Zeng Weiguo pondered for a moment and raised his head and asked the fifth master: "Fifth master, if you go to Yanggao or Huai'an, which one is better?"

The fifth master said: "To go to Yanggao, you have to bypass Wolf Mountain, and go to Huai'an to go down the mountain all the way, although it is sixty miles away, it must be easy to walk down the mountain."

Li Xiao said: "I suggest going to Huai'an, Yanggao has just fallen, and I don't know if the railway station is open to traffic, if there is no car, we can only sit in the sleepy city."

Zeng Weiguo nodded and ordered: "Everyone prepare, go to Huai'an immediately."

The fifth master was anxious when he heard it, and said: "Don't do it, there are all people guarding this road during the day, and the investigation can be strict, you go out, you don't have to look, just listen to the words and let people arrest them, no matter how fast this little beast runs, it will take more than half a day to go back and forth, you might as well copy the path in the dark, and I will let the pillar lead the way for you."

Zeng Weiguo looked at Li Xiao, the two of them made eye contact, nodded and said: "Okay, but from now on, except for the fifth master, no one is allowed to leave this room before dark, and I also ask the fifth master to send someone to keep an eye on the outside of the fort, once there is any trouble, notify you."

The fifth master agreed and went out to call someone.

As soon as the fifth master left, Zeng Weiguo looked at me, turned around and asked the second master: "Is he okay?"

The second master said: "It's okay, this kind of thing will be fine for a long time, and it will be ..... seven years after the end."

Zeng Weiguo interrupted him and shouted: "I'm asking about his injuries"!

The second master shook his head and pointed at Li Xiao on the side with his chin, Li Xiao came over to check it roughly, and said, "It's okay, the wound is basically healing, and no one has found any abnormality."

Zeng Weiguo sat on the kang with his head down and sighed heavily, and there was no sound in the room.

After about an hour, the fifth master personally brought us a meal with a basket, a pot of boiled vegetables, a pot of wotou, a big bowl of radish skin pickles, the second master saw the meat in the boiled vegetables, he couldn't close his mouth happily, stuffed it into his mouth, and sucked it hot, except for him, everyone else had no appetite, the fifth master sighed and looked at Zeng Weiguo, wanted to say something, opened his mouth a few times and didn't say it, and finally left with his head down.

After eating, the second master fell asleep leaning against the corner. From the night before yesterday to now, I also leaned back in the chair and fell asleep, half-asleep and half-awake when I heard someone arguing, although the sound was very loud, but I couldn't hear what was arguing, I wanted to open my eyes, my eyelids were heavy as if they were filled with lead, and I struggled for a long time and finally gave up.

When I was woken up by Li Xiao, it was almost dusk, the door was wide open, there were only me and him in the room, he looked at me with a serious expression, and said in a low voice: "Let's go", I walked out without looking back, I stretched my waist and slowly moved out of the house, only to see that the courtyard outside the house was full of men, women and children in the fort, the fifth master and Zeng Weiguo were standing in the front, and a small table was placed in front of them.

Everyone stared at me in unison, I was hairy when I was seen, and walked quickly to the second master and asked in a whisper: "What's the situation"?

The second master whispered: "When we were sleeping, the little beast of the fifth master came back, saying that the Japanese were sending troops to come here, and they wanted to pick up the fifth master, and the fifth master beat him away, and now the Japanese have arrived at the bottom of the mountain, and I heard that there are two truckloads of people coming, and it seems that this time it is more auspicious."

At this time, the fifth master choked, he said: "Folks, the unassuming brute has attracted the widows, and it has affected everyone, and there are dozens of oceans here, everyone is divided, and they will run for their lives, it is the people who have harmed everyone, the fort, and the fifth man of the gold has made amends to everyone"!

After speaking, the fifth master fell to the ground with a poof, the pillar hurriedly ran over to help, and was pushed aside by the fifth master, "dong dong dong", three rings, the whole yard was silent, everyone looked at him silently, kowtowed and stood up, the fifth master said: "Everyone come to lead the ocean."

