Volume I, Chapter 44
Ma Liangchen was carried into the courtyard by the spies, and Shuzhen, who was hiding in the house, saw Ma Liangchen, whose neck was covered with blood, being helped into the house by his subordinates, and immediately turned his back in fright, and didn't dare to look at it. Ma Liangchen grinned and covered his wounds, and he pointed at Shuzhen who was hiding on the side and lost his temper: "Old woman! Didn't you see me dying in pain? Don't come and bandage me yet! ”
"Oh, wait a minute." Shuzhen hurriedly found her own iodine wine, cotton and gauze, and carefully cleaned the blood on Ma Liangchen's neck. Shuzhen couldn't help but bandage Ma Liangchen's wound and said angrily: "I'll serve you this time." Next time you're killed, don't expect me to collect your body! ”
Ma Liangchen was anxious when he heard this, "Why is your mouth so damaged, won't you say something good?" ”
Shuzhen replied: "It's not that my mouth is damaged, it's that you rely on the Japanese to support you, and you do things too badly and hurt too many people." In short, there are so many people who want your life, you can't escape the fifteenth day of junior high school, and your life will be taken away sooner or later! Think about what you can do in the future to keep your wife from being a widow! ”
"Presumptuous!" Ma Liangchen was so angry by Shuzhen's words that he pointed at Shuzhen, trembling and unable to say a word to refute it. A spy standing next to him persuaded: "Matou, you can't be angry with my sister-in-law. Thinking about it, what my sister-in-law said also makes sense, we have indeed formed a lot of beams in the past few years, and there are people who want our lives in all aspects, we have dodged the open gun today, and tomorrow there will be a hidden arrow flying from nowhere. Especially Feng Xuanxia and Ma Dabeard, they will never stop if they don't achieve their goal, you really have to think of a foolproof plan quickly! "It was Xiao Zhuge who spoke, and he was one of Ma Liangchen's henchmen.
"I'll strike first, arrest them all, and then kill them one by one with my own hands." Ma Liangchen said viciously.
Xiao Zhuge said: "Matou, Beiping City is so big, and they are hiding in the dark. Where are we going to catch it? Even if they rub shoulders with us in the streets, we don't know who they are, but they can shoot us at any time! ”
Ma Liangchen said with understanding: "Xiao Zhuge is right, you are right, it is definitely not possible to live in fear like this, I have to think of a perfect strategy!" Ma Liangchen pondered for a moment, and then called Xiao Zhuge and another henchman named Thin Monkey into a hut and talked secretly.
From an outsider's point of view, Ma Liangchen was a special captain under Ono, and he was quite used to call for wind and rain, but he felt that his life as Ono's subordinate was not satisfactory. Ono is arrogant, and he looks down on Chinese from the bottom of his bones. Ma Liangchen and others were called by him like dogs, and they had no dignity as human beings at all; Ono is short-tempered, moody, and often beats and scolds his subordinates, and all the traitors who work under him have a feeling of being precarious with the king and the tiger. Ma Liangchen, who thought he was ambitious, was unwilling to work for Ono anymore, and he wanted to be a senator but was rejected by Yamamoto, so he had long had the idea of leaving Beiping to seek more space for development. The reason why he did not leave Beiping for a long time was that he felt that the money had not been enough, and after this hard pursuit, he finally made up his mind to leave Beiping.
