What a beautiful white lotus

The black dog pressed Ye Rongqiu tightly to prevent him from moving, wishing to rub him into the stone pile, and said with a pale face: "Someone shot. The Japanese, the Japanese are coming across the river!"

"Japanese, Japanese?" Ye Rongqiu was startled and didn't dare to move immediately.

Half of the black dog's body was pressed on Ye Rongqiu's body, and the two of them were close to each other, and they could feel each other's violent heartbeats.Panic, this is all Ye Rongqiu feels, and he knows that the black dog is also panicking, because the shoulders pressing on him are trembling.

They have all been bombed by the Japanese twice, but those two times were completely different from this one. At that time, the Japanese were flying far away in the sky, and their attacks were also ranged attacks. As long as they hid well, they could escape. Passed a catastrophe.But now, the Japanese were nearby, and the bullets didn't come from the other side of the river. The Japanese were already on this side of the river.Now there are only the two of them and the Japanese on the empty river beach. They are the only targets. The Japanese have prepared enough bullets for the two of them.

We are dead.Ye Rongqiu thought to himself.His mind was racing, but he couldn't think of any possibility that they could escape.

"Bang!" There was a loud noise in front of them, and another bullet hit a stone one meter in front of them, causing a burst of smoke.

Ye Rongqiu began to tremble violently.He was terrified, and in this extreme state, he couldn't cry, his limbs were stiff, and he couldn't even move.

After a few seconds, they heard the sound of a stone not far away. It was someone walking on the stone and approaching them.Now as long as Ye Rongqiu and Heigou put their heads up for a moment, a bullet will immediately blow their heads open.But it is only a matter of time before the Japanese touch it while hiding. They don't have any weapons in their hands, and they have no chance of winning.

Ye Rongqiu held on to the black dog's arm tightly, which was his only support now.He tremblingly asked, "Ah Hei, what should I do? The Japanese are really Japanese. Ah Hei, I, I'm so scared."

The black dog was a little calmer than him, but sweat was dripping from his forehead because of the tension.The sound was getting closer and closer, and there was another loud bang, this time the bullet directly hit the rock where they were hiding, and the splashed stone fragments flew onto Ye Rongqiu, causing him to twitch in pain.

"Wait for it!" the black dog suddenly yelled.

The sound of trampling stones stopped.

The black dog panted violently, squeezed Ye Rongqiu's hand hard, and let go of his voice to shout again.Ye Rongqiu thought he was calling for help from others, but after listening to a few sentences, he found that he couldn't understand what Heigou said - Heigou was not speaking Mandarin, nor a dialect, it sounded like Japanese.

After the black dog yelled a series of words, Ye Rongqiu finally heard the voice of the person over there.As soon as they opened their mouths, Ye Rongqiu's heart sank to the bottom: the person who came was indeed a Japanese devil.The Japanese army has already crossed the river, and they are about to drag the city of Anqing into purgatory.

The black dog talked back and forth with the Japanese not far away, and the gunfire stopped.Ye Rongqiu couldn't understand, he looked at the black dog in surprise, because he didn't know that the black dog could speak Japanese, but he still didn't dare to move.

The Japanese yelled something, Ye Rongqiu saw that the expression of the black dog became hesitant, then he raised his hands and slowly got up.Ye Rongqiu was frightened, pulled him desperately, and whispered: "What are you doing?"

The black dog pushed Ye Rongqiu down, and said in a low voice, "Lie down, don't move!" Then the black dog stood up with its hands raised.The Japanese did not shoot.

The Japanese seemed to ask the black dog something, so the black dog said a long series of words, and then both sides fell silent.For a few seconds, there was no sound except the sound of the wind, Ye Rongqiu didn't dare to look up to see what was going on, he just felt his heart was about to jump out of his throat, and he wished he could quickly pull the black dog back to his side.His nerves collapsed to the extreme, and any slight noise could drive him crazy.

Finally, the Japanese spoke again.He said something, and the black dog hesitated for a while, then bent down and pulled Ye Rongqiu up: "Don't be afraid, get up."

Ye Rongqiu believed him, and when he said he was not afraid, Ye Rongqiu's heart became much more stable.

The black dog protected Ye Rongqiu behind him, Ye Rongqiu finally saw clearly, there were two wet Japanese standing there, they were already standing very close, just seven or eight steps away.They were all wearing Japanese military uniforms and had submachine guns in their hands, but they didn't point the guns at the black dog or themselves.One of them is short and fat, and the other is tall and thin.The tall and thin one had a long scar on his face, extending from the corner of his eye to his Adam's apple, and he looked very fierce.

