Chapter 69: Jumping over the Wall
Wang Huan and the three of them were windy under their feet, running lifelessly, they were not familiar with geography, like headless flies, scurrying around in this dilapidated slum, drilling when they saw the alleys, and running when they saw the exit, but the alleys near the city wall were as many as cow's hair, like a maze, and they looked almost the same, and after running for a while, the three of them were still circling in it.
The shouts and shouts behind them are getting closer and closer, and the three of them are becoming more and more anxious, once they are caught up by the pursuers, they will definitely not only be begged by broken hands and feet, the Luobasket Gang is the most cruel, the rules are like a mountain, and the people who killed them will definitely be chopped alive.
Running through an alley, a three-way intersection appeared in front of him, Chen Ergou stopped at his feet, grabbed Wang Huan and said, "No, it seems that I have just been here." ”
He pointed to the gate of a house on the side of the road and said, "There is a stone lion here, I remember, I can't be wrong, we just ran from here." ”
Xu Goudan panted, held his knees and said: "It's so chaotic here, it's like a labyrinth, we're lost!" ”
Wang Huan frowned and looked left and right, what Chen Ergou said was not wrong, in his memory, he could also recall that he had indeed passed by here, and it seemed that he had run towards the alley on the right just now.
Wiping a handful of sweat from his head, Wang Huan said in a hoarse voice: "This time we will run the middle road, go quickly." ”
He took the lead and ran into the alley in the middle, Chen Ergou and Xu Goudan hurriedly followed, on both sides of the alley, there were high walls, red bricks and black tiles, it seemed to be the outer wall of a big family, the alley was quiet, there was not even a single figure, only the footsteps of the three people echoed.
After running for a while, a high wall appeared in front of me, which was connected with the walls on both sides, and there was no way out, this was a dead end!
The faces of the three of them turned white, standing in front of the wall and stopping, Wang Huan regretted it, why did he choose this path just now, isn't this looking for death? I turned my head and wanted to go back, but I heard that not far behind, the noisy shouting and scolding had followed, and someone was shouting: "This way, these three rabbit cubs are running this way!" ”
Hearing this voice, the three of them understood that the back road had been blocked by someone and they couldn't go back, but Xu Goudan shouted: "Look, there are doors on both sides!" ”
Under the walls on both sides at the end of the dead end, there is a small door on each side, and the vermilion lacquer gate is tightly closed, Chen Ergou hurriedly said: "This should be someone's side door, let's quickly knock on the door to see if we can let us in." ”
He and Xu Goudan rushed up and slapped the door vigorously, slapping the door, but there was no sound in the door, and no one responded even though the palms of the two were red.
Wang Huan stopped the two of them and said in a deep voice: "Don't shoot, it's useless, this is the backyard door of a big family, usually no one is here, and no one will answer you if you shout." ”
Xu Goudan said with a crying voice: "Then what should I do?" Are we just waiting for them to come and arrest us? ”
Wang Huan looked left and right, looked up again, and saw that the high wall was made of blue bricks, nearly a zhang high, the wall was covered with black tiles, and it was built very beautifully. ”
Xu Goudan said anxiously: "But the rich and noble families have martial artists in the courtyard, and if we climb over the wall like this, we will definitely be treated as thieves and beaten to death with sticks." ”
Wang Huan shouted: "I can't care so much, if I don't go in, I will be killed by the wicked people behind me with a knife, the lesser of two evils!" This wall is very high, can you do it? ”
Chen Ergou said proudly: "Just look at me, I have climbed countless walls like this in Yangzhou City, and I will definitely not miss it." ”
He took two steps back, leaving a running distance, Wang Huan and Xu Goudan stood on both sides, vacating the middle, Chen Ergou spit in the palm of his hand, rubbed it twice, refreshed his breath, looked at the top of the high wall fixedly, charged his strength on his feet, and shouted loudly: "Ha!" With the help of momentum, one foot on the wall at one point, the person stood on the wall, and the other foot immediately followed, as if walking on the wall, a few steps on the wall, a foot high wall under his feet as easy as flat ground, hands together, and then turned over and jumped, the whole person sat on the wall.
This set of actions is smooth, cumbersome to say, and it is a matter of a second or two to do, which makes Wang Huan and Xu Goudan look up and look stupid.
Chen Ergou hurriedly said to them: "Why are you stunned?" Come on. ”
Xu Goudan learned Chen Ergou's movements, and also ran for a while, and then wanted to jump on the wall, but due to lack of waist strength, his feet did not run two steps on the wall, so he "chirped" and fell to the ground.
Wang Huan estimated that he touched his skills, which was not much different from Xu Goudan, sighed secretly, squatted down honestly, and let Xu Goudan who fell screaming and screaming stand on his shoulder, and then Chen Ergou pulled him up, and finally ran two steps by himself, and tried to jump up under the wall, stretched out his hand for a long time, grabbed Xu Goudan's legs, and Chen Ergou, who was sitting on the wall, dragged hard, pulling sweat beads on his forehead, and then pulled both of them up.
As soon as the three of them went up to the wall, they saw that there were many people at the entrance of the alley, and the pursuers had already caught up, and saw that there was a grass inside the wall, and there was no one around, so they hurriedly turned over and jumped down together, and landed on the grass.
The sound outside the fence became louder, and a group of men with knives and sticks rushed into the alley, only to see an empty dead end.
A man led by a man looked at the traces of climbing on the fence and scolded fiercely: "Rabbit cub, you are very skillful, you can climb over such a high wall." ”
A man in sackcloth beside him replied gloomily: "That's useless, we can't catch them, and the three rabbit cubs don't want to come out alive." ”
The man at the head frowned and said, "What do you say?" ”
The man in Mai said: "Inside the wall, there is the back house of the Yamen of the Governor of Xiangyang Prefecture, and the people who live there are Manchu nobles. ”
The man at the head suddenly understood, and said happily: "Since this is the case, then we are also settled on this matter, it is useless to wait here any longer, let's go, go back to the dragon head to return to life." ”
A crowd of people left in a hurry, and after a few moments, the alley was calm again, except for the few black footprints on the wall, as if nothing had happened here.