The next day, Qilongtang was deep in the mountains.
"It's just here, all leading comrades." The town police station climbed the slope with difficulty, holding his knees out of breath: "The whole valley in front of us is full of abandoned mines, about six or seven, eight to eight. Nine hundred acres, maybe."
Yang Chengdong was grabbing the rope in one hand and the stone in the other, and tried his best to climb the steep cliff of nearly 90 degrees. Hearing that, his eyes were darkened on the spot, and he almost didn't fall.
Fortunately, a strong and powerful hand stretched out from the top of his head at this time, pulling him like lightning, almost dragging him up - it was Bu Chonghua.
"Hu, hu, hu..." Yang Chengdong lay on the overgrown ground and panted for a long time, before he stood up and gave a thumbs up: "Brother Bu, you are really an iron man!"
Like everyone else, Bu Chonghua's police jacket and tactical boots were covered with dead sticks and dirt, and he couldn't stop breathing. He wiped his sweat and stood up without saying a word.
More than a dozen criminal policemen climbed up the cliff one after another, only to see a long and bleak winter valley in front of them. The vegetation at the bottom of the valley was covered with several huge pits, which were arranged in depth. The exposed rocks almost formed vertical cliffs, like countless cracks dotted on the ground.
Looking to the south, the mine is backed by the lush virgin forest, which is not accessible to people at all.
"..." Yang Chengdong's lips trembled for a while, and he simply and rudely expressed his feelings: "Fuck me!"
"This used to be a mining farm, and it was abandoned about three or four years ago. Many mines have accumulated water at the bottom and even water pools have formed. The terrain is complex and inaccessible. The nearest village is about dozens of miles away." The town police station led the way. Chu Yizhi said, "The forest resources on the top of the mountain have not yet been developed, and there are very few people who even go hunting and gathering medicine. If something goes wrong, go to the old forest in the deep mountains, hey! No one will be able to find it for more than ten years! "
"How can the surnamed Wan find a place like this?" Yang Chengdong was going crazy: "I said, can these drug dealers stop drilling into the deep mountains and forests all day like poaching, they are so rich, Tianwo is in this shabby place where even ordering a takeaway has to go over mountains and mountains, what is the purpose of making so much money?!"
These words simply spoke the hearts of everyone, and even the SWAT team leader in the distance was speechless.
"The terrain of the mine is hidden, and because it is very deep, the smoke produced during the production of drugs will not be discovered by the surrounding villagers, and the waste water can also be directly discharged into the mine." Bu Chonghua put down the telescope and said in a deep voice, "There must be a road nearby. Otherwise, Wan Changwen's production equipment model can never be transported in by manpower and horses, but we haven't found it yet. -Old Wang!"
SWAT Captain: "Hey!"
"Report to the command center, while continuing to press Wan Changwen, you must immediately start a comprehensive search. Be sure to find the drug dens before the target enters the mountain, and fully ambush and control!"
"Yes!"
Captain Wang hurried away, Yang Chengdong was worried, and couldn't help asking: "...Is it still too late?"
Wan Changwen only said that the mine was in the valley, but he did not say that the mine was so large, and the complex and rugged terrain made it even more difficult to search. Large-scale searches are time-consuming and labor-intensive, and even a minute of delay is a risk.
It has been four and a half days since Qinchuan escaped with the shark. No one knows where the drug lord's convoy has gone. If he has a detailed route map in his hand, he will probably find the drug factory before the police. !
"..." Bu Chonghua squeezed his brows tightly, and said in a low voice, "If only I could contact Wu Yu."
Yang Chengdong looked at his depressed back, and his heart moved slightly: "Hey, yes, I don't know if Xiao Wu is still safe... Speaking of brother Bu."
"What?"
Yang Chengdong looked around and couldn't help but ask, "I heard you chatting with Bureau Song the other day. Are you and Xiao Wu really that... That Brokeback Mountain?"
Bu Chonghua turned his face to the side, his amber-colored inorganic eyes staring at him.
"It's okay, it's okay, although I don't like you, but Xiao Wu is a real man of iron and blood, I just wish and pray for you two." Yang Chengdong patted Bu Chonghua's shoulder hard: "You are so old to marry a wife. , God will bless you two, don't worry!"
Bu Chonghua reluctantly pulled the corner of his mouth, although he didn't smile: "You are the first to see that he is my daughter-in-law, thank you."
