On the morning of August 15, 1945, the eighth day of the seventh month of the seventh month, Nanlong Mansion was decorated with lanterns, firecrackers, and drums and music -- Long Yelong celebrated his 70th birthday today. There are more than 200 people in Jiangzhou, the party, government, military and police leaders, the sons of giants from all walks of life, the wealthy businessmen, the relatives and six relatives of the Long Mansion, Long Zaitian's wife Jiang Cuilian and Qin Keqing, and their children and grandchildren's boyfriends and grandchildren.

Today, the Dragon Mansion is more solemn and festive. The gate of the gatehouse is plastered with red wax paper couplets.

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The sea house immortal is added to the crane,

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Huatang spring wine banquet peach

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Antarctic Starlight

On the front door of the front building is also a pair of red wax paper couplets.

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There are virtues and benevolence to sing the praises and send joy

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Increase the glory and reputation of the eyebrows and longevity

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Gengxing shines

In the lobby, however, there is a pair of glass plaques.

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Raise the case and offer a peach feast

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Fengyu Shangshou Meiling passed on spring

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Pomegranate flowers

After everyone was amazed, they took their places according to the rules, ranks, seniorities and speculative people, drinking tea and chatting, eating pastries, eating melon seeds, and smoking cigarettes.

Suddenly, the big boss of "Guangji Pharmacy" and "Yongxing Qianzhuang", Gu Xi old Shou Xinglong Zaitian and his wife Jiang Cuilian and Qin Keqing came out of the hall together. But see the dragon master: wearing a black satin and red-topped melon skin hat, wearing a high-quality black silk robe, covered with a brown netted horse coat, a pair of shiny leather sandals, holding a carved gold civilization stick, bright and beautiful, full of elegance and gentlemanly style.

The two ladies Jiang Cuilian and Qin Keqing beside him are also graceful and luxurious, and Fang Lan is in good shape, revealing an otherworldly and noble temperament from the inside out.

The couple thanked everyone with a smile, and the hall immediately burst into cheers and congratulations:

"I wish Long Ye a long and healthy life!"

"I wish the Dragon Lord a hundred sons and a thousand grandchildren!"

"I wish Lord Long an eternal life!"

"I wish the Dragon Master and Jizi Peng Nian!"

"I wish the descendants of Lord Long prosperity!"

"I wish Lord Long a prosperous source of wealth!"

"I wish the Dragon Lord a day of gold!"

"I wish the dragon a long crane and a long life in the Year of the Turtle!"

"I wish Mrs. Long an eternal beauty! Youth is always there! ”

"I wish Mrs. Long to live younger and younger! The more you live, the more beautiful you are! ”

"I wish the Dragon Mansion eternal prosperity! Success! ”

"I wish the Long Ye couple a long life than Nanshan Song, and be as blessed as the East China Sea!"

“……”

The three of them smiled and thanked each other frequently, and walked to the top of the hall with a long stride. The housekeeper Ji Gaoyang hurriedly stepped forward and pressed his hands to all the guests, and laughed loudly: "Everyone, please be quiet!" Everyone, please be quiet! Now I would like to give the floor to Master Long. ”

The dragon with a spring breeze on his face looked around the hall in the sky, then cleared his voice and said loudly:

"Ladies and gentlemen! Dear colleagues, Dear friends and family, Ladies! Gentlemen! Hello! ”

As soon as Long Ye's words fell, there was another round of warm applause in the hall.

"Ladies and gentlemen! Time is urging people to grow old, and before they know it, they have spent seventy years in waste. Today, thanks to your love, come to the small house to have a lively time, and the old man is here to thank you and salute! As he spoke, Long Ye bowed three forty-five degrees in the left, center, and right directions of the hall.

The hall erupted in applause.

"Ladies and gentlemen! Old decay has a very important thing to announce to you today. What's important? It's not that we're old and hungry, it's that a few dignitaries have not yet arrived—they are the protagonists of what I am going to announce today; They have important things to do now, and when they are done, they will come, and when they come, I will announce my important decision. Anyway, you guys are here for a day today, don't be in a hurry, everyone eats, drinks and has fun here. ”

Long Ye said that, and there was another commotion in the hall: Long Ye has something important to announce today? Who are the "they" that Long Ye is talking about? Why did Long Ye have to wait for "them" to come before announcing "something very important"? "They" have something more important to do today than to celebrate Long Ye's birthday?

