Chapter 7 Chapter VII

The tall Zhangfudui is like a thousand-year-old boa constrictor, meandering along the river, swimming into the greenery far into the sky. , buckled together with shiny iron plates, the full-swelled Zhangfu River flows at the foot of the pile.The iron-clad wheels rolled over the pile, making a hollow sound, the red grass wasteland was spinning, gradually moving away from the dead blockade line, buried in the cicadas singing for tens of miles, lazily sent out the whistle, holding the gun Sitting in the tea shed, the wicker was slapped in the face, and I didn't bother to reach out to brush it. No one questioned the injured Commander He, let alone checked the guns hanging under the car floor; some guards knew Chen Jicai very well, and called him by name Come.

We often meet in casinos, and Chen Jicai winks at Liuzhier Guilong: Gambler, bad luck, and now he is still in debt to me! A rough wooden sign was nailed to the wooden frame beside the road, and on it was written a notice to arrest a furry monkey on a white horse.Commander He woke up moaning and yelling for some water.The ox cart was circling under the shade of willows in Fanjiapeng, the sun shone on the pile, and the white sand seemed to melt from the sun. Some people resting their legs were sweating with their bamboo hats fanned, and chatted around the table. Shan Yao must have gone crazy!One said: If you want to come down to clear the countryside, why are you afraid of the green gauze tent? !Order to cut off all the sorghum and corn along the way!Facing the west of the county seat, it has already been harvested for 20 miles, and the green fields seem to have been stripped of a layer of skin!Poor sorghum doesn't have enough grains, corn only grows beards, and the autumn harvest is over!

I heard that this time in Qingxiang, we will focus on the wild marshes, and want to arrest the crooked Hu Lai'er. Hey, what happened to Zedi?The older ones sighed: the whole land is barren and chaotic like the world of the underworld, and the heartless fir blades want to clean up the countryside, provoking the gods to send out plagues, killing the nest of oriental ghosts, so that none of them can come back alive! Liuzhier Guilong's dark face also turned pale, with golden flies swimming in his eyes, a gloom flowed all over his body, those terrible killing cries, bomb whistles, and screams resounded in his ears again, those blood, those corpses, Presented in the memory, it becomes more fragmented and weird illusions appearing in the transparent space, and in the blink of an eye, it turns into dazzling black golden flowers, swimming and dancing.

What's up, bro.Chen Jicai patted him on the shoulder: Put the car to Chenjiaji, you will meet devils on the pile, there is nowhere to hide everything!Come with me, don't worry, before the devils came, I would carry food and official salt, and ran across the wharf along this road. There is a western doctor in Chenjiaji, so let's settle the commander first. At noon, the ox cart was placed in Chenjiaji and rested in the courtyard of the Linhe Inn.Such an old inn, with a gray and smoke-like tile ridge, stretches out three layers of courtyards, the tiles are covered with clotted moss and flesh-green tile pine, and the square brick yard, which looks like washed, is covered with salt dust. Surrounded by high walls.A shop assistant with high cheekbones came to pick up the car, and when he saw Chen Jicai and Commander He in the car, he was taken aback.

Oh My God!He shouted: "What's wrong with the Commander?"Didn't you take people to the swamp well a month ago? !The shopkeeper has been leaving the last house empty, hoping for the commander to come back all day long.There are more and more hungry people. Liu Jinshan and He Debiao, the two platoon leaders of the first security team, have seen the command twice and they were all in vain. Pick up the hungry people to do it.They said: If we wait any longer, the only way is to let the Eight Routes seize the territory and bite back at the command and rely on Huang to eat soft food!

The command is: Don't suffer from Su Da bastard and won't wake up; this time he should wake up, he has Su Da bastard's bullet in his leg!Chen Jicai said: To be honest, I can't do underground work!I'm used to carrying bags, I'd rather take a knife and a gun, and do it when I say it!You know how many heart-wrenching crimes I have suffered in the past two years when I walked away from the commander. I, Chen Jicai, are as capable as a crooked man with a gun.This time the commander was ambushed, and five of them died on the spot. If the people in Zedi hadn't gathered around the Shijia Tubao and killed the big bastard Su, we would have been over by now. Breaking through violently, killing people is like rushing at grass, so it's not enough!

Liuzhier Guilong blushed, he was confused at the time, and the more he thought about it afterwards, the more frightened he became, it was not a terrible killing, it was just a hunt, more than once, he wanted to get rid of that entangled feeling in his heart, the thought he had once masturbated Guo: It was just a hunt, a hunt!The wild beast came back wounded, broke into the castle and tore apart the hunter who was wielding a knife and holding a gun. When the savage anger disappeared, his tense heart changed, and he still became a farmer, accustomed to endurance and only made everything miserable. Unfortunately depressed in the fixed eyes.

High cheekbones greeted the two shop assistants, and carried Commander He to the back with an armchair.Liuzhier Guilong was unloading the cattle when he heard a commotion from outside the high wall saying: The imperial army is coming to clean up!Go to Dongwai Street to pick up the business!Shao Zuo Shan Zhuo has a violent temper, be careful that he is hot and wielding his knife! They rushed over in a burst of hasty footsteps. They entered the house at the end, Gao Cheekbone bolted the door smoothly, and Chen Jicai rushed over to set up the small window facing the river. At the foot of the last room is the stone embankment. Two gasoline boats with sun flags on their sterns are rolling white waves at the stern, and they are rushing towards the current. It hit the stone embankment.Four or five heads gathered at the small window, watching with bated breath.The gasoline boat did not land, and the two white lines with tumbling water turned around the bend of the river.

