Chapter 18: The Distant Sound of Cannons

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The sky seemed to be covered by a huge black veil, everything was still a little dim, and the breath of life was very faint. Pen & Fun & Pavilion www.biquge.info

The roosters in the vicinity are scrambling to lead the singing, and the dog's barking seems to be shouted out in a suppressed voice, sometimes and now, sometimes far and sometimes near, the two voices are intertwined with each other, but they are also distinct, making people feel that the world is far away.

Fugen had lost hope for Ah Liang and their arrival, and was full of anger at the police looking for people everywhere for the wicked woman in Xiaomulou, and he had already conceived the idea of giving up revenge, only begging Qiao Xiaojing and Cuiyu not to give their lives in vain because of his personal affairs, to be able to escape from the city, and to be able to stay away from the clutches of the wicked woman.

However, it seems that everything did not go according to Fugen's wishes, but instead appeared in front of Fugen in a completely different way. The unexpected appearance of Ah Liang is like a magic lamp in the dark night, like the sun in the thick clouds, and like the avenue in the desert for Fugen, who is about to be conquered by despair.

It all came so suddenly, unexpectedly, to be exact, that Fogen couldn't accept the reality.

The three of them slept with each other, and Fugen smoked a cigarette alone, constantly moving around the kitchen, sometimes ecstatic, sometimes in painful contemplation.

For anyone who has gone from full of hope to despair, and then regained hope, after experiencing the entanglement of great joy and great sorrow, there is naturally a huge contrast from heaven to earth, how can he sleep peacefully?

The sky was slightly bright, and Fugen still didn't feel sleepy at all, his eyes were dry, but he couldn't find where the sleepiness went.

Ah Liang and the others finally had a relatively quiet place, and they woke up at dawn.

However, Cuiyu and Qiao Xiaojing were slightly bright, and they had already gotten up to wash, and everything was stopped, so they hurriedly rushed into the kitchen where Fugen was, and as soon as they entered the kitchen, Cuiyu asked, "Why don't you leave?"

"Where are you going?" asked Fogen.

"Go to the small wooden building and pick up that wicked woman with a femme fatale!" Jade looked very excited and heroic.

"Yes, yes, we are all ready!" Qiao Xiaojing, who has always been calm, was also in high spirits at this time.

"Now?" was Fugen's surprise.

"Yes, everyone is here, what are you waiting for?" Cuiyu looked very confident.

"The best way to avoid long nights and dreams is to act immediately and catch them off guard, which will definitely have unexpected results. Qiao Xiaojing waved her fist as she spoke.

Fugen pointed at the two of them and laughed: "Looking at the way you look, it doesn't look like you're going to work hard, it's more like you're going to sing." How can anyone be as desperate as you are, only dancing with your hands can't do it!"

"We are full of fighting spirit and enthusiasm!" said Jade, like a female warrior.

"We are the modern Hua Mulan and Liang Hongyu, who are not afraid of strong enemies and are always ready to fight, even if they die in Xiaomulou. Qiao Xiaojing and Cuiyu had the same expressions and movements.

"Alright. The two female generals, let's fill our stomachs first, and then discuss the matter of fighting Xiaomulou, no matter what, we can't go hungry to deal with those wicked people, right?" Fugen felt clumsy, but he really couldn't say that these two sharp-toothed "heroines" had to change the topic and send them to cook.

Qiao Xiaojing and Cuiyu grinded for a long time, and reluctantly came to the pot.

Ah Liang: They were so tired that they didn't get up and go out until the sun hit their buttocks.

After breakfast, everyone sat around the dining table, and Gui Sheng asked with a serious look: "You telegraphed that there is an urgent matter, let's say, we have all arrived, what is the matter?"

"It's a long story," Forgen began to tell Aryan about his enmity with the wicked woman, "and I was ...... young."

"It's been more than ten years since we thought about it in the long run, and we have to wait for our old eyes to get dizzy one by one. Without waiting for Ah Liang to say the substance, Jade who was standing on the side was anxious.

Guisheng, Ah Liang, and Fuzi all set their sights on jade.

"Don't talk to the old men, come with me to get the soles of your shoes. Qiao Xiaojing was worried that Cuiyu's intervention would bring more embarrassment to Fugen, so she dragged Cuiyu out of the door.

Fugen told the evil woman about the evil woman's arson in the woodware shop and burning to death the master Mr. Wang, her lover Ailian, and her co-workers.

"Brute!" Ah Liang cursed with his teeth chattering, "It's not even as good as a brute, how can there be such a bad person?"

He clenched his fist and slammed it on the dining table, and the bowl on the dining table swayed from side to side several times like a drunk who had drunk high, and all the water in the bowl spilled out.

"I can't believe that there are such femme fatales in the world. Gui Sheng shook his head and sighed.

"This god doesn't have long eyes, this kind of person should be killed by lightning, drowned by water, and burned to death by fire. Fuzi was also very emotional, and his face turned pale with anger.

