Chapter 212: Strange Farmstead
But what can be done at the moment? There are few people in this vicinity, and there is no way to solve the problem of grain and grass for a while, and it seems that the only way to do this is to give up the chariot and kill the horses to satisfy the hunger.
Some soldiers of the Sharp Knife Army saw Zhang Yongjie constantly stroking the BMW chasing the wind, and they all knew what Zhang Yongjie meant.
Soldier A and Soldier B immediately stood up and told Zhang Yongjie a short vacation on the pretext of opening a tuba.
After an hour, Soldier A and Soldier B brought two large pots of chicken and beckoned the brothers to feast on them.
Zhang Yongjie was suspicious, there were no towns in the vicinity, where did they get the chicken? There were pots and pans, obviously there were people nearby.
Soldier A said: "There is a fellow villager nearby, and he heard that our Sharp Knife Army is here, so he took out five chickens and treated everyone." ”
Zhang Yongjie was eating a piece of chicken, and he was puzzled in his heart, the origin of these chickens was unknown, maybe they were stolen or robbed.
The Japanese invaded our southeast region for several years, and the common people are not rich, maybe these chickens are an important ration for an ordinary family, if it is a hen, it is still an ordinary family's economic resources.
If it is robbed or stolen by the soldiers of the Sharp Knife Army, how will this family live?
But Zhang Yongjie also knew that the reason why Soldier A and Soldier B did this was because he couldn't bear to let himself kill the Wind Chasing BMW. Therefore, Zhang Yongjie is not good at scolding Soldier A and Soldier B.
When everyone finishes eating chicken, relieves fatigue and is full of energy. Zhang Yongjie walked up to Soldier A and Soldier B and said, "You two lead the way now and go to the nearby farmer to have a look." ”
Zhang Yongjie said to take a look, but Soldier A and Soldier B were in trouble. Zhang Yongjie looked at that expression, it was obvious that the five chickens were from unknown sources, and they were most likely stolen or even robbed.
Zhang Yongjie immediately said: "If these chickens were stolen by the two of you, or stolen." Then the two of you have violated military law, disturbed the people, and should be beheaded according to the law. ”
Zhang Yongjie paused, and said: "Of course, I'm not the kind of person who talks about death. The reason why I ate the chicken first, and then came to ask the two of you about it, it means that this stealing or robbing is all counted on my Zhang Yongjie's head, and it has nothing to do with the two of you. Now you two just lead the way, let's go and see together. ”
Soldier A and Soldier B glanced at each other, and indeed Mr. Zhang Qian also ate chicken, in this case, Mr. Zhang Qian would definitely not trouble himself. Immediately led the people to the nearby people's homes.
What Zhang Yongjie is most worried about is that these five chickens are very important to that family, and they must not eat in vain, and they must find a way to compensate accordingly. But when Zhang Yongjie walked to the mountain bay, he found that it was a large family.
This was General Yu's defense area, so it was rarely harassed by the Japanese invaders, so this large family was not as poor as the Japanese occupied area.
The big families even armed fifty or sixty villagers to defend their homes.
And these five chickens were indeed stolen. The owner of a large family is in a closed hall. Zhang Yongjie and more than a dozen others arrived, and soon someone pointed out that it was Soldier A and Soldier B who did a good deed.
The owner of the big family immediately sent the townsman to block Zhang Yongjie and others from the door, Zhang Yongjie remembered that his side was in the front, so he did not break in.
The owner of the big family is a middle-aged and elderly man in his fifties, surnamed Xu, and his name is Jinfeng. With a long sword in his hand, it is obvious that he is still a martial arts practitioner, and his temper does not look so good.
There were individual sergeants in the Sharp Knife Army, who knew the long sword in Xu Jinfeng's hand, and immediately said: "It turns out that this is the Zhuangzi of the 'Strong Wind Sword' Xu Jinfeng's old man." ”
Xu Jinfeng is quite proud of his super-fast 'Strong Wind Sword', and some people know him and are quite proud. But if someone in the army knows him, that's a strange thing.
Xu Jinfeng frowned slightly, he would never believe that his martial arts had reached the point where even ordinary soldiers knew. He wondered in his heart, which unit was this rout? Could it be the Sharp Knife Army from Fujian?