The black dog stubbornly hid Ye Rongqiu behind him, and said a few words to the two Japanese, the two Japanese whispered a few words, the scar-faced man nodded to the black dog, his chin turned in a certain direction Skimmed.Ye Rongqiu couldn't understand what he said, but from his actions, he could guess that the man asked them to leave.He couldn't believe it, but the black dog bowed to the two Japanese, quickly grabbed Ye Rongqiu's hand and ran out in the direction the Japanese pointed.

"Hey!"

After they ran a few steps, the scar-faced man suddenly called out from behind.Ye Rongqiu felt his whole body tense like an electric shock, he froze and did not dare to move.The black dog noticed his nervousness, grabbed his shoulders, and turned to look at the two Japanese.The scar-faced man yelled at the black dog, and the black dog nodded, so the scar-faced man waved his hand, gesturing them to leave quickly, and led another Japanese soldier into the city.

The black dog ran desperately with Ye Rongqiu, and the two of them didn't dare to turn their heads back. After a while, a forest appeared in front of them. The black dog led Ye Rongqiu into the woods, and ran wildly for a while, and didn't stop until they reached the depths of the woods. .The black dog found a fallen tree, and hid under the tree with Ye Rongqiu.

Ye Rongqiu trembled violently. He said, "Listen, there are gunshots outside."

The black dog listened for a while, then covered his ears with a generous palm: "No, you heard it wrong."

Ye Rongqiu looked up at the black dog, two lines of tears rolled down quickly: "I'm so scared, so scared, I thought we were dead."

The black dog hugged him into his arms and wrapped him tightly: "Don't be afraid, it's fine."

After a while, Ye Rongqiu calmed down a little, and the trembling was not so severe.He asked the black dog: "Do you speak Japanese?"

Black Dog nodded.

Ye Rongqiu asked him again: "What did you tell them?"

The black dog was silent for a while, then tightened its arms around Ye Rongqiu.Ye Rongqiu was in pain from his strangulation, but Ye Rongqiu didn't say a word, because the tighter he hugged him, the more secure he felt, and the pain was nothing.The black dog whispered: "I lied to them, I said I am not Chinese, I am also Japanese."

Ye Rongqiu didn't speak, just patted his arm lightly.

After a while, the black dog said slowly: "When I was a child, the relationship between China and Japan was not so bad, and my family was not collapsed. My father hired a few gentlemen to teach me how to write, read, and draw. There was a Japanese named Hikari Yamadera, he is a painter who is well-known in Japan. He came to China because he liked Chinese landscape paintings. My father asked him to teach me painting. He taught me not only painting, but also Japanese. I was very young at that time. He stayed at my house for four or five years. I didn’t learn how to draw well, but I spoke Japanese very well. Mr. Yamadera liked me very much, recognized me as his godson, and gave me a Japanese name called Yamadera Yuki. After staying in Chongqing enough, he said he would live in Huangshan for a few years, and then he left. Two years later, my house collapsed, and I never saw him again.”

Ye Rongqiu nodded.

The black dog went on to say: "Just now I told them that I am Mr. Yamadera's nephew. He said that he likes painting very much. He has seen Mr. Yamadera's paintings and admired them very much. He asked me what Mr. Yamadera's best paintings are. I told him It was "Mountain Rock". He asked me where Mr. Shansi is now. I said he was in Huangshan, and he believed me. He told me that they were going to attack Anqing tonight. The two of them were scouts, and the large army would soon cross the river. It will be there in ten minutes. He told me to find a place to hide first, and join the Japanese army as soon as possible, and ask them to send me back to Japan. If not, report his name, Kenzaburo Otani, he is a small team leader."

The black dog rested his chin on Ye Rongqiu's shoulder: "I told him that you are my important person and that you were once a student of Mr. Shansi, so he asked me to take you along."

Ye Rongqiu asked him: "What did he say when he stopped you at the end?"

The black dog said: "He said that if I see Mr. Yamadera again, tell him that his paintings are great, and ask him to continue painting."

Ye Rongqiu didn't speak, hugged his head and buried his face in his knees.After a while, he said in a crying voice: "How can we say that the fight is really coming? Can our army stop them? Brother Hongyu and the others are still in the hotel, can they run away?"

The black dog sighed self-mockingly: "War, this is war, if you don't talk about it, you can fight. Is it possible to come in friendly with the army in three chapters? If the Japanese are all Song Xianggong, this battle can't be fought like this." After a pause, he said with a wry smile: "But we Chinese are all Song Xianggong, the enemy has already hit the door, but we are still worrying about the little money, before others cross the river and rush to the door, we all Didn't know the battle was already on."

At this time, the black dog no longer covered Ye Rongqiu's ears.The gunshots were no longer indistinct. Although the dense gunshots came from afar, they could still be heard clearly, even if you covered your ears.

Ye Rongqiu began to sob softly.

The black dog looked up at the harsh moonlight, feeling very depressed, and couldn't find a vent.

Suddenly, Ye Rongqiu asked in a low voice: "Ahei, do you hate the Japanese?"

