Chapter 66: Hiding in the Cave
He ordered the soldiers to tie up the village chief, and the village chief's wife cried loudly and did not let the people be taken away. The squad leader grabbed the woman, and the two soldiers carried the village chief out of the door, all the way to the direction of the county seat. The team leader estimated that they had gone far away and let go of the village chief's wife. The village chief's wife chased them to the entrance of the village, and the two soldiers carried the village chief away.
In the years immediately after North Korea's liberation, there were few legal procedures to rely on. Someone in the village was arrested, and since then there has been no trace, no one alive or dead, no corpse. The village chief has just arrived to know the Mandate of Heaven's Chronicles, which is the pillar of this family. If he has three longs and two shorts, the family will collapse. She fought with her life to save him, and she must not let him lose his life. She didn't know that Ying Ji had saved Liang Guocheng, and the team leader wanted to use Ying Ji to arrest Liang Guocheng. I feel that it is a trouble to send food to Yingji, and I just need to find Yingji and explain it.
Reflexively went to the broken temple at the entrance of the village on the mountain to find Yingji, hoping that Yingji could save her husband. The village chief told Yingji that she would come to get food tonight, and during the day, Yingji was afraid of being caught again, and no matter how hungry she was, she would have to wait until night to get it. The village elder and his wife pushed open the temple door, there was no shadow of Yingji, and her heart was half cold, and when she saw that the food and the casserole were still there, she felt that there was still hope. She didn't know that when the village chief and Ying Ji discussed coming to Ying Ji to get food, she always felt that she would definitely come to get the things. She sat next to a fallen Buddha statue and had to wait until Young-hee came.
At this time, a North Korean village woman hurriedly ran into the ruined temple and pointed out of breath with a finger outside the door. The village chief's wife also panicked, thinking that the team leader had brought someone to arrest her. Sticking his head out, there was no one on the way.
After a pause, someone turned around and said, "Let's go back and have a look, right?" Something happened to your family! ”
The village chief's wife didn't think anything would happen. The husband has just been taken away by them, and nothing can happen to anyone in the house? He said to the visitor, "I'm such a damn ugly girl, and she is responsible for today's incident." This is a harmful spirit! How many people are going to be harmed? ”
The people who came didn't listen to her and didn't want to tell her the truth, worried that something would happen. I couldn't help but say, and I pulled her and walked to the village. Although the village chief's wife was reluctant, she also muttered in her heart. Although she thought it would be fine, it couldn't have been a joke when someone came from all over the village to inform her. The people came and pushed, and she followed the people back and forth step by step, afraid that she would miss Yingji to get the food.
Not far from the village, I saw a lot of people gathered in front of her house. She quickened her pace, and the onlookers saw her and consciously made a way. saw the two feet of the village chief in the crowd, and felt that her husband had been put back. The village chief is old, and he was tied up and dragged down by them just now. You can't lie on the ground, what if the ground is frozen and broken.
She was immediately stunned when she saw the village chief, the person who was alive just now only worked for a while to have two blood holes in his chest, and a large blood stain on his chest also turned black and red. The village chief's wife was frightened and crawled on top of the village chief and cried. The villagers who watched next to them, the women shed tears with them, and the men dared to be angry but did not dare to speak. Because the squad leader staggered back again, he pointed to the village chief lying on the ground and said: "The village chief secretly committed a traitor with Korea, and after being arrested by our People's Army, he still wanted to escape, and was enforced by our People's Army soldiers." Whoever dares to commit adultery will be the end! After saying that, he walked away.
Ying Ji was afraid that someone would follow her, like a seasoned inspector, and as soon as she turned around in three steps, she stopped observing at the slightest disturbance, and then walked forward after making sure that it was safe. This all depends on the survival method practiced by constantly being in the mountains and avoiding wild beasts. Dodging and dodging all the way slowly, the sun was a bamboo pole high before returning to the cave. Liang Guocheng was looking forward to it, anxiously waiting for Yingji. He knew now that he was in the ring mirror, he knew the danger of Young-hee going down the mountain to return home.
