Chapter 8 Chapter Seven: The Dangerous Shanghai-Nanjing Road

After hearing the "legend" between Su Guanlan and sister Qiong, Ling Yunzhu and his wife were amazed.Song Subo said: "This song should only exist in the sky, how many times can we hear it in the world!" The professor said: "Remember my prophecy: every extraordinary beginning must have an extraordinary ending." The two young men and women have already returned to reality.Su Guanlan looked at the girl's attire: "No wonder I look familiar." "No, you bought this for me!" "Does it fit you well?" "It's like I made it myself!" Ding Jieqiong remembered the original topic, "Guanlan, why didn't you go back to Songju Hospital?"

Su Guanlan faltered, speechless. "You made me wait so hard, and you also made the old dean and A Luo wait so hard! You never returned, and there was no news. The sender's address written on the package is 'Jessfield Road 40.' No. 1'. The old dean asked someone to ask, and it turned out that although there is this house number, there has never been a 'Su Guanlan' there!" Su Guanlan pretended to be "No. 401 Gesfield Road" because St. John's University is on this road, but the house number is 1575. "I don't think about food and drink, and I wash my face with tears all day." Ding Jieqiong choked up, "The old director asked Ah Luo to accompany me all the time. I was afraid that I would not die in the stormy waves, but be destroyed by your hands!" Su Guanlan listened , deeply disturbed and ashamed.Really, he hadn't expected to get into so much trouble.

"Before I was discharged from the hospital, I left the mailing address to the old dean and Luo. They said that they would let me know as soon as they heard about you. Hmph, Ah Luo scolds you every day!" "Ah Luo is very cute." Su Guanlan murmured, "She, did she say anything else?" "Ah Luo said," Ding Jieqiong suddenly smiled, "Actually, she has already fallen in love with you." "Look at you, Miss Joan." "Girls can talk about everything, and that's what she said! Said that you are a priceless treasure given to her by God, and she is her destined Prince Charming—Amen."

As Ding Jieqiong said, he made a cross with his right thumb, first from his forehead to his mouth, and then from left to right on his chest.Professor Ling Yunzhu couldn't help laughing: "Is it you or Ah Luo?" "It's Ah Luo, she really did." "It can be seen that Songju Hospital is a Catholic hospital," the professor was still laughing, "because the cross is very authentic." "You really know how to joke..." Su Guanlan lowered her head. "Anyway, that's what Ah Luo said. She said that if it wasn't for me, she would take the initiative to attack, and even inject you with anesthesia, detain you, and marry her."

"That's really the contemporary 'Odd Marriage'!" Song Subo turned to the young man, "After you left the hospital, why didn't you come back?" "Maybe it's because I don't want to be appreciated by others, such as 'life-saving benefactor'." Su Guanlan lowered her head and flipped through Dr. Klein's "Introduction to Topology", "Indeed, I just did what I should and can do .” "This is unreasonable. Your argument is not convincing." Ling Yunzhu shook his head repeatedly, "However, let's not dwell on this issue. Next, tell me, what should we do now?"

"what do you mean……" "I mean, what are you going to do with sister Joan from now on?" "Yes! Mr. Ling and I will go to Nanjing, and Jieqiong will also go to Nanjing." Song Subo looked at Su Guanlan, "We all got off at Nanjing, how about you?" "It's a pity, I'm afraid I can't even get out of the station. I have to change to another train on the Jinpu line immediately and rush back to Jinan." "Yes, you are a student at Qilu University, and you have to go back to school." Ling Yunzhu interrupted Su Guanlan, "What we don't know but would like to know is that you will break up with Sister Qiong again at Nanjing Station later. Or do you not want to break up yet?"

"How can we not break up for now?" Su Guanlan asked cautiously. "You can get off the car and stay in Nanjing for a while, even if it's only for a day or two." Ding Jieqiong was overjoyed, his eager eyes moved from Ling Yunzhu's face to Su Guanlan's. "I'm afraid not," Su Guanlan muttered, "Qi University's rules are extremely strict..." "Here, I can help you." "Oh?" "I'm a physicist. I have discovered the law of the energy band distribution of electrons, and I have created the 'Ling table', etc." Ling Yunzhu smiled, "So, as a famous professor, I only need to give the president of Qilu University a photo. Just a telegram—isn’t this principal the American Linde Charles, whose Chinese name is Chalude?”

