On February 23, 1947, Yang Zirong led the soldiers to pursue the bandit Zheng Sancang and others in the lishugou area, just 16 days ago, Yang Zirong had just used his wisdom to help the troops capture the hun bandit mountain eagle, leaving a good story of "outwitting the mighty tiger mountain", but 16 days later, the god of death had quietly approached.
In the process of exchanging fire with the enemy, due to the low temperature, Yang Zirong's pistol actually failed. In the process of stubbornly fighting with the enemy, a bullet hit Yang Zirong's chest.
Where does the soul go
The hero of the Wise Tiger Mountain was sacrificed at the hands of the enemy, and the troops did not even have time to give him a lively celebration meeting, but they had to prepare a funeral for Yang Zirong first. Everyone's mood was very heavy, when preparing for Yang Zirong's aftermath, the troops looked around for his family, And Ye fell back to his roots, and this matter always had to be known to the Yang family.
However, when the troops set out to do this, they found that there were many difficulties, Yang Zirong left home at a young age, almost broke off contact with his family, and he also changed his name. Where his origin is, who else is in his family, these things have become a mystery that no one knows with Yang Zirong's sacrifice.
In Yang Zirong's hometown, the direction of things is even more uncontrollable. It turned out that Yang Zirong' original name was Yang Zonggui, a native of Muping County, Shandong, and in the early years, in order to make a living, Yang Zirong worked as a boatman and a miner, and suffered a lot. In 1945, Yang Zirong joined the Eighth Route Army and participated in the campaign to liberate Muping, after which Yang Zirong and the troops were about to leave their hometown.
Yang Zirong's mother and wife are reluctant to do so, but the country is in turmoil, how can he only take care of his own small family? Yang Zirong still tearfully bid farewell to his old mother, who knew that he had gone, and there was no news at all, until a few years later, suddenly a few villagers who came back from other places told everyone that they had seen Yang Zonggui going out of the village, and that he was wearing the clothes of bandits!
This news made everyone stunned, Yang Zonggui became a bandit? Naturally, the mother did not believe it, but several witnesses were there, and Yang Zonggui himself could not return to testify to his innocence. In fact, this is a big misunderstanding, Yang Zirong was ordered to suppress bandits, naturally no less Qiao Zhuang changed, but now no one can explain for him, although the Yang family firmly believes that he will not be a bandit, but the villagers' cold eyes inevitably turned to them, and the Yang family suddenly became a street rat.
Yang Zirong's wife was stimulated to become ill and died soon after, and Yang's mother, Song Xuezhi, was distressed and made up her mind to seek an explanation for her son. She didn't know that the hero who outwitted Wei Hushan in that kind of board play was her own son Zong Gui, and she could only inquire everywhere in her old age to seek revenge.
Finally, in 1957, after investigation by the local government, it did not find any evidence that Yang Zonggui had been a bandit, but found evidence that Yang Zonggui had joined the army that year.
A lifetime of thoughts
In this way, Yang Zonggui's innocence was finally proved, and the Yang family received treatment and compensation from military dependents, but Yang's mother still felt that she could not put it down, her son's whereabouts were still unknown, and she wanted to find the child she was worried about, but until her mother died, she could not wait for the news of her son.
Before she died, Yang's mother told her eldest son, Yang Zonggui's older brother Yang Zongfu, that he must remember to find his younger brother. After Yang Zongfu prostrated his head and agreed, Yang Mu closed her eyes forever. Yang Zongfu took over his mother's last wish, but he was just an ordinary farmer, a vast sea of people, where did he go to find clues about Yang Zonggui?
The troops fell into the same dazedness, so many years have passed, the search notice has been issued a lot, and the Shandong region has spread all over, how can it not find a little news? But who would have thought that Yang Zirong and Yang Zonggui, who had been wronged as a bandit, were the same person? Even if some people think of it, they are afraid that they will feel absurd, Yang Zirong's wife and mother have passed away one after another, and there are fewer and fewer people in this world who have had contact with Yang Zirong.
But there must be an account of the hero's death, and in 1969, the central government issued an instruction that Yang Zirong's family must be found. The investigation team worked hard for several months, and finally locked the search scope to the Jiaodong area through some information left by Yang Zirong before his death, and the government of the Jiaodong area took out tens of thousands of files of missing soldiers, and every missing person may be Yang Zirong, and everyone is also open-minded, even if they are looking for the past one by one, they have to find out the clues.
Finally, when turning to the information of "Yang Zonggui", the investigators felt that there was a door, the same surname, similar time of joining the army, and overlapping "disappearance" time, would this be a coincidence? Just at this time, Qu Bo, the creator of "Lin Hai Snow Field", provided a precious message, a group photo of Yang Zirong and his comrades-in-arms! Although the photo is very blurry, Qu Bo found several photography experts he knew, spent a lot of effort, and finally reluctantly restored Yang Zirong's appearance.
Leaves fall back to the roots
With the photo, the difficulty of the matter is much smaller, the investigation team calculated a bit, decided to go to Yang Zonggui's hometown immediately, let Yang Zonggui's family to identify whether Yang Zirong and Yang Zonggui are the same person.
In 1974, accompanied by personnel from the Muping Civil Affairs Bureau, the investigation team found Yang Zongfu, a farmer, and when he saw so many leaders coming to find him, Yang Zongfu was shocked, and he did not expect that several leaders just let him recognize the photos. Seeing the three photos in the envelope, Yang Zongfu jumped up excitedly: "This is our family Zonggui!" ”
Thinking of his brother who had been missing for many years, Yang Zongfu was full of sorrow and joy at this moment, and when the investigation team members saw Yang Zongfu's excited look, they knew that they had found the right person, and they took Yang Zongfu's hand and said: "Comrade, do you know that your brother is the famous Yang Zirong?" ”
Yang Zongfu was confused, which Yang Zirong? Yang Zirong in the play? The investigation team said to him: "Yes, it is the battle hero, Yang Zirong, the protagonist of "Wise Tiger Mountain"! Hearing these words, Yang Zongfu's tears came down, he squeezed the picture of his brother, his hands trembled, and suddenly he reacted, knelt in the hall and prostrated his head a few times and cried: "Mother! Zong Gui has news! We Zong Gui became a hero, and we didn't shame you! ”
The people present saw such a scene, and they couldn't help but cry with Yang Zongfu, how many grievances the Yang family had suffered over the years, and finally waited for the day when the truth came out. Yang Zongfu did not mention other requirements, just asked everyone for photos, sent to the mother's grave, the old man was most worried about the whereabouts of his son, and now the son finally has news This matter must be told to the old man in the sky.
The Slovaks have passed away, but their hometown is still waiting for him to return, and I hope that the heroes in the sky can hear the thoughts of their loved ones.