HLnovel Chapter 217 Exploring the Road at Midnight
Chapter 217 Exploring the Road at Midnight
When the two returned to the house, they happened to meet Lu Tianming at the door.
After entering the house, Lu Qingqing finished telling Lu Tianming about Erxi's matter, and saw that Lu Tianming had a look of anger on his face.
County Magistrate Yao, Lu Shuhe and others who were listening nearby also changed their expressions.
Lu Shuhe said angrily:
"I clearly told him last time that the proprietress was a spy for the police, but he was so stupid as to believe her!"
Several men nearby also joined in the discussion, and one of them, who was impatient, cursed:
"We can't let Erxi keep reporting to the other side. Why don't we go beat him up and make him subdue us so he won't dare to complain!"
Yao County Magistrate shook his head in disapproval.
"Erxi has caught the attention of the police. If something happens to him now, it will easily cause trouble for us!"
Lu Tianming also said:
"Yes, Erxi can't move for the time being. All we can do now is try not to attract other people's attention and find a chance to escape!"
After hearing this, the others stopped talking about beating Erxi.
At this time, Lu Shufu suddenly said with some relief:
"Luckily, we haven't done anything out of line during this period. Otherwise, if Erxi had reported it, we would have been in trouble!"
Everyone was a little scared. Who could have thought that there would be someone in the team who would inform the police?
After a while, Lu Tianming said to everyone:
"Don't tell anyone about what happened today. Just pretend you don't know anything about it. Everyone should keep their mouths shut from now on. If something happens again, don't tell anyone else in the room."
Everyone nodded in agreement.
Lu Qingqing hesitated for a moment, but still didn't mention the escape route.
If Lu Tianming knew, he would definitely arrange people to investigate.
But it is very easy to encounter patrolling officials on that road. If other people go there, not only will they be easily caught, but it will also alert the enemy.
After thinking for a while, Lu Qingqing had an idea.
Everyone chatted briefly for a while and then dispersed.
After dinner, Lu Qingqing went to bed early and fell asleep.
In the early hours of the morning, listening to the snoring sounds coming from the room, Lu Qingqing walked out quietly.
The lighting is not very good tonight, but for Lu Qingqing, it makes it convenient for her to move.
At this time, the entire valley was extremely quiet, with only the occasional chirping of insects.
When they arrived at the apricot tree, Lu Qingqing became more cautious.
The last time she and Qin Lang came here, the officials came soon after.
I think the patrol location is not far from here.
She carefully avoided any branches that might fall on her feet and walked slowly forward, sticking close to the tree.
About two or three hundred meters after passing the apricot tree, I saw a fire ahead.
There was a house there with several torches in front of it.
Through the wide-open door, one could see a large table in the middle of the room, with several officials leaning against it.
It was too far away to tell if they were asleep.
But if you want to escape, this is the only way to go, so you must explore it first.
Lu Qingqing walked lightly, sticking close to the mountain wall towards that place.
As we got closer to the house, we could hear snoring coming from inside.
At this time, the situation in the room could be seen clearly. Several officers were leaning against the wall and sleeping with their eyes closed.
Seeing this, Lu Qingqing paid more attention to her feet, fearing that she might accidentally step on a dry branch or something and wake someone up.
As he got closer to the house, his footsteps became lighter.
Five steps, four steps...one step, and finally, Lu Qingqing crossed the house.
As she walked, she felt something was wrong.
Everyone said that the Jingou was surrounded by an iron barrel and it was really so easy to get out.
Thinking of this, she became more alert.
He became more cautious and walked about eight or nine hundred meters without encountering any more police officers.
Just when she thought she had truly escaped, she felt a rope touching her ankle and a bell rang.
She subconsciously slipped into the space, and then heard the sound of people running at the corner ahead.
Lu Qingqing quickly let a rabbit out.
Just after the firing, the group of people also came running over. They were about twenty officers holding muskets.
The officer running in front breathed a sigh of relief when he saw it was the rabbit, and said to the back:
"Brother Zhao, it's a rabbit!"
At this time, Brother Zhao from behind also rushed over.
He did not relax his vigilance, and waved to the people beside him:
"We should search again, just in case someone really escapes."
An official standing by said:
"Brother Zhao, there's no need to be so careful. There's a checkpoint ahead, and there's another one behind us. Three checkpoints in a row won't allow those untouchables to escape, unless they can fly!"
Brother Zhao scolded with a cold face:
"Alright, Li Mazi, let's follow the rules. Everyone, search this area thoroughly and make sure there's no one here. If it's like last time and someone escapes from our checkpoint, we brothers will all be punished!"
All the officers responded in unison, holding torches and searching the surroundings again.
Only when they were sure that there was really no one there did the officers come back.
At this time, the rabbit was also caught.
The leading officer finally smiled and raised the rabbit in his hand and said:
"It's good that no one is here. This fat rabbit disturbed our brothers' sweet dreams, so let's use it as a midnight snack for them!"
All the officials cheered, no one was unwilling to eat meat.
When Lu Qingqing heard the three checkpoints, she knew that this road was useless.
Fortunately, I reacted quickly and let the rabbit out.
Otherwise, given the cautious nature of the officer just now, there would probably be some trouble.
It’s a pity about that fat rabbit just now!
There were steep cliffs on both sides, so if the rabbit wanted to run, it could only move forward or backward, and was caught by the officers.
When she released the rabbits just now, she deliberately released the most ferocious male rabbit.
This rabbit was always fighting with other rabbits, but at the time we thought we needed it for reproduction, so we didn't kill it for meat.
Now, its life is in danger.
After waiting for a long time, Lu Qingqing finally came out of the space and walked back quietly.
The journey back was uneventful and I finally made it back to the house and lay down.
On the second day, Lu Qingqing quietly told Lu Tianming about the situation of this route.
Some plots were deleted, and subsequent plots were hidden, only the situations of three levels were described.
Lu Tianming was frightened after hearing this. After scolding her a few words, he looked at the little girl with her head down and felt a little distressed.
I thought about comforting her a few more times and explaining the seriousness of the situation to her.
As a result, before Lu Tianming could give any more instructions, it was time to go to work again.
Lu Qingqing chose this time specifically. When she heard the supervisors blow the whistle to start work, she said hello to Lu Tianming and ran away.
At noon that day, just as everyone got off work, they saw Zhuzi's father find Lu Tianming.
Thinking about what happened to Erxi before, Lu Shuhe followed.
Zhuzi's father followed closely beside Lu Tianming, whispering as he walked:
"Master Lu, I, I have a favor to ask of you!"
When Lu Tianming heard this, he looked around and saw that no one was paying attention, so he lowered his voice and said:
"I'm a villager of Lujia Village just like you all, but please don't call me 'sir' anymore! I've already told you this before. If you do, you'll be hurting me. From now on, just call me Tianming!"