Chapter 7 Chapter Seven: If You Don’t Kill People, You’re Not a Devil

Landmines killed two puppet soldiers, and some people said it was the Eighth Route Army.Cui'er was skeptical about this matter, isn't Eight Routes the same as Captain Guo Tietou?Why don't you say hello to yourself?The landmine was obviously buried the night before, and that thing does not recognize people. What if the people who went out first that day were from the village?Isn't it also fried to pieces? Tanaka Yigui sealed off Banzi Village, closing the doors of every family.I heard that in other villages, they are pulled to the entrance of the village to scare them, with dogs and bayonets, but this Tanaka is not. He brought the traitor Liu, two devils and three puppet soldiers, knocked on the door in broad daylight, and bowed. Bowing with gifts.After entering the house, he got on the kang, with his long legs crossed up, like a praying mantis about to lay eggs.The puppet soldiers stood guard in the courtyard, not even daring to drink their saliva.Tanaka on the kang was not at all vicious, he was still smiling.He just asked questions patiently, one at a time.The traitor Liu can also translate clearly, mostly what you have heard, what have you seen, what have you done these days, what do you suspect, what do you need, what do you think about the Imperial Army and the Imperial Association Army?etc.The villagers were so frightened that they wanted to pee on the kang, for fear that the devil would strangle them to death on the kang, but after listening to it for a while, they lost their tension and chatted with him casually.Tanaka and the others ate at the old man Xie Baiju's house and paid for it.That money is enough to eat these ten meals.Xie Baiju held the money and dared not ask for it, but Tanaka insisted on staying, bowing and leaving the door.

It was already afternoon when we arrived at Tweety's place.Tweety'er had heard them coming and going in and out of the neighborhood, and her heart beat wildly all morning.She even thought about running away, but how was that possible?With Yougen, you can climb mountains and ridges, and you have hope for your feet, so it’s no wonder that you can run away.Cui'er sat in the yard with hope in her arms, thinking over and over again what questions the devil might ask.The traitor Liu said something strange when he left that day. Could it be that the devils also knew about it?She trembled with fright at the thought, but quickly overturned it.If so, the devil would have tied her to a stake at the entrance of the village.Tanaka looked at him kindly and kindly, and he didn't even blink when he killed people. And that... what's his name is Hong, he was the one who killed Fool Guo and his father.Tweety silently rehearsed this terrible question and answer, looking at the closed door, she knew that this was the real test, and she had to pass this level.

So she ate calmly and fed the child and the donkey.There were a few more hens laying eggs in the chicken coop, and the little black cat grew into a big black cat, lying on the chicken coop and teasing a naked chick.At this time Tanaka came and knocked on the door lightly as usual.It was the traitor Liu who knocked, but it was Tanaka who pushed the door.He was neatly dressed, with a machete hanging from his waist, and he stepped his shiny leather boots into the threshold with a smile, followed by the traitor Liu who was tired and bald.Tweety greeted them with a smile and warmly let them into the house.The house has been cleaned long ago, and a few stools have been prepared.But Tanaka didn't want to sit on a stool, so he asked Tweety if she could take off her shoes and get on the kang?Tweety was taken aback, and hurriedly said yes.Tanaka took off his leather boots with great effort, carefully placed them on the edge of the kang, took off the saber that got in the way and handed it to Hong Hong who was next to him, and crossed his long legs on the kang.His socks were frighteningly white, like the white belly of a magpie.He bowed to Tweety who was sitting across the table, and drank the boiled water she prepared before he started talking.

"Son... are you all right?" This guy has learned a new Chinese language again.Tweety hurriedly said yes, thanks to Taijun's care, what grows in the ground is still enough to eat.Tanaka touched Yougen's head, then patted his face, and asked your cousin if he had been here before?Tweet's heart skipped a beat, but seeing the traitor Liu looking at her without changing his face, she knew that the betrayer was not this person, and she would not be able to escape the neighbors with tongues half a foot long, especially Shanxi women. "Yes, he has been here before, he is my cousin in my mother's house." Tweety smiled, it must be wrong to laugh at this time.

"Does he still live in your natal family? What village is he in?" Tanaka asked, and the traitor Liu translated not many words, but one word not less. "My natal family...is gone. I think it was robbed by bandits. Last time I went there, all the people in the village were dead and burned on the threshing floor. I didn't know that this big cousin was still alive. He came here later. , I just found out that he is still alive, and I really don’t know where he lives now, I heard that he lives around blindly.” Tweety lowered her head as she spoke, forcing tears to well up in her eyes.

