Chapter 45 Chapter Forty-Five

This room is not a prison cell, but a living room, quite large, with windows all around. The curtains on the windows were not drawn tightly, and the bright white light of the setting sun was squeezing in through the gaps in the curtains on the west side, and spread out in front of the tea table. Dust flew in the light, creating a somewhat silent noise in the still air. On the front wall, there is a big wall clock with a spring bird ticking away, which looks and sounds very good. There was tea on the table, which was still hot, and the white steam was floating like smoke, which reminded Bu Shouru. Bu Shouru saw her burnt sedan chair in the misty water vapor... After staying for a while, the door opened The company commander and several soldiers with guns came in, first opened the curtains, and let in a lot of light, making the room very bright at once.Then he walked up to Bu Shouru in the dazzling light, saying that the Jinhui Office would be here immediately, and asked Bu Shouru to be more honest.

Bu Shouru ignored it. The company commander said angrily: "You are belittling me as a small company commander. If you dare to belittle Jinhui, you will really die. Right now, the road construction, Jinhui's office does not say anything, and the Wang supervisor will listen to Jinhui's." As soon as the company commander finished speaking, several soldiers entered the room with a middle-aged man in his early forties. The middle-aged man didn't wear a military uniform, but a foreign suit, a tie on his thick and short neck, and white leather shoes on his feet. The company commander and soldiers raised their hands to salute the middle-aged man, but the middle-aged man didn't even look at him, and sat down on the chair opposite Bu Shouru.

Bu Shouru figured that the middle-aged man must be managed by Jin Hui. Sure enough, Jin will do it. The company commander kept saying that he would do it, and pointed to Bu Shouru and said to the middle-aged man: "This is Grandma Bu who instigated the city's bearers to riot. We went to her house to catch her but we didn't catch them. She was caught in the Duxiangting teahouse." .” Jin Huiban said "Oh", cast his eyes over, stared at Bu Shouru, looked at him, his eyes and face were not right, and he frowned and said in a low voice: "You...you are the famous Grandma Bu ? Ah? Here, why is your face so familiar? Brother... Where does brother seem to have seen you before?"

Bu Shouru didn't pay much attention to Jinhuiban, but just glanced at Jinhuiban inadvertently when he entered the room, and then turned to drink tea. Hearing what Jinhuiban said, Bu Shouru went to see Jinhuiban seriously, and was stunned: How could this be Jinhuiban?He was clearly the usual Ba Ge in the dream, but he was a little older than in the dream, with a scar on his face, probably from being beaten during the ten years of war. Bu Shouru stood up, stared blankly at Jin Huiban, and yelled miserably, "Brother Ba..." Jin Huiban also stood up and walked towards Bu Shouru, saying, "Brother Huba? My brother's surname is Jin, and his name is Jin Shifu."

Bu Shouru didn't believe it: "You lied to me, you...you are Brother Ba..." Jin Huiban thought about it again, his eyes lit up, and he shouted: "Brother...Brother remembers, brother has seen you, I have seen you! I saw you in the spring of the year of Xinhai. At that time, the city was full of people. The soldiers of the Qing Dynasty are... arresting brothers, and it was you who sent them out of the city in sedan chairs..." When Jin Huiban said this, Bu Shouru also remembered the past. The Revolutionary Party was like Brother Baggage back then, and it is still the same today, no wonder people get it wrong.

I also remembered that I was sitting in the sedan chair on one left and one on the right. Because the Revolutionary Party was like Brother Ba, I thought about going with the Revolutionary Party... Then Bu Shouru suddenly asked: "You...you are not Brother Ba? Are you... ...is that the revolutionary party back then?" Jin Huiban nodded again and again: "Yes, yes!" Bu Shouru was still in a dream, looking at Jin Huiban, he still felt like Brother Ba, so he spoke softly: "Then you were not dressed in this foreign dress, you...you looked like a scholar." Jin Huiban laughed: "How do you say you look like a scholar? My brother was originally a scholar. He also passed the provincial examination, but he failed and didn't go to school. Then he became a revolution."

Bu Shouru said: "At that time, you were so bold that you dared to say that the court of the Manchus would not last long." Jin Huiban said: "You are not cowardly! You dare to hide the revolutionary party, brother, in your sedan chair!" Then he recalled: "Brothers went to the city to campaign against Liu Xietong that day, and it was Liu Xietong who later became the guardian envoy who rebelled. After the revolution, they always refused to admit it. Soldiers from the green battalion arrested my brother in Liu Xietong’s new barracks, and when he escaped on the road, he went to find Ma Laowu and then met you.”

