On March 15, the sky was drizzling. Zhou Yizhi sat on a chair in the hall and drank tea, and he always felt unhappy in his heart. Originally, I was going to the site today to watch the official start of construction, but because I pretended to be sick last night, it made it inconvenient to go out.

Yesterday, Kimura Hongchuan set up wine in the Fengzhuo Building on Lounan Street, and washed the dust for the special commissioner surnamed Ma who had just arrived. Zhou Yizhi, Ji Tang, Liu Tonghai, Dong Hua, Sun Zhixiang, and Zhao Zhenhuan are all invited. What he didn't like the most was socializing, especially when he heard that the surname Ma was a big traitor in Jinan, and the officials who accompanied him were also raccoon dogs, so he asked Huang Zhenkun to go instead of him.

After getting up, he faintly felt panicked in his heart, and it was even more unpleasant to see the rain outside the window. At the same time, he was also worried about Nanxun's side, Zhang Mingyuan walked for four whole days, and it was said that there were good horses for eight or nine hundred kilometers and should have arrived at the place a long time ago, but he didn't see a call back. I'm really worried that Lu Jiayu, who is not afraid of heaven and earth, will poke out a big man, but Xing Hongying will follow him wherever he goes, making it inconvenient for him to call his hometown and ask. Taking out his pocket watch and looking at ten o'clock, he took a sip of tea and got up to go back to the study, and she also got up and followed out of the room. Before I reached the south corridor, I faintly heard someone wailing and a woman crying. Listening carefully came from the Gu family in the West Courtyard, he was worried that it was related to Gu Xinyi, so he greeted her and walked quickly to the gate. She also heard a voice, and hurriedly called Xu Hu to follow him out.

When Zhou Yizhi arrived at the gate of the Gu family, he was shocked by the scene in front of him before he could go up the steps. There were at least twenty Japanese military police officers in the courtyard, and two of them were dragging Gu Xinyi, who was struggling and crying with tears on her face. There were seven or eight people lying on the ground, blood pouring all over the ground. The people he knew were Gu Qingyuan and his wife, Qiu Hong, the second tiger who guarded the door, and an old man with gray hair and three prime of life. It was Aunt Qiaozhen who was crying in front of the old man, and a few maids and women were crying from afar. In the middle of the courtyard stood a middle-aged man in his forties and fifties, with metal-framed glasses with thin chains on the bridge of his nose, pinching his waist and complaining that the two gendarmes who pulled Gu Xinyi were ineffective. What shocked him even more was that there were Dong Hua, Ji Tang, Huang Zhenkun, Lin Pu and several puppet soldiers and policemen standing next to him, but none of these people stopped him.

"Stop! You beasts are inferior things! Take away your dirty hands! Zhou Yizhi didn't know where he got so much strength, so he ran over and violently pushed away the two Japanese military policemen, protecting Gu Xinyi behind him. Only then did she look at her parents who were lying in a pool of blood, and she cried out again.

The gendarmes next to him obviously did not expect a person to suddenly break in, and after a slight pause, he raised the bayonet in his hand and rushed towards him. The little man also stared at him with wide eyes and scolded: "Huh, bastard thing! It's against you! ”

Xu Hu and Xing Hongying behind him were also startled, and Xu Hu hurriedly rushed over to block him. Huang Zhenkun also rushed over and shouted: "みんなのために手を止めなさい, 彼は私のFamily のマスターです!" (Please stop, he is my young master)" Huang Zhenkun spoke standard Japanese, and when he said it, he also noticed Xing Hongying's complaining eyes behind him. Immediately regretted it, this was not a great opportunity to get rid of Zhou Yizhi by the Japanese? Since he blocked it, he had to be a loyal and righteous subordinate.

When the gendarmes heard Huang Zhenkun's words, they also put away their bayonets, stopped and looked back at the little man. The little man took two steps forward and looked at Zhou Yizhi and said, "It turned out to be Boss Zhou, fortunately, I will be lucky!" The contempt is Ma Liang, the president of the National Government Maintenance Association. ”

"No matter who you are, you can't kill innocents indiscriminately, please leave the Gu family immediately!" When Zhou Yizhi heard Ma Liang's name, he knew that he was a traitor who came yesterday, and he felt even more despised by him. couldn't help but turn to look at Ji Tang, pointed to Gu Qingyuan on the ground and asked, "Brother Ji Xian, what's the matter with you?" They're your mother-in-law! Miss Gu is your wife! How can you leave it out of the way? ”

At this moment, the two gendarmes who had pulled Gu Xinyi before bypassed Zhou Yizhi, and reached out to pull her, scaring her so much that she hurriedly hugged his legs. He stretched out his arms to stop him and scolded angrily: "Little devil! I don't care about you! Don't touch her! Seeing that they couldn't do anything, the two took a few steps back to look at Ma Liang.

