Chapter 10: The Heroes

Although the military advisor was a weak scholar, he had been exploring in the green forest for a while. He was sure to deal with a weak daughter. He immediately stepped forward, grabbed Yao Yilei and shouted: "I'll kill you if you run away!"

Yao Yilei knew that the bandits were eager to jump over the wall and could do anything, so she had to obey, come back and climb onto the horse and continue moving forward.

The sun sets and it’s getting dark.

A town five miles away is today the day when the livestock market is open. After a day of trading, hundreds of mules, horses, donkeys and oxes have changed their owners. The market has fallen down, and cows are everywhere, with a pungent smell. The livestock dealers either squat under the fence counting banknotes and silver dollars, or sit in the restaurant to order a bowl of stewed noodles, and drink a pot of simmering, and discussing this year's market in a mess.

A man and a woman walked into the market. The young man in the restaurant saw them looking so dirty and hurriedly greeted him: "Both, come in and try to be the best."

As soon as the two entered the door, they attracted the attention of the livestock dealers. What a beautiful couple. The man was eight feet tall and the woman was seven feet tall. He had a hero scarf around his waist and a foot boot. His eyes were sharp and murderous. This was probably the knight mentioned in the storytelling... Well, these two knights were wet, and they probably had just fought a water battle.

The couple were Chen Zikun and Xia Xiaoqing. They followed the kidnappers all the way to this point. The young man greeted them and seduced the greed in their stomachs. They hadn't eaten at all from morning to now, but they were so hungry that Xia Xiaoqing was a little better. She was filled with water just now, but she couldn't help it when she smelled the aroma of meat buns.

Chen Zikun took out a big ocean and threw it on the counter: "How much meat buns are there?"

"Okay!" The guy took out the steamer and wrapped the hot meat buns with dried lotus leaves. Chen Zikun put them in a bag of bags he carried with him, and took two big mouthfuls to eat, which made him roll his eyes.

"The starving ghost was reincarnated." Xia Xiaoqing cursed, and took a bun and ate it. After a few bites, she choked.

"Customer, you can take a sip of noodle soup to deliver it." The young man brought two bowls of noodle soup with a wink. Chen Zikun drank a few big sips and asked, "My man, have you seen two men and one woman riding a horse just now?" He said and handed over a big ocean.

Seeing that he was generous, the young man turned his face and shouted, "Dear Guests, who has seen two men and one woman ride a horse?"

Someone else answered: "I met when I drove the camel over. The three of them didn't walk the main road, so they took the small road eastward. They were all riding horses, and the woman was wearing Western-style clothes."

Chen Zikun and Xia Xiaoqing looked at each other, put down the bowl at the same time, and left the door.

When passing by the livestock market, Chen Zikun suddenly stopped and walked to a little black donkey with four hooves on the snow. He skillfully looked at its teeth and hooves. The boss next to him came up, smiled and stretched out his hand to him.

Xia Xiaoqing beside him tilted his head and looked suspiciously at the two of them hiding their hands in their sleeves and bargaining silently. After a moment, the deal was reached. Chen Zikun took out 30 silver dollars to buy the little black donkey, and the boss gave him another old wooden saddle.

"The money is only enough to buy a donkey, you can ride it." Chen Zikun said to Xia Xiaoqing.

"You can think of it if I want me to ride a donkey." Xia Xiaoqing's face turned red and she spat. In her opinion, the donkey was the livestock that only the young wives in the countryside who returned to her parents' home. A martial arts woman like her should be able to ride a tall horse and be stylish.

As if she guessed what she was thinking, the little black donkey screamed in dissatisfaction. The loud donkey's cry attracted a lot of attention. Xia Xiaoqing wanted to leave, but her swollen feet could not take steps. She had no choice but to pinch her nose and ride the little donkey and embark on the tracking path again.

The sunset shone on the two of them, as if they were inlaid with red edges.

...

At the Zhengyangmen East Station in Beijing, Lin Wenjing felt sad about the same sunset. The train was late and had not arrived yet. The luggage was piled on the platform. Aunt Mi was talking about the price with the servant who was carrying the luggage. Her younger brother sat on the box and was blowing bubbles. There was a black gauze hanging on his arm. The noise echoed in his ears, but Lin Wenjing felt so lonely and cold.

