The life of Lao Liu since 1944

He turned the corner and met two people. They didn't notice him and continued walking forward.

Hou Jie lowered his head and approached them. When he got close, he immediately attacked with lightning speed, grabbing the necks of the two men with one hand each. He exerted force with both hands, and with two sounds of "crackling", the necks of the two men were easily broken by him.

Then, he threw the two bodies into space. His movements were relaxed, as if this matter was easy for him. Hou Jie continued to walk forward as if nothing had happened, and disappeared behind the corner.

Like an experienced detective, Hou Jie carefully checked each room one by one. His movements were swift and decisive. He did not hesitate to solve those problems that he could handle by himself. As for those more difficult situations, he cleverly used a special method: he stuffed the people he couldn't handle into his personal space, and used the special conditions of that closed environment to suffocate them to death.

When he finished checking all the rooms, he turned his attention to the items that had been processed. He carefully packed important supplies such as money and medicine to ensure their safety. It is particularly noteworthy that he collected a large amount of medical supplies such as disinfectant alcohol and penicillin, which may play a vital role at a critical moment.

Before leaving, Hou Jie did not return empty-handed. He left a piece of calligraphy: "The Great Hero from Guandong was here." This was not just a simple mark, but also a declaration of his completion and victory of the mission. Then, he flexibly climbed over the wall and left the place.

After reaching the safe area, Hou Jie restored his original clothes, sorted everything out, and set out on the road home. This mission not only successfully solved the problem, but also harvested a wealth of supplies, and his heart was filled with satisfaction.

Before dinner, Hou Jie returned home. At the table, his father kept asking him about the song, and was very obsessed with it. Hou Jie carefully copied the lyrics and gave it to his father. In order to save trouble, he explained to his parents that he could only sing, not play the song. Then, he said hello to his parents and went into the room alone. He went to bed early to rest and recuperate. That night, Hou Jie slept very sweetly and had a good dream.

As expected, the next day, the atmosphere in the city suddenly became tense. Strict precautions were implemented throughout the city, and the streets were filled with an atmosphere of oppression and fear. With the ruthless search and harassment of the city by the Japanese, the people of the city fell into dire straits. In the following days, they experienced an extremely difficult time.

There are many righteous people who rise up to resist. The city often echoes with sporadic gunshots, like a sad symphony, leaving a deep mark in people's hearts. Especially when night falls, the gunshots come like a tide, without a moment's peace, making people unable to sleep. Many gangsters and hooligans acted as scapegoats, which can be regarded as a good thing invisibly.

Under such circumstances, ordinary people are full of fear of the streets and dare not step out of their homes easily. Going out on the streets will either lead to arrest or life-threatening situations, and staying at home means losing their source of income.

In the years of material shortage, there was almost no surplus food in the family to sustain life. In order to survive, the people had to be frugal and reduce expenses as much as possible. However, in this difficult situation, their lives still faced tremendous pressure.

Rich families may be able to barely maintain some food reserves, while poor families may not even be able to guarantee basic food and clothing. When hunger reaches its extreme, people may do anything to survive, even taking risks. Some of these people quietly grope to pry open other people's door locks at night and steal some edible food to fill their stomachs; while others have developed to the point of brazenly breaking into houses and robbing in broad daylight.

In such an environment, many people in the city unfortunately died in order to get a bite of food. This situation is not an isolated case, but happens from time to time. Almost every few days, there are several similar cases. As for ordinary people, most of them have become accustomed to obedience and a stable life, and just want to live in peace. Due to food shortages and physical exhaustion, they have to take measures to save food, and the whole family tries to reduce activities to save energy. In this situation, the doors of every household are supported by thick tree trunks and large stones, as if they have become temporary barriers.

In order to save food and energy, the whole family stayed at home hungry and endured the pain. They reduced their activities as much as possible, never sitting if they could lie down, and never standing if they could sit.

Their living conditions were so quiet that if one had not occasionally seen steam coming out of their nostrils, one might have mistakenly believed that the entire family was dead.

In the past ten days, Hou Jie seemed to have become a different person. He made up his mind to quietly carry out secret operations every night after his parents fell asleep. He skillfully climbed over the wall, like a night ranger, quietly appeared on the street, and began his "prey" search journey under the cover of moonlight and night. Today, he came to the back wall of the patrol room, tomorrow he sneaked into the public security brigade, and the day after tomorrow he appeared in the traitor's house.

Every night, he planned and executed his "work". He covered his face to avoid being recognized, then turned over and entered the target yard, pried open the door, and showed no mercy to those who were sleeping or standing guard, killing them with a single knife, with quick and precise movements. He specifically selected important places to start his attacks to ensure that there would be no more people there the next day. After completing the murder mission, he carefully looted all the gold and silver jewelry, and finally posed the corpse in a unique shape. Last time it was a golden rooster standing on one leg, and this time it was a monkey stealing peaches. This seemed to have become his unique way of artistic expression. Moreover, after completing each mission, he would leave the words "such and such hero was here", as if announcing his existence and challenge to the world.

In this large-scale search operation, innocent people suffered terribly.

Any murderer who took advantage of the search to commit murder in the city during these few days was marked by Hou Jie, and it would be difficult for them to completely escape Hou Jie's revenge.

These police stations are notorious and have long been places where the running dogs of the Japanese invaders bully the good and do evil.

Although Hou Jie failed to find out the truth and identify the real murderer immediately, he relied on his extraordinary wisdom and courage to cleverly use the limited clues and intelligence to identify these places. Taking advantage of the night, he retaliated against these places and started a battle of wits and strength with the Japanese in the city of Forty-nine.

He knew very well that only by taking advantage of the situation and retaliating more frantically could he frighten the Japanese. Only after they had some reservations would they restrain their minions.