Hibiscus blooms on the edge of the city wall

Sure enough, Mingcheng did not break his promise, Mingtai was indeed still alive, but was seriously injured.

When Mingtai was half asleep and half awake, he could always hear a woman crying, probably the eldest sister, Mingtai thought so.But when Mingtai woke up, the first person he saw was Xu Rumei.

"Are you awake? How do you feel?" Xu Rumei asked gently.

Mingtai looked at Xu Ru's red and swollen eyes, and asked uncertainly: "Have you been taking care of me these days?"

"Otherwise? Who else?" Xu Rumei asked with a smile.

"I'm fine. I just feel weak." Mingtai answered her first question.

"You've been in a coma for too long, it's normal, just rest for a while and you'll be fine."

"En." Mingtai nodded, expressionless.

Xu Rumei knew his knot, and wanted to enlighten him, so she said, "Want to talk to me?"

"What are you talking about?"

"I know you must have a lot of things to say right now, and a bunch of grievances you want to complain about. Say them all out, and I'll be your trash can." Xu Rumei coaxed Mingtai like she was coaxing a wronged little girl. child.

"I don't have anything to say." Mingtai buried his head in his knees, curled up, and his voice was muffled.

"You should be grateful to God, you are still alive." Xu Rumei pressed Mingtai's shoulder and said earnestly.It's just that this sentence touched Mingtai's tense nerves.He suddenly shouted: "Why do you want me to live? They are all dead, my team members, my comrades-in-arms, they are all dead, why do you want me to live?" Tears burst out instantly.

Xu Rumei sighed softly: "Do you still remember Dong Yan? The comrade who died to protect us on the Sakura, I only learned his name later. When we chose this path, we We have already disregarded life and death, we will die, maybe no one will know our existence after death, and our names will not be remembered by others. Living is a gift from God, and dying is a sacrifice for the country, no complaints and no regrets. Do It’s not that people in our business don’t understand that a good death is hard to come by, it’s just that for the sake of this family and the world, we can die without regrets!”

"I am not afraid of death, and they are not afraid of death, but we can't die like this. We have been betrayed by our own people, betrayed... and the person who betrayed us is our most trusted and respected teacher!" Mingtai wailed loudly Crying, venting all grievances, sadness, depression, unwillingness.

"The road we have taken is too difficult. There must be one or two minorities among them who cannot persevere, but we cannot give up our beliefs because of their betrayal. We must firmly believe that we are righteous and we are for our own people. And fight, victory will come!"

"But why is that person him? He is my teacher, the guide who led me into the secret service career. I respect him so much and trust him. In my heart, my teacher is a strong man, not A villain who is greedy for life and afraid of death!"

Xu Ru looked at Mingtai with unbearable eyebrows, took out a newspaper from the drawer, and handed it to Mingtai: "I don't know if I should let you know about this now, and I don't know if you will feel better after knowing it. , or even worse. But I think you have a right to know this. Look at this, and after reading it, maybe all your questions will be answered, and maybe you never will."

Mingtai took the newspaper, and saw a few large characters written on it, "The national army defeated the Japanese army in the third war zone", Mingtai's heart sank, and he read the entire report at a glance.Laughing self-deprecatingly, he fell onto the bed weakly, and the newspaper in his hand fluttered to the ground.

"What are we? Chess pieces?" Mingtai gritted his teeth and asked.

"For victory and for the majority of people to live, sometimes it is worth sacrificing the lives of a small number of people." Xu Rumei felt that her words were too cruel.

"But why us? Guo Qiyun, he has been with him for so long, he said that I am his most proud student, and Yu Manli, she has suffered so much... and himself, He even counted himself in…”

"Perhaps because you are the best, you are the best bait. It's cruel, but realistic."

"Manli...Manli...she keeps saying she loves me, but I never responded to her. Before she jumped that day, I should have told her that when this task is completed, I will Take her to meet my eldest sister, to meet my family, she always wanted to meet my family members... but she couldn't see her... On the city wall, she cut the rope herself to keep me alive... on the 76th Helping the bastard, even her corpse, how can you be so cruel?" Mingtai cried in pain.

Xu Rumei wiped away the tears from her face, and retreated gently. She knew that Mingtai needed to be alone for a while now.The one who can comfort him now is not her, but the girl named Yu Manli. Unfortunately, she is already dead.

Even though she had already prepared herself, Mingfu still couldn't help crying when she saw Mingtai.

