Chapter 83 The night is slightly cold, and the body is slightly cold!
The gangster leader, Zhu Tourong, had no idea that one of his younger brothers had been secretly killed.
He didn’t know that he still underestimated Xu Jiajia.
Even though he was surprised by Xu Jiajia's courage and skill, Zhu Tourong still didn't expect that Xu Jiajia actually had a blade hidden on his body.
Of course, no normal person would think of it.
After all, Xu Jiajia's appearance is so deceptive. No one thought that she could use such tricks with her charming appearance.
In addition, there is another key reason.
Hide a blade in your sleeve in case of emergency is something that some people who walk in the dark do.
This is simply incompatible with Xu Jiajia’s military background.
Therefore, Zhu Tourong had no worries about Xu Jiajia's possible escape. He walked to a stone house, pushed open the thick curtain of the stone house, and quickly stepped in.
There is a gas lamp in the middle of the room. The bottom of this old-fashioned gas lamp can be inflated and pressurized, and the fuel, that is, kerosene, is sprayed under pressure, and then ignited on the lamp head soaked in thorium sulfate solution to emit extremely bright light. , and high temperature.
This is also the wisdom of tomb robbers. There is no air circulation in the tombs, the oxygen content is very low, and it is also filled with various flammable gases. There are also mechanisms in some ancient tombs.
Conventional flashlights are not bright enough, and because they use batteries as power, they do not require oxygen. In many cases, grave robbers will suffocate due to lack of oxygen without realizing it.
In addition, it is extremely cold in the tomb, and it is easy to lose temperature. The conventional method of baking a fire may ignite the flammable gas in the tomb and cause an explosion.
Hence, the gas lamp has become the most suitable tool, integrating oxygen concentration detection, high brightness, heating, and explosion prevention.
At this time, there were two people keeping warm next to the gas lamp. It was still a little cold in the mountains at this time of the year, and the weather was bad today, causing cold winds. Even though the windows of the stone house were covered with thick blankets, it was still very cool. People can't stand it.
After all, these thick blankets are only used to block the light, and the stone house's thermal insulation function is not very good. Although the light cannot bend through the gaps in the stone, the wind can.
Zhu Tourong also sat down next to the gas lamp and picked a maple leaf off his shoulder.
This mountain is called Maple Ridge. As the name suggests, there are many maple trees on the mountain.
It is not yet the season when maple leaves turn red. The maple leaves are falling like rain under the blowing of the mountain wind. It is normal for a few maple leaves to stick to your body when you go out for a walk.
Crushed the maple leaves directly and patted the crumbs on his hands. Before Zhu Tourong could speak, a strange voice sounded first.
“Why don’t you just kill that chick?”
The speaker was a tall man who wrapped himself like a bear. His dark skin was very conspicuous in this stone house.
“Why do you want to kill her?” Zhu Tourong asked.
“She is that Xu Kui’s daughter.” There was a trace of hatred on Hei Lang’s face.
“Idiot.” Zhu Tourong glanced at Hei Lang with disdain.
Does skin color really determine IQ?
“What did you say!” Black Wolf jumped up angrily.
"If you dare to howl at the top of your lungs again, I will immediately dig a hole to bury you and let you experience my ancestral craftsmanship." Zhu Tourong gave Hei Lang a cold look. If Charles was here, he would still He will be afraid, but he is naturally not afraid of Hei Lang alone.
"You..." Hei Lang's face turned pale with anger. He pointed at Zhu Tou Rong. Unfortunately, his language talent limited his performance, and you couldn't get anything done for a long time.
"Okay," a man as thin as a bamboo pole beside him smoothed things over, "The boss is right, we are the ones digging for treasures, not the idiots outside who fight and kill every day."
While taking advantage of Hei Lang's incomprehension, he pulled Hei Lang to sit down again with a comforting look on his face.
