Chapter 23 Chapter Twenty Three

The German second lieutenant tucked his pistol in his waist, opened his big hairy hands, and groped the girl.The girl curled up, screaming in terror, and hid in the corner of the bed.The second lieutenant of the German army was so animalistic that he carried the girl to the bed and was about to undress her. Zhang San saw it outside the door, and couldn't help but burn with anger.He ran into the house and kicked the German commander Shaowei.The second lieutenant of the German army was taken aback, let go of the girl, looked back, it turned out to be a Chinese patrolman, couldn't help being furious, took out his pistol, and hit Zhang San with a "bang".Zhang Sanyi dodged, the bullets whizzed from his ears and burst into flames. "Bang", the second lieutenant of the German army fired another shot, and Zhang San dodged nimbly again.The second lieutenant of the German army was very surprised. He had never seen such a bullet avoidance stunt in his life.Zhang San leaped forward, ran up to the second lieutenant of the German army, grabbed his right wrist, and squeezed it, the second lieutenant of the German army turned over and knelt on the ground with an "ah".Unstoppable anger flashed in Zhang San's eyes. He raised his right palm and was about to throw it at the German second lieutenant.But he changed his mind: Now it is the world of the Eight-Power Allied Forces. If I kill him, I will have nothing to do with it. Reckless... He raised his hand in the air and stopped.

At this time, the second lieutenant of the German army took out a whistle from his pocket with his left hand, and blew "beep... beep...".After a while, a group of Germans came running in.Headed by a captain.He pointed his pistol at Zhang San and yelled "Wow!Knowing that Zhang San was asking him why he beat the German second lieutenant, he let go of the second lieutenant and pointed to the girl who had already slipped back into bed.The German captain walked to the bed, looked away from the corner of the quilt, and the girl yelled again, trembling all over.The Allied Command had stipulated that in order to retaliate against the resistance of the Boxers and the officers and soldiers of the Qing army, from August 17th to 19th, the officers and soldiers were authorized to rob and rape in public for three days without questioning anyone. After three days, they were not allowed to rob and rape Chinese women in public.When the captain saw this situation, he knew it and went inside. In order to maintain the appearance of military discipline, he stretched out his hand and slapped the German second lieutenant, and then took him away.A group of people left this courtyard and went to a courtyard opposite to continue to search for Boxer soldiers.Zhang San watched the traitor with the mustache go to the back, and just about to step into the threshold, he stepped forward and pulled his shoulder, and said in a low voice, "Follow me!" Seeing his anger, the mustache dared not listen, and asked tremblingly. "Third Master, what did you ask me to do?" Zhang San said sharply, "You are coming with me." Mustache followed him into the courtyard just now, Zhang San took him into the house surnamed Li, The girl, still in shock, was getting dressed.Zhang San asked: "Why don't you run away?" The girl said: "The streets are full of foreigners, I'm afraid." Zhang San asked again: "Is there anyone else in your family?" The girl said tearfully: "There is only one old man. Father, yesterday my father went to the street to buy vegetables and was killed by foreign soldiers. Because his father was carrying a pole, the foreign soldiers thought he was a remnant of the Boxer Regiment. I had to hide in this room and dare not leave a step. Every time I arrived Those sisters in the nearby Dingzhuanhutong are crying and screaming, they are really terrified." Zhang San said: "Don't be afraid, I will ask my child to bring you food every night, you'd better have a hiding place." The girl Said: "There is a hiding place on the roof of this house, because I heard my sister crying yesterday, I couldn't sleep, and I fell asleep until dawn. I didn't expect the foreign soldiers to break in, so I didn't have time to hide in the roof."

Zhang San saw the mustache in front of the girl, and the girl looked at the mustache with wide eyes, staring at him carefully, her eyes fell on his feet.It turned out that the two shoes that Mustache was wearing were different, one was new, with a blue cloth top, and the other was old, with a blue cloth top, stained with mud.The girl groped around on the bed for a long time, and found a shoe. This was a man's shoe, and it was new, with a blue cloth top, just like the new shoe that mustache had.The girl burst into tears, threw herself into Zhang San's arms, choked and said, "He came here last night and insulted me, I grabbed his shoe..." Zhang Sanyuan opened his eyes, angrily scolded Mustache and said: " No wonder I brought foreigners here to have fun this morning..." The little beard was so frightened that his muscles became limp, and he knelt on the ground, shouting: "Master, please forgive me!..." Zhang San lifted him up, puffing his chest. Slapping away, this sinful Yang Fu immediately drooped his head and died.

