After the fall of Beiping, the main force of the Japanese army was divided into two routes, one part of the division pursued the retreating 29th Army in the direction of Baoding, and the other part of the division went to the ship from the mouth of Dagu in Tianjin to reinforce the Japanese army fighting the Songhu battlefield. The Battle of Songhu that broke out in Shanghai on August 13 gave the Japanese base camp a headache, and the Chinese army did not hesitate to invest two-thirds of the total number of troops in the army to fight the Japanese army, and the total number of troops put into the battlefield before and after reached 700,000 people, the Sino-Japanese War broke out in an all-round way, and the Songhu battlefield became a huge flesh mill, and the casualties on both sides were very heavy.

The days in Peking were relatively peaceful, and the citizens were not concerned about the war in distant Shanghai due to the lack of sources, but were concerned about the days ahead, such as rising food prices. Anyone with a discerning eye can see that the Japanese army's powerful appearance cannot conceal its weak logistical support capability, and its limited transportation capacity can only give priority to ensuring the ammunition and ammunition urgently needed for operations, while the food needed by the huge combat units cannot guarantee the supply. In view of this, the divisions and regiments of the Japanese army adopted the method of feeding the war by fighting and relying on plundering the resources of the occupied areas to maintain the war, with the result that the price of grain in Pingjin and Tianjin cities rose in a competitive manner. If the grass people had no concept of the title of "slave in the dead country" before, then now they have tasted it. The so-called "goodwill, coexistence and co-prosperity of the same species" by the Japanese is nothing more than "sharing" your food into the mouths of the Japanese.

On the day the Japanese army marched into Beiping, all the Chinese policemen were disarmed. The police were gathered and lectured by the captain of the Japanese military police, Kuroda Nakasa. Kuroda is a "China expert" who speaks Chinese quite fluently, and some people know his details, saying that he grew up in northeastern China, and Kuroda's parents were both members of the Japanese "pioneer group" in China after the First Sino-Japanese War. The content of the lecture was nothing more than clichés such as "Sino-Japanese friendship," and the police were drowsy to listen to it. Fang Jinglin thought to himself, it is difficult for this Japanese, it was originally an open fire to enter the territory of a country, and it is indeed not easy to find out some theoretical basis to prove the legitimacy of the aggression, besides, the war broke out very suddenly, the Japanese cabinet was a little caught off guard, and it was too late to adjust its foreign propaganda policy.

The intention of the Japanese is obvious, although they occupied Beiping, but to maintain the law and order of Beiping City is still inseparable from the original police system, they screened the police station, but this screening is only a formality, can not achieve the desired effect. The huge city was full of cobweb-like, labyrinthine alleys and alleys, and the Japanese occupation forces were inexperienced in managing them, and they could hardly have moved without the assistance of the Chinese police, who knew in their hearts that they were not very reliable, and that most of them harbored hatred towards the Japanese.

After some screening, the police system in Peiping was greatly reorganized by the Japanese, and the directors of the city bureau, all sub-bureaus, and the directors of various police stations were reappointed by the Japanese. The new police chief was Shen Wanshan, who had been a military commander before the war and was later investigated for embezzlement. Shen Wanshan held a grudge, and after the fall of Beiping, he joined the Japanese special high school, and worked against the hidden personnel of the military command. As soon as he took office, he eliminated several secret contact points at the Beiping Station of the Military Command, and thus the "urban secret war" between the agents of the Military Command and the Japanese puppet police and secret service system began.

Fang Jinglin had the opportunity to withdraw with the troops of the 29th Army before the Japanese army entered the city, and some policemen in the police station who were not dragged by their families left without saying goodbye, but Fang Jinglin did not have the right to choose. His upline liaison Zheng Haocheng accepted a new assignment and also evacuated Beiping, and he informed Fang Jinglin that a new comrade would soon take over the work of the liaison officer, and he would take the initiative to contact him at that time.

There was no room for accommodation in the instructions of his superiors, and he had to stay in Peiping as a policeman. Fang Jinglin is very depressed, working as a policeman under the rule of the Japanese occupation forces, this hat of "traitor" can't be avoided no matter what, who will know his hardship?

Fang Jinglin successfully passed the screening of the Japanese, neither promoted nor demoted, and served as his patrol officer. The Japanese held a Japanese language training course within the police station, and Fang Jinglin also actively signed up. His behavior disgusted some of his colleagues and deliberately distanced themselves from him, while some of his colleagues who followed the Japanese with all their hearts thought he was a fellow believer and expressed their closeness to him. That's what Fang Jinglin wants.

Fang Jinglin never expected that the new liaison was Luo Mengyun, whom he had met once. The meeting place was the entrance of "Laijin Yuxuan" in Zhongshan Park, Fang Jinglin had just arrived, and a girl with a long figure and a handsome face walked opposite. She wore a plain moon-white short-sleeved cheongsam, her long, slightly curly hair hung down behind her head, and an ivory hairpin pinned to her forehead bangs. Fang Jinglin recognized her at a glance, this was the female student of Yan University who raised funds for the anti-Japanese resistance. After the two exchanged the code, the girl stretched out her hand to him like an old acquaintance, with a charming smile on her face: "My name is Luo Mengyun, and I will be your cousin from now on. ”

Fang Jinglin rarely had the opportunity to deal with young women, especially such a beautiful girl, and it was inevitable that he would feel a little uneasy in his heart. He held Luo Mengyun's hand and said softly, "I've seen you, do you remember?" ”

Luo Mengyun smiled: "I'm sorry, I have amnesia, and I don't remember anything from before, I think, you should do the same." The key is how we should get along in the future, am I right? ”

Fang Jinglin immediately realized his gaffe: "Oh, I'm sorry, I forgot discipline for a while, let's get down to business, please convey the instructions of your superiors." ”

Luo Mengyun looked around casually and said: "There is one thing that is urgent, there are still some stragglers of the 29th Army who have not had time to evacuate, and they are now hidden in the city. The higher authorities instructed us to use our connections in the police station to register these people before the enemy cleared them, otherwise their situation would be very dangerous. ”

Fang Jinglin pondered for a while and said, "I will try my best to do it, the household registration office has my relationship, it should be no problem." ”

Luo Mengyun reminded: "This matter is not a small amount of work, their age, occupation, and relationship with the head of the household and family members must be detailed, and they must withstand investigation." The efficiency of Japan's intelligence agencies is top-notch, and there must be no mistakes. ”

"Don't worry, I'm sure, I've not been a police officer for a year or two."