Hei Lang was too lazy to care about the sulking Hei Lang, so he approached Zhu Tourong and said, "Boss, do you think the anchor will come?"
"What time is it?" Zhu Tourong didn't bother to care about Hei Lang. If the white-skinned guy hadn't worried about stealing the Warring States gold foil and demanded that Zhu Tou Rong take Hei Lang with him, he would have kicked this fool eighty years ago. .
"It's five minutes past ten." Shou Zhugan was the one who participated in the kidnapping of Xu Jiajia and almost got his egg exploded. His nickname was Shou Monkey, and he really lived up to his name.
“Is there any news from the Jianshe West Road subway station?” Zhu Tourong asked with a frown.
Before this operation, his men were divided into two waves. Four of the five younger brothers were brought to Maple Ridge to kidnap Xu Jiajia, plus a black wolf.
The remaining younger brother is responsible for staying with the white man and keeping an eye on Su Yun at the Jianshe West Road subway station.
The main thing is to see if the other party will call the police or something.
“Big Dog has already arrived at the entrance of Jianshe West Road Subway Station, but the guy was not found.” Shouhou replied. The brother who was following Jianshe West Road was nicknamed Big Dog.
A trace of surprise appeared on Zhu Tourong's face, and he ordered: "Where's that girl's phone number? Call the anchor and ask where he is."
Shouhou took out Xu Jiajia's mobile phone from his pocket, quickly installed the circuit board and started dialing.
As he pressed the speakerphone button, a prompt sounded: "The number you dialed has been turned off, please try again later!"
Skinny Monkey was suddenly startled. He subconsciously looked at Zhu Tourong, who was also a little confused at this time.
Although this wave of operations is relatively rushed in terms of time, the plan is complete.
Su Yun’s reaction was not beyond Zhu Tourong’s expectation. After learning that Xu Jiajia had been kidnapped, his concern convinced Zhu Tourong that he had kidnapped the right person.
Although Zhu Tourong extorted a ransom, the ransom was actually just a smoke bomb.
Including the construction of West Road Subway Station, the same is true.
Zhu Tourong has prepared five or six similar locations, each of which was carefully selected by Zhu Tourong.
The purpose is just to mislead the police.
After all, in Zhu Tourong’s eyes, the police are actually the biggest threat.
He has decided that if he gets the Warring States gold foil tonight, he will immediately wash his hands in the gold basin and fly away.
So while obtaining the Warring States gold foil, it is obviously very necessary to mislead the police to the wrong direction and location and distract the police's attention and manpower.
Unexpectedly, the plan that he had carefully developed had just reached the first step, and he couldn't play anymore!
The other party actually turned off his phone directly!
What's happening here?
That kid, are you scared?
Zhu Tourong only felt a dull pain in his balls.
He has seen a lot of cowardice, but this is the first time he has been cowardly to this extent.
It just asks you to take the ransom to build the West Road Subway Station. Even if you have never been there, you will know just by listening to the name that it must be a business district with a relatively dense flow of people.
In all the cities in the country, if there is one with the name of Jianshe Road or Jiefang Road, which one is not one of the most prosperous areas in the city?
There are so many people, you just pay a ransom, what are you afraid of?
Furthermore, your girlfriend has been kidnapped, so you just turn off your phone?
As beautiful as flowers and jade!
Just left to be ravaged by our gang of vicious kidnappers?
Even if you call the police?
To be honest, Zhu Tourong really wanted him to call the police at this time.
However, it is obvious that the anchor named Su Yun definitely did not report it.
The reason is simple. If he had called the police, the phone would have definitely been in the hands of the police. The police will never turn off their cell phones. They will definitely prepare monitoring and positioning equipment and wait for them to call again.
It’s a pity that I didn’t even think about how many seconds the call time should be controlled!
At this moment, Zhu Tourong really wanted to go straight to his door and point his nose at the anchor named Su Yun and curse him.
Are you still not a man?
