Forty-Six: He knelt down before her

Wang Mingming had lunch and drank tea for a while accompanied by Aunt Li. Wang Mingming said: "Aunt Li, you rest, I don't have the habit of taking a nap, I want to go outside to have a look." I also want to buy something. ”

Aunt Li said: "You can go wherever you want, I asked Jianting to drive you, it is not safe on the street now, he can take care of your safety with you." Wang Mingming said: "It's great to have Boss Li drive me." It's much more convenient than my car. The most important thing is the safety that Aunt Li talked about. ”

She wrapped up her head and got into the car. Boss Li started the car and asked, "Where are you going?" She didn't answer where he went, she pointed out the way to Boss Li and took him to the alley of her house. Boss Li looked at her and smiled in understanding. He watched her gesture as he drove slowly forward.

Wang Mingming had already seen the 'drum stone' in front of the gate of his house. The big, heavy drum stones sat quietly in front of the gate after not seeing them for a few years, and she used to go in and out every day without paying special attention to them. Now she felt that the pair of drum stones were very kind. That is the symbol of Zhangfu. When you see it, you see home. In December of the 37th year, in the days of the defense of Nanjing, she came out of that gate and never came back.

It became her dream to go home after experiencing the massacre, not to meet Boss Li and go home without knowing that it would be the Year of the Monkey. Suddenly back today. It's going to be home. and they will see the room where they live, and see the old butler. The dream of coming home for a few years is about to come true. A little further forward you can park. A wave of excitement and unease welled up in her heart, and she looked at home with wide eyes as she was getting closer and closer.

She was wondering what happened to the old housekeeper, he must have seen old in the past few years. What a surprise they would have been to see her, the porter was still as wide open as ever, and he was on duty in front of it. What can I do when the soldiers come, Zhang Fu still puts on his own prestige.

The car is about to come to the gate, so it's better to park on the side, or stop in front of the gate as it used to. She raised her hand and was about to signal to Boss Li to stop.

She suddenly saw a devil with a gun appear in front of the gate, the sound of the car alarmed the devil, he looked at the car, did not interfere, turned around and walked back and forth in front of the gate. An ominous premonition suddenly struck Wang Mingming. It was as if an iron fist had been struck in her chest. Her heart pounded suddenly, and cold sweat broke out on her head in pain. Uneasiness gripped her. She motioned for the parking of her hand to her chest. She firmly believes that the old housekeeper will never be a Han Jian, I am afraid that it will be more than lucky. Something must have happened at home.

The car drove slowly in front of the door, Boss Li saw Wang Mingming staring at the yard and looking inside, he also looked at the gate and said: "After the fall of Nanjing, the devils occupied this place, and this family was destroyed by the devils!" "Boss Li's words were very light. But it was like a thunderbolt on a sunny day, and Wang Mingming's mind exploded all at once. The blood went downward, and the heart was pressed as if it had stopped beating. It was pitch black before her eyes. The cold sweat on his back suddenly soaked through his clothes.

The car drove forward for a while, and Boss Li asked, "There is a three-way intersection in front, which way are we going?" Boss Li's questioning called Wang Mingming back from the darkness. She shivered, sighed deeply, and coughed a few times. The mechanical one pointed to the right, and she drove the car towards the ocean.

Wang Mingming saw that the door of the foreign bank was open, and Old Man Li was sitting on a bamboo chair at the door with his eyes closed and basking in the sun. Old man Li was finally safe, and her hanging heart relaxed. She called the car to stop, and she got out of the car and walked slowly past.

Old man Li was still as thin as before, his skin was dark and rough, his eyes were deeply sunken in his sockets, and his back was slightly bent. If he had stood there, he would have been blown down by the wind. People say that they have practiced martial arts to this extent, and martial arts have been practiced to the bones.

Wang Mingming naturally heard that he knew martial arts. She had never seen his kung fu before. Old man Li grew up in the General's Mansion, and when he was a child, he was the general's pedal on the horse. Grown up to be the general's little groom. No matter how big it is, it has become the general's personal guard. Before the general died, he told the captain of the guard to go to Nanjing with him to find the old ancestor, the young lady and the little son, and defend them for life.

