Chapter 396: Roots

Li Bugou couldn't help it, came out of the corner and asked, "You buried my grandfather's body?" ”

The man in black looked at him: "Your grandfather is Li Chunman?" Are you his direct descendant? Why haven't I seen you? ”

"I am his grandson. Who you are, I haven't seen you either. Li Bugou said.

The man in black hurried over to grab his arm: "Have you encountered anything strange lately?" ”

Li Bugou was so frightened that he jumped away, ran behind Monk Yuantong, and shouted for the elder to save me.

Monk Yuantong clasped his hands together and stopped in front of the man in black: "This benefactor, who are you?" Maybe we can sit down and have a good talk. ”

The man in black said: "As soon as you untie the shroud here, I will know." I've been living in a nearby town for a decade. I know that one day the secrets here will not be hidden, and the truth will be revealed. ”

Li Tao hid behind the monk and said boldly: "Don't pretend to be a ghost, if you want to talk to us, don't hide your head and show your tail, and make your words clear." ”

The man in black looked at him and sighed: "Li Tao, I didn't expect you to be so old." ”

"You, how do you know me," Li Tao stumbled: "Have I seen you?" ”

The man in black sat on the chair: "It's fate to gather here today, and there are two direct descendants of the Li family, so it's time for you to know what happened back then." ”

As he spoke, he slowly took off his hat and uncovered his mask again. When the mask was taken off, everyone present was stunned, and even the Yuantong monk, who was so profound, was a little distracted, and quickly twisted the Buddha beads in his hand.

The man in black in front of him is the dead Li Chunman, Li Bugou's grandfather.

We looked at the corpse, and then at him, and it was exactly the same.

I asked Li Bugou, your grandfather still has twin brothers?

Li Bugou and Li Tao's eyes widened: "Impossible, my grandfather does have brothers, a total of four brothers, but there are no twins." ”

The man in black sighed: "I'm not a twin brother, I'm Li Chunman himself." He looked at the corpse with mournful eyes, as if he were looking in a mirror.

He pointed at Li Tao and said, "Your father's name is Li Jianguo, and you were only ten years old when Li Chunman passed away." He looked at Li Bugou behind him again: "Your name is Li Bo, I haven't seen you in person, but I've seen photos of you when you were a child." ”

Li Bugou and Li Tao's faces were pale, the scene was very weird, and they didn't dare to speak.

The man in black looked at the oilcloth in Yuantong's hand: "This elder, this cloth was taken out of Li Chunman's stomach, can you lend me a look?" I've been looking for this thing for more than ten years......" His gaze fell on the corpse: "I knew he must have left a message, but I never expected it to be hidden in my stomach in this way, it was really dark under the lamp." ”

Monk Yuantong did not hesitate and handed him the tarpaulin directly. I hurriedly coughed and reminded him, as if he hadn't heard it.

The man in black smiled bitterly and said, "Don't worry, I won't swallow this thing alone." He took the tarpaulin, looked carefully at the map of the island on it, and turned to the back to look at the words on the back, and for a long time he breathed a sigh of relief, which was extremely decadent.

He handed the tarpaulin back. Monk Yuantong asked, "What should I call you, you are Li Chunman?" ”

The man in black nodded: "I am him, not him." I have a Japanese name called Sakai. ”

"You're Japanese?" We asked.

Sakai nodded and spoke slowly. The beginning of the whole incident took place in the Yellow Sea in the forties of the last century. There are a lot of unbelievable details, which sound confusing, and after he finishes speaking, we are a little surprised.

At the beginning of my memory, he was on a ship. This is a small oil tanker between China and South Korea. When he woke up, he saw a flickering lantern, it was late at night, and the waves were very strong.

A crew member asked him where he was from. He sat in the cabin wrapped in a blanket, and for a long time he couldn't remember how he fell into the water, and he couldn't even remember who he was, only some fragments of a trance. He remembered that he was a peasant in the northeast, and there was a Taoist temple in his memory, and there was an old Taoist priest who seemed to be his master, and then there were years of displacement under artillery fire, and in a farmer's yard, he formed a party with a group of people, and he was promoted as the leader.

I can't remember anything specific. He knows what time it is, the whole world is a pot of porridge, and China is one of the main battlefields. He subconsciously thought that these memories of his were extremely dangerous, and if the hostile Japanese side knew that he had been the leader of a certain social faction, his life would probably be in danger.

In order to survive, he made up excuses for the crew, saying that he was a local farmer. The boat is a fishing boat, which happens to be to Jeju Island, South Korea, and has a special pass. The captain had a good heart and took pity on him, so he let him do odd jobs on the ship and went to the island together.

