Save the Bachelor of Heaven

  Chapter 3116 3118 [The white deer is gone]

  In 1931, the Japanese army invaded China; in 2032, the three eastern provinces fell; in 33, Rehe fell; in 34, Chahar fell...

  Although the land of Sanqin has not encountered war, the taxation is increasing day by day.

   In the past, only two or three buckets of grain and two yuan in taxes were paid a year. Now one has to pay four or five buckets of grain and four or five yuan in taxes a year.

   After many families pay taxes, the remaining food and money are not enough to spend.

  Even if there is a good year, there is no drought, locust plague, waterlogging, etc., people still rely on digging wild vegetables, eating leaves, bark, etc. to satisfy their hunger. It can be said that life is worse than before.

  Bai Jiaxuan couldn't figure out why the people's life was not as good as the Qing Dynasty even after the revolution. Whose life did this leather get?

  …

  One day in 1936, Bai Jiaxuan came to Xiang Nan.

  Although Xiang Nan has been working outside these years, he still returns to Bailuyuan every once in a while.

   Accompany Lu San, Zhang Ziqing, Tian Xiaoe and others, and also declare his existence by the way, lest everyone think he is dead.

   "Hei Wa, I had a dream yesterday. I dreamed that the white deer went underground. Is this a good omen?" He asked hopefully.

  Xiang Nan was taken aback when he heard this, knowing that Bai Ling might have died.

  Bai Ling is the spirit of Bailuyuan. In the play, when she died, Bai Jiaxuan dreamed that the white deer went underground.

   But he couldn't tell Bai Jiaxuan the truth, so he waved his hands and said, "Uncle Jiaxuan, there is a saying in the "Book of Changes", that the terrain is Kun, and a gentleman carries things with virtue.

   means that the earth is virtuous, whether it is good people, bad people, clean water or dirty water, this land will carry it. Therefore, a gentleman should be like the earth, capable of accommodating others.

  The white deer buried in the ground, this should be a good omen. But the ground is like this, only thick accumulation can flourish. Just like fertilization, if you sprinkle it on the ground today, you can't count on tomorrow, and the crops will grow a lot higher, you need to wait for the time.

  So I counted, at least one sixty years later before I can see the effect. "

  Bai Jiaxuan was taken aback for a moment, then shook his head.

   It will take another six years to turn into a good omen. From this point of view, the next ten years may still be difficult.

  …

   In 1937, the Japanese army invaded China in an all-round way, and the Anti-Japanese War also started in full swing.

  In order to avoid the disaster of war, the people of Yanzhao and Sanjin fled their homes one after another.

   Many people who fled came to Bailuyuan.

  The army that Lu Zhaohai was in also formally moved out to join the war of resistance.

  Xiang Nan also continued to contribute to the country, continuing to assassinate senior Japanese military officials, steal Japanese military intelligence, blow up arsenals, and burn military supplies...

   In the 40th year, Lu Zhaohai died on the battlefield, killing 43 little devils during his lifetime.

  This kind of feat made Mr. Zhu very admired, so he, together with several old gentlemen who compiled the county chronicles of Bailu Academy, prepared to go to the front to join the army and contribute their own strength to the country.

  "Bad news comes every day. Province after province is invaded, people are enslaved by tens of millions, cities and villages are bloodbathed one by one, and all internal affairs and diplomacy are trapped everywhere!

   Everyone says that scholars are useless. Last night I discussed with some old gentlemen and decided to join the army and go to the front to fight devils! Zhao Hai is my student, the young dolls are all killed in battle, why do I still have this old bone! "

  Mr. Zhu’s words before Zhao Hai’s spirit deeply touched people’s hearts. The "Sanqin Daily" published the next day marked the news titled "Declaration of the Eight Gentlemen of Bailuyuan Anti-Japanese War" in a prominent position on the front page, which shocked the whole city of Xi'an.

  Three days later, the Hujiang "Wen Wei Po" reprinted the news in full, with the title changed to "Guan Xue Daru throws a pen and joins the army", expanding its influence to the south.

