Chapter 43 Chapter 07

Chen Qing went to the home of that friend who worked in the brigade twice at night, and only saw him the second time.The middle-aged man surnamed Lin was Chen Qing's classmate in elementary school and middle school.Chen Qing only studied in middle school for one year, and then entered a machine factory as an apprentice.Although Lin was a small official in the brigade, he had a good understanding of Chen Qing's thinking and behavior. "There is no way to think about this matter. I didn't expect it to be so soon." Lin said sadly, and he put his hand on his chin thoughtfully.

"Will their lives be in danger?" Chen Qing asked with a glimmer of hope. "I can't be sure about that. The editorial in the newspaper the day before yesterday offended the Brigadier Commander, probably because of that article," Lin said in a deep voice. "But I think there are other reasons. I heard that a new employee surnamed Wang has been very active in the Special Affairs Unit of the Political Section recently. He used to have contacts with your friends... It is said that he also worked as an editor in the newspaper. Do you think? Want to see, is there such a person?"

When Chen Qing thought about it, he remembered it.That person was called Wang Neng, and he had indeed worked as an editor in a newspaper.Wang Neng has repeatedly stated that he wants to join their group.They did not recognize him as a bad man; but he loved spending money and adorning himself, so they were not very pleased with him.But they also treated him as a friend.Recently, more than a month ago, he suddenly resigned and left.They still occasionally meet him in the street.Nobody knew he was working in the brigade. "That's right. There is this person. I remember him. He was our friend before." Chen Qing yelled angrily when he thought of this.

"By the way. Do you think there is any hope for things? You have to beware of his poisonous plan to wipe them all out." Lin worried for them.He was also very angry, turning his fat round face into red. "I often say that there are detectives among you, but you always refuse to believe it. You must know that people who talk sweetly are often unreliable. That's why I don't dare to have more contacts with your friends." "You should think of a way for us. We can't stand by and let those two people die. They are both excellent people. I would rather sacrifice myself and let them catch me." Chen Qing was very excited Say.He thought of Xiong and Zhiyuan, and the daily behaviors of those two people came to his mind exaggeratedly.At the same time, it seemed that someone whispered in his ear: "It's lost, it's all lost forever." Sadness made him forget himself, and he begged Lin with tears in his eyes.

"I know, I understand that you are the best people. But I can only watch you suffer, and I hide by myself. Do you think I have no blood, no flesh, no conscience? I will always do my best I will help you as much as I can. But I am afraid there is no way, my position is too small." Lin said sincerely.He didn't cry, but his voice became bitter.He is not lying.He knew those people, he admired those people. Chen Qing didn't speak.Lin stood up, put his hands crossed behind his back, and walked up and down the room with his head buried.He suddenly turned his head and said firmly to Chen Qing: "I will give you a definite reply tomorrow afternoon." After a break, he continued: "You have to be careful. The matter is very urgent now. Under the current situation, it is in vain. There is no gain in the sacrifice."

They continued talking for a while.When Chen Qing left, the night was already deep.He didn't have time to tell anyone else the news.He went back to the trade union's clubhouse and saw that there were still lights on the women's association, so he walked over.Neither Ying nor Huiqun slept, they were busy cleaning things there, and there was a large pile of paper dust on the floor in the corner of the room.He broke the news to them. Early the next morning, Chen Qing went to Hui's place.The road is already very lively. Many vegetable loads were crowded in the middle of the road, and some people surrounded them and made noise.Several rickshaws pulled students and luggage slowly through the crowd.He passed the door of a dried fish shop, and the stench went straight to his nostrils.He hastily covered his nose and hurried over, accidentally stepped on the shoulder pole, tripped the rope, and almost fell over.When he stood still, the car horn sounded in the distance.There was a commotion in the crowd immediately, everyone scrambled to make way, and the vegetable seller picked up the burden and ran down the arcade.

