"One hour, put a hostage?" Su Xiaopei had to admit that she was afraid to put her in a coffin and bury her underground, but she had to overcome it. Now, the last thing she needs is fear.
"That's right." The big man said maliciously, "Of course, if you can't stand it anymore, just knock on the lid of the coffin and shout a few times, and we'll let you out. It's just that after you come out, the rest My sister-in-law will die."
"But what about your lives?" Su Xiaopei asked
The man was stunned.
"If I can't hold on, you won't let my sister-in-law, money, or life?"
The man responded quickly: "Don't worry about waiting for me. Think about how long you can last. The lives of those sister-in-law and girls are all in your hands."
Su Xiaopei glanced at Lord Fu Yin: "If I hold on until all the hostages are released safely, what if the government's money hasn't arrived yet? What should I do?"
"Then the government killed you. If you become a ghost, don't forget to settle accounts with the governor." The man laughed and gave the governor a sideways glance.
Su Xiaopei nodded, "I understand. That means you are going to put me in a coffin and bury me in the ground..."
"It wasn't filled with soil, so how could it be buried? Just to prevent you from doing anything wrong, I put it into an underground pit. The pit is filled with hay cotton cloth soaked in oil, so don't act rashly, don't approach, don't ask Trying to get in. As long as everyone is safe and sound, everyone can be happy about it."
"Which master taught you to speak? An'an is so happy that he will be beaten by the master, right? Besides, you are not very good at counting, how many aunts are there, twenty? Pilgrim girls and daughters-in-law, these Yes, how many people are there? I’ll count less, let’s say there are ten. There are at least thirty hostages there. You let me lie in the coffin for thirty hours?”.
"The government will hand over the money quickly, so you don't need to be sleepy for a long time. Once you get the money, we will naturally release it."
"This eldest brother, you put it lightly. The one who was buried was me, and the one who was held by the big knife was the innocent sister-in-law and the girls. You know the speed of the government's work. You want a lot of money and money. , they are all cutting the flesh of Lord Yin. The longer you give it, the longer the government will hesitate to drag it. Thirty hours, two and a half days, not to mention that I will die in the coffin if I don’t eat or drink. , even if you are waiting to guard this temple, it is very dangerous. The word Ye Changmeng is too many, has your master taught you?"
The big man frowned and was a little confused by Su Xiaopei's words.
This matter was negotiated well before, and the analysis was very clear. Using the life of the hostages to restrain Su Xiaopei and the government, and in turn, the government's actions also restrained the lives of Su Xiaopei and the hostages. was firmly suppressed by the other two parties. No one can hold on for 30 hours, so it is impossible to let all the hostages go, and the government is under such pressure, and will send money and money quickly. By that time, they will have hostages, money, and horses. no one knows who they are
But now that Su Xiaopei went around in a circle, he suddenly felt that the timing was really wrong, and he had to lie in the coffin for two and a half days, and no one would want to change it. This Su Xiaopei was frightened and unwilling to go. It is reasonable to take care of his own life first, but the time limit is too long, so that the government can deliberately delay it, which is indeed unfavorable to them. What Ye Changmeng said was right at all. It's not the right time, it shouldn't be.
"According to me, this eldest brother, why don't we do this. I have been to this temple a few times in the past few days, and I have some feelings. I am willing to risk the lives of my sister-in-law and pilgrims here, but I can't. It's too much. If I can't do something, or something that everyone can't do, then it's no use for you to propose it, right. So, let's each take a step back, I'll go into the coffin, and you guys will put six in an hour. Personally, if I can hold on for five hours, you will release all the hostages. The governor of the government is like a son, he will definitely raise money with all his strength, and within five hours, he will also hand over the taels of silver you asked for. How? ?"
The masked man didn't speak, Su Xiaopei said again: "Calculate the time, when the world is getting dark, it's a good time to run for your life and escape. Five hours, the time is urgent, so that the government can be big enough. Pressure to do this quickly. What do you think?"
The masked man felt hesitant, this was not the arrangement they had agreed upon in advance, but what Su Xiaopei said made sense. Rather than stay here for two or three days, not knowing what will happen, I might as well end it as soon as possible, take the money and leave.
"Actually, I don't have to go." Su Xiaopei said again. "When I entered the coffin, life and death were in your hands. If you say it nicely, I will let you go, but how do you know if you will keep your promise? If I go into the coffin, you won't let go. He buried me alive again, who am I going to talk to?"
The masked man was so provoked, and suddenly became angry: "Don't talk about these things, I'm not discussing with you, if you don't enter the coffin, I will kill six people every hour."
Su Xiaopei answered quickly: "Then I'm in the coffin, and six people will be put in every hour?"
The masked man nodded quickly: "Sure! Your life is in my hands, and I'm not afraid of your tricks."
"Did I promise?"
