Before the founding of the People's Republic of China, Cheng Jing

In June of the fourth year of the Republic of China, Yuan Shikai passed away, Li Yuanhong succeeded as president, and Duan Qirui became prime minister.

At this time, the rule of the B and Anhui governments in the land of China kicked off.

In the name of participating in the war, the Anhui government signed a Sino-Japanese military agreement and betrayed its sovereignty.

Internally, it pursues a policy of force to exclude dissidents.

There are constant internal and external troubles.

The Qi family enjoyed a high reputation in Shanghai as a business master in the Qing Dynasty.

However, with the smoke of gunpowder and the continuous chaos of war, the current family has gradually weakened, like an old and weak lion that is still lingering on its last breath.

In September of the fourth year of the Republic of China, inside the house of the Qi family.

With a "bang", a young man in a long gown with a handsome face knelt down on the bluestone slab on the ground.

The young man resolutely kowtowed three times to the man with white hair and wrinkled eyes, then raised his head, his peach-like pupils were full of determination: "Father, the child is not filial. I can't accompany you You and your mother serve by your side. However, without a country, there is no home. The child went to fight for the country this time, and I hope that the father and mother will take care of their health, so that when the child returns, he will honor you both."

The body of the man standing in front was bent as if he was about to be crushed, his thin hands patted the boy's head lightly, then he put his hands behind his back and sighed, "Qi'er, get up. As a father, I don't ask you to make great achievements, but I only ask you, as the son of the Qi family, to be neither timid nor humble, to meet the enemy and kill the enemy, to protect the family and the country, and you will never hesitate to die!"

Immediately, he helped up the boy who was still kneeling, patted his shoulder, and looked behind the boy.

He raised his hand and pointed to the outside room, "Your mother is in the hall now, go and say goodbye to her." After speaking, he turned his head as if he couldn't bear to look at her again.

Qi Ran turned around and saw his mother sitting in the hall from a distance, so he said goodbye to his father, then walked slowly into the hall.

When he approached, Qi Ran felt extremely uncomfortable when he saw that although his mother's face had been redressed, there were still traces of crying.Thinking about it, he took a few steps forward and knelt down in front of his mother.

"Mother, the child is not filial. You must take care of your health." There were three more beeps.

Seeing her son's behavior like this, the woman sitting on the chair stood up, ignoring the rules of etiquette, hugged Qi Ran and began to cry.

"Qi'er, mother really misses you. You are only so old, and you have to go to such a far place. It's hard and tiring, and your life is in danger."

The woman's tears kept falling as if she couldn't stop, and the maid next to her couldn't help but her eyes turned red when she saw this scene, and she turned her head and secretly wiped her tears with a handkerchief.

For a moment, there were only chaotic crying and sobbing in the hall.

Qi Ran's eyes were also red, he stretched out his arms to hug his mother, and said in a slightly choked voice: "Mother, it's the child who is unfilial. If I can return safely, I will serve you and father well."

Hearing this sentence, the woman couldn't stop crying.

On the other side, Father Qi, who finally couldn't help it, came over, flicked his sleeves and shouted: "You women! Qi'er is going to fight, not to die, what are you all doing with mournful faces?!" Said After finishing, he turned his eyes away, "It's getting late, Qi'er, hurry up and leave, don't delay things."

Then he turned to the guards outside the door and shouted in a deep voice: "Have you packed all your luggage?"

The servant on the side lowered his head and replied submissively: "Reporting to the master, the young master's things have been packed, and now we are ready to go."

Father Qi waved his hand, "Let's go now!" After finishing speaking, he didn't even look at Qi Ran who was still in the hall and was still being hugged by Mother Qi, turned around and dragged himself into the inner hall step by step.

Qi Ran slowly helped his mother up, sobbing and said: "Mother, you have to take good care of yourself. Brother, I will be back soon. You and father, take care." Then he waved his hand and told the maid standing beside him Said: "Take good care of mother."

The servant girl came over with a handkerchief, her eyes were red, she reached out to support Qi's mother, and nodded: "Yes, young master. You should also be more careful."

Qi Ran took a deep breath, threw off his sleeves, turned around, and walked towards the door with his legs open, as if he was afraid that he would change his mind in the next second, he quickly got into the car.

The car started, and the dust rolled on the ground with the wheels rolling, and a lot of dust was raised on the ground. The Qi family's old house was getting farther and farther behind, Qi Ran turned his head and took a look.

Just in time, I saw Mother Qi holding a handkerchief, supported by a maidservant, staring straight at the car that was gradually going away.

The tears that had been suppressed fell down as if they couldn't stop, his lips trembled slightly, and he sniffed hard, but the tears still kept flowing out of those clear eyes.