"That's right," Ah Liang was inspired by Fuzi's words, and said to everyone, "Big brother, what Xiaomulou is most afraid of is fire, we are so close to there, when the southeast wind blows, let's also put a fire and light the sundries in this courtyard, the fire will definitely spread to Xiaomulou, in that case, won't it really let the wicked woman bury a sea of fire." ”

"I think it works. Gui Sheng agreed with Ah Liang's proposal, "Besides, this courtyard has been broken like this, and there is nothing to feel sorry for, as long as you can take revenge, it is worth losing this courtyard." ”

"It's a pity!" Fuzi was a little reluctant, but he was reluctant to burn down this dilapidated yard, or the small wooden building with that view, he didn't know.

"No, this method will definitely not work. Fugen suddenly stood up, calmed down a little, and said, "If I could burn down the small wooden building, I wouldn't have to wait so many years." Xiaomulou has spent as much effort as my master, even if he gives up revenge, he will never be able to destroy Xiaomulou. If the small wooden building is destroyed, I will not be able to redeem it. ”

Fugen's attitude is very resolute, and his statement is also very reasonable, no matter what, it can't be at the cost of burning down the small wooden building, after all, this small wooden building is Mr. Wang's proud work, and it is also a masterpiece.

"I was sloppy, so what should we do?"

"So we can't be in a hurry, we have to have a perfect plan to act, if we don't move, we will do it. Fogen looked at the three suffering brothers and spoke his thoughts slowly.

"Yes, every move will be done. Guisheng and Fuzi said the same thing.

"How about food?" said Fugan, looking at the three of them, waiting for their answers.

"What do you mean?" Guisheng, Ah Liang, and Fuzi glanced at each other, and none of them understood what Fugen meant.

"You are born in the face, and it is not easy for you to attract the attention of those wicked people. If you pretend to be a person who asks for food and call Hanako, and squat not far from the small wooden building, won't you have a grasp of the daily entry and exit of the small wooden building?" Fugen said eloquently, saying his thoughts, "It's just that I want to wronged you." ”

"Don't be wronged, it's not like we haven't done it!" Gui Sheng gladly accepted, willing to pretend to be a beggar.

"We're definitely going to do a good job, don't worry!" Ah Liang also expressed his willingness.

"Know yourself and know your opponent, and you will not be defeated in a hundred battles. Fuzi actually pulled up the words.

Ah Liang and the others made a brief preparation, and after lunch, each of them walked out of the courtyard with a stick and a broken bowl.

After a few steps, the three of them lowered their heads again, wiped the dust on the land with their palms, and wiped their faces again, and suddenly looked like beggars who had experienced vicissitudes and slept in the open.

Although this small wooden building is still a twisting alley from the main street, the sound of sirens sounding from time to time on the street still reaches Ah Liang's ears, and they always feel that the street is very chaotic.

It turned out that on the streets, there were students and workers marching, waving flags of various colors in their hands, waving banners such as "Defend North China to the Death" and "Drive the Japanese devils out of China," and constantly shouting patriotic slogans in their mouths, which was very inspiring.

Sadly, many shopkeepers, and even shopkeepers, just smiled and watched the procession walk by, and then it was time to do business, to play mahjong and mahjong, to smoke big cigarettes, to play women and play women, and it seemed that the vast procession had no effect on them at all, and the slogans shouted were more like the wind in the ears, going in from one ear and coming out from the other......

On the contrary, there were some conscientious passers-by who saw the procession, stood on the side of the road early, got out of the way, and watched the procession pass by, and some of them were deeply affected and moved by this patriotic act, and they also entered the procession and shouted slogans with the young children.

Seeing that the procession of demonstrations was growing stronger and stronger, the authorities feared that the situation would get out of control, so they mobilized police forces, all of which were concentrated on the streets of government departments and foreign consulates.

Heavily armed police erected fences at street entrances to government offices and foreign consulates, and armed with water cannons in an attempt to stop the procession from going any further.

The procession marched through the streets like a long dragon, and the shouts shook the heavens and the earth, but they could not hide the rumbling of cannons from afar.

Not far from the fence erected by the police, a group of passers-by stood in a group of passers-by, including a middle-aged man in a dress, who whispered to a young man next to him: "Listen, the cannon sound of Xinkou and Niangziguan can be heard here." ”

"Listening to the sound of the cannons, it must be terrible!" the young man sighed.

"It's unspeakably miserable, with countless deaths and injuries. The middle-aged man took a deep breath.

These two people are neatly dressed, different from ordinary people, their eyes are bright, and they look around from time to time when they speak, looking cautious.

The noble students who squatted at the mouth of the alley and pretended to be beggars could not witness the spectacle of the procession, but they were also quite rewarding.

They found that the two minions of the wicked woman had come out to buy something at three or four o'clock, and had returned about an hour later, and no one else had entered the small wooden building on the way.

Just as Guisheng and the others were packing their things and on the way back, they heard a dense and distant cannon sound, and the ground was like a boat on a broken wave, shaking and trembling.