Rebirth of the Republic of China

Six years later.

On February 1937, 2, the sky in Shanghai was dark and gloomy, revealing a trace of haze.

Shao Xintang was walking in a small alley with a large stack of documents in her arms.Before leaving the alley, I heard the fierce and neat slogans on the street: "Resist Japan and save the country, overthrow the traitors, and return my land to China!"

Shao Xintang looked at the male and female students holding a unified banner, hesitating whether to go out at the entrance of the alley.

Since years ago, these students have staged wave after wave of class strikes and uprisings, each time getting bigger and bigger, forcing the Chinese government to formally declare war with Japan to avenge the dead compatriots.

Since the fall of the three northeastern provinces six years ago, Japan, an island country, has become more and more unscrupulous in China.The Chinese government is in the midst of an upsurge in suppressing communism. The national government is not the same as the common people want to settle down. What they want is political power. Therefore, in the past few years, the policy of "to fight against the outside world must first settle down" has been directly implemented by the Kuomintang. .

The Japanese are now running rampant in Shanghai, but there is no Chinese government to control them.But these students who only think about the country in their hearts and are full of enthusiasm are suppressed time and time again by them.

Just two days ago, an officer of the National Army shot and killed two schoolgirls who were making trouble.This incident quickly ignited the anger of patriotic students across the country.Headed by locals in Shanghai, major universities gathered people to march this morning, shouting loudly in front of the two main streets of Shanghai and the city government, demanding that they pay for their lives.

As a Chinese, Shao Xintang can understand the passionate hearts of these students.But the affairs of the regime will never be controlled by ordinary people like them.Shao Xintang knew that there was bound to be a deadly battle between China and Japan, and he also wanted to contribute to the motherland and make a cry.However, he was still on the run, so it was really inappropriate for him to do such a show of his face.What he can do is to write something with his heart that can inspire and awaken most of the people in China who have not yet awakened to rebel, and then use his pseudonym to post it in Shanghai's No. [-] newspaper, Xinyue Daily, where he has worked for six years.He also wrote directly in English to expose the crimes of fascist countries like Japan to the world, and received many replies and encouragement.Many of his readers want to know his real identity and want to meet him.But long before Shao Xintang did this, he had made an agreement with Qu Yidong, the boss of their newspaper, that his identity would never be made public.

Qu Yidong is a scholar in his 50s. The success of his newspaper office without being hit by the government is definitely inseparable from his strong background.Back then, Shao Xintang applied for the job without Zhang's academic qualifications, but he didn't hold much hope.I happened to meet Qu Yidong who was interviewing in person at that time.Qu Yidong was like a kind old brother at the time, talking to him about the international situation and national issues, and within half an hour, he said that Shao Xintang had been hired.

Shao Xintang was very surprised at the time, he never thought that this middle-aged man in ordinary clothes was the boss of this newspaper.At that time, he hesitated and asked: "Don't you need to read my writing?"

"Then can you write?" Qu Yidong asked at that time.

Shao Xintang nodded.

"As long as you can write, it's fine. What we need here is not a calligrapher or a fool with a lot of education. What we want is someone who has his own profound insights. Young people who love their motherland and are fair to the world."

When Qu Yidong said that, he did not expect that Shao Xintang could not only write, but also speak the languages ​​of six countries proficiently.In the past six years, he has made an immeasurable contribution to their newspaper.Later, Shao Xintang became Qu Yidong's indispensable assistant as a matter of course.

Shao Xintang is polite and gentle, neither humble nor overbearing in any big occasion, sympathizes with the weak and does not fear power, what is commendable is that he also has his own outlook on life, he is not the kind of person who does not know how to adapt, he has his own cleverness, and is independent from the world .

Qu Yidong was so satisfied with him that he couldn't be more satisfied. After getting along for so many years, he and his wife almost regarded him as their own son.

Another point is that Qu Yidong and his wife are very much in love with each other, but they only have one precious daughter. The two of them even secretly plan to marry their daughter to Shao Xintang, so that he can really become their own family.Perhaps, there are men who are more successful than Shao Xintang in this era, but a man like him who is outstanding in all aspects and gentle and considerate is really a rare candidate for a son-in-law.

If it was normal, Shao Xintang would never think of going through a group of uprising students and take a little risk.But the newspaper office is just across the street. He was delayed by something today, and everyone is waiting for his documents.

Shao Xintang glanced at his watch, gritted his teeth, and decided to go through.

Shao Xintang looks fair and tender. Even though he is 24 after the Chinese New Year this year, he still looks like those seventeen or eighteen-year-old college students.So when he walked into the crowd, no one suspected anything.

Little by little, he pushed aside the crowd and walked towards the newspaper office.Seeing that the door of the newspaper office is in front of you.Suddenly, two gunshots of "bang bang" pierced through the loud shouts of the students.

Shao Xintang was startled, and wanted to quickly push away the few people in front and report back to the club, but the crowd suddenly became chaotic, and the students rushed forward screaming.Shao Xintang protected the document with one hand, and was squeezed into the middle by them, rushing forward with the crowd...

So when Shao Xintang was driven into prison with a gun on his back, he still felt very inexplicable.He said kindly to the soldier who was locking the door: "Brother, I'm really not a student. I'm a staff member of the New Moon Daily. I just passed by there. You arrested the wrong person..."

