Chapter 9 Chapter 8 Qianlong Don’t Use Cave Snakes to Fly

Just six years before the day that Xiao Wu gave me the agate stone, on August 12th in the 54th year of the Republic of China, I don’t know what time it was, Zhang Shifang hadn’t stolen Li Hanxiang’s bluestone slab, and the military police still kept it Some people cordoned off around the botanical garden.Wandefu appeared floatingly—from the north gate of the Botanical Garden on Guangzhou Street, avoiding hundreds of searchlights and Searching with the flashlight, I quietly came to the small pavilion in the lotus pond. At that time, there was no one guarding the pavilion inside and outside.But Wandefu was still very cautious, and it could be said that every step was in a hurry; at least it took nearly half a shift before tiptoeing into the pavilion.Seeing again the groove in the stone slab that was dug back to the ancestor's house, and thinking about the tragic funeral of the old man, I felt a sore nose for a while, and then I watched the trick of "Fengxian heartbroken" on the exposed beam on the top of the pavilion. With a twist, he leaned against the beam and wooden support like a firecracker soaring into the sky.It should be known that this Wandefu is no longer the old Wuxia Ameng. After thirty-six years, how can this "broken heart first" not be made supernatural?Compared with the situation where Xiang Dihao was unintentionally used when he first tried the sword in Hushu in Hangzhou, when he knocked down Xiang Dihao's carved feathers and arrows, we can see his proficiency. Impressed.

Wan Defu, who was lying on the beam like a gecko, can be said to be hanging in the darkness at this moment. After a long while, he could see that there was indeed such a thing between the beams from the faint waves of light reflected from the water surface of the lotus pond. Several dents.When he touched it with his hand, every dent was an inch deep—in other words: what was in the dent?But there is no way to know.However, Wandefu was confident at the moment, instead of worrying or rushing, he crawled between the beams for a long time, and only after the faintly bright morning sun reflected from the water surface did he see a clue——

Sure enough, there were five dents, the size of which was indeed caused by bullets, but the distribution of the dents and the shape of the embedded beams were extremely unusual.Wan Defu turned his head and bent his neck to watch for a quarter of an hour before realizing that he was flying up, which was not in the same direction as Mr. Wan's head, west feet, east, and corpse lying on the ground.At that moment, he took a breath of truth, and then released and gathered the energy. Between releasing and gathering, the person has turned a full 180 degrees, with the head in the west and the feet in the east.At this time, when you look at it again, it is clear at a glance.

It turned out that the five warheads ejected from Mr. Wan's chest were indeed deeply embedded in the roof of the pavilion, but the embedding force is worthy of scrutiny.If it is divided into left and right, the five warheads can be roughly divided into two groups, three on the left and two on the right.If you look at the embedding method of individual warheads, the one in the lower left corner and the one in the lower right corner are different from the other three—they are embedded horizontally. When Wandefu first saw the shape, he instinctively thought of the tea array.Two hundred years ago, when the bachelor surnamed Hong brought a piece of Hongmen's "seabed" and signed a covenant with the White Lotus Sect and Yihequan "Northern Sect and South Sect", many local weapon fighting groups have discovered a kind of both It can be called the way to expand the organization, and it can also be called the way to crack secrets—that is, to spread this kind of thing called "sea bottom" in large quantities and rapidly.

The so-called "seabed", as the name suggests, is an extremely deep, extremely secret, and extremely difficult to find out; it can also be said to be the most fundamental and core rules, legal systems, creeds, oaths, rituals, and even the relationship between members. means of identification, etc.It does not necessarily appear before the formation of the gang - a more reasonable and factual situation should be after the establishment and development of the gang. The author cuts the order and asks a special person to transcribe and transcribe it.This kind of secret book is not used to circulate and spread.On the contrary, it should have the property of prohibiting circulation and dissemination.Because once it is handled by many people, it loses its original intention of being a "seabed" and keeping treasures and keeping secrets.

But the treasured secrets are not easy to see and reveal their secrets unless they are shared-especially when the organization has plans to become bigger.Therefore, the handwritten secret book, which was originally only for a small number of members to record memos and was enshrined as an imperial decree, has become a thing widely circulated and disseminated among local forces and parties.There are also people in Guangdong Province who made their fortunes by printing "undersea" and became rich. The "seabed" produced by the Tiandihui system was originally only a booklet of dozens of pages.Once circulated, everyone wants to leave their own mark on this booklet, which can be called a holy book.Therefore, as long as people with a little literacy (or even those with no literacy) have a little bit of authority, they will add some poems, articles and stories. Just a daily walk across the bridge will give birth to dozens of responses. crooked poems and bad ballads. It seems that if a bachelor walking across the bridge fails to meet the secret book of these poems, he will be regarded as a spy. For example: Q: Who is at the end of the bridge? Answer: The end Brother Wan Yi is here. Question: What is going on here? Answer: I am looking at the peaches and plums here. Question: How many seeds are there on the peach and plum trees? Answer: Thirty-six peach trees and seventy-two plum trees, a total of one hundred and eight. Question: What is the evidence? Answer: There are poems as evidence--Peaches three and six are in the root of the tree/Plums are seven and two are super group/The two are connected to form a formation/One hundred and eight determine the universe. Continued answer: There is a pair of couplets that Evidence—a true gentleman with a head and a tail/a man who exists from the beginning to the end. Question: Did you pass on the bridge? Under the bridge? Answer: The disciple passed under the bridge. Question: Why didn’t you pass on the bridge? Answer: The disciple is dirty and dare not Passing on the bridge. Question: The water under the bridge is deep, how can I pass? Answer: Brother Jie Wanyi saw that I was sincere and loyal, and taught me to hold three stones in my hand and splayed feet; Proof? Answer: There is a poem as proof - crossing the ten thousand troops at the head of the Erban Bridge / crossing the riverside with three stones in hand / my brother-in-law asked me where to go / a true heart to accompany the emperor. Question: where will I go to Erbanqiao? Answer : Go to Hongmen again. Question: Who is guarding Hongmen? Answer: The two generals Wanlong and Du Fang are guarding. There is a pair of couplets as evidence——Gaogang, a local town, sends streams and mountains Qianguxiu / Gate faces the sea and Sanhe Gorge The water flows for thousands of years.

Such repeated questioning, answering, and chattering, if the truth is true, the qualifications of Tiandi Hui's bachelors to learn and memorize may not be weaker than those who come from the right way and stereotyped scholars. And in this "undersea" secret book, it is not unbelievable.Tea array is one of them.The tea array has a fixed layout pattern when arranging cups and serving tea to the guests.No matter one teacup, two teacups... or even thirteen teacups, plus one teapot, hundreds of formations can be formed.Which cup does the visitor take?How much?How to hold the cup?How to cook?There are delicate details and requirements.If there is hostility between the host and the guest, but there is any mistake in the exchange and response of the tea array, it is very likely to turn into a fierce fighting.Conversely, if the tea party treats each other properly, it is also possible to resolve difficulties and resolve disputes, turning hostility into friendship.

