"Now, Lao Lei and I are dumbfounded, when did this old woman come? Both of us are people who know martial arts, we are not deaf and blind, how can we suddenly have more people around us and not see? Besides, the hill is very steep, and the old woman, who looks to be in her seventies and eighties, with gray hair, how did she climb up the mountain? ”

Shi Suo and Dafeng, their eyes were wide, and Tie Guan Li smiled: "At that time, our expressions were the same as you are now, and we couldn't understand it, seeing this old woman sitting in front of the grave, slowly and leisurely burning the paper, although it was sunny and daylight, but I felt a chill behind my back, and I felt a horror all around." ”

Everyone listened to Tie Guan Li's narration and imagined the scene at that time, which was indeed terrifying. Tie Guan Li continued: "Our brothers, you look at me, I look at you, we are both a little dumbfounded, and suddenly, Brother Lei shouted: 'It's not good. It turns out that the old woman burns paper, there will naturally be a burnt smell, but I and Lao Lei are both people who know how to burn herbs, the smell of burning paper, and the smell of burning medicine, can naturally be clearly distinguished, the mountain wind blows over the smell of burning paper, mixed with an inexplicable smell of herbs, which makes people smell their heads dizzy, I pulled Lao Lei, and the two of us hurriedly retreated. ”

"The old woman is not a good person." Shi Suo said.

"Nonsense," Dafeng glared at Shi Suo, "Of course not a good person, Uncle Li, you go on." ”

"Good. The two of us took a few steps back, and just then we heard a commotion on the way down the mountain, and when we looked down, several people with swords and guns were chasing a man who looked like a hunter and ran up the mountain. Those who were armed with knives and guns, some in military uniforms and some in civilian clothes, looked like people from the government, and the people who fled in front. Wearing a sheepskin shoulder, wearing an animal skin hat, and even the pants are sewn from animal skin, which is very different from what we ordinary people wear, he holds a bamboo bow in his hand. We were running up the hill when a group of people shouted and chased in the direction of the two of us. You think, Lao Lei and I, what we hate most is that the government oppresses the people, can you still ignore this kind of thing? ”

"Yes," Dafeng clenched his fists beside him and said, "Of course you have to take care of it." ”

"yes, at the time. They ran closer and closer, the hunter had already run to our side, and the person chasing behind was only a distance of more than ten zhang, and the one who ran in front was the flying mountain monkey. ”

"It's him."

"Yes, these men chasing Orion. It's the Flying Mountain Monkey and his men, that is, tonight. The enemies you met when you went to save me. That day, the two of us saw that it was a flying mountain monkey, and we were even more determined to save people, when Lao Lei didn't have time to light his cannon battle and pick up a stone. I threw it away, and I picked up the rocks from the ground and threw them at the monkeys, when the hunter ran past us. Going straight to the graves, I followed his figure and glanced at it, but ...... But he was so startled that even a stone that he didn't throw in his hand fell to the ground. ”

"What's wrong?"

"That old woman, all of a sudden, disappeared."

"Huh?"

"That day, it was as cold as today, the wind on the mountain was blowing, but I felt that along the back, as if there was sweat dripping down, the old woman suddenly appeared, but it didn't scare me much, but suddenly disappeared again, this is really bizarre, I don't usually believe in ghosts and gods, but the events of that day, after all, it was too surprising, I couldn't help but panic, look at the graves in front of the bags, there is only a pile of burning paper, still burning in front of the grave, the flames are blown by the mountain wind, burning very strongly."

Jiang Yuniang suddenly asked: "What does that hunting account look like?" ”

Thor took it and said, "I was about to say, that person, when he ran past me, I took a look, people look ugly, some are, but this person, it's a bit inappropriate to say ugly, he has high eyebrows, deep eye sockets, big mouth, and nose rolls, just like an ape, especially in those eyes, flashing with a cloudy light, just like a beast, it doesn't look like a human gaze." ”

Jiang Yuniang said: "Is this Orion gone?" ”

"That's right," Tie Guan Li said: "You are very right, as if you saw it with your own eyes, at that time, the flying mountain monkey led the people to chase closer, our brothers hurried to deal with the enemy, Lao Lei took out his short knife, I picked up my crutches, and I didn't care about this strange hunter behind me, after all, it was important to deal with the enemy in front of me, at this moment, a whirlwind suddenly arose on the mountain, and the pile of paper ashes was blown over, and the strange smell of herbs drilled straight into the nostrils, I said in my heart, not good, quickly hold my breath, but, it's too late, The head felt dizzy and almost fell, and Brother Lei's side was the same, the short knife he was holding shook before he could swing it. ”

Thor said: "I didn't faint completely, and I turned my head to look at the burning pile of papers, which had been scattered by the wind, and the sky was full of black confetti, like a pile of black butterflies, flying around several graves, which made people feel that the atmosphere was particularly strange. And the old woman and Orion are gone. ”

"Aren't the monkeys faint?" Stone Lock asked.

