20 years of the Republic of China

Chapter 784 Jiang Lianheng's Oath

Xu Ruqing suddenly collapsed, jumped out of the car and ran away, which was beyond everyone's expectations.

Zhao Guoyan was sitting in the back car, and was caught off guard and didn't react in time until he saw Jiang Lianheng running over. Then he quickly ordered, "Xinnian, go chase your dad!"

Hai Xinnian pushed open the car door in response, but before he could stand firmly, a snowball flew towards him and hit him in the face, blinding him instantly.

He did not have time to find out who had thrown it, and hurriedly wiped the remaining snow off his face. When he turned around, he saw that Jiang Lianheng and Xu Ruqing had already run far away.

There was heavy snow all over the sky and people were in chaos. In a blink of an eye, the figures of the aunt and nephew had become a little dim.

Hai Xinnian didn't dare to delay any longer and immediately followed the sound and went away.

Zhao Guoyan quickly leaned forward and closed the car door.

Just as the carriage had quieted down, Guyu could be heard mumbling softly in the back seat.

"Brother Zhao, let's go over now. Can Xifeng come over later?"

"Well... I'll send you to the concession first, and then come back to find him!"

Zhao Guoyan turned his head and said a few words to comfort them, then quickly turned around and was about to step on the accelerator to follow the car in front into the concession, but he was suddenly stunned again - it was really one crisis after another.

It turned out that Xu Ruqing had just abandoned the car and fled. Jiang Yaben planned to catch the old lady, but when he failed, he leaned half of his body out.

The little girl was a little panicked, worried about her aunt. She stood there for a while, looking eagerly behind her.

Unexpectedly, just as she was stunned, a refugee suddenly rushed over, pushed Jiang Ya in the chest, and pounced on her immediately.

Jiang Ya screamed and fell on the back seat. She quickly kicked the refugee in the face, trying to push him away.

However, how much strength could the little girl have? After kicking the refugee several times, she not only failed to kick him away, but the refugee took the opportunity to grab her ankle and tried to drag her out. It was unclear whether he wanted to rob her or take advantage of the chaos to get into the carriage.

Although Hu Xiaoyan had a Snake brand pistol in her hand, she had never used a gun before. Seeing her daughter struggling with the refugees, she did not dare to pull the trigger easily, so she rushed over and grabbed her daughter's hand tightly.

Jiang Ya fought hard and screamed: "Let me go, help!"

The refugee was furious. He grabbed Jiang Ya by the collar and pulled her in front of him, threatening her harshly: "You damn girl, if you dare to scream again, I'll fucking kill you!"

"boom--"

As soon as he finished speaking, gunshots rang out.

Jiang Ya's eyes widened as she saw the refugee startled, his mouth slightly opened, a bloody hole suddenly appeared next to his brow bone, and then he swayed twice and fell backwards to the ground.

Immediately afterwards, a familiar figure suddenly jumped out of the car door.

Zhang Zhengdong held the gun in one hand and came from the side. He killed the refugee on the spot, but he was still not satisfied, so he fired two more shots at the refugee. Then he turned the gun and pointed it at the refugees around him. It didn't matter who the person was. Wherever the gun passed, someone was killed immediately.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

After a few gunshots, the refugees immediately calmed down.

Violence speaks louder than a thousand words. It is simple, direct, and effective. Of course, it may also cause endless harm, but we can't care about that at the moment.

When Zhang Zhengdong lowered his gun, not only did the refugees around him look terrified, but even the Japanese military police were surprised and stood on guard with their guns drawn.

However, among all the witnesses at the scene, the one who was most shocked and surprised was Jiang Ya.

She looked at Uncle Dong, the man who had played with her since she was a child and who never said a word no matter how she was bullied, but now seemed so strange.

Zhang Zhengdong had no time to explain, nor did he intend to explain anything. He just helped his niece into the car and sat her down, and gently reminded her: "Don't open the door again."

Jiang Ya nodded blankly, not daring to speak.

Zhang Zhengdong didn't say anything and just closed the car door.

At this time, Takeda Nobuya trotted over, looked at the body on the snow, and whispered, "Don't worry, I'll take care of it."

Zhang Zhengdong didn't respond, but just asked him in a muffled voice: "Can I go over now?"

"Of course!" Takeda Nobuyuki answered happily, but he couldn't help but ask, "What happened to Mr. Jiang just now? Do you need to go over and wait for him first?"

Zhang Zhengdong shook his head and said, "No need. My brother just told me to take them there first to settle down."

"That's fine," Takeda Nobuyuki suggested, "I'll drop you off at the hotel and then come back to pick him up."

After saying this, he glanced vaguely into the carriage, then turned and walked away, directing the Jiang family's convoy to continue moving towards the South Railway Concession.

