The old things I repaired have become fine

Chapter 161 The map on the copper plate is not a map of China?! (The Taiping Heavenly Kingdom leader plus 2)

The memories carried by the dressing box flow slowly in the light and shadow.

Shen Le watched nervously with bated breath. The young man named Axin finally did not go to the battlefield, but was persuaded by his mother to stay in Binhai and continue his studies.

However, the days in Binhai became increasingly difficult:
Universities and middle schools were closed. The remaining teachers and students were temporarily moved to the staff dormitory in the French Concession, where they studied with their teachers and helped rescue the wounded soldiers.

Every day, I saw bloody and broken bodies of wounded soldiers, and heard wailing and groaning in pain. If I opened the window or went outside, I would hear even more terrifying sounds:

The shells roared, the bombs falling from the planes made a sharp whistle, followed by an earth-shaking explosion.

Even if you hear it from a very far distance, it is still frightening:
When will these shells and bombs fall on us?

Will we die?
We...will there be a day when we step out of our home and never see our loved ones again?

Because of the suspension of classes, Perrin's salary as a teacher was reduced to the limit, and he could no longer support the family's daily expenses. They had to sell their old house and move to a small Shikumen house for the time being;

They dismissed the two servants, leaving only the oldest maid to help the young couple take care of the children;

The family's food and clothing were first cut off from the coffee that Ah Xin drank every day, and then from the Western biscuits and bread that his young wife liked. Gradually, even meat could no longer be provided for every meal.

If these inconveniences in life can still be tolerated, then the mental depression is almost impossible to relieve.

The war lasted for more than a month before it was declared over. However, the Japanese were becoming more and more arrogant in Binhai:
Breaking into schools, "inspecting" all classes, and forcing teachers not to teach what they consider harmful knowledge;
They were rampant throughout the coastal areas. Except for the concessions, there was no place where they dared not show off their power, bullying the people and acting tyrannically.

What is even more embarrassing is that the government is completely powerless in the face of such a situation. It neither fights back nor gets back on its feet. It is only engaged in corruption and civil war!

Such depressing and dull days lasted for six years.

In six years, Axin grew from a young man who had not graduated from college to a mature and reliable pillar of the family, and stayed at the school to teach;

The couple's relationship grew stronger, and the wife gave birth to two more children, a boy and a girl.
Peilan had more white hair and more wrinkles on his face. He often frowned when reading books or newspapers. Only when he saw his grandchildren would he smile...

Days like this seem to last forever, yet they seem so fragile that they can't even bear a single blow.
This country immersed in war seems to have a little hope, but it also seems so bleak that there is no hope at all.

Until a cannon shot, the mountains and rivers were shattered. The relatively peaceful life was torn into pieces again, and the whole country fell into darkness again.

The schools where Peilan and Axin taught moved westward in a hurry. The family lost almost all of their income and could only rely on their past savings and tighten their belts to survive.

However, this time, a ray of light finally appeared in the suffocating darkness!
"Mom, I finally know what I should do." On a cold winter night, Ah Xin stood upright in front of his mother, knelt on his knees, and bowed deeply:
"I didn't go when the Japanese invaded six years ago because I felt that the government was dark and corrupt, and it was not a place where I could place my ideals.
I did not go when the school moved west this year, because I felt that academic research alone could not save the country, and this was not the most urgent matter at the moment.

But now, I see hope! There is a place, there is an organization, they are fresh, vibrant and full of energy! They can save China! "

The 26-year-old young man raised his head, placed his hands on his mother's knees, and his eyes sparkled with a light he had never seen before:
"Mother, please forgive me for not being able to sit by your side any longer and support the family any longer. I am going there to fight for the country and the fate of the nation!"

There was a long silence. Perrin sat in the hall, his face solemn and sad, but he said nothing to dissuade him.
She looked down at her son for a long time and sighed softly:
"Have you told your wife? What did your wife say?"

"…Mom, he told me about it, and I agreed."

Sitting at the side of the hall, a young woman of 25 answered in a low voice. Next to her stood her six-year-old daughter, who was already a little sensible, with tears in her eyes, but she didn't say a word;
Holding her three-year-old second son in her right hand, the little boy looked around and tried to rush out and throw himself on his father several times, but was stopped by his mother.

On my lap, my one-year-old daughter didn’t understand anything yet. She stretched out her chubby little hands and babbled:

"dad!"

Perrin closed her eyes slightly and sighed. In her daughter-in-law, she seemed to see herself in the past, the self who followed her husband to join the revolution and was shocked to hear the news of her husband's death;
The difference is that her husband did not discuss this with her or even inform her before leaving, but she at least knew about it...

