Chapter 55 Wanted, Eastbound for BRICS 146700
Qin Bo is an old man, and his experience in observing the wind and identifying positions is much better than ours, so when we heard him call him, we immediately hid towards the grass nearby.
As for the captive monk Zhifan, since he was abolished by me, he was drowsy all day long and was taken care of by Buyu. The girl who was responsible for leading the way, Meifuya, was watched by Xiaobaihuer. As long as she intended to act rashly, Xiaobaihuer would definitely not give her any chance.
As soon as everyone hid, they saw a team of people coming from the west.
These people walked past us with local straw hats, wearing ethnic short shirts and sarongs. The two leaders kept opening and closing their mouths, as if they were talking about something.
But looking at their faces, they didn't look very happy, obviously complaining.
I couldn't understand the local words and didn't dare to poke my eyes at others' faces. I lowered my head and said silently. When the people passed by us, Qin Bo and others gathered from behind the grass. I just realized that these people were nearby forest patrols, and when they came into the mountains, they were not for forest protection and fire protection, but for people.
I heard that there was a big man above and said he wanted to find a few Chinese people. Not only this place, but also in the entire area, there were people patrolling overnight. Fork Chang saw Ba.
When we heard Qin Bo’s narration, we looked at each other and knew that this was Kang Keyou’s efforts.
Didn’t he say he had collapsed and lived in seclusion in a village in the border between Thailand and Angkor at this moment? How could he have such powerful energy that he sent so many patrols to find us?
There are no practitioners in this patrol team. Except for the leader who may be public officials, the rest of the people should be mountain people temporarily transferred from nearby villages.
Despite this, they put us in a huge psychological pressure.
I found that I had a little underestimated the influence of Conkyu, and I didn't expect that under the rule of King Sihanouk, he could still have such energy.
The patrol team we just met is just a microcosm of dozens and hundreds of patrol teams. For these ordinary people, we can naturally avoid them, because they are just pitiful innocent people.
We can be ruthless to those bloody madmen like Gerisan and Busan. However, we really can't do anything to such an unarmed ordinary person.
After the patrol team left, I glanced at Uncle Qin, and he shook his head and said, "It's okay, as long as you are careful, there shouldn't be too many problems."
Mr. Yiyun expressed different opinions: "These people should be very low-level personnel and can't see too many clues, but if Kang Keyou takes it out and releases the power in his hands. Through investigation and thinking about our purpose, the other party should be able to lock our approximate position soon, and shrink the network tighter and tighter, and eventually fall into their arrangement. So, I think we should give up our original ideas and not go to Battambang."
"Don't go to Battambang?"
We were all shocked by Mr. Yiyun's proposal. Uncle Qin frowned and asked, "Why? What's the reason you said."
Mr. Yiyun's family has industries in several Southeast Asian countries, so they have a deeper research on the situation here. He stretched out his hand, raised three fingers, and said one by one: "There are three reasons. The first is that the Khmer Rouge was defeated and the regime lost to Phnom Penh. Most of the power of the Baganda witch cult was transferred to the southwest of Angkor near Thailand. In Battambang, their power is the most powerful. Now that we have attracted the attention of Kang Keyu, leaving Angkor from there is no longer a reality..."
I nodded, agreed with him and asked, "What?"
Mr. Yiyun said again: "Secondly, the route we have come along is very obvious. We want to leave here from Battambang or the long border of Taiwu. This Kang Keyu cannot be seen, so on several main routes, he must have heavy troops to guard it. We are almost like throwing ourselves into the trap. It is better to do the opposite, and there may be unexpected gains. The last reason is that although Baganda is rooted in Angkor, it is not the most powerful force. The closer it is to a place, the lower its influence..."
"Phone?"
After Master Yiyun's guidance, Buyu blurted out, while the former clapped his hands and said seriously: "In Angkor, the most circulated is The Theravada Buddhism, not the Baganda witch religion; the most powerful one is the king's government represented by Sihanouk. If we can change our thinking, change our direction, and go to Phnom Penh, the trading company in Phnom Penh may be able to find a way to send us away!"
After hearing Mr. Yiyun's analysis, we gathered together to discuss it and decided to go against it, jump out of Kang Ke from the preset ambush circle and move eastward.