Luo Mengyun said: "Okay, let's get here today, I'll go first." ”

Fang Jinglin mustered up the courage and said, "In addition to work matters in the future, can I still ask you out?" ”

Luo Mengyun smiled: "No, we all have to abide by organizational discipline." ”

Xu Jinge did not succeed, before retreating, he received an order that Beiping Station should leave a group of personnel to lurk for a long time, and Xu Jinge was appointed as the leader of the action group. This is what Boss Dai meant, and he can't disobey. Boss Dai's instructions were very simple, hoping that the comrades of the military commander could do something in the enemy-occupied areas, and there was only one purpose, to use all means to attack the Japanese puppet army and political dignitaries, and turn Beiping into a terrifying city. Xu Jinge likes this kind of task, which means adventure and excitement, and there is a lot of autonomy in the action.

Xu Jinge's boss is a mysterious person, codenamed "Dark Horse". Xu Jinge had never seen him, but he always felt his presence, and even the way the "dark horse" sent him instructions was different every time, sometimes sent by beggars on the street, and sometimes notes were found in the change retrieved when buying cigarettes. This "dark horse" is really a dragon that can't see the end, and Xu Jinge's whole impression of this boss is the beautiful and neat imitation Song characters.

This morning, Xu Jinge received an order from the "dark horse" to immediately rush to the Xuanwumen Catholic Church to attend a secret meeting, and the "dark horse" specially affirmed that all those attending the meeting must absolutely obey the orders of the presiding officer of the meeting, and those who violate the order will be severely punished. Xu Jinge didn't dare to slack off, and hurriedly put down everything in his hand and rushed to the Xuanwumen Catholic Church.

Xuanwumen Catholic Church, commonly known as South Church, is the earliest Catholic church in Beijing, which was built in the 33rd year of Wanli in the Ming Dynasty, and the existing building was built in 1904 and is a three-story Baroque building. The early Xuanwumen Chapel was a small, traditional Chinese building with only a cross prominently placed in a prominent position to signify its status as a Catholic church. In the seventh year of the reign of Shunzhi in the Qing Dynasty, the German Jesuit missionary John Tang presided over the renovation of the Catholic Church on the original site of the Xuanwumen Chapel, which was completed two years later. In addition to the general religious buildings, there are also facilities such as the observatory, the library building, the instrument room, etc. For more than 300 years, from 1605 to the thirties of the twentieth century, the church was repeatedly destroyed, either by earthquakes, by fires and civil strife. The last disaster was in 1900 when it was besieged by the Boxers, and the South Hall was burned down. In 1904, the main hall and ancillary buildings of the South Hall, which was rebuilt for the fourth time, were completed, which is what Xu Jinge sees now.

Xu Jinge was here for the first time, and he did not rush into the main hall, but carefully studied the topography inside and outside the church. This is his professional habit, and the first thing he does when he arrives in an unfamiliar environment is to think of an escape path. There are three courtyards here, the gate is a Chinese-style building, which occupies the first courtyard of the church, and then the east courtyard is the main building of the church, and the west courtyard is the living room. The main building of the church is a brick structure, facing south, the façade of the building on the front is a typical Baroque style, three exquisite brick arches are juxtaposed, the entire building façade is decorated luxuriously and **, the wall of the whole building is ground brick joints, and exquisite brick carvings can be seen everywhere. The interior of the church is designed with a dome and is flanked by multicolored rose windows. The whole church is quiet, and there is a solemn religious atmosphere.

The venue of the meeting was in the main hall, and most of the people who participated in the meeting did not know each other, and Xu Jinge was surprised to find that the host of the meeting was actually his old colleague Zeng Che. This person is an old agent of the Beiping Station of the Military Command, and he is also a celebrity of Boss Dai, his position in the Military Command is the secretary of the North China Region, Xu Jinge knew him when he was in Nanjing, and he is an old acquaintance.

Zeng Che was a person who was moody, his face was expressionless at any time, only those small eyes showed a cold murderous aura. He nodded to Xu Jinge, without a word of greeting, just pulled him aside and introduced the situation straight to the point.

Through Zeng Che's introduction, Xu Jinge knew that most of the people attending the meeting today were the backbone members of the "Anti-Japanese Hoe Gang". This is a newly established anti-Japanese gang organization with assassination and explosion as its main means, and its main areas of activity are Beiping and Tianjin. The main members of this group, in addition to the military command agents who are responsible for organizing and controlling them, are mostly enthusiastic students from Pingjin and Tianjin, and almost all of them are students from several famous middle schools and universities in Pingjin, such as high school students from Beiman Girls' Middle School, Yuying Middle School, Tianjin Sino-Japanese Middle School, Nankai Middle School, Datong Middle School, and other schools, as well as college students from Yenching University, Furen University, and Nankai University. Zeng Che said that he himself had just served as the head of this organization according to the instructions of the "dark horse", and he did not know the specific situation very well, but he only knew that most of the members of this group were high-ranking officials, nobles, wealthy businessmen and celebrities. He gestured to Xu Jinge with his eyes: "Do you see those two young men in gray suits?" It was Zheng Tongwan and Zheng Kunwan, the two grandsons of the puppet Manchurian Prime Minister Zheng Xiaoxu. The people sitting in the front chairs from the left are Yuan Shikai's nephews Yuan Hanxun and Yuan Hanjun, and the next are the eldest lady of Tong Ren Tang, Le Qianwen, the daughter of General Sun Lianzhong, Sun Huijun, and Feng Jianmei, the niece of General Feng Zhi'an......"

