"Alas, Zhizhou, what is the matter with your coming back this time?" Hu Ying looked at Long Yun, who seemed to be very interested, and her expression was extremely serious.

"It's just to come back and see, from Nanjing to Wuhan, then to Yucheng, along the Yangtze River, from Jiangnan to the southwest, it's not comfortable to go there, or our Yunnan is good, cross the bridge rice noodles, steam-pot chicken, picturesque scenery, here, I can live to be a hundred years old." Long Yun pretended to smile calmly.

"Zhizhou, don't talk nonsense, Zhuang Wenge can find me today," Hu Ying said solemnly, and then looked at Long Yun, Long Yun sighed in his heart, and his face changed and then returned to nature.

"What's wrong with him?" Long Yun was nervous in his heart, and couldn't help but regret in his heart, he shouldn't have let Long Shenzu go to the city, wouldn't this be a hostage for others?

Hu Ying didn't answer, but carefully observed Long Yun's demeanor, and when she saw him acting like this, she had a bottom in her heart, so she went straight in: "Zhizhou, you tell the truth, is this coming back related to Wang Jingwei?" ”

Long Yun was silent, Hu Ying was even more sure in his heart, this time he couldn't help but be anxious, he stood up with a brush, tears almost came out, knocked on the table, and shouted: "Confused!" Confused! How can you do such a thing! ”

"Old Hu, don't worry, don't worry, listen to me, listen to me." Long Yun was about to tell him what he had agreed with Wang Jingwei, but Hu Ying waved his hand.

"I don't listen, I don't listen to this kind of treason against the party and the country!"

Long Yun's face turned red: "How can this be a traitor to the party and the country?" If you can let him withdraw his troops, without paying reparations, without ceding land, the war will be gone, and the people can live a stable life, what's the bad! ”

"Qin Hui said the same thing!" Hu Ying was extremely distressed, pointing at Long Yun and trembling all over: "I..., I..." ”

"Hu Lao, Hu Lao," Yang Guangxiu, the adjutant who heard them arguing and came in, hurriedly helped Hu Ying sit down: "Don't worry, what's the matter, say it slowly." ”

"Slow, slow, slow! He's on the wrong path! How do you help him? You, why don't you persuade! Hu Ying sprayed her anger on the people around Long Yun again, pointing at Yang Guangxiu and the guards and scolding.

"Enough!" Long Yun was furious, slammed the table with a shocking sound, the dishes and chopsticks on the table clanged, Yang Guangxiu's face turned white, and he looked at Long Yun in a panic, Long Yun's chest rose and fell, his face was white for a while, red for a while, and he didn't say anything, and went upstairs angrily.

Yang Guangxiu secretly wiped his sweat and hurriedly helped Hu Ying up, "Leave me alone, I, I'm going to wake him up today!" Hu Ying struggled to keep upstairs, and Yang Guangxiu and the guards held him tightly.

"Hu Lao, Hu Lao, you go back first, rest first, rest first." The adjutant gently persuaded.

"Long Zhizhou, if you dare to betray the country, I will fight with you first! Long Zhizhou! I'm blind, come and gouge out my eyeballs! Here you go! Come on! Hu Ying scolded along the way, and was half-supported and half-dragged away by Yang Guangxiu.

After Yang Guangxiu came back, he ran upstairs on his feet, Long Yun stood in front of the window upstairs, his eyes were gloomy, the adjutant gently brought a cup of tea, secretly looked at Long Yun's face, and asked carefully: "Old chairman, are we going to change places." ”

"No, you don't." Long Yun was very sure in his heart, although Hu Ying made a lot of noise, he actually defended him and would never tell Zhuang Jihua, although he was angry and angry, he couldn't do anything to him.

But Hu Ying's attitude made him feel cold, Hu Ying has always been lenient, especially after leaving the army, he retreated three points in everything, neither fighting for power nor profit, and he had a very high reputation in the army, but today he was very out of shape, and he was simply not the Hu Ying he knew.

Thinking of the attitudes of Yang Yunxin and Long Shenzu, Long Yun had a trace of doubts about whether he could promote the peace movement in Yunnan, the green mountains in the distance were still green, the sun was still shining, but he was no longer as happy as yesterday.

"Isn't peace you say?" Long Yun suddenly asked Yang Guangxiu, Yang Guangxiu was slightly stunned, he was the number two person among Long Yun's adjutants, and the chief adjutant was Long Yun's nephew Long Hanyun, who was taking care of the sick "Long Yun" in Yucheng. Usually Long Yun consults with him, and rarely asks him about Yang Guangxiu.

