Chapter 158: Heroic Tribulation in the Tunnel
After listening to Xiaoyu and Shidan's descriptions, Lao Balu compared the situation described by the militia, and suddenly made him realize that the person chasing in the tunnel was not an iron abacus!
When did you two meet the Iron Abacus? When Lao Balu listened to the militia's report, he had doubts in his mind, he didn't believe in a mature adult, and he couldn't even describe the size of the smell, there must be a reason for this, and he needed further verification!
You go after a bag of cigarettes. Xiaoyu and Shi Dan said. The two children don't know the time, and they don't know what time it is, and when they often listen to adults ask about the time, they often say "a bag of cigarettes", and they remember the phrase "a bag of cigarettes", which in their understanding means that it is not a long time.
As soon as Lao Balu heard the two children say this, he cried and laughed and said, then how long do you two know how long it takes to make a bag of cigarettes?
It doesn't take long. The two children said very seriously.
Not to mention that Lao Balu felt that the child's answer was nondescript, and everyone present felt that the child's words were unreliable.
At this time, Xiaoyu's mother hurriedly accosted, I estimated that it would take more than an hour. But we slept a little and realized that the two children were not sleeping in the house. Xiaoyu's mother told the situation during this time period again.
Lao Balu judged according to the time of an hour said by Xiaoyu's mother, at that time, we should have started searching in the tunnel as early as possible, that is to say, at that time period, the iron abacus was not in the tunnel at all, and he was still at home! Judging by this, the person they are chasing must not be an iron abacus!
Lao Balu patiently asked the two children, what else do you know? Did he already know we were going to him? Did he hear us last night when we talked? Lao Balu thought of the stone mill. It's too hidden under the graphite! The iron abacus has come to this house. And not for long. He must have come here for his purpose, and what he came for is still unclear.
Shi Dan thought about it and said, I don't know about this, we didn't ask, he was very nervous when he left, as if something was going to happen, we stayed with him for a long time. He just wouldn't stay. In the end, when he left, we gave him the master's clothes, and he really couldn't ask for them!
What the? Clothes? Did you give him your master's clothes that were placed on the edge of the kang? Lao Balu asked again as if he didn't hear clearly, did he change it at that time?
No. Shi Dan said affirmatively.
It's hard to say, he didn't change his clothes at that time, it doesn't mean that he didn't change his clothes in the tunnel. Once he changed into that sour clothes, the sour smell on his body was not much, and it was just as the militia said! But the timing of his appearance is still wrong! This is still a question, in the end, whether the person who ran away is an iron abacus, and the combination of the understanding of the situation gives people a feeling that is both like and not like ambiguous! However, the possibility of someone else must not be ruled out!
Lao Balu and Lao Feng looked at each other. Lao Feng pondered for a while and said to the two children, When you talk. Is the iron abacus very friendly to you?
Yes, it's friendly! He also helped us recall the first time he came to our house, saying that he was the third person besides Niu Er and Xiao Zhuge at the beginning! He said that he was in trouble now, and it was inconvenient to talk about it, and said that we would know in the future!
Yes! One year is bitten by a snake and ten years is afraid of the well rope! A wounded heart needs to melt a hundred times warmer! The only people he believes in now are Niu Er and Xiao Zhuge ! Xiao Zhuge is missing again, Niu Er is still being treated, even if the iron abacus knows that Lao Balu will not harm him, but he may not know that Lao Balu can help him! This requires giving him a great deal of confidence and trust, and I am particularly important here, and with my position as the top leadership of the command here, I may be able to reassure him that he will be safe and sound, so that he can dispel all his concerns!
At this moment, a report suddenly came from the street door, reporting to the old secretary, there is an emergency to report to the old secretary!
Three people came in from outside the gate, one on the left and one on the right were two militiamen, and the middle one surprised everyone, he was none other than Niu Er!
Seeing this, Lao Balu and Lao Feng hurriedly stepped forward to help Niu Er, but Niu Er, who laughed, refused, Niu Er said, look at you two, it seems that I am as sick as I am, in fact, I don't have any at all, you have to treat me as a mother!
