Slowly lowering his raised hands, the bearded man did not pick up his weapon. Instead, he clasped his fist and weighed it on his left shoulder, "It doesn't look like Cao Da is in charge of the piano..."
"I don't understand slang"
Wei Ran bluntly interrupted the other party's probing, "Either you build a shack honestly, or you open the skylight and speak frankly."
Hearing this, the bearded man smiled, handed his back to Wei Ran with confidence, and continued to use the Japanese waterproof canvas to build a shack and said, "I don't remember that there is a person like you in the bandit den of shopkeeper Cao Da.
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"It's not as bad as me," Wei Ran hinted at the other party while shaking the box cannon in his hand.
"It's really not as good as you."
The bearded man was extremely happy, "It was windy and snowy, and I didn't recognize him in the dark."
Before Wei Ran could speak, the bearded man introduced himself, "Cui Shouchun, just call me Cui Bearded Man. What do you call me?"
"Xia Shushi" Wei Ran casually made up a useful name, then asked, "Brother Cui, do you know how to get out?"
"Where are you going, Brother Xia?" Cui Bearded asked.
Hearing this, Wei Ran just smiled and did not answer the question.
Seeing this, Cui Bearded didn't ask any more questions and continued busy building a shack to avoid the wind and snow.
After a slight hesitation, Wei Ran used the cover of the dog-skin coat on his body to put away the box cannon in his hand, and then with a little vigilance, he collected the weapons that had just been removed from the opponent's body and placed them all not far away.
In the harness of that black horse.
"Where did these things come from?" Wei Ran asked again, pointing to the things hanging on the black horse.
Among these things, in addition to those that already existed, there were several sets of cotton clothes that were obviously ripped off from puppet soldiers or Japanese soldiers, as well as animal skin clothes that seemed to be ripped off from bandits, as well as two box cannons and a Daku factory.
There are also three flower traps, three three-eight big covers, one horse four-ring, and three full sets of Japanese backpacks.
There were also a few frozen pheasants and a few pieces of corn pancakes that came from unknown sources stuffed in the horse sack.
After a slight hesitation, Cui Bearded continued to fix the two butt-curtain-sized waterproof canvases while replying, "Where else can they come from? It's going to be winter right now, so I have to prepare some valuable items to take back.
Use a few feet of cloth to make new clothes for my wife and children."
"You are not a bandit"
Wei Ran paused, and then said again more firmly, "You are more than just a bandit."
Hearing this, the bearded Cui did not pick up the topic. He just picked up a small ax chopped on the tree trunk and said, "Brother Xia, what are you talking about? You rest first, I will get some firewood and light a fire."
How about being warm?"
"random"
Wei Ranhun waved his hand nonchalantly. No matter what Cui Big Beard, who looked weird, or rather deliberately acted weird, had on his mind, if he wanted to leave here now, he could only cooperate with him.
In addition, both he and the other party knew that it was best not to shoot at this time.
Regardless of whether it was Japanese soldiers, puppet soldiers or bandits who were attracted by the gunfire, it seemed to be trouble for both of them.
So where does this Cui Big Beard come from?
Wei Ran, who was vaguely guessing, temporarily suppressed the doubts in his heart. While the other party was collecting firewood in the distance, he took out the sailor bag directly from the metal book, pulled out the four-meter-square white parachute cloth canopy, and placed it under the other party's
Based on the shack, a tent was made that was fairly spacious and could block the wind and snow.
Not long after, Cui Dabeard came back with an armful of pine branches. Behind him, he also used his skis to pull many dry branches.
Looking at the tent that Wei Ran had set up, Cui Bearded smiled honestly, spread the pine needles he brought on the ground, simply dismantled the tent he had just set up, and spread the two pieces of Japanese canvas on Wei Ran's bed.
Under the tent.
"Where is Brother Cui from?" Wei Ran asked while helping him light the bonfire.
"Magnolia Drops"
As Cui Bearded said that, he took out the sets of cotton clothes from the horseback and spread the animal skin clothes on the canvas. Then he took out the backpacks of the three Japanese and the two cakes in the bags.
"Brother Xia, where are you from?"
While Cui Bearded was talking, he had already taken off the Japanese lunch box, filled it with snow and placed it next to the newly lit bonfire.
Wei Ran, "from Rehe," casually made up a general origin again.
Cui Bearded didn't check whether the address was true or not, but slowly placed the pancakes beside the bonfire.
Seeing this, Wei Ran also took off the Japs backpack he was carrying, took out the Japs lunch box with braised pork rice bowl and placed it beside the campfire, and also used the lid of the lunch box to put some clean snow.
Melting slowly.
