Zhuxi is a stream that is only more than ten kilometers long, the source is several lakes and springs at the foot of the mountain in the north of Guangzhou, it is also the natural drainage channel in the east of the city, the upstream is narrow and the downstream is wide and flows into the Pearl River from north to south, the locals also call it the East Moat, only the downstream of this section of about four kilometers is surrounded by green bamboos on both sides, so the people of Lincun call it Zhuxi.

An Yi had heard of Lin Village, but he had never had the opportunity to visit it, and now he led four brothers into the village bathing in the sunset, and he felt fresh and curious in his heart.

After dozens of meters of wooden bridge, the Lingnan dwellings with blue bricks and gray tiles hidden in the green bushes gradually increase, the tall and lush pineapple, almond and star fruit and other tree species grow on both sides of the stone road, the ornamental plants such as the green turtle back bamboo can be seen everywhere, the small courtyard at the door of several houses is also full of blooming begonias and the moon season, the air is fresh, the birds are singing and the flowers are fragrant, as if this is a quiet world far away from the world.

A group of children saw An Yi and the five people walking into the village, they stopped the game one after another, and watched in surprise, and before An Yi, who squeezed out a kind smile, walked to the side and immediately ran away, disappearing in the corner of the house in front of the court and among the green trees in a blink of an eye.

An Yi shook his head helplessly, and instructed the brothers to maintain the formation, and walked to the depth at the usual patrol speed, and did not go out of a hundred meters, and then saw that there were strong men standing in the corners of the alleys on both sides of the road, each of whom was monitoring the every move of the five soldiers with vigilant eyes, and the original elegant and quiet atmosphere was slowly replaced by a kind of nervous and hostile suppression.

An Yi, who walked in front, raised his head and chest as if he didn't squint, in fact, he looked at the six roads and listened to all directions, and secretly complained about the current environment he was in, he had already seen the blades that flashed at the entrances of each alley, and saw the dangers hidden in the men behind him, and also realized that his retreat had been blocked. But An Yi did not panic, but whispered an order to the brothers not to carry a gun in their hands, and to walk boldly with a gun on their backs as before. Huang Jianguang and the other four brothers secretly panicked under the invisible pressure and the ubiquitous threat, feeling that as long as one was not careful, the lives of their five people would probably be explained here, and then these fierce villagers would dig a pit wherever they wanted, and the five of them would not even be able to find a single bone, but seeing An Yi's fearless look, the brothers felt a little bit of reliance in their hearts.

"Stay!"

A loud roar sounded, dozens of men holding machetes, harpoons and old-fashioned guns swarmed out to block the way, and the first big man in the stone road actually held the Daguan knife in the style of Guan Erye, and the two next to him carried an upside-down bamboo steel whip, and one held a three-section stick in one hand, which was obviously the result of years of martial arts.

An Yi raised his hand to signal the team to stop, took a few steps forward and stopped three meters away from the black-faced middle-aged man in front of the crowd, saluted with a "snap", and reported loudly in skilled Cantonese: "An Yi, acting captain of the second district team of the Whampoa Military Academy of the National Revolutionary Army, salute my fathers and fellow villagers!" The second district team was ordered to carry out military tasks in Zhuxikou, and in order to avoid unnecessary misunderstandings, I came to report in detail to the villagers of Lincun, over! ”

The crowd shook for a while, and everyone listened to An Yi's words and talked about it, most of them heard that it was the Whampoa Army, and most of the hostility disappeared. The black-faced man whispered a few words to the short middle-aged man beside him, the short-faced man nodded and disappeared into the crowd, the black-faced man handed the Daguan knife to the young man behind him, and stepped forward to clasp his fist at An Yi: "I have long admired the prestige of the Whampoa Army, but I don't know why this Brother An entered the village without permission?" What tasks do you perform at the mouth of Zhuxi in this village? ”

An Yi smiled slightly: "May I ask the eldest brother's surname?" ”

"My surname is Lin, and my name is Lin Xudong."

