In front of the North Gate

Not long ago, Lou Huaiyu said to Shi Jichang: "I can't shoot."

A few days later, he begged others to come to the base outside Niutoushan.

The base point was changed from the bandit gathering place outside the mountain. It is on a high ground in the shade of Niutou Mountain. The terrain is very dangerous, easy to defend and difficult to attack, but it is also difficult for people to reach.

"Then can I go to your place?"

As soon as Lou Huaiyu said the words, she was also taken aback.He grew up in a brothel since he was a child, and later joined an opera troupe. What he has experienced most is punching and teasing. He has seen many filths that others have never seen in his life. He believes that he has no compassion and sense of justice. This young man doesn't seem to be the same kind of person no matter what——

Lou Huaiyu saw the young man's punting slowed down, and turned to look at him. The expression on his face gradually changed from surprise to joy, and his eyes were round and bright.

"Of course! Welcome to join the revolution!" Lou Huaiyu heard the young man's full voice.

Lou Huaiyu opened his mouth.

——But it turns out that some things are not done because of noble talents.

The young man introduced himself as Lin Shuyi.

He immediately slowed down the speed, turned around, and took Lou Huaiyu out through the winding and narrow path outside Pingcheng that he walked three years ago.

When the two of them walked up Niutou Mountain one by one, some sharp noises came from Pingcheng far away, as if the air was broken by something. Lou Huaiyu couldn't tell the difference at first, but after listening to it several times, he realized that it was a bigger sound. The aftertaste of the gunshot after the distance was drawn.

In such a dark and cold night, it didn't sound as scary as when it sounded in front of your eyes before, but it seemed a little lonely.

The two came to a more dangerous slope.

Lin Shuyi skillfully stuck to the stone, and stretched out one hand towards Lou Huaiyu.

Lou Huaiyu gave him his wrist, and couldn't help but want to break the silence: "You seem to be familiar with this place."

"Of course." Lin Shuyi's tone was still light and full of energy, "I have been on the mountain with my elder brother since I was 13 years old."

"..." Lou Huaiyu was a little surprised, the young man looked upright, he didn't look like a bandit at all.

Lin Shuyi laughed: "Didn't think of it? I didn't even think of it myself."

"But at that time, there was no place to go except for my eldest brother to take me in." He said, with a slightly disappointed tone, "It's funny to say, such a big family, when we are here, the elders and the younger ones want me to know the book and ask me to reach the top." Reasonable, down, even worse than bandits."

Lin Shuyi smiled, and after crossing the slope, he let go of Lou Huaiyu and led the way again.

Lin Shuyi didn't seem to keep the family affairs as a secret. As soon as he started talking, he talked about how glorious his original family was, how it broke up later, how he was kicked around, and finally became a member of this bandit. pour out.

"Later, brother Ji Chang came and had a solid fight with our eldest brother." Lin Shuyi seemed to be very emotional when he said this, everyone stopped, turned around and said dancing, "It's not an exaggeration! At that time, the mountains were about to be destroyed by us Break open."

Lou Huaiyu imagined Shi Jichang fighting, but he didn't see it today either.

What will Shi Jichang look like?Lou Huaiyu imagined that excited face, which seemed inappropriate no matter how he thought about it, but it seemed even more inappropriate to go to the battlefield with an expressionless face.

Before Lou Huaiyu could make up his mind, Lin Shuyi had already moved on, and Lou Huaiyu was also interested in this passage, so he was happy to stop and listen.

Lin Shuyi said: "Brother Ji Chang is really awesome. It was the first time I saw our eldest brother lose so badly. I took the outside to surrender that day and gave them the stockade."

Lou Huaiyu thought of Ji Chang's simple jawline when he was looking up from bottom to top, and also remembered how Ji Chang opened his arms to him when he was looking down from top to bottom.

Lou Huaiyu was distracted for a few moments thinking that there must be at least a few Shi Jichangs that only Lou Huaiyu has seen, although there are still many Shi Jichangs that Lou Huaiyu has never seen.

Lin Shuyi was still saying: "...he is the most accurate marksman I have ever seen, how can I say that, he can shoot through Yang with a hundred steps! Brother Ji Chang is the one who can hit a gallop from a distance of [-] meters!"

Lou Huaiyu couldn't help but smiled, and responded to him: "That's very powerful."

Lin Shuyi also smiled: "Yes."

After passing a sloping field and walking up for a while, we finally came to a relatively flat area. Looking ahead, we could see scattered lights not far away.

"It's here!" Lin Shuyi pointed to him, but his words didn't stop. Shi Jichang, who had been praising him all the way, suddenly sighed.

"It's just a pity," Lin Shuyi said, "A hero is saddened by the beauty pass, and Brother Ji Chang didn't escape it either."

Lou Huaiyu raised his head to look at him, and immediately thought of the phrase "Lingling" that still rang in his ears, he ahed, and sighed softly, "I must be someone I like very much."

That's why they screamed so loudly in their dreams.

"Do you think Brother Ji Chang likes someone?"

