At the end of the year, Ryo Haichuan returned to Shanghai from Japan.

Patrick invited Haichuan Liang to his home for a small gathering.

During the banquet, Bai Xiuluan kept looking at him.

Haichuan Liang noticed it, turned his head, and made eye contact with Bai Xiuluan, who smiled and poured him wine.

"Uncle." She said with a smile, "I have been reading Western classics recently, and some of the questions are unclear. You used to study political science in the United States, and I would like to ask you. ”

Haichuan Liang leaned forward with interest: "You say." ”

"About justice," Bai Xiuluan raised his glass, "Is the justice of a group of people destined to be heavier than the justice of one person?" ”

"Of course not."

"If in a nation that steals, and the subjects of that country consider stealing to be just, there is a man who thinks that stealing is unjust. So, in the kingdom of stealing, should justice steal, or refuse to steal? ”

Haichuan Liang's face changed drastically, his hands trembled, and the wine flowed down his wrists.

Bai Jiesheng drank and stopped Bai Xiuluan: "What is just and unjust, eat vegetables!" ”

Bai Xiuluan smiled and gave Haichuan Liang some dishes: "Uncle pad." ”

Haichuan Liang was restless all night, almost knocked over the wine glass several times, and his smile was a little reluctant.

Bai Jiesheng watched several people interact, and gradually became a little suspicious.

In the evening, after sending Haichuan Liang away, Bai Jiesheng asked Bai Xiuluan: "Something is wrong with your uncle - what are you hiding from me?" ”

Bai Xiuluan said one by one.

It took a long time for Bai Jiesheng to squeeze out a voice from between his teeth: "How is it possible! I've known Ryo Haichuan for decades, and he's not that kind of person. ”

"I'm just telling the facts. ”

Bai Jiesheng muttered, "Impossible, impossible...... "As he spoke, he covered his head, shook it, and fainted to the ground.

The Bai family was in a mess.

A few days later, Bai Dayin hurried back to Shanghai from Tianjin.

Patrick was lying on the bed, his face pale.

Bai Dayin said with a crying voice: "Dad, Uncle is the benefactor of our family, let's just pass this matter." Forget it, I won't pursue it. ”

Bai Jie held Bai Dayin's hand to death, and his withered eyes burst into light: "In the past? This thing is over, what about other things? He swallowed hard, "He's using our waterway!" Is he really doing business with our shipping lanes?! ”

Saying that, Bai Jiesheng became excited: "Do you know, some people outside say that our Bai family makes dogs for the Japanese!" I always believe in Haichuan Liang! But what if Haichuan Ryo is not worthy of my trust? What about the Bai family? What to do with the Wantaihe? What do you do? Traitor! In the future, all of us in our family will not be able to raise their heads! ”

Bai Dayin held his old father's hand and comforted: "Uncle won't." ”

Bai Jiesheng lay on the bed, looked at the roof, and said slowly: "He really can't?" ”

After the Chinese New Year, Patrickson recovered a little. By the time I was able to walk on the ground, it was June 1939.

On this day, Ryo Umikawa returned from Japan, and as soon as he got off the ship, he hurried to find Patrick Jerson.

He brought a lot of supplements over: "Jason, you must take care of your health." ”

Bai Jiesheng calmly poured wine for Haichuan Liang: "The old rule of more than 20 years, let's drink a meal of wine off the boat." ”

Haichuan Liang laughed while drinking: "It's really an old rule." Anyway, why did you fry two more dishes today? ”

Patrickson said, "I want to talk to you today. As he spoke, he drank it all.

Haichuan Liang also drank it all, and then stopped talking.

Bai Jiesheng said, "Why are you in such a hurry to come to me?" ”

Haichuan Liang thought about it again and again, leaned close to Bai Jiesheng's ear, and whispered: "The situation is not peaceful, you ...... Plan ahead. ”

Patrick Patrick's heart shook: "How fast?" A year or two? ”

Haichuan Liang gritted his teeth and said, "Hurry up." Probably...... This year. ”

Bai Jiesheng choked on a sip of wine, he couldn't say what he wanted to say, his eyes looked straight at Haichuan Liang, and there was a strange fire jumping in his eyes.

After a long time, he gasped and said, "This kind of news is known only to soldiers. You've been in the Japanese army for a few years. ”

Haichuan Liang kicked over the chair in shock, and the wine glass in his hand fell to the ground: "You already knew? ”

Bai Jiesheng just wanted to lie to Haichuan Liang's truth, and now he got his wish, but there was no joy in his heart, but he was extremely sour: "I know." ”

Ryo Haichuan said: "I thought that my identity would not affect our friendship. ”

Bai Jiesheng said: "Then why do you want to take Da Yin's letter Lingling? ”

Haichuan Liang hurriedly said: "I'm for the good of Da Yin." He's too high-profile! Xin Lingyu was targeted by the big men in the army, and if he didn't sell it, he was only afraid of causing death. ”

Bai Jiesheng couldn't help but say, "Even if Xinling Ying shouldn't have belonged to that person. Is this what you believe in justice? Is justice protecting the big guys? ”

Ryo Umikawa was silent.

