Chapter XXVII.1

Bai Xiaowen finally got his father's promise from his eldest uncle, Mr. Zhu, and was ready to recognize him as a son and tolerate him to return to his original state.

Bai Xiaowen began to enter the best situation of life, and he was proud. The security brigade was upgraded to a security regiment, and the two detachments that originally belonged to it were successively promoted to the first and second battalions, and the regiment was being expanded. Xiaowen was directly promoted to the commander of the first battalion, responsible for the security and defense within the city wall circle of the county, and became the commander of the Imperial Forest Army of the Zishui County Government. He bid farewell to the clerk's desk and began to be active in all corners of the county, training regiments, inspecting defenses, and handling various affairs; His majestic face was noticed by the citizens of the county, and his name was soon spread in the streets and alleys of the county; Being noticed and told is an honor in itself, showing that this man with stern eyes began to influence the socio-political and life order of Zishui......

Bai Xiaowen carefully designed and prepared the historical itinerary back to the original place, and the whole purpose was to focus on one point, to completely sweep away the disgraceful memories of him in the moats and broken kilns in the village lanes and alleys of Bailu Village with the glory of a battalion commander. Just as he was about to make the last day of his trip, a major event occurred in the county that shook the government and the opposition, the bandit leader Heiwa was captured by the security group, which was his first big victory after becoming the battalion commander, and the names of the captor Bai Xiaowen and the captured Heiwa were spread throughout the urban and rural areas of Zishui County...... The return to the original date was of course postponed.

The various activities of rescuing Heiwa and severely punishing Heiwa were carried out covertly and nervously through their respective channels, and only Bai Jiaxuan's behavior was public. Bai Jiaxuan was preparing to receive the return of his eldest son Xiaowen, when he suddenly received a letter from Xiaowen, outlining the capture of the bandit leader, the urgency of official business, and the date of having to postpone his return. Bai Jiaxuan sent off the group that delivered the letter, turned around and hung the blanket on his shoulders and prepared to go out. Xiaowu walked in the door and asked, "Where are you going?" Bai Jiaxuan said: "On the county." With that, he handed the letter to Hyo-moo. Xiaowu breathed a sigh of relief after reading it: "This is a big harm!" Turning his face and guessing, he asked, "What are you going to do in the county?" Bai Jiaxuan said: "Visit the prison." Look at Heiwa and send some food. Ask your brother again, can you let Heiwa go?" Bai Xiaowu was so surprised that he couldn't turn around, and asked in a daze: "You said you were going to visit the prison?" Deliver food to Heiwa? You want to release that bandit for a favor?" Bai Jiaxuan said steadily: "That's right." Bai Xiaowu blushed: "You forgot that your waist pole was interrupted by him?" You forgot I haven't!" Bai Jiaxuan said: "I haven't forgotten. Bai Xiaowu said: "Then you still see him save him?" Bai Jiaxuan said: "Kong Ming's seven captures and seven longitudinal Meng won what kind of belly is that?" If I can save Heiwa, Heiwa will be able to learn well this time. This is what the blind man learns. Bai Xiaowu said: "You save the black baby and let the original master laugh at you!" Bai Jiaxuan said unswervingly: "Whoever laughs at me is shallow!"

Bai Jiaxuan rushed to Bailu Academy first after dark. Mr. Zhu praised his action in rescuing Heiwa with rare passion: "Repay grievances with virtue, Brother Jiaxuan!" It doesn't matter if you save the black baby or not, just if you have this heart, this belly, and this virtue, you are as broad and deep as Bailuyuan, and you will never die!" Speaking of specific matters, Bai Jiaxuan asked his brother-in-law Mr. Zhu to try to call Xiaowen here, because Xiaowen has not gone through the formal procedure of restoring the relationship between father and son, so he has to meet in the academy first.

