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Chapter 11 Chapter 10: Unexpected twists and turns

Underground man 倪匡 8196Words 2018-03-22
Everyone looked at each other in blank dismay, without saying a word. Boss Bai said again: "I believe that the one who got the steel plate must be one of us!" As soon as he said this, the meeting room became extremely quiet. I also believe that Boss Bai's judgment is correct, but, among the twenty-five people, who is the one who took the steel plate?Except for myself, I'm afraid no one will know. Bai Lao Dao: "This matter must be investigated. Everyone, stay here for a few days. I have invited Brother Wei and Brother Song to investigate with me. We must find out the truth before we are willing to give up. Brothers Please don’t blame me yet!” Liu Agen said, “Boss Bai, isn’t Wesley one of our Seven Gangs and Eighteenth Meetings?”

Bai Lao Dao: "That's right, but if it wasn't for him, all the twenty-one steel plates fell into the hands of one person this time, what would be the consequences, has Brother Liu ever considered it?" Liu Agen had nothing to say, but the expression on his face was filled with disapproval. Boss Bai raised his hand, put the steel plate I gave him on the table, and said, "Brother Song, take out your steel plate!" Song Jian agreed and took out the steel plate. Boss Bai looked at the other two people who did not agree to take out the steel plate that night. Those two handed over the steel plate without saying a word.Boss Bai held the four steel plates in his hands, dinged them a few times, and said, "Now, there are twenty-four of us and only four steel plates. The other person has twenty-one. In the steel plate, I found the clues to the treasure hidden by the treasury. I will handle this matter alone. Brothers, please go to rest in peace, but don't leave!"

Everyone also felt that the matter was very serious and agreed. Boss Bai walked out with his hands behind his back, and I hurriedly followed behind him, calling out, "Boss Bai!" Boss Bai didn't turn around, but slowed down a bit, and said, "What's the matter?" I said: "Now, my affairs are over, Qianyuan's injury must have recovered, I...I want to go and see her." To be honest, I must stay here, firstly, to know who took those 21 steel plates, and secondly, also because I don’t want to leave Bai Su! Boss Bai nodded and said, "Okay." I followed him out of the meeting room.

Song Jian took me to Bai Su's dormitory once, and I still remember the journey, as soon as I went out, I hurried forward, and when I came to Bai Su's door, my heart couldn't help beating wildly. I was at the door, standing blankly, thinking in my heart, how should I appear, so that Bai Su can see me, not surprised in my heart, I was thinking, suddenly I heard a very soft sound behind me Footsteps! When I heard the sound of footsteps, I didn't pay much attention to it, I just thought that someone just happened to walk by.However, the sound of footsteps suddenly stopped.At that moment, I couldn't help but startled suddenly.

Because the footsteps were extremely light, and when they were still, they were already very close to me!In other words, there is a person who has quietly come behind me!I turned around immediately, but it was already a step too late. Before I could see who was standing behind me after turning halfway around, I felt a gust of wind in my head. On the back of my head, there was already It was hit hard by something heavy. The force of that blow was extremely violent, and it hit the back of my head. Immediately, I felt the sky was full of stars, my body was shaking, and I fell to the side, and I fell to the ground.

However, I still managed to raise my head, wanting to see who was attacking me from behind. It's just that in front of my eyes, among the golden stars bursting out, I saw a rather tall figure, and rushed towards me fiercely. Before I could tell who he was, I was hit hard on the chest again. A kick! I snorted, and didn't try to figure out who he was. I bent over suddenly, and grabbed my right hand out, only to hear a "chick", the grab was on the opponent's calf, and The trousers were torn off. And that person's skill is extremely good, I just grabbed it, his left foot flew up again, this kick kicked my chin, I couldn't help but tilted my head back, and there was another thud on the back of my head, Hitting the ground, this collision, I tried to support myself so as not to faint, but it was already difficult to do so, I only felt a burst of blackness in front of my eyes, and I didn't know what was going on.

When I was about to faint, I seemed to hear someone yelling and a rush of footsteps leaving.When I woke up again, I was already lying on the bed alone. It was a very simple room with soft lighting. I groaned and saw two people sitting beside the bed, one was Boss Bai and the other was Song Jian. I shook my head, turned over and sat up, Boss Bai immediately said: "Brother Wei, what's going on?" I took a breath and said, "Don't you know?" Song Jian said: "When I heard it, I saw you fell to the ground and passed out. I don't know what happened." I thought about what happened just now, and raised my right hand to see that there was still blood on my fingernails, so I knew that what happened to me before I passed out was real, not a dream.Although the man caught me by surprise and knocked me unconscious three times in a row, his calf was still intact.But I was also scratched, must have been injured, because there is still blood on my nails.

