0p0 Chapter 788 60 Yaozu Sister Control Group 25
Chapter 788 60 Yaozu Sister Control Group 25
Zheng Zhaodi actually followed Zhang Hong out of the door. Xiao Yun frowned as he saw her. Could it be that she wanted to follow Zhang Hong?
It can be seen from the chicken the other night that Zhang Hong must have received some training. She followed him so openly that she would probably be discovered before she even left the village.
Sure enough, not long after leaving the house, Zhang Hong suddenly turned into the alley between two houses. When Zheng Zhaodi followed him, he suddenly came out and stopped her, "Why are you following me instead of staying at home?"
Xiao Yun thought Zheng Zhaodi would be startled or show panic at being discovered, but she didn't expect her behavior to be beyond her expectations.
She was stunned for a moment, then replied in a low voice: "I, I went back to my parents' home. Yesterday, Pan Di said that my mother was upset because of the lost chicken the day before yesterday. She hasn't eaten properly for two days..."
The suspicion in Zhang Hong's eyes faded. Zheng's house was near the village entrance, so he had to take this road to go back.
"Then let's walk together. It's on the way anyway. But I have something else to do, so I won't go in. You can stay until after noon and then go back. I'm worried about Mom being home alone."
He gave the instructions in a rare calm manner.
Zheng Zhaodi lowered her brows and nodded, and waited until he turned around before following him and walking forward without saying another word.
When they arrived at the Zheng family's door, Zheng Zhaodi entered the yard alone. Zhang Hong watched her enter the house before leaving.
What he didn't see was that Zheng Zhaodi only stayed behind the door curtain for a while before coming out again, and then left the Zheng family's yard and headed in another direction.
Although the Zheng family members were all at home, they were eating breakfast in the inner room and no one paid attention to the outside world, so they had no idea that Zheng Zhaodi came and left.
Seeing her go straight into the brigade headquarters, Xiao Yun raised his eyebrows in surprise. She was worthy of being the heroine's sister. Although she was a cannon fodder role in the original plot, that was caused by her original family. In fact, she was also quite smart and talented.
She went out with Zhang Hong openly and returned to her parents' home under Zhang Hong's nose, which would not arouse suspicion.
In this way, if she cannot immediately control Widow Jiang and her son and needs to keep them calm, she can still continue acting.
I have to say that Zheng Zhaodi did better than Xiao Yun imagined.
Only the brigade secretary and the accountant were in the brigade office. Before dawn, the brigade leader rode a mule cart with the people who had come down the mountain, escorting the four pumpkins to the commune.
The brigade cadres today do not have a clear division of labor like in later generations. Even the accountant and the women's director are capable of managing things.
So Zheng Zhaodi didn't hide her discovery from anyone and told everyone directly.
Of course, Xiao Yun would not let her think that she dreamed about these things. She directly integrated the memories into her and made her think that she had overheard them yesterday. In addition to Xiao Yun's speculation about the identity of Widow Jiang, there was also the incident of Zhang Hong stealing a chicken to send to the imperial tomb.
Xiao Yun didn't hear everything the mother and daughter were conspiring about yesterday, so she mostly followed her guesses. Even if the truth was different in the end, it could be said that Zheng Zhaodi was just guessing.
After hearing this, Secretary Song and Accountant Xue immediately took it seriously. Yesterday, the village militia went up the mountain, and it was impossible for these cadres to go home and sleep, not to mention that their son was among them, so the three of them could be said to have waited at the brigade headquarters all night.
Before dawn today, Qi Hongjun and Secretary Song's son Song Weiguo came running back and told us about what happened in the ancient tomb on the mountain and how they caught a few squash.
Because they were afraid of any accidents, no one else came into the village. Only the two of them came back to report the news and asked the team leader to go to the commune with them.
The two of them stayed at the brigade headquarters and did not go back in case of any special situation. Unexpectedly, one really happened. They thought it was just Little Gourd who came secretly to take the things they hid, but they did not expect that there was a traitor in the village.
But it does make sense. The descendants of the tomb keepers didn't know that there was a mechanism to hide things in the tomb, so how did those little gourds know?
Now that we know it is related to the Zhang family, it is not surprising. Others may not know it, but they heard it from the elders in their family.
Although the Zhang family's ancestors were tomb keepers like them, they were actually a family proficient in mechanical engineering. Therefore, two of their ancestors were chosen to be responsible for the design of the mechanisms in the imperial tomb.
Of course, according to convention, when the mechanism was designed and built, the two men had already died, and were buried in the tomb along with some servants who served the emperor. Other members of the Zhang family were also confined here to serve as tomb keepers.
Perhaps the emperor did not expect that although he isolated the two Zhang family members who were best at making mechanical devices, thinking that the mechanical designs would not be leaked as long as they did not come into contact with outsiders and family members, they forgot that this thing can be used in many ways but still remain essentially the same. Anyone who is good at making mechanical devices can tell how to crack it at a glance.
