chaotic world

At the same time, Tianjin Zhou Mansion.

Du Yunfeng became an ant on the hot pot in a hurry. Zhou Lan had been gone for more than half a month, and Shanhaiguan had called Shanhaiguan to report that he was safe, but as soon as he entered the customs, there was no news.The people and horses were all taken away, and there was no capable person around. After hanging the water for two or three days at home, Du Yunfeng felt something wrong. Eight times, he hung up countless calls to Fengtian. Li Bonian and two of his subordinates were sent out to inquire about the news. A week later, the news came, saying that there was a fight between the ghosts in Xingcheng County and the opium dealers. When Du Yunfeng heard it, he knew something was wrong.

His brain got hot, but he didn't run over alone, he knew it was useless.

He hurriedly went to find Lu Baiyu. There was not much money left in the family, and it was directly spent on the politicians and rich businessmen he and Zhou Lan met. He really found out that Zhou Lan was still alive and was detained in the military camp.Let's talk about saving people, everyone shook their heads, Lu Baiyu also tried his best, but Japan has always been in a state of secret hostility to Britain and France, and there are not many people who can talk to the Japanese, so it is even more difficult to save people. .

There is a last resort in desperation, Du Yunfeng has figured it out, it is cold in winter, and he can hide it with thick clothes. As long as he can find a way to enter the Japanese barracks, with this intimidation, he can capture a higher-level devil Replace Zhou Lan.

Du Yunfeng connected the fuzes in the study room, and he was about to leave immediately. The phone at home rang, and the third sister answered the phone, and shouted upstairs with a loud voice: "Mr. Du, Mr. Zhou is calling. La"

Three steps in two, Du Yunfeng jumped down the stairs, rushed to the phone, grabbed the receiver, and heard Zhou Lan's voice: "Yunfeng, it's me." With this sound, Yunfeng seemed to restart his heart. He wanted to say, Mu An, don't be afraid, I thought of a way to save you, but before he could say anything, he coughed violently.

Zhou Lan was not in a hurry on the other end of the phone, he knew that the other party was in a hurry, and when the breath on the other side stabilized, Zhou Lan told him where he was.

Holding the receiver, he glanced at Jinshin not far away from the corner of his eye. Jinshin was sitting with a kind smile.Zhou Lan lowered her head and thought for a while, then said, "Yunfeng, come and pick me up, and bring me another set of clothes."

"Okay, I'll leave right away, at most one day, you wait for me." Du Yunfeng heard Zhou Lan's voice sounded good, and he knew that it was inconvenient for the other party to talk in the barracks, so he hung up the phone and set off.

In the afternoon of the next day, Du Yunfeng arrived in Xingcheng County. He drove all the way without sleep, without eating or drinking. The car stopped at the gate of the barracks. He wrapped his coat tightly and went in. The guards had already received the notice from Jinxin. Without stopping, the two ghost soldiers arrogantly led Du Yunfeng to Jinxin's residence—the place where Zhou Lan recuperated.

Running all the way to the third floor, the wooden door moved away, and Du Yunfeng saw Zhou Lan leaning against the wall. He was wearing a pink sakura kimono with a sapphire blue background, bent slightly, and folded his hands on his chest. The moment he saw Du Yunfeng, Zhou Lan His eyes lit up, he tried his best to straighten his body, and immediately frowned, and before Yunfeng could call out, the other party had already rushed over and hugged him tightly in his arms.

Jin Xin then appeared at the door, looking at the two people in the room, Zhou Lan turned his face to the door and saw him, so he broke free from Du Yunfeng's arms, and said calmly, "Mr. Jin Xin, I want to change clothes." Xin nodded with a smile, and politely closed the sliding door.

Du Yunfeng brought a full set inside and out, Zhou Lan stretched out his hand to untie the belt of the kimono, Du Yunfeng asked why you dressed like a devil, Zhou Lan smiled and said, can I still ask the Japanese to buy me new clothes?Or should I be naked?

Du Yunfeng thought the same, turned around to get the clothes he brought, and when he looked back again, Zhou Lan had already taken off his clothes, and the kimono was thrown on the ground casually. Shocking.

"Damn it! These bastards!" Du Yunfeng was so annoyed that he punched the wall. His little Mu'an was fine and clean when he left, and now there is almost no good place on his body. Du Yunfeng panicked with pain in his heart: "These sons of bitches, I will never live with them!" He couldn't swallow this tone, he would take revenge for this sooner or later.

Zhou Lan smiled: "It doesn't hurt, come and help me wear it." He knew the other party's temper, so he didn't ask Du Yunfeng at the beginning, and now it seems correct. If he died with the Japanese, this guy would probably die together.