Kneeling in front of Ming Jing, seeing her sad and uncontrollable, Mingtai felt sorry for her sister more and more, and cried guiltily: "Mingtai is unfilial, made my sister fearful and suffered countless grievances, sister, please beat me and scold me." But before he finished speaking, Ming Jing hugged him in his arms, like a lost and recovered treasure, weeping so hard that his heart broke.Mingtai wanted to comfort his sister, and stretched out his hand to test Ming Jing's tears, but Ming Jing saw his hand, and Ming Jing choked up and said, "Let sister see your hand."

Ming Jing sat on the chair, Ming Tai was still kneeling, he slowly passed a pair of hands to Ming Jing's eyes, his slender fingers were full of scars, the broken armor was newly born, like tender buds.

Ming Jing's distressed tears fell straight down on Ming Tai's broken armor, Ming Ming's fingers twitched, Ming Jing quickly held it in his palm and asked, "Does it hurt?"

"It doesn't hurt." Mingtai endured the pain and said with a smile, "It's gone."

"Get up, get up and sit down."

Mingcheng quickly brought a small stool for Mingtai and let him sit under Mingjing's lap.

Ming Jing carefully looked at Ming Tai's hand, tears flashed in his eyes, and asked Ming Tai to untie his shirt, but Ming Tai didn't dare to untie it, for fear that she would cry again after seeing it, so he said with a smile: "It's okay, everything is fine." never mind."

But the more he covers up like this, the more he needs to see through the mirror.Mingtai had no choice but to unbutton his jacket, take off half of his shirt at the crook of his arm, Mingjing saw the mottled scars on Mingtai's body, and burst into tears: "I told you to study, study, I told you to study hard. You unfilial thing! You are going to die, how can I explain to your dead mother? Okay, why did you go this way? You think I love you, so you lie to me, all of you lie to me! At the end of the day, have you ever thought about my sister?" Ming Jing was physically and mentally exhausted, and the grievances that had been accumulated for a long time finally burst out.

Mingfu leaned in Mingcheng's arms, crying, and heard Mingjing crying so sadly, she persuaded: "Eldest sister, don't do this, don't cry, don't you cry like this, little brother will be more sad? My brother is not in good health yet!"

After hearing this, Ming Jing felt that what Mingfu said was right, so he took out a handkerchief and wiped away his tears, and said, "You see my sister crying, and you feel sad, but my sister sees you being tortured like this, what am I going to do?" ?”

Mingtai lowered his head, Mingjing stroked his hair, Mingtai simply buried his head in her lap. "Sister, I promise you that when the war of resistance is won, I will definitely listen to you, become a scholar, and be filial to you." Mingtai said in a muffled voice.

"Okay, when the time comes, marry another beautiful and virtuous daughter-in-law, and your elder brother, Ah Cheng, Xiao Fu, you will give me a bunch of white and fat little nephews." A face is a vision of the future.

Mingtai felt a pain in his heart when he heard this, but he didn't dare to show it on his face, he forced a smile and said: "I'll listen to my sister."

Mingtai looked up and saw the cardboard box Mingcheng put on the table, and immediately changed the subject: "What's in the cardboard box?"

Mingcheng jokingly replied: "It's all your relics."

Ming Jing immediately glared at him, Ming Cheng suddenly realized that such a joke cannot be made in front of the eldest sister, and quickly changed his words: "I said something wrong, our young master has a good fortune, and if you survive a catastrophe, you will have good fortune! "

Mingjing remained silent with a cold face, but Mingtai got up and opened the cardboard box, which contained all the things he carried with him when he was arrested that day, including a lighter, cigarettes, and the watch Wang Tianfeng gave him.Mingtai lowered his head and asked in a hoarse voice, "How is Big Brother?"

Mingcheng immediately said: "Brother, he misses you very much, but it's not convenient to come here. He asked me to tell you that you must keep this watch with you all your life, and don't lose it." Mingcheng spoke solemnly, and Mingtai could hear it. heavy.Everything is too clear, in front of the graveyard, what he killed was still his comrade-in-arms, the guide on his way of resistance, and even the mentor he respected forever!They are all dead chess pieces in the "Dead Room" plan, but the difference is that he is still alive, because he has two older brothers who want to protect him at all costs!

The atmosphere relaxed a lot, and everyone took advantage of the interest and chatted leisurely for a while.Seeing that Mingtai's hair was a bit dirty, Mingjing proposed to wash her hair. Mingfu was hinted by Mingcheng, so she found Mingtai's dirty clothes in the room and took them outside for washing.

There were only Mingcheng and Mingtai left in the room, Mingtai immediately changed his face, he pushed Mingcheng fiercely to the corner, Mingcheng was caught off guard for a moment, and almost lost his footing.

