Shi Gedan hesitated and said: "It's okay, I have a little cold. Now that the money has arrived, let me go as soon as possible... com"
He said on the phone: "Lao Shi, this is a fat sheep. If you squeeze it, it will still have oil and water. Didn't we agree?"
Scott almost cried. He held the phone and said, "One million is too much. It's not good to push them too hard. Let them go."
There was silence for only ten seconds, probably looking for someone to answer the phone. After a while, a loud and rough voice shouted: "Fuck! What are you doing? Bring the money and talk about it!"
Shi Gedan called out urgently: "Brother Tian, listen to me..." But the phone over there has been hung up.
Liu Ziguang weighed the hammer in his hand. Shi Gedan shrank back in fright and begged: "It's really none of my business. The Yang brothers are right. I'm just an errand boy. I can't say anything."
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"What do the Yang brothers do?" Liu Ziguang asked.
"I am also a person from here who contracted a small casino across the street. In the past two years, gambling has been banned in China, and business has been difficult to do. The capital turnover cannot be made, so I changed my business and opened a water distribution company, specializing in defrauding people from the country.
It doesn’t matter if you don’t have money. I’ll give you real money and silver, and you’ll get ten points of interest a day. If you don’t give me money, you’ll be whipped with a belt, locked in a water cell, or in a locust well. If you don’t give me money, you’ll have your hands chopped off and your feet stamped..."
"What is your relationship with the Yang brothers?" Li Jianguo suddenly interrupted and asked.
"I...my wife is Yang Batian's sister." Shi Gedan finally told the truth.
It turns out that the crime was committed by a family group. No wonder the Yang brothers left their bank cards with Scott without worrying about him pocketing the ransom and running away.
"The Yang brothers kill without blinking an eye and are very powerful. They won't stop until they drain the oil out of your friends. Two eldest brothers, it's useless for you to catch me. In the eyes of these two brothers, I am a useless brother-in-law.
It doesn’t count, just spare me.”
Looking at Scottan's appearance, he really doesn't look like a leader. The problem now is complicated. Even if you remit money, you may not be able to save the person. Calling the police is unreliable. The only simple and effective way is to cross the border directly and bring him back.
Bring people back.
Liu Ziguang and Li Jianguo looked at each other, nodded, lifted Shi Gedan and said, "Take us across the border to rescue people."
"Okay, I'll take you there." Shi Gedan agreed readily, a hint of cunning viciousness flashed across his honest face. Liu Ziguang knew exactly what he was thinking. After crossing the border, it was their territory, but
What he forgot was that a character who could travel thousands of miles from a second-tier city in the mainland and directly cross the border to lead people could be an ordinary person.
"How many men and guns does your brother-in-law have?" Li Jianguo asked.
Shi Gedan was more straightforward. He poured beans out of a bamboo tube and told everything he knew. The Yang brothers had three or four men and only a few pistols.
Li Jianguo pointed to the young man tied to the chair and asked, "Who are you?"
"Apprentice, it has nothing to do with me." Scottan said with a guilty conscience.
"Humph, apprentice, he looks just like you." Li Jianguo sneered, turned back and came back shortly after, holding a row of neatly tied detonators with an electronic display counting down on it.
, connected to the detonator with colorful wires.
"You take us there to pick them up. If you don't come back within 24 hours, your little apprentice will be blown up. Do you understand?" Li Jianguo said as he tied the detonator behind the boy's back, checked the rope, and put the boy on the rope.
He carried the chair together to the corner.
Shi Gedan wanted to cry without tears, and secretly cursed these two people for being so cruel. Liu Ziguang found a piece of veil, helped Shi Gedan bandage his broken fingers, then escorted him out and gave him a beating.
A taxi headed south.
Their current location is the capital of Nucang Autonomous Prefecture, and not far to the south is the border area. Bordering here is Myanmar's Kachin State Second Special Zone. There are no natural barriers on the border, and crossing the border is quite easy.
The taxi underwent an inspection at the border checkpoint, but nothing was found to be wrong. The three of them did not carry any contraband, and their expressions were very natural. Shi Gedan had something in his heart and did not dare to say anything without fighting, but he still helped.
We used local language as a cover and took two friends to see the jade at the border.
The border area looks no different from ordinary southern villages, and it is impossible to tell whether the people coming and going are Chinese or Burmese. Anyway, they all have faces with ethnic characteristics. The so-called national gate is just a one-meter-high gate.
It's just a fence, and extending beyond it is a ditch that can be jumped over in one step.