The two sides seemed to have reached a consensus, but there was a rather displeased voice next to them. Su Xiaopei didn't have to turn his head to know that it was Ran Feize. Ran Feize said it again: "I didn't agree."
Su Xiaopei couldn't bear to look at him, but said to the big masked man, "Look, things always have many twists and turns. So it's better to make a quick decision, so as not to cause trouble, right?"
The big man frowned, right? But he was a little nervous, things were different from what he imagined, this Su Xiaopei was weird and didn't seem to be afraid. If she doesn't enter the coffin, then this plan will fail, and their escape route will not be guaranteed.
"I went into the coffin like this, and it is true that there is no guarantee. In order to show your sincerity in keeping your promise, it is better to go in like this. You can hold me and let the two sisters go, how about it?"
"No." The big man was still thinking about it, but Ran Feize quickly drank it
When he drank like this, the big man hurriedly said, "You are only allowed to come here alone. If you exchange one for two, you will take advantage."
"I said no." Ran Feize said again. He wasn't talking for fun, but he wasn't acting with him, he was serious, no, he didn't agree. To bury his girl alive in front of him, unless he is dead.
"Strong man." Su Xiaopei finally turned to look at him, he also looked at her, his expression clearly showed his intransigence.
"Aze." His eyes made her heart warm, and she almost couldn't hold back her expression. "Aze." She called again, she must not be weak, she must not be afraid, this level must be overcome.
"I don't agree." Ran Feize said again, but this time his voice was quieter and his attitude was not so strong. The look in her eyes made him feel a mess
"We agreed." She whispered.
He said yes, but he didn't expect to bury her alive when he said it, and he couldn't accept it.
"We agreed." She reached out and took his. "Aze, don't look at it first." She squeezed his hand, "Trust me, I'll be fine."
"How?" the robber shouted loudly. "Come here quickly, or I will teach this sister-in-law to splatter three feet of blood."
"Miss Su." Some people on the side didn't know what to do. Su Xiaopei was able to slow things down in the past, but being buried alive was too cruel. The governor frowned, very anxious.
Su Xiaopei ignored others. She approached Ran Feize and hugged him in front of everyone. "Don't look, be obedient," she said
She knew that during these days, he was under far greater pressure than she was, and she already knew the result, and he still held out hope that those who had hope would always work harder. She was provoked by Du Chengming and tortured mentally. He wanted to comfort her and support her, but he had to worry about her leaving. She knows, she understands, how much pressure she is under, he must be no less than her, or even have to endure more. But he never showed weakness and pain in front of her, he always supported her, and she relied on him to support her until now.
"Don't look, I'll be fine. Let me hold on for at least an hour, I can hold on." She also hoped that she could support him. Her voice was small and soft, and she hugged him so softly in his heart. He couldn't get tough, and she took the opportunity to turn around and walk towards the gate of the temple nunnery
"Sir, please do everything." Su Xiaopei said loudly to the governor, then slowly walked towards the two robbers. Both sides suddenly became tense, and the officials held the hilts of the swords, and some of the swords were unsheathed. The two masked men also tightened their bodies, and the knives in their hands did not relax, pressing the hostage tightly.
"Let go of those two sisters-in-law, they come slowly, I will walk slowly. Everyone, don't worry." Su Xiaopei said to the robbers: "There are still many sister-in-laws and girls in your hands in the temple, the officials dare not Reckless." Su Xiaopei slowly moved his steps and approached them, "You let these two sisters go, I'll go over."
The two big men looked at each other and slowly let go. A sister-in-law immediately burst into tears and wanted to run away in a hurry. "Don't panic, don't panic, come slowly." Su Xiaopei hurriedly called. As soon as my sister-in-law was excited and ran away, the robbers would also panic, and it would be difficult to deal with the scene if one of them couldn't control the scene of moving the knife and slashing people. When things get messed up, things go bad.
The other sister-in-law was busy hugging the sister-in-law, and the two walked over together. Su Xiaopei passed the two of them and glanced at them. The aunt who was holding her was also looking at her, and their eyes met.
As soon as Su Xiaopei approached the robber, the big knife was already on her neck. She didn't seem to see it, and only turned around to confirm that the two sisters were safe. The officials have already taken over the two sisters, one of whom has been crying so hard that he can't cry. Ran Feize was standing beside the two sister-in-laws, Su Xiaopei looked at him and kept looking, she was actually very scared, she was afraid of being buried, she needed courage, really needed
Ran Feize was also looking at her when he suddenly said to her, "Xiao Pei, come on!"
Su Xiaopei suddenly felt a little warm in his eyes. She had told him that it was an encouraging word from her hometown, and he remembered it, and he encouraged her in her hometown dialect. It's really nice to have him there.
Su Xiaopei smiled at Ran Feize, and the robber pulled her hard and dragged her back. Su Xiaopei shouted loudly: "I can hold on, I want to save people."