Zhang Yongjie immediately remembered Xu Qingfeng, the 'Qingfeng Sword' who was eliminated by the Blue Dragon Society. One is called Xu Qingfeng and the other is Xu Jinfeng, and it is obvious that the two have some relationship.
Xu Jinfeng looked Zhang Yongjie up and down, and saw that he was holding a golden moon gun in his hand, chasing the wind horse under his crotch, and his heart moved, could it be that this person is Zhang Qianzong, the sharp knife army?
Xu Jinfeng said coldly: "When the army fights, it is natural that the imperial court will allocate food and salary. What's the matter? Mr. Zhang Qian can steal chickens from farmers' homes?"
Zhang Yongjie said silently: "No." ”
Under normal circumstances, it is relatively normal to call 'Mr. Zhang Qian' or 'Mr. Qian'. Xu Jinfeng deliberately said 'Mr. Zhang Qian' in order to test whether this person was Zhang Yongjie.
Zhang Yongjie's answer did not deny that his surname was Zhang, but the surname Zhang was originally a big surname, and the surname Zhang was a lot of people, so it could not be judged that this person was Zhang Yongjie.
Xu Jinfeng thought for a while, and then said, "What about the chicken?"
Zhang Yongjie had no choice but to reply: "Eat." ”
Xu Jinfeng frowned and said, "Eat?
Zhang Yongjie agrees with this, and it is natural to eat other people's chickens and pay the price.
Xu Jinfeng immediately said: "Come on, take these more than ten defeated soldiers into the firewood room first, and I will deal with them later." ”
Zhang Yongjie and the soldiers of the Sharp Knife Army never thought that Xu Jinfeng would actually want to detain the sergeant.
Soldier A immediately shouted, "Which one dares to move?"
Everyone in the Sharp Knife Army, before joining the army, was all warriors in the rivers and lakes, and they all had unique skills. When each of them heard Xu Jinfeng's words, they all felt funny.
If this Xu Jinfeng is disarmed this time, where is the prestige of the Sharp Knife Army?
Xu Jinfeng shouted: "What's the matter? You still dare to resist? You and others may have chosen the wrong place to spread wild here." ”
Zhang Yongjie said: "What do you want to do?"
Xu Jinfeng said: "I only want my five chickens, since you have eaten those five chickens, then you have to cut your stomach and take out the chicken." ”
Xu Jinfeng said again: "I am five live chickens, and when I take them out of your stomachs, they are all dead chickens, and they are scattered." But how can people in the rivers and lakes not suffer losses? When I meet you, I have no choice but to suffer this loss. ”
Zhang Yongjie was afraid that he had misheard Xu Jinfeng's words, so he immediately confirmed: "As long as chickens, don't want money?"
Xu Jinfeng nodded, and repeatedly stated that as long as his five chickens, even if Zhang Yongjie is looking for five chickens now, they are not his five chickens, and this matter is not over.
Xu Jinfeng's words made Zhang Yongjie and the more than ten sharp knife soldiers beside him feel incomprehensible. How can there be such unreasonable people in this world?
Soldier B immediately said to Zhang Yongjie: "General Zhang, the poor mountains and bad waters come out of the people, we might as well simply serve this Zhuangzi and leave no chickens and dogs." ”
Zhang Yongjie raised his hand and signaled everyone not to act rashly. Zhang Yongjie fell into thought.
What is going on with Xu Jinfeng saying such rude words? Is he really a person with such a character, or does he have other intentions?
If Xu Jinfeng is a person with such a character, then if he bumps into his hand today, his stunt will not end well. But if Xu Jinfeng has other grievances and deliberately says such a thing, wanting to hint at something to everyone, then he has to think about it carefully.
Zhang Yongjie immediately pointed his spear at a sergeant of the Sharp Knife Army and said, "You get out of the queue and take off your coat." ”
Zhang Yongjie said again: "Since this is the case, Old Man Xu will start with this person, disembowel, and take out the chicken. ”
The sergeants of the Sharp Knife Army all know that Zhang Yongjie has a strange temper, if Xu Jinfeng really dares to disembowel, then maybe this Zhuangzi will really be left behind today.
So the sergeant was not afraid, immediately took off his coat, showed his snow-white belly, and stood in front. patted his stomach and motioned for the people in Xujiazhuang to start taking the chicken.
Xu Jinfeng would not really disemboweling the Sharp Knife Army and others, the reason why he said that was to scare Zhang Yongjie and the others away. He has an extremely difficult matter right now, and he doesn't want to make a fuss.
