Chapter 5 third chapter

Wilhelmstrasse was eerily quiet that gray morning.The wind blowing from the east seaside, with a fishy smell and moisture, passed over the empty street without a sound, and sowed wisps of mist in the gaps between the French and German buildings. The street lamps that have survived the long night are still burning, and there is a pitiful dimness in the white sky.The drizzle stopped, but the street was wet, and the potholes were filled with water, shining brightly.Occasionally, three or two small cars passed by them, leaving some fleeting sounds and bursts of light blue exhaust gas, reflecting the tranquility and depth of the whole city.

A black Studebaker rolled up the water in the pothole and rushed up from behind them. Mr. Ji dragged him to the side of the road, and cursed something in a foreign language, which made him feel Mr. Ji's voice. It was surprisingly loud.This is also an illusion created by tranquility.Mr. Ji's voice has never been loud, even when he gave speeches at mass gatherings in the past, Mr. Ji's voice is not too loud, he knows it. Looking back many years later, Zheng Shaobai felt that the judgment at that time might not be correct.That morning, Mr. Ji was indeed a little strange, his face was ashen, as if he had taken gunpowder, and he spoke sharply. Maybe the sentence he scolded Stubek's driver was really loud and clear.The question of whether it is loud or not loud has never been clarified, but Mr. Ji had a lot of worries at the time, but he did figure it out. When he walked to the three-fork intersection on the west section of William Street, Zheng Shaobai figured it out.

There is a garden in the middle of the street at the intersection of the three forks in the west section of William Street. At the gate of the garden, Mr. Ji stopped, took out his pocket watch and looked at it, and then said to Zheng Shaobai: "Shaobai, it is not yet six o'clock, leave There are still more than two hours on the boat, and I still have a lot of things to do, so you go to the pier first to find Lao Liu!" Zheng Shaobai was stunned: "Me? I'll go alone? Didn't Mr. An say that we should go directly to the pier instead of going home!" Mr. Ji grinned, showing half of his white teeth, and smiled sadly: "I'm not going home, how can I have a home! I'm going to the General Chamber of Commerce Chairman Qian's house to talk about something, and it won't be long. An hour at most, and come as soon as the talk is over!"

Zheng Shaobai immediately understood: Mr. Ji's worries and pains are probably all on the second lady of Chairman Qian of the General Chamber of Commerce!Mr. Ji and Miss Qian Er are very warm, Mr. An and Mr. Gao always joked about this matter with Mr. Ji, which made him vaguely understand what Mr. Ji meant: Mr. Ji wants to get Miss Qian Er as his wife. What else is there to say?I'm about to go on a long trip, and Mr. Ji and his future wife always have to say goodbye. If he has a wife, a wife like Sang Ye, he also has to say goodbye.His face turned red, as if it was not he who saw through Mr. Ji's secret but Mr. Ji who saw through his secret.Zheng Shaobai nodded immediately, and said to Mr. Ji: "Mr. Ji, go and come quickly, don't miss the boat! If you miss the boat, if Mr. Gao doesn't come again, I will be in trouble. In the place of Lushun, I will ...I've never been there!"

Mr. Ji patted him on the shoulder: "Don't worry, brother, I won't miss you!" Mr. Ji turned around and walked away in a hurry, walking straight through the garden to Mary Road. Zheng Shaobai subconsciously followed Mr. Ji for a few steps, and stopped in front of the stone gate at the other end of the garden. Mr. Ji's enthusiasm for saying goodbye to his lover affected seventeen-year-old Zheng Shaobai.Zheng Shaobai originally wanted to go directly to the pier, but now he doesn't want to go right away.Although he didn't have any beautiful women to say goodbye to, he did have a few good friends who were married to Jinlan, and he had to meet and say hello, anyway, there were still more than two hours before he left the ship.

Thinking of this, Zheng Shaobai walked along the Dafei Road at the three-fork intersection towards Yongkang Spinning Mill, hoping to find Wang Shousong and Wang Dazi.Wang Shousong is his fellow from Zaozhuang, Shandong, and his brother from Jinlan, who has always been kind to him.Four years ago, he went from his hometown in Zaozhuang to Qingpu Dongfang Locomotive Works as an apprentice, and he was introduced by Wang Shousong.Wang Shousong regarded him as a little brother and helped him in every way.They also joined the same revolutionary party, the Communist Party, on the same day.If it weren't for the fact that Yongkang Spinning Mill couldn't do without Wang Shousong, Wang Shousong might have joined the executive committee as an executive committee member.

Walking alone on the road, the footsteps of the stalker at night could be heard faintly again, and the murder that Zheng Shaobai had forgotten for less than two hours was remembered again, and the thick smell of human blood wafted from his nostrils again. That stalker died unjustly.He tricked him a little, and played him off.If no subterfuge had been taken at that time, if the old beggar had rushed out of the gate two minutes late, or even a minute late, he might have been unlucky.That guy came over and pressed his short gun against his chest, I'm afraid his big screwdriver for self-defense would be useless at all... It's also strange, how could Mr. An Zhongliang know that guy?Why is Mr. An so sad?Are you sorry for that guy? ——When Mr. An looked at the photo on the guy's ID, his expression was not quite right.