A suit was neatly put on, Zhou Lan hooked his waist and did not dare to move, and instructed Du Yunfeng to fold the kimono. Du Yunfeng frowned when he didn't know, Zhou Lan clasped his shoulders and explained: "The clothes are I believe it today, without him, I would not be ordered to meet you, one size is one size." After he patted him on the shoulder, Du Yunfeng did as he said, put it hastily on the side, and then walked out with Zhou Lan in his arms , Zhou Lan is also anxious, he doesn't want to stay in this place for a minute.

Jinxin was keeping his word, not only released Zhou Lan, but also released those captives.

He wanted to help Zhou Lan into the car, but was blocked by Du Yunfeng, so he didn't try to reach out any more, but stood by the car window with a faint smile: "Mr. Zhou, we will meet again, don't forget our agreement."

Zhou Lan lowered the car window, stretched out a hand and shook hands with the other party briefly: "I am a man of trustworthiness, Mr. Jinxin, goodbye."

With Jinxin's promise, the goods were all sealed with Japanese military supplies.

Du Yunfeng wanted to take away Brother Heiyingshan from the prison. He sat in the prison for 20 days without trial or questioning, eating, drinking and drinking. He suffered a serious crime, and there was no good place left on his body.Du Yunfeng didn't care about people, horses and goods, so he hastily arranged the carriage and put all his thoughts on Zhou Lan.

I planned to take Zhou Lan back to Fengtian Hospital first, but the road was bad, the car was driving too fast, jumping like a crazy rabbit, and Zhou Lan's wound was so shocked that it burst open.Zhou Lan also didn't agree to leave first, he thought that the remaining opium from the horse team was all the capital for his comeback.

Du Yunfeng never leaves Zhou Lan, and Zhou Lan never takes his eyes off Opium.

Passing through the checkpoint went smoothly. When the Japanese army saw the cargo seal and the Imanobu warrant that Zhou Lan was carrying, not only did they not intercept them, but they would respectfully stand at attention and salute.

"I don't understand why he would help you." Du Yunfeng hesitated, he didn't trust Jinxin from the first sight.

The weather was very cold, and when he spoke, a ball of heat came out of his tongue. He folded the warrant and handed it into the car.

Zhou Lan hunched over on the back seat, her face was as white as a piece of paper, she didn't dare to use any strength on her body, wrapped in a thick coat, she didn't reach out to take it, but leaned over and moved inside.Du Yunfeng wrapped his coat tightly and sat in the back seat, and ordered to drive.

"You keep the warrant, it's convenient to pass the checkpoint." Zhou Lan said, all his things can be given to Du Yunfeng. In Manchuria, where the Japanese are everywhere, Imanobu's warrant is a talisman, and he prefers Du Yunfeng to keep it.

"It's not exactly a help, everyone gets what they need." Zhou Lan said the terms of the transaction on the shaky bike, "I know you don't like to associate with the Japanese, but I have no choice." Zhou Lan photographed Patting Du Yunfeng's hand was as light as his tone, and his hands were helplessly white.

Either die, or get rich together, two extreme choices.

That hand was cold, Du Yunfeng held it reflexively, and stuffed it into his coat.Raising an arm to pull Zhou Lan closer, half hugging her side, she asked with concern, "Still cold?"

Zhou Lan shook his head and said nothing.

Du Yunfeng unbuttoned the button with one hand, opened his coat, and tightened Zhou Lan into his arms. He sat upright, and Zhou Lan kept his waist slightly arched. On his forehead, his eyes fell out of the car window.

The car was bumping on the desolate land outside the pass, and there was no way to go to the village or shop. The snow covered life, the branches of the dead trees were blown by the cold wind, the grass nest of the mountain eagle was blown off, and the lantern grass was scrambling on the snow. Go away, if you don't see any eggs or eagle cubs, you will surely die if you fall into the snow.

He didn't know how to answer Zhou Lan's words. He always felt that it was not a good thing to associate with the Japanese, but what was more important than his life?

After a while, he gently kissed the other person's forehead, and sighed: "When we make more money, we will stop, go back to Tianjin, and stay away from the Japanese."

After returning to the Cheng family compound, Zhou Lan rested, and Du Yunfeng handled all the business of transporting opium to the smoking hall.There are more than a dozen people in the compound, all of whom were brothers who lived and died with Du Yunfeng back then. They have made it through all the ups and downs, and these dozen or so people are the best of the best, loyal and undeniable.Du Yunfeng didn't say nasty words, but he silently counted people in his heart countless times, Li Bainian, Jin Xiaoman, Hei Si'er, Zhao Changjiang, Ma Yulin... These people were originally in the lock to make a living, and they could survive. After all, he followed him unswervingly, saying that he was a subordinate, and he loved him like a brother.

