At the beginning of the lanterns, there were no electric lights on Longshan, only the candles brought by the volunteers emitted a little light in the drizzle, and the two close friends who reunited after a long absence after the catastrophe could only turn into tears although they had a thousand words.

"Come with me." Xiao Lang held Gong Zijun's hand tightly.

"If it's not troublesome, can you bring a few more people?" Gong Zijun said, there was an elderly couple sitting in the shed, a woman holding a child, and a half-old boy, who must also have fled Hong Kong refugees and had a friendship in the tribulation.

These people all looked at Xiao Lang with pitiful eyes full of expectation, for fear that he would not agree.

Xiao Lang nodded vigorously: "Of course you can, they are all compatriots." ”

Looking back at his wife, Miyoung also smiled and nodded.

Taking advantage of the time when waiting for Sqeenze to buy food and drink, Xiao Lang asked about the smuggling that night, Gong Zijun said that it was raining heavily, everyone was trapped in Wutong Mountain, encountered border guards, many people were killed, he escaped but injured a leg, and climbed the line in the heavy rain, and was rescued by farmers in the New Territories, because he couldn't find a job because of his lame legs, and his life was very difficult.

As he spoke, he pointed to a few people in the shed, his eyes full of gratitude.

Xiao Lang bowed to the end: "Thank you, thank you." ”

After a while, Sqeenze and others came, carrying boxes of sodas, mineral water, and bags of bread, and distributing them to the refugees in the mountains for free.

Among these volunteers are college students with big buns and tight jeans, old women in the New Territories wearing Chinese-style gowns, wealthy businessmen who are well-dressed, and more ordinary Hong Kong people, most of the refugees in Longshan are from Guangdong, and there are relatives, classmates, and friends in Hong Kong, and each of them can contact at least 10 Hong Kong people, which means that 300,000 Hong Kong people are paying attention to the Longshan refugee incident, accounting for one-tenth of Hong Kong's population.

The data was told to Xiao Lang by Sqeenze, who studied law at the University of Hong Kong and is also the head of a voluntary Christian organization.

The refugees received soda and bread, orange soda and Coca-Cola in glass bottles, and soft and sweet bread, all of which were good things that could not be bought with money in the mainland and could not be eaten by cadres.

It is said that the police will take action at night to forcibly repatriate, without further ado, Xiao Lang immediately took Gong Zijun and others down the mountain and got into the car, the carriage was narrow, and it was extremely crowded with so many people, and the half-grown boy had to hide in the trunk.

The car moved forward, the police stopped the way, Xiao Lang took out a stack of banknotes and was about to bribe, but the patrol policeman said: "There is a ghost guy on duty at the front checkpoint, if you can't get through, take another road." ”

"Thank you." Xiao Lang glanced gratefully, turned the car and walked another way, Longshan was surrounded by military police, all roads were blocked, but this blockade was useless, the police turned a blind eye, and let the refugees leave under the cover of Hong Kong people.

There were really no ghost police officers on this road, only a few ordinary patrol officers in raincoats under the leadership of Sha Zhan came to the inspection, and when they saw the car coming, they didn't care at all, waving their hands to signal the passage.

Suddenly, two bright headlights came over, and a Land Rover off-road vehicle stopped in front, and four policemen got out of the car, led by a flower on his shoulder, with a shiny calfskin armed belt, and those policemen who only wore canvas S belts, he was a police officer at the level of assistant.

The police officer signaled the vehicle to stop, this time Xiao Lang was much calmer, and waited for a few large bills in the license plate, and the assistant came over and knocked on the window: "Inspection, please look at the license plate." ”

Xiao Lang calmly handed over the license plate, and the assistant saw the banknote inside, and a pair of cold eyes stared at Xiao Lang under the brim of his hat, and his hair straightened when he saw it.

The assistant raised the flashlight and shone it into the car, ragged and frightened, and there was no doubt that he was a refugee.

Xiao Lang's hand is on the doorknob, ready to push the door and knock down the assistant to let the refugees escape.

"Who?" The assistant asked.

"It's my relative." Xiao Lang replied dryly.

Unbelievably, the assistant took back the flashlight and returned the license plate to Xiao Lang along with the banknotes inside: "Sir, thank you for your cooperation, you can go." ”

"Thank you." Xiao Lang said from the bottom of his heart.

The deputy saluted and said an intriguing sentence: "I am also Chinese." ”

Continue to drive forward, found that there are a large number of cars on the road from the direction of Hong Kong and Kowloon, all flashing, the New Territories is a suburb for Hong Kong Island and Kowloon, people in the city will not go to the countryside on a large scale at this point in time, Xiao Lang suddenly understood that these cars are going to refugees.