Ji Tang barted his lips and wanted to speak, but he held back, and then turned his head to look elsewhere, but he didn't hear it. In fact, he didn't care, he wanted to stop but didn't dare to stop it. Before coming here in the morning, Ma Liang had already shot and killed two puppet soldiers because he had eaten overnight, which was a trivial matter of sesame mung beans. And just now he saw Gu Xinyi's expression hiding behind Zhou Yizhi, this kind of dependence had never been shown in front of him, and he hated her more and more that he liked Zhou Yizhi more than him.

"I said Boss Zhou, since everyone is their own people, we should fulfill my brother's long-cherished wish, please get out of the way!" Ma Liangpi said with a smile.

"What long-cherished wish? Your long-cherished wish is to kill innocent people? Robbing a woman from a good family? Do you still have a little bit of humanity? Dog traitor! Zhou Yizhi hated him even more when he looked like this.

"Huh? It seems that you are toasting and not eating and eating penalty wine! Ma Liang's eyes immediately widened, and he pinched his waist and pointed at Huang Zhenkun, "You, get your young master away for me immediately!" Today, this girl is going to be decided! Whoever deserves and who dies! ”

Huang Zhenkun hurriedly turned around and pulled Zhou Yizhi, and persuaded in a low voice: "Young master, let's go, we can't afford to take care of this matter." ”

"I don't! You are afraid of these beasts, but I am not afraid! Know that the lower you are, the more they will do more harm. These dehumanizing diseases are what you are used to! At this time, Zhou Yizhi was also very sure that Huang Zhenkun colluded with the Japanese, including Ji Tang, Dong Hua, and Lin Pu, who were all villains who groveled to the evil forces, and they were also traitors and lackeys.

"Young master, let's get out of here first, let's go home if we have something to say, okay? We can't stop it. Huang Zhenkun still whispered to persuade him. Xu Hu also echoed beside him and said: "Young Master, listen to Young Master Kuan's words, as the saying goes, 'The poor don't fight with the rich, and the rich don't fight with the officials-'"

"What are you talking about? Miss Gu, she-" Zhou Yizhi interrupted Xu Hu's words, and glanced at Xing Hongying next to him, "Although they don't have a relationship with us, they are also neighbors, do you understand?" ”

Over there, Ma Liang was also a little impatient, and waved his hand at Huang Zhenkun and shouted: "You guys hurry up and get him away!" Otherwise, you will bear the consequences! "Finished waving at the gendarme next to him, "やれ!" オールオン！ さえぎるすべて殺して! (Do it, all up, all those who block it will be killed)"

The gendarmes picked up their bayonets and guns again and surrounded Zhou Yizhi and them. Huang Zhenkun also pulled Zhou Yizhi's arm and said, "Young Master, let's go!" ”

Zhou Yizhi couldn't understand what Ma Liang was shouting behind, and when he saw those soldiers coming forward, he knew that it was not good, so he shook off Huang Zhenkun and scolded: "You traitor surnamed Ma!" Beast! The surname Zhou is not afraid, and he will never bow to you! ”

"Young Master! You! Huang Zhenkun pretended to pull Zhou Yizhi again, turned around and stretched out his arms in annoyance, as if blocking the gendarmes for him, but in fact, he left him a few steps away and did not use force against them. And the gendarmes seemed to understand this, and they all walked by. Xu Hu saw Huang Zhenkun's intentions and withdrew from the circle early.

