There are three gilded seal characters on the black spiritual tablet, "Lin Xiaojun". Why is there the elder brother's spiritual tablet here? Who placed the elder brother's spiritual tablet here? Who are these spiritual tablets placed with the elder brother? Lin Xiaotang's tears were streaming down his face. Next, my mind was filled with questions.

Suddenly, there was a strange noise from outside the door. Lin Xiaotang put the spirit tablet back in its place and walked out of the meditation room.

There was a sound in the heavy snow. The sound of neat footsteps was mixed with the officers' orders. Lin Xiaotang rubbed his ears and listened carefully. Yes, this was the sound of the National Army troops going out for drill, but this place was already occupied by the Japanese army. After several years, how could there be the sound of the national army performing exercises?

Lin Xiaotang listened carefully, and in the parade, an officer's voice was particularly loud, "Kill the enemy and serve the country." This was followed by the response of thousands of people. Although it was blurry, he heard it clearly, "Kill the enemy and serve the country."

Lin Xiaotang couldn't help but feel excited, clenched his fists tightly, and couldn't help but hum softly: "Kill the enemy and serve the country."

"You heard those voices." Suddenly, an old and surprised voice sounded.

Lin Xiaotang was startled. An old monk with long eyebrows and good eyes stood up behind him, with an expression of surprise on his face.

Lin Xiaotang didn't know why, but he still saluted the old monk quickly.

The old monk walked over quickly and asked the same question, "Did you really hear the sound just now?"

Lin Xiaotang nodded blankly, "I heard it."

The old monk suddenly became excited and said, "You are the first person besides me to hear that voice after so many years. You must be General Zhao's destined person."

"General Zhao, you are destined." Lin Xiaotang was confused by the old monk's words.

"You come with me." The old monk couldn't help but said, pulling Lin Xiaotang towards the backyard.

At the end of the temple is a small field. There is a small tomb on the edge of the field. After years of vicissitudes, the tomb is quite tidy and not overgrown. Strangely, the tomb is not overgrown with weeds. There is no tombstone in front of it, which looks a bit strange.

The old monk bowed deeply to the tomb and waved his hand to Lin Xiaotang, "Since you can hear that voice, it proves that you are indeed closely related to General Zhao. Come on, salute General Zhao."

Lin Xiaotang was baffled.

At this time, there were sounds of footsteps, and several monks ran over from the front yard. When the middle-aged monk saw Lin Xiaotang, he immediately said, "So you are here. I thought you had gone somewhere."

Judging from their tone, they seemed to be the people he and Chang Huan rescued. Lin Xiaotang hurriedly saluted.

The old monk said to the middle-aged monk: "Zhikong, you always said that I was hearing hallucinations, but today this young man proved that this kind of voice really exists. General Zhao has never left. He is nearby." At the end of the sentence, the old monk actually choked up.

Zhikong quickly supported the old monk and said, "Master, I believe it. I believe it, but it's not enough."

Turning to Lin Xiaotang again, "You really heard the sound."

Lin Xiaotang nodded, "I have been in the national army, and I can tell that it is an order to go out."

Zhikong was a little in disbelief and murmured: "Could it be that Mr. Zhao's heroic soul is really still alive?"

"The Mr. Zhao you are talking about is..., but what is your relationship with him and my eldest brother? Why is his spiritual place placed there?" Lin Xiaotang couldn't help it anymore and raised the questions in his heart.

"Your elder brother." Zhikong and the old monk were both stunned.

"My eldest brother Lin Xiaojun, there are his and some other people's memorial tablets in the Zen room in front of us. Their names are exactly the same."

"Instructor Lin is your eldest brother." Zhikong walked over quickly and grabbed Lin Xiaotang's shoulder without any explanation, "This is Instructor Lin, Lin Xiaojun, from the 132nd Division Military Training Group of the 29th Army."

"That's right," Lin Xiaotang replied. Zhikong's hands were so strong that he actually felt pain.

The old monk quickly made a silence gesture, "This is not the place to talk. You go to my meditation room to talk."

…

Still in the same Zen room, the old monk let Zhikong and Lin Xiaotang into the back room, and then asked Zhi'ai to take the two young monks to the front yard to look after them.

"Who are you?" Zhi Kong asked impatiently.

Seeing that the old monk and the monk Zhikong did not seem to be hostile, and they enshrined the elder brother's spiritual tablet, and even took the risk to save himself and Chang Huan, Lin Xiaotang felt that the two of them should be trustworthy, so he Tell me exactly who you are.

Unexpectedly, after listening to this, Zhikong hugged Lin Xiaotang. Although he lowered his voice, he still cried bitterly, "Oh my God, instructor Lin has a brother. Do you know that we all thought you were Just like your elder brother and sister-in-law, they died in Nanjing, but I didn’t expect that you are still alive.”

The old monk also shed tears along with him.

After a long while, Zhikong stopped crying, took Lin Xiaotang's hand and explained: "You don't have to be surprised. Like your elder brother, I am a member of the 132nd Division Military Training Group. The tomb in the backyard is our old commander 132 Division Commander General Zhao Dengyu (Note 1)."