Xu Jinge said softly: "It's interesting, when it comes to family background, everyone is like thunder, are these young ladies doing this business?" ”

Zeng Che replied: "I also thought so at first, it seems inconceivable that these young ladies are involved in the anti-Japanese hoeing and rape action, in fact, it is not surprising, most of the children of this class are highly educated, and they are also the most easily exposed to the anti-Japanese patriotic sentiments brought about by the student movement. Don't underestimate these people, they are very bold enough to see that young girl sitting in the corner? She is Yang Qiuping, the daughter of Yang Yichen, a famous Peking Opera actor, and last week she shot out Zhang Yiheng, the vice president of the puppet Beiping Chamber of Commerce, and shot very neatly, in fact, she didn't even touch a gun before the war, and only learned to use a firearm in the two hours before the action. ”

Xu Jinge looked at the girl carefully, and suddenly felt very familiar. He finally remembered that on the eve of the fall of Beiping, he and Fang Jinglin met this girl in the teahouse, and that day she and some classmates were collecting donations for the 29th Army, and they also had a few quarrels with Xu Jinge.

Xu Jinge asked: "Brother Zeng, is my action group also under the command of the anti-Japanese hoe gang?" ”

"No, you are directly under the command of the 'dark horse', and you only assist us when necessary, and you are invited here today to coordinate our next action plan."

"Understood, Brother Zeng, I received an order from the 'dark horse', I am under your command for this operation, please take care of me!"

"You're welcome, let's help each other, Boss Dai is watching us." Zeng Che said politely.

Xu Jinge walked up to the girl: "Miss Yang, do you still know me?" ”

The arrogant Yang Qiuping sat on the chair and didn't even move, but nodded to Xu Jinge: "Come to remember, shouldn't you have come to ask about the whereabouts of that 'Rolex' watch?" I sent it to the pawnshop for twenty dollars, but I ripped off the pawn ticket because I didn't intend to redeem it. ”

Xu Jinge smiled: "Miss, you are really good at business, I spent more than 100 yuan to buy that watch, and I have only worn it for less than a year, why did you sell it for 20 yuan?" At least 40 for it. ”

Yang Qiuping rolled her eyes and asked, "What's the matter, it's distressing?" Then I will pay you back in the future, but after the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, if I can live to the victory of the Anti-Japanese War. ”

"Okay, let's make a decision, if one of the two of us doesn't survive the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, then this agreement will automatically become invalid, how about it?"

"No problem, isn't it just a watch? By the way, who are you, why haven't I seen you in the previous meetings? Yang Qiuping asked unceremoniously.

Zeng Che came over and introduced: "Qiu Ping, this is Xu Jinge, the leader of the action group, an old comrade, who is now here to assist us in our work." Don't underestimate him, he is our number one killer in North China, and he is a person who has been registered in the Japanese spy agency. ”

It can be seen that Yang Qiuping has a lot of respect for Zeng Che, and when she saw Zeng Che, she quickly stood up and said with a smile: "Captain Zeng, we are joking, your evaluation of Mr. Xu surprised me, because so far, I have only seen Mr. Xu donate a watch for the anti-Japanese resistance, and I have not seen any outstanding performance." ”

Zeng Che said to Xu Jinge: "This girl has a very powerful mouth, she never suffers, it seems that you know each other, and it saves me from introducing it, Brother Jin Ge, let's start?" ”

Xu Jinge nodded and said, "Time is very tight, let's be brief." I only have two questions, one is who is the target of this operation? Second, what do you need my action team to do? ”

Zeng Che also replied just as dryly: "First, the target of the operation is the newly appointed pseudo-police chief Shen Wanshan, and the task of your action group is to reconnoiter in the early stage and find out Shen Wanshan's travel patterns; Second, please ask the action group to support us with a batch of weapons and ammunition, this operation is mainly to attack the target, and your action group is responsible for covering. Did I make it clear? ”

Xu Jinge replied briefly: "It's clear, I'll start implementing it immediately." ”

Wen San'er met Professor Luo on the beach, and he greeted him excitedly from afar. Professor Luo had just come out of the Red Mansion, and he wanted to walk home, but when he saw Wen San'er's infinite expectation, he felt compassion, so he took Wen San'er's car and ordered him to go to Zhushikou. His old friend Yang Yichen had an accident at home, and although Professor Luo couldn't help, he should at least go and see.

If you go back 30 years, Luo Yunxuan is also a hot-blooded young man with fierce ambitions and exploring ways to save the country and the people. At that time, he often debated with his fellow Taoists, and some of his friends advocated enriching the country and strengthening the army, and some advocated industry to save the country, while Luo Yunxuan insisted on the idea of saving the country through education and knowledge. He believes that the reason why China is backward is the ignorance of the people, and the best way is to use morality and knowledge to save the souls of the people, so everything should start with education. However, in recent days, Luo Yunxuan has been in a dilemma in theory, and the theory of education to save the country will not be able to deal with the arrogant and armed invaders to the teeth, and no one will reason with you, unless you also have the strength to drive the invaders away, otherwise you have to be obedient to the people. It seems that there are still some loopholes in his theory, and he does not take into account the factor of robber intervention, so in this way, the friends who advocated a rich country and a strong army still have a certain amount of truth. Yesterday Luo Yunxuan passed by the sentry post of the Japanese soldiers, and those barbaric Japanese soldiers asked every Chinese who passed the sentry post to bow to them, otherwise they would be severely beaten and killed, Luo Yunxuan had to bow too, but his heart was like eating a fly, and that strong sense of humiliation tortured him for a long time. Alas, in front of the bayonet, a scholar seemed so useless and incompetent.

Professor Luo chatted with Wen San'er along the way, and considering Wen San'er's comprehension ability, he tried his best to tell Wen San'er in more popular language, saying that our China has been ruled by foreign people many times in history, and there have been two relatively long ones, one is the Mongols, and the other is the Manchus, and we Han people have suffered a lot, but later these foreign people have been assimilated by us. In contrast, this time the Japanese are the worst, these Japanese are very bad, they are so bad that they are beyond the imagination of normal people, their purpose is to destroy our country, Wen San'er, it is not pleasant to be a slave of the country.

