Hearing the Kuomintang troops leaving, the tent man recited the Buddha, and was about to put the bed to sleep, when the door was opened outside.

"Who?"

"I'm the one who invested in the store."

"Still staying at the hotel so late?"

"It's just late to stay in the hotel, and I'm still in a hurry during the day!"

Open the door, not very assured; If you don't open the door, you're afraid of delaying your business. He peeked out through the crack in the door, and there was a man with his feet on his feet, and he was pulling a donkey. He opened the door. When the guests came to the hall lamp, he remembered that the two guests and the donkey had stayed here a few days ago, and said that they had gone to Dongxiang to pick up relatives. Since he was an acquaintance, he took the reins with a smile and said, "Live in the same room where you lived last time, and I will bring water immediately." He wondered why he hadn't picked up his relatives and came back with an empty donkey.

The tent man went to fetch water, and the footman mixed the ingredients into the trough, when a woman came from the latrine at the back and went straight to the east wing. It was raining, and the wind lanterns were hanging on the cattle trough, and what kind of person could not see clearly. But there were enough shadows, and the foot Ling felt that he had seen this person somewhere. Just go back and muttered to the robe-clad one.

When the man came to set the table with hot noodles, the robed guest said, "This is a mess, but your business is still thriving, and the rooms are full, right?" ”

"Look at what you said, who doesn't look at the yellow calendar, and travels on this day! Except for the two of you, there is only one single cousin. ”

The donkey asked, "From a foreign country?" ”

"Go to a foreign country!" The man said, "The rich man of Dongxiang has scared the New Fourth Army out." I heard that I went back to my mother's house in Shanghai. ”

Because there were Kuomintang troops stationed in the village, Yu Jie had been on guard against accidents and did not dare to sleep. The Kuomintang army drove away, and she closed her eyes, wanting to get a good night's sleep and accumulate energy for tomorrow's journey. She had just fallen asleep when she was awakened by the sound of a slamming door, and then she heard someone say hello, and the donkey snorted and went all the way into the courtyard. When the visitor entered the guest room and the donkey led the barn, she quietly got up and got off the kang, wanting to take the opportunity to go to the toilet to observe the movement. When she went, she didn't see anyone, only saw two swaying black shadows from the window paper of the east wing, and when she came back, there were people next to the livestock trough, medium size, short dress, and she could see very clearly under the wind lamp, and she immediately recognized it as the foot man who drove the donkey for Eryan! When the donkey she rode that day rushed towards Eryan, he ran over and stopped her. You can't be mistaken about that look.

Back in the house, she couldn't lie down anymore.

If two people come together, that one must be a human trafficker. rescued Eryan, who had a grudge against them, and had a lot of luck with them. It's full of enemy troops, and they betray themselves as soon as they collude! Either way, get out of here before they even know it.

At this time, the third watch was just handed over. Leave immediately, arousing the suspicion of the store that it is a small matter, and it is a big matter to attract their attention. She just sat there and waited for dawn, she thought that these two people would not sleep until midnight, and would not wake up too early.

She didn't dare to light the lamp, and she couldn't find anything to do, and for a few days she was so weak and weak that she couldn't sit there without taking a nap, so she took another nap. When she opened her eyes, the light outside the window was bright, and she said to herself: "Oh no, it's all bright, I'm afraid those two guys have also gotten up." "Gently push the door open a narrow slit, but fortunately, the door of the east wing has not yet opened. She slowly opened the door wider, rubbed out the door sideways, and saw that it was a sunny day, revealing half a bright moon. However, there are already roosters crowing far and near, and there are always four more scenes. She crept to the front room, where the guy was already making a fire. Because the store money had been paid last night, he beckoned the man to open the door. The guy said, "It's so early, let's rest again!" "Opened the door. Yu Jie quickened her pace and walked out of the west entrance of the village.

Yesterday it was sunny, and the roads that had been dried were drenched in the rain again this night. Yu Jie was anxious, and she also rested for a day and a night to slow down, although she fell and slippery, her speed was still very fast. After passing through a few tall fields, she couldn't look back at the house, and she fell to the ground with a stone. Touching his forehead, his hair was already stuck into locks of sweat.

The water flowing in the small ditch on the side of the road was very clear, and I wanted to wash my face, but I held back. Continuing to rush forward, I walked about the ground, and the road sloped downward, and a large puddle appeared in front of me. I don't know how deep it is, it's half a mile long; I couldn't see how wide the two sides were, but I saw that half of the sorghum and corn were soaked in water, and half of them were exposed and swayed with the water waves. Whether to go down or find another way, the decision has not yet been decided, and the sound of donkey hooves is heard from behind him getting closer and closer. Yu Jie gritted her teeth, took off her shoes, rolled up her trouser legs and went into the water.

