"Jinzhi, how are you over there?" Nie Chuhong's concerned voice came from his mobile phone.

"I haven't found Xiaojie yet." Xie Jinzhi replied in a low voice.

"We didn't find it either."

In front of you, there is a dark and damp cave. The flashlight hit the rock wall, reflecting a moist and dull light. The wall of the cave was not wide, and the two of them could only barely pass through, zigzag, and they walked for a long time, but they did not reach the end.

Jinzhi had never been in such a place, and his palms were a little sweaty. Zhuang Chong is also the first time. Just looking at his face, Jinzhi knew that he was silently excited. With him striding ahead, he was not afraid.

"The sun is almost setting." Nie Chuhong continued to say on the phone.

"Oh."

"We decided to go back, meet first, and wait for the police to come."

Jinzhi looked ahead and nodded, "Okay." We're in a cave, and we're going to look back and come back to you. ”

Hanging up the phone, Jinzhi continued to walk forward with full attention. And at that end, Nie Chuhong and Gu Jisheng were standing beside a winding stream. Gu Jisheng bent over to drink water. The sky had already darkened, and Nie Chuhong put down the phone, always feeling uneasy.

"They're in the cave, let's hurry over." He said.

"Hmm." Gu Jisheng immediately straightened up and jumped to his side in three or two steps. The two of them took a big stride, speeding towards Jinzhi and their direction.

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In the cave.

The scenery in front of me has changed a little.

It widened and a large hole appeared. The air is more humid, and you can feel the dampness on your face. I faintly heard the sound of water flowing in my ears, and it was dingdong. The two of them followed the reputation, only to find that there was a thin dark river under the rock wall near the side. But it was more than a foot wide, and it was dark and difficult to distinguish in front of it, so I didn't know where it was going.

The moisture of the water seems to soak into people's hearts. Chills slightly.

Jinzhi and Zhuang Chong stopped for a moment, shining around the cave with flashlights.

Zhuang Chong suddenly spoke: "Jinzhi, do you think Xiaojie will become a floating corpse?" ”

Jinzhi said categorically: "Definitely not." ”

"Oh."

Jinzhi didn't know. In the dark, Zhuang Chong suddenly felt a little indescribable in his heart.

He felt that she was really calm and determined, worthy of ...... His royal sister.

Jinzhi suddenly lost his voice: "Xiaojie! ”

Zhuang Chong's heart was shocked, and he also called the flashlight. I saw a thin little child tied to a large stone by a rope under a wet rock wall. Look at his clothes, and his drooping little head, it's not who Xiaojie is!

The two of them rushed over almost immediately, and Jinzhi took Xiaojie in his arms. His body was still hot, his breathing was weak, and his pale little face and eyes were closed, as if he was unconscious. Jinzhi's tears came up all of a sudden, and she couldn't help but not fall. Zhuang Chong took out a dagger and cut the rope on Xiaojie's body in three or two strokes.

"How so?" Zhuang Chong said coldly, "Who tied him here?" ”

Jinzhi raised his head: "Do you remember, the first day we arrived, the big brother of the tractor said that this place is close to the border, and there will be criminals." I think Xiaojie must have bumped into someone on the mountain to get tied here. Let's take him out first. ”

Zhuang Chong took the child from her hand, and the two turned around and walked in the direction of the cave.

When they came in just now, they had been walking for ten or twenty minutes, and they had already reached a very deep place. So it's still far from the entrance of the cave at the moment.

The two of them walked briskly, and just a few minutes later, they suddenly heard the faint sound of footsteps and human voices in front of them.

"Hurry up!" One of them shouted.

"Got it, didn't you just eat enough...... the other replied.

Far away, I can't hear clearly. Zhuang Chong stopped, lowered his voice and asked, "Is it Nie Chuhong and them?" ”

Jinzhi shook his head: "It doesn't sound like that." ”

"I don't sound like that."

The two looked at each other, and both understood what that meant.

Zhuang Chong's voice lowered: "What now?" ”

Jinzhi's heart fluttered, plopped, and beat fast: "Turn off the flashlight and hide first." ”

The two quickly extinguished their flashlights and leaned back against the rock wall next to them. Listening to the voice, it will take at least five or six minutes for the other party to walk here.

Zhuang Chong's mind was a little messy. Although he harbors heroic dreams, it is the first time he has met a real bad guy. The only practical experience before that was playing library computers. What now, is he going to use a donkey? Or with a dagger? After all, I was ridiculed by Jinzhi last time.

