Chapter 17 Chapter Fourteen

"Boom! Boom! Boom!" Li Hanzhang was lying in a daze when he suddenly heard a knock on the door. "Who is it?" "It's us, Brother Zhang." It turned out that it was Big Brother Lu and Second Brother Hu. Li Hanzhang quickly scanned the room, seeing that there was nothing wrong with it, he hurriedly lifted the quilt and went to open the door. "Brother Zhang, I don't think Big Brother Lu's cousin's house is anything to play with, so let's find a brother to set up a grand battle." Second Brother Hu said jokingly before he entered the door, just like when Big Brother Lu was sullen in the restaurant just now If there are two people.

Brother Lu entered the door, glanced at him, and saw that Li Hanzhang had put away all the things for the road tomorrow, walked over, patted him on the shoulder and said, "Brother, I didn't expect that, I'm used to living a rich life." Man, you are quite organized when you do these rough jobs." Afterwards, Big Brother Lu's face changed, and he said sharply, "Brother, I'm going to scold you, you are not enough friends!" Li Hanzhang was stunned, he had just spent money on a treat, so how could he not be enough friends?Just as he was in a daze, Brother Lu pointed to the cigarette butts Li Hanzhang had thrown on the ground and said, "On the way, my brother saw that you were smoking dry tobacco. You actually hid foreign cigarettes and enjoyed them by yourself! Thanks to me And the second child brought you, a dusk boy, into business, we have misjudged the person! Second child, we don't want to be friends with such a person. Let's go!"

"Don't, don't, buddy. I don't eat alone, I'm really scared. You know, when we met in Qingping Town, I was just hunted down by Bang Laoer. Since then, I've been scared to death Don’t dare to show it anymore, it’s not that brothers don’t treat the two brothers as friends!” Li Hanzhang saw that Big Brother Lu had turned his face because of this, so he quickly pulled over his back and wrapped the ragged clothes in “Hadmen "Take out one and stuff it into Brother Lu's hand.Brother Lu didn't answer, and stared straight into the back.Li Hanzhang's heart suddenly sank: He believed that Big Brother Lu and Second Brother Hu would not blackmail his silver dollars and RMB. He was worried about the pistols, bullets and first aid kits hidden inside. If Big Brother Lu insisted on seeing them, how should he explain it?

Fortunately, Big Brother Lu just glanced at Li Hanzhang's back, then turned his face and said, "It's not that I'm rare of your foreign cigarettes, it's because I want to tell you a word: To be a man, you must have the way to be a man; Now that I treat you like a brother, don't say you have foreign cigarettes, even if you have gold bricks and silver ingots, I won't be jealous. But if you do things behind your back, you won't treat me as a brother!" Li Hanzhang breathed a sigh of relief, and quickly stuffed the "Hardman" into Brother Lu's hand, took out half a pack of cigarettes from his pocket, took out two, and handed one to Brother Lu and Brother Hu each. Pick up a match, take out a match, strike a fire, light it up, and then say: "Your brother is right, what you said is right. In the future, brothers will learn a lot from me, and I need you to beat me a little more. "

But Second Brother Hu entered the door and sat down on Li Hanzhang's bed, watching the two of them arguing there.After looking at it for a while, he casually picked up the clothes that Li Hanzhang threw on the bed and said, "It's cold, brother, put on the clothes first and then set up the Longmen Formation properly, so you don't get sick from the cold." After saying this, he glanced at Big Brother Lu. Big Brother Lu nodded to Second Brother Hu, took a puff of cigarette, and stared at Li Hanzhang again, seeing him put on the jacket in twos and fives, and then said: "Brother, to be honest, from the small restaurant in Qingping Town , I saw that you took out a box of matches, and I knew that you were not an ordinary iron goods customer. Doing iron goods business is hard and tiring, and you can't make much money. Let's go to dinner at noon today. You don’t even blink your eyes for so much money, I know that your iron goods business will definitely be done soon. However, there are rules in the world, what kind of business brothers do for a living, if you don’t tell us, we won’t either. Ask. My brother is just trying to persuade my brother that no matter what you do for a living, you have to do it right. Otherwise, you will ruin yourself!"

"Do business as a business, do business as a business. You are right, you are right!" Li Hanzhang looked at Big Brother Lu, and kept nodding while talking. The three of them went from Qingping Town to Longshui Town, and put on a Longmen Formation for a while.Li Hanzhang saw that it was getting dark, and proposed to invite two people to have a midnight snack.Brother Lu refused immediately, and said: "Brother, no matter how rich you are, I can't always let you cut off your flesh. What kind of person is that brother?" It’s still fun to smoke dry cigarettes!” After speaking, he stood up and walked out, while telling Li Hanzhang to rest early, so that he can go on his way early tomorrow morning.

After Big Brother Lu and Second Brother Hu left, Li Hanzhang looked at the "Hard Gate" on the bed, and felt more and more that Big Brother Lu was not a simple iron man, but he was definitely not a person of evil ways.As for what kind of food they eat, Li Hanzhang really couldn't figure it out for a while: Judging from their appearance, they are indeed hard-working people, but listening to what they said, "No matter what you do for a living, you have to do it right." My grandfather and my father taught me the same things back then. Early the next morning, the three of them left Longshui Town and headed south.