Wen San'er was very disapproving, he thought that whoever came would be the same, and the grass people had to be taken care of, before the emperor, then Beiyang**, and then the national**. Judging from Wen San'er's personal experience, when the national ** was there, he could earn at least three cents a day, which is sixty-nine big coppers, at that time, a bowl of wontons was five big sons, three sesame sauce baked cakes and six big sons, adding up to eleven big sons, the legal currency was only five cents, and five cents could make do with a meal, in addition to eating every day, you could save more than a dime, this is still the most unprofitable time, if you are lucky, catch up with the month, eat and live at the master's house, then you will earn a lot, the master goes to the dinner, It is customary to give the driver two cents for the meal. Let's just say that Chen is the shopkeeper, he is a person who travels extensively, every night he either has a meal or goes to a friend's house to play mahjong, such an extra income plus wages, Wen San'er can have an income of more than 20 yuan a month, and he can be a coachman, which is already the life of a fairy. Wen San'er believes that he doesn't care who manages the common people, whether it is the Manchus, the Chinese, or the Japanese, whoever comes has to let him pull the car to earn money, in other words, if after the Japanese come, Wen San'er's income has increased compared to before, then he would rather be a slave to the country.

Professor Luo listened to Wen San'er's words, shook his head painfully, and said something that Wen San'er couldn't understand: "Alas! Chinese Ah, mourn its misfortune, be angry with it, do we still have hope......"

"Mr. Luo, I don't understand these words you said, I'm a stinky cart puller, I haven't been to school, I can't read and write, we can't worry about national affairs, we just have a full meal every day, and we don't recognize the big iron spoon when we are full......"

Professor Luo said coldly: "The problem is here, do you think you can eat enough if you become a slave to the country?" If you are obedient, you can have a good life? This is a dream, you see, the hard life of our people in Beiping has just begun, and you will soon taste the taste of being a slave of the country. After Professor Luo said these words, he closed his eyes and stopped talking to Li Wen San'er.

Wen San'er pondered Professor Luo's words, and secretly laughed in his heart, this old man is a good person and knowledgeable, but he is too sour, but all literati have such a sour atmosphere. Even if you don't like the Japanese, so what? The 29th Army is fierce enough, and it still didn't stop the Japanese, what can you do as a literati? You have to bow your head, who you love, who comes, can the affairs of the country worry about the people? Whoever comes, has to live their lives.

The southern city of Beiping has always been known as the "hometown of pear orchards", because of the concentration of businesses outside the front gate, and the ensuing hotels, theaters and other service and entertainment facilities have also opened one after another. When the Hui class entered Beijing, they lived in this area, and the Kunban and Bangzi class and the Peking Opera class formed later also performed and lived in this area, although they moved several times, but never left the area outside the front gate of the south city, and the pear orchard world married each other, forming a family, and hundreds of pear garden families lived in the past two hundred years.

The residence of Yang Yichen, a famous martial artist, is located at No. 11 Da Ma Shen Temple in the south exit of Coal Market Street, and the courtyard is located at the end of a wide alley in the south of Hutong Road. The gate of the house faces east, divided into two courtyards, the south courtyard lives Yang Yichen's mother Yang Liu, and the north courtyard is where Yang Yichen's family lives. Wen San'er parked the foreign car outside the gate of the hospital, Professor Fu Luo got out of the car, and the Yang family's employee Wang Ma hurriedly entered the hospital to report to the master as soon as she saw Professor Luo. Professor Luo and Yang Yichen are old friends, he often comes and goes here, and he is very familiar with it, so he doesn't wait for the master to greet him, and walks straight into the courtyard, and Wen San'er follows Professor Luo with a snack box.

Yang Yichen's yard is not big, the south wall is full of "creepers", the whole wall is dark green, and the plants absorb a lot of sunlight, bringing a touch of coolness to the yard. In the middle of the yard is the rattan trellis, there are rattan chairs and coffee tables under the green shade, next to them are several large tanks that raise goldfish, lotus, green turtles, the flower beds are planted with dried branches and plums, and there are potted chrysanthemums, the rattan trellises are hung with the cicada cage, the gourd containing crickets, there are several bird cages hanging on the horizontal poles in the yard, there are birds of the varieties such as larks, yellow birds, red seeds and so on in the cages, it is said that these flowers, birds, insects and fish are all used by Yang Yichen to observe to improve artistic accomplishment.

Yang Yichen's daughter Yang Qiuping greeted him first and greeted Professor Luo very politely: "Hello Uncle Luo, my father is changing his clothes and will be here soon." ”

Professor Luo asked, "Qiuping, I haven't seen you for a long time, and you're also in college, right?" ”

"Uncle Rob, look at your memory, I was admitted to Yenching University last year, and it's time to start my second year at the end of the summer vacation, and you congratulated me."

"Yes, yes, I just remembered, look at my memory, my family Mengyun was also admitted to Yan University last year, you are classmates."

Yang Yichen hurriedly came out of the north room, hugged his fists at Professor Luo and said, "Mr. Luo, if you miss the distance, forgive your sins, forgive your sins." ”

Professor Luo also politely said: "Boss Yang is polite, how are you doing lately?" ”

"The body is fine, but the heart is holding its breath. Come, please sit, it's cool under the vine trellis. Yang Yichen greeted, the two sat down separately, and Yang Qiuping asked someone to bring cold sour plum soup and then returned to his room.

Wen San'er sat in the shade next to the fish tank, looking around while drinking sour plum soup, he was the first time to come to Yang's house, and he felt very fresh about everything here. Wen San'er is also a die-hard fan of Boss Yang, three years ago, when he was a monthly package, he entered Guanghe Theater with his owner and heard "rubbing play".

Guanghe Theater is divided into two floors, there are seats on three sides of the stage, the front of the downstairs is called "pool seat", the two sides of the stage downstairs are called "two compartments", and there are high wooden benches against the wall behind the two compartments, commonly known as "big wall". Behind the "pool seat" is the "military and police bullet pressure seat", which is set up to maintain law and order in the theater, and the military and police personnel not only watch the play for nothing, but also serve refreshments. People like Wen San'er who watch "rubbing plays" generally go up to the "big wall", and the angle of watching the play here is not very good, so you can only look at the side of the corner. The big axis play that day was "Changban Slope", Yang Yichen played Zhao Yun, the owner sat down in the front row of the pool seat, drinking tea and eating melon seeds while slapping the table and applauding, Wen San'er twisted his neck on the "big wall" to watch, and after a while, his neck "fell into the pillow", but this did not affect Wen San'er's interest at all.

