Chapter 16: Behind the Scenes
Amat and I continued to flee, I don't know how much, and finally we turned a hill and a large round pebble appeared.
It was waist-tall and half a table-wide. Something like pebbles usually appears in the sea and is formed after being washed by seawater, and in some environments of the Gobi, the sand becomes "seawater", which also impacts the stones and causes them to form pebbles.
This was not surprising to me at all, Amat really didn't want to run away, and beckoned me to sit on the big pebble with me.
He didn't hesitate at all, I looked at it, and said in my heart that no matter how I said it, he was also the leader, I was a little bandit, and I still had to understand the rules.
I simply crouched down and looked around with my knife in my hand, making a defensive look.
Amat was grateful and told me that if it weren't for our brother's joining, he would probably be dead today.
I think it's funny when I think about it, my heart says that he is a blind man, blind and blind, if it weren't for us, he would be so miserable?
I couldn't say this, but I showed my loyalty and comforted him.
Amat waved his hand and said nothing, and the two of us remained silent, and after a quarter of an hour, two figures appeared around the corner.
The moment they first appeared, I was scared, worried that it would be Yin Yin and them, and now I would be the only one left, and I would have to fight hard.
But very optimistic, it is Jiang Shaoyan and the iron donkey. It's just that they're not very good.
The iron donkey lost a large sleeve, and several big cuts appeared on Jiang Shaoyan's body, and there were blood stains in some places.
At first glance, Jiang Shaoyan's injuries were very serious, and he might even be life-threatening, but I looked closely and found that there was very little blood in his knife wound and its nearby area.
I have a guess that the blood is all smeared on the back, Jiang Shaoyan played a trick. I couldn't break it, so I ran with Amat to meet it.
Amat was very anxious, and let out the pebbles and let Jiang Shaoyan and the iron donkey sit on it and rest quickly.
Jiang Shaoyan's face was pale, and he didn't speak with a look of excessive blood loss, and the iron donkey slowed down and said that the fight just now had passed, and it was not easy to get rid of the pulsatilla.
Amat listened silently, and finally took out a pensive look and muttered a word.
He didn't speak Chinese, I didn't understand the meaning, but I could feel that he wasn't normal.
We waited with Amat for another quarter of an hour, but no "enemy" appeared. Amat said that it is not a way for us to stay like this, and I want to go back and see.
When we returned, I found that Yin Yin and the others were gone, and the jeep had driven away, and what remained here was all bloodstains and bandit corpses.
Pulsatilla and Demon Heart Arhat are really generous, and in the last count, they killed six people. Three people died from knife wounds, and three people were killed by pills. At this moment, Amat suffered heavy losses.
We wandered around the neighborhood again, heard the shouting or whistle blowing, and contacted the other bandits who were hiding. Gradually, the bandits returned.
I know that we can't stay here for long, we are still defeated, and we are still retreating early. But Amat was very particular about finding time to bury the corpses that could not be taken away.
We had no earthwork to do, so we could only find a place with relatively soft soil, dig with a knife or by hand, and bury the six bodies.
Among the corpses was also a dagger with silver ornaments. I know this dagger, Jiang Shaoyan has always been very interested in it, and at this time he wanted to take this dagger away and hang it on his waist.
This is nothing, otherwise it would be a pity that such a good dagger would be used as a funeral object. Amat has always been a generous person, but he is more serious in this matter.
He snatched the dagger from Jiang Shaoyan's hand, said that he wanted the thing to be returned to its original owner, and raised the dagger and bowed respectfully.
This strikes me as odd.
After that, a group of us retreated the same way, returned to the abandoned village, and came to the courtyard.
It was already afternoon, we were very tired, Amat asked people to make a fire to cook, and went home to get a small wooden box.
When I opened it, I saw that there were dried insects in the box, and Amat asked the cook to put the insects in the dishes to cook.
The bandits were accustomed to this strange phenomenon, and no one asked anything, they must have eaten it before. And I have a feeling that this method is the same as Jiang Shaoyan feeding us to eat insects, and there must be something related to it.
The meal was stuffy, and everyone's morale was low. After the meal, they also dispersed, and Amat asked everyone to rest early. We went back to the house, and I was lying in bed all at once. Jiang Shaoyan and the iron donkey are tired, but they seem to be worried.
They didn't avoid me anymore, closed the door, sat down together, and whispered.
The iron donkey asked Jiang Shaoyan, "Amat and they encountered such an unlucky thing today, would they not be able to help but go to that person?" ”
Jiang Shaoyan nodded and said that it was possible, and also emphasized to the iron donkey that he must follow up more closely tonight.
I was confused and didn't know who that person was. But they only said these two sentences and then stopped talking, and then changed the topic to something else.
