sinovels Chapter 1701 Thugs Attack Little Zhao Cannon at Night
Chapter 1701 Thugs Attack Little Zhao Cannon at Night
Chapter 1701 Thugs Attack Little Zhao Cannon at Night
Under the cover of night, two jeeps drove one after the other along the mountain road.
The mountain road is difficult to travel; at some bends, there is a mountain on one side and a cliff on the other.
For bends like these, forest areas typically use earth or timber to fill in the gaps and prevent vehicle accidents.
Even during the day, when driving in such places, you need to slow down and pay attention to safety.
Zhao Jun drove the car himself, keeping the speed very slow.
And so it went until 8:25, when the car finally pulled over to the side of the road, guided by Wang Debao.
The police station's car arrived shortly after, and Zhao Jun and his two companions, along with Chen Weiyi and his three companions, got out of the car.
After getting off the vehicle, Zhao Jun and Li Baoyu both slung their semi-automatic rifles over their shoulders.
At this moment, Zhao Jun glanced at Chen Weiyi, Liu Guodong, and the others. The GA's Type 54 pistols were easy to carry, and Zhao Jun planned to mention it to Liu Jinyong and Yan Shugang after this matter was over, to see if they could apply for a few Type 54 pistols from the Armed Forces Department.
Although the Type 54 pistol is not as practical as a semi-automatic pistol in mountain hunting, men just love guns. Zhao Jun has never handled a pistol in his two lives.
"Brother." At this moment, Li Baoyu whispered a few words in Zhao Jun's ear.
After hearing this, Zhao Jun frowned and looked at Li Baoyu, saying, "Baoyu, why didn't you say so earlier?"
After saying that, Zhao Jun walked quickly towards Chen Weiyi, Liu Guodong, and the other three, and asked, "Chief Chen, Chief Liu, can Wang Haitao take his wife and children and run into the mountains?"
As soon as Zhao Jun finished speaking, Li Baoyu stepped forward and said, "I took Wang Haitao back. After I saw him off, I stayed outside the mourning tent for more than ten minutes before leaving. It took me about an hour and a half to get home, and my brother... just got home. Then you all came, and we went up the mountain."
Wang Haitao and his group are heading into the mountains; they'll leave an hour and a half earlier than us at most. We have a car, but they don't. If they were really going to this Beiqi Daban shack, they probably wouldn't have arrived yet.”
Hearing Li Baoyu's words, Chen Weiyi and Liu Guodong exchanged a smile, and then Chen Weiyi praised Li Baoyu, saying, "Young man, your analysis is quite good."
Li Baoyu was taken aback. Liu Guodong, who was next to him, smiled and said to Zhao Jun, "Team Leader Zhao, when we went to Yong'an to find you, Director Sun from the county had already led his men to patrol along the two roads leading out of the mountains."
The two roads Liu Guodong mentioned are one leading down the mountain to the county town and the other leading to Lingnan via the war preparation road.
At this moment, Liu Guodong continued, "We have two more officers who went to Hu the Cripple's house in Yushugou. Hu the Cripple's wife and Wang Haitao's wife are sisters, and Wang Haitao and his men are very likely to go there for refuge."
Then, we contacted Yushu Township and asked them to send out notices to all the villages and hamlets, mobilizing the residents to keep an eye out for this family of three.
"Ah..." After listening to Chen Weiyi and Liu Guodong's words, Zhao Jun couldn't help but admire their professionalism.
"Team Leader Zhao." Perhaps fearing that Zhao Jun might misunderstand, Liu Guodong specifically explained to Zhao Jun, "This Wang Haitao is no ordinary criminal; he's a ruthless bandit. People like him are incredibly cruel."
Zhao Jun believed him. What kind of person could be so cruel to his own father?
Liu Guodong continued, "I personally feel that Wang Haitao will most likely take his wife and children and run into the mountains."
As he spoke, Liu Guodong looked up at the surrounding mountains and forests and said with great concern, "I talked to the station and the farm about the situation today. This mountain is so big that even if we mobilize all the villagers to search it, we still won't have enough manpower. There are almost too many."
