In the night, the light in the distance is very eye-catching, which is the checkpoint set up by Jucai Company at the entrance of the mountain village, and there is an electric car blocking device. The road at the checkpoint, although not very wide, is the only way for vehicles to enter and exit the village, which is equivalent to the absolute first-class national highway in the village. The checkpoint relies on the entry and exit signs of vehicles or pedestrians, and the focus is supplemented by manual inspection, and the take-off and landing of the stop bar is used to control the entry and exit of vehicles and pedestrians.

Chu Tianqi had already learned from He Xifa about the deployment of the Jucai Company, including the location of the checkpoint, as well as some other secret posts. In addition, Li Jian had visited here at night without permission before, and Chu Tianqi also kept some of the information told by Li Jian in his heart. Therefore, they will enter today from the relatively weakly defended area of the Jucai Company, and there are two such lots, which he has already explained to the members of the two groups through sketches.

When grouping, after Chu Tianqi put forward his grouping opinions, Qiu Zhikang suggested that Zhou Tong and Chu Tianqi should be in a group, and suggested that Chu Tianqi should have a total of three people. After a brief discussion, in the end, Chu Tianqi and Zhou Tong and Gao Feng were in a group, and Qiu Zhikang and Gao Qiang were in a group. It was also determined that Chu Tianqi's group entered the backing village from the west end of the village, and Qiu Zhikang and Gao Qiang entered from the east end of the village.

Now, Chu Tianqi, Zhou Tong, Gao Feng and others have arrived at the west end of the village, but there is still some distance from the houses in the village. The village as a whole is a slightly hilly terrain, and the houses in the village are built on relatively gentle plots as much as possible, so more than 20 families are scattered throughout the small hills, and a large part of them are equivalent to being built at the foot of the mountain. They were now halfway up the mountain, and they could see the dark shadows of the houses scattered in the distance.

Suddenly, a foul smell hit, Chu Tianqi and the others sniffed and glanced at each other, they realized that they were going the right way, so they approached the smell. The smell is getting closer and stronger, and there is still a faint sound of "whoosh". Finally the stench reached a very heavy level, and a small river appeared in front of me, which was a stinky ditch. According to He Xifa, here in the stinky ditch, people usually detour, and it is also the weakest place for the company's defense. Although according to the company's regulations, this is also a place that must be patrolled, but often the security guards just glance at the place when they pass by from a distance and walk away in a hurry. Sometimes it's even lazy, and I don't get to this direction at all.

The stinky ditch is neither deep nor wide, and there is not much water in the ditch, but it flows all the time, and it stinks surprisingly. There are two rows of small trees next to the stinky ditch, the small trees are not strong enough, but they are very neat, it seems that they were planted later, and they have not been planted for a long time. The row of small trees is located on the side of the stinking ditch, and it appears that it is used to shelter the burial area and to prevent the spread of the stench. In this way, the neatly arranged small trees are also convenient for covering the body, which is conducive to concealment.

The small trees are almost planted close to the stinky ditch, and the distance between the inner row and the edge of the ditch is only thirty or forty centimeters, allowing only one person to pass, and people must not be too fat, otherwise they must fall into the ditch. Even when a single person passes, he must also walk close to the small tree, otherwise he will slide to the bottom of the ditch if he steps on the wet soil on the edge of the ditch, and if he steps on the stinky water of his feet, he will also make a sound, which may expose his whereabouts. So along the path, the three of them slowly walked forward, with the peak in front, Zhou Tong in the middle, and Chu Tianqi in the back.

After walking for about 100 meters, I reached the end of the stinky ditch, and at the end was a wall, and the stinky water flowed out of a cement pipe the size of a bucket reserved under the base of the wall.

Standing by the wall and looking at it, it was a fence built in a circle, the wall was more than two meters high, and I didn't know what was inside the wall. This is not the place to be explored today, and everyone only stopped for a moment, and then crossed the stinky ditch and walked along the right side of the courtyard wall. As the stinky ditch came to an end, so did the little tree. Walking from the right, there is a courtyard wall to cover it, so it is not easy to be spotted by those security guards below.

The right side of the courtyard wall is more than 100 meters long, and the area inside is not small. Bypassing the courtyard wall, a shadowy black shadow appeared in the lower part of the front, which was a former private house. Standing in place, after carefully identifying it, the three of them cautiously walked towards the house. There are trees in the passing area from time to time, so that it is convenient to properly shade it, otherwise it is easy to find people halfway up the mountain as long as the checkpoint is illuminated.

First they passed a house, then another, and on the third, the three stopped.

Today's task is to visit the old mountain village at night, in fact, to be precise, it is to explore the tunnels in the village at night. When assigning the task, it was set that Chu Tianqi's group would enter from the third house in the west and then come out from the ninth household in the west. The duo of Qiu Zhikang and Gao Qiang entered from the third household in the east and exited from the eighth household in the east. Because according to He Xifa, almost every house can set up an exit, but when it was built, in order to conceal it, the number of imports and exits was controlled. When the house in the village was not handed over to the wealth company, the third and ninth households in the west must have entered and exited, but I don't know if there are any changes now.

