Xu Jinge, Fang Jinglin and others rushed to the Nancheng Jiaozi Hutong, this block has been blocked by the military police, and the commander of a military police company sent by the Beiping Garrison Command is a young lieutenant, he saluted Xu Jingge, Fang Jinglin and others: "Report to the chief, I am Lieutenant Zhang Zhida, the commander of the fifth company of the military police, and I am now ordered to assist you in rounding up the criminals, please instruct!" ”

Xu Jinge returned the salute: "Thank you for your hard work." ”

"Don't work hard, serve the party and the state!" The lieutenant replied.

Xu Jinge said, "Lieutenant, please report the situation." ”

"Yes! Sir, we have surrounded this courtyard, and all the nearby high ground has been occupied, which means that this courtyard will be under our fire control if the perpetrators resist arrest and resistance. ”

"Lieutenant, tell your soldiers that you are not allowed to open fire without my orders, and those who violate the order will be martialized!"

"Yes!"

Fang Jinglin arranged the police he brought with him on the perimeter cordon at the entrance of the alley, and the police were busy in an orderly manner, placing signs on the streets prohibiting vehicles from driving and announcing traffic control in this area, prohibiting idlers and others from approaching. The citizens of Peiping have always had a tradition of watching the excitement, and after a while, a dense crowd of people gathered outside the outer cordon.

After Fang Jinglin arranged the cordon, he turned around and walked towards Xu Jinge, wanting to inquire about the situation. Xu Jinge was standing in front of a telecommunications direction finding vehicle to ask a technician, and a second lieutenant wearing a headset reported: "Sir, this radio station has been sending reports, and it seems that it has no scruples, it seems that this ** element is iron-hearted." ”

Xu Jinge turned his head and said to Jing Lin: "Brother Jing Lin, tell your people to stay away, maybe it will be a fierce battle in a while, and Zhao Minghe's guards are all automatic firearms." ”

Fang Jinglin asked, "Is Zhao Minghe inside?" ”

"No, in the morning we set a small trap for him through the garrison headquarters, informed him to participate in the city defense meeting, and put him under house arrest as soon as he arrived."

"Is Zhao Minghe a Communist Party? Have you investigated clearly? ”

"It's not clear, at least there is no evidence at the moment, but Luo Mengyun is definitely a Communist Party, and we haven't been monitoring her for a day or two."

Fang Jinglin looked at the closed iron gate of Courtyard 8 and asked, "Are you planning to attack?" ”

Xu Jinge replied: "I won't order a strong attack unless it is absolutely necessary, I think it's better to negotiate first, it's best to let the guards automatically hand over their weapons and solve the problem without blood." Brother Jinglin, you stand back, I'm going to start shouting. ”

Xu Jinge raised an iron horn and shouted into the courtyard: "Brothers of the national army in the courtyard, listen, I am Lieutenant Colonel Xu Jinge of the Beiping Station of the Secret Bureau of the Ministry of National Defense, and now I am coming to arrest key Communist Party criminals on the order of the Garrison Command, and I ask you to cooperate with me in performing my official duties......

The lookout window on the iron gate of Courtyard No. 8 was opened, and a voice came out from inside: "Lieutenant Principal, I am Xu Yuancheng, the sergeant squad leader of the 101st Division Guard Battalion, on the order of Chief Zhao, I lead the whole class to be responsible for guarding the security of Courtyard No. 8, without the order of Chief Zhao, no one has the right to enter Courtyard No. 8, please understand." ”

Xu Jinge shouted: "Sergeant, I order you to open the gate, I can show you the written order of the garrison command, soldiers should obey orders as their duty, don't you understand this truth?" ”

The sergeant was silent, and there was a deathly silence in the courtyard.

Xu Jinge gave an order to the lieutenant of the gendarmerie: "Lieutenant, tell your people to open the gate and prepare to force in." ”

With a wave of his hand, the gendarmes rushed to the gate, and Xu Jinge, Fang Jinglin and others stared nervously at the closed iron gate......

Suddenly, the gate was suddenly opened, and inside was a shooting fortification built with sandbags, and the muzzle of a machine gun with a black hole was exposed behind the fortification, and the sergeant leaned out half of his body from behind the sandbag and fired a long shot into the sky with ***, and the gendarmes seemed to have been immobilized, and they stopped in place and did not dare to move. The sergeant shouted: "I repeat, no one is allowed to enter without the order of Chief Zhao, otherwise, I will order the guards to open fire." ”

The sound of pulling the bolt of the gun was heard afterwards from the sandbag work.

