The big man had been outside the city for a day or two nights, and he didn't know how many times he wanted to sneak into the city, but when he saw the shocking events happening at the city gate, he hesitated, and then lost the courage to enter the city.

The big man saw that the devils and traitors who were in charge of the investigation at the city gate relied on the guns in their hands, and they were fearless, and they treated the suspects in their hearts with extreme cruelty, if they were cowardly, they would either reprimand them and take them away, or punch and kick them away, and if they encountered the kind of short-tempered suspects who even wanted to resist, the devils and traitors would not hesitate to raise their guns, press the muzzles of the guns on the heads of these suspects, and shoot them on the spot in front of the people who entered and exited the city, never blinking, and never ambiguous.

After inquiry, the eldest man learned that the suspects who were taken away by the devils and traitors were all locked up in the military police headquarters of the devils, and most of them would be tortured to death, and few survived, and most of them became crippled.

The eldest man remembered very well that at dinner yesterday, he really couldn't bear the hunger and thirst, so he mixed into the crowd of people entering the city, and when he was close to the city gate, he suddenly heard a scream, and looked forward on tiptoe, only to see a young man in his early twenties who was knocked down by the butt of a gun raised by the devil, and the gun raised by the devil had not yet been put down.

Suddenly, the two columns of the procession in and out of the city were chaotic, like a stone falling into a beehive, the sound of private discussion was everywhere, there was a buzzing sound, many people were frightened by the scream at first, and wanted to retreat, but for a moment they seemed to forget their fear, and they were not in a hurry to go out of the city or enter the city, everyone's attention was on the beaten boy, the sinister and cunning devil was worried that someone was fishing in troubled waters, and took advantage of his distraction to rush over, and ordered the traitors to put up a barricade, cutting off the only way to enter and exit the city.

The big man tiptoed to see the people inside and outside the city gate naturally forming a circle, like the gladiatorial arena during the Roman Empire, in addition to the defenseless young man, there were also the young man's opponents, two devils and two traitors.

The young man slowly got up, glared angrily at the devil and the traitor, gritted his teeth and said, "My home is in the city, why don't you let me enter the city, and why do you look at my baggage?"

"Why?" said one of the devils, glancing at the young man, with a sneer, "a good question, I like to answer such a question, even though it has annoyed me. In a small way, we have a gun in our hands, and in a big way, because you do not cooperate with our investigation, you are not a good citizen, and we have reason to believe that you are an eight-way person. This answer, are you satisfied?"

"!" the boy looked at the talking devil angrily.

"You have a lot of personality," said the devil as he slowly raised his gun, the muzzle of which rested on the boy's head, "I was like that when I was younger, and to be honest, I would love to sit down with you and have a good chat, but I don't have that much free time now, so I'm sorry I can only send you on my way." ”

Before the words fell, a deafening gunshot rang out, and the screams of the people present came and went, some even squatted on the ground with their heads in their hands, and some seemed to be frightened and stupid, staring blankly ahead, and the big man in the crowd saw that the bullet had pierced the boy's head, and the blood sprayed out of the back of the head with the bullet and sprinkled on the open space in front of him.

The boy did not seem to die immediately, but shook his body slightly, and only fell down after a few seconds, lying quietly on the cold ground like a felled tree.

"He's not the Eighth Road. The devil glanced around the people present, then slowly walked to the dead young man, looked down at the young man, shook his head, and then said to the two traitors, "Take it away!"

The big man returned to the forest full of anger, and his mind was full of the heinous deeds of the devils, which made him miserable, and he was overwhelmed with grief to see the young man murdered without doing anything, and he was even more saddened that the innocent boy was mutilated in this way, and he was filled with righteous indignation at the madness of the devils and traitors, and sighed at the ignorance and numbness of the people...... After a long sigh, he decided to make the forest outside the city his temporary home without thinking of a good solution.

The forest is large, and it is a good place to hide, but there is no food or water.

In order to survive and avoid dying of thirst and starvation, and having nothing to eat, the older man made a bow and arrow from a twig, shot wild animals in the forest, such as rabbits and pheasants, and then drilled wood for fire, roasted and eaten, and what to do when there was no water to drink, when it was impossible to dig a well? In short, the big man lives an almost primitive life.

After lunch, the big man put out the fire, grabbed a stick and came to the road outside the forest, and sat down on the big stone by the side of the road as before, his eyes wandered between the people entering and leaving the city and the devils and traitors who were checking, his eyebrows were tightly locked, and his heart was heavy, and it was obvious that he still did not see any hope of successfully entering the city, or that hope was very slim, very slim......