Afraid?brother.Chen Jicai winked at Guilong: I'll go to the next door to ask for a western doctor. If you can hold your breath, put on your bamboo hat and go to see Shan Zhuan's head. Where can I get the knife? ! Guilong's eyes lit up, and he grabbed the bamboo hat.You said it was the scorpion with human skin hanging on the bed, killing people without bleeding? ! how?Chen Jicai spread his hands: Just such a scorpion can kill people and make people feel sad, how many can they eat? Guilong shivered, or did he open the door and go out? Chenjiaji is the fish and food distribution center in the east of the Great Lakes, and it is the gateway to the county.Before the Anti-Japanese War, it had the prosperity of a large northern town, with sharp and long grain boats, square tugboats, fishing boats unloading tents and sweeping nets, gathered in the sun, next to a stone pond made of large bluestones, Rest quietly.On the day of the fair, marketers come from the four towns, and the streets are filled with clamor; the grain bearers wearing red scarves are often naked to the waist, showing their strong chests, and holding grain sticks in their mouths (note: bamboo sticks for counting the amount of grain carried) , so as to settle wages.), yelling like a dancer, carrying a hundred-jin bag of grain, shuttling through the crowd, his skin was red and shiny, and his sweat was not sticky like a layer of ointment.Liuzhi'er Guilong heard Erhei'er's father, Uncle Bian, tell about it: the river surface is like broken silver.A fishing crow with a copper ring around its neck.The rice and grain store near the pier has 600 rice noodles.The Baoan Palace and Guanwang Temple in the town can hold the Huoshen Temple in their stomachs.The Qingshiwu oil shop has set up a wholesale store in the town, and the large baskets of soybean oil are exported to Nansanhe and Beisanhe.

It took less than four years for Uncle Bian to say this, and everything was bleak; in order to welcome Shan Yao, the security team and the black dog team at the fair opened their guns and knocked on the door, and drove people to the east of the street. Colorful paper slogans were pasted everywhere on the brick walls, and a large bundle of freshly pasted pennant flags was placed in front of a black dog officer in a hard hat. Guilong passed one to Guilong as he passed by the crowd.Welcome Shaozuo Shanzhuo to the town, and support the coexistence and common prosperity of Greater East Asia. The black dog officer lifted his hard hat and said: Hold the flag high, and shout louder!

Under the pressure of sticks, the crowd rushed eastward like a water head.There is a majestic temple over there. In the middle of the busy city, there is a blue-brick square square. In front of the square stands a gate tower with slanted eaves. Looking from under the gate tower, you can see the temple gate of Xuanhe, and Shi Le's giant coiling dragon. pillars, and the guardian Wei Tuo standing on the high altar. I heard that Shan Yao is going to give a speech in Baoan Palace!Liuzhier Guilong heard people say: Look, how many guards Zhang Shihe sent people to set aside on both sides of the gate tower! An old man wiped his beard: God punished him!It is simply trampling the temple! Does this count as defilement of the temple? !Someone else interjected: Zhang Shihe turned the apse into a temporary security brigade headquarters, and all the Bodhisattvas were carried to the corridor to drink the dew!He and his little wife had their shop on the main hall, and it was said that the front hall was going to be turned into a casino!A sign has been written, called Liangmin Entertainment!Are you saying that defiled gods are not defiled? ! The hot crowd surged up and swept Liuzhier Guilong over. The people receiving the errands waited for a long time under the sun, their lips were scorched and their tongues were dry, but they didn't see any ghosts. Those with guns at both ends were not allowed to disperse, so they had to sit next to the roadside. The sun swung to the west, and the black dog officer in the hard hat ran out of breath, shouting all the way: "Clap your ass, get up and stand up!"I'm coming! The team pulled down from the east road, and the sand and dust rose from the footsteps, and it was blown into the air by the wind, like a yellow fog, and the figures stretched for several miles; in front of the team, there were six horses It's a showy horse, and the six bronze horns are blowing alternately, whining and la la at the same time. Hey, just seeing the wheels rolling over there, how many cannons did Shan Yao pull down this time?One said: Terrible, it seems that there are dozens of schools at least! It wasn't until the team drove up to the front that they realized that it wasn't Shan Yao, but the city's security brigade.Zhang Shihe, with a swollen stomach, was wearing wind-shattering horizontal jacket trousers, leather-soled cloth shoes and white stockings, a watch in his breast pocket, and a string of silver chains as thick as little fingers. I couldn't bear it anymore, and there was bright yellow smoke oil between the teeth in my mouth. Major Shan Zhuo's imperial army will not be able to come down until midnight!Zhang Shihe was lying on the rickshaw, waving a white rattan sanitary stick: The major himself went down to Shunheji in a gasoline boat, and before he left, he told his brothers: "When he comes back after capturing the hairy monkey, you