The lieutenant of the gendarmerie drew his pistol and asked, "Sir, shall we open fire?" ”

Xu Jinge shook his head and replied: "No, you are not allowed to fire until you have to, and continue to shout to me." ”

Fang Jinglin said: "Brother Jin Ge, this area is a residential area, the population is very dense, once the fire is fired, I am afraid that it will hurt the innocent, now the people in the city are fluctuating, if it causes casualties to the citizens, I am afraid that there will be a big chaos." I think it's better to ask your boss for advice. ”

Xu Jinge agreed: "It's okay, I don't think there is any need to expand the situation, let's let the above call the shots, I don't want to be a villain." ”

When the two sides entered a tense confrontation in front of the gate of No. 8 Courtyard of Jiaozi Hutong, Wen San'er happened to be not in the courtyard, and he was entrusted by Luo Mengyun to go to the Beiping Library on Wenjin Street to return the books. Luo Mengyun wrapped the dozen books that should be returned in paper and handed them to Wen San'er, she knew that Wen San'er was illiterate, so she filled out the book list in advance, handed it to Wen San'er along with the reading card, and told him to go to the library and just put the book, the booklist, and the reading card on the book transport machine and leave it alone, and the book transport machine will send the reading card and the books just borrowed, and Wen San'er can take them.

Wen San'er put the book on the pedal of the foreign car, pulled the foreign car out of the gate, and just walked out of the alley, he was stopped by two people in civilian clothes, claiming to check it. Wen San'er squinted at each other, with a sneer on his face, he could see at a glance that these two people were plainclothes from the official family, if this matter was left in the past, Wen San'er's legs would have been weak, and he was most afraid of dealing with the government. But Wen San'er doesn't care today, since he entered the Zhao family on an errand, Wen San'er's waist has hardened unconsciously, and he looks down on these plainclothes in his heart, and they don't inquire, where is Wen Ye on an errand now? The Zhao family is easy to provoke? Don't say anything else, just rush at the dozen or so soldiers, all of them have long and short guys, that majesty, that pomp, you two little rabbit cubs should also open your eyes and take a look, and the people of the Zhao family dare to stop it?

Wen San'er sneered: "What are you doing? Boy, open your eyes and take a closer look, do you know who I am? ”

A tall man in plainclothes was quite polite: "I don't need to know who you are, you are the king of heaven, I also have to check, please cooperate." ”

Wen San'er replied arrogantly: "Boy, it's okay to check, you go to Courtyard 8 first and ask Chief Zhao, if the chief agrees, Master Wen, I will immediately take off your pants for you and let you check casually." ”

The short plainclothes man finally got impatient, he suddenly slapped Wen San'er twice with a bow left and right, and scolded in his mouth: "Damn, shame on your face, you stinky cart puller dare to talk like this?" Looking for death, isn't it? ”

Wen San'er was slapped twice by surprise, and couldn't help but be furious, and was about to fight back but was put against his head by a tall plainclothes man with a pistol, he only felt that his head was cold, and the muzzle of the pistol was tightly attached to his forehead, Wen San'er's courage was leaked at once, and he muttered in a low voice: "Don't price, don't price, sir, I didn't say I wouldn't let you check, sir, you check, you check ...... casually"

The short plainclothes first touched Wen San'er's whole body, then opened the book wrapper, carefully checked each book, and then checked Wen San'er's rickshaw up and down, the short man looked at the tall man and shook his head, the tall plainclothes man put away the pistol and said briefly: "Get out." Then the two walked away.

Wen San'er touched his red face, rewrapped the book, and cursed through gritted teeth in his heart, good boy, you have a kind, dare to beat the Zhao family, you really fucking ate leopard gall, let's not turn around, when I come back, I have to talk to Miss Luo, and then call the brothers in the guard class to clean up these two bastards.

It was noon after Wen San'er finished the book, he didn't want to rush back to Zhao's house for lunch, because he offended the cook Aunt Liang for a blind date a few days ago, this old lady remembered a grudge, every time she saw Wen San'er, her nose was not a nose, her eyes were not eyes, every time Wen San'er went out of the car and went back late, he always left him very little food, and once even told Wen San'er that he forgot about leaving a meal, and let Wen San'er carry it all afternoon. Whenever this happens, Wen San'er knows that it is Aunt Liang'er who is taking revenge, but she has no clue at all, the county official is better to take care of it now, this old lady can't care about anything else, that is, she can manage the rice spoon, and if you offend her, you can only admit that you are unlucky.

Wen San'er asked for two bowls of braised boiled fire at a food stall near the White Pagoda Temple, and the braised soup just out of the pot was sprinkled with tender green coriander, and Wen San'er added some old vinegar and minced garlic, which was fragrant and appetizing. Wen San'er couldn't wait to take a sip of the soup, but his tongue was burned, he sizzled and put the bowl down, wanting to cool it for a while before eating. Who knew that after such a stunned moment, an old beggar in rags jumped over, "Phew! Bah! Two mouthfuls of spit in two bowls...... Wen San'er suddenly became angry, grabbed the old beggar and slapped him, the old beggar held his head, and his body curled up to make a beating. Wen San'er still has a lot of hatred, and is about to kick it over, but after thinking about it, he really kicked it out, and this old thing still doesn't lie to himself? Most of the people of this age are looking for coffins on the streets[1]

, if anyone is angry and beats him, he will be in a trap, yes, you can give him a pension and send him to the end. Wen San'er understands the trap here, so he won't be fooled.

