Xu Xuzhi

Chapter 85 Prelude
Feng Jiu and Ya Ya stayed for a while, and Ning Zheng drove them back as soon as possible.

Feng Jiu saw that he was really fine now, so he planned to send Yaya back first, and come back at night by himself.However, she didn't tell Ning Zheng.

After returning home, Feng Jiu saw Mama Wu, and felt even more at ease; then he told Ning Cheng's family, Feng Ling and Hong Si one by one on the phone, to study and live at ease, anyway, Ning Zheng's condition has stabilized, even if they come now There is no shortage of manpower here, and the two college students are about to enter the exam period, and they will not be too late after the holiday.

Ning Zheng recovered quickly, and Feng Jiu could take care of her personally without wearing a mask two days later.Although she knew that Xiehe's sick meals were very good, she still consulted Dr. Wu who had arrived in Beiping earlier, made some light nourishing soup, and made porridge in different ways for Ning Zheng to eat.

In terms of food therapy and health preservation, Fengjiu still believes in his ancestors. In ancient times, when the medical conditions were poor and the average life expectancy was less than 40 years old, Lu You, a great poet in the Southern Song Dynasty who could live to 85 years old, once wrote a poem. immortal"--

Eating porridge can relieve the dryness and thirst of viscera, clear the spleen and stomach, and produce body fluid. It is said that the great poet simply drank porridge in his later years.Ning Zheng is too young to use it, but at this stage, his internal organs are weak and need to be nourished urgently, so it is not a bad idea to eat more porridge.

She followed the diet prescription prescribed by Dr. Wu, and cooked herself. For several days, she made pork liver porridge, pumpkin and millet porridge, fish slice porridge, yam lily lotus seed porridge, scallop seafood porridge...

Sometimes when it was almost time to eat and I was too busy in the house, I would ask the servant to deliver it first, but I definitely went there at least twice a day, and Ya Ya would take it once every two or three days.

Ning Zheng saw it in his eyes, delighted in his heart, and was so sweet in his heart: the porridge cooked by his wife, how can it be compared with the ordinary Xiehe patient rice - just like the porridge maker, it is fragrant and delicious.

As the old saying goes, "Illness disappears like spinning silk", just thinking about who made the porridge makes the spinning speed much faster.

The next day, Ya Ya found a lot of unnamed wild flowers in the open space of the grove outside the Taipu Temple Mansion. Although they were slender but full of tenacity, the petals were very fresh. Jiu presents treasures beside him, gesturing vaguely to bring them to his father.Feng Jiu was very happy to hear that, and found a blue ribbon and tied it into a beautiful bouquet.

As soon as they entered the ward, Yaya, who was holding the flowers carefully along the way, ran over and stuffed the bouquet into his father's arms.

Ning Zheng almost burst into tears—Northeast people like to say that "a girl is a close-fitting little padded jacket", just look at Yaya, how old she is, and she knows how close she is to him.

So busy every day, Fengjiu and Yaya gradually adapted to life in Peiping.

Fengjiu has been to Peiping since he was a child, and he is very partial to this city. He has always liked its grandeur, calmness and tolerance, and appreciates the profound culture accumulated in its 600-year imperial capital.

A few days later, when the Dragon Boat Festival came, Fengjiu couldn't eat because of intestinal fever, and he didn't have the thought of serious preparation in the past. He just wanted to tell the cooks to cook less.

Of course, she did not forget to tell the housekeepers that mugwort bunches with strong medicinal fragrance were hung on the doors of the two mansions, and a cinnabar Zhong Kui statue was pasted on the front door, and calamus and mugwort bonsai were placed on both sides; I twisted multicolored silk thread for Yaya with my own hands, tied it around her wrists and ankles, and hung a small exorcism pouch in the shape of a tiger and a gourd around her neck, that's all.

Foreigners want to do as the Romans do. Fengjiu heard from an old Beiping man among the servants in the mansion that after the beginning of summer, drinking some Yinchen wine made from the traditional Chinese medicine Yinchen seedlings can clear away heat and dampness, and now it is almost the summer solstice.She immediately sent someone to Tongrentang Pharmacy, which is said to be the best for Yin Chen wine, and bought ten catties of Green Chen wine, and let the big guys who work here and in the apartment drink some to keep fit. body.

Ning Zheng was still in the ward, and when he heard Feng Jiu talk about it, he was overjoyed, and told her that his good friend, Mr. Mei, loves to go to Shanxi Lane Enchengjuli to get a bowl of vegetarian fried pea sprouts, and it is served with this Tong Ren Tang's green grass Chen Lai. enjoy.Celebrities, they quickly became famous - because the two things are very green, so En Chengju also launched a summer signature set meal, named "Emerald Shuangjue", which sounds cool all over the body, serve it It is even more forgetful, and the business is booming for a while.