will take over again!" Behind Zhang Shihe, a team of less than 200 people passed by. They didn't line up horizontally or vertically, like a snake's tail.But at the back of the line, those dozens of rickshaws were dragging family members, luggage, pots, pans and bowls. It was so impressive that they couldn't see clearly under the dust. Liuzhier Guilong didn't see what the fir blade looked like, instead he was exposed to the sun for a long time and ate a mouthful of dust; following the crowds came back, the street was sparsely lit.Zhang Shihe's new notice was posted on the wall, and some people read it around, saying, "Qiu has committed no crimes, will not catch people, and will not disturb the people, it's all there!"Guilong squeezed back to the Baoan Palace, where seven or eight bright and large lanterns hung high on the archway, illuminating a section of the street as if it were daytime, rickshaws beeped their horns, and orderlies slipped along the street to find private houses for the flamboyant officials and wives.Liuzhier Guilong was not familiar with the place of his life, so he turned around for a while, not knowing which way to go back to the Linhe Inn? !There is a shop with half-closed doors over there, a yellow light slanting on the long corridor, a man leans on the square brick porch pillar and looks at the brilliant lights in Baoan Palace, the light falls on his waist from a distance, His upper body was completely hidden in the darkness, only his eyes were shining in the darkness. Guilong passed by.I'm sorry, I want to ask the way, Guilong said: I want to go back to the Linhe Inn, but which way should I go? The man smiled and stretched out his hand, pinched the cross finger of Guilong, the six-fingered child, and said in a hoarse voice: You are Guilong from the Temple of Fire!I watched you for a long time in the middle of the day, and I dare not recognize you unless I hold your cross fingers!How did you come here? Liuzhier Guilong's eyes darkened and his heart sank, as if a big flash flashed out of nowhere, he recognized who it was from the voice, even though his face remained in the darkness under the corridor, he still recognized him, The name engraved in his heart, crooked!His hand was trembling in the other's warm palm, he just raised his face and looked at it for a moment, with the misery in his heart flooding upwards, filling his eyes with words that he couldn't utter in his heart, and gradually becoming hazy. Enough of Zedi looking at you!Guilong whispered: My father misses you every day.Last month, He of Wu Dazhuang was ambushed.Su Da bastard chased in with a hundred guns, we gathered together to defend the bunker, and fought a vicious fire!Su Da bastard collapsed, Zedi also collapsed more than 100 times, I sent the car to He Jin Hospital, met Shan Shan on the way and came down Crooked Hu Lai'er exerted strength with his palm, Guilong stopped talking.A group of erhuangs were holding wine, babbling and singing crookedly, and wandered down the corridor.Come with me, Crooked Hu said: This is not the place to talk! The two walked west along the promenade, walked past about ten houses, turned a corner, and flashed into a deep and dark alley, both sides were full of high gray brick walls, and the starlight fell on the walls protruding from them. On the trees, on the broken leaves, there are countless crystal clear and hazy fine spots. In the middle of the alley, facing west, there is a set of lanes that can only accommodate people. The end of the alley is covered with lead plates, as black as a paint brush . A door in Heili was pushed open by Waihu Manile, Guilong felt drawn up the stone steps, touched the door frame with his hand, and entered a dark room again, Waihu Manile paused for a while, and there was a sound of a bolt being dropped behind him.There was an extremely strong pungent smell that settled in the blackness, reminding Guilong of Xiaobian, who was rubbing tobacco leaves with his father.But the smoke in the room was even stronger, making people afraid to take a breath.What is this place?Guilong reached out and touched many thick and solid wooden frames, with plywood tobacco leaves hanging between the frames: this is a house for stuffy tobacco leaves! who? !There came a strange voice. Hurry up, little bald brother!Crooked Hu Lai'er said: I brought an old friend. With a sound of scratching, a dazzling blush floated brightly in the pitch black, a hand pinching a match reached into the lamp hole, and lit a black ceramic oil lamp with ears.The flame flickered on and off several times before stretching its flame tongue with difficulty, illuminating the wooden frame and tobacco leaves, leaving a dark shadow all over the place.Suddenly, that hand took off the lamp, and the black shadow of the wooden frame spun rapidly.Hit this way down!said the strange voice.The black shadow of the wooden frame expands!Ascending, until reaching the roof beams, the swirling black shadow moved step by step, as if there were footsteps stepping on the wooden ladder, making a hollow sound. Crooked Hu Mani'er bent down in front of a wooden frame in the corner of the room and got down the wooden ladder, Guilong followed.The wooden ladder is not high, only four steps, and the lights outline a small basement.The basement is only one foot square, and the roof and walls of the room are all supported by unbarked rough wood. On one side stands a double-plank