Lin Xiaotang was suddenly shocked, "132nd Division, Zhao Dengyu." What a familiar name. During the Xifengkou War of Resistance and the Battle of Peking, General Zhao Dengyu's reputation was so frightening to the enemy that his eldest brother often accompanied him because he could not participate in the battle in person. General Zhao sighed sadly, not expecting to see his eldest brother's former comrades today.

Zhikong then explained that his original name was Chen Xiao. During the Anti-Japanese War in Peking, General Zhao Dengyu died on the battlefield. After that, the members of the military training regiment dispersed all over the country. Because he was seriously injured, he stayed at Longquan Temple. The old abbot of Longquan Temple, Mingtong, The master had a close relationship with Master Zhao and couldn't bear to see the Zhonglie's remains wandering in the wilderness, so he took a few disciples and secretly went to the Yuheqiao battlefield to search. They found General Zhao's body in the sorghum field and quietly transported it back to the temple for burial.

Mingtong nodded and wiped away the muddy tears from the corners of his eyes, "Since then, I have often heard that kind of noise, and Master Zhao's voice was clearly audible. I know that he has not left, and Peiping is his battlefield. He I will always protect the rivers and mountains here."

All three of them sighed.

Zhikong raised his head, "Back then, not long after the fall of Nanjing, we received the bad news about your eldest brother. We had been exchanging letters and contacting comrades in various places, hoping to revive the military prestige of our military training regiment. At that time, we even planned We wanted to open up an anti-Japanese base area behind enemy lines, but after your eldest brother died, we people had no backbone and had no choice but to lurk in Peiping."

Lin Xiaotang's heart moved, "Brother Chen, are you the officer's club?"

Zhikong nodded, "Yes, your elder brother and Instructor Bai proposed to establish this club at that time. Basically all the officers from the military training group participated. You also know that our 132nd Division is an old unit of the original Northwest Army. The Central Army looks down on us. , even the food and salary are often in arrears. We organized this club to raise some funds ourselves, purchase the arms and equipment needed by the army, and train an elite army. Your elder brother and instructor Bai are the leaders of us, but Peking fell. Later, the military training regiment was forced to reorganize, and the brothers were scattered around. No one mentioned this matter anymore. Instructor Bai also went to Chongqing, and we lost contact after that."

After listening to Chen Xiao's story, Lin Xiaotang finally had a general understanding of what happened back then. The eldest brother formed the officers' club because he wanted to restore the prestige of the military training regiment and the 132nd Division. But fate can play tricks on people, and they die before their ambitions are fulfilled. It's really It's depressing.

Lin Xiaotang suddenly thought of something, "Brother Chen, there is a man named Zhou Chaojian in the spiritual tablets. Is he also a member of your military training group? Also, have you been in contact with my elder brother before his accident? Have you ever heard him mention some unpleasant things? Ordinary things.”

Zhikong was stunned, "Why, do you doubt instructor Lin's death..."

Lin Xiaotang nodded, and then told Zhikong what he had found out. Zhikong couldn't help but take a breath of cold air. He stood up, tried hard to recall what happened back then, and suddenly slapped his head.

Zhikong sat next to Lin Xiaotang, "Instructor Lin mentioned some things in his last letter. Let me talk about Zhou Chaojian first. This person is also a member of our military training group and one of the first people to join the officer club. This person He had some background in the government. Not long after, he was transferred to Nanjing and got a job in the central treasury. Zhou Chaojian and your eldest brother have a very good personal relationship. Both of them are also think tanks of our officers club. I learned from your eldest brother's From the letter, we can vaguely detect that they seem to be planning something big, but we don’t know what it is exactly. Before the fall of Nanjing, your elder brother sent his last letter, telling us to continue to lurk and wait for the opportunity. Something big can happen. period, but then came the news of Zhou Chaojian’s assassination. I immediately wrote to your elder brother, but there was no reply, and then Nanjing fell.”

Lin Xiaotang was thinking hard. Before the fall of Nanjing, Changqiang Xiaoyang received instructions to assassinate Zhou Chaojian. What was the reason? What exactly were his elder brother and Zhou Chaojian planning? The deeper they investigated, the more questions they had.

"Do you know Zhang Ergou? Have you ever heard my elder brother mention him?" Lin Xiaotang asked eagerly.

Zhikong shook his head.

Lin Xiaotang's heart suddenly hit rock bottom again.

Zhikong looked at Lin Xiaotang's sad look and couldn't bear it. He patted his shoulder and said, "Xiaotang, don't make it too difficult for yourself. Instructor Lin has a spirit in heaven and will definitely guide us to find out the truth. You can be useful." If you find a place for us brothers, just say it."

Lin Xiaotang raised his head sharply and said, "Brother Chen, are you willing to join our organization and fight against the Japanese with us?"

"Your organization." Zhikong was a little confused.
Chapter completed!