Two days later, Lin Xiaotang arranged for Guo Zhui to escort Yuan Jianfeng to Lin'an. After Xia Zhiping's death, Yuan Jianfeng suffered a great blow. His whole body seemed to have been drained of energy and became depressed. Lin Xiaotang originally wanted to Xia Zhiping was buried on the spot in Tianmu Mountain, but Yuan Jianfeng insisted on sending Xia Zhiping's body back to Nanjing for burial. After all, he was Xia Zhiping's legal husband, and Lin Xiaotang could only comply with his insistence.

On the day Xia Zhiping died, Lin Xiaotang got in touch with Tang Shengming and informed him of the pursuit of Li Shiqun. Lin Xiaotang led people to cooperate with Yazawa Shinichi to pursue Li Shiqun. This was planned with Tang Shengming. Now that Li Shiqun is dead, it can be said that the mission It has been completed. Passing the news back as soon as possible will also help in the next step of clearing up Hangzhou and the entire Zhejiang.

Regarding the report of Yazawa Shinichi's death, Lin Xiaotang also understood Yuan Jianfeng's opinion from the side. After Li Shiqun and Yuan Jianfeng fell from the mountain after wrestling, without Lin Xiaotang's intervention, Yazawa Shinichi could be said to have mastered the entire matter. Yuan Jianfeng may not believe Lin Xiaotang's explanation, and it is easy to guess the real reason for Yazawa Shinichi's death. After all, he is not a fool.

Therefore, this required Lin Xiaotang to communicate with him. To Lin Xiaotang's surprise, Yuan Jianfeng signed his name on the bulletin without saying anything, proving that Yazawa Shinichi's headquarters had already The entire army was wiped out and no one survived, which made Lin Xiaotang feel that Yuan Jianfeng had undergone subtle changes since Xia Zhiping's death.

When leaving, Lin Xiaotang thought about it again and again, and decided to make things clear to Yuan Jianfeng, "After this time, you should be able to confirm my details."

There was still sadness in Yuan Jianfeng's eyebrows, but when he heard Lin Xiaotang's words, he couldn't help but smile, "To be honest, Yazawa Shinichi has been doubting you for a day or two. I also know that you and Chongqing That aspect is definitely related, but what does it have to do with me now? Even if I know your details and report it to Nanjing and the Japanese, I'm probably the one who will suffer."

Lin Xiaotang looked at Yuan Jianfeng meaningfully, "How do you say this?"

"I'm not a fool. People like Zhou Fohai, Tang Shengming, and Xiong Jiandong are all more or less connected with Chongqing. If something happens to you, will they sit back and do nothing? Besides, the Kwantung Army is protecting you. If nothing else, Just say Shibayama Kenshiro, so fighting with you is definitely asking for death."

Lin Xiaotang breathed a sigh of relief. Yuan Jianfeng saw so thoroughly that it saved him a lot of effort, "The Japanese can't grow their tails. Cooperate with me, and think of it as leaving a way out for yourself. I still say the same thing, I don’t want to kill you with my own hands. If you are really desperate in the future, I will arrange for you to leave."

Yuan Jianfeng's eyes became a little hollow. He looked up at the sky, cupped his hands towards Lin Xiaotang, and said in a low voice, "Thank you." He turned around and caught up with the team of carriages and horses coming out of the mountain, and jumped straight onto the coffin carrying Xia Zhiping. The carriage he came from waved to Lin Xiaotang and walked away without looking back.

These days, Lin Xiaotang has dealt with a lot of things, including asking Ergou about what he has experienced. Among them, he also learned some unknown sides of his elder brother Lin Xiaojun.

The Officers Club of the 29th Army was a secret anti-Japanese organization established by young officers of the 29th Army. The founder was Zhou Chaojian, who was the combat staff officer of the 29th Army at the time. The core members were Lin Xiaojun and two other members, namely the 29th Army. The two people the dog was waiting for, Zhou Chaojian and Lin Xiaojun, later left the army one after another, which was also a foreshadowing for the next development of the Officers Club.

Before the Songhu Battle, the core members of the Officers' Club had been plotting a plan. In view of the Japanese army's intensification and aggressiveness, the Officers' Club planned to follow the practice of the Anti-Japanese Guerrilla Base Area and summon officers and soldiers of the 29th Army, with Zhou Chaojian to come forward. After getting in touch with the Yan'an side, the two sides jointly established an armed force behind enemy lines in the North China Plain. However, later, the Battle of Songhu suddenly broke out, and the national army retreated steadily, which also disrupted their original plan.

At this time, Zhou Chaojian, as a senior member of the Central Bank, learned that the Nationalist Government planned to transport a large number of gold reserves to the southwest, and one of them was handed over to him. Therefore, Zhou Chaojian, Lin Xiaojun and others naturally paid attention to it. The power was transferred to this batch of gold. After all, establishing an anti-Japanese armed force requires a lot of money.

After careful planning, Zhou Chaojian and Lin Xiaojun contacted the old headquarters of the 29th Army in the Nanjing Military Police and arranged an escort team of 500 people composed of veterans of the 29th Army. At this time, the railway line was frequently bombed by Japanese aircraft. Zhou Chaojian They also took this opportunity to decide on a plan to take the land route, which was why Lin Xiaojun and his wife had not been able to evacuate Nanjing according to the apartment's arrangements.

Zhou Chaojian, as the representative of the Central Bank, was responsible for escorting the whole journey. When the convoy arrived at Tianmu Mountain, Zhou Chaojian and others planned to hide the gold in a cave that had been prepared in advance according to the original plan, but they did not expect the Japanese to appear at this time. .