shop. At the head of the shop, there is a transom that extends upwards obliquely. The upper part is small and the lower part is larger, like a bird. An inverted square bucket, the wind blowing in blows away the acrid smoke. The man holding the lamp stood by the wall, and the light shone obliquely on his face.It was a strange face, as yellow as stifled tobacco leaves, with no blood at all; not only was there no hair on the brain, it didn't even have asphalt hair roots, it was oily and slippery, a mass of yellowish white flesh, as if Bald in the womb.He was naked to the waist, wearing a pair of shiny black cloth trousers, leaning against the wooden wall, staring blankly at Guilong with straight-haired eyes. Brother of Maban in my early days.Crooked Hu Lai'er said: I have no name or surname like me, and the official name is little bald boy! The little bald man smiled miserably: "There are still surnames. I used to be given a nickname earlier, and the last name was Shang, so people called me Shang little bald boy!"I am the fourth one to bear this nickname, and the first three died at the devil's gun! This is the backyard of Bian Yutang Smokehouse, the house of stuffy tobacco leaves.Crooked Hu Lai'er said: The windows and doors are all sealed from the outside, and the inside is sealed with the little bald brother who doesn't smoke and me!He is a master chef, I am a porter, and others call me Hu Dahaner, but in fact, I have never meant to be named Hu in eight lifetimes!Are you strange?Guilong. Guilong shook his head: We are all afraid that the devils will catch you. My father said that you are alone, scarred Liu Wu, and chased the roadblocks. It was too much trouble.When I sent Commander He to Chenji, there were signs of fir nails all the way. I won't let Shanzhu go wild!Never let him enter the marshes!The crooked man raised his fist the size of a jar and shook it. The light turned that powerful fist into a shadow as big as it was shaking on the wooden wall: I've been waiting here for him, I've waited long enough! What do you use to block the blade?Guilong said: According to the situation in front of him, no one can stop him with machine guns and steel cannons.Commander He had dozens of guns and was lying in Zhang Shihe's security team. Unfortunately, he himself was seriously injured. Crooked Hu Mani'er showed his wild white teeth again.here!He pointed to the pit of the heart and said: A heart is beating in the chest, as long as there is it!Commander He is a good person, but a little scratchy.He resisted the Japanese, and he wanted to live to explain to the central government. I resisted the Japanese, as long as I could be honest with my conscience after death, it would be better to say it now. I seized the opportunity and did it! Doing things with money is not a hero!Shang Xiaotuer said: Commander He is using Guangfaer (note: refers to the official method) for local use, not for use!Instead of using money to buy guns and fire, it is better to seize the gun and pay the fire!Rather than bribe the translator to come out to the devil's gendarmerie as a guarantor, it's better to break the lock and break the door of his cell!If I command He, I won't wait! Guilong suddenly felt overwhelmed by something, not because of the savage flames in the crooked mangy eyes, nor because of Shang Xiaobald's weird and furious voice, from the bottom of his heart, a tree of fire was growing, Stretching into his throbbing veins, compressing his swollen chest. I said earlier that it is better to believe in yourself than to believe in heaven and God!Crooked Hu Lai'er's voice was heavy: Everyone wants to give up their lives, and they can do anything easily!If people don't force others, who would want to walk this narrow road?Don't be sad, Guilong!People in the world are like leaves on a tree, insects do not bite, wind does not shake, it will eventually fall to the ground, life and death do not worry!Tomorrow night, I want to see Commander He and discuss something with him. I will ask little bald brother to put on a jacket and send you back to the Linhe Inn. your horseGuilong said: You are in the devil's den, aren't you afraid that Shan Yao will arrest you? ! Crooked Hu lai'er held his stomach in his hands, and smiled like he had drunk a big bowl of jelly: Let me make an analogy: Shan Yao is like a goblin in a bottomless pit, Zhang Shihe is just a little demon guarding the gate, and I'm like Sun Houer turning into a peach. If you don't roll into his belly, you won't be able to cast a stick or swing a fist! I want to put the car back to Zedi. Guilong said: If I don't enter the county town, I can't stay in Jishang all the time. The devils go to the countryside to burn and kill. I have to stay with my father. I want to stay in Jishang. My father misses me at home, and I feel uneasy at both ends. Don't move, Shang Xiaobald put on a small coat, and pinched Guilong's shoulders: The devil clears the countryside, divides the border with a blockade, and is used to treating those inside the border as good citizens, and those outside the border, in front of Chinese spies with hairy monkeys, If you want to cross the line, you must ask to catch the bundle and return to the collection!Last time I went back to Qingxiang, I tied up hundreds of those who crossed the border, and sent them all to North Xuzhou for road construction! You'd better hold back and wait, Guilong.Crooked Hu Lai'er said: "When I knock down the shank blade and drive the devil back to the city, you can go back to the swamp."As I said, I want to tear down this blockade and return the wilderness and water swamp area in the east of the lake to Commander He!Regardless of whether he can do anything or not, he has been commissioned by the central government and is an upright master. He is like the monk Tang in Journey to the West who learns Buddhist scriptures. let's go.Little bald Shang picked up the lamp again: No matter how late it is, I'm afraid that the streets will be sentry, and it will be difficult to walk around corners and alleys. After passing through the dark road for a while, Liuzhier Guilong saw the door light of the Linhe Inn, Shang Xiaobald only patted him on the shoulder, and when he turned his head, Shang Xiaobald had already escaped into an alley.Chen Jicai was sitting on the desk in the counting room, looking out with his head folded. When he saw Guilong, he jumped up, poked Guilong's forehead with his hand and said: I'm looking for someone to die for!The streets are so chaotic, the devils are about to come.I lost you, how will I explain to your father in the future?Go to the back quickly. The front two entrances of Linhe Inn are connected, only the back entrance is a single courtyard, and there is a door leading directly to the west courtyard. The two entered the courtyard, and there was no one around, only a horse lantern hanging under the barn, and a piece of broken light spinning on the square brick floor. The western doctor came to see him and operated on Commander's wound. Chen Jicai said: "Is he much more awake?"Where have you been for so long? Met an acquaintance!Guilong lowered his voice and said: He is the crooked mangy that the devil offered a reward for arresting!No guns, no horses, changed my name to Hu Dahan'er My Lord!Chen Jicai said: Don't scare people!If he stayed in the market, wouldn't it be sending meat buns to the dog's mouth? !The commander in Zhang Shihe's security brigade only lay down more than 30 guns, sticking to Zhang Shihe is easy, but trying to resist him (note: resistance, local language means hiding.) is difficult? You don't need to be anxious about this matter, he said: I will come to see the conductor tomorrow night, and I will discuss it and come up with an idea! Chen Jicai wiped his chest, and let out a sigh of relief: Let me tell you the truth, I admire the crooked mangy from the bottom of my heart!He is a real hero, a great hero, not as rigid as a conductor!To be able to keep up with him, close your eyes even if you die! Guilong unconsciously opened his face, and something was decided in an instant.He couldn't put the car back to the swamp before Crooked Hu Mangy'er knocked down the shank blade. Since Crooked Hu Mangyer was able to disregard life and death and try his best to prevent the devil from going down the marsh, he should get stuck with him life and death. The meal was in the house, and Chen Jicai said: After the meal, help me get the long and short guys out of the belly of the ox cart and hide them in the wall. The front yard is full of Erhuang's family members, with many eyes and ears After the two of them finished their work, they spread the legs outside. The night wind flowed in from the small window facing the river. The curved crescent moon shattered on the river outside the window. The lamps were low and dim, and early insects fluttered in the cracks in the bricks.Liuzhier Guilong couldn't sleep, this was the first time he left the wilderness, the low thatched hut and the sound of the red grass fluttering in the wilderness.A long time ago, when I heard Uncle Bian talk about this prosperous market town for the first time, I dreamed about it. I dreamed that rice grains were rushing down the bucket, I dreamed of the hot stream of people, I dreamed of the big temple and the tooth-shaped ridge tiles of the street houses. He couldn’t sleep. .The devil is coming!He heard many horses snorting and neighing.Many doors were knocked.Many leather boots with nails clattered and rattled, and the streets trembled regularly. The inspection team passed the alley outside the courtyard, and the leader's shouts replaced the drums.His dream was shattered by Heli's voice. The two squadrons commanded by Major Shan Zhuo marched into Chenji in the middle of the night, and only rested for a few hours under the street porch with their guns set up. The five devils set up a Qingxiang headquarters.The shopkeeper with high cheekbones was looking for news outside, saying that the mouse had left the cat for fun, and the Erhuang of the brigade also went down to Shunheji, leaving only Zhang Shihe's brigade department and He Debiao's platoon, plus Cheng Haoli. The Black Dog Squad has more than 20 guns; some guards have been hastily placed around to block the road; the casino in the Baoan Palace will start gambling tonight. He Debiao is a plaster that we spread. Chen Jicai said: Stick it tightly on Zhang Shihe's good skin and flesh to keep him from pus and blood!It seems that among the people left behind, we have one of the three guns.As long as it is Hede's turn to work in the standard platoon, 800 crooked and sloppy grandpas will be let go! You said he would leave? !Guilong said: According to his temper, even if the sedan chair is lifted, he will not be carried away. Maybe he will visit the casino. Going to the casino is my old business!Chen