From the passenger seat, Zhou Yue could see faint figures moving about in the grove behind the man.
The pregnant woman sitting on the ground didn't look like she was in real pain; she seemed to be faking it.
Especially before this person urged the two brothers to get out of the car to help, he glanced somewhat embarrassedly at the person in the back seat.
"What about these two ladies? Your car isn't big enough for everyone, is it? Why don't you let them go to my house and rest for a while?"
Zhou Xing pretended to be easy to talk to and waved his hand at him: "Okay, then go and bring them over first, and we'll wake them up right away."
As soon as the man turned around, Zhou Xing quickly accelerated. By the time the middle-aged man reacted, their car had weaved around the nails buried in the ground that could puncture tires, and disappeared from their sight in the blink of an eye.
When the villagers who heard the commotion ran out of the woods, all they could smell was car exhaust and tire tracks all over the ground.
"What happened? They found out? How is that possible? They could see the nails buried in the ground?"
The middle-aged man at the head of the group turned ashen-faced and angrily walked up to the woman, kicking her hard with his foot.
"Tell me, did you give yourself away in some way?"
Amid the woman's screams, the men managed to pull him back in time.
"Alright, alright, no matter where the problem lies, the duck that was almost in our mouth has flown away. Let's clean up the scene properly and see if any geese will appear later."
Zhou Xing drove too fast, which woke up Xiao Jiu and Cui Mei at the same time.
"What's wrong with you two? You look so pale."
Zhou Yue didn't hide anything from the two of them and told them what had just happened. After listening, Cui Mei and Xiao Jiu frowned at the same time: "How did you find out?"
First, the other party's eyes darted around, avoiding eye contact for long, and kept glancing at the two of you, their eyes filled with calculation.
Secondly, the pregnant woman's appearance of pain was faked; it was too convincing.
Third, there were figures moving in the woods in the distance; they were probably accomplices.
Fourth, the ground looked as if someone had deliberately prepared it, clearly indicating a problem with the ambush.
After Zhou Yue summarized it this way, Zhou Xing, who was standing next to him, couldn't help but exclaim, "That's great, Xiao Yue, your summary is spot on!"
Xiao Jiu smacked her dry lips. "So what do they want to do?"
"They'll make us leave in the name of being pregnant, then kidnap you to their house. On the way, the car will definitely get a flat tire because of a nail."
Then they might commit robbery or other heinous acts we can't even imagine.
Judging from the layout of the surroundings and the number of people involved, this wasn't their first offense. We'll report it to the police once we get to town.
If it weren't for the fact that the two men were soldiers, possessing innate keenness and counter-surveillance skills, even if the four of them managed to escape today, they would have suffered heavy losses.
After drinking, Xiao patted his chest fearfully: "You really can't be too careful. What seems harmless is often the most poisonous."
It's only the 1960s, and there are already such evil people?
In an era without cameras, with underdeveloped communication, and even with backward criminal investigation methods, how many unidentified corpses were left as cold cases?
In the end, they went to the nearest county to report the case, worried that their subordinates might not handle things properly and that they might alert the suspects.
The Zhou brothers showed their work IDs and student IDs to prove the credibility of their statements. After taking their statements, it was getting late, so they found a guesthouse nearby and booked two rooms to stay in.
On the way, they bought some hot pancakes and steamed buns, shared some with each person, and then went back to their rooms.
The main concern was that it wouldn't be safe or appropriate for the two young women to go out with them at night.
In an era when even the posture on a bicycle seat was strictly regulated, it was easy for two men and two women to go out together at night and become the subject of gossip.
The guesthouse was very basic; it only offered basic washing and no showers. Fortunately, the two sisters each had their own space to cheat.
They didn't even think about sleeping in the beds; they greeted each other and then went back to their own worlds to rest.
Perhaps because she had taken a nap during the day, Xiao Jiu couldn't fall asleep after washing up at night. While wandering around, she saw the guns and ammunition piled up in the corner. Curious, she took them out and found that the guns were all new, with the oil paper still wrapped around them.
It contains light machine guns, heavy machine guns, Type 38 rifles, hand grenades, and countless bullets and magazines.
In one of the small boxes, she also found five portable pistols. Compared to the other brand-new weapons, these pistols looked quite old, but they hadn't rusted after all these years, thanks to a layer of grease on them.
It's clear that its original owner cherished these guns; she didn't know much about weapons and couldn't name the pistol.
But just by feeling its weight, you can tell it's a rare and excellent gun.
Xiao Jiu had never practiced shooting, but she still thought of how it was done in TV dramas from her previous life. First, she loaded bullets into the magazine, put the magazine into the magazine well, then pulled the slide to chamber a bullet. Then she deliberately went outside the warehouse and tried pulling the trigger. Sure enough, she heard a gunshot, and the slide immediately recoiled, ejecting the spent cartridge case. Then it recoiled again, and another bullet was chambered, until there were no bullets in the magazine. But at this point, her hand began to go numb, and she was surrounded by a strong smell of gunpowder.
She hit it, and it was a great success.
Xiao Jiu then tried removing the safety and ejecting the magazine, and then reassembled it four or five times until he was completely proficient.
He grinned, showing his big teeth, and said, "I've handled a gun before. That was awesome!"
However, the next second, her smile froze on her lips, because she seemed to hear a gunshot!
Just as she reflexively covered her ears, she suddenly realized that she was in a space, and the gunshot must have come from outside.
Xiao Jiu immediately left the space, and sure enough, seven or eight gunshots rang out downstairs. Even in their stairwell, there were chaotic and heavy footsteps, as if someone was running back and forth. No one knew what had happened.
Sister Cuimei hadn't come out yet, and Xiaojiu was a little panicked, repeatedly calling out softly, "Fifth Sister, Fifth Sister? Come out quickly, Fifth Sister!"
Xiao Jiu took the opportunity to mess up the bed, making it look like someone had slept there.
"Fire! Fire! Everyone run!"
Suddenly, someone screamed in panic down the hallway. Just as Xiao Jiu was about to open the door to see what was happening, Tang Cuimei rushed out, hurriedly putting on her clothes. "Don't open the door! We don't know who's yelling outside!"
As soon as she finished speaking, another gunshot rang out, immediately turning the two sisters pale with fright. Then, a few more gunshots followed, and soon it was their room's turn. Someone started shaking their door hard, but couldn't open it. Enraged, the person opened fire, and soon the sounds of fighting came from next door.
Cui Mei's expression changed. "It was those two who led those thugs there."
Cui Mei took out two scalpels from her bosom and handed one to Xiao Jiu with a somber expression.
"We'll play it by ear; if things get too dangerous, we'll hide inside!"
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