Ma Liangchen had a friend who was an official in the government of Wang Jingwei in Nanjing. mixed well, he once invited Ma Liangchen to Nanjing to develop. Ma Liangchen told Xiao Zhuge and the thin monkey his idea of going to Nanjing, and he tentatively asked the two if they would like to go with him, and Xiao Zhuge and the two immediately expressed their willingness to follow him. Ma Liangchen said slowly: "I've been thinking about this for a long time. We were called by the Japanese as dogs in Beiping, and we have too many enemies in Beiping, and sooner or later we will not be able to escape the fate of being beaten to death, Shi Shuli is an example. Man moves the living tree and dies. Instead of living in fear all day long, we should vote for Chairman Wang in Nanjing. First, we can avoid risks, and second, we can develop in another way. The reason why I want to take you two with me is because we are brothers. When you arrive in a new place, you are not familiar with the place, and the brothers can take care of each other. ”
Xiao Zhuge high-fived and said, "Okay! That's great! I've long had enough of the anger of the Japanese! Let's be honest, usually Ono doesn't treat us as a person, he slapped me in the mouth for a little thing that day, and I had the heart to shoot him at that time! Matou, I have long seen your thoughts, good birds choose beautiful trees to perch, it's time for us to go! ”
Ma Liangchen smiled bitterly, "What a good bird!" We're just a few crows looking around for food! In this way, after dawn, the two of you will take the time to go home and prepare, and without further ado, we will leave Beiping tomorrow night. ”
The thin monkey said: "I am the master who is full of food and the whole family is not hungry, there is nothing to clean up, just say go and lift your legs!" ”
Ma Liangchen specially instructed: "In addition to God knowing, this matter is known to our brothers, and we must not leak it!" Xiao Zhuge and the thin monkey nodded in agreement, and the three of them made up their minds to leave Beiping quietly.
Ma Liangchen told Shuzhen of his decision to leave Beiping, and Shuzhen knew that Wang Jingwei's government was actually a puppet regime, but she felt that as long as her husband did not directly act as a dog leg for the Japanese, she would follow her husband wherever he went.
Just the next morning, the thin monkey went to the train station and bought a train ticket to leave Peking that night. In the afternoon at Ma Liangchen's house, Ma Liangchen and his wife and the thin monkey packed their luggage and waited for Xiao Zhuge to come to rendezvous. However, the agreed time has passed, but Xiao Zhuge has not arrived. Just when Ma Liangchen was anxious, someone was knocking on the courtyard door gently, he asked the thin monkey to see who was knocking on the door, but Shuzhen stopped the thin monkey, she asked Ma Liangchen a little nervously: "Liangchen, the people who knocked on the door won't be those who want to kill you, right?" ”
Ma Liangchen said very confidently: "No! They thought I was dead! He waved his hand at the skinny monkey, and the skinny monkey walked out of the house.
The thin monkey walked into the courtyard and asked the person knocking on the door outside, "Who are you looking for?" ”
The knocker replied, "Skinny Monkey, it's me." Open the door! The thin monkey heard that this was Xiao Zhuge and opened the door, Xiao Zhuge walked into the yard, and the thin monkey complained and said: "Little Zhuge why did you come, Ma Tou is afraid that you will encounter any accidents!" As soon as he finished speaking, he saw Ono walk into the courtyard with a murderous face, followed by several devils with guns. The thin monkey sensed that the situation was not good, and turned around and ran into the house, "Where to run!" Xiao Zhuge grabbed the back of the thin monkey's neck collar and pressed the pistol against his waist, and the thin monkey shouted anxiously: "Ma Tou, Xiao Zhuge betrayed us!" ”
Xiao Zhuge scolded: "Shut up! If you shout again, Lao Tzu will collapse you! The skinny monkey wilted immediately.
Everything that happened in the courtyard Ma Liangchen could see clearly through the window. He realized that the situation was not good, and just as he panicked, Ono and the others had already broken into the house.
"Taijun, why are you here?" Ma Liangchen asked tremblingly.
Ono asked with a straight face: "Ma Liangchen, why can't I come to your house?" ”
Ma Liangchen tried his best to hide the fear in his heart, and forced a smile to bow to Ono: "Welcome to the Humble House, please take a seat." Shuzhen stood beside Ma Liangchen and nodded to Ono busily, "Welcome Taijun, welcome Taijun!" ”
Ono looked at the two suitcases on the ground and pretended to be embarrassed and said, "Oh, it turns out that you and your wife are going out, and I really didn't come at the right time!" ”
Ma Liangchen pointed at Shuzhen and lied and said, "Taijun." I'm sending my wife back to her parents' house for a while. ”
Shuzhen followed the circle and said, "Taijun, my mother has been in poor health recently, and I want to go back to my mother's house to have a look." If you come, please take a seat, and I won't be too late to leave. ”
Ono laughed out loud while holding his stomach, "You two are very good at acting, but you still have to hide from me what you have planned." In fact, I already know that you are leaving Beiping tonight, and I am here to see you off! ”
Ma Liangchen's scalp was numb by Ono's laughter, but he still pretended to be surprised and asked, "Taijun, who said I was leaving Beiping?" You think so much of me. Why should I leave? ”
Xiao Ye didn't speak, he turned around and waved to Xiao Zhuge who was standing behind him, and Xiao Zhuge came to Ma Liangchen and held up a few train tickets and said, "Big brother, you can recruit it!" I told Ono Taijun about our trip to Nanjing. This train ticket was found by me from the skinny monkey, and this is the evidence! ”
Ma Liangchen is usually cunning and suspicious, but he never thought that Xiao Zhuge who was regarded as a confidant would betray him, and he couldn't help but feel a chill through his heart.
