Part-time bodyguard

Chapter 451 Cleaning the battlefield
Mu Yao: "It is estimated that there are about 40-50 gangsters in the manor, and about 15-20 gangsters outside. The gangsters are obviously composed of different gangs. One gang is definitely the northern circle, and the other gang is probably the mercenaries from the Russians. The former are brave, and the latter are experienced. They form a group of four to five and obey orders. They are very difficult to deal with."

Cui Jian said: "What does that mean now? Let the criminals deal with Dolan while we watch the show? Four dogs?"

There was too little information, and Shengzi had a headache. He felt guilty for not being able to provide any information, and said, "I just got the blueprints for the manor. There are no secret passages or safe houses on the blueprints. But from the layout of the exhaust pipes, I guess there is a secret passage on the third floor. The secret passage should be a staircase, all the way down to the basement floor of the manor."

Cui Jian said: "The manor doesn't have a basement floor."

Katsuko said, "I presume that this staircase uses a separate power source. I was able to find the staircase because the exhaust duct is not a separate duct."

Shengzi continued reading the reply from the two-headed dog on the computer, and said, "There's no need to explain the details to these idiots...hahahaha...there is a staircase from the third floor to the basement level, but it's not clear if there is a secret passage on the basement level, nor where it leads to."

Cui Jian asked coldly: "Do you deserve a beating?"

Shengzi laughed awkwardly: "Haha, I said that what I just said was a mark on the blueprint, would you believe it?"

Cui Jian said: "I don't trust you, I will settle the score with you later. Are you sure there is a staircase?"

Shengzi quickly replied: "Yes, I am sure."

Mu Yao said: "I remembered the history of the Zhao family. Their ancestors made their fortune in Southeast Asia around World War I and experienced World War II. It is very normal to have several escape tunnels in the manor." It would be abnormal without an escape tunnel.

Cui Jian agreed: "I also left the manor through the secret passage before, but I didn't go far. So there should be a secret passage that can directly leave the manor, and the exit of the secret passage is most likely not at the guard post." Why is the escape entrance on the third floor? Of course, it is because the Zhao family lives on the third floor. If the criminals break into the first floor, they can flee upstairs, and the people upstairs can escape through the secret passage. Not only does it increase the chance of survival, but it also has confidentiality. Perhaps this is also the main reason why outsiders are not allowed to go to the third floor.

Shengzi said: "That means Dolan may have left the manor now."

Cui Jian said: "That's not the case, unless the secret passage can be driven. If the Zhao family wants to carry out such a large project, it will be difficult to keep it secret. And our most beautiful Shengzi didn't find any clues, which means that this secret passage has not been renovated in recent years."

Shengzi shrank his neck: "There is murderous intent."

Cui Jian: "Whether you have murderous intent or not, let's see if you have a way to break the situation."

Shengzi said: "I know Zhao Shu's personal mobile phone. I believe he will not abandon this phone. I can locate his position by connecting with him. He will answer my call."

Cui Jian: "Waiting for your news."

While waiting, Mu Yao said, "This group of criminals are more brutal than us. Wherever they go, no one survives, not even dogs are spared."

Cui Jian said: "Mu Yao, if there is a secret passage, Zhao Shumei should know about it, right?"

Mu Yao replied: "There is nothing I can do. She was injected with a tranquilizer and took a few sleeping pills, which I stuffed under the bed. She won't wake up until tomorrow morning."

The wait was tough. Mu Yao squatted in the bell tower and Cui Jian hid in the doghouse. The two were always ready to fight. After all, there were still a dozen armed gangsters wandering outside. Once the exchange of fire started, it would be basically impossible to escape.

Shengzi's voice came late but still came: "Ancestral Hall, they are heading to the ancestral hall."

The ancestral hall is outside the Zhao Family Manor, where a sacrificial ceremony is held every year. The ancestral hall is nearly one kilometer away from the sentry post. When the ancestral hall was built, a master was invited to look at the Feng Shui. The master looked at the Feng Shui, but what he required was the mountains and water. The mountain was Daye Mountain, and the water was Daye River.

Shengzi said, "I estimate that they will reach the ancestral hall in about ten minutes. From the ancestral hall, they can go into the mountains and down to the river."

Whether they went into the mountains or down to the river, it would be very difficult to catch them. However, it was very dangerous for Cui Jian and Mu Yao to cross the open area where the criminals were rampant.

Cui Jian asked: "Can we contact the criminals?"

Shengzi burst into tears: "Your request is really weird, I will think of a way."

Mu Yao said: "I have the criminals' walkie-talkie and know how many channels they have, but I don't speak Northern Chinese or Russian."

Cui Jiandao: "How many walkie-talkies do you have?"

