Angel

Tang Anqi wanted to go to Wen County, but with his filthy military uniform, showing up would be tantamount to suicide.

He still didn't dare to enter the village, and he couldn't wait for the villagers to appear in the wilderness.After thinking about it for a while, he had an idea, and led Xiao Maozi through the vast forest, and climbed up the mountain to the temple at night.

This mountain belongs to the boundary of Chang'an County, and Yu Qingsang would occasionally bring him here to burn incense and worship Buddha.The old abbot in the temple is a person who is a "monk is not greedy for money, the more the better", Tang Anqi has always looked down on him, thinking that the other party is not like a monk, but like an old money addict.

In fact, he is not sure what the old abbot is thinking now, but he has no other place to go to but the temple.He decided to gamble on his luck - if the old abbot is willing to help, that's good; if the old abbot doesn't help, he has a gun in his hand, and he can grab some food; Go west.

Climbing up the mountain from the wild road like a monkey, he successfully met the old abbot.

The old abbot rubbed his eyes and looked at him, obviously extremely surprised.He put his hands together and bowed, explained his purpose in a low voice, and then quietly observed the other party's reaction carefully.

The old abbot didn't even hesitate for a second, and immediately asked his apprentice to go out to look for clothes, and took out a pair of scissors, and squinted his old eyes to cut Tang Anqi's messy hair full of lice.

Tang Anqi was shaved by him into a bald boy who was stupefied.After taking a bath, he changed into a coarse trousers jacket. The old abbot took two steps back and looked him up and down. Finally, he frowned and shook his head: "Oh, it still doesn't look like it!"

The old abbot wanted to dress Tang Anqi as an apprentice, so that she would be clean and unobtrusive.But Tang Anqi really didn't look like an apprentice, but rather a famous actor who had fallen into trouble.

The old abbot didn't know how to disguise himself, so he had no choice at this time.But Tang Anqi didn't expect that the old money fan turned out to be a righteous monk, so she was secretly touched in her heart, thinking that the saying that the fire sees the real gold really makes sense.

"Brigade Commander Tang, if any Japanese soldiers stop you for questioning, just say that your home has been bombed, and you will temporarily settle down in this temple, and go to the city to collect medicine for the old monk." The old abbot thought he was well-informed, It is necessary to teach Brigadier Tang, who is like a bastard: "You mention the name of the old man, the old man is very famous."

Because it was almost dawn, Tang Anqi didn't sleep, and chatted with the old abbot while eating cold steamed buns in the meditation room.The old abbot told him: "The Japanese want to combine Wen County and Chang'an County into one big county. At first they said that the county magistrate Chen of Chang'an County would be the new county magistrate. The magistrate Chen has been in charge of Chang'an County for seven or eight years. He has senior qualifications and prestige. Gao, his family is a prominent family in Wen County, and the Japanese value him very much. But he refused to be an official, so he was caught by the Japanese and put in jail. Now this area is the security brigade and the Japanese are working together. , the county magistrate has changed several times in a row, but they are not long."

Then he glanced at Tang Anqi, and continued hesitantly: "The captain of the security brigade is your commander Wu."

Tang Anqi was biting the steamed bun with her mouth wide open. Hearing this, he looked up at the old abbot in surprise, his teeth still deeply embedded in the steamed bun: "Huh?"

Then his eyes dimmed immediately: "Oh."

Bite down the steamed bun, he chewed and asked, "Why not let Yu Qingsang be the new county magistrate? He should have friendship with the Japanese."

The old abbot lowered his head and replied, "Mr. Yu has already left here, either to Tianjin or Peiping."

Tang Anqi chewed the steamed buns very fragrantly. After eating wild vegetables for a long time, she realized that the steamed buns turned out to be sweet.Everyone has his own aspirations, others follow other people's Yangguan way, he walks his own single-plank bridge.He is very calm in his heart and is worthy of anyone.

At this time, the old abbot said again: "Mrs. Ling misunderstood that Brigadier Tang died for the country and committed suicide two months ago."

Tang Anqi stuffed the last mouthful of steamed buns into her mouth.My wife is really a good wife, but it's a pity that I always ran outside and didn't have her in my heart.With the faint taste of tears in his mouth, he swallowed the steamed bun expressionlessly.

Dead is dead, he often feels that he is already dead, died on the battlefield in the north of Chang'an County.

After dawn, Tang Anqi went down the mountain alone.The old abbot gave him a roll of change—the poor apprentice took the ocean to go shopping, it didn't look like it.

He is afraid of the cold, and usually at this time, he should put on the leather robe in advance.However, he has been wearing single clothes until now, and the half-worn jacket on his body makes him feel unusually warm.Walking quickly all the way to the front of Wenxian City, he was taken aback by the scene in front of him—the city walls of Wenxian County were all gone!

When passing the checkpoint, he opened his arms and let the Japanese soldiers search him.A little Japanese soldier, who looked like a child of twelve or thirteen years old, walked around Tang Anqi twice, and finally raised his hand and slapped Tang Anqi hard on his face.The rest of the Japanese soldiers laughed, and some of the Chinese civilians waiting in line behind for the body search also laughed.