"Ma Liangchen. How do you explain this to me? Ono's cow's eyes widened.
Ma Liangchen knew that he couldn't deny it, so he counted Xiao Zhuge down: "Hey! Little Zhuge Little Zhuge , you tried your best to encourage me to leave Ono Taijun. So you're paving the way for yourself! You're so scheming! I didn't expect that I had a dog and now I was bitten by this dog! ”
Xiao Zhuge pouted and smiled and said, "Big brother, you often say that people don't kill the heavens and the earth for themselves!" Now that Shi Shuli is dead, I will get you down again, in terms of qualifications and ability, only I can sit in the vacant seat of the captain. My scheming is all learned from you, the blue is better than the blue, you can admit it! ”
"I can't complain to anyone, only blame me for being blind!" Ma Liangchen shook his head and smiled helplessly.
"Ma Liangchen, these two boxes are what you want to take away, what good things are in them? You open it up and let me see! Ono was very interested and circled around the two boxes on the ground, one of the smaller boxes was a safe with a tin belt code. He ordered Ma Liangchen to open the safe first, but Ma Liangchen refused. "Eight Tooth Road!" Ono scolded and slapped Ma Liangchen in the mouth, Ma Liangchen covered his beaten face with his hand and still didn't move, and a devil stepped forward and pressed his chest with a bayonet. When Shuzhen saw the tip of the cold bayonet against her husband, she was immediately frightened and bloodless, and she hurriedly begged Ono and said, "Taijun, please don't hurt my husband." ”
Ono said with a hideous face: "Mrs. Ma, you open these two boxes for me, if you don't open them, I will kill your husband!" Shuzhen was so frightened by Ono that she trembled, although she was reluctant but under duress she had to open the box in turn, Ma Liangchen, who was standing on the side, saw this scene and beat his chest and stomped his feet, but there was no way to stop it.
Ma Liangchen's two chests, one was filled with clothes and daily necessities, and the other was filled with gold bars, valuable gold and silver jewelry, jewels and jadeite, and other valuables, all of which were worth a lot of money together.
Ono didn't expect Malachen to be so rich, he was amazed! Ono picked up a gold bar from the suitcase and stroked it with his hand, "Not bad! It's really good to be golden! ”。 He picked up a necklace studded with red sapphires and admired it with great interest, he took the necklace to Ma Liangchen's eyes, shook it and said, "I'm a dirt bun, I've never seen this good thing!" I ask you, such a precious necklace can only be worn by the wife of the emperor of China, right? How did it get into your hands? ”
Ono's greedy eyes made Ma Liangchen understand that the treasure he had looted for many years was no longer safe, and he felt as uncomfortable as a thousand arrows piercing his heart. Ma Liangchen regards money as his life, he lives for money, and grabbing money is the greatest joy in his life. If these treasures are taken away by someone else, it will be like killing him! But at this time, in order to keep most of his property, he had to reluctantly lose his pawn and protect his car. Ma Liangchen flattered and said to Ono: "Taijun, this necklace is indeed very valuable, in the past, only the concubines in the Qing Palace could wear it, and it can be said to be priceless." Emperor Puyi of the Manchu Dynasty sold it when he left the palace. It was resold several times before it came into my possession. This is my wife's favorite, I see that you like this necklace very much, so we will cut our love. ”
Ono proudly put this necklace into his pocket, "Ma Liangchen, I like this necklace very much." But it's not up to you to decide who it belongs to now!" Seeing that her beloved thing was taken away by Ono, Shuzhen had to hang her head helplessly, although she was reluctant.