Looking at the embedding of the warheads, Wan Defu naturally thought that this arrangement was slightly similar to the pattern of tea array cups in the "Under the Sea" secret book.Among the tea formations, five cups of tea can be said to be varied.If it becomes a "plum blossom man" with four outsides and one inside, the cup in the middle must not be drunk.If the "Five Patriarchs" are arranged in a straight line, you can't drink a cup; if you have to drink it, you must first pour it back into the pot and pour it again. This is called "Emperor Chongzhen is above the Five Patriarchs".The up three down two style is called "five tigers going down to the West Village", and only the cup in the middle of the upper row can be drunk.As for the third from the left and the second from the right, there is no such style in the orthodox tea array—it only exists when both tobacco and tea are used.Facing this pose, the singer must hold the bottom of the three left cups, that is, the one closest to him, first move to the top of the right two cups, that is, the side close to the owner, and then recite a poem: The old days were poor and the Qing people occupied our capital by force/Returned to the world to respect teachers and Shun/When Mingyue Zhongxing rebelled.Only in this way can we die again.

Wan Defu went through all the poems of these five cups of tea over and over again in his mind, and found that none of them were applicable to explain or hint at the state of mind of Mr. Wan when he was dying.But at this moment, the morning sun was slightly brighter again, and the waves reflected obliquely, drawing out relatively distinct length shadows on the sides of these bullet holes. Under the cover of this wave of light, five bullet holes of different lengths on the beam in the pavilion actually formed an incomplete character.The three on the left are one circle, one circle, and one obliquely long from top to bottom, forming a three-dot water stroke; the two on the right are one dot and one horizontal from top to bottom, forming a main or high character The first two strokes of .Others may not understand the incomplete characters; Wan Defu looked carefully and knew that it was between the serious characters used by ordinary people and the provincial characters used by gang members.Then he followed the line and thought about it twice, suddenly he seemed to understand, and suddenly he seemed to be confused - but seeing his two saber eyebrows frown and frown, he seemed to understand and seemed not to understand.

It turns out that from the beginning of the Tiandihui's uprising, to connecting the north and the south of the river, and the distant fortress outside the customs, it can be said that wherever there is a well, there is a role of the party and gang.Some are horse thieves, some are dog thieves, and some are just mouse thieves.However, there are also figures above the high rollers.Even those who have only a small amount of power have inspired their ambitions and ambitions. They want to be attached to the banner of the great righteousness of the Han people who oppose the Qing Dynasty and restore the Ming Dynasty, and expell the captives to rejuvenate China. The word "Ming" is written as three points of water plus a day, the word "Heaven" is written as "Zuoqing Youqi", the word "Di" is written as "Zuoheiyouqi", and the word "Hui" for the Party is written as Shang Yamashita's strange shape.There are also people who add a radical of three dots of water no matter what the word is, to show the incision.When the local officials catch criminals, those who are related to gangs but have no proof, often deliberately add a three-point radical to the criminal's name, and then make people commit crimes. .But there are also bachelors who have heard about this injustice deliberately put three dots of water next to their first and last names, pretending to be prosperous and proud.There is such a disciple of the Shanghai Small Knife Society named Zhang Chaojing, who also added three points of water to his name, which became a high tide cool, and it was a joke for a while.

Three points of water can be interpreted as an abbreviation of Tiandihui Fengming Zhu Hongwu Zhengshuo, who called himself Hongying and was called Hongmen.Since the Tiandihui gradually merged with other local parties, even the Cao Gang was affected.There is a later saying that even Pan Qing, the founder of Hangzhou Pan'an, one of the three sects of the Cao Gang, was not named Pan Qing, but Pan Qing.Therefore, Pan'an is also called Qingbang.But the Three Points of Water finally turned into a trend, so Pan Qing was changed to Pan Qing, and Qing Gang was changed to Qing Gang. Wandefu saw these three points of water very familiar, but the "亠" on the right is not very unusual.Among the numerous party materials, there is only one related to this prefix.It comes from the "Introduction" in the old book "Under the Sea".It is this "亠" that is worn on the head of the character. It is said that the five patriarchs of the Tiandihui—Cai Dexing, the eldest son, Fang Dahong the second, Ma Chaoxing the third, Emperor Hu Dedi the fourth, and Li Shikai the fifth—held the Muyang Conference, released the Hongmen, and gathered heroes from all over the world.Suddenly, someone who claimed to be "Gaoxi Tianyouhong" led the new recruits to join the army and eat food, and asked the general at the door to report to the Lord's teacher.The manuscript was presented, and the Lord (that is, the eldest brother Wan Yunlong above the Fifth Patriarch) said: "Since Pangu, there has been no one named Tian. Why is there a person named Tian? Why don't you tell the real name and surname quickly? If There is half a false statement, if you drive out of the gate, you