Su Guanlan was silent and frowned slightly. "If you don't get off the car in Nanjing, and you're going to break up with Jieqiong again after a while, then, will you be like the yellow crane after you left Songju Hospital last time?" "No, no, no!" "How can we trust you?" "I said no, I won't." "Okay," the professor glanced at Su Guanlan and drew his tone, "We are willing to believe you." "I don't believe it!" Ding Jieqiong shouted. All three traveling companions looked at her. "Yes, I don't believe it!" Ding Jieqiong turned to the young man and said with an emphasis, "What did you say to the old director when you left Songju Hospital, you said you would come back after taking the money and clothes, but in reality?"

"Sister Qiong," Su Guanlan finally came up with the strategy of "using offense as defense", "You have also done an infuriating thing, and I was about to question you!" "I can do..." The girl was taken aback, "An infuriating thing?" "How did you develop your extremely arrogant and rude character?" "What, me, I am extremely arrogant and rude?" The girl opened her eyes wide, "I have never been this kind of person, and no one has ever said that to me." "So, I just arrived in this carriage, and I'm asking you for a seat..."

"Oh, about this," Ding Jieqiong smiled, "do you still hold a grudge?" "I can't laugh!" Su Guanlan raised her face. Ding Jieqiong restrained her smile and bit her lower lip. "At that time, I thought, this person is either a princess, or a deaf and dumb person!" Su Guanlan said coldly, "Of course, it may be nothing but a habit of putting on airs." The girl turned her face away and looked out the window. "You're going too far, Mr. Su." Professor Ling said seriously, "You don't know about some things that happened here..."