"Whoever caught the wrong person, it's you little bastards who know how to make trouble every day!" The soldier turned around and looked at Shao Xintang fiercely, and warned, "Don't yell at me, you're going to spoil the grandpas!" I'm in the mood to drag you all out and kill you." Then he locked the door and went out.

Shao Xintang looked at the door depressedly. When she was brought in just now, all the documents were searched.Shao Xintang didn't know how he could be so unlucky.They didn't arrest the students who protested so fiercely in front of the city hall, they insisted on arresting them at the gate of the newspaper office.If they don't arrest so many students, they insist on arresting him, a good citizen reporter.

In fact, no one can be blamed, the situation was very chaotic.When the soldiers came to arrest people, it was reasonable to say that Shao Xintang should be able to escape.Who would have thought that at that moment, when the flash flashed, he instinctively covered his face, he even forgot to run, and only knew that his face could not be photographed.Then, he was arrested together with the more than 20 students who led the uprising...

Thinking of this, Shao Xintang couldn't help but sigh.It's been six years, and it stands to reason that he doesn't have to hide anymore.Just last year, he didn't care about going in and out of public places with Qu Yidong.He really thought it was all right, since he went there for so long, Yu Zhannan probably forgot his name.

However, working in a newspaper office, they had to do a lot of things. For example, every major newspaper in the country would send a copy to them every day.

One day in June years ago, a new girl from the newspaper office took the Tianjin newspaper of that day and exclaimed with admiration: "I never thought that Marshal Yu would be such an infatuated person, no woman, such a good man would be wanted, And ran away? What a fool!"

After the little girl finished speaking, the whole newspaper office was very curious at that time, scrambling to read the newspaper, and then sighed and expressed some opinions on everyone.Of course Shao Xintang knew that the Marshal Yu they were talking about was Yu Zhannan.When everyone had finished reading and the newspaper fell into his hands, he saw the headline on the front page of the Tianjin Daily, "Even the iron-blooded warlord with power can't escape the word love."

This should clearly be a vulgar article of a third-rate gossip newspaper.But because the hero here is Yu Zhannan, a warlord who has shaken the whole country, he can be on the front page of the largest daily in Tianjin.

Shao Xintang still remembered the content.Yu Dashuai, who is over [-] years old, has been single all the time. The reason for this is the gossip that many people have always wanted to dig.Under the persistent bombardment of reporters, Yu Zhannan mentioned his love life in public for the first time.He said: "It's not that I haven't been there. I used to have a lover. It's just that she's gone. I've been looking for her."

In the Chinese language, you cannot hear him or her when speaking.Reporters took it for granted that it was "her".But when Shao Xintang saw his words, his heart trembled.He intuitively felt that the "she" Yu Zhannan was talking about was himself.

Shao Xintang couldn't tell what it was like in his heart, the hatred for Zhannan seemed to have disappeared, and he didn't have so much energy to remember a person's bad.However, if they meet again, he doesn't know what it will be like.Is Yu Zhannan furious?Is it nostalgia?Still unfamiliar?He has no idea.So he has been avoiding the opportunity to report or show up.He admitted that he was actually escaping...

"Sir, are you really from Xinyue Daily?"

Shao Xintang turned her head and saw a group of disheveled boys and girls who were still boiling.Realized they were asking him.Shao Xintang nodded.

"Really, that's great!" A seventeen or eighteen-year-old boy with a student hair comb jumped up and said excitedly, "What do you do for Xinyue Daily?"

Shao Xintang pondered for a while, and didn't know what to say. In fact, he has to participate in all the big and small things of the newspaper. He sometimes participates in the planning, or the final review...

Seeing that he didn't want to talk about it, the boy thought it was because his position was too low, so he was embarrassed to speak up, so he said understandingly: "Did you graduate from Fudan University? What year did you get in? I heard that they haven't recruited people in recent years." Students at Fudan University. Xinyue Daily is simply too difficult to get into."

Shao Xintang smiled and said, "I am not a student of Fudan University, I have worked there for several years."

"Really? You look younger than me." The boy exclaimed in disbelief, and then asked the female college student with the same bright eyes beside him: "Xu Lei, what do you think?"

The girl named Xu Lei nodded, rarely seeing such a beautiful man as Shao Xintang, she said a little embarrassedly: "Sir, then, do you know Mr Vincent?"

Vincent is Shao Xintang's pen name.Hearing his question, Shao Xintang didn't know how to answer, and then said: "... Let's get to know each other."

As soon as he finished speaking, more than two dozen students in the same prison became restless.The boy who spoke just now said: "Sir, you don't know, Mr Vincent is our teacher and our idol."

When did he become their teacher?Shao Xintang listened to the children's chattering discussions, all of which revolved around this MrVincent.Shao Xintang didn't even know that he had just posted some articles, and he had such a lofty status in the hearts of these students.They adore him, and they regard him as a representative of the advanced leaders of the era...

Although they imagined him as a thin old man in his 70s and [-]s with black-rimmed glasses, Shao Xintang was still very happy.He listened to these innocent and passionate students discussing himself with forgetfulness, and even blushed in embarrassment.From time to time, I smiled and answered them some things about "Vincent".

They were still not released until six or seven o'clock in the evening.Three meals a day are delivered, and those students can come first with Shao Xintang.But Shao Xintang really has no appetite.Now Nie Jian'an should already know the news of his arrest, how worried that child is.