Chapter 39 Chapter 35: Mountain Village Storm

Mu Liangfeng and the others could see clearly from hiding behind the woods that the row of torches were not devils, but a group of ordinary people in ragged clothes.Hundreds of ordinary people gathered on the Dashaguping in front of the village, holding torches and holding various "weapons" in their hands, including sticks, firecrackers, hoes, spears... Everyone stood there quietly. An elderly man stood in front of the crowd, speaking the local dialect of Guangxi. Mu Liangfeng couldn't understand a word. Fortunately, he had a native of Guangxi under his command to help translate: "Platoon leader , They seem to be discussing to save someone?"

"Then what are you waiting for? The people the people want to save are definitely not bad people. Let's go and help them." After saying that, Mu Liangfeng came out from behind the woods with his troops, which shocked the people in the village. "Folks, don't be afraid, we are the national army who just came down from the front line." Only then did the common people see clearly that they were a group of Chinese soldiers covered in mud and exhausted with guns on their backs. "Fellow villagers, can you find us something to eat?" A brother of Mu Liangfeng had the cheek to ask the common people for something to eat.After the past two days, the dry food has long been eaten up, and now it is hungry and cold. I didn't feel cold when I was marching, but when I stopped, the cold came up.

The leading old man came over and finally said something that Mu Liangfeng could understand: "Why are you soldiers like this?" Mu Liangfeng nodded: "Master, what is this place? We got lost." "Go forward for more than 20 miles and you will reach the county seat." The old man said, "there are many of your troops in the county seat." Mu Liangfeng was overjoyed: "Master, did you see the wounded soldiers of the national army pass by here today?" "Soldiers pass here from the front line every day, how many wounded are you talking about!?"

"There are more than a hundred people! There are also some ordinary people." "They have passed by a long time ago, and they went to the county town along this road, and you can also walk back along the road." Mu Liangfeng finally breathed a sigh of relief, he has already entered the sphere of influence of the national army, everyone is safe, now the only thing he is worried about is the Eighth Company and the New Second Company, how are they doing in the forest. "Just now I heard that you were discussing who to save. What's going on? Mu Liangfeng remembered this.

As soon as the common people heard Mu Liangfeng asked about this matter, they exploded and gathered around: "Sir, you have to decide for us!" "Sir, Ah Hui and Ah Gui are wronged!" ... Mu Liangfeng was confused by the villagers' chatter: "Talk slowly if you have something to do, and do your best to help if you can." The old man yelled, and the villagers calmed down. He told the whole story that the old man's younger brother owed money to the local rich man Mr. Wan for a long time. The sons and daughters, Ahui and Agui, were sold to Wanjia to pay off their debts. One of the brothers and sisters was a long-term worker and the other was a maid. They had been working in Wanjia for five full years.Today, for some reason, Mr. Wan suddenly said that Ah Gui and his third aunt were having an affair, and that his younger sister, Ah Hui, even stole a huge amount of property from the family, and wanted to punish their siblings and "sink them into a pigsty".

The old man believed that his nephew and niece would not do such a thing, so he asked the villagers to uphold justice. The villagers were filled with righteous indignation and discussed going to Wanfu to rob people. "I watched these two children grow up. Don't we know what kind of people they are? This Wan family bullies others and harms the village. Which of us ordinary people has not been bullied by his family?" The old man sighed: "Now the parents of the two children have passed away, and both are orphans, what a pity!" Mu Liangfeng was moved by the pride of the villagers, and at the same time, as an outsider, he also felt that this matter was too strange. How could the two brothers and sisters commit crimes at the same time and be punished?

"Master, let's go together to help you clarify this matter and rescue people." Hearing what Mu Liangfeng said, the old man led all the villagers to kneel down: "Thank you, sir, for making decisions for us." Mu Liangfeng quickly helped the old man up. "Sir, seeing how young you are, you have to be careful about your future!" The old man became worried again: "The man surnamed Wan has a backer in the county! His eldest son is the chairman of the county chamber of commerce, and his second son is a member of a battalion of the national army." Chief, you must not delay your future because of our village's affairs."

