Xu Xuzhi

Chapter 90

The land fell, and Ning Zheng did not give up his extravagant hopes, and continued to wait for the League of Nations to intervene.The League of Nations did issue an urgent announcement on the second day of "September [-]", but what it asked was "both sides to exercise restraint and the two countries to immediately withdraw their troops." At the closed-door meeting a few days later, many countries proposed to " Japan has imposed economic sanctions on China's "unprovoked invasion of China's territory".

The Japanese authorities, which relied heavily on the import of strategic materials from several major Western countries, panicked for a while, but soon put forward a rather cunning proposal, asking the League of Nations to send an investigation team to Northeast China to conduct field investigations.This strategy of delaying the attack really worked - not only did it allow enough time for myself to prepare for the future large-scale war of aggression against China, but it also paralyzed Ning Zheng and the Nanjing government in one fell swoop, and lost the hope of driving the unstable Japanese invaders out of the Northeast. The best fighter.

While Ning Zheng was anxiously waiting for the arrival of the League of Nations investigation team, two pieces of news came from his hometown in Northeast China, one good and the other bad: The good news is that General Ma Zhanshan, a senior general of the Feng Faction who took over as the chairman of Heilongjiang Province in an emergency, led his troops. The decisive battle of Jiangqiao started, which can be said to be the first shot fired by the Northeast Army against Japanese aggression in an organized and leading manner since the "September [-]th" Incident.Although it soon ended in failure due to the inability to cope with the stretched front, the ratio of casualties between the enemy and the enemy was close to one to one, and the record of taking down a Japanese military plane lifted the mood of the people across the country.

The bad news is: a clown jumped out and made Ning Zheng's reputation even worse. This person is Ning Zheng's fifth cousin - Ning Feng.

Ning Feng's father, Ning Zuofu, was honest and honest. He had a deep affection for his younger brother Ning Zuoxiang, the old man. He shouldered the heavy responsibility of avenging his father's death. in prison.

After finally escaping from the dead, he had to accompany his ambitious younger brother to fight bandits and earn his fortune. Fortunately, "brothers work together to cut money", and seeing that the days are getting better and better, the two brothers are planning Du Lisan, the giant bandit in southern Liaoning, has been wiped out. As long as he succeeds in chasing and killing another bandit leader, Yang Huazi, his official position can be promoted by two levels, and he will no longer have to risk his life. Unexpectedly, Yang Huazi is a tough guy. Shuai, Ning Zuofu died unfortunately.

The old marshal lamented that he took all five of his children to raise them together, and transferred hundreds of acres of fertile land under his name to his widow for rent. Yang Jingzhen, Bai Yongzhen and other former Confucian scholars were specially hired as teachers.

Together they studied numerous Confucian classics.When I was a little older, I went to the YMCA to learn English together.In order not to fall behind the times and to master the knowledge of the modern education system, the old man invited Chen Huisheng, then director of the Fengtian Survey Bureau, to study basic science and engineering courses such as mathematics, physics, and chemistry.

Ning Zheng's learning ability is impressive, and he got started very quickly. Teachers don't need to look at the old man's face, as long as they report truthfully, they will inevitably praise this talented, hardworking and motivated student; No matter how hard you try, you can't compare to Ning Zheng.

But Ning Feng didn't think so, he just felt that all the teachers were snobbish and wanted to flatter the old man, so he didn't go along with this tone in his heart.

He can't do well in his studies, his mind gets more and more crooked as he grows up, coupled with his stubborn nature, he has an evil nature in his mother's womb, so he often gets into trouble.

But every time even if he took the lead as a monster and was sued by the old man who had been suffering from him for a long time, only Ning Zheng was beaten and punished, and the old man never scolded him.

At that time Ning Zheng was still a child after all, after being punished once, he was so angry that he finally burst into tears, telling his father that he was too partial.

The old man saw that San'er, who had been scolding and crying since he was a child, was crying like this for the first time, so he could only let go of his usual coldness. It was probably the first time in his life and the last time in his life to hold him in his arms. Comfortingly said: "Father knows that you are wronged, but when I think of your second uncle... can I still do anything to that child!"