Among the three, although Li Hanzhang bought the least iron goods and practiced for a while before the battle yesterday, the burden on his shoulders still made him suffer.At first, he still endured staggering, just kept changing his shoulders.But before walking two miles away, he couldn't bear it any longer. When he pulled Xiao Zong away, he saw that both shoulders were swollen.Brother Hu couldn't see it, so he divided some of the iron goods in his burden into his own burden.Li Hanzhang was barely able to continue walking with almost two empty baskets. "The work of a countryman, how can you do it with a tender body that came out of the provincial capital? Brother, don't look at your fists and feet. If you really want to make a real business, you still need to learn a lot of work in the future. "Brother Lu took the opportunity to set up a "Taoer" for Li Hanzhang.

Li Hanzhang was born in the army, and he has the foundation of previous kung fu. The burden is only a technical problem, and he has mastered the skill within two days.By the third day, the shoulders had gotten used to it, and the problem of how to balance the two bamboo baskets at both ends of the load was completely solved. Therefore, along the way, they first drove to several places in the south of Yongchuan County, and then turned west. Let's go, and drive away a few places of Rongchang.Five days later, when he arrived at the border of Lu County, he was already a connoisseur of bearers.

During these five days, even though Big Brother Lu and Second Brother Hu were with Li Hanzhang sometimes, and sometimes they said they were going to visit relatives and friends for a long time, Li Hanzhang was convinced that the two of them were real hardcore customers: they Not only is he very familiar with every place in Dazu, Yongchuan, Rongchang and Luxian County, but he has relatives and acquaintances everywhere, and he has the shrewdness of "low in and high out, and sell as you buy" when starting iron goods trading. It opened Li Hanzhang's eyes even more, and he learned a lot of business experience from them.

After entering the border of Lu County, after driving a few more places, they walked all the way south. Three days later, they arrived at the city of Lu County.On the way, Brother Lu said to Li Hanzhang: "Brother, my second brother and I have some urgent business to do, and it may take two days to finish it. You have a lot of money, so spend the money to find a store to live in. The goods for my second brother and I I will store it with you for the time being. Brother, please take care of me for two days." Sure enough, they found an inn in Lu County, and Brother Lu and Brother Hu left in a hurry after putting down their burdens.This trip lasted for two days, and Li Hanzhang was really left alone in the inn.Along the way, Li Hanzhang has already gotten acquainted with Brother Lu's temper. If he tells you what he wants to do, just listen; if he doesn't tell you, don't ask.Therefore, Li Hanzhang is also used to the "Taoer" that he often talks about, and he doesn't ask if the two of them don't talk about what to do.Live in the store and wait with peace of mind. The Tuojiang River flows into the Yangtze River here, and here is the nearly 400-year-old Sichuan wine "Laojiaozi". Although Li Hanzhang doesn't drink alcohol, he also knows that, except for Maotai in Guizhou, the name of "Luzhou Laojiao" is probably not alcoholic. people also know.So, although Big Brother Lu and Second Brother Hu have gone to their "important matters" these two days, Li Hanzhang has been hiding in the shop all day long, not daring to go out. step. He never dared to forget that he was now a desperate person. The next night, it was almost midnight, and Big Brother Lu and Second Brother Hu didn't come back.As soon as the two entered the door, Li Hanzhang could see the unconcealable joy on their faces. It seemed that their "important business" was successfully carried out. "I've kept you waiting for a long time," Big Brother Lu entered the door, only politely said, and then continued, "Tomorrow morning, have a good meal, then cross the river outside the south gate, go to Xuyong, and then go to the market." The next morning, when we were waiting for the ferry outside the south gate, there were only a few people at the ferry. Li Hanzhang followed Brother Lu and Brother Hu onto the boat. It's bustling, why is it so deserted today? Where did everyone go?" The boat owner pushed the boat away from the shore, and said: "I went to the square. I am trying a high-ranking Kuomintang official today. I heard that the suppression will be suppressed after the trial." Brother Hu took a look at Brother Lu, smiled, and asked the boat owner, "Why don't you go and see it?" The boat owner glared at him: "Do you think I don't want to go? Where did I go to punt for you?" If he was caught, he would inevitably end up like this.Li Hanzhang was terrified when he heard this, and suddenly felt like a toad eating cowpea—hanging, afraid that the people on the boat would pay attention, so he hurriedly turned his face