3

In a deep house compound in the southern urban area of Tianjin, a guest came in a hurry. According to legend, this courtyard is the private residence of a powerful eunuch after retiring in the previous dynasty, with rockery and famous trees, strange flowers and plants, and a cobblestone inlaid path, which leads to the main house with twists and turns.

The guest entered the courtyard, and before he entered the inner room, he hurriedly said to the host: "Yu Gong, this time it is genuine, the goods are genuine, and we can catch them after searching for so many years." ”

"Let's talk about it when we come inside." The master replied. The owner is a half-old man in a riding coat, bald, and on crutches.

Entering the house and settling down, the bald host made tea slowly, but the guest was anxious, and the monkey said anxiously: "I followed from Liaodong to Yongping, and then to Tianjin, it is indeed a real treasure map, it can't be fake, now, in Tianjin, at your fingertips." ”

"Then why didn't you do it sooner?" Bald asked.

"Cough," the guest looked helpless, spread his hands and said: "Who doesn't want to start, it's always a mistake, it's not easy to get it, those two Liaodong guests are hunters in the mountains, people who kill bears and tigers, how can I be the enemy?" They didn't leave it, and there was really nothing they could do. When I followed Yongping, I went to the house of a man surnamed Hu, and it happened that several strong relatives lived in his house these days, and I tried it at night, but I couldn't get in at all. ”

"Then why did you get to Tianjin again?" The bald host slowly drank tea and filled the teacups in front of the guests.

The guest "goo" drank a cup of tea, wiped his mouth and said: "The son of the family, and another person, I don't know whether it is a bodyguard or a buddy, after receiving the goods, they went straight to Tianjin, it seems that they are going to take the train south from here, you think about it, they got the picture, and the monkey went to the south in a hurry, not to find this baby, what to do?" I was halfway there, and I once touched it, and who knew that the bodyguard was so good that he almost caught me. ”

"Hmm." The master stood up and paced around the room, looking at an ancient painting on the wall with his hands behind his back.

The guest also stood up and followed behind the host's buttocks, "That son of the Hu family, with the bodyguards inseparable, I have never found a chance, I dare not do it again, so I have to stare from afar, but this morning, something happened again, and a group of Qiu Ba who were under the command of Feng arrested these two people." ”

"Did they notice something?" The bald head came back.

The guest shook his head, "It doesn't look like it, there are dozens of people who have been caught, it seems that this group of bastards wants to make extra money, not that they have discovered the secret." ”

"Hmm," Bald turned back and continued to admire the ancient paintings.

The guest picked up the teacup, took two more sips of tea, wiped his mouth and said, "After I entered Tianjin, I came to you to report, but you have not been at home." ”

"I just got back from something."

The guest continued: "I think, let's send some people and just grab them." ”

"No, no, no," Bald shook his head, "In the past few days, I have been ordered by General Xu to plan a thing, preparing to give this group of bastards to Feng, a little color, and let them know that Premier Duan is not a vegetarian." This is an important matter, so we can't alarm anyone now, especially these bravado guys. Let's be steady and don't make trouble. ”

"Then just look at it and don't care? What if that thing falls into the hands of the Bong Department? The guest's eyes widened.

"You go back immediately and continue to watch, I will send someone to contact you at any time, well, if they don't release people tonight, I will let people spend money to exercise tomorrow." After Bald finished speaking, he took out a few bills from his pocket and handed them to the guest, "You go buy a change of clothes, don't let people recognize you." ”

"Okay." The guest packed up the money.

"Also," the master continued, "after they are released, in Tianjin, try not to make any noise these days, well, so let's wait for them to get to Baoding, and then do it." ”

4

By the time Hu Xuan and Shi Suo were "interrogated", it was almost evening, and the presiding officer was an officer with an impatient look, he spoke with a northeastern accent, and asked directly: "Are you a chaotic party?" ”

"It's not."

"Then why did someone report you as a rebel? We want to review, do you pay a deposit and release on bail, or do you wait in jail for review? ”

Hu Xuan didn't expect the matter to be so direct, so he happily agreed to pay the money and be released. He paid a "deposit" for himself and Shi Suo, and then walked out of the compound under the escort of a soldier.

The two of them walked along the alley to the inn, Shi Suo looked unconvinced, and said to Hu Shu: "What kind of ability is this, what is the difference between holding a gun and forcing the people to pay money?" ”

"Be quiet," Hu Xuan looked at no one around him, and then lowered his voice and said, "What do you expect from them?" These armies of various factions, if they have milk, they are mothers, they don't recognize their fathers, they don't know what to do except pit the common people, and we went south to vote for Sun Yat-sen, just to eradicate these guys. ”

"Alright, let's hurry up and go."

"Yes, go back and pack up your things and take the train immediately, I hope that one day, we can take the thousands of troops of the revolutionary army back to Tianjin, and kill all these extremely vicious and cunning armies of all factions."

