CHAPTER XXIII

The road is getting wider and wider, and the pedestrians are gradually increasing, and the thatched houses made of low stones are also increasing on both sides of the road, and there are more on both sides of the road at any time, and there are several thin ropes on the tall and straight black wooden stakes on both sides of the road, which stretch out to the mountains along the road from time to time, and from time to time the thin ropes stretch out along the road to the mountains, and from time to time there are loaded soldiers with loaded guns and ammunition lining up to walk by.

The atmosphere in enemy-occupied territory is not as terrifying as the legend is outside. The common people were ignorant of the soldiers with guns, what they should do, and even the old men who were doing business on the side of the road were bargaining with the soldiers in military uniforms, and they did not see the scene of robbery and walking away to catch up and be beaten. Xu Si walked for a long time, but no one stepped forward to interrogate, and the heart that had been hanging in his voice was finally put back into his stomach.

After walking for about six or seven miles, Xu Si's mood suddenly improved: Where is this ghost cave in the world? It's a peaceful and prosperous place! He even went to the side of the road to call out the price of pork: good fellow, a pound of pork costs almost ten big sons, and this can buy almost half a pig if you put it outside! But I also saw a lot of bought. Xu Si couldn't help but be a little confused, could it be that this enemy-occupied area is full of rich masters?

Just thinking about it, there was a sound of gongs in front of him accompanied by a long shout, Xu Si listened carefully but couldn't really hear it, it was too far away, he hurriedly walked two steps forward to see what he was doing.

From a distance, I saw a circle of people in the open space in front of me, and a man with a beard and a melon skin hat and a white satin shirt carried a gong and struck it, and shouted with words: "There is a naughty boy Ning Gou'er, ignoring the imperial army's pardon order, destroying the porcelain pot of the wire with a slingshot, repeatedly teaching without regrets, the soldier can bear it, but now fortunately the peaceful and prosperous times, the imperial army is unwilling to kill widely, only Ning Gou'er is corrected, in order to set an example, enough to show the emperor's grace!" …… 〞

Xu Si squeezed forward, only to see a wooden stake in Yangzhong, on which a child of about seven or eight years old was firmly tied, his frightened and distorted little face was full of snot and tears, his mouth was open and he couldn't cry, his thin body was deeply strangled by the rope, and his hands and feet had turned jet black.

Kneeling next to her was an old lady with gray hair and little feet, holding a small slingshot in one hand and a few small clay balls in a round shape in the other. Can you? My grandson is a house finch on the power line! He's only seven years old, he's only seven years old! How could he destroy the things of the Imperial Army! It's a pity that he lost his mother at the age of three! Have mercy on him, all of you! Later, the imperial army will come to help and beg for mercy, I beg you, I beg you...... He kept kowtowing to the crowd.

"Alas! You said that although this old seven is not in tune, he can't repay the head of this young child's widow! "You still say that you forgot that he chased you all over the street with a knife?" The two people on Xu Si's left muttered in a low voice, "You said that when the Japanese come, can you spare the child if you plead together?" An old man on his right hand asked a man next to him,

"Pull it down!" A person next to him said: "Do you think he is a living bodhisattva who eats fasting and recites Buddha?" Saying that, he lowered his voice and said: "The previous one found a mineral vein on the mountain in the back garden on the ancestral grave of the old Wang family in the village, and the old Wang family went to the 29th person to stop it, and it was completely wiped out by the Japanese!" ”

"Yes! Another person next to him said: "I look at today's events, eighty percent of them are killing chickens and monkeys!" "Muttering what? The other person glanced at Xu Sidao: "Let's go!" You are not afraid! Saying that, he glanced at Xu Sinu, and several other people glanced at Xu Si, and hurriedly lowered their heads and squeezed out of the crowd together.

"Oh my God! What have I done? You're going to punish me like that? You want me dead! Let's get back my grandson! ......" The old lady clutched her hands to the sky and trembled and cried, and the gong walked up to her, bowed down and said softly, "Old woman, aren't you embarrassed for me? Oh, this dog should be here, you said that there are so many people, how can you let you stand up? As he spoke, he stretched out his hand to help the old lady, and then said, "These seven brothers are still young, hurry up and ask for a wife again, don't you still have another three or five?" Don't you just think the dog dies? ”

The old lady stared at the gong with a trembling voice, grabbed his arm with her hand and cried and asked, "Big nephew, is there really no way?" Otherwise, if you beg the imperial army, I will go back and set up an immortal tablet for you, burn incense and kowtow every day. 〞

"Old woman." The gong striker said helplessly: "Aren't you folding my life?" If there is a way, I will do it, the life of this child is too bitter. Before he could finish speaking, a piercing creak of iron grinding iron came.