"Oh..." Tanaka raised his head, pouted again and nodded.This sentence does not need to be translated.Or does he not know about it?Tweety dare not raise her eyes to look at him. "I heard that your husband was taken into the army by the national government? He also killed them?" Tanaka took off his hat and changed the subject.Another piece of news about being betrayed by the villagers, these people deserve to be killed, Tweety thought angrily. "Yes, my man refused to die. When he resisted, he accidentally killed one of their soldiers. He was about to be beheaded by a few soldiers. The whole village wanted to kneel down to spare him, let him perform his crimes and make meritorious deeds, and then arrested him. She left and never came back, ah, it's been almost three years now..." Tweety burst into tears, she was puzzled by the tears, she didn't know if it was the result of control, or if it was caused by affection, But no matter what, she was surprised by the tears that came so soon.

"If you hear anything, see anything, think anything, just tell us and we will protect you. Your husband was forced, and we sympathize with him. If you have news about him, you can tell him, the family Very good, I hope he returns safely." Tanaka became kind again. "I can't come back, I must be dead, I heard people say." Tweety lamented exaggeratedly. "Who did you hear?" Tanaka asked immediately.Tweety was startled, and regretted saying that half a sentence too much.Tian Zhong looked at him quietly, without blinking his eyelids, Tweety suddenly understood that he was waiting for her to show his feet, and if he said anything wrong later, disaster might follow.

"Didn't you hear that Guo Tietou who was running away? The young man who was taken away ran back to him. He said that the car of the others was... blown up, and none of them survived. I didn't believe it at first. How can I live?" Him alone? Then he pretended to be stupid and didn’t say anything.” "Do you think there is something wrong with him?" Tanaka asked. "There's something wrong with pretending to be stupid, so what's the point of pretending to be stupid?" Tweety said disdainfully. "Do you know what happened at the entrance of the village?"

"Of course I know, I'm near there, and I'm scared to death." "Who in the village is most likely to have a problem?" Tanaka still had the same expression, neither happy nor angry but aggressive. "What's the problem?" Tweety pretended to be stupid. "Maybe it has something to do with the planting of landmines." "This... how do I know?" Tweety stroked Youpan's hair. "If you have to say one, who do you think you should say?" Tanaka crossed his arms, so that if you don't say it, he won't leave. This is a terrible question, and Tweety has no such person in her heart. "I don't think it's from the village, it must be from outside." She diverted the conflict.

"The timing is so good, I can't do it without an internal response." Tanaka was not fooled, and immediately denied her. "Well, let me think about it..." Tweety lowered her head, she had to think of a name, if she didn't say one, she might be suspected. "Maybe it's like... Guo Shitou." She didn't know why she said this name, but she really couldn't think of another name. When her mouth was forced to open, this name came out first. "How could it be him? His wife was just killed." Tanaka wondered, but he was willing to hear the reason.