Mu Yao: "Do you need anything?"

Cui Jian: "Well, let's meet."

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A few minutes later, an English voice came from the female leader's intercom. Mu Yao said, "Tent, Rabbit has four minutes to reach the Zhao Family Ancestral Hall."

Cui Jian: "Understood. Because the airspace near the Zhao Family Manor is dangerous, the helicopter has landed at a designated safe location."

Mu Yao: "Have you received the location of the second retreat point?"

Cui Jian: “Yes, the downstream dam location.”

Mu Yao: "Okay, call ended, radio silence."

What does it mean when the female leader looks at the people around her? As a leader, she has studied abroad and can understand English. The people around her speak English well too. Question: "Is it a trap or a cross-talk?" AB uses a certain frequency to talk, and C's walkie-talkie happens to be tuned to a certain frequency. If the two parties are not far away, C can eavesdrop or participate in AB's conversation.

In theory, this is true, but high-end radios have hardware encryption. The female leader doesn't believe that someone who can fly a helicopter can't afford a better walkie-talkie.

The female leader took out her cell phone and connected: "A Ming, take people to the ancestral hall. Duanmu may have escaped to the ancestral hall through a secret passage."

The leader of the gangsters at the sentry box responded: "Yes."

People around them were puzzled. The conversation between the two was not only stiff, but also full of loopholes and bugs.

The female leader said: "If what they said is true, we can catch big fish. If what they said is false, we will have no losses." There is a surplus of manpower, and the current casualty ratio is 1:2, one gangster is exchanged for two bodyguards.

There is a long and narrow secret room in the ancestral hall. Bai Qi, Dolan, Anthony, Ruth and two bodyguards, Zhao Shu and two bodyguards are all in it. Bai Qi faces the back of a statue and reaches out to trigger the button on the back of the statue's head, activating a pair of monitors hidden in the eyes on the front of the statue, reflecting the image outside on the monitor.

This is an indoor open space with an area of ​​more than 1,000 square meters. There are many red pillars in the middle. They are the load-bearing pillars of the ancestral hall. They look like wood on the outside, but they are actually reinforced concrete.

This open space is where the Korean Zhao family worships their ancestors collectively every year. At the end of the open space, there is a tablet. From high to low, there is only one tablet at the highest position. There is a portrait hanging on the wall behind the tablet. This is the earliest Korean Zhao family member that can be found in history books.

This person had been an envoy to the Ming Dynasty for twelve years. Influenced by the ancestral temple culture of the Ming Dynasty, he established an ancestral temple and a family tree after retiring. Before this, most families in Korea only had family trees, not family trees. In Japan, which was influenced by the culture of the Tang Dynasty, there was generally no family tree or family tree, only family trees.

The hall was empty. Every year, during the ancestor worship ceremony, cushions were placed according to the number of people, and everyone had to kneel down. However, Koreans and Japanese were used to kneeling down, so it was not difficult for them. The walls on both sides of the hall were inlaid with stone carvings of the 12 zodiac animals. The corresponding stone carvings of the secret room were located in the middle. As his eyes moved, Bai Qi could see the empty space clearly.

Bai Qi said, "No one." In night vision mode, the screen was a pale green.

Bai Qi said: "After leaving the ancestral hall, we can walk 0.5 kilometers to the Daye River. There is a small fishing boat there that can take all of us, but we are not sure whether the fishing boat has been destroyed, so someone needs to go and confirm it first. If the fishing boat is not by the river, we will go into the mountains and walk 5 kilometers through Daye Mountain. We have a positioning system, so we will not get lost in Daye Mountain, but this road is very difficult to walk on." In the absence of roads, it is a very difficult task to cross a mountain with an altitude of more than 500 meters.

Dolan looked at Zhao Shu, who nodded. Dolan said, "Except for me, Ruth, and Zhao Shu, you can assign everyone else here. Anthony, are you okay?"

Anthony smiled and said, "Of course."

Bai Qi said: "Then please ask Anthony and Zhao Shu's two bodyguards to check the situation of the fishing boat first."

The three of them had no objection. Anthony, as the temporary captain, looked at the route displayed on the tablet in Bai Qi's hand and spent a minute checking the equipment. Bai Qi confirmed that there was no problem outside and entered the password on the stone sculpture provided by Zhao Shu. Then there was a click sound, and Bai Qi pushed the stone sculpture forward one meter.

Anthony and the other two filed out and headed for the side door. Bai Qi pulled the stone sculpture back to its original position, fitting it tightly. Bai Qi said, "Everyone take a break. We will have accurate information in about 8 minutes."

