Chapter XXVII.4

From the most lively and filthy corners of the ancient city to the whole city, a series of witty jokes and romance rumors were spread, and before Minister Tao jumped out of the window, he was still reprimanding the new director of the Provincial Education Bureau who supported him: "You say that this is the holy land of the national capital of all dynasties and hundreds of dynasties, and it is a country of etiquette with pure folk customs, how can it be the work of bricks and rubble?" The Secretary for Education said, "Jump out of the window!" Be careful that Guanzhong Lengwa is coming...... "People spread that the first brick was picked out and screamed and hit a girl!" The girl was not a student at all, but a sharpshooter of the Red Army who came from the north...... The city's large-scale manhunt is not affected by any rumors is being intensified, and the secret service confirmed from the confessions of the arrested students that ** intervened in the manipulation of the students, and quickly determined the target of the pursuit, Bai Ling was listed as the first offender.

Bai Ling walked through the alley and fled back to Zaoshu Alley, Lu Zhaopeng was anxiously waiting for her, the bedding and simple luggage in the house had been neatly bundled. Lu Zhaopeng said: "You are completely exposed. Gotta move a nest. I guess they'll come late in the evening. Bai Ling said, "If they kill me, I won't lose anything." Lu Zhaopeng said calmly: "We have to separate for the time being." I'll move out of here to give them the illusion of an escape, and you'll be safe if you stay here. Bai Ling asked, "Shall I stay here?" How long do I stay? How can I contact you?" Lu Zhaopeng said: "I told the landlord, Mrs. Wei, that you live with her." I'm coming for you, you wait, don't go out. Bai Ling nodded and said, "I'll wait for you, you have to come as soon as possible." Lu Zhaopeng said: "You go to Mrs. Wei now, and you don't care about the rest." After that, he hugged Bai Ling, stroked her shoulders and said, "You smashed Minister Tao's nose with a brick, and also smashed our nest down." Bai Ling kissed Zhaopeng's mouth violently, tears streaming into her and his mouth, and there was a bitterness. Old Mrs. Wei's voice sounded in the courtyard: "Why don't you leave?" Bai Ling broke free from Zhaopeng's embrace, wiped his eyes and jumped out of the door, and walked into the upper room with Old Lady Wei. Old Madam Wei pointed to a square hole under the table and said, "You go down and stay, I won't tell you not to come up." ”

Sure enough, someone arrived in the deeper darkness of the night that night, and Bai Ling heard the conversation between Mrs. Wei and the stranger in the cellar:

"Where's the tenant in your house?"

"I moved away, and I just moved away."

"Where are you going?"

"I don't ask people about these idle things."

"What are those two?"

"Say it's a businessman."

"What about the woman? Is it surnamed Bai?"

"The woman's surname is white."

"What about people?"

"As I said just now, the two of them moved away."

"That's two a**! you're harboring ......"

"She doesn't have a lettering on the door of her head, can I recognize it?"

"You don't die, you don't know how to sin and your mouth is hard!"

"You've eaten from your young seedlings, and your mouth stinks! Anyway, when my shopkeeper got into trouble, you were still hanging in your dad's crotch! You dare to scold me, I'll pull you to find Yu Hu to ......"

Not long after the sound of footsteps was gone, Mrs. Wei shouted, "Come up, it's okay." Bai Ling climbed up to the cellar and was surprised that Mrs. Wei was actually the widow of Mr. Wei Shaoxu, one of the leaders of the Xinhai Revolution in Xi'an, so she opened her mouth because her beard was longer than her beard. Mrs. Wei said: "The world is blind in the hands of this gang of bastards. ”

Bai Ling stayed with complete peace of mind. Mrs. Wei asked her to sleep on a kang with her, and recounted Mr. Wei Shaoxu's feat of returning to China after studying in the East...... Bai Ling listened to it with relish, and couldn't help but think on a whim: "You live well, and when the world is peaceful, I will write a book about your husband's deeds." ”