Lin Shuyi thought for a while about the romance that Lan Er had recently described for them, and nodded firmly: "Yes."

Lou Huaiyu suddenly lost interest in listening further.

It was already very late for the two of them to come to the village, and the raid on Fan's compound tonight was a big one, almost everyone was mobilized, making the village deserted.

Lin Shuyi found an empty room for Lou Huaiyu, and the arrangements were made.

The bandit village is no better than a big courtyard, and the bed is naturally very hard. Lou Huaiyu is not used to it, his body hurts from the diaphragm, and he is also worried about Shi Jichang's "sweetheart" in Lin Shuyi's mouth, so he can't fall asleep after tossing and turning.

On the second day, before the sky was completely bright, he was woken up by a lot of movement outside the house.

Lou Huaiyu sat up rubbing his sore arms, and heard the voices outside the house clearly. It was a few men talking and laughing, describing how the Japanese officers and soldiers were frightened and panicked when they rushed in.

Lou Huaiyu wrapped her coat and stood up.He opened the door and went out, just as they were saying "Didn't you see that leader—" before they stopped abruptly.

The few people probably didn't expect that there were still people in the room, and the expressions on their faces varied from surprise to apology, to being overwhelmed.

Lou Huaiyu also felt a little embarrassed. Before he could react, he bowed to them without thinking: "Hello."

The fiercest man just mentioned was the first to react. He seemed to want to help him, but before he had time, he looked quite at a loss, coughed, and asked, "Who are you?"

Lan'er's voice also came from far and near at the same time, with a hint of surprise: "Why are you here?"

Lou Huaiyu felt even more embarrassed, and waited for the person to walk in front of her, before responding to her: "...I wonder if I can go with you."

Lan'er showed an expression that Lou Huaiyu couldn't describe whether she was about to smile or not.

"...Is it okay?" Lou Huaiyu asked again.

"Of course! I wish for it!" Laner said immediately.

Coupled with that complicated expression, Lou Huaiyu didn't know why.

But with his approval, his life in the village can be regarded as justifiable.

Shi Jichang did not come back, but stayed in the Fan family compound to clean up the battlefield.

According to Lan'er, they have won the battle, they have mastered the management of Pingcheng, and they want to justify the transfer of the base to the Fan family compound.So Lan'er led a small team back and wanted to pack up the things in the village and move them away.

"The bed in Fan's courtyard is so soft that I can't even sleep on it!" Lou Huaiyu heard someone teasing and sighing while arranging things from a distance, and then scolded, "Those Japanese bastards made me sleep in the barren mountains and mountains every day. I slept comfortably myself!"

Lou Huaiyu suddenly hesitated, because he also slept in the comfortable place in their mouths.

But maybe because of the pause on his feet, it was more obvious, and the group of people noticed him faster.

The person who was still talking just now stopped talking immediately, and Lou Huaiyu saw some people in the crowd bumping arms, or making eye contact with each other, and turned to look at him again.

To be honest, everyone's eyes are not bad, but more like curiosity and exploration.

However, this kind of attention from nowhere made Lou Huaiyu at a loss. He stood still and didn't know what to do. It was Lin Shuyi calling him with an object behind him, and Lou Huaiyu followed him and started to walk again.

The group of people who had just talked stood in front of the loaded wooden boxes.

Lin Shuyi put the things in his hand in, and Lou Huaiyu also put in the few small things in his hand.

In the past few days, wherever he was, the atmosphere was always strange.

At the beginning, I didn't know Lin Shuyi, but I don't know when it started. Lin Shuyi seemed to react suddenly, and began to treat him with a different attitude. When talking to him, he was no longer full of air and carelessness. He spoke softly, as if As if to frighten him.

At first, Lou Huaiyu suspected that it might be because she dressed up as a boy or girl, which displeased everyone, so she and Laner borrowed a boy's clothes to change, and her long hair was no longer loose, and it was loosely tied behind her head, which was not effeminate. hair knot.

But after that, everyone's curiosity and subtle scrutiny not only didn't decrease at all, but seemed to intensify.

Lou Huaiyu felt distressed, but he didn't know anyone very well, so there was no one to ask.

After Lou Huaiyu put away his things, he turned around and wanted to get something else, but was stopped by Lin Shuyi.

"You just, don't be too busy," Lin Shuyi said as if being pushed by someone behind him, and took a small step back, cleared his throat, and continued, "Take a good rest for a few days, and then we will meet again." Just go together."

Lou Huaiyu really didn't understand, how could a word to himself become so weird.

He opened his mouth, a little disappointed, but felt that maybe everyone felt unhappy working with him, so he said yes, and asked, "Then when shall we leave?"

"Very soon." Lin Shuyi answered him quickly.

Lou Huaiyu sighed softly, agreed with them, turned and left.After a few steps, I seemed to hear whispering voices from behind, probably talking about him.

It's just that he couldn't hear the real content, but he could hear a few words such as "it's him" and "it's him", which made people couldn't help but think about it, but couldn't think of any reason.