Chapter Seventeen: Night Visit to the Secret Chamber

  The troops stopped, Hu Zhiyong looked at the brothers who fell to the ground behind him, and one of them surrounded him. He asked in surprise: "Not a single one was left behind?"

  "Master, these stinky little rascals have gone all out to eavesdrop on your intimate conversation with Miss Bell!" Hu Pengsheng said with a sly smile, revealing the small secret in his brothers' hearts.

  "It's all your fault!" Baoli's face turned red as she ran back and jumped into the car, saying to Xiao Wang: "Let's go, we'll wait for them at Hu Village!"

  "Ah!" Hu Zhiyong shouted anxiously, but the car had already sped away into the distance.

  "Master, I'll go after her." Yin Long took a step forward, but was stopped by Hu Zhiyong.

  "What's the point of chasing her? Hu Pengsheng, let's move on and try to make it to Huzhuang for dinner!" Hu Zhiyong shook his legs and started walking towards Huzhuang at the foot of Buxuyan Mountain.

  At Chen Xinwen's home, Chen Xiuzhi and Hu Zhigang sat awkwardly. The old man said gruffly: "You are patriots, I am a Han traitor. Ask me to get you medicine? Those things are controlled by the little devils!"

  "Dad, isn't the hospital in our county invested by our family?" Chen Xiuzhi was unwilling to return empty-handed and urgently needed to make an impression in front of Hu Dashao.

  "Our family's investment? The big right to operate the 'medicine' business is in San Shao's hands, I only manage the dividend." Chen Xinyu painfully accused his daughter: "It's not that Dad said San Shao is no good, isn't San Shao excellent? You've been blinded by greed!"

  "Dad, I'm telling you, it's a forced relationship. I don't love him and he doesn't love me." Chen Xiuzhi argued stubbornly.

  "Second Uncle, where is Third Brother now? I must go to Beiping tomorrow." Hu Zhigang said anxiously, he didn't know why Hu Zhiyong went out in such a hurry.

  "The troops had just been established, and everything needed him to 'worry' about. Let me go ask the garrison troops, maybe Captain Hu knows he's there." Chen Xinwen left home, and the living room suddenly became quiet.

  "Xiu Zhi, have you made up your mind?" Hu Zhigang sat up straight from the sofa and asked first.

  "Uh, let's get back to Beiping and report to our superiors." Chen Xiuzhi's face turned red as she replied in a low voice.

  "Zhuanghe is really a weird place, completely different from other occupied areas. Where did my third brother learn his military skills? Does he have someone backing him up?" Hu Zhigang looked out the window with suspicion and relief that his hometown had not been destroyed by war.

  "Hmph, your third brother Tie Xin is a Han traitor, serving as a spy for the enemy, something you should be proud of?" Chen Xiuzhi was fed up with Hu Zhiyong and wasn't polite when stirring up trouble against his older brother.

  "How short-sighted!" Hu Zhigang glared at Chen Xiuzhi: "Have you seen him kill Chinese people? Have you seen him betray his compatriots for the sake of the island nation's little devils? This can only be said that he doesn't understand us, and it's also your improper work method!"

  Hu Zhiyong led the special forces to Hu Village, and after throwing out a sentence, he left. Hu Pengsheng heard that they would be having a night march an hour later, and suddenly lost spirit, sitting on the ground: "We're done for, Devil Zhou is going to skin us alive!"

  "Squad leader, devil training is a bit tiring, but I think it's worth it! The young master has paid us such a high price, our salary is several times higher than that of ordinary soldiers. Will he be willing to torture us?" said Xiāng Zhàn Wǔ, the squad leader, standing up and looking at everyone.

  "Damn it, you think I don't know?" Hu Pengsheng patted his two legs: "Trust is one thing, but my legs aren't reliable!"

  "Haha, that's the young master's intention." Xing Zhanwu washed the dishes after dinner: "Running a few more times will get you used to it and feel better."