Zhou Lan didn't go out much, but she didn't want to be idle. After two days of raising her, she wanted to see the account book, but Du Yunfeng refused to give it to her: "You still don't believe me? Take a good rest."

Zhou Lan covered her ribs and smiled: "I can trust you, but I can't trust your stupid account."

Du Yunfeng was afraid that he would be tired, so instead of giving him the account book, he brought him a small satin cotton package.

Zhou Lan forgot all about it. When Du Yunfeng came to him with a small satin cotton bag in his arms, he was a little dazed. He knew it was a child. He looked at the cotton bag, and then at Du Yunfeng. The next one, with an uncertain expression, pursed his lips: "That child?"

Du Yunfeng chuckled, sat down with his cotton bag in his arms, and with a mysterious and excited face, he moved closer and carefully opened the swaddle: "Xiao Mu'an, look, your son."

Zhou Lan glanced at it, then frowned, and leaned back to avoid it—it was different from what he took for granted.

Although he didn't have any expectations or imaginations, the creatures that could be related to him subconsciously, even if they weren't very beautiful, were at least pleasing to the eye.

But at that moment, he witnessed a little red monkey on the spot.There is only a small face exposed in the swaddling baby—if that can be called a face, it is wrinkled and red, and it is hard to tell which folds are hiding eyes, and there are forehead lines on the forehead. Not counting, the skin is covered with a layer of fine translucent hairs, just like a little monkey cub.

At the first glance, just one glance, he started to hate it.

"It's ugly," Zhou Lan said.Du Yunfeng's gesture was to push Zhou Lan into Zhou Lan's arms. Zhou Lan didn't intend to take it, but moved back a little.

Du Yunfeng held the baby with one arm, and rubbed the child's forehead with the other hand like a dog. He remembered that when he was a child in the countryside, his mother gave birth to Yunhai, and it was just like this, warm, soft, with the smell of milk, and his face was white. Fine hair, sleeping soundly.He said kindly: "Maybe all children are like this. You may not be good-looking when you are born. The old people say that women change at the age of [-]. I think this child may not be more beautiful when he grows up."

Zhou Lan turned her head away, lit a cigarette to distract her attention, and said in disbelief, "That's about girls."

Du Yunfeng stuffed his little finger into the child's mouth again, without raising his head, he said, "It's the same reason, males change from 72 to [-]."

Zhou Lan rolled her eyelids, and picked up the newspaper to cover her eyes in boredom.In his heart, he felt that the child was a wrong evidence, this evidence was not easy to eliminate, and would grow up every day, it was really unpleasant, he couldn't look down on the second look, as if he was sick and couldn't eat.

Du Yunfeng saw his attitude, stretched out a hand to rub the back of Zhou Lan's head, and calmed down a bit: "If you don't like it, I will raise it for you. When I grow up, I will be as gentle and polite as you, smart and good-looking. Come on, give your precious son a name!"

Zhou Lan held the newspaper and remained motionless: "Whatever"

"It can't be called casual." Du Yunfeng picked up the newspaper and disturbed Zhou Lan. Zhou Lan was afraid of pain in his ribs and didn't dare to pull with him, so he grabbed the opponent's hand indiscriminately, and said in his mouth: "You look like a baby!" Yes, let's call it Bao'er, Xiao Bao'er, Du Xiaobao if you like."

Du Yunfeng quit, thinking that it could only be used as a nickname, and he insisted on having a surname of Zhou, which was not enough, so he had to add characters.Zhou Lan was so disturbed by him that he couldn't help it, so he made a few random nonsense, but none of them met Du Yunfeng's high standards, and were rejected one by one. Later, Zhou Lan simply threw away the newspaper, scratching his hair and thinking, dozens of names were lost. In the past, they were all thrown back by Du Yunfeng.In the end, Zhou Lan had an idea, saying that such an important thing as naming should be taught by the elders, and that the name would be justified when he brought the child back to Tianjin and let his mother give it to him. Finally, he temporarily suppressed Du Yunfeng's fiery enthusiasm.

After arguing with Zhou Lan, Du Yunfeng took his little finger to tease the baby again. The little monkey had had enough sleep, but when it touched his finger, it immediately woke up, pursed its mouth and sucked it, which made Du Yunfeng happy Hua, shouted: "Son! Little Baoer!"

This cry was loud and clear, and the uncontrollable excitement of father calling his son warmed Zhou Lan's heart.