An old lady standing in the front row took a step forward with a crutch and said to the fifth master: "Little fifth son, do you still worship Grandpa Qi"?

Hearing this, the fifth master was stunned for a moment, and nodded inexplicably.

The old lady said again: "Then you are still a member of the Qi family's army"?

When the fifth master heard this, tears appeared in his eyes, and he nodded again, the old lady moved tremblingly in front of the fifth master, raised her hand and slapped the fifth master fiercely, and the fifth master quickly knelt on the ground, and did not dare to raise his head.

The old lady said: "Since the Qi family army became an army in the Ming Dynasty, it has been a hundred, fighting in the south and the north, and millions of ghosts under the knife. Now that the Woko are back, you actually asked everyone to give up the fort and run? Phew, have you forgotten what this fort was built for? You eggless thing."

The more the old lady spoke, the more angry she became, picked up her crutches, and hit the fifth master with her head and face, and the fifth master knelt there with his head down and wept, motionless.

A few of them young people hurriedly stepped forward and helped the old lady down, and a few people helped up the fifth master, the fifth master wiped his face with his sleeve, took a deep breath, picked up a stack of oceans on the table, arranged them neatly on the table one by one, looked up at everyone and said: "Put the ocean here, who wants to go, take it yourself, the old five people have never thought of leaving, one day is the Qi family army, the ancestors have been the Qi family army for generations, this fort is built up by the ancestors a piece of adobe, and it can't be passed on to the ancestors. Even if you die, you will die here, so come and get it."

After the big guy heard what he said, no one spoke, and he turned his head silently and went home, leaving the fifth master standing there alone, the fifth master seemed to be overwhelmed by the scene in front of him, stunned for a few seconds, and turned back to the main room.

The second master and I were puzzled, and the second master asked me, "What do you mean by this?" Why don't you take the money?" I shook my head, indicating that I didn't understand it either, Zeng Weiguo came over and said, "Pack up your things, get ready to go, run with them in a while, and get out while you're messing around."

We nodded, entered the house, in fact, there was nothing to clean up, tighten our clothes and pants, the second master took a rusty pig-killing knife found out of nowhere and simply sharpened it twice, tucked it in the clothes, glanced at each other, nodded, and walked outside the fort, ready to take advantage of the chaos to escape.

After passing through the ancestral hall, the fifth master was offering incense, and in the huge ancestral hall, a thin old man stood under the statue of the god, looking very small.

After the incense, the fifth master climbed onto the altar, I had the heart to go over to help, the fifth master waved his hand to signal that he didn't need it, and took out a knife from behind the statue.

Holding the knife with trembling hands, after worshipping again, the fifth master drew the knife out of the sheath, this knife looks very ordinary, the wooden scabbard, the handle, there is not much decoration, but the knife is out of the sheath, the cold light is shining, the whole knife is very similar to the Japanese Oriental knife, but it doesn't feel right.

The fifth master said: "This waist knife is the treasure of our Qijia Fort, it is the order to build the Qi Family Fort, the legend is that this knife is built by Longquan, it is Qi Ye once used, for hundreds of years, only in the fort encountered a big thing, please come out of the knife, to judge justice, hey, this time Qijia Fort is afraid that it will not be able to keep, how to see the ancestors and ancestors."

After saying that, the old man cried bitterly, and we were all very remorseful, the matter was caused by us, and now in this situation, I really don't know what to say to the fifth master.

Zeng Weiguo took the lead in kneeling in front of the statue of Qi Ye, kowtowing to incense, we followed, and after worshipping one by one, several people walked outside the castle under the leadership of the fifth master.

This Qijiabao has an avenue leading directly to the ancestral hall, and on both sides of the avenue are branch roads composed of residential arrangements.

As we walked, people kept coming out of the side roads on both sides and following us.