"There's no other way. Let's see if this shack in Class 7 North can be a place for Wang Haitao to stay. If not, we'll talk about it again."
At this point, Liu Guodong subconsciously adjusted the pistol at his waist and said, "As for what you said, young man, that Wang Haitao and his wife and children can't arrive at this time, that's alright. Let's go to that shack and ask around, to find out what's going on."
“Captain Liu is right.” Zhao Jun felt that Liu Guodong’s words made sense, and immediately said to Wang Debao, “Master Wang, please lead the way for us.”
Now that things had come to this, on the way there, Zhao Jun told Wang Debao that Wang Haitao was a suspect.
Wang Debao was extremely shocked when he learned of this.
In those days, in forest areas and rural villages, if a son was not filial to his parents, the villagers would make him die, let alone if he worked himself to death for his father.
Logically, the two jeeps could drive right up to the shack, but as Li Baoyu said, if Wang Haitao came this way, his family of three wouldn't be able to get past the cars.
If Wang Haitao comes over and sees the jeep parked in front of the shack, he'll turn around and disappear into the woods, and that would be troublesome.
So Zhao Jun and his group parked their car on the back mountain and then drove through the mountain, heading straight for the old Duan Touzi's dugout that Wang Debao had mentioned.
At first, Wang Debao led the way, but as they walked, Li Baoyu, having determined the direction, strode ahead and cleared the path.
Looking at Li Baoyu's agile figure, Chen Weiyi couldn't help but say to Zhao Jun, "Team Leader Zhao, your young brother is amazing at walking on mountain roads."
For some reason, when Zhao Jun heard Chen Weiyi's words, the phrase "Zhuge Mengxi" that Li Ruhai had mentioned flashed through his mind.
Zhao Jun shook his head to dispel the thought, then smiled at Chen Weiyi and praised Li Baoyu, saying, "My brother here is incredibly fierce. If he were to run in the mountains, no one could catch him."
As he spoke, Zhao Jun pointed upwards and said, "It's nighttime. If it were daytime, and we ran into Wang Haitao in the mountains, I'd make him run two miles first, haha..."
Zhao Jun made a joke, and everyone laughed. As they climbed over the ridge and descended, they were not far from their destination, the dugout.
Before crossing the checkpoint, Zhao Jun whistled to stop Li Baoyu. Better safe than sorry, Zhao Jun couldn't bear to let Li Baoyu take any risks.
After the seven men crossed the checkpoint and walked for another twelve minutes, Wang Debao pointed ahead and said, "Team leader, go down that slope, it's on the north side!"
"Team Leader Zhao, slow down." As Liu Guodong spoke, he quickly stepped forward with his apprentice, and the two of them took out their pistols.
Neither Zhao Jun nor Li Baoyu showed off; the two obediently followed behind.
Just in case and to avoid attracting attention, the group deliberately used only one flashlight and moved quickly toward the dugout.
A dugout is different from a shack; it is mostly underground, with a slope in front of the door.
At this moment, Wang Debao called Liu Guodong softly and said, "Captain Liu, that old man has a bad temper. We must speak to him politely."
"Mmm," Liu Guodong responded, but as soon as he got closer, he blurted out, "That's not right!"
"What's wrong?" Zhao Jun and the others stepped forward, shining their flashlights on the door of the dugout, and saw that the door was locked from the outside.
These days, even rural households rarely have locks, let alone the earthen houses in the mountains.
Without locks, people would prop or hold the doors of shacks and dugouts shut with sticks.
Everyone knows that only when someone inside comes out will the door be locked from the outside.
But Wang Debao said that Old Duan, who lived in this dugout, was all alone and had no relatives. He had lived in this dugout for many years.
This is just like Xing San in the past. If he didn't go back to his shack at night, where would he stay?
"Grandpa!" Liu Guodong raised his hand and knocked on the door, but there was no response from inside the cellar.
"Open the door," Liu Guodong said. Chen Weiyi pulled out the stick from the other door and tossed it aside.