Ling Yunzhu, his wife and Ding Jieqiong have been sitting here since they got in the car.After driving, there was no dialogue with each other.The man next to the girl is most likely a heavy smoker, stretching his neck, shrugging his shoulders, yellow and thin, wearing a feather gauze double-breasted jacket, with the cuffs smoothed, and a woolen top hat on his head on a hot day; Spitting and smoking again, the girl and the professor and his wife couldn't stand it.After driving he continued to smoke.The carriage was extremely crowded, and the smoke permeated the crowd, causing Ling Yunzhu and his wife to cough and cry.The professor had no choice but to speak, asking the big smoker to put out the cigarette.He hummed and haha ​​agreed, took two puffs and threw the cigarette butt out of the window, and got up and stuck his head out of the car window to spit. The saliva flowed along the airflow and splashed Ling Yunzhu and his wife all over their faces.But the big smoker acted nonchalantly, and then he found out that the girl next to him was very beautiful, and began to find fault with her.The girl ignored it with a straight face.The guy was salivating again, saying nonsense.Ding Jieqiong simply put on a straw hat, turned her upper body, and faced out of the window; the smoker became furious, and even touched the girl.Ding Jieqiong blushed, stood up and reprimanded him; Ling Yunzhu and his wife couldn't see it, and also criticized him.Some of the tourists around were watching the excitement, and some were speaking out.The guy saw that the momentum was wrong, and it happened that the train stopped in Wuxi, and there were many people getting off the train, so he became furious, cursed, got up and slipped away. It was only then that Ling Yunzhu and Ding Jieqiong started talking and got to know each other a little bit.They all go to Nanjing.The professor goes to teach, and the girl goes to study. "You came right after the big smoker left." The professor told Su Guanlan, "Jieqiong was still angry at the time, so she was very rude to you." "Before he slipped away, he bulged out a pair of mouse eyes and gave me and Mr. Ling a hard look!" Song Subo said. "I heard," Ding Jieqiong mumbled, "the person who came to ask the seat is another man..." "What's wrong with the man?" Su Guanlan said, "Isn't your 'savior' a man!" "It's my fault!" Ding Jieqiong shook her head, "I was so confused at the time, I didn't have time to think about it." "Okay, okay, let's make it clear." Song Subo stepped forward to smooth things over. At this moment, there was a commotion at one end of the carriage.Some passengers stood up and looked around, suddenly becoming nervous.While Ling Yunzhu and his wife looked up, their expressions suddenly changed; Ding Jieqiong's face suddenly turned pale.Su Guanlan felt strange.He looked around, and saw five or six men, dressed in various clothes, with their waists crossed, their skirts open, cigarettes in their mouths, breathing smoke, their chests and bellies showing, and two of them were wearing sunglasses, cursing and pushing. Shoving, swaggering, swarming down the aisle... "Oh my god," Song Subo said with a terrified expression, "the one at the front is the big smoker!" While speaking, a group of people had already come to the front.This is a gang of villains who can be seen at a glance.Su Guanlan counted them one by one with her eyes, there were six people in total.Their arms are stretched out, dripping with oil and sweat, some have plasters on their cheeks, some have cigarettes in their ears, and some are shaking folding fans.Like a pile of rubbish falling from mid-air, this group of people blocked the aisle with a clatter.Two of them were extremely vicious, they drove away other passengers, stepped on the seat with their right foot, and stepped on the back of the seat with their left foot, condescending and staring at each other.Passengers around know that there must be a big disturbance today, so they avoid it for fear. The leader was short in stature, with sunglasses on his face. He spat out half of the cigarette butt and a mouthful of thick phlegm, revealing two rows of yellow teeth and a conspicuous big gold tooth in his wide mouth.His arms were thick and hairy, and he wore two iron bracers; a Panama hat was slanted on his head, a black-haired shaggy chest was exposed in the open black feather gauze blouse, and a bandage was tied on his oily and sweaty belly. Very wide brown cloth belt.After spitting out the cigarette butts and thick phlegm, he took off his sunglasses with one hand, and with the other he shook the pitch-black folding fan and pulled it vigorously. His face was tense and fleshy, with two triangular eyes slanted, his eyes swept from Ding Jieqiong's face to Ling Yunzhu and his wife. Walking around, he yelled hard: "Mother Xipi, who bullied my apprentice?" "It's her, it's her, it's her!" The big smoker squeezed forward, pointed at Ding Jieqiong, and screamed like a monkey.In terms of age, the "disciple" is almost the same age as the "master", maybe a few years older; maybe because it was too hot, he took off