Time passed little by little, and there was no sound in the Land Temple, and there was silence.

Liu Zhutou and all the people Zhuang Xiangyong are crowded at the door three or four zhang away, in a circle, carrying knives and guns, full vigilance, this small temple on three sides are thick blue brick walls, only the gate is an exit, there is a narrow window on the left and right above the door, both high and small, it is difficult for people to pass through, therefore, as long as they guard the gate, it is expected that they are difficult to fly.

Time passed very slowly, and the people who sent the letter back didn't know if they had found the county Cheng, and I don't know if the county Cheng would believe that this was the Japanese Kou, and whether they would think that they had lied about the military situation.

Time, hurry up! Liu Zhutou prayed secretly in his heart.

Suddenly, some people behind him ran over with torches, and after a closer look, it turned out that Zhang Zhutou was coming with someone, and Liu Zhutou couldn't help but feel relieved.

When I asked, I found out that just now Zhang Zhutou heard a big noise in the east of the town, because something began to happen with Wang Zhutou, so he kept an eye on it, and did not dare to cross the area to search, so he asked one of his subordinates to come over to reconnoitre, and found that he had really found a suspicious person, and his side had been searched, he was earnest, so he led his subordinates to chase all the way up, and just now on the road he met the Minzhuang sent back by Liu Zhutou to report the news, which confirmed his judgment even more, so he accelerated and rushed over to assist Liu Zhutou in arresting the criminal.

The two heads of the catchers were outside, put their heads together, and discussed in a low voice, in the current situation of obvious superiority in force, whether to attack directly or wait for the county to come over and make a decision.

Liu Zhutou's suggestion is to wait for the county to come, after all, this small temple is difficult to fly, as long as everyone guards the exit, there will be no accidents, if you rush in, the thieves rely on the small temple site is narrow, which is not conducive to the geographical advantage of the siege of the brigade, and the stubborn resistance, the officers and soldiers may cause unnecessary casualties, and people will often burst out with huge energy in desperate situations. Besides, it is the darkest time of the day, and in many cases, a large number of people is not necessarily a good thing, and it is easy to get mixed up and be taken advantage of by the enemy.

Liu Zhutou believes that in the case of absolute superiority, it is unwise to make any mistakes.

And Zhang Zhutou is anxious, thinking that since he has an absolute advantage, he should cut through the mess quickly, otherwise there will be many dreams at night, and other problems will inevitably arise.

The two argued for about a pillar of incense, and Zhang Zhutou no longer had the patience to wait, and shouted to his subordinates: "Ladies and gentlemen, the Japanese are now surrounded in the temple, everyone follow me in, capture them alive, and if they encounter resistance, they can be corrected on the spot." Chong" said that the steel knife was raised, and he was about to take the lead in rushing into the temple, Liu Zhutou saw this situation, and was afraid that the credit in hand would be snatched away by Zhang Zhutou, so he had to raise the waist knife and shouted: "Chong." ”

Who knew that at this moment, the temple door suddenly opened with a "clang", startling everyone, and they hurriedly stood still, holding a knife and guarding it.

I saw that the temple was pitch black, and the temple door was like a black hole with a mouth, facing everyone, but no one came out for a long time.

Everyone cautiously took two steps forward, and a black thing flew out of it, and everyone was shocked, thinking that the thief was ready to break through, and hurriedly took a few steps back, and the thing made a muffled sound on the ground, and the bones rolled forward, and looked at it, but it was the copper incense burner on the table in the temple, covered with a red cloth, about the cloak of the lord of the land.

Then a man jumped out of the temple, armed with a steel knife, and it was the young man. The villagers were startled and took a step back in unison.

Zhang Zhutou said: "Don't be afraid, there are nearly 20 of us, there are only two of them, everyone goes up together, don't let go of the thieves." ”

But seeing that the thief looked around, pulled the knife in his hand into a knife flower, and took out a strip of cloth from his pocket, strangled it to his forehead, and held the knife hehe, the people thought that he was going to kill the general, and they all concentrated on vigilance, but saw that the guy put the knife away, and actually turned around and jumped back into the temple, and then closed the temple door, and everything returned to calm.

Everyone looked at each other, I don't know what kind of trick this is, did the thief think that the temple was too small, the air was turbid, and he came out to breathe?

"Everybody, rush me." Liu Zhutou gritted his teeth, swung his waist knife, and rushed forward.

Boom, the temple door opened again.

As before, it was pitch black and there was no sound. After waiting for a long time, nothing flew out of the temple, and it was pitch black inside.

After waiting for a while, there was still no movement inside, I don't know what the two thieves were doing, did they want to resist stubbornly and hide in the corner for the last time?