Jicai squinted his eyes and smiled: If he is interested, I will hold the purse for him, spy on the military situation, inquire about news, I can't leave that kind of place! Commander He, who was injured, was also waiting to meet Crooked Hu Mani'er. Since the fire in Shijiatubao against Su Dahuner, he changed his mind.I was only focusing on cultivating my strength, but I didn't succeed in fighting the devils. Instead, I was hit with a black stick by the Eighth Route Army. This time, Shan Yao returned to Daqing Township, and I had dozens of guns lying around, but I couldn't figure out what to do?Crooked Hu Lai'er can do earth-shattering things alone, no wonder people say he is too rigid. As soon as the lights were turned on in the room, Crooked Hu Mani arrived. He lifted his wide-brimmed straw hat and threw it on the table. There were several patches of plaster on his face, only his nose and eyes were exposed, just like that, fierce and frightening. Come to see the conductor tonight, there are only two matters!Crooked Hu Lai'er said: I can't let Shan Yao go down to clear the country, I plan to do it immediately, if the commander can trust me, please lend me Zhang Shihe's relationship with the army for a few days, and you won't lose half of your guns, as long as you accept Go online, just don't stop me from doing things!The other case is to ask the commander to go to the city, not to stay in the market and get involved!Your leg injury is a liability, and when the work is done, we retreat, and there is no one to take care of you. Do you want to block the blade?how many guns do you have three.Crooked Hu Lai'er said: Lian Guilong's little brother counts.This is enough for me! Commander He shook his head: I really don't understand?Regardless of the anti-Japanese war or the eight-way attack, no one does it like you? !If you risk your life, you always have to pick something else to come back. You are so rampant, isn't your life in vain? !To be honest, except for the central army pulling the line of fire, there is no sporadic force that can stop Shan Yao's attack. It's not stupid, Waihu Mani'er said: "Can I pull down the shank blade and level the marshes?" !People have a way to live, who will cross the bridge of Naihe? !If the two central guerrilla fields in the east of the lake are wiped out by the devils, you and I will become rootless grass. If you are injured, who will I do? Let me tell you the truth, Commander He said: Earlier I was afraid that you would do bad things recklessly, so I always planned to make you up and punish you.Although I am not used to guerrillas, I am not a person who is greedy for life and afraid of death.The strength of my dozens of spears was not cultivated in a day. If they were all used up in one shot, the wilderness in the east of the lake would become the world of the eight roads, and it would be more difficult to deal with than devils!I was ordered by the Central Committee that of course the devils must be attacked, but the base must also be preserved. This is my difficulty. I understand the difficulty of directing you, don't worry, I will calculate.Crooked Hu Lai'er said: As long as He Debiao responds in private, I will lodge Zhang Shihe and Cheng Haoli on the first night of Shanjiao's return to the market, and pick up Shanzhu at the pier the next day, and put him down.If it's done, your people will still be pulled back to Wu Dazhuang, in case it's me who won't die! Commander He's eyes were wet, and he stretched out his hand to grab Crooked Hu's hand: I can trust you, brother.Whether Zedi is good or bad, it's all up to you! I'm with you!Chen Jicai said: I don't care if I hold my head in my hand!I have been working for many years, is it not as good as little brother Guilong? ! Commander He entered the city in a rickshaw the next morning, and handed over the relationship between Liu Jinshan, who lives in Shunheji, and He Debiao, who lives in Chenji, to Waihu Lai'er.Chen Jicai and Liuzhier Guilong had nothing to do, they locked themselves in the stuffy smoke room to watch Shang Xiaobald practice throwing knives.Crooked Hu Mani'er was really calm, and slept in the cellar all day long. I said, Mr. Crooked Hu, it's getting dark.Chen Jicai said: You said to bring down the shank, how did you do it?We can't just lock us up here and be bored. There is a Hexing Grain Bureau in the county seat, have you heard of it?Crooked Hu said: This is opened by his brother-in-law of the pseudo-commissioner, and his semi-colon is on the collection. West Street, near the pier, the facade facing south, and a row of red-painted pillars in front of it Can Hexing Grain Bureau have anything to do with Shanjiao? Every half a month, the little brother-in-law would ride a mule down to collect the grain bills. The crooked man ignored Chen Jicai's questioning, and continued: "The sides of his mule's rucksack are bulging, and they are full of reserve tickets!" I don't understand?Chen Jicai rubbed the back of his head and said. I want to bet!Crooked Hu Lai'er slanted his eyes and laughed: The more the better!Without this, we wouldn't even be able to enter the casino, so what would we use to defeat Zhang Shihe and Cheng Haoli? !That brother-in-law is a gambler. I'm sure he must go to the Baoan Palace. When the game is over, he will ride a mule back to West Street. We have to knock him down! My Lord!I have never done this! Then I will do it with Shang Xiaobald!You