Tianzhu: The Record of Foreign Stories in the Republic of China

Chapter 23 Rat Killing (9)
After Yao Waquan saw that the "Rat King" was sweating, as the old man said, the more he fought, the more energetic he became. tone.I thought that this battle made the "Rat King" exercise and sweat, and the goal of whetting its appetite had been achieved. If the fight continued, if the "Rat King" got tired and made a mistake, it would be difficult to explain to Shao Zuo Xiaozuka , It's better to accept it when you see it.

Made up his mind, and was about to stop talking, the big white rat seemed to be aroused by the opponent's successive provocations, suddenly screamed "Zhi", turned from defense to attack, bared his teeth, stretched out his four claws, and slammed towards the other side. The big hamster pounced on it and bit it.The big hamster never expected that the opponent would have such power to fight back, so startled, he couldn't parry it, so he rolled over and rolled over a foot away. Although he avoided the opponent's frontal attack, the back of his buttocks was caught The claws caught it, and a bunch of gray hair fell off, leaving a few bloodstains on the buttocks.

Yao Waquan couldn't help cheering when he saw that the sick body of the "Rat King" was still so powerful.Before the applause fell, Ma Shiqi glared at him bitterly, with a murderous look in his eyes, and suddenly shouted: "Bite!"

At this time, the big hamster had already rolled down onto the table on Yao Waquan's side, and was sitting between his two hands propped on the table. Hearing Ma Shiqi's shout, he suddenly let out a strange cry of "嗤", and jumped up suddenly. Standing more than a foot high, it opened its mouth, revealing its sharp teeth—its teeth were unusual, they were yellowish brown, as if they had been dyed by some kind of paint—and bit Yao Waquan's face like lightning.

Yao Waquan was taken aback, his expression changed, he couldn't dodge, and instinctively threw his head back.After all, the big hamster's strength is limited, jumping more than a foot high, he is already weak, and he is about to bite his face, but his face has already been thrown back.The big hamster's bite failed, and its body fell rapidly.

Seeing that it missed a bite, Yao Waquan was about to breathe a sigh of relief, but when the big hamster fell, it just slipped past his throat, and it was too late and then too fast, in the midst of the flash, the big hamster Grinning again, he took a sudden bite and bit his throat.

Yao Waquan only felt a sharp pain in his throat, knowing something was wrong, he shook his neck vigorously, but the big hamster didn't let go after biting him, its teeth were embedded in his neck, and its body hung on his neck, like It's like swinging on a swing, and you can't get rid of it.Yao Waquan was in severe pain, he grabbed the big hamster with both hands and pulled it hard, because the two rows of hamster's teeth were biting too tightly, with this pull, a large piece of neck meat was torn off from his throat.He threw the big hamster to the ground heavily, only to hear a scream of "squeak", the big hamster was thrown so that its brains burst out, lay on the ground and twitched a few times, and then it didn't move anymore.

Looking at Yao Waquan again, almost at the same time that the big hamster died, he also collapsed to the ground in pain, grasping his throat with both hands, as if a pair of invisible hands were tightly strangling his neck. There was a strange "clicking" sound, the lips were cyanotic, and the eyes were turned upwards. First, black blood flowed from the bite wound on the neck, and then black blood flowed from the nostrils.

He fell to the ground writhing in pain, fixed his eyes on Ma Shiqi, pointed at him with his blood-stained fingers and asked, "What's going on here? You, who are you?"

There was a cold smile on Ma Shiqi's pockmarked face. His unrecognizable pockmarked face was already very scary, but this cold smile made him look like a death-defying ghost from hell, frightening and terrifying. People are creepy.Yao Waquan stared at him and shivered.

Ma Shiqi took two steps forward, knelt down in front of him, gritted his teeth and said, "My surname is Yao, take a closer look, who is my old man?"

Yao Waquan's face was pale, twitching in pain, he stared at him with wide eyes in horror and said, "Who are you? I, I really don't know..."