I said: "Bai Boss, someone secretly attacked me, I think, if you didn't arrive, I'm afraid he would put me to death." Boss Bai looked heavy, and said: "Who is that man, have you seen clearly?" I shook my head, and said: "No, but I scratched his calf, there must be a scar." Boss Bai nodded, and said, "I'll check it out, you take a rest, Su'er is sleeping, you can go see her tomorrow!" I nodded and lay down again, Boss Bai and Song Jian also retreated. Over the past few days, I have been exhausted physically and mentally. Lying on the soft bed, my nerves relaxed, and I fell into a deep sleep not long after.While I was sleeping soundly, I suddenly heard a "de" sound on the door, and then, like someone, walked in.Although I knew it a little bit in my heart, I thought it was just a dream in my sleep.

I turned over and fell asleep again.But after moving a bit, my mind became clearer, and I opened my eyes a little bit to take a look, and suddenly saw a shadow covering my body!In other words, behind me, there is a person standing! I was startled suddenly in my heart, and all sleepiness disappeared in a moment! I didn't move at all, and snored evenly. I watched the figure, and saw that figure slowly raised its hand, which seemed to be holding something. I took a closer look and realized that it was a syringe, a syringe with a needle attached!The tip of the needle was gradually approaching my arm, and I was caught by surprise.Turn over abruptly and get out of bed!

After getting out of bed, I jumped up, but the moment I jumped up, a strong wind hit my face, and the whole bed was pressed against me. I waved my right arm, and with a "bang", I swung the bed away, but the sheet covered my head. I tore the sheet away, and there was no one in the room. I hurriedly chased out the door, only to see a long corridor outside the door, but there was no one there. I stayed for a while, then went back to the room, put the bed down, and sat down on the edge of the bed. This is the second time someone wants to kill me! Judging from that shadow, the man was very tall, and he came so quickly, of course it was the first time he attacked me, why did that man put me to death?

