That afternoon, Luke first had chills, then fever, and then slept profusely in sweat. When he woke up, Luke returned to normal as if nothing was wrong.
But everyone present knew that this was just an illusion. By night at the latest, he would definitely start acting out again, and this situation would take at least three or four days before it could be alleviated - even if it had already
Feed him quinine.
"I'm not going to continue leaving." Taking advantage of the rare moment of clarity, the weak and weak Luke suddenly said.
"We have enough quinine, you can't die." Squad leader Liang responded without looking back.
"How many days?"
After Luke finished speaking, without waiting for anyone to answer, he answered by himself, "Three days? Five days? Or a week? I have been waiting for so long, but who of you can guarantee that after a week, you can still find those people in front of you to stay?"
There are no traces of us? Or there won’t be recruiters chasing us behind us? Will there be their planes overhead that will spot us?”
Seeing what Zhou Guochang was going to say, Luke waved his hand weakly and said in an extremely serious tone, "Liang, please wake up. My leg has been broken, which was originally slowing down my progress. Now I'm infected with malaria again.
If you continue to wait for me or take me with you, all of us will die in this mountain.
The soldiers we saw committing suicide this morning also chose to commit suicide knowing that it would drag down their companions. Liang, you are the supreme commander of this team, you must know..."
"I'm not a commander, I'm just the squad leader of the cooking class."
Monitor Liang said impatiently, "Stop talking nonsense. Although you are British, we will still take you out together."
"There are more important things to do now than survive."
Before Luke finished speaking, he took out a Webley revolver from under the blanket without warning and put it against his chin.
"What are you going to do!" Zhou Guochang and Squad Leader Liang shouted in unison.
"Calm down, calm down."
Luke showed a sad smile, "I can't get out of Savage Mountain, even if I look back now. Liang, I, I want to talk to Zhou alone."
After a moment of sullen silence, Squad Leader Liang finally waved his hand and headed out with Wei Ran and Qin Shouzheng.
"Wei, can you stay? I need you to be a witness." Luke suddenly made a new request.
"Do you need me to take a picture?" Wei Ran stopped and asked, "The camera you gave me still has a lot of unused film."
"No, it's just a few words." Luke pleaded with a sad smile, "Just sit across from me, you just need to listen."
"no problem"
Wei Ran nodded happily, and after Tan Shouzheng and Squad Leader Liang left with their little master, they sat cross-legged beside the bonfire opposite.
"Zhou, this is a decision I made after I fractured my calf."
Luke had already put down his pistol as he spoke, stretched out his hand to pull off the herbal medicine on his arm, pointed at the healed but still red and swollen wound and pretended to be relaxed, "Master Sehao's herbal medicine is very useful, but in fact the wound is very
It hurts, I guess it must have suppurated inside, and my leg is broken. After walking all day yesterday, my armpit hair was worn away by the crutches you made for me."
"Luke..."
"No need to cry"
Luke smiled, reached out and pulled out the fighting dagger from his boot and stuffed it into Zhou Guochang's hand. Then he took off a ring from his hand and handed it over, "If you can leave Savage Mountain alive, you can continue to look for it."
The British quartermaster named Alan Butler. After he sees this dagger, he will at least give you enough money to go to England. If you can go to England, give this ring to Elizabeth Yin.
Consider it a souvenir."
"Uncle Luke, I..."
"I know what you're going to say"
Luke didn't give Zhou Guochang a chance to speak at all, "Zhou, remember to take good care of Lisa Bai for me. She is a good girl. Tell her for me that I am not a good father, but I have always loved her."
"I can carry you out!" Zhou Guochang clenched the dagger and ring tightly and said with a cry.
"Be sensible"
Luke pretended to be relaxed and spread his hands, "I don't want to suffer anymore. Okay, how about you help me call Liang in while I'm still awake? By the way, take Tan and little master Sehao away, don't let them
Hear our conversation.”
Zhou Guochang looked at Wei Ran as if asking for help, but found that the latter had closed his eyes at this time.
Looking at Luke for the last time, the helpless Zhou Guochang clutched the dagger and ran out of the cave. A moment later, Squad Leader Liang also bent down and got in, clicking his pipe.
It wasn't until Tan Shouzheng and Monk Sehao followed Zhou Guochang outside the cave that Luke spoke again and said, "Liang, I'll leave that matter to you."
"Have you decided?" Liang asked, clicking his pipe.
"It's decided"
Luke nodded, "You are a trustworthy Chinese soldier. You need to deliver those precious medicines to your compatriots as soon as possible, and I also need to pass the news on as soon as possible, so our goals are the same. In this case,
I can no longer waste everyone's time and few supplies."
"well!"
Squad Leader Liang sighed and finally nodded, "I promised you, is there anything else you need from me?"
"As long as you do this well, it's enough." Luke raised his finger and pointed at Wei Ran, "If something happens to you, just leave it to him."
