Before the third master finished speaking, the old ruffian couldn't bear to interrupt his temperament, and said, "Did a wild beast find you?" “

I patted the old ruffian and said, "Don't interrupt, let the third master finish talking." “

Shi Sanye continued: "At first, I thought it was some kind of beast, and I thought that when the day dawned, I would make a trap and catch one to fill my stomach, so I prepared to slowly descend from the tree, so that I could see what kind of beast it was and in which direction. I was just about to leave, but there was suddenly no movement under the tree, and then I heard someone talking, and the voice was very low, and I vaguely heard a few words:

"Squad leader, the weapons and ammunition used in the war haven't been shipped yet, what are we carrying so many broken bottles and cans?" Another person who sounded like a Sichuan accent said: "I don't know what kind of foreign crime we have suffered, I heard that the governor above seems to have said that it is an antique, or from the Han Dynasty, anyway, it is very important, whatever, he will do whatever the order is." Then I heard another person say, "Go over the hill in front of us, and it will be our warehouse, and give these boxes of rags to the buddies inside, and our task will be completed." ”

After these few words, there was no movement under the tree for about ten minutes, I guess it should be that these soldiers were tired of carrying antiques, so they rested under the tree for a while, and I also lay on the tree without moving. Sure enough, after a while, there were murmurs and scattered footsteps under the trees, and when I felt that they were far away, I dared to take a few breaths.

After that, I came down from the tree and took a closer look at the ground, because the soil in the mountain was very soft, and a few people were carrying things, so there were some clear footprints on the ground, but it seemed to have been deliberately handled, and it looked very blurry, I quietly followed the footprints I recognized, and after about an hour, I followed the soldiers who carried antiques before, and counted a total of eight people, six people carried three large black wooden boxes, and one led the way in front, There was also a foot pulling dirt at the back to hide the footprints of a few people who had just walked.

I was also bold at that time, and followed the eight soldiers all the way over the hill to move forward, and after crossing the hill, the soldier who was walking in front suddenly stopped, and shouted in a very vigilant voice: "Who's where?" Don't come out and shoot again! "Then there was the sound of the bolt of the gun, and I was startled, thinking that it wouldn't be me, and I lay on the ground thinking that I might as well come out, if those soldiers really shoot, I won't be a sieve. Just as I was about to come out, a voice in front of me suddenly shouted, "Is it the buddy who delivered the supplies?" Don't get me wrong, your own people. Then the three men came out of the bushes, and after a few conversations, the soldiers who were transporting the antiques carried the boxes over, and the other three hid in the bushes.

I lay on the ground and breathed a sigh of relief, but fortunately it was the soldier who led the way in front of me who discovered the secret reconnaissance post in advance, otherwise it would have been miserable if I had been discovered when I followed there. I wiped the sweat from my head, who knows how many scout posts there are in the grass and trees in front of me, and I don't dare to follow any further, so I quietly retreated back the way I came.

I was afraid that the soldiers would come back overnight after transporting the supplies, and I didn't dare to stay in the mountains for more, so I returned to the place where the big guys were hiding from the river overnight, so I dared to put my heart back in my stomach, and then I didn't dare to go deeper into the back mountain. “

After listening to the words of the third master, I thought about it and said: "In this way, Chen Ping's treasure should be in the back mountain, where is it possible that it has been discovered by the soldiers and turned into a military warehouse." Third master, do you remember the route back then? ”

Shi Sanye nodded and said: "When I returned home a few years ago, I remembered the events of the year, so I quietly went into the depths of the back mountain, wanting to find this military warehouse, all the way to the place of the reconnaissance post, I still remember the route, and the back ones were searched several times, but they were all in a hurry, and they didn't find it, I think it was the entrance that was hidden when the army retreated." ”

The old ruffian grinned and said: "After talking about it for a long time, I still don't know where the military warehouse is, and my feelings are in vain."

I looked at the old ruffian's dejected appearance, and comforted him: "I can't say that, since we already know the general location, let's work together to find more, so we don't have to worry about not finding it." “

The third master said: "Don't be discouraged, brother, ruffian, I deduce that the military warehouse will never be too far away from the reconnaissance post, and there is still a good hope that we will find it if we look carefully." “

I looked at the old ruffian and asked, "Old ruffian, when you were fighting, how did you arrange reconnaissance posts like this in the mountains?" “

The old ruffian is naturally very familiar with the arrangement of sentry posts when he fights, and he said: "There is generally more than one reconnaissance post, and what you see should be a dark sentry in the third master, there is no transportation in the mountain, and you can only run on two legs, so the place where the secret sentry is arranged is generally not more than half an hour's trip from the defense area, so that you can report in time after the situation occurs." “

After listening to the old ruffian's words, the third master and I felt that it was not difficult to find this military warehouse, so we discussed with the old ruffian, and prepared to pack up our things early tomorrow morning and enter the mountain behind Shijiazhai to hunt for treasures.

The old ruffian and I both went out in our clothes, and there was nothing to clean up, but the third master was completely ready to go out this time, saying that he was going out to buy some tools needed for this trip, and after explaining to the two, he led the donkey out overnight.

Some people always look ahead and backward before making up their minds, and their mothers-in-law hesitate, but once they make up their minds, they will have a firm determination beyond ordinary people. Shi Sanye is an old fritter, but there is still a ruthlessness in his bones, otherwise I am afraid that he would not know which small grave bag he died in.

After the third master left, the old ruffian and I couldn't sleep, so we just sat on the stool and drank the old burn, while thinking about tomorrow's affairs, waiting for the third master to come back.

After more than two hours, about twelve o'clock, the third master came back with two big bags, but there was no donkey around him, he entered the house and put the bag on the ground, and said: "I sold the donkey, bought some new ropes, shovels and other things to use, and some old things that I used to hide, see what is still missing." ”

When I opened it with the old ruffian, it was a rope, a compass, a dagger that was already rusty, a black donkey's hooves, and a candle...... And so on, it's all old things.

The old ruffian took out a folding shovel from another bag, looked at it carefully, and said in surprise: "Military sapper shovel? Third master, where did you get this thing from? ”

The third master smiled proudly and said, "I bought it from a big city before, and I thought about using this shovel when I was making a hole, it was light and fast, but I didn't use it a few times later." “

The three of them checked their equipment, put them on their two backpacks separately, brought some dry food and water, and agreed to set off at three o'clock in the middle of the night so as not to be seen and difficult to explain.