Inside the Police Department Hospital, the police officer guarding Daxiong walked around the upper floors twice but couldn't find a doctor he was familiar with. The corridor outside the surgical clinic was filled with police officers from Longkou District and arrested suspects.
"Hey, man, what's going on today? Why are there so many people in the hospital?" The police officer who was guarding Daxiong asked the person on duty in the police room.
"The New Year is coming soon, and there are many small factories making fireworks and firecrackers privately, and they are also related to the smuggling of fireworks. The Longkou Police Department busted a den, but unexpectedly it exploded and injured many people." The person in the police station replied politely.
"So how long will this take?" the police officer asked.
"I don't know. It will probably take until midnight." The police officer asked, "Are you here to take the suspect to see a doctor?"
"Yeah, one of the suspects was slightly injured."
"If it's not serious, then you'll have to wait for a while. It's full."
“… Hey, it’s really annoying to have to deal with this during the New Year.” The police officer who was guarding Daxiong cursed in a bad mood and turned away.
The Police Department Hospital is busy today, and the surgical clinic is full of emergency patients. Big Bear, whose injuries are not too serious, can only wait in line. The four police officers in charge of guarding him probably won't be able to go home tonight.
…
At around eight o'clock in the evening, in the Sinalo area, about 200 kilometers south of Longcheng, Tang Baiqing and Xu Er, with more than 20 people, rushed to the outside of a living village.
Although the Sinalo region is very close to Dragon City, strictly speaking, it can be considered an anarchic area.
Before 42 years into the new era, due to climate influence, this place had always been a frozen area. Looking around, the mountains and plains were covered with snow, and the living conditions of the locals were extremely difficult.
42 years after the New Era, the climate stabilized, the temperature began to return to normal, the people here slowly returned to normal life, and various political regimes emerged. They seized territory, formed political parties, and shouted various slogans, but due to different political views, many ambitious people wanted to take advantage of the situation, or because of the intervention of external forces, wars began to break out frequently.
This chaos is happening again in almost every corner of the world after the climate returns to normal. Except for the nine regions established during the disaster, which were not affected, the previous unplanned areas and governmentless areas are all playing a big game of seizing power and resources.
Why is Sinalo considered anarchic? Because it is mostly inhabited by blacks and whites, with Indians, Indo-Europeans, southerners, and a small number of Chinese. Today, someone may get support from external forces, gather a team, declare independence, and establish a regime, but it is also possible that the new government will be eliminated a month later. So any laws and regulations issued today may become invalid tomorrow. Judicial rules are completely ineffective here. Whoever has a gun, whoever has people, whoever has money, is the boss.
Therefore, even though this place is only a step away from Dragon City, they are completely different worlds. Because although the political environment in Dragon City is relatively complex, the overall political stability is still very solid, after all, it is a place backed by District 1.
The living village where Tang Baiqing and Xu Erlai lived was mostly populated by Chinese people, and there were reasons why these people could not enter Longcheng. They either ran away after committing crimes in Longcheng, or were expelled for political reasons, or took advantage of the chaos in Sinalo to trade in scarce materials and make some money from the war.
In short, this place is a mixed bag with all kinds of people.
…
Outside the living village, Tang Baiqing turned his head and asked Xu Er while sitting in the car: "Have you figured it out?"
"I figured it out." Xu Er nodded: "There are three people in the family, and he just went back this afternoon."
Tang Baiqing paused and replied, "If you want to release the line, it's best not to make any noise."
"I know." Xu Er lowered his head and glanced at his watch. "He's alone. If five or six of us go in, we can definitely catch him. The others can just stand guard outside."
"Okay, I'll go in with you."
"Erbao, pack your stuff, we're going downstairs." Xu Er called out while holding the walkie-talkie.
About five minutes later, six men including Xu Er and Tang Baiqing walked into the living village on foot and found the target courtyard on a street to the north.
This is a very ordinary two-story courtyard. The house is dilapidated and the space inside the courtyard is extremely narrow. To the left rear of the main gate, you can see a man-made air-raid shelter.
Although Xu Er and Xu Hu are brothers, they have completely different personalities. The latter is a shrewd and calculating gangster, with a delicate mind and decisive actions, but Xu Er is a vicious, extremely greedy, and inhumane desperado.
In terms of personality, the two brothers of the Xu family are actually quite complementary. Xu Huhua said that the silly second brother took the knife and the gun and was responsible for doing whatever he wanted. He adhered to the principle of killing all those who did not obey, so that the two of them could open a hall in the Zannanma Gang.
Everyone arrived at the gate of the courtyard. Xu Er pushed the door open and walked in. A brother following behind him pulled out his gun, stood in the courtyard, watching the wind and looking around.
To be honest, the Yu family is still no match for the Code Gang in terms of underworld tactics. Any one of them can do business in the district and be a pawn outside the district, while the Yu family has to pay to hire someone to do dirty work. However, this gap is caused by social status. Before coming to Longcheng, the Yu family was a serious political family. When doing business in District 1, they had no contact with groups like the Code Gang, so they also have advantages, that is, background relationships.
Inside the room, a young man sat on a chair and pointed at the big bag he brought back and said, "Dad, Mom, I bought a lot of things for you. I have everything. You can take a look after dinner."
"Have you made a fortune?" asked an old man in his sixties.
"I did some business with my friends and made some money." The young man lowered his head and took out a very exquisite box from his bag, grinning and saying, "I also got you a watch! It's a famous brand, and it will cost at least 20,000 or 30,000 yuan if sold at the counter!"
The old man frowned: "Did you make so much money? Are you doing something...?!"
“Hey, I have a friend who deals in parallel imports. He sells them to me very cheaply… Come, try them on.” The young man said happily.
“Bang!”
At this moment, the door was suddenly kicked open and Xu Er rushed in with a gun.
The young man heard the noise and stood up and shouted, "Who is it?"
Xu Er walked into the room quickly, stretched out his hand and grabbed the young man's hair, pressed his head hard on the table, and then turned his head and saw the watch in the old man's hand: "Haha, OK, put it on."
"Don't move!"
Xu Er's brother entered the house with a gun and pointed it directly at the young man's father.
…
Inside the hospital, the police officer guarding Daxiong had been waiting for several hours and was getting a little impatient: "How long will this wait be? Forget it, I'll call someone and have him checked out quickly so we can go back."
Sitting on the chair, Big Bear blinked his dry, bloodshot eyes and suddenly felt better...