The car is coming.This is the big car of the brigade headquarters, and many soldiers are crowded on it, with two uncovered heads showing among them.The car walked very slowly as it passed this section of the road. Chen Qing had a chance to see clearly the two bald heads on the car, and his eyes were captured by them.He stared blankly.That thin face was bloodless, and one cheek was swollen, but the expression was firm. This was clearly Xiong's face; that square face, with red eyes, humming a revolutionary song in Japanese from his wide mouth, was clearly Chi-won's face. , although several purple traces were added to his face, he wanted to call them.But they couldn't hear the voice in their hearts.Without seeing him, they were driven away by the car.Although the car moves slowly, it is only a matter of an instant.Then the two familiar faces disappeared before Chen Qing's eyes.The sound of the car's horn decreased second by second, and the people on the road gathered again, restoring the previous scene, which almost made Chen Qing suspect that this meeting was just a mirage.

"Going to shoot again," a vegetable seller said to himself. "It must be the two people who were arrested yesterday. There are two more ghosts," said the vegetable buyer. "Two scholars, why do you want to catch them and shoot them? They don't look like bad guys," a store clerk continued. "The world is going crazy. No good man can die well," said a bookstore clerk angrily. "Are you not afraid to be heard? There are soldiers everywhere in the street." An old man came up and advised the young man who had just spoken. These words hit Chen Qing's heart heavily.He stood beside those few people, looking at the crowd in the street with blurred eyes.He hadn't noticed a person walking in front of him.

"Chen Qing," the man touched his arm lightly. He looked in surprise and knew it was Min, so he asked in a low voice, "Did you see it?" Min nodded silently, his face was ugly, as if there were many black clouds piled on it. "It's over." Chen Qing sighed, and he and Min walked slowly on the road, turning a corner and entering a narrow alley. "You think, how can I tell Bi. She and Xiong have only lived together for more than two months." Chen Qing said sadly, his tears streaming down his cheeks. "I think Bi can bear it, she's ready to hand Xiong over. She didn't shed a single tear yesterday," Min said in a cold voice.He looked back from time to time.

"That's blood, that's blood." Chen Qing grabbed Min's arm and said distressedly, "She's bleeding." "Be careful, there must be a lot of detectives on the street today," Min suddenly said seriously in Chen Qing's ear, and he told Chen Qing not to talk too much.In fact, he had no definite news about the detective. Chen Qing really stopped talking, and turned his eyes carefully to look around.Seeing that no one was following them, he went away in relief again.But he was still very excited, and the faces of the two friends he saw just now still hurt his brain.