Yang Yichen got a full house as soon as he appeared on the stage that day, needless to say, the audience watching the play not to mention, even the guys who carried boiling kettles and throwing hand towels in the theater forgot to work, stood in the aisle and shouted loudly, and the whole theater was boiling, like boiling a pot...... Wen San'er's voice was hoarse, and he was careless and planted himself from the "big wall" and knocked out a big purple bag on his head......

Yang Yichen's appearance is really charming, he plays Zhao Yun's majestic spirit, very rich in the demeanor of a general, as soon as he walks on the stage, the big girls and little daughters-in-law of the rich people in the audience are crazy, no matter how valuable the ring and necklace are, take it off and throw it on the stage, I can't wait to throw myself into something on the stage, it is best to throw it directly into Boss Yang's arms...... It is no wonder that Yang Yichen has the reputation of "Living Zhao Yun", and it is indeed worthy of his name. Wen San'er has never admired anyone in his life, but after watching "Changban Slope", he admired Yang Yichen so much that he asked people everywhere to inquire, is there a shortage of Boss Yang's family? If you can give Boss Yang a monthly package, you only need to take care of food and housing, Wen San'er would rather not be paid, listen to Boss Yang's drama every day, and live ten years less.

Yang Yichen became famous ten years ago, that year he was invited by Zhao Baoguang, the manager of Tianjin Huifangyuan, to perform in Tianjin, the first day to perform the face hook play "Iron Cage Mountain", the next day is the short play "Evil Tiger Village", the third day to play the long play "Changban Slope", three days down the sensation of Jingu, an instant hit. Manager Zhao Baoguang refused to let him go, and had to play an additional performance, Yang Yichen saw that it was difficult to resist, so he had to add another "Yanyang Building", which made Jinmen fans enter a state of madness. In "Sunny Building", Gordon's shouting "dodged away" when he got off the scene became a roar that fans never tired of, and the next day Tianjin Wei was a shouting sound of "dodging away", even the restaurant running the restaurant and the rickshaw driver also yelled "dodged" in the downtown area, which shows that Yang Yichen's play is deeply rooted in the hearts of the people, and Yang Yichen has been famous since then.

Yang Yichen has a lot of good plays, his masterpieces "Pick a Pulley", "Golden Beach", "Golden Lock Array", "Serial Set", etc., can be described as unstoppable, long and short fights are all refined, handsome and handsome, hooked face play is bold and majestic, singing, reading, doing, playing is skillful and timeless, vivid, and fans in Pingjin and Tianjin are all flocking to it.

Yang Yichen and tabloid reporter Lu Zhongyong have dealings, Lu Zhongyong was also a fan of Yang Yichen, and took the initiative to write a few drama reviews published in the entertainment edition of the "Beijing Evening News", Yang Yichen in order to express his gratitude, but also specially invited Lu Zhongyong to Fengze Garden to eat, after Lu Zhongyong invited Yang Yichen to Donglai Shun to eat shabu mutton, back and forth, the two are very familiar, and they are friends. Who knew that after the fall of Beiping, friends became enemies, and Lu Zhongyong connected with the Japanese and served as the vice president of the Beiping Local Maintenance Association, becoming a hot figure. Three days ago, Lu Zhongyong came to visit, saying that it was to welcome the Japanese Imperial Army stationed in Beiping, and the Beiping Local Maintenance Association and the pro-Japanese group "Xinmin Association" came forward to organize a church meeting, and wanted to invite Boss Yang to star in the masterpiece "Iron Cage Mountain". Yang Yichen turned his face when he heard this, claiming that he was not a traitor if he starved to death. This sentence made Lu Zhongyong feel very harsh, and he immediately sank his face and said: "Boss Yang means that I, Lu Zhongyong, have become traitors?" ”

Yang Yichen replied coldly: "I mean I'm not a traitor, and I can't care if others are in a hurry to be a traitor." Mr. Lu, please tell the Japanese, I, Yang Yichen, am sick, not only can't act now, but I don't plan to act in the next few years. ”

Lu Zhongyong said neither hard nor soft: "Boss Yang, it doesn't matter if you don't give me Lu Zhongyong's face, but you can't give the Japanese face, otherwise, you will know the consequences." ”

"I hear it, you're threatening me."

"I don't mean that, I mean you're making it hard for me. It stands to reason that it is not my responsibility for me to convey your intentions to the Japanese, but are we not friends? In case I get angry, you have three long and two short, isn't it that I, Lu Zhongyong, am sorry for my friend? Others will think that I made it bad, which makes me unable to be a man, Boss Yang should think about it again, anyway, there is still time, you are not busy replying. Lu Zhongyong seemed very reasonable.

Yang Yichen promised to consider it. Who knew that after Lu Zhongyong left, two Japanese military police and a translator came in the afternoon. The interpreter told Yang Yichen that the Japanese gendarmerie was going to ask his mother, Yang Liu, to go to the gendarmerie for questioning. Ignoring Yang Yichen's protests, the two Japanese military policemen put the old lady in a car and took her away. Yang Yichen is a well-known filial son, and now he finally can't get tough. The matter is obvious, the Japanese gendarmerie is going to take the old lady as a hostage to force Yang Yichen to submit.

Yang Yichen had no idea at this time, and after thinking about it, he had to invite his friend Luo Yunxuan to discuss.

