Chapter Twenty-Three: Secret Departure

"Anyone else is looking for this jade Buddha pendant?" Zhang Zhiruo unconsciously repeated.

"Yes, when we found the cave, the military facilities inside were still basically intact." Zeng Sheng replied, "We only got back the jade Buddha pendant and the information in the safe." Originally, I was going to come back and organize people to move those things back. ”

Zeng Sheng lit a cigarette, he hadn't smoked it for a long time, this was what he found when he took the jade Buddha pendant just now, lit it and choked on it, coughing there.

Zhang Zhiruo didn't stop it, he knew that Uncle Zeng was very uncomfortable now. She just walked up to Zeng Sheng's side and patted Zeng Sheng's back gently, hoping that this would make him feel better.

Zeng Sheng is also in his forties, and he still lives alone. When he was in college, he was an underground party, and it was impossible for him to fall in love, he knew that his job was very dangerous, like walking on the tip of a knife, and he didn't know which day the incident would happen.

When he graduated and the civil war broke out, he still didn't see the light of day, and he was still an underground worker. When New China was established, his heart was also filled with one person, that is, the female underground party he saved. It's a pity that King Xiang has affection, and the goddess has no intention.

Nearly twenty years have passed. He still can't accommodate others, that person is so perfect that he can't make a little space for others in his heart. The two are also in constant contact, and he also helps her love her daughter, just like her own daughter.

Zhang Zhiruo has never seen her father, but she has never received any less fatherly love from Zeng Sheng. has been liberated for so many years, Zhang Zhiruo's thinking is not so feudal, and she does not expect her mother to keep any woman's way to her father, whom she has never met. She would also like to see her mother pampered.

It's just that my mother always thinks that her in-laws are a family with status, status, and a head and face. If the daughter-in-law can't be widowed, she will lose her share. Although I didn't live with my in-laws. But Zhang Zhiruo's mother still respects the Zhang family very much.

Zhang Zhiruo felt guilty for her mother, and she was even more grateful for Zeng Sheng's kindness, and she always treated him as filial piety as a father. Looking at Uncle Zeng's more and more wrinkles and vaguely visible white hair, her heart was sour.

"But when we went the second time, we found that everything inside had been destroyed, but we didn't take it, and we didn't even touch the place. The military quilts, uniforms and some daily necessities were also left untouched. Strangely, only the ground near the location where the safe was originally placed has been excavated, and the whole thing has been turned over, and the depth of the excavation is on average more than a meter. Zeng Sheng had two arms and retracted a little, for fear that there would be a difference in the comparison.

"Cough, cough", Zeng Sheng coughed twice, this smoke is still not suitable for him, he can't help but feel a little emotional. "It's impossible that the local people have strayed into the cave, and if the people had entered the cave, they would have moved the valuable things away. I guess this guy must have gone for the safe. Zeng Sheng was relieved and continued.

"These people looking for the safe should not have been the people who placed the Jade Buddha pendant in the first place, otherwise they wouldn't have dug so deep into the earth. But they must know where the safe is. Zhang Zhiruo somewhat understood.

She continued to analyze: "Judging from this incident, the two groups of people who put the Jade Buddha and those who are looking for the Jade Buddha may be in the same group. It may also be that the person looking for the Jade Buddha didn't know where to know about the Jade Buddha, and then began to look for it. ”

"That's what we thought, and, after analysis, we think these people are all soldiers. Why did they destroy weapons facilities? It is not intended to be obtained by people who find out later. There are also some military quilts, uniforms and some daily necessities inside, but they are very well preserved. This shows that they are not worried about these being taken away by the common people, but only worried about the weapons being brought back by the government army. Zeng Sheng nodded and said. He was very happy with this niece, smart enough to understand a little.

"Then these people may be hostile elements, there are ......"

"Dangdang, Dangdang" Zhang Zhiruo's words were not finished when he was interrupted by a heavy knock on the door outside.

"I can't say any more, they're here, hurry up and get the Jade Buddha pendant ready, remember, this thing is very important, don't be careless, keep it anyway." Zeng Sheng was still not very relieved, after all, in Zeng Sheng's eyes, this was not just a jade antique, this was a peerless secret related to the fate of the country.

"Well, I will." Zhang Zhiruo promised.

"Dangdang, Dangdang" The sound of slamming the door became heavier. "Hurry up and open the door, hurry up and open the door. We are from the Military Control Commission. "There were all kinds of noises outside the door, and there was a lot of noise, and people were upset.

"Come with me. I'll send you out. If they find out you're with me, don't even think about it. Zeng Sheng took out a piece of rope from under the bed, took Zhang Zhiruo's hand out of the house and into the yard, and then turned to the backyard.

