The 56th train delay incident

1. The secret of the menu

On an ordinary morning in the autumn of 1942, Xu Quanwu, the chief of the archives section of the Puppet Manchukuo Police Station, walked into the office. The first thing he did was to call His subordinate Xiao Wu picked up the big knife and Wang Huainu, like a dominatrix, with a big mouth of the brazier and a big door with his hand. It turned out that Charles was being coerced. Du Hu colluded with the officers and soldiers to kidnap Charles's father and asked Charles to go to Ai Yu to pretend to let Ai Yu evaluate the jade. In fact, Du Hu colluded with the officers and soldiers to set up a trap to accuse Ai Yu. As long as Ai Yu is eliminated as a strong competitor, Du Hu can exclusively enjoy the reputation of "the jade carver of the Great Song Dynasty". knife. However, in fact, the Huainu of the Broadsword King is a beauty, and there is a nice story here! He handed over an order and said: "My old man is going to entertain guests at Deshun House tonight, go and book a table."

Xiao Wuzi took the menu and said awkwardly: "Chief Xu, you don't know yet, right?"

Xu Quanwu frowned and asked: "What's the matter?"

Xiaowuzi took a step closer and said: "The shopkeeper of Deshun Restaurant was arrested for treason, and the restaurant was closed last night!" Seeing Xu Quanwu stunned, Xiaowuzi immediately said: "I'll do it again I'll give you another one." Xu Quanwu waved for the menu and said: Wang Jia and the villagers lived happily ever after, and this story has been passed down. "Let me ask the old man for advice and ask him which restaurant he wants to eat."

Xiao Wuzi went out, and Xu Quanwu's heart went crazy, thinking that something big was going to happen. Xu Quanwu was born and raised in the land, and his family had some influence in the local area. His great-grandfather was named the Stone King by the emperor because of his superb stone carving skills. He later set up his own quarry, and his family business gradually developed and he became a wealthy local. Xu Quanwu joined the underground party when he was a student. When he came back, he bought an official position and entered the police station as the young master of the Xu family. It was very convenient for him to carry out his work. Therefore, this hidden line was strictly protected by the organization and had few contacts. Just yesterday he received an urgent call asking for the menu to be delivered to Deshun House. The people in the organization didn't say much. They only said that once the shopkeeper sees the menu, he will know exactly what to do. Come to think of it, this is not an ordinary menu, but a secret document that needs to be deciphered. Unexpectedly, Deshun Building was taken away before he could contact her. Xu Quanwu was safe, but he knew that if this task was not very urgent, the old lady would not be angry. Look at what else he wrote below. Unexpectedly, the teenage man looked at the old lady and then wrote the word "go away". This old lady was not just any old lady. She worked as a coach at a city martial arts gym before retiring. The old lady’s martial arts skills were of great use. She couldn’t bear it anymore. She stepped forward and kicked down the man who was writing. Delivered to his hands on the ground, what should he do next?

Xu Quanwu decided to explore the truth. He had never contacted the shopkeeper of Deshun Building and should not be implicated. The person who sealed the Deshun Building yesterday was Liu Yiming, the captain of the police force. He was busy transferring witnesses and evidence to the Japanese military police brigade. When Xu Quanwu came in, he just said hello.

Xu Quanwu looked at the messy things in the room, shook his head and sighed, and said: "These people don't do business well, and they know nothing about it. My old man likes to eat their food the most. This I don’t have anything to eat!”

Liu Yiming had a good relationship with Xu Quanwu on weekdays, so he benefited from him and said with a smile: “You are a filial son with twenty-four filial piety, and you have a family legacy from Deshun House. There is a recipe book. You can copy it and let the cook make it." Xu Quanwu's heart skipped a beat. Although the Deshun House recipe book was old and worn out, it was the most important thing in the restaurant. The menu in his hand definitely needed to be deciphered. , and will the deciphering code be hidden in the recipe? Thinking of this, he was not polite. He sat down behind Liu Yiming's desk, picked up the recipe and started copying it. After he copied the last line, Liu Yiming happened to have prepared things, picked up the recipe and left.

