Chapter Thirty-Two: The Discovery of Conscience

  Conscience discovery

  The person who came was Xiuzhu. Xiuzhu smiled and said, "Sixth Uncle, it's me, I'm Xiuzhu. The mistress of the village asked me to come call you, she says there are things she wants to talk to you about."

  Lao Liu put down his gun and said: "Oh, it's Miss Zhu. What can I do for you at this late hour, Chief?"

  Xiu Zhu said: "Then how would I know? You'll understand once you've met the leader."

  Lao Liu slung his rifle over his back and said to another, "Watch closely, don't let anything go wrong."

  Xiu Zhu suddenly burst out laughing and said: "Look at what you're saying, what kind of trouble can happen here? You just go with peace of mind. Besides, I'm here."

  Lao Liu smiled and said, "To be honest, I still don't trust you, Miss. I'm afraid you'll get a sudden brainwave and do something foolish." He turned around and walked towards the assembly hall, muttering to himself, "It's so late, what could possibly happen?"

  Watching Lao Liu walk away, Xiuzhu said to another person: "Dahai Ge, I want to go in and take a look."

  The sea led Xiuzhu into the house, and Xiuzhu said: "Open the door, I want to go in and sit for a while."

  The sea shook its head and said: "Sorry miss, no way. Unless you have the chief's exit permit, I can't open this door."

  Xiu Zhu suddenly pointed behind the sea and said, "What's that?" Just as Hai was about to turn around, Xiu Zhu's sharp knife stabbed into his chest. Before he could even cry out in pain, he fell softly to the ground. Xiu Zhu looked at Hai falling down and immediately began searching his body.

  Chen Xiong was stunned by Xiuzhu's actions and asked in confusion: "Miss, what are you doing?"

  Xiu Zhu took the key she found on Da Hai's body, opened the door and said: "I heard from my people that Xiao Ye Zilang has surrendered, they have no use for you anymore, saying that you will be shot tomorrow. I took advantage of my people not paying attention to knock him out and rushed over to save you." Perhaps due to nervousness, her hands were shaking constantly, and it took a lot of effort to open the door, pulling Kawabata's hand to run outside. Just as they ran to the entrance, they slowly retreated back. Following them in were several black gun muzzles.

  The first to walk in was Hong Shangu, followed by Yun Xiangtian. Hong Shangu pressed the muzzle of her gun against Xiuzhu's head and said: "Xiuzhu, I never thought you would be so treacherous. To save a Japanese spy, you actually killed your own brother. I wonder who can save you today?"

  Chuan Yu Mu said calmly: "Yun Xiang Tian, is this another one of your tricks?"

  Her words were unexpected by Hong Shangu, and the hand holding the gun trembled slightly. Yun Xiangtian burst out laughing and said: "Not bad, it was my idea. I want to see if you still have a conscience."

  Chuan Yumu smiled and said: "Yun Xiang Tian, you've really gone to great lengths for me, a weak woman. Even Miss Zhū has been calculated by you."

  Yun Xiang Tian didn't get angry, he said indifferently: "It's not me who tricked Miss Zhen Zhu, it was you. Besides, are you a weak woman? A proud imperial agent, fleeing to China, willing to be a slave or servant, hiding in the mountains, and yet you say I'm being too calculating. You can even say that out loud? If it weren't for Zhen Zhu's sister begging me to let you go, who would be willing to play along with your charade?"

  Hongshan girl interrupted and said: "Yu'er, don't waste your breath on her, just drag out the dead one."

  Xiu Zhu pulled Kawa no Takeo's hand anxiously and said, "You say it, if you don't they'll really kill us. Your group leader, Ono Jirō, has already confessed. He not only revealed the spies in Kenkoku Cave and Kurotora Peak, but also mentioned the garrison at Reihō Castle, including Honda..."

  "Hey, what's going on, Zhuer? Where did this little Yajirobe and Honda come from? Don't talk nonsense."

  "Xiu Zhu argued: 'I've heard it all before, you just don't want to give her a chance to make amends, you want to kill her.'"

  Hong Shan's voice was stern as she shouted: "Shut up! Get her out of here. Tomorrow, we'll deal with this female spy together."