Feng Jiu did the same when he got home, and found that the fried pea sprouts were delicious, but the Yin Chen wine, it’s better to forget it, after all, it’s made from high-grade liquor with at least one catty of rock sugar, and it’s easy to drink. Feng Jiu, who has never done it before, really can't drink it.

However, Ning Zheng quickly discovered a problem—why both his wife and daughter have obviously lost weight, could it be that they are not acclimatized?Well, he couldn't help but feel depressed. Could it be that Beiping is going to bring down their family of three?

But the spirit looks good, although Yaya sometimes looks at her mother with a rather sad expression, could it be that the "two daughters" with strong personalities are fighting again?
Ning Zheng was very obedient, but he didn't dare to ask when Yaya was in front of her—that little girl was very smart, if her father asked, she might have to fight for sympathy and pretend to be pitiful—anyway, Fengjiu would come by herself.

Feng Jiu did come here alone today, and was cleaning Ning Zheng's body.

This thing is familiar at first and second time, Feng Jiu has been used to it for a long time, but she still won't lift the quilt to give him a big wipe, a little concealed, more comfortable.

Ning Zheng didn't make things difficult for her, Feng Jiu was still so shy most of the time, he knew it best.

He has lost a lot of weight. His hair, which was not long before, has grown back during the illness, and he has not had a haircut. He looks even more haggard, his face is more like a teenager, and he has become thinner. His chest muscles, which were originally strong, have not been healed for nearly two months. Exercise, become less thick.

However, the nature of teasing Feng Jiu has not changed at all, "So the two of us have become flat together?" Feng Jiu just put the towel back in the warm water basin, Ning Zheng suddenly reached out to touch it and said something.

"..." Feng Jiu glared at him—it was all the time, and he still didn't forget to care about this, "It can be regarded as advancing and retreating together, and sharing difficulties together." Feng Jiu said lightly.

"That's not okay, it's related to the welfare of our father and father." Ning Zheng said brazenly, not forgetting to mention Ya Ya.

When Feng Jiuyi heard that he was about to get mad, he suddenly smiled sweetly, and Ning Zheng's eyes lit up with a smile, and he was fascinated, when he heard the beautiful young woman in front of him say arrogantly, "I'm afraid I will disappoint you—your daughter's welfare is considered to be a good one." Gone."

ah? !Ning Zheng realized, is this weaned?
"...Then my daughter, why don't you cry for good or bad?" Ning Zheng was worried from the bottom of his heart this time, and he didn't even care about taking advantage of his wife.

"...Fortunately, there must be such a level." Feng Jiu said as relaxed as possible. "Besides, this is also beneficial, so I can apply to Yanda University for a master's degree."

This is also what Feng Jiu thought of temporarily - although it is not the best time to wean Yaya now, it is the most appropriate time; everything in this world has its pros and cons, and sometimes, it is even better to choose between two evils Just light.

Feng Jiu said it calmly, and Ning Zheng, as a man, never imagined that a woman would suffer when she returned milk—especially Feng Jiu’s milk—he thought it was like a faucet, and it would be gone when it was turned off.

Indeed, it is easy for most women to return milk, but the milk like Fengjiu is so good, the process is quite difficult: after all, since ancient times, it is normal for those who need to breastfeed, and it is rare to force it back.

Doctor Wu prescribed Feng Jiu a decoction of cooked malt and hawthorn. After two weeks, Feng Jiu drank [-] catties of malt boiling water fried by Wu Ma, and the surging milk was completely gone. up.As for the chest hardened to a stone and softened by repeated application of alum, and the high fever that inevitably flared up from nine o'clock in the evening until dawn and subsided, this is not enough for Ning Zheng.

But after Ning Zheng was discharged from the hospital, Wu Ma, who loved Feng Jiu the most, still found an opportunity to tell him in private: Wu Ma is a transparent mind, and in her opinion, the girl is afraid that her son-in-law, who has just recovered from a serious illness, will follow her heartache after hearing this. Fire, but shouldn't women be the ones who make men feel bad?If you don't tell me, how will he know what you have suffered and suffered?My girl can't wrong herself too much.

In this process, Yaya is also extremely pitiful.

Feng Jiu didn't plan to find a wet nurse for her again, because it seemed that Long Sheng had been drinking milk powder all the time, so he started to tentatively add American Knin milk replacer, which is milk powder——Feng Jiu did some research, I had no choice but to choose foreign milk substitute powder; because the price of domestic milk substitute powder can be sold cheaper than the same amount of flour, and at this stage there is no technical means to test what is added or replaced in it—— Ya Ya was not used to drinking, so she put it down after a few sips, and rubbed it into Feng Jiu's arms with a playful smile.

