() "Huh? Encircle! The people, who had been very happy just now, were shocked by Du May's words.

A fifteen or sixteen-year-old boy was washing dishes, and when he heard the news, his hand slipped, and a bowl was about to fall to the ground.

The frightened man took the bowl, rolled his throat a few times, opened his mouth, and finally said nothing, hung his head in frustration, and Lin Dai patted him on the shoulder comfortingly.

"Who is so ruthless, to use so many people, what hatred is this, you have to die!" A fat cook who was sharpening his knife said indignantly.

"Now the situation is urgent, it is useless to say this, this matter started because of me, everyone is born and raised by parents, there are wives and children, you just have to run for your life, my affairs must not affect you in vain!" Du Mei bit her lip and shook her head.

"Dongjia, our Lin family brothers don't leave, you are born, and then we are born, if you die, we will die on your behalf first!" Lin Zheng stood beside Du Mei, straightened his waist and said.

Then, he turned to the others and saluted: "Brothers, our Lin family has received too much favor from the owner, and we can't pay it back in this life. ”

"No, no, no, everyone go, this is my restaurant, as long as I stay here, I can attract the enemy outside, you leave quickly, don't accompany me to lose your life in vain!" Du Mei was so anxious that he waved his hand again and again.

Murong Xi's whereabouts are uncertain, Chu Lin lacks skills, and the neighbors have all watched the fireworks party, today is only afraid of a dead end, Du Mei has already made up her mind, if she can use her own death to exchange the lives of more than 20 people present, she is willing to be like a glutton, and has no regrets.

"Brother Zheng is right, although we don't have any skills, we will cook for the rest of our lives, but we are also big men, at this time, we will leave a girl in the shopkeeper, let others kill us, and escape with our own lives, this is to live, and I don't have the face to go back to Huizhou to see the owner!" The fat cook raised the kitchen knife in his hand and threw it on the cutting board.

"If you want me to say, it must be the scheming King of Shu who is a ghost, he has repeatedly beaten our Mei Ji's idea, and at this time the dog jumped over the wall in a hurry, and he actually came to kill people!"

"I have long seen that others look like dogs, and they are not good people!"

"Yes, yes, yes, fight with his motherfucker!"

……

The cook and the guys were so angry that no one wanted to leave, and they vowed to live and die with Du Mei, and Du Mei was so grateful that he burst into tears!

"Shopkeeper Dong?" Du Mei looked at Dong Chang with inquiring eyes.

"Owner, you think too simply, there are eggs under the nest? We are surrounded, don't say you, even us, we have long been unable to get out of this gate, just afraid that if one goes out, one will be shot, we can only resist desperately, waiting for the rescue This way can be taken! Dong Chang was the oldest person in the room, he said calmly.

"That's right, it's a big deal!"

"Killing one is enough, killing two is profitable!"

……

After listening to Dong Chang's words, everyone's eyes were red, and they became more and more determined in their attitude just now, and they simply held the determination to kill themselves.

"Everyone is tired by me, and now I am trapped here and life and death are uncertain, I thank you for your support, but we can't fight hard, I see them standing still at this time, probably trying to take advantage of the sound of fireworks, and kill them unconsciously, there is still some time before the end of the unitary time, let's prepare separately first."

Tianyi, you go and collect all the beans, soybeans, red beans, and mung beans. Lin Zheng, you take someone to carry the oil in the kitchen

In the front hall, Lin Qi and Lin Ao went to move all the wine from the cellar and put it into a small wine jar, and the others ground the dried chili peppers and peppercorns in the kitchen into powder, and the salt was also prepared. Du Mei wiped the corners of his eyes and ordered in an orderly manner.

She was ready to die today, but these people who accompanied her to endure hardships and laugh with her still firmly chose to accompany her to face the most dangerous test, so she must do her best to keep them alive!

"What do I do?" Everyone dispersed, and Lin Dai asked.

"You are Uncle Yong's only son, no matter what happens at that time, you have to keep yourself, you know if you don't!" Du Mei's eyes were red, and she felt guilty in her heart, this boy followed her, he was wrongfully imprisoned before, and now he is in danger again, and he really hasn't had a few days of comfortable life!

"What you can do, I can do too!" When Lin Dai heard this, tears flowed out, he was a boy after all, he didn't want to cry in front of Du Mei, so he ran directly to the kitchen to help.

Du Mei gathered all the tablecloths, lowered his head and tore them into forty or fifty strips one foot wide, and tore the rest a little thinner.

"Is there anything else to prepare?" Dong Chang stood by to help.

"Go to the back hall and bring the medicine box and needlework basket." Du Mei thought for a moment and said.

After a while, Dong Chang brought both things, and hugged a few quilts for winter.

"This is good, tear all the cotton wool open, and absorb the oil for a while." Du Mei nodded.

Dong Chang knelt on the ground and tore cotton wool, while Du Mei quickly sewed strips of cloth into a cloth bag that could be tied around her waist, and she moved very fast, sewing about twenty in a while.

"The beans are all here, and there are more than half a bag."

"The peppers and peppercorns are all ground."

"Two barrels of oil have been moved, and there is also a barrel of cottonseed oil for lighting."

"The wine is ready, too."

