When Lin was doing the writing, he accidentally found a picture of the structure of the house. The Qiao family was formerly the residence of a regent in the Qing Dynasty. The regent liked wine and built a wine cellar under the barn. Li Langyu had checked it out, just now. When the fire broke out, he was afraid that Aunt Bai couldn't hold on, so he sent people out first. When the house was about to collapse, he found the iron gate entrance and hid inside.
The ancients in the Qing Dynasty were very particular about building wine cellars. Fire and moisture resistance were the basics. The surrounding walls were made of clay city bricks, which were resistant to high temperature. The inside of the wine cellar was pitch dark. Li Langyu stayed there for a long time. There was no clock or sound. He didn't know what time it was or what the situation was outside.
Another dead end situation.
Li Langyu found a reliable place and smelled the strong aroma of wine. He was alone in this darkness, with the illusion that time was like an arrow outside, and time was stagnant here. He remembered a dream he once had, about the underworld, it was empty and his parents were not there waiting for him, which made him terrified and depressed, which meant that those obsessions that had been entangled for ten years were like ink hanging from the tip of a brush, even if it was transparent After taking the entire sheet of paper, the final weight is still as light as a feather. Everything he insists on is unreliable and cannot give him the strength of inner peace. And the only thing you can rely on is a gambling contract.
Li Langyu took out the plastic woven dragonfly from his pocket and held it in his palm. He fell asleep, and soon had a dream—it was still in the dark, and he couldn't figure out the direction, as if he had walked a long way, far away Suddenly, a candle light appeared, and a vague figure approached him slowly. He didn't know his destination, so he ran towards the light source, and then saw Cheng Hanliang, just like that night, holding the candlestick and walking to him. The candle flame was very weak, and it seemed that a gust of wind could blow it out. Li Langyu was afraid that the light would disappear, so he used both hands to wrap around the red candle, cautiously. At this time, he heard Cheng Hanliang say a word, and the voice floated into his heart: "The wind and rain are like dark, the cocks are crowing endlessly." happiness?"
Then, woke up.
At this time, there was a series of beating sounds outside, and there were vague voices. When Li Langyu heard it, he immediately came to the iron gate in the dark. He couldn't push it open, so he thumped with force. Soon, there was a response from the outside. He heard someone shouting: "Here, here..." Everyone started to work again, with a lot of movement, his heartbeat was thundering, his spirits were refreshed, and almost at the same time the door was pulled up, he also pushed outwards open.
The smoke and dust that had been in the air for a long time dissipated, and the lanterns illuminated the surroundings brightly, as if the bright moon was in the sky, and the big jade was lying in the good night in the world. And this good night was hidden in only one person's eyes.
Li Langyu stared at the familiar face, and suddenly felt that a century of miserable wind and rain had stopped at this moment. He was half-kneeling on the ground, and before he could get up, he first thought of grabbing the opponent's hand and hugging him, just like last year's stone gambling venue, and he said the result in the cheers of the crowd: " I won."
Cheng Hanliang took him in his arms, took out the jade pendant that was broken in two, and said, "Yes, you won the bet. I have always been lucky and have never lost, so I will not let you lose."
How could the person he taught himself not know what the other party was thinking, and he understood the moment he shot. No matter your life or the rest of your life, you can give what you want, this has always been the truth.
The bullet was not aimed at the heart, but hit the chest. It happened that the jade pendant on the chest blocked it again, and it was not fatal. Cheng Hanliang thought at that time that for such a small distance and for the child's selfishness, he would have to survive no matter what.
Li Langyu took the jade pendant, and there was a light in his eyes: "You said, some things are worth gambling with your life."
He has always believed that people will conquer the sky, and he doesn't like to talk about fate, but that day, when the mountains and rivers are exhausted, he wants to gamble once, and wants to leave a chance for the other party and himself, but the unspoken truth has been kept silent: if If you can survive, then I don't want anything, I want to live the rest of my life with you; if you die, then after I place Aunt Bai, I will end myself. .
Soon, the old gentleman who came with Cheng Hanliang walked up to the two of them and brought a few doctors with him. "General Cheng, now that you have found the person, you can relax, and we have to prepare for our business next."
Li Langyu heard his voice familiar, and after taking a closer look, he remembered that it was the one who came to Cheng's house on the snowy night last year. He asked Cheng Hanliang what else was going on, and the other party said that it had something to do with Commander Qiao, and wait for the news.
Half a month later, two major events happened in Peiping City. One was the new commander who took office, rumored to be surnamed Fu, and the other one brought out a past event ten years ago. Feng Shangyuan finally admitted in prison that he was the The Fu family was framed for personal gain. The Peace Daily made the front page of the incident, and attached a confession from the former commander Qiao Guanglin. These two incidents immediately became a new topic of conversation in the teahouse.
