Chapter 69: The Call in the Early Morning

North China is so big that it is impossible to place a calm desk.

On December 9, 1935, Peking University students held a large-scale demonstration, calling for "stopping the civil war, uniting with the outside world" and "defeating Japanese imperialism", which received a positive response from the people of the whole country, and the students of Northeastern University became the main force of students.

However, the situation in North China is in danger, and the major universities in Beiping have moved out one after another.

At the beginning of 1936, Northeastern University moved to Xi'an and established the Xi'an branch.

Zhang Hanqing served as the deputy commander of the suppression in Xi'an, he raised 150,000 yuan to build a school building, and inscribed on the cornerstone of the auditorium "Erdos, restore my rivers and mountains!"

In April, Zhang Hanqing flew to Yan'an to meet Zhou Gong, and in September, the "Anti-Japanese Salvation Agreement" was formally signed.

Zhang Hanqing provided a large amount of cotton, medicine, and food to the G Army, and provided assistance to Deng Gong when he was critically ill and had no cure. At this time, Zhang Hanqing not only accepted and studied the ideas, but also applied to the Third International to join the Communist Party of Z, but the application was rejected because of his father's reasons.

At the end of October, Chairman Jiang went to Xi'an to supervise the suppression of bandits, and Zhang Hanqing proposed to stop the civil war and unite to resist Japan, but Jiang insisted that the outside must first be safe, and the two had a big quarrel.

At the end of November, Zhang Hanqing asked for a war of resistance, but was rejected again.

In December, Zhang Hanqing demanded the release of the Seven Gentlemen and went to Yanghucheng again with the Northwest Army, but was still refused.

On December 9, the first anniversary of the 129 Movement, military police shot and wounded a primary school student during a large-scale mass demonstration. The crowd directly demonstrated and petitioned to the residence of Chairman Jiang in Lintong, and Jiang ordered Zhang Hanqing to intervene to stop it, and if necessary, to shoot at the students.

The students of the East University shouted "Chinese do not fight Chinese!" "The Northeast Army will go back to their hometown and recover the lost territory in the Northeast!" Zhang Hanqing rushed to the scene, tried his best to persuade the students to go back, and promised the students that they would reply to the students' demands with practical actions within a week, and if they couldn't do it, "any of you can put me to death."

The petitioning students sang "On the Songhua River" in front of Huaqing Pond, and all the officers and soldiers of the Northeast Army present wept.

That night, Jiang and Zhang quarreled again because of the student movement. Jiang said angrily, "There is no way for these students except to shoot them with machine guns!" ”

Zhang Hanqing was furious when he heard this: "Machine guns don't hit the Japanese, but go to beat patriotic students?" ”

For many years, Chairman Jiang and Zhang Hanqing have always been commensurate with each other as brothers, and the relationship between the two wives is also like sisters.

Jiang has always been wary of Zhang Hanqing, the Northeast Army is well-equipped and strong, and being sent to the northwest to suppress bandits this time is also a kind of intention for him to consume the Northeast Army, but he didn't expect Zhang Hanqing to be so affected, "You were brainwashed by them!" ”

On December 12, the Double 12 Incident shocked the whole country.

Shen Mengxi held the newspaper and remained motionless.

She has long paid attention to Zhang Hanqing's actions in recent years, and knows in her heart that during his tenure in Xi'an, he came into contact with the G Army, and his thinking was affected, coupled with his own obsession with avenging his father and recovering the Northeast, which led to today's mutiny.

It's just that she doesn't understand why Zhang Hanqing had to send Jiang back to Nanjing in person later, because she felt guilty for her brother? Is it a dilemma?

It wasn't until the 22nd that Mrs. Jiang flew to Xi'an, and she suddenly woke up.

When Zhang Hanqing and Miss Song met, she was still in the boudoir, because of her two brothers-in-law Zhuyu in front of her, Miss Song's arrogant personality did not allow her husband to be mediocre. At the age of 28, Yun Ying was still unmarried, she and Zhang Hanqing met at the dance and had a good impression of each other, but she was four years older than Zhang Hanqing, and Zhang had a wife, and the two had maintained a relatively close friendship for many years, and later Mrs. Zhang worshipped Mrs. Song as her stepmother, and the relationship between the two families went further.

Shen Mengxi secretly guessed that it must have been Mrs. Jiang who met Zhang Hanqing to intercede and made him release Chairman Jiang without authorization, as for personally sending him back to Nanjing, probably because he felt that he was indeed a big rebel, and he should sincerely apologize, and he relied on his daily friendship, he was also for the country and the people, although Jiang was on his birthday, he should not be too punished.

Shen Mengxi sighed softly and closed the newspaper, history has its own process.

Ten days later, her phone rang in the middle of the night, and Sister-in-law Lin knocked on the door, saying that it was an urgent call and asked her to listen. Shen Mengxi approved his coat and went downstairs, and the call was from Zhang Hanqing.

Shen Mengxi was surprised that at this time, he still had time to call.

"Miss Zhang! Jia Yu! I'm having a hard time. Zhang Hanqing got straight to the point.

"How can I help you?"

"Just listen to me for a few words."

"Then I know if the secret will be extinguished."

Zhang Hanqing was so angry that he stammered, "Zhang Jiayu! You're the most ruthless and unsympathetic woman in the country! ”

"But you still trusted me."

Zhang Hanqing was speechless. yes, why make that call in the wee hours of the morning.

"I'm so distressed, so conflicted." Zhang Hanqing's voice was hoarse, and he seemed to have taken a strong puff of cigarette.

"You're going to release him." Shen Mengxi saw that he didn't speak for a long time, so he simply said it for him.

