Chapter 57: Clues
Holding the wooden counter of his shop, the guy who bought and sold the small restaurant near the entrance of Hejia Daji Village stared at another team of gunmen who drove the cart into the gate of the village, and muttered very strangely: "What kind of day is this today...... The gunmen of Master He's courtyard have been walking out in groups since noon, and they are all driving several carts with black cloth carports? If you don't transport any fine goods to Master He's house, you will never see such a big car come out......"
Standing behind the counter, pulling the abacus beads for a while, the shopkeeper of the small restaurant looked at the fresh-faced gunmen in the courtyard, shook his head helplessly and sighed: "What day can this be?" This must be the old man He's family who looked at the original courtyard gunmen and went to Qingle County, afraid that their house would be unstable, so they recruited the courtyard gunmen again! ”
Curiously staring at the big cars that were slowly driving towards the He family's house, tightly covered with tarpaulin, the small restaurant guy couldn't help but shout in surprise: "Recruit the gunmen in the courtyard again?" Where are the people? ”
Without raising his head, he pointed to the cart that was gradually moving away, and the shopkeeper of the small restaurant sighed and replied: "Even people and belongings are estimated to be hidden in those carts!" This Master He just asked a lot of courtyard gunmen to be the Imperial Army, so naturally he can better understand the truth that wealth is not exposed, and the courtyard gunmen recruited now are also hidden and tucked into the house! Let's see...... In less than three days, this new recruit of gunmen guarding the gate and inspecting the wall, it is time to slowly emerge! ”
"Shopkeeper, how did you figure out these things?"
"Isn't this clear? When the cart went out, the mules that pulled the cart walked briskly, but when they came back, they all tensed their necks and pushed forward......
"Shopkeeper, you are really good at this skill, you can see things that others can't think of at a glance, and you can also teach me this ability?"
"You can't teach this! When you live to my age in this messy world, you will naturally understand...... Alright, don't talk nonsense here, get to work! There are many doorkeepers these days, don't talk nonsense if you have nothing to do......"
Almost the same as the shopkeeper of the small restaurant, among the shops doing business in the He family's big set, many people have seen that there are many new faces in the He family's house, and in the past, when the familiar face of the courtyard gunmen occasionally appeared on the street, they were accompanied by several fresh-faced courtyard gunmen, all of whom looked listless. Seeing those shopkeepers and guys coming up to say hello and set up, they all loved to ignore it.
On the contrary, it was those fresh-faced courtyard gunmen who didn't smile or talk when they saw people, and they went to the grain store and medicine number of the He family to buy some food and medicine, and they didn't take advantage of it like the usual ones when the courtyard gunmen bought things. Although the accent is somewhat difficult to understand when he speaks, it has become a world of porridge like this, and the person carrying the gun is still willing to reason, which is already a good thing for God to open his eyes, who is willing to ask these people who carry guns where they come from......
The only thing that is inconvenient for the shops of the He family Daji is that there are more than a dozen new faces of the courtyard gunmen at the gate of the He family's Daji. bumped into those people who carried all kinds of goods into the He family market to sell, these fresh-faced courtyard gunmen did not check very well, but they were particularly careful about the resident merchants who had shops in the He family market. didn't explain what he wanted to do when he was going to leave Hejia Daji, and he was about to be beaten back immediately, but he really made many shop managers scold the clumsy guy with a bloody head!
Squatting behind the battlement on the walled gate, Mo Tianliu, who was holding a Jinzao 38-style rifle in his arms, watched the flow of people coming and going in the walled gate, and breathed a long sigh of relief: "As long as you check carefully, don't ask the rich man to send someone out to ventilate and report the news, it is estimated that we can stay comfortably in the He family's big gathering for a while......"
Also holding a Jinzao Type 38 rifle, the group of chestnuts standing beside Mo Tianliu nodded slightly while looking at the movement at the end of the road outside the He family's big set: "Tianliu, this time you should really be credited with your merits!" The wounded of our large army can settle down to recuperate, and they can eat well and use medicine, and in just a few days, many seriously injured can eat dry food, and the injuries are getting better day by day! Through our propaganda and education these days, among the original gunmen of the rich family, there are also several new comrades who have improved their ideological consciousness and joined our Eighth Route Army to fight devils, and the strength of our team has become even stronger......"
