Chapter 26: The Search (3)
Following Officer Xiao to a small shed area with dim light, Officer Xiao walked in in a grand manner, and after entering, there was really an entrance to the basement.
"Officer Xiao, you walked into the small shed area so generously, how do you know that there is no one in the small shed area?" I asked curiously.
"By my feelings!" Officer Xiao said with a smile: "If there are people guarding here, it is unreasonable, and there is no need for them to hold any meetings and deal with any urgent matters!" ā
I thought to myself, this Officer Xiao is not only a bold man, but also full of reasoning.
"Officer Xiao, there's another question I don't understand?" I continued.
"What's the problem?"
"You didn't look for it at all, how do you know that the entrance to the basement is in this small shed?" I asked.
"If I say it again, I'm afraid you're going to be annoyed!" Officer Xiao said with a smile, "Actually, I also deduced, that friend of yours said that she was tied up and placed at the entrance of the basement, and she was found after escaping not far away, what does that mean?" ā
"It means that the entrance to the basement is very close to us, and it must be in a place where there are lights and we can see!"
"Well, that's a good point, I looked around before, and only this small shed area is the closest to the place where the incident occurred, and it is the most suitable for what you just said, so I speculate that the entrance to the basement must be in this small shed area."
"Now the facts have proven your inference correct!" I laughed.
Officer Xiao glanced at me with a smile and said, "You are very smart, I hope we have always been friends, not rivals, how can I call you?" ā
"My name is Zhao Xiaowen, I am an employee of Zhang's Group, this is my colleague, my name is Hong Ye!" I introduced.
"Zhang's Group, Zhang Dankai's company, this is your colleague, I'm afraid it's also your girlfriend, right?" Officer Xiao asked with a smile.
Hong Ye and I glanced at each other, smiled, and did not answer Officer Xiao's words.
"My name is Xiao Luo, Luo from Luoyang, let's make friends!"
Xiao Luo stretched out his hand to me, and I held his hand, and suddenly I felt a sense of sympathy.
"In such a dangerous place, do you still have the heart to call a brother here?" Hong Ye asked in surprise.
"I have a relationship with this brother, if I don't make friends, I will be sad in my heart!" Xiao Luo said with a smile, "However, you're right, let's explore each other's reality and reality!" ā
I nodded.
Following Xiao Luo's pace, Hong Ye followed closely behind me, and walked in slowly along the entrance of the basement in a group of three.
This is a medium-sized basement dug by hand, the tunnel that extends downward, about four people can walk side by side at the same time, and occasionally it is crooked, if it is not for the small light bulbs hanging at intervals on both sides of the tunnel, I am afraid that it is daytime, and it must be dark here to reach out and lose five fingers, maybe darker than the corridor where the senior rents the snail's house.
"You must not speak, we are close to each other, depending on the situation, there are more than a dozen people on the other side, you must be careful!" Xiao Luo suddenly turned his head and said softly.
I nodded.
With his pace, he walked a little further, and when he reached the corner in front of him, the space inside suddenly increased a lot.
Shielded by the walls of the tunnel, we looked sideways into the basement hall.
I saw more than a dozen strong men wearing black vests sitting on the ground in the underground hall, and sitting on top was a dark man with a small head, I remember very clearly that he was Du Ling's boyfriend, and he was talking to the people sitting below.
Sitting not far from him, there was an old man with a brass pipe, tearing the white paper on the outer layer of a cigarette, taking out the tobacco inside, putting it in the groove of the brass mouth at the bottom, then striking a match, lighting the tobacco inside, and as a white mist rose, he began to smoke.
I thought to myself, how can anyone smoke with this brass mouthpiece in these years? It's an antique!
"Hong Kui?" Hong Ye suddenly lost his voice and screamed, which made us cry bitterly.
I wanted to cover her mouth too late, but with her exclamation, the people sitting on the floor looked at us in unison, and they found out, and we had to walk out with our heads stubborn.
Following the direction of Hong Ye's eyes, I saw Hong Kui, who was tied up and thrown on the ground with five flowers, looking pitiful.
"Is that you?" The swarthy man stood up and looked at me.
"It's me, I can't imagine that you can still remember me!" I looked at him and said.
"What are you doing here?" There seemed to be no hostility in his words, which made my nervous heart relax a little.
"A friend of mine got lost, and I came out to find her!" I looked at Hong Kui, who was lying on the ground, and then at the swarthy man.
