Chapter 684 Rescue Operation 7
After successfully dealing with the secret sentry, the team members who had just taken action carefully observed the Ma Family Ancestral Hall more than ten meters away. Due to the hot weather, the door of the hall was open and all the windows were opened for ventilation. The team members standing on a high place could see most areas of the hall through the doors and windows at a glance and found that there was no unusual movement in the house. Obviously, the two team members did not disturb the guys who were taking a nap in the hall.
One of the action team members made a few gestures towards the back, and another agile action team member had quietly approached the ancestral hall and was investigating the situation inside. After seeing the action team member's gestures, Xiong Qingshan immediately led the rest of the action team to quickly approach.
The Ma Family Ancestral Hall in front of us is a row of four green-tiled buildings. From the mottled moss marks on the outer walls and the peeling paint on the doors and windows, it can be seen that this Ma Family Ancestral Hall has been built for many years.
At this time, the team member who had just approached the ancestral hall for investigation had returned to Xiong Qingshan. He lowered his voice and reported, "Deputy Director Xiong, according to my observation, there are a total of 15 criminals in the ancestral hall. They are all sleeping and have not seen the missing children. In addition, according to the captured militiamen, there were originally 11 criminals in the ancestral hall. With the six people who arrived earlier, there should be 17 people, but now two are missing. I suspect that these two people are currently with the missing children, which means that the two of them are guarding those children."
Xiong Qingshan nodded slightly and immediately issued an order: "All members of the operation team, get ready. You should assign your targets in advance. Try not to make any noise from the enemy. Try to knock them out as quickly as possible. Do not let the enemy raise the alarm, lest the enemy guarding the children become desperate and attack the children." After that, he waved his hand vigorously: "Start the action now."
The action team members who received the order quickly approached the ancestral hall. After the two team leaders explored the situation inside from the door and window, they immediately made a series of gestures to their team members. Then all the action team members stepped carefully into the gate of the ancestral hall and slowly approached according to the goals assigned to them by the team leaders.
At this time in the Ma Family Ancestral Hall, more than a dozen people were lying on the stone floor with mats under their bodies, snoring soundly. Even four women of different ages were lying on the floor in the west room, sleeping soundly with their legs spread out. These guys were not alarmed until all the action team members had arrived at their respective targets.
As a team leader waved his right hand, more than a dozen team members almost simultaneously reached out and pressed their hands on the target's neck, and fifteen criminals fell into a coma in their sleep.
The members of the action team acted in an orderly manner. Some took out ropes from their backpacks and deftly tied up the criminals who were still in a coma one by one. The other members of the action team divided into groups of two and began to conduct a thorough search of every inch of the ancestral hall. No one made a sound in the entire ancestral hall. Everyone held a sharp dagger in their left hand and a Type 54 pistol in their right hand, and carried out the search with cold eyes.
A few minutes later, the members of the action team made a discovery. After seeing the other party's gesture, Xiong Qingshan immediately walked over with light steps.
Following the direction pointed by the action team members, Xiong Qingshan couldn't help but frowned slightly. In the corner of the east room of the ancestral hall, a dark hole appeared on the ground which was originally paved with bluestone slabs, and he could also smell a disgusting odor.
Xiong Qingshan took out his pistol without hesitation and stepped cautiously onto the stairs leading down.
The other two members of the operation team followed closely behind, holding a gun in one hand and a flashlight they had just taken out of their backpacks in the other.
The steps were not too long, just over two meters to the bottom. To the left there appeared a passage that was more than one person tall and nearly two meters wide. A dim oil lamp was hung on the wall of the passage, and the situation in the passage could be vaguely seen with the light. The unpleasant smell became even stronger here.
There was a hole on each side of the passage ahead. Xiong Qingshan moved very carefully and slowly approached the hole on the left. The other two team members, one approached the hole on the right, while the other was concentrating on guard with a gun.
When Xiong Qingshan got close to the left cave entrance, he first listened attentively to the noise inside for a while. You should know that after the medicinal bath, the physical fitness of Xiong Qingshan and these action team members has been greatly improved, and their hearing is far beyond that of ordinary people. He can clearly hear two steady gasps of varying thickness coming from the cave. Obviously, just from these two breathing sounds, it can be preliminarily judged that the people inside did not notice anything unusual, otherwise it is impossible for ordinary people to maintain such calm breathing under normal circumstances.
So Xiong Qingshan carefully poked his head in and found an oil lamp hanging on the wall inside the cave. There were a lot of things piled up in a disorderly manner on the ground, including wooden boxes of various sizes and seven or eight bulging sacks. On a large bed made of wooden boards near the cave entrance, a man and a woman, wearing only shorts and vests, were sleeping soundly, with a Browning pistol placed next to their pillows.
Xiong Qingshan retracted his head and looked back at the cave entrance diagonally opposite. At this time, the team member who had just gone to investigate had quietly approached and whispered in Xiong Qingshan's ear in an almost undetectable voice: "The missing child."
Xiong Qingshan was immediately relieved after hearing this. Even if all the criminals were arrested today, if the missing child was not found, it would mean the failure of the operation.
After gently pressing the shoulder of the team member, Xiong Qingshan stepped back slightly and pointed his fingers into the cave twice.
The team member understood what he meant and immediately moved over silently. After checking the situation inside, he looked back at Xiong Qingshan, waiting for his order.
Xiong Qingshan skillfully made a few gestures, and after the other party nodded slightly, the two of them immediately walked slowly into the cave.
With the extraordinary strength of Xiong Qingshan and this team member, if it weren't for the need to ensure that everything was foolproof, either of them could easily deal with the two guys who were still sleeping inside.
Now with the two of them working together, the man and woman who were still sleeping immediately fell into a coma.
Xiong Qingshan and the team member each carried a criminal who looked like a dead dog, and then went straight back upstairs.