his woolen hat, revealing his face full of pustules, dysentery and sparse hair. head.He pointed to Ling Yunzhu and his wife and shouted: "There are also him, him, and the two of them!" "What do you want to do?" Ding Jieqiong stood up abruptly, blushing. Professor Ling Yunzhu also stood up, and he glanced at Su Guanlan at the same time—the young man was still sitting upright as if nothing had happened, but his nerves were tense from his stern face; he closed his eyes slightly With long eyes, he squinted at the group of tigers and wolves.He was silent, with his head slightly lowered, his elbows resting on his knees, and he kept rubbing his hands, rubbing his hands, and at the same time, he clacked his knuckles and wrists. "What do you want to do, you don't even need to ask?" Da Jinya chuckled and said in a strange voice, "Didn't I ask, why did you bully my apprentice?" Ding Jieqiong turned her face away, ignoring this group of people. "Say it, damn it!" Da Jinya slammed the folding fan away, stretched his two big hairy hands with iron wristbands towards his waist, and shouted open his throat. "Hey, keep your mouth clean!" Song Subo couldn't help it anymore, pointing at the big gold tooth and shouted, "How can you say that this girl bullied your people? Open your eyes and see, she can bully you like this!" Human? In fact, this subordinate of yours blatantly misbehaved on the train, slapped hands, and bullied this lady." "Nonsense!" Da Jinya yelled, put away the folding fan, and hit Song Subo's wrist. "It's so unreasonable!" Ling Yunzhu trembled with anger, and stepped forward to protect his wife. "It's like this in broad daylight, and it still looks like a country?" Da Jinya smiled coldly, grabbed Ling Yunzhu's neckline, and with a little force, the professor was immediately out of breath, and his face turned blue.Da Jinya pushed it smoothly, and the professor and his wife fell down on the corner of the chair together. "Mr. Ling, Mrs. Ling!" Ding Jieqiong screamed and rushed towards Ling Yunzhu and his wife.But Da Jinya stretched out his arm holding the folding fan to block the girl; he lifted Ding Jieqiong's chin, pinched it, and twisted the girl's face, he said with a smile: "Wait a minute, let me take a closer look." Look! Aha, Si Gouzi has good eyesight, this little chick is really pretty, really pretty! I'm lucky, this time I'm going to have a good time.” Then he snapped his fingers again: “ Little ones, take people away!" The hooligans swarmed up.Da Jinya just wanted to move to the side, but was hit hard by an uppercut from nowhere.This punch immediately made his jaw crooked, and blood spurted from his mouth and nose; then he was grabbed by the neck by a big hand, his hard fingers pinched deeply into the flesh like scale hooks, and his Adam's apple was almost crushed.He was pinched and pulled forward like this, but his lower abdomen was hit violently, his whole body twisted and convulsed, and he fell like a wild boar hit by a shotgun. Su Guanlan's attack was fierce and quick, subduing Da Jinya with lightning speed.Without waiting for the hooligans to react, he quickly punched again, hitting the foreheads or throats of the two guys in front of him, causing everyone to cry and howl instantly.Seeing that the situation was not good, the rest of the gangsters stumbled and turned around to flee.The young man stepped on the big gold tooth and looked back and forth at both ends of the aisle. He didn't see the hooligans turning back to provoke, and no other villains came to reinforce him.Su Guanlan dodged her body, grabbed the big gold tooth by the chest, dragged it to one end of the carriage, threw it at the junction of the two carriages with a plop, dusted off the dust on her body, and walked back unhurriedly. "Thanks to you, thanks to you!" Ling Yunzhu was still in shock, "Young man, you are not simple!" "Guanlan..." Ding Jieqiong had tears in her eyes. "Don't be afraid," Su Guanlan's voice was generous and warm, "I'm here, Miss Qiong." "Yes, I won't be afraid if I have you!" The girl really wanted to throw herself into the opponent's arms and cry. As soon as Ding Jieqiong finished speaking, a rogue waiter had already brought two policemen to the front.Since the departure from Shanghai, there has been no sign of a policeman in this passenger car, but now they have appeared.The two policemen were wearing summer uniforms, black shorts and short-sleeved tops, black cloth leggings on a hot day, and big black caps, looking nondescript.Like all police officers across China, they are known as "black dogs".The difference between these two black dogs is that one is black and fat, while the other is yellow and thin.The waiter did show up, he was there when the car was in chaos just now, watching the excitement with his mouth open; now he got out again, pouted at Su Guanlan, and stood aside with his arms raised. Among the two passers-by, the fat black man is obviously the head.He looked Su Guanlan, Ding Jieqiong, and Ling Yunzhu up and down, stroked his chin, tugged at the armed belt slung across his body, patted the wooden box gun on his