  In a short while, more than a thousand Neo Confucianism colleagues who responded to Mr. Zhu wrote books to the newspapers and magazines asking for righteousness and benevolence.

  …

  The time came to four or five years.

  Xiang Nan no longer remembers how many devils he has killed, how many munitions he has blown up, how many military supplies he has burned, and how many military secrets he has stolen...there are too many to count.

   With the surrender of the Japanese army, he also returned to Bailuyuan.

   But the days of peace have not passed for a few days. Although the Japanese army has surrendered at this time, the civil war soon broke out again.

  In order to fight the civil war well and facilitate the conscription of troops and food, the security office on Bailuyuan was renamed the United Insurance Office. Twenty or thirty households are grouped into one Jia, one Jia has a Jia chief, and a large village has a general Jia chief...

  After the reorganization was completed, the UNPO began to draw rations for every 100 cents, and the regulation was to draw one out of every two cents. In addition to official rations, it also received military rations.

   It was the first time for the people on Bailuyuan to see such a strict system of levying men, such a heavy tax, which was more expensive than beating little devils back then. Even when the crow soldiers came to Yuanshang, they were not so ruthless.

   "I have never experienced or seen such a large amount of grain and rations, and the emperor of the Qing family was not so cruel to the peasants..." Bai Jiaxuan said, biting the pot of his cigarette.

  Mr. Zhu has always talked about the near and the far, and he commented bitterly: "Businessmen have a saying: 'The hard heart loses money.'"

   While the villagers were protesting, Lu Zilin was suddenly arrested.

  The person who arrested him was Yue Weishan.

  Because Lu Zhaopeng is now a senior official of the underground party, Yue Weishan has no way to catch him, so he can only use Lu Zilin as a raft.

  The arrest of Lu Zilin suppressed the protests of the villagers.

  Because Lu Zilin has been a township covenant in 2012, and now it has been more than 30 years, and he is powerful and influential in Bailu Village. Except for Xiang Nan and Bai Jiaxuan, no one is not afraid of him.

   But now, he was caught like a chicken.

   Seeing that he was arrested, who would dare to talk anymore.

  …

  After Lu Zilin was arrested, Bai Jiaxuan led people to the city to sue him, and finally rescued him.

  In fact, Yue Weishan also knew that it was simply impossible to expect Lu Zilin to force Lu Zhaopeng out. The reason why he was arrested was just to make a show.

  So he went down the donkey and released Lu Zilin.

  After Lu Zilin was released, he was moved by Bai Jiaxuan's righteous deed and cried bitterly.

  For so many years, he fought with Bai Jiaxuan for the position of patriarch. In order to vent his anger, he even broke Bai Jiaxuan's son.

  But after he was arrested, only Bai Jiaxuan in the village was willing to save him.

  Such a move made him feel ashamed.

  So after getting out of the prison, Lu Zilin must have withered.

  He completely convinced Bai Jiaxuan, the anger in his heart disappeared, and he didn't want to fight with him anymore.

  Replaced by deep guilt and remorse.

  After that, his spirit became more and more depressed, and he always woke up from a dream when he fell asleep.

   Said that Bai Xiaowen came to him dragging his intestines all over the place, and said that the little widow stood in front of him bloody...

  Lu He asked Mr. Leng to read it for him, but it didn't work, so he asked Xiang Nan to help him cast down demons.

  But Xiang Nan knew that Lu Zilin was suffering from a heart disease, not some monster.

  The so-called don't do anything wrong in your life, and you won't be surprised if you knock on the door in the middle of the night.

   Lu Zilin has done too many bad things in his life, so when he gets old, he loses his temper and starts to regret and fear.

This is normal.

  Emperor Wu of the Han Dynasty was so powerful and powerful back then, but when he was old, he was also terribly afraid; Empress Wu Zetian was so decisive in killing and attacking, and she was also terribly afraid when she was old.

  Therefore, Xiang Nan couldn't rule Lu Zilin by law, he could only let him live in fear and remorse.

  (end of this chapter)