and the paper was wet.

If she hadn't followed her to Xuzhou, she would have been working with her comrades in the base now. The spring of Yimeng Mountain is full of flowers, and the eyes are all overwhelming green, she is wearing a military uniform, shuttling among the flowers and green, isn't that a beautiful elf like a fairy?

So Liu Yimin wrote down the title of "The White Lotus Blooms in Lunan in Spring", and then he flew like a pen, starting from Chen Yaoguang singing "Farewell" to the soldiers, and used flashbacks to write how Chen Yaoguang joined the army, how to interact with himself to the depths of love, how to sacrifice, etc., to the fullest. Finally, Liu Yimin wrote: "The lotus flower originally bloomed in summer and autumn, not only out of the mud without staining, but also to contribute beauty to human beings, contribute lotus pods, lotus roots, and even lotus leaves can provide people with shade and yang and even make food packaging, which can be said to have contributed everything to people who love life." My lover was originally a college student who was born as an intellectual, but in order to resist the war, he still threw himself into the front line of the anti-Japanese war. Her short life is as pure and beautiful as a lotus, blooming in Lunan in this spring. I should work hard to fulfill her wish, drive out the invaders as soon as possible, and let Lunan regain her beautiful and fresh beauty in this blood-stained spring! ”

In the evening, Luo Ronghuan rushed to Wanshou Palace with Xiao Zhenghe.

Seeing his son, Liu Yimin suddenly felt that the life that was often said in later generations was no longer a cliché, but a real, real feeling, and hugged his son and kissed him.

Luo Ronghuan read the inscription written by Liu Yimin, inquired in detail about the battle at that time, and saw that Liu Yimin was so injured, he couldn't say anything about persuasion. First, on the Shanxi side, after opening up the communication line from Taiyuan to Datong, the army turned around and headed south, and had captured Linfen, showing signs of attacking Yuncheng. Our 129th Division won the ambush battles at Shentouling and Xiangtangpu, destroying 2,000 people. Strangely, the enemy's 6th and 8th divisions suddenly disappeared. On the Xuzhou side, the headquarters today reported to the Fifth Theater that the offensive operations had been stopped, and the main force had begun to shrink except for containing the troops. Second, the brigades of our army have developed rapidly in various parts of Shandong, and the brigades have reported that many people have signed up to join the army, and they have all called for the re-establishment of a new corps to train new recruits. Third, the logistics command has already surveyed the site for the establishment of a military factory, and is preparing to start producing explosives, mines, and grenades, as well as reloading bullets and shells by using the karst caves. Fourth, the printing house of the "Popular Daily" has already begun its work, and the trial issue of the newspaper has come out.

Liu Yimin interrupted Luo Ronghuan and asked what the enemy was on Jinpu Road.

Luo Ronghuan said that the enemy has strengthened the defense of the Jinpu line, and in addition to the previous armored vehicle patrols and fixed-point defense, the density of strongholds has been increased, and barbed wire has been pulled up at key points, and bells are hung on them, which will ring at the slightest touch. Each stronghold was also equipped with military dogs, and puppet troops were also dispatched to assist in the defense. In this way, there is no way but to storm it.

As soon as Liu Yimin heard this, he knew that the army was about to make a move, and immediately sent a report to the chairman and the boss: "Comprehensive intelligence analysis, the army is about to start in the direction of Xuzhou." Judging that the Shanxi side said that the 6th and 8th Divisions of the army were secretly falling eastward, if the Xuzhou battlefield. Jiang and Li can be reported. ”

At 12 o'clock in the night, Tang Xingying rushed to Wanshou Palace with Zhao Xiaoman and Jingjing.

Seeing Tang Xingying's arrival, Liu Yimin was a little embarrassed. Then I asked them how they came?

Tang Xingying said: "The political commissar suddenly picked up his son, I didn't worry, I was afraid that something would happen to you, so I hurried here." ”

Liu Yimin said that it was nothing, thinking that Yaoguang had taken He'er with her, and she was so young, she had no relatives around her when she left, and she was lonely. I asked He'er to come over and bow to her.

Tang Xingying snorted in her nose, ignored Liu Yimin, pulled Zhao Xiaoman and Jingjing, went to open the coffin, re-scrubbed Chen Yaoguang's body, and put on the new military uniform she brought.

