Shang Xirui's left arm was badly injured, a bandage was wrapped around his neck, his face was black and blue, his eyes could not be fully opened, and Shang Longsheng just formed the effect of wide-eyed and small-eyed. Shang Longsheng stared at him for a while, his tone was neither distressed nor blaming, and he said calmly, "What did my father tell you in the past? You can't hurt your face when you sing. Why do you always lose your temper and want to fight? It's disfigured." what to do?"
Shang Xirui drooped his head. Shang Longsheng stretched out his hand to squeeze down his arm, Shang Xirui didn't dare to cry out in pain, his expression twitched and he turned his head away. Shang Longsheng said: "The bandage is off, if you hang it like this for ten and a half months, your good arm will be useless!"
The doctor clearly said not to get wet and not to move, Xiao Lai's retort was about to blurt out, Shang Xirui gave her a wink, Xiao Lai took the words off and silently took off the bandage. Over there, Shang Longsheng dug out a large piece of ointment from the medicine bottle he carried with him, spread it on a piece of sackcloth with a knife, lit an oil lamp and slowly baked it until it melted, and stuck it on Shang Xirui's arm Come on, for the little boy: "Old Fangzi, go to Tongrentang to grab the medicine, four taels of Bupleurum in a single package, and set the fire on your class leader."
Shang Xirui's concussion was still in aftershocks, after being slapped like this, there was a sharp ringing sound in his ears, he still wanted to vomit, he didn't dare to argue with his brother, he just added: "Bring some white-cut mutton from a Suzhou restaurant, I'll keep my elder brother for dinner, and I'll bring back a newspaper." Even if Shang Xirui farts loudly on stage, it will spread throughout Beijing, Tianjin and Shanghai the next day, with such a big commotion yesterday, I don't believe the newspapers didn't move. At noon Xiao Lai brought back mutton and wound medicine and asked her where the newspaper was, she said that she forgot, Shang Xirui immediately said: "Your memory is too bad! Go buy it!" Shang Long looked at Xiao Lai's With an expression on his face, he knew that there must be something strange, so he slapped his chopsticks on the table: "In the past few years, have you come here by yelling at her so much?"
Shang Xirui immediately fell silent.
After dinner, before Shang Longsheng left, Shang Longsheng quietly walked around to the backyard to see Xiao Lai. Xiao Lai lit the stove to boil medicine, took out a newspaper from his arms, and pointed to the thickly drawn black letters on it. Shang Longsheng rolled his eyes, sighed, slapped the newspaper down, and said softly, "Don't let San'er see it." Xiao Lai nodded angrily, rolled the newspaper into thin strips, stuffed it into the stove and burned it. But with Shang Xirui's communication, how could this kind of thing be kept secret, not even for a day. After dinner, Du Qiyang broke in with a newspaper and poked the headline straight at Shang Xirui's face: "What's going on? Impatient to live? Hitting a theater fan?"
Shang Xirui looked at the words intently, but said: "Wonderful! Shang Lang punches fans; ridiculous! After reading the whole article, every word hurts, the newspaper turned the facts upside down, saying that Shang Xirui couldn't face the audience's questioning, and punched people in anger, self-inflated, extremely domineering! As for the fault of the other party, instead of mentioning a single word, he made a rhetorical question: Those few fans who have been infatuated for a long time, what secrets did Shang Lang reveal, so that he was innocently subjected to such atrocities
Shang Xirui became dizzy with anger when he watched it, he seemed to be floating in the sea with the waves, cold and dazed, he bent down and vomited out all the soup and medicine for dinner. Du Qi was taken aback, and hurriedly patted Shang Xirui's back to stop his vomiting, but within two pats, he felt that Shang Xirui was vomiting a little, so he was about to vomit, so he called Xiao Lai to help him, He took two steps back, covered his nose and mouth with a handkerchief and said distressedly, "What's wrong with Brother Rui? You vomit like this?"
Shang Xirui's concussion recurred completely, he didn't have the energy to explain to Du Qi, he fell down on the sofa with his head supported. Xiao Lai sent Du Qi out, and roughly told the truth. After hearing this, Du Qi slapped his hands in regret, and even said that he was reckless, and he would come to apologize to Brother Rui another day. Xiao Lai's eyes were red with anger, it's fine for outsiders, Du Qi is a caring and caring person, and he would listen to rumors for a while, it's Shang Xirui's usual personality. After all, Xiao Lai couldn't blame Du Qi, so he sent him away politely, closed the door and said to Zhao Ma: "These days, no one will let him in except the uncle!"
