1261, Let three strong men slam the door with wooden stakes
Lian Guozhang looked at the half-open courtyard door and the silent courtyard, feeling a little scared himself!
18-6
At dawn, Lian Guozhang's soldiers followed Xiao Ancheng's instructions and finally confirmed that there were no wires, phone lines, or pull ropes around the courtyard, and there were no suspicious people nearby!
Xiao Ancheng asked a soldier to climb up the wall again and specifically told him to pay attention to the courtyard gate for anything unusual!
The soldier climbed up the wall, looked at the courtyard door for a while, and whispered: "Sir, there seems to be something behind the courtyard door, but I can't see clearly. It seems to be a box. I can't figure out why there is something hanging behind the door.
Where’s a box?”
Xiao Ancheng said: "Pay attention to whether there is anything unusual under your wall! Look carefully!"
The soldier lowered his head and looked under the wall again and again, and whispered: "Sir, there is nothing unusual down there. There is just a broken basket placed at the foot of the wall."
Lian Guozhang said: "Sir, what do you think is going on? Are there really explosives?"
Xiao Ancheng said: "It's okay to be careful! It's better for me to go in and take a look!"
He quickly climbed up the wall, saw clearly the broken basket below, jumped over, jumped over the broken basket, and landed on the flat ground.
He first looked back at the broken basket behind him. When he looked at it, he couldn't help grinning. There was a piece of explosives in the broken basket! The detonator had been inserted and directly connected to the fire tube! The fire plug on the fire tube was
Tie to the broken basket.
As long as someone accidentally knocks over this broken basket, the explosives will fall out! The ignition plug will be pulled out, and the explosives will explode immediately!
He raised his head and stared at Lian Guozhang on the wall, pointed at the broken basket, "The Japanese have already set a trap for us! There are explosives here! There should be explosives behind the door too!"
A few minutes later, Xiao Ancheng finally dismantled the explosives in the broken basket and behind the door!
He asked Lian Guozhang to bring only a few careful soldiers in and continue looking for explosives!
They searched the yard and found no other explosives.
Finally, they all gathered outside the door and stared at the door!
Xiao Ancheng stretched out a finger and pushed the door gently, and the door opened a small crack! He took out a small flashlight and shined it up and down along the crack of the door. Not to mention him, even Lian Guozhang next to him saw that there was a crack in the door.
There is a thin linen thread running horizontally, connecting the doors on both sides!
Xiao Ancheng pulled out his dagger and wanted to cut the hemp thread. But the thread was too soft and he didn't dare to use force!
At this time, he felt strange. The Japanese had set explosives in the door. How did he get out? Could it be that it turned into a puff of smoke and floated out from the crack in the door?
He looked around and finally noticed the window next to him. There were some jars and other things on the windowsill.
He walked over and observed for a moment, feeling that these jars had been placed recently and did not look like they had lasted forever.
He took down all these things, opened the window, and sure enough it opened.
He looked up and down along the window crack to make sure there was no twine or anything like that before opening the window.
A minute later, he climbed into the window like a cat and walked cautiously toward the door.
The explosive placed at the door made him sweat on his forehead! The fine twine on the door was connected to a piece of explosive! But the piece of explosive was just floating on the stool next to it. If the force of cutting the twine was a little stronger, the explosive would fall down and immediately
explode!
He unloaded the detonator on the explosive, then opened the door and said to Lian Guozhang: "Everyone should be careful and search carefully. There may be explosives in the house!"
18-7
Xiao Ancheng and Lian Guozhang, with a few careful soldiers, searched for an entire hour and finally confirmed that there were no more explosives in the house! At this time, they were relieved!
"Sir, how do you know this location?" Lian Guozhang stared at Xiao Ancheng calmly and asked softly.
"It was discovered through tracking! Then we found someone to go in, that's it!" Xiao Ancheng also stared at him and said succinctly.
"Sir, it seems that they have also discovered your following."
"That must be the case! We have been dealing with this group of Japanese spies for several years, and they are very cunning!"
"I've heard some. Now, what do we do?"
"You send people to guard here, and anyone who comes in will be arrested! You'd better go back to Fanzheng Street now! I guess there will be some big trouble there! You should leave quickly!"
Lian Guozhang left a squad behind and told them to watch carefully, and then took the rest of the soldiers to Fanzheng Street.
Xiao Ancheng has also left. He must rush back to Xicheng as soon as possible!
18-8
However, neither the smart Xiao Ancheng nor the cautious Lian Guozhang expected that Mazi had been standing at the door of his warehouse since last night, staring at the small courtyard at the corner of West Lake Street and Xia Bixiang Street.
He also saw the whole process of the soldiers raiding the small courtyard! But he didn't understand it clearly.
Why did those soldiers wait until dawn before climbing over the wall?
Now, except for the soldiers who stayed behind, everyone else has left.
