In the low and dilapidated courtyard, the three of them took turns watching Boss Qiu for a night's rest. During the process, except for a puppet soldier who came to look for Boss Qiu, Wei Ran fooled him because he had already left. What can be considered troublesome are the large mosquitoes that almost never stop at night and the bedbugs that crawl out from time to time.
Finally forced to do nothing, Wei Ran simply ran to the yard, put the two Eight Immortals tables together, and lit a handful of damp and smoking reed stalks on the side. The reckoning lasted until dawn.
Before leaving the house, Uncle Zhou signaled Wei Ran to wait, stretched out a reed and measured Wei Ran's feet, and then left the yard early by himself.
Before the other party came back, Wei Ran warned Boss Qiu, who had mosquito bites all over his head, and stuffed a small piece of broken brick into each other's shoe. Only then did he untie the rope that had been binding him.
After waiting for less than ten minutes, when Uncle Zhou came back, he had already put on the long gown he had seen yesterday, and he also had a white cloth cover held up by a bamboo pole in his hand.
This was not over yet. After the other party opened the rattan box he carried on his back, he also took out a set of clean coarse cloth clothes and a pair of new cloth shoes with thousand-layer soles and handed them to Wei Ran.
"Put it on and try it," Uncle Zhou urged, "otherwise you won't be able to enter Xiaonanmen's bathhouse with your shabby clothes."
Of course Wei Ran would not refuse. , happily put on new clothes and new shoes. I have to say, this uncle is really attentive, at least the shoes are just the right size.
Before leaving the house, Wei Ran reminded Boss Qiu again, "Remember what I said, if this thing is done, both you and your father will be able to live. If it is not done, both of you will be dead." You have to die."
"Remember it, I will do it beautifully for you!" Boss Qiu promised hurriedly.
Wei Ran and Uncle Zhou looked at each other. One after the other, they blocked Boss Qiu, who was baring his teeth, and slowly left the yard. As for Han Shoutian, who had handicapped legs and feet, he took the box of cannon and bullets that Wei Ran had given him last night and got into the reed pile against the wall again. As for the wooden holster and matching bullet bag, they were hung on Boss Qiu's body again.
A group of three people walked all the way to the alley entrance with a distance of about five or six meters between each other. Uncle Zhou at the front stopped, turned around and said, "Boy Wei, if there is no way to get Qiu Er When Mazi is brought out, remember to ask him what the purpose of the more than one hundred chartered ships at Dongguan Pier is."
"Do you know?" Wei Ran said to Qiu, who was standing between the two. the boss asked.
"I...how did I know this?" Boss Qiu replied with a sad face, "My father never lets me get involved in the dock."
Uncle Zhou sighed. , "Don't count on this bad guy. I'm afraid only Qiu Ermazi knows this."
"Uncle Zhou, don't worry," Wei Ran, who was last in line, promised, "If there is no way Qiu Ermazi brought him out, I'm sureLet me ask you clearly. ”
Uncle Zhou nodded when he heard this, started walking again, and walked in front while shaking the tiger brace on his finger.
The three of them After walking for more than half an hour, Uncle Zhou sat down next to a breakfast stall. The white cloth tent held up by a bamboo pole pointed at the bathhouse on the opposite side of the road intentionally or unintentionally. Wei Ran did not stop when he saw this, and signaled to Boss Qiu. Leading the way, he opened the curtain and walked into the bathhouse.
In the bathhouse, which was filled with a little steam, at the counter opposite the door, an old man holding a pipe and a pot jumped up when he saw Boss Qiu coming. He bowed respectfully and said, "Master Qiu, why are you in the mood to come here today? "
"Is my father here? Mr. Qiu asked arrogantly.
The old man holding the pipe and pot quickly replied, "Second Master Qiu hasn't come yet, but judging by the time, he should be here soon." "
"Then let's go in first." Boss Qiu said and walked in. "I found a bath master from Yangzhou for my father. Let him try it today! Wait a minute, you old guy, don't talk too much, I'll give him a surprise! "
The old man thought for a while, but finally did not dare to stop him. He handed over two white towels with a low eyebrow, "Then you go inside and soak first, and I will bring you a pot of tea." ”
Boss Qiu didn’t dare to look back at Wei Ran who took the towel and walked into the steamy bathhouse. It was not that he didn’t want to escape along the way, but with every step he took, The soles of his feet were so painful from the two pieces of broken bricks in the shoes that were as big as the size of fingertips, and he couldn't walk away at all. The pain became worse the further he walked, and the less confident he felt that he could run away.
As Wei Ran also entered the changing room connected to the hot water pool, Boss Qiu's arrogant look immediately turned into a flattering look. Wei Ran didn't have any trouble for him, throwing a towel to him and whispering , "Go inside and soak by yourself. Find a corner where you can't see the changing room outside. Remember to turn your back to me and cover your face with a towel. When your father comes later, if you don't want to die, hide in the pool and don't let him see you. ”
Boss Qiu was a bully, so naturally he didn’t dare to say no. He took off his clothes honestly, held out his big belly that had been pregnant for three years, and jumped in. He put the hot water in the pool, moved to the corner of the pool, and covered his face with a towel, but he really didn't dare to move.