Zhang Zhengdong didn't have anything extra to say, so he immediately walked around the car, sat back in the driver's seat, and then slowly stepped on the accelerator.

This time, the Jiang family's convoy encountered almost no hindrance.

The vehicle moved forward slowly and soon passed the barricade at the concession checkpoint.

Zhang Zhengdong drove silently but seemed a little absent-minded. From time to time, he raised his head, looked into the rearview mirror, and secretly observed the changes in Jiang Ya's expression.

Jiang Ya didn't say anything, but she also looked up frequently, secretly observing the changes in Uncle Dong's expression.

Several times, the eyes of the uncle and nephew met in the small square of the rearview mirror, and then they turned their heads away, as if they had done something wrong. They both felt guilty, but they couldn't tell why.

In short, from that day on, Jiang Ya had to start getting to know every member of her family again.

At the same time, she finally realized that in troubled times, violence is the only language that everyone can understand.

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On the other side, after Xu Ruqing abandoned his car and fled, Jiang Lianheng hurriedly followed closely behind.

Normally, considering his speed, he should have caught up with the old lady in just a few steps. However, he was now a "traitor dog" and a public enemy of the refugees. When everyone saw him getting out of the carriage, they immediately swarmed over him, pulling, tugging, beating and scolding him, acting like a unreasonable person.

Even though no one stood up and really stabbed him with a knife, he was still hindered by the obstacles.

Jiang Lianheng's heart was like being fried in oil and roasted in fire. He quickly swung his arms and used his iron elbows to clear a path. After a lot of twists and turns, he finally rushed out of the crowd, but he saw that Xu Ruqing's figure had already been swallowed up by the snow curtain, leaving only a few echoes, still messy in the wind.

Looking down, I saw scattered and messy footprints everywhere on the snow, and no real trace could be found.

Jiang Lianheng was helpless and had to follow his aunt's voice, stumbling all the way into the snowy night.

This is the earliest developed commercial port area in Fengtian. It is surrounded by tall buildings and foreign companies and shops everywhere. But now they are all closed. There is no longer the hustle and bustle of the past. The cold wind makes it seem particularly depressed.

There are countless deep alleys between the buildings.

People walk inside, turning around and around, as if they are in a maze, going around in circles, which always makes people suspicious.

Jiang Lianheng searched for a while and finally lost his way.

"Aunt——"

There was no one in the night, and the shouting echoed among the buildings, coming back again and again, as if jokingly asking back. "Aunt——"

Jiang Lianheng stood where he was, shouted again, and then listened carefully.

He shouted several times in succession, and just when he was about to turn around and go to other neighborhoods, he suddenly heard Xu Ruqing's shouting not far away.

"Let me go, help!"

"Auntie!"

Jiang Lianheng stopped and shouted once, then stopped talking and started to carefully identify the direction of the source of the sound.

"Ah! Don't touch me! Get away, all of you!"

Xu Ruqing's voice sounded again.

Jiang Lianheng determined the direction, the worry in his eyes immediately turned into anger, and without waiting for a moment, he ran on the snow.

After passing through two alleys and turning a corner, I saw three figures huddled together at the foot of the wall.

Looking closely, it turned out that two gangsters had forced Xu Ruqing into a corner.

Xu Ruqing was already old and ugly, so the two criminals did not capture her for the purpose of raping her, but the mink coat she was wearing was worth a lot of money.

The two men cornered the old lady, and then used their hands to forcefully strip off her mink coat, yelling, "Old maid, stop screaming and give me your coat! If you scream again, I'll make you scream again!"

As he spoke, he raised his arm and slapped Xu Ruqing hard in the face.

The gangster next to him said, "Second brother, why are you wasting time talking to her? Just stab her to death to save yourself the trouble!"

Xu Ruqing didn't understand what the two were saying at all. He just squatted on the snow with his head in his hands, tightly wrapped in his mink coat. No matter what anyone said, he refused to let go easily, and kept repeating in his mouth: "Don't touch me, don't touch me..."

Seeing this, the two gangsters gradually lost their patience, but they couldn't bear to tear the sable skin, so they simply drew out their machetes and prepared to chop Xu Ruqing to death on the spot.

It was at this time that Jiang Lianheng finally arrived and shouted, "Fuck you, put the knife down!"

When the two gangsters saw someone coming to rescue them, they did not hesitate and immediately stepped forward with knives in hand. Without saying a word, they chopped down at Jiang Lianheng's face with their knives.