  Hu Zhuang Nei Yuan, Hu Zhiyong and the two closely following Huo Feng and Yin Long finished their meal, the sky was already late. He ordered Yin Long to keep watch outside and took Huo Feng into the secret room.

  Guang Hao pressed the "door" on time, and Hu Zhiyong opened his flashlight to light a candle. Huo Feng looked around, frowned and said: "Young master, where is the mechanism marked on the drawing?"

  "Bed!" Hu Zhiyong looked at the two rounded decorative bars on the head of the bed, gesturing to Huo Feng to go to the other end: "Remember, I'm on the right and you're on the left, one, two, three!"

  "Whoosh!"

  After a loud noise, the large stone 'bed' moved horizontally for more than one meter. A pitch-black hole appeared on the wall close to the stone 'bed'. Hu Zhiyong picked up his flashlight and ordered Huo Feng to move a little further away from him.

  "Master, is there danger? Or should I go in?"

  "Who?" Hu Zhiyong, hugging the taller Huo Feng, gave her a kiss: "This thing isn't difficult for me, and you don't understand mechanics. Listen, keep at least one zhang distance from me, if something goes wrong, grab my 'leg' and quickly retreat!"

  Under the flashlight, a row of neatly arranged sharp knives "exposed" in the "cave". Hu Zhiyong "pulled out" a multi-functional dagger that had been prepared early on and lightly touched the bottom of the first row of sharp knives. The mechanism automatically retracted.

  Hu Feng didn't dare to make a sound, afraid that Hu Zhiyong would be distracted and have an accident. The two of them walked slowly, stopping from time to time, and it wasn't until after a long while that they had walked more than three zhang away. Under the light of the lamp, a large "cave" appeared in front of them.

  "Alright, there are no more traps ahead." Hu Zhiyong smiled, pulled out a cigarette from his pocket and lit it up.

  "Young master, it seems like an empty cave." Huo Feng looked around and stopped with a disappointed expression.

  This 'cave' is very large, with a width of over 10 meters and a length of about 20-30 meters. The walls and top of the cave are lined with clear-colored granite, and when you speak, your voice echoes back loudly.

  "There are patterns on the stones on the back wall." Hu Zhiyong was very confident, picked up his flashlight and walked directly to the bottom of the 'cave'. Huo Feng followed closely behind, arrived at the bottom of the 'cave' and shone her flashlight, laughing: "Young master, look, there really are patterns above!"

  The pattern on the wall was a wolf totem, a white wolf raised its proud head, and green light flashed in its eyes. Hu Zhiyong walked over and pressed on the wolf's eye, only to see the stone wall slide lightly, and a dark room appeared before the two of them.

  "Ah!" Huo Feng had never been frightened before, but at this moment, her heart was racing wildly and she couldn't muster the strength to move forward another step.

  The dark room is about forty or fifty square meters, with sandalwood boxes stacked neatly inside. On the other side of the wall, a one-meter-eight-high gold brick occupies about one-tenth of the space.

  Open the box, pearls shine everywhere. All kinds of exquisite ornaments and jewelry are full. Hu Zhiyong checked all the boxes and pointed to the gold brick against Huo Feng: "Take out a part, this thing can return many machines and good things!"

  "Master, each of these blocks weighs around 10 catties. Carrying them out might cause trouble. I think it's better to bring two pieces and come back for more when needed." Huo Feng suggested cautiously.

  "Each of us will take one piece! Feng Jie, pick a good set to keep for yourself and leave it here, it would be a pity if it's wasted." Hu Zhiyong was not a miser, he wanted to use this batch of treasures to build up his business and troops.

  Huofeng didn't decline, picked up a 'jade' bangle and put it on her wrist, then took out a pearl necklace and hung it around her neck. The two of them arranged the boxes and retreated back along the original path, sealing all the 'holes'.

  Back in his living room, Yin Long called out softly from outside: "Young Master, Young Master has arrived."

  "Let him in!" Hu Zhiyong was taken aback for a moment, but he immediately understood that his brother had probably come to ask him for something.

