It was night, and Ryukawa Hihara was lying on the sofa with his eyes closed to relax, when suddenly a burst of noise came from outside.
Before he could figure out the situation, Wang Tianxiang ran in in a panic without even knocking on the door, "It's bad, Colonel! It's... it's on fire!"
As soon as these words came out, Ryukawa Hihara suddenly jumped up from the sofa and asked urgently: "Can you tell me clearly, where is the fire?"
"The back mountain, the back mountain is on fire!"
After hearing this, Longchuan Feiyuan immediately ran to the window and saw the fire all over the sky burning towards Qiuzhuang.
"This can't continue like this. Director Wang, organize people to put out the fire immediately. No matter what you do, I can't let the fire burn here. Do you hear me?"
"But Colonel, we can't put out such a big fire by ourselves! But... let's call the fire brigade first!"
"Baga!" Before Wang Tianxiang could finish his words, Ryukawa Hihara slapped him hard, "Why are you hitting? Do you know who came after the call? If you can't put them out, then
Just dig a trench for me, as long as it can keep the fire out, and you also want me to teach you?"
"Yes, yes, humble job... humble job will be done now!"
However, before Wang Tianxiang could turn around, he was stopped by Longchuan Feiyuan, "Come back! Just in case, send people to bring everyone in the east building to the west building first, and then consider putting out the fire."
"
"Yes! I understand!" Having said this, Wang Tianxiang said to Ryukawa Feihara as if he suddenly remembered something, "Ah, by the way, Colonel, the commander-in-chief's special envoy and his party are probably trapped on the back mountain at this moment.
Do you think you should send someone there..."
"What kind of faction should we send? Didn't you just say that you don't have enough manpower? With this little manpower, it's good to be able to prevent the fire from spreading. How can you care about him? Let him wish for his own good!"
Soon, Wang Tianxiang followed Longchuan Feiyuan's instructions and hurriedly sent people to move Li Ningyu and Gu Xiaomeng, who were still in the east building, to the west building.
However, before everyone could catch their breath, they received another order from Ryukawa Hihara and sent the two of them directly into the dungeon.
As soon as he entered the dungeon, Li Ningyu saw Ryukawa Hihara standing in front of a cell door, looking at him with a smile, as if to welcome the two of them.
And when she was "invited" into the cell and saw the two single beds that had been prepared inside, and Wu Zhiguo, who had no good flesh on his body but was still chained to the ground, Li Ning
Yubian became even more convinced that all this was deliberately arranged by Longchuan Feiyuan.
"This happened unexpectedly. Colonel Li, in order to ensure your safety, I have no choice but to let the two ladies stay here for a while."
"No, not here!"
"Why?"
"It's cold and humid here, and Captain Gu is still seriously ill, so we absolutely can't stay here. Besides, it's not convenient for men and women to live together."
"It's just a temporary escape. It's nothing inconvenient. After the fire is out, it will naturally return to normal and everything will be business as usual. That's it! Colonel Li, please help yourself."
After saying that, Longchuan Feiyuan left without looking back. Before leaving, he did not forget to close the door but did not lock it.
It was only then that Li Ningyu finally came to Wu Zhiguo with a complicated mood and leaned down to check his injuries.
Although Wu Zhiguo was injured all over his body at this time, he still managed to force out a smile, and then grabbed Li Ningyu's hand while she was not prepared.
"Wu Zhiguo, you..." Li Ningyu struggled subconsciously, but at this moment, Wu Zhiguo slowly opened his mouth. She was so surprised that she opened her mouth and said in disbelief, "Your
Tongue……"
Wu Zhiguo first gave her a comforting look, and then tapped the back of Li Ningyu's hand with his finger in the form of sending a message, "It's Longchuan Feiyuan. Someone pierced my tongue with a needle. Now I am
I can't speak anymore, let alone send you away. However, I have news to tell you. Maybe it can replace me and protect you and get out alive."
…
A sudden fire caused chaos in Qiuzhuang. At the same time, in a mountain villa not far from Qiuzhuang, Pan Hanqing was standing on the second floor terrace, carefully observing Qiuzhuang through a high-power telescope.
