The place where Wang Changshan hid his money was in the house where he lived.

The house where Wang Changshan lived was paved with blue bricks. When he pried open a few blue bricks in the corner of the house, a hole appeared. The hole contained the land deeds, house deeds and some gold and silver belongings of Wang Changshan's family.

House deeds and land deeds are of no use to Zhang Ergou, but gold, silver and wealth are different. Zhang Ergou sent someone to take out all these things.

Wang Changshan has worked hard for many years and deserves a lot of money, but the property he has occupied recently is basically real estate such as land. He spent a lot of money to become a county councillor and maintain the president. Zhang Ergou estimated the gold, silver and wealth he copied, and the total value was about 10,000 yuan.

Zhang Ergou was very satisfied with this gain. According to the current number of people in the third brigade, this ten thousand yuan could control the salary of the officers and soldiers in a month.

In fact, Wang Changshan had a greater wealth, that is, his family had a full warehouse of grain. Because the autumn harvest just now, all the warehouses of Wang Changshan's family stored dry grains, but the grains were heavy and large in size. Even if Zhang Ergou wanted to take them back, there would not be so many big trucks to transport, let alone detoured by more than 100 miles.

Even if he couldn't take it away, he couldn't get a traitor. Zhang Ergou's eyes turned and called several squad leaders to explain this and this. These people nodded and went out to do business.

Early the next morning, the villagers of Gu Family Shop opened the door and found that there were several bags of grain at each door, and the sacks containing the grain contained the logo of Wang Changshan's family was written on it. When the villagers went out, they saw that the entire village had been controlled by soldiers wearing variegated military uniforms, and the entire village was only allowed to enter and not leave.

Wang Changshan himself is not a good person, and he has always been cruel and ruthless in his behavior. Although the food has been placed at the doorstep of the villagers, these villagers still dare not move them home.

Zhang Ergou knew that the villagers were still afraid of Wang Changshan himself, afraid that he would take revenge in the future. Zhang Ergou so he asked someone to write a notice and posted it at the entrance of the village and sent someone to tie Wang Changshan to the entrance of the village. At the entrance of the village, Zhang Ergou read the notice and listed Wang Changshan's actions after he surrendered to the enemy. Then he beheaded Wang Changshan on the spot in the name of punishing traitors.

After Wang Changshan was beheaded, the villagers were indeed motivated, and all the grain bags placed at the door were moved back home by them. They also heard from the soldiers that Wang Changshan's family's granary was open, and the villagers moved as much as they wanted. However, the soldiers also reminded them that the key was to hide it after moving back, at least they would not be exposed when the Japanese and puppets came to investigate in the future.

Food is important. These villagers moved the food home as much as possible. Even so, Wang Changshan's warehouse did not move much food away.

Zhang Ergou's team set off back to Sangyu Town the next evening. The valuable and capable things Wang Changshan's family were basically taken back by these soldiers.

Before leaving, Zhang Ergou tied up the Wang family, the workers and the self-defense team members tightly. The villagers waited for Zhang Ergou and the others to leave and tied up the Wang family the next day. They all pretended to have just discovered that the team in the village had left and expressed deep sympathy for the Wang family's disaster.

The Wang family naturally reported the news of the robbery late at night to the Japanese and puppet troops stationed in Changsheng Town. When the Japanese and puppet soldiers heard that the traitor Wang Changshan had been executed, they immediately rushed to the Gu family shop in a fierce manner.

But after understanding the Wang family and the villagers, everyone said in unison that they only knew that a group of people wearing mixed military uniforms came, and these people did not wear symbols or reported their names. The villagers also emphasized that after these people came in, they controlled the entire village, and all the personnel were allowed to enter and not leave. The villagers were timid and afraid of trouble, and they all hid at home and did not dare to go out. As for how these people came in and when they left in the end, all the villagers said they were unaware of it.

Who are these people? This makes the Japanese and puppets very worried.

Judging from the fact that these people walk like the wind, come and go secretly and quickly, and act viciously, this is very similar to the case of bandits; from the clothing and weapons, and from the southern accent of the leader, these people are like miscellaneous troops of the national army; from the notice of the execution of traitors, this is also like the anti-Japanese team such as the Eighth Route Army.

After analyzing and analyzing, the Japanese and puppets always felt that they were all like each other, and they didn't feel like they were not like each other. Wang Changshan was only one of the many little traitors, and he died like a dog. Since the Japanese and puppets racked their brains, they couldn't find who did it, so they stopped looking for it and began to build a new traitor.

Wang Changshan was killed quietly overnight, which caused a great shock in the local area. Naturally, the common people applauded, but the little traitors were terrified all day long, fearing that someone would do this to them one night, and the traitors' arrogance was knocked out a lot of them for a while.

The 386th Brigade of the Eighth Route Army led by Wang Xinting continued to look for opportunities to attack the Japanese and puppets south of the Zhang River. They were wandering, fought resolutely, and adopted guerrilla warfare movements that were very skilled. The Japanese and puppets could not touch their ways, so they were passively beaten. From August to November, Wang Xinting led his troops to conquer the important towns such as Anyang, Linzhang, Neihuang, and Kulonghui, Chuwang, and eliminated more than 4,000 Japanese and puppets and other reactionary armed forces.

The activities of the Eighth Route Army made the Japanese and puppets extremely panicked because in the region, in addition to these important towns, there are more military-valued targets such as railways, bridges, and military airports. The Japanese and puppets also couldn't figure out whether the Eighth Route Army would attack these targets. The Japanese and puppet troops continued to shrink and adjust to protect the security of these important military targets.

The activities of the Eighth Route Army attracted most of the attention of the Japanese and puppets, and Li Qinglin, a small army, continued to obtain relatively safe time. Sun Dianying's troops also seized this favorable opportunity, and their main forces moved to Lin County in batches and successively deployed defenses.

The first snow in winter has fallen and the temperature has dropped rapidly below zero.

As the end of the year approaches, merchants are becoming active. The local specialties in the mountains need to be transported outside, and the daily necessities department stores outside need to be sold into the mountains. The two business roads controlled by the third brigade are becoming increasingly prosperous.

The caravans of the Third Brigade require fees, but they can definitely ensure the safety of these merchants in their jurisdiction. Therefore, the relatively stable situation has also brought a lot of money to the Third Brigade. In fact, the most benefit is Sangyu Town, which has a complete range of services here, and many transactions with the Japanese-occupied area are carried out here. The circulation of personnel and goods has accelerated the local prosperity. Sangyu Town has actually won the title of "Little Tianjin".

The prosperity of Sangyu Town naturally attracted the attention of the Japanese and puppet parties, and they had already begun to make plans for this place...
Chapter completed!