Hearing Qiao Yong's voice, Zhou Hongwen opened his eyes slightly, picked up the teacup on the table and took a sip.

"Call him in......."

……

Entering the room and bowing slightly, Fang Yong looked at Zhou Hongwen at the top, and said with a little excitement:

"Master, as you expected, there are indeed outsiders in the village."

"Oh?!"

"Who is it? Does it have anything to do with the Eight Roads? ”

Looking at Zhou Hongwen staring at him, Fang Yong smiled slightly, and then nodded heavily.

"Eighty percent is related. Although they all looked like they were in civilian clothes, they were all carrying guys, and it was clear that someone was injured inside. ”

"Really?! Where are they? ”

Hearing this, Zhou Hongwen bowed his body slightly, and the expression on his face became more solemn.

"The people are now hiding in the old Liu Tou's house in the southwest corner of the village, and their number is not clear, but I don't think it should be much. Before I returned, I had already instructed my men to keep a close watch on the courtyard...... ”

"Old Liu Tou ......."

Hearing the other party's name, Zhou Hongwen slowly stood up and paced back and forth in the lobby.

"Is that the old Liu Tou whose son hasn't been away from home for a year?"

Suddenly turning around, Zhou Hongwen squinted at Fang Yong in front of him.

"That's right! That's him. Hum...... I estimate that his son Bacheng went to the eighth road, otherwise how could he, a poor man of eight generations, have dealings with anti-Japanese elements? ”

Hearing this, he nodded, and Zhou Hongwen touched his delicately groomed beard.

"Old man...... this old Liu Tou's collusion with anti-Japanese elements is already a certainty. I'm going to have a lot of dreams at night, why don't I bring someone to catch them all for you first! ”

Hearing this, Zhou Hongwen glanced at Fang Yong who was under him slightly, and waved his hand after thinking for a while.

"Don't worry, there's so much chaos around me, I don't think they should leave us right away. You first arrange for someone to continue to monitor, and remember not to startle the snake. ”

Hearing this, Fang Yong hesitated.

"Master...... with these people here, it's like a time bomb, and it will affect our whole village."

"That's it! Do as I say first, and wait until you catch someone. ”

Waving his hand, Zhou Hongwen ignored the anxious Fang Yong, turned around and walked out of the lobby directly.

……

In the backyard of the Zhou Mansion, in a well-decorated wing room.

Zhou Hongwen accompanied his old father Zhou Fuhai to have a little breakfast, and then withdrew all the maids who served around him.

Looking at the plump young woman who was still sitting opposite him, Zhou Hongwen glanced at his father.

Seeing his son's eyes, Zhou Fuhai turned around and glanced at the woman beside him.

"Xiaomei, you go out first, I have something to say to Hongwen."

When the woman named Xiaomei heard this, she glanced at Zhou Hongwen embarrassedly, then got up and walked out.

The sound of the door closing, Zhou Hongwen got up and sat down beside his father, lowered his voice and whispered:

"Father, last night Zhou Guzi from the Nankou stronghold led people into the village to search the Eighth Road, and let me send them away."

"Well...... my father heard about it. The people are praising you, saying that you saved the villagers of the whole village. Otherwise, everyone still doesn't know what it will be like to be harmed by Zhou Guzi. ”

Hearing this, he smiled awkwardly, and Zhou Hongwen shook his head slightly.

"I am the patriarch, and it is our responsibility to protect the clan and the township party, and there is nothing that cannot be saved."

Speaking of this, Zhou Hongwen glanced outside the door, and then continued with a serious face:

"Father, in fact, Zhou Guzi came right last night, our village did come here."

Speaking of this, Zhou Hongwen raised his right hand and made a gesture that everyone knew.

"What? Eight-way ......, you are sure! ”

Zhou Fuhai looked at his son's gesture, and was so shocked that he almost stood up.

Signaling the old father to be calm, Zhou Hongwen continued:

"Father, don't panic, the child has asked Fang Yong to lead someone to keep an eye on the yard where they are hiding, and their every move can't escape the child's sight now."

Hearing this, he took a long breath, Zhou Fuhai picked up his Huanghuali pipe from the table, lit it and took a few puffs gently.

"Son, tell me what you think."

……

Looking at his eldest son, who had been standing for a long time, Zhou Fuhai suddenly wanted to hear his thoughts.

"Father...... if you look at the current situation, neither the Nationalist Government in the south nor the Eighth Route Army in the north are actually opponents of the Japanese.

During this time, the Japanese mobilized a lot of men and horses, and in this Jinnan generation of repeated sweeps, I heard that they killed a lot of national troops and the Eighth Road, and the generals alone killed several.

Alas...... it's hard to put into words. ”

Hearing this, Zhou Fuhai also sighed.

"It's really unthinkable for my father, you said that this East China Sea Wokou was originally a small state, and he could beat my dignified China like this...... Alas....... ”

Speaking of this, Zhou Fuhai suddenly raised his eyes and stared at his son again and again.