At first, the water is not deep, only there are no calves; The ground under the water is not sinking, but hard and slippery. After walking for a while, it went deep all of a sudden, until it reached the root of the leg, and the mud at the bottom of the water was like a sauce jar. Yu Jie had to take one step to stand firm and then take the next step. At this time, I heard the sound of someone kicking the water behind me. Looking back, the two of them and a donkey were coming from behind, and the one in a robe was riding on the donkey, and the one in a short shirt was pulling the reins.

Yu Jie wanted to be fast, and she didn't make any decisions on her feet, so she had to catch up with them, adapt to the situation, and then try to escape.

They rushed to Yu Jie's side and slowed down.

Yu Jie lowered her head and walked without raising her eyes. But his heart beat to his throat, and his face blushed to the base of his ears. She thought to herself, as the saying goes, only when a show meets a soldier, it is unreasonable; Today is good, she is not a soldier who has the strength to catch up with a show; And these two are more ferocious than the enemy soldiers. It is necessary to be extra vigilant, as long as they are not allowed to use force, there is room for manoeuvre.

"Sister-in-law," asked the robed man softly, "Traveling alone?" ”

Yu Jie was silent.

He asked, "Where is this?" ”

Yu Jie thought to herself, "Did he recognize me?" He glanced at the man and replied, "Go to the train station." ”

The robe-wearing looked at Yu Jie, and his eyes showed a smile of satisfaction. Yu Jie knew that he was completely recognized.

"We also go up to the station," said the robe, "and since we are on the same road, let this donkey be ridden by you." ”

"I can go, don't bother you."

"If you meet, you have a fate!" The robe smiled, "Who doesn't have a place for whom!" Looking at my sister-in-law like this, eighty percent of them are going back to their parents' home, right? ”

"Almost."

"It's not easy to walk on the road! The national army searched everywhere, looking for the Communist Party with makeup; The New Fourth Army is also looking for deserters who have fallen behind; Both sides said that they would pay the whistleblower a reward. ”

"Hey, hey!" Yu Jie sneered, "You inquired very clearly, didn't you inquire, what did you reward for reporting the wrong one?" ”

The robe choked at once. The Kuomintang sent female spies, and the Communist Party also had female scouts. Not knowing who she really is doesn't scare her.

"I mean, it's easier for us to go together." The robe smiled and said, "This area is the world of the national army, I have a pass in my hand, and it happens to be two men and one woman." ”

Yu Jie saw that it was not easy to break free from these two people. You need to do what you want, look for opportunities, and try your best to keep them steady.

"Let's talk about being a companion, why do you put so much effort into it?" Yu Jie smiled, "They are all people on the scene!" ”

At this time, the puddle was already out, Yu Jie stopped and twisted the water on her pants and put on her shoes. The robe got off the donkey and insisted that Yu Jie ride it. Yu Jie was no longer polite, and asked the foot man to help her ride up, and deliberately said: "Offended, today's foot money is mine." ”

The robe and the short fight looked at each other, and both of them were a little dazed. It was clearly this woman, wearing the uniform of the New Fourth Army and riding a donkey, crashing past them, and losing the second sister, why did she change a person every other day? That tone of speech is like an old river and lake who is familiar with the docks.

Yu Jie just played a woman in the rivers and lakes in a play, and she borrowed that line and figure here with affection, and achieved unexpected results. It seems that the desperate road is not impossible, she is preemptive, waiting for the robe to be revealed.

"Hear you have a Southern accent?" The robe said.

"Small place Shanghai."

"You want to go home?"

"Look at the wind and see if it's good."

"If we want to be able to complete our business, we will always hold the pole when we fall down."

"I know your business, and you want to sell me for a living."

"Don't you dare, they're all friends!"

"I'll listen to you."

"Our brothers are working hard for nothing more than money. On that day we lost a living, and we lost 500 oceans. Today, God opened his eyes for us to meet you, and you had to pay this account. Which party or faction does not do our business, you can pay for it, and we will let you go, whether it is Shanghai or a ravine, you can go by yourself. ”

"What if I can't get it?"

"Then don't blame us for being too business-oriented. But the driver is not an old fighter, so he doesn't have to ask his brother to bother! ”

"I don't have any money on me, but I have money to pick me up!"

