Rebirth in 1958: Getting rich starts from Nanluoguxiang

Yu Fengzhuang was panting and looking at Wang Guomin. Wang Guomin kicked him in the face, and blood came out of his nose and mouth. Yu Fengzhuang laughed instead. He spat out the blood foam in his mouth and said while panting.

"Wang, you little bastard, aren't you here just to avenge your father? Come on! Do it! If your Grandpa Yu even blinks, he wouldn't be a man..."

Wang Guomin squatted down and slapped Yu Fengxiang four times with his backhand. Yu Fengxiang laughed crazily and screamed.

"Little brat, haven't you eaten yet? You're so soft-hearted, tickling your grandpa?"

Wang Guomin was originally furious, but suddenly he calmed down and sneered.

"Mr. Yu, I know you and my father had a grudge during the anti-counterrevolutionary campaign, but you didn't go so far as to kill him. There must be someone behind you, directing you. So, tell me, who wants my father dead?"

Yu Feng laughed while panting.

"You son of a bitch named Wang, don't even think about getting a single word out of me."

Wang Guomin stared at Yu Fengzhao and suddenly grinned. He grabbed Yu Fengzhao's collar and lifted him up.

"Yu Fengxiang, do you want to avenge your mother, your wife, and your son? You definitely don't have a chance, but you can tell me who is behind you.

When I go to kill him, maybe he's already prepared, and he kills me and my brother instead. Wouldn't that achieve your goal of revenge? Why not do it?"

Yu Fengguang stared intently into Wang Guomin's eyes, and after a while he smiled.

"You're quite clever, you bastard, but you're right. In order to kill you two and avenge my family, I decided to tell you everything..."

Wang Guomin let him go, and Yu Fengfeng lay on the cold mud with empty eyes.

"Your father told you that he and I had a grudge during the anti-counterrevolutionary campaign, right? I tell you, he's lying. Did your father tell you where he's from?"

Wang Guomin nodded.

"From Shitoutun, Spring City, outside the Great Wall."

Yu Fengzhe smiled.

"Yes, it's from Shitoutun. Did he tell you how Shitoutun was destroyed?"

"Didn't they say that the Japanese destroyed Shitoutun because it had sheltered General Yang?"

Yu Fengzhe suddenly laughed shrilly.

"Bullshit! The village that took in General Yang at that time had at least 80, if not 100, people. How could the Japanese kill them all? Your father is full of lies, he even lied to his own son..."

Wang Guoming was stunned.

"What do you mean?"

"Then I will tell you in detail. Your father's original name was not Wang Yaowen, but Wang Songnian. I am not Yu Fengxiang, but Yu Kunning. We are sworn brothers. We also have an older brother named Jin Fumin, but of course we are not called that now.

Your father and I were both orphans, and grew up in Shitou Village. We always envied the story of Liu Bei, Guan Yu, and Zhang Fei, the three brothers who swore brotherhood in Taoyuan. When we were fifteen, we imitated them and kowtowed to each other.

I am the second oldest, and your father is the third oldest. Two years later, we joined the Anti-Japanese United Army. However, because we were young, the three of us became couriers. We were young at that time and full of enthusiasm and motivation for the revolution.

At that time, there was an old rich man in Shitoutun, his surname was Wang. At first, he was no different from ordinary landlords. Until we became courier, we learned from General Yang that he was actually a prince of the Qing imperial family. Because he was dissatisfied with the pseudo-emperor who founded the Manchukuo, he chose to hide his identity and took his family to Shitoutun.

This wealthy man Wang had secretly funded General Yang and his men to fight the Japanese invaders, so General Yang knew some of his secrets. It turned out that this wealthy man Wang was not only a prince, but also one of the Eight Iron-hat Princes of the Qing Dynasty.

When the Qing Dynasty entered the Fortress, the eight iron-hat kings each transported the gold, silver and jewels they had robbed out of the Fortress and hid them. Among them, the one with the surname Wang had a treasure map in his hand, which was the location of his ancestor's treasure.

General Yang gave the three of us a task, which was to get this treasure map. We were locals from Shitoutun, and Mr. Wang, the rich man, had no precautions against us and often called us to his house to do odd jobs.

After a while, our eldest brother discovered that there was something wrong with the statue of Guanyin Bodhisattva enshrined in the ancestral hall of the wealthy man Wang. Other people's Guanyin Bodhisattva statues were made of jade, but his was indeed cast in copper and could not be moved.

Through our observation, it seems that this wealthy man Wang has placed a secret in the Guanyin statue.

On a dark and windy night, the three of us jumped into the yard of Mr. Wang's house. Brother Jin and I kept watch outside while your father went in to look for her. He searched for more than an hour and came out breathless.

He said he didn't find it, so we didn't think much about it and left Wang Caizhu's house. But within two days, we heard that Wang Caizhu's house had lost something very important.

At this time, the three of us received an order to complete a mission. As soon as we arrived in Chuncheng, your father said that his stomach was uncomfortable and asked us to complete the mission first. We didn't think about anything else and just went to complete the mission.

After returning and completing the mission, we both returned to Shitou Village. However, when we were almost there, we saw thick smoke billowing in front of us, as well as gunshots and shouts. We were so scared that we quickly hid.

After a whole day and night, without any sound, we trembled and returned to Shitou Village. We didn't expect that the entire Shitou Village had been wiped out by the Japanese. No one in the village escaped. We ran back to the Anti-Japanese United Army, but we didn't see your father coming back. We thought your father had been killed and were very sad for a long time.

Later, a comrade who had infiltrated the enemy reported that someone had informed the Japanese that Shitoutun was where General Yang often stayed and that the wealthy man Wang had been supporting General Yang. That was why the Japanese sent out troops to destroy Shitoutun.

Who was it that tipped off the enemy? What was his purpose? It became a mystery in our minds. At that time, we never suspected your father.

It was not until the anti-counterrevolutionary campaign in 1942 that we saw your father. However, he was no longer called Wang Songnian, but Wang Yaowen. He would hide when he saw us.

My brother Jin and I were quite puzzled at the time. Isn't it a good thing that he's not dead? Why is he hiding from us?

If a person has a question in his mind, he will think in the direction of solving the problem. Brother Jin said, could it be that the third brother got the treasure map at that time?

Otherwise, why did the wealthy Wang family claim to have lost something very important? And why did the Japanese kill everyone in the village within two days? Did the third brother inform the Japanese to silence them?

If we hadn't been delayed looking for your father, we would have been blocked in the village and killed by the Japanese.

The more we thought about the truth, the more we realized it was true, so we found an opportunity to stop your father and ask him…"