Chapter 5 Two Thieves
"Hey! Come and help me!" Mi suddenly called out, Cao Hong turned to walk towards him.
"I don't call him Hey, my name is Cao Hong!" Cao Hong replied angrily and said, "What are you asking me to come here?"
"Here!" Mi pointed to a small hole under the metal cage.
Cao Hong glanced at it and didn't understand what he meant, and said, "Yes, a small hole, what's wrong? What's the problem? Do you want to dig a tunnel and get into it from below?"
Mi couldn't help but twitch, but soon she returned to her expressionless face and said, "This cage is only placed on the ground, and there is no deep buried part underground." He fumbled behind him, and actually took out two large bundles of ropes and placed them on the ground.
The rope is as thick as a baby's fist, and the whole is full of green color unique to the plants. Looking at the tiny and fresh stubble, it is obvious that it is a new product that has not been used for a few days.
"Wait!" Cao Hong suddenly realized something, looked up and quickly glanced around and above the metal cage, as well as the beams of the stable behind, and turned around and said, "You didn't tell me the truth."
Mishu paused for a moment and said calmly: "How can I see it?"
He reached out and picked up the rope head of a bundle of ropes, passed through the small hole many times, and then tied a complicated knot. Then he raised his hand and threw another bundle of ropes towards Cao Hong.
Cao Hong reached out to take the rope, looked down, and smiled and said, "This is impossible to place ordinary horses. Whether it is the high-quality forage or even millet in this cage, or the metal cage itself, its value has long been the value of the horse itself. Your original purpose is these horses!"
Mi did not answer, looked at Cao Hong, picked up another rope head, and climbed up quickly along a pillar.
Cao Hong smiled slightly, walked to the other side, and crawled the rope through the big festival from the hole that was already intact, and said, "The main problem of not stealing at other times should not be guarding, but the horse herd outside the cage. Once the number of horse herds is large, the probability of causing trouble during action will greatly increase, so you chose such a day! Moreover, from the cleaning of the stables outside and the horse manure piles that have not been cleaned at the corner of the yard, it should be less than a day for a large number of horses to disappear."
"You're right!" Mi threw his rope around the beam, climbed down the beam to the other end, and waved to Cao Hong: "These are indeed special horses for noble people, but the main problem should be in the weather and helpers. This plan can only be implemented for about five days every two months. It is not easy to encounter heavy rain in these five days. Moreover, it will be even more difficult to find a powerful and courageous assistant before it rains!"
Cao Hong circled the rope twice in his hand, suddenly swung the rope to throw it towards the rice, and smiled and said, "So, I, a big man who suddenly appeared in the market and blatantly expressed his need for horses, is indeed the best candidate to fall from the sky!"
Mi caught the rope, walked around the beam and threw it from the other side, and slid down from the pillar, saying, "We have to hurry up. The rain has begun to decrease, and the guards may come at any time."
Cao Hong naturally would not object, and helped the rice quickly fix the rope on two huge stone mills that crushed the horse. He felt a lot of emotion: The wisdom of the ancients really cannot be underestimated. The earliest hoisting crane was invented at this time.
Is this kid the legendary Mozhe?
Cao Hong, who received the rice signal, thought about the possibility in this mind while gradually increasing the force on the handle of the stone mill.
The stone mill slowly rotated, making a slight friction sound, the rope began to tighten slowly, coiling onto the stone mill one by one. The beam that bears all the weight began to make a crackling sound, and the heavy metal cage in front also began to slowly raise its head.
"Tight!" Seeing that it was effective, Mi smiled for the first time, shouted at Cao Hong, and he also speeded up his pace.
Damn, this really works.
Although Cao Hong was mentally prepared, the scene in front of him still stunned him.
Now during the Qin Dynasty, there is no high-manganese steel with light weight and high strength. It is a miracle that can pull more than ten tons of metal cages with just two stone mills and two bark ropes.
Wait, bark rope?
I noticed something wrong in my heart. Cao Hong quickly looked up. Before he could speak, he heard the rope on the cross beam slamming. The two ropes were broken almost at the same time. Mi and Cao Hong both slept on the same horse and fell to the ground.
Then there was a heavy "boom" sound, the ground trembled, and then the panic neighing of horses in the cage.
"Twice! Your sister, twice! I am a killer, and he fell twice in less than a day after he came here. He was so embarrassed!"
Mi naturally couldn't hear Cao Hong's roar. He got up with a wheel, and rushed up the pillar without saying anything. He climbed onto the beam three or five times, put his hand on the awning and looked out a few times, turned to Cao Hong and shouted: "Retreat quickly, a large number of guards are rushing towards this side!"
Cao Hong looked in the direction pointed by Mi. The water vapor rose and the sky was dark and there was no one to see. He listened carefully and there was indeed a lot of noisy sound from the side. He looked back at the dozen extremely good horses, and he was really reluctant to let it go.