He parked the car on the side of the road, didn't turn off the engine, got out of the car and said to his wife, "A-Ying, you send them back first, I have something to do." ”

Meiying said: "It's better to go back together and talk about it tomorrow." ”

Xiao Lang frowned and said, "Men do things, women keep their voices." ”

Meiying had no choice but to say, "Then you be careful." Moved over to take over the driver's seat, Xiao Lang said hello to Gong Zijun in the back seat, and was about to leave, Meiying took out his ID card and handed it over: "Take it, it may be useful." ”

Xiao Lang took the ID card, strode back, came to the foot of Longshan, only to see a commotion on the mountain, a large number of refugees poured down, trying to escape from the road, suddenly the siren sounded, hundreds of anti-riot team members wearing British bowls and steel helmets and holding rattan batons rushed up to stop them, in front of the strict rattan array, the refugees had nowhere to escape, and they knelt down with brushes and brushes, begging the police to let them live.

In an unbelievable scene, the police did not wave their batons and beat the refugees, but dropped their rattan cards to help the refugees, and some policemen even hugged the refugees and cried bitterly.

Many refugees took the opportunity to flee, and roadside cars turned on to greet the refugees and take them to Kowloon for free.

It wasn't until the British senior inspector led the team to come that the gap was blocked.

Xiao Lang took the opportunity to go up the mountain and work with student volunteers to help the old and frail refugees descend the mountain, although the mountain is densely populated with police, but it is like a fishing net with loopholes, as long as you don't run into the ghost officer, you will definitely be able to slip out.

There are also a large number of Hong Kong people outside the warning circle who provide their identity documents, so that the people on the mountain can impersonate them, anyway, the lost ID card can be reissued, but for the refugees in the mountains, it is a way out.

When Xiao Lang escorted the four refugees down the mountain, he saw a radio station truck parked on the side of the road, and the hosts of various radio stations on Hong Kong Island came to the foot of Lung Shan to broadcast live.

Suddenly, a red signal flare rose into the sky, thousands of military and police officers began to move, flashlights everywhere, dogs barked everywhere, and the Viskez helicopters of the British troops stationed in Hong Kong were roaring in the sky.

The radio hostess held the microphone and introduced the operation in a series of cannons: "It is reported that the Commissioner of Police strictly ordered that those who do not act will be punished for disobedience, and the police officers of various units then began to go up the mountain to search and arrest, and the insider broke the news that there are about 30,000 refugees on the mountain, and more than 100,000 Hong Kong citizens rushed to Longshan from all over the country tonight......

Under the personal supervision of the British police commissioner, the police finally took full control of Yongsan, and in a howl of ghosts and wolves, the refugees were dragged down the mountain and escorted to the trucks that had been prepared.

The black police truck, covered with a canopy and surrounded by barbed wire, with policemen with guns underneath, was deterred by the refugees sitting in the car and crying.

It was all over, Xiao Lang knew that he could not do anything, he sent the last few refugees into the car, and walked back alone in the night, the dim street lamp stretching his back for a long time.

Rover's sedan stopped beside him, and Meiying poked her head out: "I looked for you for a while, and finally found it." ”

Xiao Lang got into the car and closed his eyes tiredly: "Are they all settled?"

"It's arranged, your friends live at home, and those people are arranged in the workers' dormitory."

"Good."

When the car drove back and passed through Mong Kok, I found that all the bars, nightclubs, casinos, and saunas were all lights out and closed.

Xiao Lang understands that this is a silent protest by the underworld community against the repatriation of refugees by the British authorities in Hong Kong.

Back at the warm home, Meiying immediately went to cook to see the soup, Gong Zijun had already taken a bath, changed into clean clothes, and his mental outlook was much better.

"Old Gong, I know you have a lot to say, but you urgently need to rest now, if you have anything to say, let's talk about it tomorrow." Xiao Lang sent Gong Zijun into the guest room to rest, returned to the living room, Meiying brought pork knuckle soybean soup, and said, "What about your friend, I made soup, it's very replenishing, let him drink it too." ”

Xiao Lang said: "He fell asleep first." ”

Meiying said: "Then I'll leave him some for tomorrow to drink." ”

Xiao Lang said: "Meiying, I have to go to Longshan tomorrow." ”

Meiying nodded: "I'll accompany you." ”

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At dawn the next day, Xiao Lang drove to Longshan again, the road at the foot of the mountain was already full of tens of thousands of people, the police pulled up a blockade to prohibit anyone from crossing the line, at about eight o'clock, the last hidden refugee was searched by the police dog, escorted down the mountain to send to the police car, the police commissioner ordered, set off for the New Territories port.

The convoy started slowly, and the cries on the trucks shook the sky.

Suddenly, a group of young people rushed to the road in public, led by Sqeenze of the University of Hong Kong, they blocked in front of the car, lying under the wheels, the trucks were forced to stop one after another, and the crowd burst into shouts: "Jump out, run!" ”

A large number of refugees jumped out of the trucks and rushed into the crowd on the side of the road, and then they were covered and sent away, and the police chased everywhere with sirens, and few were caught.

A nearby building was flying high with the blue flag of the British government in Hong Kong, hunting and fluttering in the wind, everyone knew that this was the flag of the colony, a symbol of humiliation, but under this flag, Xiao Lang understood the meaning of the word "compatriot" for the first time.