The entrance of Yongjiang River where three rivers converge. *** Chu Lie’s jeep ended here. Duan Muye and comrades from the task force rushed with them. After getting off the car, they introduced Li Huqiu: The suspect is ten miles west of here.
The location is drilled into a swamp. This swamp belongs to the national key protected ecological demonstration area. If you include the reed marsh at the Xinling Reservoir in the upper reaches of the Yongjiang River, it covers nearly a thousand square kilometers. It is extremely difficult to search such a large area. We must search separately.
, tell me what you think?
Li Huqiu looked at the elite soldiers behind Duan Muye, nodded and said: "I'm with Chu Lie, and you can take care of the rest. It's been three or four days since Zhang Yongbao entered, will he run out? So
Do you have a large area sealed off?"
The director sent by the Public Security Department to represent the deputy director said: "That's not possible. Although this swamp is very large, there are very few places for passage because it is located between two large rivers. We have already dispatched armed police.
The army has set up 24-hour sentries in all places outside the natural moat, and he has never left!"
Li Huqiu was amused. If Zhang Yongbao wanted to leave, what's the use of how many people you arranged? What kind of natural barrier could stop him? But Li Huqiu suspected that Zhang Yongbao was still here. He believed that Zhang Yongbao must have encountered great difficulties.
, otherwise he would never have come here to implement this delaying strategy. Li Huqiu guessed that maybe he was injured, because the information from the public security department showed that there were signs of a fight at the scene where Wang Bingjian's body was found. Li Huqiu guessed that Zhang Yongbao might have been beaten.
The man was injured and he was surrounded by many people, so he had no choice but to get in here to recuperate. What kind of person could hurt him? He had doubts in his heart and asked Chu Lie casually.
Chu Lie was startled, thought for a while, and said: "I went to see Wang Bingjian's body yesterday. According to the forensic doctor who dissected the body, he died of poisoning. When he was sent there, his whole body was hard, but his heart was still warm.
, the blood did not show the phenomenon that is unique to a dead person. I saw a palm print on the corpse that was still red after three days. It can be seen that he had received an unknown amount of palm energy before he died, but the energy was used very wonderfully.
Dian should be rescuing him. If so, it was probably left by Zhang Yongbao. He took Wang Bingjian’s body and ran here from the scene of the prisoner robbery. After dozens of miles, he also sent out the message that many great masters of Huajin are also human beings.
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Li Huqiu said: "You mean Zhang Yongbao was injured by himself? What about the traces of the fight?"
Chu Lie said: "I'm sure there is another group of people who are also looking for him, or they are looking for the Baling Pearl in his hand. Moreover, this group of people can force him into the swamp, which shows that there must be a master among them." Li Huqiu
He squinted at the endless reeds in front of him, "This is a place full of grass and trees. It wouldn't be surprising even if there are one or two grandmaster-level figures hiding."
Chu Lie carried his luggage and looked at Li Huqiu, who was empty-handed, a little strangely, and asked, "You just went in like this without taking anything?" Li Huqiu said, "Didn't Zhang Yongbao also go in and hide like this for three or four days?" He thought about it.
Thinking, he added: "If you want to make a breakthrough in martial arts, you still need to change many habits. The closer you are to the nature of heaven and earth, the more you will understand the way of change between heaven and man. The only reason for this is
Only by practicing it can you realize it." After saying that, he walked straight towards the depths of the swamp. Chu Lie looked at his unpredictable back, thinking of the gap between them in the past, and remembering that the situation has reversed now, and couldn't help but feel deeply about Li Huqiu's words.
Ran gritted his teeth, threw his backpack into the car, and strode in the direction of Li Huqiu to catch up.
Li Huqiu had been secretly paying attention to him. When he saw that he had indeed put his backpack back into the car, he felt funny in his heart. He was just talking nonsense. In fact, it was because he had forgotten to bring something and he was upset when he saw it. He did not expect that Chu
Lie's obsession with martial arts has reached such an extent that he believed it in a few words. When Chu Lie caught up, Li Huqiu asked with a smile: "What are you carrying in that backpack?" Chu Lie scratched his head and thought for a while, then answered honestly: "
Duanmu Jing helped me pack it. It seems that there is some food and water, as well as mosquito repellent lotion and insecticide." Li Huqiu said seriously: "You are already a master of Huajin. Mosquitoes and flies cannot fall, and insects and ants cannot fall.
If you don't care about yourself, what do you want? We are going to find Zhang Yongbao. Now we have to prepare for a fierce battle. To adjust our physical condition, we should first go through the process of fasting, especially you. I am a member of the public who is eager to help. You will never be in trouble at the critical moment.
Point at me and charge into battle."
People who have never been to a reed swamp can never imagine what it feels like to travel through it. There is either a patch of mud or a continuous puddle under your feet, with rotten grass roots and reed roots tangled together to reach the height of your feet. If you don't pay attention, you will fall.