As soon as he lowered his head, he saw Jinzhi's eyebrows lowered, obviously thinking very seriously. In an instant, she had raised her head and looked directly at him: "Take out your crossbow and dagger." ”

Zhuang Chong was slightly taken aback: "You want to fight with them?" ”

Jinzhi nodded. There was a very faint and proud smile on the corner of her lips, just like her usual cold appearance. She lowered her voice and said, "Don't be afraid. There were only two of them, and so were we. And you think, the two of them are very useless.

If the child is lost, someone must have come up the mountain to look for it, but they didn't even deal with the footprints, and hurried away; Then they tied up the children and threw them here, which shows that they don't dare to kill people, and they don't know what to do. These two people are timid and brainless, and I think they are little minions even if they are criminals. When the brave meet on a narrow road, the brave wins, you have the bravery, I still have a plan, it should be no problem to kill them. ”

She spoke quickly, but clearly. Zhuang Chong's eyes widened when he heard this, and finally muttered in a low voice: "......"

He was completely shocked by her calm analysis, and immediately followed her instructions, put Xiaojie on the ground, and lightly took out the crossbow and dagger from his bag, and then asked, "How to fight?" ”

Jinzhi has never had any experience in fighting people, but she has read a lot of books. She clearly remembered that it was mentioned in military books that it was necessary to concentrate forces and defeat the weak with the strong. So she thought for a moment and said, "The two of us are separated, you are in front and I am in the back." When the first man walks among us, you shoot him with a crossbow, and I hit him with a stick from behind at the same time. Caught him off guard. When the first one is defeated, the remaining one is still two against one, and it will be easy to deal with. ”

Zhuang Chong's heart shook again, and he immediately nodded, slipped two steps forward, and hid behind the rock wall diagonally opposite. The two held their breath and waited quietly. And the sound of footsteps and talking is also closer.

The surroundings were very quiet, and Jinzhi's back was against the cold and damp rock wall, and his palms were soaked with sweat. She breathed slowly, gripping the baseball bat tighter. In front of me was a thick darkness that could not be dissolved, and in this extreme darkness, waiting seemed to become tormenting.

"Uh-huh...... someone came over humming an out-of-tune tune. The sound of footsteps sounded very fragmentary, and at the same time, the light of the flashlight in their hands illuminated the ground at Jinzhi's feet, swaying and swaying.

Jinzhi lowered his head, his eyes fixed on the ground.

A figure walked past her. said that it was too late, and Zhuang Chong, who was in ambush in front of him, rushed out like a leopard, his eyes were cold and sweaty, and he was still firmly holding the moon chasing the moon in his hand. "Whoosh" three times, and the short arrow has been shot.

The man was startled by his sudden appearance, screamed "ahh Jinzhi exerted all his strength and swung his stick silently.

"Bang-" There was a muffled sound.

The man fell to the ground with a "thud" and did not move. It looked like he had fainted.

Jin Zhi's heart was overjoyed, Zhuang Chong's face was also relieved, and the confidence of the two of them was suddenly full, and at the same time, Huo Di turned around and looked at the second person.

This person is the Shopee who entered the mountain in the morning. He was dumbfounded when he saw that in the blink of an eye, Doupi was knocked down by these two people who appeared out of nowhere. Although he held the dagger in his hand, he did not dare to move. Jinzhi pinched Zhuang Chong's arm, he understood, raised his donkey to the shrimp, and shouted: "Squat!" Hold your head! ”

Shopee was shocked by his momentum, and suddenly shrank to the ground and hugged his head. Jinzhi and Zhuang Chong were immediately relieved, and walked over and tied him with a rope to tie him into a knot. Jinzhi thought about it, cut a large ball of fabric from his clothes, and stuffed it into his mouth. So he couldn't make a sound.

After all this, the two of them were already sweating profusely, and when they looked up at each other, they couldn't help but smile.

"What now?" Zhuang Chong asked.

Jin Zhi replied: "Take Xiaojie out of here first." ”

So Zhuang Chong picked up the unconscious Xiaojie, Jinzhi turned on the flashlight, and the two walked quickly towards the direction of the cave.

Seeing that he was almost halfway through, Zhuang Zheng suddenly stopped, and Jinzhi was also stunned.

Because of the direction of the cave entrance, the sound of footsteps was heard again.

The messy and dense footsteps sounded like there were more than a dozen people.

Jinzhi suddenly had a hint of foreboding, quickly extinguished the flashlight, and pulled Zhuang Chong to hide behind the rock wall. Zhuang Chong hesitated: "Yes...... Police? ”

"Listen first." Jinzhi leaned his head against the rock wall and listened carefully.