Wen San'er let go of the old beggar, his eyes rolled and a smile appeared, he stared at the old beggar and said, "Old thing, don't you fight with me?" I know what you're calculating, want to disgust me? As soon as I turn around, these two bowls of braised fire will be yours? Bah! You think beautifully, Master Wen, I don't want to be a trick, we're not afraid of disgusting, I'll let you watch me eat, and I won't even give you any soup leftover, old thing, you can show me a good look. ”

Wen San'er picked up the bowl without changing his face, and ate it calmly, he ate very fragrantly, as if the old beggar just now was not spitting, but condiments such as pepper noodles.

The old beggar didn't leave, but looked at Wen San'er blankly, his lips twitching, as if he wanted to say something. Wen San'er drank the soup and taught him a serious lesson: "Sensei play this set, Master Wen, I haven't seen anything?" I've seen a lot of people walking down the aisle with their arms sideways, and I'm afraid you'll spit on you? Are you still afraid that you will be looking for a coffin book all over the world? You old thing, look at Master Wen, I have a good face, don't you? Why don't you dare to find a coffin with the devil when the devil is there......"

The old beggar suddenly spoke: "This ...... This man, who are you...... It's a text...... Wen San'er ......"

Wen San'er was startled, he jumped up from the bench: "Who are you?" How do you know me? ”

Two lines of tears rolled down from the old beggar's eyes: "It's really Wen San'er, I'm ...... Chen Mingze of the Treasure Pavilion......"

Wen San'er was stunned, and he asked hesitantly, "Are you ...... Shopkeeper Chen of the Treasure Pavilion? ”

Chen Mingze nodded desperately and said repeatedly: "I'm Chen Mingze, I'm Chen Mingze." ”

Wen San'er beckoned to the stall owner: "Two more bowls, hurry up." He pushed the untouched bowl of boiled fire on the table to Chen Mingze and said, "Shopkeeper Chen, you eat first, don't worry, it's not enough, let's take care of it today." ”

Chen Mingze seemed to be starving, he didn't have time to use chopsticks, he directly reached into the bowl and took out the fire and stuffed it into his mouth, and swallowed it without even chewing, looking like a wolf who had been hungry for a long time. Wen San'er simply stopped eating, he took out a cigarette and lit one, and looked at Chen Mingze silently, he couldn't say what it was like in his heart, there was a little pity and a little self-satisfaction. It's really feng shui in turns, the old man in front of him is actually his former owner, I want to live in the mansion of the shopkeeper Chen, the antique shop is open, thousands of silver from the hand, every night is either to catch up with the dinner or to rub mahjong, ushered in and sent to the master who has a head and a face, how did it become this in the blink of an eye?

Chen Mingze ate three bowls of braised boiled fire in a row before he could be considered to have a bottom for his stomach, he pushed away the empty bowl and asked in a low voice: "Master Wen, can you have some more?" ”

Wen San'er said in his heart, okay, this Chen shopkeeper knows etiquette better than before, and he knows how to call Wen Ye, he didn't know how to call etiquette when he was the owner before, let alone call him, even Wen San'er didn't bother to call it, and when he opened his mouth, he was "...... boy", how can people understand etiquette when they are poor?

Wen San'er called the stall owner and instructed, "Have you seen this master?" Listen to him, if he wants a few bowls, you will serve him a few bowls, and I will settle the bill. ”

"Okay, I'll hold a few bowls of him if he eats, and I still have a pot here, yes." The stall owner replied loudly.

Wen San'er said to Chen Mingze: "Shopkeeper Chen, you take a breath first, take care of you for a while, let's talk first, I said, I was ...... when I was at your house to pay a monthly subscription Twenty-six years of the Republic of China, right? That's right, it's twenty-six years, and the devils haven't entered the city at that time, and then I heard that the students burned the treasure pavilion on fire, and then the devils entered the city, and they stayed for eight years, what are you doing at that time? How did I hear you died? I said, shopkeeper Chen, how did you get mixed up like this? ”

Chen Mingze took a bowl of boiled fire from the stall owner, and said while eating: "Don't mention it, Lu Zhongyong, a bastard, fanned the fire in the newspaper, saying that I sold my ancestors' things to the Japanese, this sin is not much better than that of a traitor, the devil is about to enter the city at that time, and the people are arching the fire, and they can't find anyone to be angry, is this worth it?" The Treasure Pavilion was burned by a fire, and I was lucky not to hang my head on the front door building...... Chen Mingze took another bowl of boiled fire, drank a big mouthful of soup and continued: "The Treasure Pavilion was burned to the point that there was not even a single scum left, and the valuable bronzes, ancient calligraphy and paintings, and jade were all snatched away by people taking advantage of the chaos, and some of the cultural relics, calligraphy and paintings that the old customers put on my behalf for sale were gone. The hard work of two generations of the old Chen family is all gone...... After the price of my house was offset by the arrears of the money village, it was not enough to repay the loss of the old patron, and my wife still had a little private money in her hand, I opened a small grocery store in Yongwai Shazikou, and I had nothing to complain about when the days were tight, only complained that our life was not good, and I was unlucky, and I didn't do a good deal, so I sold "Orchid Bamboo Map" to the Japanese, and the family business failed, not to mention, and it also affected my wife and children......"