It's a pity that Ning Feng has never understood the old man's mind, and on the contrary, he is quite unfair: in his opinion, the old man is just teaching him a lesson.

Every time at this time, he would take a selfie in the mirror, with a cloud of shadow on his soft and beautiful face: "Hey, after all, he is his real son."

Later, Ning Zheng went abroad to study early, but in fact, the discord with him also had something to do with it.

When Ning Feng learned that the old man was going to send him and his younger brother Ning Jun to the Japanese Army University for further study, he was happy at first, but when he heard that Ning Zheng went to the United States, and he could only go to Japan, he immediately lost his balance Finally, there was another long sigh, "Hehe, after all, he is his own son!"

During his stay in Japan, he didn't think about making progress, and lived in chaos. Every day, he got drunk with the Chinese sluts and Japanese ronalds he befriended, slept in flowers and slept in willows, but mixed up in various brothels in Yoshiwara, Tokyo So famous that when it comes to Mr. Ning in Fengtian, China, even the old bustard with a big teapot and the girls' school books are known to everyone.

After Ning Zheng returned to the country, he entered the Ning Army after a brief training in the lecture hall. After the second Zhifeng War, within a few years, Ning Zheng was awarded the rank of major general by the Beiyang government, becoming the youngest general in China at that time.

Although Ning Feng had already been promoted to brigade commander by the old commander, he was only a "brigadier commander", and he was still far behind Ning Zheng, the "legion commander".

He felt that it was not normal for him not to get drunk this time. This narcissistic person was lying on the tatami in the Japanese brothel of Fengtianhuang Temple, holding the mirror of his good friend Liu Ying, and was used to complaining about himself Said: "Who are you? So handsome... Is it Ning Zheng? Oh, no, just a little bit, tsk tsk... Why don't you say you are him, huh?"

At that time, the woman who was lying on the bottom as a pillow and was struggling to rub his chest paused for a moment.

Soon, his identity and unwillingness in his tone attracted the attention of the Japanese military circles. Since then, Honjo Shigeru, who will become the leader of the Kwantung Army in the future, has begun to regard him as a pawn that can be used in the future.

Not long after, Ning Feng, who felt uncomfortable staying beside Ning Zheng, finally left Fengtian under the pretext of "going out to practice for a while", and became the commander of No.70 Division under the notorious Zhang Xiaokun.

In the ensuing warlord melee, when Ning Feng led his troops through Qiangou Town, Linyu County, he was sued by the local people to the then Third Army Corps because he allowed the soldiers to indiscriminately harm the villagers, burn, kill and loot, which aroused public outrage. When Chang Ningzheng was there, Ningzheng was so angry that he immediately dismissed him.

For a person like Ning Feng, only others are wrong, not himself; what if he is wrong?Please refer to the first article.

His self-reflection ability is zero, and it is a dream to expect him to bow himself to self-examination and change his past mistakes. From this, he believes that since the third brother has not liked him since he was a child, and grew up jealous of his outstanding ability, so this time he is holding on to him. "A little bit" is wrong, waiting for an opportunity to retaliate.

In the 17th year of the Republic of China, the old commander was attacked and passed away. Ning Zheng was in charge of the Northeast. He asked someone to bring him a letter asking him to return to Fengtian. Ning Feng sneered and refused to respond.In the summer of this year, General Dog Meat's troops were defeated by the Northern Expeditionary Army, and Zhang Xiaokun fled to Dalian.

Ning Feng, who lost his support, didn't understand the truth of letting go of the donkey. Under his mother's earnest persuasion, his heart was still rock-solid, and he turned around and joined the leader of the "Rebel Generals", whose reputation was even worse than that of the dog-meat general. Warlord Shi Hanzhang.

In the spring of the 20th year of the Republic of China, Ning Zheng had no choice but to recruit more than ten thousand troops into the No.13 Route Army, stationed in Shunde, Hebei, and Ning Feng had to garrison with the army.

