CHAPTER XXIII
At the end of the feast, the three men were already very drunk, and they were carried back to their lodging place by several soldiers. There are no beds in the stilted building, and people sleep on the floor covered with bamboo mats. The floor of this building is paved with smooth teak planks, so there is no need for bamboo mats. The soldiers laid them directly on the floor of the hall and left.
When the soldiers were gone, the three men looked around for a moment, then sat up, looked at each other and laughed.
Drinking this low-alcohol alcohol is nothing to them, although they can't get drunk, but they still have some stamina after drinking too much, and they feel like their heads are rising.
Wu Fenbin's short stature seemed to be a little bit drunk, he got up and walked to the guardrail outside, lay on the railing and opened his mouth to spit out all the wine in his stomach. After vomiting, he was about to walk back, when he vaguely noticed a figure shaking behind a tree not far away, and he pretended not to see anything, turned around and staggered back into the house.
Fang Puheng smiled and said to the two of them: "Damn, you all pretend to be very similar, so I can't drink more if I want to, I have to pretend to be drunk like you." ”
Wu Fenbin put his index finger on his lips, signaled him to speak quietly, and then lowered his voice and said, "It seems that there are dogs watching us outside." ”
An Ruizhi was taken aback, he felt that Gao Kan should not have sent someone to spy on them, and Gao Kan couldn't be suspicious of them when he first arrived here. Who would that be? Judging from the attacks encountered on the road, it is likely that Lang San's people are paying attention to them, but this is in Gaokan's old nest, how can there be Lang San's people? An Ruizhi suddenly found that the situation here was extremely complicated, beyond his expectations.
This kind of stilted building is full of air leakage, and the people outside, especially those hiding underneath, can easily hear the sound of talking inside, An Ruizhi sat cross-legged on the smooth bamboo floor, and reached out one by one to put his arms around the shoulders of Wu Fenbin and Fang Puheng, let their heads rest on their laps, and then whispered in their ears: "From now on, we are already in the wolf's den and tiger's den, and we must be careful in every move." ”
Both of them nodded vigorously and did not make a sound, they also felt the severity of the situation, and there would be accidents anytime and anywhere in a place like the Golden Triangle.
An Ruizhi continued to whisper: "We are not here for a day or two days, so we don't need to pretend, just like our original behavior and speech, the other party knows that we are soldiers, and covering ourselves too much makes people suspicious, understand?" ”
The two of them raised their hands in unison and slapped them silently.
"Okay, take turns on watch, the others start to sleep, you can rest assured that you can sleep boldly tonight." An Ruizhi pushed the two of them to the side as he spoke, and their bodies slipped to the side on the smooth floor.
Wu Fenbin sat up again and said to An Ruizhi: "I'll stand on the first shift first, and you go to sleep first." ”
"Hmm." An Ruizhi agreed and didn't speak again, he soon fell asleep with Fang Puheng, they were indeed tired during this time.
After sleeping for two hours, An Ruizhi woke up without screaming, and the biological clock in his body had been trained to be very sensitive, allowing him to wake up at any time.
Wu Fenbin saw An Ruizhi sit up and whispered, "You can sleep more, I'm not sleepy." ”
An Ruizhi patted Wu Fenbin's knee, "Okay, lie down and sleep for a while, I've already rested." ”
An Ruizhi glanced out the door, and could see the shadows of the trees in the moonlight, and the wind blowing from the mountains and forests not far away, mixed with the chirping of unknown insects, forming a unique summer night scene in a mountain town.
The air in the cottage is fresh and refreshing, and it is very pleasant to meditate and breathe in such an environment. Sitting cross-legged on the floor, closing his eyes slightly, stretching his breath slender, concentrating and calming his whole body to relax, this is the best way to restore mental and physical strength, no matter how tired you are, you can recover in the shortest possible time.
An hour after waking up, about two o'clock in the morning, An Ruizhi suddenly smelled a faint smell of gasoline wafting into his nose, and his heart suddenly became alert, and he immediately judged the direction of the wind and the source of the smell, not as if it was drifting with the wind.
An Ruizhi quickly lay on the floor, and immediately confirmed his judgment, the smell of gasoline came from the cracks in the floor, and he immediately shouted, "Hurry up, there is a situation." ”
As soon as An Ruizhi's words fell, the two of them jumped up, although their nerves were also tense during sleep, and they could wake up immediately if there was wind and grass.
