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The night in the deep mountains is still a little cold, the gusts of mountain wind sweep through the cave entrance, the occasional mournful sound is a little terrible, and the long calls of owls, jackals and other birds and beasts are heard from time to time in the deep mountains in the distance.

During the day, it's a different story.

For many days, the wind and sunshine were beautiful, the air was fresh and green, the mountains and forests were undulating under the warm sun, and the valley below the cave entrance was full of birds, but the people trapped in the cave did not appreciate it at all.

At noon, six hostages, men and women, young and old, outside the entrance of the cave, sat and basked in the sun, and they were already familiar with each other, gradually letting down their guard and talking casually.

Thanks to Wu Ming's insistence, the bandits guarding these people were not too embarrassed, and acquiesced that they could go down more than 30 meters like Wu Ming, go to the spring to wash their faces and clothes, bask in the sun, and wait for the fat sheep to be blackmailed one by one to wash their hair and change their faces, and their hair was combed and their mental outlook was much better, but the two old men still looked worried, but the two unlucky foreign monks were getting closer and closer to Wu Ming.

On the afternoon of the first time he was allowed to let off steam, the high-nosed, deep-eyed, chestnut-haired foreigner once again solemnly thanked Wu Ming, introducing himself that his Chinese name was Lei Mengde, an American, affiliated with the resident pastor of the North American Christian Church, who had come to China eight years earlier, first in Shanghai, and later was sent to Tianshui Church of the Christian Church in Hangzhou, where he was promoted to a priest who dedicated himself to God for life.

Wu Ming was very interested when he heard the rather Chinese name of Lei Mengde, and immediately thought of Cao Cao, so he casually asked how to write it in English?

Lei Mengde picked up a stone tablet and wrote a string of English on the ground, and Wu Ming casually read out his full name: Raimondo. Graham.

The two priests were very surprised, and hurriedly asked where Wu Ming received his civilization education? Did you ever attend a church school? Wu Ming replied awkwardly that he had heard about it everywhere, and the two priests didn't believe it at all, so they kept using English to test it.

Wu Ming knows the thoughts of the two foreign monks very well, but he doesn't care, firstly, he is not wary of these unlucky hostages, and he also has a sense of identity with the fallen people of the world, and secondly, he feels that he is idle and idle in this barren mountain, practicing his long-lost spoken English, and he can also pass some boring time, so he is happy to talk to two foreign monks, one Chinese and one foreign.

At the beginning, Wu Ming felt that his mouth and tongue were very unfavorable, and his pronunciation was not accurate, and he was corrected by the more serious foreign monks from time to time, and some words had to be remembered after thinking about it for a while, and as the conversation deepened, Wu Ming slowly regained his senses, and the three or four thousand English words in his mind had not been abolished.

Five days later, Wu Ming showed an astonishing comprehension, was able to talk to the two priests at will, and became more and more fluent.

This result made the two priests sigh greatly, and they praised Wu Ming as a language genius, and unconsciously became closer to Wu Ming.

Wu Ming was secretly ashamed, and found that there were many mistakes in the things he had studied hard for more than ten years, and there were many problems with grammar and pronunciation, which from time to time provoked the kind correction of the strict and stubborn Yankees.

Under the backdrop of a Hangzhou pastor named Dai Zichen on the side, Wu Ming had no sense of accomplishment at all.

Dai Zichen, who is short and fat and round-faced and is only twenty-six years old, opens his mouth to be a string of authentic standard American English, and when he encounters something that Wu Ming does not understand, he can write down the words casually, and patiently explain the meaning and usage of the words to Wu Ming, almost making Wu Ming think that this guy has grown up in the United States since he was a child, not the English that he only began to learn after becoming a follower of Jesus three years ago.

When encountering such a strange talent, Wu Ming was extremely admirable and quite frustrated, where did he know that Dai Zichen was also shocked by Wu Ming's intelligence in his heart.

A few unlucky hostages bask in the sun and shine at the entrance of the cave every day, and under the towering tree next to the clear deep pool a hundred meters below the entrance of the cave, several bandit leaders and their masters are not idle.

A burly bearded man of about forty years old sat on a thick log square table, listening intently to the return of the second master.

The sturdy second master in his thirties held a teacup, and his expression was quite worried: "The foreign church in Yushan City has just finished building the gospel hall and welfare home, and it seems that there is really no money. ”

"Master, what do you say?"

The bearded man didn't seem to be able to make up his mind, after all, the ransom he asked for at the beginning was 50,000 oceans, and the bargaining price was reduced to 20,000 after the end.

The master lifted the porcelain pot, added tea in front of everyone, shook the hem of the robe and sat down, and said his opinion slowly:

"The second child's worries are reasonable, these two foreign monks can't stay for too long, I'm afraid that after a long time, they will alarm the government. From the Qing Dynasty to the current Republic of China, the government is respectful and afraid of foreigners, hundreds of thousands of people die, the officials will not take a second look, if a foreigner dies, I am afraid that the whole country will be shaken, so we had better accept it when we see it, otherwise if it provokes the siege of officers and soldiers, it will not be cost-effective, and it can be regarded as a makeshift to get a ransom of 10,000 thousands. ”

The three bandit leaders nodded one after another, agreeing with the master's analysis.

When the master saw that the second master was about to open his mouth, he raised his hand to signal him to pause, and said solemnly to the three of them:

"It's not these two foreign monks who are in trouble now, it's the two old men and the big-bellied woman...... None of us knew about Lu Dao before, the unlucky son of his family turned out to be the head of the Changshan County Security Corps, and was later imprisoned by the new Quzhou security commander, when they were taken up the mountain to get one hundred and fifty taels of gold bars and a few antiques, we all thought that we had caught a big fish, but we could send someone to the east to come back, only to know that Lu Dao their Fang family had lost power, to the point of selling houses and land to borrow debts to save people, it is estimated that the gold and antiques we got were sent to Quzhou to save people, so these people are put or stayed, We have to come up with an idea as soon as possible, but it is certain that the goose will pluck its feathers, and we can't do a loss-making business. ”

The bearded man thought about it and waved his big hand: "Let it go, let it go, it's useless to keep it, just take it when you see it!" The big-bellied woman is also quite pitiful, and when I go back these days and see the big belly of my mother-in-law at home, I feel strange in my heart. ”

"Big brother, what should you do with the kid surnamed Wu?" The third master asked.

The bearded man bared his teeth, hesitated for a long time, and still couldn't make up his mind: "Originally, after getting the confirmation news yesterday morning, I wanted to let him go, but after thinking about it, I felt that it was a pity to let him go like this, this guy looked at it like a kind scholar, but as long as you look carefully, you can see that he is extraordinary, which makes me have no idea for a while." ”

"That's right!"

The master said with some emotion: "Think about it, this guy is unarmed, he dares to take a stone to kill two officers, and he hasn't forgotten to take the gun away, some time ago, this guy was rounded up by hundreds of officers and soldiers to kill the net, and then he sneaked into Huanggu Town, where hundreds of officers and soldiers were on guard, to seek revenge, and half of the head of the enemy who killed his mother was removed, and he also beat the head of the Shangrao garrison to a serious injury and paralysis, and then he was able to retreat with his whole body, who has the ability to do this?" ”