Feng Jiu made up his mind, carried her to her own room, and asked the nanny to accompany her; Yaya looked at her mother with a serious face, but dared not run outside, but Feng Jiu couldn't sleep peacefully, and eavesdropped outside the door from time to time.Yaya knew that her mother was determined this time, so she cried intermittently, not loudly, but it sounded very sad.

Although I still don’t like to drink milk powder for the next few days, but the supplementary food is okay; when I woke up early, I saw my mother first smiled, and then I remembered the fact that the granary was taken away and the mother’s restaurant was completely closed, so I hooked up again. When I was sad, I whimpered and lost the two kittens; sometimes I forgot, and when it was meal time, I ran over vigorously again, looked at Feng Jiu with a flattering smile, and went to lift Feng Jiu's lapel familiarly.

Feng Jiu had been prepared for a long time, imitating the trick taught by Wu Ma, and applied a large amount of purple lotion on his chest. The purple howling color was very bluffing, Ya Ya shivered, put down his skirt, and hurriedly turned and fled.

After a few times, my memory grew. Sometimes Fengjiu would deliberately lift up his skirt to feed her. The little girl was so frightened that she shook her head and waved her hands, "Don't, don't..."

Since I am hungry, I have to drink milk powder.It's just that while drinking, looking at the mother beside me, I can't help but feel sad. I pat the glass feeding bottle, and then pat the mother's chest. A few big tears will roll down, and I will cry a few times, and then I will twitch. drink.

After this meal, Feng Jiu, who was already slender, lost a lot of weight, while Ya Ya, who was originally plump, lost two circles of weight, and the milk fat almost disappeared.

When Yaya was completely weaned from breastfeeding, Feng Jiu returned to breastfeeding, and Ning Zheng finally survived until he was discharged from the hospital.

Ning was treated thoroughly, recovered well, and seemed to be in good spirits; after a haircut, he became that handsome man who is famous all over the country.

Originally, the couple hadn’t been together for a long time, and Ning Zheng was still looking forward to the stars and the moon in the ward, waiting to return home with soft fragrance and warm jade in his arms, but it was only from Mama Wu that Feng Jiu had suffered during this period of time, and he immediately felt uncomfortable It couldn't be further added: Men think things are simple, why didn't he think that Feng Jiu was tortured because of returning milk, and that didn't delay cooking porridge for himself every day and going to the hospital to take care of him?

Needless to mention Ning Zheng's remorse, when he went to bed at night, he just hugged her lightly, examined her carefully, rubbed her again, asked her softly if she was still in pain, and changed his previous anxious look, I just want to let her rest and recuperate.

Feng Jiu pursed his lips and smiled, but he was satisfied in his heart.

However, "throw it with a peach and return it with a plum", since that stage has passed, and the current physical condition is fine, so she whispered a few words, and lightly bit his earlobe.

Feng Jiu felt that Ning Zheng's eyes suddenly lit up like two torches in the dark night, and he suddenly tore off the quilt from the two of them, hugged her tightly, and kissed her head and face.

The veil shakes, the shadow of the moon is hazy, the evening breeze blows gently, and the summer insects murmur.They finally became the most suitable couple.

Seeing that there was no hope of going back to Fengtian, Feng Jiu simply applied for a tutor in July.Feng Jiu wanted to continue studying at Fengda University, but Budoma, her undergraduate tutor, suggested that she change to another school. This was also to prevent the academic system that has been passed down in one continuous line from becoming a shackle that shackles fresh thinking and causing "academic close relatives". breed".

As a result, Feng Jiu officially became a master's student in English and American literature at the Institute of Foreign Literature of Yenching University, under the tutelage of the head of the English Department, the Englishman Xie Dike.The professor is knowledgeable, witty, and mainly studies literary criticism theory.

Students like Feng Jiu are very popular wherever they go-after all, it is hard to find talented students who can master multiple languages ​​at the same time with a lantern.Xie Dike received a call from his old friend Budoma, who is now teaching at Feng University, and made an appointment with Feng Jiu. After a long conversation, he excitedly accepted Budoma's proud disciple.

Fengjiu is also very pleased with the success of her application for admission, feeling that her academic life has been going smoothly.

As for Harvard?Looking back now, it seems like a distant and vague dream.

