Chapter 92: Eyewitnesses
In the dead of night, the autumn breeze is blowing in the mountains in mid-autumn. In order to keep his mind clear, Qian Zhong did not sit down in the grass, but kept squatting in a hidden place, and when he was tired of squatting, he lay down in the grass.
That's when what he had a premonition happened.
In the distance, the black-lacquered gate across the courtyard opened silently, and then, almost silently, a black sedan drove out of it, slowly, as if it were afraid of alarming anything in the world. When the car got out of the gate, it quickly increased its speed, almost rushed through the gravel road in front of the gate of the courtyard, got on the mountain road leading from the southwest to Hutou Mountain, and rushed not far behind Qian Zhong, who was lurking. Qian Zhong didn't move, turned his head, and watched the car disappear into the night. When he turned around, the black lacquered gate of the courtyard was closed. Qian Zhong still didn't move, he was still waiting. At that moment, he waited again for what he had been waiting for. The gray-white sedan hidden in the woods in the distance started, and then the car quietly drove out of the woods and onto the mountain road. Almost at the same time, there was a terrible barking of dogs in the distant courtyard, which was so low and powerful in the middle of the night wilderness that it seemed to shake the sleeping earth.
The car in the distance suddenly accelerated to the barking of dogs, rushed forward like a fly, and disappeared into the night in a flash.
Qian Zhong didn't wait any longer, got up quickly, ran quickly to the hiding place of his own car, quickly got into the car, started quickly, and followed away.
After a few minutes, Qian Zhong saw the lights of a car in front of him moving briskly forward. In order not to attract the attention of the people in the car, Qian Zhong slowed down the car, turned off the headlights, and only turned on the headlights. Qian Zhong judged that it should be Wang Chun's car walking in front of him, because the car did not exude that off-white color in the dark. He was a little strange, the gray and white sedan was clearly gone. Qian Zhong thought that the car should have overtaken Wang Chun's car and ran to the front. The mountain road bends, turn left and right. At this moment, Qian Zhong saw that the car in front of him had slowed down significantly, and it was at this moment that he saw the tiger head hanging out from the top of Hutou Mountain to the top of Hutou Ditch. Hutou Mountain has arrived! Wang Chun's car was already approaching the empty stomach of Hutou Mountain. It was at this moment that Qian Zhong saw that at the mouth of the Hutou Cliff under the overhanging tiger head, two cars were slowly driving towards the Tiger Head Cliff. The two cars, one in front of the other, were very close to each other, and both had faint lights on, and the speed was so slow, as if the car in front was dragging the car behind. Walking in front was a small car, covered in gray light, and walking behind was a truck. Qian Zhong's mind suddenly appeared the truck of the Japanese Kwantung Army that he met on the road when he came, the gray-white sedan hidden in the woods. Qian Zhong was taken aback, he slowed down and followed behind Wang Chun's car from a distance. At this time, the two cars walking in front had already entered the mouth of the tiger head cliff. Qian Zhong saw that Wang Chun's car followed closely and also entered the Hutou Cliff. Oh! Qian Zhong almost shouted! He realizes that everything is irretrievable! Almost subconsciously, he stepped on the brakes.
Qian Zhong saw from a distance that Wang Chun's car had accelerated at the moment of entering Hutou Cliff, as if it was about to pass the two cars in front of him. But when his car reached the left side of the truck behind, the car in front seemed to twist for a moment, and the front and rear cars turned on their headlights almost at the same time, covering Wang Chun's car in the strong lights. Wang Chun's car seemed to be stunned like a human for a moment, braked the car, and stopped! But the two cars next to it didn't stop, and the truck twisted its head sharply and arched towards Wang Chun's car. In the light, Qian Zhong saw that something seemed to be tied to the front of the truck, and he puffed up to the car where Wang Chun had stopped. The wilderness resounded with the roar of cars increasing their horsepower. Wang Chun's car kept rubbing towards the edge of the Hutou Cliff under the arch of the truck, trembling, and soon, he was pushed to the edge of the cliff one by one, and then he fell off the cliff! Qian Zhong seemed to hear Wang Chun's terrified shout when he rolled over the Hutou Cliff with the car. After a while, there was a loud sound of a car exploding from under the Tiger Head Cliff.