will be executed without mercy!" The man who claimed to be God Blessing Hong said: "I am no one else, but a minister named Cheng'en Wang named Cheng'en, a minister under Emperor Chongzhen of the Ming Dynasty. Back then, the traitors rebelled and wanted to seize my lord and drive me out of the imperial city. The people scattered in the formation. The late emperor walked to the foot of Meishan, and saw that there was no way out, and there were pursuers; he could not escape, so he had to hang himself to death." Later, Wang Cheng'en also came to the foot of Meishan, and saw the lord dead. This splendid country must have been acquired by the barbarians, so he untied his belt, hung it on Chongzhen's feet, and hanged himself. To be honest: Wang Chengen was so loyal and courageous that he only wanted to follow Chongzhen back to the west and never leave him, so he used Chongzhen's feet as beams and hung them on it;Afterwards, the loyal soul came to the Taimiao, originally only looking for a job as an escort and a place to stay.Who knew that Chongzhen would be fine if he didn't see him, and when he saw him, he would yell at him, saying that he was an unfaithful and unjust minister, and he dared to hang him as a lord or an emperor—this is called "additional punishment after death", The crime is more than the destruction of the corpse.Hearing this, the souls of all loyal ministers became more and more annoyed, and all their grievances against Li Chuang were directed at Wang Cheng'en.Therefore, the loyal soul wanders outside the temple, and the fierce spirit reverberates in the air, with no place to lean on. One day, he suddenly saw an old monk with purple face, green eyes and curly beard and protruding forehead coming up from the clouds. Knowing that it was Patriarch Bodhidharma who was out for a visit, he hurriedly knelt down, knelt down, and complained of his grievances.Patriarch Bodhidharma took pity on what happened to him, so he put it in a gourd and gave him a pair of iron plate straw sandals to stabilize the soul's roots and prevent it from wandering.He was also given the surname Tian, ​​named you Hong, and sent him to Hongmen Muyang Conference to serve.This is the reason why Tianyou Hong asked to meet the Fifth Patriarch and Brother Wan Yunlong, and it is also the origin of the "report to Jin".In the future, church members everywhere will learn this allusion.As for Mr. Wan, he once had a conversation with Wan Defu, expressing his interest and emotion in this allusion of Wang Chengen.Wan Defu doesn't remember his words very well, but only vaguely understands his general meaning, which is about Chongzhen's indifference, indignation, cowardice, and even after his death.But Wang Cheng'en served his master only with a little bit of slavishness, but he didn't know that this slavish loyalty was nothing more than making foolish believers die in peace;Such an endless cycle, getting worse and worse, will lead to catastrophic disasters, even if the country is destroyed, it is not a pity. However, when Mr. Wan himself is dying, how should we explain this allusion of Wang Chengen?If Mr. Wan described himself as Wang Chengen, there must be another Chongzhen above him.If Mr. Wan regards himself as Chongzhen, then there must be another Wang Chengen under him.So, who is that one above?And who will the next one be? But just thinking about it so up and down, up and down, two faces alternately flashed in Wandefu's mind again and again: one is the only one in the world. A person who is above old man Wan is the leader who is called "Jin Shang" by the government at this time, and "Old Man" by the people in the gang.The other is Wanxi, the young master of the old Cao Gang's family who is about to succeed him and inherit the great line.But how could these two characters be the culprits who killed Mr. Wan? Just imagine: Although the "Old Man" is a few years older than Mr. Wan, he is inferior in terms of seniority in the gang.When the "Old Man" was recruiting all over the world for the position of Generalissimo, he used to go to Shanghai and posted a special post to see Mr. Wan.Mr. Wan felt that he missed his old teacher, but he was afraid that he would be famous all over the world and his achievements in his home country, and he would inevitably have some ambitious guesses about "how can he sleep soundly on the side of the couch"; Xiang fired cannons to welcome them, and while talking and laughing, they deliberately tore up the posts and threw them into the incense burner.Immediately, Old Man Wan gave up his seat and asked the "Old Man" to move to the first place. He lifted his robe and bowed down first, bowed down, and said: "Just now, the Generalissimo was allowed to perform the salute. It is for the ancestor's family to be honored by the Generalissimo." Goodbye. But now the generalissimo is not only a person in the field, but also an elder that the whole country relies on. This country is above the family, and it must be above the gang. Today, I made the decision without permission and respectfully sent Generalissimo out of the family of my ancestors. From now on, Generalissimo has nothing to do with the children of the Cao Gang. In this way, Generalissimo will not be hindered and hindered when he does big things. What about this? ——I also ask the Generalissimo to forgive me and accept it." This speech can be said to be comprehensive.On the surface, it seems that Mr. Wan exempted the "Old Man" from his status in the gang, and he did have a certain intention of repelling him.But with a mouthful of grand marshal, what he is doing is a great gift from the monarch and his ministers, and his intention is to untie the other party and unload the burden of being a party; means.But the "old man" at that time was indeed as Mr. Wan expected, and he was very ambitious.He cupped his hands unhurriedly, and responded slowly: "Nowadays, the anti-Japanese army is booming, and the country is troubled; what is lacking is manpower. I came to visit today, not for the sake of my own quietness. After all, for the country People, there is still a huge burden on my shoulders, the old man is aware of it, and should understand what I mean." As soon as this remark came out, everyone in the incense hall couldn't understand for a while, and they all froze.On the contrary, Mr. Wan continued calmly: "The Generalissimo doesn't need to worry. In addition to the shortage of manpower, there is actually a shortage of material resources in the present country, which cannot make the Generalissimo feel at ease. I know all about this." Having said that, Mr. Wan nodded slightly, and a deacon of the respected teacher hall opposite immediately held a square wooden box wrapped in red velvet and inlaid with gold. Squat, just one step away from the first place.Mr. Wan went on to say: "Here is Zhang Yinyang's million-dollar note, which is a little bit less for the Grand Marshal. If there is any need in the future, just pass down the order, dare the little gang refuse to be ordered? You don't have to bow down. As for this In terms of manpower, I have already informed all the rudder flags in the gang to dispatch capable and capable people to apply for the recruitment as soon as possible; Those who go through fire and water are the ones." After a few words calmly, the "Old Man" who is the Generalissimo finally let go of one hundred and twenty hearts, and then wentssip about some daily life, and then he said goodbye and went back to the camp, no problem. This is a grand gathering where the "Old Man" and Mr. Wan made friends and made friends at the same time.There is a poem by the Yishi family in Bangzhong that says: "Jinjiang Changbi Jiang Shanqing/Yuan Rong got off the horse and asked about love/Bow to Zhang Yidan and sacrifice with the flag/Smile and open the heart of the heart to carry the wine shop/How happy is a million dollars/8000 strong and brave Sitting alone/lonely lamp watching Hengtang evening/gloomy fame and clear eyes.” The "Old Man" suffered a heart attack less than ten years after the ascension of Mr. Wan, and died suddenly.After his death, Qin Xiaoyi, a close servant of the state government, made a carol, in which there is the phrase "Jin Shui Changbi/Jiang Shan Evergreen", which is suspected to have been taken from this poem.This is something for later, don't bother to talk about it first. And it is not without reason that Wan Defu went from the story of "reporting to Jin Ci" to the "old man".Because the last two sentences of the previous poem by Shi Shi of Gang Zhongyi said: "Sit in a lonely lamp and watch the Hengtang evening/Glorious fame and clear eyes" refers to the fact that Mr. Wan lost money and recruited soldiers behind the scenes, but he never refused to take credit for it on stage. In front of the screen, it was actually all about loyalty and courage that had nothing to do with worldly glory.But it's not that the "old man" can't believe in his loyalty and courage, and he has always been concerned about the prestige and ability of Mr. Wan over the years; he doubts whether Mr. Wan will tolerate the day when he assumes power.Comparing this with Chongzhen in the late Ming Dynasty and Wang Chengen's suspicion of "additional punishment after death", it is somewhat reasonable. But from another point of view: Mr. Wan was fond of joking and slang jokes during his lifetime. He was humorous and sarcasm. He often made fun of himself more than made fun of others.Since he was able to write down the last motto of "obliterating grievances and enmity", it means that the intention of leaving books and words is not to arrest murderers and arrest evil.In this way, it is not impossible for Mr. Wan to describe himself as Chongzhen.To put it bluntly: His intention seems to be that death is death; I am also self-defeating and committing suicide.Once such an explanation is made, let me ask: who should Wang Chengen be? It is not for nothing that Wandefu thinks of Wang Chengen as Wanxi.This incident took place in early October of the 26th year of the Republic of China during the Chinese War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression. Historians call this battle the Battle of Songhu. Assuming a brief outline of the offensive and defensive trends in the theater at that time, the periphery of Shanghai can be circled into a melon seed, with the tip facing southwest.The defense line of the national army is the big head of the melon seeds extending northwest, and the outermost is the left wing, which was transferred by Chen Cheng, the commander-in-chief of the 15th Army Group.To the east of Chen Jun is Commander-in-Chief Xue Yue of the Nineteenth Army, guarding Shi Xianggong Temple.From west to east, troops led by Huo Kuizhang, Wang Dongyuan, and Liao Lei were stationed in the north of the Beijing-Shanghai Railway.These three armies can be called the guards at the gates on the west and north sides of Shanghai. They are trying to block the Japanese troops crossing the south and the south, lest they drive straight in, break through the Beijing-Shanghai line, and even cut off the Jinpu line from Shanghai to the south to the Songjiang River. railway. On the other hand, this section of Jinpu Railway is almost an important line running obliquely from northeast to southwest from the right side of Guazier.To the east of this line is the Huangpu River, which meanders and also generally runs southwest/northeast.On the outside of this melon seed that surrounds Shanghai on this