away to look at the scenery on the river. Brother Lu didn't seem to hear what the boat owner said, standing on the bow of the boat, looking at the city wall of Lu County that was gradually moving away.After a while, he suddenly turned his head and asked Li Hanzhang: "Brother Zhang, the scenery of Lu County is so beautiful, why didn't you go out to see it these two days?" Li Hanzhang was looking at the scenery on the river, when he suddenly heard Brother Lu’s question, his heart tightened, and he immediately made an excuse and said: “Don’t mention it, the cold bean cake in Lu County is really delicious, but my stomach is not so good. Fufen, running to the latrine non-stop all day long, my legs are still weak, who would want to visit Lu County." Brother Lu stared at him and said, "It's no big deal if the stomach is broken, but if the brain is broken, that's bad." How did Big Brother Lu know that he didn't go out for two days?This question made Li Hanzhang feel uneasy, and felt more and more that Big Brother Lu was not an ordinary iron-traveler.But what are these two people doing? After passing Xuyong, Li Hanzhang thought of this question again, and unknowingly fell behind. It wasn't until Brother Hu called him at the turn of the mountain pass that he rushed up. Turning around the mountain pass, Li Hanzhang saw Big Brother Lu and an old man carrying a big bag walking in front, talking affectionately, so he asked Second Brother Hu: "Who is that?" "Father Huang, a native of Xuyong, his daughter is in confinement in Bijie, so he rushed to give gifts." Brother Hu agreed, and together with Li Hanzhang, they caught up with the two people in front.The four of them walked together together. Old Man Huang is a chatterbox, and his mouth doesn't stop for a while.After setting up the Longmen formation for a while, he yelled that he knew where there were bandits and where it was safe, he relied on the old to sell the old, and insisted that Li Hanzhang and the three of them follow him and go to places where there are People's Liberation Army.When Li Hanzhang heard what Old Man Huang said, he felt nervous, and his vest was wet: I was really afraid of something, the three of us had a good trip, how did we encounter such a troublesome person?If you have to go to a place where there is the People's Liberation Army, isn't that sending yourself to the tiger's mouth?Unexpectedly, upon hearing Papa Huang's suggestion, Big Brother Lu said happily, "Oh, Daddy, this is really a person who wants to sleep and meets a pillow. We are worried that no one will guide us. Why did we meet you?" 'Timely rain'? It's all right now, let's go to Bijie and follow you, with the protection of the People's Liberation Army along the way, we don't have to be afraid of anything." "That's right." Old Man Huang told them as they walked, "It's such a long way from Xuyong to Bijie, old man, why do I have to visit my grandson?" "Why?" Brother Hu asked, poking his head out. "Hey hey," Old Man Huang started to talk about it urgently. He filled a cigarette bag with tobacco powder while walking, slowly lit the fire, took a puff, and then continued, "Because my grandson is a member of the People's Liberation Army. The captain's son!" "Oh? So, your son-in-law is the head of the People's Liberation Army?" Second Brother Hu seemed to be in a panic, deliberately teasing Old Man Huang to praise his son-in-law. "That's right. I don't know what kind of official the regiment leader is. A few days ago, he led soldiers to pass by my house and came to see me. The four servants were my daughter. She was going to be a soldier at the beginning. I still didn't agree, and wanted to break her legs, so she just escaped through the window at night. Who knows, as soon as she arrived in the army, she became a health worker, learned to heal wounds and save people, and became a medical doctor. Married by the son-in-law of the head of the regiment, she became the wife of the head of the regiment. Now it’s a new society, and I’m a member of the military! No matter where I go, if I mention the second field or my son-in-law’s army, no one thinks highly of me. ?” At this point, Old Man Huang raised his feet, knocked out the ashes in the cigarette pouch on the soles of his shoes, put another pouch of cigarette powder, lit it, took a puff, and slowly exhaled the smoke. Only then did he tell his story Why do you have to pick a place where the People’s Liberation Army is located? “The People’s Liberation Army is our team of the poor. I’m the father-in-law of the head of the People’s Liberation Army. We’re all a family. I’ll take you on a walk, so don’t worry, I’ll make sure you get to Bijie smoothly.” .” Father Huang finally stopped talking, and smoked cigarettes one after another. At this moment, Big Brother Lu found an opening and said, "Father, is your son-in-law the commander of that army in Erye?" "I don't know, but I know that their biggest chief is called 'Liu Zing'. Tell me, it's not good to call such a big commander. He has to be called 'Liu Zing'. He scolds people every day! My son-in-law