At this time, Professor Luo and Yang Yichen had been discussing for a long time, and no one had a better way, Professor Luo just sighed vigorously: "Alas, it is useless to be a scholar, and at the critical moment, it will be obvious that the reader is useless. ”

Yang Yichen said with tears in his eyes: "My mother has been arrested for three days, and yesterday your brother and sister went to visit the gendarmerie and came back to say that the old lady is still safe for the time being, and she just wants to go home." The translator said that whether the old lady can go home or not is all up to Boss Yang's words, please consider it carefully. ”

Professor Luo said: "This is Lu Zhongyong's ghost, the Japanese don't know about your family's situation, only Lu Zhongyong knows where your weakness is, he knows that you are a filial son, so he came up with this vicious method." ”

Professor Luo saw that Wen San'er was bored and teasing the birds, so he asked, "Wen San'er, you also have an idea, what should I do about Boss Yang?" ”

"Ouch, Mr. Luo, you can really lift me, what idea can I come up with as a stinky cart puller? If you want me to say, isn't it just singing, the Japanese are coming to invite, Boss Yang has to hold a little, if you want to sing, it's okay to sing, it's a high price to open your mouth, scare these grandsons back, how can the famous actors rap and sing? We'll have to hold it. ”

Yang Yichen smiled bitterly: "If only it were as simple as this brother said, what reason is there to talk about with the Japanese?" Besides, it's not about money, it's about national integrity, what's the difference between singing for the Japanese and being a traitor? ”

Wen San'er thinks it's not so serious, if singing for the Japanese is considered a traitor, then does it count as pulling a car for the Japanese? A few days ago, a Japanese reporter hired his car, and the kid could speak a few words in Chinese, pretending to be a "China expert", but in fact he was a "mallet". From Qianmen Railway Station to Deshengmen, usually this journey only costs five cents, and Wen San'er was stunned and killed him a dollar. The little devil's money is not in vain, who let him fall into the hands of Master Wen? Wen San'er thinks that he is not only not a traitor when he pulls a car for the Japanese, but can be said to be "anti-Japanese". In this way, it's not a big deal for Boss Yang to sing a few plays to the Japanese, but Lu Zhongyong, a bastard, should be careful, now this kid is very yin, the last time a manuscript smashed the sale of the Chen shopkeeper, he also lost his errand, and now this kid is calculating Boss Yang again, thinking of this, Wen San'er couldn't help but scold: "Fuck! I can find a few friends on the road and count Lu Zhongyong's kid......"

"That's a good idea...... Yang Qiuping said as she walked out of the room.

Yang Yichen scolded irritably: "What do you girl know? Do you have what it takes to kill Lu Zhongyong? ”

"Dad, I'll do this, I promise they'll put Grandma back."

"You?" Yang Yichen, Luo Yunxuan, and Wen San'er were all stunned.

Coming out of Yang Yichen's house, Wen San'er sent Professor Luo home first, he came out of Xisiertiao, walked to Gangwa City, and met a person asking for a car. At that time, several coachmen rushed up to grab business, and Wen San'er simply grabbed the man's sleeve and didn't let go. What made him feel strange was that as soon as the man said that he was going to Shazikou outside Yongding Gate, the few coachmen who were robbing business with Wen San'er did not go. Wen San'er muttered in his heart, but he didn't have time to think about it, he couldn't resist the temptation of this job, according to his usual experience, this is a fat job, why not do it?

Wen San'er pulled the guests to Yongwai Shazikou, and the journey was very smooth, but when he came back to the city, he encountered trouble, and Wen San'er understood why his peers were reluctant to go out of the city.

Only one of the two gates of Yongding Gate was opened, and two rows of snake-bellied barbed wire fences were blocked in front of the city gate hole, leaving only one opening for a single person to walk. Two Japanese soldiers stood by the mouth to check the passers-by, they were holding bayonet rifles in their hands, the bayonets flashed in the daylight with a terrifying cold light, Wen San'er's legs were a little weak when he saw this formation. When he went out of the city just now, he went out from You'anmen, which was guarded by the Chinese police, and he was only allowed to enter and exit, so he didn't encounter any trouble, who knew that Yongdingmen was so strictly inspected here, and it was guarded by Japanese soldiers.

The people of Peiping, who often come and go from here, know that since some time, those Japanese soldiers guarding the checkpoints have developed a problem, and whenever Chinese pass in front of them, they must bow, otherwise the Japanese soldiers will beat people and even stab people with bayonets. It seems that this is not an order of the Japanese occupation authorities, but the spontaneous behavior of the Japanese soldiers, and some people in Beiping privately speculate that most of these Japanese soldiers came from the bottom of the Japanese society and had a low social status, and now they have suddenly become an occupation army, and some villains are very ambitious.

Wen San'er remembered, the old guys in the car dealership last night didn't forget to squeeze a few words to the Japanese before going to sleep, the people under the imperial city were very bad to speak, the old Han Tou sat in the quilt and said while mending the crotch of his pants: "Good guy, you really don't let the poor gain power, that's amazing, these grandsons are either fishing or digging coal blacks in Japan, or the 'big teapot' in the Japanese kiln [1]

, The shopkeeper who sells rice balls, has never seen much of the world at all, in our Beiping dialect, people don't want to see dogs, okay, these grandsons went to China, gave an errand to guard the city gate, and carried a broken shotgun in his hand, so he naturally had a feeling of being a master, just like a nouveau riche, and he couldn't hold the fire when he saw people. ”

Na Lai, nicknamed "Big Pants", said, "Do you know why these little devils are so short? It was hungry, and he hadn't eaten a few full meals since he was so big. Our child and his uncle's neighbor worked as an errand in a Japanese foreign bank, and he said that when the Japanese drink porridge, they hold a small bowl as if they are tasting tea, and they dare not drink the porridge with sticks and noodles. Bow to these grandchildren? Grandma, I'd rather not do this job than pass through the city gate. ”

Wen San'er was about to fall asleep in a daze, and he didn't pay attention to the problem they talked about bowing to the Japanese soldiers, he rarely went out of the city, and he was not very well-informed, as for the new rules of bowing, he had never heard of it, and no one had reminded him, which was troublesome. He was pulling the empty car and was about to pass through the entrance of the checkpoint, when he suddenly heard the Japanese soldiers roaring, and it seemed that something had upset them. Of course Wen San'er can't understand Japanese, and he doesn't bother to deal with these Japanese, he said in his heart Look at their little Japan's beating nature, Wen Ye doesn't want to see them, who are you scaring with a broken gun? Master Wen didn't recruit you to provoke you, you can't kill me with one shot, what's wrong with the Japanese, the Japanese also have to talk about the king's law, right?