"It seems that no, the two of us are close to the grave, and the strange smells we inhale are the most, speaking of which, it was a coincidence that day, alas, this is also fate, if there is no poisonous smoke, we will not be caught by the flying mountain monkey, if it is not the flying mountain monkey, we will not let the poisonous smoke be smoked. In short, bad luck. At that time, as soon as I was dizzy, I was caught by the soldiers who ran over, tied up with five flowers, and in a daze, listened to their noise for a while, and then escorted them to the road, stuffed them into the car, and just like that, in a daze, they were caught here. ”

The description of Tie Guan Li and Thor made everyone feel very strange, about that strange old woman, Orion, everyone talked and speculated for a long time, and they couldn't get the point. Shi Suo suddenly said: "Oops, that road is the only way for us to transport willow goods, and we have to be careful when transporting goods next." ”

Jiang Yuniang didn't guess with everyone, but shook her head silently.

3

The next day, the whole city was under martial law, and Xiao Fuzi did not go to the restaurant to answer the errand, and when it was almost noon, a group of soldiers knocked on the door of the small broken courtyard next to Lu Huai's old house, and broke into the house like a fierce god.

"Are there any suspicious elements?" An official asked with wide eyes.

"Sir," Xiao Fuzi said with a grin, "we are all honest residents who keep to ourselves, where can there be suspicious elements?" If you see it, report it. ”

Several soldiers searched for it, but naturally found nothing, and kicked over a few wicker baskets. Then he left, and the official said before leaving: "If you meet two thin old men with gourds on their backs, go to the official office to report." ”

"Definitely, definitely."

After a while, Jiang Yuniang and Shi Suo came up from the cave, and Xiao Fuzi said, "Just left." A large group of people, going door to door. ”

"We hear it down there."

Xiaofuzi said: "On the street outside, it is lively, and there are dozens of people who have been arrested, one by one, and there are dozens of old men on crutches. ”

Shi Suo said: "This group of bastards will bully the common people." ”

In the afternoon, Hu Shuan came over. Shi Suo asked puzzledly, "Isn't it martial law?" How can you just walk around? ”

Hu Xuan said with a smile: "I am a representative of the citizens' association, Lu Daya sent us to assist the military and police, to investigate among people in various walks of life, to find the lost criminals, I am now representing the government, investigating the criminals." ”

Hu Xuan met with Tie Guan Li, Lei Shen and others, and everyone chatted for a while, talking about those strange new graves. Hu Xuan said suspiciously: "If it is to rob the tomb, disguise the new tomb." It is usually in a place close to the village, in order to hide people's eyes. The remote hillside you are talking about, there is no need at all, just throw the excavated soil and stones aside, where is it necessary to make a fake grave? ”

Jiang Yuniang said: "There are many doubts here. Xiaohu, in two days, let's go to the hillside with evergreen leaves and take a look. ”

"Okay."

Hu Xuan also brought a piece of news, according to Lu Daya's arrangement. The "citizens' association" decided to convene a general meeting on the 20th day of the lunar month to announce to the people that the activities of student unions, trade unions, and peasant associations would be forbidden, and that all future public actions would be replaced by "citizens' associations." The "Citizens' Association" is the representative of public opinion in Hunan Province.

"Dreaming." Shi Suo said angrily.

"They want to ban our trade unions and peasant unions, they have been planning for a long time, and when the time comes, they will definitely show their teeth and claws and force each other, so we must prepare early and deal with it."