I don't know how long it took, the big man was suddenly attracted by the noise behind him, he turned around to see that there were more than a dozen people dressed as peasants striding towards the county seat, looking hurried. Most of them were young people, but there were also a few middle-aged people, each of whom had wrinkled eyebrows and solemn expressions, as if they had something very important to do in the city.

"You guys are ......" The big man hesitated, but stepped forward to block their way.

"We don't seem to know each other," said one of the middle-aged men, "please go away and don't delay us in getting down to business." ”

"I don't know what you're going to do in a hurry to enter the city," said the big man, "I want to say that there is a checkpoint at the city gate, and the devils and traitors are investigating, and they seem to be arresting the Eight Roads, but the young people they see are all arrested, regardless of whether they are the Eight Roads or not, and the hard-mouthed ones are killed on the spot, and they are honestly taken to the gendarmerie headquarters by the devils, and they can't live in the end anyway." ”

"Isn't it strange that you're a man!" said a younger man, "I don't know what you want to do, and what do you have to do with us?"

"You ---" The big man shook his head helplessly in the face of this group of people whose heads were like elm pimples, and said word by word, "You have a group of more than ten people, most of them are young people, these young people are the focus of the investigation of devils and traitors, of course, you middle-aged people may not be treated favorably by devils and traitors, go rashly, have you thought about the consequences?"

"Having said all that," said the middle-aged man, "we don't know what you're doing, and we don't know what your purpose is, even if you're a good person, and you're dedicated to us, and what you say is true, then we can't just turn around and go back because of your few words, right? ”

"Yes, they have already arrived at the city gate, and there is no reason to go home like this. ”

"Hearing is false, seeing is believing, leave him alone, let's go and see. ”

"He must have a purpose, let's not fall for him. ”

"Okay, it's useless to talk more, it's better to hurry. ”

"Yes, yes, don't delay our business because idlers are talking nonsense here. ”

"That's right, that's right......"

The big man raised his hands, always trying to calm down the group of people in front of him and listen to his heartfelt words, but this group of people shouted one sentence after another, bypassed him and walked forward, not taking his words seriously at all, nor taking others seriously.

"Who are these people?" the big man reminded after them, "I can't listen to any good words, there is obviously a fire pit in front of me, and I almost fell into it and burned to death, so I kindly reminded you, you are still ...... Don't rush into the city, first look at the situation on the side, see how those people checked, see clearly, think clearly, and then decide whether to go into the city or not!"

Whether the group of people listened to the big man's words, the big man was not sure, but none of them turned around and signaled to the big man, which made the big man's heart cold for a while, he took a deep breath, stared at the back of the group of people hurrying forward in disappointment, and shook his head helplessly and in frustration--- he didn't know why the group of people were so stubborn, his words could not be understood anymore, but these people did not listen to his advice, and resolutely walked towards the ruthless, evil devils and traitors......

It's over, it's over, I don't know how many innocent lives are going to die under the devil's gun...... The big man was very sad and depressed, and returned to the big rock listlessly, and sat down dejectedly, and the scene of the devil shooting the innocent boy in his mind instantly came to his mind--- the bullet pierced the boy's head, and the blood spurted out of the back of the head with the bullet and sprinkled in the clearing......

"You're right," I don't know how long it took, the big man in confusion realized that someone was reaching out behind him, he reacted quickly, grabbed the man's arm, turned around in an instant, and wrapped the man's arm around his back, only to hear the crisp sound of "babbling" between the joints, the man grinned in pain, and hurriedly begged for mercy, "The hero spares his life, it's broken, it's broken......"

"Who are you, and why are you trying to assassinate me? Hurry up, or your arm will really be broken." The big man lifted the man's arm fiercely, and the man was hunched over, his body was so badly twisted and deformed that his head was about to touch the ground.

"Hero's life," the man said with difficulty, "you must have misunderstood, and we talked at that meeting, really." ”

The big man slowly lowered the man's arm, and grabbed him by the collar to make him stand up, and then he saw that this man was one of the people who had gone to the city gate after repeated persuasions, and the big man looked at him in surprise and asked, "Why are you? What about the others, why did you come back?

"No," said the man, "it was because of your reminder that we were spared. They, they came. ”

"Great...... the big man was relieved to see that they were safe and sound.

The crowd sat down, and the big man was gathered around and stood in front of them like heroes.

At this time, Ah Zi and Qiao Xiaojing, who was dressed as an old woman, walked over, and saw the big man in the crowd at a glance, and they shouted eagerly: "Big man, big man......"

Everyone looked towards the shouting place with the big man, Qiao Xiaojing took off her headscarf, threw away her crutches, and staggered towards the big man.

"Take it!" Someone suddenly shouted, and the people around the big man rushed over and pressed Qiao Xiaojing to the ground.