"Well, let's find a place for you to make offerings, and you can send a letter and call someone to pick it up. We will seek profit, and not destroy the God of Wealth! ”

A thought flashed in Yu Jie's heart, in case she couldn't get out, she would rather ask her father to get money to ransom her, than be a prisoner of the Kuomintang, right?

Seeing that she was silent, the robe said further: "But to be clear, what if you are from the national army?" Bright sign, let's be a misunderstanding; What if it's on that side? I also sell a friendship, as long as you are willing to cooperate, I will never penetrate the bottom when I meet the national army! ”

Yu Jie said: "Whatever you want, you and I both have long mouths." ”

After saying this, they were thinking about their hearts, and the atmosphere was dull and tense. Yu Jie calculated, of course she had to run if she could run, but if she really couldn't get out, she had to try to call her family to ransom her. It is a matter of life and death, and it is better to make your family laugh than to be a prisoner of the enemy. The footman whispered to the robe: "Do you really take her as a mortgage and wait for her family to redeem it?" The robe made a look, meaning: "This is a plan to stabilize the army, get her to Jinan and sell it, and ask the human flesh workshop to fish it out if there is oil and water." ”

At this time, the sun was shining, and both the traffickers and the donkeys were sweating. Seeing that there was a railway not far ahead, he struck two whips and wanted to get to the shade of the trees by the side of the road to rest. The donkey spread its hooves and walked merrily, followed by two men and hurried through an intersection. From the south, a company of fully loaded Kuomintang troops was coming. As soon as the bandit company commander saw these people, he shouted: "What are you doing? Come here! The two traffickers stood still, it was too late to retreat.

The bandit army, who walked profusely, sat on the mud floor and gasped for breath without waiting for the order, and the people who carried the burden also put down their burdens to wipe their sweat. The monkey face and the big man took the trafficker and the donkey with a gun, and Yu Jie jumped off the donkey.

The bandit company commander turned his pistol in his hand and asked, "What are you doing?" ”

"Ordinary people, the family members are sick and sent to Jinan for medical treatment." As he spoke, the trafficker took out the pass with the big seal from his waist.

"I don't look at that bird!" The bandit company commander took the barrel of the gun and flicked the piece of paper, "During the military period, let Lao Tzu ride the donkey first!" ”

"Hey, boss! We've got to catch a train! The trafficker pulled out his wallet again. The company commander was already fat yesterday, so he saw the money, waved his gun and said, "You two old men go and pick up the burden, and replace the two pairs that the kid and the soldier picked!" ”

It turned out that there was an old man who was caught suffering from tuberculosis, coughed up blood all the way, fell halfway, and the burden fell on the shoulders of a bandit. Xiao Gao is small and weak, gritting his teeth and being strong, the bandits are lazy and lazy, and they have never done heavy work, so despite the company commander's scolding and the platoon commander's beating, they can't go fast. The company commander saw that the two traffickers were very strong, so he cheapened the errand for them.

The company commander got on the donkey, and the bandits led the traffickers and footmen to pick up the burden, and Yu Jie turned around and left. When the footman saw it, he said to the robe, "She's going to run!" The robes broke free from the bandit army and went to arrest Yu Jie, and the bandit company commander asked sharply: "What are you going to do?" The robe said, "I, the woman, will run." He shouted at Yu Jie again: "You still want to die, if you want to die, stand still if you want to die!" "She's a madman, and we won't be able to find her as soon as she runs away!" The robe said, "It's okay for me to carry your burdens, but you can't let my madwoman go!" When Yu Jie heard this, she scolded angrily: "Bastard! Who is you woman, you are a human trafficker! ”

When the robe heard this, he was disappointed, and shouted in a broken voice: "Catch this female Communist Party quickly!" ”

When the bandits heard this, they all laughed, saying that the family's scolding was all new words. The bandit company commander rode on a donkey and shouted: "Bastard, I'm your house here, it's noisy!" Shut up, the man will carry the burden, and show me the woman too. When you get to the station, I'll send you out, and you will go up to the side and make noise about you. ”

Xiao Gao recognized the two traffickers first, and beat the drum in his heart, wondering what to do if they recognized him! When he recognized that the donkey rider was Yu Jie, his head buzzed, and he immediately swelled to the size of a fence. Listening to their quarrel, and after the bandit company commander pressed down, the traffickers did not further expose it, and Yu Jie did not insist on leaving, so he couldn't figure out what medicine was in this gourd.