Yang Chengdong: "No need to thank you! My original intention is that people look better than you!"
Bu Chonghua shook his head with a wry smile, turned and walked down the steep slope.
At this time, the criminal police, special police, anti-drug, technical investigation and other combat units are gathering in the deep mountains here. In the distance, the mountains and mountains are lonely, the sky is full of lead-ash clouds, and countless black birds pass through the virgin forest from the other side of the mountains. disappeared.
Bu Chonghua narrowed his eyes thoughtfully.
"I'm sorry." He casually called the local police who led the way and asked, "Are you going to snow?"
"—Yo, it's true, the weather forecast didn't say it last night." The policeman followed the direction of his finger to look at the sky, and then sniffed carefully: "The smell has already picked up, and it is estimated that the snow will fall tonight. You have to tell them to hurry up."
"… "
The policeman waved his hand carefully: "Leader?"
Bu Chonghua turned a deaf ear, stared blankly at the sky, and seemed to have suddenly caught something—
It's going to snow in the mountains.
A few fragmentary images flashed in his constantly high-speed brain: the dark night at the dock four days ago, the gun at the drug dealer who "please" him into the car, the bright headlights and the asphalt road, splashing at the speed Splashing dirt bike tires…
tire.
Memory is like an image retrieval device, expanding and expanding the frozen picture in his mind until every detail is revealed, and a light suddenly flashes across Bu Chonghua's mind!
"...I figured out a way to track them down."
Yang Chengdong just caught up, when he heard the words, he was stunned: "What? Tracking what? Is there any way?!"
Bu Chonghua didn't bother to answer, turned around and grabbed the local policeman, and asked, "Where in your town sells rubber stud tires?"
"..." The policeman was inexplicable: "Nailed tires?"
- Flutter!
A flock of birds in the distance swept across the sky and disappeared under the lead-grey sky. Wu Yu retracted his gaze and took a bite.
On the side of the suburban road in Pitang Town, several off-road vehicles that had just been filled with gas formed a circle, making the final preparations before entering the mountain. Wu Yu was sitting beside an open car door, intentionally or unintentionally throwing aside a few pieces of braised pork in the lunch box, and only scrambled the fried tofu mixed with the rice into the mouth. Suddenly, a smiling shark sounded above his head:
"Why don't you eat meat, is it unpalatable?"
Wu Yu paused for a moment, and then said with a rising tone: "No?"
His tone was very ordinary, the shark lifted his trousers and sat down, and said casually: "It's nothing, but I suddenly remembered that when I first met you, you also picked out the meat from the fried rice and fed it to the cat. Thought you were a vegetarian."
Wu Yu smiled and said, "No."
Shark nodded, as if feeling very interesting, and suddenly said: "I heard a rumor when I went to your hometown to 'visit' before, I don't know if it is true."
"What rumor?"
"About the late 1980s, when the Mengtai army was rapidly expanding in your Shan State, the Burmese government sent troops to encircle and suppress them. However, the disparity in strength was so great that they were beaten by Khun Sha. A new-style mortar could blow up the government in the past. A trench of the army. Many soldiers were seriously injured and were secretly brought back from the battlefield by local villagers for treatment. Many of them died of serious injuries, and some survived.”
Wu Yu sat there motionless, only he knew that his hands were trembling slightly.
"Kunsha knew that this was the local people's dissatisfaction and resistance to his own rule, so he decided to use it to establish his prestige. He asked people to go to various villages to find the soldiers who were hidden, and after they found them, they boiled a pot of water and put them away. People who were still screaming in life were put in, asking those villagers who participated in the hiding to line up with bowls…”
"Really?" Wu Yu said quietly, "Is there such a thing?"
He looked at the drug lord, and at this distance, even the slightest change in expression on his face could not be hidden. Shark looked deeply at the pair of black and white eyes in front of him, and smiled: "Yes, it is said that many people will form a lifetime from now on. After all, the vast majority of people in this world have a sense of morality and justice, and are willing to keep their inner principles... What do you think? You should have been very young at the time, right?"
Wu Yu hummed: "It should be."
Not far away, bodyguards with guns walked around. Several people gathered together to look at the satellite map. The sharp north wind swept through the crowd towards the mountains.
Time seemed to be too long to stand still, and the shark's gaze fell on the pieces of meat in Wu Yu's lunch box, but it was only frozen for a moment.