Xu Quanwu took the recipe home. As soon as he entered the door, his daughter-in-law Xiulan came up to him and said in a low voice: "The menu was not delivered, something happened in Deshun Building!" Xiulan and Xu Quanwu are classmates, and they are together. The anti-Japanese organizations they joined had no secrets between them.

After reading what Xu Quanwu brought back, Xiulan was also troubled and sighed: "This recipe is very ordinary and there are no tricks. Could it be that the secret is hidden in the original cookbook that was taken away by the Japanese? ?”

Xu Quanwu shook his head anxiously and said: “I can’t decipher it, I don’t know any tasks, and I can’t get in touch with the line. It seems that there is no way to save it.”

Xiulan refused to give up and took the recipe to look at it carefully. Suddenly she shouted: "Hey, that's wrong. There is an extra word in this line. Did you copy it wrong?"

Xu Quanwu hurriedly copied it. He came over to take a closer look and said, "It's impossible. I copied it word by word, very seriously." But when he read it carefully, he found that there was an extra word "car", and it was not smooth no matter how he read it. Xu Quanwu thought to himself, the word "car" is a useless word in the recipe. Could it be that the secret is here? He and Xiulan searched through the menus one by one. Not to mention, there was a superfluous word in each menu, which together turned out to be: Train No. 56 on the 7th was delayed by one hour.

Xiulan said in surprise: "That's right, this is the content of this mission. The 56th train is not sent from us, once every two days. But how can such an old recipe be used? Hidden to decipher the code?"

Xu Quanwu said with a smile: "Looking old doesn't mean it is really old, it's just a deception."

Xu Quanwu calmed down from the excitement of just deciphering the code. Only then did I realize how difficult the task was. The 56th train was a special train. Chengdai Quheng was greatly surprised and was in a daze when he suddenly heard the sound of drums and drums. Someone had already helped the old birthday star out and sat upright on the Taishi chair in the middle of the longevity tent. I saw the old longevity star with a silver beard hanging down his chest and a strong spirit, constantly waving to the guests. After everyone bowed and bowed, they immediately took their seats according to the age and age. No one knew or paid attention to Dai Quheng. Only the old wine seller found him and was about to pull him to sit next to him. Unexpectedly, Dai Quheng broke away from the old wine seller and ran straight to the old birthday star with a "thump, thump, thump" gesture. beside. Responsible for the transportation task from Dingxian to Beigang, there is an airport in Beigang. Because the anti-Japanese organizations had severely damaged the railway, the Japanese attached great importance to it. This section of the railway was so well defended that it was impossible to delay the train. Xiulan and Xu Quanwu were in trouble again.

Xu Quanwu glanced at the calendar card. It was already the 6th, leaving him only one day. He had no way of guessing what the shopkeeper of Deshun Tower would do. Now he could only complete this task by his own strength.

2. The most important thing on the train

At this time, the sky was bright. Xiulan thought for a while and said: "You should go to the station to explore the bottom first. I think if 56 The second train is carrying military supplies as usual, so the delay should not have any impact. The current situation is a confrontation, and the battle pattern will not change much in a short time. I am afraid that there is something more important on this train.

Xu Quanwu stood up and said, "Yes, I'm going to find out what kind of things will be on the 56th train on the 7th."

He has a wide network of contacts in the local area, and the railway station I have a good relationship with him. Sure enough, Xu Quanwu's trip was worthwhile. He found out that there would be an important passenger on Train 56 on the 7th. However, no one knew the identity of this passenger. They only knew that he was being monitored in the county hospital at this time. The passenger will be escorted before the train starts tomorrow. At this time, Xu Quanwu already had a plan. The train would not be able to run unless important passengers boarded the train. He could only start from here.

However, this mysterious passenger could not be traced. Xiulan played cards with the director of the county hospital until the evening, but she could not tell the truth. When I got home, it was already time to turn on the lights. Xu Quanwu smoked and the room was full of cigarettes. Xiulan complained and opened the window to get some air.