Everyone gathered in the front hall, and every time they did something, they came to report to Du May.

"Okay, everyone listen to me, in the kitchen, first mix the chili pepper and pepper salt according to the recipe of 721, and then each person will put a bag on his body, and when the enemy is close, take advantage of his unpreparedness, sprinkle it on his eyes, nose, and face, of course, in order to protect himself, everyone must wear this in advance." Du Mei handed the cloth bag to the cook and divided it among everyone, so that they could tie it around their necks first.

"Lin Zheng led people to block the gate with tables and chairs, and the barrel of cottonseed oil, you hang it to the gate. The others stuffed the jars with rags of cotton, half on the first and second floors. As for the two barrels of oil, one bucket was carried up to the second floor, and the other bucket was put in the courtyard, and the broken cotton was soaked up enough oil and spread it a step away from the courtyard wall. Dumay said, pointing here and there.

"Okay, we got it." After listening carefully, everyone hurriedly dispersed and went their own way.

"Boss, you're going to use fire." Dong Chang, who was tearing cotton wool, already knew her intentions from her words.

"Shopkeeper Dong, our group of people can only cook, no one will make a gun stick, if only a few of us, we can't beat those with knives and arrows, we are trapped here, and we can't go out to deliver letters, only use the smoke of the fire, to call the police to the patrol camp, I hope they can find out as soon as possible, and come to rescue everyone quickly." Du Mei said with a calm face.

"But it's a dry day, I'm just afraid of ......" Dong Chang looked up at the roof of the restaurant.

"At this time, the life and death of so many people are at stake, and I can't control so much!" Du Mei knew what he meant, but he didn't

Didn't say it.

Mei Ji has today's grand occasion and has poured too much effort into her, this is her restaurant, and it is also Ye Dan, Song Jiu, and Fengxian, but at the moment, she has no time to take care of it, she thinks they won't blame her for the last resort decision she made today.

"I just went to the back hall and saw two pigeons there, and we can use them to deliver letters." Dong Chang said in a low voice.

"There are people in ambush all around us, not to mention pigeons, even if a fly flies, they will also kill them mercilessly." Dume shook his head hopelessly.

"We should always try, when the restaurant is burning and smoking, it will take at least half an hour, there is no wind at all today, and if we want to patrol the Beijing camp to find out, I am afraid that it will delay more time." Dong Chang said with deep concern.

Du Mei saw that what he said made sense, so he nodded, turned to Lin Dai, who was carrying firewood upstairs, and said, "Lin Dai, you go and light the lamp in the back hall, and by the way, bring the pigeon cage." ”

"Okay." Lin Dai answered and ran quickly.

Du Mei turned around and wrote two notes on the counter, rolling them up thinly.

"Owner, give!" Lin Dai ran back in one breath and put the pigeon cage on the ground.

"You will hide on the third floor with the pigeon cage in a while, and when the enemy will attack, you will release the pigeon, do you hear!" Du Mei shoved the note into a small bamboo tube on the pigeon's leg and admonished.

"No, it's better for the owner to go up and hide!" Lin Dai was almost crying.

"What you do is also important! Whether we will be saved sooner depends on whether the pigeon can fly out safely to report the news! Du Mei shook his shoulder hard.

Lin Dai looked at Du Mei with red eyes, and then at Dong Chang, who nodded solemnly at him, he raised his sleeves and wiped his face carelessly, and lifted the pigeon cage and went upstairs.

"Boss, we're all set." Lin Zheng ran over and handed Du Mei a fire fold and a bag of chili powder.

The cooks and men also gathered around, with cloth bags tied around their waists, strips of cloth around their necks, and all kinds of kitchen knives, axes for chopping wood, flat poles for carrying water, and only an iron spoon.

"Okay, there is not much time, I will finally say, when everyone moves, we must be in a group of two or three people, and take care of each other, now the gate has resisted, and we can hold on for a while, and the wall of the courtyard behind us is not blocked, the enemy is easy to attack, once they jump into the courtyard, you listen to my command, throw out the burning wine jar together, the ground has been covered with oil cotton wool, just a little bit.

If the gate is breached, they will be slipped by beans and cottonseed oil first, and we will take the opportunity to quickly retreat to the second floor and continue to throw the fire wine jar downward, so that they will be defenseless, and there will inevitably be many dead and wounded, so that they will reduce their manpower in the frontal confrontation, which will be beneficial to us.

There is only one entrance to our second floor, which is easy to defend and difficult to attack, as long as you try to hold it for half an hour, the rescuers will ......"

Before Du Mei's words were finished, there was a sound of "bang" and "bang" in the distance.

Everyone involuntarily turned their heads to look, and the dark night sky was instantly lit up by colorful lights, and the fireworks show began!

"Everyone be careful!" After Du Mei finished the last sentence, she quickly picked up the fire fold, tied the chili bag, and ran to observe the situation in the courtyard.

There was a loud bang on the door of the antechamber, and ten stacked tables and chairs shook. And seven or eight black-clothed masked men flew silently like ghosts on the walls on both sides of the backyard, if it weren't for the fireworks in the distance, which were as bright as day, illuminating the white feathers in their quivers, reflecting the cold light of the sword, they would have thought that they were only a part of the night!