Mu Liangfeng didn't care so much: "Who cares about the president and the battalion commander, you have to talk about the king's law in everything. Is the surname Wan bigger than the king's law? It just so happens that we haven't eaten yet, so dinner is at Master Wan's house." .” "That's right! You haven't eaten yet, so we'll make some food for you." "No need, it's important to save people." Mu Liangfeng turned around and asked his dozens of people: "Brothers, we don't care about this matter." Most of the soldiers in the platoon were from poor families. They hated these rich and unkind landlords and bullies the most, and they all agreed to the words of the platoon leader.

A group of people followed the villagers to the Wanjia compound. The Wanjia Courtyard is on the side of a mountain two miles away. The courtyard is built against the mountain, with high walls and deep courtyards, cornices and wing corners, and the courtyards are layered on top of each other.Even more impressive than Wu Yunzhi's town hall.The dark black iron gate and the tall gun towers on the wall further show the status of the owner of this house. Several guards with guns on their backs saw a large group of people approaching the gate, and standing on the gun tower above the gate, they yelled strangely: "What are you doing?"

"Go and inform your master that Mu Liangfeng, the platoon leader of the national army, is coming to visit." Mu Liangfeng shouted towards the gun tower. A few guards laughed strangely: "A little platoon leader is also worthy of visiting our master? Go, go! Go away if you have nothing to do." One of Mu Liangfeng's brothers became angry: "You watchdogs really look down on people. Our platoon just came back from fighting devils at the front..." "Hahahaha, you were beaten back by the Japanese, right?" Mu Liangfeng couldn't bear it anymore, raised his hand and shot the dog-skin hat of the dog leg upstairs flying. This shot flew past his scalp, and he could even feel the coldness of the bullet.In the middle of the night, with the help of a sporadic fire, he knocked over his hat with a single shot from a distance of more than 50 meters. This kind of shooting is frightening.