In May of the same year, Wang Jixin, the leader of the Kuomintang reorganization faction, and others formed another national government in Guangzhou to fight against the Nanjing government, and appointed Shi Hanzhang as the commander-in-chief of the Fifth Army.In June, Shi Han Zhangmi sent Ning Feng to Dalian to contact the Japanese Kwantung Army in order to obtain the secret assistance of the Japanese.

At the beginning of July, Shi Hanzhang, citing Ning Zheng's delay in distributing military expenditures, sent a crusade to attack the Feng army along the north of Pinghan Road. Ning Feng, who thought he knew Ning Zheng best, served as a staff officer and advised Shi.

At the end of July, Shi Hanzhang was attacked by the north and the south, and ended in failure.Ning Feng fled again and went to live in seclusion in the Japanese Concession in Tianjin.

After the "September [-]th" incident broke out, most of the Ning family in Fengtian, including Ning Feng's mother, Ning Zheng's second aunt, and other relatives fled into the Tianjin French Concession; only he felt that the time had come, Doing the opposite, he ran back to Fengtian from Tianjin, purposely looking for former Japanese ronin friends, saying that although he is the Ning clan and Ning Zheng's cousin, he hopes to work with the Japanese to clean up the mess in the Northeast.

At that time, the traitor Ling Yinqing, the commander of the "Northeast People's Self-Defense Force" established by the Japanese, had just been annihilated by the Northeast Volunteer Army. The Japanese Kwantung Army was desperately looking for his successor. Thinking of the long-standing quarrel between him and Ning Zheng, he felt more relieved, so he immediately appointed him as the successor "Commander-in-Chief of the Northeast Self-Defense Forces."

Ning Feng was overjoyed, and set up his headquarters near Gaoshanzi, Heishan County. At the same time, he recruited other bandits and Ling Yinqing's remnants, and recruited troops with great fanfare. , who of you dares to kill me?!" The arrogance was extremely arrogant.

Most of the Volunteers in the Northeast are former Fengjun officers and soldiers. They all know that he is the handsome nephew and Ning Zheng's cousin. The Fengjun who thinks that he eats from the old Ning's family dare not touch him. They can only let him rush back and forth. There were heavy casualties and several defeats.

At that time, Huang Xiansheng and others who guarded Jinzhou felt a headache, so they sent their subordinates to Peiping to ask Ning Zheng face-to-face for instructions on how to deal with this person.

When Ning Zheng heard this, he was quite embarrassed—he and Ning Feng had lived together for more than ten years since they were young; the second uncle died to save the old man, and Ning Feng was the eldest son in the family. How to deal with the second aunt's family who fled to the Tianjin Concession?

But in the past few years, many unbearable things have happened to the Ning family - his father was assassinated by the Japanese, and his hometown was just invaded by the Japanese invaders. As a child of the Ning family and a member of the Fengjun, Ning Feng sold himself instead Seeking glory, collaborating with the enemy, and helping the tyrant to abuse, how can I explain this to my fathers and folks in the Northeast, and to all the people of the country?

Feng Jiu looked at Ning Zheng who had become more and more sad and angry these days, so he pestered him to find out the reason, then squeezed his hand tightly, looked straight into his anxious eyes, and said firmly: "I think it's better to hold a family meeting." The meeting is good, it happens that Ning Jun is also in Beiping, and then I will bring my sister-in-law, second brother and second sister-in-law, Hongsi, Aunt Shou and the other two younger sisters of the second eldest natal family, and let everyone judge and judge, how to deal with this matter... Grandma and Second Aunt should not participate, as they are getting older, it will be such a bad thing again..."

Ning Zheng breathed a sigh of relief, held her soft hand instead, and stared firmly at her pair of eyes: these eyes are always as bright as spring water on weekdays, but when it comes to a critical moment, they can be like cold stars in the dark night. Hard and bright, full of awe.

At critical moments, her iron-like firm will always gives herself great courage and confidence.