I thought about it, and there are only two possibilities, one possibility is that that person is Bai Qiwei, Bai Qiwei is also very tall, he hates me to the bone, so naturally he has a reason to put me to death.The second possibility is that the person who wanted to kill me was the one who stole the twenty-one steel plates. I was afraid that if I helped Boss Bai to conduct a reconnaissance, he would have nowhere to hide, so he wanted to kill me ! I am in the light, he is in the dark, it is very dangerous!I immediately walked out of the room, walked along the corridor, came to the end, bumped into Song Jian head-on, said with a "Hey", "Why did you get up?" As soon as I stretched out my hand, I took his hand and said: "Brother Song, go see Boss Bai quickly, I will almost never see you again!" Song Jian's expression changed, and he said, "What are you talking about?" I hurriedly told him what happened just now in my deep sleep, and Song Jian said, "Is there such a thing? We Go see Boss Bai!" He led me around a few turns.At the bottom of the deserted island, Boss Bai has set up nearly a hundred rooms, which is a different world.After turning two corners, stand in front of a door. As soon as the two of us stood still, we heard Bai Lao Dao: "What's the matter?" Song Jian said: "There is an urgent matter, Brother Wei has an accident again!" As soon as Song Jian finished speaking, the door opened automatically. It was a study, exactly the one I had seen on TV, and Boss Bai was sitting in front of a big desk.As soon as we walked in, the door closed automatically again. I looked back and couldn't help being stunned.That door looked milky white from the outside, but it was transparent from the inside! I only know that there is a kind of mirror, one side is transparent and the other side is a mirror. Boss Bai must have made improvements based on the principle of this mirror and designed such a door, so he and Song Jian only stopped at the same time. At the door, he had already asked the question. I took a few steps forward, and saw the four steel plates on the desk, and Boss Bai was scrutinizing them carefully. I asked, "Boss Bai, what's the result?" Boss Bai didn't raise his head, and said, "Brother Wei, you only slept for an hour, why didn't you sleep?" Before I could say anything, Song Jian recounted what happened to me.Boss Bai looked at me for a while and said, "Brother Wei, could it be that you are too tired?" I couldn't help being stunned, and asked, "What does this mean?" Boss Bai rubbed his hands together, and said, "If a person is too tired, he will have a very real hallucination. Psychologically, this kind of hallucination, It's called a true hallucination." Boss Bai said while looking at me. I blushed and said, "Boss Bai, so you don't believe everything I said?" Boss Bai stood up, shook his head, and said, "I didn't say that, I just said that everything you feel is actually just an illusion." I stretched out my hand and said, "Boss Bai, The first time I was attacked by someone, I scratched that person's leg, and there was blood on my nails, do you think this is also an illusion?" The tone of my speech already seemed very excited. Boss Bai patted me on the shoulder and said: "Brother Wei, you have to admit this!" I almost shouted, "It's unreasonable!" Bai Lao said: "Since you don't believe it, I might as well tell you the evidence. Listen, at first, I wanted to say it, but I think you will be fine after you take a rest, but you are getting worse and worse. You need to know that if this situation continues, it will become a psychological self-fear Even if you look at a mirror, you will think that the mirror is the enemy." Out of respect for Boss Bai, I patiently listened to the words, sat down angrily, and said, "You still haven't told where the blood on my nails came from." Boss Bai put his voice very softly, and said: "Brother Wei, lift up your right trousers and have a look." I was full of doubts, rolled up my right trousers, and even I couldn't help being dumbfounded when I saw it. up.On my calf bone, there are four scratch marks, which are clearly scratched by fingernails! I sat there in a daze, Bai Lao said: "Brother Wei, Brother Song and I already discovered this when we helped you up, but we didn't tell you about it, for fear that you would be provoked again..." I hardly heard what Boss Bai said later, because there was a "buzzing" sound in my head, and the confusion was extremely chaotic! I was attacked twice and almost lost my life. Could it be that all this is an illusion?impossible!That's impossible: but where did the scratch on my own calf come from?Is it true that what Boss Bai said, I scratched my calf because of hallucinations, and thought I scratched the enemy? However, the situation at that time was too real, so real that it was hard to believe that it was an illusion!My mind was confused for a long time before I raised my head and said, "Boss Bai, you didn't even check other people?" Bai Lao said, "Brother Wei, what kind of person do you think I am? They have all been checked, but none of them has any scars on their legs!" Song Jian said: "Boss Bai and I did it together, our calves. I can show you too." As he said that, he rolled up his trousers, and I quickly said, "No need! No need!" Because no matter who I suspected, I couldn't suspect Song Jian and Boss Bai.Boss Bai said again: "Brother Wei, you haven't seen clearly who attacked you twice, so it's an illusion, you need to rest!" I shook my head vigorously, feeling that although my body was tired, my mind was very clear.Although Boss Bai spoke convincingly, and used the characters of the Three Kingdoms, he said a series of psychological terms whose meanings were difficult for me to understand, but I just didn't believe it.My encounters would be hallucinations.I thought about it carefully and said: "Okay, Boss Bai. Let's not talk about it for now, what can you gain from those four steel plates?" Boss Bai sighed and said: "If I can If there is something to gain from those four steel plates, my plan will not work." I hurriedly said, "Boss Bai, what plan do you have?" Bai Lao said: "Brother Wei, you should stop using your brain and go to rest!" I said stubbornly, "No, I'm not tired." Boss Bai suddenly sighed and said: "Brother Wei, I said In a word, I'm not afraid of offending you, if only I had a son like you!" I could hear the sadness in Boss Bai's words, so I could only say: "You think highly of me." Boss Bai turned his head