In the "inner room" of the abandoned mine, Wei Ran had just used the embers in the brazier to light up the long-abandoned clay stove. Unakan, the Oroqen girl, could no longer bear the fatigue of running around for days and fell asleep leaning on her luggage bag.

Glancing at the Ma Sihuan in the girl's arms, the flower-mouthed rollers and three boxes held in her left and right hands respectively, Wei Ran shook his head slightly, carried the empty brazier back to the living room, and filled it with a few lumps of dry food.

Hard horse dung and mule dung.

After trampling the animal dung in the basin, he followed his memory and went into the mine with stagnant water, dug out most of the basin of mud, stirred it evenly, then returned to the clay stove, and carefully repaired the smoke everywhere.

The fiery gap.

After everything was done, Wei Ran grabbed a handful of soil and rubbed his hands carelessly, added some extra firewood to the clay stove, placed the uneaten lunch boxes of the two of them against the edge of the clay stove, and walked to the mine alone.

The direction outside the cave.

In this situation, if he wanted to find Hu Bazhi and others, the most realistic way would be to ask Sun Da, the boss.

However, for a layman like him who only listened to a few words of slang, he was not sure whether he could sneak into the opponent's mountain.

If you really can't do it, just let the bandits kidnap me on purpose. When the time comes, bring him directly to Sun Da's plate and then arrest him!

Wei Ran made up his mind and decided to take a risk, and couldn't help but walk faster.

Before he was caught, he planned to visit Hu Bazhi's shack. Maybe the other party had moved back there. After all, Cao Dazhi was dead, right?

The cat ducked through the low mine and returned to the "living room" outside. At this time, the mule was ruminating leisurely with its eyes closed, and the two reindeer were also curled up on the hay bales, burying their noses in their crotches and sleeping.

Of great fragrance.

"Come on, let's ride you."

Wei Ran muttered to himself and patted the mule's neck. Unexpectedly, he hadn't even untied the reins tied to the ground wedge when he heard the sound of chains coming from the direction of the mine entrance!

broken!

Wei Ran's heart sank, and he quickly blew out the oil lamp, walked a few steps forward along the rock wall, and hid in the corner before the iron gate at the entrance of the mine was opened. He pulled out the box cannon and suppressed the large and small machines.

head.

After a while, a dim light slowly moved inward from the direction of the cave entrance. At the same time, he also heard the "crunching" sound of the oil lamp swinging, the breathing of the horses, and even the slow tapping of the horse's hooves on the rocky ground.

sound.

As the light and shadow on the rock wall moved, a man wearing a dog-skin coat, a dog-skin hat, and a nine-dragon belt tied around his waist like himself walked to the corner of the mine holding an oil lamp in one hand and a rein in the other.

However, before the light of the oil lamp could dispel the darkness around the corner, a box cannon hit his ribs.

Under this silent threat, the person who led the horse in couldn't help but stop. However, he also let go of the oil lamp in his hand at the same time.

Unexpectedly, the person holding the gun against him had already held the bottom of the oil lamp with his other hand.

"I don't know which English..."

"How did you find..."

In the narrow mine tunnel, the two people spoke at the same time, but stopped at the same time.

"Brother Wei!"

"Zhao Jinyu!"

In the next second, the two recognized each other.

While Wei Ran quickly moved the gun barrel, Zhao Jinyu also turned sideways in surprise and took off the hat on his head.

"Why are you here?!" The two asked the same question.

"Is your injury healed?" Zhao Jinyu let go of the reins and asked excitedly.

"Okay, everything is fine, nothing happened."

Wei Ran, who was still holding the kerosene lamp, replied while putting the box cannon on his waist after closing the nose of the aircraft.

"Quick, quick! Look at this! Do you still recognize it?!"

Zhao Jinyu said as he picked up the reins and pulled it forward. Then, a dark horse's head came over and thrust itself into Wei Ran's arms affectionately.

"Is this the biting horse? Why is it so tall?"

Wei Ran subconsciously hugged the head of the horse that was leaning towards him, and then he realized that it still had a bridle on its mouth, and as he said, the horse had grown a lot taller.

, the shoulder height is about 1.6 meters.

Of course, compared to this biting horse that had grown up a lot, he also noticed that in the gun bag on one side of the saddle, there was still the Japanese Type 44 cavalry rifle he used, and the scabbard on the other side.

Inside, there is a saber inserted, a saber belonging to Zhao Jinyu.

"But it's not him. He has the bad habit of biting people. If I don't put a halter on him, I won't dare to ride him."

