Chapter 18: The Zhao Family's Annihilation

  What exactly happened on August 29, 7 days ago? Why is it said that all six members of the Zhao family were killed, but Zhao Zhibang is now in Tianjin?

  That day, Yanagawa Jihiro waited for a long time at the entrance of Zhao Zhibang's alley, but still didn't see Zhao Zhibang return. The sky had already darkened, and if he continued to wait, Ishii Kyoko would probably be back soon, and it was possible that Ishii Shirō would also come together with her. In that case, the opportunity he had been waiting for so long would be lost. Yanagawa Jihiro took a sip of wine and cast his gaze once again at Matsuson, who was staring at the distant highway.

  "Officer..." Just then, Songyuan saw a young man wearing a windbreaker appear on the road not far from the entrance of the alley.

  "Is that him?"

  "The sky is a bit dark and it's not very clear, but judging from the figure, it should be right!" Songyuan said in a low voice with wide eyes.

  "Alright. I think that's about it. You give them the signal, as soon as you see this person enter the Zhao household, you'll immediately take action. Remember, don't fire unless absolutely necessary, and during the operation, no one is allowed to speak Japanese. After it's over, everyone will disperse quickly." Looking at the figure getting closer and closer, Liu Chuan's heart was racing with excitement, and he silently cursed: "Zhao Zhibang, today I'll send your whole family to the afterlife!" He then took a big swig of wine.

  Songyuan saw the man in a windbreaker enter the alley and his heart couldn't help but 'move'. He didn't dare to follow too closely, only following far behind him. Sure enough, the man walked straight to the Zhao family's house, rang the doorbell, and then went inside.

  Seeing that the person had come and gone, Songyuan again appeared in front of a house not far from Zhao's family, pretending to wait and observe for a while. After confirming that the person did not come out, he took out a cigarette and lit it up. This was the pre-arranged signal, and upon seeing Songyuan's signal, the other people gathered around Zhao's house began to slowly move closer to Zhao's house.

  At this time, the sky had already darkened, and although it was just evening, there wasn't a single person in the alley. With a wave of his hand, one of the slightly taller Japanese soldiers set up a ladder and climbed over the not-too-high wall, then quietly opened the iron gate, and a group of people slipped inside one after another. After entering, Songyuan left one person to guard the gate, while the others followed him, crouching low and moving stealthily towards the house with the lit lamp.

  At this time, the Zhao family was having dinner. Songyuan could hear the voices of people talking inside from the 'door'. He waved his hand and the Japanese soldier guarding the 'door' rang the doorbell.

  "Maybe Anzi and them have come back, you guys eat while I go open the door." The speaker was Li Yu'e. After she finished speaking, she put down her bowl and chopsticks and walked out because it had already gotten dark and the lights in the courtyard hadn't been turned on yet. Li Yu'e shouted: "Has Zhībāng come back?" as she walked towards the gate.

  Just as Li 'Yu' E walked into the yard, two black shadows suddenly pounced out from behind the flower bushes. Before she could react, her mouth was covered and a dagger was pressed against her throat. After struggling for a few moments, Li 'Yu' E fell to the ground lifeless and was then dragged by the two men into the flower bushes.

  "Mom, how come you've been out for so long? I'll go take a look." Zhao Yitian saw that her mother had not returned after such a long time, so she got up and said as she walked towards the door. Perhaps because of her young age and being a girl, she looked around the yard but didn't see her mother's figure. Just as she was about to go out, she seemed to be afraid and retreated back to the doorway, where she turned on the courtyard lights.

  "Ah!!!!!!" She suddenly let out a loud cry, and it turned out that she had just seen a puddle of blood flowing from Li Yu'e in the courtyard.

  "Butterfly, what's wrong?" Zhao Chuanfu heard the girl's cry and immediately dropped the bowl in his hand and rushed out of the house.

  Just then, Shōen swung his arm and 'Hi' himself rushed out from the corner of the wall outside the house.

  "What kind of people are you? What do you want to do? Butterfly... you beasts... butterfly..." Zhao Chuanfu just wanted to step forward and pull the girl back, but it was too late. A dagger from Songyuan had already been inserted into Zhao Yitian's back, the dagger pierced through her chest, and blood suddenly sprayed out.

  "You... I'm going to fight you..." Seeing the woman lying in a pool of blood, Zhao Chuanfu picked up a chair and rushed over. In the corner of the living room, a woman was tightly protecting Zhao Zhibang's son, Zhao Heping. Looking at the scene before him, Little Heping burst into tears, and the woman was also trembling uncontrollably between her legs. The young man standing beside him, wearing a black windbreaker, hesitated for a moment before picking up the coat rack in the house and rushing over.

  Zhao Chuanfu, although over 50 years old, was still a skilled martial artist from a family of martial artists. Although his father had passed away when he was young and hadn't taught him any kung fu, Qin Zhiping's father had started teaching him martial arts from a young age, so his skills were still impressive. Despite being over 50 years old, one or two young men were no match for him. At this moment, he picked up a chair and slammed it onto the body of a Japanese soldier who was charging at him with a dagger, then kicked him in the stomach and sent him flying more than two meters away. However, another young man wasn't so lucky. He swung a coat rack at the approaching Japanese soldier but unfortunately missed and hit the ground instead. By the time he picked it up again, a dagger had already been plunged into his chest, and blood spurted out, causing the women and children in the corner to scream loudly.

  At this time, Zhao Chuanfu was surrounded by four Japanese soldiers with daggers. He was unarmed and had already been slashed several times. While dodging and retreating to the corner where the women and children were hiding, the surrounding Japanese soldiers continued to attack him.

  "Ah, Zhao Chuanfu turned his head to look, and Xiao Heiping and the 'girl' had already fallen into a pool of blood without any breath: "You beasts, I'll fight you to the death". Seeing Sunzi's mouth constantly foaming with blood, Zhao Chuanfu roared with anger, staring with bloodshot eyes, and recklessly charged forward, grabbing one of the Japanese soldiers by the neck. At that moment, three daggers were simultaneously inserted into his back, abdomen, and heart. A large amount of blood flowed out of his mouth, and his hand holding the Japanese soldier slowly loosened, before he crashed to the ground."

  "Hurry up and bring that 'woman' inside, Xiao Daojun you go find something to ignite, quickly...". Songyuan wiped the blood off his dagger on Zhao Chuanfu's body as he gave the order.

  "Songyuan Jun, there is a barrel of gasoline here, I just found it from over there."

  "Hurry up and take off all the clothes with bloodstains, we're going to retreat," he said, taking the lead by removing his own jacket and throwing it onto Zhao Chuanfu's body.

  "Withdraw, withdraw, withdraw..." he said, taking out a match and lighting it, throwing it onto the clothes that had just been thrown down. Because gasoline was splashed on it, the fire quickly grew bigger and bigger. Songyuan looked at the 6 people who had already carried the corpse together, then waved his hand and walked out of the Zhao family's gate, soon disappearing into the night.