The bowl in Chen Mingze's hand was empty again, and the stall owner wasted no time in handing over another bowl, Chen Mingze picked out a piece of pig's large intestine with his fingers and put it in his mouth and continued to nag: "Fortunately, there is a grocery store, the Japanese devils have occupied Beiping for eight years, and my family has survived by this shop, although the life is tight, I can't hold it up, but I can't starve to death, I have survived eight years of slaves, and I finally look forward to recovery, our own ** is back, I haven't had time to be happy, and I was sued again, saying that I am a traitor......"

Chen Mingze didn't stop chewing when he spoke, he seemed to be hungry, and wanted to turn himself into a camel and store as much food as possible in the hump to ward off the hunger he would face in the future. He carefully stacked the empty bowls together, pushed them aside, and picked up a bowl full of braised boiled fire and ate it: "Master Wen, I'm really sorry, let you break the bank, I'm sorry, my stomach is also evil, it's like a bottomless pit, the more I eat, the more hungry I get, you don't know, I'm really scared of hunger, it's been five days, I've only eaten three times, and each time it's half a nest......"

Wen San'er said: "It's okay, you eat yours, it's enough today, I said Lao Chen, how can you become a traitor when you open a small grocery store?" Is there a traitor like this? ”

"Hey, if I really become a traitor, do I still need to open that little grocery store? Then again, if I was really a traitor, I wouldn't be fooled at this time, ** I was shot earlier, and I was relieved. Isn't that why Japanese people like to sleep on tatami mats? I also have mats on top of the tatami mats, and I have a few Japanese customers, and I regularly deliver mats, pots and pans, etc. to their homes. The Japanese were just traders and were very polite to me, they knew that I had opened an antique shop, and sometimes they asked me to look at the braille and paintings, to distinguish the authenticity, and they invited me to drink a few times, and that was it. Two years before the liberation, one of my neighbors was called 'Huliela'[2]

Before the person died, he was dragged away and buried by the Japanese epidemic prevention team. Who would have thought that after the recovery, the neighbors sued me, saying that I was eating and drinking with the Japanese all day long, and delivering goods to the door, and it was I who told the Japanese that caused the neighborhood to be buried alive...... Well, let's put it simply, I spent eight months in prison with several layers of skin off my body, and when I came out, the grocery store was confiscated as a 'reverse birth,' my wife hanged herself, and my son died. In less than a year, my family was ruined, and you can see what happened in the future. Alas, it's hard to say, it's hard to be called a flower now, the rich people's tickets are like this, a nest head gets more than 10 million gold yuan coupons, who will call a good nest a flower child? The day before yesterday, the northwest wind blew all night, I spent the night with a few people called Hanako in a door hole in Dashilar, and when I got up in the morning, I saw that those people were all 'down the road', I also told my fortune, and I didn't freeze to death that night, but who knows how many days it can last? Sooner or later, it's also a 'road down', I thought about it a long time ago, it's fate, you can't hide, accept your fate. ”

Wen San'er looked at Chen Mingze, who was sweating profusely, and had a little insight into life in his heart, he lit a cigarette and sighed: "People, if you can't keep it all in this life, you will have to memorize the words, although Master Wen is a stinky cart puller, I have no money and no power to be squeezed by people, people in their forties can't even marry a daughter-in-law, people sleep with their daughter-in-law in their arms at night, Master Wen I can only sleep with a pillow, rich people eat big fish and meat, Master Wen I can only gnaw on the head of the nest." Looks like we're miserable, right? But then again, how can we be unlucky if we are unlucky? We were already gnawing on the nest, and if we were unlucky, we couldn't gnaw on the soil, right? Don't you still have to gnaw on the nest? We were already sleeping with a pillow in our arms, and no matter how unlucky we were, we couldn't replace the pillow with a hedgehog, right? To be calculated like this, we also have the benefits of pulling a car, you are a poor man, no one takes you seriously, it doesn't matter if there is more or less you in the world, that's right, so that no one calculates you, you live more steadily than the rich, this is like a child playing with a hidden cat, the rich are always in the light, you are always in the dark, he can't calculate you, you can see the opportunity to calculate him, he doesn't know who to calculate, Bai Lianqi said that he wants to kowtow to his grandfather and his father, and this is also the reason, if it weren't for his grandfather and his father, all the family property would have been lost, When the Communist Party comes, you should be upset, and you have to fucking clean you up. Lao Chen, if you stay up for a few more days, maybe one day the Communist Party will enter the city, I heard that the Communist Party treats the poor, the poorer you are, the more pleasing he will look at you, and then you will fucking tremble, I will have to touch your light if I don't make trouble, I am not as poor as you......"