I thought I couldn't bring the topic back to me, so I didn't ask more.
After chatting for a while, they fell asleep.
We went to bed early, and the room temperature in the accommodation was not high, so I urinated in the middle of the night, and when I got up to take a look, I found that Jiang Shaoyan and the iron donkey's beds were empty.
I know what they're going out to do again, and it's happened a few times, and I'm getting used to it.
In addition, I was really uncomfortable with urine, so I hurriedly ran out with my lower abdomen in my hands. There are no toilets here, just find a place to solve it. I chose a wall root, and when I was releasing it, I heard movement outside the courtyard.
Someone hurried by in the distance, and one of them said something that I couldn't make out what it was, but it was a woman's voice that was sharp.
I wondered, and said that there are still old ladies in the village?
I was almost finished peeing, so I hurriedly fastened my pants. The walls of this courtyard are not so high, and there are still small protruding stones on it, so I found a place where I could easily climb and poke my head out a little.
By this time there were two men who had already walked far away, a man and a woman, the man was walking a little sloping, and I recognized him as one of the bandits, and the woman was walking backwards with small steps, a little twisting and pinching.
I immediately made a connection to the appearance of the forbidden area, and I suspected that there was a connection with this woman. I wasn't afraid, and I thought it was an important clue. Although it was only him, he still opened the courtyard door and followed out.
I'm not going to track, it's all houses here. I hid one on the left and one on the right, and finally tracked me to the vicinity of Amat's house.
The two of them all entered Amat's house, I didn't rush over, I slowed down for a minute or two, and found that Amat's house was not moving, and no one was monitoring the door or anything.
I snuck to the back of his house and climbed the wall in the backyard.
Amat's house is a large two-story farmhouse, with a haystack in the backyard, presumably used to make a fire for warmth.
I ignored the haystack and slipped to the front of the villa.
I looked up and saw that the windows of the second-story villa were slightly open, and the lights were on, and I guessed that he and the woman must be chatting here.
I have self-knowledge that it will be difficult for me to enter the villa and then go to the second floor, and if I want to eavesdrop, I have to start from the window.
I see that the exterior wall of the villa is also quite rough, with small stones protruding from it. I gritted my teeth and tried hard, and then I used the same method as before, and climbed up on the stones.
I don't know why it was so coincidental, but when I put my head under the window, I was in a very difficult and difficult position, and my hand shaking a little when I grabbed the stones.
I know I don't have the energy to eavesdrop all the time, but I can overhear as much as I can.
I try to adjust my breathing so that I don't make a sound, and second, I can have the energy to listen to what is going on.
I really guessed that Amat and the woman were there, the woman couldn't speak the local dialect, and Amat and she had been communicating in Chinese.
Amat talked about today's encounter, and also described the appearance and skills of the four people in Yinyin, and asked the woman, "Could it be the person Jiuniang said to be the one who wants to be embankmentd?" ”
The woman didn't answer directly. But she was interested in Pulsatilla and Arhat the Heart, and asked Amat to move on to the more specific characteristics of these two.
Amat crackled and said a lot. The woman listened attentively, and occasionally hummed, which was considered a response. And I was helpless, and I also had an urge to scold, and I said that while I still had the strength to grab the wall, could he pick some key points to talk about, don't talk about what I have also experienced?
I was still patient, and when my tired brain was full of sweat, Amat finally finished speaking.
After a moment of silence, the woman spoke again, but her voice was so low that I couldn't hear anything.
I didn't want to give up, and I felt the point was coming.
I pushed up again, leaning in a little more.
I made such an idea, even if I couldn't hear it, I would admit it, but I wanted to see what this woman really looked like, at least to leave an impression, so that I could arrest people later.
I was unlucky, and just as I was about to poke my head out, a small rock I stepped on shattered, and I couldn't bear the strength under my feet.
I was between the first and second floors and fell to the ground.
With a bang, I didn't fall out of the way, but the sound must have been noticed by the second floor.
I was in a hurry, knowing that if I didn't hide any longer, when Amat and the woman found me, I couldn't explain why I was here.
I thought of the haystack, and swished to tiptoe, hiding in a corner, and crouching down.
I didn't dare to show my head, I heard the sound of the window being opened, and then Amat snorted, saying which wild cat was the devil?
I waited quietly, Amat closed the window again, and continued to chat with the woman, I took advantage of the time to look, and found that the window was not too closed, leaving a small crack.
I was divided again, wondering if I should be more careful and climb up and eavesdrop.
But before I could make up my mind, there was a soft sneer from the haystack, and a large hand reached out from it and covered my mouth.
He muttered again, "Come in!" ”
I couldn't help it, and half of my body went into the haystack