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"Big brother, it's me!"

Tian Zhenggang saw that it was Wu Ming who was holding a gun to his head, and he was busy shouting.

The muzzle of the gun was still on Tian Zhenggang's eyebrows, Wu Ming's hand holding the gun was very steady, his face was blue and his eyes were cold, he stared at Tian Zhenggang's eyes for a while, slowly put away the gun and said with a bitter smile: "I'm sorry Zhenggang, the eldest brother escaped by luck in the sneak attack and encirclement of dozens of officers and soldiers, and now he is still frightened, he thought of running for his life, but found that he didn't eat, drink or entangle, so he could only come back quietly to get something, and you came just about to leave." ”

The suspicion in Tian Zhenggang's heart was confirmed, and he was also frightened, and strode forward to hold Wu Ming's hand: "Big brother, tell me what's wrong?" Why do those people in the county guard regiment and the Chen Mansion in Huanggu Town want to arrest you? You're really**? ”

"Huanggu Town Chen Mansion?"

Wu Ming raised his eyebrows, slowly sat down on the stone at the entrance of the cave, picked up the jerky thrown next to the stone and continued to put it in his mouth, chewed two mouthfuls and suddenly stood up: "Zhenggang, you just said that it was the security team and the people of the Chen Mansion who arrested me, right?" How do you know that there are people from the Chen Mansion in Ludao? ”

"I often go to the town to catch up with the market to sell mountain goods, I know those nursing masters and family members in Chen's house, although I stand far away, but I can see clearly, the person who leads the team is Chen's housekeeper Wang, and it won't be wrong."

After Tian Zhenggang finished speaking, he looked at Wu Ming worriedly: "Big brother, early this morning, I heard crackling guns on the mountain, which scared the dogs in the whole village to bark. I was so worried that I was terrible, and then I saw that the housekeeper of Chen Mansion Wang led people down the mountain and left in a hurry, and then dozens of people from the garrison regiment also went down the mountain, one by one with a black face, obviously didn't get anything, I felt better, but the dozen officers and soldiers guarding the crossing were still there, thinking about it, I still didn't feel at ease, so I ran up to take a look, I didn't expect to see you, big brother, the county's wanted notices have been posted to our village, saying that your name is Wu Shan, you are a red bandit, and you also said that you did the killing of two ** officers before the Spring Festival, Isn't it? ”

Wu Ming's heart shook greatly, and he pulled Tian Zhenggang over and sat down together: "What else did you hear?" ”

Tian Zhenggang thought for a while and replied: "The two officers and soldiers who came to give the order also said that you also had a part in the red bandits' attack on the county seat last August, killing and wounding dozens of officers and soldiers, robbing the county magistrate and the rich gentry of their money, and setting fire to the county government and more than a dozen courtyards. ”

Wu Ming fell silent after hearing this, thought for a moment and nodded heavily: "I see, I understand!" ”

"Big brother, what do you understand?" Tian Zhenggang asked eagerly.

"Got a lot of things."

Wu Ming sighed, looked into the distance and whispered: "Zhenggang, in August last year, there was a woman surnamed Wu in Wujia Village, west of Huanggu Town, who was hit and killed by the housekeeper of Chen's house. ”

"I've heard of it, it's spread all over the country, alas! At that time, everyone in the village was talking about this matter in private, and the widow surnamed Wu and her son were miserable enough, pitiful! We are more than 20 miles away from Tianjia Village, and we usually have no contact with each other across the mountains, and we don't know whose family is suffering from the disaster. ”

Tian Zhenggang suddenly looked at Wu Ming in surprise: "Big brother, you, you ......"