As one of the participants in the "Golden Lily" plan, Yazawa Shinichi had been eyeing the Nationalist Government's gold reserves very early. This time he accidentally learned of the news that the gold was about to be transported to the southwest through Nanjing, and immediately mobilized troops. , intending to prepare an interception along the road.

When the two armies met on a narrow road in Tianmu Mountain, it was a fierce battle. The national army military police fought and retreated, retreating into the sky. While resisting the enemy, they sent gold into the prepared cave. However, the Japanese army's combat power was indeed fierce. Actually broke through the defense line and entered the cave. In order to protect the gold, the military police started a hand-to-hand fight with the Japanese army. After sending Zhou Chaojian out of the cave, the military police battalion commander led the team resolutely sealed the entire cave and chose to die with the Japanese army. The gold was buried in the mountains. Among them, the two troops who fought for this also completely disappeared from this world at this time.

After that, Zhou Chaojian sneaked back to Shanghai secretly, hoping to settle the follow-up matters. After returning to Nanjing, he and Lin Xiaojun found that they were being targeted. Therefore, to be on the safe side, the two put the map and organization roster in the agricultural Not long after, Zhou Chaojian was assassinated by Xiao Yang with a spear on the streets of Nanjing.

Later, two groups of people who coveted gold, Yazawa Shinichi and Nie Shangyun, found Lin Xiaojun's hiding place before the fall of Nanjing, and coerced him into revealing the gold's hiding place. Lin Xiaojun refused, and the two groups of people started to move. Later, Nie Shangyun's assistant was killed, and Lin Xiaojun's bodyguard, Ergou's uncle, was also killed by Yazawa Shinichi at this time.

The Japanese army began to bomb Nanjing, and the city of Nanjing soon fell. Yazawa Shinichi and Nie Shangyun fled one after another to avoid the artillery fire, while Ergou and Fang Rou also rushed home at this time. For many years, Uncle Zhang has been guarding Lin Xiaojun. , and Ergou was also attracted by Lin Xiaojun and Zhang Sanshu to join the organization because of his extraordinary agility, and acted as the correspondent between Lin Xiaojun and Zhou Chaojian.

Ergou was heartbroken when he saw his third uncle being killed, but Lin Xiaojun dissuaded him in time. Lin Xiaojun also understood that after Nanjing was broken, the Japanese would not let him go, so he had no choice but to tell Ergou the secret he had and told him to do it. Strictly keeping the secret of the gold, he tried to sneak out of Nanjing and went to Changsha to find a member of the Officers Club, the leader named Min. Through him, he contacted the other two members and successfully took out the gold. Ergou had no choice but to take the gold with him. Fang Rou and Lin Xiaojun parted ways.

Unfortunately, Lin Xiaojun and his wife died in Japanese artillery fire.

Lin Xiaotang already knew everything about what happened next. Captain Min accidentally died in the Japanese bombing. Ergou lost contact with other members of the Officers Club. In desperation, he had to come to Tianmu Mountain alone to protect the gold and wait for it. The arrival of his companions, but unfortunately, he did not know that one of the two contacts selected by Lin Xiaojun and Zhou Chaojian had died in southern Anhui, and the other's whereabouts were unknown.

So, this wait took nearly four years.

Four years of vicissitudes, in which Ergou lost his beloved Fang Rou, Lin Xiaotang lost his eldest brother and sister-in-law, and many people whose names were not even left lost their lives for this batch of gold. Are all these valuable? Maybe ,The value of this matter is reflected in two words, ,ideal.

As the sun set, Lin Xiaotang and Ergou sat on the top of Tianmu Mountain, quietly looking at the picturesque mountains and rivers at their feet.

"Er Gou." Lin Xiaotang suddenly spoke, breaking the rare silence, "I want to discuss something with you. I have been thinking about this matter for a long time, but I have never made up my mind."

Ergou looked at Lin Xiaotang doubtfully.

"Hiding this gold in the mountains is not a long-term solution. One of the two liaisons mentioned before has been sacrificed, and the other has never been able to be contacted. With the war between China and Japan now, this batch of gold should be used to its full potential. It worked.”

Ergou nodded, "I listen to you, Brother Qi."

Lin Xiaotang stood up and said, "I want to hand over this batch of gold to the anti-Japanese base area of ​​the Communist Party for two reasons. First, this batch of gold is too large and we have no good way to transport the gold out without concealing it from the Japanese; second, There is a base in Tianmu Mountain, which is very close. They are also a force that is serious about fighting the Japanese, and they have always cooperated with me. Gold will definitely play a great role in their hands."

Ergou smiled and said, "I don't object. The guerrillas can't fight the Japanese. It's just that their equipment is a bit inferior."

Lin Xiaotang smiled and patted his shoulder, "You have always been guarding the gold. As long as you don't have any objections, I'll be relieved."

"By the way", Lin Xiaotang suddenly remembered something, "After settling things here, come with me to Hunan. Xiaorou is still there. I promised her to send her back to Nanjing."

Ergou thought for a moment, his eyes suddenly turned red when he looked at the mountains, and he shook his head slightly, "I have thought about it and brought Xiaorou back to Tianmu Mountain. Many years ago, I promised to take her to see the sun. But it has never happened, I plan to bring her to the top of the mountain."

Ergou's face suddenly showed a look of yearning, "In this way, I can watch the sunrise with her every day. This is what I owe her. From now on, I will stay with her in Tianmu Mountain. She will definitely like it." Here.”

The racing tiger next to him suddenly became excited and kept circling around the two dogs.
Chapter completed!