One hundred and ninety-fourth chapter accidentally
Xihua suppressed the fear in his heart and quietly touched the wall and retreated into the yard.
When Jia Le came back, he saw her walking in the yard. His expression changed slightly, and he forced a smile and said, "Is it boring in the house?"
Xihua grinned: "A bit."
Hao Yuan raised his head and looked at the sun. The sun had already passed the zenith. In another hour, the villa would start to take action. Now, Cao Guangjiu and Gou Chengxuan had probably arrived somewhere outside the villa and were anxiously waiting for Zhang Guangtian's arrival.
Criticize people. As for Shi Weng himself, he will not go: he wants to be completely separated from these things.
"Do you think of us as white gloves?" Hao Yuan thought Master's metaphor was wonderful. However, even white gloves come with a price. To do great things, you have to survive first.
He looked at the two green iron trees at the gate of Wanbi Bookstore a few dozen steps away. The door of the bookstore was tightly closed - today was the closing day, and the Ghost Festival was a big festival. Zhao Yingong gave all the staff in the bookstore a free pass.
Holidays, there are no labor laws these days, and there is no concept of rest days. Having a holiday can also make everyone relax.
With fewer people, there will be less trouble. Otherwise, it would take a lot of effort to uniform the clerks and workers inside, and there might be too many casualties. Hao Yuan is not taboo about killing people, but being burned to death in a fire and being killed
Killing his people is two different things.
The weather is very hot in the afternoon, and this is not a busy city. There are almost no people on the deserted streets. There are only a few vendors selling watermelons and tea stalls dozing lazily under the pergola. These people Hao Yuan has already arrived in advance
After investigation, it was found that they were all members of the Oolong Society hired by Zhao Yingong. They were guarding the entire Wanbi Bookstore on the outside. A large team of people from the Oolong Society were gathered in several restaurants and teahouses on this street.
Although there were many more people from the Wulong Club gathered around the bookstore than he did, Hao Yuan was not worried. The people who attacked the club wanted money, so they used blunt weapons instead of sharp weapons in the fights to avoid killing people and making it difficult to clean up.
The people under him are different. This time, they are prepared to go in with a white knife and come out with a red knife. Although there are few people, their will is strong enough. As long as a human life is lost, Oolong Society will not be able to withstand it.
Last night, Hao Yuan's men had already climbed over the wall here in advance and had taken control of the second shop as a starting point. Others were in the alley at the back door of Wanbi Bookstore, responsible for blocking. They were all dressed in black and had their heads covered.
He wears black cloth, his face is covered with black gauze, and he wears ordinary people's clothes underneath. When the time comes, he can abandon his coat and weapon and disguise himself as a good citizen.
Hao Yuan looked at the door of Wanbi Bookstore again. The front door of Wanbi Bookstore was entirely made of stone. The arched door was located on three levels of stone steps. This architectural form was not new to Hao Yuan at all: a European simplification.
It's just a version.
The door has been covered with rows of door panels. According to Xihua's intelligence and the on-site inspection of the people he sent, it seems that the weather-beaten row of door panels are made of fine wood. And the size is very thick, and the upper and lower grooves of the inlay are directly
It is opened on the stone door frame. Once it is put together, iron bolts will be added to reinforce it. Let alone a few people smashing the door with ordinary tools, even using a hammer and ax may not be able to open it quickly. I'm afraid it will have to be used.
Just hit the door hammer.
Not to mention that there is no ready-made big wood in this place. Even if there is, it is difficult for more than a dozen people to hold the wood and hit it. As for other methods, it is even less feasible: the wall of Wanbi Bookstore is very high, more than two feet by visual inspection, and the bottom is a stone wall foundation.
The wall is made of lying bricks. It is very difficult to dig holes or climb over the wall.
The only way to rush in is to break open the door. Hao Yuan decided to use the simplest and crudest method to achieve his goal this time: directly use gunpowder to blow open the door.
The gunpowder is hidden in the place where Xihua is placed - the courtyard is actually not far from here. A small bag of gunpowder is enough to blow open this strong door.
Today is the Hungry Ghost Festival. Buddhist services are held in every temple, and wealthy families also perform Buddhist prayers. In four villages and eight towns, in and outside the city, people are firing guns and guns all day long. An explosion cannot cause much damage.
Pay attention, and cooperate with the fact that a large number of high-altitude cannons will be fired nearby as cover. You should be able to fool them.
Everyone thought that Hao Yuan wanted the gold in Wanbi Bookstore. After all, there were too many places to spend money. But Hao Yuan was more interested in the archives that had been transferred to the bookstore.
Master was very interested in everything about the "Australians" and mentioned many times in his letters to him that if possible, he would try to seize some of their own files.
The number of archives is extremely large, and it was impossible for Zhao Yingong to transfer them all to Wanbi Bookstore in a hurry. The transfer must have been the most important and confidential materials.
According to the information provided by Xihua, the core part of Wanbi Bookstore is the kindergarten. Although this school has been discontinued since the villa was built, it has always been the most heavily guarded place in Wanbi Bookstore, second only to the courtyard where Zhao Yingong lives.
