Chapter 410: Chasing and Escape (Part 2)
Is this just a coincidence?
The pelican raised the telescope and looked closely at the approaching figures - the two were not his men, judging from their attire, they were just ordinary residents passing by, holding the grain bag tightly in their hands, and most likely they came from the grain shop.
The wild cats walked slowly above the eaves, keeping pace with the pedestrians. What made the pelican feel even more chilled was that they would look at the two from time to time. The so-called following was definitely not his imagination!
He looked around the bungalow again, and this time, the pelican focused his attention on the roof.
One... two... ten... a hundred...
He saw an incomprehensible and bizarre scene: at some point, cats appeared on almost every house, some of them were perched on the roof to bask in the sun, and some were in groups of two or three, biting and playing, but as long as these cats started to move, they would definitely see the figures of people accompanying them around them.
The pelican felt creepy.
All those who showed up in the grain shop were probably being secretly targeted.
And what was targeting them was not something else, but the inconspicuous wild cats in the city!
At this time, he saw his men returning to the bungalow.
In less than half a quarter of an hour, two pedestrians wearing bamboo hats flashed out from nowhere and followed into the bungalow.
The only thing Pelican could do at this moment was to keep a close eye on the door of the house to see how many people could run out.
There were a total of six men who went to create chaos, but there were only two on the other side, so there should be a lot of running and chasing.
However, there was no movement in the alley, and even across two streets, he could feel the deathly silence over there.
Just when Pelican was feeling tortured, the door opened.
It was still the two passers-by in bamboo hats who came out.
Their robes were the same as when they went in, and they were still the same when they came out, so neat that there was not even a trace of dust or blood on them.
This can only mean one thing.
The strength of the comer was so much greater than those people that the latter did not even have the opportunity to escape in the chaos, and were almost instantly killed or subdued. Considering that each of his men was a bloodthirsty person, the identity of the comer was beyond doubt.
Fortunately, he was more careful and managed to escape this disaster!
Pelican secretly thanked himself for leaving early. If he had left a quarter of an hour later, he might have been spotted by a passing wild cat.
No matter how experienced he was, he would never have thought that there would be such a spy on the roof if he hadn't seen it with his own eyes.
If his subordinates were gone, he could recruit more.
The most important thing was to protect himself.
This was also the reason why he could sit in the first position of the scout.
Suddenly, a man in a bamboo hat raised the brim of his hat and tilted his head to look at the teahouse.
The two sides' sights collided!
Pelican was so scared that he almost threw the telescope in his hand out of the window - on the other side of the camera, he vaguely saw a woman's face.
The moment he retracted his head, the two people also started running, and the direction was exactly where the teahouse was!
He was discovered!
How could this be possible?
There was no trace of cats around!
Pelican turned around and saw Hu Kun wiping his forehead with a handkerchief.
"What are you doing?"
"I was in a hurry just now, and I'm sweating a little." Hu Kun looked at him strangely, "Are you okay? What happened?"
"Where did you put your handkerchief?" Pelican suddenly had a bad feeling in his heart.
"Of course it's in the waist bag--"
He didn't wait for the other party to finish, and stepped forward to pull off the other party's waist bag.
"Sir, what do you mean?" Hu Kun frowned unhappily.
Pelican had no time to deal with the other party. He opened the waist bag, poured all the contents on the table, and picked out a sachet with exquisite materials. "You carry this with you?"
"Is there any problem?" Hu Kun asked back, "Which young man in Liuzhou doesn't have a sachet in his waist bag? And it's different from the sachets used by women. The smell is more elegant and you can hardly smell it unless you get close."
Pelican's heart sank to the bottom.
He was negligent.
It was because of the light smell that he couldn't detect it, but it might not be the case for the tracker! And the more special the smell, the easier it is to become a clue!
"Sorry, I'm rude." Pelican handed the sachet back to Hu's adopted son.
The moment the other party stretched out his hand, he grabbed Hu Kun and pulled him, and then stabbed the dagger into his chest with his backhand.
"Uh--" Hu Kun stared at him in disbelief, opened his mouth to speak, but what came out was a hissing sound.
"This is why Mr. Hu wants to keep his adopted son." Pelican said in his ear, "It's better for you to die than fall into the hands of the Jinxia people."
Then he took off his coat and shoes without stopping and went straight to the tea room on the third floor.
"Sir, sir, you can't go in there!" The waiter hurried up to stop him when he saw this.
- In the teahouse, basically every floor has a separate compartment for storing water tanks. These water tanks usually contain brewed herbal tea or well water drawn from downstairs. Whether it is finished or freshly brewed, it saves time running back and forth. In order to ensure the cleanliness of the tea, only the specialists in the store are allowed to enter the room to get tea.
"Is this okay?" Pelican took out a silver cake and threw it into the other person's arms.
The waiter's eyes suddenly widened, "Please..."
This money is enough to replace all the tea in the room!
"Come in too and take off your clothes!"
"Huh?"
Another silver cake was thrown, "Take it off!"
"Okay, okay... I'll do it right away!"
The Pelican found a large vat containing well water, smashed a hole in it, and rinsed his body. After being washed by the water, he put on the waiter's clothes and shoes as quickly as possible and ran downstairs.
The moment he approached the door, Pelican's heart almost jumped into his throat!
He lowered his head, stepped over the threshold of the teahouse, and walked towards the crowded street. Almost at the same time, his peripheral vision also caught a glimpse of the man in the bamboo hat rushing from another street.
The distance between the two sides was no more than twenty steps when they were closest.
Fortunately, the two did not look at this side again in the end, but rushed directly to the teahouse.
The Pelican did not dare to stay any longer, and mixed into the crowd without looking back, and evacuated this dangerous place as quickly as possible.
...
At noon, the Jinxia Affairs General Bureau received a telegram from Baihe City.
"The snake-luring operation has achieved initial results. The Baihe City Branch has captured six perpetrators alive, and through interrogation with Kanshu, the whereabouts of other hidden enemy locations have been gradually obtained. As of the time of sending the report, a total of 65 suspects have been captured, 70% of whom are local refugees. More than 12,000 taels of silver and 4,000 kilograms of surplus grain have been confiscated."
"During the pursuit, one of the dead was confirmed to be the adopted son of Hu Shinan, the president of Liuzhou Grain Store, and the perpetrator was a secret agent of the Privy Council. Based on the above information, it can be determined that this vicious price-raising incident was led by the Privy Council, and grain merchants in Liuzhou and Qingzhou participated in it."
"The bandit leader is still at large."
"Evidence shows that the Privy Council's actions have lasted for at least two weeks, and most of the purchased grain was burned, and only a very small amount of surplus grain was recovered. Considering that other towns have similar phenomena, the food shortage in the entire Shenzhou has become a reality."