"Brother Lin is good! Our second district team was ordered to enter Zhuxikou half an hour ago, and felt that it was appropriate to report to the village as soon as possible, so we led a few brothers into the village to visit, I don't know the rules of the village, please forgive me! As for the mission we are performing, it is a military secret and cannot be told to Brother Lin, please bear with me! Brother Lin rest assured, we just came to report as usual, and never disturbed the people, if it is inconvenient for Brother Lin and the villagers, please report our report to the patriarch to avoid possible misunderstandings, our task has been completed, leave here, goodbye! An Yi replied unhurriedly.

"Slow!"

Huang Jianguang and the others had already made a noise, and when they heard Lin Xudong's loud roar, they immediately held the gun in their hands, and quickly gathered around An Yi to be vigilant, and the village warriors also opened their posture, raising their knives and sticks to wait for the battle, and the atmosphere that had just relaxed became tense again.

An Yi turned around and ordered loudly: "Stand up!" Lined up...... Attention! Gun on the shoulder, take a break! ”

After letting the brothers relax, An Yi turned to Lin Xudong and smiled apologetically: "I'm sorry, Brother Lin, we are all recruits, and we haven't experienced this kind of formation, hehe...... I don't know what Brother Lin commanded? ”

Lin Xudong saw that An Yi was neither humble nor arrogant and so calm, he secretly praised in his heart, turned around and looked back, and saw that the old patriarch had arrived, ordered everyone to get out of the way, and said to An Yi kindly: "Brother, we didn't know that you were the Whampoa Army just now, according to the convention, the political axe sent people down to greet first, and we will definitely stop it if we suddenly break in." I heard you say just now that it's the Whampoa Army, brother, I don't dare to deal with it without permission, so I can only ask the patriarch to negotiate...... Master, slow down, old man. ”

The patriarch with a clear face and three long silver and white beards walked in front of An Yi surrounded by several big men, raised his white eyebrows slightly and looked at An Yi carefully, seeing An Yi's calm eyes and a respectful look, he nodded slightly, coughed lightly and asked kindly: "Young man, is there any basis for you to say that you are the Whampoa Army?" ”

An Yi saluted, then took out the envelope from his jacket pocket, opened and took out the dispatch certificate and handed it to both hands, the old patriarch smiled slightly after reading the words on it and the big seal of the military academy, and asked An Yi to whisper: "Sure enough, it is the Whampoa Army, in fact, Lao Yu also has a little friendship with you, Mr. Yixian was still alive at that time, he sent someone to send a letter to Lao Yu, hoping that our Lin Village can contribute to join the revolutionary army, but our Lin Village has no rules for being a soldier, so I replied to him with a letter and sent a thousand oceans, It's a little bit of a thought. ”

"The old patriarch is high-spirited, and the younger generation is deeply admired! The younger generation thinks that you are old and strong, full of red light, must be a hero to retire and enjoy the joy of the world, your old life is better than Nanshan, steady steps, such a bearing is rare in the world, please give you a lot of advice in the future! ”

An Yi suddenly smiled deeply on his face, leaving the brothers behind him dumbfounded.

The old patriarch looked at the two huge black jade balls in his hand, looked up at An Yi, who respectfully performed the courtesy of the juniors of the rivers and lakes, and couldn't help laughing: "Young people are not simple, at a glance, you can see a lot of fame from the two stone galls in the hands of the old man, and it seems that he is not an idle person, otherwise how can he have such measurement and knowledge?" Haha, that's good! The future is limitless...... Come! ”

"Uncle, please command." The two strong men bowed respectfully.

"Put away the guys in your hands, remove all the guards, and send these little brothers out of the village." The old patriarch stroked his beard and turned to the middle-aged man on the left: "Ah Hai, you take a few people to send ten catties of sausages to the Huangpu Army in Zhuxikou, half of the pork, and some oil, salt, sauce and vinegar." ”

"Little nephew, let's do it!" Ah Hai bowed and retreated.

