Xu Jianguo exhaled, took out a file bag from the space, took out the dozen or so pages of A4 paper bound inside, and began to read them carefully.
More than half an hour later, Xu Jianguo put the information into a file bag, then put the file bag into the space, and a relieved smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.
According to the information, Xu Jianguo's father Xu Maotian was born in 1923 and is from Jiangcheng City, Jingbei Province.
Xu Maotian's grandfather was once the deputy commander of the Imperial Guards and was a martial arts expert. After the fall of the Qing Dynasty, Xu Maotian's grandfather fled the capital with his family and returned to his hometown, Jiangcheng. As a result, the Xu family became a famous martial arts family in Jiangcheng.
Xu Maotian is the fifth child in the family and the only male in his generation. He has been learning martial arts from his grandfather and father since he was young and is extremely talented.
At the age of twelve, Xu Maotian left the Xu family and began to visit famous mountains and rivers just to learn more martial arts knowledge.
In the winter of 1938, Xu Maotian, who had been traveling abroad for three years, returned to Jiangcheng. However, the prosperous and bustling city at that time had become devastated. Japanese soldiers patrolling with guns and bloody corpses could be seen everywhere on the streets.
Xu Maotian was extremely anxious and dodged all the way back to the Xu family, but by then the Xu family had already become a ruin.
Later, after inquiring, Xu Maotian learned the truth of the matter. At 5 o'clock in the morning on August 20, 1937, the air defense alarm sounded in Jiangcheng. The next day, Japanese planes began to bomb Jiangcheng.
At 10 p.m. on October 25, 1938, the Japanese ground forces entered the city, and Jiangcheng subsequently fell.
According to statistics, in more than a year, Jiangcheng suffered 72 air raids by the PLA, causing more than 5,000 casualties and destroying more than 3,000 houses.
The Xu family's old house was destroyed by a bomb during an air raid. Except for Xu Maotian who was not at home, his grandfather, grandmother, parents and four sisters, a total of eight people in the family, all died under the rubble.
Xu Maotian was burning with rage and set fire to the ruins. After kowtowed three times towards the old house, he left the Xu family and has been missing since then.
It was from that night that the Grim Reaper raised his scythe and swung it at the Japanese devils who occupied Jiangcheng.
The next morning, more than ten Japanese devils' bodies were found in the streets and alleys of Jiangcheng, and the number was increasing every day, causing the whole Jiangcheng to be in a panic. The Japanese devils were terrified and felt threatened. The number of people patrolling at night more than doubled than before.
But people make mistakes and horses stumble. Xu Maotian encountered an ambush during an assassination attempt on the Japanese. He was seriously injured and fled all the way. He finally hid on the campus of National Jiangcheng University and was rescued by Ge Ruzhen, who was a student at the time. This was also the first time Xu Jianguo's parents met.
Ge Ruzhen is a liberal arts student at National Jiangcheng University. Her parents are also teachers at the university, so it can be said that she comes from a scholarly family.
Ge Ruzhen, who has been well-read since childhood, has rich knowledge, especially a high talent in languages. She taught herself three foreign languages, parrot, and goose, and can communicate with foreigners without any obstacles.
Thanks to Ge Ruzhen's meticulous care, Xu Maotian's injuries were finally healed, and the two young people also planted a seed in each other's hearts.
After his injury healed, Xu Maotian left National Jiangcheng University and continued his assassination plan.
One night, Xu Maotian followed a few lone Japanese soldiers to an alley near the university. He watched them break into a house's yard. Just as he drew his knife and was about to follow them in, he heard a familiar cry for help from the yard. It was Ge Ruzhen's.
Xu Maotian's heart tightened and he rushed in. As soon as he entered the yard, he heard a gunshot and then saw a middle-aged woman lying in a pool of blood.
The Japanese soldier who fired the gun also discovered Xu Maotian and quickly pulled the bolt to shoot him. Without any hesitation, the dagger in Xu Maotian's hand flew out and directly pierced the Japanese soldier's throat.
Xu Maotian walked forward, pulled out the dagger from the Japanese soldier's body, ran towards Ge Ruzhen's crying, and finally found her in a room in the backyard.
At this time, Ge Ruzhen was pressed on the table by three Japanese devils. She had very little clothes left on her body, and a middle-aged man covered in blood was lying on the ground next to her.
Xu Maotian exerted force with his feet and rushed in like a cheetah. With the sound of the knife cutting into flesh, the three Japanese soldiers were sent to hell by him.
Looking at Ge Ruzhen who was curled up against the wall and trembling with fear, Xu Maotian quickly took off his cotton jacket and put it on her, then helped her up and walked outside.
Ge Ruzhen seemed to have lost her soul. She staggered and leaned on Xu Maotian, following him out.
But just as they reached the gate of the courtyard, the patrol team rushed in after hearing the gunshots. The two gangs were stunned when they met. Xu Maotian reacted very quickly, let go of Ge Ruzhen, pulled out the dagger at his waist and rushed forward. He took advantage of the narrow gate and killed four Japanese soldiers in a moment.
Seeing that he could not get through, the Japanese soldier behind him pulled the bolt and shot at Xu Maotian. Unable to dodge in time, he was hit in the shoulder by the bullet. The impact of the close-range shooting caused him to stagger.
The Japanese soldiers took the opportunity and wanted to capture Xu Maotian alive, but they didn't expect Xu Maotian to take out a grenade from his lower back, which he got when he was assassinating the Japanese soldiers.
Xu Maotian pulled out the pin, knocked the spring on the grenade hard against the wall, and then threw it at the Japanese soldiers.
"Boom!" With a loud bang, the remaining Japanese soldiers were knocked to the ground.
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