Siheyuan: Survival Guide for Courtyard No. 95

The deaf old lady and Lou Bancheng walked up the mountain slowly, while Scorpion, Lao Ba and others kept complaining that the action plan was too hasty and put them in danger.

In the end, it was only after Lou Bancheng told them that as long as they could hold out until the end of the mission, each of them would be rewarded with $10,000 that this group of people shut up.

Facing the cold wind, they walked to the middle of the mountain and saw a wooden house covered with snow in the distance. Scorpion ran over in a hurry, but he was frozen on the way.

Lou Bancheng and the others also sped up their pace because the sun was about to set, and in the mountains in winter, it is often most dangerous after the sun sets.

After these guys pushed open the door of the wooden house and went in, they found that there was someone else in the house. Sha Zhu took a look in the afterglow of the sun and said in surprise.

"Isn't this the old hag Jia Zhang? Why is she here? Didn't she go and enjoy life with Qin Huairu's uncle?"

The deaf old lady moved forward and pressed her hand on Jia Zhang's neck.

“He must have been dead for several days. It looks like he froze to death.

I didn’t expect Zhang Cuihua to die here. It seems that Qin Huairu and his so-called uncle deceived everyone in the courtyard. "

When Sha Zhu heard the old lady's words, he sat down on the ground. He couldn't believe that Sister Qin, who was usually "kind and gentle", could be such a person.

The other enemy spies ignored him. Scorpion and Lao Ba dragged Jia Zhang out together and threw her into a snow pit not far from the wooden house. They would not stay in the same room with a dead person.

After these people had made fires and cooked, and had filled their stomachs with food and drink, the deaf old lady saw that Sha Zhu seemed hesitant to speak, so she called him outside the wooden house and spoke.

"Zhu Zi, you must have a lot of questions to ask, right?"

Sha Zhu nodded to the deaf old lady. At this moment, he felt that the other party was so strange, as if someone he knew before had suddenly changed his heart.

The deaf old lady said slowly.

"There are some things I wanted to hide from you forever, but now is the time to tell you. I'm afraid if I don't tell you now, I will never have the chance again."

The deaf old lady lowered her head in deep thought, as if she was recalling the past.

“It all started decades ago.”

“At that time, Bald D hadn’t even established the Renaissance Society, and I was still a rich lady.

Before the September 18th Incident, everyone in your mother's family had died of illness, so she came to live with me, her cousin. Your mother and I spent a carefree time together. If the war hadn't broken out, you would probably be a rich young master now."

"When I found out your mother was with He Daqing, I was very angry, because at that time people valued marriage between equals. How could a cook be qualified to marry a lady from a rich family?"

"Especially after your mother died after giving birth to He Yushui, my hatred for him reached its peak. If I hadn't been busy taking over the Japanese's assets and couldn't sell them, I really wanted to kill him with my own hands."

After hearing this, Sha Zhu realized that the deaf old lady and his mother were cousins, no wonder the other party loved him so much.

The old lady didn't care whether Sha Zhu understood or not and continued to speak.

"Bald D was defeated by the People's Liberation Army on the front battlefield. At that time, my superiors knew that the situation was hopeless, so they left me, your father, Lou Bancheng and others to lie in wait. I handed over my ancestral home to the new government in exchange for a chance to survive.

The Lou family actively cooperated with the new government in public-private partnerships, and their past crimes were covered up.

The only gap is your father, because too many people in Beijing have seen him do bad things.

Finally, we discussed a solution and forced him to leave his hometown and go to Baocheng. This was also a way for me to avenge your mother. After all, the other party was a member of the Secret Service, and we couldn't hurt each other anymore."

Having said that, the old lady looked at Sha Zhu.

"You basically know what's going to happen next. You're old enough now, and it's time for you to make your own way.

If we can escape this time, you will cross the sea with me, and I can let you live a rich life. If we don't have a chance to escape, then you just stay behind and don't worry about anything. Just say that everything was forced upon you by us enemy spies.

At least you can survive this way."

After hearing this, Sha Zhu didn't know what to say. He just felt that he had been living in a woven dream for the past few years. If Zhao Shanhe were here, he would tell him that this is called The Truman Show.

It was around the fifteenth day of the lunar calendar. The moon at night made the snow look silvery white. Zhao Shanhe followed the footprints in the moonlight and finally found the wooden house. Except for the night watchman, all the enemy spies in the house had fallen asleep.

Scorpion was the one on night duty. While throwing wood into the stove, he watched the sleeping Lou Xiao'e. If the deaf old lady had not repeatedly forbade him to attack the young lady, he would have driven away long ago.

He stood up, stretched, opened the door of the wooden house and went out to drain the water.

As soon as he took out the tools, he felt the sound of wind behind his ears. Before he could make a sound, he was knocked down by a punch. Who else could have knocked him down except Zhao Shanhe?

At this time, Zhao Shanhe already had the strength of 7 pillars. Let alone a person made of flesh, even if the scorpion was made of iron, he could punch a hole in it with one punch.

He stood quietly at the door for a minute, and his powerful five senses allowed him to know how many people were in the house.

The deaf old lady, Lou Bancheng, Lou Xiaoe, Sha Zhu, He Daqing, and there are 4 more. It seems that the number is similar to what I expected.

Zhao Shanhe did not break into the house directly. According to the report of the investigators who found Xu Wude's body, the other party was beaten to death by Wing Chun, which means that at least one person in the wooden house is a martial arts master.

Although Zhao Shanhe was extremely strong, he had never fought against a martial arts master, and he was afraid of falling into a ditch.

He dragged the scorpion's body away from the door. He didn't believe that the other party would not be anxious when he found out that the night watchman was missing. He had plenty of time anyway, so the worst that could happen was that he would just waste time.

Two hours later, Lao Ba and the deaf old lady woke up at the same time. They looked around the house but did not see the scorpion. The deaf old lady winked at Lao Ba, and they both took out their pistols and walked towards the door of the wooden house.

The deaf old lady stretched out her hand to open the door, and Lao Ba rushed out like a lazy donkey, raised his gun and looked around the door. When he didn't see anyone, he said to the deaf old lady.

"Boss, there's no one at the door. The scorpion is gone."

The shout was neither too loud nor too soft, just enough to wake up the other enemy spies in the house.

The deaf old lady saw that Lao Ba was safe and sound at the door, so she walked out of the house with the remaining enemy spies.

"Old Eight, check if there are any traces of footprints or anything like that. Scorpion definitely wouldn't disappear for no reason. Everyone, load your guns and shoot if you see someone you don't recognize."