Chapter 49: Bad News

  In the northeast of Zhongguan Town, there is a large mansion with an area of nearly 10 acres. The walls on all four sides are over three meters high, made of green bricks and painted light green. The main gate faces south and has a pointed mountain-style hard roof with tiles or thatch. The two ends of the ridge of the roof curve upwards, and there is a water outlet higher than the tile surface, inlaid with intricately carved tile heads and drips. The four-footed landing-style gate tower has beautifully carved corbels and threshold bricks, with exquisite workmanship.

  Under the gate tower are two large black lacquered doors, with bright yellow copper nails on them. On both sides of the door and at a height equal to that of an adult's shoulder, there is a beast head embossment, with a ring as thick as a thumb passing through the mouth of the beast and hanging on the door. In front of the gate, one pair of stone lions are placed on either side, adding to the grandeur.

  The whole town of Zhongguan, such a luxurious natural non-town hall belongs to the mayor's house. Mayor Wang Yuan was originally the richest man in Zunhua City, but because he had a bad temper and offended people at first, he had to flee to the town. Unexpectedly, not long after arriving in the town, he was caught by Japanese soldiers and became this unpopular mayor. If he did things for the Japanese, he would be scolded by people behind his back; if he didn't do things for the Japanese, they wouldn't agree either. It's like a mouse getting into an air box - suffering from both sides! However, wanting to resign is not possible, and can only muddle through one day at a time.

  There are four courtyards in Wang Yuan's house, and Tie Tou and the others are now living in the last courtyard. Since they sneaked into the town yesterday evening, Tie Tou and the others have not left the courtyard, and if there is anything to be done, it is arranged by Wang Yuan sending someone to do it. On the other hand, there is no need to worry that Wang Yuan will leak the news, because if the Japanese know that this group of people sneaked into the town disguised as a welcoming team for his son's wedding, then the first one to lose his head would be Wang Yuan himself.

  Dai sat at a table by the window of the room on the far left of the main house in the courtyard, gazing out the window with a heavy heart.

  The little white wolf and the small snow were running around on the ground, from time to time letting out a milk-filled cry, sometimes they would even pounce on each other, playing and frolicking.

  It seems that the two little ones are living a good life, their fur is shiny and smooth with a lustrous sheen.

  Outside the window, members of the special forces team were bare-chested, conducting their daily physical training. Sweat dripped from their bronzed backs, reflecting light under the rising sun.

  Xiao Yue sat on the kang, carefully wiping her handgun with a piece of gauze. She had already cleaned and laid out the various parts of the gun on the kang, then held her breath and focused for a moment before suddenly moving her hands swiftly, assembling the parts together like magic.

  Her ten fingers flew swiftly, the gun parts on the bed decreasing rapidly. Finally, after Xiao Yue inserted the magazine into the pistol, a gleaming gun slide appeared before her eyes.

  The index finger hooked the trigger, the palm was flat, and the pistol rotated like a windmill on the palm for two circles. Xiao Yue neatly put the pistol into the gun holster at her waist, and the series of actions flowed smoothly, looking so natural.

  "It actually took 15 seconds, and it's still far from the instructor's 9 seconds!" Xiao Yue looked at her watch and then sighed, seemingly not very satisfied with her score.

  Jumping down from the kang, Xiao Yue carefully dodged the big snow and little snow that were running wildly on the ground, walked to Dai Er's side, and gently patted her shoulder. Dai Er didn't respond to her, still staring blankly out of the window.

  Seeing Dai'er's dispirited and listless appearance, Xiao Yue felt extremely helpless. Ever since Qin Yang brought Gang Qingye into town without bringing her, Dai'er had become like this. The originally strong-willed and resilient leader of the medical team had vanished without a trace.

  "Is the power of love really that formidable?" Xiao Yue rolled her eyes, seemingly unable to comprehend. Her rather thick nerves made it hard for her to understand such things: "Anyway, if Tie Tou makes me unhappy, I'll beat him into a pig head!"