At this time, Xiaoyu and Shidan saw that the master was coming, and they ran over with joy, shouting that the master pounced on them! Niu Er was just about to hug the child, but was stopped by Lao Balu, Lao Balu told the two children, just talk, you can't let the master hug it, the teacher's illness is not neat!
Xiaoyu and Shi Dan took Niu Er's hand left and right, came to the stone table and sat down, and before Lao Balu and Lao Feng asked him, "Why are you here", he hurriedly said, I am not going home now, I have something urgent to report to the two leaders!
While talking, he met the eyes of the village girl, who was looking at him with such eyes, and he threw the last sentence "There is an urgent matter to report to the two leaders" to the village girl, and then ignored the village girl!
Lao Balu and Lao Feng saw their flattering eyes, but felt that the arrival of Niu Er must be something big, so they didn't answer the conversation, so they urged straightforwardly, then hurry up!
Just now, Team Leader Xu and Director Hao led the militia to find you! When he saw that you couldn't come back, he was afraid that something would happen, so he led the militia to look for you in the tunnels outside the village. Team Leader Xu asked me, I told him and Director Hao everything, saying that you went to find the iron abacus, you left in the middle of the night, and you haven't come back yet. He said that this is not good, when is this time, and he has not come back. He said to Director Hao, let's go and pick it up, you go and call the militia, and I'll be there later! After Director Hao left, I said take me with me, I am familiar with the iron abacus, so I can help you. Team Leader Xu said, that's not good, the old secretary won't take you when he leaves, naturally he has his reasons, you just recuperate at home, and we'll go back!
When Niu Er spoke, Lao Balu's mind began to wander incessantly, and he didn't know why, as soon as he heard the news. There is a trace of uneasiness in my heart! Whether or not the person who ran out was an iron abacus is still unknown. But now one thing is certain. The iron abacus is in the tunnel! The person who carried out the execution was the order given by Team Leader Xu, and he was present during the entire process from arrest to execution, Iron Abacus must remember Team Leader Xu, and Iron Abacus will definitely have a taboo against Team Leader Xu, that is to say, the person he least wants to see is Team Leader Xu! If he doesn't go, won't he add to the chaos? Once they met, it meant that Iron Abacus was homeless. He doesn't dare to stay in the tunnels anymore, doesn't this force him to a dead end?!
Not good! Come on! Thinking of this, Lao Balu didn't dare to think about it anymore, so he hurriedly greeted and said!
Seeing this, Lao Feng didn't know what was going on, so he hurriedly asked, what's wrong? What do you mean?
Go to the iron abacus! We have to catch up with Team Leader Xu and them! Lao Balu looked at Niu Er and said, are you okay?
Eighth master, don't worry, I'll do it! Niu Eryi heard that Lao Balu wanted him to go with him, and hurried back to the Tao happily!
Militiaman. You two protect the second master, and there must be no mistakes! Lao Balu said to the two militiamen who came with Niu Er!
Don't worry, old secretary. Mission completion guaranteed! The militia replied!
After everyone finished speaking, they turned around and were about to leave, but they were stopped by Lao Balu, what are you going to do?
Go chase after Team Leader Xu?! Everyone was puzzled!
Lao Balu glanced at the people present, and then, without looking back, he went into the tunnel under the stone mill!
At this time, everyone suddenly realized! Then he followed and disappeared into the tunnel under the stone mill!
Iron abacus said goodbye to Xiaoyu and Shidan, he knew that Lao Balu was leading the militia in the tunnel, and he was so cautious every step forward, lest he be noticed by others! He wants to know everything in the tunnel, he has to grasp the dynamics in the tunnel, and he has to judge what the militia is going to do next according to the situation in the tunnel, so that he knows what to do in order to make the next plan! Because he knows that Lao Balu will never give up if he doesn't find him!