"I had to let him go, I didn't intend to kill him."

"Then what are you worried about, just do it according to the plan."

"Now that someone in Nanjing wants to usurp power, Mrs. Jiang and Ziwen have also come to beg me."

Shen Mengxi put his feet on the sofa and shrunk into his coat. It seems that her guess was correct.

"He was so frightened that he fell on his back as he ran away, and he probably had sequelae. I'm so ashamed of him, I'm a soldier, I should have been shot. But in my conscience, I have to do it again! In addition, in one of his lost purses, there were several unopened letters, which belonged to mine."

Despite the hesitation, Shen Mengxi still understood that the letter was written by Zhang Hanqing to Mrs. Jiang, and although Chairman Jiang had not opened it, he already knew everything about their private interactions.

Shen Mengxi sneered, the monitoring method was used on his wife. Probably not all the letters in the bag, Zhang Hanqing is ashamed, and what he is even more afraid of is that the letter will be disclosed, the content of the letter is unknown, he is afraid that it will be like this, it should be very unsuitable for publicity.

"Is there anything I can do for you?" Shen Mengxi asked again, in fact, she didn't want to know about this kind of private affairs of the heavenly family, and secretly blamed Zhang Hanqing in her heart, she could talk to Miss Zhao about such private matters. After thinking about it again, it seems that this kind of thing is really not suitable to talk about to wives and concubines.

"I called to tell you that I have never given up the Northeast, in your eyes, I can always see that contempt, you must hate me in your heart, when I quit drugs, I swore a heavy oath to recover the Northeast. At that time, first, I was tormented by drugs and had no intention of caring about it, and second, I was careless, thinking that the Japanese were just provoking as usual. Now it is meaningless, only hopeful, in your mind, I am not a cowardly person who is afraid of death, and does not care about my father and fellow villagers. ”

"You've done a great thing."

"Yes. I am very happy that I have done everything I promised my students. But if one day, something happens to me, you see, I did my best! ”

"Don't have any changes, without you, the Northeast Army will either be disbanded or fall into the hands of others, and you will be even more sorry for the people of the Northeast! Do you remember the story of the zoo that I told with my big brother? ”

A long sigh came from the other end of the phone, "Talking to you, my heart seems to be a little lighter." ”

On December 25, Shen Mengxi saw in the newspaper that Chairman Jiang accepted the six agreements, but did not officially sign them, only a gentleman's agreement, or Zhang Xueliang's proposal, Shen Mengxi sighed, this person always has a weak side in his bones, hopeless.

Zhang Hanqing accompanied Chairman Jiang to fly from Xi'an to Luoyang.

On the 26th, the newspaper reported that Chairman Jiang arrived in Nanjing, and the Xi'an incident was resolved peacefully.

Zhang Hanqing was detained.

The specific plot in the middle was not mentioned in the newspaper, and Shen Mengxi couldn't guess everything, so he could only sigh, what should happen always has to happen.

Later, it was rumored that Zhang Hanqing was tried and sentenced to 10 years in prison and deprived of citizenship for five years.

Then Song Ziwen and Mrs. Jiang vigorously interceded for Zhang Hanqing, and heard that the Jiang family and his wife also had a big quarrel, and it was not easy for Mrs. Jiang to intercede.

After that, Zhang Hanqing was exempted from punishment and commuted to imprisonment. Mrs. Jiang was powerless, and she felt guilty all her life.

Zhang Hanqing detained Chairman Jiang for 13 days for the sake of national righteousness, and he detained Zhang Hanqing for 54 years. In the long years to come, Chairman Jiang has not been able to kill Zhang Hanqing, because he is afraid of public opinion and the Northeast Army riot, but he is also unwilling to let the tiger return to the mountain, what to let him do, look at Zhang Hanqing and the Communist Party, ignore the green light on his head, and regardless of Jiang's mind and pattern, it is estimated that a man will not let him go.

So what does Zhang Hanqing think, is he really ashamed of the party-state? Or did he cowardly give up the responsibility on his shoulders for a while?

Shen Mengxi doesn't think about these anymore, some people, when faced with major choices, their judgments and choices are always wrong.

Chairman Jiang used the most ruthless method against this brother who could not be killed or released.

First, he was not allowed to resist Japan. Zhang Hanqing's revenge for killing his father can never be avenged, Zhang Dashuai was killed by the bombing that day, the mausoleum has not been repaired, the Northeast has fallen, and the Japanese have not destroyed his body, and a friend of Zhang Dashuai is buried. In his life, Zhang Hanqing never returned to the Northeast, let alone worshipped. During Zhang Hanqing's imprisonment, he wrote to Chairman Jiang many times, asking for resistance against Japan, even if he died on the battlefield. were ruthlessly rejected.

The second is that there can only be one woman by his side. Aren't you a playboy, this time you can only be an infatuated boy.

Zhang Hanqing loves to dance, has countless girlfriends, lovers, such imprisonment is not intended to be the best way to torture, in the long years ahead, Zhang Hanqing changed a number of detention locations, Yu Zhao two wives took turns to accompani, one of them on duty for a year, after Mrs. Zhang suffered from breast cancer, had to go to the United States for treatment, and Miss Zhao has been accompanied. In the end, their love story was achieved, as for how much truth and helplessness there is, who knows.

That Mrs. Jiang is Zhang Hanqing's real talisman.

Both of them survived to be 100 years old, which can be described as a miracle within a miracle.

On his deathbed, Chairman Jiang also told his son, "Don't let the tiger return to the mountain." ”

Shen Mengxi closed the newspaper, how did a person convince himself to accept a long and free life.

Speaking of which, this is also something to be admired.