After turning over Woniu Mountain, I made a big bend along Shigouzi Lake, and finally arrived in the direction of Huierlang Mountain.

Because of Xiao Zhonghe's injury, the three of them walked very slowly, and only after dawn did they hire a big car in a nearby village. In order to avoid complications, Ye Tufei split the destination into several sections.

It was also calm along the way.

In the evening, the three of them finally arrived at Erlang Mountain.

The brothers who evacuated first had already been waiting in a hurry, and as soon as they saw Ye Tufei coming back, Zhang Luohui couldn't wait to ask about the others. At that moment, Ye Tufei's heart chuckled.

This shows that Peng Youming and the other four did not withdraw to Erlang Mountain.

Peng Youming didn't come back and there was an explanation, he said that he didn't go to Lingbi Mountain, Ouyang Xueping was Peng Youming's person, and it was not impossible to go with him, but Guo Zhonglin and Su Yue didn't come back to Erlang Mountain, so they couldn't say anything.

These two people, if they get out of danger, must come back. If they haven't come back yet, it means that they are not out of danger.

Ye Tufei couldn't help but glance at Dugu Yu, but Dugu Yu didn't think so, and whispered in Ye Tufei's ear: "Believe me, Sixth Master, with Su Yue's girl, there must be no problem." ”

But Ye Tufei still had a trace of uneasiness in his heart, and this uneasiness didn't seem to be simply worried about their safety, but also mixed with some other worries.

With Ye Tufei's understanding of Su Yue, especially after hearing about the secret order Su Yue received, Ye Tufei faintly felt that this seemingly innocent and innocent girl seemed to be brewing some kind of means.

But at this moment, Ye Tufei is also beyond the reach of the whip, so he can only resign himself to fate.

After a whole day of worrying, in the evening of the next day, Peng Youming and others finally returned to Erlang Mountain.

As soon as they met, Peng Youming gave Ye Tufei a punch in his chest: "You worry about me!" I thought you were just putting a few shots to delay Little Japan, but I didn't expect you to do it with Little Japan. I was thinking about going back to your aid, but as soon as I took two steps back, the gunfire stopped. ”

Ye Tufei smiled: "Do you think that Xiao Lao Liu and I were wiped out by Little Japan?" ”

Peng Youming nodded solemnly and said, "I really thought so. Later, after inquiring, I learned that Little Japan did not catch anyone, and there were no Chinese sacrifices in that battle, so I concluded that you should be out of danger. ”

While Ye Tufei was talking, he found that there was a stranger next to Peng Youming, so he asked, "Secretary Peng, this is ......?"

Peng Youming hurriedly introduced: "Oh, look at me, patronize and say, forget all the business." Come, let me introduce you, this is Comrade Hu Xiaozhou, the special commissioner of our provincial party committee, Comrade Xiaozhou, this is Ye Tufei, who I have mentioned to you many times. ”

Hu Xiaozhou is a middle-aged man over forty years old, not tall, with a thin build, and a pair of highly myopic glasses with black rimmed frames on his face. At a glance, people will think of adjectives such as old-fashioned, conservative, serious, etc.

Hu Xiaozhou squeezed out a smile, shook hands with Ye Tufei, and said, "What do you call you?" Is it called Ye Datou, or is it called Commander Ye? ”

Ye Tufei smiled heartily and said, "You can call me Brother Ye like Secretary Peng and Brother Yan, or call me Ye Tufei Ducheng directly." ”

Hu Xiaozhou frowned and replied, "Then I'll call you Xiaoye!" ”

Facing Hu Xiaozhou, Ye Tufei had an indescribable sense of depression, so he wanted to perfunctory Hu Xiaozhou, so he called Zhang Luohui.

"Gray mule, gray mule, come over and arrange accommodation for Secretary Peng and Commissioner Hute, by the way, they should still be hungry, hurry up and order the room to get a good meal for the guests."

Hu Xiaozhou was expressionless, waved his hand, and just wanted to speak, but saw Zhang Luohui trotting over.

After a face-to-face fight, Hu Xiaozhou and Zhang Luohui were stunned for a moment.

Zhang Luohui nodded to Peng Youming very mechanically, said hello, and then said to Ye Tufei: "Sixth Master, I'll go over and arrange it first!" After speaking, he turned around and left, not caring whether Ye Tufei had anything else to say.

After Zhang Luohui left, Hu Xiaozhou looked at his back, suddenly sighed, opened his mouth but closed it, looking like he wanted to say something and stopped.

Peng Youming saw the problem and said hello to Ye Tufei: "Brother Ye, you can be busy first, we don't need you to accompany us, I will take the commissioner around to familiarize myself with the environment." ”

Ye Tufei also felt strange, so he didn't care about taking care of Ouyang Xueping and Su Yue, and hurried to chase Zhang Luohui, he wanted to know what was the problem between this Zhang Luohui and Hu Xiaozhou, so that it was so embarrassing when they met.

In response to Ye Tufei's inquiry, Zhang Luohui just replied lightly: "It's just that it doesn't look pleasing to the eye, and there's nothing else." ”

This is clearly a lie.

