Chapter 15 Chapter Fourteen

Lu Xiaolong's favorite idiom in the summer of 1966 was "take risks". The rhythm of the four characters is as steely as the iron chains of an iron lock bridge, and it contains a bold and adventurous spirit.Close your eyes, a word "collar" and a word "walk" vividly draw the image of the characters: that is the image of crossing the mountains and valleys on the iron chain bridge, that is the image of adventuring through the thorns and quagmire.If you take risks, you may not succeed, and if you don't take risks, you cannot succeed. When the "reckless" entered his body and became one with the bones, he felt a kind of cold fearlessness.

Another idiom he likes is "a big bloomer who blooms late".The first round of revolution in Beiqing Middle School uncovered Jia Kun and Mina, as a very superficial move has passed.In the second round of revolution, a group of students posted big-character posters rebelling against the school leaders, and some people posted big-character posters protecting the school leaders. The leaders of both sides became influential figures in Beiqing Middle School.In this round of revolution, Lu Xiaolong did not take any action.There have been many budding student leaders in the school, and various rebel organizations have emerged, and he still looks at them coldly.In the third round of revolution, the school came to the working group. The working group of Beiqing Middle School is a small detachment affiliated to the working group of Beiqing University.When the conflicts between the rebels and the working group occurred simultaneously in Beiqing University and Beiqing Middle School, the working group of Beiqing University, with the support of the central government, labeled the ten-thousand-person denunciation meeting two days ago as a "counter-revolutionary incident" and started To track down counter-revolutionaries among the students, the working group of Beiqing Middle School also began to rectify the students.For a time, the school was shrouded in a horrible atmosphere, and many teachers and students really recalled the anti-rightist history in China in 1957.Just when those activists were getting flustered, a big-character poster by Lu Xiaolong suddenly appeared on the column of decadent big-character posters.On the four big-character posters written on yellow paper, the first piece of paper was a big headline: "The general direction of the working group is wrong!" ".

This world is a world of contradictions and conflicts, and all voices show influence in the struggle against opposites.The greater the opposition you oppose, the greater your influence. "Appearing against the wind" is a kind of adventure, and it is also the easiest to cause a sensation.Lu Xiaolong's big-character poster caused an uproar on the campus that had been silent for two days, and people stood densely in front of the big-character poster at the entrance of the cafeteria.From this day on, Lu Xiaolong became the most eye-catching figure in Beiqing Middle School.When the working group of Beiqing Middle School began to clean up this new development of class struggle, this big-character poster had been copied and posted in the central area of ​​the Beiqing University big-character poster, and it also became the focus of public opinion in Beiqing University.On the big-character poster column appeared the big slogan "Salute to Lu Xiaolong, the young revolutionary of Beiqing Middle School!" Of course, there were more big-character posters to encircle and suppress Lu Xiaolong.

Immediately, Lu Xiaolong became the central figure in the political and public opinion of Beiqing University.As his big-character posters were copied by various colleges and universities, he soon became a news figure in the Cultural Revolution in Beijing. At the same time, Hu Changsheng, the number two figure in the rebel faction of Beiqing University, stood up to the high pressure of the working group to track down the counter-revolutionaries, and posted a post titled "Kicking the Working Group to Create Revolution - Inspiration from the middle school teenager Lu Xiaolong's big-character poster" "The big-character poster further expanded the fire that Lu Xiaolong ignited.Under the command of the working group, the criticism offensive against Hu Changsheng and Lu Xiaolong spread overwhelmingly in Beiqing University, and Beiqing Middle School was also plastered with big-character posters condemning Lu Xiaolong.Just when many people were worried about Lu Xiaolong, Lu Xiaolong continued to act under the encouragement of "taking risks".Since he was a child, he has always been an ordinary child who has never attracted much attention from people. Now, more than a thousand pairs of eyes in the whole school are following him, and it is worth the risk just for this feeling.Like iron pins around a magnet, a group of students began to gather around him, which gave him a sense of excitement.He decided to start the first organized action in this great social turmoil: to initiate the establishment of the Beiqing Middle School Red Guards.

When a group of seven people were still entrenched in the campus at the end of the night, they quietly passed through the gap in the wall behind the school like scouts on a special mission, walked across the single-plank bridge over the small river behind the wall, passed through a birch forest, and After crossing several fish ponds and walking a section of dirt road, we stepped into the ruins of Yuanmingyuan in the darkness before dawn.The field in the east has just revealed the dawn in the grass, a piece of iron-blue twilight through the sparse bushes, outlining the black earth into a thick and blurred landscape, the grass on the slopes is undulating like a silent flame, and a few crumbling Carved and arched stone gates stand on the ruins of boulders.

They sat in a circle with their arms around their knees on the ruins of the Old Summer Palace surrounded by grass.An owl hooted mournfully in the hazy tree shadows. Lu Xiaolong sat on the highest place, the rough boulders under his buttocks were still wet with dew.His words were very simple: many middle schools had begun to set up Red Guards, and Beiqing Middle School should also set up Red Guards, and to become a Red Guard of the highest level and participate in an unprecedented revolution.Each then delivered some of the most furious and courageous speeches of the age, words which, decades later, would have seemed ridiculous to some of them in retrospect, yet, in that dim dawn , They chose the ruins that recorded the national humiliation to hold this ceremony, which undoubtedly showed the solemn mood at that time.