Shang Xirui vomited out his stomach, stared blankly in a daze, Xiao Lai knelt on the ground next to him, not daring to shake him: "Brother Rui, let me help you go back to sleep, okay?" Shang Xirui couldn't hear clearly What she was talking about, whistles sounded in her ears, she said in a hoarse voice: "Bring the phone." Xiao Lai pulled the long wire and handed the phone to Shang Xirui, Shang Xirui tremblingly wanted to dial, how could he I dialed it clearly, my fingers trembled, and the dial couldn't be inserted. Xiao Lai said: "Who are you looking for, here's the phone book, I'll call!" Shang Xirui looked at her in a daze. Xiao Lai repeated it loudly, Shang Xirui said: "Look for Fan Lian."
At this time, it was only 8:30 in the evening, and Fan Lian didn't know which golden nest he was wandering in. The housekeeper answered the phone and hung up after asking his name. Shang Xirui rushed to his throat with heat, his body seemed to be picked up from the sea and thrown into the desert again, parched from thirst, tossing and turning, he gave Xiao Lai the latest instructions: "Every quarter of an hour... no, one in ten minutes. Find Stop it!" Shang Xirui usually looks like a good guy, but when he gets nervous, it's overwhelming, ten minutes is ten minutes, he pinches the suede watch Cheng Fengtai gave him for Xiao Lai. Xiao Lai squatted on the ground, obediently dialing the dial, she was often commanded by Shang Xirui to do such unreasonable and shameless things, her heart was numb: "Hey, sir, it's me, I know him I didn't come back, it's okay, I'll call back later." The housekeeper has never seen such a psychopath before, seeing that Shang Xirui is the old lady's celebrity, he answered seven or eight calls patiently, then he kneeled when he heard the phone ring Ruan, wondering if Boss Shang was drunk and entertaining others, he put the microphone aside and let him hang out. It's also a coincidence that as soon as the receiver was removed, Fan Lian came back with a lawsuit in his head. As soon as the butler talked to him, Fan Lian shook his head exhaustedly: "Don't answer the phone to me, he has nothing else to do with me. He must have come to ask my brother-in-law. How should I explain to him? I still want to know where his second master is!" The housekeeper spread his hands, "A call in ten minutes seems to keep up with the clock, I'm afraid I can't hide it!" Fan Lian As he walked, he said, "Just tell him I'm dead outside!"
Xiao Lai couldn't get through the phone, he waited in a daze for Shang Xirui to show him. Shang Xirui's ears were full of whistles, seeing Xiao Laigan looking at him with the phone up, he thought it was connected, grabbed the receiver and shouted inside: "Where's Cheng Fengtai? Ah? Where is he?"
Where is Cheng Fengtai? Cheng Fengtai is currently cleaning and oiling the bandits' guns in the bandits den in Luoziling. In this small room with walls like washing and lamps like beans, there is a bowl of steaming offal soup on the table, two cold nests, and a little bandit next to them. The little bandit with black eyebrows stared straight at the gun in Cheng Fengtai's hand, as if he was watching a pretty girl take off her clothes, he was so fascinated that he couldn't even close his mouth. Cheng Fengtai's mink fur coat was gone, and he was wearing a mountain villager's sheepskin jacket and a snow cap. Although his fingers were cracked from the cold, his posture of disassembling the parts was still flexible and elegant, just like peeling off the clothes of a beautiful woman. Incisively and incisively, in one go, the metal mortise and tenon makes a pleasant sound of collision and fit, which makes everyone who loves weapons deeply fascinated by it.
After wiping a gun, he flicked it in front of the little bandit, and it was pitch black and brand new. Cheng Fengtai picked up the offal soup and drank it, because of his lack of cooking skills, the fishy smell of the broth hit his nose, but Cheng Fengtai didn't even wrinkle his eyebrows, he just ate it all with relish. The little bandit stammered and said, "What are you doing? How could you tear the gun apart in your hands!"
This little bandit knows nothing but loading bullets. Cheng Fengtai smiled and said: "Haven't seen it?"
The little bandit nodded sincerely: "I've never seen such broken ones!"
After Cheng Fengtai finished eating and drinking, he wiped his hands with a new gun cleaning cloth, and said: "Go and bring the big guy, Er Ye will open your eyes!"
The little bandit happily brought a big guy, Cheng Fengtai wanted to pat the big guy like an old friend, this is a Swedish friend, but too old. Just as he was about to make a move, the door was slapped open. The person who came was wearing Cheng Fengtai's mink fur coat, with her head held high and her chest held high, her posture was haughty, she was the bandit leader of this place, her surname was Gu, her maiden name was Da Li, she was her niece who used to carry the burden. Gu Dali was seventeen or eighteen years old. He was of medium height, with big eyes and a high nose. But she doesn't act like a woman at all, let alone a woman, she doesn't even look like a human being, she looks like a wild boar.