Liu Guodong raised the gun with both hands and called out "flashlight." His apprentice, Su Shaoyun, turned on the flashlight.
Immediately afterward, as Liu Guodong leaned on his shoulder and half his body entered the doorway, Su Shaohua shone his flashlight inside as well.
The master and apprentice worked well together, but the next second Liu Guodong exclaimed "Ouch!"
His shout startled Zhao Jun and the others. Just as Zhao Jun was about to raise his gun, he saw Liu Guodong put away his gun and walk into the dugout.
Su Shaohua followed closely behind, holding a flashlight in one hand and a pistol in the other, followed by Chen Weiyi and another police officer.
The four of them walked in like this, clearly indicating that there was no one left in the dugout.
But when Zhao Jun held up his flashlight and looked inside, he was instantly startled.
There was one person lying on the floor of the dugout, and another person lying on the kang (a heated brick bed).
"Another person has died!" A thought flashed through Zhao Jun's mind, just then he heard Chen Weiyi call out, "Master Wang, could you please come in and take a look?"
Wang Debao had already seen the dead bodies in the dugout. At this moment, Chen Weiyi called to him, but he looked at Zhao Jun instead.
Wang Debao is an honest and upright person, and it's understandable that he's afraid of crime scenes.
Zhao Jun was also startled. He forced a smile and said to Wang Debao, "Master Wang, it's alright. Let's go in and take a look."
After saying that, Zhao Jun went inside first.
Upon entering the dugout, Zhao Jun instantly recognized the man lying on the ground and exclaimed, "Hu the Cripple!"
As soon as Zhao Jun said this, Chen Weiyi, Liu Guodong and the other three turned to look at him.
Li Baoyu looked at Zhao Jun in surprise. In his memory, his brother should not know Hu the Cripple.
Liu Guodong and the others were unaware of the situation, but they confirmed the identity of the dead man on the ground through Zhao Jun's words.
"Master Wang," Chen Weiyi called to Wang Debao again, "come and take a look, is this that old Duan fellow?"
Wang Debao stepped forward, frowned, and glanced at the face of the man lying dead on the kang (a heated brick bed). He then turned his head away and said, "It's him, it's him."
"Oh dear!" Liu Guodong sighed heavily upon hearing this.
"Team Leader Zhao," Chen Weiyi said as he approached Zhao Jun, "It's getting late, why don't you go back first? Wang Haitao and the others definitely can't come here, so you should go home and rest."
With the shack in such a state, Wang Haitao certainly couldn't bring his wife and children here. Right now, Zhao Jun and the other two are useless here; it's better to let them go back and rest.
After a busy day, Zhao Jun was also tired. After accepting Chen Weiyi's thanks, the three of them came out of the shack and walked quickly towards the parking area.
It was already past nine o'clock, almost nine-thirty.
At this time, most households in Yong'an Village had already turned off their lights.
More than forty minutes passed, and it was almost 10:30.
Suddenly, a figure emerged from Wang Dalong's yard.
The day before the Zhao family's mountain worship ceremony, a fierce battle scared away Wang Dalong's family, and the couple still haven't returned.
A figure darted behind the woodpile outside the courtyard. In those days, the moon was so bright at night that it could illuminate the path. Unlike the mountains, the village didn't have big trees to block the light. Plus, today was March 30, 1988, the 3th day of the second lunar month. The moon was almost full, and it could illuminate the path in front of us.
A ray of moonlight shone on a man's face; this man was Wang Haitao.
Wang Haitao reached behind his back and grabbed the hammer.
He gripped the hammer head with his right hand, the handle close to his arm, and walked stealthily in the shadows.
He moved through the village, generally heading west.
When Wang Haitao reached Li Dazhi's house, about 70 or 80 meters away, the green tiger lying in the lower shed suddenly raised its head.
At a distance of nearly 100 meters, even a normal guard dog wouldn't bother with it.
But the Green Tiger is a big-headed dog. To say that the entire Yong'an Village is within its olfactory range would be an exaggeration, but any change in smell within a radius of one mile cannot escape the Green Tiger's nose.