According to Xihua, all the houses in the school were designed and built by Zhao Yingong himself. Not only are their shapes different from ordinary houses, but the materials used are also very sophisticated.
If you want to temporarily store a large amount of files and belongings, this currently vacant kindergarten is the best place.
He looked at the map on the table again. Fortunately, Xihua provided the information this time: Wanbi Bookstore is simply a trance. The internal structure is not built in the general Chinese, Western and French style at all. The corridors, portals and stairs are intricate. Even Xihua is like this
People who have lived in the bookstore for a long time don't know the entire structure inside. But she at least knows how to enter the kindergarten.
If I didn't have this picture, I'd rush in with the merchants, and I'd be afraid that I wouldn't even be able to touch the door inside - the bookstore's internal passages are criss-crossed, and there are thousands of doors, and they're always locked without a key.
It takes a lot of time to break in through the door.
With this map and the gunpowder pack to blow up the door, they can easily break into the school and seize the supplies inside.
The first group of people who transported gunpowder had already returned. They were divided into small packages in bamboo tubes and stored in a north-facing room in the backyard. Ice cubes were also placed in the room to cool down.
"Are we sending the second group of people to get the gunpowder now?" someone next to me asked.
The weather is very hot, and this is an urban area, so gunpowder cannot be transported in a big way. The gunpowder needed today can only be transported from the stronghold by small groups of ants.
"Go ahead. Be careful on the road!"
The second group of people transporting gunpowder was led by He Liu. In order not to attract attention, they did not move together. Instead, they worked in groups of two or three, each finding their own way. They then gathered at the stronghold to collect the gunpowder.
He Liu was the leader and was the first to arrive. He knocked on the signal and entered through the back door. The guard said everything was business as usual.
"What about the rest?"
"They are all patrolling along the courtyard wall. There are too few manpower left, and they have to take care of the entrance."
"Take me to see Jia Le quickly."
"You can go there by yourself. I can't kill anyone here. She is in the east courtyard of the main house."
"Okay." He Liu was very familiar with this place and went to the main courtyard without any care. There was only one nurse in the main courtyard. He knew He Liu and let him in after a brief nod.
There is a moon cave door in the east of the backyard of the main courtyard, and you can enter the east side courtyard. He Liu quickly walked in and saw tea cups and snacks placed on the stone table in the middle of the courtyard, but there was no one around. He felt strange.
I quickly called a few times, but no one answered.
He Liu secretly screamed that something was wrong, and quickly looked around. After turning half a circle, he suddenly saw Jia Le lying in the corner on the side of the courtyard wall, with strips of cloth randomly wrapped around his forehead, and there was faint blood oozing from it.
Shocked, he quickly took a few steps forward and helped her up. She screamed several times.
Jia Le woke up leisurely and saw He Liu holding him. He struggled and said, "Quick, quick, tell Uncle Hao... Xihua... is a spy!" He fainted again.
"Have the people who went to pick up the second batch of gunpowder come back?" Hao Yuan suddenly realized that the second batch of people who went to pick up the gunpowder were back.
"Not yet," the person next to me replied, "Do you want to urge me?"
At this moment, someone suddenly ran in, it was He Liu, looking very nervous.
"What's going on?!" Hao Yuan's expression changed. It was already the last moment. He Liu's expression was so frightened. It was obvious that something was wrong!
"Something happened!" He Liu whispered in his ear, and Hao Yuan's expression changed drastically. He turned around and told his deputy: "You stay here and keep an eye on me. I'll come as soon as I can!"
Just as he was about to go downstairs, He Liu grabbed him fiercely: "Hao Da! You can't go! If you go, you will be trapped!"
Xihua has defected, and the location of the stronghold has been exposed. Within an hour or two, Zhao Yingong's men will definitely make a surprise attack.
"No, there are a lot of our things stored there. We must transport them all away, otherwise the consequences will be disastrous!" Hao Yuan said anxiously. He had calculated everything, but he had not calculated that Xihua would surrender and rebel again. In this way, this
Once you are in a stronghold, you must give up.
"I'll take someone to move it!" He Liu volunteered.
As a result, the manpower originally planned to launch the attack on Wanbi Bookstore would be reduced by at least a dozen people.
It is taboo to weaken the attack power, but the stronghold must also be saved. Xihua's defection immediately put him in a dilemma. His leaders surrounded him nervously, waiting for him to make a final decision.
"Give the order quickly, time waits for no one." He Liu urged anxiously.
Hao Yuan's mind was spinning like a windmill, thinking about the situation Xihua would face after his rebellion.
Xihua's defection brought about two problems: the plan to attack Wanbi Bookstore was exposed; and one of his strongholds in the city was exposed.
When Zhao Yingong received Xihua's report, his first reaction must be to strengthen the defense of the bookstore - he might send his own people here, or he might use the power of the government: ask the Yamen to send officials to protect the bookstore, which is just a piece of paper for the Jin gentry.
The thing about the movie, the fast-handed government officials, is certainly not a big deal, but robbing a bookshop in broad daylight and under a bright fire does not count. Add to that the killing of government officials, and you are getting into a lot of trouble.