18. Catch turtles in urns

Zhang Zhen and Zhang Lei had planned all this before, and they had long known that the thief would definitely appear in Li Gen's house. But when they met Sun Laohan here, everything was messed up, and this thief was right in front of them, how could this be good?

What's even more puzzling is that Sun Laohan also put on a posture of helping Zhang Zhen work hard to catch the thief. Could it be that when the thief is caught later, Sun Laohan will tie himself up? That's a bit of.

Anyway, Zhang Zhen had planned to catch the thief for a long time, but the moment Sun Laohan appeared, he had already died in death. Zhang Zhen didn't know what to do, so he looked at Sun Laohan blankly. Wait for his next arrangement.

Sun Laohan glanced at Zhang Zhen, who was stunned, picked up the cane in his hand and gently tapped his head and said, "Young man, why are you stunned?" Hurry up, grind your 'turtle' and run away! ”

Zhang Zhen watched Sun Laohan knock his head and didn't feel a trace of pain, this action was somewhat intimate. But he didn't know where Sun Laohan was going to let him go? Still stunned, his eyes were full of doubts and stared at Sun Laohan.

Sun Laohan looked at Zhang Zhen's stunned appearance, and said, "Let's go, just act according to the plan you set, what are you looking at me?" I can help you change your plan, but I can't catch the thief for you. ”

As soon as Sun Laohan said this, Zhang Zhen's whole body trembled like an electric shock. A thought suddenly popped up in my heart: Could it be that Sun Laohan is really not a thief, and the culprit is someone else?

Thinking of this, Zhang Zhen immediately came to his senses. Quickly sorted out his thoughts, turned the plan he had just abandoned out of his head again, and then said to Zhang Lei and a few people behind him: "Go according to the original plan, don't make too much movement when you arrive in Nanzhuang, but don't deliberately lower your voice." Just talk as usual, and finally gather around Li Gen's house, and when the lights in his house are on, everyone shouts to catch the thief. As long as you see a thief, everyone will adapt to what happens next. ”

Li Gen, who was standing behind Zhang Lei, listened to the words around his house, and he was also full of doubts in his heart. He covered his cheek and immediately asked, "Why are you at my house?" ”

"Because the purple gold lantern is in your house, you idiot!" Sun Laohan, who was standing aside with squinting eyes, scolded Li Gen angrily.

When Li Gen heard Sun Laohan's words, he was shocked and was afraid that he would be beaten again. didn't dare to ask anything, retreated behind Zhang Lei, and listened to Zhang Zhen continue to arrange tasks.

Everything is in order, without further ado. Everyone hurried towards Nanzhuang. Sun Laohan took the lead, and he was no longer walking slowly as he had just met in the river. Taking advantage of this gap, Zhang Lei grabbed Zhang Zhen, and then asked, "Next, do you really want to tie up Sun Laohan?" ”

"Huh? When did I say that you should tie up Sun Laohan, and besides, you can't tie it up. Zhang Zhen replied in a low voice.

"And what did you mean?"

"I mean let you follow me, and you will keep an eye on Sun Laohan later, and as long as we don't see the thief, you will keep an eye on him. I suspect that thief is him, and he was acting with us just now. "Zhang Zhen's head is now a mess, and he would rather believe that he has it than believe that he has nothing. Before the matter is clarified, Sun Laohan is the biggest suspect.

"Don't worry, I also think something is wrong with this old man Sun."

The two brothers discussed on the road and came to Nanzhuang. The villagers had fallen asleep, and at this time there was a dead silence in Nanzhuang, and I heard someone moving, and a few dogs barked from time to time.

The three members of the Li family and Li Gen all followed what Zhang Zhen said, and guarded the four corners of Li Gen's house one by one. Go down and around under the wall. Zhang Zhen, Sun Laohan, and Zhang Lei stood on the dung heap opposite the gate of Li Gen's house and stared at Li Gen's house.

Sun Laohan shook his head when he saw it, and then said to Zhang Zhen: "You keep Li Gen's house, if only the thief was inside." If he wasn't inside, how would the thief get in? ”

Zhang Zhen is also confident. He whispered, "If there really is a thief, I will definitely go in now." If we haven't gone in yet, we'll go home and sleep tonight. He won't stand a chance tonight. ”

Sun Laohan listened and smiled lightly. Leng Leng said: "It's a good thing for a young man to be confident, but your trick to test me is still a little tender." If I were a thief, do you think you would be alive tonight? ”

After Zhang Zhen heard this, a chill hit his back. Obviously, Sun Laohan already knew Zhang Zhen's thoughts. This old man Sun speaks falsely and realistically, which is really elusive. Alas, no matter what, if Sun Laohan wanted to kill someone, he would probably have done it a long time ago. Let's catch the thief first, what if there really is a thief?

