Inside the adobe house on the bank of Baihe River.
Cao Yunfei sat next to the fire, feeling extremely depressed. He brought out a total of eight people. Except for himself and the second donkey who escaped, the rest of the people were unknown.
There were rustling footsteps outside, and he immediately took out his pistol and peeped out alertly, only to see two donkeys hurriedly walking towards this side.
Cao Yunfei breathed a sigh of relief and put the gun on his waist again.
Erluzi opened the door and walked in. He took out a few vegetable buns from his arms and said, "Master, eat them while they're hot."
Cao Yunfei took the vegetable buns and said, "How is the situation outside?"
"The gates of the city are very strictly checked, and I can't get out at all. If I hadn't been quick, I would have been discovered by the Japanese."
"Sigh... If we continue like this, the Japanese will find us sooner or later!" Cao Yunfei said in frustration.
Erluzi comforted him and said: "Master, don't be discouraged. There will always be a way. If the Japanese search here, we will change places. How can such a big Yanjin City still hide two people?"
Cao Yunfei pondered for a while and said, "If it doesn't work out, just buy two good citizen certificates from the police station and leave the city!"
The second donkey said: "But we don't know anyone."
Cao Yunfei was silent for a while and sighed: "I'm not good at this kind of thing. If it were a leopard, he would definitely find a way."
Erluzi's eyes flashed and he said: "Master, don't think so much, just eat quickly."
"Have you eaten?"
"I ate it on the street."
"Cuckoo, cuckoo..."
A cuckoo's call could be heard outside.
Erluzi stood up and said, "Why is my stomach feeling a little uncomfortable..."
As he spoke, he opened the door and walked out.
More than a hundred meters away, one of Huabaozi's four men leaned out of an adobe house and whispered: "Second donkey, this way."
The second donkey followed the sound and walked in, complaining and saying: "Brother Yong, why are you here again? You can't be too diligent. If he finds out, he will have to cut me alive!"
Brother Yong took out a stack of banknotes from his arms and said: "You are from Baxiantai now, why are you afraid of him? Mr. Hua has said that the position of the eighth is reserved for you."
The second donkey took the banknote and said, "What are you giving me the money for?"
Brother Yong grinned and said, "Master Hua was worried that you would suffer hardships with Cao Shangfei, so he specially gave it to you. Why, you don't want it?"
"Who doesn't want money? I'm afraid that he will find out. There is so much money all of a sudden. I can't explain it."
"Can I still search you on the grass?"
"That doesn't mean..." Erluzi carefully put the banknotes into his arms and said, "What do you want from me?"
"Master Hua asked me to tell you that these two days are critical. If Cao Shangfei no longer lives here, you must report it immediately."
Erluzi nodded and said: "I understand. This place is quite safe for the time being. He won't leave for a while...Brother Yong, I don't understand. Why does Mr. Hua have to make grass fly?"
Brother Yong sneered and said: "Back then, Cao Shangfei bullied us Baxiantai a lot because of the many people and guns. The most outrageous thing was that one time Master Hua wanted to take over the house named Li, and Cao Shangfei actually asked someone to give it to Master Hua.
Tell me something, saying that the man named Li is a patriotic businessman, and Mr. Hua is not allowed to touch him!... He really thinks that he is calling Baoyi Song Jiang!"
"The man named Li donated a lot of money to the national army..."
"It's useless! The world is dominated by the Japanese now, why bother mentioning the national army?"
"I have to go back. If it takes too long, he will become suspicious."
"good."
Erluzi returned to Cao Yunfei's adobe house, frowned and said to himself: "I don't know what unclean things he ate..."
The door creaked, and a masked man came in from the outside. With Cao Yunfei's alertness, he was actually walked into the house. If the other party had malicious intentions, it would not be a problem to sneak attack him.
"Who are you?" Cao Yunfei stood up and reached for the pistol at his waist.
"Lao Qiu asked me to come," the masked man said in a low voice.
Cao Yunfei said doubtfully: "Where is Lao Qiu?"
"Now the whole city is under martial law. It's not convenient for him to come to see you in such a remote place."
"Then how could you come?"
"You don't need to ask any more questions about this. I'm here to tell you that this place is very dangerous. Get out of here immediately."
Cao Yunfei knew that the other party covered his face and spoke in a deliberately lowered voice because he did not want him to know who he was. He should be an underground party lurking within the enemy.
He was still somewhat suspicious and said, "You don't have a secret code for contact, how can I trust you?"
"If I were an enemy, there would be no need to tell you this."
Erluzi said from the side: "Master, be careful that the spies are setting a trap for us..."
The masked man glanced at him coldly and said, "Second Donkey, what benefit did Leopard give you? Why did you betray Captain Cao?"
Erluzi was taken aback and said calmly: "What are you talking about? You are a leopard. I think you are clearly a spy sent by the Japanese!"
The masked man said calmly: "I heard what you just said to Brother Yong. You still have the banknotes he gave you, do you want to take them out and take a look?"
"You're such a mouthful!" Er Donkey slowly backed away, trying to find an opportunity to escape.
Cao Yunfei was not without brains. He saw Er Donkey's guilty conscience, so he said, "Er Donkey, what's going on?"
Erluzi pretended to be angry and said: "Master, don't listen to his nonsense. I've been with you for more than two years, and I'm not as trustworthy as an outsider who doesn't even dare to show his face!"
The masked man seemed to smile and said: "Brother Yong used the cuckoo call to contact you. His imitation was really lifelike. If it weren't for the season, I would have almost been fooled."
"The cuckoo called twice to contact me? Is there something wrong with you? You've never seen a cuckoo..."
Er Donkey's eyes were wandering around, the masked man blocked the door, and Cao Yunfei was behind him. He didn't have many chances to escape.
The masked man said: "Although Brother Yong is very similar, he obviously doesn't understand the living habits of the cuckoo. There is no such bird in the north in winter!"
Cao Yunfei suddenly realized, no wonder he had been feeling something was wrong these past few days. Now he understood that migratory birds only migrate back in April, so how could there be cuckoos in winter!
He stepped over, tore off Er Donkey's clothes, and took out a wad of large banknotes from his pocket. This was irrefutable evidence.
Cao Yunfei put the bullet with a click and said: "Er Donkey, you still have time to say it now!"
Erluzi knew that he couldn't hide it any more, so he knelt on the ground with his knees weak and said: "Master, I was confused for a moment. For the sake of brotherhood over the years, please spare me..."
Cao Yunfei put the muzzle of his gun against Er Donkey's forehead and said solemnly: "Tell me, why did you betray me!"
Er Donkey said in a trembling voice: "Two days ago, I went to buy food on the street and accidentally bumped into a police patrol. Because I didn't have a good citizen certificate, they were going to take me back... Then I met Leopard, and he beat me
I made a phone call and the patrol released me..."
——Hua Baozi met Er Donzi by chance. Seeing that the police wanted to arrest him, he called Wu Zizi and said that one of his men had been arrested by the police.
Wu Laizi immediately notified Tian Junsheng to let him go. Hua Baozi and his two donkeys drank and drank, and promised him the position of the Eighth King Kong Lao and asked him to be his spy.
Er Donkey was in danger, and under coercion and inducement, he finally agreed to Hua Leopard's request.