Luo Ronghuan didn't want to see Liu Yimin's embarrassment, so he went to the master of Wanshou Palace and wanted to do work to let a few female comrades and children live.

Tang Xingying was busy, Liu Yimin called her over, saying that she had a body, don't be busy there, sit down and rest for a while.

Tang Xingying sighed and said faintly: "If you take care of my body, you are afraid that I will work hard, so you shouldn't provoke others." If you don't provoke her, according to your spleen, you will definitely let her stay in the back during the war, and you won't die like this. Why is this man like a black blind man breaking corn? See one and break one, break one and throw one. I hate you so much, I can't wait to make a few strokes on your face to see if you still recruit people. ”

Liu Yimin also sighed: "This matter is a bit complicated, and the inside story is not as you think." ”

Tang Xingying said: "How complicated is that? Isn't she the one who provoked you first when you were drunk? I can figure this out with my eyes closed. She finally seized the opportunity, and you were moved. I can't figure it out, why are you so unprovoked? Are you thinking about sending her to another base when you return to the army? ”

Liu Yimin pointed at Tang Xingying in surprise: "You? You? ”

Tang Xingying said hatefully: "Don't let you go, I've been your wife for a few years, I don't know how many roundworms you have in your stomach?" I thought about it, when you are done with this time, you will send me and my son back to Xi'an, my body is becoming more and more inconvenient, and I can only cause trouble for you here. When I went to Xi'an, I still had parents who could take care of me. ”

Liu Yimin said in surprise: "It's good here, why do you want to go?" You still don't believe in the level of field hospitals? ”

Tang Xingying's eyes were foggy: "I love you, I like you, I don't want my man to have a bad reputation." Although you don't tell me, I also know that Ni Hua should come back. She has such good conditions, for the sake of the War of Resistance, for you, she doesn't want anything, what else can I do? A Chen Yaoguang makes you unable to hold it, what is the result of Ni Hua's return? Can't you really stay here and let people say you have two wives? Am I so spineless, do I have to fight with others for a man? As he spoke, he threw himself into Liu Yimin's arms and cried, this crying was regarded as opening the floodgates of grievances, and the tears couldn't be stopped.

Liu Yimin's head is as big as a fight, and he can't be coaxed no matter how he coaxes. In the end, it was Luo Ronghuan who came to do the work of the master of the hospital, and asked Tang Xingying, Zhao Xiaoman, and Jingjing to take the children to rest.

After Tang Xingying and the others left, the more Liu Yimin thought about it, the more he felt that he was completely messed up, and he was not tired enough to fight devils? Why do you incur so many love debts? fell in love with Ni Hua, and the result was that Ni Hua was forced to go abroad for three years, and maybe he is still controlled by Chiang Kai-shek's spies in Hong Kong. fell in love with Tang Xingying, but the result was that Tang Xingying always had the shadow of Ni Hua in her heart, and she was not necessarily very happy in her heart. This had a relationship with Chen Yaoguang, and he thought that he would send her back to Xi'an when he returned to the army, and let her quietly bury her feelings in her heart, but she died before returning to the army. There are also two girls, Zhao Xiaoman and Jingjing, who are dead on the tip of the horns, so the good condition is not to find a partner alive or dead, and wait there. In his original time and space, the cattle were all flying colorful flags outside, the red flags at home did not fall, and he was so serious about his feelings, except for Chen Yaoguang, who was accidentally disconnected this time, he definitely belonged to the love and loyalty type, why couldn't he be even?

couldn't figure it out, Liu Yimin simply lay on the ground, lit a cigarette, and counted the stars in the sky while sucking. It wasn't until I was so tired that I closed my eyes and fell asleep.

The next morning, everything was ready in the cemetery, Liu Yimin went to take a look, and saw that the tomb was made of regular stone strips, and the tomb road was also paved with stone strips.

