In the abandoned mine, Wei Ran temporarily stopped communicating with Young Master Cao and turned around and asked, "Squad leader, does Mr. Cao know the location of the camp?"
"Shouldn't know"
Tian Xiaohu replied, but his tone was inevitably a little unconfident. "But the camp is indeed in Cao Da's territory."
"When was that underground nest built?" Wei Ran asked immediately.
"summer"
Tian Xiaohu quickly continued to answer, "We dug a lot of nests in the summer and saved them for winter."
"I'm in a hurry"
As Wei Ran spoke, he spread the piece of canvas on the second young master Cao's chest, "Just three questions, tell me the answers, and you will survive, or I will hand you over to the eldest young master."
As he spoke, he asked without waiting for the other party's consent, "First question, where are we on this map?"
After a moment's hesitation, Master Cao came up with a Russian phrase, "rabbit hole."
"It seems you know this place too?" Wei Ran asked strangely in Russian.
"Is this the second question?"
"Are you sure you don't want to answer?" Wei Ran asked with a smile.
"Knowed it a long time ago"
Second Young Master Cao was particularly cheerful and replied in Russian, "In the mine you just went to, there is a lot of opium hidden in one of them, as well as some weapons and an escape route."
"What is it used for?"
"This was the first place where my brother secretly smoked opium."
Second Young Master Cao sneered, "Our father doesn't allow us to touch opium, so he can only hide here."
But I discovered it very early on. That brainless idiot even secretly engaged in the opium trafficking business under my instigation and made a lot of money. The opium he sold and his family property were also hidden here."
"Since you already knew, why didn't you..."
Halfway through the words, Wei Ran also reacted, "Are you raising pigs?"
Looking at Wei Ran in surprise, Master Cao nodded, "You are very smart."
"Your hand-drawn map doesn't point to true north, right?" Weiran suddenly changed the question.
After a moment of silence, Young Master Cao nodded unwillingly, "Take the northwest direction as the top direction."
"Second question"
Wei Ran switched back to his native language, "Does Shopkeeper Cao Da know the location of our camp?"
"I know, I've known it for a long time."
The second young master Cao also switched to Chinese, "These three forests, two ditches and eighteen water bubbles are my father's territory. There are many hunters like Hu Bazhi around to make water. In the summer, Zhao Jinshan led people to dig the land.
Nest, before the sod is shoveled clean, my dad will get the message."
"The third question"
Wei Ran smiled and switched back to Russian again, "Where do you come from, or what is your purpose in drawing this map?"
Before Young Master Cao could speak, Wei Ran had already stood up and said, "I'll answer after I think about it."
After saying that, he had already picked up the canvas map on the opponent's chest, "We have to send someone back immediately to report the situation and ask Captain Zhao and others to move immediately."
"You guys wait here, I'll go right away!" Tian Xiaohu said without even thinking.
"You are the squad leader, and you are the only one who knows the way. Nothing can happen to you." Wei Ran said, "So it's me..."
"I'd better go!"
Hu Bazhi said before Wei Ran could finish, "I know the way back, give me that big white mule, and I promise to deliver the news to Captain Zhao before the Japanese!"
"Otherwise, I'll go!" Zhao Jinyu also said, "I went to find my brother just to fight the Japanese!"
"I'm going!"
Miss Hongxia said indiscriminately, "Xiaohu, tell me where Captain Zhao is, I..."
"Stop fighting"
Tian Xiaohu gritted his teeth, "Brother Hu, please make a trip and make sure to bring the news! Then...then come back here. Even if we leave then, we will leave you a message."
"Sir... monitor, please be at ease!"
Hu Bazhi patted his chest to make a promise, and then he didn't waste any time. He sorted out the contents of the sack a little, put down all the things he didn't need, and then unhooked Young Master Cao from the big white mule's bag.
He tied it to another mule, immediately hugged the skis, led the big white mule and left the cold cave, and got back into the heavy goose feather snow flying in the sky.
Only when the other party's back could no longer be seen, Wei Ran closed the iron gate, and oil lamps were lit in the cave.
"Tell me where the young master's things are hidden."
Wei Ran squatted next to the second young master and asked. This bastard young master had just been guarded by the Sanba Gai with a bayonet held by Miss Hongxia.
"Go inside the mine tunnel, take the sixth fork on the left. After you get in, look to the right and there is a mine blocked by a broken basket head. All his treasures are inside." Young Master Cao ignored it.
His elder brother said while cursing vaguely.
"I'll go look for it!"
Zhao Jinyu said that he had already picked up the flashlight left by Hu Bazhi.
"I'll go with you!" Tian Xiaohu said, having already drawn the Nagant revolver from the second young master.