At that time, Jeju Island was already under the control of the Japanese, and as a base of the army air force, the inspection of entering and exiting was quite strict, and all local fishermen had to register their identities. He had a good relationship with the captain and had a mixed identity on the ship. He quickly learned Korean and settled in the area.

This stay was five or six years, and then Japan was defeated, and all the troops had to be withdrawn to their own country, and he had already mixed quite well, and actually took the relationship of a Japanese officer and went to Japan together.

After that, he settled in Japan, lived for many years, and gave the Japanese name Sakai. Sakai was a man who was very good at socializing and making connections, and even after the defeat of Japan, which was in ruins, his life gradually became rich and he had a social status.

Sakai has a lingering psychological shadow that overwhelms him every day, that is, who am I?

His official memory in this world is only from the fishing boat in the Yellow Sea a few years ago, and he has no idea what he was like or who he was.

I don't know where I came from, I have no roots and no roots, this feeling is like Mount Tai pressing on my body, and I can barely breathe.

Sakai has money, and no matter what life he enjoys, no matter how many women there are, he lives in darkness and gloom. He was afraid that one day, he would suddenly wake up and appear in a strange place, and he would forget everything he was now.

In the late eighties, when the two countries came together, he came to China. He has only one purpose, to find his roots.

In the vague fragments of memory, he could remember that he was a peasant from northern China, and based on the fact that he fell into the water in the Yellow Sea at the time, he could narrow the scope to the coastal areas of the three eastern provinces. He found Dalian from Huludao, and there was a sea of people, who still remembered what happened decades ago.

He posted a missing person notice in the newspaper to find out if the locals knew him. He is of Japanese and Chinese descent, and the local authorities have upheld Sino-Japanese friendship and provided great assistance. Sakai also promised that once he found his hometown, he would contribute a large amount of money to sponsor local development.

This time he became the God of Wealth, he didn't have to work by himself, and a group of people below helped him inquire. There have been scammers in the middle, so I won't talk about them one by one.

Later, by a very coincidental chance, he participated in the negotiations of a trade mission in Liaoning. When the Japanese trade group first came out of the clubhouse, it was suddenly smashed with tomatoes by a group of local farmers. The incident caused a big fuss, and the local departments concerned arrested all the troublemakers as if they were facing a great enemy, led by a local peasant named Erzhuzi.

These two pillars kept saying that they were the descendants of the revolution, and they also shouted that they could not do business with Little Japan.

This matter continues to ferment, and the above determines that it is a very serious incident, and is ready to take this second pillar into prison and sentence him to a few years in prison. The Japanese trade mission took this matter very seriously, and the original cooperation has stalled, and they are afraid that local sentiment will affect investment. After urgent consultations between China and Japan, the Japanese side decided to send an observation group to the local area to visit the people.

Sakai was one of the members of the observation team, and they went to the village where Erzhuzi was located, and after research, they found that Erzhuzi was really a descendant of the revolution, and his grandfather had participated in several famous battles before, and was a well-known figure in the local area. It's a pity that he stood on the wrong team, and after liberation, not only did he not mix up an official and a half-job, but he was censored and reviewed for many years.

The observation group went to visit Erzhuzi's house, the old man was over 70 years old, lying on the kang with his legs and feet unfavorable, looking at a group of oily and powdery Japanese in suits, and the big and small leaders in the village were like broken reminders around the saddle and horses in front of the horse, the old man was so angry that he almost committed a cerebral thrombosis, and he actually wanted to go down to the ground and beat the Japanese with a stick. The village chief scolded him, saying that if it weren't for your age, he would have kicked your family out of the village a long time ago. The old thing is just an old stubborn, stubborn, what age is it, the Japanese delegation wants to come over to invest miles, let you beat you out with a stick, something goes wrong, and it is not enough to catch your grandson and shoot him!

The old man jumped like thunder, sat on the kang and scolded, saying that the sky has been reversed in recent years, and the Japanese came in with a swagger.

He scolded for a long time, but people only thought he was an old madman and ignored him.

The village chief persuaded the Japanese observation team to go out first, saying that the old man was a stinky and hard stone in the pit, and that there was such a thing in the village, and they could guarantee that the family would not make trouble and block the investment.

Just as the observation group was about to leave, the old man lying on the kang suddenly saw Sakai and tried to say, "Brother Chunman? Are you breaking into the enemy? ”

Sakai was shocked and told everyone to go out and wait for him first, he hurried to the side of the bed and stared at the old man on the bed: "Do you know me?" ”

"Brother Chunman, have you forgotten?" The old man said: "Before the liberation, more than 40 years ago, we established a patriotic society in Chaoyang Village, you were the first president, and then you left, and everyone said that you had died on the battlefield. ”