Li Langyu asked Cheng Hanliang the reason, and Cheng Hanliang said: "Commander Qiao wants nothing more than the word 'decent'. He did make a lot of meritorious deeds during the Anti-Japanese War, but now the situation is becoming clearer, and he also knows that he has no power on his side. If you start a war, you will lose. For him, it is a late season. He wanted to leave early, but it was not as easy as he imagined, so he finally compromised with us."
"Where is he now?"
"in Taiwan."
Li Langyu frowned, and remembered one more thing: "How did Lianman say that after checking in person, you are sure you are dead?"
Cheng Hanliang said: "She was indeed Commander Qiao's person at first. She worked for money, but she lived uneasy. I later recruited her and promised her that she could leave Peiping safely."
This made sense, Li Langyu answered the question, but he still had one thing on his mind: "Shortly after you left, Sister A also left, although she didn't blame me, but in this case, I deceived her and lied to her, I couldn't do anything for her until the end." He picked up the newspaper in his hand and said, "In the past ten years, not only Feng Shangyuan and Qiao Guanglin, but also me have been the sinners."
He was born in Peiping, grew up in Peiping, had parents and a sister, and now, the only blood relative who left the city that lived with him was the punishment after this debt. The next day, Li Langyu published a manuscript in the Peace Daily, and it was hung on the people's livelihood section: I was born at a young age, and I will suffer a hundred deaths here. All sorts of things, all the dead. Reminiscing about the old dreams, reckoning from the beginning, I wish the bright moon a thousand miles to shine on Chanjuan, and I will share the joys and sorrows with my sister.
A few months later, with the sound of firecrackers, Peiping was peacefully liberated, the whole city was full of joy, and Qianmen Street was very lively.
Li Langyu went home with Cheng Hanliang, and the servants cleaned up the inside and outside of the house early, exactly the same as when he came back last year. The magnolia tree in the courtyard is still there, and a new one has been planted next to it. Butler Zhang said that it will bloom in the second year.
After the Qingming Festival, Cheng Hanliang moved Fu Pinghui's tomb back to Peiping. A rain washed the sky into a beautiful blue, the sun was beautiful, and everything was settled. At the same time, the Cheng Mansion was renovated and entertained friends from all over the world. In addition to some of Cheng Hanliang's former staff, there are also the family of the owner of Guangzhou Wang Fujue, the father and daughter of Qi's family who sell hairy monkeys in the Drum Tower, and the old man Huang Zhong. Due to the inconvenience of official business, Secretary-General Yu sent someone to send a pair of pen and ink, and wrote twelve words "in the splendid light, the Dianchun is not old, and the years are long-lived".
The bright red firecracker paper covered the whole street, the sun rose, and the Beiping market was talking about the liveliness of different people. Li Langyu stood at the door and greeted the guests who came. He was tall and graceful, just like in Peiping that year, when a magnolia tree blossomed into a spring in the world.
Cheng Hanliang looked back at him in the crowd, remembering that a long time ago, Fu Pinghui asked on the top of the mountain, what did you see
He didn't answer at that time, only saw the white mist lingering in the city of Peiping, and now, looking at the young figure, he has the answer.
He said that the mountains and rivers are bright, and the people are like jade.
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Extra Story "Solitary Son Keming"
In the spring of 1943, in Li Langyu's fourth semester at Central University, the Department of Philosophy invited Professor Fang Dongmei to give a lecture. One of the chapters was about Locke's "Theory of Human Understanding", which happened to talk about - "intuitive knowledge and declarative knowledge. It cannot cover the entire range of all concepts, and it feels narrower than the first two." Li Langyu used a pen to draw a horizontal line under this sentence, and then used a circle to mark the key points and make notes. The handwriting is a very light blue, European style running script, which contrasts with the black print.
This sentence of Locke is not difficult to understand, and it can be said that it is a "limitation" problem when traced back to the source.
Li Langyu asked at the time, since knowledge is limited by existing concepts, how can we identify facts.
The professor's answer is no solution. Judgment is based on cognition. The main body of cognition is 'I', which is limited from beginning to end, and facts cannot be reached.
This answer silenced everyone, 1943, still in the "blind man touching the elephant" era.
"Then the solitary child survives." Li Langyu said with a smile.
In Go, there is a saying of "governing orphans", which means to go deep into the opponent's forces to fight. Although the facts cannot be touched, they can still be approached continuously. Solitons are in a desperate situation and are destined to be surrounded by enemies. In this situation, cognitive concepts are expanded, which is also a possibility to break the limitations.
Li Langyu's voice was sonorous and powerful. His eyes were bright, his black hair was thick, and his face was full of youthful vigor. The sun was scarce that year, but it was nothing to a fresh life.
In early 1947, when Li Langyu returned to Peiping, he carried little luggage, at best a few sets of necessary clothes and a stack of letters from home. The letter from home was sent by Bai Jingqiu from Shanghai.
In the first two months of his stay in Peking, he asked Sifang to help him find out about the situation of the Cheng family, and he brought Bai Jingqiu back from a long distance to find something for her.