Chapter 12: The Bandits' Trail
After all, Ma Sanyuan is a person who has seen the world, and he does not show panic.
He glanced at Su Wenxing, then walked to the door of the inn, closed half of the door, and then turned back again.
The door is ajar, which means that the store is full.
"Little gold!"
"Come on."
A young man ran in from the back kitchen, with rice grains still on the corner of his mouth, and grinned: "Third master, what's the matter." ”
"Watch for me, call me if there's something."
"I'm eating."
"Then get out of here, you won't eat in another place or what? Give me a good look at the door. ”
At this time, there were no customers in the store, and it was also time for the guy Xiaoer to eat.
Ma Sanyuan's eyes widened, and he was scolded for splitting his head and covering his face.
The guy named Little Gold only grinned and looked very honest.
"Xiao Su, follow me."
Su Wenxing knew that this little gold was actually Ma Sanyuan's apprentice.
He followed Ma Sanyuan upstairs, and saw Xiao Jinzi squeezing his eyebrows at him, with a ridiculous expression.
Su Wenxing also smiled, nodded with Xiao Jinzi, and didn't speak.
Ma Sanyuan's family was not here, but because he had to watch the store, he simply cleaned up a guest room upstairs. Anyway, there is no one at home, so he doesn't need to go back and forth, and it is more convenient to live in the store.
"Tell me, what the hell is going on?"
After entering the room, Ma Sanyuan closed the door and poured Su Wenxing a glass of water.
"I didn't know, Miss Qiao and I were about to come back, and we waited for a long time before a car came. I asked him if he was going into town and if he could take us in, and he said yes. However, when he jumped out of the car, I realized that he was not a handlebar type, but a bandit......"
"How do you know?"
Su Wenxing didn't hide it, so he repeated what he said to Josie again.
Finally, he took out the fast and slow machine and placed it on the table.
"Or a new gun?"
Ma Sanyuan's eyes narrowed and he picked up the gun.
"Twenty rings of the pot-bellied box, I am a donkey ball, and now the ringing horses are so powerful?"
This box cannon has many aliases in China.
In addition to box guns, fast and slow machines. In addition to the box gun, the box gun equipped with a 20-round magazine is also called a pot-bellied box, because of its wide body, it is also called a large mirror. Anyway, there are all kinds of things, and in the end, they are all the same thing.
"Xiao Su, Zhong!"
"What do you mean by the third master?"
Ma Sanyuan's 'Zhongah' means 'yes, you're very powerful'.
Of course, there is irony in this.
"Killed the ringing horse with the gun with his bare hands? Looks like I'm really underestimating you. ”
Xiangma, another name for bandits, originated in Shandong.
Because Shandong is adjacent to Henan, the locals of Qi County will also habitually call the bandits horses.
Su Wenxing said: "I have a body, but I don't have that ability." ”
"And how did you kill someone?"
"With a knife!"
"Knives?"
"Throwing knives!"
Ma Sanyuan stood up, carrying a gun in one hand, and circled around Su Wenxing.
"Third master, the knife was given to Miss Qiao, I was worried that she would be afraid, so I gave her the knife to defend herself."
"Haha, Xiao Su Xing, I know that I pity the fragrance and cherish the jade."
Ma Sanyuan thought about it and sat back at the table.
He picked up the bowl, took a sip of water, raised the muzzle of the gun, and raised it at Su Wenxing, "Then let's talk about it." ”
"Third master, the gun is not insured."
"I know, I didn't mean to kill you."
When Ma Sanyuan's words came out, Su Wenxing knew his attitude.
So, he repeated what he said to Josie in front of Ma Sanyuan.
Ma Sanyuan didn't doubt it, nodded and said, "Okay, it's all in the past." As long as you don't get into trouble with me, I don't bother to care about your previous affairs. But, according to you, why do I think the ringing horse is coming at you? The horse is not close to the city, and people are coming to you? ”
"Third master, I am not familiar with the place here, and after I came to Qi County, I am basically in the store, who can I know."
"Yes!"
Ma Sanyuan stood up and walked to the door.
He turned around suddenly, pointed a gun at Su Wenxing and said, "Sit in the house, don't come out." ”
"Understood!"
Su Wenxing agreed very obediently and sat down at the table honestly.
He knew what Ma Sanyuan was going to do, and he was just looking for Josie to confirm. However, Ma Sanyuan's words also seem to make sense. He didn't think too much about it because he was nervous. Now that he calmed down and thought about it carefully, it seemed that the bandit was really aimed at him...... Or rather, against him and Josie?
Su Wenxing is a newcomer, and Josie is also a foreigner, so she came two days earlier than Su Wenxing.
It stands to reason that neither of them can have an entanglement with the bandits, so why should the bandits look for them?
When you think about it, it's a bit weird!
Just as he was pondering, Ma Sanyuan came back from outside.
"Alright, let's go rest."
Su Wenxing looked at Ma Sanyuan in surprise, a little unintelligible.
"I've got someone out of town, and if what you're saying is true, I'm afraid it won't be that simple. When the time comes, I will report to the police station and let Director Liu deal with it. I'm a businessman and don't want to get into trouble. You also give me honesty, it's almost the New Year, be honest these two days, don't make trouble again. ”
"Understood."
"Go to dinner first, go to bed early after eating, and get up early tomorrow."
"Good!"
Su Wenxing said yes and walked out of the room.
Looking down the hallway, Josie's room had its door closed.
