noffsinger Chapter 222: Night Exploration of the Cellar
Chapter 222: Night Exploration of the Cellar
At midnight, Lu Qingqing woke up.
He skillfully got off the kang and walked out the door quietly.
The entire valley was very quiet along the way, and soon they arrived at the door of He Baotou's house.
Just as he was about to use a dagger to pry open the door stop, he saw that the door was actually open.
Because there is only a small gap, it cannot be seen from a distance.
She was startled, but quickly reacted.
I quietly pushed the door open and entered the house, only to find that the cabinet had been moved away and the board at the cellar entrance was also open.
From the inner room, a man's snoring could be heard.
Lu Qingqing listened to the slight sound coming from the entrance of the cellar and quickly entered the space.
At this time, the man at the cellar entrance also came out with a cloth bag hanging on his body.
After the man came out, he locked the entrance to the cellar and moved the cabinet back to its original place.
When he walked to the door, Lu Qingqing could see his appearance clearly. It was the "lock-picking master" Brother Tu.
Lu Qingqing watched him leave the door and carefully moved the door stop back.
I have to sigh that this Senior Brother Tu is really meticulous and is worthy of being an expert.
As soon as Senior Brother Tu left, Lu Qingqing also left the space.
She was more convenient than Senior Brother Tu and directly put the cabinet into the space.
He took out the tool given by Brother Tu and twisted it skillfully, and the lock opened instantly.
Lu Qingqing went down to the cellar, took out a torch, and saw three large boxes on the ground.
In the corner, there is a gunpowder jar.
I leaned over to open it and saw that it was indeed empty.
He turned around and walked to the box, touched it with his little hand, and put it directly into the space.
The moment the box entered the space, she moved all the gold particles out of the box and put the empty box back to its original place.
After collecting all the gold particles from the three boxes, I looked around and found nothing else.
Looking at the pile of gold particles in the space, Lu Qingqing secretly sighed, this guy is not in good shape!
So many lives have been lost over the past year, and all I got was this little bit.
After coming out of the cellar and listening to the snoring coming from the inner room, Lu Qingqing resisted the urge to kill him.
He put the cabinet back in its place, and after going out, he followed Brother Tu's example and moved the door stop back to its original position.
A good night's sleep.
Early the next morning, Wang Defa came to tell Lu Tianming that he had found a good person.
Soon, Lu Tianming arranged for someone to inform everyone that they were going to escape at Chou time in the evening, so that everyone could be prepared.
Of course, this group of people does not include Erxi and Zhuzi's father.
Lu Tianming planned to inform them before escaping at night, just in case.
On the other side, after Lu Qingqing learned that Qin Lang had also registered her, she patted Qin Lang's shoulder with relief.
She had already thought about it. Since she was going to cause trouble, why not take the opportunity to make some money from the vault.
But this trip at night is bound to be very dangerous.
Looking at the arrows and armor that had been prepared in the space, he felt a little more at ease.
This armor was left over from the previous sneak attack on the barbarians. With this armor, the two of them will be safer when escaping.
Everyone was a little anxious throughout the day.
Except for a very few who are unaware, most people are waiting for that moment to come.
During lunch, Lu Qingqing saw that Zhuzi's wife was still reinforcing the shield, so she simply gave her iron pot to her.
Without waiting for her to refuse, Lu Qingqing said directly:
"Just take it. Brother Lang and I will go there tonight. By the time we get there, you guys will probably be done fighting, and I won't have any use for this thing anymore!"
Zhuzi's wife was a little worried:
"Daya, do you really have to let a little girl like you go? It's too dangerous. No, I'll talk to Uncle Tianming again, and you don't have to go!"
"It's okay, I've been learning from my master for so long, I'm just outside the wall, don't worry!"
After Lu Qingqing finished speaking, she didn't say anything more to Zhuzi's wife. She found an excuse to go find Qin Lang to continue practicing lock picking.
After all, it’s time for the “exam” in the evening!
After dinner, the whole valley was quiet.
Everyone was dressed and sitting in the house with their packed luggage and shields, waiting for someone to notify them.
Lu Tianming was the busiest one, carefully checking everything before leaving.
