Our Lady of Salvation

At around 21:9 p.m. on July 30, Gu Yi entered the suburbs of Ningcheng driving a black monster-like military RV.After driving the car for more than [-] hours in a row, she never took a break. Apart from refueling at gas stations on ordinary roads to take a breather to solve personal problems, she almost never left the cushion of the driver's seat.

Zhuang Linfei felt sorry for her, but she also knew that there was no time to delay. Originally, because of a conflict with Luo Yan, they delayed three hours of time, but fortunately, they finally came on the 21st. Arrived in Ningcheng.

The northern part of Ningcheng is relatively desolate, and basically all of them are industrial areas in the development zone. If you want to enter the main city, you have to cross the river and enter the southern part of the city.All the things they need to check are in the main city, but they don't think they can cross the river without attracting the attention of the Ningcheng police in a black monster.Whether it is the second bridge, the third bridge, the fourth bridge of the Yangtze River Bridge, or the cross-river tunnel, there are toll gates, and you have to be stopped.

Therefore, Gu Yi decided that they had to abandon the car and enter the main urban area with unobtrusive means of transportation.But it was too late now, and even if they entered the main city, they couldn't find anything.Neither she nor Zhuang Linfei had a good rest in the past two days, and they were in a bad mood because of Luo Yan's incident. Both of them were tired and in poor condition.So Gu Yi decided to rest temporarily in the car tonight, go to bed early, and set off for the city early tomorrow morning.

Gu Yi found a large abandoned factory in the North District, and hid the RV in the huge warehouse of the factory.She and Zhuang Linfei ate some dry food in silence, washed up briefly, and hugged each other on the bed.The tired Gu Yi soon fell asleep, but Zhuang Linfei couldn't fall asleep for a while.Thinking about entering Ningcheng tomorrow, she suddenly thought of her adoptive father who died young.The adoptive father is from Ningcheng, but he came to the imperial capital to develop in college, and it seems that he has never returned to Ningcheng.Her adoptive father never told her what happened in the past. Most of the time, Zhuang Linfei felt that her adoptive father was a very gloomy and taciturn man.However, although the adoptive father was taciturn and gloomy, he treated Zhuang Linfei very well. Moreover, the adoptive father was extremely smart and a man of science. He had cultivated Zhuang Linfei's ability to think since she was a child. Zhuang Linfei was always grateful.It's been so long, she can't remember many things when she was a child, and she doesn't have a picture of her adoptive father, because his adoptive father hates taking pictures very much.Now, she almost forgot about the silent man's face.

Dad, why didn't you tell me anything?Is it... Are these things that are happening today related to you?Dad... Zhuang Linfei's head was getting more and more sleepy, and she gradually lost the ability to think, and slowly fell asleep in Gu Yi's warm arms, soft and fragrant embrace.

On the second day, the two woke up early. The weather in Ningcheng today was very hot. The sun was scorching hot when the sun came out early in the morning. The temperature in the hot summer of the city, which has always been known as a furnace, really cannot be underestimated.The two put on light and airy clothes and sunglasses. Gu Yi coiled up his long hair and wore a brown cowboy hat. A square blue canvas pocket was tied to his curvaceous waist and hips. There was a pistol and a number of loaded magazines, and military daggers were tied to both calves, which were hidden by trousers.Zhuang Linfei carried a satchel with her work ID, a tablet, and a camera around her neck, dressing herself as a reporter.

The two took the bus and entered the main urban area through the bridge. Although Gu Yi's previous job made her travel around for many years and went to various places in the world, this is really the first time for her to come to Ningcheng.Moreover, the education she has received since she was a child is different from that of ordinary children. Most citizens of the empire are familiar with the history of their own country through education, but Gu Yi’s level of history is not as good as that of elementary school students. She has hardly studied history since she was a child. Learned by reading.So when passing the bridge, she saw the majestic statue of a general carved on the bridgehead, and she asked Zhuang Linfei who it was.Zhuang Linfei knew the history of Ningcheng very well, so she talked eloquently:

"That is Ye Mingfeng, the Grand Duke of Rongguang Qinglong, a famous general who participated in the war of the empire during World War II, the Grand Duke of Dongfang Qinglong, you know, is one of the four grand dukes who were entrusted during the aristocratic dictatorship.