When Gu Xinyi saw the gendarmes coming again, she was so frightened that she cried even more. When Zhou Yizhi saw this scene, he knew that it was useless to resist, and he was desperate. But after all, he died with the person he liked, and he couldn't help but turn around and hug her, raise his head, and shout: "Little devil!" Dog traitor! The ghost surnamed Zhou will not let you go! ”

After shouting, he waited for death, and suddenly heard two muffled sounds of "pop" and "pop" behind him, and then someone fell to the ground next to him. As soon as he saw that it was a gendarme, he fell to the ground motionless, and blood gushed out of his head and face. Looking back, there was another person behind him, and he said excitedly, "Sir, are you here?" ”

"Well, protect Miss Gu, these doglegs are handed over to me." The person who came was Zhang Mingyuan. He had just ridden to the mouth of the alley when he heard Zhou Yizhi's shouting from afar. Flying off the saddle, he took off and landed two times, and before he landed, he first killed two Japanese soldiers who stabbed Zhou Yizhi in the air, and showed no mercy to the invaders.

The other gendarmes were startled by the mutation and retreated in panic. Ma Liang was also shocked, hiding behind the last six gendarmes, and only after about half a minute did he dare to shout: "You, who are you?" Dare to kill the imperial army, aren't you afraid of death? ”

"It's these beasts that are killed! If you stinky traitor don't repent, you will be killed! Zhang Mingyuan said coldly. Only then did he glance at Huang Zhenkun, Ji Tang, Xu Hu and others next to him, Huang Zhenkun looked a little nervous, and Ji Tang kept his head down.

"Is he*? Kill, kill him! Fast! Ma Liang shouted and waved his hand to the military police door, "オールオン, Pi は赤賊です!" (All, he's*)"

The six gendarmes in front of Ma Liang raised their bayonets and rushed towards Zhang Mingyuan at the same time. I saw that he didn't move his place and slapped six palms in a row, hitting the gendarmes from a distance of more than three meters. The six gendarmes of "pop papa...... "poof, poof, poof, poof......" fell on their backs, all of them bleeding from their heads and dying on the spot. Not to mention stabbing Zhang Mingyuan, there is no chance to snort. Ma Liang also splashed a few drops of blood on his face, and froze in place dumbfounded.

The gendarmes next to him were in a hurry, and they ran towards Zhang Mingyuan with a strange scream, the rifles in their hands were shooting continuously, and the gunshots and figures in the middle of the courtyard were chaotic. Zhou Yizhi leaned over and hugged Gu Xinyi tightly, her hands covering her ears. Those who watched were also so frightened that they hurriedly hid behind trees or on their stomachs. That is, for more than a minute and nearly two minutes, the gunfire stopped, and the courtyard was as silent as death. Zhang Mingyuan was still standing in the place just now, staring at Ma Liang with sharp eyes, and he was holding his head in fright. Huang Zhenkun stood under the tall laurel tree on the east side of the aisle, looking at him in surprise, thinking about whether to help Ma Liang or not, once he and Zhang Mingyuan tore their faces, they could get out of the way. Behind the laurel tree beside him stood Xing Hongying, looking at Zhou Yizhi and Gu Xinyi who were hugging each other on the other side of the aisle with an indifferent expression.

At the same time as there was silence, there were seventeen more gendarme corpses in the courtyard. plus the total number of deaths from the previous two deaths is twenty-five, all of which were killed by one blow. This seemingly cruel method is the most suitable and effective way for Zhang Mingyuan to kill the enemy against the Japanese invaders. In his eyes, these gendarmes are not only demons who burn and plunder, but also soldiers who obey orders on the battlefield. Although he had to kill them, he still needed respect, so he used the most effective methods to deal with them without adding to the pain. Killing to stop killing is a kind of sadness in itself, unless the other party can avoid it, otherwise he will not drag the mud and water.

"First, Mr. Guigui, your surname?" Gu Qingyuan, who was lying on the west side, moved, got up and pointed at Zhang Mingyuan.

Gu Xinyi saw that her father was not dead and suddenly broke free from Zhou Yizhi, and took a few steps over to hug him. Weeping and crying, "Daddy, Daddy, how are you?" Zhou Yizhi also leaned over to look, and blood kept gushing out of his body.