Although the footsteps of the militia were slight, it could not fill the ears of the iron abacus, which came from many places, and the iron abacus concluded that there were quite a few people coming tonight! Wherever the militia went, the smell left on his body could not hide the nose of the iron abacus, and he was very sensitive to smell a different smell from usual!
The iron abacus squatted in one place, held his breath, closed his eyes, listened attentively, and sensed all the movements around him that could be perceived, he didn't dare to act without permission!
Suddenly, he heard the sound of talking, and then listened carefully, it was the sound of two people's conversation, only hearing their words, not knowing their meaning!
After a short effort, the iron abacus suddenly heard a voice of "If you do this again, I will call someone", and then heard a voice of "Come on, he is here"!
Suddenly, there was chaos in the tunnel, and there were chaotic footsteps everywhere! The iron abacus was right, and he could hear from the chaotic footsteps that there were people in every passage! He was glad he didn't act rashly!
What do you mean? Who are "you"? It is easy to hear from the words of the militia that they are "looking for people", not "arresting people"! I was under the stone mill and heard their conversation very clearly, all of which was specially arranged by Lao Balu! They were afraid that I would be frightened, and the conversation just now must have been to persuade me to go back with them! However, I will never go back with you until I have figured out all of the above, and I don't want to die a second time at your hands!
But that person isn't me! Could it be that there is another person in the tunnel besides me? Did the militia mistake that person for me? This must be the case now!
This is inexplicable, I live in the tunnel all day long, there is no second person in this tunnel except myself, how can there be a second person all of a sudden? But this is already an ironclad fact, you can't help but believe it!
Who could this person be?
The chaotic footsteps faded away, and it looked like they hadn't caught anyone! How is this possible? There are so many militiamen chasing and intercepting in this narrow tunnel, and there are militias everywhere, why can't even one person be caught?
Now it can be assumed that this person must be a person with high martial arts! At the very least, you must have good foot strength, good skills, and strong fighting skills, and be able to knock down the militia in an instant, so as to get out of the encirclement of many militiamen! In this process, he must not have met Lao Balu, otherwise, he would definitely not run away, who in the market has not heard of his skills? So far, I have never heard of anyone who can escape his skills, let alone face to face in this narrow tunnel. The other party will not escape!
So who will this master of martial arts be?
It was at this time that this thought arose in the mind of the iron abacus. He suddenly remembered someone: the commissioner!
Could it be him? It should be about the same according to the skill. With such skills, he can completely escape from the encirclement and interception of many militiamen! After I left, after Lao Balu led the militia into the tunnel, he happened to be in the tunnel? And then besieged in the tunnels by the militia?
So what is he here for? Come to me? Convince me to follow him? He's short of manpower, and now he's in dire need of someone around him, and he wants to pull me to his side? It's not impossible, but I don't think he's very sure, 50 percent each, I think he'll fight for it!
That's beyond that. Is there any other reason? Treasure? Yes, treasure! The last time he looked at him, he also found a treasure! Now he wants soldiers without soldiers, money without wealth, and he is alone, how many nails does he have to beat with iron? He is empty of people and money, and what he needs most now is these two things!
Will there be anyone else but him? I really don't know that! Don't care what you say, don't care if this person is a special commissioner or not, the appearance of this person tonight has helped me a lot. I got away with it, and I really have to thank him!
Did the old Eighth Road find the treasure? He must have found the treasure. He buried the treasure, and he had planned it well tonight, and he would have gone to me exactly where he was buried, and he was sure I would be there!
No, we have to go to the treasure place quickly! They're all gone, tonight, I guess they won't come, because "I" is gone, I'm no longer in the tunnel, they're looking for me, and there's no point in them coming again! Yes, now you can go to the treasure place with confidence and confidence!
The iron abacus came to the place of the treasure, and looked at it with stunned eyes, and felt gloomy and melancholy in his heart! Oh, treasure, treasure! You really make me happy and make me sad! You let me not find it, and now you don't look for it, you are exposed to the outside, is this still a secret? There are so many people who know you! Everyone who passes by will see you, everyone will think about you, and everyone will hang down to you! You can't bring the gospel now, you only bring disaster!