Zhang Zhen didn't speak, his eyes kept scanning Li Gen's house. The ears were waiting for Li Ke's loud call.

Suddenly, a house two or three hundred meters away from Li Gen's house lit up. It's not the light of a light bulb, it's like a fire. The fire grew bigger and bigger, causing the three descendants around Li Gen's house to constantly look at the place where the fire was emitting. The people who were originally in charge of monitoring the surroundings of Li Gen's house were suddenly confused.

Especially the man standing in the northeast corner of Li Gen's house looked at the direction of his own house where the fire was emitted. It doesn't matter what the night patrol is to catch thieves. He ran in the direction of the fire. As he ran, he shouted loudly: "Fight the fire." Fight the fire! ”

The two people standing in the northwest and southwest corners of Li Gen's house were not settled when they heard this, glanced at Zhang Zhen standing on the dung heap, and then ran after the man. The mouth also shouted "firefighting".

But Li Gen, who was standing in the southeast corner, didn't move, just kept staring at his own house. When he heard Sun Laohan scold himself as a "fool" just now, he also thought of what he said when he bragged to everyone during the day. Now I feel a burst of chagrin and worry in my heart, I only blame myself for my big mouth, if the purple gold lamp is stolen like this, then I am the culprit. Even if the sky falls now, he has to guard it, and he can't let the purple gold lamp be lost in his house.

Sun Laohan looked at the firelight, and he was not in a hurry. As calm, as always, he said: "A little trick, turn the tiger away from the mountain." But Zhang Zhen, you're right, the thief is in the house. Now it is estimated that he has already succeeded, so he can get out of this fire when it burns. ”

Zhang Zhen was naturally clear about his plan, but he didn't expect that this thief would have a plan to divert the tiger from the mountain. He watched the three Li family descendants run away, and his heart became anxious. If the thief comes out now, he won't be able to hold it!

Zhang Lei also saw Zhang Zhen's anxiety, so he comforted him on the side: "It's okay, the three of us are enough." Later, if I hold that man, I won't let go, and you can tie him up. ”

Zhang Lei said very practically, and began to prepare in his hands. Slowly take off the sheepskin jacket you are wearing and prepare for action.

The fire over there grew bigger and bigger, and the people who lived near the burning place heard the cries and got up one by one to help put out the fire. After a while, the whole Nanzhuang was lively. The sound of people shouting, dogs barking, fires burning, splashing water...... Gradually, as the sound became louder and louder, a voice also came from Li Gen's house.

"Keke, what's going on outside?"

"I don't know, did Zhang Zhen catch the thief?"

"Turn on the lights and I'll go out and have a look!"

There was a murmur of talk in the room, and then no lights came on.

"The light flashed (the tungsten filament burned out)."

"Then I'll find a flashlight."

“……”

At this time, Sun Laohan stared at the house of Li Gen's house, with a look in his eyes that he had never seen before, and then said to Zhang Zhen and Zhang Lei who were on the side: "Young men, have you seen it?" ”

Zhang Zhen and Zhang Lei watched Li Gen's house for a long time when they heard the sound, but they couldn't see anything. They all shook their heads and looked at Sun Laohan in surprise.

Sun Laohan said: "I didn't expect that he would have practiced the art of concealment to this point. In order not to let people find out, he must have cut off the family's electricity. This man is a bit dangerous, you have to be careful later, don't let him hurt you. ”

Zhang Zhen and Zhang Lei listened to Sun Laohan's words and nodded. They continued to search in the courtyard of Li Gen's house, but they searched in the courtyard of Li Gen's house for a long time and still found nothing.

Zhang Zhen was a little panicked, and hurriedly asked Sun Laohan: "Grandpa, where did you say that thief is?" ”

Hearing Zhang Zhen call him grandpa, Sun Laohan glanced back at Zhang Zhen. His heart warmed, his eyes were full of complicated expressions, and then he pointed to Li Gen's house and trembled and said, "Look at that wall, you can't see that there are people on the wall in the dark." I've practiced this disappearance technique for a while, so I know a rough idea of where he's hiding. A closer look reveals it. ”

Zhang Zhen looked at the place pointed by Sun Laohan and looked carefully for a while. Sure enough, you can see a shadow on the wall, which is different from other places. He couldn't suppress his excitement, and immediately said to Sun Laohan: "Then let's act immediately, just catch him directly." ”

Sun Laohan grabbed Zhang Zhen, who was about to go out to catch the thief, and then said, "Don't act rashly, you can't catch it if you go out like this." As long as we see him, we will wait in the dark, waiting for him to come out over the wall. ”

Zhang Zhen and Zhang Lei, who saw the black shadow, all their suspicions about Sun Laohan disappeared at this time. They are now completely willing to obey Sun Laohan's arrangement.