"Are you serious, kid?" Mingcheng said angrily.

"Why?" Mingtai's anger remained undiminished, he casually picked up the cardboard box at hand, and threw it at Mingcheng.

Mingcheng barely escaped: "Why are you so crazy?"

"My brother, my comrades-in-arms are all gone, only I live, alone! Why? I want to know why?"

Mingcheng shouted angrily: "Do you think you are sad alone? The torture we endure in our hearts is many times more than you don't know! Yes, you are a dead chess, but do you know that when the elder brother chooses you to be a dead chess, How determined are you?"

Ming Jing heard the sound of fighting in the room outside, and wanted to go in to persuade the fight, but was stopped by Ming Fu: "Sister, let the two of them vent."

Ming Jing thought about it, but was still worried, so he shouted loudly: "Ah Cheng, be careful, Mingtai's injury is not healed yet!"

Mingcheng in the room was stunned for a moment when he heard this, and was hit by a pillow thrown by Mingtai. Before Mingcheng could fight back, he heard Mingtai's hysterical cry: "Dead chess? I This dead piece can survive, my brother, why did he die? And Yu Manli, she is my half life? You tell me, I want to know the truth!"

Mingcheng roared: "The truth is the victory in the third war zone, and we have taken another big step towards victory in the War of Resistance!"

Mingtai was completely stunned, and fell to the ground without saying a word.

Mingcheng saw Mingtai's appearance, patted him on the shoulder, and couldn't bear to say: "Mingtai, don't do this."

Mingtai buried his head on his knees, his shoulders trembled slightly, and wept sadly.Mingcheng was also very sad. He raised his hand to wipe the tears from the corners of his eyes, took out a wedding photo from his pocket, and handed it to Mingtai: "You should keep this as a souvenir."

Mingtai took the photo with tears in his eyes, and saw Yu Manli and himself smiling brightly. Mingtai's hand was stroking Yu Manli's cheek, and tears fell on the photo.Mingtai finally lost control and cried bitterly.

Mingcheng sighed silently in his heart, and quietly backed out.As soon as Mingcheng went out, he received worried looks from Mingjing and Mingfu. Mingcheng lowered his head, looking like he was waiting to be reprimanded, and said in a low voice, "Eldest sister, don't worry, I have my sense of proportion."

Ming Jing glared at Ming Cheng, and said angrily, "You, since you were young, you never knew how to let him go."

"I...well, it's been my fault since I was a child." Mingcheng managed to raise his anger, and when he saw Ming Jing's eyes, he instantly faltered, drooping his head, with a look of daring to speak out. look.

After finally seeing Mingcheng's deflated look, Mingfu thought it was funny, and couldn't help but burst out laughing.Mingcheng's dissatisfied eyes immediately passed by, and Mingfu immediately stopped smiling.Softly appease the elder sister: "Elder sister, don't worry, I'll go and see the younger brother."

Ming Jing nodded, and said: "Okay, go and persuade him not to be too sad, health is important."

"Don't worry, sister." Mingfu agreed.

Mingfu pushed open the door and saw Mingtai sitting on the ground leaning against the bed, crying bitterly.Mingfu stood aside, quietly looking at Mingtai.

After a long time, Mingtai gradually stopped crying, and then Mingfu took a handkerchief and gently wiped away the tears on Mingtai's face bit by bit.She asked softly, "Crying out, does it feel better?"

Mingtai didn't answer her, and stared at the photo in his hand without blinking.Mingfu followed Mingtai's gaze and looked at the young girl in the photo. The girl in the photo smiled brightly and happily, and even the people who saw the photo were also moved. When they took this photo, they must have been very happy.Ming Fu thought so.

"Who is this girl?" Mingfu asked softly.

"She is my half life." Mingtai cried hoarsely, and his voice was pitiful: "She has always wanted to see my family, she wanted to see you, she said you are a good girl, and she wanted to make friends with you " Mingtai paused for a moment, then continued: "I originally planned to take her home after her mission was over and introduce her to you, but she..." Mingtai choked up again as he spoke. stand up.

Mingfu was afraid that Mingtai would cry again, so she quickly answered, "At first glance, she is a good girl!"

Mingtai took a breath, raised his head, and swallowed back his tears. "Yes, she is a good girl, she is the best girl in the world."

"What's her name?" Mingfu looked at Mingtai distressedly, with tears in her eyes.

"Her name is Yu Manli."

A sentence suddenly came to Mingtai's mind, "Life is hard, but death is like it." He said it was Tao Yuanming's self-sacrifice, but she said it was hers too.