She hoped that Chen Zikun could appear in time and take her away at this moment, but this scene finally did not appear. The train slowly drove into the platform with steam. The crowd who had been waiting for a long time began to board the train. Lin Wenjing looked back at the waiting hall again, but still didn't see the shadow of that person.

She knew he wouldn't come, so she sighed softly, took the suitcase and took the younger brother on the train.

...

In Yao Mansion, Chief Yao was walking back and forth in the living room. The pipe in his mouth had long been destroyed and was still sucking. The wife learned that her daughter was kidnapped and fainted several times. Now a group of wives and ladies were surrounding her to persuade the waste from the police department, the infantry commander's yamen, and the garrison headquarters were fooled by the kidnappers, and there was no news at all.

It was already dark, and Yao Yilei was still not released. Vice President Yao knew that it was bad. Since the kidnappers could use the phone and train, there must be guidance from experts. Can't they recognize the worthless German Mark? This batch of waste money not only did not deceive the kidnappers, but would instead bring a catastrophe to their daughter.

He couldn't help but flap the phone and asked about the progress of Wu Bingxiang's case.

The police department is also busy. Today, many people from the Ziguang Train Factory were arrested. The detective team is stepping up torture. In the dark dungeon, Xue Pingshun and the coachman Wang Dongliang were stripped naked to the pillars. The stove was burning with raging fire, and the iron was burned red. Several burly men were frowning and cold-eyed. Before they could be tortured, they scared the person to the point of being pissed.

Although Xue Pingshun had worked as a patrolman, she had never seen such a scene. She had been a good person. Suddenly, a group of detectives and patrolmen came and copied the Tsinghuan Train Factory. Everyone was arrested. Fortunately, Xing'er didn't come here today, otherwise she would have to be a spoonful of steweds.

The old detective Li Sansi came over and asked with a smile: "Old Xue, we are also colleagues. You can tell me something, so you can save your harm and be kind. This is not a little police station. This is the big boss of the Ministry of Internal Affairs, the Ministry of Internal Affairs. Do you know, it is the former Ministry of Justice. These torture instruments are all things left by the Qing Dynasty. I don't want to use them today."

Xue Pingshun begged, "Sir, we are really wronged. I have never seen the Miss Yao you mentioned before. Da Kunzi is not such a person. He will never do such a thing."

Li Sansi sneered, suddenly took out two box cannons and slapped them on the table and said, "These two guns were copied from under Chen Zikun's bedroom pillow, what do you say!"

Xue Pingshun is mute now and secretly complains, Da Kunzi, why are you hiding two guns at home? Now the yellow mud falls into the crotch, it’s either shit or shit.

"If you don't say it, do you want to be punished." Li Sansi waved his hand and came over a burly man and began to add bricks under Xue Pingshun's feet. This is a traditional punishment, a relatively basic tiger bench.

Even if it is such a primary thing, Xue Pingshun can't stand the old arms and legs, and she sweats heavily when she is so painful.

Li Sansi looked at Xue Pingshun's performance with a gloomy face. Based on his experience, this guy is probably really unaware of the kidnapping case.

"If you don't want to help, you'll be awesome." Li Sansi threatened. Suddenly, someone came in outside and said a few words. It turned out that the patrolman found two bodies in the woods not far from the Xiangshan case. According to investigation, it should be kidnappers' minions. The trackers found a couple of kidnappers and kidnapped restaurant owners five miles away. According to investigation, it was Chen Zikun who tied them up...

The case suddenly became confusing, and Li Sansi ordered the suspension of torture and went to Wu Bingxiang to report in person.

At this time, Wu Bingxiang was explaining to Deputy Chief Yao on the phone, saying that everything was going as planned and that the Linger could be rescued soon. After finally perfunctory Chief Yao, another phone rang again. When he was arrested, he heard that it was called by the garrison headquarters.

