Bang bang bang bang! The van, which was almost falling apart, drove into an abandoned factory in the sunlight.
The factory is full of signs of decay and dilapidation. A thick layer of moss and mildew covers the red bricks, and there are large pools of eutrophic sludge on the ground. This used to be a water plant, but it was later demolished, leaving some factory buildings behind.
In one of the rooms whose roof was still relatively intact, but by that I meant it was full of holes and was better than those brick and tile houses whose roofs were blown off. A person was curled up on the ground, his eyes covered with a piece of cloth and his hands tied behind his back with a hemp rope. There was a strong smell of feces and urine in the room.
The door was open. A man named "Huazi" was sitting outside, tearing some snacks such as bread and dried meat from a pocket on the ground. As he was chewing, he saw the car led by Liu Zhiqiang and his group driving into the hidden dormitory area from the front.
The vehicle stopped in front of them, and the bandit leader Liu Zhiguo, who was wearing a jacket and had slapped Cheng Ran in the face at the beginning, opened the door of the van, walked out, and came to the side of Xie Houming.
Xie Houming stretched his head as far as he could, trying to use his ears to identify what might happen to him next.
Liu Zhiguo picked up a brick that had fallen from the roof and threw it at Xie Houming's head. The red tile shattered and exploded. Liu Zhiguo then kicked him, kicking his ribs, chest and abdomen. Xie Houming on the ground let out a weak groan... During the two days of being kidnapped, he was only given a few sips of water symbolically, and then he was beaten to achieve his goal. Now he was tortured so badly that Xie Houming almost fainted after being kicked in the head.
"There are police everywhere, there are police everywhere! Did you call the police? Did your wife call the police?... I think you really don't want to live anymore!"
Liu Zhiguo pulled out his pistol, loaded it, and pointed it at Xie Houming's forehead. "Call your wife right now, call her cell phone, and tell her to avoid the police. If they want to kill you, ask your relatives to avoid the police and transfer the money to another account!"
"Add to what I collected before, and if you get one million, I'll let you go..."
Xie Houming on the ground continued to tremble, and was tortured by pain and fear to the point of being unrecognizable.
After the threat, several people pulled the cage out of the van. Hearing the rattling sound, Xie Houming shrank back. He was blindfolded and couldn't see around him, but he was overwhelmed by a foreboding and fear.
Liu Zhiguo, nicknamed "Lao Niu", certainly could not open fire. There are still some local farmers near the Black Dragon Pond, and the sound of gunfire might cause trouble. Now the police are patrolling the national highway in Shanhai City and have blocked the main roads out of the city. They have not launched a search of these local mountains, but it is better to be safe than sorry. Although they are good at hiding in the mountains and forests, it would be very troublesome if the police really mobilized a large force to search for them.
Xie Houming was thrown into a cage and his hands were tied in a different way, together with the iron cage.
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Cheng Bin, Gu Xiaojun, and Zheng Weimin, a police officer recruited by them from Xihe Road Police Station, groped their way forward in the mountains and forests.
It was getting dark and the flashlight came on, shining on the map where several locations were circled.
Gu Xiaojun frowned, "You shouldn't have let Cheng Ran chase after him..."
Before, when they arrived at the mentioned location, they only saw Cheng Ran's bicycle hidden in the woods. Later, Cheng Ran called from the top of the mountain and said that he saw the other party's car heading towards Heilongtan.
Cheng Bin took stock of the situation. The terrain of Heilongtan was complex. Even if they knew the direction, they would not be able to find the criminals with such a small number of people. Notifying the command center would lead to a carpet search. The criminals had many experiences of escaping and committing crimes, and their anti-detection capabilities were very strong. There was no guarantee that they would escape again, and the hostages would be in danger.
Only by accurately locating the enemy and launching a surprise attack, they may be able to catch the whole gang in one fell swoop.
Cheng Bin is not a pedantic person. He was able to break into the drug factory in the village of criminals alone, and he was decisive in responding to the situation. Now, their eyes in the front are finally only his nephew Cheng Ran, so he finally let Cheng Ran continue to follow him while ensuring his own safety.
They last contacted Cheng Ran two hours ago. At that time, the clock pointed to five forty. Now it was almost eight o'clock. The sun set behind the mountains fifteen minutes ago. The sky was dark and gloomy, and the dense jungle darkened especially quickly. There was an odd, gloomy atmosphere.