Wen San'er's indifferent attitude angered a Japanese soldier, and he suddenly raised a bayonet, which was a stabbing action in Wen San'er's face. The people around him were frightened and screamed, Wen San'er didn't react yet, he only felt that the cold light flashed in front of him, and the tip of the bayonet had stopped an inch away from his nose......

The two Japanese soldiers laughed, Wen San'er got up from the ground in humiliation and picked up the handlebars, but he didn't expect the Japanese soldier to stare again, and he shook his bayonet and wanted to stab again...... Wen San'er was so frightened that he was about to sit on the ground again, when he suddenly heard someone shouting: "Hey! The Japanese want you to bow, bow quickly......"

Wen San'er glanced back in a panic, it was a man behind him who shouted, this person was a Chinese face, his eyes were not big but very bright, his face was sharp and angular, and he looked very capable...... Wen San'er suddenly realized, he hurriedly bowed three times to the Japanese soldiers, and the Japanese soldiers put away their guns and waved at him. Wen San'er didn't care about wiping the cold sweat, and ran out of the city gate hole with the car deadly.

It was Xu Jinge who shouted to Wen San'er just now, he had just returned from the secret contact point in Shazikou, and was queuing up to pass the checkpoint, and found that Wen San'er was in a critical situation, so he shouted. This sentence saved Wen San'er's life.

Wen San'er completely understands, these Japanese are really grandsons, now it's not a question of whether you want to deal with them or not, but whether they want to take care of you and provoke you, you can't hide, people recognize that they want to be your master, probably this is called a slave in the country! They really don't have any royal law to control, killing you is like twisting an ant to death, if it wasn't for a kind person to remind you just now, Wen San'er's life would have been hanging.

Wen San'er couldn't walk anymore, his legs were still shivering, and his whole body was so soft that it seemed like he had no bones, and cold sweat kept flowing down the back of his spine into the groove of his buttocks. What embarrassed Wen San'er was that he actually peed his pants, and at the moment when the bayonet approached his nose, Wen San'er's urethral sphincter actually failed very uncontrollably. It seems that Professor Luo has a point, the Japanese are bad beyond the imagination of normal people.

Xu Jinge had already passed the checkpoint and walked over to Wen San'er, Wen San'er knelt down involuntarily when he saw Xu Jinge, and shed tears: "Thank you for Brother Xie's life-saving grace......"

According to the behavior of ordinary people, when you see someone kneeling in front of you, you always have to step forward to help her, and you have to be polite in your mouth, but Xu Jinge is very strange, he stands there and doesn't move, just says disdainfully: "Is there something wrong with your knee, why do you bend at every turn?" ”

Wen San'er couldn't hear the meaning of his words: "Big brother, I'm pulling the cart, there's nothing wrong with my legs, and I can't eat this line of food if I have a problem......

Xu Jinge finally became angry, and he roared in a low voice: "You stand up for me, soft bones, what else can you do but kneel?" ”

Wen San'er hurriedly stood up and looked at Xu Jinge in horror, he really couldn't figure out why this person was angry.

Xu Jinge's tone softened a little: "Brother, we are a gentleman, if we are a gentleman, we should be a little bloody, and our knees should not be weak, especially for the Japanese, even if we die, we have to die standing up, and we can't lose the face of our Chinese masters." Yes, I bowed to the Japanese when I passed the checkpoint just now, but I don't give it in vain, and they will have to pay it back with their lives in the future. Brother, what's your name? ”

"Big brother, my name is Wen San'er."

"Okay Wen San'er, we'll have a meeting later."

"Big brother, what do you call it?"

"Just call me Lao Xu, Wen San'er, you remember! No matter when, the knees can't be soft, goodbye! Xu Jinge disappeared into the crowd in a blink of an eye.

Lu Zhongyong, like many literati, has the habit of not sleeping at night and waking up in the morning. When he was a tabloid reporter, he didn't need to go to the newspaper office, as long as he delivered the manuscript on time, so he developed the habit of taking a lazy nap in the morning, which was very strange, and he had to wake up naturally, and once someone woke him up, he had no energy for a day.

Lu Zhongyong was not forced to enter the Xinmin Association, he won it himself. The Xinmin Association was a pro-Japanese organization planned and established by the Japanese occupation forces in the early days of the fall of Beiping. There are also rules for this organization to admit members, preferably celebrities, and the more famous, the better. Originally, it was impossible for Lu Zhongyong to join the Xinmin Association and serve as the vice president as a pre-war member, and a tabloid reporter could not be counted as a "celebrity" in any case, but Lu Zhongyong had his own methods. He knew that if he expected the core of the Xinmin Association, which was also Chinese, to accept him, was tantamount to conspiring with the tiger. The tradition of infighting among the Chinese people is particularly fierce in the Xinmin Association, and even being a traitor has to fight for a high and low. Chairman Wang Kemin and several vice presidents were not convinced by anyone, and they all showed their pre-war identities for comparison, arguing about whose status was more noble, and often quarreled. At the beginning of the establishment of the Xinmin Association, no one remembered to invite Lu Zhongyong out of the mountain, which made him feel a little lost, but after thinking about it, he felt that it was not strange, who would put a capable, talented, and even possible replacement person by his side? Of course, those backbone members of the Xinmin Association understand this, Lu Zhongyong thinks this is understandable, and it is the same if he changes himself, under the couch, how can he allow others to sleep soundly? The problem is that good things need to be done by themselves, passively obeying the arrangement of fate, this is not Lu Zhongyong's style, he wants to take the initiative, instead of discussing with the minions, it is better to go directly to the master, the master is often easier to talk. He directly approached Kita Makoto, head of the liaison department of the Japanese Dispatch Army in North China, and recommended himself, on the grounds that there was still a lack of cadres who were good at propaganda work among the several responsible persons of the Xinmin Association, and those members were either businessmen or old bureaucrats, but they lacked a pen, and besides, he had a unique understanding of "Sino-Japanese friendship", and if the Xinmin Association turned a blind eye to talents like Lu Zhongyong, it would be a huge loss for the Xinmin Association.