"Old chairman, I can't say this, what do you want to do, we'll follow." Yang Guangxiu said and peeked at Long Yun.

Long Yun didn't let him go, and continued to ask, "Just say what you think." ”

Yang Guangxiu estimated that it would not work if he didn't say something today, so after thinking about it, he said euphemistically: "When I was in Wuhan and Yucheng, I listened to what Zhou Fohai said, and I felt that the old chairman's plan was very good, but in the past two days, Senior Yang and the second son have been opposed, and today Hu Lao is like this again, the old chairman, I feel that this matter is probably a little hanging." Speaking of this, he carefully looked at Long Yun's face, and when he saw that his expression changed slightly, he hurriedly added: "The old chairman knows, I am a rough person, I can't understand this kind of national affairs, anyway, I only have one, the old chairman will beat whoever he calls." ”

Long Yun smiled bitterly and waved him down, Yang Guangxiu asked, "You haven't eaten yet, do you want to make a few more dishes." ”

"Just make a bowl of rice noodles." Long Yun couldn't raise his interest, and ordered casually.

To Long Yun's surprise, he soon received a letter from Long Handou, telling him that the eldest prince Long Shenwu led the officers above the Southern Yunnan Regiment to Kunming, and it was expected to arrive in the evening. Long Yun's head was suddenly stunned, and he immediately felt that Long Shenwu was by no means supporting him here, and if he wanted to support him to be the first in the list, he would stay in southern Yunnan and prepare to resist the central government by force.

"Stop him, tell Long Handou, stop him, stop him!" Long Yun was a little angry, and said in embarrassment: "Chief of Staff Long said that the telegram was sent by the eldest prince after he got on the train, and he is now on the train. ”

Long Yun slumped into the chair, Yang Guangxiu waved his hand to let the visitor go back, and he sat quietly on the side.

"Against surrender!"

"Fight to the end!"

"Support the Yunnan army to resist!"

"Support Chairman Chiang to fight to the end, and oppose surrender and betrayal!"

…….

Long processions, clogged the streets, jeeps were forced to stop on the side of the road. Long Shenzu looked at the marching students with complicated expressions, they held long banners and chanted slogans along the way, and at the forefront were hundreds of wounded soldiers of the Yunnan army, sitting in wheelchairs, holding small flags with their bodies, trying to chant slogans, while the students pushed their wheelchairs.

"Sir." A red-faced schoolgirl stuffed a flyer into the jeep, and then left happily, Long Shenzu picked up the flyer and watched silently. The leaflet was written by the Sanmingzhuo Youth League, and the content was to oppose surrender and resist to the end. After reading it, Long Rope Zu crumpled the flyer and threw it out of the car.

At this time, he saw that the red flutter was explaining something in front of a group of soldiers of the Yunnan army, and the expressions of the soldiers were very excited, and they raised their arms and shouted.

"The will of the people cannot be violated, and the will of the army cannot be violated. My father made a mistake. "Long Rope Ancestor is very painful and very contradictory, on the one hand, his father is the righteousness of the nation, and on the other hand, he can't do it.

After arriving at the garrison headquarters, Long Shenzu was let into the small living room, and when he stepped into the small living room, he saw Yang Yunxin drinking tea in it boringly, and an operational staff officer was accompanying him.

"Lao Zhang, what do you mean by this?" Long Shenzu and this staff officer are old acquaintances, so he pretended to be casual and asked, and casually opened a pack of Hade doors and threw one to Staff Officer Zhao.

"Commander Ran was called by Director Zhuang, and I bothered the two of you to wait for a while." Zhao Shen planned to light a match and light it for the Dragon Rope Ancestor, and then said with a smile. Commander Ran's order is very clear, detain these two people here, give whatever you want, only one, and you can't go back to the army.

"Brigade Commander Long, sit down, I'm here early in the morning, and now I've had lunch, and I guess I'll have to wait until dinner." Yang Yunxin said with a wry smile, he is not nervous at all now, but has a sense of ease, he doesn't want to follow Long Yun to engage in any peace movement, it's good to stay here, the two infamy of traitor and ingratitude are someone else's.

Long Rope Ancestor understood that Yang Yunxin was telling him that today's incident was strange, and it was likely that the other party already knew that Long Yun had returned to Yunnan. He was silent for a moment and then smiled, "Then wait." ”

After speaking, she leaned on the chair casually, the ugly daughter-in-law always had to see her in-laws, and at night, Ran Ruiju had to give an explanation.

