A few people were talking, only to hear a commotion outside and a string of horses' hooves.

Everyone couldn't help but come to the door of the restaurant and look out. I saw a group of people coming from the direction of the avenue, led by one riding a red horse, running two wolf dogs on the horse, and a rope tied to the tail of the horse, tied to a person, but lying on the ground and being carried away by the horse, leaving a bloodstain along the road, it seems that the child should be dead.

And there were more than 20 people behind the horses, nearly half of them were holding rifles in their hands, and the rest were holding knives and guns and other cold weapons, pushing and shoving four or five people who were tied upside down and connected with ropes, some men and two women, and two minors, who were crying as they went. From time to time, someone hit them with the butt of the gun in his hand, and cursed in his mouth: "What are you crying about, go quickly, go slowly, and you will go to see that dead ghost." ”

At this time, the operators and shoppers in other stores were also attracted by this movement, and crowded at the door of the store to watch, and a small number of passers-by also retreated to the side of the road to make way for them, of course, they also stopped to watch, and dozens of people gathered to watch.

Riddle said, "What is this for?"

Ban Xiaowei said: "I don't know, but it's definitely not going to be a good thing, pay attention to recording it." ”

One of the crossing fighters agreed, took out his phone, and pointed it at the street.

Then the man on the horse reined in his horse and raised his hand, and the two dogs stopped circling back and forth, and the others stopped, and forced the bound men to kneel, and untied the dead man from the horse's tail.

Riddle, Ban Xiaowei, Qi Wei and others saw clearly that the person riding the horse was not very old, about thirty years old, with a small beard and a high toe, but he was dressed quite well, and he was dressed in brocade clothes, showing that his identity was different. The others were dressed in a one-color navy blue tightsuit, with braids coiled over their heads, the same as those of the two captives captured by the KPA.

The man on horseback rode around the street, and when he saw Riddle, Ban Xiaowei, Qi Wei and others, there was a strange look on his face, and his arrogance was restrained a lot. Then he raised the whip in his hand and said: "You all listen, the night before yesterday, Wang Lao Liu colluded with boxers and bandits to attack our Wang Jiazhai, the matter was revealed, last night the whole family absconded, thinking that they could escape from the palm of our hands, but we caught up, Wang Lao Liu resisted stubbornly and was killed by us, and his family was captured by us." ”

As he spoke, he pointed to the corpse on the ground and said, "You all give me a good listen, this is the fate of being betrayed by our Wangjiazhai, what about the boxers, haven't they been beaten to the ground by us? So be honest with me, it's almost the end of the year, and hand over the rent that should be paid, as well as the debts owed, don't think about doing anything crooked, otherwise, Wang Lao Liu will be your example." ”

After finishing speaking, he shook the horsewhip and said, "Throw Wang Lao Liu to the back mountain to feed the wolves, and the rest of the people will be put in prison." Four family members came to carry the corpse, and the rest of the people pulled up the kneeling people, and everyone hugged them and entered the Wangjiazhai.

After they left, the other onlookers began to act, and many of them sighed, shook their heads again and again, and faintly said "It's a pity" or "create evil" and something like that.

When everyone returned to the restaurant, the food was ready, several shop guys were shaking their heads and sighing at each other, Ban Xiaowei's heart moved, and he gave a look to a crossing soldier, who understood, and immediately called a People's Army soldier to talk to the shop guy, while another crossing soldier also pulled a People's Army soldier, went out of the restaurant, and went to other shops to inquire about the news.

It didn't take long for a few more people to walk into the restaurant. At the head was a young man, wearing a cotton embroidered horse hanger and a melon skin hat on his head. When the guy guarding the door saw it, he immediately nodded and saluted, "It turned out to be the second young master, did you come to our small shop to eat?" When the shopkeeper who was talking to the crossing warrior saw it, his face couldn't help but change, and he hurriedly stopped talking and turned back to the back room.

The young man didn't speak, and the servant behind him said helplessly: "It's none of your business, stay and don't disturb the second young master." ”

And the young man went straight to Riddle, Ban Xiaowei, Qi Wei and their table, bowed respectfully, and said, "In Xia Wang Kefu, he is a local, and a few of them seem to be from abroad." ”

Ban Xiaowei's heart moved, isn't Wang Kefu the second child of the Wang family? He came to find out what to do with him, and when he saw that Lideer was a little surprised, he hurriedly said in German: "Don't panic, don't show your cowardice, see what he has to say." ”

Riddle nodded and said, "I know." As he spoke, his expression changed, pretending to be a very stinky fart.

Only then did Ban Xiaowei turn to Wang Kefu and said in Chinese: "Lord Yang asked you what you are doing?"

