Chapter Twenty-Eight
"That's how it should be, my men saw that the shopkeeper of the tavern had gone to the hole in the ground behind the pyre, after closing, and that the new lad was helping him to keep an eye on the wind. The bandits around Macheng have been almost beaten by the garrison, if they are not the bandits' eyeliner, then they can only be spies of the Japanese army, let's arrest people. "Tang Cheng went to Huang's house early in the morning and informed the results of the sunspots' reconnaissance to the still sleepy-eyed Huang Tuan.
"Go now?" Captain Huang, whose face had not been washed, looked at Tang Cheng with some consternation, and the latter nodded with a calmness that did not match his age, and the essence in his eyes made Captain Huang a little afraid to look at him. Seeing that Tang Cheng's attitude was so resolute, Captain Huang nodded and agreed, "Okay, okay, then you have to wait for me to wash my face before going out, how can I say that I am also the head of the Macheng Garrison Regiment, I can't disregard decency like this." ”
After rinsing his mouth and washing his face, he had breakfast, although Tang Cheng was a little disdainful of Captain Huang's procrastination in his heart, but he was still very happy to accept Captain Huang's suggestion to have breakfast together. "It tasted great, I haven't had such a good breakfast in a long time." Tang Cheng, who was accustomed to using knives and forks with Robert in Shanghai, saw the omelet and milk again, which somewhat reminded Tang Cheng of those memories hidden in the depths of his mind. Tang Cheng's skillful use of knives and forks and the elegance of eating also brought great interest to Mrs. Huang, who likes Western-style breakfast.
"Departure" turned over the horse Huang Tuanchang waved his arms, the heavily armed Huang San with more than a dozen Huang family members guarded Huang Tuan's side, and the stars hugged Huang Tuanchang like the moon. Tang Cheng was reluctant to ride with Captain Huang, he would have stopped doing such a swaggering thing a long time ago, but he couldn't stand Captain Huang's insistence, so he had to hold the reins and ride beside Captain Huang on horseback with a stiff face. The people of Macheng along the road saw that Captain Huang automatically got out of the way, and Captain Huang on horseback also frequently waved or greeted passers-by, looking at the bearing of a lieutenant colonel.
Huang Tuanchang, who was swaggering through the city, took Huang San and they finally arrived outside the door of the Luofu Tavern, it was almost noon, and the tavern had already opened, but there were no drinkers coming to the door. "Why does Huang Tuanzuo have time to come to my small shop today?" As soon as Commander Huang got off the horse, the sixth uncle of the shopkeeper greeted him with a smile, and then Tang Cheng, who got off the horse, carefully looked at the tavern shopkeeper who had been regarded as a spy of the Japanese army. Uncle Six's graying hair didn't mean anything, Tang Cheng had seen gang members older than him in Shanghai, not to mention that this suspicious tavern shopkeeper had a pair of thick knuckle hands.
After carefully looking at the sixth uncle, Tang Cheng quietly followed Captain Huang into the Liufu Tavern, the new young man in the tavern was wiping down those dishes, and when he saw Captain Huang in military uniform, his first reaction was not to get the kettle to serve tea to Captain Huang and them, but subconsciously separated his feet and put on a stride posture. "Fusheng, what are you still doing in a daze? Didn't you see Captain Huang coming? Go to the backyard and take out my good tea, Captain Huang is a nobleman, you can't greet guests with ordinary tea. The sixth uncle of the shopkeeper moved his body quietly, just cutting off Tang Cheng's gaze from the young man.
"It's okay, I just happened to be passing by here, and I always heard those guys in my garrison say that your wine here is very delicious, so I got off the horse on a whim and took a look." Seeing that Tang Cheng sat down quietly, Head Huang naturally didn't plan to say anything now, so he chatted with the sixth uncle with a smile. Huang San, who came with them, didn't know at all, so they didn't block the taverns, but sat at another table drinking tea and chatting as usual, and the Luofoo Tavern looked no different from usual.
"Shopkeeper, do you have a toilet here?" Tang Cheng, who was sitting at the same table as Captain Huang, suddenly stood up, with a forbearant expression on his face. "Maybe I ate too many omelettes in the morning, and I felt a little sick to my stomach." Squeezed out a smile at Head Huang and Sixth Uncle, Tang Cheng explained, but his forced squeeze out laugh caused Huang San and them to laugh.
"Fusheng, you quickly take Company Commander Tang to the toilet in the backyard, it's terrible to suffocate." The sixth uncle of the shopkeeper, who was also holding back his smile, asked his little man to take Tang Cheng to the backyard, but when he turned his head, Tang Cheng, who pretended to have a stomachache and wanted to go to the toilet, made a look at Captain Huang. brought so many people, even if he directly arrested the tavern shopkeeper and the young man, it was nothing, but Huang Tuan Chang wanted Tang Cheng to be 100% sure before he started to arrest people, so Tang Cheng wanted to borrow the toilet under the pretense of stomach pain to explore the hole in the backyard of the tavern first.