At this time, Xiao Zhuge who was standing aside interjected and said, "Taijun, I look familiar with this necklace." He tapped his finger on the door of his head in contemplation, and then said, "Oh, I remember, this chain was extorted by Ma Liangchen from a fallen prince!" When Ma Liangchen heard that the prince had a communist son in Yan'an, he took us into the prince's mansion and scared him, saying that his son was an anti-Japanese element and threatening to take him to prison. The prince was frightened half to death, and he had to give this necklace to Ma Liangchen as a last resort to avoid prison. I was there. ”
"Little Zhuge . Did you forget? You also took a gold ring with diamonds from the prince's hand at that time, don't just talk about me, you haven't made less money in the past few years! Ma Liangchen and Xiao Zhuge bit each other.
Ono yelled impatiently: "Shut up, all of you!" He took out a pistol and pointed it at Ma Liangchen and said, "You are the captain of my special high class special squad, and you are a subordinate that I rely on very much. I didn't expect you to do your best to catch the killers sent by Feng Xuanxia, but you were frightened by them and escaped without me. According to the military law of my Imperial Japanese Army, I can shoot you on the spot! ”
Ma Liangchen thought that Ono was going to kill him, and he was terrified. He knelt on the ground and begged Ono for mercy, "Taijun, remember that I am loyal to the imperial army." Remembering my dedication to your saddle and horse, please spare my life! Ma Liangchen's head kept kowtowing like pounding garlic.
Ono sneered, "Ma Liangchen, you should know my temper, I hate the person who betrayed me the most!" Originally, you had to die, but for the sake of your many meritorious deeds, I spared your life. You can not die, but the contents of this box must be your illegal gains, and I will confiscate them all!" ”
Ma Liangchen saw that all the treasures he had racked his brains and worked hard to loot for years were taken away by Ono in an instant, and he really couldn't accept this extremely cruel reality. As the saying goes, people die for money, birds die for food, and Ma Liangchen can't take care of anything in a hurry. "Nope! It's mine! No one is allowed to move!" He screamed hysterically and threw himself on the suitcase, and several Japanese soldiers stepped forward to pull him hard, and he desperately grabbed the suitcase with both hands and did not let go. Ono stopped his subordinates, he put the pistol on the back of Ma Liangchen's head and asked, "Ma Liangchen, do you want your life or money?" ”
Ma Liangchen cried with a whimper, "Taijun, I want my life, but these things are also my life, you must not take them away!" ”
Ono stabbed Ma Liangchen in the back of the head with a gun, "Tell you, I'll count three times, and if you don't let go, I'll kill you!" ”
Ma Liangchen didn't seem to hear it, he still hugged the suitcase and cried sadly. At this time, Shuzhen stepped forward with tears on her face and hugged Ma Liangchen and persuaded: "Liangchen, just let it go!" Stay in the green mountains without fear of no firewood, these things are not worth as much as your life! ”
"you! You know how hard it is for me to get these things! I won't let anyone else take it away! Ma Liangchen's face flushed, and he pushed Shuzhen aside with all his might
Ono was full of disgust at Ma Liangchen's appearance of sacrificing his life and money, and he said viciously: "Ma Liangchen, I will start counting now. One, two," Ono didn't count to three, Ma Liangchen stopped crying, and reluctantly removed his hand from the suitcase, he sat down on the ground with a pale face, and Shuzhen helped him to the sofa and sat firmly.
At this time, Ono changed to a gentle tone and said to Ma Liangchen: "Ma San, I have already spared your life, what else can't you think of!" Since you don't want to follow me, I won't stop you from leaving, let's have a good gathering and disperse, and keep this gold bar for you to use on the road. Xiao Ye took out two gold bars from the suitcase and threw them to Ma Liangchen, and he asked Xiao Zhuge who was standing next to him to return the train ticket to Ma Liangchen.
