8. In vain

It's not even ten o'clock, there is no car to Nanjing in the evening, Fang Que is very thoughtful - bicycles, as well as food and water!

I look at Hu Tieling, the meaning is obvious, can she ride to Nanjing?

Fang Que nodded and said, "The day before yesterday, the two of us rode back from Nanjing, two hundred and ten kilometers, twelve hours!" I'm not worried about her, I'm worried about you! ”

No way, it seems that the weakest of the three is me, so let's bite the bullet.

Along the way, I took a break to tell the story in detail, and also reviewed Lao Wan's intentions and the authenticity of the story.

First of all, objectively speaking, Lao Wan did make a set for me, but subjectively speaking, in the one or two hours I spent with Lao Wan, I didn't feel a trace of malice, on the contrary, I actually had an embarrassing sense of closeness, I don't know if it was the effect of that story.

Secondly, why did Lao Wan destroy the stone offering, what was his purpose, and the result was to make me carry a black cauldron of unworthy descendants? Unless he is not in a normal mind, after all, there are not many people who are so boring that they harm others and themselves.

Third, if he has to play such a prank to trick me, it is enough to engage the Hu family, and there is no need to bother to engage three families in a row. On the other hand, if I am not in the ancestral hall of the Hu family, then the other two will also be destroyed, if so, then why can the Hu family be alone?

Fourth, Fang Que said that the method of destroying the clay statues of the two remaining sides and the stone statue of Hu Jia is the same, the neck is cut off, the clay statue is about two or three hundred years old, and the stone statue is five or six hundred years old, is it possible that Lao Wan is looking for something?

Fifth, the attitude of the three patriarchs is too suspicious, suspicious of this kind of insulting ancestor, they are not impatient, not even as good as Hu Mozhou, could it be that they have something to hide?

There are two other points that I also thought about in my heart, but I didn't say it: First, Fang Lian Qingming knew about my relationship with Fang Que, why didn't he stop him? I don't know if there is an element of instigation, but at least it is conniving; Second, how could Hu Tieling get in? Fang Que can talk about buddy righteousness, Hu Tieling will marry a chicken with a chicken, and marry a dog with a dog? How is it that a highly educated person can't have no opinion at all when he encounters something like me, and he will be in the same boat with us?

There are too many doubts, although I don't know Hu Tieling's starting point and purpose, but I still believe in Fang Que and give him my life.

This is not about a dozen years of friendship, but about my principles, and even my beliefs, without any conditions.

I used to be too lazy to think about a lot of things, but that doesn't mean I don't have the ability to think......

After dawn, I repeatedly proposed to sell my bike and switch to a car, but the two of them disagreed. When I arrived, my whole body ached and I felt like I had fallen apart.

Look at Hu Tieling again, it is actually the same as no one, Fang Que told me that they have ridden to Mount Tai, Huangshan, Lushan, and Hengshan, and they are going to go far this year, and plan to go to Huashan......

If I had known this, I wouldn't have ridden with them.

After fifteen hours of walking and stopping on the road, we finally found the place - Guquan Village, which we stopped a kilometer west of the village.

It has been discussed on the road, and the old man is about 85 meters, so we can only rely on a sneak attack and succeed with one move, otherwise, if we escape, we will rush so many unjust roads in vain.

Although we also know that it is very unlikely that Lao Wan will sit and wait for us to come to the door, we have no choice!

I spread out the map, Guquan Village is located in the Tangshan Scenic Area and the west side of the central axis of the Australopithecus Cave Scenic Area, according to the scale estimate, it is only three or four square kilometers, but the location is relatively partial, and there is such a village around five kilometers.

Now I can't take care of resting, so I first chose a place with relatively high terrain, relatively hidden, and able to overlook the whole village as the meeting place, and then I was responsible for the periphery of the village, Fang Que and Hu Tieling as a couple, naturally the most suitable to enter the village to explore.

In order to be like this, Fang Que punctured the tire of his car with a saber, and it was justified to go into the village to repair the car......

Fang Que and the others had already left first, so I locked up my bicycle, hid in the grass by the roadside, took out my binoculars from my backpack, and looked around the village from a distance.

There are two rows of houses in the north and south of Guquan Village, the distance is about five or six hundred meters, I roughly counted, a row in the south is estimated to be 234 households, a little more than a row in the north, it is estimated that there are more than 30 households, all of which are one household and one courtyard, which is the same as a small villa.

There is a path in front of the row of houses on the north side, next to the houses, from the west to the easternmost house, and behind it is a river, seven or eight meters wide, and there is no end in sight.

There is no road to the east of the village, it is full of stones and small bushes.

Turning to the south, it is also a small road in front of the house from west to east, nothing special.

I didn't see anyone, and now it's three or four o'clock in the afternoon, which is the hottest time of the day.

Less than an hour later, I returned to the meeting place and sent a message to Fang Que's mobile phone, telling him that I had finished first.

A minute later, I received a message from Fang Que: "The place where I stopped to call in a moment is No. 1." ”

The weather was fine, and through the binoculars, I could clearly see the two of them, walking hand in hand on the path in front of the row of houses to the north, and all I needed to do was wait quietly for Fang Que to call.

Is this bullying me for not having a girlfriend......

When they slipped to the easternmost courtyard, my phone rang, and I knew it was, and after checking with my binoculars, I hung up my phone.

I picked up the binoculars and took a closer look at the yard, which was grayish-yellow, estimated to be three meters high, and should have been made of mud. The courtyard door was closed, and it was impossible to see if there was anyone inside. There are three houses inside, red bricks, green tiles, wooden doors, and glass windows, but the doors are open.

