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An Rushan entered the ruined temple and did not come out for a long time.Ma Congrong sat on a tree stump on the side of the mountain road outside, wanting to rest his legs.Andre temporarily forgot about the vegetable soup, and squatted quietly beside Ma Congrong like a huge and docile beast.

Previously, he thought that the secretary-general had absconded with the money and that he and the commander-in-chief had parted ways; looking at it now, it seemed that they were still a family.He likes to see the secretary-general and the commander-in-chief together. The commander-in-chief is naturally good, but he is too serious. The secretary-general is different. The secretary-general smiles and down-to-earth, making people feel that everything has turned around and made a mistake. It's easy to say.He lowered his head and put the small iron basin in his hand on the ground. He saw that the Secretary-General's calves and ankles protruding from the trousers were all wiped with soil. Revealed.It still doesn't look like it after being wiped with dirt, but if you cover your head and face with a big straw hat, you can deal with it from a distance.

While waiting for An Rushan, Ma Congrong asked Andre, "How long has the commander been ill?"

Andre lost confidence in his Chinese again, and murmured: "In Tianjin, let's start."

Ma Congrong nodded and sighed, suspecting that Huo Xiangzhen was suffering from a sudden illness.People can live and die in sorrow. His defeat in Tianjin was like a mountain. On the day of his retreat, it rained so heavily, it was like "the heaven and the earth cry together."

Raising his hand to touch Andre's blond hair that had been dried out by the sun, Ma Congrong asked again: "Where are the others? Why are you the only one?"

Andre put his chin on his knees: "Go to the forest and eat rabbits."

Ma Congrong cursed, and then patted Andre on the back: "My lord, you are very good."

Andre was not flattered, but only opened a pair of blue eyes and looked into the distance.He is a foreigner. He has been in exile in China for more than ten years, and there is still a layer of estrangement between him and the outside world. On the contrary, he has more temper with Huo Xiangzhen. Although Huo Xiangzhen's temper is by no means good, black is black and white is white. He knew it at a glance.

After a long time, An Rushan walked out from the end of the mountain road with his head down.Ma Congrong got up immediately: "Commander An, how are you doing?"

An Rushan raised his head in front of him, with a helpless wry smile on his face: "That's why I'm going, he has to be in a hurry to change someone!"

Ma Congrong's heart sank immediately: "Do you disagree?"

An Rushan nodded, his wry smile gradually turned into a sad face, and he lowered his voice and asked Ma Congrong: "Secretary-General, what do you think should be done? I heard his panting sound is not right, it really looks like a lung." There's something wrong with it."

Ma Congrong had great hope just now, but now his hope suddenly turned into disappointment, which made him stare at An Rushan in a daze.Huo Xiangzhen had the highest opinion of An Rushan, and An Rushan couldn't persuade him, and it was useless to fight by himself.An Rushan asked a good question - what should I do?

After settling his mind and using his brain, Ma Congrong tried his best to make himself calm: "Commander An, the commander-in-chief has some opinions on me. He met me just now, and he may still be angry now! When he calms down in the evening, please come again." Go and chatter with him. Don’t be afraid to speak out if you have a reason, let’s break it up and slowly persuade him. What do you think?”

An Rushan has a lot of research on fighting, but he is a little confused about the worldly ways.Ma Congrong's speech was always reasonable, so he had to agree: "Ah... the secretary-general is also right."

At this moment, Huo Xiangzhen walked out of the ruined temple shaking.Ma Congrong immediately raised his eyes to look at him—under the sun, his military uniform became more and more dirty to the point of stinging, but he still held his head high, and his body was propped up by a breath of heat, and his body was stretched again. took up his uniform.Walking up to the three of them step by step, he first looked at Ma Congrong with sharp eyes, and a layer of blackness lingered between his brows: "When you come, you will make trouble!"

Then he raised his chin at An Rushan again: "Send him down the mountain!"

An Rushan vaguely agreed after assessing the situation, while Huo Xiangzhen continued to take a difficult step forward: "Andre, let's go!"