Tang Cheng had already drawn a sketch of the backyard of the tavern according to Kuroko's dictation, and he was now able to walk back and forth in the backyard of the tavern with his eyes closed, but in order to explore the hole they found, Tang Cheng still pretended to be uncontrollable and followed the young man into the backyard of the tavern. "Alright, go ahead and get me some paper." The young man led Tang Cheng to the side of the toilet, but Tang Cheng, who was about to enter the toilet, suddenly pulled out the shell gun on his waist when the young man turned around.
With a muffled cry, the shell gun in Tang Cheng's hand had already smashed the back of the young man's neck, hitting here would make the target faint, which Tang Cheng learned from Liu Goat, but he didn't expect to use it on this young man for the first time today. Supporting the young man who had already rolled his eyes and fainted, Tang Cheng dragged the person to the back of the pyre, and then according to Er Niu's description, Tang Cheng moved a few bundles of dry firewood under the pyre, and a wooden board with a handle appeared in Tang Cheng's sight.
Lifting the plank little by little, Tang Cheng, who was holding a shell gun in his right hand, listened carefully to the movement in the cave, until he was sure that there was no one in the cave, Tang Cheng whistled outside the wall. There was only a soft sound, and the sunspot with a torch pinned to his waist came in over the wall and squatted beside Tang Cheng, "Light the fire, let's go down." With the torch, the small area of the hole was illuminated, Tang Cheng who went down the ladder to the hole couldn't help but be a little stunned, and the sunspot that had already fallen half of the ladder opened his mouth widely, and there was not only a radio station in the hole, but also a lot of firearms and ammunition on the shelves standing against the wall.
"You stay here, take care of this live." Tang Cheng didn't carefully look at the things in the hole, nor did he let the sunspot move the guns on the shelf, but took the sunspot out of the hole. handed over the fainted young man to Heizi to watch, Tang Cheng, who was carrying a shell gun in his hand, walked quickly towards the tavern, the sixth uncle in the tavern didn't know this, and he didn't see Tang Cheng return for a long time, and the head of the tavern who was laughing and laughing with the tavern shopkeeper was already vigilant in his heart.
"Tie him up for me" Finally saw Tang Cheng carrying a shell gun, and the overjoyed Huang Tuanchang threw the teacup in his hand to the ground, and it was a big mouth on the sixth uncle's face. The sixth uncle was directly slapped to the ground by Captain Huang, and before he could react, he was already pressed to the ground by Huang San and the others who pounced, and he also stuffed the rag that wiped the table in his mouth.
"Captain Huang, what are you doing here? I don't know how Uncle Liu offended you? The drinkers who came to the tavern for some reason got up and avoided the side, but a guy who often came to the Leofoo Tavern stood up to defend the desperately struggling Sixth Uncle. In the past, Commander Huang would definitely explain, but now Commander Huang is no longer the landlord squire who can only collect land rent, he is the real head of the Macheng garrison regiment, a lieutenant colonel, and he doesn't have to explain anything to this inconsequential person at all.
"Captain Huang, I found something in the backyard, you better come and take a look." Tang Cheng originally wanted to ask Commander Huang to invite a few local gentry from Macheng to take a look at the things in the cave in the backyard, but he didn't want the news of the radio station in Macheng to be rumored. Leaving Huang San and a few family members in the tavern to watch the tied tavern shopkeeper, Huang Tuanchang followed Tang Cheng to the backyard, pointing to the hole in the ground behind the pyre, Tang Cheng said in a deep voice, "There is a radio station and some guns and ammunition here, so they will definitely not be bandits." ”
Tang Cheng's voice was not loud, but it shocked Commander Huang that there were really Japanese spies in Macheng. Captain Huang didn't go down to the cave in the end, he just asked Huang San and the others to take away the sixth uncle and the young man, but handed over the things in the tavern and the cave to Tang Cheng to dispose of. Tang Cheng knew that capturing the Japanese spies was a great achievement, but he didn't show any dissatisfaction with Commander Huang taking away the two captives, and he didn't even tell Commander Huang that he knew Japanese, just the weapons and ammunition in the cave were enough for Tang Cheng to feel at ease.
"Send the radio to Commander Huang, we will bring back these weapons and ammunition, this is what we deserve." Tang Cheng sat in the tavern with a barge gun and a golden knife, waiting for the old northeast to come with a carriage, and Tang Cheng's face was a little happy. "Four Mauser rifles, three flower traps, one Czech light machine gun, three 20-round barge guns and enough ammunition and grenades, these are ours."
Several tables were full of weapons and ammunition brought back to the cyclamen, and Liu Shishi, who went to deliver the radio, also brought back good news, the county government was originally going to close the door of the Leofoo Tavern, but it was the head of the Huang regiment who made a guarantee in front of the county magistrate, and the Leofoo Tavern now belongs to Tangcheng and them. If Tang Cheng is willing, the Lukfook Tavern, which has been closed, will reopen its doors tomorrow, and all the proceeds will belong to Tang Cheng and them, just like the Tavern where the Huang family occupied Boss Hu in the first place.
"This Huang Tuan Commander is also a generous person." Niu Lao Gui, who was fiddling with a flower mechanism, muttered in Tang Cheng's ear in a low voice, causing Tang Cheng to laugh, if he expected, these ideas were not from the original intention of Captain Huang, it was likely that Mrs. Huang had instructed him.