Ma Shiqi said: "Bastard, don't you even recognize your master?"

Yao Waquan was stunned and said, "Master?"

Ma Shiqi sneered and said, "That's right, my old man is not Zhang Shan, but your master Ma Shiqi. You kid must never have dreamed that my old man is still alive and will come back to seek revenge on you like a ghost, right? Don't be afraid." To tell you the truth, my old man found this Yipu Street a few days ago, and wanted to seek revenge on you at that time, but now your boy has taken refuge in Kozuka Sadaichi and become a lackey of the Japanese. This deep house compound has many doors, and there are guards guarding the door. My old man is dressed as a beggar, and there is no way to get close to you. But you bastard, first designed to harm me, and then forced Wan'er to humiliate herself. This is not common The revenge of the gods, if this revenge is not repaid, the old man will not be able to rest in peace even if he dies. At the last moment, I thought of the cave where carrots were stored by the river embankment in my hometown. I wanted to find another place with such good terrain, moderately dry and wet soil, and water retention capacity. It is not an easy task to dig a hole in the strong clay soil to store the rats' winter food, so I concluded that you must still continue to use that hole. I dug the hole that night when it snowed heavily, and I saw you There are a lot of fresh carrots stored in it. I just took the carrots stored on the top and soaked them in medicinal soup for half an hour. After the 'Rat King' ate them, he really fell ill. Save one hand, although I taught you the skills of taming and controlling rats, but did not teach you the unique skills of curing rat diseases. Your "rat king" has already been sold to Kozuka Teiichi, and now he just treats it He is fostered here with you, and you are asked to help him use the 'Rat King' to call for experimental mice. If there is something wrong with this 'Rat King' in your hands, Kozuka will definitely not let you go. So I predict that once the 'Rat King' gets sick, you will be as anxious as an ant on a hot pot, and you will try your best to find a doctor to treat it. But in Xiulin City, there are doctors who heal people everywhere. But there is no doctor who treats rats. When you have nowhere to seek medical treatment, I will recommend myself and come to the door to treat the "rat king". The so-called hamster is here to kill you... Oh, yes, I forgot to tell you that the teeth of this big hamster have been tempered with snake venom. This kind of snake venom is not poisonous if swallowed, but it cannot be stained with blood. , Immediately seal the throat..."

Yao Waquan heard the words "Once you see blood, seal your throat immediately", his expression changed drastically, and he stared at him in horror and said, "You, you are so vicious... I, I am not at all..." Without saying a word After finishing, I suddenly felt that my throat was fishy, ​​and with a sound of "Wow", I opened my mouth and spewed out a mouthful of blood. Because the poison was too deep, there was a pungent stench in the black blood.

His face also gradually turned from white to black, and after a short while, it swelled like an inflated pig urine bubble, his throat seemed to be stuck by something, and even breathing became difficult.His eyes turned upwards, his lips trembled, and he struggled on the ground a few times in pain. Suddenly, his whole body convulsed, his seven orifices bled, his hands and feet spread out, and he lay on the ground like a corpse, unable to move any more.

Ma Shiqi waited cautiously for a while, stepped forward to check his breath, saw that he was not breathing at all, and had indeed died of poison, so he was relieved.Under the agitation of his mind, he couldn't help looking up to the sky and letting out a series of mournful long laughs, and said to himself: "Wan'er, have you seen it? Yao Waquan, a beast in clothes and clothes, is dead, and my father has avenged you. You are the spirit in the sky, and you can finally do it." Rest in peace."

"Is this considered revenge? I'm afraid not necessarily." Suddenly, a cold voice came from behind him.

Ma Shiqida was taken aback, and when he turned around to look, he saw that there was an extra person in the room at some time, holding a box cannon in his hand, and the black muzzle of the gun was facing his chest.This person with thin eyes, snub nose and sinister and smug smile is actually Yao Waquan.