Wu Ming nodded: "That's right, it's me, at that time, I couldn't take revenge but was caught, the second young master of the Chen family led people to beat me, and before dawn, I was escorted into the county town and thrown into the prison, and the guards in the prison broke my left arm, my head was cracked four times, and my whole body was injured and killed, fortunately, two well-wishers in the prison reached out to help, and I was able to save my life, and then the ** Red Guards suddenly entered the county, released me, and let me follow a group of people to flee north, I didn't expect the officers and soldiers of the security regiment to come quickly, and caught up from behind overnight, When I was shooting, I accidentally fell into the stone pit on the side of the road and fainted, but I escaped, and everyone I was with was killed and cut off my head, and when I woke up the next morning, I climbed out of the pit and only had one breath left, and the Taoist of the Prayer Truth Temple happened to go down the mountain to buy, and when he saw me, he carried me back, saved my life and healed my injuries, and I stayed on the mountain like this. ”

Tian Zhenggang heard that his eyes were wide open and his mouth was open, and he looked at Wu Ming who was gritting his teeth blankly, and he couldn't say a word.

Wu Ming paused for a moment, with a wry smile on his face: "Zhenggang, I'm not a **, let alone a bandit, but those two Nanchang officers were indeed killed by me, the reason why I killed them was because they did evil in the broken temple more than ten miles north of the city, that day happened to be the day when the two brothers in your village were buried, I also drank with you at noon, after eating, I went into the city alone to buy things, and on the way back, I met two officers who robbed the people's daughters, and they kidnapped the two women into the broken temple north of the fork in the road to do evil, I didn't think much about it. One of them was stoned to death while they were taking off their pants, and the other was torn off by me and quietly returned to the hill with their guns, and that's how it happened, and I don't regret it until now. ”

"So, the gun that my eldest brother gave me was brought back from those two officers?" Tian Zhenggang finally understood.

Wu Ming nodded: "Yes, if you are afraid, bury the gun quietly, and no one will find out about you." ”

"Big brother, what are you talking about? You look down on me! Tian Zhenggang stood up, his face flushed with excitement.

"How can I look down on you? If I looked down on you, I would tell you this? ”

After Wu Ming finished speaking, he stretched out his hand and pulled Tian Zhenggang to sit down: "Zhenggang, you are different from me, there are a lot of people in your family, old and young, if something happens, how can you be worthy of your family?" And I'm different, I stand up and lie down, even if I break the sky, it's a person's business, understand? If you still recognize me as a big brother, go home quickly, I have to leave too, this place is not safe, I don't know when the officers and soldiers will come again, if God opens his eyes and let me escape smoothly, our brothers will always meet one day in the future. ”

"Nope! Big brother, if you want to go, I'll go with you, you are not an outlaw as they say, you are a man who stands up to the sky, and you are the benefactor of my Lao Tian family! Besides, all the crossings under the mountain are full of officers and soldiers, and you can't go out if you don't know the way. Tian Zhenggang took Wu Ming's hand and stood up, glaring at Wu Ming angrily.

Wu Ming looked around and scolded in a low voice: "Why are you calling so loud?" Brainless! If you don't want to affect your family, hurry up, I'm familiar with this area, I don't need your help, spend some effort to climb over the back mountain, go down there is a way to live, that piece of manglin is ten miles away, there is no ghost, after the Qingshui River to the east more than 20 miles is the stone ridge, my home is under the ridge, along the mountain road to the north, is the mountains stretch Sanqing Mountain, does not belong to Shangrao Guan, even if they want to manage it, then I will go north to Anhui or east to Zhejiang, or to the west dozens of miles to Dexing County, as I go, Who can do what to me? ”

"However, you are alone, if you encounter something again, you can't take care of it!" Tian Zhenggang's face was full of reluctance, so anxious that tears poured out, and the strong brotherhood was fully revealed.

Wu Ming patted Tian Zhenggang on the shoulder, and was very moved in his heart: "Zhenggang, good brother, don't worry about big brother, you also know that the big brother's marksmanship is secondary, but his fist and foot skills are no worse than yours, there is still a German-made on his body, and there are eight bullets left, which is enough for self-defense." In addition, the eldest brother can write and calculate, and he can speak official language, and he is not afraid to travel all over the world, but he is still afraid of this mountain road? You go home and live a good life, and in the future you will have the opportunity to go out and mix up your personal appearance, and one day our brothers will meet again, and my eldest brother remembers that I owe you a pair of military leather shoes. ”

"Big brother......" Tian Zhenggang couldn't help crying.