Zhou Lan smoked and read the newspaper by himself, choking the child so much that he coughed all the time. Du Yunfeng took the child out and played while walking. He had a feeling for this little monkey, and when he thought it was little Mu'an, he became excited , I wanted to kiss him, but I was afraid that the kiss would be too tender, and I wanted to hug him tighter, but I was afraid of being strangled. I walked on my legs, and my mouth was not idle, muttering "son" and "father".

Because Mrs. Cheng was severely stimulated, she has been insane all the time, and almost strangled the child to death without breastfeeding the child, so the child was hugged to the nurse after birth. Du Yunfeng knew that based on Zhou Lan's grudge against the Cheng family, Mrs. Cheng would not have a good end.But he always felt in his heart that no matter how wicked the old Cheng family was, it was already ruined. The Cheng family was pure in nature, but it was ruined enough because of his brother's glory. Back then, he and Zhou Lan really committed crimes. It's too much, killing chickens and taking eggs is not good for children, so before Zhou Lan thought about it, he privately gave some money to the original servants of the Cheng family, took Cheng away, and walked far away. You have to be clear, if you meet again, you will die.

Because she didn't think about the child, Zhou Lan could hardly think of his mother. When she remembered it one day, she no longer knew which village or store she was in.

The days passed by.

Every night the heater in the room was very hot, so Du Yunfeng stripped Zhou Lan naked and put him on the bed. He couldn't take a bath and could only scrub with a towel, and then changed his dressing. Zhou Lan's arms and legs were moved around, It was comfortable and enjoyable, but Du Yunfeng became unbearable, whether he could see or not, tried frivolously a few times, but he gave up because he was afraid of pulling the wound. After a few months, Du Yunfeng had swelling on his face, and his heart was on fire.

The twelfth lunar month is over, and the new year is over, and spring begins in a blink of an eye.

Zhou Lan was not idle either. She read the account books from the beginning of the business back and forth, and sometimes calculated while reading.When not looking at the account book, I move my body more, straighten my waist little by little without saying a word, and the painful clothes are soaked through.

The ice and snow melted, everything revived, and he also regained his vigor, and stood up straight again like a crown jade. It was the tight pain that was pulled on his body, but the pain under the full of energy, no one could replace, only him clear.

Outside the pass in March, the withered and yellow earth is arched yellow-green, the sun is very good, and the wind is still cool.Jinxin sent an interpreter to visit him in the Cheng family compound. During the past few months of recuperation, the Chinese interpreter with glasses has been visiting him. He does not mention business, but frequently inquires about his recovery. As usual, he brought a lot of Supplements, the only difference is that this time it also brought news that the Fengtian Security Corps has already made personnel preparations and urged Zhou Lan to take office.

Fengtian security group, a team of more than a thousand people, the head of the group is surnamed Zhang, nicknamed Zhang Dahu, who was appointed by the Japanese at the beginning.During his tenure, he was a veritable dog leg, not only the dog leg of the Japanese, but also the dog leg of the wealthy villagers and wealthy households. He was the one who gave the order to encircle and suppress Black Eagle Mountain.

Before Du Yunfeng turned around to avenge his original revenge, he lamented the impermanence of the world and became a gang.

On a beautiful spring day, Zhou Lan kept his promise and took office. It is impossible not to keep his promise. Manchukuo is a Japanese country. He can go back on his word, but the Japanese must have a way to make him change his mind, and it must not be a good way.Even if they hid in Tianjin, it was useless. He and Du Yunfeng had more than a dozen people under their command, enough to look after the house and the nursing home. Compared with the Japanese, it was a drop in the bucket.

The inauguration ceremony was presided over by head Zhang Dahu. Head Zhang is in his 40s and fifty years old. Butcher temperament, wide from the front and thick from the side, no matter which dimension you measure from, it reminds Zhou Lan of the unlovable second head of Black Eagle Mountain back then.When Zhang Dahu vigorously introduced Zhou Lan and Du Yunfeng in front of the whole group, Zhou Lanan listened quietly, with a faint smile on his face, replaying in his heart the old scene when he shot the head of the second leader, Du Yunfeng stood sideways behind Zhou Lan, his eyes quickly glanced at the meat on the rostrum, thinking about when he could make a move the soonest.

"Following the instructions of the Fengtian Headquarters of the Japanese Kwantung Army, I officially announce that Zhou Lan will be appointed as the deputy head of the security regiment, Du Yunfeng..." Speaking of this, Zhang Dahu squinted at Du Yunfeng in the audience, while the other party was putting his hands in his hands. Going to Zhou Lan's ear to talk, the two of them were looking at themselves on the rostrum with their eyes in unison, and the content of the conversation was obviously about themselves.Zhang Dahu shivered, coughed twice to clear his throat, and continued to announce that Du Yunfeng was Deputy Chief Zhou's adjutant.