How are you going to live in those days?" Before the old man finished speaking, Big Brother Lu, who had a stern face every day, laughed so hard that he couldn't walk.So everyone simply put down their burdens, sat on the side of the road, took out their dry tobacco rods, smoked and rested their feet with the fire twister made by Mr. Huang. As soon as his butt hit the ground, Old Man Huang couldn't stop talking, "You guys come to Xuyong to do iron goods business, do you know that Xuyong's territory used to be a country?" "What kind of country? Show us." Brother Hu said. "Xuyong, I don't know which dynasty it was in. It was the territory of Yelang Kingdom. Now, it is the boundary of three provinces. Sichuan, Guizhou, and Yunnan provinces are divided from here. The Yangtze River and Chishui Hedu passes here, and Sichuan Salt and Yunyan also pass here. A year ago, when Lao Jiang ruled, it belonged to the Seventh Administrative Inspector’s Office of Sichuan Province.” Father Huang's last words made Li Hanzhang feel sour.This change of dynasty, in the mouth of a country old man, is just a few words of Longmen formation, but how does he know that behind these few words of Longmen formation, how many people are shrouded in horseskin, and how many people's fate is passed, heaven and earth—— ——His daughter became the wife of the head of the regiment, he became a member of the army, and he couldn't keep his mouth shut with a smile; and himself, his wife and children separated, changed his name and surname, and ran for his life. Of course, Old Man Huang didn't know what Li Hanzhang was thinking, he just smoked the dry cigarette, flushing his face flushed.Brother Hu was fascinated by what he heard, and finally found an opportunity to praise him: "Father seems to be a man of culture and knowledge." Father Huang became more energetic now: "It's not that I'm bragging (bragging), our Huang family ancestors also produced big shots. Let's not talk about it, do you know the commander-in-chief of the Southern Sichuan Military Government? It's a pity that he died early, otherwise , Our Huang family can not only produce a regiment leader wife, but also a big man like Commander Zhu!" Li Hanzhang thought for a while, and guessed he was referring to Huang Fang, who joined the Tongmenghui in 1907 and served as the commander-in-chief of the Southern Sichuan Military Government for a year after the Revolution of 1911. He was ambushed by the Yunnan Army at Caiyuanba in Chongqing and died a heroic death. .Li Hanzhang originally thought that if he followed Huang Laopa, he would be worried, but he didn't know that he really followed him.When passing through a Luka, the People's Liberation Army guarding the card saw Huang's certificate, not only being very polite to him, but also saluting him, and asking him with concern: "Huang Daddy, you go to Bijie, be careful of bandits. If you find out the situation, hurry up and find our troops at the nearest place. Have any of you encountered any bandits along the way?" Father Huang said: "I am the father-in-law of the head of the People's Liberation Army! My son-in-law led a regiment, and it took only three days to level the Tonggu Mountain in Dazu County. Tonggu Village, have you heard of it? It is even harder than Liangshan Po Gong, I forced my son-in-law to take the pot and knocked the head of that bastard Commander Huo. He wanted to see who I was when he was a bandit! However, I heard that there are many Bandits often come out to rob houses." When Li Hanzhang heard that Mr. Huang said that the Tonggu village on Tonggu Mountain was "taken the pot" by Mr. Huang's head and son-in-law, he was secretly surprised.When they passed the checkpoint, they couldn't help but ask, "Father, did your son-in-law, the head of the regiment, really kill the second son on Tonggu Mountain?" Seeing that Li Hanzhang didn't believe his words, Old Man Huang became a little angry and raised his voice: "Is it still fake? It's all in the newspapers. The teacher in our village who can read and write ran to the I read it to me at home. It said that there was a commander named Li Desheng who was just as powerful as Zhuge Liang. After shaking the feather fan, he came up with a clever plan to order my regiment commander like Monkey King drilling into the belly of the iron fan princess. Son-in-law, sent a group of People's Liberation Army into Tonggu Village, got into the belly of the bandit commander, beat him with cannons and machine guns at the foot of the mountain, and that bandit commander became Princess Iron Fan, begging for mercy on his knees, and Tonggu Village let Li Desheng, Commander Li It was taken down." After hearing this, Li Hanzhang lowered his head and did not speak again.Brother Lu probably noticed the change in Li Hanzhang's expression, so he leaned over and asked, "What's the matter? Brother, didn't you almost lose your life when you were chased by Mr. Bang in Tonggu Mountain? Your son-in-law has avenged you, why don't you thank Father Huang quickly?" "That's that. Thank you, Mr. Huang, for bringing me the good