The empire on the eve of World War I has been in the era of false democracy and aristocratic dictatorship. Both the imperial power and the aristocratic power are greater than the parliament and the government.At that time, His Majesty the Emperor had always supported the Conservative Party and the aristocracy, but his successor, Crown Prince Chongwen, was determined to overthrow the aristocracy and return power to the people.Later, after Crown Prince Chongwen came to the throne, he joined hands with Prime Minister Tang Yukai to implement the New Deal reform, which deprived the nobles of their right to enter the parliament, causing turmoil among the nobles across the country.

And because of the 317 massacre, the incident escalated, and the civil war broke out. Ye Mingyuan, the seventh Grand Duke of Qinglong, was a famous leader in the civil war to protect the imperial power and aristocratic power. But what is interesting is that his nephew Ye Mingfeng opposed him and firmly opposed his uncle's civil war. An attempt to usurp power and restore the monarchy.At that time, Ye Mingfeng was the most important young commander of the aristocratic army, with high prestige, and the most important army of the aristocratic army was under his command. Ye Mingyuan did not expect that his nephew would turn against him without warning. The government's plan to usurp power suddenly entered a deadlock.It happened that World War I broke out at this time, the empire was involved in World War I, and the civil war directly became a war against aggression.So the noble army signed an armistice agreement with the government army to fight against the enemy together.

Ye Mingfeng fought against the enemy bravely during the First World War. When the First World War was over, he returned to the imperial court after winning the battle. He did a particularly iron-blooded thing, that is, shot his uncle and cousin in front of the members of the House of Representatives. .After killing people, he handed over his military power, unloaded his equipment, and handcuffed his hands and squatted in prison.After about 13 years in prison, he was released and returned to Ningcheng, which is the hometown of Duke Qinglong's lineage, to sweep graves in the family cemetery to atone for his sins.A few years after World War II broke out, he was invited back by the government to serve as the commander-in-chief of the army, leading the imperial army to defeat the Japanese invaders and win World War II.The empire had abolished the aristocratic system at that time, and the empire no longer had titles, but the royal family still granted him the highest title of Grand Duke of the Glorious Qinglong. It was not hereditary, but his own lifelong honor. He was the only general in the empire with the highest title at that time .He is from Ningcheng, and his former residence is in Ningcheng, so for the people of Ningcheng, Ye Mingfeng is a great hero, the most memorable legendary figure in Ningcheng in the past hundred years.His statue is carved on the bridgehead. "

"Oh, so that's the case. I didn't expect such a history." Gu Yi said thoughtfully.

"I'm really curious about what you learned back then? Why don't you know these things that most people know." Zhuang Linfei sat beside her and asked with interest, holding her arm.

"Hehe, marksmanship, fighting, foreign languages, disguise, mathematics, physics, chemistry, geology, astronomy, medicine, computers, you can learn everything except history and politics, because specially trained agents like us cannot have their own. Those who have political opinions must not even have the slightest political inclination, and must always be loyal to the state apparatus, as law enforcement officers in the dark. No matter which party is in power, we will always serve the country. In other words, we are directly loyal to the people.” Gu Yilue Said with a sarcastically curved mouth.

"Yi..." Zhuang Linfei looked at her handsome side face with mixed feelings in her heart. She always thought that Gu Yi was perfect, but she didn't expect that she didn't know the history that most adults in the empire knew.It turns out that there are things in this world that she is not good at.But it's not her fault, it's just because she didn't have the right to contact since she was a child.Allegiance to the people, such a glorious sentence in her mouth makes people feel very uncomfortable. The country she is loyal to and the people she is loyal to betray her and abandon her. Stepped on the bottom of the foot.

Zhuang Linfei sighed inaudibly, opened her left hand and clasped her right hand with five fingers, and tried to change the subject in a relaxed tone:

"Did you know? When we come to Ningcheng this time, we may meet Ye Mingfeng's descendants."

"Huh? What do you mean?" Gu Yi asked curiously.

"You know that the headquarters of An Mingshi's An's Group is in Ningcheng, and all the members of the An family live in Ningcheng. An Mingshi's own mother is Ye Mingfeng's granddaughter, named Ye Yuxing, who is still alive. She is 81 years old this year. An Mingshi's wife is also surnamed Ye, but she is his mother's distant niece, and her blood relationship is three generations away."