Everyone was laughing, laughing, guessing, and waiting for Lord Long's distinguished guests. Seeing that it was more than eleven o'clock, the "they" that Long Ye said had not yet arrived. Long Ye was about to order the kitchen to serve food, but he saw Inspector Qiu Fenghan (the patrol room has been banned, and Qiu Fenghan opened a detective by himself to cover his identity; People still habitually call him Inspector Qiu), the head of the Danjiang anti-Japanese guerrilla detachment Xu Mai, the instructor Ben Teng, and the middle-level cadres of the guerrilla detachment, as well as the Japanese Kazuo Kazuo, Miko Kagesagawa and others walked into the Dragon Mansion with a spring breeze and a smile on their faces. Before Long Ye could speak, the detachment leader Xu Mai first waved his fist at Long Ye and all the guests present and laughed loudly:

"Comrades! Folks! I would now like to inform you of the great news: just now, that is, at 11 o'clock, the Japanese Emperor Hirohito announced to the whole world his unconditional surrender! Our War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression has been completely victorious! ”

This explosive news is like a brocade crack, shocking people's hearts. All the people present had a feeling of blood swelling all over their bodies; Everyone cheered, raised their arms and shook their fists, pushed and beat each other, hugged each other, and you told the heinous crimes of the Japanese devils in the past eight years, telling all kinds of tragic events, misfortunes, resentment, hatred, joys and sorrows; There are also those who can't help laughing and scolding and shedding tears. Of course, this is not a tear of pain, this is a tear of joy, tears of victory, tears of joy.

Hey! How did this dragon master know that Emperor Hirohito of Japan was going to announce his unconditional surrender to the world at eleven o'clock? So, everyone gathered around Long Ye to ask for advice.

"Master Long! How did you know that Emperor Hirohito of Japan was going to announce his unconditional surrender to the world at 11 o'clock? ”

"I don't know! I don't know what kind of emperor of Japan is going to announce his unconditional surrender to the whole world at eleven o'clock! Long Ye smiled, and every wrinkle on his face was surging with waves of joy.

"Didn't you say something important to announce? Isn't what you want to announce is the announcement of the surrender of Emperor Tori of Japan? You also said that you would wait for 'them' to come, are the 'they' you talking about Inspector Qiu and them? What do you mean by 'they' have something important to do today, are they just waiting for the Japanese devils to announce their surrender? People Yin Shuyan said, piercing and chiseling, understanding and guessing what Long Ye said before, "very important things".

This is a big coincidence! This is a historical coincidence! It's an incredible and real coincidence:

Prepare to encircle and suppress the Danjiang anti-Japanese guerrilla detachment at 12 o'clock, and vow to raze the "Santang Bay" to the ground; Yoshio Kawashima, commander of the Japanese garrison, and Isaburo Kondo, the commander of the Japanese garrison, and Isaburo Kondo, who were still about to seize the "golden jade clothes" and the military police regiment, heard the "armistice edict" broadcast by the Japanese emperor Hirohito on the radio. Where else? Where did you dare to use force against the Danjiang anti-Japanese guerrilla detachment? Where else? Where do you dare to commit violence against the Dragon Mansion?

Captain Xu Mai, Instructor Ben Teng, and Inspector Qiu Fenghan laid a net in "Santang Bay", waiting for the little devils to come and die. Xu Mai, the detachment leader who was waiting on the front line, suddenly saw the instructor Ben Teng coming with a smile, and without waiting for Xu Mai to ask him, Ben Teng couldn't wait to inform Xu Mai of the good news that the Japanese Emperor Hirohito had announced his unconditional surrender to the world. When Captain Xu heard this, he was so excited that he hugged Ben Teng with both hands - two comrades-in-arms who had been baptized by countless bullets and bullets, hugged each other tightly, unwilling to part for a long time.

The two close war friends could not easily suppress their irrepressible excitement, and they could not contain their excitement to inform all the guerrillas of this great news. Suddenly, the entire "Santang Bay" set off an unprecedented jubilation, causing an atomic bomb-like shock.

