"In that case, send someone who knows the matter well to speak." As soon as these words came out, a prisoner began to discuss. Soon, a middle-aged man who looked respectable and dignified came out and said:
"Hello, officer. I am the person who knows the matter better than anyone else. I am also the housekeeper of this villa." Hong Tao asked anxiously upon hearing this:
"Well, now I want to know where the secret room or secret passage of this villa is? And there is also this secret passage leading there."
When the old housekeeper heard this, he had no choice but to say, "There is a secret passage in this villa, and it is behind the bookcase in the basement. As for where the secret passage you mentioned leads to, I don't know. I just heard it from Zeng Huayun before."
So Hong Tao immediately said, "Everyone, give me a lot of equipment immediately, and then send a team of people under the leadership of this butler to continue tracking, and pay attention to the exit location of the last passage. Then report to me." Then he led the team to go down and take a look, and at the same time, he looked at the remaining people and said:
"As for the rest of the people, some stay here to continue searching, and the rest go back and wait for the next action." After saying that, he immediately asked someone to support the butler and let him lead them to the secret passage in the basement.
At this time, Long Xiangtian and Lin Yan also rushed down with him. When Long Xiangtian reached the first floor, he saw Hong Tao leading a group of people towards the basement. Long Xiangtian could roughly imagine the situation at the moment. After Hong Tao left, he asked Director Ding who had come down earlier.
Then I heard Director Ding say, "It's like this, we arrived a little late, and the enemy's elite team escaped through the secret passage of the villa."
Hearing this, Long Xiangtian also comforted him, "It's not your fault. When all the regular exits were blocked, who would have thought that there was a secret passage in this villa that could allow them to escape." As he said this, he frowned and looked at Lao Hei and saw the anger in Lao Hei's eyes. However, Lao Hei controlled it well.
Long Xiangtian said a few words to Director Ding and drove away from Marble Manor with Lao Hei and Lin Yan. It was almost 3 o'clock in the morning when they entered the city. After thinking about it, they saw that they were a little tired after fighting for two hours. So they prepared to go back and rest. But then he thought about Lao Hei's situation and said:
"Lao Hei, don't go back today. Come with me to my place and have a rest."
Lao Hei saw that Long Xiangtian had something to say so he agreed. And Long Xiangtian thought about Lin Yan again, and seeing that it was so dark, he decided to let him go too, so that she and Zhao Xin could rest together. So he also said:
"Lin Yan, don't go back later. It's so late, go and accompany Zhao Xin." Lin Yan originally wanted to stay with Long Xiangtian, and Long Xiangtian's words just met Lin Yan's request. So she agreed immediately.
The car drove into the community. Long Xiangtian was about to knock on the door, but then he thought that maybe she was already asleep at this time. So he had to take out the key to open the door. As soon as he opened the door, he saw the light on in the house, so Long Xiangtian asked softly, "Zhao Xin, are you asleep?" Seeing Long Xiangtian like this, Lin Yan whispered back, "What do you think at this time!"
At this moment, a voice came from Zhao Xin's room: "Is Brother Zhou back?"
"Oh, we had some things to do today, so we came back a little late. I didn't expect you were still awake."
In fact, Long Xiangtian didn't know that since Long Xiangtian appeared in Zhao Xin's life, Zhao Xin had already regarded Long Xiangtian as the safest shield, and Zhao Xin was also accustomed to the life with Long Xiangtian. When Long Xiangtian was not at home at night this time, Zhao Xin also felt fear in her heart. She was also a little worried about Long Xiangtian. So this also made her turn on the lights at this time without resting.
Long Xiangtian also noticed something and felt guilty, so he said, "I was in a hurry this time so I came back late." Long Xiangtian could only say this again.
Zhao Xin also saw Lin Yan, so she didn't care about Long Xiangtian and took Lin Yan back to his bedroom. Only Lao Hei and Long Xiangtian were left. After they took a shower, Long Xiangtian said that they would talk about it tomorrow. Then they fell asleep. Some people slept soundly, while others slept restlessly.
On the other side, Hong Tao and his team were also carefully searching for the traces of the first mate and his gang in the dark secret passage. Under the guidance of the butler, they saw a different scene in front of them. The facilities and buildings in the secret passage seemed to have brought people back to the last century, and the scene in the secret passage seemed to be made up of cages.
Seeing this, Hong Tao also showed a questioning expression on his face, so he asked the housekeeper, only to hear the housekeeper say:
"I heard that the elderly people nearby often say that this manor was built in the last century, and the first director of this manor seems to be a businessman from a certain country who lived here."
The real background: In the last century, people from other countries started to do business here. Later, they were punished for some political problems, and finally went bankrupt and sold their property. After that, it was passed around and ended up in the home of a dandy boy. Zeng Huayun used some tricks to successfully snatch the property from the dandy boy.
As for the cage in the secret passage, it was originally built by the businessman for his special hobby. Later, because of conflicts with national politics, it was confiscated by the country and used by the army as a prison to capture criminals. Finally, the soldiers of a certain country successfully captured this place because of China's counterattack, and it was taken advantage of by another businessman. And that businessman also successfully defeated the prison because of his dandy son.
The merchant did not know about this secret passage. It was discovered by Zeng Huayun, who told Yamamoto and others about it. After learning about this place, Yamamoto thought about his own situation and future situations, so he also stayed here to prepare for any eventuality.
So the first mate also managed to escape through this secret passage. However, the first mate and his companions wanted to escape quickly and continue to execute the plan, so they did not make any preparations after escaping from the secret passage. This is why Hong Tao and his companions followed them through the secret passage and managed to get out successfully.
It turned out that the other exit of the secret passage was in the forest not far from the manor. At this time, Hong Tao also knew the potential safety hazards in the forest, so he did not order to continue searching the forest. It was also because it was dark and it was impossible to find the enemy at night. Moreover, if the enemy did not escape, but took advantage of the forest to fight back, such an unfavorable environment might eventually wipe out Hong Tao's team.
So Hong Tao and his men had no choice but to withdraw their forces, make long-term plans, and prepare to send out plainclothes officers to closely inspect everything around them.
The first mate and his men had originally wanted to take advantage of the Night Forest to successfully counterattack and catch the enemy off guard. But when they saw Hong Tao just gave an order and left, the first mate's plan fell through. Seeing this, the first mate had no choice but to quickly inform the tiger hunter about the incident and prepare to discuss the next plan.
After this incident, the first mate ordered all his men not to report the incident back to the country:
On the one hand, he was not doing something, and on the other hand, he was afraid that the first mate would be punished for not completing the task. So the first mate was planning to implement the plan by himself to make up for his previous mistakes, so that the first mate could rely on such merits to gain recognition from the country.
Fortunately, the first mate did not cause any casualties in the Sakura organization, otherwise even if he completed the mission, he would not be able to escape the organization's punishment.
The first mate also quietly left with the remaining elites at this time, preparing for a big fight with Long Xiangtian and the others, or in other words, the first mate who had already gone crazy was ready to fight to the death with Yulong Xiangtian and the others.