Globe Trekker

9 - One hit

Wu Ming, who was eager to save people, rushed across the three-way intersection, and finally saw a dilapidated earth temple under a big tree more than a hundred meters ahead of the right fork. After observing for a while, he calmed down.

Wu Ming clearly saw that the left wheel of the mule cart had slipped into the ditch at the intersection of the Pomiao Road, and the pack horse pulling the cart had not yet been untied, and was steaming all over his body, raising his head and whistling from time to time.

In the cold wind and drizzle, the woman's helpless cries for help could be heard faintly. Wu Ming hurriedly jumped down the edge of the road, bent over and lowered his head, and quickly turned to the rear of the ruined temple. His slap sounded amidst the rude cursing, and there was a sudden cry of frailty, followed by a dull sound of falling.

Wu Ming jumped up the high ridge, parted the dense weeds with his hands and feet, and walked more than ten meters to touch the incomplete window on the side of the temple. He took a deep breath and slowly squatted up, sticking out half of his head to observe carefully.

Crying and whimpering in the narrow temple, the officer known as the fourth brother became angry after being slapped by the woman, and rudely threw the struggling woman onto the dusty altar, and stretched out his big hand to grab the woman's neck. The other hand savagely tore at the woman's underwear.

Three or four meters away from the altar, the unconscious little maid lay on the ground, her little padded jacket had been unbuttoned, her floral bodice had been torn off, her red bellyband had been removed and thrown aside, her white and immature body could be seen at a glance .

The tall and thin soldier with stubble all over his face glanced at the fourth brother who was busy with greenery, and smiled and untied the belt around his waist.

Wu Ming left under the window, and ran to the front door with his waist down. On the way, he picked up a stone the size of a sea bowl, came to the door frame and stood leaning against the wall. Go in and hit the officer on the back of the head with a rock.

After the muffled sound, blood spattered, and the officer with his brain burst was directly smashed onto the woman's body. The red and white thing splashed the woman's face, and the woman who was so frightened that she was unable to struggle suddenly passed out.

The tall and thin man who unbuttoned his pants three meters away has turned his head, and Wu Ming, who has succeeded in the sneak attack, has already rushed forward, clasped his fists and raised his knees, and struck out angrily. The huge momentum sent the tall and thin man flying three meters away, screaming and falling hard It fell on the ground and rolled twice, crushing broken tiles and stirring up clouds of dirty dust.

Wu Ming landed on the ground and rushed forward again, hugging the tall and thin man's raised head and exerting force suddenly, the tall and thin man's cervical spine snapped, Wu Ming also fell to the ground due to too much force, propped himself up and panted heavily, It took a long time to let go of the ferocious head that had been twisted more than half a circle in his arms.

As the dust fell, Wu Ming, who had killed the man for the first time, was still panting violently. He felt his mouth was dry and his whole body was weak. He stood up tremblingly for a long time but still couldn't take a step.

The officer's convulsing corpse was still pressing on the woman. Wu Ming, who came back to his senses, resisted the turmoil in his stomach, went to push the officer's body away, and hurriedly arranged the woman's clothes.

After tidying up, Wu Ming stopped his hands, bent down and tore off the clothes on the corpse, tore off a piece of cloth and carefully wiped off the blood on the woman's face.

The woman groaned, slowly opened her eyes and suddenly screamed. Wu Ming took two steps back in fright, and explained while waving his hands: "Don't be afraid, I happened to pass by, and I saw two officers and soldiers doing evil, so I followed them. It's okay." Now, you're safe."

The woman wanted to get up but fell to the ground. Wu Ming hurriedly stepped forward to help her. The woman struggled a few times and saw that it was Wu Ming's face. .

Wu Ming didn't know how to comfort her. In the end, he could only point to the little maid who was fainted on the ground: "She's fine, she just fainted from fright."

After Wu Ming finished speaking, he quickly ran to the little girl and squatted down, and quickly helped her button up her underwear. After shaking the little girl a few times, she still didn't wake up. After thinking about it, she picked up the little girl and ran out of the ruined temple. The girl put it into the mule cart, turned around and ran back to the ruined temple again.

