Sun Xiaoying's head hung lower.

Zhou Fengshan said: "If you want to say that there is a mistake, I think Gu Yanping did not arrange it. Secretary Lei's disappearance, he has an unshirkable responsibility. ”

As he spoke, a police car drove into the school silently. Parked in the corner of the playground, Gu Yanping got out of the car and walked towards the village committee office.

"Officer Gu is here, really talking about Cao Cao, Cao Cao will arrive. Yao Hongyi reminded in a whisper, and quietly waited for Gu Yanping and the three policemen to walk in.

Gu Yanping walked into the office, stood a little embarrassed, and said to Guo Fengping and them: "Leaders, I'm here to compensate you. Lei Xiaobo has no news until now, his life and death are uncertain, and the leaders of the bureau and the county are all anxious and criticize me to the fullest. They ordered me to come to Lei Xiaobo, and if I couldn't find him, I wouldn't go back to see them. ”

The six village cadres in the village committee office all looked at each other, not knowing what to say.

Gu Yanping said sincerely: "Now, please do me a favor, that is, to ask the old people and elders in the village, is there a cave in Daqian Mountain? ”

The village cadres all look at me, I look at you, and then shook their heads, Guo Fengping said: "I haven't heard of it, there are caves." ”

"This, the local elders and elders, who usually like to drill mountains, may know. Gu Yanping's attitude today was very good, and he spoke very kindly, "In addition, please help me find five or six young adults, and accompany us into the mountain to ambush tonight to see if there is any movement in the mountain?"

Guo Fengping said happily: "Okay, we have six village cadres here, go down now to ask about the situation, and then each of them will bring a strong man over and spend the night with the police." Our village gave money, 200 yuan a night. ”

After this was decided, everyone rode down the moped to ask about the situation. Gu Yanping drove the car sideways and took Guo Fengping to the village to ask the elders.

Lei Xiaobo was awakened by a noise in the cave.

When he opened his eyes, he saw that Bai Yongbing had already stood up, holding the stick in his hand, and was standing in front of him looking at him.

Lei Xiaobo was startled, but a strong feeling of hunger hit him, masking his fear. He just looked at Bai Yongbing in a daze and didn't say anything.

"Be honest, sit here while I'm out getting food. Bai Yongbing turned upside down and asked him to be honest, "If you are not honest, I will kill you first before I go out." ”

Lei Xiaobo still didn't say anything, nor did he nod, which was considered a tacit acquiescence. He thought to himself, let's see if he gets some food for me. Give me food, I'll wait, if you don't give me food, I'll have to find a way to save myself. Otherwise, you really have to die here.

Bai Yongbing squatted down, looked at the rattan on his hands and feet, and saw that it was still the same as before, and the dead knot was tied very tightly, so he stood up with confidence and walked towards the entrance of the cave.

Bai Yongbing first flashed vigilantly on the side of the cave, listened to the movement outside, and then gently brushed away the branches at the entrance of the cave, and looked out for a while like a mouse burrowing into the edge, then stuck his head out to look left and right, and then turned around and crawled down. After standing firm outside the cave, he plucked the branch at the entrance of the cave, and then turned and walked outside.

When the branches were opened, Lei Xiaobo, who was sitting inside, lit up, and the light in the cave brightened a lot. But immediately it darkened and returned to its original darkness.

Lei Xiaobo struggled to sit up with his elbow support, trying to untie the rattan on his hand with his teeth, or bite off the rattan. But he thought that if he bit the rattan, he might fight with Bai Yongbing. Can I beat him? I'm not hungry, both of them are bare-handed, I'm sure I can beat him. But if he eats and has tools in his hand, it will be difficult to defeat him. But no matter if you can beat it or not, you have to seize this rare opportunity to fight.

Lei Xiaobo leaned his upper body against the cave wall, brought his bound hands to his mouth, opened his mouth, and used his teeth to bite the dead knot made of rattan. Unexpectedly, the dead knot of this rattan is very tight, and the teeth are about to fall out, and they can't be pulled open, and they keep biting. His belly was so hungry that it stuck to his back, and he was so weak that he couldn't bite after biting for a while.

This road doesn't work, and now I'm just using words to deal with Bai Yongbing, stalling for time, and seeing if someone will come to rescue me. Lei Xiaobo's brain is still spinning, it seems that he has to pay attention to some strategies, put down his face and beg him, don't provoke him, otherwise, he jumps off the wall in a hurry, don't say beat me to death with a stick, just use something to block my mouth, I will die.

Lei Xiaobo still held on to the hope of survival, and sat weakly on the cave wall, waiting for Bai Yongbing to come back.

He pricked up his ears and listened to the movement outside. There was silence inside and outside the cave, and there was no sound at all.

It was a long time before there was a sound outside the cave. The branch at the entrance of the cave was pulled open by a hand, and Bai Yongbing's head reached in, and after looking at it, he crawled in like a wild beast.

Bai Yongbing was empty-handed, and he still only had a stick in his hand. Lei Xiaobo shook his head in disappointment and asked softly, "You didn't get anything to eat?"

Bai Yongbing walked up to him and saw that the rattan on his hands and feet were still like that, so he said, "In the mountains near here, there is nothing, only some wild fruits, I picked and ate some." I didn't have a bag to hold, and I couldn't hold a few in my hand. I want to dig up some wild mushrooms, shoot a small snake, and come back and roast and eat. But after looking for a while, I couldn't find it. ”

Lei Xiaobo saw that his pants pocket was bulging, as if there was something. He wanted to ask him for something to eat, but he was so hungry, but his eyes looked at his trouser pockets pitifully, but he couldn't wipe his face and couldn't open his mouth.

This is called death to face and to suffer sin. It was only at this time that Lei Xiaobo truly realized the meaning of this sentence. When people are about to die, they still regard face as more important than life. People live for face, this is the life of face.

Now I have nothing but a mouth, a body, the dignity of a person. Lei Xiaobo thought to himself, even if he died, he had to die with dignity and backbone.

So, Lei Xiaobo endured the pain of hunger, pulled his eyes off his bulging trouser pocket, threw himself at Bai Yongbing, and said, "Bai Yongbing, what are you going to do in the face of the current predicament? Let's discuss it." ”

Bai Yongbing walked to the innermost cave wall and sat down, still vigilantly putting the stick by his side, his spirit was much more uplifted than before he went out, obviously because he had eaten wild fruits.

Bai Yongbing was silent for a while and said, "You speak first, I want to hear your thoughts." ”

Lei Xiaobo moved his Adam's apple with difficulty and said, "Now, I have become your prisoner and hostage, and my fate is in your hands." I accept my fate, I don't resist, and I leave it to you. If you let me die, I will die. It is useless to resist. Starvation, or being beaten to death by you, is just as death. But I'm dead, what are you going to do?"

(End of chapter)