Gu Dali sat across from Cheng Fengtai, opened her mouth, and exhaled the smell of onion and garlic, she said: "Hey! You bastard! How happy is this? I can't cure you anymore!"
Cheng Fengtai was overwhelmed by her tone: "Sister Dali, give me a cigarette."
Gu Dali took out a cigarette and threw it to him, and lit one himself. The two people looked to be a man and a woman sitting opposite each other in the middle of the night, and the shadow of the lamp was in a trance, making both of them more handsome than during the day. The actual atmosphere is weird, and every word and every word is not the same.
Gu Dali nodded at him, and said: "Why, I just taught you to look down on me like that? Tell me, with my age and appearance, Gu Dali, and these brothers! Guns! Big gold bars! Sleep with you How much can you suffer in the evening? You bastard, stinky and hypocritical!"
As soon as she spoke, Cheng Fengtai felt that his heart was very stimulated: "Sister Dali, this kind of thing can't be forced. I and your uncle are brothers. If we want to get along with you, what kind of person will I be? Besides, I have a wife Yes, to tell you the truth, I have more than just a wife! You are a little girl, and I am too wronged!"
Gu Dali spat out tobacco foam on the ground: "Don't give me the fuck! Do you have a wife in the way of me? It's just a matter of discussing sleeping with you for a night, and I'm still working hard! I want you and me You deserve it!" As she spoke, the power of her words was obviously not enough to express her inner indignation, she actually pushed Cheng Fengtai away one after another: "Don't be shameless! If it weren't for you and my uncle's old Friendship, can you tolerate you until today? Put it in a pigsty and tell the pig to beat you up, and you will be honest!"
Listening to the boss's words, the little bandit was really vulgar. He stood aside and bowed his head in shame. Cheng Fengtai also had nothing to say, according to his plan, Fan Lian had secretly made an agreement with the bandits in Luoziling before departure, and asked the bandits to lay an ambush and pretend to rob the goods halfway. Cheng Fengtai has such a trick in selling arms and guns. He dismantles the gun into two parts for transportation, and walks away one after the other. In this way, in case bandits snatch one part, or the buyer refuses to pay the final payment, they will take half of the gun. You have to look back to Cheng Fengtai, as long as you are willing to look back, there will be room for things. The bandits robbed the goods, it was useless for Cheng Fengtai to hold half of the guns, he had to negotiate, he had to raise money to redeem the goods, he kept arguing over and over again, and he couldn't do it for more than ten days. At that time, Jiujo had probably died on the front line, or at least suffered heavy losses. Sakata sees that it is difficult to deal with the delay, so he has to re-evaluate the value of this business way, and this re-evaluation may let Cheng Fengtai go. After all, Cheng Fengtai also encountered such a thing as stopping the goods halfway in the past two years, it was not a lie. A bandit is a bandit, and his habits are hard to change. Paying tolls does not mean that he is covered by big insurance.
But God and Cheng Fengtai made a little joke, Fan Lian had just discussed with Luo Ziling, when Gu Dali's uncle died there. Luo Ziling couldn't bear his ambition, and wanted to make a huge fortune from Gu Dali, so he sneaked up on her at night. Unexpectedly, Gu Dali was such a hero, he led the bandits in mourning clothes and fought a beautiful defensive battle, and taking advantage of the high morale, he swung forward and occupied Luoziling instead. Where is the reasoning here? I really didn't expect it! She buried the boss of Luoziling alive in the snow the next day, and ascended the throne grandly.
So when Cheng Fengtai passed by Luoziling and saw the bandits acting so hard, he was quite amazed at that time. When he found out that the situation was wrong, he had already entered Gu Dali's stockade and became a turtle in an urn. Gu Dali doesn't want money, she wants weapons and beautiful men. Cheng Fengtai doesn't want to be this man. More than ten years ago Cheng Fengtai and Gu Dali's uncle chatted happily. Gu Dali was still a scruffy little girl stealing food, but now the little girl has turned into such a bear, let alone swallowing it. Benevolent pain.
In this regard, despite Gu Dali begging Cheng Fengtai to sleep, she also has her own difficulties. A few years ago, a blind fortune-teller told the fortune of Gu Dali's uncle. He calculated his life expectancy, how he died, and what happened behind him. The blind fortune-teller also commented on the young girl Gu Dali: If a guest comes from the south, he will surely give birth to an extraordinary son. She still remembered that her uncle was very happy to hear that, and said that he would find her a son-in-law from the south, and in the future he would give birth to a peerless bandit son to inherit the family business. Gu Dali sat firmly on the ground and began to think about making a prince according to the prophecy. Cheng Fengtai made a good call, he is from Shanghai, although the guys who sell the goods are also from the south, none of them are as handsome as Cheng Fengtai.