Lu Xiaolong felt the enjoyment of being in power for the first time in this gathering.The dark wind blows from behind, depicting the forbidding atmosphere of the ruins lined with strange rocks, and the swearing-in ceremony he designed gave him a sense of leadership for the first time. They swore to fight to defend Chairman Mao and to defend the red country.The oath drafted by Lu Xiaolong himself, he led to recite one sentence, and everyone swore one sentence.In the oath, it specifically mentioned the organizational discipline of the Red Guards: resolutely obey the leadership of the Red Guards headquarters.This has established Lu Xiaolong's authoritative position from the very beginning.All seven of them will be members of Beiqing High School's future Red Guard headquarters, and Lu Xiaolong is a natural core figure.The dawn revealed light from the east behind Lu Xiaolong, illuminating the faces of the other six people surrounding Lu Xiaolong. For the first time in his life, Lu Xiaolong observed the people around him from the perspective of a leader, and he had a very unusual feeling.

The first person sitting on Lu Xiaolong's left hand was Zhu Lihong who beat Mina to pieces that day.This girl from the same class found Lu Xiaolong on the day he posted the big-character poster, and she said: "I firmly support you! Let's do it together." Lu Xiaolong emotionally did not accept this short, pudgy girl with blistered eyes. The imaginary political partner was not such a person. However, Zhu Lihong’s very mysterious sentence allowed them to communicate. She told him that the working group was not sent by Chairman Mao, but was decided by other people in the central government. She knew the background here.Her father was in the Ministry of Health and was responsible for the health care of the central head.Sooner or later the working group will collapse, because sooner or later the people at the top who support it will also collapse.She said enviously at the time: "I wanted to put up big-character posters, but I told you to be the first."

Lu Xiaolong was very grateful for his decisive action of posting the big-character poster.It is precisely because of this political capital that others cannot seize that people like Zhu Lihong have to belong to his banner.When Zhu Lihong was sitting here to make a speech, apart from his passionate statement, he was actually vying for the position of No. 2 person besides Lu Xiaolong. She was showing off her upper-level background and exaggerating her sensitivity in this area. She repeated more than once how she colluded with Lu Xiaolong after Lu Xiaolong just posted the big-character poster.

Of course Lu Xiaolong understood the subtext.In the process of fighting for the No. 2 position, Zhu Lihong did not dare to deny his No. 1 position. What she did actually strengthened Lu Xiaolong's position.During the first day of organizing activities, Lu Xiaolong understood what a center of power is.The six people present today were all for him, and their rivalry had cemented his leadership from the start.If there were only him and Zhu Lihong as the core, there might often be conflicts where no one obeys the other. The second person next to Zhu Lihong on the left is also a girl, in the first grade of junior high school, named Tian Xiaoli.He has a nice round face, a lean body, thin lips, and speaks as fast as a bird. He is a cadre's son and likes to take risks. When she saw Lu Xiaolong's big-character poster, she immediately went to him and said, "I admire you , The big-character poster you wrote is the first high-level big-character poster in Beiqing Middle School. They all eat farts with the wind, only you are the top of the mountain and do not bend down, I will follow you."