Qian Zhong was stunned, as if he had stopped breathing! He quickly came to his senses, realized that he could no longer care about his own danger, quickly turned off the car, got out of the car, and slowly approached the tiger head cliff along the mountain road. He wanted to see who the hell was on the cliff!
Just thirty or forty meters away from the two cars, Qian Zhong stopped and hid in a patch of grass. Qian Zhong saw that the four people who walked down from the two cars were all dressed in the clothes of local people. The four people stood on the edge of Hutou Cliff and looked down the cliff for a while, talked a few words, and then got into the car and drove away in the direction of Dongdian County.
After a long time, Qian Zhong slowly got up from the hiding place and walked to his own car. He drove the car in the direction of Dongdian, and when he arrived at the entrance of Hutougou, he parked the car in the woods not far from the mouth of the ditch, touched the darkness by himself, and walked towards the Hutougou.
From a distance, Qian Zhong saw Wang Chun's still burning car. knew in his heart that Wang Chun was not alive, but Qian Zhong still went down to the bottom of the ditch and came to the wreckage of Wang Chun's car that fell straight from the tiger head cliff not far away. Wang Chun's car fell off the Hutou Cliff and rolled to the bottom of the ditch, landing on the right side first, and then lying on its side at the bottom of the ditch. At this time, the tires and a bunch of things inside the car are still burning. It was dark night, and it was at the bottom of the ditch, except for the darkness and the fire, but Qian Zhong still saw the burning body of Wang Chun in the car. A pungent smell strongly collided with Qian Zhong's nasal cavity, Qian Zhong took a few steps back, stopped, and reflexively walked back towards the mouth of the tiger head ditch.
Tears almost welled up in Qian Zhong's eyes.
Things get complicated. If Wang Chun really got involved with the Japanese, and the Japanese still killed him, judging from the situation in the past two days, it should be that Wang Chun had a quarrel with the Japanese somewhere, or he learned about something that the Japanese did not want him to know, which prompted the Japanese to kill. However, judging from the whole process of the Japanese killing Wang Chun, the planning was thorough, and the entire operation was extremely professional, and it should not be done by the military police, but by professional agents. The designer of this process should also be very familiar with Wang Chun's walking, sitting and lying. Killing Wang Chun should not be a sudden murderous intention, but should be something that has been brewing for a long time!
At this point, Qian Zhong suddenly realized that the reason why Wang Chun ordered him not to follow him and let him go back to Dongdian before Wang Chun took those people to see the mountain, was this the idea of the Japanese, or did Wang Chun already have a premonition that he was already in trouble? Is the killing of Wang Chun related to the fact that those Japanese came to Dongdian to see the mountains in the past two days? If there is, it will not be the whole story. Qian Zhong remembered what Wang Chun said to him intentionally or unintentionally before the burning of his beard in Heshan County, and it was he who listened to what Wang Chun said before revealing the news to the gang of beards, but even then, the gang of beards did not escape the catastrophe. Qian Zhong thought of the courtyard at the foot of Longwang Ridge. Wang Chun often patronized that courtyard, which was built after Wang Chun came to Dongdian County to become the county magistrate. Qian Zhong speculated that there should be a woman living in this courtyard. Qian Zhong's mind was a little messed up.
Qian Zhong didn't understand, what did the Japanese do when they went to Dongdian Mountain for two days? Qian Zhong knew that the Japanese occupied the three eastern provinces, of course, in order to seek benefits. Judging from the current situation, it's almost the same as what you have to rob. But Dongdian Mountain has been a place to see the mountain scenery since ancient times, what is there to grab? Bite? You can move this mountain too! Qian Zhong thought that the mountain could not be moved, could it be that the Japanese thought that there were some treasures buried in this mountain? Isn't it all you Japanese who have the final say in Manchukuo right now? Then if you think there are any treasures in this mountain, you can just open it and see if it's over, and you still need to be so sneaky? Why bother! If you can't grab it, you can get it! Let's take those counties in the south of Fengtian, those counties in the east, what iron and coal, don't you all get what you get? It seems that this matter will not be so simple.
So, what exactly are the Japanese trying to do?