When the green tiger rushed out of the shed, the little bear inside looked up and glanced outside.
Logically speaking, the little bear is also a good dog, and it should be able to smell the scent of humans. Just as a tiger can smell the scent of strangers, so can a little bear.
But the scent of strangers was too far away, so the little bear didn't pay it any mind.
But the green tiger was different. When it sensed the scent of a stranger approaching within a hundred meters, the green tiger leaped out of the shed and barked, "Woof! Woof! Woof!"
Despite its advanced age, the green tiger has a loud voice that truly sounds like a tiger's roar.
At this time, Li Dazhi and his wife were already asleep; they had to go to work the next day.
The light in the west room was always on, and Li Tongyun, dressed neatly, was sitting cross-legged on the kang (a heated brick bed) reading a book.
Today, Chu Anmin delivered tiger bone wine to Zhao Jun. Upon receiving the news, Chu Xiaoxue asked Chu Anmin to send three books to Li Tongyun.
These three books are the three volumes of the wuxia novel "The Book and the Sword". Li Tongyun was overjoyed when she received the books.
However, Li Tongyun was unable to retrieve all three books. The middle volume was taken by Li Dayong, while the lower volume ended up in the hands of Li Dazhi.
That's the power of a reader: even without a beginning, they can still get through the book from the middle.
"A tiger?" Upon hearing the roar of the green tiger, Li Tongyun instantly remembered Zhao Jun's words. She threw the book onto the kang (a heated brick bed) and stepped directly onto the ground. As Li Tongyun put her foot into her shoe, she bent down and pulled out a pair of iron pipes from under the table against the wall.
The iron pipes were about 4 fen thick and about 80 centimeters long. One end was wrapped with red cloth for easy gripping, and the other end was tied with a red tassel.
While the red tassels on the red-tasseled spears might have some function, the red tassels on Li Tongyun's weapons were purely decorative.
Li Tongyun, carrying a pair of iron pipes, went straight out of the room, passed through the outer room, and rushed out the door.
That girl is really fierce; she picked up the iron pipe and headed out. Seeing Li Tongyun come out so aggressively, Green Tiger leaped up to her and circled around her.
"Don't be hasty, tiger." Li Tongyun, engrossed in her book, looked around and said, "Let's fight our way out! Let's wipe them out completely!"
"Come back here!" Suddenly, Li Dazhi's roar rang out from behind, and Li Tongyun's momentum faltered. She hurriedly turned back.
"What are you doing?" When Li Tongyun reached the door, Li Dazhi demanded of her, "What are you doing so late at night?"
"Dad, a tiger is roaring!" Li Tongyun pointed an iron pipe out of the yard and said, "It looks like bad guys are coming!"
"Come on, my foot!" Li Dazhi raised his hand and gestured to Li Tongyun. This was his daughter. If it were his son, Li Dazhi would have already passed out.
"The bad guys all ran away!" Li Dazhi said angrily, "Get back to my room right now."
Upon hearing this, Li Tongyun turned to look at the Green Tiger, only to find that the Green Tiger had already returned to the shed.
By this time, Wang Haitao had already fled. He committed the crime with a hammer, relying on his ruthlessness; if he were to fight someone, his fighting ability might not be that strong.
When the green tiger roars like that, the surrounding families wake up. Once they are on guard, the tiger can't succeed.
Wang Haitao left and went straight to Zhang Yuanmin's house. But Zhang Yuanmin not only had two hunting dogs of his own, but today he also brought Bailong with him.
Three dogs guarded the east and west courtyards of the Zhang family, so Wang Haitao made another wasted trip.
It's unclear who scouted out the location for Wang Haitao, but after leaving Zhang Yuanmin's house, he went to the old lady's house, then Wang Qiang's house, Lin Xiangshun's house, the Li family's house, and the Zhao family's old house.
People who do bad things can never escape being sneaky and thieving.