The more and more people walked, and when I arrived at the city gate, I looked back and saw all the men, women, and children in the fort, holding rakes, pickaxes, shovels, and even women holding kitchen knives and rolling pins with thick arms, standing behind us with their chests up and their heads up.

The fifth master seemed to have a back eye, and shouted without looking back: "Pillar"!

The pillar ran to his side, and the fifth master ordered: "Take them out on the path behind the mountain, remember!" Don't go wrong, know wow"!

Zhu Zi said reluctantly: "I want to fight the Japanese Kou!" Let the stinky go, he will recognize it too!"

The fifth master raised his leg and hit the pillar is kick: "When is the time, go damn quickly"!

The pillar saw that the fifth master was really angry, his eyes were red, and he lowered his head and walked slowly towards us, and the fifth master shouted from behind: "Wait"!

The pillar burst into tears and ran back with a smile as if it were about to be amnesty, and the fifth master reached out and took out the stack of oceans from the pocket of his clothes: "Take it!" When I went outside, I didn't care what I was doing, I couldn't lose the face of Qijiabao"!

The pillar is dead or alive, the fifth master glared, the pillar had to put the money into his pocket, turned around and walked in the opposite direction with us, walked about a dozen steps, suddenly turned around, knelt down in the direction of the fifth master, and shouted: "Master"! , a bang on the ground, the fifth master waved his hand without replying.

From the city wall behind Qijia Fort, there is a small hole, we come out of the hole, directly is halfway up the mountain, condescending, just can see the whole picture of the fort, only to see the Japanese formed a semi-encircled search formation, has surrounded Qijia Fort.

I had a chill in my heart, if I came out a few minutes late, I was afraid we would have to be wrapped in dumplings.

And the second master looked at the formation and scolded fiercely: "Damn, dog traitor."

Zeng Weiguo whispered: "Be quiet, hide yourself, see the situation and then go"!

I understand what the second master means, judging from the formation, the Japanese know the situation of Qijiabao very well, because this formation is a live target for machine guns, and the distance between people is very small, it has reached the level of people to the extent that people are close to people, in this case, not to mention machine guns, even a grenade, it can kill several more than on the battlefield.

According to our previous dealings with the Japanese, the Japanese have very experienced tactical experience, and there is no reason to make such a low-level mistake, there is only one explanation, the Japanese know very well that Qijiabao has no firearms at all, which must be inseparable from the son of the fifth master.

The fifth master did not stay in the city, but led everyone to the outside of the city, relying on the city wall, fighting with his back to the city, the fifth master stood at the front, standing with a knife, his gray hair fluttering in the wind, like a flag, the Japanese came to the front, I didn't expect to meet such a group of ordinary people, and I was obviously startled by the scene in front of me.

The squadron leader led by the Japanese waved his hand and signaled the whole army to stop advancing, and then an interpreter ran from behind and shouted at the fifth master: "How many soldiers are there in your fort, right?" Give you a minute, hand them over, hand them over for food"!

The fifth master shouted: "Erkui"! This sound startled the Japanese soldiers on the opposite side, and the "bang" sound of pulling the bolt of the gun became a loud sound, and the squadron leader stared at the watch on his wrist, and slowly raised one hand up.

Erkui replied: "Yes"!

The fifth master asked: "Do you remember the Qi family war song that the master taught you?" ”

: "Remember"!

"Men have ambitions, fight on the battlefield, kill all the widows, protect their hometown, the Qi family is mighty, all loyal and good, invincible, and shocking all directions"!

Before he could finish singing, gunshots rang out.

The pillar wanted to shout but didn't dare to shout, his mouth was open, his face was full of tears, the second master's teeth were clattering, Zeng Weiguo turned his head and said, "Let's go, we will come back."

Li Xiao pulled the pillar, I dragged the second master, Zeng Weiguo was behind, and took advantage of the night to go straight to Huai'an County.