"Now that you've figured it out and agreed, go ahead." She endured the intense pain in her heart and slowly warned her son:

"Your father died for the future of the country. Although I am heartbroken, I am also proud of him.

Now, you are on this road again, I will not stop you. But one thing is, no matter what you do, no matter how far you go, you must not let your wife down! "

Ah Xin packed his bag and quietly left, embarking on a journey north and west. In the bag, besides various books, there was only a small round mirror:

Doucai shell, mercury mirror. It can be opened and closed, with a mirror on one side and a small photo embedded on the other.

In the photo, the mother, the young couple, and three children, six smiling faces, are all vivid in my mind. "This is my dowry. It has been with me since I married into the Chen family, and has been with me for so many years. You should carry it with you, take it out and look at it from time to time, so that you can remember your family and where you came from!"

The light and shadow disappeared. Shen Le sat at the table in a daze, stroking the outer wall of the dressing box, feeling a tightness in his chest and unable to breathe:

Generation after generation, the fathers sacrificed their lives for the country, and the sons also resolutely joined the revolution.

It seems that they chose different directions; but the choices they made were so similar, as if they were destined...

By the way, this small round mirror that can be opened and closed seems to be not included in the dressing box component?
Did he follow his master north and the family was ultimately unable to reunite?
Or has Axin already sacrificed himself, and the small round mirror is buried with its master on a distant battlefield?

Can I find it?

Shen Le held the copper piece in one hand and pressed the other on the dressing box, trying to sink into meditation and let his mind drift away.

The entire dressing box rang softly, and in the meditation world, the map on the copper plate unfolded again, revealing the familiar mountains and rivers.

Shen Le watched intently, praying silently that the small round mirror was in a place he was familiar with, or at least in a place where he could determine the approximate area.

After looking at it for a while, he was shocked to find that this map was not the map of China he was familiar with:
There is the Yangtze River, the Yellow River, the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, and the vast and boundless Chi Le River under the Yin Mountains.

However, the area covered by the map was much larger than the rooster and the crabapple leaf. Some places even looked unfamiliar to him, as if he had never seen them before:
This is where?

This is where?

There seems to be a huge extra piece here... How come there is an extra piece within the mainland?
The map on this copper plate does not show the modern mountains and rivers, but the ancient times when the continental plates had not yet drifted?

impossible! ! !

The copper plate remained silent, without any answer or explanation. Shen Le looked at it for a while, and then tried to stir up the scent of the dressing box, trying to make it resonate with the small round boxes scattered outside.

The scent in the dressing box circulated silently, and the bronze mirror, porcelain box, wooden comb and grate made a slight sound. It was imprinted on the map and then spread out with the power of the copper sheet.

However, the aura flew, spun, and spread out in circles with him as the center. Until Shen Le's mind was exhausted, there was no definite clue, only a vague direction:

In the North…

Where is the north?

I don't know. On the copper plate, a large area north of the Yellow River is dyed with a light pink color, as if to indicate that the thing is there.

……fall!

This area is too big, how can I find it!!!

Shen Le tossed and turned until he exhausted his mind and finally came out of meditation exhausted.

He didn't have time to care about his headache. He immediately rushed to the computer, opened the map, and switched to satellite mode:
No, no, still no.

There is a large area in the Hetao area, many areas along the Yellow River, under the Yinshan Mountains, between the Baishan Mountains and the Heishui River, and many other places.

There is a huge gap between the map on the copper plate and the real map!
Was there something wrong with the surveying and mapping back then? No, in the era when the copper plates were cast, there was probably no such thing as surveying and mapping. The mapmakers just drew the maps casually based on the number of mountains and rivers.
However, he has also seen ancient maps, and the accuracy of these maps may be extremely impressive, and the general direction of the mountains, rivers, and coastlines is still correct.

It doesn’t make sense that there would suddenly be more mountains, more rivers, and more lakes!
Don't tell me that these mountains, rivers, and lakes are hidden by some special force... In this day and age, is there any place that can escape satellite scanning?
There's such a large empty space on the map, doesn't anyone think it's wrong?
To find the answer, you have to continue to repair the copper sheet. To repair the copper sheet, you have to continue to repair it.

Shen Le sighed and rolled up his sleeves silently. He picked up the paint board, put it down again, and called Gu Yulin:
"Can you help me check this person...his ancestor's experience is probably...his experience is probably..."

Please ask the Special Affairs Department to check Axin’s past!

There is no private channel for this kind of thing, so it should be convenient for the official to investigate, right?

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