The Chisato Plain of the Kanto region has been a fertile land since ancient times. This land grows the fullest rice and the most fiery sorghum. The people who grew up in the white mountains and black waters have believed for generations in the most simple truth, that the land never treats serious people badly. As long as the seeds are sown hard in the spring and carefully tended in the summer, the autumn will surely be fruitful.

Sun Yibing still remembers that at the beginning, his parents used the silver dollars harvested in their black soil to pay him tuition. His father didn't read much, and as the eldest son, he chose to work in the fields early in order to provide more food for his younger siblings. The people of the old grandson family are very hard-working, they are frugal, from the initial nothing, gradually accumulated a little money, the father put the money into the field, slowly, the land of the old grandson family gradually increased, sometimes the farm work is too busy to catch up and hire people to help. Of course, the autumn harvest is the happiest time for the whole family, and the barns full of corn, sorghum, and soybeans are enough to make everyone smile.

It is precisely in order to protect the white mountains and black waters that raise himself and his family that Sun Yibing chose to study in a military academy at a time when the great powers were serving China. Because he understands that only if he can afford a gun can he keep his home.

Sun Yibing was admitted to the best military school in the north. Most of the students in the same period were from warlord families, and he was one of the few civilian students. However, Sun Yibing's results are far ahead of everyone. He was among the best in both military theory and military skills, and even his teachers praised him.

"Yi Bing, if you are from a military family, you should be a hussar general." The teacher commented.

Regarding his background, Sun Yibing has no regrets. Being able to protect his family and defend the country, he is actually satisfied. After graduating from military school, he returned to Kanwai and joined the Kwantung Army. With the solid foundation laid by the military academy, he gradually rose from a company commander to a regimental commander, and was the youngest regiment commander in the Second Army. Moreover, the Fifth Regiment led by him was brave and good at fighting, and was the ace division of the Second Army. Sun Yibing originally thought that with the efforts of himself and the Kwantung Army, this white mountain and black water would no longer be destroyed by the enemy, but he never expected that this disaster would actually come from within the Kwantung Army in the end. Last summer, when he had just returned from leading the troops from other places, he suddenly received a letter from home, saying that his father was sick and bedridden, and hoped that he would have time to go home and have a look. Sun Yibing felt unbelievable at the time, his father's body has always been very strong, why did he suddenly say that he was sick? So he hurried back to his hometown, and when he returned home, he learned that someone had found an excuse to forcibly occupy the Sun family's best dozens of acres of land. The grandfather and the village chief could not get a theory, and they became angry and sick.

"Moreover, they just grabbed the land, and they also pulled out all the things they had planted and planted a bunch of poppies!" My father's eyes were full of grief, "What a good place! I didn't grow food, but I planted a lot of smoke! That's a harmful thing! ”

"Dad, don't worry, He Shuai said that tobacco is not allowed in the territory of the Kwantung Army. It is estimated that the village chief is greedy for money to do this kind of thing, don't worry, I will help you and say that I will definitely get the land back. ”

Sun Yibing swore by it, but the eldest brother was not as optimistic as him: "Yibing, now many places in the neighboring villages have been planted with big tobacco, and it is said that big tobacco is worth more than food." I don't think it was the idea of the village chief alone. ”

"Don't worry, cousin, I'm in the army, I know that the Kwantung Army has a ban on smoking. I went to the village chief and said that I would help my father get the land back. ”

Sun Yibing still remembered how confident he was at that time, he didn't even ask around carefully, so he directly led the soldiers to pull out all the poppies planted on the land of the Sun family, and then he smashed these things in front of the village chief, put on the official authority of the Kwantung army commander, reprimanded the village chief and left. Sun Yibing originally thought that with his status as an officer, the village chief would never dare to do anything to the Sun family again. Coincidentally, he quickly received the task of going to the army, so he hurried back to the barracks and set off with his troops. However, he never expected that when he came back again, he would get the news of his father's death! It turned out that not long after he left, a group of robbers suddenly broke into Sun's house at night, smashing and looting everywhere. And my father was hit in the back of the head with a hammer during the fight with the thief, and he was seriously injured on the spot!

