Chapter Three Slaying Evil and Eliminating Hegemony 4-6
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Time passed so slowly, and it was very difficult because I was in a cemetery, surrounded by ghosts and ghosts.
After finally making it through eight o'clock in the evening, the sentinel on the lookout ran into the pine forest out of breath and reported to Shanzi that the sound of horse hooves and footsteps could be heard not far away.
The sentry went on to say that judging from the sound of footsteps, there were at least twenty or thirty people, almost a platoon.
Another sentry said, definitely a platoon.
At this time, Shanzi issued an order, and the sentries stayed in the pine forest while the others began to take action.
At the same time, Xiao Zhang approached Xiao Liu with a rope.
Xiao Liu took the initiative to raise his arm, let Xiao Zhang wrap it around, then put his hands behind his back, holding the end of the rope in his left hand, and holding the shell gun tightly in his right hand.
Walking out of the cemetery, Xiao Zhang and Shan Zi were close to Xiao Liu, walking slowly from east to west.
As we walked to the middle of the road, we vaguely spotted a group of dark figures coming towards us.
At Shanzi's suggestion, Xiao Zhang started talking in Japanese.
Shanzi then shouted: "Those in front please stop."
When Zhu Yuankui heard the Japanese talking, he really stopped his horse and asked calmly: "Brothers, which part are you from?"
Shanzi cursed as he walked: "Damn it, are you blind? I'm a plainclothes team member."
Zhu Yuankui originally didn't take the plainclothes team seriously, but when he was scolded at this time, he couldn't help but get angry: "I am Zhu Yuankui, the commander of Zhu Yuankui, who the hell is so presumptuous?"
As soon as he finished speaking, Xiao Zhang spoke in Japanese again.
Shanzi then scolded: "What a fool. The imperial army said that I have done a great job in catching the Eighth Route Army. If you, surnamed Zhu, try to show off your authority in front of the imperial army, I will kill you."
In anger, Zhu Yuankui rushed to Shanzi, turned on his flashlight and saw that Xiao Zhang was wearing a pistol on his waist, a command knife hanging sideways on his left body, and a dozen Japanese soldiers behind him with loaded ammunition.
Looking at the tied Xiao Liu again, Zhu Yuankui was really frightened and hurriedly raised his hands to Shanzi: "Brother, you have misunderstood. We are all members of the same family and we all serve the imperial army. There is no need to hurt our friendship, right?"
Unexpectedly, when Xiao Zhang cursed Ba Ge, no one could understand the next words.
However, Shanzi translated into Chinese and said: "Second Lieutenant Matsuda said that you were sent by the Tubal Road Army to kidnap the Tubal Road key criminals. I asked my brothers to remove your guns and take them all back for examination."
As soon as the words came out, Xiao Zhang waved his hand again, and more than a dozen large cannons opened their bolts and surrounded Zhu Yuankui's men from all sides.
Shan Zi gave a stern order: "Captain Zhu, tell your subordinates to put down their guns quickly. Anyone who dares to disobey orders will be shot to death."
Zhu Yuankui did not dare to disobey orders and ordered more than thirty of his followers to throw their guns into the ground.
At this time, Shan Zi fixed his gaze on Zhu Yuankui again: "Captain Zhu, hand over your gun as well."
Zhu Yuankui was hesitating when Xiao Zhang suddenly shouted: "Eight grids."
Zhu Yuankui shuddered and handed the twenty-shot shell gun to Shan Zi obediently.
At the same time, a Japanese soldier rushed over and snatched the horse rein and flashlight from Zhu Yuankui's hand.
Seeing that the time was right, Shan Zi sneered: "Zhu Yuankui, please listen carefully this time. The Independent Group is no stranger to you. Today I came here specially to execute you, a traitor with a long history of crimes."
Zhu Yuankui finally understood that the threatening letter was a trap set by Tubal Road. Just as he was about to escape, Xiao Liu quickly raised his gun from behind and shot Zhu Yuankui twice.
Zhu Yuankui shook his body and fell to the ground.
When they saw Zhu Yuankui being shot dead, the security regiment soldiers knelt down and begged for mercy.
Shanzi said that the Eighth Route Army would not kill Chinese people, but it would never forgive a traitor like Zhu Yuankui. He hoped that he would have a longer memory in the future and not forget his ancestors and parents.
