No one was seen, so that was it.
At the grassland entrance was a small grove of trees, with an uncut deep green horse grazing under the tree. The old man was held down by hand and foot, spread-eagled under a tree, with one end of the rope tied to the horse’s mane. As long as the horse ran, her landing would be torn open.
The old man was standing beside her, holding an M1911.
M1911 was a US military service pistol over 70 years old, as a handgun, it was large in weight and volume, with strong recoil and shooting accuracy, these shortcomings did not prevent it from being an ideal weapon.
Jie Zhu opened the car door and walked towards the old man. The old man signaled him to sit on the ground, and Summer didn’t understand, asking the old man: “Did he wrong you?”
Song Ye Ruo said, “No, I’m quite good.”
The old man’s clothes were messy, looking like he had just experienced intense struggle and been beaten. The old man was very tired, with obvious bruises on his face, hair messy, and neck full. The local branch must have been very bitter. The old man was emotionally agitated, with tears in his eyes: “The old board has been good to me. Now he has nothing, his life is gone. I can be sentenced to heaven and earth, and the old board hasn’t calculated before, but I’m the one who used him. He said my family is in difficulty, has elderly and children to support, such a good person, now killed by you!”
“I didn’t do that much, the old board is not the one I caught,” Summer said.
“Damn it first!”
“The prisoner is just a prisoner, and he’s still living quite well.” He has already lived for more than fifty years, and some say he’s getting old.
At this point, he could no longer maintain his composure, “But my brother Ye Bei has already been buried in the ground! He was only thirty! Not a single subsequent generation left!”
Old Li laughed triumphantly instead, “Who let him push you away? Your brother died, I’ll be dead soon too, I’ve made my decision. Who will be responsible for hiding the body? As long as the body isn’t found, it’s considered a failure. Failing for four years will automatically declare death. This is a good way to kill someone without sitting in prison.” He pulled out a pile of small paper balls, “Grab them. Big and small limbs, chest, heart – I’ve written all of these down. Grab whatever you want and use a knife to cut yourself wherever.”
Using a knife was the most direct method. If using a knife, coming back to fight would be unfinished, and the police would have been called long ago.
Jia Ru wanted to untie Song Ya Ruo, but Old Li pointed to the sky: “If you dare to untie her, I’ll open fire. Wait and see her turn into a human specimen!”
He sat face to face with her. Following Old Li’s instructions, he placed his hand on his wrist, and Old Li pulled out a knife and threw it. The game had never been fair from the start; Old Li was clearly trying to prolong the painful process to gain more satisfaction.
The grabbing began. Jia Ru had to grab first.
Little ankle.
The knife was held between the two. Old Li grabbed it: “I’ll come grab, you cut yourself gently.”
Blood flowed like a stream, and at this speed, Jia Ru would lose consciousness in just a few minutes, so Old Li strictly controlled the process.
Old Li grabbed, it was a muscle.
Grabbing to Jia Ru, he was also grabbing muscle.
Song Ya Ruo cried, “Don’t listen to him! He’ll kill you! You’re dead, who will protect me!”
Her cry made Jia Ru’s heart chaotic, and Old Li’s knife came again, and Jia Ru began to bleed.
Song Ya Ruo almost begged her: “You’ve been yelling, are you going to stop?”
Old Li lost patience, continuously hitting Jia Ru’s body as if violently beating a cloth in a village, Jia Ru’s vision became blurry, and he fell down, Old Li’s chaotic shouting made him unable to focus on stabbing.
Jia Ru almost collapsed, Song Ya Ruo closed her eyes, but quickly opened them again.
Song Ya Ruo pulled the horse’s tail, suddenly stood up and grabbed the horse’s tail, the horse was in pain, standing upright, the horse almost fell, Song Ya Ruo tightly held the horse’s reins, her body hanging on the horse.
Song Ya Ruo’s outer pants were already talking about hiding inside.
The intense movement made Old Li’s hair scatter, her clothes not covering her body, placing Jia Ru on the horse, making Song Ya Ruo think of the notorious large sun horse team’s female horse.
Old Li just watched, Song Ya Ruo turned back, her body soft, entering and exiting like meat with no difference, then slowly spoke in Chinese.
Jia Ru was pressed on Old Li’s body, Old Li was beaten so much his body was full of blood.
Song Ya Ruo asked: “Is the vehicle’s plan person you or someone else?”
Old Li was very hesitant: “It’s me.”
Using all his strength, Jia Ru almost stabbed the knife into Old Li’s chest.
He dragged Old Li’s body from the ground, opened the SUV’s trunk and threw him in. He found the handcuff key on the ground, opened the lock, and drove to chase Song Ya Ruo.
Watching the horse getting closer and closer, he stretched his hand out of the car window, aiming the M1911 at the horse.
After shooting, the horse fell forward, Song Ya Ruo fell to the ground.
Jia Ru stopped the car and ran forward, pulling out a water fruit knife and cutting the rope. He took off her west outfit, placed her on the ground, and tidied her messy long hair.
“Old Li?
He knew the plan was a trap and ran away.
Song Ruochen said: “I’ll call the medical station and tell them to treat Ma Zhi’s injury.”
“I’ll send you back first. Go back to your autonomous region. Stay at home for a few days before coming back.”
Song Ruochen responded. She didn’t speak, her feet red, her west leg was long but could only cover her thigh. Her leg had several knife scars. This summer she boarded the car. Pang Guoruo was soft like a cloud, and the gentle man who held her seemed effortless.
Zhu Ci’s injury was serious, blood flowing all over her body. Pang Guoruo wanted to take Zhu Ci to the hospital, but he couldn’t, so she could only find some herbal medicine from home to disinfect and bandage him. When tying the bandage, the gauze was wrapped around him.
Zhu Ci asked: “Am I lying down well or are you lying down well?”
Song Ruochen just smiled and didn’t respond.
After bandaging, this summer said she would go back to see the vegetables and Su Xiaoruo. Pang Guoruo had already spoken with them by phone, everyone was safe, and Zhu Ci intended to return.
He drove to a place that reminded him of the Red Army’s eating and resting site. By the time he arrived, it was almost dusk. This summer aimed the car head towards the river, then got off, forcefully pushing the car’s back cover. This car had followed him for several years but could only be abandoned. The back cover was too dusty, no matter how he cleaned it, for me it always seemed to have cobwebs.
The SUV’s two front wheels gradually sank, the heavy vehicle body slowly moving into the river, the river rising with a huge wave, half-transparent, reflecting the complete moon, the moonlight dyeing the water gray-blue, the water like a magic water swallowing, shadows weaving like a city, Zhu Ci extremely quiet. An Ding had also seen such a beautiful scene, so he wrote that article “The Woman of the Water Demon”.
The stars were few. A cold wind blew, the sky was clear, the stars sparse.
Zhu Ci walked back home. At this time and place, no car could be caught, even if there were, no taxi would dare carry a single man who seemed to burst out.
Zhu Ci heard the old man’s sigh.