  Thinking of Tie Tou walking around with a big pig head on his iron head, Xiao Yue couldn't help but burst out laughing.

  Dai'er's contemplation was interrupted by a chilling laughter, she turned around to see Xiao Yue laughing uncontrollably alone, and asked with concern: "Are you okay?"

  "It's nothing, it's nothing!" Xiao Yue rubbed her cheek with a smile that was slightly cramped and lay back on the bed.

  A knock at the gate echoed outside, and the special forces members who were training stopped what they were doing, grabbed their weapons, quickly found cover, and aimed their guns at the gate.

  Tie Tou nodded his head slightly, a special forces member walked to the gate of the courtyard, suddenly pulled open the gate, then turned sideways, making way for the view.

  Standing outside the gate was a middle-aged man in his forties, with an eight-character beard that was neatly trimmed. He wore a satin-faced cotton robe and had a round-edged hat on his head, with a smile typical of businessmen on his face. He was the owner of this courtyard, also the town mayor - Wang Yuan.

  As soon as Iron Head saw him, he put down his guard, made a hand gesture, and the special forces members put away their weapons and went back to the house to get dressed, leaving two special forces members standing behind Iron Head with guns at the ready.

  A middle-aged man walked in, took off his hat, wiped the cold sweat that had been scared out from under the muzzle of a black hole gun, and bowed to Iron Head: "Iron Captain, I've got the news figured out!"

  "What's going on?" Tie Tou asked.

  Last night's big event, the streets were all in a mess, Tie Tou and others couldn't have failed to notice, guessing they could guess it was Qin Yang and others who did it, so early this morning they let Town Head Wang Yuan go and gather information.

  As the town head, it was relatively easy to get news, and after going out for half an hour, he had inquired about everything. He then hurried back to report.

  "Did you say the person who sneaked into the airport at night was killed by the Japanese devils?" Tie Tou's heart immediately skipped a beat after hearing Wang Yuan's account, and he asked urgently: "How old was that person, what did they look like?"

  "The fake police officer who participated in the chase said that he was about twenty years old, quite tall, used two guns, had good marksmanship, and was also good at running!" Wang Yuan said to himself, completely unaware of Tie Tou's increasingly ugly expression.

  Every time Wang Yuan said a sentence, Tie Tou's heart sank a little lower. By the time Wang Yuan finished speaking, Tie Tou felt his hands and feet were all cold. From Wang Yuan's account, it can be basically confirmed that it was Qin Yang without a doubt.

  In Tie Tou's impression, apart from Qin Yang, who else would dare to sneak into the heavily guarded Japanese airport alone at night? Who else could face so many Japanese soldiers and puppet police without showing any fear?

  He grasped his hair with both hands, crouched on the ground, and his heart was like a burning fire that he couldn't shout out or call out. That feeling was as if everything inside him was about to explode.

  "It's him, it must be Qin Ge, I want to see him!" Unbeknownst to her, Dai'er had already arrived in the courtyard, and she had heard every word of Wang Zhenzhang's conversation. Her face was deathly pale, and she muttered to herself as she grabbed a submachine gun and headed for the door. Xiao Yue quickly pulled her back and snatched the gun from her hand.

  At this time, all special warfare personnel came from the house to the yard, they surrounded Tie Tou and stared at Tie Tou.

  "Squad leader, what are you going to say? What should we do?" a special forces soldier asked.

  Iron Head raised his head, gazing at the team members around him who were clenching their fists and gritting their teeth, as a bloody color gradually filled their pupils.

  Slowly standing up, Tie Tou didn't say anything, carrying his gun and turning around to walk outside. The special forces members all carried their guns and followed behind him walking out.

  Xiao Yue flashed forward, blocking Iron Head and his men, her voice filled with anger: "What are you doing? All of you, get back!"

  "Get out of here, don't bother me, or I'll beat you up!"