Looking down at a few of the courtyard gunmen who had just joined the Eighth Route Army, Mo Tianliu shook his head disapprerovingly: "It's such a fluffy egg, when I heard the roar of the mallet, several of them were so frightened that they peed their pants, I am afraid that it will not be useful in receiving the locks of the Eighth Route Army....... Besides, it's a good thing to have more people and more guns, but the cost and chewing are also increasing! It's only been a few days, and the little grain stored in the two grain stores in the He family Daji is almost all about to be bought, and this year's grain harvest is not good, and it is estimated that we can't harvest much new wheat...... Big boss, but we've only had a full meal for a few days, and then we're hungry? ”
Without waiting for the chestnut group to answer, Mo Tianliu had already stood up with a shaking back: "Big boss, these days, you and Commander Li have been telling me about discipline and rules, just don't ask me to ask the rich man ruthlessly!" But if we don't be ruthless, then how can the rich man honestly tell where the two secret warehouses where his family hides grain are? And the secret door...... He Rich Man doesn't know where to see it, we don't know where the secret door is, and now we are also killed, and if we are in a hurry, he will pretend to be crazy and stupid and hit the wall to seek death......"
Turning his head to look at Mo Tianliu standing beside him, Li Ziqun laughed harmoniously: "The team of our Eighth Route Army has always been disciplined, and there are policies for the struggle against the enemy, so you can't do it by temperament!" If I can't raise food, ammunition and funds, I'm also anxious, and Commander Li is even more anxious, but ......"
"But what? Anyway, the rich man He is not a good person, so he relied on his son to work as a translator for the Japanese, and also led the devil and the second devil to harm the villagers, and he was not wronged by a single shot! I said that the big boss, although we are looking for a place to stay, but how long we can stay in the big set, no one can say! In case if there are devils coming to the He family Daji tomorrow, will we fight with the devils in the He family Daji? Or do you want to find a way to run away? If we have to keep running, then it will be another scene of no food in the stomach and no bullets in the gun. It's hard to find a place like He Daji......"
Although he knew that what Mo Tianliu said was the truth, Li Ziqun still did not let go of his words and agreed to Mo Tianliu's request to be ruthless to the rich man. Looking up at a team of soldiers who came to change the guard in front of the village, Li Ziqun stretched out his hand and patted Mo Tianliu's shoulder: "Let's discuss this matter again, and we can always come up with a solution!" The comrades who changed the guard have already come, you go back to the He family's house to rest first......"
"What about you, the big boss? You arrived at the gate of the village in the middle of the night last night, and stood guard for two shifts in a row, are you still not lacking? ”
"I'm an old man, I don't sleep much, I can stand it! You should go back and rest......"
Seeing that the chestnut group insisted on occupying another shift, Mo Tianliu nodded slightly, walked down the stone steps behind the gate to the back of the gate, and walked straight towards the He family's house. didn't walk far away, but there was a thunderous shout from behind him: "Tianliu, you wait for me......"
Turning his head to look at Sha Bangcui who was rushing towards him, and then taking a closer look at the imperial army uniform on Sha Bangcui's body, which was inappropriate, Mo Tianliu couldn't help but smile dumbly: "Bang mallet, can't you think of a suitable clothes?" ”
Running to Mo Tianliu's side with some grievances, Sha Bangcui pulled the obviously much shorter Imperial Association military uniform, and replied helplessly: "I can't do it...... You know that I am big, that is, I put on the robe that was turned out from the rich man's house, and my body is barely suitable, but the soles of my feet are still shorter! Besides, didn't the captain say that we are the team of the Eighth Route Army, and all seizures must be returned to the public, and we can't take what we have. If I come out in the robes of a rich man, I must not be told by the captain. The folks of the He family Daji were also able to think that we are the people of the Silk Son......"
Slowing down thoughtfully, Mo Tianliu looked at the much shorter Imperial Cooperative Army uniform on Sha Bangcui's body again: "Don't say what the big boss said...... Where did you turn out the robes of the rich man's house? ”
Looking at Mo Tianliu suspiciously, Sha Bangcui replied casually: "Where else could it be?" Don't you remember the day when the two of us went together to search the house in the backyard of the rich man's house? Isn't that garment in the room where the rich man slept? Good fellows, a cabinet full of clothes, all for winter and summer, and a few pikan shoulders......"
"Don't interrupt yet...... I probably remember that in the rich man's house, there were seven or eight chests, and two large chests. ”
"That's right! Seven or eight large camphor wood boxes were wrapped in copper skins and horns. There are also two large cabinets, both of which are made of camphor wood, and the style is strange, like the appearance of foreigners' furniture......"
"Those two big cabinets are placed against the gable, right?"
"That's right! Tianliu, those two devils are strange to say, they don't even have a cabinet foot, so they just stick to the ground, and they are not afraid that the clothes in the cabinet will get wet......"
Jumping up suddenly, Mo Tianliu grabbed Sha Bangcui's arm: "Stick, although your brain is a little stupid, but your luck is really good!" Come with me! ”
"Where are you going?"
"Go and raid those two wardrobes in the rich man's house!"