After a long while, Huang Zhenkun got up from the ground and wiped the blood from his mouth with his sleeve. I thought that this time it was planted, I could only have a showdown with Zhou Yizhi when I went back, Zhou Yizhi could let him and Xing Hongying go best, and I couldn't blame others if I didn't let him go, after all, it was - alas - it's a big deal to let them deal with it. He stood and closed his eyes to stabilize his mind, and was just about to leave when he suddenly heard footsteps behind him, and his heart chuckled. Slowly turned around and saw that it was Black Friday, and my heart relaxed a little. Suddenly, he saw that there were bandages wrapped in the black five's ragged coat, and he couldn't help but remember that Yu Banshan confessed that the black five was the bandit Liu Heizi, and most of the sneak attacks on him on the southern slope of Jiang Causeway that night were black five. The hatred in his heart quickly condensed, and when he looked at the nearest weapon around him, he was about three and a half meters away, and there was a * being pressed by the corpse of a military policeman.

"How? Dog traitor is unlucky? It's time for us to settle the scores, right? "Black Friday also jumped when he saw Huang Zhenkun at the beginning, and he was happy when he saw his pale face clearly.

"Broken bandits! That night in the middle of the embankment, you attacked your Huang Ye? Huang Zhenkun moved two steps towards the corpse of the gendarme as he spoke.

"Fuck! Why don't you say that you messed up Lao Tzu's business? Hei Wu rushed to the corpse of the gendarme, raised his foot and kicked the corpse over, and then kicked the gun out seven or eight meters, and said proudly, "As the old saying goes, 'take advantage of your illness to kill you' is really good, Lao Tzu will beat you to death today!" ”

"Hmph, that depends on how many catties you have."

"You'll find out soon." After Black Friday finished speaking, a hungry tiger pounced.

Huang Zhenkun felt weak at this time, and his head was also groggy. How did he know that Zhang Mingyuan used his internal strength when he was fighting, and sealed the lung and heart acupoints where he practiced and gathered qi, and it was impossible to hurt people with internal force. Seeing that Hei Wu pounced, his body tilted slightly to avoid his fists, and his right hand was clenched into a hand to attack Hei Wu's left ribs, and he suddenly found that he couldn't gather strength, so he had to turn into a fist and smash it outward. A punch without internal strength is similar to tickling a tickle on a person who has been practicing external martial arts all year round. Black Friday felt a blow under the ribs and a sudden tension in his heart when he threw himself into the air, but it was just like being pushed by an ordinary person, and he guessed that he had no strength at the same time. Hei Wu snickered, his right foot landed and then spun to make an oolong swing, and the sole of his left foot kicked Huang Zhenkun's cheek, kicking him to a 270-degree rotation and falling to the ground. followed by another trick to worship the Buddha, this is definitely a ruthless move: Huang Zhenkun's lower abdomen, who first fell to the ground with his knees, if he rolls back in the opposite direction, he will be kicked by his toes, and he will lie backwards and hit his head with his head to avoid his toes; If the opponent rolls forward worse, his elbows, fists, and forehead will form a triple blow.

Huang Zhenkun, who couldn't lift his internal strength, was choked by the fall, and his brain woke up. Thinking of being hit by Zhang Mingyuan on time just now, the back lung acupoint broke the qi, and the hot air in the heart acupoint was qigong sealing the acupoint. Looking at Hei Wu's knee-down posture, he knew that this trick was not an ordinary boy worshipping Buddha, so he gritted his teeth and decided to fight with him. In a hurry, he used Xu Hu's habitual lying fist to roll on his side to adjust the angle, and his head was exactly in the same direction behind Black Five, and he made a fall in the drunken eight immortals and hugged the altar.

As a result, Huang Zhenkun could not be seen in front of Hei Wu's knees, so he naturally smashed his back and head backwards, and his center of gravity was his head. It almost hit Huang Zhenkun's anterior sternum as expected, and the bad thing was that the two lung points were hit at the same time. Because both of them were fighting hard, they were both seriously injured in this move. Black Friday's own skills were shallow, and after he fell over, he vomited blood again and again, Huang Zhenkun's sternum was cracked, and he lay in place and couldn't move, and blood went straight out of his mouth. But he had a miserable smile on his face, glad that he was hit by a blow, and regretted that he shouldn't have been able to compete with Zhang Mingyuan, if he used a gun to protect who was lying down now.

