Forty-eight: She crossed the river and left

Old man Li was not interested in what the old lady said. He was bought by the general from the market when he was very young, and he grew up in the army. He only knows obedience, fighting a war is a matter for the state, and the state will withdraw when it calls for fighting. The common people know how much and what they know. What is being a soldier! It is obedience, and disobedience to orders is punished with whipping at least and capital punishment at worst. The general also has to listen to the state. Obedience is the purpose, what's the use of the old woman telling so much nonsense. The army has to go.

Old man Li desperately looked for the third aunt, he was carrying out the general's order when he was dying, and the general ordered him to protect the old ancestor and the young lady for life, and protect the little young master. After all these years, he has never forgotten his mission. The third aunt is the third wife of the little master, so she is naturally the object of his protection. When the old ancestor retreated, the masters of Zhang's mansion were all gone, but the old ancestor did not take him away, saying that he was old and arranged for him to go home to take care of his wife. He listened to the old ancestor and went home.

The third aunt came back from the hospital and asked the old housekeeper to ask him to take his wife to guard the foreign company, and he seemed to hear the general's order, and he came back. Since the third aunt is still in the house, he has the responsibility to protect the third aunt. Now he has to find the third aunt no matter what. In order to know more about the situation of the third aunt, he listened carefully to the old lady's nagging.

The old lady said: "The devil must enter the city if he sees that there is no more [***] on the city wall today." My life is gone, and I can't live today. I'm afraid I won't be able to keep this house. Hi. Why didn't you fight, why did the fairy leave? [***] Why did you follow her? The old lady's eyes were full of tears. He hung his head and went back and closed the door.

Old man Li was unclear by what she said, he only understood that Wang Mingming crossed the river from that side. This is a piece of news that makes him excited, he was overjoyed and crossed the river from there to find the third aunt, he ran desperately and shouted, the alleys over there are long and many, he didn't find the third aunt. The alley he was walking in was west to Zhonghua Road, and a forked alley was to the south, and he thought that the third aunt would be too good at going south, and besides, after so long, the third aunt would be too afraid to get home.

When he returned home and knew that the third aunt had not returned, he was anxious. I regret that I made a mistake in my judgment, and the third aunt should have gone to Zhonghua Road. He said to the old butler: "I have been to the battlefield, and someone saw the third aunt leave the battlefield yesterday evening. I heard the old lady say that there was still a war on the way to our side when she left, so she crossed the river from the north. I went after her, but I didn't catch her. The third aunt is too unfamiliar with the road over there, so she must have lost her way. It's possible that she's on the China Road now. I'm going to look for it. ”

The old butler said, "Those who see her will not be mistaken." Old man Li said, "Absolutely not." Long hair, light blue coat. Tall. She was right. When I arrived at the battlefield, I found Liu's mother's body, and she was shot in the chest. Next to her was the soldier who had been to our Zhang Mansion, and he died there holding a female soldier. She must be his daughter-in-law. Next to them was an officer with glasses, and the third aunt was too safe and sound. The third aunt must have been with them before she left the battlefield.

"I buried them all in the woods. A dry twig was inserted as a mark. The old butler said, "You are doing the right thing." This is something that the third aunt wanted to do too much but didn't have time to do. The third aunt knows too well, and she will definitely praise you. The officer with glasses should be the commander of the platoon, and the pair of soldiers should be the neighbors of the third aunt in Yanziji. ”

The old housekeeper shook his head bitterly and said, "I shouldn't have asked Mother Liu to go, she has never seen a war, let alone knows how to fight." She didn't know how to protect herself. She was very enthusiastic when she first came to Zhangfu, and it was I who threw her life on the battlefield. He blamed himself and said: "I didn't protect the third aunt well, I lost the third aunt." I'm really useless. ”

Old man Li said: "Don't worry, old housekeeper, the third aunt will definitely be able to find it if she is too lost." The devil hasn't entered the city yet, I'll look for it. I'm going to look for it. I'll look for it on Zhonghua Road. Without waiting for the old butler's consent, he went out to look for it again, and when he went out on the street, he saw that the devil's armored car had entered the city and was rushing towards the city center. Squadrons of devils poured into the city. They advanced towards the city center without any resistance. They shot at innocent people, and when they killed a civilian, they laughed wildly, competing with each other to kill for amusement.