river is the right-wing army; it is supervised by Zhang Fakui, commander-in-chief of the Eighth Group.The army on this side is divided into two layers, the inner layer and the outer layer. The inner layer is deployed along Guazi'er, waiting for opportunities to march west and northwest, and can reinforce Liao Lei, Wang Dongyuan, and even Huo Puzhang's troops; the outer layer goes straight down the Songjiang River. Consolidate on the spot to prevent the Japanese army from attacking from Jinshanzui on the north bank of Hangzhou Bay in the southeast. This is just a tactical layout conceived by the Generalissimo of Bingma at the beginning of the battle.In his view: If Shanghai is a tiny place and cannot be defended, it will be very difficult for Nanjing not to fall into the enemy's hands.But he did not understand: the Songhu area is neither natural nor dangerous, and it has been a peaceful ocean for nearly a hundred years, and the people are extremely war-weary.Therefore, before this battle started, the Generalissimo had already made up his mind to make the battle extremely tragic.No matter how heavy the casualties or how huge the losses are, it must be postponed for as long as one or two months.He even wrote in his diary: "We must not hesitate to destroy the position and sacrifice the whole army, so that the enemy will retreat even though he advances, and win but lose." The generalissimo arrived in Tu and the battle was stalemate.By doing this, how much can you intimidate the enemy?In fact, it may not be sure, but if it is not the case, two more important goals can not be achieved: to use a large number of casualties to improve the honor of the soldiers, and to let the common people have the so-called admiration and admiration for the national troops under the command of the generalissimo.The second is to attract the attention of the authorities and the people of Britain, the United States, France, the Soviet Union and other countries through the international media's concern about such a major loss of human and material resources, which will eventually prompt all countries to jointly sanction Japan.As for another lesser purpose, the Generalissimo also wrote in his diary in a mixture of hidden language and plain language: "Deployment memo: It is necessary to fight to the death, and not to return to Jiangdong, so as not to become an armpit." These two sentences will confuse military experts who will study tactics and strategy in the future.First of all, from the beginning to the end of the Battle of Songhu, the national army did not have the opportunity or environment to fight back.Secondly, if the second sentence referred to the Japanese army, it would not make sense given the situation at the time—because the purpose of the battle was to contain the Japanese army to the east of the Huangpu River;Thirdly, the so-called transformation of the elbow and armpit refers to the fact that some people in the army turned against each other, which means rebellion; how can the Japanese army change at my elbow and armpit? In fact, researchers of later generations did not understand: the memo here refers not to the Japanese invaders, but to the eight thousand heroes who were recruited from the rudder halls under the command of Lao Caobang, Mr. Wan.The so-called backwater refers to the water of "three points of water".Jiangdong used the fact that Xiang Yu led 8,000 soldiers from Jiangdong to fight in the world; in this way, "so as not to turn into elbows and armpits" has a solution. According to the Generalissimo's calculations, of course the 8,000 people of Mr. Wan cannot form a whole army. If so, they will definitely not allow the Central Army to control them.Letting it become a powerful force in this way, not only is it not enough to defeat the enemy, but it may also have scruples about causing problems.So the method derived from these three memos is: first break up the 8,000 people and belong to three different armies of Liao, Wang, and Huo.Then secretly ordered the army commanders to send the one or three thousand people under their command to different divisions or independent brigades.There is only one thing that leads to the same goal: they are all sent to the front line on the highway from Liujiahang, Gaoqiao to Luodian. On September 30, the 26th year of the Republic of China, the Wanqiao Yan family mansion in front of the 77th Division of the National Army was breached by the Japanese Third Division Susumo Fujita.On October 1st, the Japanese army divided into three groups, attacking southeast, south and northwest respectively.Among them, the one attacking southeast took the Liujiaxing position.In just two days, almost all the old Cao gang bachelors were killed.But how do you know that almost all of these bachelors were killed in battle? It turns out that even though the old Cao gang's eight thousand strong men were dismantled, each of them had received an edict from Mr. Wan long ago: After serving in the army, no matter how people organize themselves, they must still have a record of identifying bachelors so that they can take care of each other.But although the number of 8,000 people is not small, once they put on uniforms and are mixed in a 100,000 army, how can they gossip and question each other?However, there is no unparalleled road, and it happened at the stage when the national army was not fully armed at that time; each army could not even purchase raincoats, so all soldiers who joined the army had to bring their own umbrellas.Before these young men from the Lao Cao Gang joined the army, they all bought oil-paper umbrellas of the same umbrella number.This umbrella is called "Old Shunxing", and it was originally a piece of property in the gang.The umbrellas