Black Friday felt very strained when he crawled up after vomiting blood, and it was not very painful but he felt sore. But after all, I have been practicing hard skills for many years, and I know that I have suffered internal injuries. It is gratifying that he knows how much weight his head has, and he also hears that Huang Zhenkun's sternum is shattered. But looking at Huang Zhenkun's expression again, it seems that he is more injured than him, and he is about to explode. I had to climb and fight again, but he couldn't get up after tossing. At this moment, I heard a group of people coming behind me, and one of them shouted, "Don't move!" Let's move again - it's Black Friday! Finally caught you kid! ”

Hearing this, Hei Wu was shocked again, knowing that it must be the opposite. Because he didn't have the strength, he had to lie on the spot and watch, it was Lu Jiaxun. At this time, someone probed Huang Zhenkun's breath and said to Lu Jiaxun, "It's out of breath." Hei Wu felt comfortable for a while, turned over and lay on the ground and laughed: "Hahahaha, it's okay to be out of gas!" It's okay to run out of gas! Lao Tzu has finally taken revenge! Hahahaha......"

"Director, this person can't see it anymore, what should I do?" Another man with a pistol tucked in his waist asked.

"Take it back, he is the bandit Liu Heizi who kills people without blinking!" Lu Jiayu waved his hand after speaking. A few peasants came from the side, and two people set up Black Friday and let the other person carry it on their backs, and slowly walked down the slope. There were people picking up guns all over the ground, and some people were carrying Huang Zhenkun's body and following behind.

"Do you know that Lao Tzu is a bandit and bring it back? Come on! Chop off your head and do it, eat meat and open your mouth! Lao Tzu has been on the green forest road for so many years, and he expected that there would be no good fruits! Black Wu couldn't guess what the purpose of these people was taking him away, but the weakness of his body made him powerless to resist, so he could only give his heart to himself. Looking at the clothes of these people who didn't look like Huang Zhenkun's accomplices, he couldn't help but turn his head to look at Lu Jiaxun, "The surname is Lu, you, you are Zhang Mingyuan's people?" ”

"He? It's just Lao Jiang's thug. Lu Jiaxun shook his head disdainfully as he spoke. He turned his head and talked to the person with the pistol, "Let's separate when we get to the canal, I'll take Huang Zhenkun's body into the city first, and see if my brother-in-law wants to collect the funeral." You take this person to the stronghold first, let Comrade Guo treat his wounds, and send someone tomorrow morning—"

"You're an underground?" Black Friday interrupted Lu Jiaxun's words, "Hey, shouldn't you hate me?" Why are you still treating me? Come on, give me a good time, I thank you! ”

"A bandit is in such a hurry to die? Your crimes have to be publicized in front of the public! Someone next to him gritted his teeth and nodded, and when he heard the tone, he knew that he was eager to cut him with a thousand knives.

"Announce a ball! Lao Tzu mixed with the green forest, killing people and taking things is to live, and Lao Tzu himself doesn't remember how many votes he did. ”

"You kid is innocent, but you need a public trial, explain your crimes in front of the people, and your accomplices, Zhao Zhenhuan, Yu Banshan, and Ji Tang, must be punished as they deserve." Lu Jiaxun glared at Black Friday and continued to walk forward.

"You say sixth, ninth? They weren't my subordinates more than ten years ago, how do I know what they did? And then there is Ji Er, who is a despicable villain, and he is also worthy of being Lao Tzu's accomplice? ”

"It's light, I'm afraid to confront them, right? They confessed to you in the police sentence a few days ago, saying that you were the mastermind of the kidnapping of Zhou Yizhi and Miss Gu's family, and what kind of life of Widow Fan's family was also killed by you! ”

"Fart! put the basin on Lao Tzu's head! The sixth is wealthy, and the ninth is revenge! Ji Er's bastard is thinking that Fan Junsheng cuckolded him! Confronting is confronting, Lao Tzu is not afraid of dying - hey? No, surnamed Lu, you're taking my confession, right? ”

"Humph! Didn't you just say that you are not afraid of death? What's wrong? Not afraid of death or afraid to tell the truth? ”

"Okay, good, it's in your hands, Lao Tzu admits it! The beheading is no more than a bowl with a large scar (1). Let's talk about it first, I have to get a big bowl of meat for Lao Tzu when I go back! ”

"Rest assured, we don't mistreat prisoners." "Eating meat? You don't have to eat the board! Someone went on to say that he didn't know who slapped Hei Wu on the head, which provoked him to scold again.