It was filled with water vapor. After waiting in the bathhouse for almost half an hour, I saw that Mr. Qiu was almost steamed. There were also lively chatter, laughter and Japanese talk mixed in from outside the bathhouse, which was only separated by a curtain. .
Waiting inside, Wei Ran couldn't help but be stunned. Why are there still Japanese? This is a little different from what he expected!
He didn't wait for a reaction. , the chatter and laughter got closer and closer, and then the group of three walked into the changing room, which was only half a curtain away from the hot water pool.
Xian Wei Ran was hiding against the wall. Looking at the direction of the pool, he saw that Boss Qiu, who was soaking in it with a white towel on his head, had already retracted his head into the water like a bastard.There is no sign of rising in the pool. He then grasped the towel that had been wetted in advance, bent down and hid under a table placed against the wall, and looked out along the lower edge of the half curtain.
There were only three people in the slightly dark changing room, and what he could see was only below his knees. One of the three men was wearing satin trousers and cloth shoes, and was holding a civilized stick in his hand as he walked around. The second one was wearing silver trousers and black leather shoes, and the other one was wearing a little devil's recruitment uniform and a pair of high-waisted riding boots.
While taking off their clothes, the three people seemed to be chatting about the bathing culture of the two countries with the help of one of the translators. But it was obvious that the person who spoke Chinese was full of flattery in almost every sentence, while the person in charge of translating was arrogant and proud. As for the one who can only speak Japanese, he has an ugly drake voice.
Withdrawing his gaze, Wei Ran glanced at the hot water pool again, then stepped back into the shadow under the table, waiting patiently for the three people to enter. Although the number of people exceeded expectations, at the Hongqi Forest Farm, he and Jima often faced one-on-one situations, and he still couldn't believe that those three people could outperform the beautiful girls from the Hongqi Forest Farm who specialized in the lower third route. Difficult to deal with!
In less than five minutes, as the half curtain was lifted from the outside, a thin monkey wearing a crotch cloth was the first to walk in. The skinny monkey glanced at the large pool covering an area of nearly 20 square meters in front of him, said "吆西" with satisfaction, and then walked over.
The next person who came in was a young man with a slicked back hair and a towel around his waist. All the attention of this slicked-back guy was on the Japs in front of him, so naturally he would not notice him hiding. Wei Ran, who was under the table, just chased the thin monkey in front of him.
It was precisely by the time he got in contact with this big-backed man that Wei Ran, who had already come out from under the table, rushed to the door with a quick step, reached out and grabbed the wrist of a middle-aged man with a pockmarked face and twisted it. , bent down and went around his back, while the wet towel on the other hand had already covered his mouth.
I have to thank him for the repeated combat training with Karp, Teacher Dalia, Ji Ma and the girls at the Hongqi Forest Farm. Almost without thinking, Wei Ran pressed hard with his left hand holding the bayonet tightly. Chopping, the hard handle of the knife hit the middle-aged man directly behind the ear, making him unable to see Wei Ran clearly, and he lost consciousness.
Gently knocking down this middle-aged man who maintained a fairly good figure and was about 1.7 meters tall, Wei Ran turned around and rushed towards the second Da Beitou who entered. Although the latter heard He heard footsteps, but when he turned around, Wei Ran covered his mouth with a towel, and then received a heavy blow behind the ear.
Before Da BeiTou, who had been knocked unconscious by Wei Ran, fell to the ground, the little devil who had already reached the edge of the pond was also startled by Boss Qiu who was hiding in the pond, and then heard a thud behind him. A soft sound.
When he turned around, Wei Ran had already put away his bayonet, and a pistol with a silencer appeared in his hand.
"Shh!"
Wei Ran stretched out his right index finger holding a wet towel and made a silencing gesture at his mouth, and pulled the two closer before the other party could react. He roughly covered the opponent's buckle with a wet towel, and then used the same trick to hit the opponent behind the ear with the handle of the gun.
"Give me your towel and close your eyes!" Wei Ran picked up three dry towels on the ground, sat by the pool and whispered.
Qiu, who was hiding in the hot water pool, quickly handed over the towel that had been on top of his head, then turned around and closed his eyes.
Wei Ran then put away his pistol and replaced it with a Mauser bayonet. He cut each of the four towels into strips and twisted them a few times. He tied the hands of the three people who had just been knocked unconscious and Boss Qiu behind their backs. He stood up, stuffed all their mouths and placed them side by side on the edge of the hot water pool.
Glancing at Boss Qiu, who was the only one who was still conscious, Wei Ran strangled his father Qiu Ermazi’s neck with a wet towel, then took out the towel from his mouth and dipped his mouth and nose into hot water. In the pool.
In just a few seconds, the unconscious Qiu Er Mazi was choked and regained consciousness. Seeing this, Wei Ran grabbed the wet towel around the other person's neck and pulled him out of the water.
However, Qiu Ermazi only had time to take a breath before Wei Ran pushed him into the hot water pool again. And this time, he suffered for more than ten seconds before he was pulled out of the water again.
After repeating this two or three times, Wei Ran pulled him out again and stuffed the tip of the bayonet he had been holding in his other hand into Qiu Er Mazi's mouth.