news. I have the opportunity to meet Mr. Huang's son-in-law, and I must thank him in person!" Sure enough, he didn't make his own judgment, Tonggu Mountain was still taken by Li Desheng. The communist army under him was wiped out. Although Li Hanzhang had all kinds of feelings in his heart, the first thing he thought of at this moment was Zhou Yungang.As long as Huo Jinshou and Zhu Biao were killed by Li Desheng, and Zhou Yungang was wearing the uniform of the Communist Army that day, even if there was no news, at least they would be safer and would not be hunted down by Zhu Biao again. Thinking of this, Li Hanzhang felt relieved, and joked with Father Huang: "Father, if we encounter bandits, once you claim the title of 'the old father-in-law of the regiment leader', those bandits will really dare not mess with you?" Old Man Huang glared at Li Hanzhang, and said: "Brother, the bandits who are the 'leader's father-in-law' don't dare to rob, they are trying to get rid of my young man. If this name is really so useful, I will go so wrong. What? However, what I said later is not false at all, there are really bandits over there. Don’t show it, don’t show it, I’m still in a hurry to see my grandson, it’s important to hurry, it’s important to hurry.” Mr. Huang As Dad said, he inserted the tobacco stick into his waist and stood up. From Xuyong to Bijie, there are mostly salt roads, coiled on the mountain like snakes.There is a stone-built baffle on the flat place, and a stone-built ladder on the steeper place.There are stone nests all the way on the stone, which were made by the crutches in the hands of the salt-carrying people.Li Hanzhang heard from Mr. Huang that Guizhou does not produce salt, and the people in Guizhou eat Sichuan salt. There is no waterway between Bijie and Xuyong, and the salt they eat depends on people's backs. Li Hanzhang and the others were carrying iron tools, and the mountain road was so difficult to walk, no matter how tough the man was, he had to sit down to catch his breath after walking for two miles, so they walked and rested all the way.Old man Huang carried a bag on his shoulders, and his hands were empty. He, the "old man of the head of the regiment", was eager to see his daughter and precious grandson. At first, he laughed at them that young people were not as strong as he, an old man. Well, let’s say that when he was young, not to mention carrying burdens, he was able to carry two or three hundred catties of Sichuan salt bags, two hundred miles, one day and one night, across mountains and mountains, and back and forth. Father Huang walked with them for another day, and the Longmen Formation in his stomach was emptied, so he had nothing to show, so he just cupped his hands and said, "When will I see my grandson when I follow you around the mountain, right? The three brothers live here, so I will be the first step. If the three brothers are interrogated by the People’s Liberation Army, they will mention my son-in-law’s name and guarantee preferential treatment.” "Thank you dad! There is still such a long way from here to Bijie, you are old alone, take care!" Brother Lu put down his burden, and bowed his hands to dad as a farewell. Old man Huang walked a few steps forward with his hands behind his back, turned back, and said to Li Hanzhang and the three of them: "The three brothers have been walking together for two days. I really feel a little bit reluctant to part with you. Don't think of the old man. I am rambling, I have to explain something to my three brothers. Before I set off on the road, I went to issue a certificate. The head of the military control committee told me that after the founding of new China, the Kuomintang and the landlords were not giving up, and they were still messing around. The guys in their hands are powerful, much more vicious than those earth sticks in the past. In Weining, Dading, Qianxi, and Hezhang, they murdered people, robbed wealth, bullied men and women, and even the county towns were said to be captured. These days, in order to prevent those bad guys from escaping, the People’s Liberation Army has all withdrawn to Bijie to fight the bandits, and even blocked the road from Guizhou to Yunnan. Three brothers, you are businessmen, remember to hide from those bandits. etc. When you arrive in Bijie, go to the People's Liberation Army to play with me, and I will ask my son-in-law to send bodyguards for the three brothers!" After hearing this, Second Brother Hu smiled and said, "Father, your good brother has taken it. If your son-in-law, the head of the regiment, really sends us bodyguards, you're making him make a mistake! Hehe..." Big Brother Lu glared at Second Brother Hu, hurriedly took out two tickets from his pocket, cupped his hands to Old Man Huang and said, "My father has a grandson, this is a happy event. Thank you for your kindness. My brother is poor. One hundred dollars is my congratulatory gift, don't take it too little!" Seeing that Big Brother Lu took out the money to congratulate Old Father Huang, Second Brother Hu patted his thigh and