The dog's urine flowed down the pants, and he didn't dare to talk nonsense anymore. "Go and call the surname Wan to come out immediately, or I will shoot you and flatten your doghouse." Mu Liangfeng's brothers stepped forward and cursed loudly, and several people on the tower said: "Wait a minute, I'm going to report to Mrs. Wan." After a while, the gate opened, a few lanterns opened the way, and a burly, fat old man came out with a dozen guards armed with guns. This person must be that Mr. Wan.I saw him wearing a tiger-skin cap, a black cloth mandarin jacket, a civilized stick in his hand, and a small goatee. He looked like a country gentleman. "I don't know who is the platoon leader?" Mrs. Wan cupped his hands. Mu Liangfeng walked out: "I am!" "Mr. Mu visited the humble house late at night. I don't know what to do?" Mrs. Wan knocked the civilized staff on the ground, with a smile on his face, showing arrogance on his face.Then he looked at the large group of ordinary people in front of him: "What are you doing?" The old man in the lead snorted: "Grandfather Wan, we are here for the matter of Ah Hui and Ah Gui, and we need to ask you for an explanation." "Damn it, you mud-legged people want to rebel?" A butler-looking guy jumped out beside Mr. Wan and shouted. Mu Liangfeng stared at the housekeeper with a burning gaze, and the housekeeper couldn't help shivering. The visitor was not friendly, so he retreated behind Mr. Wan sensibly. "Could it be that Chief Mu is also here for this matter?" "That's why we came here." Mu Liangfeng stared at Mr. Wan, and the old man could read the murderous look in his eyes. "This is a family matter of my Wanfu. I don't think there is a need for Chief Mu to stand up for these mud-legged people!" Mrs. Wan snorted. Mu Liangfeng said: "Human life is at stake, how can it be said that it is your family business? Is Mr. Wan the king's law?" "This...it's not." Mrs. Wan was at a loss for words for a moment. "Stop rambling, hurry up and hand over the person to ask for clarification, otherwise don't blame us for being rude." One of Mu Liangfeng's brothers lost his temper. "Hmph!" Mr. Wan was also annoyed: "You don't even see clearly what kind of place this is, and you dare to come here to play wild with me." "Hand over people! Hand over people!" The villagers were passionate. "Damn it, do you really dare to rebel?" The housekeeper spoke again, and more than a dozen bullets were loaded and aimed at Mu Liangfeng and his group. Mu Liangfeng was completely enraged: "It seems that I won't give you some strength, brothers, set up machine guns, and whoever dares to take advantage of others will attack me together." A few machine guns were immediately set up on the spot, and the muzzle of the black hole was aimed at the gate of the Wan family. Only then did Mr. Wan and his henchmen panic, and they cupped their hands and said, "Mr. Is it?" "There's nothing to discuss. Ask the two brothers and sisters to come forward and confront them. If they really committed a crime, we will escort them to the county, and you don't need to enforce any family laws." "Mr. Mu, you wait here for a while, I'll bring him out." In front of the row of black guns, Mr. Wan spoke more politely. Mu Liangfeng knew that Mr. Wan was not a good person, worried that he was playing some tricks, raised his hand, and let a few brothers follow into the Wan's compound, leaving a few soldiers guarding the door with guns, and two machine guns were also around. set up. Once the iron gate is closed, it will be impossible to attack a compound with deep walls like the Wanjia Compound, so Mu Liangfeng has to guard against it. Grandpa Wan's face turned pale: "Mr. Mu, brothers, don't you need to do this!? Since everyone appreciates you, please come and sit in the humble house!" Mu Liangfeng didn't take this approach, strode into the main living room, and several servants immediately served tea. "Mr. Mu, wait a moment, I'll arrange for people to get food and wine." Mrs. Wan tried to escape with a smile on his face. "You have so many servants here, why do you need to go and order yourself? Mr. Wan, don't be too busy. We won't eat your food and drink, so hurry up and bring people out!" Mu Liangfeng was worried that the night would be full of dreams, and things would change after a long time. . "Yes, we don't care about eating your food, let's hand it over first." A group of people shouted. Mr. Wan saw that he couldn't play any new tricks, so he laughed and said, "I'll let them come out now, and everyone will confront them face to face." As he spoke, he waved his hand and signaled to the housekeeper on the side, who turned and walked into the backyard. After a while, when no one came out, Mu Liangfeng faintly felt that something was wrong: "Brother, search the backyard for me!" He said, leaving a few people to guard the living room, and rushed into the backyard with his brothers. The backyard of the Wanjia was very empty. A maid in her 40s saw a group of national army soldiers rushing in aggressively. After seeing