Nothing special, what needs to be observed now is whether there are people inside, whether anyone is coming out, or whether anyone is entering......

About half an hour later, Fang Que and Hu Tieling rode back.

I told them about the situation on my side, and they said that they knocked on the door of No. 1 and wanted to use an excuse to go in and drink water, but the door didn't open, and there was no one in the worst possible way.

I asked Fang Que: "No one, what should I do?" ”

Fang Que said: "No one is expected, but they are all here, so you have to go to the door at night!" ”

I turned my head to look at Hu Tieling, and she nodded.

I looked at my watch, it wasn't yet five o'clock, I was here watching, and let them go to the town, find a hotel to take a shower, change their clothes, take a nap, and meet me at about ten o'clock in the evening.

They didn't fight with me, and now is the time when you need to replenish your strength.

In the middle of the process, I sent a message asking Fang Que to bring a machete.

I found a shady place, drank some water, used my backpack as a pillow, and soon fell asleep, with nightmares one after another, a mess......

When I woke up, it was already past eight o'clock, it was already dark, probably closer to the mountain, there was a mountain wind blowing, it was very cool, and the most unexpected thing was that there was not a single mosquito......

I sat up and found that they had already arrived, and Hu Tieling was sitting on the ground, with his hands on his head and on his knees, asleep.

Fang Que was also sitting on the ground, holding a telescope, and was scanning the village......

I gently walked up to Fang Que, sat down next to him, and whispered, "You're early!" ”

Fang Que put down the binoculars, took out the fried rice from the bag and handed it to me, and also whispered: "You are here alone, don't worry." ”

I silently took the fried rice and turned away, not wanting him to see my moist eyes.

After eating, I used a machete to cut twelve wooden sticks, two three meters long, three one meter and five long, and the rest fifty or sixty centimeters long.

Ten o'clock arrived, and it was time to leave.

There has not been a single living creature in the courtyard since we determined its location, and now it is dark and there is no movement at all.

We put our luggage where we were, took our ropes and machetes, and took our freshly chopped sticks, and walked along the path of the row of houses to the south, and when we were finished, we groped our way through the mountains to the east.

It was dark, we couldn't use a flashlight, we couldn't turn on our mobile phones, there was only a little starlight, but fortunately, we all grew up in the countryside, and walking at night was our forte, but it also took an hour before and after.

When we were almost touching the courtyard, we stopped and made a simple ladder out of rope and long and short sticks, so that when we climbed over the wall, the noise was relatively small, and it was not easy to alarm others.

The remaining three wooden sticks of 1.5 meters long are our self-defense weapons, and the length is just right!

According to our plan: Fang Que and I stepped on the ladder and climbed into the yard and lurked first. Hu Tieling was vigilant outside the courtyard, and when the time came, he turned on a flashlight from the back window to shine into the house, providing light on the one hand and attracting the attention of the people in the house on the other. Hu Tieling's flashlight is an action signal, and when I saw the light on, Fang Que and I went into the house to arrest people, in the order of first the east house, then the west house. If someone jumps out of the back window, Hu Tieling will directly stab him back into the house with a wooden stick.

The time is set at one point, at this point in time, as long as people sleep, they basically fall into a deep sleep, and the moon has just risen, neither too bright to expose us, nor too dark to touch the edges.

The general principle of arrest: self-safety first. If the other party resists, use a wooden stick to greet the other party from the neck down, and do not hit the head; Never engage each other before grabbing your hands, in case the opponent has a knife. If there are more than three people on the other side, they will withdraw immediately and never fall in love with the war.

We whispered again, felt fine, and got to work as planned.

At one o'clock, Hu Tieling turned on the flashlight on time, and when he saw the signal, Fang Que and I rushed to the east house, but there was no one! Quickly transferred to Westinghouse, and no one!

Deep disappointment and frustration arose, and although I had a strong premonition that it would be such an outcome, it was still difficult to accept and difficult to ......

Maybe it's just for that little fluke.

We turned on the lights and searched inside and out, back and forth, to make sure there was no one.

Hu Tieling quietly asked Fang Que: "Is there something wrong?" ”

Before Fang Que could speak, I already replied, "That's right, this is the place!" ”

My gaze was fixed on a cup, a pitch-black cup that was sitting on the table in the main room.

I walked over to the table, picked up the glass, and unscrewed the lid, and there was no beer in it, but a map covered with ballpoint pen dots, and I wouldn't be mistaken......

Inside the map was a piece of letterhead, and I read it out with a sneer:

"Brother Yu: The matter started in a hurry, the situation is endangered, I have to forgive me! Brother feels the pain of the skin, and the brother empathizes! However, if time passes, do not act rashly, then things will be slow, and the future can be expected. Brother Wan's West Garden"

I finished reading the last word, gritted my teeth, crumpled the paper, and threw it to the ground.

Hu Tieling asked puzzledly: "What's the matter, it's so atmospheric?" ”

I didn't answer, Fang Que replied: "This means that Yu Tian ate his dumb loss before, and now he not only told Yu Tian that he had suffered this dumb loss, but also told Yu Tian how to swallow this dumb loss into his stomach." Damn, this bastard is too deceitful! ”

After the tension, a deep sense of fatigue hit my brain.

Regardless of luggage and bicycles, Fang Que and I lived in the West House, Hu Tieling lived in the East House, and the three of them slept deeply......