The sounds of "squeak" and "squeak" were heard, and the three carriages moved forward in the mountains.
There was a light snowfall these past two days, but the weather was not cold enough, so the snow melted during the day after falling to the ground, leaving deep ruts on the small mountain road left by the wooden wheels.
Sitting in the first carriage were Old Huotou, Wang Laomao, Shang Zhen, Chen Hanwen, and Liu Wentai, and right in the middle of them sat the old man with his hands handcuffed behind his back.
That old man also has a name, no, to be more precise, he has a nickname.
In Northeast China, bandits are called "huzi" (bearded tigers), and the unit of "huzi" (bearded tigers) is called "luanzi". The gang led by this old man who failed to steal a chicken and ended up losing a handful of rice is called "Smiling Tiger", which is the old man's name.
The reason why the old man was nicknamed the Smiling Tiger was naturally because he was always smiling. If people didn't know how cruel and ruthless he was, they would be fooled by his appearance. So he was a typical hypocrite.
Smiling Tiger did not have many men, only about ten in total, and their weapons were naturally not as sophisticated as those of Shang Zhen and his men, so Smiling Tiger decided to outsmart them.
But as the saying goes, you must pay for what you have done. Who asked the Smiling Tiger to be so blind as to attack Shang Zhen and his group of Northeastern Army?
If he was targeting only ordinary Northeast Army soldiers, it wouldn't be a big problem, but there happened to be two people with a bearded background among Shang Zhen's group.
If you are not an experienced Chinese medicine practitioner, don't try that folk remedy. They are all beards, but you insist on using knockout drugs on others, so the smiling tiger can only fail.
Now Smiling Tiger only knew that Shang Zhen and his gang were going to enter the interior, but he really couldn't understand why Shang Zhen and his gang would treat him like this.
It was simply because the clothes worn by the two groups of people on the troika were twisted.
Shang Zhen and his Northeast Army were wearing the clothes of ordinary people, or in other words, they were wearing the clothes that Smiling Tiger and his men usually wore.
But Smiling Tiger and his men were all wearing the uniforms of the Northeast Army.
But everyone was tied up. As the leader of a gang, Smiling Tiger was treated the best.
He was just handcuffed behind his back and tied to the carriage with ropes.
As for the ten or so men under his command, they were tied together with ropes and sat in the second carriage.
The key point here is being tied together, not being tied into a string.
These people were first tied together with a rope, and then tied with a second rope after they got on the carriage.
This idea was proposed by Old Huo.
At that time, Old Huo said to Smiling Tiger, "Brother, our meeting is destiny. I will not kill you. I am just taking you out for a walk.
However, we all live in the three northeastern provinces. Since you are so capable, I should tie you up with an extra rope!"
In this way, the people under the Smiling Tiger were tied together with two ropes. Even if anyone of them had the ability to break free from one rope, they did not have the ability to break free from both ropes.
Imagine when four or five people are tied together randomly with two ropes. How can you escape?
At that time, Smiling Tiger could only continue to smile, but in his heart he was already cursing Old Huo so much that his ancestors’ graves were smoking!
But Smiling Tiger also understood that cursing was useless! Since he was a bandit, he had committed many immoral acts such as kidnapping, extortion, murder, and robbery.
If cursing someone could kill them, then he had no idea how many times he would have died under the curses of the souls of those who had died unjustly at his hands!
Old Huotou didn't tell him where they were going this time. The carriage was heading southwest. Could it be that this old guy wanted to take his group of people into the interior of the country?
But no matter how Smiling Tiger thought about it, he felt that it was unlikely. China lacked everything nowadays, except people!
This old guy might kill us all halfway or bury us alive, but it’s not worth it!
If someone wanted to kill them, they could have done it in the village. Why drag them out?
Smiling Tiger thought about it over and over but couldn't figure it out. He still had his usual smile on his face, but the smile had become stiff.