The three of them drank tea in this small living room, chatted with each other, and read several newspapers over and over again, and Long Shenzu found that today's newspapers have many articles opposing surrender and the War of Resistance to the end, and all walks of life in Kunming are carrying out activities to publicize the War of Resistance, the Women's Salvation Association, the symposium of people from the educational circles, the fundraising meeting of people from the business circles, and the earnest meeting of veterans of the Yunnan Army. The content is all about the War of Resistance to the end, and there will be no peace talks halfway!

"Zhuang Wenge's movements are so fast." Long Shenzu smiled bitterly in his heart, he felt a little depressed in the small living room, so he proposed, "How about we go to the back garden for a walk?" ”

The garrison commander is the former Yunnan Army City Defense Headquarters, the headquarters is located in the southwest of Wuhua Mountain, is the former Yunnan Admiral Yamen, after the Sino-French War, the Qing court in Yunnan to train the new army, this Admiral's Mansion was built at that time, covering a vast area, there is a martial arts field and a small garden behind.

As soon as he heard that he went to the small garden, Staff Officer Zhao was a little troubled, and he was seen by Long Shenzu, he haha, patted Staff Officer Zhao's shoulder and said, "If I can't see Commander Ran, I won't leave." ”

The pain in his shoulder made Staff Officer Zhao grin, and Yang Yunxin also smiled: "Don't worry, I will only leave if I see Commander Ran, when Commander Ran is free to see us, we will go back." ”

If you still don't understand this, Staff Officer Zhao has been in vain for decades, and although he is still doubting in his heart, he has already walked towards the small garden. When they arrived at the small garden, Staff Officer Zhao made an excuse, left, and quietly transferred a company of people from the guard battalion to surround the outside of the garden.

After Counselor Zhao left, Long Shenzu and Yang Yunxin sat down and chatted next to the water pavilion in the garden, at this moment it was the depth of spring, all kinds of flowers and trees were in full bloom, camellias, peonies, rhododendrons, red and white, bees and butterflies shuttled, wide green plantain leaves, stretched its limbs into the air. The yard is small, but it's beautiful.

But the two of them had no intention of appreciating the beautiful scenery of the flowers, and sighed in unison, Yang Yunxin looked at the Dragon Rope Ancestor several times and stopped talking, and finally the Dragon Rope Ancestor spoke first.

"I'm afraid my father is wrong again this time." Long Rope Ancestor looked at the pond and said faintly.

"What do you have to say about the second son?" Yang Yunxin was a little nervous, not knowing whether he was telling the truth or a lie.

"I was wrong last time, I lost Yunnan, but this time I was wrong, but I lost the soldiers of the Yunnan Army and the old folks in Yunnan, and I am afraid that I will have no face to see the old folks in Yunnan in the future." The more Long Rope Ancestor spoke, the more miserable his heart became.

"Can't you persuade him?" Yang Yunxin still couldn't grasp the thoughts of the Dragon Rope Ancestor.

"After you left yesterday, I persuaded him all night, he didn't listen to it at all, and he was defeated that year, which made him angry, and he dreamed of restoring Yunnan, hum, Wang Jingwei drew him a cake, and he was busy using it to save his life, I really don't know if he is really old."

Yang Yunxin didn't expect Long Rope Ancestor to say so meanly, he looked at Long Rope Ancestor with some surprise, the latter's expression was sad, and the arrogant young master just now was swept away, and now he understood that Long Rope Ancestor was really against Long Yun's move, but he couldn't convince Long Yun, let it go, and he couldn't watch his father jump into this fire pit, and he was unwilling.

"Second young master, since you have made your words clear, I won't hide it," Yang Yunxin said solemnly: "Director Zhuang detained me here, I was willing, I didn't run if I was told to run, the old chairman wants to engage in a peace movement, I don't approve of it, not only I don't approve of it, but most of the officers in the division don't approve of it." In addition, looking at the current domestic situation, the War of Resistance is the trend of the times, the people of the whole country support it, and the enthusiasm of the people from all walks of life in Yunnan is very high. It is staring at Yunnan, the old chairman wants to carry out autonomy in southern Yunnan and set up a new political axe, and a civil war in Yunnan will inevitably break out, and when the time comes, under the dual pressure of politics and military, I am afraid that he will not be able to support it for even a month. The old chairman was kind to me, I couldn't shoot at the old chairman, and I didn't want to participate in any peace movement, Director Zhuang locked me up here, and I was very happy. ”

Yang Yunxin's frank words contained a bitterness, but it made Long Rope Ancestor's heart beat even more, Yang Yunxin can do this, can't others do this, the peace movement has not been officially announced, this military spirit will be dispersed, and when the central army arrives, it will not be wiped out immediately.