I stumbled a bit. My feet were stuck in the mud, and my shoes would sink in from time to time. It was even more difficult to walk when I encountered a series of puddles. There were sharp tips left by reeds that had been cut in the past.
The roots are pointing upward. Li Huqiu and Chu Lie had taken off their shoes long ago, and they were pricked by reeds from time to time while wading in the water. Fortunately, their reactions and feelings were extremely sharp, and no one was pricked on the soles of their feet for the time being. And these
That's not the most uncomfortable thing. The most uncomfortable thing is the temperature in this reed marsh. There is no wind at all. It's sweltering and sultry. The further you go, the more impatient you become. As time goes by, the feeling in your heart is really like being in purgatory and being roasted by fire.
When the sun turned to the west, Li and Chu had already reached the depths of the reed swamp. Li Huqiu, who was walking in front, suddenly signaled Chu Lie to be silent. He lowered his body and searched carefully. It seemed that they had found some clues. There was no movement for a long time, Chu Lie.
Lie wanted to ask him what he had found, but he was worried about alerting Zhang Yongbao who might be nearby. He suppressed his irritability and did not dare to ask Li Huqiu what he had found. Suddenly he saw Li Huqiu let out a long breath and seemed to be saying to himself: "Can you catch me?"
It's your turn, it's quite slippery. No matter how deep you drill, you won't be able to escape." He was holding a big eel in his hand. Chu Lie couldn't help but feel a little annoyed after looking at it. He was about to have an attack when he heard Li Huqiu's plausive words:
"We haven't eaten or drank all day long. Although we need to eat and drink to adjust our state, we have to sit still. How can we adjust our state with this consumption method now? So in order to capture the fugitive, we still have to eat.
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"How to eat it?" Chu Lie looked at the squirming eel in Li Huqiu's hand and couldn't help but frown.
"Of course, just eat like this." Li Huqiu was afraid that he would think of the backpack, so he hurriedly added: "People in martial arts must understand the preciousness of physical strength. Eat when you are hungry and drink when you are thirsty. Don't be sluggish with things or be comfortable.
, only by hard work wholeheartedly can we make further progress. This is also for your own good. Come on, one person will take half of it, and it will make a big difference."
The eel was slippery, but it was difficult for him to be a great master. Li Huqiu divided it into two parts and intentionally handed the leading part to Chu Lie. The latter watched him cut the second half that was still bleeding one by one.
After Duan ate it, he finally worked up the energy and took a big bite as soon as he closed his eyes. Li Huqiu said: "Don't feel uncomfortable. You have never eaten the internal organs of a wild yellow sheep. The fishy smell will make you sick even if you smell it."
I have to vomit." Chu Lie had been holding back his energy with him, but when he saw him laughing at him, he suddenly became more energetic. He stared at him and ate half of the eel into his stomach in three vicious mouthfuls. Li Huqiu watched him being provoked by his words and actually even ate the eel.
He ate the whole head, feeling secretly happy and feeling quite happy for revenge.
After taking the 'dinner', he didn't know if it was a psychological effect or if it was actually effective. Chu Lie only felt that the strength of his limbs had recovered, and even the irritability in his heart had reduced a lot. He asked Li Huqiu: "Which way to go next?" Li Huqiu asked.
Seeing the sunset, I pointed to a relatively dry hillock not far away and said, "Over there!"
Chu Lie's face immediately sank, and he snorted coldly and asked: "What do you mean?" Li Huqiu asked back: "What do you mean, what do I mean?" Chu Lie caught the idea and immediately walked over and pointed to Li Huqiu's side.
The reed said: "Do you think I can't see it at all? This row of reeds is all falling in the same direction. Someone is clearly walking through here. You obviously found the clue but deliberately didn't pursue it. What do you mean when I ask you?
Should it?”
Li Huqiu looked at him and blinked, then pointed in the direction the two of them came from, "You'll understand when you look back." Chu Lie suddenly turned his head and observed for a moment without seeing what was going on. He turned back and looked at Li in confusion.
Huqiu, "What did you want me to see?" Li Huqiu said: "Reed!" Chu Lie looked over again and suddenly understood. He only heard Li Huqiu say: "Even you and I know not to leave traces, Zhang Yongbao will
Leave us such an obvious clue?"
"You mean he deliberately left these traces to mislead us?" Chu Lie, an honest boy, went on the road and made his own judgment in the direction directed by Li Huqiu.
Li Huqiu was thinking: Zhang Yongbao was indeed injured internally at that time. He should have used Huajin continuously to save people, and then suffered injuries in a fight with an evenly matched master. But the more times like this, the less likely you are to rush to meet him. First of all,
It's not clear who else is looking for him. Secondly, the veteran hunters of the Xing'an League all know that a trapped beast still fights. An injured beast is far scarier than an uninjured beast. It's better not to provoke it at this time.
The traces on the ground were left by a person. It should be caused by Zhang Yongbao's severe physical damage when he ran here. In other words, he has been chased by people, and the person who chased him has not found this place yet. For those who have learned tracking techniques
As far as Li Huqiu is concerned, it is not difficult to find clues in this inaccessible swamp. But now it is getting dark. In the dark night, he can't see his fingers in the reed swamp. Rather than act rashly, it is better to wait for the man to catch up to the door.