“Boss, could it be that your 200,000 yuan scared him?” Shouhou was also a little confused at this time.
The operation of turning off the phone was beyond his expectation.
“It’s possible.” Zhu Tourong nodded.
In order to make himself look more professional as a kidnapper, Zhu Tourong offered a ransom price of 200,000 yuan.
Logically speaking, this price is not too high. After all, kidnapping is a popular thing here. If the price is too low, others will still think you are joking.
Moreover, looking around, this Su Yun didn't look like he couldn't afford even 200,000 yuan. He was also a streamer. He heard that he was quite popular, and fans were quite generous in giving rewards.
Even if you really can’t get it out, you can borrow it because of the host’s wide network.
Even if you can’t borrow it, it’s a good idea to discuss it with yourself!
Who says kidnappers must be unreasonable?
Moreover, Zhu Tourong had originally planned to reason with Su Yun.
He has prepared six or seven locations. The first location only requires Su Yun to prepare 200,000, and the second location will cost 300,000.
Using this method of boiling the frog in warm water, he will wear down Su Yun's energy while raising the ransom to a level that Su Yun can never bear.
At that time, he was not afraid that Su Yun would not hand over the Warring States gold foil, and he would not even need to mention it.
If the Warring States Period Gold Foil is not around, Zhu Tou Rong will not suffer any loss anyway.
However, the ideas are rich and the reality is very skinny.
He originally planned to let Su Yun off a few times, but he never expected that he, as a kidnapper, would be let off by the family members of the hostages!
"Of course, it's also possible that Su Yun guessed our identities." He touched his chin and spoke.
It is relatively rare for a man to be cowardly to this extent. After all, it is just a ransom. At most, you will only lose a certain amount of money, and your life will not be in danger. If it doesn't work, you can call the police.
Then a more reasonable explanation is that Su Yun already knew that his group was the group of tomb robbers, and that a brother had already died in his hands!
This shows that the Warring States gold foil is indeed in Su Yun's hands!
That’s why he didn’t show up, but he didn’t call the police either. Because if the police knew that the Warring States gold foil was in his possession, he might also be sentenced for illegal possession!
“Boss, what will we do if he doesn’t come?” Thin Monkey said blankly.
“Cold salad!” Zhu Tourong replied bitterly.
There is no good way for him to deal with a coward who is so cowardly.
"Anyway, let's keep that girl in our hands first. Even if we can't force Su Yun to show up, she can still be used as a hostage at a critical moment. My eyelids have been twitching in the past two days. I feel like there is something going on with the police. Big move!”
Zhu Tourong rubbed his eyes fiercely and looked at the thin monkey: "Go outside and bring the bobcat in. He has been blowing in the wind in the middle of the night."
“My **** are not healed yet, that girl was too harsh today…” Shouhou was a little embarrassed.
"Hurry up and go to me! Damn you waste, you still have the nerve to say that!" As soon as he said this, Zhu Tourong felt that his **** were not good either, and he glared at Shouhou fiercely.
Skinny Monkey walked away in frustration. Watching his back disappear behind the heavy curtain, a strange voice from the black wolf monster sounded: "It sounds like your plan went bankrupt?"
Zhu Tourong glanced at Hei Lang. He had always been unhappy with this black man. One of the key reasons was that due to his accent, whatever he said was very mocking.
Of course, neither party is a good bird,
"Not necessarily." Zhu Tourong said coldly, "It's also possible that he was just delayed in raising money. He was rushing to the Jianshe West Road subway station and ignored whether his mobile phone was charged."
"Could he have killed him directly near us?" Hei Lang's face darkened slightly, "If he is really a master of swordsmanship, this is very possible."
"The question is, how does he know where we are?" Zhu Tourong sneered. "We were very clean when we started, and we didn't leave any traces that can be traced. And now this foothold is also very secret. Many local elderly people They only know a general direction, but don’t know the specific location.”