Zhang San said to the girl: "Originally I brought him to accompany you, but I didn't expect him to insult you." The girl knelt in front of Zhang San and said gratefully: "Uncle, you are really my lifesaver!" San quickly helped her up: "Every bloody Chinese should do this." After finishing speaking, he picked up Mustache's body, went out of the house, and came to the backyard. Zhang San saw an abandoned latrine there, and put Throwing the body into the latrine, a wall was knocked down to cover the body. Zhang San tidied up the traitor's moustache, but was still furious.He thought: just now the second lieutenant of the German army would never give up, I must act first, so he chased forward again.He walked out of Xique Alley, walked through Zhima Alley, and finally caught up with the group of foreigners again, and he stared from a distance.At noon, the opportunity finally came.Seeing that the second lieutenant of the German army broke into a courtyard alone, he quickly followed him in.This is an empty courtyard, and people have long since hid.Zhang San got behind the second lieutenant of the German Army without anyone knowing it, and slammed his palm, striking the back of his heart like lightning.The second lieutenant didn't even have time to yell, "Gudong" fell to the ground, with blood gushing out of his mouth.He dragged the body to the backyard.It turns out that this alley is called Siyanjing Hutong. It got its name because there are four ancient wells in this courtyard. Zhang San has been here, so he knows that there is a well in the backyard.He threw the body into a well, bent down to look in, and then he heard someone calling him: "Master Zhang, I'm here!" Zhang San looked back, and a head protruded from another ancient well , it turned out to be Li Cunyi.Zhang San was surprised and delighted, rushed over and shouted: "Cunyi, why did you hide here?" Li Cunyi said with difficulty: "I was injured and didn't leave the city. I wanted to find you, so I came here He hid here when he saw the foreign soldiers chasing him." Zhang San helped Li Cunyi come up, and saw a bloodstain on his chest.Li Cunyi said: "I'm starving, is there anything to eat?" Zhang San said: "You wait first."

Zhang San returned to his home in Yangyi Hutong and wrapped a bundle of steamed buns indiscriminately, and picked up a few pickles.Mrs. Zhang asked him: "Where are you going in such a hurry?" Zhang San said: "Li Cunyi was injured, so he hid in Siyanjing alley. Home. You make room for him first." After finishing speaking, he left the house and came to the courtyard of Siyanjing Hutong again.Li Cunyi ate the cornbread brought by Zhang San and regained his strength.Zhang Sandao: "I will take you to my house tonight, and I will send you out of the city after you recover from your injuries." Li Cunyi nodded, and then sighed: "This time we lost really badly, and we were fooled by that old thief Cixi. Although the Eight-Power Allied Forces from Tianjin had hundreds of thousands of people, our army and the Boxers were nine times larger than them! As soon as the foreign guns were fired, our troops dispersed, and Empress Dowager Cixi fled with Emperor Guangxu. The common people have suffered.” Zhang San also sighed dejectedly: “I don’t believe that we Chinese can’t defeat foreigners, and the Eight-Power Allied Forces have entered Beijing. The place where the sky is, but the cannons of foreigners are set up, and it has become a place for foreigners to have fun, the stone lions of Tiananmen Square, open your eyes and have a look!" Zhang San said, crying.

Li Cunyi persuaded: "Master Zhang, if you keep the green hills, don't worry about running out of firewood. Let's wipe away our tears and fight them again after regrouping!" In the evening, Zhang San stripped off the clothes of the second lieutenant of the German army and asked Li Cunyi to put them on. In the dark, he got past the eyes and ears of the foreign soldiers and came to his home.Mrs. Zhang has cleaned up the West House and let Li Cunyi live in it. He also invited an old Chinese doctor surnamed Yu from the opposite door to bandage his wound. After more than a month, Li Cunyi's injury improved somewhat, and Zhang San and Mrs. Zhang smiled.That night, Li Cunyi came to Zhang San's room and said, "I hear those girls crying in the alley next to me every day, and my heart breaks. Let's find a way to save them."

Zhang Sandao: "I've thought about it several times, but I can't think of a good way, that is, to rescue them from the demons of the foreigners, and where to hide them? You must know that they are not just one or two, but hundreds of them. The gates of Beijing are so tightly guarded, how can so many girls get out?!" Li Cunyi said: "How many brothers are there in the city now?" Zhang Sandao: "Dead or flee, I heard that 'Glass Cheng' and Wang Wu are still in the city, but I can't hear from them." Zhang San pondered for a while, and then said: "It's really impossible. I'll ask some of my friends for help. Although they are not from the Boxer Regiment, they are reliable friends."

Li Cunyi asked: "Who are there?" "Baye Wan, 'Little Silver Spear' He Liu, 'Little Screen Wall'." Li Cunyi said: "They are all good wrestlers." Zhang Sandao: "I don't know where they are hiding now, I don't think they will leave the city." At this moment, someone outside the window said loudly: "Of course I won't leave the city." Zhang San was taken aback, and hurried out of the house, just in time to see Master Wanba coming over listening. Zhang San smiled and said: "Say Cao Cao, Cao Cao will be there."