When he heard Zhang Yongjie speak like this at this moment, his face changed suddenly, and he said leisurely: "Mr. Zhang Qian is really domineering, he stole chickens, and came to the door to make trouble." ”
Zhang Yongjie sneered: "Ben will come to the door to discuss a solution. How can you say that you are making trouble? You want to disembowel and take out the chicken, and we will do what you want, how can you say that you are a domineering general?"
Xu Jinfeng walked up to Zhang Yongjie, handed the long sword in his hand to Zhang Yongjie's waist, and shouted: "Now it's your soldier who stole our chickens, if General Zhang really wants to solve the problem, okay! I won't embarrass you, according to the market price, five chickens, one or two silver, take the silver and leave." ”
Zhang Yongjie carefully observed Xu Jinfeng's movements, and saw that he pointed the long sword to his waist, which was very close to the position of his palm. No one would use a sword like this, because if you play a sword like this, it is very easy to be countered by yourself. With a flick of the blade of his hand, he was able to break the sword.
Looking at Xu Jinfeng's hand holding the sword, a finger has been quietly attached to the sword body. Such a strange sword-gripping action, Zhang Yongjie saw it for the first time, and he felt strange.
The more strange it is, the more Zhang Yongjie feels that there must be something hidden here. Observing the surrounding environment, the living room on the Zhuangzi, the door is always closed.
In general, in this daytime, the bedroom doors and windows may be closed, and the living room is generally open, is there some secret inside?
Xu Jinfeng flicked the sword body lightly at this moment, obviously conveying some kind of message to Zhang Yongjie. But Zhang Yongjie is a human, not a god, and he can't know what this kind of code that has not been agreed upon in advance means.
Xu Jinfeng saw that Zhang Yongjie couldn't understand what he meant, so he immediately withdrew his sword and said, "Do you have any money?"
Zhang Yongjie shook his head and said, "No." ”
Xu Jinfeng said again: "Then how to solve it, you can say a solution." ”
Zhang Yongjie said: "You send someone to the county government now, invite the county lord, and I will ask him to take out the silver from the treasury and compensate you." ”
For a mere tael of silver, Zhang Yongjie actually wanted to invite the county lord to come out, Xu Jinfeng immediately couldn't believe Zhang Yongjie's words.
Xu Jinfeng immediately said: "No need, if you don't have money, then hurry up, and come back to me when you have money in the future." ”
After speaking, Xu Jinfeng commanded everyone and drove Zhang Yongjie and the others into the distance.
Zhang Yongjie felt inexplicable, and took everyone out of the village for more than a mile, but he was thinking in his heart, this Xu Jinfeng is really strange.
To say that he is an unreasonable person, he is reasonable. If you want to say that he is reasonable, and he is unreasonable, what is going on?
What happened specifically, Zhang Yongjie didn't know. But the only thing he can judge is that there must be something wrong with this Zhuangzi.
Zhang Yongjie led the team out of ten miles, the sky was already dark, Zhang Yongjie immediately took off his armor and exchanged clothes with Soldier C.
Not everyone in the Sharp Knife Army can have armor, so Soldier C is an ordinary military uniform, worn inside and out, no different from ordinary people.
Zhang Yongjie handed over the chasing BMW and the golden moon gun to Soldier C for safekeeping, and asked more than ten of them to rush to Hangzhou first, and then go to Hangzhou to meet them later.
Zhang Yongjie decided to take advantage of the night to sneak into Xu Jinfeng's Zhuangzi to see what was going on over there.
In order to cover people's eyes and ears, Zhang Yongjie went into the mountains and dense forests and took a long detour to Xu Jinfeng's Zhuangzi.
Zhang Yongjie immediately lightly climbed into the house, found a hidden place to hide, and waited quietly.
Although Zhang Yongjie's hiding location thought he was very hidden, he was soon discovered by a certain villager organized by Xu Jinfeng.
The strange thing is that the village warrior did not call his companions, and whispered to Zhang Yongjie: "You are the military master in the afternoon, Master Xu already knew that you would return, so we sent people around to look for you, but we found you." Don't hide here, it's dangerous here, come with me. ”
Zhang Yongjie had planned to knock the villager unconscious, so that he would not reveal his position. But at this moment, listening to him talk like this, it is not easy to make a move.