that there were no Wanjia people around, she pointed to a side room not far away. .Mu Liangfeng understood, and rushed to the side room with his brothers. There was the sound of someone fighting in the side room. Mu Liangfeng kicked the door open, only to see the butler with a few guards thugs holding down a It was a young man with blood, forcefully poured a bottle of liquid medicine into his mouth... Although the young man was tied up, he was very strong and struggling desperately. The girl in Dongxi was also struggling desperately, with fear and despair shining in her eyes. Mu Liangfeng was so angry that he rushed into the house, pulled the thugs away, and smashed the dog's legs with the butt of his gun, until the housekeeper and the nurses cried and cried.Mu Liangfeng looked at the pair of brothers and sisters who were struggling. A Hui was very handsome, and at first glance she was a very simple and kind girl. Everyone helped to untie the pair of brothers and sisters, and escorted the housekeeper and the thugs to the living room. Master Wan's face changed drastically when he saw that Mu Liangfeng brought A Gui and A Hui brothers and sisters out. The people in the village immediately surrounded the brothers and sisters in the crowd, and the old man cried: "They are so cruel! They beat you two like this. Ah Hui and Ah Gui! If you have any grievances, please tell the chief shepherd and beg him Let us call the shots." After all, Ah Hui is a girl, so she was a little distracted by fright, but Ah Gui is a man. He squeezed out of the crowd and knelt in front of Mu Liangfeng: "Sir, the surname Wan is fornicating Japanese devils." "Ah Gui, don't talk nonsense and spout blood." Mrs. Wan felt guilty, and his face turned pale all of a sudden. "Sir, I didn't lie! I heard the truth. The Japanese are in his house right now. If you don't believe me, you can search." Agui said angrily, "After my sister and I found out about this, Wan was afraid that we would go to the county to report. He colluded with the enemy and wanted to kill us." Looking at the situation, Mu Liangfeng also guessed that the adulterer surnamed Wan was inseparable. He was overheard by Agui brothers and sisters, worried that they would go to the county to denounce him, so he just added an unwarranted charge to them. Kill people. Mu Liangfeng raised his gun and said, "Brothers, follow me in and continue the search, arrest anyone who can't speak Chinese." Mr. Wan panicked and stopped him: "Mr. Mu, don't bully people too much. In my house, you can search and beat if you want. I'm not afraid that my son will come back and trouble you. You are just a small country. Platoon commander, my son is battalion commander." "Grandfather Wan, I just want to confirm Agui's words and return your innocence." Mu Liangfeng said, "Otherwise, let alone your son is just a battalion commander, even the division commander and army commander may not be able to protect you." According to the laws and regulations at the time, all crimes of collaborating with the enemy and treason were executed by shooting.In addition, Mr. Wan's two sons are both famous figures, if the collusion with the enemy is verified, the involvement will be serious.So the old guy tried his best to prevent Mu Liangfeng from entering the backyard to search for people. "Brothers, tie this old guy up for me first." Mu Liangfeng didn't bother to be polite to him, as soon as he gave an order, several brothers under him held down Mr. Wan.Seeing that their master was arrested, the thugs of the Wan family pulled out their guns and prepared to confront Mu Liangfeng and the others. "Wan Tong is not collaborating with the enemy, you should be clear, right? I advise you to be honest, otherwise don't blame the guy in my hand for being rude." Mu Liangfeng glanced at these dogs. One of Mu Liangfeng's brothers became impatient: "Platoon leader, what's the point of talking to these traitors? Just shoot them all with a machine gun!" At this juncture, no one was willing to sacrifice their lives for Mr. Wan anymore, and they all threw their guns on the ground. "Folks, pick up the guns." Mu Liangfeng said, and the common people rushed forward, picking up all the dozen guns on the ground into their hands. Mu Liangfeng left a few soldiers in the living room to watch Mr. Wan and the others, and told the soldiers: "If they dare to mess around, I will shoot them to death on the spot." Then he led them into the backyard. The area of ​​the Wanjia compound is too large, with pavilions, pavilions, rock gardens, and hundreds of houses, large and small. It is really hard to find two or three people hiding.There was no other way, so Mu Liangfeng had to have someone search room by room.At this moment, suddenly a black figure flashed away close to the wall. "Who?" Mu Liangfeng got up and chased them, the black figure trotted all the way and led them to a hidden grocery room, and stopped.Only now did Mu Liangfeng see clearly that it was a servant of the Wan family. He glanced at Mu Liangfeng, then pointed to the grocery