After all, he is only a 16-year-old boy. He was still studying at school yesterday, and today he is about to leave his hometown where he has grown up for more than ten years and go to the battlefield. His inner sentimentality is inevitable.

After a long time, when the roadside scenery had become completely unfamiliar, he stopped his tears, rubbed his red eye circles, cleared his throat, looked at the driver and asked, "Ah Xiang, what are we doing this time?" How long will it take to go to Beijing?"

Unexpectedly, the person driving the car did not answer this question, he frowned, "Ah Xiang?"

Only then did a muffled voice come from the front, Ah Xiang's voice seemed to contain a trace of unbearable, "Master, I'm sorry."

As he spoke, he turned the steering wheel, and the car turned a corner and drove forward quickly.

Qi Ran felt uneasy for a while, he frowned, "Ah Xiang, what are you doing? This road is not the way to Beijing at all, where are you taking me?!!".

Ah Xiang turned his head and glanced at Qi Ran who still seemed calm on the surface at the moment, and said, "Young Master, I have no other choice, I hope you don't blame me when you get there." Then he turned his head unbearably, thinking what a pity in his heart.

"Ah Xiang, you have stayed at home for so many years. Firstly, the Qi family did not do anything wrong to you, and secondly, they were kind to you. Why did you do this?!" Qi Ran was talking, distracting his attention while thinking, His hand slowly reached behind him to fumble for his saber.

Ah Xiang's hand holding the steering wheel trembled slightly, and his eyes struggled, "Master, I don't want to do this either. But, I really have no choice. If I don't do this today, people in our village will die. I'm sorry, sir."

After saying this, he slammed on the accelerator to increase the speed of the car to the maximum. Qi Ran was thrown on the back seat, but he didn't give up, and continued to want to draw out the saber.

But in the next second, with a sound of "Boom!", the cannon seemed to fall from the sky, and the car was blown to pieces, and the flames scattered all over the place.

After a while, the flames engulfed the car body, and Ah Xiang let out a violent scream, but then lay motionless on the driver's seat, bloody and mutilated.

And Qi Ran, who was struggling to escape, was engulfed by flames bit by bit, and the flames licked his skin bit by bit.

He couldn't help but let out a roar, "Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh!

The pain made him wish he could die like this, at least with less torture.

But he is not reconciled!The eldest brother has not come back from his business trip, and his father and mother are not too young, and their health is not very good. If he suddenly heard the news of his death, how could he bear it?

Although the Qi family's family business has declined, it is not impossible to sustain it again.

Who is it? ? ! ! !Who is it? ! !Such a deep hatred for the Qi family, so much hatred that he wants to take his own life? !Is it the Li family?Wang family?

Qi Ran struggled in pain, his face was completely distorted, he wanted to escape, he stretched out his hand to the burnt car door, and stared straight outside.

But the flames were too great, and the flames engulfed him in a short while, and his hand, which he stretched out with all his strength, slowly dropped down.

In just a moment, the car was completely surrounded by flames, the air was filled with a strong smell of burning, and the crackling sound was very abrupt in the air.

As the strong wind blew, a burst of loess was swept up, and the flames burned more intensely.It seemed as if he wanted to burn all the evidence here and leave nothing behind.

In the distance, a man in a dark military uniform scratched his head, holding a binoculars to look at the car that was engulfed in flames.

He spat annoyedly, "It's over, it's over, I lost the cannon in the wrong place this time. If the boss finds out, he will probably destroy me." As he spoke, his whole face wrinkled, scratching his head and thinking about what to do. Is there any remedy.

Then he saw a group of people rushing towards the bombed car with guns in their hands, and circled around the car a few times.

Among the people with guns, some turned around and went to other places, took a few buckets of water and poured it on, and the flame was extinguished after a while.

The leading man in black cloth looked into the car, as if to confirm whether the people in the car were still alive, after confirming that the two people in the car had turned into corpses.

He waved his hand to signal everyone to leave, and he stayed at the end, not forgetting to add two shots to the two corpses when he left.

The man in the officer's uniform squinted his eyes, could it be that he hit the right side this time?

Someone's going to assassinate the people in the car?Killed by yourself first?Thinking of this, he frowned, put down the binoculars, turned around and jumped into a car, and quickly drove to a place.

One day later, major newspapers across the country published a piece of news, with the headline conspicuously reading: The second young master of the Qi family was assassinated on his way to Beijing, and the murderer has not been found so far.

Qi's father, who received the news at home, fainted suddenly, Qi's mother was heartbroken, and Qi's family was in chaos.

However, after Qi Ran lost consciousness due to the pain, he felt his body was floating in the air as light as a feather, and he was wobbly not going anywhere.

I don't know that after floating for too long, I was suddenly sucked by a huge gravitational force.

Open your eyes again, it is already a vicissitudes of life, and the years have changed.