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After a long trek, Shen Zijing's team really arrived at Benxi Lake.

Benxi Lake has always been a bustling city because of its mines.Shen Jiali thought that this time he could return to a modern life, but he watched the scenery change along the way, and finally entered the village again, and the village was even more dilapidated, located in the mountains, so poor beyond words.

The mountain road was rugged, and the car shook so badly that Shen Jiali had no choice but to ride a horse for the first time in his life, with his arms around Shen Ziqi in front of him.Shen Ziqi's journey was an eye-opener, and he was already extremely excited. Now that he was sitting on the horseback, he couldn't help shouting and laughing, and leaned back every now and then, leaning against his father's arms, moaning and acting like a baby.

Shen Zijing rode his horse aside, squinted his eyes and saw that Shen Jiali's hand holding the rein loosely was trembling, so he laughed: "Third Uncle, what are you afraid of? Isn't there someone leading the horse for you?" ?”

Shen Jiali was not good at fleeing, and he encountered many hardships along the way, which made him more and more incompetent, and made many jokes along the way.Although he is now insensitive, but because he has been ridiculed recently, he is also a little bit annoyed.

"I'm not afraid." He replied indifferently, "I'm tired."

Then he hugged his son tightly, lowered his head and scolded: "Don't make trouble, if you fall, you will break your leg!"

Shen Ziqi raised his round face and asked in a childish voice, "If you break your leg, can it grow back?"

"Yes, yes, but my legs hurt every day, so I can't run around!"

"Then dad's leg hurts every day, did he break his leg?"

"Shut up, sweetheart!"

Shen Zijing was quiet for only three to five minutes, then raised his round head again: "Father, my head is itchy, did the kitten get fleas?"

"no!"

"You said it would itch if you passed on fleas!"

"It can itch without fleas."

"The kitten has fleas on it, why doesn't it itch?"

"It itches too, but it doesn't say anything."

"Then why doesn't it scratch?"

"It has no hands."

"Dad, I saw the kitten licking its own butt! Is it because it has no hands, so it can't wipe it off, so it has to lick it?"

Shen Jiali managed to be patient, and continued to answer: "Yes!"

Shen Ziqi grinned: "Uh! Dad, why doesn't the kitten care about hygiene? Isn't it afraid of stomach pain?"

Shen Jiali took a deep breath, but said nothing.

Shen Ziqi asked again: "The kitten doesn't care about hygiene, does its father care about it?"

Shen Jiali raised his hand and touched his son's face: "Don't ask, Dad has a headache, be good."

Shen Zijing was listening, and at the same time snickered silently.

The large group of people marched for more than ten miles on the mountain road, and the scouts came back to report that the front was Mayazi Village, where Gu Yunzhang was, and they heard that the commander was coming, and they were already preparing to meet him.

Shen Zijing sat on the horse. Hearing this, he raised his hands and straightened his collar, and then sent an order to maintain military discipline.Not long after going forward like this, there was a small team coming towards us. The leader was a tall man. When he saw Shen Zijing from afar, he stretched out his hand and laughed loudly: "Aha! Commander Shen, why did you get here? Brothers all I have been waiting for you for five or six days!"

Shen Zijing also cupped his hands from a distance, and responded with a loud voice: "Lao Hai, what Commander Shen! Don't make fun of me on purpose! I also want to come early, but the road is blocked. Do you know how anxious I am on this journey!"

After exchanging a few pleasantries, the two sides met at close range.Shen Jiali cast his gaze, and saw that this man had a good-looking appearance and was smiling. He seemed to be a hearty man.And when the man saw Shen Jiali dressed casually and riding on the horse with the child in his arms, he smiled and asked, "Xiao Shen, this is..."

Shen Zijing immediately replied: "My third uncle, and the younger brother of the third uncle's family. Lao Hai, you see, I came to join you in all sincerity. I just have two relatives, and I brought them all with the army!"

When that old Hai heard this, he immediately smiled and said, "I see. Don't worry, our eldest brother recruited 4000 to [-] people as soon as he stepped forward! In today's world, as long as we have a large number of people, are we afraid that no one will hook us up? "

Shen Zijing nodded in agreement, and then asked: "Has Ma Tianlong arrived? To be honest, if Ma Tianlong hadn't told me about this, I really wouldn't have known you were raising a big flag here! If he arrives, I have to Invite him to dinner!"

Lao Hai urged the horse to turn around, walked and replied: "He has arrived, but his place is thirty miles away from here. Leave him alone, come with me now, say hello to big brother, and then I will find you a camp. All right?"