  "Third brother." The two met in the living room, Hu Zhigang took his younger brother's cigarette and hastily said without lighting it: "I have to leave tonight, can you get me some 'stuff'?"

  "How strange, can't Beiping even buy 'medicine'?" Hu Zhiyong asked in surprise.

  "Tianjin is surrounded by the enemy's naval blockade, and the Western medicine store can no longer receive supplies." Hu Zhigang said anxiously: "Two of our comrades are injured, if we don't treat them soon, their lives will be in danger."

  "What else is needed? Radio, generator?" Hu Zhiyong smiled slightly and asked.

  "Can you give me a radio?" Hu Zhigang excitedly pulled his younger brother: "Okay, I only want the radio and 'medicine', we'll talk about the rest later."

  "Big brother, I can only see you off out of Zhuanghe County, can you make it on your own for the rest of the journey?" Hu Zhiyong looked at his brother with concern, worrying for him.

  "Don't worry, I have comrades in Guiyun 'Flower' Village to pick me up." Hu Zhigang felt at ease, and things finally had a settlement.

  Hu Zhiyong handed a silver ticket to his brother and called out to Yin Long, saying: "You and Xiao Wang take the young master to Guiyun 'Flower' Township and hurry back."

  "Where is it?" Hu Zhigang hadn't seen it and asked anxiously.

  "I had already prepared it for you when I left the city on the train." Hu Zhiyong chuckled and asked, "Do you have a place to stay in Beiping? How can I get in touch with you if I want to?"

  "This——"

  "Big brother, the secrets you keep from me are not secrets to me, and I can also deduce the history of development for the next 70 years!" Hu Zhiyong deliberately glanced at his older brother, saw that he was shocked, and smiled without saying another word.

  "Do you know about my stuff?" Hu Zhigang was shocked, his surprised eyes staring fixedly at his little brother.

  "Of course. You are now armed in the vicinity of Jinggangshan, and a few years later you will be at the Great Wall, and finally return to Shaanxi. Listen to me, after the War of Resistance is won, hurry back home, our brothers working together to build business is the right path!"

  Hu Zhiyong's words stunned his brother. He didn't dare to believe that the fool of yesteryear could actually do math?

  "Are you certain?" Hu Zhigang continued to ask.

  "Big brother, within three years your base will be surrounded by Old Chiang. If it weren't for the island nation attacking Shanghai and Tianjin, Shandong, I'm afraid you would have been annihilated. Fortunately, they relocated in time, and after more than a year, only over 30,000 people arrived in Shaanxi. Everything our brothers said today, I hope you remember clearly. Don't leak out half a sentence. Also, I give you a good suggestion, you can live in Zhuanghe County as your dispatched agency, maybe I can provide economic and material support for you." Hu Zhiyong's goal was very clear, but he didn't want to reveal all the secrets.

  "Third brother, are you allowing me to develop here?" Hu Zhigang was even more surprised, he couldn't understand what his little brother was up to.

  "Development? Haha, the places you consider as development areas are actually poor and barren lands, not many people will participate. I have three purposes for doing this. Firstly, to ensure your safety at all times; secondly, to bring you some political benefits; thirdly, to help solve some of your practical difficulties! Of course, you can't rely on me entirely, but I'll lend a hand when it's crucial."

  "Third brother, I don't know how to evaluate you!" Hu Zhigang laughed, a genuine smile.

  "No party can remain clean forever, whether you believe it or not, decades later you will have doubts about your own efforts. Big brother, now I can only protect one side of the people, eight years later we will meet less often. Because, I want to develop my career abroad!"

  "Do you want to go look for your parents?" Hu Zhigang said anxiously, "I had a premonition, I'm afraid my parents are no longer in this world."

  "Nonsense." Hu Zhiyong stood up excitedly and said, "The letter from our parents was personally handed over to us by a high-ranking official's family. Could this letter be fake?" Hu Zhiyong didn't dare to imagine how his big brother had such a premonition.

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