"Where's the coachman?" Wu Ming came to the woman with disheveled hair and crying pear blossoms.

The woman had come to her senses, sniffed her nose a few times, raised her head, choked with sobs, and said, "Run away first, I guess I'll report back."

"Where do you live?"

"Huanggu Town ahead."

Wu Ming looked around, knowing that he couldn't stay here for long, so he stepped forward and forced the trembling woman to leave quickly: "I killed two soldiers, the officers and soldiers in the city will definitely not let it go, if I don't leave, I'm afraid I will suffer again Come on, let's go!"

Wu Ming half-carried and half-hugged the weak woman to the side of the mule cart, stepped forward and grabbed the mule that was grazing, chewed its head, yelled in a low voice and pulled hard, pulling the mule cart out of the shallow ditch by the side of the road with great effort. He bent down and picked up the reins on the ground to rein in the mule cart, urging the woman to get on the cart.

The woman who was still in shock couldn't even lift her legs. Seeing this, Wu Ming went up a few steps, picked up the woman and put her on the driver's seat in front of the car, grabbed the reins and stuffed them into her hands: "Don't panic, just grab the reins, let the mules Walk slowly, it will take you back to Huanggu Town. Remember, if someone asks, you can say that you can’t see my face clearly, I’m covered, remember! Drive!”

The mule cart carried the dazed woman and the unconscious maid forward. Wu Ming turned around and ran quickly away from the place of right and wrong. After running for tens of meters, he suddenly remembered the weapons on the two officers and soldiers in the temple, and immediately turned back to rush. Back to the ruined temple, I hurriedly searched around, and I found a German Mauser pistol with a wooden casing, a Hanyang-made rifle that was probably new, more than [-] yuan, and a canvas belt with bullets.

Wu Ming hurriedly picked up the battered rifle, tied the wide belt with four leather magazines attached to his waist, hung the canvas belt and the bayonet with the sheath of the thin officer and soldier, put away Dayang, put the rifle on his back, and carefully moved it to the inside of the temple gate. Looking around, he rushed down the gentle slope and ran towards Sanchakou in the rain.

When he reached Sanchakou, Wu Ming suddenly realized that his whole body was almost soaked, and the coir raincoat on his body and the bamboo hat on his head were gone. Afraid that this would leave any clues, he turned back to search along the road again.

As night fell, the sky finally became completely dark. Wu Ming, who was wearing a bamboo hat and a coir raincoat, finally ran to the foot of Taijin Mountain, sat on the wet stone slab, gasped for breath, and vomited after a while.

After tossing and tossing for a long time, Wu Ming, who had calmed down, regained some strength, and then slowly stood up and lifted his legs up the mountain. Before he stepped on the bluestone steps, he saw a dark figure standing in front of him.

"Who?"

Wu Ming was so frightened that he took a few steps back and hurriedly fumbled for the holster of the gun, but he couldn't remove the holster and pull out the gun no matter what.

"Brother Ang, it's me. I've been waiting for you here." Chengzong's familiar voice sounded.

Wu Ming's whole body was immediately sluggish, panting heavily, he stepped forward, and said with a forced calm: "Scare me, hehe... go back."

Chengzong, who was also wearing a bamboo hat and coir raincoat, did not move: "I can smell a strong smell of blood from a distance, Brother Ang, what happened?"

Wu Ming knew that he couldn't hide it, so he could only tell the whole story of the matter, and then apologized helplessly: "I'm sorry, I will leave tomorrow, and I won't cause trouble for the Taoist temple."

Chengzong was stunned when he heard this, and it took him a while to realize: "Brother Wu, are you sure no one will see you saving someone?"

Wu Ming recalled it again, and answered very accurately: "No, I met a few people when I went out of the city, and I couldn't see anyone when I went far away. It's such a cold day, and it's raining heavily, and I'm saving people. The whole process took less than a quarter of an hour, and there was no one around, and it was already dark when I came back."

"Can you really tell where the accents of those two officers and soldiers come from?" Chengzong asked again.