Smiling Tiger sat in the carriage with his eyes rolling around. Even though he was an old hand, he was really helpless now. At this time, he saw the college student Liu Wentai again.
Liu Wentai was detained by him when he came to their village looking for food.
Originally, he thought Liu Wentai was a son of a wealthy family, but after asking him in detail, he found out that he was just a student, although his family was well-off.
But Liu Wentai’s home is in Shenyang!
I can't just run to Shenyang and send a letter saying that your son has been captured by us, and if you don't pay money to redeem him, we will kill him!
It wouldn't be impossible in previous years, but it's not possible this year. Shenyang is in the hands of the Japanese now!
Seeing that there was no money to be made from Liu Wentai, there was no point in kidnapping this person.
Originally, with the Smiling Tiger's style, Liu Wentai would have been either killed or released.
But Smiling Tiger accidentally discovered that Liu Wentai had beautiful handwriting, so he simply kept Liu Wentai and let him be their accountant.
It has been more than a month since Liu Wentai was kidnapped by them.
It was not until today that Liu Wentai gained the trust of Smiling Tiger and let him go alone.
But who would have thought that when Liu Wentai came back, he happened to run into Shang Zhen, whom he knew. Under Liu Wentai's suggestion, the Northeast Army captured even their people on the corner tower!
Why did Smiling Tiger know so much about the acquaintance between Liu Wentai and Shang Zhen? It was because Shang Zhen and Liu Wentai had been chatting about it all the way.
It was the time and the fate, Smiling Tiger really regretted it.
He didn't regret being a beard, but he regretted not killing Liu Wentai. At that time, he didn't know anything and who could he blame? It didn't make sense to blame himself.
He regretted that he didn't cast a fortune after accepting Liu Wentai and before taking action against the Northeast Army!
This year is my zodiac year, and I'm having a really bad year. Is it because I'm not wearing red shorts? Or is it because the pig head I gave to my family's guardian deity during the Lunar New Year wasn't fresh enough?
Huzi are bandits who do things that risk their lives. They have done so many bad things that they are inevitably suspicious. Therefore, there is no Huzi in Northeast China who is not superstitious.
The smiling tiger was thinking about his own things, so his expression inevitably changed.
"Brother, what are you thinking about? Why do I feel that we are becoming more and more alike?" Seeing that Smiling Tiger was worried, Old Huo asked deliberately.
"Hehe, why do you say that, sir?" Smiling Tiger would rather lose the battle than the person.
Now that he had fully witnessed Old Huo's methods, he felt that it was not unfair for him to fall into his hands.
Both of them were smart people. Even after Old Huo caught them, he spoke kindly to them and never beat or scolded them.
Old Huo waved his hand and said, "Don't call me sir. I'm lucky to be an official thanks to the Marshal's grace.
I said, "Brother, you look like me. How come you also have the kappa eyes?" I always have kappa eyes. It's a disease I've had since I was a child. Oh! Brother, why do you have this problem?"
Huh? Smiling Tiger looked up at Old Huo's expression, who was still blinking.
Old Huotou's expression was so sincere that if others didn't know, they would have thought that Old Huotou and he were uncles or buddies!
But how could Smiling Tiger not know that Old Huo was teasing him on purpose and was actually gloating over his misfortune!
Damn it!
Everyone says that I am a smiling tiger, but you, old man, are the real smiling tiger. The smiling tiger is secretly slandering me.
But this was just what he thought in his heart. When he spoke, he said: "Isn't this just getting to know the boss? You learn from him!"
When Old Huo heard what Smiling Tiger said, he burst into laughter, and a moment later Smiling Tiger also laughed along.
For a moment, the two of them were like an old sly guy and an old fox laughing together. The one who was arresting did not have the dignity of the other, and the one who was arrested did not realize that he was being arrested.
Maybe it’s just because they both used to be bearded men. Heroes can appreciate each other, so the same should be possible between bearded men!