One night three days later, Zhaopeng came. Lu Zhaopeng saw that Bai Ling was intact as before, and immediately relieved his heart, turned his face and bowed deeply to Old Lady Wei. Old Lady Wei turned around and entered the east room, leaving the time and space for them to say what they had to say. Bai Ling stared at Lu Zhaopeng's eyes tightly, hoping that he would bring a new arrangement. Lu Zhaopeng said: "You have to get out of here and go to the base area." Bai Ling asked, "Where?" Lu Zhaopeng said: "Nanliang. Commander Liao has already created the next base area. Bai Ling asked, "How to go?" Lu Zhaopeng said: "You go to Zhangcun in Weibei first, and the underground transportation will escort you to Nanliang one stop at a time." The key is the first stop – getting out of the city gates. Bai Ling said, "How can I get out?" Lu Zhaopeng said: "Tomorrow morning, an officer of the Northwest Army will come to pick you up, and you and he will pretend to be husband and wife, and he will escort you to Zhangcun. Bai Ling said, "We're going to break up?" Lu Zhaopeng suppressed his fluctuating emotions and replied, "The officer who sent you is undoubtedly reliable. Feel free to follow him. I won't be able to show up tomorrow. Bai Ling asked in a trembling voice, "When do you think we can meet again?" Lu Zhaopeng coughed his choked throat, made a high-spirited appearance and said, "You and Commander Liao entered Xi'an, and I will meet you at the gate of the city." Bai Ling trembled and threw himself into Zhao Peng's arms and said, "The child is about to be born, you can give it a name!" Lu Zhaopeng couldn't hold back the surging emotions anymore, hugged Bai Ling tightly and choked and whispered: "It's called 'Tianming'!" Both men and women take this name. ”

Bai Ling didn't sleep that night, lying on the kang and listening to the snoring of Mrs. Wei, who was stronger than ordinary men, until the window was shining, put on the velvet cheongsam and white long silk stockings that Zhaopeng brought last night, and dressed up as a rich and gorgeous lady. She ate a little breakfast, and then went into the cellar and waited quietly, lest the slightest negligence before leaving could lead to a big mistake.

Bai Ling had already calmed down from the emotion of parting with Zhao Peng last night, waiting for the adventure that was about to begin. There were heavy footsteps in the room, and a deep man's voice asked, "Where is my sister-in-law?" Only then did Mrs. Wei lift the cellar lid and call her up. Bai Ling climbed to the entrance of the cellar and poked his head out, and couldn't help but be surprised that the officer standing at the entrance of the cellar was actually Lu Zhaohai. The moment Lu Zhaohai saw her, the expression on his face also froze, and the two of them fell into a speechless embarrassing situation at the same time. Mrs. Wei joked, "Take a look! At a glance, I saw that my sister-in-law's eyes were porcelain! I have the ability to marry a distressed daughter-in-law like my sister-in-law!" Lu Zhaohai sat stiffly on the chair, his hands shaking to take the cigarette and light the fire. Bai Ling climbed out of the cellar and covered up to Mrs. Wei, "I changed into new clothes, and I scared my brother. Lu Zhaohai exhaled a deep puff of smoke and didn't reply without replying......

Yesterday afternoon, Lu Zhaopeng walked into the Northwest Army garrison in a big way, looking for his brother for the first time in many years. Lu Zhaohai was very moved by Lu Zhaopeng coming to him, and he expected that a major change had occurred in the family, and the brothers had to cooperate in handling it, otherwise his brother would not have come to look for him. He asked a little eagerly, "Is there something wrong at home?" Lu Zhaopeng said: "Yes. But it's not a big deal, you're nervous. Lu Zhaohai became more and more anxious: "No matter how big or small, you can explain it quickly." Lu Zhaopeng said in a light tone: "Your sister-in-law wants to go back to the countryside for confinement, so you have to escort it." Lu Zhaohai suddenly let go of a suspended heart, raised his eyebrows, and his voice became cheerful: "You marry a new daughter-in-law?" You don't say hello to me, you're so ruthless!" Lu Zhaopeng said: "You don't know your brother's suffering, and you don't dare to say anything to anyone." Lu Zhaohai sympathized with the stiff marriage in his brother's family, and could fully understand his action of secretly marrying a wife, so he readily agreed: "Escort my sister-in-law, my brother has the responsibility to do it!" I just took the opportunity to get a glimpse of my new sister-in-law. When do you say you're leaving?" Lu Zhaopeng said: "Tomorrow." Then he explained where to pick up and where to send to, and finally said regretfully: "There is no way." I couldn't go back to my hometown, so I had to go to her mother's house for confinement, which was a taboo. Lu Zhaohai can understand his brother's difficulties: "I understand. You can rest assured. Lu Zhaopeng said meaningfully: "I have no choice...... I'm asking you for help. Lu Zhaohai said boldly: "I am very happy to help with this." If you believe in your brother, your brother will die!" Lu Zhaopeng said that he still had to make preparations before getting up, so he took his leave......