room, turned and ran away. The grocery room was empty, and there was nothing unusual about it. "Platoon leader, are we being played by others?" Mu Liangfeng walked around the house, and his eyes suddenly stopped on an old black bookcase against the wall. He felt a little strange: other places in the grocery room were full of dust, but this old-fashioned old bookcase was dry. Clean and spotless.He looked at the brothers under his command, and everyone surrounded them with guns in hand. He pushed the big bookcase away. It turned out to be a secret room, and he saw that there were all kinds of beds, coffee tables and tables inside, just like an exquisite small bedroom.Two middle-aged men in gray gowns were drinking tea leisurely. As soon as they saw someone breaking in, the two middle-aged men instinctively wanted to draw their guns from their pockets, but they were a step too slow. tied up on the ground. The two men were dressed in Chinese gowns, and they looked like businessmen. Although one of them was being detained by Chinese soldiers, he was extremely dishonest, and blurted out: "Ba Ge Ya Lu!" "Damn it, it's really a Japanese devil." A soldier of the national army kicked him. Mr. Wan turned pale when he saw that the Japanese were searched out: "Misunderstanding, Mr. Mu, it is purely a misunderstanding! These two are my Japanese friends from Beiping. They are just businessmen, not soldiers." "Really?" Mu Liangfeng sneered, "Take these two devils out and shoot them on the spot." "Sir, please spare me! I'm not a Japanese devil! I'm Chinese." The middle-aged man who was with the Japanese panicked when he heard that he was going to be shot. Mu Liangfeng put a gun to his head: "Then who are you?" "Sir, please forgive me! I'm just an interpreter they hired, and this matter has nothing to do with me!" When the man saw the gun being pointed at his head, he sat down on the ground, trembling all over. "What is this Japanese doing here? If you don't tell the truth, you will be shot now." "Boss, please don't shoot, I say what I say." The interpreter was eager to protect himself, and he didn't care about the life and death of the Japanese and Mr. Wan. He said: "The Japanese want to pass Mr. Wan, no, no, no, they want to pass The surname Wan collected information about the national army through his local connections." The Japanese stared and struggled non-stop, and kept cursing. Mu Liangfeng asked the translator, "What is he talking about?" "This..." the traitor translator said: "He called the Chinese people pigs." When Mu Liangfeng heard this, he became furious, and kicked the Japanese man to the ground, putting the gun in his hand against his head.The Japanese mouths are still cursing.Mu Liangfeng hit him on the head with the butt of a gun, and the Japanese passed out with a snort. "Wan, what else do you have to say?" Mrs. Wan knelt down and said, "Master Mu, please forgive me! The little old man was confused for a moment and almost sold his ancestors. Please let me live. If you ask for money or food, I will obey you." Mu Liangfeng hated this kind of spineless traitor and running dog the most, and didn't bother to pay attention to him anymore. He asked his brothers to tie up the housekeeper in the yard, as well as the devil and the traitor translator. Or local government. A group of people left the Wanjia compound, and it started to rain heavily.Taking advantage of the dark and slippery road, the housekeeper of Wan's family pushed down two fellow villagers who had detained him, and ran down the mountain to escape for his life. Be honest. When we returned to the village, the east had already turned white, and the villagers were very happy. It was like a festive scene. The villagers thanked the national army for killing the people and rescued Agui and Ahui. Every household smoked and killed chickens and geese to make a meal for the soldiers. Hearty breakfast.After everyone wolfed down the food, they escorted the devils and traitors and set out on the road. Accompanied by the villagers, Agui and his younger sister Ahui chased after him. "Mr. Mu, you saved the lives of my sister and me. We want to fight the Japanese devils with you." Agui brought his sister to his knees. Mu Liangfeng quickly helped them up, thinking how pitiful the pair of orphans were, he said, "It's fine for you to join us as a soldier, but Ah Hui is a girl, how can she go to the battlefield?" "I can do it." Ah Hui said anxiously: "Your army also has many female soldiers, and I can go to the front line with them to rescue the wounded." When Mu Liangfeng was in trouble, one of his subordinates interjected, "Platoon leader, take Ah Hui! I have a fellow villager who works in the division hospital, so I can hand Ah Hui over to them." Only then did Mu Liangfeng agree to accept the two siblings. The sky is still cloudy, thunder and lightning, in the deafening thunder, under the eyes of the villagers, a group of Chinese soldiers escorted the devils and traitors to the county... The storm is still raging on this miserable world.