After writing three full pieces of letterhead, Lin Wenjing wrote another envelope, sealed her mouth with paste, thought about it and kissed it lightly on the envelope, and then called her younger brother Wenlong in.

"Take this letter to the post office and send it to the express mail on behalf of the phone, this is one dollar, and the rest will be used as pocket money for you."

Wen Long was overjoyed: "Great, sister, it would be nice if you sent a letter to your brother-in-law every day." ”

Lin Wenjing feigned anger and said, "What brother-in-law, if you talk nonsense and beat you again, go quickly." ”

Wenlong bounced and went, Lin Wenjing held his cheeks and pondered, this letter should be taken to Tianjin by train, taken by sea ship to Shanghai, and then forwarded by the Shanghai Post Office, and transported to Jiangdong through inland waterways, and it took a long time to reach Chen Zikun's hands......

A few days later, on the morning of March 18, Lin Wenjing changed into a long skirt of Yin Dan Shilin cloth, wrapped a white scarf, and rushed to Dongwenchang Hutong in a foreign car.

Xing'er has been in charge of the accommodation in the student apartment, she saw Lin Wenjing in the crowd, and hurriedly stepped forward to grab her: "Miss Lin, are you going too?" ”

"Yes, Sister Xing'er, I'm with them." Lin Wenjing said quietly, and touched the head of the little baby in Xing'er's arms.

Xing'er said worriedly: "Is it reasonable to reason with the officials, they are horse teams and machine guns, what should you do when the time comes." ”

Lin Wenjing happily replied: "No, Sister Xing'er, it's not the Qing Dynasty anymore, and the government also talks about human rights." ”

Han Letian shouted at the door with two small flags: "Lin Wenjing, let's go." ”

"Okay, I won't tell you, I'm leaving, I'll see you in the evening." Lin Wenjing walked quickly to the door, took a small flag, and followed the students to the street.

The baby in her arms began to cry, and Xing'er hurriedly coaxed: "Huzi, don't make trouble, be good, alas, this soldier is in chaos, what are you tossing." ”

……

Tens of thousands of students gathered in the shielded word gate square, the voices were boiling, the slogans were flying, and someone was holding a loudspeaker to give a speech in front, Han Letian explained to Lin Wenjing: "That person's name is Xu Qian." He is the president of Sino-Russian University, the representative of the Central Executive Committee of the Kuomintang, the leader of the Beijing Party Department, and the young one, named Chen Qiaonian, is the son of Chen Duxiu, Chen Duxiu, you know, is one of the founders of **......"

Lin Wenjing's eyes blinked: "Teacher Han, you know so much. ”

Han Letian said: "Don't always call me Teacher Han, I'm about the same age as you, besides, I'm also a student of Peking University now, we are the same." ”

Lin Wenjing said: "Okay, Mr. Han, I won't call you Mr. Han in the future, so are you ** or the Kuomintang?"

"Guess what?"

"I guess it's **."

"Oh, why do you say that?"

"Because it's more radical, and it's foreign, in other words, it's more fashionable." Lin Wenjing said.

Han Letian smiled: "Lin Wenjing, don't look at your usual don't talk much, as soon as you say it, you get to the point, in fact, I have joined both parties and are double revolutionaries." ”

Lin Wenjing pursed her lips and smiled: "Teacher Han is Teacher Han." ”

Han Le's weather was ruined, scratching his ears and cheeks.

The leaders of all walks of life took turns to speak, impassioned, tear-jerking, and the National Assembly finally reached a resolution: telegraph the whole country unanimously opposed the Eight-Nation Ultimatum, expel the Eight-Nation Ministers, abolish all unequal treaties, withdraw foreign ships, and telegraph the Nationalist Army to fight against imperialist aggression.

After the conference, the procession was led by Li Dazhao, the leader of the ** Northern District Committee, and passed through Chang'an Street, Dongdan Pailou, Mishi Street, and Dongsi Pailou, and arrived at the destination.

In front of the ruling government, there were many guards, and hundreds of guards armed with rifles stood by them, and the roar of the students was as solid as a rock.