The Zhang family already had hatred for the royal family. They didn't dig up the remains while the coffins were still there because there were guards. Using a mechanism to hide things was no big deal.
But no one expected that they would cooperate with Japan and help the enemy country hundreds of years later.
Thinking about the fact that Zhang Shuancheng was separated from everyone for a while when they went into the mountains to avoid the war, it was very likely that he went to work for Wogua at that time.
Later he went to reunite with them, and after they came down the mountain he took in his wife, Widow Jiang. At that time, many people took advantage of the famine to marry wives, but they would not just marry someone with an unknown origin, especially in a village like theirs where there were many surnames living together and there was no pressure not to marry someone with the same surname.
It is very likely that Zhang Shuancheng also knew that this widow Jiang was sent by Wugua, and he had no choice but to marry her.
His death was also very strange. It was said that when he was selling wild animals in the county, he encountered the final counterattack of the surrendering enemy and was killed by a bomb in the county town. Because there was no way to collect his body, the cemetery in the village was full of cenotaphs.
They might not have suspected anything before, but now they think that Zhang Shuancheng is very likely not dead, but has changed his appearance and gone to another place, such as the county.
It makes sense why Zhang Hong goes to the county every few days. He doesn't go to the county to play with gangsters, he goes to find his biological father.
These were all discussed by Secretary Song and Accountant Xue after Zheng Zhaodi left, and were overheard by Xiao Yun, who had not withdrawn his spiritual sense.
These were much more detailed than she had guessed, and some illogical parts were perfectly closed.
Although they did not tell Zheng Zhaodi so clearly, they did reveal some things, such as the possibility that the Zhang family were all enemy spies because Zhang Shuancheng's brothers took too good care of Widow Jiang and her daughter. According to common sense, no matter how good the relationship with the uncles was, it was impossible for them to take care of them day after day for more than ten years, so it was good not to drive them out and seize their property.
So it is very likely that they also knew about it, and even took advantage of it secretly, which is why they were able to support their family and the mother and daughter even during the famine years, and were able to marry Zheng Zhaodi at a high price.
Apparently, most of the betrothal money was collected by several uncles, and the rest was said to have been saved by Zhang Hong from selling wild animals.
A few years ago, when the mountains and forests no longer belonged to the collective, everyone went up the mountain to hunt. If they hunted a lot of wild animals, they would sell them in the town, but the price was not high.
Later, Zhang Hong said that the price in the county was high, but it was too far away and everyone was too lazy to go, so he started collecting from door to door, and the price he offered was higher than in the town, so everyone knew that he had made some money.
When Zheng Zhaodi heard this, her eyes widened and she felt a wave of fear in her heart. She had actually lived with an enemy spy for such a long time.
When she heard that she would have to stay with them for a while, she was a little reluctant, but after Secretary Song's persuasion, she agreed.
They want to catch the one in the county as well, so they definitely can't alert the enemy now. If they want to catch him, they have to catch him all at once and not leave any fish slipping through the net.
Xiao Yun nodded secretly, this arrangement was appropriate.
Let’s put the Zhang family’s affairs aside for now and go back to the mountain. As they expected, the people from the commune arrived at two or three o’clock in the afternoon.
Led by the team leader and Xiangfangdong, the others went back to rest first. After all, they had been up all day and all night. Unlike Xiangfangdong, who had undergone professional training and did not look tired at all after two days.
The people who came from the commune were the public security officers. The four Japanese pumpkins had been handed over to them for interrogation. Jiaduobao had already put mantra talismans on the four people, which were of medium quality. Otherwise, by the time they arrived at the commune, the statute of limitations would have expired.
Moreover, this medium-grade talisman is more natural to use than the low-grade one. You won't answer whatever you are asked with a dull expression, but will say nothing at first. Only when you are pushed to a certain point will you speak, and then explain in depth from the shallow to the deep.
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Because there were a lot of things in the imperial mausoleum, most of them were weapons, and it was in the mountains, they definitely couldn't move it. In the end, the public security comrades went back to ask for help from the nearby garrison, and a company of soldiers came and took them all away at once.
Grandpa Xiao and his men didn't come down until the morning of the third day. There was no other way; they couldn't just let a few police officers who were unfamiliar with the area guard the place, so they stayed there for another night.
During this half day and one night, because of its amazing performance, Jiaduobao was almost recruited by several public security comrades. However, it was because it stuck to Grandpa Xiao and refused to listen to anyone else that made those people give up.
Grandpa Xiao and his friends brought a lot of prey when they came down, all of which were hunted by Jiaduobao. There were not only roe deer, pheasants, and rabbits, but also a litter of wild boars. There were five people in the family, two adults and three children.
They made a few sleds and pulled them down. When they arrived in the village, they were surrounded. Everyone's eyes lit up when they saw so much meat. When they heard the team leader say that they would go to the yard to distribute the meat, the cheers were so loud that the snow on the trees fell down.