"Go away!" Seeing that Cao Hong had no response, Mi was a little anxious and shouted: "There is a lot of water in front that can stop the guards for a while. Let's go quickly now. When they pass through the attic in front, it will be too late to leave!" As he said that, he was about to pull Cao Hong to run together.
Cao Hong suddenly felt aroused in his heart and asked, "They can only pass through that loft?"
"There is nothing else on other days, you can go anywhere, but it's raining heavily and the ground is muddy. If you want to come quickly, you can get the shortest distance in the attic."
"Okay, wait for me!" Cao Hong suddenly smiled at the corner of his mouth. No matter what Mi was saying, he turned around and rushed towards the attic.
"Are you crazy?" Mi screamed to stop him, but Cao Hong had disappeared in the rain.
Is Cao Hong crazy? Of course not. He is now ready to use his tricks!
Sprinting quickly in the rain, I soon saw the attic that Mi mentioned. Before I could get closer, I heard the noise inside approaching from afar, and countless figures ran towards me.
“BOOK!”
The black and white book appeared in Cao Hong's hand. He stroked his fingers on the black cover and raised his hand to pop up a card above the attic. Then he turned around quickly and ran to meet at a faster speed.
Looking back at the guards who were screaming, Cao Hong showed a strange smile on her face, and she drew a cross on her chest with her right hand, and said, "Don't be peeeded in her pants, seniors!"
"Bang!"
A stream of white smoke suddenly burst out in the attic, and an extremely huge black stone was approaching from the sky.
"boom!"
"Crash!"
With a loud bang, the huge rock instantly flattened the attic like Mount Tai pressing the top of the roof. The destructive momentum was like a giant stepping on a toy with pieces of paper.
The ground trembled, and the horses became even more panicked. They didn't know why the ground trembled continuously, but the instinct of the creatures kept reminding them that it was dangerous here.
Mi's heart was also trembling. He could see clearly the appearance of the boulder on the beam. He didn't know where the boulder came from, but he knew that it was definitely related to his choice of this assistant.
Therefore, when Cao Hong came back, Mi's eyes changed when he looked at him. There was no peace in his pupils, only shock, surprise and a hint of heat left.
It was the time to race against time. Cao Hong didn't have time to estimate other people's psychology. He rushed back to the stable and came directly to the metal cage. While reaching out to open the black and white book, he shouted to the rice on it: "Come down quickly, that little chaotic is impossible to block the guards at all, and we can only buy some time. During this period, I will find a way to get rid of this cage. You have to seize the opportunity to control the horses later!"
Mi was a little surprised, but still nodded.
It was an emergency moment, and Cao Hong didn't care about anything else. He just clicked on the black and white book, and his fingers slid across the white cover. When they appeared again, a crystal clear blank card had been clipped at his fingertips.
He reached out and slapped the card on the metal cage, and a burst of white smoke suddenly burst out, and the cage disappeared instantly. On the blank card in Cao Hong's hand, a small | Qiao|Ling|Long metal cage pattern had already appeared.
The restraint suddenly disappeared, and the horses naturally ran away in all directions without hesitation. In the afternoon, it was thunder and raining again, and the ground was rolling their eyes. But they were scared to death. At this time, they suddenly became free and were waiting for nothing if they didn't run away.
Cao Hong was prepared for a long time. As soon as the cage disappeared, he quickly grabbed a horse's head with his eyes and hands. He twisted his body and turned it onto the horse's back, and refused to let go.
There was a sudden increase in the body, so the horse naturally felt uncomfortable. Although it was the time to escape, it did not delay its intentional bumps. Cao Hong suppressed the numbness of his hands and feet, looked back at Mi, but found that he was standing in place in a daze.
Cao Hong shouted angrily: "You are not hurry up, the guard is coming!"
Before Cao Hong finished speaking, he heard a burst of shouts from the attic. Mi suddenly became clever and no longer thought about the magical scene just now. He glanced at a tall horse with his eyes left and right.
He didn't see how he exerted force, but he quickly caught up with it. He turned over and sat steadily on the horse's back. Then he reached into his arms with both hands, took out two ropes again, raised his hand and shook it slightly twice, and at the same time he poked it out, and accurately wrapped the necks of the two horses on both sides. He exerted force at the same time, and actually pulled the two horses to his side.
Then he clamped his feet and the three horses rushed towards the direction of the gap in the courtyard wall at the same time.
"Your sister! Forgot to use the rope!" Cao Hong slapped his forehead and shouted: "Zhu, use the wrapped skin for me and reorganize a set of horse reins! Quick! Quick! Quick!" During the chaos, two horse thieves disappeared into the heavy rain with four horses, leaving a complete mess for the owners.
Chapter completed!