Xiulan advised: "There is no way for you to worry like this. The organization has not assigned the task directly to you, so there is nothing you can do about it if you can't complete it."

Xu Quanwu glared. Eyes said: "Can you say such a thing? The soldiers at the front are bleeding. We can stay here until late at night. It is pitch black and there are few stars in the sky. The wind is blowing, and there are two strange calls of owls from time to time. , which made the night even more terrifying.

The Madouhui walked in the empty alley carrying a wicker basket, with goosebumps rising on his body. As they walked, the wicker fence suddenly sank, and the Madouhui bravely asked: "Who are you?" Do your best to save them a loss! Xiulan lowered her head and said nothing, and then said for a long time: "There is nothing we can do at the station, and there is nothing we can do in the hospital. We can only think of a solution on the road. By the way, I heard that an ambulance will be used to send people to the train tomorrow." We can’t find any helpers, so robbing people is impossible. What else can we do? The bus will leave at 8:30 tomorrow morning. "

Xu Quanwu stood up, thought for a while, and said, "Use a car? It means that this person is inconvenient to move. The train leaves at 8:30, and the hospital car will probably leave at 8:00. Must start before then. "

Xiulan said: "Just think about it slowly. I'm going to bed now. The three weddings tomorrow will all collide. "

Xu Quanwu asked: "Whose family is it? "

Xiulan said: "You are no longer pretending to be anything. Didn't I tell you that tomorrow is a good day? I don't know why you are crazy. The three richest families in the county have happy events. , one family is marrying their daughter, another is marrying a daughter-in-law, and another is marrying a concubine. Fortunately, the times are all staggered, otherwise it would be really lively. "The speaker was unintentional, but the listener was intentional. A plan was lingering in Xu Quanwu's mind. He let Xiulan sleep first, put on his clothes and went out.

3. The manifested stone archway

Early the next morning, Xu Quanwu was sitting in his office drinking tea when he suddenly heard a commotion in the courtyard of the police station. Someone was running in and out in a hurry. Seeing Xiao Wuzi's panic, he called him and asked: " What happened? Xiaowuzi wiped his sweat and said, "Something big happened this time. The stone archway appeared!" ”

The stone archway in Dingxian County was the work of Xu Quanwu’s great-grandfather. It took seven years to complete. It was called the Number One Scholar Archway at that time to commemorate the first number one scholar in the county. More than ten years later, one day, When people in Dingxian got up in the morning, they suddenly noticed two red lights appearing under the faucet of the archway. It happened that a family was getting married. The new daughter-in-law was passing by the archway and had to get off the sedan chair to salute the archway. It happened to be sunrise, and the sun was shining on the "Could it be?" "Emperor Kangxi suddenly remembered that an old monk on Fengshan Mountain once told him a story. On the archway, the two red lines were more conspicuous, and everyone was amazed. Unexpectedly, the new daughter-in-law gave birth to a big fat boy the next year. The queen won the first prize again. Therefore, old people say that if you can get married when the spirit appears in the archway and worship at sunrise, you can give birth to the first prize. Although there is no longer an emperor and a court, who doesn't want to have a noble person in the family? /p>

Originally, this day was an auspicious day. There were happy events for the three big families in the county, and they heard about the apparition. How could they not come to please them? Plus, the small family joined in the fun temporarily, and the whole street was crowded. It was so crowded.

When Xu Quanwu arrived at Pai Fang Street, it was already packed with people. He was crowded in the crowd, and he saw the dowry of the daughter of the Chamber of Commerce president's family here, and Captain Luo's third wife over there. In the convoy, the son of the pawnshop owner Lin was surrounded by the crowd on his tall horse. The horse snorted uneasily from time to time, fearing that it would startle.

Looking towards the archway, the stone archway is three meters long. It is high, with dragons and phoenixes carved on it very beautifully. The so-called manifestation is that there are two blood-red traces on the stone pillars with dragon mouths at the two corners of the archway. The red marks are very eye-catching.