Zhao Jinyu said with laughter and tears, "This horse is still young. It is the time when its body and bones are growing. Plus, I have been feeding it a lot of concentrate for the past six months."

Touching the small semicircular gap in the horse's ear that had been made by the bullet, Wei Ran sighed and asked, "Why are you here too?"

"I..."

Zhao Jinyu sighed, "Sister Shiyi lost contact..."

"What did you say?" Wei Ran couldn't help but trembled, and subconsciously looked towards the depths of the mine.

"Ever since I was alive...since I escaped, I've been away from home."

At the edge of the dim light, Zhao Jinyu said worriedly, "I waited for more than two months at the place where I exchanged letters with the Yang family caravan but no one was there. I guessed that something had happened, so I left a message for my sister there.

The letter has arrived.

Brother Wei, Brother Hu and Squad Leader Xiaohu...are they okay?"

Hearing this, Wei Ran shook his head and said in the face of the other party's panic and despair, "I just came here, just a few hours earlier than you. This place looks like it has been abandoned for a long time."

As soon as he finished speaking, Unakan, an Oroqen girl with a gun in her hand, emerged from the deep mine tunnel and looked warily at Wei Ran and Zhao Jinyu who were shrouded in light.

"Who is he/she?" Zhao Jinyu and Unakan asked the same question in unison.

This chapter is not over yet, please click on the next page to continue reading! "He is Zhao Jinyu" Wei Ran explained first.

"Are you Zhao Jinyu?" Unakan said as if he suddenly realized.

"Do you know him/me?" Wei Ran and Zhao Jinyu said in unison.

"The letter you sent to Zhao Jinshan was sent by me and my father. Shopkeeper Yang also showed me your photo." Unakan took the initiative to explain as if he had found a backbone, "I am here for you."

Uncle Beard is here to deliver a message."

"Let's chat first," Wei Ran greeted.

"You go in first, there is a horse outside, I will bring it in too."

As Zhao Jinyu spoke, he changed places with Wei Ran who was standing at the corner. After Wei Ran walked in with his horse, he immediately got out.

After a while, Zhao Jinyu walked in with a bay-red horse. Just by looking at the scars on the horse, Wei Ran could recognize that it was the horse that Zhao Jinyu rode when he was in the cavalry company.

After tying up the horses one after another, and waiting for Zhao Jinyu to lock the iron gate at the entrance of the mine, the three of them got back into the inner room of the mine by the light of the oil lamp.

After sitting around the clay stove and talking, the three of them had a general understanding of the cause and effect.

"I asked Big Beard to tell you to come to Langcaozigou to report to Hu Bazhi and the others?" Zhao Jinyu frowned and confirmed again.

Unakan nodded upon hearing this, "And we have to do it quickly, very urgently."

After thinking for a moment, Zhao Jinyu said, "I probably know where they are."

"You know?" Unakan was delighted when he heard this, and asked Wei Ran in unison, "Where is it?"

"They're in this mine, come with me, I'll take you to find them right now." Zhao Jinyu stood up as he spoke.

"What's going on?" Wei Ran asked.

"There is another exit from this mine. You forgot... Oh - I remembered that when we were looking for another exit, you were interrogating the two young bandits."

"It seems like there is such a thing." Wei Ran smacked his lips and said, as if there was such a thing.

"Come with me, I should still remember how to walk." Zhao Jinyu said and stood up.

"Can we go there faster by riding horses?" Unakan asked rather impatiently.

"It's on the other side of the mountain. What if we meet a wolf or a bandit?"

Zhao Jinyu explained, "And I'm not sure if they are there. Let's go through the mine tunnel first and take a look."

"Unakan, you go to the end."

Wei Ran then stood up and said, "Jin Yu, you walk behind me and help me show the way."

Zhao Jinyu was startled when he heard this, then nodded, pointed to the second mine fork on the right and said, "Go inside and go all the way to the end."

"Come with me"

As he spoke, Wei Ran picked up the oil lamp and adjusted it to the maximum brightness. He kept asking, "Is it still snowing outside?"

“It’s really fun to play.”

Zhao Jinyu, who was walking behind, paused after speaking, "I asked Lao Bai to take you back to Shanxi. Why are you here? I thought you had gone to Sichuan and Sichuan with Brother Wangchuan and Qinghe at this time."

"Why don't you go back?" Wei Yan asked as he got into the mine.

Zhao Jinyu was silent for a moment and then sighed, "I'm too embarrassed to go back."
To be continued...