Tang Anqi covered her face and passed the inspection.

After walking a few steps into the city, he was stunned to find that Wen County had changed—Wen County was close to Tianjin and was originally a prosperous place, but after being bombed, there was only a large area of ​​ruins in front of him.

This is a vibrant ruin, and the broken walls and ruins have been tidied up, and shacks can be built for people to live in.Half of the century-old pharmacy was blown down, and the remaining half continued to operate.

Standing in front of the counter, he told the name of the medicine to the guy inside.There was a customer standing next to him, who was waiting for the waiter to make a potion for him. He accidentally turned his head and glanced at Tang Anqi. His expression suddenly changed, and he smiled cheerfully, "Oh, my little brother, when did you come over?" What? I stood here for a long time, but I didn't notice you."

Tang Anqi was startled, and turned to look at this person. He felt vaguely familiar.Smiling and mumbling a few words, his eyes lit up, remembering!

This man was a spy—he had seen this man several times when he was eating, drinking and having fun with his drinking and meat friends in Tianjin.I remember Sheng Guogang whispering in his ear at that time, saying that this person has a deep background and is a spy!

"Brother!" His tone became more lively: "It's been a long time. How are you doing?"

The man sighed and shook his head: "Oh, it's hard to say. I'll be the host at noon, let's find a place to have a drink, okay?"

Tang Anqi picked up the medicine bag and paid in full: "Then I'd rather be respectful than obedient."

The man laughed loudly, picked up a bottle of medicine, and walked out of the prescription with Tang Anqi.

In the private room of a newly built restaurant, the man ordered four dishes and a large jug of wine.As soon as the curtain in the private room was drawn, the man sat next to Tang Anqi and asked in a low voice, "Do you still recognize me?"

Tang Anqi picked up the chopsticks, took a mouthful of food and stuffed it into her mouth: "Isn't your surname Jin Hanzhang?"

Jin Hanzhang said in a low voice, "I thought you were already sacrificed."

Tang Anqi put down her chopsticks and turned her head to look at the other party: "I escaped from the front line alive. There were originally more than 20 people, but now there are only seven dead, and two of them suffered gunshot wounds, and they will probably die soon. gone."

Jin Hanzhang hesitated for a moment, and then asked, "Aren't you afraid that I will report to the Japanese?"

Tang Anqi smiled: "This is already the world of the Japanese, and we have lived through today without tomorrow. I don't have a deep relationship with you, but because you are Chinese, I trust you. If you really report me, It’s nothing, our lives were picked up from the battlefield, and we’ve earned more than two months since we’ve lived.”

After hearing this, Jin Hanzhang felt very pleasant.He got up and went around the table and lifted the curtain. Seeing that there was no one outside, he returned to his original position and whispered his intentions.

If the spy agency is compared to a big tree, then Jin Hanzhang is just a small beard sticking out of the tree roots.He needs manpower very much now—it's not that he wants to recruit troops, buy horses, kill people and set fires, there is no such big move.Just like all his colleagues, he needs to grow his beard quickly so that the big tree can flourish on the land of Tianjin Wei.

Currently, he has only one requirement for his subordinates—loyalty, [-]% loyalty.Under the current situation, Tang Anqi is obviously the best candidate.

A brigade commander who was wiped out by the Japanese, and can survive until now, is enough to show his loyalty to the country.Besides, based on what he knew about Tang Anqi, he knew that this person was quite courageous and not a cowardly rat.The combination of these two is very qualified to join their team.

Finally, he asked Tang Anqi: "Do you dare to do it?"

Tang Anqi looked at him, her heart pounding with joy: "Dare!"

After some secret discussions, the two finally parted ways at the entrance of the restaurant.Tang Anqi took the medicine bag out of the city and up the mountain, and returned to the temple.When it was dark, he and Xiao Maozi carried a large bundle of steamed buns, walked down the mountain on a path, and returned to the shack through the woods.

After distributing the steamed buns to everyone, he and Xiao Maozi treated the flesh wounds of the two wounded with water and powder.After everyone had eaten and drank enough, he sat on the ground and told what Jin Hanzhang had said and done.After hearing this, everyone was very encouraged-instead of being killed by the Japanese in hiding, it is better to change their appearance and kill the Japanese.Kill one counts as one!

They hid in the shack for another whole day. After nightfall, someone drove two large carriages and hid them respectively in the firewood bundles on the cart.

In the next few days, the seven people ran all the way in fear.In the end, they mixed with a group of men and women, dressed in sackcloth and filial piety and holding banners, and entered Tianjin Wei with two wounded in the same attire.The two wounded couldn't stand up straight, so they deliberately hunched over and howled, pretending to be heartbroken filial sons.When passers-by saw it, they thought it was someone who had just returned from a funeral, and the rest of the men and women all had red eyes and ashen faces in order to protect them.

After entering the city, the seven people dispersed and each had a place to settle down.Two or three days later, Tang Anqi began to accept tasks from Jin Hanzhang.