Long Rope Ancestor looked Yang Yunxin up and down, and said in his heart that this person usually doesn't hum or ha, he really knows it, he underestimated this person before, no wonder Lu Han didn't keep others, but left him behind.

"It's only up to the eldest brother to see if he can dissuade his father, and I think all hope is in him." Dragon Rope Ancestor is extremely bitter, what should he do when the time comes?

"There is another person, Commander Lu," Yang Yunxin thought and said, "I called Commander Lu before I came, reported the matter of the old chairman to him, and asked him to come up with an idea quickly." ”

"What if he agrees?" Dragon Rope Ancestor asked with a wry smile.

"Then there is no way, everything is over." Yang Yunxin was helpless, if Long Yun really announced the peace movement, Lu Han would definitely be suspicious, Chiang Kai-shek would definitely remove his military power, and the entire old Dian army would irretrievably collapse.

"It's all over?" The Dragon Rope Ancestor was a little puzzled.

"This is not simple, the old chairman announced his support for Wang Jingwei, the old Jiang must announce a crusade, the eldest prince raised troops in southern Yunnan to escort the car, this side must be the Zhuang Cultural Revolution, according to me, in the past three years, you have seen the changes in Yunnan, the Zhuang Cultural Revolution treated our old Dian army well, the civilian officials were retained, the troops were expanded, the equipment was changed, the military salary was paid in full every month, plus the name of righteousness, the people's hearts and military hearts were taken away by him, what did the old chairman take to confront him? As soon as the logistics are cut off, what should the old chairman do? can only ask for help from himself, which will confirm the crime of Han Annihilation.

The old chairman's side is finished, and Commander Lu's side is not better, the 58th Army will definitely be reorganized, most of the officers will be transferred, or in two years, this army will be completely centralized, and Lao Jiang is still justified, don't you say it's all over. Yang Yunxin sighed and said.

Although urging the warm breeze of spring, cold sweat flowed down the backbone of the dragon rope ancestor, and he was stunned for a while before he stupidly burst out of the sentence: "Why don't you tell my father about this?" ”

"Alas, the second son, the old chairman wants to see the good as much as possible, as soon as Wang Jingwei is electrified, local forces in the country will respond, and Lao Jiang will inevitably step down. If I want to say something like this, he will not listen to it, and the only people who can convince him are your brothers and Commander Lu. Yang Yunxin replied.

Thinking of what happened to him, Long Rope Ancestor admitted that he was right, and couldn't help but look up to the sky and sigh, bursting into tears.

The two of them no longer have the interest to speak, the seat is sad, a cup of tea is drunk into white water and unconscious, the spring breeze blows the willow branches by the pool, the spring water wrinkles with the wind, ripples, the willow leaves fly, slowly falling, floating on the water, the sun in the distance, gradually slanting westward.

Footsteps came from the doorway, and the two of them didn't even mean to look back, still leaning against the railing, motionless.

"It's a lot of fun to be in the wind and rain outside, but the two of you are hiding here."

The two of them turned their heads to look, but Zhuang Jihua was standing there with a smile on his face, and the two of them immediately jumped up and saluted Zhuang Jihua, Zhuang Jihua returned the salute casually: "Sit, sit down, let's talk slowly." ”

After the three of them sat down, Staff Officer Zhao came over to change the tea of the two of them, neither of them spoke, they didn't know what to say, Zhuang Jihua took a sip of tea before slowly speaking:

"I'm tired of waiting here for so long, and you're complaining about me in your heart, right?"

Yang Yunxin and Long Shenzu smiled bitterly at each other, and Yang Yunxin replied: "There, Director Zhuang smiled, didn't he say that Commander Ran was going to talk about the transfer of recruits?" This Commander Ran.... ”

"Oh," Zhuang Jihua said lightly: "That's just an excuse, the real purpose is to invite the two of you here for a few days." ”

Yes, this one is even more straightforward, without concealment, as if it is taken for granted, Zhuang Jihua waited for a while, and did not see the two of them speak, so he smiled and said: "It seems that both of them understand people, so there is no need to go around in circles." ”

After finishing speaking, Zhuang Jihua stared directly at Long Shenzu: "Has Vice President Long already returned to Kunming?" ”

Long Yun is the vice president of the Military Senate, so Zhuang Jihua calls him vice president. The Dragon Rope Ancestor was in a dilemma, not knowing how to answer.

(To be continued)