If the team leader chases them to their village, Yi Qiao Yingji will definitely be arrested if she goes back. He was alone in the mountains without food or drink, and he didn't even know which direction was the motherland, and at that time it was really a no-go day, and within a few days, he would freeze and starve to death. Yingji's sudden appearance made his hanging heart let go. Seeing Young-hee's empty hand, her heart hung again.
Young-hee picked up the messy grass at the entrance of the cave, and went into the cave in a panic, sitting on the stone bed like a fart gasping for breath. From yesterday to now, in order to save Liang Guocheng, she has not entered the water. The county town went back and forth, and then went back to the village and walked more than ten miles of mountain roads, and was caught by the team leader in the morning and frightened, and his ugly face was even more ugly. Now I was flustered, and I sat on the stone bed for a while before I was out of breath.
Liang Guocheng has also been hungry since he was arrested, except for the roasted old corn that Ying Ji gave him last night. I thought that Yingji would be able to bring back something to cook when she came back, but I was very disappointed to see her come back empty-handed. Young-hee could see the expression on Liang Guocheng's face, and explained to her with a gesture, telling him that she was going there at night. Liang Guocheng probably understood, she was caught last night, and someone rescued her from escaping.
It was dawn, and the two of them stared at each other and couldn't communicate. Yingji didn't sleep much for two days, so she could only lie down and sleep, and when the night was quiet, she ventured to the broken temple to see if the village chief had placed food as agreed. When she left, Liang Guocheng slept a lot during the day, and was in a daze in the cave in the dark. When Yingji was about to arrive at the broken temple, she learned the lesson of being caught by the team leader last time and circled around the broken temple.
After making sure that there was no one outside the temple, he went to the temple gate. The dilapidated temple gate, one door has been gone, and the one door left behind is also dilapidated. She hid on the side of the door, looking through the cracked crack in the door panel, because the war had not had pilgrims here for a long time, and the temple felt like a vicissitudes of life. The temple was reflected in the moonlight, and nothing could be seen in the darkness. She couldn't be sure if there was anyone inside, so she didn't dare to rush in. Knocked lightly on the temple door, there was no reaction inside, picked up a stone from the ground and smashed it a few times, but there was still no sound inside. She dared to go inside, and she could feel her heart pounding, as if it was about to jump out of her throat.
The idol in the main hall of the main hall has collapsed, and the half-section idol lying on the ground is staring wide-eyed, as if it is dissatisfied. Yingji entered the main hall, there were no soldiers inside, and a stone fell in her heart. The hall was a mess, flat and littered with rubble. She rounded the idol and searched carefully in the main hall. I walked around the hall and didn't find anything. She was tired and hungry, and sat down disappointed on the collapsed altar. I felt that I was so stupid, I knew that he couldn't help him, if he had stood up to help her earlier, the people in the village wouldn't have dared to despise her so much, and the children wouldn't have dared to expect her.
A voice came from outside, worried that the team leader would lead someone to search. She dodged behind the altar and tripped over a pile of things. I looked down and felt a small casserole with half a small bag of noodles underneath. She was surprised, carried the pot in her left hand, and lifted the grain bag in her hand, and quietly bypassed the side altar. There was a hole in the back wall, and the hole was so small that it could only be climbed by a thin person.
At this time, there was a dog barking in the temple, and she didn't care whether the movement in the front yard was a dog or a person. Carrying the food and limping all the way, she thought it was safe to run, turned around and knelt down with her hands folded, and kowtowed three times in the direction of the temple.
Later, Liang Guocheng lived in the mountains, and after the team leader took people away, Yingji slowly returned to the village. She resumed her old life, no one in the village talked to her, and when she went out during the day, the children still threw stones at her, and there was no way for her life to return to the night. The planting and harvesting in the field are all at night, and even the water is carried at night, which also provides her with convenience for taking care of Liang Guocheng.