They were all arresting people, and it didn't matter whoever was arrested first. In his heart, Li Huqiu had a somewhat complicated feeling about Zhang Yongbao. He was both a teacher, an enemy, and a friend. He at least didn't want Zhang Yongbao to fall in front of his opponent.
Late at night, there was darkness and silence all around in the swamp. Occasionally, the chirping of insects could be heard. Even a mouse crawling across was very clear to the ears of martial arts masters like them. With such silence, it was impossible to see anything around.
, it is indeed not appropriate to continue the pursuit. Just now, Chu Lie wanted to chase alone in the opposite direction where Reed fell to the ground, but was stopped by Li Huqiu.
People who are far stronger than themselves are really stupid.
Martial arts masters are mortals after all, and when they are at the end of their strength, the night is so dark in this vast reed marsh that blocks out the sky and the sun. With their eyesight, they can't distinguish anything close at hand. They are also afraid of the silence here.
Afraid that speaking would alarm the person being hunted, the two had to sit next to each other in silence. It was a long night and they couldn't talk. They agreed to take turns sleeping to recuperate their energy. Li Huqiu deliberately let Chu Lie sleep first in a polite way, and the honest boy really refused.
, Li Huqiu naturally agreed without hesitation.
The dark night was deep, Chu Lie opened his eyes and tried his best to look around, but he couldn't see anything more than a foot away. People tend to have random thoughts in the dark, and Chu Lie couldn't sleep around him, and he missed his relatives in his heart. Thinking that this mission was extremely dangerous,
I was just worried that I would never have the chance to see Nuan Nuan again. Then I thought of my parents. My father, Chu Wenbiao, has always valued honor above life. If he died here, although he would be sad, he would definitely not regret allowing himself to embark on this path.
Only my mother could not bear the excitement. Then I thought of my master Dong Zhaofeng. He has been alone all his life, and this apprentice is like his son. I don’t know what the old man’s plan was to make me trust this thief behind him. When I think of it,
The person behind him suddenly realized that he had been guarding for most of the night, and it seemed that it was already past the shift change time. When he was about to wake up Li Huqiu, he suddenly felt his hand being squeezed hard, and naturally thought that it was Li Huqiu.
Knowing that there was a difference in feelings, he remained silent. At that moment, he listened with all his concentration, and prepared himself with all his strength. After a while, there was no movement, but he heard the long and leisurely breathing of the person behind him, as if he had fallen asleep again.
This guy is kidding himself!
Chu Lie was really angry now. When he was about to have a bowel movement, he suddenly heard the sound of footsteps coming from the left direction, and then a bad wind blew in his face. In the darkness, the joints of the man's whole body made a series of sounds, as fast as an explosion.
Dou. Although he couldn't see in the dark, just by hearing this voice, it was not difficult to judge that this man was so powerful that Chu Lie had never seen him in his life. Chu Lie's strength spread all over his body and had not dissipated, so he had to fight back by instinct. He felt fiercely.
His right hand was pulled by someone, and then he turned around and was dragged away from the place. A loud noise was heard from the mound behind him, and the attacker almost jumped away. He hit the mound with both hands, and the dust and mud splashed down.
It was everywhere, hitting Chu Lie's face with a dull pain, and the power of this attack was so powerful! If Chu Lie had really tried to resist, he would have been killed on the spot by this thunderous blow!
Chu Lie had already put life and death aside, and was not frightened by the shocking attack of the incoming man. He wanted to fight back as soon as he regained his composure. However, Li Huqiu grabbed him and turned around and ran away without saying a word. Chu Lie was stunned.
He didn't know who the visitor was, but Li Huqiu had already judged from the voice and the smell of blood in the air that this person was Zhang Yongbao. He didn't want to fight to the death with Zhang Yongbao now, he had to first find out who the other group was.
So he decided to escape with Chu Lie.
Zhang Yongbao had been running around for days and had really suffered a lot. Tonight, he felt that his strength had recovered and his internal injuries had healed, so he planned to turn around and settle the score with Samus and Fabios who were chasing him. He returned all the way to Li Hu
When Qiu and Chu Lie were here, they suddenly heard the breathing of two people, both of which were long-lasting signs of masters. They immediately made a judgment that these two people were the two foreign devils, and then suddenly launched a sneak attack, intending to kill one of them first.
.Unexpectedly, Li Huqiu, one of the two, also knew how to observe the changes around him with the power of a master. When he concentrated his energy and approached them, he was noticed by Li Huqiu. Only then did he pull Chu Lie away in time and let him go.
Zhang Yongbao was convinced that the two were two foreign devils. They couldn't speak the same language, so he had nothing to say. Seeing them fleeing without a fight, he became even more angry and chased after them with all his strength, vowing to kill these two while they were in danger.
The courageless rats slaughter them quickly!
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