Wen San'er only cared about himself and said happily, but he didn't notice that Chen Mingze was gone, he was wondering, why is this old guy so rude and faceless? Master Wen, I spent a lot of money to invite you to dinner, and you ran away with a full mouth after eating and drinking? I didn't even say hello, what a fucking ...... Before Wen San'er could scold, he heard the stall owner shouting in horror: "It's bad, this master, it's always called Hanako dead." ”

Wen San'er was frightened, he looked under the table and found that Chen Mingze was already lying on the ground, his eyes were open, his mouth was wide open, and he still had uneaten boiled fire in his mouth...... Wen San'er jumped up like a burning butt, he counted the empty bowls that Chen Mingze had eaten, and found that in just such a moment, the former antique shop owner actually ate thirteen bowls of braised boiled fire in a row, and he was strangled to death. It's a big trouble now.,Spending money to invite someone to dinner has caused a life lawsuit.,It seems that this good person can't be a good person.,I put myself in it without paying attention.,A person called Hanako is a "road down", no one will care, but if it is mixed with a living person, this is a thing, if the patrol police come, you have to lie to you, who asked you to invite him to dinner? Okay, come up and cook thirteen bowls of stew, don't you send people to Lord Yama? Is it intentional homicide, can you make it clear? Wen San'er thought about it and was about to pull up the empty car and escape, but was grabbed by the stall owner: "What's the matter, gentlemen, after eating half a pot of my stewed fire, why do you want to leave as if you have nothing to do?" You're a little bit forgetful, aren't you? ”

"Ouch, I'm sorry, I forgot ......"

"Forgot? Then let me tell you, in the future, you just forget what your daughter-in-law looks like, and don't forget to pay for dinner......"

Wen San'er took out the money to settle the account next to the stall owner's count, he glanced at Chen Mingze who was lying on the ground, pulled the empty car and fled without looking back.

In front of the gate of No. 8 Courtyard of Jiaozi Hutong, the two sides are still facing each other, and behind the sandbag fortifications in the courtyard, there is a "Browning" light machine gun and more than a dozen bullets loaded and in a state of firing at any time. The guards of the Zhao Mansion were indifferent to the shouts of the gendarmes and agents, they did not look like the national army, but like the guards of the Zhao Mansion, and they did not recognize anyone except their masters. Lieutenant Zhang Zhida, the commander of the military police company, was also very annoyed, he had been a gendarmerie for almost ten years, and he had become accustomed to the obedience of the soldiers, in the past career of performing military affairs, the soldiers were like rats seeing cats when they saw the gendarmes, and no matter how arrogant the soldiers were, they did not dare to confront the gendarmes directly, but today's incident was beyond the lieutenant's expectations, these guys did not take the gendarmes in their eyes at all, and even openly held guns to fight, which was really against them. Zhang Zhida brought in an American-made bazooka to set up on the roof of the house opposite the gate, and he planned to bombard the other side's sandbag bunker once the two sides exchanged fire.

Xu Yuancheng, the guard squad leader guarding the courtyard, saw the bazooka on the roof of the opposite house at a glance behind the fortification, and he shouted coldly: "Lieutenant, please remove the bazooka on the roof of the opposite house, otherwise I will knock it off with a gun **, I'm sorry, this is a matter of the lives of my brothers, brother, I have to strike first." ”

Xu Jinge was anxious when he heard this, and he reprimanded Company Commander Zhang loudly: "Who asked you to set up a bazooka?" Pull it down for me immediately, you idiot, set the fire point at other people's range, and the other party won't kill you first? ”

Sergeant Xu Yuancheng immediately expressed his appreciation for Xu Jinge's words: "This Chief Xu is still sensible, brother, I have no less than ten firepower points to kill devils on the battlefield, and I am afraid of one more at this time?" ”

Xu Jinge said: "Sergeant, please restrain yourself, now the commanders of the two sides are negotiating, there will be a solution in a while, please restrain your soldiers and don't take drastic actions." ”

Fang Jinglin walked over and asked: "Brother Jin Ge, the pressure on the perimeter cordon is too great, there are more and more people, and there are not enough people under me, should I transfer some gendarmes over?" ”

Xu Jinge replied embarrassedly: "Brother Jinglin, hold on a little longer, I am also short of manpower here, these guys in the courtyard are all veterans of the war, well-equipped, and rich in combat experience, if there is a sudden counterattack, the gendarmes may not be able to stop it." ”

Fang Jinglin handed Xu Jingge a cigarette and said, "How was the negotiation above?" Either we withdraw our troops, or we go in, there has to be a solution, right? ”

Xu Jinge took an anxious puff of cigarette and replied: "Where is it so easy, of course Zhao Minghe's dozen or so guards are nothing, the problem is that we have a big fight in Beiping City, which is bound to cause a strong backlash from the military, and I am afraid it will cause a chain reaction." Now our station commander Wang Puchen and chief of staff of the garrison headquarters Song Kentang are both negotiating with Zhao Minghe at the North China Suppression General Headquarters, and even Chief Fu is alarmed, and he doesn't know what results can be negotiated, and the matter is very tricky. ”

While the two were talking, a policeman came to report: "Sir, there is a cart puller who wants to enter the cordon, saying that he is the driver of the Zhao family." ”

Xu Jinge patted his head: "Hey, why did I forget him, it's Wen San'er, let him in." ”

Today is Wen San'er's unlucky day, he went out of the courtyard in the morning and was searched by plainclothes and slapped twice. met Chen Mingze at noon, Wen San'er paid for a guest once in a century, and as a result, Chen Mingze was supported to death, people are ruined and eliminated, but Wen San'er is ruined and caused disasters, fortunately he runs fast, otherwise when the patrol police come, he will have to be falsely accused, and if it is not good to make trouble, he will be charged with manslaughter, where is the reason? How did Wen San'er know that the unfortunate thing was not over, he was stopped by the police as soon as he turned south from Caishikou Street into Jiaozi Hutong. He was holding back the fire in his belly, thinking that he was from the Zhao family, and he was at the door of the house at this time, so he glared at the police: "What are you doing?" Lao Tzu lives in No. 8 courtyard, and he won't let me go home, if there is anything to tell my family Chief Zhao, I can't talk to me, let Lao Tzu get out of the way......"

