The days passed as usual.

However, the Ming family mansion is really the only one left in the Ming family. After Ah Cheng left, there was no news, and he did not return to Liang Zhongchun's side. After Liang Zhongchun disappeared, several of his dead soldiers were thrown under Du Gang's men, and Ming Lou also investigated from the side, and they only knew that Liang Yan could go to Japan, and nothing else.

Minglou felt that the past year was like a dream, except for the addition of a clear inkstone on his desk. It was Ah Cheng's birthday present to him. Ah Cheng remembers his birthday, and for many years, no one else has remembered it except for the eldest sister.

And that day was also Ah Cheng's birthday.

Ah Cheng never knew his birthday, and he never knew that he could have a birthday. It was Minglou who said that Ah Cheng would celebrate his birthday with me in the future. Every year after that, he would give gifts to Ah Cheng, and Ah Cheng would naturally send them back. Minglou is not expensive, most of them are pens or notebooks and papers, and Ah Cheng will also return exquisitely, folding flowers, dried leaves, and beautiful stones.

On this year's birthday, he gave Ah Cheng a cufflink. Ah Cheng works with him, and he wears formal clothes every day, and only cufflinks are used as decorations. Ah Cheng gave him an inkstone. The inkstone is carved by Ah Cheng himself, and the large magnolia petals are very freehand, and there are two lines of small characters engraved next to it:

The flower of Tangtang is not sincere

There is no one like a brother today

Ming Lou closed his eyes to hide the sourness that was rising there. He selfishly thought that everything he did was just a temptation, and if Ah Cheng had a sincere heart, his plan would not succeed, and they would still be them, and they would not change.

As everyone knows, the deepest thing in the world is the human heart, the mountains can explore the sea, but only the human heart can't.

Ah Cheng's heart, after all, is not what he expects.

For the first time, Ah Cheng handed over the information he hoped to pass on to Liang Zhongchunli as he wished, and he was almost crazy. He hid in the corner of the study and stared at Ah Cheng's return, eager to rush out and question him. But he can't, it's his task to use Ah Cheng, the task he gave himself, is it ridiculous? It's damn ridiculous.

He is a warrior, and when the arrow is fired, there is no turning back.

If you can do it all over again, if you can do it all over again. Nothing can be done again. Minglou is not himself, Ah Cheng is not himself, all love, hatred, hatred, sorrows and joys, crushed into powder in the gears of war, not worth mentioning.

Until......

Two months later, he received an offer to use a code that he had discarded.

When he came to the agreed place and saw the person opposite, a thunderbolt exploded in his ears.

"You are—" Ming Lou almost didn't dare to make a sound, he was afraid that this was a dream, and once he said it, the dream would wake up.

"It's me." Not only did the shape of the face change slightly, but even the voice also changed a little. But as long as Minglou saw those eyes, he knew that it was Mingtai, his dear little brother.

"You're not dead?"

"It's a surprise," Mingtai said with a wry smile, "When I woke up, I was also surprised that I didn't die." ”

"Ah Cheng, say...... He...... Kill you with your own hands. Ming Lou's tone trembled, and for some reason, a chill suddenly rose in his heart.

"Yes, he fired the gun himself," Mingtai pointed to the location of his left chest and heart, "here." His marksmanship was so accurate that he cracked both of my ribs. Ming Tai took out two silver dollars stuck together from his pocket, with a deformed bullet embedded in them, and spread them out in the palm of his hand, "He also changed the bullets. ”

Ming Lou felt the chill spread from his heart to his limbs, and he seemed to think of something, but—

"I was seriously injured, my face was almost ruined, and the people who took care of me performed several surgeries on me, and I was able to get out of bed for more than a month," Mingtai continued, "Big brother, I think I'm wrong to blame Brother Cheng." ”

Wronged? He brought out so much information, he kidnapped the second aunt and the cook of the Fu Mansion, he personally buried Mingtai's cufflinks with the bodies of the two people, and he handed over the photos of Mingtai and Yu Manli together to Liang Zhongchun...... How could it be wrong?

Ming Lou shook his head unconsciously, this is impossible. He forcibly suppressed the cold that almost erupted from his heart, and said solemnly to Mingtai, "Is it safe for you to stay in the place?" ”

"It should be safe, after all, I've been there for five months."

"Okay, you stay there for the time being, I'll go back and start arranging to see how to send you away. In the meantime, we have been in contact with each other in the same way as we are today. ”

"I know, big brother." Mingtai looked at Minglou's unusual face and suppressed what he wanted to ask.

Ming Lou returned to the Ming family's mansion. Only then did he remember that since Ah Cheng left, he had never entered Ah Cheng's room until now, and it seemed that Ah Cheng came to the study to find him every time in his memory...... Right?

The room is small, but south-facing, with plenty of light. It's finally sunny today, and it's much warmer than the house in Minglou.

He walked in and smelled a faint scent of magnolia flowers. The magnolia tree outside the window was planted by him and Ah Cheng together eighteen years ago, originally to coax her to play, but he didn't want to survive. In eighteen years, it will grow into a tall tree, almost rising above the window lattice. The big white flowers swayed in the breeze, like a faint smile curled at the corner of Ah Cheng's mouth.