Cheng Fengtai said: "Sister Dali..."
Gu Dali squinted at him: "Aren't you and my uncle two brothers? Call me sister again?"
Cheng Fengtai said: "Nephew, you never thought that the southerner is not me."
Gu Dali stared at him: "If you are a southerner, you can do it! Still pick? I've been asking. What about the three boys in your family, you have the ability to be a man!"
Cheng Fengtai was ashamed to receive this praise.
Gu Dali threatened to bury him alive for a while, and threatened to hang him for a while, they were just talking. Gu Dali doesn't take human life seriously, but it's not like he's bloodthirsty. Cheng Fengtai's unwilling attitude hurts people's self-esteem, and the way he listens to insults with a slight smile also makes people lose their temper. If they continue to be locked up for a long time, they will lose weight, and it is expected that they will not be able to give birth to good children. Seeing that the last persuasion was fruitless, Gu Dali pinched his cigarette butt and said, "Are you going to do it? Are you really going to do it? If you really don't do it, just pull it down! I'm tired of watching you for a few days! Look at my uncle's face, I'll keep the bullets, you take your hands and get out!"
Cheng Fengtai stood up with a cigarette in his mouth, and turned the gun cleaning cloth in his hand: "I'm not in a hurry, I'll stay for a few more days and finish cleaning your gun for you." The little bandit kept nodding beside him.
Gu Dali slapped the table: "Why are you so shameless? Are you here to cheat on me? I really think I can't bear to kill you!" Cheng Fengtai didn't speak, Gu Dali grabbed him by the collar and pressed him down. Slap him on the wall. After Shang Xirui's training, Gu Dali's strength was not enough, Cheng Fengtai smiled at her calmly: "Nephew, calm down, I won't take anything for nothing, isn't this doing work for you?" The handsome man's gentleness Soft words are always powerful to women. Gu Dali glared at him and pushed him away.
Cheng Fengtai intends to take the risk of staying in the bandit's den, waiting for Cheng Meixin to make a fuss about Sakata to redeem him. Noisy! The bigger the noise, the better! Let Commander Cao see how the Japanese bullied his brother-in-law!
Cheng Fengtai lived in Luoziling until the sixth night, and he passed almost all the guns in the bandit den, and the black mud that was wiped out could weigh two catties. There was a commotion outside, a few bandits came in to carry guns, they didn't answer Cheng Fengtai's question, they heard guns and guns, and people were noisy, Cheng Fengtai hurriedly blew out the lamp. In less than half an hour, the gunfire gradually went out, Gu Dali invited Cheng Fengtai to the main hall to have a talk.
The main hall of Luoziling has such a big face called Juyi Hall, Cheng Fengtai saw it and laughed in his heart. A group of regular troops surrounded the Juyi Hall like an iron barrel, and it must be the same situation outside. Gu Dali sat in the first place, and he lost his hat during the battle, revealing a big shiny braid, his eyes were bright and hot, he turned sideways and stared at Cheng Fengtai: "It's coming for you! I said, there is something wrong It’s worth sending troops to rescue, a dog’s life is precious!”
Cheng Fengtai said: "Don't worry, you didn't kill us, I will explain it for you."
Gu Dali took out a pistol from his arms and pointed it at his head: "Someone here has lost his life for you!"
Having said that, the soldiers suddenly stood at attention on the spot, and when their heels touched, they were neat and smooth. This spirit was enough for the bandits to feel ashamed. It took Gu Dali a whole night to attack Luoziling, but the regular army took Luoziling with fewer victories and more. They fought for only three and a half hours. Now that the soldiers made the posture to welcome the holy driver, the master will arrive soon, and someone shouted a military order at the door, and then, a tall and tall figure wearing a snow cape came, it was Cao Guixiu.
Fan Lian couldn't get in touch with Cheng Fengtai, so he went all over the place to beg Mr. Cao. Mr. Cao had to work hard for his uncle. He fought this battle without distraction. Although underestimating the enemy is a great harm on the battlefield, the bandits are obviously not qualified to be his enemy. Cao Guixiu wore a cloak over his military uniform, his shoulder hat was covered with snow particles, his face was snow-white from the cold, but he was calm and demeanor excellent. He walked to the center of the hall, bowed his head slightly to Cheng Fengtai: "Little uncle, I'm frightened!"
Gu Dali's gun was put down at some point. Cheng Fengtai glanced at her, she was staring at Cao Guixiu in a daze, Cheng Fengtai looked at Cao Guixiu again, everything became clear, and he smiled: "My lord, I misunderstood, I misunderstood!" Then he patted Gu Dali on the back: "This is my goddamn niece! The child's uncle is gone, and I feel bad. Let me stay for two more days." Gu Dali struggled and took his hand away.
