Wisps of light shine through the gaps in the tiles on the roof of the woodshed.
Dust floats in the light.
A man whose mouth was gagged with rags and tied up was lying on the ground in a state of embarrassment, with a somewhat painful expression on his face. His whole body was dirty like dust flying on the grass, there was a wound on his forehead, and his arm joints were obviously twisted and deformed.
At the door of the room, there was a man dressed in black sitting, with a cannon in his waist and a dagger in his hand, leaning against the wall and taking a nap with a calm expression.
Although Cao Shangfei was wearing thin clothes, the weather was cold. After a night, he was shivering from the cold.
"Don't bother with scheming. I tied the rope myself. If you can break free, I will follow your surname Cao!"
Uh-huh...huh-huh...
The courtyard door outside was pushed open with a creak, and the man leaning against the wall immediately turned over and pulled out his shell gun.
With his eyes close to the crack of the door and looking out, the two people walked into the yard and went straight to the woodshed where he was.
The man was overjoyed and quickly put away his gun, pulled off the bolt and opened the door.
There was a sound of footsteps.
The dried and sticky blood on Cao Shangfei's forehead covered one eye. Although it was extremely uncomfortable, he was already numb from the pain of his broken arm.
Still trying to raise his head, he found that a woman and a young man who looked a little thin came in.
That young woman broke his arm in one encounter last night.
He had never understood until now that the young woman named Liu Wenxia had such great power, and he was knocked down and subdued by her in just one encounter.
Liu Wenxia came in without any nonsense: "Flying on grass! After investigation and verification by our work team, you have followed Ma Dabangzi to join the Japanese as a traitor since last year. You led your subordinates to kill 69 innocent people two years ago, and assassinated our county police the night before. Leader, your crime is extremely heinous. On behalf of the work team, we sentence you to death and execute it immediately!"
Cao Shangfei had long understood that if he offended the Eighth Route Army, he would end up badly. When things came to an end, he felt that all his thoughts and fears were in vain. It was a pity that he had buried those gold bars under the bed...
"Hmm..." Cao Shangfei struggled hard, hoping to get the man guarding him in the room to pull out the cloth gagged in his mouth.
A rope was put around Cao Shangfei's neck. Cao Shangfei finally stopped struggling. The man put his knees on Cao Shangfei's back and slowly tightened the rope.
The woman's voice was cold and piercing: "For the sake of you once fighting a Japanese, the work team allows you to say your last words. If you ask for mercy, you will be exempted. Of course, if you think shouting loudly is useful, you can also try it. try!"
After being pulled up and sitting on the grass on the ground, Fei's face turned pale. At this point, he didn't think he had any hope of survival. He couldn't help but slowly recall his life. The rag in his mouth was torn off and he moved. With a stiff jaw, he knew that yelling would be useless. The man behind him could tighten the rope at any time and sit there without saying a word, just in a daze.
"If you have anything to say, hurry up! Don't blame us for not giving you a chance."
Cao Shangfei's eyes were dull and he murmured: "My original name is Cao Shangfei. My family was not poor at first. I have two brothers and two sisters. The population is prosperous in all parts of the country. Relying on the dozens of things passed down from my ancestors, acres of land, the family situation is not bad.
Since I was born, warlords from all walks of life have been fighting and fighting. All the armed forces who came here have sent troops and food without exception. My two brothers were pulled by the national army. Speaking of which, I have two brothers in the family. The brother of "Huangliang" has a pretty good family background.
All this changed in the winter six years ago, when the Japanese marched south from Peiping,
The national army was defeated like a mountain, and my two brothers died in the battle. I was so enthusiastic that I joined a group of people in the anti-Japanese team organized by the government.
It's a pity that we were no match for the Japanese. After being dispersed by the Japanese, that piece of shit chairman actually blew up the Yellow River embankment. I returned to my hometown in despair and found that the village had been burned to the ground. After asking around, my parents and All the folks in the village were killed by the Japanese and puppet troops!
I hadn't read any books, and I knew I couldn't defeat the Japanese, so I took advantage of the darkness and stormed into the security army camp in the city. After killing more than a dozen security forces, I was seriously injured. When I ran out of the county, I was kidnapped by Ma Da Bangzi. He was saved and has been following him ever since.
I have dealt with you in the mountains, and to be honest, from the bottom of my heart, I despise you guerrillas who are short of guns and ammunition.