"It's a Nanchang accent. In Wenxuan Pavilion in the city in the afternoon, the waiter told me that the Nanchang Bandit Suppression Army regiment that was originally stationed in the city left at the beginning of the month, leaving only a company of officers and soldiers to supervise the county government's conscription. The two who were killed were from this part." Wu Ming had completely calmed down and made an accurate analysis.

Chengzong heaved a sigh of relief: "If this is the case, it's no big deal. Go back. The rain is getting heavier and heavier. Let's talk about it when we go back."

After finally returning to the gate of Qizhenguan Mountain, Wu Ming was exhausted and drifted on his feet.Careful Chengzong did not lead Wu Ming into the Taoist temple, but led Wu Ming back to his newly completed cabin.

After entering the door and lighting the candles, Chengzong told Wu Ming to wash and change his clothes quickly, and hide the weapons on his body. Don't let the uncle and Chengyuan find out the abnormality. We will talk about it tomorrow.

After Chengzong left, Wu Ming quickly took off all his clothes and threw them into the wooden bucket. He carried the wooden bucket naked to the bamboo tube at the back door, gritted his teeth and rushed into the running water to scrub his whole body. Hit "click" sound.

After cleaning up, Wu Ming wrapped himself in a quilt and lit the fireplace, shivering for a long time before his body warmed up.

The fire was strong, and the room was as warm as spring. Wu Ming continued to light a candle, climbed onto the bed and wrapped himself in a warm quilt, and took out a probably new German-made Mauser pistol from under the bed and looked at it again and again. Wipe it carefully with a piece of cloth, and your eyes glisten under the candlelight.

In the morning of the next day, the drizzle was still falling non-stop. After finishing his morning class, Cheng Zong strolled over with an oil-paper umbrella and a food box. Hearing the even snoring sound from the room, he shook his head and climbed up the steps of the wooden house. Put away the umbrella, push the door open, put the food box on the square log table, and walk to the dim fireplace to add wood to start a fire.

Wu Ming opened his eyes when he heard the noise, sat up slowly and asked apologetically, "Didn't you alarm your uncle?"

Chengzong clapped his hands and stood up: "How can it be so fast? The news will reach the mountain in the afternoon at the earliest. Put on your clothes and eat while it's hot, you must be hungry."

Wu Ming put on his shirt and trousers, ran to the back to wash his face and rinse his mouth, put on a padded robe, came to sit down opposite Cheng Zong, and smiled when he saw the hot food on the table: "Thank you!"

Chengzong walked to the bed, picked up the polished German Mauser pistol from the side of the pillow, returned to the original position, sat down and played with it carefully, but kept sarcastic in his mouth: "You are so brave! Not only did you kill two officers and soldiers, but you even robbed them of their guns, if I hadn’t seen you with my own eyes last night, I couldn’t believe how cruel you are, tsk tsk!”

Wu Ming swallowed a big mouthful of rice, and smacked his lips to explain helplessly: "Don't make fun of me. Now that I think about it, I regret it. I was too flustered at the time. I didn't search the person carefully after I put him down. If I calmed down, I might be able to find him." Some things came back, especially the two army horses left by the officers and soldiers, which made people greedy, I endured and endured so I didn't bring them back, it's a pity!"

Chengzong shook his head helplessly, and put the short gun on the table: "It's not good to be greedy, and many things are often broken by the word greedy. After I went back last night, I carefully considered the process according to what you said, and found that although you succeeded in sneak attack, But luckily, if you miss a hit, you might be the one lying down, not to mention saving lives. Starting tonight, you have to put down other things and learn new boxing techniques from me, which may be useful to you in the future. Qinglong The Spring Festival is coming soon, after the Qinglong Festival, I will return to Longhu Mountain, everything will depend on you from now on."

Wu Ming put down the bowl slowly, looked at Cheng Zong silently, his heart was full of sadness for no reason.

Chengzong glared at Wu Ming: "What are you looking at me for? Why don't you show me that long gun?"

Wu Ming was stunned for a moment, and couldn't help laughing: "I said you are a Taoist priest, why do you like these things? But this is normal, haha! On the stool next to the fireplace are the two books I bought yesterday. Done, it suits you better."

"Stop talking nonsense! Where's the long gun?"

"Okay! Who told me to owe you in my life..."

(End of this chapter)