As soon as Big Brother Lu and Second Brother Hu in military uniform left, Li Hanzhang left the house, dropped his goods and burdens, put his back on his shoulders, and left Bijie City in a hurry.After a false alarm, Li Hanzhang kept shaking the "Sichuan Bandit Investigation" in front of his eyes, and he kept shaking the big belly boxes that Brother Lu and Brother Hu hung diagonally on their waists.Therefore, he had already thought about it, since Big Brother Lu and Second Brother Hu had walked with him for so long without doubting his identity and let him go back to Chengdu, why should he stay in Bijie?As the old saying goes, "It's dark under the lamp", the more dangerous the place, the better to hide.As for what to do after arriving in Chengdu, we can only talk about it at that time.
After walking on the same road with Big Brother Lu and Second Brother Hu for a few days, Li Hanzhang is used to talking and laughing with people.Now, he came out of Bijie alone, walking in the depths of Wumeng Mountain, which is high and dangerous, on the mountain road beside the stone wall and in the dense forest. Except for his own footsteps, he could not hear other people's voices.In loneliness, Li Hanzhang couldn't help but think of his two older brothers, and that funny old man Huang.
Thinking about it, he suddenly realized a very serious problem: before, he walked with Big Brother Lu and Second Brother Hu, passing through checkpoints and checkpoints, and Big Brother Lu was there to accommodate. Proof, never used once.Does the false proof work?He really didn't know it.What's more, in the past, three people walked together without arousing suspicion, but now such a person is too conspicuous, and it is easy to suspect that they are Kuomintang stragglers or spies.According to the analysis of the situation in Bijie City, there must be a lot of People's Liberation Army stationed in this area. If you encounter them, you will naturally be interrogated; and the People's Liberation Army is here to suppress bandits. There must be many bandits in this area... Thinking this way, Li Hanzhang walked cautiously along the way.
There was light rain pattering in the sky, and although the feet were not muddy yet, the cold mountain wind blew by, making it difficult for people to walk. They wished to find a place, light a fire, and sleep well.Holding an umbrella and wearing a coir raincoat, Li Hanzhang suddenly thought of the poem "Pedestrians on the road want to die", and his heart became more and more sad.Fortunately, when it was getting dark, he saw a cave on the side of the road that could accommodate him, and hurried into it.
I thought I was the only one on this journey, but unexpectedly, he hadn't finished smoking a bag of cigarettes, but there was a sound of footsteps outside the cave.Li Hanzhang listened carefully, and judged that there was only one person, so he hurriedly turned over and dragged his back strap against the stone wall to hide.
"Ge, the bandits are running all over the mountain, scaring away all the bobcats. I only met a few bamboo chickens, and I couldn't go back to the house when it rained, so I had to recite the time."
Listening to the voice, Li Hanzhang knew that it was an old hunter who came in, so he let go of his heart, called "Daddy" and walked out.The old hunter glanced at Li Hanzhang, ignored him, walked to the other side of the cave alone, and dropped the things in his arms with a "bang".
Li Hanzhang was bored, and sat down next to the stone wall, without saying a word.
The old man raised the fire in twos and fives. In the light of the fire, he carried a pheasant out of the hole.When I came back, the pheasant in my hand turned into a native chicken, covered with a thick layer of mud.The old man sat down by the fire and hung the bamboo chicken over the fire to roast.Already smelling the smell of meat, he suddenly turned to Li Hanzhang and said, "Why don't you come here by yourself, do you want me to invite you?"
Li Hanzhang smiled "hehe" and said as he walked towards the fire, "I'm afraid of disturbing my father."
"I came out to hunt before my guns were high enough, who would bother me? You don't want to talk to me about these polite words." The old man pulled the firewood. In the light of the fire, Li Hanzhang saw a scar from his forehead to the corner of his mouth lying on the ground like a leech. old man's face.
"Why don't you talk? Where are you going?" The old man asked without looking at Li Hanzhang.
"I came from Chengdu to do a small business, but I didn't dare to go forward in Bijie, and now I'm going back to Xuyong." Li Hanzhang answered honestly.
"It's a mess. If you don't stay at home, why do you run out to do business?" The old man turned the hanging chicken and gave Li Hanzhang a blank look.
"Wolves, insects, tigers and leopards are rampant, you are not staying at home, what are you going out to hunt?" Li Hanzhang joked with him.
"Interesting, this is right for my old man's temper." As the old man said, he took the bamboo chicken off the shelf, threw it at his feet, and pulled out a tender white chicken from the mud shell, tearing it in half To Li Hanzhang, "Eat."
After Li Hanzhang took the chicken, the old man took out a flat pot from his arms, unplugged it, and a smell of wine immediately came to his nostrils.Li Hanzhang didn't wait for the old man to give him the flat pot, he hurriedly said: "I don't drink, I swore in front of Guan Erye."
"It's better not to drink." The old man looked at Li Hanzhang for the first time and said, "He came from Bijie?"
