Chronicle of the Republic of China

On the first day of the Lunar New Year in 1935, Yuncheng, which had gone through a hundred dynasties of peace, was hit by a shell for the first time.

It took less than a few seconds for the shell to fly from the outside of the city to the inside of the city. The intense red flames split the sky, and the strong airflow in the ground shaking and shaking the mountains stunned everyone within a few miles. .

The smoke and dust were vigorous, and the shells exploded in the cold north wind to burst into rapid blue-gray hot smoke, rising from the ground, forming a large mushroom cloud, and rushing towards the sky.

It didn't take long before there was thunderous gunfire outside the city. The person who came was unknown, but he had obviously exchanged arms with the local garrison. The gunfire flashed and swallowed the night.

No one knows who will choose such a cold and dewy night to raid, but there is no doubt that the opponent has well-planned and quick actions. After a shell demonstration, the garrison really panicked. Before they could organize a defense, The opponent has already become a dragon and a snake, and began to attack the city frantically.

Most of the people in Yuncheng jumped out of sleepiness and joy.

Fang Wuyu hugged Meng Xisheng and flung himself on the cold concrete floor of the kitchen, the ashes from the beams were all over his back.The charcoal stove fell down and hit Fang Wuyu.Simply put, the charcoal in the stove had burned out long ago, and Fang Wuyu was wearing thick clothes in winter, and the residual heat did not burn him.It was the iron stove that was so heavy that it hurt his back.

Fang Wuyu snorted, Meng Xisheng grabbed his shoulders in time, helped him remove the iron stove, patted his face, and said something loudly.

"I'm fine." Fang Wuyu said dizzily, grabbing Meng Xisheng's hand, Meng Xisheng heaved a sigh of relief.

The two held their breath and walked to the eaves, seeing the gray smoke billowing in the distance from the shells falling, and the flames soaring into the sky.Fang Wuyu's face immediately changed, and his blood ran out coldly.

The fire lit up from the south of the city, and the Fang family was located in the best area in the south of the city.

Meng Xisheng watched helplessly as he ran away in an instant. He hurried into the hall in a panic, grabbed the brand new telephone that the team leader bought not long ago, dialed Yuncheng Hospital, and asked them to go to the south of the city for rescue.He noticed his hands were shaking when he put down the receiver.

This night, Yuncheng was full of guns, bullets, and flesh, like firecrackers and fireworks in disguise, and it was an unforgettable year.

When Fang Wuyu rushed home, he saw that half of the street had been plunged into a hellhole of fire, burning one after another.The shells did not fall on Fang's house, but because of the bad wind direction, they actually burned half the street like this, and then burned into the wall of Fang's house, so a group of people shouted "War, let's fight, and another group" People shouted for firefighters.

The wind helped the fire, and soon the Fang family's carved beams and painted buildings were burned red. Fang Wuyu ignored the dissuasion of others, and pierced the Fang family's gate like a sharp sword, walking through the thick smoke.He found his brother's courtyard familiarly, but he was completely unable to rush in.

Fang Yunshen's hospital was the closest to the fire, and it was burnt to coke immediately.

Fang Wuyu felt his heart tighten, his head lacked oxygen, and his body was stiff and cold.

At this critical juncture, he unexpectedly recalled an old incident when he was young——

When he was eleven or twelve years old, Fang Wuyu read a few miscellaneous books on geomantic omen and geomancy, and pretended to walk around Fang's house with a compass bigger than his head.When he went to his father's yard, he said that "Huangquan Yaosha" was hit here, and when he went to his stepmother's yard, he said that he had violated "Yangren Lutang". "Sharp-horned shooting" violated "sharp-horned evil", that is, "fire evil". In short, the whole family was gone, and everyone was scared to death. There was no good place in the whole house. Everyone was startled and laughed.

This memory came at such an untimely time, when the world is peaceful, there is no taboo to speak, but when a catastrophe is imminent, it turns out that it turned out to be a prophecy.

Fang Wuyu doesn't believe in fate, nor does he believe in feng shui, and burning Fang Yunshen's courtyard doesn't mean Fang Yunshen is inside.Tonight's running water banquet was supposed to be open until dawn, and his brother, as the host, had to accompany his father in busy work, so it was impossible to go back to the room to sleep.Fang Wuyu's IQ returned, and he was annoyed that he was in such a hurry that he didn't even think of this.

Yes, his brother must not be in the yard.

Fang Wuyu's house was too big, and the smoke and dust obstructed his line of sight, the light source dropped several degrees, and Fang Wuyu had no lighting in his hands, so it was not easy to find someone in a panic.Fang Wuyu grabbed someone and shouted, where's my brother, where's the young master, who saw him? !When asked about the fourth person, the person panted and said that the master was fine and was already outside.Fang Wuyu cursed, who the hell asked your master, I asked my brother? !

The fire burned bigger and bigger, as if what was blowing in the sky was not wind, but oil. No one knew what the battle outside the city was like. The fire alone was enough to consume several cars of sorrow and joy.Father Fang desperately ordered people to put out the fire, and finally went into battle himself.Four aunts and concubines came out, hugging each other and weeping bitterly.The Fang family is not bad, but it was affected by the fire and there were no casualties.Half a street away, the place that was flattened by the shells was the most tragic place. The ground was blackened, corpses were strewn about, and those who didn't die were blown up without arms and legs.

It stands to reason that after the Fang family's running water seats opened and the shells fell, the guests and hosts had already scattered and fled when they saw the fire spreading. It is impossible for his brother to stay in the house and not come out.

But it was true that no one saw Fang Yunshen coming out, no matter the front door or the back door, there was no sign of Fang Yunshen.

As Fang Wuyu ran, the temperature on his body dropped. Suddenly, he stopped, nodded, and stopped to listen.

Probably because of concentrating on it, his hearing was amazing, and when he heard something, he quickly quickened his pace.

He called out again, and this time, the response from the wind was much clearer. It was his brother's voice calling for help.

Fang Wuyu was pleasantly surprised. He walked through a short and narrow path and found that this was his fourth wife's courtyard. The doors and windows of the house were damaged by the fire. There were his brother and his fourth wife in the house, crying for help.

Fang Wuyu took off his coat to fight the fire, finally kicked open the door, grabbed his brother and ran away, and his brother hurried to grab the fourth wife.

The three fled outside the house safe and sound, but the fourth aunt was so frightened that her face paled, she hugged Fang Yunshen and did not let go.

When Master Fang saw Fourth Aunt coming out, he dropped the bucket and came to care about his unborn son.The fourth aunt turned her mind a little bit, her throat was sore, and she burst into tears for the rest of her life.

After counting the number of people, the sixth aunt was missing, and 5 minutes later, she was also rescued from the back door.

The whole family lined up neatly outside the Fang family's courtyard, crying and shouting, and a running banquet was set up in flames.

The fire-fighting team finally connected to the water source half an hour later, and finally put out the fire with exhaustion before dawn.The hospital's ambulance personnel began to enter and leave the fire scene long before the firefighting team arrived, and they answered many emergency calls. In fact, after answering the first call from Meng Xisheng, they dispatched an ambulance.

A few hours later, at dawn, a ray of light from the clouds fell, and it fell on the cornice of Fang's house that was struck by lightning a few months ago.