Seventy or eighty people, bustling downhill, followed the path to avoid Shilipu Village, and walked towards the embankment of the small canal.

If you want to talk about the Lu family following them, they have already gone outside Shilipu Village, but in the west of the village instead of the north of the village. They were scattered on the way here, so some people saw the cars of the Japanese soldiers from a distance and did not dare to confront them face to face. Because they made an appointment with Zhang Mingyuan to do cover, they were all waiting on the slightly spacious road around the south and west of the village, thinking that Zhang Mingyuan could see it from afar on horseback, and reminded him that there was an ambush in the north. At the same time, he sent men to wait on the east side of the mound, until they heard the sound of gunfire and did not see the riders passing by.

It was already evening when Zhou Yizhi saw Huang Zhenkun's body, and everyone was drinking tea in the hall at this time. Zhang Mingyuan reminded Zhou Yizhi to prepare to leave early, because Zhao Zhenhuan would never give up after Lu Jiayu killed Yu Banshan. Zhou Yizhi thought it made sense, and discussed with Lu Jiayu and decided to hand over Liaocheng's business to Lu Jiaxun to take care of, and leave as soon as Ji Tang's affairs were over. At this time, someone shouted outside, and everyone went out to take a look, which was very surprised. Xing Hongying was almost stupid when she saw Huang Zhenkun dead, and sat on the ground in a daze for a long time without moving or squeaking. Lu Jiayu felt that this matter was very happy, and sooner or later he would have to fight for life and death. Zhou Yizhi heard Lu Jiaxun say that he caught Black Friday, and immediately discussed with Zhang Mingyuan that he would go to the police station to sue Jitang the next day. Just walked a few steps and looked back at Xing Hongying, and suddenly felt that she was very pitiful. In fact, he also has a certain responsibility for this matter, if he hadn't been sick and entrusted the family business to the two of them to take care of, if it hadn't been for the cold snub to her who was not in good health before, they would not have hooked up and become adulterous. After pondering for a while, he asked Xu Xudong to collect Huang Zhenkun's body first, send it back to his hometown overnight and hand it over to Huang Youfu and his wife, and then let the account room get some money for the Huang family.

Xing Hongying sat still, ignoring what Zhou Yizhi and Lu Jiayu thought and what they thought, and regardless of her status as a young grandmother. It wasn't until Xu Hu and Alai moved Huang Zhenkun that they got up and entered the house with tears in their eyes and knelt in front of Zhou Yizhi. Crying and begging to let her go back, she was willing to hand over all the accounts and the possessions she had collected over the years, and then make a room next to the ancestral hall in the backyard to eat and pray for the Buddha, only begging him not to announce their affairs in her town, so that her parents would not be sad. He said yes and said he would always respect her and her parents. Seeing her bow her head and go out, he thought of the three children again, and was worried that they would be affected by his mother's affairs, so he said that he would let Xu Xudong take them back to Liaocheng by the way. As soon as he stood up, he hesitated, because he couldn't stay in Liaocheng for a long time, so he couldn't help but ask Zhang Mingyuan sadly what to do. Lu Jiayu stood up without thinking about it, saying that the three children were the same as those in the belly, and asked the eldest brother Lu Jiacheng to rush to Nanxun immediately to take the children to her house in Shanghai, and wait for the matter here to end and they will discuss it when they go back. Lu Jiacheng agreed, and left after saying in case of accidents.