On the rostrum, the Japanese in yellow woolen military uniforms have been sitting majestically.

"Pa, pa, pa", the officer raised his white gloves and took the lead in applauding, with a slow rhythm.Zhang Dahu hurriedly followed the applause. He was still standing straight when facing the audience. When he turned to face the Japanese, he immediately bowed 60 degrees. His slap was louder than the Japanese. The big man can't feel this kind of humble heart.

The soldiers in the audience also clapped their hands. It doesn't matter whether you like it or not, it doesn't matter who is the commander of the regiment, as long as the salary and food are paid, it doesn't matter whether it is a bear or Jia Baoyu.

Amid the crackling applause, Zhou Lan led Du Yunfeng onto the stage, took the certificate of commission and the uniform of the security regiment from the head of the regiment Zhang, and began to speak in front of the soldiers standing crookedly under the stage.He spoke in a gentle voice, a little bookish, and a little cool, with no substantive content. It was nothing more than his determination to manage the regiment well after he took office, and he emphasized military discipline.During the whole process, his eyes slowly scanned the thousands of people present, as if passing through a sieve, his long eyelashes blinked slowly, as if deliberately matching the slow speaking speed, and when he finished reading, he finished speaking.

A big show under the supervision and command of the Japanese is all puppets.Of course Zhang Dahu didn't want to put the two enemies in his regiment, but Feng Shui took turns, he only had the role of being obedient among the Japanese.Zhou Lan knew that the security team was a running dog, the "Second Devils" unit of the Japanese.He didn't care, he was thinking about how many of these thousand people he could mobilize and how much he could protect his business.

According to the instructions of the Japanese, a large-scale dinner was held at a high-end hotel in Fengtian City that night.At the dinner, in addition to the domineering Japanese military representatives, there were also local rich gentry, celebrities, dignitaries and dignitaries.

There were not many regular combat troops stationed in Fengtian by the Japanese army, and there was no need to use regular troops to deal with bandits and grassroots. The rulers took it for granted that good steel should be used wisely.

Fortunately, there are always Chinese people who are smart and aware of current affairs. After training, they will be given money to rob, and they will be able to manage Manchukuo in an orderly manner.The security teams and security teams in various places play this role. On weekdays, public security and patrols are under their control.Rich gentry and celebrities all understand that it is better not to mess with a role like the security team, because after all, they work for the Japanese.Therefore, the officials and businessmen who came to toast Zhou Lan and Du Yunfeng during the banquet, whether they were white-headed old men or young upstarts, all deliberately gave three points of courtesy.

Zhou Lan and Du Yunfeng were not too polite, they seized this opportunity, and pushed their business to a higher level during the exchange of cups and cups.

Zhang Dahu is not the protagonist today, but he clearly understands the faces of the Japanese. Zhou Lan and Du Yunfeng are bandits who came down from the mountain, and somehow they found the Japanese as their backers. They really can't afford to offend them.When the scene was chaotic, he took the initiative to toast, deliberately trying to curry favor with Du Yunfeng, turning hostility into friendship, insisting on drinking a full cup, saying that the flood had washed away the Dragon King Temple, how did he know it was a family?

Du Yunfeng was already a little drunk, so he hugged the other party's neck seemingly intimately, and said happily: "We are bandits, you are officials, who is with your family?" Gritting his teeth.

Zhou Lan was holding a glass of wine and chatting politely with the bosses of several big restaurants. If he wanted to sell his cigarette paste exclusively for hotel rooms, he had to crowd out other people’s business and only sell his family’s. , out of the corner of his eye, he caught sight of Du Yunfeng's playful smile, Zhou Lan raised his wine glass, bowed slightly, apologized, and left the crowd.

Zhang Dahu blushed and had a thick neck, while Du Yunfeng was young and energetic and borrowed the strength of wine, his hands were extremely heavy, and he was in a strangled posture from the heart to the outside.Zhou Lan put his arm on it calmly, but secretly exerted his strength: "Yunfeng, don't make trouble with Captain Zhang, there will be opportunities to play together in the future, and there are many people today."

It was like this when she was young, as long as Zhou Lan said don't make trouble, it was the most important thing, no matter how much Du Yunfeng tossed about, he would immediately stop, and this time was no exception, the tense muscles on his arms loosened, and Zhang Dahu was not weak. Shouting in secret, Du Yunfeng also saw sweat on his head.

Zhou Lan was a person who was not hostile to anyone on the surface. He patted the shoulder one by one and sent the other party leader Zhang back to his seat.