After getting off the taxi, the three of them walked in the fields. Li Jianguo and Liu Ziguang had already put on Jiefang shoes in the car. This kind of military rubber shoes, which has been eliminated, is actually the lightest combat shoe. It is very convenient for rolling around and is also in line with the requirements.
A local characteristic, the farmers working under the ridges of the fields are wearing either plastic slippers or Jiefang shoes, and the three of them are dressed similarly.
Vast stretches of sugar cane forest are swaying in the wind, and winding paths lead to unknown directions. There are several motorcycles parked under the big trees, and motorcycle boys wearing straw hats and slippers holding cigarettes lazily solicit business, asking questions.
Do they want to "come over and have fun?"
Shi Gedan waved his hand, indicating that he was familiar with the roads and was an old stowaway. He introduced to Li Jianguo in a flattering manner: "It costs ten yuan for someone to take you there, and it costs fifty yuan to take a motorcycle. I will take you there for one cent."
No money spent.”
The three of them walked on the path in the middle of the sugar cane forest, one foot deep and one foot shallow. After half an hour, they could see the outline of the Zamayang Special Zone. The so-called economic development zone in the Kachin State Second Special Zone is about
It's a small town level, a cluster of low houses with a messy road in the middle.
The sky was already dark, and the neon lights on the street gradually lit up. Li Jianguo and Shi Gedan stayed behind for the time being. Liu Ziguang went to the street to investigate alone. He walked over carelessly and strolled down the street. There were signs with Chinese characters everywhere.
Hunan cuisine, Sichuan cuisine, and Cantonese cuisine are all available. Grocery stores, hardware stores, goldware stores, and mobile phone stores are full of domestic goods. The people doing business are all Chinese with Yunnan accents, except for some signs with some Burmese.
Apart from the text, it looks the same as a small town in China, with one exception: the hair salon's sign is particularly bold and bold, with the words "Beauty Presents" directly written on it.
There were some scattered patrol soldiers walking on the street. Their grass-green military uniforms were embroidered with the pattern of two crossed scimitars. They were soldiers of the 16th Battalion of the Kachin Army. They were generally not tall, dark and thin, but that kind of
But his eyes were different from those of domestic soldiers. He looked like he had been in war and seen blood.
The Kachin Army's equipment is diverse, including rusty Type 56 submachine guns and older versions of automatic rifles. They are all loosely strung across the body, with cigarettes in their mouths. They walk and stop, patrolling like taking a leisurely stroll.
generally.
Although Zamaiyang is no longer what it was in its heyday, it still has a permanent population of 20,000 to 30,000, and there are also many mobile gamblers. Liu Ziguang was dressed very unspectacularly, and no one noticed this unfamiliar face. He followed the information provided by Shi Gedan.
, walking in from a road opposite the development zone government, you will see the legendary Zamaiyang largest casino---Mida Casino.
The largest building in the development zone can no longer hide its depressed color. On the marble-paved curved parking lot, there are a few cars with domestic license plates parked here and there. Security guards in blue squat at the door and smoke.
Waitresses in red shirts and vests came in and out, and the noise in the casino could be vaguely heard.
Opposite the casino there are several inconspicuous pawnshops. There are some cars and motorcycles with license plates parked at the door. A thin layer of dust has accumulated on them. It must be that gamblers lost money and mortgaged it here, but they have never been there.
Money redemption.
Maida Casino is not Liu Ziguang's goal, but just a coordinate. The small casino run by the Yang brothers has to go further and cross a small road. The sign of Wanda Baccarat appears in front of them. The door is deserted and dilapidated.
, under the dim light in the room, four shirtless men were sitting together drinking beer.
Liu Ziguang stood in the dark, took out his mobile phone and dialed a number. It was Yang Batian's mobile phone number provided by Shi Gedan. Sure enough, he saw one of the four people picked up the mobile phone and answered the phone, shouting: "Look for it."
who?"
Liu Ziguang immediately turned off the phone, carefully observed around the building, and returned to the street. When he saw the two Kachin soldiers walking back, he looked at his watch and remembered the patrol cycle.
Back in the sugar cane forest, Liu Ziguang nodded. Li Jianguo agreed and slashed Shi Gedan's neck with a knife, which was enough to keep him lying there for several hours. The two arranged their clothes and walked towards the town.
First, they went to a hardware store and bought four knives. They were all ordinary fruit knives. The size was not exaggerated, but the steel mouth was very good. Then the two of them walked to Wanda Baccarat one after another.
In the casino, four shirtless men were still drinking. There were more than a dozen beer bottles scattered under the table. It seemed that they were celebrating the arrival of the ransom. When a strange guest appeared at the door, the drinkers were not surprised.