Here Ning Zheng finally left the hospital and went home to recuperate, and his family members in Fengtian were all beaming because of this.Except for the few days when Ning Zheng was in a coma, he didn't stop working even in the hospital, but now, he has gradually resumed his usual work schedule. Of course, with Feng Jiu around, his work intensity is still weaker than before.

Unexpectedly, it didn't take long, but the head-scratching incidents came one after another: on July 25th, even among the peers of the Republic of China who were rich in "rebel generals", there was no doubt that the one who would win the first place Shi Hanzhang, the warlord of the immediate lineage, contacted Yan Baichuan of the Jin Army, Han Xiangfang and his allied brother Han Xiangfang. betrayal.

"The blood is not dry", that is, "resurrected, but instead", issued a "call for Ning", planning to replace Ning Zheng, wishful thinking to become the rightful king of the Northeast.

In his opinion, there is no one in the world who is more stupid than Ning Laosan. If you don’t want to be a good king of the Northeast, you are free and at ease. If you insist on submitting to some "Nanjing orthodoxy", isn't this lack of heart or something?Don't you just think that the Japanese will come over sooner or later, and want to mobilize the power of the whole country to fight against Japan together?So what, just cooperate with the Japanese.So what about a subjugated slave, what about a puppet, in short, it's fun to be the leader yourself.

Therefore, behind his blatant big move this time, it is the all-pervasive Japanese who are instigating, and the mastermind is Kenji Doihara, the largest Japanese intelligence leader in China that Feng Jiu met outside Huairen Hall, and Shi readily obeyed.

The Japanese plan was to arrange for the Kwantung Army’s staff infantry major Kusao Arai and the aviation Dalian branch director Mai Tianpingxiong to escort Yan Baichuan, who was fighting against Nanjing, back to Shanxi, command the army, and attack Ning Zheng with Shi Hanzhang——

The animosity between the Japanese and Ning Zheng is beyond count, especially the "Tanaka Memorial" that caused an uproar in the world two years ago.
The report called "Tanaka Memorial" by later generations is actually a memorandum on how to invade China written by Major Suzuki Sadaichi of the Japanese General Staff Headquarters at the request of Vice Minister Mori Ke of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs - "Empire's Positive Fundamental Policy on Manchuria and Mongolia" .

This document was first disclosed by Nanjing Current Affairs Monthly in early July two years ago.

Since the original author, Suzuki Sadaichi, was not well-known at the time and had not yet become one of Japan’s 28 Class A war criminals after the war, in order to attract more people’s attention, the editor of the newspaper simply placed it on the former Japanese Prime Minister who is more famous in China—— —Tanaka Yoshihide raised his head.

I say "before" because Prime Minister Tanaka was dismissed by Emperor Hirohito as a scapegoat for the "Huanggutun Incident" that killed the old commander, and passed away quietly two months after the "Tanaka Memorial" was exposed.

On the pretext of the newspaper, Tanaka Yoshiichi held a cabinet meeting in 16th year of the Republic of China to study the policy of actively aggression against China - the "Oriental Conference". The planned steps of Japan's mainland policy.

The core content of the notorious "Memorandum" is: "To conquer the world, you must first conquer China; if you want to conquer China, you must first conquer Manchuria and Mongolia."

As soon as this article came out, the whole world was in an uproar.In fact, the intelligence agencies of the United States, the Soviet Union, Britain and other countries have long been aware of the importance of Japan's "Oriental Conference", and have sent a large number of people to inquire about the details for two years, but failed.

The Japanese authorities immediately denied the existence of this memorial, and claimed that the documents published in the "Jiji Monthly" were fakes, aiming to slander the Japanese Empire.

However, Japan’s emergency action on the second day after the memorial was released has already confirmed the authenticity of the report: In addition to dismissing all officials from the Japanese Imperial Palace’s library who lost the memorial, the copyist—Taiwanese patriot Cai Zhikan was also arrested. Arrested and imprisoned.

The subsequent series of aggressive and expansion actions taken by Japan were no different from the strategic plan made in the Memorial.

When Feng Jiu learned of Cai Zhikan's accident, he asked worriedly, "Will he die?"

Ning Zheng patted her hand to reassure her: Under the strong pressure of international public opinion at that time, in order not to give up on others, the Japanese authorities had no choice but to release Cai Zhikan, but it also caused his family's wealth to be lost and suffered all kinds of torture. .

Feng Jiuhui was worried about Cai Zhikan because she already knew that the "Memorandum" published in the newspaper this time was one of Ning Zheng's confidential secretaries. After a while, he entrusted it to his friend Cai Zhikan; and Mr. Cai made a decisive decision to sneak into the library of the Japanese Imperial Palace and take up the post of supplementary worker.