At that moment, Hu Xuan and Shi Suo took the train, all the way south, got off after arriving in Baoding, and prepared to transfer in Baoding, because the Civil War was up and down, so the train was not sure, and the attitude of the two was very resolute, saying that they would go to the south even if they walked.

"It's not bad to walk, it's like a march." Shi Suo said.

Baoding is a famous historical and cultural city, cultural monuments abound, Hu bolt and stone lock simply strolled, they are most interested in Baoding Military Academy, because of the various factions of the army, many officers are from here, very famous. Shi Suo said: "If you want to take the entrance examination to this military school, you will be able to pass the examination." ”

"I won't take the exam either," Hu Xuan said: "It seems that this place seems to be the cradle of generals, but the person who presides over the military academy here is either Feng Guozhang's direct line, or Duan Qirui's Anhui lineage, what will he do after he comes out?" Aren't you following them to grab land and disrupt the war and harm the people? ”

Turning around outside the door of the military school, the two walked back, the military school is still some distance away from the city, the two people walked on a path, the road is full of weeds and low trees, suddenly heard a shout in front, looking for prestige, there is a big pond in front, and there is no human figure, is it someone who has fallen into the water? The two hurriedly ran a few steps to the edge of the pond.

The pond was dozens of feet square, the edge was steep, the stone wall was broken, a chubby man was lying on the stone wall shouting, his legs had fallen into the water, his hand clutched a low tree growing on the wall, he could not slide down, but he was fat, the little tree obviously could not hold long, the wall was as steep as standing upright, if it was long, he would definitely fall into the water.

Seeing that the pond is quite deep, the fat man seems to be unable to swim, so he is so frightened that he can't shout, Hu Bolt tried, it is not easy to go down from the wall, and he will fall into the water if he can't get it, and discussed it with the stone lock, and decided that the stone lock will hold the stones on the edge of the pond, and the two people will hold hands, and then use the belt to pick it up, and then you can reach the fat man. When the fat man saw that someone was coming to help, he stopped calling, looked happy, and said: "Thank you two, I do good deeds and accumulate virtue on weekdays, and sure enough, there is a good reward, the Jade Emperor Bodhisattva Buddha and Christ sent two nobles to save me." ”

Hu Xuan listened to his mouth, and felt funny, this mouth was in danger, and he still didn't forget to laugh, which was quite funny. He carefully pulled the stone lock, leaned down to the pond, and handed the cloth belt in his hand to the fat man, who opened his eyes, grabbed the small tree with one hand, and grabbed the belt with the other, and pulled hard, and kept shouting: "Good dragon's dong, the old cow must be saved." "Who knew that after pulling it, because the body was too heavy, it slid down half a foot again.

Fortunately, the stone lock was strong, and the three of them did not fall, and they worked hard with Hu Bolt to slowly pull the fat man ashore.

The fat man's feet were full of muddy water, and after he came ashore, he smiled and greeted the two of them, thanked them repeatedly, and said: "If you don't pass by, the old cow will let the water ghost pull him in to eat the shrimp and crab feast, and the taste must not be very good." ”

Shi Suo asked, "How did you end up here?" ”

"Ahem," the fat man shook his head while wiping the muddy water on his body, and said: "It's all my fault for being a good person, I went outside the city to do errands, and I walked well, two people came to ask me for directions, I kindly pointed them out, but they asked me to give them a ride, I said in my heart, I pointed out the way quite clearly, what else to send?" I couldn't stand their repeated pleas, and thought, the Buddha said to sacrifice himself to feed the tiger, cut the meat to feed the eagle, my fat old cow didn't feed the tiger, and the second didn't cut the meat, so send them a while, what shouldn't be? Accumulate virtue and do good deeds, and do as much as possible. In this way, I was sent to this pond, but they took advantage of the sparse population, robbed me of my burden, pushed me down the pond, and ran away. ”

Hu Xuan and Shi Suo couldn't help laughing, and the fat man laughed too, and the three of them walked towards the city together. The fat man is an optimist, although he has been in danger and robbed, but he is not distressed, full of naughty jokes, he is the cook of the Shuntian fire restaurant in the city, and has repeatedly invited the two to eat his fire.

"You have tasted my fire, and you will never want to eat what others have made, I will cook two more stir-fried for you, and you will be reluctant to leave Baoding."

When he arrived in the city, he broke up with the fat old cow, and Hu Shuo said a lot of things, so he refused the old cow's invitation to burn, and after returning to the hotel, the shopkeeper came over and said, "Two, someone came to you just now." ”

Both of them felt strange, they were living in Baoding, who would come to find them? The shopkeeper said, "The gentleman said that he will come to you tomorrow." ”

"Then we'll just wait and see who it is." Stone Lock was a little curious.

"No," Hu Xuan was very vigilant, "We don't have any acquaintances in Baoding at all, how could someone come to the door as soon as we arrived in Baoding?" I don't think anything good is here, so let's hurry up, I'll check the train after dinner. ”