Wang Kefu's attitude was more respectful, and he gave another salute, and said with a smile: "Our Wangjiazhai is a small place, and there has never been a foreign adult to visit the small land, I don't know what a few people are here to do, the villain does not dare to disturb the foreign adult, but this area is not very peaceful, there was a boxer a few days ago, we are for the safety of the foreign adult, if something happens to the foreign adult in the small land, the villain can not afford to be guilty." ”

Ban Xiaowei talked to Riddle again, and then replied to Wang Ke: "There are only a few boxers, we are not afraid." As he spoke, he took out a pistol from his bosom, put it on the table, and said, "Guns are not vegetarians. ”

Wang Kefu hurriedly said: "That's, that's, but now the boxers have also begun to use guns, and the firepower is quite fierce, just a few days ago, they killed more than a dozen of our brothers, and I really didn't hide a few, my third brother died because of this, and the spiritual position is still at home, a few can't be careless." ”

Listening to his words, Ban Xiaowei knew that he actually killed the third child of the Wang family in the battle a few days ago, it seems that this Liangzi is settled, he has to be extremely careful, in case Wang Kefu knows the identity of these people, it will be dangerous, although it is said that there is an army to answer, but it will take a certain amount of time for the army to come, and now there are only ten people here, and I don't know what Wang Kefu is looking for to do with him, is it to test himself?

While thinking about it, Ban Xiaowei nodded, showing a somewhat moved look, and said: "I see, I want to thank you very much, if it weren't for your reminder, we might really suffer a big loss when we bumped into the boxers, it seems that next time we will call more people to protect us." ”

Replying to the other party's attitude was a little relaxed, Wang Kefu was overjoyed, and said: "I don't know where a few people came from, what to do?" But what needs the villain's help, it's not that the villain boasts, in this place within a radius of dozens of miles, the villain can still speak, maybe he can help a little." ”

Ban Xiaowei thought for a while and said, "We are from Jiaoao, this is ......" pointed to Riedeer and said: "The German engineers in Jiaoao can test minerals in this area. ”

Wang Kefu nodded and said, "A few days ago, the villain heard that overseas Chinese have captured Qingdao, I don't know if it's true or not?"

Ban Xiaowei glared at him and said, "Do you still need to ask? If Qingdao is occupied by overseas Chinese, can we still come out to look for mines? Let me tell you the truth, it is true that overseas Chinese have come to attack Qingdao, but now they have only reached Laoshan, and the German army has defended Laoshan to the point where it is impassable, and overseas Chinese will not be able to penetrate it, and the countries on the other side of Shanghai are sending troops and sending reinforcements soon, so what can the overseas Chinese do? ”

This answer has been thought of for a long time, Jiaozhou is about 50 kilometers away from Qingdao, in the old time and space, that is, it is enough to drive for an hour, but in this era, this is a considerable distance, so Jiaozhou may not get clear news, anyway, it is a bite to say that there is no such thing.

After listening to Ban Xiaowei's words, Wang Kefu also breathed a sigh of relief, although he was an errand man in the government, the news was much better than ordinary people, and he also knew something about the affairs of overseas Chinese in Tianjin. And what is the war situation in Qingdao, Wang Kefu is not very clear, he only knows that there is a war there, but he doesn't know what the result is, after all, it is the territory of foreigners, of course he would not have thought that this group of people are actually impersonating, on the contrary, he believed Ban Xiaowei's words, and hurriedly said: "That's, that's, overseas Chinese are the opponents of foreigners." ”

After a pause, Wang Kefu said again: "But the foreign adults want to find mines in this area, and the villain's Wangjiazhai can be used to rest on the way to the foreign adults, but the boxers in this area should be cleared first, otherwise the boxers may come to destroy, but the strength of this boxing bandit is quite strong, and the villain is more than self-defending, but if you want to exterminate the boxing bandits, I am afraid it is not easy, it is best to report to Laizhou Mansion, or even report to Jinan Mansion, please send out the officials and soldiers to exterminate this boxing bandits, and the foreign adults can do things with peace of mind." ”

Ban Xiaowei now somewhat understood this guy's plan, it is estimated that he regarded the battle a few days ago as a Boxer people, because the firepower of the People's Army was too fierce, so Wangjiazhai felt a huge pressure, so he wanted to use the power of the government to exterminate this Boxer Rebellion that did not actually exist, but after all, Wangjiazhai is only a local force, and has not yet been able to affect the ability of Shandong Province, just in front of Wangjiazhai, so Wang Kefu plans to use the power of foreigners to put pressure on the government, after all, once it involves foreigners, the government will not dare to be sloppy。 Of course, he may also want to get involved with foreigners. Therefore, I have to say that this guy has some brains and knows how to relay with the wind and take advantage of the situation.

So Ban Xiaowei nodded and said, "What you said makes sense, after we go back, we will definitely respond to the governor and ask the governor to negotiate with the government, and the boxers must be destroyed." After a pause, he said, "In the past, we had to mine here, and we still need more help from you." ”

Hearing Ban Xiaowei say this, Wang Kefu couldn't help but be overjoyed, his goal was indeed as Ban Xiaowei thought, on the one hand, he wanted to use foreigners to put pressure on the government and destroy the Boxers, and on the other hand, he also wanted to get in touch with foreigners, so that he could find another backer.