Everyone was in no mood to eat dinner, Zhou Yizhi asked the fourth sister-in-law to accompany Lu Jiayu to eat a little, and he invited Zhang Mingyuan, Lu Jiaxun, and Cao Ying to the study to discuss the next things. As soon as a few people stood up, Lu Jiayu also stood up and said happily: "Okay then, you men should be busy." Fourth sister-in-law, help me bring the food to Miss Gu's room, but she didn't eat it! Let's go over and talk with her while eating, okay? ”

These words frightened Zhou Yizhi so much that he almost sat on the ground, for fear that this second wife, who was not afraid of heaven and earth, would trouble Gu Xinyi. So before dinner, I asked the fourth sister-in-law to ask, and she didn't let it go to the dining room if she didn't eat. What are you really afraid of, what should you do? In desperation, he had to ask Zhang Mingyuan for help with his eyes. Zhang Mingyuan can't say much about this matter, after all, it is Zhou Yizhi's family matter, but he can't really leave Gu Xinyi alone. He coughed dryly twice and looked at Lu Jiayu and said, "This-Mrs. Zhou, I know you are warm-hearted, but Xinyi--has a bit of an introverted personality, in my opinion-"

"The general can rest assured, even if Yizhi doesn't say that Miss Gu is the general's new sister-in-law, I will treat her well. He's the girl we often dream of tens of thousands of miles away. Lu Jiayu said with a smile.

"Rest assured, nature rest assured. It's just that you meet for the first time, don't be reluctant to talk. Zhang Mingyuan listened to her familiar tone, and became more and more uneasy, but it was really difficult to refuse.

"How can you not get used to talking? Don't worry, General, we may be staying in the same room tonight. Lu Jiayu said and saw that the fourth sister-in-law was already carrying the food and soup on the tray, and walked to the door with a big belly, "You drink tea and make it yourself." Oh, by the way, second brother, there is Qibao Town Bad Fish in the salute I brought in the afternoon, you go and get the general to taste it. Walked under the eaves and waved his hand, "Fourth sister-in-law, let's go!" ”

Zhang Mingyuan saw Lu Jiayu staggering down the corridor, and the fourth sister-in-law followed closely behind, and glanced at Zhou Yizhi timidly. Zhang Mingyuan said, "Don't talk for too long, you go around all day and rest early." Then he shook his head at Zhou Yizhi, and he was really not too optimistic about the relationship between her and Gu Xinyi. Zhou Yizhi's heart was even more furious than just now, and he could only resign himself to fate when he saw the situation, and smiled awkwardly at Cao Ying, who had been watching him beside him. How can there be no rice wine if there is a bad fish, and let Ali go to the warehouse to get the jar of rice wine and send it to the study. followed Zhang Mingyuan and walked to the backyard, thinking that since she knew that Xiao Yi was her sister-in-law, she wouldn't be too embarrassed, but fortunately, the study was not far from the guest room where Xiao Yi lived.

Zhou Yizhi didn't sleep well this night, not because he was excited because he killed his enemy Huang Zhenkun, nor because Lu Jiayu was disappointed because he didn't have sex with him. It's worry, I'm worried that the two won't be able to talk together, and they will make trouble again in the middle of the night. So he didn't even take off his clothes, he crossed his knees on the bed until dawn, and when he got up, he went to the courtyard to take a look, and there was nothing abnormal. After washing up, I went to the front hall and found that Zhang Mingyuan was already sitting there drinking tea, and Cao Ying was standing outside the door smoking. He always felt that something was wrong, and was about to ask the fourth sister-in-law about breakfast, Gu Xinyi came out of the kitchen, carrying a bamboo basket with buns, and walked into the side hall with a smile on her face. Followed by Lu Jiayu and the fourth sister-in-law, who came over with dishes and chopsticks, laughing. Before he could ask, the fourth sister-in-law excitedly said that Miss Gu and the second wife made meat buns themselves, and the porridge and stir-fry were also cooperated by the two. made him happy, turned around and called Zhang Mingyuan and Cao Ying to have dinner. Lu Jiaxun came from the backyard and heard Zhou Yizhi's voice, and he glanced at him and said like a child.