The policemen also wondered, and said that the people of the Zhao family were really cross, and a small sergeant squad leader didn't even pay attention to the gendarmes, and actually dared to rack up the machine gun. And the coachman in front of him is also a master who doesn't care about the seedlings, daring to blow his beard and glaring at the police, and he still has a mouthful of "Lao Tzu" in his mouth. In a huge Beiping City, I am afraid that there is no second one who dares to be a driver for the police, and Wen San'er really frightened the police.

Wen San'er was making trouble, and saw that the police made a move, indicating that he could go in, and then the people who watched the excitement shouted: "Hey, this man is really cross, dare to shout with the police, cow ......"

"In the end, the people in Courtyard 8 are more coarse than the police."

Wen San'er crossed the cordon majestically like a triumphant hero amid the noise of the crowd......

In Wen San'er's impression, Zhao Minghe is a very big official, and he doesn't have a specific concept of how big it is, but he knows one thing, Chief Zhao's official position will not be greater than President Jiang's, as for President Jiang's below, whose official position is big, Wen San'er is not very clear. When Wen San'er saw that the commander who surrounded the Zhao Mansion was actually Xu Jinge, he felt a trace of panic in his heart, he was sincerely worried about Xu Jinge's fate, good guy, Xu Ye's courage is also great, even Chief Zhao dares to provoke? Wen San'er thinks it is necessary to persuade Xu Jinge, don't dare to provoke anyone just by relying on the identity of the Secret Bureau, Chief Zhao is not a biao master, nor is he a cat.

When Xu Jinge saw Wen San'er, he greeted him with a smile: "Wen San'er, where are you going?" ”

Wen San'er didn't care about greetings, he hurriedly pulled Xu Jinge aside and asked in a low voice, "Master Xu, who is the biggest official between you and Chief Zhao?" ”

Xu Jinge smiled: "Of course Zhao Minghe is a big official, he is a major general, I am just a lieutenant colonel, why are you asking this?" ”

Wen San'er didn't understand even more, he asked suspiciously: "Since Chief Zhao is older than you, how dare you lead troops to raid his home?" ”

Xu Jinge said: "Hey, Wen San'er, you don't understand what I said, don't you mix it up here?" ”

Fang Jinglin, who hadn't spoken for a long time, suddenly spoke: "Brother Jin Ge, I have an idea, how about letting Wen San'er go in and explore the wind?" ”

"What do you mean......"

Fang Jinglin said: "Wen San'er is a coachman hired by the Zhao family, if he enters the courtyard now, those guards will definitely not stop him, besides, Wen San'er is hired by Luo Mengyun, he and Luo Mengyun can talk, I think, can you let Wen San'er go to meet Luo Mengyun and convey our meaning, if Luo Mengyun can follow the advice and take the initiative to come out and surrender, wouldn't it save a lot of trouble?" ”

Xu Jinge thought for a while and said, "I think we can give it a try, anyway, we have nothing to do now." Wen San'er, you go to persuade Luo Mengyun for me, just say that I, Xu Jinge, respect Miss Luo's character very much, and I don't have any prejudices against her personally, and I don't want to see this situation today, and I also want to ask her to forgive me for my distress, after all, I am a soldier, and I want to carry out the orders of the commander, and I also ask Miss Luo to think about it, if the confrontation continues like this, I am afraid it will not be good for anyone, once we receive the order to attack, there will be bloodshed, and it is easy to hurt Miss Luo's family. If Miss Luo can take the initiative to come out and surrender, she can avoid a lot of unnecessary casualties, and I hope she can be wiser. ”

Wen San'er timidly looked at the sandbag fortification in front of the courtyard gate and asked, "They won't shoot me, will they?" ”

Fang Jinglin said: "No, you can rest assured, as long as this side does not fire, they will never make the first move." Wen San'er, did you remember Chief Xu's words? ”

"Remember."

Fang Jinglin said word by word: "You have to persuade her, you have to think more about your relatives, her relatives are looking forward to her going home safely." ”

Wen San'er nodded: "Officer Fang, I remember." ”

Xu Jinge stared at Fang Jinglin strangely, and said to the commander of the military police company: "Immediately shout to the courtyard, and say that Wen San'er is going to enter the courtyard to meet Miss Luo, and ask them not to shoot." ”

Fang Jinglin felt weak, he slowly sat on the footboard of a car as if he had collapsed......

Luo Mengyun had already sent most of the messages, and every time she finished sending a document, she threw the original into the charcoal brazier beside her and burned it, the electric keys rang under her hand, and countless words became passwords, and they disappeared into radio waves in the air in an instant......