Wan Baye said: "I have heard all your discussions about saving people. I can ask some brothers who are good at fighting for help. The rescued women can first hide in the Baiyi Nunnery in Dongzongbu Hutong. For some nuns, foreigners don’t dare to be presumptuous for a while, and hundreds of people can be hidden there. Considering that there are so many foreign soldiers, it is impossible to stay in Beijing forever, and Chaoyan will definitely pay a lot of money. Get out, the women come out again. Mr. Zhang, I'm here to have a drink with you, and I didn't expect to encounter such a thing. "

Zhang San introduced Li Cunyi to Baye Wan, and said, "It's not too late, let's do it tomorrow night." Wan Baye asked: "How many foreign soldiers are there guarding Ding Zhuang's alley?" Zhang Sandao: "I have already observed carefully. There are more than 50 people, all of whom are German soldiers. There are many rapers who come here during the day, at least three or four hundred people. At night, there are also guards and rapers. Seventy to eighty people, foreign soldiers generally dare not come out at night, for fear of being plotted against. This is the back of Yu Zhongsu Ancestral Hall, and passing through the wall from this courtyard is Yu Zhongsu Ancestral Hall, and then you will arrive at Xizhuan Hutong ; Many women are concentrated in the ancestral hall, it seems that we can only save the women here, and the other scattered ones cannot be saved.”

Li Cunyi said: "As much as you can save, but in this way, you will be exposed here, and your family members must be transferred immediately." Zhang San called Mrs. Zhang, and explained the meaning of saving people and transferring them. Mrs. Zhang said repeatedly: "I am a hundred times in favor of saving the sisters in distress. I will take the children to hide in the relatives' house in Majiapu tomorrow morning go." Zhang Sandao: "There is a girl hidden on the east roof of the courtyard on the east side of the Xiaoyang Building in Xique Hutong. Today she was almost raped by foreigners during the day. You can get her something to eat in a while, and take her out tomorrow." Mrs. Zhang said: "I'm going to see her now." Then he went into the kitchen. Zhang Sandao: "It's not too late, I'll go to 'Glass Cheng' and Wang Wu right away, and I'll do it tomorrow night." Zhang San came to the "Cheng's Spectacles" opened by Sitiao "Glass Cheng" in the flower market outside Chongwenmen, and saw that the shop was messy and dusty; when he came to the inner courtyard, he could not see Cheng Yanhua.Just as he was about to turn back, he heard someone calling him softly: "Mr. Zhang, Mr. Zhang." Zhang San looked back, but there was no sign of anyone on the empty wall.Looking up, the jujube branch was blown wildly by the wind.When he came to the wall, he heard someone call him again: "Master, I'm here." Zhang Sanshunyin raised his head.Seeing Cheng Yanhua smiling and standing on the roof, the salty wind is majestic, holding a treasured Spring and Autumn Saber. Zhang Sanyi jumped up to the roof, looked down, and saw that there was a hole in the roof. It turned out that there was a three-foot-wide sandwich wall underneath. There were food and miscellaneous cabinets in the wall, and there were two observation holes.This is the hiding place specially built by Cheng Yanhua to prevent banditry. Cheng Yanhua laughed and said, "Third Lord, you don't have to go to the Three Treasures Palace if you have nothing to do!" Zhang San spat: "Your piece of land like a pigeon cage is still called the Three Treasures Palace. Don't be mad at my liver." Cheng Yanhua said "Third Master, this inspector is so majestic!" Zhang Sandao: "Don't mock me, I need you urgently." Immediately, he told the story of the partner saving the woman.Cheng Yanhua said: "I will definitely participate, but it will be difficult to find other brothers. After the failure of the attack on the Dongjiaomin Lane embassy, ​​the brothers died and fled. I have been attacking foreign soldiers in this area with Sun Lutang and others. Three days ago After a battle with the foreign patrol team, they all broke up, and I don't know where Sun Lutang and the others hid, and lost contact." Zhang Sandao: "You can go and help alone. Tomorrow night, we will meet at my house. Li Cunyi, Wan Baye and others will do it in the middle of the night. But, who else can find you, Brother Bagua Zhang?" Cheng Yanhua said: " Eldest brother Yin Fu escorted Cixi and Emperor Guangxu to Shaanxi, and the whereabouts of the other brothers are unknown." Zhang Sandao said: "You can go, and I will go to Wang Wu." When the word "Wang Wu" was mentioned, Cheng Yanhua burst into tears "Shua Shua" flowed down.