The captain of the guard fell ill and died. Old man Li did not forget his mission and loyally defended Zhang's Mansion until now. When there was a dispute outside the subordinates in Zhang's house, there was no one who did not listen to him when he came to mediate.

Wang Mingming stood in front of the gate and looked inside. The inside was very clean. The back door of the foreign store is open, and the backyard is clean. She moved her steps and was about to enter, Old Man Li opened his eyes. It seems that he has not slept at all, and his hearing is quite good. He looked at Wang Mingming, and his eyes seemed to say: Don't go in, there's nothing for you to do there.

He stood up in surprise and whispered, "Are you?" Yes, my God. He suddenly looked around and whispered: "Outside is not the place to talk, devils and men are all over the street." The third aunt came to the house too quickly to sit. ”

Wang Mingming was taken aback, how could this old man Li recognize her at a glance.

She walked into the house. Old man Li came over to help her in surprise, and he said uneasily, "What's the matter!" Third aunt, what's wrong with your legs? Wang Mingming didn't speak, she continued to walk into the house. Old man Li hurriedly came to her and bent down to carry her. Wang Mingming didn't refuse, she let him carry him into the house. She went into the house and looked, and everything was the same as before the fall of Nanjing.

Old man Li immediately moved a chair and put it in the center of the room, and he respectfully helped Wang Mingming to sit down. Old man Li stood in front of her respectfully and said, "Third aunt, you have suffered. It's all me, the subordinate, who didn't protect you well. I'm guilty! I'm sorry for my ancestors, I'm sorry for the generals. He knelt down as he spoke.

Wang Mingming said: "Don't blame yourself, you did your best." I was relieved to see that you were alive. You can survive the Nanjing Massacre, and you have lived until now, you have won glory for Zhangfu, I thank you. Zhangfu has me. The banner of Zhangfu will be planted one day. My hurt doesn't matter to you. Get up and speak. ”

Old man Li said, "Thank you, third aunt." He stood up and said, "I remember very clearly, the master went out after breakfast on the twelfth, and Mother Liu went to find the master in the afternoon." We listened to the constant sound of guns and cannons in the east, and waited for the master together in front of the old butler, and did not wait for the master until late at night. What we are waiting for is the [***] retreat, Nanjing is in chaos, we are in a hurry!

The people of Zhang's mansion all asked to go out to find the master, but the old housekeeper disagreed, he said: "[***] retreated, and the people of the whole city became a mess. The third aunt either had an accident or got lost in the retreat. I judged that the third aunt would not have an accident and must have gotten lost. Where are you looking for the chaos of war? The army could enter the city at any time. I have lost my master, and then I lost Liu's mother, if there is no one more third aunt who comes back, how can I explain. How to explain to the ancestors in the future. I don't dare to send anyone out to look for it again. I ask everyone to wait at home, and I believe that the third aunt will definitely come back. Everyone saw that the old butler was angry and stopped talking.

Early in the morning of the thirteenth, before dawn, the old man Li said to the old housekeeper: "I'll go to the trading house to have a look, I don't feel at ease when the old woman is alone there." The old butler nodded and said, "Go ahead, after the devil enters the city, you see that the situation is not right, and bring the old woman here." ”

Old man Li went out of Zhangfu and passed by the foreign company to say hello to his old woman, and the old woman heard that the third aunt had not come back from the battlefield, so she jumped to her feet anxiously and said, "Old man, go and find it." That's a big deal. What are you still doing at home, go quickly, the devil is about to enter the city, and this matter is too late. ”

Old man Li went straight to the battlefield. He ran to the Tongji Gate in one go, and the city gate was closed. It was quiet, [***] had retreated, and there was no one to defend the city. There were several people looking for people in the pile of dead. They turned over the corpses one by one, and some even wiped the faces of the dead with cloths to identify them.