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According to the second action plan, the carriage drove out of the cemetery and headed straight for Zhujiazhuang.
At this time, Xiao Liu also changed into a Japanese uniform.
After ten o'clock in the night, Shanzi led the original team and strode into Zhujiazhuang.
The Zhu family compound seems peaceful, but is secretly filled with murderous intent.
Hearing the knocking on the door, four servants who were on night watch hurriedly ran from the backyard, just in time to catch up with other servants filing out of the gatekeeper's room.
Thinking that Young Master Zhu was back, the two servants hurriedly opened the courtyard door without saying a word.
Take a look with a flashlight.
Unexpectedly, when the flashlight turned on, the head servant was shocked. Except for Shanzi, who was wearing plain clothes, the others were all fully armed Japanese soldiers.
Shanzi spoke rudely and reeked of gunpowder: "I am a member of the plainclothes team, accompanying the imperial army to perform official duties."
Xiao Zhang lost no time in speaking Japanese to Shan Zi.
Although the servants could not understand what Xiao Zhang was saying, they all nodded and bowed when they heard the Japanese voice.
At this moment, Xiao Zhang raised his hand and twelve soldiers rushed into the courtyard gate and surrounded the servants.
Shanzi went on to say: "Listen carefully, Captain Zhu has been involved in the Eighth Route Army and has been brought to justice by the imperial army. According to Captain Zhu's account, Mr. Zhu also has dealings with the Tubal Road. Now he is here to investigate on the orders of Captain Ando."
, please surrender your guns honestly and cooperate with the imperial army in performing official duties."
When the servants heard the whole story, no one dared to say no and obediently handed over the shell gun.
Under Shanzi's instructions, Xiao Liu pulled the head of the servant aside, and the rest were all driven into the gatekeeper's room, and the door was locked with an iron lock.
The Zhu family courtyard is divided into two parts, including the front yard and the back yard. The front yard is mainly used by slaves and miscellaneous workers.
Through the moon gate, Xiao Zhang, Xiao Liu and Shan Zi entered the backyard.
Judging from the layout, there are several houses on the east and west sides of the backyard. The second building on the east side is the entertainment palace where Zhu Batian lives his daily life, including bedrooms, tea rooms, mahjong rooms, smoking rooms, etc.
The gate of Xingle Palace is also moon-shaped, but it is low and narrow.
Although Zhu Batian had a concubine with seven rooms, he rarely spent the night in his concubine's private room. He mostly enjoyed himself in the Xingle Palace, where many women and maids from good families were ravaged.
The head servant led the way, leading Xiao Zhang, Xiao Liu and Shan Zi into the Music Palace.
Walking straight to Zhu Batian's dormitory, the leader of the servants patted the door and shouted: "Master, the imperial army is here, get up and receive the guests."
Zhu Batian's coughing sound could be heard in the dormitory.
It was late, and dim candlelight shone through the cracks in the windows and doors. After a while, the door creaked open.
Without allowing Zhu Batian to speak, Shan Zi and Xiao Liu rushed forward and quickly tied up Zhu Batian.
At the same time, Xiao Zhang rushed into the dormitory and seized Zhu Batian's self-defense weapons. As soon as he stepped across the threshold, he was stunned by the screams of two women.
Through the pink gauze curtain on the carved wooden bed, I saw two women in their thirties, with bare arms and legs, sitting up tightly wrapped in sheets.
Xiao Zhang didn't care about being shy, opened the gauze curtain, and took out a twenty-shot shell gun from the pillow.
Encountering the sudden kidnapping, Zhu Batian panicked and screamed in pain: "Taijun misunderstood, Taijun misunderstood."
When Shanzi explained the reason for his arrest, Zhu Batian made a fuss and kept shouting that he was wronged.
In a fit of anger, Xiao Zhang quickly pulled out his command knife and placed it across Zhu Batian's neck: "Ba Ge, yours is dead."
After Xiao Zhang's bluff, Zhu Batian trembled all over: "Taijun, I and Kui'er have never done anything to disgrace the imperial army. As long as they show their noble hands, the flower girl will be big."
When Shanzi heard this, he slapped Zhu Batian hard.
6
After collecting the guns and ammunition from the armory, Mrs. Zhu arrived uninvited.