"You're talking about her?" The swarthy man pointed his finger at Hong Kui, who was lying on the ground, and said, "She is indeed the one we just caught, because there is an urgent matter, and she hasn't come to deal with it yet, I didn't expect it to be your friend!" ā
I nodded and said, "My friend indeed!" ā
"Do you know him?" Hong Ye suddenly asked curiously.
I glanced at her and motioned for her not to say much!
"She trespassed on the Holy Land, she was bound to die, but I didn't expect it to be your friend? That'sā"
"No way!" Suddenly, the old man sitting next to him spoke: "Zhong Tie, you can't be merciful because of your personal feelings, this woman can't be released, maybe she already knows some of our things, originally I planned to kill her on the spot after the matter is over, so I brought her in, if you let her out and take away our secrets, this is an extremely dangerous thing!" ā
"I don't know anything!" Hong Kui, who was lying on the ground, suddenly said leisurely, "As soon as I arrived here, I was tied up by you nerves!" Hong Kui seemed to realize that the words used here were inappropriate, and quickly changed to normal words.
"Not only can't you leave, but neither can a few of you!" The old man looked down at Hong Kui on the ground, and then raised his eyes to look at the three of us, "However, since you are Zhong Tie's friends, we will treat you as guests, but we will temporarily wronged you, you and I have no grievances, I will not kill unarmed people at will, not to mention that you are still Zhong Tie's friends, when we finish this matter, we will naturally send you back safely." ā
"Isn't this just going to put us under house arrest?" Hong Ye whispered in my ear.
I nodded, thinking, the three of us, in the face of more than a dozen people, hard work is bound to lose, behind us is the exit, Xiao Luo and I can run away, but Hong Ye and Hong Kui are difficult to run away, especially Hong Kui, who is tied to the ground and lying on the ground, can't run! If you can't save her, what's the point of running out? What can I do? As I thought about it, I began to feel anxious.
"Dare to ask what the old man is called?" Xiao Luo suddenly asked.
"Look at your dignified appearance, your aura is magnificent, different from ordinary people, you must be a dragon and phoenix among people, the old man's surname is Zhong, the word Tianao is proud, and he is Zhong Tie's grandfather!" The old man laughed.
Xiao Luo chuckled lightly and said: "The old man's eyesight is amazing, but I am very familiar with your title, back then, it was called Fei Lynx, known as having nine lives, every time a catastrophe came, you could quietly avoid it, I want to remember that you have died eight times!" ā
"Oh?" The old man's hand holding the cigarette stick suddenly trembled, "You are young, but you have just arrived at the age of establishment, how can you know me so well?" Who are you? Who are you? ā
"It doesn't matter who I am, the important thing is that your ninth life will also end in my hands, this is your destiny, you can't escape, but I don't know, will you still have a tenth life?"
"It's you!" The old man seemed to recognize Xiao Luo, "I really didn't expect that after all these years, we would meet here, but it's a pity that my eighth life was lost in your hands, but after many years, it would be too arrogant for you to say such a thing again!" The old man returned to his normal expression, and the nervous expression he had before was gone!
"Whether there is arrogance or not, you will understand later!" Xiao Luo was still smiling.
Suddenly, a white shadow flashed, and before his eyes could see clearly, Xiao Luo had already deceived himself to the old man's side, and the speed was so fast that he was afraid that he would not even be able to keep up with his eyes.
The old man seemed to be on guard, and suddenly he stretched out the brass cigarette stick in his hand to Xiao Luo, Xiao Luo turned sideways to avoid it, and suddenly the old man disappeared!
I opened my eyes, I didn't believe what I saw with my eyes, how could I watch the old man disappear in front of my eyes so suddenly? Is this magic? Where did the old man go? It's really unbelievable! Isn't he human?
"Lights out, get out!" Zhong Tie suddenly gave an order.
In the dark, I protected the flood leaves behind me!
When the dim light came back on, the dozen or so people who were sitting on the ground just now had disappeared!
"How so?" I asked, surprised.
"They have an escape route that they have pre-made in case of an emergency!" Xiao Luo looked at me and said, "These people are organized, planned, and premeditated, I really didn't expect this flying lynx to be alive!" ā
"Flying Tmall? Who is this flying cat? I asked curiously.
"He is a magical character, every time he dies, everyone thinks he is dead, but it didn't take long for him to appear magically unharmed, so he was nicknamed Fei Lynx!"
"Cats have nine lives, you said before that he has died eight times, if he dies this time, it will be the ninth life, and if all nine lives are gone, then this cat will definitely die!" I said.
"Yes!" Xiao Luo responded, "This person can also use stealth techniques, if he is not absolutely sure, if he misses a hit, he will escape by stealth." ā
"But with such a difference in age, how do you know he's died eight times?" Hong Ye asked curiously.