After four or five minutes, a person came out of Li Gen's house, dressed in clothes and holding a flashlight in his hand, standing at the door and looking.

He also saw the fire, and immediately put on the clothes he had put on his body. shouted at the house: "Keke, take care of the house, I'll go out and have a look." ”

It was Li Gen's grandfather, Li Skinny Monkey, who spoke. He took a flashlight and walked out the door and opened it. I was just about to step out of the door, but I felt my head sink and fainted.

All of these were naturally seen by Sun Laohan and Zhang Zhen, who were standing on the dung heap opposite Li Gen's house. At the moment when Li Slender Monkey went out, he saw that the black shadow moved extremely fast, without a sound, and ran directly from the wall of the hall to the gate in a few steps. Then he used the weapon in his hand to stun Li Slender Monkey at once. This action is exactly the same as the action I saw in the temple that night in Zhang Zhen. It turns out that Sun Laohan is not lying!

Sun Laohan was shocked when he saw Li Slender Monkey falling, and pushed Zhang Zhen and Zhang Lei out with two hands.

Then he shouted at the black shadow: "Scum, where to run!" ”

Sun Laohan was thin and weak, but his voice at this time was extremely loud. Li Gen, who was standing in the corner, was startled, and sat on the ground with weak legs.

Zhang Zhen and Zhang Lei reacted immediately when they were pushed by Sun Laohan, and ran directly towards the black shadow.

After Sun Laohan finished shouting, he held the crutch in his hand, as if he was holding a magic weapon. He also rushed towards the black shadow.

Zhang Zhen and Zhang Lei saw the figure of this black shadow that night, and they didn't dare to take it lightly. As Zhang Lei said, he was ready to hug the body of the man in black when he went up. Zhang Zhen held a flashlight in his hand and shook it at the black shadow, and he also wanted to reach out and grab the clothes of the man in black to prevent him from escaping.

Zhang Zhen was running, the flashlight in his hand was swaying everywhere, and there was a burst of light and shadow alternating at the gate of Li Gen's house. The shaking flashlight illuminated the man in black who didn't know how to escape, turned around and ran towards Zhang Zhenfei, who was holding the flashlight. The man in black also held a cane in his hand that was the same as that of Sun Laohan.

The man in black had a clear goal, and his crutches attacked Zhang Zhen. Originally, the dung heap was a little far away from Li Gen's house. But Zhang Zhen was very fast, coupled with the reverse run of the man in black. In an instant, Zhang Zhen and the man in black were about to run together. The crutches of the man in black were less than a meter away from Zhang Zhen.

Newborn calves are not afraid of tigers, and Zhang Zhen has forgotten what Sun Laohan said just now not to get hurt. He was eager to catch the thief, coupled with the misunderstanding caused by Sun Laohan's previous suspicions. He seems to be looking at death as if he were at home, and he will not give up until he reaches his goal.

Zhang Zhen couldn't care about the danger of the man in black, and the moment the crutch fell down. He stopped, raised the flashlight in his hand, and took advantage of it. I only heard the sound of "bang", and the flashlight wrapped in iron was scattered on the ground, and there were fragments of the flashlight all over the ground.

Fortunately, the flashlight blocked the crutch's attack. But the moment Zhang Zhen raised the flashlight, the flashlight also shone on the face of the man in black. The man in black was covered with his face, and only his two eyes were exposed. Zhang Zhen only felt that the eyes that leaked outside were also very familiar, very similar to Sun Laohan's eyes.

Dodging the attack of the crutches, Zhang Zhen did not stop. He reached out and grabbed the man in black's clothes, trying to hold him and prevent him from escaping.

At this time, Zhang Lei also saw the man in black punching Zhang Zhen, and he was very anxious, so he also ran over, and hugged one of the legs of the man in black with a leap.

Li Gen, who was sitting on the ground in fright, was scared by Sun Laohan just now, saw this scene, thinking about the purple gold lamp in his house, and he didn't think much about it in his head, and he couldn't care about the danger. followed Zhang Lei and pounced and grabbed the other leg of the man in black.

At this moment, Sun Laohan had already run in front of the man in black, he took his crutches and smashed down towards the man in black without the slightest hesitation. Zhang Zhen stood and saw clearly. The crutches in Sun Laohan's hand were rounded, and he was not dead or injured this time. In short, the man in black took this beat, and he definitely explained it here.

