Shang Zhen was really curious. Why did Liu Wentai appear here? Shouldn't he have gone inside the pass with other students?
Just as he opened his mouth to speak, he saw Liu Wentai's hands, which were originally hanging down, waving rapidly at him at the lapel of his clothes without raising them. At the same time, Shang Zhen also noticed that Liu Wentai quickly glanced upwards behind him.
Waving his hand undoubtedly meant denial, and Liu Wentai glanced above and behind him again. Shang Zhen knew what was there. It was the corner tower of this wealthy family.
The entire Northeast was a place where bandits were rampant. Just think about it, the old commander of the Northeast Army was a bandit. How could there be so few bandits in the three provinces of Northeast China? Because of this, the wealthy families in each village built their homes like fortresses to prevent bandit robberies and kidnappings. This is understandable.
When Shang Zhen saw that Liu Wentai had recognized him but his expression was different, he knew something was wrong, so he stopped talking. At this time, he heard voices behind him.
"Where is the boss who just came out to stand guard?" Someone from this wealthy family asked, and then a voice from the corner tower came back: "The boss is outside the door!", and then Shang Zhen heard Qian Chuan'er's voice calling him again: "Shang Zhen, go back and have dinner, Erhanzi and I will take over for you for a while!"
Just as Shang Zhen was about to turn around, he saw Liu Wentai winking at him a few times, and at the same time stretched out the hand that had just been waving at him and gestured on his chin a few times.
"Huh! What does Liu Wentai mean by this?" Shang Zhen couldn't understand, and a look of confusion naturally appeared on his face.
Liu Wentai became even more anxious when he saw that Shang Zhen didn't understand. Shang Zhen saw that Liu Wentai, in a hurry, reached out and touched the tip of his chin and stroked it down to his chest.
Shang Zhen immediately understood this action. Any man can understand this action. Isn't it just stroking the beard?
Huh? Stroking his beard? Since Shang Zhen could think of stroking his beard, he immediately realized the beard.
What is a beard? Beards grow on men's chins. As for those growing on other parts of the human body, they can only be called hair or hair. But in Northeast China, what is called a beard?
This bandit from Northeast China is Hu Zi!
Shang Zhen also couldn't understand why the bandits in Northeast China were called Huzi, but everyone had called them that since childhood.
Is Liu Wentai saying that the people here have beards?
Shang Zhen subconsciously stroked his chin, which had almost no hair on it. Then he saw Liu Wentai's face showing joy and he nodded slightly.
It’s confirmed!
Shang Zhen was certain that Liu Wentai was hinting to him that this family was a group of barbarians, and the reason why Liu Wentai was so weird was that he was forced by the situation and did not dare to say it out loud!
When Shang Zhen realized that he and his men had actually entered a bearded man's nest, he became nervous in an instant.
These bandits from Northeast China, also known as Hu Zi, are very fierce!
The situation is chaotic right now, and it is entirely possible that these people would be disarmed by those bearded men when they are completely defenseless.
If it were just that, it would be fine, but Shang Zhen then thought, if this group of bandits dared to rob even the Northeast Army, then did they have any connection with the Japanese?
It was only at this point that Shang Zhen realized why the servant of this family had been following him. Perhaps he had some ideas about these armed Northeastern soldiers, right?
Shang Zhen was thinking about this when he looked back and saw Qian Chuan'er and Erhanzi really coming out, and there were indeed two servants following them!
Shang Zhen's eyes narrowed slightly without being noticed. He now thought about how big this house was.
Ordinary people's houses are sold individually, but this family's house is sold in buildings, with buildings in the east, west, south and north, and not just one. It's like a courtyard house. If a beard is hidden in another house, outsiders like them will have no idea!
"Shang Zhen, go back and have dinner and drinks with them. We two will take your place for a while." Qian Chuaner spoke.
"I say there is no need for you to stand here and watch. It's been very hard for you to fight the Japanese soldiers. Why don't you go in, have some food, drink some wine, and then have a good sleep? Wouldn't that be nice?" At this time, one of the servants spoke again.