As soon as he finished speaking, Bai Qishou felt a slight vibration in the wall. His face turned serious, and he turned on the monitor. Four car lights shone into the hall. After a while, a man wearing combat boots and holding an AK-40 rifle in one hand walked into the hall. The crisp footsteps were particularly loud in the silent hall.

Although the stone carvings were tightly fitted, the soundproofing effect was not good. Bai Qi waved his finger and asked the others to slowly retreat and evacuate the secret room. Otherwise, if someone farted or burped, people outside would hear it. Everyone went down the stairs and retreated from the secret room to the tunnel entrance. The air in the tunnel was not good, but there was no other way.

Bai Qi stayed where he was, monitoring the movements outside. He held the pistol in his hand and thought about this question: Why would the criminals come to the ancestral hall?
Three gangsters stood at the entrance of the hall, and the leader was wearing white gloves and pacing in the hall. He first looked around with a night vision goggles, and the entire ancestral hall was empty, with no place for people to hide.

The leader did not give up, still walking slowly in the hall, he put away the night vision goggles, took out the flashlight and began to search around. Seeing that the flashlight was about to shine on him, Bai Qi immediately turned off the surveillance to prevent the stone sculpture eye surveillance from being discovered by the other party due to the reflection.

The leader's flashlight passed over the stone sculpture, then stopped on the ground. He took a few steps forward. Bai Qi listened to the sound getting closer and closer, thinking about countermeasures. He was hesitating whether to turn on the surveillance. Turning on the surveillance might expose the surveillance position. If he didn't turn on the surveillance, he wouldn't know what the other party was doing.

The leader squatted down and wiped the ground with his white gloves. Under the light of the flashlight, there was not only dust but also yellow mud on the white gloves. He rubbed it with two fingers and confirmed that it was yellow mud with a bit of stickiness. If the time is long and the water in the mud evaporates, the yellow mud will no longer be sticky, but will turn into dust, which can be cleaned by clapping.

The leader turned around and said in Northern Circle language: "It's okay, let's go."

The two cars then left, and the leader reported the situation: "Ah Hong, indeed, someone entered and left the ancestral hall, but I don't know the details."

The female leader asked: "Amin, please explain clearly what you mean by not knowing the specific situation."

The leader called Amin said: "There is little yellow soil on the ground, and there are at most four people. According to our intelligence, Duolan, Duanmu, Zhao Shu, Bai Qi, Ruth, and Anthony, there are already six people, and they must have bodyguards. I guess they sent a small number of people to the surrounding area to scout the enemy situation, and the ancestral hall should be their retreat route."

The female leader said: "I believe in your intuition. Lead your men to ambush outside the ancestral hall."

This group of people are not soldiers who are just making up the numbers, but special forces active on the border. They may not have much experience in urban warfare, but they all have quite good tracking ability in the wild and the ability to find small objects in the wild. Otherwise, with the dense minefield on the 27th line, I don't know how many rounds they would have died.

However, Ah Ming did not bring many people with him. To ensure the safety of the sentry box, only four people came. After Ah Ming explained the situation, the female leader immediately dispatched five people to the vicinity of the ancestral hall to reinforce Ah Ming.

The battle in the main manor area has ended, and now it is the stage of cleaning up the battlefield. The female leader has not received the good news she wants so far, and none of the people on the list have appeared yet. In addition to Duolan, Duanmu and others, the list also includes Cui Jian, Gui Yi, Bai Qi, and Zhao Shu's assistant. The most critical ones are of course Cui Jian, Gui Yi and Duanmu, after all, they are here for Duanmu.

A subordinate captain reported: "Boss, we found a man in the stable."

The female leader: “Who is it?” It can be clearly stated that the other party is definitely not an ordinary staff member.

The captain replied: "Zhao Li, Zhao Shu's assistant."

"Bring him here."

The female leader was a little surprised why the assistant did not leave with the main person. After asking, she learned that when the criminals attacked, Zhao Li happened to be in the stable looking at the gifts that were about to be given to his daughter, and also took a lot of photos.

Female leader: "Duanmu is in the small conference room?"

Zhao Li nodded: "He and his bodyguards are controlled by Dolan."

The female leader asked, "Who is on the third floor?"

Zhao Li said, "The third floor is where Duolan, Zhao Shu and the others are."

The female leader asked, "Is there a secret passage on the third floor?"

Zhao Li nodded: "Yes."

The female leader asked, "Where does it lead to?"

Zhao Li replied: "I don't know."

The female leader asked: "Where else is there a secret passage?"

Zhao Li thought for a while and said, "I remember there is a secret passage near the public restroom on the first floor."

The female leader immediately realized that she had chased someone to the bathroom, but because the bloody footprints disappeared, she lost the target. She immediately called a group of people to conduct a carpet search with the bathroom as the center.

(End of this chapter)