"Throw me a torch in and see what's going on inside." Liu Zhutou shouted, first threw the torch in, and the villagers hurriedly threw a few more into it, and the land temple suddenly brightened, and there was no trace of the Japanese as far as the eye could see, probably hiding behind the door or at the corner of the wall.

Zhang Zhutou gritted his teeth and shouted: "Rush with me." ”

He raised the steel knife, and rushed to the temple, as soon as he entered the door, he danced the steel knife through the wind and rain, defending the upper, middle and lower three roads, however, the dance was half loud, but there was no imaginary sword to sword, clanging, he seemed to be fighting with the air, at this time the other people also rushed in with courage, everyone was surprised to find that the two thieves in the temple were gone, the small temple was empty, and the thieves seemed to have disappeared out of thin air.

At the beginning, I obviously saw the two of them running in, this is true, just now, there was a guy who jumped out, pretending to be a ghost, everyone saw it, but in the blink of an eye, no one was gone, could they escape through the wall?

The small temple is not big, it is easy to search, the walls on all four sides are intact, this wall is made of green bricks, it is impossible to make a hole with bare hands in a moment, and there is no floating soil on the ground, it is impossible to leave with a hole, is it flying away?

Liu Zhutou looked up, suddenly shocked, and shouted: "It's not good, I'm fooled." "Turn around and run.

Everyone looked up, but saw that there was a hole in the roof behind the side of the statue of the land lord, because there were more torches on the ground, everyone stood in a bright place, but the roof seemed to be pitch black, if you don't look carefully, it is really easy to ignore.

It turned out that the two thieves took advantage of everyone's inattention to open a hole in the roof, and then stepped on the shoulders of the land lord and escaped from the roof.

In Zhejiang's house, the roof is made of herringbone beams, and the hole made by these two guys is just on the shady side, and it is not visible from the outside of the gate at all.

Looking back at the bolt of the door, there was a long strip of cloth tied to it, which fell softly to the ground, as if it had been torn from the curtain of the temple.

Zhang Zhutou thought for a while, and figured out the reason, it turned out that the two thieves in the temple saw that they were surrounded, and rushed from the front, it was estimated that it would be difficult to rush out, so they decided to go out from behind the roof, in order to confuse the officers and soldiers, they played tricks, first opened the door suddenly, attracted everyone's attention, and then threw out the incense burner, and then the young people jumped out, every time was grasped just right, taking advantage of everyone's psychology of wanting to rush but not daring to rush.

When the young man rushed out of the door, he probably covered the escape of another thief in the upper room, after all, there was always a possibility of noise in the upper room, and he tossed at the door like this, attracting everyone's attention, and everyone's eyes only looked at this young man, so naturally they ignored the others.

When the young man entered the door, he tied the door with a strip of cloth, and then quickly climbed on the shoulder of the land lord, and before climbing to the roof, he pulled the strip of cloth hard, and the door opened again, creating the illusion that he was about to rush out again, and when everyone outside the door was taken aback, he calmly fled.

I hate myself and everyone for being too cautious, and I missed the opportunity several times, always thinking that they would break the boat and fight to the death, but I didn't expect the enemy to be so cunning.

Zhang Zhutou patted his head, cursed a few words in his mouth, and then shouted at everyone, and turned to chase down.

The terrain to the east of the town is uneven, some hills, and there are many ravines, and there are always many miscellaneous trees near the ravines, and it is easy to be taken for a standing person on such a night. There are many places for people to hide in these places, which causes great inconvenience to the pursuit, and the two catchers led everyone to track down all the way, and lost clues several times, but then found clues again, and can continue to pursue.

Around dawn, the county also came with some people, and there were more people to arrest, and the scope of the search was further expanded.

Wang Xiancheng was very angry and depressed today, feeling that everything was against him today, and there were so many mistakes, catching each other quickly, the restaurant caught fire, and the most important thing was the land temple that made him very angry.

He also entered the land temple, just such a small temple, it can actually let the enemy escape, this group of people under his command is really stupid, now the thieves are out of the town, in such a high and low field, there are countless places to hide, it will be more difficult to capture, Wang Xiancheng is very optimistic about the prospects.

Standing on the hill and watching the people under the mountain scurrying like headless flies, the more annoyed I felt in my heart, and I couldn't help but sigh, at this time, the staff of the county order, Master Tian, who looked like a teacher, stepped forward and whispered to the county Cheng: "Lord County, I think that these two thieves can escape, there must be something strange in them, perhaps, there is a traitor between us!" ”

"Mole?" The county Cheng's heart moved.