"What I saw with my own eyes, the one who swiped the hammer on the uncle was the one who pulled out our land to grow big tobacco! But the village chief, they said they couldn't find anyone! Don't care!! The youngest cousin wept bitterly in front of Sun Yibing.

"They said that person was Liang Chuzhen's brother-in-law's dogleg, and these good lands in our village were all snatched away by Liang Chuzhen's brother-in-law." The cousin had red eyes, so he wiped his tears and told Sun Yibing.

Sun Yibing was stunned. He never expected that in the end, his family would die at the hands of his comrades. How dare these people be so arrogant?

"Tuanza, don't you know, there are actually a lot of smokers in our army now......" the guard said to him cautiously.

It's not that Sun Yibing hasn't heard this kind of thing before, but when he heard it often, he just scolded him, and never really paid attention to it. It wasn't until his family's accident that he discovered that the land in Kyrgyzstan Province had been planted with all kinds of tobacco crops, and the military expenses of the Second Army had begun to be replaced by smoke......

"The military salary is also replaced by opium?! When did this happen?! ”

"It started two months ago. At that time, you were in the provinces, so you probably didn't hear from you. ”

"Then I also have a military salary?!"

"Yes. But everybody knows you're going to get angry, so ...... I'll help you convert it into silver dollars privately......"

Sun Yibing was stunned. He had always hated those in office for not understanding the suffering of the people. It turned out that he was kept in the dark like those people, not knowing that the world was already ridiculous......

So, what is it that I am fighting so bloodily for?

"Yi Bing, why do you want to go to military school?"

"In order to resist foreign humiliation, protect my relatives, and defend my Huaxia!"

The oath is still in my ears, but my relatives have entered the Yellow Spring forever......

Sun Yibing woke up from his dream, only to find that he had dreamed of the past again. He wiped away the tears that had been cold from his face, and only then did he notice that there was a person standing outside the cell door.

It's Guan Tingxiao.

"I was thinking before that the reason why Dashuai didn't pronounce the sentence on me immediately was probably because he wanted you to see me again." Sun Yibing stood up, "How is it, are you feeling better?" ”

"It's nothing." Guan Tingxiao spoke.

Sun Yibing nodded: "Then I'll be relieved." ”

After saying this, the two of them did not speak again for a while. Guan Tingxiao looked at his old friend for a while before he spoke: "Do you think it's worth it?" ”

"It's worth it." Sun Yibing replied without hesitation. Guan Tingxiao didn't seem surprised by this answer, and he continued to speak: "In the past two days, my father has sent several cronies to investigate all over Ji Province to confirm that what you said is true. My father will go to Kyrgyz tomorrow. ”

A smile appeared on the corner of Sun Yibing's mouth: "I knew that Dashuai would not disappoint me." ”

Looking at Sun Yibing's indifferent smile, Guan Tingxiao had a lot of things to ask for a while, he wanted to ask why Sun Yibing didn't want to say it explicitly, but after thinking about it, even if he said it explicitly, what could he do? With myself at that time, would he really take what he said seriously?

If it doesn't hurt their own skin, who will really feel the pain?

Guan Tingxiao felt a little stunned for a while, he turned around and wanted to go out, but at this moment, Sun Yibing stopped him: "Yue Yuan." ”

Guan Tingxiao turned his head.

"I'm sorry."

Sun Yibing said this very seriously, but there was no shame in his eyes. Guan Tingxiao believes that if there is another chance, he will probably choose this way.

Perhaps, this can't blame Sun Yibing, after all, he disappointed him first.

"I know you may not believe me, but I promise you that I will definitely quit smoking, and I Guan Tingxiao will do what I say this time."

