The winter of 1946 was extremely cold, and I had been recuperating in Kasugamachi for three months.In the past three months, the Northeast has been very peaceful, and no war has been heard.My hanging heart fell to the ground a little.In winter, no army wants to fight in winter.

During the three months, my younger sister did simple funeral affairs, and Zou Shengzu took care of all matters related to relatives on my behalf.The funeral was rushed and left at Dabeiguan.It's just that the wife is still in the hospital and doesn't know about the younger sister; the children are at school, so it's inconvenient to disturb her; neither the older sister nor the younger brother came, only the brother-in-law.I stood in the mourning hall, with black gauze and white couplets, full of yin, which did not conform to the aesthetics of a young and beautiful little woman.The black-and-white photo of Yan Yan, the little girl laughing in front of the hall, seems to be the only bright color in the mourning hall.

Liu Guoqing did what he said, and carefully clarified with me the ins and outs of him and Yihang.I don't need to listen, it's nothing more than a protracted conspiracy; Uncle Liu came and held my hand, weeping.As soon as he was old, it was not a problem to cry like this, so he was sent back to rest.Now that the house in Dabeiguan is vacant again, and the Soviets are gone, it is safe at last. It is just the time when there is a shortage of guards, and Uncle Liu is needed.But Uncle Liu couldn't understand what he said, and blamed himself over and over again: "If Lao Yang didn't realize it was wrong, I would have thought you had gone to war with the army. How could you know that you have suffered so much?"

Then he said furtively: "Eldest young master, you should also be careful. I know you and Mr. Liu are on good terms, but he is with the young master after all, and people are separated from each other. Who knows what he is planning behind his back."

I was in low spirits and had a terrible headache, so I said perfunctorily, "Okay, I have a sense of proportion."

If he put his heart out that day, he would never lie to me again.

But I can't just hide under his protection and implicate him.

After my 39th birthday, I am a man entering my forties.But this year has had such a big impact on me that I have to be "confused" and be as cautious as human emotions, as trust and betrayal.Maybe it's because I'm getting older, the principle of faultfinding when I was young ebbs with my effort, I can calmly face life and death, and I can calmly restrain my emotions.

Once in Germany, the instructors said that I was a ball of fire, which would burn out sooner or later, harming others and myself; now the flame has turned into a gentle blue, and only the inside can know the high temperature.

I think this is not a happy ending.After all, how can there be so many successful scenes?After the show is over, no one will remember how many tears and how many smiles have been filled on the red carpet on the table.Even the actor himself can't remember clearly.

At the end of [-], I reconnected with Wang Meiren.Because he had been missing for half a year, his planned promotion was cancelled, and he was ordered to return to the team immediately.At the same time, I settled down with my wife, went to the school to see Yining and Yili from a distance, and entrusted them all to Zou Shengzu to take care of them.At that time, Miss Bai's elder brother Bai Chongshan had already gained a firm foothold in Hong Kong and asked Zou Shengzu to send Miss Bai to Hong Kong.After Zou Shengzu refused, he gave Li Si enough severance pay, and sent him, two servants, and two servant girls to escort Miss Bai to Hong Kong.

Zou Shengzu finally returned to his small mansion.I stayed there and had lunch with him. It was his fried veal steak, and it looked pretty good.

Zou Shengzu said: "I forgot to say, I won't go to America anymore."

"Not going? Then where are you going?"

"I'm not going anywhere," Zou Shengzu said, "I've never had a child in my life, so I understand that the co-authoring is to make room for the cubs of your family."

I lowered my head and grinned sullenly. After eating and drinking, I went to the government building.

When passing by Kasugamachi, I stopped and looked at the side of the road for a long time: the withered ivy left only brown and yellow vines on the red wall; Passing through the bare branches, I know that in the coming spring, it will bloom a tree of brilliant peach blossoms.

I took off my hat, waved at it, and, without saying goodbye.

