When Su Qing's plain and beautiful cheongsam appeared in the lobby on the first floor of the bank, and when three black-clad dogs with low hats stood quietly beside her with a cold face, the noisy and noisy bank lobby quieted down, and the crowd around the counter who were clamoring to withdraw money dared not speak. No good will come to the house when night owls come in!
The shopkeeper hurriedly walked around the counter, asked about the situation with an apologetic smile, and looking at his cold attitude, I thought he was here to arrest someone and investigate.
“Withdraw money.”
This answer made all the audience feel relieved. The brief silence ended, and the people from the Emotional Detective Squad also came to withdraw money. The clamor started again, and they slammed the counter and scolded the waiter, making even more noise.
This was a unique scene, cold and eerie, with a feeling of plague. The shopkeeper did not dare to neglect them and treated them differently. He personally led the four people to the special rest area in the hall and asked the waiter to serve tea. At the same time, he carefully explained to Su Qing that the bosses were having a meeting upstairs and the business could only be officially opened after the results of the meeting. Please be patient, you can have priority and skip the queue later.
Ma Liang stood aside in a dignified manner, Shi Cheng followed suit and stood on the other side. Su Qing sat leisurely on a large chair, raised her stern face like a rich concubine, and said unhappily to Hu Yi who was about to sit on another chair: "Is there a place for you? Go cool off over there!"
Hu Yi was speechless. He put down the empty suitcase, picked up the old newspaper from hundreds of years ago on the coffee table, shook off the dust, walked to the pillar next to him, leaned against the pillar, opened the newspaper and read.
Shi Cheng's face turned red and he dared not laugh. Hu Yi's current rank... How could it be possible? He was two ranks lower than him, the platoon leader!
Ma Liang was thinking, why is Officer Su always so harsh to the company commander? Why is the company commander always so honest in front of her? Why does this harshness seem natural? Why is it not the same for others? Strange!
Hu Yi leaned against the pillar and read the newspaper, but his heart was not on the newspaper. After being entangled with her until today, he could actually tell her mood from her harshness and coldness! She was in a good mood today, and she was in a good mood now. This feeling was a bit strange. Or was he being abused by her and was bewitched
Hu Yi leaned against a pillar and read the newspaper. His eyes were not on the newspaper. He looked over the edge of the newspaper and saw a man who had just walked into the hall. He was not in a hurry to go to the counter, but stopped inside the door and looked around the hall. At present, the shutters outside the windows on the first floor of the bank were closed, and the light leaking in through the gaps made the hall seem a little dark. This small rest area was far from the door, and there were pillars and several messy narrow screens. It seemed that the man ignored it, so he turned around and walked out again.
It felt very strange, but Hu Yi couldn't tell what was strange. If that person came in to look for someone, and he didn't stare at everyone closely, then what did he come in to see
He was thinking for less than ten seconds when another person walked in through the gate. He walked so fast that the newspaper in Hu Yi's hand began to slowly fall to the ground. His hand had already reached for the gun holster on his waist. A second figure also walked in, also holding a gun, and the following figures all came in at once.
The guys at the counter were in a state of panic, and the depositors outside the counter were filled with indignation, but no one noticed that a dozen masked men had rushed in through the door.
With a bang, the two doors suddenly closed, and the light in the hall immediately dimmed again. Everyone turned around to look at the door.
The iron bolt of the Kerala Gate fell into the hands of the last masked man.
"There are three halls and two counters. Please note that the key to the back door is in the hands of the shopkeeper. The rest of you, follow me upstairs!"
The audience was still in shock. The masked men simply ignored the audience and gave orders in an orderly manner. They neither shouted "robbery" nor "stop moving" and certainly did not shoot. However, all the audience remained in the state of sculptures. They did not need the masked men to remind them. Their legs were so weak that they could not move at all. Their voices were so hoarse that they dared not make a sound.
Three masked men moved out in the hall, two walked towards the counter entrance, and six of them immediately took big strides and hurried towards the staircase. They were not far from the staircase and the rest area. One of them suddenly shouted, "Fuck!"
The six masked men were in a chaos. Some dodged towards the pillars, some rushed behind the big flower pots, and some stopped and raised their guns in panic. This was the first time they raised their guns after they arrogantly entered the room. All the guns were pointed at the rest area, because there were three detective teams in the rest area, three guns were pointed at them, one used the pillar as a cover, one knelt and aimed behind the coffee table, and the other held a gun at the edge of the screen.
The real pin drop moment is now, whether it is the stunned audience who are unable to wake up, whether it is the masked robbers who are caught off guard and faced with three detective teams, or the three detective teams who are blocked in the rest area.
The one who was leaning out from behind the pillar and aiming his gun was Hu Yi. The trigger had been pulled most of the way and the M1932 in his hand was on the verge of firing, but he chose not to fire directly. It was not because he was afraid of hurting innocent people, but because he was afraid that the opponent's random gunfire would hurt Su Qing, who was hastily hiding behind the big wooden chair. He was deeply entangled in the difficult choice of whether to fire or not.
