Globe Trekker

Chapter 20 Sudden Start

After getting the information he wanted, Wu Ming frowned, grabbed his rifle and stood up: "Okay, get up, drag your companion in, take off his leggings, belt and bullet bag, and put the body in the corner. Well done, I won't kill you, but if you want to play tricks on me, you will die ugly, you know?"

The officers and soldiers hurriedly stood up, nodded their heads hastily, staggered to the outside of the hut, carried the corpse of their companion in tears and dragged it to the corner of the hut, and untied their leggings, belt, trouser belt and bullet bag weepingly. , covered his companion's body with straw, and brought a bunch of things back to Wu Ming to put them down.

Wu Ming told him to turn around, picked up a strap and tied his arms behind his back: "If you don't want to die, don't move. I don't trust you. I can't bear to kill you. I can only wrong you."

Wu Ming tied him up firmly, took him to the haystack and pressed him down, tied up his two legs tightly, checked it again, crumpled the other leggings and stuffed it into his mouth, clapped his hands and squatted down on him. Admonish in a low voice:

"If you stay here, you won't be in danger if you don't act rashly. After I finish my work, someone will come to rescue you. Before I leave, I want to say a few words to you. The world is in chaos these days and heroes come forth in large numbers. Don't expect to get promoted and get rich by following a few local tyrants and evil gentry , not to mention oppressing the people to do unconscionable things, otherwise you will never know when you will die, and it is better to live with a small life than anything else."

After Wu Ming finished speaking, he walked to the side and sat down, picked up the straps and put on leggings skillfully, stood up and stomped his feet very satisfied, took out the Mauser pistol in the holster on his waist for a little inspection, and picked up two Hanyang-made rifles when he was done. When I came under the lantern, I compared them for a moment, leaving one that was [-]% new, and took off the bolt of the other old gun and threw it into the darkness.

Wu Ming entered the straw shed, stuffed a hundred rounds of bullets into a canvas pouch and hung it diagonally across his chest, picked up a gun bayonet and sheath and hung it on his belt, picked up a gray cloth cotton jacket and a big cap for a little dress up, grabbed the rifle bolt to unload, and put the The cleaned bullets were reloaded into the magazine and pressed into the magazine, the bolt was loaded, the rifle was loaded on the back, and the officers and soldiers paralyzed in the haystack were glanced at, before heading into the town without looking back.

The night is getting darker and darker, the sky is full of stars, and the rising moon quietly sheds a hazy soft light, making the spring night in the ancient town extraordinarily peaceful.

There was no one in the narrow street. Taking advantage of the moonlight, Wu Ming turned into a familiar alley and walked across the small stone bridge. When he saw two people walking towards each other with lanterns, he hesitated for a moment, then quickened his pace.

Seeing the tall soldier approaching, the two old folks with lanterns stepped aside in a panic. Wu Ming nodded habitually and continued to move forward, making the two folks who bowed and said hello froze there, looking into the distance. The figure behind Que couldn't figure it out for a while.

After walking more than a hundred meters, a piece of light appeared in Wu Ming's field of vision. He slowed down and looked around, and walked two steps sideways into the shadow of the tall courtyard wall.

The bright place is the backyard of the Chen Mansion. In August last year, the sad and angry mountain village youth Wu Shanyazi climbed up the old camphor tree outside the courtyard wall with a pig-killing knife, and stood on the first branch to climb over the wall. went in.

Although Wu Ming knew nothing about it, he came once on the eighth day of the Lunar New Year and knew the location of the Chen Mansion, so he soon came to the dark alley in the backyard of the Chen Mansion. Loud laughter and punching.

Leaning against the courtyard wall and looking around, Wu Ming's heart couldn't help beating faster. He didn't know what was going on with the sound of guessing fists and codes inside, and he didn't know why the housekeeper Wang of the Chen family temporarily hosted a banquet in the small pavilion in the backyard to entertain the county guards. The reason is that Wang Daohan, the county magistrate, was in the living room of the middle courtyard, having a meal with Chen Jiyao and his wife while secretly discussing how to deal with the aftermath, how to quietly send the new daughter-in-law of the Chen family, Wang Yuehan, to Nanchang, how to spread news to conceal the truth, and how to hide the possible All adverse effects produced are quickly eliminated.

There is no sentry post outside the closed backyard door, and the light shines from a line of beautiful flower window lattices on the courtyard wall, illuminating the tall tree trunks mottledly.The idiots of the security team and the Chen family had no idea that Wu Ming, who was surrounded by heavy soldiers, not only did not escape, but dared to come in to seek revenge.

Wu Ming didn't stay longer, but lightly passed the closed courtyard door, continued to walk for more than [-] meters to the turning point of the courtyard wall, looked around for a while, and raised his leg to step on the raised stone foot of the courtyard wall , jumped up and climbed the edge of the hospital wall, with a little effort in his hands, he nimbly leaned on the top of the wall like a civet.

Through the gap between the tops of a clump of bamboos, Wu Ming saw a group of people having a drink in the pavilion. Two lanterns hung high on the pillars of the pavilion radiated bright light, clearly illuminating the faces of the six people at the banquet. Everyone's unscrupulous conversation was particularly clear in the quiet night.

Wu Ming, who was hiding on the courtyard wall, observed patiently and listened attentively. He soon realized that the big man who was facing sideways in his direction was Steward Wang. With a thick beard on his upper lip, he speaks politely and covers everything.

The sturdy man sitting on Wang Butler's right was wearing a gray military uniform, with a shiny head and a large washbasin with a face full of flesh. It looks like a big shot in the county security corps.

The other two people turned their backs to Wu Ming, one of them was shirtless in this cold weather, exposing his bulging upper body muscles, he looked like the leader of the guards of the Chen family, the other two were wearing gray military uniforms, undoubtedly The officers of the brigade stationed in Huanggu Town.

Wu Ming adjusted his posture slightly, and under the cover of the bamboo tip, he slowly picked up the rifle, and pointed the cold muzzle steadily at Steward Wang's head, which was looking around with great satisfaction. The distance of more than fifty meters was not difficult for Wu Ming.

"Snapped--"

The gunshots shattered the tranquility of the town, and the revenge bullets flew out of the flames from the muzzle of the guns. The bullets were shot from Wang Butler's temple in a blink of an eye, and the huge impact instantly lifted the sky cover, and the broken skulls and brains were mixed. Blood splattered everywhere, but Steward Wang's hand that raised his wine glass still stopped in mid-air strangely.

It took more than two seconds before the screams rang out. Before the extremely shocked bald officer had time to wipe off the brains and blood from his face, another bullet came one after another, splashing a bright patch of blood on the bald officer's broad chest. blood flower.

The wailing sound in the pavilion was chaotic, and the two maids standing outside the pavilion fainted on the spot. The other two officers and the nursing master quickly got down and rolled over to avoid the angry bullets that might fly at any time.

At this moment, Wu Ming, who had succeeded in the sneak attack, had already jumped down the courtyard wall, pulled out his German-made rifle and ran away, disappearing in the blink of an eye at the end of the dirty and dark alley in the north of the town.

(End of this chapter)