Wu Ming touched his sour nose, walked into the cave and took out a small burden on his back, put his arm around Tian Zhenggang's shoulders and sent him to the stream.

Tian Zhenggang quickly wiped away his tears, turned around and strode towards the mountain, Wu Ming shook his head and followed quickly, climbed up the mountain beam to the steep pass down the mountain, and dragged Tian Zhenggang, who was going down, to persuade him, and left alone under Tian Zhenggang's tearful eyes.

Tian Zhenggang stood on the mountain beam in a daze, until he couldn't see Wu Ming's figure, he looked back frequently, he didn't know the pain after falling twice, his mind was full of sounds and smiles with Wu Ming, and not long after he walked down the mountain gate in a daze, he couldn't help but shed sad tears again.

At this time, Tian Zhenggang was only worried about how Wu Ming would escape, worried about what year and month he would be able to get together with this amiable and respectable big brother, where did he think about it, the eldest brother in his heart was not as calm and open-minded as he looked on the outside, nor did he tell him the truth, not only did not escape as soon as possible, but under the anger, he began a bold revenge.

At night, Wu Ming, who had trekked more than 50 miles over the mountains and mountains, finally came to Stone Ridge, he carefully followed the detour at the foot of the mountain, walked across the single-plank bridge and climbed the mountain pass, and looked back at the familiar village with mixed feelings.

In the remaining twilight, a few wisps of cooking smoke rose from the sky above several low grass houses, and the home of his memory not far away was now a crumbling wall.

Wu Ming looked south, his eyes crossed the river, and the tomb containing sorrow was faintly visible under the hillside, and the remaining paper flags inserted on the tomb fluttered in the wind, showing loneliness. Wu Ming's lips squirmed slightly, as if he was saying goodbye, and as if he was muttering unconsciously, even he couldn't tell his feelings at this time.

Standing for a long time, Wu Ming tightened the burden belt in front of him, took a deep breath and continued to walk eastward, walking down the mountain col for three miles, he slowed down his pace and looked ahead vigilantly.

In the night, the ancient Huanggu town is lit up, the semi-circular moon hangs under the deep sky, the night breeze in early spring is still cold, and only the rustle of the wind blows the grass and trees from time to time.

By the moonlight, Wu Ming quickly left the road, walked slowly among the weeds and trees on the side of the road, and turned the small river bend and immediately saw the dazzling horse lights at the intersection of the west of the town.

Under the light 100 meters away, two officers and soldiers wearing cotton jackets and rifles on their shoulders stood beside a carriage and talked loudly to the Chen family who brought food and soju, and the family loudly begged and said that the county magistrate Wang was coming, and the Wang steward was holding a banquet to entertain several chiefs of the security regiment, and the more than 30 brothers stationed in the town had food and drink, and no one in the Chen family had forgotten the brothers who were guarding outside the town.

Wu Ming stopped in the tall grass, knelt on one leg and listened intently, carefully observing and waiting patiently through the decaying thatch.

After the two family members finished delivering their things, they drove back to the town in a carriage, and the two officers and soldiers returned to the grass hut at the crossing, drinking and eating meat leisurely and talking in a low voice, not taking the task of guarding the blockade seriously at all.

The time has come, Wu Ming bent down step by step, quietly approached the grass shed with the cover of the grass and trees, stopped again more than 20 meters away from the grass shed, observed for a moment and quickly drilled out of the bushes to cross the road, squatted under the roadbed to hide his figure, heard the two people in the grass shed were still talking about the chief, then tiptoe to the grass shed, and prostrate behind the arbor less than five meters away from the grass shed, motionless waiting for the opportunity.