"I also listened to what my predecessors said, and his eighth life ended in my hands, I thought that nine lives were just a legend, I really didn't expect that he died in my hands, and now he is resurrected, it seems that this legend is not false?" Xiao Luo sighed and said.
"Is there really anyone who comes back from the dead?" I asked curiously.
"No!" Xiao Luo said: "There must be something strange in this, as long as you find out the mystery, you will definitely be able to crack the secret of his immortality, otherwise he will die hundreds of times, maybe next time he will magically appear!" ā
"I can't imagine that there is such a magical thing in the world!" I exclaimed.
"Alright, hurry up and save your friend!" Xiao Luo said.
Hong Ye and I were shocked by these magical things tonight, and we forgot about her existence, and Hong Ye and I hurriedly ran to Hong Kui's side and found that she had her eyes tightly closed.
"Hong Kui, are you okay?" Hong Ye asked with concern.
Xiao Luo and I hurriedly untied the rope tied to her.
"Sister, I'm sorry! It's all my fault, I shouldn't have gone this far! Hong Kui opened her closed eyes and said with tears in her eyes.
"No, Hong Kui, it's all my sister's fault, I shouldn't have beaten you!" Hong Ye hugged Hong Kui into his arms and said.
"This is not a place to stay for a long time, so it's better to leave quickly!" Xiao Luo urged.
"Let's go! It's too dangerous here, maybe they'll suddenly counterattack back, and none of us will be able to leave! I hurriedly said.
Hong Ye nodded, then picked up Hong Kui and followed us slowly towards the entrance of the basement.
"Not good! It smells of gasoline! I'm afraid that they will kill people and bury us in the ground forever, and you will return the way you came, but it will be too late, but I am afraid that it will be too late! Xiao Luo said in surprise.
"What about you?" I shouted urgently.
"Leave me alone, in case the entrance is sealed, stay calm in the basement, brother, I will come to save you!" After Xiao Luo finished speaking, he disappeared in a blink of an eye.
"Can Hong Kui run?"
"Yes!"
"Run back!"
The smell of gasoline was getting heavier and heavier, I pulled the two women like the wind to run into the depths of the basement, just ran into the underground hall, in the tunnel behind me, there was a burst of light and dull sound, and then I felt the whole basement shake, a huge air flow rushed from the tunnel to the underground hall, the three of us could not stand the force of this air current, all of us fainted to the ground.
I don't know how many moments passed, I slowly opened my eyes, I felt a lot of pain all over my body, I moved my hands and feet, and found that they were all there, and I was still conscious.
I raised my head slightly, there was still a dim light in the basement hall, Hong Ye and Hong Kui fell beside me, I slowly reached out and pushed them, and found that they were still unconscious.
I slowly climbed to my feet, and little by little remembered what had happened before.
I looked up at the tunnel and saw that it was already pitch black, presumably because the huge air currents had broken the lamps along the way.
I don't know if Xiao Luo ran out? If not, wouldn't the three of us have died in this underground hall?
At this time, Hong Ye coughed softly, and I hurriedly walked over to slowly help her up.
"Where are we?" Hong Ye suddenly asked.
"Have you forgotten what happened?" I asked.
Hong Ye held his forehead with his hand, as if he thought about it, before he said, "I remember, we are still in the basement!" ā
I nodded.
At this time, Hong Kui, who was lying next to him, also moved his feet.
"Hong Kui, are you okay?" After I helped Hong Ye, I hurriedly moved over to help Hong Kui again.
"I'm fine, it's just that the air flow just now was too strong, and my whole body hurts a lot!" Hong Kui patted his back and said.
"Hong Kui, your clothes?" Hong Ye pointed to Hong Kui's clothes and said.
It turned out that at some point, the right shoulder strap of Hong Kui's purple suspender pajamas broke, and when she got up, the entire right side of the clothes hung down, revealing a large piece of snow-white.
Hong Kui looked down and didn't seem to mean to pull it up.
"People who are about to die, what do you care about?" Hong Kui suddenly spoke.
"Don't say bad things! You stay here and don't move, I'll go see if the entrance is sealed? Seeing that they were all right, I got up and walked to the tunnel.
"Be careful!" Hong Ye's concerned voice came from behind him.
"Don't worry! I'll be back safely! I replied loudly.
There was still a smell of gasoline in the tunnel, but it was no longer so strong, I felt the dark, walked for a long time, and did not see the light, suddenly, I ran into some obstacles, I reached out and touched it, and I was shocked!