Cao Guixiu smiled secretly in his heart, and nodded on the surface: "I was reckless!" Then he nodded to Gu Dali: "Master Gu, offended." Cheng Fengtai didn't expect Cao Guixiu to be so talkative today, and Cao Guixiu's eyes turned to Gu Dali At that moment, Gu Dali trembled slightly as if he had passed through an electric shock. After a fire broke out and temporarily put down their fighting, the three held a small meeting overnight, with Cheng Fengtai as the middleman, and the two sides reached an agreement. Cao Guixiu has no interest in occupying Luoziling. Gu Dali only needs to return the weapon to Cheng Fengtai, release the people and goods, and then Cheng Fengtai will give Gu Dali a sum of money, and the matter will be settled. As for the bandits who died under the gunfire, Cao Guixiu was not responsible for any compensation. He said, "I also lost an adjutant who graduated from the Army University. He alone will kill all of you in the village." Hearing this, Gu Dali said, He didn't howl.
The deeper the snow, the more inconvenient it is for the army to travel at night. Cao Guixiu stayed in the village for one night, took off his cloak, and became more and more like a bamboo, with a slender waist and long legs. He was very particular about washing his feet with hot water. Gu Dali stood obliquely outside the door, gnawed at him one after another, dragged Cheng Fengtai into the dark behind his back, and said, "Where is your nephew from?" Cheng Fengtai said, "From Shaanxi." Gu Dali was amused: "Southern people! No wonder you have to wash your feet when you sleep!" Cheng Fengtai said with a smile: "To be honest, from your point of view, all of China is southerners." Gu Dali turned cold. You have to throw away the goods, she now sees Cheng Fengtai as an ordinary butcher, it wouldn't be a pity to chop it up and feed it to the dogs. Cao Guixiu is strong and beautiful, with a refined temperament, and he is worthy of being her child's father.
Gu Dali took out a pistol and pointed it at Cheng Fengtai's waist: "Get him here!"
Now that Cheng Fengtai has Cao Guixiu supporting his back, he is not afraid of the barrel of a gun at all, he looked at the little girl and said with a smile: "So fierce? I don't care if it's so fierce. Call me little uncle obediently, and little uncle will help you."
Gu Dali didn't like this, and spat on the ground: "I can't kill you, I'll kill those two Japanese devils. You have two little devils under your command, right? You can't hide it from me! If you kill them, the soldiers have to thank you!" Me!"
Cheng Fengtai smiled and thought for a while, pushed aside the tip of the gun on his back, glanced at the door of Cao Guixiu's room, and said to Gu Dali: "I will reduce the ransom money by half."
Gu Dali recounted today's loss in his mind, and quickly made a decision: "Success! Cut it in half! You can stick me with another two thousand rounds of bullets!"
The two clapped hands to make a deal.
Cheng Fengtai was worried about how to dress up Gu Dali, a smart woman can't cook without rice, Gu Dali didn't have a single woman's clothes, thought that the former boss of Luoziling had robbed a batch of meat tickets and locked them up in the back mountain, there seemed to be a lady from a landlord's family inside, and immediately He ordered someone to take off the lady's clothes and put them on again, and combed her hair again. Then I picked out a little bit of red ink pad and turned it into rouge, wiped my face and lips, and dressed up a barbaric girl to look a bit human.
Cheng Fengtai felt a little emotional at this moment: "I seem to be sending you off for Gu Da to get married."
Gu Dali didn't have his feelings, and spit out the chewed tea leaves on the ground: "Stop talking nonsense! Go!"
Cheng Fengtai stretched out a finger, Gu Dali immediately swallowed his anger. Cheng Fengtai said: "As soon as you speak, you show your original shape, so don't blame me if things don't work out!" She said that she was like a thousand-year-old wild boar cultivated into a human form overnight, and she was going to pick Yuanyang.