"The most important thing," he said with a look of confidence on his face, "don't look at me and my brothers who are all crooked and unable to get on the stage, but they all have the ability to take care of the house."
"For example, the Bobcat who is currently on guard duty once worked as a horse boy in Southeast Asia. Not only was he hard-working, but he also learned jungle reconnaissance and counter-reconnaissance skills from the guerrillas there. When he was on lookout for us, he never came out. Error!"
"Really?" Hei Lang was slightly surprised. He really didn't know that there were actually his colleagues here.
“Of course.” Zhu Tourong glanced at Hei Lang, “You should have heard of the reputation of the police here, unlike your country where they are all a bunch of trash.
"Do you understand professionalism? Professionalism is..." Zhu Tourong was about to throw out some useful information to shock this **** who has always looked down on his younger brother, and at the same time to clear up his own mistakes in judgment, but at this moment the door curtain suddenly It was opened, and the thin monkey rushed in with a pale face.
“Boss,” he said as if he had seen a ghost, “Bobcat is dead!”
Zhu Tourong's words were directly choked in his throat, and he almost choked to death.
You just stood up for your brother, and you were slapped in the face?
He stared at the thin monkey in stunned silence. Before he could swallow the saliva stuck in his throat, the voice of the black wolf had already sounded first.
“How did you die?” His voice was still so weird, sounding almost sarcastic all the time.
"I don't know. As soon as I went over, I saw him lying on the ground. I thought he was sleeping secretly. I thought to myself, why is this kid still sleeping on his stomach? Could it be that this is also a technique learned from the guerrillas? In the woods Sleeping on your stomach and your stomach won’t get any wind?”
Skinny Monkey seemed to be quite frightened. After all, his brother died suddenly and inexplicably, which would inevitably frighten people.
He swallowed and continued speaking incoherently: "As soon as I patted him, I realized that he was already hard and erect!"
"Keep your voice down!" Zhu Tourong finally regained control of his breathing. He glared at the thin monkey and said, "Take me to see it!"
He followed the thin monkey out of the stone house, followed by the black wolf with an unclear expression on his face.
The tree where the lynx stood guard was at the only entrance to the bandit camp. It was not very far from the stone house where Zhu Tourong was located, only about thirty or forty meters.
Within a minute, Zhu Tourong and others had arrived under the tree. Several meters away, they saw the bobcat lying there with a weird posture, as if the sun was about to penetrate the earth.
Zhu Tourong casually touched the body of the lynx, his hands were cold and slightly stiff.
This is also normal. The temperature in the mountains is too low, and coupled with the all-pervasive mountain wind, the body surface loses temperature very quickly.
However, Zhu Tourong can still be sure that the Bobcat died not long ago, after all, he visited it not long ago.
He frowned and looked at the big tree aside, trying to find some traces on it.
This is a maple tree. The lynx used to hide in this tree as a whistle. Zhu Tourong even praised him for his professionalism.
The black wolf squatted down and touched the bobcat's body without hesitation. He is a mercenary, and he is obviously very professional when it comes to examining corpses.
Zhu Tourong looked at it for a full minute before turning back angrily. He found no unusual marks on the tree.
“How is it?” He looked at the black wolf.
The latter also stood up at this time, apparently he had finished examining the body.
"There is no light, so I can't see the details clearly. But I didn't find any external fatal injuries on him, and I didn't find any blood." In the darkness, only the teeth of the black wolf could be seen shining white, "But his neck was broken, his mouth and nose There are signs of bleeding.”
“In addition, his eyes were red, his face was blue, and his tongue was hanging out, which is a typical sign of death by suffocation.”
“What do you mean?” Zhu Tourong was a little confused.
Death from suffocation?
“It means that his neck was fractured due to external force, and his trachea was damaged due to external force, or the trachea was pierced by the broken bone fragments, causing bleeding from his mouth and nose, and eventually suffocation.”