Bu Shouru also seemed to have seen the scene again, and said, "When I saw you, you had wounds on your body. It could be seen that you were shot, but I didn't dare to ask." Jin Huiban said: "It's not a bad injury, but I'm afraid I won't be able to get out of the city. To be honest, my brother's life was in your Grandma's hands at that moment. When you and Ma Laowu were discussing in the hall, brother's My heart hangs in my throat, if you say nothing, brother will be finished..." Immediately, Bu Shouru remembered the petitioners who died and the sedan chair burned on the open ground in front of the Supervisory Mansion, his complexion changed, the soft light in his eyes disappeared, and he sighed dumbly: "You...you are destined to die, today You are not finished, but I am finished, and it is in the hands of you, the revolutionary party..."

Jin Huiban was very embarrassed. He didn't speak for a long time, just paced back and forth in the room, and then waved his hands to drive away the company commander and the soldiers in the room. The company commander had seen some clues when he left, and he didn't dare to belittle Bu Shouru any more. After saluting the Jinhui Office, he saluted Bu Shouru in a serious manner, regardless of whether Bu Shouru ignored him. After the company commander and soldiers left, Jin Huiban said to Bu Shouru: "Grandma Bu, brother, I am sorry for you, brother... I really don't know that you are the owner of the sedan chair in this city. I don't even know..."

Bu Shouru asked, "So what if you know? You won't build roads anymore?" Jin Huiban said: "If he knew, there would be no one in front of the supervisor's mansion. The Wang supervisor will shoot today, brother... brother will stop him, even if he dies... he will stop..." Bu Shouru persisted and asked, "Don't talk about it, I just ask you whether you want to build roads or not?" Jin Huiban thought for a while: "This brother can't lie to you, the road...the road still needs to be repaired." Bu Shouru's eyes were red, and he couldn't help but choked up: "Just...just because of that broken car supervised by your butcher? For...for it, you...you sweep my people with lances, set fire to my sedan chair, and... ... and brought me here. You... don't you feel guilty?"