Shen Zijing walked and chatted with the man surnamed Hai.Shen Jiali followed behind, listening intently, but he had a rough idea of ​​the situation.It turned out that Gu Yunzhang was also an anti-Japanese general at the beginning. He fought alone in the Liaoning area for a long time, and finally ran out of ammunition and food, and was captured alive.This person probably has no backbone, he was captured alive, unwilling to die for the country, unwilling to observe morality, and even became the leader in the Japanese mine, which was very reviled.As soon as Japan surrendered, the world here was in chaos, so he was supported by those old subordinates who had surrendered and rebelled early in the past, but now they were able to preserve their strength, and he recruited troops on his own.

Shen Jiali was in the city of Pingjin, so he didn't know much about Gu Yunzhang. Seeing how charismatic he was now, he couldn't help being curious, and wanted to see the real face.

After walking along the mountain road for a while, these people entered Ma Yazi Village.Lao Hai brought Shen Zijing and the others to a large brick house with green bricks, and shouted loudly while dismounting: "Big brother! Little Shen is here!"

After the words were finished, the door opened, and a tall, white-faced man walked out.Lao Hai smiled at the man and said, "Boss Xiao Shen went to Fengtian two years ago, and we are good friends! Now Xiao Shen heard that we are going to do something big, and even Xiao Bing and his family members are here together, very sincere." Then He turned to Shen Zijing and introduced, "This is our elder brother."

Shen Zijing raised his eyes, and saw that this "big brother" was only in his thirties, dressed in ordinary clothes, with a thin figure, but handsome appearance, especially the thick eyelashes and black eyes; if it weren't for the murderous look in his brows , that can be regarded as a standard handsome man.

Shen Zijing had always only heard of Gu Yunzhang by name and never met him; now that he really met, although he could shake hands with him lively and greet him, he felt a sense of disobedience in his heart, thinking that this Gu Yunzhang was a bit He is not like the legendary Gu Yunzhang, but rather like a pampered son.

However, after talking in a few words, his feeling of disobedience gradually weakened a little, because none of Gu Yunzhang's speech and behavior was decent, he was like a beast who just came down the mountain, and he was completely without his old subordinate——Lao Hai, people love.

Shen Zijing looked down on Gu Yunzhang a little, and was a little afraid of Gu Yunzhang, because he felt that the other party would kill him with a knife when he disagreed.

While the two sides were chatting happily, Shen Jiali also got off the horse with the help of orderly soldiers.At this time, Lao Hai couldn't interject, so he came over and asked with a smile: "Your old man, you are a little uncle!"

Shen Jiali was shocked when he heard this, and immediately looked up and down the rough face of the other party: "I dare not take it seriously, your brother and I are probably the same age?"

Lao Hai leaned on a horse, and replied with a pleasant smile: "It's not easy to calculate, I'm the same age as you, what about Xiao Shen?" After saying this, he bent down and picked up Shen Ziqi: "Hey, Whose big fat boy is this?"

Shen Ziqi was not afraid of strangers, he pointed at Shen Jiali and replied, "Papa's."

Lao Hai saw that Shen Ziqi had questions and answers, and was about to continue talking and laughing, but when he saw that Gu Yunzhang had brought Shen Zijing into the room, he hurriedly invited Shen Jiali in too.Gu Yunzhang, who was walking ahead, suddenly realized that there were other people besides Shen Zijing behind him, so he stopped suddenly, turned around and looked over.

Seeing this, Lao Hai took the initiative to introduce: "Brother, this is Xiao Shen's third uncle and younger brother, and they are all coming together!"

Gu Yunzhang sized Shen Jiali up, and then asked, "Xiao Shen, is your third uncle also surnamed Shen?"

Shen Zijing frowned: "Of course it is!"

Gu Yunzhang laughed to himself: "I have a second uncle, also surnamed Shen, who is in the same family as your third uncle. You are a little uncle!"

Shen Zijing had a bit of a headache: "Yes, my third uncle is not much older than me."

Gu Yunzhang nodded expressionlessly, turned around and continued to walk forward: "Your third uncle is not very big, but you are quite good-looking."

Shen Jiali was tongue-tied after receiving such a comment, not knowing what attitude to take for a moment.And Shen Zijing frowned his two thick eyebrows, and was speechless.

Uncle and nephew of the Shen family ate a meal neither early nor late at Gu Yunzhang's place, as if they were being tortured.

In all fairness, Gu Yunzhang was soft-spoken and not violent; he didn't even have a word of swearing in his speech.However, the Shen family's uncles and nephews were very anxious, still afraid that he would kill people with a knife.When it came to Xi San, Shen Zijing refused to stay and forced Lao Hai to take him to the camp.Lao Hai flew on his horse without hesitation, and led him to Gaojiazhuang, five miles away.

That night, Shen Zijing was relieved to settle down in Gaojiazhuang.Standing in the adobe house, Shen Jiali thought back to Tianjin and Beiping, and felt as if he had passed away, almost sad but not hurt.