said, "Oh! I walked all the way for two days, and I visited the Longmen Array. I forgot to congratulate Old Father. Keep it up. Keep it up, don’t think it’s too little.” Then, he and Li Hanzhang each took out a few bills and stuffed them into Old Man Huang’s hands.Brother Hu also gave two hundred yuan, but Li Hanzhang took out two ten thousand yuan at once.Old Man Huang was taken aback: "Oh, brother, if you don't want it, if you don't want it, it's 20,000 yuan, you..." "Father, you can take it. Our brother Zhang needs everything, but he is not short of money. He is very rich. The 20,000 yuan is two hairs plucked from his body." Brother Lu forced the banknotes into the banknotes. into the bag of Old Man Huang. "Oh, that... I... I will replace my daughter and my grandson. Thank you three brothers. When you arrive in Bijie, you must go to the army to find me!" Father Huang was so moved by the three iron cargo men that he couldn't speak. It was not easy, and after thanking them again and again, he parted ways with them and left first. There are two reasons why Li Hanzhang handed over 20,000 yuan to Mr. Huang at once: one was that he felt that two hundred yuan was too much for him; I was taken aback, "In order to prevent those bad guys from escaping, the People's Liberation Army all withdrew to Bijie to fight the bandits, and blocked the road from Guizhou to Yunnan." I was going to go from Guizhou to Yunnan. The situation is true, so what should I do?Therefore, after breaking up with Huang Laopa, his face was a little ugly. Brother Lu stared at Li Hanzhang's bitter face, trying to say something, but he still didn't open his mouth. After walking over mountains and ridges for a few days, they finally entered the boundary of Bijie and arrived at Gaoshanpu by the Chishui River.Li Hanzhang had never been here before, and he was not familiar with this area, so he had to follow Big Brother Lu and Second Brother Hu. As for whether to continue to Yunnan, it was up to now, and he could only take a step at a time.They each ate a bowl of glutinous rice balls, and after staying in an inn run by a Sichuanese on Zizi Street, Big Brother Lu told Li Hanzhang: "Brother, my second brother and I have to visit a friend. This time, you come with us." play?" Along the way, Li Hanzhang was used to Brother Lu and Second Brother Hu going to "run errands", "visit relatives" and "see friends" when they went to one place. return.This time they took the initiative to invite themselves to play along, but Yicun didn't react. Before entering Bijie City, Li Hanzhang heard Brother Lu and Second Brother Hu say: "Bijie is a big county, with many people coming and going, and business is doing well." Unexpectedly, when Li Hanzhang followed them to visit friends, When I walked to the street, I saw that the county seat was large, but few people were doing business. There were more PLA troops on the street than pedestrians. Teams of People's Liberation Army walked through the street in neat lines.The three of Li Hanzhang and the others stood on the side of the street and watched, Brother Lu and Second Brother Hu showed a look that Li Hanzhang had never seen before, a look of envy and joy.Rifles, light and heavy machine guns, mortars, mountain guns...even an American jeep passed by from time to time.Li Hanzhang thought that there must be a senior leader of the Communist Army sitting there. It seems that the scale of the People's Liberation Army's suppression of bandits is no less than the scale of fighting the regular army of the National Army. Li Hanzhang was shocked when he saw these teams.Big Brother Lu and Second Brother Hu turned their heads every step of the way, staring at the uniforms and equipment on the soldiers of the People's Liberation Army.Li Hanzhang was following the two of them step by step. Suddenly, he saw a very familiar figure in the queue of the People's Liberation Army—isn't that Zhou Yungang?The People's Liberation Army marched very fast, and before Li Hanzhang could take a closer look, that very familiar face flashed past.If Brother Lu and Brother Hu weren't following him, he would have run over to have a closer look regardless of the danger.But when Li Hanzhang was in a daze, Big Brother Lu came over to give him a hand and urged him to hurry. Zhou Yungang really voted for the Communist Party? Li Hanzhang followed Big Brother Lu and Second Brother Hu on the street, his mind was full of the figure he saw just now.After the three of them walked for a while, they came to an iron shop.Brother Hu knocked on the door, and someone inside immediately asked, "Which one?" "It's us, the Iron Cargoers from Sichuan, Lao Lu and Lao Hu." The other party seemed to be very familiar with Big Brother Lu and Second Brother Hu, so he immediately opened the door and invited them in.The three entered the house. After the shop owner closed the door, he looked at Li Hanzhang who was following Brother Lu and Brother Hu and asked, "This brother is..." "Oh, a brother I met in Sichuan is also an iron trader, but he is a 'twilight boy'. Our brothers are destined to