As if seeing a ghost, Ma Shiqi let out an exclamation of "Ah", took a step back in fright, and fell down on the small wooden box.He looked at Yao Waquan who was lying on the ground, and then at Yao Waquan who was pointing a gun at him with a proud expression on his face, his eyes were wider than cowbells: one Yao Waquan died, another Yao Waquan came Waquan, how could there be two Yao Waquan in this world?
"Ah, you, are you a human or a ghost?"

"Master, your old man has been in a coffin once and still hasn't turned into a ghost. How can I, as an apprentice, become a ghost?"

Ma Qilue regained his composure, pointed to the corpse on the ground and said, "But, but he..."

Yao Waquan's muzzle remained motionless, always pointing at his chest, and said with a smile, "Didn't I tell you a long time ago that I still have a younger brother in my hometown in Ouchi? Since I moved to my new home on Yipu Street, I called this younger brother here to be my housekeeper."

Ma Shiqi looked at the corpse on the ground, and then at Yao Waquan's face, he saw that the two faces seemed to be carved out of the same mold, the slight difference was that the person lying on the ground looked a little thinner.He trembled all over, and suddenly came to his senses: "So you are... twin brothers..."

Yao Waquan nodded, and said with a sneer: "You only know now, but it's too late... In fact, that afternoon when it was snowing, when I sent Shao Zuo Xiaozuo out, I saw you sneaking around at the foot of the wall and peeping at me. , I have already become suspicious of you. Although your appearance has been ruined beyond recognition, and even your body shape has been greatly changed. How can it change, your eyes, your timid and evasive eyes, can never be changed... In addition, the day after you first appeared, my "rat king" happened to fall ill, so I treat you I am even more suspicious of your identity. Although I don’t know how you escaped from that coffin, at least I can be sure that you came to me, and you came to me for revenge. So my photo is for After the notice of 'Rat King' seeking medical treatment was posted, I expected that you would definitely come to my door. I could have arrested you and shot you when you came to the door. But you old guy, it was in vain for me to call you Master, you have kept secrets from your only apprentice. You only taught me how to tame and control rats, but you refused to teach me how to cure rat diseases. If I had shot you to death, the "Rat King" No one can cure the disease, so although I am eager to kill you, I have to wait until the disease of the 'Rat King' is cured with your power."

"You want to use my strength to cure the 'Rat King', but you are afraid that I will attack you suddenly in the process, which will catch you off guard and make you hard to guard against, so for safety reasons, you dare not come forward in person, so you sent your The twin brother came out to impersonate you, didn't he?"

"That's right, before I asked my brother to come out to see you, in order not to let you see the flaws, I naturally explained a lot of things to him, such as what food to feed the mice and how to store carrots in the ground. I told him, if If you ask these questions, but he can’t answer them, isn’t that revealing something? Youdao is careful sailing for thousands of years. My worries are not superfluous. If my younger brother hadn’t been allowed to come out and pretend to be me, then I would be caught by you now. The person who was killed by the poisonous rat was probably me."

Ma Shiqi's face was ashen, looking at the black muzzle of the gun against his chest, and then at Yao Waquan who was full of complacency, he couldn't help but let out a long sigh and said: "God has no eyes, but I teach you If a man succeeds, then I have nothing to say. Just shoot.” After saying that, he put his hands behind his back, closed his eyes, and waited to die.

Yao Waquan sneered and said: "Okay, since you only want to die quickly, then I will help you, old man." He raised the muzzle of the gun slightly, and pulled the trigger with his finger, and there was a "bang", and the gun went off.

The huge gunshot made Ma Shiqi tremble all over, but after the gunshot, he felt no pain in his body, instead he heard Yao Waquan scream.He couldn't help being taken aback, and when he opened his eyes, he saw that Yao Waquan's right wrist holding the gun was hit by a bullet at some point, and blood was gurgling out.The box cannon in his hand had already lost his grip and fell to the ground.