The old patriarch turned to An Yi and said kindly: "Little brother, he said that if he is free, please go to the old decay house to talk, haha!" You speak fluent Cantonese, but the old man decides that the little brother must be from Sichuan, the country of Bashu Tianfu is outstanding, and the heroes are born out of the blue, and the little brother is really a heroic boy! However, when you go to the old decay cold house, you have to follow the old rule of 'people are only three wide armor to solve the knife', if the little brother is willing, the old decay is waiting at any time, haha! I won't be far away! ”

An Yi smiled happily and saluted: "The juniors obey orders!" Thanks to the deep friendship of the villagers in the village, thanks to the trust and gift of the old patriarch, the younger generation will leave for the time being! ”

The old patriarch watched An Yi lead the four brothers to leave calmly, nodded incessantly, and said to Lin Xudong beside him: "Adong, this little brother named An Yi is an extraordinary and frank person, heavy and astute command, and if he is determined, he will definitely be a famous general in the future." ”

"Yes, the apprentice also admires his courage, it seems that he has not practiced martial arts, but his knowledge is not bad and polite, and he speaks politely like a scholar, although he is a soldier and knows the etiquette of the rivers and lakes, the apprentice does not know who he comes from." Lin Xudong also looked at the direction An Yi left.

The old patriarch nodded: "If there is frequent chaos and wars today, the various factions in the rivers and lakes have already said that the twilight of the West Mountain, the fish and dragons in the rivers and lakes are mixed and difficult to distinguish, any sect is possible, but one thing you said is right, he has no martial arts, but he has a positive face and healthy temperament, and he is indeed a scholar." During this time, you have time to go to the entrance of the village to see them, and order the subordinates to strictly abide by the clan rules and monitor them closely, but you can act cheaply, if you feel that you are in love with him, you might as well do more contacts, there are always too many friends. In addition, I found that although these little soldiers live a hard life, they have self-esteem and self-love, and although they accept our greeting gift, it is only for the expediency of getting along with each other, and they will never accept our gifts next time, so do not do any more embarrassing things, except that they are not allowed to enter the village with the precepts, and they can properly order the young men of the clan who are anchored at the west pier to send some small fish. ”

"Remember!"

At night, the brothers except for the guards on duty all gathered around the bonfire, eating fragrant braised pork, talking and laughing, the atmosphere was warm, Huang Jianguang flickered his eyebrows about entering the village, and the brothers admired An Yi and were deeply glad that they had such a comrade.

"Xiao Yi, how can you say a lot of clichés? Listening to Jianguang say that the old patriarch was very polite to you when he heard it, how did you do it? Zhang Tianyi asked curiously as he exhaled the smoke.

An Yi lit a cigarette and sighed: "I'm also blind, it turns out that I heard the old Taoist who depends on me mention some things in the rivers and lakes, and I have written it down after listening to it, and I know that the person who can easily hold two carved dragon ink jade balls is very senior in the Jianghu sect and has high kung fu." I didn't believe these words, but I saw them today and experienced them myself. I have long heard of the martial style and fierce folk sentiment of Lin Village, I didn't expect it to be so powerful, they have a clear division of labor and are well-trained, except for the primitive weapons, they are not worse than the army at all, and there are many rules and strong vigilance, when I came back, I put forward a request to cut down bamboo to set up a camp, and they also discussed for a long time before reluctantly agreeing, it seems that our military-civilian relations this time are difficult to improve! ”

Zhang Tianyi nodded: "It's good to be able to do this, okay, let's discuss the matter of building fortifications and establishing a dark post tomorrow." ”

"Okay, I was just about to mention it to you...... Xiao Chen vinegar, something? When An Yi saw Sun Jiaqi walking up to him and standing, he knew that he had something to say.

Sun Jiaqi asked a little uneasily: "Xiao Yi, you said that we accepted so much meat from the villagers, what should we do if the boss finds out?" Violation of regulations. ”

An Yi, who was sitting on the ground, kicked over: "Grandma's! If you have the ability, you spit out the meat you ate in your stomach, and Lao Tzu immediately wrote and checked. ”

"No, no, hey! Am I not kidding? Hey...... The two chiefs talked slowly, slowly. ”

Sun Jiaqi took a kick that was not light or heavy, and saw that An Yi was about to go crazy Zhang Tianyi also widened his eyes, and was so frightened that he took a few steps back and fled, An Yi and Zhang Tianyi glanced at each other, and couldn't help laughing.