"When does Brother Xia plan to leave?"
As Cui Bearded said, he had already lit the pipe pot with a burning stick, took two puffs and handed it to Wei Ran beside him.
"When does Brother Cui plan to leave?"
Wei Ran asked the other party in reply and waved his hand, then took out the cigarette case in the metal book, took out the filter tip, and lit a seized cigarette for himself.
"We'll leave as soon as the wind stops," Cui Bearded replied, "Where are you going, Brother Xia?"
"Where is Brother Cui going?"
"Of course it's our shopkeeper Cao Da's Shantou."
"What a coincidence, I'm also going to the mountain where our Cao Da shopkeeper lives," Wei Ran said with a smile.
"Then let's go together," Cui Bearded said rather casually.
"Then let's go together..."
Wei Ran also repeated it, and then both of them seemed to focus on the bonfire in front of them.
At this point, they have all become extremely sure in their hearts that the other party is definitely not a person from Cao Da's shop, at least they are definitely not of the same mind as Cao Da.
Even so, the two still maintained a tacit understanding in a certain sense and did not continue the topic.
After a slightly long wait, Wei Ran was the first to boil the water in the lid of the lunch box. Cui Bearded also picked up the two pancakes and handed them both to Wei Ran, indicating to him to pick one at will.
This was nothing more than an attempt of trust and goodwill. Wei Ran picked up one of the pieces at will, and poured some of the just-boiled water into the rice bowl that was still being heated and defrosted.
"Drink or not?"
While Wei Ran was talking, he used the cover of the Japanese backpack beside him to take out the British army's kettle containing liquor. This liquor was originally stolen from Hu Bazhi's home.
"A whole glass!"
Cui Bearded immediately became interested and took out a Japanese soldier's aluminum bowl and placed it next to the bonfire.
Generously pouring a full bowl for the other party, Wei Ran took the pancake that the other party had just given to him in his mouth, took off the cup and poured some for himself, then picked it up and clinked it with the other party.
Watching the bonfire, the two of them sipped pancakes and drank wine, savoring the goodwill while silently releasing their own goodwill.
Almost at the same time as they each finished the last bite of the pancake, the two of them raised their glasses and clinked their glasses with each other in tacit understanding, and drank the last sip of wine in one gulp.
"Try this again. I stole it from the devil."
As Wei Ran spoke, he took down the heated braised pork rice bowl, gave half of it to the other party, and then poured a bowl of wine for the other party.
"I haven't had such a good meal since I came here." Cui Big Beard casually held up two branches as chopsticks, picked up a piece of braised pork and sighed.
"Once we beat the little devil away, we will have meals like this for every meal in the future." Wei Ran said, picking up the cup.
"Fight away the Japanese?"
Cui Bearded laughed dumbly, but did not continue the topic. He just picked up the cup and clinked it with Wei Ran. After taking a big gulp of wine, he took big gulps of the braised pork rice bowl filled with soup and poured it into his mouth.
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After eating and drinking, neither of them relaxed their vigilance and lay down to rest. They just leaned against the trunk of a tree and sat down on the cotton-padded clothes that they had ripped off from someone who knew who. They took off their shoes and baked and bound their feet.
Cloth and cattails stuffed in shoes.
"Did you shoot those shells during the day?"
Without warning, Cui Bearded asked without raising his head, and finally pointed at the black horse not far away, "When those two black horses ran out, how many shells did you shoot?"
"yes"
Wei Ran replied nonchalantly.
"Aren't you afraid that you won't be able to escape?"
"Didn't he run away?"
Cui Bearded was about to ask again, but Wei Ran looked sharply in the direction behind him.
Turning back subconsciously, Cui Dabeard immediately noticed that there seemed to be another flickering light in the distance.
"Hide" Cui Bearded whispered.
After a moment's hesitation, Wei Ran put on his shoes again as quickly as possible, hid in the tent, then crawled away from the shadow of the trees at the corner, and finally hid behind a pine tree not far away.
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At the same time, Cui Bearded also bent down, picked up the Japanese bayonet and stuffed it into his cuff again, then picked up the small ax and slowly chopped the firewood at his feet.
Not long after, a mule sledge came over from a distance carrying a lamp.
When they were still more than ten meters away, the man on the mule sledge shouted to the mule to stop, then stood up with a lamp, took off his furry leather hat and placed it upside down on the mule's back.
Immediately afterwards, he jumped out of the car as if he was full, then walked around from the front of the mule to the other side of the sledge and stepped on it again. He raised his fists with both hands over his left shoulder, bumped backwards, and used a very recognizable
Yansang greeted loudly, "Ancestor Bodhidharma is mighty! Shan..."