As expected of a noble lady, she was accompanied by two maids without leaving home. One held a lantern to guide the way, and the other supported Mrs. Zhu with both hands.
Rushing to Shanzi's place, Mrs. Zhu asked Shanzi why he made such a mistake.
Shan Zi said that Captain Zhu secretly colluded with Tubal Road and was arrested and imprisoned. After interrogation, it was found that Mr. Zhu also colluded with Tubal Road, and the imperial army came to investigate.
Mrs. Zhu couldn't believe that such a strange injustice existed in the world, so she tried her best to protest the injustice between the father and son.
When she saw that Shanzi was ignoring him, Mrs. Zhu was heartbroken and resorted to spending money to buy peace. She was willing to pay a thousand yuan to atone for the sins of the father and son.
Shanzi's heart skipped a beat when he heard about the big ocean, and he said in a teasing tone: "Mrs. Zhu, are you just sending a beggar away, right? Adultery is a capital crime, so what's a thousand oceans for you?"
Mrs. Zhu said: "Brother, let's talk it over easily. As long as we let the old man go now and save Kuier's life, we will agree to any number."
Shanzi weighed Zhu Batian's sins, and looked at the rows of mansions and houses. He asked Mrs. Zhu to get 100,000 yuan quickly, otherwise, he would have to go to the gendarmerie to carry the body back.
Although Zhu Batian had thousands of acres of fertile land and a mountain of wealth, a hundred thousand oceans was really cruel. Mrs. Zhu was so shocked that she almost fainted.
While he was confused, Zhu Batian stamped his feet and roared: "Why the hell are you still standing there? Take it quickly."
Mrs. Zhu did not dare to neglect, and hurriedly asked Shanzi to send her brothers to follow her and go to the tunnel to fight Dayang back.
After half an hour, Xiao Liu led his eleven brothers back and forth several times, carrying fifty heavy boxes of ocean cargo.
Mrs. Zhu finally came and urged: "Brother, one hundred thousand oceans is just a lot more. Please let the old man go first."
Shanzi seemed unable to hear what Mrs. Zhu said, his eyes flickering back and forth from the fifty boxes of ocean.
After looking at it, Shanzi said cheerfully: "Mrs. Zhu, brother, I have one more thing to trouble with. Please find two carriages to take the confiscated things back."
Mrs. Zhu quickly ordered the head of the household to go to the stable to prepare the carriage.
At a short time, two servants arrived with two carriages.
Without Shanzi's orders, Xiao Liu and others started to work together and quickly loaded Dayang and bullets into the car.
Once she saw that everything was neatly packed away, Mrs. Zhu urged Shanzi to let him go.
Unexpectedly, Shanzi said that at ten o'clock tomorrow morning, Mrs. Zhu would be asked to go to the Imperial Army Brigade Headquarters and personally bring the old man back, so that Captain Ando would also have an explanation.
Mrs. Zhu couldn't help but feel flustered: "Brother, we have agreed that one hundred thousand yuan will be exchanged for you to let me go in person. You can't seek wealth and risk your life at the same time."
Shanzi was a little impatient, waved his hand and said, "Open the way."
Following Shanzi's command, Zhu Batian was put on the carriage by the two men.
Seeing the carriage slowly drive out of the courtyard, Mrs. Zhu felt dizzy and fell to the ground before the maid beside her could help her.
About two hours later, the carriage arrived at the scene of Zhu Yuankui's death.
When Zhu Batian was dragged out of the carriage, he was stunned by the corpse lying on the ground.
At this moment, Zhu Batian would never have thought that the corpse in front of him was his son Zhu Yuankui.
Shanzi said: "Zhu Batian, we are the Shandong Anti-Japanese Guerrilla Force of the Eighth Route Army. You and your son worked together in collusion and ran rampant in the countryside. You are worthy of death for the crimes you committed. The fourth independent detachment came to execute the execution."
Upon hearing Shan Zi's verdict, Zhu Batian flopped down on his son's body and shouted hysterically: "Kui'er, where are you? Come and kill Tubalu."
As soon as he finished speaking, Shan Zi angrily issued an order: "Xiao Zhang, execute it."
Xiao Zhang opened the hammer with a click and fired several shots at Zhu Batian.