go to contact He Debiao and use the bamboo tube as a signal. He just needs to tell his subordinates and don't fire his gun when he hears the sound of blowing the bamboo tube. If there is any news about Shanzhu, bring it back immediately. You have to anoint your feet on this matter. , Run a bit more slippery, make a wrong move, and we will collapse! I know this!Chen Jicai tore off his jacket and patted his chest: It's just that if you want to get tickets to go to the casino, you might as well take me to Zhang Changyan, bet on the door, guess something, no one is better than me, Zhang Shihe is betting on the head, I take it too! Liuzhier Guilong trembled, an unknown storm was about to unfold, he could already hear the fight from Crooked Hu Maniper's words, it was different from the fight between Shijia Tubao and Su Dahuner, with swords and guns; He couldn't believe what he had done in that struggle. The sounds and colors in his memories made him timid, as if he wanted to escape from nightmares when he was a child, but tonight, tomorrow night, at any time, The scene in his imagination was hazy, he had never experienced it before, the hazy came from his heart, and there was an inexplicable fear shaking above him. You pay attention to the door, Guilong.Crooked Hu Lai'er held a bag in his hand: I went with the little bald brother and I'll be back!This time, I just let you watch from the sidelines, believe in heaven, believe in God, it is better to believe in yourself!When it's over, I'll let you go back to Zedi safely, so I can tell them: Don't wait for others to be in a hurry before asking for safety. You might as well find and do what you think you should do!In all parts of the east of the lake, if Su Da bastard had been wiped out early, more than a hundred people would not have died! They went, leaving Liuzhier Guilong alone in the dark room.When the crooked mangy monk Xiaobal returned, his pockets were full of large stacks of reserve tickets. The little bald man wiped the sticky scab on the soles of his shoes, and the crooked man took off his shoes without making a sound, and went to bed. The head is too low, use the bag as a pillow.Crooked Hu Lai'er said: Go to bed early to keep your spirits up. Liuzhier Guilong wanted to ask something, Shang Xiaobald turned off the oil lamp, and then heard Waihu Laier actually snoring!In the distance, there was a loud voice of people, and through the square window of the cellar, it sounded like a fire somewhere.Guilong turned over and sat up, and was dragged down by Shang Xiaobald: They couldn't find it here!You can rest assured to sleep soundly!Hexing Grain Bureau has the commissioner as the backstage, so Zhang Shihe had to send someone to arrest the murderer as a show!This kind of thing is also common in the county. Those traitors who eat devils, who don't put their heads on their necks? ! The days in the cellar for several days really made Guilong's face turn yellow.On the evening of the fourth day, Chen Jicai entered the house beaming, and bit the ear of Waihu Manile.Crooked Hu Lai'er said: Success!Let's do it tonight!The tickets are separated, how many stacks you carry, hold Cheng Haoli, and how many stacks I carry, hold Zhang Shihe!Guilong grabbed the bag and followed me into the house. When the time comes, just pull out the rope and tie people up!The little bald brother was blowing bamboo tubes near the archway, hanging the guards, and if there was a chaos in the field, the black dog team would be reimbursed! They came out of the dark alley and dispersed. The Baoan Palace looked very lively in the light of the lanterns, the wives of government officials big and small, the evil gentry who took refuge in the devils, the opium ghosts, the sesame beans in the pseudo-yamen, the soldiers in shabby clothes, the opportunistic merchants, the professional gamblers, Crowds swam across the archway and poured into the casino; try your luck at the card table, and dream in your heart.The dining halls on both sides of the temple were lit up with lamps, people's heads were moving around, people shouting for food, those for wine, and those for playing games by guessing fists. Crooked Hu Mani was still wearing a white cotton gown and trousers, with a wide belly tied around his waist, and a big straw hat with a wide brim was pressed on his head. Liuzhi Guilong was holding a pocket with hemp rope for tying tobacco leaves, and followed him closely. behind.Under the archway, there are many food stalls selling melon seeds, peanuts, tea and eggs, doing business in a hurry.Beside the gateposts on both sides, there are two big posts.Chen Jicai squeezed over from there and bought a pack of five-spice melon seeds on the food load.The post is full of people from He Pai.He dropped a sentence and wiped it away.Little bald Shang was wearing a tattered gown with no collar and no sleeves, carrying a begging bag, and his face was smeared with pot ash and greasy mud. He hid in the shadow of the street corridor and blew a few times on the bamboo tube.Crooked Hu Lai'er flashed past the archway.There was also a double post at the entrance of the Baoan Palace, one yellow and one black, the tall ones in yellow were from He Pai, and the small ones in black were Cheng Haoli's black dog team. That old Zhang!Chen Jicai, who was crowded in the front, said to the tall man in yellow: What's wrong with the set?Are there two posts here? ! A few days