walk hundreds of miles together." Brother Lu glanced at Li Hanzhang and said, rushing The store owner gave Li Hanzhang an incomprehensible wink. "Understood." The store owner turned around and brought over a teapot, cupped his hands at Li Hanzhang and said, "Brother has worked hard all the way, let's have a sip of tea first." Then he said to Big Brother Lu, "Boss Lu, can we talk for a while?" "Yes." Big brother Lu followed the shop owner into a suite inside, talking in a low voice through a door.Brother Hu looked relaxed, sat there with his legs crossed, drank a sip of tea, and said something that Li Hanzhang couldn't figure out: "Turtle son, tormenting me and suffering so much, it's finally coming to an end. " Li Hanzhang was still wondering if the PLA soldier he saw just now was Zhou Yungang, when he suddenly heard Brother Hu's words, he thought he was complaining about Brother Lu, and was about to speak to persuade him, when he suddenly heard Brother Lu shouting in the back room: " Second child, bring that book." Brother Hu was drinking tea leisurely, when he heard Brother Lu's call, he immediately stood up and took something out of his arms, as if he couldn't hold his hand firmly, a small grayish-yellow book with rough printing fell to the ground .Li Hanzhang glanced at it and almost jumped up in shock! That small book was actually "Sichuan Bandit Investigation" reprinted by the Public Security Department of Chengdu Military Control Commission, Sichuan Province!Before the transfer of Chongqing to Chengdu, the military and political leaders in Chongqing and even the entire southwest region were informed of a piece of news: the communist army compiled and printed this pamphlet before it marched into the southwest, and distributed it to cadres above the regiment level.The ones listed above are all the "enemy agents" they want to focus on arresting.He once arranged for Jiang Huiqi to make a book, and he clearly remembered that the word "Li Hanzhang" was also in those lists! Brother Hu didn't notice the change in Li Hanzhang's expression, he quickly picked up the small notebook from the ground, and ran into the room. Li Hanzhang was the only one left outside.At this moment, there was a brief blank in his brain.But immediately, the things he experienced after meeting Big Brother Lu and Second Brother Hu were flipped over before his eyes like a picture book, especially in Lu County, when the ship owner talked about "suppressing the Kuomintang officials", the relationship between Big Brother Lu and Second Brother Hu The reaction made Li Hanzhang even more convinced: Big Brother Lu and Second Brother Hu are plainclothes detectives of the Communist Army. The true identity before the party.But they obviously didn't discover their true identity. In their eyes, they were just a wealthy young man who had been educated by the military control committee, turned his back on his evil ways, and hoped to make a living. After thinking about these issues clearly, Li Hanzhang breathed a sigh of relief.At this moment, he began to worry about his shoulder bag left in the inn.Because he was dragged here by Brother Hu, he didn't have time to hide the guns and ammunition in the back strap.Thinking of the back strap, Li Hanzhang took a deep breath—it was thanks to himself for so many years that he had developed the habit of being cautious at all times, otherwise, those things would be under the noses of Big Brother Lu and Second Brother Hu every day. , it may have been revealed long ago. So what's the next step?Run away now, of course not!Leaving without saying goodbye will instead arouse the vigilance of Big Brother Lu and Second Brother Hu. People's Liberation Army is everywhere on the street. I am afraid that they will fall into the net of the Communist Army before they leave Bijie City.Li Hanzhang picked up the tea bowl, tilted his neck and poured a bowl of tea into his stomach, and then made up his mind - until now, let's resign ourselves to fate! Once a person has no fear, he will quickly calm down.Li Hanzhang was not so nervous at this time, he shifted his attention to what the three people in the room were talking about.Through the closed door, although their voices were very low, Li Hanzhang could vaguely hear intermittent voices such as "The mission is completed...Go back to Chengdu...Director Zhang Zhenzhong's instructions...Next step..." and other intermittent voices, Mostly it was Big Brother Lu who was talking, the shop owner was agreeing, and Second Brother Hu occasionally interrupted. When Li Hanzhang heard the words "Instructions from Director Zhang Zhenzhong", a scholar-like PLA officer immediately appeared in front of Li Hanzhang's eyes.Before leaving Chengdu, after he took silver dollars to Anle Temple to exchange renminbi and was arrested, the bespectacled, kind-faced and well-mannered Director Zhang sat behind the table and questioned himself.Later, when studying in Yiguan Temple, the team leader Wang Xinfa also said that Zhang Zhenzhong was "responsible for focusing on investigating the lurking military commanders, central