Duan Qirui and Go player Wu Qingyuan were playing against each other, and the adjutant came to report many times, saying that the students were making trouble outside.

"These bandit students!" Duan Qirui said angrily and took a move.

Wu Qingyuan smiled indifferently and said, "I agreed." "Take the next step and start lifting.

Duan Qirui was greatly remorseful: "I took a stinky move. ”

Outside, the student crowd was surging, there were signs of impact on the ruling government, the military and police were sweating nervously, they had all heard the heroic deeds of the students who burned Zhao's house in those years, and knew that these hairy boys had done everything, and they really burned the ruling government, and the guards had to shoot a few people in charge.

I don't know who shouted: "...... Shoot! ”

I couldn't hear it very clearly, but it was determined that it was my own officer who gave the order, and the soldiers immediately picked up their rifles and shot, and the people in front of the ruling government crowded people, and they could kill people with their eyes closed and their guns closed, and the sound of the guns could not be controlled, and the soldiers fired mechanically, unshelled and loaded the bullets, and fired again, as if they were not shooting people, but targets.

In an instant, the front of the ruling government suddenly became a hell of Shura, students fell in large numbers, banners and slogans were thrown to the ground, and the people in the back of the line saw that the army had really opened fire, and hurriedly retreated.

Lin Wenjing and Han Letian did not squeeze in the front, but they were also in the first five rows, gunshots rang out, the students in the front row fell to the ground one after another, their ears were deafening, all were frightened screams, the students dropped what they were doing and turned around and ran, Han Lotian reacted quickly, pulled up Lin Wenjing and shouted: "Run!" ”

The next scene is like a slow-motion replay, which will remain in Lin Wenjing's memory forever, a girl from Beijing Women's Normal University, just one step away from her, as if she was struck by lightning, her arms were open, her eyes looked at the sky blankly, and she fell to the ground like this, with a pool of blood on her back, Lin Wenjing wanted to pull her, but she couldn't reach her.

"She's dead, leave it alone." Han Lotian shouted sharply.

Lin Wenjing woke up suddenly, ran away, and the people around her fell down one by one, the gunshots were so sharp, she didn't remember it afterwards, she only remembered her violent heartbeat and Han Letian's constant urging: "Run, run!" ”

Suddenly, Lin Wenjing felt that her back was burned, and she didn't know anything.

In the haze, she seemed to hear someone talking, and tried to open her eyes, and saw an old man in a long robe and a horse coat standing in a pool of blood, with tears in his eyes, and he actually knelt on his knees, and the adjutant in military uniform tried to help him, but was thrown away.

The brain was dizzy, and the scene in front of her was also very vague, and she vaguely saw the old man kneeling and offering incense, and then staggered away, and the soldiers began to clean up the mess, put the dead together, and send the injured to the hospital, there was a scene that made her tremble, and the soldiers actually skinned a female corpse like an aries.

It wasn't until decades later that Lin Wenjing still remembered the strong smell of blood and the naked female corpse in the air before the ruling government.

……

In the 15th year of the Republic of China, on March 18, the students were willing to be peaceful before the ruling government, but they were shot by the guards, 47 people were killed on the spot, and more than 200 people were injured. He ordered the murderers to be severely punished and the students to be committed.

The next day, the cabinet resigned.

This was another bloody case after the May Revolution, which aroused incomparable indignation among the people throughout the country, and revolutionary activities in various localities were surging and in full swing.

In the provincial capital of Jiangdong, the drizzle was like silk, and General Chen Zikun, the military affairs superintendent, had been sitting in the study for a long time, and the people were silent, because the handsome man who had always had a good temper actually smashed an expensive Ming Dynasty vase.

Spread in front of Chen Zikun was Lin Wenjing's letter.

"Uncle, in a few days, I will go to the National Assembly, you have warned me, do not participate in political gatherings, because it is very dangerous, I know that you are for my good, but I think that I am not a salesperson at Shanghai Sincere Department Store now, but a student of Peking University, as an intellectual in this country, I have the obligation to shout for it...... You can rest assured, I will stand in the back during the meeting and parade, it is safe...... Quiet, March 15, 15th year. ”

It has been a few days since the March 18 tragedy occurred, and the death toll is large, most of them are students from colleges and universities in Beijing, both male and female, and the specific list has not yet been released.