"That kid Guochang..."
"He is too young and may not be able to do these things well."
Luke shook his head, "When something unexpected happens to you, leave it to Wei."
Squad Leader Liang turned to look at Wei Ran, and finally nodded in agreement.
"I leave these as a souvenir for you. I hope it can help you get out of this virgin forest."
As Luke spoke, he took out a zippo lighter and a pocket watch-style compass from his pocket and threw them to Squad Leader Liang, "It's better than your matches, I probably won't be able to use them."
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! Hearing this, Squad Leader Liang nodded, sighed and put the lighter and compass into his pocket.
"Please be sure to take Zhou Zhou out, otherwise my daughter will be sad."
"Don't worry." Squad Leader Liang clicked his pipe, "Even if you have to carry him on my back, I will take Guochang out alive."
"That's all." A relaxed smile appeared on Luke's face, "When do you plan to set off?"
However, Squad Leader Liang did not answer the question. He just stood up and said, "I'm going to prepare and cook a delicious meal tonight. Don't start showing off again then."
"If possible, I'd rather have a cup of tea, tea with sugar." Luke smiled and made a small request.
"I'll boil the water right now," Squad Leader Liang said as he walked towards the bonfire not far away.
"guard"
"Victor" Wei Ran said in English.
"So you have an English name." Luke smiled and said in English, "We may be the same type of person."
"Maybe not." Wei Ran was silent for a moment, "Mr. Luke, what do you need me to do?"
"How about killing me when I need to?"
Luke made a request that Wei Ran had expected, "That's all. I'm sorry, I have nothing to give you, but I need you to kill someone."
"You already gave me the camera." Wei Ran sighed, "You can survive. We have enough supplies, especially quinine."
"But we don't have enough time"
Luke shook his head worriedly, and after a brief silence, he took the initiative and said, "Liang has a very important piece of information, which Zhou's father paid for with his life.
Victor, I hope you can send this information to the expeditionary force or the British military as soon as possible, but be sure not to use radios, as our radios on both sides are likely to have been monitored."
"Wait, what did you just say?" Wei Ran raised his eyebrows, "It's Zhou Guochang's father..."
"Yes," Luke said very frankly, "To be precise, I am actually his liaison, and of course, I am also his good friend."
"Before, Zhou Guochang once said that you killed a reporter..."
"Just to confuse the situation"
Luke sighed but did not continue to explain. Instead, he changed the subject and asked, "What about you? Victor, you don't look like an ordinary soldier."
"Just an ordinary Chinese person" Wei Ran gave an ambiguous answer.
"Really?" Luke smiled, but his body couldn't help but tremble.
"I'm starting to get cold again." Luke shook his head bitterly, "Victor, let Zhou come in and stay with me. I will call you when I need you."
"good"
Wei Ran sighed, stood up and walked out of the cave, calling Zhou Guochang who was standing far away in the cave. He himself walked to Qin Shouzheng's side and asked for a cigarette.
After a while, Squad Leader Liang also walked out of the cave, found a stone in the distance and sat down, took off the steel helmet he had been wearing on his head, dipped his brush in red paint, and wrote the correct characters one by one.
"This stroke is yours." Squad Leader Liang looked up at the direction of the cave and wrote an extra stroke.
Less than ten minutes after he put on the helmet again, Zhou Guochang, with red eyes, also walked out of the cave, "Squad Leader Liang, Luke, Mr. Luke, I hope we set off now."
"Then let's go now." Squad Leader Liang patted Zhou Guochang on the shoulder, "Let's go."
"Brother Wei..."
"I know"
Wei Ran nodded, and before Zhou Guochang finished speaking, he also patted his shoulder, "You go ahead, I will catch up with you soon."
Watching Squad Leader Liang pulling Zhou Guochang away, and then watching Tan Shouzheng and the young monk leading the donkey away, Wei Ran also got into the cave again and saw Luke who was shivering while holding a bamboo bowl.
"Wait for me," Luke said shivering, "wait for me to finish drinking this cup of tea."
"Okay." Wei Ran nodded and sat quietly by the bonfire.
Seeing this, Luke put the bamboo cup to his mouth and drank the coarse tea with brown sugar in small sips.
Five minutes, ten minutes, half an hour, until almost an hour passed, Luke, who had already started to feel hot all over, sighed with satisfaction and finally stopped holding the bamboo bowl that he had finished drinking.
"boom!"
The crisp and sudden sound of gunfire was particularly harsh in the cave. A shiny bullet case also drew a parabola, and hit the ground covered with banana leaves almost at the same time as the fallen bamboo bowl.
"Plop!"
Luke, who was hit in the middle of his eyebrow, threw his head back and fell to the ground. At the same time, Wei Ran also felt an indescribable sense of brain shutdown, and his body slumped to the ground.