"That's true. The bandits were after him and killed his wife. They were forcing him to cooperate with the bandits. Didn't his wife write something on her stomach? It was for him. If you scare him, if you don’t cooperate, you will kill him. He is afraid of death, so he agrees. Guo Shitou is not a tough guy.” Tweety suddenly found the reason, which is logical, unexpected and logical, Tanaka said Suddenly realized, he pointed to the traitor Liu, and the traitor Liu hurriedly wrote down in a notebook. Tanaka lowered his head and swallowed, "Thank you for telling me this." "Why are you being polite, isn't it the right thing to do?" Seeing him put on the hat, Tweet hurriedly got off the kang. "Everything will be fine..." Tanaka was still the same old saying, which he said very familiarly.Tweety still doesn't know whether he is being polite or the real thing, she would rather believe that it is a courtesy, otherwise it would be hell. "Can you...take me...to see Mr. Yuan Bai...for a while?" Tanaka said to Tweety in the yard after putting on his boots and hanging up his knife.Tweety panicked again, what is this called?He was afraid of being rejected, so he pulled himself on the back. What do the villagers think of him?She hesitated and struggled, the black cat on the wall opened its eyes, then closed them again, the wind was blowing its shiny fur, and its tail was wagging. She wanted to find a grand reason to say no, but she felt someone stabbed her behind her.She knew it was the traitor Liu.This was full of meaning, and she changed her mind when the words came to her lips. "Okay, the old man probably hasn't eaten yet." "Then lead the way ahead..." The traitor Liu gave way with a smile, and so did Tanaka.Tweety made Yougen look at Youpan, and walked out the door with small steps.This day is really tormenting. Just now, I just got away with it, and I'm going to mess with Mr. Yuan Bai.That old man is unstingy, he doesn't want any benefits from the devils, Tanaka asked him for advice, but he was turned down.If we go again today, will the old man not open the door?But this is looking for death, Tanaka is really angry, so what if he is set on fire? Late autumn has arrived, and the sky is getting dark before dinner.Just talk.Mr. Yuan Bai was sitting at the door breaking a stick, while Turtle Monster was lighting a fire beside him.Seeing them coming, the old man didn't panic, he was still sitting in the mantrap and breaking.Tanaka asked several puppet soldiers to stand far away, and he, Honma Hiroshi and the traitor Liu followed Tweety to the old man. "Sir, Mr. Tanaka said he wanted to come and see you." Tweety thought about this opening line all the way. "Sir...Okay, excuse me." Tanaka bowed to Yuan Bai. "Okay, let's go in." The old man was still polite, pointing to the door.The turtle monster immediately jumped in and quickly wiped a few stools. "Come and see me at the end, has the Taijun caught the eight-way spies?" The old man was as smart as a ghost, and he came straight to the point.The traitor Liu glared at him, but still translated. Tanaka smiled lightly and said: "The old man is worrying too much, just chatting with everyone. It is still uncertain who planted the mines, but no matter who it is, it is irresponsible to the villagers of Banzi Village. If we did not go out so early The one who stepped on the landmines might be the folks in the village." Tanaka said sincerely, and there was no way to refute this. Tweety admired this guy, and she realized that this Tanaka was a cultural person, and he knew China very well. Mr. Yuan Bai sat down, and everyone sat opposite him.Seeing that there was a stool missing, Cui'er stood beside Mr. Yuan Bai.Mr. Yuan Bai glanced at her, pointed at the traitor Liu with disdain, and said, "You, get out of the way of the stool! Tweety, go and sit." The traitor Liu's face turned red immediately, but Tian Zhong didn't feel anything, and said something to him, and the traitor Liu bowed his waist and left.Tweety sat down carefully, thinking that this old guy was as hard as a donkey's hoof. "Didn't you come here today to ask for words? My hand is still not good, and I feel like a turtle crawling when I write." Mr. Yuan Bai raised his right hand, swearing without dirty words.The traitor Liu, of course, did not dare to translate directly. He did not know what to translate, and Tanaka leaned forward and said, "Recently, I have been practicing calligraphy. I want to write a few, please ask the old man for advice." "Yo? Okay." Mr. Yuan Bai stepped aside in front of the table.Tanaka picked up the saber and handed it to Honma Hiroshi. He walked to the table where the pen, ink, paper and inkstone were placed, picked out a piece of paper that was not too big or small, dipped the pen in the ink, and wrote four words with a full posture. .Tweety only recognized that the first one is "one" and the last one is "water". When she was wondering, Mr. Yuan Bai had already read it out. "One piece of clothing with water, hehe." Mr. Yuan Bai took a few glances, then tilted his head and said, "You know kung fu, how many years have you practiced?" "Eight years, thank you sir for your compliment." Tanaka bowed again. "Although you know kung fu, you are proficient in writing, and every word is wonderful, but the whole article is full of evil. Your pen is sharp, chopping with a knife and axe, smearing horizontally and vertically. It looks like you are swaying freely, but you are restrained every inch of it. The meaning of the word is broad-minded. Japanese young people, your words are the same as your martial arts. Japanese soldiers are brave and fearless, serving the country with blood, but they don’t know how to start wars and slaughter innocent people. No matter how powerful the force and spirit are, there is no kindness. Reporting, this is a loss of virtue; you abuse force, let alone subdue