"Is it Zheng Xiangbian?"
Cui Bearded asked firmly and loudly before the other party finished speaking, "Quick, quick, quick! Come here and warm yourself up!"
"Big beard?! Why are you here!"
The man with the handlebars not far away obviously recognized Cui Bearded, and he stopped being polite, put on his leather hat, shouted at the mule sledge, and walked over.
"The Japanese forced us to ambush the anti-Union people."
Cui Bearded pointed to the horse next to him and the trophies in the tent and said, "We girls stopped us. We were worried that we might be attacked by Japanese soldiers, so we simply killed a few puppet soldiers who were staring at us, and divided the leaves back to the kiln hall."
"That's how it should be done!"
The old bandit known as Zheng Xiangbian moved closer to the fire, sat down where Wei Ran was sitting not long ago, and said while warming himself by the fire, "You don't know the death of shopkeeper Cao Da.
La!"
"What? Shopkeeper Cao is dead?" Cui Dabeard was stunned for a moment, "He was killed by the Japanese?"
"Hi! Where is it!"
Zheng Xiang whipped his thigh, "I heard that he was shot dead by the anti-Japanese rebels, and the lid of Tianling was lifted! His body is still being thrown in the Sancha Gold Rush Ditch, and there is no one to collect it!"
"Where are the four beams and eight pillars?" Cui Bearded asked.
"Some defected to the Japanese, some were killed by the Anti-Japanese War, and one or two were probably ready to take over."
Zheng Xiangbian took out the cigarette bag fastened to his waist and lit it. He took two strong puffs and continued, "Now there is a chaos on the mountain. The Japanese have occupied the Juyi Hall and arrested several concubines and daughters of shopkeeper Cao Da.
They are probably firing volleys of artillery now.
Most of them also ran away and dispersed, and the rest were determined and ready to sacrifice their lives for the Japanese."
"This...this special code, after working together for a long time, none of the Anti-Union people were caught, but our gangsters were caught in it?" Cui Big Beard said cursingly.
"Not so good!"
Zheng Xiangbian folded his hands and smashed them, "The red cabinet with the special code this year has not been divided yet, it is all grandma's cheap devils and the Imperial Army."
"That being said, you deserve a lot of points, right?" Cui Bearded said, raising his chin towards the mule sledge not far away.
"Hey! You can't go back empty-handed."
Zheng Xiangbian said proudly, "I was lucky. I picked off the leaves of a few wounded Japanese soldiers and caught Miss Eleven and the two girls when I ran out. The two girls were snatched back by the young master."
He ran away."
"Chun Chuan?"
Cui Bearded said, patting the trophies beside him, "These things are easier to sell than the girl's movies."
"Those three girls have not been harmed by the young masters. They are serious young ladies, and they are all very handsome!"
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! Seeing that Zheng Xiangbian, who is in his forties, gave a thumbs up, "As long as you sell it to an art kiln, you can get a lot of money! Especially for us.
That Miss Eleven, not only has a pretty face, but she is as fluent in foreign language as the Second Young Master."
"You have to be able to get out alive before you can say anything."
Cui Big Beard threw a few logs into the bonfire, "The Japs will definitely have to search the mountain in the next few days, and it will be difficult to get out before dawn. It's better to leave with three girls and these things."
"Why don't you take me with you?" Zheng Xiangbian asked.
"If I hadn't fallen in love with Miss Eleven, why would I want to date you?" Cui Big Beard said with a snort.
"In exchange for the second young master's pierced feet," Zheng Xiangbian glanced at the black horse not far away and said greedily, "In addition, we have to add a few more crotches."
"Let me inspect the goods first." As Cui Dabeard spoke, he had already stood up and slapped his butt.
"It's not a loss, it's a loss if I have Miss Eleven...Pfft!"
Zheng Xiangbian, who was walking in front, didn't even finish his words when a small ax hit him hard on the back of the head.
"Plop!"
Zheng Xiangbian's knees went weak and he simply fell to the ground. He twitched a few times and then stopped moving.
"Are you so cruel?"
Wei Ran asked casually as he walked out of the shadow of the trees not far away.
"This old guy specializes in the business of photographing women. I have long wanted to kill him."
As Cui Bearded said, he had thrown away the ax in his hand and the Japanese bayonet hidden in his sleeve. He and Wei Ran walked to the edge of the mule sledge one after another.
The sledge is covered with a thick layer of grass, and on top of the grass is a quilt.
Seeing that Wei Ran had already taken out the box cannon and pointed it at the sledge with a tacit understanding, Cui Dabeard carefully untied the leather rope on the quilt, stretched out a corner of the quilt and slowly pulled it back, exposing the inside of the quilt.
people.