The one who was probing the gun at the edge of the screen was Shi Cheng. His breathing had become seriously uneven, and the palm of his hand holding the gun handle was covered with sweat. Even though he was not afraid of death and even though he was a veteran, every second before the gunshot was painful. His nerves were like bamboo poles that had been bent to the limit. He was not afraid of breaking, but he could not endure the moment before it.
Ma Liang was kneeling on one knee with a gun behind the coffee table. In a hurry, he pushed Su Qing behind the mahogany chair. He couldn't be too close to the chair for fear of attracting fire, nor could he be too far away from the chair for fear of not being able to rescue in time at the critical moment. Now he found that there were too many problems to consider, and too few opportunities to use around him. A crazy exchange of fire was about to break out at every passing second.
Three battle-hardened soldiers were already so tough under the tremendous pressure before the hasty exchange of fire. The masked robbers who came from nowhere were not as tough as them. The atmosphere of being killed at any time finally made one of them start to get hysterical: "Put your gun down! If you don't put it down, I'm going to shoot! I'm really going to shoot!"
Shi Cheng suddenly gritted his teeth and said fiercely: "Let your mother go! Shoot! Shoot! I can kill you even if I shoot your grandfather into a sieve! And then I can kill your whole family!" His left hand, which was hidden behind the screen, gestured to the left to Ma Liang behind the coffee table. Once the firefight started, he would have nowhere to hide, and the screen could not block the bullets. If he did not die in the first wave of bullets, he would leave the screen and try to move to the right to attract fire, signaling Ma Liang to move to the left. The greater the distance, the greater the chance of survival.
What is the tacit understanding? It is now.
Hu Yi, who was aiming at the muzzle of the opponent's gun and was on the verge of firing, heard Shi Cheng's words and understood that Shi Cheng would attract fire after firing. He would only move to the far end. Given his position, he could only move to the right, so Ma Liang would move to the left and shoot. In his peripheral vision, there was a corner of the counter not far to the left. Ma Liang should be able to quickly climb over the counter. The two masked men who were originally going to enter the counter had not been able to enter the counter due to a sudden change, and were now hiding in the crowd outside the counter.
Therefore, Hu Yi, the only one who had a cover, had to become the firing point. As long as he was alive, he could not shrink or stop firing. The muzzle of his gun slowly turned towards the target to the right.
Ma Liang could see the thick and tall counter in front of him on the right out of the corner of his eye. If he rushed in, he could use the counter to fire horizontally. Of course, he had to be able to get there alive. Even without seeing Shi Cheng's gestures, he understood that Shi Cheng wanted to attract and pull away, but the company commander did not react at all, which meant that the company commander wanted to be the fire output point, which was his instinct as a machine gunner.
So Ma Liang said in the lowest possible voice: "Hide and don't move! No matter what happens!" Then he mentally prepared himself to charge to the right, tense every nerve, waiting for that familiar moment. Those words were meant for Su Qing to hear.
All this happened in just a few seconds, and the three people's thoughts became clear. They were clear, but the masked robbers were still in fear and continued to struggle. They were not as stable as Hu Yi and the other two, and the chance of accidental discharge was infinite. They were tortured by such a hasty confrontation and almost cried, their fingers trembling as they pressed the trigger!
In the extremely oppressive silence, a crying voice suddenly sounded: "Dear uncles! Dear gods! Peace is the most precious thing since ancient times! Can't you... just talk? Bullets don't have eyes, can't I beg you to do this?"
After he finished speaking, the audience outside the counter knelt down with a thud!
A group of innocent people were so surprised and moved that they almost burst into tears. What you said was very good, and you knelt beautifully. Just because you are a coward, everyone benefits from it!
The masked robber in the lead could no longer hold the gun in his hand. His back was soaked with sweat after a while. Although he didn't dare to look back to see who was talking, he was grateful from the bottom of his heart. The pressure caused by the muzzle of the gun caused his brain to short-circuit for a long time. Now this opportunity was given at the perfect time, and he finally spoke hoarsely.
"Three of you, can we talk?"
"That's a question I'll have to ask you!" The answer came from the man with a sinister look behind the pillar.
Although there was no answer yet, the first sentences from both sides made everyone in the hall feel as if they could breathe easier.
"You are from the detective team, can you pretend you didn't see anything?"
"You didn't say you were an Eighth Route Army soldier, why should I risk my life against you?"
With just four sentences from each other, the most basic trust was established. Both sides were straightforward. In total, there were only four sentences, and the dawn of peace had already penetrated the ceiling.
"How about we put down our guns together slowly?"
"Okay. Together."
The masked leader began to lower the muzzle of his gun, and all the masked robbers' guns slowly lowered as well.
The muzzle of Hu Yi's gun slowly lowered at the same speed, and Ma Liang and Shi Cheng also slowly lowered it.
This kind of scene almost made some heartless audiences shout "Long live!"
BANG! The sudden sound of a gunshot shattered the hearts of all peace-loving people!
Although the heavy gunshot came from upstairs, it made the masked robber, who was sweating profusely, shudder.
BANG! Another gunshot rang out unexpectedly in the hall!
Although the gunshot that sounded next to my ear was just an accidental discharge due to nervousness, it was enough to destroy the dawn of peace.
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