As the minutes passed, the two officers and men were full of wine and food, grabbed a few bundles of dry straw and spread them on the leeward place, burped their rifles and put them aside, took out their cigarettes and put them on fire, and lazily lay down with their cigarettes, discussing weakly that they would have to stay up in the cold wind and rain for a few days before returning to the city.

In less than ten minutes, one of the two officers and soldiers snored, and the other was so noisy that he couldn't sleep, he got up with a low complaint, put on a cotton jacket and walked out of the grass hut with one foot high and one foot low, stood under the bright horse lamp, unbuttoned his pants and took out the guy, groaned and shot out a curved column of water, and the heavy smell of urine suddenly drifted away with the wind.

The cold wind hit, the little soldier pinched the crotch and shook the guy a few times, shivered and quickly stuffed the guy into the crotch, tightened the belt and was just about to turn around, a thick arm had been silently strangled on his neck, and a huge amount of force followed, "click" A crisp sound, the little soldier's eyes suddenly stiffened, his frightened face twisted to his back, and his spasmodic limbs lost his vitality after a few futile swings in the cold wind.

Wu Ming held his breath, slowly put the corpse in his arms on the ground, looked back at the sleeping officers and soldiers in the grass shed, carefully pulled out the spear on the belt of the corpse, turned around and walked into the grass shed, quietly came to the sleeping officers and soldiers, stretched out his left hand and suddenly clasped the neck of the officers and soldiers, knelt down the chest of the officers and soldiers, and the bayonet in his right hand was across the bridge of the nose of the desperately struggling officers and soldiers.

The officers and soldiers who were pressed under him were so frightened that they were scattered, the sharp bayonet blade cut through the tip of his nose during the struggle, the blood instantly stained half of his face red, and the severe pain made him quickly wake up, stop the useless struggle, spread out his hands that had lost his strength, looked at the knife that slowly moved to his eyelids in horror, he didn't dare to breathe with his mouth open, his whole body trembled and he completely lost his courage.

Wu Ming let go of the hand that was clasped around the neck of the officer and soldier, picked up the rifle on the side and stood up: "Lao Tzu is the person you want to arrest, I advise you not to try to resist, your companion is dead, the corpse is outside, if you are disgusted with life, move a few times, Lao Tzu doesn't mind killing one more." ”

After Wu Ming finished speaking, he sat on the grass pile in the middle with a big grin, put the rifle by his side, dragged the wooden board in the middle, raised the knife and stabbed the big sea bowl on the wooden board, picked up a large piece of fat pork with oil, looked at it and stuffed it into his mouth, "Let's da, da" and chewed it, so frightened that the officers and soldiers on the grass were stunned, and the crotch of his pants was hot and suddenly wet.

"What the hell, you dare to wear this military uniform like this? Lao Tzu has no grudges with you in the past, and I don't want to kill you, but you be honest, otherwise don't blame me for being ruthless! Stand up slowly, untie your belt and trouser belt, as well as the bullet pouch and bayonet, and carefully place it in the open space in front of Lao Tzu. Wu Ming didn't even look at the officers and soldiers, and once again picked up a large piece of cold pork with a bayonet and ate it, and after seven or eight hours of climbing over the mountains and mountains, he was really hungry.

Wu Ming's appearance fell into the eyes of this soulless officer and soldier, and turned into a fierce murderous aura and a domineering aura that defied everything, he didn't care about wiping off the blood stains on his face and quickly got up, tremblingly untied his belt and trouser pockets, and when he was finished, he bowed his waist to tidy up the things that had been untied and put them neatly in the open space in front of Wu Wei.

"How's that bullet?" Wu Ming raised his head unhappily.

The officers and soldiers were startled, and bowed their heads under Wu Ming's cold gaze: "Just ...... That's all, 10 bullet bridges and 50 rounds, which were only fired this morning when the whole team was pulling, usually five bullets, and five bullets in the gun and in the gun, but I haven't fired a single shot! ”

"Squat!"

The officers and soldiers were startled and hurriedly squatted down, Wu Ming stuck the bayonet on the wooden board, grabbed the hay and wiped his hands: "Tell me honestly, why did you run from the county seat to this countryside to stand guard?" Why did you send someone to touch Taijin Mountain to arrest me? Say! ”

The officers and men who were so frightened that they were half dead dared to refuse, and honestly told what had happened: "Last night we were woken up in the middle of the night, saying that we had found bandits who had killed two provincial officers, and the three companies of the whole regiment were immediately sent out, and the first company blocked all the intersections under Taijin Mountain, and the third company rushed up the mountain to arrest people, and our second company was responsible for blocking the roads leading to various towns and county towns in Taijin Mountain. The other two companies continued to block the main roads around Taijin Mountain. ”

"Why don't you talk nonsense, there are only three companies in a regiment?" Wu Ming asked puzzled.

"It's four companies, one of them is a baggage company, it has never been moved in the barracks, we are a security regiment, there are only 600 people in the whole regiment, and it has just been ordered by Shangfeng to be reorganized for less than a month, and the battalion commander has not been appointed, it is estimated that there will be recruitment, hero, I said that it is all the truth, it is all the truth!" The little soldier knelt on the ground and was already in tears.

Wu Ming picked up the remaining small half bottle of wine, smelled it and drank it in one breath, threw away the empty bottle and stared at the trembling officers and soldiers: "Raise your head and look at me!" ”

"Yes, yes!" The officers and soldiers subconsciously raised their heads, their eyes met Wu Ming's murderous eyes, and they were so frightened that they immediately turned to the side.

"Who was the one who drove the carriage to bring you food and drink? What have you heard? Don't try to hide anything from me, if there is a half-truth......"

"I say I say! The little one would never dare to tell a lie, the two people who brought the meal just now were the nursing master of the old man's mansion in the town, I don't know what Lu Dao's surname is, and the accent is from the Yushan side, they said that our head of the regiment has already gotten the reward of the Chen Mansion for us in advance, and is drinking with their housekeeper...... Also, their housekeeper's surname is Wang, I heard that he is the second brother of the eldest wife of the Chen Mansion, and the eldest lady and our county magistrate Wang are cousins of the same clan, and the housekeeper calls us county magistrate Wang the fifth brother...... Also, I heard from the well-informed brothers that it was the steward of Chen Mansion Wang who went into the city to report the news, and the county magistrate Wang and our regiment commander urgently assembled the team and drove out, a good man spare my life, I am just a soldier who eats together, and I am forced to do nothing, I am also a poor man! The officers and men fell to their knees with a thud and cried with a handful of snot and tears.

"Shut up! Are there any of your sentry posts in town? ”

"No, three sentry posts are outside the town, and two more to the east and south."

"Why isn't there in the north?"

"There is a big river to the north, and there is a big mountain on the other side of the river, and it is impossible for the murderers to come from the north, and the company commander said that it will be fine, so there is no post."

"How many people are there at each sentry? How often do you change shifts? ”

"Two people, like us here, are divided into two shifts in the first half of the night and the second half of the night, and we are on duty in the first half of the night."

"Where are the other people who aren't standing guard?"

"They are all resting and waiting in the town office opposite Old Man Chen's mansion."

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