made in this shop have very thick heads, and there is a circle of red lacquer near the outer edge of the umbrella skin.In order to express his response to Cao Gang’s charitable act of joining the army, Lao Shunxing’s shop owner rushed to make 8,000 paper umbrellas with extremely wide red lacquer circles, which were used by bachelors, and gave them a 25% discount; Mr. Wan paid for it from his private account. The Battle of Songhu lasted 92 days from August 9th to the fall of Songjiang on November 9th, and the battle at Liujiaxing was the most tragic.The spies of the old Cao gang who infiltrated the war zone every day to investigate the military situation reported afterwards: the umbrella head of Lao Shunxing picked up in Liujiahang on October 1st alone was full of two big bags, poured out and counted, and there were a total of one More than one thousand eight hundred and ninety. But there is a group of spies among them, who are actually brothers with different surnames who have been sworn brothers before joining the gang.The older one is called Shi Pincai, and the younger one is called Kang Yongcai.It is the one who is nicknamed "Hum Ha Ercai".These two people are usually Jiao Buli Meng and Meng Buli Jiao; after joining the gang, they joined the sects of two different masters respectively, and their friendship is as good as before, almost to the point of being inseparable even for a moment.Because what Hun Ha Ercai practiced is light-handed kung fu—this kung fu can be traced back to Bai Taiguan, the seventh hero of the Jiangnan Eight Heroes in the Yongzheng Dynasty of the Qing Dynasty.It has the figure of stepping on Wei to cross the river and brushing the dew through the forest.Therefore, although the two belong to Zhengdaotang, they have been dispatched by Mr. Wan's side all the time.At the beginning of the Shanghai defense war, Mr. Wan ordered the two to go to the front line of the Liuluo Highway at any time to inquire about the military situation.On the day of October 1st, Hum Ha set off on the third watch of the second watch, and in less than half an hour had already penetrated into the Liu Family Army's position.Just before dawn, the position was lost.Brother Ercai respectfully abides by the instruction: You must find out the truth about the enemy and yourself, and you must not rashly take risks to participate in the war.So I just killed 10 or 20 Japanese soldiers with hidden weapons in a surreptitious manner.Just when the hidden weapons were about to be finished, the Japanese army roared past, and assembled at Liao Lei's camp in the due south, Shi Pin heard the sound of "hey, hey, hey, hey" from the depths of the fallen wooden beams under the rubble, like cats. , like a monkey neighing; then he called Kang Yongcai to come, and moved away the barrier with both hands, only to find that a bachelor carrying an old Shunxing umbrella had his limbs and severed head, but a croaking baby was wrapped around his chest . It was near noon that day, Heng Ha Ercai was carrying two big sacks of umbrella heads, and the other was holding the baby in his arms. After displaying his housekeeping skills, he came back like a gust of smoke in the wind or a shadow in the mist. The ancestor's family in Xiaodongmen, Shanghai, immediately reported to Mr. Wan that they found a baby in the arms of a bachelor brother on the battlefield, and they are waiting for it. Naturally, this baby will not be the flesh and blood of the bachelor who died in battle.But the flames of war are everywhere, and the soldiers and horses are roaring. You are a man cast in copper and iron, a brave and ruthless reckless man, but he also knows how to protect a little baby with all his might.It's not surprising that this child is so lucky that he can escape the blockade of fire nets in the hands of Huo Ha Ercai.Mr. Wan immediately asked, "Do you know the name of the single man who died in battle?" Shi Pingcai said, "I saw the word "Chen" on the nameplate which was bloody and bloody." Kang Yongcai said, "It should have been cut off by shrapnel from the Japanese army's heavy artillery. , feet, so I never even asked for a single word or phrase." "It doesn't look like this bachelor's child, but he can treat him as his own and protect him to the death when he is in danger—" Mr. Wan sighed repeatedly, and after a long time said: "This child's surname is Wan, and I will name him "Xi" ", to show that he did not forget that in the midst of the war, there was a man named "Chen" who saved his life." After speaking, he picked up the child and looked at him carefully. The weight is less than ten catties, and the birthday is less than three months old, but the skeleton is extremely healthy.After a little luck, Mr. Wan found a strange protrusion on the back of the child's head, like a sharp edge of a stone, like the horns of a bucket of iron. Immediately, there was a burning sensation from his fingertips, but it disappeared in an instant. passed away. When Mr. Wan touched it carefully again, the odd protrusion looked round and smooth again. "It turned out to be a clapper head, and he must be a smart kid. He is somewhat similar to the Generalissimo." Mr. Wan couldn't help laughing, and then whispered to Wan Defu beside him about the vision sensed by his fingertips earlier. , and said: "I should have accepted a "Wei Yan"!" This Wei Yan, whose character is long, is a figure in the Three Kingdoms.Back then Zhuge Marquis Wu fought against Sima Yi, stationed troops in Wuzhangyuan, watched the sky at night, saw that the guest star of the three stars was brighter, and the main star was dark, complementing each other, and their light was dim;Therefore, on the night of the Mid-Autumn Festival in August, a method of praying for