Chapter Fifty-Eight: Peeling Back the Thread
Hurriedly crashed into the backyard of the He family's house, Mo Tianliu didn't even say hello to Li Jiashun, who was standing in the backyard discussing military affairs with several cadres of the Eighth Route Army, and rushed into the bedroom of the rich man He with his own care, and pulled open the door of a Western cabinet.
Although Mo Tianliu rushed into the rich man's bedroom, Sha Bangcui still didn't understand what Mo Tianliu wanted to do. Seeing Mo Tianliu throwing the clothes hanging in the cabinet everywhere regardless of it, Sha Bangcui couldn't help but shout at Mo Tianliu: "Tianliu, what are you doing here?" ”
After cleaning up the clothes hanging in the wardrobe in three or two times, and then throwing the two silk quilts under the cabinet onto the kang, Mo Tianliu stretched out his hand to look at the bottom of the cabinet a few times, and suddenly turned back to Sha Bangcui and smiled happily: "Mallet, use a lot of strength to hit the bottom of this cabinet hard!" ”
Before Sha Bangcui could move towards the cabinet, Li Jiashun had already walked into the bedroom of the rich man accompanied by several cadres of the Eighth Route Army. Seeing Mo Tianliu throwing the clothes in the cabinet everywhere, Li Jiashun only frowned slightly, and immediately turned his head and whispered to a cadre of the Eighth Route Army beside him: "Go and see what tricks are under the cabinet, pay attention to safety!" ”
With a low promise, a cadre of the Eighth Route Army who followed Li Jiashun turned his hand and pulled out a sharp dagger from behind his waist, stepped in front of the empty cabinet in a few steps, squatted down and used the dagger to probe in the gap in the bottom plate of the cabinet. But after a moment's effort, the cadre of the Eighth Route Army turned his head to Li Jiashun and said, "Commander Li, the bottom of this wooden board should be empty, but it seems that there is a door bolt or something like that, if you can't find a mechanism that can move this door bolt, I'm afraid you can only pry it open?" ”
Lifting his pants much shorter, Sha Bangcui looked at the rather thick plank, and whispered in a muffled voice, "Then I still have to come...... Get out of the way, look at me! ”
Taking half a step forward, Sha Bangcui stood firmly, took a deep breath, and suddenly lifted his heel and kicked down on the rather thick plank, and roared like thunder in his mouth: "Open! ”
With the crisp sound of the wooden planks exploding, the thick wooden planks at the bottom of the standing cabinet were scattered and splashed by Shabangcui's heavy kick, and even the arm-thick wooden bolt installed under the wooden plank was broken into several pieces. With a cool breeze with a musty smell gushing out from the dark passage under the wooden plank, everyone standing in Lord He's bedroom suddenly whispered in surprise: "Dark passage! This is the secret way that the rich man will not say when he dies! ”
Without waiting for Li Jiashun to give another order, the two cadres of the Eighth Route Army had already drawn their pistols and walked towards the stone steps in the dark passage one after the other. After walking three or five steps down the stone steps, the cadre of the Eighth Route Army who walked in front had already whispered in surprise: "Good guy! Do you still have a flashlight here? It's still Japanese! ”
With the light of the flashlight gradually becoming dim in the dark passage, Li Jiashun, who was standing in He Cai's bedroom, looked at Mo Tianliu with a smug face, and immediately laughed loudly: "Hahahaha...... Tianliu, where did you figure it out? We've searched this house twice, and once you were there, why didn't you tell me at the time, but it's ...... now."
seemed to remember the embarrassing scene of recognizing Li Jiashun as a partner when they first met, Mo Tianliu agreed to Li Jiashun's question with some curtle: "Commander Li, this matter ...... It's a mallet...... His clothes were not suitable, and he mentioned that the rich man had a lot of clothes in his house...... I just wondered, there are too many cabinets and boxes for clothes in the rich man's house, especially the standing cabinets made by two foreigners, how to look awkward...... If you want to talk about the credit, this time it's a great mallet credit! ”
As soon as he heard Mo Tianliu say that it was his own credit for discovering the secret way, Sha Bangcui, who was originally very restrained in front of Li Jiashun, suddenly waved his hand again and again, and said to Li Jiashun with a red face: "Commander Li, I just said it in passing...... Not me...... Or is it a smart .......?"
Laughing, Li Jiashun strode to the red-faced Sha Bangcui, reached out and pinched Sha Bangcui's arm that was as strong as steel cast iron: "Comrade mallet, don't talk about anything else, your strength can be used when you fight devils in the future!" Listen to your captain, you and Tianliu have both practiced some kung fu? ”
Nodding innocently, Sha Bangcui replied: "Tianliu has practiced kung fu, I ...... That is, a lot of strength...... I'm stupid, I can't learn kung fu......"
