Jiang Xinyu thought for a moment, handed the flashlight to Tong Tong, and said, "Light it for me, I'll go down and have a look."
Tong Tong immediately said: "I'll go down too."
"no."
"Why?"
"What if bad guys come and seal the entrance to the cave?"
"I'll lock the courtyard door..."
"That's not OK."
Tong Tong stamped his feet and said unhappily: "This won't work, that won't work either, you just don't want me to go down."
Jiang Xinyu said patiently: "The two of us are a mile away, at least there is someone to take care of us. Besides, the squirrel must have a hole, and you can't catch it."
Tong Tong muttered: "I'm not trying to catch squirrels..."
Jiang Xinyu said no more, carefully leaned into the hole, stepped on the ladder with his feet, and slowly entered the basement.
"Tongtong, look at my feet."
"I'm taking care of it."
"oh……"
"I didn't take a picture of the squirrel..."
Jiang Xinyu put his feet on the ground and reached out to touch. The basement was only about one and a half meters high. With his height, he could only walk in it with his waist hunched over.
Although it was underground, I didn't feel depressed at all, and there was even a hint of coolness.
After adapting to the light in the basement, Jiang Xinyu saw the indoor structure clearly. The floor and walls were made of blue bricks, and the roof was made of reinforced concrete.
During the war years, it was not uncommon for wealthy families to build such basements in order to protect their property.
They are generally used to store valuables, and some are specially used as wine cellars.
It is estimated that the squirrel accidentally discovered this place. The basement is warm in winter and cool in summer. It regarded this place as its own nest and gradually brought in a lot of grain to prepare for the winter.
The basement had a clear view, and Jiang Xinyu didn't feel anything unusual. When he was about to go up, he saw flashlights flashing around above.
Tong Tong looked at it for a long time and couldn't help blurting out: "Strange, where did the squirrel go?"
After saying this, she felt embarrassed herself. Just now she didn't admit that it was to catch squirrels, but in the blink of an eye she stopped admitting it.
Jiang Xinyu's heart moved, yes, where is the squirrel? Can this kind of animal burrow in the bricks?
Tong Tong said: "Xinyu, come up."
Jiang Xinyu thought for a while, bowed his waist and came to the entrance of the cave, raised his head and said, "Tongtong, throw down the flashlight."
"What do you want to do?"
"Help you find the squirrel."
"Come to coax me again..."
"hurry up."
Tong Tong threw the flashlight down, Jiang Xinyu reached out to catch it, and looked carefully in the basement.
Without the flashlight, Tong Tong couldn't see clearly what was going on in the basement. When he was bored, he came up with the idea of playing a prank and said loudly: "Xinyu, tell me, if I seal the entrance to the cave, will you not be able to get out?"
Jiang Xinyu said inside: "Yes..."
"Bang!"
Tong Tong closed the secret door and said with a smile: "Hey, no, a bad guy is coming. He has sealed the entrance of the cave. Xin Yu, what should I do?"
"Just mess around..." Jiang Xinyu's voice came out faintly.
"If you want to come up with it, you have to agree to a condition." Tong Tong said proudly.
After waiting for a while, Jiang Xinyu did not respond to her.
Tong Tong said: "Okay, if you don't speak, I won't open the door and let's see how you come out!"
Ten minutes later, there was still no sound inside.
Tong Tong couldn't sit still. She suddenly realized a problem. Could it be that the air in the basement was not flowing smoothly and Jiang Xinyu fainted due to lack of oxygen?
Thinking of this section, she hurriedly opened the secret door, leaned down and asked: "Xinyu, are you okay?"
There was silence in the basement, no movement at all.
Tong Tong was completely panicked, and with a cry in his voice, he kept saying: "Xin Yu, Xin Yu, don't scare me, why don't you say something?"
She imitated Jiang Xinyu's posture and wanted to enter the basement.
It's just that it's not convenient to wear a skirt. If I accidentally get scratched by the penetration, there will be a tearing sound, and the skirt will tear open.
Tong Tong screamed and stepped back. She couldn't care less, reached out and tore off the hem of her skirt, turning it into a miniskirt.
When she was about to enter the basement for the second time, someone behind her lightly tapped her on the shoulder.
Tong Tong's attention was focused on his own feet, which he had to step on to hold on to the ladder. He was completely unaware of what was behind him and was so frightened that he almost lost his footing and fell.
At the same time, a pair of strong hands pulled her up.
Tong Tong looked back and saw that the person dragging him up was Jiang Xinyu who was supposed to be in the basement.
Jiang Xinyu smiled and said: "If you scare me, I will scare you too. Let's see if you dare to mess around in the future."
Tong Tong was stunned for a while, then pounced on Jiang Xinyu, hugging him tightly and not letting go. He choked and said, "I thought, I thought..."
The afterglow of the setting sun projected over and reflected on the two people. Looking from a distance, they looked like a pair of lovers reunited after a long separation.
"Looking at you like this, Rongrong and you are really alike. They cry at every turn." Jiang Xinyu gently pushed Tongtong away.
Tong Tong burst into tears and smiled, wiped the tears on his face, pouted and said: "I don't, Rongrong loves to cry, that's just following her mother's temper."
"No swearing."
"Who cursed... By the way, where did you come out? Is there an exit from the basement?"
"I'll tell you later."
"Where's the squirrel?"
“…”
Jiang Xinyu restored the secret door to its original state and left the courtyard with Tong Tong.
On the way back, Tong Tong urged: "Stop being so pretentious, tell me quickly, how did you get out? Where is the exit?"
Jiang Xinyu smiled and said: "I can thank that squirrel for finding the exit..."
Jiang Xinyu originally thought that if the hole was sealed, the air in the basement would definitely be blocked.
In fact, there is no difference. People in the basement still feel like the wind is blowing in.
The problem is, I searched the entire basement and couldn't find anything like a ventilation fan. Where does the wind come from?
When Jiang Xinyu was thinking hard, he heard the clicking sound in his ears. After thinking for a while, he understood that it was the squirrel eating.
Since you can hear the sound of a squirrel eating, it means it is nearby.
Jiang Xinyu lit the lighter and slowly approached the wall where the sound was coming from. It was obvious that the flame was swaying slightly, and the wind was coming from here.
If this is an exit, there must be a mechanism.
Jiang Xinyu looked carefully for a while and found that there was a slight bulge in the blue brick. He tried to press it down hard, and there was a grunting sound, and a gap as wide as one person opened in the wall.
The wind outside blew in, making people feel cool all over. The squirrel holding the peanuts turned around and disappeared into the darkness, dragging its furry tail.
Jiang Xinyu took a photo with his flashlight and quickly realized that this was an air-raid shelter built by the Japanese!
There are many similar air raid shelters in Yanjin, but after the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, they were basically abandoned, and a considerable part of them were merged into public sewer lines.
It can be seen that the original owner of this house was either a high-ranking official in the Japanese military or other important figures.
This man used the air-raid shelter to build a basement in the yard, which could not only hide in it to prevent air raids, but also serve as a secret passage for escape.
While Tong Tong was sleeping, Jiang Xinyu went to the Household Affairs Section of the police station to read the relevant information about No. 63 Shengli Street, and finally figured out the ins and outs of this house.
The house was originally the home of an antique dealer. After the fall of Yanjin, the Japanese randomly charged the antique dealer with a gun and shot him as a rebel.
This house changed hands several times and fell into the hands of the vice president of the Yanjin Maintenance Association. It was at that time that the tunnels and air-raid shelters were built.
After the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, in order to save his life, the vice president went around asking people to find connections, and met Qiao Mucai...