Andre said nothing, picked up the small iron basin and followed him.

When he was far away, Ma Congrong asked An Rushan, "What are you going to do, Commander?"

An Rushan opened his arms and made a gesture: "This section of the defense line is under his control, and he has to go through it every day."

Ma Congrong turned his head to look down the mountain: "I don't think the fighting these days is too intense."

An Rushan replied in a low voice: "Yes, they can't attack, we can't fight out, both sides are exhausted!"

Ma Congrong looked around at the vast Cangcang Mountains around him: "Have you been staying in the mountains?"

An Rushan raised his finger and pointed at Jiangshan, thinking that everything was obvious, so he only generalized: "This area is very important."

Then he changed the subject and asked Ma Congrong with a heavy heart: "Secretary-General, can you invite a doctor for us? Money is easy to talk about, as much as you want, as long as you are really capable."

Ma Congrong shook his head and sighed with a smile: "Commander An, do you think that in the current situation, which brilliant doctor would dare to come to this place? Unless it is for me to find a way to tie one up, who would dare to use the tied doctor? Besides There are a lot of machines to be used for Western medicine, taking pictures and testing, so I can’t move the whole hospital here, can I?”

An Rushan thought about it and said, "That old Englishman who always goes to the commander's mansion..."

Ma Congrong intercepted his words: "Dr. Taylor is trustworthy, but he is too old. I can only call him from Beijing to Tianjin. If he is not willing to go further, I can't force him."

An Rushan took two steps back, sat on the stump where Ma Congrong had sat, and remained silent for a long time.

Huo Xiangzhen didn't know where she went, and she didn't come back until evening.Breaking into a sweat, he entered the ruined temple, and met An Rushan and Ma Congrong head-on.

An Rushan helped him to sit firmly on the pony, and ordered Andre to go out to boil hot water and make tea.He squatted side by side with Ma Congrong, An Rushan spoke for the second time, and repeated the old tune from a different angle - this time he did not directly mention Huo Xiangzhen's illness, but only analyzed the current battle situation from the solar terms and terrain, and finally came to a conclusion , I believe that a war will not break out in the short term.And during this rare period of peace, the general should cure his illness immediately, so as not to die before he is ready to teach, and make the hero burst into tears.

Because An Rushan was really uneducated, he never dragged his words. Today, he accidentally used an ancient poem. Ma Congrong heard it, and felt like a curse, but he didn't say anything, just let him say it.When his long and confusing speech was over, Ma Congrong took a look at Huo Xiangzhen's face, and at the same time knelt down on his knees: "Master, I beg you together with Commander An."

An Rushan's words have weight, but given his age and status, it is not easy to kneel to Huo Xiangzhen, and Ma Congrong knows that his knees are worthless, so kneeling is nothing, so he uses words to combine An Rushan and himself , to increase the intensity of my kneeling.

Huo Xiangzhen glanced at them, her eyelids seemed to weigh a thousand catties.Outside in the afternoon, he coughed up two more mouthfuls of blood.If the outcome of this battle can be resolved immediately, then he will definitely not want to treat the disease; but if the two sides want to spend a protracted battle and let him "die before he wins the battle", he will really die with regret.

Death is not the same as suicide.When he was cornered, he didn't care about shooting himself; but now that he hadn't reached the corner, he was unwilling to let him die.

Both An Rushan and Ma Congrong saw that he was faintly about to move, and immediately stepped up their offensive.When Andre entered the temple to hold the lamp, An Rushan was still saying earnestly that Ma Congrong was in charge of slipping, and he and An Rushan were in harmony.And Huo Xiangzhen leaned back against the wall as if unable to hold back, half-closed his eyes and just remained silent.

