The commander-in-chief of the South Gate of Beijing in special times was a position that not ordinary people could hold in those days.
In addition, having fought in the Vietnam War and having truly fought on the battlefield, such a person would be intimidated by a high school student holding a gun, and no pig would believe it.
Wang Yunxi was a little dazed. She didn't expect that the old guard was so powerful when he was young.
Judging from this, the 54 pistol in Lu Penghui's hand has limited deterrent effect on the old man, and the other party is not scared.
"I'll just say one thing, let's tide over the difficulties together, and keep our guns open to the outside world." Old Jiang looked at Wang Yunxi quietly, waiting for her answer.
Wang Yunxi lowered her head slightly, took a deep breath, and said, "The muzzles of the gun are all facing the outside world."
"The guns are all open to the outside world!" the courier boy followed suit.
"The muzzle of the gun is pointed at the outside world..." This was the middle-aged uncle's answer.
"The muzzles are all facing the outside world..." Lu Penghui also held a pistol and nodded heavily.
Six newcomers, five of them spoke in unison, making a promise to the outside world in unison.
Looking at everyone's gazes, Wu Ming shrugged indifferently and nodded: "No problem, the guns are all facing the outside world."
There was no beheading of the chicken, no burning of yellow paper, not even a bowl of strong liquor.
The six people present looked at each other and smiled. There was a little less indifference in everyone's eyes. This was the beginning of a small team.
Old Man Jiang smiled and nodded, drew a square on the table with his finger, and said: "Our current location is in Longgang, Shenzhen, less than 200 miles away from Hong Kong Island.
Three days later, the smugglers will leave the ship at the seaside. We need to meet them there and the money will be delivered on the ship. However, smugglers in this era are often smugglers or human traffickers. I don't know how much credibility they have."
Wang Yunxi frowned slightly and said, "You shouldn't worry about it. One line is one line, and the smugglers eat this bowl of rice. If we spend money to buy peace, will they still do something evil?"
"Don't be afraid of 10,000, just be afraid of the worst. It's best for everyone to be mentally prepared. If we spend money and are sold as piglets, it will be a big loss. After all, we only have one month, and we can't make any mistakes.
Bear it." Old Man Jiang expressed his worries, and everyone who listened felt heavy-hearted.
These days, few people who dare to be smugglers will be merciful.
It is not uncommon in any era for the plaintiff to eat the defendant. It is not impossible for the smuggler to take the money and sell them as piglets.
"Don't be so sad. This kind of thing may not happen, and the chance of it happening may even be very small. I just want to remind everyone to be vigilant."
Looking at the expressions on everyone's faces, Old Jiang lit up another cigarette and asked Wu Ming and Wu Ming, "If this happens, do you two dare to shoot?"
Everyone raised their heads and looked at Wu Ming and Lu Penghui who were holding guns, with complicated expressions on their faces.
Yesterday we were good citizens, but today we will become stowaways and face possible crises.
Even Old Man Jiang said that such thoughts are just suspicions, but what if the suspicions become true?
Just waiting to be caught, you don't have to think about it to know that this is absolutely impossible.
We only have seven days to go to Hong Kong Island and get 200,000 Hong Kong dollars in one month. Time is everyone's life, and no one will make fun of their own lives.
"I don't care. If anyone dares to show off to me, I will shoot him!" Wu Ming answered easily, making everyone sigh in relief.
Lu Penghui was a little nervous. Although he had a gun in his hand, he had no intention of shooting anyone. He whispered: "Probably not. Let's pay the money honestly and be polite..."
"Okay, no need to say any more." Old Man Jiang shook his head slightly, and he no longer needed to listen to the next words.
Sure enough, the high school students were still unreliable. Now they were just discussing it in private, so I hesitated for the first time. If they really wanted to go to the smuggler's boat, and if there was a conflict between the two sides, I expected the high school students to use guns to suppress the situation. I'm afraid everyone would die without knowing.
You should also be polite. Who do you think the other person is? You think you stepped on their toes in the dance hall. Just lower your head and say sorry.
Without the idea of fighting for one's life, holding a gun is useless, it can only scare children.
"Xiao Lu, when we get on the boat, you stay with me."
Old Man Jiang spoke slowly, and after he finished speaking, he looked at Wu Ming and said again: "Little brother, if something happens, I will bring Xiao Lu's gun over, and then it will be up to the two of us."
"No problem, I dare to follow you no matter how big the game is. You can even do stud!" Wu Ming was still calm and calm when he said this. Everyone present looked at him slightly.
Old Jiang was also a little unsure whether Wu Ming really dared to do this or was just a stubborn person. He said vaguely: "You don't have to be so big. We'll see what happens when the time comes. Just don't brag."
Wu Ming smiled and said nothing, just playing with the pistol.
In the blink of an eye, three days passed.
During the three days, Old Man Jiang talked about many of the techniques he had learned on the battlefield, and gave Xiao Lu some military lessons.
It's a pity that we don't have many bullets. Even if Old Man Jiang is willing to teach, there are no bullets to squander. It has to be said that it is a pity.
"Tonight at eight o'clock, the smuggler will pick us up at the beach. We will set off at six o'clock and arrive at the beach at 7:30. Do you have any questions?" It was raining lightly outside the window, and Old Man Jiang was doing the final mobilization.
Everyone looked at each other. If they said they were not nervous, they would be lying. But with the arrow on the string, they had to shoot. They all said in unison: "No problem. If you succeed, you can eat steak on Hong Kong Island. If you fail, you can feed white sharks in the sea."
"Put on your raincoat, let's go!"
Each person wore a black raincoat, which was quickly put on by everyone. The hood of the raincoat covered everyone's faces, and no one spoke during the whole process.