In her fiery speech like bamboo firecrackers, there was a kind of irrepressible excitement, which was more fun than a child running and setting off firecrackers during the New Year.Her background made her no stranger to upper-class life in China, so she didn't care too much about Zhu Lihong's ostentatious exaggeration. Her excitement lies in the establishment of the Red Guards. Once the Red Guards are established, they can work with great fanfare and become famous all over Beijing. Turning around again, sitting in front of him was a high school boy named Huang Hai.In the cool breeze of dawn, he was wearing an old military uniform and sitting cross-legged, with the air of a young man in the army.He chose the position opposite to Lu Xiaolong, which meant that he was equal to Lu Xiaolong in this group.In the previous wave of Beiqing Middle School, he wrote a bunch of big-character posters and became a man of the hour.He has his sense of independence and his desire to lead.After reading Lu Xiaolong's big-character posters, he communicated with Lu Xiaolong as a completely equal person, and he was quite self-righteous about the influence he had established in the previous period of movement. However, Lu Xiaolong still pulled him away with his heart of uniting people. come over.It may be that Lu Xiaolong's simplicity and ease gave the other party psychological satisfaction.At that time, Huang Hai once rebelliously said: "We two work together, who is Marx and who is Engels will be formed naturally." He must feel that his eloquent writing ability is suitable for playing the role of Marx, while Lu Xiaolong is only suitable for playing the auxiliary role. However, as soon as he sat here today, he realized that Lu Xiaolong's position as the leader of this small group is temporarily unshakable, and his big-character posters are a huge political capital. Huang Hai, with his short-shaved head, always had a profound look on his face, and he expressed some unique and theoretical views.Lu Xiaolong knew that what he could finally implement was the most basic action plan he proposed.Faced with Huang Hai's performance, Lu Xiaolong understood that if a person wants to maintain leadership, among other factors, he must be the first to put forward a program of action.When your platform of action truly represents all or most of what can be done next, you have the power to rally and lead.Lu Xiaolong was wary of Huang Hai at first, but when he saw Huang Hai's ambitious performance, he felt that Huang Hai's performance had aroused disgust and rejection from other people, so Zhu Lihong often looked at Huang Hai with scrutiny.Seeing this clearly, Lu Xiaolong became really calm and lenient. In this group, he can still maintain the habit of reticence, and let other people talk endlessly. More stable in friction. Next to the Yellow Sea, sitting in the front right is another high school boy named Tang Beisheng, who is also a child of a cadre. In stark contrast to Huang Hai, he is a man with a calm personality and a happy smile, with three horizontal lines on his forehead and an old-fashioned face like a middle-aged man.In his eyes, the Cultural Revolution seems to be similar to participating in a middle school sports meeting, a busy and happy event.He is one of Lu Xiaolong's few friends.When he appeared in this group, he felt the excitement of political activities. In his words, this is the same as the first congress of the Communist Party. We need to establish our own organization and our own core.He talked about very specific things calmly and calmly, Lu Xiaolong thought, he probably has no problem with his loyalty, and he doesn't mind too much about other people's sharp-edged performance.This kind of person is the glue in an organization.In this pre-dawn event, Lu Xiaolong was delighted to have so many new experiences.He discovered that the mystery of power can only be truly discovered in the process of using it.And the mystery of the leader can only be truly grasped in the position of the leader.His vision has undergone a complete change, and the word "direct line" even jumped out of his mind. Tang Beisheng undoubtedly belongs to his "direct line". Next to Tang Beisheng is another boy named Song Fa.He has very black sword eyebrows, very black eyes, and a very red face. When he speaks, he always stares flatly at the eyes, and there is a little beard on his cheeks.He is the only child of poor and lower-middle peasants in this group. Although there is a natural gap with the children of cadres, he is bound together by the same sacred theme today. He will undoubtedly think more carefully about political right and wrong.He is not as impassioned and serious as Zhu Lihong, nor as fearless as Tian Xiaoli, who plays politics as a game, nor as ambitious as Huang Hai, nor as leisurely as Tang Beisheng. He is very serious and knows everything he does. Think twice.This kind of temperament of him is quite in line with Lu Xiaolong. With such a character in the group, things will be more serious and solemn. Coming again, next to Lu Xiaolong's right hand is Hua Jun, a girl from the same class.She had sought this spot next to her from the beginning.This girl with flushed cheeks and an old lady-like face is also a child of a cadre. Her appearance did not surprise Lu Xiaolong at all.She has been very friendly to him for several years, as if Lu Xiaolong is someone who needs her constant care. Today, without anyone's instructions, when the dawn gave enough light, she took out her small notebook and started simple records, willingly playing the role of Lu Xiaolong's helper.In the past, Lu Xiaolong never wanted to face up to this ugly face. However, when she quickly took notes and spoke in accord with his intentions, she really highlighted her leadership position.Hua Jun also said in particular: "The core of our organization is Lu Xiaolong. He bears the greatest responsibility and risk, and also makes the greatest contribution. We should think about him for him when we do anything, and ask him for help if there is any situation." Report, we must strengthen internal organizational discipline." Such words undoubtedly created a new atmosphere, like a hoop that bound everyone together. The light from the east has spread across the land, and the ruins of the Old Summer Palace in the grassy hillside reveal the whole picture, and the reed ponds, woods, rice fields, villages, and smoke in the distance paint a picture of the early morning.The surrounding world grew bigger, and the group seemed even smaller.However, Lu Xiaolong felt the power in his hands: with a political program and an organization, he could conquer the world. A small phenomenon in nature attracted their attention.Two little squirrels ran down from a nearby pine tree. They ran and jumped on the slopes and stones one after the other.After a series of chasing and frolicking games, they came to a stop on a thick, lying branch, with one squirrel riding on top of another.The squirrel below was motionless with its clever eyes, and the little squirrel above was motionless with its big fluffy tail.Against the sky, these two little yellow squirrels are exquisitely drawn, with shiny gray eyes.Tian Xiaoli looked up at her happy little round face and asked curiously: "What are they doing?" Several students who grew up in the city naturally couldn't understand what it meant.Lu Xiaolong grew up in a mountain village. He knew that these animals lived like pigs, sheep, cows and horses. He hesitated and did not open his mouth, but Song Fa, the only poor and lower-middle peasant boy among the seven, said impatiently: "They are getting married." What?" Several students were stunned, and after guessing something, they smiled unnaturally. It was only then that Lu Xiaolong realized that among the three girls in this small group, only Tian Xiaoli was a little handsome, and Zhu Lihong and Hua Jun on the left and right were too difficult to grow up.He couldn't help but think again of the pretty girl he met by the fountain of the Sun Moon Altar that day.Why can't she sit on her left and right hands?