buttocks, cleared his throat, and asked methodically: "Just now Are you the ones who gather to fight and kill people, huh?" Ling Yunzhu and his wife were silent, and they didn't even have the energy to get angry; while the girl was sizing up the policeman, she leaned close to Su Guanlan and wrapped his arm around him. The two black dogs were stern and nervous.The thin yellow strip straightened back; the fat black man put one hand on his buttocks, ready to draw his gun and shoot at any time.However, Su Guanlan didn't even glance at them, but folded her arms in front of her chest, swaying her body without speaking. The fat black man felt hairy.He hesitated for a moment, then exchanged glances with the waiter and Shouhuangtiao.The waiter flicked his mouse beards, and then pouted at Ling Yunzhu and his wife. "Oh, let me say, you two," the black fat man shifted his gaze to the professor and his wife, "you two, um, yes, what are you doing?" "Let me introduce you." Su Guanlan turned her face and gestured slightly, "This Mr. Ling, the husband and wife have returned from Germany, and this time they are going to be high officials in the Nationalist Government." "Oh?" When the two black dogs heard this, they were stunned, solemn, and apprehensive. "Are you a family of cops and gangsters?" Su Guanlan continued to snort, "If so, it will be recorded today, and someone will come to settle accounts with you." "Where is there!" The two black dogs were stunned, and hurriedly nodded and bowed their heads with a smile on their faces, "For these people, we just have nothing to do, nothing to do! People are in the Jianghu, they can't help themselves, they can't help themselves, they can't help themselves! To sir, hehe, we are just a routine. Hehe! To tell you the truth, the kid who was beaten up just now is very famous. He is the eighth godson of Mrs. Huang from the Qing Gang. Listen to this nickname, you can guess it is close to ten, hehe! Mrs. Huang has opened more than a dozen incense halls in the concession, and the gangsters on the Shanghai-Nanjing line are all under the command of "Ba Yanluo". Even our seat gave him three points... You said you said, this, this, isn't it, isn't it? Hehe, hehe!" "Okay, you can go!" Su Guanlan waved her hand. "Hey, we, can we ask your son's name?" The fat black man raised his hand and touched the brim of his hat, still smiling, "Your son has a big background, unlike our lowly positions. For today's matters, hey, boss Asking questions, we are easy to deal with, easy to deal with, hehe!" Without waiting for Su Guanlan to speak, Professor Ling Yunzhu said: "Young Master Su is a pillar of the country, and his future is limitless. His old man is very famous. Don't scare you by saying it. He is Mr. Su Lao Fengqi, the seat of the National Observatory, Mr. Jiang Where is the Commander's guest!" "Oh, I've been looking forward to it for a long time, please excuse me!" The black fat man rolled his eyes, touched his heels, raised his hands in salute, then cupped his fists and bowed, and said in a repeated voice, "This is my farewell, this is my farewell, hey! Please forgive me, forgive me, hehe!" After speaking, he waved his hand and turned away.The thin yellow strip and the deer-headed waiter also followed behind in a hurry, and disappeared in the blink of an eye.There was a commotion in the carriage, some laughed and some sighed. Su Guanlan said to Ling Yunzhu: "Why mention my father?" "Like you!" "Like me?" "Didn't you say that I want to become a high-ranking official in the national government?" "But they don't know what Su Fengqi is or what the National Observatory is." "This is even better!" Everyone laughed.Ding Jieqiong interjected: "When I was in France, I saw the text reporting Mr. Su Fengqi in the newspaper, and it was accompanied by a photo. I remember that there was an astronomical telescope in the background." "How to write about him?" Su Guanlan asked, as if talking about an outsider. "Praise him as a great astronomer, a 'magic comet'..." "Comet," Su Guanlan interrupted Sister Qiong, "is what the Chinese call a 'broom star'." "Jieqiong, have you been to France?" Song Subo noticed another thing. "It's not just France. I have lived in Europe with my parents for more than ten years and have been to more than half of the European countries." "Your father is a diplomat?" "No, he's a musician." "where is your mom?" "She's a dancer..." "Jieqiong," Professor Ling Yunzhu stared at the girl, "Is your father Mr. Ding Hong?" "Yes." Ding Jieqiong nodded, her voice very soft. "No wonder," the professor and his wife looked at each other with strange expressions, "it really is Ding Hong's daughter." "You two know my parents?" "Chinese in Europe," the professor seemed to answer the question, "the only ones whose husbands are musicians and whose wives are dancers are Ding Hong and his wife." Strangely, the atmosphere of the conversation became dull and even stopped abruptly.The only sound was the rumble of the train's steel wheels rolling on the rails.After a long time, the professor asked again: "When did your family return