Could it be that the last goodbye was forever...... Chen Zikun felt a knife-like pain in his heart, and someone knocked on the door.

"Get out!" A muffled answer.

The door was pushed open, Chen Zikun picked up the inkstone and wanted to smash it, but when he saw Yao Yilei holding the child who came in, he hurriedly put the letter into the drawer and said, "Why are you here?" ”

"Our handsome man smashed the table and the bench in front, which made people panic, why can't I come and take a look." Yao Yilei stepped forward with Yan'er in her arms, sat down and teased the child: "Yan'er, give Dad a smile." ”

The little baby actually laughed, and the innocent smile made Chen Zikun's sadness a little less.

"Angry because of the 318 thing?" Yao Yilei asked.

"Yes, the ruling government is too much, and it slaughters students like animals, you must know that they are all college students, they are all jinshi in ancient times, dragons and phoenixes among people, in the eighth year of the Republic of China, we burned Zhao's house, at that time, the military and police did not dare to do anything to the students, after six years, they actually shot and shot, it is really unbearable!"

Yao Yilei pouted: "What is that, at the end of the Qing Dynasty, Wang Zhaoming's assassination of the regent could be pardoned, the Republic of China, the students were willing to be shot, I think in a few years, it will be time to shoot the students with machine guns, this world is getting more and more downwind." ”

Chen Zikun sighed, looked out the window with his back hand, the spring was cold, the drizzle was misty, and there was a faint shout.

"Report to the marshal!" It was the voice of Adjutant Director Zhao Yufeng.

"Speak!"

"Thousands of students from Jiangdong University, Jiangdong Normal College, as well as postal schools and commercial schools, came to the door of our office to demonstrate."

"What slogans do they play?"

"Mourning for 318, the abolition of unequal treaties, and ......"

"What else?"

"Down with the warlords."

Chen Zikun sneered: "This is a pretext to play, coming at me, okay, I'll go meet the students." ”

Yao Yilei hurriedly got up: "Zikun, you have to be careful, at this juncture, something happens to a big deal!" Don't act recklessly. ”

Chen Zikun touched his daughter's tender face and said with a smile: "Don't worry, when I burned Zhao's house, these dolls didn't know where to play with mud." ”

Yao Yilei nodded: "Well, be careful." ”

Chen Zikun walked to the door, returned to his desk, took Lin Wenjing's letter from the drawer and put it on his chest against his heart.

There was a mountain of shouts at the gate: "Down with the warlord, Chen Zikun go into the wilderness!" ”

The soldiers of the guards tried their best to prevent the students from rushing into the public office, but they did not dare to use force, but were pushed around by the students, and were also scolded: "If you have the ability, you go to Dagukou to fight foreign devils, what kind of heroes are you to play ruthlessly with us!" ”

The soldiers complained bitterly, coping with the impact of the students, and in the gate, Li Changsheng said to Wang Degui: "Look, this is the result of habitual behavior, our handsome man holds this student as a literary qu star, what is the result, the dog who was scolded by others is bloody." ”

Wang Degui gave him a fierce look, and out of the corner of Li Changsheng's eye, he saw Chen Zikun striding over, and hurriedly straightened his chest.

Suddenly, everything fell silent, because the ruler of Jiangdong Province, 27-year-old army general Chen Zikun, came out and faced the students with such calm, which caught the demonstrators by surprise.

Chen Zikun was dressed in military uniform, looked around at the students, and said proudly: "Where were you on May Fourth in 1919, and where were you on May Fourth in 1925?" ”

It's still silent.

"I can tell you that during the May Fourth Movement, I set fire to Cao Rulin's house in Zhaojialou, Beijing, and was arrested by the Police Department and sent to prison; On May Day, I led my brothers in the Anti-Smoking Law Enforcement Corps to confront the British and Japanese Marines armed to the teeth, with bayonets on my chest! ”

The sound of a needle falling on the ground can be heard.

"You guys! Where were you, patriotic students, at that time! Chen Zikun looked around and asked sharply.

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