Chapter 48: Unable to Bear It Anymore

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  The secret passage that Yan Niang spoke of was a tunnel dug from an abandoned house near the city wall to outside the city wall. The abandoned house was inhabited by a dirty and smelly beggar-like person. A wooden board covered the entrance to the tunnel, with a thick layer of straw on top. The beggar-like person lay lazily in the damp straw heap.

  Yan Niang led Huo Yao and others out of the abandoned mansion after they had seen the secret passage. Zuo Caiyun immediately curiously asked Yan Niang, "Is that beggar also our revolutionary comrade?"

  Yan Niang stood on the main street, keeping a distance from Huo Yao and others. She restored her seductive and charming posture as in the teahouse. "Hehe", she laughed and said: "What's wrong? Little sister not convinced? He is one of our excellent intelligence gatherers."

  "Ah," Zu Caiyun replied softly, her face slightly red as she turned her head to the side in embarrassment. Zu Caiyun hadn't expected that Yan Niang had already discovered that she was a girl.

  Huoyao laughed and sighed, "Who would have thought that the beggar was also a fellow revolutionary. And no one would have thought that where the beggar slept, there would be such a large secret passageway."

  Yan Niang was still chuckling and said to the gunpowder, "Now you can rest assured, the retreat route is absolutely no problem. Now it's up to you whether you can complete the task smoothly."

  "Alright, let's go into the city and get familiar with the roads. Let's also scout out the enemy's deployment situation so we can plan our route to rescue the hostages and retreat," said Huoyao. As soon as he finished speaking, Daniu eagerly exclaimed, "Great, great! Everyone hurry up and let's go!"

  Yan Niang said seriously, "Comrades are imprisoned in the cell of Ye Tian Military Camp. There are too many people who know me in the county town, if I take you there, I'm afraid it will cause more trouble for you. So be careful yourselves, I won't go with you."

  "Ah, then you go back first, Yan Niang. We'll be careful ourselves."

  Yan Niang smiled "heh heh" at Huo Yao and others, turned around to leave, and then whispered to Yan Zi in a particularly soft and gentle voice: "Little brother, you'd better be careful."

  Watching Yan Niang's receding back, Huo Yao couldn't help but sigh. In this brief two-minute conversation, Yan Niang's expression and tone had undergone multiple absolutely contradictory changes. As Huo Yao admired Yan Niang, he whispered to Yan Zi: "Yan Niang can't have taken a liking to you, can she?"

  Zuo Caiyun couldn't help but let out a "heh" of laughter when she heard Huo Yao's words.

  Swallow gently tapped on Huoyao's head and said with a pouted mouth, "I knew you were talking nonsense. You must have taken a liking to Yan Niang."

  The two men, Da Niu and Er Niu, were getting impatient. They were also afraid that Huo Yao would mutter to himself in front of them. As they walked quickly forward, they loudly urged, "You guys should hurry up, what are you dawdling around for? If you don't leave soon, my brother and I will go first." Huo Yao wanted to instruct them a few words, but Da Niu and Er Niu had already walked far away. There were many people coming and going on the street, and Huo Yao didn't want to draw attention to himself, so he could only say to Wang Xiaolong and Wang Xiaohu, "You two go keep an eye on them, don't let them cause any trouble."

  "Ah," replied Wang Xiaolong and Wang Xiaohu in unison, quickly walking towards the direction of Big Cow and his group.

  There were Wang Xiaolong and Wang Xiaohu watching over the two brothers, Daniu and Erniu. The firework felt a lot more at ease. Seeing that they had already walked far away, the firework said to Yanzi and Zuo Caiyun: "Let's go too."

  The little devil's army camp is stationed in the west of the city, which was originally a residential area. In the past, it was inhabited by wealthy families inside the county seat. Before the little devils occupied this county seat, those wealthy people all abandoned their property and escaped. After the little devils attacked the county seat, Ye Tian surrounded this residential area with barbed wire and turned it into the little devil's army camp.

  The little devils' barracks, hospital, arsenal, and transportation vehicles are all surrounded by barbed wire. At each intersection of the outer perimeter, there are obstacles, with seven or eight little devils standing guard.

  Gunpowder, Swallow, and Left Color Cloud, the three of them circled around the Little Devil's camp several times. They basically figured out the distribution situation of each unit of the Little Devils.

  It was fortunate for Huoyao and the others that the prison cells where their comrades were being held were just a short distance from the entrance of the road. Because Huoyao and the others were outside the Little Devil's military camp, they could hear from far away the mournful cries of those being tortured.

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  Those mournful cries made the mood of Huo Yao and others become heavy. But now they also have no choice. Several people walked back in silence, no one had the heart to speak.

  On a certain street in the county town, a 15- or 16-year-old girl had a wooden box hanging from her chest. Inside the box were some cigarettes. The girl constantly stopped passersby and said to men who might smoke: "Sir, buy a pack of cigarettes, only two yuan per pack."

  Nowadays, there are only a few people who can afford to buy cigarettes for little girls. She shouted for half a day and only sold two packs of cigarettes.