"Don't worry"
Wei Ran glanced at the young master whose face was full of cruelty and murderous intent, and continued to ask with a smile, "Where is the other exit of this mine?"
He also glanced at his brother not far away who was already gnashing his teeth with hatred. The second young master continued to answer, "The second fork on the right side of the mine road, go in and go to the end. There is a mine to the left. Go in and go to the end.
, there is a ladder going down, go down the ladder, go to the end, climb through a crack and you can see outside."
Having said this, the second young master looked at the eldest young master again, "From the moment you enter the fork, there are explosives hidden behind every corner. Don't go in with an oil lamp."
After hesitating for a moment, Wei Ran nodded towards Tian Xiaohu, who then called Zhao Jinyu and got into the low mine tunnel together.
"Miss Hongxia, please go to the entrance of the cave and keep an eye on it. Someone will come over and say hello." Wei Ran raised his head and said.
"I'm going right now!"
Miss Hongxia didn't doubt that he was there, so she walked to the entrance of the mine carrying the Sanba Gaigai, which she probably didn't know how to use, and looked out at the cracks in the boards that were not yet covered with snow.
This chapter is not finished yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! In the mine where there were only two captives, two wounded people and a certain veterinarian left, Wei Ran slowly lit a cigarette and stuffed it into the mouth of Young Master Cao.
, then he took out another cigarette, put it on the holder, held it in his mouth and lit it, then he changed to Russian and spoke again, "Now you can answer the question."
"I..."
"You don't have to say it," Wei Ran reminded nonchalantly, "This matter is not important."
Subconsciously he glanced at the eldest young master not far away. Knowing that he might not be able to escape, the second young master sighed and replied in Russian, "My mother is a fugitive noble from White Russia. After being caught by a wartai merchant,
Sold to my father at a high price as a dancer."
Hearing this, Wei Ran raised his eyebrows. This so-called "White Russia" was not the Belarus that was absolutely controlled by Father Lu in later generations, but the remnants of Tsarist Russia who were dubbed the "White Bandits".
"so what?"
Wei Ran asked after a moment of silence, "Is this the reason why you, your father and your brother are not of the same mind?"
"One heart?"
The second young master smiled and said, "In their eyes, I am just a bastard of a dancing girl. My good brother always wants to find an opportunity to kill me legitimately, so as not to compete with him for the family property."
"So you made this map yourself?"
Second Young Master Cao was silent for a while, then nodded, and gave an answer that pointed directly to the root cause, "I don't want to be killed by my brother, and I want to save my mother. She is old and may be killed by my father one day.
..So my only way is to become the leader of the bandits, or...to destroy my father's trump card."
"You know what I want to ask?" Wei Ran shook the canvas map in his hand.
"Kill my brother, and I will tell you the answer." Young Master Cao made a promise while avoiding the most important thing. "I promise that you will all survive, including that woman."
"Let me guess..."
After Wei Ran tried to spin the canvas map on his fingertips to no avail, he asked slowly, "Do you want the Anti-Japanese Alliance to join your mountain top, and then blame the boss Cao Da and the young master?"
"I like working with smart people"
Second Young Master Cao said as if he had a winning chance, "Hu Bazhi didn't have time to rush back to report the news. You have no choice. There was no exchange of fire except for a single shot. My father may have already reached an agreement with the Japanese. At this time, he must be carrying
They are preparing to surround Captain Zhao and the others."
"Are you sure you can get the Japanese to believe you? Are you sure you can get other gangsters to side with you?" Wei Ran asked pretending to be excited.
"The water is shallow this year, and the men on the mountain can't tell how many red cabinets they have."
As he spoke, the second young master Cao glanced at the mine, then at the eldest young master not far away, and directly changed into Chinese and said, "But we have money, and there is no one on the mountain who can't live with money.
If we include you people from the Anti-League, we will have money, people, and Xiangzi. It’s winter now, and whether it’s a gangster or a jumper, they have to find a place to stay in the winter.
As long as you, Captain Zhao, are willing to rely on my kiln to help destroy my father's four pillars, I can guarantee that the Japanese will never cause any trouble to you."
“Sounds quite tempting”
Wei Ran said, but he held his chin, lifted it, and with a crisp click, temporarily silenced him manually.
What the second young master said may be true, but it is by no means the whole story.
He has learned from chatting with people around him these days that banditry is also a seasonal profession.
Every winter, most of the bandits on each mountain top would pay dividends at the end of the year and go back to their respective homes with their harvests. They would wait for everything to recover in the coming spring and then reunite on the mountain top to continue their business without capital.
Even "Cat Winter" in Northeastern dialect in later generations was still a slang commonly used by bandits at this time.
This involves a problem. Even if they really help the second young master usurp the throne and ascend to the throne, the bandits will be temporarily disbanded immediately.