  Xiao Yue was stunned, Tie Tou had never spoken a harsh word to her before, let alone scolded her. Her anger surged up, but she knew this was a critical moment and couldn't afford to make things worse with impulsiveness. So she tried to calm her tone: "Tie Tou, you're the captain now, the lives of all team members are in your hands, you can't ruin them because of impulsiveness!"

  "I'm telling you again, get out of my way!" Tie Tou remained unmoved and repeated himself.

  "Not until you calm down and stop being so impulsive!" Xiao Yue said stubbornly, her head held high, her tone equally stubborn.

  A surge of anger suddenly flooded Iron Head's brain, he forgot to consider anything, stretched out his hand and picked up the submachine gun, pressed the muzzle against Xiao Yue's forehead, bellowing: "Do you believe I'll blow your brains out with one shot!"

  "Captain, calm down!" Two special forces members rushed up from behind and hugged Tie Tou.

  Xiao Yue still stood proudly in front of Tie Tou, with the cold muzzle of the submachine gun pressed against her forehead, and said word by word: "Don't... let me go, unless you kill me!"

  "——I——" Iron Head was like a mad lion, struggling free from the special forces soldier who had him in a bear hug, his finger hooked onto the trigger.

  Xiao Yue closed her eyes, and a tear rolled out of her eye socket, slowly sliding down her cheek.

  Iron Head panted heavily, his submachine gun trembling nonstop in his hand. After a while, he still didn't pull the trigger and finally threw down the submachine gun, squatting on the ground with his head in his hands.

  Xiao Yue opened her eyes and looked at Tie Tou, who was squatting on the ground. She also squatted down, holding Tie Tou's head in her arms, and softly persuaded him: "Tie Tou, I know you're suffering, we're all suffering too, but this isn't the time to be impulsive. Have you forgotten why Captain brought us here? Although Captain is gone, we still have to complete our mission, even if it means sacrificing ourselves. It's the least we can do to repay Captain!"

  "Yes, Xiao Yue is right. What's most important for us now is to complete this task and let Qin Ge walk away with a clear conscience!" After the heavy blow, Dai Er finally put aside her personal feelings and regained her usual composure and calmness!

  The special forces members also calmed down and persuaded Tie Tou, the atmosphere in the courtyard eased a lot.

  Iron-headed impulsiveness in Xiao Yue and Dai Er's persuasion, calmed down a bit, he looked at Wang Yuan standing at the door and said in a low voice: "Mayor Wang, trouble you to run another trip, try to draw out the airport's topographic map, even if it's a simple rough sketch, it must be handed over to me this afternoon, otherwise——"

  Tie Tou didn't continue, but Wang Yuan heard it and his whole body shook. He understood Tie Tou's meaning. Looking at Tie Tou's blood-red eyes again, he was so scared that he responded with a sound and turned to run out of the courtyard to gather news.

  "Dai'er sister, everyone come inside, let's discuss tonight's action plan!" Tie Tou regained his composure and his mind began to clear up. He was actually a rough but meticulous person, he just got impulsive sometimes.

  Dai'er and the others turned around and walked into the house, with Xiao Yue following behind them.

  "Xiao Yue, wait!" Tie Tou suddenly shouted.

  Xiao Yue stopped in her tracks, but didn't turn around, instead standing there with her back to Tie Tou.

  Tie Tou walked behind Xiao Yue and stuttered for a while before saying: "I - just now - wasn't on purpose - don't be angry, okay!"

  He spoke incoherently, his head raised to look at Xiao Yue, who seemed to have no reaction, and his heart cooled down a bit. Unfortunately, he wasn't in front of Xiao Yue this time, or else he would have seen the smile in her eyes.

  The two of them fell silent, and just as Xiao Yue was worried that she might have overdone it, Tie Tou strode up to her, swept her into his arms, and whispered in her ear: "If we survive this battle, I'll marry you!"

  After finishing speaking, Tie Tou let go of Xiao Yue and walked into the door without looking back, leaving Xiao Yue standing there foolishly.

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