After a series of thrilling twists and turns, Wang Jiazhen finally obtained the original manuscript of the 67-page "Empire's Positive Fundamental Policy on Manchuria and Mongolia" written by Cai Zhikan in two nights.Wang Jiazhen wrote the translation himself, and after repeated discussions with Ning Zheng, he finally decided on the right time. This was the first time that the story was published in a Chinese newspaper. It can be said that it was the first to expose Japan's ambition to invade China.

However, although the "Memorial" is sensational and frightening, at that time the domestic warlords were still fighting endlessly, and those in power didn't take it too seriously. The sense of anxiety looked up to the sky and sighed.

As a result, Ning Zheng became more determined to reform the Northeast's political and military circles, and his actions became more urgent. However, the habits of the Northeast Army left behind by the old man were hard to get back, and there were many difficulties in comprehensive reform. At that time, the economy of the Northeast was in adversity. The head can't take care of the tail.

But he always thought in his heart that he still had to move and eat food bite by bite, and he would still get better, good enough to resist the Japanese aggression.Look, in just a few years, hasn't the Northeast improved financially?
The reason why Ning Zheng was so low-key and forbearing in the "Wanbaoshan Incident" in which Korean immigrants and Jilin local farmers competed for land rights that broke out in the middle of this year, and in the "Zhongcun Incident" that was captured in the Xiaoxing'an Mountains to spy on the military situation, are all out of the blue. for this consideration.However, the Japanese and fellow Chinese warlords did not give him enough time.

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It was also a helpless move for Ning Zheng to accept Shi Hanzhang, who was full of bad deeds at the beginning - if he is not an ally, he can only be an enemy, so he has always been naturally vigilant and guarded against people of this character - he flew pigeons to pass on letters, first from outside the customs Once again, five elite infantry brigades and three artillery regiments were dispatched to enter the customs urgently, and five days later, they issued a "power call for asking for stones" to list their crimes and call on the soldiers of North China to eradicate the disaster together.

As soon as the power was turned on, the Central Army, the Northwest Army, and the Jin Army responded one after another and united to fight for rebellion.

Ning's army was in full swing. By pretending to be defeated and using pocket tactics, they destroyed Shunde, the old nest of Shijun, within three days.

Shi Hanzhang was in a hurry. He didn't expect that most of the "brothers" army who had made an alliance with blood would turn around and follow Ning Zheng to clean up themselves when they saw that the momentum was not good; He would easily betray him as well——Yan Baichuan, who was originally called a brother, suddenly turned his face, wandered back to the house without saying anything, and even cut off his food and grass.

Shi Hanzhang rose to power and resigned in disgrace. In less than half a month, the [-] troops were wiped out, and fled to Shandong, taking shelter under the command of the only congenial Han Xiangfang who had not betrayed him, waiting for an opportunity to make a comeback.

The Ning Army seemed to have won a complete victory, but the fact that all the elite Ning Army entered the customs has already explained a problem: the Northeast Army underestimated the courage and determination of the Japanese Kwantung Army who was always willing to "fight hard". It has been proved that what is fortune and misfortune depends on each other, what is the loss of the big because of the small——

The Dahe nation has always had the temperament to create conditions without the conditions, let alone such a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity right in front of them?
Although the country may not agree with it, Kenji Doihara, who successfully planned the "Huanggutun Incident" three years ago, has made up his mind to take the risk.

Of course, Doihara predicted the result in advance of Shi Hanzhang's reconciliation this time - this idiot who has no self-knowledge and a head as stupid as a rock has no chance of winning.

But he is a "drunkard who doesn't want to drink."He never expected Shi Hanzhang to destroy Ning Zheng at all, but only needed to contain the elite of the Ning army in the pass, so that the rear of the three eastern provinces would be empty.

This is what Doihara, the scheming Hirohito and the proud disciple of Japan's second-generation intelligence leader Rihachiro Sakanishi, really wants.

When the battle report came, he was sitting in his apartment in Tokyo after returning to China to report on his duties. He rubbed his fingers happily, picked up a cup of amber tea, and slowly sipped it—the tea from China is really delicious.

The greatest calamity in Ning Zheng's life is coming to him.

At this time, Ning Zheng still didn't know about it, and the subordinates of Shuncheng County Prince's Mansion could finally see the smile on the lips of the head of the family, like a spring breeze, changing the solemn expression since Shi Hanzhang's rebellion.

Ning Zheng was thinking in his heart, but it could be calmed down for a while, because the military situation was urgent, he hadn't seen them for a while, and he really missed his Fengjiu and Yaya so much, yes, he chuckled, it was all him of.

(End of this chapter)