nycdaug Chapter 376 The County was Sealed
Chapter 376 The County was Sealed
Ma Chao frowned and stared at the two people standing in front of him.
Jiang Jiyun's originally clean little face was now dirty. Not only was it stained with some dust, but it was also a little oily and even had some black debris.
Jiang Wenming, who was standing while holding Jiang Jiyun, looked much cleaner in comparison. At least he looked much cleaner than the child.
Ma Chao's expression became increasingly grim. He asked in a deep voice, "Uncle, Xiaoyun, where on earth did you go? Why haven't you come back for so long?"
Hearing Ma Chao's question, Jiang Jiyun hurriedly jumped out of Jiang Wenming's arms.
She first quickly stuffed the half-eaten pancake in her hand into Jiang Jixue's hand, then stood up straight in a proper manner and raised her right hand to salute.
Then he shouted loudly: "Captain Ma, this is what happened. When we returned to the village last night, we unexpectedly discovered that several Japanese were sneakily smuggling more than a dozen children! So my uncle and I chased after them without hesitation, wanting to rescue these poor children. Jiang Jiyun's report is over!"
After hearing this, a hint of doubt flashed in Ma Chao's eyes.
He still had a stern face, staring at Jiang Jiyun, questioning, "Is this true? You guys didn't come back because you were playing around and wanted to do something, did you?"
After saying that, he turned to look at Jiang Wenming, as if wanting to get an answer from him.
Jiang Wenming nodded heavily to confirm what his niece said, his clear eyes full of sincerity.
He explained earnestly: "Captain Ma, we are telling the truth! That kind of thing really happened last night. And after our efforts, we successfully rescued the dozen or so children who were about the same age as Xiaoyun."
At this time, Xu Fan and Chen Meng, who had been standing behind, also came forward.
Chen Meng nodded and agreed, "That's right, Brother Ma, what they said is true. The rescued children have now been safely handed over to the militiamen of Xiucai Village."
Qi Feng sat there mending his clothes and asked curiously, "Why did the Japanese capture such a young child? Are they looking for Xiaoyun?"
Jiang Wenming shook his head and rejected his words. "You don't know, there are not only girls in there, but also little boys. I suspect they are going to send these children to some psychopath."
Everyone in the room looked at Jiang Wenming in surprise. Ma Chao asked curiously, "Uncle, why do you say that?"
Jiang Wenming looked down at his little niece who was blinking her big eyes at him and said, "Xiaoxue, take Xiaoyun to wash up. She looks like a dirty little cat."
Jiang Jiyun rolled her eyes. She probably didn't want her to hear what he said next, and she found an excuse to get her out of the way. Don't think that she really doesn't understand anything.
"Go take a shower and go to bed, otherwise you won't grow tall." Ma Chao scared the child when he saw her rolling her eyes.
Jiang Jiyun, who originally wanted to stay here and listen, immediately took Jiang Jixue's hand and went to the bathing area when he heard Ma Chao say that he would not grow taller.
After taking a shower, Jiang Jiyun lay down in bed and went to sleep. She wanted to make up for the sleep she had missed so that she could grow taller.
After Jiang Wenming finished talking to Ma Chao, he went back to wash up and go to bed. Ma Chao and Xu Fan took the opportunity to buy some things for the New Year as today was New Year's Eve.
The villagers told them to buy it at the market, where they could buy everything.
Ma Chao smiled and refused, saying, "Auntie, we have two younger sisters and we want to buy them two new clothes, so we want to go to the county town to have a look."
At this time, an old man driving a bullock cart heard that they were going to the county town, so he stopped the cart and said, "Young man! Don't go. The gates of the county town are not open today. I don't know what happened inside. We have been waiting for a long time and they have not been opened. All we got was a declaration of martial law in the county town."
"Ah! Was there a fight in the county town last night?" someone asked curiously.
"Uncle Jiang, what's going on in the county? Didn't you ask about it?" A young man holding a bundle asked the old man driving the ox cart.
"I asked around. I found out that the youngest son of the nephew of the nephew of the wife of old man Chai next door happened to be on duty guarding the city gate today. He said that something happened at the police chief's house last night." The old man said mysteriously.
Ma Chao quickly handed over a cigarette and said, "Are you sobbing, uncle? Can you tell me what happened? We still want to go to the county town to buy clothes for the children."
The old man took the cigarette from Ma Chao and said, "Hadimen, this is a good cigarette. This is the first time someone has given me cigarettes."
Xu Fan stuffed all the cigarettes in his hand into the old man's hands and said, "We don't smoke anyway, so you can take it!"
"Oh! I feel so embarrassed." The old man said politely but quickly put the cigarette box into his pocket.
"I heard that the police chief's house was raided by the Japanese last night. The house was completely emptied, including the pots and chopping boards, as well as the firewood and chickens." The old man told Ma Chao and the others.
Ma Chao asked doubtfully, "Then there is no need to seal off the city, right? If the chief of the police department encounters the devils, then he can only consider himself unlucky, right?"
The old man shook his head and said, "If it was just the house being ransacked, then it wouldn't be that serious. The problem is that a few devils raped the concubines of the general's family, and those devils died in the concubines' beds."
"Ouch!"
"This is a big deal!"
"No wonder the city gates are closed."
"The devils won't let the chief's family go this time, right?"
……
Ma Chao and Xu Fan looked at each other silently. Why did they feel that this plot of emptying someone's house was a little familiar?
The two men did not go to the county town, but bought some things at the market. They bought a pair of couplets from a stall that wrote couplets and went back.
"Hey! Brother Ma, why did you come back so soon?" Qi Feng, who was working, asked in confusion as he looked at the people entering the yard.
Ma Chao put his things into the house and came out to tell them, "Something happened in the county town. I heard that the city has been sealed off. We can't go in today. Let's take a day off and continue our journey tomorrow afternoon."
At this time, in the majestic and solemn Imperial Army headquarters located in the center of the county, the atmosphere was so tense that it was suffocating. The director general of the general office was being closely interrogated by a group of devils.
The reason was simple: a squadron they sent out to carry out a mission with the Imperial Army completely lost contact after that.
However, what is even more strange is that the squadron leader and several soldiers of the missing squadron unexpectedly died tragically in the home of the chief of the Imperial Army!
This discovery was like a blockbuster bomb, instantly detonating the entire situation.
Now, the group of devils are holding on to this point, determined to pry key information about the whereabouts of the rest of the personnel from the chief's mouth.
Faced with the aggressive questioning and threats from the Japs, cold sweat broke out on his forehead. Although he was filled with fear in his heart, he really didn't know the whereabouts of those people!