Mr. Zhu took a colleague to the county seat to deliver a letter to Xiaowen. Xiaowen came in a hurry after dark, and knelt down as soon as he saw his father. Bai Xiaowen giggled when he heard his father's words to save Heiwa: "Dad, you are all amazing!" As soon as you mention Heiwa, I should have urged me to deal with that scourge quickly! I didn't expect you to ......" Bai Jiaxuan said the same thing as he told Xiaowu: "A blind person can only learn well if he falls to this point." If you learn well, you are a good person. Mr. Zhu interjected to play Bai Jiaxuan's train of thought: "If you kill it, there will be one less person." Bai Xiaowen did not refuse directly, and said softly: "The above has given instructions to shoot on the spot." The bandits are not **, so they don't need to be interrogated and killed. It's useless for you to say anything, I don't have the right to kill him and release him at all. Bai Jiaxuan said eagerly: "Then is it okay for me to go to the prison to see it first?" Bai Xiaowen smiled and said, "I can't see it." No one is allowed to look at it. The twelve gangs were guarded by two people, and flies could not fly into them - to prevent his bandit brothers from robbing the prison. Bai Jiaxuan suddenly cooled down and was at a loss. Bai Xiaowen said: "Dad, I know that you have a good heart, but this matter is not as good as the things in the clan!" Go back! Before shooting Heiwa, I told him that I knew that you wanted to visit the prison and save him. Let him kid die until the yin si, and then wonder if he can live with you!"

Bai Xiaowen returned to the county seat in the dead of night, let the group with him return to the regiment headquarters, and he went straight back to Chengguan East Street. His wife pulled the latch for him, and after Bai Xiaowen entered the door, he turned around and pushed the latch again, and at this moment he was suddenly stuck by his neck and gagged his mouth. He heard the same thing happen to his wife behind him, blindfolded, then tied his arms, and then dragged him to his bedroom. Someone spoke in the dark: "I'm here to talk to you about a deal." You can first set a price for the goods you have stockpiled! If you try to drive as high as you can, I can accept it. Xiaowen understood that this was Heiwa's brother, his eyes were blindfolded, his mouth was blocked and he couldn't negotiate, and he still bent his head. The man continued, "If you are willing to send me the stockpile, the price will be as high as it is; If you don't want to send me the stockpile, I'll make it clear to you: first disemboweel this wife on your kang at the moment, I will kill one if you marry one in the future, and I will kill ten if you marry ten, you can only go to the kiln in this life, but you don't want your wife to accompany you; You left two babies in the first room, and the wife on the kang is pregnant with one in her belly, and these three born and unborn descendants are destined to be tender, and you want to stay in this life; Originally, there were seven or eight people in your old nest, and no one could escape if I wanted to kill anyone; I slowly disposed of them one by one, and finally picked up your old man; Your Lao Tzu broke his waist pole before, this time I will straighten and flatten his waist pole, and your Bai family will digest water from the snow on the plain; You're the only one left to suffer!" Bai Xiaowen was so frightened by the bloody picture described by the stranger that he trembled, and he struggled violently but still couldn't express his position. The man quietly disclosed his identity: "I'm Thumb Zheng Mang." Bai Xiaowen became even more nervous when he heard this name, and in his urgency, he finally thought of the only possible way to express his position, and fell to his feet with a thud. Zheng Mang said: "Give him a mouthful." ”

Then it became a conspiracy to rescue Heiwa by Thumb Mang Er and the white battalion commander of the security regiment. There are two plans, Xiaowen will give Heiwa a steel drill when he inspects the sentry and inspects the defense, so that he can dig the lime from the brick joints and escape by himself; Another way is to make a big move, organize a street parade, and kidnap Heiwa by Zheng Mang's territorial bandits. Both argued that the second option was a last resort and should only be taken as a last resort. Mang Er said: "If you can't see my second thumb, it doesn't count, my wife has to go to the mountains with me for a few days, and I will take care of her." ”

In the evening of the next day, Bai Xiaowen gave a thin steel brazel to Heiwa. When Heiwa caught the steel drill, the dead eyes shone with a sharp light. Bai Xiaowen had just returned to his house on East Street that night, and in the middle of the night, someone knocked on the window lattice. He opened the door, and he couldn't see his face in the dark. The man said, "I'll bring you a letter." Bai Xiaowen's heart tightened, and he went into the house to open the envelope under the lamp, thinking that it was brought by the bandit leader Zheng Mang, but it was Lu Zhaopeng's handwritten letter, which also begged him to try to leave Heiwa alive. Bai Xiaowen raised his head when he saw the letter. The messenger moved two steps to the lamp, sneered and asked, "Do you still know me?" Bai Xiaowen cried out in horror: "Tailor Han?" Tailor Han said, "Please give me a reply." Bai Xiaowen said nervously: "You tell Lu Zhaopeng, let him mess with him, the more he stirs up and Heiwa will die." Han Tailor, you are also a ** molecule? If it weren't for my house today, I would have detained you. Tailor Han smiled calmly: "We are one-on-one, you are not my opponent, you don't need a gun, just a pair of scissors." Bai Xiaowen also strengthened his face: "If you are polite, don't hit the doorman, you can go!" I'm not welcome to do this next time. Tailor Han said: "Lu Zhaopeng is also very righteous. Heiwa just had a few days with him in the agricultural cooperative, and then he stopped following him, but he still wanted to save his life. If you give me a reply, I'll leave. Bai Xiaowen calmed down and repeated what he just said: "You are messing around." The more you stir up the black baby, the faster it will die. What else do you have to say? Let's go!"