"Yes. I heard that the bandits are very powerful, so I dare not go any further." Li Hanzhang took a bite of the chicken, feeling that he had never eaten such a delicious food.
"It's best not to go to Maoliping, there are bandits there, it's very fierce! The People's Liberation Army has come, and it's hard to live a few days of peace and stability, son of a bitch, a few days ago, when the People's Liberation Army was fighting in Sichuan, the bandits and spies took He Zhang, Weining, and Zhijin were taken over, and they killed people everywhere. I have fought with four-legged guys all my life, but I dare not fight with these two-legged guys. Afraid of them, I had to take my whole family and hide in the mountains In the old forest, wait for the People's Liberation Army to drive them away before moving back."
Listening to what the old man said and thinking about the People's Liberation Army he saw in Bijie, Li Hanzhang was in a mess.Those who win the hearts of the people win the world, this sentence is easy to say, but difficult to do!Those counties that "rebelled" are like Tonggu Village in Tonggu Mountain, no matter how much trouble there is, it will be in vain. The building of the "Great Cause of the Party and the State" has collapsed. Thinking about these years, it is really like a spring and autumn dream, but what can he do?Right now, he has no choice but to go back to Chengdu along this road, otherwise, the longer the matter drags on, the less clear he will be when he returns.Because the travel certificate renamed "Zhang Shiming" and the certificate "Zhou Yaozu went from Chengdu to Yunnan to sell iron goods to buy Baiyao" have the same round-trip route filled in. If the line is broken in the middle, it may cause big trouble. trouble.
The old man saw that Li Hanzhang was preoccupied, so he didn't ask any more questions. He ate chicken and drank wine, lay down by the fire with all his clothes on, and started snoring after a while.
Li Hanzhang was not as free and easy as the old man, he never dared to sleep soundly when he was with strangers.But he fell asleep until dawn, and when Li Hanzhang woke up, he found that he was the only one in the cave!When did the old man leave?Why didn't I notice it at all?Li Hanzhang felt ashamed: After all, he is a hunter who hunts tigers and drives leopards away!
Sichuanese call the narrow area between the two mountains Yakou.
When Li Hanzhang saw the pass called Maoliping from a distance, his heart was like a spice shop after the disabled soldiers passed by, and his eyes were like a silk and satin shop passed by the disabled soldiers, with all kinds of flavors and colors.He felt that his current life was at a pass.He didn't know if he could cross this pass, let alone what was waiting for him on the other side of the mountain after crossing this pass.
Maoliping pass made him so nervous, not only because the old Orion he met last night reminded him, "It's better not to go to Maoliping, there are bandits there, it's very fierce!" Terrain: The general pass is bare, and you can see the opposite mountain at a glance, but here is an old forest.Although it is already deep winter, the pass is mostly densely populated with evergreen trees, and from time to time birds fly out from there in terror.
This reminds Li Hanzhang of Huangnigang, where Wu used his outsmarting to outwit his birth date.Of course, it's not just Huangnigang. Don't those robbery activities happen in sparsely populated dense forests?Li Hanzhang sat and smoked on the side of the road to see if he could wait for one or more people to go on the road together, so that he could not only take care of him, but also not arouse the suspicion of the People's Liberation Army.However, after waiting and waiting, it was almost noon, and there was no one waiting.Li Hanzhang put his heart on hold, put his back on his back, and walked towards Maoliping pass.
Walking along the mountain road into the woods, Li Hanzhang saw that the plants in the woods were evergreen sand pines thicker than a person's waist, with shapeless deciduous trees in the middle, and densely entwined shrubs underneath. .A half-meter-wide bluestone road runs through the middle, scattered with dappled sunlight and chilly.Li Hanzhang couldn't help sighing secretly: What a good terrain for ambushes!So he tightened the straps on his shoulders, stabilized his shoulders, and walked quickly on the fallen leaves... Suddenly, a sparrow flew out from the nearby forest, and immediately, someone shouted in the bushes: "stop!"
As soon as the words were finished, five or six people ran out from the woods on both sides. Some were wearing short jackets and holding sabers, and some were wearing old military uniforms and carrying long guns. It was obvious that they were not regular soldiers.
"What are you doing? Check!"
The leader, the tall man in old military uniform with a big nose, yelled at Li Hanzhang.Li Hanzhang turned his head and glanced at the young man in his twenties, and was stunned: Why does this person look so familiar?But the voice is very strange... Where have I seen him?
"Passing by, passing by." Li Hanzhang quickly answered without having time to think.Although he had a revolver in his cuff and a Colt in his belt, he did not want to use force unless absolutely necessary.Because he knew in his heart that these guys did things without any rules. Besides the people in front of him, there might be a few guns hidden in the dark that were aimed at him. If he was not careful, he might be shot; If you really start to fight, the gunshots will attract more bandits, it will be even worse, a good man is no match for four hands, and if he dies in the hands of these gangsters, he will be famous forever .So, he stood where he was, clutching his back with both hands, motionless.