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At the beginning of [-], I traveled all the way south with the army, covering the battlefields of North China and East China.In June, the Communist Party broke through the Yellow River defense line and turned to the outside line to attack.The battle situation in our army was once so miserable that I, as a staff officer, had to lead the troops in battle as a regimental commander.In July, due to the sacrifice of the former chief of staff and deputy chief of staff, I was directly promoted to chief of staff, and led the first batch of troops to go north to Hebei; in November, Shijiazhuang, Hebei fell, and our army retreated to the northeast again.

But this time, we lost all the bravery we had when we left, and we were defeated like a stray dog, with eyebrows drooping, tails clamped tightly, the wind was jittery, and we had no one to rely on.

In mid-November, I had half a day to rest, and then hurried back to Shenyang to visit relatives.Unexpectedly, my planning and painting only came true for one year.I came to Dabeiguan timidly due to the feeling of my hometown, but what greeted me was the mourning hall held for the second time in two years.

Uncle Liu's hair is gray, and he looks like an old man.He received me tiredly, and after I put three sticks of incense on my wife's incense burner, he said in a majestic way, "My condolences, young master."

I stood in front of the tablets of my wife and younger sister, and said with a wry smile, "Uncle Liu, I don't even feel sad. I came back from the battlefield, and my wife went away, and I was indifferent. I was full of enthusiasm before, but now It's all getting cold."

Uncle Liu boiled a pot of hot water, and we sat in the living room together, and I rolled cigarettes for him as usual, and he took it, smoked one after another, and said, "This family...is broken up. "

I held the cup, feeling the warmth of the heat on my face, waiting for the hot water to cool down, and after a moment of silence, I said, "Uncle Liu, tell me, I'm fine."

Uncle Liu said: "After you left, Mr. Liu almost went crazy. He thought it was the young master's breach of trust, so he arrested you again. The quarrel did not come to fruition, but it made the young master think about arresting you." My wife is going to force you to show up. My wife has not recovered yet, she has been frightened a lot, and she said that you are gone and don't want her anymore, and then she said that she is Gege, she must have a manner of Gege, and she must not implicate her husband. One day, I hit my head against the wall... I couldn't save him, so I went."

I took a deep breath, wiped my face, and said, "Where are the children?"

"After something happened, Mr. Zou said he would take them to the north, but now I don't know where they are..."

I looked up at the ceiling and asked, "Where's Mr. Liu? Where's Yihang? Where are they?"

"They all joined the army and went to the front to fight..."

I nodded, and my eyes fell on Uncle Liu's face, the horizontal wrinkles almost buried his facial features.I said, "Uncle Liu...why don't you go with Mr. Zou...the family is gone..."

Just like back then, when I sent Yihang to Tianjin for drug rehabilitation, on the platform, my wife said to me: "You have your own reason for everything you do, and I will always stand by your side. But you have to remember, you can send anyone away, Just don’t let me get out, or I won’t scratch you to death!”

It turns out that I remember every word she said.But I didn't tell her to go, why did she go by herself?

Uncle Liu stood up tremblingly, stooped and went to the kitchen to get two potatoes, put them on the stove, and said, "I'm old, where else can I go?" He looked at me with a smile and said, "Today is your birthday , you should eat noodles. But now we are fighting again, life is very tight, and there is no noodle at home. I remember that you loved baked potatoes when you were young, so I guess you just tasted something new, but today, Uncle Liu can This is all I have for you..."

My birthday, I myself forgot.

Uncle Liu babbled and turned over Tudou: "You are also 40 years old, and your health is not good. No one is around, so you have to learn to take care of yourself. I have a good life in a few days, and you are still young... ..."

"Uncle Liu, what are you talking about!"

"Yes, don't say depressing words on your birthday, bah bah bah." He said and handed me a potato, "You like burnt ones, here you are."

After coming out of Dabeiguan, I touched the banana tree in the courtyard.It seems that everything is getting old, only it remains the same.Compared with human beings, the life of a tree is equal to a drop in the ocean, so he has a long youth.