  "Ay yo!" The little girl selling cigarettes suddenly fell to the ground. Cigarettes scattered all over the place from the wooden box on her chest. Two puppet soldiers stood in front of her, glaring at her angrily. It was unclear whether the little girl had accidentally bumped into the two puppet soldiers or if they had intentionally bumped into her. The little girl quickly knelt down and frantically picked up the scattered cigarettes while fearfully apologizing to the two puppet soldiers: "Sorry, sorry......"

  Two fake soldiers crouched down, grabbed the cigarettes from the wooden box and stuffed them into their own pockets. They also shouted loudly: "Damn it, can't even watch where you're going, bumped into me so hard, these cigarettes will serve as our medical expenses."

  The little girl knew she was going to lose money again today, so she quickly pulled on the sleeves of the two fake soldiers and begged: "Two bosses, please be kind and give us a few bucks. Our whole family is counting on it for dinner." The two fake soldiers filled their pockets with cigarettes, one of them suddenly pushed the little girl away, stood up and was about to leave, shouting loudly: "Damn it, I don't even have soup to drink, you still want to eat?"

  The little girl who was pushed aside quickly got up again, grabbed the trousers of two fake soldiers and begged again: "Boss, be kind and give me two dollars."

  Two puppet soldiers were used to roaming freely in the county town, who had ever seen such an insolent little girl. They were about to bully the little girl when a small devil officer-like person walked over with two devil soldiers. Only a few "slaps" were heard, and the devil officer gave the two puppet soldiers several slaps. The devil officer then said to the two puppet soldiers: "You, hand over the money to this flower girl."

  The people passing by on the street, where have they seen little devils standing up for Chinese people? They all involuntarily stopped and watched.

  Two fake soldiers saw that they were Japanese devils, and immediately became honest. They hastily took out a few dollars and threw them in front of the little girl, then ran away with their tails between their legs.

  The little girl hastily picked up the money, constantly saying thank you, and was about to leave. But she was blocked by a Japanese soldier. The little girl turned around in a panic and walked in another direction, but was again blocked by another Japanese soldier. The little girl turned around again, and the Japanese officer stood in front of her, sneering at her and saying: "Little flower, I helped you, but you haven't repaid me yet."

  The devil officer was grinning and reached out to touch the little girl's face. The little girl screamed and dodged away. Seeing the little girl dodge, the devil officer became even more vigorous. He chased after the little girl, pulling at her clothes, while laughing loudly: "Don't go, my good flower girl, I love you." It's no wonder that the little devils wouldn't help the Chinese people. The devil officer had a lustful heart. In the crowd of onlookers, an old man couldn't bear it anymore and raised his cane to hit the devil officer, cursing: "Under broad daylight, you're even worse than a beast."

  The old man's cane hadn't even knocked down the devil officer, when two devil soldiers had already stabbed their bayonets into the old man's chest. The old man suddenly spat out a mouthful of blood and fell straight to the ground.

  The sudden change left the onlookers stunned. The two Japanese soldiers killed the old man and then, without any scruples, laughed wildly, cheering for the Japanese officer.

  The devil officer has caught the little girl and pinned her to the ground, tearing at her clothes. The devil officer's mouth is still laughing wildly.

  The little girl was screaming and shouting, her voice already hoarse. Her two hands were frantically waving, her two feet kicking wildly. Although the devil officer couldn't get his way for a moment, this made him even more excited.

  Wang Xiaolong and Wang Xiaohu suddenly squeezed through the crowd of onlookers, walked to the side of the two Japanese soldiers. When the two Japanese soldiers were still excited and cheering, two sharp small knives had already cut off the Japanese soldiers' throats. The bodies of the two Japanese soldiers fell heavily to the ground, and the crowd of onlookers only then reacted. In a panic, they scattered in all directions.

  The Japanese officer felt something was wrong, turned his head to look back, and Wang Xiaolong and Wang Xiaohu had already walked up to him. Seeing the Japanese soldier lying dead on the ground, the Japanese officer hurriedly went to pull out the pistol from his waist. Wang Xiaolong kicked the pistol out of the Japanese officer's hand with one foot, and in a swift move, rushed to the front of the Japanese officer. He grabbed the Japanese officer's hair on his head, fiercely and repeatedly, banging the Japanese officer's head against the stone pavement. Until the Japanese officer died.

  The little girl curled up her body, deeply burying her head between her legs, and hugged her head with both hands, crying non-stop.

  Wang Xiaohu gently pushed the little girl. The little girl cried out in panic again, hugging her body even tighter. After several such attempts, Wang Xiaohu had no choice but to pick up the little girl and shout at her: "Wake up, it's all right now. If you want to survive, run quickly."

  Seeing the Japanese officer lying on the ground with a broken head and bleeding, the little girl finally came to her senses. She grabbed the wooden box containing cigarettes from the ground and ran away desperately.

  Wang Xiaolong and Wang Xiaohu also hastily left the place of trouble. As they ran, Da Niu and Er Niu arrived beside them. Da Niu seriously said to them: "Fireworks have been spoken, do not provoke trouble."

  "Even if it were Gunpowder himself who came, he would still do the same thing."

  It's already signed, brothers have to take it up now.

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