"Passing by?" A group of people surrounded Li Hanzhang, and after trapping Li Hanzhang in the middle, Big Nose pointed his spear at Li Hanzhang's chest and said, "Teach me a little bit, dare to talk and move, my gun does not recognize people. Seeing that Li Hanzhang didn't show any resistance at all, Big Nose pointed his gun at once, and said to his subordinates, "Tie him up to me!"
"Wait!" Li Hanzhang suddenly roared confidently, and immediately stopped the group of people.
"Seeing that you are also from the army, why did you do this kind of thing? I came from Bijie City. Who is your commander, I have something to tell him!" Li Hanzhang pointed to those men in old military uniforms Guy, said the tone indisputably.
"Which onion are you? You also want to see our chief? Why?" The big nose touched his own—this action was very familiar to Li Hanzhang.
"That's it!" Before the big nose could react, Li Hanzhang flicked his left hand, and the revolver slipped from the sleeve into his left hand; when he lifted his right hand, the Colt pistol was held in his right hand from the strap. superior.In less than two seconds, the two guns hit the temples on both sides of the big nose and head!
"Master, please spare me, please, please forgive me!" The big nose immediately became a bear bag. Kneeling down on the ground with a "plop", first he threw the bastard box in his hand on the ground, then tilted his head and yelled desperately at the group of shrimp soldiers and crab generals around him: "Everyone... put down the fucking guns ! Listen to this uncle's orders!"
The guys in old military uniforms around Li Hanzhang were frightened by Li Hanzhang's skills, and they were standing there dumbfounded. After hearing what Big Nose said, they immediately put away their guns and looked at Li Hanzhang stupidly.
"Lead the way, lead me to meet your commander!"
Li Hanzhang put two pistols on Big Nose's head, and Big Nose immediately yelled in mourning, "Did you hear that? Lead this old man!" After finishing speaking, he sifted through the bran and said to Li Hanzhang, "Master , I am absolutely honest, I will do whatever you ask me to do. If you want to see the officer, I will take you to see the officer, do you want it?"
"As long as you don't change your mind, your head will still grow on your neck. If you play tricks...hehe..." Li Hanzhang kicked Big Nose's buttocks, "Get out of here ,lead the way!"
"Yes, sir. The younger one will lead you, lead the way." Big Nose, who was still kneeling on the ground, stood up trembling, and led Li Hanzhang out of the woods along the stone road.
The people I met along the way included some wearing old military uniforms and some wearing short jackets.It seems that these bandits are composed of two parts, one part is the local bandits, and the other part is the stragglers of the national army who were driven here by the People's Liberation Army-it's just that they don't know which army or whose subordinates they are.
After walking along the mountain road for more than an hour, they went up the mountainside, passed a pond and entered a ruined temple.Amid the strong smell of dog meat, Li Hanzhang entered the mountain gate with a gun to his head.
After escorting Big Nose into the ruined temple, Li Hanzhang looked around. There were no monks in the ruined temple. There were piles of monks here and there, and those lying in the courtyard were either wearing old military uniforms or short jackets.In the main hall of the ruined temple, under the seat of the Buddha where futons used to be placed for chanting sutras, there is now a large marching pot hanging. Under the pot, lake-colored, blue, and yellow flames rolled like countless tongues. The face of the Buddha is flushed.Surrounding the pot, several people were chopping firewood for the fire, some were cooking in another small pot, and some were looking into the big pot, as if wondering if the dog meat cooked in the noodles was done.It seems that this is their lair.As soon as Li Hanzhang entered the door with his big nose, he noticed that there were a few candles and an incense burner on the altar in front of the Buddha statue. There were a few unlit incense sticks in the incense burner. It was probably before the group of defeated soldiers came. The incense in this ruined temple is still very strong.
The group of people in the temple saw that Big Nose was escorted in by a man with a shoulder strap on his back, and they didn't know what happened for a while.After a brief silence, there was a sudden noise in the ruined temple.Li Hanzhang glanced out of the corner of his eye and saw two guys who were not afraid of death were holding guns.
Li Hanzhang raised his left hand, and after two shots fired, the two guys hiding in the southeast corner of the ruined temple were each shot in the right wrist, and immediately cried out for their father and mother.
Li Hanzhang raised his right hand, and after four shots were fired, the four candles on the altar table stood upright, but the upper half flew away somewhere.
Li Hanzhang asked sharply: "Be honest with me, tell me! Where's your chief?"
"Grandpa, wait a minute. I'm sending someone to invite you, and I'll be there in a while!" After a few gunshots, there was a foul and smelly smell coming out from the bottom of the trousers with the big nose.
Seeing Li Hanzhang's skill, the remnant soldiers were frightened into stupidity, and they all stood there obediently, not daring to move casually when they saw the bear-like appearance of the big nose.