No one could sleep that night.
When Erxi knew that everyone wanted to escape, his first reaction was to find Li Xiangwan.
He didn't want to complain, he just wanted to escape with Li Xiangwan.
But Lu Tianming had thought of this a long time ago and arranged for people to keep a close eye on Erxi's family of three.
Erxi paced back and forth at the door, feeling extremely anxious.
But no matter what excuse he made, the people in the house wouldn't let him out.
Even going to the toilet required several people to accompany him, as everyone was afraid that he would report the incident and cause harm to everyone.
In fact, it wasn't just him. Everyone who wanted to escape that night was staring at the few people in their house who didn't want to escape.
In this situation, the miners who were being watched were also nervous.
Most of them would pack up and plan to escape together.
After all, everyone else had fled, and judging by the bosses' previous tempers, there would be no good consequences if they stayed.
As for the few who were determined not to escape, they were gagged and tied up.
This was something Lu Tianming and others had discussed before, in order to avoid any possible accidents.
As soon as the hour of Chou arrives, everyone starts to move.
The group of people who fled were led by County Magistrate Yao and Master Yan.
The people who went to create chaos were led by Lu Tianming.
If you look down from the sky above the valley at this time, you will find an extremely strange scene.
Hundreds of people moved at the same time, but no sound was made.
Everyone followed the footsteps of the person in front, and several long lines formed in the valley.
Because of concerns that the carts would make noise, all the carts were left next to the livestock shed.
All they had were their luggage and various "shields".
After they left, Lu Tianming brought his men to the livestock shed and took away the horses they brought.
There were originally only seven horses in the team, and with He Baotou's horse, there were exactly eight horses.
Qin Lang tugged at Lu Qingqing's sleeve, signaling her not to forget her own cow.
Lu Qingqing naturally couldn't forget her own cute cow, so she planned to walk at the back and quietly put the cow into the space.
In fact, Lu Tianming and others were very nervous at this time. They wanted to take the horses to the vicinity of the official's yard.
Along the way, the livestock must be controlled to prevent them from making noise and waking people up.
Lu Tianming let everyone get familiar with the horses and gave them some simple feeding.
Lu Tianming took the lead and set off with a group of people.
Lu Qingqing was at the end. She put her own cows from the livestock shed into the space. After taking a look at the cows frolicking in the space, she withdrew her thoughts.
The group tried their best to avoid the houses where the foreman and supervisor lived, and carefully headed towards the official compound.
Everyone was nervous along the way, afraid of being discovered.
Fortunately, everyone arrived at the police compound safely.
After placing the horses in the woods a few hundred meters away from the official compound, Lu Tianming whispered:
"Everyone, throw away your torches and retreat. Don't worry about anything else. Follow the route you planned. Don't run around. Do you understand?"
Everyone nodded in unison.
Lu Tianming checked the gunpowder bag in his hand again.
Tu Rong had previously obtained gunpowder, and with the guidance of County Magistrate Yao, he was able to make a total of three gunpowder bags.
He took advantage of the time when the police were patrolling and secretly buried gunpowder bags on the route that the pursuers must take.
After completing all the preparations, Lu Tianming took a deep breath:
"Do it!"
As Lu Tianming's voice fell, the group ran towards their assigned directions according to previous instructions.
Lu Qingqing and Qin Lang had already secured the position to climb over the wall, so they would move over quickly.
As soon as the two of them got close to the wall, they quickly flipped over and went in.
For convenience, Lu Qingqing directly put Qin Lang into the space.
Following her previous route, she quickly moved towards the vault.
As soon as we got near the vault, we heard the shouts of the officers not far away:
"There's a flood! There's a flood in the northwest!"
The shouting was particularly obvious in the silent night, and the compound of the police officers was instantly in chaos.
Soon, there were calls from other directions:
"There's a flood, there's a flood in the northeast!"
For a moment, the police compound began to become chaotic, and the officers guarding the vault were also a little panicked.
Two officers left the door and ran out of the yard.
Lu Qingqing released Qin Lang, and the two of them stood guard outside the courtyard gate with daggers in hand.