After breakfast, Sun Zhixiang really sent a guard squad of twenty people to come over as a security guard. Yesterday, he discussed with Zhang Mingyuan that before it was confirmed that it was safe, he would send someone on duty at Zhou's house every day, taking care of 30,000 yuan a day in addition to three meals. Zhang Mingyuan thinks that there are not many soldiers, as long as Sun Zhixiang's position can be shown, I believe that Zhao Zhenhuan will not take revenge easily after knowing it, and the Japanese will have a little scruple even if they want to move Zhou Yizhi.

The car was driven back to Nanxun's hometown by Xu Xudong last night, Zhou Yizhi couldn't ride a horse, they could only walk to the Louxi Street Special Office to find Liu Tonghai, and then go to the police station together. From afar, I heard Zhao Zhenhuan shouting loudly, asking Lin Pu to arrest Zhou Yizhi's wife. Lin Pu insisted that the case should be filed first, and someone should be sent to verify the facts before signing the arrest letter. When he was arguing, he saw Zhou Yizhi, Zhang Mingyuan, Liu Tonghai, and Lu Jiaxun, so he let them into the office and asked Zhou Yizhi what was going on. Zhao Zhenhuan stood at the door with wide eyes, his hand on the handle of the gun at his waist. Zhou Yizhi was not afraid at all, saying that his wife was defending herself, because Yu Banshan led someone to break into his house with a gun, and Yu Banshan shot first, which Sun Zhixiang can testify to that the incident happened because they were drinking together.

Zhao Zhenhuan left without listening to it, and Zhou Yizhi briefly told Lin Pu about the Black Friday caught yesterday, and asked him to try Ji Tang's case as soon as possible. He asked Zhou Yizhi to send Black Friday over, Zhou Yizhi said that Black Friday was involved in many cases, and he was afraid that someone would anger him on the way to death, so he suggested that Black Friday and Ji Tang should be jointly tried for public trial. Liu Tonghai came to speak for Zhou Yizhi, and took up the official stand and instructed Lin Pu to handle it strictly as soon as possible, and not let such a case affect the stability of Liaocheng. Lin Puwei agreed, but still said that this matter could not be decided, and that he had to report to the county magistrate, and only after obtaining the consent of the county party committee would it be handed over to the county court to schedule a trial date.

Lu Jiaxun said that this matter was very simple, the county party headquarters was diagonally opposite, so everyone simply met Dong Hua together. Make things clear, and I'm sure he'll agree. So, Lin Pu asked his subordinates to prepare the materials, and everyone went to the county party headquarters together.

As soon as everyone came out of the gate, Ah Cheng ran over in a panic, saying that the Japanese soldiers surrounded the house and asked them to hand over the murderer Black Friday. Everyone was worried about the fight over there, so they hurriedly trotted back to Zhou's house. Lu Jiayu was confronting the leading military police officer with a big belly, and Cao Ying and Sun Zhixiang's soldiers had also prepared weapons to fight. Liu Tonghai first stepped forward to talk to the Japanese officer, asked the two sides to put down their weapons, and then invited the officer into the hall to talk. Zhou Yizhi and Zhang Mingyuan insisted that they would not hand over the Black Friday to the Japanese military police, and that the case must be tried publicly, and they can participate in the trial if they want, but it must be tried jointly with the court, and it must also be in full public. The officer saw that Liu Tonghai, Lin Pu, and Zhang Mingyuan were all there, and knew that he couldn't rob him, so he said a few face-saving words and left.

By the time they got to the county party headquarters, they had already gotten off work. Zhou Yizhi beckoned everyone to the Sanqingyuan Hotel next to him for dinner, Zhang Mingyuan said to go to Dong Hua's house to call him, and asked Ah Cheng to go home and call Gu Xinyi, Lu Jiayu, Cao Ying, and Sun Zhixiang's soldiers called to set up a few tables. Dong Hua heard that Black Friday was caught by Zhou Yizhi and them in the morning, so he went home early to avoid trouble, so he didn't want to join in the excitement of this dinner. couldn't resist Zhang Mingyuan, and if he didn't come forward, he was worried that Liu Tonghai would have ideas, so he reluctantly coped with it, and the whole meal was just haha.