"You, come here!" Li Hanzhang saw that the group of people was completely stunned by him, the revolver was still on the big nose, and the Colt pistol was vacated, pointing at a guy who was as thin as a hemp stalk.
Ma Zhu walked over, "Master, please order."
"This son of a bitch dared to provoke me, so I untied his belt and tied him to a pillar!" Li Hanzhang pointed his gun at the painted wooden pillar in the ruined temple.
"Yes, sir!" Ma Gan immediately untied the waistband of Big Nose's trousers.
The trousers with the big nose immediately retreated to the ankles, and a pungent smell of feces and urine came out.
After the hemp stalk tied the big nose to the pillar in the ruined temple, Li Hanzhang swung his shoulders, and the strap slid down onto the altar. Then, facing the temple gate, he sat on the chair beside the altar, and pointed his two guns at the altar. Those guys in the ruined temple, wait for their leader to come over.
After waiting for a while, there was still no movement. Li Hanzhang became impatient, took a gun, walked around the big nose, and said to Ma Gan and several others: "Take care of him! I will walk on the road well." , for no reason, this guy jumped out to provoke me, and it has nothing to do with the rest of the brothers. As long as the brothers don't provoke me, I will live in peace with you, otherwise...hehe...you all saw it just now. Just sit here and wait for your masters to come, theory theory."
"Yes, yes, yes..." The group of people kept their eyes on the two guns Li Hanzhang was holding in his hand, fearing that the muzzles of the guns would charge towards them, they hid one by one.
Who does this person look like?Li Hanzhang asked Ma Gan to bring the chair over, sat in front of Big Nose, and looked at Big Nose.After looking at it for a long time, I finally remembered that this person looks a bit like his adjutant Jiang Huiqi.
The first time Li Hanzhang saw Jiang Huiqi was in Nanjing.
In the summer of 17 years ago, Li Hanzhang came from Shanghai to the sweltering Nanjing city. With the capital he had studied at the Whampoa Military Academy and Shanghai Law School, he signed up for the National Government's Higher Civil Service Examination that year.Except for Chinese and the legacy of the founding father, the written test subjects are mostly related to law, such as constitutional law, finance, economics, civil law, criminal law, modern Chinese history, foreign languages, public international law, etc.Before Li Hanzhang was admitted to the Whampoa Military Academy, he studied at the Sichuan School of Political Science and Law for two years; after graduating from the Whampoa Military Academy, he went to the Shanghai Law School to study for three years. More than 100 people were recruited, but Li Hanzhang passed the written test with a high score.
The oral test is much easier than the written test.For Li Hanzhang, neither "scholarly experience" nor "personal ideals" are new topics.Although he was born in Chongqing in 1911, he has been studying abroad since he was a teenager, with many classmates and friends.These experiences are enough for him to speak freely in front of everyone.
Of course, he is so confident because he knows best in his heart that his father, who once studied in the law department of Imperial University, is an old friend with Dai Jitao, the dean of the Examination Institute...
After the rankings were posted at the entrance of the Examination Institute and the dean entertained the candidates, the award ceremony began.The purpose of the exam is to select high-ranking civil servants for the country, and all previous efforts are for this moment: because after the ceremony, it means that their status as "senior civil servants" has been truly confirmed, and they will be assigned to the government Go to various departments, and thus embark on an official career.According to past practice, the ceremony should be presided over by Dean Dai Jitao, and Jiang Jieshi, chairman of the Nanjing National Government, would give a speech. Unfortunately, President Jiang was not in Nanjing for a few days, and it was Chen Bulei, Director of Education of Zhejiang Province, who came to deliver a speech on his behalf.
When Chen Bulei walked into the venue, he was followed by two guards.Li Hanzhang was different from the other candidates: they were all scholars, but he was the only one who had been to a military academy and was a soldier at heart.Therefore, he inadvertently glanced at the two tall guards standing behind the thin and frail Chen Bulei, especially the one next to him. He was about the same height as himself, also close to 1.8 meters, with a waist Broad shoulders, square face and thick eyebrows, but the nose is bigger.
This was the first time Li Hanzhang saw Jiang Huiqi, but at that time he didn't know the real name of this "big nose".Fortunately, only three months later, they met again, and this time the meeting place was at the official residence of Chen Lifu and Chen Guofu at the turn of the screw.
Screw Turn is a small alley, which is not long but twists and turns. Walking into this alley is like entering a shell shell. You can't tell the east, west, south, north, and south. Standing at one end, you can't see the "Luo Temple" courtyard wall at the other end. "Luo Temple" is a small temple built during the Six Dynasties and Song Taishi years. It was called Yanzuo Temple at that time, and was later renamed Tieta Temple. Wang Anshi once studied in it and built an academy in it.At that time, Li Hanzhang was very curious about the two weird place names "Luosi" and "Screw Turn". : "Enter the Shicheng Gate, turn to the East Street and turn north. The road is like a ring, and the common name is 'Screw Turn', or it is false. The corner of the road is the iron pagoda temple. The old name of the temple is 'Luo Temple'. This road is worthy of the corner angle, hence the name 'Luo Temple Turn' ear."