Xiao Zhuge handed the three train tickets to Ma Liangchen with a smile on his face and said, "Big brother, little brother, I'm sorry for you." Good luck all the way! ”
Ma Liangchen didn't stretch out his hand to accept the ticket, he scolded weakly: "You beast hurt me so badly!" You remember, I must avenge this revenge! ”
"Drink! You're shameless! Seeing that Ma Liangchen didn't stretch out his hand to take the ticket, Xiao Zhuge threw the ticket Ma Liangchen's face.
Ono proudly stroked his beard and said, "Masan, I won't delay your trip, we'll have a date later, good luck!" He took up the box with the gold, silver, and jewels, and went away with them satisfied.
Ma Liangchen and his wife were bankrupt by Ono, and they used to have a lot of money, but they became nothing in an instant. After Ono left. Ma Liangchen hid his face and cried, and Shuzhen even cried so much that she fainted to the ground.
Don't look at Xiao Zhuge betraying Ma Liangchen, the thin monkey who pays attention to the righteousness of the rivers and lakes is loyal to Ma Liangchen, and he tries his best to comfort the heartbroken Ma Liangchen and his wife. After Ma Liangchen's emotions calmed down a little, the thin monkey asked Ma Liangchen: "Big brother, we have been bullied miserably, can you bear this breath?" ”
Ma Liangchen spread his hands helplessly, "What can we do if we can't bear this breath, we can't afford to provoke them!" ”
"Big brother, you can bear it. I can't bear it! Don't hide it from you, this little devil doesn't treat us as people, but we Chinese are not easy to bully, I have long wanted to fucking want to kill a few little devils! Eldest brother. I'm a rough man, I don't have any Taoism in my heart, you can give me an idea! I will not give up the sword mountain and the sea of fire, brothers! ”
The thin monkey's words stirred up the fire of revenge in Ma Liangchen, "Yes. We are loyal to the Japanese, but they never treat us as human beings, and the more we pretend to be grandchildren, the less they treat us as grandchildren! I don't know that the rabbit is in a hurry and bites! I can't help but repay this shame today! I'll tell you about skinny monkeys. Ono was very defensive and unpredictable, and Feng Xuanxia and Ma Dabeard couldn't kill him at all. But I know a lot about Ono, and I can kill him with a little trick! That little Zhuge is not my opponent, I want to kill him as easily as possible! Ma Liangchen's mind was spinning too fast, and he was already thinking about the plan of revenge in his mind when he spoke.
"Great! I'm going to kill Ono with my own hands! I'm going to cut off Xiao Zhuge and kick it as a ball! Big brother, when are we going to do it? The impatient skinny monkey slammed his fist on the table.
When Shuzhen saw that Ma Liangchen and the thin monkey were conspiring to kill Ono, she was so scared that she tried her best to dissuade them. Shuzhen said: "Liangchen, no matter how unbearable this tone is, we have to endure it, the Japanese are so powerful that we can't afford to provoke it, and that Ono is a devil, maybe you can't kill him but put your life into it!" ”
The thin monkey patted his chest and said: "Sister-in-law, I won't let Ma Tou come forward to kill Ono, I'll find a few friends in the underworld to help, if I can kill Ono, it's worth my life!" ”
Ma Liangchen waved his hand to the thin monkey and said: "Thin monkey, don't look at Xiao Ye and Xiao Zhuge and they left my house, I think they will secretly monitor our every move, let's leave Beiping tonight as planned, let's talk about revenge later." ”
The thin monkey is not an idiot, he turned his eyes a few times and understood, "Big brother, you mean that we will leave Beiping first and then come back quietly and kill him." What a trick! It's really high! ”
Ma Liangchen was more attentive this time, and he said paradoxically: "Thin monkey, you can't force yourself to act at the right time. The thin monkey nodded as if he didn't understand.
That night, Ma Liangchen took Shuzhen and the thin monkey on the southbound train. As Ma Liangchen expected, Xiao Zhuge took a few people to hide in the dark of the train station and watched the train taken by Ma Liangchen and the three of them leave the platform.
Ono lost Shi Shuli and Ma Liangchen in a short period of time, but there are many lackeys like Shi Shuli and Ma Liangchen, these two dogs are gone, he can still pull a few more, and within a few days he promoted Xiao Zhuge to Ma Liangchen's original position. (To be continued......)