Ma Shiqi was surprised when he suddenly saw Yao Waquan raised his head, staring at the roof in horror, and shouted in a trembling voice: "W-who? How dare you hide on the roof to plot against me, do you know who I am? Before the words fell, there was another "bang" gunshot, and a bullet shot into his chest with a "huh".But this time he was prepared, and when he heard the gunshot from the other side, he immediately used a lazy donkey roll, rolled on the spot, the bullet missed slightly, and hit his right shoulder with a "pounce".

Yao Waquan was shocked, and stretched out his left hand to pick up the box cannon that fell on the ground, but there was another gunshot, and a bullet flew over, impartially, hitting the box cannon more than a foot away.Yao Waquan was so frightened that he trembled like chaff all over his body, his crotch was wet, and he involuntarily pissed out, knowing that he was invincible, so he couldn't care less about picking up a gun to fight back, clutching his injured shoulder, rolling Climb to the door and run.

"Bang, bang—" There were two more gunshots, and the bullets hit the door frame, sending sawdust flying and swishing.Yao Waquan ran out of the room with his head in his arms, yelling hoarsely as he ran for his life: "Come on, catch the assassin, come on, catch the assassin..."

Ma Shiqi was a common man, who had never seen such a fierce gun battle before, and he was so frightened that he was stunned.When he was at a loss what to do, he suddenly heard a soft sound of tiles above his head, and a big hole suddenly appeared on the roof, and a tall, masked man in black clothes and black trousers with a pistol in hand jumped down with a "swoosh", grabbed his hand, and said : "Go." Kicked open the window, dragged him and dragged him out.

Yao Waquan is the president of the "China-Japan Friendship Association", and also serves as the chief of the Xiulin Police Station formed by the Japanese army. Naturally, there are many guards and thugs around him, and he can hear gunshots and Yao Waquan's shouts like killing pigs , had already rushed towards the door of this room from all directions with guns in hand.The first person who rushed into the room stomped and shouted: "No, the assassin escaped through the window, chase after him!" Then a burst of gunfire was fired, and the bullets passed through the window lattice, "swish, swish" from the masked man. And Ma Shiqi shot in the ear.

Ma Shiqi was so frightened that he shrank his neck and hid his neck, sweating profusely, his legs and feet were so weak that he could hardly even take a step.Fortunately, the masked man was very calm. He led him to the backyard where there were few people, holding a gun in one hand, and turning around to fight back from time to time.Only a few screams were heard from far behind, and several pursuers were shot and fell to the ground and wailed endlessly. The others were even more frightened when they saw this, and they only shouted in bluff, but did not dare to chase too close.

The masked man pulled Ma Shiqi and ran for a while, and soon came to the backyard. The masked man took out a flying claw and threw it at the wall. The flying claw seemed to have eyes, unbiased, just right Hang firmly on the wall.The masked man shot back and fought back, and said to Ma Shiqi: "Quick, climb up."

Ma Shiqi spat twice into the palm of his hand, grabbed the rope on the flying claw, and climbed up clumsily.Just after climbing two or three times, a stray bullet flew over and hit the wall in front with a "plop", and the splashed brick fragments hit his face with a faint pain.He said "Oh my god", his hands and feet softened, and he "plopped" and fell off the wall.

Looking back, I saw more and more pursuers behind me, and they were getting closer. I couldn't help being so scared that my heart was pounding, and I took a deep breath, and said to the masked man: "Thank you, the strong man, for saving my life. Bad, it seems that I can't escape. I can't kill a strong man here, you, you better leave me alone, and go by yourself."

The masked man said: "No, we have to go together." He took out a handful of bullets, quickly loaded them into the pistol magazine, held the gun first and did not fire, and waited for the pursuers to approach, then "bang bang bang bang" After several shots were fired, those who were chasing at the front fell to the ground and rolled away like winter melons. The people behind shouted in unison, and immediately retreated to hide in the corner of the wall beyond the range of the masked man's short gun.

The masked man stuck the gun back to his waist and said to Ma Shiqi, "Climb on my back and hold me tight."

(End of this chapter)