Seeing the enemy arrive at the door of the backyard, Li Qinghe's heart was in his throat. Once the enemy entered the backyard, they would definitely discover the secrets of the comrades hiding behind; once a fire broke out, the comrades would also be put in danger.

In this situation, the tasks assigned to the protection chief by superiors cannot be completed well, and may even cause irreparable losses and disasters to our party.

In order to prevent accidents from happening, Li Qinghe secretly made up his mind to capture the thief first. If the inevitable happened, he and this team member would strike first and immediately work together to control Xiao Yonggui first. So, he

He and the team member had already been prepared, and they pretended to accompany Xiao Yonggui to the back house to see the old lady. The two of them walked closely next to Xiao Yonggui, one on the left and the other on the right.

At this time, Li Qinghe secretly complained and blamed himself: Why were you so careless? Why did you forget to lock the door to the backyard?

As soon as they arrived at the back house, they saw that Adjutant Zhang and a few puppet soldiers also pushed open the backyard door. The ones in front poked their heads in and took a look at the backyard. They saw some short weeds growing in the yard.

Some of them were swaying here and there. There was a stable near the door. There were two horses inside eating fodder. They were parked next to the stable.

A carriage; the yard seemed very deserted, with only the sound of the horses squeaking when eating grass and snorting from time to time. Other than that, there was almost no other movement.

However, they didn't know how many pairs of angry eyes were staring at the door from the warehouse at this time.

When they saw that there was nothing unusual in the yard, they were about to go in when they heard the old lady standing at the door of the main house and yelling at them: "Stop! What are you doing? Who told you to come in? Get out!"

When Adjutant Zhang heard this, he was stunned for a moment, then nodded and smiled at the old lady and said, "Hello, madam, are you at home?"

"Mom, I'm back." When Xiao Yonggui saw the old lady glaring at the puppet soldiers with wide eyes, he hurriedly walked over with a smile and said, "Are you at home? My father said that you were out visiting, and he didn't ask me to come over to see him.

You, come on and go into the house, it’s not windy outside.”

The old lady pointed at the puppet soldiers and asked: "Who asked them to break in without permission? What are they doing in the backyard? Do they want to rob something?"

Xiao Yonggui explained: "I asked them to clean up the backyard and free up two warehouses as our temporary residence. We need to station a company of my men at home."

The old lady asked: "Why are they stationed at our house? Who cares about their food and drink?"

Xiao Yonggui replied: "Mom, who cares about my team? It's just a matter of staying at home for a few days, because there are Communist Party elements in our area these days, and there are Communist Party leaders from the south passing through here to hold a meeting in Yan'an.

We worshiped Kimura

The Major's orders were to stand ready in this area and to conduct a strict search. This time, all large forces and security groups of the Imperial Army were dispatched and were setting up defenses in every village and township. They had already secured a loan and were waiting for the Communist Party and the Eighth Route Army to arrive.

It’s drilled inside.”

Xiao Yonggui thought there were no secrets to keep in front of his mother, but he never expected that the Li Shuer standing in front of them was a veritable old Communist Party member, and he was also the leader of the underground party in this area.

.

This information that Li Qinghe got personally was very important, but how to inform the comrades in the warehouse? No matter what, these puppet troops must not be allowed to enter the backyard, and they must be held back. He had an idea and said: "Oh, old lady,

Young Master, our three warehouses are all fully occupied, I’m afraid we won’t be able to vacate them for a while.”

"Qinghe, how many times have I told you that when I see Yonggui in the future, I don't want to call him young master or young master. His father and I feel uncomfortable hearing this?" The old lady glanced at her son and said, "Didn't you, Uncle Li, say that?

Isn’t it? There is no room in the warehouse, so you can set up defenses elsewhere."

Xiao Yonggui adjusted his glasses and asked: "Uncle Li, what is that warehouse filled with? Why can't it be vacated?"

Li Qinghe said: "Two of them are already filled with grain. Even the farm tools don't have room to put them. The lighter ones are placed on top of the grain stores, and the heavier ones are all filled up. I'm afraid there's not even a place for prongs.

there is none left."

"What about another one?"

"This one is even worse. All the fodder for our animals for a year is stored in it, and it is packed up to the rafters."

"Then can't you free up one room? If you can't, move the fodder out."

"No, it's easy to move out. What if it's cloudy and rainy? The fodder won't be eaten by the animals, let alone rain or frost after winter."

At this time, the old lady said: "Yonggui, did you hear that? We don't have time at home, so you can go elsewhere and find a solution."

Xiao Yonggui was still unwilling to give in. He said, "I'll go and take a look. I won't believe it. There are so many warehouses and there's not even a gap?"

Then, he waved his hand to Adjutant Zhang and said, "Go, go in and see if there is anywhere to live."

At this time, Li Qinghe's heart was rising again, thinking: Danger! I'm afraid I can't escape this time. He winked at the team member again, and the team member understood it, quietly raised the gun, and gently

He gently opened the nose of the machine and inserted his index finger into the trigger.

"Stop! Get out!" Xiao Laichun came over from the front yard angrily, just in time when Xiao Yonggui assigned his adjutant to go to the backyard to take a look. He walked up to his son and stared at him and said: "Don't say that our family has no room.

There is no room for people like you, huh!"

What could Xiao Yonggui do to his father? He had no choice but to ask his mother for help: "Mom, look, I finally came home, but my father didn't give me any face in front of my brothers, huh."

