Outside the house, lightning and thunder, drifting heavy rain, in the room, the lights are on and off, Liu Xi looked at the old man by the light, the old man's whole face was yellow, an egg-sized bag protruded from his forehead, the left eye only had the whites of the eye, and the scar on the right eye was not obvious because of the shriveled skin, and there were not a few teeth left, and they were all black, maybe he died after eating too much!

Liu Xi looked at Li Kang and found that Li Kang's face was wrong, thinking that this kid was very timid, how could he be scared like this old man when he saw him. So he kicked him under the table, and asked him in a whisper what was wrong, Li Kang motioned to Liu Xi to look at the old man's hand, Liu Xi turned his head in confusion, and suddenly his face turned pale, only to see that the old man's right hand was wrapped in cloth, revealing his index finger and middle finger, and there was no flesh and skin that was exposed, just white bones, Liu Xi looked at Li Kang, quickly communicated a few times with eye contact, and then stood up, Li Kang said: "I'm sorry old man, we have to go back, we will be worried if the teacher can't find us, If we don't go back, the teacher will punish us, and next time we say hello to the teacher, we will come back to hear your story. ”

Liu Xi and Li Kang quickly walked to the door and opened the door, at this time the old man said: "It's raining so hard outside, the road is not easy to walk, if you have an accident on the road, I will feel guilty for the rest of my life, let's stay, I will send you back tomorrow when the sky is fine, and make it clear to the teacher, and the teacher will not blame you."

Liu Xi said: "It's still not good, we are young, there will be no accidents, it's okay to get a little rain, we have fast feet, we will be there in a while, you can rest assured!"

The old man looked at them and said, "You can't be afraid, are you?" I'm a bad old man with nothing to be afraid of, I'm just ugly, and I'm not a ghost, if you go out at this time, you're likely to meet them, so stay here! The young man is still afraid of me as an ugly old man, hehe! ”

Li Kang asked, "Who are they?"

The old man walked to the door, locked it anew, and said lightly, "It's the guys who live in the mountains."

Isn't it a tomb mountain? Thinking of this, the two immediately sat down at the table, for fear that they would be caught by ghosts while still near the door. The old man couldn't help but smile when he saw his performance, the old man went into the kitchen and took two cups, poured a cup of tea for Liu Xi and Li Kang, and said, "The story is a bit long, please be patient."

Liu Xi asked, "What's the matter with your hands and eyes?"

The old man said: "It was caused by devils during the Anti-Japanese War, and the left eye was sick, so it can't be cured."

The old man picked up the cigarette gun from the table, lit it, took a deep breath, enjoyed it, then put down the cigarette gun and picked up the teacup, took a sip of tea, put down the teacup and said: "I'm going to start, it happened when I was young, it was the time when I was fighting against Japan, and a group of devils happened to come to my village, not many came, only more than a hundred, but that also scared the people of our small village half to death, and they didn't dare to go out at night, and the girl's family hid in the cellar and didn't dare to come out, for fear of being discovered by the devils, I and a person in my village came back from the field, each went home, originally we went home and there was nothing, but the devil came to the door and said that he wanted to spar, and asked us to go to the devil as a target, there is money to receive, I agreed, after all, they have a gun, but he is unwilling to go, he said that he is a good man of seven feet, why should he be a target for the devil, his name is Biaozi, he is more than one meter eight meters tall, his arms are as big as my head, and his strength is as big as a cow! When you fight with people in the field, it's called a fierce man, and a strong man who has beaten more than ten strong men can be called a cow! ”