The night has disappeared without a trace, and the number of pedestrians on the big flyway has gradually increased.The closer you get to Yongkang factory, the more pedestrians there are, and the sound of chaotic footsteps rings in front of and behind you.Zheng Shaobai became vigilant instinctively, and looked back after walking for a while.I don't know if it was the third time or the fourth time when he turned his head, Zheng Shaobai saw several trucks full of soldiers roaring towards the Dafei Road.Zheng Shaobai couldn't help being startled, he got into an alley nearby and ran wildly, and he didn't stop until he reached the door of Wang Shousong's house.

Wang Shousong and his wife were both at home and were packing up their things to leave.Zheng Shaobai told Wang Shousong about going to Lushunkou.Wang Shousong applauded straight away, saying that if he couldn't get along in Qingpu in the future, he would also go to Lushunkou.Zheng Shaobai was very excited and asked Wang Shousong and his sister-in-law to pack up and go with him now.He also said that he had money, and took out the money for Wang Shousong to see.But Wang Shousong said that it is not possible now, he has to follow the instructions of Mr. Gao, the leader of the Communist Party, to stay and continue to fight with Mr. An and He Gongcheng...

Just at this moment, a worker came to report that the Yongkang factory was surrounded, and the soldiers supervised by Zhao had set up lances at the gate of the Yongkang factory, and were searching for the leaders of the labor union from house to house.The worker told Wang Shousong and Zheng Shaobai to leave quickly.Wang Shousong confessed a few words to the worker, carried the small old blue cloth bundle wrapped by his wife on his shoulder, and dragged Zheng Shaobai away. Walking in the narrow alley, Zheng Shaobai remembered to ask: "Third brother, we... where shall we go?" Wang Shousong said: "Nonsense, where else can we go? Isn't your brother going to Lushunkou? I'll take you to the Nikko Wharf! Once you get on the boat, I'll go to the mother's house in the country to avoid the limelight!"

Zheng Shaobai was stunned for a moment, and said: "Then...then you go on your own! Don't send me off! This street is full of soldiers, so dangerous!" Wang Shousong stiffened his neck: "No! I have to send you to the pier! If I don't watch you get on the boat, I won't worry!" Wang Shousong is really loyal and a real friend, Zheng Shaobai thought, it is really a great blessing for him to kowtow to exchange notes with such an elder brother, and he will never regret it in eternity. However, Wang Shousong's loyalty failed to play its due role that morning.The four blocks on both sides of the big flyway were blocked by soldiers, and they were forced to hide in the house of an old widow all morning.It was already noon when the soldiers cleared their cards, and when they arrived at the Nikko Wharf, the Japanese passenger ship "Yamato Maru" bound for Lushunkou had long since disappeared. An important opportunity on the road of life was avoided by Zheng Shaobai just like that.Looking at the empty sea covered with white foam, Zheng Shaobai had a sore nose and wanted to cry.Because of this, he hated Ji Boshun all his life, and believed that Ji Boshun and that damned Second Miss Qian conspired to kill him. It was Wang Shousong who was so interesting that he dragged him to the train station before he could cry.There were two raids along the way, but they escaped them both.At around three o'clock in the afternoon, they sneaked into the train station.Through an acquainted switchman, Wang Shousong asked the location of a train waiting to be delivered, found the train, and asked Zheng Shaobai to climb on it.As soon as Zheng Shaobai climbed up, the train started to move, but he didn't know where it was going, neither did Wang Shousong.In the panic, Zheng Shaobai poked his head out from the tarpaulin of the truck, waved to Wang Shousong who was standing on the other track, and shouted loudly: "Brother, goodbye! Goodbye!" Shouting, shouting, tears came out. Zheng Shaobai saw through his blurry teary eyes that the figure of Wang Shousong's third brother was a little bit far away from him, and finally turned into a small black spot in a trance. This freight train took Zheng Shaobai to another direction far away from the raid. The destination is unknown, except that it was not bound for Lushunkou.Lushunkou in the plan and his comrades Mr. Ji Boshun and Mr. Gao Ming have nothing to do with him because of this blunder, and the revolutionary party at 125 William Street has nothing to do with him.Whether he likes it or not, in the future, he will rely on his fitter skills and strength to make ends meet. At this time, Zheng Shaobai remembered again that he was a worker, a bench fitter who had been apprenticed since he was thirteen... At some point, Zheng Shaobai fell asleep in a daze; at some point, the train stopped; at another point, Zheng Shaobai opened his eyes, saw a bright beam of light, and saw a black muzzle pointing at him . The beam of light and the muzzle of the gun made Zheng Shaobai alert.All of a sudden, his thoughts were connected with the dangerous morning that had just slipped away from him, and with Qingpu who was being hunted... Zheng Shaobai instinctively jumped up and grabbed the gun. The gun in the hands of the military police rang, and Zheng Shaobai's head suddenly shook and went numb. The strange and dark world in front of him spun, and he fell down on the spot where he jumped up reluctantly, his lips knocked out on the cargo box. blood... Afterwards, Zheng Shaobai found out that he was not actually shot at the time. It was not the military police in front of him who aimed his gun at him, but another military police behind him who hit him hard. The back of his head. It's funny to think about it: he was not arrested on the morning of the big manhunt in Qingpu, but was arrested one night after fleeing Qingpu.The crime is also very ridiculous, not inciting labor unrest and overthrowing the government, but plotting to rob a military supply train.The place where he was arrested was called Weifeng, and it was the territory of the new warlord Lin Zhengpu. Lin Zhengpu's Military Law Department sentenced Zheng Shaobai to five years in prison accordingly.