At the same time that Wu Fenbin and Fang Puheng woke up, with a sigh, a thick flame rose from the bottom of the stilted building, instantly forming a huge fire ball, and the entire stilted building was suddenly surrounded by fire.
The stilted building is all made of bamboo and wood, it has been very dry for many years, and it is easy to burn, and the small building becomes a sea of fire in an instant under the ignition of gasoline, and the flames rush up in only a second or two, and at the same time make a crackling burning sound.
Before they could think about what was going on, the floor under their feet was already burning, and the flames around them also jumped to the roof, and the three of them immediately held their breath to prevent inhaling the toxic gas.
An Ruizhi pushed Wu Fenbin and Fang Puheng with both hands, and the two of them rushed out of the door with their strength, outside the door was a corridor, it was impossible to go down the stairs, the fire had blocked the stairs, and the two jumped off the guardrail of the corridor, and then An Ruizhi also rushed out of the house with a puff of smoke and jumped down.
I saw three figures leap out of the raging fire, like three big birds falling to the ground, the three people fell to the ground after the three people rolled on the ground a few times, crushed the fire on the clothes, and then immediately searched for suspicious situations around, the fire illuminated the surroundings, and a figure ran into the woods behind.
Fang Puheng jumped up for the first time and chased towards the woods more than ten meters away.
At this time, there were several dull explosions in the lower part of the stilted building, and then a larger flame ignited, and An Ruizhi guessed that this must have exploded after the gasoline barrel was not poured clean.
The fire lit up half of the cottage, and a few minutes later mountain people and soldiers were already carrying wooden barrels to put out the fire, and the noisy and panicked crowd covered everything.
By the time Gao Kan arrived at the scene with a few bodyguards, the stilted building had already burned down, only the wooden stakes buried in the ground at the four corners were still smoking, the fire had been extinguished, and the air was filled with the pungent smell of wood not completely burning.
Gao Kan asked the people around him loudly, "Mr. An, have they been rescued?" How did the fire start? ”
An Ruizhi walked over from the side, he suppressed the anger in his heart and asked sternly, "Commander Gao, this is your welcome to us?" ”
Gao Kan was a little speechless when he was questioned by An Ruizhi, his expression was very embarrassed, and he hurriedly said: "I am very sorry for this kind of thing to happen, please rest assured Mr. An, I will do my best to investigate this matter and give you an explanation." ”
An Ruizhi knew that this matter was not Gao Kan's doing, because he now had to rely on himself to deal with the Lang brothers. From Pingshan Town and Eagle's Beak Cliff all the way to here, it is certain that all this was done by Lang San, and tonight's events show that Lang San's people are hidden by Gao Kan's side.
An Ruizhi said coldly to Gao Kan: "Please tell all the people under him, what are the three of us doing, not long ago we were still special forces, and we were specially dealing with people who were operating in the dark, this matter does not need to be done by Commander Gao, we will soon be able to find out who is behind the scenes, let this person be careful, dare to do it with us, and he will die." ”
"Great, this matter is clearly coming at me, as long as Mr. An can find out this person, I must let him die an ugly death." Gao Kan also guessed that there was a mole around him, and he had always suspected that something was wrong with him since he was caught by the police, but he just couldn't think of who did it.
Gao Kan said to his eldest son: "You personally arrange a few people to be responsible for the safety of Mr. An and the three of them, and if Mr. An makes a slight mistake, I will shoot them all." ”
"Yes, I promise not to happen again." Gao Yuanqu said resolutely.
Gao Kan turned back to An Ruizhi and said, "Mr. An, please come to my house to live, you live and eat with me, I will see who has the opportunity to hurt you." ”
An Ruizhi understood what Gao Kan meant, not so much to protect An Ruizhi and them, but for his own safety, Gao Kan knew that as long as these three people were around, no one could do anything to him, and he also felt a threat from around.
At this time, Fang Puheng, who went to the woods to track, returned, and he shook his head at An Ruizhi, An Ruizhi knew that he had no results, and it was very difficult to chase a person in the mountains and forests at night, not to mention that the other party was still prepared.