Jin Huiban said cautiously: "Grandma Bu, brother, I am not afraid of your anger. Brother has to say, you are wrong. Brother, the road is not only built for the cars supervised by the king, but also for the benefit of the people of the country and future generations. After the road is built, the traffic in Shicheng can be improved. Only when it is convenient, the place will develop, and there is no way to talk about anything without road construction.” Bu Shouru stared closely at the Jinhui Office, with tears in his eyes, "What's wrong with this stone road? It's been thousands of years, and we've come here from generation to generation..." Is it?" Ren tears flowed from the eye sockets, hanging on Bai Bai's face, and said: "You...you don't know how much I like Mashi Road in our city, so...you can't say it is my life. " Jin Huiban felt uncomfortable and took out his handkerchief to let Bu Shouru wipe away his tears. Bu Shouru didn't answer, just sighed, long and short. Jin Huiban also sighed, and said with a sigh: "I know you like it, not because you like it, and... you didn't supervise the one in front of the mansion. But you can't be happy. Brother today Bury it, no matter what you say, you have to bury it. It is precisely because Chinese people have walked this old road for thousands of years that we have to change today. The old road mentioned here does not only refer to the stone road in a city, but also refers to the thoughts in the minds of Chinese people The brother thinks that if China wants to progress, there is no other way except to follow the path of science and democracy of the western powers. Brother Wang often talks about this truth, brother said..." Bu Shouru didn't want to listen, so he raised his head and interrupted Jin Huiban's words: "Stop talking, I'm tired of hearing your words, I just want to ask you, you talk about science and democracy, but do you still talk about conscience?" Jin Huiban said: "Brother is very conscientious. Brother is sorry for you, Auntie. Brother will apologize to Auntie now." Bu Shouru wiped away the tears from his face, waved his hands and said, "I don't want to listen to that either, you...just tell me what you want to do in the future!" Jin Huiban said: "This is exactly what brother wants to talk to Aunt Bu. When I talked just now, brother thought, brother can't lose money to you, aunt, brother wants you to specialize in the foreign car dealerships in our city. This matter brother It has been agreed with Supervisor Wang, and people have been sent to Japan and Shanghai to buy the first batch of 300 foreign cars separately. The name of the car dealership has been named "Dafa Foreign Car Co., Ltd.", and I will let you take care of it. .” Bu Shouru just stared at the Jinhui Office with a cold face and kept silent. Jinhuiban added: "We clearly said it was a partnership, but in fact it's up to you, and the general manager... let you be. This master brother has done it. The share is negotiable. Wang supervises a share. Auntie, you One, and... and there is brother's. Brother is sorry for you, so... so, brother, think it over, brother's first year's money will be counted as yours, this... this You finally have a conscience, right?" Bu Shouru snorted: "What science, what benefits the people of the country, but it turns out that you don't let me take the sedan chair because... you want to make your own money!" Jin Huiban was embarrassed again: "Where did this start? Isn't the car dealership just for the benefit of the people and the convenience of the people? That foreign car is good! You have never ridden it, so you don't know it. My brother has ridden it , sitting in Shanghai. Only one person pulls it, and it feels windy when running on the Shimin dirt road. It saves effort to pull, and it is more comfortable to sit on. Foreign car dealerships have to be run by others, rather than being run by others, it is better for us to do it ourselves..." Bu Shouru said: "I don't care whoever makes it, I won't do it anyway. I just want you to give me a place to stand, don't build the road to the west city, let me take my sedan chair on Mashi Road in the west city." Jin Huiban sighed repeatedly and shook his head: "Grandma, aren't you trying to make things difficult for brother? It's not like you don't know that Governor Wang has issued a death order to ban sedan chairs, and anyone who dares to ride in a sedan chair will be arrested." Think about it for yourself, can brother promise you this?" Bu Shouru forced Jin Hui to do it: "You can, you are the government affairs committee, and the supervisor Wang only listens to you in this matter." Jin Huiban was forced into a hurry, and said stiffly: "Even if you can, brother will not agree! You must know that military orders and government orders are not child's play, and they must not be changed! Besides, so many people died in front of the supervisor's mansion. No matter what, it can't be changed!" Bu Shouru softened again and begged: "I told you, Ma Shidao is... my life, I saved your life back then, and today you Jin Hui will do it... can't you change the government order and save my life? " Jin Huiban said: "Except for this one, I promise you, only this one is not enough! My brother has told you enough, the road must be repaired, it will be repaired in the whole city today, and it will be repaired in the whole province and the whole country in the future! Let me say it again, brother, this is really not for my brother to get rich, but for the benefit of the people of the country and future generations!" Bu Shouru knew that the matter was irreversible, stayed for a while, and said sadly: "Since...that's the case, I have nothing to say, Jin will handle it, you...you lock me up and punish me !" Jin Huiban said: "What's this called? Brother, get ready, I'll serve you a drink tomorrow night..." Bu Shouru shook his head: "Don't bother, I won't drink your wine!" Jin Huiban said: "It's up to you whether you drink it or not, and it's up to me if you don't. My brother has to be worthy of your Aunt Bu, and you can't get a bad reputation for not being conscientious." Bu Shouru nodded: "Okay, I'll go, and I'll go in a sedan chair. Prepare a sedan chair for me! I need eight lifts." Jin Huiban became angry: "You dare to ask me, who bans sedan chairs, to prepare a sedan chair for you? My brother will tell you again, sedan chairs must be banned! Banned!" Bu Shouru laughed wildly and said: "Forbidden? What a joke! My aunt came to Shicheng in a sedan chair, and my aunt's life is tied to the sedan chair! Which of you can forbid it? My aunt, I know that people don't do secret things, so I will meet you face to face today." I made it clear that this grandma will sit, and from now on, she will sit every day until the day I die! Sit until the day you punish me! If you really want to ban me, you have to ask the butcher supervisor to prepare Lianzhu Guns, banned with renzhu guns!" The Jinhui Office decided that Bu Shouru was crazy, and looked helplessly at Bu Shouru, at a loss. Bu Shouru decided that he had said all he had to say, maybe all his life, so he stopped going to the Jinhui Office, turned around, left the parlor in a daze, and wandered to the tall and fortified gate of the Supervising Office. It was when the sun was setting. The sky in the distance was a brilliant fiery red, like a fire burning all over the sky. The wind is blowing sadly and warmly, with a whirring sound, as if it is also drawing on the fire of the setting sun.The open space in front of the supervisor's mansion was in a mess, and the wrecked sedan chairs seemed to be lit again by the setting sun. Bu Shouru really heard the "crackling" sound of fire, and felt that everything in the world was on fire, and everything in the world, including herself, was transformed into lingering wisps of flames in this magnificent burning. Smokey ashes.