"Hirofumi, you don't want to arrest them and hand them over to the Japanese, do you?"

Hearing this, looking at the old father with a serious face, Zhou Fuhai's face tightened.

"Father, no matter what the child says, he also grew up reading the books of the sages. Although I have to make peace with the Japanese now, I also vow not to do this thing of forgetting my ancestors! ”

Looking at his son, Zhou Fuhai nodded with satisfaction.

"Good ......, my son can have this determination, and even if his father is dead now, he can smile at Jiuquan......."

"Kid, what are you going to do?"

Looking at his relieved father, Zhou Hongwen said his bold idea.

"Father, the child plans to come and meet each other in person later. First, I want to know what the other person thinks, and second, I want to see if I can provide some help in my capacity. ”

"Well...... that's true. Since the strong men who resisted Japan have arrived at our one-third of an acre, we should give us some help, and we should have a good fate. ”

"What my father said is that since I became the president of this maintenance committee, although the Japanese have always given our family some face, but the children have a ...... about how the villagers scold me behind my back."

"Alas...... let my son suffer. I knew that this broken hat of the maintenance president should have been worn by me, an old bone. ”

"Don't say that, father, it's the son's volition, and he doesn't blame anyone."

Touching his son's hair, Zhou Fuhai smiled kindly.

"If your mother knew that you were so productive and responsible now, I don't know how happy she would be.......

Go for ......, go about your business. No matter what decision you make, as long as it does not violate the conscience of heaven and earth, the Father will support you! ”

……

At nine o'clock in the morning, the Liu family compound.

As the sun gradually rose, a layer of transparent mist hung over the riverside Zhou Village, as if the entire village was covered in glass.

Sitting on a stool in the courtyard, Zhao Shixun shook his nose and breathed in the humidity in the air.

"Mr. Zhao, breakfast is ready, come into the house and eat something."

Liu Laohan's wife walked out of the kitchen and warmly greeted Zhao Shixun, who was on duty in the yard.

"Auntie, you eat first, I'll go over."

stood up and thanked him, and just as Zhao Shixun was about to enter the house, the sound of dense footsteps suddenly sounded in his ears.

Not good! A great crowd is coming!

"Black baby Dapeng! Copy the guy out! ”

With an angry roar, Zhao Shixun rushed to the gate of the courtyard with an arrow, carefully opened a slit and looked out.

As far as the eye could see, at least two dozen men in black with guns were striding towards him at this time.

"Damn......

Suddenly pulled out the box cannon on his waist and put it on fire, Zhao Shixun immediately plugged in the gate, and then brought a stone to hold the gate.

"Company commander, what's wrong?"

The Heiwa people who ran out in a hurry saw Zhao Shixun blocking the door, and they were a little blindsided.

"We were discovered! Take a look around the yard! Fast! ”

Hearing this, everyone was stunned, and then everyone also heard the sound of dense footsteps.

It didn't take long for Dapeng to run back first.

"There are people in the back of the yard, all with guys!"

"There are people on the west side of the yard too!"

Hearing Dao Heiwa say that the west side of the courtyard was also surrounded, Zhao Shixun's heart chuckled.

The courtyard of Lao Liu's house is adjacent to the neighbors on the east side, and the other three sides are the location of the alley. Now there are people in the north, south and west, which means that the other party has already discovered their .......

Careless...... Too careless!

"Finish the calf...... we won't be a turtle in an urn!"

Looking at everyone, Dapeng was directly dumbfounded. He never expected that this night had passed without danger, but now in the middle of the day, he let people make dumplings.

"I said boss, what are we still rubbing, hurry up and break through!"

Looking at the fiery Dapeng, Zhao Shixun glared at the other party fiercely.

"Surprise you, uncle! Why don't you give everyone a sample and take a look at me! ”

was scolded by Zhao Shixun, and Dapeng wilted in an instant.

"I'm ......, why am I rushing myself, isn't this a pole and a gun......."

Seeing that Zhao Shixun was angry, Heiwa hurriedly pulled Dapeng aside.

"Company commander, what should we do now?"

Qi Baoshan came to the courtyard with his grenadier, and after looking at the surrounding courtyard walls, he could only reluctantly carry it.

Glancing at the people in the courtyard, Zhao Shixun looked around.

"Heiwa Dazhuang, you two bring machine guns into the house, let the fellow hide under the kang, don't show your head and look around!"

"Yes!"

As the two of them ran into the house, Zhao Shixun's gaze quickly swept over the rest of the people.

"Junko went to the backyard and kept an eye on the back wall for me. Whoever dares to come in over the wall will collapse me directly! ”

"Yes, company commander!"

"The others will guard the main gate with me, in case of a fight, use a short gun first, and have grenades ready!"

……

A moment later, with the sound of dense footsteps coming to an abrupt end, Zhou Hongwen took Fang Yong and twenty other subordinates, and finally stopped outside the gate of the Liu family's compound.

…… To be continued, thank you for your support!

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