At that time, I am afraid that the second young master will be able to sell out the Anti-League team immediately, get rid of them with the help of the Japanese, gain some benefits and trust from the Japanese, and then wait for the coming spring to inherit his father's legacy.
As for the freedom of his aristocratic mother, just listen to this kind of ghost story. Whoever takes it seriously is a fool.
Patting the second young master's dangling chin, Wei Ran walked to the young master Cao carrying the piece of canvas that he couldn't turn around, helped him untie the belt around his mouth, pulled out the box cannon and said, "
You heard it just now, young master, it’s your turn, what do you have to say? If there’s nothing you can say, then I’ll..."
"Wait! Wait a minute!"
Young Master Cao suppressed his panic and said loudly and wisely, "I! I joined the Anti-League! I took you to raid my father's house! Yes! Let Captain Zhao be the boss then! Let that bastard and
My father takes the blame! From now on, I will follow you to fight the Japanese! I am determined to fight the Japanese with you! I will change my ways and return to the right path!"
"So generous?"
Wei Ran smiled, untied the belt around the eldest young master's wrist, and took his dislocated hand to the entrance of the cave.
He nodded to the sentry girl Hongxia, and Wei Ran handed her the map and gestured for help in stretching it. He himself helped the young master restore a dislocated arm to its original shape, and then pointed with his finger at the key in the map.
The Russian marked the location of the “Hare Hole” and said, “This is our current location, directly above is the northwest direction.
Tell me where these other points are. Remember to keep your voice down so that your bastard brother doesn't hear it."
Hearing this, Young Master Cao subconsciously looked at the map. After thinking about it for a while, he raised his left hand with difficulty, pointed to the location marked "brown bear" in Russian on the map and said, "This should be me."
The location of our gathering hall is also the place where my father usually drinks and eats meat to discuss matters with the four pillars."
Hearing this, Wei Ran smiled and said, "Go on, if you can recognize him, I will help you kill your bastard brother later."
Young Master Cao was not very happy because of these words. He just looked at the box of cannons held by Wei Ran in his other hand with fear, and honestly "translated" the remaining parts one by one.
It was through his translation that Wei Ran was able to determine that this map was essentially "Shantouer's defense map of Shopkeeper Cao".
Among the various markings inside, in addition to the open caves and hidden lairs of this group of bandits, there are also the patrol routes and resting places of various mountain patrol posts, as well as their granaries, dungeons and other various locations, and even
There is also the location of the Anti-Union Camp here.
It can be said that as long as this thing is thrown out, Shopkeeper Cao and his gang can be destroyed in an instant, and there will be no more secrets in this forest.
"One more question, why do you want your brother to die so much?" Wei Ran asked curiously as he put away the canvas map he had marked extra.
"My father still has serious business."
The eldest young master was happy, but he also said with deep resentment, "If the special code business is done well, isn't it better than hiding in a poor mountain valley to kidnap people to make money?
My stupid father is partial to the second child and is always thinking of giving him the business and leaving the hard work of robbing families and homes to me."
"So you're going to kill him?"
"What if?"
Young Master Cao replied matter-of-factly, "Kill this little bastard, it's best to kill my stupid dad too, then I can take over his business. No matter whether I go to Fengtian or Bingcheng, then
Isn’t life better than in Langcaozigou?”
grass...
Wei Ran twitched his lips, it was so obvious that Old Man Cao had split up the family and rebelled against each other. If the business was given to the boss and the business of robbing families and homes was given to the second brother, they would really be able to make some big moves.
However, both brothers were jealous of what the other might get, but at the same time they were unwilling to give up the part they didn't want to get at all.
While he was muttering secretly, Tian Xiaohu and Zhao Jinyu also came back with flashlights in hand.
Seeing this, Wei Ran pinched the young master's elbow joint open again without any sense of contract, blocked his mouth again, returned to the "living room" of the mine, and tied him to a mule's harness again.
“We found a lot of good stuff”
Zhao Jinyu said excitedly, "We found a large amount of smoke and soil, weighing sixty or seventy kilograms, one kilogram per tin can. We also found a large box of silver coins."
In addition, we also found several carbine rifles and Japanese rifles, all hidden at the fork in the road, each with a gun on it, and we also found a lot of guns."
"What is a ground gun?" Wei Ran asked curiously.
"In the past, the trap used by ginseng pickers to prevent ginseng from being stolen was a gunpowder gun with a trip wire hidden in a tree hole, treetop, or simply buried. When stepped on, it would shoot out a piece of iron sand at a designated location.
, they are most afraid of stepping on this thing when smashing the kiln, which may break their legs, or even kill them."
Tian Xiaohu helped explain, then continued, "Besides these things, we also found another exit. On the other side of the mountain ridge, there is a frozen river ditch outside, which is very well hidden."