But at this time, Ye Tufei and Zhang Luohui were in the room, and due to the environment, it was inconvenient for Ye Tufei to continue to ask.

At dinner in the evening, Ye Tufei took out the best soju as usual, Peng Youming did not refuse, but Hu Xiaozhou sternly refused.

Hu Xiaozhou doesn't drink alcohol, Peng Youming can also accept it, Ouyang Xueping at the same table has always been not a drop of wine, only Su Yue doesn't care about these Communist Party parties at all, and he drank a lot with Ye Tufei at one meal.

This meal was really awkward, Hu Xiaozhou's brows never opened, and Peng Youming also seemed to be very thoughtful, not only silent, but also often distracted.

Finally finished eating, Peng Youming greeted Ye Tufei and said, "Brother Ye, you are massive, this little wine should be nothing tonight, right?" ”

Ye Tufei smiled and said, "Do you want to put two guns on it?" ”

Peng Youming sneered: "I didn't mean that, if you are in good spirits, we want to talk to you." ”

What should come should always come, Ye Tufei thought in his heart. He estimated that what Peng Youming talked to him about was nothing more than the special task mentioned when he was in Xuzhou, and Ye Tufei had already thought of countermeasures for this matter. He didn't want to offend the Communist Party, and at the same time, he also decided that he would never give up the right to hunt down Takahashi Shin and accept this task, so he could only find an excuse to convince Peng Youming that it was not suitable for him to do this.

However, after the three of them sat down, the main conversation was not about Peng Youming, but about Hu Xiaozhou.

"Xiao Ye, we know that you are a patriotic young man with a sense of justice, and we also know that you are also forced to embark on the road of being a bandit today. Secretary Peng has reported to the organization many times, saying that you really want to join us and accept the leadership of our party. I'm here today for this purpose, what do you think, what do you want, just say. ”

Ye Tufei was stunned.

Indeed, he was eager to accept the leadership of the Communist Party, because in his memory, the Communist Party was the organization that eventually won the world, and in order to give the brothers a better home, he also had to accept the leadership of the Communist Party.

However, the timing is very wrong.

Accepting the leadership of the Communist Party now is tantamount to cutting off the support of weapons and ammunition from Han Hongxun's side, even if he Han Hongxun has great courage and has a backstage that is much harder than diamond diamonds, he does not dare to openly provide weapons and ammunition to the Communist Party's ranks.

Without this source, they can only be like other Communist guerrillas, and when they fight Little Japan, they can only concentrate on a few shots, and then take advantage of the chaos to rush over and play a white-knuckle war with Little Japan.

Ye Tufei is not afraid of white-edged battles, on the contrary, what his team is best at is white-edged battles. However, after all, it is a last resort!

Peng Youming saw Ye Tufei's hesitation, and said with a smile: "Brother Ye, are you worried that Senior Commander Han will not be able to provide you with weapons and ammunition, right?" ”

Ye Tufei didn't want to hide it, so he nodded and said, "The weapons and ammunition that Senior Commander Han has supported over there is not a small amount, not only our Erlang Mountain has benefited, but even Commander Lu has also stained a lot of light. ”

Hu Xiaozhou said solemnly: "Xiao Ye, you have to first figure out why you want to join the ranks of our Communist Party, and if you understand this truth, then it will not be a pity to have that little bit of weapons and ammunition." Okay, you talked about Commander Lu, let's talk about Commander Lu. Lu Yao and I are also old comrades, and we partnered five years ago. During the fifth anti-encirclement and suppression, our team was scattered, and Lu Yao withdrew with a dozen or so people to the area of northern Anhui and southern Henan to fight guerrillas. You may say that Lu Yao's personal ability is strong, but what I want to tell you is that Lu Yao can pull up the team and build a base area, and it is by no means simply relying on personal ability.

Just like you Ye Tufei, in the area of Erlang Mountain, you really didn't say that it was because of your super personal ability that you have today's situation, but if you Ye Tufei is put outside Erlang Mountain, what will happen? Maybe you can't even stand on your heels. Why? What is the difference between you and Lu Yao? ”

Hu Xiaozhou asked and answered himself, and then said: "There is a belief missing!" You Ye Tufei occupied the mountain as the king and fell into the grass as the coward, the people were afraid of you at that time, little Japan came, you raised the banner of anti-Japanese resistance, and fought a few battles with little Japan, and the people began to respect you. No matter whether the people are afraid of you or respect you, they don't treat you as their own people, nor do they treat your team as their own team, do they? The reason is that you and your team have no faith!

Xiao Ye, I believe that during this time, you got along very well with Secretary Peng and Political Commissar Yan, and you also had a certain understanding of our Communist Party and a certain feeling, but only these are not enough, you have to calm down and think about why you are willing to join the ranks of the Communist Party! ”

Ye Tufei glanced at Hu Xiaozhou, then turned his eyes and glanced at Peng Youming, he admitted that Hu Xiaozhou's words were very reasonable, and they seemed very familiar to him, as if he had been persuaded by this kind of truth a long, long time ago.

However, at this moment, when these words came out of Hu Xiaozhou's mouth, Ye Tufei didn't understand why he had strong feelings of resistance.