The Japs continued their campaign of suppression, not only targeting the national guerrillas but also the bandits. The mountains were full of maintenance and detective spies. Most of the brothers who came down from the mountain were caught and hanged from old locust trees outside the villages. It gradually became more and more frequent.
Last year there was a severe drought and the Japanese conducted a large-scale raid. In order to survive, the boss contacted the traitor Xu Jinsheng. The brothers had to follow him down the mountain and became a traitor that everyone despised.
Having said that, I can’t blame myself for this! Even the government has gone away, and dynasties have changed all the time. Who knows whether the Japanese will dominate the world in the future?
I have never done anything outrageous, including killing those villagers, and I did not participate in this raid.
But I didn’t expect that you Eighth Route Army would attack us. I can’t blame you for this. Who doesn’t use a gun to protect their homeland?
But I do admire you. After being suppressed so badly by the Japanese, you still dare to fight the well-equipped Japanese with guns and blunderbuss. You are the real heroes..."
Liu Wenxia was stunned, asking this guy to give his last words, but this guy actually went so far.
The monkey next to me kicked him: "Your mother can really tremble. Do you think I will find a gentleman to write a life story for you?"
Cao Shangfei was not angry: "In a moment of righteous indignation, I shot and killed your leader. Since you have come to the door, my skills are inferior to others, so I admit defeat.
I have long heard about the deeds of the Eighth Route Army, but you are dedicated to the common people, getting food and relief for the common people everywhere, and the mountains have also accepted tens of thousands of people. It is a pity that these are troubled times, and you just write a few slogans on the wall and fight at night. Can the enemy's black gun change things? "
"Okay, okay, why are you talking about these useless things? Let's do it!" The monkey immediately ordered the man flying behind him on the grass.
Cao Shangfei was stunned for a moment: "Wait a minute!"
Cao Shangfei is not a person who gets scared easily. He has been on the battlefield and his psychological quality is far beyond ordinary people. His bad look is not because he is about to be sentenced to death, but because the weather is really too cold and he has been frozen all night.
"What else do you want to say?"
As the third leader of the bandits, Cao Shangfei knew a lot of information. He had accumulated some money, and his brothers must have known about it. Instead of letting them use it to smoke cigarettes, it was better to let the Eighth Route Army exchange for some food and save a few more people.
Cao Shangfei's face gradually calmed down: "Kill to pay for your life, I have nothing to say. Eighteen years later, I am a good man again. I don't like you other people, but I agree with you doing things for the common people... Hey, don't say anything for now. Let's do it... There is a box under the bed in the west wing of the town where I live. It was a meeting gift from the national army to the big boss. There are three thousand oceans in it. There is a pit underneath. I buried a box in it. Details I can’t remember much about some of the things. I hope you can exchange more food and save a few people from starving to death.”
Liu Wenxia was stunned for a moment. This traitor still had some conscience: "You can't escape your involvement in the massacre of villagers!"
After all, he was dead. Cao Shangfei made his request: "I didn't want to survive, but I did not participate in the massacre of the villagers. You can investigate. Even I did not participate in this raid. I hope you will publicize it to the outside world." Don't pour this dirty water on my head."
"I promise you, but if you shoot a revolutionary cadre, this alone is enough to sentence you to death, so now, execution!"
The rope around Fei's neck tightened immediately...
In a certain courtyard, Yang Deshi and Lao Zhou stood face to face across the table.
Yang Deshi said with a dark face: "...Old Zhou, I have told you the truth. You ordered Cao Shangfei to be executed. This is destroying the unity and resistance!"
Lao Zhou responded tit for tat: "We have armed work teams to eliminate traitors, and your county government has no right to intervene."
"Don't you think you should listen to the opinions of the democratic government when you execute a friendly soldier?"
"Democratic government? Do you have the nerve to say that? Now all the friendly troops have fled, leaving only tens of millions of people living in dire straits. Hundreds of thousands of people have starved to death. Have you ever seen any of their friendly forces take care of them? ?" Lao Zhou argued with reason.
"Don't go too far. The friendly forces are looking for us now. Don't be impulsive. If this matter spreads, it will be a deliberate surrender to the enemy and friction. We will all have to live with it."
"Impulsive? Our police captain died in his hands. Do you still think you can save his life?"
"This is a misunderstanding. Besides, I did not hold Director Zhang personally responsible for mobilizing the troops. As for his sacrifice, I would rather kill him. But now, I hope you can put the overall situation first!"