Zhang Yongjie whispered: "How did Old Man Xu know that I would go and return?
The villager said: "There are indeed some things here, you come with me first, change into our township warrior's clothes, and I will tell you quietly later." ”
The villager took Zhang Yongjie to a remote house, and there were three villagers in the house, and they didn't shout when they saw Zhang Yongjie, they all whispered: "The military master is here again in the afternoon?"
The previous villager immediately called the two of them and went out to look at the wind. Zhang Yongjie thought to himself that it was so mysterious, and he still needed someone to look at the wind? Who is looking at the wind to prevent?
While Zhang Yongjie was changing clothes, the first villager Yong introduced himself, his name was Xu Dayong, a countryman, and his parents chose their names more casually, and there were several people in the house, all of whom were his younger brothers, named Xu Eryong, Xu Sanyong, and so on.
Zhang Yongjie changed his clothes, Xu Dayong quietly came over and said, "Master Jun, are you Qiandao Zhang Yongjie?"
Zhang Yongjie nodded and whispered: "I am indeed Zhang Yongjie of the Thousand Islands." ”
Xu Dayong said: "Old man Xu said that General Zhang has a suspicious personality, and the strange events in the afternoon will definitely arouse General Zhang's suspicions, and he will definitely return to investigate again, so he told us to pay attention everywhere." ”
Xu Eryong followed and said: "Holding the golden moon spear in your hand, chasing the wind horse under your crotch." This is the standard configuration of Qiandao Zhang Shaoxia, and Old Man Xu is too suspicious. ”
Zhang Yongjie asked quietly, "Why is he suspicious?"
Xu Eryong said: "The reason why Old Man Xu took out his sword so much in the afternoon and attached his fingers to the sword body is to let Zhang Shaoxia use the Thousand Island Electric Power to confirm your identity. ”
Zhang Yongjie asked again: "Why does he recognize my identity?"
Xu Dayong said: "Zhang Shaoxia doesn't know, our Zhuangzi came to a group of widows last night. If the general is an ordinary sergeant, our old man Xu will blow you away, and if the general is a soldier of the Sharp Knife Army, then there is something to ask for. It's just that in the afternoon, Old Man Xu couldn't confirm the identity of the military master, so he didn't ask for anything. ”
Hearing the widow, Zhang Yongjie suddenly became alert and listened to his speech quietly.
Xu Dayong continued: "This place is General Yu's defense area, and the Japanese do not dare to come with great fanfare. But more than a dozen widows who came yesterday, all of them were strong in martial arts, arrested all of our old man Xu's family members and wanted to coerce old man Xu to do a big thing. ”
Xu Dayong continued: "Actually, the two military masters who stole chickens at the beginning, when they stole chickens, Master Xu saw it. But there were widows in the house, so he didn't come forward to talk. so as not to arouse the suspicion of the Japanese and even kill the lives of the two military masters. Our Master Xu's family is quite wealthy, and he won't be embarrassed by a few chickens and Ming soldiers. ”
Xu Dayong said again: "Master Xu never expected that the general would bring people over, so he began to speak rampantly and domineering in order to scare General Zhang and the others away." ”
Xu Eryong also followed: "Yes, a few chickens are nothing." There's no need to make such a fuss, and even ask the county magistrate to come over and pay. ”
Zhang Yongjie said at this time: "I saw two soldiers take a few chickens, and I thought that a few chickens are very valuable property for ordinary people, so I came to take a look, remember the location, and have the opportunity to send money over in the future." ”
Only then did Zhang Yongjie know that Xu Jinfeng could not confirm whether his team of more than ten men was a soldier of the Sharp Knife Army. And the closed door of the living room showed that there was a group of widows in the house, and they took Old Man Xu's family as hostages.
Therefore, Old Man Xu can't directly say that he wants to ask about his identity, so he can only do some strange words and actions to attract his attention.
If it is an ordinary soldier, it is better to send them away as soon as possible, so as not to harm the lives of these soldiers. And if it is a soldier of the Sharp Knife Army, all of whom are equipped with martial arts, of course, they can help Xu Jinfeng get out of the crisis.
Zhang Yongjie remembered that the Japanese invaders had arrested all the family members of Old Man Xu and wanted to blackmail Old Man Xu to do a big thing, and he wanted to ask what this big event was.