The coincidence of history is so amazing! Long Ye has to wait for Qiu Fenghan and the others to announce an important matter; What came was the good news that Qiu Fenghan and others announced that the Japanese devils had surrendered unconditionally. So what important thing does Long Ye himself want to announce? Inspector Qiu Fenghan, Xu Mai, and Instructor Ben Teng, who hurried to Nanlong Mansion to report the good news (to participate in the birthday banquet), heard people ask Long Ye like this, so they also smiled and asked Long Ye what is there to wait for them to announce? Long Ye then turned around and walked to the top of the hall, and said with a solemn face:

"Everyone! Everyone knows that our Long family has a valuable heirloom 'Golden Jade Clothes', because of this 'Golden Jade Clothes', our Long family has not been peaceful for 20 years, and many people have died because of it, I myself have suffered two prison disasters, the second son Long Zhengyi almost died under the gun, and the eldest son Long Tianen has also been in prison.

"Last year, this 'golden jade robe' was robbed by the Japanese military police regiment Osaku Kondo Isaburo, and he couldn't get it back. A few days ago, Inspector Qiu Fenghan plotted against the Japanese military police regiment Major Zokazu Kazusa, and with the strong support of Xu Mai, the head of the Danjiang Anti-Japanese Guerrilla Detachment, and Ben Teng, the instructor, and all the team members, he suddenly attacked the Japanese devils at 11 o'clock last night and recaptured the 'golden jade clothes' from Kondo Isaburo. The sound of gunfire and explosions that you heard last night meant that the guerrillas were fighting devils, seizing 'jade clothes,' and blowing up arsenals.

"The comrades of the guerrillas sacrificed several soldiers for the sake of my family's 'golden jade clothes,' and Inspector Qiu Fenghan was also seriously wounded. Here, I would like to express my silence to the comrades who have lost their lives! Salute to Inspector Qiu Fenghan, Captain Xu Mai, Instructor Ben Teng and all the officers and soldiers! Long Ye said, a ninety-degree bow lasted for more than ten seconds.

"The comrades of the guerrillas and Kage Zuojun, after getting the 'golden jade clothes' from Kondo Isaburo, sent them to the Danjiang anti-Japanese guerrilla detachment in Santang Bay with my sons Long Tianen and Long Tianci overnight; My sons, Long Tian'en and Long Tianci, sent me this 'golden jade robe' early this morning as a birthday gift. Folks! This 'golden jade robe' in my house is stained with the blood of comrades!

"Ladies and gentlemen! The 'they' I mentioned in the morning were Inspector Qiu, Captain Xu, Instructor Ben and others. I said that 'they' have something important to do today, that is, they are ready to fight back against the Japanese devils who want to take revenge on them (us);

"So, I'm waiting for Inspector Qiu, Captain Xu, Instructor Ben and other leaders to come, what important things do I want to announce to you? This is ......" Long Ye said this, and deliberately paused - this is not a sale, this is to show solemnity.

"Ladies and gentlemen! Now I solemnly announce that in order to express my love for Inspector Qiu Fenghan, Captain Xu Mai, and Instructor Ben Teng for me and all of us in Longfu, I have decided to donate the 'golden jade clothes' treasured by our Long family for several generations to the Danjiang Anti-Japanese Guerrilla Detachment! ”

Long Ye's words were golden and loud. Everyone looked at each other in amazement for a moment, and then they were shocked, "Wow! There was a burst of thunderous applause.

"Master Long! This 'golden jade robe' is the 'treasure of the town house' that you have treasured in the Dragon Mansion for generations; Captain Xu Mai was amazed by this earth-shattering move of Long Ye - this is a priceless heirloom! How can we take it so easily?

"Captain Xu! Please don't lose my face. Now, I will give you this 'treasure of the town government' of my family as the 'treasure of the town team', and I hope that your Danjiang anti-Japanese guerrilla detachment will win battles again and again. If you win the battle and keep one side safe, our people will be peaceful and happy! Long Zaitian said impassionedly.

"Master Long! We live up to your expectations and will keep you safe! But we will never accept your Dragon Mansion heirlooms, you should always treasure them yourself! Instructor Ben Teng and Inspector Qiu Fenghan also hurriedly stepped forward to persuade him.

"Everyone! I've made up my mind, so don't say more! God's grace, God's gift! Go and bring the 'Golden Jade Clothes'! Master Long ordered solemnly.

"Yes!" Long Tianen and Long Tianci were ordered to go to the back.

Si Su, Long Tianen, and Long Tianci took the leather bag containing the "golden jade clothes" and handed it to his father Long Zaitian.