Chinese culture, scrambled eggs must be put in soy sauce, which makes the pot gas marinated and hot, what is the taste? It is not the way to eat... You can come in, you can't get out, you can occupy it, and you can't control it. Every time you kill a person, every time you seize a city, you will have an additional crime and burden. Japanese baby, you still have a sense of loneliness in this word. The pen flicked its sleeves like a sigh, and Fei Bai flew a lot, tired, hurt, and tears flowed out. This sorrow made the old man respect you... Yes, far away in a foreign land, in the land and water Don't accept it, the Paolouzi looks mighty, but how cold is it inside?" Mr. Yuan Bai said eloquently, seeing the traitor Liu was sweating and hesitating, he said sternly, "Turn it over! Don't miss a single word." The traitor Liu wiped his sweat and gritted his teeth to translate.Tanaka's face was red at first, then white, then black, and finally red again.Tweety looked pitiful, and he felt as uncomfortable as if he couldn't poop.She was sweating again for Mr. Yuan Bai, who could bear such a long passage of cruel words? Hiroshi Honma, who was next to him, gave up, growled viciously, and pulled out his knife with a "bass".Mr. Yuan Bai was not afraid, he picked up a pen and wrote under Tian Zhong's words, as if the devil wielding the knife did not exist.Tanaka stopped Honma Hiroshi, bowed to the old man again, and said, "Sir... what you said... makes sense, I... have learned it." Mr. Yuan Bai ignored him, and carefully wrote down four characters. Tweety recognized one as "blood" and the other as "river".Mr. Yuan Bai's characters are the same size and typeface as Tanaka's, but they are much better-looking than Tanaka's. "Blood is flowing like a river...Here, old man, are you really desperate?" The traitor Liu whispered beside him.Mr. Yuan Bai laughed again and asked Tanaka to watch.Tanaka leaned over his desk to read, sweat dripped from his temples, he slowly closed his eyes, and seemed to sigh. "Sir... sure enough... good words." Tanaka said.He said a series of words to the traitor Liu, and the traitor Liu translated and said: "Taijun said that your handwriting is very good, but it is too... pessimistic. The two countries are at war, and bloodshed is inevitable. It will be fine in the future. The unification of Greater China It was also established in the bloodshed of Qin's destruction of the six kingdoms... Even so, he still hopes to hang this painting in the house, do you agree?" "Take it. It doesn't matter to me whether he likes to hang up or not. Orally speaking, he may not be convinced. If I take off the knife, I will treat him as a human being, and if I hang up the knife, I will treat him as a ghost." I also pressed it, and rolled it lightly to the traitor Liu. Tanaka bowed for the last time, hung up his saber and left.Cui'er didn't know whether to give it away, but the traitor Liu quietly waved to him, and she stopped at Mr. Yuan Bai's door.Tanaka and the others walked out of the village silently without looking back.Turtle Monster never dared to send these guys away again, last time he was kicked, his dick hurt for half a month.Tweety looked at them walking into the darkness from a distance, and felt that Kazuki Tanaka must be pretending to be angry, would he let it go? "Cui Er, come here." Mr. Yuan Bai called her softly. "The devil went around the village today, looking for someone to kill." Mr. Yuan Bai said after drinking. "What? Didn't you see it?" Tweety was shocked. "Tanaka Kazume went from house to house like this, seemingly lenient, but actually vicious. He made the villagers suspicious and afraid of each other, so they betrayed each other. In the end, he attributed the reason for killing this person to the villagers' correction. Do you believe it or not? "Mr. Yuan Bai said it bluntly, as if he had already made up his mind about this matter.Cui'er thought of the situation when Tian Zhong pressed her for that name, and it really had the same taste as Mr. Yuan Bai said. "If that's the case, this person is very bad." Tweety said. "It's a trick. It can't be said simply as bad. The landmine at the entrance of the village killed one of their people. If he wanted to convince the crowd, he had to deal with it. But he couldn't find this person, and he couldn't admit defeat, so he played a trick of alienation." , and finally borrowed a knife to kill someone. The future of this person is unpredictable, just like their country. He was originally a scholar, but his mind was deviated, and he lived in fear. He might become a ghost someday." Tweety felt the same way. The tragic situation of her mother's family made her believe in the cruelty of the devils, but this Tianzhong hadn't reached this stage yet. "I wrote those few words to him. If he can be inspired and know how to restrain himself and not give blood for blood, he will be lucky. Otherwise, Banzi Village will inevitably suffer from constant disasters, and their Paolouzi will not have a good life." Yuan Mr. Bai sighed, tilted his head and said, "The people who planted the landmines are real, so they are really not afraid of blowing up the common people? A good man does a good job and kills a devil. Why don't you leave a name? These people are in the latrine. Throwing stones, running cleanly, and forcing devils to kill ordinary people is nothing!" Cui'er talked to Mr. Yuan Bai for a while, thinking that the two children would howl with hunger, so she went.There is still no one moving around in the village, like a ghost hiding on a street corner.They extinguished the oil lamp early and hid in the dark room silently.Even cats and dogs seemed to have eaten ecstasy powder, and none of them barked.The searchlights of the gun towers were turning regularly, and the bomb crater at the entrance of the village was filled. The Golden Tooth Soldier was