home?" "The year before last, the beginning of the year." The professor returned to silence, looking out the window, thoughtful.Su Guanlan has been listening to the conversations of several traveling companions, but she still can't understand; he thought for a while, and changed the subject: "Sister Qiong, what are you doing in Nanjing this time?" "I just got into Jinling University." Ling Yunzhu and his wife were quite surprised: "Which department is Jinling University?" "Art Department." "Learn what?" "dance." "Mother and daughter inherit each other." Song Subo said. "No wonder you have such a good figure." Ling Yunzhu nodded. "Sister Qiong," only Su Guanlan disapproved, frowning, "You are so smart, why do you want to learn art and dance?" Ding Jieqiong looked bewildered and remained silent. "What do you mean?" Ling Yunzhu looked at Su Guanlan. "Literature, art, and things like that," Su Guanlan said bluntly, "have no effect on the prosperity of the country and the rejuvenation of the nation." "What works for the prosperity of the country and the rejuvenation of the nation?" "Science, Technology and Industry." Ling Yunzhu stared at Su Guanlan. "What is literature and art?" Su Guanlan said in a disdainful tone, "'The wealthy family sings and dances heavily, the stable horse is fat and dead, and the bow breaks', 'The businesswoman doesn't know the hatred of subjugation, but she still sings flowers in the backyard across the river', 'Who is like it in the Han Palace? Poor Feiyan leaning on new makeup', 'bearing the false name, and singing in a shallow cup'..." "Do you know "Manjianghong"?" Ling Yunzhu waved his hand. "I know..." "Then you should understand that in the world, there are 'light pouring and low singing', but there are also 'strong ambitions'; although some people don't forget the hatred of the country, there are also people who 'drive a long car to break through the gaps in Helan Mountain'!" Su Guanlan was speechless for a moment. The professor's tone softened.He talked about the French painter Delacroix's masterpiece "The God of Liberty Leading the People". Raise the banner high and lead the poor citizens to charge into battle, with crumbling old camps and dead bodies lying beneath their feet. "During the long history, whenever turmoil and wars occurred, this painting was sent from the exhibition hall to the warehouse, and some people even joked that 'the God of Liberty has already known the way to the warehouse'" Ling Yunzhu seemed to be teaching on the podium , talking eloquently, "Why does a painting have such a huge deterrent force? Because everything on the picture is calling the people to join the revolution!" Su Guanlan and Ding Jieqiong listened carefully like students in a classroom. The professor then talked about the American novel "A Black Slave Calls to Heaven".He said: "Anyway, this is just a novel, that is, the kind of thing that 'has no effect on the prosperity of the country and the revival of the nation'." Ling Yunzhu smiled at the young man, "However, President Lincoln praised this novel 'causing A great war'..." "Really?" Su Guanlan was attracted. "A Black Slave Calls to Heaven" was published in 1852.The author, Mrs. Stowe, is white. Her description of the tragic fate of black slaves strongly shocked the hearts of white Americans, activated their humanity, and contributed to the victory of the Republicans who advocated the abolition of black slavery in the North. He was elected president in 1961.The southern serf owners immediately launched a rebellion, and the Civil War broke out... "The reason why it is called the 'Great War' is that although President Lincoln was assassinated in 1865, that war finally overthrew the evil slavery system and became a turning point in American history. One step into the modern society, from then on to civilization, to power, to today!" Both Su Guanlan and Ding Jieqiong opened their eyes wide. "China is no exception." Ling Yunzhu went on to say, "For example, the workers' uprising took place in Shanghai in the early spring of last year, and among the revolting workers and poor people, "Huangpu River Chant", "Wharf Ballad", "Red Flag Fluttering" and "Red Flag Fluttering" were popular. March of Shanghai Workers" and so on, they sang these songs to stand firm in factories, docks and warehouses, and sang these songs to attack the warlord forces..." "Yes, yes!" Su Guanlan became excited and nodded again and again, "I was in Jinan at the time, and many students could sing these songs. I especially liked "Huangpu River Song" among them. I think its melody has a unique charm and is particularly vigorous. , gloomy and tragic! I thought at the time, if I were in Shanghai..." "You will rush up." The professor stared at the young man. "Yes!" Su Guanlan said loudly. "But, do you know who the authors of these songs are?" Su Guanlan shook her head. "His name is Ding Hong." Su Guanlan was taken aback, she stared blankly at the professor, then at Miss Qiong; before he could react, the locomotive screamed sharply.He woke up suddenly and looked out the window: "Hey, we're in Nanjing!"