Lu Zhaohai sat on the chair and fell into the smoke, how could he not have imagined that his brother Zhaopeng would use such a trick, when the brother took away his brother's daughter-in-law, he actually salivated and begged his brother to escort her to the countryside for confinement! He looked at Bai Ling who crawled out of the cellar and sneered: "Lu Zhaopeng will definitely be able to achieve great things - with a thick face!" Only those with thick faces can achieve great things. Bai Ling was even more embarrassed, this arrangement was beyond her expectations, and it made people even more embarrassed, so she said angrily: "Zhaohai, go back!" I went out of the city and went back to the countryside on my own. Lu Zhaohai suddenly realized some kind of trap at this time, Bai Ling's mother-in-law and mother's family are in Bailu Village instead of Weibei, Zhaopeng said that the confinement of Weibei's mother's family is just a pretext, there must be a dangerous reason for not wanting to tell the truth. Looking at the puzzled eyes of the landlord, Mrs. Wei, she pretended to joke and said, "My mission is to protect Mrs. Wei's 'crossing the river'!" Get up!" Bai Ling said stubbornly: "Go back, I won't trouble you." Lu Zhaohai was anxious and said, "I'm running idle legs for you, are you still temperamental?"

The two sat side by side on a rickshaw. Lu Zhaohai opened the curtain in front of the carriage so that everyone could see him and her, and it was easy to arouse suspicion by hiding it. Bai Ling wore a pair of gold-rimmed glasses, her shawl hair was scattered over her shoulders, and her plump breasts and bulging abdomen under the cheongsam made it difficult for people to associate her with the brick-throwing Red Party student, not to mention the heavily armed officer sitting beside her. The gendarmes roaming the streets looked arrogantly and lewdly at the man and woman in the car...... There was no trouble in the long street of ten miles east and west of the ancient city, until the west gate encountered a routine check. Lu Zhaohai tilted his head viciously and squinted at the guards: "You thief bear skin is loose? You want me to earn you skins, don't you?" The guard swallowed, rolled his eyes, and stepped back. The coachman pulled the car and ran again, until he got out of the narrow street of Xiguan and stepped on the official road in the countryside, Lu Zhaohai took out a piece of silver, patted the coachman on the shoulder, the coachman turned his head and took the money, and apologized again and again: "Too much, too much, boss, you can afford to be a bitter person!" Lu Zhaohai said: "You just pull the cart, but you can listen to our whispers!" The coachman said with a flattering smile: "Good boss, let's eat bitterly, how dare you have a long mouth and a long tongue." Though you speak, treat me as a human being, as an ox pulling a cart. Lu Zhaohai turned his face and said to Bai Ling: "From now on, I don't have a brother - Lu Zhaopeng is not worthy of being my brother!" Bai Ling said calmly: "I am not worthy of being your sister-in-law. Lu Zhaohai couldn't hold back any longer, and vented unscrupulously: "I look down on him!" Look down on Lu Zhaopeng! I used to sympathize with him, and now I hate him!" Bai Ling said with a cold face: "Don't blame him, you hate me, look at me!" It's the ...... I'm looking for him to live with," Lu Zhaohai interrupted her: "No, no, no! You excuse him, it's because he has a bad heart! I came back from Baoding, and we made an appointment to meet for the second time, but you didn't show up, but he came to me instead of you. Although I was a little confused, I always believed that he was a brother and a person...... I didn't expect him to be nothing!" Bai Ling couldn't help but argue impatiently: "You are too careful. I'm ...... with him Let's clarify it in the future! You don't want to think he's not human!" Lu Zhaohai vented, and said helplessly: "Anyway, I will never see him again." ”