Hei Lang spread his hands and continued: "Judging from the traces of struggle on the ground, this can also be proved."
"Boss, do you think it's the knife master who came to the door? Since he is a master, is it possible that he has martial arts skills, such as using the eagle claw skill to break the neck of the bobcat?" Thin Monkey whispered uneasily. .
"Eagle your mother's claw skills!" If it weren't for the fear of being heard by outsiders, Zhu Tou Rong would have really wanted to slap him in the face, "Let's not talk about whether there is such a so-called martial arts, the bobcat is in the tree, what kind of **** master can do it with him? Climbing the tree before even raising the alarm and crushing his neck!"
Skinny Monkey thought for a moment and said the same thing mysteriously: "Either he hit the evil spirit. The old people all say that this mountain has evil spirit! And in our line of work, the evil spirit is too strong!"
Zhu Tourong was too lazy to pay attention to him and looked at Hei Lang.
“I don’t think he died from the eagle claw skill.” Black Wolf’s bright white teeth were suspended in the night sky. Judging from the number of teeth on display, he was obviously smiling.
“To be honest, I have always thought that these things do not exist in reality at all, whether it is Eagle Claw Kung Fu, Qigong, or even those weird so-called kung fu you brag about.”
He continued: "It's all just a joke."
"Then how do you think he died?" Zhu Tourong was too lazy to argue with him about whether kung fu was really such a stupid question.
"The answer is very simple," Black Wolf spread his hands again, "He lost his balance and fell from the tree. Unfortunately, he broke his neck and died."
Zhu Tourong spit out a mouthful of old blood.
As the name suggests, the Bobcat Man is very flexible, and the mountains and forests are his home field. Coupled with the mountain tracking and counter-tracking he learned from the guerrillas, and even the various concealment techniques he used to rob tombs, they are really professional and very relevant, so Zhu Tourong has always valued Shanmao.
Just now in the tent, he was bragging to the wild wolf about how professional the lynx was.
As a result, he turned around and the bobcat died!
Moreover, he still couldn’t stand firm on the tree, broke his neck, and died of suffocation!
Zhu Tourong felt that his face was being slapped by the body of the bobcat. Although he was somewhat unable to accept this answer, he himself had to admit that this was the most likely possibility.
Because not everyone has the skill to climb trees, especially maple trees. This kind of tree does not have so many low branches, so it is difficult to borrow strength.
In addition, climbing a tree will inevitably cause vibrations. Unless the bobcat is already dead when he is in the tree, even if he is dozing, the vibration caused by climbing will wake him up.
Furthermore, even if Su Yun is the expert with the knife, Zhu Tourong does not believe that the other party can accurately touch his location so quickly.
Unless he opens his eyes!
Resisting the urge to punch out all the big white teeth floating in the night, Zhu Tourong looked at the body of the lynx and snorted.
“Skinny Monkey, please call Gangzi and bury the lynx.” He was full of anger and had nowhere to vent, and at the same time he felt a touch of sadness.
“Bury it well,” he ordered. “After burying it, you and Gangzi can finish the rest of the sentry tonight.”
"If anything happens, we'll talk about it tomorrow." After a pause, he continued.
He had already lost two of his younger brothers for that piece of Warring States gold foil.
Although everyone is selfish, and they only get together because of their interests, and there is no luxury like brotherhood at all, but seeing the body of the lynx still makes Zhu Tourong sigh with sadness like a rabbit dead and a fox dead.
Although tomb robbers attack other people's tombs every day, in order to obtain the antiques buried with them, they cut up the coffins and dismantle the bones without any scruples.
But what they fear most is that they will suffer retribution and be exposed to the wilderness.
This kind of mentality does not usually come to mind, but at this moment, when he saw the body of his companion for the first time, Zhu Tourong suddenly felt a faint fear!
The familiar night in this familiar mountain forest in front of me...
Suddenly became as devouring as an unknown monster!
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(End of this chapter)