Wang Maocai calmed down for a long time, and then said weakly: "That way... the road over there... doesn't go up the mountain... but... it goes along the foot of the mountain."
After saying that, he was out of breath again, and then he closed his eyes and fell asleep.
But at this time, Lai Youmao's uneasiness became more and more serious, as if there was a weight hanging on his heart, which made him panic for a while.
Several Japs had already become suspicious, so they discussed for a while and decided to send two people to explore the way ahead while it was still dark. If they didn't verify Wang Maocai's words, no one would be able to sleep well tonight.
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Wang Maocai, on the other hand, really fell asleep. After seeing that he had indeed led the Japanese astray, he completely relaxed, and he was more relaxed than ever before.
Regardless of whether there were pursuers behind him, he did everything he had to do. The development of the situation was beyond his control, so he dragged his weak body and fell asleep quickly.
Vaguely, he seemed to have returned to the past. Under the setting sun, he returned to Jinzhou City with his caravan and saw two familiar figures, one tall and one short, waiting eagerly at the city gate.
The young wife still had the same shy and expectant expression, while the daughter next to her waved to her from a distance, then broke away from her mother's hand and ran towards the caravan with two ropes tied around her head.
The braid of the red headband is floating in the sky, like two jasmine flowers swaying in the wind.
Wang Maocai laughed heartily and opened his arms towards the little figure reflected red by the sunset...
Suddenly, a violent shaking jolted Wang Maocai awake. When he opened his eyes, what he saw was Lai Youmao's ferocious face shining under the bonfire, and a bunch of disgusting black hairs around his mouth.
"Tell me! Did you take the wrong route? Did you do it on purpose?"
Only then did Wang Maocai realize that it was already dark. He was a little annoyed that the dog thief in front of him had disturbed the meeting between him and his wife and daughter in his dream, so he decided to tease this angry beast again.
"It's impossible...it's impossible. This is the way to Jinzhou. I...I..."
At this time, Lai Youmao no longer had the patience to wait for Wang Maocai to be happy. After the two people who explored the road just came back in the dark, they all knew that they were frightened by the ant in front of them, which they had never seen directly.
The coward who even abandoned his employer and family was deceived.
Because the road on the other side of the mountain does not go around the foot of the mountain at all, but enters the mountain again. There is also a section of the road that has obviously collapsed, making it impossible for cars and horses to pass.
"Ba" Lai Youmao smacked Wang Maocai in the face, hitting him so hard that he fell onto the car board.
"You are such a bitch, how dare you lie to the imperial army, how dare you lie to me, I will skin you."
"Poof!" Wang Maocai spit out a mouthful of saliva with blood and a tooth at Lai Youmao. However, because he was so weak now, he did not have the strength to spit the saliva into Lai Youmao's face. Instead, it splashed on his chin and clothes.
It's everywhere.
"idiot!"
Next to him, Ogura Guixiu was furious. He did not expect that this pug, which had been wagging its tail all day long and was always obedient, would dare to show its fangs at its owner.
"Quack!" A weird laugh came from Wang Maocai's shriveled throat, like a crow on an old tree wailing, which seemed so abrupt and weird in the dark and cold windy mountain forest.
At the same time, it also made Ogura Guixiu and Lai Youmao's hearts sink to the bottom, which showed that their previous suspicions and conjectures had been confirmed, and the slight sense of luck that they had had was completely blown away by this laughter.
They were all deceived, all deceived by this Chinese who seemed to have no spine at all.
Ogura Guixiu's originally pretty face was distorted by anger. Without saying a word, he pulled out a pistol from his waist. Lai Youmao and the devil Cao Chang couldn't see it.
Cang Guixiu grabbed him.
They are now afraid of this impulsive and arrogant officer. If you beat someone to death, who will take us out of the mountain?
Wang Maocai, on the other hand, struggled and leaned against the frame of the carriage. For the first time in his life, he faced the Japanese and the black muzzle of the gun, and raised his chest.
He pointed at his chest, opened his mouth stained red with blood, and said with a strange smile: "Quack, quack! Come on! If you have the guts, just hit me here. If you don't hit me, you'll be a little bitch."
He just wanted to anger this cruel and violent beast, so it would be best to kill himself to avoid being tortured by these beasts later.
Ogura Guixiu woke up immediately. This untouchable wants to die, so he will not let you die. He has many means to make you kneel on the ground and beg for mercy again.
He turned around and ordered: "Zhongdao, bring someone to put him on a tree."
However, a few seconds later, only another soldier came over, and Nakajima did not respond when he called.
"Nakajima! Nakajima Yuji!"
There was no response, just the sound of the wind whistling in the forest.
"There's a situation!" Everyone was alert. They picked up weapons from their bodies and cars, leaned down, and looked around carefully.
"He was on guard there just now, why is he gone now?" A Japanese soldier pointed forward and whispered.
Now the direction he pointed in was only the sound of leaves blowing in the cold wind in the darkness, and there was no sign of anyone.
Is it a beast or a human? Everyone felt a little uneasy.
At this time, Wang Maocai's strange crow-like laughter came from the cart again, "Quack, quack, quack! It's ghosts, the ghosts of those who were killed by you are coming to find you, quack, quack, quack!"
"Shut up!" Lai Youmao scolded in a low voice.
"It's the thirty-eight corpses in Kouwai Village. Those bloody corpses have all turned into ghosts seeking death. Look, they are still bleeding. They are here to take revenge on you beasts."
Wang Maocai didn't care whether it was a wild beast or a human being who came to his door now. He was going to die anyway, and he was addicted to talking before he died. It would be a good thing to scare these beasts to relieve his anger.
But what he didn't expect was that the sound he made in the dark, which was neither human nor ghost-like, really frightened these vicious beasts.
"Who is that person? Come out!" Ogura Guixiu shouted with an inward look. He was indeed a little scared, not of people, but of unknown existences in the darkness. The unknown was the biggest source of fear.
At this moment, a Japanese soldier on the far side was suddenly strangled by a silent noose around his neck. Before he could react and struggle, he was dragged into the darkness by an irresistible force.
There was only the "chichi" sound from his legs that were climbing up randomly, and the strange whimpering sound that came out of his throat as if it was being clamped, like a little rabbit being held in the mouth of a wolf.
Ogura Guihide was the first to fire several shots in that direction, and other Japanese soldiers also fired, and the chaotic gunfire of "bah-bah-ba-ba" broke the silent forest.
However, the gunshots only emboldened a few of them. After the gunshots, the surroundings were still so dark and silent, and the cold wind in the mountains and forests was still so sharp.