In the afternoon of the next day, the family meeting that came from all over Beiping and the Tianjin Concession was held as scheduled—the family reunion that failed to be held during the Mid-Autumn Festival was almost gathered at this juncture—and it was up to everyone to decide how to deal with this situation. A traitor to the Ning family, a contemporary traitor.

Ning Zheng sat in front of the oval conference table, and said with deep sorrow: "When my father was alive, he told me many times to take good care of my fifth younger brother, so that my second uncle could not live in peace under the nine springs. For this reason , everyone knows that he has repeatedly dismantled and turned to the enemy, and I have never bothered with him, but have given him chances again and again."

Speaking of this, Ning Zheng stopped, and he could be heard taking a deep breath, suppressing his anger—as long as he recalled what this cousin had done all these years, the clay figurine would also be provoked by him. Three points out of the soil.

Feng Jiu who was at the side shook his hand under the table secretly, his palm was full of cold sweat, Ning Zheng held Feng Jiu's hand back and refused to let go for a long time.

Ning Feng's younger brother, Ning Jun, was ashamed and silent, his two younger sisters were flushed, and the others were all angry.

Mrs. Shou suddenly said: "Sixth son, you are right. We have been watching how this fifth son died for so many years."

Ning Zheng nodded, and continued: "However, he didn't get rewarded in exchange for the peach. He never expected that he would be so rebellious, betray the basic conscience of a Chinese, recognize a thief as his father, and become a public enemy of the country. I think everyone should Realized that this is not just a family matter of our old Ning's family. So, I implore everyone to express their opinions, now, what should we do?"

As soon as Ning Zheng finished speaking, Hong Si continued solemnly: "Third Uncle, the state owns the country's laws, and the family has its own rules. Let's do whatever we want, I think." He purposely looked at Ning Jun and Ning Jun sitting opposite him. Feng's two younger sisters, "Sixth Uncle, Fourth Aunt, and Fifth Aunt are all people who understand righteousness and will never have any other ideas."

The huge living room was quiet, everyone was frowning, with different expressions—this time, because of the Nanjing government's non-resistance policy, the Ning family and Fengjun had already been criticized, and I didn't expect Ning Feng to add fuel to the fire Well, the reputation of their old Ning family in China is almost equal to that of Qin Hui, the number one traitor since ancient times.

In Beiping and Tianjin, the Ning family, even the master and the servants, wanted to walk with their heads in their arms, so as not to see and hear the prodding and whispering of old acquaintances, teachers, classmates, and friends who knew them well.

Although Ning Jun seemed to be mourning his concubine, he still said in a shy voice: "Third brother, brothers, sisters-in-law, aunts, younger brothers and sisters, although I am a soft-spoken person, but my sisters and I can tell which is more important-my elder brother's behavior is not good. Forgive me, what he has done has completely betrayed the Ning family and the country, and the death penalty must be imposed on such a rebellious son who has shamed the ancestors, so as to comfort the spirits of my father, third uncle and other ancestors."

Ning Zheng nodded slowly, and the others also expressed their appreciation for Ning Jun's righteous killing of relatives.

Feng Jiu heaved a sigh of relief, raised his hand and sneaked around to the back, gently stroking Ning Zheng's stiff back, so he suddenly relaxed, and even raised the corners of his lips slightly towards Feng Jiu.

Sitting next to him, Kouji saw their unspeakable small movements full of tacit understanding out of the corner of his eyes, his eyes dimmed habitually at first; then, a trace of relief emerged; finally, the peace of mind and ease of the next best thing.The sister-in-law at the side saw it, and a slightly comfortable smile slowly appeared on the corner of her mouth.

Ji Songling, who was in Rehe, received Ning Zheng's secret telegram, and immediately set off for the outside of the customs to gather the public security cavalry troops in Jinzhou, and went to Gaoshanzi to encircle Ning Feng's traitor troops in mid-November.The cavalry unit with the secret order of the supreme commander in hand no longer has any scruples. How can the combat power of a well-trained regular army be comparable to that of a mob like the "self-defense force". Soon, in the battle of Gao Shanzi, Ning Feng All the troops were wiped out, and he was the only commander left.