After Cao Guixiu scalded his feet, he didn't want to use the quilt because he thought it was dirty, so he wrapped his cloak and sat on the bedside to read a book. He is a college student who graduated from an authentic foreign school. In the army, he can calculate the distance of guns by himself. He has the conscientiousness of a science talent. He also carries books when he marches and fights. The adjutant always has two books tucked in his waistband for him to study for nothing. . Seeing Cheng Fengtai come in, Cao Guixiu clipped the bookmark and put it aside. Cheng Fengtai saw the cover, it was an English ordnance reference book. Cao Guixiu said: "Little uncle came just in time, I have a list of books, please ask someone to look for it." Cheng Fengtai took it over and looked, and said with a smile: "There is no Chinese version of these professional books, and there are few printed ones. Fight." Cao Guixiu said: "It doesn't matter whether it's new or old, as long as you can see it." Cheng Fengtai agreed, and sat by the stove to dry his hands, Cao Guixiu said again: "I have to trouble you to find an adjutant for me." Cheng Fengtai didn't understand this, He wants to find an adjutant, and it's not very convenient to promote one in his own team, Cheng Fengtai is in business, not a human trafficker, where can he find an officer from the Army University
Cao Guixiu spread the quilt on the floor, stepped on it with bare feet, and squatted opposite Cheng Fengtai to warm himself: "My little uncle's weapons business is said to be the prophet of spring water heating ducks. In your opinion, how long will this battle last?"
Cheng Fengtai had never had such a close chat with Cao Guixiu before. He was not sure about his position as a son, and he was afraid that he would be split. He replied conservatively: "At first Japan said it would take China in three months, but now it has been six months. It's been a month, let's go on, supply is a problem, let's see who can spend more than whom."
Cao Guixiu said: "That's why I said that China and Japan are fighting hard, and there is no ten years that they can't survive. Ten years! Little uncle!" He pointed to his head: "Hair is all white! No money, no women, and I am with you every day. I'm tired of these soldiers! You just... just find a singer in the theater troupe! You don't care whether you are a military student or not, and don't want anyone over 30! Choose someone who is smart and can talk."
Every time Mr. Cao came out, he was a cold and arrogant image. Now he is squatting barefoot by the stove, complaining about the war, thinking about money and women, which is quite painful. Cheng Fengtai smiled muffledly, and said: "It's easy to handle, leave it to me, I will bring you the book and the adjutant, not only that, my little uncle will give you a gift today."
When Cheng Fengtai came out of Cao Guixiu's room, Gu Dali probed his head in a panic. Cheng Fengtai nodded at her, she trotted over while brushing her braid and skirt, Cheng Fengtai stretched out another finger to her, Gu Dali covered his mouth, nodded, pushed the door open and went in.
Cheng Fengtai waited outside the door for a while, seeing that the lights were turned off, he also slowly paced back to sleep, it's really interesting, he actually did pimping, he had gossip with Shang Xirui when he went back.
The next day Cheng Fengtai took his men and goods down the mountain with the army. Cao Guixiu did not show up for a long time. Gu Dali has returned to his usual bandit attire, the ink and rouge on his cheeks have long since faded away, but his face is still red, he is full of joy, and asks the cook to bake a lot of sugar pancakes for Cheng Fengtai to eat on the way. Judging by the appearance, the situation should be very good last night, so he secretly asked her: "How is it?" Gu Dali stretched out his hand and made a circle the size of a sugar pancake: "Okay, the waist is only so thin! It's quite strong." !" Cheng Fengtai regretted asking her.
If Cao Guixiu doesn't come out of the room again, Cheng Fengtai will suspect that he was plowed by Gu Dali, but in fact, he was indeed injured. Cao Guixiu tidied up and came out of the house, still wearing a cloak and big boots, with a bamboo-like figure, but his complexion was not very good, he clenched his fist tightly, he didn't look like he was having a good night. As soon as they met Gu Dali, both of them acted as if they didn't know each other, and they didn't eat breakfast, so they nodded and left. After going down the mountain, Cao Guixiu showed Cheng Fengtai his fist. There was a big bloody tooth in the palm of his hand. His cheek was swollen with his tongue. It was painful and embarrassing: "Look at the gift you gave me!"
Cheng Fengtai was terrified: "What did she do?"
Cao Guixiu muttered, "Crazy lady." He asked, "Can foreign dentists in Shanghai put this tooth back in?"
Cheng Fengtai thought for a while and said: "Impossible, I haven't heard of such a technology."
Without saying a word, Cao Guixiu swung his arm and threw away his teeth.
Cao Guixiu sent Cheng Fengtai ten li all the way, both sides were chatting and laughing to test each other on the way. Cheng Fengtai saw Cao Guixiu's strict military discipline and grand strategy, and wanted to make a fortune on him. If he becomes bigger in the future, my little uncle will be a dragon. Isn't it easy to make a fortune? Cao Guixiu also asked a few sensitive questions about the arms business, and it seemed that he had plans of his own, Cheng Fengtai did not hide his secrets, and told him the truth. The uncle and nephew passed by this way, and they became much closer than before. There are many mountains in front of them, and then we go to Liuxian Cave. After all, the cave is relatively small, and it is not convenient for the army to go there in the dark. Cheng Fengtai then said: "Eldest Young Master, stay put, sending it here is enough for you, we still have time to meet again."