  Kawao Kigen thought: "Shono Jiro must have really confessed, otherwise they wouldn't know the name Shono Jiro, let alone Honda-kun. But why did Kumoshita say he didn't know there were two people? Is it really to give himself a chance to make amends and save his life?"

  At this time, he heard Yunxiang Tian say: "Miss Mugua, you can rest well. Bring someone to take her in. Auntie, let's go." Yunxiang Tian turned around and was about to walk out with Hong Shangu.

  Chuan Yu Mu's hand was freed from Lao Liu's grasp. Calmly, he said: "Young Master Yun, what do you want to know?"

  "I can only say that I know nothing, and no one has confessed. If you speak out, then you will be the first person to make a contribution to Sino-Japanese peace."

  Chuan Yumi smoothed her hair with her fingers and said: "Young Master Yun, stop teasing me. Where do you want me to start?"

  Yun Xiangtian pointed to the iron gate and said, "Go in and sit down." He watched as Chuan Xiongmu walked into the iron gate and sat down. Only then did Yun Xiangtian say, "You can talk about anything, whether it's the two Japanese people from Xuanjian Cave, or Hu Sancai and Wang Qi from Heihu Peak, or even Honda who is hiding in the National Army. Why don't you tell me about Honda?"

  During the handover between Kawahigashi and Unno, Unryuu Takaomi seemed a bit distracted. He would occasionally touch his face, peel off his fingernails, or even yawn, looking somewhat impatient. The more he did this, the more afraid Kawahigashi became. She thought to herself: "Unryuu must have already figured everything out about Honda Masaji. Otherwise, he wouldn't be listening so carelessly like this." So during the handover, she didn't dare leave out a single detail.

  Yun Xiang Tian actually listened more seriously than anyone else, he didn't dare to show his eagerness to get this information. He was afraid that Chuan Xiong Mu Zi would see through his plan and all his efforts would be in vain, so he disguised himself as much as possible. Until Chuan Xiong Mu Zi finished speaking, he said: "Is there anything else?"

  "After a long time, Kawabata said: 'No, that's all I know.'"

  Yun Xiangtian rubbed his chin, lowered his head and said: "First of all, thank you for providing us with such important intelligence, this will be beneficial to you in the future." He slowly walked up to Da Hai who was stabbed by Xiuzhu and kicked him saying: "Get up, the play is over." But Da Hai remained motionless on the ground. Yun Xiangtian kicked him again and said: "Don't pretend anymore, get up!" Da Hai still didn't move.

  Hong Shangu couldn't sit still any longer and said: "Yu'er, what's going on? Could it be that Zhu'er really killed him?"

  The iron gate's Chuan Xiong Mu Nai Zi also seemed to tense up, she slowly stood up, staring at that person, with a hint of worry on her face.

  Yun Xiang Tian crouched down, flipped the giant sea turtle over and examined its wound. The knife was stuck in its chest, with its hand grasping the hilt. There were bloodstains on its chest, and the blood flowed out from between the fingers of the giant sea turtle's hand covering the wound, but the bleeding wasn't severe.

  Just as Yun Xiang Tian was about to pull out the knife stuck in his chest, Hong Shan Gu shouted: "Don't pull out the knife yet! Quick, quick, go get Lang Zhong over here and see if he can still be saved!" She muttered to herself in a flustered tone: "This Zhu Er is really reckless, how could she just kill someone for no reason? What's going on?"

  Kawara Ki no Naka stood there, her hands clasped together in silent prayer. For the past two years, she had witnessed and heard of the kindness and friendliness of the Chinese people at Anmin Village, and she had even fallen in love with this hardworking and loving nation. In the past, whenever she thought of this place, she would force herself to say: "I am a subject of the Emperor, we are here to help them." She didn't dare think about the scars they brought to China, and the endless slaughter of innocent civilians. But today, she truly hoped for peace and tranquility across the seas.

  Yun Xiang Tian looked at the sea, he always felt that something was wrong. He squatted down again and stretched out his hand to touch the carotid artery of the sea. The sea moved slightly, Yun Xiang Tian happily turned back and said: "He's still alive."

  Yun Xiang Tian turned his head back, and the sea had already sat up. He said to Yun Xiang Tian with a bloody face: "Return my life to me."

  Yun Xiang Tian was shocked, and everyone in the room felt a chill run down their spines. At this moment, a silvery laughter echoed from outside the door.