When Chen Zikun and Cheng Shi were trekking in the vast mountains. The small group of remnants of the Japanese army was still struggling in the mountains, and a few lightly injured soldiers dragged their gunshot legs and climbed out of the deep mountains and old forests.

There were fierce beasts in the mountains, and the wounded Japanese soldiers who were left to wait for help were all gnawed by wild wolves, and they probably experienced a desperate struggle before they died, and a severed hand was found nearby that was still holding a bayonet.

Forty elite members of the imperial army, except for three young soldiers, all died in Daqingshan, and Major General Tian Lu was extremely shocked when he received the report, and quickly sent someone to take the three survivors to the headquarters of the Beitai detachment for detailed questioning, and finally concluded that there was a large force of guerrillas in the mountains.

In order to completely wipe out the remnants of the Jiangbei Zhina Army, Major General Tian Lu Chaoyi sent an infantry brigade to sweep into the mountains lightly.

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Xia Xiaoqing, Lin Wenjing and others set off for Shanghai after resting in the provincial capital for a few days, and in the past, between the provincial capital of Shanghai, they either took a special plane or the first class of a passenger ship, but this time they could only be relegated to the second class, and when the ship arrived at the Xiaguan wharf in Nanjing, a team of Japanese soldiers boarded the ship to check the documents, searched the luggage, and stabbed everywhere with bayonets, making a mess of the passengers' baggage, and everyone dared to be angry and did not dare to speak.

This is what happened in the Chase cabin, the second-class cabin was slightly better, two guys with sabers and military police armbands checked their documents one by one, and those who did not have a good citizen certificate were all detained, Lin Wenjing saw a passenger dressed as a businessman who was slapped with two ear scrapers on the spot because he had two mouths, and he was escorted off the passenger ship, and he couldn't help but tremble.

When they came, Liu Youjin helped them get the documents, but somewhere the horse's feet were exposed, the gendarmes took the documents and looked at them over and over, staring at Xia Xiaoqing with suspicious eyes.

Xia Xiaoqing's arms were lowered, and the flying knife in his sleeve was ready to be thrown out at any time.

Lin Wenjing's face turned pale, and her heart was pounding.

"Come with us." The gendarme said with a straight face.

At the last moment, suddenly the cabin door was pushed open, and a foreigner in a suit and leather shoes walked in, angrily protested to the gendarmes, and the two gendarmes nodded their heads, bowed and left.

Xia Xiaoqing was confused, but Lin Wenjing understood, this person was a British diplomat who used his identity to drive away the Japanese military police, she hurriedly thanked her in English, but the person smiled and said in Chinese with a Jiangdong accent: "You're welcome, two Mrs. Chen, this is what a gentleman should do." ”

Lin Wenjing said curiously: "Do you know us? ”

"Of course, John. . . Walker, Consul in Koto. The diplomat said.

With Consul Walker's company, the journey became extremely smooth, the passenger ship arrived at the Shiliupu Wharf in Shanghai, and there were obviously more Japanese warships in the Huangpu River than before.

When I got off the boat, I actually met Liu Ting, it turned out that she also took this boat to Shanghai, and the sisters who had gone through the catastrophe met at the pier, naturally they were in tears and hugged tightly.

After saying goodbye to Mr. Walker, Liu Ting went to find a few rickshaws, and everyone went home together, the concession was not the same as before, not only the tall brick wall was erected, but also the gate was set up with a sentry post, and on the road of Fada, pedestrians came and went in a hurry, and there were many more beggars than before the battle of Songhu.

Came to the Chen Mansion in the French Concession, the door was closed, everything was the same, knocked lightly, opened the door without much effort, the gatekeeper saw from the crack in the door that it was Secretary Liu and Xia Lin who were holding the child and the two ladies came, hurriedly opened the iron door, and welcomed them in.

As soon as they entered the living room, everyone was stunned, and there was a huge portrait of Chen Zikun hanging in the main hall, with elegiac couplets on both sides, and four big black characters in them: "Forever in history".

There was an old man in his fifties who was left in the mansion, wiping his tears and chattering about the benefits of the old man, Xia Xiaoqing snorted and laughed: "Hurry up, bad luck." ”

The gatekeeper looked at her in surprise, and this shouldn't have been said by the new widow.

Liu Ting said: "Take it away, the master is not dead, he is alive and well." ”

The gatekeeper opened his mouth wide, and it took him a long time to react, and he happily removed the statue and the couplet.

There were no servants at home, and the three women went into battle together, cleaned the mansion inside and out, and cleared out a few bedrooms, Liu Ting called Li Yaoting, Mu Yichen and others, telling them that she and Xia Lin's two wives had arrived in Shanghai.

The first to come was Li Yaoting, who arrived in less than ten minutes, still wearing slippers on his feet, and shouted when he entered the door: "Where is Da Kunzi, what about people?" My big brother, why is it like this, it makes me cry to death. ”

"He's still in Jiangbei, we'll come here first." Lin Wenjing replied.