Zhang Mingyuan took a few steps and said, "Don't give your surname Zhang." Don't move yet, I'll help you stop the bleeding. ”

"No, no, no, no, no, no." Gu Qingyuan said intermittently, still bleeding from the corners of his mouth. His voice was very weak, "Mr. Zhang, Mr. Zhang." Think, think about me, Gu Qingyuan has been cautious all his life, but he has to come here, such a bad reward. Die, die, I'm not, I'm not afraid. The most pitiful little girl's heart, heart, heart, heart Yi many disasters, how difficult, also blame me, I don't know people clearly, even tired, tired her half, half life. I'm dying, dying, dying—"

"Mr. Gu doesn't need to say it anymore, I understand your intentions. You can rest assured, but there is Zhang in one day, guaranteeing the health and safety of Lingai's life, carefree. Zhang Mingyuan guessed that he was worried that his daughter would be lonely after death, and he could see that he was not only afraid of death but also very painful. But it is really respectable that a father can't let go of his children in danger, and he insists on bearing the pain for the sake of his children. Therefore, Zhang Mingyuan hurriedly promised to be relieved for him, although this promise was heavy, and it may also put him in trouble in the future.

"Thank you, thank you, thank you, Mr. Zhang!" Gu Qingyuan smiled with relief when he heard this, and took Gu Xinyi's hand with great effort, and the old tears also fell, "Child, in the past, dad, dad, dad was too cowardly, so that as for causing you, your misfortune." Zhang, Zhang Xian, Mr. is a good person, he will take care of you, you-" Before he finished speaking, his head was crooked.

Gu Xinyi had already stopped crying, whimpering and hugging his father and calling, tears "popping" and "popping" dripping on Gu Qingyuan's pale cheeks. Zhou Yizhi squatted next to him and persuaded in a low voice, and he also felt that she was in a particularly pitiful situation. At this time, he also silently decided in his heart that no matter what kind of relationship would become between them, he must do his best to take care of her.

Zhang Mingyuan watched Gu Qingyuan swallow his breath and couldn't help but sigh lightly. He knew that there were too many such tragedies in this war of aggression, and that helping with his own strength would be nothing less than a drop in the bucket. But the creator of the tragedy in front of him is Ma Liang, who is a few steps away, if he hadn't figured out their purpose, he would have been shot into mud. Despite this, he couldn't let him go in vain, turned around and glared at him coldly and asked, "What is the purpose of your coming here?" ”

As soon as Ma Liang stood up, he was so frightened that he shook his body and almost fell, so he hurriedly stood firm and hid behind Huang Zhenkun. trembling and said, "You, don't kill me, I won't rob her, I won't dare anymore." ”

"I ask you the purpose of coming to Liaocheng! You have to dare to lie. Zhang Mingyuan said and raised his right palm.

"Liaison work, promote Greater East Asia and-" Ma Liang quickly replied.

"Fart! I'm asking for the real purpose! Zhang Mingyuan couldn't help but raise his hands higher, and he was really full of internal strength.

"I, I, I'm not, I don't, I don't ......" Ma Liang was so frightened that his body trembled, he couldn't say a complete word, and moved towards Huang Zhenkun's side, but Huang Zhenkun moved his feet a few times, wanting to leave and hesitating, he didn't mean to protect him at all.

Zhang Mingyuan was still looking at him like a torch, and he was approaching step by step, thinking that if he couldn't do it, he would let Ma Liang suffer a little.

Suddenly, from due east, there were three sounds: "Boom", "Boom", "Boom". Then three points of white light swept over Huang Zhenkun's head and went straight to Zhang Mingyuan. Knowing it was a rattle (1), he stepped back and reached out to catch it.

People who are accustomed to walking the rivers and lakes know that there are two purposes for using darts: one is to remind and warn, although the use of hidden weapons is also fair, as long as the other party hears the sound of the dart whistle to dodge; The other is intended to kill people, knowing that people don't care much about the dart, deliberately smearing venom on the dart, if the other party is not serious and is scratched or catches the dart with his hand, he will inevitably be hit. He could see that the dart was bright and not blue and purple, so he knew that it belonged to the former, and put it in his coat pocket.

Immediately afterwards, a man in black rushed from above the moon gate hole in the east, with black clothes, black pants, black belt, and black shoes, and his head was covered with a black scarf, and only his eyes were exposed. The man in black landed between him and Huang Zhenkun without being biased, and as soon as he landed on the ground, he attacked him with three splitting palms, and then it was a left hook followed by a heart-piercing plum blossom fist.

