Liang Daya's handle was finally grabbed by Li Wenbin.

It was in the evening of a sunset that several fast horses rushed out of Chenbu Town and galloped northeast.

This Biao man was Liang Daya and several of his squadron leaders, Zhu Yidao, Qu Crooked Mouth, and Tao Sanhe. Liang Daya greeted Song Shangda and Dongfang Wenyin to see the terrain, but the real purpose of their trip was to rush back to Lanqiaobu to celebrate the birthday of Liang Daya's godfather Zhu Yunxuan.

The 60th birthday is a major event in a person's life in Lanqiaobu, others may not be able to remember this day, but Liang Daya will not forget. In the past, when I was in Lanqiaobu, every time the old man had a birthday, he had to set up several tables of banquets. Although Zhu Yunxuan is the richest man in Lanqiaobu, he is not a bully, and his popularity is very good, especially for Liang Daya, who is as kind to him as a mountain, and Liang Daya will never forget. A few days later, the Japanese army preached the Greater East Asia Co-prosperity Circle, luring the people who ran away and returned to their homes, Zhu Erye was still alive, and under the pleading of the villagers, he accepted the position of the chairman of the maintenance association appointed by the traitor regime of the Japanese army, and he was still painstakingly supporting the life of the villagers in Lanqiaobu.

The journey of more than 120 miles, the horses were fast, showing off their might, and they arrived in more than two hours.

This was a very risky operation, more than 120 miles, to pass through two Japanese blockade lines, Lanqiao Port was also built by the Japanese army a pillbox, stationed a squad of the Japanese army and a squad of the puppet army, and Liang Daya and his party only had a total of five people and ten guns. But Liang Daya didn't care, he arrived in the middle of the night, hid the horses in the cowshed of Gong Er's rotten eyes in the south of the town, and several people sneaked into the town unknowingly and knocked on the door of Zhu Erye's house.

The young man opened the door, and Liang Daya and the others walked in with a big grin, and asked as they walked: "What's the matter, the second master's birthday, and don't hang a lantern?" Rested so early. ”

The young man was not surprised when he knew Liang Daya, and followed behind and said: "The second master said, these years are in chaos, and it is better to have more than one thing, so don't let it be quiet." ”

"Oh," Liang Daya waved his hand and said, "What is there to be afraid of, go to Steward Chen to hang up the lantern, just say what I said." ”

As he spoke, he had gone up the steps of the hall.

When Zhu Erye got the letter, he also got up from the bed, and when he saw Liang Daya and the others, he was so shocked that he stumbled and said, "Daya, why are you back?" Our Japanese army and the Captain Hou of the 'Imperial Cooperative Army' all know that you are going to the Eighth Road, and if they let them bump into you, you will die. ”

Liang Daya asked in surprise: "Second master, don't you know?" I am now the captain of Chenbu County of the Eighth Route Army, and I am in charge of hundreds of people, and a few little devils and two devils here don't dare to touch me. ”

Zhu Yunxuan was shocked and said, "Since you have become the eighth road, what are you going to do when you come back?" Didn't you hear that your second master became the maintenance president of the devil, and you want to ask for the second master's life? ”

Liang Daya said, "Second Master, where do you want to go?" I'm here to celebrate your old man's birthday. Today is the big day for your old man's life, your old man will sit down first, and the big tooth will kowtow to you. ”

After speaking, he couldn't say anything, so he pressed Zhu Yunxuan on the Taishi chair in the middle of the hall, knelt down with a plop, and bowed his head. Seeing this, Zhu Yidao, Qu Crooked Mouth, Tao Sanhe and others next to him also knelt down after Liang Daya finished kowtowing, and knocked up and down.

Zhu Yunxuan didn't sit or stand, and said again and again: "It's old, it's old." Hurry up, what does that mean? In the chaos of war, what birthday do you wish? I am a person who dies more and lives less, and I still care about you, and I run back to celebrate my birthday with a lot of risks, and I can't afford to be ashamed of it. ”

While talking, more than a dozen members of the Zhu family, young and old, got up from the bed, everyone was originally a family, very warm, affectionately surrounded by a group, some called Big Tooth, some called Big Tooth Brother, and some called Big Tooth Uncle.