Fearing his whereabouts would be discovered, Wang Haitao walked slowly and closely along the edge of the road, taking a long time to get there. Finally, around 11:30, Wang Haitao arrived outside the Zhao family compound.
As Wang Haitao approached the courtyard, the black tiger, Erhei, Qinglong, and Heilong all started to bark.
Wang Haitao quickly moved away from the courtyard wall, but he didn't leave. Instead, he circled the courtyard from a distance.
The west courtyard of the Zhao family is Li Baoyu's home, and the east side is the homestead that Gu Yang has reserved, which is currently still an empty plot of land.
And so, Wang Haitao wandered around the east, south, and north sides of the compound.
The four black dogs in the yard all smelled it; they had seen this person during the day and had met his owner.
That's why Black Tiger and the others didn't think Wang Haitao was a bad person. But if Wang Haitao wanted to stick to the courtyard wall, that was definitely not allowed. He was seven or eight meters away from the wall, and the dogs ignored him, but once he got within five meters, Black Tiger would definitely bark.
And so, Wang Haitao circled outside the compound, while Black Tiger and the four dogs circled inside.
After circling around three times, Wang Haitao still couldn't find a chance to enter the courtyard, because he could hear from outside that there were dogs inside the walls.
Looking at the Zhao family's imposing walls and the large red lanterns hanging on both sides of the front gate, Wang Haitao was unwilling to leave just like that.
Things had come to this point, so he decided to go all in and make as much money as possible. And in the entire Yushu Township, the Zhao family was the wealthiest. Not to mention cash, the leather they collected daily could be exchanged for money anytime!
Just then, a bright light came from afar.
Wang Haitao quickly hid behind a large elm tree.
There are trees in the village, especially elm trees. During those years of disaster, many people survived thanks to the money from elm trees.
As the light drew closer, Wang Haitao stood upright, his back pressed tightly against the tree.
Wang Haitao only glanced at it when the jeep drove past him.
"Zhao Jun's car." Wang Haitao remembered riding in this car earlier today.
"Woof woof woof..." The barking sound moved towards the courtyard gate, that is, to the south. These dogs were obviously going to greet their owner.
Wang Haitao's mind raced; he felt his opportunity had arrived. But if he climbed over the east wall and entered the yard, the dog would surely turn and run towards him.
But if the others go inside, then my situation will be the same as before.
However, if he knocked the person off the bus to the ground at the gate, the dogs in the yard would smell the blood coming from their owner and gather inside. This would give him a chance to get into the yard.
After entering the courtyard, head straight for the front of the house. The people inside will definitely come out to check if the dog is barking.
He hid by the door, waiting for the right moment to strike. And since it was so late, only men would come out. Once he took down one more man, he could storm in.
Wang Haitao had a good idea. He peeked out from behind the tree and saw Zhao Jun park the car at the gate of the compound.
At this point, Zhao Jun was the only one in the car. After leaving the mountain area, he first took Wang Debao back to Yongli Village. After returning, he then took Li Baoyu home.
At this moment, Zhao Jun got out of the car and walked towards the gate of the courtyard with his back to Wang Haitao.
Wang Haitao steeled his resolve, lifted his foot high, and landed lightly, touching the ground with his toes as he quickly moved towards Zhao Jun.
At this moment, Zhao Jun arrived at the gate. The family had left the door unlocked for him, but they had bolted it from the inside to prevent the dog from running out.
There was a small iron window on the main gate, and Zhao Jun could easily open it by reaching his hand in from the outside.
Just then, Zhao Jun reached his hand into the door latch. The light from the large lanterns hanging high on both sides of the gate made Zhao Jun see a shadow suddenly appear on the gate!
"Holy shit!" Zhao Jun saw the shadow raise its hand, as if it had lifted something, and he suddenly slammed his body backward, catching the determined Wang Haitao off guard!
Wang Haitao stumbled backward, and before he could react, Zhao Jun, who had his back to him, clenched his right fist and swung it back hard.
This punch landed directly on Wang Haitao's groin!
"Ah..." Then, a scream pierced the night sky!
(End of this chapter)