Old man Li saw that the streets were full of corpses of ordinary people, and people fled in panic, so he had to retreat! He first returned to the old butler, and when he entered the door, he said, "The old butler, the big thing is not good, the devil has entered the city." The streets were full of the corpses of ordinary people, and people fled in panic, and there was no way to find the third aunt. The old butler stood up in astonishment and said, "Things are moving too fast. The third aunt has not come back yet. What to do. Old man Li said, "The old housekeeper should prepare early." I'll go back to the foreign bank, close the door, and stay inside. ”

Old man Li ran back to the foreign bank in one go, and he had no news of the third aunt since that day. He swore that if he couldn't find the third aunt, he would wait for her to come back, and the third aunt would be blessed with a great life, and she would definitely come back.

Old man Li sighed and said, "Third aunt, I have been guarding the foreign bank and waiting for you to come back." I woke up early this morning to hear magpies chirping in the house. I said there was a happy event. I sat at the door after breakfast and waited. Sure enough, today's happy event came, and I didn't expect it to be such a big happy event. ”

Wang Mingming asked him: "Why didn't you see your wife, she's okay." ”

His face sank and he said, "Dead, killed by devils!" He glared and said, "There is no salt at home, so she went to borrow salt from an acquaintance over there." I said that it was a mess outside, and the devil had no last name for his nonsense, so don't go. She said that it was not far, and in the alley over there, the devil would not go. She went out.

"After a while, I didn't see her come back, and I was about to look for it, when an acquaintance ran to Old Man Li in a panic and said, Old Man Li, the devil dragged your old lady away. Over there. I chased after her, and there was no shadow of her. Some people who saw it said that they were carried into the car by the devil and drove away. Evil, the old lady in her forties will not let go.

"Two days later, the naked body of my wife was found in a ditch on the side of the road. Not far from there, there is a barracks of devils, and a company of devils is stationed, they must have done it.

At that time, the devils also rushed into the foreign company, and I had a tracheitis attack and lay on the bed coughing badly. They saw it as an empty house, afraid that I was sick with tuberculosis, like a dying person. All gone. ”

Wang Mingming asked him: "How is the situation at Liu's mother's house?" ”

Old man Li said: "After the city of Nanjing calmed down, I went to her house, and all the people in her family were killed by devils, and the house was burned down by devils. ”

Wang Mingming said: "Old housekeeper, what's going on with them? I heard that the door was extinguished, do you know what's going on? Old man Li gritted his teeth and stomped his feet to introduce the old housekeeper to Wang Mingming.

On the day of the fall of Nanjing, the old housekeeper heard from Old Man Li that the devils had entered the city, and they were killing innocents indiscriminately. He felt that the situation was very serious, and after dark, he sent Da Chen to the street to investigate. Da Chen came back at dawn. The news he brought from the outside was even more terrifying. The old housekeeper decided to close the door, and everyone waited for the third aunt in the yard. If a devil comes and slams the door, enter the secret room immediately.

A few days later, a team of devils came here to smash and rob, and the old housekeeper immediately led the people in the courtyard into the secret room. The devil smashed open the gate and entered the courtyard. They were disappointed to see that there was nothing to grab at home. When they were ready to leave, they saw that the house was big and nice, and there was a big yard behind it. They stayed.

The old housekeeper practiced martial arts every day in the secret room, and their bodies were very healthy. They sneaked out to see it a few times, and found that the devil had not left, and they decided to wait until the devil was gone. Before they knew it, more than a month later, they thought that nothing would happen, and they tentatively came out to have a look. They had just emerged and were spotted by the devils who lived in the yard.