Chapter 45: The Warehouse in South City

  Yuan Yi and Yuan Xin fled west from the prison, finally getting rid of the devils' pursuit. After a night of turmoil, the two were both tired and hungry. Yuan Yi found that there was a Guandi Temple near where they arrived, so he waved to Yuan Xin, and the two entered the Guandi Temple.

  Today, Yuan Yi and Yuan Xin were lucky enough to find a few dry rice balls that looked like stones on the altar where Guan Yu was worshipped. The two of them were so hungry that their chests were stuck together, they hugged the rice balls and started gnawing at them.

  At this moment, footsteps and voices of two people came from the entrance of Guandi Temple.

  Yuan Yi and Yuan Xin tiptoed to the window of Guandi Temple, looked out through the window, and saw two people, one fat and one thin, standing in front of Guandi Temple.

  That fatty said: "Old brother, have you had enough fun tonight?" His voice was somewhat shrill.

  The skinny man said: "I spent so much money and only got to shoot three times, it's really... I took out all the remaining money at home this time to shoot it away. What should I do if I get addicted in the future?" His voice was a bit hoarse.

  "Hey, brother, don't look so gloomy, okay? I'm telling you, the sky won't abandon people. I found a warehouse storing opium in a dilapidated courtyard in the south of the city. It's rarely visited and very secluded, so the owner only assigned two guards at the entrance. I stumbled upon that warehouse by chance. The roof has a small skylight tied with iron wire. If we cut the wire and open the skylight, we can slide into the warehouse through it. Once inside, it'll be like taking our own stuff, without anyone noticing. We can grab a big chunk of opium, enough for us to smoke for a week, and it's free! Are you in?" said Fatso.

  "Come on! Is it that easy? You've been in, why don't you bring out a few pieces and give them to us brothers to have some fun?" said the thin man.

  "Look at my figure, can I squeeze through the skylight? If I could squeeze through that skylight, would I tell you such a good thing?" said the fat man.

  "So it's true?"

  "That's even more fake."

  "Whose warehouse is this? Let's not stir up trouble," said the thin man.

  "Hah, who cares whose it is! In this world, if you don't take it, others will. Have you thought about it? Do you want to go with me now?" asked the fatty.

  "Haha, you little brat, you're quite mean. You want me to go, just because my body can fit through that skylight? This is putting me in danger! What if I climb down and someone comes, you'll definitely sneak away along the rooftop, leaving me alone in the warehouse, waiting for them to catch me and put out my life. You little brat, I guarantee you'd do something to harm a fellow smoker like that. Tell me, isn't that true?" said the thin man.

  "Alright, alright, some of you have said yes and some no, now it's your turn to speak up. This is a good opportunity that doesn't cost any money to get over the nicotine addiction, so are you going to do it or not?" Fatso said.

  "Come on! Who says no? With such a good thing, why shouldn't I do it? Just kidding with you earlier!" The thin man said, nudging the fat man with his shoulder.

  "Since that's the case, we'll take action tonight. It's the second half of the night now, which is when those two kids who are watching the warehouse will be most sleepy. We'll make our move then. Thin guy, go get a rope and I'll find some pliers. Let's meet back here in half an hour," said Fatso.

  "Let's go!" The thin man replied, and together with the fat man, they slipped into the night.

  Yuan Yi and Yuan Xin understood that the two men were villagers from a village not far from Guan Di Temple, who had just returned from smoking opium in the city's smokehouse.

  "Opium is a national disaster and a scourge on the people. We must destroy it." Yuan Yi pounded his fist against the wall of the Guandi Temple.

  "What are we waiting for, Master? In a moment, we'll follow those two opium ghosts to the south of the city and destroy that opium warehouse," said Yuan Xin.

  "It shall be done!" Yuan Yi said firmly.

  Half an hour later, two dark figures appeared again in front of the Guandi Temple. One held a roll of rope and the other held a pair of iron pliers. The two people didn't say a word and headed straight to the south of the city.

  Yuan Yi and Yuan Xin followed behind two smokers, tailing them.

  Those two tobacco ghosts, one fat and one thin, turned corners and walked a long way before arriving at the dilapidated courtyard in the south of the city.

  Yuan Yi carefully observed the surrounding situation. Here, not far from the South Prison of Cangmen City, is a road journey of more than three miles. Standing here, you can see the searchlights of the South Prison flickering back and forth like ghosts. Yuan Yi looked at the South Prison with hatred in his heart: "Sooner or later, I will blow it up!"

  Looking, looking, Yuan Yi's heart was puzzled: what situation? Just now when breaking out of the city south prison, why didn't I think of running south? If I ran south, wouldn't I have arrived at this warehouse where opium is hidden? Yuan Yi replayed the scene of jumping down from the guard tower of the prison like a movie, and understood that originally, on the south side of the prison, there were east-west buildings, and there was no road leading here.

  While Yuan Yi was lost in thought, Yuan Yong suddenly bumped him with his shoulder. Yuan Yi immediately came back to himself and fixed his gaze on the two smokers, one fat and one thin.

  That fatty really knew the way, leading the skinny one over the wall surrounding the yard, evading the two guards in front of the warehouse door, and climbing onto the roof from the short wall behind the warehouse.

  The warehouse was a flat house with a very flat roof. A fat and thin man came to the skylight, and the fat man used pliers to twist the iron wire that tied the skylight. Unexpectedly, as soon as the pliers touched the iron wire, a string of sparks burst out, it turned out that the iron wire on the warehouse's skylight was electrified.

  Pangzi's entire body was electrocuted, the electric current passed through Pangzi's body, his body stiffened, smoke billowed from his head, his face turned purple and green, his eyeballs bulged out, he stood rigidly on the flat roof.

  Immediately afterwards, the alarm bell in the warehouse rang loudly. The two guards standing at the entrance of the warehouse heard the alarm and rushed to the rooftop with their guns drawn.

  The thin man saw the fat man get electrocuted and didn't dare to pull him, fearing he would also get electrocuted. After the alarm sounded, he knew he couldn't stay for long, just as he was about to turn around and escape, a gunshot rang out, the thin man got shot, and Zhang fell on the rooftop.

  The alarm sounded, and dozens of armed men rushed out from nowhere. They were all guards of this warehouse. It turned out that on the surface, this warehouse only had two guards, but in reality, others had been hiding in ambush.

  Yuan Yi and Yuan Xin were also shocked to see this. They had not expected that such a small warehouse would be guarded by so many people, and even have a complete alarm system, which shows the importance of this warehouse.

  Suddenly, behind Yuan Yi and Yuan Xin, a sentence that seemed to come from a very distant place yet was extremely startling came through: "You two, watching the excitement in this place, being accidentally injured by bullets wouldn't be good. This place of mine isn't bad, why not come over and take a look?"

  Yuan Yi and Yuan Xin were shocked, hastily turned their heads to look for who was coming. However, within the range of their vision, they did not see anyone.

  "We've met a master, let's go!" Yuan Yi said to Yuan Xin.

  Not waiting for Yuan Yi and Yuan Xin to take a step, that mysterious voice came again: "Two, dare to come here? I am in your south, please keep walking south, you can see me. If you don't come, there will be a disaster of death!"