Gu Mengmeng temporarily stayed in a local Kurdish house in Suly. She turned off her mobile phone, cut off contact with the outside world, and asked the landlord about a place called Kurland.
The landlord told her that it was a remote suburb in the north of Suly next to the mountains. It was sparsely populated all day long, and at night, access was restricted.
Courland is where Conway was imprisoned.
She planned to enter the base before the rescuers, find Conway, and try to rescue him.
As a reporter, Gu Mengmeng, who has experienced countless battles, big and small, knows full well how risky her action is. She is irrational and unwise. Taking action privately may bring unexpected troubles to subsequent rescues.
. But she just couldn't control the urge to see him. She couldn't wait for the valuable time that the ambassador was delayed in applying for instructions because of his official business. She couldn't helplessly watch Conway approaching death step by step. She was afraid of waiting and was fed up with being unable to do anything.
torment.
So, she came regardless of the cost.
Suly is very hot in summer, and the whole city is in the desert. When sleeping at night, the bed feels like a heated kang. Gu Mengmeng lay on the hard bed, tossing and turning, having difficulty falling asleep.
The baby in her belly also seemed to feel her uneasiness and anxiety, and kept rolling her body in protest. Gu Mengmeng lay on her side, comforting him with her fingers, and whispered in her mouth, baby, be quiet, baby and mother together.
Save Dad, Mom is very stupid and can’t figure out a way to enter the base, Mom is very stupid...
She didn't know how long she kept mumbling, but the baby finally calmed down and fell asleep peacefully in her belly. Gu Mengmeng rubbed her hard eyes and looked towards the house.
The moonlight is so bright that everything in the house can be clearly seen without lighting up.
The traditional black robe of Kurdish women she wore during the day was draped over the back of the chair in front of the bed, emitting a dark atmosphere. In order to prevent others from seeing her foreign face, the veil she used to cover her face was also draped over it.
I am more than five months pregnant.
Her figure has also undergone wonderful changes. Her breasts are plump and her belly is bulging. During the day, she is covered by a robe and a veil. When she walks on the street, she is no different from the local Kurdish women. The only difference is that she is exposed.
His clear eyes were filled with worry, and his complexion had lost its luster.
Watch and watch.
She suddenly sat up from the bed.
Got it!
Her eyes, which were bright with excitement, revealed a rare light...
The next day, she got up early. After paying the room fee, she added some money to the landlord and asked him to use his family's motorcycle to take her to Courland.
The landlord knew that she was not an Iraqi and saw that she was pregnant, so he worriedly dissuaded her and said: "It's very dangerous there. There are frequent explosions and terrorist attacks. It's not appropriate for you to go."
Gu Mengmeng shook her head firmly.
"My relatives are there and I must go."
The landlord could no longer persuade her, so he could only follow her request and take her to the largest farmer's market in Courland.
After the landlord left, Gu Mengmeng, masked in black gauze, found a secluded corner and carefully looked at the messy market. It was supposed to be the busiest time of the day, but the market was very depressed due to the war.
Besides vegetable vendors and butchers, there were only a few residents who came to buy.
She observed a Kurland woman selling vegetables nearby and waited until there was no one around her before going up to strike up a conversation.
"Auntie, are there any big buyers here?" She said with a melancholy look on her face: "This year's potato harvest will be huge, and I want to find a big buyer to handle it all at once."
The aunt looked at her, then lowered her head to pick the vegetable leaves, and said calmly: "Aren't you a local?"
"Well, I'm from Qi County in the east of Suly."
The aunt looked up and suddenly pointed at the back of a tall man in a brown robe not far away and said, "Mazavi, he is the biggest buyer here. He comes here every two or three days."
Buy vegetables and meat and send them to the mountains."
Gu Mengmeng's heart skipped a beat, in the mountains? Could it be a base!
She pretended not to understand and asked: "In the mountains? Aren't there no people living there?"
The aunt looked around cautiously, lowered her voice and said, "Everyone living here is doing this." She made a gesture holding a gun.
Gu Mengmeng was almost certain that the place where Mazavi delivered food was Conway's deeply troubled base.
She took a breath, pretended to be scared, and said a few more words to the aunt before she left and walked behind Mazavi.
When she was about to reach him, Gu Mengmeng pretended to be exhausted and rushed towards Mazavi. He was startled and subconsciously stretched his hands to his waist. Gu Mengmeng stood up in a hurry and apologized to him in Kurdish.
Mazavi snorted from his nose and turned around without hesitation.
What caught Gu Mengmeng's eyes was a face with a tangled beard, with particularly large nostrils, and a gray beard covering his lips.
"I miss you so much!" he suddenly said.
Gu Mengmeng was stunned for a few seconds before she realized that he was talking about his bad luck.
"I'm sorry, Mr. Mazavi, I have something to ask you for help." Gu Mengmeng looked at him with sincere eyes, and the clarity in her eyes made Mazavi couldn't help but look at her twice.
He wanted to refuse.
But Gu Mengmeng grabbed his sleeve and dragged him to a remote corner.
"I know you are from a jihadist organization. I have a brother named Mohammed who happens to be in your base. He and I haven't seen each other for a long time. I thought, could you please do me a favor and let me talk to you?
You go to the mountains to see him together."
"Mohammed?" Seeing the doubt in Mazavi's eyes, Gu Mengmeng quickly took out a thick wad of money notes and stuffed it into his hand.
"Please, please... I haven't seen him for a long time, and I miss him so much." Gu Mengmeng shed tears at the end.
Mazavi looked at the money in his hand, then at Gu Mengmeng, who was single and frail, and finally nodded hesitantly.
"I am only responsible for bringing you into the base. You ask your brother to send you out..."
Jihad has very strict rules. Relatives and outsiders are not allowed to enter the base. Anyone who disobeys the order will be executed!
Mazavi couldn't stand the temptation of money, and he felt that this woman would not do anything extraordinary, so he rashly agreed.
"Okay, I just want to take a look at him, say a few words to him and then leave!" Gu Mengmeng assured Mazavi gratefully.
When Gu Mengmeng got on the return military truck, her whole body was still shaking. She narrowly escaped by using the most common surname among Iraqis, Mohammed. Fortunately, there was someone with the same name at the base. Fortunately, this Mazar