Li Yaoting patted his chest and said: "It's good to be alive, don't you know, there was also a 10,000-person memorial meeting here in Shanghai, that person really went to the sea, and many students shed tears, so I thought, what do people want to live for a lifetime, don't you just want to be a person's name before and after, Da Kunzi is worth it in this life, don't say it, it's all bad luck, this is a boy and girl, how old is it?" ”

Lin Wenjing hugged the little cabbage and showed it to Li Yaoting: "Girl, it's been more than a month, the nickname is Little Cabbage, give your uncle a smile." ”

Li Yaoting teased the child and said with a smile: "Is the full moon wine placed, if it is not, I will handle it." ”

As he was talking, Mu Yichen and his family also arrived, and after some greetings, everyone sat on the sofa and listened to Lin Wenjing tell about the experience of the Battle of Beitai and their experience of escaping death, Xia Xiaoqing made additions from time to time, and the thrilling story was breathless.

"I really want to have a real fight with the little devil!" Li Yaoting patted his thigh and said, eager to come to the battlefield in person.

Mu Yichen said: "Brother Zikun is safe and sound, this is the biggest good news, I have to inform Chongqing as soon as possible." ”

Liu Ting said: "Yes, this misunderstanding is too big, but is there any way to contact Chongqing?" ”

Li Yaoting said: "The war is chaotic, the postal service is not passable, and the telegraph is not passable, there is only one way, which is to take a plane to Hong Kong and return to Chongqing, Hong Kong is a place for the British, and the route to Shanghai has not been broken, there are often running orders back and forth, I can arrange it, Secretary Liu will work hard, Sister Xiaoqing and sister-in-law Wen Jing live in Shanghai temporarily, the Japanese dare not enter the concession, it is still safe here." ”

Speaking of the situation in Shanghai, Mu Yichen was full of emotion: After the Japanese army was stationed, people with a little savings in Nanshi and Zhabei poured into the concession, and the population of the public concession and the French concession surged to 3.5 million.

Outside the concession was the Japanese-backed Shanghai Avenue City Government, where ticket kidnapping was rampant, law and order was chaotic, and the people were struggling to make a living, compared to the concession controlled by Anglo-American law.

The whole of China was plunged into war, but the concession entered a period of abnormal prosperity, and even the curfew was repeatedly extended, from nine to ten o'clock in the evening, eleven o'clock, and finally relaxed to zero o'clock, the national army was repeatedly defeated, the land was lost, and the people's spirit was depressed, which led to an unprecedented development of the entertainment industry.

Although Jiangnan is the land of fish and rice, the Japanese implemented a grain control system, and the rice of Changshu Taicang was given priority to the imperial army, so that the price of grain skyrocketed, and there were shrewd merchants who re-exported Thai rice from Hong Kong to sell, and made a fortune.

The war was far away, not only the price of grain had risen, but the price of everything had also risen with it, and the prices of oil, soap, medicines, matches, cigarettes, and small hardware had all increased several times.

"All the things in my Pudong warehouse were confiscated by the Japanese, and I didn't even give a receipt, I am simply a robber!" Mu Yichen said indignantly.

As he was talking, the little cabbage cried, Lin Wenjing hurriedly went to refine ru, originally Wang Sanliu hired two rural nurses, who resigned before coming to Shanghai, and now they can only eat refining, suddenly thinking of the shortage of materials in the concession, Lin Wenjing couldn't help but worry: "There are only two cans of refining ru, what can I do." ”

"Don't worry, the concession is a magical place, as long as you are willing to pay, you can buy anything, and I have all the cabbage refining." Li Yaoting said boldly.

Che Qiuling suddenly remembered something: "Boss Li, what about your children?" Shanghai is so chaotic, haven't you thought about sending them to Hong Kong? ”

Li Yaoting said proudly: "I have already thought about it, both children have been sent to the UK to study, after finishing middle school and going to college, when China will not fight, when will I come back, my wife will also accompany me, I am left in Shanghai, that is called a comfortable." ”

After that, he took out his pocket watch and looked at the time: "It's not early, I'll pick you up, let's go to Xinya to eat Cantonese food." ”

Xinya Restaurant is located on the main road, the business was not very good before, but today I looked, the business was really good, the downstairs and upstairs were full, fortunately, Li Yaoting had a big face, asked for a private room, ordered dozens of dishes, and talked about the war situation during the banquet, everyone was very pessimistic, thinking that if Britain and the United States did not intervene militarily, Chongqing would fall sooner or later.

The atmosphere is a little heavy, everyone's appetite is not good, after eating and leaving the restaurant, the sky has been dark, everywhere is a red and green, neon flashing, the street is crowded, the prosperity is far better than in the past, giving people a strange feeling.

The car stopped at the door of the restaurant, the driver got out of the car and opened the door, the bodyguard stood aside and looked around vigilantly, Li Yaoting stepped forward and pulled the car door, made a gesture of please, and suddenly rushed out of the oblique stab, wearing a top hat and holding a pistol in his hand.

The gunshots rang out, screaming everywhere, Li Yaoting was caught off guard and fell to the ground on the spot, the bodyguard and the driver immediately pulled out their pistols to shoot back, Xia Xiaoqing hurriedly pushed Lin Wenjing and Liu Ting back into the restaurant, holding the flying knife in his hand, and looking around with sharp eyes.

The gunfire quickly subsided, and the gunman was beaten into a hornet's nest, and Li Yaoting got up from the ground and ripped off the steel plate on his chest, which was a pit on it.

"Damn, I want to plot against Lao Tzu, and I don't look at the yellow calendar." Li Yaoting pulled out his pistol and made up three shots.

Xia Xiaoqing, Lin Wenjing, and Liu Ting looked at each other, the concession was not safe, and it seemed that they still had to find a way to transfer to Hong Kong.