Jiang Yuniang said confidently: "That day, Lao He, we discussed in detail, and formulated a response plan for their various tricks, each of our organizations can not be destroyed by them, but can only grow. ”

Two days later, martial law was lifted, Jiang Yuniang and others went out of the city to the brick factory, but they didn't see He Yuan, a little beggar who stayed behind said: "Teacher He, Gai Tou and them, went to the Sanrenxia cave, saying that they wanted to renovate the cave." ”

Jiang Yuniang said: "Second Brother Lei Li, you can rest here, this place is very safe." Shi Suo, Dafeng, let's go to the cave too. ”

"What are you recuperating," Tie Guan Li Le said haha, "In the hole in the ground of that hut, it is almost suffocating me, and it is easy to come out and move my muscles and bones, and I will no longer lie down." Besides, isn't it to remodel the cave? Lao Lei is an expert, he worked as a stonemason when he was a child, and when he grew up, he was good at explosive gunpowder and rockfalling, which is what he is good at. ”

The group left the brick factory and came to Sanrenxia, outside the cave, a small beggar got up from the grass and reported: "Teacher He, they are all up there. ”

Between the dead vines between the mountain walls, there was a rope hanging down, looking up, there was a figure flashing at the entrance of the cave, but it was Duan Laosan, he beckoned down, and shouted: "The rope is not strong, one by one." ”

Everyone went up, it turned out, because there were many people who entered the hole on this day, the rope was worn on the rocks, there were several places that were thinned, there was a danger of breaking, the last Jiang Yuniang climbed the rope into the hole, shook her head and said: "Always rely on the rope, it is not a way, not only slow, but also not reliable, you have to think of a long-term strategy." ”

"Give it to Old Lei." Tie Guan Li said.

Thor observed the inside and outside of the cave, and said: "There is a way, although the mountain wall is steep, but it is not a straight board, we can chisel a zigzag road to the cave, follow the mountain, chisel out the foot sockets, steps, nail iron nails as a gripper, and then cover it with thatch, so that outsiders can not identify, it is foolproof." ”

"Good idea."

Duan Laosan took Jiang Yuniang and others, entered the inner cave from the outer cave, and saw that there were people coming and going, it was very lively, there were many noisy people, and there was a buzzing echo in the cave, He Yuan and Gai turned their heads to meet them, and said a few words with Tie Guan Li and Lei Shen Han, and Tie Guan Li couldn't help but admire, "This blessed land cave is so wonderful, it is simply a paradise." ”

He Yuan said: "This place is very spacious, and at the same time it is not too narrow to accommodate thousands of people, I think, it should be built into our secret base, the cave is easy to defend and difficult to attack, whether it is Tibetans, hidden objects, or holding secret activities, it is very suitable." Therefore, we want to renovate the cave, open it up, widen it when it should be widened, and then transport some equipment to make it suitable for living. ”

"The back door also needs to be repaired, which is the place where Zhang Shenjian fell." Shi Suo said.

Everyone discussed chaotically, and came up with a lot of ideas, some proposed how to divert water, some proposed how to disguise, everyone gathered firewood and flames, and there were more and more good ideas, and slowly formed a set of plans to transform the cave. He Yuan smoked his cigarette pouch with satisfaction and said with a smile: "Okay, let's immediately become a stonemason and a carpenter, show our talents, and start construction." Make this a secret and safe base. ”

"No problem," Duan Laosan said, "We brothers are not a problem to work hard, but we lack technical guidance. ”

Tie Guan Li recommended Thor again, He Yuan and the others were overjoyed, "Great, there are experts here, we are more sure, Lao Lei, I have long heard Professor Wan and Shi Suo tell them about your ability, and I have liked it for a long time, and we all very much hope that you can stay for a long time." ”

Thor is also a happy person, and he doesn't shirk, he laughs and says: "Don't go, I used to be idle and wild, making trouble, always letting people chase after the ass and arrest them, this time, I will do it with everyone." ”

At the moment, Thor and everyone studied together, where to partition in the cave, where to open up a room, where to open a road, where to set up a defensive trap, where to use explosives, and to build iron drills and other things, Thor said: "The hole opening project is very tool-consuming, it is best to plate an iron furnace in the hole, set up an iron workshop, not only can build the tools we need to open the hole, but also can make their own knives, spears and other weapons in the future, to deal with Zhang Jingyao, these are essential." ”

"Okay," said Shi Suo, "with the iron-striking furnace, I'll pick up the sledgehammer." ”

"Iron, we have ready-made craftsmen, Dajiang is a skilled sand turner, and then find a few masters from the foundry union."

Everyone in the cave was laughing and noisy, and Jiang Yuniang said to He Yuan: "Look at how happy everyone is, how united, it is really united, as long as everyone is twisted into a rope, why worry about fighting Zhang Jingyao." (To be continued.) )