After speaking, Guan Tingxiao turned around and left.

Looking at his back, the corners of Sun Yibing's mouth showed a comfortable smile.

- I believe.

In the evening of the same day, Sun Yibing accidentally broke a porcelain bowl while eating. Early the next morning, the guards found Sun Yibing's body in the cell. His throat was slit, and it was the shards of the porcelain bowl that were used. Of course, the people of Kwantung did not know the news of the death of this officer, what they knew was that Guan Dashuai went to Ji Province and personally shot several officers who took the lead in smoking opium and tablets in the army, and ordered the Kwantung Army to ban smoking from now on.

"From now on, if I ever let me know who is planting opium or leprosy on my Kanto territory, I will bury him alive in the ground as flower fertilizer!" Guan Dashuai announced in public, causing the people present to applaud and cheer in unison.

Kanto City, Grand Marshal's Mansion.

"The title deed of the Sun family has been returned to the eldest brother of the head of the Sun family. According to the young marshal's wishes, his tomb was also built next to his father's. ”

Guan Tingxiao nodded.

"In addition, there is something I have forgotten to tell the young marshal. After the young marshal came out of the villa that day, Manager Wang of the film company went later. We asked him to identify and confirm that the person who attacked the young marshal that day was actually a cinematographer from the film company. He should have a crush on Li Ximeng, and we found a large number of photos of Li Ximeng and used items in his home, and his diary was full of Li Ximeng's conjectures. However, in fact, Li Ximeng had nothing to do with him, and he didn't even say anything. I think there must be something wrong with this man's brain. This person is still locked up, what does the young marshal plan to do with it? ”

"If he has a brain problem, send him to the hospital for brain treatment, don't let him go around with knives to kill people."

As soon as Guan Tingxiao finished speaking, he heard someone knocking on the door, and the guards came to report: "Young Marshal, Doctor Gu Congzhou has arrived." ”

"Okay, let him in."

The guard answered and exited the door. Taking advantage of the fact that no one had arrived, Guan Tingxiao instructed Adjutant Li: "Help me find a better doctor to quit smoking." ”

"Yes."

After a while, Gu Congzhou came to the study under the guidance of the guards. Adjutant Li greeted him, left the room, and closed the door for the two of them.

"How is the young marshal's health?" Gu Congzhou asked first.

"It's much better, thanks to Dr. Gu's alertness at the time." Guan Tingxiao replied, "Speaking of which, Tingxiao owes Dr. Gu another life. ”

"It's too polite for the young marshal to say that. The duty of a doctor is to save people, not to mention that the young marshal and I have also known each other, so it is reasonable that this is what I should do. ”

Hearing Gu Congzhou say this, Guan Tingxiao's face moved slightly, and he said, "Doctor Gu, frankly speaking, I have always been a little wary of you before. Seeing that Gu Congzhou seemed puzzled, he asked, "Dare to ask Dr. Gu's father's surname?" ”

Hearing this, Gu Congzhou's expression changed. He raised his eyes to look at Guan Tingxiao, and found that although the other party had asked a question, there was no doubt in his eyes. Gu Congzhou knew that his identity had been exposed, so he confessed: "The young marshal guessed correctly, my father is Foreign Minister Gu Chuanjun." ”

Hearing Gu Congzhou's answer, Guan Tingxiao's eyes did not show a trace of surprise, which further confirmed Gu Congzhou's guess. So he explained: "I didn't mention it to the young marshal before because I didn't want the young marshal to look at me differently. Truth be told, I have had no interest in politics since I was a child. My dream has always been to be a doctor. The reason why I came to Kanto Castle was because of my teacher, and because it was far away from my father. ”

Guan Tingxiao looked at Gu Congzhou, Gu Chuanjun's name, he had heard of it a long time ago. The Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Nationalist Government is a highly capable diplomat. Gu Chuanjun's other two sons, Gu Yanxia and Gu Chengshang, are now serving in the national government/government in Beiping. Guan Tingxiao heard that the Gu family had a young son before, but he was not in politics, and now Gu Congzhou's statement is also in harmony with the rumors. It's just that how much of this is true and how much is false, it is unknown.

