As soon as Mr. Zhongpu returned to the editorial office, he saw He Qi, who had left in a hurry before he finished eating at noon, waiting, and asked curiously: "I said Brother Yubai, which one are you singing?" ”

He Qi joked: "It's not easy to eat your meal in the future, I ate half of the meal at noon, I thought about it carefully, it was too much of a loss, so I simply finished dealing with the matter, and came to eat the other half." ”

"Hahaha!!" Mr. Zhongpu was amused, knowing that He Qi, a busy man, had nothing to do but go to the Three Treasures Palace, and he didn't want to delay his work, so he said bluntly: "Brother Yubai, the people in Shanghai who want to invite you to dinner, can line up from me to the Huangpu River, don't make jokes, what's the important thing?" ”

"I asked someone to book you a ticket to Beiping." He Qi said.

Mr. Zhongpu immediately understood what He Qi was talking about Mr. Xiao Min's appointment to Peking University as the dean of liberal arts, and he couldn't help laughing: "This matter also bothers you?" ”

He Qi didn't hide it, told his worries, and said: "Mr. is worried about nothing more than two, one is that the destination of "New Young" is undecided, and the other is to keep people at home, I have a way here, Mr. will listen to it for the time being." Mr. just go to Peking University to report quickly, stabilize the situation for Deqian, and "New Young" should also move to Beiping, I will do it for you, and within a month, it will be sent to Beiping as it is. Second, the people in the gentleman's family, I will send someone to escort them to Beiping, and hand them over to the gentleman safely. ”

Mr. Nakaura was speechless for a while.

Peking is the cultural and political center of the country, Peking University is the top priority, there is the focus of cultural controversy, in Shanghai, can only cheer, there is no power, now with He Qi's guarantee, Mr. Zhongpu's heart of the little worry is all gone, immediately nodded in agreement.

"Brother Yubai, I have some other things to deal with in Shanghai." Mr. Zhongpu glanced at Yi Baisha and said, "Before the Lantern Festival, I will definitely go to Beiping and not delay the opening of Peking University." ”

"If I have a gentleman, I will be relieved." He Qi nodded, and then left.

Yi Baisha is an angry person, he is worried about the country, and he is angry about the country, in Yi Baisha's eyes, there are only two kinds of people in this world, justice and evil, but He Qi is a person who makes it difficult for Yi Baisha to distinguish, both good and evil.

Another important factor why Mr. Zhongpu could not leave for Beiping immediately was that Yi Baisha was unwilling to go to Beiping. ”

Since Mr. Zhongpu has made up his mind, Yi Baisha has nothing to say, so he turned around and said gloomily: "Zhongpu, there is no need to say more, I know your mind, Beiping is a cultural meeting point, and you must not be missing, but I have already decided, I want to go back to my hometown to teach." ”

"Yi Baisha!" Mr. Zhongpu said loudly: "Since you know that you want to promote a new culture, you must go to Beiping, which is consistent with the concept of the two of us when we returned to China, and there is no contradiction, but when the matter is approaching, the war is imminent, why did you retreat?" You look at me and say, "If you can't say something good today, I won't spare you." ”

Yi Baisha turned around and became even more melancholy: "Zhongpu, don't ask anymore, don't stay until the Lantern Festival, since He Yubai has agreed, he will definitely help you deal with it properly." ”

Mr. Zhongpu's attitude was resolute and unrelenting: "No, you must say that you are ugly today, if you don't betray your ideals and can't convince me, I will resist, and I will resist you to Beiping." ”

Yi Baisha turned red at the moment, and said in a low voice: "Zhongpu, I haven't betrayed my ideals, I go back to my hometown to teach, and I can also contribute to the new culture." ”

Mr. Nakaura's eyes lit up, and he was full of trembling intent: "Can that be the same?" Beiping, the base camp of the retro old stubbornness, Gu Tangsheng, Lin Qinnan, Zhang Shizhao, Mei Guangdi, Wu Mi, Hu Xianqiao, any one of them is Taishan Beidou in the academic world, they are all in Beiping at the moment. And what about us? There are only a few people such as Deqian, Yu Cai, Shen Qiuming, etc., who will not go to Beiping at this time, when will they go to Beiping? ”

"But I. . . I." Yi Baisha's words can't come out, intermittently.

"What the hell are you hiding? What is there in Peking that scares you? Can't even talk about it? ”

"Zhongpu, do you think you can really save the country by relying on the pen?" Yi Baisha looked straight at Mr. Zhongpu, his eyes gloomy. The Qing court is gone, the bullies are rampant and domineering, and the republican is republic, the bullies are still rampant, but they have just changed a group of people, and they are all virtuous in exchange for each other, Yi Baisha is completely desperate.

"I don't know, but I have to do it, and I know if I do it."

"What if you can't?"

"Then I should try the medicine myself, let me be used as a lesson later, and start over, I believe that I can always find a medicine to cure the disease."

Yi Baisha's eyes were already moist, he shook his head, and said with a miserable smile: "Zhongpu, I'm not you, you can get up and continue to fight if you fall, I don't have the courage, I can't see hope." Republic, imperialism, Zhang Xun restored, and now the republic, I can't guarantee that one day it will be imperial again, the people above are all fighting for their own personal interests, where will they care about the life and death of the people? In a war last year, the price of grain in Shanghai rose to sky-high prices, and the people could not afford it, so they could only flee from the famine and go hungry. They all starved to death, and who cares if they live or die? ”

"This country is finished, rotten, and hopeless, Nakaura." Yi Baisha was in tears, his eyes were desolate, the green tendons on his neck were exposed, and he roared vigorously: "Today you ask me why I don't go to Beiping, okay, then I'll tell you the truth." I'm afraid that when I go to Beiping and see them, I can't help but stab them with a knife, these brutes who hurt nature and reason. I'm going to blow them up, and they'll have no bones left, and they'll be crushed and scattered. ”

"Now, do you want me to go to Beiping?"

Mr. Nakaura was stunned and speechless for a long time.

"Then you won't go to Beiping, go to Liu Banxia's "Sprout", it's better than going back to your hometown to teach."

Yi Baisha wiped away his tears, waved his hand and said: "Zhongpu, don't persuade me, writing an article doesn't make me feel angry, but it will make me feel even more angry, let me go back to my hometown." I'm going to write a big book about all the crimes of these people, and I'm going to leave them stinking for 10,000 years. ”

The editorial department was silent, the two looked at each other without saying a word, and when they said goodbye, Yi Baisha suddenly asked: "Zhongpu, do you remember the boat we took back to China?" Did you meet Zou Yongcheng? ”

"Yes."

"He attempted to jump the Huangpu River, and you laughed at him, saying that he was a fool, and that self-denial was the act of a coward, and that he would never do such a stupid thing in his life. At that time, I refuted you and said that 'ruthlessness may not be a true hero', maybe one day, I will also commit suicide by throwing myself into the river like Qu Zi. Now, I want to ask you, if one day, I really throw myself into the river like Qu Zi, will you laugh at me? ”

"Yi Baisha, what are you talking nonsense?" Mr. Zhongpu angrily accused: "If you dare to do that, you Yi Baisha will be the person I hate the most, and I will hate you for the rest of my life." ”

After a pause, Mr. Zhongpu calmed down: "I'm sorry, I'm out of shape, when do you go back to Hunan Province, I'll send you." ”

Mr. Yi Baisha smiled brightly.

(End of chapter)