"Min, did you hear what those people said just now? They all sympathize with us," Chen Qing said excitedly. "Our friends did not die in vain. Oppression does nothing." "Don't be too optimistic," Min said coldly. In fact, this coldness was only superficial.There were faint traces of inner struggle on his face. "I ask you, how many more people should we die?" "How many people? That's countless..." Chen Qing immediately shut up when he said this, and when he heard footsteps, he lowered his head and walked forward quietly, letting the person who was walking in front of him pass by them. "So many people will understand us and join us. Don't you remember the scene that day? So many honest faces..." Chen Qing said with pure faith. "I never lost my faith, I lived by it. I was always optimistic." "Chen Qing, do you still remember De?" Min suddenly asked in pain. They were walking through a large courtyard without a gate. In the courtyard there was lush grass growing so high that it covered the aisle in the middle .The tattered middle door quietly concealed everything inside. When Chen Qing heard the word "virtue", he looked at the yard again, and he understood it. This is a famous haunted house. For many years, no one dared to move into it. It was in this place that the soldiers shot De.At that time another warlord ruled the city.Now that Brigadier Chen is here, there is no big change.The oppression is getting worse every day.Min seems to use this to attack Chen Qing's optimistic beliefs.But when Chen Qing compared their situation at that time with the present, his optimism was strengthened, and he replied firmly: "De, I will never forget him. You see, we have made great progress." "However, we lost Xiong and Zhiyuan again today..." Min replied distressedly, and then he grabbed Chen Qing's arm and said excitedly: "You can imagine, at this moment, the two of them are on the rock, facing the gun Kong, wait for the row of bullets to shoot over, there is a bottomless abyss below, and they will be buried there in an instant. They watched death come step by step. You can imagine their feelings...Blood, my eyes It's full of blood." His hands kept shaking on Chen Qing's shoulders. Chen Qing felt as if something was blocking his throat, he clenched his fists and struggled for a long time before uttering a short sentence: "Let's go quickly." "I'm not going." Min suddenly threw away Chen Qing's arm in anger. "We're almost there. You've been with me for so long, why don't you go now?" Chen Qing looked at Min in surprise, not understanding this person's psychology.But Min's face was gloomy, and no news could be revealed from that face.So Min turned around and left.He walked very fast, as if he was afraid that Chen Qing would catch up with him. Chen Qing had to go forward alone, and soon he arrived at Hui's house. "What's the news?" Hui asked when she saw Chen Qing. She and Bi were talking in a low voice in the room. "I saw a car pick them up on South Street," Chen Qing replied painfully.He lowered his head, not daring to look at their faces. "Really?" Bi jumped up, and she walked up to Chen Qing and asked aggressively, as if she wanted to see his face clearly. "It's over by now, Min also saw it," Chen Qing replied with a voice like a sigh. "Did they see you?" "Their car passed so quickly that I didn't have time to mark them. But they were brave." "I don't know how they spent last night. If you saw any scars on their faces, they must have been tortured," Hui said with concern. "No, their faces are the same as usual, with smiles." Chen Qing lowered his head again, and he himself knew that what he said was a lie, he was deceiving them.The swollen cheeks and the purple marks, like burning coals, stood in front of his eyes, making his eyes hurt. A ray of light flashed across Bi's face.Hui walked around the room, she said one after another: "I know they will be like this, they will be like this." "You lied to me. You lied to me," said Bea, who had sat down in a chair, and suddenly got up again.She cast sharp eyes on Chen Qing's triangular face, angrily scolded him: "I know they must have been tortured." Chen Qing raised his head, looked back at her with painful eyes, and said, "Bi, isn't it the same? Now they are separated from us by a world." "I don't believe that life will be destroyed so quickly. I can't imagine that they will die." Hui said, she seemed to see the two familiar faces smiling at her. A painful twitch appeared on Bea's face.She stood in front of Chen Qing, with fire coming out of her eyes to burn his face, her face was terrifying.Suddenly she reached out a hand to grab her hair that fell back and twirled it into a shaggy pile."It's late. I'm too slow," she said in despair, in a voice like the wail of a wounded animal.She remembered that when the French Montagne de Mounant was sentenced to death one hundred and thirty or forty years ago, his young wife Lucy had also stirred up the crowd in the street to rescue her husband.As a result, the two couples died on the guillotine one after another.However, it is too late now.She walked to the bed, sighed in grief, and fell on the bed. "Bi," Hui called out sympathetically, and also ran to the bed, bowing her head. "Hui, let me be quiet for a while, you go talk to Chen Qing about serious matters, let me be quiet for a while," Bi said to Hui, pressing her face on the folded quilt and waving a hand.Hui agreed, walked to the front of the table, and sat down on the empty chair. Standing there with his back against the table, Chen Qing looked at Bi in astonishment. "It