"Leave the picks behind!" The big man said to Xiao Gao, and pushed the robe-wearing one again, "You pick it up." ”

The robed man took the flat shoulder from the little master, put it on his shoulders, gritted his teeth and stood up, looked up sharply and saw Xiao Gao, "ah", and opened his mouth like a dead catfish.

"Why, don't you know?" Xiao Gao took the first step and asked, "The day before yesterday, you two also ate my melon!" ”

The robe snorted, not knowing how to answer.

Xiao Gao took advantage of the time when the big man went to command the foot to take the burden, and whispered to the robe: "If you dare to prick the hair, I will insist that you are a communist, and you will eat melons in my melon shed with the New Fourth Army." ”

The bandit company commander also handed Yu Jie over to the big man and the monkey face to take care of. Yu Jie was very annoyed by the thief eyebrows of the bandits, and lowered her head and didn't look at anyone. Seeing that the big man and the monkey's face were three or five steps apart, Xiao Gao touched Yu Jie's hand with his hand, Yu Jie shook his arm vigorously, spat and twisted his face to the other side.

"Yu Jie!"

This soft sound, like thunder on a sunny day, Yu Jie's whole body was shaken, and she hurriedly turned around. When I saw that it was Xiao Gao, I was so surprised that I didn't catch my breath for a long time. Xiao Gao gave a look and whispered, "Don't look at me, you and I pretend not to know each other." ”

"Hmm."

"How did you get mixed up with them!"

"They're following me!"

"Why don't you run?"

"Can't run. They will detain me and make my house ransom for it. ”

"It's a lie, and you really can't do it. Revolutionary fighters can't do that, they have to be ambitious! ”

"I'll be fine with you, I'll listen to you!"

"Without me, you have to fight resolutely, and you would rather die than be sold by human traffickers."

There was the sound of planes in the southwest, and machine gun fire and bomb explosions could be heard not far away.

"Go northwest, go to the railroad!" When the bandit company commander heard this, he said, "There is probably an enemy in the southwest, and we will get in touch with the traffic police team when we are close to the railway." If the enemy really comes, we will not be surrounded. ”

The procession passed through the fields of crops and came to the edge of the railway. The enemy on the bunker asked for the password and number, and waved his hand to let them pass. Just then, several planes flew at low altitude along the railway line.

"Swing signal!" The sentry at the mouth of the bunker shouted, "Signal quickly." ”

The bandit company commander hurriedly shouted at the monkey's face: "Quick, quick!" The monkey face quickly unburdened himself from his back, unbuttoned it, and with a loud bang fell out some colorful women's clothes and a large piece of smoke. The bandit company commander couldn't help but say, and kicked him twice while sitting on the donkey, "I told you to make a signal!" You dry the rags for me! Good boy, you still have a piece of smoke! ”

"Swing signal, swing ......" The monkey's face also changed color in a hurry, and asked the big man, "Where is the signal cloth?" ”

The big man said, "The company commander told you to carry it, how do I know!" ”

"I'll shoot you......" Before the bandit company commander finished his sentence, several planes turned around and flew back, and with a click, the machine guns swept down overwhelmingly. The donkey fell down before he stumbled, and the company commander rolled off the donkey's neck and threw it a foot away.

"I'll fuck you!" The bandit company commander took out his pistol and fired two shots into the air. But the plane didn't listen to that, and another dive bombing followed. The bandits did not have the experience and preparation to be bombed by their own planes, and those who cried for their fathers, scolded their mothers, and took the opportunity to shoot the enemy's black guns, and the chaos became a mess, and more than a dozen people were killed and injured in the blink of an eye. Xiao Gao took the opportunity to take Yu Jie's hand and said, "Run!" ”

Xiao Gao pulled Yu Jie across the railroad and jumped into the ditch on the side of the road. Before they could climb the edge of the ditch, the big bandits followed after them with guns in hand. Xiao Gao saw that he couldn't hide, so he pushed Yu Jie up the edge of the ditch and said, "Enter the crops, run yours!" I'll deal with it. Yu Jie took a few steps into the cornfield.

The pursuing bandits came to the edge of the ditch, and Xiao Gao slammed out from below, pulled his legs with both hands, and the big man fell on his back. Xiao Gao grabbed him by the neck and said, "I treat you as a good person, and you chase after me!" ”

The big man pulled away Xiao Gao's hand around his neck with both hands, and squeezed out a few words from the gap in his throat: "I have words, I have words!" What are you anxious about? ”

"I'm not in a hurry if you arrest me?"

"You run yours, I'll chase me, I'm going to shoot or not?"

"And what are you doing here?"