Although Jiang Lianheng had not fought for many years, his skills had not declined. Seeing the knife coming towards him, he did not panic or blink. He just stepped his left foot backward, turned his shoulders, and dodged sideways. He clamped the man's forearm with his left hand and drew his pistol with his right hand. He did not raise the muzzle of the gun, but just put it at his waist. There was a loud "bang" and the bullet immediately hit the man in the abdomen.

However, before the gangster fell, his accomplice came over with knives raised out of inertia.

This man rushed forward too fiercely just now and did not see the gun in Jiang Lianheng's hand. When he reacted now, it was too late. Although he pounced forward, he was too timid and his knife was not sharp. When he got close to him, he suddenly lost all his strength. He wanted to run, but his body did not react.

When the body and mind are out of sync, the movements become slower and slower.

Jiang Lianheng didn't wait a moment, he shook his wrist and pulled the trigger twice in succession, killing two people on the spot.

"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

After firing the second shot, Jiang Lianheng hurriedly ran towards his aunt.

Xu Ruqing was so distraught that facing such a sudden change, he just squatted in the corner, holding his head in his hands, not daring to look, not daring to ask, and even not daring to run.

It was not until Jiang Lianheng came over and leaned over to ask about the situation that she suddenly stretched out her hands and scratched Jiang Lianheng's face randomly, still shouting desperately: "Don't touch me, don't touch me!"

Jiang Lianheng did not dare to stop her and let her beat and scold him. In an instant, bloody marks appeared on his face, but he still said softly, "Aunt, Aunt, it's me, Xiaodao!"

"Snapped!"

Xu Ruqing didn't listen, closed his eyes tightly, and slapped Jiang Lianheng in the face.

"You lied to me!" the old lady cried out in tears.

Jiang Lianheng hurriedly explained: "Aunt, I'm really a scoundrel. I didn't lie to you. Open your eyes and take a good look at me!"

"Impossible!" Xu Ruqing cried, "You are not a Taoist priest. It is impossible for a Taoist priest to hand me over to the Japanese devils!"

"I..." Jiang Lianheng was speechless for a moment, "Aunt, I never said I would hand you over to the devils!"

"Then you are not Xiao Dao, you lied to me, Xiao Dao is not here, don't touch me, no one else can touch me!"

"Aunt, I'm such a sly kid!"

Jiang Lianheng tried desperately to defend himself: "If you don't believe me, open your eyes and take a good look at me to see if I am Jiang Xiaodao!"

Xu Ruqing seemed to be a little shaken. He slowly opened his eyes hesitantly, then froze. He stretched out his hands tremblingly and held Jiang Lianheng's face. He seemed to have come to a realization and suddenly said, "Hey, Xiaodao, how did you become like this?"

Jiang Lianheng said nonchalantly: "It's okay, I was accidentally scratched twice just now."

Xu Ruqing shook his head and said, "No, Xiaodao, I mean, you seem to have changed."

"Why, I'm not myself anymore?"

"No, but their eyebrows are similar."

Jiang Lianheng laughed in silence, then helped the old lady up and said, "Aunt, come on, follow me."

As soon as the words fell, Xu Ruqing immediately became nervous and said hurriedly: "No, Xiaodao, please don't take me to the devil's side. I don't want to go anywhere. I want to go home. Xiaodao, please take me home!"

Jiang Lianheng nodded heavily and said, "Okay, we're not going anywhere. I'll take you home."

Xu Ruqing didn't dare to believe it, and immediately cried and begged: "Xiaodao, please don't lie to me, don't take my aunt to the devil's side, okay?"

"Aunt, when have I ever lied to you?"

"You guys are bullying me because I'm old, and you all come to lie to me. Are you lying to me?"

"No, I'll take you home! Really, I'm not lying to you!"

"Xiaodao, let's not surrender to the devils, okay?"

"Okay, aunt, I'll listen to you. We won't go to the devils."

Xu Ruqing's eyes were filled with tears. She placed her hands on Jiang Lianheng's arms, stared at him, and asked, "Xiaodao, do you really listen to me?"

Jiang Lianheng stared into his aunt's eyes, nodded, and said firmly: "Aunt, I swear, I will listen to you. We will not go to the devils again. We didn't do it before, we won't do it now, and we won't do it in the future. I, Jiang Xiaodao, will keep my word. No matter how difficult or dangerous it is in the future, I will never go to the devils."

Xu Ruqing finally breathed a sigh of relief, and when he looked up at Jiang Lianheng, his eyes were full of relief, but this relief was fleeting.

Her eyes passed over Jiang Lianheng's shoulder, and then her pupils trembled, and panic suddenly appeared in her eyes. Then she pushed Jiang Lianheng to her side and suddenly shouted, "Xiaodao, be careful!"

Jiang Lianheng's heart trembled, and suddenly he heard gunshots behind him!

"boom--"

(End of this chapter)