It turned out that the Army Deputy Commander Xu Shuzheng dispatched a brigade of troops to attack the Wei Sanpao bandit gang entrenched somewhere in Hebei. The army used heavy machine guns and Krupp mountain cannons, and instantly stepped on the mountain village, killed dozens of bandits, and captured Wei Sanpao alive, but Miss Yao's whereabouts could not be found everywhere.

"Tak Wei Sanpao for interrogation." Wu Bingxiang hung up the phone and saw Li Sansi standing at the door, and asked him what happened. Li Sansi told him about the progress of the case, and Wu Bingxiang was also in deep thought. The case was getting more and more complicated.

"Don't panic and torture first, wait and see." Wu Bingxiang said.

...

Daxing County, Gaogezhuang, it was late at night, and three horses quietly entered the village. The dog at the entrance of the village found that the stranger came in and suddenly barked. The three horses came to a house with the barking of dogs. The black wind got off the horse and knocked on the door: "Mom, it's me."

After a while, an old woman came over with a cane and opened the door and said, "Erhei, my son, are you back?"

"Mom, it's Erhei who is back." Heifeng said.

The old woman lost her crutch, stretched out her hands to moisten the black wind's face, and said tremblingly: "It's really my son who is back."

Heifeng knelt on the ground and asked his mother to touch her face. Two lines of tears fell: "Mom, are you okay in your body? Can you see things in your eyes?"

"Okay, it's very good. It's just that your eyes can't see it, it's not intrusive, you're used to it." The old woman smiled kindly, suddenly felt something, and asked, "Son, who came with you."

Heifeng wiped his tears and said, "It's my friend, his name is Su Qingyan, and another one is... the wife I just married."

The military advisor took off his hat and bowed, "Auntie, I saluted you." He said that, glared at Yao Yilei, signaling her not to talk nonsense.

Yao Yilei stopped eating this trick and shouted: "Old man, I was tied up by your son..."

Before he finished speaking, the military advisor covered his mouth and said, "Auntie, my wife was bought by Brother Heifeng for a hundred dollars. She is not very obedient."

The old woman did not suspect any fraud and said with a smile: "Just coax your wife, come in quickly, I will cook for you."

The three of them entered the yard. The military advisor first tied Yao Yilei to the cowshed before he helped Heifeng into the main hall. The old woman went to the kitchen to cook. Although she was blind, she had already known all kinds of things at home, and her actions were no different from those of ordinary people.

A few minutes later, Chen Zikun, who was following him, and Xia Xiaoqing came to the entrance of the village. The dog at the entrance of the village started barking again. Chen Zikun took out the meat bun and threw it over. The dogs immediately chased the meat bun and left. There was no time to care about them. The two of them chased Heifeng's house with a donkey. Xia Xiaoqing jumped onto the courtyard wall, and her movements were as light as a swallow. She glanced inside and made a safe gesture at Chen Zikun.

Chen Zikun climbed the wall and became a little clumsy. After jumping into the yard, the two searched and found Yao Yilei tied up in the cowshed.

Yao Yilei saw a black shadow touching her. She thought it was Heifeng and was so scared that she whimpered. However, the man reached to his lips and made a gesture of silence: "Shh... it's me."

"Wuwuwuwu" Yao Yilei became even more excited. It was Chen Zikun who chased her. She was so excited that she burst into tears. If she hadn't been tied up, she would have plunged into the other person's arms.

Suddenly, Xia Xiaoqing rushed into the cowshed and made a gesture to Chen Zikun, indicating that someone would come over. Chen Zikun drifted behind the pile of firewood and pulled out the bayonet. Xia Xiaoqing hid behind the door, held her breath, preparing to take it down in one fell swoop by the future.

The one who came in was a blind old woman, staggering and without combat effectiveness. For a moment, Chen Zikun and Xia Xiaoqing were stunned. The old woman walked up to Yao Yilei, groped and untied the rope on her body, and took out the rag stuffed in her mouth.

"Child, the aunt knows you are tied up. Let's go. Go out of this village and walk north ten miles from the village. It's the township office. There are two nests here, so take them to eat on the road." The old woman took out two nests and stuffed them into Yao Yilei's hand.
Chapter completed!