Old Eighth Road, Old Eighth Road, why are you bothered? Why do you want to set up an explosive device as a dead knot? People can't take it away, why are you?! This batch of treasures was originally swallowed by one person, and now it should have it, it no longer belongs to one person, he belongs to where he came from, where to go when the time comes, only the country can dissipate the ability to return, take it from the people, use it for the people, and return it to its original appearance!
Old Eighth Road, Old Eighth Road, you are so ruthless, you gave me all the roads and died, how can you let me live!
At this time, the iron abacus suddenly felt sad in his heart, and he sat on the ground and cried bitterly!
What was that? Just when the iron abacus was grief-stricken, suddenly he heard noisy and hurried footsteps! He listened closely, and the voice came straight here! What's the situation? The footsteps came from the south, that is, the sound still came from the direction of the old Eighth Road and the militia chasing the man! The iron abacus wondered, why did they come back again? No, it won't!
It's too late to think about it, run quickly, and never let them catch it! Thinking of this, the iron abacus scattered his legs and ran north! But just as he had run some distance, he suddenly heard noisy and hurried footsteps in the passage to the east! Iron abacus thought to himself, what is going on? Why did so many people come at once? The soldiers are divided into two ways to intercept!
Where did the people on the east side come from? There is no entrance or exit to that passage? Broken! As soon as the iron abacus thought of this entrance, he suddenly remembered the entrance and exit under the stone mill of the old Eighth Road house! Did he find out that I had been to their house after Lao Balu came home? Chased from under the stone mill again?
Don't think about it so much, hurry up, or it will be too late!
The iron abacus has been running all the way to the north! But as he was running, he suddenly heard a sound in front of him! It's footsteps, it's the footsteps of a person! This shocked him into a cold sweat! How? Someone up ahead, too? Where am I going?! There's no road to the west where I'm located! It's over, I'm dead, and today I'm completely finished!
The iron abacus sat on the ground and couldn't get up again! Old Eighth Road, Old Eighth Road, why are you forcing me to a dead end? Don't you leave me with a way to live?
At this moment, the iron abacus suddenly realized that the voice in front of him was not coming towards him, but also running north! In other words, he and the voice in front of him are coming in the same direction, not for themselves!
Iron abacus thought to himself, this is strange, it turns out that the footsteps in front of him are not coming at him, he is also running outside! Haha, could it be that at this moment, there are still people who are suffering from the same disease as themselves?
Listening to that voice is getting farther and farther away from me! Iron abacus thought to himself, why are you still sitting here stupidly? Waiting to die? Thinking of this, the iron abacus stood up suddenly, opened his legs, and disappeared like an arrow!
Lao Balu thought that the iron abacus was going to be in trouble, and he didn't dare to delay for a moment, and used all his strength to rush through the tunnel, he must rush in front of Team Leader Xu to prevent Team Leader Xu from meeting the iron abacus! He understands that once the iron abacus meets Team Leader Xu, it will be a painful blow to him, and it is likely that he will leave here and disappear without a trace, and no one will ever think about finding him again! He is going to die a miserable death in this life, and he can't be more miserable!
After Team Leader Xu and Director Hao went down into the tunnel, they ordered the militia to light torches and eagerly looked for Lao Balu and Lao Feng in the tunnel, but after searching for a long time, they couldn't find even a single figure! He thought to himself, where are they going back? The more he thought like this, the more anxious he became, the more he couldn't see Lao Balu, and the more he couldn't let go of it! Isn't it just looking for someone? Why can't you even see a single figure? Where will they go?
Team Leader Xu suddenly remembered a place: Black Mountain Cave! He thought to himself, did they meet? The iron abacus ran to the Black Mountain Cave? The old eight roads they chased over? Hey, don't worry about what's going on, hurry up and go to the Black Mountain Cave to see what is going on! So, Team Leader Xu and Director Hao led the militia, quickened their pace, and went straight to the Black Mountain Cave! (To be continued......)