Xiao Laichun asked: "You still want face? If you want face, don't do this job? Where is your mother and I's face among the villagers?"

Xiao Laichun fanned his scraper as he spoke. When Li Qinghe saw it, he rushed forward to stop him. He persuaded Xiao Yonggui: "Young Master... you see that I am very angry today. How about you go first?"

Withdraw, the old lady and I will try to persuade you first. Once everything is settled, can you come back tomorrow?"

"Okay, okay." Xiao Yonggui waved to Adjutant Zhang and said, "You go to the front yard and wait."

Adjutant Zhang invited several puppet soldiers to go to the front yard together. Xiao Yonggui smiled at Xiao Laichun and said: "Dad, don't be angry, I am also following orders." He turned around and said to Li Qinghe: "Uncle Li, you

I also advise my father and mother, who dares to disobey the orders of the imperial army? Right? What if?

I cannot bear the responsibility of letting the Communist Party cadres and the Eighth Route Army escape from my defense area. It will not be easy for everyone then, right? So Li Shuer, please let the old people think more about me. After all, I am

Their biological son. Okay, I’ll leave first, and I’ll be back in the morning. Let’s go!”

Xiao Yonggui talked a lot, and finally he left. Although Xiao Yonggui said he was leaving, Li Qinghe was not at ease. He kept sending them out of the Xiao family's gate respectfully, and watched these fake gangsters with his own eyes.

After the army left the village, Li Qinghe's anxious heart finally fell to the ground.

He went back, locked the door, and went straight to the backyard. Yang Jiwei and Luo Yunpeng hurried forward to ask about the situation. Yang Jiwei asked: "How is it? Have they gone far?"

Li Qinghe replied: "I saw them leaving the village with my own eyes. They have probably left now."

Luo Yunpeng said to Yang Jiwei and Li Qinghe: "Even if this is the case, I think we must remain vigilant and not be careless. In this case, Company Commander Yang, you arrange for the leader and soldiers to rest and get enough sleep during the day. Secretary Li is in the front yard to listen to the news and observe

situation and deal with emergencies at any time. I will organize the anti-Japanese militia team to be prepared and ready to coordinate your actions at any time."

Li Qinghe agreed and said: "Well, this is good. It ensures nothing goes wrong."

Luo Yunpeng did not go through the gate, but jumped over the back wall with two militia soldiers and jumped out of the Xiao family compound, and quickly disappeared into the green gauze tent. Yang Jiwei praised: "It seems that Comrade Luo Yunpeng is very experienced in struggle."

What a comrade."

Li Qinghe introduced: "Yes, he is also a veteran. He had participated in the Northern Expeditionary Army earlier. He was a student at that time, and he served as a soldier in the army directly related to Feng Yuxiang for a period of time. After the Marco Polo Bridge Incident, he returned to

He arrived in his hometown, organized and led an anti-Japanese militia, and later joined the Communist Party of China. He eliminated traitors and bullies, and became famous throughout the country.

It inspired the confidence and enthusiasm of the local people to resist the war, and also greatly frightened some of the surrounding landlord classes, evil forces, and those traitorous scoundrels who wanted to take refuge with the Japanese. The Japanese hated him deeply and had been dreaming of eradicating him.

He and this team, it can be said that they hate and fear him. He is indeed an amazing and good comrade."

After listening to Li Qinghe's introduction, Yang Jiwei breathed a long sigh of relief and said: "There are many good comrades like Luo Yunpeng in the local area. How much risk do you take fighting behind enemy lines? You must have a brave and fearless fighting spirit, and you must have

Smart and flexible fighting style. It’s not easy for you.”

"It's all for the party and the people, and for the early victory of the Anti-Japanese War." Li Qinghe smiled and said to Yang Jiwei: "Captain Yang, I will go to the front yard to keep an eye on it, and you can arrange for the chief and comrades to rest."

"Okay." Yang Jiwei came to the backyard warehouse and saw that everyone was resting, so it was not appropriate to disturb them. He quietly set up a sentry and then sat at the door, wondering how to act tonight.

Besides, this Xiao Yonggui had just left his house and led his gang of puppet soldiers to the edge of the village. He was thinking that something was wrong today. Many questions arose in his mind: Why is the old man so angry with me when I go home today?

Why don't Li Qinghe and the old man let my people go to the rear?

Why did even my mother stop her men from going to the backyard? She also cursed them. Are they hiding something that they can’t tell or is there some secret in the backyard that they don’t dare to let me know? No, I can’t just leave, I have to find out.

No, I have to see what is going on in the backyard!

Thinking of this, he immediately called Adjutant Zhang and said, "Tell the team to stop and return to my home immediately."

Adjutant Zhang didn't know the reason, so he asked: "Didn't we just come out? What did we find?"

Xiao Yonggui said angrily: "Go back as soon as I tell you. Why do you do this? Hurry!"

At this moment, a puppet soldier rode up to him from a distance and handed him a piece of paper. Xiao Yonggui looked at it and smiled coldly and said to himself: "Huh, I guessed it right. My father."

Uncle Li and I must have been threatened by the Eighth Route Army, because they were afraid of causing trouble in my house."

So, he ordered his men: "Go back! Hurry up!"

The soldiers standing sentry on the wall of the Xiao family compound saw Xiao Yonggui leading the puppet troops back from a distance. They quickly got off the ladder and reported to Yang Jiwei: "The company commander is not good, Xiao Yonggui is back again."
Chapter completed!