After dinner, everyone returned to the county party headquarters and Dong Hua's office. Linpu reopened the case and indicated that it could be transferred to the court. Zhou Yizhi lost no time in saying that this case was special and hoped that it could be tried publicly. Let the common people see the fate of the bandit leader Liu Heizi, and also set Ji Tang's greed for money and lust for instigating murder as a typical example, and it also shows the government's determination to crack down on crime. Dong Hua first expressed his approval of the public trial, hesitated for a moment, and said that the matter was too big for him to decide as a small county magistrate, and that he would have to report it at all levels, and wait for the instructions of the higher departments before he could start the public trial.

Lu Jiaxun, who was next to him, had already scolded this guy for saying one thing and doing another, but on the surface, he said half-jokingly: "County magistrate, you are a typical formalism. In the eyes of our people, you are the order of this county, so no, Commissioner Liu of the sixth district is also there, why don't you set a date face-to-face? The people want to see that you have handled the cases of Black Friday and Ji Er resolutely, and they don't all give you a thumbs up? ”

"Mr. Lu doesn't know anything, since the establishment of the Organic Law of the Court (2) in 21 years, departments at all levels have responded positively." Dong Hua's speech was even more tepid, "Although my brother is in charge of a county, how dare he go against the government's decrees?" Hehe, be patient, you should come, you will always come, I believe that there is justice in the world. ”

This makes sense, Lu Jiaxun is not easy to say words such as officials and officials, and Liu Tonghai, who originally wanted to say a few words to urge, only laughed dryly. Dong Hua promised everyone to declare as soon as possible, urged from time to time, and then chatted for a while, caring about Zhou Yizhi's pregnant wife and the construction of the electric light factory.

Zhou Yizhi couldn't be so calm as Dong Hua, and after returning home, he complained to Lu Jiayu, saying that Dong Hua must have taken the benefits of Ji Tang, and Zhou Ying in Nanjing had also intervened. Lu Jiayu was also messed up, so Zhang Mingyuan and Lu Jiaxun took the idea and walked around the hall with a big belly. Lu Jiaxun and everyone analyzed that with the current situation, the most effective ways to urge Dong Hua to close the case are two ways: one is to find his superiors in Nanjing, which will definitely be difficult to handle with Zhou Ying's intervention; The second is to involve the Japanese, and the key point is that the Japanese now want Black Friday, and they can use Black Friday in exchange for their help, but they may lose the opportunity to testify against Ji Tang. Another method that is slow to produce results but easy to initiate is to mobilize the masses to put pressure on Dong Hua, because most of Lu Jiaxun's subordinates come from the masses. When Lu Jiayu heard this, he immediately said that he would take a two-pronged approach, asking Zhang Mingyuan to find a way to find Watanabe Jingichi, and the Lu family would follow the mass line, and she and Gu Xinyi could also go to the street to help distribute leaflets.

It was late at night, and there were two people crawling on the roof of the wing house in the front yard of the North Garden Temple. They have been waiting here for two hours and have not seen or heard the people and messages they are looking for.

"Hey, let's go, maybe it's not in there." On the left, the gray clothes covered his face with a handkerchief is a man's voice, which is very low and clearly distinguishable within two meters.

"Don't." On the right, the woman on the right who was almost invisible in black, her voice was delicate and low, and her tone was still faintly reluctant, "Otherwise, let's kill in?" In case the old guy Watanabe is on top of you, I'll look for Ma Liang. ”

"If Ma Liang is not inside, only Watanabe has a bunch of ghosts, and it will be difficult for us to get out of the way."

"What then? I've searched everywhere I can. ”

"They are searching for you inside and outside the city, if you want to listen to me, you can leave first, and I will kill Ma Liang for you when I find an opportunity."

"No, I have to do it myself."

"You're just too stubborn!"

She snorted, and the two fell silent. After a long time, there was still no movement in the front and back floors, as long as the patrolling gendarmes walked around with flashlights. She whispered, "Forget it, let's go," and the cat retreated to the other side of the ridge. Two late nights jumped two ridges and disappeared into the night.

Note: (1) Bā la, the marks left after the wound or sores have healed. (2) In 1932, the Kuomintang government promulgated the Law on the Organization of Courts of the Republic of China, which made some adjustments to the court system.