At that time, Li Hanzhang had entered the Judiciary of the National Government.When he was told that he could join the "Innocence Group", Li Hanzhang didn't know that his life's destiny would be linked with "CC".At that time, he only felt that it was a kind of trust and a kind of honor.
Through the deep alleys and courtyards, Li Hanzhang was taken to the dark basement.In the flickering candlelight, Li Hanzhang saw several soldiers of his age, as well as the statues of Sun Yat-sen and Chiang Kai-shek on the wall.The joining ceremony was presided over by Chen Lifu and Xu Enzeng. Chen Lifu first said to them: "The secret agents are the eyes and ears of the party. Protecting the safety of the party, the country and the leaders is a sacred cause. Only the best party members are qualified to work as secret agents." !" Then, Zhang Daofan led Li Hanzhang and the others to face the leader's portrait, and raised their right hands to swear: "Allegiance to the leader, never disobedience! If you violate discipline, you are willing to accept severe punishment, even death!"
The mysterious atmosphere made Li Hanzhang almost suffocate with excitement.Until he finished all the rituals and walked out of the basement, he was still in a state of excitement, feeling that his blood was about to break through his veins and might spurt out at any time.However, when he left this winding alley, at the corner of the street, he suddenly saw a person who seemed to have known him passing by him—that tall nose and burly figure made Li Hanzhang overwhelmed. Startled: Who is it?
It wasn't until the figure disappeared into the alley that Li Hanzhang remembered that he was the guard he saw beside Chen Bulei!
A soldier, there is no other reason to come here except to go to the Chen family mansion.A few years later, the national government moved to Wuhan, and the Supreme National Defense Council set up the General Political Department, with Chen Cheng as the minister and Zhou Enlai as the vice minister.In order to strengthen the connection with the third department in charge of cultural propaganda, Chen Cheng sent Li Hanzhang to the third department as the colonel's liaison staff.Soon, Li Hanzhang was promoted to colonel, and Shangfeng sent him an assistant named Jiang Huiqi.
Years of work experience have made Li Hanzhang used to watching more, listening more and speaking less, and it is the same this time.But when he saw the person's big nose, Li Hanzhang couldn't help laughing, and asked, "Have we met before?"
Jiang Huiqi made a military salute with a "snap", and replied loudly: "Reporting to you, sir, it's our first meeting!"
Thinking, watching; watching, thinking... Li Hanzhang suddenly realized that people are different not because of their appearance, but because of their demeanor.
Is there any major change in appearance between today's Li Hanzhang and the past Li Hanzhang?No.But he feels that the current self is not the same person as the past self: Where is that Li Hanzhang who fought bloody with General Cheng in Taierzhuang?Where did Li Hanzhang, who was marching on the China-Myanmar border under the hail of bullets, go?Where is that Li Hanzhang who watched Guo Moruo's glasses knocked off in front of him in the Cangbai Hall?Where did Li Hanzhang, who was in charge of soldiers and generals in Dazu, go?
Just as the big nose in front of me is not Jiang Huiqi, today's Li Hanzhang is no longer the former Li Hanzhang—but is today's Jiang Huiqi still the former Jiang Huiqi?
Li Hanzhang didn't know.
Although Jiang Huiqi is his adjutant, he has always felt that Jiang Huiqi is different from everyone around him, that he is not a person who lives for fame and fortune, so the gains and losses of fame and fortune cannot make him change—then, now, he is How are you living?What does he live on?There is also Zhou Yungang, that hot-tempered little man, his most loyal bodyguard, he was the one who appeared in time in the several times he was in danger after he left Chengdu, and saved himself from death, which further proved that he is his most loyal guard.But now, how is he alive?Is that familiar face I saw in the People's Liberation Army column in Bijie City, Zhou Yungang?If it was him, but he was wearing the uniform of the Communist Army, and did he deserve the word "faithful"?The previous few times, when he was in danger, he was able to appear in time. Now, he once again entered the tiger and wolf den alone. Although he temporarily suppressed their momentum, who knows what the final outcome will be?In the end, will there be a miracle like last few times, Zhou Yungang is suddenly in this ruined temple?
If Zhou Yungang reappears this time, no matter what, he cannot be let go.Thinking of this, Li Hanzhang couldn't help but reflect: In Chengdu, he did not hesitate to force them to leave him in the form of military orders. Was the decision to "evacuate on the spot" really wrong?
Whether right or wrong, perhaps in a thought or a word, the fate of a person is decided, and the fate of a group is also decided.