"It's really miserable." Wu Yu picked up a piece of meat, lowered his eyes and said, "Fortunately, I don't have any impression."
The shark's gaze fell on his chopsticks, and he saw that he put the piece of braised pork into his mouth, chewed it slowly for about ten times, and then swallowed it down his throat.
Wu Yu's line from the chin to the neck was smooth and slender, the Adam's apple slipped a little with the swallowing movement, and a faint blue blood vessel was faintly hidden into the collarbone. Shark Haze's pupils dilated unnoticeably, and he carefully watched his every movement and even every reaction, as if he could cut open the skin, muscles and bones of the man in front of him, until he saw the piece of meat slide down his esophagus into his stomach.
He finally laughed for real, and his eyes flashed with indescribable brilliance.
"It's a good thing you don't have the impression." He stood up with such a smile, and his tone was not sure whether it was joy or encouragement: "Eat slowly, we will set off for the mountain after the rest is over."
The shark turned and walked towards the crowd, when all of a sudden he heard behind him: "Mr. Phillip!"
"how?"
When he turned around, he saw Wu Yu motioning to the sky: "It's going to snow."
The lead-ash cloud layer that was only in the sky just now has spread, forming a continuous cloud belt, pressing down low on the top of people's heads. The wind speed and airflow became unstable, and the fluttering branches swayed in the distance, but the temperature that was icy and biting suddenly seemed to be less cold.
The shark's face changed suddenly, and he suddenly looked at each off-road vehicle tire!
After Wu Yu finished cooking, he stuffed the empty box with the bodyguards passing by, and knelt on the side of the tire and pressed and pinched it skillfully: "No, it's hard, you have to change the tire."
The bodyguard was at a loss: "The last time we changed tires was when we first arrived in North China..."
"Have you been in Mexico for too long? Once it snows in the mountains in North China in winter, ordinary winter tires are not enough. Rubber studs must be inserted, otherwise such a difficult mountain road is too dangerous. Is there any time?"
Shark looked at his watch, then turned his head to look in the direction of Pitang Town, a little hesitant.
"No, you have to change the studded tires. The weight of the car is already heavy. If the mountain slips, the front and rear cars will be knocked down. You can't take this risk!" It's too late to change tires in town, you have to call someone to go to the auto repair shop in town to buy tires and we'll change them ourselves, an hour at most, and it's still too late!"
In the distance, Ken quickly checked the latest satellite cloud image on the tablet computer, and quickly stepped forward to show the shark. The expressions of the two of them changed slightly at the same time.
Wu Yu was right, it was really going to snow. The climate change in the deep mountains and old forests in North China is not like Mexico City. In case of slippage at night, the consequences will be disastrous!
"Go to two cars, don't buy them from one place." Shark finally made a low decision: "Don't aim too big, buy between 15 and 20, and ship them back and we will install them ourselves."
"clear!"
Ken quickly named two or three people, and was about to split into two cars, but Wu Yu said at this moment: "Let Boss Qin go with you, he is familiar."
Qin Chuan was eating not far from the open space, and was stunned when he heard the words.
In fact, he should be allowed to go. Although Qin Chuan is not from the north, at least he has lived in the north. It is easier than these foreign bodyguards to sneak into the urban crowd. However, the shark's eyes fell on Qin Chuan, but he narrowed his eyes slightly, and suddenly he didn't know what thoughts turned:
"Let's go to the painter."
Wu Yu didn't react, as if he didn't expect why he suddenly didn't trust Qin Chuan, and was a little stunned.
"You two accompany the painter." Shark didn't explain much, clicked on Ken and another confidant, and smiled casually: "Although the Jinhai police's wanted may not necessarily be sent to this town, but you still Be careful, don't let the artist touch too many people, and be sure to go and return quickly."
"Yes!"
Ken made a gesture of invitation, Wu Yu was quite inexplicable, but as usual, he didn't ask any more questions, he just nodded and got into the car.
"… "
Not far away, Qin Chuan stared at his back, with an almost silent snort in his nose, lowered his head and continued to take a mouthful of rice.
Pitang Town is a mining town, so the closer the New Year is, the more deserted it is, especially when the heavy snow is approaching, the streets are even more desolate and desolate. As the off-road vehicle drove past the intersection, Wu Yu's eyes fell on the public phone booth by the road, but there was no expression on his face, and he gently retracted his gaze in an instant.