blessings was set up-this ceremony of praying for blessings requires worshiping the Big Dipper for seven days. A headlight and a Zhongan Kongming natal lamp.But on the seventh day, the general Wei Yan rushed into the account to report the military situation, but he refused to extinguish the main lamp.At that time, General Jiang Wei was so angry that he pulled out his long sword to kill Wei Yan. Kong Ming said: "This is my life, it is not the fault of Wen Zhang." Not long after that, Kong Ming died.But before his death, he whispered to the generals Ma Dai and Yang Yi: "After I die, Wei Yan will rebel."And before Wei Yan's rebellion, he had a dream at night, in which two horns grew out of his head.So he asked Zhao Zhi, the commander of the marching army, to ask what happened; Zhao Zhiran answered with the words of "images of change and flight" such as unicorns and blue dragons; it was not until he saw the old book Fei Yi that he said that this dream was not a good omen: the shape of the horn It is "used under the knife".If there are horns on the head, the knife must be used on the head. Naturally, it is a fierce elephant. Mr. Wan said a word inadvertently, but in Wan Defu's ears, he cast a haze in fear.Since the last twenty-eight years, every time he reads Wanxi's bangzitou, or hears a story about "Three Kingdoms" in the book about Wuzhangyuan, the Marquis of Wu, he will think of the old man's sentence Jokes; even more unexpectedly, Mr. Wan will be regarded as Zhuge Liang and Wanxi as Wei Yan—while he himself is the Jiang Wei who draws his sword and looks around at a loss.Hu Nian just turned here, Wan Defu suddenly gritted his teeth, frowned, raised his hand and shook himself in the ear, thinking: I think Wanxi picked it up from the rain of cannons, thunder, bullets, swords and swords. A life has gone through nearly 30 years of training and teaching in the palm of Mr. Wan's knees.Coupled with the careful training of Lame Nanny, Heng Ha Ercai and himself, not only has he cultivated a heroic skill, but he is also proficient in all martial arts.Even in his dealings with people, he has always been calm, dignified, honest and sophisticated, and his actions are neither humble nor overbearing. How could he be framed as a murderer who deceived his master and exterminated his ancestors because of the legend of Yan Yan and a casual joke?What's more, I think it's because of the jealousy accumulated in the depths of my heart for twenty-eight years; I always feel that Wanxi was born in the midst of a war, wandered for a few months, and then rose to the top , soaring, and even seeing that he is about to inherit the great power, lead tens of thousands of people, become the leader of a gang, dozens of alliances will swear to the head of the party, and selfishly hate him, so that he can't wait for him to be accused of a big crime? Once Wandefu opened his mind like this, he thought about it again, only to feel that the inside was a dark and gloomy hole, and other than that, it was like a net of tens of billions of tangled and twisted threads, without a single bit of it. Well stated idea.In such a moment of ignorance, he could hardly climb up and almost fell to the ground.He was sure, grabbed his hand, and condensed his breath again. He squinted and saw that the skylight reflected by the water waves illuminated the five bullet marks on the beam more clearly-as expected, the three points of water and the one point on the right It became more and more clear.Knowing that there was no time to delay, Wan Defu immediately freed up his left hand, took out a small pair of tweezers from the treasure bag under his right armpit, and probed deep into each bullet hole.As soon as he found the warhead, he secretly urged the real qi on his fingertips—you must know that this way of real qi has a name, it is called "Curling Secret Gossamer Skill", its origin is very ancient, so it must be explained in detail.There is a saying that this skill was passed down from when Fuxi created the gossip, he used his beard and hair to paint rocks, and after sixty years of hexagram formation, the magical skill of gathering Qi at the end of the hair was also formed.This statement is too absurd, and it is more difficult to study the genealogy of Fuxi's lineage in detail, so it is not necessary to keep it. According to another source, it is still related to the facts of the Eight Heroes in the South of the Yangtze River.相传八侠之一为排名第四的路民瞻，与五侠周浔等二人皆精绘事。周浔擅绘龙、路民瞻能画鹰；二人形迹俱载于《画征录》。 《画征录》记路氏事较略，尝云“民瞻画鹰，得意之作，辄题“英雄得路”四言。”其实不只此也。万老爷子生前遗作有《神医妙画方凤梧》一卷，为清代末叶大画师方练的传记兼评述之作。方练，字凤梧，号甘醴居士，又号惊鸦先生。这位大画师自己的笔记《惊鸦留鸿录》载：当年路民瞻写鹰，故意以同音字“英”谐指路自己为英雄，其实并非夸诞。 《惊鸦留鸿录》还记了这么一段：“民瞻幼病瞽，偶値一盲僧过其家，语其父：“此子之疾在方寸之间、不在眉睫之下。 ”其父拜乞僧为治。僧曰：“吾能使此子复见天日，则汝须终身不见此子。 ”父诺之。僧遂以指画民瞻额。俄而民瞻于冥中能默视，见一青光如线，直取胸臆而来，循经络疾行上下，若结蛛纲。有顷，民瞻竟呕血数升，眸遂开，堕泪一捧，渐觉有光，能辨形影。久之，视如常，其血泪则似泼墨焉。”经过这一段奇遇，那瞎眼老僧一语不发，祇冲路民瞻的父亲一合双掌，当下搴住这小儿的衣袖，风驰电掣般地纵跃而去。路民瞻日后的一身武功画艺即由此僧授得。 话说这路民瞻所学的武功之中最称绝艺的便是“卷密游丝功”。卷密者，“卷之则退藏于密”也。游丝者，气浮而流、流而周、周而纠、纠而游，游若丝也。大体而言，这是一门内家的武术，要旨是将一股眞气以极细、却极刚硬强劲的方式由行功者身躯之上某一非常纤小的孔穴之中射出。因为各人练习此功的用途与身体各部的机能殆非相同，是以取道亦各异。大凡自路民瞻以下，正统出身的代传弟子皆以指尖为发功渠道，亦多以右手食指指尖为孔穴。一气喷出，势如尖针利刺，可取人穴道、瞳人；乘隙导窍，无不毁伤。再入上乘者更可以化刚为柔，以意使气，促之千回百折，画圆图方。据闻方练其人已臻此境，却素不喜斗武伤人，是以常飮墨一壶，再运此“卷密游丝功” 作画——其法是将画纸悬于壁间，再与纸相距一丈开外而立，以指遥画、隔空喷墨而绘之。在《神医妙画方凤梧》一书中，万老爷子如此写道：“凤梧公如此奇技辄令观者戟发瞠眸、噤口怵心，尝为之闭息良久而不察焉，几至晕厥犹未己知也。”万老爷子自己也是由路民瞻这一路的内功脉脉相承，学画于方练的同时得其心法相授，是以能于临终之际刻字留书、力透石板。唯其以意使气的功力尙未臻于化刚为柔的境界。其可观处，倒是较诸世间许多学得此艺、却不得不藉毫芒雕刻之术以售于俗者，要来得纯粹也醇正得多了。 至于万得福在这门武功方面的修为自然又较万老爷子逊色许多。他这一催动眞气，大约能教那内力毕集于镊尖，如是探入弹痕深处，再轻轻翻抖指节，一颗弹头便给撬出来了。如此不多一会儿的工夫，五颗弹头全数撬出。万得福将之并那小镊子一同收入百宝囊中，翻身下梁，却不敢从原路或是东侧南海路正门而出；遂再施展先前那倒伏身形、匍匐贴壁的内功，由九曲堤廊之下爬向荷塘的对岸。幸而这堤廊与水面之间恰有一尺多高的空隙，万得福屛息凝劲，如壁虎游墙一般，不多时便没了形迹。晨起来此活动的游人只见对岸细草微风、花树摇曳，却不知有个高人已倏忽来去了一趟。 可是天明之后直至薄暮时分，几乎整整一个对时有余的辰光里，万得福却一无所获——万老爷子的遗言所谓的六龙当眞是潜而勿用，全然无处可觅。 