"Silly ancestor, I also ran, the signal cloth was lost, several people died, didn't the company commander want my life!" As he spoke, he unloaded the bolt and put it in Xiao Gao's hand and said, "You can rest assured, why don't you run?" ”

Xiao Gao took the bolt of the gun and also drilled into the crop field, and the big man chased after the gun without the bolt. Because the planes were still bombarding and sweeping overhead, the enemy on the pillboxes also got into the shells of the turtles, and no one paid attention to their movements. In fact, the big man didn't have to play such a small trick.

When they entered the sorghum field, Xiao Gao and the big man were together, and the two called Yu Jie while running, but no one answered. As he was running, two men in civilian clothes and guns jumped out from both sides with a roar, shouting: "Surrender the gun and don't kill!" ”

The big man quickly raised his gun over his head. One person took it and looked at it: "Where's the bolt?" ”

"Here!" Xiao Gao handed it over.

"Come with us!"

Two plainclothes men followed one after the other, escorting them to the southwest. As you walk, you ask them, "Which part of it?" ”

The big man said, "The division is under the jurisdiction of the district garrison company." ”

"Where are you two going?"

The big man said, "I don't know, I'm following him." ”

"Where's you, kid?"

"I don't know."

"I don't know if you're running?"

"They took me as a guide and didn't let me go home for two days."

The two escorts laughed. One of them looked at Xiao Gao for a moment and said, "Where is your home?" ”

Xiao Gao said: "You can't control it. ”

"Can't care? If you don't tell me, I'm afraid you won't find it! The man smiled and said, "The last time you couldn't find a home, you asked me." ”

Saying this, Xiao Gao felt that the accent was very familiar, but after looking at it, he couldn't remember where he had seen it.

The soldier said: "One night, three members of the art troupe found our company station, you asked the sentry for directions, it was not me who put the sentry!" ”

Xiao Gao looked at it again, jumped up and hugged the soldier, jumped on Gao'er, and patted and said, "You changed into civilian clothes, I don't recognize it." ”

"You've changed into plain clothes, and I'll recognize you."

Kotaka asked the warrior how he got here. The soldier told Xiao Gao to stand still and waited for another man to escort the big man farther away, and then told him that they had been fighting all day on the banks of the Yi River, and that the enemy had found that our great force had gone away, and that there was only one regiment, and he was angry and pounced on him with ninety times the force. The higher authorities ordered the battalions to break through the encirclement separately, and after breaking through the encirclement, they made a detour back to the Yimeng Mountains. However, this company had drilled out from the southwest, and after getting rid of the enemy, it was no longer possible to move east and north. And even the casualties were scattered, and there were only about 30 people left. The company commander decided to follow the footsteps of the army to the west, and also arranged to pay attention to the search for the three female soldiers along the way.

The warrior asked Xiao Gao where the two female comrades were? Xiao Gao told the general situation. The soldier said: "Just now we heard that enemy planes were strafing here, and we thought that our troops had arrived here, and the company commander sent us to reconnoitre. As soon as we arrived, a woman stood in the crop, glanced at us, turned around, and ran north. It is common for the common people in the enemy-occupied area to turn around and run away when they see people with guns, and we didn't go up to interrogate them, so it must be a comrade surnamed Yu. ”

Indeed, it was Yu Jie.

Xiao Gao told her to enter the crop field, first to the south and then to the west. As soon as she turned her face to the south, she saw two men with guns, bending over and walking towards her. She didn't even think about it, she turned around and ran as fast as she could. She didn't know the direction either, she just wanted to run away from the plane. Ran through the sorghum field, and then into the grove, did not notice that there was a man sitting in the woods, and almost tripped over the man, and quickly restrained his feet. The man was so frightened that he quickly got up. Yu Jie looked at it and cried bitterly.

"This is truly the path of no one else!" The trafficker in the robe said, "The foot is dead, the donkey's leg is broken, I thought it was really a chicken and egg to beat, and you sent it again." No need to talk nonsense, come with me. ”

Yu Jie listened to Xiao Gao's criticism, and decided not to engage in expedient measures with him anymore, so she turned around and ran to the left again. And the robe was tucked up and chased after him. Seeing that he was about to catch up, Yu Jie was in a hurry, bent down and grabbed two handfuls of mud, turned around and stopped. The robe chased after him and was about to say something, when Yu Jie smashed the mud in his hand into the eyes of the robe. The robe groaned, raised his hand to wipe the mud and rubbed his eyes, Yu Jie turned a corner and ran to the right again.