away, and after a while, he turned around and said: "The reason why I put away these four steel plates is that the person who got the twenty-one steel plates must also be difficult to understand." The location of the Treasurer's treasure, because of the design of the Treasurer, I believe it must be very mysterious. If there is one piece missing, the outline can be understood, but four pieces are missing, but it is useless. Therefore, the four steel plates ..." When he mentioned this, Song Jian said: "These four steel plates are a kind of bait, waiting for the fish to take the bait!" I thought about it.Said: "I'm afraid it won't work. Everyone knows that the steel plate is in your hands. Who dares to stroke the tiger's beard?" Bai Lao Dao: "Where is the benefit, I'm afraid that person will try his best to win a game. I will put the four steel plates on the table, and I can sleep for a while, tempting people to take the bait!" I still think Boss Bai's method is unlikely to succeed.Moreover, I also feel that this strange man among the strange men, after many years of living in underground seclusion, is no longer what he used to be compared to the old boss Bai and the legendary boss Bai! At that time, Song Jian and I looked at the four steel plates on the table and saw the words on the steel plates.It seems meaningless and completely incoherent.Moreover, it seems that it has nothing to do with Treasure Treasure and the Seventh and Eighteenth Gangs. I took my leave first, backed out, followed the corridor, and before I knew it, I came to Bai Su's door. I stood at the door for a while, and then I thought about the incident in detail.I can recall almost every detail before I passed out. Once again, I affirmed that what happened to me was by no means an illusion. I reached out to the door and pecked it lightly a few times, only to hear Bai Su say: "Come in." I slowly opened the door and walked in, and then I stepped into the room, and Bai Su sat up on the bed abruptly. When he got up, an inexplicable look of horror appeared on his face!She was still wearing the straps, but her complexion was not as pale as before. I quickly took two steps forward and said, "Miss Bai, don't be surprised." Bai Su fell down again dejectedly, and said: "You...you didn't escape the danger, Uncle Song lied to me!" I hastily said: "Uncle Song didn't lie to you. Now, I'm really out of danger. Your father and the seven gangs and eighteen brothers have put an end to me. Miss Bai, listen to me!" Bai Su looked at me with half-belief, I was bold.I sat down on the edge of her bed, her face was not worried, and I told her in detail what happened after she took the risk to turn off the lights, and finally asked: "Did you say that my last encounter was a hallucination?" ?” The more Bai Su listened to me, the happier she looked on her face. When I finished speaking, she struggled to sit up again, two blushes appeared on her face, which contrasted with her haggard face.There is also an indescribable beauty! I couldn't help it, and before I could wait for her reply, I leaned over and kissed her lightly on the forehead.Bai Su's complexion turned redder, she glanced at me, lowered her head, remained silent for a while, feeling infinitely shy. After a while, she sighed softly.Said: "My brother is gone, I'm afraid my father will be angry again in the future!" I said: "Miss Bai, why are you so worried?" Bai Su raised his head and said, "Father likes to read Buddhist scriptures recently, and I also feel that his ability to judge some things is quite different from before." I didn't say that Boss Bai was wrong in judging the matter, but Bai Su was extremely smart, but he said what I wanted to say in my heart. I hurriedly said: "Miss Bai, then you say, what I encountered was someone who was really going to attack me?" Bai Suxiu frowned slightly.After thinking for a while, she said: "Miss Bai, I won't bother you anymore!" Bai Su hurriedly said, "Go slowly, I have something for you, you are on the wall, press the green button." I didn't know what Bai Su gave me, so I went to the wall according to the words, and pressed the green button, only to see a wall moved outwards, revealing a cupboard. She said again: "You take a yellow box from the third drawer." I followed my advice and came to the bedside.Bai Su said: "Open the door and have a look, there are people outside." I opened the door, the corridor was quiet, no one was there.Only then did Bai Su open the box, and saw that what was placed in the box was an extremely delicate stainless steel box with a square of one inch.About half an inch thick, with a rubber band attached. She asked me to stretch my head over and put the rubber band on my head, and the square box was placed at the nucleus of the throat, and said: "This is an automatic moving camera designed according to the principle of an automatic watch. I believe It's the smallest moving camera in the world." I said: "Miss Bai, are you saying that someone will come to harm me again?" Bai Su nodded and said, "Yes, this camera will automatically shoot when it is shaken violently. Regardless of its small size, it can record seven Everything that happened in a few minutes, through the projector, everything can be seen, even in the dark, because it has the most sophisticated infrared light shooting equipment." I caressed this incomparably exquisite camera and said, "Is this also your father's invention?" Bai Su nodded, and said: "That's right, the invention right of this camera has been sold to the government of a certain country, and all the expenses here are paid for by my father's blood and sweat." She kissed her forehead and walked out reluctantly.Go back to your room.I lay on the bed, closed my eyes, of course I was not asleep, because I had to wait for the enemy. About half an hour later, I heard a "hissing" sound coming from the crack under the door. I immediately turned over quietly and followed the sound. After looking at it, my heart couldn't help jumping wildly.At this time, I didn't turn on the light, and the room was pitch black, but there was a light in the corridor, which shone in from the crack under the door.Relying on that little light, I saw a hissing cobra with a neck as wide as a spatula, swimming towards my bed quickly. I jumped up quickly, and when I jumped up, I only heard the slight sound of the automatic camera on my neck, and I knew it had started to work. As soon as I got up, the cobra suddenly shot at me like an arrow