Before the burial, Liu Yimin made a short speech, he said: "Why do I compare Comrade Yaoguang to a lotus? As you know, Comrade Yaoguang was a student of Jinling University, and because of his natural beauty, he was selected by Dai Li, nominally Madame Chiang's goddaughter took the initiative to join our army, and at the right time, she was sent to our troops and to me as bait. In our army, Comrade Yaoguang was educated and grew up to be a brave soldier of the Eighth Route Army. When he was in Xuzhou, Chiang Kai-shek confessed to me that Comrade Yaoguang was not his righteous daughter, but he decided to really accept Comrade Yaoguang as his righteous daughter and record it in the genealogy of the Chiang clan. For a commoner's child, what it means to be accepted as a righteous daughter by Chiang Kai-shek, I believe the comrades know it. However, Comrade Yaoguang rejected Chairman Chiang, the leader of a country, to his face. Her original words are as follows: I was a child of a civilian, and now I am a soldier of the Eighth Route Army, and I am not so blessed to ask Chairman Chiang to take back my life. Comrades, think about it, not to mention the temptation of the princess-like identity, but in the situation that Chiang Kai-shek is surrounded by a cloud of guards, and he may lose his surname at any time and anywhere, Comrade Yaoguang dares to do this and say this, how much courage and courage does it take? Our Eighth Route Army needs such fearless soldiers! In my heart, she is the pure white lotus!

My comrades are my comrades-in-arms and my closest people. I do not deny that Comrade Yaoguang and I fell in love with each other violated the party's discipline and the norms of life, and I am sorry for my family and the trust of my comrades. But I don't regret it, I'm proud to have such a lover! I didn't want to talk about it, but I'm a man, and if you're a man, you're responsible for your actions. Therefore, what should have been a monument to the martyrs was erected by the instructor, the Shandong Bureau, and the Shandong Military Region, but it became that I, as a husband, erected a monument for my wife. In order for Yaoguang to be buried as soon as possible, the comrades arranged the cemetery regardless of fatigue, fulfilled the responsibilities of their comrades-in-arms, and expressed the feelings of their comrades-in-arms. I bow to my comrades on behalf of my deceased love! ”

After speaking, Liu Yimin had tears in his eyes, took off his military hat, and bowed to the neatly arranged team.

After Liu Yimin finished speaking, Luo Ronghuan ordered a burial. After the tombs were piled up, flower baskets and wreaths made of flower branches were presented to the martyrs' tombs, and then three shots were fired.

After the funeral, Liu Yimin ordered the troops to hurry up and eat and prepare to leave. He pulled his son to the present and said to his son: "Son, remember, there is one of your mothers buried here." She is a glorious martyr, a relative who has brought you, and when you grow up, you must remember to come to pay tribute every year during Qingming. ”

Seeing that his son was immature and nodded, Liu Yimin had tears in his eyes, sat on the ground, smoked a cigarette, and said, "Yaoguang, you can rest here." I'll come to see you when I pass by here. In the future, when He'er is older, I will ask him to come and burn paper for you every year. I thought, how good would it be if I didn't take you to Xuzhou and didn't fight that battle? Even after returning to the army, I don't want you anymore, and I will send you back to Xi'an, and you can still be a good daughter of your parents. But no, I'm a soldier, I'm leading hundreds of thousands of elite soldiers, I have to think strategically about what I do, I took you to Xuzhou to engage in a united front, and I fought that battle because the devil was killing our people, I was the Eighth Route Army, I couldn't be a turtle with a shrunken head! I didn't think it would hurt you with this blow. Rest in peace, I still have to fight the devils, and when I kill the 10th division of the devils, I will bring the sabers of their division commanders, brigade commanders, and wing commanders to pay tribute to you. ”

After speaking, Liu Yimin cried and sang "Farewell":

Outside the long pavilion, by the ancient road, the grass is green and the evening breeze blows the willow flute, the sunset outside the mountain is the end of the mountain, the corner of the earth, the acquaintance is half scattered life is rare to gather, only outside the long pavilion, the ancient road, the grass is green and the sky asks you when to go, when you come, don't wander the end of the sky, the corner of the earth, know the friend half scattered a pot of turbidity sprinkled with the rest of the joy, tonight don't dream cold singing to the end, Liu Yimin's voice is simply like a wolf howling, echoing in the mountains.

After singing, Liu Yimin stood up, wiped away the tears on his face, picked up his son, and strode towards the camp.

(To be continued)