just a puppet soldier who was killed in the bombing. The devils would not take him seriously, and neither would the villagers. Some people may think he is fast.Tweety felt sorry for this man, his death was so light that she didn't even know his name. But that's it, this is the time now, every death happens for a reason, and whichever way you go, you may step on a landmine.Tweety felt that she had to prick up her ears even more, because what was supposed to come was about to come. After eating and drinking enough, Youpan fell asleep, and Yougen sat in the courtyard with her, smelling the fragrance of sweet-scented osmanthus permeating the night.The osmanthus tree was much taller than when Lao Dan left, and it weighed down the eaves.When the breeze blows, the osmanthus petals shatter and fall onto the smooth roller. "Mom, do I look alike to Dad?" Yougen said, resting his chin. "Like...but not like, eyes are similar, stature is similar, your father is not as fair as you, you are like a green onion, he is as dark as an eggplant." Tweety also raised her chin, and the appearance of Lao Dan floated in front of her eyes . "I don't remember him at all." "Mother almost forgot..." Tweety murmured. "Shall we go find him?" Yougen stood up and jumped over, startling Tweety. "Stupid boy, I don't know where your father is. The world is so big, where can I find it? Your father knows it. He is not very capable, but he is a family member. If he can come back, he will definitely be able to come back. He is willing to let me go. I can't bear to miss you." Cui'er touched the child's head, and said that she felt sore. "If he doesn't come back, I'll grow up. When I grow up, I'll go find him and get him back for you." You Gen jumped up and down. Tweety was amused by him, patted his buttocks and said, "Success, you will go to him when you grow up, why don't you grow taller than your mother?" Someone came running from the village road, not just one, but a series of regular running sounds. Tweety immediately recognized that they were the devil's big-toed shoes.Her face turned pale immediately, not knowing what was going to happen, she instinctively carried You Gen into the house, covered the door, got on the kang, and looked at the courtyard door through the window.Flames flashed through the crack of the door, and a dozen people ran past.The Guo family quickly became noisy, with the sound of doors being smashed, the sound of beating people, and the scolding of devils and puppet soldiers.They quickly grabbed someone away and seemed to be dragging them back on the ground.A voice dragged past the door, and Tweety heard that it was Guo Shitou.This unlucky Guo Shitou. Guo Shitou was tied to the stake. Early in the morning, the puppet army entered the village and asked people to put on their clothes and run out of the village.Guo Shitou was hung up high while shirtless, his upper half pulled to pieces by the whip, the flesh on his chest turned up frighteningly, and blood flowed into his loose trousers.The trousers were also bald, revealing a string of short balls, stained with blood.His feet were about three inches off the ground, and all ten toes were smashed into rotten dates by the hammer, and broken bones hung tremblingly on the toes.Guo Shitou's head is not like a stone at all, it is either sunken or protruding, and the flat parts are covered with blood stains, the mouth is full of blood, and the teeth are missing.Next to him stood a few puppet soldiers with solemn expressions, and behind him were the devils with expressionless faces.A wooden sign was hung on the other pile, and a piece of paper was pasted on it, which stated the guilt of Guo Shitou being hung here. The villagers watched from a distance, dozens of steps away.Seeing Guo Shitou being beaten to pieces like this, no one dared to approach the paper.Everyone chattered, with surprise, regret, pity, and doubt.Everyone asks this question: Why Guo Shitou?How could he be the eighth way to lay mines? Seeing everyone hiding like the plague, the traitor Liu came from afar.When everyone turned their heads to run, he shouted: "Stop, everyone, come and watch, or take a gun into the house and bombard you!" Now no one ran away, a few men took the lead, walked a few steps carefully, and everyone followed.But as soon as he walked, it was too close, so close that the puppet soldiers had to push back with their guns.Everyone has seen the writing on the wooden board, but few people know it, so the traitor Liu explained: "According to the reports of many villagers and the careful investigation of the Imperial Army, it is now found that Guo Shitou is the spy hiding in Banzi Village. He is the one who provided information to the bandits who maliciously harmed the safety of our Banzi Village, and killed and wounded soldiers of the Imperial Association Restoration Society. Guo Shitou, as the head of the village security, received money from the government, did not agree with Banzi village, did not report the situation to the imperial army and the reform society, and surrendered under the threat and lure of bandits. Commonly honored sinners..." Needless to say, the latter is really how Guo Shitou explained the content of the crime.Seeing the villagers glance at the people around them, Tweety verified Mr. Yuan Bai's words.But she was surprised that this person was actually Guo Shitou who she had uttered nonsense.How could Tanaka make this decision just by listening to himself?Could it be that someone else also identified Guo Shitou?What if someone identifies himself in the future?Just like those women who betrayed her fake cousin.Tweety suddenly saw a person standing on the blockhouse, it was Kazuki Tanaka with a dark face.She was afraid of that seemingly gentle face, thinking that sooner or later he would become the kind of demon who killed the whole village of her natal family.