Finally returned to Shanghai.

The moment he stepped onto the platform, he looked up at the slightly dazzling sun, and Lu Xiyan finally breathed a sigh of relief. He came back from the war zone along the way, although it was not a life-threatening life, it was also extremely difficult and dangerous.

At this time, he had several holes in his gray cloth cotton robe, his hair was messy, his beard was scattered, and he had lost weight. He couldn't eat well or sleep well along the way, so how could he not lose weight?

When the pair of leather shoes were still in Hanoi, Monte and Lucy sold him a gift. In the past twenty days, the soles of the shoes have been smoothed out and covered with mud.

He is now no different from the refugee who fled.

"Selling newspapers, selling newspapers, the Japanese army fought fiercely in Nanchang on the 27th, and Nanchang was declared lost..."

"Master seller, give me a newspaper." Lu Xiyan, I was surprised when I heard the news that the boy selling the newspaper was calling "Nanchang Falling" and I was a little surprised and shouted quickly.

He took out a copper plate from his pocket and handed it over. On the way, although he was able to hide money, he still asked those passing kids to collect a lot. If he hadn't been smart and had a few fiat coins hidden in the soles of his shoes, he would not even buy a ticket to Shanghai.

I guess he will have to play a banner at that time and play the role of a doctor in You Fang, earning some travel expenses for the trip home, so I don’t know when I will be back.

Striking big black letters!

Nanchang fell.

In Hankou, he learned from the newspaper that the Japanese army was attacking Nanchang. Both sides had already prepared to fight, and the Kuomintang army also planned to take the initiative.

But the plan is good. The rainy weather in recent days has disrupted the plans of both sides. However, the Japanese army obviously reversed the information and finally took action first.

The Kuomintang army realized it later, and the combat power was not as good as the other party, and their opponent was Okamura Yasuji, the commander of the 11th Japanese Army who was in Wuhan.

This guy is a very capable Japanese general. Although Xue Boling is the commander of the National Army, in fact, the prerequisite commander Luo Zhuoying is the commander of the Nanchang battle.

Luo Zhuoying's ability is unquestionable, but the soldiers are inferior to others. Even if the commander has the ability to dominate the defeat, he cannot turn the defeat. Moreover, the Japanese army has always been in an offensive position on the battlefield.

What's more, due to the fall of Wuhan, the government was not as good as Japan in military terms, and the morale of the generals and soldiers was depressed. Politically, there was also a scandal of Wang Zhaoming leaving Hanoi.

The fall of Nanchang was a double blow to the war against Japan, which made it even worse.

Lu Xiyan felt extremely indignant, but he was also helpless. He wanted to go directly to the front line with a gun and fight with the Japanese devils on the battlefield.

Along the way, he truly felt the feeling of being a slave to the country. His life and property were plundered by the invaders, and his brothers and sisters were bullied by others but had no ability to resist.

Is he unwilling to resist? No, but the only way to resist is to die. Gradually, in order to live without hope, everyone is numb.

The Lu family's pharmaceutical factory was bombed in Zhabei during the August 13th Battle of Shanghai, and Lu Xiyan's parents were both killed in that bombing.

Except when he first came back, he came to the factory ruins to worship, and he never set foot in the area of ​​Zhabei again.

This time I came back from Nanjing and took a train to Shanghai. The train station was located in Zhabei. I came out of the station and headed north along the road, passing by the Huzhou Guild Hall.

The Huzhou Guild Hall is still open, but it also suffered a lot of losses during the bombing. It was only after the renovation that it continued to open. In the past, the Lu family was in the British Concession and the pharmaceutical factory was in Zhabei.

My father often drove him to the Huzhou Guild Hall to play.

This almost carries a lot of his childhood memories.

The Lu family's pharmaceutical factory is on Tiantong'an Road, not far from the Huzhou Guild Hall. The pharmaceutical factory is not large in size, with two or three acres of land, and a two-story building with seven or eight rooms, which are for office use.

The workshops are all bungalows. My father is very strict in the management of the pharmaceutical factory. He personally inspects the pharmaceutical factory every day. If he finds that the production operations are not standardized, he will correct them immediately.

Lu's Pharmaceutical Factory mainly produces Chinese patent medicines, including tablets and decoctions. Occasionally, it also takes out the outside orders and gives prescriptions to make some nourishing plasters, which are used as processing materials.

Lu's Chinese patent medicine still had a place in Shanghai at that time, mainly because the medicine was genuine, the bargaining price was cheap, and the reputation was excellent.

The business of the pharmaceutical factory is pretty good. Although my father doesn’t have many friends, he has made friends with decent friends, but now he is troubled.

There are not many friends my father dated back then, but now they are still in Shanghai.

After the Lu Pharmaceutical Factory was blown up, the land deeds and house deeds were buried under the rubble. When Lu Xiyan came back, all the property that originally belonged to the Lu family was taken away by the Japanese who had cleared the ruins.

On the ruins of the Lu Pharmaceutical Factory, a Japanese pharmaceutical company occupied the land, cleared the ruins, and established a pharmaceutical factory on it.

Lu Xiyan stood on the curb opposite the pharmaceutical factory, tears gushing like a spring.