Liu Daming is holding his hands. Xu Quanwu tried to maintain order, but Xu Quanwu squeezed to his side with all his strength and said, "Can you understand this? Let them go, and when the worship is over, people will disperse. ”

Liu Daming was sweating profusely and a rich kid came to propose marriage. His uncle agreed, but Swan refused to agree. She also said that she would not marry anyone except Hemo in this life. If her father continued to force She, she jumped into the river and committed suicide. The uncle did not dare to threaten his daughter, so the marriage of Swan was delayed, and he said angrily: "You think I want to take care of it?" This road is blocked, blocking the ambulance from the county hospital. The gendarmerie has called. Can I just clear it? "

Xu Quanwu stretched his neck to look, and then he saw that there was indeed an ambulance surrounded by a pile of wedding gifts. It was difficult to move, and the driver kept honking the horn.

He hurriedly pretended to be directing pedestrians, but the more he directed, the more chaotic he became. There was a local wedding custom that there was no turning back for the wedding sedan. No one was willing to retreat, so they could only move forward. In this way, the Archway Street was blocked like an iron barrel, and even the pedestrians were blocked. Mosquitoes can't fly through.

4. Unexpected ending

Xu Quanwu counted the time secretly, and now he can imagine how loud his voice was, almost making the entire palace tremble! It has been delayed for more than half an hour, which means that if it is delayed for another half hour, the plan will be achieved. Just as he was chuckling, suddenly Xiaowuzi squeezed over and dragged him out. Xu Quanwu hurriedly asked what was going on, and Xiao Wuzi said: "Come on, it's not safe here. I heard at the police station that the Japanese military police were in a hurry and wanted to send people over to take action directly and shoot everyone blocking the road!"

Xu Quanwu did not expect that this person would gather at his father-in-law's house. The eldest son-in-law always wanted to have fun with the meat head, and the son-in-law also followed behind and started making noises. The son-in-law felt dizzy when he saw them, but he couldn't bear it. How serious it was, he felt trembling in his heart, if it was true, he would become a sinner. It turns out that he came up with this trick. He has lived in Ding County since he was a child and knows the customs here. Yesterday Xiulan said that three large families chose this day to get married, so he devised a way to have the wedding teams of the three families come to Archway Street to block the road. Dingxian is a small town with bad roads. There was a flood some time ago. Except for the main street of Paifang Road, all other roads are muddy and difficult to navigate. Moreover, the county hospital is at the intersection of the street, so the ambulance must take this road to get there.

Ma Dazhu was an enthusiastic person. He told Song Jiayan that he was willing to help Song Jiayan find the small wooden box. Ma Zhu then thought to himself: The Song family is a big family. Since Song Jiayan said that the contents of that small wooden box are very important, then it must be very valuable. If I can help him find the small wooden box, he will definitely reward me. Five o'clock in the morning After polishing it for many days, he came under the archway. The two red marks were just the red ink he filled in Xiulan's perfume bottle and sprayed on it. He calculated that the time when someone discovered the ghost arch and the three families got the news very quickly. They would gather their troops and rush to the archway street as soon as possible at sunrise, which was around seven o'clock. Such a blockage would make it difficult for the ambulance to fly. But now the Japanese are anxious and want to attack those blocking the road. How many lives will this cost?

Thinking of this, he tried his best to squeeze out and saw a group of Japanese military police running over from a distance. Liu Daming and a Japanese officer nodded and bowed without knowing what they were saying. Xu Quanwu didn't care about the many mysteries about King Zhou Mu's visit to the Queen Mother of the West.

King Zhou Mu visited the Queen Mother of the West. He ducked into the crowd and fired a shot into the sky. The gunshot exploded the crowd, and someone shouted: "The Japanese are coming!" The Japanese were ruthless and ruthless, and everyone who had legs ran away. Xu Quanwu felt relieved. In just a few minutes, the streets that had been crowded a moment ago were now empty. Because they were in such a hurry to escape, all the wedding gifts and dowry were not taken away, and even the sedan in which the bride was sitting was thrown away. The ground was in a mess, and the ambulance still couldn't get there.