He shouted: "We won't open today, let's go."
"Is that Yang Batian?" Liu Ziguang asked with a smile.
One of the short men stood up slowly. It was extremely ironic that the name Batian was attached to him, but people should not be judged by their appearance. Looking at his sharp eyes and smoothed fists, you knew that this man was not a good person.
"What are you looking for him for?" the man asked, staring directly at Liu Ziguang. The other three people also stared at him, but did not make any defensive moves. After all, there was only one person on the other side and he had no weapons.
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"I have a friend who was detained by you, and I'm here to pick him up." Liu Ziguang's tone was still calm, but the other person's expression changed. Yang Batian reached out to grab the wine bottle on the table, probably because he wanted to use it.
Give Liu Ziguang a shot.
But Liu Ziguang moved faster. He raised and lowered the knife, nailing Yang Batian's palm to the wooden table. He also took out another knife, going straight to the throat of the person closest to him. Wherever the knife passed, blood spattered.
The man dropped the long dagger he had just pulled out, covered his throat, spat out a few unclear characters, stumbled and fell to the ground.
The remaining two people were frightened and hurriedly rushed to the inner room. As soon as the door opened, they were greeted by an iron fist. The first one had a nosebleed and the bridge of his nose was smashed into his face. He collapsed on the ground without saying a word.
The remaining person was at a loss and kept licking his lips, begging: "Don't kill me, don't kill me."
The whole process only lasted ten seconds. The drunkenness in Yang Batian's mind was completely awakened. He was a tough guy. He reached out to pull out the dagger nailed to his palm. Unfortunately, the knife was deeply pierced into the table, and even after shaking it hard, it was gone.
Pulling it out, Li Jianguo's knife was already at his throat.
"He was the one who made the call." Liu Ziguang said, stepped forward and kicked the beggar to the ground, put a knife to his eyeball and asked: "Where is my friend being held?"
Experts will know if there is one as soon as they take action. The Yang Batian brothers have been around the border area for many years. They have never eaten pork and have seen pigs running away. They killed two people as soon as the other party appeared. Their methods were so ruthless. It was impossible to show off in front of them.
meaningful.
"In the water prison, I will take you there." Yang Batian said through gritted teeth, with an expression that said I had failed.
Liu Ziguang put away the knife, searched the house, and found an American-made M19 pistol in Yang Batian's handbag. The bluing on the gun was worn off, revealing its white color. Judging from the age, it should be from the Vietnam War period.
Old stuff left behind.
Liu Ziguang skillfully pulled out the magazine and checked it. Six yellow-orange .45-caliber bullets were tightly arranged in the magazine. He loaded the magazine, took a piece of clothing to cover his hands, and said, "Let's go.
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The two bodies were dragged into the inner room. The robber who made the phone call was also punched unconscious by Li Jianguo. The two men walked out with Yang Batian in front of them, one behind the other.
Yang Batian had a gloomy face, said nothing, and walked silently. Suddenly, two Kachin soldiers came towards him. Li Jianguo, who was walking in front, was smiling and looking very relaxed. Liu Ziguang also had a look of harmlessness on his face. Smile, Xuanzi has not been rescued yet. One more thing is worse than one less thing. It is not wise to conflict with these local warlords.
But the two Kachin soldiers looked at the three people with suspicious eyes. The two people in front and behind were strangers, but the man in the middle was a familiar face, Lao Yang from the open water company. However, there seemed to be something wrong with Lao Yang's face, and his right hand
It's droopy and unnatural.
The two soldiers looked at them for a few times, but finally said nothing and walked over slowly. Li Jianguo and Liu Ziguang also let out a long sigh.
The two groups passed each other and walked a dozen steps away. The two Kachin soldiers finally noticed the situation. There were drops of blood on the ground.
"%￥...&" A burst of unintelligible language came from behind, and then there was the sound of pulling the bolt of a gun. Liu Ziguang pulled onions on a dry land, spun his body in the air, and fired the gun in his hand. A .45-caliber pistol bullet
The stopping effect was not guaranteed. The two Kachin soldiers were shot immediately and fell to the ground. However, at the moment they fell to the ground, the bullets of the automatic rifle were also discharged. The unlucky Yang Batian's reaction speed was far slower than that of Liu Ziguang and Li Jianguo.
A series of bullet holes suddenly appeared on his back, and blood spurted out.
The piercing sound of gunfire broke the calm of the small street, and unintelligible languages were heard everywhere. Li Jianguo and Liu Ziguang quickly exchanged glances, rushed forward and picked up the rifle of the Kachin soldier.