I am incompetent. The foundation I have built up with my parents is destroyed. Now even the land has been occupied. Sooner or later, these robbers will have to pay the price.

"Sir, do you want a car?"

"Ah, no need." Lu Xiyan reached out and wiped the tears at the corner of his eyes, pulled down the brim of his hat, raised his foot and walked forward.

"Sir, look at you. Feng Chendu, are you back from another place?"

"I said why are you like this? I don't want to use your car, okay?" Lu Xiyan stopped and refused angrily.

"Sir, it's getting dark. You're walking alone on the street. It would be bad if you meet a patrolling Japanese soldier. As long as you see it, you'll catch people without asking any questions." The young man who pulled the cart did not turn around immediately, but followed behind and continued to say to him.

Lu Xiyan was slightly stunned. He really didn't know much about the situation in Zhabei. If this was the case, it would be difficult for him to be arrested and he would be caught in the labor camp.

"Well, I'll use your car, can you send me to the concession before dark?"

"You're going to the concession?"

"Yes, I'm going to the concession."

"It's not okay if you want to go to the concession, but do you have a pass? There is no pass and you can't enter the concession now." The young man said.

"You don't have to worry about this. I have my own way of doing the pass." Lu Xiyan smiled. The "Iron Blood Anti-Traits Group" has an intelligence team in Zhabei to get a pass to the concession. That's not a piece of cake.

"As long as you say you can pass, I can send you before the level is closed." The young man slapped his chest and promised.

"Okay, if you can deliver it, I will give you double the bus." Lu Xiyan said as he carried the suitcase and got on the young man's rickshaw.

"You sit firmly, let's get up!" The young man turned around, pulled up the car, and ran on the road. The sound of wind was whistling in his ears, like lightning.

"Young man, your feet are good, what's your name?" As he said, he arrived before the levels entering and leaving the concession were closed.

"Guo Fei, everyone calls me A Fei."

"Guo Fei, good name, leave me a contact information. From now on, I will use your car when I come to Zhabei." Lu Xiyan kept his word and paid double the fare.

"Sir, you can find me by just going to the Pegasus Carriage." Guo Fei smiled, pulled the car and turned around and left.

"Sir, this is the pass you want. After passing by, Brother Wu is waiting for you at a telephone booth not far ahead." A man in a postman uniform came up, took out a pass, handed it to Lu Xiyan, and whispered.

"I understand." Lu Xiyan accepted the pass and nodded.

With a pass, Lu Xiyan successfully passed the level and entered the British Concession. At this moment, it was almost dark and the street lights on the street were also on.

After walking about a hundred meters ahead, he saw a telephone booth on the side of the road, and a black car was parked not far away. Lu Xiyan walked over and reached out and knocked on the window where the car was driving.

"Sir." Guo Hanjie, who had been waiting for a long time, reached out to take away the hat on his face, and saw Lu Xiyan's face clearly, showing a hint of surprise.

Guo Hanjie pushed the door and got out of the car, helping Lu Xiyan put his suitcase into the trunk.

"Let's go, go back to your place first."

"Aren't you going home tonight?" Guo Hanjie was stunned for a moment, turned his head over and asked in surprise.

"When I look like I am, why do I go back? I'd better go to your place to clean up first, and listen to you report on me about my departure for the past period." Lu Xiyan shook his head.

"Okay, do you want to call your family first and report your safety?"

"No, I'm all back, it's not a bad night." Lu Xiyan said.

...

"Sir, this Triumph Dance Hall is crowded with people. We are worried that you will easily reveal your identity if you enter and exit too many times, so you feel that it is not appropriate for you to go there in the future. So, you have to come in the future and follow the secret passage of the satin shop."

"Well, this General Monte may not come back in the future, and I can't find anyone to cover me. I don't go to a place like a dance hall alone. If I go in and out frequently, it will attract attention. In the future, it's good to go to the Seal Village secret passage." Lu Xiyan nodded. Guo Hanjie's arrangement was very in line with his wishes.

"I won't go there tonight. Please find me a clean set of clothes to change my clothes, and there are razors and so on. I haven't taken a shower for almost half a month and shaved." Lu Xiyan said to himself, "I don't know how to survive the stinky smell on my body."

"You wash first, I'll get you some food." Guo Hanjie took a clean set of clothes to change clothes and brought them to Lu Xiyan.

"good."

In front of the mirror, Lu Xiyan wanted to shave his beard all off, but when he thought that he was almost thirty, he stood at thirty, and was not young anymore. He looked even more mature with a beard, so he showed mercy under the knife.

"Sir, come here to have a meal."

"Here you come."

The past clothes Guo Hanjie gave Lu Xiyan to the "military advisor" were worn by a little in the past, but now they are just right. After this round, he lost at least a dozen pounds.

Roasted chicken, beef sauce, and wine.

"Time is too urgent. I'm afraid you're hungry, so I buy these." Guo Hanjie said with some regret.

"It's okay, just have meat and wine." Lu Xiyan was really hungry, and kept the money in his pocket to buy boat and train tickets. If there was an emergency, he didn't dare to spend money on the way. He finally could eat it when he got home.
Chapter completed!