The gong striker hurriedly separated the crowd and walked out, only to see a green tin cart parked outside the crowd, the strange appearance of the captain, with a large mouth with a horizontal bar in front of him, but there was no ox or horse pulling the cart. There were two people sitting in the iron shell, but in the bucket behind sat a dozen Japanese soldiers wearing khaki military uniforms and carrying big guns, and when the car stopped, the Japanese soldiers jumped down one after another, screaming and screaming to catch out the people in the crowd wearing khaki clothes and carrying gas lamps to drive them away, and then split the crowd to make way for a road to the wooden stake.

"What do I see?" A person next to Xu Si said to a few people on the side: "Why did the Japanese drive away all the miners?" Let's go too, shall we? "Afraid of what? Let's just look at the excitement, don't be afraid! If you want to go, you go. Another young man next to him said that he was eventually pulled out of the crowd by the person who had spoken earlier, and several more people followed.

The gong striker stopped the car and trotted to the right side of the car, stretched out his hand to open the door and knelt on the ground quickly, and from the car came out a knee-length black leather boot with a long bag and stepped on his back, but it was a Japanese officer, wearing a military uniform slightly darker than the soldier's earthy yellow, wearing meticulously, even the wind hook under the neck was tightly fastened, a black belt was worn cross-body on the left shoulder, a small holster hung down the back of the right thigh, holding a long knife with a sleeve in his hand, and a small military hat on his head, The small yellow stars on top sparkled, and below was an expressionless face with a pair of sparkling eyes.

The officer walked over to the dog tied to the stake in the field, and the dog's grandmother rushed over and knelt in front of him, kowtowing and crying, "You have a lot of them, let go of the child who eats, I beg you." Please, I'll go back and set up an immortal tablet for you......" The officer didn't even look at her, but walked straight forward, and the old lady hugged his right leg violently, and kept begging, and the gong striker hurriedly stepped forward, bowed down and said to the old lady, "Old woman, aren't you embarrassed for me?" Come, let it go......" Before he finished speaking, the old lady suddenly raised her head and spat him!

"Guyga!" The Japanese officer suddenly roared, raised his foot and kicked the gong to the side, dragged the old lady forward, approaching the dog, the old lady suddenly got up from the ground, reached out to the face of the Japanese officer, the officer raised a kick in her chest, the old lady was kicked to the ground, turned over, fell on her back at the feet of the dog and did not move, the dog looked at the Japanese officer who came to him in horror, the officer stared at him without snorting, and suddenly bent down and bowed to the dog!

The onlookers next to him were in doubt, the officer suddenly took a step back, pulled out the long knife with a bang, only to see the knife flash, the dog's preax was cracked, blood mixed with the internal organs flowed out, poured the face of the old lady lying at her feet, the dog's head suddenly raised up, the body was tense and straight, and the whole body was densely packed like a body of oil, which looked oily in the sunlight, he couldn't scream with his mouth wide open, the green tendons on his neck burst high, his eyes were cracked, and slowly his head hung down, The light in his eyes slowly dimmed, and his body slowly sank like a weed uprooted by the scorching sun at noon in summer.

The Japanese officer put the knife back into its sheath, turned around and walked to the front of the car, "Hey! He shouted, and the gong struck immediately got up from the ground, trembling over and knelt down, and the officer stepped on his back into the car, slammed the door shut, poked his head out and shouted, and the group of Japanese soldiers with guns retreated to the front of the car, and climbed up one after another.

"It's all gone, it's gone! ......" the gong striker waved weakly, and the crowd began to disperse in twos and threes, "I'll fuck your ancestors' Japanese devils!" You fucking unload and kill donkeys! I'm fighting with you! ......" There was a sudden angry scolding sound in the distance, a person limped over, Xu Si looked at it, but it turned out to be Ning Qi, Ning Qi's upper body clothes were taken off, and one leg of his pants on his lower body was stained black with blood, holding a sharp knife in his hand and scolding while running here.

"Hey! The seventh is back, take a look. Someone said, "Look a fart!" Let's go" The gong scolding and pushing those who wanted to stay with his hand, suddenly someone spat on his face, followed by several mouthfuls, but in the end some people left, and some people stayed.

Xu Si leaned forward, but was stopped by the gong beater, "You are a foreigner, what are you doing here?" Get lost! There was a roar of the gong, and at that moment the officer suddenly stretched out a hand from the car, pointing his palm forward.

"Get down!" The gong beater shouted, and suddenly dragged Xu Si to the ground, and just as he was about to kick him away, the gunshots like bursting beans rang out, and the corner of his eye saw that the crowd fell like a valley, and from time to time there was a burst of flesh and blood hitting Xu Si's body with a hot pain! Xu Si covered his head with both hands, and his body shook like chaff.

After a few moments, the gunfire stopped, and there was silence all around, "Hey! The Japanese officer shouted, and the gong struck from Xu Si's side, his lips trembling, "I'll fuck you Japanese ancestors!" None of you will die well! ......" He cursed, walked under the door, squeezed out a smile on his face that was more ugly than crying, raised the gong, the officer stretched out a fist and let go, and with a few bangs, a few silver dollars were thrown into the gong.

The car hummed and let out a strange scream, carrying the group of Japanese away in black smoke