Second Master Zhu wiped his old eyes and said to a few female dependents: "What are you still doing in a daze, hurry up and burn the pot, let the big teeth and them eat, hurry up, otherwise you will run into the Japanese army tomorrow, and you won't be able to get out." ”

Liang Daya said: "It's okay. Today's devils and two devils, who doesn't know my big teeth? Forgive them for not daring to pull out their teeth. After thinking about it, he asked, "Second Master, you are under the hands of devils, do they dare to bend you?" ”

A sentence touched Zhu Yunxuan's sadness, and he couldn't help but cry again, saying: "It's hard to say a word, it's hard to say." Big Tooth, are you willing to do this traitorous errand when you are your second master? The second master is forced to do so. If you don't come out of this, the devil will beat people when they see them, and burn them when they see houses, and no one will take care of the villagers. Let's do it, the devil and the second devil want money and food when they see the sky, and they also want a big girl. Your second master showed this old face and begged grandpa to tell grandma in front of them, and did his best to do the things he was assigned to, so as to keep the villagers safe. But this side is flattened, and the national army over there, as well as the Eighth Road, does not follow, and also asks for money and food. If you don't give it, you will be punished for the crime of traitor. The second master, this maintenance president is not easy to maintain. Child, you still see the second master when you come back this time, and when you come back next time, I'm afraid you can only go to the grave of the second master. As he spoke, he was not sad, and the old tears flowed down again.

Liang Daya saw that Zhu Erye was crying silently, his heart was very desolate, and he suddenly felt a sense of blood, and said to Zhu Yunxuan's grandson Zhu Siqi: "Third brother, find someone to call me the second devil in Lanqiaobu." ”

Zhu Yunxuan was frightened when he heard this, and waved his hand again and again and said, "I can't help it." You are the captain of the Eighth Road, and the devils and the two devils in Lanqiaobu know it, and they will explain it to you, if you come back, report it immediately. That's what you need to think about. ”

Liang Daya pursed his lips disdainfully and said, "They dare to ask for my braincase? Hearing the name Liang Daya, they didn't dare to go out to pee. Second master, don't worry, Liang Daya is not the Liang Daya of the past. Third brother, you can send someone to call, and I will explain a few words to him. Also, who is in charge of the Eighth Route of the National Army here? If you tell them, you will say that Liang Daya, the county captain of Chenbu County, of the Eighth Route Army, has returned, and he wants to meet them, and he will come to see them alone, and I will guarantee that they are safe and sound. Whoever dares to shirk, I'll come to the door tonight. ”

Zhu Yidao and others also followed: "That's it, second master, you don't have to be afraid, what about Brother Daya and us?" We have explained it to them clearly today, and it will also save your old family from suffering from their nests in the future. ”

Second Master Zhu still shook his head tremblingly, and said, "Big Tooth, if you are really good for your second master, you can spare me." If you call them here today, and tomorrow you leave, my life will not be able to live, and if it is not good, the villagers will be implicated with me. ”

The rest of the Zhu family also pleaded, and the words were earnest, so Liang Daya gave up and asked Zhu Yidao to offer the birthday gift he brought - two hundred oceans, and said: "Second master, the officials of our Eighth Route Army are all Qing officials, not like devils or traitors who loot the people's fat and people's cream." These few dollars are a little bit of caution on my part, please accept it with a smile. ”

Zhu Yunxuan said in a panic: "Big Tooth, what are you doing, you are suffering outside, you have earned a few dollars, keep it for yourself." The second master doesn't need it, there is nowhere to hide the money, and whoever wants the devil traitor and the national army has to give it. ”

Liang Daya laughed and said, "Second master, don't worry. Come on, Captain Tao, you leave a note for the second master, I said you write - Lanqiaobu Zhu Erye is the godfather of Liang Daya, the captain of Chenbu County of the Eighth Route Army. Whether it is a traitor or a devil, the Eighth Road of the National Army, seeing Zhu Erye, the civil official got off the sedan chair and the military attache dismounted. Whoever dares to slack off, if he encounters my big teeth one day, he will definitely make him die a good death. This cloth. Liang Daya, captain of the Chenbu County Brigade of the Eighth Route Army. ”

Although the paper and pen were found, Tao Sanhe hesitated. Among several squadron leaders, he drank a lot of ink, but he still couldn't write Liang Daya's "notice" clearly. In the end, it was Zhu Siqi who volunteered and carefully considered the words before he understood the meaning of Captain Liang and read it to Zhu Erye again.

Zhu Erye said: "This note may work in the national army and the Eighth Road, but in the devils and traitors, you must not dare to take it out." ”

Liang Daya said: "It works for anyone." You old man might as well try, if there is any difficulty, take out this note and show it to them, if they dare not give me face, I will want his life. ”

In the middle of the night, when he was full of wine and food, Liang Daya explained the precautions, and asked Zhu Yidao and Qu Weizui and others to quietly go home, and he himself tucked his two guns and asked Zhu Siqi to send someone to call his old friend Cai Qiuxiang over.