"That's about it for me to ask here."
As Wei Ran spoke, he "turned on the microphone" for the second young master with a heart-wrenching click, and even massaged his sore joints.
"Last question"
As Wei Ran spoke, he put his gun to the second young master's forehead, "What are the marks on this map?"
After looking at the eldest young master with a "You're dead" look on his face, the second young master sighed feebly and honestly described the meaning of each position - which was very different from what the eldest young master said.
If Wei Ran had killed any of them early, or if the eldest young master had not impatiently made such a stupid condition as "kill my brother", then both of them would still have bargaining chips.
Unfortunately, one wrong step and the other wrong, the two brothers, who resented each other, let Wei Ran lead them to perform an almost standard "Prisoner's Dilemma".
After squeezing out the last bit of information about the two scumbag brothers, Wei Ran immediately briefly recounted the key questions that had been asked during the interrogation, "Everything else is easy to say. This picture can destroy the boss of Cao Da, but at present it is not
Then hurry up. The important thing is, if the boss of Cao Da has already led the Japanese towards our camp, will Hu Bazhi be able to make it in time to report the news?"
"We have to make some noise to delay the captain's time."
Tian Xiaohu made the decision almost subconsciously, "Yes, we have to make some big noise!"
As he said that, he turned to look at the weapons and equipment that had just been brought in, and then asked, "Brother Wei, I remember that you know how to use a Japanese grenade?"
"It works." Wei Ran nodded and asked with a smile, "Where do you plan to fight?"
"Let's go and give a few beads to Shopkeeper Cao's Juyi Hall!"
Tian Xiaohu said with murderous intent, "When the time comes, I don't believe that shopkeeper Cao won't come back to save people! I don't believe that the Japanese can't recognize that it's their grenade!"
"What happens after the fight?" Wei Ran asked.
"Run!"
Tian Xiaohu said matter-of-factly, "As long as the Japanese are chasing after us, we will run away. The time we have to go back and forth will be enough to delay it for a long time. It looks like the snow outside can keep falling for a long time, so we will definitely run away."
Lose."
"Done!"
Without waiting for Wei Ran to agree or refuse, Zhao Jinyu slapped his thigh and agreed to Tian Xiaohu's arrangement.
Seeing both of them looking at him, Wei Ran hesitated for a moment and then asked, "What should I do with the wounded? What should I do with these two young masters?"
"Sister Hongxia, come here!" Tian Xiaohu immediately shouted, "Brother Jinyu, go to the cave and get some flower traps and some ground guns."
"Hey! What's going on, brother?"
Girl Hongxia, who was watching at the entrance of the cave, ran back quickly. At the same time, Zhao Jinyu also got into the mine tunnel again.
"Sister Hongxia, take this."
As Tian Xiaohu said that, he had already taken out the flower-mouthed musket that he had just seized from the young master's arms and handed it to the other party, "We will fight for our lives later, and I will ask you to take care of these two wounded people. In addition,
You have to look after these two young masters of the Cao family."
This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading the exciting content! "Ah? I... I'm looking at them?" Hongxia girl, who subconsciously took the pistol, pointed at herself and asked.
"We don't have enough manpower, so we can only trouble Hong..."
"Hey! What are you talking about! I can do this!"
Hongxia reacted and immediately agreed happily, then asked, "How do you use this little pistol?"
"I'll teach you later"
Tian Xiaohu said, "Sister Hongxia, just stay here. There is enough food and drink among the things we left behind. We just went to the mine and saw a lot of wood that can be used for burning. How can you do it?"
Be careful not to let the devils and bandits find you."
"No! I'm not stupid!" Miss Hongxia replied with suppressed excitement.
"In addition, when Hu Bazhi comes back, ask him to make another trip immediately and ask the captain to arrange for someone to re-deliver the supplies and wounded people." Tian Xiaohu continued, "Tell him that I will wait for the letter he asked me to deliver.
Destroy it when you reach the dead end."
Hearing this, Miss Hongxia panicked, "You...what are you going to do?!"
"We have to hold back the Japanese and bandits," Tian Xiaohu said, "otherwise the captain and the others will be surrounded."
With a silent sigh, Wei Ran stopped delaying. After thinking for a moment, he took off the clothes of the two young masters of the Cao family, and then dug out the two grenades and the two weapons from the pile of weapons.
A Japanese backpack full of grenades!
Almost as Tian Xiaohu taught Hongxia how to open and close the safety, change the bullet, load the gun and fire, Zhao Jinyu also ducked out of the mine tunnel.
At this time, he was carrying three flower traps from the Daku Factory in his hand, and two ammunition bags containing six long magazines were hung around his neck. In addition to the flashlight, he was also carrying five or six so-called so-called