Over there, Gu Congzhou continued to speak: "Speaking of which, I also have something to tell the young marshal today. As he spoke, he took out a stack of photos and film from his coat pocket: "This is what my brother brought to me from Beiping a few days ago, and said that I should hand it over to the young marshal." ”

Guan Tingxiao took it and saw that it was the photos of the previous human trials. He made a look of surprise: "What is this?" ”

"This was found on the body of a man who had entered Beijing from Kanto City, but unfortunately this person committed suicide by poisoning himself when he was first caught. For some reasons, it is inconvenient for the Beiping side to disclose that this person was captured by them, so this film cannot be taken out openly. My father heard that I had a relationship with the young marshal, so he asked me to give this thing to the young marshal, and asked me to remind you and Lingzun that the Japanese seem to be conducting human experiments, and the location is likely to be near Kanto Castle. I hope you two are aware of this and take more precautions against this. ”

"Okay, I'll tell my father. Thank you, Dr. Gu. ”

"You're welcome." Gu Congzhou paused, he looked at Guan Tingxiao, and spoke again: "Young Marshal, as a friend, I have a suggestion from Zhou - Young Marshal should quit smoking." ”

Hearing this, Guan Tingxiao smiled slightly on the corner of his mouth. Gu Congzhou continued: "After all, Da Yan injured his body, and the two times the young marshal encountered danger were more or less related to Da Yan. What's more, this time, the marshal also announced to the outside world that the entire Kwantung Army had quit smoking, and the young marshal had quit smoking at this time, and he could also set an example for the whole army. I know some doctors who can be referred to the young marshal if he needs it. ”

"To tell you the truth, my father has already helped me contact the doctor, and Dr. Gu has a heart." Guan Tingxiao replied.

"That's good." Gu Congzhou nodded reassuringly, "Then Congzhou will leave first." ”

"Okay, I'll send Dr. Gu."

"No need, the young marshal stays."

Guan Tingxiao sent Gu Congzhou out of the study, and then asked the guards to send Gu Congzhou out. Then he asked people to call Adjutant Li.

"What is Doctor Gu doing when he comes to the young marshal?"

Guan Tingxiao pointed to the photo on the table: "You gave me this thing." He said that it was the person caught in Beiping, but the person died, and it was inconvenient for them to reveal their identity. ”

Adjutant Li had spoken from Shen Yu's mouth before, so he naturally knew the true origin of this photo. He thought for a moment and said, "Doctor Gu is probably afraid that we will find out where he got this photo." ”

"Not only that, but I'm afraid we'll ask him where the photos were developed. It seems that Gu Chuanjun is not just a son in our Kanto City. ”

Adjutant Li nodded: "I'll pay attention." ”

"Beiping, Japan's ......" Guan Tingxiao took the stack of photos and whispered to himself. In today's world, there are strong enemies outside, and various factions in the country are also wary of each other, so Gu Chuanjun, what role do you play in this?

Let's talk about Gu Congzhou. After telling the story of the photo, Dr. Gu felt much more at ease. He also knew that his identity could not be concealed forever, but now that Guan Tingxiao found out, he could just blame his father for the discovery of the photo. This is much better than many of the excuses that Gu Congzhou had thought of before. Now that the major event has been completed, Guan Shaoshuai has also decided to quit smoking, and things can be described as complete.

Thinking of this, a smile appeared on the corner of Gu Congzhou's mouth. He returned home in a happy mood. As soon as he walked into the house, he saw Shen Yu running out in a hurry, and said excitedly: "You came back just right from Zhou, who do you see coming?" ”

Gu Congzhou raised his eyes and looked at the person who walked out of the house in astonishment-

"Second brother?!"