先是，这六个五旬以上、七旬以下的老者与万老爷子每月一会之时，往往也是纵意来去、自在逍遥。在最初的几年里，几乎没有任何人知道他们寄寓何处以及是否有家人妻小等等。只道每逢月圆之夜，六老必定到植物园把酒临风，匆匆一晤。直到这一、两年，万老爷子间或携万得福同行，他才约略知晓：终年戴一顶绒线帽、无分寒暑绝不摘除的是总统府的资政李绶武。此人话极少，外号人称哑巢父，凡事隐忍谦退，向不在言辞上与人争锋，的是一个讳莫如深、且深不可测之士。尤其是他随身携一枚放大镜；无论何等物事，但凡置于面前三尺之内，他必定举镜考察，哪怕是点残羹剩肴，也要详观片刻，彷佛其中总有极大的学问。万得福知他单身一人，早年即将官舍捐出，自于碧潭对岸山区买了幢茅舍独住，可说是个极其古怪的人物。 万得福祇去过那茅舍一次，那是近两年前的十月里，他奉命亲往碧潭对岸后山去接李绶武、并顺道至新店接魏三爷入局。是日阳历为一九六三年、民国五十二年十月二日、星期三，阴历为八月十五戊寅。万得福约在午后四时许来到碧潭后山，穿过一片杂木林子和一湾自然天成、似井似池的水洼，果然看见有低檐矮屋三间，上覆棕叶、茅草和几百方瓦石。小窗薄纱，教四周草叶榇反出一片盈盈绿泽。远远望去，当窗果有一人正手持放大镜、逐字研读一卷不知什么书。万得福见天色尙早、不敢也不须立刻惊扰，便自在这山间幽境倘徉了一阵。初阅目时，万得福祇喜此地空气清净、草树茂密，间之水气充溢，沁凉舒爽。可伫立之不足，放脚走过几步，再回头时，忽然觉得景物有些奇怪，却也说不上来是什么地方奇怪。再向前走几步，原想是冲西南方小丘行去；一回身，却发现自己已经置身于茅舍侧面的檐下，而李绶武手上的书卷和放大镜正隐约在他背后不及一尺远的窗沿上靠着——他甚至还能清清楚楚地看见李绶武长而弯曲的指甲盖子。这一下万得福心头大骇，连忙侧身退了三步，一脚却倏忽踩空，差半寸便跌进那似井似池的水洼之中。所幸他身上带着功夫，临危缩腿收势，另只踩在实地上的脚再一黏点，“嗖”的声凌空侧卷，使了个他自然六合门本门的身法，是一式“旁敲侧击”和一式“帘卷西风”的合璧。可身形刚才落地，万得福却又找不着那水洼了。这时耳边才传来李绶武的语声：“别动！你已入我阵中，一动就有凶险！”万得福心念乍转，情知这老头儿所言不虚；他摆的正是当年诸葛武侯入川时在鱼腹浦摆下的八阵图。此阵按遁甲休、生、伤、杜、景、死、惊、开排成，每日依时辰、方位变化万端。即令东吴火烧连营七百里的名将陆逊到了鱼腹浦也要受困终朝。其凶险时可以飞沙走石、铺天盖地，但见奇岩嵯峨，槎枒似剑；横沙立土，嵚崟如山。兼之涛声波声、哭声吼声，如鼓如簧、如箫如筝；时而壮阔，时而幽咽——可谓诡识之至，无可名状。 “你从惊门入，再折西五步便入伤门，向北三步即入死门，万一有个闪失，我却如何向老爷子交代？”说着，李绶武忽然从东南角现身，手中放大镜看似朝那水洼一招，反光斜射，耀眼明亮。待万得福再睁眼时，见自己正站立在当央一间茅舍的正门口，一只脚还搭在门坎上呢。李绶武则仍端坐在原先那窗口，窗纱斜斜向外推出，他的手上果然还是一枚放大镜、一卷线装书，指甲盖子既长且弯。 “这是无相神卜知机子的门道。”李绶武晃了晃手上的书本，笑道：“我初学乍练，还不熟巧，害你老弟吃了一惊，罪过罪过！” “老爷子差遣我来接资政前去小集。”万得福惊魂未定，祇能硬着头皮道出来意，却忘了底下还要说些什么。 “这么些年来都是大家自来自去，今日来接，里头一定有机关——你，不会是吓忘了吧？” 万得福这才猛然想起：行前万老爷子确有交代，请李绶武别忘了带一份名单去。李绶武闻言一皱眉，叹道：“唉！老爷子毕竟还是要插手。” 说是这么说，李绶武毕竟还是从他那满壁架上的书卷之中抽出一本，翻开某页，拿了夹在其中的一张纸方。打从此刻起——依万得福记忆所及——李绶武整晚竟不发一语，直至夜阑酒散，万老爷子派万得福扈从李资政回府，他老先生都拒绝了。 近两年之后，万得福于万老爷子突遭刺杀的第二天清晨一离开植物园便径奔碧潭后山，才窜出那片杂木林却见几十块削刻平整、陡峭巉岩的巨石当前耸立，哪里还有什么花草、水洼和茅舍呢？这一下两年前那个奇怪的傍晚的记忆竟如潮浪般涌至——是夜举止言谈颇不寻常的还有一个魏三爷。万得福这时不敢再向前跨出半步，祇得退回杂木林中，找了个平旷干燥之处坐下歇息，细细回想起当时接了李绶武之后，再赴魏三爷新店寓所的一幕情景。 魏三爷名谊正，字慧叔，亦曾是国府之中响当当的人物，但是在上海保卫战之后一度慷慨陈辞、当廷面折“老头子”。谓：对日抗战既已开打，有两极端之议看似相反，实则皆不可取。其一是第一预备军及第五战区司令官李德邻“独立抗战到底，不求国际奥援”的主张。魏三爷以为这是见树不见林的一意孤行，无何李德邻不过是个粗豪跋扈的军阀出身，意气干云而器识浅窄，其议自然不足为训。可是在另一方面，身为大元帅的老头子不惜延宕区域性战役的时程、扩大小规模交锋的衅斗，罔顾国军伤亡之惨重巨烈，试图耸动国际视听，藉以将英、美等国兵力引入的作法，亦属见林而不见树。他甚至当众斥责老头子不该大肆延请路透社等新闻单位派员至上海观战，为的祇是让欧美之“观察家”、“消息人士”盛讃华军英勇忠义，代价却是数以万计的军民生灵。经此冲突，“老头子”遂日渐疏远魏三爷，非但不再言听计从，甚且蓄意贬抑逐斥。及至抗战结束，终于将他彻底摒于核心之外，仅委一国民大会代表身分。魏三爷自兹放浪形骸，日夜争逐酒食，且不乏绝色佳丽坐侍陪怀，号称“百里闻香”。尝自撰一联以明志，联曰：“家不家，国不国，岂甘楚宫争酒肉/非道，名非名，尤惧燕市作刀俎”。 话说万得福接了李绶武上车，取道新店魏三爷府。开门的却是个大约十三、四岁的少女。看她年纪虽犹少艾，出落得却成熟标致；眉如远山、眼似幽潭，一张脂粉未施的白嫩面皮上透着两朵莲瓣也似的红晕。少女朱唇轻启，葱指微颤，看得个年逾半百的万得福也不由得心荡神驰，不觉腔膛一紧、脊骨一热，听那少女说了几句寒暄言语，却直是右耳进、左耳出，什么意思也没往脑子里放。这时节魏三爷也出来了，顺手将一串钥匙交付那少女，吩咐道：“今夜这个局若是散得晚，你就把钥匙搁在脚垫底下，自去睡了，不必等门。”少女应个喏，缓缓关上门，万得福看她手腕上居然还有个赭红色的莲花刺青，着实感觉奇异，可这一瞥倏忽过去，耳边却听魏三爷道：“老爷子可先让你去接过绶武？” “接来了的，人在巷口车上——” “你先把他交给你那份名单给我。”魏三爷说时右手一伸，待万得福将那纸方递过去，他侧过身子，匆匆一览，随即又将名单还了万得福，并低声问道：“老爷子还说了些什么没有？” 说时，魏三爷一侧脸朝屋窗挥了挥手，万得福才看见：先前那少女正站在窗帘深处向这边痴痴笑着。他随即点点头，道：“老爷子还说平时和三爷交通不易，今夜又只合是闲情雅集，不该当着各位爷多说什么。所以特别要我问三爷一声：“那人在不在名单上？ "" “在的。”魏三爷仍低声道：“不过在名单上叫“周鸿庆”；框吉周、江鸟鸿、庆祝的庆。不是“莫人杰”。莫人杰用“周鸿庆”这个化名瞒得了旁人，瞒不过魏三。“周鸿庆”是他莫家当年在杭州兴办过塘行时所聘任的一个厨子，手艺极佳。尤其是一道“红煨清冻鸭”，能煨得鸭骨酥软，浑似无物，再以寒冰镇之，吃时入口即化、骨肉流离。所以有人还给这道菜拼了个谐句，叫“冰肌玉骨香无汗，水暖春江鸟不知”。上句改蜀主孟昶的词，赞这菜色的口感和味道；下句改王安石诗，且嵌入了“江”、“鸟”二字，是要让名厨随这美食而传扬——” “您说得多了我怕记不住，三爷。”万得福道。 魏一二爷也自笑了，道：“一谈起吃来，我就忘了正经，让老弟见笑了。这么着，回头你就趁四下无人，把前半段向老爷子回禀了，鸭子那一节就甭说了。” 向来这荷塘小集，七老从无私言窃行。但凡有什么事、什么话，无不可公开。唯独那一回，让万得福觉得好生蹊跷——直觉以为：万老爷子不得不藉由李绶武取得一份机密名单，而李绶武又似乎不同意万老爷子要这名单的动机和作为。至于魏三爷显然并不反对万老爷子的作法，甚至还尽其所知地帮了个忙，可是他却明白指示万得福：此事不可与其它人语。 在两年前的那夜里，万得福固然依言行事，却有如丈二金刚、摸不着头脑。直到数日之后——也就是民国五十二年的十月九日，才有一则惊天动地的大消息远从日本东京传来。 那是在十月七日的清晨，一个经由中共当局派赴日本来考察的“油压机械考察团”团中，有那么一个叫周鸿庆的工程师想要投诚，于是趁着当时台湾方面尙与日本具备正式邦交、且有大使馆驻在的时机，悄悄遁离同行人员监视，雇了一辆出租汽车，径奔中华民国使馆。不料出租车的司机听错了周鸿庆夹生不熟的日语，却把他带到了附近的苏联大使馆去。有道是：“天堂有路偏不走/地狱无门自来投”。苏联大使馆方哪里肯遂其人所愿？自然依国际公法惯例将之交付日本警方。巧的是：这周鸿庆本人预谋投诚的时候，就怕过早出走，反而夜长梦多；是以拖到在日签证到期，准备返回大陆的一日——也就是签证到期的当天——才一举起事。不料日本政府得到此人之时，已经是十月七日午后，而周氏本人的签证恰恰逾期。日本内阁当局不由分说，将他收押禁见，并且在两个月又二十天后交付中共原代表团。 这个事件立时引起轩然大波，台湾本地学生不多久便在尙未经由“老头子”的党团授意之下发起不学日语、不买日本货、不看日本电影、不听日本音乐、不读日本书刊的反日运动，外交部发表谴责声明，驻日大使张厉生则奉准辞职。 这一桩国际纠纷余波荡漾，一直到一九六四年一月九日，周鸿庆终于被遣返中国大陆时仍未止息。“老头子”授意国府公开抗议，并宣布暂时中止中日贸易。一月底，日本首相池田勇人宣布遵守一个中国——也就是中华民国——的政策，还把亲国府的前首相岸信介派来作特使，才稍事改善了两国当时的外交关系。 起初，万得福祇能据他所了解的只字词组推敲：万老爷子早在十月二日——也就是“荷风袭月”的小集当晚——从李绶武的名单和魏三爷的旁证上得知：化名“周鸿庆”的莫人杰投诚未果，却几乎酿成中日两国之间极大的扰攘。可是等民间的五大反日运动炒热到高潮之时——也就是阳历十一月上旬的某日——万老爷子忽然感慨地将当天报纸往地上一扔、同万得福道：““老头子”果然成事不足、偾事有余！” 万得福一听自然知道这话多的是自言自语之慨，且出言抨击极峰，更非他的身分所可以接腔应答的。孰料万老爷子接着又道：“当初他要是知道我会插手，必定不至于同意；那可不现成是个引狼入室的局面。如今倒好，这样把事情闹大了，反而给小日本一个一不做、二不休的台阶。你看着罢！不出十年，小日本非和“对面”的勾搭上不可。这么看来，倒是我这步棋下错了呢！” 事后，万老爷子才幽幽向他吐露：原来那莫人杰一直是杭州湖墅一带过塘行的一霸，与德胜坝项氏一家素称莫逆；这交情代代相袭，已不下百有余年。到了抗日战争结束之后，项氏一家转行投资海运，并且将营业重镇由杭州迁往上海。当时作成这个决定且主其事的就是民国十八年在太湖之滨与他万氏主仆二人有过交臂之缘与折箭之辱的项迪豪。至于同一时期的莫氏一家却因为战争焚掠和过塘生意的落伍而凋败了。传到莫人杰身上，偌大一份家业却祇余朽木慢船五、七条，空头帐款几百万，老宅一幢，还有满坑满谷的债务。 莫人杰那年年仅十六，口袋里除了欠条、当票之外，祇剩一本祖传的《莫家拳谱》。据闻当时项迪豪即遣人致送书信一封，信中告诉莫人杰：项家愿意承担莫家一切债务，且派人替莫家索回在外所有帐款，另于其海运公司之中为莫人杰安插高阶职务，且有干股可以领拿，这些条件祇求一物回报，就是将那《莫家拳谱》交给项迪豪硏读三日。项迪豪并公然宣称：十六年前在杭州高银巷、惠民街口被北京飘花门孙少华父子当众羞辱之仇不可不报，然而若要报得此仇，恐怕非修习莫家拳不能奏功；武林史称：“人言项、莫双连手/天下无敌水无边”，则甚望莫家贤弟成全则个云云。 提出这种财大气粗的要求，即便是再优沃的条件，也不免贻笑武林方家——起码还会落一句有失厚道的指责。在莫人杰而言，他大可以相应不理；设若果尔因为境遇实在窘困而不得不答应了这笔交易，江湖上也未必招人什么议论。可此子却做了桩怪事：他一方面回信答应了项迪豪，且央送信人将《莫家拳谱》的上册随信附致，并于信中解释道：由于祖传拳谱仅有一套行世，并无附本；而仓促间来不及雇人将下册抄绘完竣，是以先行奉上前半卷八八六十四式，一俟后半卷抄绘完成，即另请专人送呈，且毋须归还。 项迪豪收到书信和半部拳谱可谓大喜过望，当下赍发一个财务专员小组，夤夜奔赴杭州，解决莫家一切债务，还在三日之内收讨了大部分积欠莫家许久的帐款。不料到了第四日头上，这财务小组成员中的领事者吴某却在商会会馆的待客小厅中目睹一桩奇案：一个头戴黑呢帽、身着黑西装的不速之客忽然举枪射杀了莫人杰。那人行凶之前还大义凛然地训诫了莫人杰一番，说什么莫家出了这样一个不肖的子孙，居然为了区区几个小钱就出卖传家之宝、日后势必要在江湖上平添无数恩怨是非。且北京飘花门孙氏向来行侠仗义，抗战期间在沦陷区亦捐输粮饷物资、支持游击部队，于国家社会，皆有殊勋奇功；岂容宵小之辈横加扰犯？此番老漕帮光棍为着民族大忠、家国大义，出手制裁，也是当仁不让的行径——这些话，都是要莫人杰死得瞑目，也显示光棍明人不做暗事的风范。话才说完，当场掏出一把连发盒子，照着莫人杰胸前就放了三响。 奇的是：这个案子只找着了弃置在现场的凶枪一把，还有剌客遗留的灰色毛料围巾一条。目击此案的吴某为了作证的缘故，不得不在杭州逆旅羁栖竟月，还亲自参加了莫人杰的丧礼。然而杀人者逃逸无踪，市井上却谣诱纷纭。有人说这是老漕帮向与搞海运的不对头，此中仇连怨结，可谓冰冻三尺、非一日之寒——毕竟当初粮米帮庵清南北输运粮米的生意正是在光绪末年废止的；之所以废漕，也正缘于海运之大兴。从这个背景上看：老漕帮出手杀一个在江湖上已无依无傍的莫人杰并非为什么大忠大义，却是为了积世累代的嫌隙。 另一个说法，则是北京飘花门孙少华年事已高，自知当年在通衢大路之上所折辱的对头如今已成富家巨室，既非赤手空拳所可力敌，又没有豪资恒产得以干拒，索性假借老漕帮光棍的名义阻止莫