Years of war have burned most of the trees in Korea. Only the weeds are inexhaustible, and they are blown and reborn in spring. Liang Guocheng basically sleeps during the day and comes out at night. He now wants to know most about the situation of the war outside, hoping that the war will end as soon as possible and that only with peace can he return home. Although Ying Ji learned from the little captain that the war was over and wanted to keep Liang Guocheng, she never revealed half a word to him.
Although I also know that it is difficult to live like this, I don't know when Liang Guocheng will be able to go down the mountain safely and work with her like a normal couple. Even if she is disabled, sitting at home, with such a big man standing like an iron tower, at least the people in the village dare not bully her, and she doesn't have to be like a night owl, yin and yang are reversed all year and month.
Only she could feel that she couldn't see the sun, how depressed she was, and her face was white and miserable. There is another threat in her heart, that is, she is worried that if Liang Guocheng goes down the mountain and knows that the war is over, he will definitely find a way to return to China. So the sentence of the end of the war and occupation has been holding in her stomach. Liang Guocheng did not know the end of the war, nor did he know what Yingji thought. I just want to end this fugitive as soon as possible and return to the motherland as soon as possible.
Because Yingji had to work in the fields at night, she could sometimes go up the mountain to accompany him, but she couldn't go up to the mountain to accompany him when she was busy with the farm. Liang Guocheng was alone in the mountains, because North Korea was recovered. Some of the Korean traitors hid in the mountains, some worked as public officials in the old government, and some small groups of bandits hid in the mountains under strong political pressure, occasionally going down the mountains to grab food and drink.
The People's Army organizes mountain-searching teams and often searches the mountains. Liang Guocheng was worried about being arrested again, so he hid in his heart all day during the day, sleeping with nothing to do. In the evening, when the night is quiet, I go out of the cave and walk around. The first is to familiarize yourself with the surrounding environment, in case the People's Army searches the mountains and discovers the cave, there is a place to hide; He didn't want to trust the North Korean soldiers now, let alone send him back to the army. The only purpose was to find a mountain road back to the Yalu River Bridge, and he felt that it was much safer to walk on the mountain road than on the road.
After getting acquainted with the area around the cave, I gradually walked away. Although he limped on crutches, his belief in returning home sustained him, and he often returned to the cave when the day dawned. For the past few days, he has been walking in one direction, basically calculating the time, and he will rush back to the cave at dawn. After walking for a few days in a row, I felt that this piece was almost familiar. He wanted to go further, and the more places he knew, the closer he would get to returning to his homeland. Generally, the night is quiet before going out of the cave, and tonight the moon just after the dark moon pokes its head out of the cave.
More than halfway through, I heard a wolf howling, and it wasn't a wolf. There are often wolves in the mountains late at night, and it is inevitable that a person will hear the wolf howling in the deep mountains, but every time he is far away, it seems to be one, and he doesn't care too much. There seem to be a lot of wolves today, as if they are echoing each other. There seemed to be three on the opposite hill, and three pairs of blue eyes glowed with a terrible blue light. The three wolves roared miserably, and a wolf responded from another hill.
From the moving Lan Guang to see that it is necessary to concentrate, if this wolf becomes a pack, meeting a person will be just an appetizer for them. He is now only one unarmed, and his legs and feet are disabled and he can't run, and if he is attacked by wolves, there is no chance of escaping. He hurriedly turned around and walked back, and had heard people say that if you encounter a wild beast, don't panic, if you are calm, the beast will not dare to attack people. Although he thought so in his heart, he noticeably quickened his pace. A warrior, fighting in a foreign land, did not die on the battlefield with a horse leather shroud, and was eaten by wolves, which became a big joke.
There was no road on the mountain, and in the panic, my heart beat faster, and I felt like I was about to burst out of my throat. When I was in a panic, I saw a bright spot in front of me, and soon there were more bright spots like stars. It's really a disaster, and I met the team that searched the mountain. Because he often walks in the mountains at night, he once met a mountain search team, and there are many ditches and ditches in the mountains, and his vision is not good at night, so he successfully avoided the past several times.