The movement over there.
However, as time went by, Pan Hanqing's face became more and more ugly, and even the look on Gu Minzhang's face gradually became serious.
About a quarter of an hour later, the two of them put down their telescopes in unison, turned back to the study, and sat around the architectural drawing of Qiuzhuang East Building that Miss Zhao had drawn.
"How's it going? Did you find anything?" Gu Minzhang asked.
"Nine minutes after the fire broke out, the first window lit up, which is here." Pan Hanqing said while marking on the picture, "And at the eleventh minute and forty seconds, the second window lit up
.But after that, no other windows were lit. In other words, out of these five people, it is very likely that only two people are left."
As soon as these words came out, Gu Minzhang did not speak, but Miss Zhao on the side couldn't help but said: "Mr. Pan, are you a little too pessimistic?"
"The fire started in a hurry. Maybe someone ran out before he could turn on the light?"
"This possibility cannot be said to be completely impossible, but the possibility is extremely low. It took nine minutes from the time of the fire to the lighting of the first window. The soldiers and agents who were guarding them should have arrived here long ago. In order to prevent being detained
They would never enter the room without turning on the lights when the target suddenly attacked them. What's more, if only Bai Xiaonian and Jin Shenghuo died, then they would not dare not turn on the lights in the face of the murderous Wu Zhiguo.
Light."
"Well, that makes sense. Then...could the remaining two be Colonel Li and Xiaomeng?"
"Of course I hope that's the case, but..." At this point, Pan Hanqing stopped talking.
But at this moment, Gu Minzhang said with certainty: "Don't worry, Mr. Pan, Colonel Li is still alive."
"How did you know?"
"Not only do I know that Colonel Li is still alive, I also know that another living person is my daughter Xiaomeng. If my daughter is gone, then Wang Tianxiang's confidant will not come to me to seek refuge.
"
Hearing this, Pan Hanqing nodded suddenly, and then continued to ask: "What about Li Ningyu? Why do you conclude that she is still alive?"
"Jin Shenghuo told me."
"Gold makes fire?"
"Yes, although this Jin Shenghuo has only met me once, in my opinion, he is an agent with a strong bureaucratic atmosphere. He is best at playing with people's hearts, figuring out human nature, and fighting for power, so naturally he is right.
The rules and details in the officialdom are the most important. Among the five people, he has the highest military rank and the oldest qualifications, so he will be arranged to live in the larger room on the far left, which is the room near the staircase.
There was no light in the room all the time, which proved my inference. The person next to Jin Shenghuo's room should be Wu Zhiguo in order of rank, but it might also be Commander Zhang's confidant Bai Xiaonian, and it depends on who
Director Wang Tianxiang, is he more afraid of the power in Commander Zhang's hands or the gun in Wu Zhiguo's hands? But no matter what he chooses in the end, Colonel Li and my daughter can only be arranged in the two rooms at the back."
"So, the first one to light up is Li Ningyu's room, and then your daughter's room, right?"
"That's right."
Hearing this, Miss Zhao finally couldn't help but said: "Sir, since it has been confirmed that Xiaomeng and Colonel Li are still alive, you must try to rescue them as soon as possible!"
Gu Minzhang didn't want to but shook his head and sighed heavily.
Pan Hanqing immediately asked: "Mr. Gu, do you have any other concerns?"
"Thirteen minutes! No matter how stupid my daughter is, she will not wake up after being burned for thirteen minutes!" At this point, Gu Minzhang couldn't help but close his eyes in pain.
"Sir, do you mean..."
"She was injured, at least to a certain extent, and lost the ability to move. This makes violent rescue even less likely to win."
…
Time passed by minute by second, and the fire in Houshan not only showed no sign of weakening, but had a tendency to become more intense. Just when Wang Tianxiang, who was responsible for putting out the fire, was so worried that his hair was about to fall out, there was a sudden sound from the horizon.
There was a roar of thunder, and then it started to rain.
When Wang Tianxiang saw this, he was overjoyed immediately. He jumped and laughed and shouted in the rain: "What a rain! What a timely rain! It's true that God will never destroy me, Wang Tianxiang!"