Xu Quanwu was so busy that I became enemies with the pair of foxes, so I went to the forest to look for them in the name of forest protector. Wei drew up a distribution map and divided the forest area with a radius of dozens of miles into dozens of small squares. I searched and crossed out all of them, but I didn't believe that I couldn't find them. Unexpectedly, before even ten percent of the area was searched, a strong wind suddenly blew up. During the night, the entire desert forest belt became unknown to anyone, and the signs I made had long been blown away without a trace. I had no choice but to be passive defensive and block the chicken coop door tighter. He stepped forward and said, "Everyone, hurry up and clean up!" After saying that, he went up to move the things himself. Upon seeing this, Liu Daming followed him with his men. The Japanese military police were ordered to help, and Archway Street became lively again.

Xu Quanwu secretly looked at his pocket watch. He had been stuck in traffic for forty minutes now. At the current speed, the road would be cleared soon. It would only take ten minutes for the ambulance to reach the train station, which meant that he could not Complete the task of being stuck for an hour.

He took a deep breath and could only make his final plan. When no one was paying attention, he stooped to the right side of the archway, where there was a protruding stone deed that he had typed out last night. As long as he knocked a few more times, the stone deed would fall down. Ten years ago, an earthquake shook the archway crookedly and was on the verge of collapse. At that time, no one dared to walk under the archway.

It was Xu Quanwu's old father who stepped in and used two stone deeds to straighten the stone archway. It was as stable as ever and became a good story.

Xu Quanwu had destroyed one stone deed last night, leaving only a little of the other one. Regarding the stone deed, his father told him that if the deed is in the archway, it will not fall down, and if the deed is not in the archway, it will fall down. Now that he had no choice, Xu Quanwu took out the hammer that had been prepared hidden at the foot of the archway when no one was paying attention, and amidst the chaos of people, he smashed it hard towards Shiqi...

Just As the road was gradually cleared, someone suddenly shouted: "Run, the archway is about to collapse!" Everyone looked up and saw that the archway was shaking and everyone hurriedly ran for their lives. Suddenly, the archway fell down. Fortunately, the archway collapsed almost directly and no one was hurt. But this way it becomes even more difficult to clear the road. The archway is made up of hundreds of stones, the diameter of the large ones is two to three meters, and the small ones are dozens of centimeters, completely blocking the road.

The Japanese were really anxious now and asked people to clear the road immediately. Small rocks are easy to remove, but big rocks cannot be removed. They discussed for a long time and had to change the patient's car. It was inconvenient to use a car in the war environment. There was only one ambulance, so we had to call in another truck with a cover. A man covered with a white sheet was lifted from the ambulance and carried across Archway Street and onto the After the truck went to the train station, they had dinner and went to bed. The old fox asked: "Who will sleep with my uncle tonight?" He bit the knife and was about to say, "I slept with my uncle." The door latch pressed against her and said, "My uncle has something on her body." It sounds like old people, my sisters are sleeping on one side." The old fox said, "You three should sleep on one side!" The eldest sister didn't dare to sleep, and the second and third sisters were too frightened to sleep. The eldest sister touched the second sister, and the second sister touched the third sister. They all pretended to be asleep and snorted one by one. And go.

In this way, train No. 56 was already seventy minutes late.

Epilogue

Regarding this incident, Xu Quanwu did not wait until the following. After the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, the anti-Japanese organization in Dingxian County had been destroyed, and all the insiders of the train delay incident had disappeared, which became a mystery in his heart.

Thirty years later, Xu Quanwu, who has entered his twilight years, accidentally saw a book about Japanese generals who invaded China. There was a record in it that mentioned Dingxian and the 56th train. In 1942, train No. 56 was delayed by 70 minutes, preventing Colonel Okada from getting on the plane back home. He died of illness two days later. It is a pity that this comprehensive talent in command died due to a traffic jam before he had a chance to play a role on the battlefield.

Only then did Xu Quanwu understand that the traffic jam incident he designed was also part of the anti-Japanese war.

Selected from "The Classic of Mountains and Seas" 2013.7

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