The news of Heiwa's escape from prison was even bigger than the sensation caused by the seizure of Heiwa in the county. The hole in the wall dug by Heiwa penetrated an oval circle of light into the dark cell, which was repeatedly inspected and pondered by military and political commanders at all levels, but no one suspected Bai Xiaowen, because Heiwa was captured by a battalion led by Bai Xiaowen. Bai Xiaowen severely tortured the food delivery group members who were standing guard according to the method that had been planned for a long time, because only they could approach the black baby on death row. The reason is very simple, the more severe the torture, the safer he is, and finally beat a meal delivery group member couldn't bear it and confessed falsely. Bai Xiaowen consulted the head of the security regiment, Zhang, and asked someone to pull out the dying Qu Death Ghost Tuan Ding and bury it, and this incident gradually disappeared from his memory.

In the dead of night one day, Bai Xiaowen suddenly heard the silent call of his wife under the window, and after he hurriedly opened the door, he almost tripped over something and somersaulted. He helped his wife in the door, and when he looked under the lamp, he was very relieved that she was as good as ever, but he could not help but say, "You have suffered." The wife said lightly: "They are still righteous." "The bandits who sent his wife back first climbed over the wall and then opened the street door and left. Bai Xiaowen went to check the wooden latch of the street door, and when he returned to the door, he saw a bag that had tripped over his feet; When I picked it up, it turned out to be an intact mountain animal skin tube, and when I went to the lamp to untie the piercing, it contained a full of hard oceans. The wife said, "After Heiwa went back, they treated me very respectfully, and Heiwa kowtowed to me three times. Bai Xiaowen said: "If Heiwa can't go back, you won't be able to come back!" The wife said, "Heiwa asked me to give you a word, saying that he has written off his grievances with you." Bai Xiaowen's heart was shocked, and he breathed a deep sigh of relief in an instant, the high-spirited capture of the black baby and the tension of releasing the black baby all disappeared, and more importantly, the ice released an injustice that could not be resolved. The kind of relationship between him and Xiao'e, Heiwa has already let out the wind that she wants to kill him to sacrifice Xiao'e. At this point, Bai Xiaowen couldn't figure out how much benefit he had gained from this incident. He pulled out a bottle of wine from the cupboard and said, "Drink a cup to catch your wind." The two of them took a sip of wine, and Bai Xiaowen said in a relaxed and comfortable tone after completely relieving the burden: "We have to prepare to go back to the original matter!"

In order to be foolproof, Bai Xiaowen performed a resignation drama the next day. He changed into a casual dress with a robe and a top hat, neatly folded the military uniform with the battalion commander's rank mark, walked straight into Commander Zhang's room, held the military uniform with both hands, took off the short gun at his waist and rested it on the military uniform, presented it on the table together, and bowed deeply to Commander Zhang. Head Zhang looked at his pious actions and asked inexplicably, "What are you doing here?" Bai Xiaowen said: "It's been in vain for your cultivation. Gross dereliction of duty - I resign. That's all there can be. Head Zhang shook his head and said dissatisfiedly: "How can you do this? Is it the little doll's temper, or the scholar's temper?" Bai Xiaowen was more sincere: "Shameless to face the people of this county. Head Zhang said: "No one blames you!" Secretary Yue and County Magistrate Hou didn't say that you were derelict in your duties!" Bai Xiaowen shook his head uncomfortably and said, "I have no place to be ashamed!" Head Zhang smiled: "I just picked you up, waiting for you to contribute, do you want to leave?" Well, according to you, I'm going to have to resign!" Bai Xiaowen didn't expect that this action would cause the sensitivity of the head of the regiment, so he said euphemistically: "To tell the truth, I want to take responsibility, and others will no longer talk to you about ......" The head of the regiment Zhang was moved, so he stood up, picked up the pistol, tossed it twice in the palm of his hand and handed it to Xiaowen, and said: "Take off your robe, put on the regimental uniform, let's go out for a walk." This is a mess that makes people jump over the wall!" Bai Xiaowen burst into tears.