doesn't matter, Bi will be fine in a while, let's talk serious." Hui pointed to a square stool next to the wall, asking Chen Qing to sit down. "I've seen Lin. The matter is very serious. Sure enough, some detectives have sneaked in among us," Chen Qing said seriously as he sat down. Bi immediately got up from the bed, placed a stool between them, and sat listening to Chen Qing's speech.Chen Qing told about Wang Neng. "Min lives in a very dangerous place, he should move immediately. He is a local, and many people know him," Hui said with concern. "I saw him just now. His behavior these days is a bit weird. Just now he walked with me for a long time, and when he was about to come here, he suddenly turned around and went back." Chen Qing thought of Min, as if seeing Min's gloomy expression. Looking at his face, he remembered some of Min's recent words and actions, which he felt he couldn't understand. "He's been agitated lately. He can't be blamed for that. We've had too many blows lately. This environment can easily make people irritable," Hui explained sadly.But she secretly thought: What is wrong with Min? Why did he turn around and go back when he was approaching her home? Renmin and Peizhu arrive.Then Yin and Yadan also came.Ardan held a bag of dried fish in his hand. "We've met a dog," Hyun said in alarm, opening his protruding mouth, and everyone listened with bated breath.He rushed over and grabbed Peizhu by the arm. "A dog followed us and bit," Ardan recounted without alarm. "I didn't think so at first. When Xian and I came out of the school, there seemed to be no one behind, and we didn't pay attention. There were many people on the street, and there were notices to shoot Xiong and Zhiyuan on the brick pillars under the arcade, as if just now. It was posted. There were many people watching everywhere. Xian was about to cry. I urged him several times before he would leave. We didn’t walk for long before we felt that the footsteps behind us were not quite right. I Turning my head, I saw a middle-aged man in a tunic suit following us. I seemed to have seen his face somewhere before. His pair of cunning eyes looked at us. I knew we were being followed. I secretly Touching Baxian's arm, he gave him a wink. He also understood.Let's try again.We slowed down a bit, and the man followed suit.Then we walked a little faster, and the pace behind us was also faster.I'm a little panicked, but I'm trying to figure it out.I told Xian to go first, and he turned and left.That person followed me.I deliberately ran into the dry fish shop to buy fish, and secretly watched how he was doing.He stood at the door waiting for me, this stupid thing.I didn't dare to delay, because I was afraid that he would go find someone else.I bought the fish in a hurry and held it in my hand, laughing and angry at the same time.I've thought of another way.I saw a large group of people looking at the notice diagonally, so I squeezed in and stood there for a while, then buried my head and slipped under the arcade, passed through a shop with doors open on both sides, and hurried into a side alley.I saw that he didn't follow, he was still looking around on the street.I just strode forward, turned another corner, and saw no one, so I walked as fast as I could.I was so happy to get rid of this dog.It was at this intersection that I found Yin. "The more he talked, the more excited he became, he gasped from time to time, and then he took off his gray cloth gown and threw it on the bed. At the end of his speech, he pointed to the bag of dried fish on the table with a smile and said: "This is the source of dried fish . "He continued annoyedly: "It's a pity that it's in the daytime.If it's night, I'll throw this bag of dried fish in his face and make him suffer. " His words increased the tension in the room, and everyone listened attentively. "Then, don't go out again today," Peizhu then said to Yadan. "Wait a while and you meet that person again, and he won't let you go." "It doesn't matter. I'm not afraid. It's fun to fight with him. As long as he is more flexible, I can't escape," Yadan said excitedly, and he still had the same person in front of him. "Did you meet anything on the street?" Chen Qing suddenly asked Peizhu. "No, we were very careful," Peizhu replied. It was true that they were very careful on the road this morning, but she forgot what happened when they came home last night. "Then this place is still safe," Chen Qing said. "Adan, have you seen Min? Has he been to school?" Hui thought of Min again, and she asked anxiously.She was very worried about Min. "He didn't come to the school. I thought he was here," Ardan replied.He seemed to see Min in that room, standing on a square stool, removing a brick from the east wall, revealing a hole, and taking out a black object from the hole. "He hasn't been here today. Chen Qing met him on the street just now. I don't know where he is now. We should try to inform him and tell him to move," Hui said anxiously. "And he's running around in the street, which is more dangerous. I'll see him later." She then repeated what Chen Qing said about Wang Neng. "It's no use, he won't be at home. He will be careful. He may have gone outside the city to help Yun," Peizhu explained.In fact, she knew that Min would not go outside the city.She was worried that Min would do that, but she had no real proof, and Min had never explicitly admitted it to her.She didn't want to bring that up again, she knew that Min was no longer listening to reason.Renmin and Yadan also know this. "We only slept