He had no choice but to dodge and retreat seven or eight steps, because he had already seen from the delicate and convex figure of the person who came that it was a woman, and the dark and arrogant eyes showed between the black cloths, which were exactly the same as his modern lover Yu Wei. And the martial arts she uses mixed with Western boxing are not from the reckless woman. It was certain that the man in black was Dai Lin, and he sighed softly and said, "What are you doing here?" ”

"I won't let you kill him." Sure enough, it was Dai Lin's cold voice.

"Didn't kill, wasn't I asking him for purpose? Let's go, lest you be exposed in a moment. Zhang Mingyuan was reluctant to do anything with her at this time.

"I don't believe it! You'll be killed when you ask! Dai Lin said without the slightest slackness in his hands. Double-palm combo, successively used the step three cloud hand and the virtual step palm.

Her words also happened to say Zhang Mingyuan's thoughts, and he didn't hide it: "Do you look over there?" It's all the sins of that dog and traitor! ”

"That, that's not going to work either! You can't spoil my business anyway! Dai Lin used the servant step splitting palm and the chain of two steps to rest and hug the palm, it can be seen that he only parried and did not fight back, and his fist speed and tone have eased a lot, "At most, he will be handed over to you when the matter is over." ”

"That's not what I said, I can't let him go knowing that he is doing a lot of evil—" Zhang Mingyuan said when he suddenly heard the sound of car engines and noisy footsteps coming from the mouth of the alley, and he glanced at her.

"You can't try to miss me for a while! Don't kill him, okay? I'll go, and I'll see you at the old place in the evening. She heard it, too, and suddenly slapped two thumpers, turned and climbed up the ridge of the hall, and then jumped out again.

Zhang Mingyuan retracted and looked at the door. A car with a flag of the rising sun and a flag of the blue sky and a white sun stopped outside the door, and forty or fifty armed gendarmes ran into the courtyard and surrounded him in the middle. Seven or eight officers walked in through the gate, and in the middle was an old man in his sixties with white hair and white beard, wearing a gray-brown kimono and white socks, and stepping on clogs. Next to the old man was Kimura Hirokawa, who had an angry face on his face, wearing an Osa's military uniform. Behind are two young lieutenants and four lieutenants, all wearing military uniforms and carrying them around their waists*.

Kimura Hirokawa saw dozens of gendarme corpses on the ground and immediately became anxious, choking and pulling out*. The old man stretched out his hand to stop Kimura Hongchuan, but smiled at Zhang Mingyuan and hugged his fists and said, "Hehehe, Mr. Zhang, I haven't seen you for a long time, is Your Excellency okay?" ”

"It's Mr. Watanabe, no wonder I smell blood from afar." Zhang Mingyuan recognized him as Shizuichi Watanabe, and the two had a fight in the waiting hall in Hongqiao a few years ago. The old guy's knife skills are as mysterious as ninjutsu, at that time, Zhang Mingyuan was afraid of injuring innocent people and did not use a flying knife, and he did not use a gun, so they fought for more than an hour without distinguishing the winner.

Mr. Zhang laughed, contemptible people are only here to be guests. It is reported that your unit has inflicted heavy losses on the 33rd and 34th Divisions in Jiangxi, and Mr. Zhang and another Mr. Zhang are really well-known at home and abroad. Shizuichi Watanabe still has a smile on his face, and he looks like a kind old Japanese man on the surface.

"That kind of thing is not worth bragging about. If it weren't for the inhumane invaders who killed our people, Zhang Mou would be happy to rise and rest in the countryside. Zhang Mingyuan looked at him and the officer behind him lightly.

"Yuan, it turns out that you are Zhang, Zhang ......" Ma Liang saw that there were many people, turned out from behind Huang Zhenkun, and pointed at Zhang Mingyuan, "You, you are Zhang, Zhang, Zhang, Zhang, name, name, name, name ...... of the Seventh and Seventy-fourth Army"

Watanabe Shizuichi glared at Ma Liang and said sharply, "Ma Liangjun, don't you retreat to the side?" ”

"Sir! You can't let that traitor go! Zhou Yizhi stood up suddenly, looking at Ma Liang's eyes that were almost on fire. Ma Liang was so frightened that he immediately ran behind Kimura Hongchuan, and stretched out his head and shouted at Zhang Mingyuan: "Yes, it is those Diao people who are looking for death by themselves!" Ma originally only wanted that woman. ”

"You don't have to say anything, either - leave the dog traitor and you go, or Zhang will continue to kill! Come on, you guys are wheel wars? Or are they on it together? Zhang Mingyuan said and filled his palms with ten percent strength.