"Dangdang, Dangdang" If the door wasn't strong enough, it is estimated that it would have been smashed open. "What's the matter, don't open the door again, kick it open." They still exercised some restraint. Now it is only to arrest people to understand the situation, but there is no conviction. As long as Zeng Sheng did not have very strong excesses, these people who came to "carry out the task" could only "politely" invite people back.

Zeng Sheng ignored the people outside, tied the rope around Zhang Zhiruo's waist, and then moved a ladder from the side and put it on the courtyard wall. The courtyard wall is made of bricks, three meters high. The ladder was just up to the top of the wall.

"If I don't get released, or if I don't get through, I'll give it to the state when this unrest subsides." Zeng Sheng whispered. It's like explaining what happened. As he spoke, he pushed Zhang Zhiruo up the ladder. He climbed up with him.

After sending Zhang Zhiruo out, Zeng Sheng put the ladder back in its place. The rope was taken away by Zhang Zhiruo, for fear of being discovered by the people of the Military Management Committee.

Zeng Sheng walked towards the gate, sorting out his clothes, and shouted: "Come, come, this just fell asleep, what's the matter?" ”

After the door opened, two people grabbed Zeng Sheng's two arms from both sides.

"We are from the Military Management Commission, and we are looking for you to go back and find out a little bit about the situation." A man with a red armband said indifferently.

This man seemed to be their leader, about twenty years old, with a forward hat with a huge red star on the hat with a fur curl, wearing a tunic with four pockets, two pieces of red cloth on the collar on either side of the neck, trousers in a tunic, and black cloth shoes with a mille-feuille bottom. This outfit is enough to show his identity - a proletarian revolutionary fighter who turned over to become a master.

A few other people listened to him talking, and they hula and came all for the sake of coming. Coupled with the two people who were driving Zeng Sheng, a group of seven or eight people surrounded this suspect and went straight to the office of the Military Management Commission. I didn't even let me pack up anything. The door wasn't closed. But at that time, no one dared to steal.

At that time, law and order was one of the most commendable things in history. There is no gambling and prostitution, no corruption, no speculation, no cheating...... Because no one can afford to pay the price of being discovered.

Zeng Sheng was arrested, and Zhang Zhiruo fled back home in a hurry. She has two things to do, hide the jade Buddha pendant and save Zeng Sheng. It is estimated that the latter is no more dramatic, and this year, being targeted by the Military Management Commission, I can only ask for more blessings.

My mother works in a government agency and has not yet returned. Although it is basically in a state of stagnation except for the Military Management Committee and the Red Guard generals, Ding Ban'er still has to.

Before she could figure out where to hide her things, she heard a knock at the door. She casually placed the Jade Buddha in a schoolbag on the table. Turn around and go out and open the door.

"Eldest niece, look what good things I brought you." As soon as the courtyard door opened, Zhang Taishan's voice rang out, and he was carrying a sea fish weighing more than ten catties in his hand.

"Xiaoshanzi, listen to me, I'm bigger than you, don't be big or small. Call me sister! Zhang Zhiruo protested. She has always wondered how she can have such a little uncle, who loves to be an older person.

"Isn't that a mess of seniority? My Guang you call sister, Guang your mother is also called sister, you are sisters and sons? Zhang Taishan didn't go to college, but this account is very clear, "By the way, what about my sister?" ”

"Then I don't care, I can't call it anyway. Just call me by my name. My mom is still at work. But she wasn't really angry, and at this time she had already shifted her attention to the fish in Zhang Taishan's hand, "It's so big, how did you get it, how much does it cost?" ”

"It didn't cost anything, I caught it in a dinghy when we went out to sea. Awesome. Zhang Taishan smiled and bloomed, and he raced with a victorious general.

"Virtue." The corners of Zhang Zhiruo's mouth twitched, very disdainful, but she was very happy in her heart. Now the grain and vegetable oil are all planned to be supplied, how can you eat a delicious meal of fish? This big fish, more than ten catties, is enough for their mother and son to eat for several days. Unfortunately, there was no refrigerator at that time, so I would have eaten enough for a long time.

"For your sake, I'll make you something to eat at night. Sister loves you so much. As he spoke, he ran to the kitchen with flowers scattered under his feet.

Before she could put the fish away, there was another knock on the door outside the yard. Zhang Taishan went to open the door.

"We're from the Military Control Commission, how long have you been here?" This is a different group of people, but this pomp and circumstance are the same as just now.

"I've just been here, not much older." Zhang Taishan didn't know why, so he answered without thinking about it.

"Let's go, let's go back and find out a little bit about the situation." With the same rhetoric and the same means, Zhang Taishan was also taken away.