Thinking about these questions, Li Hanzhang felt like a lost student——
I was originally called "Li Hanzhang", but later became "Zhou Yaozu", and now I became "Zhang Shiming" by accident, and the purpose of changing back and forth was just to survive.Isn't it natural for a person to survive?Why can I only survive now when I try my best to conceal my identity? What does the word "Li Hanzhang" carry that cannot make people live?Thinking of his grandfather's pride every time he mentioned this name, Li Hanzhang couldn't tell how uncomfortable it was: it's fine if you can't cultivate your body, it's fine if you can't honor your ancestors, but now you can't even use this name that symbolizes your family background...
The bandits nearby saw that Li Hanzhang hadn’t moved for a while, and just wanted to get together to whisper, when they met Li Hanzhang’s gaze, they immediately dispersed as if stung by a scorpion, and stood still, not daring to meet Li Hanzhang’s eyes.When those few people were gathering together, there was a smoker soldier behind Li Hanzhang who thought he had an opportunity, and secretly wanted to grab it. Just as he stretched out his hand, Li Hanzhang had already settled the front of them, as if he had eyes on the back of his head. , didn't turn his head at all, raised his hand and shot, and three out of ten fingers of the tuberculosis ghost could not be found.Like the two ignorant guys just now, this smoker soldier was lying on the ground with his right hand in his arms, rolling and howling.
Are they soldiers too?What else can such soldiers do besides bullying the common people?How could such an army of people not be defeated?
"Like I said, I have no grievances or grudges with the other brothers. Don't mess with me, and I won't hurt you!" After saying this, Li Hanzhang raised his Colt pistol again, shot three times with "slaps", and made a sacrifice on the table. The three sticks of incense were put on, and green smoke rose, "Bring three sticks of incense in front of the Bodhisattva for you, so that the Buddha can save you from the sins of this life!"
All the people in the room are now like the clay sculptures in the temple, and no one dares to do it again, not even to breathe out.
"Tell me! Where did you come from, and when did you commit crimes here?" Li Hanzhang no longer cared about the big nose at this time, because he had fainted from fright.
After asking this question, this group of people began to talk about their background of occupying the mountain as king: this is the "headquarters" of a gang of bandits, and the leader was a deputy company commander of the national army, that is, the big nose.More than a month ago, they were defeated by the People's Liberation Army of the Second Field. They dragged a few broken guns and had nowhere to go. This Zhanshan is king.It's just that Wang is not the big nose, but the rich tiller.
That's all the bandits say over and over again.Li Hanzhang saw the sun shining straight through the dilapidated carved wooden window of the main hall of the ruined temple, and thought to himself, it is already noon, how old is the chief rudder on the big nose?Why hasn't it appeared yet?Shouldn't he be hiding in the dark and observing himself?If so, better; if not, what was he waiting for?
Li Hanzhang was thinking about this, when he suddenly found that the people outside the main hall seemed to be bitten by snakes, jumped up from the ground in panic, and gathered at the gate of the mountain.Soon, Li Hanzhang heard a burst of chaotic footsteps coming from outside the temple gate.Among the people who came in this time, half were still wearing old military uniforms, and half were wearing short jackets of different colors, and the weapons in their hands were also varied.Surrounded by these people, walking in front was a short, fat young man with a bald head and a big belly, walking like a duck, but wearing a black wool top hat, a long black robe and mandarin jacket, and a coat that almost dragged to the ground. What's even more ridiculous is that he is still leaning on a civilized stick in his hand, pushing his already large belly step by step, and swaying in without squinting - just like a "Principal Jiang style" Iconic attire!It seems that this person is their leader.
Big Nose, who had fainted from fright, was woken up by the numbness. Seeing the short, fat bald head coming in, he immediately yelled: "Commander Zhang, help me. You have to let the little one make the decision!"
Hearing Big Nose's yell, Li Hanzhang confirmed his judgment just now, raised his head and shouted loudly: "Commander Zhang, I've admired you for a long time!"
This Commander Zhang wandered into the hall and saw his subordinates poking there like wooden stakes, but no one saluted him as usual; especially when he saw the big nose with his naked lower body tied to the pillars. Er, stunned for a moment, stopped, flicked the black cloak on his shoulders pretentiously, put the civilized stick in the hands of the subordinates who followed behind him, cupped his fists at Li Hanzhang, and said: "This This hero is so skillful, I admire you! Sit down for a while, and wait for me to deal with the family affairs, and we brothers will make a good formation." After finishing speaking, he pointed at his big nose and shouted: "I have also served as the deputy company commander of the national army. Dare to put mud on my face on the road, how fucking shameful! Drag me out and throw it into the pond to feed the bastard!"
As soon as the bamboo pole sounded exciting, he agreed, and with a wave of his hand, several bandits in short jackets immediately ran to Big Nose, untied him from the pole, and dragged him across the yard like a dead dog until Run to the pond next to the temple.After listening to Commander Zhang, Li Hanzhang was convinced that the danger was over, so he temporarily put away the gun. However, while no one was paying attention, he pressed the revolver into six bullets, retracted his hand, and stuffed it into the cuff of his left hand. here, just in case.