Cao Guixiu raised his eyes and looked around: "I heard that my little uncle's Liuxian Cave was built by German engineers. I have to visit it." He said politely, but in fact he rode his horse and ran ahead without waiting for Cheng Fengtai's reply, and Cheng Fengtai had to follow.
Cheng Fengtai chuckled softly and said: "Elder Master, wait a little longer, there is still a batch of goods that have not been redeemed from Gu Dali anyway, we are not in a hurry to hurry."
Cao Guixiu turned his head and whipped the brim of his hat with a horsewhip: "Well, I have redeemed it for my little uncle, and I can catch up before evening. Jiutiao can't be delayed for a day, it would be better if it can be delivered earlier!"
Cheng Fengtai frowned, but it was inconvenient to show it, and walked side by side with Cao Guixiu for a distance, throwing away all his subordinates. Cao Guixiu clattered and unfolded an oil-paper map to compare the great rivers and mountains in front of him, and said: "Gu Dali found it from the two Japanese under my uncle's men, and I asked my men to trace it overnight. Look, the drawing is so detailed, much better than ours. The Chinese know themselves well, so can this fight be easy?" He pointed forward with his horsewhip: "Is this Liuxian Cave?"
There are more than a dozen large and small caves along the short cut that Cheng Fengtai took, and the most important one is this Liuxian Cave. Listening to the name of this cave, as the name suggests, it can keep all the gods. In the Ming and Qing Dynasties, it was still a post road. Since the end of Qing Dynasty, gravel often fell in the cave and killed pedestrians. Large pieces could even kill horses. Local mountain people risked their lives to walk on it every time. Cheng Fengtai spent a year cleaning the cave, and then hired engineers to reinforce it, which cost a lot of money. Before he wasted money and money to do this, everyone opposed it, but when he did it, everyone was jealous and had to admit Cheng Fengtai's patience and foresight. Cao Guixiu rode in the cave on horseback. He saw that the top and bottom were flat, the left and right sides were spacious, and the top of the rock wall was lined with hundreds of steel bars interlaced with each other. It was close to the level of military defense fortifications.
Cheng Fengtai probably knew it well, and said with a smile: "The eldest son will leave one day, just a word, don't need to say hello to me."
Cao Guixiu tilted his head to look at him: "I've always wanted to ask my little uncle, the door of such a big cave is open, neither guarded nor locked, so everyone can leave? Why are the Peking Chamber of Commerce and the Japanese worried, so my little uncle must Do you dare to pass here by nodding your head?"
Cheng Fengtai smiled silently, with a bit of complacency in his smile. Cao Guixiu said: "It is rumored that there is a mechanism in this cave, and my little uncle is pointing out where to fall."
Cheng Fengtai answered irrelevant questions, patted the steel bar: "The work of the University of Göttingen, modern science is amazing!"
The two stayed in the cave for a while, and when their subordinates caught up, the two Japanese accompanying the team also paid close attention to the cave. They got off their horses and walked slowly behind. Map, the two whispered to discuss bad things. Cheng Fengtai was not afraid of them reading it, if he could understand it, he would have charged so much money to the Germans for nothing.
After walking out of Liuxian Cave, Cao Guixiu stopped sending him down, and called a team of mobile soldiers, saying: "In the past, my father's soldiers escorted you, but today I will honor my little uncle. Deliver the goods earlier and go back earlier, so as to save your wife and little brother." Aunt is worried."
A few years ago, Cao Guixiu pretended to be a bandit in the north, and the record of 3,000 people driving more than 10,000 Japanese soldiers to bomb the cannons is still vivid. People who know the inside say that the eldest son and Commander Cao are not of the same mind. Urging him to go on the road, as if he really cared about Jiu Tiao's safety, has this man changed his mind? Cheng Fengtai grabbed Cao Guixiu's reins, dragged his horse to a place out of the way, and said with a sullen face: "My lord, let me tell you something plain. I'm not afraid that you will tell Commander Cao. I'd rather go to the bandit den to clean my gun I don’t want to be a traitor. Commander Cao has known the good and the bad for half his life, so I dare not talk too much in front of him. Instead, I want to persuade the eldest son, you are a few years younger than me, and you will grow up forever! Ten years later, if we win the war , What face is there to stay in China! Will the Japanese really control you by then?"
Cao Guixiu looked at him with an unsteady look and smiled: "Little uncle also said that it is a 'just in case' that we can win!"
These words choked Cheng Fengtai. In fact, it wasn't just Cheng Fengtai, most people of insight in China at this time were not very optimistic about the war situation. Cheng Fengtai was just a merchant, and he could only make judgments from the military strength of China and Japan, without a better idea. Under this pessimistic conclusion, not being a traitor is just a kind of luck. As a Chinese, his feelings can never accept the fate of subjugation in the future.