Ji Songling kicked Ning Feng, who was standing still, in a green tea brown "Show Five-style" Japanese Kwantung Army uniform, and then wiped it shiny. It was a gift from Ning Zheng that was produced by the American Colt Company. Ning's M1911 pistol firmly reached his temple, "What else can we say now?"

Ning Feng spit out the blood from the melee fight with the cavalry just now, and suddenly smiled: "I would like to admit defeat. I took refuge in Little Japan, and I also wanted to restore the glory of our old Ning family—my third uncle The family business that has been built by one hand cannot just end like this. As a man, Ning Zheng doesn't know how to turn around, and blindly is aboveboard; why can't he just stand still and pretend to be a snake? How many times does Little Japan try to win him over, but he is so good, he doesn't give him any face. "

"Do you know that the forest next to you is where your father is buried? It's just that he is to kill the bandits and bullies who harm the people of Fengtian. What about you?!"

Ning Feng looked back at the forest that looked gloomy even in the daytime, "Yo, then our father and son can be regarded as reaching the same goal by different routes. My life is worth it."

Ji Songling listened in disbelief to the brash words of this unrepentant man, "You and your father are the same way?!"

He pushed the gun further towards Ning Feng's forehead.

As if he had never heard of it, Ning Feng reached out and rummaged through his breast pocket, took out a black pen that looked like it had been used for many years, stroked it, and threw it lightly on the snow, "Please, Chief of Staff Ji, put this Give the pen to my third brother."

...Anyway, people are going to die, or Ji Songling really wants to say, still called the third brother?You deserve it too?

"Nothing else?"

Ning Feng lowered his head and pondered for a while, then suddenly turned his head to look at the dim sunset in the west, that perfunctory red color, like diluted blood, revealing confusion and sadness, as if his life had been a joke.

He said softly: "Tell him, please, I'm sorry for always being beaten for me when I was a child. If you owe him in this life, you can pay it back in the next life."

After finishing speaking, he lifted his spirits, straightened his waist, and raised his tone again. He glanced at Ji Songling arrogantly, raised his head, and said, "Let's do it."

With a clear gunshot, a figure fell heavily to the ground, a thin blood spray shot out from the temple, and sprayed all over the pure white land of Kanto.

Ji Songling killed the biggest traitor in the Ning army, and suddenly felt a sense of relief in his heart, but he frowned and wondered, how could the blood of this traitor who made the whole world laugh at him be red?

Beiping Shuncheng Palace.

People in the house have been silent these days.It has been an hour since Ning Zheng knelt in front of the memorial tablet of the old marshal that Mrs. Shou had snatched from Fengtian Marshal's mansion in spite of everything on the night of "September [-]th".

Feng Jiu went in and took a few glances, only to see that he was wearing a yellow military uniform and kept his waist upright, holding a tube of black pen in his hand, just bowed his head in silence.

Feng Jiu knelt down with him, stroked his shoulder, and said with tears in her voice, "Ruiqing..." She felt sorry for him like this, very, very dear.

Ning Zheng said in a low voice: "My second uncle died for my father, and I killed his son... The father and son, do you think it's bad luck? I have come to pay it back in my life? My father is under the nine springs, can he be slapped by my second uncle?"

Feng Jiu gritted her teeth secretly - ever since she got acquainted with Ning Feng, she has looked down on him a hundred times, this kind of scum that harms the country and the people, it is just right to die.

However, at this moment, she had no choice but to tell him some nonsense about karma and reincarnation against her conscience, and said that even if the second uncle was still there, according to his old man's lifelong principle of not doing anything wrong, she would definitely treat him. Disposal means nothing.

After reassuring him for a while, Ning Zheng was not as easy to coax as before this time, but still calm.

His eyes slowly opened and closed, Feng Jiu suddenly noticed that his eyelashes were very long, and he was fascinated by them without paying attention, Ning Zheng looked up at her, "My eyelashes are very long, aren't they?"