off the string!I had been prepared for a long time. When I saw the cobra coming, I waved my hand and swung the quilt up. I went to meet it, covered the snake, and jumped to the side. The quilt fell to the ground, and the snake was struggling. I could see it clearly, stepped on it hard, and stepped on it seven or eight times.The snake stopped moving. In a flash, I came to the door.That snake was obviously trained, otherwise, why did it sprint towards me with just a little movement?The person who released the snake, of course, wanted to harm me. He may be standing outside the door at this moment, and when he hears the sound in the room, will he open the door and have a look? I hope he does.Because this time, I'm fully prepared, not only can I capture him, but at least I can capture his appearance! I waited with bated breath, and about three or four minutes later, I heard a "click" on the door, and then, the door was opened half a foot, and a person came in with his head. The door opened, and the light from the corridor also came in.But the man's face was backlit, so I still couldn't see his face clearly, but I just felt that the man's figure was quite tall. I immediately dodged my figure, and rushed towards the crack of the door like a ferocious beast. After I sprinted, I punched with a "huh", and I had already hit the head. The man's movements were amazingly fast, and I flinched immediately , The door was closed with a "bang", I couldn't hold back, and at the sound of "Peng", that punch hit the door hard! I exerted a lot of force on that punch. I originally wanted to knock the person who had hurt me repeatedly with one blow, and passed out with one punch.Unexpectedly, that person, so opportunistic, immediately closed the door when he saw my punch, causing a big hole in the door with my punch! I quickly withdrew my hand, and before I could open the door, I looked out from the big hole I had shot out. But during that delay, no one was there, the corridor was quiet, and there was no one there. I'm not depressed, because although the man got away, just now, when I punched out, I had a chance to meet him for a moment. Although the time for that moment is short, as long as the camera on my neck operates normally , it is enough to take a photo of his appearance. I took off the camera, quietly opened the door, came to Bai Su's door, knocked lightly a few times, Bai Su immediately said: "Is it Mr. Wei?" As soon as I heard her voice, I felt very peaceful in my heart, and immediately said: "It's me, can I come in?" Bai Su said: "Come in!" As soon as I pushed the door, Bai Su leaned over and sat up.I raised the camera in my hand, and said: "I have captured the person who harmed me!" Bai Su's expression turned serious, and he said, "Who is he?" I shook my head and said, "I don't know, but as long as the film is developed, we will know!" Bai Su pointed to a door and said, "That's the dark room, go and wash it." There was a time when I was very obsessed with photography, and the technology of the dark room was not a problem.However, I am not good at the development method of infrared photography. Moreover, if the roll of film is damaged, it will be as difficult as heaven to find the enemy!Bai Su saw the hesitation on my face, smiled, and said, "You help me up." I hurriedly said: "You haven't recovered from your injury, how can you get up again?" Bai Su sighed softly, and said in a low voice: "It's not like doing something strenuous?" I quickly reached out and slowly helped her up. Her whole body was leaning against me. As soon as I helped her out of the bed, I helped her up and walked towards the door. I hold Bai Su tightly in my arms, and I can't help but feel a very strange feeling in my heart, Bai Su's cheeks are also blushing, obviously she feels the same in her heart as I do.I came to the door, took a short body, and opened the door.I put Bai Su on the chair and turned on the red light. She moved very slowly, and there was a very painful expression on her face from time to time.I know that she is seriously injured, and any slight movement can bring her great pain. I tried my best to help her, and the two of them were busy for more than half an hour.The film came out. The film, rolled into a roll, is only a quarter of the size of the filter tip of a filter cigarette. It is naturally impossible to directly see the image inside from the film. I pinched the film and said: "Su, I'm going to see your father, and let him see this roll of film." Bai Su put his slender hand on the back of my hand, and said: "Let's take a look first." I nodded, and Bai Su pointed to a projector, and told me how to put on the film, and I did as I said, After loading the film, a button was pressed, and the projector made a rustling sound. On the wall, a three-foot-wide and two-foot-high picture immediately appeared. First, it was the door of my room, and then the cobra appeared.At that time, I only saw the shadow of a snake, but at this time, the cobra on the screen, even the scales of the snake, can be seen very clearly. Next, the picture was messy and trembling, that's because I swung the quilt and threw the snake, and stepped on the snake. But further down, it is extremely still, and what appears on the screen is my door.This is exactly the situation before I was waiting for the enemy to show up. Then, the door was slowly pushed open, and the picture suddenly vibrated, and a person suddenly appeared on the picture! Seeing someone appearing, Bai Su stretched out his hand, and with a "pat", he stopped the turntable of the projector. The film stopped rotating, and the man's face also stood still on the wall. Bai Su and I looked at it together, and saw that man, with a square head and big ears, and a very mighty face, but with a kind of With such a ferocious expression, I could hardly believe my eyes for a moment, and stared blankly at the portrait on the wall, unable to utter a word! Bai Su called out softly, "It's him!" When I was called by Bai Su, I murmured: "Impossible, this cannot be true." Bai Su softly said: "Don't be stupid, let's think of a way to deal with it, first of all, let my father know about it!" I was still confused, because I really couldn't believe that it was him who hurt me several times.But now, infrared photography has clearly captured his face, and everyone can recognize that the person on the wall is Song Jian, the eldest brother of the Flying Tiger Gang!
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