Standing outside the courtyard, they observed the surrounding area and the situation in the courtyard, and found no abnormality, so the three of them exchanged gestures. Then Gao Feng climbed over the low wall and entered the courtyard. When I got to the courtyard, I came to the door of the main house, took out a piece of wire from the pocket of my clothes, and stabbed it twice in the keyhole, and the lock opened. Gently pushing open the door, Gao Feng quickly flashed to the side to listen, and then walked into the house.

It didn't take long, and Gao Feng stood at the door and beckoned.

Seeing the other party's gesture, Zhou Tong first turned into the courtyard, followed by Chu Tianqi also turned in, and the two also walked into the main house.

Gao Feng shone a flashlight hidden in his sleeve, and a cauldron appeared in front of him.

The strong light flashlight head was partially covered with cloth, and the light was much darker, Chu Tianqi took two steps forward and looked carefully.

The cauldron had been removed, and the walls of the stove were dark, all because of the fire that had been burning for many years. The ash leakage net at the bottom of the stove has been removed, and below is a thin iron baffle, which has also been removed a little, revealing a narrow black slit.

Nodding his head, Gao Feng reached out and removed the baffle, and a hole appeared in front of him, which must be the entrance and exit of the tunnel. With a flashlight, the entrance of the cave is about two meters and a half from the bottom of the cave, and the diameter is sixty or seventy centimeters. However, when it was built, there should have been no fat people among the common people.

After listening to it again, he glanced at Chu Tianqi again, and Gao Feng raised his legs into the stove, stepped on the shallow hole in the cave wall from the entrance of the cave, and slowly descended. After today's action grouping, Gao Feng specifically "grabbed" the first position in the march.

After a while, Gao Feng stood on the ground and gestured upwards with a flashlight.

Zhou Tong was the second to go down to the cave, and Chu Tianqi was the last to enter. Due to the limited space, when someone enters the room, the person who entered before must enter the hole on the side, otherwise he will not be able to stand at all.

After listening calmly, Gao Feng turned on the flashlight wrapped in cloth in front of him, and slowly marched eastward, followed by Zhou Tong and Chu Tianqi.

Now the tunnel is still very narrow, one person is no problem to pass, two people side by side is a little narrow, but the height is about one meter five, and the three of them can only bow their heads and cat's waist forward. Zhou Tong is okay, just bow his head slightly, and Gao Feng has to be a cat. Among the three, Chu Tianqi is the tallest, and he must have a big cat's waist and bend his legs, so he kowtows from time to time.

The road ahead was winding and winding, and after about ten meters, the road was a little wider and a little higher, and two forks appeared in front of it. After turning back and gesturing twice, the three chose to turn right. After walking more than ten meters, two forks appeared again, and then turned right again. After walking about 20 meters, there are three forks in front, one in front and the other two to the left.

The two forks in front of him, the same as He Xifa's explanation, Chu Tianqi was also marked on the sketch, and moved forward according to He Xifa's explanation. And now at this fork in the road, He Xifa only said that there are two forks, but in fact there are three. If there are two, He Xifa will let go of the leftmost one. But now there's one more, what should I do?

After identifying it, it was impossible to confirm which fork in the road was opened later. Maybe there was one, maybe He Xifa remembered it wrongly, or it may have been temporarily blocked before. Since the situation has changed, the plan must also be changed, and the two forks in the left will be taken.

After a few words of soft instruction, Gao Feng walked on the leftmost fork in the road, and Chu Tianqi and Zhou Tong also continued to move forward from the other left-side fork. This time forward, Zhou Tong was still in front, Chu Tianqi was behind, and Chu Tianqi also turned on the strong light flashlight he carried with him, but the strong light had been covered by the cloth of the lamp head. But Chu Tianqi was closer to the other party this time, so that he could take care of the other party when danger came.

Now the fork in the road is a little wider and a little higher, anyway, Zhou Tong can walk upright. Chu Tianqi can also straighten up some waist, but he still needs to bend his waist and bend his legs slightly.

Zhou Tong walked in the middle just now, and there was a man in front and behind him, and he walked very calmly. Now there was only air in front of her and danger that might appear at any time, so she subconsciously leaned back a little and looked back from time to time to confirm that Chu Tianqi was following closely.

From entering the tunnel to the winding road that I have walked now, it has been seven or eight hundred meters. As they walked, they kept looking at their sides, front and back, and sometimes overhead. But apart from a few wooden pillars and a few shallow holes in the walls, nothing was found.

Chu Tianqi couldn't help but wonder: Did he not get to the place, or did he go wrong, or did he make a mistake in his analysis?

Suddenly, with an "ah" sound, Zhou Tong turned his head violently and threw himself into Chu Tianqi's arms: "Mouse." ”

was screamed by the other party, which frightened Chu Tianqi as well. He fixed his eyes to see that there was a small black thing on the ground in front of him, and the little thing was staring at himself with small eyes. What is it if it's not a mouse?

Chu Tianqi pushed Zhou Tong in his arms and said softly, "What's so terrible? ”

"I'm most afraid of rats, don't say those two words. Zhou Tong spoke, hugging Chu Tianqi tighter. At the same time, he also climbed his legs to Chu Tianqi's legs, as if he was afraid that the mouse would climb on his legs.