The old man paused and said, "When the devil heard that Biaozi refused to go, he wanted to force Biaozi to go with a gun, but when he looked at Biaozi's eyes, he was suddenly frightened and trembled, and then scolded and left." But the devil often came to find trouble with Biaozi, Biaozi's father pulled Biaozi every time, not to let Biaozi retaliate, Biaozi often went to the tavern in the town to drink, and I accompanied him every time, every time he drank high will scold the devil, once was heard by the patrolling gendarmes, he beat Biaozi hard, Biaozi was drunk, and he walked unsteadily, he was knocked to the ground, and almost shot, I hurriedly used money to buy my life to save Biaozi, and knelt and kowtowed, and those gendarmes let Biaozi go, I sent the seriously injured Biaozi to see the doctor, and Biaozi's mother looked at the seriously injured Biaozi, tears kept flowing, and Biaozi's father scolded her: "The hair is long and the knowledge is short, what is it like to cry, he is not self-inflicted today, what is there to cry about." Originally, Biaozi's mother didn't dare to object to Biaozi's father's words when she was at home, but when she saw Biaozi like this, she also replied: "This is not your son!" Son, now that you are like this, you still say such things, your heart is made of stones! When Biaozi's father heard this, he immediately became angry and shouted: "Why isn't it my son, I told him not to mess with devils, those devils have guns, is that what we ordinary people can afford to provoke?" He didn't listen, it's good to pick up a life now, he has been used to it since he was a child, so he now takes Lao Tzu's words as a deaf ear, and when he is better, he will be locked up at home and not allowed to go anywhere! After saying that, he left in a huff.

It's good that Biaozi has raised a handful of children at home, and originally wanted to find trouble with those devils after Biaozi got better, but before he could go out, his father stopped him and locked him in the room. I went to his house to look for him and was stopped by his father, no matter what I said, the old man just refused to let Biaozi come out, so I left, and when Biaozi's father and mother went to the fields to farm, I secretly went to Biaozi's house and asked Biaozi where the key might be, Biaozi said that his father liked to hide valuables near the bed, I found the key under Biaozi's father's pillow, released Biaozi, and went out to drink with Biaozi. At night, Biaozi slept at my house, and his father came to look for him, and I said that Biaozi had gone out again, and said that Biaozi said that it was better to stay here and be angry, and Biaozi's father was deceived by me.

A few days later, a girl in my village was found hiding in the cellar, but the next night she was ruined by the devils, and hanged herself under a bridge in the village, which had killed many people before, and was haunted, and the old people in the village thought that the girl died there to become a ghost to take revenge, so they did not dare to go there at night.

On this day, Biaozi and I were drinking in the tavern as usual, and I talked to Biaozi about it, and Biaozi said, "Damn the devil, I really want to kill them all, but I can't beat the rifle empty-handed!" If I didn't have a gun, I could have slaughtered them and avenged the girl."

"Yo-yo, who is this? What a breath! One slaughtered all of them, who wouldn't brag about it! One dressed in a long robe, wearing a black hat, and a pair of triangular eyes revealed a sinister and cunning gaze, staring at the two of us and saying, "You have the ability to go!" If you dare to go, I'll give you fifty oceans, how about it? ”

"Just go, you don't ask who my biaozi is! If you're still afraid of this, you can prepare money! Within three days, the devil's head will be taken. ”

"Don't be impulsive, you have to think clearly, if you run away when the time comes, what will happen to your parents?" I said hurriedly.

"You can rest assured, I will help take care of his parents, and I will not put your parents in danger." The man said.

I wondered in my heart, I had never seen this person before, I knew everyone in this area, I had never seen him, could he be a spy! deliberately framed Biaozi and asked Biaozi to send him to death, when I thought of this, I asked, "You can't be a spy, right?" I've never seen you in this bag, huh? ”

"Huh! If you don't dare to go, you don't dare to go, what excuse do you make! There are so many people in this area, can you guarantee that you know them all? I'm not afraid to tell you, I'm a bandit on Partridge Mountain, but now it's also an anti-Japanese team, my name is He Meng, what's the matter? Now you can believe it! The man rolled up the sleeve of his right hand to reveal his arm, which was tattooed with a partridge bird. Recently, I have been hearing about the bandits in Partridge Mountain fighting against Japan, and people have a lot of trust in these bandits.

"Biaozi, it's true." I looked at Biaozi and said, "You decide for yourself whether you want to go or not, right?" ”

"Okay, I'll go, still the same sentence, get the money ready, and if I don't get the devil's head in three days, I'll give you fifty oceans." Biaozi drank a big bowl of wine and said confidently.

"Okay, then wait for the good news! See you at the tavern in three days! He Meng arched his hand at us, and then left.

"Biaozi, be careful yourself, if you want to help, just say it, remember to be clean and neat, otherwise it will be a big trouble! I'll keep an eye on that devil for you, and you go to the black market boss and buy a gun. I said to Biaozi.

Biao Zi thought for a while and said: "No need, I'll still use a knife, and if someone finds out when I buy a gun, I'll be done if I report it, let's use a knife!" ”