If Liu Wentai hadn't hinted at this, Shang Zhen would have taken the other party's words as good intentions, but now - haha, Shang Zhen could only sneer in his heart.
The servant who was speaking saw Liu Wentai here and greeted him: "Oh, Master, you're back!"
At this time, Liu Wentai, who had already turned around, said "hmm".
Liu Wentai didn't dare not turn around, because not only Shang Zhen knew him, but Qian Chuan'er and Erhanzi also recognized him.
In the current situation, he had no chance to explain one by one that this was Huziwo. If Qian Chuaner and Erhanzi showed that they knew him, then people would become suspicious. In desperation, he had no choice but to turn around.
At this moment, Shang Zhen secretly cried out in his heart, "It's a close call!" Fortunately, these glasses are smart enough! Shang Zhen also couldn't understand why this servant would call Liu Wentai "Master".
If the other party had called him "Mr.", Shang Zhen would have understood, but why did you insist on calling Liu Wentai "Master"? It only meant that either you were from the government office or you were from the bandits.
Now there are four bearded men, Zhang Zhen thought in his mind. Just now, when he went up to the corner tower, there was a servant inside, and one came out with him. Qian Chuan'er and Erhanzi were followed by two more. They were all staring at each other!
On the other side of the dining room, there were about ten people in my group. If the other party wanted to capture all ten of us, it would take quite a few people!
No, this won’t work. If I want to control these beards without killing them now, I really have to think of a way!
"Why are you still outside? It would be so nice to be in that corner tower!" Qian Chuan'er said to Shang Zhen at this time.
In Qian Chuan'er's opinion, even if Shang Zhen insisted on being a sentry, there was no need for him to run outside this house's yard.
He could just stand guard in that corner tower and see clearly from his high vantage point.
But what Qian Chuan'er said at this time reminded Shang Zhen, and he had an idea!
"You're right! Let's go back to the corner tower!" Shang Zhen replied, then walked into the yard.
Everyone felt that Shang Zhen was walking very fast, but even the bandits pretending to be servants didn't understand why Shang Zhen was walking so fast?
In fact, Shang Zhen was afraid that Qian Chuan'er and Erhanzi would recognize Liu Wentai if they stayed here for a little longer!
"Why are you following him? Why don't you go drink?" Erhanzi said in a muffled voice as he followed Shang Zhen.
Erhanzi is essentially a simple and happy person, the kind of person who is strong in body but simple in mind. In his opinion, the greatest happiness for a person is to drink and eat meat.
It's just that he has been used to listening to Qian Chuan'er since he was a child, so he made a great "sacrifice" to stand guard. From his point of view, Shang Zhen's current behavior is at least incomprehensible.
"Let me tell you about the conditions of the roads in this village." Shang Zhen had no normal reason to go to the corner tower, so he could only make up a story.
At this moment, he couldn't help but complain in his heart, Erhanzi always said that you don't talk much in normal times, why are you asking such nonsense questions at this critical moment?
Qian Chuan'er laughed when he heard Shang Zhen say that, but what he was thinking was, just because everyone lets you be the leader, it doesn't mean you really think you are the leader.
As they were talking, Shang Zhen, Qian Chuan and Erhanzi finally went up the stairs to the corner tower, and the three bearded men disguised as servants followed behind them.
One of the bearded men even turned to look at Liu Wentai. He was puzzled. Why didn't his master, who had only been working for a month, turn around today? What was he looking at? Could he have taken a fancy to the young widow across the street?
Everyone went up to the corner tower with their own thoughts, and Shang Zhen pretended to tie his shoelaces to delay for a while, which allowed the three bearded men disguised as servants to enter the corner tower.
"Look, this place is born for you war bosses!" One of the bearded men was still trying to show goodwill to Qian Chuan'er and Erhanzi.
But when Shang Zhen came in, everyone was stunned, because Shang Zhen had already raised his submachine gun and was pointing it at those bearded men. The bolt was already pulled and his hand was on the trigger!
"If you don't want to die, don't move! Qian Chuan'er, Er Hanzi, search them!" Shang Zhen said coldly.
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