Those were three girls whose hands and feet were tied and their mouths were gagged. Among the three girls, the ones on both sides looked about sixteen or seventeen years old, almost the same age as Miss Hongxia. I think they were Hongxia.
The girl from the Sun family that the girl once mentioned.
The little girl between the two girls, who looks like a porcelain doll, is smaller and her clothes are much more gorgeous.
"The girl in the middle is the 11th daughter born to Mr. Cao Da, the wife of the 15th room. She is 15 this year."
As Cui Bearded said, he had already picked up the oil lamp hanging on the mule and looked at the other things on the sledge.
At the feet of these three little girls, there were not only four leather medical bags in a row, but also six blood-stained Japanese backpacks and a wooden box containing some women's jewelry.
Almost subconsciously, Wei Ran and Cui Dashu had already guessed that Zheng Xiangbian was probably the health worker who killed the Japanese, and most likely killed the only four health workers in the squadron. It was not even clear.
He even killed a few wounded soldiers by the way before grabbing these things.
The two looked at each other, and Cui Bearded covered the three little girls who could only struggle in vain with the quilt again, as well as the slightly tempting trophies at their feet.
"What is Brother Cui going to do with these three girls?" Wei Ran watched the other party re-tying the quilt with leather ropes and asked following the topic.
"Let's talk about it then"
Cui Big Beard gave Zheng Xiangbian's clothes a perfunctory and vague response, then led the mule sledge closer to the campfire, sat down directly on the edge of the sledge and warmed himself by the fire.
Obviously, he was still on guard against Wei Ran.
Wisely did not continue the topic, and Weiran wisely sat farther away from the mule sledge, even though he had an undisputed weapon advantage.
That night, the two people across the bonfire did not rest, nor did they have any subsequent exchanges. They both knew that no matter what they said at this time, the other party would not believe it. In this case, it was not just about keeping quiet and vigilant, but also saving money.
energy.
Not only how long had passed, Wei Ran and Cui Dabeard, who were guarding the campfire and struggling to stay awake, also got up in no particular order when the mountain wind gradually stopped.
"Brother Xia, let's ride a horse."
Cui Bearded suggested while throwing the cotton clothes in the tent onto the sledge.
"Listen to Brother Cui's arrangements"
Wei Ran responded easily while closing the parachute curtain.
After a short period of busy work, Cui Bearded was the first to start walking slowly on the mule sledge, "Blow out the lamp."
Deliberately keeping some distance, Wei Ran got on his horse and followed behind, blowing out the oil lamp hanging on the saddle.
It can be seen that Cui Bearded is familiar enough with this place. Even if there is no lighting, he still leads Wei Ran accurately around the mountain ridges and moves slowly through the dense forest.
As Wei Ran and the black horse he was riding shook off the snow again and again, the surrounding terrain was also quietly changing.
They had been walking like this for at least three or four hours. When Wei Ran followed the silent Cui Bearded Cui out of the woods on horseback, he found that he was back near the Sancha stream where he had ambushed the Japanese.
"Brother Xia, you should already know the way here, right?" Cui Bearded shouted to the sledge to stop, turned around and asked Wei Ran.
"Brother Cui is really going to go to the bandits' den next?" Wei Ran, who was riding a horse, asked.
"I won't go to die now."
Cui Big Beard pointed at the direction where the Japanese appeared, "I'm going to the city now. If Brother Xia is willing, why not lend me the Xiangzi and wait for next spring...".
Before he finished speaking, the two of them saw a man leading a horse walking out of the woods not far away.
The person leading the horse was holding a flashlight in his hand, and there seemed to be a shadowy figure lying on the back of the horse. The horse...
That horse seems to be a dark horse too!
Almost as soon as the flashlight beam came over, Wei Ran also raised the box cannon in his hand and pointed it at Cui Big Beard.
In almost no particular order, Cui Bearded, who was not carefully searched by Wei Ran, also raised a Browning 1906 pocket pistol that was dubbed "Five Bees" on this bloody black land - he
It also aimed at the weiran, and also ignored the beam that came over it.
"Brother Wei! Is that you, Brother Wei!"
In the snowy night, the figure holding the horse behind the flashlight beam let out an exclamation. At the same time, Wei Ran and Cui Dabeard lowered the guns in their hands one after another, and one of them retracted it.
The cuff of the leather jacket, someone used the dog fur jacket on his body to put it back into the metal book.
The next second, the two people, who had already guessed the other's identity, reached out to each other and held each other's hands in the flashlight beam that hit them and got closer and closer.
"Comrade"
In this ice and snow, the two of them simultaneously called out a title that they could trust each other unconditionally.