"Cousin Commander, Cousin Commander, it's time for people to be employed on the mountain right now, can you take advantage of the girl's thin face and forgive this kid once?" With a delicate voice, a delicate woman wandered in from outside the mountain gate.Li Hanzhang took a closer look and was secretly surprised: Isn't this the proprietress of Longquanyi Inn?How did she appear here?
What surprised Li Hanzhang even more was that behind this woman, Li, the waiter of the Longquanyi Inn, was also transported!At first, the waiter in the shop didn't have a good word to say about the proprietress, but now he followed her like a tortoise.It's really a narrow road.In the encounter with him outside Neijiang City, Master Chun, the helmsman of Longquan Station, had already been reimbursed by Zhou Yungang.When these two people appeared at this time, would they use themselves to avenge their master?
The dragons had no leader just now, and Li Hanzhang was able to calm down the mob with the few marksmanship he practiced so hard.But now, Commander Zhang, who is a coward under his subordinates, but who knows how to show off his prestige, has appeared. As long as this man and woman reveal the fact that they have ruined their master's life, and Commander Zhang gives an order, he may fall into chaos In, was beaten into a sieve.
Li Hanzhang realized that he was at a critical moment of life and death!He quickly weighed in his mind, which identity should he reveal so as to save his life without getting into trouble—look at the nondescript military uniforms of the national army under Commander Zhang, perhaps, his "major general" style of the national army He can bluff him, but he knows what the outcome will be in the future, but it's hard to say: If Commander Zhang is determined to go his own way, he will definitely prove his identity, but Li Hanzhang has nothing on him to prove his identity; besides, these guys said just now He is a "rich helmsman". If he, like Master Chun, is on two boats and takes the opportunity to take himself as a "high-ranking official" to the People's Liberation Army to ask for rewards, he will be in big trouble!Thinking of this, Li Hanzhang had an idea, and when the big nose was being dragged past the short and fat Commander Zhang, he suddenly said loudly: "Commander Zhang, please! Brother Rong, say something!"
"Don't let outsiders interfere in my family affairs. However, I would like to hear about it, so why not?" Commander Zhang shook his black cloak again, standing in front of Li Hanzhang and asked.
"Commander Zhang, brother is an iron cargo man. Passing Baodi this morning, he was bent (caught) by the brothers and brought him up the Longji (mountain). Brother Zhang, you are a big man, raise your dragon sleeves and show off your arms, and let this brother go (let go). I don't deserve to tie up with such a person. Besides, a person of his age , there must be Tianlao (father), Laochai (mother), and Chuner (baby) in the family. He is not sensible, and we brothers can't care too much. Besides, he didn't treat me like a brother. For brother's sake, make a concession, let him go, and throw this brother away."