"Mr. Zhang, wait a minute. You and I are both guests, so you don't have to meet to beat you to death, right? Sir, think about it, what will happen to them when we don't start our hands halfway through? Watanabe Shizuchi was still smiling at Zhang Mingyuan.

"Please sir, just let go and eradicate the dog traitor, don't be threatened by him!" Zhou Yizhi walked around and stood in front of Gu Qingyuan's body, blocking Gu Xinyi.

"That must be Mr. Zhou Yizhi, a wealthy businessman in Nanxun, right? Mr. Zhou's courage is truly admirable, but—they," Watanabe Shizuichi said, glancing around, there were at least a dozen Gu family servants hidden in the distance at the opening of the door under the eaves. "Are they willing to die for you?"

"I'd rather break the jade than be a whole tile!" Zhou Yizhi gritted his teeth and said. In fact, he didn't dare to say that he didn't care about it completely, especially Gu Xinyi, who had just lost his parents behind him, and he also thought that Zhang Mingyuan would not gamble with the lives of those people. But in times of crisis, as a man, he has to desperately maintain his weakness.

"Mr. Zhang, what do you think? Old friends haven't seen each other for a long time, wouldn't it be nice to sit down and have a few drinks? Watanabe Shizuichi looked at Zhang Mingyuan again.

Zhang Mingyuan is really embarrassed, it will be difficult to have such a chance if he lets Ma Liang go, and it is really possible to sacrifice more people's lives in order to get justice if he doesn't let go. Dai Lin didn't want him to interfere with her mission, and he came to Liaocheng this time to find out whether the Japanese were engaged in a conspiracy. looked at Ma Liang again, and said coldly: "In short, you must not spare the dog traitor." ”

"That's natural, the contemptible people are in charge of setting up wine in the restaurant next door tonight, so that Ma Liangjun can sincerely make amends. In addition, you can have people prepare the mourning hall, and they will come to mourn, and then let Ma Liangjun apologize to the deceased in front of the spirit? Watanabe Shizuichi still looked at Zhang Mingyuan with a smile on his face.

"Don't let me see you do evil again!" Zhang Mingyuan squeezed out this sentence from between his teeth. did not answer positively, but coldly looked at Ma Liang.

"Definitely, contemptible supervision." Shizuichi Watanabe hugged his fist at Zhang Mingyuan again, and then waved his hand at Kimura Hirokawa, who was holding the hilt of the knife, "Hirokawa-kun, take the remains of the warrior and withdraw!" ”

Only then did Kimura Hongchuan let go of his hand, and he reluctantly squeezed out a smile to Zhang Mingyuan and Zhou Yizhi. Then he called his subordinates to clean up the corpses of the gendarmes and left in a hurry. After the Japanese had withdrawn, the Gu family servants who had been hiding came out one after another, crying to comfort Gu Xinyi and help clean up the scene. Gu Xi'er also ran out and knelt in front of the old man in Zhu Qiaozhen's arms, crying loudly. Only then did Zhou Yizhi know that she was not Gu Qingyuan's own daughter, and her father was the housekeeper Gu Zhong. Xing Hongying came out from behind the tree and left directly, and Huang Zhenkun and Xu Hu took the initiative to stay and help Zhou Yizhi.

Dong Hua and Lin Pu deliberately waited for the Japanese to leave and said goodbye to Zhou Yizhi and them, comforting Gu Xinyi with sad faces, showing that they were not accomplices with the Japanese. Ji Tang also knelt in front of the bodies of Gu Qingyuan and his wife with tears, blaming himself for not being able to protect them. Zhang Mingyuan looked at him sternly and asked him to go back and write a certificate to cut off relations with Gu Xinyi. He hesitated and nodded in agreement, blaming himself for not being worthy of being the son-in-law of the Gu family. Then he said that whether she hated him or not, she would help her take care of her parents' afterlife.

Note: (1) A kind of Chinese martial arts cold weapon, there is a hole in the tail of the dart, and it can make a whistle sound when it is fired.