The overall territory of Angkor is a dish-shaped basin, surrounded by hills and mountains on three sides, and the middle is a vast and rich plain. We wanted to avoid the places where people gathered, so we chose this plan. When we move eastward, we have to face many unthinkable problems. In the afternoon, we came to the first village we encountered in the mountains and forests. This is a village located at the corner of the two mountains. Except for some brick and wood buildings on some streets, most of them are low grass sheds.
Angkor is known as one of the least developed countries in the world, and you can see some clues from here.
Since we arrived at the place where the crowds lived, we didn't dare to walk around during the day. We found a forest not far from the village, rested on the trees until the night, ate some fasting pills, and barely filled our stomachs. We set off again when we passed by the village, and saw that there was no electricity here. Although lights were coming out in a few houses, most of the places were hidden in the dark.
With the cover of darkness, we all became bolder. We passed by the front of the village and saw a few notices posted on the brick wall at the entrance of the village. When we approached, we saw that it was a portrait of us.
Uncle Qin read it and couldn't help laughing.
I asked what the above meant. Uncle Qin told me that it said that it said that these few of us were found to be related to a murder case and said that we were brutal murderers. If anyone saw it, please report it to the nearby police station immediately and offer us a reward of bonus.
This bonus is ridiculous to us, but Qin Bo told us that it is indeed a considerable amount for ordinary Angkor people, which is equivalent to the income of an ordinary family for several years.
The wealth is touching, no wonder the patrol team I met before worked so hard.
The notice was just posted not long ago, and the ancient temple with unknown name was destroyed by us last night. It can be seen that it must be Kang Keyou's people who bribed the local police system and regarded us as the evil thieves, wanting to flood us through the vast ocean of the people.
As for this bonus, Mobilya, who is familiar with the local situation, tells us that it is impossible to have a bounty in ordinary cases, and even if there is one, it is impossible to have so many.
The implication is that the bounty is not the police system that issued the notice, but the Baganda Witch Cult behind it.
Although we have all changed into monk robes from the Hindu temple at this moment, it is still a bit eye-catching. Since we passed by, we came to several wealthy families in the village and each stole a set of local clothes. Unfortunately, these clothes did not fit. After all, our average height is much taller than that of the Angkor people, but we can only wear them so that we can't be seen on the road and be suspicious.
After leaving the village, we took advantage of the night to rush around and encountered several patrol teams in the mountains and forests, and even cultivators were mixed.
However, the more you go east, the less you run into the patrol team.
It can be seen that the focus of Kang Keyou and Baganda witchcraft was on the mountainous direction of the Taiwu border line, and the defenses on the east side were not very strong.
We hiked out during the day and walked out at night for three days, and finally came out of the vast forest and came to the vast plain area. When we arrived here, there were more crowds of people. There were not many places to hide in the countryside, and we almost never showed up during the day, so the trip was inevitably a bit slow. After walking for about a week, we actually arrived at the edge of a large lake as wide as the sea.
Looking at the reed marsh by the lake and the beautiful scenery of the lake and the sky, it was really refreshing. I forgot that I was still on the way to escape.
Mr. Yiyun told me that this lake is called Tonle Sap Lake, also known as Phnom Penh Lake. It is the largest freshwater lake in Southeast Asia and the heart of Angkor. If you go downstream of the lake, you can reach Phnom Penh, the capital of Angkor.
We traveled for days and were very tired. When we arrived at the shore of Tonle Sap Lake, we stopped gritting our teeth and rushed forward, but found a reed marsh and prepared to rest.
In the shadow of the reed marsh, everyone took turns to work. Because I was in the middle of the night, I slept until dawn. When I was in a daze, I suddenly heard someone arguing and turned over. I saw that it was Mr. Yiyun and Qin Bo arguing. Not far away, there was a fishing boat, with two men and one woman on the boat squatting on the boat timidly, not daring to speak.
I walked between the two of them and asked in a low voice: "What's going on?"
Mr. Yiyun said to me: "The fishing boat was a nearby fisherman. He came to fish and found us. Uncle Qin advocated silence them, but I don't think it's necessary. They are all quite innocent people..."
Silence?
I turned around and looked at the people on the boat carefully. I saw that the wind and sun were all shining, making life hard on the water. The woman was so old that she looked like my mother, and she couldn't help but hesitate.
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Chapter completed!