The short and chubby Commander Zhang heard Li Hanzhang's mouth full of cuts from Brother Pao's family, looked at him carefully, waved his hand at the big nose, and said, "So it's my brother. Since you opened your mouth, the brother will give it to you." For your sake, slip him away."
Seeing that the person next to him let go of the big nose, he took the civilized stick from his subordinates, hit the big nose's buttocks several times, and shouted: "I will embarrass my father in the future, go directly to the pass to get the gun by myself Open the ladle for yourself, and don't let me see it again!"
“谢司令，谢大爷绕了小的狗命。”大鼻子冲李涵章和张司令鞠了个躬，提上裤子，一溜烟儿窜出了庙门。
张司令进了大殿，把脖子上的黑斗篷带子解开。跟在身后的那李转运赶紧把斗篷接过来，捧在了怀里。张司令走到火堆边坐下，对李涵章招招手，指着身边的石头说：“既是本家人，又是本堂口的兄弟，是龙盘起是虎卧起，你落座。”随着一帮子土匪回到庙内，李涵章“丢歪子”行了个袍哥礼，也做出一副点头哈腰状说：“兄弟大胆，得罪了张司令的手下，既然张司令不怪罪，就紧贴张大哥'龙盘''虎坐'！”说着，便在火边坐下来烤火。
张司令坐稳当后，撩了撩黑长袍的下摆，把黑呢礼帽取下来，递给站在李转运身边的表妹，这才开口说：“兄弟，既是本堂口的弟兄，哥子就不瞒你了，刚才我一直在暗处看着你。以你的身手，我这山上一百多号弟兄，真干起来，恐怕也不是你这一个人外加两把枪的对手……”
“司令表哥，这位大哥可不是一般的人物，连春爷对他都高看三份……”看看张司令和李涵章握手言欢，张司令的表妹也凑上来嗲声嗲气地夸李涵章。
“喔？胡凤，你们认识？”张司令听了表妹的话，一脸诧异地扭过头去问。这个时候，李涵章只有感叹“人生何处不相逢”了。从重庆出来到现在，自己一共见了这个叫胡凤的女人三面：见第一面时，她是苟培德的小老婆；见第二面时，她是龙泉驿的老板娘；此刻第三次见面，她居然成了张司令的表妹。不过，听这女人说的话，她并不知道自己的身份，这让李涵章不那么紧张了。
“哎呀，司令，您是不晓得，这位周老板，硬是出手阔哦，给他倒杯茶，就赏一块现大洋。”李转运说着话的时候，阴阳怪气，看不出他是在夸周老板阔气，还是在提醒张司令：这可是个有钱的主儿。
不过，听到他说“周老板”三个字，李涵章这才想起，在龙泉驿遇到舵把子春爷时，自己还叫“周耀祖”。
“哦？李队长，你和他也认识？”张司令听到李转运这么一说，盯着李涵章的眼睛放出光来，“怪不得，怪不得！七八十号弟兄围着，你能如入无人之境，千万军中取上将首级，如探囊取物……哥子硬是过五关斩六将的人物哦。”张司令赶紧站起来，冲李涵章抱拳打拱。
李涵章一面也站起来，拱手应付着，一面迅速想着自己最担心的事儿：这女人曾是苟培德的小老婆，会不会知道自己的真实身份？那晚在内江城外，苟培德和春爷抓自己时，已经在那么多袍哥兄弟面前暴露了自己的身份，怎么看起来这两个活宝好像不知道这档子事儿？
李涵章正捉摸着，张司令又开口了：“兄弟，老张我有钱有人有枪，就是缺个好把式调教这帮龟儿子。从我表妹和表妹夫说的情况看，兄弟也是赶路吃饭的。要是看得起哥子我，留在我这山头上，做个二把头要得不？”
cousin?表妹夫？这个当初把那女人骂得一文不值的家伙，如今竟和那女人搅到一块儿了？李涵章太意外了。他看看李转运，那家伙居然还满脸的得意。
“这个……容兄弟再掂量掂量。”李涵章没有马上给张司令明确的答复，只是把眼睛往李转运和胡凤的身上瞟，故意打趣道，“兄弟，不够意思，娶了张司令的表妹，这么漂亮的老板娘，连个口信都没给哥子捎，连口喜酒都没让哥子喝，哥子我算是白交你这个朋友了。”
“哎呀，周老板不要这么说嘛，羞死人哦。你是不晓得啊，春爷被你干掉后，我没了依靠，又怕他手下那帮龟儿子打歪主意，就和他投奔表哥来了……”胡凤发着嗲帮情郎开脱，听得李涵章身上直起鸡皮疙瘩。
“有福不在忙，没福跑断肠。他两个是卷了那老龟儿子的金银财宝，还一路买着大烟到我这里来的。哥子，这年头，谁手里有枪，有人，谁就是大爷。兄弟生财有道，手里有钱，招兵买马不在话下。”
张司令这番话，总算让李涵章听出子丑寅卯来了：这两个活宝，卷了春爷的金银细软潜逃，自然走得仓促，而且不敢再和春爷那帮手下来往，所以，他们不知道自己的真实身份，也就不足为怪了。不过，这两个人既然能背叛春爷，还有什么事儿做不出来？说不定还会把自己送给苟培德呢，因此，自己必须得尽快离开这里，以免夜长梦多。于是，他冲张司令拱了拱手说：“承蒙张大哥看得起小弟，兄弟很珍惜大哥的知遇之恩。但是，兄弟还有要事回泸县办。等跑完这趟差，再来和张司令您一起共举大事，您看咋样？”
其实，李涵章早就从张司令的眼神儿里看出来了，他也就是客气客气，并非真的要留自己在山上。他清清楚楚地看到了自己的拳脚功夫，自己真的留下来，哪还有他的威风可耍？
果然，李涵章这话刚一出口，张司令就站起来，拉着李涵章的手说：“哥子啊，兄弟我可真是舍不得放你下山啊。从毛栗坪到泸县城，这一路你尽管放心走。各地都在打岔口（指共产党），路上要是遇到反共游击队，就说是我张司令的本家兄弟，包你通行无事。”
李涵章知道他是在冲壳子吹牛，更是在下逐客令，但还是装出一副感激不尽的样子，抱拳施礼说：“山不转路转，河水相连，我们后会有期。有张大哥这张通天牌，兄弟我一路就好摇'线子'（走路方便）。”
张司令此时已经有些不耐烦了，他顺手从李转运那里拿过黑斗篷，往身上一披，又拎过文明棍，挥了一下胖乎乎的手说：“打开山门，送贵客！”
破庙内外原本横七竖八地坐着躺着的一帮小喽啰，还等着张司令赶紧把这事儿了了，好分大锅里煮着的狗肉吃呢，因此，一听张司令喊“送贵客”，马上一个个翻身爬起，歪歪斜斜地各自背上五花八门的长短枪，呼啦啦跑到庙门外分两列站好，等着李涵章和张司令从庙门里出来。
李涵章走到供桌前，背上背篼，走出山门。经过李转运身边时，李涵章看到他死盯着自己背上的背篼，那张鲶鱼嘴里正往外淌哈喇子……
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