After nightfall, Andre stood at the gate of the temple and saw An Rushan and Ma Congrong changing Huo Xiangzhen's clothes.On the way down the mountain, they had to pass through a checkpoint of the revolutionary army. The checkpoint was very loose, but Huo Xiangzhen could not be allowed to walk out so swaggeringly.It was really difficult to cover for Huo Xiangzhen. First of all, he was too big, and he would be a tall man wherever he was placed; secondly, he was too imposing, so it was not suitable for him to play any role, he had to be a general.After he put on a robe that didn't fit well, An Rushan personally escorted him and Ma Congrong down the mountain.At the foot of the mountain, the road became wide and flat. When Ma Congrong came, he rode in a large carriage. At this moment, the carriage and driver were still waiting for him on the road.

Huo Xiangzhen got into the carriage, accompanied by Adjutant Li.Originally, I wanted to take Andre, but Andre's appearance was too eye-catching, and he was not suitable for publicity.Lieutenant Li was fair and tender, he didn't look like a soldier at all, and his mind was clever enough, so he was the most suitable candidate.

An Rushan did not continue to see the carriage off, but stood on the mountain road and watched the carriage go away.When Ma Congrong was about to board the car, An Rushan threatened him with both inside and outside words—if the commander-in-chief's trip went wrong, he surrendered his guns and surrendered, and he would immediately go to Tianjin to screw the secretary-general's little head off!

Ma Congrong is not talking nonsense. Although he has experienced several dangers along the way, the road after road has been completely seamless, without wasting a minute of time or running an extra mile.Huo Xiangzhen didn't know what route he was taking, anyway, he sat in the big carriage for a whole night, got off at dawn, and he was surprised to see the barren beach and the sea.

A simple pier was built by the sea, and a small steamer was waiting.Ma Congrong grabbed his arm tightly and led him across the trestle to the boat.There was a narrow bed in the cabin, and Ma Congrong helped him to sit, with one hand on his back: "Master, you rest, I'll get you something to eat and drink."

Huo Xiangzhen was a little dazed: "Where is this place?"

Ma Congrong said with a smile: "This is not far from Qinhuangdao, let's go back to Tianjin by water, the water is safe."

The small steamer pulled anchor and set off, Ma Congrong also brought a cup of washed lotus root starch, and fed it to Huo Xiangzhen with a small spoon.Huo Xiangzhen looked out through the round porthole, and at the same time said in a hoarse voice, "You're pretty good at making sense."

Ma Congrong suppressed the ecstasy in his heart, not daring to lose his composure prematurely: "I don't have the strategy to do big things; I'm sure to think more carefully than anyone else when doing small things."

Huo Xiangzhen looked up at him: "Do you know that I will definitely be able to go with you?"

Ma Congrong immediately shook his head: "Then how can I know? I just made preparations in advance, there is still one in thousands of miles, right?"

He caressed Huo Xiangzhen along his hair, once and for all, as if he had tasted it: "Master, don't be angry with me. I have been with you for 30 years, and this is the only time I have lost my temper? Now I know I was wrong. Now, your lord has a lot, don't be as knowledgeable as me."

Huo Xiangzhen was sitting on the small bed, her head was getting heavier and heavier, her muscles and bones were originally cold and sore, but now that Ma Congrong gently caressed her, it turned out to be like ice meeting fire, her tall and big frame was about to become loose and out of joint, until it melts and collapses.

A mouthful of thin lotus root powder flowed out from the corner of his mouth. He let out a long breath under Ma Congrong's touch, and then he jumped forward and plunged into the darkness.

Ma Congrong was wary of being followed, so he went by land when he went and returned by sea, preferring to spend more time and trouble.The small steamer is a French ship, which entered the Haihe River via Tanggu grandly, and docked at the wharf in the French Concession.

Huo Xiangzhen was dragged ashore by Adjutant Li and Ma Congrong.Since Ma Congrong left home, Ma Zhai's car has been waiting at the pier day and night.Now Huo Xiangzhen was directly stuffed into the car, and Ma Congrong sat beside him and hugged him, as if hugging a heavy and huge trophy.It seems that things are afraid of doing things, he thought, if he made such a move, wouldn't he really get the person back?

Of course, getting it back doesn't mean keeping it, but at least he is living in front of his eyes at the moment, which is better than crying at home alone in nightmares.It's man-made, just wait and see!