I murmured: "I really envy you."

Through the twigs of the plantains, there is the study.There are still many good wines that I have collected for many years in the bookcase, and I probably have no chance to drink them.

As it was getting dark, I wandered freely on the road, but deliberately avoided Kasuga Town.Walking and walking, I found that the horse was heading east, crossed the small river, and headed all the way to Dongling.

With a thought in my mind, I came to the foot of the mountain, got off my horse and entered the mountain.After a while, the conspicuous bright yellow was caught in front of my eyes.I knelt down and patted his head affectionately. The horns on his head grew a little more, and there were obvious bifurcations, but it had been many years since I last saw him, and the speed was really slow. !

I smiled and said, "Is your pair of horns going to grow into the year of the monkey? You won't wait for thousands of years before you can transform into a dragon, right?"

Xiao Huang flicked his tail to express his dissatisfaction.I laughed all the way to Peng Darui's small courtyard, but found that there were almost no poultry.

Peng Darui came out to meet him, carrying a small satchel on his back.I pointed to the bag and asked, "Are you going down the mountain in exchange for food?"

Peng Darui said, "No."

"What is that for?"

"I'm going," he said, "I should have started long ago, but I figured you'd come to see me today, and I've been waiting for you."

"Wait for me? No, you can live well here, why should you go?"

Peng Daruiqiu's eyes under his bearded eyebrows flashed a trace of sadness. He looked at the sunset that was as round as an egg yolk in the sky, and said: "The inheritance of guardians relies on the spiritual power of nature, and now the spiritual power is getting thinner, and even the plants on the mountain are rare. Reiki, I need to survive, so I have to go to the uninhabited barren mountains."

I thought of the time I brought Qianjing here, it was obviously midsummer, but the grass and trees withered as I went deeper, could it be the reason for the loss of spiritual energy?

"You're gone, what about An Le...and my ancestor?"

Peng Darui said: "Dragon people are born with spiritual power. Before that, he forcibly changed the underground structure. Although it caused an earthquake in the mountain, it is very beneficial to his cultivation. After a few thousand years, he will be able to condense the body. .”

Thousands of years... At that time, I was no longer a handful of dead bones, but a handful of loess.

But for them, it was a flick of a finger.How unfair God is!

I sighed and said, "It's a pity, I wanted to have another drink with you, but I didn't have the chance."

Peng Darui said: "My lord, please allow me to say a few words."

I smiled and said, "What age is it? You still have to deal with it and talk about it. Don't you wait for me just to say these few words?"

He said: "The fate of today's imperial court is extremely short. Now Ziwei's star is dim, the army is in full swing, and the greedy wolf is also awakened. And you commit seven kills, which is the fate of the lone star. If one day, the dragon is trapped in the shallows, it will be You have to walk all the way to the southeast, and wait until you are surrounded by water, so you have a chance to break the lone star's evil spirit. Remember it."

He is revealing the secret to me.I hurriedly nodded, wrote down his words, and suddenly asked: "You have met Liu Guoqing, what kind of fate is he?"

Peng Darui said: "His fate is uncertain, good fortune is all in his own hands, and his subordinates dare not speak nonsense."

I smiled and said, "How do you listen...he will be more developed than me in the future?"

Peng Darui said again: "It's good and bad, good and bad depend on each other. Bad, it won't be absolutely bad, good, it won't be absolutely good, let's just let it happen."

With a full heart, I bid farewell to Peng Darui.Xiao Huang sent me down the mountain—he would stay in Dongling Mountain, while Da Huang and Peng Darui went.I think it's the little Huang Hualong who would benefit a lot from going underground to seek advice from his ancestors occasionally, so he parted ways with Peng Darui.

I feel better.At least there will be Xiao Huang staying in place, who can unswervingly remind me of the past that happened in Fengtian.

The author has something to say: the end is coming, the dawn is getting brighter and brighter!

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