He stood at the top of the stairs for a moment, shook his head suddenly self-deprecatingly, and walked down the stairs back into the stairwell.
When entering the stairwell, Su Wenxing glanced downstairs.
Little Gold was lying on the counter snoring, saliva running down the corners of her mouth and onto the counter.
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This third master of Ma is not an ordinary person!
Back in the stairwell, Su Wenxing sat on the bed, leaning against the wall and falling into deep thought.
When an ordinary shopkeeper hears about this kind of thing, he will never react like Ma Sanyuan.
I don't know what Ma Sanye used to do. Although he said to the outside world, he was a cook and had traveled in Beiping and Xi'an. However, judging by the way he held the gun, he was no stranger to firearms.
Where would a cook be so familiar with firearms?
Even if he deliberately made a jerky look, there were some things that could be seen at a glance and could not be hidden.
Su Wenxing suddenly felt that this Tongfu Hotel seemed to be very interesting.
It's not just Ma Sanye who is unidentified, but also Josie, who is also interesting.
She said she was working at Academia Sinica, majoring in archaeology. However, judging from her performance at the Lutai site today, Su Wenxing was a little skeptical. In fact, at the beginning, Su Wenxing didn't think too much. However, when she picked up a fossil-like object from the ruins, she casually threw it away...... In Su Wenxing's eyes, she did this, but it was not the behavior of archaeological professionals.
Josie also said that there are two cultural piles on the Lutai site.
In the past, when Su Wenxing followed the president, he also met some professional archaeologists.
Their attitude towards cultural relics can be said to be cautious, walking on thin ice. And Josie, she said in her mouth that it was likely to be a cultural relic from the Qin and Han dynasties, but in action, she didn't think so.
She's not an archaeologist!
Su Wenxing coughed lightly twice, turned over and lay on the bed.
Xiaosheng is afraid that he is wrong. This trip to Qi County was by no means as simple as he imagined.
Either way, though, he had to get the job done. Not for him Su Wenxing, but for his brother Li Tongsheng.
"*******, don't you avoid it because of good fortune and misfortune!"
Su Wenxing muttered to himself, lay on the bed, and fell asleep unconsciously.
Bang bang bang!
A quick knock on the door woke Su Wenxing from his sleep.
He opened his eyes, rolled over and sat up, habitually touching under the pillow, only to touch a cloud of air.
By the way, yesterday he gave that M1921 to Josie for self-defense.
Bang bang bang!
"Xiao Su, didn't you get up, the third master is looking for you."
There was a sharp knock on the door, and the shouts of the little gold were heard outside.
Su Wenxing hurriedly agreed, stepped forward and opened the door.
It's cold!
He shuddered.
"Why is it so cold?"
"Yang Laosan, who is a donkey ball, slept and snooze at night and extinguished the stove.
The third master just cleaned him up...... It's okay, it'll be fine in a while. Thankfully, the fire in the kitchen was fine. ”
"Then he, Yang Laosan, really deserves to die."
"Who's to say it's not."
Xiao Jinzi shrank his head and said, "Go down quickly, the third master is looking for you, he looks a little unhappy, you can be careful." ”
"Got it!"
Su Wenxing thanked him, but did not go downstairs immediately, but went back to the house to get toiletries.
By the sink at the bottom of the stairs, he brushed his teeth and washed his face before scurrying to the counter.
"Third master, looking for me?"
Disheveled!
A pile of account books fell in front of Su Wenxing.
Ma Sanyuan showed his head from behind the account book and said loudly: "Today, copy the register for me." ”
"So much?"
"I'm busy with your business when I get up early in the morning, what's wrong, don't you want to?"
"Yes, yes."
Instinctively, Su Wenxing glanced at the room card of Tianzi No. 1, and the key was still hanging under the room card.
That is, Hayhona still did not appear.
"I asked people to see it, and no bodies were found."
"No, it won't."
"What's not, it's just that according to what you said, I asked people to search carefully, not to mention the corpse, not even a mouse. I said Xiao Su, you can't remember the place wrongly, right? ”
"How is it possible, how can I remember this kind of thing wrong!"
Su Wenxing's face changed.
He obviously threw the corpse of the bandit into the ditch on the side of the road, how could it be gone?
The knife was really stuck in the front door of the bandits, and Josie pulled out the knife with his own hands. If this is the case, the bandit will not die...... Su Wenxing could only say, hell.
"What about it...... I'm afraid it's not easy.
I can't see anyone alive, I can't see a corpse when I die, and I can't tell the police. About touching, these two days may not be peaceful. If nothing happens, don't go out again. Stay in the city, nothing will happen. ”
The body is gone, most likely taken by bandits.
Su Wenxing also felt that this matter was a bit strange, but when he thought of the police station in the city, he felt that there should be nothing wrong. The city wall of Qi County is very strong, and although the police station is equipped with average equipment, there are more than 100 people. Relying on the city wall of Qi County for defense, if the bandits don't have heavy weapons in their hands, it is really not so easy to break into the county seat. No matter how bad it is, it shouldn't be a problem to hold on for a few hours and wait for reinforcements.
Ji County to Qi County, that is, forty or fifty kilometers, can be reached in a few hours.
Thinking of this, Su Wenxing nodded.
"But what about the price?"
"Say you're big, Lao Tzu ran away for you?"
"Good, good!"
Su Wenxing smiled and picked up the account book and walked into the lobby. At this time, footsteps sounded on the stairs, Josie came down from upstairs, and when she saw Su Wenxing, she was stunned at first, and then showed a bright smile.