No one answered, everyone watched her being pulled to the front of the coffin, Bai Yulang took a few steps with the knife, and was pulled by Ran Feize.
The lid of the coffin was lifted, and the governor turned his head away, unable to bear to look at it. One sister-in-law burst into tears, and the other hugged her to comfort her. Su Xiaopei turned her head to look at Ran Feize, unable to see his expression from a distance, she turned her head to look at the coffin, the narrow, closed space was like a black hole that eats people.
She was afraid, she turned to look at Ran Feize again. She contradictedly hoped that he would not see her being sealed inside and thrown into the ground, but she also hoped that he would accompany her.
I couldn't see his expression clearly, I only saw him standing upright, motionless, staring in her direction.
The robbers shouted and rudely pulled her into the coffin. Su Xiaopei shook off the opponent's hand and climbed in by himself. The space inside was smaller than she had imagined, her heart was pounding, blood rushed to her head, and she felt panic. The robber took the coffin lid to close it, Su Xiaopei hurriedly lay down to avoid being beaten in the head.
The lid is closed. Darkness, that is the only thing Su Xiaopei sees. She even felt that her breathing was not smooth, as if the air was gone all at once. She touched the red thread bracelet that Ran Feize gave her on her wrist, adjusted her breathing, counted slowly in her heart, and tried to calm down. After getting used to it a little, she found that there were some tiny holes in the lid of the coffin under her feet, and a faint light penetrated, which also gave her air.
Su Xiaopei continued to breathe, rubbing his fingers against the small stones on the red bracelet, recalling how Ran Feize said cheers to her. She breathed, breathed again, felt lifted, then sank, she knew, she was thrown into the ground
My heart stopped for a while and then resumed.
Inhale, exhale, inhale, exhale, Su Xiaopei bent the corners of his mouth and grinned, deliberately making a smile, activating the corresponding muscles, and driving the corresponding mental state. Inhale, exhale, inhale, exhale, she is working hard, she cannot be afraid, although she is afraid, but what she can overcome, she knows how to overcome. She can do it, she can!
Su Xiaopei felt the red line and told herself that she must not lose, she must not lose this battle.
The governor asked the two sisters-in-law about the situation inside, how many bandits there were, etc. The sisters-in-law answered one by one. But he knew that these would be of little help to the governor, because he was more certain that as the bandits said, the houses were covered with kerosene and straw, and the hostages were scattered, and it was difficult for them to attack by storm. The governor thought for a while, discussed with several masters and Qin Zhaotou, wrote an official letter and reported it as soon as possible, took silver taels from the library, raised some gold and silver from the wealthy businessmen in Ning'an City, and stabilized the bandits first.
The two sisters backed away, one of them still crying. Ran Feize walked over and said to the sister-in-law who didn't cry, "I'm Ran Feize.".
The sister-in-law looked left and right, then retreated a little further. Seeing that there was no one left or right, she whispered, "I am Su Qin from Mingxiu School." She pursed her lips, "My surname is Su too." Something to be proud of.
"You've worked hard, girl." Ran Feize nodded, politely. The bloodstain on Su Qin's neck that was pressed by the knife is still there, and it is indeed a great risk.
Su Qin looked around again and whispered: "Ran Daxia, don't worry, there are no casualties, our sisters are all staffed in the three places where people are detained, those bandits never thought that most of the aunts are our people, wait for the time. As soon as we arrived, we started. Miss Su explained it earlier, and everything was arranged by Ran Daxia. Just now, the bandits chose me to escort me out to talk with the government. Everyone knows that they have to rely on me to bring the news out, and they will also wait for me. Signaling. When is Ran going to do it?"
When to do it? Ran Feize couldn't wait to rush in and kill all the rats who tortured his girls, but Su Xiaopei explained it just now. "Wait at least an hour," he said. "That's what Miss Su meant."
"An hour?" Su Qin frowned: "Then Miss Su is in the coffin."
"She said she could hold it." Ran Feize could not wait to catch Su Xiaopei out and beat her up.
"Du Chengming will definitely come. It's already the fourth case. If he picks the place I picked, he will definitely be there. He will definitely not miss the opportunity to torture me. We must wait until he appears. ." This is what Su Xiaopei said before, Ran Feize remembers that he is in a bad mood, very anxious, very irritable, but he can't stand it, everything can't go wrong and can't lose.
Sima Wanru was walking down the street. She just came out of the cloth village and bought a few pieces of cloth. She walked slowly, and she felt someone following her.
Du Chengming poured himself a cup of tea. He smiled and smelled the fragrance of the tea. The hourglass beside him was leaking fine sand. He looked at it and was in a good mood. How long can Su Xiaopei lie in the coffin? Is she afraid? Who is not afraid? He couldn't help laughing again. I don't know how to torture psychologists to get phobias. How is it different from ordinary women? He really wanted to know.
He drank the cup of tea and put down the cup. He'll know, he thought.