Chapter 90: Catching Spies
Of course, this tense atmosphere only existed within the Corps.
As long as the artillery fire does not actually hit their doorsteps, the people will continue to live their lives as usual.
On New Year's Day, the company had a day off.
The good news was that Captain Yang would personally take them to Nanhu Lake to break ice and fish. The bad news was that the snow on the mountain was very thick, and it would be impossible to climb over the mountain on their own.
The entire company of seven or eight horse-drawn carts was dispatched. In addition to tools for ice fishing, they also brought axes and large saws. Half of the people were prepared to fish, and the other half would go to the foot of the mountain to cut some wood for firewood.
After all, the winters in Northeast China were long, and heating the kang every night required a lot of firewood. They had almost chopped down all the firewood on the hill behind the Fifth Company.
Yun Qiao was sent to collect firewood.
They came out early. It was not yet nine o'clock. The sun had just risen from the east. The morning sunlight was particularly soft. The golden morning light covered the white snow with a layer of golden gauze.
The male educated youth walking in front was a literary youth. Looking at this scene, he couldn't help but feel poetic and was about to compose a poem.
"Hello--"
He had just pronounced the first word, and before he could finish the rest, they suddenly heard a voice from behind the hill: "Hey——"
It was a man's voice.
Judging from the sounds, they are not too far away.
Everyone was stunned. They didn't expect anyone to respond.
After all, they had looked around when they first arrived, and today they were the only group of people coming to Nanhu.
The surrounding area is mostly swampland and there are no villages.
There is a Shanghe Camp behind this mountain, but it takes at least half a day to cross it. Moreover, the snow on the mountain is so thick. Unless there is something important and urgent, it is almost impossible for the people over there to cross the mountains and come here so early.
No one expected that there were other people living in this mountain besides their team.
Of course, they didn't think much about it.
One of the educated youth said cheerfully, "It's amazing! I didn't expect we'd run into someone just to chop firewood in the mountains."
Another person also said: "This old man is quite good at responding."
He laughed heartily and spoke to the person opposite him, "Meeting is fate. Brother, which company are you from? Why are you in the mountains so early?"
The other party didn't say anything.
Others were puzzled: "Where is he? Why is he not talking again?"
"Hey! Bro, where are you?"
"Gone?"
After asking several times, the other party did not respond.
Something is wrong. After all, people from Northeast China are very enthusiastic. They responded to the conversation at the beginning, but they shouldn't have ignored it later.
Everyone was completely confused and started working. Only later did someone realize what was happening.
"Do you think this man is a spy?"
"No, why did he try to talk to us at first, but then suddenly ignored us?"
Yeah, why?
An idea suddenly flashed in Yun Qiao's mind, and he stopped bending down to pick up the firewood.
She immediately realized something and stood up, grabbing the dead wood. "I figured it out! He might be here to make contact with someone! Comrade Tengfei's shout of 'Hey' just now might have been their opening line!"
"But there might be some other secret code behind it that we don't know about. Once we spoke, we scared him away!"
“!!!”
"What? Really a spy?"
"What should we do? What should we do now?"
Everyone panicked and looked at each other.
Lin Tao gripped the axe, gritted his teeth, and made a bold decision: "Chase!"
He said, "The spy is here to make a contact. To conceal his presence, there must be only a few of them. Maybe he's the only one! We have more people, so we're not afraid of him!"
After he said that, others also became interested.
After all, catching a spy is a meritorious deed. Not to mention the 500 yuan reward for catching a spy, it is also an honor to tell others about it!
Can brag about it for a lifetime!
Relying on their numbers, everyone chased after them!
Those who were armed took axes and iron saws, while those who were unarmed picked up a big stick and ran after him.
Yun Qiao also ran forward with the crowd, and Zheng Wenjing chased after her, following her closely.
She was terrified, trembling as she ran: "Yun Qiao, I'm scared. Can I not go?"
Zheng Wenjing ran slowly and fell behind.
Yun Qiao reached out and tugged at her arm, pulling her away. "You have no choice but to go. Everyone's gone after them. If you don't go, won't you be left here alone?"
Zheng Wenjing's face was filled with sadness. "Can't I just stay here and wait for you guys to come back?"
Yun Qiao: "No, you'd better follow him. Otherwise, if the spy turns back and sees you left alone, you'll be in trouble. He won't show mercy to you in order to escape."
When Zheng Wenjing heard this, she was frightened and dared not stop.
The crowd rushed forward very quickly and soon climbed over the small hill in front of them.
After crossing the mountain, he saw a row of new footprints stopped halfway up the hill. Next to them was a row of footprints from the opposite direction. It was obvious that the spy realized something was wrong and immediately stopped moving forward and ran back.
Seeing this line of footprints, everyone realized that even if this person was not a spy, he was definitely not a commoner!
Whose family runs away when they see people?
The crowd's desire to catch up grew even more intense. A few of the fast-running male educated youth rushed forward so fast that they were about to step on the footprints. Yun Qiao immediately shouted, "Don't destroy the footprints. Chase them from the side!"
If you can't catch up, you can ask professionals to trace the footprints.
The educated youth were all people who could understand what was said. Upon hearing what was said, they immediately turned around and avoided the footprints left by the spies.
Unfortunately, the spy they encountered was a bit tricky. They followed the footprints for a long time but didn't even see a single person, so they had to return empty-handed.
Few people were in the mood to chop wood, so everyone went down the mountain together and went to Captain Yang to report the suspected encounter with spies.
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