Cao Guixiu said again: "My little uncle has become rich in business these past few years. There is no sin of offending the Japanese. When the goods are delivered, take the family abroad and stay there!"
This tone is to persuade Cheng Fengtai to be a traitor. Cheng Fengtai pursed his chapped lips in the wind, and uttered a few intimate words to Cao Guixiu: "I've thought about going abroad hundreds of times! I've thought about it more in the past few years, and the more I think about it, the less lighthearted I am! Young Master I don’t know about the outside world, I’ve been out before! A better country has a strict hierarchy, and the Chinese are an inferior breed no matter how rich they are, bumpkins, so it’s hard to be accepted. A country that’s even worse may not be as good as the Shanghai Concession It’s safe.” He sighed and said, “Money alone is not enough for a person to live. Children have to go to school, make friends, get married when they grow up, and live a decent life and be respected by others. My little money is the most important thing in China. It’s chic enough. Going abroad, guarding the golden mountain and receiving supercilious looks, there are only two or three Chinese faces coming and going, and no one can be relied on except money, and you have to be deceived when you find the government to do things. Is that life? That is exile Until the last moment, I don’t want to leave, I can hang out as much as I can, what if something happens? Of course, these words, you are a bachelor, you can’t understand the plan of being a parent.”
Cao Guixiu looked at him without speaking, and after a while, he suddenly laughed loudly. Cheng Fengtai didn't have a good face to look at him coldly, because he said these words to the Second Mistress, and the Second Mistress didn't understand, and she never saw two or three outsiders all year round, so she didn't know the red eyebrows and green eyes abroad. Telling Shang Xirui, Shang Xirui laughed at him for his broken stomach, in Shang Xirui's view, eating, drinking and singing is a good life, Cheng Fengtai's worries don't exist at all. Only Fan Lian is well aware that life in a foreign country is unsatisfactory, and he has not moved away so far. Cheng Fengtai thought, if Cao Guixiu was not considerate, he would simply part ways with Cao Guixiu. Anyway, call him little uncle, everyone has his own aspirations, so it won't be difficult for him if he thinks about it.
"The person Boss Shang is looking for is not vulgar." Cao Guixiu looked back at his soldiers, Cheng Fengtai's goods, and the two Japanese with malicious intentions, and whispered to Cheng Fengtai: "You think Sakata wants this The business road is only for the sale of goods? My little uncle doesn’t know about our war! Kujo isn’t at the point where you need to save the field, he’s a Japanese vegetarian! You’re too late, and he won’t die, but it makes Sakata suspicious. You have to Arrive on time, or even earlier!"
Cheng Fengtai said: "I don't understand what that means."
Cao Guixiu and Cheng Fengtai stood on the wrong horse, leaned over and whispered in their ears: "If the convoy can go, the army can go. I guess, Sakata wooed you and tested you to prepare for Jiutiao's retreat." Cheng Fengtai was taken aback, and immediately understood, surprised to see the two Japanese. Cao Guixiu said with a smile: "They have figured out this place long ago. But there are so many people that they dare not leave, and you have to go with your team to show them, and get on a boat with them, so Sakata can rest assured."
Cheng Fengtai let out a long breath as if resigned to his fate, and no longer showed the slightest surprise on his face: "It makes sense, how can I trust the eldest son?"
Cao Guixiu said: "When Jiutiao retreats from here, my little uncle should trust me."
Cheng Fengtai said: "If things don't go as you think, I'll be a traitor if I deliver the goods on time this trip."
Cao Guixiu shook his head: "It doesn't matter whether you order it according to the order or not, whether he needs the nine articles or not, if the goods are delivered, you are a traitor, unless you really hide in the bandit's nest and wipe guns for a lifetime. I will show my little uncle a clear way, not only to protect you You can wash away your grievances and still be a national hero."
Cheng Fengtai was terrified: "Don't say it, Eldest Young Master, I don't want to hear it."
Cao Guixiu urged Cheng Fengtai's horse, and the two of them came to the edge of the cliff: "I will tell my little uncle every word of my heart." Cao Guixiu pointed to the mountains, rivers, sun and moon and said, "I don't have any kind of doctrine, nor Loyal to the emperor and patriotic. When I think of the Japanese occupying my land, in my heart, like a knife, there are four words: shame and shame! Why! We haven’t clearly distinguished the boundary of the Milky Way! Let the Japanese take it? He turned his head to look at Cheng Fengtai: "Tell my little uncle clearly that Jiu Tiao must die, whether it is easy or not, it's up to you."