"Huh, is that so? Why isn't this crop mentioned in the information I checked?" Gu Yi frowned and tried to recall the contents of An Mingshi's information.

"General information does not mention Ye Yuxing's identity, because the descendants of the Ye family are very low-key. After Ye Mingfeng, none of the members of the Ye family entered the army or the political arena. Ordinary rich families concealed that they were descendants of Ye Mingfeng because they didn't want to be mistaken for aristocratic families. Ye Mingfeng's prestige was too great, which brought great pressure to his descendants. You know, nobles are restricted areas and scars in the empire, and the Ye family don't want to be misunderstood and coveted, so it's better to downplay Ye Mingfeng's connection with them." Zhuang Linfei explained.

"Really, then how do you know?"

"After all, I'm in the press, and I also have contacts. Well, after knowing the list of seven, I investigated those seven people by myself. This matter was a reporter colleague from the Ningcheng newspaper who talked to me about An Mingshi. The digression I mentioned when I got out." Zhuang Linfei said with a little dissatisfaction, pouted her mouth, and then she seemed to suddenly remember something, and said:

"By the way, it seems that An Mingshi once had a younger sister, his own younger sister, but with a different surname from his. She took her mother's surname Ye, but this younger sister died of illness more than 20 years ago. I don't know if it has anything to do with it. I didn’t listen carefully at the time, but it left an impression.”

Gu Yi frowned and thought for a moment, then said:

"Of course we need to investigate this matter. We cannot let go of any details about An Mingshi. But we have to start with the matter of Zhao Weiyou and Zhu Minghong. No. [-] Middle School, so the first place we want to go is City No. [-] Middle School."

"Then get out of the car, we've arrived." Zhuang Linfei smiled and pointed to the outside, "Look, that's Shi No. [-] Middle School."

Through the bus window, one can see the quiet Shi No. [-] Middle School, all white European-style buildings, and through the fence, one can see the large green playground inside, and the school nameplate carved on a black marble board hangs outside the ancient gate, which is vigorous and powerful The calligraphy is inscribed by a famous calligrapher in the empire.The most excellent middle school in Ningcheng looks very ordinary.It has been washed for a long time, and it already looks a little old.

Zhuang Linfei and Gu Yi stood side by side outside the school gate. It was during the summer vacation. The students of No. [-] Middle School in the city were on summer vacation. Only the graduates who had just entered the third year of high school were still taking summer supplementary classes. There were few students in the school. figure.Zhuang Linfei walked in front, and Gu Yi walked behind. Zhuang Linfei came to the doorman, took out her work card from her bag, showed it to the doorman, and said:

"Master, we are reporters from the magazine from the imperial capital, and we are doing an exclusive interview called the interview with famous schools in Suzhou Province, a major education province. Ningcheng No. [-] Middle School is a particularly excellent middle school, so we came here for the first time, you see Can we go in and have a look?"

The uncle doorman was lazily slumped on the recliner, holding a fan to fan the wind. When he heard the reporter came, he jumped up quickly, tidied his clothes, showed a smile brighter than flowers on his face, and cleared his throat. :

"Of course, of course, are you going to see the principal? Let me lead the way."

"Yo, that's really troublesome for you."

"No trouble, no trouble." The guard uncle said almost obsequiously.

"Oh, you see, this prestigious school is different. Master, you are also full of academic atmosphere, which is really admirable."

"Hey, pretty reporter, you're right, talking about our freshman year..."

The dog-legged uncle doorman immediately opened up the chatter box, as if he had just graduated from No. [-] middle school, and began pouring beans on Zhuang Linfei like a treasure.For some reason, Zhuang Linfei seemed to be a different person, and quickly grasped the vanity of the guard uncle, and chatted with him.Gu Yi followed behind with cold sweat on his brow. Her ability to speak clichés as an agent is actually not as good as that of Zhuang Linfei. She should really reflect on herself.

The author has something to say: The history and characters of the empire that appear in this chapter today, such as the Grand Duke of Qinglong, the crown prince, the prime minister, the aristocracy, the civil war, and the generals of World War II, are all made up by me, but the editor We are not making it up, there is a certain basis and logic.Well, everyone may be confused now, but it doesn't matter, anyway, this history has nothing to do with the plot of this article.But everyone has to be careful here, maybe you can see these things in other works of Xiaoshu.