Fengjiu felt strange, so he answered yes casually.

Ning Zheng closed his eyes, "There's a saying in my hometown since I was a child - 'If you grow eyelashes, you don't recognize your relatives', you see, doesn't it apply to me? Now, I really don't recognize my relatives." He laughed at himself.

Feng Jiu knew that sometimes, physical suffering can bring spiritual relief instead. She rubbed his shoulders wordlessly, then lowered her head and kissed his forehead, got up and walked out.

Before leaving the door, she heard a low sigh that seemed vaguely absent: "Zhuqing, in the next life, don't enter another family and be a family again..."

Fengjiu looked at Longsheng playing with Yaya in the living room restlessly: Longsheng is very entertaining for himself and his younger sister, and they are playing a war game at this time, holding a small wooden gun made by his father in his hand, " Badi and oil" onomatopoeia, "shh" to silence Yaya for a while, lying down and crawling forward for a while, and charging into battle for a while.Yaya held a small red tasseled gun in her hand, she was very happy to play, and she would "hehehehe" from time to time, her little face was flushed with sweat.

The living room is full of cushions, long pillows, and throw pillows that have been dragged from the sofas to the floor, forming bunkers and trenches. The four short legs are very busy, jumping up and down, Feng Jiu enviously Looking at them—the children are so nice. After eating and sleeping enough, there is nothing left to play, so there is nothing to worry about.

After a while, Zhi Changsheng walked in and whispered something in his ear.

Fengjiu stood up immediately and told Longsheng that when the time came, he and his sister would obediently follow the nanny to take a bath and then go to bed.Long Sheng nodded sensiblely, as long as Long Sheng was around, Ya Ya would not pester his mother.

Feng Jiu kissed the sweaty little cheeks of the two children respectively, and hurried out.

After going down to the leftmost cabin on the first floor, Feng Jiu realized that Ning Zheng was still in the same posture as when she left two quarters of an hour ago, kneeling, head down, motionless.

She sighed secretly, and felt angry again—Since the shocking upheaval, Ning Zheng couldn't sleep all night, and Feng Jiu saw his hands rising and falling many times, but she couldn't issue an order to force Feng Jun to resist with all his might.

If the typhoid fever that happened to be so sharp four months ago recurs again, it will be difficult to deal with it; this time, because of Ning Feng's incident, his anxiety and anger have reached a new peak, and if he continues to toss like this, he will collapse again up.

She entered the room with his General Huang's woolen coat in her hand and closed the door, then knelt down and put her arms around his shoulders: "Ruiqing..."

She just wanted to say a few more words of comfort, but when she thought it was still not going to work, she came to force it, and asked Zhi Changsheng outside the door to call a few guards to drag him away forcibly, but she didn't expect that Ning Zheng suddenly blocked her with his backhand and embraced her like that , and then her head dropped heavily on her right shoulder.

Feng Jiu closed his mouth, quietly waiting for his next move: maybe he has something to say.

After a while, Fengjiu felt her body move, and Ning Zheng led her down, and the two of them lay down together on the thick dove gray velvet marigold flower carpet in front of the memorial tablet.Ning Zheng kept his eyes closed, letting her rest on his outstretched left arm, and then adjusted his posture, lying on his side, pressing Feng Jiu tightly to his chest, and buried his head into her neck. Come, Feng Jiu's body has left the ground, and all of them are pressed on him.

His warm breath sprayed on her slender neck, bringing a burst of numbness.Feng Jiuqiang endured it, stroked his slightly stiff black hair steadily with his left hand, and then covered the two of them with woolen coats.Obviously he was hugging her, but it seemed like he was snuggling in her arms, like a frightened child who desperately needed his mother's warm embrace to comfort him.

Zhi Chang Shengzhi outside the door stared at the corner for a long time, listening to the corner for a long time, until the original small voice disappeared, then he breathed a sigh of relief, wiped himself and walked away.

(End of this chapter)