Patrick Jerson greeted: "Come, drink and eat." Ryo Haichuan drank nervously.

Patrickson calmly ate the sumptuous food and drink.

After dinner, Bai Jiesheng and Haichuan Liang came to the port to supervise the unloading of the cargo by the merchant. Patrick walked onto the boat, and Ryo Haichuan followed.

The evening breeze is blowing.

Patrick Patrickson looked at the sea and sighed: "More than 20 years, fleeting. The moon and the sea have never changed. Only people change. ”

Haichuan Liang turned his head to avoid Bai Jiesheng's gaze, and said hurriedly: "After all, my surname is Haichuan." ”

Patrick nodded calmly: "I understand." He turned his head to look at Haichuan Liang and sighed: "I know you don't want to." I actually understand both. ”

Haichuan Liang also looked at the moonlight: "I used to be too naïve. There are times when people can't help themselves. What if Socrates had the truth? The same was killed by the popular vote. What is Justice? I don't know what justice is, I just know that I don't want to die, and I don't want my family to die. ”

Bai Jiesheng sighed: "I don't understand the foreign things you said, but I don't want my family to die." ”

Ryo Haichuan asked, "How do you know?" ”

Bai Jiesheng said: "Sun Ledger didn't carry it, and he did all the tricks." ”

The amount of information in these words was too large, Haichuan Liang's face changed slightly, and he looked at the sea in disbelief: "You killed him?" ”

"He committed suicide," Patrickson said. He did such things as smuggling arms, and he knew the consequences of being discovered. ”

The words "arms smuggling" came out of Bai Jiesheng's mouth, and a fine cold sweat broke out on Haichuan Liang's forehead.

He took a few steps back, ran like madness to the cabin, found the hidden mezzanine, lifted the tarpaulin, and saw the cold guns and ammunition lying there in good condition.

Murderous instruments and explosives glowed cold in the moonlight.

Ryo Haichuan breathed a sigh of relief.

Footsteps came, and the figure of Bai Jiesheng appeared behind him:

"Arms are also goods. Wantaihe operates in good faith and will not take away your goods. The money earned by Wantaihe, every penny, is clean. ”

Haichuan Liang's voice was complicated: "Thank you." I have a luxury. Perhaps, war can not affect our friendship. He turned and looked at Patrick sincerely, "There are some things I can't help myself. When the war machine turns, I am really afraid, I am afraid of becoming a living dead who can only shout slogans. I don't want to be held hostage to the mainstream discourse of power advocacy. I...... I also want to preserve some humanity. ”

Bai Jiesheng looked at him with a complicated expression: "I understand, I understand everything." ”

Haichuan Liang showed a relieved smile: "It's good that you understand." ”

He relaxed, only to notice his surroundings, only to realize that the ship had drifted out to sea silently, and there was already a certain distance from the shore.

There was no one on the ship except for the two of them.

Quiet sea, quiet night. The smell of gasoline came out.

Haichuan Liang stared at Bai Jiesheng in disbelief, and his face gradually changed.

There were explosives in this shipment.

"I have no choice!" His eyes widened, "War, state, power, it's a machine!" It's like this ship, I came up, and I had to be taken away by it! I didn't have a choice! You say you understand! ”

Patrick said sadly, "I understand. However, our current situation does not allow for both and both. Once you have chosen the country, you cannot choose the self. Your emotions, your thoughts, no longer matter, you can only obey the will of the state. But can your national will tolerate so-called friendship? Is your friendship for the delivery of arms? ”

Haichuan Liang burst into tears: "They used my father's life to force me!" My surname is Haichuan, and I didn't have a choice. ”

Bai Jason said in a hoarse voice: "My surname is Bai, and I have no choice. There are rumors outside that I am doing things for the Japanese, if your ship of arms really enters Shanghai, whether it is the Wantaihe or the Bai family, you will never be able to raise your head in the future! You know what it's called - traitor! Betrayal of the nation! ”

Ryo Haichuan took a few steps back and leaned against the cleats in the cabin: "So what are you going to do?" ”

Bergerson said calmly, "Die." ”

"Are you crazy? You are looking for your own death! ”

"Only when I die, can the Bai family clear the suspicion of traitors."

While he was talking, Haichuan Liang kept groping to the side, and when he touched the hatch, he turned around and ran out, wanting to jump into the sea.

Patrick didn't catch up. He just calmly lit the fire.

A deafening explosion sounded.

A series of loud explosions rang far and wide. Bai Dayin rushed out of the room in horror and looked at the sea.

Bai Xiuluan stumbled out and grabbed Bai Dayin's arm.

Bai Dayin pointed to the depths of the sea: "Sister, look! ”

Bai Xiuluan looked over, and the sea was already a sky-high fire.