Luo Mengyun felt a sense of relief, she had been living in danger for many years, and every morning when she woke up from her dream, she would realize that this day could be the end of her life, anything could happen, and any slight negligence would lead to death. For more than ten years, Luo Mengyun has been in a state of high tension, and his former opponent was Japan's special high school, but now it is the Secret Bureau. The ferocity of these two institutions has long been known to the world, and those who fall into their hands need to think not about how to live, but how to avoid a painful death in torture, and in this case, it may be a blessing to die a happy death. Luo Mengyun knows very well that it does take great courage to be an enemy of such a murderous opponent, it is not enough to be not afraid of death, but also to have the courage to endure purgatory-like torture, it is difficult for her to imagine that state of not being able to survive and not being able to die. How many people in the world can endure such torture? It takes steely willpower and endurance. Luo Mengyun asked herself, and finally had to admit that in the face of such a powerful opponent, she would always be a weak woman. That innate sense of fear has always been with her, it has become the norm in her life, and she has no way to overcome her fears. If it weren't for her beliefs and ideals, she probably wouldn't have been able to persevere.

Luo Mengyun finished sending the last message, threw the original into the brazier along with the codebook, and watched them turn to ashes, she exhaled a long breath and sat down in her chair tiredly, the most important thing has been completed, what should she do next? Luo Mengyun heard someone knocking on the bedroom door, the knock was very soft, judging from the sound, the knocker seemed to be very timid and hesitant. Luo Mengyun moved the bag containing ** to his feet and asked, "Who is it?" ”

Wen San'er's voice came from outside the door: "Miss Luo, I'm Wen San'er." ”

Luo Mengyun stuffed the firing wire back into his bag, walked to the back of the door and asked, "It's Brother Wen, is there something wrong?" ”

Wen San'er seemed to be frightened, and his voice trembled a little: "Miss Luo, you ...... You're good to me, I'm ...... I've always remembered in my heart that I, Wen San'er, am not a person without a conscience......"

Luo Mengyun smiled softly: "Brother Wen, what do you want to say?" If you have something to say, just say it. ”

"Miss Luo, the people downstairs...... I didn't invite it, really, I dare to swear to God, if I do something sorry for Miss Luo, I will have five thunderstorms in the sky, and I won't be able to ...... if I have a child."

Luo Mengyun moved the furniture on the top door and let Wen San'er enter the door, she found that Wen San'er's face was pale, trembling all over, but her face was covered with sweat. Luo Mengyun asked him to sit down pityingly: "Brother Wen, how can you have such an idea?" Those people downstairs have nothing to do with you at all, not only are you not sorry for me, but you have helped me a lot, I should thank you. ”

Wen San'er opened her mouth to speak, but she didn't say anything.

Luo Mengyun looked at him and encouraged: "Brother Wen, if you have something to say, I'll listen." ”

"Xu Ye said that he respected Miss Luo, and said that if there was a fight for a while, there would be dead people on both sides, and it would be ...... It's better for Miss Luo to vote for yourself...... Surrender...... By the way, Xu Ye is not my cousin, Xu Ye is from the Secret Bureau...... I, I'm not telling you the truth......"

Luo Mengyun asked in surprise, "Wait...... Xu Ye? You're talking about your cousin? The antiquities dealer? Oh, I see, it turns out that he is a military commander. ”

Wen San'er suddenly cried: "Miss Luo, I really didn't mean to, he said that he has a painting that you must like, Professor Luo didn't buy it when he wanted to, let Lu Zhongyong, the bastard, stir up the yellow, Xu Ye wants to sell the painting to you, I really don't know anything else, how do I know that Miss Luo You are the Communist Party, if I had known, I wouldn't have been able to recruit Xu Ye to my house." Wen San'er kept wiping his nose and tears with his sleeve.

Luo Mengyun was silent for a moment, then raised his head to comfort Wen San'er: "Brother Wen, I don't blame you, that person does have a talent for acting, and even I didn't see it, but that's fine, I don't plan to pay for that "Orchid Bamboo Picture", this cultural relic should belong to New China." ”

Wen San'er persuaded: "Miss Luo, in fact, it's nothing to be a Communist Party, let's make it clear to Xu Ye, won't it be over?" Xu Ye is still very good at talking, I will also help you say good things, he Xu Jinge must give me a face, won't we have to do the Communist Party in the future? ”

Luo Mengyun smiled: "Brother Wen, you really don't understand anything, how can things in the world be so simple?" Still, I have to thank you for your kindness. ”

Wen San'er suddenly remembered Fang Jinglin's words, so he persuaded Luo Mengyun according to his own understanding: "Officer Fang also asked me to bring you a message, he said, think more about your relatives, relatives are looking forward to you going home safely." Anyway, that's what Officer Fang probably meant, and he can go home after explaining things clearly. ”

Luo Mengyun was tidying up her clothes, and when she heard Wen San'er's words, she suddenly froze, and she slowly turned around: "Brother Wen, you're talking about Fang ......"

"It's Officer Fang, it's at the gate of the courtyard, I told me when I came in."

"You say it again......"