Six black figures rushed into the continuous drizzle.
Old man Jiang led the way, followed by Wu Ming and Lu Penghui on both sides. The safety on all pistols was turned on.
An hour later...
When we arrived at the beach, it was already 7:25, and it was already dark because of the rain.
Six people stood in the woods on the coast, each leaning against a big tree, quietly looking at the sea in the distance, waiting for the snakehead to drive his boat over.
One minute, two minutes, five minutes...
An hour later, when the time came to 8:30, the smuggler's boat did not appear.
Among the entire team, only Wu Ming and Old Man Jiang were still calm, while the rest were short of breath and already seemed impatient.
"Didi..."
At nine o'clock in the evening, accompanied by two boat calls, a beam of light suddenly lit up on the rough sea.
Thanks to the heavy rain, everyone could barely see two black figures standing on the boat, controlling the headlights to scan the coast.
"Why are you here? You are an hour late."
"Damn, it's not like clocking in at work, who the hell can be so accurate?"
Old man Jiang and Lu Penghui went up to negotiate, but the rest were still lurking.
Listening to the faint conversation, Wu Ming hid behind a big tree, keeping alert with a gun and preparing to deal with emergencies.
"Why are there only two of you? Didn't you say there were six?" The two people standing on the boat also noticed something was wrong with the number of people.
Old Jiang glanced at the hull of the ship and after making sure there was no problem, he waved and made two special gestures without looking back.
"It's safe, let's go." Wu Ming led the remaining people out of the woods and met Old Man Jiang on the coast.
Seeing someone else coming out, the two people on the boat breathed a sigh of relief and complained: "Brother, you are just stowaway, not a white powder trade. Should you be so cautious?"
"Haha, be careful. Let's get on the boat!" Old Man Jiang took the lead and was the first to stand on the boat, standing together with the two smugglers.
The two smugglers in charge of smuggling glanced at where Old Man Jiang was standing and nonchalantly greeted everyone to board the ship without pulling out the pistols at their waists.
"They have guns, and they don't appear to be malicious at the moment." The moment Wu Ming boarded the ship, Old Man Jiang's hint came to his ears.
Wu Ming lowered his head and looked at the two smugglers. Because of the heavy rain, the other smuggler was also wearing a raincoat, so he couldn't see their expressions.
"Ours is a converted fishing boat. It's the most convenient way to pull people in. Let's go. It's raining heavily outside. Let's go and sit in the boat. There will be new friends inside." Under the leadership of the two smugglers, Wu Ming and others
Come to the cabin.
This is a thirty-ton fishing boat. Although the draft of the boat is very shallow, the space inside is not small.
Approaching the cabin, Wu Ming raised his head and took a glance.
In sight, more than thirty young men and women were squatting on the ground holding lunch boxes, wolfing down their dinner.
"Brother Jun, have you received the call?"
Three people sitting at the table drinking wine stood up after seeing Wu Ming and others.
The young men and women squatting on the ground were eating rice and stir-fried Chinese cabbage, while those sitting at the wine table were eating big fish, meat and white wine. The difference was evident at first glance.
The two smugglers waved their hands, walked inside and whispered for a while. They also pointed out from time to time, but they didn't know what to say.
"Old man, are these people also crossing the border illegally?" Wang Yunxi couldn't help but ask while standing at the door.
Old Jiang shook his head slightly, looked at the clothes of these people, and whispered: "They must be piggies. Many people are eager to go to Hong Kong Island, but they have no money to buy tickets and dare not swim there, so they sold themselves to snakeheads.
The smugglers will make these people work to pay for the passage, and the women will be arranged to go to nightclubs and other places. If they don't pay back the money, they will have no freedom."
Wu Ming and others looked at the piglets, and the piglets squatting on the ground were also looking at them.
After a while, the two smugglers came over again and said directly: "Now the coast guard is very strict about inspections. Our ship will sail from here to the high seas. When the coast guard changes shifts, it will sail from the high seas to Wan Chai.
We will arrive in Hong Kong Island almost tomorrow morning.
For you guys, the ferry fare is three thousand yuan per person, and there is an additional one thousand yuan for ID cards. After you arrive in Wan Chai, someone will apply for ID cards for you. We will pay you back after taking the ID cards, is that okay?"
"no problem."
This was the negotiated price, and there were no changes.
Wang Yunxi walked up directly, took out a stack of banknotes from her raincoat, and handed them directly to the two smugglers, "Here are twenty-three thousand, ship tickets for six people, and ID cards for five people. You can count them."
The smuggler took the money, quickly counted it, and nodded: "The amount of money is fine, but as we agreed, we don't care about the food here. You have to spend extra money to eat. If you eat with us, of course you will eat well and be full.
It’s just that the price is a little more expensive. If you eat with these piglets, it’s cheaper, but don’t say we didn’t treat you well after we got ashore.”
"No, we've had dinner." Wang Yunxi refused directly, not wanting to spend the money.
The two smugglers didn't care, put the money directly into their pockets, and said: "I'm warning you, this is our ship, don't do anything unpleasant to everyone. If nothing happens, everyone will go their separate ways tomorrow morning and live in peace.
It’s divided, it’s good for you and it’s good for us too.”
After saying the warning, the two smugglers turned around and left, going to the table to drink and eat meat.
Old Jiang turned his head slightly, glanced at everyone, and said in a low voice: "It seems that there is no problem, but everyone should be careful and try not to separate to avoid conflicts with these people."
"Old man, don't worry. If they don't play tricks, we will be like Amitabha. These people are doing this business, and we eat shit, so we will conflict with them."
Everyone laughed, dispelling the worries in their hearts.
Without noticing at all, the snakeheads who were drinking were discussing quietly again. (To be continued.)