Cell phone signals were cut off in such a mountain forest. Infinite oppression and urgency invaded everyone at this moment, with only the occasional secret signals echoing each other coming from the radio.
Cheng Bin looked up and saw that his cell phone had been given to a police officer, who was waiting on a high mountain opposite.
"We can't do anything. I don't know what has possessed that kid. He actually tracked down these criminals by mistake... Also, do you think Cheng Ran will listen if I tell him to stop? This little guy was the most disobedient of my four nephews... Since there is no way to make him obedient, let him be useful for the time being... We can only move forward in the direction he reported before, and pay attention to the villages and bungalows... If he finds anything else, he may find a hilltop with a signal and call us again... Xiao Zhang is over there. Once he receives the call, he will notify us by radio as soon as possible, so we will go over immediately..."
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"Rustle, rustle..." As Jiang Hongshao and I walked in the forest, the sky had already darkened completely. They looked back at the way they had come and gone. Only in the forest and the low-lying areas in the distance could they occasionally see a few lights.
Cheng Ran felt that he had miscalculated. Not to mention this year, even in the future, in some deep mountains, the cell phone signal was pitifully poor. Now Jiang Hongshao's cell phone could only be used for lighting. The dim fluorescent screen could at least still play some role.
Two people were walking in the jungle, and in the unknown place ahead of them, there was a murderer who was killing people profusely. The fear was still there, and it became more intense as the environment became more secluded.
Fortunately, they were just two people after all, and the quietness brought a silent beating to the heart, making Jiang Hongshao involuntarily move closer to Cheng Ran.
The two of them came down the ramp and onto the road below. Cheng Ran looked down at the tire marks on the dirt road, then looked in one direction, "That car passed this way."
They followed the van and walked deeper into the area. The grass road gradually turned into a dirt road, and on the dirt road, it was easy to observe the tire treads of vehicles. Although there was no trace of the van, the tire treads still pointed to their direction.
Now Cheng Ran and Jiang Hongshao were standing on a downhill road. The road was crooked and went straight to the bottom. From the dark sky, they could vaguely see an abandoned reservoir factory building.
Their intuition told them that the criminals should be downstairs.
"Don't take the main road. Let's go over the mountain. You keep your eyes on the signal..."
Cheng Ran felt that the biggest advantage of the Nokia phone in Jiang Hongshao's hand was its standby time. So far, the battery had only dropped by one bar, so it was estimated that it would last for two or three days.
But there is no signal...
The two of them had just arrived at the mountain next to the reservoir. From this position, they could see the environment and courtyard of the factory. Cheng Ran suddenly felt that Jiang Hongshao pinched his hand secretly. He immediately stopped and followed the direction of Jiang Hongshao's finger. From this position, Cheng Ran saw a head shaking on the abandoned factory control tower, and a person appeared there, looking around.
Cheng Ran secretly thought that it was a close call. Fortunately, he was more careful. If they had just walked down that road, they would have been discovered by the other party.
However, due to the obscurity of the forest leaves and the dim sky, the other party could not see them at all.
Now Cheng Ran and Jiang Hongshao were both dirty. But when they looked at each other, they saw some kind of burning flame in each other's eyes.
This fire in their hearts was what kept them searching. Perhaps it was the hatred for the vicious criminals, perhaps it was the expansion of the good side of their hearts, or perhaps it was the irrepressible excitement of being involved in solving a big case.
The two men moved along the ridge, and at this time, the situation ahead became more prominent.
The van stopped next to a pier. On the pier there was a broken bridge that extended directly to the center of the pool. What the two saw was a terrifying scene.
The rear door of the van was opened, and the iron cage containing the person had been delivered to the dock. A man was smoking next to the van on the shore, the scarlet tip of the cigarette flickering. On the other side of the broken bridge, three people including the man in the jacket were standing next to the iron cage, talking about something.
There are currently five people including the criminals and the people keeping watch on the control tower. Combining the information from his previous life, Cheng Ran judged that this is almost their total number.
The iron cage containing the hostage Xie Houming had already arrived at the bank. The person was tied to the cage. The water was more than ten or twenty meters deep. Once pushed in, Xie Houming would be powerless to recover.
Even if we start salvage work immediately, the people cannot be saved.
Jiang Hongshao's voice came quietly from my ear, "Cheng Ran, what should I do?"
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