Long Zaitian took the "golden jade clothes" and bowed down to present it to the captain of the Xu Mai detachment. Seeing this scene, Xu Mai hesitated for a moment, then looked at Qiu Fenghan and Ben Teng, and had to take the "golden jade clothes" with both hands; And turned around and said aloud:

"Everyone! Thanks to the kindness of Lord Long, he presented the ancestral 'treasure of the town government' to the Danjiang anti-Japanese guerrilla detachment; we were ashamed to accept it, but it was disrespectful, so we had to accept it. Here, on behalf of all the comrades of the Danjiang Anti-Japanese Guerrilla Detachment, I would like to express my attitude to Long Ye and everyone: All the officers and men of our team will definitely live up to Long Ye's high expectations, win battles one after another, and defend the homeland and the country, and protect the land and the people. At the same time, I am deeply grateful to Long Ye for his love! I wish Long Ye a long and healthy life! I wish the two dragon ladies eternal beauty! I wish all the people of Longfu a safe and healthy life! Detachment leader Xu Mai said and gave a long military salute to Long Ye.

Ladies and gentlemen! Why did Long Ye have to give the ancestral "treasure of the town government" to the Danjiang anti-Japanese guerrilla detachment as the "treasure of the town team"? This is what he really saw through the red dust - Long Ye's life can be described as a thousand sails, and he has encountered the ups and downs of Huawu Mountain, and he has experienced all kinds of things! Looking back and reviewing the dream-like years that are gradually moving away, how many grandiose and brilliant ones there are; How many ups and downs, how much sadness. Especially in the past 20 years, the big waves have subverted his life path again and again; He suffered so many thrills, frustrations, joys, sorrows, and sorrows.

So he saw through it! I saw through it - for the sake of this "golden jade clothes", since the old lady Long Qingyun passed away, the Long family has not been peaceful for 24 years, and Jiangzhou has not been peaceful for 24 years; Because of this, many things have been bred, and many people have died; Long Zaitian himself was imprisoned twice; The second son, Long Zhengyi, almost gave Qingqing his life; The eldest son, Long Tianen, was imprisoned in the Jiangzhou Garrison Headquarters, and it took 20,000 oceans to survive his death.

Even today, the turmoil caused by the "golden jade clothes" is still fermenting, and there are still many people who covet this rare treasure. One by one, they are like lions crouching in the depths of the grass, ready to open their mouths to swallow the "golden jade clothes" at any time. Therefore, there will be a lot of things to breed in the future, and even a lot of people will die; The Dragon Mansion will have no peace for 20 years, 40 years without peace, and no peace for children and grandchildren. It can be said that as long as the "golden jade clothes" are in the Dragon Mansion for a day, the Dragon Mansion will not be at peace for a day, and the descendants of the Dragon Mansion will not be at peace for a day, or even die.

That being the case, what is the use of asking for this "treasure of the town"? What's the joy of owning? What's the point of donating? This "golden jade clothes" are no longer called heirlooms, but "heirlooms"! Therefore, when Long Ye saw Long Tianen and Long Tianci sent the "golden jade clothes" for the Danjiang anti-Japanese guerrilla detachment early in the morning as a birthday gift; After talking about how Inspector Qiu Fenghan, Captain Xu Mai, Instructor Ben Teng, and all the guerrillas, as well as how the Japanese Military Police Regiment's Major Sakazu Kazuo Kazuo risked his life to get the "golden jade clothes" out, he had a stirring in his mind, and resolutely made the decision to donate the "golden jade clothes" to the Danjiang anti-Japanese guerrilla detachment. and told his wife Jiang Cuilian, Qin Keqing and his sons Long Tianen and Long Tianci about this idea; Jiang Cuilian, Qin Keqing, Long Tianen, and Long Tianci also agreed with Long Ye's decision - just like that, the five of them gave this earth-shattering event.

Without further ado, it's not too early, it's already past twelve o'clock! Long Ye immediately ordered the banquet to begin. Everyone drank and drank longevity wine happily, and happily ate life; It wasn't until more than two o'clock that he put down his cup and returned satisfied. In the evening, he came to continue the battle, and he drank until one Buddha was born, and the second Buddha ascended to heaven and staggered up and left the table - the Dragon Mansion was really lively all day.

It is regrettable that at Long Ye's lively birthday banquet, a discordant note jumped out - Long Ye's son-in-law, He Wenxuan, who had just been promoted from the director of the Investigation Department to the deputy chief of the police department, set off a lot of turmoil at the banquet; And from this big turmoil, a bigger storm caused a sensation in Jiangzhou.