Chapter 22 Arrested anyway

During this period, Mr. Aris Dingbermore, the Minister of Police, was definitely not lazy. He put behind the shouts of Widow Shuro Tarbeck wishing him success, and rushed to the forest with Basti on a rope. At the old stone cross, Basty smelled the footprints of the great thief Huo Zhenbo. In fact, Basty is an excellent search dog.Its nose was close to the ground, dragging Mr. Minister of Police away. —it dragged so vigorously that Mr. Dingbermore had to stagger along. "May you do well, Basty!" panted Mr. Dingbellmore. "Do it well! Catch the thief, the prize is a sausage! It's a sausage!"

"Woof! woof! woof! Basty barked. Basty barked to show he understood Mr. Dingbellmore. From then on, Basty redoubled his zeal, and even forbearance did not raise his legs to the trees that particularly attracted his attention. "Where is this guy leading me..." Mr. Ding Beimo followed expectantly. At the crucified thieves hideout, Basty stopped.Tracking ends here. Mr. Ding Beimore was completely disappointed.Not in this place. "You must have misremembered, Basty," he muttered. "Woof! Woah! Woah!" Basty called.Basty barked to show that he remembered correctly.

"No!" Ding Beimo objected to Basty, "You remember wrongly, and very wrongly! Today, sausages are not allowed.--Understood, it is not allowed... Eh, what is that?" Mr. Dingbelmore put his hands round his ears.Inside the hiding place, someone was shouting, which could be heard clearly.Isn't that clearly Huo Zhenbo's voice? "Damn it!" thought Mr. Dingbermore. "The hiding place is crucified by order.—but the fellow will be in it! It's not a common thing!" He hurriedly pulled down the wooden board at the door, then drew out his saber, put on his helmet, and kicked the door with his foot.

"Wooow! Wooow!" Basty just yelled, and in the blink of an eye, he passed Mr. Ding Beimer and jumped into the room. Immediately afterwards, the great thief Huo Zhenbo cried for help. "Oh, it hurts! Get the animal away—isn't it a crocodile? Help! Help! I'm going to be eaten by the beast!" Mr. Dingbelmore knows his job well. "Basty!" he yelled, "You can't get ahead of the law. Come here!—Anyway, you're under arrest, Huo Zhenbo, stop making noise, come out!" "That—it can't, Mr. Minister of Police..." "Why not? Hey, stop kidding"

Mr. Ding Beimer's foot stepped into the room.Take a look, how about it? Huo Zhenbo was tied to the chair.Beside him stood Kasper, Zobel and Granny. The three of them shouted in unison: "What a pleasure to come, Mr. Minister of Police!" Ding Beimo showed a depressed face. "This time, I'm late again!" He sighed, "Huo Zhenbo can't resist, I just need to drag him back. —— Then it's over! To me, this is a bit insufficient." Kasper rattled the chain: "Didn't you see that we are locked by the chain? The key to the chain is in Huo Zhenbo's vest pocket. We can't do anything about it..."

"So it is," cried Mr. Dingbellmore. "Then let this Basty work hard." "Woof, woof!" Basty barked and rushed towards Huo Zhenbo. "Please stop!" Huo Zhenbo begged, "Please hold down the crocodile! I will listen to everything honestly!" In this way, it was very simple to untie Huo Zhenbo's rope and take out the key. Kaspar unlocked it first for Granny, then for Zobel, and finally for himself. "Well, you see, you're definitely not too late, Mr. Police Minister!" said Granny cheerfully to Mr. Dingbermore. "We have a lot to say to you."

"That's out of the question!" Mr. Ding Beimo humbly declined, "I'm just doing my duty faithfully." " However, in the heart of this brave man, it seemed that a copper pot that had been polished five times was placed in the sun, shining brightly.