Ming Lou felt that his heart was pinched by the flower: it turned out that the little man who called him eldest brother with a smile like a treasure had already lived in his heart, and he had never left for eighteen years.

But why didn't he know about it until today?

A clean bed, a clean wardrobe, a clean desk. Several books were neatly arranged, all of which were brought over by Ming Lou when he was a child and asked him to read them carefully. A calligraphy book, only half of the thickness is left, and when it is opened, the torn off remnants are neat. On the top page, there are two lines of words:

The heart is cold with frost,

Ambition and clouds.

Ah Cheng's handwriting is handsome and hard, and every turn is angular and forceful. Ming Lou can still remember the first time he taught him this sentence, his eyes were shining, and he said, just like big brother you. In the future, I will be like my eldest brother.

Later, what later?

Ming Lou's heart was slowly torn apart by the handwriting, and the warm fishy smell spread, he knew that he was wrong.

The Mir blew up, but Mingtai was still alive.

Where is Ah Cheng?

"Chief Ming, this is the identity verification record of all the personnel on the Mir." Secretary Zhang reported to Ming Lou while sorting through a pile of materials, "The report has been sent to the special high class, and I will send these materials to No. 76 for filing." ”

Seeing that the chief just frowned and was silent, Secretary Zhang took a deep breath and didn't dare to say more. The investigation of the Mir incident did not progress, Liang Zhongchun disappeared again, and the pressure exerted by the Japanese on the secret service headquarters fell on Minglou alone. Both carriages were blown up, and the bombs could only be installed in the carriages, and the person in charge of the explosion clearly knew the timing of the people on the carriage and grasped the exact meal time. Since the anti-Japanese elements have the ability to get on the bus halfway and evacuate all before the explosion, there must be an internal response on the bus.

The Japanese demanded that the secret service headquarters must find out how the detailed arrangements of Mir were leaked. Minglou arranged for No. 76 to check the boarding record, and went to check it one by one. In fact, all the security personnel on board the Mir went through a background check by the Japanese military department before receiving the special pass, and nothing unusual was found.

The only anomaly is that Liang Zhongchun is missing. And it was missing the night before the bombing of the Mir.

The direction of the investigation slowly fell on Liang Zhongchun, and it seemed that it was he who leaked the secret of the Mir. There is evidence that he did not secretly do intelligence trading for a day or two, and he was simply bold to the point of madness. Anyway, now that Liang Zhongchun is alive, dead, dead, and no one has any evidence against him, everyone is willing to throw this cauldron out as soon as possible.

Ming Lou wanted to resign because of his poor discipline of his subordinates, and was rejected by Mr. Wang.

"You put it down first, I'm going to No. 76 in the afternoon, just bring it with me." Ming Lou rubbed his eyebrows and asked Secretary Zhang to go out first.

Ming Lou let out a long breath, picked up the pile of materials, and looked at them one by one. Although the dust of the Mir incident has settled, if Liang Zhongchun is not found for a day, Minglou's heart will not fall into his stomach for a day. The arrangement he made confirmed that Liang Zhongchun had absconded after betraying the information of the anti-Japanese elements, and if Liang Zhongchun suddenly appeared, the Japanese would definitely be suspicious of him.

The police station, No. 76, the military commander, the underground party of the Southern Bureau, and the Youth Gang are all looking for them openly and secretly, but there is no news.

Ming Lou turned page by page, and many pictures were spinning around in his mind, not knowing what he was looking at. Suddenly, a name jumped into his eyes: "Zheng Tian, 27 years old, recommended by the secret service headquarters, was originally the bodyguard of Liang Zhongchun, deputy director of the secret service headquarters......" The background investigation of Zheng Tian by the military department is written in detail, orphan, raised in the Liang family, and later received special training to become a bodyguard, participated in several clean-up operations, and was very loyal to the Japanese Empire.

Ming Lou suddenly grabbed a thread from his chaotic thoughts, he knew this Zheng Tian, and what was written in the information was correct, Zheng Tian and Liang Yanke had followed Liang Zhongchun since childhood, and they could be regarded as Liang Zhongchun's right-hand man.

However, Zheng Tian had already died. Ming Lou personally issued the execution order, the executor is also very reliable, Ming Lou clearly remembers that Liang Zhongchun was really flustered for a while when he found out that Zheng Tian was missing, and Ah Cheng ran back very diligently in those days, and Ming Lou almost thought that Liang Zhongchun was going to call Ah Cheng back.

How could someone who was already dead be on the Mir train? He suppressed the thoughts that were surging in his heart, holding his breath to find the original materials, but he could barely suppress the trembling of his fingers.

On the boarding record, the holder of the special pass will need to sign.

The moment he saw Zheng Tian's signature, Ming Lou felt that the whole world was dark.

"Big brother, I'm sorry."

That night, when he walked out of the study after the painting, Ah Cheng said.