Waving his hand indifferently, Li Jiashun laughed and said: "Strength is also a skill, isn't there such a saying that one force will drop ten times?" Stick mallet, Tianliu, the two of you discovered the secret path of the rich man, this must be a credit! Since there is merit, there must be a reward - let's say, what reward do you two want? ”
Without waiting for Sha Bangcui to speak, Mo Tianliu, who was standing on the side, quickly took over the conversation: "Commander Li, this person is really stupid, and he is embarrassed to tell you what he wants!" In fact...... The mallet is large in size and strength, and the amount of food is larger than that of ordinary people. In the years since I was a child, I have never eaten enough with a mallet. Do you really want to give him a reward...... Do you reward him with a full meal? ”
Looking at Mo Tianliu with a smile in his eyes, Li Jiashun habitually reached out and touched the huge scar on the top of his head: "What about you?" God, you just need a full meal? ”
Unconsciously dodging Li Jiashun's eyes that seemed to be able to see through people's hearts, Mo Tianliu drooped his head a little sneeringly: "I don't want anything else...... Didn't we get a machine gun from the rich man this time? Commander Li, did you give me that machine gun? ”
As soon as the words fell, several cadres of the Eighth Route Army standing behind Li Jiashun suddenly burst into laughter. One of the cadres of the Eighth Route Army, who was missing an ear and also had a gunshot scar on the palm of his left hand, pointed at Mo Tianliu while laughing, and said with a breathless smile: "The machine gun is for you....... Would you make a machine gun? I haven't heard this old chestnut talk about? ”
His eyes widened in annoyance, and Mo Tianliu shouted in a loud voice to the cadre of the Eighth Route Army who was laughing breathlessly: "I won't, but my brother will!" Brother Da said that he is the best machine gunner, but our martial arts team does not have a machine gun, and he can't summon it even if he has the ability......"
There was also a little smile on his face, but Li Jiashun said to Mo Tianliu in a harmonious voice: "Tianliu, do you know how many machine guns there are in our independent regiment of the Southern Hebei Military Division?" In addition to the machine gun we just captured, the Independent Regiment of the Southern Hebei Military Division has a total of two light machine guns, and one of the firing pins is broken, so it can only be held and posed to make up the number, and it is still held as a treasure by the old comrades of the Independent Regiment! Boy...... You're going to take half of my belongings with this mouth? ”
Rolling his eyes, Mo Tianliu hesitated for a moment before answering Li Jiashun's words: "Commander Li, I won't take it for nothing...... I have found the secret passage of the rich man's house, and now I have not found the secret warehouse where the rich man's house hides the grain! If...... If I can find out the secret warehouse where the rich man hides his grain, then this machine gun ...... You're going to hand it over to Brother Dacho? ”
His eyes lit up, Li Jiashun stared at Mo Tianliu and said, "Tianliu, your ability to fight ambushes is not small?" Tell me, what are you trying to figure out again? ”
smiled at Li Jiashun very slyly, and Mo Tianliu replied: "Then let's settle it?" As long as I find the secret warehouse where the rich man's family hides the grain, you will really call this machine gun to Brother Dacho? ”
With a wave of his big hand, Li Jiashun nodded without hesitation: "Okay, I agreed!" However, when you interrogate the rich man, you must not violate the policy of our Eighth Route Army to treat prisoners preferentially, let alone use the tricks of the enemy's torture! ”
Waving his hand towards Li Jiashun, Mo Tianliu smiled mysteriously: "Commander Li, I don't ask the rich man, I can find the two hidden warehouses of the rich man's house myself!" But....... I'll have to ask the big guy to help me, and in less than an hour, I'm sure I'll be able to find those two hidden warehouses! ”
The curiosity in his eyes was even heavier, and Li Jiashun nodded without hesitation: "Then it's decided-what do you want the big guy to do for you?" ”
While dragging Sha Bangcui towards the outside of the house, Mo Tianliu said to Li Jiashun: "Fetch water!" Whether it is from the well or the pond in the backyard, the household that can store water is used, and if it is not enough, it can be borrowed from the outside shops and houses, regardless of buckets and water tanks, the more the better, the bigger the better! ”
With Li Jiashun's order without the slightest hesitation, all the soldiers of the Eighth Route Army living in the He family's house followed the order. After only half an hour's effort, the spacious front yard of the He family's house was already filled with buckets and tanks full of water.
Looking at the front yard covered with water tanks and buckets, Sha Bangcui, who was guarding a huge water tank, looked at Mo Tianliu, who had been walking around in the front yard, and asked Mo Tianliu who had just walked to his side in a low voice: "Tianliu, what kind of trick are you playing?" It's okay to ask the big guy to fetch so much water, why do you want to do it? ”
Twisting his face to look at Li Jiashun, who walked to his side with his hands behind his back, Mo Tianliu deliberately raised his voice a little: "Bang mallet, we all asked about the short-term workers who carried the work for the He family, and they all said that they didn't help the rich man He to move the grain to the outside of the yard, but when he came back to carry the work early the next morning, the grain that was originally piled up in the yard was gone!" Even with the rich man and his long-term laborers and stewards, they can't hide their grain overnight, right? Then this secret warehouse where grain is hidden must be in this He family's house! I just walked in the yard and took a look, this house is a high front yard, low back yard, there is a pond in the back yard, food must not be hidden in the backyard damp, then this dark warehouse can only be in the front yard! ”
Nodding as if he didn't understand, Sha Bangcui asked again: "But with such a big front yard, how do we know where the grain is hidden?" If this is opened, the front yard will be dug up...... First, it takes a lot of effort, and secondly, I am afraid that the movement will be too loud and scare the villagers on the He family's big gathering? ”
Triumphantly pointing to the buckets and water tanks that covered the yard, Mo Tianliu smiled and whispered: "The work of planing the yard is laborious and thankless, so I don't need that stupid method!" If you want to find a secret warehouse where the grain is hidden, you can do it with this water! ”
Without looking at Sha Bangcui's still confused appearance, Mo Tianliu coughed twice and cleared his throat, and then raised his voice and shouted to the soldiers of the Eighth Route Army standing behind the bucket and water tank: "Listen to my orders, pour water on the ground!" ”