But just when Sun Laohan's crutch was about to fall on the head of the man in black, he suddenly saw the man in black raise the same crutch in his hand as Sun Laohan above his head. Across his head, ready to block Sun Laohan's fatal blow.

What Zhang Zhen didn't expect was that the crutches that were about to hit the head of the man in black suddenly stopped. Sun Laohan also stopped his hand suddenly, and his crutches were raised in the air, frozen there.

Zhang Zhen could see that something was wrong, but the situation was urgent, and he couldn't think of the reason. I just want to tie up the thief quickly. So he shouted, ready to press the thief to the ground.

But this black-clothed body technique is extremely ingenious, and let Zhang Zhen's strength like a ploughing ox come out, it feels like pushing on cotton. Zhang Zhen exerted too much force, and instead of pushing the man in black, he let himself fall forward. Fortunately, Zhang Zhen reacted quickly and finally stopped after stumbling a few steps. Turn around and get ready to continue fighting.

Before he could make a move, he saw that the man in black had already rounded his crutches to hit Zhang Lei and Li Gen, who grabbed his legs.

Zhang Zhen's eyes were quick, and he shouted at Li Gen: "Zhang Lei, be careful!" ”

Then he immediately ran over, ready to stop the crutch of the man in black with his bare hands.

The speed of the man in black was extremely fast, and in an instant, the crutches had reached Zhang Lei's head. Sun Laohan is also an extraordinary person, he rushed forward with a brisk step, stretched his foot under Zhang Lei's stomach, and kicked Zhang Lei directly from the ground like a ball. As soon as Zhang Lei's hands were loosened, his body flew out, and the crutches hit the top of Zhang Lei's head.

After this crutch was dodged by Zhang Lei, he immediately faced Li Gen, who was holding the other leg of the man in black. Li Gen, who was bent on leaving the purple gold lamp, didn't seem to feel any danger, and his hands were still holding the calves of the man in black. In order to hug it tightly, half of his body was attached to the calf of the man in black at this time.

No matter how fast Sun Laohan and Zhang Zhen were, they couldn't stop the crutches from falling. With a muffled sound, the crutch smashed on the back of Li Gen.

Li Gen, who felt the pain, obviously didn't mean to let go, and still hugged the calf of the man in black and shouted: "Leave the purple gold lamp, leave the purple gold lamp!" ”

Fortunately, Li Gen's body is strong and full of fat. He was slapped by the man in black, but he still had no intention of letting go. This move completely touched everyone present, especially Zhang Zhen, who planned to "catch a turtle in an urn". He looked at Li Gen, and suddenly felt a wave of self-blame and uneasiness in his heart. Zhang Zhen didn't care about anything, jumped up and kicked at the man in black.

This kick is extremely fast and powerful. It is the same force as when he dragged it on the threshing field that day, and it was very explosive.

Zhang Zhen kicked the man in black with a strong kick, and the man in black didn't expect Zhang Zhen to have such a creation. The man in black was kicked by Zhang Zhen and flew out like Lu Qi at that time, and even Li Gen, who was holding the calf of the man in black, flew out together.

It was more than a meter above the ground, and then fell to the ground hard. The strong impact force made the man in black fall very badly, which also made Li Gen let go of the calf of the man in black at once.

The man in black who landed on the ground crawled on the ground a few times and struggled to get up. Untied the burden on his back, threw it to Li Gen on the ground, turned around and ran.

Seeing this, Zhang Lei, who came back to his senses, immediately prepared to follow Zhang Zhen to run out to catch the thief. But at this time, Sun Laohan saw the crutches of the black-clothed man thrown on the ground, and then stopped Zhang Zhen and Zhang Lei and said: "Don't chase, the kick just now will make him unable to come for a few years." Let's see how the kid's injuries are. ”

Sun Laohan walked over as he spoke, picked up the crutches on the ground and handed them to Zhang Zhen, then went to see Li Gen's injuries, and asked Zhang Lei to help Li Slender Monkey, who had just been knocked unconscious by the man in black.

At this moment, the three people who had just run out to put out the fire also came. Behind him were some villagers who had just put out the fire.

Zhang Zhen looked at the injured Li Gen and added that he didn't catch the thief. He was also very annoyed in his heart, he looked at the descendants of the three Li families who ran out just now, and immediately scolded: "One by one, if you are fighting, you are deserters!" Organized and undisciplined! ”

Sun Laohan, who was checking Li Gen's injury, was shocked when he heard Zhang Zhen scolding others. Then he turned back to Zhang Zhen and said, "You give me a little rest, the big fart makes you so complicated, and you are embarrassed to talk about others." Let's all disperse and go home and sleep! ”