commanders and other secret agents who slipped through the net"... Li Hanzhang felt a chill down his spine: I hit Zhang Zhenzhong's subordinates. The lower gun is on! After a while, Li Hanzhang heard Brother Lu saying "goodbye, take care of yourself", stood up hurriedly, walked to the door of the store, leaned on the door frame and looked into the street. "Hahahaha... Zhang Shiming, brother Zhang!" Big brother Lu opened the door of the inner room, laughed and called Li Hanzhang. The name "Zhang Shiming" was the name on Huo Jinshou's fake identity certificate for Li Hanzhang. He never mentioned it himself. How did he know? Li Hanzhang was taken aback!Feeling guilty, Big Brother Lu came over and took his hand and said, "Brother, we are going to break up tomorrow, and I really don't want to part with it. Along the way, we really saw that after you were educated by the military control committee , have begun to change your past mistakes and concentrate on doing business. But your bad habit of spending money lavishly must be changed, otherwise, even if you have gold and silver, you will be wasted. Generally speaking, business life, It will not be as profitable as the opium business you did before, so in the future, you will not only learn to bear the burden, but also learn how to buy and sell goods, how to bargain, and more importantly, how to adapt to the new society. Life……" Brother Lu's words made Li Hanzhang completely relieved.But how did they know the alias of "Zhang Shiming" forged by Huo Jinshou?Li Hanzhang was muttering to himself, while pretending to be dumbfounded, expressing that he was surprised by Big Brother Lu's attitude just now. Hu Erge talked fast, and when he saw Li Hanzhang's appearance, he almost burst into laughter: "Brother, brother, I have to apologize to you. Do you still remember that in the stilted building in Longshui Town, you insisted on sending me off?" We have a 'Hadmen'?" Seeing that Li Hanzhang was still confused, Second Brother Hu went on to say, "I was afraid that you would get sick from the cold, so I handed you clothes for you to wear? That's when I sneaked a peek at you The road and identity certificates in the folder, otherwise, how do we know that your nickname is 'Zhang Shiming'? How do we know that you really want to do iron goods business and go to Yunnan to buy Baiyao? So, Lu The eldest brother told you to make a real business along the way, because he was afraid that if you could not make money in iron goods and white medicines, you would go back and do some illegal business... Hahahaha... Brother, I peeked at your身份证件，坏了江湖上的'道儿'，对不住啦。” 李涵章这才恍然大悟，原来，那天俩人是在唱双簧：陆大哥莫名其妙地冲李涵章发火，转移他的注意力，胡二哥则借机核实了李涵章的身份。 从店老板家出来，陆大哥和胡二哥也不再隐瞒什么了，对李涵章说，他们还有些工作上的事要去处理，让李涵章先回客栈看好他们那些铁货。说完，就又急匆匆地走了。 陆大哥和胡二哥走后，李涵章急忙回到客栈，第一件事就是去看他那个背篼。发现背篼没有被翻动过的迹象后，李涵章这才确信他们俩没有发现自己没有被他们怀疑，不然，背篼里的东西根本不可能好端端地藏在这里。 晚上，李涵章躺在客栈的床上，闭着眼睛却怎么也睡不着。他一会儿侧过来，一会儿侧过去，翻来覆去地想的事情，全是自己和共党有关的事情： 抗战期间，李涵章不去前线劳军的时候，和一帮专员在中统局本部后面的“生庐”办公，各种反共文件都经他的手上传下达。有一次，徐恩曾要去蒋校长官邸出席甲种汇报，吩咐李涵章为他准备重庆的共党名单。李涵章命人将局本部各处交上来的名单汇总给了徐恩曾，几天后，重庆就开始了对共党的大搜捕； 1939年，李涵章因为在周恩来任副部长时被安排去政治部做过联络参谋，具体负责对八路军驻渝办事处和中共代表实施监控。从曾家岩50号的周公馆、化龙桥红岩村八路军驻渝办事处及新华日报社到苏联大使馆以及沈钧儒住的枣子岚娅犹庄25号，随时都有固定和流动两种特务人员，并派特务伪装成记者上门采访，搞得周恩来等人不厌其烦； 1941年“皖南事变”发生后，周恩来和董必武、沈钧儒在张家花园聚众演讲，经李涵章策划，只要有他们公开集会，中统重庆实验区的行动特务、党网、通讯人员，就会行动：要么伪装成群众进去“文斗”；要么手持武器涌进会场“武斗”，迫使演讲中断，聚会散场，让周恩来大为光火； 周恩来是重庆新华日报社的第一任长官，报纸从武汉撤往重庆后，社址在民生路240号。1945年12月，教育部组织学生举行反苏大游行，中统为了配合这个行动，派出大量行动人物混杂到学生中，当游行队伍经过民生路新华日报社时，这些特务乘机闯了进去，不仅把现场砸得一片狼藉，还对工作人员动了手。事后，周恩来知道这事又是李涵章参与策划指挥的，其愤怒可想而知； 1946年1月，政治协商会议在重庆召开，重庆党部和中统重庆实验区于是成立了一个社会服务队，专门进行破坏活动。李涵章任服务队副队长，负责组织协调特务人员去沧白堂制造纠纷，亲眼看到特务殴打在台上做报告的郭沫若、王若飞、梁漱溟还有李公朴。他清楚地记得，郭沫若在推搡中被特务打掉眼镜的时候，正好和自己对面站着； 1946年2月，政治协商会议通过了《和平建国纲领》，要在较场口举行庆祝大会。李涵章得到命令，安排特务以重庆市农会代表、商会代表的身份和民主人士争当大会主席。结果庆祝会还没开始，主席台上就发生了“扩音器”争夺战，李公朴和郭沫若再一次被特务打伤…… 李涵章想起自己和郭沫若四目相对时，对方眼里的愤怒。那眼光，让他相信郭沫若一辈子都不会忘记自己。 从周恩来、郭沫若到那张名单中被杀的所有共党，他们哪一个不想让自己血债血偿？自己不就是因为明白这个道理才一路逃亡的吗？可万万没有想到，自己费尽心机，到头来居然“与虎为伴”，和两名共党暗探结伴走了这么久！ 他们这样对待自己，是因为在他们眼里，自己是接受军管会教育的回头浪子张世明。 如果他们知道自己是《四川匪特调查》榜上有名的李涵章，又会怎么做呢？刚才陆大哥说让自己不要出去，在客栈里等他们回来。他们回来后，会给自己一个什么结果？ 李涵章翻来覆去想了想，最后决定暂时不轻举妄动，老老实实地在客栈等着他们俩回来，然后再应时而变。 打定主意后，李涵章把柯尔特手枪藏在身上，把左轮手枪拢进左袖口里，和衣躺在床上…… 第二天快晌午了，陆大哥和胡二哥才从外面回来，随他们一起进来的，还有他们昨天见过的铁货店老板。他们刚一进门，就把李涵章吓了一跳！ 两个人已经不是那个头裹头帕、一身短打的铁货客了，他们穿着一身崭新的解放军军装，斜挎在腰间的大肚盒子，让李涵章心里怦怦直跳。 “兄弟，瞒了你一路，真是对不住啊。我们俩是成都市军管会公安处侦缉大队的，现在任务已经完成了，也就露出原形了。今天我们就要归队，兄弟，舍不得你啊！真想和你一起继续当铁货客……”陆大哥紧紧地握着李涵章的右手。 李涵章不敢用劲儿，也用不出来劲儿。他就这么被握着，想象自己真的就是张世明。 胡二哥也跟着说：“哥子这一路上，跟着你没少混吃混喝，呵呵……兄弟啊，做完这趟生意，你回了成都，去公安处找哥子，哥子请你吃'玉隆园'的'南虾包子'。”说完，紧紧地握着李涵章的左手。 就在他们说话的当儿，铁货店老板收拾起陆大哥和胡二哥做铁货生意的行头。见他们俩终于和李涵章寒暄完了，凑上来与陆大哥和胡二哥握了握手，带着东西走了。 客栈房间里只剩下了兄弟三人，陆大哥劝李涵章千万别再往南走，也别在毕节待下去，最好先原路返回再说。因为毕节这个地方，解放军集结了大批部队，即将展开大规模的剿匪战斗，仗一打起来，不要说子弹不长眼，要是再上十天半个月走不了，就更危险了。现在云贵交界处的土匪十分猖狂，打家劫舍、杀害地方干部不说，像他这样单身一人赶路的生意人，更是这些山贼土匪们重点打劫的对象。所以，他劝李涵章：“反正你身上钱多得是，一时半会儿也饿不着肚子，还是立刻返回成都，等局势稳定住了，想做生意再出来闯荡。返回去的时候，如果路上遇到解放军的哨卡或者地方军管会盘查，或者回去有人问起，除了拿出自己身上的外出证明和身份证明外，就把沿途做生意交的税票拿出来，证明自己是守法商贩……” 李涵章装作很伤感的样子，叹了口气说：“唉，算是我张世明有福气啊，第一次出来闯世界，就遇到了两位解放军大哥保护了我一路。既然陆大哥把情况给我说明白了，我就听大哥的，原路返回，顺便找机会把手里的这点儿货处理了。回到成都，等你们把土匪打完了，我再出门做个赚钱的正当营生。” “那好，兄弟，我们还有任务在身，不便久留，有缘再见！”陆大哥说完，朝李涵章伸出了右手。 彼此间又相互叮嘱了一番之后，兄弟三人就此分手。