ago, something happened on West Street, and the boss of Xinghang went out of the casino, rode back on a mule, and asked someone to fly a stick into the back of the heart, and snatched all the tickets.Our Uncle Zhang is afraid of trouble and wants us to go to work day and night to protect him! You have to be careful, Chen Jicai shrank his head and said: Maybe tonight, someone mistakenly took your Uncle Zhang's head for a watermelon! nothing!The tall man winked, and said understandingly: "Shanzhuo will arrive tomorrow morning, and a blockade line has been drawn up. Whoever wants to play tricks on Uncle Zhang will have to try the devil's little steel cannon!" Chen Jicai took out two large-denomination bills and stuffed them into the tall man's hand: I'll go in for a small game, it's a small thing, I'll share it to buy tea! The short man took a look at the face of the ticket, couldn't help saluting with his guns and leaning on his legs, and said with a smile: "The uncle rewarded you so much, how dare you accept it?" Liuzhier Guilong followed in. Holding the money bag to take care of it!Crooked Hu Lai'er said: Pay attention to my greetings! Liuzhier Guilong stood under the temple porch on the right side of the main hall, leaning against a coiled dragon stone pillar, and many large lamps with white porcelain shades dazzled people's eyes.The gambling table is arranged in two plum blossom shapes, with a total of twelve tabletops. A lamp is hung on each tabletop, surrounded by rolling human heads. Countless moths rush into the hall, dance around the lights, and hit the lampshade with ding dings. But that voice is often covered by the chaotic noise, and it seems distant and faint.The dice dangled in the heart of the bowl, like someone flipping a broken porcelain bowl, and Kaibao’s voice was louder than anyone else: "San San, Chong San, all three singles, four bets, and three on the other side. !Remember clearly on stage, Bora, Bora!Bao is going to light up!The smoke rose up, swirling in the sultry air of the summer night, and swam through the holes in the screen into the dark corridor.The officials and wives were playing small folding fans with gold tassels, and their bare legs under the silk cheongsam were on stilts on the benches. They shouted so shrill that they could go through a pinhole, and some of them rubbed the tickets they had won. , just pin it on the garter belt hastily.There are also a few crooked officials with gold teeth who lost a few tickets and still smiled happily. Wherever the gold teeth are, the corners of the mouth will be crooked.The man who wears the watch never forgets to shout hot, and rolls up his sleeves to show off his watch while shouting.The two black dog officers who wore riding boots but dared not even ride a donkey always bet on Youmen (Note: Unfixed bets), and gambled around the tables, so that they would have a chance to shine their riding boots. Throw a six!wow six!six!Liu Dashun!Throw a popcorn and blossom!The dice-throwing maniac spat out, almost throwing his heart into the bowl of the sea.Rough!thick! !thick! ! ! ｘ他娘粗過了火，麻十配了四六，鼓肚子蹩！一個胖子像被人放了血，癱在椅子上。各種各樣的聲音在翻昇，像要把這座古老的大廟抬到雲裏去一樣。沒有誰留心誰，沒有誰注意誰，所有的眼，所有的心，全跟著牌九面，滾動的骰子，覆著黑絨的寶盒兒打轉；嘩嘩嘩嘩，在聲音的暴雨裏，銀洋在滾，票捲兒在飛，煙霧在昇騰。 歪胡癩兒在那邊，挨著人脊背伸頭張望，悄悄的轉著檯子。穿黑湘雲紗褂褲的陳積財像隻老鼠，在人擋兒裏竄東竄西，一頭埋進人堆裏去了。六指兒貴隆放大了的瞳孔慢慢縮小，嚥了兩口吐沫，喘了一口大氣，硬把惶亂的心神安定下來。從斜斜吊起的黃綾神幔裏，他看見佛座上戴著朝天冠的大神，雙眼在凝垂的瓔珞下面望著他，彷彿能望進人的衣衫，望入人的肺腑。一盞盞樸燈罩口射出的較亮的黃色光圈，在高高的殿頂橫椽間盪動，有許多默默的蜘蛛蹲踞在網心裏那樣安心的等待飛蛾；兩隻巨大的鸞凰在廿四道橫樑的椽面上展開牠們黯色五彩的翼子；樑頂的橫桁間，一組一組的古裝人物立在雲霧當中自成一個世界。六指兒貴隆不懂得任何莊嚴的字眼兒，但充滿了那種莊嚴的感覺。紅草荒原在那裏，旋轉著在廟頂上呈現，那些野塗塗的角稜稜的風物不斷的觸動著他，使他深深的感覺今夜。邪魔，可不是？ !在下一個即將來到的時刻，他就要從口袋裏掏繩，他要牢牢的縛住他們像蛛網黏住蚊蚋，他的心繫在神的眼裏。若是舉事不成，歪胡癩兒叔敗了，杉胛的鬼子兵就會跺爛那片荒野，媽的血還留在那裏。他也曾多次咬著牙賭下報仇的血咒，那些那些，隨著他的血流在體內循環，他不能眼看著歪胡癩兒叔和陳積財敗事！媽的血那樣紅，涔涔的從額間傷口流滴下來，流過她蒼白的臉頰，他記得她嚥氣時的光景，白眼翳朝著天，即使有雷聲暴起，也震不開她的眼瞳了。kill!kill!kill!kill!kill!刀矛！箭鏃！斧口！槍尖！許多閃光的，蠻野的鐵器的影像在黑裏揮動，突進，砍劈！kill!kill!kill!kill!kill!他心裏被填滿了這種聲音。 而歪胡癩兒賭得正豪，可沒功夫兜什麼心事。他一個人大撐兩隻膀子，在右邊中央的牌九桌上單佔天門，面前攤開一溜大鈔，總有十來疊兒，比莊家張世和堆上的現鈔多了一倍。張世和穿著白府綢的對襟褂兒，敞著扣兒，面前放著紫砂小茶壺和一聽炮台煙，小老婆坐在一邊掌堆，在他脊背上搖扇兒。頭一條打出去，張世和抓了頂上的對兒，猴王對，眼就一直瞇著說：今晚走運了！我推沒底莊，不論多少，盡押上，不漫莊，不散莊，有押包賠！歪胡癩兒到場時，原來押天門的那個傢伙輸跑了，天門這邊沒人下注，成了個空門。歪胡癩兒一到，大把攤錢說：沒人下天門的注，我替張大爺送幾文！不看牌風，三千一點賭，抓把牌瞧瞧。 張世和手捧肚子笑起來，對面這位想是爺字輩兒的，來頭不小，可惜看樣子是個外碼頭，真是送錢來了！骰子打七，天門抓頭副牌，歪胡癩兒就手一翻雜七配板凳，就把三千大注輕輕推過去說：這算見面禮！看二把！ 爽快！爽快！張世和心不在焉的：老兄台甫？ 咱們同宗。歪胡癩兒說：兄弟在官鹽局掛個名！ 張世和一聽官鹽局，心花都放了！佔領區衙門成千累萬，惟有官鹽局個個都是活財神。遂朝掌心呵口氣說：噯，骰子顯顯靈，讓我剝掉財神爺罷！條子打出去，（註：小牌九，不帶配，每門抓牌兩張，硬對硬，比點子拿錢，牌九洗好後，每次分牌八張，俗呼一條牌。）張世和剛捏起骰子看各門下注，就見天門推出所有的大票說：骰子也顯顯靈，好歹來把硬點兒，我好砸堆！（註：即贏光莊家桌面上所有現鈔。） 賭得豪！張世和帶著讚嘆的意味抹抹仿仁丹鬍子說：想不到今晚碰上了真對手！杉胛明早一到，我這賭場總要停幾天，這就好歹贏一筆壓檯罷！ wonderful!歪胡癩兒拍了幾聲響巴掌，闊闊的笑著：你們瞧！我跟張大爺豁著幹了！ 骰子旋轉著，打出兩個么，二上頭，天門二道，莊家摸尾。上門亮牌，虎頭摟小娥，蛾字五。下門也亮牌，小猴坐板凳，長字七。張世和把牌一疊，窩著手一照牌面，赫然一張全紅的人牌，人牌十八配，蹩十也是槓，（註：人排配任何牌，至少有一點，沒有蹩十。）使手一搓，下面那張牌是紅綠起頭，（註：唯有天牌是紅綠起頭。）不用再搓就伸手摟錢，一邊叫說：天字槓，有對子拿錢！ 慢點兒！歪胡癩兒鼻孔出氣，哼說：一對小五，正壓你那天字槓！瞧牌罷，你的堆算砸定了！ 張世和倒抽一口冷氣，伸長頸子去看牌，就聽那邊寶桌上砰的一聲響，聲音悶悶的像誰放了個花炮。緊跟著，女人們尖叫著，紛紛被逼到牆角去，有些賭客擠到檯子底下，緊抱著桌腿，大海碗裏的骰子不用人催，兀自滾動起來。左邊正中桌上趴著毫不驚慌的警察隊長程好利，脊梁蓋上骨嘟骨嘟朝外冒血。 誰的槍走了火？ !張世和說：怎麼搞的？ ! 一抬頭，完了！一支黑洞洞的槍口堵在他鼻尖上，那位押天門的同宗掀起帽簷兒，露出滿貼膏藥的臉和一隻的溜打轉的怪眼。 賭場的人貼牆站！誰動誰沒命！歪胡癩兒說：我說過，你們砸堆了！ 你你你們是？張世和舉起手，軟軟的說：黑白兩道，大夥兒都夠得上，要槍？要錢？不算事，自家兄弟，犯不著這樣，有話，煙鋪上說 沒的說了！陳積財在那邊說：前後門！閘上！ 一個矮小的黑狗隊門崗踉蹌奔進來，叫門檻兒絆倒就賴著不起來了，誰都看得見他後心插著一把明晃晃的攮子。張世和想喊叫賀排來人，無奈那支槍口冷冰冰硬戳戳的抵住鼻尖，把什麼話全壓了回去。六指兒貴隆在桌底下拖人出來，挨個兒上綁，五個一串，五個一串，繩頭結在殿柱上。廟門被誰緩緩的帶上了。方場那邊，街頭上仍然喧喧嚷嚷，彷彿誰也沒留意那一響悶槍。 你下個條兒，把集上的槍支集合！今晚上，我只要槍。明早上，我要跟你一道兒，到碼頭去見見杉胛！ 就那樣，黑狗隊整隊被賀得標排繳了槍，所有的偽官偽兵偽眷，全被請進保安宮，一串一串拴著像冰糖葫蘆。而駐紮在西街關王廟的鬼子軍曹和他的幾個屬下，照樣醉於支那的好酒