Xi Duocheng pondered for a while, and felt that Lu Zhongyong's words made some sense, the Xinmin Association had just been established, and the propaganda work was indeed very important, and it didn't matter if there was one more vice president position, anyway, Shangfeng did not stipulate the specific establishment of the Xinmin Association, so Lu Zhongyong became the vice president as he wished.

After Lu Zhongyong made his career, he bought a courtyard house in Xisi Chaichaihu and hired housekeepers and employees. The days are much better, at first he was not very used to it, he had not been served by people when he was so big, sometimes he used someone to serve him tea, and he subconsciously said kind words such as "you are tired", which scared the employer. In fact, Lu Zhongyong is not really unhappy, but the inertia of the little people after a long time.

Last night, he and a few friends went to Hongbin Building for dinner, Lu Zhongyong was too drunk, and he was unconscious when he was sent home, and he still felt lightheadedness and a dull pain in his temples when he got up today. The housekeeper came in to report that a young lady surnamed Yang came to the door to ask to see her, saying that it was Yang Yichen's daughter. Lu Zhongyong instructed the housekeeper to invite the guests to wait in the living room.

He was in a very happy mood when he changed his clothes, since Yang Yichen's daughter came to the door to ask to see him, it must have been Yang Yichen who agreed to perform. That's right, the Japanese don't necessarily care about Yang Yichen singing one or two plays, what people want is your attitude of cooperation. In all fairness, what Lu Zhongyong annoys the most is Yang Yichen's so-called "integrity". When you are a play, you just eat open rice, and you sing to whoever you sing for, why do you want to make a righteous and awe-inspiring appearance? Are you Shi Kefa or Wen Tianxiang? If you compare yourself to a loyal servant, what will become of me and Xinmin? In fact, Lu Zhongyong didn't want to do anything to Yang Yichen, although he came up with the idea of using Yang Yichen's mother as a hostage, but this was just to put some pressure on Yang Yichen, as long as Yang Yichen agreed to perform, no one would treat the old lady well, Lu Zhongyong thought that he was still a good friend.

When Lu Zhongyong walked into the living room, Yang Qiuping, who was sitting on the sofa waiting, immediately stood up and bowed to him very politely: "Uncle Lu, hello! ”

Lu Zhongyong pressed Yang Qiuping on the sofa with a smile on his face: "Qiuping, you sit, you sit, let Uncle Lu take a good look, she has really grown into a big girl, the longer she grows, the more beautiful she becomes, I heard that you were admitted to Yenching University?" ”

"I was admitted last year, and now I'm in the second grade."

"There is a future, there is a future, and it will be better than your father in the future. Qiuping, did you come to me for something? ”

Yang Qiuping seemed to be very restrained, and said hesitantly: "Uncle Lu, I ...... I'm here for my dad's business......"

"Oh, did your dad figure it out? In fact, this is a trivial matter, your father is a tendon, art knows no borders, this has nothing to do with whether it is patriotic or not, don't you say? ”

"Uncle Lu, I just want to ask you, is it possible for my grandmother to go home as long as you say a word?"

Lu Zhongyong smiled, and his tone was a little smug: "There should be no problem with this, eldest niece, I won't hide it from you, your Uncle Lu still has some face in the Japanese, but your father can't come by temperament, if he doesn't agree to perform, I can't explain it to the Japanese, so well, we have to persuade your father, put aside the patriotic or not first, and give me a certain face for Lu, as long as he agrees to perform, everything will be wrapped up in me." ”

Yang Qiuping pleaded: "I'm afraid it won't work, I can't do my father's master, I just need grandma to go home, Uncle Lu, you must help with this favor, you just said, you can call the shots in this matter." ”

Lu Zhongyong shook his head and said: "Big niece, you make me embarrassed, your father is not cooperative, and I can't talk to the Japanese." ”

"I beg you, please help me ......"

"No, I said the eldest niece, it's really not good, this matter is not negotiable."

"Uncle Lu, do you really care?" Two cold lights shot out of Yang Qiuping's eyes.

Lu Zhongyong didn't pay attention to the change in Yang Qiuping's face, he said to himself: "Qiuping, we have to admit the reality, now Beiping is the world of the Japanese, whether you want to or not, this is always a fact, your father...... Alas, to put it mildly, it's called not knowing the current affairs......" Lu Zhongyong suddenly fell silent, he found that a pistol was on his head, and his cold sweat flowed down his head at once: "Big niece, what are you doing here?" Put the gun away......"

Yang Qiuping's index finger tightly pulled the trigger of the pistol, and the bullet could be discharged at any time. She coldly shook the muzzle of the gun on Lu Zhongyong's head and said: "The surname Lu, you listen to me, I didn't come to beg you today, I just want to check whether you are really dead set on serving the Japanese, it seems that you are really a traitor." ”

"Qiu Ping, you put away the gun first, there is something to discuss."

"Lu Zhongyong, I don't have time to listen to your nonsense, I won't kill you today, the condition is that you must let my grandmother go home, otherwise you won't survive tonight."

"Qiuping, can't you do this...... Aren't you afraid that the Japanese will arrest you? ”

"I'm not worried about this, as long as I have any accidents, someone will naturally come to take your dog's life, do you think I will be alone?"

"Qiu Ping, if I don't cooperate, what can you do to me?" Lu Zhongyong said tentatively and softly, he didn't believe that this girl really dared to shoot.

Yang Qiuping replied simply: "Then I'll kill you now, you think about it, I'll shoot when I count to three, one ......."

"Don't, don't...... I promise you, I promise you, I will immediately go to the gendarmerie to find Kuroda Nakasa, you must not shoot......" Lu Zhongyong's will finally collapsed.

Yang Qiuping lowered the muzzle of the gun: "You have to remember two things, first, my grandma must go home before 10 o'clock tonight; Second, if my family and I have any trouble in the future, you will report it, and we will make your head bloom, understand? ”

"Yes, yes, everything is as you say...... Niece, can I ask you which way you are from? ”

"Shut up! Do as I say. ”

[1]

In the old days, the male handymen who served the prostitutes in the brothels were despised by the people of the capital as "big teapots", which was an insulting title. Such people have a very low social status, even inferior to beggars, and once they engage in this business, they cannot even raise their heads to their children.