"Officer Fang said that you should think more about your relatives, who are looking forward to your return home safely."

Luo Mengyun turned around, faced the window and whispered, "Got it, Brother Wen, let's go......"

"Miss, you're still ......"

"Don't say it, you can go, tell the person surnamed Xu, I accepted the "Orchid Bamboo Picture", as for the money...... I'll fight with my life, and we'll be clear. ”

Wen San'er's tears flowed again, and he shouted loudly: "Miss Luo, listen to me......"

Luo Mengyun's tone became stern: "Hurry up, don't say any more." ”

Wen San'er reluctantly exited the door, "Bang! "The door was slammed shut......

Xu Jinge and Fang Jinglin anxiously welcomed Wen San'er, and Xu Jinge asked, "How is it, what did she say?" ”

Wen San'er's tears flowed down again, and he kept nagging in his mouth: "It's over, it's over, Miss Luo doesn't want to live anymore......"

Fang Jinglin said sharply: "What are you crying about?" Tell me, what did Miss Luo say? ”

"She said that she had already accepted the painting, and she would not pay the money, she used her life to pay it, and she and Xu Ye had cleared it."

Xu Jinge nodded quietly: "Well, this Miss Luo really doesn't know how to do business, this painting is far less valuable than her life, where is this two clear, it is clear that I owe her." What do you say, Brother Jinglin? ”

Fang Jinglin was silent, and Xu Jinge found that his face turned pale.

Xu Jinge didn't have time to think about it, and saw the commander of the military police company running to report: "Sir, General Zhao Minghe has arrived." ”

I saw that the gendarmes and policemen who were on guard on the perimeter dodged an opening, and a black "Austin" sedan drove in, and the adjutant jumped out of the car first, opened the rear door, and Zhao Minghe, who was wearing a yellow military uniform, got out of the car.

Xu Jinge saluted Zhao Minghe's rules and regulations: "General, I am Lieutenant Colonel Xu Jinge of the Secret Bureau, and I am executing the order of the peak at this time, please instruct." ”

Zhao Minghe's face was not very good-looking, and he looked angry, he returned the salute impatiently, and said with a slight sneer: "Don't dare to be, how dare I have any instructions?" It's just an order from the General Headquarters to order my guards to lay down their weapons as a suspect. ”

Xu Jinge stood up straight and replied without squinting: "Chief Zhao is serious, we don't think you are a ** element, but we have sufficient evidence to show that you do have ** elements and a secret radio station hidden in your home, this radio station was still sending a report just now, and we also asked Chief Zhao to cooperate with us in performing official duties." ”

Zhao Minghe sneered: "Lieutenant Colonel, you are very good at talking, it seems that I have to recommend you to your stationmaster Wang Puchen and give you a reward or something." ”

"Don't dare to be humble, please calm your anger!"

Zhao Minghe turned around and shouted to the courtyard: "Xu Yuancheng." ”

Xu Yuancheng, the guard squad leader, stood up from the sandbag work and replied: "Here!" Please instruct the Chief. ”

Zhao Minghe gave an order with a blushing face: "Dismantle the fortifications for me, all the guards hand over their weapons, withdraw from their posts, and wait for the inspection of the gendarmes." ”

Xu Yuancheng obediently threw *** to the ground, the guards also stood up and threw away their weapons, and the commander of the gendarmerie company commanded the gendarmes to rush into the courtyard......

Suddenly, the lieutenant in charge of the interception shouted in the telecommunications direction detection vehicle: "Sir, that radio station is starting to send reports again......"

Xu Jinge, Fang Jinglin and others rushed into the car, and the lieutenant with headphones was listening and reporting intently: "Sir, this time she actually used a clear code. ”

Xu Jinge said in surprise: "Mingma? You translate it into words and read it. ”

The lieutenant wrote down the Arabic numerals in groups of four on a piece of paper one after another, translated the numbers into Chinese characters in a plain code book and read them out: "Dear-people, dear-people-people, I-love-you, I-love-you-we, never-farewell!" ”

Before the lieutenant's words fell, a violent explosion was heard in the courtyard, and Xu Jinge and others jumped out of the car and looked into the courtyard, only to see a puff of fire and smoke rising from the two-story building, and the broken bricks, wood, and tiles were raised high and splashed in all directions......

Fang Jinglin felt that his heart had also turned into countless fragments with the sound of the explosion, his mind turned blank in an instant, and he sat on the car pedal as if he had collapsed......

Fang Jinglin heard Xu Jingge shouting loudly to order the person sitting in the listening car to get out of the car, and felt a strong hand dragging him into the car, Fang Jinglin came to his senses, he found that Xu Jingge was silently watching him, his gaze was very complicated, Fang Jinglin calmed down and asked, "Brother Jin Ge, is there something wrong?" ”

Xu Jinge took out a handkerchief and handed it to him: "It's okay, wipe your face and go out again." With that, he stepped out of the car.

Fang Jinglin wiped his face with a handkerchief suspiciously, and only then did he realize that his face was full of tears......

[1]

Coffin book - Beijing dialect describes the old man's money to prepare for his own funeral.

[2]

Huliera – a colloquial name for cholera.