Mazi put on a broken straw hat and hurried towards the West Lake Bridge Pier. He wanted to go to Yuelu Mountain in Xicheng as soon as possible to report to Sister Yan what happened here!
He had a feeling that Sister Yan seemed to be planning something! And it was a big deal!
18-9
At dawn, the area around the ruins of Fan Zheng Street was already crowded with people!
Not to mention the surrounding streets, even the walls, roofs, and trees were crowded with people! They all stared at the small area in the ruins with wide eyes! Everyone said that silver would be dug out today.
Come!
There is also a group of reporters who have been crowding in front of the soldiers' blockade, taking pictures and recording. No one can imagine what they can take! There is nothing to remember now!
Du Wancai arrived early and was impatient, wanting to start digging as soon as possible!
But the battalion commander responsible for maintaining order at the scene did not allow it! The reason was that the heads of various departments who came to supervise had not arrived yet! We had to wait until they arrived before we could start!
He pointed to the distance, "Get out! Wait!"
Du Wancai was heartbroken, but there was nothing he could do! He almost screamed at the empty mat tent!
18-10
It was not until about nine o'clock in the morning that the heads of various departments and representatives from all parties arrived.
They bowed respectfully to each other and then sat down leisurely in the mat tent. They took a sip of tea, nodded to each other and said, "Everyone, what do you think, let's start?"
The battalion commander responsible for maintaining order had a wicked smile on his face, waved his hand to Du Wancai in the distance, and pointed to the hole!
Du Wancai understood immediately, waved his hand to his men in a hurry, and shouted: "Go quickly! Go quickly!"
The workers carried various tools and baskets, rushed over at a trot, and started digging immediately! They were also very anxious!
Soon, baskets of broken bricks and dirt were hauled out and piled into a hill next to the entrance of the cave.
By 12 noon, they finally dug to the basement door!
But there is a thick and hard wooden door at the door, but it cannot be opened even after a lot of effort!
Du Wancai rushed to the battalion commander, glared and said: "Sir, can you blow it up and blow it up!"
The battalion commander also stared at him and said: "You are talking nonsense! This is the city center, and we must not explode casually! You can find a way and don't bother me again!"
Du Wancai had no choice but to get into the cave himself and looked at the wooden door again and again.
Finally, he sent someone to find a wooden stake and asked three strong men to hold the wooden stake and hit the door!
The place was so small that the three strong men couldn't use any strength. After a lot of effort, they finally managed to open a crack!
Du Wancai asked someone to bring an iron rod, pried it again and again, and finally pried the wooden door open!
As soon as the wooden door was pried open, the battalion commander who maintained order rushed down and ordered everyone to get out!
Du Wancai kept saying: "We dug it up, we dug it up! I should stay here!"
The battalion commander shouted, even pulled out his gun, and still drove Du Wancai and others out!
In the next ten minutes, just outside the entrance of the cave, the officers and representatives of all parties argued. Finally, it was determined that the battalion commander would take the lead, followed by the officers and representatives of each department, Du Wancai and Qiantou followed, and finally the company commander.
Guozhang led three soldiers and entered in this order!
However, only after everyone entered the basement did they realize that it was pitch dark inside and they couldn't see anything clearly!
There seemed to be water under their feet! The insteps of their feet were submerged! They stood there, afraid to move, for fear that there would be traps or deep pits ahead!
Lian Guozhang ran out again and ordered the soldiers to find the lantern!
He yelled: "Find more lamps! Ones that can light up!"
The soldiers searched for the lanterns for more than an hour! Finally, the lit lanterns were finally sent to the basement, and one was given to each official! Including Du Wancai and Qiantou.
Everyone raised the lanterns in their hands and walked slowly inside, shining in all directions! To be more precise, they were eagerly looking for silver! Everyone opened their eyes wide, for fear of missing silver or silver coins!
To sum up, the entire basement is in a state of chaos! Many wooden shelves have fallen to the ground! The wooden door cannot be opened because it is blocked by the fallen wooden shelves! In addition, there are some wooden boxes thrown on the ground or against the walls.
All open!
These open wooden boxes alone made everyone realize that they might not find anything!
Officials, deputies, soldiers, as well as Du Wancai and Qiantou searched this rather large, dark basement full of water, but they couldn't find even a tael of silver!
When the officials saw this situation clearly, they came out of the basement one after another and left directly.
Du Wancai and Qiantou were unwilling to give in. They called several of their own people to come down, searched carefully, and groped in the water again! But after groping around, they couldn't even find a single silver dollar!
18-11
By three o'clock in the afternoon, the excavation work of the ruins of Fanzheng Street was completely completed!
All the people who tried to find the silver left with unspeakable anger! They scolded them all the way, scolding heaven and earth, scolding their ancestors for eight generations, and then scolding the devil, the king of hell! They were so disappointed!