for three hours last night, and we sorted out all the documents. Peizhu, how is your part?" Bi, who had been silent for a long time, spoke. "It's all hidden, and I dare say no one will find it," Peizhu replied. "I want to go out of town," Bea asked the question. "We should work hard on this. If we had been fully prepared in this direction, we would never be so helpless now." "I'll go too." Hui continued. "Hui, you can't go, the city also needs people," Yadan put forward a different opinion.He went on to report one thing: "Several groups of students have already set off outside the city, and Yun is also there. The number of students is not small." "Hui can't go. In the case of Bi, we can't stop her. She's too exciting to live in the city," Peizhu expressed her opinion. "Then send Min outside the city," Hui suggested. "It would be better for him to be out of town." "I agree. Min has been too much stimulated in the city these days, so he should be sent out." Chen Qing also believed that this was the best way to settle Min. "I'm afraid he won't go," Ardan said worriedly. "He has no reason not to go. This is everyone's opinion." Chen Qing said firmly. "Things are often unexpected," Peizhu whispered, as if unwilling to show that she knew better than others. "It's better for Renmin to go back to S immediately. He's here, and I'm very worried for him," Yadan said earnestly.He cast his friendly eyes on Renmin's face. "I said a long time ago that he shouldn't take risks with us here," Chen Qing said. Renmin smiled slightly, answered Yadan's gaze with kind eyes, and then said gently: "Why are you all worried about me? Aren't your lives equally precious? I don't have the courage to leave you at this time... Peizhu, What do you say?" He walked up to Peizhu and asked in a soft voice.Peizhu turned her head to look at him, and said with a smile, "If you want to stay here, just stay." "But why did he die with us? It's unnecessary." Ardan objected firmly. "Peizhu, don't you see this relationship?" "Ardan, don't talk about sacrifice. Do you know that life is being destroyed every day in this world? But there are also some lives that cannot be destroyed. Why are we afraid? In fact, I care about him more than you," Peizhu continued. To put it mildly.Her large eyes looked tenderly into Ardan's long face. "I know you love him, you love him." Ardan couldn't help yelling roughly, thinking he had discovered a secret.Everyone focused their eyes on Peizhu and Renmin's faces. Apart from surprise, those eyes contained infinite kindness. Peizhu didn't blush, she still had a smile on her face.She answered everyone's gaze in turn with calm eyes.She replied calmly and gently: "Love is not a sin, nor is it something to be ashamed of. I love him and he loves me. This way the hearts of two people will be a little happier. Maybe we will die together tomorrow, and you will die today." Can't we live happier? Love will only increase our courage." She turned her head to look at Renmin and smiled intimately, and stretched out a hand to let his hand hold tightly. "I'm not blaming you." , I'm just pointing out the facts. Of course there are some people who give up their jobs for love, but I dare not blame you for this," Yadan blushed with shame and explained anxiously when he heard Peizhu's words. "Ardan, you don't have to explain. I will never be mad at you," Peju replied with a smile. "I can say that I will never interfere with Peizhu's work. I am willing to try my best to help her. In fact, this is also my own business. I hope everyone will trust me," Renmin said emotionally.He looked intently at the lips of the men in turn, as if eager for their answer. "Then let me congratulate you, I, who is called a love supremacist," Hui walked up to Renmin jokingly, and extended his hand to him. "However, I'm not a love supremacist, I'm not your comrade," Renmin replied with a smile, and stretched out his hand to squeeze Hui's hand tightly. "That nickname was given to her by De, and De is the most unhappy person." About love," Bea explained from the sidelines. "De has been dead for three years." Hearing Bi mention De, Hui suppressed her smile. She thought of that eagle face, those two eagle eyes, that pair of iron-like wrists, and that charcoal. average heart.She had a little relationship with Germany, but only she and him knew about it. "None of us have opinions like De. Renmin, don't get me wrong. We all want you to be happy," Chen Qing said sincerely, his triangular face painted with a gleam of friendship.In Renmin's eyes, that ugly face turned into something very cute.A feeling of happiness swelled his heart.He felt they surrounded him and Peju with their blessings.Each shared some love, some sympathy for the two of them.His emotion made him want to cry and laugh at the same time. "Peizhu, I'm so happy," Xian twisted one of Peizhu's arms, his little eyes filled with tears. "Xian, what's the matter with you? Are you crying or laughing?" Peizhu asked kindly, bowing her head. "Our life is like this, crying for a while and laughing for a while," Hui said loudly. "Other matters, wait until Ke's letter arrives before deciding. I still have something to do, so I have to go first," Chen Qing said. "Let's go after dinner," Hui Wan said. "Even if you die tomorrow, you should eat two meals today." "I'll go back to the meeting to eat," Chen Qing said briefly, and left. "Bi, let's cook." Hui sent Chen Qing out, closed the door and came in, calling Bi and said, "Everyone has something to do after we have eaten. And you have to go out of the city."