"—The total price is 12,000, and the two of you want it today?"
"I want it now." With a Jinhai accent, Wu Yu looked around the dazzling store: "Are there any samples? Let us have a look. If there is no problem, we will take it back and replace it by ourselves."
There are only a few tire shops in the town, and this one on the street is already the largest. The boss was sitting in the store and digging his feet, looking like he was going to close the door early and go home for a drink, but unexpectedly, a business came to the door, and he couldn't help smiling: "Okay! Okay! Just wait, I'll go to the warehouse at the back and get it for you. A sample will be back!"
"Hey wait." Wu Yu suddenly asked, "Do you have a bathroom?"
The boss said: "Yes, go up and back in the warehouse!"
"Then I'll go to make it easier, drink more water."
The boss didn't care and motioned him to come with him. Unexpectedly, Wu Yu just moved his footsteps, and Ken, who followed closely behind him, also moved: "I'll go too."
Wu Yu's eyebrows jumped imperceptibly.
But before he had time to say anything, the boss stopped his steps with a look of embarrassment, and smiled at Ken: "Ah? Handsome guy, why don't you wait?"
"why?"
"There's a pit behind me, and no one is watching when you enter my store. Help me stay for a while. If anyone comes in, you can help me. The boss will arrange the goods in the warehouse at the back, and he will be back in a few minutes!"
When Ken hesitated, Wu Yu shoved the phone that Shark gave him to him: "Wait for me." Then he stepped back.
Ken didn't want to attract any attention or suspicion, and when Wu Yu took the initiative to put his mobile phone in, he hesitated and stopped - just at that moment, Wu Yu had already followed the boss wrapped in the lamb wool jacket and entered the back hall. , disappeared behind the aisle door leading to the warehouse.
click!
As soon as the door closed, the smile on the boss's face disappeared immediately, he took a few quick steps to the depths of the warehouse, and at the same time stretched out his hand to pull Wu Yu: "You..."
"Where is the bathroom?" Wu Yu raised his hand to block the boss. If you look closely, you will find that his face finally shows a hint of pain.
The "boss" didn't expect that he really wanted to use the bathroom, so he was stupid, and hurriedly led him to open another door: "This is it, you are..."
Before he finished speaking, Wu Yu hurried forward and bent down, holding his throat with one hand and reaching into his mouth with one hand, and then: "Ouch!—"
This vomit turned the river upside down. At first he was able to stand still, but later he could only rest his elbows on the edge of the toilet, and he almost broke his entire stomach and squirted it out of his throat.
Turns out I couldn't help it, he thought groggyly.
So cowardly.
"... After finding it, let someone boil a large pot of water, put the person who will scream in pain, and have all the villagers involved in hiding line up with a bowl... "
Undigested food spewed out and was flushed down the toilet, and then waves of gastric juice mixed with bile were vomited out, and finally the water was bloody.
"It is said that many people will form a lifetime of psychological shadows. After all, the vast majority of people in this world have a sense of morality and justice, and are willing to keep their inner principles..."
Obviously there is no sense of taste, but there is a sticky and bitter feeling on the tongue, as if to spit out all the suffering, resentment, sin and dirt accumulated in this body mixed with blood, and finally even the internal organs. Turned into blood and vomited clean, the body was empty and nothing was left.
- I'm too cowardly, I can't hide it or restrain myself, I'm too scared.
Really scared.
Footsteps and voices seemed to come from behind him, but the drowsiness and convulsions made Wu Yu unable to even stand up. He buried his head, shaking violently, raised his hand to press the flush button, someone had already pressed it for him the next moment, and then a warm and firm hand forcibly helped him up, hugged him in his arms, and wiped it with a hot towel. His embarrassed face.
"...It's alright, relax, it's alright..." As if in a dream, he heard the familiar voice repeat over and over in his ear: "It's alright..."
Is this a hallucination
Wu Yu kept shivering, his chest heaved violently, and his scattered eyes finally focused a little bit, looking at the face that was close at hand in disbelief.
Bu Chonghua hugged him tightly in his arms from behind, his eyes were slightly red, his sharp and handsome chin was pressed against his forehead, and his thin lips kept rubbing his temples soaked in cold sweat.
"It's okay, don't be afraid." He whispered hoarsely next to Wu Yu's ear, every word trembling and gentle: "I've caught up with you."