The black dog didn't speak for a while.After a while, he said: "I don't know. I haven't thought about it. Ten years ago, when the Huanggutun incident broke out, Marshal Zhang was killed by the Japanese. The anti-Japanese sentiment in our place was fierce, and Mr. Shansi didn't even go out. He dared to speak out because he was afraid that others would see him as a Japanese, and he would be beaten to death. He is not bad, he only wanted to paint, and he didn’t want to fight. He originally wanted to flee back to Japan, but he was reluctant to leave. There is a saying,' I would rather be a dog in a prosperous age than a person in a troubled world', I still remember this sentence, it was not taught to me by my Chinese teacher, it was taught to me by Mr. Yamadera from a book."

"You don't hate them." Ye Rongqiu choked up and said, "But I hate them."

The black dog shook his head: "I don't know, I don't hate it or not, I don't know, because you are talking about the Japanese. There are many people in Japan, some like Mr. Yamadera, and some killed tens of thousands of Chinese in Nanjing. I hate war, I hate war, those two guys just let us go, but they are going to kill other Chinese soon because they are fighting."

The dense gunfire never stopped, and Ye Rongqiu couldn't stop crying.He didn't dare to think about it, nor could he imagine the scene in the city, it would make him collapse.

The black dog closed his eyes and leaned against the tree trunk. His eyes were very astringent, but he couldn't shed tears.He murmured: "I don't hate the Japanese, but I hate the Japanese soldiers, the Japanese devils. I hate them when they took the first step in China with guns. They blew up E Niang and Xiao Hua, It killed Ouyang Qing and killed a lot of people. They started a war, and I hate them."

Ye Rongqiu turned his head and threw himself into the arms of the black dog, holding him and crying.

The black dog hugged his back tightly, and the two embraced tightly.The gunshot not only made Ye Rongqiu tremble, but also Yu Heigou.The gunshots suddenly subsided.But soon, gunshots rang out again. It was a fiercer firefight than before. There was even the faint sound of shells exploding. The cruel sound tormented the eardrums of Ye Rongqiu and the black dog.The black dog hugged Ye Rongqiu and comforted him: "Don't be afraid, I won't leave you behind. When they finish fighting, I'll send you back to Chongqing, and I won't leave."

Ye Rongqiu nodded desperately.

The sound of gunfire continued until it was almost dawn before it finally stopped.Ye Rongqiu and Heigou hid in the woods for several hours before daring to go out.They didn't dare to take the main road, and they didn't dare to go back to Anqing to find Zhou Hongyu and the others. They could only take a remote path to the west, hoping to leave the area where the war was spreading quickly.

They walked for a long time, the sky was already bright, and Ye Rongqiu's footsteps began to falter.He listened to the gunfire all night in fear, every nerve was tense, he didn't eat anything, he didn't even drink a sip of water, his energy was almost at the limit.Although he had no appetite to eat or sleep, his body was indeed extremely tired.The black dog helped him to sit on the side of the road, took off the water bottle and handed it to him: "Let's go after a while."

This kettle was still the same marching kettle. When the black dog came out, he brought nothing but a jug of water.

Ye Rongqiu took the kettle and weighed it, and found that there was enough water in it, so he took two gulps and returned the kettle to the black dog: "Thank you."

The black dog also drank a few sips of water, then put away the kettle.

The two sat on the side of the road for a few minutes, and were about to continue their journey when they heard footsteps coming from ahead.The two immediately became tense, and Ye Rongqiu hugged Heigou's arm tightly: He is not afraid of death now, because he will not escape if he dies, but he is afraid of being separated from Heigou, he is afraid of dying or living alone.

In a blink of an eye, the pedestrian appeared in front of Heigou and Ye Rongqiu. It was an army, but it was obviously a remnant soldier who had just come off the battlefield. Everyone was disheartened, and there were many wounded.Both Heigou and Ye Rongqiu breathed a sigh of relief: Those people were wearing national army uniforms, not Japanese, but Chinese soldiers.

The leading officer stepped forward and looked at Hei Gou and Ye Rongqiu. Hei Gou looked at him and thought he looked familiar.The officer asked, "What do you do?"

The black dog stood up: "Master Jun, we just escaped from Anqing..." Before he could finish speaking, the marching kettle fell off his body.

"Deserters?" The officer caught his words.

The black dog was taken aback: "What? No, we are from..."

The officer suddenly yelled, "Liu Wen! Catch these two deserters!"

Both Heigou and Ye Rongqiu were stunned.Two soldiers rushed up from the ranks to tie them up, Ye Rongqiu struggled and shouted: "No, we are not deserters, we are ordinary people!"

The officer sneered and pointed at the marching water bottle that fell on the ground and said, "It's not a deserter, what is this? Damn, I'm afraid the deserter is what I hate the most! Tie them all up and take them away!"