However, despite the help of heavy rain, Wang Tianxiang and his men still struggled for a whole night before they managed to stop the fire from spreading into Qiuzhuang.
Immediately after that, he immediately ran to Longchuan Feiyuan to ask for credit and said: "Colonel, I humbled my position and led the brothers to toss for most of the night. Finally, I was lucky enough to put out the fire."
However, Ryukawa Hihara just stared at the short sword in front of him without saying a word, without any reaction.
"That... humble job... humble job made the decision and gave all the brothers half a month's salary increase."
I don't want to think that Longchuan Feiyuan is still indifferent.
Wang Tianxiang immediately became nervous and asked tremblingly: "Colonel... Colonel, are you blaming your humble position for taking your own initiative?"
It was only then that Longchuan Feiyuan suddenly came back to his senses and said: "Oh no, Director Wang, thank you for your hard work. I was just thinking...thinking about something."
Wang Tianxiang breathed a sigh of relief after hearing this, "So that's how it is! But Colonel, I think... this fire is weird!"
"Why is it weird?"
"It stands to reason that this fire should have been started by the red party outside. They might have wanted to take advantage of us to put out the fire and make a mistake in order to rescue people in the chaos. It's a pity, Colonel, you have made such thoughtful arrangements.
The brothers reacted too quickly and did not give them any chance to take advantage of it."
"Is that so? But for the Red Party, this is a very important operation after all. Why did they give up like this?"
"Then... maybe... it should be... maybe they found that the people had been moved and it was too difficult to rescue them by force, so they gave up."
"Li Ningyu and the others moved from the east building to the west building in just a few minutes. How did the red party outside Qiuzhuang know this news? If even this kind of news can be leaked, it can only mean that Wang
There are already people from the Red Party among the brothers of the director.”
"Colonel, Colonel, it's impossible, it's really impossible, maybe... maybe the Red Party doesn't want to rescue the old ghost at all, maybe..."
However, before Wang Tianxiang could finish speaking, an extremely angry voice suddenly rang out, "Maybe this is a farce directed and acted by you, Mr. Longchuan! In order to get rid of this thorn in my side,
A thorn in the flesh, am I right?"
Looking at Kuroto in front of him who had been burned by smoke and fire all night, and even the military cap on his head was lost, Ryukawa Hihara suppressed a smile and joked: "Kuroto-kun, you must not
Not to mention, such a big fire didn't do anything to you, your life is really tough!"
"Hmph! Speaking of which, it's all thanks to Chief Ming. If it weren't for him, I would have become a roasted duck long ago!"
Before he finished speaking, Li Qiang, who had been following him, hurriedly interrupted and explained: "Colonel Kuroteng, you have misunderstood Colonel Ryukawa. Think about it, if the fire was really arranged by him on purpose,
Then why did he send me up the mountain with you?"
"Well, it makes sense. It seems that I judge a gentleman with a villain's heart! But even so, Mr. Longchuan, don't blame me for not reminding you. You don't have much time left, so you should do something serious.
! Otherwise, even the Marquis may not be able to protect you!"
After saying that, he walked away.
As soon as Kuroteng left, the room suddenly became quiet. After a long while, Ryukawa Hihara took the initiative to break the silence and said to Wang Tianxiang: "What did you just say?"
Wang Tianxiang quickly recalled, "Speaking of...oh, speaking of maybe the Red Party didn't want to rescue the old ghost at all."
After hearing this, Ryukawa Hihara nodded, "Well, that's it. Maybe you were right. Their purpose of doing this was not to rescue at all, but to test."
"Test?"
"That's right, it's just a test. They may already know that someone died in Qiuzhuang, but they can't be sure if there is an old ghost among the dead people. So as long as we have the patience to observe quietly, we can know who the old ghost is.
Already."
"This... Colonel, what do you mean by this?"
But before he finished speaking, Li Qiang's voice rang out, "I think what Colonel means is that if the Red Party doesn't take any action next, then there are two possibilities. The old ghost is either dead or...
Gu Xiaomeng is still in a coma; and if the Red Party takes action, it means that the old ghost is Li Ningyu, right, Colonel?"
